From the Log Cabin Advocate.
SELLING WHITE MEN FOE DEBT.
We have received numerous coinnauni
cations, requesting a statement 'of the facts
on which this most untrue and slanderous
charge against Gen. Hanauer/ is based
Our opponents have attempted to prove to
the people of tl:is country that Harrison is
not a hero that he is an abolitionist—that
he is incompetent: all which charges they
have,utterly failed to substantiate. Now,
es a last resort, in all parts of the country,
they attempt to enlist against him the pop
utar feeling by asseiting, in the face of the
most conclusive evidence, that he voted
twenty years ago, in the Ohio Legislature,
to sell white men for debt! This base slaw .
der has been often and most triumphantly
refuted. 'How then can intelligent men of
the Van Buren party, who pretend to be
honorable mon, endeavor to make the people
believe what they must know to be untrue'?
We propose to give a very concise re
view of this subject; and ask the most can
did attention of our readers. This charge
was brought before the country in 1830,
when General Harrison was first a candi.
date for the Presidency. On that occasion,
his opponents searched the records of the;
State of Ohio for the purpose of finding
charges against him; and could discover
nothing out of which they might fabricate
a charge except this act of 1821; the ghost
of which they called up; and clothing it
with the most wilful misrepresentations,
presented it to the People. After a most
diligent search of the records of the State
they could bring no charge against him but
one based on falsehood and misrepresenta
tion. But to the history.
The years 1820 and '2l, were years of
great peciimary embarrassment in the State
of Ohio. The currency was deranged and
depreciated, the resources of the State crip
pled, the treasury exhausted, great com
plaints were made by the people of the bur
dens of taxation; and so much difficulty was
experienced in raising money that the col
lections for taxes were insufficient to meet
the expenses of the Government. The Le
gislature had under consideration, during a
large portion of the session, different plans,
for diminishing the expenses of the State;
and it was found necessary to pass a law
authorising the Governor to borrow $20,.1
000 to supply the deficiency in the collec
tions on taxation. The People of Ohio de
manded economy and reform in the admin
istration of the criminal laws of the State,
as the prosecution and punishment of offen
ders had crowded the Penitentiary with con
victs, and greatly increased the demands on
the treasury.
Before this period, a law "For the pun
ishment ofcertain offences therin specified,"
which was passed in 1815,had been in force.
This law defined certain offences which
were considered less heinous than other
crimes that were punishable by confinement
in the Penitentiary: such as petty larceny,
rescuing ; prisoners, house-breaking, and
others ofa like grade. By this law of 1815,
these offences were punishable by fine and
imprisonment in the county jail. It also
provided that if the offender refused to pay
the fine imposed, with the costs of prosecu
tion, and the Sheriff could find no property
of the offender to pay the fine and costs, ho
should be confined in the county jail until
the payment of the costs and fine. The
conviction and punishment of offenders un
der this act, added greatly to the expenses
of the honest citizens of the counties, and
increased the burden of taxation. Such
petty offenders had little or no property; or
by fraud kept it from the power of the law,
and thus prevented the collection of the
sums imposed as fine and costs. Thus, it
will bo readily seen, there was great in
crease of expenses to the counties; and that
the worthy members of society, had to pay,
by taxation, for the conviction and punish
ment of the violators of the law.
At the session. of 1820 -'2l, the Legisla.
ture undertook to provide a remedy for
these burdens and grievances, by revisng
the criminal code, of the State: and a select
committee was raised in the lower branch
`to examine into the subject, and if necessa
ry, to report amendments. This commit
tee reported a bill, supplementary to the act
of 1815; the main object of which was to
lessen the county expenses incurred by the
prosecution and punishment of such offen
ders.
This supplement to the law of 1815 was
recommitted to the committee on the Judi
ciary, and repoited again to the [louse with
various amendments; and among others the
obnoxious 19th section, which is as follows:
Sec. 19. Be it further• enacted, That,
when any person shall be imprisoned, either
upon execution or otherwise, fur non-pay
ment of a fine or costs, or both, it shall be
lawful for the sheriffof the county to sell out
each person as a servant to any person with
in this state, who will pay the whole amount
due, for the shortest periud • of service; of
which sale public notice shall be given at
least ten days; and, upon such sale being
effected, the sheriff shall give to the pur
chaser a certificate thereof, and deliver over
the prisoner to him, from which time tl.e re
lation between such purchaser and the pris
oner shall be that of master and servant,
until the time ofservice expires; and for in.
juries done by either, remedy shall be had
in the same manner as is or may be 'provided
by law in case of master and apprentice--
But nothing herein contained shall be con
strued to prevent persons being discharged
from imprisonment according to the provi
eions of
- the 37th section of the act to which
this is supplementary, if it shall be consid.
ered expedient to grant such discharge:
Provided, That the court, in pronouncing
upon any person or persons convicted under
this act, or the act to which this is supple
mentary, may direct such person or persons
to be detained in the prison until the fine be
paid, or the person or persons otherwise dis
posed agreeably to the provisions of this act.
The Hon. 'lliomas Morris, late Van Bu
ren Senator from Ohio, was the author of
this same famous 19th secticn, and has nev
er been called to account by hie party for
that act; on the contrary, he has been lion
wed by it appreb/tion and confidence.--
This bill repaited back to the House, as we
.have said, by, W. Morris, passed the House
with this otrioxious - section ' by a vote of 42
to 21; and was serif 'to the Senate. In the
Senate a motion was made to strike out the
16th section, and it prevailed by a vote of
20 to 12. Gen. Elarrison.voted the nega•
tiro, along with Eli Baldwin, who was the
Van Buren candidate for. Governor of Ohio
in the contest of 1836. Thus we have giv•
en a concise history of this law—and we
have seen that the whole charge against
Gen. Harrison consist in his having voted
fora law of which a Van Buren United
States Senator was the author, and for which
the Van Buren candidate for Governor of
Ohio in 1836, also voted.
Having given a history of the law, we
come now to examine the law itself. What
is it? What are its iniquities? Is it a law
to take the poor man, who has been so un
fortunate as to have incurred liabilities
which ho cannot discharge, and sell him for
the debt? No such thing, fellow citizens!
And we hero charge the leading men of the
Van lluren party with a wilful attempt to
deceive the People, when they bring for
ward this charge. During the discussion
on the act supplementary to the law of 1815,
attempts were made in the Legislature of
Ohio to substitute whipping at the post, for
imprisonment in the county jail, as a mode
of punishing crimes, which would not be so
expensive to the counties; and the plan re
commended in the above quoted 19th sec
tion of the supplementary act, was advoci
ted by many of the most respectable mem
bers of both branches of the Ohio Legisla
ture, as a mode of punishment, not so
expensive to the People as imprisonment;
and not so cruel as whipping the offender at
the pillory.
On whom would the law operate? It
could only operate on such abandoned oirm
ders who, after violating the laws, evaded
its penalties, by a fraudulent sale or con
cealment of their property, to keep from
paying the fine and costs. And who will
be the advocate of such violators of the law?
Who will contend that such criminals ought
to be maintained at the charge of those in•
dustrious citizens who honestly work for
their living? There was no oppression rn
this law. The 19th section, about which
all this clement has been raised, expressly
maintains in force and is restricted by the
37th section as follows:
"Sec. 37. That when any person shall
be confined in jail for the payment of any fine
and costs that may be inflicted agreeably to
the provisions of this act, the county com
missioners may, if it be made to appear to
their satisfaction that the person soconfined
cannot pay such fine and costs, order the
sheriff or jailor of such county to discharge
such person from imprisonment; and the
sheriff or jailor upon receiving such order
in writing, shall discharge such person ac
cordingly: Provided, That the Commission
ers may at any time thereafter order and
cause to be issued an execution against the
body, lands, goods or chattles of the person
so discharged from imprisonment, for the
amount of such fines and costs."
