-PI GOVERNOR'S ME
.
-" tho Bonito, autt,Spnto. of_ liopro4ort4atives of
the flothiiiiii7wcirth Of Ponnsylltlinto.
tcorrprtmtp.]
The ordinary resources of the Common
wealth arising from all . revenues payable
into the treasury; together with en estimate
of the whole amount of public property, will
appear from the following tabular state
ments •
Abstract of the ordinary revenues of the
State in 1839.
Canal and railway tolls.
Auction commissions and ,auction
duties,
Collateral inheritance tat,
Dividends on bank stock,
Do. turnpike,bridge and navi
gation' stock,
Land and land office fees,
Tax on bank dividends,
Tax on certain offices,
•
Tax on writs, dm
•
Tavern licenses,
Retailers' licenses,
Tax on loans companies,
Escheats,
Dank charters,
Hawkers' and pedlars licenses,
Miscellaneous,
• $1,821,119 Ekt
AAstract of the ordinary expenditures of
the. State in 11331:1.
gxpenses-of governMent, . • $412,751 63
Repairs--canal and railways, 376,336 79
Militia expenses, . 25,981 17
Guarantee of interest,• 24,562 22
Pensions and gratuities, 53,588 - 74
Common schools, colleges, &c, 385 ,253 14
House. of Refuge, • 5,000 00
Penitentiaries, eastern end, western, 30,826 54
Interest on .loans, . 1;296.010 24
Pay ofcollectors, lock-keepers, &c. 70,000 00
Miscellaneous, • . 28,552 40
. •
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
tfank stock;
apiko and brkdge stock, 2,321, 88
anal and navigation stock, 602,579 9
Hail road stock, 327,368 93
Public works, canal.), Milways,&s. 20,399,220 56
Money due on land, estimated, 1,000,000 00
$33 259 085 28
The public implovements are estimated
at their original cost, and the bank and rail
road stock at its par value. It will bo ob.
vim's that this estimate has relation to the
ultimate value of all, (except the bank stock,)
and not the present . available ,value which
this public property may bear.
On a recapitulation of the foregoing state.
meats, it appears from them that the public
debt amounts to the sum of 834,141,663 80
The public property to 33,259,095 28
Balanco;-
%snow...
The ordinary expenditures of •
she commonwealth for-all
purposes for the , last year,
are • 82,70E4803 47
The ordirmaY revenue cram all
sources • for'the same year,
amounts to
Leaviog a a gross balance a-
gainst the' state of $1,067,743 63
Tho affairs of the commonwealth have
been for several years gradually verging on
towards deeper and deeper embarrassment,
until we have at length reached this unex
pected deficiency of funds in the treasury,
to meet the demands, upen it. The people
have been told again and agein, that our fit'.
cal condition was flourishing and prosper
ous, while infect, our prosperity was all ha
sed,on paper calculations and loans, which
loens,we are just now beginning to perceive,
bear interest, and are, some day to be paid,
We are now compelled to Grego all tempe
vary expedient:, and to look the true state
of things in the face, We must resort to
taxes, the sale of the public improvements,
or to further loans. The public improve
ments cannot bo sold but at a most ruinous
sacrifice; and as to loans, it is doubtful
whether we can procure them at all, unless
at an unwarranted rate of interest. Not
withstanding all these difficulties, this sum
due by the state must be paid. To obtain
the means we have at the best, a choice of
evi,llLand we ought to Select that which
will impose on the people of the common ,
wealth the least inconvenience and detri
ment. I shall recur to this subject again, in
a subsequent part of this message.
W.VVe had intended publishing the Message
entire ; but find that it would fill our paper for
several+ weeks, to the exclusion of almost every
thing else—and have, therefore, concluded to give
an abstract of the'temainder, for which we are in
debted to the . l 4Pbiladelphia Inquirer.")
The auspension ofspocie piYments is next
adverted to, and in considerable detail.—
That course is deprecated in the strongest
terms, but the Governer argues that it does
not nlwaye follow that banks are unsound and
unable to pay all demands against them, be.
cause they do not pay specie for their notes.
to Pennsylvania, he says:
There are fiftv-two banks, with an ag
gregate capital of something more than six
ty millions of dollars; but such has been
the disregard of law by , some of them, that
they have not made any return; and the
returns made by - some of them, are so very
Imperfect, that it is impossible to arrive at
any thing like accuracy as to the amount of l
their circulation, specie or debts to
them. But .from the best data within my
reach, the amount - of their notes in circula
tion may be computed at not less than [Mi.-
ty-three millions of dollars, and the amount
due tad owing to them, principally by cor
porationsand citizens of this commonwealth,
is perhaps about seventy millions of dollars.
This amount is due. to' these banks from in
dividuals residing in all sections of the state,
and lei in all kinds of business.—
&ocke Wour rail roads, canals, turnpikes,
dm are bald by some of these banks, and in
the 'shape of subscriptions, bonuses or divi
demis t ilety cc:Orderly , largely be-the gene-
SAGE
nil fund in the state Treasury, and to the
support ..o(..the_common school system.—
Their charters expire at various periods be
tween the p'resent time and JB7O, end. the
stock in them is owned by a great number
of persons of all ages, classes and condi
tions and pecuniary means. The capital
ists of the Country, as well as those of mod
erate means, widows, orphans, and guar
di-ans, nil own stock in our several banking
institutions. From this cursory glance at
the subject, it is evident, that the business,
interests, and banking institutions of the
country, are intimately connected together
and mutually exert a powerful influence on
each other.
Ho then proceeds top show that the Bank-.
ing System has greatly extended through
out the whole Union, within the last twen
tryears. In legislating on the subject,
however, he says, we must take things as
we find them—and that the flanking sys
tern has for good or for evil, Stamped its in
fluence on every commercial,manufacturing
alid agricultural interest among our citizens.
Abrogate the entire system—he adds—and
we know not-in what condition tt may plunge
us.— !Zeal estate and all commodities of ,
commerce, agriculture and manufactures,
now bearing the highest paper price, must
fall greatly in value; and by that fall in
price,Ahousands of the enterprising and in
dustnous fellow-citizens will be irretrieva
bly ruined.. The-poor, he
_contends, and
those in moderate circumstances, would be
obliged to endure the brunt of the hardships.
The rich being the creditors, have little to
fear from such change in our system of cur
rency; it is-the debtor part of the commu
nity on whom the chief burden is cast. In
adepting_ coorcieve measures against the
banks, it should not bo forgotten, that the
penal. consequences do not fall on them
alone‘ • The vast nnmber of individuate,
from whom so many millions are due to
those institutions, would feel most oppres.
sively . the blow. Nor would it be right or
just to cast the great-mass of innocent stock.
holders, beyond the pale of legislative pro
tection.- The officers and directors, who
chargeable with most, ifnot the
enttrallarne, would 'readily iCiT.en them- 1
,selves from it, elude the laws, take care of
ttemselves, profit by the sufferings and los
ses of the innocent, and leave those to per
ish, who had little, ifany, active agency in
producing the present state of things.
These views strike us as altogether sound,l
and We do not hesitate to give them our cor
dial approval. '1 know of no other mode'
cif securing uniform and coetemporaneous,
action, says the Governor, on" this impor
tent subject among all the.states of the Uni
on, except through the agency of the Gene
ral-Government; which, if not already pos
sessed of . the power necessary for that pur
pese,should bo clothed with wby an amend
ment of the Constitution. He estimates
the State and Corpotationtlebts due to•Ed
ropd, ut $220,000,000; bearing an annual
interest, of $12,000,000..
$821,780 58
101,728..61
35,909. 78
160,019
41 017 70
46,694 05
133,449 7$
2,282 '9O
26,652 66
49,027 . 77
68,202 97
2,240 00
3,020.34
100,000 00
3,925 1 . 5
18,017 $5
$2,708,863 47
$2,108,700'00
8882,578 52
A proper view litaken of the mania for
bei'rotving money rhy the States, and the
doctripeofeconomy is earnestly inculcated.
