EIPOBLISHID at IRECUJEST.]
REPORT
Of the Board of Managers of Me York
Springs Anti• Slavery Society.
In looking back upon the events of the
past year, wo find much to encourage us to
perseverance and yet more vigorous efforts
in the righteous cause to which we have
pledged our energies. In spite of the bitter
opposition which it has encountered from
those whom personal interest or partizau
feeling has enlisted on the side of oppres
sion, or ignorance and prejudice have ar
rayed against our holy and benevolent
enterprise, we have had the satisfaction of
seeing its principles steadily gaining ground
in different parts of the country, and even
to some instances bearing their precious
fruits while the seed which was sown in
hope, has scarcely been covered as yet by
The soil whereon it was cast. Converts
from the opposing best have swelled the
tanks of Preedom's thampions,and the hea
ven light of liberty which has been kindled
on a thousand hills, has not oniy guided
many a self-emancipated slave from the
prison house of chattleism to a city of refuge
in a northern clime, but has beamed convic
ton also upon the conscience of the master,
and in some cases shown him eo clearly the
error of his way, that ho has been induced
"to loose the bonds of wickedness and lot
the oppressed go free." In other cases we
are cheered with growing and strengthen
ing hope,by the reluctant concessions which
obvious facts have extorted from our bitter.
est enemies. The recent declaration of
ono of the papers to Baltimore, that in con
sequence of the efforts of the northern "fa
natics" (as the editor is pleased to call the
enlightened and consistent friends of justice
and impartial liberty,) slave holding is be
coming, if not a losing business, at least
far less profitable than heretofore, and that
even some of the "holders of this kind of
property are beginning to doubt their right
to retain it," we regard as one of the cheer.
ing signs of the times. When the oppren
ler is constrained to confess his doubts of
'the rightfulness of his usurped authority,
we may welt exclaim in a joyful voice to
his drooping victim, - "lift up your heads,for
your redemption draweth nigh:" In our
own portion of the great field of labor, the
past year has witnessed a greater amount
ofeffbrt than any former period, and every
day reveals the good effects of this increas
ed exertion. We discover among the peo
ple around us, more-interest in the subject
of human rights, and greater willingness to
inquire what can be done in The free states
towards the overthrow of slavery in places
-beyond their limits. These are some of
"the signs which indicate an awakening
-sense of duty in the minds of our citizens,
with reference to this good work. The
circulation of books and pamphlets, the
gratuitous distribution of the latter, and the
information diffused - by public addresses at
-different times and at various places, have,
- we believe, exerted a beneficial influence,
;in turning attention to the subject; in remo
ving prejudice and softening down that as
perity of feeling, which mantled in igno
rance, condemns what it does not compre
hend; and in abating that zeal for hostility
which opposing action for the slave, is ever
ready to act against his advocates,and throw
impediments in the way •of those who are
impelled to plead his cause, by a consci
ousness that were theyin hissed condition,
they would that others should 'speak on
their behalf and labor for their deliverance.
During the past year we-have purchased
250 publications of various sizes, some of
which have been gratuitously distributed,
and the remainder designed to bo lent to
all who wish to read them, are placed in a
Depository, under the care of Hannah
Wright, to whom application can be made
by persons desiring to borrow them. We
have also received from our friends, 350
small tracts for gratuitous distribution, most
of which have been scattered throughout
the county.
Petitions for the abolition of Slavety in
'the District of Colurribia have been circu
lated to some extent, and we note with sat
isfaction that the willing of our citizens to
sign'them appeared to be much more gen-_
erallhanleretofore. The introduction of
this auhjeot leads us to remark that in nom-
mon with multitudes allover the free states
who have petitioned
. for 'this and 'kindred
objects, we have again to 'complain of a
flagrant violation of our national right,
guaranteed to us by the Constitution, but
trampled down by the very men who have
solemnly sworn to uphold and obey that in
strument, as the supreme law of the land.
A majority of the members of the National
House of Representatives have once more
proved themselves sufficiently regardless o
Ilw both human and Divine, unmindful o
the sanctity of their oath-sealed promise,
and reckless of their constituents, to throw
back in the faces of the people their respect•
ful petitions for the redress of a most enor
mous grievance, and to declare to the inju
red and insulted petitioners that their prayer
in this behalf, shall not be received or in any
way entertained. Of course—since with
out them a majority for the gross outrage
could not have been secured—a portion of
the representatives of northern freemen
(among them, with burning shame and deep
regret we must say it, several of the dele•
gation from our own iitate,) recreant to the
principles they profess to venerate, put on
the collar of vassalage, and bowing their
pliant necks to the slaveholder's yoke,
recorded their names on the disgraceful
roll, whence perhaps they may yet wish in
vain, that tears of bitter repentance could
efface them. We leave these base betray
ers of tho holy cause of freedom, who have
profaned her very sanctuary with the con
summation of their treachery, to the just
troward,which, there is little reason to doubt,
they will yet receive —the condemnation of
every friend ofiustioe and the rights of men
in all civilized and christian lands, if not
even the withering scorn of the very thron-
NI despots of the old world, and their
crouching, sycophantic minions—the Min
my which will blast their memory among
the future generations or their own poster
ity, win blushing to own them as ancestors
for very shame will indignantly tear their
names from the catalogue of their geneal
ogy. But from the act by which they hove
wronged us, and disgraced themselves, we
may derive another evidence of the already
manifest truth, that slavery can be sustained
in our country, only by the destruction of
liberty—the sacrifice of the rights of the
whole people, hence we may draw frresh
inducements to contend resolutely for the
overthrow of the unholy institution, as the
only means of preserving ourselves from
being numbered among its bound and help
loss victims. We may also take new cour
age from the fact, that this last triumph of
the slaveocratic power was achieved by a
majority of only six votes in an aggregate
of more than 220,—a far smaller majority
than that by which any of the gag-rules of
preceding sessions have been carried;—as
well as from the fact that this year the
elaveholdors' attempts to cut off all debate
by the previous question—attempts always
successful till now were repeatedly and sig
nally defeated, and abolition was discussed
at greater length perhaps, in the struggle to
prevent its being discussed at all. than it
would have been, had the petitions been
treated with the respect which was due to
them.
In addition in our labors in the dissem.
mination of anti-slavery principles, and the
circulation of petitions, our attention has
been directed to the condition of the free
people of color among us. As the result
of our investigations, it appears that some
of them are doing well, being sober, moral
and industrious, and that the deficiencies of
those among them to whom this common
dation will not apply, aro all clearly refer
ableto other causes than any supposed nat
ural incapacity of the colored man, to enjoy
the privileges or discharge the duties of a
freeman. We-can state it as our confident
belief, that they exhibit in all respects as
good a character and deportment as white
men who enjoy no greater advantages, and
labor under •equal disadvantages. And we
indulge the hope that they will avail them
selves of such facilities for improvement as
are now within their reach, and by their in
tellectual and moral advancement, put pre.
judice to theblusb and silence the cavils of
pro slavery. Colored children have now
gained access to our schools,and the burden
of providing the means of their education
being chiefly comprised in clothing them
suitably to attend schools, we look for the
acquisition of a degree of intelligence by•
the rising generation, superior to those who
have grown up under more unfavorable cir
cumstances. We ought ever to keep in
viewthe moral and religious improvemen
of tbeTreo'colored people, not only as a good
to them, but also as a powerful auxiliary in
breaking the bond of the slave.
Humbled in recollection of the little we
have yet done , for the millions of our fellow
men, groaning under a system of oppres
sion, the most replete with suffering of any
in the civilized world, we hope hereafter to
infuse greater 'energy into our measures,
and manifest a more self-sacrificing spirit.
This, we are fully convinced. must be the
caseihrougbaut the ranks of the advocates
of freedom, before the
""Toiling bondman's chain Is riven,
And swells from all our guilty coast,
'The anthem of the free to Heaven."
