asstir • . •Ne ettv7 - . :4041:" ' ' • ••••, t 7 - V• 4 7(.. ti‘ r- 14 . . . if: : I • • - -,- „ , iStf t. r .t • 1 aygl. • • • rt "le 41 0% * . I • r 4•4 r . , ek • 4 141.4 4111.10, VOL. X.--NO. 241 A SHERIFF CANDIDATES. SU IF, litlV CEORGE W. M'CLELLAN Returns his sincere thanks to his friends and the public in general, for placing him on the returns with the present and lormer Sheriff, and again olTers himseh once more as a candidate for the Office of Sheriff', nt the ensuing Election. Should he be honored with their confidcince in placing lam in that office, no exertion on his part shall be wanting to a faithful discharge of the ditties of that important trust March 19, 1839. %111.VARIV IV X.I.Ty. . To the Free and Independent Voters of Adarns County. FELLO'V CITIZENS: Through kind persuasions from many of my friends, I have been induced to offer mysellns n candidate for the Office of Sheriff, nt th 9 ensuing Election, and respectfittly solicit your votes. And should Ibe so for• Innate ns to receive vont. confidence, by be ing elected to that °Mae, I pledge myself to discharge the duties of the office with fideli ty and impartiality. FREDERICK DIEHL. Franklin township, March 19,18:19. FOR PROTHONOTARY To lEveeme,tl oY alattius Coiinty . FELLOW CITIZENS I offer myself to your consideration for the office of PROTHONOTARY, et the ensuing election—should I be so for tunate as to receive a majority of your votes, I pledge myself to discharge the du ties to . the best of my ability. JOEL B. DANNER. Gettysburg, June 24, 1939. tl-13 A CARD. FRIENDS having announced my name to the Voters of -Adamti county fur `the Office of Register and Recorder, 1 would take the liberty respectfully to offer myself a candidate for the Office of Pro thonotary ; and solicit the suffrages of the public.. AMOS MAGINLY. Fairfield, April 2, 1839. to-1 FOR REGISTER & RECORDER To the Independent Voters of Adams County. FELLOW—CITIZENS: I offer myself to your consideration, nt the ensuing General Election, as a can didate for the offices of Register 4. Record er: And pledge myself, if elected, to dis charge the duties of those offices with fi• deliiy and promptitude. JACOB LEFEVER. March 19, 1P39 To the, Yotexs of Mains County. FELLOW CITIZENS: fir Offer myself to your consideration ns a Ji° l - candidate for the offices of Register and Recorder, at the ensuing election. Baying, front practical experience actin' red a perfect knowledge of the duties of those offices, 1 hope if elected, to be able to do the business promptly, correctly and in person. The Public's Humble Servant, WILLIAM KING. Gettysburg, Feb. 26, 1839 FOR CLERIC OF THE COURTS To the Voters of .Ilams County. FELLOW CITIZENS : I oiler myself to your consider ntion as n candidate for Clerk of the Courts, nt the ensuing election, being well acquaint ed with the business of said offices, I shall code Ivor to discharge the duties thereof with fidelity. S. it. RUSSELL. Gettysburg, July 23, 1839. t1.,.17 To the Independent Voters of AhllllB County. FELLOW CITIZENS : I offer myself to your consideration as a candidate for the Office of Clerks of the several Courts at the next General Election. Should I lie sa fortunate as to he elected, I pledgb myself to discharge the duties of the Office faithfully. THOMAS IIV(.;REARY. Strabnn Township, July 30. ri vv . NOTICE. 0, -41 11 , W ILL pr*ctico . Litw ,in the several, Courts Q f AdOns County—office in Clianibersbitro.; Street, ono door west of Mr. Pueliler's `Store. 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All Letters and Communications addressed to the Editor by mail must be post-paid, or they will not be attended to THE GA R LAN D 4k 4 •:: ge' ~, L' , .. ' ,-- .......c...- - ---t-,... z . • ' ••e _.1. - ...5tz .. .-_ / e rt ac ''' r . '''4s i (- - 14 ith R weetePt From varioutigardettseull'il with care." THE WIFE. Sirs (long her white arms around him—Thou art all that this poor heart can cling to." I could have stoorm'd misfortune's tide, And borne the rich one's sneer, Have braved the haughty glance of pride, Nor shed a single Isar. I could have smiled on every blow From Life's full quiver thrown, While I might gaze on thee, and know I should not ho "alone."! I could —I think I could have brooked, I'Ven for a time, that thou Upon my fading face hsd'st looked With less of love than now ; Fur then I should at least have felt The sweet hope still my own, To win thee back, and, whilst I dwelt On earth, nut be "alone." But thus to see from day to day, Thy brightening eye and cheek, And watch thy life-sands waste away, Unnumbered, slowly, meek ; To meet thy smiles of tenderness, And catch the feeble tone Of kindness, ever breathed to bless, And feel, I'll be "alone." To mark thy strength each hour decay, And yet thy hopes grow stronger, As, filled with heavenward trust, they say, "Earth may not claim thee longer;" Nay, dearest, 'tis too much—this heart t lltMust break, when thou art gone ; It must not be ; we may not part ; I could not live "alone t" ZilatD(.ol2laMaDTJo FRONTIER INCIDENT . Col. James Clark, Sen. of this township —a man of the days of '76—bas promised to furnish us with sonic skecthes of the ex• ploits of the frontier men. The incident given below is very nearly in the words oh Col. Clark, and may be relied on as strict• ly true. We trust our aged friend will make frequent drafts noon the storehouse of his memory—and that his example in thus fur nishing lengendary matter for the amuse• merit and instruction of the readers cf the Mail, may he imitated by others of the pio• racers.