MAJOR JACK DOWNING AGAIN. VAN BURF.N 'ECONOMY!
Containing an account of a Iflg-Chase. The Lou Cabin Farmer, a paper publish•
Loo Cent, NORTH llama, i ed in Ohio, has the 'following accounts of i
April 13, 1:440. S. some statementa recently made by Fianna
To rTncle Joshua Downing, Downingrille, Wurrraesav —the "working" member of
down east: • - Congress from that State, whose word nev
. Respected Sir; I woke up this morning er failed to challenge full cenfidence. Mr.
about day-light, by the larnelest racket 1 Whittlesey shows up the pretended econo- ;
over 'weal in my born days. my of the Van Buren administration in n 1
• The Ginoral was up and out in his field most effective manner. Ills texts, under
with all the dogs, giving chase to a parcel the different numerical heads, well deserve
of long, slab-sided, Imeeited hogs, that had the commentaries of the people. To the i
got in over night through a hole it, his fen- numerous readers of the Log Cabin Advo 1
ces. I pull'd on my boots, and kitched up cafe—to every Log Cabin boy, into whose
my nx, and jived him, and ler about on hour hands the paper may fall, we earnestly corn
we had abnut as tight a pull in driving them mend the subjoined account of Van Buren
critters nu', as I ever want to have again. econoinst —Log Cabin Advocate..
For a spell 1 thou't there was no etch thing No. I.—Mr. IW. said he would rend from
no gating rid on 'ern; for some of 'em show- I the report of the Secretory oldie Treasury
ed consiaerable fight, as though they had o ne item, which, though small, is charac
beat rights there ; but the Gineral he hung teristic of the mistier in which the public
'to it, and slatted round among 'em consitl- money is expended at Wtishingion. He
erahlea and 1 didn't like to give up; and so then read the estimate of "Five hundred
'to rights we cleared 'em all out, and turned a nd forty odd dollars for attendance at the
to and fastened up the hole in the fence, and ' liVestern gate of the Capitol" He remark
I
'then went round to see what damage they ed that the office of gate-keeper oriconated
had done; . and it was surprising to see how Ibut a few years since, that he had observed,
rooting and destruction these critters f ro nt day to day, at the Western gate ofihe
had done over night. It will take more Capitol, a man, who appeared to have noth-
Man twenty men for a week to cure it. The iqg to do. yet kept his position at the fur;
Gineral was rale Why about it, and celled in a few days he had an umbrella raised
up the man whose business it was to go round I over his heed; by this time Mr. W. came
every day to see that the fences was 'Oll to the conclusion that the , man must have a
Korreet."Note,' say's he, 'Mister Jones, permanent post at the gate. Mr. W. made
this is a matfett that I can't overlook no enquiry, and learned that he had been up
how. If I was the only one depeedent on pointed gate-keeper—ore long the man had
this farm, it might be a different matter, but n severing erected in the sty le of a sentry
when I know that many depend on matters box, in lieu of his umbrella, and since that
going straight here,. I can't let this wash he has been to all appeurnces, one of the of
gence of yours go by. So you (nest 'quit S fiearittof the general government. Mr. W.
for I can't have any man on this farm who said there was some shrubbery, arc. grow
neglects his duty.' Mr. Jones looked con ing about the gate, and a very beautiful
siderable streaked, and said that it was not flower, that Mr. Dickinson, Secretary of the
intirelv his fault, and thought he'd git round Navy, (who is an old bachelor and ii tiotan
the Ginernl by telling him that he had been ist,) was fearful that some lady might pluck
at a 'Log Cabin Meeting'about three miles the flower, and suugested the idea of this
off the evening before; but this only seemed new officer, ostensibly to attend the gate,
to set tho old Gineral hoppin' mod, and so but really to 'watch the flother. lest some fair
tie told Mr. Jones his best plan was to quit lady might pluck it: and so for the protre
the 'Log Cabin' party, and go right off to non of this fair flower, Mr. Secretary
Washington, and jive the Government par- Woodbury recommends the expenditure of
fir, and if he didn't know any body in the five hundred and forty dollars for the cur-
Government, he'd give him a letter of re- rent year.
commendation, saying, 'This is a man who
is willing to neglect the duty he is paid to
perform, and will go electioneering even at
the risk of letting the hogs git in the gard
en.' And so Mr. Jones has to quit, and the
Gineral is now looking round for a good man
to fill haaplace.
I felt the first go off a hectic sorry for Mr.
Jones; but when I came to talk with the
Gineral about it, I found tie was sorry too;
"but,' says lie, 'Major, the eternal principles
of justice and duty must be observed, or the
hogs will have the upper hand. 'There,'
says fie, 'was a good fence, and it was Mr.
Jones' duty to see the bars all up and socur
ed and he was paid for attending 1504 the
coming crops depend on it, and all the peca
ple end their families here depend on these
crops; now, if he neglects his duty, and the
hogs undo in one night more than can be
restored by all my workmen in a month,you
' 'see at once, we all must quit and go on the
high Way with the hogs. 'No—no,' says
he, 'I don't ask what a man's politics are; ii
. a he neglects his duty, that's. ecough for me,
lie iatio longer my man, and I would serve
My own brother or son jest -o.'
'Well,' slays I 'Gineral I believe you are
right; but,' says I, 'that aint the way things
are managed at Washington any how.—
Folks there,' says I, aunt considered fit for
tiny office unless they can show their ability
to go off electioneering, and work sharp to
keep in office the folks who appointed them.'
'Well,' says the Ginerel, 'what is the con•
seqeence, and what do we see? Do the folks
who have charge of the great political farm,
think that the people are goats; to stand still
and see the ruin that follows such conduct,
and not make an effort to come at the abuse?'
I tell you what it is, time old Hero has got
the old 'OS grit in him, or I'm mistaken;
and when he gas to the White House, if lie
don't keep on eve on making folks look well
to their duty, without fear or without favor,
I will be the first man to remind him of this
day's hog 011ie; and there is, no mistake
about it, for he said at breakfast openly and
before all the workmen and strangers at
table, that good government and gond farm
ing were exactly alike; and to keep both
up, and going strait and right, could only be
done by 'Constant Vigilance,' and so sure
as there was ti hole *in the fence, or a bar
down, whether in the laws that protect the
people, or the fences that protect the corn
fields, the hogs would oat into the enclosure
and do much mischief; and he whose duty
it was to look to these flamers should be
held to strict accountability; or there was
130 use in having laws or fences.' The Gin.
eral Las a notion that it will never answer
fur a man at the bend of a farm, or at the
bead, of a Government, to have pets or fa.'
vorites in office any longer than they do their
duty faithfully. 'Now,' says he, 'there is!
Mr. Jones—l would rather go bare foot for
a week than part with him; but it wont do
to trust him to gratify my liking for asim ;
for how can I compensate the many who
depend on my term fore living, if I keep a
man to look to the fences and he neglects
his duty?"
So you see what folks in office have got
to expect when we leave 'North Bend.' and
take possession or the White H ouse ; an d if
the doctrine the Gineral goes upon don't
give satisfaction to thehonest and industri
ous portion of the people, then it wilt be be
cause they are willing to pay for negligent
end electioneering fence keepers, and con
tent to ace the bogs in the corn fields, that's
all. . i
So no. more at present from your loving
Major. J. DOWNING, Major, &c.
We learn from the Albany Amu, that
the Pre'ident of the U S. has remitted the
fine of 6250 to which Gen. Van Ren , :selear
(f Naiiy Island memory) wss sentenced, it
basing been satisfactorily shown that ho ie
wholly unable to pay it; and also that he
has pardoned Wm. Lynn 51'Kenzie, who
leas been l in 2 in fill at Roche.ter since the
ithlt of Jane last. Ile was sentenced to 1$
spucahs. l cupr t sounosa.
No. 2.—Mr. Whittlesey remarked that
he had observed a man leaning against the
Capitol, for two or three days in succes
sion, with a cane in his hand, and occasion
ally moving round in the shade of a tree, to
ovoid the rays of the sun. He at first sup
posed him to be some stranger in Washing- '
ton, but as he continued at the same place''
from day to day, Mr. W. inquired what'
was the occasion of the man's occupying
that post. He learned that he was oversee
ing tiro other individuals, who were dig
ging up some posts for hitching horses to
and planting new ones--and that this over.
seer of two men received either three or
four dollars per day.