The sighing of the captive burdens every
southern breeze, and as it sweeps over our
hills, bids us gird ourselves up to more vig
orous exertion, that be may stand erect in
acknowledged manhood. The guardian an=
.
gel of our sinful and piratical land, pointing,
with mournful glance, to the impending
cloud of righteous retribution which lowers
above us, black with its gathering stores of
vengeance, in accents trembling with sor
row and alarm, implores us to redouble our
dilligence that the storm may be averted.
The voices of the departed who within
the year : have gone from among us - to -the
spirit.land, aro exhorting us, with the elo
quence of the tomb, -to•fill up -by increased'
activity, the chasms which'death has-amde
in our array. Tho prairie - sod of the .far'
west gives faintly to the ear those familiar
tones in which the veteran Lundy was won
to summon us to the rescue, and still even
as in life, he is calling us toPgo to work,
keep to=workoo hold on and nevor give up."
From the chill wave as •it flashes fearfully
in the red glare of the blazing steamboat;
full deep and melodious, .swelling over all
the terrific din of that awful night of hor
ror and of death, rises the voice of Fulton,
to whose genoirous soul our holy enterprise
was too dear_to have been utterly forgotten,
even while, like the prophet of old, he was
ascending to his native io a chariot of fire.
Let us not forget that in this great work we
have been the champions of the now sainted
dead, and let not our , coldness and faintness
of heart, and inactivity disgrace the glori
ous companionship. But above all, let us
follow in the footsteps of him, whose mission
to proclaim deliverance to the captive, and
the open .prisen -to 'them that are 'bound was
fulfilled, by a 'life of labor end self-denial in
doing, and a fidelity to truth, and principle,
and duty, which torture and death could not
subdue or shake
STEPHEN F. WEAKLY,
PHEBE WRIGHT,
ISAAC TUDOR,
ALLEN ROBINETTE,
MARY TUDOR,
LYDIA S. WIERMAN.
...WI Me....
AILSON.—Twq lade named Frederick
and Abraham P. Hilden, have been arrested
at Baltimore, charged with the awful crime
of setting fire to the dwelling and store o
the late Mr. F. Scholmeyer, Liberty street,
on the night of the 6th
. inst. These boys
wore apprentices to Mr. S. and slept in the
room where the fire originated, and had
possession of the keys. They were, after
a pnrtial examination before Justice Pen
nington, detained in custody till the recov
ery of Mrs. Scholmeyer, when the case will
be further examined.
The Picayune says there is a town in the
interior of Arkansas containing but six in•
habitants, viz: a crippled negro, a jackass,
a quack doctor, a buzzard, a polecat, and an
alligator. There was a population of seven
until the postmaster abaquataiiied.
FOREIGN NEWS.
ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN.
From the Philadelphia Enquirer.
The arrival brings us no intelligence of
a change of ministers in England, which
has been so confidently predicted; but the
opposition have commenced the war most
vigorously, and it may be questioned wheth
er Lord Melborne and his colleagues will
be able to sustain themselves.
The first great attack was made on the
15th of February, when a call for tho esti
mate of the probable income of the consoli
dated fund for 1840, although strenuously
resisted,was agreed to in tho House of Com
mons by a vote of 182 to 172. In the de
bate attendant upon this call, most unsatis
factory accounts of the finances were given
—showing a probable deficiency of six
millions for the current year.
Much comment was excited by the fact
that the Duke of Wellington was the only
member of the opposition invited to be pres
ent at the royal nuptials.
By late accounts from India, it seems
that the Anglo Indian government is still
pushing on its career of war and conquest,
The Khan of Khelat had been attacked
his capital stormed and captured, and the
Khan himself slain. The British loss was
31 killed and 108 wounded ; that of the
natives very severe, both in killed and
wounded. Ono account says nine hundred.
Accounts of tho recent hostilities in Chi.
na had reached England. The Hampshire
Telegraph states that a great naval arma•
ment is to be sent immediately from Ports
mouth, to take on board 10,000 native I
troops in India; to lay tho city of Canton
under contribution, or destroy it it necess
'ary, and then proceed Northward to Pekin,
and compel the Emperor to submission.
In the House of Commons, Feb. 14, Sir
Robert Peel questioned Lord John Fussell
as to the authenticity of Sir John Harvey's
(ancient) memorandum, which made eucb
a stir in our papers not long ego. Lord
John said he had not received officially a
copy of it. Sir Robert asked whether any,
thing had occurred rendering necessary al
communication from the government to
the House, on the subject of the boundary
question. Lord John said he had no in
formation to communicate.
Prince Albert has been appointed a field
marshall—emolument some two thousand
pounds a year.—Moreover, he 'has been
naturalized by act of Parliament.
The " privilege" affair of Stockdale and
Hansard, (printers to the house ; has taken
quite a serious aspect. The sheriff's have
been committed to prison for not levying
on Hansard's printing office, and Mr. How
end, Stockdale's attorney, has been com
mitted to New gate by order of the Speak
er.
The Chartist prisoners of Newport have
had their sentences commuted from death
to transportation.
The allowance - voted by Parliament to
Prince Albert is £3o,ooo.per annum. Mini
sters proposed £50,000. Mr. Hume ,mov
ed £20,000-lost. 39 to 305. Col. Sib
thorpe moved £3o,ooo—carried, 262 to
158.
THE ' MARRIAGE OF THE QUEEN.-- The
Peers assembled on the 18th to arrange
the procession for carrying the congratula
tory address to the Queen on her marriage,
which took place on Monday, the 10th of
February. The says the Queen's
marriage was.made an occaston.of general
feitivity throughout the ktugdom, and the
pageantry equalled the expectations of those
admitted to witness it. No accident mar.
red the ceremonial, which took place at
the Chapel Royal.
Wurrummx, -Feb. 'o.—The Queen 'has
been pleased to declare and ordain, that his
Serene Highness Francis Albert Augustus
'Charles 'Emanuel, Duke of Saxe, Prince of
Saxe "Coburg and 'Gotha, Knight of the
Most Noble Order of the Garter, shall
henceoith, upon all occasions whatsoever,
be lityled :and 'called 41 His Royal High
ness,' before his name and such titles as
now do, or hereafter may belong to him.
And to.command,That the' royal conces
sion and declaration be registered in her
Majesty's College of Arms.
ARRIVAL OF 1118 ROVAL lIITOHNESS,
PRINCE ALUM:ff.—At half-past •12 precise
ly, the drums and trumpets solinding'almig
the passages leading to the chapel announ
ced the approach of the procession of the
royal bridegroom.
The entrance of the Prince, after the
music had ceased, was the signal for the
whole assemblage rising; he name tip the
body of the chapel, accompanied right and
left by his Serene Highness the Duke of
Saxe Coburg, his father. and his brother
the hereditary duke.
ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN.—The Queen'e
arrival_was announced by the band, dm.
playing the Nationil Anthem. During
the interval between the commencement of
the music and her Majesty's arrival, the
Prince frequently looked back to the Chap
el entrance to watch the approach of his
august bride.
Her Majesty on her entering the chapel
was received by all within its walls stand
ing.
Her Majesty having advanced to the
haat pas, took her seat on the fald•stool to
the left hand of the bridegroom, and the
service was - commenced, the Archbishop of
Canterbury leaving his seat and advancing
to the front of the altar railing, with the
book from which he read the service in his
hands.
Of the ceremony itself it is only necess
ary to say that it differed in nothing, except
the exalted rank of the principal persona
ges, from that used at the marriage of any
of her Majesty's subjects.
Han MArEerv's COSTUME.—Her Majes
ty's dress was of rich white satin, trimmed
with orange flower blossoms. Head dress,
a wreath of orange flower blossoms, and o
ver this a beautiful veil of Houlton lace,
worn down. The bridesmaids or train•bea
rers were also attired in white. The queen
dowager wore a dress of violet colored vel
vet with train to correspond.
