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The Gettysburg . Rail Road•
EDITon :
The welfare of our state, the prosperity
of our cowtitution, and the success of our
schemes of improvement, require that men
orontegyit v, honesty, and regard for truth.
should alono be catrusted watt the innitage
moot 01 public atiltirq. A disgraceful in
stance of the reverse of all this and of the
/1 1,40,1e0 of every essential constituent in
faithful repro sentatives has been present.bd
in the conduct of the couronittee which re
(-only pretended to hold an inquest over the
Gat% sburg rail road.
That men who habitually Indulge in ex
cesses of every hind and who do not even
profess to be influenced by moral or reli•
gnats prineiples, should be guilty of lake-
Loud, is not surp,ising ; but it is indeed to
bo regretted that those to whom the public
has confided its interests, should be so un
fa Mini to their trust as to sacrifice honesty,
tru'h, and the interests of the state, for the
gratification of p:irsetril animosity against
an individual or the promotion of patty it,-
wrest.
That these sacrifices have been made is
proved by the report of the committee to
the satisfaction of all who have been con
neeted with this road or who understood the
manner in which its afTairs have been con
ducted.
The ngrr.ts of the tato employed on the
Gettysburg rail road have been charr t' ed
with gross irregularity, if not open frauds,
in the management of the work, and as this
assertion lots been giveii to the world. it
becothes necessary for those who have been
connected with this improvement, to vindi
rate themselves and undeceive the public by
giving a clear exposition of facts.
Tho object of the few remarks which fol
low, is not to prove the utility of the Get
tysburg rail road, or institttte n comparison
with rail roads, bet simply to expose the in-
correctness of every statement of import
ance contained in the report, to which we
are induced by disgust at the misrepresen
tations of the committee, and regard for
our own churn :ter, which is deeply implica
ted in these charges.;
After.n few general remarks on the ob.
jests to be aflected by the construction of
rail roads, the correctness of which we do
not dispute, we find in the :1d paragraph of
page t the following assertion :
The distance of this route yet to :le made in
dopendently of the section from York to Colum
bia, is 91 miles.
The above containg en evident intimation
that the section from York to Columbia is
yet to bo made and must be made by the
state, whereas it is within 4 or 5 months of
its entire completion without any aid from
Pennsylvania whatever.
Again—the committee have supposed that
the link from Gettysburg to York, 28 miles,
must necessarily be made by the Common.
Wealth—on the contrary, the company
which has been chartered for the purpose
Of making this road, only wait until the
continuation of the Gettysburg nil road
justify Ahem in commencing die work, when
no doubts had been entertained of its speedy
completion.
The IF/ miles of the Gettysburg rail road
now graded, have been left out of consider
ation; correct these errors and the unfin
ished distance will be found to be 45 miles
instead of 91., or about one half.
Page 6, paragraph 2. The average cost of the
63 miles would be 7 — ,340 dollars per mile.
It is much to be regretted that the exact
amount given by a carefully compiled esti
mate of the 'total cost of the road, are not
now in my possession, but I can distinctly
recollect that the estimate of the first divi
sion of 224 miles was something less than
ono million, and of the second division about
500,000. These estimates were made with
a thorough knowledge of the amounts both
in quantity and kind of the materials vet to
be removed, and were based on the suppo
sition that the unexcavated portions of the
first division were almost entirel3 bolld rock.
t tie amounts in.money were carried out at
the last estimate prices, which, as the asser
tion has been made, that the contractors
‘‘ ere nverpaid, will no doubt be admitted as
t.tifficiently high to secure the completion of
tl.e wok. The 3d division would be tom
ted over a country unusually favorable for
the consiruction of the work ; for many
wiles the greatest depth of excavation or
embankment, would not exceed 10 feet—
there are no mountains, and but few culverts
on this division, and the general profile ot
the ground very nearly resembles that of
section 13, the cost of which was about 5,-
099 dollars. Many miles worild not exceed
2,000 dollars, allowing 12,000 as n very
liberal average for this portion of the road,
the length ot which is 33 miles, the total
cost of grading would be 1.900,000 dollars,
whieli divide by 63, gives 30,000 as the
expense per mile.
The superstructure. would also cost about
_4,000 dollars per mile less than the commit
tee estimate. They have taken with° basis
of calculation a plan which wo never intend.
ed to adept.
Page 8, par. 1. In proof of a combination to
defiantl on the part of the engineer department
evidence is adduced, the substance of which is
that exca‘ation which in an estimate had been
'calculated common earth and detached rock, sus
subsequently changed to sold rock commanding
n much higher price.
The reuien bf this chauge admits of easy
ccplanuti u. The n►aterial being of. Snell
nature that no evict e6tunate could he
made of the lenitive proportions of the dif-
It , rent items—the judgment of the engineer
beeame the only criterion. The sub-asaist
ants whit men:aired the work haying been
repeatedly charged to ovoid exces in esti
mates. took care in all denllful cases that
the nmoubt returned should be ton small
rather than too great. In the exatintles re
fermi to, the work was examined, by the
principal engineer nod as . tastants, when it
inimediately appeared thnt the contractor
had riot been correctly estimated, nod his
ektimittes wore accordingly increaed. It
viem cwitomary for the prinoipol n. , istant to
nieamart the wed: in per: , :ai about every
third month to prevent errors of this kind
from being long continued, other engage•
merits would hot permit a to be done more
frequently.
It may also be proper to remark that the
monthly estimates were merely intended to
furnish funds for the continuance of the
work—in other words were pay tnents on
account, and it w IS unnecessary for any but
the final estimlite to be rigidly exact, the
measurements of %%inch were made by thy:
principal assistant.
'rho engineer uho estimated the work by
direction of the present board of commis
' smiters, had refused to reelerinze these al
int at ions nssigning as a mason that the sub
assistant being most fiequently upon the
work was the best judge of the quakily of
the material, or in other words that the sub
ordinate Was morn competent than the prin
cipal; however true this may be in refer
ence to his own assistants, it does not neces
sarily follow in all other cases, and it would
be strange indeed tf n principal upon a pub
lie work, whose judg In( of based upon lung
experience, showed him that an estimate
was wrong, should refuse to alter it because
L it was presented b) one who had been fre
quently ou the work but was, perhaps, with
out experience—and who, as was actually
the case in the present instance, admitted
the propriety of the alteration•
Page S. paragraph td. These allowances
were ordered by special resolutions of the board
of canal commissioners instructing the engineer
-to estimate as solid rock that which had before
been estimated as common excavation. '
Then fellows a remark that "no resolu
tion of the hoard of canal commissioners
could change the geological formation of
any section."
Whilit readily admit that the board does
not possess this power we positively deny
the truth of the assertion which precedes
AR the board of commissioners has not been
accused of following the example of the
engineer department in mutilating their
books, it tnust follow that the resolution re
ferred to is still upon record in their office,
and if so, why has it not been literally tran.
scribed for the public satisfuctiiip• The
truth is no such resolution was passed.—
If the extra allowance to IVm. E. Camp on
on section 20 be alluded to, the circurtan
ces are these:
Soule time last fall the contractor rerpies
ted the prinmptil assistant to state in writing
what his losses had been on section 20, be
ing infOrn,ed that there were no means of
calculating the amount, he asked in stead
thereof a certificate of the value of his work
—this was complied with by stating that
the iron excavation in the seminary ridge
Could not have cost less than 4 dollars per
yard—this excavation comprised about 4
of the whole amount on the section. Alm:
considering his case the board passed a re
solution not that the earth should be trans
formed Ante solid rock, but that the solid
rock should be estimated at 1 dollar per
yard instead of 61 cents which was the o
riginal price.
That the contractor was justly entitled to
,
this extra compensation isevident from the
following considerations deduced from the
laws of contract. The obligations of cons
tract require that t h e parties should under
stand the conditions on which they are made,
if deception be practised, the truth disguis
ed and important facts concealed or suppres
sad on one pint, the contract should nut be
binding on the other part. This was pre
cisely the case in the allowances made by
the board, the first engineer having from
scarcity of time been compelled to make his
estimates very hastily was linable t o ascer
tain the amount of lock and estimated it too
little, this estimate being the only guide of
the contractor induced him to bid much
lower than the real value of the work, and
an allowance was of course necessary wen.
able him to complete the section.
I,
ran' 1%, paragraph 3. The committee are con
vinced from an inspection of the work and the
county over which it is located that the estimates
contained in the engineers report are not more
than sufficient to complete the work.