No. 3 --Mr. W. said that whets ho first
went into Congress, there were two little
boys in the House 'of RepresentaYes Who
actel as pages, to carry papers from mem
bers to the Speaker; that when he kit
Congress this number had increased to
eighteen. That members of the House
(and that he would he believed when lie said
they were not Whig members,) brought
their cousins and their cousin's mates to act
itS even and feed at the public crib.
No. 4.—Mr. W. said that the special sea
Mon of Cohuress in 1837, continued forty
two days and that nothing Was done, but to
pass six or seven bills in relation to the Cur
rency; that the whole of the writing done
by the clerks of the -House of Representa
lives, he could do himself in one ibeelr.--
That at the close of the session, Mr. Cam
breleng, a Van Buren member from New
York city, introduced a resolution to give
the clerks extra pay; that he opposed the
resolution, and for so doing, was called hard
hearted and oppressive; that at the next ses
sion of Congress, he had the curiosity to
look into and see what amount had been
thus expended, and found that the clerks
and pages of the Howse of Represents•
Lives had received over TI% ENTY•ONE
THOUSAND DOLLARS, FOR FORTY.
TWO DAYS SERVICE.
No. 13.—Mr. W. said that he did not men
tion these because they wore isolated cases,
but because they were characteristic of the
eirtratragrint manner in which the party in
power expend the money of the nation. He
said it Wes seen in nll the , new offices at
Washington-=that While the old offiees were
plainly and sifiiplv furnished, the new ones
were mote splendidly Ihruished and orna
mented, thud aay parlor on the Western
Reserve—with sofas and settees for lazy
clerks, to lay &Wei nr sit up, es their conve•
nienee might dictate, spending their time
reading newspapers, or talking politics,
mo• rung, noon and night, end but a suAtt,
pawnor; or i'netu TIME, in earning their
high salaries, and all this from a party pro
fessing to be purely democratic.
Mr. Whittlesey urged upon the meeting
the necessity of acting as Americans, as
friends of their country, and not merely as
partizans. The necessity of electing offi
:tem whit will bring the nation back to its
former republican simplicity, and relieve
the people from their present grievous con
dition.
TENNEMR.—We have private informa
tion from Tennessee, which leaves no deubt
in our minds of the success of the Whig
Electoral Ticket in Tennessee. The friends
of gond government are indefatigable in
their exertions and confident of success.—
Tennessee may he set down as one of the
certain liarrison states, by from 8 to 10,000
majorityl—Maysville Eagle.
' GOVERNOR TROTIP wrrunnswror.—The
Milledgeville Recorder, the leading paper
of the State Rights party of Georgia, which
originnqy placed , Grnv: i rrnup's name in no
mination, has withdrawn it, and signified its
&termination to en-operate with its reform
fri ,- nds in 'elevating Gen. Holism In the
Presidency. This movement, taken in con
neelien with the enthusiastic meetings of
the Penple, gives us ample assurance of the
triumph of the Whig party in Georgia at
the Preeldential election.
A - SHORT A RGUM ENT.
"Reduce nur nominal prices to the real I
standard of prices throughout the world,l
and you cover tha c , utury with blessing.
and henefi.s."—Mr. Buchanan's speech on
the Sub Treasury.
This short extract embraces the whole
question. The a remove( is this: As all
that man eats and drinks, and wears, enter
into the price of labor, it is necessary to
reduce the value of the products of the soil,
that the price of labor ma, be aim reduced:
For if a mechanic receive only 2.5, 150, for
75 rents a day for his labor, he would s i„,v,,
unless be could buy the necessaries of liti•
with his weeps. It may be said, therefore.
that the value pl bread, meat, vegetable*,
coffee, tea, and sugar, Much the menutae
turer consumes, enters into the prep
of every piece of cloth, or other product
the mat.ufactory and work shop, which we
wear or use. Now, of kid, con
sequence to the American People whether
we encourage our own cultivators of the
soil, or those of another country. If the
Au erican Mechanic dues not labor for the
same price that the European mechanic la
bors for, then our manufactories and work
shops are to be broken up, according to the
doctrine and policy of the Administration;
and we shall he paying Gtr the produce of
the soil of other countries, by being forced
to buy and we the products of their looms
and work shops. To avoid this, say nur
rulers, the price of labor must come dawn,
so that we can enter into competition with
England, Germany, and France, and thus
create a market at tonne for the produce of
the soil, or we shall be fiireed to transport it
to a roreign market, and sell it at *reign
prices. This, tl e.i, fixes the value ,of b fit
labor and provisions of all kinds. We must
bring them down to the "standard of ion
ce.l TIIIIOVGHOUT Tlll WOULD," or we have
no demand tbr our surplus produce of labor.
This is the wily our rulers propose to "co
ver the country with ble*singsl" Instead
of this, let them give protection to the pro
ductive industry of the country, and prices
will regulate themselves.
Formers! Mechanics! Laborers! Have
we not stated the argument fairly? POCarn•
ine it carefully, and If you can pick any flaw
in it, do so candidly and in the spirit offrec
inquiry, and we will sit down and reasnn to
gether atiout it, if you are convinced tine
we have waled the case as it is, then j•,in
us in puffing things siraitht, for they are
now wrong. "By their fruits ye shall
know them."—Ohio State Journal.
A BRILLIANT CELEBRATION IN NEW
YORIE.—The New Yot h papers of Sato rda%
contain detailed accounts of the brilliant
celebration in that city of the anniversary
of the battle of Fort Meils. The sccne
must have been one of n highly agreelde
And exciting character. The Morning
Chronicle thus describes the proces4ion,—
As far as the eye could reach, the streets
presented one Compact, living mess, with
the illuminated banners of the Clubs eleva
ted ton conspicuous height; while the thou
sand torches cast their glare of light around,
revealing countenances flushed with enthu
&mai tit the bright and cheering prospect
of future triumph. Shout after skein, wel
comed the Tippecanoe Boys nt every step
The ladies, sweet souls atone their appear
once at the windows of the houses, and on
the balconies, and by waving of lrutdker•
chiefs, and every other demonstration of
approbation in their power showed that
they were not Unmindful of the services of
Old Tippecanoe. .
The number of persona who composed
I'r'e Proceqsom couldi not tall short of Fl
TEEN THOUSAND! the greatest pro
portion of whom were natinhirs of the
Clubs If we add the crowds of people
who took possessirm of Niblu's Garden a t
an estrli , hour, and blocked up nearly every
channel leading to it, their could lo , t
less than TFli TtIOUSAN 1) HAR
RISON REPUBLICANS collected, last
eventrg, to raise their voices in one univer
sal ncelnim in honor of the IIF,RO OF
FORT MEIGS.
.... e ach ft........
GENERAL HARIII.ON ' EI PERSONAL court-
AGE.—The Cincinnati Republican says:—
The presses devoted to the cause of the de
structives, tauntingly charge that Gencral
Harrison was never wounded in the service
of his country. The editors are at finilt on
this subject. In the authentic sketches of
General Harris.n, I %lily published bt Todd
and Drake, it is stated on page 22, in refer
ence to the battle of Tippecanoe: It is an
act of justice to the ctimtnande-in chief to
add that n hall passed through his cravat,
bruising his neck, and another struck his
saddle, and then hit his thigh. The h trve
on which he rode was severely wounded in
the head." On page 75, as to the (Vence
of Fort Meigs, the authors remark, that—
" Every Journal which was kept of the
events in that memorable sei_in, speak of
the energy, skill and coolness which mark
ed the conduct of the commanding general
The first cannon ball fired by the enemy,
struck the General's tent. Captain McCul
lough, of the Ohio troops was killed whilst
conversing with hind, and upon another cc
casinn, he was struck on the hip by a spent
ball, which is always known to produce the
greatest pain." •
A NEW INVENTION.-.-The London Week
ly Dispatch gives an account of a new in
vention, by a Mr. Grieve, of London, which
he calls Zincotypogiaphy. By this he is
enabled to iransfer pages r.f books or news
papers on to a zinc plate, from velliCh he
can print exact copies, equal 10 any typo
graphical printing at the late or 2001) per
hour. The cost of transferring is but a
mere trifle, and 15,000 copies can be ob
tamed from the same plate. The editor
4ays he has examined the eigbl,,Oeusafithli
impression, which, was clear, and, milt)Pllt
what is technically called a' pick" about it
NAtcticz UNDER TILE Hamman.—The
United States Mondial bus advertised the
City HhII kith the Market Hote=6 end Pi&
lie *pare of the City of Natehrz for sole,
Maier an execution for the purchabe of isouie
joie, by the city a lew years since,
U. S SENATE. — The term of office of I
the following Senators will expire on the
4th of March next:—
Maine, John Ruggles, Conservative.
