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    AYE!-"CLE R THE 1 / 4 1' AY!" The rarmer Governor.
Porter WOW: stay ©n Honest Stomachs!
sissfaltg Ship Deserted!
The following refusals to Fwollow Rotten
h ouse p or t er aro c opied from the Bedford Inquir
er. Porter's no porter in Bedford!
El tit zi . q' Igls q ;'
SOU It PORTER!
Mr. J. L. St.mwrz—Sir—l have just
•ecn the Gazette of the 27th April, cant in:
ing the proceeding: , ofn Loco Face Van Be
rfin meeting, held for the purpose of appoin.
ling committees of vigilance for the several
townships in this county, at which meeting,
without my authority, they placed me oi l
the committee for Providence township.—
In order that my Immo may he (nosed from
that committee, you will please infium the
public, through the medium of your riner,
that I never belonged to the Van Buren Shin
Plaster Party, and never will consent to
join the ranks of those whose motto is" Per•
isit Credit! Perish Commerce!"
DAVID SPARKS.
Bloody Run, May 4, 1833.
CAN'T SWALLOW IT!
Mr. J. L. Sr.EPrrz:—s have observed my
name placed on the Loco Foco Committee
of V►gilande for North Woodberry township,
by the Van Buren meeting held in Bedford.
I gave no authority for such use of my name,
and am by no means ambitious for any such
honor. You will therefore do me a fi►vor
by publishing this request that my name
may be stricken from that committee; as I
cannot consent to serve a party whose prin
ciples and policy are so hostile to the inter•
este of the country. I am a friend to the
reelection of our present Chief Magistrate,
and no Loco Foco. •
ANDREW BAKER
Woodborry, May 7th, 1938.
CAN' r GO ITt
Mr. Suerrtz:-1 have observed that the
leaders of the Van Buren Sub Treasury
Loco Foco shin Plaster party, in Bedford,
have taken the liberty of placing toy name
on the Committee of Vigilance for Broad
Top township. As Ido not wish even to be
suspected of belonging to a party whose
opinions and measures I consider at variance
with the hest interests of the State, I wish
to announce through your paper that my
name has been thus used without permission
or authority from me, and that it is my in
tention to go, to the utmost of my abilities,
for the re-election of our worthy old I'AR•
BIER GOVERNOR.
Respectfully, &c.
JOHN EDWARDS
Broad Top, May 14, 1.83•&
CAN'T GO IT AT ALL!
LICKING , CREEK, Belfast tp. Nlay 16. 182 P.
51r. J. L. SLEIITZ-Sir-I have seen my
name placed on the Federal Van Buren
.Loco Faro Shin Miner Committee of Vi
gilance, for this township. It is put there
without my knowledge or co , sent. lam a
true Democratic Whig 12 liner man; and em
for the best interests of my country. I never
can consent to lend my name to promote the
interests of the Federal Van Buren Shin
Plaster party; by doing so, I would be act.
lug too much like a traitor to my country,
and I think it becomes the duty of every
lover of his much injured country, to contri•
bute his b'st exertions to drive the Goths
and Vandals, the Blairs and Kendalls frotn
the stations they unworthily occupy. My
motto now is, RITNER, HARRISON,
DEMOCRACY AND LIBERTY.
OBED MELLOTT.
CAN'T BEGIN TO GO IT!
Mr. SLENTZ:-1 perceive by the Bedford
Gazette, that the Van Buren Shin Plaster
party have taken. the unwarrantable liberty
of placing my name on the Loco Foco Por
ter Committee eiVigilunce for this township,
and as I have no wish to be 4,pected even
of lending my countenance to :the measures
of the destructives which have caused such
wide spread ruin,you will please inform those
Loco Feces that I decline acting upon their
committee.
DAVID PALMER.
Bo'fast township, May 18, 1838.
CAN'T GO 1T ANY WAY YOU CAN
FIX IT!
Mr. Suirrrz—l observe that my name is
placed upon the Loco Foco Committee of
Vigilance for Bedford township—it being
done without my knowledge or consent, I
take this opportunity of notifying that party
and the public, that I am opposed to David
R. Porter, and that I will support the old
WASHINGTON COUNTY FARNIER
with alt my ability.
May 19th, 1838.
SUGAR IT AS YOU WILL, IT CAN'T
BE SWALLWVEN •
GRERNFJELD Tp. May 29, 1838.
7d the Editor f the Inquirer:
than Sta.—l hove seen my nerve in the
Bedford Gazette, as one of the Committee
at Vigilance fru. Greenfield township, favor
able to i the election ofthe Jackson Van Ilti
azeteadidete, David ,Rittenhouire Porter—
F "'~"`
Mr. SLENTZ.—When we Were informed
that our mimes were used as members of the
Committee ut Vigilance thy South ‘Voodber
ry by the friends of Rimer, we told those
who brought us the information that it was
our wish to withdraw from said Committee,
as we took no part in political meetings.—
We wish you to publish the same, and to
state that we are not opposed to JOSEPH
lIITNRR.
Mr. R. FR AISER, of tile borough, re
quests us to state that his name . was placed
upon the Van Buren, Porter Committee of
Vigitance,without his knowledge or consent.
Ho doet go that figure no how the Porter
boys can fix it. That "Old Farmer of
Washington county" gets his vote at the
coming election. So we go in Crawford:
There will not be as much porter left in this
county three months hence, as will blind the
eye of a musquitoe.
Ma. RICIIA RDS: I ncoonexion with some
others I have been surprised to see my name
attached to a call fora Young Men's Van
Buren teeming. This was done without my
consent and thusl publicly decline any such
flivours. I am opposed to the course of Van
Buren, believing that it has been ruinous to
the country; nor am I willing to vote fin'
the Loco Loco candidate for Governor,
David R. Porter, but shall give my hinnble
support to our present Governor JOSEPII
RITNER, whose administration has thus
lar'merited, as it also receives the approba
tion of every friend of Pennsylvania.
JOHN BEGEL.
{wily not insert Deputy Grand Nfasler?) I
wish you to inform the pnople of Redford
county that these Loco Poops have waken•
ed up the wrong passenger-1 am not in
favor of that man, with the high sounding
name, David Rittenhouse Porter. I yhnll
au for the de Farmer, JOE RITNER; ho
hits done very well so thr,and I think he has
got the hang of the business, and will do
better—if that is po,s;ble-next year.
Baseness Exposed!
(Cf-Arnmq, the Min nrintions copied into tho
Compiler of last %void: from the Bedford Gnzette,
it will be Seen by the following certificates from
the Gentlemen themselves, that the names of
SEVEN were put to statements without their
knowledge or consent—and thnt insteud of bring
in fiwor 4 Porta-, THEY ARE THE FIRM
AND DECIDED FRIENDS OF THE FARM
ER GOVERNOR. We copy tho certificates from
the Bedford "Inquirer."
Base Imposition!
Mr. SLuNrz.—The Porter men in this
disttict induced us to deetline tieing on the
'tinier Committee or Vigilance by falsely
stating that the duties of that position would
compel us to attend all the political meetings
in the county, arid subject us to considerable
expense. Now, as we are, and always have
been averse to being engaged in active poli
tics, we did not wish to be sithje tail to such
inconvenience, we believed it not inconsis
teut with our duty to decline serving on said
Committee, and we were therefore willing
that the Editor of the •Ingnircr' should he
informed of our wish not to set ve on the
Committee. We, however, will add, that
we are in favor of the re election (four pre
sent worthy Chief illagiBtrute JOSEF!)
