Star A' Republican Banner.
BY ROBERT WHITE AIIDDLETON
GETTYSIIIIR9II. PENN.
TUESDAY; JUNE 5, 1838
The 47andansus,
(•-• The folloiving article is copied from the
Philadelphia Ledger:
here is h pretty predicament for a State to
be placed in! If the mandamus should be
granted, and the Governor should continue
contumacious, ho would be imprisoned!! If
one co-ordinate branch of our State govern
ment may thus be locked up, so may all; for
the same judicial power that grants a manda•-
mus against tl.e executive, may grant one
against every member of the House and Sen
ate, and every judge ()revery court, those of,
the Supreme Court included. Thus would
our State be without a government, because
its whole government,its whole body of pub
lic servants had been locked up by order of
a portion of them!!! Should our Su
lireme Court grant a mandamus against it
self, it would be in the predicament of the
Dutch justice of New York who tried him-
Self, and without the benefit of his tight
squeeze; for if true to its own principles, it
could not refuse a mandamus against itself
on application of a corporation, nor keep nut
of prison, if it should not obey the process,
Ittsuch absurdities is any branch of our gov
ernment always involved, by departing from
fundamental constitutional principles.
The constitution of Pennsylvania has pro
vided for .the punishment of official miscon
duct in a governor,by the process ofimpeach
ment; and the people,by providing this,clear
ly intended to dispense with every other
mode. No gubernatorial ditties can be inter
red from Common law principles. Our execu
tive, like every other branch of our govern-
Inent,is merely a creature ofthe constitution,
and derives all his powers and duties from
that instrument only. Then no power over
him can be'inferred in favor of any other
branch,which is not expressly granted in the
constitution, or necessary to carry on ex.
pressly granted power into operation. The
power to issue a mandamus against the Gov
ernor is not expressly granted to the judici
ary, nor necessary to carry into effect any
power granted to any branch of the govern
ment; for all that such process could effect,
is accessible through impeachment.
lithe mandamus should be issued, we can
easily predict the course of tho Governor
He will not obey it, and, if the Sheriff tnsis
will go to prison. Ho has too much mora
courage to be infimidated,too much sagacity
to be entrapped, and too much honesty to be
seduced. Should he go to prison, the State
of Pennsylvania will exhibit a curious specta
cle, novel in American annals; that of hav
ing one branch of its government suspended
by another. We hope this process will be
issued, and be carried to the utmost legal
extremities; for it is time for the contest be-
tweets the sovereign people and corporations
treated by themselves, to come to an isSee.
Let us understand who are to bo masters
the sovereign people or tho corporations.
The Baltimore American thus introduces
our statement of last week to its readers:
An unusual and, it would seem to us, ill
_ judged measure has recently been taken by
the Cumberland Valley Rail Road Company
in reference to Governor RITNER of Penn.
Sylvania. ft appears that among the pro-
visions of the Internal Improvement Act
passed at diciest session of the Pennsylvania
Legislature, was one authorising and rcquir.
ing the Governor to subscribe for the stock
of several incorporated Companies, (one of
which was the Cumberland Valley Rail road
Company,) the appropriations for which as
well as for the continuance of the unfinished
State works, were to be supplied in part by
a temporary loan of $600,000, bearing an
interest of four per cent. In approving the
Bill, the Governor, in a special message to
the Legislature on the subject, among other
matters adverted to the difficulty of obtain•
ing leans at four per cent. per annum, the
rate of interest which he had determined
not to exceed; and declared his determine.
tion to withhold his subscriptions to the
Companies until such loan was procured to
meet them. He immediately advertised for
the loan, but until within a few days past
no part of it was taken. Such was the pos.
ture of affairs when the Rail Road Company
in qaestion commenced the measure to
which we refer,and which is thus detailed in
the Gettysburg Star of Tuesday
.In noticing the appointmont of Mr:f3TEvarrs
as Canal Commissioner, the Harrisburg Chronicle
says—
Mr. STEVENS is known over the whole
country as a man of transcendatit talent. And
it is not saying too much of him,that to him
we aro as much, and perhaps more,indebted
for the overthrow of the Jackson party to
this state, than any other man living. His
bold and vigorous intellect and indomitable
energy of character, have made him a ter
ror to the whole Van Buren party in this
State. His direct connection with the in
ternal improvement system of the common
wealth, in the State Legislaturp, for four or
five years, as a member of the improvement
committee, where his public dutiesondepen
dent of the deep personal interest, which he
ever displayed in every thing that tended to
developo the greatness of the state, or ele
vate her character as a great - empire, have
enabled him to become thoroughly acquain
ted with her whole improvement policy
`which- . admirably qualifys him for a corn
.
missiener.
IMPORTANT REBOLUTION.—The follow.
ins resolution, which looks to a practical re
form where it is most needed, was proposed
in the House of Representatives on Monday,
by Mr. MERCER:—
Resolved, That the Committee on the
Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the
expediency of vesting the power efappoint.
iug tho attorneys and marshals of the seve.
rat Courts of the United States in the judges
thereof; that the Committee of Ways and
Means be instructed to inquire into the ex
pediency of vesting the power of appointing
and removing the several officers of the ens-
toms in the Secretary of the Treasury, with
_the restriction that he shall, in case of every
removal, transmit to Congress his reasons
therefor; and that the Committee on the
Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to
inquire into the expediency of causing the
salary of the Postmaster General to be re•
duced to the sum of $3,500 per annum, to
take effect whenever a vacancy shall occur
in the said office, and of requiring that offi
cer,on his removal of any deputy from ofbee,
to transmit to Congress his reason therefor.
. From the Philadelphia Inquirer of May 30.
l'he Canal Board and out
P.i4Uc Works.
Messrs. STEvENs, DICKEY and PINNY•
PACKER, Canal Cornmissioners,lnive been in
town for several days; and have transacted
much important business connected with the
State Improvements. 'They all appear to
be in excellent health and spirits, and will
leave the city to-day for Lancaster; making
such delays and observations on their route,
as the nature of their duties may require.—
They will be accompanied by Messrs. ME
lIAFFEY and Itussma,—two highly efficient
officers of the works. We mentioned a
fortnight since, as a matter of just pride and
congratulation, that (luring the week preced
ing that period,
.fifleen hundred cars had
passed over the Inclined Plane at the Schuyl
kill. We aro now enabled to make public
a fact of a still more gratifying character.
During the week ending on Saturday last,
the unprecedented number of sixTßErl, HUN
DRED AND FIFTY-SIX CARS passed the above
mentioned plane. The present period may
be truly said to form an era in the history of
our State Improvements. The tolls received
during the present fiscal year, already n•
mount to more than half a million of dollars;
and the business was never more active than
at this moment. Only yesterday,tho trains
that left the depot at 8 o'clock, carried up
wards of FOUR HUNDRED PASSENGERS!—
These are facts that cannot but cheer the
heart and stir the pride of every true son of
Pennsylvania.
Specie Circular Repealed!
Our readers will lenrn,we doubt not,most
of them with great satisfaction, that the
Joint Resolution repealing, in effect, the
Treasury Order of July ,1836,and prohibit
ing the Executive from making any discri
minating and partial orders concerning Gov
ernment money in time to come,which passed
the Senate on Tuesday evening, passed the
House of Representatives yesterday almost
with the swiftness of an arrow, and now
needs only the. President's signature to be a
law. The unexampled majorities in both
Houses show the strength of the general dis
like justly entertained against this celebra
ted Circular.
Here is the end, then, of one Experiment,
and most sincerely do wo rejoice at it. W e
congratulate the country that Congress, in
so decisive a manner, has extinguished one
of those measures which have so much an
noyed and distressed the community.