—Middlttown (Ohio) Mail. SAv.tou Mono.km —ln the spring of the year 177 P or '79, ‘khile posted at a place called Martin's fort, on the Monongahela river, near where Morgantown now stands, colonel Clark became acquqinled with Cap tain David Morgan then about sixty years of age. Morgan resided with his family in the fort, but cultivated a form on the oppo site of the river. Having one day sent a couple of his cliff :hen over the river to work in the field, he soon became alarmed, lest they should be assaulted by Indians, who at that time prowled throw the forest, striking at the set tlers as opportunity offered. Morgan took' his rifle and crossed the river, mounted the fence, where ho sat looking at the boys at work. tie had not long been in that posi tion when, to his extreme surprise, lie dis covered two brawny savages running across the field towards the children. Ho quite deliberately picked the flint of his rille,new lv primed it, and then started (at a run) to throw himself between the Indians & his un protected children—at the same time giving the latter an alarm that sent them scamper ing towards the fort. Morgan followed his boys at full speed both the Indians in chaise, until he came to a large walnut, behind which he took re. Inge, and prepared for a rough tussle with the approaching savages. The Indiansob serving Morgan's caution, also treed.— Then it was that the aged father and expert warrior [it in practice a stratagem worthy of a Whetz.el, a Simon lienter, or the most crafty savage. He placed his hat on his ramrod and projected it on one side of the tree, so as to . ,cotch the eye of the Indians. In an instant' the sharp crack of both their rifles was heard—a brace of bullets whistled through the hut—down fell the mock Mor gan—i he' Indians shouted and rushed to. wards what they supposed to be a dead en emy. ROBERT c. P.IXTOA EDITOR .IX 11 PROPRIETOR. aillteterte,:zutip!..aao tPtileaMpciart aiNipteleatiar›Rit tiauoc, But Nlargatee grey scalp was not yet ripe 1 for the knife. He took quick, deliberate aim at the foremost of the advancing sava ges—fired—the Indian sprang upward and fell foward a dead man. On came the re maining red skin. As he approached, ho flung his tomahawk at Morgan's head.-r- Morgan threw up the hand in which he held his rifle, and saved his head, but lost his lit tle finger. In a moment the savage was upon him. They clinched and a fierce struggle followed. The old man stripped his antagonist and threw him on the ground—but in an instant the Indian turned him, and yelled for victo ry. Morgan says he laid still a moment to get his breath, expecting the death-blow to be struck. Ile succeeded, however, in gel. ting one of the fingers of the right hand of the Indian in his mouth, where he held it with a death-grip. The savage attempted to draw his hunting knife with his left hand —but it drew hard, and gave Morgan a! chance for his life. Observing every movement of the Indian with a hawk's eye, he saw the handle ofthe knife extending above the head of the savage' and in an instant seized and drew it through' the grasp of his enemy, nearly severing the hand of the latter. The knife was soon deep in the side of the savage, who rolled over with a grievous death-groan. M , hen Captain Morgan rose upon his feet, he found himself covered with blood, faint ing,iand dizzy. Ile knew not whence the - ,6167id me, nor whence the weakness, until,. for the first time, he observed the loss of his little finger. Re loading his rifle .ind ascertaining that there were un mitre enemies abroad,he went to the fort, and procuring assistance, return ed, aired the two Indians, bkinned them, and aberwards tanned their skins—of whick he made a client's head, razor straps, et . cet• era Colonel Clark has often seeu him wear ing a belt wrought out of this human leach. er.