From the Daily Telegraph Sr. Intelligcncer,
NEW JERSEY.
On Wednesday last, Gov. PErmirlorox,
of New Jersey, sent a special message to
the Legislature of that-State relative to the
extraordinary and unconstitutional course
pursued by the House of Representatives of
the United States towards five of the Rep
resentattves of a sovereign member of the
confederacy. The Governor speaks in the
tones of a patriot and statesman, and de
ten is the right of tho Commonwealth ot
which he is a Chief Magistrate, with most
commendable firmness.
The circumstances attending the contes
ted election are enumerated in the message,
and the plain duty of the Governor indica.
ted in a manner that must convince any un
prejudiced mind that a most gross insult
and outrage has been put upon New Jer
sey. We regret that we cannot give the in
teresting documennt in full. We have on•
ly room for the concluding paragraph:
I have thus presented to you my views
of this case. 1 find it in no palliating cir
cumstances; nothing but a most unprovo
ked violation of our rights as a state and
impeachment of our character as a people.
IVhat action you may think proper to take
upon it must be left to your judgment and
sound discretion. As the immediate repre
sentatives of the people, you best know
their feelings and their wishes. If there be
not a deep and •settled feeling of injury in
the minds ofthe people, I have not properly
appreciated their character. It is not among
the least alarming features of the case, that
the question has always been carried against
the rights of the people of New Jersey by a
party vote. I trust, gentlemen, you will
vindicate the abused , honor and violated
rights of the State, in firm and manly tones.
That you will enter your solemn protest be
fore the country against the usurped pow
er of Congress, and call upon them even
now to reconsider and reverse an act which
can only alienate the feelings of a State
among the most devoted of the Union. 1
would now and forever deny the power of
Congress to bind this State by her acts,
while she denies us a Representation in
that body. There will be but one feeling
with year sister States. They cannot bu
see in this act towards New Jersey, what
may be their own fate whenever, for party
purposes, the like action towards them shall
seem expedient. They should be called on
to declare their opinions on the power now
for the first time asserted on the floor of
Congress. While lam satisfied that, con
suiting the wounded feelings of the• people,
you cannot reprobate in too strong terms,
tho whole of this proceeding, as unconvtitu
ttonal, illegal, and void, I would still desire
that you may be led into no violent or in.
discreet action. The people of New Jer
soy are friends to their country, and wil
abide by her fortunes for weal or for woe
1 would see you take counsel from your pa
triotism as well as from your feelings.—
Knowing that it was always more noble to
suffer wrong than to do wrong, and in the
hope that the day will yet come when our
public counsels will be guided by men who
will regard the Congress, • the laws, the
rights of the States, and the peace and liar.
mony of their country.
WM. PENNINGTON.
LEGISLATIVE PROTEST.
The following protest was on Thursday week
reported to the Legislature of New Jersey :
The Joint Committee, to whom was re
ferred the Message of the Governor, with
the accompanying documents, respectfully
recommend the adoption of the following
preamble and resolutions :
WHEREAS, it appears from a report made
by John B. Aycrigg, John P. B. Maxwell,
Wm. Halstead, Charles C. Stratton, and
Thomas Jones Yorke, five of the persons
duly commissioned as Representatives of
the People of New Jersey in the 26th Con.
gross of the U. States, to the Governor of
this State, and by him communicated to the
Legislature, that at the time and place pre=
scribed by law for the meeting of that Con
gress, they appeared and produced their
commissions as such Representatives, and
claimed the right to unite with the Repre
sentatives from the other States of the U
nion, in forming and organizing a House of
Representatives, but by the acts of a por
tion of those Representatives, were prevent
ed from exercising that right, and aro still
excluded from any participation in their
proceedings and deliberations, by which
acts the People of New-Jersey are depri
ved of their just voice in the Councils of the
Nation, at a time when measures of great
public importance,und deeply affecting their
feelings and interests, are to be acted upon ;
their State authorities and their seal are
treated with indignity, and a precedent is
sought to be established; which, if not
promptly and successfully resisted, may
hereafter be used to justify the rejection of
electoral votes, or the exclusion of any num
ber of duly commissioned representatives,
that a designing and unprincipled faction
may deem necessary to secure to itself the
control of the National Legislature ; and
whereas, in this unprecedented emergency
it becomes the solemn duty of New Jersey
firmly to oppose this attempt to subvert the
fundamental principle of a free Representa
tive Government, and to call upon her sis
ter States to disavow and redress the wrong
which has been perpetrated by a portion of
thei r Representatives :
Therefore, be el Resolved, By the Coun
cil and General Assembly of Now Jersey,
That the State of New Jersey became a par
ty to the Union, upon the express condition
embodied in the Constitution, that in com
mon with her sister States, she should be,
at all times, ciliated to a number of mem
bers of the House of Representatives,
pro
portioned to her population, and that by the
laws passed in pursuance' of that Constitu
tion, she is how entitled to six Representa
tiVes.
And be it Resolved, by the authority a•
foresaid, That until Congress shall by law
make some regulation of the subject, the
Legislature of each State has by the Con
stitution full and exclusive power to pre
scribe "the times, places, and -manner of
holding elections for Representatives,"
which necessarily include the power to pre
scribe the manner in which the result of,
those elections shall be ascertained and cer-1
tified.
And be it Resolved, by the authority a
foresaid, That as the Legislature of Now
Jersey has prescribed a commission, grant
ed by the Governor under the great seal of
the State as the only mode in which the e•
lection of her Representatives shall be offi
cially certified, such a commission, issued,
in due form by law confers upon each per
son to whom it is granted, a full and per.
feet right to claim and exercise all the pow
ers and duties of a Representative of the
State, until a regularly constituted and or
ganized House of Representatives, after duo
examination, shall have solemnly adjudged
that ho is not elected or qualified ; and that
any other mode of certifying such election,
is utterly invalid and unknown to the laws
of New Jersey.
And be it Resolved, by the authority a
foresaid, That a House of Representatives
cannot be constitutionally and lawfully or
ganized, and invested with 'any authority,
judicial or legislative, while a single Repre
sentative from any State, duly returned and
commissioned according to the laws of that
State, is excluded from his seat or denied
tho exercise of the rights and privileges of
a Representative.
And be it Resolved, by the authority a
foresaid, That the late acts of a portion o
the Representatives from the several States,
by which five of the persons who were duly
commissioned under tho great seal of tho
State of New Jersey, as her Representatives
in tho 26th Congress of the U. States, were
prevented from exercising their rights and
discharging their -duties as such Represen
tatives, were a palpable violation of the Con-
stitution and of the parliamentary law es•
tablishod by reason and unvarying usage, a
precedent of most alarming and dangerous
character, and a gross outrage upon the
rights and feelings of the People of New
Jersey.
Therefore, be at Resolved, by the author
ity aforesaid, That in the name and behal
of the People of the State of New Jersey,
we do hereby solemnly protest againt the
acts aforesaid, as unconstitutional, unwar
ranted, and unjust ; and against any assump
tion by the remaining Representatives from
the several States, of the right of authority
to exercise any of the powers conferred up
on a constitutional House of Representa
tives—and more especially, against the at
tempt to enact any law for regulating the
collection or disbursement of the public re
venue, for disposing of the public lands or
the proceeds thereof, for pledging the pub
lic faith or credit, for imposing any tax or
duty, or for the apportionment of Represen•
tatives—until the People of New Jersey
and their duly commissioned tßepresenta
tives shall have been restored to the rights
of which they have been wrongfully depri
ved.
And be it Resolved, by the authority a•
foresaid, That a copy of the foregoing Pre•
amble and Resolutions, certified under the
great seal of the State, which, since 1776,
has been, and still is the Constitutional and
cherished emblem of the sovereignty of N.
Jersey, be transmitted to the Hon. R. M.
