Star # Republican Ramer. GETTVSBURGII, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1838 For the Gettysburg Star. 11Pho is David R.lPorter? "Who is the Van Buren Loco Foco can didate for Governoi?" Is a question often asked. When we answer David Ritten house Po-tcr, we are immediately asked, who is David Rittenhouse Porter? We are obliged to answer somewhat ns follows: David R. Porter (as we call him to save time,) is an individual now residing in Huntingdon county,( Pennsylvania ofcourse) of whom wo never know any thing, nor do we believe any ono else did, unless, per chance, some of his honest creditors,beyond the limits of Huntingdon- county. In con sequence of this ignoratice,the corrupt cabal at Washington were induced to presume, that David R. Porter would be a fit instru ment (an ''honoured" tool, ifyau please!) to subsorvo the vile purposes of a totteri n g ad- ministration,and avert that destruction which threatens it. tinfortunately,however,for the projectors of the plan, but happily for the country, the spirit of inquiry, which so eminently char acterizes rho honest yeomanry of Pennsyl vania, spread abroad through the land; they are not ready to submit to the yoke and vote for David R. Porter, without knowing who the mon is who by their votes and influence is to be elected on trio second Tuesday of October, to preside, either for weal or for woe,over the destinies of almost two millions of freemen. 'Choir surprise upon learning, is more readily imagined than described,that the person selected for their support, by a convention of delegates professing to be democrats, was the descendant of an aristo- 1 cratic family; who had studied the pro`es sion of the law, but for want of capacity, to tally unqualified for the practice; who em barked of speculation and amassed consid erable property, but not caring for the dis charge of his honest debts,assigned his g oods to another, availed himself of the bene fit of the insolvent laws, that he might defraud his creditors and enrich himself at their expense, and at the sacrifice of every principle of voracity and honesty! He has admirably succeeded in his wicked projects, as his sup porters unblushingly boast to the tune of forty-thousand dollars!! Although ho has succeeded in swindling his creditors, he can never make Pennsyl vania tributary to him and prey upon her resources which are so justly her pride and ornament at home and abroad. He has been a member of the House of Representatives, and is now a member of the Senate; ,hii; whole public career has been one of the most abject party subserviency, imbecility and profligacy. No better proof of his subserviency is requisite, than his ad vocacy of the Sub-Treasury,so odious to the democracy of our country. Of his imbecili ty it is merely necessary to state, that he never in his life evinced any talent whatever in any public station which he has held. Of his profligacy, it is enough to say that he voted for the Mammoth Improvement bill of the session of 1836 '37, better known to many as the "Bill of Abominations," which would have increased our State debt by the addition of twenty millions of dollars, had it not been, so fortunately for the State, aver ted by the salutary interposition of our wise, independent and patriotic Farmer Governor. David R. Porter is,besides, a Royal Arch IlTiiiiZi;'rm-oath bound member of a secret and lawless instttutibn, the violation o whose unhallowed orgies can only be expia ted by a cruel death of the unfortunate vic tim who has the misfortune to be deluded by its siren songs into its fangs. But as David R. Porter is so notoriously incompetent for the exercise of the high and important functions belonging to the station, for which he is such an unworthy aspirant, who, our democratic friends will naturally inquire, will perform its duties? The only reply we can make is, that David R. Porter is to be the nominal, and James Madison Potter the ACT/NO covEnryor; and what renders the suggestion plausible is the fact, that James Madison Porter very modestly (Arend to bet fifty thousand &liars that his !Prettier David R. Porter would be elected. For the information of the true believers of the hard money humbug, and those who have entire confidence in the infallibility of the Van Buien dynasty, it may not be amiss to state that James Madison Porter is a Royal Arch Mason, one of the most strenu. ous advocates of the banking system and a paper currency, and above all the friend and advocate of Henry Clay! Citizens of Pennsylvania! You cannot, you will not vote fur David R. Porter, one whose private life exhibits a degree of moral depravity rarely to be mot with in the most abandoned profligate of the land, and whose public career is stamped with imbecility-,ex travagance and a blind devotion and willing subserviency to the dictation of a currupt power that glories in the prostration of the in dustry and enterprize ofoor beloved Country! Is there a freemen so recreant to the in terests and regardless of the honor of our great Commonwealth, as to prefer David R. Porter, a sprig of aristocracy, whose whole life, private and public,has been nothing but a succession of repeated injuries inflicted upon individuals or the state, to the present judicious, worthy and efficient Chief Magis- trate, who instead of being of noble extrac- tion, is of humble, nay obscure birth; who, independent of the corrupting influence of wealth and the smiles and patronage of the great, is wholly indebted to his own efforts and the force ofthat vigorous intellect which it has pleased his Creator to bcstow upon him, for the lofty eminence he now occupies, and to, which his unworthy competitor in vain aspires. It is to Josi:Pn , flyrsuit our IF'armer Governer,that Penn•is Ivania is main • ly indebted for her elevated character; his Roman firmness has defied every effort and spurnecl all dictation of the Federal Execu tive. His moral aro unsullied and his in• tegrity incorruptible. Pennsylvanin is Penn sylvnnia still, and as Idng as Josepli Ritner nt the helm, sho dill remain herself. her iruditutions unimpaired, her councils uncor rupted and her laws revered. From the Harrisburg Telegraph of last 'Neck. PORTER'S DECLENSION.-1 , 1 e are inform ed a source entitled to'credit, that P rter a short time since went to the office of the Huntibgdon Advocate for the purpose of having his name withdrawn as a candidate for Governor. Tbmwas after some of the recent developments had come out, and he was "in his cups;" but he was picvented from the act by his friends. The Loco Foao organs attempt to deny this (act, but we arc assured that it can be well establish ed. We hope that Porter will not be allowed to withdraw, as we feel certain that the Loco Focos cannot obtain another candidate more objectionable, unpopular or unworthy if they sift their whole party. co-The Harrisburg Reporter, Loco Foco, oered- I its" the "Sentinel" with articles extracted from the "Compiler" the Loco Foco organ of the Destruc tives in this place; and the Key-Stone, the other Harrisburg Loco Peep paper,copics the Compiler's articles and is ashamed to "credit""any body with them! Now, this is treating even MAJOR GULLI rEII, almost Governor of lowa, and Secretary of State when Porter's elected, too bad! ( -C-.A Mr. Dorshiemer, who can neither read nor write! has recently been appointed Post bias• ter at Buffalo, N. Y.!! ccj-The "Lancaster Examiner" has shaken off its old coat and appears in an entire new and handsome dress. ------- -- ------ • IF owl 'Panted. rr. Will some one of our friends send us a cord or tw•o of dry Wood immediately ? NORTH CAROLINA is fairly waking up to a perception of her true interests,by turning her attention to the developement of her in ternal resources. We recently adverted to the successful energy with which she is pro secuting various important works ofmternal improvement,nnd our attent ion is now direct ed to the fact that domestic manufactures aro taking permanent root within her bord ers. It appears that there aro at this time eleven Cotton Factories in the course of erection,and companies are forming for the establishment ofothers. The system ofdrain ing the immense bodies of swamp lands, which are now worthiess,but which will be come highly valuable when thus improved, is about to be begun under the direction ofa competent State engineer,and we see that a lead mine in Davidson county, and copper mine in Guilford,are both worked with com plete success. The spirit of judicious enter. prise is evidently spreading itself among our brethren of North Carolina, and cannot tail to work out for them the happiest result. WISCONSIN.