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RZPUBLIOAN BANNER.
GETTYSBURG % December 29 % 1839.
DEMOCRATIC ANTI.IIASONIC NOMINATIONS
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEN. WILLIAM H. HARRISON.
VOR VICE•PRESIDENT,
DANIEL W.EBSTEIL
SENATORIAL ELECTORS.
SOHN ANDREW SHULZE, JOSEPH RITNER.
itZPRIMENTATIVE DELEGATES.
lit District: LEVIS PASSMORE,
2d do CADWALLADER EVANS,
do CHARLES WATERS,
3a do JONATHAN GILLINGHAM.
4th do AMOS ELLMAKER,
do JOHN K. ZEMIN. •
• do DAVID PQTTS,
6th do HOOrn.T . STINSON,
6th do - WILLIAM S. HENDEIT.
7th ,411 - 6 3. JENKINS ROSS,
Affx do PETER FILBERT,
9th do JOSEPH H. SPAYD,
10th do JOHN HARPER,
11th do WILLIAM M'ELWAINE,
12th do JOHN DICKSON,
13th do JOHN M'KEEHAN,
14th do JOHN REED.
15th do NATHAN BEACH,
I6th do NER MIDDLESWARTH,
17th do - GEORGE WALKER,
18th do BERNHARD CONNELLY, Jr.
19th do GEN. JOSEPH MARKLE,
20th do JUSTICE G. FORDYCE,
21st do JOSEPH HENDERSON,
22d - do HARMAR DENNY,
231 do JOSEPH BUFFINGTON,
24th do JAMES MONTGOMERY,
26th do JOHN DICK.
President's, Message.
COMB AT LAST.-WO this morning received
the President's Message, and haste to lay it be
fore our readers, which we do in an extra sheet
accompanying to-day's paper. We have not had
time to read a line of it as yet, and therefore must
postpone any comments upon it until our next.—
The Message was delivered on Tuesday last, hut
on account of there having been no mail from
Washington since that time until this morning, it
did not reach rut. It is, as
.such documents usu
ally are, very lengthy,
0:14t will be seen that we give two sheets this
week. If they are,•separately, smaller than our
regular "Star," the two together will make a sheet ,
somewhat larger. In the one—the extra—is con
tained the Message, which, if I.set up" in the typo
we commonly use for the Star, would of itself fill
up our whole paper, as it is very lengthy. We
have, however, been enabled, at some expense, to
have extra copies printed, and circulated through
town as soon as copies or it were received from
Washington city by the units. In the other sheet
we give our usual variety of reading matter,
throwing out several columns of•etanding advir
tisements. ' We hope our readers mill be satisfied.
We are—as we will no longer be troubled sitting
up night after night, waiting for the arrival of the
speech of little Martin.
Consattss.—Since our last report of the pro
ceedings of Congress, there has nothing of much
importance been transacted by either house. On
Monday, 4.A. Garland was elected Clerk. The
Bergoant-ni-initi , Doorkeeper and other officers
of the last House have been re-elected. On Tues
day, afterthe reading of the message, both houses
adjourned over .uutil yesterday.
jr.A letter written by the Hon. DASIEL Wan
gran whilst in London, in answer to one from
the Messrs. Borings of that city, wilLte fOtintrin
toilay's r. pape it c."' - f
, _ _..,..J. ova amp y repay a perusal.
(CA large and enthusiastic meeting of the
friends of HARUISON, was held on Saturday last,
in Southwark, Philadelphia county, at which Gen.
Coping, of Kentucky, delivered a speech of two
hours length in favor of the claims of the <told
Hero" to the Presidency.
LET MXIIzaloN. 7Vlr. KEXPIMALL, the mem
ber elect from the Monrcie district, New York, to
Congress,ilits•not tui yet made his appearance at
Washington. We welt Stated in an exchange,that
he is detained at home on account of private busi
ness. Had he been where duty called him, the
gout stigmewhich has been east upon our free in
stitutions by the Van Buren members of Congress,
an rejeoting the members from the Sovereign
State of New Jersey, would not have occurred.