T. Hunter, a Representative'from Virginia
with a request that he will lay the same be
fore the other Representatives from the se-
veral States now assembled,at Washington.
And be it Resolved, by the authority a•
foresaid, That a copy thereof be transmit
ted to the Governor of each of the several
States of the Union, with a request that he
will cause the same to be laid before the
Legislature thereof, and also to each of the
Senators, and of the six Representatives o
his state.
From the Philadelphia Evening Star.
THE CASE OF WM. L. MACKENZIE.
We ask all to read the letter of Mr. Keim,
a member ofCongress from this State, and
refrain if they can, from blushing for the
degradation and disgrace of their country.
AN AMERICAN PRISONER RECOMMENDED BY
THE PRESIDENT OF THIS UNION, TO APPLY
TO AN OFFI€ER OF THE BRITISH GOVERN
MENT FOR HIS CONSENT TO HIS RELEASE.-
But we dare not permit ourselves to dwell
on the disgusting picture!
To Messrs. William Gilmore and Robert Christy
Secretaries of Me Democratic Union Associa
tion, Philadelphia.
WASHINGTON, Dec'r 28th, 1839.
Gentlemen:—On behalf of a Resolution
of the Democratic Union Association,,for
Messrs. Poynter, Ingersoll and myself to
call upon the President of the United States
and request his attention to a Memorial rel
ative to the pardon of William Lyon Mac
kenzie, it becomes my duty to say that we
have fully discharged the desire therein ex
pressed.
The President who is at all times anxious
to gratify the wishes of any portion of the
people, regrets exceedingly, that in the pre
sent juncture of pending negociations with
Great Britain, it would be improper to in•
terfere with the action of our courts of jus
tice, and therefore at present could not de
cisively move in compliance with your
wishes. Every possible means have been
exerted to make•the confinement of Mr.
Mackenzie a nominal one, and to gratify
his every wish save his release.
My own private views are, that if the
friends of Mr. Mackenzie, would appeal to
the magnanimity of the resident representa
tive of the British provinces in North Amer
ica, by his request, ho would be released,
and relieve the question from the embarrass
ment in which it seems involved.
I have the honor to be your friend and
servant.
GEORGE KELM.
(Signed)
REMARKS BY W. L. MACIEENZIR..-I
will never petition or authorize others to
petition an English Colonial Governor to
enable an American President to release
me from the balance of an unjust and partial
sentence of an American Court of Justice.
If the American People and government
cannot put that to rights without permission
of Mr. Poulott Thomson, I'll never degrade
them by asking it. I was opposed to the
union of republican and monarchial forces
to chase William Johnston round the thou•
sand islands, and 1 deny this joint jurisdic
tion of Presidents and Governors in Monroe
County. I think the hint is Mr. Van Bu
ren's, because private information confirms
and the newspapers admit the fact that he
acknowledged when in this state that he
had asked the liberty of certain Prescott
men, gine° sent over from Fort Henry as a
personal favor to himself, and on .the sug
gestion of the Canadian authorities had in
a manner agreed at the same time never to
liberate me without the consent of the Brit
ish Governor in Canada. I am really asha
med to tell this.
If the government it Washington are en
deavoring to persuade members of Congress,
in order that they may deceive their consti
tuents into a belief that "every possible
means have been exercised to make the
confinement of Mr. Mackenzie A NOMI—
NAL ONE, and to gratify his every wish,
save his release," on them be the blame. I
solemnly believe there is not ono syllable of
truth in the assertion, by whomsoever haz
arded. lam confined night and day iii the
3rd or upper story of the penitentiary;
NEVER fora moment PERMITTED TO•1
GO INTO THE yard or OPEN AIR;
never allowed to see or converse with the
other prisoners nor to walk through the
prison;
_my acquaintances in general aro re
fused admission to my strongly ironbarred
apartment, nor am I informed when they
call upon me, except a few whom the jailer
knows,or who may have letters of introduc
tion to him; at four each afternoon I am
locked up and shut out from all communi
cation with every human being for the rest
of the day, except my family if any of them
choose to come and see or stop with me; at
certain hours I may walk in an unfinished
and uninhabited part of the building at the
top of the jail, and I have the privilege of
eating at my own cost, and of struggling to
maintain, a large and helpless family with
out ono feeling of sympathy from the gov
ernment which thus makes me the victim of
its tortuous policy. If this Is nominal con
finement 1 wish Mr. Van Buren and his
cabinet had their full aharo of it to teach
thorn humanity; they deserve it more than
I do. lam allowed pen, ink and newspa
pers, and even with all these, they would
sigh for an outside sight of these massy
walls, before eighteen months were out. Is
it a nominal punishment, which when my
aged mother lay a corpse a few yards die.
tact forbade me to look upon her remains,
and refused me permisoion on my parole to
attend her funeral? Mr. Van Buren did not
even condescend to cause his under clerk to
answer my letter!
Law in this country, taking all its foun•
dations from the opinions of the friends of
monarchy, has many narrowing principles.
Mr. Van Buren began his legal career by
taking a side in a case to be tried before a
Kinderhook Justice. His Message, ex
cellent as is the financial part, is as oneai•
ded in practice. In the strongest terms that
any ono who values truth or character can
use I deny the correctness of its assertions
"that in almost every complaint against our
country the offence may be traced to emi
grants who have sought refuge here" and
that those emigrants were aided but seldom
by citizens of the United states. The Pres
cott expedition had its origin at the great
meeting at Salina—the Navy Island enter
prize was it not planned and executed by
American Citizens? Sutherland has sworn
that it was? When will we be permitted
to tell the verity whether England like it or
not? What confidence can we have.in mat
ter at currency to those who strike at the
fallen with concealed weapons in the case of
Canada? Why should a national message
be like a barrister's plea, telling the best sto•
ry he can for his client, whether it be the
truth or not?
To the Irishmen of '9B-6 the country.
men of Burns ; Bruce and Wallace. C•l2ead
Mr. Van Buren's reply to the Pennsylvani
ans, and say, "Shall we in America be for
ced to crouch to the murderers of our fore.
fathers, the assassins of Rathcormack, Pe
terloo, Ballyuahincb, Culloden, Is the
race of '9B extinct in America? Are the
hardy race who cheered O'Connell on to a
bloodless victory asleep? We talk of liberty,
and does it mean to tax us to build bastiles
in this Union for living graves to whoever a
British Governor in Canada may point hie
finger at? What will be our next step in
this ladder of degradation? Poverty• is no
crime, but for a people to become mean and
slavish,it is a poor heritage to their children!
If it be my turn to-day for the Bastile, who
can say it will not be his to-morrow?"
FURTHER FROM THE LEXING•
TON.
The Now-York papers of Saturday evening
contain tho following letter from Capt. Com
stock, of the Steamboat Statesman, which was
despatched by tho Proprietors of the Lexington to
the scene of the late disaster :
Steamboat Lexington,
Friday night, Jan. 17, 1840.
We aro now returning to N. York, hav
ing searched the shores of Long Island from
Huntington to Fresh Pond landing, a dis
tance, taking into consideration the depth
of the bays and inli3ts, of nearly 90 miles ;
every rod of which, I think, has been thor
oughly examined by the persons on board
the boat, with myself and others on shore,
who came down by land. We have been
able, however, to regain but five bodies—
one is identified as being that of Mr. Stephen
Waterbury, of the firm of Mead and Water
bury, of N. York ; upon another was found
a memorandum book with the name of Phi
lo Upson, South Egremont, Mass. One a
little boy, probably 4 or 5 years old. From
the appearance of the others, they were
probably deck dandy of the boat.
We have 80 packages of baggage, and
the life boat of the Lexington. These,
with the bodies, we are now conveying to
New• York. From Crane Neck Light to
Old Man's Landing, 12 or 15 miles east,
including the deep bays adjacent, the coast
is covered with pieces of the wreck, among
which I noticed her name upoU the siding
nearly in full length—large pieces of her
guards and portions of almost every part of
the boat, most of which aro burnt to a coal.