RIFNER, as it is our firm conviction / that
no man has used, or will use more exertion
to promote the interest of the Common.
wealth.
MARTIN HOOVER, sen
JACOB N ICODEMUS,
ABRAHAM . SMITH,
JACOB KE&GY.
Woodlwrry, May 28, 1888.
ANDREW BOSSIER,
JACOB HOFFMAM,
BENJAMIN OBER.
May
ANOTI-lER LINK BROKEN
From the Crawford Statesman.
MORE SCREWS LOOSE.
Front tho Barks and Schuylkill Journal
READING, May 8,` , 1 83S.
E. W. EARL
A similar communication is published in
the same paper signed by
DANIEL SIEGFRIED,
RICHARD BECHTNEL,
JOHN SIEGFRIED.
MORE YETI
From the Bra , ford Argue
Mr. LILLEY.—It is w ith surpi iso that the
Undersigned have seen their names before
the public as supporters of Mr. Porter, and
rin
we take this method ofinforming our friends
that it was dune without our knowledge or
contiwnt, and that they may not number us
among the supporters of David U. Porter
who is a sub treasury Loco Foco third rate
lawyer. We would wish to have it known
that we arc ardent supporters oldie indepen
dent,pairionc enlightened farmer statesman,
JOSEPII RITNER.
LIAR I' GORDON,
MATTHIAS LINT.
WyFox, May A, 1939.
DANIEL GLASS
1 1 Now the State stands big'ier in her credit
than at any former period. She has even
but partially felt the withering tempest
brought upon the country by Jackson and
Van Buren, which has dealt out with a ter
rible hand,its blighting influences over other
sections of the country. Her state debt is
not incrensed,but her revenue is. Her Banks
are solvent; and with spirits unbroken and
unsubdued by the disasters of the times.
The people are satisfied with Joseph Ra
iler. They would not exchange him fbr
Porter and 10 millions of Van Buren Trea
sury Shin•plaster.4, to boot. They will re•
elect him by a majority so.great as to show
the futility of successful opposition. Mark
the prediction, ye Van Buren Loco•foco
Agrarian leaders, and prepare to "govern
yourselves accordingly."
(We cut the following paragraph from the
Perry Forester. The Democrat is the Porter organ.
The editor of the Democrat, in his last
paper, says that in making a, tour through
the county last week; he "made it a point to
inquire on all occasions - how many men that
voted either for Wolf or Muhlonberg had
'changed and would vote for Rimer, and
could not discovera single one." 'A friend
who saw hiM in Millerstown informs us that'
while the editor was there, he was, very
particular to inquire who kept the best li
quor,and still more particular to get into the
merits of a sufficient quantity to muddle his
',tains, (if he has anv,)and 'instead? his ner
ves. Our friend beltvee that had the sapient
editor seen Rimer and Porter together he•
fore him, be could not have distinguished
one from the other.
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nitticem erospette iri s go od
Managcntent, *.,.
Pnosrr:c•rs.—ln conversation yesterday
with H friend who hay en intimate ncr)u;unt•
mice with the politics of the State, and es
pecially with the seutnwestern counties, we
learn from him that the indications of n ve
ry larmi increase of Mr. Ititner's voteon the
last mentioned r irt of the State, were most
ev id en t. We mention this with no view
now to form an argument upon the informs•
ion,lint merely testate the fact,as we receive
it, and Hs we-helieve it will be found in Oc•
tober.--U: S. Gazelle.
Ona NoseEcTs.—Lebanon county will
do her duty at the approaching electior.: in
stead of losing, G Nernor !tuner is daily
gaining strength. We have conversed with
number of political friends from all parts
of the county, during the lust few ‘yeelts,and
we feel satisfied that the Farmer Governor's
vote will not lie less than it was three yea N
ago—his majority then was 900.[Courier.
We perreive, by the Mereer Luminary,
that the Anti Masons of Mercer County have
held an unusually large !Denting, passing
some very spirited resolutions in favor of
the Farmer Governor. From present ap.
pea ritrices,we doubt not hut that the majority
for Rimer in that county, will be such a one
as will completely overturn the tables attic)
Locotocus and spill all their Porter.
[Pittsburgh Times.
C.ov. Hither lakes the field in 1839, un
der far mere encouraging prospects than at
any previous time.
Then many doubted his capacity to dis.
charge the duties of the office fie happen•
ed not to be classically edtiCilted; nor was he
a Lawyer but a plain farmer. Therefore,iu
the opinion of some, he could not make a
good Govcrnor.
Now he is regarded by friend and foe as a
citizen whose energy of character, lorimd•
able intellect, and correct julgment defies
even the bitterness of party,and often enable
him to triumph against fearful odds.
Then his enemies treated him as imbecile;
as calculated to be used by others, against
his own judgment.
Noir, even his enemies have been forced to
change their tone, and seek other weapons
of witriaro. He is respected by friend, and
feared by foe, for his stern undintlexilde ad.
heretics to whatever his judgment tells him
is tight.
Then even his religious principles"were
assailed, and perjury and forgery brought in
to impeach hire with infidelity.
Note he is regarded as t he patron of Religi.
on; charitable to all sects; intolerant to mine.
Tlica it was said Anti• Masonry would
ruin the State, dry up the Canals, and hung
the Masons!
Vow the Canals are a source of public
revenue, instead ern lax upon the people,as
formerly. The Masons are not hanged. but
many of them have become sound Anti•Ma•
sons. The Masons survive, but the Institu
tion is tumbling, and must fall.
Then It was looked upon as an experiment
for any person or any party to govern the
State except Jackson men and patent demo.
crats.
RITNER ANT) THE STATE DENT.—Joseph
Ritner's administration has added nothing
to the state debt. The administration of
his predecessor increased it fifteen millions.
And Joseph Ritner's administration has re
pealed the state taxes his predecessor's laid
upon the people.
Now David R. Porter belongs to the same
school of politicians with the predecessor of
Joseph Ritner, and the fair inference is that
he will, if elected Governor, increase the
state debt; whereas Joseph Ritner is pledged
against any increase of the debt, and has
shown that he will at all hazards sustain his
his pledges ..--Ilarrtsburg Intelligencer.
PERRY COUNTY.
From thc Harrisburg Intelligencer.
THE TEM.r011.1111:7 LOAN.
l'ivelve Thousand Dollars . _ a
Year saved to the People by
Gov. RITNEU.
The old farmer was taken from the tail
of a plough to watch over the people's inter.
ests, and he does it faithfully. The loco/rico
legislature thought to make him pay . SIX
PER CES l',ir,terest on the temporary lonmi
of 5600,000, but he has shown !hem tlio
NO USELESS WASTv OF THE PIJBT
I,IC FUNDS CAN EVER MEET HIS
SANCTION!!
Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
of the loan have been taken by ditPreto in.
stitutions,the United States Bank not Meier].
ed, at FOUR PER CENT., the highest
rate the Governor would give. We under
stand that the subscriptions to the turnpike
and bridge stocks will now be made, there
being a sufficiency of funds on hand hit- those
purposes. ft will therefore be proper for
the authorized agents of those companies to
.come fbr ward and receive the irriney; let
them bring on their hooks that the Governer
may plank down the Executive si.mature
and draw his warrant on the State Treasury
at once. And then let them go home and
tell their friends what n difP•rence there is
between Joseph Ritner and a Loco Fee°
[louse of Representatives.
The balance of the six hundred thousand
dollars will without doubt be taken shortly ut
the same low rate of interest.
Nov we ask the peoplo if Joseph !littler
has not proved himself in this their fist friend?
