CtrAIR&WI ILIVAD A DDIELIi. ZIT ROBERT WRITE um:D.:me:or.] Office of the Star & Banner : Chambersburg Street, a few doors West o the CoUrt-House. 1. The STAR & REPLIIILICAN BANNER is pub Ilshed at TWO DOLLARS per annum (or Vol ume of 52 numbers,) payable half-yearly in ad vance: or TWO DOLLARS & FIFTY CENTS if not paid until after the expiration of the year. li. No subscription will be received for a shorter ,period than six months; nor will the paper bo dis 'continued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. A failure to notify a dis --continuance will be considered a new engagement .and the paper forwarded accordingly. .111. ADVERTISEMENTS not exceeding a square, will be inserted •runse times for $l, and 25 cents (Tor ench subsequent insertion—the number of in ,acrrtions to be marked, or they will be published till :forbid and charged accordingly; longer ones in :the same proportion. A reasonablodeduction will be made to those who advertise by the year. IV. All Leiters and Communications addressed to the Editor by mail must be post-paid, or they will not be attended to ADVERTISEMENTS WOOL! WOOL! THE s►ibsoriber continual the sale of WOOL on 'commission, and is pre• Tared to make advances, if required, •on wool.consigned•to,h►m for sale. LYMAN REED. 'No. 227, Baltimore St. Baltimore. Baltimoro,•Sept. 11,1838. 2m-29 KettJewell, Wilson d• Hillard GROCERS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Corner of Commerce and Pratt Streets B A L T:f MORE, O FFER to the Country trade for Cash or prompt payment, the following. GOODS • • .TO IT.: 50 bis. S. IL 'Molasses 20 blids. %Vest India &'N. Orleans•ditto 200 bags Rio Coffee ' t(pant strong scented) 100 " Laguira do. 100 " Havana do. 50 hhds. N. Orleans & Porto Rico Sugar 10 pipes and half pipes Champagne and Rochelle Brandy 5 " Gin 50 tierces Honey 200 boxes Raisins 100 quarto do. 150 eighth do. Fredh °importation b 0 ksgs do. TOO ETITER W ITTI Cinnamon, Cloves, Pepper, Teas in chests, half chests and boxes, 4-c. 4.c. Baltimore, Nov. 17, 1837. tt"--3:1 MONEY WANTED. IA M in want of money, and therefore call upon all those that have notes or Book accounts with me of long standing, to call and make payment, or at least let me have part; and in order to help out, i will tnke in payment of old debts, or for Goods, Old Metal, Copper and iras:. _ _ September 18, 1838. FRESH GOODS. Cheaper than ever! THE subscriber has just returned from the city,and is now opening at his store on the north•east corner of the Diamond, A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF 11. OA, of the - best cio.alits---euibT it clog every variety of DRY GOODS, amoommanis, cj.c. 4'c. &c. which have been purchased on the best terms —and which he can sell cheaper than they have evor been offered. He invites tho public to give him a call, and judge for themselves. SAMUEL WITHER° W. Gettysburg, May 15, 1838. t f-7 PUBLIC 'NOTICE. A LL persons indebted to the subscriber by bond, note or book account ore re quested to call and make settlement on or before the first of November next—after that time, they will be placed in an officer's hands for collection. ROBERT SNIITH. September 4, 1838. td-23 COACIELan, FRIXGE T•ISSGLS T HE Subscriber has now on hand a large stock of very superior oti ZZI FRINGE AND TASSELS, OF 1119 OWN MANUFACTURE, which he will dispose of on the most reason able terms. (3:7 - Orders from a distance will be prompt ly attended to. Any Pattern made to order. Address ' JOHN ODELL, Gettysburg, Pa. N. B. All kinds of MILITARY work done to order. November 17, 1837. tf-33 GARLEGA NT'S BALSAM OF HEALTH, prepared by John S. Mil ler of Frederick, Md., for sale at the Drug Store of S. H. BUEHLER. tf-20 Auguat 14, 18p. GEO. ARNOLD. 