It is remarkable with that pertinacity the
Executive has withstood public sentiment in
regard to his pernicious measure. The soli
citations of friends, and the reiterated deci
sions of Congress,have alike been unavailing
to produce its repeal. Three-fliurths oldie
Members of the last Congress pronounced
its condemnation by the bill of February,
18:37, which General JACKSON put in his
pocket, and would neither sign, nor return to
Congress that it might be passed into a law
without his signature. Then there was the
sub-Treasury bill of the extra session which
passed tho Senate, and which contained a
clause repealing the Specie Circular. Next,
there is the sub-Treasury bill of this session, '
which has also passed the Senate, containing
(in its 23d section) a similar rescinding
clause, moved by Mr. %VEIiSTER. And now,
here is the joint resolution, in the identical
terms of that section, substituted by the
Senate, on motion of the same gentleman,
for the proposition of Mr. CLAY, which has
received the sanction of overwhelming ma
jorities in both Houses. Thus has the Sen
ate four different times, and the House of
Representatives tivice,declared in effect that
this Jacksonian Experiment No. 2 ought not
only to be revoked, but that it ought to be
made unlawful for the Executive ever here.
after to issue or authorize any similar order.
Yet, up to this moment, has the Executive
clung to the measure, regardless of the in
jury which even his partisans avow that it
inflicts on the country; regardless of the
public will,most emphaticallyspolion through
the Representatives of the People. Yes,
clung to it with a tenacity which is totally
unaccountable upon any other hypothesis
than that the Executive will has been con
trolled by some "malign influence," either
proceeding from the Hermitage, or exerted
here by the original concoctors and advisers
of the measure. Be that as it may,tho fate
of that "experiment" is sealed. The odious
acid unconstitutional discrimination must now
be given up. Congress has pronounced its
fate in a voice that must heard, and with a
unanimity that leaves no hope to its friends,
oven from the VETO.
Blameable,however, as wo hold the Presi
dent for adhering with such obstinacy to
this oppressive measure, which he could at
any moment have abrogated with a dash of
the pen, it must yet be admitted, in candor,
that he has only acted in accordance with
the solemn pledge which he gave, on enter
ing upon his high trust, "to tread in the foot
steps of his illustrious predecesser;" and
those who approve of such pledges, under
any circumstances, must award him praise
for the fidelity with which he. has redeemed
that pledge Ho has certainly "trod in the
footsteps" as long as he could, though they
have led him through a thorny path. Gene
ral JACKSON'S popularity, it was arrogantly
asserted by his adulators, "could stand any
thing." A sad popularity it has been to the
country! Fortunately, though ho left his
obnoxious measures as a legacy to the in
cumbent of the Presidency, he could not be
quest!' with it that popularity by which he
was enabled to sustain them, and trample in
the dust the acts of the People's Represen
tatives.
The President signed the bill authorising
the issue of Treasury notes, in very short
order. He is, as all good_ Democrats are,
very much opposed to any kind of money,
except gold and silver—but nevertheless, he
could not withhold his signature from a bill
to emit ten millions of irredeemable paper.
Lotter from John Q. Adams.
The following letter from Joni Quriver An-
Ams, was received by the Managers of Pennsyl
vania Hall:
AV A Sill NGTON, 10th January, 1838.
Samuel Webb and William 11. Scott. Philadelphia:
MY RFNPECTED FIIIENDS.—I learnt iv;th
great sat isfiction, by your letter of the 18th
of last month, that the Pennsylvania Hall
Association, have erected a largo building
in your city, wherein liberty and equality of
civil rights can be freely discussed and the
evils of slavery fearlessly portrayed.
The right ofdiscussion upon slavery, and
an indefinite extent of.topics connected with
it,is banished from one hall the States of this
Union. It is suspended in both houses of
Congress—opened and closed at the pleasure
of the slave representation; opened for the
promulgation of nullification sophistry; dos
ed against the question, WHAT IS SLA-
VER Y? at the sound of which the walls of
the capitol staggered like a drunken man!
For this suppression of the freedom of
speech, of the freedom of the press, and of
the right of petition, the people of the FREE
States of this Union (by which I mean the
people of the non•slnvehokling states) are
responsible, and the people of Pennsylvania
most of all.
Of this responsibility, I say it with a pang
sharper than language can express,the city
of Philadelphia must take to herself the larg
est share. And this consideration would
cumpol me to decline the invitation with
which the Managers of this Association have
honored me,to deliver nn address at the open
ing of the liall,were it otherwise in my pow.
er, as it probably will nut he, to attend at the
time proposed.
My friends, I have a long standing,high.
respectful,and alThctionate attachment to the
city of Philadelphia, and its inhabitants. It
dates from the day of the Declaration of In
dependence, and if I were to address them
on the opening of your Hall, I should com
rent upon some of its self-evident truths.
Now a great multitude of the present in•
habitants of your city have grown sick of the
sound of these self evident truths, and ex
ceedingly adverse to hearing any comments
upon them. If I should make any practical
use of my freedom ofspeech,sorne would say,
he is doling out a farrago of abstractions.—
Others, what is the use of commenting upon
self-evident truths. Others, not a few, would
kindle into indignation, and say, he is inter
meddling with the peculiar institutions of
the South: that's unconstitutional! 'What's
that to hind lie's a fanatic, he is an iacen•
diary, he is an abolitionist!! he is attach•
rag the rights of the States, he is provoking
the people of the South, and,Lord have mer
cy upon us, they will dissolve the Union!
All this I could hear and endure with com
posure---att. hie I --.1.1%ve •hon rd Won), and
shall hear again. But if, while I Should be
discoursing, a native citizen of Philadelphia
should rise and say, What right have you to
come here, and dogmatize with us upon the
right of freedom, and the duties of freemen?
Is not this the city of William Penn, and do
you come hero to lecture us upon freedom
of conscience? Is not this the city whence
issued the Declaration of Independence?—
And do you come to teach us the doctrine of
inalienable rights? Have we so far degene
rated from the virtues of our fathers,that we
must go to Plymouth for our political creed?
Have we no native sons of our own pity, ca
pable of explaining to us the principles of hu
man liberty, as well as you?
My truo•hoarted friends, I should have
no answer, satisfactory to myself, to give to
such enquiries.
I rejoice, that in the city of Philadelphia,
the friends of free discussion have erected a
[full for its unrestrained exercise. I know
that the people of Philadelphia need a voice
as of one from the wilderness, to rally them
to the standard of human rights, but that
voice must come from amongthemselves.—
If there is not one native, I say not of Penn
sylvania, but lithe city of Philadelphia, who
dares to tell you the truth in tones that shall
reach the sepulchres of the dead, lock up
your flail on the same day that you shall
open it, and wait for the appointed time : it
will surely come.
I must apologize to you even for wri
ting to you with so much freedom. I hope
it may be without offence, for to avoid that
is precisely my reason for declining to de
liver the address which you invite. Noth
ing could delight me more than to address
the inhabitants of Philadelphia upon the
opening in their city of a hull devoted to free
discussion, could I speak to them my whole
mind, without giving to many of them great
offence. This would be impossible.
It would have been perhaps more dis
creet to answer that, independent ofall other
considerations, my detention here in the
discharge of indispensable duties, would in
all probability, preclude the possibility of
my engaging to visit Philadelphia at the in
dicated time. I shall therefore request yoU
to accept that as my answer, and to consul
or the remnant of this letter only as a tea
tirnonial of my respectful sensibility to your
invitation, and duly fervent wishes that tho
Pennsylvania Hall may fulfil its destination,
by demonstrating proof, that freedom of
speech in the city of Penn, shall uo longer
be AN ABSTRACTION.
I am fitithfully your friend,
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
ABOLITION IN THE WEST INDIES.—The
following extract is from a letter received at
New Haven, and published in the Herald of
that city.
BARBADOES, April 30.
