THE HERO OF TIPPECANOE
Through the politeness of a friend in Indiana,
we hare been furnished with a copy of the pro
coedings of the twenty-fourth anniversary celebra
tion of the Battle of Tippecanoe, held on the bat
tle ground, Novombcr 7, 1835, from which we
make the following extracts from an address de
livered by the Hon. Isaec NxeLon, President
Judge of the First Circuit of Indiana:—
My principal object, fellow citizens, in
addressing you upon this occasion, is to vin
dicate the lisno or TirrscANos, against
the aspersions that have been cast upon
him by the vile tongue of slander.
It has been said again and again,that the
Indians selected his camping ground. It
has been said, also, that the selection was a
bad one, and gave the Indians an advantage
in the battle. These .statements are both
false, and have been made either through
ignorance or a malicious design, to tear
from Gen. Harrison the well earned laurels
that encircle his brow, as a military coin
mender. This ground was selected by Gen.
Waller Taylor, one of his aids, and Gen. M.
G. Clarke, the Brigade Major of the Mili
tia. And, here, fellow citizens let me ask,
who was more competent to select a camp
ing ground, than these gentlemen? Geo.
Clarke was a pioneer of the West, and an
old Indian fighter, having emigrated to In
diana at least forty-five years ago. He is
now living in Washington county, la.
Gee. Taylor was a Judge of the General
Court of Indiana Territory_at the time of
the battle and was afterwards twice elected
a Senator to Congress from Indiana. He
is now dead; but his fame as a hero, still
lives.
I comp to the next question: Is this a good
camping ground? And, hore, let mo ask
any man of military science, who has exam•
toed this ground, and the adjacent country,
if a better selection could have been made
within five miles? What are the facts in
relation to this ground? Has it not wood
and water, two essential and indispensable
requisites for a military encampment? Is
it not considerably elevated above the adjn.
cent country; except on the northeast part?
Is there not a steep bluff on one side, and a
prairie on the other? The affirmative of
these questions being true, I now ask if tho
Indians, on one side of the encampment
were not exposed to the balls of our muskets
and rifles, in the open prairie, while we
wore partially at least, protected against
theirs by the timber? Did not this bluff af
-ford a protection to that part of the army
who were placed near its top? The fact,
that Capt. Warrick's company were placed
near the top of this bluff, and the fact that
the Captain himself, was the only man in
the company who was shot by the Indians,
is a sufficient answer to this question. The
•elevation of the ground above that occupied
by the Indians, caused them to overshoot
our men. Another adVantage was secured
to us by an elevated position: In shooting at
our mon who were elevated above them,the
Indians, from necessity, would raise their
guns above a horizontal position. If, there
fore, their balls should pass over the first
fine, they would pass over the beads of all
others within the encampment. Such are
the facts in relation to this ground, about
which, either malice or ignorance, and per
haps both, have been, and still are busily
engaged in propagating and
_circulating
falsehood, for the purpose of tarnishing the
miff character of the Hero of Tippeca
noe and' of the Thames.
To cap the climax of persecution against
'Gen. Harrison, some vile slanderers have
;bad the baseness and hardihood to charge
bim with cowardice. This charge l know
tto . be false. Yes, Fellow-Citizens, upon
4his. ground, upon this consecrated battle
fieht,,l beard the voice of Gen. Harrison,
snore than once, amidst the din of arms,the
•cries of the wounded and groans of the dy- I
ing, while the angel of darkness and death
was hovering over the scene, commanding,
-Cheering, arid animating his officers and
soldiers in the rnild language of patriotism,
and deliberate tones of heroism,which none
liatthe brave could utter.
tut fellow citizens, Gen. Harrison's mil
itary character needs no vindication by one
who occupied so humble. a station as I did,
in the ever memorable battle of Tippeca
ire. No splendid epaulettes were placed
upon my shoulders; no glittering sword was
suspended by my side. My rifle and my
tomahawk, were the only weapons—and
my only badge of military distinction. I
am happy, fellow citizens, to find, after the
lapse of 24 years, a small remnant of that
patriotic band, who periled their lives in the
bloody fight, still live, and who are provi
dentially preserved as defondersof the fame,
the honor, and the talents of their beloved
Commander.in-chief. Let the history of
the country speak his praise, and he needs
no other vindication. Forty-four year ago,
he came to Fort Washington, (now Cincin
nati,) with a commission signed by the Fa
ther of his Country, appointing him an En
sign in the United States Army: he was
afterwards appointed a Lieutenant, and
while he held this station, ho was appointed
an aid to Gon. Wayne, and acted in this
capacity at the time of Wayne's glorious
victory over the Indians on the 20th of Au
gust, 1791, which resulted in the Treaty of
05, and restored peace to the Western
States and Territories. He was, sometime
after this treaty, appoinyed Secretary ofthe
Northwpstern Territory, and afterwards ap
pointed a Delegate to Congress; and while
a Delegate, he received the office of Gov.
of Iridiana Territory, from the great and
democratic Jefferson, which he held for
twelve years—during which time ho was
commissioner to make treaties with the
Indians, and to purchase their lands, which
he did to a large amount, and on better
terms, for the United States, than any oth
er commissioner ever did since his time.—
In 1812, white the Theta in relation to his
conduct as a commander-in chief of the ar
my orTippecanoe, were within the recollec
tion of hundreds of his fellow soldiers, he
was appointed Major General of the Ken
tucky Militia, by the.venerable Gov. She!.
by. This sot of the patriotic Governor,
and Hero of King's Mountain, was ennui
itnusiy approved by the General Assembly!
of Kentucky—the blood of whose sons has
been profusely shed en many a battle field
in Indiana. Is not this evidence of tho
military skill and valor of Gen. Harrison?
A few months after receiving this appoint
ment, Gen. IL was appointed by President
bladison,C,em rnander.in.Chief of the North
western Army. In 1813, the heroic Shel
by, in the sixty-sixth year of his age, placed
himself at the head of thousands of bravo
Kentuckians who rallied around his stand
ard from all parts of the state. and marched
to the head quarters of Gen. Harrison: and
then placed himself and his brave compan
ions under his command, and followed him
to glorious victory over tho British ldgions
and their savage allies, at tl►e battle of the
Thames, on the memorable bth of October
1813. Since this period Gen. H. has been
elected to high and responsible offices; hav
ing been honored with the office of Senator
of the United States from the State ofOhto,
for several years. Ho now lives near the
place to which ho migrated forty-four years
ago, when the great valley of the Mississip
pi was almost an unbroken forest from
Pittsburg to Now Orleans.
In conclusion, Fellow Citizens, let mo
ask, when or where, was Gen. H. found to
be deficient in Honesty, Capability, or
Faithfulness to the Constitution of his coun
try? And why is it that he, in his Old age,
is pursued by the demon of relentless per
secution? And why is the attempt now
made to tear from his brow the military
laurels that he has deservedly worn for
twenty-four years? Let the unhallowed
ambition of party spirit answer this ques
tion.
The witty and able editor of the Provi
dence Journal affords the annexed sketch of
an "old granny." It is an easy thing to
call ntirnes, and with the weapon of illogical
ridicule to effect an exalted character or
honorable and useful measures. In the
present instance of the parties who have
employed it to disparage General Harrison
have reason to wince under the use of it by
hands far stronger than their own.
SOME INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF
AN "OLD GRANNY."
In the years 1774,1775, 1776, there was
an 'old granny,' named Benjamin Harrison
who was a member of Congress, and after
wards Governor of Virginia, he was one of
the fifty-six 'old grannies' who signed the
Declaration of Independence, ho died, leav
ing but little property, for he was an sold
granny,' and devoted himself to his country
with so much zeal in those stirring titnes,
that he did not, like the more sensible office-.
holders of our day, acquire a fortune out of
public employments. Ho died leaving a
son named William Henry Harrison, who
was pursuing his studies at Hampden Sid
ney College when the Indian frontier wars
broke out Young Harrison was placed
under the care of an 'old granny' named
Robert Morris, and was a protege and fa•
vorite of another 'old granny,' named George
Washington, both of whom like the father
of Harrison, had spent their lives in the ac
tivo service of their country. Being the
son of an 'old granny,' and having been
brought up under the tutelage of the two
'old grannies' above named, it cannot be
thought surprising that young Harrison
grew up to be ari "old granny" himself.