-"It it a delightful country, this Wisconsin, The wildest dreams of the picturesque fall far short of the palpable realities in the vicinity of Fox 'river. • The soil is exuberantly rich, the climate salubri ous, the water unequalled, the streams a• bounding in fish and the woods with gnme of all kinds. Flow men can coop themselves in cities who have the will for enterprise, and the means of emigration, is to me pro. blematical indeed. I had rather traverse the rich hills of Wisconsin,with hard bread and cold pork in my haversack, and see my sons growing to maturity beside me, uncor rupted by the vices of the metropolis, than the observed of thousand observers in a gay and fashionable promenade." Capture of the Ship Lone. The particularsof the gallant recapture o the schooner Lono, whose arrival at New Orleans was noticed last week, are furnish ed in the mining New Orleans slips of 1 lth instant,which have now come to hand. The Bulletin thusrelates the occurrence: "Our readers recollect a notice in this paper a tow days since, of the arrival of the schooner Lone, Capt. Clarke,at afa tamoras, after passing the blockade. H avingv sold the freight at an enormous profit, Captain Clarke took in a cargo of specie and hides A It iSTIDES. " Some honest -.Wan! ), Extract of a letter to a gentleman of this place, dated HUNTINGDON, July 25, 1838. DEAR Sin—Knowing that you would like to hear something concerning our election, I have just heard of a meeting which the Loco Feces have held, at which the follow ing resolution, amongst others, was passed! Resolved, That we, a portion of the I)om ocratic party of Huntingdon County, drop David R. Porter as our Candidate for Gov. ernor, and support some honest man. If they look among their own party, I scarcely4now who they will act; perhaps you coudig them up some ono on one of your mountain Sections oldie Rail Road. I should like to hear from you on the subject. Yours Respectfully, s.l(-.“ .4* ip**•.. Still Later! Extract of a letter to another gentleman of this place, dated HUNTINGDON, July 27, 1838. It is said here that a meeting oftho friends of Van Buren was held a few evenings since, at which were present Senator BUCHANAN and Lawyer BAnToN, the Democratic lead. cm of Lancaster county, when the question of abandoning David R. Porter was serioui y discussed. The rumor is that the meet. ng finally agreed to correspond with the prominent leaders of the party in the other counties, upon the propriety and expediency of dropping Porter, ANI) TAKING UP AN HONEST MAN! (0 -It would seem from the following article from the Harrisburg Chronicle that there might bo some probability in what the correspondent above Some of the Porter men of thig place,are seriously talking of throwing aside David R. The matter has been a subject of town-talk for several days back, but we looked upon it as such merely. It has how ever, at least this is our belief, assumed a serious character. A portion of Mr. Por ter's friends and supporters begin to doubt his availability, and are therefore seriously thinking of setting him aside. The idea of °dropping Porter and taking up an honest man," is a good onc! and Still Later! Too Rad! General Lelellir,ence. worth 830,000, and cleared again for New Orleans, On the morning of tho 25th of June, before day light, the Lone passed the bar of the Del Norte under canvas with a fresh smacking breeze, and strong expecta- tions of eluding the vigilance of the blockad ing squadron. But she had not sailed ten miles to sea before the breeze died away, and day-light revealed the French brig of war within a mile's distance. So soon as the Yankee was discovered,tho French commander manned a boat with a dozen sailors and marines, boarded,and took possession of her as a prize. All the crew and passengers were transferred from the schooner Lone, to the U. S. sloop of war Vandalia,excepting Captain Cla rke,tho mate and the cook. 'A lieutenant and a prize crew of eight men were then put on board and ordered to Sacrificios,where the French fleet lay at anchor. Captain Clarke, his mate and cook %yore thus detained prisoners in their own vesseloinder a guard of nine armed men including the lieutenant. They submitted to their fate with commendable fortitude till the morning of the fourth ofJuly. The ves sel lay becalmed thirty miles from Sacri ficios. 'rho recollections of '76 stirred the Yankee blood in the veins of the prisoners, and they determined to make one effort for liberty. Fortune seemed to favor the at tempt. 'l'heystole upon deck about daylight and found only lour sailors upon the watch, the residue and the officer having retired to rest• To knock down two of the watch and drive the other two up the rigging before the muz zle of a pistol without a load or a flint —co fasten the companion way upon the lieuten ant and lock the forecastle upon the sailors, was but the work of a moment with this trio of resolute seamen contending for their free dom. Without any bloodshed, and almost without resistance, they took possession of the schooner, and brought her prize crew. money, hides and all safely to New Orleans. On their way to this port they were met and boarded by a British armed ship, the com mander of which applauded the gallant ex ploit of Captain Clarke, and offered him a convoy to Havana. The whole achievement may be taken as a fair specimen of Yankee daring enterprise. The appropriations made during the first and second session of the 'rwenty-fifth Con gress, amount to 38,413,064 87. For the Civil and Diplomatic service,eight millions, two hundred and fifty two thousand three hundred ann sixty dollars twenty-two cents. Under the latter are some curious items.— Thus for the paper mint at Washington twenty thousand dollars, while the expense of the constitutional mint in this city is thirty-five thousand dollars. Expenses of, the Smithsonian legacy,five thousand,dollars Renewing the roof of the new mint at Char lotto, NOlth Carolina, two thousand dollars The general heads of expenses are— Fur the support of the Government and suppros. pion of Indian host/Mies for the year 1837, $2,109,000 Civil and Diplomatic, 8.252,360 22 Army, 5,127,960 10 Fortifications, 1,015,415 Pi otection of the Northern frontier, 625,500 Navy, 6,062336 - 30 Revolutionary and other pensioners,2,osB,s32 62 Current expenses of the Indian Department, •ProvoMmg and suppressing In. dian hostilities, harbors, Light-houses, Miscellaneous, Privato claims, IMPORTANT TO WIDOWS or REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS, &c.—At the session of Congress just closed, an act was passed entitled "An act grant ing half pay and pensions to certain widows, and for other purposes. We publish the first section, which is as fullws : Be it enacted, &c. That if any person who served in the war of the revolution, in the manner specified in the act passed the seventh day of June eighteen hundred and thirty-two, entitled "an act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain suffering officers and soldiers of the revolution" have died leaving a widow, whose marriage took place after the expiration of the last period of his service, and before the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety (Our, such widow shall be entitled to receive for and during the term of five years, from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty six, the annuity or pension which might have been allowed to her husband in virtue of said act if living at the time it was passed. Provided, That 'in the even of the marriage of said widow, said annul ty or pension shall be discontinued. NEW YORK, August 1 About 4 o'clock this morning, a most de structive fire broke out in the block bound. ed by Hammond, Perry, %Vest and Wash ington streets. It raged till 3 and burnt two-thirds of the block, or nearly fifty houses. It commenced in a Tallow Chand lery. The houses were two story backs, habited by respectable mechanics.; The flames spread with inconceivable rapidity. The inhabitants rushed from their beds with few or no clothes upon them; some as naked as the hour they were born. Ono man was dug out of the ruins dead; a very lovely young lady is missing, supposed to have shared the same fate. From the Now Orleans 800. Late and Important from .]Mexico. By way of Pensacola, we have more re cent intelligence from Mexico. The Pen sacola Gazette mentions the arrival of the United States sloop-of-war Vandalia, from a cruise of seventy-four days in the Gulf of Mexico and on the coast of Texas, hay ing visited Vera Cruz, Tampico Matamoras and Galveston. The ports of Mexico were very closely watched by the French cruisers. The con templated attack on the Castle of San Juan de Ulloa, has for the present been aban doned, and the Baron Defendis, the French Minister, ha 9 'sailed for France. Vessels from the United States and Cuba will not be warned off befere being subject to cap ture, a sufficient time having elapsed for the blockade to become known. Commodore Bazzoole, in tho frigate L'ilorminee, is at anchor under the Island of Sacrificios, and one brig and two schooners and tho frigate's launches are close in with the shoals, rind frequently within musket shot of the Castle. One brig is off Alvarado, which port was opened on the 18th May, by the Mexican govern ment. The cruisers off Tampico and Ma tamoras lay at anchor close in with the harbor, and other vessels aro cruising along the coast between these ports. All appeared quiet in Texas. The British packet which sailed from Vera Cruz on the 27th May, had been detained a week after the regular day of sailing, at the request of the Mexican Government, for the parpose of taking out a request .to the British Government to become media tor between the French and Mexican Gov ernments. The