A judicious credit system is described as
.indispensable to -an enlightened - business
:community - . - . '
Ike recommends an early resumption of
'speehipayments by. the Banks, and men.
'sures.to
„guard against the like suspension
tutilie.
1,021,110 _B4
•
lie L 'expretses the opinion that the condi.
lion of most of Banks is as sound, in re
ality, as &Gee of other States. They are
said /tip hti - ve as much specie in their vaults
and na good debtors.
The Jaw prohib ting small notes, I'S ap
proved, and provisions are recommended to
render He enforcement more effectual, by
'driving back the small notes of the other
States.
He suggests the propriety Of immediately
inquiring into the condition of , the ,flanks,
anti affixing the earliest period for re•
aumPtionl that their affairs, and the public
.wants and expectations justify. He thinks
it would be expedient to graduate thie re•
sumption, so as to make ono fourth or more
payable forthwith, and the residue at Suita
ble periods.
He recomMends the appointment of three
Bank Commiastoners, for one, twa and three
years—one to be appointed annually for the
future, with power to examine Into the con-
dition of Banks, and to wind them up, ifun
sourid, "or ['Ming violated their charters.
He recommends the passage of a law com
pelling all the .banks in the Commonwealth
to recepie each other's notes at par, so long
ati the respective banks continue to redeem
their notes in specie; and on failure at any
tiine of any bank so to redeem its notes,that
the bank commissioners be required, forth
with to take charge of it and does its oper
ations, and that each bank. be permitted to
pay out at its own counter, nothing but its
owtn notes or specie, unless at the option of
thew who have demands upon it.
..„ He recommends the banks to be prohib
ited from purchasing or holding any bank
striak.except their own, or the stock of this
State or the U.-States ; and then only in
small quantities.
• -lie recommends a repeal of the proxy
ayitem.
Aled;ti prohibition of Post Notes.
Alsoithat the power contained in the a
mended conslitut ton, of repealing,bank char•
tors, should be made a fundamental article
of every bank"charter in the Slate.
Also, that the three months now allowed
for banks to pay specie after suspension, be
cut;down to 36 days.
Also, that the directors of the banks be
rendered personally liable for the payment
of all notes issued_by the banks respectively
under their direction, if at any time same
in circulation, and - the money due to deposi
tors, shall exceed the ratio of three dollars
for one•of the specie in their vaults.
Also, Writ after a certain period no smal
ler notes than those for 4110 be issued.
Also, tbst no bank be allowed to make a
higher dividend than 7 per cent..per annurn.
Such banks as have declared dividend di
vidends
. during the suspension, are censur
ed in strong terms, and it is recornmendod
that their charters be remitted.
He says he will cheerfully. sign .a bill,
recognizing the principle Ofienderingstock
helders liable in their personal capacity, for
the:notes of the banks, ip case the corpo
rate funds be inadequate.
He recommends a total separation be
tween the state andlianking-institutions.
Also, the passage a law authorizing
the sale of the State Stocks in the Pennsyl
vania, Philadelphia, and Fariner'srand Me
chanics' banks. And if such sale cannot
be effected without too great a sacrifice,
that their charters be annulled, and their
assets be divided among the State and pri
vate stockholders.
An independent treasury for the General
Goverment is warmly adproved.
An investigation as to illegal or usurious
interest is reoommended ; and on the con
viction of any Bank for this practice, a re
peal of its charter is advised.
Savings Institutions and Loan Compa
nies are censured in terms of bevority. An
inquiry is recommended into the allegations
against them.
A law for the more adequato punishmen
of frauds and broaches of trust on the par
of Bank Officers and Collectors of Cana
Tolls, js recommended.
The policy of undertaking any new pub
lic worksos disapproved.
• Ho says that thelast loan froni the U. S.
Bank was obtained-from that itistifation as
a last resort, and after all applications else
where, were found unsuccessful.
The sum of 82,000,000 must be obtain.
ed for the ensuing year, and perhaps an e
qual amount for the year after, and 8000,-
000 on or before tho Ist of next month.
The sale of the Bank Stocks alluded to,
would, it is estimated, yield $2,10p,700.
Direct taxation is frankly reconimeaded,
as the only possible remedy to extribate the
Commonwealtk from her present embar
rassment's.
° The U. S. Bank, ho remark; isicompel
led to loan the State, at 4 per cent.86,000,-
000, : It is for the Legislaturo to decide
whet6or the money to 43 obtained from
that Institution, would be better than direct
taxation. The Governor prefers the latter
•
COMO. •
The. subject of Corporations isltenched
upon-•-thaf of General Education is proper
ly noticed—our Common Schoolslare ad
verted to In becoming language--an altera
tion in the law with regard to notaries pub
lic is recommended. Also, a new appor
tionment of the Representatives and Sena
tors of the State. Also, a State Reporter
for the Supreme Court. Also, aa•attera
tion in the Court of Criminal Sessions—a
change in the mode of drawing jurors—
some, additional provisions with regard to
collateral inheritance—attention to the Mi
litia system. •
Some other unimportant matters are no
ticed, and proper allusion is made to the
Coal and Iron Trade of Pennsylvania" . The
.Legislative expenses have greatly 'tierces
ed within the last few years—and s sy!em
of retrenchment and reform is rccamm':ud
edr -
In.conclusion,-the Cointnoawealth is said
to, be laboring-,under an ,enormeas. , tate
• Debt—but • the Governor expresses the ci
pinion that prudence, discretion and. iv:oho
-my, on the, part of her legislature, exceiiiive
and •citiz.c.ns,- will, in a few years, reprice
her on the solid footing of independence.—
Her ability is ample to meet all her engage
ments, while the determination of lierciti-
zeds oorresponds with that ability. —Hap
pen what may, he adds—the integrity and
fidelity of the people of Pennsylvania, are
pledged to
.make good her contracts with
those whose money has construciect-her
stupendous public improvements, and-that
tho pledge so made shall be scrupulousiy
redeemed,
THE hi AGNANIAIOUS COURSE.
• From the Alexandria Gazette.
• Gen. Harrison. • •
By intelligence from BarriShure, it will
be seen that Gen. WM. H. HARRISON
has been nominated by the Whig Conven
tion, as the candidate of the Opposition for
the Office of President ofthe U. States.
For ourselves, although wo. preferred
Mr. CLAY, and hoped he would have been
phoson, we cordially accept • and approve of
the nomination.
Gen. HARRISON has these recommenda
tions in his favor :-- '
He is an UOISEST HAN. •
He is a pure patriot: •
He is a veteran soldier who has fought
.for his country.
He is an experienced statesman.
- 11 e is pledged to serve but ory. TERIt, if
elected—thus breaking up the system. .of
Presidential electioneering.
Ho is a well read scholar, as well as a
man of excellent practical common sense.
His principles are sound on the leading
questions of the day.
He „is.not
.a violent parti z an,; and liiis4o
party prejudices or resentments.
He is one of the people, and is for the peo
ple.
I • Ttio 'South Western Tqrginian, a Democratic
Republican paper, published at Abingdon, Va. the
residence of Gov. Campbell, favors the nomina
tion of Gen. HAUXIISON, and spreads the Gene-
Ml's biography before the Republicans of Little
Tennessee. That paper says :
A gentleman passing through the BMW
of Indiana recently, says he stopped at a
tavern in one of its principal towns, where
a register of the names of travellers was
kept, and each individual was desired to
write opposite his name the name of the
person he would prefer for President—amt
that 9 out of 10 were for Harrison, a few
for Clay, and only one for Van Buren, out
of a list of several hundred.
Going it strong.—The Montrose Specta
tor states that Mrs. Hine, wile" of David
Hine, of Gibson, Pennsylvania; gave birth
to three boys on the 12th instant., - The
editor suggest' that the little 'einem; be
christened William Henry Harrison, Hen
ry Clay, and,..Winjge/d Scott. .Tbree cap-
ital names, and if the mother bets Whig,.
