. 14•• . . , . ".•.•' - I . • . 40 , - . . .. , • * • • P , . . . yy ii •4' , -- t.:•-:.. . I ' - - 4 ‘S"'l, n .7: ~. i n ":4- -4 ;' •••'- 41, - :*;"- "'•,:- •• •r ' . ? ',- t L .a. , . ....,. ....A... - .44,4 -54 • ',...:•• ••• 4 ' -- .. 1 ; .'ll-...,.. , . 4.,„ ~.. 7,114.r.,. .,i ,11r.:•-• . , 7'4...7. I . -• . .... :'",- !.'t ~k : I - : -' 4;;;;* _-_•_, t . ,..r', .. 4 - .. v it ,..• ;.'.I„Y-',..i :: I t.._`,. , f-' )-, .... - V - :, :'4;14 j - - - •". •i - 4•• ii..-- : '": _ •, 1.4. , V .., . ' C .:l '4•4 '.:3 •• •• . ' 4 % • !,4" . -'7. ' * l e -"*" ' ' • R. S. P.IXTOJte VOL. X.--NO. 40.] ADVERTISEMENTS. LAW-PARTNERSHIP. Jas.Cooper&A.R.Stevenson, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OFFICE one door West of the Bank, adjoining the Prolhodotary's Office, in Gettysburg. THE business of the Subscriber wil suffer no interruption during his ab some ; tt will be attended to by A. R. STE VENBON, Esq. Dec. 2,1830. VALUABLE PROPERTY TOR S• 114 E. all -1E Subscriber, wishing to remove West, will sell, at Pirivate Sale, • 111 s . ,:'" - • • ;;1: 11 ‘ 3 aalAralla a? Mao 4.- . - in South Baltimore street, Get tysburg. The House is new, large, and convenient, with a well of good Water on 'the Lot. The Stabling is good, with an additions liable for a Carriage-house. The situation a very delirable for private fami lies, bet g in the most healthy and best wa • tered part of the town. Mr-11 the Property is not sold by the Ist of January next, it will be RENTED for one year. Nov. 4. N. B.—All persons who know themselves indebted to the subscriber, will please to call and settle their accounts. A IVILLUAISE IPOR SATZ. •filliE subscriber, will sell at Private Sale, -IL his farm of valuable land, consisting o 173 acres, fifty of which are WOOD LAND, with a good proportion of meadow. The improvements aro A DOUBLE i' '. &be Zr24VZO2 .• ~ and double Log Barn, with two 11 2_:_ - .. good wells of water, one at the Barn and . 'the other near the House, also TWO GOOD ORCDUIRDS, The above farm is situate in Lat SAMUEL HOLLIN(.E;:: September 3. ,ildams County, Temper . .:,:nt Cohvention. • HE various Temperance Societies of the County, will please to remember that the Convention will assemble, accord ing to adjournment, in the Methodist Epis copal Church, on NEW-YEAR'S DAY, {lst of January, 1840.) It is to be hoped that every Society will be careful to have a full delegation in attendance. WM. M. REYNOLDS,/ „._, B JOHN K. bIsCURDY, 5 Dec. 21. TEMPERANCE. ASEMLANNU AL Meeting of the Itit tlestown Temperance Society, will be held in the Church, on the lst of January next, at 2 o'clock, r. rit. when an Election will be -held for Officers for the ensuing year. 0::7 - An Address will be delivered in the Evening, by the Rev. J. C. WATSON. JOHN M'ILVAIN, Sec'y. td Dec. 21. NOTICE. LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION, do tho estatate of ar.,4IIITIM MEL Llllll, late of Gormany township, deceased. having been granted to the subscriber residing in Mountjoy township—ho hereby requests all persons indebted to the estate to make pay. mont of their respective dues—and all per sons having claims to present them, proper ly authenticated for settlement. JACOB KELLER, Adm'r with the Will annexed. 6t. '1 Sept. 17. NOTICE.. L ETTERS of Administration on the es. tate of Zachariah Latiderbach, late of Germany township; deceased, have is , sued to the subscriber residing in Germany 'township t AU persons knowing tliemselves Iy. ) ,:_tti be indebted to said estate are requested to call and settle ; those having claims will ‘,pigsent them duly authenticated for settle ry trot. DANIEL CRAUSE. • _ 6w `~ . : h . ED, A ra W n ANT = , HA ND, VIROM tbe let nt April next, on a small - Farm near York Springs. To one who can come well recommended for in. &atty., capability and good moral charac ter, liberal wages Roll be given. None oth cii*ed apply. Application to be 'wide to J. G. CAPITO, Petersburg, (Y. S.) 3t bct. 21. JAMES COOPER. 