New HarnpAire, Henry Hubbard, Lieu Foco.
AlsaPa .husetts, John 11 I vis, Whig.
(hod.' Idland, N. R. Knight, Whig.
New Jeracy, 0 met D. Wall, Loco Foco
Delaware, • ' rhumba+ Clayton,Whig
Virginia, Win. 11. Roane, Loco Foco.
N rth Carolina, DeillorJ llrawu, Loco Fuco.
:;oath Carofinis, John C. Colhoun.tnco Foco,
Georgia, Wilton Lunapkin,Loco Foco.
/Volume, Wm. R. King, Luco Foco.
Nlismsloppi, Mai% J. %Volker. Loco Fuco.
Louisiana,lp . lo Nieholas,Loco Foci)
Tel :lessee, Alex'r Anderson, Loco Foco
Kentucky, J J Crotonden. VVbig.
.1. M. Robinson, Loco Foca.
llicbtgan. J. Norvell, Loco Foci".
A ritalitine., %Vie. S. Felton. Loci. Foca.
5 14 taus and Congers attves,— 13 Loco.
Fords.--'fits will leave parties 111E14 di
vided in the Semite; and the political char•
Meier of that body in the next Congress,
will be derided by the State elections of the
present year.
Oa the above the New York Express
says:—From present appearaner s, IA bi g
Sentoors will he elected in Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, Vir
groin North Criminal, Louisiana, Kentucky,
Illinois, Michigan arid A tuba ma —ll. Lo.
co Fortis will doubtless be returned from
New Hampshire and South Carolina —2.
From Maine, Georgia and A rkatisss, it is
probable that LOCO F. may also be re
turned, but by HO means certain. The Se
nate, their lore, in all probability, on the in
noguramoi of 4: eoeral HARRISON, will Steed
Thus higs 25, Loco Focus 27. Should
we gain a Scouter in Maine 'and Georgia
the imjor th would be reversed. Or should
Senator 11 MOUT, of New York, the two
Van Buren Seaat.,rs of Ohio,and others who
now misrepresent their Slates, "obey the -
MIME or re-ign," the HmtaxioN majority
in the Senate would be undisputed. The
next Muse of Representatives will be very
strong for the Whige:
Lot Cant:vs.—At is amusing enough to
read the sober and grave homilies of our
Van Buren hrethi en against the use of "log
cabins," as must unworthy a high minded
people, and derogatory to the business of
electioneering. One would suppose that
these log cabins were temples of Diana, so
earneAly are they opposed and so vehement
ly denounced. We have not space now to
copy any of these articles, but they form lea
ding sulkcts in the Van Buren papers. We
therefore refer to them with a slight reini
m-ence.
We have some indistinct recollection of
the tearing of hickory poles about our city
by the Administration party, and it is now
ICS4 then two years since we were wont to
see large processions going through our
streets with dram and tile, escortin2 great
mes , es of litobt..r, at one end of which was
andended a monstrous prter bottle. Do our
Van I3uren brethren remember these things? ,
nod, tt so, do they also remember that the
party who thus paraded did it in the confi
dence of success, a confidence which time
showed wits well placed? The Loco Focos
do not like to be beaten with their own Wea
puns.-- U. S. Gazette.
I.TTERESTING CAPE •-A decision has been
mace in the New Orleans Court in the im
p, taw ca, , e of Edmund P. Gaines and his
witi! vs. Bell, Chew and (ethers, to favor of
the pie int LILL We find in the Bulletin of
that city the following statement of panic
This was a suit brought by the complain•
ants Co. the estate of Daniel Clark, deceas
ed, devised by him to his only child, Myra
Clark, the wife of Gene's! Gaines, by vir
tue of his last will, dated in July, 1813,
against Richard hell and !levelly Chew
the pretended executors 01 the said Chirk,
under a revoked will, dated in May. I di!
—a will hastily made on the occasion of
his having determined on a sea voyage, and
revoked by his will of July, 1813.
Tim documentary evidence, with the tea.
timony of several respectable witnesses,
clearly established the will of 1813, its ex
istence up to the time of Mr. Limit's death,
and of the mysterious disappearance of 'hat
will, while Richard Bell had improperly
possessed himself at the moment of Daniel
Clark's death, of the key of the eaAt where
the said last will wee deposited, and, soon
atterwaida produced the will of 1-11, had
it probated, and under it, disposed el and
preyed upon, and continued to dispose or
and prey upon the vast estate of Daniel
Clark, testator, fur near a quarter of a can
turv.
For near twenty years of that time the
lawful heiress, Myra Clark. resided in and
near the city of l'i,iludelphia, in the tinnily
niColonel and Mrs. Davis. as their dough
ter, under the name of Myra Davis, igno
rant other real name, parentage and rights,
until the twonty•lourth year of her age.
when Colonel Davis apprised her of these
important facts. After which discover)
she married Mr. W W. Whitney, who, in
taking legal measures to recover her es
tate, was thrown into prison, and other
wise persecuted with a fury worthy of a
Span!sh inquisition, until he lost his life.—
This persecution was continued against the
widowed Myra and her orphan children un
til they and their •sufferings were made
known to General Gaines, who in his youth
and upon his first visit to Louisiana, in
IP-03, had enjoyed the friendship of her
father.
In his effirte to learn from her how he
could best contribute to vi❑dicate her rights
made to her proposals of Marriage, which
were accepted. The evidence and the law
wore ably and eloquently summed up and
presented• to the Court by tier counsel,
Grvme,s, Chinn, and Peyton, and by Mr.
McHenry on the part of the defendants.—
The decree of the Court fully sustained the
rights of the plaintiff under the, will of 1818,
and ordered that the property sold under
Ow will of 1811 should be restored to Myra
Clark Gaines, the only child of Daniel
Clark, and, lila legitimate end lawful heir-
CAVE OF THS WALDENSFAN—The
follow
tng description of one of. the caverns into
which she Waldenses fled for safety fiom
their persecutors, mny give some idea of the
ingenuity which these afflicted people were
coMpelled to exert fir their own safety, ns
well as the natural asylums in ninny of the
mountains which were "tiffirded them
divine Providence. Near the lofty and pro•
ierting crag which soars above Moun
Vuudelin, there was n natural cavern,whict
the inhahitants of the commune (departmen:
ar district) of La Torre contiived to make
secret holing•plave. This cavern in which
three or filer hundred might conceal them
selves, was vaulted, and stowed not tiolik , *
an open. with clips in the r , ck, which
ved for windows, and even fur loop.holes;
and prepared with recesses which onsaered
the purpose of watch•houses, from whence
they might obs Owe-the motions of their as
sailants. There were Cleo several cham
bers within this vast cave, accommodations
for cooking meat, and a large f glutei!! well
-applied with water. It was impossible in
enter it, except by one hole at the top, and
those who were in the secret, could only let
themselves ditiVO one at a time, and by a
very slew and gradual process, with the as
sistance of steps or foot holes cut in Ihn
rock. In feet, it was like descending int. ,
a mine; and one or two resolute men might
defend the entrance against the assault of
any force that could bn broindit against
them.—History of the Waldenses.
Tat LAIIOBST GUN YE:T.—There *vas
cast at the %yolks of tile %Veen Fowl Found
ry As.iociation, Cold Spring, New York, oti
the :10th ult. a cannon of 12 inehes hore,fot
projecting either shell or solid shot—the
I.irnier weighing 160 and the latter 24th
lbs. The gross weight (Willis, the largest
casting ever made in the country is 1:1}
lowa. The time required in pouring was
1 . 2 i minutes, and the operation w.ts witnes
sed by hunch ods of persons. It was cast
by order of aticlf..r account of Capt. Ron
ERT F. STOCKION, U. S. N.
A Marseilles paper states that a gentle
man not long @uner paid a visit to the Zoo•
logical collection in that city oind approach
ing rather too near an ostrich, the F)ird
snatched at his chains and seals, drew
gold watch out of his fob, and instantly
swallowed the whole lot.
TREAT PEDERTRIAti PERFORMANCE.--
West, t he celebrated p. destrian, yesterday
undertook for a wager of -CM, the amazine
task of walking twenty miles in three hours
and twenty minutes--a feat tw cc before at
teeripted, but without succes&.; and for ,a
further wager I. to pick up fi'ly stone+
a yard apart, (the distance being 255 yards)
in thirteen minutes. He started at twenty
minutes of three, and at eighteen.) minutes
past four had walked the first ten miles.
