VERY CUNNING INDEED The Western Emporium, of Wednesday last, has a paragraph in relation to the pro ePnt state of politics in this country, from which we make the following extract: "Should the Convention nominate Gen. Harrison, Mr. Clay,with the magnanimity, patriotism and good temper, which has ever ;narked his character, will cordially acqut• c,:ce; and we expect no less from Gen. Har rison, shnuld Mr. Clay be the nominee. Mr. Clay has twice been a candidate,and has twice been overwhelmed by defeat; one time being the lowest °fiber candidates, and at the last election he was abandoned e ven by his own friends, and Gen. Harrison subsittuted as more available. Genet al Harrison has again been nomina ted by one section of the opposition, and a Convention. so got up as to embrace the es pecial friends of Mr. Clay,is about to assem ble ; and now the. partisans of that ge.nle /bin exclaim, "if that et - invention should not nominate Mr. Clay, he will cordially acqui esce," and hope is expressed that General Harrison will do the same thing,if Mr. Clay should be nominated. Many efforts have been made to procure from the patriot of North Bond, nn unconditional promise to a bide by the decision of the Whig Conven tion, without regard to the fairness or un fairness of its organization. He has not yet been, and we confidently trust that ho will not be, tempt to give any such ridiculous and ungenerous promise. Wo havo over nod over main, expressed our conviction that General Harrison will not treat with scorn and contempt the nominaliori freely tendered to him -by the Anti-masonic Con vention, and our trust, that ho will net act unkindlyor in such a way as to intimate, That ho looks upon the Anti masonic nomi nation as a more cypher. . Suppose Mr. Clay should receive the votes °fa mere majority of this exclusive Vhig Convention—suppose it should appear,that, including the Anti-masonic party, n majori ty of the whole opposition prefer Harrison; although a bare majority of the ViThig dole gates voted for Mr: Clay, would the ct:itor of the Western Emporiums think that the Herder' North Bend should . withdraw ? Does the editor of the Emporium contend that General Harrison should treat the An ti mssontc nomination as a mere nullity,and the Whig nomination as sovereign *and coil. r. Clay may well promise to abide by the decision of a mere Whig Convention,lae. cause if he cannot get a majority in such a body, his case is indeed a hopeles one. The case of Gen. Harrison is entirely different. In 1.9:35, arbitrators, composed indiffer .ently of the whole opposition, made an a ward against. Clay, and in favor of Harri son. In 1828, another body of arbitrators, selected from a particular portion of the op position, again awarded in his favor. Ano ther set of arbitrators, selected exclusively frolii the only part among which Mr. Clay has any friends, is about to assemble. And now Mr. Clay's friends propose that the previous awards should be treated as mere oullities,lind the last award received as con. elusive. The attempt of the Clay men to obtain an unconditonal pledge from• General Harri son, to abide by the award, was very cun ning, and had he been , weak enough to give it, ho would have convinced even 11;s most zealous friends that he is unfit to discharge the duties of the high station to which they wish to elevate him. He, however, was not so unwise as to give any such, ridiculous and absurd promise. His friends have re served to themselves the right to examine and scrutinize the Convention, so as to see whether it is fairly constituted, and then to judge whether General, Harrison or Mr. Clay is the choice of a majority of the whole opposition.. • We would propose the following anala -gnus case, (or the calm consideration of the editor of the Emporium : Suppose Smith and Brown to be at law about a tract °f land. Smith has obtained the verdict of a jury and the judgment of a court, and then Mr. Brown should say, "Now Mr. Smith,l propose that cur title pa pers should b • submitted to my cousins,Tom Brown and Bill Brow'', and Jack Brown, & Jim Brown,and if:they decide in your favor, I will cheerfully acquiesce; but if they de cide in my favor I hope yen will submit." This would ho very cunning on the part o f Mr. Brown, and if Mr. Smith accorded to it, it would be manifest that he should have a guardian to take charge of his person and property. General Ilarrisorfs friends will not per mit him to be cozzened out of the afThctions of the people Mbar that fashion. There must be a fair expression of the will of the whole opposition to justify his withdrawal. Patsburg Gazette. GEN. HARRISON IN INDIANA ‘Ve published, a short time since, a lei* facts going to show the great popularity of General Harrison in our adjoining sister State; and now give another, which might as well be remembered. The 7th Cowes. Bh - inn] district of Indilina—a district fertile in reminiscencss of Tippecanoe—give majority of votes for General Jackson in 1832 of 1237! we need not say over whom. The yeomanry of the same distriain 1836, when the soldier of Tippecanoe came before them—forgetting that he was the candidate of the whigs, and indeed tiit caring whose candidate he was—gave , um a majority of 1023 yews ! tVe hope for every thing, from Indiana to the approaching Atewst election ; hut if the whiei retain all their ground there, it will be Cccause the. large body' of voters in that State still think Gen. Harrison may be the candidate clech—Cinciatratt Whig. Loco SERvier.—The Rev. Mr. Willem eon, clergyman of one of the small London churches. has preached from the same pul pit sixty-two years. lie is YO years 01 age, nod preaches regularly twice n week—on Sundays and Tuesdays—nod it is said hi still continues, so vigorous are his powers, to prepare fresh sermons for every service, though it is not his custom to write them Mat. The house, which will hold only about 4UO, u always oUR — IiISIOCRATIc PRESIDENT. Captain Maryat ,- , of the English navy• - lies written n book descriptive of the Amer icans, in which ho s2ofTs at all our republic an usages. Among other things ho gives his opinioo . of Mr. Van Bitren's democracy. It would appear from the extract below, that the Captain thinks Van Buron to be the only full blooded aristocrat amongstrus.— Hear him how ho commends his Excellency for keeping the people out of their own house and imitating the customs of the Eng- lish Court. Mr. Van Buren is a very gentleman-like intelligent man, very proud of talking over his visit to England, and the English with whom he was acquainted. It is remnrka• ble, that although at the head of the demo cratic party, Mr. Van Buren has taken a step striking nt the very roots of their boast ed equality, and one on which General Jackson did not venture, i. c. he has prevent• ed the mobocracy from intruding themselves at his levee. The police are now stationed at the door, to prevent the intrusion of any improper person. A few years ago, a fel. low would drive his cart, or hackney coach, up to the door,.wallt into the saloon in all his dirt, and force his way to the President, that tie might shake him b) the one hand, whilst he flourished his whip in the other. The revolting scenes which took place when refreshments were handed round, the injury done to the furniture, and the disgust to the ladies, may be well imagined. Mr. Van Buren deserves great credit for his step,for it was a bold one, but I must not praise him too much, or he may loss his next election. ANOTHER PATRIOT REWARDED. General Adam Diller, of this city, Chair man of the Harrisburg mob Committee of Safety, has been appointed by David R. Por ter, Adjutant General of the Militia of this Commonwealth, in the room of James K. Moorehead, who declined the appointment. Lancaster Union. 