"In my last,l alluded to the prospect that
the slaves, apprenticeq in this is'and, would
all be made free on the approaching Ist of
August. It is now reduced to a certainty
that such will be the case. The Governor,
in a special coinmunication, to the House of
Assembly, some time since,' recommended
the measure in the mast explicit terms.—
The executive council, on the 17th instant,
came to a unanimous vote in favor of it,
and set forth their reasons, us published in
la paper which 1 send you herewith Last
of all, the House of Assembly, on the 24th
inst. after having laboriously canvassed the
whole island, to obtain possessionot tll views
and feelings of their constituents,' appoin.
ted a committee, with "instructions to bring
in a bill for the entire emancipatind ofrill
classes of slavery apprentices, on the first
of August,lB3B." I doubt whether .. any
measure ever passed in this island hde given
such general satisfaction as this. I speak
not of the apprentices themselves, or whom
there are upward of 80 000 to be rosuriked
to their "unalienable rights," but of niter.
chants, planters,proprietors; from all clasiici3 .
there is a general expression of conuratulii-'
bon.
......8 0 fore..
A SHORT SERMON•-"A word spoken i 4
season, how good is it," and never perhaps,
was this proverb more fully verified than by
the opportunity 'improved, as all opportuni
ties should be, by the late Rev. Rowland
Hill. He was once walking in Cheapside,
on a Sabbath afternoon, when ho overheard
a conversation between two young men of
gay appearance, who were close behind him
"Where shall we go to this evening?" asked
one of them. "Wherever we can have a
bit of fun" replied the other. "Thou let us
uo to Old Rowley's chapel," said his Com.
panion, "there will be some fun there." It
was accordingly agreed upon; and while the
worthy divine was reading the lesion in the
evening, his eyes discerned in the uallery
near him the very two persons whom he had
beheld in the street but a few hours before
making the above remark. His text was ta
ken from Psalms ix, 17. '.The wicked shall
he turned into hell with all the nations that
forget God." For a moment the minister
paused, and then pointing to them with all
the dignity of his calling, repeated to them
the awful denunciation of scripture, ad ling
at the same time,"There's FUN for yo,boys!"
Goon Lueg.—The following remarkable ns
•ertion was made by Lord Exmouth, one of the
nost famous of the British admirals:
"I have never known what fortune meant.
I never chose my station, and never had a
friend but the kines pennant; but I have
always gone where I was setit,at.d done what
I was ordered, and he who will act upon the
same principle may do as I have done."
Sueh an idea it would do well to impress
upon the young, to animate them to the ex•
ercise of judgment, and habits of industry.
Dr. Young has somewhere observed:
"Look on those you call unfortunate,
And close reviewed, you'll rind they are unwise
It is one of the strongest arguments a
gainst gaming of every kind—that it tends
to beget a dependence upon the chance of
fortune, and thus to teach men to undervalue
industry and skill. Why then should we in
all our business transactions recognise a
chance? Why should we continually erect
an altar to that unknown god, and refer con•
tinually 'to his gifts, all those advantages
which are the rewards of industry and virtue,
sent ;II tt, a.c.Alreac. ivy "lit-.
"from whom cornett' every good and perfect
gift."
The bell rings fir fire. Every one starts
up, but feels certain it is not his house, be
cause he kpows the chances are so widely
scattered. Anon a hearse with its long fune
ral train goes by. No one thinks it will be
his turn next, beVtise ho never has died yet;
but when his house burns down, or death
claims the body, he makes as great a fuss
about it as if it was smoothing new, and he
had not had warning upon warning, uy, and
continually.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT.-"Stop her! stop her!
stop the boat, Captain," cried out the shoe
black of a steamer, after the boat had been
some time under way; "I've left my brushes
on shore!" flow many men there are of
tremendous importance,in their own est ima.
lion, who think the world is coming to an
end if they happen to leave their "brushes
on shore."
FRENCH' PECULIARITIES. -- When fire
breaks out in a French town, the folks do
not cry ‘!fire !" They sing out "L'eau,reau,
l'eau!" t e. "Water! water! water!" This
is thought by some to be a much more ap
propriate exclamation than ours. In the
same way, we suppose, they cry "Honest
man!" when chasing a thief, or "dog! dog!"
when they see a wolf in a sheep fold.
Old Johnson, the player, who was not only
a very good actor, but a good judge of pain
ting, and r.emarkable for making many dry
jokes, was shown a picture, done by a very
indifferent hand,but much commended, and
asked his opinion of it. "Why, truly," said
he, "the painter is a very good painter and
observes the Lord's commandments."—
" What do vou mean by that, Mr. Johnson."
said one who stood by. "Why, I think,"an
swered he, "that he bath not made to him
self the likeness of any thing that is in Heav
en above, or that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the water under the earth."
=Xl=l
THE CUT WORM.—The cut worm is an
ash.colored worm with a stripe almost black
upon its back. At its full growth, it is the
bigness of a goose•quill, and an inch and a
quarter in length. The greatest mischief
that cutworms generally do,is to young cab
bage, corn, cauliflowers, &c. They never
choose to appear on the surface in the day
time; but keep themselves buried about an
inch or two beneath it. In the night they
come up,` eat off the stems of young plants,
and again bury themselves in the soil, often
attempting to draw in the plants after them.
They sometimes cut oilfields of Indian corn.
They begin their work of destruction in !Any
and cease in June.
A writer in the New England Farmer,
page 129, say s: "1 once prevented their de
predations in my garden, 1.4 manuring the
soil with sea mud,nowly taken from the flats.
The plants generally escaped, though they
were cut off in n spot of ground that lies
contiguous. From the success of this ex•
pen merit, 1 concluded that salt is very ()fret'.
sivo or pernicious to them. Lime and ashes
in some measure prevent their doing mis
chief; 'but-sea water, salt, or brine, would ho
mom ellixtuul antidotes. The moat
tual method, and not a laborious remedy
even in field culture, is to go round every
morning and open the earth at the foot ofthe
plant,and you will never fail to find the worm
at the root within four inches. Kill him,
and you will save not only the other plants
ofyour held, but probably many thousands
in future years."
CORN STOCK FODDER, chopped up with a
culling machine, and mixed with a small
quantity of bran, shorts or meal, (if mixed
with warm water, so much the better,) will
be wholly eaten by cattle. The advantage
! of this practice is, that the centre stalks,
,commonly rejected by cattle, are now en
*sly eaten by them; and as they are the
'sweetest and most nutritious part, a great
loss is prevented. By lessening the quanit
to of meal gradually, cattle may be learned
\
t• eat the cut stalks without any addition.
' „a ' DESTROY TILE FLY ON TURNIPS.—
Li . 4 sown by the hand, or distributed by a
cnat, inb, is an infallible protection to tur
nips n ainst the ravages of the fly. It should
be appUed as soon as the turnips come up,
and in the Same daily rotation in which they
were sown. ' 'iThe lime should be slacked
immediately before it is used; if the air be'
not sufficiently moist to render that opera.
Lion unnecessary.
COTTON. —The Cotton Crop this year is
an extraordinary product compared with pre
vious years. Rets aro iniul9 at New Orleans
that it will not fall short °clime milli I/ eight
hundred thousand bales. Major Noah says,
" Phis 1 , 1 the real gold of Oarstaples,and the
excess of two or three bu'pdred thousand
bales over last year will keophe foreign ex
changes in our favor while w(iare backed
by such wealth, which is mark , . eubstantial
than specie."
IttoN.—Tae rapid progressOf the Iron
manufacture in England,may bf , titiiierOood
from the fact, that in 1740, the quer - kitty
manufactured was 17,000 tons; while'in
1836 it has reached 700,000 tons for the
single year. The quantity made in 1820,
was .100,000 tons, which shews an increase
in the Annual product, of 300,000 tons, in a
period of sixteen years.