We have as little doubt of the intelligence
as of the sobriety of the committee, yet we
cannot conceive how by merely riding over
a portion of the country and frequently not
within sight of the route it would bepossible to
judge of the correctness of an engineers es
timate, one who hail been n profeENed engt
neer during n long life would not pretend to
such a thorough knowledge of this part of
his business as has been instinctively acqui
red by the committee in a few days
Pogo 9, paragraph 3. Your committee fmind
much difficulty in arriving at the whole truth re
lative to official transactions of officers upon. this
hue us many witnesses refused to answer (Ines
Lions and others positively refused to obey the
summons of the committee, while others left the
State.
The nbovo nssertions are entirely gratui
tous and are eulculated to tucerse every one
who has the least regal(' for truth.
It is true that none but the members of
the committee know what individuals were
subpcenied, but it is well known that every
person who had been connected with thn en
gineer or superintendents department was
examined except the 3 persons who succes
tiively held the office of chief engineer, of
these one was tint summoned, another had
left the State before the appointment of the
committed, and the third was at home with
in the limits of the State, and could have
been brought before the committee had he
refused—no other witnesses than those men
tioned could have possessed any direct
know ledge in reference to the affitrs of the
road—,and if any of them run oil' to avoid
~i ving evidence, the committee must have
lost some very worthless testimony.
liming one ‘veelt in which the writer of
this niticle attended .constantly the sessions
oldie committee no answer was refused to
any question except on one occasion by H.
J. Schriuer assistant engineer, who declined
at firt‘t, hut Mterwards consented to answer
an impertinent and insulting question in re
lation to his betting on the election.
Pugo 9, paragraph 0. Tho books behinging rO
the engineer and superintendent offices' contained
many env:tires and in ono instance a book in
had been recorded was ntotiltoed
so as to lea%e Ito trere,= of entriea thick had been
made in it. The hook containing copes el origi
nal bids was not to be found and - was never surren
dered to the present superintendent. A book con
taining only a portion of the monthly estimates
was produced. The other books of this di,crip
tion were either carried away or mutilated so as
to be of no use as a book of record.
Phis is the last charge but by no means
the tnost eorruct or the least malicious; as
we make eo ',locutions to
are as tin tc to mistakes in making entries
ur iu transes Wing ettunates us b keep
ers generally, olio when upou testitig uui
bunk.; such mistakes wrire dISCOVrred it&
tear ot making erasures of that which was
erring, cc should not prevent its rue
tifteation. 1 hat this teas the true cause ot
the mysterious eriv•ures reherred to has bi cir
proven by the testimony of every ono con
nected with the oh e, /Mid if the individual
who appears to be so much shucked by find
Mg them in one book will send a receipt by
which the marks of ink can be removed
from paper without scratching, we pledge
ourselves to use tt hereafter to the exclusiou
of every other nictioal.
In 0110 ill:3131100 it book in which estimates hod
liven recorded wus mutilated, &c.
We did not suppose that even the cow.
mittce would continue this assertion alter
the muss of evidence which was adduced to
disprove it. The true statement of the case
is simply this. When the contractors corn
menced work in 1836 the sub.assistants
were without much experience, and but N
ilo practical knowledge of the man n er of ma
king and calculating the measurements of
work, for this reason the 010050 Willows
were tnade for several months by the prim
cipal assistaut, and instead of taking the
notes ou loose paper, they were entered in
a book. The object of this plan was two
!bid, to explain the subject by practical ex
amples to the sub-assistauts, and give them
a text book or book of reference which would
serve as a guide until! they became familiar
with the manner of making estimates, alter
3 or 4 months these objects having been ac
complished the practice was discontinued,
and the book was never alleTwards Used ; tt
evidently contained nothing which could
have been of the least importance, it was
not a regular office book, and its contents
we are sure could only have been understood
by the individual who used it. After InV
lug in the drawers or upon the shelves of
the office nearly 3 years, some one suppo
sing that perhaps thin blank leaves might
be of use, cut out tho few that had been
written upon aid throw them away.
The book containing copies of original bil,t was
not b) he found.
True : and a very good reason can be
assigned fur it, such a book was never in
eNisience. Proposals weie opened in the
presence of the Canal Commissioners, engi
racers, and superintendent, such bids as wi re
evidently too high WCIO at once thrown a
side, those approaching the true values t the
work were copied on loose sheets of paper
aiid culculated,a glance at the results would
show the lowest bidder,who if a proper per
son always received the contract, the
allot
went thus wade, the rejected bids wet a use
less and were never recorded, the prices ac
cepted were pin wisely entered in each arti
cle olagrecnient, and can be seen both at
the Auditor General's and Superintendent's
oilice. The last clause in this black paru•
graph reiterates the charge of mutilated
books, this, us well us all that precedes it.
we do in the most unequivocal hi inner pro
nounce to be false, no book could be said to
be in any manner mutilated except the one
referred to. At the same place ►6 the the
assertion that only a part of the monthly es
timates was produced, the other books con
taining them being "carried away or n►uti
lated." This could not be,for the plain rea
son that no books of estimates were over
kept except those produced before the com
mittee.
Biassed ns this report has been it is per
haps equalled by the manner in which the
evidence has been published. My own tes
timony is sn printed that 1 um unable from
the perusal of it to tell even what I intend
ed to say, and it must of course be tw i n i e ui •
blu to any one else. On page 43 we find
the following:
Herman Haupt hi continuai,ce.
As the questions propos, d in the previous ex
amination relative to the measurements and quan
tity of work were of such a nature that they could
not bo immediately answurvil with sufficient cer
tainty. I have compiled and herewith
,submit to
the committee tabular statements. A and 13 from
urinal measurement of the present state- of the
work,finished and unfinished which I (iiquest may
tie inserted as my evidence.
The statements A and B referred to and
'which were of considerable importance have
been omitted, they contained - an.cstimate of
the expense of the wet k, compilA with care
at present contract prices which are suiliri
ciently high to insure the completion et the
the work, the result given by - them being
rnech less than the statements of the com
mittee, were perhaps for that reason sup
pressed.
H. HAVEIT
, -
State Principal Assistant G. R. R.
Disrcroursnuu AMERICANS. Daniel
Webster—He is a short and rather thick ;
a tine marked head; a rough, hard face,
with prominent f eat u ; heavy eyt brows;
and large, penetrating, expressive! eye9,--
The predominant character of hievounten
;lnce is seriousness—almost solemtiky.
henry Clay—Tall, gaunt, and rathei
ungainly ; but with a face that lights up
well ; month large, and eyes that almost
burn, when he reaches the paroxysm of a
discourse. His voice, uncommonly, deep,
sweet, and rich, and his gestures (Mutated
and natural.
John C. Calhoun—Tall, thin, and lately
pale; and in:appearance card mita. His
voice is pleasant, his lace intelligent. the
principle features being a ,pair of eyes,
sometimes almost its piercing as Funny
Ke mble's.
Mr. Me Puiry— Formerly a bold )(Ain. ,
man, careful of hits personal appear:woe;
but recently, state aitroirs seem to have
monopolised his attention. Ile now wears
his hair long,,liis dress is inegl, , eird, no d hi.,
r ,"everal wanner abstracted and gloomy.
THE COM MON WEATII
ROBERT C
This suit, :Which is more p„, 1 „
vs. Campbell, was celled up on IA
of last week. On the , one sere ov a ,: arrap
ed all the laqueys, Instl'ets and c.trice hold
ers of the Governor stae fte like Len• -•leg
to h u nt (town any. hung Icy :Ir.:II—to laugh
wlwn he lau! - .1,, ‘f,
rd ; and show how „
drag their vtl. earca , —,..s.:l;; , -;1;:_ --sr
s lime to 11113 liwts:: Clc ut r -•If. (1.
‘,l her sick, Rcc,cort flei
aliktating as v. as the: scone,. -rus,r .I
Pennsihi.nia, the persve 1.1:c a•ca ci; zen for
elpiaioct-.; re 11 k•A...
and all the latter trialicrettei -55..1....311 ha
tred was evineerf by ti:e.
principle witness.
The ctiust! %tas prepared; IN Mr- s,
arid his tiptiiiioz, to the jory„ was: a c!ear acid
"t ool oliog e N isiQue e.f what :Is f.0:1" vur
county : a more teades idetie: en of o,e
petiole, povi.vrs air' its fl;) r!.'nzos
never was heart.