4 , 1 V Ulm seven months after-President Van Buren takes the oath of Alec, gold and silver will be the common currency." The commentary upon,the3 text is that in less than '•seven months" after Mr. Van Buren swore into office the banks suspend ed specie payments; & that although they resumed, the Government is now sustaining itself upon Treasury notes. Nor is that all. The city of New York, now in the hands of a Van Boron Common Council, is issuing "Post'Notes" for the payment of its debts ! .Madisonian. ASTOITNDING DEVELOPMENTS IN HUNTINGDON. PORTER vs. CADIPIIELL. r.very body knows that RouT. CA MPBELL. Esq. of Huntingdon, has been for some time under prosecution for an alleged libel on Da vid R. Porter, contained in a certain letter charging the . said Porter with having de• fronded his creditors, &e. The trial came on last week. A gentleman direct fr.gm Huntingdon informs us that the testimony taken fully corroborates the assertions of the letter. THOMAS JACKSON, a tnember of the lecofoce party, testified that he and Porter, one year before the construction of the canal was commenced, agreed to buy Mrs. Somtatvirxes prope,rty in Hollidays burg. The agreement to go partners, was made in Huntingdon. He (Jackson) went to Hollidaysburg with a blank deed prepar ed by Porter in hit pocket. At Holli daysburg he agreed to take C. Garver into the speculation, and made his arrangements accordingly. He then called on M rs. Som erville, (whose husband it seems was then livin g , but in his dotage,) and offered her 9700 forher land, telling her that the state had a lien of 91,600 against her property. Carver then came in according to concert, when Jhckson affected surprise at seeing him, and a dialogue something like the lel lowing took place : J.—How do do, Mr. Garver? G.--Pretty well, thanlCee; how are you Mr. Jackson? J --No reason to complain—hut I did'nt expect to see you here. I have just come to purchase Mrs. Somerville's land. G.--You have ! why upon my word that's strange. I have also come for the same purpose, &c. They thus appeared to have met by acci dent, and Jackson said lie would not feel satisfied in g iving more than $7OO for the land, considering the state's lien. Garver said that if Jackson, living in Huntingdon, could give $7OO, he (Garver) living in Hot. lidaysburg, could give $!q10. They finally lled to give the old lady $B5O, and run all risk of the state's claim, KNOWING AT TnE SAME TIME THAT THE STATE HAD NO LIEN ON THE PROPERTY WHATEVER. The ar rengement was thus concluded, Jackson and Garver being the ostensible, but Jackson, Garver and Porter being the real put. chasers. When asked belbre the 'court why Per. ter's name did not appear in the arrange ment, Jackson- said it was suppressed at Porter's request, he (Porter) alleging that he had debts to pay, and did not wish to hold the property in his own name. Mr. Jackson also stated that the property thus purchased for $950 is now worth FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, and that him self, Garver and Porter continue to hold it. tie also stated that when the bargain niacin with Mrs. Somerville was concluded, Gar ver said he dhl hot like to deal without showing good fellowship, and he would therefore make the old lady a present of a silk dress! This was done the more effec tually to wheedle her. We consider this testimony of the utmost importance, inasmuch as Mr. Jackson is vet thin PARTNER and POLITICAL FRIEND OF PORTER. Thus the charge that Porter was concerned in cheating the OLD WOMAN, try making her belieVe her laud was only worth a few hundred (kil lers and telling her that the state held a henry) lien against it, is substantiated by it refutable evidence.--Telegraph Pitcb THOM AS LEVER. This man is still retained in office notwth. standing the fact that he is a PENSIONED FOREIGNER, has been loudly and repea• tedly proclaimed. This tact is known & ad• milted generally: yet he still holds his office. We have heard it stated that David R. Por ter lately declared, that so long as he was Governor, Lever should not be removed ! ! Lei every Editor, who is not destitute of the feelings of an American, continuo to proclaim the fact, until this LOYALIST shall be removed, and his place supplied by an A t 1 ERICA N.—Register cs. Inquirer. SEPTEMBER CONVENTION. We are rejoiced to perceive that the op. ponents of misrule and corruption through out the State, are up and doing in the good work of Union and Harmony. Thorn are but few counties in the state in which dele gates have not been appointed, or meetings called fur that purpose. It is to bo expect ed, therefore, that the Convention will be fully attended. This is' as it should be, and manifests a disposition to make an et tort, at least, to rescue the country frcni the hands of the spoilers. When we take into view the extrava gance and proffligney of the pscudo.demo erotic party—the millions of pt blic money which have been pocketed by office holders, and applied to their own use, without an effort being mode by those in power, either to recover the money or to punish the de linquents—we say when we take these things into consideration, we are almost discouraged at the prospect before us. Less than ten years ago the officer who applied three thousand dollars of the public money to his own use, was incarcerated and pun ished to the utmost extent of the law. Now three millions of dollars can be filched from the Treasury by officers, and it is scarcely deeMed Worthy of a passing, notice. if the charge of fraud he made, all that is neces sary is that the party press pronounce it false, nod There the matter rests. Why is it that in the midst•of all the means nnd in stitutions employed in this countrF, fur the moral reformation of mankind, the'y are de generating instead of becoming more moral? Truth and integrity have scarcely a resting place in our land. The sacredness of he official oath, as well as every other obliro-, lion, is in very many instances entirely Ms. regarded Every nian, whether officer or private, appears to claim the right to do that which seems good in his own eyes.— Go where you will, you hear the complaint that men have become so corrupt that no confidence can be placed in them. The signs of the times are indicative of the truth of the assertion. If - corruption in all its hideous deformity continues to ad vance as it has done for the last five.' or years, what will he the resdit ? We will not undertake to predict. but should suppose that if it continues to advance for the next five years, as rapidly as it has done the pre ceding five, this hitherto favored land will, at the end of that time exhibit,— we had al most said,—a lively representation of the regions infernal. What is to be done? Is there no hope? is -th'ere-nb cure for this desperate di ease 7 Cnn politicians do no. thing to reue that which has boon lost? They can try at least, and who knows but that one united, bold, determined effort may prostrate the present corrupt administration, end place men of honesty nnd integrity in the places of the vampires that ale sucking the bib blood of tile country, nt the expen , o of vir fue, honesty and iategrifs 7 The only prospect of success in this state is through the September Convention. Let the Con vention be filled by original and genuine democrats, who ate in principle and prim• Lice opposed to the system of extr a vagance and profligacy practised by the Van Buren party, and our word for it, we ill raise the tottering fabric of Locofocotsm'to the dust. State Journal. GOOD NEWS FOR THE KING OF THE FRENCII.—The editor or the New Orleans Picayune says he "does not envy Louis Phi Hippo his crown." This will he mighty pleasing to Louis, and we hope it will be sent over by the first packet. Philadelphia Ledger. A :I.OST ErITAOi.DINARY FAMILY•—"An English paper giveS the follow:ng sketch of a family, named Brown, living at Hastings, in Sussex:—'`The father of this family is now one hundred and eight years old; he buried his wife some years ago at the age of ninety•eight, by whom he had 24 children, all twins ; sixteen of these are boys, and the rest daughters; twenty two of his children are nowat home with him. The father measures six feet -two inches high, and is withal stout, notwithstanding his great age. Ile rode from Hastings to London, which is sixty•three miles, about ten days ago, in one day, upon a horse that he has kept for his own riding these twenty years past.