best of feelings have thus far been kept up between the French squa- dron and our own. While the Vandalia lay under Sacrificios, the French and American officers were in the constant re ciprocation of services and courtesies. By the Cicero arrived at Baltimore on Wednes day last, the editor of the Patriot has received the Jamaica Gazette of tho 14th ult., from which the following is copied: His Excellency has at last issued n Proclamation, addressed to the negro population, recommending them to behave themselves. This document is as follows: JAMAICA, SS By his Excellency Sir Lionel Smith, Knight Com mander of the Most Honorable Military Order u the Bath, Knight Grand Cros• of the Royal Han overian Order, a Lieutenant-General in her Majes ty's Land Forces, and Colonel of the Fortieth Re eiment of Foot, Captain General, Governor in- Chief and Commander of the Forces in and orer her Majesty's Island of Jamaica, and the other ter ritories thereon depending in America. Vice-Chan cellor and Admiral of thu same, PRA:DIAL AP PRENTICES. In n few diys more you wtll all become FREE LABOURERS—the legislature of the is land having relinquished the remaining two years of your apprenticeship. The first of August next ie the happy day when you will become froe—under tho same laws as other freemen, whether white, black, or coloured. r, your governor, give you joy °Nils great bles sing. Remember that in freedom you will have to eo pond on your own exertions for your livelihood, and to midi - dam and to bring up your families You will work for such wages as you can agree upon with your omployers. It is their interest to treat you It is your interest to be civil, respectful,sid dustrious. \Viler() you can agree and continuo happy w your old masters, I strongly recommend you to remlin on those properties on which you have boon born, and where your parents aro buried. But you must not mistake, in supposing that your present houses,gardons,or provision grounds, are your own property. They belong to the proprietors of the estates, and you will have to pay rent for thorn in money or labour, according as you and your employers may agree together. idle people who will not take employment, but go wandering about the country, will be taken up as vagrants, and punished in the same manlier as they are in England. The Ministers of Religion have been kind friends to you—listen to thorn—they will kaop you out of trrintles and difficulties. Recollect what is expected of you by tho people of England, who have paid such a largo price for your liberty. They not only expect that you will behave yourselves as the Queen's good subjects, by obey. ing the laws, as I am happy to say you always have done as apprentices; but that the prosperity of the Island will be increased by your willing la bour, greatly beyond what it over was in slavery. Bo honest towards all men—be kind to your wives and children—sparo your wives from heavy field work, as much as you can—make them attend to their duties at home, in bringing up your chit. dren, and in taking care of your stock—above all, make your children attend divine service and Beim!. 3,002,427 73 7,739,410 41 1,535,008 53 307,010 36 540,300 45,103 GO $38,413,064 87 If you follow this advice, you will , under God's blessing, be happy and prosperous. Given under my hand and real at arms, at St. Jago do la Vega, this ninth day of July, in the first year for her Mjesty's reign Annoquo Duos. LION EL SMITH By his Excellency's command, C. IL DARLING, Seery ONE VILLAIN PUNISH r.n.—We learn from the Saratoga Sentinel, N. Y. that at the last Oyer and Terminer held in that county, a fellow named Ezekiel Little, was convicted of biting off his wife's tongue. He accom plished his fiendish purpose by choking her till her tong e protruded from her mouth, when like wolf,ho seized it with his teeth a it off about an inch in length. The offence given, as it came out at the trial.was that his wife would not believe him to be Jesus Christ,t he Son of God, and entitled to be worshipped. No wonder. She had strong reasons, however, to believe be was the son of the Devil. He was sentenced to the State Prison for seven years. AFFECTING INCIDENT.—MO Columbus State Journal relates the following affecting incident, as having occurred at the recent ce ebration of the National Anniversary, in Pi Ohio: A revolutionary soldier, JOHN CAMPBELL, lying dangerously ill, express. ed a desire to linger until another Anniver sary sun should shine upon the land for whose liberty he expended the prime of man hood. The morning of the Fourth found him yet alive. He requested that the pro. cession of the citizens should halt in front of his dwelling, as he wished once more to see the American Flag. His request was complied with. During the day, hq expi red! The editor of the Boston Atlas has a let ter from an officer in tho frigate United States dated Trieste, May Bth, which states that the Austrian government was getting a Frigate ready for sea to bring an Arch-Duke of Austria to this country. The officers of the United, States had been treated with the greatest atten- tion at Triode. Tho United States was to sail from Corfu in a few days and afterwards to Smyrna. A SINGULAR FACT.—The .Reverend Lemuel Potter, of the Second Baptist Church in Lowell, communicated the fol lowing fact to the Lowell Courier: "A young lady of that city, daughter of Mr. Levi Atwood, who has been sick for some me, and was supposed to be g in consump• tion, on Saturday, the 14th of July, vomit ed, it is supposed, between three and four hundred insects, resembling maggots.--! geme or these wore placed in a bottle Of white glass, and soon changed into the" From Jamaica. A PROCLAMATION chrysalis state. On Thursday, July 26th, they became the common bowie fly. The question now arises, how did these common flies introduce their eggs into the stomach of the person? It is suggested that sho may have received them upon lettuce, or other food, and that her stomach, being diseased, retained and hatched them. Al though strong emetics were given her, no more have appeared since the 14th." Political Matters. EFFECTSTIIE PROCLAMATION.-WO learn from the last Miners' Journal, that an hon est miner in that neighborhood went to pay a debt that he owed on Saturday week, and carried with him betweei. sixty and seventy dollars in gold. 'But why do you pay me an gold?' asked the creditor. 'Because Joe Ritner's proclamation will soon make ape. cio plenty,and I have no preference for gold over anod bank notes." Aye, aye,' said a farmer who was present, and whose eyes glistened at the sight of the shiners, R the man to bring out the yellow boys. Hon. ton, of mint-drop tnetnory,is a fool to hin TROUBLE IN THE CAMP. RITNER OR THE BANK? The Nashville Union seems to be in some trouble about the banks. That paper should just remember that the policy of the loco locos, to which it belongs, is to say very little about the matter at the present time —especially to make no assertion. The Union will see the reason in n few days. In Pennsylvania, it is found that if one side is pressed pretty hard, it makes for the United States Bank ; and if the other course is taken, then Governor Rit nei is aided. The United States bank is declared by some loco focos to be omnipo tent. Well, specie payments are to be re sumed, ergo the United States Bank has brought about specie payments. That is bad. But another argument is, that the United States Bank is insolvent, cannot ' meet its engagements, and therefore seeks to shelter itself under the suspenaion rule. But Governor Ritner issued a proclamation, ordering all the banks to resume on the 13th of August. All the banks, and the United States Bank with its insolvency among them, have resolved to conform to that pro clamation, even to the very day : ergo Gov. Ritner has brought about specie pay ments by his steady and decided course. That is worse. The papers speaking for for the loco foco interest should wait until the wire workers at IVashington shall have considered the matter, and decided upon the horn of dilemma upon which they aro to seize.—U. S. Gazette. THE l UNANSWERADLE. 7 -A western pa per of late date says: Nothing has excited so much rage among the Loco Feces for years as Mr. BOND'S speech, exposing the almost countless and quite shameless abuses of the Government. The whole pack have opened upon Mr. Bond, in full cry, in one common note, from the sturdy mastiff that howls at the door of Treasury, to the most starveling turnspi' that barks on tho farthest verge of the frontier. GOVERNOR RITNER, of Pennsylvania,was formerly a wagoner, and drove his team be. tween Philadelphia and the Western part of the State. The Philadelphia Inquirer pub• fishes a certificate given by him 20 years ago, for the receipt of Merchandise and pro mising its sate delivery at the place of des tination. To the Editor of the United States Gazelle It seems to me that the approaching Thirteenth day of Angust, will be an epoch sufficiently important, to entitle it to be es. pecially marked, at least by the friends of a sound currency, within the limits of Penn. sylvania. IVitli this view, I would suggest that the friends of JOSEPH RITNER and SOUND CURRENCY, should throughout this great Commenwealth, as with the heart of one man, hold a meeting or meetings, within the limits of every county of the state, on the 13th day of August, for the purpose of suitably celebrating the resump tion of specie payments. . JOSEPII ItrivEn has made arrangements to pay off the State Debt. If re-elected, it it will disappear like dew before the efful gent rays of the morning sun. If a change takes place, all these arrangements will be changed, and the State Debt will not be paid of; or at least, the period will be greatly prolonged. This alone should bo a sufficient reason to re-elect Joseph Ra iler; when the commonwealth would reap no advantage, but suffer absolute and posi. Live injury, from a change.