Alter a patient examination f - S'LiireF , ="9
until Sam:lily at more. Tile ae , ,,reevt,
commenced to the j.irv. (;04/. Carton.
being the first in order. Mr. ; the
;.,rent gun hrit tri a l to use
I is trump...is and
found the country lawyers- Tine appear
ance of Mr. Barton is ss)tuewlial Fre v.sses
sing, if we except a rrstl....ssness rr v o - C .;
That index is if the snuff ; to a line t x ! fars
sive and intehectital eouoteaan-e. it oiaes
an expression :r.e.i.n;!-
ed to Canino., indention its ir ripe
for "I rea son, strataiienis - Inc
speech of Mr Barton cc 11:tild% a Inalli
ant clisida‘ at duclato.ktion. nit a ‘tviii
imagination, and it comi)lcte brae( al
%voids, he proceei!eil fiir mere n lieu
Ilk 'lndians.' flke the !Ilya of flthu,
stink back into silent v.. It a ca:onot
that 11 s ff•ct has 1:0! teen fe.l . l,4`Ni 1.1 1,./4:t•-
itig him 'tete to ec;iiise oar EL , 2.7. t;Cb..19..
Monday meriting Geo. Ale tiaLbtlf r Cur
hsle.took up the canse of
and, although, he made no ern7eAvor.. to
make the "rattle !brow oreasv
vaps,” 's et lie it rut tlttit;tlol.3lti •
tilt:Winn lAt the rt!dlt.; r_Capei.i.e l 9- Tire
mettoitv , note lacy tu.o cf coma
sel jury. 111 , is c.ver
wheltimio. 111 the afti.r.io in 3, IP.as.cliarif
, rollon ed on the same alas
biro and a more !wail, r: de
pendent defelleo t't the rtgbrs et an Ameri
can, we :lever heard. Witt! con-- , sansram
firllowed tlirian:li for labrainth of
testimony, and spread in ota-n dal, the ini
quitous proceed: Jigs. Ile ifi:sserves the Ih9
oks
of every Ame man freeman., for his fearless
defence of his ri;ilits and Pri•011- 7 , te,L W.
tV. Potter 1. q., and alit!' ritn.
ttummat.. ah,lity did Le to ni,de.i.tte iirry
think "the worse, the Letter - cause." We
have r!evnr seen him wf:f.7: OW7! '',.•^ T i l Or l s
!Old =n plainly, that Ins ;ea up bill con
test, yet he came v;itit everr eter-n - , an t!
strai , gled matitully agattbsl tht:
In tra.th, he kit the. " j rPe an d arrow * ,
and trumpet gentleman el she city, to the
small honors ut a "tin %11... Tic:" h!aiot; and
he showed that, thimit , h, t,tEiers lead been
brought here to eclipse Etrrrt, ire ceti 9, ll dim
the hrighitiess of their lie c-miciu
ded en Tuesday ( vestert ),:tb.7ezt 1 - 2
and then the judge ctiargd ziteirra
The charge was jit.it such an ea.c as VVZIS
anticipated by !! car., ie was giveti
to the jury, at 1 a esrereav ; and af
ter an absence et ;Ilona ttrx Louis they le
returned a verdict cC
NOT CUILTI!!!
It has been an unfortunate court far 511.
Porter—By pleading the statute of limins
tioNs, he has made umny cl taro friends a
shamed to support hien. By rutt:nr. roll the
ll'Mtirtrie suit, he sin.wea E.es fears; and
by a 1-,ss of this suit he has sfii..:vcr that the
people iti this county qrnarr- hoc::
The counsels for the defendaut were
Samuel Alexander Esq et Carit-Ae; Julia
G. Al Iles of our town and John Blut.-cluas!
Belllonte. Fur the Proos-- - -cular. Geo. W.
Barton, Esq. of PiidadebAia, W. W Put
ter, Esti. of Bellrforite, and Aforx. Gain,
Esq. Prosecutin , Attorney.
Iluntingdou JoGrtber, ef Aug- 21.
From the IlarrishLrg Ciro=idrif
MOST IN FAMOUS.
We most earnestly call IF:: attention of
the people of Peons . leartizt. to tie Itorible
diF.elosures made below. If a Laser conspi-
racy was ever centecapbEl d, we have yet to
hear of it. It is ectuidi% intamous with the
famous gunpowder 14.4, in the timer"! James '
1. The person giving tltis testimony is no!
par tizan ; a roan mach reptriati.4n arid I
high standing, and was sLe of tier'.Patter
son's principle utliccrs, warn that c.fficer
marched to Harrisburg to quell the rioters.'
Let the people read and reflect upimi these
horrible disclosures; let them pa ...Es judg-
Meat at the next election en a party r a lead
,ing member of which would, fur the take of
aiding that party in its wicked purposes,
thus contempt:4e the destruction of human
life by the thousand. This ili•xlesits Loco
Focoisin. flits votaries cannot rule, they
I will destroy the citizens of the land by the
car load. people of Pennsylvania,
to a sense of your danger. If Lt7co Foca
ism in theory will out destroy every ve:_• , tage
of your rights, its practicable alp :or:Alio/A to
your lives by means of power, &c. will.
A. J. PLEAsovrox apper.toA tel;re the
committee, and being. doll; sworn acctadaa i g
to law, deposed as follows.
Q,est.—Pleasr: to srFt,:e any conversation
yeu had with any pers.an eG•urae. le d wi th th e
iota disturbance at Ilarrishurg ; or a m p tu .
her of either branch of the 1,..-gistature in re
lation the intention of the Woniolittee of
Safety, or of those who ac:ed with them,
tearing up the rail roa or any other act so
as to prevent the troops un-ler Geo. Patter
sniN command reaching Ilartishorr.
Ans.—l do not know shat the ii.tesition
of the cotninitten trire co/lime:oil with
them was, I liar! no conversation with any
one on the ut i.f the ir.tentina of th o ., e "
persons ; I have on knowied:e (deny thing
done in Philadelp!,ia, excep: stu h. as is de
from coon:mu tua. il. !: was e:iirrent
ly reported every where in Philadelphia ho.
fore the troopslelt for Illarrisburg,that they
would be prevented from marching or would
he obstructed in their progress to the State
Capitol, and the firming to accomplish this
was said to be the removal of some of the
rails on the railway. There was much ex
citement in Philadelphia on the reception
of the Governor's order, and the rumors as
sumed the complexion of the political par•
ties who originated ftetri. I had bef.ii ro
General I'atiets‘m, that the per
../14 VOlO WPM to hive rS'ITMVP(I the rads
were prevented from so fling by the inter
ference of some of the idlicers of Ih , e vehet•
if - Cis ihriIISHVOC, who represented lo their
the injury that would results to their friends
from the execution of such an intention.
Quest fly Mr. At rtln y —Pleasy tostarc
übether Z. on had any conversation With nn•;
Ih'• Van Buten men.bers of either branch
of the Legislature as to what the Van Ito
rell party, or any portion of it, designed to
;dam in ord,-r to prevent the troops under Ge
'neral Patter-am from tooehing I larrisburg
fns —On t h e 20,th 61111)11,11*V 1;11,
Ira to 5..1! COL Ml' EIWPe, 11 Member Or the
11 Representatives from Bedford, on
some politic business, nt his lodgings in the
menurg. He was undressed and shoot to
,y 0 to bed, hot entered into convorsatton
with inn on the subject of my business,
in the course of winch he referred to the
character of the voloweer troops from Phil-
who had been in service in the pre
montli of December at this place.—
Ho spoke very favorably of diem, and said
that it was well fir thi in that so many of
them were democrats, us otherwise they
would ncrcr have lived to hare reached Har
risburg. He then stated that on thetilt
nounrcment herr that the troops from Phil
adelphitz would obey the order of the Gor
ernor and would march for Harrisburg, it
was agreed by himself and two or three oth
era whom he did not name, to prevent their
sr viral at this place at all hazards, suppo
ant at the moment that as the troops hr long
fq to Philadelphia, they were all Whigs
and farorable to the State administration.
To carry oat this ogre( mint, lie said it teas
dtterrizined TO R MON' E A FEW OE
THE RAILS ON THE RAIL ROAD
vi• TnE NIOST DANGEROUS P RT
OF IT.AND A LSO TO FORM A 111 N E
UN DER TH IS EXPOSIT) PA It T, TO
BE FILLED WITH GUNPOWDER.
SO THAT IN THE CONFUSION
WIIICH WOULD ARISE FROM "I HE
TRAIN OF CARS CONTAINING TIIE
TROOPS BEING OV EN TI INOWN
THUS RUNNING (WE THE TACK,
the mine might be sprung' avel
the Whele body of 1 bein be
blown ill:011U /fir to !
