seen it berme ? Because, Harry :Ryden ham, in thine honorable and upright mind, them was no place for suspicion. In that of Ned :Berton, there was ample room, and ho saw deeply into crooked ways of the hu. tnan heart, triton they were tad. One portion of Merton's information Mr. 11Ialverton withheld—the deep distress of Sydenham convinced him it was no idle tale—his love for Isabel. "You have been vo frequently nt the house,' said Mr. Mal verton, "you probably know if my brother received my letter. I did write, continuing to Isabel the allowance settled upon her mo• ther. I had then no idea of coming home ; but I started very soon after the letter—a yearning to seo my old home once more, come over me; I had no ties to bind me there." "I am very sure your letter never was received by your brother," said Sydenham ; "indeed, I see nothing to disbelieve in Mer- ten's story." "Let us walk mer to the house ; I would fain see and judge for myself." Sydenham consented, and during their walk, let us turn for n moment to Isabel. She was crossing the largo hall of the mansion, on her ay to her uncle's room ; she had been detained later than she expected by compa ny, Clara not leaving her chamber since af ternoon. As Isabel entered the hall, Clara opened a door on the'other side. It was at this moment, dfr. 111olverton and Sydenliam reached the house. There was inside, ve nition doors to the halt, which were closed so that both gentlemen could see, them selves unobserved. Sydenham attempted to open the door, but the strong grasp of Richard Wolverton was upon hiri arm, his voice whispering in hi , ' ear—'•llist ! I will listen and judge for myself—this is no COUP mon case." "Where are you going, Isabel ?" said Clara, ''that is, if I may risk." "To my uncle's room," said Isabel, cold. "It is' late," said Clara, (haunted •by vague suspicions of evil,)'•my father may . be in bed."' "No," Isabel replied, "he promised to see me this evening." "Promised ! then it is an appointed in terview—to what purpose ?" - "Relative to my accepting the situation of governess in Mrs. Stanley's family." "In Mrs. Stanley's family N . said Clara, becoming very pale, "I never heard of this before ?" The glance from Isabel Everett's eye made Clara quail under the detection of the falsehood she had uttered, and sternly Isa bel said': "Clara ! when you took the note you knew to be mine, and answered it to suit your own purposes, how did you dare ad dress diarespectful language to Mrs. Stan ley in my name 7 Oh, it was most unkind, Clara, to induce her for one moment to suppose I could thus return her great kind- Isabel moved towards the door, but Cla ra placed her hand upon it. "Grant me one favor, Isabel—'tis the first 1 have ever asked ; I will never forget it. Do not gn to Mrs. Stanley's." "Why should I stay ?" exclaimed Isabel, "to be an object or scorn and contempt ! For my dear uncle's sake, I have borne— oh I how much of the bitterness that fas. tens upon the lite-strings of the dependant 1 It will grieve him, but it cannot harm him now, to know that 1 must seek another home. Let me pass, Clara, if you please !" "Is this my answer then ?" said Clara ; the passions slumbering in her bosom rous ed into fury, "and is it thus you refuse the first request I ever made you. This is your obliging disposition—your amiability of character—a very proverb in the mouth of my father. You have been a fit recipient for the counsels of your saintly mother !" "Stop, Clara! you know not what you are saving. Do not take name of my dead mother upon your lips, in words of mocke. ry ! Oh, if you had come to that mother, a lonely and desolate orphan, asking fur protection and sympathy, she would have taken you to her heart, and cherished'you there forever !" The hidden founts of me mory had been touched .by a rude hand, and every fibre in the heart of Isabel vibra• ted to the touch : tears forced themselves down her pale cheek, which she would fain have checked ; for the cold eye that was up on her, made her shrink from any betrayal of feeling. Gently she said, "Let me go to my uncle ; of what avail is a protraction of this painful scene ?"' "You shall not go," . said Clara, while her eye flashed, and her thin enstril dilated with passion ; "you shall not go, while I Lave power to prevent it !" "Nor is it necessary," said the clear, stern tones of Riehnrd Malverton, who en tered the ball, billowed by Sydenham—"ls abel Everett shall have a home, without seeking for it among strangers." The sight of Sydenham made Clara re ; but she rallied instantly, and asked in .* . 'her haughtiest tone,. "And who are you, sir ?" "One whose hand-writing is-better known to you than his face—Richard Malverton ! Go to your father, and tell him his brother would see him ?" Humbled in the dust, the guilty, but un repentant girl left the room. - "Label ! Hoe/Abut name brings back my youth 1 Can you love ono whose heart yearns to be unto thee n father 1" Isabel, who had sunk into a seat, made an efltirt to rise, but she had been tried be yond her streogth, and with. the exertion she would have fallen, had not her uncle caught her. Ile bore her to the holl-door, 'Swing her upon a-chair, andsupportm , her head. "She has only fainted, she will soon revive," he sail to Sydenliam, who bent a- ver the motionless girl, with a face almost as white as her own. The tiir, soft hand of Isabel hung lifeless by her side ; Sydenham raised it suddenly to his lips. "Oh. Isabel 1 Isabel hoN I have wronged thee 1" bust from his full heart : and it was no shame to the manhood of liar rY Sydenham, that the warm tears fell c m. that fairy hind 1 A filint tint came tip. an the cheek of Isabel, and returning con 7 aciaosneu to the dark and tender eves. ' , You are better, my dear girl," said her uncle, very gently, "calm yourself, my bel, you have' now a ft lend to protect and love You." "I cannot thank you, my dear uncle, now," said Isabel; tremulously. Richard Malverton raised the hair that fell over the white lotehond, and kissed her fondly. "Thou art strangely like thy me. ther, Isabel—God bless thee for the like. nest' 1 Harry Sydenham will lead you to the drawing room. I must seek wy b;:oth• er ; it is very long since we have seen each 'ther." • Svdenham offered his arm to Isabel, who walked feebly ; ho led her towards the fire, and she sat down upon the sofa shading her taco with her hand : for a few moments Sydenham stood by her side, and when he took the vacant place upon the sofa, he said : "I know I am unworthy your forgive ness, Miss Everett, yet I would fain ask it. At least, hear me, though 'tis a poor de fence to acknowledge myself the dupe of a base deception. Will you hear me, M iss Everett ?" he said, bending, slightly bend ing towards her, and listening intently for the words that might full from her lips.— But Isabel dared not trust her voice : all too warmly her heart was pleading for liar. ry Sydenham. She bent her head assent ingly, and her lover waited for no farther consent. He ran rapidly over the past, al luded to his own feelings towards her, and the unfavorable impression made upon his mind by the insinuations of Clara—own ed he had never suspected the cause of her submission to the insolence of Mrs. Malver ron, and that his worst suspicions were con firmed by the vile fabrications of her 'hav ing refused the situation of governess in Mts. Stanley's family. °And now that you know all, Miss Eve rett, will you forgive me I Oh ! believe me, I shall not soon forgive myself." There was a deep, burning spot upon the cheek of Isabel, that rose and spread until it touched the snowy forehead—her lips parted with a smile, that came laden with the heart's unutterable happiness; playing like a ray of light upon her lair and youthful features. Beautiful was the smile of Isahyl Everett, and so thought Harry Sydenham; he kne:t down by her side, pouring out the love that filled his heart to overflowing : Bo,mine, oh, Isabel I change and evil cannot' witch thee, fur I will guard thee, beloved—with the truth and tenderness of an undying love 1 will cherish thee forever; and if sorrow is sent by that all powerful hand, from which / cannot shield thee, dearest, 1 will share it with thee. Oh, Isabel, be mine there is no joy our love will not increase— there is no grief it will not lessen ! Be mine, oh Isabel, and I will pour out upon you a love, that will satisfy even you whose very nature is made up of love !" And a non, tho low, sweet tones of Isabel, fell up on his ear. "I will be thy wife, Harry Sydenham— can a life-time repay such love as this ?" Richard Malverton had finished his sto ry ;--upon the ear of that unhappy father it fell, like molten lead upon the condemned criminal. The uncorrected faults of his daughter's youth rose up before him in gi ant magnitude. Like the High Priest of old, the dark fiend of an accusing conscience was whispering in his ear, "She did evil,. and you restrained her not." "I did not. think to welcome you thas to the old home of your childhood, my broth er. L have been very ill, Richard, and this story has stricken me again to fuebleneSs. Cherish Isabel Everett for my sake—it may be my last request." As ho ceased speaking, the door opened, and Clara ewer ed—could she gain her father's car, all might yet be well ; and with such desperate purpose had she come. "Believe him not, father I" she cried.