—llliners' Jour. Poirren's TALENTS.—The other day a Van Buren Porterite in our town cornered a sound Ritner man from the country, and begun to expatiate on Porter's prospects, talents, &c. After he had gone on a while —"well" said countryman, "I have lived sixty years in Pennsylvania--for fatty years I have taken part in politics and until he came to the Legislature I had not heard of David R. Porter. While a member of the House, was he distinguished for ability? Or has he ever made any speeches or re ports in the Senate? I have been a con- stant reader of the newspapers and yet I have not seen any evidence of his having done so, and I cannot therefore believe him to bo a man of talents, or fit to govern the Commonwealth." The Lrco Foco Porterito hung his over p and said no more about Porter's talents. Philadelphia is the mother of Shin-platters.[ Globe. And Dick Johnson the father of "yellow boys."—Somerset Her. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND THE U. S. BANK BONDS We find in the National Gazette the sub. joined paragraph : "It is rumored that tho Bond of the Bank of the United States, duo in 1839, for tiyo minims of dollars, has been sold by the Treasury Depart. ment, at par, to Charles Macaleister, Ral, tbi■ clty." The above rumor, we are happy to say, is well founded. The same offer was made for the Bond due in 1840, for a like amount, but declined, the Secretary of , the Treasury not having decided that the cies will require its sale. • The purchase, we understand, is for ac account of the United Stales Bank. Wo also understand that Mr. Macalester has effected a negotiation lby which the third Bond for TWO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, Will be liquidated in a manner equally acceptable to the government nud to the bank. We are truly gratified to hear of these arrangements. We hope, and, indeed, cannot doubt, that they are indicative of a better understanding between the contract ing parties; and we congratulate the coun try upon this event, which we consoder as equally creditable to the administration and to the bank, and which cannot fail to have a beneficial influence upon all the business relations of the union.—U. S. Gazette. From the York Republican Insults to Gov. !Maier 'and the German Community. As Gov. RITZIER. was passing through the Borough of Huntingdon—the residence of David R. Porter—on his way to, his farm in Washing ton county, lie was assailed by loco foco black guards with cries of "Hones ! FOR THU .OUR CROUT Ten! HURR• FOR OLD SOUR CLOUT, SUC CESS TO DAVID R. PORTER!" At Warriorsmark in the same county the loco focus, hearing that the Governor was about to pass through that place to visit his brother of Karthaus, stretched a flag across the street from one tavern to another, on which was inscribed "Porter and Democracy." Thu insults which the same blackguard faction committed against the Governor at Harrisburg on the night previous to the 4th of July, have al ready been mentioned by us. The loco focus have attempted to deny them, and for that 'pur pose have produced a convenient set of fellows who certify. --NOT ON OATll—that they heard no noise. We subjoin some SWORN AFFIDA VITS on the other side. DAUPHIN COUNTY, SS. Personally appeared before me, ono of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county, Andrew J. Jones, who being duly - sworn according to law, cloth depose and say, that ho resides on Front street, Harris burg, one door south-east of Gov. Ritner's residence ; the two houses being as it wore one block, the front doors being only eigh teen inches or near that distance apart; that on the morning of the 4th of July last about 1 o'clock A. M., himself and family wore much disturbed by a great noise in front of his house; that part of the family being unwell rendered it very painful ; that said deponent arose and wont to a front window, and discovered about thirty persons, as nearly as lie could judge, on the pavement in front of his ow - a - the Govern- or's, and another neighbor, Mr. Uhler's, houses ; that he and a young man who was with him, and whose name can be forth• coming at any time if necessary, remained at the window until the close of the scene, and while there heard some members of the party there assembled call out for "Old Joe," and request him to "bring out his Utampaigne ; ' that thq vote was then taken and decided Mat if he did not brtng out his Champaigue he might let it alone, that ho was a " - DAMNED OLD DUTCH HOG," and would not be long there ; and said deponent heard them hurra for Porter, and in the meantime a portion of them were pulling at the bell-wire ; that said deponent heard many other expressions similar to the foregoing, but deems these all that is necessary to repeat to show the character of the men there assembled, whom ho be lieves wore opponents of the present state administration ; that said deponent ►s not an activo politician, nor does he over expect to be; but he likes the truth to be proclaimed, and therefore thought proper to give the foregoing statement; and further saith not. A. J. JONES. Sworn and subscribed, July 27, 1839. Before me, IVIVI. KLINE. DAUPHIN COUNTY, SS. Personally appeared before me,one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, Frederick Uhler, who being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say, that ho resides on Front street, Harris. burg, next door to Andrew J. Jones; that he believes the statement of Mr. Jones to be literally true; that at or about the time men tioned, he the said deponent and part of his family were ularmed,and his eldest daughter, a girl of ten years of age, so much so, that she arose from her bed,left her chamber and came to that of the deponent, in a terrible fright; that he does not want and never ap plied for any office, and defies any person to say so with truth; and further deponent saith not. P. UHLER. Sworn and subscribed, July 27, 1838. Before me, WM. KLINE. The Pennsylvania Intelbgencor contains a num ber of others, all of which corroborate tho above. This conduct on the part of the loco focos,which appears indeed to have become a part of their politi cal tactics, is eminently disgraceful to their party. It is a burning shame that iho chief magistrate of Pennsylvania cannot travel quietly about his affairs or rest undisturbed in his dwelling; but is INSUL TED and ASSAILED by the VILEST EPI THETS by his political opponents. WHO WILL JUSTIFY SUCH CONDUCT? WHO WILL VOTE FOR A MAN SUPPORTED by such MISCREANTS? Why, if the friends of Porter act in this manner now, if admitted to public sta. Lions, they might justly be expected to introduce LYNCH and MOD LAW against all who would not support the imago which they had set MP. or. bow in slavish subserviency to them! Wo ask our Gorman fellow eitiz,ena to look at these things. The loco focos cull, CovernOr RrT rcxna "Damned old Dutch h9g," . "old sour trout." They seem to. skez.kiyr atv RIDICUL, ING his German extraction? Will the Germane tamely submit to such INSUI O TBI They have hero exhibitiort of the contemptuous feelingei which the lOW Cocos feet for them, Will they sustain a party and support their. candidate, whet indulge such gross obloquy of them, through their worry ce; patriot who now fills , the gxect. Live Chair of Pennsylvania? We doubt not that the demon yeomanry of this commonwealth will rebuke such conduct in, (Ito most, effectual monitory at the polls. STAR & REPUBLICAN BANNER. BY ROBERT WHITE MIDDLETON At $2 por annum, halfleyearly In advance. I'3ETTTS,ITURGH, PA. Tuesday, .lugust 7, I 838. DEMOCRATIC ANTITASONIC NO3IINAT/ON FOR cro vEn Non, .d/OVOIP/Lt - Zi',11U4e3P.W2:3% Sheriff's Sales. co-Some valuable Property will be sold by the Sheriff on Saturday next, at the Court-house in this place. ailizollaer Waiter.” 3::.Wilat blind fellows the Porterites are! They pretend time after time, to clear their man Friday of the charges brought against him, and every time make tho proof against him still clearer! Under the head of "Another Nailer" in the last Compiler, they furnish proof, not to contradict ono of the charges brought against Porter by our Hollidays burg correspondent a few weeks since, but to con firm it! It will he recollected, that it was stated in the letter above referred to, that two of David It. Par ices "confidential friends" purchased on immense Estate from the Widow Somerville for "a mere ttrifle," and that David It. Porter was one-third pur chaser although in the name of others." In the Compiler of last week appears a letter .purporting to be from those "confidential friends," wherein they state that they did purchase this 4.immenso Estate" of Mr. Somerville for the trifling ."sum of $850;" o:.thett one was to have one-third and the oilier two-thirds; that D. R. Porter was not present at the sale, but Thomas Jackson after wards informed C. Garber (both confidential friends of Porter,) drat David R. Porter agreed wills him to take ON E-Tllll !D This wo agree is "nailing" fraud and dishon .esty upon their candidate with a vengeance!