CONDUCT OF THE ROYAL PAIL—The
prince is described by an eye witness of
the ceremony as having answered all the
questions in a firm tone of voice, and her
majesty rdpeated the words prescribed in
a manner which plainly showed that her
whole heart was interested.
While the service was proceeding, her
majesty was observed to look frequently at
Prince Albert, who was standing at ber
side. In fact, she scarcely ever took her
eyes off him till she left the chapel.
RETURN TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—AII
Ibeing concluded within the Palace of St.
James, the procession to Buckingham Pal
ace re-formed much in the same order in
which it proceeded thither.—Prince Albert
took his place in the same carriage with
her majesty ; the Duchess of Southerland
in that with the Earl of Albermaro, who,
on this occasion alone waives his official
right to be in the same carriage with her
majesty. Her majesty occupied the back
seat alone, and Prince Albert and the Du
chills of Kent sat opposite.
THE BANQUET.-1n the evening a grand
banquet was given, by command of her
majesty, in the banquet room of St. James'
Palace, built by George IV., at which the
Earl of Errol, as lord steward of her Ma
jesty's Household, presided. The room
was gorgeously decorated, and illuminated
by five magnificent lustres, and table can
delubras —There were three tables—one
across at the upper end, and two tables run
ning down from thence, capable of receiv.
ing 130 guests.
TURKEY AND EGYPT. —Constantinople,
Jan. 27.—The ari•at new s of the day is the
treaty of quadruple aliance between Russia,
England, and Prussia, who have
come to nn iiiiderstariding to guarantee the
Integrity of the Otti•iniiii einiare The
Port has receiv, d Ftlirial advice ofthe con
clusion of this l'fic news brought
to M. de Beutenieli by the ete inlet. from
Odessa must have been tif,i , rent importance,
inasmuch as the garrison of the lint named
city was called out by the Governor to
break the ice to enable the steamer to leave ,
the port.—Semaphore.
LATER FROM CHlNA—Another Version
of the Affray.—The ship Talbot has ar
rived at New York from Canton, and
Capt. Storer, says the Courier and Enqui
rer, gives the following account of the af
fair between the English and the Chinese :
It appears that a supposed adjustment
of the dificulttes between the Chinese and
English had taken place. in consequence of
which, two british merchant ships sailed
up to Wampoa, Captain Elliot accompany
ing them with two British sloops of war.
Arrived at that place, the Chinese Gover
nor expressed a wish, that all the British
ships should resume their trade as former
ly, but insisted that they should give up a
British sailor, who they asserted, had killed
a Chinese in a village some time before.
This, Captain Elliot peremptorily refined,
and immediately sailed for the Bogue, in
. the sloop of wdr Le Vogue, the othereloop
of war accompanying him, to stop all eth
er British vessels sailing to Whampoa.
He then sent a letter ashore to the Cumshi,
- which was returned unopened.—Shortly af
terwards, the Chinese war junks, to the
number of 300, came around the sloop of
war, on board of which Capt. Elliot was,
and he concluding that they intended to at
tack him, sent word to them, that 'if they
did not go off •in thirty minutes, ho would
fire into them. The thirty minutes expi
red, and the war junks remained immova
ble.—The sloop of war then opened her
fire upon them, sunk two of the war junks,
blew up two others, and it is believed, kill
ed •five hundred Chinese. The Chinese
made no resistance, did not even fire a sin
gle gun, but•at last made off as fast as they
could. Captain Elliot, it is added, intend
ded to blockade the port of Canton imme•
diately with what force he had, and more
was daily expected.
'Capt. Storer obtained this information
Just before he sailed, from English and A
merican Captains who were eye witnesses
of the fray. We therefore presume there
can be no doubt of its truth. And the con
clusions we come to with these facts before
us is, that the English have now gone to
such lengths, that no pacific adjustment
can be expected, unless the Chinese imme
diately submit, which is not impossible.
.....m• 0 41•"'""'
LITE or Garr. ILinalsoN.—We have the
pleasure to announce the re-publication o
the Life of Harrison, written by John 111.
Niles, Esq., of Connecticut, in IEI2I. We
hope the fact of Senator Niles' prefering
Mr. Van Buren will not prevent the people
from reading all the good things he has
said of Gen. Harrison. It is curious and
true that the highest compliments paid to
the Hero of Tippecanoe aro from Richard
M. Johnson and Sohn M. Niles !!—.N. Y.
Star.
ANOTHER becomes our mel
ancholy duty to itit; , rin the public that on
Saturday lost, about 2 o'clock in the after
noon, the rut l and Fulling Mill of Mr. Mar
tin Hoover, at Bridgeport. in this county,
together with their contents were entirely
coniutned by fire. The Grist Mill contai
ned at the time about 4,000 bushels of
Wheat, 75 bands of Flour, and a large
quantity of Rye, Oatti and Corn, all of
which were destroyed. What amount of
loss has been sustained by the destruction
of the Fulling Mill, we have not been infor
med, but infer that it must be very great,
and the whole loss of the proprietor, taken
together will be immense. We understand
the property was insured to the amount of
threelthousand dollars.—Chain. Tellegraph.
The Harrisburg Telegraph says,—"As
the morning train of cars from Philadelphia
neared the depot at this place on Saturday,
one oldie burthen cars attached to the train
was discovered to be on fire, and with its
contents, consisting of a quantity of valuable
goods, was wholly ronitutned. The car be
longing to Messrs. Weaver & Miller of this
borough. The goods burned were princi
pally the property of Dr. M'Pherson,D. W.
Gross, and Messrs. Fahnesteck of this bor
ough. Loss estimated at about CIO dol
lars."
FROM HARRISBURG-.;
Correspondence of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
MONDAY, March 0, 1840.
.
Alter the presentation of petitions, of
which there was a number for the issue of
Mall notes, the resumption bill was again
resumed. he question was upon an amend
meat offered by Mr. Barstow, which was
voted down by a large majority. The
Isa happened to several others, when Mr.
Ho ins having again stated he would vote
legal si concurring in the amendments made
ni
by Senate, for the purpose of haVing a corn.
mitteeteonference, and to arrive at once
at th main question, Mr. Begins of
i llill
North . :called the previous question. That
call was stained, and the main question—
" Shall dui House,"—was negatived by the
following vote. Yeas 42, nays 42.
YEAS—Messrs. Anderson, Andrews,
Bailey, Benner, Bonsall, Brodhead, Cool
bough, Cox, , Crispin, Evans,Flannery,
Flick, George, Graham, Griffi, G riffiths,
Hamlin,Hartshorne, Hel ff cnstein, Henry,
Hill, oge, (Greene) Hottenstem, John.
stop, Jones, Kelt, Loy, Lyons, Morgan,
Neff, Penniman, (Phil.) Penniman, (Alleg.)
Penrose, Potts, Ritter, Rebore, Snowden,
Snyder, Stickel, Strohecker, Swayne, Zim
merman.
NAYS—Barstow, Bruner, Burden, But
ler, Carothers; Cassel, Chandler, C hurch,
Cole, Colt, Cralib t Darsie, Field, Filbert,
Fisher, Ford, Goodwin, Gratz,Hegins,
(North'd) Higgins, ( Hunt ' s) Hnderson,
Herr, Hinchman,Hoge, (Mercer) Hummel,
Hutchins, KaufFman, Koniginacher, Law,
Leidy, McClure, McKinstry,, Morrison,
Morton, Park, Smith,Smyser,Sprott,Watts,
Wilcox, Zeilin, Hopkins, Speakei.;
Whigs Absent—Messrs. Albright, Koim,
Kinzle.