.11alters.
Look at this!
At n late Van Boren meeting, the following
esolution was adopted:
"Resolved, That the present Executive,
Joseph Ritner, is totally incompetent to di4-
charge the high duties of his station, be
cause ho is an ignorant and illiterate
DUTCHMAN."
Stand back ye Dutch. and make way for th
learned and talented David U. Porter,whose Grand
mother was a Du tchman.—Mil/union.
JI/DOE BURIVSIDE —A 'weak invention
oldie enemy" 19 thus contradicted by the
Mundy - relogralik for about the tAVenlieili.
"A paragraph has been going the. rounds
of the Van Buren press in the western sec
tion of the State, stating that Judge Burn
side, of Centre county, had come out in ap
position to Gov. Ritner; thereby intimating
hat the friends of the Governor are hecom•
ng disgusted with his course. We have
good authority for asserting that the gen
tleman alluded to was, at the last election
A DECIDED WOLF MAN.
PORTER IN BRADFOLD COUNTY•—The
Bradford A.rgus says, that the Young Men's
Convention recently got up in that county,
and about which the Loco Focos made a
great noise before the time of meetine was
"another Porter failure." ' , When the time
came they found to their mortification that
they had only delegates from three or four
townships." It adds "this is the second
failure which the Porteritos have experien•
ced in this county! These failures are but
forerunners of the fatal failure which will
overtake them on the second Tuesday of Oc
tuber next. Alas,for Porter and hisfriellds
in B radian'. z. arty.`'
Rif nci• , s Prospects
We are weekly receiving from every part
of the state, the most cheering news in re
gard to the prospects of our Farmer Gov
ernor. Let the news como from where it
will, it is good; the farmers say, we have - 11
man from nur own ranks at the head of Gov
erment, who manfully sustains our interest.
and we are determined to Itec,p him there
yet another term. Our Ge• - man friends say,
Der Joseph Ititner.i.;t der Mann,
Der unser,' Maui regieren Nunn.
The merchants, mechanics, and menthe
hirers say, it is our interest to support the
man that has done so much to advance the
prosperity of the "Keystone State." Be
cause, when prosperity reigns we prosper,
when ruin and misrule is desolating our
country, we suffer. The wagoners say Jo
seph Ritner was once a wagoner—he has
lent a helping hand to aid turnpikes, with
which our whole interests and prosper
ity is connected, and they sing out . ”huzza
for the old Pennsylvania Wagoner,"and so
it goes. Joseph Ritner is undouhtedly'the
people's favorite, there is no mistake about
it, and if they will but turn out on the sec
ond Tuesday of October nett, there cannot
be a shadow of doubt as to the result.
From tho Harrisburg Telegraph
Democratic anthallasonic
Mational Convention.
The National Anti-Masonic Convention
that met at Washington City in September
last, adjourned to meet at Philadelphiit to
nominate candidates for President and Vice
President on the se-ond Tuesday of Novem
ber 1838. At this convention the following
resolution was passed.
"Resolved, That we will nominate no can-
didate for either of those offices from any
State not regularly represented in said Con•
ven—tion."
'o have expected for some time to see
the Anti• Masons in the different states, not
regularly represented a , that Convention,
make some movetnents to send delegates te
Philadelphia. At that Cumention,the ben•
tlemen who represented Ohio, asserted that
if the nomination of candidates for President
and Viee President were postponed until the
period mentioned, Ohio would be fully re.
presented in the Convention, but thus far we
have seen no attempt to elect delegates to it ,
from that State. It requires not the presci.i
once of prophecy to foresee that the clues.
lion as it respects the candidate for Presi.
dent in opposition to Mr. Van Buren,.. will
be settled by the Demo&rn tic A ritOlaSonic
Natiminl Convention—and that whoever
they may take up will become the 'candidate
of the whole enti•Van Buren party of the
Union, unless all prospects of success are
abandoned, by the different portions of the
party. Our friends will therefore see the
importance of having the different states
ably and correctly represented in that con
vention—and also that on time be lost in
making preparations for that event. That
that Convention will meet and make the no
minations at the time specified, there can
he no doubt. Wo aro certain of it, and
therefore urge those who desire to see the
claims of distinguished individuals present.
ed there, to activity and vigilance.
VAN BUREN RETHENCII3IENT AND R
rortm!—lt is stated in Poulson's Daily Ad
vertiser that the present national adminis
tration has paid, within about nne year,
TWELVE TDOUS.A.ND noLtArts for pictures of
General JACKSON and MARTIN VAN BUREN!
NEW CANAL BOARD.—The new Board
of Canal Commissioners receives the con
gratulation of the friends of Gov. Ritner, on
all sides,wli i le it strikes terror into the ranks
of his enemies. They little expected to see
Iles•srs Dickey and Stevens occupy the sta
tions they have been called to; and while they
admit their ability and energy they also say
that they will make "TEN THOUSAND
VOTE FOR R ITN ER." This will se
cure al least 20,000 majority for the Old
Farmer—so the Loco Focus may lay down
their arms and save the mortificatinpfi
feat after a warm contest [Harrisbahr, 4
4,1:,,.
~ 05.,,
HARD TIMES IN Missiissxm.4-4hS• Lou
isville Journal says:—"A *if id has sent us
a copy of the Raymend,l4 lea ! Times. There
is not a single editorial reinatiOar a single
cominunication in it. 'fhtis , Oliele paper is
tilled with advertisementSOf*Mres sales"
and "trust Sales"---83 in number. How
beautifully sounds.tho lato boast of Senator
‘V ALK EU: "There IS no distress among
my constituents •
Ilow true the assertion of the official Jour
ml at Washington—" There is no pressure
hat any honest man should regret."
LAST END OF TILE WICKED.—The Louis
villa (Ky.) Journal thus notices the unhappy
career and miserable death of Amos Ken
dall's paper, the Frankfort Argus. The
Journal says:—"There is no longer a Van
Buren paper at the capital of Kentucky.—
The Frankfort Argus has groaned and kick
- - rn•amorol.)l43 life and
died a miserable death."
The Poor Indtansl
United States and the Cher
okees.
OFFICIAL.-FROM TILT GLOBE
lofor Gen. Scorn, of the United Slates
Army, sendslo the Cherokee People, re:
mailling in North Carolina, Georgia,
Tennessee, and Alabama, this Address.
CumtoKEEs:— Ile President of the Uni
ted States hav4ent me,with a powerfttl army
to cause you, ihlhedience to the Trenty of
1935, to join thu, part of your people who
nre already eotablith e d in prosperity on the
other side of the Unhappily,
the two years which "ore allowed for the
pit rpose,you have sufferet to pass away with
out following, and withou molting any pre
paration to follow; and no% or by the time
' that this solemn address shalt oath your dis
tant settlements,tho emigration ~ u st be com
mer.ced in haste, but, I hope, wAiout disor
der. I have no power, by grantink t farther
delay, to correct the error that Y'l have
- connitittz e t. , -;rhe full moon of May is t.. ea d y
o n th e wane, 7and, before another shall yvo
p asse d ma ..., every Cherokee, man, won. n
and
to join theirin those States, must be in milli]
brethren in the far West.
fylY FRIENDS:—This is no sudden deter.
. I .7;maiion on the part of the President,whoni
you and I must now obey. By the treaty,
the emigration was to have been completed
on or before the 23d of this month; and the
President hus constantly kept you warned,
during the two years allowed,through all his
officers and agents in this country, that the
treaty would be enforced.
I am come to carry out that determina
tion. My troops already occupy many po
sitions in the country that you are to aban
don, and thousands and thousands are ap
proaching, from every quarter, to render
resistance and escape alike hopeless. All
those troops, regular and militia, are your
friends. Receive them and confide in them
as such. Obey their" when they tell you
that you can remain no longer in this coun
try. Soldiers are as kind-hearted as brave,
and the desire of every one of us is to execute
our painful duty in mercy. We are com
manded by the President to act towards you
4141E4 spirit, and such is also the wish of the
Whole . Peeple of America.