In 1793, Harrison joined the army• under
Wayne, and the general, being also an sold
granny,' appointed the young volunteer as
one of his aids-de-camp. In 1797., ho re
signed his commission, and was appointed
Secretary of the North West territory.—
The year after ho was elected delegate 'to
Congress.
Here ho did a thing which alone would
establish his inferiority to the present en-
lightened race of office-holders. The pub-. 1
lic lands were then divided into sections of
4000 acres, and were never sold in less
quantity than a whole section. Consequent.
ly a man who wished to buy a farm for ac
tual settlement, was obliged to buy 4000
acres at the government price, or to pur
chase a smaller quantity of some speculator,
whose means would allow him to bold a
whole section,—the price, of course in such
cases, was far beyond that of the govern
ment lands. Being nothing but an 'old
granny,' Harrison never for a moment col
sidered how much superior the interests of
a few speculators were, to those of the peo
ple nt large, he obtained the passage of an
act allowing sales of as small quantity as
320 acres, which brought it within the
means of almost every man.
The following year this 'old granny' was
appointed Governor of the territory of Indi
ana which is now divided into several large.
Stales. He was appointed repeatedly, at
the request of the inhabitants, and held the
office for fourteen years. During this time,
he was superintendent of Indian Affairs
within the jurisdiction and sole Commis
sioner for treating with the Indians. Du
ring this time, the 'old granny' negotiated
thirteen treaties with the Indian tribes, for
which services being an 'old granny' be
never made the government any charge.—
The battle of Tippecanoo,and the overthrow
of the Pawnee Chiefs, wore considered very
respectable service for an 'old granny,' and
in those days were thought to give a man
some claim upon the gratitude of his coun
try.
In 1812 when war was declared against
Great Britain, this 'old granny' was placed
in command of a largo number of volunteers
to protect the Indian territory, and was of
appointed Commander-in-Chief of
the North Western army. His conduct in
that war—his turning the tide of disaster,
and raising• in triumph, and victory the sink
ing flag of his country, the recovery of
Michigan, the battle of the Thames, which
destroyed the British army of Upper Cana
da, were also thought very considerable ser
vices for an 'old Granny.
'After resigning his commission, this 'old
granny' was again appointed Commissioner
to treat with the Indians. In 1816 he was
elected a member of the Lower House.of
Congress and in 1824 ho was elected a Sen
ator in Congress, from the State of Ohio.
In 1825, ho was appointed ,Minister Pleni
potentiary to Bogota, by John Quincy Ad
ams, the old granny' who lately presided
over the House of Representatives.
riePan in thig country 'ever: possessed
such opportunities for making a fortune out
ofhis official station, especially by land spec
ulations, from his position in the territory
of Indians, and from -his knowledge of the
country—of its situation, resources and
gro*ing importance—he could' have easily
obtairied possession of tracts of land, the
natural rise in the value of which would
have made him as rich as a Girard or an
Astor. But ho moan ' old granny,' and
having been educated id the school of such
an old granny' as George Washington,
ho could not be supposed to know as much
as the land receivers and other office hold
ers of our day, who get rich on the plunder
of the treasury, and then resign their offi
ces and nominate their successors. So
General Harrison retired. from office as
poor as he was when ha entered it, and
now, like a second Cincinnatus—who, we
dare say, was an old granny,' he lives by
the cultivation of the soil.
So it appears that William. Henry Liar•
rison, the sold granny,' of whom we have
been speaking, has been
Secretary of the North Western Terri•
tory.
Governor for fourteen years of the terri
tory of Indiana.
Superintendent of Indian Affairs.
Commissioner for treating with the In
dians.
Representative in Congress.
Senator in Congress.
Major General in tho United States ar
my.
Commander of the North Wfstorn army
n the last war, and
Minister Plenipotentiary to Bogota.
Thus we may see what it takes to make
an 4 old granny,' ho is before the people
whom he has so long and so faithfully ser
ved, and he has been nominated as a candi
date for one other office, that of the Presi
dent of the United States In the long ca
reer of eminent and successful public servi
ces, he has never been acused of one dis
honest action, he stands forth with clean
hands, a clear head and honest heart, THE
PEOPLE'S CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT.
VOICE OF THE WEST.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, Feb. 12,1840.
Your Eastern readers no doubt feel a
deep interest in learning how the prospects
of the advocates of correct principles and
good government are progressing in the
West. This portion of the Scioto Valley,
I know from personal observation—us well
as the whole entire State,hom what I learn
by the most authentic sources—are up and
doing. The county of "Old Ross" held a
Harrison meeting on the Bth of this month,
which was attended by a large number of
the "bone and sinew"—the yeomen of the
county. I had the pleasure of noticing the
faces ofseveral gentlemen who have hereto
fore been zealous supporters of Mr. Van
Buren, who united with us with much ar
dour in shouting "Huzza for - Harrison," and
who afterwards openly avowed their deter
mination to support the Ohio Farmer. I
hope the State of Maryland will give, as
ample proof next fall, that she is now mis
represented in her Executive, as Ohio will,
that sho is wholly so in her Executive and
,Legislature.
From what I see, and what I hear, I
should not at all be surprised,to see FIFTY
THOUSAND Ohioans, Farmers, Meehan
ics;•Liitiorerti, Merphants, and indeed all
claiseS . and' professions, assemble at Co-
Mullins on the 2ISt and 22d inst., to trans
act the businesS'of tho people. Old Ross
has made"arrsngements with eight Canal
Boats, to take up her representation, each
of which is capable of accommodating 120.
Ohio will sustain triumphantly her well
tried public servant, the Farmer .of North
Bend. Will Maryhimi, Virginia, Pennsyl
vanania,,New York, Massachusetts, Ver
mont,Connecticut, Rhode Island,Delaware,
ICentuckyi,lndiana, Illinois, Louisiana,Mich
igen, eke., back her? Echo answers: Yes,
thatwe will.
A FARMER OF ROSS CO.. 01110.
From the Winchester Republican
HARRISON AND TYLER IN OHIO
The following is an extract of a letter
from a gentleman in Chillicothe, Ohio, to
his friend in this town. The writer, a ft er
alluding to the scarcity of money and the
reduced prices of produce, occasioned by
the deranged condition of the currency pro
ceeds as follows:
"But the hour of our redemption is draw.
ing nigh. A light has dawned upon the
West. The people are awake. The name
of Harrison, or "Old Tip" us he is called,
has rallied the people. The yeomanry of
the entire west, without distinction of party,
are rallying under the banner of the Hero
of Tippecanoe and the Thames, determined
to redeem this fair land from the paralyzing
and blighteniog influence of Lucofocoism.
The flag of Harrison and Tyler is stream
ing from the mast head of every Whig pa
per in the West. Thousands of original
Jackson men are joining the ranks and en
rolling themselves under the banner of the
farmer, statesman, and hero, and the cry is
"still they come!" Forty Germans, at the
last Harrison meeting in this city, who
were Van Buren men , at the last election,
came boldly up, handed in their names, and
pledged themselves to vote for Harrison and
Tyler, and about fitly others, who had vo
ted for Van Buren, previously gave in their
adhesion, one of whom had fought side by
side with Gen. Harrison, and wears upon
his body the best tests of his patriotism—
visible scars—who declares he "never knew
a better man, or saw a braver soldier;" and,
said he, "Harrison was always in the hot
test and hardest of the fight, where balls
flew the thickest, and whore steel met steel
the fiercest." I do verily believes, that in
this county alone there has been at least
500 changes from Vanisni to the ranks of
the people's candidate since the Harrisburg
nomination. Throughout the whole length
and breadth of the West we have the same
gratifying intelligence. In an adjoining
county ten or twelve farmers (Vanocrats)
each carried a load of wheat to market, and
could not get more than 371- cents, cash,
per bushel, whereupon they drove their
teams altogether, jumped off their horses,
took off their coatsourned them wrong side
out, put them on again, jumped on their
horses, cracked their whips, and drovo out
of town huzzaing for llarrison and Tyler.