— The father hus lived a life of intemperance for the last fifty years, having scarcely gone to bed sober—and his son follows his steps, for he has not been theSe fifteen years, free from intoxicate(' in the evening. The father always broagla up his children to industry, and if he found any of them averse to work, ho soot them to,sea. There Were two of them of this disposition, whom he sent on board the Royal George, which was lost, but they were both preserved by swimming on a plank. The youngest of the twenty-four children is apwards of fifty years of age ; he was married to a woman by whom he had eight children, who Were likewise all twins, but who, like the wife, died within the space of five years." The Long Island Star contains a descrip tion of a steam ice breaker, invented by Mr. Jacob Townsend. It is a cylinder full of abort iron teeth suspended. under the -bows of a steamboat, and revolving by the power of the engine, it is expected to chew up the ice in a rapid manner, and into such small pieces as to pass under the wheel without injuring them. The inventor hopes to test it on the Hudson next winter, and ex pects; if proper encouragement is given and a fair trial made, to keep the navigation open all the whiter.— Perinsylvanian. Filial Reverence of the Turks.--A beau tiful feature in the character of the Turks, is their reverence and revect for the author of their being. Their wives' advice and re prithand are unheeded ; their words are hosh—nothing—but tneir mother is an or acle. She is conselted confided in, listened to with respect and deference, honored .to her latest hour, and remembered with af fection and regardkyond the grave. "My wives die, and 1 place them," says the Osmanli; "my children perish mid others may be born to me ; but who shall restore to me the mother who has passed away, and who is no more !"—City of the Sultan. STRANGE OCCURRENCE Amongst the apparently endless cats lo,Tne of strange occurrences and cri%s with which the press has teemed, the n. lowinfr,'which has been communicated in a letteslom a lady residing near the scene of action to her friend in this vicinity, is a little the strangest we him met with. Not having seen the letter, we are under the ne cessity of giving a second hand account of the alViir, and may consequently be inaccu rate in some of our details but the sub• stannal facts are as furnished to us. Being personally acquainted with the writer of the letter, we have no hesitation in expressing our belief of her statements. Here is the strange tragic tale: Some -time since, the sheriff of a county in the southirrn part of Mississippi, had re reived, in his ()Blend capacity, a large SIMI of rneney—say fifteen or twenty thousand dollars. Under pretext ofn call from home for a day or two, he • placed the money in keeping of his wife, whom he charged' to take good care ot it. Late in the evening_of the day on which he left home, a stranger of genteel appear ance called at the house, and asked permis sion to remain over night Disliking to en tertain a stranger during her husband's al) sence, the wife of the sheriff denied the re quest, and the stranger rode en. Directly alter his departure, however, the lady came to the conclusion that she lard done wrong in refusing to take him in, and sent a ser vant to recall him. The gentleman retur [led, and soon after retired to rest. Late in the night, three mea disguised as ncgroco, came to the house,called up the la and demanded possession of the money left in her charge. Believing that there was no help for it, she at length told them that the money was in another room, and that she would go and get it for them. It so happened that the money had been do posoed in the room occupied by the strati. ger ; and on her going for it she found him up and loading his pistols. He had been a wakened by the noise, and had overheard most of the conversation between his host ess and the robbers. Telling the lady to be of good heart he gave her a loaded pistol, and instructed her to go nut and present the minicy to one of the robbers and to shoot the fellow whilst i the act of doing so—on doing which he (the stranger) would be ready fur the other two. With a coolness and courage that is difli cult to conceive of a woman, she did as di fectetionafthe .roblicovho received the o:o• ney 101 l dead at her feet. Another insult and the stranger's bullet had floored a st cond robber. The third attempted to Cape, but was overtaken at the gate by t. stranger, atid fell u:aler the thrust of I , hulk ! As Rona ns practicable the anialan tr•ote alarmed, and on ‘ v as hin g the p al from the faces of the dead robbers, the killed by the lady proved to he her own h band,nd the other n couple of her of neighbors.. Such is the, story in substance. As lora stated, it turves in a letter From a Itu whose credibility we are willing to vow If error existed in the statement, either writer of the letter was iaisinforiaed or have been most eiregriously hoaxed NIAGARA FALLS.—A correspont of the Cleveland Herald thus - describes society who are on n visit to N iagaraFa at the present writing : Here congregl people from the tour quarters of the ‘vo. and from all the intermediate parts of the niverse. Here you will .ee the tielf-sufTizi( Englishmen—the butßourons nod 'aught , loving Irishman —the frank and of ht. ted Srotehman—the smokepipe loveing G man—the brave and hardy Swiss—the fled & liberty-loveing Pole—the dark-ha, ed and scowling Spaniard—the sun-bur Islander—the aristocratic. and Spirited Sr thron—the care-for-nothing independant,gi out-of-my-wav son of the West—the inte, ligent, observing and high-smiled Yankm and the fallen remnants of a once noble raci,. whose canoes once skimmed the waters of the Lakes, and the smoke of whose council fires curled up amidst the spray of Nia gara. Here is the dark eyed brunette from from the sunny south, with an imaginati brilliant and captivating, running wild as she gazes long and steadfastly upon the world of waters: and here is the beautiful & intelligent and accomplished Yankee girl, with bright eyes and kindling cheeks, and auburn tresses, looking und isturbed upon the dashing waters and rasing spray. Her soul is drinking in the poetry and eloquence of Niagara. Speak to her, and with her elo quent hand she says, be silent.* *This is certainly as we understand it, the first impresstm made upon most vtsi• tants by this wonder of the world. Standing in immediate proximity to the mighty cata• ract, the first effect oldie sublime spectacle is to enjoin profound silence up , m the spectl tor. And well it may do so; for the mows . ' stretches of humim neliievement—all his trophies-in arts and arms, whether the re• stilt of separate or of congregated 'action, sink into nothing, when compared with the physical wonder before him. Any ono who could feel or indulge a propensity to talk, in such a presence, would probably' be found wanting in some one or. the other of the phrenological developemcnts which mark the somad and sensible heads of either sex. This disposition to be silent, it should be remarked, arises in no degree from diffi culty in carrying on conversati.at at the Falls. There is in thct no difficulty in the case—except that arising from moral es. For notwithstanding the fact that Urn sound of the n.ighty fall of- writers can be distinctly heard for some miles, yet, persons standing upon Table Rock, may hear each other without tHieulty, and even without raising their voices beyond the ordinary tone. Stmscr, however. will he the first impression, in a vast number et -nses ; and in very many, of the multitudes who make the experiment, that impression will endure for hours. "Expressive silence" in view of this stupendous example of the physical suh• lime, is at once an acknowledgement of the nothingness of man, and an oblation to the Power, which called into existence this won der of the western world. DISTRESSING A CCIDENT.