Chiefs, head-men, and w urriors!—Will
you, theri;iftretlistance, compel us to resort
to arms? God 'forbid! . Or will you, by flight,
seek to hide yourselves in mountains and
forests, and thus oblige u 9 to hunt you down?
Remember that, in pursuit,it may be impos
sible to avoid conflicts. The blood of the •
white man, or the blood of the red man,may
be spilt, and, if spilt, however accidentally,
it may be impossible for the discreet and
humane among you, or among us,tu prevent
a general •var and carnage. Think of this,
my Cherokee brethren! lam an old war
rior, add have been present at many a scene
of slaughter; but spare me, I beseech you,
the horror of witnessing the destruction of
the Cherokees.
Do not, l invite you, even wait for the•
close approach of the troops; but make such:
preparations for emigration as you can, and:
hasten to this place, to Ross's Landing, or
to Guntur's Landing, whero you aft welt be
received in kindness by officers selected for
the purpose. You will find food for all, and
clothing for the destitute, nt either of those
places; and thence at your ease, and in com
fort, be transported to your new homes ac
cording to the terms of the treaty.
This is the address of n warrior to war
-116 F-8. May his ent reaties be kindly receiv
ed, and may the God of both prosper the
Amqicnns and Cherokees, and preserve
them long in peace and friend-hip with each
other!
WINFIELD SCOTT
CHEROKEE AHEIVEY, Moy 10, 1838.
General Intelligence.
Eanon Comm:TELL—An error occurred
in the statement relating to the new lettings,
contained in our last paper. The letting
at Erie will take place on the Ilth of July,
instead of the 16th, as publ;shed.
WM. W. Inwtx, Esq. has been appoint
ed Deputy Attorney General for the city of
Pittsburg and Allegheny county.
SPECTE PAYMENTS. — Tho Banks ofSouth
Carolina and Georgia have resolved in Con
vent ion, to resume specie payments on or be
fore the first day of.lnnuary next.
We observe by the "Columbia Spy," that
one half of that establishment is °tiered for
sale. It presents a good opening for an in•
dustrious and enterprizing printer.
The 11011. LEVI WOODBURY, Secretary of
the Navy, has been appointed Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of Vermont.
LABOREIed WANTED.—The Superinten•
dent of the North Branch extension of the
Pennsylvania Canal, advertises for 2,500 la
borers between the mouth of the Lackawan
na and the New York state lino
e Hollidaysburg "Register" and Johns
: (WALS'ky" have been enlarged and other
';'ielfix*.rs.!yed in appearance. The Ritner
papers, appear ' to be growing all over the'
State. •
BEAUTIES SLAVERY.-A slave ship,
having on hoard,6oo human beings as slaves,
was recentlycapti*d by a British man of
war on the cottittof Africa" )
A beautiful young Ode woman was re•
cently offered for saleara slave in the city
of New Orleans. She is \ ckeseribed to have
been "a handsome young woman, with blue
eyes, black hair and perfectly white skin."
These are some of the 4.blessmas" that
grow out of the Southern system of "domes
tic s!avery."
THE OLDEST MAN in Philadelphia died
on Saturday. Ho was in the 108th year of
his age. His name is William Butler and
he was a soldier of the revolution.
Thirty six counties of Kentucky have al
ready appointed Commissioners for putting
the Common School system into operation.
The Rev. C. W. Howard, of Mil:edge
vine, Georgia, has been commissioned by
that State to proceed to England for the
purpose of collecting its Colonial records.
The Oglethorpe Institution of Georgia has
also engaged the same gentleman to procure
a complete philosophical apparatus. Mr.
Howard sailed from New 'Y ork for England
by one of the recent packets.
ABSENCE OF M IND.-A tall mnn in Vir
ginia, having held a conversation with an
other person of inferior dimensions, made a
low hew to his cane which stood in the cor
ner, and seizing his friend by the scalp walk
ed off with him.
A TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT. -11 is stated
in the Cincinnati Gazette, that near two
hundred voters of Harden county,(Ky.) have
published a pledge that they will vote for no
candidate who treats at election, or suffers
others to do it for him, directly or indirect
ly. A little more of such nerve would soon
make election treats unfashionable.
A VALUABLE. DISCOVERY. —The Brussels
journals mention that a Pr. Bernhardt has
discovered a process by means of which he
is enabled to form out of the refuse of fish, a
pure and limpid oil without any odor, soap
of superior quality, fielt-glue, Prussian blue,
and bone black, in quantities sufficient to
produce a profit of 400 per cent.; and has
founded a factory on an extensive scale for
carrying his processes into effect.
K BALD EAGLE, weighing 20 lbs. am
measurin g 6 feet 7 inches from tip to tip
was shot a few days since near Jonesborough
Tennessee.
A GOOD SI:MT.-A boy, only 13 years o
age , in w iQconsin Territory, recently she
seven wild gear, st once.
FLountstima VILLAGE Q 'TURCLIES are
mentioned in nine instances to hav, „ rung
from Sabbath Schools in Rhode Island. lii
tural cause .and effect.
The Frederick papers hint that another
Court of Inquiry may shortly be expected to
assemble in that City—to investigate .the
conduct of Gen..ksur.
A bill of indietment.for tirite r has been
found by the grand jury. of Pulaski county,
Arkansas, against John W ilson, the spanker
of the House of Assembly of that state, who
left the chair, and murdered Joseph .1. An•
thony, a membor, on the floor of the House.
A LIBERAL SUBSCRIPTION. --The Corpo
ration of Wheeling subscribed one million
of dollars to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
Road.
CINCINNATI. Fifty years ago this day
f7th April, 1828,] (says the • Nashville
Union,) as we learn from one of the party,
about sixtv•four riersons landed nt the junc
tion of the Ohio and Muslcingum rivers, un.
der the command of Gen. RUFUS PUTNAM,
mid commenced the settlement of the State
of Ohio, in the presence of nearly three hun•
dred Indians, who hnd assembled on the
opposite side of the Husking/Im. Thu land.
ing took place at 10 o'clock of a bright and
beautiful spring morning.
What a change have these fifty years pro
duced in Ohio: its dark forests have been
swept away before the axe of the settler;
farms, towns and cities now occupy the site
of the wigwam; the steamboat has taken the
place of the canoe; and a population of a
million and upwards exists on the same terri
tory that supplied but a scanty subsistence
to a rew hundreds of roving savages. Such
a rapid and entire change is without a pre
cedent in the history of the workl.
To %Trani pun
ratmad alit t'uunotia unlit (satiaS nano Jad-,
•ridstuau u L 1 3
• 1! ito Jo trottuatut ou IVA% radudsrantr
u Jai Iluigtaasgng—u a lquuopandun ?
•indedsmou Dr.q4do
It is stated in the Cumberland Advoc#te,
that tho punishment of .Sala Tungg,,f ound
guilty in the Alleghany Court, of mur rin
he first dpgreo,and therefbre liable tosuffer
denth,has been commuted by the Kxecutive,
fifty en years confinement in:the/Peniten
tiary.
IN A HURRY.—An old man with a wooden
leg was walking the road / apparently much
way worn, when he caine up to the mail
conch. The conductor taking n pity on his
apparent debility and helplessness, invited
him to take a seat. "I thank you—l thank
you sir, but I am in a desperate hurry" re
plied the old codger, stumping ahead at a
furious rate.
A Curtiosrey.—We were shown a beau-
tiful specimen of the ingenuity of birds, a
few days eincizi, by Dr. Cook,of this borough.
