STAR & REPUBLICAN BANNER. BY ROBERT WHITE MIDDLETON.- GETTYBnunan. PENN. TUBSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1838 A Redeeming Spirit among the People. TECO CRY IS, STEM THEY COME. Seventy Six more Friends of Wolf and Muhlenberg out for Ritner. cr,The work gone bravely on. Changes in fa vor of the old Wagoner, continua to take place in the interior of the State. Thousands have occur red within the last month. Additional thousands will take place between this and the election. The ball Is still in motion, as will bo seen by the fol lowing communications from Seventy Six highly respectable and intelligent citizens of Erie and Susquehanna Counties. They are, says the Erie Gazette, citizens who, at the last gubernatorial election were the most efficient supporters of Wolf and Muhlenborg, and the measures of the admin istration at Washington. Those Inca ere now, from n sense of duty to their country, constrained thus publicly to declare, that they can, in consci ence, no longer support the party whose visionary and destructive experiments upon the vital inter ests of tho nation, had driven an entire people, forming, (beforo the commencement of their ruin ous policy,) the most prosperous as well as migh tiest Republic on earth, to the very verge of a gen eral bankruptcy. [From the Erie Gazette.] 0 . The undersigned citizens of Erie, who in 1935 wore supporters of Wolf and Muhlon berg, and until recently adherents of the doctrines of tho present National Adminis tration,believing that the system of projects and experiments put in practice by Andrew Jackson, and carried out by his successor Martin Van Buren have,and as long as per sisted in,will continuo to exercise a destruc. Live influence upon the best interest of the country, beg leave to ilissent from any further co operation with that party. Be lieving also, that D. R• Porter (aside from his apparent hostility to Western Penney I •vania,) ifolected Govornor,would too readily yield to the dictation of the power at Wash ington; and the late administration of Joseph Ritnor, having met our decided approbation. we take pleasure in assuring our fellow citi• zens, that we shall use all laudable efforts to promote his reelection. Erio, Aug. 16th, .1.839. Rufus S. Reed, Addison sray, Rudy Shank, Rufus Hills, J. M. Crane, .1. H. Williams, Samuel L. Forster, Geo. W. Reed, Jacob Dunnage, P. E. Jadson, Andrew Oliver, Robt. S. Hunter, F. W. Miller, Jr- Alanson Sherwood, A. Ross, Wm. Judson, Seth White, P. Wells, John E. Lapsley, James EL Armstrong Benj. W. Ford, Charles Lynch, 'l'. Wilson, James Converse, John F. White, Thomas Bran, Jr. Frederick Wittich. f From the Montrose Spectator.] --- 1.11%.1gri trw L U 011: itIYiebiRIMVEL By Joseph Ritner's Friends or Foes. The undersigned,citizens of Susquehanna county, who formerly opposed Joseph Bit ner, concurring in the views and opinions expressed (heretofore) by our fellow citizens of Allegheny county, unite with them in a public expression of the same. C. L. Ward, • George Frink, Wm. J. Turrell, Harvey Patrick, Benj'n S. Bentley, S. F. Keeler Albert Merriman, Francis Perkins, • George V. Bentley, James N. Eldridge, Norman Mitchell, Alfred Baldwin, B. G. Grover, J. Etheridge, Daniel Searle, Avery Frink, James W. Chapman, J. T. Richards, Ale* Allen, Merrit Mott, A. L. Post, Asa Park, Jonas Mack, A. R. Potter, Chapman Baldwin, Samuel Warner, David Post, Hiel Tupper, Loami Hinds, Ezekiel G. Babcock, Abra'm Fordhamjr. Hiram C. Baker, Wm. Jessup, Samuel Gregory, George Keeler, Samuel Newcomb, Henrh,Prinker, Abra'm Chamberlin,, R. B. Little, John Lnrd, Philip Fraser, Oliver Helmo, Wm. Foster, B. H. Mills, Charles Avery, Thomas Oakley, Henry Clemons, Ansel Hill, Wm. L. Post, NEW YORK, August 28. We have two or threo days later from Europe by the Mediator packet ship. Hon. Rlculuin Rust! is a passenger in her, and he brings with him the Smithsonian bequest in gold—in gold, don't forget, IN GOLD.— Young Jour' VAN BUREN is figuring away at all the grand fetes, and grand balls, and grand entertainments of the row brilliant Court of St. James. Ho honored the Turk ish Ambassador with hie presence at his fete. I know this tact must break the heart of his democratic father, but 1 must toll it, never theless. No other American than the Pre eident's eon, unless our Minister Plenipoten tiary, could have been thus feted, unless ho bore from "the august Representative" of the American people a credential, say of congratulation,to her Royal Majesty, Really if ho carries offtho heart of the great Queen of Old England's vast domain, I shall not shed n tear, for then the Boundary Question will of course be settled, and we shall be politically,what we are morally, one people. A Western editor, learning that Talley rand died at his own hotel, mimed trom thence that he was a tavern keeper. GETTYSBURG RAIL ROAD. 01 -Referring to tho Porter picture of the Get tysSurg Rail Road, the U. 8. Gazette says : Wo regret to learn that a most unpleasant costptoint has seized upon our brethm of Rho .Loco Foe° press. 'The disease,wq per. coin), is represented in their papers by a long, sinuous white lino, on a black ground ofreasivo to the eye. We recommend intearly purchaie and exhibition of a bottle or. Dr. twaim's rerattfugc:' It is the sever tarot remedy for nn inward trouble [ oFFzciAi. ] The Stlite Debt. To THE PUBLIC. The undersigned have seen with no little astonishment, an Address of the Van Buren and Porter Central Committee, dated 7th August, 1838, to which the first name sign ed is that of DANIEL STURGEON, STATE TREASURER. It is admitted that each citizen may,either by speaking or writing, give such support to the party and candidates of his choice, as he shall think proper; but, when a public o, Rtes, and one, whose statements ought to be exactly cor rect, attempts to gain credence for the per versions and mis-statements of party elec. tioneerers, by lending his name to them,the public should be put on their guard,and the deception stripped of its appearance of °lli cial accuracy. This, it is the intention of the undersigned to do, as well to prevent the impression that they,who are jointly with the state Treasurer, concerned in the man agements, of the public finances, admit the correctness of the statements,ns far the sake of truth and justice. They do not intend to follow the state Treasurer in all his remarks, and conclusions made for political effect,or to review the whole imposingarray offigures in the Address. With the Former, as pub lic officers, they have no concern, and a mong the latter,they will confine themselves to so much of the misstatements as relate to the Public Debt. To this, they will apply a few plain tests, satisfied that on so doing' the mass ofaddition and subtraction,offanci- i ful detail and of unfounded aggregate, will dwindle down to the size of truth. Under the head of "public debt and ex penditures," the state Treasurer asserts: I. That Governer Ritnor hair, in three years in.' creased the state debt $5,718,783 58. In swelling tifi which increased amount of state debt, the state froasuror Includes Tompor. ary Loans. 111. That Gov. Ritnor has orponded in three years $8,954,760 28. IV. "That not ono cent has been added to the pormanong revenue of the Commonwealth" by Gov. Ritner. V. That Gov. Ritnor has commenced public works that will cost 917,000,000 00. VI. That ho has only expendod towards thoeo publics works 81,940,000 00. VII. That tho •'sums expended and debts meat od by Governor Ritnor," amount to 824,74760 VIII. And, finally, that there will bo a dofio the present year in the Treasury to moot the ap propriations and demands upon it. of 81,466,080 00; and that to meet this and other claims 83, 856,080 00 must bo provided by the next Lops later°. These (mullions will be examined singly and briefly. The undersigned start with the principle THAT NOTHING IS STATE DEBT EXCEPT THAT WHICH MUST DE RE-PAID,AND WHICH BEARS INTEREST. And that BY THE "STATE DEBT" OF PENNSYLVANIA IS lIIIIFOBbILY UNDER- STOOD HER PERMANENT 4.0-ANS ON WHICH SUE PAYS INTEREST. 