31 11. DEN WIDDIE. The Reading Rooms are well supplied with the leading journals of different cities, as well as with a great variety of the coun try Journals of the State. Attached to the Hotel are very extensive STABLES, calculated to accommodate one hundred horses, and under the superintend ence of careful and attentive healers- PC:PH. M. returns his sincere acknowl. edgements for the very liberal encourage. ment heretofore received, and feeling confi dent that he can furnish his guests with fare which will lose nothin g by a comparison with other houses, and that hie apartments and their furniture are fully equal to those of any other hotel in the city, he respectful. ly solicits a further share of public patro nage. Nov. 4. ly ADVERTISEMENTS:,, W c ,60m 1) li. SWOPE, returns his sincere • thanks to the citizens of Gettysburg, and the public generallj , for the very liberal share of patronage received by him. De. termined to merit a continuance of public favor by unremitting exertions to please— and • a determination to keep constantly on hand A SUPERIOR ASSORTMENT OF Vie,nel3,, and Do mestic, Taney anti Sto, Goods, at the lowest prices—he has the pleasure ofannouncing to the public, that he has just returned from the city, with an additional supply of Mew all• most desirable Goods, which With his present stock will now en abte him to offer to those who may favor him with a dill. A VERY SUPERIOR ASSORTMENT OF SPRING 16 SUMMER GOODS, to all of which he most respectfully invites their attention• Gettysburg; Juno 18, 1839. LOOK AT THIS! NEW GOODS. 77tos. J. Cooper, I S just receiving, and oilers to the public a large and splendid assortment'ofgoods, suitable Tor the season, such as Cloths, Caasimere and Cassinetts, Flan nels, Mireno Shawls, Calicoes, Muslins, Shoes, 4-c. 4-c. Hardware, Queensware, Gro ceries, 4e. all of which will be sold at the most reduced prices,lor cash or produce: all that he wants is for them to call and be a judge for them. selves. Lumber of all kinds taken in ex change fel goods. Oct. 21,1839. 3t. ITMVT 0002DS. .. ~' . :J'~ri~,'iii a very great vane- iiJoiligiony to its medicinal virtues and ci) of F Loci L. - R ..; k u , I attest the fact of its having preserved the •- n a 1 Ho !CI ..Ir , ‘ 4 . both in this city and else- A ;. ffie ' _`• ("nil Rad ro. ~.;5;(.05 to !Mit t};:: ll'. S. Old Metal, Copper and 11r_ ia imp in exchange for new Stoves or Goods. ' G. A. zszhaiaw CAME' SEM= ;. '..« • I ' 1 41: I • I ; 7 South Fourth st.bettpeen Make! dr Chesnut sts PHILADELPHIA. DAVID MILLER, R ESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public, that he has removed from the Western Hotel in Market street, to that large and commodious Hotel former ly held by B. Duke, sign of the INDIAN QUEEN. Thfs Hotel is situated in South Fourth at. between Market and Chesnut streets, in the very centre of the business part of the city, and wilt therefore be found very convenient for Merchants and business men generally. The buildings have been completely and thoroughly repaired by the subscriber, and no expense has been shared in arranging and furnishing the rooms so as to promote the comfort and convenience of those who may favor the house with their custom. • Gentlemen travelling wittrtheir families, can have . private' parlors furnished in ,the best manner, with chambers attached to them, where they can enjoy privacy and se clusion, or the companionship of their friends, as may be most desirable. The Bar end Cella, a have been provided with the beat Liquors and the choicest Wines of every description. The Table will at all times be supplied with every delicacy which the season and market can afford, and every exertion made to please the palate of customers. The Servants will be found careful and rust worthy. elalaellqiil2lVll3o B azitewarDart 4211 1 0B1120 4 (0110 4 6 1 M2COLEW2,2IIBIII aaao. 'flod w:ii is riir!:";• ~EC. A aNO motions, PLOUGHS. AV I N G been appointed agent for u selling Witherow 4. Peirce's Patent Cycloidal Self sharpening PLOUGHS, and the same with WROUGIIT IRON SHEARS, would here invite the'attention of Farmers generallY to those newly invent. ed ploughs ' as being in Improvement on any Self-sh arpening Plough that has yet been ()tiered to the public. On hand and for sale at the Mill of, the subscriber in Germany township, and at his store in Gettysburg. GEORGE ARNOLD. ,Oct. 5, - 4t WILL practice Law in the several Courts of Adams county.—ollice in Chambersburg street, oue door west of Mr. Buehler's Store. Gettysburg, April 30, 1839. I y-5 ADVERTISEMENTS. DR. FRANKLIN J. SMITH, R ESPECTFULLY calls tho attention of his friends and the public generally, to the important and interesting fact, that he rs fully prepared and qualified to cure the most inveterate cases of rheumatism.