It was a bi rd's nest, made entirely of silver
wire, beautifully woven together. The nest
was founrtiin a sycamore tree, on the Cador
us, by Francis Beard, of York county.
It was .the nest of a Lariging, bird—and the
material Was probably obtained from a snl
-431.'4 epaulette, which it had found.— West
Phester Village Record.
Vertr SFNSITIV E.—The Baltimore Re
publican is greatly scandalized at the re
port that whites and blacks sat side by side
in the Pennsylvania Hall. The beauty and
consistency of the thing is, that the same
paper labored zealously to elevate Col. John •
son to the V;ce Prsidency !—Pa. Freeman.
The extensive steam mills, attached to the
to the Dominican convant of Saint Rose,
near Springfield, Ky., were entirely consum
ed, on the thirteenth instant. Loss said to
be ten thousand dollars.
If all be true that the New Heaven Her.
ald says, and that the explorations of Pro
fessor Sheppard, at Bristol, in that State lead
us to infer, one of the richest beds of copper
ore exists at that place, and Connecticut has
a treasure hitherto unknown. The veins
are said to be 90 feet broad, are not deep,
and the oar raised has paid the expenses
incurred in digging. Stamping mills, smel
ting furnaces, &c, are being built, and ef-,
ficient arrangements for the further prose-'
cution of the work have been determined
upon by those interested.
LATEST ERO3I VERA CRUZ, AND THE
BLOCKADE.—The brig Paragon left Vera
Cruz on the Bth of May, and has arrived at
New Orleans.
The French squadron is still on the coast,
and keep up the blockade with great strict
ness. Two or threo vessels, Mexican, and
of other nations, attempting to break the
blockade, have been captured.
Baron Defraudis, the Minister of the
French. and the late Charge of that nation,
near the Mexican government, is or: board
the fleet, awaiting the courze of events.
Dates from the Mexican capital are to the
sth,at which period all was quiet. Great ex
citement however.prevailed against foreign.
ers, and apprehensions were entertained for
personal safety. The French merchants
had sent in to their Consel an appraisement
of their property, said to amount to eleven
millions of dollars. The resolution in Con
gress to expel the French from the country
was not carried, and it was supposed it
would not be renewed,at least for the present.
Some indication of a revolt of the popu
lace against the government had arisen, but
were suppressed by active measures on the
part of the troops. It was believed that a
change in the Ministry would speedily take
place, by which the pending difficulties be
tween the French and the Mexican Govern.
ment would be adjusted, to the satisfaction
of the former.
The United States, and subjects thereof in
Mexico, are more highly respected than
formerly.
Heavy speculations had taken place in
foreign merchandise at the city of Mexico,
but by late advices was gradually subsiding
prices having fallen, under the expectation
that all existing difficulty with the French
would be arranged at an early period.
FRO3I THE SOUTIL—The town of Mon
rovia, near Tuscoloosa, (Alabama) was des
troyed by fire about the 18th inst.—every
building in it (except a kitchen and hen
mouse) including the Church, Academy,
Billiklbs house, Post office and Exchange
being swept aw..y g ,„ w i t h the bosom oues.
!ruction. The fire is bent... 4 to have been
the act of an incendiary, and suspicion has
fallen on the Cashier of the Bank, ns it is be
lieved he had embezzled a large amount of
the funds in his charge.
A letter from an officer at Micenopy, of
of the 14th, speaks of an expedition on foot
to proceed round Orange Lake to attack the
Indians, who are in considerable force on
the Ok-la-wa-ha, where their women and
c'lildren are collected, planting corn, and'
feeling confident in their security. The
warriors are becoming very bold and impu
dent, firing tit our expresses, and approach
ing within belle mile of the fort. , Major
Riley, however, must wait the arrival of re
inforcements from Tampa Bay before he
can venture to move against them with his
present- small force.•
Gen. Armistead and staff, and Major
Wilson, with four companies of Infantry
were to have left Fort Brook on the Ath for
the Cherokee country, via N. Orleans.—
Gen. Tiiylor was at Pass Creek, with Al
ligator and some 300 Indians and negroes.
STARP&.!REPUBLICAN BANNER.
At Viper annum. half...yearly . In advance.
CIETTYSBIIRGEC, PA.
Tuesday, June 5, I S3B.
FOR GOVERNOR,
4/14 7 2Q/U 221U1043420
Flour in Baltimore, 57 75; Wheat, $1 75,
Corn, 72 cts.; Rye, 92; Oats, 33; Clover Seed;
4110; Whiskey, 29 cts.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
ccyWe regret that we have again to complain
of the irregular reception of this valuable paper.—
Wo hope the publisher will see to it. The Nos.
for May 28th and June 2d were not received. Wo
cannot afford to do without the Inquirer just now;
and if the missing numbers aro stolen by a Post
Master between this and Philadelphia, we hereby
authorize Mr. Harding to furnish such P M. with
extra copies, if he will only let ours come on re
gularly.
(0 -Dr. WILLIAM 0. MTIIEIISON will accept
our thanks for a copy of the •Fourth Annual Re
port on the Common &hoofs of Pennsylvania,"
by TIIUM Ali H. Bunuow•xs, Esq. Superintendent.
Our thanks are duo to the Hon. DANIEL
SIIEFFEII, Member of Congress. for a copy of the
Report of the Committee on Agriculture in refer
ence to the Mulberry and Sugsr•Beet,and embody
ing statements of the imports and exports of Silks
and Sugar from 1832 to 1837—from which it ap
pears that during 1837, there wore imported, of
Silks, 1514,352,823, and exported, $1,207,802; of
Sugar, imported 13E3,139,819 pounds, valued at
i.;7,202,668; and exported, 41,052,035 pounds,
valued at $2,650,052.
Hunlingtlon Journal.
co - - Subscriptions to this independent Journal
will be received at this office. Notwithstanding
the RICH Loco Foco candidate is busily nr, Trxo
AUCOUNTS AGAIN - DT THE EDITOR AND RUING
HIM. we are glad to see rt determination on the part
of the People to sustain him.
Odjournnient.
The "New-school" General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church adjourned sine die on Tues
day morning last. The next meeting will be held
in Philadelphia on the third Thursday of May,
1839. We see it stated that this body has adop
ted the style and title of "The Orthodox Consti
tutional General Assembly."
Loco Focoism in High Places!
co -Judge McKi LET, one of the Associate
Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States,
has decided, at a Circuit Court for the District of
Alabama, &c. that a Corporation, deriving its
power from a charter granted by the Legislature
of one State, cannot make a contract beyond the
limits of that State. In other words, that a Bank
incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylvania
cannot compel the payment of debts due to it by
those not residents and citizens of the State!
A decision calculated to produce more atrocious
frauds, wee never pronounced by the organ of any
Court—riot even by the Jacobin tribunals of Rev
olutionary France! Besides, it must have the effect
to cut asunder the tics which, most of all, arc cal
culated to preserve the integrity of the Union, by
destroying the sinews of trade between the differ
ent States.
The real case decided by Judge McKinley was
this: A man by the name of William D. Primrose,
a citizen of the State of Alabama, became indebted
to the U. S. Bank of Pennsylvania in the sum of
$3,460. When the debt became due, Primrose
refused to pay it,and the Bank brought suit against
him for the amount, and, on a case stated for the
opihion of the Court, the learned (!) Judge decid
ed, that a corporation deriving its power from the
Legislature of Pennsylvania could not compel a
citizen of Alabama, in a court of the latter State,
to pay a debt which he had contracted to the said
corporation!!!
The Supreme Court, however, has power to
reverse this decision; and we are told that it con
travenes all former decisions on this subject, ex
cept one made by the same Judge about a year ago.
God save the country from Loco Focoism!
Important Letter from Oh'
Biddle.
