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ADVERTISEMENTS
PARTNERSHIP.
THE Subscribers have this day entered
into Partnership in the Shoo & Boot.
making business, and will be at all times
prepared to accommodate the public with
work in their line, made to the best and
most fashionable manner, and on favorable
terms. Their shop is in Chambersburg
street, opposite Mr. Ditterline's Tavern.
DANIEL BALDWIN,
WM. GUINN
Gettysburg, Aug. if,, 1840.
elfl &apprentice Wanted.
Alad of 16 or 17 years of ago, of good
character, will be taken as an A ppren
tic° to said business.
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CLOTHS:
CLOTHS!! CLOTHS!!!
UST opened a fresh lot—comprising
9 P Fine wool dyed Black, Invisible and
Bottle Green,
Blue. Olive and Mulberry Browns, Light
Drabs,
Oxford and Cadet Mixed, (of different
qualities.)
For sale at low prices, by
R. G. M'CREARY.
August 4, 1840. t f-19
WANTED.
1„,
TWO or THREE journeyme
,ater•
era will meet with constant emplas, ! !-nt if
immediate application be made to' ub
scriber. Also, an Arm:millet , „Abe
plastering business.
JAMES BOWEN
Gettysburg, Aug. 11,1940.
WORTH ATTENTION.
It. G. Al.4eireavy,
HASjaet received a fresh supply of Bea
sonable goods; embracing a great va
riety of
Fine Cloths and Cassimeres,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
Very cheap Calicoes, Manchester Ging
hams, Cotton Stripes, Checks, Irish Linen,
Cambrick and Jaconett Muslins, Swiss and
Book Muslins, French Bombazines, Super
Mouseline de &tines, Thread Lace and
Edgings, Ribbons, Gloves, Stocking, (very
cheap,) Heavy Domestic Muslins, Fino
Bleached Shirting, 5 4 and 6-4 Sheetings,
Very cheap Tickings, A merican Nankeens,
Marseilles Quilts,lngrein Curpetings,Hemp
du., Utnbtellas, Palm lints, &c.
A LSO
A full Stock of Groceries.
The Public are invited to call and exam•
ine his stock as they may save money by
doing so.
August 11, 1840. tf-20
$25 REWARD.
THE House of the subscriber, in Fraklin
township, was broken into on the night of
the 14th inst., and robbed of a sum of mo
ney (in silver,) the amount not 'exactly
known, by three villians who it is supposed
had blackened their faces, to escape deice.
tion. The above reward will be given for
the apprehen4ion and conviction of the
robbers.. HENRY GROVE.
September 22, 1840. • 3t-20
JOE PRINTING,
OF ALL xtps,
Neatly and expeditiously exauted at the office of
..THP: STAR & BANNER."
ADVERTISEMENTS.
analealakrats)i
attend. to your Interest!
THE subscriber respectfully informs the
public, and the Farmers particularly, that
he has ready for delivery his
Improved Two Morse
THRASHING MACHINES;
Ono of which is now in tho possession o
Mr. Abraham Fisher, residing in Menallen
township, Adams County, Pa. Messrs.
Fisher and Forney having fairly tested the
utility of this machine, furnish the following
Certificate:—
CERTIFICATE.--We certify, that we
have in use ono of Mr. S. H. LITI'LE'S
PATENT HORSE POWERS, and be.
lieve it to be decidedly superior to any thing
of tho kind we have over seen. From the
small degree of friction and the rapidity of
motion, two horses have thrashed at the
rate of two hundred duzen a day, with the
greatest ease, and without injury to the
grain. ABRAHAM FISHER.
DANIEL FORNEY.
Menollen township, Sept. 5, 1840.
WE, the undersigned, do hereby certify
that we have seen one of S. H. Little's
Two Horse Patent Portable Thrashing Ma
chine in use and can assure the Farmers
and the Public that it is worthy of the
highest praise and patronage, as two horses
can do the work of four with more ease and
less hands. It saves one half the labour
and performs the work in the best manner
possible. It possesses a decided advantage
over any other machine, being less liable to
get out of order, and easily to be removed.
To see it in operation is sufficient to satisfy
any one of its great utility and the propriety
of our statement.