It thus appears that any man could be
relieved from the operation of this 19th sec
tion, by satisfying the board of commission
ers of the county, that he was unable to "pay
such fine and coats;" and hence the opera
t ion of the 19th section was confined to offen
ders of the most vicious and hardened kind.
And this is called a law for selling white
men for debt ! And the attempt is made to
enlist the feelings of the People against Gen.
Harrison, because he voted for a law to
compel dishonest men to pay the just claims
of the State, or to work for their own sup
port !! ! If the Van Buren party will say
they are the advocates for base and dishonest
men, we are content. It is only against
such that this section, had it been adopted,
would have operated.
Much use has been made of the words
"Master and Servant," which are employed
in this section; and they have been printed
in staring capitals. The object, no doubt,
was to produce the impression that this law
placed the white man in the same condition
as the negro slave. This is highly dishon
est. The relation of master and servant,
recognised by this section, is one which is
.very ancient and as well regulated as any
'other which is recognised in civil society.
It was recognised and regulated by the coin•
mon law; and has been anxiously guarded
by the laws of every- State in the Union.—
Does the man who binds out his child as an
apprentice, reduce him to the condition of
the negro slave? Yet this apprentice is a
"servant" in the meaning of this section and
of the common law; and the apprentice, and
offender who was to work till he paid his fine
and costs, were equally protected from all
bad treatment.
The 17th section of this same supplemen- -
tal act passed by a unanimous vote—no one
opposed it: and yet seo what it is:
Sec. 17. "That all persons convicted of
any offence specified in this act, or in the act
to which this is supplementary, and senten
ced to imprisonment, may, during such im
prisOnment, be put to hard labor, in such
manner as any two judges of the court of
common pleas may direct, and, for the per
formanco of such labor, may be taken from
the jail, and so secured as to prevent an es.
cup, and the produce of such labor shall be
paid into the county treasury."
By this section persons convicted of of
fence may be put to hard labour, and taken
from jail abd secured so as to prevent escape
while at labour. Not n solitary member
opposed this section. Is the 19th section
inure intolerable than this 17th section?
And yet Eli Baldwin the Van Buren can
didate for Governor in 1836 voted)for this
law, with Gen. Harrison; and received the.
undivided Loco Foco vote of Ohio for Gov
ernor! ! I True, he was beaten but not be
cause of this vote; since in three weeks after
his defeat, Gen. Harrison beat Mr. Van
Buren in Ohio.
The amount of the whole matter can be
summed up under a very few heads, viz:
That the selling hed no bearing on honest
men, or on debtors in the common definition
of tha t word—but referred to those convicted
of tifnuce against the penal laws of Ohio.—
And, even in these cases, it substituted tem
porary service for imprisonment, without li
mit, in a county jail, where the criminal
could earn nothing to support himself or
' family, or to pay his fine.
That if lie was poor and unable to pay his
fine and costs, he could be discharged by the
county commissioners.
That if the offindor was willing to.work,
he might discharge the fine by working on
the highways and thus avoid being sold for
a term.
What during the period of service he was
secured against ill treatment as apprentices
And that the selling was ora . convicled
offender fora fixed time.
'fhe law of 1821 was penal in its charac
ter. The penal code itself, has been the
subject of many charges during the last fifty
years., Originally, all felonies were punish
able with death. Then the benefit of clergy
or branding in the hand, was instituted in
the smaller cases of felony, as a substitute
for punishment by death. In misdemeanors
the party was imprisoned and fined, or fined
or imprisoned only—and if fined and unable
to pay, could be kept in jail for life unless
pardoned by the Executive. Thus many
persons, for small sums were imprisoned for
a long series of years. As a substitute for
punishment by death in many cases, and
branding in the hand in smaller felonies,
banishment to penal colonies,as Botany Bay,
has been substituted in England. In this
country; Penitentiary confinement has been
substituted in most cases fur branding and
death. In misdemeanors and other inferior
offences, if the party was unable to pay the
fine, ho was imprisoned without limit of
time. As a substitute for this, the work
house system has been introduced in some
instances. In other cases whipping, or
placing the party out to service until he
earned the amount of the fine. Again, in
other cases there was a specific imprison
tnent in proportion to the amount of the fine.
We mention these facts in relation to the
various changes of the penal laws in order
to spew that they are a part of the progres
sive action of the mind of men, and of the
spirit of the age; all tending.to improve the
condition of the criminal. Such was the
supplemental act of 1821 to the law of 1815.
Twenty years make a great change in the
views of society, in regard to the treatment
oferiminals, as they also do in the treatment
of disease of the body. The author of hu
mane acts of legislation fifty years ago,
might be condemned now, not because he
was lass humane; but because of the pro
gress of intellectual improvement.
With regard to the 19th section of the
law of 18:11, we think we have most conclu
sively shown that it had nothing to do with
selling the white men for debt. That it
only had a bearing on the criminal, who en
deavoured to add fraud to his other crimes;
and that an honest man, could always be
discharged by the county commissioners,
if he had not the means to pay his fine and
costs.
We have thus given this subject a serious
and dispassionate consideration—longer
than we intended, but not longer than the
subject required. The People of this coun
try are not to be deceived by such shallow
arguments. It will not take them long to
decide who is the best friend of the poor
man—Martin Van Buren who rides in his
splendid coach, and eats from a sumptuous
table, with gold knives and forks —or Wil
liam Henry Harrison, who passed the flower
of his life in fighting the battles of his coun.
try; and n•nv in the greenness of his matur
ed days, lives in a plain dwelling, and culti
vates the soil with his own hands, and is
always happy to receive the poor but honest
man at his table. The Van Buren party
have not been able to prove any charge
against Gen. Harrison. His life, like gold
tried in the fire, appears the more pure, the
longer it is subjected to the ordeal. We
may say of men, as well as of principles,
"Truth is mighty and will prevail."
I===
From the New York Commercial Advertiser
ARRIVAL OFTHE BRITISIIQUEEN.
The steam ship British Queen, Capt.
Roberts, arrived this morning from Lon
don, via Portsmouth, after a passage of six.
teen days and twelve hours.
London papers are to the Ist of July, and
Liverpool to the 30th ofJune,both inclusive.
While we have had warm weather in this
city, and generally very light winds. we are
ioformed by a passenger that this noble ship
has performed the passage against a contin
ued succession of strong bead•winds and sea,
without any intermission—such weather as
is very unusual at this season of the year.
By reference to the log it will be seen that
her steaming has been very uniform, fur
nishing incontestible proof of her supertor
qualities.
The steam ship President was nearly
ready, and was to mako her trial trip on
the 12th ofJuly, and would positively sail
from Liverpool on the Ist of August for
New York. She as the chofdceuvre of naval
architecture, and altogether a magnificent
vessel.
Courvoisier,. the valet of Lord William
Russell, was found guilty of his lordship's
murder, and aflerward made a full confes
sion of the fact.
The King of Prussia actually died on the
6th Juno.
The papers of course teem with addres
ses to the Queen and her husband, from
Parliament, and all aorta of public bodies,
lay and clerical, on their happy escape.—
The impression seems to be that Oxford is
insane.