The intelligence (says the Baltimore American)
of the final passage through the House of Repre
sentatives of the Joint Resolution repealing the
Specie Circular, was received in Philadelphia on
Thursday, and on the afternoon of that day the
following letter from the President of the U. S.
Bank was published in the Nationnl Gazette of that
city. The Philadelphia papers concur in ex
pressing the expectation of an early resumption of
specie payments.
PHILADELPHIA, May 31, 1838
My DEAR SIR.—In my letter of the 7th
ult. 1 stated my belief that there could be no
safe nor permanent resumption of specie pay
merits by the Banks, until the policy of the
Government towards them was changed.
The repeal of the Specie Circular by Con
gress makes that change. I see now, what
until now 1 have not seen, the means of
restoring the currency.
I rejoice very sincerely at the termination
of this unhappy controversy, and shall cordi
ally co operate with the Government by pro
mating what the Banks are, I am sure, anxi
ous to effect, an early resumption of specie
payments throughout the Union.
With great respect, yours,
N. BIDDLE.
Hon. J. Q. ADAMR, Washington D. C.
"Porter at home!"
c r zy• For the Compiler Folks/!!,
(0. The Harrisburg Intelligencer says,—Our
friends in Huntingdon are in most excellent spir
its, glowing with enthusiasm, and the delegates
assure us that Runer's majority in the county will
not be less than FIVE, and may exceed EIGHT
H UNDRED.
The Carlisle Volunteer (Loco Foco) may
well cry "Woe to the Loco Foco Democrats of Ad
ams county!" We intend using them up com
pletely— barely leaving a Major, a Sheriff, a Post
Master, their Printer and a "small spot" of a Law
yer for seed! The seed, however, being of the
rotten-house raising, is not expected over hereafter
to germinate. This is all the consolation we have
for the "Volunteer!" May the Editors live to en
joy it!
11• WILLIAM GILSON, Eq. has.heen nomina
ted by a Brute Convention as the Van Buren Loco
Foco candidate for Governor of Maryland.
11A.CKEI) 013T1
ci.We learn from Harrisburg that the motion
for a Mandamus against the old Farmer has been
withdrawn! We hope the next time the parties ,
concerned will "count the cost" before they at
tempt nforce-work." The following upon tiro sub
ject, we cut from the Baltimore Patriot:
RETROGADE.--.We learn from the Harris
burg Telegraph that the application by T.
J. McCeLLoucri, President of the Cumber
land Valley Railroad Company, for a rule
en Governor RITNER, to appear before the
Supreme Court of Pa. and show cause why
a mandamus should not issue, to compel him
to subscribe a certain amount of stock to that
company, as authorised by the improvement '
bill has been withdrawn. In this case it
appears that second thoughts were deemed
best. It would certainly seem to be rather
an ungracious mode of proceeding, to elicit
State liberality "on compulsion." When
the condition of the State treasury will admit
of this appropriation, there seems no suffi
cient reason to conclude that the preliminary
measure for its application will be withheld
by the executive. --Baltimore Patriot.
Disgraceful.
Aisgraceful "fist-fight" took place on the
floor of Congress during its session, on Friday last,
between Mr. BELL and Mr. Team ay, Members
from Tennessee!
cr y Wo learn from the Harrisburg Intelligeneer,
of hst week, that Gen. PORTER HAS NOT RE
SIGNED HIS SEAT IN THE SENATE. The
statement in the Compiler that he had, is there
fore uutrue.
3 -
Porter ralschoods.
co• --The Compiler states that Gov. ItrrsEn re
jects the “claims of Anti-Masons and appoints
Masons to responsible offices." This is false, and
we call upon that paper to pioduce its proof.
" - -VVe see it stated that among the appropria
tions by Congress this session is one of ONE
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR PRESIDENT
VAN BUREN'S HEAD GARDENER!!! No
wonder that the Treasury becomes empty so often!
l'iturriss and Worm, Members of
Congress fitirn Mississippi, appeared and took
their seats last week just in time to vote for the
repeal of the Specie Circular.
We have received several Nos. of the "Lou
isville (Ky.) Enquirer," a spirited, well-conducted
paper. It is published tri-weekly, at 10 cents a
week, 60 cents a month, or 5 cents for a single
copy. Although an "odd-fish," It contains a great
variety of interesting matter.
The New York Mirror.
(1-1. We cordially adopt the following article
from the Germantown Telegraph—containing as
it does a tribute justly bestowed upon one of the
best Journals in this or any other country:
As a literary periodical, the NEw-Yollir
MIRROR may be set down as the best in the
country. The number issued on Saturday
last, is composed of enti rely original articles,
which are of a character that would not suf
fer .tet comparison with those of any other
similar work. They are accompanied with
a quarto engraving, "A View of the Bay and
Harbor of New-York from Staten Island"—
which, although not a masterpiece of art,
as the embellishments of the Mirror usually
are—affords an excellent view of one of the
most magnificent bays in the world.
We are under obligations to the gentle.
manly proprietor, for his general courtesy
to us; and especially so, for his attention in
one or two recent instances. We are not,
however, "obligated" to puff the "Mirror;"
for so long as it reflects its present beautiful
proportions—the index of its intrinsic quali
ties—it needs none of this sickly aliment to
sustain it in healthful vigor and gratifying
usefulness.
From the Columbia Spy of Saturday last.
COLLECTOR'S OFFICE,
COLUMBIA, Juno Ist, 1838, 3
WEEKLY' REPORT.
Amount of Toll received at this office
from Nov. 1,1837,t0 May 26, '3B, $109,034 54
Amount received during the week
ending this day,
Whole amount received up to
Juno 2d
$116,001 59
R. 13. WRIGHT, Collector.
RYMENIAL REGISTER.
MARRIED.
On the 15th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Watson, Mr
HARVEY SWENET, of Washington co. Md. (for
merly of this county,) to Miss CATHARINE H.
M , ALEtsvER, of this borough.
On Tuesday evening last, by the same, (at the
residence of Mr. H. Denwiddie, in Gettysburg,)
Mr. EDWARD A. SAGE to MISS SUSAN WILLIAMS
—both of Rochester, N. York.
On Tuesday last, by the Rev. Mr. Albert, Mr
LAWRENCE BRANDT to Miss ELIZABETH STET
FY—all of Littleatown.
On Thursday evening last, by the Rev. Mr.
Smith, Mr. DANIEL E. Kuria, of Pittsburg, to
Miss Suserfica LEFEVER, daughter of Mr. Ben
jamin Lefever, of this place, and formerly of Lan
caster county.
z-The Printer was not forgotten on the above
occasion. And we tender to the fair Brune our
best compliments for an abundant supply of cake,
as well as our heartfelt wishes for her and her part
ner's future prosperity and happiness. May all
her wishes and expectations be fully realized, and
may she nover repent her determination to "tread
in the footsteps" of her forefathers!
OBITUARY RECORD.
DIED.
On the 30th ult. Mra. CATHARINE BENDER,
cousort of Mr. Jacob Bender, aged 38 years, 10
months and 9 days.
On tho 22d ult. SOLOMON Chums'', infant son
of Mr. Stonesifer, of this county,
On tho 26th rat: ELLEN hits, daughter of Mr.
Samuel Kitzmiller, of Conowago township, in the
7th year of her ago.
On thii 28th ult. in Germany township, Davin
SELL, in the 10th year of his age.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
co. Rev. Mr. BAUGHER will preach in the
English Lutheran Church on Sunday morning
next. There will also be preaching in the even
mg,at early candlolight.by Rev. Mr. KELLER.
co. Rev. Mr. WATSON will preach in the
Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning and
afternoon next. •
PUBLIC NOTICES.
THE C 116113 *IT Ali D.
Piri HE subscriber respectfully informs the
AL public generally, that he has now on
hand
A LAROE ASSORTMENT OF
Flour, Bacon, Iron and Steel
of all kinds, and of the very best quality.