At this period he appeared much fatigued,
but continued his labor with great perseve
ranee, accomplishing the whole twenty
miles by two minutes to six, winning by
two minutes. He then rested for a quarter
of an hour, and won the other bet.
HEIGTEir OF farevuENct.—We under
Stand that a Captain Chambers, and Mr.
Van Buskirk, of Louise ille, called on Gen.
Harrison, about one week since, at North
Bend, as n committee from the Van Buren
party - of Louisville, to ascertain the Old
Hero's opinion of' abolitionism. lie refer
red them to his Vincennes speech for his
views. They replied that they had never
seen it. "Very likely," observed the Gen
oral, "as the jfiureals belonging to the par
ty to which gnu are attached have not pub
lished it; but gentlemen," he remarked, at
the same time producing a number of coo.
it's, "you can help yourselves." This was
a poser, and the gentlemen's inquiries were
answered more promptly than they had cx
pected fur political effort.—Cie. News.
..ri0,.1.16 • 11......
O'CONvELL ' I3 RENEWAL OF ACITATIqN.
—Tl'e Polot publishes the fullowin ,, butter.
"My Dear Barrett--I have been able to
perform only half my afflicting to-k. It
is deplorable that the Irish people the first
and foremost of the human race—should be
thus deserted. Announce to my friends
that I will, please . “ed, be in Dublin en
Monday night, to make arrangements to or
ganize the peaceable and loyal ennvement
of the Irish nation to resist scorpion Stan
ley's bill, and to obtain full justice to Ire.
land. Faithitnly yours,
DANIEL O'CONNELL.
London, April 8, 1840."
Some time during the present session of
Congress, Mr. Andrews a good Whig mem
ber from Kentucky. who possessed all the
blunt honesty which eharacieriz , s the peo
ple of his state, was dining with the Presi
dent in emptily with a large number 01
others. Whilst sitting at the table, be ob
served the splendid service of gold plate
upon it, and taking hold of one of the golden
spoons between his thumb and fioger,eleva.
ted it to a level with his head, and said to
the President—" Mr. Van Buren if you will
let me take this spoon to Kentucky and
show it to my constituents, I will premise
not to use any other arguments against you
—this will be enough."
A NOBLE DEED, IVORTHY TUE DOYERNOIt
OF A STATE. --Ai the late State Temper
ance Cenvention to Illinois, Gov. I:human,
pre,ident of the Convention, took a pen and
wrote an order on the. Auditor of the State,
for five hundred dollars; being the amount
of his Salary as Goveinor of the Stale, for
the last half year, and put it into the hands
of the committee; at the same time expres
sing his tnos: ardent desire that the plans of
the committee should be carried out. This
is truly having "kinks for nursing fathers,"
and is an act beyond all praise.
Mobile Chronicle.
Frrcounaoixo.--7The Botnn Poet etntps
that there are forty professors of religion in
Congress, twenty of whom have 'formed
themselves into a social praying circle,
rbiott meeisevery Saturday evening.
' The Spy in , Wastungton relates the fol.
lowing anecdote. It is descriptive of the
feelings of the people in every section of the
country.
"A friend was conversing with a Loco
Foco member of C . :enure:44lmm a Loco Foci)
-4tate. Said the eenlleman to the honorable
member—"llow do you think the people of
your State now ate? Do you suppose that
hey are yet Democratic?" The honorable
fleMber paused fur a few moments, and then
eplied
"I suspect my people are in the situation
of a traveller that I once hoard of He
stopped at an inn 10 breakfast. and having
drank a cup of what was Liven him. the ser
vant ask d, what will you now have, tea or
cope? To which the travel er answered
-1 hat depends upon circumstneePe. If
what you gave me last was tea, want cof
fee. If it was cryfee, I want lea. 1 trout
a change."
SOMETHINO REH A BRA 11L11.—The Easton
(Pa.) ‘V hig states that eta liteen stone.,each
of the size all large hen'a egg, lately taken
from the bowels of a horse. have been de
posited in the Easton Library. Several
ears since, two or three other stonem, near
ly twice the size of the present ones, were
taken from the same horde.
harnovnatcyr tN Finn-num.—A Ca
nadian emisnoth has ii:vented n eon which
ono be fired without the aid r ftroNder. 1 ho
ball is put in at the breech; the cap is HO
constructed as to discharge the piege ith
out any I tlwr loading. This eon cen be
'wide(' with great rapidity. it hes no re
coil, and is very light. being excellent for
sporting purposes.— hedger.
A Ilonntstr: CHM , : AND ITS PUNIsiI•
MENT.—The St. bll!, New Era, received
by last night's mail, contains the following:
"A gentleman from the Southern pert of
the State, informs us ni the following (acts.
Some days since, the slave of a %%idim lady
m Washington county, availing !unwell of
the absence ()revery one else, attacked and
outraged the person of his mistress. Tho
negro escaped, and was going at large in
the neighbourhood, when he :mule a Simi
kr attempt upon another lady: . but was de
feated in his purpose by the resolute resist•
)(nee which she made. The slave was ap
prehended. The people I f the neighbour
hood assembled together—gave the demon
a summary trial, and semenced him to be
hung at noon of tl e f,lluwing day. It was
done, in the presence of many persrms and
at an hour when it could be witnessed by
the slaves who are employed and owned in
that section of the count ."
SELLING A WIFE. -At Loughborough
lately, one of those disgraceful and illegal
scenes took place of n man named Partt idge,
disposing of his wife by public sale in a hal
ter. So anxious did the wile appear to be
transferred to her new muster, that she ac
tually 'diced the rope round her body her
self. The purchaser was a sergeant of dra
goons.
Ain CANNON.-11 will be recollected
by those who read the English newspapers.
that a snort time ago, they mentioned with
high approval a newly invented Au Cannon,
which by a simple mechanical motion, pro..
videsair, raitfic.s it, loads itself ut the britch,
and propels 18 to 20 halls p-r inmate, with
n greater velocity than powder. We are
informed that the inventor, W. F. Wilkins
of Hull, Eogland, is now in this city, trom
which he intends shortly to sail fur Grand
Cairo, in Egypt. The invention has bees
presented to the Pacha tied approved
N. Y. Gazette.
Evlish paper.
CLAr3tc nroN %lExtco.—The President
of the United Stales has announced the rat
ification, by both al.vernmerits, of n conven
tion between the Uniii.d States and Mextco.
'or the purpose of finally adjusting the
onset tied claims of our eit izens upon Nlexice.
A Board of four commissioners, two appoin
ted by each government, will - decide upon
the justice of the claims. In case the Board
dlt(m Id not agree, the matter is to be refer
red to the King of Prussia, who will appoint
an arbitrator. Should tie decline the. Queen
of Great Britain. and.in case shit deetii,es,
the King of the Nettiet lands.—Ledger.
Aims AND, MDNITIONA OF WAR. —The
following statement uxhibits the present re
sources of the United States in army and
munitions of war. There are now in the
arsenals, 600,000 muskets ready for use,
besides 400,000, that have b. en distributed
by the general government to the respec.
twe state,.; 3000 pieces of heavy cannon,
an abundant supp'y of ball and all kinds of
projectiles. There is a sufficient store of
materials to manufacture 5000 pistols and.
swords per month. The amount of gunpow
der on hand is stated at 12,000 barrels with
materiels fur 4000 barrels more:
011101 AL COST OF Fvns.—By enmpar•
ing the value given to the Indians fur their
fur, and the price they ors sold for by the
Hudson's Bay Company in London, we may
drew our conclusions no to the oppression
of those people. Three martin skins are
obtained Par u coarse knife, the utmost value
of vyhich, includaor the expense of coovey
ing it In those distant regions, cannot be
estimated at wore than sixpence. i and three
of theme skins were sold, last January, in
London, fir five guineas. Wilk the more
expensive furs, such as the black fox or sea
otter, the profit is more than !Holed; and,
but a few years ago, a single kin of the
former species sold for fitly guineas, while
the native obtained in exchange the vo, I uro .
of two shillings.
An interesting incident occurred . on Sat.-.
urday evening on the 'Schuylkill river. • A
gentleman, supposed to be ft foreigner, felt
into the water; he was saved from drowning
by the pesistnace rilri'dered to him by Teruel
A. Peterson of SryiVynn. The gentleman
Was so moved` with aratitudo towardo hio
deliverer that he immediately presented
him with $5,000 as a token of the estima•
tioo in which he held hie servioee"bg
AND
Br:PUBLICAN BANNER.