—"Ever after," says the Col in conclu sion, "the neighbors called him "Savage Morgan." UNFORTGNATE AND AFFECTING INSTANCE or LOVE. - -The daughter of a country cu rate in Hampshire being !educed, by the death of her lather to the hard necessity of seeking some mode of subsistence; could find no other than going in the service of an old female friend of her mother, as her maid. Emetic' (that - was her name) had re• ceived from her parents the best education. She %%as handsome, had a very pleasing fig ure, was sensible, discreet, and of the Most modest deportment. Unfortunately for ter, a yowl! , mmtleman of good fortune, who 1 was a frien d c ' of the family with which she lived, frequently visited the house. master and mistress keeping only one foot man, poor Erneha, who generally assisted in serving the tea, had thus an opportunity of seeing the young man, and tell in lovo with him before she was aware of the pro gress of that sentiment in heart. When sue did perceive it, her reason induced her to oppose it, and she made many ineffectual eff)rts for that purpose; indeed, so violent were her struggles, that her health became seriously affected by them. Her mistress, wh,, loved her tenderly, after having con stilted several physicians in vain, sent her to the house of a friend a' twenty miles die lance, to try whether change of air would j not be of service to her. The ah, , ence of f the übject of her effectiun, no doubt, contri buted to her recovery. She returned to her mistress; and, having the same ripper. !unities of seeing the young man as before, her passion revived. Firmly resolved to conquer or die, rather than give way to an attachment that increased in spite of her, she relaxed into the most deplorable state of health. - 1 he physcians, not being to dis cover the cause oilier disorder,thought that she must be Larded by soma deep sorrow, and pronounced her danger. Her afflicted mistress entreated her to entrust her with the pecrvt, and, to induce her to do so, told her the danger she was in; and promised not only not to betray her confidence, but to do her utmost to obtain the means neee,sa ry li,r her cue. Overcome by affection of her tnistress,she acknowledged her passion, begged her to conceal it from lum who was the object of it ; and received with the re• 1 signation the news of her approaching dis solution, which would at last deliver her from an unfortunate passion that all her ef forts had been unable to vanquish. Her mistress could not help informing her hus band of the discovery. They agreed to sound the young man upon the subject ; and finding, by degrees, that he had observed the merit of Emelia, they prevailed upon' him to pity her situation. He consented— asked to see her, (she being previously pre pared for it by her mistress,) entered into conversation with her health re-established; and even went so tar as to say that it she could recover, he would be happy to marry her. 'Marry me?' cried she, raising her arms and fixing her eyes upon him, 'marry!' and, throwing her head back, she instantly expired. CONJUGAL Mass.—A French woman in Philadelphia, the other day, gave the pub lic a gratuitous exhibition of wedded felic ity, in the person of her husband, whom she pelted with stones and apples, and deluged with water. What an inducement to latch. elors, to change their "tree unhous'd con• dition l" CAN'T BE GOT OFF.—The Albany Mic roscope says that the "Wild Cat" money is so internal bad ►n Michigan, that the mili tary refuied to take it for wadding on the Fourth, foe fear their muskets wouldn't go oen :1(1- FE ARLES S AND IP It 4_711 DANDI.—AsI was passing up West minster street the other day, I was very !Much amused at a few remarks made by live little urchins who were rolling en be- toreme. They had just met one of our modern dandies, whose upper lip was pretty considerably shaded mith dark, grizzly looking hair. ' "What's that?" asked the younger lad. • "That," replied the other, "why that— that is—l don't know what they call it, but it belongs to the caravan." "To the caravan—why I wonder how it got lost ? Perhaps it will bite I" "No, I guoss nut ; poke a stick at it and Not at all afraid, the younger did run af ter it, and coolly poked a stick alit. "Y ou impertinent little rascal," exclaimed the ex quisite, turning suddenly around, "desist, or j'll chastise ye, dam'me if I will nut." "Hey ?" cried the astonished urchin. "11-n-y !—yes, you low, vulgar, ill-born, illiterate scamp ; obsquatolise you in an iustant"—nod raising his foot too suddenly to effect his purpose, as ill luck would have it, a se am gave way, and one leg of his pantaloons was ripped apart. "Ilurst his boiler ! burst his boiler !" screamed the lads, and away they scam• pored. The beet of the joke was, three ladies stopped by the way and witnessed the whole ailltir.apparently with much gratification. Providence Journal. Grrostrs.—By 7'. S. Cotridge.