FOR Ttu.s PURPOSE, HE HIMSELF
HA I) PURCHASED THREE BAR—
RELS OF GUNPOWDER, AND SAID
HAT HE II A D PAID FORTY DOL
LARS OUT OF lIIS OWN POCKET
FOll. THE PURCILASE. To convince
me tliat he was serious in what he stated to
hare been their design, he further said that
Ihis associates therin7CClT men of tried emir
agc,ctrad, haring been officers of the army
! during the lasi ear know how to execute the
project they had conceived. This design
' uas abandoned by them in consequence of
information having been received flutige•
f l uently to the purchase of the gunpowder,
that the troops then on their runt front Phi
lad :Ipl is were not at all of the same politi
cal patty, a large portion of them belonging
to the Democratic party, to which Cu!.'
M.Elwee and his associates in this design al
so 1,0d0n,2,ed. Ho further'suid awl it was
to this circumstance alone that the arrival
of the troops from Philadelphia at Harris
burg without injury or loss, was to be MI6-
; bated. The design was abandoned because
it wt-uld have been impossible to have seen
rated the DeinoliTfits from the Whigs in its
execution, and protected them from the den
: ger of the explosion.
A. J. PLEASON'FON.
Cut.. PLEAsoziToN, in explanation.
I deem it proper to state to the commit
tee, lest some pet sons might suppose that I
had been instrumental :n causing toy testi
many on this subject to be adduced, that I
have never mentioned this conversation be•
fore my examination to day to tiny hut to
one gentleman from n neighboring State,
who was casually bete in atter•.dance on put)
lie business, and with whom 1 was in the
habit of daily intercourse.
When on the eve of his departure from
Ilarrishurg, he incautiously repeated the
substance of this conversation to n member
of the Senate, and mentioned my entne
that of his authority for his statement.—
That Senator caused me to be subpcenzo,
as a witness before this committee. When
I learned for what abject I had thus been
subpcenmd, I declined to give my testi
mony until I had stated these eircuinstan
ces to Col. M'Elwee. This 1 did this mor
ning, Col. M'Etwee made n•r objections to
my giving his conversation in evidence,and
accordinOy I have answered the question
winch the committee have proposed to me
A. J. PLEASONTON.
ANOTHER HERO or the REVOLUTION
GONE.—Mr. Wiliam Itawcet, a soldier of
the revolution, died lately in Virginia in tht
il2d year of his age. He had been for more
than forty years contractor tin the mail and
driver of his own stage, between Staunton
and Winchester; and heti , re the establish•
meet by law of a post route there, he had
established and maintained a private one of
his own.
ALL THE NMI IN TOWN.— An Eastern
Shot-email culled at a village inn,aoinewhere
on his travels out of Maryland, and ordered
dinner. On coming to the table, ho obser
ved that there was no meat on il. Having
called the attention of the landlord to that
Mg:orient fact, the latter told him that he
could have some if he would wait awhile;
that he possessed the only piece of pod;
there was in town, but that not expecting
any company at dinner, he had lent it to a
neighbor to boil his vegetables in, and v
had not vet bean returned. "Too obliging
by bull," said the hungry traveller, and dl•
-111.;11 u 141 Gl uGum,
FARM FO !l SALE.
WILL br exposed In Public Sate on the
prend.ea.on ,S'ottirtiop the 2t-th day
of September nurt, t he Fa rm,Nnuate in -
nnllen Ada mg eonniy, Ella 7140-es
tate of l'nEnenten 1 7 .1e.n0r,5, (iree: , sed, eon
!inning
lgg A cm, '5.-:;r1,
mon , or :ess, of l'A i EN:IT D LA ND
A boot !211 A r•rr4 el, In (hod ir, a glom,
sitttl! 01 imll the ttsiJui: covl sell
‘vii le Tio:brr: A hoot
ill(' El
'4,
lire ;2,0011 Nlentle%v. me MI the pre
In I NeS,
Pttr• fill 4-
El 4? U
11 irii, and lthor iwo
gond OR(;II.k It I):•;; f 'ding- spring:
of ‘vater timir I wi th a sluing
lieu,('
Sale to commence at I'? "'clock, !11., nn
said dal ,%% lieu ant talitore %%ill he given
Iv' nis ninth. li v ,
.1()!IN El(1101,S, Atha' ,
Aug. 20, 15:39
P 1 4;1`00" 11.$/i is
Subsci ibcrs 11.. as leave, re•ir
Iv to inform the cilizrn of Gettys
burg, and stirretindtog country, that he has
commenced, the above business, tosretlier
with 11()11S1.: PAIN 11NG, ANI)
N IN G, &c., in elintilliershiirg street,
ucarly opposite the A potheriti y and Book
store of Mr S II Buehler, %%here be will
at all tunes Ire nrepaied to execute all i i rders
in the above busitit•ss with iii•atriess anal de-
Silitle.ll; Ile WIII ;11 , 0 kell, a MTH% nl Clinir3
cnnstal,ily (In hued,
11,16(7h for neatness and durability millet be
, tirpassed by 4111 V 11)(111111:1(1111411 n 1 11118 $eC
11,'Il "1 . C , .lllllry. Ile luppi-s by siriht atten
tion to bu ines‘i and ti desire to •please, to
mein 7111(1 112C1 . 11;l: a share of public patron-
ATM K ITZ AI 1 LLER.
Cuttyslifirg, Au r. 1:3, 1639. 611120
FRESH UPPLY OF
SPRING & SUMMER CO; ES.
S. WITHEB,OI7
tt_Ti AS jwit tettiroed from the, lity, and is
IL now at hiN Stole, on Ili: ror-
ner of the Center. Square awl Ilaliimore
street, a most splendid assui towel of
suitable to the season—amongst which are
a tine supply of
Superfine Cloths, of oil valuer,
the best ever b ought to the borough of
Gettysburg
Cassimeres, Cassinetts, utinet ls,
ouseline do Laines, and Shawls,
•
risk Linen, [fancy liandkerchiers,
Figured Bonibasins, Summer Clothe ;
AND A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
block, blue-Nucl., colored, 4-fgared,
Cambric and Jaeonett Muslins,
'flared do. do•
Calicoes and Chintz from to 5)0;
13 ONNZ TS,
ANTI) A FINE ASSORTMENT OF
al 22 LP J-4 ,2)?
in fact, every thimz. in his Hilo from "a nee
dle to an arwhor."— Also,
tAAN c, ()Alt e, S e,
Groceries, &c. &c.
all of which have been purchased on the
very lowest terms, and with great care ; and
cite be sold, ho ventures to say, as cheap
RS they can be procured at any estohlish•
meet in the country. lie invites the public
to call and view his n.sortment—cordideet
that no one desirous of purchasing will he
able to resist the tempting BARGAINS he
s enabled to offer them.
6127' All kinds of Country ['reduce taken
in exchange for Goods.
Gettysburg, April 23,
420,000 ;Morns anal icattlis
rref'S,
AT PUBLIC S.
sub , :criber has upW/If (1,4 Or 20,000
IL genuine Morus Midt lentil is Trees which
he will ofFer public sale on SATU RDA Y,
the 14th of September, 1839, at his nurser
y in YORE, Pa, many of them will be from
hree to five feet high. These trees are
being raised by the subscriber, and the
purchaser, theiefore, will be certain of get
ting them from first hands. To be delivet
ed in the proper season
.INCOB LOU M ASTER.,
Aug. 2,0 1889. 3t 21.
DIOWICE.
ErFERS of Adtoinistrtuion bovine,
B" been granted - to the Subscriber resi
.ding in Ilitysburg, on the eqtnte of
JOAN
deceased formerly of Park county Indiana,
All persons indebted to the Estnte arc re-.,
quested to make immediate payment,, an 4
all persons linving claims to present theta
properly authenticated for.settlement.
DAVID Nit:CR EA HY.
Atuoict P 2311. 6t—l9
11 4 1TEREST TABLES
ork LC:MATED 4th K ti.E•
wELL, Esq., (ot Petersburg) I. ork
Springs, to be had at the Store of
SAMUEL FAIINESTO"I•
Gettyriog, Augutit 6, IS:19. (1-19
C:. - • -
Ilan• is the Anti Munl•uic t.
D. M. Smyser,Dein. (Antl•mason.)
Assembly,
Wm. Albright, do. do.
Director of the Poor—J. Sterner, Dem.
Commis , ioner—J. Kuhn, Dem. (Auti•mason.)
,luditor-- Samuel Durborrow,do, do.
Coroner—A. D. Kunz, du. du.
Sheriff--G. W. MCI Ilan, do, do.
Let IN hear nu more It .111 the mobitus about
11-4 'democracy !
STAR & REPUBLICAN BANNER.
GETTYSBURGH, PA.
Tuesday, September 3, 1 539.
pF:itoCRATIC ANTI•MASONIC NOMINATIONS
FOR PR F.SI DENT,
44Inz. Wm. tlenry Harrison.
root vrcP. Pursim:NT.
11D:ria - its9 C.lreT.ister.
