CO'SSE4MeIo
Reported for the Bailin:tore Chronicle.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 1819.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
When the journal was read to-day, the
Chairman nnnounced the question before
the [louse to be on the appeal from his de.
vision, that only the legally certified mem
bers from New Jersey were entitled to vote,
and that Mr. Duncan was in possession of
the floor. That member was not found pre
sent.
Mr. Wise said he would move the previ
ous question, if the member from Ohio was
net in the House. At Mr. Dromgonle's
suggestion, however, Mr. Wise consented
to wait a few minutes.
Mr. Jenifer said he would renew the mo
tion.
Mr. Dromeonle said, in that case, he
would move n call of the House, but after
wards withdrew it, it being generally un
derstood by the House, that the Doctor
should he waited for a little longer.
In the pause that ensued, Mr. Chinn, of
La., advanced towards the Clerk's desk.and
presented a paper to the Clerk, which he
tnfirmed the Chairman was his credentials
of election, as a representative trom Louist
and—that ho wished to bo enrolled as a
member—that he wished to vote on the
election of a Speaker,—and that he had
written the name for whom he would vote
to fill the Chair, on the paper which he han
ded to the Clerk.
This was altogether informal, and drew
forth no remarks.
Mr. %Vise now rose, and observing that
ten minutes had elapsed. he would wait no
longer for Mr. Duncan. He, therefore,
moved the previous question. The call
was seconded, and the main question on the
appeal was finally put end carried in the ne
gative—Ayeu 10R.
.Noes 114.
When the vote was announced. M r. Cur.
tin informed the Chair that the five uncer
tified members from New Jersey had vo
ted in the negative. Some confusion fol
lowed this remark, in the midst of which
Mr. Smith,e portly Loco Foco from Maine,
one size smaller than Mr. Lenient Ala ,es
claimed that that circumstance made no dif
ference in the result. -
The Chair now announced formally the
vote on the appeal, and stated that his deci.
sion was accordingly reversed. The ques
tion now, he said, was—who were the mem
bers from New Jerspy.that were to be coun
ted by the idlers in roting?
Mr. Wise moved the previous puestion.
Mr. Rhett said his motion to lay Wise's
resolution on the table was in order, and not
the question stated by the Chair.'
Mr. Wise denied this.
Mr. Dromgonle said the chair was mista
ken in stating the question. The House
had decided that neither of the members
from New Jersey could vote.
Mr. Wise sustained the decision of the
Chair, as to the question before the House.
The Chair reiterated the question to he
—Who of the members from • New lersay
were to be counted? Mr. Adams replied
emphatierilly, "There is no doubt of this be.
mg the question. The State of New- Jer
sey shall not be deprived of her representa
tion— and will not while I occupy the Chair!"
Much confusion, mingled with applause
from the galleries, followed this speech.
Mr. Wise at length made himself heard
above the rest, and hoped the Chair would
deride which of the Jersey members were
to vote. At the first pause in the din and
uproar,
Mr. McKay offered a resolution proposing
tl a' all .hs New Jersey members be al
lowed to vote, until the question before the
House be decided.
Mr. Cost Johnson protested against the
House proceeding in this matter at all, be
fore the members had taken the oath, and
the House was organized. Mr.-Johnsen
was about to propose an amendment to Mr.
McKey's resolution, when the fit of disor
der and confusion returned with redoubled
violence, during which Mr. Petriken was
seen bobbing up and down, and uttering
loud cries of order. When the fit had sub.
sided, Mr. Jehnson had then presented his
amendment, the effect of which was, that
the House had no right to decide upon the
question of the New Jersey members' claims
until it was organized, and until then none
were entitled to vote.
The Chair distinctly said that he was not
competent to put the question on Mr. Mc-
Kay's resolution, as it deprived the State
of New Jersey of her representation. The
scene that now presented itself, beggars de.
se-riptinn. At least one half of the House
were on their feet, starting points of order,
while the other set laughing or trembling
at the scene before them. Well did Mr.
Wise characterize it as "disgraceful disor
ganization."
Mr. Rhett took advantage of the first
pause in the storm, to state the order in
which the various propositions were belsre
the House. The last proposition was Mr.
Johnson's resolution, as an amendment to
Mr. McKay's.
Mr. Johnson's proposition was here read
again, and the Chair promptly said that he
could not put the question on it, before it
was decided who of the Now Jersey mem
bers were to vote.
After some remarks from Mr• Slade, :he
Chair again rose and proposed, in order to
get out of the embarrassment the House
was in, that tellers should be appointed to
count the votes of members on Mr. Rhett's
notion, and to report the names of those
New Jersey members who voted, and then
Abe House should decide upon their right to
Yee.
When this proposition was made, the dis
orderly conversation returned in all ifs origs
foal fury.
Mr. Holleman of Va., denied the power
lithe Chair to make such a proposition.
Rave withdrawn id" said the Chair:
in►an amid roars of laughter. Mr. Brim
itt the meantime, dream** the Chair'?
preposition in the foira of a resolution. P
RIMO adopted.
Tire various • titration on , Mr. WNW. ,
ipptis9 w Say os the table, Me. Witieff re,-
olution was then called up. The call was
supported, and the main question was order
ed to be put.
Mr. Wise's resolution, it will be remem•
bered, proposes that the Clerk call the
names of the uncontroveted members, pas
sing over those disputed, and then being or
ganized, the [louse should proceed to decide
the question of the contested seats, before
proceeding to elect a Speaker.
The House then decided on Mr. Rhea's
motion to lay this resolution on the table.—
The vote stood 115 in the affirmative, 114
in the negative. One contested vote (Mr.
Naylor's) was in the negative.
In this state of a vote, the Chair has the
privilege of voting. The Chairman voted
in the negative. This made a tie, and of
course the motion was lost.
When the decision was announced, Mr.
Smith, of Me., said one member (M r..Nav
tor) had voted, who had no right, as his
vote, accordino to the resolution adopted,
had been objected to. Ho denied his right
to vote. -
Mr. Naylor rose, and with much excite-
ment, sad he challenged the right of Mr.
Smith to vote. "And I challenge id" was
re.echned from all sides of the house.
Mr. Naylor, holding up his credentials,
exclaimed he was there by the voice of his
constituents.
Mr. Smith unrolled his certificate, and
displayed the broad seal.
The scene now became really disgracefitl,
every member shouting at the top of his
lungs.
At length it was arrested by a motion to
adjoitrn from Mr. Weller, which was car
ried in the affirmative. The House then
adjourned at three o'clock.
Yours, &c.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.
WAsumerrox, Dec. 11.
The question pending at the time of meet
ing to day, was on the appeal from the de
cision of the Chair. As son as the journal
was read, Mr. Wise called the previous
question on the appeal. The call was se
conded; and the main question being put
"shall the decision of the Chair in favor of
permitting Mr. Naylor's vote to be counted,
stand as the judgment of the. House"—there
appeared ayes 112, nays 118.- The tellers
reported that six members, whose seats
were contested, had voted in the affirms
live, and four members, whose seats are
disputed, had voted in the negative.
Mr. W m. Cost Johnson bow rose and de•
manded that the Chair should proceed to
the execution of the rule the meeting had
adopted, requiring, after a vote had been
announced,and the names nrcontested mem
bers, who voted,declared by the tellers,that
the sense of the meeting should be taken on
the right of them to vote. deciding upon
each con'ested member in succession, and
beginning with the first named.
Mr. Sinitloof Maine,said the result would
not be changed.
Mr. Wise rose and addressed the meet
ing with remarkable energy nod spirit. No
matter what may be the result, the resolu.
tion adopted yesterday makes it our duly to
purge the polls! We have no discretion in
the matter fell, and the rule must be enflir.
ced, Mr. W. ended by calling the previous
question.
This, of course, precludes debate; but
the Van Burenites, having boldly proclai•
med their contempt of all law and precedent
in the decision of the New Jersey and Penn
sylvania controversy, can scarcely be ex
pected to pay acy regard to the mere rules
of the House. Half dozen, thereihre, at
tempted to speak after the previous ques.
lion had been demanded. Hopkins 'rurney,
of Tennessee, notorious for the part he ac
ted at a former session in a most disgraceful
scene of disorder, persisted in speakine,tho'
obviously out of order, and though called to
order from all sides of the House, as well as
by the Cnair.