This is not a moro tale—it is a pontive
Tact. They do not now care for being cal
led turncoats, but, as ono expressed himself,
they are even willing to turn their skins.—
You may set down 20,000 majority for
Harrison and Tyler in Ohia.
"There will be a great meeting of the
people at Columbus on the 22d of Februa
ry. Ross county has appointed 1100 dele
gates, who are going to march up with
knapsacks and blankets, and rations for six
days. Every county in the State will be
represented. The people will march up in
companies of tens, of fifties, of hundreds, of
thousands, to rescue the ark of the Consti
tution, and to save our beloved country."
DESTRUCTIVE ILLUSTRATIONS.
The seed time of Loco Focoism hag pas
sed. Its harvest approaches.
ALABAMA, a State in which Jackson and
Van Buren have borne undisputed sway,has
contracted a debt of $15,000,000. She is
dependant solely on Banks for the moans of
paying her interest on this vast debt. Eler
energies are paralyzed and her currency al.
tnost worthless.
MAIN►a is without funds, and has boon
compelled to resort to an issue of Treasury
Notes, of which the following is tho form,
to meet the expenses of the Government:
"The State of Maine promises to pay, at
the Treasury office in Augusta, in one year
after date, or sooner, if notice be given, to
tho holder of this note, five dollars in cur•
rent bank bills of said state, with interest
at the rate of six per cent. per annum.
—, Treasurer State of Maine."
Tho condition of GEORGIA IS still more
desperate. Her Legislature has adjourned
without making provision for a debt of
$300,000, the bonds of which now lie pro
tested in New York.
Pmirtsri.vAxiA has just been saved from
acknowledged bankruptcy by the aid of
Banks whose charters her Legislature was
on the point of forfeiting.
MICHIGAN, a state that came into the
Union with youth, enterprise, and unboun
ded resources in her favor, has, in throe
short years, been unterly ruined by mis
government. Her Rulers, from the high
est to the lowest, prove to have been among
the most abandoned and profligate that ever
betrayed and cheated a deluded People.
And these are some of the fruits of Van
Burenism. Others are ripening. Tho ru
in promises to be bitterly abundant. Our
own State, most fortunately, threw off the
"Spoilers" before they consummated its de
struction. We escape the fate which has
overtaken some, and awaits other devoted
portions of the Union.—Albany Journal.
TrouT SQUEEZING — aImost a shipwreck!
—Tho St. Charles ice ferry boat met with
an adventure on Friday last, almost equal
to some of those related by Capt. Ross in
his search after the north pole. When
about half way across the river, she got jam
med in amongst the ice, so firmly as to resist
every effort to farce her forward or to rc•
turn to shore. There were fifteen passen-
gers on board, who, for some limo took it
in very good part, and tickled themselves
with contemplating their :udicrous position.
" Well, upon my word !" ejaculated a fat
old gentleman, taking a huge quid of tobac
co and raising his spectacles from his nose.
"I never expected to be shipwrecked upon
a ferry boat—ho 1 het ho 1"
" Ho ! ho ! he !" responded a young lady;
who was leaning on the old gentleman's
arm. " This will be something to tell of,
won't it father, when you go co Congress 1
How delightful !"
" For my own part," observed a long,
lank, leathern looking old gentleman, leav
ing the rail of the boat where ho had been
loaning—" I dont think it so mighty pleas
ant, miss, to be frozen up here like a toad
in the tub, waiting for the ice to learn po
liteness and give us room to pass." The
old gentleman spoke very decidedly, and
evidently meant what ho said. Afler he
had finished, ho gave his handkerchief an
emphatic twitch, so as to bring the care
fully arranged knot exactly in front, and
walked nervously to the other side of the
boat.
A general giggle followed this ebullition
of spleen on the part of the leathern old
gentleman, and a desultory conversation
was carried on by the passengers upon pol
itico, the price of grain, th 3 latest fashions,
and other interesting topics, not forgetting,
of course, the state of the weather.
Night at length fell around the voyagers,
and no sign's of relief were yet to bo percei
ved. Upon looking out, they now found
that they had drifted some miles down
stream, and were completely cut off from
all communication with the shore on either
side. The good humored old gentleman
began fidgetting about, and at length made
inquiry about supper. Upon examining; the
boat, however, not a morsel of any ting
could be found, and the poor cast-aways, as
may well be supposed, passed a moat un
comfortable night. At length morning
dawned, but no signs of relief appeared.
Noon came, and it was again night—and
still they were wedged in closer and faster
than ever. Merriment was at an end.
Hunger spoke sharply and imperatively to
all, and ft look of alarm and anxiety perva
ded every face. After suffering nearly an
other day, and just as they were on the
point of killing one of the horses for food,'a
smell boat succeeded in reaching them, Is.
den with a more valuable freight than gold
or diamonds—viz : a quarter section of
corn bread and a largo ham.—The way
the eatables were used up, as Davy Crock
ett would express it, was 44 not slow, any
way you can fix it I" We arc happy to
state, in conclusion, that no lives were lost;
and that, as they stepped on shore, the
leathern old gentleman slyly whispered to
the young lady—" Theta are many young
ladies, Miss, who have been shipwrecked
on the barrel' coast of old maidenhood just
because the ire was'nt broken in time.—
St. 'Louis Bul.
From the Harrisbtirg Comnieht.
14'EECI-1 OF MR. POLLOUK.
GENERAL HARRISON'S BRAVERY.
Mating the many foul charges brought
against the private and pthlic character of
Geieral Harrison none is seized upon with
more avidity, and published with more ma
lignant satisfaction by the federal loco foco
press„than that of his being a coward; of
ourselves we have never thought it sulE.
cient iinportance to contradict this slander,
it having like the rest, originated in the des.
poration of a desperate corrupt and malig
nant party' But we cannot resist the tempt
ation offered us of publishing the speech of
Mr. Pollock 4f Ohio, delivered in Congresi,
in answer 4 this charge of cowardice
against Geheral Harrison. The vindida
tion is most triumphant, and is beautifully
made. Lot the people read it. Mr. P.
was a follow soldier with and under Gene
ral
Harrison. He had opportunities of tes
ting his General's bravery and skill. See
what he says.
Our thanks are due to the friend who sent
us this speech, and called our attention to it.
REMARKS OF MR. POLLOCK,
OF M USILIPOWM.
In reply to the remarks made by Messrs.
13ucuANAN and FLoon,during the debate
in the House, on Monday last.
Mr. SPEAKER,--I have listened to the
debate, thus far, with much patience. 1
have heard abuse heaped upon Gen. Harri
son, by mon wo are compartively young;
and although I am unaccustomed to speech
making, I hope the Hellio n will bear with
mo for a fel , moments; for 1 shall not trot.
bit) it long. 1 shall only reply to some
particular matters. I shall not deal in gen.
orals, wo have ha 3 too many of thentislrea
dy. Sir, I have hoard members c 7 t this
House charge Gen. Harrison with ci&ar
dice, whom he defended and protected finin
the war.knife and tomahawk of the IndNii,
when they were sleeping in their mothei's
arms.
Mr. Speaker,—l know something of Gan.
Harrison; and something of his history,and
something of his deeds. I know individuals
who were with him during the last war;
who were with him in the battles of the
Thames, Fort Meigs, and Fort Stephenson.
I know, sir, that omen balle,and chain shot,
and bomb shells, flew thick around him in
these battles. • The gentleman from Clei
mont, (Mr. Buchanan,) said that Gen. H.
was not, during the. battle of Fort Meigs,
near enough to have the scales knocked off
of him. Well, air, it he was not neat enough
to have the scales knocked off, he was sear
enough to have scales and dirt knocked on
to him by cannon balls.--(Who saw it? ask
ed some member.) 1 saw it,sir. I was in
that battle. I taw a cannon ball strike
within two feet of Gen. H. during that fight I
was there. I saw bomb shells and chain
shot flying ail around him. Horses were
shot down under him. I was also at
the battle of Fort Stephenson. I saw Gen.