3t-25 10 COMMON SCHOOLS in said Township. ID"The School Committees of the several Sub• Distracts aro invited to attend if they think proper. ♦ LL persons indebted to the Estate o tw WILLIAM 111'NIILLAN,late of Ham iltonban township, Adams county, deceased, are desired to call with the Subscribers, and make immediate payment, and those who have claims against said Estate,are requested to present them, properly authenticated for settlement. The Administrators reside in Hamilton ban township. Franklin Independent Guards. Y OU will parade at the housa of W. & F. Hapkee. on Someday the 20th inst. at 1 o'clock P. M. In white uniform,agreea blo to the Constitution, in complete order. By Order, ADAM J. WALTER, 0. S. October 2, 1838. A DVERTISEM ENTS IP ÜBILILC 'S ELLS. THE subscriber will sell at public sale on Thursday the 11th of October next, nn the premises, the following Estate, of DAVID and ELIZABETH DEMARREE, dec'd: CONSISTING OF A VALUABLE PA ra, Situate in Straban township, Adams county, Pa. adjoining lands of Isaac Monfort and others, containing 100 aereS first rate Land—The improvements are a GOOD TWO STORY STONE I I 11.01135 E, -4. k , ;,..7 Double Log Barn, and a well of excellent water near the house—with a sufficiency of fine Meadow and a due pro- portion of Wood Land. tOr''Sale to commence at 1 o'clock, r. when the terms will be made known and at tendance given by HENRY BRINKERHOFF, Ex'r. September 11, 1939. to-24 .1 P.I.EVIIBLE Jalit.lll AT PUBLIC SALE. WILL be sold at public sale, on the prelnises, on Friday the 12th of October next, A VALUABLE FARM, situate in Strahan township, Adams county, Pa., between the State Road and Hunters. town Road, adjoining hinds of Robert King, Peter Moritz and others, containing 217 Acres of Patented Land. The improvements are a good LOG DWELLING • SI Log Baru, &c. The land is of a good qual ity, and in an excellent state of cultivation with a suitalle proportion of Timber. llCl'Sale to commence at 1 o'clock P. M. when the terms will be made known and attendance given by ISAAC MONFORT, Adm'r. Wilt the Will annexed of George Bercato, dcc'd. •September 18, 1638. to*-26 FARM runLic SALE. W ILL be sold at patilic sale on 7 burs day the 16th day of October next, on the premises, at 1 elckich 1 A. It Al Lat© the Estate of CONRAD SNYDER, de• ceaved, situate in Mountpleasant township, Adams County, one mile from Bornrugh• town and 4 , froin Gettysburg, adjoining lands ofJohn Torrence, Joseph Smith and others, containing 2'7 Acres, Acres, more or less— having erected thereon a good TWO-STORY NYEATIIERIMARDED DWELLING Un....1: I 1101/7SE, 6 . • I" . with a Stone baclt•building and Kitchen at tached—stone Smokehouse, n stone Spring house, with a never•failing spring—an ex• cellent Stone Bank Barn, a first-rate Stable, with sheds around and a wagon shed and corn-crib. The farm is in good order,about 170 acres cleared-30 in good meadow, and the balance is first rate Timber—with a stream of water running through the farm, and several never•failing Springs on the same. All patented land, and an indisput able title will be made to the purchaser. Any person wishing to view the property before the day of sale, will call on HENRY SNY DER, residing on the same. Terms made known on the day of sale, which will positively take place on the a bove day. BALTZER SNYDER, Ex'a September 25, le3 B . is-26 TO TESICIIERS. FA - N iHE School Directors of Franklin township If , will moot at the house of Mr. Daniel Lady, on Saturday, the 20th day of October inst. at 1 o'clock, P. M. to receive Proposals from Teach. ors, to take charge of ISAAC RIFE, Sec'y. td 27 October 2, 1838 NOTICE. SAMUEL M'MILLAN, Adm'rs. DAVID M'MILLAN. August 21, 1839. "I WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR FROM CORRUPTION. .--SHAK 8 TOM OraErIPT.6I632 O ti 4 VP2a2)ll7 O baUtP,ltara Qom STOVES AND HOLLOW-WARE. vOR Sale cheap, by the Subscriber, a J R' large lot of Stoves, all sizes and very handsome patterns, among which are BAR IRON sz. STEEL, DUNLOP 4. SENER'S GIST-STEEL .IXES, MU= A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF EDGE TOOLS, (warranted)—all of which will - be sold on pleasing terms. BRANbRETIVS PILLS for sale at the Stores of PUBLIC NOTICES. GETTYSBURG STEAM FOUND ICY. T HE subscriber has established a Steam Foundry in Gettysburg, Adams county, Pa., and is now prepared for making VAIAT'3V4-.lag, of every kind, in the neatest and bes manner. Having the best gray Foundry Pig in the State, and long experienced Workmen, the castings cannot fail to be smoother and of n superior quality; and