1. On the 4th December, 1835, the per manent State Debt of Pennaylvania,amount ed to $24,330,003 32, ne appears by the 1: i.kon trent the books of the Auditor General's Office of that date: Stock loan per act 2d April, 1821, 8930,000 00 do do 30th March, 1824, 600,000 00 do do 11th April, 1825, 150,000 00 Loan do Ist April, 1826, 100,000 00 S'k loan,do let April, 1826, 900 000 00 do do 9th April, 1827, 1,000,000 00 do do 24th March, IE2B, 2,000,000 00 do do 18th Dec., 1828, 800,000 00 do do 22d April, 1829, 2,200,000 00 do do 7th Dec., 1829 and 4th Jan. 1831, 202,500 00 do do 13th March, 1830, 4,000,000 00 do do 21st March, 1831, 2,483,161 88 do do 30th March, 1831, 300,000 00 do do 30th March, 1822 2,348,680 00 do do sth April!, 1832, 300,000 00 do do 16th Fob'y, 1833, 2,530,662 44 do do 27th March, 1833, 530,000 00 do do sth April, 1834, 2,265,400 00 do do 13th April, 1835, 959,600 00 Loan for tho Eastern Ponitontia. ry, per acts 28th March, 183 1 , and 9th April, 1833, 120,000 00 Loan for the Union Canal Com pany, por acts let March, 1833, and 16th December, 1833, 200,000 00 824,330,0432. This aggregate is $625 432 24 less than the amount stated by the State Treasurer in his "Address," because the TEMPORARY Lowrie (which will be explained hereafter,) "and unpaid appropriations," embraced in his aggregate are excluded. The latter are omitted, because there either was money in the Treasury to meet them when Governor Wolf's term ended, OR ELSE THE TREASURY WAS AT THAT TIME BANKRUPT, which the State Treasurer will hardly admit. On the present day (18th August 1839 the permanent State Debt amounts to $24,- 230,003 32, as will appear by the books of the same office, which show that all Loans in the foregoing list remain due and unpaid except the Permanent Loan by act of Ist April, 1826, of $lOO,OOO 00 which was paid of in May, 1837, and therefore the permanent debt is less than it was on the 4th of December, 1835. For the correctness of this statement the undersigned pledge their personal and offi cial reputation. The "increase of the State Debt" as al !edged by the State Treasurer, consists of the following items: r. "Debts duo by appropriations to miscella noous objects, in 1836 and '37, $861,621 42." The reason for including this item cannot easily be discovered. Appropriations are annually made by the - Legislature. Until applied to their object they remain in the State Treasury. But to call them "debt" until paid is an invention in &tendering which has not heretofore been heard of. As well might a farmer call himself, the debtor of his son to whcm he had willed $l,OOO, or a benefactor the debtor of the object of his bounty for whom he had set apart a like amount. These state appro priations bear no interest. They are paya ble out of means in the Treasury, and if ta ken into account at ail, the amount of means in the Treasury should also be calculated to meet thorn. If this be done it will be found that tho funds in the State beasury during the years 1836 and 1837, to which these appropriations belong, wore greater than all the claims on the Treasury-; and not only was this the case, but these claims were ac• rtually paid so far as called for at the and of 1837, and a balance of $2,220,135 74, re mained in the State Treasury. if they had been "debt" in the sense of the State Treasurer, the State would have actually been bankrupt before this time. No such event has happened. u. The next item is 'debt duo United States on account of Surplus Revenue 82,867,514 78." Nothing in the whole address hiis aston ished the undersigned more than this. Is it possible that any Pennsylvanian will now call this "debt?" What I the proceeds of those public lands that have been purchased with the blood and the treasure of the whole Union, called—debt ! The earnings of the American System and the proceeds of that tax which we have levied on ourselves for, the protection of our own industry—debt I The amount of the peoples' money, paid in to the coffers of the National Government and not necessary to its support; given too to the States without being asked for; be stowed without interest; and held now with out power in any ono to demand its roturn unless that power shall be expressly given by the representatives of the people in Con gross,—called a debt I This use of terms is now to the undersigned. Whatever rea son there, was for calling it "debt" before the passage of the act of Congress of 2nd October, 1837, which act also deprived the states of the fourth instalment of it, there is now none. That act is in these words. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of tho United States of America in Congress assembled. That the transfer of fourth instalment of dopositos,directed to be made with the states, under the tirteenth section of the act of Juno twenty third, eighteen hundred and thir ty six, ho and the same is hereby postponed till the first day of January, ono thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine: Provided, THAT THE THREE FIRST INSTALMENTS UN DER THE SAID ACT SHALL REMAIN ON DFPOSITE WITH THE STATES UNTIL OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY CONGRESS. Approved—October 2d, 1837. MARTIN VAN BUREN. If this sum be:'debt," then the amount of Gov. Wolf's State tax ($777,172 58) is also "debt." Nay, fora stronger reason is it so, because it is pledged to the Common School Fund, and the State now nctually pays inter est on it to that fund. On the same strong ground the amount of Premiums on Loans, (61,290,501 42) received by Gov. Wolf is State - Debt. Had he not pursued that decep tive mode of raising money, the State Loans would probatifF .have been taken for four per cent. instead offee-.now paid. The amount of Debt incurred by h i m i s - ,:,k16,.250,003 32; on which sum the difference bet:i'Velf!itt four and five per cent. per annum is $162,500, is the annual sum (12 per cont. per annum) now paid for these boasted "premiums." But the "Surplus Revenue" is not "debt." It is the rightful property of the States when not required for the support of the National Government; and, if its return is ever exact ed, it will not be payment of a debt but of a tax to supply the lavidi expenditures of the General Government. Itt. The next erroneous Item is $1,816,. 070 62 of a supposed difference txstwoon the whole atnountofappropria lions oflast session strui tho monno of the State grastiatrry to meet them; and this is gravely set down as so much new "State Debt." This matter of de ficiency will be explained under its proper head. Suffice it now to say that the fiscal year is within two months and a half of its termination, and that this "deficiency" has not yet been made known, nor has the State 'Treasurer refused to pay a single debt of the State. If he had, it would not be concealed. In the aggregate of appropriations of the last session, said by the State Treasurer, to have been "sanctioned by the Governor," —3,102,703 96—the undersigned do not agree. They cannot find in the statute book, more than $2,794,141 18 of appropriation payable out of the Treasury within a year from the passages of the several acts, and of this the Governor only "sanctioned,"—that is, approved and signed, $2,241,846 18. In ascertaining the amount of appropria tion "sanctioned" by Governor Ritner, all money not payable in one year is omitte d the plain reason that it is not due; and fur ther, because if money payable beyond the year be chargeable to Governor Ritner,oven for ten years in advance,the same rule would very much swell the 'Debt" of Governor Wolf. If for instance the State appropria-. tion to Common Schools, ($75,000 00 a year,) which he signed for an indefinite term be added only for ten years,and the interest which he guarantied on the Danville and Pottsville Railroad debt, and other company stock, be charged to him, the sum of his "debt" would be considerably increased. It is well known that the bill of last session giving $552,295 00 to carry on the public works, drc., was not signed by Gov. Ritner, and only became a law by lapse of time. The Legislature adjourned for the Christmas holidays,and thus deprived him of the oppor tunity of stating his objections to it as an in sufficient measure for the repai rof the public works and as one intended to compel him to sign a subsequent bill containing objectiona ble appropriations, which anticipation was afterwards verified, as every one knows who rend his objections to portions of the appro priation bill of 14th April, 1839. As the whole drift of