The Loco Foco House of Representatives
refused to require the money from the United
States Bank at four per cent., according to
the provision of its chit rter,but the Giwernor
stood firm and declared that when the mo
ney could hove been ordered nt a low rate
his sense of duty to the pub
,c c would not per
mit him to pny a higher rltte;. and the con•
sequence has already been a saving of lur
thousand dollars. The ultimate saving to
the people will be TWELVE THOU
SAND DOLLARS!!!
We presume the Locolocos will call this
one of Gov. Rimer's "popularity traps."
WIIICII IS THE BANK CANDIDATE?—GOV
ernur RrrNint, in his last annual inegsago,
proposed
"That the President and Directors for
the year dui ing which a suspension of specie
payments shall occur in any Bank, shall he
individuidly liable for its notes, and for all
other claims against it."
David R. Porter voted against a proposition
to make Stockholders personally liable.—
Which is the Bank Candidate?—ibid.
The way the Vanites will he "gone a fish
ing" on the second Tuesday of October, will
he a "caution."--Pitisbura Times.
.Votioeial A•c.
(0 -The Ohio 11' hig Convention" met in pur
suance to agreement at Columbus, on the 3lst ult.
ALLEN TRIMBLE was
.appointed President
and Judge BMUS LT anti a number of other gentle
men assisted. The following resolution was unani
mously adopted:
Resolved, That this Convention have undi
minished confidence in the patriotism and
talents of our distinguished fellow citizen
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON; and
concur with the Convention of July last in
presenting his name to the National Con•
vent ion as a candidate f6r the Presidency;
but at the same time pledge their cordial
support to the nomination oft he Convention,
should it full on et her of the other distin
guished statesmen, HENRY CLAY or
DANIEL W EBSTER, whose names are
prominent as Whig candidates for that inr.•
portant office.
Governor VANCE wan nominated for a re-elec•
tion. The following resolution was also adopted:
Resoli'ed, That this Conventiomin accord
ance with the known will of a large majority
of the people of the State (f Ohio, enter its
solemn protest against the course pursued by
Messrs. Mounts and ALLEN, in the United
Slates Senate, and do hereby request and in
struct them forthwith to resign their seats in
that body.
Mono POLITICAL RATTY O.—Tht, hist
Harrisburg Reporter contains a note from
Mr. R ntLEY,t he Van Buren member of Con
gress from the Dauphin and Lebanon dis
trict, in which it is stated that his "health
and other circumstances" induce M r. R. to
decline a re•nomination. Dr- REILEY was
elected in the fall of 1826. At the subse
quent general election in 1837. the district
which he represents gave a whig majority
of more than 500! The Doctor, who is a
highly respectable physician, and not want•
ing in shrewdness,knows very well that 500
Whig majority last year, is symptomatic of
the course of events at the next election for
members of Congress,w hich takes place this
fall. Hence neither "health" nor other cir
cumstances leave the worthy Doctor any
taste for a re nomination. It is -wonderful
what a disrelish for office—that is, for the
office which is the award of popular suf.
frage—is prevalent about these days among
the ranks of the faithful! It is one of the
signs of the limes.—Baltimore Patriot.
CT - LOOK HERE! POOR. MATTY!
We perceive, through a paragraph in the
Richmond Enquirer, that a Van Buren cor
respondent of that nutter has suggested the
possible necessity of starting some other par
ty candidate for the Presidency, in lieu of
Mr. Van Buren himself. Such a course will
present a curious problem for the party me•
taphysicians, the solution of which will de.
termine whether the party abandons Mr.
VAN Binty.lv because he is not strongenough
to sustain his principles, or because his prin
ciples are not strinig enough' to sustain him.
The suggestion of such au alternative, how
ever, is.a significant one, and reminds us of
a shrewd saying of our late esteemed and
sincerely lamented friend DAVID CROCKETT.
(who tittered more original common-sense
remarks than almost any other man we ever
knew,) that the People pi% Tennesgee had
quit General JACKSON because he had ceased
to be a Jackbon man..- 7 .. Nut. Intel..
U. S. BANE NEW YORE.—In copying
thy statement from the Now York Commer
clef, giving an account oldie satisfaction
evinced by the Board of Trade at the recep
tion of Mr. ittonues letter, agreeing to es•
tablish a bank in that city, at the instance of
said Board, the Philadelphia U. S. Gazette
makes the subjoined romarks:--"This will
be a bitter dose for those who exhibit their
enmosity to the United State Bank by
culating gratuitously the slanders of the Len
ten Times, copied into the New York pq
lers. Of the origin of these slanders,
'lave heretofore -ken; end what seemir
surmises Men, under existing cir•
cumstances, the appearance of certainties.
We are waiting in the hopes of finding in
some of the New York papers, a coatrad►e
tion of the reports which seem to fix the
charge ()faintest sinful hostility to the Penn.
sylvama institution, on certain individuals of
high standing in New York."
Thd.Eilitor of the Globe says ho has as
vet "heard lioth . imt to convince him that the
democracy is Ttt danger." We cannot an•
+wer for his hearing. Did he never read al
he old rAine who thought to escape his
threatened down by stopping his ears whilst
-4entence of death was pronounced on him?
Extrav a gall, ExpPudil fire.
We cannot %yonder nt tho state of the
National Finances when we see such a waste
of public money by the people's servants nt
Washington, as is indicated in the following
ext ract:
"The Speech of Mr. Halsted," says the
Portland Gazette, "unfolds the extravagant
expenditures of the present Administration.
and shows by what nmtliods NM people's
money is wasted The statements in this
speech are incontrovertible; the A ministra•
lion papers do not d:my any One or thorn,
hot say that the expenses are just and econo
mical. 'Sc shall uive some of the i tems
which Mr. Halstead enninerates."
For II jeld'onit (ornarrinntal %valor ap0ut,)",414000
For papering tho 390
For painting tho flail and pasrlago at the Pro•
siiimlt's house, 1000
Six chairs for a room in the rauital for tho
Vico President, at $:10 a piece, 180
Two sofas for the sumo room, 200
Two marble shits, 200
Besides two splendid mahogany honk cases
splendid curtains, a chandelier, looking
glass, carpet, &e. doe. (probably 4(10)
For dm "American Tort Register" for tho
Secretary of State per year, 30
Three portraits of Vail Boron at SC each, 18
Tee for. the Treasury Deportment, 104
For newspaper for various Mikes por year, 717
Total, $6,680
"These areal! sown items,to he sure: but
from them can 1w judged the general ten
dency of the administration to a very free
expenditure of the people's money, while
that very people are nearly in a state of star•
vat ion and despair."
•'One Hundred Dollar's Worth of for
the Treasury Department! The riddle is
solved."
Without doubt,—every man, woman,and
rhild,connected with unv officer of the Trea
sury Department, is furnished with "ICE"
at the expense of the People! This is a de.
lightfirl luxury in but weather; but it is one
which not one man in five thousand habita•
ally enjoys in New Hampshire; and we see
no more reason why the people should nay
for the Secretary of the Treasury's 'ICE,'
than for his ice-cream or his champaig,tio
and oysters!--Porismouth Journal.
A GOOD JOKE —The late Newhuryport
Herald says—An administration, paper at
the West, thulitig a ‘i'hig paper speaking of
the "British Queen" (the new English steam
ship) being expected here on the Ist of Sep
tember, took it for granted that the pretty
girl, Queen VICTORIA, was meant, and rails
at the Whigs in a flaming article for having
invited her to come among us. The sensible
fellow thus sagely points out the object of
her coming:
. "She intends to travel through America,
and advise the establishment of a United
States Punk. She will then take all the stock
herself, and thus this country will be under
the thumb of England.