ETTYSBUItti Mn). 10, 1840.
PEOPLES C.7.7.-DlnaTEs.
ron Pit rstnENT,
GEN. WILLIAM U 1 HARMSEN.
FOR VIC'S PR PSIDENT,
J 0 11 N Tlr ER.
Our Banner.— W Avt: rI.UNG TUN
OTIOAO ni:INEn OF LIBERTY ANTI •rHE CON
1ITITLIT10:1 TO Tag OBEEZE. 11 , 04Ciliorn %VITO
TUE INSPIOING WOODS:—ONE PIIESIDEN
TIAL TERM-THE INTEGRITY OF THE
PUBLIC SERVANTS-THE SAFETY OF
THE PUBLIC MONEY-AND THE GEN
ERAL GOOD OF THE PEOPLE."
NVe have received the first number nf a new
literary paper, entitled the nGsz-tte," i-sucd by
.1. Kxeau & Reacting, Pa. It is neatly prin
ted, nn n large imperial slier', at two d..lliirs per
annum in advance.
C t nt v Itl VLF:.—lffery 3/ , migwnery,Esq..
Editor of the Harrisburg Cilfo' He, line issued
proposals for publkbing, until after the Presiden
tial election, n paper with the above title. The
Editor assutes us that the Log-Cahil l Rill• will no
got up in handsmite at) le, well polished and moun
ted, and the ''lock, stock, and barrel" will he o f
the beat materials. The Rifle will he published
at fifty cents per copy, or twelve copies for five
dollars. Subsc•iptioos received at this office.
WN AT A FALL !-TWO thOUNHIHI five hundred
Morus Multicaulia trees were recently sold in
West Chester. l'a., at public suction nt fif'g•-fice
cents for the lot!
3. W. Ilu,m x(rrox, (14160 has :wen elect
ed Sunatar of the United eitatea from eorineciieut,
In place of Thhiltleus Betts. deceased. Mr. Hunt
ington is represented as a gentlem a n of fine talents.
Mr. JOEL :73 W ' A a, one of the members of the
House of Representatives. from Chester county,
died of the vartoloid, ut East Marlborough, ..iav
ing contracted the disease at Harrisburg.
There is it pnper puldtArd in Arkansas, called
the •' Van Buren Sentinel," which goes strong
for Old Tip.
The York and Wrightsville Rail Road was for
mally opened on Wednesday last, by as appro.
plate celebratiotr
L MENT•BLE INC I D EXT.-111C Sentinel of
yesterday sips.—On Monday last, Mr. Hayweiser,
of Vie vicinity of this borough, was derived of life
in n mournful manner. Hu was engaged in dig
ging sand nt the southern end of town, when a
batik, which was considerably undermined, fell
upon bitn, and crushed him to death instantly.—
He was a German, and somewhat advanced in
years.
Tao& iumr. ES THE WIGWAM,
Our exchange papers and udt ices Iron. Wash
ington indlcute the existence of trouble in the Loco
Foto camp. The cabinet is in on uproar. Ken
dall, as will be seen by rcfcn n. .e to his Irtler in
another column, has resigned ; whether voluntar
ily or compel ortly as a matter of conch]r ratite sur
mise. lie hub ocesscil to reign." ForaNth is in
a (hotter at the doings of Cul Johnson's reliance,
the Loco roc. convviiti .n (we can't cull it nu
tional,) which sat at ituitiumre. He has address
ed a letter to his fellow-citizens of Georgia, tel
them how his name is to be disposed of on the
Vice President's list. Paulding hi a been attemp
ted to be ousted by the petition of eighty members
of Congress ; in answer to which, Marth begs
leave to plead oexpedieDry, relationship, fetnil,"
&c. &c. The petition, it is likely, may be rejec
ted. What ray the Lo os to this checking the
right of !herr own petitions? The prospect of a
storm is increasing ; and how that shattered party
expects to withstand the shock, it is lett fur the
reality to tell.
The recent conduct of 'the "Great Democratic
party," us they are self btl led, cannot have escap
ed the notice of the public eye. It is t h at of men
driven to de:paw/ion : and willing to conceive,
connive et, and execute any design, however un
lawful or malignant, to sustain them under the
ponderous weight of public opinion which is
crushing the party now in power. They have
thus I rig swayed an undisturbed Sc. ptre ; the
bidding of the Executive nod has been pu:thsned,
and submission was the invariable consequence.—
I3ut while, the fin of freedom may be abandon
ed, or nits-used, and the people quietly submit to
the taking away of one and 'inutiler of them, they
will not permit their chartered rights to be invad
ed with impunity. The wholesome checks repo.
tied in the Executive have long enough been iol
sed—tris ial
,infractions of law end constitution
have too long been passed by heedlessly —the will
of the people lila hrig enough been set at non
to gratify the will of a party, and the time has ar
rived when the dichillim must be rem° , ed at the
bidding of the only ucknowledged rulers of our
ovorumeht —tile people. And do they resign.
or prepare to resign the reins submissively I Let
their conduct utter its ti alimony. Why was it
that a freeman in the exercise of one of his rights
us an American citizen, when surrounded by at
most the whole people, who with him had "peace
ably assembled together" to consult fur the public
good—why was it that he was stricken don n by
}he hand of a fiend-like leader of u LOCO Fuca ri
otous assomhiage, and murdered jp open day—a
martyr in the cauee ul bill conntry—anchidustrious.
pnoirending Jrnichenic; who had not long ego been
convinced of the rapid strides which the National
4 . 3 . 4ninistration were taking towards ruin, and
had j..ined jn as a supporter of Gen. iilrrhioa
been he wife cut or by an aptiassin !
Why was it that when a POllle4llll of "ran.
merits;' a Mr. placid° of I:bee-int bisect Theatrr
Philudelphia, had procured a new dritrna, entitled
"T4° /1 4 Ple TiPpecimoo,i' Croat which every
thing id a partisan clurscter was carefully eaclu•
Jed, hut which only displayed the ~ v alor of the
American troops and the glory of American arms"
—why was it that the house of the manager was
net about with leading Logo Focos—that molr,
riots, plunders and burning, were threatened if the
performance should proceed and the piere, at
great loss, was isithdrown ? It is hardly to he
telieer d that such a premeditated &sign could
have existed on the part of •the party." Yet it
is even CO.
D .vs this evince a desire to inform the people?
The ionorance of Russian serfs would be the ma
terial best adapted to the wants and wirdien of
such an iirittocrney. Let the friends of American
instil utions—of their purity and perpetuity Midi
of the enormity of t h is outrage upon them, and
any where it will end, if they do not now veal their
c.indemnati n upon such conduct, by removing
from power, those who now exercise it.
To Inert:Oßß the bi-imusness of these outrages,
the party press is MUTE. Longlelin !IRS been
murdered ! A wife has beet' made a widow, and
f,rr children fatherless; and all of these, had it
not been for the unequalled liberality of the con
vention, would have been pennyless and destitute.
'rite gug has been applied to the mouth of a free
citizen; and the story of American valor has been
Madding" to be told to our freo eons ! Yet riot a
word of regret, reproof, or comniiserntion ii utter•
eil by the presses of the AdminiAretien party.--
Nu "outrage" is published--no fours are now en
tertained for the sta b ility of the Republic—no de
sire that offenders should he punished, or even
that inioilenre should met with its 'reward, nay,
evert censure—blame is withheld, and all and eve
ry one of them are OR silent as is the tongue of
the murdered freeman ! Why is this? The des
peration of the more abandoned ones is approved
of by silent consent.
(U•nnoun
hilt. MI WO regret to state, that the
person mentioned in an article which He pub•
lisbcd hat oak as ha% itia hen discovered on
'Tuesday the sth inst., in Jones' Falk, Baltimore,
(supposed to have been murdered) has since been
tilenti.ged as Mr. JOHN MI LL KIR formerly of this
place. He reside.' in Anne Arundel eo•iniv Md.,
about 12 or 14 miles from Baltimore; and bad
been in the city as a delegate to the Whig
Convention. Not returning has family became
uneasy at his absence, and on going to the house
of the coroner who had held the ;nquest over the
body above mentionel, the clothes vivre imatedi•
ately identified as his. Mr. Miller was a very
worthy men, kind, afT•rtionate and warm hearted,
and has has left an interesting family, an amiable
wife and seven children. •
Win. B. Dabcey, late First Teller in the Bank
of Virginia, has voluntanly returned to Richmond.