The flour Prices to be regulated by the Bat.
timore Market.
Bacon 1 Ores per pound.
Iron .'acts per pound
Tho hammered Iron Manufactured at
Codorus and Spring Forges—Rolled Iron
at Iluxthei Works.
KrThe pubheare very respectfully re
quested to call and examine his stock now
on hand, as he is confident ho will be able to
sell as low as any now in market.
DAVID ZIEGLER.
Gettysburg, June 5, IP3B. 3t-10
rzatra.Erts, lIERE
THE bubscribor has opened n Shop, on
Second street, n few doors east from
the Market House,in Chambersburg, whore
ho will build SMITH GARDNER'S
PORTABLE HORSE POWER
THRESHING MACHINE,
which he will sell in Franklin, Adams and
Bedford counties. These machines are now
in operation in this county, and are equal if
not superior to any other —and may be had,
by persons wishing to obtain them, in any of
the above-named counties, on the shortest
notice, by applying to the subscriber, who
hopes by strict attention to business to secure
a share of public patronage.
`J — An advantage which this Machine
has over others, is that the horse power is
constructed to work under the overshot of a
barn, so that rain does not interfere with its
operations.
JOHN TAYLOR.
Chambersburg, June 5,1838. tf-10
VNI 0111/20[44
141pHE undersigned, Auditor, having been
IL appointed by the Orphans' Court of
Adams County, to apportion and distribute
the assets in the hands of the Administrator
of JOHN ADAIR, late of Liberty township,
deceased, to and among the creditors and
legatees of said deceased, will meet for that
purpose at the house of Nicholas Moritz, in
Freedom township, on Wednesday the 20th
inst. at 10 o'clock A. rt. when and where all
having chums against said Estate are not ifi•
ed to present them properly authenticated
for settlement.
ROBERT SMITH, Auditor.
June 5, 1838. 3t*-10
FRESH DRUGS
AND
atm,a)llaEGYPlßace
JUST received and for sale, at the Store
of the subscriber, in Baltimore street,
Gettysburg,
A FRESH SUPPLY OF
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
of the beet and purest quality—together
with
OILS, P MINTS, dr.c. &c.
JESSE GILBERT.
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May 29, 1838.
WANTED, on the Gettysburg Exten
sion of the Pennsylvania Rail Road,
2,000 Hands!
To whom CONSTANT WORK and the
BEST OF WAGES will be given.
Oz 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. tf-9
6,967 05
0* - eltliddle-Street Store
OF
BACON, FLOUR, IRON, &C. &C.
A few Doors West of Fahnestock's Store.
T HE Subscriber has just received a large
supply of very superior and well•cured
BACON
(the Hams are particularly fine,)
Superfine Flour, Food, Szo.
In qddition to the above, he has a large
and well•assorted supply of
IRON,
and expects to receive, in a few days,a large
quantity of
STEEL',
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, he hopes to be
patronized.
GEORGE LITTLE.
Gettysburg, May 22, 1898. 3t-8
Look out for Bargains!
SECOND RUN or
o2manco cooaugto
TRIOS. J. COOPER
RESPECTFULLY informs his Custom
ers and the public generally, that he
HAS JUST HACEIVEU A FRESH SUPPLY OF
0 1 002)52
CONSISTING OF
GOODS,
. anUtt,..el aCitZta4 9
Marti-ware, Queens-ware,
and almost every thing that is necessary for
the comforts or necessities of life.
Gettysburg, May 22, 1838. 3t-8
PUBLIC NOTICES.
NOTICE.
THE Heirs of PHILIP LONG, deceas
ed, aro hereby notified that the (re
count of the Administrator of said Estate has
been audited and confirmed, and that their
respective shares are ready for distribution.
J. C. FORREST, Adm'r.
June 5, 1839. 3t*-10
NEW AND OZE.LP
SPRING AND SUMMER
aooDs.
J. A. WINROTT
WISHES to inform his friends and the
public in general, that he hos just re
turned from Philadelphia with a well selec
ted Stock of
D 447 6 , 010D102
Groceries, and Liquors,
all of which he will sell cheap for Cash or
Country Produce.
KrHe also has, in addition to his for
mer Stook of
it BOOTS
A *bp
SHOES
a large quantity, which ho has manufactur
ed expressly for his own sees, viz:
100 pair best calf stitched Boots,
50 " " Fudged do.
100 " coarse do.
50 " Morocco & seal-skin do.
100 " Calf Monrocs,
100 " do.
500 " coarse do.
100 " Men's Fine Shoes,
100 " Men's Calf and Morocco Pumpti
100 " Boy's Monroes,
50 " " Gaiter Boots,
100 " Kid Slippers, (Women's)
100 " Morocco do.
100 " Sealskin do.
100 " Prunella Slippers,
100 " Calf do.
100 " " Slippers,
50 " " Boots,
100 " Misses' Morocco Slippers,
50 "" do. Prunella do.
50 " Children's Red Morocco Boots,
50 " do. Red Lasting do.
50 " do. Black Leather Boots,
50 " Infants' Kid Slippers.
Gettysburg, April 24, 1838.
FRESH GOODS.
Cheaper than ever!
THE subscriber has just returned from
the city,and is now opening at his store
on the north-east corner of the Diamond,
A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
V
of the . bestqatility—eutlarer
eing every variety ot
DRS GOODS,
GROCEILIES,
&c.
which have been purchased on the best terms
—and which he can sell cheaper than they
have ever been offered. He invites the public
to give him a call, and judge for themselves.
SAMUEL W ITHEROW.
Gettysburg, May 15, 1838. tf-7
0111.111 ti• D
Fashionable Barber and Blair Dresser,
INVITES the public generally to call at
his stand, in South Baltimore street,
Gettysburg,two doors north of Middle street,
and nearly opposite the store of Mr. Samuel
Fahnestock—whero he has on hand, and
will always keep, a general and very supe
rior assortment of fancy and other articles,
CONSISTING OF EVERY VARIETY OF
00.117230T10.1TAR7 :
Gentlemen's STOCKS, SIMMS and
COLLARS;
WIGS and SCRA TCHES;
BRAIDS, PUFFS and CURLS;
SOAPS—best Castile and other Soaps
for washing or shaving.
Razor Straps; Colognes;all kinds of HAIR
01L; Clothes and Hair Brushes; Children's;
toys; Candies. and a great variety of other
articles too numerous to mention—all of
which have been bought low and will be
sold cheap for cash.
IMIR DRESSED
in the most fashionable_ style, and beards
shaved in a manner unrivalled among the
professors of the tonsorial art. Ladies and
Gentlemen will, he is confident, find it their
interest to give him a call.
May 15, 1837.
VALUABLE PROPERTY
AT
PRIVATE SALE.
THE subscriber, Administrator ofJAcog
FISHER, late of Franklin county, de.
ceased, will sell at private sale, and on rect•
sonable terms, all the right, title, interest'
and estate of the said Jacob Fisher, deed,
at the time of his death, in a certain
plantation IP Tract of Land,
containing 200 acres, on which are erec
ted a first rate
MERCHANT AND •
tit iita'ST IA
AL8() A
Saw MID I situate in Liberty township,
and formerly the property of Alexander
Mack.
If the said property, shall not be sold at
private bale on or before the 10th day of Au.
gust next, then the interest of the"deceased
in the same, will be offered at public sale on
Monday the 27th day of Avgvet, at 1 o'clock
P. M. of said day, at the Court House in the
Borough of Gettysburg.
KrApplication to bo made to SAXES
COOPER. Esq. in the borough of Gettysburg,
who will make known the terms to those
desirous of purchasing.
SAMUEL FISHER,
Administrator °throb Fisher, deed.
May 15,1838. tf-T