-she will receive the suggestion, and. game
them accordingly.
IMPORTANT- CORRESPODE/STOE. xr
Holutnarao, Dec. 7, 1839.
To Gm. Wm. Henry Harrison.
Stn:—The undersigned, a committee ap
pointed by the National Democratic Whig
Convention assembled at Harrisburg to no
minate candidates for the offices of Presi
dent and Vice President ofthe United States,
have the. honor to inform you that, by a res.
elation of that body, passed unanimously
this diy. you were nominated a candidate
for the Presidency, and the lion. John Ty
ler, of Virginia, a candidate for the Vice
Presidency of the United States.
The undersigned have the honor to be,
with the highest respect. your obedient
servants,
JOHN OWEN, of N. C., Chairman
ELISHA W. ALLEN, of Me.
JAMES WILSON, of N. H.
ISAAC C. BATES, of Man.
JAMES F. SIMMONS, of R. I.
WILLIAM HENRY, of Vt.
CHARLES DAVIS, of Conn.
ROBERT C. NICHOLAS, of N. Y
EPHRAIM MARSH, of N. Y.
RICHARD MANSFIELD, of Del.
J. ANDREW SHULTZE, of Penn.
REVERDY JOHNSON, of Md.
JAMES W. PEGRAM, of Vs.
THOMAM METCALFE, of Ky.
JACOB BURNETT, of Ohio.
DOUGLASS MQUIRE, of la.
G. MASON GRAHAM, of La.
T. C. TUPPER. of Miss.
WILLIAM H. RUSSELL, of Mo.
GEORGE W. RALPH, of 111.
HENRY W. WILLIARD, of Ala.
GEORGE C. BATES, of Michigan.
NORM BEND, Dec. 19, 1889.
Gentlemen:-1 have the honor to
knowledge the receipt of your letter frown
Harrisburg. of the 7th inst.
However objectionable in the opinions of
many ofour fellow citizens may be the mode
of selecting a candidate for the two highest
offices of the government by a general con
vention, the peculiar circumstances in which
the party opposed to the present adminis
tration were placed, seem to have left them
no alternative to secure that unity of action
so necessary to their success. The num
ber of States represented, and the exalted
characters of the delegates to whom the del
icute task of nominating the candidate was
committed, leaving no room to doubt that
their decision was in accordance with the
wishes of the majority of their constituents,
I accept, with gratitude, the nomination
which, in obedience to a resolutioa of the
Convention, you have done me, gentlemen,
the honor to communicate.
But however highly I may value this ev
idence of the attachment and confidence of
go Larne a portion of my fellow citizens, I
must beg you to believe, gentlemen, that
no one is more thoroughly convinced than I
am, that in selecting a retired and unpre
tending individual to be their candidate, (he
Convention were influenced by circumstan•
ces often occuring in popular governments
to set aside the higher claims of other citi
zens, although founded upon the possession
of - the most distinguished (*dente and the
performance of the most eminent services
to their country,united to every other qual
ity necessary to the discharge of the duties
ofcliief ma - gistrate of th:s great republic.
It may perhaps be expected that I should
embrace this occasion to declare the princi
ples upon which the administration will 'be
conducted, if the efforts of my friends to
plate me in the Presidential chair should
prove suceessful. But having, in a letter
to the Hon. Harmer Denny. and in. another
tothe Hon. Sherrod Wdliaine.both of which
have been made public, given my views at
some length of the character and extent of
the powers vested by the Constitution in
the President, I consider it unnecessary to
repeat them here.
I deem it, however, gentleman, proper at
this time to renew the assurance heretofore
frequently made, that, should I be elected
to the Presidency, I will, under no =cum.
stances, consent to be a candidate for a se
cond term.
With the highest consideration, gentle
men,for yourselves and those you represent.
I am your fellow citizen,
W. H. HARRISON.
To the Hon. J. Owen, of N. C. Chairman,
and 'others.
Mtn msnuao, Dec. 16,1839.
To Gov. Joux Tii...
Szu :--The undersigned, a Committee
appointed by the National Democratic
Whig Convention. assembled at Harrisburg
to nominate candidates for - the office of
'resident and Vice President of the U. S.
have the honor to inform you that, by a re
solution of that body, passed unanimously
this day, Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison, of
Ohio. was nominated a Candidate for the
Presidency, and you a Candidate for the
Vice Presidency of the U. States.
The undersigned have the honor to bcr, with the
highest respect, your obedient servants,
JOHN OWEN, of N. C. Chairman,
[and the others, u before.]
WILLIAMSBURG, (Va.) Dec. 16, 1839.
Gentlemen:
The nomination which; as the organs
of the late Harrisburg Convention, you have
communicated to me, is accepted with a sen
sibility greatly augmented by the fact, that
whilst it is a result in no way contemplated
by me, it was attended with the unanimous
concurrence of that enlightened and patri
otic body. To have my name associated
with that of the eminent PAitroir who is
put in nomination for the first office, is of it
self no - ordit ary honor.. Huston and faith=
fid services to the country, st the council
board and in the tented field. have won for
him a distmgnished name in history, and
furnish the surest guarantee that should he
be elected by the popalar voice to the.chief
Executive office, his administratim of tie,
vermental affairs will be just. and 'prudent,
and wise. With the Ceskatimo4o fqF 1-A4
guide, and the good of country tkia only
aim%l douhl not but that bis eAer-ilms Would
be exclusively directed to uphold the ono.
and advance the °them The frjecict and
----
..
eukierlei of JeFrinsor4, of MADISON, and
likusitee, and the 411 - mediate descendant of
1 signer of the Declaration of Independence,
can be none other than true to his early
Republican creed, and the devoted advocate
of free principles and of popular rights. .
... • 1 have the honor to be, gentlemen,
Your most obedient servant,
JOHN TYLER.
. .
Joust Owax, Esq. and . others of the Committee.
GEN. HARRISON'S POVERTY.
The Washington correspondent of the. Now
irerk / Evening Post write,:
"General Harrison's poverty has awaken
ed the sympathy of the ladies of this District.
and they are now at work, getting up a sub
scription to supply the 4war•worn hero' with
a suit ofrlothes. If you have any old shoes,
old boots, old hats,, or old stockings, send
them on, arid they shall be forwarded to the
`hero of the .North Bend ! ' "
Go on, gentlemen; we like •to see such
sneers—they will tell upon the popular mind
of this country in a manner you little dream
of. Honest poverty, contracted in the ser
vice of the Republic, however much it may
excite the courtly disgust of the plundering
crew now in power, will have a very differ
ent effect upen the , honeit people.of the coun•
OP They do not estimate tf man by his
money, by his luxuriousleibits, his splendid
display of equipage,' liveried servants, silver
plate, dm. and by ..the • millions which lie
may have plundered. from the public. They
estimate a man by his moral and intellectual
worth, by the important services he has refl.
dered his country, by the patriotic sacrifi
ces ho has made and the perils he has en
countered for the public good.• Gen. Har
rison may live in a log cabin,and drink
hard cider, as he has been 'reproached by
the office-holders with doing, and he may
be in want of"oli shoes, old boots, old hats
or old stockings," and still bo an honeit man
and a patriot, and worthier of the chief ma
gistracy of a Republican people, than the
present incumbent, who has amased a for.
tune of more than half a million out of the
public crib, and spofte
.his coach and six,
with white English servants in livery.
Poverty in itself is a reproach to no man.
Its effects upon the human character are ge
nerally of a virtuous and ennobling tenden
cy. He that has never known want, is from
the very constitution or our nature, a stran
ger to the kindlier sympathies, the purer
and more generoue emotions of the soul.—
Wealth engenders pride, arrogance and eel.
fishnets, and fosters all the meaner passions
of the human heart. You may often appeal
in vain to the purse•proud creature, whose
soul is centered in his pockets, for an act of
common charity; when the poor man, un
der similar circumstance:li; tie much livelier
are his sympathies with - his kirid, would
cheerfully divide his last loaf.