LET XIX lIESIOX.
ANOVIED RAIL ROAD ACCIDEDT.-.-?We learn
from the Harrisburg . Keystone of Wednesday lest,
Abet as the train of care which left Harrisburg for
Philadelphia, on the afternoon of the 19th inst.,
wore within three quarters of a mile of Elizabeth.
town, on the Harrisburg and Lancaster rail road,
the locomotive r as it is said, ran off the track,cau
sing the axle to break by the concussion, and con
siderably damaging the passenger car,
.which was
foll Owed by a number of heavily laden burthen
cans. What is however infinitely worse to relate,
the fireman, JACOB SPANGLED, a young man
whose parents reside near Elizabethtown, had his
leg, caught in some part of the machinery,, by
which he hung without the possibility of extrica
tion, and received the contents of the boiler upon
his head and breast,—scalding him instantaneous
ly to death. The engineer Haan: Hovr, living
in Dillerville, Lancaster county, was buried be.
neath the ruins of the broken locomotive, from
which perilous situation the passengers ware
only able to extricate him, at the expense of half
an hours labor. As if by miracle, his life was
spared, although he also was-considerably bruised
and acid dad. The latest account leaves him in a
fair way of recovery. Pions of the passengers
were seriously hurt.
A Wow - Vscrronc.— A special election fur a
lamb& oldie &nate of Illinois, was held a short
time since, in the counties of Morgan, Cass, and
Septie Ind insulted in the choice of Mr. Sargeaizt,
the Wltle tontlidase, by a large majority: '
.Igniaatta or Urrrasavaa—Plaeo ashes on
tlieluivesouts in hoot of your doors. Don't !br
io* Ihia•-it may Dave you from being laid on the
bro i l er
VOTEDS 01" ADAMS COUNTY, en opportunity
will be afforded you, at the next fall's election, of
evincing your gratitude to one of your noblest pa
triots, most gallant soldiers, and distinguished
statesmen; Gen. WILLIAM HENRY HARRI
SON, the Hero who never lost a &We, and who
has distinguished himself in a long ,nd eventful
life as ono of your purest and most incorruptible
citizens. Remember, that, at tho early age of
nineteen, ho received a commission from the
"Father of his country," the great and good
WASHINGTON, and that shortly afterwards he
distinguished himself in a battle with the Indians,
under ANTHONY WAYNE. who immediately after
wards appointed him his Aid de-Camp—thot, in
1797, (at the early ago of 24,) ho was appointed
Secretary of the great North W estern Territory,
now comprising the States of Ohio; Indiana, Illi
nois and Michigan—that he was appointed Gov
ernor of Indiana by Tno3ras JarrEnsorr—that
ho defeated the combined forces of the British and
Indians, under the command of Proctor and Te
cumseh—that he conquered at Tippecanoc—that
he was appointed Major General of the North
Western Army by President MADISON—that ho
won the battle at Fort Moigs—that ho invaded
Canada, captured Malden, overtook the British in
their flight, end won the victory at the battle of,
the Thames.
Remember, further, that after having hundreds
of opportunities to enrich himself with the funds
of the Government, ho retired from the service of
his country poor, and is now, Cincinnatus like,
working on a farm, to support his family.
He is an honest man—a pure patriot—an ex
vorienced ,statesman—a bravo soldier, and will
make an excellent President.
A VO/OE PROM THE WEST.—On the , recep
tion at Cincinnati, of the nominations made by
the Harrisburg Convention, n meeting of the
iiTippecanoe Club," of that city, was called to
make arrangements for the holding of a general
County meeting, to respond to the nominations.