this matter is to throw upon Governor Ritner the odium of "debt and expenditure," and to further the claims of the opposing candidate, it will be proper here to designate which of the appropriations of the last session that candidate voted for. A reference to the Journal of the Senate will show that Mr. Porter voted during the last session, for The bill for repairs and carrying on the pub he works, containing an appropriation of 845,000 00 to the Gettysburg Railroad; which bill appropriates a gross sum of $552,295 00. The bill increasing the Common School ap propriation annually $108,919 00. The bill granting $l,OOO per annum for each College in tho State, and an average of $4OO to each Academy and female Sem inary for ten yoars,say per annum $40,000 00. At the time that nearly all the other np propriation bills passed, ho' was either out of his seat,or tho yeas nod nays wore not called, except in the case of the Improvement bill of the season, against the whole of which he vetcd. Furthor,if the whole amount of appropria tion for 1838, be compared with one single bill of 1837, viz: that commonly called the 'Mammoth Bill'which appropriated 83,001- 943 00 in the whole, which gave $150,000 00 to the Gettysburg Railroad, against which bill Mr. Porter did not vote, though in the Senate at the time of its final passage, but voted for most of the items in it, and, moved without success to add $325,000 to it on second reading, and which bill Geyer. nor Reiter vetoed; it will be found that Gov ernor Ritner then saved to the common• wealth more than has since been given away. tv. But not satisfied with supposing a defi ciency iu the means of the State to meet her engagements, which deficiency,if it occur at Hence it will appear that the real amount all, must speedily take placo,or it will be too of temporary loans fairly chargeable to Gov. late to fulfil the prophecy within the year, Ritner is only $315,500 00, though there is the State Treasurer supposes that there will actually due $390,000110; Governor Wolf's also be a deficit in the amount of tolls receiv- loan of 15th April, 1835, (viz: $74,440 00) ed, which he puts at $250,000 00, and calls having been paid by Governor Ritner. On so much "State Debt"!! Now,let it be known this balance due, only four per cent is paid, that the tolls have this year, and up to this instead of five us was forinely done. And date,amounted to 8780,000 00, and that two those who do justice to his administration, and a half months of the most profitable per. will readily believe that this balance will be Lion of the eight months, which compose the discharged within the next year without re navigable season, remain. These will with sort to "premium on loans' or "tax." little doubt, Elwell the amount to $1,250,000 For these reasons the undersigned believe 00, oven on the supposition that the business that all temporary loans should be excluded of the latter part of the season will not be from the amount of state debt, unless and better than the first months. But, admitting until, according to Governor Wolf's prac. for mere argument's sake that a deficit of tic°, they become permanent loan or debt. the amount stated by the Treasurer will take Accordingly they have neither included them place. it is difficult to conceive how or why in the amount of debt duo in December 1835, it should be called "Debt." Int he debt it nor at the present time. is the State Treasurer's Debt,becnuse in his 111. The next charge is; that Governor report of December 6, 1837, he promised Ritnor in three years expended $8,954,760 that the public works should yield $1,250,• 23, consisting of bank bonuses, $3,235,976 000 the present season. 65 and increase of state debt, as under the v. The next item is another deficiency, preceding head, $5,718,783 58. viz: in the Repair Fund, put down at $150,. This is denied,, irst as to the time. Gov. 000. It is true that the greater part of the Ritner has only been in office two years and repair fund is exhausted, but this is always eight months. • the case of this season of the year. The re- Second, as to amount. From this sum pairs of the public works are principally,and must be deducted, Ist. The alleged deficit necessarily, made in the winter and spring in the present year, viz: 87,810,079 72, be to prepare for the navigation of the canals in cause that forms ono of the heaviest items summer. But it would be hard to prove,be- in the alleged increase of state debt, which cause money has been applied to its legiti- has been disproved tinder the proper head, mate object,in the right time, that therefore and it is difficult in common figures, either money must continue to be spent in the same of speech or arithmetic, to prove that any proportion afterwards. If the State Tree- one ever spent what he never had. In one surer will show that there is none of the re. part of the address the Governor is blamed pair fund in the hands of the Supervisors, I for not hating brought this money into the unexpended, and that debt to the amount of Treasury, to meet appropriations against $150,000 is actually due by them, his can. I which ho frequently and strongly protested, mated deficiency may have some claims to and then a few lines further on, he is blamed take rank as temporary State Debt; but for having spent it. This is something now even then fair play ought to induce him to in financiering. 2d The deficiency in the set off against it the large amount due for tolls (8250,000) for the same reason, that repairs at the time when Gov. Ritner came it must come into the Treasury, before it Tito office. can be spent. 3d. The "deficiency" in the vi: But it seems that even the visitations repair fund ($150 , 000) and 4th, the cost of of Provide;; cu are to be charged to the pres• re-construoting the Juniata canal, (400,000) ent Administrati6o,-. and called "State Debt." for a simple reason, that they were never The damage by the v,e t erecederited cal I spent at all. This will leave about 88,338,- 680 61, which has been or will be spent amity on the Juniata canal Otima t , e , d ,_ at $400,000 00,and already included as; l4 !' s "u .;,t!" (not by Governor Ritner solely, but much The undersigned make no comment on this el it by the Legislature, against his vetoes unworthy charge: a ndZite-Ta protest) in the following manner: „ t' tho canal These six items are all tho extensicii.. true Ismoiltit'Or the State Debt by the under. to Es io 8700,000 00 For the North Branch Cantu -1 650,000 00 signed. They do not bear interest, except For e r tho West Branch Canal • 246,00 u uu 1. the small amount of temporary loan They the Gettysburg Rail Road • 450,000 00 are not a charge on the Treasury. If the For tho Kittanning Feeder 30,000 00 State Treasurer had a hundred millions in For the Wlconisco Canal 30,000 00 his hands he dare not pay a dollar of more For now works to complete the main than half of them, and there is no ono in lino from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, 140 miles of tho canal portion of existence to whom the same portion of them which line was in actual operation could be legally paid. Some of them, to be when Gov. Shulzo wont out of office; sure, are not in this predicament, such as a and for renewing defective works on part of what he calls "Debts due by appro- said line, such as Duncan's Island priatton" in 1836-8, "and the deficit of Biidgo and Dam—other dams—do. • (votive locks & aqueducts,avoiding, means of the Treasury the present year." inclined piano at Columbia, which But then it must be recollected that a great should never have been construct: part of the former have already been paid, ed—repairing bridges, &0., 643;673 00 and that to meet both, the money now in For repairs. damages, surveys, &c.,. n 1,144,889 00 For osao locomotives rail transact the bum- the Treasury, (for the Treasury has mon• e roa d , and to supply ey yet, the' the year of "deficiency" is al- the place of the useless British En. most expired) the income from the public ginos purchased under Gov. Wolf 216,620 00 works for the balance of' the season, and For company canals and rail roads, other resources, are applicable. There is o g r ivo G n ov a e g r a n i o n r st ß th it o e advice and wish r For turnpike little danger therefore of this "deficiency" n