Henn( aria, l=?lectors.
JOHN ANDREW SIIIILZE, JOSEPH RITNER.
iSepresentatfre IPrfranfes :
14t : LEVIS P ASS mer,E,
2,1 4 0 CA I) w A LLA DER EVA NS,
do CH ARLES WATERS,
:Id do JONATHAN GILL] NG HA 11,
4th do A MOS ELLM AKER, •
do JOHN K. ZEHAN„
do DA VII)
to ROBERT STINSON,
Gth do WILLIAM S. f 1 EN DEH;
.1 JENKINS ROSS,
Hth do PETER FILBERT.
9th do JOSEPH II SPA I'D,
10dt do JOHN HARPER,
I I (It do WILLIAM M'ELVY A INF,
1241 i do JOHN DICKSON,
1311% do JOHN WK EEll AN,
I Ith do JOHN REED.
1: - 41% do NATHAN REACH,
!Nil do N ER. NI I DDLESW A DTI!,
17th do GEORGE W A IKER.
1-;th do BERNII CONNELLY. Jr.
l'lth do GEN. JOSEPH M.l K
90111 do JCS nil.: FOII D E,
2.10 do .10tiEPII HEN DERSON,
2.'d 110 HARM% II DEN Nl',
JOSEPH lir FPI N ;TON.
ollh do ZANIES MON'I'CO\IEIiV.
Ih do .1011 N DICK.
Democratic Anti Masonic Ticket.
ASSEAIRLY,
Daniel :11. Smyser,
William A !bright.
PROTIIONOT,NRY,
Amos M'Gioly.
1.:(11 sT &. ni:connEtz,
11'illian► King.
CLERK OF THE CoURTs,
Samuel IL Russell.
COMMISSIO‘ ER,
Joseph .1. Kuhn.
A I MIT()It,
Samuel litirliorow
DIRECTOR OF THE POOR,
Jacob Sterner
SHERIFF,
Ccorge W. NlTlellan
CORONER,
1, Wholly II Kurtz
We earnestly of an readers
to the communication of 11 r. Hoop', oil another
page, in relation to the (iettysburg Roil 'load,
they will find in it a complete refutation of the
alanderons falsehoods propagated by the comm it
tee,. and the Loco Foco party generally, against
this much abused portion of our public. improve-
The Four Orin - ion Ticric t •
The loci IOCO ' S have nominated for the legis
lature Christian Picking and William McCurdy.
These are the same gentlemen who in 1830-7
voted for the mammoth improvement bill of $4,-
0011,000 which was vetoed by (iov. Rimer; and
who when a small bill of 1,500,000 was introdu
ced voted against it ! ! They would be fit persons
indeed to send to the Legislature now, when the
state cannot raise a dollar to pay debts already
due. They u ill be beat by at least 8011 votes.
The Fedcral Ticker.
The old blue light federulis aro in good luck in
these loco Foci) times— almost every candidate
On the mob ticket is an old Hartford Convention
feduralist—they'stand us follows:
Christian Picking, Federalist.
Assembly,
Win. )I , C:wily, do.
Prothonotary—J. B. Danner, Fed. (Allison.)
Con inisAmwr— ac light
Auditor—Amos Lefever, Fed.
Euroner--:Stuntlel ,MiCrr, red.
All Federalists except the Director of the Pour•
EDifeLlioz, ;'sq.
The conduct of this brt:tb•ntan is inost honor
able and praiseworthy, and his example cannot
but hair a most salutary intiucttcc. lie was a
eimilidato for Prothonotary and having failed in
obtaining a noatinatian,h•e ei.ines out and declares
his satisfaction with the ticket settled and promi
-14.5 it his bratty support. 'l•his is as it should be
—nt this crises. all should et/white Mr. Picking's
. example and rally with one accord in support of
the principles of the Constituti , n and laws,
filhe Vrand Jury or Dauphin
Comely.
118:13 no net, come ur.der our notice for a
long while. exhibiting a more honorable indepen
,denco, than that of the Grand Inquest of Daqphin
J;ounty, in presenting the Attorney General of
„rho State, for nn abandonment of his duty to t h e
public. Gnawed by the powers of the court or
t theiAhrcats of the functionary whom they presen
cd , they performed their ditty, us Grand Jurors
should de,Pwithout fear, .favor or ulfection."—
The names of iliese Eighteen men (being the
whole of the Jury) Will live, and be hunored,when
those of the corrupt Judge and cqt,ally corrupt At
torney. General, will borernembered only to be de
spised or execrated.
• In these times of corruption, it is to such men
a, composed the Grand Jury of Dauphin county,
- that the people must look Mr security. The fuun
t,.ins of powisr hay' le,i) corrupted, and WO need
look for inMeoityqmd nolopcmlence, only amongst
the people thelitsel es.
The State Debt hus been inerektra qty Covent-
Pother 57,100,000 in seen months. f.!oleth•
1);' the rub• 4 three, what the Maio Debt
be at the end of the pte,.:at ecntive term
The "Compiler . ' tAllcs &beta Elm Taco Foci,
ticket succeeding et trig. aril eke:Linn in this
county. There is about
loco filen tieker succeeding- herr, :er :•1 its
Imurcrs becoming hunomt--c. azz74 - trzrrn:Ze Irmaltili
ty indeed.
This story of promised tutcirsistni
7.4 Andy believes it, and the ...11.'ocrirClii" ka , ers not
ht lieve it itself_ Et aLvte}% proani,+es. istinenes be
fore an election and' i% etra,:els,rontr.n.lbrit.vil
eallt. The f' nly time it
18:16, and then its pa...AF Wad' t 111.7.1. ;111111:n1 T h
ful, its present pronii.. , . aF ,IZ•Zur .4.1 •
rattier °milieu, mine 1111:71
.u
-,ual.
We should like to know 8. PM zetur.# 4.7t.morralY
the Ince locos have on. trwur Nei... E.. lac hen
that Ccpi. ibrtirdy and 1L:_ce..4",:r..al irocLlztg la •
leinocrat4 of the .1. ::•tt.um 7,^1
shtltdo like to know - vallat wore.
rcumaider.
I; ft r rfirg'r.
On Tuesday etteninz fast oca, tzr.tiattly pennenble
and orderly horon4h. cr.%er c .+ostue , cif an
outrage of the rno.tttra:z.ra.r.r. allaaartittr, :Ind con
which should reflect e v,r1 , 3 ,tEr7. 2 ; a t -y rtr , m t. l , 7 ,,t;
heads of the tridtviduals. wi liana atild in it.
Thu facts are hrirtiv ,Ls
A Mr. itTeKiinro. n :rentroittani• - .11 - g fr/IT,t 'PS 1: IV.
appearairc and en za 4imr.r ruatlrt,.. iLI liar=
place from , zirlisle oa NtomEr.y 1} ,,, f1
krim%ii his Intention of leetmin; iiirpara aZr s..djort
of Abolition, in the Court-M.m.....1....a4a iLdStraang
evt-iing. At the appointed! name.
ino:i respectable and mtimmoinll 40f liy
country and town. were a.-4se-T-57k.r13 Ire fiLr put
p,,se of hearing hint upon a n.i.n:fmet Eat.
created such a di‘er.ity .m . .:311an
limits of our corintry for st.intr =wt., friol.. 7.11
Mel(inun proceeded to , aMlrte-4, orlgt armli , r.rc In
it mild and persuasive- 1311MXIMT, tio. alum
understanding and re:),--orb,e7.7§T, tEar thr .Korport
of the arguments ;, Lila
proceeding to this irm ruler, aorrar . 1011z471:il:_ziN
cournneiiced an assail-ft ISQ L'hawan:rts:l7.7o . l4.7 ,
77f /7170, one of which, we beinnte..sauval L..in ;-
11. i. tins vv itkint lv dom. wit 11 ani iire.r..nraltnui 4.1 -al!-
lUD; a. riot, but the pa.ntl ttatete, Ib ti`a.keAch-
Puce in the trialter etreeminw Af
ter file I.cturr/1 4 111.1
Esti. offered the f,,11.,..,Lng. re,..utu.numa, 2-1,411, T
being culled to the chair
liesolred, tur. will, ( L I" p
mortification and Lrait,.,it.tru.ti
coneluo. of a ff.‘4: 'imp! tnet-17,40 , 1111 .311nd vol,ll3.):fi
ing lilackguaril-,. to a.rtlietelcurr , t!:
the Iii -ace of i-ur - 11 , cumuli:us as Lave
atiseroblecl to listi_rt fic, iutlecrn iie
subjcct of tifaverv.