So rejoiced were the people on hearing of the no
mination of their favorite "Old Tip," that long be
fore the hour of meeting, they flocked in thousands
to the Head Quarters of the Club, and instead of
there being merely a business meeting of the So
ciety, their room was so crowded, that they were
compelled to adjourn to the large Engine House,
near Broadway, and hold n general meeting of
the people. Hero, too, as we learn from the Re
publican, there was not room for half of the as
sembled multitude ; the large room up stairs—the
stairways—the room below, and, finally, the side
walks and streets, became a crowded mass of
people!
The meeting was addressed by Mr. Joseph
Graham, followed by W. F. Thomas, Esq. The
Republican remarks, that "whilst the latter was
speaking, a general call came from without, for
the speaker to stand at the window, or come with.
out the building, as those in the street could not
'hear. TLo windows and doors, both up stairs
and down, were then thrown open, ono of the en
gines drawn to the sidewalk, and from its top the
multitude, then extending across the street, was
addyessed 'by the Hon. W. W. Southgate, of Ken
tucky, and by the Hon. B. Storer.
The Speakers, as they became warmed with
the subject, sketching the life and spotless charac
ter of the war-worn veteran of Tippecanoe, were
most eloquent. They were cheered, and cheered
again, by the assembly.
A settled detormination to conquer In this poli
tical contest, fighting under the banner of nix
who never lost a battle—could bo seen depicted
on the countenances of all present.
It was truly a harbinger of success—and we
can assure our friends throughout the State, that
"old Hamilton" will do her duty when the day
comes—there will bo no flinching here.
If. the same enthusiasm prevailsthroughent the
State, as was manifested at the meeting en Mon
day evening, we shall carry Ohio for Gen. HArt
lIISON by at least TEN THOUSAND MAJOR:
ITI 1 .!"
PoerporrEarsarr.—We are requested to state,
that the sale of the property of Ar.szArrnEn MACK,
advertised in our paper, to have taken place, on
Tuesday last, has been postponed mill-nudity
the 28th duty . o f4i2nTraf:y — iiiit. It will at that
'time be offered for sale at the public house of A.
B. KIIIITZ.
aj•We loam from tho Philadelphia Inquirer
that rt destructive Oro occurred at Milton,on Wed
nesday of last week. A number of stores, dwel
ling houses, and stables were destroyed.
(0 -Our kind friends of the loco taco press
throughout the country arc putting themselves to
Avast deal of trouble to prove, that in the election
of the Hon. R. M. T. HorrrEn, as Speaker of the
'House of Representatives, they have gained a
decided victory, And that he is a pure, genuine,
unadulterated loco fOOO. lite at ease, gentlemen ;
when Mr. fir/emu announces the Committees,
we will all be able to judge of his politics. Un
til then save your pen, ink, and paper; also, your
consciences—Wpm have any—from tieing seared,
in the almost unlimited number of falgehoods
which you have told on tho subject.
EXECUTION OF Konran.—We learn from the
Lancaster Union, that the above named individu
al, who at the August Court for Lancaster Coun
ty, was convicted of the murder of Lizenus
ZELLEUNACEI, was executed in the jail yard of
Lancaster city, .ctri p riday the 20th inst.
About 20 minutes past '2, the prisoner accom
panied by the Sheriff end his principle deputy,
came into the yard. He walked to the scaffold
with a firm rapid pace, and having partly ascend
ed the steps, ho paused, and in a loud voice cried
out three times in German: Lord Jesus receive
my spirit; after which he took his stand upon the
platform. He then sung a German hymn compo
sed by himself, and when be concluded said: I
call God , to witness that h am entirely innocent of
this murder. He said he was under many obli
gations to the late Sheriff and family for their hu
mane attention to his wants; that he had no spite
against any .one, and that he was now ready to
die. The Sheriff then adjusted the rope and put
the cap upon his head. For a minute,. Kobler re
peated with great earnestness the words: Lord
Jesus receive my spirit—the drop fell and the
wretched man was launched into eternity. He
died almost without a struggle.