Loco Focos Absent—Mossrs. Flenniken,
Fogel, Love, McDowel, McElwee, Ccinser•
vative on this question,McKinney, Nill,
Schooner, Snodgrass, ork.
Conservatives Absent--Messrs. Holmes,
Leo, Wilson:
The House immediately adjourned,
enough having boon done for one day. The
bill will now be returned to the Semite with
the amendments of Senate non•concurred in.
Should the Senate recede, the original bill
as it passed the House (which by the by has
hardy been before the Senate) to compel
the Banks to resume on the 15th of Febru
ary next, will have passed by that vote, and
will be sent to the Governor. Should,how.
ever, the Senate insist, a committee of con
ference will be appointed, who will have the
whole subject before them, and whose re
pott must be either accepted or rejected
without amendment. These are the alter•
natives, and who can tell the result?
In Senate private bills wore acted upon.
A message was received from the Governor
nominating a list of some twenty Associate
Judges.
TUESDAY, Merril 10, 1840.
Half. past 12 o'clock..
The Senate have insisted unanimously
on their amendments to the resumption bill,
and Mr. Fraily, (city) has moved that a
committee of conference be appointed. The
Speaker of the Senate has decided that this
motion is out of order, and that the bill
should now be returned to the House, and
the first committee of conference be there
appointed. From this decision Mr. Fraily
has appealed, and from the expressions of
opinion, and the authorities referred to, the
appeal is likely to be sustained. But at
the closing of the morning mail, the vote
had not been taken.
You will perceive this is n very impar.
taut question, as, if the decisional the Spea
ker is sustained, it gives a chance to the
radicals that a different moult from that of
yesterday may bo attained in the House.
WEDNEDDAT, March, 11.
The House of Representative's have by a
vote of 42 to 39, agreed to appoint a Com•
mittee of Conference on the Resumption
Bill, and the Speaker has appointed Messrs.
Williams, McKinstry and Snowden, the
committee.
Upon the information of the appointment
of the committee of conference being sent to
the Senate, that body, on motion of Mr.
Brown appointed a like committee, consist
ing of Messrs. Brown, Fleming and Bell.
There is decidedly a radical majority on
the joint committee. The report of the
committee must either be accepted or rejec
ted. I believe it will be rejected.
The bill relative to the election of Nota•
ries Public was negatived in the Senate, 12
to 11.
Tavaanar, March 12, 1840.
There were but brief sessions in both
!louses this morning. The morning's mail
brought tho news of the death of the late
Governor Wolf; and, in testimony of re
spect to his memory, they adjourned over
the day. In the Senate, the Speaker an•
nounced the news, and on motion of Mr.
Fraley, (Schulkill) that body. adjourned.
The joint committee of conference met
last evening, and organized by the appoint
ment of Mr. Brown as chairman. It is
understood that the committee will net easi
ly agree upon the provisions to report. I
do not expect a report in a week-
FRIDAY, March 13, 1840.
The bill to authorize the issuing of State
Stocks to the contractors on the Gettysburg
Railroad and Sionemahoningextention,was
taken up, and passed committee, and com
ing up on second reading, a motion was
made to refer the whole subject to the com
mittee on internal improvements.
Messrs. Nill and Ilmyser earnestly and
ably opposed the reference, and urged the
passage of the bill as an act of justice to
the creditors of the commonwealth.
After some time an amendment was mo
ved by Mr. Butler that the United States
Bank be required to loan the money at four
per cent.
Mr. Park moved to amend by requiring
he money in specie. which was agreed to,
eas 52. na3s 25.
Mr. Penniman of the county then moved
to amend by attaching the bill to repeal the
charter 4.4. he bank. The question had not
been taken on this subject when the House
041211VW
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The qtlfetiOn came u? on the motion to
require the monny from the United States
Bank [Mr: Penniman's amendment being
withdrawn ; ] when the amendment was
agreed to, yeas 34, nave 22!
An amendment was then moved by Mr.
M'Elwee, modifying the details of the bill
somewhat, on which considerable discus
sion ensued.
When the vote came to be taken, Mr.
M'Elwee declared that he could not vote for
the bill, as it was a bill to raise revenue,
and had originated in the Senate, which is
contrary to the constitution. The bill was
voted down.
Mr. Smyser offered a Joint resolution
providing for a loon to pay the contractors
on the Gettysburg rail road, or if the loan
cannot be provided, that certificates of State
stock be issued to the contractors. Laid
on the table.— Telegraph.
THE PROSPECTS AG UN.
The Baltimore Republican seemed dis
posed to treat our late estimate of the Pre
sidential Election with ridicule though the
whole appearance of the article gave signs
of groat distrust. Now let us look at it
again, and see if it will not beat the test of
scrutiny. We claimed
Connecticut, eight votes. Well, Con
necticut has since elected a Whig governor,
and has returned an entire Whig delega
tion to Congress, and certainly, judging
from her late convention, she has shown no
lukewarmnoss in the cause. We claimed
Vermont, seven votes. Vermont has
never surrendered to the Loco-focos, and
all parties set her down for General Harri
son. We claimed Massachusetts. She is,
like Vermont, for Gov. Morton, who had
ONE majority at the last election, got that
ono by illegal votes, and, besides, the Whig
party was divided upon the license law as
is well known to the whole country. No
state is more sure for the General than Alas
taehusetts.
-Rhode Island, with four votes, was also
iocour list. She has been true since 1837;
when Cranston Tillinghast was elected to
Congress by one thousand majority, and
with her prostrated manufactures she is not
likely to go wrong now.
We claimed New York, with forty-two!
votes--ah the poor toriesl—and had we not
a right to claim her? Did any party ever
strive harder for the mastery than the spoils
men at the last election, knowing that de
feat was sealed, that lost, besides electing
Tallmadge to the Senate; and were they
not defeated, and by a good majority, too?
arid it defeated then, can they hope for suc
cess under the present state of the country?
We claimed New Jersey. Wo carried
New Jersey with Gen. Harrison in
OM pun lisj tssl tl palrroo Gmßeis - Wei
unA ay so 'ixou requi.anoN Ifitga iitnps
Buren men well know, or else they would
now send back the election of the members
of Coegress to the people.
We claimed Delaware, and Delaware
our opponents concede to ins.
We claimed Kentucky, 15 votes, and
well we might—it is useless to say a word
about her. We claimed Ohio, 24 votes,
and wo venture to say that there is not a
Van Buren man to be found,who, if he gave
a candid opinion, would not say we were
right. Ohio is safe, by 10,000 at least,—
We set down Indiana for her firm Governor.
The Albany Argus does not pretend to lay
claim to Indiana, and all who know any
thing of the state, know she is safe by a
larger majority,than Ohio. The Vanites
will hardly make an opposition in Indiana.
Louisinnaoyith 5 votes, they grant to us.
• Michigan we also claimed, and the last
election, undoubtedly, gives a right to do
so. The Locos are almost exterminated.
The above States cast 130 electoral votes,
and we ask an candid man if the Whigs
are not sure of them; or, rather, if the pre
sent signs do not show that they are. Nine
more will elect their candidate. Maryland
casts 10, and we must assuredly believe will
cast them for the Harrisburg nominee.—
Then there are Missouri, North Carolina,
Tennessee, and Illinois throwing 58 votes
—not one of which the Adniißstration feels
sure of. The Richmond Enquirer brags
about 10,000 majority in the Old Dominion,
and in the next breath, begs every Loco to
come to the polls, as the party is in great
danger, and the enemy more active than
ever. Of Pennsylvania we say nothing in
the way of boasting, and are determined to
Promise nothing, save untiring exertions.