But if poriirty wire a disgrace in general,
in the case of General Harrison it is the
highest honor. It is not pretended that he
expended his small patrimony in selfish in-.
dulgence end luxuriodedhismation. Ike is'
poor, because, like
,the revolutionary w9r
thies.whose bright . e#ll4.ll§ was held up to
hisadmiratioir and imitation, his youth and
his manhood were devoted to the service of
his country. lie had no time to amass mo
ney by ordinary pursuits fend by honest
means—and he had too much of the old Vir
ginia integrity to acquire it by diebonest
practices. Nothing was easier for him than
by speculations in the•public lands to have
obtained a princely fortune, without any di
rect breach of honesty. • , But such was his
keen sense of honor, that he would not du
that, which all other Weetern office-holders
were daily 'doing, and which Kendall and
Van Buren even, at the present day, Jr re
port speak truly, have not scrupled to do.
Millions and millions ofpablic money passed
through his bands—how easy would it have
been for him, if his honesty bad been of the
Sub-Treasury cast of the -present day, to
have fobbed hundreds and thousands at the
public expense. la a word, he served his
country in high'and reeponsible stations for
thirty years, had unchecked control of, and
disbursed Millions, and at last retired to pri•
vats life in' honest poverty. Can a higher
eulogium be written on man!
That General Harrison is a poor man,
from such causes—that he is simple and un
ostentatious in his habits—that he is a pat
riot, as evinced In many a "well foughtened
field," are, in our humble opinion,no disqual
ifications in a chief magistrate of a Repub
lic. And so the - plain, Republican people
of this country will decide sneers and
reproaches of purse-proud office-holders,
who have grown rich on a plundered people,
to the contrary notwithstanding.
Richmond Whig.
From tho Philo - 44111a Evening Bier.
MR. VAN BOREN'S RESOLUTION
AGAINST THE . LAST WAR.
In 1812 Martin Vim Bilterroffered the
following resolution against the. h tte war, at
a meeting in the town of fludion, N. Y. at
the very time that Gen. Harrison was prepa
ring to battle with the enemies of his coun
try, and those enemies were impressing
our seamen—robbing our "Merchantmeh—
and insulting our flag ! ' •
. .
"Resolved, That the war is:impOg
tic and diastroas ; and to' employ the
militia in an offensive war is , unconsti
tutional ! ! !"
This resolution he enforced.by a speech,
a copy of which we hope to-be able to ob.
tain in a few days and to spread it before
our readers. In this speech - he donouncbd
Madison and the Democratic party in the
moat violent manner—strginatised them es
the emissaries of France—appluNled- t i O
purpose of the Hartford - cppy.ee,i,ioh, en.d
praised England as tbc Ctbulork of our re.
ligion
4 7 4g1441 catcmity.--On Thursday, 2d
inst. the dwelling and store house of James
Brewtner, iq Shirleyebucin, 'Huntingdon
coupty. Fa., wax destroyed by fire, and
Mn.a Margaret Brewster (the mother), a
yotteg woman named Margaret Mitchell,
and a 1.4 y (eon ocHensy tynwsterlgorished
in the (I.ames!:* •
.; Communicated.
adanas statk'Temperance
Convention.
•
Agreeably to adjournment, the Adams County
Temperance Convention assembled in the .114ethci
dist Episcopal Church, Gettysburg, on Wednes
day, Jan, I. 1840, at . 11 o'clock, x.
J. F. 114.scrArmsxs, President of the last Con
vention, called to order.
Prof. S. 8. SCIIMUCKIII addressed the Throne
of Grace.
The Delegations in attendance reported them
selves as follows :
Latlestorn Tempeiance Society—(old
pledge): David Schriver, Hon. Geo: %VW.
Simon S. Bishop, Henry Gutelius, Isaac
Snyder, Isaac Staub.
Total Abstinence Society of Getty:berg
and its vicinity : Prof. S. S. Schmucker,
Prof. H. L. Rougher, Rev. J. M. Jones,
Rev. J. C. IVatson, Col. Wm. N. Irvine,
Wm. %V. Paxton, Esq.
Total. Abstinence .S'ocieiy of Pennsylva
nia College: M. L. Stoever, J. L. &hock,
G. Bossier, H. Baker, Wm. M‘Millan, J.
Graaf .
Fairfield Temperance Society—(old
pledge) : Dr. J. K. MTurdy, Jas. Moore,
Wm. Blythe,loseph - Kittinger, , John
Kesson.
,
York Sprinis Total Abstinence Society:
Rev. C. Weyl, Jacob Greist, J. George
Ca pito, Thomas Youngman.
Union Seminary 4:5- Hampton Temper
ance Society—(old pledge)—John Neely,
Divid tietnard.
Mier which, the Officers of the Convention
were elected, viz :
PRESIDENT,
Horc. GEORGE WILL.
VICE-PRESIDENTS,
ISAAC STAUB, Wm. W. PAXTON.
SECRETARIES,
J. George Capito, James L. &hock.
On motion, the Convention adjourned to meet
at l,j o'clock, P. N.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. 'Avsorr.
The proceedings of last Convention being read,
Reports from Societies wore presented.
Littlestown Temperance Society—whole
number of members 156; during past year
55 new members ; 1 member expelled.;
withdrawn.
Total A. S. or Gettysburg 4. • its vicini
ty—whole number 293; during past year,
100 new members; 0 members expelled..
Total A. S. of Pennsylvania College—
whole number 00 ;'during past year 25 new
members ; 2 member withdrawn. -
Fairfield Temperance Society—no re
port.
P.
Springs Total A. S.—two months in
existence ; whole number 87. •
Union Seminars) 4. Hampton T.
whole number 103 ; during past year 33
new members.
After which, on motion of the Rev. Mr. WAT—
SON, It was
Resolved, , That. the President appoint
seven Delegatea .
to the State Temperance, to be hold at Harrisburg on, the
15th inst. ' il) •
Tho President appointed Thaddeus . Stevens,
Esg. Prof. S. S. Schmuciter, Hod. Wm. Itnican,
J. F. Macfarlane, David Shriver, Dr. J. K. Mc
Curdy, J. G. Oapito.
On motion of Prof. DAL-omen, it was
Resolved, That all Members of Tempe
ranee Societies present, though not Dele
gates, be privileged to offer, resolutions andt
to participate in discussions.
On motion of J G. Cserro. it was
Resolved, That it be recommended to
each Teinperanee Society of this county, to
hold at least one stated meeting every three
months dunng tho : year and to subscribe
lot Temperance papers for 'the use of mow
bent and the community.
On motion of Rev. Mr. WATSON, it was
Resolved, That it is the opinion of this ,
Conventign, that the most effectual method'
of securing . the object contemplated by the
friends of Temperance is the formation of
Societies on the'principle of total abstinemeer
rem all intoxicating drinks.
On motion of Prof. SCUM:THEN, it was
Resolved, That a committee of three be
apdointod by the President to draft a Memo—
rial to our Legislature, praying for their
, action in behalf of the Temperance cause,
and that the Memorial be published, with
signatures to it be procured by the friend&
of the cause, and forwardedto Harrisburg..
Tho President appointed Prof. S. S. Schmuck..
er, T. Stevens and Wm. W. Paxton, Rue, •
On motion, it was
Ordered, That the proceedings: of this
Convention be published, andsigned*by the ,
Secretaries.
On motion being made, the tbnvention •
Resolved to adjourn to- meet on the fat
day of January, 1841, in the English Lu,..
theran Church, Gettysburg, at Hi o'clock,,
A. M.
Prayer by the Rev. X. M. Soars.
J. G. CAPITO, Sees.
J. L. SCHOCK,
• **'"'
•
GENERAL HARRISON.