After the body had been suspended about half
an hour, it was taken down and submitted to the
action of a powerful galvanic battery: A number
of experiments, nighty interesting to the medical
faculty were performed, of which we suppose a
correct account will be given by some of the pro
fessional gentlemen who were present. Profes
sors Mitchell and Johnson of Philadelphia, we
understand were the principal Operators. The
experiments were made in the presence of the At-.
torney General of Pennsylvania, with the full
consent of Kobler, who was anxious they should
be performed.
TOILIONSI =Meg
From the Baltimore Patriot.
Late from England.
The packet chip South America, arrived
nt New-York on Friday, bringing Liverpool
dates to the 22d,and London to the 21st No
vember, being six days later than our pre
vious advices by the Liverpool steamship.
The Eastern mail, due yesterday with the
Now-York papers of Saturday, had not ar
rived this morning ; but, baring received,
by the Saturday evening train of cars from
Philadelphia, the New-York papers of that
morning, we are enabled to give the follow
ingltems of intelligence, which we copy
from the Courier and Enquirer :
The Queen of England, it would appear
certain, is to be married to her cousin, the
second son of the reigning prince of Saxo
Coburg, in May next. In the political situ.
atiop of England no change is perceptible.
The leaders in the late Chartist insurrec
tion are prosecuted with unrelenting rigor.
Much alarm had been excited in all classes
by the temporary indisposition of the Duke
of Wellington—an alarm commensurate
with the eminent services he has rendered
his country.
There are some indizations that, although
theG'overnment has refused to indemnify the
owners of the op urn destroyed by the Chi
nese Government, they intend to adopt hos
tile measures towards the country. These,
however, are not of a character so decided
as to justify any positive conclusions. The
British army having completely triumphed
in Cahoot, is returning to its former quar
ters, leaving, however a sufficient force in
the conquered country to support the policy
of the Government.
From France there is nothing important
The derangement in our banking has, how
ever, as might be supposed, not been with
out its effect an our interests in that coun
try.
The situation of Spain seems little im
proved, notwithstanding Don Carlos has
left the scene of the conflict. Madrid was
menaced with an insurrection, and troops
had been summoned to the capital by the
Government to overawe the population.—
Espartero has, for the present, given up his
pursuit of Cabrera ; and the Count d'Es.
pagne, a celebrated leader of the Carlists,
had been murdered.
Between the Porte and Mehemet Ali,
Matters remain in their former position.
Judging from the papers before us, we
do not think that any material change has
occurred in the state of affairs eihce our last
advices. We •should say the London mo
sey market bas assumed a more healthy ap
pearance, and that the Cotton market at Li
verpool maintained itself for better than.
was anticipated by the most sanguine. The
inferiority in the quality of the wheat crop
is a prominent remark in every statement
which we read, coming from the different
markets in the United Kingdom.
American State securities are sadly de
pressed. An interesting letter from the
Hon. Daniel Webster, in reference to them,
will be found below.
LONDDN, Nov. '2O.
American State Stocks.
The interest excited by American af
fairs continues unabated, and the most con
tradictory opinions are entertained es to the
result .or their present embarrassments,
some parties maintaining that the great
mass of those American securities which
were sold in the English market are noth
ing but mere rubbish, whilst others,with 0-.
quad 'pertinacity, contend that the foreign
creditors are perfectly safe. Upon the
whole, opinions.uniavoreble to A mortca, are
most prevalent. -
%%ball nol enter upon any detail of the
reasons which influence the one party or the
other, because they have been totally ex•
hausted in the public prints. The follow.
ing opinion was comrnurricated by the cele
brated DANIEL WEBSTER, on The 16th Oc
tober last, to Messrs. Baring, Brothers &
Co. in answer to inquiries from that firm
as to the constitutional legality of the Amer
ican State loans, and the power and liability
of the various States to redeem them. We
subjOin the correspondence :
LozcnoN, Oct. 12,1839.