The fire is spreading: but no matter.—
Nothing causes our opponents to froth and
Ruud more than to tell them Pennsylvania is
in danger, and yet they know it--know it,
because they know they are not united; but
above all, because they know the violent
measures they have proposed, have alarm-
ed the honest yeomanry to a degree never
equalled before.—U. S. Gazette;
FOUND AT LAST.— Wo have been favor
ed with the perusal of a letter from n gen
tleman in Texas, to a gentleman in Be'tin
more, which states that Mr. NI iller,the con
fidantel clerk of Mr. Steenbergen, who dis..
appeared eo mysteriously last spring, arri
ved in Galveston, from New Orleans,bring ,
ing with him fifty•seven negroes. It waa
his intention to settle at the Brazos. If
this is the fact, there is an end to the thou
sand and one rumors of the wonderful and
the mysterious, of which he has been tho
hero for the last year. The elopements.
murders, robberies, assassinations, dm that
befel him, all end in G. 'F. T.—Balt. Sun,
EXUENSE9 OF THE VAN BUREN CONVEN. ,
TlON.—The average expenses of the two
houses of the Legislature is about $BOO pet
day. The Van Buren Convention was twa
days in session• During that time the Le• ,•-•
gislature did not sit, so that the convention
cost the State_ SIXTEEN HUNDIMO
DOLLARS.— Televaph.
FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE.—Tho dwelitng
or Mathias Engler, in Newport township,
Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, was destroy:
ed by fire on the 25th ult., and two children
and a brother of Mr. Engler perished in
the flames.—Mr. E , his wife and a Misu
Weiss, \veto also badly burnt.
AND
REPUBLIOA.N BANNER.
GETTYSBURG, March 17, 1840.
PEOPLE'S CadVDIDa TES.
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEN. WILLIAM H. HARRISON.
FOR VIOE-PRESIDENT,
JOHN TYLER.
Our Banner.—oVVE GAVE FLUNG THE
tsnoAn DA.NNEG 017 LIDERTT AND TUE CON-
STITUTION TO TON BURSTS, irrecnt nED WIT!!
THY INSPIRING WORDS :—ONE PRESIDEN
TIAD TERM-THE INTEGRITY OF THE
PUBLIC SERVANTS-THE SAFETY OF
THE PUBLIC MONEY-AND THE GEN
ERAL GOOD OF THE PEOPLE."
NOTICE.—The Subscriber (late Editor of this
paper) having placed his books in tho hands of
Hezekish Vanorsdlo, Esq. of this place fur collec
tion, respectfully requests all those indebted to
him for subscription, advertising, kite., to come
forward and make settlement of the eamo'without
delay. All receipts given by Mr. Vanorsdlo on
settlement, will be duly acknowledged by the sub
scriber.
ROBERT S. PAXTON
REMOVAL.
The office of the "STAR AND BAN
NEA" has been removed to the Co . un
ty Building, in the room immediate'
over the office of the Register and Re
corder.
We are indebted to Mr. SMYSER of the House
of Representatives for a number of very important
public documenta.
The Bill to incorporate the Independent Church
of Gettysburg passed finally on Tuesday last.
Also, a bill relative to the poor house in Adams
county on Wednesday last.
DEEM OF FIX-GOVERNOR WOLF.--.-MO learn
from tho Philadelphia Inquirer that Ex-Governor
GEORGE WOLF died very suddenly in that city,
on Tuesday morning last. lie was about eixty
eight ,Years of age. and had filled the office of
Collector of the Port of Philadelphia since March
last.
A PROPOSITION.
The friends of Gen. Hen RISON are holding tre
mendous conventions of the people In almost al
the surrounding State;,
and, as Pennsylvania has
not yet commenced ihe good work in earnest, let
us therefore show them what we can do. We
would offer the following proposition to our broth
ren and co-workers in the common cause of the
people:
That the Harrison party of Pennsylvania
hold a general State Convention, to assem
ble, in tho "only Democratic city" (Lancas
tar,) ON TOE EIODTIE AND NINTEI OF MAY
NEXT, (being the anniversary of the defeat
of Proctor and the Indians at Fort .Meigs,
by GEN. HARRISON.) •
Thoso of our brethren of the press, who era in
favor of the above proposition, will say aye::
it be so determined, such another gather
ing of the °hard cider and log cabin" eons of the
old Keystone State will be seen at that conven
tion, as will strike terror and dismay into the
ranks of the already half crazy and desponding
Loco Focos,and will show to our friends through
out the Union that Pennsylvania is unquestiona
bly certain for old oTip." • '
THE ELECTION.
The Spring election is at hand, and the citi
zens of this county,are called upon to give their first
expressions of opinion at the ballot box, since the
nomination of Harrison and Tyler,-upon that
nomination. It ought not to be deemed an unim
portant election, or unworthy the attention of any
voter. The "rule and ruin" party have not retra
ced any of their steps since the last or former elec
tions, but to their numberless misdeeds, corrup
tion and extravagance, the grossest violation of
law and constitution have been added. An inde
pendent State has been deprived of her voice in
the Congress of the union—Representatives of the
people have been denied their seats and sent home
to their constituents with their credentials iu their
hands—lawlessness is the reigning characteristic
of all their National and State proceedings—at.
tempts are being made to throw out of office hon
est men, legally appointed, and fill their places
with those who are friends of Van Buren and
Porter—the laboring classes are attempted to bo
put down, by cruel capitalists and the Sub-Trea
sury, and by the passage of laws so oppressive to
our banks as to cause a general bankruptcy to ex
ists. The constitution of our State no longer in
terposes between them and their partizan objects.
It is tramplod under foot an useless piper. Against
all such proceedings our efforts cannot be too
steadfastly directed; and to them, Harrison and
Tyler will be most determined foes.
_ Here then, is the first struggle under the Tip
pecanac flag. Now is the time to enlist and
march under it, with a General “who has never
lost a battle," to victory! Now is the time to
buckle on the Harrison armor, burnish it up and
raise high the weapons we intend to handle at the
October elections. The principles which are
to . be contended for then are broadly laid down—
and must be contended for now—and if the skir
mishes with the enemy result in securing for us
ell the out posts, and to their general defeat, the
final victory will bo the more certain and inevita
ble! ‘Vhat real friend of Harrison is there, who,
under these considerations wino() far forget his
duty to his worthy candidaqi—to his country—to
the Interests of the party whose principles he
supports, and which now, if ever he is called on
to defend, will refuge or foil to vote for the candi
dates of the Harrison party? Let it be borne in
mind, that it is not the two men we support—it
is great and important questions of public policy
which are advocate in their persons—they are the
instruments we have chosen to carry them out.
It is opposition to Vie now dominant pay which
we signify when we speak of the Itarrismi ,p , arty
--and how can any one be a member of that par
ty, who would vote for, even the mildest speeirksen
of Loco Foco doctrine—the candidate of thodOm
inant partyl It cannot be. No true Mend of
the "Father of the Western country" the
Hero of many battles—the honest Farmer —the
Log Cabin candidate—will, can do it. ,his is
the time to give the first blow, and eAry man
should strike for his country ' s weal! is is the
time to express our attachment to
ns . omising in
the Harrison
pi
cause, and our determined, uneo
dif erinsinate,increastng hostility to o focoism,
wherever we meet it—whether in t o
person of
Martin Vau Buren, or the smalleefrand humblest
of his followers, or candidate of bas party.