— "Richard Malverton has come back with little of a brother's love,. to sow dissension in the bosom of your home. Father, the tale is false ! listen to your daughter !" "She is my child—take her away," sail her father, in a low. hoarse tone of emotion. Ile was. obeyed. Richard• Malverton led her forth without the door ; she shook off his hold in fierce wrath, and words of pas sion were upon her lips ; suddenly a low cry fell upon her ear ;:then came the sound of an old man'a subs, wrung from the heart's agony—all I .4.110ri , sharper than the serpent's tooth it is, To have &thankless child !" The morrow came—Clara was alone in her chamber. Detected and exposed, she was not humbled. To convince her father of her innocence was her determised pur pose Ohm accomplished, she might yet re lain her good name. She opened his bed -room door ;he had not risen. flow still that chamber was It seemed as though the breath of the sleeper was nut there ? elate approached the bed. Yes tit was e ven so ; in the calm and immovable fea tures there was no trace of life. Yet, upon ,the countenance there• lingered peace and , beauty t--it was as though all the kindly and warm feelings that dwelt in his heart, had lingered in their upward flight ! Good old man! in mercy wort thou called so. sud denly. With features almost as cold and - rigid as the dead, Clara gazed on.!—Oh ! that long, fixed - gaze of horror t Despair had clasp ed the heart in its icy folds!. But the sense of her guilt was abiding —she laid her head in the dust I and out of that sellabasement ehe eamea better, and a Wiser woman. It was a room furnished with exceeding . splendor—rich and rare objects of art, from many lands, were scattered around, the gift 'of Richard. Malverton ;. for the old, man dwelt with his children But the rarest object- there—and -the loveliest, by far— was the gentle mistress of that mansion. :'fears wore in those eyes—those large, lus trous eyes ! Yet there was in them an ex nression olthe heart's deep, deep happiness. SySenhatu is spoaking to her : "Your uncle Richard, my Isabel, has or dered a costly stone to be erected over your Mother's grave ; and he has chosen an in 4cription, which, if it could be engraven with truth upon the monument of every mam ther, there would be few Clara Malvertons! "And her children shall rise up and cull her blessed !" "Oh Isabel ! I feel how deep a debt of gratitude is due to that faithful Mother, whose early teaching, and judicious couu• sel, have made you what you are. Thou art beautiful, my beloved I" and the young husband clasped her fondly to his heart— "and good,;, as thou art beautiful I Bless thee, Isabel I my own, and &Brest !—tiles,' thee in all things, even as thou hast blessed the life of thy husband !" Williamsport, Pa. From the Saratoga (N. Y.) Whig A. ~ CRYING SPELL" A short time since, a young lad, the son of a disappointed loco-foco office-seeker, til er listening to a long tirade of abuse a gainst the present State administration be tween his fitther and another rabid loco-fo• co, who had both that morning been gloat ling over a late number of t.he Albany &r -gas, which was filled with sundry abuse of Gov. Seward and the other State officers, and various misrepresentations as to the "forty million debt," went home, and seat ing himsolf on tke ftior, set up a most duo. roes crying. '%V hat is the matter, my dear little Tommy,' said his mother. The lad made no reply, but continued crying louder than before. 'Why, bless my soul !' said the anxious mother, taking Tommy on her knee, 'something serious ails the child ! Tommy, toll your mother this minuto where it aches the hardest.' 'lt don't ache none,',fep'ied Tommy. 'What does ail you ;then ?' 'Daddy says the f ty million rick is co ming, and we Shan' have any thing to eat —then I bhan't ha no more bread and 'kissed—boo, boo, bA.', O lordy, lordy ! irs'the,Forty million debt what ails my child !! Them 'Whigs will kill us all and distress the rest te•death, that's swim. 800, boo, boo !' [The old lady sets in crying.] At this juncture of the affairs, the office• seeker enters and inquires the cause of their grief. 'Why, my .dear husband,' said the o!d lady, 'Tommy is a:raid the Forty million dobt will starve us all to-death ; poor little fellow l' [Tommy and his mother sot up a most lamentable wailing.] 'Here,' said the office-seeker, 'may be seen the practical effects of that odious re• commendation ! When will men see the horrible thing in its proper beating? I've spent most of my time the past six months in trying to show up this distressing thing in its true light, but men won't mind any thing I say ; and my property is going to ruin, just on account of this thing. I'm heartily discouraged !' [Commences cry ing in company with his wife and child ] The kitchen maid now enters, and tiemb.• t. lino., inquires what has happened. '0! do see poor Tommy, said the old la dy, 'it's the Forty-million debt what ails him—see how he tumbles about the floor— boo, boo, boo!' 'it's bit him said the maid, 'and he's either got the hydrofogis or dismonitory symptoms, true as the world. Poor Tom my 1' Plaid chimes in with the the oth ers, and cries most bitterly.] Ming, the Ostler, at:racted by the groans and sobs, conies running Rom the•barn, and with "eyes like bullets," inquires, "wat made rich a debble ofa fuss V 'it's Forty minion deaths what's all but killed little Tommy !' replied the maid. 'Dem's de.samc critters wat hit my heel milder night in•de dark, and skare dis chit trios to d4l %Vat ail you tao, massa, eh?' .0, 51ingo, it's the cursed Seward debt,' replied the office•seeker. 'Yes! the Steward's debt !' cried the old lady. 'lt's the Stewed to•death sobbed the maid. 'The Stewed dead yelled Tommy. 'Gosh a mighty !de Screwed bed ejac. ulateti Mingo.—"Then they all set up a crying, 0 1" In June last, Senator Benton wrote a Tet• ter to a portion of his constituents, which contained the following signif.cant passage : "nook upon the establishment of the Indepen dent Treasury System as an erent which, sooner or later, must take place, but it may be that A NOTHER SUSPENSION MUST BE AD DED TO' THE. ARGUMENT BEFORE• IT CAN BE CARRIED:" This implied that the Administration had the power to coerce another bank suspen sion, and that it would be exercised, if found necessary, to perfect the destructive meas ures of the party. It has been done—the banks are prostrated—"ano'her suspension" has been "added to the argument," and the fruits of Government misrule are scauered far and wide through the land, Can any tool of the Executive, with this authority staring him in the face, have the impudence to deny that tho prostration of the banks, and the consequent depreciation of the currency, were objects dear to the Administration, and that the energies of the "Government" have been directed to their consummation 1* Ouzo ELECTION.—The recent elections in Ohio have resulted ngnin in the aggre gnte ut favor of the Administration party. This is a matter of great exultation on the part of the President's organs ) and there is a plain effort to make it appear that a change has taken place in the politics of that State. So tar from , it, fbr stx years past, except du ring the excitement. of the Presidential e lection in 1836 ) when Gen. Harrison's name carried this 1V big- ticket by nearly ten thou sand majority, Ohio has sustained the na tional Executtve.---Nat. Int. Wm. H. HAnntsorf. —lt is evident from Picts that are utmost daily presenting, that 'W.II. Harrison is rapidly gaining ground, in many, and we believe we may say, in most (tithe States of the Union. We have now little or no doubt but that he will be nominated at the national convention. II he should be, notwithstanding the unnusual apathy that manifested itself in many parts of this State. et the recent election. it will, we feel confident, re-animate the friends of their country, and inspire those opposed to the misrule and destructive principles of Vau Ilurenism, with renewed zeal and a meritorious ambition to exert all their en ergies to remove the destroyers from the pinnacle of power.