-A highly re spectable gentleman named Fleming, a for warding merchant nt Carlisle. met his death on Monday last in a shocking manner.— Having several cars attached to a train, he attempted 1(0dt:tat:II them while the train was still in moo ion, and by some means lost his tol l ing on the platform ,of yho car, and filling in front, the wheels dt one or more of the train passed over hig thighs, nearly sev ering them from the body. Ho survived but a few hours, during which time he en (hired the most excrutiating agony. Mr. Fleming was an industrious, enterprising and useful citizen, and hi 3 untimely and horrid death will he generally deplored in the community in which he resides. Extract from noteo of a ‘wanderer in search of health, in Italy, Egypt, Greece, Tur key, up the Danube, and down the Rhine. Ily W. E. CUMMING, Eeq. 'Cairo is, without exception, the most complicated town, I have ever visited. Even London appears plain sidling, when coin. pared with its endless turnings, cal-de sacs, and windings. Generally the Wreels are mere alleys, only it lew feet in breadth.— ishere is scarcely it cart to be seen. Cam els and donkeys are the sole carriers.. In deed except in a few or the principal streets and bazaars, there is no room for a cart ; it is often duffieult enough to pass on horse hack. In no town have I siren imeh crowds of persons in the streets. From morning till night, there is one confirmed stream of human beings, 'rinks, Arabs, Copts, Ne groes, Akssintuans, Greeks, and Franke. I am daily more and more struck with the multitude of blind. Surely it is a disgrace to the Paella that he takes no steps to re medy so appalling an evil. An opthalmic Hospital, under the English surrintend. once, would throw Hoods of light and joy over the now bedarkened rind unhappy cut izens of Cairo ; butt from all I hear of his highness, he cares little for his subjects, be yowl making them the tools of his own ag7 grandizeinrrot and insatiable ambition. 'Atter visiting three or tour of the hand• contest mosques, we rode to the tombs of the caliphs, (listing about a mile.from the citadel. They form a sort of city apart, and consist of mausoleums, each having,. its mosque Heil Minaret. Wo entered .onl‘ market place, where St. Paul "disputed dui. ly with the Athenians." A few columns still remain, and near them is an inscrip tioii mentioning the price of oil. Winding round the foot of the acropolis, within the ancient and outside the nuidern wall, we came to the areopagus, or 11111 of Mars, whore, in the early days of Athens, the judges sat in the open air, and for many ages, decided ‘vith such wisdom and impar tiality, that to this day, the decisions of the A reopagites [lre regarded as models of (finial purity. We ascended this celebrated hill, and stood on the precise spot where St. Paul, pointing to the temples which rose from every section of the city, towered proudly on the acropolis, made his celebra ted speech —"Ye men of Athens, I ice that in all things ye are too superstition -." The ruins of the very temples to which he point ed were before our oyes.—Stephens' Rus sian and Turkish Empires, 4•c. A • LON( Nosm—Napoleon used to say, "strange as it may appear, when I want any good bend work done, 1 choose a man, pro vided his education has been suitable, with a lon. , nose. His ;metalling is bold and flee. and his brain, as well ns his lungs and heart, ore cool and- clear. 111 my observation of men, 1 have almost invariaLly found along nose and a 1 , 11,4 heatigo together." CAIRO ADVERFISEMENTS TTPTJ. 120 aklatlcA ripllE Subscriber will -cell at Public _j__ Snlu cit, 'Veda('witty the `2stl, tiny of September next, On tI7P prentiscA, nt, 10 o'clock, A. 11. of said thy, • A VALUAI3LE FARM OF . PATENTED LAND, initiated in ‘Vaßlitivon towngliin,• York county; about of a mile from the cow of Berlin, and adj,aning Conrad Eisenhardev Mill i containing ?,vll2 ACHES neat measure, of which between 50 and 00 acres con.ist of good heavy Timber Laud, ('he improvements are .11 Two Story IJriel 64.11 • h 1 ; ti 0U S A Bank Barn, n new Wagon shed, double corn crib, n log tenant House, and u never l a ding Well of Water, with a pump near the House. There are also four other never failing springs on various parts of the term, insu ring a constant supply of water necest , ary to the farm, us also a stream of running water passing thro' the Meadow. A due proportion of the nbove fat m con sists of good meadow land. There is a gond thriving young gt .s l N, r. e 41 ,1 1 1 1 ILI 41! of choice grafted fruits. The film is under good fence and in good repair. Any fur ther information re.pecting the same may be obtained by call on the tenant residing tin the properts. Jacob Singh, or opt the sub. scriber residing in Berlin. Also, at the 5.1m0 time will be offered for sale a variety of farming If tentqls, ronsistin ,, of Ploughs, Barrows, Wagon and Horse• Gears, &c. Attendance will be given and terms made known on the day of Salo by GEORGE D. BINDER. Juno 19, 1F39. n s‘VOPE, returns his sincere 151 --Y• thaidt; to the citizens of (iettysburg, and the public !morally, for the very liberal share Of patronage received by him. De termined to merit a continuance of public favor by unremitting exertions to please— and a determination to keep constantly on hand A SUPERIOR ASSORTMENT Or• 1131 i 1 i9l~ , Iveme,ll, and Do mestic "Fluic'y auit s , ut the lowest prires—he has the pleasure of announcing to the public, that be has just returned front the city, with nn additional supply of , . OVeav 11* most desirable Goods, which with his pro.eot stock will now en able him to offer to those - who !nay favor him with a call. A VERY SOPERIOR ASSORTMENT OP &MINOT!, SUMMER GOODS, to nil of which lie most respectfully invites their attcnti'm. Gettysburg, Juno I R, 1'4:39. fflel Ile mei 1, Wilson 13! GROCERS & COMMISSION 11lL1 NTS, Corner of Commerce and Pratt Streets, BA L I MOR E, JFFER. to the Country trade for Cash or prompt payment, Ike !lowing GOO S : TO WIT: 50 Ms. S. NY. .111olasses 20 hhds. Nest 1n ,dia & N. Orleans ditto 200 bags Rio Coffee, (part strong scented) 100 " Lagnira do. 100 " 11arnea do. 50 hlids. N. Orleans & Porto Rico Hagar 10 pipes and half pipes Champagne and Rochelle Brandy 5 ‘, Gin 50 tierces llonev 200 boxes Raisins 100 quarto do. 150 eighth do. Fresh importation. 50 ksgs do. ToGETHER WITH Cinnamon, Clones, Pepper, Teas in chests, half chests and boxes, 4.c. Baltimore, Nov. 17 1837. 0-33 Quaid. 2.0 - tso 16 G. TTM'SBURG, PA. 9,11 DE Subscriber begs leave to inform his friends hod the Public generally, that ho has removed from Nis Old Stand (the Globe inn) to. that large and commodi ous THREE-STOWS!' HOUSE,. lately occupied as a Store by Col. Samuel Witherow. It is situated on the South East Corner of the Diamond, and imme diately opposite the Bank and t h u Public Offices, where by strict attention to bu- Siness, he is determined to please and ac commodate all those who may choose to (Ave him a call. 11. B. KURTZ. Gettysburg, April 1,1F39. tf- 7 2 N. H. He begs leave to return his sinoere thanks to his old customers for their liberal encouragement. JVl'y Those persons hosing books in their pos• session belonging, to the "Gettysbury Li brary Association," will please return tbeiii immediately to 51 r, Conrad Baker's office, By order of the Proprietors.. Zi.4`.li:EzaalSW WADIES eA I CU LATIN) by CuAttLi , . Kt:m.la wri.r., Esq., (of Petersburg) 'York Springs, to be hod nt the Store of SA 11U EL FA H N Gettysburg, A tiglNt 6, 1W.:19, ti-1 STAR & LEPUBLICAN BAEHR. - GET ; i9r.933URGII, PA.. Tuesday,augusr 26, l 539. DgApCRATIC ANTI•MILSONIC NOMINATIONS FOR PRESIDENT, 4 . 