We found one of her quarter boatft, froth
which those of the bodies now _in our pos
session wore taken. She is very slightly
damaged. The boat was thrown up at n
place called Miller's Landing ; and hero
we learned that a man had como ashore on
a bale of cotton, alive, 15 miles to the east
ward of this place, to which I immediately
repaired. Here I could not effect a landing,
owing to the large quantities of ice drilled
in by the strong northerly wind. We,
however, crowded the steamer in near e
nough to the shore, to converse with per
sons
drawn to the beach by our signals, and
from thorn learned the fact that Mr. David
Crowly, second mate, had drilled ashore
near there upon a bale of cotton, on
Wednesday night, at 9 o'clock, having been
forty-eight hours exposed to the severity of
the weather, after which he made his way
through large quantities of ice and snow
before gaining the beach, and then walked
three•quarters of a mile to the house where
he now is. His hands aro little frozen, his
legs considerably so. He is not able, how
ver, to bo moved at present. This I have
been told by ,persons who saw him to-day.
It appears next to an impossibility consid
ering the severity of the weather, but it is
undoubtedly true.
Since leaving New• York we have had
severe cold weather, and the ice has corn
pletely blocked up the shores. The nor
therly winds keep driving the ice to lee
ward, and every thing not floating very
lightly, would naturally be buried beneath
this constant accumulation of ice. In con-
sequence of this I think we have been pre•
vented from procuring many bodies that in
more moderate weather could have been
Captain William Terrell, master of the
sloop Improvement, was, with his vessel,
within four or five miles of the Lexington,
at the time she commenced burning, and
thinks if he had immediately repaired
to her assistance, he could have saved a
great number of lives. The reason ho
gives for not doing so is, that he would
have lost his tide over the bar at the port
to which he was bound, and accordingly he
pursued his inhuman course, leaving up
wards of 100 persons to dio the worst of
deaths. The circumstances of this unpre
cedented cruelty will hereafter be more
clearly exposed, and I trust he will receive
its merited deserts.
I left New-York in the steamer States
man, at 8 o'clock on Thursday, A. M. since
which time, up to the moment of our leav
ing the scene of sorrow, which the shores
we have visited presented, no time has been
lost in doing all that lay in our power to
search the greatest possible tract of beach,
vainly hoping to save alive some one cling
ing to any thing within reach, and also to
regain all the bodies possible, foi the pur
pose of rendering to surviving relations the
only consolation left them in this painful
separation from their departed friends. 1
feel myself under obligations to Capt. Peck,
for his unceasing efforts to enter with his
boat every bay or creek where the least
hope was entertained of accomplishing the
object of our undertaking.
Your's, with respect,
JOSEPH J. COMSTOCK.
A heavy call.—lt is well understood
that Michigan for the last three years has
been under the control of the Loco Foco
party—who have cursed her with a "Dem
ocratic" general banking law, the fruitful
mother of her "red dog," "sandbank," and
"wild cat" banks—and have run tbo state
debt something like five millions of dollars.
The "long and short" of the matter is that
this year, Michigan must raise by tax the
interest on her state-debt, (she having no
other way to raiso the money,) 6447,553.
This will be a pretty severe tax upon a po
pulation of 100,000 inhabitants ; and will
effectually cure them of any remaining taint
of Locofocoism.—Springfield (la) Journ.
NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY.
The Message of Gov. Fairfield to the
Legislature of Maine, delivered on the 3rd
inst. has not yet been received. We find,
however,some extracts from this document
in the New York papers, relative to the
boundary question, by which it appears
that one or more companies of British
troops are stationed at Temiscouta Lake,
within the disputed territory. The publish.
ed correspondence betcvbett Gov. Fairfield
and Sir John Have% "aonsieting of an
enquiry on the part of . the former concern•
ing the fact of such occupation, and of the
reply of Gov. Harvey in return,shows that
the movement of troops to the above
named point was directed by the British
authorities in Canada. This is regarded
by the Executive of Maine as a clear viola-
tion of the agreement entered into last
Spring through the mediation of General
Scott. The following letter has been ad.
dressed by Gov. Fairfield to the President
of the United States:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Augusta, Dec. 23, 1839.
Its Excellency, M. VAN BUREN.
President of the U. States:
Sra:—lt having been reported to me that
a large number of British troops had been
stationed at Temiscouta Lake in the dispu
ted territory, and seeing extracts from the
Provincial papers confirmatory of these
reports, I deemed it proper to apply directly
to the Lieut. Governor of the Province of
New Brunswick, which I did by letter of
the 12th instant, to ascertain whether these
reports were well founded or not. His
answer, under date of December 19th, 1
received yesterday, while on my way to
this place. My letter and the reply are
both herewith enclosed. It will be perceiv
ed that two companies of British troops
have actually been stationed at Tomiscouta
Lake, where it is known that extensive
barracks have been previously erected.—
This is clearly a violation of the spirit of
the arrangement entered into between the
Lieut. Governor of New Brunswick and
myself, in March last, though the orders
have been issued by the Governor of Lower
Canada.
I submit also, whether the contingency
contemplated by the Act of Congress of
March 3, 1839,has not occurred—whether
the facts do not clearly show an invasion
of the State of Maine, which the Executive
Government of the United States, under
tho directions of tho Act aforesaid, ns well
as under the obligations of the Constitution,
is bound to repel.
I may add, that, I am wall informed that
the British govornmrnt rs also erecting
barracks upon both sides of the St. Johns,
near the mouth of the Madawaska river
and that troops aro concerting at Grand
Falls. Under all these circumstances, I
deem it to be my duty to call upon the
Government of the United States for that
protection of (his State from invasion,goar
anteed to her by - the Constitution.
With the highoat respect, I am, Sir,your
most ob't servant,
JOHN FAIRFIELD,
Governo• of Maine.
The Editor of the "Old Dominion," a lo
co•foco of the straitest sect, has visited
Washington. After congratulating his
friends on the election of a Whig Speaker;
ho then pours hot shot into some of the
Bentoman associates,whose conduct accom•
plished that joyful result. Mr. Francis
Thomas, Cave Johnson and Gen. Drom
goole, are the especial objects of his indig
nant invective. Hoar him:
"The malignante," as they are termed,
the independent (1) squad, who, by their ob
stinacy and unpardonable selfishness, have
defeated•their own party in the election of
Speaker, are politically dead; they are as
effectually shelved as Wm. C. Rives him
self. The astonishing course which they
thought proper to pursue, meets with uni
versal execration; I have not seen a single
democrat, member or not, who attempts to
palliate or explain this astounding derelic
tion from the path of political duty. Mr.
Francis Thomas, of Maryland, and Mr.
Cave Johnson, of Tennossee,and, I am grie
ved to add, Gen. Dromgoole, of Virginia,
bear a load of blame which would make a
giant reel. They drow after them Mr.
Turney and Blackwell of Tennessee, Casey
and Reynold, of Illinois, P. F. Thomas, of
Maryland and, on one occasion, Mr. Conner,
of North Carolina, and Mr. Banks, of Vir
ginia. These gentlemen not being satisfied
with declining to support Mr. Lewis, and
leaving the House, remained in their seats
and defeated the democratic party! Will
that party ever again give thorn their coun
tenance and support? "Would'st thou hays
a serpent sting thee twice?"
It is well understood that come of these
gentlemen were expecting the nomination
thembelvea—particularly Mr. Francis Thom
as; and that their opposition arose from pri
vate griefs at being disappointed in the vain
hope; it is reported too, that Mr. Thomas
was originally a federalist; at any rate, he
is President of a hideous moneyed monopo•
ly; he is, moreover, a lawyer, and is conse
quently prepared to espouse the cause of
any client %leo can promise him the highest
fee. The people will learn wisdom in time.