The event had been anticipated by his friends, sa ys
the Richmond Whig, and the announcement of
it yesterday, showed that there was a deep sympa
thy felt for hint in this community. The impres
sion has been gsining ground up,n the publ4c
mind for some time, that he did himself injuatice
in leaving here. and that he never appropriated a
edit of the money of the Batik to his own use.—
Ms voluntary return has strengthen, d that belief
into conviction. Indiscreet he may have been,
and may have committed a great wrong in per
mitting there to use the funds of the instqu r aon ;
but criminal he has never been. Nis indiscretion
sprung from the best and kindest feelings; and
while we deplore its effects, we cannot withhold
our sympathies.
We suppose the whole affair will now be tho
roughly probed, end what of mystery may have
surrounded it, will be speedily dissipated, as Mr.
D. Rill aid the Commissioners appointed loy the
Governor to investigate the condition (dale Dank.
An attempt has been made in the Senate of the
United States, of which Benton is the principal
defender, to send forth to the people o Report of
cretary Woodl•urry, got up for electioneering
purposes, in which the expcuses of government
are reported at the sum laid out in ordinary cx
pendit tire, without including the incidental ainnunt
paid out witho u t any law. Thus attempting to
color over their extravagance to gull the people
Oat their auffroges muy nut he withdrawn. 'Tis
too late. All will not save Mena from the wrath
of the tribunal before which they are arraigned.—
Guilty r they must he found; and nothing short
of the incendiary's torch can evert disclosures
which .s u I consign them to eterral infamy. Let
them bo watched with an eagle eye.
A anics I. or Mu. Pons !—The ship Garrick,
from Li%crpool, arrived at New Yark on Thurs
day night. Among her paseeneers is W. M.
Price, the reputed defaulting Ur.ited States Dis
trict Attorney
HR. SECRETARY FORSYTH'S LETTER.
The Strain of dissatisfaction at the late Loco
loco conve n tion which Mr. Forsyth exhibits in his
communication throws a double gloom over the
cabinet's doings. He speaks in detractive terms
of that nominating body, and tells the people of
Georgia, e ho have expressed their preference for
tuns, that if his wishes are respected his name will
not he further mixed in the Contest, but, if in their
opinion, it will be beneficial, they are not denied
the right tf using it. The tone or the wie le is
chagrin and disappointment. The doubtful terms
which he uses, in speaking of a successful result,
clearly shows his conviction, that the people are
about to triumph over the powers that be. A
successful result "if attainable—mark it! Here
fellows the letter:—
The Convention friendly to the present
Ado.inistration, which met at Baltimore on
the 5111 of May, to recommend candidates
at the next election for President and Vice
President, having adkurneci after declining
to nominate for the Vice Presidency, I con
sider in) Nell authorized to interfere in that
quer,inni so tares I have been made potion
ally interested tit it.
The Union party in Georgia, which did
me the honor, very unexpectedly, to make
on unconditional nomination Of toe for that
office, last year, had the kindness, in con
formity io my wishes, to elninge that nomi
nation it 10 an expression of preference. and
to refer the subject to the decision of those
who were expeciedlairly repre'enting their
political friends, to decide upon it.
No &Claim having been made, union and
concert of action are not now to be antic'
paled. Aecording to :he present state of
things, on friend of the Administration can
hope for en electiou by the people. The
more forinroihe can he thrown only high
enough oe the electoral pull to secure the
chance of being chosen by the Senate.
Wlloevor succeed; the !) , will occupy his
place with the
_perfect knowledge that he
owe, his eevittion to the pallidity of a frog
Return of Dabney.
merit of his own rimy. and holds it n2ainst
the decision of a tnnjority of his fellow•citi
zero,.
Width9l(l the sustnining power of public
appredial ion. and the honor and emoluments
of public office in all free countries, and par
iii this, urn but poor recompenses
for the labor performed, the re4ponsibilities
incurred, and the gross misrepresentations
ineyilubly encountered in fil,flhng its duties.
During a large and no unsuccessful public
rureer, I howe nevor yet been nlaced in a
eltUalion, to doubt, I hal the position I occu
pied was agreeable In the kvikhes of the great
majority of thud to whom belonged the
'Ago to control it. I desire public station
00 no other terms. Without defying to
the Ultion party in '._;enruirt, or to any tither
poi limn of my f. bow citizens, the right to
use my name, if, in their opinion, it wiil he
benefiriul in the public it will not be further
mixed up in this contest if my wishes are
lespi gird. While the contest coniumes, u
would be n source of vexation to me, and
what It' consideredn slicer ssful result.
if 'animal:le, would off:rd to me no personal
gralificution.
JOHN FORSYTH.
KendalPs Resignation.
Wry sub . ' Sin the card issued "to the public" by
the Ex-Post Master General, Amos Kendall,upon
resigning his late post. It presents the singular
contradiction of a man surrounded with clerks
and °gents, by wham the business of his office is
perrormed under his Supervisoryeye, alleging that
his health is too much impaired and his income
too small for the support ()Ibis cuufidt liable family,
to allow him to remain Post Master General; ho
therefore retires to the Editorial chair of the
Extra Globe, the performance of the duties of
ti hi 13 are recreation to him, the excitement ot
composition benig conducive to health. It has
been the prevslent opinion hitherto, that it wits
injurious to confine an invalid. Who that knows
how the public treasure (ion is manufactured) is
sqtrintleted, would believe that Amos Kendall,
the prime moving spring of the whole Loco foco
machinery, the co-editor of the cfrieial organ, and
master general of their caucuses, with a large
fam'ty whose current expenses are considerable
aid he in ill-health, would not put his fingers
into the Extrema dinary expenses and help himself
to an increased salary for extra clerks, 4-c. 4-c.
If Loco Imo juggling were not now attempting to
shut out from public gaze, the enormous extraor
dinary expenditure of the government, an item or
two might lie shown for Amos.
This excuse is too flimsy to stand examination.
Kendall has become obnoxious to many of the '
mail contractors—he has driven off some of the
supporters of the administration—and to assist in
the desperate effort now milking to prop up the
rotten fabric of the ndmistration, putting a pacific
uppesn mice on all their movements, this card
appears.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Finding it impow)ible, in consequence of
enfeebled health, to perlntrn the duties of
Postninster General .n n satisfactoo y man•
tier, 1 have resigned that race, to take of
feet us soon us may successor can be appoin
ted.
Not htimpr been fortunate enough to ac
cumulate wealth in a public office, I am un
der the necessity of resorting to buck private
employment as is suited to my strength
and condition, fur the purpose of meeting
the current expenses of a considerable fam
ily.
A few hours each day eevnted to the pen,
leaving un abufidance of lime for relaxation
and exercise, 1 have found by experience.
from the experiment of composition, to be .
rather conducive to health than iijortow , ;
and this i y the occupation, above all others,
most agreeable to my taste and may present
condition.
Messrs. Blair and fives have kindly of
fi.red our the pr, fits of such subscription to
the Extra Globe for the present season, us
may be raised on my account, and I have
consented to contribute to it until Novell'
her next, if such a number of subscribers
shall be obtaihed to warrant that step.
I am the more inclined to this devotion
of my time from a desire to prevent any
misconstruction of the motives which have
led to my resignation. I wish to satisf y
tl.e whole world that no dissatisfaction with
the President or his administration, no iu•
disposition to render it the utmost support
in my power; no distrust of its measures or
its designs, has had any effect in determi
ning to prefer ti private to a public sta•
lion. On the contrary, my confidence in
the President, in his integrity, his prilice
pies, and his firmness, have increased from
the day I was hush ffi••ially associated with
bun; my relations with every member of
his Cab:net have been uniformly of a tons!
friendly character; and my devotion to the
great measures which have been, and stilt
are sustained by the Administration, knows
no abatement. The kading principles
avowed by the President I hunk upon as es•
serail to the preservation of liberty and
Government of the people; and ill had sup
posed that my resignation could endanger
their success, I should have clung to office
as I would to life.
As soon as the necessary arrangements
are made, proposals, with a more extended
address, Will be presented to the friends of
the Administration.
A MOS KENDAIL.