Interesting ',fliers! Specie
Gireuhzr! A Brithh Steam Bunt
Burnt! U. S. Bank! Foreign
intelligence, 4-c. itc.
CorreEpontlenee of the National Intolligencor
NEW YORK, June 1.
Our city is in a glee again. The revel
of the Specie Cirrular,arid the letter of Mr.
illooLE to Mr. A DAMS, have given joy to tl.e
business circles. That part of the article in
the National Gazette which accedes to the
proposition of our Board of Trade to catch
lish a Branch of the Pennsylvania Bank here
is particularly important, for our capitalists
had pretty much given over that idea, not
liking to undertake the experiment. Our
merchants hope that the Pennsylvania insti
tution, with a big branch here,may do some
thing to alleviate the horrible rates of the
exchanges, though, of course, they do not
exFect from a State institution what only a
United States institution can give. There
is, however, great joy in the streets. All
hearts are cheered again. The future looks
better. All stocks have felt the impulse,and
danced with joy all the morning. U. S.
Bank ran up to 123, and other stocks in pro
portion. Now Congress can do the Com
mercial Emporium much good by one
push . uplii the back track, why not go on,
and keep moving?
From BuENos AYRES to . April 7, we learn
that the French squadron is blockading that
port with a considerable force. The inter•
diction, after the 10th of May, to vessels
coming or departing, was to be general.
• From Pene, we learn that Gen. Santa
Cruz was carrying all before him, and that
the troops of Buenos Ayres were in filll re
treat, the commanding general having re•
signed.
Rto GRANDE, nothing was doing by
either Party. The United Slates residents
there coniplain that there has not been a U.
S. Government vessel there since Septem
ber, to look after their interests.
The New York Express this morning,un•
der a postscript head, publishes some very
grave news front thefrontier. It is in the
form of a letter from Albany, which states
that, in the ri,:ighborbood of French
. Creek.
the Sir Robert Peelot British steamboat
plying between-Kingston and FiAckett.',t Lin
her, hnd been attached by a baud of Ameri
cans from the States, and destroyed by fire.
A deputation was in Albany, waiting upon
the Governor with the facts,tbis letter states:
Rumor adds that the act was done ►n re.,
veep for the burning of the Caroline: but
this is mere rumor only.
POSTSCRIPT.--There is really a jubilee in
the city. The Board of Trade have had on
uxtra meeting, and Laud ho! is the true cry,
:ot fag, mistaken for laud, such as we have
►n. There is more joy in Pearl street
item I have seen for months. The Board of
'Prude publish a letter from Mr. Dinnr.R., in
whiCh ho states that the Board of Directors
of the Philadelphia Bank have acceded to
their proposition, and that at an early period
en arrangement will he made for the estab
lishment of a Branch here. Thus ta•day
has been made oao of our grunt days.
NEW YORK, June 2.
A new order of things is arising. Lund he
is the cry now from nil sides of the ship.—
Business men who go among rico casks, cot
ton bags, tea chests, boxes, and barrels, and
who act as the direct pavers of Undo Sam's
revenue, understand the importance of the
vole on the repeal of the specitu circular.—
rho • ~ ..,,,xi. Imperial edict has hung like
it mill.stone around their necks; and now it
is off, their heads are up again! The logic
sn current in the White House and the Globe
office is not all current Inure. Illoney•matt•
ing men know what is for their interest and
what is lint, and they never will exhibit the
extraordinary spectacle of ruining them
selves for the pleasure cif it.
The news from the Frontier of the destroy
ing of a British steamboat is all confirmed, •
you will see, by official papers in the Albany
Argus. There is the greatest reason to fear
that retaliation will take place forthwith.—
The President ought to sound United States
officers to the frontier with the greatest des
, patch.
The Stock market today is very lively,
U. S. Bank 123 firm; and the transactions
in all stacks are very large.
The Earl of Durham and suite reatittitiV,.. ,
Qtaubee on Sunday last in the Hastings,,„Mr
Turten, the legal adviser, whoseo6.oler ,
the London Tithes says is sod,o4:about r
whom Lord Winchelsea so clos IY . qttestion-
ed Lord Melbourne, is a.priSse i ger. .. .
Congress should loot tettnr. frontier.—
There is troubln brewiNitithero; from folly , • i
and fimaticism on both sideti:::The two Go
ernments will have haid:ivork to keep us : I•
out of war, unless both:diScharge their duties
to the fall.
NEW YORK, Juni3 3.
I um happy to hear that ten dike pirates
who burnt the Sir Robert Peel steamboat
fIVP been arrested. Only one of this num-
ber is on American; the others were from
Cbnada. $15,000 in specie, it is said, were
on board this bout, and some of the booty is
reported to be in possession of the arrested.
The Earl of Durham, on Tuesday- lost,
landed in Quebec with great eclat, and took
.posseasion of.tho Government of the British
Provinces, announcing the fact in a highly
conciliatory and popular proclamation.
The Canada papers are filled chiefly with
the movetnents of trnnps and of ships of wet..
From the East to.day we have nothing
new. The repeal of the specie circular seems
to ho having the chceriagiffect there that
it had here.
NglW YORK, June 4. •-
The outrageon the frontier reached Mon- '
treal on Thursday, and nn especial message
was sent to tho Earl of Durham with the
news, by We steamboat of Thursday night.
The Montreal papers insist upon instant re
paration for the less of the vessel, the surren
der of the crimir ale, &c.
The Earl of Durham is not warmly re
ceived by the Anti.Minieterial party in the
Conadas; but his entrance at Quebec was .
most magnificent, as described.
From Mexico, by eon, we have dates on
ly 17 days old from Vera Cruz,by which we
learn that the French had made prizes of
two Mexican vessels-- the blockade still go
ing on, and another French vessel expected
from Havana.
NEW YORK, June 6
The prime hero is becoming alarming a
gain. The movements in the House ()film
sub-Treasury bill, and the new Treasury
Circular, are working groat mischief. All
moneyed operations are again in suspense.
Many incipient contracts are stopped till
the end is known. The stock market con
tinues to fall. Doubt and fear have seized
the capitalists again. It does really seem
that the Federal Government uses its test
powers but to toy with the interests of the
People. Is there any hope of currying the
sub -Treasury? If not, why agitate it? why
alarming capitalists--the only men who can
infuse life now into the body politic, or stim
ulate the springs of action, and roll on the
cur of Enterprise? The laboring interest
of the country now are the sufferers. The
capitaliSt has got on land,- but where is the
mechanics or the laborer? Any where but
on land!
Later from Europe.
The packet ship Albany, at Now York
from Elavro, brings Paris papers to the even
ing of tho Bth May. The London dates aro
to the sth.
Gen. EsPsnTEno, in Spain,has gained an
important victory over the Carlist force on.
der Nogri. Among his prjstuners are 224.
officers. Several cases of Plague have
mule their appearance at Alexandria, and
at Constantinople., Also at .131tolia, and at.
Souboudja and its environs,in the Muschirat
or A idin. `ti
The trial of HUBERT and his accomplices
for a conspiracy against the King of the
French had begun. The French papers.
contain an abstract of the indictment..
There .was a long &bale • in the British
House of Commons on the 3d,ot. Lord Jllllll
1111,48()WS • motion for n select committee to
inquire into the mode of granting and renew
ing leases of church property, with a view
partly,to the employment of the surplus aris
ing from its increa.ed value, and partly to
some change in its management,which shalt
Ntsimva existing abuses. The ooneereativ.
or Tories endeavored to secure the applies•
tion of the surplus revenues to the increase
of church accommodation, or of the stipends
of the clergy. Mr. Liddell moved an a•
mendment-to that effect, but it was lost by a
vote of 254 to 275. Lord John Russell's
motion was carried by a majority of al.