H. there, and ho'was in the hottest and har
dest of the fight; and where balls flew thick
est, and where steel met steel the fiercest,
there would you find Gen. Harrison. I
speak what I know, and what my eyes have
soon. Gen. Harrison is not a coward; and
those who call him a coward know nothing
of him. He' was a brave, prudent and fear
less General. He took the right course du
ring the last war—he acted a noble part,
and his country has honored him for it.—
Ask the soldiers who fought by his side;
whose arms were nerved by his presence;
whose hearts were cheered by his valor;
and who were led to triumph and to victory
by his courage, and bravery, and skill, if
Gen. Harrison was a coward—and they sir,
will tell you, not
Sir, I 'have done. I have only wished to
give my testimony in favor of Gon. Harri
son, and to state what I have seen, in oppo
sition to tho statements of thoso who are ig
norant of his character, and who know cloth;
ing of his bravery and skill.
India Cotton.---A Bombay paper of Oct.
26th, received in New York,- says—" We
understand that the Court of Directors have
engaged twelve. Americans te•proceed to
this country the purpose of improving
the cultivation and cleaning of Cotton, and
that they may be 'shortly expected to arrive
in Bombay."
The New Jersey_ Case.—The subject of
tho Now Jersey outrage by Mr. Clerk Gar
land and his compatriots, has come. before
the General Assembly of Virginia in the
very form we anticipated and desired—that
of a message from New Jersey to - Virginia.
complaining of the outrage done that old
Revolutionary State, the 'theatre of many
glorious deeds. It has been committed,
too, to the hands of an able Committee,with
Mr. Southall at their head, and Virginia
may expect a Report worthy of her and of
New Jersey.—Richmond Whig.
Attempted Revolt and Piracy.--Tho
New York Express states that on Monday
last, three men, named William Robertson,
Nathaniel Danfield and James Buckles,were
brought by the U. S. Marshal from on board
the U. S. brig Boxei, charged with an at
tempt at revoft and piracy on board the brig
Despatch, of . Boston, off Rio Janeiro. The
plan of these prisoners was to induce the
crew to rise upon the Captain and officers,
murder them, run away with the brig, and
commence piracy! Their diabolical design
was frustrated before it could bo put in exe
cution, and the criminals were delivered
over to the commander of the Boxer, to be
brought home for trial. They were briefly
examined and then committed to prison.
"AN OLD GRANNY."—It Is not a new
idea to call successful generals by the epi
Mph of old granny." In '77, when Gen
eral Gates took Burgoyne, and when the
latter came forward to deliver up the sword,
some of his officers, addressing themselves
to the officers of Gates, asked if this wit:-
the " old granny" they were to surrender
to. " Yes," was the reply ; and observed
that "he was a very successfill mid wife.
That he had, that morning, delivered Gen.
Burgoyne of eight thousand men."—Stale
Journui.
HAnnison• AND TUT.: LOG C.'_"ro.-; tit.
Madisonian Republiian Banner fit - i 'to date . .
has the following extract of a letter km n
gentleman in ttie &nth 'part of (Oland, en
gaged in the collection of furs and peltries,
to a citizen of Madison. The writer says:
"I have not visited a log cabin or n hunter's
camp, since the nomination of the Harris.
burg convention, and informed the farmer
in his cabin, of the fact, or the hunter in his
camp, but that the former did not take off
his rusty hat, and the latter his fox-skin cap,
and huzza for the , Hero of the Thames and
Tippecanoe.' " The letter adds that the
soil of Indiana is not congenial to the
growth of modern loco focoism, and that
Harrison and Tyler will cress the Wabash
with a large majority.
—.+C. 0 Ge...—
TEMPETIANCE.—In the House on tho
13th mst. Mr. Morton presented a petition
praying for an investigation into the evils of'
intemperance, and said ho hoped the com
mittee on vice and immorality would act on.
the subject. Mr. M'Elweo said this we,
meddling with other people's business, and
hoped the House would not agree to tile in
vestigation unless the gentleman from Bea
ver would pay the expenses. Mr. Morton
thought - . the gentleman from Bedford ought
to agree to the motion,,as he has as great
an interest us any other member in the
matter.----7el. 4- lnl.
VERY AWFUL!—The Spirit of Cho Times,
a pretty considerably fierce kind of a Loco
Foco paper, in Philadelphia, has the follow
ing most awful paragraph, in relation to
Porter's abandonment of Bentonian hum
buggery and knavery:
"The Governor's extra message was re
ceived with mingled shame, iadignatton ,
and humiliation. They conceived him
honest and sincere in his belief—that the
:course ho was advocating was ono which
would meet with their apnrobation,but they
were ashamed that he should so easily yield
tocuelfish misrepresentation—indignant that
he Rhould have been so heinously deluded—
and 'humiliated at the reflection, that these
begga?ed institutions should have sufficient
influenc©lo thwart their wishes, and compel,
them into an acquiescence with whatever'
political measures might suit their.priVate•
convenience. however unkult,and indefensi
ble in point of principle and public faith.—
And now, our streets are filled with lamen
tation and expressions little short of ungo
vernable hate. The peop:e are up in arms
at this tyranny of the public money power.
over their rights and their demands• Fierce
resolves, and violent emotions may be read
in every countenance,and much as we should
deprecate such an event, if some individu
als were to visit us from Harrisburg, who
were late the people's favorites, we feel con
fident they would be hooted at and insulted,
for what is deemed an abandonment of their
promises, and the true interest of the State."
THE Musismum.—William Miller a
preacher, we understand, of the Baptist de
nomination, commenced, on Saturday eve
ning, the delivery of -a course of lectures
"on the second coming of Christ," at tho
Marlborough Chapel. The course will oc
cupy four or five evenings in a week for the
remainder of this month.
The great point , which this lecturer la
bors to prove, as we are informed, is that
"the second coming of Christ" will happen
in the year 1843; and that this advent will.
be attended with the civil, moral and phys
ical judgments, which are foretold .in the
writings of the evangelists and prophets—
taking the language of those accor
ding to•theliteral meaning of the words.
- • Bost. Cou.'
. A LAUDE FACT, AND icor A FACT.—The
difference' of the Earth's distance from this
Sun, between the apogee and perigee of the
latter, that is, when it is farthest off,• or
nearest to, the Earth, is three million two
hundred thousand miles. In this century,
the Sun is in apogee, or farthest off, about
Ist July, and in perigee, or nearest the
Earth, on the last day of December.
If, then, on the Ist July, a cannon ball
should be discharged from the Earth, in a
right line to the Sun, and go at the rate of
500 miles per hour; yet the Earth, proceed
ing in her accustomed orbit, would be near
er than the cannon ball to the Sun, on the
last day of December, by a million of miles!
Prom the a Joseph, Parida Cal.. lan. 29
INDIANS I—An express has just arri
ved (Tuesday morning) from lola, with a
letter from Mr. J. L. Smallwood ; merchant
of that place. stating that on Monday night
the family of Mrs. Harlen, about six miles
from lola, were all murdered and the prima,
ises burnt, by a party of Indians, suppo..ed.
to
,be about twenty in number.—The cite"
wens of that neighborhood were without
arms or ammunition, and call for assistance,
The Indians will either remain in the Apa
lachicola swamps. or make for the eastern
arm of St. Andrew's Bay. A company
hence, under the command of Colonel Fitz
patrick, has gone in pursuit of theni.
APALACHICOLA, (E. F.) Jan. 29,.1840'.
We this morning received the distress
ing intelligence that the family of Mr. Row
lett, at Rovvlett's Mills, in this county, a
bout thirty miles from this city, were mass
acred by a party of Indians just before sun
down last evening. Mr. P. it. Rowlett
and a mulatto man were shot down by the
Indians before they lied shown themselves.