in a short time will be prepared to do all kinds of Brass Castings and Smith IPork. Turning of every kind in IRON and BRASS, Persons having any thing to do in the above line of business, would do well to call. All orders and particularly those from a distance, thankfully received and punctually attended to. A FIRST RATE z\liit - hinist and, -Pattern , Nisili..ex is attached to the Establishment. Patterns can therefore be furnished at all times on short notice. OLD MEATAL taken nt the Foundry in exchange, and the HIGHEST PRICE IN CASH paid for Old Copper and Brass. OZrFrom a disposition to please, and determination to make SUPERIOR work,— (none other shall leave the Establishment,) the subscriber hopes, therefore, that ho may be patronized. GEO. ARNOLD. Gottysburg, August 28, 1839. 3m-22 COPPER, SHEET-IRON AND TIN WARE mArlrrA.ol'oli,7. T HE Subscriber would respectfully in form his Friends and the Public gen. erallv, that ho has taken the entire stock of Mr. ANDREW POLLEY, and will continue to carry on the above mentioned business in all its various branches, at the old stand. in East York street, directly opposite Mr. A. B. Kurtz's tavern, where he is prepared to manufacture to order, and will keep con • stantly on band A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF TIX; SHEET-MO.7r •IXD COPPER WARE, of the best materials, and made in a work man-like manner. ALSO, 51TOVIES Of all kinff, and of the newest patterns ALSO--A SUPPLY OF INIP 0 ItTIED P for baking, &c. Hoping, by a strict atter'. tion to business, and an earnest desire to please, to receive a liberal share of Public patronage. GEORGE E. BUEHLER. Gettysburg, Sept. 25, 1838. tf-26 N. B. Tho highest price given, in Cash or Trade, for OLD COPPER, PEWTER and LEAD. G. E. B. OOOKINO STOVES, OF DIFFERENT RINDS. Also—A Large Stock of Pots, Ovens, Kettles, and Pans, WITH A LARGE STOCK OF GEORGE ARNOLD. Gettysburg, Sept. 25, 1838. 4t-26 THOMAS J. COOPER and J. M. STEVENSON. Gettysburg, September 4, 1839. itf-23 The Farmer Governor. Zer '`,lofept) Rimer ift ber )2ann, Zer unfern regieren &Inn. DEMOCRATIC ANTI - MASONIC NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR, JOSEPH RITNER. FOR CONGRESS, JAMES COOPER. ASSEMBLY, THADDEUS STEVENS, CHARLES KETTLEWELL comusszoNEß, DANIEL DIEHL. AUDITOR, JOHN G. MORNINGSTAR DIRECTOR OF THE POOR, PETER TROSTLE. umumq Examine your Tickets. BEWARE CF TREACHERY I Beware of TREACHERY! Beware Of FORGERY and all kinds of FRAUD, that ingenious villains can invent!.44 LOOK OUT FOR FORGERY! (c&Our friends must not be surpris ed to see FORGED CERTIFI CATES AND AFFIDAVITS circu lated before'the election! Our adver saries here are the very boys for such things! You will all recollect that it was FROM FIERE, that the "FORGED LETTER" was issued, which defeat ed the election of Joseph Ritner in 1832!!! The KOTIIOII. of that " forgery " has boasted in his cups that he 44 WROTE TEAT LETTER," but got pnother to "sign and send it up to the North, where it did old Joe's business for him"!!! This man is still here—still as re gardless of all the principles of hones ty and all the promptings of conscience as ever—seering the latter, continually, by acts kindred to the FORGERY by which he defeated the election of Jo seph Ritner!! He is still ready to serve Ins PARTY, though at the expense of every HONEST and MORAL principle! You may, therefore, look out for FORGERIES and FRAUDS of every kind ; and these, like the "forged let ter," will be circulated so near the elec tion that they/cannot be contradicted! We say, beware of statements em enating from that source---THE FRUIT FUL ONE, WEEKLY, OF NUMBER LESS FALSE-HOODS ! David IL Porter;, although guilty of fraud and perjury, is nevertheless, "considered a suitable candidate for the office of Gover• nor," by the partizans of Van Buren Ken dall and Fanny Wright. The followers of Porter "are encouraged to emulate the gra ces of their head and leader, by forging let ters to defame the character of those who bear evidence to his dishonesty ; and issue counterfeit addresses, purposting to eman ate from members of the anti-Masonic ranks. in order to distract and destroy the party which they cannot confront o?enly without defeat." PENNSYLVANIA CANAL AND RAIL ROAD Toms.