George Smyser, John F. M'Farlane,
David Ziegler, Wm. N. Irvine,
C. Burluchy, William Settle,
John Barret, Robert King,
William IWClellan, Joel B. Danner,
A. B. Kurtz, S. R. Russell,
Wm. Taughinbaugh, John Gilbert,
Jesse Ashbaugh, - Michael Rupp,
John B. M'Fherson, James C. Watson,
Daniel Culp, Geo. C. Strickhouser,
John Hamilton, S. S. King,
C. Stout, John M. Stevenson,
Bonj. Lefever,
D. Horner,
J. White, (Freedom) H. Aughinbaugh,
David Troxel, Jr. Joseph Little,
Amos Mnginly, James D. Paxton,
John Scott,
Dnvid NESldt•die,
Quintin Armstrong, Barnhart Gilbert
Farmers who have been waiting for
something better than heretofore offered for
sale, will find this to be the article. Come
see it, gentlemen, and judge for yourselves.
S. H. LITTLE.
Gettysburg, Sept. 22, 1840. tf-20
NOTICE TO
EIRZIDOE BUTILIDERS.
,CEA LED PROPOSALS will be recoil , .
ed by the Commissioners of Adams
county, at the house OF PETER LATSHAW,
On Monday the 12th day of October, be
tween the hours of 9 o'clock A. M. and 2
o'clock P. M. for the erection of a gocd and
substantial
WOODEN BRIDGE
across the Great Conowago creek, on the
Pine Grove road leading from Ilunterstown
to Latshaw's Mill, of the following dimen
sions, to wit: The length from one abut-
ment to the other 5 feet span, and of single
arch; 16 feet wide in the clear, and the
abutments to be 8 feet thick and 21 feet
wide and 8 feet high from low water mark,
where the Bridge crosses the strewn; wing
walls on the north side to be 24 feet long,
and on the south side to be 16 feet long ex
clusive of the abuttmeats; the wing walls
to be 3i feet thick at the bottom, and 2 feet
on the top; wing walls to be 3 feet higher
than the filling up, and to be under a good
parpet covering of white pine boards of at
least 1 inch in thickness, and well painted
with rod paint: the abutments and wing
walls to bo built on rocks, or otherwise on
good solid foundations; the Bridge to be
124 feet high from the floor to the square;
the sides and parts of the ends to be weath
er-boarded with white pine boards, well plai
ned and painted, the sides a good Venitian
red, and the gables white; the arch to be
planked with white pine planks 2 inches
thick, and on the top with 2 inch oak plank,
to extend the full breadth of the Bridge;
lower planks to be pinned, and the whole to
be covered with white pine shingles; the
wood work to be built of good and substan
tial timber; and the stone work of large
and good stones, lime, and sand mortar, and
to be well pointed; the roofing of the Bridge
to extend over both abutments; the Bridge
to be built on the same plan, as the Bridge
over Great Conowago creek, near Martin
Byers' clover mill, in Menallen; the space
between the wing walls and abutments to
be filled up, so as to have a gradual assent
running on to the Bridge not to exceed 5
degrees elevation from the road to the
Bridge; the Bridge in the inside to be
weather-boarded 24. feet high from the
floor with boards 1 inch thick.
The party• contracting for building said
Bridge, to give security to double the
amount of the contract, for the faithful per
formance of the workmanship, and permit
nency of said Bridge.
By order of tho Commissioners,
H., J. SCHREINER, Clerk.
Commissioner's_Oflice,
Sept. 15, 1840. ) td-25
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ERAL GOOD OF THE PEOPLE."
Billy Taughinbaugh does not, surely, expect
the same vote in Menallen he received in '36?
If you do Billy you will bo deceived. Ido not
suppose however that you expect that, or you
would never bare suffered the adoption of the fol
lowing resolution at the pole raising here on the
18th ult:
"Resolved, That we approve of the dem
ocratic ticket settled on Monday last, com
posed ()four farmers and working men, and
pledge to it our undivided support, against
the Lawyer's shinplaster ticket."
You will perhaps get the undivided support of
the loco foco party, and the undivided support of
the democratic party will go for the friends of
Gen. Harrison. There will be at least 100 ma
jority in Menallen in favor of the Harrison ticket
on the second Tuesday of October next.