4enft. .r,,Vreka. UZerpry TOR VI 1:14• PR FS IDEIsIT, R'Ja nre 4 1 )st er. Senatorial Electors. JOHN ANDREW SHULZE, JOSEPH RITNER ileprtnentallre Bricgalefi : Di4rict : LEVIS'PASSNIORE. .24 ,to C&DWA LLA DER EVANS,. do CHARLES WATERS, 3.1 do JONATHAN GILLINGIIA9I,.. ‘ „ 4th do A MOS ELLM A KIER, • do JOHN K. ZE!LIN, do DAVID POTTS, 15th do ROBERT' STINSON, fish do WILLIAM S. HENDEU, 7th do J. JENKINS ROSS, Bth do PETER FILBERT, • 9th do JOSEPH H. SPAYD, 10th do JOHN HARPER, Tlth' do WILLIAM M'ELWAINE, 12th do JOHN DICKSON. 13th do JOHN M'KEEIIAN, 14th do JOHN REED, 1511, do NATHAN BEACH, Hith do NER MI DDLES WA RTII, . 17th do GEORGE W A T.KEII. ISth do BERNHARD CONNELT.V, Jr. 1911 k do GEN. JOSEPH MARK.LF„ 0 0111 do JUSTICE G. FORDYCE, 210 do JOSEPH HENDERSON, 22d do HARMAR DENNY, 231 do JOSEPH BUFFINGTON, 24th do JA 31 ES MONTGOMERY, 2.lth do _ JOHN DICK. Democratic Anti Masonic Ticket. ASSEMBLY, :Daniel M. Smyser, William Albright. PROTHONOTARY, Amos M'Ginlv. REGtSTEII & REC(IIIpEIt, William King. CLERK OF TILE -COURTS, COM MISSION ER, Joseph .1. AUDITOR, Samuel Vurborow. DIRECTOR OP THE POOR, Jacob Stoller • SFIEIHFF, Ccorge IV. AFlClelhul CORONER, Anthony B Kurtz COMI ly So far as we have been able to learn, the nomi nationsoande by the convention assembled in this place on the 12th inst, bus given Oneral satisfac tion to all tho Anti-Van Buren citizens of the county. This is as it should be, and exhibits a determination on the part of those whose patriot ism and principles reaches beyond the 'mere c• mhltunent of office, that nn minor consideration shall interfere to,prevent their oppositiondo the un- Prinvipled faction that at present rules the state. Each, eoubtless hnvn had their preferences for candidates in'imminntion for tho different offices, but nt n time like the present, when the opposition are elating over tho recent temporary triumph of their party nt the South, it behooves every man who wishes to preserve the supremacy of the laws end the institutions of our country, to lay aside every individual attachment and private prefer ence : which is or but momentary Importance compared with loosing the establishment of those principles an essential trellis prosperity & the pub lic good, and concenirme every energy to elect the whole ticket, which is is in every way worthy the support of freemen. We respectfully nsk the attention of our rend ers to a careful perusal of n letter from a gentle man in Ilarrisbnrg at the sitting of the court in that place which is to try the principle actors in 'the December mob, It will be found in another column, and is but n plain, unvarnished statement of the conduct nitil proceedings of a Judiciary tri bunal of our country,which is at best,hut an open mockery of Justice. An article frooi the Chroni cle w ill also be found in to-day's paper on this sub ject, from both of which, wo leave' our readers to draw their own inferences• Free Arason ry. Drying her most palmy days the Lodge never made ns strenuous exertions to build up that un wholly institution, ns she is making nt present.— For a while Acr the staitling exposures that were made of her priori des nod practices, she seemed to yield to the force of public opinion ; surrender her organization nod discontinue her orgies. It is true in our large cities where tr.o number of Masons was so great as to make opposition ruinous to individual... they kept up a dull organization, and kept alive the are which they had stolen from the infernal regions. But through the country they affiwted to abandon the institution, according to the hypocritical policy recited and inculcated . in the Athenium Register of Pennsylvania in the following passage (page 8) oln 1737 Masonry was by order of Government, abolished in France.— But the Submision of the brethren having allay ed the fears of the Government, the order was gradually forgotten and the erqt soon regained more than its pristine vigor and splendor." So in Pennsylvania before and during the last political campaign, tho Lodge reorganized whereever it dared to do it. Hcly Royal Arch chill - item were consecrated in Berks county ; and pro Posed in Lancaster, Schuylkill, and Northampton. The Holy grand High Priest (Chandler) with his twelve apostles traversed the State to cheer and encourage the brethren. Masons who pr:ofessed to he conservative & to abhor Lreo Facoism, such as Burnside, M.Keen, Coryell and others, all sup. I•orted Royal Arch Porter—since his fraudulent e lection, new energy is inspired into the Lodge.—: Wo are well informed,that the number of Masons Made in Philadelphia within the last six or eight months is gm:lyr thorn for five years before. Even a late member of Orr; Legislature ,(Mr. Tyson) who abhorred the institution, inn is a warm friend of Harrison, has lately found it necessary to sub mit to the cable tow, the flannel, breeches, and the soul damning oaths of the loolge,in order to main tain his political hininlitni in' the city. In ibis con venticle of organiyd and resuscitated blasphemy 2M5k- BEIER= Anxious to enjoy n season of recreation we laid aside our duties for n day or two, shouldered our musket and after taking our place in the "Guards" took up our Marilt for Petersburg (V. Springs) on the morning of Thursday last ; on our arriving near town, our company was met by the Petersburg Invincibles, conlimmded by Coot. Bonner and escorted to the scat of encampment. '('ho "Guards" being the first company on the ground from n distance we had the pleasure of tendering a welcome to our neigh hors, the Berlin 12ille,Capt. Macfarlaneo& Oxford Guards under the command of Capt. Camp, both of which arrived the following day as an escort to the “Independent Grays" of Baltimore, commanded by Capt. Law. The Grays are said to bo ono of the best discipli ned companies that city Call produce—and with our honk,: knowledge of military tactics we cor dially add our testimony in their favor, for we have seldom if ever met with a c mil,any of men whose conduct and action so nearly comported with our views of actual military servi e. The gentlemanly manners cad dispositiOn of Captain Law, his officers. and men, could not finl to win the esteem of all with whom they mingled du ring their brief sojourn together; long may they remember with plensure their social visit to the Petersburg encamptment. There was in all five companies of Volunteers in attendance, several more were expected, hot : unforeseen circumstances prevented their pres once. On Saturday morning the tents were struck down and each of the eompunies-dispersed with the usual good feeling which prevailed throughout their meeting. . To the citizens of Petersburg generally, and the committee of arrangement particularly, much praise is due for their exertions to make their guests as comfortable Os the state of the weather would permitmetwithstanding the raimthe prompt an energetic management of this extellent com mittee could not but be u sourc e of satisfaction to each and all who shared their hospitality. A postscript from the Harrisburg Telegraph & Intelligencor of the inst. says: jcpSince our paper went to press this morning, the Grand Jury have mattes pre sentniem before the Court, of the Attorney General for misdemeanor in office; at d al so presented the "Iron Gray," the Adminis tration organ here, as a public nuisance. (!ti — We also, learn from Huntingdon that Campbell. who was prosecuted for a libel on Guy. Porter has been ArcturrrEn. As the Packet passed along on Sunday evening last by the place where the break above Huntingdon occurred, two 'State bands,' with pick and shovel, were observed seated on the towpath. They were naked by seem on the boat, what they were doing there? "And whet wed we be doin' but watt bin' for a break,' Was the reply ; and sure enough, in the morning the embank ment way g•.nel Bet whether the 'State hands' were swept away with it, we have not to ibis day learned. I"- we hear the shout of oseperate organization" go forth from every masonic den in the common wealth; and hod-carrierh and bottlo holders res pond ‘ta seperato organization." Seperate from what? Not from the charter killing,and contract breaking Loco Focos; That has been done for years. But seperato from thoso Anti. Van Buren eitizens,who support the supremacy of the laws; the solidness of contract, and charter ; a sound emrency,wholefmme Sc. Ifiriff; but ejr.