•
Somp,of the office holders profess to doubt
the, great merits of Gen. Harrison. It is
true that their notions on the subject Call
be of tittle importance to the People,bsouse
it is known that their ability longer to plus t
der the
.Treasury is dependent upon Vim,
Buren's election. Bat it iaa kg; hiCh %Xttf.
wish all to biar in mind, that among the,
strongest eulogists of Gen. Hatrist9,. whets
it was not lnierest to calumniate him fronj
party cowiderat 4;lm—that show v,i(ho have,-
praiped him with Out quaPfication--are Cal.
,Rl,4lrd M. Johnson, now Vice : President: .
of the United Stoles, Geo. Cass, oyr _ Minia.•
ter to France. Thomas Ritchie. editor of . .
tlio, Richmond, Enquirer, Moses Dewson,ed.i
itor of the Cincinnati Advertiser, M. Dick...;
inson. late &creaky) , of. the Navy, and'Rob;.
ert P. Lyt4a, late member of Congress from • -
Ohio.—ali soPPQrler4 of *Win, ran B .
ren! •
--No~-
ham Welsh a respgctable citipq of
Johnskown,, Cambria co 4 m this shib,,x(hifo.
on his way lo Hollicbusbi!rq, on"tba,'l. l .7th i
ul!..perished in 14.0p/ridging ansvt-ktoro.
AND
REPUBLICAN BANNER.
Robert S. Paxton, Editor.
GIZTICYSIII.7II.O, January 19, 1840.
DEMOCRATIC ANTI-MASONIC
CANDIDATES.
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEN. WILLIAM H. HARRISON.
POR VIOE•PRESiDENT,
JOHN TYLER.
BTMATORIAL kLYCITOREI.
JO:IN ANDREW SIIULZE, JOSEPII RITNER
REPRESENTATIVE DELEGATES.
Ist District: LEVIS PASSMORE,
- 24 do CADWALLADER EVANS.
do CHARLES WATERS,
3J do JONATHAN GILLINGHAM.
4th do AMOS ELLMAKER,
do JOHN K. ZEILIN,
do DAVID POTTS.
sth do ROBERT STINSON.
6th do WILLIAM S. HENDEU,
7th do 3. JENKINS ROSS,
Bth do PETER FILBERT,
9th do JOSEPH H. SPAYD,
10th do JOHN HARPER,
11th do WILLIAM M'EL.WAINE,
12th do JOHN DICKSON.
13th do JOHN M'KEEIIAN,
14th do JOHN REED.
15th do NATHAN REACH,
16th do NER MIDDLESWARTII.
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 IZARMAR DENNY.
23d do JOSEPH BUFFINGTON.
24th do. .J AMES MONTGOMERY, •
"25th do JOHN DICK.
0147:Banter:— HAVE ILIItIO THE
OROAD 'HANNEII Or LIDESITT AND . THE COT
!MITI7TI*2f TO TOFS'ORTIBTIe: ITACRITIED WITH
.THE INAPIIIITIO IFORi4:—ONE PRESIDEN
TIAD TERM—THE4NTEGRITY OF THE
PUBLIC SERVANTSTHE SAFE'FY OF
THE PUBLIC MONEY--AND THE GEN
ERAL GOOD OF THE PEOPLE."
"UARRISON AND LIDEItTY r'
“The blessing of thousands of town and
children, rescued from the scalping knife of the
ruthless Savage of the wilderness,.and from the
atilt more savage Proctor, RESTS ON HAR
RISON and his gallant arniy."—EStison - ,Sxr ,
nza's Mellen° to the. Legislature, Dec. 10, 1813.
ANTHONY_NFATNT.. 111 bia Lotter to the So.
orotary of War,' eying an offiCial *ennui of his,
sanguinary Indian Battle in 1792,
iiliTy'failhful and gallant Lieutenant,
RISON rendered the mast essential, service, by
conintunieating my Orders is every direction,
and DT OXiCONOUCT AND . BRAVTOT,.XVITINO,
TUC 11100k8 TO POEM, YOU VICTOUT !"
One Trenn.--Frum Gen. 1-lanalson's reply to
thellarrieburg nomination
I.3hould I bo• elected• to the Presidency, I will,
under ho Eiteumetanees, consent to be a candidate
for a SECOND TEAM," •
all agei, and in all countries, it has been
obsettied,"that the cultivators of the soil are those
where Toast willing to part with their rights, and
subm4, themselves to - the will of a master."
ozr , The People of the U. Stales—May they
ever remember, that, to preserve their liberties,
they must do their own voting and their: own
fighting."
The "STAR & BANNER " will here
after be published on Saturday of each
week. - •
Tho Hon; James Cooper,will accept our thanks
for important Congressional Documents.
We are indebted to Messrs. Smyser, Penrose
and Mallet:of, for .eopies of the Governor's Mes
sage, Arc.
We are requested. to state that N. C. %aorta,
Esq. of Baltimore, a gentleman of distinguished It-
tcrary attainments, will deliver an Address--and
Mr. CLIARLSB Wztrr THOMPSON, of Philadelphia,
a Poet of celebrity, will deliver a Poem before the
Philomathrean Society of Pennsylvania College,
on tlidevening of the 14th of February next, the
time of the anniversary celebration.
United States Senator.
The following is the result of the election fur
United States Senator which took place in the
Hall of the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
last, the . 14th inet, The first and only ballot stands
Daniel Sturgeon received,
Charles Ogle,
Richard Biddle, "
.Daniel Sturgeon having a majority of all the
votes. given, was declared duly elected a Senatot•
in Congress from this States, for 6 years from this
4th of March Int. _ •
The eight new Senators who were chosen last
gccordance with the provisions of tho *whoa
sste:to tire amended constitution, have drawn lotio
for the purpose of defining their reap - active terms
Of,lst.rioe--tho following is the resulfi Messrs.
AS kfonbahlpfon; Slerigere of Montgome
-1,41041P5**1 of York, are to sorve one year.
Williams of Allegheny, Sjicieleman of
Pallerton of Armstrong, two
-
Mews Fleming of lamming And Plumer of
Virestrnoreisnd, three poem—.
The Bon: lipsh 1 4. White, Senator in Coo-
Fe w (on the- Slats of. Tennessee, resigned his
seat in Olt body on Monday.
[Binvora
WM. H. HARRISON
•WM. li. lIARRIBOI4
WH. H. HARRISON
87 votes.
26 "
17 is
The Senate has confirmed the nomination of
Henry D. Gilpin of Pennsylvania, to be 'Attorney .
General of the United States, in place of Felix
Grundy elected • Senator - of the United States
Nat Tennessee.
Tie Goventsets Message.
We do not recollect to have seen an ExeentiVst
&Penmen% so full of profligacy and disregard of the'
Constitution and lawi as the late Message onai
yid R. Porter. In the outset he justifies the mei,
and vindicates a recourse to ..fearless andpa
triotic disdain" of -the , public authorities and of
legal enactments, when those assembled at Hai
risourg, ..as is their pribilege," shall suppose that
the interests of the country require such interfe
rence. All this we expected. A defence of the
infaMous December rebellion, and of all the high
and low traitors who were engaged in it,. inuld
not well be avoided by him, who was a_number
of the mob, as well as his brother Jamis ; and
who has appointed all its prominent villains to of
fices of trust, profit or hon Or. Whim before has
the nation witnessed the 'alarming and humilia
ting spectacle of the Executive or a State applaud.
ing an open violation of 'the law by an armed
mob—and placing such ttentiments'upon record
to remain a lasting stigma upon car institutions !
The Message states the amount "of loans made
by the last Legislature at near, $7,000,000, and
recommends a direct TAX to pay the interest
thereof. With this WO' shall not find fault. Jo
seen llrrnan repealed the State tar, and dimin
ished the State debt. •He was rejected by the
people, and we shed no mars et seeing them load
ed with double burdens. Possibly they may learn
to distrust tlle.dernagagues who are robbing tlicin
when the tax-gathenri,futeup their cattle for sale.