—The whole amount received from the commencement of the present fiscal year to Sept. B,—EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE DOL LARS, NINE CENTS. Nearly two months must elapse before the fiscal year will be completed. The gross amount will no doubt exceed a MILLION OF DOL LARS. This too, despite the disastrous breach in the canal. No better common tary could be made as to the efficient man agement of our state improvements. The cnnarand rail road officers generally deserve the cordial approbation of every man of business—of all who rejoice in the prosperi ty of Pennsylvania. DEMOCRACY AND HYPOCRISY.-111 the insane ravings of the Journal, last week, Thaddeus Stevens, among other abusive epi thets, was called.a "Yankee cobler." This was intended as a term of reproach, as Mr. Stevens never learned or pursued the art of making or mending boots and shoes. The Journal, in casting his sneer at Mechanics, has but followed the footsteps of that foul and feculent sheet, the Washington Globe, in a malignannt attach!upon the officers of the Navy—whrein it was said "to be im possible to make heroes out of men who a• dopt the maxims of cnblers and tinkers."— The Mechanics or Lancaster county may now see the estimation in which they are held by such preachers of democracy as the Globe and Journal. Lot them remember at the polls,that Rogers Sherman was a cob ler,and General Green a tinkermad remem ber too, that the men who despise such oe. cupations will be themselves despised, and their party denied mechanics votes.[Lan. U. PATnicit HErrair, in the course of o debate, in tho Virginia Convention on tho adoption of the Federal Constitution, :mid : Tell me where and when did freedom ex ist, when the purse and sword were given up from the People? Unless a miracle in human affairs shall interpose, no notion ever did, or ever can, retain its liberty alter the loss of the sword AND TILE rime. I object, too, against the immense patron. ago of the President, because it places in his hands the means of corruption, and o distributing throughout the country a band of retainers in the shape of judges, revenue officers, and others, which renders him ir resistible in any scheme of ambition that he might meditate against the liberties of ;he country. I object to the whole gang of federal of ficers. * lir ' l( ' Gentlemen, depend upon it, this power may work sorely on your necks. The Old Constantlion. From the Philadelphia Advocate. We go for the present Constitution; "The old roof" that has sheltered us in many a storm. It is the work of those whose wis• dom and virtue have undergone the strictest trial. It has been said that no one can be pronounced truly happy or wise until after his death. The sod of the grave rests upon the remains of M'Kean,l - leister and Snyder; the veneration with which their names is cherished, attests their great worth. Our truly republican constitution, framed by such men, has secured to Pennsylvania a rapid progress in power, wealth and pros perity. It his secured to every citizen his property, liberty and reputation. We want no change—least of all such . a change, as the proposed alterations would bring—the destruction of the independence of the Judi ciary—and all those great interests that de. pond upon its purity and soundness; the de liverance of the fundamental law of the State to the storms the heady current of partisan politics. Our constitution should be engraver on adamant—not loosely traced on sand. Our legislatuni has enough to do, to fulfil the or dinary objects for which it was constituted, without yearly tampering with the funda mental law of the State. We shall refer to this subject again—and repeat that we go FOR.. THE OW ROOF." PENNSYLVANIA. -A wagoner passing through this place a short time since, Nos asked what his opinion was in regard to the election in Pennsylvania. He dryly replied, that Porter ought to be elected. "Why do you prefer him to Rimer?" retorted the quo. rist. "Why" he replied "we calculate that he will be able to pay off the debt of the State as he did hls own, by petitioning, and keep a good lock hack from the creditors to start upon again."