JUNE 23.—Mr. F. Kelly obtained leave
to bring in a bill for abolishing the punish
ment of death except for murder and high
treason. Lord John Russell did not op
pose it, but said he would not pledge himself
to support the bill in all its stages.
The Queen of England is certainly in a
"state of domestic solicitude," and the pa
pers are discussing the question whether a
brevet will issue if the child should be a fe
male. If a male, it will, of course, be cre
ated "Prince of Wales."
THEAsoNs.nut ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE
THE QUEEN AND PINCE ALDFET.-At
quarter past six o'clock last night the royal
couple lelt Buckingham Palace for a drive
in Hyde Park, but the carnage had not gone
more than forty or fifty yards when a pistol
was fired at the Queen. which was instantly
followed by a second. Not above belle dozen
persons were present, amongst whom was a
female,who was the first to catch hold of the
assassin, and Lord Ingestrie. His Lord.
ship instantly gave the alarm, and in a few
seconds several of the police arrived and
took the prisoner into custody. and convey
ed him down to the station-house of the A
division, in Gardener's lane.
The assassin is a native of Birmingham,
which place he left when only nine years of
a ,, e; that he had kft his last place during
the last month. They at length ascertain
ed his residence, which was No. 6, West
st., West square; on searching his room
they found a sword and a black crape cap,
made to fit the face, besides a list of names,
which may lead to most important results.
On his person were found a half crown, a
knife and a key; there were also found at
his lodgings a ball and a powder-flask, the
bullet fitting the pistols. From the time of
the horrid attempt until eleven o'cleck,about
twenty of the police were engaged in sifting
the earth before the wall against which the
ball is supposed to have rebounded, but at
the above hour no bullet was found. On
the return of the royal party to the palace,
they were accompanied by a numerous train
of carriag es of the nobility, the fl ush on
Prince Alert's face having given way to a
deadly paleness. During the whole of the
night repeated messengers came from the
House of Commons to ascertain if the assas
sin had made any statement. He, however,
remained silent, with the exception of inqui•
ring whether he bad shot the Queen. This
question ho put several times during the
course of the night.
The London Whig papers are making
capital out of this affair, charging it some
upon the Tories directly, and others upon
IlaxovEn!! The King of Hanover would
succeed to the throne of Great Britain if
Victoria was to die childless. We copy
the subjoined from a Dublin paper:
It is a dreadful thought to harbor, that
the diabolical attempt to assassinate the
Queen originated in Hanover; but when we
consider the above evidence—when we take
into account the liberal and enlightened
principles avowed by her Majesty—but,
above all, when we reflect upon the charac
ter of him who stands next in succession to
the British throne—we do shudder to draw
the self evident conclusions warranted by
the above evidence.
One of the Paris papers announces, on the
authority of a letter from Constantinople,
that the Turkish government is about to es
tabli,h a representative legislati‘e—a Turk
ish House of Commons.
There was a rumor in London, coming
by way of Lisbon, that the British had sei.
-z.f3d open Macao.
The intelligence from Spain is still favor
hie to the cause of the Queen, although the
thrice killed Cabrera was still alive, and
moving about with considerable activity.—
Balmaseda, one of the Carlist leaders, had
been forced to take refuge in France, with
almost the whole of his forces. Other bod
ies of Ca.lists had been defeated. The
Queen and her mother were making a pro
gress through the provinces, and were re
ceived with considerable entliusiam.
The accounts from Circassia are still of
new triumphs achieved by the brave inhab
itants in their contest with the gigantic pow
er of Russia. Every fort garrisoned by
Russians has been taken, together with ma
ny pieces of cannon and vast quantities of
amunit
The papers announce the death of Page
nini, the celebrated player on the violin.—
is remains were taken from Nice, where
he died, to Genoa, his native place.
Sir Moses Montefiore, one of the richest
of the wealthy London Hebrews, and Mon
sieur Cremiaux, a eelebrated counsellor of
Paris, cn the part of the Hebrews in that
city, were to set out for Alexandria, about
the last of June, to be present at the investi
gation into the circumstances attending the
death of Father Thomas, out of which grew
the persecution of the Jews at Damascus.
From the Chambersburg Whig.
RECANTATIONS.
Masers. Eiorroas:—We observe by the
Telegraph that the managers of the Van
Buren party in this county have included
our names in the published list of delegates
to the Van Buren Convention at Lancaster.
This is without our consent and contrary to
our wish. We are workingmea,,and can
not consent to have our names used to serve
the interest of a party, the tendency of
whose measures is to reduce us to the con
dition of the laborers in hard money coun
tries.
We hope the managers of that party wilt
execuse us from serving wi delegates, as we
go for Old Tippecanoe, the poor man's
friend. JOHN HEART,
WILLIAII REASN ER,
ALEXANDER M. RHEIN,
WILLIAM FORBES.
Mssans.Enrroas:—lraving more recent
ly sought after and obtained the necessary
information relative to the qualifications of
the candidates fur the highest office in the
gift of the American people, I have deter
mined to cast my vote for Gen. Wm. Henry
Harrison, believing that a change of mea
sures is absolutely necessary to insure the
prosperity of our country. lam determi
ned strictly to adhere to the principles of the
Whig party, and in common with them en•
deavor to rescue the reins of government,
from the bands of a party who have proved
false to every pledge. The loco locos will
please erase my name from the list of dela-
Nitta to the Lancaster Convention.
JAMES KERR,jr.
Chambersturg; July 22, 1840.
Dassirriox.— The Wkok Committee Bol
ted.—The entire Van 'Buren Vigilance
Committee at Belmont, Ohio, have aban
doned all further service in the ranks of the
power party, and rallied under the patriotic
Bag of Harrison and Reform. Wo give
them a cordial welcome fur the indepen
dent and manly preference of their country
before their party. Their address to the
people concludes thus:
We can no longer support a party whose
golden policy is to make the "rich richer
and the poor poorer;" and whose professions
for the dear people have been so long and
loud, but whose practice proves io us that
thoy love the "loaves and fishes" more than
the people's rights. For these and similar
reasons, we cannot support Martin Van Bu
ren for the Presidency in the fall of 1940.
Wm. James, l)orson Finch,
James McFadden, John Boulfont,
James Mitchell, Wm. Brammhall,
John Pollock, M. Harrison,
Thomas Prue, Eli Marlow,
D. Rosebrough, David Mercer."
From the Pennsylvania Intelligencer
INSURANCE OF THE PUBLIC BUILD
We learn from Washington that on Tues
day last the HOD. JAMES CoorEri, represen
tative in Congress from the democratic dis•
trict of Franklin and Adams, proposed to
protect, by insurance, the public buildings
and depositories of the public moneys and
records; but the federal majority in the
house refused to entertain the proposition.
They refused to nllow him even to lay his
motion on the table. We ask the people to
r member this fact. It is fresh in the pub
lic memory that within a few years the
TREASURY BUILDING, the PATENT OFFICE
and GENERAL POST OFFICE have been burnt
down, and many valuable papers destroyed,
under circumstances which at the time led
many to believe that the fire was intentional
and designed to cover up transactions not
fitted for the public eye, by destroying the
records and vouchers relating to them. The
preamble and resolutions of Mi. Cooper
were designed to guard against future losses,
in money at lenst, by having the buildings
insured: but the federalists it seems would
rather have every thing to continue in their
present exposed condition. Why they wish
to continuo them thus, let the reader infer.