During the whole of this outpouring oil
rage,the utmost uproar prevailed to the hall.
"Order! order!" "Go on!" "Go ahead!"
"Stop him!" "Now for a row!" "Huzzii!"
and half a hundred other exclamations, were
shouted on every side.
The Chairman, who did not deign to reply
to Turnev's torrent of vile garbage, simply
and emphatically said that he would proceed
to execute the rule of the House.
The Clerk then read the credentials of l
Mr. Naylor, signed by Gov. Bitner, and the
proclamation given by Gov. Porter to Mr.
Ingersoll. After the reading of the latter
was finished, Mr. Naylor rose, and declared
that he had in his possession a proclamation
issued under the administration of Governor
Porter, only nine days previous to th a t
which proclaimed the election of Mr. In
gersoll. He now held it before the House;
and it declared that he (Mr. Naylor) was
duly elected! This annunciation produced
another burst of laughter. mingled with ap.
plause. TI is paper was read; and after
some confused proceedings, caused by Mr.
Smith, of Maine, persisting in his attempts
to catechize Mr. Naylor, order was recto.
sed, and the law of Pennsylvania relative to
elections was read. The question was then
taken on permitting Mr. Naylor to vote,and
carried in the affirmative—ayes 119, nays
112 So Mr. Naylor was permitted to vote.
The question was then on permitting Mr.
Aycrigg of New Jersey to vote. Leave
was refused, Ayes 117, Nays 122. Three
sf the members from New Jersey whose
seats were contested voted.
Permission to vote was then refused to
Mr. Maxwell, of N. J., Ayes 116,N ays 122.
The sense °fib° House was taken respect
ing Messra.•Halstead, Stratton, and Yorke,
toge , hee. Permission for these to vote was
refused. Ayes 110, Nays 117. Leave
was then successively refused to Mr Inger
soll, and the New Jersey Van Buren con
testants by a unanimous vote. Not a vote
was given f r them.
The Chairman then reminded the meet
ing that they had reversed the decision of
the Chair;—and yet had decided to receive
the vote of Mr. Naylor.
Mr. Wise briefly stated the condition of,
the question; unit said that by receiving
the vote of Mr. Naylor, the meeting had de
cided against the motion o hlr. Rhett
lay his resolution on the table. This was
admitted; and Mr. Wise called the previ•
ous question instantly on his resolutiOn.
The call for the previous question was se•
con&A.
A. es 113, Nays 113—a tie. Tho Chair
voted in the affirmative, making tho Ayes
114.
The main question was then taken on the
adoption of the resolution of %Vise, which
proposed that the Clark should proceed
with the call of the members, in the regular
way—calling those members from New
Jersey who had the certificates of the con•
etituted authorities of that state.
By general consent, the question was de
cided by Ayes and Nays.
Thero appeared for Mr. Wises'
resolution, 115
Against it, 118
Majority 3. So the resolution was lost.
Mr. Rhett, of S. C. then ofibred a resolu
tion to the effect that the Clerk should pm
coed to cell the roll through, omitting the
names of all members whose seats are dis
puted or contested, excepting that of Mr.
Naylor, then, if there should be a quorum
ascertained to be present,the meeting should
proceed to exareine and decide upon the
election returns and credentials of niembcts,
whose seats are contested on this floor
Mr. Rhett demanded the previous question
on the adoption of his resolution.
Mr. Underwood asked whether it would
preclude another investigation of the elec•
tion cases, after the Howo should be organ
ized? Mr. Rhett replied, "Not at all "
The question was put,and there appeared
For the resolution, 138
Against it, 92
Majority,
So the resolution was adopted.
A motion was made to reconsider. fir.
Pickens said litho vote was reconsidered,he
would offer another set of resolutions.
Mr. Campbe!l, of S. C., rose to address
the House, and was speaking when this
packet was closed.
Correspondence of the Bal'inzore Patriot.
WAsIIINGTON, Dec. 12, 1939.
The question pending at the adjournment
Yesterday was on Mr. CAMPBELL'S Motion
to reconsider the second branch of the reso
lution offered hy Mr. R Imre, i.f South Car
olina, and adopted by the meeting. After
the journal was read, Mr. CAMPBELL with
drew his motion, because that the reconsid
eration of the first part of the resolution had
been refused.
The Chair then announced that it was
time to proceed to the execution of Mr.
Ruarr's resolution, and in compliance with
his direction the Clerk proceeded to call
the roll of members. He omitted, of course,
the names of the five members from New I
Jersey, whose seats are contested—but call-1
ed the name of Mr. NAYLOR, of Penn. -1
There was a very !urge attendance of the re- •
presentatives.
When the roll was finished, Mr. RAN•
DOLPH, of New Jersey, whose sent is not
contested, ruse and said •he had a paper in
reference to the claims of his milleaeues,
which he wished to be read for the informa
tion of the House. This produced an im
mense fluttering among the Van Burenites.
Several objected, Mr. VANDERPOEL calk('
upon Mr. RallooLeu to state the substance
of the paper. Mr. ResreoLen replied that
he would read it himself, as the shortest way ,
of giving an accrunt of its contents.
,
Mr. Saari! of Maine objected to that ,
also. Mr. ‘V tsp. reminded the Van Buren-
ites that they had allowed a member, one
of their own men, (Durmast) to rend paper
after paper. Loud cries of "Read ! read I"
"Go on ! go on !" resounded in every part
cif the Hall. .Mr. VANDERPOEL said, 'well,
let it be lend !' and the train-bands catching
the word from their leader, acquiesced.
IMr. RANDOLPH then read a protest signed by
the five members from New Jersey. •Want of
room compels us to omit it ; we wilt give it an l&
section next week.]
Mr. Randolph moved that the paper be
received, arid entered on the journal.
At this point Bynum rose, and began to
show off in his usual, mock-heroic style of
angry vituperation—objecting to the paper,
and declaring that the member who offered
it deserved the censure of the House, and
even expulsion.
Mr. Mercer called the_previous question
on the motion to receive the protest of the
New Jersey members.
The call for the previous question was
sustained, Mr. Vanderpool rose to address,
the House. Mr. Mercer insisted upon the
rule which prohibits any debate after the
previous question has been called; and de•
mended that Mr. Vanderpool should take
his seat. That gentleman was compelled
to yield to the rule. The question was then
'aken on the proposition to receive and en
ter the protest upon the journal; and was
negatived by a small majority. The pre
test, however, must now go on the journal
as the subject matter of the question, decid
ed by ayes and nays.
Mr. Di rngoole, of Va.. then offered a
resolution proposing to raise a ComMittee
of nine, to examine the credentials;coinmis
sions, and evidence of returns in the cases
of the members whose state are disputed,
and to report thereon. • •
The Chairman, in reply to a question
from Mr. Bell, decided that the committee
appointed would be under the control of the
House; and that the House might send to
it whatever testimony was thought proper.
The question was then token on the a
doption of Mr. Dromgnnle's resolution, by
ayes and nays. Mr. Barnard, of Albany,
refused to vote. on the ground that the
House could not constitutionally pass 'on
such a proposition, in this kyle. Mr.
Cooper, of Georgia, also refused to vote, on
the same ground. • When the name of .Mr.
Randolph, of New Jersele . wits called, he
rose in his place, and, amidst lond cries of
"order I" "order I" "take your seat I" clic.
&c , above all, of which, however, he made
himself heard, exclaimed, "1 protest against
the power of the House to try this question
until the members are sworn."
The resolution of Mr. Dromgoule was
adepted—ayes 92 clays 84.
Gen. Thtimpson, of S. C. then rose 'and
offered a resolution to the effect that the
Committee on the Contested Elections
should be empowered to send for persons
and parrs, and thot the members of it
should bo sworn before they commenced
the investigation of the cases. General
Thompson supported the resolution in a
speech of greut ability and force.
Mr. Pickens moved an amendment to
confine the Committee, in their investiga
tion, to the single point, which of the two
sets of claimants are entitled to the returns
of election. Mr. P. contended for the pow.
r of the House in the present case, to look
behind the certificates.