--Chester co. Pa. Rtg. From the Harrisburg Telegraph. Specie for the 491lice-llolderq, and Paper for the People The U. States Government requires the pub lic revenue to be paid in GOLD and siLven, but the government does not pay its own debts in the same, unless to the• members of Congress and other powerful ofliee-holders. We cut the following from the Philadelphia Herald of Mon day last : SUSPENSION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS By THE GOVERNMENT OF THE U. STATES. The Government of the States fol lowing the course adopted by the Banks of this city, and further South, has suspended speete - pay monis to its creditors. Although unlike the Bank, it will receive nothing but silver or its equivalent in payments of debts due to it. We are informed, from unques tionable authority, that a draft of fifteen hundred dollars, drawn by the Collector at %Vashington, by authority of the Treasury department of Washington upon tho Cus tom House of that city, and for which the agent of the Government received a premi um of eleven per cent. was presented on Sa turday, and payment demanded in specie, which was positively and unequivocally us- FUSED 11 The above occurrence raises the question NV 11 r could not the draft be paid in specie I The an swer is plain. The specie funds of the Custom House had all been sent to New-York to aid the New-York Banks in their attempts to destroy the prosperity of Philadelphia and tho State at liege. But it seems that the Government has suspend ed specie payments in another department. We learn from the Philadelphia Ledger, La neutral paper,) that the seamstresses employed to make soldier clothes for the army, are paid in miserable paper, 10 per cent. below par. The Ledger says: "We are told that there are eight hun dred women now in Philadelphia engaged in making these soldier clothes—the aver age wages of each is perhaps three dollars per week. On this they lose ten per cent. by being paid off in Del aware rags, so that the aggregate loss to these poor, helpless, hard working females is 82 40 per week !" How does this jingle with the exaltations of the Globe not long since, that the members of Congress were paid in GoLn and artv - ca I The poor widows and maids, who depend on their needles tar their livelihood, are oppressed by the Government specie rule—a rule which does not %volk both ways. But more than this. it seems that tie laborers at the Navy Yards are also paid with paper . The New-York American of Mon d aygty "We learn that the officers of the Gov ernment refused, or were unable, to pay the hands at work at the Navy Yard in apecio, Saturday last. As the government en forces the payment of all dues to it in spe cie, we trust that we shall hear of no more retusul or inability, on its part to pay." From the Sunday Atlas. Philosophy of Advertising-. How nice!) we jibe into the following sentiments. A late number of Chamberal Edinburg Journal contains a very interest ing article on the subject of ndvertising in the public papers, by an "Old Tradesman." His ideas on the subject are certainly worth the attention of all who are anxious for bu siness, and are simply and briefly B 9 fol lows :—The great utility of frequent and regular advertising is this—there is at all times a large class of persons, both in coun try and town, who have no fi xed places for the purchases of certain necessary articles, and are ready to be swayed and drawn to wards any particular place which is con stantly brqught under their view. Indiffil , rent to all, they yield' without hesitation to the first who 'asks. Then, in the country, ' a considerable number of persons, who wish a supply of them, naturally open a commu nication with that address, which perhaps leads to much ulterior business. People in the country are also liable to be favorably impressed by the frequent sight of the name in the newspaper. The advertising party acquires distinc tion in their eyes, and thus they are led, in making a choice, to prefer him. But by far the most important effect of advertising is one den indirect nature, that convoys the impression that-the party—pretending or not pretending, quackish or not quackish —is anxious for business. One who is anx ious fur business, is unavoidtibly supposed to be nn industrious, attentive, civil person, who keeps the best articles at the cheapest rate, does every thing in the neatest and most tradesmanlike manner, and in general uses every expedient to gratify and attract his customers. People of course like to purchase under these circumstances, and the system of advertising assurirg them that such circumstances exist at this• particular shop, they select it accordingly. such are the opinions of the old tradesman•alluded to, and they are certainly supported by fact t for wherever an extensive and regular sys tem of advertising is practised, and no back drawing or unconquerable circumstances exist, it is usually seen to be attended with a considerable share of success. Ohe lea ture in the philosophy of. the subject must he carefully attended to. A faint and un fi equent system of advertising does not suc ceed even in proportion. "Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring," At-Ito — Ruction sale,. at eivoklyn, last week, a wash stand and contents, was knocked down at eighteen shillings. The buyer on examining his purchase fount: in 3 drawer, among a parcel of rubbish, a roll of bank notes amounting to e 5,000, and and doubinni,9 worth 81,000. The Surro gate took possession of the money. on, be half of the estate to which the stand be. longs, but Ms finder intends to .teat his claimi_to.thp money., (Jul of their own mouths shall they be condemned. This declaration would, ac cording to the annexed letter, seem to he in process of a new illustratiii:n. The per son who signs it has been the editor of the Era, n thorough Loco Foco destructive pa• per, who is, it would appear, ejnted thro' the interposition of two leacl , ng Govern ment functionaries in this city, to make room for two other editors. But the moral Of all this is, in the fresh proof here furnished, from the very adini , .; Bien of the adversary, that the paid, and richly p-tid, officers of the Federal Govern• ment in this city, aro applying money di• rectly to operate politically upon public o• pinion, and upon the free agency of the citi zens of New-York. Such gross indecency, such an unwarrin able interference on the part of Feeeral offi cers in our local politics, inuA, at least we hope, arouse the indignation of the people. N. York American. THE NEW ERA. To the Editor of the Evcning Tout I solicit the medium of yc.ur independent journal to inform the public, and more espe• daily the Democratic party, that I am not responsible for any articles that may here after appear in the New Era ; my connec• tion with that paper having been dissolved by circumstances similar to those •vhich deprived me of the services of my lute co adjutor, Mr. Theron Rudd. The publisher has announced, in the presence of many witnesses, that Mr. JCSEI2I T. Hoyt, the Col lector of the Cutoms, and Mr. Jonathan I. Coddington, the Postmaster of this city, have agreed to advance him n certain sum of money, upon the condition that Prosper M. Wetmore and Mr. John W. Edmonds should contribute the editorial articles of the paper. With such politicians, the undersigned cannot act, either directly or indirectly.— His reasons are ample, and all the circum stances connected with the change ►n am affairs of the paper will be fully explained through a medium which, with the aid of the Democratic party, may pogiibly soon be afforded him. Having, by a most odious and despicable act of usurpation, been prevented from an nouncing my disconnection with the New Era in its edition of this morning, and not choosing even to tacitly incur the res?onsi• bilky of the political articles which had been introduced to it by others, I broke to pieces the typo in which they were set up for publication ; and I deem this an act of justice, not less due to myself than to the Democratic party. I am, sir, your's, most respectfully, RICHARD ADAMS LOCKE. New-York, Oct. 10, 1839. A PitorzeTtra Tartirr.