On the 4th there was another long debate
On the subject of pluralities in the church
. . Mr. Hume moved to abolish them, but the
motion was lost, 107 to 37.
• The typhus fever of o malignant type pre-
Valls in London, principally among the In.
boring classes.
STEzor Gro.-51r. Hancock, who has un•
derfaken to build steam wagons in England,
sot out for Stratford on tho third of April,
• in the afternoon, in n eteam gig of his own
construction, attended by two of his fiiefuld.
He passed through several of the principal
street of the city of London, and remained a
Considerable time before Guildhall, mance.
veering and turning. his vehicle, SLIVM the
Loudon Courier,with extraordinary theility.
Thii London Sun states that the govern
ment has agreed to give ..€350,000 toward,
re-building the Royal Exebange,and £200,-
000 towards pulling down the Batik build•
ings.
Thea marriage of Louis Botuiparte, ex•
king 01 Holland, Duke de St. Len, who is
now in his, sixtieth year, to the Signora
Strozzi, a young lady of seventeen, is on the
point of taking place, according to a letter
from Florence.
• Violent disturbances have lately taken
place in the streets :if the city of Brussels.
Thorn was a proposal to mob the house of
the Prussian Ambassador, from which the
crowd was only dissuaded by the earnest re.
nionstrances oldie burgomaster.
The commerce of Bonner', as separated
from Belgium, appears to be increasing.—
The arrivals in 1837 had been 585 ships.
and 105,572 lasts in tonnage more than the
. year preceding.
The frigate Nereid() had arriverlat Brest,
from Ilayti, having on board the Haytnin
. commissioners and 2,800,000 francs, part of
. :•. the(:todemnification agreed to be paid by the
Haytinti government.
• A'sletter.,dated at Oran, April 10, says
.-• , that the MO/ increases and In comes more
beautiful ,eyery day. It 'will be ore long,
says '11)0 wrikr, the handsomest town on the
4 3
shores 'of tha'fb editerranean, Genus and
Naples only eii,C, ted. Perfect tranquillity
reigns in thei - oeighborhood: the Arabs of
Talna and Railigoma are now friendly.—
The mynber of foreign vessels arriving at
Oran is greater than that of French vessels.
General In
Mosr PcsraucrivE Finn EN; NaNTru•
ITET.-A fire broke out on Tuesday morning,
in Mr. James' Rope Walk.and in three hours
and a half destroyed twenty five buildings,
including, besides the rope wullt,three large
oil and candle manufactories, ton dwellings.
dm. The quantity of oil in town was large.
Total loss estimated at from three to four
hundred thousand dollars. About 200,000
gallons of oil, it is believed, were consumed,
of which only 81,000 was insured. Messrs.
• Athearn, Jones, Folgor, Hussey, James,
CroshY and French, and Coffin, are the prin
cipal sufferers. Five wooden buildings wore
blown up, and the fire thus arrested. Anoth
er occount estimates the loss at 81,000,000.
Fmr.—The house occupied by Adam
Smith, in Wheatfield township, Perry coun
ty, was recently destroyed by fire, with all
its contents.
Two dilEment attempts wore made m set
fire to houses in Charleston last week!
It is said that Sir George Arthur, Clover.
nor of Upper Canada, and a corps of British
engineers, have surveyed and selected sites
for torts at Niagara, Qucenston, and the
Falls, and that fortifications will be immcdi•
ately erected ou those spots.
Jonathan W. Magruder, Esq. has been
appointed Cashier of the Mineral Batik of
Maryland, io place of George E. Dyson,de
ceased.
PRIVILEGE.-A wife in Maine can, by a
law of that ntato,divoreo herself from a com•
mon drunkard. This valuable privilege
ought to be universal. It may not bo
to add here, for general intormation,t hat the
laws of our state allow the wife of another
friend of a drunkard, on upnlication to the
chancellor, to have his estate put beyond his
control.
Mysterious Disappearance.
A man named Andrew Rohrbaugh, (heap
peered from the residence of Daniel Scholl,
with whom he was engaged as a laborer, on
Thursday the 31. st dal, of May last,and the of
forts of his friends to find him,huve proved un
availing. He is about forty years old,six feet
high, stoutly formed, end of a melancholy
disposition. He was clothed in his working
dress, the only part of which, this is parti
kularly remembered was a fur cap. He did
not take a coat with him. His home is in
Littlestown, Pa., Any information in re
gard to him will be most gratefully received
by HENRY COLEHOUSE, who resides
at Littlestown, Adams Co. Pa.,
c o --We learn from the Frederick Herald of Sat
urday last, that the body of the above individual
was "found drifted on shore, about 2a miles south
of Frederick. A coroner's inquest held over the
body brought in the vordict that be cams . to his
death by drowning while in a state of alienation of
mind."
COTTON CROP OF ALABAMA.--Alabamn;
which, a few years ago, grew not more than
10,000 bales of Cotton per annum, will pro
duce,this,season,not less than 370,000 bales.
The receipts of the present season at Mobile
nlone,are 304,728 halos. The total receipts
last year wore 232,685 bales. The value
of' the present crop is computed by the Mo
bile Examiner to be a fraction short of fif
teen millions of dollars,estitnating each bale
at forty dollars. Alabama ittnow the great
est Cotton growing State in the Union.
Artorewr LAWS AGAINST Dnumr.nnrimss.—
Domitian ordered all the vine plants in the
Renton territory to be rootlet] out. Charles
X, of France, issued a similar edict. In
1530, under Francis 1., a law was passed
sentencing drunkards to imprisonment on
bread and water for the first offence; a pub.
lic whipping punished a second infringement,
and on reiteration, banishment and loss of
ears. Draco inflictea capital punishment,
Lycurgus destroyed the vineyards. The
Athenians had officers to prevent the excess
of drinking: in Rome the patricians wore not
allowed the use of wine until thoy had attain.
ed their thirty-fifth year—neverthelesi,drunk
enneas was a common vice among the Ro
mans. Aurelinnus had officers whose duty
it was to intoxicate foreign ambassadors.—
Temperance societies are not modern insti
tutions. Sigismund de Dietrichs►ein estnb.
fished one in 1517, under the auspices of St.
Christopher.
1:1!!r renders cannot have flrgotten that
during last wicter,the 1 - icilaker:tiTthe House
of Deli...antes of A rkansas-r-.IOIIN W LSON,
walked down from his ckair and killed Ma
jor J. J. A NOR FAYI3,a tnember of that House,
for words spoken in debate. His trial took
pines n few days since at Little Rack, and
the Jury returned a verdict "not guilty of
Mil rder,but excusable homicide." The cir
cumstances of the case have been erroneous
ly stilted in the papers, or all the require
ments of law and justice were violated by
such a verdiet.—Bale Chronicle.
ImoKen JAW.—A remedy has been die
covered for this dreadful affection. It is
nothing but the application of warm strung
ley Made from wood ashes. The part in
jured should he bathed in the ley frequently,
and itit be in a part of the body that cannot
be conveniently immersed, apply flannels
wetted with the ley. It affords speedy re
lief and gradual cure. This is a very elm'
ply remedy, but it Is worth remembering
and trying. The simplest ale often the most
efficient agents. Many cures are said to
have been wrought by this.— Greenfield
A NEcnoTn.—ln the course of the late ses
sion of the legislature, application was made
for an act of incorporation for a theo'ogical
seminary, to bear the name of St. Charles
Barromeo, n divine who distinguished him
self in Italy by the beneficial exercise of
great talents. While the bill was before the
legislature, the name seemed to be a stum
bling block to many of the worthy members.