— The various diseases to which mankind are subject (if curable) can also be effectually and radically cured by him, safely and ex peditiously, at moderate and reasonable charges, without subjecting the patient to the poisonous influence of minerals, such as mercury, arsenic, dtc. His remedies are mild, agreeable, and ef f icient, and operate in accordance with the laws of the animal economy. • , Doctor F. Smith is ready at-all times to attend patients at their houses. Patients living at a distance can be accommodated with board and medical attendance at mod• orate prices at his dwelling, in Carlisle street, the house formerly occupied by Dr. Berluchy. Dr. Smith would also inform the public that his mode of treatment will perfectly remove the bad effects remaining in the aye tern, from the use of mercury or any other poisonous mineral. Medical men of the highest distinction and talent, such as Matthias, Alley, Cramp ton, Pearson, Abernethy, Carmichael, arc. afrirm that chancres and buboes, ulcerations in the throat, together with diseases of the periosteum, tendons, cartilages, ligaments, fascia, and eruptions of a highly obstinate character, are the consequence from the ad ministration or use of mercury. These aw ful effects of mercury are not novel, for every physician of voracity will acknow ledge thorn to be of frequent and melancho ly occurrence. Sept.'l.T. tf Gouley's Vegetable Medicines. UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS: No medicine has, perhaps, ever met with such deeWed and general Success as Gouley's Vegetable Bitters. cine has been but a few years ',a public, and the demand for ..• become so great, that the sub• it difficult to supply the numer iiich he is constantly receiving Certificates in his possession =MEE - (•:',Clt •0.; 1 ,1 • ; and although teby , • “1; , without any rotmdation or truth, pro pounced poisonous, Karr mIiDS ofcertifcates can be produced of their having performed positive and effectual cures in the most obsti nate cases, both on young and old, and he now challenges any one to produce satisfac tory ovideace that there is one particle of any ingredient in their composition that can injure a person in the lowest stage of any disease. Having administered his medicines to al most all diseases to which the human fami ly are subjected, he never, in a single in• stance, found them to produce any injurious effects, but, on the contrary,they have been attended with the most complete success. N. B.—As the Fever and Ague is very prevalent at this season of the year, he can confidently recommend his VEGETABLE BITTERS as a CERTAIN curir,and invites all who may be afflicted with this dreadful disease to make trial of them. The attention of Masters and Owners of Vessels 19 called to this medicine; it will be found of great benefit nmong their crews, and a sure preventative of mariY of the di seases to which the mariner is subject during long and tempestuous voyages. LOUIS GOULEY, No. 21i Baltimore street, near the Centre Market, between Harrison and Frederick streets. Nov. 25. 1y LAW NOTICE. C. BAKER “PEARLESS AND FREE.” k?. fl;! The deep-scgnestered, shady grove; The desert's sandy plain ,=; The blue, ethereal sky above; The raging, trackless main, The ope Ling flower, the loaded bough, And fields of golden grain, Call from my heart no rapture now ; I cannot love again Returning Spring brings no delight To any cold, withered heart ; Tune o'er any hopes has cant his blight ; Grief and I never part. Once I had hopes—but they are fled, Like chaff before the wind ; All, all with fleeting Time have sped, And left no tracq behind!• Office of the Star & Banner Chambersburg Street, a few doors West of the Court-House. I. The &PAD & REPUBLICAN BANNED. is pub idled at TWO DOLLARS per annum (or Vol ume of 52, numbers,) payable half-yearly in ad vance: or TWO DOLLARS & FIFTY CENTS, if not paid until after the expiration of the year. 11. No subscription will be received for a shorter period than six months; nor will the paper be dis continued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. A failure to notifya dis continuance will be considered a new engagement and the paper forwarded accordingly. 