—D. A. Smith, Esq. in a letter to Dr. Brockenbrough, thus forcibly il. lustrates the necessity of a protective tariff: "IT HAS LONO SINCE BEEN HELD AS A . WELL ESTABLISEED MAX IM,THAT NO NATION CAN REMAIN IN PROSPERITY WHICH SHALL DEPEND upon- foreign labor for articles of the first necessity ; and Its truth is estab lished by the condition of the U. States at the present crisis. We have now a popu• lotion little short Of FIFTEEN MILLIONS OF SOULS, CLOTHED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN BRITISH MANUFACTURES, while England prohibits the importation of grain or bread stuffs from the U. Staab." The prohibition Avith regard-to flour is, it should, be remembered, only partial. During a SIX YEARS labor on the part of the administration to produce a RETTER CURRENCY, the country has thus TWICE been reduced to a currency of IRREDEEMABLE PAPER. The PATIENCE OL TIIE PEOPLE must, by this time, begin to be EXHAUSTED. The better currency is a long time in being realised, and if THE GOVERNMENT does not, nt the coming session of Congress, do souE• THING towards the realization of its often broken promises, THE rnortc will certain ly be justified in looking SO3I:IWHERE ELSE FOR RELIEF.—Boston ADV ERTISEnENTS. 21)..Wavglaatail t 2 403% WHEREAS the Hon. D. DunKan,Esq• President of the several Courts of Common Pleas, in the Counties composing the 19th District, and. Justice of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer,. and General Jail Delivery, for the trail of all capital and oth• er offenders in tho•said District—and WM M'CLEAN and Gym: Wrix.,. E.quires, Judg es of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer, and General Jail Delivery, for the trial. ot all capital and other offmders in the County of Adams—have issued their precept, bearing date the 29th day of August, ifi the year of our Lotto one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and' to• me directed, for holding a Court of Common. Pleas• and General Quarter Sessions of the Peace;.and . General Jail Delivery, and Court of Oyer and Ter. miner, at Gettysburg, on. Monday the 26th day of November next— Notice IS- AWN' CAYS' Giv en, To all tho Justices of the Pence, tho Coro ner, and Constables. within the said County of Adams, that they be then and there, in their proper person, with their Rolls, Re. cords, Inqpisitions,. Examinations, and oth er Remembrances•,to-do those things,which to their offices and. in that behalf appertain to be done and also-they who will. prosecute against the-prisoners that nre, or then elm!' be, in the Jail of the said County of Adams, are to be then and there,to prosecute against them•as shall be just. WM. TAUGMNBAUGH, Sherif. Oct. 21,1839. . tc. IVIEETENG• A SPECIAL Meeting of, the ..York Spring's Total Abstinence Society," will be held on Saturday Evening, Nov. 2, at 6.o'clock. in Brandon School-house, near Petersburg, (Y.. S.) The public are re ispectfully invited. J. G, CAPITO, Sre'y. Oct. 21. tut A DVERTISEM ENTS PITVLIC SL.LEI. /MEM sub;criber will rent nt Public 0,,. cry, on 'Wednesday the GM day of No vember next, on the promises nt 1 o'clock, a valuable firm. Into the (stole of CONRAD SlNvnim, sin., deceased, of P.ATEN'I El) LAND,Bituated iu Nlountploasnot township, Adams county, Pa., four miles from Gettys burg, and one mile from Bonaughtown, ad. joining lands of Joseph Smith, Wm. How ard, and others, containing 271 ACRES, more or less, of which 90 ACRES is first rnter timber land, and a due proportion of Mea dow-with a running stream. The improve-- ments are a TWO STORY IVeathei-boarded Hague, HIS with n STONE BACK BUILDING at • 141 ' Inched, a stone Spring house with n never filing spring of water; nlso, a well of water at the door; also a S 1 ONE SIVITZER BARN and Graneries, good log stable, sur roupded with shed ; a wagon shed and corm crib, nlso, THREE EXCELLENT ),•^`:-.:•- •;•;40,/ 0110EURDS 7 . bearing all kinds of fruit, such as apples, pears, and peaches. The farm under good fence, and in an excellent stater of cultivation. Any further informatiotr respecting the same may he obtailied by calling on the tenant residing on the proper ty Elias Bushman, or on the subscriber resi ding in ['Millersburg, Adams county, Pa. ri - rxrossession given on the Ist day of April next. Attendance will be given by - BALTZER SNYDER, Excr'r. Oct. 14. td" VOJWIC24 A S the planting season is near at hand, 136 . I may inform the public.that I have full assortment of all' the various kind Fruit Trees, heretofore kept in my nur near Petersburg (York Springs,) and Vwdll.l . have a constant supply at the same pincer until the Spring of 1842. , WILLIAM WRIGHT. Oct. 3 TO ..1114' CREDITORS. i~JAKE Notice, that lf have appad to the Judges of the Court of Common. Pleas of Adams county, fbr the benefit o the Insolvent Laws of this Commonwealth .; and that they have appointed Monday the 25th of November next, for the hearing of me and my creditors, at the Court house,. in the Borough of Gettysburg, when amk where you. may attend if you think proper. JACOB KALEBAUGU. Oct. 20. 3t WANTED,, A If Alt Itit RA N D, FROII the Ist of April' next, on a small! Farm near York Springs. To one. who can coma welt recommended for in dustry, capability and good moral cliarac. ter, liberal wages will be given. None oth• er need apply. Application to lin mode to. J. G. CANTO . , • Petersburg, (Y. S.) Oct. 2/. ISt. STR.II* STEER. CA ME to the residence of the subscriber, residing in Franklin township, Adorn"- county, on tho turnpike road lending to , M urn masburg,in the• beginning of October^ RED STEER, with a white.back, supposed to be eigliteerr , months old. Tho owner is desired to come forward, provo property, pay charges, and take it away, otherwise it will be disposed of" according to law. JACOB ARENDT. Oct• 21, 1839. Military Elections. A N electinn will be held at the house of 1-311 - A. B. Kurtz, in the Borough of Get tysburg, on Thursday the 14th day of No vember next, at 12 o'clock M.,to elect One , .JPlnjor, for the 2d Britalion, 89th Regi ment, rind' One ellajor for the "A tnor lean Union, Regiment of Volunteers. The. Field Officers of the 2d Brigade, sth Division P. M. will meet ut the house of John' Miley, in Oxford, on Fri day the 15th of November next at ICP o'clock, A. n. to elect a altsjor Gen-. ern!, in the room of Gen. ADAM DUN CAN, resigned. D. SCOTT, Brig. lnsp. 2d Brigade Cith Div. P. M. Oct. 21. td. ATTENTION: .4•,54 Li ' 41 - 8 1: . •? ; : k 1' „.- • z 46; , .1 GET TYSIII3 RG Tl 3 MP, You will parade in flunterstown, our Saturday the 26th of IVonember next, at 10 o'clock, N. M. with arms and accoutre— ments in complete order. ROBT. M'CURDY, ,Scc'y. Oct. 21 • NOTICE., HE School Directors of Franklinlown , ', •-• ship, Adams county,yzill meet at Ili% house of Henry Mime!), in said, township,,) on Saturday the. 2,11 day ,of Nov.rfait.f.tleir; at 1, o'clock, P. to receive P ROPOSA,z I from persons anxious to take chargr - -.. 2 4:f Schools. in said township. . •••:' DAVID WILLS ) . Sec',o Oct. 15, 1839. 30111 Such as Handbills, Advertisements, Cards Pamphlets, and Blanks.. of all , kinds neatry and expeditiously executed • at the nines id the STA. .' • r-- M • - - • - - - AND REPTIDLICAI4 BANNER. V. 11.17.0311 Ed's* GETTYSBURG, October 20, 1839. Dr.MOCRATIC INTI•MASONIC NOMINAT:OII2 FOR PRESIDENT• Gen. Wan. Henry Harrison. FOR VICE - Daniel Webster. SENATORIAL ELECTORS. JORN ANDREW SIIULZE, JOSEPH rerrsEn ItEraInENTATIVE DICLEOATES. lit District: LEVIS PASPIMORE, 9 , 1 do CA DWA LLADER EVANS, do CH ARLES ►VATERS, 3.1 do JONATHAN GILLINGHAM, 4th do A MOS ELLM AK ER, do JOHN K. ZEtLIN, do DAVID POTTS, 6th do ROBERT STINSON. Gth do WILLIAM S. HENDEV, 7th do J. JENKINS ROSS, Nth do PETER' FILBERT, 9th do JOSEPH H SPAYD, 11)111 do JOHN HARPER, 11th do WILLIAM WELWAINE, 19th do JOHN DICKSON. 13th do JOHN M'KEEHAN, 141 h do JOHN REED. 15th do NATHAN BEACH, 16th do NEIL IMIDDLESW A RTH, 13th do GEORGE WALKER, Pith do BERNHARD CONNELLY, Sr. 19th do GEN. JOSEPH MARKLE, 27th do JCS rum.; G. FORDYCE, 21st do JOSEPH lIF.NDERSON, 22d do HARMAR DENNY, 23 , 1 do JOSEPH BUFFINGTON. 24th do JAMES MONTGOMERY, 25th do JOHN DICK. J .GEo. W. McCl,Ectisr, Esq., Sheriff elect is county, (intend upon the duties of his office Notlnosday lust.t _op . A. _ B . KURTZ, Coro. net el at, is also ready to transact such business as *ppetittkneth to his tam ~~,~ ~~ ~un. rs:7Tho'4Lady's Book.' for November, has been already received.'''Besides several well written tales and poctical'artieres, it contains an excellent oeco of music, and is embellished with a steel en. graving, •Thb Astonished Painter,' and two plates cf fashions. Sten-NLRB ,AT TUE Somro.