He states the repairs of the public works 'tor
the past year at about $400,000, whereas the suin
of $1,100,000, or upwards, was appropriated to
them.
'rho motive power tills were not sufficient to
cover the expenses; whereas, in 1833 it paid into
the Treasury, over all expenses, mom than $30,-
000—and hed it not been for the Huntingdon
breach, it would have over-paid near $lOO,OOO.
He states the snm necessary for ordinary re
pairs of the Canals and Rail roads for next year
at 81,000,000 ! The largest sum ever required
under Joseph Ritner's administration was $300,-
000.
Among the expenses of the year, ho records
$2,0011 paid to the Attorney General and the Go
vernor's brother—the notorious judge who screen
ed the rebels—for services rendered in ousting
two Anti-masonic Judge s ! No law had been
passed authorising the employing of counsel, or
the payment of fees to them. The 21'st section
of the Ist Article of this. Constitution is as follows:
"No money shall be drawn from the
treasury but in consequence of appro
priations made bylaw."
No such appropriation was made, and yet the
Governor drew his warrant, and the Treasurer
paid $2;000 of the People's money to this brace
of Lavers"; and now recommends a TAX to pay
it ! ! '
We must defer tho more glaring villainy of
cool recommendations 'to violate the Constitution
till our n•xt.. What he sayss - of Danks,we shall not
notice.—He is friendly to them, and recommends
a 11. S. Bank to bejeritabfisked by . tho -National
Government. •"
Daniel S'Ve6ste7.* returned from his visit to
Europe. Shortly. sitter -hie arrival he .was present
at a Whig nieeting#'*e Massachusetts Legisla•
Wire, where in the cesupra. a_most, eloquent vd
&eta. ha expressed tuite.detenalnation tolls° the
Old Hero of Tippeeanee most cordial rapport.
Old Tippecanoe.
Every arrival of the mails bring us fresh intelli
gence of the most - lively and enthusiastic - meetings
of the people, every where,proclaiming in a voice
not to be misunderstood, their preference for the
war worn veteran. - The wagoners on the nest
cm roads, now drivel their- teams with the Harri
son Flag waving over their waggons—the plough
man offs with his hat-and hurrahs for Harrison—
and the mechanic keeps time with the ringing of
his anvil, with a patriotic song for "Old Tippets
nut." The Cincinnati Republican says owe had
the pleasure of seeing Gen, Harrison Poi the first
time yesterday, since his nomination. We have
never seen him to belle! health: he appears as Ac
tive both in body and mind as be was twenty rears
ago."
The Sciota (Ohio) Gazettes in speaking of the
purse-prond fatteners on the treasury, who stigma
tizi, Harrison as the clog cabin" candidate, says:
uThe cabin' candidate, <podia, Aye you will
find ho is the log cabin candidate, and the way
the log cabins will pour out their votes next No-
vember, will prove a caution to all stigmatixers of
their inmates•"
The "Wheeling Times" in speaking of the
prospects of Harrison in that state says: 4 , There is
no dobbt of Virginia. Here in the West Harri
son wills-an as no other - taart ever did. All thre'
the hills, from the river to the blue ridge,there are
hundreds and hundreds of old soldiers who fought
under Harrison, who know hiro;and respect him.
He is known to be the soldiers friend; ho is known
to be generous, open hearted, social and talented
and his principles are known to - bil-tbe principles
of the people.. -
peark- Ole OA Edna..
The ColOnibil ilpYC.orneiito tis this ;Talc cloth
ed in deep moarnhic for t* . death of its editor,
Pastrros B. Eraiii, who deputed this life
on Monday erieniO4ifie 6th inst., after a briefill
ness, aged 80 years: .
ICustom seems in buire iendered it a duty, the'
at all times a painfull one, for us to record the do-
Ings of death. Yet there aro sessoni and circum
stances in which theyegret attending the perform
ance ofthis - dirty , .is. peculiarly enhanced. Such
is the case in performing one of the last sad rights
to the memory of our youthful cotemporary. A
gentleman with whom we have frequently min
gled in the walks of prisate life and in whom we
ever found an honorable and genuine friend. In
the demise of Mn Ernie, literature has lost an
able advocate—the citizens of Columbia a public
'spirited, and useful citizen—a young and inte
resting family • kind and indulgent protector.—
But he i a gone, "the relver cord has been loosed.:--
the gtdden bowl been - broken" and while the dim
Fluidal of silence shill keep strict watch over their
noiseless tenant, there will be a vacant seat—an
aching void in the hearts of the members of the
social circle, which the sympathy of kind friends
may aleviate, but Can never repair. -
CONGRESS
Steamboat Burnt
NEARLY TWO HUNDRED LIVES
LOST !
By lest night's mails, we received Baltimore
and Philadelphia papers, giving an account of the
destruction of the Steamboat Lexington; Capt.
Childs, by fire, on Monday evening last, whilst
on her way from New York to Stonington—
together with the loss of nearly every soul on
board, in number from 150 to 200 persons !
Wo shall give particulars in our next.
qz?We observe by a reference to the congres
sional proceedings a few days since that out rep
resentative, Hon. James Cooper, presented a se
ries of resolutions to the House, calling on the
Post Master General for information respecting
the lato change in the transportation of the Mail
between Philadelphia and Washington City, and
which has created considerable excitement in the
former city, owing to a delay of several hours in
their usual time of arrival. The resolutions desire
information as to the length of the route the
malls aro at present carried—the time of transpor
tation and expenses of the same, also, requesting
the Postmaster General to state whether or not the
eastern Mail has been fraudulently transmitted by ,
agents or officers in the Post Office department
and if so, whether they have been discharged
from the employ , of the Government. •Doct. Dun.
can from Ohio being entitled to the floor, Mr.
Cooper had to yield for the time, but would re
sume the subject at the earliest opportunity.
Pennsylvania Legislature
Nothing of impoctince has been done in either
branch of the Legielature since our last report.
In the the House of Representatives, on Mon.
day last, Mr. Elsirsen, of Adams, presented a pe
tition awned by citizens of this county, relative to
licensing tin-pedlars.
Mr. Smyser also gave notice that ho should ask
leave to bring in a bill relative to the . payment of
dues to the Contractor,' on the, Gettysburg Rail
road.
On Tuesday, Jan. 14, Mr. Smyser, in pursu
ance of notice given, asked leave to bnng in a bill
relative to the payment . of Contractors on the Get
tysburg Rail.rosd.
eieNdia3MOSto
Wasturropory, Jan. 11, 1840.
Mr. Strange, of North Carolina, in the
course of his speech before the Senate in re
lation to the Florida War, advocated the
policy and propriety of employing "blood
hounds" to hunt out and extirpate the sav
age .and blood-thirsty foes that have laid
waste our territory.
This plan will not be countenanced by
Congress,nevertheless; and the voice of the
nation at large seems strongly against it.
January 13.
This day Judge Winn; resigned his seat
in the Senate in consequence of an unwil
lingness on his part to obey the instructions
of the Legislature of Tennessee in relation
to the Sub treasury Bill and the Bill for se
curing the freedom of elections. The Sen.
eters generally received the communication
with deep sensibility ; and when the vene
rable statesman moved from his place, they
- crowded round •him offering their best
wishes for his healt h and presperity c and
expressing•their deep 'regret at his depar
ture. . - •
The House 'of RepreSentatives proceeded
to the considertiton of the motian of Mr.
Canapell of South Carolina, to refer to the
committee on Elections, the testimony of
the New Jersey'case,along with the amend
ments of Mr. Bell, instructing the commit
tee to inquire into the return and report
who by them were entitled to take the seats
as representatives, until a full examination
of the whole evidence should be gone into,
and along with the amendment also offered
by Mr. Rando/Aproposing that the speak
er inform the Governor of New Jersey that
the representation of that State is vacant.