Alter which C.& NE_ C.. Catdoem., RS Tz
13tirguss, efiered a. ri v and oil tam ftxr the
the apprehension. t th e % Li p
Ste vc to. :idded jy't . y on..o wlf ai . cna
after which the cure Sc far
as we have learned. the . - ....tr:r..:Pdas Ilauvac acct 111
been arrested. We tut:. riorl ac 1 nor
the advocate 01 the eat.se lot we
arc Lral avvr shall be th.e adAte...,..tie• a! ttlx
FREE
IP übiii.e
We have frequent Iv thcce.hx„
week. that the mol d.. otT
congratulate therusta.t. 1 o_
raising u friend . of moruliLy ie y zwc.1 1 ..;in2,..r ns fL.c . )
profess in the presi,finfr jo,d 4l ie lft4 s 1 Thr
interest which Judg•e Unilltee ly in
the cause of tempt-ram:v., mrd the richiel Li
makes in his 'racial cap:l.:itit, to,
vent drunkenness., must .r.ou-s,...AnaL 5.0
good citizen_ lids charge to the =rm. u 7 jur?,
Tuesday last, was truly escraLatrim. earjoiLed
it upon them as their Seta t., fkir.ll, 11. V. 'ate ‘.r 3
loiter of the taw in the cauttac I ,!anr:-.2are; rs d 3.1,
11110 W no man to transcend Lts Ea:m..-ts. ext. ltau..—
And besides he enjoined it mion, n",r rouple
their bounden rittta,„ ki,emerelse. a SZip.l7.'&llll4,Ll imer
all places where Liquor was awd'llm ‘ig
iltruce to prer.ett arty ru.ne tre,m, 11-311.1,1 n.
dealing out spirits than the Ib. r.= :mi. stt..tm.c.tosa in
ter pry tation would permit
delicacy, said the cuult.,,All Chi* eFraillitst exam Les
little to give information, often valera tary imam - of
abuses of their license by me= wax) awn., arul
houses. But it is us wrung to, Ile tiaLmoLlod
such consideration-: fruru, title rmsza ckLo
furui,hesiiitoxteatiug skiritsto.iasa.ei '.a who
in CollblAillellCe of hs apputites,„ err.aves LIS Rile
chillr , t. at honor to s....ffer trcoca eratmm, air a KT
haps returns to 13,1:t tLetn, Ea, alonl
nc,,s. as it would ae to. sew arm re...... , nernaurgr aj plc
nit- torch to hii Lo
effort to prevent it.
• For tar --SP.',Lir
& IiALMBNY FAHIP-10.
In purtqllitice ot - p•Lt•l:Ec Large and
res p ec t a ble MI eh &BC lor i muctrifi to ;he
11l esent Natioind :o.d. State
convened at tIl& Cpurt,llll:ul-te ii the lror
(molt of lac tt.,!-Larg 9. # M...0a11y rzi i.r „tLe
2th utt —and o r l za.u.ao,4 to ;,,,,,Ak.;..1,3;ff- , - ,
UUNNINGEIA.tt, Esq.. Pee , :ralitta, 41/MA
TH AN C. Fouitcsr, .I.l.Nucs I 3 u,. Gum. In
vlN E, Lind3l. * 631D1.1111C. V bee
.7alne Doris, Robert ilia jar, Gte. R. Hoff
man, and It've. R. Pezzion,
A committee all te® ccatirreAting
Donaldson, Ateir R. Scrwtrittsi. Act,
Fink, King ‘l. ifson, jr.,
di eiv Heititze:macuSecilmf=tiatadrier,A.l.3.-a
-hant Keever, Jam, Cess„ ;LEA lolad
%vete app(nnted tar repolct cli...3.l!cuifJcirls for Ilre
consideration. of the met aing—ta Lc report
ed the fellattang which Int:e tE-11.1ra13Z:u,13 -
ttdupted:
&soiree', That the opitii-iir's act a:Lis met 'l
ing remain unchanged and as strengthened
by every day's extierieruee„ tibial the cell;
hope of perpetuating tl!,e liilheotty and preser
ving the liappmes:s eltits... t neao and 4.rowin a
count ry ,conststs in; spec-y.l2v or-s.-nonz id from
the hands whieh mar hot Geaserif
State governments, ...RI. ati,d wan
tonly spurt with 6, the mad tam: acting ;und
er this persuaino,„ we will!! tozeil;l-I , l° lour ef
forts with unretaving&LE.gerale„q 4 ,,, u overtimuir
their corrupt power, and re-'Ur.artutte ¢lz rek„,o-z,
of law, order. an:lv:o3.llk viartrar.
Resoltrel, That we witra eri. SqlterAgEtt Cvi
deuce of the forgoing, tratn, than is to be
liitind In the devetlntkes upqn the at:victual
tremsury Iw the %a© Buren it:73m headers,
such as Swartwout, Price-and others, swind
ling the public out or t.tuadnnLi 4.1 - thousands,
nay t:1 money —the trn. rlcanvirki
1)1 the St:. te trat'ea 11"...0. - r ' b
ii" - -,iskcOpt , t) at.
many months—and more recently, the
Fbamefill conduct of the Att'y General &
of Gov. Porter, in refusing to sign the hills
of indictment agiiint the 9th of December
rioters and traitors, which it was his official
duty, under his official oath to do, thus seek
ing, to interpose the agis of power between
ilmh handed cri oh° hind merited punishment.
Rewolre.d, That, impres , ud with these
convictions, we will heartily and unitedly
shimph•rt the Ticket s.Atled on the 12th inst.,
arid do our utmost to setuie its triiittiplia:!,
f CI UM, disregarding all personal n referen
c , ..s we may have ploy , wily cherished, and
reerufully sacrificing them on the alter of
Tire public good.
km/rid:lli:it we deprecate all attempts
io instinct and divide its. from the support
id the entire ticket, as a device of the
vtleifiV who with truly satanic craft, are la.
boring to that cod, knowing that their only
chance of success coirists not in then own
st:erigth, but in our divisions.
Resoircd, That full evidence ni" this craf
ty and treadle' ens policy on the rill (,! the
foe, is found in tl e !act that they have but
one candidate in the field who has offered
for the Olive of Sheriff, Pro. ininotary, Clerk
of the Courts, nod Register and Recorder,
each, whilst they arc incessantly clamor
ous i% : ainst the wise and wholesome poliny
of our party in securing unanimity and con
centration of action and force by a county
nomination for the aforesaid offices.
Resoined,That we arc opposed to any far
ther augmentation of the State drht,already
•-uinuusly large, and within a months,
-increased by ,Porter's prodigal eihnimstra
lion. at a ratio a bich in a few years, would
, wt II i t to mt mill i ons It &Pars, awl beg, , tar
every farmer and laboring wan in the State.
RlB Irtd, That we are in favor ul elect
ing the Canal Cotninisioners by the people,
belie% log them to be the proper and legiti
mate tlourees and depmitories of all 'power.
Rest)lred, That the flagrant inconsisten
cy of the party assumiug to itself the title
ci Democratic, in opposing this favorite re
publican measure exposes the hypocrisy of
os profusstons and moves that it is founded
on, as it is and ever { o rs 'Well sustained in
fi au I, di eclair's] and fhlechood.
Re:to/red, That we have fa confidence
!fiat cur c;milidates for the Legislature
‘lessrs. Sims ser and Albright, will if elect
ed, cam nut 0111' VieWS 11 ritd INlShoti itl this
f.ehalf,hv imposing further a accumulation of
, tunnies burt hens on the people, in the shape
of a State debt already too large, and by ex•
erting their influence and voles in favor- of
_wing II e election of - Canal Commissioners
to the people.
Re...wdrul, That every friend of law, good
2:overLnwut, unkr, ;Ind correct principle,
.1-; under 0 solemn obligat ton of duty to sup
!
port the tickets nominated on the 1:21.1 1 Inst
not on account of the men that compose it,
but because In their SIICCVSS is involved that
nl the principle of which they are the types
repi esen tut ves.
Re.Nolred, That the question pres9nted
to the freemen of Adams county now, since
the tickets has been nominated agfeeahly to
pe . j.:fh!:zun usage, is 112 f. whetAter, they shall
_succeed in the elevation or fiiii — patfii,Tlar
individual whom circumstances may per
haps hate Icil some of thiC;ll to pleter to
utLeis who are on die tickets; that ques
tion is past, and the ti nu laSUO 110 W is,
chotre of one aho bolds our principles, of
el,valion 01 one who repudiatesond :-1;:s
-owz,s them, and lmfds the anarchial due
,l the lucu fiato patty, and by such
elk %at ion to secure the tempoiary asceo•
deuce of • tho:e du:4lthlive dec:l.uus.