companies producing bankruptcy. For state roads and bridges IL The next error is that of including For education T For expanses of Convention to r o emporary Loans in the amount of "State Debt." form state constitution Those loans are a mode of making ono year draw on the resources of the next, in• vented by Gov. Wolf's administration. During his time they were pretty generally resorted to, and converted the succeeding year into permanent state debt, even though ho had the whole income of the state tax and the "premiums on loans" to aid his financial operations. Since the commence ment of Governor Ritner's term, though those aids have not been possessed, nor a dollar of 'Temporary Loan been converted into Permanent Debt, their average annual amount has not exceeded that of Gov. Wolf's term, as will appear by the following list : Gov. Wolf's temporary loans, viz: Temporary loan per act of 12th January, 1831, do per act 21 ,t March, 1831, do do 9th March, 1832, do do 27th March, 1833, do do 27th January, 1834, do do 27th February, 1834, do do 17th January, 1835, do do 15th April, 1835, Total, $1,124,340 00 Gov. Ritner's temporary loans, viz Temporary loan per act of 22d, January, 1836, $350,000 00 do per act let April, 1836, 55,000 00 do do 10th Juno, 1836, 20,000 00 do do 16th Juno, 1836, 200,000 00 do do 14th April, 1838, of which there has been actually • borrowed. 190,000 00 Thus a will appear that Gov. Wolf bor rowed on temporary loan in little mine than four years the sum of $1,424,340 00. And' that,in what the State Treasurer calls "three years" Gov. Ritner only borrowed $915,- 000 00. From the books of the State Treasurer and Auditor General, it also appears that temporary loans to the amount of 8490,440 have been paid since Governor Ritner came into oak°, a 'aro° portion within 60 davA after it was borrowed. it is also well known that the $350,000 borrowed by the net of ','.2nd Jun. 18:36, Was negociated for the ox. press purpose of enabling the Treasury to pay the half year's instalment of interest due on the Ist of February, 1836, which should have been provided by Governor Wolf,who ►vent out or Wilco not quite seven weeks be fore that day, and left tho Treasury with a balance of only $30,225 37, on the Ist of December, 1835. It must also be recollected that the tem porary loan of $55,000 charged to Geyer nor Ritner, was applied to the payment of old debts contracted under Gov. Wolf. In addition to this, Governor Miner has paid off the loan of $74,440, contracted by Governor Wolf under the act of sth April, 1835. Of this sum $4,101,199 00 have been or will be expended on the various public works of the Commonwealth. In addition to these expenditures—the ordinary expen• sos of the Government—the interest on the state debt and numerous small items have been paid out of the ordinary Revenue of the state and the Canal and Railroad Tolls. IV. Perhaps the most authorized asser tions in the address, is the next: "That not one cent has been ;added to the permanent revenue of the Commonwealth" from the public works by Gov. Ratter. The bold. ness of this assertion, is only equalled by the fact that the income of Gov. Ritnor's first. year in office (1836) is claimed by the Stale Treasurer as Gov. Wolf's last. Now every one knows. that Gov. Wolf went out of office`"On the 15th of December '1835, and that the tons for 1835, his last year, only amounted to $684,357 77, and that the tolls of 1836, (Gov. Ritnor's first year,) amounted to $837,805 72; in 1837 they were $975,350 49, and up to the IBth in. slant they are $780,000 00. This singular assertion and comparison make it neccessa ry to say that the whole income from the public works during Gov. Wolf's six years was only $1,260,466 06, and that since the commencement of Governor Ritner's term it is 82,593,156 21, making an increase of 81. 332,696 15 in less than half the time. V. The next assertion is that Gov. Rit ner has "commenced" public works that will cost $17,000,000. $250,000 00 230,000 00 75,000 00 100,000 00 300,000 00 144,000 00 250,000 00 74,440 00 What the works now under contract may cost, the undersigned have no mode of as• certuining; but that with two or three ex ceptions, they were commenced by Gov. Ritnor is unfounded in fact. Every child in the 'commonwealth knows that the Erie Extension was part of the original design of the public works in 1925, and that it was carried on to a considerable extent by Gov. Wolf. The same is the case with. regard to the North Branch and West Branch. It from all the works that the State Treasurer says Mil cost 817,000,000, be deducted the portions that were commenced but left unproductive, and in a state of do lapidation by Gov. Wolf, the balance will $815,000 00 not cost 8 - 3,000,000 even according to his own over estimate. VI. The next assertion is that Governor Ritner has only expended 81,940,000 to wards constructing the public works. For a complete refutation of this assertion see the remarks under No. tir. Ho has expended $4,101,109 on the public works of the state, which the State Treasurer's books will show. VII. Another most singular assertion is that the sums expended and debts created by Governor Ritner amount to $24,704,760 23. This gross amount is made up of $15,060,000 said to be yet required to com plete the public works chiefly commenced by Gov. Wolf, but charged upon Governor Ritner in No. v., $5,71878358, the amount which Gov. Ritner is said to have added to the state debt in No. 1., $690,000 given to Colleges, Academics, Hospitals, Assylums, Geological Survey, &c., and $3,235,076 65 received as bank bonus. The two first of these items have been disproved under their appropriate heads, (1. & v.) and the fallacy of the reasoning on which they rest, shown. With regard to 'lie sum said to have been given to Colleges, Academies, Hospitals, Assylums and Geological Survey, the un dersigned cannot comprehend it. But they do say that if the State Treasurer has paid out that sum, or half that sum to those oh• jects, he has done it without law or au- Ithority. The State Treasurer might have swelled this item handsomely by adding the amount given to Common Schools. But then others would have come in for a lull share of the responsibility besides Governor Ritner. As to the sum received ns Bank Bonus, the undersigned hardly expected to have heard it called "debt," but they suppose it will be pleasant news for the Banks, though it may not be so for the people to hear that it is debt and that it will be repaid. But to be just all round the State Treasurer must add $211,413 06, received as bank bonus by Governor Wolf from the thirty eight Banks that he charterted and re chartered. VIII. The last charge is that thorn will be a deficiency the present year of 81,460,- 080 to meet the demands against the Trea sury ; and that to meet this and pay other claims 83,856,080 must be provided by the next Legislature. Now how happens it that we aro within two months and a half of the termination of the fiscal year, and that no deficiency has yet taken place? Instead of this the semi annual payment of interest was made with ease on the first of this month; the public works have been carried on; the extrava gant appropriations of the last Legislature, against which tho Governor so strongly pro tested and contended, have been promptly met; all other demands havabeen discharg ed ; and the credit of the state so sustained that money can be obtained nt 4 per cent, though the Governor has authority to give any interest he might see fit. Not only has this been done, but the in come of the most profitable part (nearly one.thirdl of . the navigable season is vet to be received from the public works. There is also money in the Treasury, and more daily coining in. Means are, moreover, at the command of the public agents should a difficulty by any possibility occur. But none is feared or the State Treasurer would have informed the Governor of' it, which he has not done. The danger of this alarming "deficiency' being removed, nearly one half of the sum "to be provided by the next legislature," will not be necessary, according to the State Treasurer's own showing, and so much of the other half as will really be required, can be paid oat of the ordinary resources of the Commonwealth, and the fourth instalment of the Surplus Revenue, (8955,838 26,) which will be payable on the Ist of Janua ry, 1839. And let it be remarked that among these claims on the Treasury will be $690,000, being so much permanent debt, contracted in 1824 and 1829, not by Governor Ritner but Governor Shulze. 