After they have been betrayed and deceiv
ed a few thousand times more, they will •
send farmers and mechanics to halls al
and let the lawyers fill writs at
home. Mr. Thomas seemed in high favor
yesterday with Mr, John Bell.
From the Philadelphia Exchange Books
DREADFUL CALAMITY.-THE TOWN
OF WILMINGTON, (N;C.)
'IN rLAmze I •
WILMINGTON, (N. C.)
Post Office, Friday, 6 ♦. at. Jan. 17.
Dear Friend Cofee :—I take this op
portunity of sending you a few items of
the conflagration that broke out here this
morning. Nearly all Wilmington is in
flames. It commenced ahout midnight, by
accident, from a stove. The wind blowing
quite fresh, the flames spread east and
south, sweeping whole blocks of stores and
dwellings. The Rreeton Hotel,in which I
was stopping, is burnt to ashes—the board
ers, strangers and occupants, barely esca
ping with,,like myself, little over our night
clothes.
Half past six.—The wind has changed
S. E. the fire still on the increase, and I
must finish my letter, for they are blowing
up the houses all around the Post Office.—
Goods are hurled indiscriminately into the
street, and burning there. I cannot give
you any estimate of tho loss, but will do
so next, which I fear w ill confirm that the
place is entirely in 'ruins.
Your's, in haste,
J. FAULCONBRIDGE.
7 o'clock.—Fire still on the increase.
"THE PETTICOAT HERO."
Flamelle Democrat, et Loco loco papers passim.
This is the slanderous language 'with
which the loco loco federalists, true to their
sympathies for the British and Indians, eve.
ry where assail the gallant and patriotic he.
ro of Tippecanoe and Fort Meigs.
As it seems not to be generally under.
stood, even among our own friends, how or
whence this miserable slander originated,
we will let Judge Burnett, who has well
known Gen. Harrison for 40 years tell the
story.
After the insolent demand of Proctor up
on General Harrison to surrender • Fort
Meigs, and the heroic answer of the latter,
and the enemy had retired, a number of In.
dians who had left the enemy came into the
fort and stated that, a contract had been en
tered into between Proctor and Techumseh,
that as soon as the fort was surrendered,
which they considered inevitable, Harrison
should be given up to the Indians, to be die.
posed of as they might see proper. ' Harri
son replied: "Then General Proctor can be
neither a soldier nor a man: - But it it shall
ever bo his fate to surrender to me, his life
shall be protected, but / will dress him in a
petticoat,and deliver him overly the squaws,
as being unworthy to associate with men."
"On this story, sir," says the venerable
Judge Burnett, "was founded an infamous
slander on General Harrison, and a base
insult to the ladies of Chillicothe,fabricated
by a person whose name 1 will not stoop to
mention, and published by the administra
tion press."—Madisonian.
Fleur is selling at Detroit at $3 75 per barrel
OEM
er:_ , :'_ltS-_.th:l.,Or,RA;W•ii
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ST6&RGE•—The tuombors of the Virginia House
of Delegates havc,by the adoption of the following
resolution, evinced a willingness to have their pri
vate accounts exposed nt once:—
Resolved, That the several Banks of the
Commonwealth communicate the names of
the members of Assembly who are stock
holders in the Banks—the amount held by
each—the amount of their liability as prin.
cipal and us endorser, and Whether the
amount of their indebtedness or liability na
endorsor has been at any time increased
since the suspension Of specie payments by
the banks in October last."
Mr. WILLIAM M'CAIITY, n staunch Whig, has
been elected to fill the vacancy in the Virginia
delegation, occasioned by the resignation of tho
Hon. C. F. Mennen.
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JAMES CLARK, Esq., has resigned the Prosidon.
cy of the Board of Canal Commissioners of Penn.
sylvania.
tlNtox.—Tho eatabliihment of the Frankitn
Repository and that of th&Chamberaburg Whig
have been united.
The Hon. N. P. T.tra.mAno z has been re elected
by the Legislature of New York to the *nab) of
the United States.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.
W.i.entNGTON, Thursday evening,
January 23, IS4P, 7 o'clock.
THE SUB—TREASURY BILL PARSED BY
A MINORITY OF THE SENATE.
The Sub Treasury Bill has passed the
Senate. The final veto has just been ta
ken, after an exciting and exhausting ses
sion of seven hours; and resulted as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Allen, Benton, Brown,
Buchanan, Calhoun, Clay, of Alabama,
Cuthbert, Fulton, Grundy, flubbaid; King,
Linn, Lumpkin, Mouton, Nervell, Pierce,
Roane, Sevier, Smith, of Conn., Strange,
Tappan, Walker, Williams, Wright-24.
Nays—Messrs. Betts, Clay, ofKentucky,
Clayton, Crittenden, Davis, Dixon, Hender
son, Knight, Merrick, Nicholas, Phelps,
Prentiss, Preston, Robinson,RugglesAmith,
of Indiana, Whito, Young-18.
Thus has twenty-four men, loss by three
than a majority of the whole Senate, passed
this loading measure of the Administration
in the face of the notorious fact, that had
the body boon full and had the Se:nators
from Tennessee held on to their seats in op.
position to the wishes of the Legislature of'
(hat State as obstinately as some of tho Lo
co Pecos clung to theirs in defiance of the
settled and deliberate opinions of their con
stituents, their would have been a majority
against it. The , measure has been passed
through with an indecent haste. The Op.
position Senators have been denied the
common courtesies which are always ex
tended by them when they have the power
of turning the scale, of allowing gentlemen
to speak at seasonable hours.
The vote has been forced on also when
Silas Wright, who controlled the course of
proceeding knew that his colleague was on
his way hero and would arrive to-morrow.
Did ho fear the voice of condemnation which
Nathaniel P. Tallmadge might raise in the
name of his own Stato,a d by the authority
of an indignant people, oppressed and im.
poverished by the financial , policy of these
currency.tinkeril
It has been forced on also when the illus
trious Statesman and Orator of Now Eng
land was expected to arrive; and whose
powerful mind refreshed and reinvigorated
by travel, it was apprehended, would again
expose the inevitably destructive effects of
the Bill.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. Cooper, of Pa. renewed his efforts to
bring ander the consideration of the House,
a resolution proposing an inquiry into the
derangement and irregularity which have
occurred in the transportation of the mails
—the smuggling of the letter mail, iStc.,dtc.;
but it was out of order at the time.
Mr. Sergeant of Pa. (Chairman of the
Committee on the Judiciary) wished to in
troduce a bill supplementary to the Census
Bill; but it also was out of order.
WIN MAUD.
An adjourned meeting o Democra
tic Harrison Citizens o Borough of
Gettysburg, was held at th e of A. B.
Kurtz, Esq. on Friday even'
The Committee to report t knes of
Candidates for the office of heti art
ed the following :—Bernhart Gilbert,Wl4 . z
, W. Paxton, Samuel R. Russell, Hezekiah
Van Orsdel, John F. Macfarlane, Antho
ny 13. Kurtz.
The Committee to report the names or
Candidates for the office of Constable, re--
ported the following :.—George G. Myers,
IVicholus Weaver, William T. Smith, Ja
cob Reamer, John Geiselman.
The following Resolutions were passed :,
Resolved, That the Democratic Citizens
of Gettysburg will proceed, on Wednesday .
the sth of February nest, at 6 o'clock, r. it..
at the Court-house, to nominate Candidates
for Constables, Justices of the Peace, In
spectors and Judges of Elections, Assessors,,
and any otber officers to be voted for at the
March election ;.'that the nominations of,
Constables and JUstices of the Peace shalt•
be made in the following manner, to wit—,
All the members of the Democratic Haul-,
son party are invited to vote by ballot for'•
as many candidates as are required for each
office ; and the balloting shall be continued .
until the requisite number of candidates
shall have a majority dull the votes given,
whoa such candidates shall be declared the
candidates of the party. An Inspector and
two Clerks shall be appointed to conduct
said election, who shall also be Judges,
thereof: Provided, that no balloting shall,
continue more than one hour and a Mai.—
Resolved, That the two Committees ap... t
pointed nt the last meeting he a Comrnitteir
lo report candidates, for the other offices, tp
said meeting.