'e. cut the lailawing,foon the Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Pest. a strictly neutral paper:—
The choice of representatives in Cain
press, is one of the dearest rights of a free
man. Of late sears, however, we have
seemed to have forgotten its value and treat
ted it as an (ilk.° fit only for the ignorant or .
vicious It hes consequently fallen into
hands such as we deplore, and the repre
sentatives (if a former dny, are rarely sent
to %i ashington, or only bent thereto return
in disgust. Fri this cause may be attribu
ted, half of the evils we. deplore. Ilow is it
to he remedied Again we answeer--re
form the representation. Choose a higher
standard at once for candidates, frown down
every demagogue or other rascal, and pro
claim that like our failiers,we will be repre
Hented a tinlv by gentlemen, and patriots.
Wn . itaike these remarks.the more 11°10-
bocause as a neutral print our impartiality
cannot be impeached; end wo feel a crisis
is approaching, when the reprrsentation of
this great people shall either fall into the
hands of scomitirels, or a higher standard of
excellence ; be demanded inn candidate than
is required now. If the latter is adopted all
the present evils nr our IvgiNlittion will ra
pidly disappear! If the Firmer, wasted
lime, factions bickering-'. and scandalmoi
fights will detzrace our halls, with anarchy
shall step in to right the tumult, and a pet)
ple,ton corrupt to be free, become slaves as
they deserve.
SlONL—Three of the candidates on the
Loco Foci) electoral ticket of Peanessee
have declined: -umr because he had "no doe-
Ilments " to defend the enormities of the Ad.
ministrltion—another, the notorious Gov.
Carroll, (the defamer of Gen. Harrison) on
the ground that he had no time to election
eer —and we hear that n third, J E. Thom
as, in the Maury and Bedford district, has
also backed out—cause not stated. It will
he readily understood, when it is known that
the Whig candidates are traversing the
State, arraigning the Lori) Foci - is at every
town nod village, and carrying on so hot n
%var that the Loco Focus are glad of nn ex•
ruse to get nut of ihe range of their fire.—
It is also rumored that anothrr—being the
fourth—will also abandon his post ! Really,
at this rate, the Whigs, when the day of con
test comes, will walk over the course with
out an opponent. We hardly Expected
things to 'come In this puss, and it may he
policy in the Whigs to draw all' their forces
for a time, to induce the Loco Fric,is to take
the field. We want to see a vigorous con
test, which is always necessary to a glort•
sus victory.—hull. Patriot. •
-...0..--
Muantert.—A murder WR9 committed
',ear the Point of Rocks, on the night of the
nth inst. the atrocity of which is riot often
lnatled. A woman named Davis. and her,
child, living ;ti the family of her brother, at
one of the locks of the Canal were both
murdered in their hed room in the dead of
night; at least the woman was left insensi
ble, and it was supposed would not recover,
and the brains of the h,cuy, who _was. about
eleveh years old, were completely battered
out and scattered abut the room. The
dub with which this horrible outrage was
committed was left standing in the room.
The woman and her child slept in the lower
story and several persons who were asleep
tip stgire were not awakened. The fiend
who Is Nupposed to have committed this
midnight murder huts been nriested, and
committed to the Frederick County
Frederick Herald.
PRESIDENTIAL PR ESENT9.—A mong the
cnrgo nf the Muscat ship Sultanee nre Iwo
horses, a case of otto of roses, n parlop . of
Cashmere shawls, a Persian rug, n small
bor of pearls, a sword, and five demijohns,
contents unknown—all presents frnin the
Sultan to Mr. Van Buren.—N. Y. Com. A.
SLAVERS CAPTURED —The Salem Reg
ister has infortnatitin from the American
Consul at Zanzibar, that Her British Ma•
jrarrey's sloop of war Protest, arrived at Mu
junga about the 20th of December, from a
Cruise, having captured the Spanish brig
Scorpion, a slaver, with (170 slaves on board,
which were purchased nt Quilainane; and
the Portuguese brig Andre, with six slaves
on board, hound from Mozambique to •
In mane n, sloop of war sent b ot h t h e
captured slavers to the Cape of Goad Hope.
The Prot, st left Majunge the 10th January
for Quilts mane river, to arrest the sailing Of
',lronsl slave ships. which were loaded with
slaves at Quilt mane, and s%hich the Protest
was expecting to capture.--Star.
SUNDAY FC11001: 1 . - - According to the An
oust It rpm t of the American Sunday School
Union of New York. there are within the
scope of t e Society, 94 schools; from SI)
of these, reports have been received. There
are in the Society 2410 teachers, 8.454
boys, and 7,090 girls; of these, 2,170 might
he called infants. Of the new schola re,
270 line prolesNed religion, and 126 of the
telie!.eis had done so. Besides thib, 29
teachers and 5 pupils had prepared fur the
ministry inquirer.
Loo CA linfralonian newspa•
per, speaking or the Lag Cabin Excitement
says in future Chronicles It will read thus:
"And. behold, there were big cabins in
those days.
"And those who built them did drink
hard eider exceedirOy, from the rising of
the sun even unto the going down thereof,
and into the f►r watches of the night.
And for those who Have unto Harrison
there was given corn dodger to eat, and they
feasted upon it many days.
"And upon the gable ends of the logs ca
bins were 'coon skins and the likeness and
similitu to iburenlwassent over the land,
Irom the east even unto the west.
"And it came t.) pass, that many did en
ter the lo 1; cabins, and the glory of Harri.
son did increase, for that he never pulled
in the string of his door latch."
AN INCIDENT.--We have been made ac
quainted with an incident connected with the
whig procession, on Monday - week, which
we flaw make. public for the benefit of all
parties. A warm whig, end an claimants
tic admirer of Harrison and Tyler, upon re
turciug Irma the Canton grounds, whither
he had gone under anxious solicitude for
"honin affairs," found himself the fatl4.r of
two fine boys; an addition to his family
which he lied scarcely calculated on when
he left henie. Pioud of the acquisitiqn, and
briin full of enthusiasm, he immediately ea
rned thorn, one William Henry Harrison,
and the tither JohO,Ty ler, in honor of the
occasion and' the' - thitinguished men, in
whose prosehrityffik whole soul seemed to
have entered. tr may be well enough to
.dd that 'Tip and Tyler are now doing well
—we are told thht as healthy a pair as 'll
fond prima need desire to place his eyes
Paring the last len years, the United
3 , atei are epic) ko hasie irnimrted SQB
000 worth of lam, el:Hefty - from England.
Tn a EiLtOT COURT MARTIAL .--- - A Court
Martial for the trial of Commodore Elliott is
now sitting at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
It is likely to prove a long husineas. Com
modore Jacob Jones is President. John M.
Read, Esq. officiates as Jud ,, ci Advocate—
and the accused is defended by Niessrs. G.
M Dallas, and Josiah Randall. The char•
gee are, cruelty and unofficer-like conduct
to Midshipman Barton—threats and mena
ces to Lieut. Hunter on a race course--dis
graceful conduct in having inscribed on a
service of plate a false compliment to him•
s..ll—sacrificing the comfort of the crew of
the Constitution, by bringing home n num
ber of horses, j wits, jennies, and colts, for
his own private use—want oldury in not sup
pressing a mutiny--extra whipping in vin•
lotion of the rules of the Navy—wasting the
puhlic stores—removing a chaplain from the
Constitution to the schooner :hat k, during
the night and in a rough ben, and thus peril.
Ling his life—and in employ mg; men in the
service of the U. S. in attending his jennies,
colts. Ace The Commodore was present,
and pleaded 'Not Guilty' to all the charged
and specification.—Phil. Inbirer.
CONNECTICUT.—The Legislature or this
State mot at New Haven on Wednesday,
when a quorum of each House was b:rtned.
In the Semite, the Lieutenant Governor
presides—Mr. McCandy, Iron) Lyme, was
chosen speaker. Gov. Ell,worth delivered
his message himself, after the oldhishioned
Trumbull school. The message is spoken
of in the highest terms. It is open and
manly in relation to the decision in Con•
greys, relative to the New Jersey members.
All branches atilt. Goverment are Whig,
and it is believed a more talented and en•
lightened body of legislators have seldom
assembled, even in Connecticut.—Pa. lag.
PsnscrttPrrniv.—The Westchester Amer
ican Star says:
4 , We have been informed in a way which
does not admit of doubt, dint Mr. Cameron,
the Superintendent of the Philadelphia and
Columbia rat: road, has recently compelled
the Car-agents on the road to !pass their
regular eating house at Parkesburg without
stopping their trains, and has forced the la
borers employed on that portion of the road
to change their boarding house, on pain of
dismisal. This high-handed proceeding has
been adopted by ilr. Cameron, because a
Whig has become the occupier of the my
ern house at that place."