Mr. COOPER of Penn., then took the
floor'and spoke for a considerable length of
time, with great eloquence, ability and con
clusiveness, in support of the claims of the
commissioned members. After he had fin.
ished, Mr. Roomy of Penn., made a ranting
speech in favor of Mr. Dickerson and his
Loco Foco associates.
January 14.
Very little business of importance was
transacted in either House to day.
January 15.
In the House of Representatives the time
was consumed upon questions of order, in
relation to Abolition petitions. Nothing of
importance done in the Senate.
RE1.1010.17S NOTICES.
o:7.The Rev. Mr. Damian will preach in
the Lutheran Church on tomorrow (Sunday)
morning. and the Rev. Mr. Smyrn in the evening.
4rrThe Rpv. Mr. WATSON will preach in the
Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning and
evening next
U 1/ /MENA' AZ, REG I 8 TE
MAIIRIED.
On the 31st ult. by the Rev. J. Martin, the Roy.
Christian Leply, Pastor of the Evangelical Lu
theran Church, Lewistown, Pa. (formerly of Get
tysburg Seminary,) to Miss Rebecca IL daughter
of Mr. Reply, of Greencastle, Franklin county.
On the Ist inst. by the Rev. R. S. Grier, Mr.
John B. Picking, of Frederick county, Md. to
Miss Mary Ann Landers, of Carroll'county, Md.
• P - .
,5 7 5,AU8V.
• ••,:or":„ - :- - - v , , 44.10
ce•
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.7- 0 N.: ' --;;) •••= 7 .
oHlTveit Y RECOfID.
DIED.
On the 10th inst. at the residence of her father,
in Strabari township, Miss Jane Walker, in the
37th year of her age. •
Oil the 29 th:ult.. Mrs, Raehael Heekenlubeic
widow of George-Heckenlober, Esq. deceased, of
Franklin township, aged 60 years.-
On the lAth et. Amelia , daughter of Mr. Rob
ert Black, jr.* or Franklin township, aged 17
months.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
"HARRISON & LIBERTY Ns
J. •.7,~, 11i
"
CO Uri TY JITEETI.4 G.
THE Citizens of Adams county, friend
ly to the election of Gen. WILLIAM
HENRY HARRISON to the Presidency
of the U. States—and all opposed to the re
election of Martin Van Buren, are request
ed to assemble in County Meeting, at the
Court-house, in Gettysburg, on Monday the
28th day of January inst. at half past six
o'clock, r. at. to take such measures as may
be necessary to a perfect organization of
the Anti-Van Buren party in this county.
Also, to ratify the nomination already
made for One Elector of President and Vice
President of the U. States for this Congres
sional dissrict, or to appoint conferees to se
lect another if neeesFary.
Also, to appoint two Delegates to repre
sent the County of Adams in the State Con
vention to be hold at Harrisburg, on the 22d
day of rebruary next, to adopt such meas
ures its 4lay be calculated to ensure union
and concert of action among the opponents
of Martin Van Buren.
By the County Committee
Jan. 4.
AN APPRENTICE
TO THE
JORNXTIMIGI DUSIXESS,
WILL be taken at this Office if Mne
w diate application be made.
MILITARY ELECTION.
AN Election will be hold on Satueday
the 22d of February next, at the fol
lowing places: Ist Battalion 90th Regim't
at the house of Wm. Flamme, Lewisbury ;
2d Battalion 90th Regiment, at the house
of Moses Myers, Petersburg. (Y. S.) ; let
Battalion 89th Regiment, at the house of l
Johwilershey, in the borough of Hanover;
2d Battalio'n 89th Regiment, at the bongo
of Col. Geocgo Ickes, Abbottstown ; Ist
Battalion 800 Regiment, at the house of
John Keckler, Franklin township ; 2d Bat
tallow 80th Regiment, at the house of A.
B. Kurtz, Gettysburg—to elect 1 Art..
gather General.
DAVID SCOTT, B. I.
Jan. 18.
CO'L. Sr. WITHEROW ,
OF GETTYSBURG,
Is e, candidate for the O ffi ce of BRIGA
DIER. GENERAL—and will be sup
ported by ,
MANY.
. .
Jan. 18. to
Enrolled inhabitants of the 24
Brig ' sth DIV. Penn, Militia !
RE pleased to consider me a-Candidate
:for Brigadier General on
the 22d of February cent.
SAMUEL E. HALL.
to
Jan. 19.
NOTICE
TO
Constables, Who/oldie Dealers
and Retailers of Foreign
Alerchandize.
PURSUANT to an act of the Legisla.
tura of Pennsylvania, passed the 7th
day of ApriI—CONSTABLES will take
notice, that agreeably to the second section
of the ...Act graduating the duties upon Whole
sale &inlets and Retailers of Merchandize,
and prescribing the mode of issuing Licen
ses, and collecting said duties, they are re
qnested, on or before the first day ofJanua
rp term, to wit : the 27th day of January
inst. to make an oath . * affirmation, and de
liver to the Clerk of the Court of Quarter
Sessions, a list oral! the Wholesale and Re.
tail Dealers of Goods, Wares and Merchae
dmr, Wines or distilled Spirits, except such
as are the growth, produce, or manufacture
of thn U. States.
MERCHANTS & DEALERS embre
ced in the provisions of the above recited
Act, are hereby notified, that according to
the fifth section thereof, the Associate Judg
es and the County Commissioners will meet
at the Commissioners'Office, in Gettysburg,
on Tuesday the 28th day of January inst.
at 1 o'clock, P. N. to hear them (if they'
see proper to attend,) as to the amount of
their annual sales during the year previous.
Licensee to be taken out on or before the
Ist day of March next, for one year.
Phisicians, Apothecaries, Surgeons and
Chemists, as respects Wines, &c. used in
preparations for the sick, and all female tra
ders,* single women, whose annual sales
shall not exceed those of the Bth class be
low enumerated, shall not be required to
take out licenses under the provisions of
this Act.
The.-following will be the classification
agreeably to the Act of Assembly :
let class, amount of sales, $50,000-450
21 do. 40,000 40
3d do. 30,000 80
4th do. 20,000 25
sth . do. 15,000 20
sth do. 10,000 15
7th do. 5,000 12 50
Bth do. . 2,500 10
WM. McCLEAN, Associate
GEORGE WILL, • Judges.
WILLIAM R EX, r
DANIEL DIEL,
JOSEPH J. KUHN,
Jan. 18.
WOOD ! WOOD!
AFEW Cords of WOOD will be taken
at Aids Office, immediately, fur sub-
ADVERTISEMENTS.
VERY LATEST
NEW YORK 4. PHILADELPHIA
PA,SHIONS:
THE Subscriber has just received the
Latest Fashions, and invites hie friends
and the public to call and see. He hae al
so on hand, and for sale, as usual, a large as
sort ment of of Hats of all descriptions,
and all prime.
SAMUEL S. MiCREARY.
Gettysburg, Jan. 11. tf
CLOTHS CLOTHS
J UST received a fresh supply of very
cheap CLOTHS, comprising co
Tors.—Also, a good assortment of CASSI
MERES and CASSINETTS.
For sale by •
Jan. 4.
Public elbalt
T HE Subscriber, Deputy Escheator, op.
pointed for the County of Adams—by
virtue of said appointment, and of a special
act of Assembly of this Commonwealth au ,
thorizing him thereto, will sell at Public
Sale, at the public house kept by Mr. Bow.
EBB, in the town of Heidtersburg,on Friday
the 31st of January inst. at 2 o'clock, P. r.
the following Real Estate—to wit : •
1 Lot of (Wound,
Situate in the"town of Heidlorsburg afore.
ea - d, known as Lot No. 63, on which are it=
rested a good Lou
.Dwelling-Holl3e, 1 1 , .
and other improvements—late the 1 . 1 - I
Estate of ANTHONY BOSSAGE, de
ceased, And . which has *unheated to the
Commonwealth.
Possession to be given on the lsttlay of
April next, or sooner if desired. .
If not sold on said day, the property will
be rented for the ensuing year.