Mr. Holmes of S. C. followed n long
speech on the general merits of the case.
Mr. Rhett of S. C. then entered upon a
lengthened statement of his viene, and it
was a masterly exposition and argument In
favor of the right of the commissioned
members.
He was still speaking when this was On ,
tied.
CONGRESS
The 114,1190 is still kept in a state of dkor
ganization by the party in power. 1)t.
Duncan having the floor vesterthv morning,
and a quez.tion of order being made wheth
er he could proceed in reading voluminous
documents to the House, the Chair decided
he was out of order, from which an appeal
was taken, and decided, after debate, that
Dr. Duncan should be permitted to read his
papers to the House. In the course of the
debate, we were pleased to observe Messrs.
Co!quit, Nesbit, Black, and Cooper, of
Georgia, taking the high and firm ground
of States Rights in favor of the legally cer•
trfied members from New-Jersev•
Although they might agree with the mi
-1 ministration party in advocating the Sub-
Treasury, yet they could not join them, or
co operate wi'h them' in a crusade against
the rights of a Sovereign State. This was
noble conduct—such as might be expected
from high-minded, honest and consistent
State Rights men New Jersey will he
shielded from the assaults of those pais
and vandals who trample upon her rights
and privileges ; and her laws and constitu
tion will be vindicated before the assembled
representatives of the nation.
Her bright star will shine in the firma
ment of the Union, reflecting and receiving
glory, still among her noble sisterhood.
Madisonian.
Bankruptcy.—The contingent fund of the
House run out long ago, and the Members
will be unable to get their mileage and pay
until Congress appropriate funds from the
Treasury. But it is said that the Treasury
has also run out, and that the wheels of Gov
ernment must stop, or run imon tick, unless
their own party permit the House to be or
ganized, the distressed condition of the
Treasury laid before Congress, and ways
and moms devised to raise the wind. What
n shocking thing is the credit system.
Jladisonian.
MEETING
Of the Pennsylvania Delegation to the
National Convention
At a meeting of the Pennsylvania Dele
gation to the National Convention, held at
their Chamber, in Harrisburg, nn Saturday
the 7th of December, 19:39, GOVERNOR
SHULZE, Senatorial Delegate, in the
Chair, and Jowl A. FISHER, of Dauphin,
Secretary—the following resoitnioos were
moved by the MD. CHARLES B. PENROSE,
of Cumberland, and seconded by the [lon.
JONATHAN Roamers, of Montgomery, .and
unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That the Delegates from Penn.
sylvania in the National Convention, tip.
prove of the nomination made of JOHN AN
DREW SIIIILZE and JosErn RITNER, as
Senatorial Electors for the State of Pennsyl-
vania. •
Resolved, That the Opponents of Martin '
Van - Buren in the several Congressional
Districts of Pennsylvania, be recommended
to assemble in Convention in snch mode as
has heretofore been practised, and select an
Elector or Electors, as the case may be,
for their respective districts, ratifying, if
they think proper, any nomination which
has been made, or changing the same, as
to them may seem expedient, and that such
Electors, so chosen or ratified, together
with the Senatorial Electors approved by
this meeting, form the Electoral Ticket for I
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pledg
ed to the support of Gen. W I LLI A M H EN
RY H4R RISON, of Ohio, for President,
and JOHN TYLER, of Virginia, for Vice
President of the United States.
Resolved, That the opponents of Mr. Van
Buren, in the several counties of this Com
monwealth, be, and they are hereby re
quested to elect delegates in the manner
heretofore practised, equal in number to
their Representatives in the Senate and
Hone° of Representatives of Pennsylvania,
to assemble in Convention at Harrisburg,
on the 22d day of February next—then
and there to adopt such• measures as may be
calculated to ensure union and concert of
action, and to promote the success of Gen.
WILLIAM , HENRY HARRISON, of
Ohio, for President, and JOHN TYLER,
1 of Virginia, for Vice President of the Uni
ted States.
Resolved, Tharthe Editors of the various
papers in Pennsylvania opposed to Martin
Van Buren, be requested to give the forgo
ing proceedings a prominent insertion in
their respective Journals.
I Adjourned.
I J. ANDREW SHULZE, Ciers.
k . John A. Fisher, Seery.
Pennsylvania State Pebt.—A paragraph
is going the rounds of the papers, stating
that the debt of this Suite is the largest in
the Union. This is tilt very true, as fir as
it goes ; but nothing is said ()film great ad•
vance in the value of property of its citizens
created by it,or of the boundless resources
',film State which it had so materially sided
developing..— Philadelphia ./Vortir .4.-
inerica a.
Correspondence of the Philadelphia North
American.
NEW YORE, Dee. 0, 3 P. M.
Now, I have to tell you the news of
WAR I which hos just come down from Al
bany. The tenants on the vitals of the
Po
troon yet stand out successfully against the
Sheriff of Albany and his posse; and the
Governor. has been compelled to, send down ,
here for our light troops. Two steamers
dowered by him arrived with the orders at
1 o'clock, and already orders have been cir
culated
throughout the city, and every thing
is in motion.
The troops ordered out are the Ist Di
vision of A itillery, commanded by General
Sanford, and includes the brigades of Gen
Hind and George P. Morris. These troops
aro armed with muskets and take 10 field
pieces, and are In be accompanied by three
companies of cavalry. The whole number
of men Will be over 2,000.
They will parade to night and be off in
the morning unless another express, which
will be down to-night, should bring coun'er
orders The news is that the tenants have
routed the Sheriff's prvise as well as the
military of Alb Any and the country round
about, ►n a decided skirmish.
It IS Et bad business, but I hope will cost
no lives The tenanted territory covers
several townships. This territory was giv
en to the Old Platoon in old times, by the
Mich authorities of New Amsterdam, on
c•aidition of settling a certain number of
persons on thew. This was done on the
European plan of establishing a Barony.—
The lands were all leased for rents In him.
Since the good Gen. Stephen Van Rens
selaer is dead, the tenants rebel against hi.-
sons, or one of them, who is not popular
amon. , them, and refuse to pay rent or al
low the sheriff to levy.
So much for things out of place. The tet -
ants, howeve4, ought and must pay, and I
do not suppose they have any just Cause 114
complaint, much less of rebellion against
the authority of the State.
Correspondence of Commercial Advertiser
WASIIINSTON CITY, DVC. 7, 1839.
' , Turn about, wheel shout. rind do just so,
And every time you turn about jump iim ° Crow."
There 19 a little merriment among us jaw
now, at the expense of my honored friend
T. H. Benton, of Missouri. He received,
it seems, a specie check for one thousand
&Harp, for his mileage frum St. Louis to
the capital, but such was his sudden arid un
accountable detestation of the specie feature
iti the check, he instantly sold it to a broker
in this city, for eleven hundred in the paper
of our suspended banks, and is now, as I un
derstand, meeting his current expenses with
these bank rags ! Verily, truth is stranger
than fiction. He who but a short time
since dazzled and bedizined the whole na
tion with the splendor of his golden dreams.
and rolled the Mississippi back to its foun
tain head a solid column of virgin gold, now
barters away even the reality of his visions
for the rags of a suspended bank I But pro
bnblv my friend the. Colonel finds a "law in
his members warring against the lavY of his
mind," nod may truly exclaim with one of
old—" The good that I would I do not, but
the evil which I would not, that I do."
Yours,
Of the broad seal of New Jersey, which
was a subject for the delicate wit of Mr.
Duncan, of Ohio, among others of his wor
thy peers, on the same side of the House,
Mr. Randolph. of New Jersey, thus elo
quern ly spoke :
The seal on his colleague's commission
was the great seal . (said Mr. R.) not of Gov.