SIR : Some public prints in this country
having questioned the constitutional right
of the urdividual States of which the North
American Union is composed, to contract
loans, we are happy to be able to avail
.our
selves of your visit to this country to refer
the point (on which we never entertained a
doubt) to you, and to ask your legal opinion
on the subject—an opinion which, we need
hardly add, will be conclusive with our
selves and most important for all who are
interested in state secutities.
We beg, therefore, that you will favor us
with your written answer, at your earliest
convenience, to tho following inquiry :
"Has the Legislature of one of the Amer
icon States legal and constitutional power
to contract loans at home and abroad 1"
We have the honor to be, with great respect,
Sir, your obedient servants,
BARING, BROTHERS & CO.
The Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER ) &C.
LONDON, Oct. 16.
Messrs. Baring Brother's 4 Co.
GENTLEMEN :—I have received your
latter, and lose oo time in giving you my o.
pinion on the question which you have sub.
mitted for my consideration. The asser
tions and suggestions to which you refer, as
having' appeared in some of the public
prints, had not escaped my notice.
Your first enquiry is, "whether the Le
gislature of one of the States has legal and
constitutional power to contract loans at
home and abroad 1"
To this I answer, that the Legislature of
a Slate has such a power, and how any
doubt could have arisen on this point it is
difficult for me to conceive. Every State
is an independent, sovereign, political coin.
munity, except in so far as certain powers,
,Which it might otherwise have,exerciscd,
have been conferred on a general govern.
ment, established under a written constitu-,
lion, and exerting its authority over the pen.
pie of all the States. This general govern.
ment i 9 a limiied gnvernment. Its powers
are specific and enumerated. Altpikrers
not conferred upon it still remain with 46,,.
States and with the people. The State t
gislatures, on the other hand, possess all
sual and ordinary powers of government,'
subject to any limitetions which may be
imposed by their own constitutions, and,
with the exception, as f have said, of the o;
peration, on those powers of the constitu
tion of the United States. The powers
conferred on the general government can
not, of course, be exercised by any individu
al State ; nor can any State pass any law
which is prohibited by the Constitution of
the U. States.
Thus no State can by itself make war, or
conclude peace, nor enter into alliances of
treaties with foreign nations. In these, and
in other important particulars, the powers
which would have otherwise belonged to
the State can now be exercised only by the
General Government, or Government of the
U. States. Nor can a State pass a law
which is prohibited by its awn Constitution.
But there is no provision in the Constitu
tion of the (T. States, nor, so far as I know
or have understood, in any State Constitu.
trot,, prohibiting tho Legislature of a State
from contracting debts, or making loans,
either at home or abroad. Every State
has the power of levying and collecting tax
es, direct and indirect, of all kinds, except
that no State can impose duties on geode
and merchandizo imported, that power. be
longing exclusively to Congress by the Con.
situation. That power of taxation is exer
cised by every State, habitually and con
stantly, according to its own discretion, and
the exigencies of the Government.
This' is the general theory of that mix
ed system of government which prevails in
America. And as the constitution of the
United States contains no prohibition or re
straint on State Legislatures in regard to
making loans, and as no state constitution,so
far as known to me, contains any such pro
hibition, it as clear that in this respect,those
Legislatures are left in the full possession of
this power, as an ordinary and usual power
of Government.
I have seen a suggostion,that State loans
must be regarded us unconstitutional and il
legal, inasmuch as the constitution of the
United States has declared that no State
shall emit bills of credit. It is certain that
the constitution of the United States does
contain this salutary prohibition, but what
is a bill of credit? It has no resemblance
whatever to a bond, or other Security given
for the payment of money borrowed. The
term 'Bill of Credit' is familiar in our polit
ical history, and its meaning well ascertain
ed and settled, not only by that history, but
by judicial interpretations and decisions
from the highestsources.