111. Anrsirriscumirs not exceeding a square will bo inserted TIIIIEE times for $l, and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion—the number of in sertion to be marked, or they will bo published till forbid and charged accordingly; longer ones in the same proportion. A reasonablededuction will be made to those who advertise by the year. IV. All Lettersand Communications addressed to tho Editor by mail must be post-paid, or they will not be attended to • • THE GARLAND --"Withsweetest flosvcrsenrich'd, From variousgardenscall'd withcare." From Blackwood'a Itfagazino for January. The Traveller's Evening Song. BY MRS. BEBIANB. Father, guide me ! Day declines, Hollow winds aro in tho pities ; Darkly waves each giant bough O'er tho sky's last crimson glow ; Hush'd is now the convent's bell, Which crewlailo with breezy swell, From the purple mountains bore Greeting to the sunset•shore ; Now the sailor's vesper hymn Dios away. Father I in the forest dim, Do my stay! In the low shivering thrill Of the leaves that hue bung still t In the dull and muffled tono Of the se{:•wave's distant moan ; In the deep tints of the sky There are signs of tempest nigh ; Ominous, with sullen sound, Falls the echoing dust around. Father ! through the storm and shade, O'er the wild, toil Lou the lone'e one nid-6 Bavo thy child T Many a swift and sounding Minna Homewards through the boding glgorn, O'er my way bath flitted fast,. Since the farewell sunbeam prised the Chesnut's ruddy bark. Ls.v P.ne. Am*, ';;", :t6-• in his distant cradle-nest, Now my babe is laid to rest : Beautiful his slumber seems With a glow of heavenly dreams. Beautiful o'er that bright sleep, Hang soft eyes of fondness deep, Where his mother bends to pray, For the lov'd and far away, Father ! guide that household bower, Hear that prayer ! Back, through flirt° all4eiding power, Lead me there Darker, wilder, grows the night— Not a star sends quivering light - Through the massy arch of shade By the stern old forest made. Thou ! to whose unslumbering eyes All my pathway open lies, By thy son, who knew distress In the lonely wilderness, Where no roof that blest his head • Shelter gave— Father ! through the time or dread, Savo ! ob, save !i From the New-Yorker. The Widow's Blighted Hope. isne. HELEN E. cummiNo. Would the derk curtain of the grave Could close around my weary head As calmly ari the ocean's wave The sinking wrecks o'erspread I Yes, gladly would I be at rest In Earth's cold, bosom; whores With pain and sorrow unoppresa'd, .• The heart is freed from care. Once; Nature's works had charms for me ; The sun, with course so true ; The songsters of the greenwood tree ; The rainbow's varied hue; The young Wolf. —A young Wolf, who had ran away from his post in action with the troops of Duke Leopard, was brought up before the judgment seat of his majesty, the Lion, and condemned by the angry mo• narch to receive twelve blows, and to lose One of his ears. "That for me!" cried the culprit, and knelt down before him—"for me whose fa ther mice saved thy crown and life in a per. ilous rebellion, and was raised to the high est rank in the realm for his good conduct." "You are right," said King Lion, smi ling, "the son of such • a father deserves to be distinguished from other criminals ; so lot him have four and twenty blows, and lose both oars." There aro different ideas of justice in both the human and brute kingdom. The. Dove and Fox.—The Dove once obtained the honorable and delicate post of historian to the animal kingdom, and her impartiality was generally praised. Only the Fox, whose • tricks she frequently had occasion to mention, doomed himself injur ed, so he watched for her, and when he caught hgr, cried laughingly, "Ah, slande rer l your life shall pay the forfeit of your falsehood !" "Have pity on me," exclaimed the poor Dove ; "I never said any thing about you but the exact truth." "That is the very reason, you fool ! that is the very reason . / am going to ntran gle you." - 7he Little Girl and her Chrietems Pre. nat.