Pennington, as the gentleman remarked,
but of the people of New Jersey, who could
exemplify th‘ir acts and wishes in no other
way. Sir, (said Mr. It.) this seal is dear
to my constimente. It is older than the
Declaration of Independence ; it was adopt
ed when New Jersey was trodden by the
foreign Foe—when the heart's blond of Jer
seymen were poured out like water .upon
the soil; and is emblematic alike of her
rich and beautiful fields and or the glorious
contest in which they were engaged. They
emblazoned on that seal the genius of Plen
ty and the standard and emblem of liberty ;
and there, sir, they have stood untarnished
from that day to this. The state has been
run over and over again by the hostile foe;
I her valleys and her plains have been the
battle-fields of freedom ; her dwellings have
been wrapped in flames, and her soil been
tracked by the blood of her sons, and never,
no, never was that soil degraded, or, until
this discussion, its validity questioned.
....••• 0 10,....
The Ingersoll Proclamation.—One of
the most extraordinary documents we have
over seen, is n Proclamation, issued on
Monday last, by the Governor of the Slate
of Pennsylvania, declaring C. J. Ingersoll
to have been elected. (at the election held
more than a year ago,) one of the Repre
sentatives from that State in Congress:
The feature of it, which is. in our eyes, so
extraordinary, is not ;he decision of the Go
vernor of Mr. .t.gersoll's right, but the fact
of this proclamation being issued in the
teeth of the proclamation issued by the for.
mer Governor of that State, announcing the
election of Mr. Isimmon from the same dia.
trio ; a proclamation certainly- excluding
the effect of any posterior proclamaiion, and
especially of a proclamation issued by a
Governor who had no official existence at
the time of the occurrence which he as•
mimes to proclaim !—Nut. Int,
Wcak Peirtio.=-4t, ie n fact Worthy of
note, that those counties of New-York, in
which Mr. Van Boren staid longest, during
his recent tour, have given the strongest
majorities against him. •
An administration paper in Tennesspe
entiv told us, that the object of Mr V. B'r
tour was to ascertain by personal inspection
where would ha our cpuntry'a weak points
in the event of a war with Greet Britoin. —
Is it not probable that in limiting
_fir 'thy
country's weak points,-he evosed bra own',
prenticc•
The Bank question again came up tho
Tennessee House of Reptesci •.,:.ve s 0 „
Thursday last. AMr J 011 1 .4 t.ght for
ward a proporttion that the itat.k of Ten
nessee, which is exclusivuly under the con
trol of the Legislature, be instructed to re
sume her discounts. A Mr. Farquaharson
, moved to strike out "discounts" and insert
“..pecie payments." Thereupon the loco
finals took the alarm, and one of them mo
ved to lay the whole subjecton the table.—
, All the I •ens in the house except 12 voted
for this motion, but-the Whigs went unani
mously against it and defeated it. The
motion was of course but a mere device of
a majority, of the loco bores for getting rid
of a troublesome question which they were
afrnid to touch. The Whigs, true In their
characters, were for action, prompt, rind
decisive action. They rightly deemed
it the duty oldie members of the legislature
to put the people out of suspense, by saying
at once and in plain terms, whether they
intended to make the Bank resume specie .
payments, or In permit that institutien to
continue in a state of suspension.
The whole course of the loco faces to the
Tennessee Legislature, in regard to the
Bank subject, is n libel on legislation and a
burlesque on every thing. Whenever, in
any part of the country, a loco loco shall
hereafter presume Louse the wretched slang
of his party about "Democratic principles
of Banking," let the words "Tennessee Le
gislature" be quietly and coolly uttered in
his ear. His tongue will forget its noise d
and hang in his mouth as lifeless and inert
as a piece of red flannel.
Louisville Journal,
Gov. Porter's management of the Salo
Works, through his chosen agents, has at
length reached "a blaze of glary." The
rthstimongernont upon the Columbia Rail
Road, during the summer, has been so pal.
gable, disgrac, ful and injurious to the inter
est of the State, so as to call forth frequent
public reprobation—but all was disregarded
and the tearing, breaking and crashing of
rails, engines, cars and property, througb,, i ,,t7
the incompetency or carelessness of thn•'`'`"
gents, continued. We learn from an article
in the U. S. Gazette, that the workmee.on
the Columbia rail road have not received
any portion of their pay for the last three
morphs; end that most of them are , tatich
in need of Mnd, to p •ovithi fir the Winter.
And to rill this is now to be added the do
st ruct inn, by fire, on Thursday of last week,
01 the depot for engines at the Philadelphia
inclined plane. It is stated there was nei-
ther watchman nor %intern, the buildine.—
If this be the case, the acci lint may be set
down to the account of Negligence. It is
Hatted it will coal the State sloo,eoo to
repair the loss.—Chamberriburg Whig.
I==
The great'topic of conversation yester
day, was the nomination oldie Convention.
So far as we could judge from conversation
with members of the Opposition, the name
of the Hero of Tippecanoe will he respon
ded to with cordiality and enthusiaqm. Of
course, all sorts of occulations and calcula
tions were made ; but the almost universal
result of them was, that the glorious old pa
triot would be TRIUMPHANTLY ELECTED
Gen.' HAnnisorr was 60 years old, the
9th of February last, and we shall endeavor
to undertake a concise review of his event
ful life in our next paper..—/Iladisonian.
Diabolical Plat auaina human life.—
This morning (Friday) at four o'clock, one
of the most awful calamities occurred at
fladstock Wellsway Pitt, which it has ever
been our melancholy duty to record, by
which the liveioftwelVe unoffending fellow
dentures have been sacrificed. At about
that hour, the following individuals, viz:
Richard Langford, aged 44 ; Farnham
Langford, his son, 16; Alfred Langford,
another son, 13; James .Keevel, 41; and
his two sons, Mark aged 15, and James 14;
William Adams, 19; Leonard fowling,
1 2 William Summers, 26; Amos Donde,
13; John Barnett, 41 ; and James Pearce,
IS, assembled at the pit for work; the
whole number were honked on the top, prior
to being let down into the pit. when as soon
as their weight was felt fully upon the rope,
it broke asunder, and precipitated the whole
twelve to the bottom of the pit, a depth of
two hundred and fifty yards, or seven hund
red and fifty-six feet; by which frightful
catastrophe they were all dashed to pieces,
and consigned to instantaneous death. So
terrible was the shock to life and limb, in
falling this tremendous depth, that, out of
the twelve bodies, only one Was sufficiently
entire to be instantly recognized; the rest
were literally smashed, and dissevered limb
from limb, and presented a sight so awful,
and ghastly, that the seven men who had
been doing the night duty, and were wait
ing to be relived by this very party, were
so horror struck that they were found whol
ly speechless and stupified by the men who
went t 9 look after the party which had met
with this awful fate. The evidence taken
goes to establish beyond all doubt, that some
diabolical malice had caused this et:dewily
wilfully and premeditatedly, and that the
rope was perfectly sound over night, but
had been clipped nearly in two during the
night.—English paper.
BALfIMORE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, LICC. 13.
FLOUR—Since Tuesday morning sales of 3,-
000 a 4,000 bbls of Howard street flour have been
made for export at $5,50, holders aro asking the
same rate yesterday morning; the wagon price is
5,25. The receipts continue good. Bales of City
Mills yesterday at $5,75 full.
GRAlN—Bales of strictly prime red wheat was
made yesterday at $1,07,we quote $l, a 1,07; saki
of whito do suitablo for family flour at $1,14: . 11to . .;::
above sales show a material deelinesincit
Salve new white corn at 45 a 48c., afaci.:liiiir6;
yellow do 50 a 51c., rye is held at 530:1114014 . 4
27 a 21,1 c.
PllOVlBlONS—Tranactions in provisions are ' 5
extremely limited,and the following rates for prime
Western assorted &Icon at Etc; prima hams at 9
a 10; middlings at 8e; shoulders ut 7 a 74c. Last
soles of Mess Pork ut $16,12a. Mess Beef is
held at $l5; No 1 at $l3, and prime at $ll.
Glides.limter No Us worth 20 GI 22r';• No• 2 is
held ra 17 3 20e; and Nu.B at Pe.--ePaliii.4.
AND
REPUBLICAN BANNER.
Xt. 1.1.2.117CT:)/q ?4. "E'IIrLT.IPEI) Ed's.
GET 1.1 - SITURG, December 14, 1830.
DEItOURATIC ANTIMASONIC NOYIENATIONS
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEN. WILLIAM 11. HARRISCN.