—By tho last advi 'sma from the South, wo !cirri that there has been a considerable abatement within the last week or two, of the epidemid which has been raging to an alarming extent for &Melo time back, in that region of country. The board of health of Augusta, reported on the 19th inst. but eight deaths from favor, during the week ending on that Jay." From Nritchez, the accounts "ore not so favorable.. The fever at that Vince, is said to he' increasing to virulence, and ' many if the respected citizens of the. place—. the' temperate, the healthy and the ostimahle;haire sickened and died. The interments in the course of 48 hours wers fifteen. From Mobile, we learn, that there has been verY Wide sickneu the. occurrence of the very deiltuetrvirflit4 withwhich• that Strangers bnd absent citizens, are advised not yet to make their appearance in any of the cities in which the epidemic is raging. 03. We learn by an advertisement of Sheriff McClellan, in yesterday's Sentinel, that a negro titan named Butler, who was imprisoned in the jail of this county on a charge of arson, made his escape from prison on yesterday morning. Sher iff McClellan offers a reward of $5O for his appro. honsian. Persecution. Col. Cr snout lex EH, Post Master at Abbotts town has been removed, and a young man by the name of Means appointed in his place. This is the most wanton and vindictive exercise of power that we have lately hoard of. Cot. lowa was uni versally acknowledged to bo the most competent, attentive and obliging officer that could be found. No respectable number of petitioners could be got to ask for his removal. Three or four of the low est kind of loco foco blackguards in Abbottstown, aided by their kindred here, have been able to ef fect it, against the wish of the whole business and docent part of tho poPulation. True, the emolu ments are sinall-440 or $5O per year; bct they were something to an aged and crippled man like Col. Ilexes. But ho would not always vote for their candidates, "right or wrong," and that was sufficient offence. "Off with his head," is the re ward of faltering in all pirate bands. Will the day Of judgment never come fur these plunderers of their country? MITIONVINO orr Tin Muss.—The State Jour nal is beginning to show its true colors. It joins the enemy in censuring the late admistration, of which its editor was on unworthy part. It is,what from the first we feared it would prove, a wolf in sheep's clothing. The genuine friends of Joseph Railer and his administration, will of course leave its support to its loco foco ' 03• The elections in New York take place on Monday, Tuesday and Wedesday of next week. We await with anxiety the result, as we will then bo able to tell whether or no the three months electioneering tour of our travelling President, has had any effect upon the minds of the citizens• of the Empire State. The Whig papers throughout the State, speak in the most encouraging tone.— Wo hope their predictions may be realized, al though wo must confess, we have our fears as to the result. A LABOR thinnEr.r.s.—lt is stated on the au thority of the London Moriing Chronicle, that 'there is now exhibiting at Bristol in England, an ,:x:lmbrclla of the extrsurdinary dimensians of 04 tot in circumference. and standing 12 feet high. 'Was made fur ono ofthe' sable Kings of Africa, i 4 to ba sent out in the first ship. That um- 4 . till, we opine, will not, liko one we in days by. zone worn wont to own, become public property. It is to be usotl by his Imperial Majesty, as a shield to protect his_ handsatua eountanatici from the (Ireful effects of the sue, whilst consulting with Ciy minister:, The Banks—The Governorw-allorney Gen eral--The Humbugged l'eopte..et cetera. The banks having itain suspended specie pay ments, the penile are naturally inquiring into the causes, and the remedy. The first are not readily admitted—the second not easily found. Various causes have no doubt joined to pro duce the suspension. It should be viewed as but the continuation of the suspension of 1837, and therefore referred to the same causes. The tem porary resumption has been hat a' fitful struggle of a convalescent but not recovered patient who was thrust from his room, and entered upon business, with improvident haste. and unanimated strength; and who has necessarily relapsed it:to greater weakness than before. The main cause of that suspension was the disturbant,o of the currency by the operation of the specie circular, and of the paralizing Sub• Treasury system; aided no doubt by overtrading,& the immense sums invested in in ternal Improvements by the different states. These latter causes have continued to increase eine° the resumption; and the foolish and corrupt alliance of the twelargest hanks in the state, with the present profligate administration, and siding them by taking the state loans, when they were unable to do it; and unable to sell the stocks of this reb• el, disorganized, and discredited commonwealth completed the relapse. Since ) however, the banks no longer pay cash, the chief question seems to be, what we shall do for change] For our own ,part we are opposed to the circulation of all nowt 7vhether of this or of any other state, under the' l lenomination of five dollars. If this produces MARK the sooner the crisis is met and overcome, the better. So long as the hanks of the several states are permitted to issue small notes, uncontrolled by a national in stitution, we shall continue to have periodical suspensions. The safer way would bo to raise the denomination of all bank notes to ten dollars. But this, we fear is impracticable since Gov. Por ter has granted the United States Bank privilege to issue fives. The present Governor and Attorney General have issued several proclamations against the cir culation of small notes, and directed the low-otil cers of the state to prosecute the violation of the '.small bill law." Those directions were insin cere and dishonest; intended to deceive the people but never to be executed. The loco locos hove so long railed against "shin plasters," flint they must pretend to try to prevent their circulation. But mark our words,and lot the result prove their truth. Small notes will be permitted to circulate allover the State, and the law officers will not prosecute the offenders. The small notes of New-Jersey banks already constitute almost the whole change of Philadelphia and the lower counties ; and for eign bank notes of denominations less than Five Dollars will soon flood the whole State ; and the Governor and Attorney General and his deputies will look on in silence. They believe that they can still gull the people, and work their own sel fish iniquity. This whole proclamation move ment is intended to preeare the minds of the Imo. plo for the necessity . of giving the banks power to issue small notes ; .and the next Legislature will be called on to pass such a law ; and if passed,. the Governor will sign it The Governor—At- torney General—the IVinnebago tribe, and all Me potaers.around the throne, are the purchased and paid akents of the Banks ! All their news paper abuse, of thorn is well Understood ; and the high cl;ntiacting parties laugh in each other's fa. eels at:the credulity of tho' people ! These ere no idle words. Wo regret their truth—wo deeply grieve that the country can be, and is governed by such profligate kriayss. Let the friends of sounil'eurreney-do oli, they can to prevent the is. suing :smallqloteii. --Let era ft:mule in the-Le. 4,ialatura -yottiegiiriat-444mi1-lei,us-aen-what,mon ster the progeny of this new alliance will resem ble. That it will be a "Gorgon dire," loading ru in to the Country, we doubt nut. FLORIDA.—The Adjutant General of tho Uni led States, has issued an order, directing that the several field and company officers belonging to the regiments serving in Florida, now awaiting orderd, or absent on temporary service, or with leave, will repair to their respective posts, and join the army of the South, without delay. We presume, that ere long wo will see it officially announced, with great blowing of tin horns and trumpets, that one squaw and two papooses, have been captured by our vigilant troops, Heaven grant that this mer ciless war may soon be brought to a close, Vint CoNsci - LAxonx.—The editor of the nuf falonian, who wce, a short time since, sentenced to nn imprisonment of six months, for libel, cot - , soles himself in his confinement, by comparing the comfort.; of . a jail with the miseries of being at largo during these hard times. BREACH Or PROMISE Or MARRIAGE.