Wo hold up to you now, Gen. Harrison—his
pledgo to servo but one term—sis public life—his
unimpeachable character—his; promise of reform
In all branches of the government, and the secu
rity you have of the fulfilment of that promise, in
hie history and his aerviceil to the nation—the
present deplorable condition of the country, pros
trate and bankrupt, for ksimedy for which, you
can only look to the election of our candidate—
and let every friend of our cause and candidate,
vote for the Harrison l candidates for office at the
election on Friday nextf Let no man be so "re
creant to his principles" as to voto for any man
that is opposed to Gen. Harrison! He who would
so act, as to gratify any'personal enmity to the
candidates of hie parts ptinciples, or any friendly
feeling towards a faild (however worthy,) who
is opposed to our cause, is worse than an open
enemy, and hid better throw off his cloak now,
publishinelimself as an enemy of Gen. Hi.net-
SON, than attempt to participate in the general
jubilee of our triumph under the Harrison flag, in
which such friends can have NO LOT son PART.
pAnnovn
Tha Sub-Treasury Rill came up on first and
second reading in the House of Representatives on
Wednesdny last, and,after considerable discussion,
was committed to the Committee of Ways and
Means. It will, doubtless, remain in the hands of
that committee, until a favorab!eopportunity may
offer, to force its passage through the House:
FROM WASHINGTON
CorrcaNntlence of the Gettysburg Star and Banner
WASHINGTON, March 12th.
DEAR Sin :The outrage is consummated. The
Van Buren claimants for seats in Congress, from
the State of Now Jersey have been voted in by
a party majonty, without any regard to the fact,
that they have neither commissions, credentials,
or a majority of the legal votes of the people of
New Jersey.
There is not in the annals of tyranny, a case of
greater enormity than that which the majority of
this House has committed upon justice, and law
and the rights of the people of New Jersey.—Let
the people look at this outrage—/ beseech that
they will look al it, from its inception to its con
summationoind after a full, careful and candid ex
amination say, whether they will tolerate that
the people of a sovereign State, shall have Repre
sentatives chosen for them, not by the qualified
citizens of their own State, but by the Represen.
satires of the people of other agues of this Union.
If they determine, that they will give up their
right to elect their own Representatives, then are
they fit to be slaves, and the days of constitutional
freedom are at an end. Let us then glance at
the prominent facts, in relation to this outrage
upon the sovereinity of a state, of its people, and
of the constitution of the union.
The Whig members -from the State of New
Jersey, on the first day of the Session, presented
Commissions, which even the majority admit, to
bo in strict conformity with the constitution of
the U. S. and the constitution and laws of the
State of New Jersey. They were, however. re.
fused their seats, but the Van Buren claimants
were also excluded, by as almost unanimous
vote of the House of Representatiica. The whole
....teer..."4.riona.dissuasjop j ,
,Tvga raforowt.
Committee on Elections, to iniestigate the same,
and then report the result of their labors to the
House. The committee undertook the discharge
of the duties assigned it, under the rules of the
House, and after numerous vain attempts, to
make a preliminary report, both parties, on their
own application, were permitted to go to the State
of Now Jersey to take testimony. The Commit
tee gave the parties until the 2nd Monday of
April next, to take the necessary testimony, and
adjourned all proceedings in relation to the same,
until that time.
-
• In pursuance of this permission, the parties re
turned to Now Jersey ; but no sooner had they
gone than n resolution was introduced, by an ad
ministration member, requiring tho Committee
on Elections, who had dismissed tho whole mat.
tar, until the 2nd Monday of April, to report
forthwith which five of the ten claimants, trout
the State of New Jersey, had received a majority
of all the voles of the people of Now Jersey.
This resolution was amended, by inserting the
word " lawful," before the word votes ; thus re
quiring the committee to report, which five of
the ton claimants, had received a majority of the
lawful voles" of the people of that State.
In compliance with this fesolution, the Com.
mittee reported the whole number of votes, with
out enquiring whether they were .1 lawful" or
unlawful, which had been polled for each set of
claimants. Yet at the very moment that the
Committee made this report, it bad in its pos
session, evidence technically competent, to prove,
that at lout, two of the Whig claimants were en.
titled to scats. But it construed the resolution to
require a report of all the votes legal and illegal,
which had been polled in the State, and such re
port was accordingly made. As soon as the
Committee had reported, a resolution was offered,
requiring the Speaker to swear in the Van Buren
claimants, without commissions, without creden-
tials, without a majority of the .1 lawful votes"
of the people of New Jersey. But these claim
ants were absent, with their competitors, taking
testimony in the state of New Jersey, whither they
had gone by the permission, and under the in
struction of the Committee on Elections, which
hat' given , them until the 2d Monday of April to
complete it. Do the annals of Legislation furnish
so great an outrage!
When a contested election is referred to a com
mittee, heretofore, the whole matter has been con
fided to its management, and its report has only
been called for, after it has finished its labors.
Here it was in the midst of it, labors. Not a
single fact hail been ascertained, which the House
was not iteissession of, at the time the subject
was referred to the Committee; except, that the
Whig members had furnished testimony, to show
that the most outrageous frauds had been Com.
milted at the election, and that great numbers
of illegal votes had been received by their compe
titors. A portion of this testimony was informal,
the length of notice to the opposing claimants,
not being deemed sufficient by a majority of the
Committee. Yet, as above remarked, there was
competent, formal testimony, in possession of the
Committee to have elected two of the Whigs.
But in the place of this, the House adopted a re•
solution to admit the Van Buren claimants to
seats in the House of Representatives, to which
they are no more entitled, than the perpetrators
of this outrage aro o ntilled to the appellation of
patriots.
Let the people ponder those facts. Let them
recollect that the House, had once, by a nearly
unanimous vote refused to admit these men to seats
—that from the time that they were refused seats.
they had produced no new testimony either to
the Committee or the House; but that on the
contrary, the Whig claimants. had furnished much
evidence, in addition to their commissions to show
that they had received a majority of the law
ful votes" of the people of New Jersey.—More
than this, they had shown that groat and error.
mous frauds, had been practiced by the friends
of their competitors, to i,,•orre their election and
defeat tho Whig:;. lu this outrage, the majority
have inflicted n WOUrld on the heart of constitu
tional freedom, which many a year of strict obser
vance of law and right, will be required to cure.
Let the people look to their rights if they value
them. Your's truly.
At a meeting of the friends of Gen. W.
H. Harrison, held in Millorstown on the
7th inst., the followin , ticket was settled
upon for Hamiltonban township, to be styl•
ed the Harrison ticket :
Justices of the Peace.—David Blythe
Andrew Marshall.
Inspector.—Joseph Baugher.
Judge.--Jacob Weldv.
Assessor.—John Mii:kley, jr.
Asistant Assessor.—Christian Musse
man, Wm. Douglas.
Supervisors.—John M'Cullough, Alex
ander Harbaugh.
Township Settler.— Wm. Johnston.
Township Clerk.—John Mirleary.
School Directors.—John M'Ginley, Ja
cob tidily.
Constable.—Alexander Harbaugh.
STRIKING DEVELOPMENT.
Our vigilant correspondent " Q," has
placed in an effective point of view the
economical pretensions of this administra
tion. The people mhy look at this table,
which is compiled from the public docu
ments, and then at the President's message,
and judge of the sincerity and honesty of
our rulers on this important subject of ex
penditure This table should be every
where published.
A LOOKING GLASS.
EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT.
1825
1826
1827
1828
Mr. Adams' administration, • $50,301,911
Average for each year 012,575,477.
1829 812,660,466
1830 '13,229,533
1831 13,864;067
1832 16,516,398
1833 22.713,756
1834 18,425,417
1835 17,514,950
1830 30,868,164
Jackson's administration $145,792,735
Average for each year $18,224,092.
1837 $:39,104,745
1839 40,427,2119
air. Van Buren's,3 first years, $111,406,955
Average for each year $37,165,651.
Look at the above table, and recollect
that the administrations of Adams and Jack
son, paid off the public debt, distributed q
large surplus among the States, end • !ell
the nation free from debt to Mr. Van Buren
Then look at the fact that the present ad
ministration has expended the immense
sums shown in the table—made no appro.
priations for harbors or the Cumberland
road last year—and now demands $5,000,.
000 of Treasury notes to enable it to get
along. These facts are presented to the
candid reader of all parties. They are not
to be met before the people with the cry of
" Federalism and Democracy." Is it not
time that the people come to rescue of their
country, from the rule of a party of office
holders whose principles are "to the victors
belong the spoils," and the larger the a
mount, the greater the diviciend amongst
them 1-lladisonian.