FOR vicr.pn Es' DENT,
DANIEL WEBSTER.
SENATORIAL ELECTORS.
JOIIN ANDREW SIIULZE, JOSEPH RITNER
REPRESENTATIVE DELEGATES.
lot District: LEVIS PASSMORE ,
2d do C ADW A LLA DER EVANS,
do CHARLES W ATER%
11 do JONATHAN GILLINGHAM,
4th do A MOS ELLM AKER,
do JOHN K. ZEHLIN,
do DAVID POTTS,
sth do . ROBERT STINSON,
6th do WILLI AM S HENDEU,
7th do J JF.NKINS ROSS,
Bth do PE PER FILBERT,
9th do JOSEPH II SP YD,
10th do JOHN HARPER,
11th do WILLI A M M'ELWAINE,
12th do JOHN DICKSON,
13th do JOIN %PREF:II AN,
14th do JOHN REED,
15th do NA'rHA N REACH.
16th do NER NI I DDLES NV A RTEI,
17th do GEORGE ‘ll A LKER,
15th do lIF.RNIIARD CONNELLY, Jr
19th do GEN JOSEPH MARKLE,
20th do JUSTICE G. FORDYCE,
21st do JOSEPH HENDERSON,
22.1 do HARM AR DENNY,
231 do JOSEPH BUFFINGTON,
24th do JAMES MONTGOMERY,
25th do JOHN DICK.
The "STAR St BANNER " will here
,
'after be published on Saturday evening
of each week.
I+'• Extract of a letter to the Editor, dated
WASIIINGTON CITY, Dec. 12, 1839.
Dear Sir
_
Last night the Whig members of Congress
gave on entertainment to the Delegates of the
Harrisburg convention; to the number of about
35, now in this city. The dinner was a splendid
alThir and was attended by HEN . RY CLAY, Gen.
Cm ism and many other distingiiished individu
als. Mr. Ci.si made a speech, recommending in
the most forcible terms to all present and to the
whole country to support Gen. Hsitnisost,whom
he spoke of in tho highest terms. There were
twenty speeches made, by different individuals,
but old Pennsylvania carried, off the palm of elo
quence. Mr. BIDDLIG made, beyond all compari
eon, the most eloquent and elegant "speech made
on the occasion. He electrified the assembly,
when he spoke of the services. Civil and
MOOR. K saarsolf. He lON'thita Pettrlllyl
vania (Pennsylvania being last called on fir a
speech) although "last in the feast would be first
in the fray";— pledging himself that the Key Stone
would in November next, redeem all past delin-_
gummy; that the name of the glorious old soldier
would rally thousands to the standard of We Coun
try which he bare aloft In their front.
The Clerk has this moment commenced calling
the roll, passing over both sets of members from
Now Jersey but calling N a tion from Pennayl
vania. The next business, I presuine, will bo to
go into an investigation,under nur..rr's resolution,
to enquire who aro ehtiticd to their sestatiora the
Estate of New Jersey. • -
The Presidency and Pica Presidency.
The nomination of the Hero of the West as a
candidate for the Presidency, seems to meet with
general approbation even among the parlor gentry.
It is hailed with enthusiasm by the hard 'fisted
people. That the Conqueror of Tippecanoe Will
be the next President we do not doubt. He who
has ao often bared his bosom to protect his coon.
trvmen will find that their bosoms are not filled
with atone.
Wo should have preferred Mr. Webster for the
Vice Presidency ; and shall continue his name and
electoral ticket, at the head of our columns, unless
he himself should deem it for the best interests of
his country to withdraw. We never desert friends
so long as they need our aid.
Corinitras.—At the last accounts from Wash
ington City, an grgsnization had not been effect.
ed. Tito proceedings up to the adjournment on
night before lust will be found in tu•day's paper.
cCrTho editor of the Baltimore Chronicle in his
paper of yesterday, thus speaks of Quota:ll h
am) Imostasort., and our own dear Davy R. Pots-
TEll:—..lf there be a back door to the Hall of the
House of Representatives,
.and any conceivable
way by which a man may sneak out of the pres
ence of gentlemen, and find his way to the loca
tion which has the honor of acknowledging him
as a citizen, we would advise Mr. Charles Jared
Ingersoll to take that course. In the history of
impudence and assurance, there steely never has
boon a more glaring instance than that which has
been exhibited' by him in contesting the right of
Mr. Naylor to his scat in Congress. When it was
Tirst announced that Mr. Ingersoll designed con
testing the sent, we looked upon it as merely an
ebulition of rage at being defeated—a desire' to
seem important if he could not actually be so.—
We had not the remotest idea that he would ever
attempt to carry out the ends required by the more
• violent of his partisans. Preposterous as it was,
• however, wo find him in the Hall of the House,
with what he is pleased to call his credentials,
claiming ,his seat, as if ho had a shadow of right'
to it.. The House promptly denied him the least
arjklputioir in its deliberations, and has thereby
.-
ii**.' ! . 44l4/11rAttiolf in some degree a respecter of right
4
t'a r A l l,o4l 4 * How degraded must ho himself feel
4.4Atikci , 4•.-ileeisivo expression of opinion by that
t,'?"''-1311Y, - end how' much more degraded must David
t! • R. Porter feel himself for allowing Itio.self to be
lt:omo' the instrument of such a flitscrublo.attempt
la defeat the will of the - people as well as to bring
the laws p 1 the State of Pennss lvania into disre
pute. atv. '.'orter, if it is possible to• be so, is
thrum; !ewer tit the susale of moral honesty, than
am en he. who would have been • tory bad he
Jived in the daps of the rcenlinion."
"HARRISON & VIDERTY 1 0 i
Never have we been more gratified than during
the last week, whilst perusing the remarks of om
brethren of the Anti• Van Boren press on the sub
ject of the nominations made by the Harrisburg
Convention. From the North and the South,
the East and the West, the same glad response is
heird, and at the mast head of every Anti-Van
Buren press on our exchange we see the banner of
the ..HERO OF TIPPECA NOE," proudly float.
ing. None hold bask—all, ALL, as with the voice
of one man, have come out boldly, and Hurts
their banner to the breeze, determined that there
it shall float until a change of rulers is effected—
until those who now bear rule over us, as with a
rod of iron, shall be ousted from the White House
Ist Washington. and until the friends of Reform
I shall he successful in placing those in power who
have a due regard to the best interests and wet
faro of our beloved land—or, until a majority of
the people shall declare that they approve of the
policy of the present National Administration.—
Till Men it shall float, and if it shall appear that
those who ate now in power, have, by the aid of
the forty thousand post offices in our land, and
numberless Custoaphouteand other officers, been
enabled still to remain in power, then, and not till
then, will the flag be struck. But we have no
fears that a majority of the people of this country
will cast their saffrope for Martin Van Buren ;
no, we have that within us which tells us, that
on the 4th of March, 1841, Martin Van Buren
will, at the command of the People of these Uni
ted States, take up the line of march at double
quick iime, for Kinderhook, or Salt River; and
that Gen. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
the Hero tuba item lost a battle, will be inaugura
ted President of these U, States, and will take
possession of the "White House" at Washington.
Then will go up to Heaven the fervent thanksgiv
ings and prayers of this people, that they have
been redeemed from the power of the most cor
rupt administration' which ever existed in our
lend, and that Heaven may bless those who will
then be in power; that they may tear rule over us
with an eye single to the best interests of our
land. Then will the people rejoice, and from
Maine to Georgia, will they feel that they are
' once more FREE.
To effect this, it is at once the duty of the pa
triot, the statesman, and the Christian, to put on
his armor for the fight, and give himself no rest
until the desired object is accomplished. Let us
ORGANIZE. !—Lot ward and township committees
be appointed through the length and breadth of
our land, and It:t those committees work. With
out this organization wo may ho defeated—with
it, we MUST 13E SUCCESSFUL: Let, then,
ono and all put his shoulders to the wheel, and
we will, we MART RE TRIUMPHANT !