GEORGE HECK, ChOmen.
JAMES PIERCY, ser , 3.
H. DUNWIDDIE,
AND
REPUBLICAN BANNER.
GETTYSBURG, January 29, 1840.
PEOPLE'S CaMDIDSTSS.
ron rEESIDENT,
GEN. WILLIAM H. HARRISON.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
JOHN TYLER.
SENATORIAL ZLECTORS.
JOIIN ANDREW SHULZE, JOSEPH RITNER.
ItEPIXIMEZITATIVIt DELEGATES.
Ist District: LEVIS PASSMORE,
2d do CADWALLADER EVANS,
do CHARLES WATERS,
31 do JONATHAN -GILLINGHAM,
4th do AMOS ELLMAKER,
do" - JOHN K. ZEIUN,
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dd DAVID POTTS.
• sth do ROBERT STINSON,
6th do WILLIAM S. HENDEU,
7th do J. JENKINS ROSS,
Bth do PETER FILBERT,
9th do JOSEPH H. SPAYD,
10th do JOHN HARPER.
11th do WILLIAM WELWAINE,
12th do JOHN DICKSON,
13th do JOHN M'KEEHAN,
14th do JOHN REED.
16th do NATHAN BEACH,
16th 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,
23d do JOSEPH BUFFINGTON,
24th do JAMES MONTGOMERY,
25th do JOHN DICK.
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To the Patrons of the Star and Banner.
The establishment of the Star and Banner
has now passed, by mile, into the hands of G. W.
Bowser, by whom it will hereafter bo conducted.
We would avail ourselves of this opportunity to
recommend our successor to the cordial support
of all who feel interested in the welfare of the es
tablishment, feeling confident from his well known
attachment to sound principles, and his determi
ned opposition to the powers that be, he will prove
every way worthy of their patronage. We cannot
voluntarily leave the station we have occupied
within the last year without feelingiof sincere re.
gret, although mitigated by the assurance that so
far "as in us laid" we have endeavored to discharp,e
the duties Incumbent upon us with an eye single
to the promotion of the good cause, for which we
in common with many thousands of our fellow
citizens have boon contending. And whilst upon
this subject.we would say that now whilst the
whole force of the great Anti-Van Buren party is
concentrated upon the nominees of the National
Convention-SIIPPOILT yoga Pareses—let no
pecuniary embarrassments arising from • want
of punctuality upon your part prevent those who
have the charge of public journals, from exercising
their time and talents to secure to the war-worn
veteran his just duo—the rich reward of a life de
voted to the service of his country—the highest
office within the gift of a free people. The fact
of our being unacquainted with the mechanical
part of the business and the consequent extra ex
pense attending the publication of the paper under
these circumstances, has been the principal motive
which induced us to dispose of the establishment
at this time; but had we notbeen folly convinced
of the ability of our successor to render general
satisfaction to our patrons, and secure to himself
the support of a liberal community, whilst he la
bors in the cause of the people, we would not
nutlet any circumstances have made the change
alluded to. To our neighbor of the uSentinel,"
as a co-worker in the good cause, we tender a
cordial adieu, and to our friends and patrons gen
gerally, we wish success and prosperity, and until
the time arrives wlten they shall have gone down
to their graves In - tie:ace, may they never forget to
'PAY THE PRINTER."
Respectfully your's,
ROBERT S. PAXTON
TO TILE PUBLIC.
Having become the proprietor of the "Star and
Banner," a few words only will be necessary to
indicate my editorial course. The paper will con
tinue to advocate the same principles which it has
uniformly done from its origin. It was establlshed
to vindicate the true doctrines of republicanism),
against a secret and most powerful aristocracy; to
foster the principles of equality of rights against*
partial, oath-bound, dangerous combination, bound
together by the most impious oaths, and the most
awful penalties. This and kindred prints have
done much to overthrow and prostrate that most
wicked and dangerous conspiracy. But masonry
is constantly on the watch to seize the moment
~when the people slumber to rear again her bloody
banner, and pour forth her vials of wrath ! against
an opposing people. We shall keep an eye on
her movements, andlive warning of her reviving
_struggles. Wo hope thus to be able to prevent
.ber inflicting much injury upon the country.
We shall give our cordial support to the “Hero
of Tippecanoe," because we believe him to be a
sound, unshackled statesman, as well a. a gallant
warrior. Ho has defended our frontier from e
cruel foe; and has carried comfort into the poorest
'.leg cabin" of our borders. We shall oppose the
present corrupt profligate, who disgraces the exec
utive, chair of this State; who is increasing our
State debt at the rate of $7,000,000 a year: and
.1 2.7 neninmending a State tax to be levied on the
people; to bo squandered in lawyer's fees on
such tools as his brother James, and G. F. John
son. Who has robbed the widoes of her farm, and
pleaded the Statue of Limitations to defraud his
own creditors— honest waggoners, and others, of
their hard earnings. Who, after having suffered
fraudulent bankiupicy himself, is fast bringing the
commonwealth to 'his own degraded level, Who
refhlM tn-PIII honest contractors, who have given
their toil and invested their money in the public
works of the State; and who are now suffering the
extremity of distress for want of that which is duo
them from the Commonwealth.
We will oppose that faithless party which
is striving to violate the plighted faith of the State;
to disregard her moat solemn contracts; annul
charters granted by herie!f; and raise the barbar
ous war cry of the "poor against the rich; and the
rich against tho poor." Such doctrines ere des
tructive of all civilized government; and utter ru
in to tho weaker portion of community.
We shall, as a public journal, take no part in
the slavery question. But we shall contend for
the right of free discussion on all and every ques
tion which freemen may choose to'agitate; and
we shall mark with our severest reprobation, those
who so far forget themselves and the law, as to
attempt to disturb peaceable assemblies, for what
ever purpose met. If the use of these lawful
weapons should strike off the shackles of the
oppressed, we shall shed no tears over their bro
ken fragments. We have long enough been the
slaves of the South to assort at least, our own
independence. Mobs, rebellions, a corrupt judi
ciary, and debauched executive, and their whole
tribe of advocates and adherents shall find in us a
determined foe.
Beings practical printer, I shall give my perso
nal superintendence to the mechanical part of the
establishment; and shall he always ready to exe
cute any orders in the line of my business. Born
in the county of Adams; I hope to find such en
couragement, as will enable me to make it my per
manent abiding place, and preserve the "Star and
Banner" from again soon changing hands.
Respectfully your's,
G. WASHINGTON BOWEN.
Hereafter our paper will be issued regularly ev
ery Tuesday morning,instead of eaturday as here
tofore. By this arrangement our subscribers in
every section of the county will bo enabled to ro
ceive their papers on the day after publication.
D. B. PORTER AND HIS PIMP—THE
AUDITOR GENERAL.
Daring the last summer the AUditor General,
under the direction of the Governor, spent several
months in Huntingdon county, along the line of
the broach in the canal, to try to hunt out some
scandal against the late canal commissioners and
their agents. Rig proceedings were carried on
without notice to the parties whom he intended to
calumniate, although several of them resided in
the same county. Old, worthless vagabond
workmen, who had been turned off for bad con
duct by their employers, were sought out and
procured to swear to any thing that Porter and Co.
desired, so as to found a slanderous report on to
the Legislature, which we understand has been
made accordingly, in the appropriate style of the
infamous creature who was employed for that pur
pose. That creature (the Auditor General) was
lately Treasurer of Venango county, and charged
with official perjury in making his return; there
by putting money into his own pocket. For ouch
qualifications he was made Porter's accounting
officer!