-A case of this kind was tried a short time since at Little Rock, Arkansas, in which a young lady named Miss Margaret Ann Scott was plaintiff; and a Mr. Robert Martin, defendant. It appeared in evidence before the Court that the defendant had been seen gallanting Miss Margaret through tho streets of that city, at two different times, and had boon known to give her two or three 'kisses,' at a par ty of young men and misses, For this, poor on fortunate Robert, was mulcted in the sum of ono thousand dollars damages. In future, Robert will have to bo more careful whom he gallants. p:l•l'Ve learn from the ltlilt,mian, that whilst a young man of that place, was riding a horse at the race course, near Berwick, on the 17th inst., ho was thrown from the horse against a tree, and instantly kilted, ( - -Lieut. Gov. Moorehead, of Kentucky, had occasion -lately to visit Columbus, Ohio, on busi ness relative to runaway slaves, and whilst there became so much 'smitten' with the charms of a young buckeye lady, that, instead of attending to the Louiness which took him to the place, be ac companied the lady to the residence of a clergy.. man, where, after the interchangingof vows, they wore pronounced man and wife. • gTho Whigs of Missouri have placed in no mination, JOHN SCOTT, Esq., as a candidate for Congress, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of the lion, Albert G. Harrison.. ai.Van Amburg, tho "Lion Tamer," is about leaving Paris, to fulfil an engagement made some months since, to appear "on the boards" in the city of Sr. Petersburg. He is to get two thousand ru. bles a night, during his engagement in that city. Why did not some lover of his country, ere Van Amhurg left thin country, pay him a handsome sum, to tame the "old. who, Dome few years since, bore rule at Washington I .Ifelenrcholy Occurrence. The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser of the 17th instant, contains an account ortlie . dreivning of four persona in Lake Michigan, opposite the town of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory, on the 11th inst. The Steam Boat, Do Witt Clinton, on ber inward trip round the lakes, stopped at Milwau kee, as do most of the boats which traverse the lakes. Government not having as yet erected a pier at that place, such vessels as wish to touch, are compelled to cast anchor about half a mile from the beach, and either wait the arrival of the Badger,"—a small steam boat built by the citi zens of Milwaukee—or send in their yawl. In this instance, the latter plan was adopted, and a boat's crew, consisting of Capt. A. H. Squires, L. Randall, clerk, W. Vosburgl steward. G. Brown, mate, a Mr. Johnston general agent of the Norwe gian company, a Mr. Smith, A. IT. Gardner, and another person whose name was not known, went on shore. On their return, between eight & nine o'clock in the evening, the yawl swamped; and Messrs. Randall, Vosburgh, Johnston and -Brown, were drowned. Mr. Stnith and the stranger, saved themselves by swimming. Mr. A. H. Gaidner gives the following account of the occurrence : "When about half way from the shore, the boat swamped, and all were in an in stant buried in the lake. It was so dark that we could hardly distinguish each other. While in the water, I was seized with both hands in my neckcloth by the Norwegian.. I attempted to disengage myself from him, ' ' but I could not, and we sunk together.-- W hen at the bottom I seized one oft - man's hands, and by a desperate effort wit my hands and feet, freed myself, end I saw' him no more. On coming t the surface, chance threw an oar in my way, which I seizt , d, rind it, (=atm me confidence. Alter a few mi:,.ites, was thrown a g ainst the yawl, and by tuna exertion I got in. There was no person in it, or near, that I could see. Presently I saw the arm of a man above the water, near the stern of the boat. It turned out to be Capt. Squires. At this time I was much exhausted, but still strong enough to clasp the thwart of the boat, which prevented my being washed o verboard again. But of the captain. He some how or other regained the yawl, and ran his arm through the stern "ring bolt." The waves wore all this while running over us. After a moment I spoke, and was nn swered in a feeble tone by the captain, who made me repeat my name, so anxious was he fur my safety. He must have been much exhausted. While in thissi'uation, the body of Brown thated by the Captain, who caught bold of it,but it waa washed out of his hands, at.d was found oft shore next morning. In this situation, we must have remained over an hour—each cheering the other— until finally the captain Qoid, "Gardrum Call out, lam going. If you reach,the shore, tell thorn where 1 am." I tried to encou rage the captain, and told him I saw tvMight. He made no answer, and I saw • hikßiead thrown back, as it dead. I again callfgap on him to exert himself, but to no use.'7At this time the light approached us. It was on the shore towards which we had been washing all thc titne. The people—among whom was Mr. Horace"llangerford, of this city—threw a line, which I caught,.and the boat was pulled ashore. What followed, I cannot say. When I came to, I was on 'Ward, the steamboat Trowbridge, in the bands of-My -rm'ederstas•-WaS - Tlie tapr.i . l , arid alive." For the "Star and Thinner." Ma. tnrron JUDGE Uesnrin of Virginia has published an !Tray NI the Set/TIIEHN LITEDAII4 MESHEtt- DIU, on the subject of Domestic Slavery as it ex ists in the Southern States, considered with refer. once to its influence on free government. This essay • e..s prepared for the purpose of being de livered before the Historic°Ptind Philosophical So ciety of Virginia; owing however, to the inability of the Judge, to attend the meeting of the Society, it was not delivered as intended, but heir been giv en to the world, through the columns of the Mt:Y. senger. This essay abounds in perversions of the principles of government, of common justice and humanity, and is intended not as a defence, but a bold euloghtn of the institution of slavery.— Judge Upshur has borne the character of a repu table lawyer, upright magistrate and enlightened man; but I am sure if his claim to either charac ter depended upon his production, ho would hold it by a very feeble title; for the whole paper abounds in flimsy sophisms, lame deductions and mistaken facts, neither creditable to the heed or heart of the writer. Ile is of the Calhoun school, who avow that Slavery is a blessing, and who declare that "its influence upon the mind arid feel. logs of the master, is such as to prepare him for the love of freedom, and fit him for the enjoyment of it." If the mere contemplation of the condition of the slave is so powerful in generating the love of freedom in the master and qualifying him for its enjoyment, how much more powerful must be the love of freedom in the slave himself, and how much greater his capacity for its enjoyment?— When the master feels this love of freedom throb bing in his heart, and the happiness arising from its enjoyment, does ho ever think of the golden rule,rgiven unto us in tho divine precept, "do un to others as thou wouldet that others should do onto thee 1 " But lot us quote - the writer more at large, and see what slavery is, even when arrayed in its most attractive garments, No government;' says the writer, nnot up held by actual farce can long endure, unless it be adapted to the character of the people, Govern ment in its turn, however, exerts a powerful influ ence in the formation of that character; a ,truth not always duly regarded in the establishment of political institutions. These should always be such as to inspire in the people, feelings corres ponding with their own nature and principles. Of this character, in on eminent degree, is the insti tution of domestic slavery; as it exists with us.— Its influence upon the mind and feelings of the master, is such as to prepare him for •the love of freedom, and llt him for the enjoyment of it.— When slavery exits, it is as Mr. Burke remarks, 'not only an enjoyment, but a kind of work and privilege' to bo free. This remark which is true (Solt conditions of slavery, is peculiarly true of slavery as it is in the southern states. There the stave is black, end tho white man never is a slave. The distinction addresses itself to tho -- ore, and is proclaimed whereever rho twQ classes appear. It Is certainly well eatctilsted to inspire the humblest white min with• a high sense of his own compar tithe dignity and importance, to see a whole class below him in the scale of society. However poor, or ignorant or miserable ho may be, he has yet the censeling consciousnessthot there is a still .lower condition to which he rim never be reduced. Ho secs continually around him, men whose inferior ity, to himself is acknowledged, whose rights and piivileges are less than his own, and between whom and himself there is an impassable barrier, which every white man, however proud his con dition, is intended to preserve unbroken. In this inferior class, he is accustomed to contemplate the worst vices and the most degrading habits and manners of our nature. But to this class he feels himself superior, and he is conscious at the same time, that he can boast of no greater distinction, &c." 