—Define a vulgar ghost with reference to all that is called Ghostlike. It is visibility without tangibility; which is also the definition of a :shadow. Therefore, a vulgar ghost and a ,shadow would be the same; because two different things cannot have the same de fitiition. A visible substance without sus. ceptibility of impact I maintain to bo an absurdity. Unless there he an external substance, the bodily eye cannot sue it ; therefore, in all such cases, that which is supposed to 1.). seen, is, in fact, not seen, but ib an image of the brain. External objects naturally produce sensation, but here, in truth, sensation produces as it were, the ex ternal object. Of course, if the vulgar ghost be really a shadow, there must be some substance of which it is the shadow. These visible and intangible shadows without substances to cause them are absurd. Whenever a real ghost appears, by which I mean some man or woman dressed up to frighten another, if the supernatural character of the appari tion has been tor a moment believed, the effects on the spectator have always been most terrible—convulsion, idiocy, madness or even death on the spot. Consider the awful descriptions in the Old'Testament of the effeCts ut a spiritual presenco on the prophets and seers of the Hebrews; the terror, the exceeding great dread, the utter loss of all animal power. But in our coin mon ghosts stories, you always find that the seer, oiler a most appalling apparition, as you are to believe, is quite well the next day. Perhaps he may have a headache, but that is the outside of the effect produced. Allston, a man of genius, and the best painter yet produced by America, when he was in England, told me an anecdote which confirms what I have been saying. I was, I think, in the University of Cambridge, near Boston, that a certain youth took it in to his wise head to endeavor to convect a Tom Painish companion of his by appear log as a ghost before him. He accordingly dressed himself up in the usual way, having previously extracted the ball from the pistol which always lay near the head of his friend's bed. Upon first awakening, and seeing the apparition, the youth who was to be frightened, A., very coolly looked his companion, the ghost, in the face, and said, I know you, this is a good joke, but you see, I am not frightened. Now you may vanish.' The ghost stood still. 'Come,' said A., that is eriongli. I shall nut get angry, away !' Still the ghost moved not. 'By —,' ejaculated A., 'it you do not in three minutes, go away, I'll shout you.' Ile wait ed the time, deliberately levelled the pistol, fired, and with a scream at the immetibility of the figure, became convulsed and after wards died. The very instant he believed it to be a ghost, his human nature tell be tore it. Changing one's mind.--Main't I see you hum from meeting, Eunice V sail a Yankee to a girl whoin he 'kinder, sorter' had a feeling for. 'No you shan't do no sick thing. I'm otherwise engaged.'— ' Well, I guess you've missed it oue't—l've got my pockets chuck full of gingerbread and anions.' 'You may take my arm, Reu ben.' Lot every mother and nurse read the fol lowing: Attention to the Sight in Childhood.— In order to see well, it is necessary to be gin early in life to take care of the eyes. Many children have their sight permanently weakened by the carelessness or nurses, in exposing them soon atter birth to a strong light, or to the bright glare of a fire, &c. These cannot, therefore, be too strongly im pressed on nurses and servants by those who regard' the welfare of their offspring. The eyes of infants should be gradually ac customed to exercise themselves in scrutin izing distant' objects; but this should bs done in the most careful manner without in ducire, them to strain their tender sight on such things as are too remote or dazzling for them to see without causing a fOrcible contraction of their immature organs which may be the foundation of permanent or ir remediable debility.—Curtts on the Pre for:Ilion of Siaht7 ASPIRATIONS OF MIND UT REV. OTITILLT. IFENVET Fix thino eve upon a star in the tndrf►n Ito distnnce and depth of heaven. What beam is that which visiteth. thee from afar ! If 1 were to pause now, for the brief space of only eight minutes, a ray from the sun would, in that brief interval, have traversed about a hundred millions of miles to retch us! What beam, then, is that which visit- eth thee from far beyond the precincts of solar day 1 Through the slow revolutions of years—[ speak the astronomical fact, for aught thou knowest before the world was created, that ray of light left its native sphere, and through distances awful and inconceivable—the silent lapse and slow revolution of years unknown, that ray of light has been travelling onward and on ward, till it has Gillen upon my poor weak sense. Now follow it back, on the lino of its immeasuroahlo progress to its original sphere, its home, which it bath left to reach thee; and does my mind stop ther‘f no, not there, nor any whore does it stop, but beyond, and beyond, to infinity, to eternity, it wanders; and can that mind say, that it is "well enough" in a little earthly comfort, and a few worldly possessions? Can the soul, that spans the universe, and measures ages, be content„ with a grain of sand 'upon this shore of time ? - No: had thou the' measureless, ocean in the hollow of thy hand, and, then mayest thou curb the dwel ling of thought, passion, and desire, to that narrow compass? Garner up treasures of infinite worlds in this coffer, and then may est thou lock up in that coffer the affections that are expanding to the grasp of infinity ? No, mistaken soul thine eye spans the arch of heaven—thy snaring thought rises to the eternal stars; thine own aim must be broad & boundless as these pathways of heaven. As surely as thou livest, thou must live religiously, virtuously, wisely.