Mn. Enixon: It is not often that I trouble you
with my notions on political questions; but I think
the time has come when every man should speak
out and contribute his mite—in support of the
cause of truth and justice, in opposition to error
and falsehood. The measures of the present ad
ministration have assumed a character by no
means in unison with the principles of a free gov
ernment; old doctrines, of acknowledged sound
ness, have been thrown aside, and a stigma cast
on the character of their framers; new positions
have been assumed by the Executive, which it
becomes us narrowly to scan before we again so
cure these men in their places for another four
years. When we see men evipsing so extraordi
nary a desire to retain office, antrPeSorting to un
usual and corrupt means to promote their re-elec
tion, it becomes our duty to wetch them closely—
to be unceasing in our vigilance. The position
occupied by Mr. Van Buren is a novel one. He
has denied one of the primary doctrines of those
who have succeeded him, and made use of lan
guage insulting to the tacmory of him whose
character and virtues are held in reverence by the
whole civilized world. No men but Mr. Van
Buren has had the audacity to ascribe unworthy
motives to the Father of his Country. No man
but him has dared to tenth& the patriotism and
fame of the Friend of Man. Speaking of the'
army bill the President says, in his letter to the
citizens of Elizabeth City county, Virginia:
"As there is no doubt that the grent men
to whom I have alluded (Washington and
Jtfferson) contemplated nn organization of
the militia, and provisions for its better in
struction, embracing substantially the prin
ciples contained en Mr. Pottisett's plan, it
becomes me, in the face of so much appa
rent autbority,to hesitate before I pronounce
definitely upon its constitutionality."
Thus attributing to General Washington the
intention of establishing a military system similar
to the monstrous plan submitted by Mr. Poinsett,
■nd which Mr. Van Buren himself now admits to
bo unconstitutional.
But it was not to call your attention to this un
hallowed language that I was induced to send you
this communication. There are other things
which I conceive should bo more fully and fre
quently brought before the public eye and which
ought to increase to a whirlwind the demonstra
tions of dissatisfaction with the conduct of the
party in power. It is indeed true, as we have
been told, that this administration have not yet
fully made known to the people their prin
ciples. We were told by one of the leading ad
ministration Journals that the Sub-Treasury was
but the iientering wedge," the "first act in the
drama;" and it was intimated that something else,
some other new measure would be broached in
1842. We were not long left in suspense; the
"new measures" were soon made public. Ono of
the wire-pullers was indiscreet enough to blab,
and has thus given us warning in time; and I
trust the warning voice will not be disregarded.
We find principles broached in some of the lead
ing Van Buren prints, worse even than the divorce
of the office holders from the people—worse than
the reduction of the wages—yea, worse than the
withdrawal of l the p r otection of the General Go
vernment from the interests of the people—and
these revolting doctrines are not isolated, nor con
fined to ono point; not the "notions of some
addle-pate," as we now fondly imagine. They
ire leaking out faster and faster, and the clique of
patent democrats quake forlear, lest they, should
become fully identified with the party before the
Presidential election. We are indebted to the
Editor of the• Boston Quarterly Review for the
first intimation of the designs of the enemy;
Professor Brownson is a warm advocate of mod
ern “democracy," having been set up as a teach
er of the people at the late loco foco convention at
GETTYSBURG, October 6, 1810.
ron THE STAR AND REPUBLICAN BANNER
MENALLEN
lII=
Erie, and his Quarterly Review is considered one
of the beat exponents of the ndemoiratic"
creed; it is a brother of the Democratic Review,
but vastly more enlightened than its cotemporary
in the mysteries of the party. But wo will let
this "enlightened" democrat speak for himself;
he has one merit at least L—ho does not "stub in
the dark," though it is plain that the lenders of
his party do. Prof. Brownson is an office holder
under Mr. Van Buren, at a salary of $1500; the
following aro extracts from an article in his
Review:
"The only ENEMY of the laborer is
your employer, whether appearing in the
shape of the master mechanic, or in the
owner of a factory."
"In this coming contest there is a DEEP
ER QUESTION at issue than is generally ima
gined; a question which is but remotely
touched by your controversies about United
States Banks and Sub-Treasuries, chartered
banking and treirtanking, free trade and
corporations, although these conrroversies
may be PAVING THE WAY for tt to
conic up. In regard to labor, two syaems
obtain; one that of slave labor the other
that of free labor. OF THE Two the FIRST
is, except so far as the feelings are concern
ed, decidedly the least oppressive."
"We insist upon it that the complete and
final DESTRUCTION of the priestly or•
der, in every practical sense of the word
priest, is the first step to be taken."
"There mug be no class of men sot apart
and authorized, either by law or fashion, to
speak to us in the name of God, or to be
interpreters of the word of God. THE
WORD OF GOD NEVER DROPS
FROM THE PRIEST'S LIPS. As n
body they never preach a truth till there is
none whom it will indict."