THE BATTLE OF THE THAMES
From a Work by Jno. M. IViles, a Van
Buren Senator
In the body of the wrrk, Mr. Niles al
ludes to the succebsful Battle of the Thames,
and eulogises the gallant conduct of Gen.
Harrison and his troops in the following
terms : .
"It is admitted that the American for
ces considerably exceeded those of the ene
my ; but when it is considered that the lat
ter had chosen their own position—that they
had taken one peculiarly favorable for de
fence, effectually securing their flanks, it
being impossible to turn them, and that the
Americans could present a line no more ex
tended than that of the enemy, which was
too limited to admit of the active employ
ment of all their troops ; and when it is
further considered, that the troops were al
most entirely militia. it must be conceded
that this vsctory reflected great honor upon
the national arms, and upon the troops by
whom st was achieved.
There are, perhaps, on record few instan
ces of such cool and steady interpidity, on
the part of militia, or a force ut this descrip
tion, as was displayed on this occasion.
" The victory of the Thames was not
more honorable in its character, than im•
portant in its consequences. It terminated
the war on the northwestern frontier, which
during fifteen onths had been drenched in
blood and stained with crimes ; thousands
of the most patriotic sons of the west, hav
ing fallen victims to its ravages and dims
ters- —Tile savage war•yell was hoard no
more ; and the frightful tomahawk no lon
ger reeked with the blood of innocence, in
fancy and age.
" Harrison and Perry left Detroit in the
Ariel, and arrived at Erie, on the 22d of
October. Here they were received with
every demonstration of joy and admiration ;
the discharge of cannon, illuminations, ace.
They wore hailed as the deliverers of the
frontiers."
For the purnfte of recommending the
work to the public confidence, and of gain•
ing for it the character of being a valuable
and enduring contribution to the common
stock of American history, Mr. Niles re
marks in tho preface, that,
" The facts and materials which the
work comprises, have been derived from
authentic sources, and whatever may be
thought of it in other respects, it is humbly
believed, that so far as industry in research,
and care in compilation, can insure historic
correctness and accuracy of detail, it pos.
sesses these essential characteristics."
LITTLE DELAWARE.—This little State is
much bettor off than most of her more gi
gantic sisters. She is entirely free from
debt and has $19,222,34 in the treasury.
What a nice little girl.
DEMOCRATIC HARRISON TICKET,
FOR THE BOROUGH.
Jts,diees of the Peace,
JOHN F. MACFARLANE,
WILLIAM W. PAXTON.
Constables,
WILLIAM T. SMITH,
GEORGE G. MYERS.
Judge,
HEZEKIAH VAN ORSDEL.
Inspector,
MICHAEL C. CLARKSON.
Assessor,
JACOB HECK.
Assistant Assessors,
JOHN HOUCK,
ADAM SWOPE.
County:lllcAra°
.11.42577.W0RE PRICES CURRENT.
FLoun.—The publication of the English news
by the Great Western on Monday had the effect
of unsettling the market, and but few transactions
took place on that day. On Tuesdy holders gen
erally considering the news unfavourable, sub
mitted to a reduction in price, and sales were
made on that day and throughout the week since,
to a very considerable extent, at $4.75, which we
quote as the current rate this morning. The car
and wagon price is now uniform at $4,62i.
WIIF.A.T.— We quote good to prime reds at 95
a 100 cts. Family flour white wheats aro want
ed atsl,l2 a 1,15.
Conn.—To day sales of white were made at
45 a 47c. and of yellow at 48 a 50c. We quote
accordingly.
el 1,490,459
13,062,316
12,65:1,095
13,296,04
RyE.—Sales of Md. Rye were made during the
week nt 46 a 48c. and one parcel of Susquehanna
OATB.—We quote to day, according to quality
at 24 a 28c,
CLOYMISEEII.—Wo quote the wholesale price
of fair to primo at $ll a 10 per bushel.
On Tuesday last, by the Rev. J. r.l . Watson,
Mr. John Sadler; to Miss Susan Miller, both of
Huntington township, Adams county.
On. Wednesday morning last, by the Rev. Wm.
Paxton, D. D. Mr. Win. /IP Catts/and, of Frank
lin county, _ . to Miss Margaret Reid, daughter of
Col: James Reid, deceased, of Millerstown Adams
county.
21,e15,000
On the lath of February last, in Macomb, M'-
Donough county, Illinois, of apoplexy, Dr. An
drew Thompson, formerly of Millerstown, in this
county.
NOTICE.
ADAMS COUNTY, SS.
tux.r.„ The Commonwealth of Penn.
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; All persons interested in Me es.
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.0 .4 tate of ANDREW Burr
GREET! NG
V OII, and every of you, are hereby cited
to appear in your proper persohd, at
the Prothonotary's office, in Gettysburg, on
the 3ist inst. to shew causo,if any you have,
why Edwin A. Atlee and Daniel Baldwin,
Trustees of the said Andrew Butt, should
not be discharged from the said trust.
By order of the Court,
A MOS MAGINLY, Proth'y.
March 17. 3t.
IPaitiazaGatQaaQ (DA°GI
W HEREAS the Hon-D. DuitifEE,Esq.
President of the several Courts of
Common Pleas, in the Counties composing
the 19th District, and Justice of the Courts
of Oyer and Terminer, and General Jail
Delivery, for the trial of all capital and oth
er offenders in the said District—and W.
M'CLEArt and GEO. WILL, Esquires, Judg
es of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer, and
General Jail Delivery, for the trial of all
capital and other offenders in the County of
Adams—have issued their precept, bearing
date the 29th day ut January, in the year of
our LORD one thousand eight hundred and
forty, and to me directed, for holding
a Court of Common Pleas and General
Quarter Sessions ofthe Peace, and General
Jail Delivery, and Court of Oyer and Ter
miner, at Gettysburg, on Monday Me 27th
day of April next—
Notice is hereby Given,
To all the Justices of the Pence, the Coro
ner, and Constables. within the said County
of Adams, that they be then and there, in
their proper person, with their Rolls, Re.
cords, Inquisitions, Examinations, and oth
er Remembrances,to do those things,which
to their offices and in that behalf appertain
to be clone and also they who will prosecute
against the prisoners thnt nro, or then shall
be, in the Jail of the said County of Adams,
are to be then and there,to prosoeute against
them as shall be just.
GEO. W. M'CLELL&N, Sheriff.
March 17, Ig4o. tc
From the Baltimore Patriot of Saturday last
HYDIEINIAL REGISTER.
MARRIED.
OBITUARY RECORD.
DIED/.
ADVERTISEMENTS
Al' ACT
Relative to the election of Borough
and Township Officers, and for oth
er purposes.
Seurrox 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General As
sembly met, end it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same, That when a borough
forms part,of a township or townships, com
posing together one general election district,
and which are entitled by the act to which
this is a supplement to separately elect two
justices of the pence, it shall be the duty of
the judge and inspectors elected to hold the
general and township elections of each year,
to provide a separate box, into which they
shall put the tickets voted for justice! of
the peace for said borough, and the tickets
voted for justices of the peace by the quali
fied voters of the township, shall have the
word "Township" written or printed on the
outside; and the tickets voted for justices of
the peace by the qualified voters of the bor
ough shall have the word "Borough" writ
ten or printed on the outside, and the said
judge and inspectors shall count the votes
so voted for justices of the pease for said
borough, and return. the same in like man
ner as is provided for in the election of jus
tices of the peace for townships.