› 1pp054. com binations of Secret sworn a; soutitiona, v. tic dare not, net in public, but establish n tribunal more dark, fearful and murderous than the most cruel court of the holy Inquisition, in the worst days of its existence, when the rock, the iron-bed and the thumb setews were the mildest engines of interro entory and of torture. These masonic oath-stee ped Whigs must act politically osepernto" from all who will not how down before this corrupting and 11 net institution. And if a man be nominated tor President or Vice President who is a good Whig in every thing except his masonry he is not or.- citiable to this osehierate organization." None will suit thorn but the SLcitET MA:vitt:Eß who prepared to concentrate the whole masonic influ ence, by a central Lodge at Washington. Let them try such ni man, if in their folly they please, and they will find 90,000 of the 126,000 Anti-Van Buren voters in the State who will never vote fur an nilhering Royal Arch Mason. There may be some, also, who will not vote for a breeder and dealer in human nosh and blood ; hut of that we u ilt not speak as in those days it is odious to pretend that all men have inalienable rights. Our democratic Anti-masonic friends of 'county have placed in nomination the follow ing ticket to be supported at the ensuing October election, Assembly, Wiliam M.Clure, Jluaacr ; Sheriff, John P. Ruth: rford ; Prothon otary, John A Wier; Retoster of Wilk. Thoma 9 Stoe.ers ; Clerk of the Courts, Jacob Shell. Tlua ticket is the result of a full and fair ex pression of opinion, among the sturdy Yeomanry of old Dauphin, who ws have not a doubt will e lect their candidate,: by a handsome majority. We would thank our neighhor of the oSenti• Ind - to give us instead of the National lotelligen vet credit for the article in relation to Col. C. Preston of South Carolina which tippeared iu a late No,•of our paper. As several of our ex change papers have not given us credit, we ask for—Justice. The Elect lONS l'eone.k.see— Polk is elected Governor of Ten nessee. The majority is not ascertained, but it will he small, probald) about 3000. Seven Whigs and FIX 1.1 , e0 rIoCOS have been elected to Congress. Both branches of the Legislature will have a snhill Loco P11(71) MO tY• Kelthi di& —Ele‘en Whigs and two Loco Focus are elected. Nwili Caro/ilia rimming as it was last year.— The members of Cdhgri,s will be six VI higs and seven LOCO FtICOS. AM/nom—This state .bris elected three Loco Fiums rind two Wliigs to Congress this being a gain of onto wing member. liana—The Loco Fbeo:4 haw , elected five Menlb9rB And the Whigs two. The above acco u nts we think will not thil . er materially from the actual returns when ascertained. We havo received the 2d No. of the "Gazette" published in Enunittsburg. Md., by Mitt' S. Ri ley; it is a Literary paper and neutral in pclitics. We wish it success. lary Etacirtmpaneti WATCHING FOR A BREAK Register 4. Enquire,. FlARnisntmo, A ugust 21, 1839:' Air. Editor :—Every thing which I have witnessed since I came here confirms my conviction that the institutions of our country are fast falling before a profligate Executive and corrupt Judiciary. You are aware that when the prosecutions were made against the December traitors Judge Blythe was on the bench—he admitted by all to bean hf.iiest Magistrate, and of course was (Melo. red unfit to try rebels who the ruling party had determined to screen. He was induce d (in an evil hour)-to resign, and James M. Porter brother of the Governor appointed to preside le the district. The object of this appointment no one doubts. It was proved before the Senate committee that this same J. NI. Porter about B or 10 days before the meeting of the „Legislature declared "(/rat there would Gnat Theertsburg One thousand able bodied men . from various sections o f th e stare on the day of the meeting of the Legislature, Who were determined not to see their rights trampled upon ; that if the u•/ii;; members from the County of Philad elphia attempted to tali! their seats they wruld be thrown out of the wildows." The individuels were to he tried for a con ' spiracy to disturb and over-awe the Let is• alum and if such conspiracy existed J. NI. Porter was evidently cognizant of it some lime before its execution : And yet his on. blushing brother sends hini here to try the conspirators; his cenchnit is just such as inight have been expected frier) such a Juilge appointed fir such it purpose. The AtUir, ney General was one of the Committee of • Safety engag-d in that inflimous treason.— OG ivo u rse he could not be expected to pros• ec u t e his ns , iociates• Ile therefore fin Ve no tice, at the last court, that he would take no pall in the prosecutions; and the counsel wha were engaged to prosecute fir the com monwealth went on at this court to prepare the bill of Indictment; Ihey included in one bill three of the most notorious rebels, a gait'st whom they lid proof present, and as ked the atter eey Geeeral to sign the hilt se that it mieht go to the Grand Jury. The attoreey General refilsed to slim it, thus at tempting to smother the investigation he flirt: it could reach a Jury ! Such hold cor ruption was never before knewn in a land f laws ! l c al ed , red as a reason that mere were not enough of the culprits included in the bill ; evidently - vishing to compel the corniniiimelith to premed agninst all before their witnesses had arrived, that the hill might he ignored agaii.st roost of them.— NV h a t made this outrlge more agriravated, was, that the day before, attachments had been granted against several witnesses on behalf of the commonwealth, directed to the level gbilieer, the Shera, which he refused to exr•cu'e, and ihe COW( 011 111 1 1111"1“1011 re - It/Sf'd 10 compel him to do it. The court appealed tc, to direct tho 1111111 C Or 111 , . allontley General to be used to prevent the prosecution from thiling without a trial, bur refused (.1. 31. Putter's friends) itigive such direction. his is not :ill. Few i ad propa led several indictments agdinst those mous editors of the Irma G rey, Cox, Park, Barrett, and Parker for the most ntrocious lihr l 3 ever pUbl d iii a civilized Country. The attorney Genefai refused to sign any one of them, and let them go to the. Grand inry, and the court sustaini d him in his refus;il !! In the worst days of K ugly ty ranny nod Judicial subserviency Ibis was never equalled ! Every fiVefltlV to justice 19 blocked up, arid the most reckless of the go vernini it culpi its, put upon the !Knelt to as ,, riates ! Pnw lonfy iho rnr , - ) !i' will remain blind to all thorn thiorrs. Cod only knows. But they must t - oun a• %%nice, or they gill am nice in the deepest gulph of irre - We ruin. The Grand Ju ly, 1 understood have taken up the matter of the rebels and Fenn's libellers and will probably make presentments within the course of the court—what the court will ul terwards du with them it is hard thr any one to feresee,who is not deep in the mystic masonry of villiany. Yours Sze. Q 0• OITI RAG ED IN OUR COURT We have never witnessed such a proeue ding as Nvaq exhibited this morning in the Court of Qtiarter Sessions 0! Dauphin coon t'', now. holdlng in this pluce. The con duct of the Attorney General Rod decisions of Judge Porter were such us to make eve ry opponent of the prt'Sont State administra tion, living in this county, tremble for him self and biti rights. As an individnul, we nclmowledge our sel yes sulject to bins, by feeling, prijuilice, pillows, :cud other ‘yhir h swei 'VP I lift 1111111 M) nand ; and tiiihject to such iullnen CeS, %%I` give it tp3 our prist4ent 111 r,aivic tion, that 1/0 tuber of the Anti- n, flu ren party ran hurt rearcisfor grieeonre , , whlch hure been brought on in consrquenre of connect:gm with 111.1 i. Fat tp, sent Ji.dge continuey on ihe bunch ; and that no derided inendier of the Porter inir , ty curl be TtriEt)l , ll,ch c()NvicTED, via ny o i l'ence 0101 nt,y haii" bteri COMMilled ia tit fctsCC Of the Loco I oco party. :Ibis is rear belief—:cud is lininded on the course taken by Judge Porter this morning in the case of the 4th of December a ioters, and het snits against the ridings of the Keystone. The amount of the deeizion , 4 were, that the Attorney General is an executive o ffiri r, and possesses the power or preventing bills from going before the Grand Jury. So that the Attorney General possesses the 11011T1' of swerving his political and other friends, from ALL prosecutions, and can sulgeet all opponents, political as well as o. tilers, to prosecutions,astrhim,prejudice,or enmity may dictate. lint this is. not ail, the Court possesses the power, as wns clear ly proven this warning, to use the Present. ting Attorney's signature in C 1156.5 where tne Attorney General refuses to sign a bill.