295,000 00 159,000 00 116,30 U 00 1,343,919 00 300,000 00 The undersigned in taking leave of this unpleasant sithoject, would remark that they are sorry thus to be compelled to speak of the statements of ono with whom, hereto fore, no matter how politics raged, they have acted with considerable harmony. But, when the State Treasurer has thought proper to misrepresent the financial condi tion of the Commonwealth, to the great in jury of her credit, they feel it to be a solemn duty to place their unequivocal contradic tion on the statements. $6,315,418 00 In conclusion, as the amount of the State Debt seems to be the great subject of the Address, they make the following declara• Lion, to which they affix their names as public officers concious that their statements cannot successfully be disproved or con tradicted : WE, the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Auditor General, both of whom are, with the State Treasurer, Commissioners of the Internal Improvement Fund of Pennsyl vania, do hereby certify that the whole Per manent State Debt, on which t h o state paid interest, and which she was liable to repay, was on the 4th day of December, 1830, $211,330,003 32, and that is it now (18th August, 1838) ::'-.24,230,0031 32• TllO. H. BURROWES, Sec'ry of the Comm'ltli. NATH. P. HOBART, Auditor Generul. ILinittsnuzw, August ISth, 1838. Tho Whigs of thci Third Congressional District have nominated CirAttr.cs NAILOII, the present worthy and talented member, as a candidate for "re-election. He will beat the would-be-Tory "all hollow!" o'We learn that Rev. Mr. Hunt, the great Temperance advocate, will be at the Temperance Convention jin Chnmborahurg on Friday next. le4 - 3-kTo4;40111*(0 9- 11 A special meeting of the Temperance Society of Gettysburg and its vicinity will ho held in the Methodist Church, TO-MORROW V.VENOW, at half paSt 6 o'clock. • i Sept. 2 R. NV, Scc'ry. GETTYSIIVRGH, PA. Tuesday, Sept. 4, 1 S3S. DEMOCRATIC ANTI-MASONIC NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR, JOSEPH RITNER. FOR CONGRESS, JAMES COOPER. ASSEMBLY, THADDEUS STEVENS, CHARLES KE'I"I'LEWELL. COMMISSIONER, DANIEL DIEHL. AUDITOR, JOHN G. MORNINGSTAR. DIRECTOR OF TILE POOR, PETER TROSTLE. TO CORRESPONDENTS. cO. Our correspondents must bear with us a week or two longer. Wo shall then begin to crowd in their articles. They have our thanks for their assistance, and hope they will continue to give us plenty of short and plainly written corn- . munications until the election. Let us hear from every town and township in the county. Our Extra. ,i - Accoinpanying to-day's paper will be found an Extra. It explains itself. We ask for it an attentive perusal. Pal:sable Document. (0 -The article headed The State Debt, occe.- pies a large apace in our paper today; but it is a powerful doctunr.nt, and deserves to be read by every Pennsylvanian in the !quite. We shall notice it further in our next. Committees of Vigilance. co. We again request the Delegates to send us the Committees of Vigilance for their respective Tow: ships. We hope they will do so by Tues day or Wednesday next. Public Meetings. , 0: 1bOur friends have called a public meeting at Hunterstown on SATURDAY NEXT, and at Hampton on MONDAY NEXT. Those meetings we hope to see well attended. And as a respectful invitation has been given, we " g ! expect that the Leaders of the Pinter party will attend and exhibit to the people the claims of their candidate upon them for their support for the high est office within their gill. If their candidate is honest and capable, and their principles sound, they can have no excuse for refusing to appear.— If they stay away, it wits be taken for granf ,, l, z *. J P such is the dal:Derck charachr f r itLir and „so rrxtrcia n» DARE mEit Gu •: friends w,:' 1' ; to the Pec ran party • ‘ l,- :, • ..".aeresti of :', the country . ttitlenhouee Porter F. is a insicoxl.zir as well as a eznsiTnex army, and o filerefore unfit to receive the votes of honest men. DARE THE PORTER LEADERS MEET • THEM! 1 The Caricature of the Gettys [' burg Rail Road. e oThe friends of David R. Porter, finding no chance of his election as Governor—finding that his FRAUDULENT INSOLVENCY has been establish. ed by the Records of Me Court and the testimony of highly respcctaole and pious witnesses ; and . that, in the eyes of the whole State, ho stands a -i PERJURED BANKRUPT, have turned and twisted and writhed, and sought for some object : I on which to fix the public gaze for a moment, to ') withdraw it from the shame of their convicted : 1 candidate! They sought in vain for any thing in the conduct or character, ,private or official, of Joseph Ritner, upon which they could fix to an pswer their purpose. They have been above cavil and above suspicion. Not even the horse-thief, p Joseph Hill, can be persuaded to repeat his charge of infidelity ! 1; Iv. Tortured into childish madness at their certain 1 ' overthrow and utter helplessness, they are emus. ing themselves and the public with a fantastic [ picture, which they exhibit in all their papers as the Gettysburg Extension of the Pennsylvania r: Rail Road! Wo need hardly say that the whole i figure es a mere lying invention and bears no i resemblance to the truth. i The Road starts at Gettysburg, (the termina -1 tion of the location of the Wrightsville, York and iGettysburg Rail Road,) and runs almost in a '. straight lino to Tom's Crack, fourteen miles. In order to ascend the South Mountain without an t inclined plane, it then makes a curve of more than 1000 foot radius. (twice as largo as those on the Columbia road,) and runs in a South Easter. ly direction about three-fourths of a mile, when it again resumes the direct route to the Potomac, whore it will unite with the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road. This bend does not make the road as crooked as the lino to avoid the inclined plane at Columbia makes that road. And yet this is the part of it represented on the "Porter" diagram as returning almost to the place of beginning, and as running five times round Mr. Stevens' furnace ! ! i So far from running five times, it does not go once round any iron works of Mr. Stevens. It is true that it runs through a part of the woodland attached to nn abandoned furnace - waging to Messrs. Stevens and Paxton ; but at' s f9rnace Z ._ has been long out of blast, and the pr pert; , ls now used for firming purposes only. The oniVorka of Mr. Stevens, (the only one which ho owns vat - until° ns iron works,) aro situated on the other 1 ,-'side of the South Mountain, on the Chambersburg ' and Baltimore turnpike road, nine miles from Chambersburg—at least THI nrxtrr miles from the nearest point of the Gettysburg Extension of the Pennsylvania Rail Road, and within six or seven miles of the Cumberland Valley Rail Road in the direction of Green Village. ' - The whole cost of the Gettysburg Extension (instead of $4,000,000 as falsely represented by the Porter papers and Daniel Sturgeon,) was proved by the testimony of skillful Engineers, berme the Committee last winter, not to exceed $1,750,0011—a small STUN we should think, to join Philadelphia to Pittsburg by a continuous Rail MO free from Inclined Planes. in the State has done ? Because its shameless falsity would be seen at once by those who RAO w the Road ; and because it would not be quite so popular in Adams county to avow a determina tion to atop this important work ! Let a diagram ho made of all our Public Works, the Erie Canal and North Branch, and a true one of the Gettysburg Extension, and we assort, after full knowledge of the subject, that the Gettysburg Extension is the least crooked of them all—and, would it not be deemed invidious, we would say, the most important. On the North Branch, for instance, the Canal makes a bend round the point of a Mountain a distance of five miles, and again approaches so near its own line that a tunnel of about three quarters of a milo would unite them! So on the Juniata Canal, in Huntingdon county, a short distance above