[BAnnora.
One groat object in the above inquest after
slander, was to destroy the character of John
Stonebraker, a supervisor, who was an important
witness as to Porter'e fraudulent insolvency; and
whose character was so irreproachable that where
both Porter and ha were known, Porter must be
forever disgraced or Stonobreaker must be des
troyed. Accordingly Porter and the Auditor
General caused prosecutions to be instituted
against Stonebraker, Fenton and Chapman, all
supervisors on the "breach." At the first Court
(August last) they sent up no bills, but put it off
for another Grand Jury, as they said. At the
January court just past they sent up the bills
against Stonebraker, both" of which were ""igno
red," and Porter's prosecuting attorney, and prin
ter directed to pay the costa. He then deemed it I
prudent not to sand the other bill up lest he should
have more costs to pay; and the court discharged
the defendants from further proceedings.
Such is the end of this infamous attempt to
slander the late administration and destroy honest
men because they knew of Porter's villainy!—
What infamy must fall on the heads of Porter
and Espy for this lying report, made to the Legit'-
, Wore, and this abortive attempt against the char
acter of Stonebraker and other supervisors? The
following are copies of the records of the Hunting.
don county Court:— .
In the Court of General grunter Sessions of the
Peace, in and for the county of Huntingdon:
Counnoowealth No. 14 of January Sessions
vs• 1840. Indictment for Fraud
John IL Stonebraker. &c., as Supervisor or Boss
on the Breach on Frankstown Line in the year 1838.
And now, 17th January, 1840, the Grand Inquest
return the Bill 'lgnomiy'," and that TILE COUN
TY PAY THE COSTS.
Commonwealth No 15, of January Sea.
Ire. sions 1840. Indictment for
Jahn H. Stonebraker. Perjury, as Supervisor or
Boss on the above stated Line, In swearing to fraudu
lent Cheek Rolls.
And now, 17th January, 1840, the Grand Inquest
Return the Bill "IGNORAMOUS," and that 44/e.san
der, AND uty Attorney General is the Pro
scador, H PAY THE COSTS.
Commonwealth ) Charge of Fraud, For
el!. _ gery and Perjury, as Fare-
James Fenton. man or Boss on the above
stated Line of canal.
And now. 17th January, 1840, the Deputy Attor
ney General renting to send a Bill before the Grand
Inquest —the AM was discharged by Proclamation.
Commonwealth Charge of Fraud, Forge
ry and Perjury,as Foreman
John Chapman. or Bose on the within sta
ted Lino of canal. -
And now. 17th January. 1840, the Deputy Attorney
General refuting to send a Dill before the Grand In
vest—ma SAID Dir'T WAS DISCHARGED DV PSOC
ILAMATION.
Hmatingdon County. so.
I JAIMES STEEL. Clerk of tho court
4.4) y of General Quarter Sessions of the
• • ,--'7, - Peace. in and for said County of Hun
:. —..„ j Th( ," tingdon, Do testify that the above and
•••••`="-...,__-_-_--' within are true extracts taken from the
Records of the four several cases here
in before stated. In Testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court
the ISth day of January, A. D. 1840.
JAMES STEEL, Cl'k.
RECORDING DEEM-A few days since Judge
aruoun derided "that if a person does not re
cord their deed within six months, a judgment
entered against the former holder of the estate
would cut out the deed, and a sale under such
judgment would be effectual." Judge &rutin")
has since stated that his decision was wrong, and
against the settled principles of law, and granted a
new trial.
The lose occasioned by the late destructive fiM
at Wilmington, N. C., is estimated at about five
hundred thousand dollars.
SILNATOR Ducaiaatr hill recommended en in
crease of twenty-five hundred dollars a year to
the Treasurers of the mints at Philadelph lo and
New Oilcans.
Mr. WALKER- It might bo dishonest on the part
of the Government, if they had Treasury notes out,
and a small balance of them remained out, not to pay
that balance in gold and silver. I am not willing,
therefore, now to submit the proposition that we
shall never use Government eredit. But now, when
we are out of debt, there can bo no necessity for Gov
ernment paper.
Mr. W. hero entered into a long and elaborate ar
gument to show the great superiority of a specie over '
a paper currency, in the course of which he emphat
ically contrasted the commercial' condition of Cuba,
where labor and capital are so low,sky weans of an
exclusive specie currency, that sug ar can be produced,
as he alleged, for one cent a pound . He contrasted this
state of things with tho commercial condition of this
country, and especially of his own State, whero labor
and capital are io high, by means of a paper curren
cy, that it requires some five or six times the amount,
in comparison with Cuba, to command the Use of cap
Hal, and thus raise for the market our staple produc
tions. Thus, though labor and capital in this coun
try are raised by paper to a very high value, our pro
ducts come high into the market, at a disadvantage
with those of Cuba, and our commerce is consequent
ly embarrassed.
Mr, W. expressed the ardent wish that we might
attain the same happy condition of the Island of Cuba
by means of a purely metallic currency. , His argu
ment was listened to with much attention, and with
strong and evident approbation, by a considerable
number of Senators.
We have extracted the above from the debate
now going on in Congress on the Sub. Treasury
Bill. Mr. WALKEn is ono of the leading friends
of Mr. Van Buren, and a strong advocate of eao
anti-hank, hsal money doctrines. Wo have all
along warned our readers that the effect of this
mad scheme would be to greatly lessen the value
of all property and of all industry, and that none
could be bonofitted by it but the wealthy usurer
or southern nabob-planter ; that the most wretch
ed victims of it would be the mechanic and labo-'
rcr—the poor man, who earned hi3,living by the
sweat of his brow. Its real effect is now boldly
avowed on the floor of Congress by its able 4 and
most consistent, because sincere advocates: They
demonstrate, with unanswerable truth, that the
suppression of tho banks, and introduction of a
hard money currency, would have the same effect
hero that it has in Cuba, (an Island adjacent to
our coast,) and reduce the price of labor ao that
sugar would cost but one cent to raise it instead
of six—in short, that labor would, under tho
no-bank system, be six times less than it is
now. And this Van Buren Senator "expressed
his ardent wish that we might attain that hap
py condition !" What do the mechanic and la
borer think of their professed friends now, when
their principles come to be fairly stated 1 But
the Sub-Treasury Bill will pass. Van Buren has
ordered it. And the laborer will receive one shit-
ling a day for his work instead of six ; and the
middling classes will find their property reduced
to one.sixth its present value ; and the shaver and
the Southern nabobs will be lords of this land !
There is but ono escape—thrust forth Van Burou,
Porter, and choir grinding, taxing, plundering
tribe, from office ; and put in their place old tried,
faithful friends of tho people, who know the wants
and can sympathize with the inhabitants of the
""Log Cabins."
TILE ELECTOR.SII. TICKET.
We have learnt with regret that the Grand
Lodge. at Philadelphia, is making efforts to regain
its power and influence by remoddleing the Elec
toral Ticket—so anxious are the Anti-masons to
defeat the present oppressors of the nation, that
the lodge imagines that they will sacrifice all their
principles. and violate ell their professions of the
Net ten years. We have been informed that in Phi
ladelphia high and bitter functionaries of the lodge
are selected for electors. If this be true, it will be
fatal to its success in this State. Tho Anti-ma.
sons hive sacrificed much for the sake of Union.