The Indians then approached the house,
and the inmates were shot down . in endea
leering to Make their escape. Mrs. Hollis,
a daughter of Mr. Daniel Rowlett, was seen
to run some distance from the house before
she fell. A negroNnattihot near the
house. One individuat,4 Robinson4l
we believe, who was near - the, preinhltifta'
alone escaped to tell the story. The itldeW
Mr. Rowlett and one of his sons were
home when the massacre took place.
iNDIANA. - A Western pnper states that
a cute Yankee has caught a Van Buren
man in the " State," and is taking
him round as 3 show. A touy a sight ?Intl
"children hay' price." It is said to 1 .•.3
first rate secculatieu!
AND
REPUBLICAN BANNER.
GETTYSBURG, February' 25, 1840.
PEOPLE'S C.IXDIDJTES.
FOR FRESIDF.NT,
GEN. WILLIAM H. HARRISON.
FOR VICE•PREBIDENT,
JOHN TYLER.
BINATORIAL KLECTORS.
JOHN ANDREW SHULZE, JOSEPH RITNER.
REPRESENTATIVE DELEGATES.
tit District: LEVIS PASSMORE,
2d do CADWALLADER EVANS,
do CHARLES WATERS,
3d do JONATHAN GILLINGHAM,
4th do AMOS ELLMAKER,
do JOHN K. ZEMIN.
do DAVID POTTS,
sth do ROBERT STINSON,
6th do WILLIAM S. lIENDEU,
7th do J. JENKINS ROSS.
Bth Flo PETER FILBERT,
'9th do JOSEPH 11. SPAYD,
10th do JOHN HARPER,
11th do WILLIAM M'ELWAINE,
12th do JOHN DICKSON,
13th do JOHN M'KEEHAN.
14th do JOHN REED,
13th do 'NATHAN BEACH,
16th do NER MIDDLESWARTH,
17th do GEORGE WALKER.
ISth do BERNHARD CONNELLY, Jr.
19th do GEN. JOSEPH MARKLE,
20th do JUSTICE G. FORDYCE,
21st do JOSEPH HENDERSON.
224 do HARMAR DENNY,
234 do JOSEPH BUFFINGTON,
24th do JAMES MONTGOMERY,.
23th do JOHN DICK.
Our Saner.—"WE !TAFT! CUING )ISit
.11O0•To IILNXER OF MUMMY ARO ,T,lgirCON
_
EITITUTION TO THE BREEZE. 'PICO! ONO Wall
Tug ittsrittt:so wont ;-,ONE PRESIDEN
TIAL/ TERM—THE INTEGRITY OF THE
PUBLIC SERYANTS=THE SAFETY OF
THE PUBLIC 'MONEY—AND THE GEN
ERAL GOOD OF. THE P.EOPLE."
Our thanks are duo to th0n . ..3 AMES Cottrell
of Congress, and D. M. pwrtinn, Esq. of tho State
Logislatuto, for public documents forwarded us.
MONTULT MAGAZINE, OF RELIGI/ON AND LIT.
NUATUUE.—Tho Subscribers to this periodical are
informed that it is this week published, and may
bo obtained on Thursday next, by application at
the bookstore of S. H. Buehler Bag., Chambers_
burg St., near the public square.
PRAENAReartIAN SOCIETY Or PENNSYLVANIA
Cora.sos.—This society celebrated its ninth an•
nivorsary on Friday evening last, in Christ's
Church. After a prayer by Professor docent',
orations were delivered by Messrs. N. H. Con
n au. and C. WITHER, and the anniversary ad
dress by C. BAILER, Esq., of this place. The let
ter gentleman acquitted himself in a very ,eble
manner. The sentiments contained in his address
were at once lofty and digniGed; his illustnacilis.
striking, and appropriate, and on the , whole we
consider it quite a rare production.
Tho music on this occasion was particularly
good, and the young men composing the Band' did
themselves much credit in the aekclion, as well as
the execution of the pieces." We hope they . may
continue together, and that wo May'often bake the
pleasure of listening to such a "concord of sweet
sounds."
Tho prospect still brightens—the news of, each
day render the issue less doubtful—the result of
the labors of the friends ()Oho 4..L0g cabin can
didate" cannot fail to elevate him to the chief
magistrate's chair, and make him the tenant of
the "White House" for the next Presidential
term. Every State in the union is moving. Of the
State in which the Hero resides, it may well be
said, that the tokens already given of the will and
ability of her sons to honor the people's candidate,
are an earnest of a route among the repairs men,
which will be without a pantile!. The "Log cab
ins" pour forth their thousands of hardy sons to
attend the “congregations"of the people, weekly
held to respond to the nomination of the Harris
burg Convention. No building being found suf
ficiently large to accommodate the assembled mul
titudes, the open market place is resorted to,
where, from the youth who just enters political
life, to the grey haired revolutionary who may
scarce live to deposit in the Ballot-Box his appro
ving token of the valorous deeds of the Hero of
Tippecanoe and the Thames, there is an enthusi
asm and unanimity exhibited, which, while it is
rarely soon in such groat concourses of people, is
most gratifying to those who aro endeavoring to
drive from the public treasury the cormorants that
have been preying upon it.
In the Key-stono State each movement of the
enemy appears to find for them a pit-fall; and if
Harrison and Tyler could never before havecarri
cd the State, they now can—the great leaders of
the Loco FOOO party have sworn it—they have
not hesitated to utter it in high places—at meet
ings of their clans—to fiends and foes. If the
magician" places any dependence on Penn
sylvania, his knees may begin to quake. The
people have decreed his removal, and will place
in his stead, one who has their confidence—whose
expet:ience has taught him economy In private life,
which be will practice in public—whose scrupu
lous honesty, when receiving and disbursing mil
lions of dollars as a ministerial officer under the
government, (never having appropriated to him
self a single dime, altheugh in straightened cir
cumstances and with a large family dependant on
hirn for hisdtily bread,) istr sufficient guarantee
for hie prtaireqamil fel Ware of the public tree
. • ovary froniPrilieli - wortwouts of Van Buren
4i , „triistancif s ,?*•. - 10*Itt t ity • to manage the affairs of
liitibeen tested and approved by the
liffinee reposed in him by tho elder and youn
-4 Aier Adams, by Jefferson and Nladison—and whose
.:t.',..t . Tliteri.ry productions give satisfactory evidence of
his ability to confer with our National councils.
General HAltlllBos is la true republican in prac
tice and feeling. Martin Van Buren is on aristo
crat of the royal stamp. Thu culture of the land,
in the capacity of an Ohio firmer—the handling
of the plough and implements of husbandry, are
the daily employ of Gen. Harrison. Martin Van
Buren rides in his English coach, with his atten
dants fore and aft, or sits in the lap of case,
surrounded by gorgeous tapestry and fawrting
sycophants. What republican can hesitate to
make choice of the "Farmer President"—the
diPeople's candidate," and use untiring exertions
to secure his alcctionl
TILE CUBA BLOODHOUNDS.
In the annals of warfare, nothing wan ever• re
garded as ao shocking as the employment of blood
hounds by Ferdinanda Cortes, in the subjugation
of Mexico. The conduct of this man, in making
use of such barbarous means for the conquest of
that country, was reprobated by the whole civili
zed world; and, as the employer of such \ cruel and
unusual auzilliaries, was denounced es amonstor,
by tho friends of humanity in every civilized na
tion,
But it has been reserved for the Government of
the United States, in tho nineteenth century, to
become the imitator of that most 'cruel of all ty
rants. Will the American people tolerate tile em
ployment of such barbarous allies in their war, as
bloodhounds? Is the fame of our soldiers to be
tarnished by associating them with bloodhounds?
Aro these cruel brutes to be made participators in
the 'triumphs of American valor! Or, will tho
American people, with one universal burst of in
dignation, hurl from power the administration that
has employed such cruel and unnatural auzillia
ries as the Cuba bloodhounds!