— 'Messrs. Garber and Jackson are not Ritnor men; .but good, !airiest Porterites! Have you any more such "Nailers," Major! dlypocrisg• Qom - The Van Buren party have all along -Claimed .to be the exclusive friends of a metallic -currency, alledging that the Anti-Masons and Whigs were the exclusive advocates of an irro. JeemahleTaper currency. This allegation, every intelligent man -iu the community know to be false, Every one who had reflected for a moment, .on the sul{ject, 'knew that the Administration of Aho Goneral.Government, by the unwise system of policy which it pursued, had brought upon the country the numerous evils that were afflicting the Iteople;yot•the supporters of that administration elaimed4o we have before observed, to be the ex_ elusivefriends of a gold and silver circulating me- Alium, and the 'enemies of the worthless currency which was the result of their own measures. In this way they attempted to impose upon the people. But look at the late PACTS, and see if they do not give the lie direct to the former allegations of iho Van Buren party, that they wore opposed to a paper currency - and the .exclusive friends of a metallic one. Every body knows that since May 1837, the people of this country have been cursed with a currency at once illegal and worthless, but which prove tho policy pursued by the General Govern ment was tolerated from necessity. Until the passage of the Sub_Treasury Bill was rendered impossible by the adjournment of Congress, the Banks could not, with safety, resume the redemp tion of their notes with specie, and to have requir ed them to do so sooner,would have been disastrous to those who held the notes of these institutions. But the moment that thut iniquitous measure was defeated by the adjournment of Congless, the Governor of Pennsylvania, JOSEPH RITNER, issued his Proclamation requiring all the Banks in the Commonwealth to ti.sumo by n certain day. No sooner, however, had the Governor done this, than the Van Buren party were out upon him for this act; and at a meeting held in this town, the Porter men resolved that the ~ P ROCLAMATION OF JOSEPH RITNER WAS ALL CLAP-TRAP AND HUMBUG GERY !" Let the people think of this, and then say whether the whole annals of political history fur nish another instance of greater hypocrisy than that of which the Van Buren party have convict ed themselves in this matter? They claim to be the exclusive friends of a metallic currency and opposed to Shin-Plasters, but no sooner has Gov. Ritner called on the Banks to pay Specie, and on the individuals and Corporations which have issued .4-Thin-Plasters" to redeem them with Gold and Silver, than they inform the people that no benefit can result from the Proclamation, and that it is a piece of •clap-trap and hurnbuggery !" This is proof of the hypocrisy of their profes sions of hostility to the illegal currency which has flooded tho country ! The policy of their party caused it, and it was the desire of the loaders of that same party that it should bo continued ! And this they have themselves manifested by abu sing the Governor for exercising his authority to procure a resumption of the payment of Spe. eie by the Banks Let the people think on this subject. To the Honest Opponents of Joseph Mester. COME, LET US REASON TOGETIIER." Oz:r Believing that there are among the opponents of the FAurx n GovEnson many who oppose him merely on party grounds, and through the misrepresentations of the leaders of the Loco Focu party, wo willingly venture to "reason" with them, and endeavor to win thorn - from the support of a man who is not only me itosswr, but the advocate of measures destructive lo Me best interests of the Commonwealth. First, then, why do you•opposo the election of Joseph Ritncr 1 Is it because he hoe been in competent to the discharge of the high and res ponsible +Judea to which ho has been called. You cannot, after going back to the day of his inauguration and raking up act after act and. ex amining into thin with the, greatest scruitiny, answer the question affirmatively. No, Joseph Ititner has dieeherged every duty devolved upon him, not only to his own credit, but to the especial benefit and honor of bis native State. The • rights of the Commonwealth and of eta People have at all times and on all occasions been. zeal ously. and faithfully protected, Ho has used the . strictest economy in the administration and man sion:tent of the affairs of the State, The State Rovenuo ,has been greatly increased; tho State , Tax has been repented, and large appropriattorri have been made to bestow upon the poor and the destitute thoitonefits of Education. In, short, in every thing that could benefit the People or the State, has Joseph Ritner exerted himself success fully. Then, we ask, if these things are so, and you can judge for yourselves, why oppose him—why wish to place in his stead a man like David IL Porter, who has, in all things, been the tool of a corrupt cabal out of the State, and con sequently the opponent of the best interests of Pennsylvania Besides, take the two num and examine into and compare their private and public characters, and then determine which should be the Governor af an HONEST and INTELLIGENT People. From the cradle to the Gubernatorial Clair can aught be said to sully the public or private character of Joseph Ritner. In private life, he has acted as be came a good citizen and useful member of society. In public life, so well and faithfully has ho exe cuted all that was required of him, that no act now causes a blush to mantle his cheek. The malice of his opponents have stopped at no in vention to bnng reproach upon him, but the "poisoned chalice" has returned to their own lips ; "As meets a rock a thousand waves, "So has ho met his enemies," and at all times came out with "flying colors." He is honest and capable—firm and decided, and just the Man for the People of this great and growing State. Then why wish to change Why wish to elect u man like David R. Porter, who is, horn a knowledge of his private and public life, destitute of those noble traits so prominent in the charac ter of our Farmer Governor I If any advantage could be gained by the change, there would be some excuse. But no earthly advantage to the State would result from the election of David R. Porter. It has been shown, by the records of Hunting_ don couaty court, that ho was incapable of mana ging his own business prosperously, and was led to avail himself of the benefit of the Insolvent Laws of the Commonwealth. It is also alleged, and with much apparent truth, that he did not act altogether like nn honest mon in preparing to "take the benefit." Examine even the statement of his Lawyer (Mr. Allison,) in one CEIHO in a different county, and you will find a great mys tery• about certain bonds: how ho assigned them before taking the benefit and receiving money on them three or four years afterwards. Other transactions also go to show a want of honesty in David IL Porter, and places him in an unfa vorable contrast with the honest, upright Farmer Governor. But above all others, there is ono TACT which should influence you to withhold from him your votes and influence : It is the fact of now being worth fo,ly thousand dollars and refusing to pay his honest debts, because he has made this fortune SINCE he took Me benefit of the Insol vent Act.' This we conceive to be a good and sufficient reason to induce honest Pennsylvanians to hesitate before they COUNTENANCE DIBIIONES. TY out of iespeet to party and party leaders. Is there a man in Adams County who would, alter laboring years to accumulate a handsome and productive property, agree, knowing him as ho now does, to place that property into the keeping of David R. Porter' , No, we venture to assert, there is not one, however much he may feel and act for his party. Then why, fur the sake of party, wish to place your rich and productive Commonwealth, the home of your wives, your children, your friends and yourselves, into the keeping of such a mon as David R. Porter—a man whose moral life has been a reproach to him, and whose public life has been of no service to you or to your State? We appeal to your reason, your good sense and sound judgment, Fellpw-Citizens of Adams! Examine and judge for yourselves. Zer cjoferi) 9:tither ber Zer unfern C.