'Here is the arvment of a learned slaveholder. in (Vence of descry; and we ask, as calmly as surprise will permit us, what principle dflorality or humanity is not outraged by his re ning—if such grievous perversion of the prin ciples of truth, justice and humanity can bo called an exercise of the divine attribute of reason?— That the contemplation "of the worst vices and most. degrading habits and manners of our nature, (exhibited by the slave) cannot fail to elevate the character of the white man, and inspire him with self-respect,' is a position too monstrous,we should think, to be entertained by any sane human being, and the adoption of it would overturn all the max ims), on this subject, which the_good and wise of ag have labored to inculcate. To shun the so eiety of the vicious, in order to avoid the conta gion of their crumple—to sects that of the virtuous, • • initiate thu purity of their lives, is a recom- IL Lam which has been enjoined alike, by the athen philosopher and christian minister. But It • doctrines of the southern slaveholder are alike :ntradictory, to the maxinrs of philosophy and Rho precepts of christianity. But the forgoing is not the most absurd and shocking of the princi ple 4, on which the writer bases his justification Of sleVery. The following is equally repugnant to ev ery tainciple of enlightened civil government, hu. maniiy and morality. nnowever poor ormiscra blo (the white man) may :le, he has yet the con soling consciousness, that there is still a lower condition to which he can never be reduced, in which ho accustomed to contemplate the worst -vices and most degrading habits of our nature."— The "consciousness" that there is a whole class of human.bcings, sunk in vice, degradation and misery, may be "consoling" to the heart, indura: .ted py the contemplation of wretchedness and de but surely, the consciousness that there is suers a condition of humanity, cannot be consola tory' to the phalanthrop:st, or to any one who loves virtue or desires the happiness of his fellow men. This very proposition of the essayist, is pregnant wi.4 proof, that the effects of slavery stop not with die slave, but extend to and corrupt those who aro accustomed to contemplate those nworst vices and n4tit degrading habits," which aro incident to the sleep's condition. For what else than slavery, cntord make the contemplation of vice and &gra. dation and misery, consolatory tl the heart of a human being? Wo shall be slow to believe, that the is any thing olsc except slavery upon earth, which can engender such a spirit; and this, we think, must be hell-born and of devilish parentage. To note all the inronsistencies,.contradictions, paradoxes, and gratuitous assertions with which the essay abounds, would require more of out time, than wo have to devote to duck a purpose. A few of the prominent, we shall briefly refer to, morn however for the purpose of bringing the views of 4,03 southern slaveholder before tho northern rem*, than with the design of criticism. ne writer remarks, that "as the virtue of the people is the basis of republican government, tha concttion of society is liest adopted to liberty, c.bActir • is nmst faytutaltjo;4l4tubjtc, ' Thia pre-cotinence may be justly . claimed flirt- cultural (slaveholding) state." The writer then proceeds to enumerate '•the happy influences of domestic slavery," and argues that whero it exists is to be found ""the best school both of private and public virtues"—that there the purest patriotism flourishes—that there is greater independence, ease, abundance, quiet uniformity of life, and comparative .exemption from thoso temptations which distuth the balance of our naiads and call our worst passions into play, In the foregoing extracts, which we have quo- ted withoni regard to order, there is a strange mixture of truth, falsehood and folly. That "that condition of society is best adapted to liberty, which is most favorable to public virtue," is most true. That the slaveholding states exhibit such a condition of society, is false; and the assertion, that a condition of society, in which the writer has declared with truth, that, a whole class is sunk in the "worst vices and most degrading habits of our nature," is favorable to the growth of virtue, is must foolish—otherwiso ..evil communications do not corrupt good manners," and the standing maxims of the world's wisdom have bcon over turned by a slavehoider's rhapsody. But even in the absence of experience, in regard to the state of morals and public vtrtuc in the staveholding states, we could be at no loss to cstirmte the tendency of slavery and its ultimate results. There are a few rinclplcs, universally recognized, by the applies- Lion of which, even if slavery were yet in the bud, we might venture to predict what fruits it would produce. That It can neither promote private morals, public virtue or national prosperity, will ho .lastly seen. Where slavery exists as a political institution, & a whole class is condemned to perpetual toil, labor is not regarded as creditable, but the reverse. The consequence is. that in slaveholding communities none do labor, but those who aro compelled by necessity, and they perform no more, than such necessity requires at their hands. Thr effects speedily become apparent; the fields grow poor; the buildings become delopidated; the population are in rags, and the country looks as if it had been visited by the Almighty's curse. Close upon the heels of idleness, which has neglected the culture of the fields, comes vice, its universal attendant with want and misery their joint offmring. Who that has travelled through the south has not wit nessed this state of things? But the impoverishment of the country and the vice and want of the lower classes, is not all that the patriot and the philanthropist find to deprecate as the results of slavery, The opulent are not be yond the reach. of its influence; they come in fur their share of its effects. Their children aro ac customed from their earliest years to lord it over their slaves.. The consequence; of this, is, that that they grow up to be arrogant and despotic. Besides this they rice reared in idleness, which pro duces in them its appropriate results. Thus we see every class of society, experiencing the paralyzing and corrupting effects of slavery. Perhaps "the most labored of all the arguments of the writer, is to show, that, in the Southern States, there is a greater rlegree of equality exist ing among all classes of the whites, than exists at the north, where slavery does not prevail. He argues as follows: •.It is r< just remark of Presi-, dent Dew, that slavery in tho United States has produced an equality among white men 'as near ly as can be expected ur ever desired in this world.' Indeed, continues the writer, it could not well be otherwise. Men who shore equally in one great and ennobling distinction, are not apt to acknowl edge among ono another those of minor import ance. All classes of white men ore alike inter, fi ted to maintain this distinction. It is a boon which they hold in common and which no one of them can enjoy, without, at tho same time securing It to all the rest. Hence arises a sympathy amongst white men, extremely favorable to republican equality. Accordingly wo know, that throughout the Southern States, where slavery prevaik there is a remarkable independence, freedom and equal. ity—among all classes of the whites." The arguments, here made use of to sustain the position, that slavery is calculated to produce re publican equality are not only apparently, but re ally paradoxical. The main Proposition of the wri ter, is, that by men, sharing in any great and eno bling distinction,cquality will be produced amongst them. Let us admit it; it will apply with as great force at least, to northern as to southern freemen. The elements of the enobling distinction spoken of, is, to be white and to be free. If it ho eno. tiling to be white, wo of the north arc while;, if it be so to be free, wo are free—all free. But equal ity is more perfect in tho north, than in tho south. inasmuch as it is universal• in the one and practi cal in the other. But is it not a contradiction in terms, to say that slavery, which pre.supposes the lowest condition of personal debasementis a prin cipal clement in trio constitution of political and social equality? It would seem so to a northern understanding. But a glance at facts, will show us that tho writer is wholly mistaken, in suppo sing that inequality (for this is the sum of his argument) will produce squatty. There are as many degrees of difrcrence between the richest and the poorest white man in the south, as there ate in