It certainly looks suspicious. The follow
ing is a copy of Mr. Cooper's preamble and
resolutions :
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TUESDAY, July 14, 1840.
Mr. Cooper of Pennsylvania, moved a suspension
of the rules of the House, to enable him to introduce
the following resolutions, lint there not being a ma
jority of two-thirds, the rules were not suspended.
%VHEREAB, The Public Buildings in the city of
Washington have been erected at great expense to
government, and are of great value, especially as the
depositories of the public records; and whereas by a
late act of Congress, entitled, an act "To provide for
the collection, safe-keeping.transfer and disbursement
of the public revenue," the Treasury Buildings in the
city of Washington, and the Custom Houses at the
various poiuts, where the revenue is collected, have
been made the depositories of the public money; and
whereas the said Buildings and their contents are
liable to be destroyed by fire or otherwise, As EX rent-
ENcE HAS enoven in the recent initances of the des
truction of the Treasury Buildings, the Patent Office
and the General Post Office; Therefore,
Resolved, That the Committee on Expenditures on
the Public Buildings, be directed to inquire into the
expediency of reporting a bill to authorize and require
the heads of the several Departments, to have the
said Public Buildings, occupied by them respectively,
tegether-with the archives, records, books and vou
chers, contained in the same, as far as the value there
of can be estimated in money, insured against destruc
tion by fire or otherwise, to the full amount of their
value, provided the same can be done.
Resolved, That if the said Committee should deem
it expedient to report a bill for such purpose, that
the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized and re
quired to have the Custom Houses in Boston, New
York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, together with
their coutcuts, including books, records and vouchers,
as fur as the value thereuf can be estimated iu money,
insured to the full amount of their value, provided
the same can be done; and that the insnrance on the
said Public Buildings and Custom Houses, be effected
on or before the first day of November, 1840.
One or two points in the foregoing deserve
particular notice, and may explain the con.
duct of federalists in so rudely casting the
proposition out of doors. In the first place,
it remias the public of the destruction of
public buildings which has already taken
place; this must have grated harshly on the
ears of the administration members. In
the second place, an intimation is contained
in the words "if it can be done," that the
character of our public servants is so bad
that no insurance office would grant n policy
or. property standing in so unsafe and criti
cal a position as the public buildings, with
their present occupants. And in the third
place, insurance is required to be done be
fore the Ist of November, 1840, the time
whey the elections for President begin. Now
suppose this insurance should take place,
and the elections go, as they certainly will,
against the Administration; what can spec
ulators on the public moneys do? they will
be obliged to leave the records of their mis
deeds, so that their successors in office un
der President HARRISON can expose them;
for they cannot burn up the offices and re
cords, because if they do so. their own
friends, who own the insurance offices in
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore
and elsewhere, will all be broken up, and
the poor fellows who are doomed to be turn
ed out of office would be left without their
wealthy corporation friends to assist them
in the day of adversity! It occurs to us that
this view of the matter is correct. No won
der, then, that the efroi is of M r. Cooper were
met at once by the federalists; nor will it
he any wonder if great fires occur at Wash
ington again, before the administration va
cate the offices they now abuse.
The course of Mr. Cooper in originating
a proposition so well calculated to secure
the public property, deserves the admiration
of the people, rind will certainly endear him
still more closely to his honest and intelli
gent constituency. Mr. C. has already
gained for himself a standing in Congress
seldom enjoyed by so young a member; and
we hope the district he so well represents,
will keep him in a position where he has
already given promise of being useful to the
country and creditable to them. The prin.
ciple of rotation in office is certainly a very
good one,but in respect to members of Con•
gress we think it is rather too rigidly put
in practice in Pennsylvania. In several
states in the Union it is the practice, when
the people of a district have a good member,
to re-elect him as long as he will serve.—
With us, four years is
,the usual period.
Now, we lose influence by this. Our mem•
hors only become properly acquainted with
the other members and the order of business,
.They have
when they arc loft at home._
,
no chance to become known or influential.
This is the reason why the Sodthern and
Western men ale so much more distinguish
ed. Our members equal and in many
cases
exceed them in talent, but are denied oppor.
tunities. A member like James Cooper, if
kept in Congress eight or ten }ears, wpuld
be one of the first men in the House.
The editor of the Cincinnati Gazette has
taken the trouble to procure the certificates
of Gen. Taylor, of Newport, Ky., Griffin
Yeatman, Recorder of Hamilton co., Ohio;
John Watson, lute associate Judge of Ham
ilton, Ohio; and George Gordon, formerly
Register of Hamilton county, to prove, that
Gen. Harrison always belonged to the Re
publican party, and never wore a black
cockade. They are gentlemen of the high
est respectability. They all testify, that
Harrison ul way s belonged to the Republican
party and that he never wore a cockade ex•
rept on Parade. Every calumny against
Harrison but increases the zeal of• the peo
ple to protect and reward the old soldier.
AN INTERESTING FAMILY. --‘l'o learn
that among the numerous visiters at the
Yellow Springs, is a fumily from this city,
consisting of nine individuals, and embra•
sing-3 fathers; 2 grandfathers; 1 great
grandfather; 2 lathers-in-law; 1 grandfaili
er-in-law; 4 suns; 3 grandsons; 1 great
grandson; 2 sons-in-law; 1 grandson-in-law;
2 husbands; 2 uncles; 2 brothers; 3 broth
ers•in-law; 1 nephew; 2 wives; 2 mothers;
1 grandmother; 2 daughters; 2 daughters
in-law; 2 sisters; 1 sister-in-law; 1 aunt
-43 relatives in nine individuals, compri
sing four generations.— Phil. lnq.
SAVE MC FROM MY FRLEND9. —A late
Ilavre paper gives the following account of
dangerous experiment, which had neatly
verified the ancient adage of the two stools:
"The owner of a line Newfoundland dog,
walking the other day on the south jetty
with a friend, was boasting of the qualities
of the animal, and the certainty of his sav
ing a man from drowning, which his com
panion questioned. When they had reach
ed that part of the jetty which is unprotected
by any parapet, the master of the dog push
ed his incredulous friend into the outer basin,
where the water was deep, though calm.—
The dog justified tho praises of his master,
and instantly plunged alter the fallen man
seized him by the coat, and was bringing
him safe to shore, when another dog of the
same species, which happened to be on the
north jetty, saw what was going on, and
determined to have his share in the selvage.
He plunged in, seized another portion of the
drowning man's coat; but as the respective
master's of the two dogs were at opposite
points, they pulled in opposite directionS,
till two portions of the coat were torn oft',
and carried by the dogs to their owners,
leaving the real object of their endeavors to
his fate. This would have been inevitable
had not his kind friend, who fortunately was
a good swimmer, plunged in and brought.
him safe to the quay."
GEN. EIARRISON AND OLD PARTIE9.-
The following is an extract from an address
of Gen. Harrison while a member of Con
gress In 1822 to his constituents. It gives
a flat denial to the charge of his being
"black cockade" Federalist as charged now
by his adversaries:
"I deem myself a Republican of what is
commonly called THE OLD JEFFERSO
NIAN SCHOOL, and believe in the cor
rectness of that interpretation of the Consti
tution which has been given by the writings
of that enlightened statesman, who was at
the head of the party, and others belonging
to it, particularly the celebrated resolutions
of the Virginia Legislature during the l're
sidency of Mr. Adams."
LOST THINGS mew: EARTEI.—The New
York Advertiser says. We shall hold our
selves very much obliged to any gentleman,
or association of gentlemen, who will tell'
what has become of the following articles:
1. Maelzel's automation chess•player.
2. General Ilarrison's cage.
3. The new•coinage dollars, of which
ono was exhibited as a specimen, some two.
years ago.