—Frederick Examiner. GOOD SENSE.---The New York Evening Post censures its loco foco coadjutors for keeping up such a continual nin about "Nick Biddle and the Bank," with which, the Post says, it is most heartily disgusted. But us the poor locos have no other string to harp upon,the Post should do its share of yelping, patiently, and not tiro out so soon. We find in the Columbia relescope of Sat urday last the following extract of a letter from M r. McDurFrE to a gentleman in South Ca rolina,in which he expresses his opinions upon the specie feature of the sub• Treasury scheme: "I regard the scheme of exacting specie payment of the Government dues,to the ex clusion of the bills of specic.paying banks, as a measure fraught with such deleterious consequences that I do not believeit would be endured. Specie is not our currency: it is merely n standard to which we ruler, by means of the exchanges, to ascertain when the currency is redundant. Paper credit is our actual currency, and to destroy that would be to produce one of the most unjust and ruinous revolutions which ever desolat ed the earth." Nations, as well as individuals,are some. mes disposed to save trouble and let others link for them. Such is not however the fault, if a fault it be,with Americans either singly or collectively. Every man here does his own thinking, and whatever for eigners may say against our people in other respects, they must concede to them the merit of independence of thought and action. Whilst this free exercise ofjudgrnent must be admired to a certain degree,there is rea son to fear that it is attended by some power ful objections. To rely constantly on one's own resources, without refetence to the o. pinions of others, is apt to produce a wilful. ness and pride of opinion by no moans adapt ed to the promotion of amiability and that sort of reciprocity of confidence which is the cement of society. From their . cradles our countrymen learn to think and act for themselves, and in doing so become "Will. torians" in the strictest sense of the term. The supposed necessity of attending to his own concerns estranges a man from his fel. tows,and makes him jealous ofertcroachment upon what he esteems his individual privi• leges. Hence it is that we see our country. men working their way to afficrence and (VOL. 9.-NO. 28. distinction, pretty much as we have seen persons climb up a hill,resolutely determined not to avail themselves of the aid of others lest in turn assistance might be demani/ed from them. It is one of the characteristic" of the human race, when associated in com munities, to cling to each other, and by mutual adherence to receive and impart comfort. Nay,fiirtherot might perhaps be said with truth that this sort of interchange of good offices distinguishes civilized from savage life, more than any other single cir cumstance. The Indian with his bow and arrows or hie rifle,ron ins solitary amidst his native wilds, and looks to no other source for subsistence save his quick eye and steady hand. Such a being feels the proud con sciousness of independence, it is trim, but how lamentably does he circumscribe the sum of his comforts, as well as the sphere of his usefulness, to his fellow beings. He is selfish and jealous of encroachment. To be assured of his game without the possibility of interference,and to know that none of his tribe is near to rob him of his prey or par take of it with him, is all that ho desires.