They have not asked for the nomination of Anti.
masons--they are satisfied if men, not adhering
masons, are offered to their choice—bra we Mink
we hazard nothing in suying that nothing will
induce them to support an Electoral Ticket tom
posed of adhering masons. If the lodge will force
such men on to the ticket, defeat is inevitable.—
This is no idle gasconade. There aro eighty
thousand conscientious Anti masons in Pennsyl
vania, who, while they forego the name of Anti.
masonry for the good of the whole, will not violate
their consciences by voting for a member of the
blood-stained institution of masonry. Surely the
Whigs could find enough good untrammeled
men of their party, without entering the dark
chambers of the lodge. Wo trust our friends ev
ery where will give distinct warning upon this
subject, Cult sure defeat may' not be fastened on
us by the bigotry of a few,
Extract of a Letter to Me Editor, dated
Wasnryotow, Jan. 23, 1840,
Dr..in Sin
"The House of Representatives has been enga
ged for upwards of a week, in the discussion of a
resolution offered by Mr. IVaddy Thompson, of
South Carolina, as an amendment to the standing
rules of the House. This is intended to prohibit
the reception of all petitions on the subject of ski
tvery, whether in the States, District of Columbia
or Teritories or elsotvhere. There was some ex-
citemont manifested on the day on which the do
: bato commenced, but since that time the question
has been very temperately discussed, except in
one or two instances,when the House was treated
with foolish rhapsodies by some of the hot-Wooded
chivalry of the South. The previous question
has been twice called since the discussion com
menced, but the Holm did not sustain the call—
which shows, at least, a disposition to debate the
subject, let the final. determination of the House
be what it may. If the House ho gagged on this
subject now, it is the la:I time."
PENNHYLT•ITIA.-T1143 revenue of this State for
the last fiscal year is short of the expenditures by
the enormous sum of one million eighty-seven
thousand dollars. A good specimen of the °con.
omy of. the present administration:
Gaonors..—The Loco Foco Legislature of this
Stato closed its late session without making any
provision for the payment of the $300,000, for
which it is now under protest in Now York; and
without having made any provision for the pay
ment of its State bonds, in Europe.
I of
AGIIICULTUILAL CoN yENTION.—Tho friends of
ogriculturo contemplate holding a Convention, to
meet in Harrisburg, on the 19th day of February
next, for the purpose of forming a State Agricul
tural Society, &c. Those friendly to tho cause of
agriculture in the several counties of the State of
Pennsylvania are invited to appoint delegates.
RtmenzAnic.—Marcus Morton, who has been
the loco Coco candidate for Governor of Massa
chusetts for fifteen years, has at last been official
ly declared elected by a majority of ONE TOTE.
Truly, the Governor has had many unsuccessful
trials.
Ar.xosrn if. Riau, of rejection memory, has
been elected State Treasurer for ono year.
Tho nomination of JAMES M. POILTRIt to be
President Judge of the District composed of the
counties of Dauphin and Schuylkill, was confirm..
ed by the Senate on Friday last.
The bill to provide for the payment of the con
tractors on the Gettysburg Railroad was taken up
in the Louse on Friday last, and after some dis
cussion, referred to the Committee on Ways and
Moans.
Rd ILTIMORE PRICES CURREJrn
Prom the Baltimore Patriot of Saturday last.
Fr.oun.--lio:card St .—Sales of several small
lots of Howard street flour were made from stores
in the early part of the week at $5 75, but tho ar
ticle was tot in active demand at that price. On
Wednesday last holders submitted to a reduction
of 124 cents per barrel, and sales of upwards of
1000 barrels were made at $5 624. Holders aro
offering to dell this morning at the last named rate,
but the market is exceedingly dull, and wo have
heard of no transactions. Wo quote the wagon
and cur price at $5 50.
GRAl:v.—Whcal.—Thero is very little coming
in, either by wagons or rail roads. The salmi range
vt $1 to $1 12 for ordinary to prime rods.
A sale of fair yellow Corn to-day at 58 cants.
We quoto at 58 aGO cts. There is no demand for
white—we quote nominally at 57 a 58 Me.
Wursusr.—Sales of borrols from stores havo
boon made for good quality at 2S cm. and inferior
at 24cts. The wagon price of barrels is 20 cents,
exclusive of the barrel.
WooL.—We nbte tho solo of a considerable par
cel of country, wasncd, full blood merino, at 55
cents per lb.
W►GON F111:1011T8.-T110 rates to Wheeling
and Pittsburg aro without change. We continue
to quote to the former at $1 50, and to the latter
place at $1 25 par 100 lbs.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
cr i-Tho Rev. Mr. KIIAUTII will preach In the
ErngHalt Lutheran Church, on Sunday morning
next, and the Roe. Mr. hums in the evening.
- '0 -The Rev. Mr. WATSON will preach in the
Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning and
evening next
111(111[ENIAL REGIST E R.
nIARRIED.
On the 19th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Schomer,
Mr. David Miller, of Barwick township, to Allis
Harriet Ifeafer, of Abbottatown.
On the 14th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Watson, Mr.
John N. Graft, of Strabun township, to Miss
Nancy Jones, of Hampton.
On the 15th inst. by the same, Mr. Wm. Ham
ilton, to Miss Evclinc Bailey—both of Cumber•
hind township. 1 I
On the 9th moot. by the Rev. Mr. Albert, Mr.
David Myers, to Miss Mary Cohenour—both of
dill , : county.
On the 19th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Keller, Mr.
Jaeo6 Felt!, to Miss Susanna Koechler—both of
Menallen township.
On the 23d inst. by the same, Mr. Andrew
Hariwan, to Miss Sulonze Bear—both of Frank
lin township.
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Miiiiiiii
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OBITUARY RECORD.
On tho 10th inst. Mr. John Seiler, of this
county, in the 74th year of his ago.
On the 12th inst. Mrs. Wilson, consort
of Mr. James Wilson, Son. aged 87 years.
On the 14th inst. Thomas Reed, lisq. of Free
dom township.
ERTISEMENTS.
,ber returns his sincere
la. thanks to his friends and the public
generally, for the liberal encouragement he
has received, and would inform the public
that he has now on hand,
A LARGE ASSORT3IENT O'
COPPER,
zazzazaw-ambaip wavp
77' A It
which ho will dispose of on reasonable
terms, for Cash or suitable Country Prod
duce.
tcrCountry iilerchants will be bupplied
on reasonable terms.
GEO. E. BUEHLER
Gettysburg, Jan. 28. am
N. B.—The highest prices always'
en for OLD COPPER, PEWTER, and
LEAD. G. E. 13.
PHILOMATHEAN SOCIETY
ennsylv ont College.
riIIIHIS Society will celebrate its 9th An
gg niversary on Friday Evening the 14th
February next, at half.past six o'clock,
in Christ's Church on which occasion soy
eral Addresses will be delivered, accompa
nied with appropriate Music.
The Anniversary Address will be clavier
ed by N. C. BROOKS, A. M. of Baltimore.
A Poem will be read by CHARLES WEST
TnoxrsoN, Esq. of Philadelphia.
The ladies and gentlemea of Gettysburg;
and the public generally, are respectfully
invited to attend.
H. BAKER, 1
G. S. FOUKE,
J. GRAEFF, I Committee
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WM. MTLELLAN, Arraugonft.
W. MIMILLIN,
E. BRIDEN BAUGH,
td
Gettysburg, Jan. ,
DIED.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
MAGISTRATES' ELECTION.
7u the Citizens of Gettysburg t
L OFFER myself as a candidate for the
office of JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
and pledge myself, if elected, to do the du.
ties thereof honestly, to the best of my abil
ities.
SAMPSON S. JUNG.
Gettysburg, Jan. 28. .
POR
O N account of the delicate health of part
of my family, I offer for rent,
:4• Ten
r=
I I TAVERN STAND
War
. . • now occupied by MAI r. Jowl
DAVIS. With privileges every other way
suited to render it advantageous, it is as
good a situation for business as can be found.
A Ls° —FOR RENT—the
11 CMS WITH IC ltitf GOlV
..VallirElloS SHOPS,
with a House attached to each, together
with other suitable privileges.
The above Property is and has been of
the best for business ; every satisfaction can
be had from the present occupants.
OrThe Property will be rented at rea
sonable torms, on application being made
in the course of three weeks to the subscri
ber, residing thereon.
THOMAS *KNIGHT.