Rust - LIN d, That the attempts of our op
p -Lents to excite and array jealous feding,s
between the tow:: and count ryds a device to
distract and divide, too bare faced and gross
to es.:ape detection, mai is Fleeted by us
only with the contempt it merits. Our en.
emirs care as filth) for the country as iln-y
Alu for law, decency and order; but they
hope thus to thaw off some from the tickets
aid thus to conquer through our dessen
sows.
Resclud, That we admonish our oppo
nents that we are out quite till short sighted
us they take us to be, nod would advise
th to to Lcep their advice on this subject
to themselves will it is culled for by us.
Iltolved, That Robert Cobean and Ito•
best F. McConaughy, be the representa
live del - gates for this county to the 4th of
;7•epteinher convention at liarrisburg, cif the
opp. lulus of Martin Von Boren; and the
other counties concurring therein ; that
Clark: on, C. B. Penrose, oral
George A. Madeira, be the senatorial del
e,nti s tor this district, to said convention,
and that said delegiles have power to till
EIMER
1:.5..1 red, That we heal lily approve of
the calling the said convention, as opening
d oor t o the coocertration and IL:arnoliv nl
the opposite to \la rt in Van Buren: without
which It is idle to look for success in the ap
proaching presidential campaign.
The committee appointed at the county
convention to report the resolutions of that
c.nverition as to the time of holding the
county offices, presented the resolutions to
thetheming,whereupun it was unanimously
Resolved, That this meeting approve of
the Re,olution passed by the county conven
tion on Monday the 112th inst., and it is our
opinion that no candidate should he be elec
ted to either of the comity offices, ought to
be considered a candidate for re-election
more frequently than three out of six years.
The meeting was then ably addressed by
Gen. Samuel Alexander of Curlisle,&
Cooper. On motion,
Resolved, That these proceeding be pub•
Irshed in all the Anti Van Buren papers of
tliis county. [Signed by the officers.)
INVITATION TO DRA w.—Proteesor Espy
was so well pleased with the complimentary
resolutions passed at Germantown, Pa.,
that he ' , ant word to the citizens that they
might thaw on him at any time for a shower
a hail storm, a thunder 'gust, a whirlwind,
or a water spout, and.he will honor the draft
at sorilt.—Boston Morning Post.
AVe hail a erect rain storm here last
week. One of tho professor's acceptance:.
iu fivor of the good foliti of Gvrmasitown,
ontst have hero iii.gotiMeti here /03.11.4 that
tine.— Bait. Wit I.ly Sbri.
COMMUNICATED
At n meeting or the students of Mt. St.
Mary's College, in reference to the melan
choly death of their late Mend and fellow.
student, THADLUS STHVF:NS THOMPSON, of
Gettysburg, Pn., the following preamhle
and resolntions were adopted :
The students of Mt. St. Nfarv's College,
being once more assembled to recommence
their cla;sic and scientific pursuits, and find..
MP that death has dem ived them of a friend
ne r d fellow-student, feel it a duty incumbent
on them to testify their regard for the de
ceased. Thoindi this may avail him nought
—though it cannot cause a smile to beam
on his pallid and clay-cold cheek, or intent
Bence to flash from his dimmed eve—still
it will show that we cannot fret
that he holds a Owe in our mennortes and
hearts, of which time itself cannot deprive
him. Little did we think, when, at the
c l os e of our scholastic year we bade fare
well, that it was former. Little did we
think that he, who seemed the happiest of
the happy, should, ere oar return, be num
bered with the silent dead—and :hat we
would so Soot) see exemplified in him the
words of Divine warning, "In the midst of
life we are in death."
But insiwnetrable are the *lesions of an
all-wise Providence! and while we grieve
tor his loss, we console ourselves with the
thought that a liam*ier world is his—that
he now adores his Creator id the temple of
his *night and bows to his throne with the
angels of his choice. As tint only his stand
ing amongst us, bet also the bold he had
taken on our alikt long, and the relief of our
own hearts, demand that we should give
public expression to our feelings, we have
therefore resolved,
lst• 'Chat we are deeply afflicted for the
quddert death (.1 our tiweh beloved and re
spected follow-student.
2d That we feel his kiss the more son.
sibly on account of his many amiable qual
ities and highly cultivated talents, which
wou ld have ensured hitn success in any
sphere of ha..
That we sincerely sympathise with
his bereaved parents and ft iend4; in being
deprivcd of one who promised so much hot.-
or nod consolation to their dochning years,
and so much advantage to society.
4th. That we wear crape on the left arm
for thirty days, in testimony of our ali::c•
thumb.) regard fin the deceased, and of out
heartfelt sot row for his premature death.
sth. That this preamble and resolutions
be, communicated to his afflicted family, and
that they be published in Gettysburg, Cham•
bursburg, Pittsburg and Baltimore.
Signed ill behalf of one hundred and ten
students of the College.
Jrso. E. Nfr.G . ritn, Youngstown, Pa.
%M. NI CSEI: HY Littlestown, Pa
G ICA I'SoN EICHELBERGEIt, ederick, 1114
GEouur..llcetosurv, Williamsburg, I,i.
JAMLS N. X. ALCULOSK EY, Philwra, Pa.
Lanci:LlF"TrwAirr, !Arks courey, Pa.
Curnmatee.
The Baltimore American, Pittsburg Ga
zettb, and Franklin Repository, will insert
tis aburn and send their 'Ails to this office
for
AN ()Lo SE'FTLER.---The Delaware Court
ty Gazette says :_ "There is at present ma
the farm of Caleb Yarnell, of Middletwon,
in this county, n land turtle marked with
the ini•olls T. 0. 1711. He has been seen
almost regularly every year for the last ten
ears, always In the saLUc aid."
AS'IIING TON
All that is here said of Washington by
Mr. Cornbe is literally true, ns appears from
every act while living, and the list of docu•
went ary evidence furnished by Spills since
his death.
WASTIINGTON phrenologically dem ibed
by Combe :
"Washington was one oldie greatest men
that every lived. His temperament SeetfiS
to have been SUllgl/1110 bIllIOUS; his head
large, and well adapted in every part, the
moral sentiments and intellectual reigning
suoreinn. UP had n constancy which no
difficulties could overcome, and an honesty
of purpose and ardor of patriotism which
no temptation could swerve nor opposition
subdue. lie always regarded his country
before himself, and in him there was no quid
ity of mind deficient—no quality in excess,
uo fillse lights arid no deficient liglits. lie,
therefore,gave to every thing its due weigh,
and no more. He was dignilied,courteous,
and just; brave, cautious, politic, quick to
perceive, and prompt to judge, always act
ing in the right time awl m the right man
tier. Those who say that ‘Vashigton was
not n great man, can merely mean that he
displayed no one quality in excess—that he
rinved off no corrthcations, but ho had that
sterling worth, that daily beauty in ilia life,
that force of character, that grandeur and
elevation of the whole man, which renders
him far more groat and estimable, in my o
pinion, than the poet, the painter, or the or
ator."
ALABAMA. JUSTICE !—Edward Walpole,
a film dealer in Mobile, was recently hued
one thousand dollars for violating the stnt
ute law against gambling ! And C. B.
Churchill,for murdering Geo. Churchard,at
the same place, was fined two hundred dol
lars ! Put that and that together.
MARRIED.
On the 25th ult. by the Rev. B. Keller,
Mr. Conrzet Snyder, of Franklin township,
Adams county, to Miss Mar garetta Smith,
of Chambersburg, Frankltn county.
DIED.
On the 27th ult. Mr. Michael 111iller,
ed 76 years, 2 mouths and 20 days.
On Wednesday lust, an intant child of
Mr. Frederick Herr, of Cumberland town.
ship. -
On the 21st ult. Mr. Marto: Hellar, of
Germany township, in the 68th year of his
°be'
On the 2501 ult. Coin. Daniel T. Patter
son, 01 the U. S.-Navy, and (21 , 11/tuatidant
of the Navy Yard and Station in ‘% ushing
tun City.
A PATRIARCH.--Thera is an old gentle
man living in Sheba county, Indiana, who
is one hundred and seven years older than
his youngest child; being one hundred and
twenty years old, and having n son only
thirteen years old !
It SLIGIOUS NOTICICS.
77e Rev. Mr. SenmuUKEIL will preach in
tft , Tdith , ran Church on Sunday morning rzrxf,
,nu! the Reo. Mr. Rur nomni in the rrening,
ADVERTISEMENTS
AN APPRENTICE
10V ILL be taken at the 4 Office if knew
v dime application be made.