-3tant rcgicren faun. TILE BIG "'ARM: 0::7 - 1Ve have heretofore alluded to the fact, that JOREPII RITZIER. is the fire PRACTI CAL FARMER that has over occupied the station of Governor in tins Commonwealth; and it is also a fact, that under none of his predecessors was there as much done to open up the rich resources of the State. When Joseph Ritner assumed the duties of the office of Governor, the State was involved in a debt of P 324,800,000, and increasing at tho very rapid rate of $21000,000 a Year: Under the management of his predecessor, the Commonwealth was like a great Farm rented out to a bad Tenant, who had determined to make all out of it ho could for himself, without regard to the condition in which ho should return it to the Landlord, when his lease had expired. Every thing had gone to wreck; and as we have said, the Commonwealth was getting deeper and deeper in debt every year! But JosErn IlyricEn,like A GOOD FARMER, as soon as he got the big Commonwealth Farm into his possession, set to work to repair it and make it productive and pay off the debts. This he could not accomplish in a year, or in two or three years. It requires time. Every Farmer knows, that when a farm has got out of order under the management of a bad Tenant—tho buildings out of repair, the fences broken down, the land grown up with briars and brambles, and the orchards dy ing fur want of pruning—that 'all these things can not be repaired at once; they require time. But by industry and economy, a few years will make such a change that you scarcely know the place to be the same. Such was the case with the Commonwealth when put into the hands of Joseph Either. Pub lic works had been constructed at great expense, and still continued to be an expense to the State. The People wore burthened with a direct Tux of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL LARS ANNUALLY, and still the debt was in creasing at the rate of TWO MILLIONS A YEAR! , Let us inquire if this is the case now. NO IT IS NOT. Tho public, works are no longer a source of expense, but of profit. Last year, the tolls amounted to about NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS; and this year, had it not been for the flood which destroyed forty nalca of the works on the main line, the tolls would have exceeded 81,300,000: This is the change in this department of tho public economy. How is it with regard to the Dlnscr xsx? Fel low-Citizens, have you this Tax now to pay NO, YOU HAVE NOT. Under the administration of JosErn RITNSR it has been abolished. .This is the change in this department: FORHEHLT TOO HAD ♦ DIHECT TAX TO PAT. NOW YOU HAVE NOT! We shall lastly inquire how it is with regard to the State Debt—whether it has continued to in crease or not. How is this fact! When Gov. Ritner came into office the Debt was about 824,8009000• Now it is LESS by 8100,000, notwithstanding the public works have been put in a condition to become eminently productive, and the direct tax of $300,000 a year repealed!— Thhi is the change in this department. Now, Fellow-Oitizens, we ask you, whether our comparison of TUE 0000 FARM sit and JOSEPH RITNER is not just! It is true the State is still in debt, but the debt is growing smaller; and you will recollect, that when a man goes on toe Farm out of order, he is not, for a year or two, in a con dition to make money to pay off his debts: he roust first get his farm in order. So with Joseph Ritner: It has taken him most of tho time he has been in office to pay off the in toreet and get the BIG FARM in order. But ho has now got things pretty well righted up,and has began to pay off the principal of the Public Debt. Let him alone for another three years, and you will see a change that will surprize the most sanguine of his friends. Porter's elssignanent. Who Loco Foco Porterites are thus request ed, by the "Beaver Falls Union," to unriddle the mystery of the assignments made by David R. Por ter previous to his taking the benefit of the Insol vent Laws: PORTER'S ASSIONMENT9.--•It is most strenuously argued that the assignments to Messrs. Stonebruker and Owens, were for the benefit of Mr. Porter's creditors. This is wholly unfounded. It appears that the Huntingdon county court appointed Michael iVallace and William S im p son , as the legal assignees of his property. It will be necessary therefore to explain how Stonobraker and Owens were made assig nees, by Mr. Porter, at the very term, when he applied for the benofit of the insol vent law. For what was it done! Was it for the benefit of Stonebraker and Owens? If the former was it honest? If the latter why were other assignees appointed by the court? Did the court, or Mr Porter's creditors, know of the Beaver county and other assignments and transfer of property to Stonebralcer and Owens, at the time of Mr. Porter's application and his subsequent diocharge? The Beaver Argus, orate 25th July, contains the following: "To satisfy the people that David R. Porter's assignment in this county was fair and honest some of his noisy friends as sert that It is proved that he placed hie property in pls, hands of his assignees, Stonebraker and . Owens, for the use of his creditors. It so happens, however,that Michael !Wallace and William Sirhp son were the assignees appointed by the cuurt,and that Stonobrakor and Owens were selected by Porter, to work out the ends he had in view." Yonx SPRINGS.—There are about one hundred visitors at this delightful watering place,mostly from Baltimore and the South. The waters are highly celebrated for their etTects upon the system, and have been re commended by the most distinguished pro fessional men in the county. There are plenty of amusements, and the proprietors, Messrs. Kettlewell &Gardner,are gentlemen that deserve all praise for their exertions to please. They keep an excellent house with music for those who will "trip the light fan tastic toe," in the evening, free ofcharge.— Those of our fripnds who may wish to spend ' a few days at a comfortable place during this hot weather, would be pleased, we have no doubt, with the accommodations, and the society, at the York Springs.[Pa. Tel. Another Shower of Meteors is predicted by the philosophers of Now Haven. Connecticut, for the night ot August 9th. The Globe says :—"The Philadelphia Banks have been scourged by public opinion into a determination to resume." Public opinion must turn about now, and scourge Mr. Van Buron until ho fullows the ex ample of the Banks and resumes too. An honest Loco loco—a kind of ttAnA Avta—who has recently travelled through the greater part of western Pennsylvania, tolls us, says the Baltimore Chronicle, that there is no doubt of RITNEWS re election' by a very large majority. 'His lute Proclamation requiring the Banks to resume on the 13th of August, has re moved all doubt on the subject. Tin, editor of the Lutheran (Pa.) Obser ver publishes a Jotter, addressed to him by "Marianna, Princes William of Prussia, wife of the brother of the present King of Prussia, ono of the most amiable, interesting, and deservedly popular princes of Europe." She remarks— "l occasionly hoar from your country through a minister of the Moravian Church in Nazareth; his namo is Mr. Rouchel ; perhaps you may fall in company with him, and hence I mention his name ; ho is a truly pious young man. The am. bassador from the United States at this court, the Hon. Mr. Wheaton also occasionally gives me information concerning your country." The Insurance companies of Cincinnati have agreod to an abatoment of ten per cent. ou the premium for insuring steamboats which are conducted without intoxicating drink. Uncles, the person who had been arrest ed at New Orleans fur stealing the jewels from the Bank of the Metropolis at Washington, hue eine° escaped from prison by cutting through a four inch partition, and then making a hole through a brick wall. A BALLOON AscENstori.—On Monday evening last about 10 o'clock. our attention was attracted towards Wrightsville by a cry that broke upon the stillness of the night and came booming across the quiet bosom of the Susquehanna like the sound of many voices. We soon found that it was occasioned by the ascension of a balloon beautifully illuminated. It rose graduay till it obtained a height of five or six hundred eot and passed off' in a Southerly direction and as final. ly lost in the distance. We are informed that the occasion drew togother the "bone and sinew" from the public works, and from Wrightsvillo and the vicinity, who took the olipcirflonity to express their opinion of the old Corn.likenter. it was their hums for Ritner, thaLlividdrow our often. tion. His course like that. of the balloon is on. wand and upward until he rises above every cloud. Soapy' the Columbia Courant of 'Wednesday last. Troow Coon ter.—The cause of correct principles in this county is gaming rapidly. Governor Ritner is gaining strength daily, and will continue to gain, until October. The Loco Ferns in that. county were fairly bcaten in the county Convention, and Morris was dropped, and William Willard, Esq., was nominated for Con gress. Eleven delegates, however, withdrew and nominated Morris. How the matter will terminate we cannot tell. The Richmond Enquirer states, that on the arrival there of the Provident, "ho and his friends were conducted to tho City Hall. where they were introduced to a groat many of the cit izens of the town, and refreshed with punch and mint julep" This won't do for the cause of Temperance.—Bolt. Patriot. HAIL STOIIM.