To give our readers an idea of the unan:mity
of our brethren of the press, wo proceed to give ex.
tracts from a portion of those received ; we may
in a future number give more. At present, we
have only room to give a sample of those already
received ;it would fill our pages to copy all. We
will, in the first place, give the names of those
who were friendly to'tho;norninat,ion of the un
succestiful 'persons named for the high post. It
will bo seen that like patriots and statesmen, car
ing more for the overthrow of the present corrupt
administration, than for the advancement of their
own particular favorites, they come out for the
nomination with hearty good will, determined not
to get weary in the fight; until ovivroar" shall
perch upon our banner.
The "National Intelligencer," referring to its
former. pledge to,.support the candidates who '
should be desi gnated by the Convention, says
This pledge we-stand prepared to redeem, end to
yield to the distinguished citizens on whom the
choice has fallen,,our earnest support. Nor, in
in doing so, shall we put any force upon our in
clinations. The support which we shall render
to the candidate for the first office, will be the
more cordial and sincere from our own knowledge
of his character; his patriotism, his long end omi.
nent services, his mature experience; and his .t re. '
public i en prnierples." .
Thii'New York ' , Empire' Stei," than which
Mr. CLAY had not a warmer friend, yields a hear
ty concurrence to the nomination, After speak
ing of his favorite candidate, the editor remarks,
that, "as the original friends of HENRY CLAY, we
accept the nomination as one full of the most glo
rious promise to the country, and shall support it
to the extent of our power, • • • *
In the fullest belief that the event will justify our
prediction, we say there is every prospect of tri
umph at the great election of 1840. As sure as
the sun shines, end WILLIAX Heim!' HAnnisoa
lives, so sere will the People of the U. States elect
him to the Presidency.
The , illfadisoniati," the organ of the Conserva
tive party of the Union, has taken strong grounds
in favor of the gallant HAantsox, and remarks in
his last number, that tithe great topic of conver
sation in that city, (Washington.) is the nomma.
tion of the Convention. So fur as we could judge
from conversation with members of the Opposi
' tion, the name of the Hero of Tippecanoe will be
responded to nith cordiality and enthusiasm. Of
course, all sorts of speculations and calculations
were made ; but the almost universal result of
them was, that the glorious old patriot would be
triumphantly elected !"
Yours truly.
We bad interded giving extracts from several
other of the lea ding papers of the country, but we
find that room will not permit ; we must defer
them to some other time. Wo conclude by re
marking, that if the signs of the times portend tru
ly, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON will, on
the 4th of March, 1841, occupy the post which is
now filled by Martin. Van Buren I
Kasrpctur.—Mr. Hanson, Whig has been
elect'd President of the Kentucky Senate, unani
[wry, all other candidates being withdrawn.—
Th meange of Gov. Wickliffe, was read on
,Tuesday the 3d inst., and both boners adjourned
Without doing further business.
- •
, •
INDIANA.—The legislature of ibis state met on
the 2d inst. The Hon. David Hillis took the
Chair "of the Senate, and Charles It. Yest was
chosen Secretary. In the Honse,after the tailing
of the roll, James G. Read, (Van Buren) was
elpeted Speaker, by a majority'of five Votes, and
Horatio J. Harris was clotted principal clerk.—
The message of Gov. Wallace, is a plain straight.
forward, sensible document, without bombast,and
not more prolix than necessity required.
cc,The Presitle9eo Merano hve not. yet been
received. .
The Presideilic#.
•.Rejoice, Columbia's Sons, rejoice !
All whn from tyrants would be free
Bally, %villa - heart, and soul. and tr oice,
For HARRISON & LIBERTY !"
in• -It will perhaps be remembered by our rea -
ers that, in the month of May last, the Sheriff of
St. Louis, Missouri, went on board the Steam-boat
Gen. Brady, commanded by Capt. James Gon
zallis, and seized in execution the cargo, on a
writ issued by the Court of that City. The Sher-I
fr fearing that Cart G. might perhaps "raise
steam, and make tracks" down the river before
day break, sent his Deputy on board, with orders
to keep a sharp look out, and prevent such an oc.
..urrence. Thither the Deputy repaired, and for
several hours kept a faithful watch But alas,
poor human nature would not bold out, and be-'
fore many Lours, ho inept into a berth, end laid
himself up, or rather down, for a good night's
rest. The Captain being "wide awake," as soon
as he discovered that his guardian had fallen into
a deep sleep, with the assistance of tho mate and
one or two others, tied him down to his berth,
and as speedily as could be, raised steam, and
was off for Now-Orleans, with his valuable cargo.
'rho Deputy, ere long. was awakened by the
ceaseless puff, puff, puff, of the engine, and was a
bout jumping up from his resting place, when,
to his utter astonishment, he found that he
w a s no longer a free agent. To release himself
was impossible, and not wishing - to take a trip to
New-Orleans, he was glad to accept the kind of.
fer of Capt. G. to put him on shore. The Cap
tain not thinking it safe to land htm on the Mis
souri shore, sent him over to the Illinois side of
the river, some ten or twelve miles below St.
Louis. The deputy had not been ashore more
than ten or fifteen minutes, before he we. corn
pletely drenched by a shower of rain ; as soon as
ho could draw breath, ho made tracks through the
mud of a swampy prair e, up stream, for his own
dear home. There he arrived, after getting a
complete soaking, covered with mud and mire,
looking more like a drowned rat than any thing
we wot of. We never, in all our days, saw so
miserable a looking object, as the poor fellow
presented on his entrance into the city. His
nppearanco, however, seemed to cheer up the
spirits of some poor loafers, who, in by-gone days,
had felt his power. They all appeared to be ve•
ry busy in drawing comparisons between his ap
pearance and their own, end seemed much de
lighted with the opportunity afforded them of
laughing at their old kind friend.
The poor Deputy, however, has been revenged
on Captain Gonzailis, as we learn from the St.
Louis papers, that the Captain having paid a vi•
sit to that city a short time since, was arrested for
the offence, and fined in the sum of $l6B 33.
Caught in hi own Trap t
The "Globe," of Friday night, announced that
Gen'. SCOTT had undoubtedly been nominated pt
Harrisburg, in consequence of the Whigs of the
New-York Delegation, 18 in. number, holding a
caucus, and writing to the Now York members
of the Harrisburg Convention a formal letter, re
commending the nomination of that distinguished
citizen. And then, with a view of exciting the
friends of Gen. Hxnutsox against the supposed
nomination of SCOTT, makes the following admix..
sion and appeal :
"Gen. HARRISON, with what mock
ery have you been treated ? When
there was a battle to fight, your party
took You for a leader. While victory
was perching on its banners, you were
to be unceremoniously thrust aside, jo
make way for Mr. CLAY. And now,
when they haVe another battle to fight,
behold, IN CONTEMPT OF YOUR POPULA
RITY, your DEVOTION, your FEELINGS,
they must have a new leader in the per
son of another military chieftain ?
But what HONOR or HONESTY ii there
in a party which can so readily aban
don both its PRINCIPLES and its LEAD
ERS ?
This is not a movement of the peo
ple composing one of our great politi
cal parties, but of certain politicians.
It does not emanate from our FARMERS,
MECHANICS, or MERCHANTS—from our
VALLEYS, OUT PLAINS, or our CITIES :
but from a little band of politicians—
from a caucus room at Washington ?
Will not all good Whigs obey the
mandate, TURN ABOUT, WHEEL ABOUT,
AND JUMP JIM CROW ?"
What a beautiful admission is here ! Behold
the organ of the Administration no sooner ima
gines SCOTT nominated, than it admits the patri
tie "DEVOTION " of Gen. HAunisorr, and that his
nomination is desired by the " PEOPLE," and if
made, would have emanated fron our FAR—
MERS, MECHANICS and MERCHANTS,
from ..OUR VALLEYS, OUR. PLAINS, ♦ND OUR
CITIES " ! ! !—And then, again, the people are
to be called upon to "turn about, wheel about,
and jump Jim Crow I" How beautiful, how re
fined, how classical, and withal, how very true !