[BAIII3Oun
[Of the meaning of the word priest, ea used it
the abovo paragraphs, we may form 601/.0 idea
from the following words of Mr. Browneon: "We
know no fundamental difference between a Cath
olic clergyman and a Protestant; both ought,therc
fore to go by the board."l
In odthtion to the above Prof. B. uses tho
lowing language; in it wo may see the true source
and moaning of Mr. Kendall's hue . and cry about
the “privileged order:"
"Following the destruction of banks must
come that of Monopolies of all PRIVILEGE:.
There are many of these. We cannot spe
cify them all; we therefore select orly one,
the greatest of them all, the privilege which
some have of being born rich, while others
atv born poor. It will he seen at once that
we allude to the hereditary decent of Pro•
perty,—AN ANOMMLY IN oun A !ME.
RICAN SYSTEM, WHICH MUST BE
REMOVED, OR. THE SYSTEM IT
SELF WILL BE DESTROYED."
"A man shall have all he honestly ac•
quires, so long as he himself belongs to the
world in which he acquires it. BUT HIS
POWER OVER HIS PROPERTY
MUST CEASE WITH HIS LIFE,
AND HIS PROPERTY MUST THEN
BECOME THE PROPERTY OF THE
STATE. * * * Here is the princi
ple without any of its details, AND THIS
is THE GRAND LEGISLATIVE MEA
SURE TO WHICH WE LOOK FOR.
WARD."
And these are the revolting doctrines Which this
"enlightened" loco foco preaches to the people—
doctrines subversivo of all social moral principle,
and which, if carried out, would 611 the land with
unparalleled depravity, public and private; inde
pendently of the fact thot they reduce all mechan
ics and workingmen to a state of slavery.
But, unfortunately, these "notions" aro not
confined to Professor Brawnson; would to God
they were. The Old Dominion, the leading or
gan of the destructlves in Virginia holds the follow
ing language: mark it well—it shows a startling
coincidence in opinion, which will soon be acqui
esced in by other more powerful mon, (unless they
are speedily checked,) whereby the chains of sla
very will be fastened on American freemen by tho
strong hand of power:
"The first stop to on orgnnic improve
ment in the condition of the laboring classes
must be that of the CLERGY and aristoc
racy, down from their pedestals of lordly
indifference, on which so large a portion
enshrine themselves."
And again he says:
"The aristocracy and CLERGY, on
whom the richest talents of wealth and edu
cation have been so lavisi4v showered, who
have refused light, except through the cre
vices of their own conventicles, impregna
ted with the dogmas of authority and the
fiats of sectarian ascendancy,—who with
hold instruction unless emasculated of its
sole use and highest attribute in the faculty
of INDEPENDENT REASON—"the gods of this
lower world, who sit on their glittering
thrones, with the living chaos of ignorance
and hunger weltering uncared-for at their
feet"—these are the men who must be made
to descend to their proper places."
'There are agencies in operation which
will, ere long, bring principle into clear
contrast with its conterfeits."
And what aro these "agencies in operation"
which are to further and promote these horrid and
blasphemous doctrines? Evidently the expecta
tion these men have of being placed in influential
public stations, and the continuance in power of
those who have dared to broach these unhallowed
sentiments
I wish, Mr. Editor, that we could sot down the
above extracts from the Old Dominion among , the
usual stuff from the destructive presses about
'.aristocracy,' °federalism," °silk gloves," and
the thousand and ono humbugs with which they
hope to gull the ignorant. But let us not deceive
ourselves by the hope that this language is only
the slang-whang of the party; it comes from au
thority too high to be disregarded. The editors of
the journals which have thus partially revealed to
us the designs of the enemy, and aimed a blow at
I the christian church herself are among the most
influential and powerful of Mr. Van Buren's sup
porters. The New York Evening Post, in -com
menting on the article from the Boston Quarterly,
characterizes Mr. Brownson's remarks as "home
truths," and says they are received with far too
I much "acrimony and ill feeling," and thinks we
are "too senility° by half in respect to what
trenches upon our established modes of faith."