Attendance will be given, and terms
made know . ' by the subscriber on the day
of Sale.
DANIEL M. SMYSER,
Deputy D ec4eator
Jan. 4.
BRIGeIDIER GEXERL
James . 3; NMliyamrs
O F Hamiltonban township , will be sup
ported for the Office of BRIGADIBR
GENERAL'oi the 2d Brigade 2t4
Divis
ion Pennsylvania Militia, by
Jan. 4.
. .
o Me Volunteer, and Enrolled citigen'a of
the 2d Brigade, sth Divisioa, P.' M.
VI,NCOURAGED by a number of my
,11 - .4 friends, I offer myself to your consider
ation ad a candidate for the office of
Brigadier Generals .
at the election to be held °tithe 2240 f Feb ,
ruary next; and pledge myself, should I be
elected, to perform the duties of the office
with fidelity and impartiality.
HENRY BITTINGER.
York. Springs, Jan. 4,1840.
OHEAP GOODS.
•
Vir. O. .14. 4 eVeftVI t
S AS just received afre sh supply of Win.
ter DRY GOODS—embracing a fine
' assortment of
Fnglish and French Mairwes,
Mousdine de laines and Caßeoes,
Colored and White Flannels,
Clothe, Casa/Isere& and Cassinetts,
Canton Flannel', Velvets and Ticking:,
Linen Table-Clotho, Blanket* and Floor-Clothe,
Blanket Shawls, Checks, Muslin*, Drillings. 4c.
Which will be sold at prices to suit the
times. All persons wishing to buy Cheap
Goods will please call and examine.
Gettysburg, Jan. 4, 1840. tf 1
IinfiSHIAGTOX' MOTEL;
Corner of Market Street and Market Sintaive
HARRISBURG, P.A.
T . . .
HE Subscriber respectfully informs his. friends and the public that he. has ta4
ken the WASHINGTON HOTEL—that
well known tavern stand situated at the cor
nor of Market street and Market Square,
Harrisburg, lately occupied by Mrtj. George
W. Johnson, which he has fitted up in a su
perior manner, with wire new furniture of
the newest fashion and best] quality, from
garret to cellar. The house has also un
dergone a thorough repair, and is put in
the best condition for the accommodation of
customers.
He takes the liberty to etato that the
Washington Hotel shall be kept in the beat
manner. His Table will always be furnished
by the best the market affords, and so serv
ed as to suit his guests. His Bar will be
supplied with the best of wines and liquors
of all kinds. His Stable, (the largest in
Harrisburg,) will be attended by faithful
Odtlers, and every attention given that can
be desired. As he is desirous of proving
that he is determined to keep a house not
excelled in Harrisburg, he respectfully it..
vites travellers, members of the Legislatuie
and others, to call and judge for themselves,
as he will be happy at an and all times to
see them .
Oct. 5.
R. G. M'CREARY. •
ir
MANY,
le
AVM. E. CAMP.
• Om
ADVERTIBEMEfiTS•
PROSPECTUS
01 WM
Journal ofelse American Silk
Society,
•ND
InTy atia.a•Eaoomozaaee,
EDITED BY BIDBON B. B . MITU. •
Journal was established by ,the
We AMERICAN SILK SOCIETY, for the pur
pose of diffusing practical information on
the crwrean OP ma in the United States,.
It has now been published one year,. and
may be considered a work of standard Cha
racter. The first year's publication, corn-,
prising the first volume, contains a male of
valuable information, and it will be the eb
ject of the editor to make theaccond equal
in all respects, if not superior, to the first. ,
The important filet is now established be
yond any question, that the people of the
- United States can L.e.ke silk CHEAPER and,
narran than any other nation.on the eaith.,
It has been proved by unimpeachable testi.
many, that the entire cost of producing silk
ready for market, does not exceed iwo
DOLLARS AND TWENTY•FIVE CENTS PER
POUND, and its lowest value is FOUR DOL
LARS AND FIFTY:CENT!;' sky, that ONM ACRE
of ground planted in mores inulticaulis, will
produce, the ffrst year the trees amp/tufted,
FORTY EIGHT POUNDS OF SILK, leasing a
Clear profit to the producer of ONE HUNDRED
AND EIGHT DOLLARS! It has also been pro
ved that the children and females of any
carmeeo family can, with the greatest pm , -
sil - kf ease, produco from filly to a hundred , "
pounds of silk every year, without any cost
whatever to the expenses , of the farm after
the trees are planted; and therefore, that
the whole amount of silk will be so much '
clear gain, say from 8225 to 9450. With
these facts we submit to an intelligent peo
ple whether it is not a great and an impor
tant object for them to introduce the culture
ofsilk in every farmer's family in the Union.
To enable all our farmer to make silk, the
'JOURNAL OF THE AVERTGAN SILK SOCINTY'
was established; it contains plain practical
directions for CULTIVATING THE TREES,FED.
DING and REARING SILK WORMS,' REELING'
TUE lux, and preparing it for market, arc.
besides all other information that can be re
quired to enable any person 'to enter upon
the businens,either on a large or small scale.
Every friend of his country, into who hands"
this paper may fall, will be doing,a patriot
and philanthropists's work by inducing his
friends and neighbors to enter their names
upon the list of subscribers.
The Journal of the American Silk Socie
ty is published monthly, in PainPhlet tom;
each number contains thirty.tvro octavo pa.
gee, printed on new type and handsome pa.
per, with a printed coloured cover.
TERMS:
Two dollars a year, or six copies for ten
dollars, always to be paid before the w ork
,
is sent. All subscriptions to begih with the
first number of the year, and in ym mum will
.the work be sent to any suhsCrtlxtr longer
than it shall have been paid for:.
liCrNnw svescarenns, who Wm the first
and second volumes, will be charged only
THBER Don Ans for the two yeare. '
January 11, 1840. at.
FOR THE LADIES. •
A VERY splendid aesertment of plain
andffgured SlLES'and SATTINS,
for Bonnets, fashionable colors, with trim
mings to match.—Also, Belling', Gloves,
Hosiery, Laces, Ildkfs. ctc. 4tc.
Just received and for sale by -
R. G. BPCREARY.
Jan. 4. tr .
NOTICE.
Letters Testamentary on the Estate of
JACOB GROPE', deed,
late of Mountpleasant township, Adams co.
having been granted to the Subscriber,_
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 thorn prop- .
erly authenticated for settlement.
GEORGE WILL, Ez'r.
tit
Dec. 23.
DR. FRANKLIN J.. SMITH,
RESPERESPECTFULLY f
CTFULLY calls the attention
of his friends and the public generally.,
to the important and interesting fact, that '
he is fully prepared and qualified to cure
the most inveterate cases of rheurnatism,
The various diseases to which mankind are •
subject (if curable) can also be effectuallV
and radically'. eured by him, safely and ex
peditiously, at =aerate and • reasonable
charges, without subjecting the patient to
the poisonous influence of ininerala, ouch as
mercury, arsenic, dic. .
His remedies dre mild, agreeable. and
efficient, and operate in accordance with the
1 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.
erate prices at his dwelling, in Carlisle*
street, the house formerly occupied by Dr.
Berluchy.
•
Dr. Smith would also inform the public.
that his niode of treatment will, perfectly
remove the bad effects remaining, in the sys
tem, from the use of mercury or any other
poisonous mineral.
, . .
Medical men of the highest distinction
and talent, such as Matthias, Alley, Cupp...,
ton, Pearson, Abernethy, Carmichael,4c.
affirm that chancres and buboes, ulcerations.
in the throat, together with diseases of the
periosteum, tendons, cartilages, ligament s,.
fascia, and eruptions of a highly obstinate.
character, are the ocumequence from the ad -
ministration or use of mercury. Those ow" -
lul effects of mercury are not novel, far • .
every physician of veracity will anksow,
ledge them to be of frequent and inelanchq
ly occurrence.
Sept. 17.