As Dr.B. of the Senate had shown himself a ;
friend of the bill, a member who had some
scruples, applied to that active legislator for I
information.
“Who is this Bar•romeo, for whom this
seminary is to be namcdV' asked he of the
Senator.
Now Dr. B. was well rend in civil and
political history, and could have perhaps
answered almost any question relatir•: to the
personages mentioned therein,frotn Pharaoh
amasses down to Governor Ritner; but it
had never come within the line of his profes•
sion to rend "Butler's Lives of the Saints"—
he therefore wns puzzled for a moment, but
perceiving hat hesitation might lose a vote,
he said:
"Why—you know very well—Bar, you
recollect, means non—you read it in the Bi
ble somewhere."
"Oh yes," said the querist "it is so—we
have Bar Jonas for the son of Jonas."
"Well," said the Doctor, "this Bar-ro
meo was nn tllegilimato son of Romeo and
Juliet, whom you read about in Shakspeare
—they were not quite so clever as many
people think for."
"Oh that is it, is it?" exclaimed the quo•
riot with an air of protbund satisfaction.—
"There is no harm, t lien, in voting for the
bill." He did veto for it, and the bill was
carried.—U. S. Gazette.
A Ind having got into the parlor with amino
of the neighbor's children and knicked up a
dust among the rich furnitureihis father gave
him a whipping, and then asked him how he
relished his playing.
"1 like the play very well," said he, "but
the afterpiece is intolerable."
Anteasx.—Tho Atheist is n man whe,in•
stead of enjoying tho life and beauty of ani
mated creation; removes voluntarily to some
Alpine height,to surround himself with eter
nal coldness and stillness.
The capital of the 11. S. Brunch Bank,n•
bout to be established at New York, it is
said, will be fifteen millions of dollars.
The cause Of ANT[•illesoNßY was never
more prosperous—newspapers are starting
in every direction—members of !ncofico
committees are resigning everywhere—in
short, we'll use them up.[Pittsburg Times.
A NOTIIIM CASE OF CONSCIENCE.- let
ter was received at the office of the State
Treasurer n few (lays ego, without a signa
ture, enclosing $lB, simply requesting the
amount to be placed to credit of the Com
monwealth.
An eccentric preacher, in Boston, la!ely
observed to his congregation, "that there is
es much chance for a drunken man to inherit
the kingdom of heaven, as there is for a pig
to climb up an apple tree and sing like a
nightingale.
Commodore Demo PORTER, our Charge
a t Constantinople, is daily expected in this
country on a visit. We are happy to say
his health is good.
The cash receipts of the British and For
eign Bible Society for the last year, were
nearly $500,000. The number of Bibles
distributed in that time was 590,398. The
whole number since the formation of the so
ciety is 10,8•'-'8,033.
TREASURY ARITHMETIC, or, 13 turned
into 31. The following piquant epigram is one
of the current queerites of the capital, under the
above title.
In Tariff' times when Adams reigned,
How swiftly was the Treasury drained!
His millions when we came to see
Thn tens WOO lass the un its runes.
This was too bed; and, in a storm,
We roared fur "Jackson and Reform."
Both name; and now, so great's the fun,
The Tv(' we three, the tratva one! '
STAR & REPUBLICAN BANNER.
At $2 per annum. halfryearly In advance.
GETTYSBURGH, PA.
Tuesday, June 12, 18:1S.
FOR GOVERNOR,
il(int ` MEC - ZU &Kt iiko22l.ll3Ci
TO COMAESPONDEN TB.
0.1 ) 111LA UTUS and S. D. have been received.
althea Perna's.
•• , -Vt'e regret that the Lady's Book, in which
the conclusion of the above interesting story ap
pears, has not been received by us. We shall,
however, endeavor to give the conclusion of the
story in the two succeeding numbers of our paper.
jam es C. fiddle, Esq.
co--. We hope it will be borne in mind that thin
accomplished scholar and gentleman is to deliver
the Annual Address before the Literary Societies
of Pennsylvania College on the Fourth of July
next. All who wtsli to enjoy an intellectual feast,
should endeavor to be present on that occasion.
P. S. See the noti. o of the Committees.
l'orter.
(ryin our next we shall lay before our readers
Documentary Evidence of the dishonesty of the
creature which the Lodge has brought out in op
position to the present honest,honoreb'a end patri
otic Farmer Governor.
Maryland.
ITho Whig Convention of this State nomi
nated JOHN N. STEELE, of Dorchester, last
week for the office of Governor. WI LLI AAI Gat:A
RON in the Loco Foco Destructive candidate, and
is destined to experience what David H. Porter
expects—A WATERLOO DEFEAT! It would
be ditrzraceful to Maryland if the first Governor
elected by the People vhotild he a Loco Foco. Let
the Whigs he active and vigilant. arid every man
he at his post on the day of election, and their
labors will be repaid by a glorious victory.
Look at this, Germans!
0-The following insult to our German fellow
citizens was adopted by a Porter meeting lately
in Northumberland County:
"Resolved, That the present Executive,
Joseph !tinier, is totally incompetent to dis
charge the high duties of his station,hecause
he is an ignorant and illiterate DUTCH.
M AN."
We hope our German friends will hear this in
mind when they ore called upon, on the 2d Tues
day of October next, to choose between the Ger
man Farmer, Rilner, and the Irish Lawyer,
Porter.
Reading Cystvetaion.
ai - j-The proceedings of this body will be given
in our next. We are pleasod to learn that it was
well attended—there being nearly THREE
THOCSAIND delegates present—all animated
and confident of certain victory. A correspondent
of the Philadelphia Inquirer thus closes ono of his
letters from Reading:—
Having attended all the proceedings of
the Young Men's Convention from alpha to
omega, I take pleasure m saving that har
mony or nelson, firmness of purpose, elo
quence oflanguage,rind an enthusiastic spirit
distinguished them throughout. With sound,'
judgment and good taste, the question of the
Presidency was not touched upon. Hardly
n difference of opinion even prevailed—nt
least none of any importance; and the Mem
bers separated, mutually satisfied with each
other, and gratified and justly proud of the
results of their proceedings. Theso facts
arc worth recording, and worth remernh"r-
ing, too; for it is seldom indeed,that so large
a body of men can assemble, collected from
all quarters of a vast region of country—
and yet display ao laudable a spirit of union
and brotherly love.
Gratn Prospects.
•-•Tlie Reading Correspondent of i the Phila
delphia Inquirer gives the following gratifying ac
count of the prospects of the Grain throughout
the State: •
One other little (lief I most mention,for it
is honorable to the manly and religious feel
ing of Pennsylvania. I allude to the gene.
rill report of the crops, as the members have
described them to appear in every section of
the Commonwealth. The earth is carpeted
with the richest verdure, the forests clothed
with magnificent foliage, the fruit trees pro
mise an unusual abundance,and the crops of
wheat, with every other kind of grain, never
looked more healthy and auspicious, early
in the month of June, than they do at the
present moment. These blessings are spo
ken of with words of thankfulness to the Giv
er of all Good; and 1 have heard gratitude
to our all-wise and beneficent Creator, ex
pressed by so many members of the 'oung
Men's Convention, for the blessings that are
now raining fatness upon the land. and dif
fusing joy amongst the people—that I feel
bound in justice and correct feeling to re
mark, that while some of our dearest politi
cal interests were teprebented, the santi•
meats of a warm and heartfelt religion have
by no means been forgotten.