Wo trust that there is no American, by whatev
er party name ho may have Wien known, that will
agree, that Spanish cruelty.afiall be revived in the
conduct of our wars, in an ago in which every na
tionqms been laboring to mitigate the necessary
horrors of war. Yet it is true, that the present
administration of the Isliitional Government, hoe
authorized Ihe employment of such a horrid arm
of, warfare; n the prosecution of the war against
the noila Indians. Yes, let it be known to the
shame Of, the American name, that the present
Executlyee of the United States, has authorized
the us&of bloodhounds in our national wars! Let
it bs,known, that American soldiers are to fight
the same ranks with ferocious dogs, and to share
their glory with thorn!
LISTEN TO AN OPPONENT I
The editor of tho Berwick (Pa.) Sentinel, a de
cided Van Duren man, and an office holder under
Porter's administration, thee speaks of the Hero
of Tippecanoe:
HARRISON & TYLEILI-OUR FLAG
In another part of to•day's Sentinel it
will be seen that we have raised the flag of
VAN fiUREN & JOUPD3ON, in 'contradistinc
tion to the claims of Harrison it Tyler.
Our opposition to the latter, and support of
the former, throughotit the coming contest
shall bo courteous, tho Ugh determined.
Whilst we prefer Mr. Van Buren' for the
Presidency, to which station he will again
most undoubtedly be reelected, we will
yield Gen. Harrison a fair and honorable
opposition. To 'traduce and slander the
character, as is too often attempted, of a
good and great man, such as Gen. Wm. H.
Harrison, who it is not denied, has render
ed eminent services in the " Field of Bat
tle" and the Councils of the Nation, is not
only uncourteous and disgraceful, but is an
open insult to the good sense of that portion
of the American People who have named
him as thoir candidate. If we cannot de
feat his election without resort to such
means, we hope we never shall with their
aid. Therefore, whilst we control the su
pervision and editorial conduct of this jour
nal, no such means of political warfare, shall
ever find place in its columns.
[l3Announ
While such low, disreputable means are resort
ed to, to injure the candidate of the people's choice,
as .have been used, and ore still being used, by
the administration press, we cannot but admire
the honorable opposition of the Editor of tho Sen
tinel. The avowed determination of the Editor
of that Journal not to traduce and slander the char
acter of Gen. Harrison, is Indeed creditable to him,
and worthy of itilltatioo by tho Ices honoroblo of
his party.
We copy the following from tho “Sentinel". o
yceterdey.
elllilitarn Elections.
On Saturday last, an election was held for
Brigadier General of the 2d Brigade in the room
of Gen. Mtu.su, resigned. The following aro
the returns, so far as reciavod when our paper
want to press this morning. The probability is,
that Mr. Btrriztosu has been elected:-
2 -t:
o.E:
• ts
•
S. Witherow, 328 68 10 57
H. Bittiager, 126 24 27 110
J. L. Neely, 6 19 107 2. --
S. E. Hall, 6 77 91 63
J. J. M'Elhony, 48 8. 1 4
COLONEL AND LIEUT. COLONEL
An election was also held on tho same day, in
the tiflth Regiment, for Colonel and Lieutenant
Colonel—which resulted as follows:.
COLONEL.
Gettysburg. Kechler's. Total.
Jacob Mark, 239 149 388
Robert Coboan, 273 42 315
Mr. Mark's majority,
LIEUTENANT COLONEL.
Gettysburg. Keehler's. Total.
S. S. M'Creary, 402 79 481
Con. Thornily, 112 105 217
Mr. M'Creary'o majority,
A bill has passed the Elcuse of Represen
tatives of Indiana, by a majority of four
abolishing imprisonment for debt.
D29TRES.9ING ACCIDENT.—On Thursday
of last week, the child of Mr. Emanuel K.
Zeigler of this place, was unfortunately
burnt to death. During a short absence of
its mother, it got to the stove, played with
the fire, which, communicating to its dress,
soon enveloped it 'in flames. The poor lit
tle sufferer, in its endeavors to escape, crept
under the bed, from which it put forth its
hsnds towards its mother as she entered the
room. The anguished parent caught it up
in her arms, but the relief so eloquently
prayed for, it nes not in her power to give.
Death however soon put an erid to its mis.
ery.— York Gag. Feb. 18.
FROM HARRISBURG.
Curregroniknee or the Inquirer Courier.
HAnarsaunu, February 19, 1840
The House was occupied the greater
part of to-day in considering in committee
of the whide, the bill introduced by Mr.
Snowden, a few days since, providing for
the appointment of Bank Commissioners,
whose duty it shall be to examine into the
affairs of the different banking institutions
of our state at such different times as shall
suit their convenience. The first nine sec.
tions were passed through committee with
out much opposition or debate.
The tenth section, the Speaker, Mr. Hop
kins, moved to amend, so as to require the
banks to resume the phyment of specie for
all their notes on or beforo the 25th of
March next, and for their deposites on the
Ist of July.
This led to a lengthy debate, in which
Messrs. Hopkins, Snowden, Crabb, Penni
man, Butler, Burden and Wilson . , took part.
The committee rose without taking the
question on the amendment.
This bill, of which Mr. Snowden is the
reputed father, is, take it as you may, a
patched up piece of business, and I think,
will never, in its present shape, become a
law.
In the Senate, nothing of a public nature
was transacted worth recording. The time
of that body was principally occupied with
a bill which provides that tho Governor
shall issue scrip in shares of not less than
ten dollars, to the contractors on the Get
tysburg Rail road, for work done on said
road, before it was discontinued by order of
the Legislature, last winter. The bill pass
ed through committee, and was taken up
on second reading, but the Senate adjour
ned before a final vote was taken on its pas
sage.
The case of the contractors on this road
is truly a hard one, as they have been lay
ing cut of the money justly duo them for
nearly two years, and I most ardently hope
that justice may speedily, be awarded them
by the Legislature.
A word or two on the subject of legisla
tive action in relation to a resumption of
specie payments by the Banks. From a
close observation of the more private man
ceuvrings of the, at times, loud open-mouth
ed, anti-bankites:of the Legislature, throw.
ing aside their speeches for Buncombe, 1
am firmly of the belief, that no law compel
ling the' Banks to resume specie payments,
will be enacted this winter; or, if such a
law is enacted, the day fixed upon for a re
sumption, will not be this side the first of
August.
In the Senate, several petitions were pre•
sented to allow the banks to issue small
notes. •
Mr, Caldwell, from the committee on
agriculture, to whom were referred the pe.
titions of citizens of Philadelphia county, for
a law appointing an inspector of hay and
straw, reported against the prayer of the
petitioners. and asked that tho committee
be discharged from the further consideration
of the subject. The report was laid on the
table.
In the Ilouse, Mr. Parke offered a pro
amble and resolutions, that committees .be
appointed to invite ex-President Jackion to
visit Pennsylvania as the Guest of the Com
monwealth, at such time as will best com
port with his convenience. Laid on the
table.
THURSDAY, Feb. 20.
Mr. Brodhead offered a resolution in the
House to refer to a select committee the
report and resolutions adopted by the Le•
gislaturo of South Carolina, on the subject
of the controversy between the States of
Georgia and Maine, which was agreed to.
Mr. Hutchins offared a resolution calling
uOlon the Auditor General to report to the
House the cost of the several works of in
ternal improvement, and showing the bal
ance against each, which was adopted.
The bill providing for the appointment of
bank commissioners was again up in com
mittee of tho whole, but no progress made.
I hoard a radical member observe, when
this question was taken, that if a glass was
placed to each member's heap, ii-vast deal
of federalism would be found in the House I
The only matter oftmportance before the
Senate, was a resolution upon the subject of
the loan taken by the Berke County Bank,
but not paid to the State.
FRIDAY, Feb. 21.
GETTYSB tIRG RAILROAD.
The second reading and consideration of
the bill authorizing the payment of the con
tractors on the Gettysburg Railroad, which
was suspended on the let of March, 1839,
being resumed, Mr. PENROSE offered an
amendment of the form, to which Mr.