Newton Hamilton, the Canal makes a similar Ox-bow, going round more than four miles, when a straight line across is less than one mile; and travellers most generally leave the packet boats to make their way round the bond, while they walk across the neck in ad vance, and wait on the other side. Such circum. stances aro unavoidable in Canals and Rail Roads; but they seem to'bo only objected to when on the I Gettysburg Extension ! ,i Let not the friends of Internal Improvements in other parts of the State be deceived. This attack is as much upon them as upon UB. The whole system must stand or fall together. We are in favor of completing all the judicious works already began, and then stopping until the State is out of debt. But this groat thoroughfare from the Aden. tic to the Ohio—this great National Work which is destined to unite our broad Sea-hoard with the vast Valley of the Mississippi, cannot be stopped or retarded without stopping the North and West Branches and the Brie Canal. Who would &sir° that, when the united in. come of nll our Public Works, if completed, WOULD EXCEED FOUR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS PEtt ANNUM? PAY OFF THE STATE DEBT, and PAY ALL THE STATE AND COUNTY TAXES IN THE COMMON WEALTH ! JThe Huntingdon and other Porter papers, and the Loco Foco bar-room politicians, are raising a wonderful clamor because, they say, that the present Administration does not employ men in its service who ore opposing and attempting to overthrow it! Let us examine into TllB r.•.:.-rs, and then into their proprioty. It Ls enid that Mose who r , are generally Rib-- This, v.. - .'1);(f t; it reason generally EX. Laving been accustomed, duritig ..dministration, to ma& largo for. Ltoz , ... _Alt of tho Public Worke, they cannot now bring.down their bids to an honest price, and are, consequently, underbid by Rituer men, who were never allowed to be contractors under Wolf's ad ministration; or if they were, it was at very re duced prices. It is true, in several instances, Loco Focos have t:3 lb: s "'il.~.l' 'P P. ~:.A . . ;., )11r r. bid at prices no small as to make it apparent that they intended never to begin the work, but only to delay it and cause a re : letting. These are what are called political bids, and are never regarded by any party. We learn that one or two instances of this kind (fair samples of them all) took place at Columbia, at the lettings to lay the Rails on the Inclined Plane: Col. Boggs, a respectable Innkeeper, but rank Loco Foco, of that place, bid for three sections at what was known to be less than one-third of the real value. They were allotted to him, and ho was required, before the Commissioners left town, to sign a contract to do the work or pay the loss on re-lotting. Ho desired half an hour to consult his partners, as he said. The time was granted him, bul lie did not sign, and the work was allot ted to bona Ode bidders at fair prices. The same thing occurred with G. M. Louman, in bidding for the Depot. These are given merely as samples of the practi ses of the Opposition in their attempts to retard the Public Works; and if the Canal Commissioners did not exercise a sound discretion with regard to them, nothing would be seen but lettings and re lettings. But certain foremen and workmen complain that they wore discharged (on the 'Huntingdon break,') because they wore for Porter—a fellow by the name of Grin noxs, being foremost. We have in quired and find that this same Gibbons, so fur from being a Porter man, was a staunch Anti-Mason, and came. recommended by such of the ..Ohl Guard" as Mr. Fenn and others. He continued a firm friend of Mr. Ritnor until ho was discharged. But he presumed upon his political fidelity, and neglected his work, seldom appearing among the laborers (whom ho was superintending) until rely late in the morning. His Anti-Masonry did not atone for his Idleness, and ho was discharged. Ho is now a "persecuted Porter man!" Several laborers were found equally idle, and some rather too filthy to be endured by their in dustrious and cleanly companions—it was not safe to sleep in the same bed with them by those who were not fond of vermin. They were discharged, and are now •Porter Martyrs!" Why! the Loco Focos would have us believe, that we must em ploy every idle lousy vagabond, if ho hurrahs for Rimer! and if we do not, it is "persecution for conscience sake"!!! And the discharged vagrant turns in for Porter, and is hugged and kissed and boarded (would ho wore washed too') by Porter Demagogues! But it is said thnt Contractors on the Gettys burg Extension of the Pennsylvania Rail Road will employ none who will support Porter. Sup pose, for the sake of argument, this were so, is it right or wrong? The Porter papers throughout the State by regu lar concert, have made the Gettysburg Rail Road their point of attack. They oppose Gov. Hither, because ho doss not oppose this road. They sup port Mr. Porter, because ho does, and, as they say, will oppose it. If Porter succeeds, the work is to ho abandoned after the expenditure of half a mil lion of dollars on it. The votes of the Citizens of Adams county—of the Laborers on the road, aro to help in stopping or continuing the work. The votes of the Citizens of Adams county will have ' Although the silly caricature exhibxted by the Porter papers hardly deserves a serious answer, yet we have doomed this explanation necessary, lest some well meaning men might be deceived by even shallow falsehoods boldly assorted. It is proper to remark, that David K. Porter voted for an appropriation of $160,000 to this road winter before last, when it was in a bill of near $4,000,000, but voted against it last year be cause the bill which contained it was but $1,900,000! We would ask, why does not the "Compiler" j publish this diagram, as every other Porter paper LOCO POOO CLAMOR. tII IICI•Pj'•1 =BEI - r.'?; ;4:r n oven more weight than alike number elsewhere, as expressing the opinion of its utility of those most interested in it, and who have the best means of, information. Every workman, boss or laborer on the road who votes for David IL Porter, VOTES DIRECTLY AND EMPHATICALLY FOR STOPPING THE WORK AND RUINING HIS EMPLOYER. Would it be reasonable— would it be right—would it not be an act orguilty suicide for any Contractor to employ, feed, clothe and sustain any man (whether on the Work or eff it,) thus to destroy him? This is asking too much ' of human nature. Hero is no great political prin. i ciple involved which is to be sacrificed or sustain ed to gratify the Contractor. That would not bo expected. It is a simple question forced upon ns by the Porter men, whether the Gettysburg Ex tension shall be abandoned, and become,jin its ruins, a monument of political hatred and vil lainy; or whether it shall be sustained LIKII axe OTHER USEFUL PURLIC WORKS, and afford the Contractors ajair compensation for their honest labor. They t .. ( vould be ideots, indeed, to nine men to RUIN THEMSELVES! As well night Me Farmer pay a laborer high wages for ailing his barn on fire! It would be as much "persecu tion" for him to turn of his Carpenter when he r caught sawing his girders, rafters or posts (tam der that Me building 'night fall! lint this cry of "persecution" comes with a bid grace from a party that habitually practices it!-- Does any man believe that if David R. Porter is elected Grisernor, he will not turn out of office and employment all those who differ from him in pa -1 Mica! opinions—who are not of his party? Why ' aro the Loco Floes attempting to turn iaseph Ritner out of office except for opinion's 5a1431 Is' this not equally 'lersecution?" Why is every Anti-Van Buren Post Master discharged by item 11, tolerant brawlers? Why were such inen as Vilr liam Johnston, Maxivett Kinkead, Jacob 11 n dollar and a hundred otheiingh-minded pure n, turned out of office? Why because they wer of another party—were not Yorie rrnen ! I s ih o Anti-Masonic party the only ate which is for* don to take care of its friendsit Must they fedi and clothe the enemy, and let s(eir own troop* starve? Few would stay in sucba camp. The Van Buren "spoils" party would bentuch prefer able; for they could enjoy all the losA. s an d fi s h es when they were in power, and really at least an equal share from the magnanimity of oir oppo nents when out of power! But it is said to bo right to turn you ethical opponents out of all the large offices an ut in your friends, bat wrong to carry it into p tics with the smaller offices and laborers! Fro his doctrine we totally dissent. If either are t 0 I neglected, let it ho the Great Men—the High fivers; but take care of the poor men, the lab t;. , r: t WIIO lIELP rou TO WIN YOUR lIATT;' V. , . CO) , 1 7, :1, aye but little opportunity of high places. We have atm , . t.) Loci. Pot:. clamor. 