—TIie eastern part of Brncl lord County,Pa. was visited by a violent hailstorm on Wednesday week last, which in its course en. tirely destroyed whole fields of grain. The hail stones were unusually large, and the Argus states that in some places the ground was covered to the depth of six Inches. Orchards were stripped of their fruit, windows broken by hundreds, and the cattle in the fields very much bruised. Srm %Norm:rum—The NOW York Star states that such is the success which has at tonded the manufacture of silk at the establish. mont in Massachusetts, that the silk company at Northampton determined at their le le meeting to raise immediately 030,000,in addition to the large capital already invested, in order to enlarge their sphere of operations. This company was one of the first that was formed in this country, and had to labor under all the disadvantages attendant on the commencement of a new branch of mainline. turn, which those recently estab d have not had to contend with. In one instailefiSilk Corn. pany, which has only been in oper'isAin , 9 2 / 1 years, has divided 9100 on each share;usVitere: but 825 wore paid in. An improved pair of shears for culling iron,have been invented by Mr.Pope,ufSandwich, Mass. They will cut off a bar of iron six inches in width, and three eights of an inch iniThcliness, with as mush ease as a piece of shoot iron can be cut with the shears generally in use. MIRACULOUS ESC/MM.-II IS said that Mr. Love joy, of Georgia,ono of the passongers flayed in the late catastrophe of the Pulaski, was also on board of the Homo and the Wm. Gibbons—three of thn most appalling situations of danger over recorded: A Census is being taken in Florida ; but it is probable from the returns received that tho population will give only 26,000 whites to 24,000 blacks. lionnumn MORTALITY.—A gentleman just from tho Rocky Mountains,informs the editor of tho St. Louis Bulletin that about ono hundred thousand Indians died of the small pox, during the rocont prevalence of that disease among the tribes of tho far West. CELEBRATION—The resumption of specie payments is to be celebrated on the THIR• TEENTH DAY OF AUGUST, by the PEO. PLE of Cumberland county, at Carlisle, Pa. Several addresses will be made on the occasion. The Legielaturo.of North Carolina hoe ordered that the land in that State lately occupi ed by the Cherokee•. shall be sold on the first Monday of Spptember next, at Franklin, Macon a4 . katity. - - - - A letter from Havana, dated July 14th, str.tes that the Spanish government has levied a subsidy of two millions fivo hundred dollars on the Island of Cuba, and that the drafts for it bad boon sold to the Rothchild.. The Intendant had endeavored to raise the sem by offering fourteen per cent. interectlor the loan, but without suc cess. The church property was soon to be put up for sale. The letter says that the present Governor has not the firmness of character which distinguished his predecessor. Mr. Mnelzel, the celebrated exhibitor o the Automaton Chose Player, died recently on board the brig Otte, during her voyage from Havana. An old lame man who recently arrived at Cincinnati from Havana with nineteen hundred doubloons, has been robbed of the wholo amount —the produce of hard toil and all that he posses ed. He intended to purchase a farm. A fire occurred in Mercer, Pa. last week, by which the stable of a stage house was destroyed,with its contents of hay & 8 horses MARRIED. On the 26th ul•., Ay Luther H. Skinner, Esq. Mr. JACOB BLOCHER to Miaß ELIZABETH SPRENHLE,bOIh of Elarniltonban township, Adams counts , . On the 12th ult.._ _Mr. if ENRY NIAIISHALL_. of Ab bottstown, to Miss MA 46. LENA HENRY, of Paradise township, York county.l DIED. On the 3rd inst, Mrs. LYDIA Maim, consort o Mr. Jacob Mark, of Franklin township, and daugh ter, of the Widow Fissell, aged 23 years, 11 mouths and 8 days. On the same day, THOMAS. son of Mr. David Kitzmilisr or this place, iliged 5 months and 6 days. On the 30th ult. Lome/. CAIIOLIND, daughter of Mr. Henry Culp, of this borough, aged 4 months and 20 days. On Tuesday night last, Mrs. MAny Raeo, wife of Mr. William Reed, of Strabari township, in the 90th year of her age. At Harrisburg, on the 296 tilt. CUAS. hiewatt, Esq. formerly Canal Commissioner. JOURNEYMEN ~ WANTED. WANTED immediately, 2 or Y good JOURNEYMEN SHOEMA KERS, to whom constant employment will be given for one year, or a shorter period if required. JOHN DEE3IER. Petersburg, (York Springs,) August 7, 1838. 3t-19 Register 9 sNotices. Notice is hereby Given, TO all 'Legatees and other persons con cerned, that the ADAILVISTRA. TIOIV ACCOUIV7'S of the deceased per. sons hereinafter mentiuncd,will be presented to the Orphans' Court of Adams County, for confirmation and allowance, en illondav the 27th day of August nest., viz: The Account of Daniel Kohler, Adminis, trator of the Estate of Jacob Kohler, dec'd. The Account of David Clapsaddle, Ad. ministrator of the Estate of JohnMcilvain, deceased. The final Account of . George Smyser, Executor ef ihe Estate of Henry Hoke, Esq. deceased. JAS. A. THOMPSON, Register. Register's Mice, Gettys burg, July 81, 1838. Young Men's rtleclirag. 0:7 - The meeting► of the Young Men on Saturday laat, was every thing that the Patriot could wish. Every part of the County was repro. Rented, and the spirit manifested by their resolu tions and proceedings show that the Young Men of Adams WILL DO THEIR DUTY ! The proceedings will be found in another column. Town elleeling-. 0::r We ask the attention of the Citizens of the Borough to the notice of an adjourned meeting, to adopt measures for supplying the town with water. Wo hope there will be a general at. tendanre. Delegate Election. Mr - We again remind our friends of the election ON SATURDAY NEXT of delegates to meet hero ON THE GLORIOUS TILIR TEENTH, to settle a County ticket. We expect to seen full delegation from every Borough and Township in the County. oz:7 - General David Rittenhouse Porter, the Masonic candidate for Governor, has not yet resigned his seat in the Senate. Ho sticks to the Senatorship, and knows the value of a bird in the hand. Death of Cont. Rogers. 07 - Commodore JOILN ROGER 9 died in Philadelphia on Wednesday last, in the 74th year of his age. • Otr-On our first page will he found the returns for thel‘hree Nat elections for Governor. Great aleeting of the 'Young i llen of ✓lctants County ! In pursuance of public notice, a large and respectable number of the YOUNG MEN of Adams County favorable to tho re-election of JO SEMI RITNER, and opposed to Porter, Van Buren and the Sub-Treasury, assembled at the Court-House in the Borough of Gettysburg, on Saturday the 4th of August inst., and organiz'ed by appointing JWIN McKESSON, President, ,ROBERT W. MeSHERRY, • -• • ARMSTRONG TAUGHINBAUGH, ' JOHN BRINKERHOFF, JR. HUGH A. McGAUGHY, WILLIAM McILHENY, Vice-Presidents. A. R. STEVENSON, HUGH KING, • JOHN SCOTT. WILLIAM HAMILTON, Secretaries. On motion, a committee of five, consisting of Messrs. G. S. Orth, John Dickson. Jr., Sam'l F. Neely, Wm. Picking and Samuel Longanecker, was appointed to report resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting. The Committee. hay -1 ing retired, the meeting was addressed in a very happy manner by ROBRIIT F. McCorismortr,Esq. The Committee reported the following preamble and resolutions,which•were unanimously adopted : The time has arrived when it becomes the duty of every good citizen to use all his influence and exertions in rescuing the Country from they dominion of Executive thraldom, and official mis. rule and corruption. Our country, which had en. joyed the blessings•of universal prosperity, has, for the last eight years, been suffering all the evils that a reckless and arbitrary administration could inflict. No means seem to have boon left untried which could paralyze our energies. pros- i trate our commorce,or involve us in universal ruin s and distress. From the North to the South, and ' from the East to the West, the dreadful contagion had spread. 'Meeting every City, town and ham. let, ur.'ii the whole community was involved in the same destruction. We wore living under thi l .i freest Government on Earth, but enduring all the hardships and disadvantages of the most des., potic and tyrannical. While we woro boasting of our inalienable rights and privileges, the 0p.• 4 pressor was forging for us the chains of Slavery —their very clanking, which ought to have arena. ed us to a sense of our duty, was lulling us into a. fatal repose. But the spell has boon broken, the people have' seen their error, and now all with one accord,savoi, those who are blinded by prejudice or swayed byi, official influence and patronage, aro arising in i f their might, asserting their rights and have de. torinined no longer to submit to Federal usurpa. / Lion. Already has nearly every part of tho Unioni spoken in plain terms its disapprobation and abhorrence of the pr inciples ot thetas!. and present General Administrations. Whenever an oppor tunity has been givo'n to the peoplo to express their sentiments. they have almost unanimously condemned their favored measures and policy.