4. The result of the investigation made
at Philadelphia, concerning the election or
Mr. Naylor and the claims of Mr. Ingersoll.
5, Senator Benton's deluge of gold that
was to flow up the Mississippi.
G. The yellow gold pieces, that, accord
ing to tho Globe, were to shine and glitter
in every farmer's silken purse.
UNPARALLELED SPEED.—A party consis•
ting of forty ladies end gentlemen, left Bos•
ton on Tuesday evening for New York—
embarked on board the North America on
Wednesday morning, and arriving in this
city at half past 8 in the same evening,were
sent on to Saratoga by an extra train which
was fitted out immediately at their request,
and set down at the Springs before nine
o'clock. The distance from BoAon to Sar
atoga, via New York, is about 4:30 miles,
and thetime occupied by the party of Bos
tonians in performing the journey was only
29 hours; having travelled at the average
rate of fifteen miles an hour, stoppages in
cluded.—Troy paper.
FRANKLIN ON SP7LLINO. - - - -Dr. Franklin
says in one of his letters: "You need not ho
concerned in writing to me about spelling
it is generally the best, as conforming to the
sound of the letters. To give you an in
stance, a gentleman received a letter, in,
which were these words: 'Not finding Brown,
at hum, I delivered your messeg to hi 4 tif
The gentleman called his wife to help him
read it. Between them they picked out all.
but the yf, which they could not unierstand.
The lady proposed calling, her chaniher
maid, 'because Retty,' says she
'has the best,
knack of reading bad spelling of any one I.
know,' Betty came, and was surprised that
neither of them could not tell what itf was.
'Why,' says sin) 'yf spells wife—what Os°
cnn it spell?' And, indeed, it is much better,
as well us a shorter method than doublryou,
t, f, c, which ip reality, spells.douNcleifey."
REPUBLICAN BANNER.
fiIr.T'VYSIIIIIII - 3, July 28, 1890.
PEO LE'S C.l .V.D . 1.D.1 TES.
FOR ritusIDF.NT,
CENT WILLIAM H. HARRISON.
FOR vren-priEsIDENT,
JOHN TYLER.
Oar Banner.— , . E U AyF rct:NG THI
rittoAn n.tssrtt OP IJIBETITY AND THE CON-
ornwrioN TO TUE nnrezt, INRCRI nEn will:
TOR. INxrflllNo WO TIDI4 :—ONE PRESIDEN
TIAL TERM—THE INTEGRITY OF THE
PUBLIC SERVANTS—THE SAFETY OF
THE PUBLIC MONEY—AND 'TIE GEN
ERAL GOOD OF THE PEOPLE."
Wo have received and will publish in next
week's paper, the able speech of our Representa
tive in Congress, the lion. James Cooper. which
will be followed by that of lion. Charles Ogle of
Somerset.
Congress adjourned on Tuesday last, and our
member, the 1101). JAMES Cortex'', is at home.—
Unsuccessful attempts were made to l robing the
session, and to meet again in October. Had the
extra session been called, a &reel lax might have
been expected.
Festival at Charlestown, Va.
There will be a great Whig meeting and pub
lic barbecue in the vicinity of Charlestown, Jef
ferson county, Va. on Thursday next, at which it
is expected there will be several acres of good and
true friends of Harrison and Tyler. Many of the
Old Dominion's hest orators will be in attelidanee,
and address the meeting. Invitations aro extend
ed to the people of Maryland, l'ennsylvanio, and
elsewhere.
ASTICAL.—The Rev. Ezra KL//cr, of
Taneytown, line accepted a call from the Evan.
gelical Lutheran Church in llageratown, Md.
Public meetings of all good Harrisonians are
to be held at Shippenaburg on the 29th and
Waynesburg on the 31st inst. The 'Sockeye
Blacksmith is expected to address each of them.
It is a sufficient inducement to hold out to our
friends who attend those meetings, to say, that
Harrison melodies and numerous speeches may
he expected—that at each of them another seal of
the people's condemnation will be set upon the
little magician—and another shout will rend the
air for "Harrison and Liberty," "Reform," and
"no oppression of the poor man." Take time!—go!
At a raising of a stable in Gettysburg, on Mon
day the 27th July, there were present in favor of
WILLI t3I H. H n iswr,
VAN PUUEN,
Doubtful,
RAISE THE SHOUT FREEMEN!
Louisiana has Spoken!
The Orleans State—the scene of the mighty
deeds of the Hero of the Hermitage, just brought
from his retirement to traduce the fair fame of
Gen. Harrison,—has pledged herself to stand fast
for the Farmer of North Bend. She is safe for
five electoral votes! Senator Nichols has permis
sion to retire from his scat. A Whig Legislature
is secured, and a United States Senator will be
elected of the truo faith. The gain in the city of
New Orleans is near eleven hundred. In the first
Congressional district, White (Whig) was elec
ted in 1838 by 900, now by 2200. In the second
congressional district in 1836 Van Buren had
seven hundred and upwards of a majority; now
Dawson (L. F.) is supposed to be elected by
TIII lITEEY votes. In the third district the Whig
candidate has a majority of 800, with several dis
tricts to hear from. The popular vote is all for
Hairisotd—for Harrison!!
"With the ostensible Editor of the paper [Star]
we have no quarrel; wo consider bun a very
harmless and apparently decent Young man, and
wore sorry on his account when he got into such
a discreditable concern."—Compiler of July 21.
We might be charged with engaging in a com
bat worse than the war agsinst the windmill,
were we to shoot in the dark at the wee man who
indited the above clause taken from the scribblings
of the "Compiler." That paper, without even an
"ostensible Editor" to conduct its affairs, issues its
weekly opinions, which are spawned upon the
community in a wholly irresponsible manner—in
tilted by nobody, who appears to he its editor.—
To hunt up "the proprietor," out of the list through
which it would be necessary to go, might prove
rather a filthy task, and deprive us of that "appa
rent decency" which is accorded to us. The
search might result in fixing the proprietorship on
acme small game, or "harmless" thing, against
whom it would be sacrilege to waste priming. If
all the spirits that flit about that concern would
resign their posts and permit the great "We,"
who saw the "pig-styes" at Baltimore, to sit
• Fanfisromule" in Chief, (we quote the word)
and dispense bastardized opinions through this
oracle of truth, however harmless and irresponsi
ble it still might be, there would be an available
something, to which a few "well trimmed cow
heels" might advantageously be applied, whenev
er a corrective should be needed.
Desperation of the Locos.
So entirely reckl.•ss have the office hollers be
some in their ell rts to defeat the wishes of the
people, by retaining the spoils in their own keep
nig, that they now resort to artifices in which they
comm it crimes, the punishment of which is •
place in our State prisons. linter invcctiv e , ut
tered b y to ngnes long since stiffened by defama
tion, and accustomed to Billingsgate slang, have
ken exhausted against the War-worn soldier who
SaVed their infant heads from tl, scalping knife,
and the swaddling clothrs that wrept them from
the lighted fagot. Slanders of every pr i o r ie s ,
which self-interested invenuity could invent end
attach to any act in the history of that faithful
public servant, have failed to gain credence from
it people who Ire not yet lust to all feeling of grat 7
itt.de'teward Acir prcserve.t and defender. Per
veiled versisns of laws, as they were passed by
honest Revolutionary leetslators, have failed to
dampen the zraJ of our friends, or prevent scores
of converts from enlisting against Mr. Van Buren,
though accuspanied by the constructions of the
I wises Loco Paco legislators of our day, who (to
answer party purposes.) riaLde the Constitution;
disfranchise whole &atm,. disregard the rights of
the Representatives of the people's choice; and
gag the mouth of every man who dares to expose
their corruptions. Gen. Harrison's UONESTY has
been impiously rimmioned; but the charge has
been made to recoil on the heads of those who
themselves hare purloined much of the public
treasure. Hor.trsty ! Who are they that prefer
the charge! The very men who are daily abstract
ing from the public treasury—the very party who
defend the exforfarmal practices of their political
friends--who employ and retain in their service
men, who as public servants, degrade their office
by enriching themselves out of government funds,
or the honest dues of the people.