74't 1 :q„ , .• 1,7; th. , 01-r; 7 of Cu tr Ifoog Coe ,4n,•( :Iticilirt 1,, tlio "• pn!, trt:(, .Jnest Laborer and Mechanic is never un zrrakf,-) Gi.•.h, corrupt and pormpting emissaries as the Loco Foco agents, will find mew in keeping at n respectful . 'distance from those wsto ' KNOW THEIR OWN BUSINESS, and who do not wish to bo disturbed in their daily employment of providing for themselves and families. milll‘a c i a good beginning. cy.We take pleasure in laying the following short article, from our German friend, before our readers. ft proves what we have always said, that the honest of all parties will yet come out for the honest old Farmer Governor. MR. Eorron.—My attention has just been directed, by a neighbor, to the proceedings of a Porter meeting, recently held near Cashtown, to which I find my name append ed as one of the Vice Presidents. Although I was present, I participated in none of the proceedings; and beg, therefore, through the medium of your paper, to inform the gentlemen who have taken this liberty with my name, and the public, that I have deter mined to sustain by my vote and influence, the present worthy ii.cumbent JOSEPH. RITNER ; and to oppose, by all honorable means, the election of David R. Porter, the Shin-Plaster, Sub-Treasury candidate. JACOB SAHM, Sever. Franklin township, August, 30, 1838. Sto►aebraker's .1111 davit. ozl-Although wo have the Affidavit of old Mr. Stonebraker in typo, we find it impossible to crowd it in this week. It will appear in our next, and completely nails, Afi LASE COIN, Porter's hones ty to the counter ! The Lodge in the FielM, czy-The Loco Focu Lodge which mot in this placo yesterday nominated WorshipfUl lyiltster JAtrEs MCDn'ITT and Tims. nsimairr; - for the Legislature ! Those gentlemen must be very fond of being beat On the 30th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Keller, Mr. HER/lAN Itturr, Principal Assistant Engineer on the Gettysburg Extension of Pennsylvania Rail Road, to Miss ANN CECELIA t oldest daughter, of the Rev. Benjamin Keller, both of this place.' On the 23d ult. by the Rev. Mr. Smith, Mr. THOMAS HEIM to Mrs. SARAH Brener, both of Littlestown. On Tuesday evening last, Dr. JESSE Gat.szkt, of this borough, in the 32d year of his age. On Saturday morning last, after a long illness, Mrs. CATIJARINE Asti, wife of Maj. John Ash, of this boroug h. In Logan county. on the 7th of May last, M t. ANTHONY DEARDORFF, formerly of this county. In the seine county, on the 21st of July, Mrs. ANNA DeARDOILFY, wife of the above diceased,and daughter of Mr. Daniel Funk, deceased, of this county. On the 21st ult. Mr. Jetts Knit', of this coon. ty, aged 68 years. In Philadelphia, on Wednesday evening last, after a short illness, JAMES C. BIDDLE. Esq. a dis tinguished Counsellor at Law—and who, our citi. zone remember, delivered an Address before the Literary Societies of Pennsylvania College, on the 4th of July last.[Sentinef. On the same day, in Philadelphia, Mrs. SUSAN.' NA SCIIIPPER ) relict of the late Benedict J. Schlp per, formerly of this county. BRANDRETWS PILLS for sale at the Stores of THOMAS J. COOPER and J. M. STEVENSON. Gettysburg, September 4, 1839. tf-23 nu. $l , What cm• •• 'ilo—ka 1- , it 1,11 Ge , ..r.r:;ment Pennsylvania, men there engaged n.;;.;,1•-eon that employs and pays all thoir efforts will be in vain. For the Stnr. MARRIED. DIED. PUBLIC METING. The friends of JOSEPH RITNER are requested to meet at the house of Jacob Sourbeor in Straban township, on Saturday the Bth (Iv of September next., at 1 o'clock, to adopt measures for the promotion l of the Election of our present worthy chief ) magistrate, Josern RITNER. It is expect ed several addresses will be delivered. August, 14th 1838. 'PUBLIC MEETING.. AT HAMPTON. /111 HE friends of Joseph Ritner, Specie 'lt Payments and a Sound Currency, will hold a Public Meeting at the house of Mr. Solomon Albert, in Hampton, Reading township, on .110Xithir ME.,IC7/1 at 2 o'clock P. M. friends of Van Buren, Porter and the Sub-Treasury Scheme, together with their Orators and Leaders, are respectfully invited to attend and participate in the dis pussions on the occasion—when and where they will be attentively heard. The differ tint Candidates for office are also invited to attend. THE PEOPLE. September 4,183 A. rio9r - icu. A LL persons indebted to the subscriber by bond, note or book account aro re quested to call and make settlement on or 6 , fore the first of November next—alter that time, they will be placed in an officer's hands for collection. ROBERT SMITH. September 4, 1838. td-23 X °TICE. I ~HE Subscriber, residing in the Borough ofGettysog, hereby gives notice to all gi peisons indebulo tho Estate of .\ WALTER SMITH, Esq. latWthe Boroudi of Gottysborg,Adam, Pa.*oased,tocaTl and mnko and iliciso having claims age!rl , t P:. • preeeit them withoo. •!..!„., !entail, for 5ett1e.1.1..;,4, :( IsA LS wi ,' I.:4.eived at the u, , :-In of Mich ‘t 1 6altzgiver, in Stra. ~an tf,+4ll. , :lliii, r-,:i Saturday the 22d of Sep. [tonb,r,ilia. by the School Directors of Stra- Inau township, for the building of a 5C1100.7.-Lfo USE. 1. Fot one of Brick. 2. For one of Logs. 3. One of frame and rough.cast. The building to be 22 by 24 feet. The plat, of the interior and finish can be seen by ap. plying to Michael Saltzgiver. DANIEL COMFORT, Snc'lr. lt,. 4,1838. _ td-23 i t , NOTICE TO CO TRACTORS, SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at the Rail Road Office in Waynesboro', Flanklin County, until sunset of Monday the let of October next, for the Grading. mid Formation of S wiles of the Gettysburg Extension of the Pennsylvania Rail Way, commencing at Ripple's Summit. Also—for, the Building of 8 Stone Culverts, from 6 to 20 feet Span• pcpPlans and Specifications of the work will be- exhibited at said Office the week preceding the letting, and all necessary in- formation furnished. M. C. CLARKSON, Sup't. September 1, 1838. tI-23 go• The Chambersburg Whig, Harrisburg' Tele graph, Lancaster Examiner,' Carlisle Expositor and Abbottstown Intelligencer will please give the above 3 insertions and forward their bills to this office. Register's Notices. Notice is hereby Given, T O all Legatees and other persons con. corned, that the • ADAILVISTRA. TIOIV ACCOUNTS of the deceased per sons hereinafter mentioned,will be presented to the Orphans' Court of Adams County, for confirmation and allowance, on Tuesday the 2d day of October next., viz: The Final Account of Henry Spangler, Administrator of the Estate ofTeter Spang le; deceased. The Account of John Eicholtz. Adminis trator of the Estate of Frederick Eicholtz deceased. The Account of Jacob Wilt, Executor of the Estate of George Wilt, deceased. The further Account of James Morrow and William Patterson, Executors of the Estate of William Hodge, deceased. The Account of Joseph Sneeringer, Ex. ecutor of John Templain—and of John L. Gubernator, Esq. one of the Executors of Henry Hemler, who was Executor of said John Templain, deceased. The Account of Daniel Comfort and An thony Deardorff; Executors of the Estate of Peter Comfort, deceased. The Account of Samuel S. Forney, Ad ministrator de bonis non of the Estate of Henry Morningstar, deceased. 'rite Guardianship Account of Abraham Trestle, Guardian of William Brame, minor sun of Jacob Brame, deceased. The Account of George Brown, Esq. and Henry Sherman, Executors of the Estate of Ann Maria Jacobs, deceased. The Account of David White, Adminis trator de bonis non of the Estate of David Chronistor, deceased. The Account of George Slothower, Ex ecutor of the Estate of Elizabeth Benedict, deceased. JAS. A. THOMPSON, Register. Regigure Office, Gettys burg, Septo, 1838. GETTrSBURG TROOP. wou will parade in Gettysburg, on Thursday Li the 13th of September inst., al 10 o'clock, in full uniform. CLI - An Appeal will be hold on Saturday the 15th of September, al 2 o'clock, r. JOSEPH - WALKER, Capt. Sept .1. 