For the purpose of this opinion, it may
be sufficient to say, that bills of credit, the
subject of the prohibition in the constitution
dike United States, were essentially paper
money. They were paper is , ues, intended
fur circulation,and for receipt into the Tree
story as cash, and were sometimas made a
tender in payment for debts. To put an
end at once, and for ever,to evils of this sort,
and to dangers from this source, the consti
tution of the Umted States has declared,that
'no state shall emit billsof credit, nor make
any thing but gold and silver a tender in
payment of debts, nor pass any law which
shall impair the obligation of contracts."—
A this, however, proves, not that states
cannot contract debts, but that, when con
tracted, they must pay them in coin, accor
ding to their stipulations. The several
states possess the power of betrOviing money
for their.mr, internal occasions of expends
ture,as fully as Congress possesses the pow-.
er to borrow in behalf of the United States,
for the purpose of raising armies, equipping
navies, or performing any other of its con
stitutional duties. It may be added, That
Congress itself fully recognizes this power
in the states,as it has authorized the invest
ment of large funds which it held in trust
for very important purposes in certificates of
state stocks.
The security for state loans is the plight
ed faith of the state, as a political communi
ty. It rests on the same basis as other con
tracts with established governments—the
same basis for example, as loans made in
the United States ' under the authority of
Congress; that is to say, the good faith of
the Government making the loan, and its
ability to fulfil its engagements. The state
loans,it is known,have been contracted prin
cipally for the purpose of making rail roads
and canals: and in some cases, although I
know not how generally, the income or rev.
enue expected to be derived from these
works is directly and specifically pledged
for the payment of the interest and the re
demption of the debt, an addition to the obli
gation of public faith. In several states
other branches of revenue have been specifi
cally pledged, and in others very valuable
tracts of land. It cannot be doubted that
the general result of these works of interna
tional improvement has been, and will be,
to enhance the wealth and ability of the
states.
It has been stud that the States , cannot
be sued on there bonds. But neither could
the United States be sued, nor, as I suppose,
the Crown of England, in a like case. Nor
would the power ofsuing, probably, give the
creditor any substantial additional security.
The solemn obligation of a government, ari
sing on its own acknowledged bond, would
not be enhanced by a judgment rendered on
such bond. If it either could not, or would
not, make provision for paying the bond, it
is not probable that it could or would make
provision for satisfying the judgment.
The States cannot rid themselves of
their obligations otherwise'than by the hon
est payment of the debt. They can pass
no law impairing the obligation of their own
contracts—they can make nothing a tender
in discharge of such contracts but gold and
slitter- They possess all adequate power of
providing for the case,by taxes and internal
means of revenue. They cannot get round
their duty nor evade its force. Any failure
to fulfil its undertakings would be en open
violation of public faith, to be followed by
the penalty of dishonor and disgrace—a pen
alty, it may be presumed, which, no State
of the American Union would bo likely, to
incur.
I hope i may hi. justified by existing cir-
cumstances to close this letter with the ex ,
,pression of an opinion Ole more general na
lure. It is, That I believe the citizens of
fie United States, like all honest men, re•
`rd debts, whether public or private, and
whether existing at home or abroad, to be
of moral as well as legal obligation; and I
trust I may appeal to their history, from
the moment when those States took their
link among the nations of the earth to the
present time, for proof that this belief is
well founded. and if it were possible that
any of the States should at any time so en
tirely lose her self respect and forget her
duty as to violate the faith solemnly pledged
for her engagements, 1 believe
there is no country upon barth—not even
that of the injured croditots—in which such
a proceeding would meet with less counte•
nonce or indulgence than it would receive
from the great mass of the American peo.
ple.
1 have the honor to be, gentlemen, your
obedient servant,
DANIEL WEBSTER.