3t
Jan. 28.
NOTICE.
THE Subscribers being anxious to close
the business of the old concern under
the name of WM. ICKES, at as early a
period as possible, would take this method
of requesting ALL INDEBTED by note or
otherwise, to AID us in effecting a bEITLE•
ntIZNIT.
ICKES & BRIDGES.
York Springa. Jan. 28. 3t.
BRIGADIER GENERAL.
Brother Soldiers :
I OFFER. myself to your consideration
g for the office of Bit/GAD/ER GEN.
ERAL, in the room of T. C. MILLER, re
signed. Should you elect me, I shall en
.deavor to perform the duties of said office
with promptness and impartiality.
Your'a, vary respectfully,
JAMES L. NEELY.
Jan. 29. to
BRIG•IDIER GEAER.I.L
7o the Volunteers and Enrolled citizens of
the 2d Brigade, sth Division, P. 111.
Ir 4 INCOUILAGED by a number of my
" friends, I offer myself to your consider
ation as a candidate for the office of
Brigadier General,
at the election to bo held ort the 22d of 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.
3inaes 3. Alciliatinty ,
dig Hamiltonban township, will be 11-0 sup
ported for the Office of BRIGADIER
gNgRAL of the 2d Brigade 6th Divis
ion Pennsylvania Militia, by
MANY.
Jan. 4.
COL. S. WITHEROW,
OF grrnrenuna,
Is a candidate for the Office of BRIGA•
MER GENERAL—and will be sup.
ported by
Jan. 18.
Enrolled Inhabitants of the 2)
B4g. sth Dili. Penn. JVlililia !
B E pleased to consider me a Candidate
for Brigadier General an
the 22d of February next..
SAMUEL E. HALL.
Jan. 18.
MONEY . INTANTi'D4
I ,
would just h oro mention to those of-my
friends ttutt ate indebted to me of a long
standing,eitli6r by note or book account,that
1 and id want of money. Do call and return
the &Vol. 1 hie long bestowed upon you.
This invitation i n s given indiscriminately.
Very Respectfully;
GEORGE ARNOLD. i
ii.
San. 4, 1846.
CL 0 THS CL O THS
J .
lIST r e c eived a fresh supply of Very
cheap CLOTHS; comprising all co
lors.—Also, a good assortment of CASSI
MERES and CASSINETTS.
For sale by
k. G. MeCREARt.
ian. 4.
MILITARY ELECTION.
A N Election will be hold on Sattwday
the 22d of February next, at the rot
lowing places : let Battalion 90th Reginn't
at.tlie house of Wm. Htimme, Lewisbury ;
2d Rattalion 90th Regiment, at tho house
of Moses Myera, Petersburg. (Y. S.) ; Ist
Battalion 89th Regiment, at the house of
John Hershey, in the borough of Hanover;
2d Battalion 89th Regiment, at the houso
of Col. George !eked, Abbottstown ; lit
Battalion 80th Regiment, at the house of
John Keckler, Franklin township ; 2tl Bat
talion 80th Regiment, at the house of A.
B. Kurtz, Gettysburg—to elect it art.
victim' General:
DAVID SCOTT, 8.1.
Jao. IL
"ICARBISON/ & LIBERTY PY
CO U.i TY JPIEETITA G.
f r HE Citizens of Adams minty', friend
"lL ly to the elector] of Gen. WILLIAM
HENRY HARRISON to the Presidency
of the IT. States—and all opposed to the ru •
election of Merlin Van Buren, are request:•
ed to assemble in County Meeting, at tfit ,
Court-house, in Gettysburg, on Alonday thc
28111 day of January inst. at half past six
o'clock, r. M. to take such measures as may
be necessary to a perfect organization of
the Anti-Van Buren party in this county.
Arse, to ratify the nomination already
made for One Elector of President and Vic
President of the U. States for this Congres
sional dissrict, or to appoint conferees to
feet another nieces zary,.
Also, to appotnt two Delegates to reprc:
sent the County of Adams in the State Con.
vention to be held at tiarrisburg, on the 22d
day ofFebruary next, to adopt such meas
ures as may he calculated to ensure union
and concert of action among the opponent;
of Martin Van Buren.
Jan. 4.
P'RIXTEJSMG 11 US S
WILL be taken at this Office if iranv.-
diate application be made.,
CHEAP GOODS.
m--m-AS just received a fresh supply of W
ter DRY GOODS—embracing a fiLo
assortment of
Fuglids and French Merinoes,
Mouseline de laines and Calicoes.
Colored and Mite Flannels,
Cloths, Cassirncres, and Cassinetts,
Canton Flannels, Velvets and 'lickings,.
Linen Table-Cloths, Blankets and Floor-Cloll:
Blanket Shawls, Checks, Muslins, Drillings.
Which will be sold at prices to suit tl.
times. All persons wishing to buy. Chest
Goods will please call and examine.
Gettysburg, Jan. 4, 1840. .
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VERY LATEST
ANEW YORK .4. PHILADELPHIA
rAsEioars:
I MJE Subscriber has just received t; ,
Latest Fashions; and invites his frieri!
and the public to call and see. He has ,:'
so on hand, and for sale, as usual, a largo a
sortment of of Mars of all description ,
and all prices.
SAMUEL S. 11/(CREARY.
Gettysburg, Jan. 11. t:
JUST IN SEASON !
AFRESH suppy of white and colt»
Flannels, fine Whitney Blanket , .
Green Backings, and Floor ;
opening, and for sale by
TO
Constables, Wholesale Reale'
and Retailers of Foqign -
Alerchandize.
MANt
PURSUANT
to an act of the Legri„! .
ture of Pennsylvania, passed the 1 r
day of ApriI—CONSTABLES will tt.L.
notice, that agreeably to the second sect t : :;'•
of the Act graduating the duties upon Wit: !
sale Dealers and Retailers of Merchand... -
and prescribing the mode of issuing Lk
ses, and collecting said duties,
they are 1
quested, on or before the first day of.Tatil
rp term, to wit : the 27th day of Jana:,;
inst. to make an oath or affirmation, and
liver to the Clerk of the Court of Qua..
Sessions, a list of all the Wholesale and I
tail Dealers of Goods, Wares and Merck- ,
rime, Wines or distilled Spirits, except s.. .i.
as tiro the growth, produce, or manufac:... ,'
of the U. States;
MERCHANTS & DEALERS eml '.
ced in the ptovigions of the above rec.;
Act, are hereby notified, that accordirt , - i'
the fifth section thereof, the Associate 3;.'.
an and the County Cornmissioners wir i .
ai the Commissioners' Office, in Geftysl ;
on Tuesday the 28th day of Jadaary ;1
at 1 o'clock, l'. s. to hear them (ii" t.
see proper to attend,) as to (he amain.;
their annual sales during the year prevt.,
Licenses to be taken out on or before :o.
Ist day of March nett, for one year.
Physicians, Apothecaries, Surgeort. •
Chemists, as respects Wines, &c. use.
preparations for the sick, and all femak ,
ders, or single women, whose - annual
shall not exceed those of the Bth- clus.: .
low enumerated, shall not be require.: •
take out licenses under the prcrvisie.. -
this ACt.
The following will be the classific.... I
agreeably to the Act of Assembly :
Ist class, amount of sales, $50.000-1.5i,
21 <To. 40,000 4‘
31 do. 30,000 2:'
4th do. 20,000
sth do. 15,000 2,'.
6th' do. 10,000 1.
7th" - do. 5,000 12 It •
Bth do. 3,500 It, .
W5l. McCLEAN,/ Associate
GEORGE WILL, { Judges..
WILLIAM , REX, - '''' •
DANIEL DIEL,
JOSEPH J. KUHN, • •
lan. li.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
By tho County Committee
TWO APPRENTICES
TO THE
G. 3d'i4tl-rett-ry,
K. G. 141‘CREARY
NOTICE