—A little girl once got, among her o ther Christmas presents, a whip—but it was a beautiful one, all worked with gold and red silk. The poor littte thing, who always used to cry ae soon as she saw such an instrument; was much pleased with this dubious kind of present, for she tho ught; _ "Surely, so pretty a rod cannot hurt so much as others do." She made a play thing of it, and carried it about with her wherev er she went. Unluckily, the Very next morning, she did something to displease her mother, who at once laid the young lady a cross her knee—when she found 'to her ser row, that:the embroidered rod produced ex actly the same effect as the plain ones used to. The subjects of many it monarch mato the same discovery as this little girl. The Sun and the Negroeite- , -"lteany. good Sun, you are sometimes too fierce," cried the people of the warmest region in Africa, "only look ; we aro fitirly burning up." "Don't let that put you out of tempet, friends," answered the God : "millions on millions of people, who live to the north ward of you, freeze to death, if 1 was to take away any of my rays from yea." "We are overburdened withqiusiness," said Shah Akbar's servants. "So much the "better," answered he ; ra t^hors enable millions of my Li '4. L., ~7„ rPW:ltit c , 4;; . on :P, • titQ "ffy9u -;ily 1,, niva> to let me die of iwaigar. Ido Iv); ti Aa t my life was a very valuable present, or tiu. serves any peculiar gratitude," Was the an. swer. Curious .Discovery.—We doubt if our readers ever imagined that red pepper poe. seesed any cooling 4ualitios; and yet, from a late experiment in Boston, this appears to be the actual case. The chemist to whom we are indebted for this discovery is a young lady aged only thirteen belonging to a millinery establishment in Tremont Row. It was in her line of duties to carry home bonnets to customers, and on several excur• sions of this hind she was followed by an in bred rascal, who insulted her with very im proper addresses. At length she provided himself with that pungent commodity called No. 1 Red Pepper, which she carefully wrapped in paper and carried in her band, preparatory to her next encounter with the shameless and unprincipled villain by whom she was persecuted. Returning homeward from her daily employment,she was followed as übual,and on reaching her mother's door, she turned suddenly and discharged the sub. tile powder at the enemy. They say it was beautiful to see him put off; cursing the whole sex and vowing never to expose him self to their artillery thereafter. This is the first case of Lynching Which' we have felt disposed to justify. We shall feel a partiality to red pepper. In all time to come. Philadelphia Ledger. A meeting has been held in York county, for the purposie of constructing a Rail flood, to connect the Cumberland Valley Rail Road, with the York and iVrightsville Rail Road and thus wiai Baltimore. We call the attention of our readers to show that no effort will be left untried by our sister city, to obtain for herself the entire trade of the rich valleys of the Susquehanna and Juniata River, and to urge upon our citizens the growing importance of taking early and efk. cient means to counteract (he injuriee k th a t will thereby be sustained by (hem % • Matthew Vassor,of r i'oughkoepsio, has, with a commendabl,, liberality , buil t at an expense of 8 2 P,,000, a church for the Bap tist society, of that place? It is a neat,, chastc,,and well proportioned edifice,and was '9 have been consecrated on the 19th inst. The Deaths in Baltimore for the week cnding on the 19t11 were 53. Front the New-York Minor. FABLES. TRANSLATED FROM THE FREIVCIL, G. M. PHILLIPS, 'Editors. [WHOLE NO. 508• NEWSPAPERS. There are too many persons who be. grudge the trifling sum asked for a year's subscription to a newspaper, and many in deed who think that• it is money thrown away. Were this fountain of knowledge, this vehicle of intelligence, for epee with held from the pubhc,were the preiss to-cease to issue its daily or weekly quantum of infer. mation,• in what a state of darkness would we remain? The timeliest item in a period. ical journal has interest in it to one individ ual ihough it may be passed unnoticed by another. How manyfathers are there who have taken their littto , prattlers an their kneo by the domestic fireside Lind taught them to lisp out the letters and words on the pages of a newspaper, one by one, thus pre paring the young and expansive• mind for the more intricate labYrinths of education, and making a newiptlfser the first source of knowledge? How' many tnotheris buyer ad ministered, successfully to their sick iig4 • spring by following a. recipe from a news paper? And how many young persons have learnt lessons which never fail to besot use to them in idler life!. The farmer, the mer chant and The mechanic, all find Its :Oakes an exhaustless fountain of ieforinatiorr„--. Even m the obituary and hy menial notifies, we find a fund to meditate upen. Some may glance carelessly over the former, and not finding the name of any frieed or Ma. tive recorded as having departed to 'math. er and better world.' seek' something Mere interesting: tat one out of hundreds who read, may with n tearful eye read the re. cords of the virtues of one dear to him.