SECTION 27. Whenever it shall become
necessary for the citizens of any township
in any of the counties of this commonwealth,
which has been or shall be divided in any
way forming any election district or die
tricts to elect justices of the peace, judges
and inspectors of elections, assegsors, con
stables, school directors or other township
officers, in pursuance of any act or acts of
assembly, the qualified voters ofsuoh town
ship shall meet at the .usual place of holding
their annual township elections respectively,
and shall then and there proceed to elect
such officers in the manner now provided
for by law, and the returns of such elections
shall-be made out in tho same manner as 1$
now provided for by the laws of this com
monwealth; and such township election so
held in any township which may be divided
as aforesaid, shall be held, and conducted
only by the judge, mspectore and clerks re
siding in the district where the place of
holding the township election'is or may be
located, any law to the contrary notwith
standing; Provided, That whenever a va
cancy happens by death, resignation, remo
val or otherwise,then the judge or inspector
residing in the township and district nearest
to the place of holding the township elec
tion, shall hold and conduct the same.
SECTION 28. It shall be the duty or the
judge and inspectors holding and conducting
such township election, to keep as many
separate boxes and separate lists of Voters
for judges and inspectors of elections as
there are election districts or parts of elec. ;
tion districts in such township respectively,
in which they shall deposite the votes of
the citizens residing within the limits of
such districts or parts of districts for judg
es and inspectors of the general elections
in their particular districts, and the re. ,
turns thereof shall be made out and Certi
fied in conformity with the provisions of
the act of the second July, Anno Domini
1389, entitled "an act relating to the elec ,
dons of this eommonWertith;!' and in 'Cases
:Acre part only of the township forms, in
connection with other , parts of other town
ships, a general election district, the judge
holding such township election shall meet
the judge or judges from the other township
or townships forming part of such general
election district at the place of holding the
general election, and the said judges shall
then and there proceed to make out a gen
eral return from their respective returns,
which shall be signed, certified and return.
ed with their several returnd in like manner
as is now provided for by law.
SECTION 2'9. It shall be the duty of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth, immedi
ately alter the passage of this nct,to furnish
the sheriff of each county in the state with
a certified copy of the first, twenty•seventh,
twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth sachem,
thereof, and it shall be the duty of the said
sheriffs to publish the same in their respec
tive counties, either by hand bills or in two ,
or more newspapers published in said coun
ties respectively, and until the township
elections are held,during the present month
of March.
HARRISBURG, SISCHETAUIeti
Orrice, March 7, 1840. 3
PENNSYLVANIA, 88.
I certify that the above and
, foregoing are true copies of the
s l first, twenty.seventh, twenty.
/ eighth and twenty.ninth sec
tions of an Mt of the general as•
sembly, entitled "an act relative to the
election of borough and township officers,
and for other purposes," approved this day,
as the seine remains on file in this office.—
Witness my hand and seal of offiee the day
and year aforesaid.
FR. R. MUNK,
Supersntendent Common Schools.
March 17.
Dr ZollickofferPs
Vegatable Purgative and 41terative Pilla
rHESE invaluable Pills contain no mer-
JIL cury, or any other mineral substance.
They may be used without any restrictions>
in diet or drink: and without any risk from
exposure to the weather. They are the
safest and best family medicine heretofore
known—are recommended by the regular .
Faculty; and made by a Physician who has
received the degree of Doctor of Medicine
from two Universities. Price 25 cents per
Box.
To be bad of
SAMUEL S. FORNEY,
Agent by Appointment.
Gettysburg, March 17,1840. tf.
TWO APPRENTICES
TO THE
PI IXTIXG It USIMESS,
WILL be taken at this Office if imme
diate application be made.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
DISSOLUTION
OF CO-P4RTXLIZSHIP.
P HE Co-Partnership of the firm of tlvt.
1 oft (Sc TRIMIZER was dissolved on the
oth instant by mutual consent. All persons
having unsettled accounts, will please settle
the same with either of the sub-cribers.
DAVID' HEAGY,
DANIEL TRIMMER.
Gettysburg, March 10. tf.
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rirtHE Subscriber has on hand a very
-mt. fine assortment of the different arti
cles of furniture, at his 'ware room, in
Chamborsburg street, one dour west of
Christ's church; among which are some of
the very latest fashioned
Bureaus, Bedsteads, ace.
He hopes that those wishing to purchase,
will call and see his lot of furniture before
they purchase elsewhere, as he is de
termined to sell low for CASH,
or for such
LUMBER as will him. He car) also
furnish customers with
• OICLIES,
PLAIN OR FANCY,
of a superior quality. COFFINS made
according to order as usual.
D. }WON' Agent for
J. HEAGY.
Gettysburg, March 10. tf.
ADJOURNED
SHERIFF'S 8.1114 S.
IN pursuance of a Writ 'of Veditioni Ex
pones, issued out of the Court of Com
mon Pleas of Adams county, and to mo
directed, will be exposed to Public Sale, at
the Court house, in the borough of Gettys
burg, on Tuesday the 17th day of March
inst. at 1 o'clock, r. M.
A TRACT OF LAND,
Situate in Mountpleasant township, Adams
county, adjoining lands of Moses Lockart,
Alexander Ewing and others, containing 26
ACRES, more or less, on which are erec
ted a one and a half story
Stone Dwelling house,
and Stono Kitchen; with a T tlki YARD ;
containing 16 Vats, and a one and a half
story TAW HOUSE, a Log Barn wjth an
Orchard—and two springs of water near the
door. Seized and taken in execution as the
Estate of Jona BANKawr.
ALSO-.--AT TUE SAME TIME AND PLACE%
The interest of Robert and Andrew Mill
vaine, in
A TRACT OF LAW
9
Situate in Hamilton township, Adams court
ty, adjoining lands of Nicholas Ginter, El.
Wolf and othors, containing 319 Atass,
on which are erected
A DWELLING DOUSE,
Part Stone and pert Brick, a Batik Barn,
spring house, and other out tenant houses,
with an Orchard, and a spring of water near
the-door, Seized and taken in execution as
property of Robert 4. Andrew Ill'Evaine.
G. W. ItteLELLAN, Sherif:
Sheriff's Office, Gettys
burg, March 10, 1840. 5 td
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEA LED PROPOSALS will be received
at the Commissioners Office in Gettys
burg, until Saturday morning de 21st inst.
for the erection of two pair of steps, in front
of the Court. House; the materials to be of
the best quality of Adams County granite,
and to be cut Stone; the dimensions to be
the same that the present steps are; Also
for the thorough repair of the steps, front
ing the Market-house, to be made out of
the material taken from the present steps.
Also at the same time and place, sErAnATE
proposals will be received for the painting
of the Court House, (inside,), a good lead
color; and also for the repairs and painting
of the skitter" end doors of the Commis
sioners', Register's and Prothonotary's Offi
ces, of a good and substantial white.
By order attic Commissioners,
H.. 1. SCHREINER, Clerk.
Commissioner's Office, Z
March 10, 1840.
wrtax EVUNIIII,Y.
CONSTANTLY on hand, and fur sale
at the Foundry, and always made to
order on short notice.
Machinery for Mills, Factorys, hrash.
ing .Machines, Horse power, Lime
Sp caders,Windmills, 47c.
Ax,so
Wagon and Carriage Boxes, Ploves Irons,
Pots, Kettles and Pans,
with a great variety ofother articles belong
ing to the business.
CEO. ARNOLD.
Gettysburg, March 10.
DR,. 11. R►. SMITIEC
WILL resume his practice in Belli
more, and the private instruction of
pupils in Medicine and Surgery,on the 20th
of March. His private Infirmary, on Ger
man street, will continue open for patients,
who will have his daily attendance.
Feb. 18. 7t.
Tallow If anted.
THE subscriber offers 7 WELVE AND
A HALF CENTS Cad!, per pound,
for good tallow, at hia candle factory in thla
West end of Chanibersburg &rect.
JOHN JENKINS.
Getty9bitrtr, F e ls. cri : c'n, v`s•'