The late extraordinary decisions McKin
ley in the U. S. Circuit Court fit' Mobile,
have induced debtors in Louisiana to avail
themselves of them in avoiding pavtnent of
their debts. The New Orleans Merchants'
l'ranscript save that in the case of a suit
brought by the (J S. Bank to recover the
amotintof a Bill of Exchange,exceptions have
been filed against the ability of the Bank to
plead, on the following grounds:
let. That the U. S. Bank of Pennsylvania
has no legal corporate existence out of the
State of Pennfylvania•
2d. That it has forfeited its charter by
suspending specie payments,deal,ing in mer
chandise, and by issueing notes of a less de
nomination than ten dollars.
3d. That no State corporation has the
right, even through an agent, of making
contracts in a foreign State.
The defence thus sot up, it appears, had
excited no little astonishment and specula
tion at New Orleans—as well it might.
At the annual Convention of the Protes•
tent Episcopal Church of the State ot Mary
land, held a. Centreville, in Queen Anne's
county, last week, the ev. Dr. EASTBVRN
was elected Manor or the Diocess of Mary
land, vice the at. Rov. Bishop SToxa, de
ceased.
DOING RIOLIT.—One of our Mercantile
Houses yesterday received the following let
ter, which we presume is a Circular, and
sent to all the other creditors. The writer,
we are sure, must be a happy man.
"NEW YORK, 16th May, 1839.
Gent.—Having, by the blessing of God,
bean prosperous in business since the late
firm of compounded with their
creditors in 1834, 1 am enabled to liquidate
the balance of their debt to you, which they
were then compelled to leave unpaid, and for
that purpose 1 hand you herewith my cheek
on the Bank of America for 81362,80, and
also a statement of the account.
Your obed't servant,
KT - The above is a good example for Mr
Portor,the Lueofbcorandidate for Governor
From the Columbia Spy of Saturday last.
COLLECTOR'S OFFICE,
Cocum al A, June 9th, 1838, 3
IPEEKLN REPORT.
Amount of Toll received at this ollice
from Nov. 1,t837,t0 Juno '2,'38, $116,001 69
Amount received during the week
ending this day, 6,920 48
Whole amount received up to
June Bth. $122,928 07
R. B. WRIGHT, Collectiff.
MCMIrII. F.DITOR9 -If is worthy of remark that due
inc the month of May, there was passed upon the In
clined Plane at Columbia, six thousand five hundred
and forty-two Cara—being Iwo thousand five hundred
and four Oars more than ever 'raised over the Plane
during any one mouth mince the Rail Road was in oper
ation.
It may he somewhat curious to state, that if the •
bovc number of Cars were connected together upon a
continuous straight line of Rail-road, their length
would be seventeen miles and a quarter—and if all
laden they would altogether contain thirty-nine mil
lions of poundo,or nineteen thousand five hundred tons.
These facts show the great and growing increa s e of
business upon our public works, and serve to demon
strate most clearly,that the Key Stone State bids fair
to take the lead of her Sisters in every thing that
contributes to her wealth, her public spirit, and her
general prosperity.
Mr..Cassel, Superintendant of the Plane, has just
coinnumicated to me these facts, with a request, that
you would make a note of them in your paper accom
panying our weekly report of tolls.
Yours, &c. T. H. PEARCE.
Columbia, June 9, 1639.
FLOUR in Baltimore $7 75
lIYMENIAL REGISTER
MAItItI
On the sth inst. by the Rev. Samuel Smith,
Rev. We. M. Itsysroces, (Principal of the Pre
paratory Department of Pennsylvania College,) to
Miss ANNA M. SWAN, both of Gettysburg.
On the Bth inst. Dr. JoaN K.- Weimer, of
Fairfield, -Adams county, to Miss-
M . Gtxx.r, daughter of Rev. Alexander WGinly,
of Franklin county.
On the 2Uth ult. by the Rev. Daniel Gottwald,
Mr. JOHN WALKIIII to MISS HARRIET MALIBU,
both of Petersburg, (York Springs.)
On tho 7th inst. by the same, Mr. WILLIAM
ROCKET to Miss HANNAII M'ELwEE, both of
Cumberland county.
On the same day, by the same, Mr. WSLLt
LEAS to Miss C♦rnAntat: YEAGI, both of this
county.
OBITUARY RECORD.
LIED.
, 154* 4.3.yzila of May, at Fort Wayne, Indiana
the Rev. JESSE HOOVER. of the Lutheran Church
(formeny of the Gettysburg Seminary.)
I,rin the 25th ult. after a short, but painful ill
neat. which he bore with Christian fortitude, Mr.
ANDREW HEINTZELMA.N, Sen., of Franklin town
ship, aged 80 years, 9 months and L day. Mr.
Heintzelnum was an old Revolutionary Soldier;
and was the Father of 15 children, Grandfather of
70, and Great Grand Father of about 30—in all
115!
On the morning of the Bth inst. W►r.Tr.n
61a1T1.1, Etiyuf this borough, in tho 75th year o
his age.
Mr. SMITH, for nearly half a century, professed the
religion of the Cross, and for a length of time served,
with great acceptance, as a Ruling Rider in the Pres
byterian Church in this place. By his death the
Church has been deprived of valuable counsel and sup
port; and society has been bereft of one of its greatest
ornaments. As a father, a t iced, a citizen,and a gen
tleman, he had but few equals; and ae a Christian,he
stood second to none in the place in which his lot was
cast. His mind was naturally strong and discrimina
ting; his biblical knowledge profound; and his piety
ardent, yet unostentatious. The subjvct of religion,
espec , ally for the last few years of his life, lay near.
est his heart. His delight appeared to be to dwell
upon the grace of God in Christ, by, which ruined ifian
was reinstated in the Divine favor. When contem
plating the great atoning sacrifice, his venerated coun
tenance invariably beamed with joy; and if ever a
cloud of grief overspread his brow, it was at the re
flection, that so few of our sinful race were interested
in that glorious provision. Our beloved friend was no
strangeofto afflictions, both relative and personal.—
Death had bereft him of one beloved child after an
other; his unerring hand had torn from his bosom the
partnere' his sorrows and hisjoys; protracted disease
had wasted away his own frame: and yet he rejoiced
in God—yet he toyed in the God of his salvation
And when the stern messenger came to take him
hetuco, he was patiently "waiting for the kingdom of
God;" and at thin summons of his Heavenly Father,he
submissively closed his eyes iu sleep,in which he will
not be disturbed until the trump of God shakes earth
and heaven, on the morning of the resurrection.
"Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright —for
the end of that man is peace." [Sc NT.
ILELIGIOUS NOTICES.
L o-Rev. Dr. SCHMLJCKER will preach in the
English Lutheran Church on Sunday morning
next. There will also be preaching in the even
ing,at early candlelight.
cr Rev. Mr. MTEAN will preach in his
Church on Sundny morning and afternoon next.
7Rcv. Mr. JONES will preach in the Metho
dist Church on Sunday niorning & evening next
ADVERTISEMENTS
LITERARY ADDRESS.
OrTHE ANNUAL ADDRESS before
the i
Literary Societies of Pennsylvania
College will be pronounced on the Fourth of July
nest, at 11 o'clock, A M. in Christ Church, by
JAMES C. BIDDLE, Esq. of Philadelphia.
An invitation to attend is cordially tendered to
the Citizens of Gettysburg, and to the friends and
patrons of Literature in general.