— Life is an argument for piety. Sense is a good guide to faith. Time should bear our thoughts, as it is bearnig our souls, to °ter• nity I Pnecocrrv.—"Ma," said a little girl the other day, who has scarcely entered her teens, "Ma, maim I got married?" "Why, child 1" said the anxious mother, "what upon earth ever put this notion in 'our head ?" "Canso all the other girls are getting married us last us they can, and I want to too." Well you must not think of such a thing. Don't you ever ask me such a foolish ques tion again—married I indeed! I never heard the like." 4, We11, Ma, it I can't have a husband, maint 1 have a piece of bread and butter?" Certainly. Now you begin to talk ra tionally, and you may have as much as you want. When you have done, put on your bonnet, end go to school." Another Presentment.—At the Queen's last drawing room, (says the Court Journal) Miss Henrietta Euphomia Onion, a bloom ing American beauty, daughter of lchabod Onion, Esq. of Elsewhere, in Massachusetts, had the honor of being presented to her majesty. nor dress was much admired,— Chaussure, flesh colored hose of American silk, with moccasins. Jupe (petticoat) of fig leaves. She wore a profusion of dia monds, which wore, as usual, hired for the occasion; Mr. 8., the banker, kindly be coming responsible for their return. The only thing remarkable, which occurred at the presentation. was, that when Miss Onion's name was announced, her majesty's royal nose sympathetically assumed a slight appearance of a turnup, as if suddenly af fected with some unpleasant odor. Boston Post. A Goon ONa.—A few years since, an aged clergyman in the western part of this country, speaking of the solemnity attached to the ministerial office, said, that during the whole term of forty or fifty years that ho had officiated there, his gravity had nev er but once been disturbed in the pulpit.— On that occasion, while engaged in hie dis course, he noticed a man, directly in front of him, leaning over the railing of the gal. lory with something in his hand, which he soon discovered to be a huge quid of to bacco just taken from his mouth. Directly below sat a man who was in the constant habit of sleeping at meeting, with his head thrown back and mouth wide open. The man in the gallery was engaged in raising and lowering his hand, and taking an exact observation, till at last, having got it right, he let fall the quid of tobacco, and it fell plump into the mouth of the sleeper below The whole scone was air indiscribably lu dicrous, that, for the first and last time in the pulpit, an involuntary smile forced itself upon the countenance of the preachev. Th e unexpected intrusion of so unpalliteilal e a morsel awoke the sleeper, and he , :vas never known to indulge in the practice afterwards. MR. CLAY.-A good ;ping is told in the Vergennes Vermonter , ' about Mr. Clay's arrival at Burlington, The piles of lumber in the vicinage of the. wharf were covered with spectators, one of whom,being anxious to present his respects to the great States man, while the carriage which conveyed him was detained by 'the rush. extended his hand so far as to lose his equilibrium, and would have fallen to the ground, had it not been for the: timely interposition of Mr. C. The Green Mountaineer retained his posi• Lion, and exclaimed to the surrounding inul titude—"Henry Clay, of Kentucky—he saved his country twice, and Louis Higby once !" It scarcely need be said that this scutirwsnt elicited hearty cheers. [WHOLE NO: 492. ADDRESS OF THE TOTAL AUSTINFINCEI SOCIETY or To the Distillers, Tavern-keepers, and retnilere of ardent spirits of Adams county. FKLLONV - CITI ZE NA : We wake no apology for addrcsaing you upon a subject in which w•• haven com mon interest. It is alike the duty and the privilege of the members of n•republicau community mutually to consult and adviso upon all mattors portaining to the general welfare. The subject which we now pre sent for your consideration wo believe to come fully within this class. The use of intoxicating drinks has, during the last halt a century, spread over our whole country, and the consequences of this use aro as no torious as the ravages of war or pestilence. When the Asiatic Cholera appeared in our midst, the citizens of nearly eves city and vilage in the land came