111 - he Is in rarer af 11'1We likivervr
We answer Martin Van Buren!!
And let every man follow us through
the proof.
In the scheme of a Standing Army, reported by
Mr. Poinsett„ llecretary of War, during the session
of Congress just closed, are contained in the 9th
section the following provisions :
[Bennoun
Each man is required "TO BE
CLOTHED AND EQUIPPED AT
lIIS OWN" EXPENSE, the color
and fashion to be determined by the
Brigadier-General commanding the Bri
gade to which he may belong."
The 17th section gives to the President the en
tire control of the Arms%
"17th. That the Pretident of the United
States be authorized to CA LL FORTH and
ASSEMBLE such numbers of the AC
TIVE force of the militia, at such places
within their respective districts, and at such
times, not exceeding twice, nor days
in the same year, AS HE MAY DEEM
NECESSARY; and during such period,
including the time u-hen going to and re
turning from the place of rendezvous, they
shall be deemed IN THE SERVICE OF
THE U. STATES, and be subject to such
regulations as the Prc.ident may think pro
per to adopt for their instruction, discipline,
and improvement in military knowledge."
The punishment to be inflicted by tho President
and his Court Marshals (or disobeying any of the
requirements of the scheme are to be found in tbo
29th and 29th sections, as follows:
"29th. That every officer, non-commis
sioned officer, artificer, musician, or private
of the militia, who shall fail to obey the or
ders of the U. States in the case provided
for calling forth the active force, or parts
thereof, (in the 17th head,) shall be FIN
ED, and forfeit a sum not exceeding three
months' pay, nor than half a months'
pay, according to the circumstances of the
case, as a COURT 31 A RTI A L may deter
mine; awl that every officer, non-commis
sioned officer, artificer, musician, or private
of the militia who shad fail to obey the or
ders of the President of the United Slates,
in any of the cases cited in the 18th and 19th
heads, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding one
year's pay, and not less than one month's
pay, to be determined and adjudged accord
ing to the circumstances of the case by a
court-martial, and such officer shall, more
over, be liable to be CASHIERED by sen
tence of a could martial,and be incapacitated
from holding a commission in the militia
fur a term of four years, at the discretion of
the said court; and such non-commissioned
officers and privates shall be liable to be
impri.oned by tkesi-nteoce ofa court martial
on failure of the psymeot of fines adjudged
against them for O.7CE CALENDER MOISTU
FOR EVERT FIVE DOLLARS ofsuch fine.
'29th. That all fines a'.sessed, as descri
bed in the preceding head, shall be certified
by the officer ordering the court, or the re
vising authority of the proceedings of the
court martial having approved of the some,
to the marshal of the district in which the
delinquent shall reside, or to one of his dep
uties, and take a receipt from the said mar.
*hal or deputy, as the case may be, fur the
same; which receipt and duplicate, of the
certificate furnished, he shall transmit for
record to the adjutant general of the militia
of the U. States; that the marshal, or his
deputy, having received the said certificate,
SHALL FORTHWITH PROCEED TO
LEVY THE SAID FINES, WITH
COST, BY DISTRESS AND SALE OF
THE GOODS AND CHATTELS OF
THE DELINQUENT; which costs, and
the manner of proceeding with respect to the
sale of the goods distratned. shall be agree•
ably to the laws of the State in which the
same shall be, as in other cases of distress:
and when any non commissioned officer or
private shall be adjudged to suffer 1 M PRI
SONMENT, Timm BEING NO GOODS
OR CHATTELS TO BE FOUND where
on to levy the said fines, the marshal of the
district, or his deputy, shall commiT
SUCH DELINQUENT TO JAIL, DIT.
RING THE TERM OF WHICH HE
SHALL BE SO ADJUDGED TO IM
PRISONMENT, or UNTIL THE FINE
SHALL BE PAID, in the same manner as
other persons condemned to fine and impri
sonment at the suit of the United States may
be committed."
Lif this whole scheme Martin Van Buren thus
reconls his entire amoral, in his last annual
message- When sing of the Report of the
Secretary of War. he says—
"I cannot recommend too strongly to
your attention THE PLAN SUBMIT
TED BY THAT OFFICER, FOR THE
ORGANIZATION OF THE MILITIA OF THE
UNITED STATES. "
Now, what are the facts! Gen. Harrison is
charged with being in favor of "White Slavery"
as it is termed, because he voted in the Senate of
Ohio, when the criminal law of that State was
undergoing revision, to punish infamous offend
ers, thrives, and pilferers by lisle and imprison
ment, instead of involuntary servitude as the law
then stood. The penitentiary expenses were in
creasing yearly, and large appropriations were re.
(tuned to meet their demands. To curtail the
expend:tures of the State—to pursue .economy
wb • it could be ir.trodoced, eppeared urees
!nary—and to do this it was proposed that conrids
for the smaller elTonces should, instead of being
publicly 'shipped (as was urged) be subjected to
fines and imprisonment: And where they could
not pay the fines and costs, as their sentence re
quired, their services were to be given to such
persons as would pay their fines and costs for
them, and they were compelled to work until such
amount was paid. The criminal would, if this
had become the law, not have been a tax upon the
State; but while the ends of justice were satisfied,
he would have been acquiring industrious habits
—would labor incessantly to work out his redemp
tion money;—and, then, without coming forth,
emaciated, pale, weak and filled with the purposes
of revenge, which in the idleness of a prison ho
might have been plotting, would he come forth
strong and hale, end it may be with his abandon
ed habits checked, under the reivire and counsel
of a virtous, moral, industrious family. This was
what General Harrison did, for which he is said
to be in favor of "White slavery."
Look now at the sketch we have presented of
the Standing Army Scheme, and say whether
Martin Van Buren is not in. favor of the worst
kind of sIavery—PROSCRIPTIVE SLAVERY.
He establishes a Standing Army, and requires
every man to equip HIMSELF, out of his own
pocket—ho lays down rules and regulations for
their government—fixes parades—authorizes him
self to DRAUGHT mcn at any time, and having
given to hiniself (the Pu csi DENT) the entire con
trol of the Army, he affixes his penalties: by
which every man who will not bow to tho Exec
utive nod—yield implicit obedience to the Presi
dent, and "HE SUBJECT TO SUCH REGVL•TIONS
AS TFIE PRESIDENT MAT SEE PROPER TO ADOPT, "
is to bo committed TO JAIL, UNTIL SUCH
OBEDIENCE BE YIELDED! If this bo not
an enslaving Scheme, calculated to shut up in the
filthy enclosures of our jails, for life, all those who
will not yield their opinions oven to proscription,
then Herod's slaying edict never was published,
and never was executed. It is an attempt to.sub
jugate every freeman in the Union—to eatalilish
one grand system of Wurrs SLAVERY, which a
tyrant alone could conceive—an oppressor alone
would desire to execute, and which a freeman
CANNOT brook. It is a high handed attempt un
der color of enacting a lawcprotective of the Uni
on, to make it and its subjects the servants to do
his bidding's. Let every man judge for himself.
whether there are not thousands who could
not meet the demands of this project, and who
would be situated, as is depicted with fearful truth,
in the following sketch from the Harrisburg Intel-
ligencer—
"The President's beck and nod rnust be
obeyed. The people must destroy their
own cities--murder their neighbors—de
populate whola sections of the country—if
he commands. If any one refuse to obey
the President's COURT M A ff TI A LS will
sit upon his case, and he will be FINED
and IMPRISONED, at their "discretion."