FLESIING offered an 'amendment, provi
ding for the payment of the contractors on
the Sinnemationing extension of the Penn
sylvania Canal, on which a tedious discuss.
ion arose, in which a short personal contest
occurred between Messrs FLEMING and
BROWN, on a recommendation of the lat.
ter to suspend the work upon the Sinnema
boning ; and in which Mr. Brown floored
his antagonist.
The amendments were both agreed to,
and the bill passed. On motion the rule
was dispensed with, and the bill was read a
third time and passed Yeas 19, Nays 12.
Tel. 4. Int.
From the National Intelligencer
TO THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
You all,know, or ought to know, that, a
mong tho blessings conferred upon you by
the late Administration of the General Gov
ernment (in the footsteps of which the pres
ent Administration is following) was the
arbitrary rejection, by the President, of a
bill which had passed both Houses of Con
gress by large majorities, for making a dis
tribution among the several States of the
proceeds of the sales of the PUBLIC LANDS,
which are equally the property of all the
States composing the Union.
In this measure the Legislature of your
State has heretofore taken an active inter
est, and; whether the principle of the mea
sure or the benefits which it holds out are
considered, it is one in which your interest
is now greater than over, as wolf from the
attempt which is now making in Congress
to give array those lands, as now from the
situation in which your State finds itself in
regard to its Internal improvement debt.
Your attention as now earnestly invited
to the following facts, showing what would
have been the effect Mr. CLAY'S Land
Bill, if the President had not, instead of re
turning it with his objections to Congress,
(by whom it would have been passed not
withstanding his objections,) put it into his
pocket, and thus prevented it from becom
ing a law.
By a Report from the Treasury Depart.:
mont, in pursuance of a call from Congress
at tho last Session, it appears that, if Mr.
CLAY'S bill had become a law, it would have
placed at the disposal of the State of PENN
SYLVANIA, within the six years ending Ist
October, 1839, the gross sum of five mil
lions seven hundred and fifty-four thousand
six hundred and ninety-seven dollars, or, on
en average, the sum of nano hundred and
fifty-nine thousand one hundred and sixteen
dollars per year; a sum which would have
paid the interest (at five per cent,) of more
than nineteen millions of your Public debt.
To bring the matter more directly home
to you, individually, we have prepared the I
following statement, showing that, it the
gross sum for the six years had been paid
into your State Treasury, it would have
profited each county in the State (taking
the census for 1830, for a guide) to the a
mount annexed to the name of each county
in tho following table ; and each county in
the State has lost that amount by the fail
ure of the bill to become a law..
TABLE showing the amount which each
county in the State of Pennsylvania Would
have received from 1832, from which
period Mr. Clay's Lnnd Bill was to have
taken effect, up to 1838—six years.
Allegheny $218,150 Armstrong. $75,500
Somerset 66,150 Luzern° 117,30 Q
McKean 6,180 Indiana 61,000
Potter 5,260 Huntingdon 1111000
Jefferson 8,600 Lycoming . 75,600
Cambria 30,100 Adams „. 91,590
Clearfield 21,000 Borks ' 230,460
Crawford 68,800 Bucks 197,310
Mercer 46,000 Chester 211,870
Union 89,000 Cumberland 123,560
Vonango 29,700 Dauphin , ty ; /09,790
Westmoreland 165,800 Delaware
. 74,390
Warren 20,210 Franklin 152,930
Columbia 86,000 Lancaster 330,950
Beaver 105,000 Lehigh 95,460
Centro 80,400 Lebanon 88,150
Susquehanna 71,800 Montgomery 170,420
Fayetto 125,500 Northampton . 168,560
Greeno 77,400 Perry 71,360
Butler 62,780 Philadelphia, 346,700
Northumberland 78,450 Philada. Co. 468,550
Erie 72,000 Piko 20,610
Mifflin 92,000 Schuylkill 69,350
Tioga 38,100 Wayno• 32,000
Washington 186,000 York 183,180
Bradford 84,280 Bedford 105,000
lITAIENIAL REGISTER.
111AIIRIED.
On Tuesday last, by tho Rev. S. Gutelius, Mr.
John Sheely, to Miss Catharine Gatehouse—both
of Mountjoy t Iwnship.
On the_ same day, by the same, Mr. Henry
Welly, to Miss Lydia Eicleer, daughter of Mr.
David Eicher, deceased both of Liberty township.
On the 20th inst, by the Rev. C. G. Al'Lean,
Mr. George Hoover, to Miss Elizabeth While,
daughter of Mr. Thomas White deceased—both
of ffamiltonban township.
On Tuesday last, 'the 'Rev. Mr. Sochler,
Mr. George Heston. to Miss Juliana Schneider—
both of Littlestown.
OBITUARY U ICCORD•
DIED.
On the 17th inst. Nancy, aged 10 years; n
months and 20 days. On tbo following day,
Samuel Werfz, almentelho same age,—Loth chil
dren of Mr. Joseph Kittinger of Ifamiltonban
township.
Tallow Ili anted.
MIHE subscriber offers 7 WELVE AND
A HALF CENTS Cash, per pound,
for good tallow, at his candle factory in the
West end of Chambersburg street.
JOHN JENKINS.
Gettysburg, Feb. 25, 1940. 3t.
DI R.. IT. R. SMITE
wILL resume his practice in Balti
more, and the private instruction o
pupils in Medicine and Surgery,on the 20th
of March.: His private Infirmary, on Ger
man street, will continuo open for patients,
who will have his daily attendance.
Feb. 18. 71.
NOTICE.
A LL persons indebted to the estate of
Jacob Funk, - Sen., deceasedilrO
hereby notified to come forward and make
settlement, and all persons who have claims
against the estate of bald deceased aro also
notified to present the same for settlement
on or before the 10th of March next, to the
subscribers Executors of said deceased, or
either of them.
Both of the Executors reside in Hunting
ton township, Adams County.
W. R. SADLER, a rers
JOEL BOWER,
Feb. 4.
Harrison M'eciing.
THE friends of Gen. WILLIAM FL
HARRISON, will meet at the school
house, in Fairfield, (Millerstown) on Satur
day the 7th of March next, at 1 o'clock, 1..
to fix upon Township Officers, for 11am
iltonban Township, MANY.
Feb. 17.
Harrison Ateeling.
THE Democratic Harrison men of St ra
ban township, are requested to meet
at the house of Philip Shriver, in Hunters
town, on Saturday the 14th of March vext,
at 2 o'clock P. M. for the purpose of nomi
nating a ticket for township officers.
MANY..
Feb. 1,?.
ADVERTISEMENTS•
GRAND CAPITALS
FOR MARCEE.
40,000 DOLLARS!
For the 7th—and
58,824 DOLLARS!
NETT $50,000, for the 21st.
D. S. GREGORY & CO. Nlanngers.
Virginia State Lottery.
For Endowing the Leesburg Academy and other pur-
•
poses.
Class No. 2 for 1840.
To be drawn at Alexander, Va. on Satur
day, the 7th March, 1840.
GRAND SCHEME!
$4 09 0 0 0 . $1 5 9 0 0 0
$5,000 $3,000 $" 7 1500 82,297
50 PRIZES_ sl > ooo
50 do. 1 - 300 , &c.
Tickets only 910--Halves ss—Quartora 82 50
78 No. Lottdrk-13 Drawn Ballots.
Certificates of packages of 26 Whole tickets $l3O
), Do. do. : • 26 Half do. 65
Do. do. 26 quarters do. 32 50
VIRGINIA; `STATE L TTBIR Y •
For the benefit of the Monongalia Aca4enay.
7 , . Clruss No. 3 t for 1840.
To ho drawn.ai'Aloxondria,Va. on Saturday,llth
of March, 1840.
. .
IMILLIADVi SCREAM.
$30,001V510,000
$3,000—53,500-0,070-43 . ,990-42,500.
40 PRIZES; of $1,600; .50 of 's2so;
; 60 of $2OO, &c.