1635, FARM. FOR RRNT. WILL be Rented, by Public Outcry, on the premises, on Saturday the 6th day of September jag., MANY. ~.72 a cell I 1 at Into the property of JOHN Mmix, deceased, situate in Franklin township, near Marks' mill, containing 150 Acres Orland, in a good state of cultivation. There are, on the premises. a good Dwelling HOUSE, N Barn, Orchard, a sufficiency of ! .='__''' Meadow, a TENANT HOUSE and Stable, &c. Persons wishing to view the property may call on either of the Subscribers. Renting to commence at 1 o'clock, P. M. when terms will be made known, by • ANTHONY DEARDORFF,/ Guar. ADAM S. E. DUNCAN, S diens. September 4,1838. tr-23 PUBLIC SALE. I N pursuance of an order of Orphans' Court, the subscriber will sell at public sale, on the promises, at 1 o'clock r. M., on Saturday the 29th of September inst. .111 certain Message and TAMICT OF 414.1.71711, Late the Estate of JAMES MCCLEAN, de ceased, situate in Conowago township, Ad ams county, adjoining lands of Martin Klunk's heirs, John Emlet, John Kuhn and others, containing about 85 acres . , on which are erected, A TWO•STORY WEATHER.BOARDED log ei 1 5 S igl VA 4, :; 11P- Spring•house—also, a one- • • . • , .1-Yousn and Stable. tract of Wood .Land, the sainv• nwns • ni and Emlet, 1 ./av- 4 Oro :...containing about 18 .11.- tit.-2?! I , t..tl , i. i.. itstar 0:7 - The terms will be made known on the day of sale, and attendance given by JACOB WERTZ, Admit.. By the Court, JAS. A. THOMPSON, Clerk. September 4, 1838. 3t-23 gN pursuance of an order of Orphans' Court of Adams County, the subscriber will sell at public sale on the premises, on Saturday the 29th of September inst. Tract of La n d, Late the Estate of WILLIAM Born,deceased, situate in Menallen township, Adams county, adjoining lands of Valentine Fehl, Peter Keckler, Andrew Bittinger and others, con • raining 400 acres, more or less—on which are erected A TWO-STORY LOG DWELLING 11111.;:..• Log Kitchen with a good spring of water near the door, Log Barn and other out. buildings. 0:7 - Sale to commence at 1 o'clock r. when the terms will be made known and at tendance given by JAMES BELL, Jr. Adm'r. By. the Court, JAS. A. THOMPSON, Clerk. September 4, 1338. ts-23 TO MY CREDITORS. ripAKE Notice that I have applied to the AL Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Adams County, for the benefit ,of the Insolvent laws of this Commonwealth, and that said Court has appointed Tuesday the 2d of October next, for the hear. ing of me and my creditors, at the Court. house in the Borough of Gettysburg, when and .vhere you may attend if you think proper. WILLIAM WEYGANDT. September 4, 183% etc-23 TRUSTEE'S NOTICE. D AVID R. MAUS, of Berwick town• ship, Adams county, Pa., having made an assignment of his property to the under. signed, for the benefit of creditors, notice is hereby given to all indebted to him to call on or before the Ist of October next, and make payment. Those hav►ngclaitzwagainst Mr. Maus, will also present them for settle ment. ANDERSON EWING, Trustee. Altgust 29, 1838. td-22 APPRENTICES WANTED. 6 - 3, OR 3 Apprentices to the Saddle and Harness making business. Boys of good moral character, from the country, and about 16 years of age, will find a good situ- ation by applying immediately to EDWIN A. ATLEE. Gettysburg, Aug. 2R, MS. tf-22 GETT PSBURG GU.JRDS, ATTENTION! Y OU will parade at the Court House, on Wednesday the 12th inst. at 3 o'clock r. rtr. in winter uniform; and also. on Thurs. day the 13th at S o'clock A. 31. to Encamp for three successive days. By order of the Captain, JOHN ZIEGLER; O. S. September 4, IBM tp-23 Tan AMERICAN UNXON BAT- T.A,LLION \WILL parado in Gettyaburg,on Thursttay the 13th, inst. at 10 o'clock, A. M. frir the put polo of entering upon Camp duty for three suc cessive days. A punctual attendance of the Staff' ie requostod. DE ORDER OrTME• MAJOR, JOHN SCOTT, Adjutant. Sept. 4. 1838. " tp-23 ErA number of Companies have accepted the invitation to the parade. 111aj.Gen. DUNCA.4 and Stair aro expected to be an attendance on the oc casion. ADVERTISEMENTS • )‘`.l, • (4 liar , . 11 1 • • Lir PUBLIC SALE. Wrightsville, Yin! Get tysburg Ran 11.qtyl. NOTICE is hereby given to the Stock. haldors m the above road, that an elec- I (ion will be held at the house of Mr. James A. Thompson, in the Borough of Gettys burg, on neaday the 4th of .S:ep.'entber next, at 10 o'clock A. m. for ONE PRESIDENT da EIGHT DI RECTORS of said Company. It is deemed necessary to state, that, ac cording to the act creating the Company, "no share or shares of stock shall be entitled to vote at any election, or at any general or special meeting of the said company, on which any instalment or arrearages may have been due and parable more than twen ty days previously to tho said election or meeting." E. W. MIDDLETON, Scc'ry. August 21, 1838. te-21 GETTYSIIIURG STEAM rouNDR..v. T HE subscriber has established a Steam Foundryin Gettysburg, Adams county, Pa., and is now prepared for making . CaM2 1 3200. of every kind, in the ncate.st and best manner. Having the best gray Foundry Pig in the State, and long experienced Workmen, the castings cannot fail to be smoother and of a superior quality; and in a short time will be prepared to do all kinds of Brass Castings and Smith -Work. --A - L t.- Turning of every ,kind IRON and Persons,hriving any thing to do in the aboVe line of husiness, would do Well to call. All ordersand particularly those from a distance, thauktally received and punctually attended A rxnsT RATE is attached to the Establishment. Patterns' can therefore be furnished at all times on short notice. OLD MEATAL taken at the Foundry in exchange, and the HIGHEST PRICE IN CASH paid for 0/t/ Copper and Brass. aZrFrom a disposition to please, and u determination to make surr.awn work,— (none other shall leave the Establishment.) the subscriber hopes, therefore, that he may be patronized. GEO. ARNOLD. Gettysburg, August 28, 1819. :3m-22 Nttu f4t , *atm/0 R. G. 31 , CREARY IXAS just returned from Philadelphia and Baltimore, with a fresh supply of SEASONABLE DRY GOODS ; =BRACING A SPLENDID vAuirry or Black Italian Lustring SILKS, Superior Coloured GRO DE NAPS, French Painted Muslin DE LAINES, Ribbons, Laces, Gloves, nosierys, 3-4 & 4-4 Chintzes and Calicoes, WITH A LARGE STOCE{ Or CLOTHS, Ca S SMILE IttlE Doe Skins, Checks, Ticking, Musline, &c. WITH A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF G O CURIE S, ICT'AII of which ho is disposed to sell on the most pleasing terms to all who may fa vor him with a call. August 21, 1838. GROCERY AND FLOUR STORE. T IIE subscriber, having returned from - 10 - the West, informs his former cus tomers and the public generally, that he has again commenced the GROCERY, CONFECTIONA RY & FLOUR BUSINESS at the Old Stand in Baltimore street. 1115 STOCK CONSISTS. PARTLY /Di Tea, Coffee, sugar, Molas ses, Fish, Salt, Candles, Fish-Oil, Tobac. co, Snuf, Segars, Almonds, relberls, English Walnuts, Palm Nuts, Ground Nuts, Rai, sins, Candies, 4-c. He is thankful for past favors, and solicits a share of public patronage. Country Produce taken in exchange for goods. WM. GILLESPIE, Sen. Gettysburg, August 21, 1838. 3t-2 Dissolution of Partnership,. lICPTHE firm of Grz.Lusrm 4.Sz Woi wiz, dissolved on the Ist inst. by mutual consent. STOP THIN TILFBEF: $3O Rte'. D. . wAS taken from Mr. Perry's Camp Ground, whore he wail tied on the morning of the 23d inst. about 0 o'clock, at the breaking up of the meeting, a large BAY- 11.0IISE,• Saddle, 'Bridle and Martingals, all of fair Leather, the latter new—he,has a star in his forehead; hist.hind feet white, a long switch tail, full mane > 'novae well, but rough when racked fast--audis in good order. will give the above reward for the Horse, Saddle and Bridle and delivery of 11,0 Thief, or 815 for the delivery of each, if brought home to Dr. Richard T. Hammerai living in %Voodsboro", or to Waher-C. Ham mond, living 2 miles. North East.of Ne‘y Market, Frederick county, Md.' Or if tleatir; ed and information' gives so that I get the horse again. RICHARD T. HAMMOND. August 2S. 19 9 . •
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