— This ilower,Judge Poiicy itEFusED 'o cxer. cise in the rase ut the 4th December rio tern, and libel suits against the editors of the Keyston- : so that these criminals are to gn nue:hint of justice by the direct and positive interference of the officer whose duty it is to prosecute ofiluders. . IVe do not wander that the Attorney Ge nimal would rchort to all special of lawless Ueda to screen both these rioters sial Mick lers. An investigation might prove him Est) closely connected with both, that he might have to share the punishment of each; but that the President •Judge should decide to sustnin him in his refusal to do his duty,tho efilat of which is to screen offenders, has filled us with grief and astonishment. More anon• P. S. Since the above was in typo, we learn that the Grand Jury, to whom the bill against three of the 4th December Rio ters was . presented without the Attorney General's signature by the private attorney of the prosecutors, has found a TRUE BI LL ; we learn that the finding was U• N M U.S.—Harri.chorg Chronicle. Succirvio Munoen. --The Louisville Reporter,,of the 6th inst. gives the particu• tars of a barbarous murder at that place, of a negie nrin•nd Jew, by his owner, Abyger NEGuire, who, it is said, was jealous of the slave's attentions to a black woman whom he had lately bought, and with whom he himself had formed an intimacy. It is as sorted that d'G. took Jem into the stable, tied his hands, and with a wagoner's cow hide flogged the negro till the cow-hide was worn out, and then ho snatched the belly band of a set of hatness and heat the unfor tunate slave with the buckle•end of it on the shoulders, back and breast ; when the leather belt gave way, he took a barrel stave and beat him with it severely on the head, sho•Aders and lircast, until he died. The details, as given in the Reporter, are shockingly harhati,os. 'the body of the slave was zrelt (Iv borii d, but the Coroner had it rai , -ed and examined, and verdiet 4i:wider against AFG uire, who had not yet been taken. „ Your It line,” a., tia) D------1 aaid to (ho t_' ad Lieu FfICO. In remarks which wellinve felt it our duty tWake in reference to the case of the Carmelite Nun, Sister EsAnta.LA, whose es• cape, from t e A isquith street Nunnery. 'ISIS occasioned , St/IlltlCil exciteillelll ill this city, we have purposely refrained from expressing any opinion upon the divuted.pestion of her insanity• The followair eerlifientes, which have been banded to us for publiea• tion, settle the question in a manner so an thorative as to leave no further room to doubt, and, we trust, will tend to sillily the public mind upon the subject. Having read in yesterday evening's Post, ''that it was the opinion of the Faculty of the Wisbinuton College that Miss Isabel la "Veal," I he apparent cause of the present excitement, "was sane," 1 deem it my duty to the Faculty to state, that they have ex pressed no opinion on the case. As regards my own individual opinion, 1 am free to say that 1 consider her A PERFECT 31ANIAC. J. H. 1111,EJI, D., President of Fsently of WashingionNniversity ofßal timi)re. Ballinior , , Aug. 20th, 19;0. The. Carmelite Sister, who left the Con vent yesterday, (Sunday) and whose name is kabala Neel, has been to my knowledge of with this nmomaraia, for upwards of five, months. She thinks that she can live withont,ertting ,necl drinking, as 1 have not seen Itersifico'April last, she may now be het:er on that point, but for all, my opinion is that she will never be in her right senses. P. CDATARD, M. D. Baltimore, 19th August, 1839. The military 'and City Guard were again cn cluirlmt night, at the Nunnery in A is quith street, but no disturbance took place. Baltimore 04ra:tele. DISTURBANCE IN BA LTINIORE On Sunday last there existed great ex. eilement in Baltimore, in consequence of one of the nuns of the Catholic convent in A Hint h street In.ving left the institution & her unwillingness to retnrn—the populace having taken up the idea that force was in tended to be used towards her. A greet crowd collected in front of the Nunnery, & the Mayor, With the police, was soon on the ground; but as the rioters showed no dis• position to disperse, the City Guards were called out, who soon paraded in force. The crowd gradually retired as night advanced. Nlonday evening the City and Horse Guards nod Fifth Regiment occupied the street in front of the Nunnery; but no o• vert acts of violence were committed on ther occasion. The escaped nun is supposed to have been insane ; she was sent to the Washington Medical College. York Republican. FEMALE BR AVERY. The renewing account of an intrepid act iwt funned by a young lady of Tioga,l9 rs nt age,whose 11.-:no is Freu Catlin, is worthy oloot ice, & he fair heroine defier ving of la me. Lier little brother, en infant about three years , :hi, had accidentally' fal luit into a well about 30 feet deep, and con tenting about 5 feet of water. - When dis covered, he was clinging to a pipe, at the sole, and there being 00 man neat, she re solved to rescue him ; slipping off her shoes, she descended the rope, placed the little low on her baCk,commenced her ascent, and with great exertions succeeded in reaching the top, where she deposited her precious burden in safety, without injury to either. Chambersburg Telegraph The murder of Twenty-six Human Be: —A vessel at New Orleans from Ha• vinia,brintrs the distressing intelligence that as a Spanish coasting vessel, loaded with ne;,rt•nes, was on her passage from Havana to Trinidad de Cuba, about the 6th instant, the negroos mutinied and murdered all the officers and crew of the - vessel, together with twenty-six white passengers, men we noon and children. A Goon EXAMPLE.—The Nashville Ban ner states that the election m that city was conducted with little or no disturbance, "thanks to the leading men of both parties, who set on foot the salutary proposition (which was promptly complied with) of, ha ving no liquor shops or other establishments m that hue opened during the day. A DAMPER. A young city fop, in company with some belles of fashion, wac ridin g into the noun try a pleasuring, when he saw a poor rustic looking country lad at work by the road side. t' Thinking it a fine chance to show his wit to the damsels by sporting with the poor boy's ignorance, he thus accosted him: "Can you tell me Mr. Zebedee, bow far it is to where I am going, and which is tha most direct road I" Poor Zebedee, not at a ll daunted, with the most sober and compo sed countenance, replied : "If you are going to the gallows, it is but a short distance; if to the jail, it stands a few rods this side; but ironly to poverty and disgrace, you are approaching your journey's end. As for the most direct road,you are now in it, and can not miss the way." Dandy dropped his head any rode on. Scrording to Naturc.