— He lives and dies uncaring, for others and uncared for by there; and when the term of his existence is ended, he is buried with his weapons that he may be enabled to take care of himself in the "happy hunting grounds' to which he thinks he is going. Compare 'such a being with man inn civilized condition, and how infinitely is he his inferior in all t hat sweetens life and enlarges the sphere of our being, by increasing the number of objects on which its influence operates. The mem ber of civilized society is no loneer an isola ted creature, but finds in every fellow being another self, to whom he is allied by the tenderest and most endearing sy mpathie3. To see others happy is to be so himself,and to extend to the rn the kind offices of condol ence, is to mitigate the sorrows to which he may himself be subjected. What, though the tear that glistens in another's eye may draw from his own a kindred token ofsorrow. the smile that bespeaks the joy of his brother man acquires a two fold brightness when mingled with the sympathetic glow that lights up his own countenance. Hence it is that we find in those communities,in which there exists a feeling of mutual depeudence on one another for happiness, the greatest sum of real enjoyment, whether it . be in the humblest walks of peasant life, or among the glittering assemblies of fashion. The son who to day lisps the accents of grateful love for his parents, becomes in the course of a few years the object of gratitude in his turn, and life is little else than an 'alternation of bestowing and receiving benefits and kind attentions. In this respect we sometimes regret the effects of our national desire after independence of action,and would be gratifi ed to see it mingled, in some degree at least. with a mutual reliance on each other so far as the softer ties of the social relations are concerned.—Baltimore American. ' NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 18. We understand that a letter has been re ceived from Mr. BIDDLE, in answer to the application of the Presidents of the Orleans Banks for facilities and aid towards a speedy resumption. A meeting fur the'Presidents will take place to-day, to consult upon tho import of the communication. Its tone is represented to be very friendly, evincing a disposition on the part of Mr. BIDDLE to afford accommodations to the banks to the full extent of their wants. This is truly encouraging, and will justify the expecta tion ofan early return to sp-cis payments. ECCLESIASTICAL.-Tho Rev. Mr. MERTZ of Lancaster, Pa., has accepted a call from the German Lutheran church in Boston, about to be vacated by the removal of the Rev. Mr. SMITH to Pennsylvania College in Gettysburg. Mr. M. intends to enter on his new charge at the close of the ensuing month of October. We also learn from the Messenger of the German Reformed Church, that the Rev. &atm. GIrrELWs, late of Hanover, Pa., has received end accepted a call from the Reformed congregation at Gettysburg and Flohr's, inlAdams county, and has al ready removed to his new field of labor.[/b. Pleasures of assoctatto n. t is strange what wonderful power we have in every one of our senses to awaken associations I The taste of some well flavored apple, such as I used to eat in other days, will open upon me a whole volume of boyhood. sometimes, too, there are tones in a flute, deftly discoursed upon, that arouse within my spirit a thousand recollec tions. They convey me back to better times, and I find myself hiding, with my young playmates, among the ripe strawberries of the meadow, list ening the while to the «sweet divisions" of the bob-o l lincoln, as it sang in the air! Little parox ysms of puerility such moments aro ; but I would not exchange them for the plaudits of the multi tude, of the voice of revelry. Something I had then about my heart—some light aerial influenco —which has since been lost among the hollow pogeantries of the world. I admire that song of _ Hood's, in which, while recapitulating the memo.. ries of hie boy hood,,he says : ' remember, I remember The pine trees, dark and high; I used to think their slender topa Were dose against the sky, It was a childish ignorance-- But now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from Heaved Than wheal was a boy I" In truth, if one wishes to preserve the true *id; dom of Nature, ho must keep about him the child. hood of his soul. That was a pleasant foatifre in the character of Chief Justice Marshall. I have seen it related of him, that, not many years bake his death, he used to be found in the neighborhOod of Richmond, Virginia, with hie coat of£ playing at quoits with the youths of that region; Be lacked no wisdom, but be bataw what was; 3044 for the
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