RAISIN° Tun wt:Niu.—lt has been a trick
of the present Administration to procure
appropriations to be made for certain clef k
ships, Find then, after the bill has passed
from Congrers, to dispense With the :term.
ces of the clerks so provided for, and to de
vote the public money voted for them to other
purposes, connected, to general, with the
advancement of the piety's intet . ests.
This is a grrat abuse. Another prolific
source of extravagance and corruption, is
the fund for contingencies. Dore, no items
are stated—no estimates are given--but a
round sum, and, in all cases, a good large
one, is put down under the rompiehensive
head of "contingencies."—lllodisonian.
"I DECLINE THAT WORK P•
To the, -s - ()ter s Of the, Bo-
r ougli of G ett abut
Having been settled' un the
Van 13wyn ticket, 1 decline
being a Candidate. Igo for
Gem liar' ism
NICHOLAS WEAVER.
May 18, 1840.
8010+/ ^/I Fb.riton.
!lAlttu~u.. 'i
At s meeting held on Fr.lsy evening last at
the house of Jae. A. Thu! peon, tho following
gentlemen ware nominated as (undulates to be
supported at the election which takes place on
Burgess
DAVID M'CREARY..
Town Council
GEORGE ARNOLD,
DANIEL. (AMP,
DANIEL BALDWIN,
JAMES A. THOMPON,
JOHN B. IbI'PHERON.
Bind and 'Road Commissioners
.108EPII LI1"1"LE, •
ADAM 1:31 , t OPE.
&hod D:redoes
THONIAS .1. COOPER,
JOHN M. STEVEN:4)N.
BALTIMORE PRICES CURREMT.
Prom the Baltimore Patriot of Saturday last
FLoun.— Huward al.--Thi re id nuthin new to
not • in the flour market. We quote the receipt
price at $1,62i. '
WHItAT.—The beat parcels of Pennsylvania
to-day are worth 95 a 96 colt.'—riles. We quote
fair to prime Md. reds at 90 a 95 cents, and good
to prime Md. whites at 95 a 102 eta.
CORII.--Iti the first part of the week, sales of
yellow were made at 48 a 49 and 50 cents, but
to-day we quote yellow at 47 a 49 cants:
Rris.—Bales of upward,' of 0000 . bushels of
Pennsylvania Rye, in two parcels, at 52 cents.
Md. Rye (E. Shore) is worth about 48 a 50 cis.
Oats.—We quote Md. at 26 centa,and Virginia
at 25 centa.'
11 YRIE NI AL REG IS TB R.
ataliniiii).
On the sth inst. et Petersburg, by the Rev.
John Ulrich, Mr lien y Cairy, to • Mils
&where! Jemine. *noth of Ibis county.
OBITUARY RECORD•
DI El/.
On Saturday evening lad, Mr. Christian
Scinoeck, (farrier.) of this borough.
On the 19th inst. Harman. youngest aon of Mr.
pitman Wierninn, of liuntiagton township, in
the eth Fear of his age. Tho writer earnestly
hopes that when
This interesting child did die,
The nobler part ascended up to God on high,
There to dwell in endless joy,
With angels and arch angels through all eternity.
I Cansougisatai.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
TO THE PUBLIC.
E the people of color in the borough
vv w of Gettysburg and county of Adams,
having labored under many of the disadvan.
loges of our bleihren in our religious devo.
toms ter want of a convenient place for pub.
lie worship; have entered into contract with
Col. M. C. Clarkson for n house purchased
by Henry Butler, who paid one hundred dol
lars contributed by our friends, but, was
unable to pay the balance of the purchase
money, therefore we, the people belonging
to the colored ‘Vesleyan Afethi,dist Church
of Gettysburg do, for the good of the color.
ed inbithitants of this place desire that the
house rimy be secured for the object ioten;
ded and to effect this, the trustees of the
above calmed church !mire appointed .1. A rm
at rang and H inms to be the coilectors
and to receive all money that may he put
into their hands. We publish this notice
that our friends may know our situation cad
intentions; mid be assured of the authority
o f m ess's . Armstr o n g and VI illinrns to col.
lest such sums as the friends of nre
disposed to give to help us out of - oar difTicul
ties. Hoping by divine assistance lo Ac
complish the object mentioned above -we
submit this to an eribghtened and liberal
public,nssuring that whatever they see prop.
er to give will be thankfully received. •
On hehn If of the hoard of officers of the
Colored Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal
Church,
SA MI EL JOHNSON,
NELSON DEVAN,
K 131 , SEY DEN NER
HENRY WILLIAMS.
May 19, I'-19.
TELITPEIZA.NCE.
frillE Fairfield Tidal A h4tinenee Sneifty
11 - will 'neat in the Brick Church in Fair
field an Suttt , dtry the 23d inst. ni 1 otelr•clr.
when an address will be delivered by A.U.
STuviNsolv,
May 19. 1840. td.
y . 1 VER CO AI PL A I NT.--This disease
is discovered by a fixed obtuse pain
and weight in the right aide under the short
ribs, attended with heat, uneasiness. about
the pit of the stoma , h;--there is in the right
side also a distension--the patient loses his
appetite and becomes sick and troubled with
vomiting. The tongue bccames rough and
black, countenance changes to n pale or
citron color or yellow, like those afflicted
with jaundice-7-difileulty of breathiiv, dis
turbed rest, attended
.with a dry COUGU,
difficulty dlaving on the left side--t he body
becomes Weak, and finally the diStaise ter
minates into 'another of a more SERIOUS
nature, which in all probability is far be
yond. the power of human SKILL: Dr.
Harlich's compound lonic strengthening
and German apperient pills, if taken at the
commencement of this disease, will cheek it.
and by continuing the use of the medicine a
few weeks, u perfect CURE Will tin perfor—
med. 'Thousands can testify to this fact--
' Certificates of ninny persons may daily
'be seen of the efficacy of this ivaluablo
medicine, by applying at the Macneill !'if!
tine; No. 19 North EIGHT STREET.
Philadelphia.
For sale, In Gettysburg, at the Drug
Store of
S. S. FORNEY, Agent.
2t,
May 19.
BOROUGH ACCOUNTS.
R. F. .11 10 Con attoh y, Treasurer of
the B.roozh of Get yabbrg, from May
10, 18;39, till May 0,1840.
DOLLS. ITS.
To Cash ream rod of Michael Deg roll',
for relit of Stull :in Illarket.house,
duo Aug. Ist, 1d39. 5 00
Do. .1111110 S Percy, do. 500
Do. N. Codot do. 5 00
Do. Goo. Peffer, do. 5 00
Do. Joseph Little, for manure, Li OD
Bslaneo in hands ofTreasuier at last
settlement,
1141ance of Duplicate for 1838,
Berough Tax assessed for 1839,
Road F do do.
By Orders paid as follows, to wit:
WILLS CT$.
By Cash paid Josepli'Little, Street and •
Road Commissioner, . 197 61
By do. puid Moses Degroff, do. 135 85
Vonorsdel, in trust ior officers of
Borough Election', 6 00
S. It. Russell, E•q' administering oaths, 1 00
Henry Rupp, keeping Engine in re.
pair,
J. Mailila', winding Town Clock,
R. S Paxton, Printing,.
R. G. Itirper, do.
George Arnold,
Jacob Culp,
Christian Chritxtrian, exoneration' en
Duplicate, - '2'73
John Slantx, Collector's Res and Re. •
leases
satary or Clerk and Treaauror
Du. Burma ',rid Town Council,
Ihlaoco of-Duplicate of 1t:39, uncol
I..ntod,
Balhnec In bandy of R. F. M'Cousu.
gby, Treasurer,
WE do certify that we have examined
the items which compose the above Account
of Robert F. M'Conitughy, Esq. Treasurer
of the Borough of Gent. , sho I g, end find. them
to be correct. and that there is a balance of
twenty-six dollars and three cents, remain
ing in his hands..
Witness our hands this Otti Mcw,lB4o.'
JOHN SLEN'I2,
D. M. SMYSER, '
OF.O. ARNOLD,
PA Vi D M'CREARY,
JACOB CU Lt', .• .
OR: nen,
at,
May 12, 1840.
IWJ APPRENTICEg
TO Tfik.l
JP RIOrTIM#6I It EL -4 AVE S
w ILL be taken 'lila Office if iinant!
v • clutte application be tobttlit
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39 51
201 17
347 66
$741 80
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