Then follows a long argument to prove the ad
vantages which will result to society by the agita
tion of these new doctrines. How easy it is to
see through all this. The Post knows very well
that its line of policy of present is, to calm the
outraged feelings of the public, by tolling us that
we are always alarmed at now propositions. It
will not do to come out fully just now; but he
give us to know, in advance, what he will do "in
1842." Boos any body doubt that ho stands pre
pared to take a conspicuous port in the other acts
of the "Drama?" Who can doubt that Mr. Van
Buren and his 100,000,, who are now "paving
hittvay" for the consummation of these schemes,
will play conspicuous parts in that ..Drams," un
less the people determine to put honest men in
their places. Tho Democratic Review, also high
authority in Van Buren mysteries, speaking of
the New York loco feces, of whoie sentiments
the Evening Post is the chief exponent, and
which aro avowedly those of Mr. Orestes A.
Brownson, says as follows:
"But in truth the principles of this little
knot of SINCERE democratic REFORM
ERS (the New Yorlc loco locos) were those
always CHERISHED by Mr. VAN BU
REN, and to which ho had never been un
faithful throughout the whole course of his
political lifer—being nothing more nor less
than those of n pure and earnest democracy,
illuniinated by the light of the soundest
principles of political economy."
Add to all this the fact that these Betimes come
in company, with other new and alarming 110C
trines, proclaimed by Mr. Van Buren himself;
propositions have been recommended by him
which have been moat signally rejected by the
people, and which startled even his own friends,
insomuch that ho has resorted to the most con
temptible equivocation to ward off the storm of
popular indignation. Lot us not judge this man
from his past history; for though we can find
scarcely any thing in it to commend, and much to
condemn, yet his conduct now is even worse than
it has bean in times past. All wo ask is a fair
comparison of the two men and their measures
and professions, as we find them now, although
it is true that a comparison of their past lives will
show Gen. Harrison to have rendered his whole
country services, in comparison to which those of
Mr. Van Buren sink into insignificance. Let no
man vote fur Mr. Van Buren because he has vo
ted for him heretofore, or because ho imagines he
is the best exponent of the principles of Gen.
Jackson or Thomas Jefferson; Mr. Van Buren has
loft the path in which both thes° great men trod,
and has proved himself most unworthy of the
confidence of the people. I was once a 4ockson
man, Mr. Editor, but 1 can find yery few of the
traits of that great man in the character of Mr.
Van Buren. Gen. Jackson was not afraid to as
sumo responsibility which properly , holonged to
him; but wo find Mr. Van Buren proposing
schemes and then backing out from them, when
ho found they were going to make him unpopular.
His friends cannot point to any one great mea
sure which emanated from him; he never achiev.
ed any good for his country, either in the battle
field or in the halls of legislation; on the contra
ry he has always been a small politician, or popu
larity-seeker, 4, following in the footsteps," and
identifying himself with the measures of the most
popular man ho could find. 'He came into the
Presidency solely on the popularity of another
man, and not for any merit he possessed; and hay
ing carried out the schemes of his "predecessor,"
according to his pledges given to that effect, and
entailed upon the country a degree of distress and
commercial embarrassment hitherto unknown in
our history, he not only refuses to aid in relieving
the people from the incubus which ho has thrown
over their energies, but folds his arms and, with
unparalled impudence, asks the people to continue
him in office four years longer—for what pur
pose, may be gathered from the language of his
friends, as above quoted. ,
From the Madisonian.
PARTY MOVEMENTS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
"BOUGHT UP, RIR! BOUGHT UP!"
The following letter from a gentleman of
great worth and intelligence, makes some
disclosures concerning the movements of the
managers of. the party in Pcnnsykania,
which will he interesting to our readers
The Mission Mission Is again to be made
the reward of partisan services in a certain
contingency, it seems- But if Mr. Por.
ter's appointment is to depend on his sue
cess in gaining the vote of Pennsylvania
for Mr. Van Bum* we believe he stands
little chance of ever making his "democrat.
is" obeisance to the Autocrat of all the Rue.
sins. He is far more likely to receive the
frowns of an indignant people, than any en•
couraging smile of royal favor. But what
an illustration have we again of the Execu.
tive's unceasing interference with the free.
dom of elections! The Chief Magistrate of
the Nation bargaining with the Governor
eta State, for the votes of his followers, and
promisina b a high dignity abroad, as the
price of h is zeal and devotion!
HUNTINGDON, Pa., Sept. 10th, 1840.
I have just returned home, and can assure
you that in every section of this part of the
State, we are growing stronger and stron
ger. Harrison will carry the State of Penn.
sylvanta by twenty thousand.