Ticketor :only 010-11aivos SS-.:Quorfom42 50
75 NO: Lottery-12 Drivii - Billots.
Derlificatei of packages of 25 Whole tickets $l3O
Do. do. • 25 Half 'do. 65
' Do. do. 2:25 Quarter do. 32 60
• MOST SPLENDID
Capital 58,39.4 aollays
'Ng.rer-550,00cC.,
pAIzEs OF $1,009 !
Pirlintts State Lottery,
For the benefit of the,Pctersburg Benevolent Mc
- , chanio Association.
Class No. 3, for 1840.
To bo drawn at Aloadndria, Va'.. on Saturday tho
' Slut March, 1840:
GRAND SCHEME.
58,824 DOLLARS!
$20 , 000 $lO,OOO
sooo—s3,22B—sumo
100 'PRIZES of . $1,000; ,50 of $500;
60 of $2OO, &c.
Tickets only , Sio-11aIrcur 85—Quitters $2 50
Certificates of packages of 26 Whole tickets $l4O
Do. do. 26 Half ' do. 70
Do. . do. 26 Quitter! 'do. 35
VIRG-INIAST,ATE LOTTERY.
For the benefit nf The Town of Vircllsburg.
Class No. 3, for 1840.
To bo drawn at Alexandria, Va. on Saturday,
• ,•' • 28th March; 1840.
GRAND CAPITAL.
880,000 810 , 000
86,000—55,000-484,000—.52,500—.82,-
000-81,747. .
25 PRIZES of $1,000; 25, of $500;
.28 of $300; 200 of $2OO, &c.
Tickets only slo—Halros ss—Quarters 82 SO.
75 No. Lonory-13 Drawn 'Ballots.
Certificates of packages of 25 Whole tickets 43130
Do. do. 25 Half do. • 65
Do. do. 25 Quarter do. 32 GO
For Tickets and. Shares or Certificates
of Packages in the above Splendid Lotter.
ies,—address -
D. B. GREGORY .
.& CO. Managers,
Washington. City, D. P.
Drawings sent immdiately after they aro
over to all who order as above. ,
Feb. 25. 3t.
NOTICE.
raIHE Subscribers, Trustees of JOHN
f -IL TA UGHINBAUGH.hereby give no
0, co to all persons indebted to said Taugh
mbaugh, to call with the subscribots and
settle the same without delay; also any per
son who has any claims against him, aro
requested to present the same to the sub.
scribers:. ' ROBERT KING,
• G.' BRINKERHOFF,
rustees.
Feb. 18. 4t.
Hanover and Carlisle Turnpike
Road Company.
STATEMENT of Toll recoivod, work
and repairs dono on the above road
from the 10th of December 1838, to 10th
December 1839.
• DR.
To amount of toll received from
• gates, from 10th Dec. 1838,
. until 10th Dec. 1839, $2BOl 13i
To rent received for old gate
house, near mountain, 25 00
By cash paid for work dello on
road, . $1727 324
By cash paid T. Stephen, Esq.
balance duo him as former
treasurer,
By cask., paid salaries to gate
keepers,
By cash paid R. hilElwane,Esq.
rent for gato house,
By cash paid,for Judges of elec
. tion and for printin,
By cash paid Superintendants of
road,
By cash paid salaripr of mana
gore, 57 00
By cash paid salary ofSecretary, 30 00
Do.. salary of Treasurer, 50 00
Balance paid over to present
treasurer,
. . .
. $2BBO 13i
Published by order of the Board,
THOMAS ORAIGHEAD, Treasurer.
Feb. 4, 1840. ' . 3t.
BAR IRON.
JUST received and for sale, a large
1 ." stock of BJ2R IRON well assorted.
GEO. ARNOLD.
Feb. 25.
NOTICE
TO BRIDGE Bin=mu:.
IHROFOSALS will be received by the
Managers of the Hanover and C,lir•
lisle Turnpike road company for rebuildit‘
and repairing the Slone Bridge over Ow
Conowago Creek, near the town of Hamp
ton, in Adams county, which was lately in
jured by the ice and flood, in said creek.—
The piers, curtain wall ; and arches to be re
built and repaired, and two additional ice
breakers to be added thereto; extending at
least. from 12
to 13 feet up tho stream, to
be sheeted with good tough %Vhiteoak logs,
to be bound down with iron strips. Pro
posals may be handed in to any or either of
thO managers prior to the 13th day of
March next, or to the board of managers,
prior to 12 o'clock of said day, who will
then meet at the house of SoLomotv ALBERT,
in the town of Hampton, in Adams county,
fur the purpose of giving out the work.
HENRY GITT, Preit.
Feb. 18.
THE Subscriber returns his sincere
thanks to his friends and the. public
generally, for the liberal encouragement he
has received, and would inform the public
that ho has now on hand;
A LARGE ASSORTMENT or
COPPER,
022212 M-3111041 40 dZio
W A It 3,
which ho will dispose of on reasonable
terms, for Cash or suitable Country Pro
.
duce.
tr:PCountry Merchants will be supplied
on reasonable terms. • '
GEO. E. BUMMER..
Gettysburg, Jan. 28. 3m
N. B.—The highest prices always giv
en for OLD COPPER, PEWTER, and
LEAD.
To the Directors of Common
Schools, in 4aatitsConnty. ,
THE folkiwing statement is made in
oum
pliance with the 10th section of the
school law, of June, 1836. '
Districts that have accepted the Common
School System., '
The amount which each accepting school
district is entitled to receive the ensuing
year, commencing on the Ist Tuesday of
Juno next, out of the annual state appropri
ation, is a sum equal to ONE DOLLAR for,
each taxable inhabitant in the district.
The amount of School Tax required to
be let ied, to entitle a District to its share
of the State appropriation, must be a sum
equal to at least sixty cents, for each taxa
ble inhabitant in the distriet.
Districts that have not accepted the Cont.
men School System.
Tho amount of undrawn balances remain:
ing for the use of non accepting districts,
for the schobl years 1835,. 1830, 1837,
1839 and 1639, is FOUR noixo.ns and FOR
TY CENTS, for each taXabli inhabitant' in a
district, according to thb 'enumeration of
1835; and for the school years 1840 and
1841, it is TWO DOLLARS for each taxable
inhabitant, according to the enumeration of
1839. The school year 1841, will com
mence on the Ist Tuesday of June next.
Bence it follows that each non accepting
school district, in which tho qualified' 6,6-,
zens accept the system, at the next spring,
elections, and lay a tax equal to sixty conta
for each taxable inhabitant, will bo entitled
to receive out of tho state appropriations, a
sum equal to more than six DOLLARS, for
each taxable inhabitant in the district.
' By a resolution of the Legislature, pass
ed the 24th day of Juno, 1839, tho above
undrawn balances aro to bo retained for the
use of non.accopting districts only until the
Ist of. November, 1840. On which day
they aro to bo repaid into tho common
school fund. •
Henact it' follows, that as the law now
stands, unless the non-accepting districts
accept the system at the next spring elec.
tions, these undrawn balances amounting
now to a sum adequate to the erection of
school houses, and putting the system into
complete operation, will be forfeited.
Taxable inhabitants in the Districts.
ENUMERATION OF
1835. 1839.
Berwiek, 320 314
Conowago, 200 194
Cumberland, 259 241 a,
Franklin, 372 392
Freedom, 93 94
Germany, 381 314
Gettysburg, 403 362
Hamilton, 269 247
Hamiltonban, 360 719 '
Huntingdon, 341 314
Latimer°, 231 201
Liberty, 128 153
Menallen, 482 492 •
Mountjoy, 224 217 '
Mountpleasant, 352 ' 299 •
Reading, 242 215
Straban, 322 295
Tyrone, 185 159
I am yours respectfully,
FR. R. SHUNK.
Superintendent e'ommon Schools.
Harrisburg Feb. 1, 1840. St
$2886 1.3 i
119 15
503 18
25 00
271 00
88 98i
TWO APPRENTICES
TO "TILL
PRIXTIMG RUSI.i'ESS, .
WILL be taken at this Office if imme
diate application be made.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
1
'Timm. STEVENS, g
WM. MOOR, g
SAM'L BLAKE, rig
GEORGE EGE,
td.