COUNTING-1107CE
L'IC A IT A. 0,
FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD,
304176 Q,
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January, 1 2 3 4
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February, 1
2345 6 7 8
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23 24 25 26 • 27 28 29
March, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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31
June. 1 2 3 4 5 6
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28 29 30
July, 1 2 3 4
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26 27 28 29 80 31
Augud, 1
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30 31
Septimabor, 1 2 3 4 5
7 8 9 . 11 12
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October, 1 2 3
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78 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
November, 1 2 3 4 5 8. 7
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29 30
Detanber, 1 2 3 4 5
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
(U The Rev. Mr. McLEAN. will preach in his
Church on Sunday morning next.
co. The Rev. Mr. SCUDIIIVKZU will preach in
the - English Lutheran Church on Sunday morning
next, (to-morrow,) and the Rev. Mr. Reynolds'in
the evening.
HYDIENIA . L REGISTER.
MARRIED.
On the 19th inst. by the Rev. S. Cutelies, Mr.
Smatiel Hartzell, of Menallen township, to Miss
Rebecca Thomas, of Franklin township.
OBITUARY RECORD.
DIED•
On the 6th inst. at tho residence of Mr. Daub-
My, in Hamilton township, Mr. William Garden
er, of Heidlersburg, in the 27th year of his age.
On the lbth inst. Mr. Peter Brighner, of Ber-
wick township, in the 70th year of his age.
At East Windsor, Conn., on the sth instant,
Mrs. Esther Slites,"relict of the late Benoni Stiles,
Jr., aged 40 years. The disease t(Ovarium Drop
sy) which was the cause of her death, commenced
as early as the year 1890, and on the 15th July,
1834, 28 pounds of water were drawn from the
abdomen by tapping. Since that time 70 opera
tions have been done,and more than 3115 pounds
(nearly 12i barrels) of water hove been drawn.—
During the greater part of this long period, Mrs.
Stiles' general health did not appear to suffer ex
ceiusiVely, and until the last three or four weeks of
her life, she ate and slept well, and attended to
the ordinary domestic concerns of her family, and
except from the unwielilness of such a mass of
water, (often more than 60 pounds,) she was not
subject to any distressing sensations. Her strength,
however, gradually declined, and at the time of
her death she was very much emaciated. Should
any one question the authenticity of this unparal
leled case, reference may be made to Dr. Hiram
Watson, the attending physician, or to Dr. E. F.
Reed, and Dr. James H. Morton, consulting phy
sicians, or to her brother, Mr. John Morton, who
with his wife, misdated at most of the operations,
and - has kept a particular account of the date of
such operations, and the quantity of water drawn.
AN APPRF_NTICE
TO TB E
PR LAITLYG DUSIXESS,-
WILL he taken at the; Office if imme
dinte application be made.
AN Adjourned meeting of tho A,
dams county Anti•S!uvery
ety will be held at the Court-house, on the
-Ist of January next, at 1 o'clock, r.
J. GREIST, Sec'y.
Dee. 28. I t
REGISTER'S NOTICES.
Rotice is *hereby (liven,
TO all Legatees and other persons
-ILcon
corned, that the ADMINISTRA
TION ACCOUNTS of the Estates of the
deceased persons hereinaflor mentioned,
will be presented to the Orphans' Court or
Adams county, for confirmation, on Mon
day the 27th day of January IP4O, to wit 1
The account of John B. Ill'Pherbon, Ex
ecutor of William M'Pherson; deceased,
who was the surviving Executor of Walter
Jenkins, deceased.
The account of Robert IVl'llhenny, Admi
nistrator of the estate of Jane Gwinn, dec'd.
The account of Andrew White and Thos.
Reid, Executors of James White, deceased,
who was Guardian of Elizabeth White,(late
WA }lister) deceased.
WM. KING, Register.
Register's Office, Gettysburg, to
Doc. 28, 1839.
NOTICE.