Ifs poor man and unable to pay his fines and
costs, fur disobeyinif b perhaps a Nero or a
Cwsar, the threshold of the Prison will
prove to him what the "Bridge of Sighs"
in Venice proves to the unfortunate beings
who cross it—he will never return, unless
the charity of the public, less heartless and
cruel than the public's masters, contribute
the means necessary for his liberation. In
the meantime his family may be ',WlZ:ring
all the horrors of destitution and want.—
Famine may sweep ofT his children—grief,
exposure and poverty will break the heart
of his wife—his aged parents pass from
earth, with none to comfort, none to close
their eyes in peace, but their gray hairs
sinking in sorrow to the grave. And all
this in a time of profound peace, when there
could he no necessity for rigor so severe, or
regulations so tyrannical; and it may be
that the poor man's only crime has been in
ability to provide the accoutrements requi
red wider the new system!
We ask the reader to read the sections
we have quoted carefully—to reflect upon
the condition of hundreds and thousands
who will come within the scope of their
operation—and then ask himself nhe'ther
we have not spoken truly."
Resignation of Judge Jeffries,.
James M. Porter appointed Judge by our infa
mous Governor to screen the rebels and traitors of
the 4th of December, having accomplished the
object of his appointment; having turned the cut
throats loose; violated the constitution and all law;
and covered the judicial ermine all over with reek
ing corruption, has resigned his office. He will
be followed to retirement, or to office, the reward
of perfidy, by the execrations of every honest and
intelligent patriot. His successor will not be
disgraced by occupying his polluted seat—for
Parsons, of rebel memory also, is appointed in his
dace.
A ROMER TRIUAIPII OF DEMOCRACY !
A Voice from Western Pennsylvania.—The
Pittsburg Gazette of July 18th, contains the
following paragraph :
GLORIOUS VICTORY !I !—The most com.
plete and decided victory, which has yet
been achieved under the banner of Harrison
ism, was that of Tuesday last, in our neigh
boring city of Allegheny. That city is di
vided into four wards—in each ward there
were three Select Council men, four Corn•
mon Council men, six School Directors, one
Judge, and two Inspectors: being sixty-four
officers. And in the whole city one Mayor.
Of these sixty-five officers, sixty-one are
decided Harrison men, including the May.
or. Four are suspected to be tinged with
Loco Focoism.
There were three candidates for Mayor
—all Whigs.
Indeed, so conscious were the Loco Focos
of tho utter prostration of their party, that
they only hoped to elect one Judge, R. A.
Campbell, and he was defeated by a major
ity of ninety-nine votes!
A GENEROUS JEw.—From Vienna it is
learned that Baron Solomon de Rothschild
has just alienated property to the amount of
4000 florins, (about E. 400 sterling) a year,
for the purpose of giving wedding portions
annually and forever, to four young females
of irreproachable conduct and poverty, and
without distinction of religious faith who
are to be natives of Bruno, the capital of
Moravia. It is also stipulated that, where
the conditions can be realized, preference as
to the females who are to receive the ad.
vantage of the gift, is to be given to the
Gastel
A tiVrATISEMENTS.
REGISTER'S NOTICES.
°tic e, is Hereby Given,
nil Legatees and other persons con
cerned, that the ADMINISTRA
TION ACCOUNTS of the Estates of the
deceased persons hereinafter mentioned,
will be presented to the Orphans' Court of
Adams county, for confirmation, on Mon
day the 24'h day of August 1940, to wit :
The account of Samuel S. M'Creary one
of the Executors of the Estate of James
Wray deceased.
The account of Samuel S. M'Creary,Ad
mintstrator de bonts non of the 'Estate of
Andrew Wray deceased.
WM. KING, Rrgister.
Register's Office, Gettysburg, t
July 28, 1840.
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One dia. 1,400
One do. 1,300
One do. 1,250
One do. 1,200
( - Fifty do. 1,000
0:7 - Fifty do. 250
0:7 - Fifty do. 220
0:)F - Fifty do 200
0::7 - Sixty do. 160
0z Sixty do. 150
0:7 - Sixty do. 120
0:7 - Sixty do. 100,&c.
Tickets only 810—Halves SS—Quarters $2 50
Certificates of packages of 25 Whole tickets 8130
Do. do. 25 Half do. 65
Do. • do. 25 Quarter do. 32 50
30,000 DOLLARS.
Virginia State Lottery,
For endowing the Leesburg Academy
and for other purposes. Class No: 7, for
1840. To be drawn at Alexandria, Va. on
Saturday, 29th August, 1840.
75 No. Lottery-12 Drawn Ballots.
GRAND SCHEME.
One prize of $30,000
One do. 10,000
One do. 5,000
One do. 3,500
One do. 3,070
One do. 3,000
One do. 2,500
OzrForty Prizes of 1,500
KT - Filly do. 250
07 Sixty do. 200
KrSixty.three 150
Mr - Sixty-three do. 100 &e.
Tickets only sto—lialves ss—Quarters $2 50.
Certificates of Packages of 23 Whole Tickets- $ 130
Do. do. 25 Half do. 63
Do. do. 25 Quarter do. 32 50
For Tickets and Shares or Certificates
of Packages in the above splendid Lout:).
ries,—adddress
D. S. GREGORY & ca., Managers-,
Washington City.
Drawings sent immediately after they
are over to all who order as above.
July 28, 1840 st-18
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber would respectfully re ,
quest all those who have unsettled accounts
standing on the Books of Rtinawr S. PAX
Toil (late editor of this paper) to call upon
him and settle the same immediately.
HEZ. VAN ORSDEL.
July 21,184(1.. if-17
ADVERTISES, ENTS.
HARRISBURG
ram Nos BURR MILL STONE
111ANI1FA.CTORY.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the
Millers and Millwrigt.ts, and the trade in
general, that he still continues to manufac
ture •
French Burr Mill Stones,
in Harrisburg, where he keeps constantly on
hand a good assortment of Fn scar BURR
BLocKs of a very superior quality, which he
is prepared to manufacture to order, on fa
vorable terms and cheaper than the same
quality of French Burrs can be had at any
other place in the United States, and will
warrant them equal in quality to any that
can be made in America.
The subscriber will, if desired, deliver
Purrs at any given point along the Canals
or Railroads, at his own risk.
rr i Orders by mail will meet the same
prompt attention as if personal application is
made.
W. 11. KEPNER.
July 28,1840. [liar. Intl Om-18
TESICIVERS WaNTBD.
THE School Directors of Stratum town
ship will meet at the house of Mr. Pram ,
SCHRIVIIR, in flunorstown, on Saturday
the 15th day of August next, fur the pur
pose of receiving Proposals from Teachers,
to take charge of the public schools in said
township.