— Every election hoe been unto thorn a death knell. Wholo States have arrayed themselves in opposi tion to the Loco Foco party. We need not roc°. pitulato our victories; thoy are yet fresh in the memory of all; they will at some future day form a brilliant page in the records of our political history. A fairer day is now homing upon us, and hope brightons in the future. We have It in our pow. or to extricate ourselves from the difficulties in which we have boon entangled. Wo have it in our power effectually to crush the ruinous policy of Martin Van Baron, and to consign it, with its originators, to the depths of oblivion. Let us but speak the word and it shall be so. Soon will an opportunity bo given to Penney!, vania to pass sentence on tho measures of tha t General admmistration,and to tako her stand with her sister states. An important election Is fast r. approaching, when choice is to be made of a suit.° able person to discharge the arduous and respon.o aible duties of the office of Governor. Every omd who desires his own welfare, as well as that of bil e follow-citizens, cannot but fool, deeply intonate( in the result, because upon the wisp and judicion f, administration of the public affairs depends the ' welfare and prosperity of the whole community. As young men, who litido just passed tho threshold of manhood. wo cannot feel too deep an interest or bo ton active in the coming contest. If we wish to share the blessings ola free gov ernment; if we wish to enjoy the privileges which our fathers bequeathed unto us; and if wo moan not basely to abandon the noble herit. ago, WE MUST no ova DUTY. We must come to ho rescue, and not only assort, but also maintain and defend our rights. Our country expects us to do so. We owe it to that country, to ourselves and to posterity; ' we evetr i owe it to those degenerates who are f willing voluntarily and ignobly tosurrender their own interests and happiness, at the imperious' commands of a corrupt and destructive party, ; Both parties have already taken the field andl aro busily eogaged In active preparations for Ow l day on which the battle le to be fought. The , friends of the Constitution, of Equal Rights and" the Supremacy of the Laws, have placed befores the people as their candidate JOSEPH RITNER,r the plain and unassuming Farmer of Waaliing.t ton county, while the friends " of the General ad ' -.... ministrtilors, the Loco Po' ens a n d destrueste have ralied around - DAVID .R. ,POlt E l'Ele These en. the men pvesented to os, and Jrewni which we must choose whom eve will hiv0.1.4 govern as., It becomes , us to examine what claims they have upon us for impport. Joeseis Rtrivert has fir nearly three years presided over the destinies of our Commonwealth: During which time he has so administered the posein ment es to meet with general satisfaction. Al though he had the helm at a time which "tried men's souls"—When ruin and distress prevailed.. whop honk -rispley was almost inevitable, yet the faith of Pennsylvania has been preserved, and , her welfare and prosperity is dully increasing. Time will not permit us to dwell on all the va. none public measures of his administration: it ha* • throughout boon identified with the interests of ' Pennsylvania; on all occasions ho has been the friend and supporter of every measure that could elevate the condition of his native State, and en-• title her to tho proud pro.emincnce she now eccu. pos. Such ist,Rltner. _ „.„ . . yon - i f i r, ~ lfirst place, the udgesare to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Sen. ate. I don't see much harm in this,though I don't think it will do much good. I think it 19 better to let the Governor be responsi ble for all these appointments, and I am a little afraid that it will tend to make the Senate a place of intrigue and faction, SD as to withdraw their attention from the consid eration of the laws and the rights of the peo ple, which ought to be their principle ob ject. Then,in the next place; the Prothono tanes of the Supreme Court are to bo ap pointed by that Court. This is well enough, but not worth altering the Constitution for. Prothonoturies and Clerks of other Courts, Recorders of Deeds and Registers of Wills, are to be elected by the people in' their res pective counties. lam afraid this will not work well. There is trouble enough already in our elections for county officers, arising from the electioneering and intrigues of the several candidates; and 1, for one, am not anxioug to see any more of it. It will be like the election for Slieriff,where,in many coun ties there are often a dozen candidates, and 1 tho person elected seldom gets a,majority of • the whole number of votes. It is probable that in most cases the. Recorder, &c. will not be the 'choice of the majority of the people. Yet, the people will, have to submit to them for three years, no matter hod, distigreeable they may be in politics,or habits,or manners, provided they keep with in the law as to misdemeanor in office.— Under the present Constitution if an officer becomes obnoxious to a majority of the pee pie of a county,thelGovernor may and often does remove him—but he will have no such power if the new Constitution be adopted. .The next alteration which I,find in res pect to appointments is, that,Justices of the Peace and Aldermen aro to be elected , in the several wards,counties and townships,at the time of the election of Constable, by the qualified voters 'thereof. This has always ..ppeared to me a very difficult subject to ,?swage. I have seen, in my time, a good many Justices of the Peace; and I have found among them pretty much all sorts of people —the good, the bad, and the indifferent. I am sure that many have been appointed who wore not fit for the office; and that there has been much scandal to the lavis iii conse quence; and if I was sure that we should have hotter men by means of an election, I should be in favor of this amendment. But , them is the difficulty; andif I doubt tiboak t 1 this, it is not because 1 think - that the people don't mean to do right, but because we are, all of us, so liable to be imposed upon; and therefore I don't blame the Gcivernorso much as some people do when he makes a bad tip pointment. If this amendment is adopted there will be electioneerirg and intriguing for the ofrice; and one township election will become as noisy, and be as much contested as the county elections. There are many respectable and good men in every township, who are often appointed arbitrators and 'trustees, who would be suitable Justices of the Peace; but who will not be candidates for the office if it is to be elective, because they don't choose to have their names put up to be black-guarded by every noisy roll tician,though they would perhaps be• willing to serve in the office if they wereappointed by the Governor or elected by the legisla ture. Another objection I have to this way of electing 'Justices is the same I have al ready mentioned in reference to Prothono taries, viz: that there will probably be so many candidates, that some will be elected who have not a majority of all the vote.s,and who will probably be obnoxious to the ma jority. This I consider a strong objection; since a Justice of the Peace ought to have the confidence and respect of his neighbors; and it will be a bad time for us when these Justices come to be violent politicians, and hold their offices by the votes of a minority of the people. I think that the convention might at least have provided that no person should be elected a Justice of the Peace, unless he had a majority of the whole num. ber of the electors. This would be ase _ . curity in some degree against bad men being , put in. At prosent,there is none that I can see. As to the number of the Justices,that, it seems, is to be directed by law,that is,by the legislature, I suppose, from time to time; but then it seems that there cannot be more than two in a township without the consent of a majoilty of the qualified electors. Row this consent is to be obtained; whether there is to be a township meeting, and the vote taken as they do it in New ngland, or the vote at the election is .to - be . considered sufficient, I cannot make out; and I really think that, considering how long the con vention sat, and how much money they cost Its, they might have made the matter a lit tle clearer. Before I leave the subject of the appoint. ment., I may us well say that there is ono View of those amendments which will render them good or bad according as they may be regarded by party men, or others. mean that the taking away of the appoint. ments from the executive, and giving them to the people of the several cities and coun. ties, will break up the great democratic par ty by removing a great cause of exertion and bond of union, and wilt be sure to cre ate local factions,and to incretise the strength of that party which is cornpOsed of the rich and aristocratic, and is mostly to be found in the cities. This may be an agreeable change for themmul for all who wish to see parties broken down; but it will not suit the great body of the democratic party, unless I am very much mistaken.. [O:7 - No, V. will be found on last page.
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