For once, Mr. $200,000 Globe, you have "calcu.
hied without your host !" The People have not
been asked to "turn about ;" but the Harrisburg
Convention ban said to them s 1810, without
organization or ccricert, you, the People, brought
forward-Gen. HARRISON, and without an efEiri,
came within a few votes of defeating the Spoils
candidate for the Presidency. We now place be
fore you the same veteran Hero and Statesman
for your sulTrnges, in the full conviction that his
nomination is demanded by "our FARMERS, ME
' claims and MERCUANTS and that it is loudly
called for by a voice which cannot be mistaken,
"from our 'VALLEYS, our PLAINS and our °prize
New- fork Courier.
For the Star¢ Banner.
Ma. EDITOR 1
Allow me, through your paper, to draw the
attention of the Citizens of the County to a sub
ject that has notacceived that share of attention
it deserves; and which, from the numerous los=es
that are sustained through its neglect—ought not
to be passed by so carelessly, or so very general
ly neglected, I mean, the necessity of having all
deeds and, can.veyances of properly placed upon
14e records of the County. There ore but few
izien, who have themselves held much property, or
who have been engaged in settling up the estates
br others, that have not experienced the great il4
vantages resulting from having all titles to land
in such situations as that they are always secure,
and open for their' use: The security of the
County Records is more.ndarty Perfect than any_
other known ; nd their adventagng nitro certain,
that the man who dear ;lot availKitrtdilf of them,
deseries to loose all that they'll:4/41in for him.
An •pnrecorded deed• may be destroyed in numer
ous ways :—it might be lost, if carried about d
man's person even for a day—it may be deposited
in some place so safely as nut to be found again—
lt, may, by use, be worn out—it may be torn, and
one part lost, rendering the remaining parts use
less—it may be so much abused as that it cannot
be used—or it might bo needed to make out a
man's title, and could not be used, for want of be.
ing recorded according to law. Any or all of
these things, in an accidental way, may happen,
and a whole Estate be lost. : Whereas, if a deed
has been properly recorded, which is done at the
trilling expense of a few cents, it la lac from all
these accidents, mid can only be injured by fire.
(which is an accident almost 'oeyond our control )
The owner is douts/y safe-4.aving in his own
pessess , ion his dyed, with the Recorder's certifi
cate—and should that be missing, he has the same
deed preserved on the Record, and open to his
use and inspection, and for his security. No cos.
tom is more common than for an individual, when
his farm or house has been purchased at the ex
pense of thousands, to throw away the only secu
rity ho has for his purchase—into some drawer or
chest, to be destroyed, it may he, in a few days—
at least without putting it beyond the reach of ev
ery day accidents—none of which are more cm
men than lire. Our citizens should look to this
matter, and secure themselves now, while they
may avail themselves of the experience and ability
of the officer t'tey have chosen to perform this
duty, (Mr. Km o.) who has entered upon his
duties. It is duo to themselves that they should
be secure. It is due to the officer of their choice,
who they have placed there thus to secure them.
LATIMORE.
REtIGIOUS NOTICES.
0 --y The Rer. Mr. Surrn, will preach in the
Lutheran Church on Sunday morning and the
Rev, Mr. J eons in the evening.
cc. The Rev. Mr.MeLEAN, will preach in his
Church on Sunday morning next.
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lIYIVIENIAL REGISTER.
MARRIED.
On the sth inst. by the Rev. Wm. Barnes, Mr.
Eli'.l. Swain, of Harrisburg, to Mrs. Ann Plank,
of Gettysburg.
On the 10th inst., by the Rev. B. Keller, Mr.
Rupley Croft, formerly of Cumberland County,
to Miss Eleanora Forry, of this place.
On the 13th inst., by the same, Mr. Daniel
Little, to Miss Ann Elizabeth McPherson, both
a( Emrnittsburg, Md.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
TEMPERANCE.
.604. •
yHE Temperance mociety of Rock Creek
will meet at Rock Creek Chapel on
Christmas day.
A. H. McCREARY, Secretary.
Dec. 14. td.
AN AFPRENTICE -.
TO
TO TIIE
PR 1 'NT 1X 49 11 U S LNE S
11,W . ILL be taken at this Office if imme
w 'diate application be made.
LAW-PARTNERIIIIP.
Jas.Cooper&A.R.Stevenson,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
OFFICE one door West of the Bank,
adjoining the Prothonotary's Office, in
Gettysburg.
r HE business of the Subscriber wil
JIL suffer no interruption during his ob
sence ; tt will be attended to by A. R. ST E
vENsort, Esq. • '
JAMES COOPER.
Dec. 2, 1839. St
SPECIAL COURT.
Notice is hereby Given,
to all whom it may concern, that, in
pursuance of an Act of the General
Assembly of Pennsylvania, entitled "An
Act for holding Special Courts of Common
Pleas," pailsed the 15th day of March,
1810, and the supplements,
IV SPECIAL COVRT
of Common Pleas will be held at the Court
house, in the borough of Gettysburg, in and
for the county of Adams, on Monday the
23d day of December inet. (being the 4th
Monday in said month,) at 10 o'clock, A.
sr. to try and determine all such matters as
shall properly be cognizable by the said
Court.
G. W. M'CLELLAN, Sherif.
Sheriff's Office, .
9et0r47 , ,,r 1; ,nec. 2, 1839. 3 to
VALII,AIILE PROPERTY
FOR saLE.
/FHG. Subscriber, wishing to remove
West, will sell, at Pirivate Sale,
• 11 19
I JR a trarli 2.kbfP
id South Baltimore street, Get
tysburg. The House is new, large, and
convenient, with a well of good Water on
the Lot. The Stabling is gond, with an
addition suitable for a Carriage-house. The
situation is very desirable for private fami
lies. being in the most healthy arid best wa•
tered pait of the town,
' 06711 the Propertf is not sold by the Ist
oi"..Tanuaiy next, it will be RENTED for
o'negear.; '
H. DEN WIDDIE
Nov. 4.
N. B.—¢ll pnreorls who know themselves
indebted to the subscriber, will please to
clip and settle thpir accounts.
WOOD: WOOD!
AFEW Cords of WOOD will be token
at this Office, immediately, for sub.
aeriptierr • - • •
A DVER'CISEMENTS.
SHERIFF'S S.IIL
It m pursuance of sundry Writs of Vcditio
ni issued out of the Court of
Common Pleas of Adams county, and to me
directed, will be exposed'to Public Sale, at
tho Court-house, in the borough of Gettys
burg, on Wednesday the 25th day of De.
cember inst. at 1 o'clock, P. u. '
A TRACT OF LAND,
situate in Hamiltonban township, Adams
county, Pa. adjoining lands of Wm. Doug.
lass, George Is vine, and others, containing
260 Acres, more or less, on which are erect
ed a two-story
le
, Stone lhvellinc.-horse,
9 a double Log Barn, and other Out
buildings, with a spring of water near the
door. Seized and taken in execution as the
Estate of lIENItY SELL.
-ALSO -
Two Lots of Ground,
Situate in the town of Petersburg, Hunting
ton towship, Adams county. Pa. adjoining
lots of George Deardorff, and the Hanover
and Carlisle turnpike road, bounied on the
1901 AI-west by a 12 feet alley, containing
one-halt Acre, more or less, on which arc e
rected a one and a half-story
fife lA.. Dwelling-house,
ii• • .and Log Stable. Seized and taken
in execution ad the Estate of JOHN Si'EAL-
G. W. M'CLELLAN, Sherif.
Sheriff's Office,
Gettysburg, Dec. 2, 1839. 5
44'111e, Empire State,"
ENLALItGED!
JANUARY 1, 1840.
PROSPECTUS.
DETERMINED to make adequate re
turns for the liberal and Increasing en.
couragement given to this paper, which
bears aloft the name, and defends the honor
and interests of the EMPIRE STATE—
the publishers propose, on the commence
ment of the year 1940, to issue this paper
in the folio form, on an enlarged sheet of the
Mammoth Size, to exceed in sizo and style
of execution, any weekly newspaper publish
ed in this city or country. The most am •
pie arrangements are making to give to the
paper all those attractions, as a well conduct
ed Political, Literary and Miscellaneous
Journal, which the intelligence and good
taste of the present age require. In its ar
rangement and execution. and the amount
of reading matter it wig contain. as well as
in its early and faithful record of News, for:
eign end domestic, local and general, the
EMPIRE ST vrE will be unequalled. It
will remain staunch De it ever has been, in
support of sound Democratic Whig Princi
ples—an advocate of Public and Private
Economy, Public and Private Virtue, Equal
Rights and Equal Laws. And in catering
for the general reader, we shall spare no
paintr or expease to -render the paper nttrac!
tive, valuable and useful. The choicest se
lections will be regularly made from the
current Literature of the day, together with
ample original contributions from the pens
of able and practised writers.