J. L. SCHOCK, Committee of
M. L. STOEVER, Philornathaaan
JAS. CRAPSTER, Society.
J. R. KEISER, Comtnittee of
C. L. BAKER, Phrenakosmian
A. G EBH A RT, Society.
Gettysburg, June 12, 1838. • tm-11
Pennsylvania Riflemen.
YOU will parade at the house of D. Scott,
(fOrmetly Scott's mill,) on Saturday
the 1614 of Jane, inst. at 11 o'clock A. M.
with arms and accoutrements in complete
older.
By order,
P. fiETTOMEN, 0. S
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June 12, 18313. -
PUBLIC NOTICES.
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VALUABLE PROPERTY
PRIVATE SALE.
THE subscriber, Ad minim rator ofJACOB
Frsirrm, late of Franklin county, de•
ceased, will sell at private sale, and on rea
sonable terms, all the right, title, interest
and estate of the said Jacob Fisher, dec'd,
at the time of his death, in a certain
Plautalion or Tract of Land,
cnntnn►inL ;too acres, on which are erec
ted a first rain
MERCHANT AND .
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GUIST "'MILL, -N 4- .. t g II •
At.sn A .g . , 1 1. .. f
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Saw 01111, i
s.tunte in Liberty township,
and formerly the property of Alexander
Mack.
If the said property, shall not he 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 out at public sale on
Monday Me 27th day of August, at 1 o'clock
p. M. of said day, nt the Court house in the
Borough of Gettysburg.
10 - Application to be made to JAMES
Cocrka, Esq. in the borough of Gettysburg,
who will make known the terms to those
desirous of purchasing.
SAMUEL FISHER,
Administrator of Jucob Fisher, deed.
May 15,1938. tf-7
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LABORERS WANTED.
iJ ANTED, on the Gettysburg Eaten•
• sloe of the Pennsylvania Rad Road,
2,000 Hands!
To whom CONSTANT WORK and the
BEST OF WAGES will be given.
(rr 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
'TUE 01.13 'STAND.
rrEIE subscriber respectfully informs the
public generally, that he has now on
hand
A LARGE ARSORTMENT OF
Floret', Bacon, Iron and Steel
of all kinds, and of the very beet quality.
The flour prices to be regulated by the Bal.
timore Market.
Bacon 10 cts per pound.
Iron al cts per pound.
The hammered Iron Manufactured at
Codorus and Spring Forges—Rolled Iron
at Hughes' Works.
KTThe public nre very respectfully re•
quested to call and examine his stock now
on hand, as he is confident he will be able to
sell as low as any now in market.
DAVID ZIEGLER.
Gettysbure. Juno 5, D 438. 3t-10
Oz siliddlc-Street Store
OF
BACON, FLOUR, MON, &C. &C.
A few Doors West of Fethriestodes Store.
T HE Subscriber has just received a large
supply of very superior and well cured
BACON
(the Hums are particularly fine,)
Suverline nom!, Teed, Sm.
In tddition to the above, he has a large
and well•assorted supply of
R 0 N,
and expects to receive, in a few days,a large
quantity of
STEML 9
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, 1838. 31-9
FARMERS, LOOK HERE
TTHE bubscrther has opened a Shop, on
Second street, a few doors east from
the Market Houso,in Chatnbersburg, where
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 thi! subscriber, 'who
hopes by pt net attention to business to secure
a share df public patronage.
ile..TAn advantage which this Machine
haS over others, is that the horse power is
constructed to work under the overshot of a
barn, so that ram does not interlero with its
operations.
JOHN TAYLOR.
Chambersburg, June 5,1838. tf-10
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
91 1 1 HE undersigned, Auditor, having been
appointed by the Orphans' Court of
Adams County, to apportion and distribute
the assets in tite'hands of the Administrator
of JOHN ADAIR, late of Liberty township,
deceased, to and among the creditors and
legatees of said deceased, will meet fur that
purpose at the house of Nicholas Moritz, in
Freedom township, on Wednesday the 20th
inst. nt 10 o'clock A. at. when and whore all
having claims noninst said Estate are nntifi
ed to present them properly authenticated
for settlement.
ROBERT SMITH, Auditor.
June to, 1 . 838. St*--.10
PUBLIC NOTICES."'
NOTICE.
/SHE Heirs of PHILIP LONG, decent
ed, are hereby notified that the ac
count of the Administrator of said Estate has
been audited and confirmed, and that their
respective shares tire ready tor diNtribution.
J. C. FORREST. Adm'r.
June 5, 1839. otl6-10
NZ7X7' AND aZZAP
SPRING AND SUMMER
aconz.
J. A. WINROTT
TIMES to inform his friends and the
public in general, that ho has just re
turned from Philadelphia with a well selec
ted Stock of
LM, eitteLool2#
Groceries, and lAgue-fa,
all of which he will sell cheap for Cash or
Country Produce.
o::rHe also has, in addition to Ms for.
vier Stock of
BOOTa
AND Slaw
SHOES
a large quitutity, which he has manufacture
ed expressly for his own sales, viz:
100 pair hest calf stitched Boots,
50 " " Fudged do.
100 " coarse do.
50 " Morocco & seal•skia do.
100 " Calf Monroes,
100 " do.
500 " coarse do.
100 " Men's Fine Shoes,
100 " Men's Calf and Morocco Pumps
100 " Boy's Monroes,
50 Gaiter Boots,
100 " Kid Slippers, (Women's)
100 " Morocco do.
300 " 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, 183 g.
FRESH GOODS.
Cheaper than ever:
rip HE subscriber has just returned from
the city,nnd is now opening at his store
on the north•east corner of the Diamond,
A Smr,r;DlD ASSOUTMENT OP
i't
I• 7 7
of. thilamst Taunt-5 —eritibr
wing every variety of
DRY GOODS •
onoCERIES,
4'c. 4-c.
which have been purchased on the hest 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 WITHEROW.
Gettysburg, May 15, 1839. t f-7
Look out for Bargains!
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02111111111 TICKEOCc•
TROS. 3. COOP'VAC
RESPECTFULLY informs hisCu3tem
era and the public generally, that he
DAB JUST DECEIVED A TREWS SUPPLY OW
0001)S,
CONSISTING OF
DRY GOODS,
B)OQUILOVENC9679
Ilard-tvare, Queens-ware,
and almost every thing that is necessary for
the comforts or necessities of life.
Gettysburg, May 22, 1888.
3 OWN &ND EWA,
Fashionable Barber and Nair Presser,
INVITES the public generally to call at
his stand, in South Baltimore street,
Gettyaburg,two doors north of Middle street,
and nearly opposite the store of Mr. Samuel
Fahnestock—where 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
001TPIBOTIOITAR7 2
Gentlemen's STOCKS, SHAMS and
COLLARS;
TUGS and SCRATCHES;
BRAIDS, PUFFS and CURLS;
SOAPS—best Castile and other Soaps
for washing or shaving.
Razor Strops; Colognes;all kinds of HAIR
OM; Clothes and Hair Brushes; Children's;
toys; Candies. and a great variety amber
articles too numerous to mention—all of
which have been bought low and will be
sold cheap for cash.
ILIIR 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 thefr
interest to g ive him a call.
May 15, 837. tl-7
FRESH DRUGS
AND
ataZDIVIteXPIaiN
JUST received and for sale, at the Store
of the subscriber, in Baltimore street,
Gettysburg,
A FRESH SUPPLY OF
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
or the best and purest quality—together
with
OILS, P &re.
JEsSE GILBERT.
it-,
May 29, 11999.