— Whotan tell while glancingtarefesely over this schedule of Death, of the many - tearer the many heartrending sighs, the record of one' solitary name may cost? Howie forev er blasted—a young , and tender bride torn from a bereaved husband—n fond father dragged from a hopeless family—adoating mother; a dutiful eon; or a fond and affec tionate daughter, torn by the relentless des. t roper forever from the dearest and nearest. Manyand many are the bitter tears one sol itary record ofdeath has coed Look to the list of those 'who are wedded mitil death— think of the many . who have slaked their happiness upon rt single cast of the die; of the bride blushing a thousand therms at the alter 'where she is to be united forever to the one of her eboice. Ohl the awful balance of the scales of happiness tend misery 'at that moment the dread oftho future, the Wise of the present. There is nothing in a miscel laneous paper but what will find interest with some class et renders—the gay, the grave, the plodding % the studious end the indolent—they will all have View motrey'e worth.—Deltitnere Clipper. THE 'WAY 'no tr.—The .tollowing. is an effectual recipe.toaccotpplish the work' to which it alludeat • ' • The way to break &non a Press.-41 has justly beet) said that an independent 'prels rests on a flit'sr basis for support than one of a cobtrary chaEoctorr and it has bpen sup posed difficult to break down such If press. There is a way in 'which It 'can be.done. And how does the readeethink ..r: ~o 0.,u,m - iorihea2 „lb- it. ft.. 111(% . . .nrte tic iievt „ e 11 ‘ 114 Zir; thrz 2.)„...T ro-pd ffiriliiiiii is 11)1YN 11 . ; : But this LI i;11.: r . of its subicribers conclude, in.: ;;,; filminess is good, the editor is not in want of the little sums they seVerallY owe; let its friends habitually delay the. fulfilments , their promises and, isuntracts with the' edi• tor, and the most prosperous establishment. in the world rnUst Curne down at lost. Raleigh Sun.. EXCELLENT MODE FOR CURANLI: BEEF OR PORK. We publighed the following recsiptfor , curing beef or pork, a year ago, and as wo consider it (be very best recommended, - wo publish it again, that enose who arofend 'of clean, pure, and sweet meat; without the least apprehensial of its tainting through the summer, may obtain their wish by adopting it. •It is this: ' • To gallon of water,, Take l lb. of salt ) , ' .} lb. °favor, oz. of soft-petre. In this ratio, the pickle to bo increased to any go an t i desiiel • Let Coes° be boiled together until ell the dirt from thyself and sugar, (which will not be O little,) arises to the top and . is skimmed off. Then !brew it into a large table cool, and When perlectly cool, pour it over your beef or pork, to remain the usual time, say four or fire weeks. The meat must be well covered with the pickle, and should not be put down for at least two days after kil ling, during which time it should be slightly sprinkled with powdered salt.petre.ic • Let this mode be onc'atried,and Mar Word for it, it will be tried, again in preference to all others.— Germantown- Telegrispn. Our brother's receipt duney In season. We are about tryi.,g uthet came;" and • shOnld our pork spoil, ..ne blame be upon his head. it it keeps r . , - ,od and sweet, according to his method of 'cud ring, we desire that he will accept out Invitation Ito dine with us, on perk= and sonicrout, at any day during the next year, that ho may Set alma for that purpose. Whillasl you brother-4f we inform you that all is you comet' Ws know that you are no Jere, so do'nt plead tirSt:ikr an excuser-i-iktrby Republican. A Hero Gone.—John Holland remit), died in Yalabusha County, Miss., at theists of 92. Ho mas a hero of the Revolutionj and fought his last battle, at Waxbaw, C., l.t the vide nfGen. htckeont
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