the north. There is the slavchold er who possesses his thousand slaves, and lives in a style of almost eastern magnificence and splen dor; and there arc all the intermediate degrees be tween this lord of thousands: and him who is the owner of but a single I stiparanuated slave, dwel ling in a miserable cabin, and who feeds himself and his half clad children on hominy. And if it be possible, there is the still- poorer illy laborer, whose wages the competition of slave muscles, strung to their utmost tension, by the stimulus of the whip, has reduced to the most wretched pit tance. Riches and poverty are incident to every form of civil government; nor can any peculi arity in the civil and political institutions, pro duce equality in this respect. They may promote it by banishing distinctions of rank and by accor ding egiial privileges to all. In the north this has been done, and in the language of President Doty, has produced an equality, "as nearly as can he, expected or ever desired in this world.". nut this is not quite true of the south, where the institu tion of domestic slavery exists. There, as wo have before shown, it is considered disreputable to labor, and there are many of the more opulent slamholders, whose hands have never earned n week's food, unless it were °tennis or dice. Thorn aro those amongst them, however, who are some• times compelled to labor, anti this.is consldered,in some degree; a forfeiture of their caste. In the non-shiveholding states this is not so. Those who grow rich, become so by their own labor and exertion; and when they have acquired their for tuneis and retired from business, they do not look with contempt en those who are travelling the same toad that condue,ted them; to wealth. To despise the moons which rendered them wealthy; would be to retied-on thomsertrof t . But this is not the ease.' Lidustry - andlaholare, as they 'de serve to be, esteemed honerjel and it is h fuct that states, have become rich by means of their Own persevering industry. Here then, is more thin all, that our essayist supposes to bo productive of equality in the slaveholding states, All are free; all are white; sill labor. There are other things which I have not refer- red to, adverse to the republican equality, on which the triter felicitates the people of the slavaholding states. The prdperty qualificalioh which is essential to the right of suffrage, in his own state Virginia; as well as in Moat of the slave holding states, Is no very distinguishing badge of either political or social equality. Nor does it add much to the dignity of the poor white Man, either at the north or the south,tbat three hundred slaves, are reckoned equal to two hundred white men, in the appottioning of the representatives in Con- gress, amongst the states., We shall quote ono or two other patagiaphs from this singular paper, to show the inconsisten cies and contradictions into which fhb writer has fallen. Be says, "aggressive war is fotbidden by the very nature of slave population." But a mo• ment before, in expatiating on the military power, of tdavelmiding states, ho declares that, "so far as history instructs us upon the subject, those re publics which have been moat distingitished for their power, both in defensive and aggressive wars, were, Wiihoul exception, holders of slaves." But wo have grown sick in contemplating the shocking principles, advanced in justification of slavery. When those principles, which aro the very corner stones of the constitution, and which wo havo been taught to venerate as holy ; are 'trampled on and despised, and such conduct awakens no indignation, we feel that the hour draws nigh, %Shen all, white as well, as Wick,- will be ready 'to acknowledge' a master., Whettwe see a men, like the writer, who claims to be a philosopher, daring to declare without rebuke, in the face of an enlightened christian nation; that "we should cherish this institution (slavery) not os a necessary evil which wo cannot slink(' of; but as a great positive good, to be carefully protected and preserved," we cannot but feel "that both head and heart are sick." We prey that GOD may send a cure, ` t tlite \ 14 7,C1 , ?; t , iN:ZzT . ta 4, 114 , rer • • -- • lITDIENIAL REGISTER. MARRIED, 11 the 24th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Furlong, I games Boyd, to Miss Margaret Mgreaine—. both of this county. On Thursday the 17th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Weyl, Mr. Henry 0. Kuser, of Monallon town ship, to , Miss Margaret; daughter of Andrew Bough, of Reading township. At West Alexandria, on the 17th inst. by the Rev. Samuel Montgomery, E. Burke Fisher,Eq. editor of the Pittsburg Saturley Evening Visitcr, to Mi's Nurcmsaa 2lffiCcriiate, of the former place. .... •f• - •-: , -- -, i , : r..i, - ... . 1zr* , _,... , :- ~ . 'r•Z:' 1 . F.1 ; to , : , ~.- , ,-?;,:...1&-..ZI-,_ ;.e.• c & -.-..4W%14:,:t.:4'• t:',,1 2 / 1 -—c .--..... "... At Petersburg, (I", Springs,) on tho 20th 'lost, Miss Susanna Gardner, daughter of Mrs. Eliza. bet,: Gardner, in the 27th year of her age. On the 20th inst. in this county, 3 miles from Hanover, Mrs. Catharine Hull, wife of Mr. Pe.. ter Hull, in the 66th year of her age. - TO TUE PR TING 123 US IA! E WILL be taken at this Office if imme diate application b© made. Oct. 28. tf. HE "Total Abstinence Society of Get• tysburg and its vicinity," will meet on Thursday Evening next, at early candle• light, at the Methodist Episcopal Church.' E. A. ATLEE, Sec'y. tm Oct 2S. F. School Directors of Ifamiltonban fr township, Adams county, will meet in Fairfield, in said township, on Saturday the bib of November next,. at 1 o'clock, r. 31. to receive Proposals from persons anx ious to become Teachers—SlX being wanted. Oct. 29. REGISTER'S NOTICES. Stotice, is 'herein Given, rwo all Legatees and other persons con corned, that the ADMINISTRA , TiON ACCOUNTS of the Estates of the deceased persons hereinafter mentioned, will be presented to the Orphans' Court of Adams county, for confirmation, on Mon day the 25th day of November next, to wit: The Account of John Kuhn, one of the Executors of the Estate of Joseph Shanefol ter, deceased. The Account of John Hone and Thom, C. Kennedy, Executors of the Estate of Elizabeth Merman, deceased. The Account of Joseph Whitmght, Ad ministrator of the Estate of Daniel Ititut night, deceased. The Account of David *Milian and Samuel IL Wlll Man, Administrators of the Estate deceased. The Account of Joseph Kepner, Acting Executor,of Tobias Kepner, deceased. The Aceount of Adam Epply, Guardia! of Jacob Eppley, minor son of Peter Epp ly, deceased. JACOB LEFEVER, Register. Register's Office, Gettysburg, .te October 28, 1839. .... . IV - - , -p.i- , -.----zx-f . tiell-41nit:igii., Latest Flisbuire of' .- 1. , HATS & CAPS:: , ifSAS, now on hand at his old stand. a AL- 12 . new and exepllent assortment of flats and Caps of the latest PinLatitilipsta ra.smozr. Cheap for cash or country produce. Oct. 2.1, 1839. • tf. ii HE subscriber will sell at public sale, `' 4 ' on Friday the 22d day of November . next, on the premises, a valuable situate in Tyrone township, Adams county. containing about 300 OICRES, late the property ofJAMES WRAY. dec'd.— The improvements on this larm area coma fortable • Two-Story Log. Dwelling _Muse, ,;;;; a log tenant house, log barn, and IP. 9 other necessary 'out-buildings. The farm is welt Timbered, has on it a good Orchard, and contains a fair proportion of Meadow. There is a spring of water convenient to the door, and the farm is otherwise well water ed. The above Tract of land is PATENT ED, and will be divided or sold entire, to suit the convenience of purchasers. It may be divided without prejudice. The Property will be shown to any per . son wishing to see the same by SoLoam:* Rou'rzoNo, who lives on the premises. The TERMS will be accommodating, and will be made known on the day of sale. ATCHESON RITCHEY. JEFFERSON. Oct. 21. LOOK AT THIS: rimy?' GOODS. I S just receiving, and oilers to the public a large and'splendid assortment of good% suitable for the season, such as Cloths, Cassimere and Cassinetts: Flan nets, iilireno Shairls, Calicoes, Muslin:, Shoes, 4.c. 4-c. Hardware, Queensware, G ro. ceries, ESC. all of which will be sold at the moot reduced' prices,for cash or produce; all that he wants is for them to call and bo a judge for them selves. Lumber of all kinds taken iu ex change for amts. Oct. 21, 1E 4 30. ' St. ODITUARY RECORD." In E D. ADVERTISEMENTS. AN APPRENTICE lio - tiVbit4t*cir4ll4o)4ll NOTICE. By order of the Board, JOHN MIGINLEY, Sec y. -ALSO - 4 Vtr. PAZTOII, FARM FOR SALE. FARM, Thos. J. Cooper,
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