A tigtigt 27. tf.
na-14x4cfsi, it, a
ALL persons indebted to the Estate of
Jo- WILLIAM M NI HAGAN, deceased, late
of Hamiltonban township, either on bonds,
Vondue notes or book accounts are reque,
led to make payment to the Administrators
of said deceased—on or before dm Ist day
of October next—alter which time all debts
remaining unpaid will be placed in the hands
of a proper ()dicer for collection.
DAVIE) NUNIILLAN,
SAAPL. P. M'MILLAN,
Adminisfrators.
August 27. 22-3 t.
PUBLIC SALE.
PNIHE subscriber will sell at Public Sale,
n- on Wednesday the 2.d day of October
next, on the premises at 1 o'clock,.a valua
hie farm, lam the estate of CONRAD
SNYDER, son., deceased, of PATENTED
LAND, situated in Mountploasard township,
Adams county, Pa., four miles from Get•
shurg, and one mile from lionaughtown,
adjoining lands of Joseph Smith, m. How
ard, and hers, containing,
1 A C E
rno ''• of which 90 ACRES, am first
rata nil, and n duo proportion of
Meade, =n running stream. The ith
proveme io a
TWO STORY
' llKreather-boarded House,
41. tt.
,
4ex In z_ Wall a STONE BACK BUILDIND, at•
inched, a stone Spring house with a never
Winn; spring of water; also, a well of wil
ier at the door ; also a STONE SWITZ—
ER BARN and G merles, a good Log sta
ble, surrounded with sheds; a Waggon
shed and Corn crib, also, THREE
Excellent Orchards,
.eak,. •
bearing all kinds of fruit, such as j:lßry: -
apples, pears and peaches. The
farm is under good fence, and in au excel.
lent state of cultivation. Any further intim.-
mation respecting the same may be had by
calling on the tenant residing on the prop.
erty, Elias Bushman, or on the subscriber
residing in Ileidlersburg, Adams county,Pa.
Attendance will be given and terms made
known'on the day of sale by
RA urzng 3.NT DEn,
N. B. The above property will be sold
on said day without fail.
Ebptember, 3..
A. VALIJAIE
711.11.12 PCB. SALE.
I' ACME subscriber s will sell at Private Sale,
J U L his farm of valuable land, consisting of
173 slicares., fifty of which aro WOOD
LIND, with a good proportion of meadow.
The improvements are
A DOUBLE
.• • 1 " F p
ziexo atocipaa, •,,
and double Log Barn, with twol.— : _it"l_
good wells of water, ono at the Barn and
the other near the House, also TWO
• • (- 4 4,
•;*"i GOOD ORCIGIRDS,
The above farm is situate in Lat.-
! itnore towns!' ip,Adams county
adjoining lands of George Deardorff, Josiah
Bonder, and others; the farm is under good
repair.
• Any further information respecting the
same can be obtained by calling on tho sub
scriber residing thereon.
SAMUEL HOLLINGER.
September 3.
BOLT k G CLOTHS.
ril LIE Subsc rib hus just received a fresh
-IL supply of Bolt i Cloths of all numbers,
warrented of the very best brand.
ISAAC BAUGHER.
Emmittsburg, Sept. :3, 1939. 3t.
NOTIC3a.
ALL persons indebted to the Estate of
Dr. J ESSEE GILBERT, late of Get
tysburg, deceased, aro desired to call and
settle the salmi on or before the Ist day of
October neat; and those who have any
claims against said Estate, are requested to
present the same, properly authenticated for
settlement.
BT. GILBERT, Adrn'r.
Gettysburg, Sept. 3. 5t
TEd CIIERS
THE Directors of the public schools in
Mountpleasant township, wish to em
ploy TEACHERS to take charge of the schools
in said township. They, will meet to receive
proposals therefor, at' the house of SAMUEL
Sworn, in Bonaughtown, on Saturday the
14th day of September neat, at 2 o'clock,
P. M.
By order of the Board,
ANDERSON k.ll , LNG, See'ry.
Sept. 3. t.
The Alumni Association
Of Pennsylvania College, will hold its an•
nual meeting in the College Hall on Tues
day, the 17th of September next, at 2 o'-
clock, P. M. •
On the evening of the same day, in
'Christ's Church,' an Address will be deliv
erect by MR., Ditint„ A B.; to which the
citizens are respectfully invited.
T. A. N. KELLER, Seciy.
Gettysburg, Aug. 2.1 ttl
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Wooll`. WOOD!!
Afew cords of wood, will be takenat
this office, immediately, for subscrip
Aug. 20, 18:0.
rtmw.. c,o(DT,poQ,
frh H. S.VOPE, rourna his sincere
• thanks to the citizens olCiettysburg,
and the public generally , for floe very liberal
share of patronage received by him. Pe
tertnined to nterit a continuance iir publin
favor by titireniniing Pxertsons to please—
and n determination to keep conbtuntly on
hand
A SUPERIOR ASSORT3IENT OP
A) o
mestic - Ftl,ncy °Ala
at the lowest prices—he has the pleasure
of announcing to the publie, that he haS just
returned from the city, with an additional
supply of
4P• ^nos, desirabfe Goods,
which with his preen: stock will now en•
able him to offer to those who Auay favor
him with a call.
A VERY supprtrog ASSORTMENT OF
SPRING & SUMMER GOODS,
o all of which he most respectfully invites
heir attention•
Gettysburg, Juno 18, 1839.
j1.4.12.:XtataZ 1 .ZT...MU 1 121.5
GETTYSBURG, P.A.
f lIIE Subscriber begs leave to inform
11 - his friends and the Public
.generally,
that ho has rearmed from his Old Stand
(the Globe Inn) to that large and commodi-
OUS
TIEVIME-STOEIr HOUSE,
lately occupied as a Store by Col. Samuel
Witberm. It is situated on the South
East Corner of the Diamond, and until&
(filthily opposite the Bank and the Public
Offices, where by strict attention to bu
siness, he is determined to please and ac
commodate all those who may choose to
give him a call. A. B. KURTZ.
Gettysburg, April 1, 1839. tf-2
N. B. He begs leave to return his
sincere thanks to his old customers for their
liberal encouragement.
IPTMIIO 0:A121Q
i n NHE Subscriber will sell at Public
m- Sale on Wednesday the 25th day of
September next, on the premises, at 10
I)c.lock, A. M. of said day,
A VALUABLE FARM OF
PATENTED LAND,
situated.. in Washington tow,nship, YQrk
county; about of a mile from the town
of Berlin, and adjoining ConratkEisenhurdet,
Mill, containing
212 ACRES
neat measure, of which between 50 and 00
acres consist of good heavy Timber Laud.
The improvements are
.11 Two Story Brick
iri
HOUSE ,
A Bank. Barn, a new Wagon shed, double
corn crib, a ;og tenant House, and a never
lading Well of Water, With a pump near
the House.
There are also four other never tailing
springs on various parts of the farm, insu
ring a constant supply of water necessary
to the farm, as also a stream of running
water passing thro', the meadoW;
A due proportion of the above-thrm.con
sists of good meadow fund. There is a
good thriving young
4,0
OIteII.A.U I D 440 0402 ,
. _
of choice grafted fruits. The farm is under
good fence and in good repair. Any fur
ther inforrnatien reQphcting the same may
ho obtained by calling on the tenant residing
on the propertl. Jacob Smith, er on the,sub.
scriber residing in Berlin. Alan, at
sanie time will be offered for sale a variety
of farming Utensils, consisting of Ploughs,
Harrows, Wagon and florse.esears, &c.
Attendance will be given and tcrins made
known on the day of bale by
GEORGE IL BINDER.
td-I2
Juno 19,1889.
liettleivell,llllson dr Hillard
GROCERS & COMMISSION
M E TS,
Corner of Commerce and Pratt Streets,
BALTIMORE,
O FFER to the Country trade for Cash
or prompt payment, the following;
GOODS:
TO WIT :
50 bls. S. 11. olltilasses
20 hhds. West India & N. Orleans dint)
200 bags Rio Coffee ' (part strong scented)
100 " do.
100 " Havana do.
50 hhds. N. Orleans & Porto Rico Sug.nr
10 pipes and half pipes Champagne mitt
Rochelle Brandy
5 " Gin
50 tierces Honey
200 boxes Raisins
100 quail() do.
150 eighth do. Fresh importation.
50 ksgs do.
TOGETHER WITH
Cinnamon, Cloves, Pepper, 'Teas in-chests-,
half chests and boxes, 4.c.
Baltimore. Nov. 17. 1837. ti—tut
.Vot ice.
Those persons having books in their pos
session belon:2nig In tho "Gettylobury. Li
brary At;iociiit ion," will please return then)
twined:wily to Mr, Conrad Baker's elks„
By ureter of th