By order of the Board,
DA N'L COMFORT, Seery.
July 28, 1840. td-18
2t ia ajaa teltaPta
WHEREAS the Hon-D. DrirticEE,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 Witt.
WCLEitirr and Gao. 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 27th ea y of April, in the year of
our Lone one thousand eight hundred and
forty, and to me directed, for holding
n Court of Common Pleas and General
Quarter Sessions ofthe Peace, and General
Jail Delivery, and Court of Oyer and Ter-
miner, at Gettysburg, on 31onday the 24th'
day of August next--
Notice, is Imre - by Given,
To all the Justices of the Peace, 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 Remornbrances,to do those things,which
to their offices and in that behalf appertain
to be done and also they who will prosecute
against the prisoners that are, or then shall
be, in the Jail of the said County of Adams,
are to be then and there,to proseeute against
them as shall be just.
GEO. W. M'CLELL AN, Sheriff.
July QB, 1840. tc
JAMES DOBBIN, Esq.
WILL ho supported for the office of
BRIGADIER GENERAL, at
the next election, by
MANY VOTERS.
Gettysburg, July 21, 1840. to-17
CALL AND SEES
BMW TIOODOo
THOMAS J. COOPER
- 11. AS received a large and general as
sortment, consisting of
DRY AND DOMESTIC
GeV Dat?
SUCH A 8 FOLLOWB, VIZ:
Cloths, Cassimers, Cassinets, Kentucky
Jenns, Summer Cloths, Calicoes, Lawns,
Ginghams, Ticlungs, Checks, Cotton
Stripe, Muslins, American Nankeens, I.
rish Linens, Valencia, Burlap and Mar-
seilles Vestings, Pittsburg Cords, Velvet
Cords, Shoes, &c.
n &WOW AlitlE
Queensware & Groceries,.
All of which will be sold at the most redu
ced prices for Cash or Country Produce on
accomodating terms.
Gettysburg, July 14. 3t-1
HARVEST HOI E.
inky a resolution passed at a recent Meet
ingw of the Harrison Club of Shippens•
burg, the undersigned were appointed a
committee to make arrangements for a gen
eral meeting of the friends of Harrison and
Tyler, and have fixed on
Wednesday the 29th day of July, inst.
for the holding of said meeting. The Clubs
of Adams, Cumberland and Franklin coml.
ties are especially invited to attend. The
friends of the cause from every quarter will
be cordially welcomed. The Committee
trust that the spirit or patriotic enthusiasm
which burns in the bosom of every friend of
his country will bring crowds of freemen
together on that day from all, parts of the
country.
A number of distinguished Gentlemen
have been invited to attend, and address the
meeting. Among others, Mr. Baer, the
Buckeye Blacksmith.
WM. F. CAREY,
W. STURGIS,
jOS. MIFFLIN,
D. COBAUGH,
GEO. M. PHILLIPS,
Committee.
July 21,1840. td--17
JOB PRINTING,
OF ALL KINDS,
Neatly and expeditiously executed at the office:
'ME STAR & BANNER."
ADVERTISEMENTS.
8 Ie)CD SMN72S9
- I
. ; : t , k 7l i c om., .!
r.....,,,ir i 0 • •
11 4. _^. : 3 44...
f,
IF4 0 AUltii OLD
1 S now gettin g in readiness for the fall
sales the greatest variety of stoves ever
of to the public in this place, mostly of
his own manufacturin g , and trimmed in the
neatest and best manner. ALL WARRANT*
ED. Amon g which are a great variety of
0002 C-STOVES,
NINE PLATE DO., ALL SIZES;
PARLOR, lILANIKLIN AND
COAL STOVES,
all of which will be sold at prices to suit the
times. Old stoves and old metal of every
kind taken in exchange for new stovea.—
All persons wanting Stoves areinvited to
call.
Gettysburg, July 21,1840. tf-17
P. S. Among the above Stoves are borne
of a very large size, calculated for Church
es, Bar and School rooms.
TO MY CREDITORS.
TAKE notice that I have applied to the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of
Adams county, for the benefit of the Insol
vent Laws of the Commonwealth of Penn- ,
Sylvania, and that they havo appointed the
24th day of Sugust next, for the hear
ing of me and my creditors, at the Court
house, in the borough of Gettysburg, when
and where you may attend if you think
proper. ' I. D. RUPP.
July 21, 1840.
TEAIcupRS MTANTED.
THE School Directors of Berwick town-
ship will meet at the house of Henry Gut,
►n said township, on Saturday the Kith day
of August next, for the purpose of receiving
proposals from those persons who are anxi
ous to take charge of five public schools in
said district, to whom libcral. salaries will
be given.
July 21, 1840.
J. L. NOEL, Pres'e.
to -1y
ATTENTION'
GETTIMILITRG TROOP!
YOU will parade at Mr. BURIELIOLDER'S
Tavern in Menallen township, on Sat
urday the Ist of August next, at 10 o'clock
A. M.
ROBERT M'CURDY, Capt.
July 21, 1840. tp-17
Sheriff's Sales.
IN pursuance of a Writ of Veditioni
-laEx
pones, issued out of the Court of Com
mon Pleas of Adams county, and to me
directed, will be exposed to Public Sale, at
tho Court house, in the borough of Gettys
burg, on Tuesday the 11th day of August
next, at I o'clock, r. M.
4 Tract of Land,
situate in Huntington township, Adam
county, Pa. containing 40 Acres more or
less, adjoining lands of Thomas Craighead,-
Jacob B. Lyon & Co. ALSO—
' A - TRACT OF LAND,
containing 14 Acres more or less, situate in
Huntington township ; Adams county, Pa.,.
adjoining lands of William Meals, Temple ,
tun Brandon and others.
ALSO—The interest in a certain
Tract of Land,
situate in the aforesaid Township ; Adams'
county, Pa., containing 60 Acres more or
less, ou which are erected a
ens
TWO mint
Stone Ifionse 4
arid Stone Bank Barn with an out tenant
HOUSE, adjoining lands' of William
James Robinet and others. Seized and fa. ,
kerun execution as the Estate of Ludwick
Waltemyer, deceased.
-ALSO
. TRACT OP LAND,
Situate in Germany township, Adams coun
ty, Pa., adjoining lands of the heirs olio:m
Weilttat deceased, flallabaugh Huff, and
others, containing 150 Acres more or less.,
on which are erected Two one story Log:
Dwelling Houses, 011:5 .
a log Barn and a log Stable, with a spring .
of water near the door. Seized and takew
in execution as the Estate of Thomas Siznpi
son, deceased.
The Interest of
A TRACT OF LAND i
containing FIVE Acres more or less, situ:
ate in Struban township ; Adams county; Pa.
adjoining lands of Daniel Longenaker,
cob Orndorff and others, on which are erecw
ted a ONE STORY Loa
Dwelling lllouse,
le'g' - and Log Stable: Seized and taken'
in execution as the Estato . of Jacob Utz.
ALSO—
The undivided fourth part of '
a Tract of _Land,
adjoining lands of David Rhode, George'
Patterson and others, containing 103 Acres•
more or less, situate in Freedom township, :
Adams county, Pa. on which aro erectedt
A IWO STOGY LOG
I)velliiig 'House,
Is • 0:5 4 :
and double log Barn with a well •
of water near the door. Seized and taken'
in execution as the Estate of Abraham.
Branner.
_G. W. M.CLELLAN, Sherif.
Sheriff's Office. Gettye
burg. July 21, 1840..