Terms of '"The Empire State."
ENLARGED BERIEIL
The paper will be published on a Mani
moth folio sheet, on paper of superior quali
ty and beautiful typo.
The price will be 82 50 pet annum—in
all cases in advance. No paper sent until
the money is received; and no subscriptions
received for a less term than six months.
Those who are now subscribers, or wish
to avail themselves of the privileges of the
present terms, may do so by enclosing $2
at any time prior to the tat of January,
1840, and the paper will be sent for'one
year. After that date, the terms will inva
riably be $2 50 per annum, in advance.
Business letters should be addressed to
J. GREGG WILSON dr. CO,
Publishers of the tmpire State,
162 Nassau street, N. Y.
Dec. 14 3t
ZI) YIME
FOR SALE.
rh I lig Subscriber, Execut;dr of the Estate
of WM. M'PIIERSON, deceased, of
fors for sale the followine , Properly, part of
the Real Estate of said deceased, viz :
A 1 1 A It DT
Situate in Cumberland township, Adams
county, Pa., near Gettysburg, occupied by
Mr. Jonms, containing about
300 ACRES.
THE IMPROVEMENTS ABE A
LOG HOUSE
A large Double LOG BARN; a well of
gond water near the door; an Orchard of
choice Fruit; a good proportion of Meadow
end Timber-land.
-ALSO-
A F'AB.ll
In said township, near the above described
Tract, occupied by SAMUEL GALLAGHER
Containing about
340 .fitenEs,.
THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE A
.'. [Th (!) ZUCtil/DEilo
and LOG BARN, a spring of excellent
Mater near the house. This farm will' be
divided to suit purchasers, as there is an
other small improvement on it.
110'"For terms &c. apply to the Subscri
ber.
J. B. M'PEIERSON, Er'r.
Oct. 5. tf
CHEAP CLOTHS.,
GOOD assortment
,embracing
2.- • Very fine wool dyed Black—Superior
Blue, . .
invisble & Bottle Green, Olive, Brown •
and mixed Cloths. •
Superior Plain find Bucksin Cassimere,
Casstnetts, Kentucky Jeans, Bower
Cloths, etc. dm
Just received and for sale by
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R. G. MCREARY.i •
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Sett 17, • f
NOTICE
,L2L 1 322)021 P2L62),221119
V h EA LED PROPOSALS will be receiv
ed by the Coeirriissioncrs of Adam . if co.
at the house of Mr. JOSEPH Sxrintrwitt,
in Conowago township, on Saturday the
281 h day of December test. between the
hours 0t . 9 o'clock, A. m. and 2 o'clitek, r.
m. for the erection of a good and substantial
wooprze martrpoz:
across Little Cnnowago creek, near Joseph
Sneeringer's Mill of the following dimen
sions, to wit :—To contain in length train
ono abutment to the other, 70 feet span,
and of single arch ; 16 feet wide in the
clear, and the abutments to be 8 feet thick
each, and 21 feet wide, arid R feet high from
low water mark, where the Bridge crosses
the stream ; wing-walls on the east side to
be 10 feet long each, and on the west side
to be 20 feet long each, exclusive of the a
butments; the wing-walls to be 84 feet thick
at the bottom, and 2- fact °tithe top.; wing
walls tn.be 3 feet higher than the filling up ;
the wing-walls to • be under a good pnrnpet
covering of white pine boards of at least: I
inch in thickness, and well painted with red
paint : the abutments and wing -walls to be
built on rocks, or otherwise on good solid
foundations ; the Bridge to be 124 feet high
from the floor to the square ; the sides and
parts of the ends to weather-boarded with
white pine boards, well planked and painted,
the sides a good Venetian red, and the gables
white ; the arch to be planked with white
pine planks, 2 inches thick, and on the top
with 2 inches oak plank, to extend the fell
breadth of the Bridge ; lower planks to ba
Dinned, and the whole to be covered with
white pine shingles; the wood work to be
built of good and substantial timber ; the
Stone work of large and good tropes, limo
and sand mortar, and to he well pointed; the
roofing of the Bridge to extend ever both
abutments; . the Bridge to be built on the
same plan, as the Bridge over the acme
stream near Michael Kezmiller's brill; the
sppce hetween the wing -walls and abutments
to be 'Mei up, so ns in have a eradual as
cent running on to the Bridge not to exceed
5 degrees elet+ation from the road to the
Bridge; the Bridge, in the inside, to be
weather-boarded 2i feet high from the floor
with boards 1 inch thick.
The pnrty contracting for building said
Bridge, t o give security to double the a
mount of the contract, for the faithful per
formance of the workmanship, and perma
nency of said Bridge.
By order of the Commissioners,
11. J. SCH REINER, Clerk.
Commissioner's Ofnee,R .
December 2, 1839. ) 4t
VALUABLE
MILL PROPEIVIIT
- 041.111t0
01111-tESuhscribor will offer ot Public Stile,
- 11 ,-:tit the house of Kurtz,. in. the
horough of Gettysburg, on
.Tuesduy the
24th of Decemler next, at 1 o'clock, P. X.
a Tract of sand,
siniate in Liberiy township, Adams enunty.
containing 1.01 Acres and 31 Perches, and
allowance, adjoining lands alien!? Weldy
and others. The improvements are :
A LAUGE •
STONE NULL,rir; , );::;•.
with two water wheelq and threell A;
pair ofstones—the works in good repair ;
recently repaired ;
• A STONE
rid z, DWELLING-HOUSE,
& STONE BARN.
-ALSO
.1110X1.71 TAM'
lying about 3 miles from the above descri-,
bed Tract, containing 1:31 Acres and FO
Perches, adjoining lands of Robert Slcm.
mons, Christian Friedt, and others.
The Property will be shown to any per.
son desirous of purchasing, by Maj. J. E.
WILL, residing at the Mills. •
o:7•Termsof sale' will ba—the one-half
in hand on the let day of April next, and
the residue in two equal annual payments,
without interest—to be secured to the sat.
if:fiction of the subscribers.
EZRA BLYTHE,
J. B. lIITHERSON,
Agents for the Creditors of Alexander Mack.
Nov. 10. to
A VALIJAHE
"ARM 1 1 0 E, SALE.
T HE subscriber, will sell at Private Sale,
his farm of valuable land, consisting o
173 acres, fifty O. w hic h
are Woon•
LAND, with a good proportion - of meadow,
The improvements aro
A DOUBLE
24)0 LID
&I; i "
. !•• e ; .
and double Log Barn, with two s
good wells of water, one at the Baru and
thtrother-near the House; alsol'WO
000 D oRCIMR.9B,
,;eci: 1 ::•• The above farm is situate in Let
' imore townshrp,Adatnscnunty,Pa.
adjoining lands•of George . Deardoiff,Josiab.
Bender; and others; the term is under good
repair.
Any fuithift infiirmntion respecting tba'
same can be obtained by culling on the.sub-,
scriber residing theienn. ,
SAMUELLIOLLINGER,
SeptembeF'S
e''OTYCE.
'rI'ERS of Adminiatrnlion on the es-
Into of i Zuriimicih Lapderbuch t , Into
01. Geitnntly 'tim'viitatt?. tleret . tso, I, , n‘t?, 1 17
sited•to the , stilisseiTher tettitilltitifo 3 er ( rOnY
ilt wciisltift i .All persons ktinfwitk tlxinittl*r:.
t he ietabtetltto:snid ottltte ' aro reiNesteil
licall and settle-;ttUoso heving ilaintii.twill
.. esprit them duly authenticatettfor settle.
eat. ..' . .6.. •; • ; •',.'. ' ... v * ... *.
-. DANIEL-CRAUSEr.".
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Ott. Ct.