together to inquire, What shall we do to arrest the progress of this minister of death? Yet the few thou sands that he swept away are not to be com pared to the number's _whom drunkness an nually consigns to a premature grave. Ob viously then; this is a matter In which wo as a community are interested,rind upon the proper remedy fur which we not only may, but ought to express an opinion. Having thoroughly investigated the facts of the case in view of the accumulated evi dence of twelve years, during which time Temperance Societies have ben organized in nearly every state of the union, we:have been irresistably brJught to the conclusion that the use of intoxicating drinks is not on ly unnecessary, but highly injurious boils to the individual and to the community, and that its abandonment would promote the health, wealth, happiness, virtue, and reli gion of every one who makes the experi ment, as well as increase the prosperity,good order. and security of society, diminish its burthen of taxation; ; .and connect numbers who - are at present it% most dangeroul etc meats into a right arm ofibfonce by making - them peaceful and loyal citizens. For the corroboration of each p'articular of this general statement we can' fearlessly appeal to you who are daily conversant with the subject, us it cannot-be possible for you to avoid seeing the effects of the drug which you make and sell. We need not refer tho tavern-keeper to a physician in order to convince him that the habitual use of the liquors ho sells undermines the health,brings on premature old age, and in numberless in stances, prevents men kern living out half their days. We refer him to hie. own per sonal knowlcdgo,or if that isnot very exten sive, (if he have not had longexpertence the business) in which he is engaged,he may consult those who are more familiar with its details. And we.could wish that you would all moet with us that you might yourselves give evidence and consult with each other upon the past history, the present state, and the probable influence of your business.— Suppose ifs to bo the case, and one of the oldest an est trustworty of your number were asked the question above intimated, viz. What can you say, from your own ob servation of the influence of intoxicating li quors upon the health? How many instan ces do you think he would give you of those who when they first visited his tavern and stood before his bar wore perfect pictures of health ;—men that could endure as much fatigue, and do as much work in the work shop or the harvest field as the most robust of their companions? But as the habit grew upon thorn, some in a few years, and others in a few months, from no other diseasethan that of which the first symptoms aro a stag gering walk, a flushed face, and foolish talking, became first bloated in their frames and bloodshot in their eyes, and then ema ciated, pale and haggard ; they next lost their appetite and digestive powers, so that their system could receive no substantial food and craved only for additional stimu lants. By this time, as will be readily sup posed their constitution was undermined, their strength prostrated, no one would give them a boy's wages as day-laborers, and al ter repeated fits of delirium tremens they wore consigned to the charity of '; cc , friends whom they burthened, or i.,,ereased the number of inmates in tgorp.,-4 poor-house or lunatic asylum. 11 You, were not satisfi ed with one, he conk; gi:ve you another, and another instance all the particulars of name, ago and ci:.cumstances, until the ac cumulating s m.:Lances seemed only to be re petition-9'4 those previously mentioned. it would then be superfluous to ask about I le' vir ‘.trldly prosperity of the miserable vic tima of this appetite. He would already trave told you that in most cases they ruined themselves long before the close of their career, brief as that might be. lf, however the question were proposed, How much do your customers drink, and what is its value iu specie 1 you all anticipate his answer, for you are well aware of the amount usually dealt out to regular drinkers. But he could tell you many a tale of wonderful feats pet termed in his bar-room; by individu.Als draw ing pint after pint and gallon after gallon,. and these have eveu been instances of com panies extending their midnight orgies to the break of day: He would tell you of many a day laborer whose weeklyearnings at a dollar a day just sufficed to balaoceks tavern scores, after his lost tune and board and clothing had been deducted, whilst many others with wife and fatally was becoming independent from a similar beginning: But still more notorious would be those Other; cases of men who.ta eiiraiagenee, changed' into madness by a drunken frolic, had &pm. demi first the interest of their money, or the rent slid inceitte of their farm,and theta
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