—An exchange pa, nor says—" You'll as soon see a white black bird, as a young lady who does not love ba bies—it's contrary to their natur." Feeling for the staira.—"Here's the ban isters, but where the d—l is the stairs," as the drunken ti Ilow snid, yen he telt his wny round the bedstead in the dark. The Wheel Rifle.—Mr. Wilkinson, of Pall Mall, has invented, and obtained a pat ent for, a new gun. Its novelty consists of a wheel, containing seven complete charg• es, revolving on a centre, which, when dis c•harged, can be replaced in an instant by other wheels, carried in the belt, so as, to keep up a continuous firing. As rapidly as the command, "load, cock, fire," can be ut tcretl, can this rifle be discharged several hundred times without missing fire, or re quiring to be cleaned. Aldine (London) Magazine. "Mrs. Grimes, lend mo your tub?"-- "Can't do it—all the hoops aro off—it's full of suds--besides 1 never had one--basides washes in a barrel." PERFECTLY omila:cr.—The Governor of Missouri was fined five dollars lately, fo firing n pistol within the limits of the city of Jefferson, contrary to an ordinance of that place. The Governor contended that he had power to remit the fine. The May or denied his authority to do so, and gave him the alternative to pay the fine or go to jail. The Governor chose the former, and paid the fine.— Philadelphia Ledger•. MARRIED. On Wednesday the 22d inst. by the Rev C. Weyl, Mr. Henry Group, son et George to Miss Martha Young, both of Menalien township. On the 11th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Al bert, Mr. John Wildeson, to Miss Sarah will, both of MeSbotrystown, Adams Co, On the lst In-t. by the Rev. %V. C. Ben. net, Rev. Jacob Bum, of NOV Chester, to !Hiss Elenora Amelia Ender, of Berlin. 1)11_11). In Clear Spring, Md. on Sunday, the 4th inst. Mr. John 111•Laiighlin, formerly of Adams county, Pa., in the 71st year of his On Saturiloe — TOth inst. Irk zne florner, witg4Mr. Eli Horner, of Cum berland township. On the 10th inst. Mr. Dietrich Bishop, of Germany township, in the 84th year of his age. On the 11th inst. Mr. Peter Diehl, sett. of Ox:•ird, Idain county, aged 78 years and 3 days. On the Ist inst. near Littlestown, Mrs Eli zabeilt-Herner, aged about 69 years. RELIGIOUS NOTICES. The Rev. Mr. S3trru, of Georgetown, D. C. general agent of the American tract Society will preach in the Lutheran t.hurclx in this place, on Sunday morning next, and in the evening also, it is expected. ADVEHI'ISEMENTS. AN APPRENTICE v ive LL taken at this Of fi ce if imme v dime application . be made. August 27. tf. no2rzultQ, A LL persons indebted to the Estate of Vt 1 1 .1.11.01 M MILLAN, deceased, .late of Ilaniiitonban township, either on bonds, Voodue notes or book accounts are reques ted to make payment to the Administrators of said d: ceased—on or befbre the Ist day of October nc.rt—after e hicb time all debts remaining unpaid will be placed in the hands of u imoper officer for collection: DAVID 11PMILLAN, SANFL. P. NPNIILLAN, August 27 TEIVIPEEANCE. A Special Meeting of the Total Absti nence Temperance Society of Get tvbilrg inid its vicinity, will be held in the Presbyterian Church, on Weduesduy eve= ning next, at halt past 7 o'clock. An Ad dress will tie & livered. %V M. %V. PAXTON, Pres't. Aug. 27, 18:39. It. • TO MY CREDITORS. rciAKE Notice, that I have applied to -it- the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Adams county, Pa. for the benefit of the Insolveriftaws; and that they have appointed Monday the 2614 day or Au gust next, for the hearing of me, and my creditors, at the Court House in the Bur opgh of Gettysburg; when and where you may attend if you think proper. JOHN NIcELBOY. July 30, 1839. tc—l9 WOOll l . l . 4 few cords of wood, Ai ill be takeout this- office, immediately, for subscrip Aug. 20, 1839. AND A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OP silks, black, blue-black, colored, figured, Cambric and Jaconett Muslins, Barr'd - do. . do• Calicoes and Chintz from 0i to 50; BONNETS, AND A FINE ASSORTNENT OF a ULEP t. 1 4. 30 1 CEA tt in fact. every thing in his line from "a nee dle to an anchor."—Also, ~larclware, Queens - ware, . Groceries, &c. &c. all of Which have been purchased on the very lowest terms, and with great care; and can be sold, he ventures to say, as cheap as they can be procured at any establish ment in the country. Be invites the public to call and view hts assortnient—confident that no one desirous of purchasing. will - be able to resist the tempting BARGAINS he is enabled to offer them. ' scrAit kinds of Country Produce taken in exchange for Goods. Gettysburg, April 23, 1849. FARM FOR SALE. ILVILL be exposed to Public Sale on the) premises,on Saturday the 28th day of September next, the Farm,situste in Me nallen township, Adams county, late the es tate of FREDERICK Menem, deceased, con taining more or less, of PATENTED LAND!— About 120 Acres are cleared and in a good state of cultivation, and the residue covered with Timber. ' About are good Meadow. There ale on the pre mises, a good Log .Dive Mug 11 0 S E Log Barn, and other out-buildings;. two good ORCHARDS; a never fading spring_ of water near the House, with a spring house contiguous. Sale to commence at 12 o'clock, M., on. said day ,when attendance will be given and terms made known by, JOHN EICHOLS, Adm'r. Aug! 4D, 2 W: 4O ' 13t-21. Is hereby g i ven to those interested, that the Vend ue notes of Daniel Ludy are due, and in the hands of tho subscriber, re siding- ,in Franklin township, Adams coun. ty, for collection. And they are requested to call and make payment without delay. ANDREW II EINTZEL %lAN. Aug. 20, 1839. „, 20,000 Morns alltellicatiltS THE subscriber has upwards of 20,000 genuine Morus Multicaplis Trees which he will offer at pnblic sale on SATURDAY, the 14th of September, 1839, at his nurser y in YORK, Pa, many of them will be front three to five feet high. These trees are being raised by the subscriber, and the purchaser, therefore, will be certain of get ting them from first hands. To be deliver ed in the proper season J %COB LOIN ASTER. Aug. 20 1839. 3t-21. • • - „.• • ' . • • rAorzon.7. rHE Subscribers begs leave, respectful ly to inform the citizens of Gettys burg, and surrounding country, that he has, commenced, the above business, togother with HOUSE PAINTING, AND TUR NING, &c. &c., in Chamborsburg street, nearly opposite the Apothecary and Book store of Mr. S H. Buehler, whore he will. at all times be prepared to execute all orders in the above business with neatness aria de spatch; he will also keep a supply off:hairs of every description constantly on- hand, which for neatness and durability cannot be .4- rpassed by any manufactured in this sec- Administrators. 22—:3t. tion of country. He hopes by strictatten tiod to business and a eesire to please, to meld and receive a share of public patron• ADAM KITZMILLER. Gettysburg, Aug. 13, 1839, ' 6m20. ETTERS of Administration having been granted to the Subscriber resi ding in Gettysburg, on the estate Cif JOHN FLOHII, deceased formerly of Park county Indians+. All persons indebted to the Estate me re.. quested to make immediate payment, and all persons haying claims to present them properly authenticated for settlemsnt: DAVID McCR EA RT. • August ti, 1R39. 63:4 A DV ERfiSE MENTS. FRESH SUPPLY OF SPRING & SUMMER GOLDS, S. VJITHEROIV H AS just returned from the City, and is now opening at his Store, on the cor ner of the Centre Square and Baltimore street, a most splenilid assortment of MOODOI Suitable to the season—amongst which aro n fine supply of Superfine Cloths, of oil colors, the best ever bought to the borough of Gettysburg Cnssimeres, Cassinetts, Satinetts, Mouseline do Laines, and Shawls. Irish Linen, Fancy Handkerchiefs, FiguredSombasins, Summer Clothe; 169 ACRES, 25 ACRES, NOTICE Trees, AT PUBLIC SALE. New Establish lament: NOTICE.
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