Letters Testamentary on the Estate of
J.ICOB GROFF, deed,
late of Mountpleasant lownship, Adams. co.
having been granted to the Subscriber, re
siding in Littestown, Germany township,
Adams county—he hereby requests all per
sons indebted to the Estate of said deceas
ed, to make payment of their respective
dues without delay, Those persons having
claims are requested to present them prop
erly authenticated for settlement.
GEORGE IVILL, Esin.
Dec. 28.
• sitimitirrus
IN pursuance of a Writ of Veditioni
-a , pones, issued out of the Court of Com
mon Pleas of Adams county, and to me•
directed, will be exposed to Public Sale, as
the Court-house, in the borough of Gettys
burg, on Tuesday the 21st day of January ,
next, at I o'clock, P. M.
A TRACT OF LAND,
situate in Mountpleasant township, Adams.
county, ndjoining lands of Moses Lockart,.
Alexander Ewing and others, containing
20 *acres, more or less, on which am
erected, a One and a Half Story
STONE
Dwelling lionss3, me
and Stone Kitchen ; with a
TAN YAgta,
containing 16 Vats, and a one and a half
story Tan-house, a Log Barn,
with an Orchard—and two Springs or
Water near the door.
54.17(.13^n•-1 •••• I:mr. , 0 01 ,
adh.Cll LI/ ..:XUCUIIUII Li. 3 1110 112,5-tato
tato of JOIIN BA NK ERT.
G. W. M'CLELLAN, Sherif
Sheriff's Office,
Gettysburg, Dec. 28,1839. std5 td
IPZtocoaaaatztwaco..lpc.
WHEREAS the Hon. D. DontrEs,Esq.
President of the several Courts of '
Common Pleas, in the Counties composing
the 19th District, and Justice of the Courts
of Oyer and Terminer, and General Jail•
Delivery, for the trial of all capital and oth
er offenders in the said District—and Wm..
IVI'CLEAN and Gs°. WILL, Esquires, Judg
es of the Courts of' Oyer and Terminer, and
General Jail Delivery, for the trial of all
capital and other offenders in the County of
Adams—have issued their precept, bearing
date the 27th of November, in the year or
our LORD ono thousand eight hundred anti
thirty-nine, and to me directed, for holding.
a Court' of Common . Pleas and General
Quarter Sessions ofthe Peace, and General
Jail Delivery, and Court of Oyer and Ter—
minor, at Gettysburg, on Monday the 27th
day of January next—
Notice, is hereby
To all the Justices of the Pence, he Coro
ner, and Constables. within the said County
of Adams, that they be then and there, ill'
their proper person, with their Rolls, Re
cords, Inquisitions, Examinations, and oth
er Remembrances,to do those things,whicht
to their-Offices and in that behalf appertain
to be done and also they who will prosecute
against the prisoners that are, or then shill
be, in the Jail of the said County of Adams,
are to be then and there,to prosecute against
them as shall be just.
GEO. W. M'CLELL AN, Sheriff.
Dec. 28,1839. tc
NOTICE.
ALL Persons indebted to the estate of
John Elliott. late of Huntington
township, Adams county, deceased, either.
by Judgment, Bond, Note or Book account,
are requested to meet with the Executors,
on Wednesday the 15th of January, 1840,
at the House of Nun LEBEw, near Peters.'
burg, York Springs, when the Executors
will attend for the purpose ofsottlement,and
all having any legal claims against said Es.
tate wilt present the same properly authen.
ticateo for settlement.
JOHN NEELY,? txs
DAVID LEREW,
9t
Dec. 21.
TO MY CREDITORS.
WAKE notice that 1 have applied 114 t i .:
Judges of the Court of Corm*Pleitit,
of Franklin county, for the benefit'•%tilifif,
Insolvent Laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, and that they have appointed
the 20th day of January next, for the hear
ing of me and my creditors, at the Court
house, in the borough of Chambersburg,
when and where you may attend of you
think proper.
JOHN ODEL
Chambersburg, Dec. 21. tc