We have some queer things here, and we
now see plainly the reason of Porter, the
present Governor, having made his peace
with Van Buren. It seems by many recent
developments, only brought to light by Gen.
McCullough, the present member of Con.
gross, who, in disappointment, speaks pretry
plainly; he wee anxious to be wonimteti,
-TIP/m.l)mm cOO% ads.
but in this he has been defeated by the in•
Iluence of Gov. Porter, and the train bands
have nominated Mr. Wilson, n relative of
Goy. Porter, for Congress. Mr. MeCid;
lough says that last iesiiion he received a
letter from Henry Petrikin, the DeputrSec.
rotary of State, urging upon him the eeces•
say of using his influence to procure theep•
pointment of James M. Porter, (the Gov
ernor's brother,) as Attorney General of
the United States; that ho then answered,
they were mistaken in their man—that ho
did not believe in J. 411. Porter's demon.
racy. He then was told, unless he went
for the interest of the powers that be, at
Harrisburg, he could not be nominated.—
He also states that Van ,Buren and Porter
have this agreement, that if the modest D.
R. Porter can secure a majority from this
State, favorable to the Administration, that
in such event, he, Martin of Kinderhool4
by these presents, is to appoint the said
David R. Porter, formerly of our good town
of Huntingdon, Minister Plenipotentiary,
Ambassador, &c. to the Court of Austria,
in the room of the Rev. Pastor, Henry A.
Muhlenburg, who is immediately to return
home. Thia accounts:for the splitting up
in Berks—Porter cannot be nominated,
and if he can, cannot be elected, and thus
ho is to be provided for; and is now inter
fering with all the nominations in the State,
tolhave his particular friends brought for.
ward. And Muhlenburg is to be the can
didate for Governor. These things are
susceptible of clear proof. We, in thisqlis
trict, I think, beyond doubt, can elect our
candidate to Congress. Mr. Porter's nom
inee will be beaten.
Extract from the Sedition Law approved by
"Sec. 2. And be it further enacted.—
That if any person shall write, print, utter,
or publish, or shall cause or procure to ho
written, printed, uttered, or published, or
shall knowingly and willingly assist or aid
in writing, printing, uttering, or publishing
any false, scandalous and malicious writing
or writings against the Government of the
United States, or either House of Congress
of the United States, or the President of tho
United States, with the intent to defame the
said Government, or either House of the
said Congress, or President, to bring them
into contempt or disrepute, or to excite
against them the hatred of the good people
of the United States, or to stir , up sedition
within the U. States, or to excite any un
lawful combinations therein, for opposing
Of resisting any law of tho U. States, or any
act of the President of
,the United States,
done in pursuance of any such law, or of
the powers in him vested by. the COnstitu
tion of the United States, or to resist, op.
pose, or defeat any such law or act, or to
aid, encourage, or abet any hostile designs
at any foreign nation against the United
States, their people, or Government, then
such person, being thereof convicted before
any court of the U. States having jurisdic
tion'thereol, shall be punished by fine not
exceeding $2OOO, and by imprisonment not
exceeding two years."
READ! READI!
Extract from the articles of war which\
are to govern the militia trutned un-
der Pi•iiident Van Buren's new plan for
organizing them.
Article 5. Any officer , or soldier who shall
use contemptuous or disrespectful words
against the President of tho U. States,
against the Vice President thereof, against
the Congress or any of the U. States, in
which they may be quartered, if a commis.
cloned officer, shall be cashiered or punish
ed, as a court martial shall direct, if a non
commissioned officer or soldier ho shall cof
fer such punishment as shall be inflicted on
him by the sentence ()fa court martial.
"Art. 6. Any officer or soldier who shall
behave himself with contempt or disrespect
towards his commanding officer, shall be
punished according to the naturei4 his of
fence, by the judgment of a court martial.
"Art. 7. Any officer or soldier who shall
begin, excite, cause, or join in any mutiny
or sedition, in any troop or company in the
service of the United States, or in any par
ty, post, detachment, or guard, shall suffer
death, or such other punishment as by a
court martial shall be inflicted. _
BREVIER.
"Art. B. Any officer, non-commissioned
officer or soldier, who being present at any
mutiny or sedition does not use his utmost
endeavor to suppress the same, or coming
to the knowledge of any intended mutiny,
does not, without delay, give iuformation
thereof to his commanding officer, shall he
punished by the sentence of a court mar
tialwith death, or otherwise, according to
the nature ofthe offence.
"Art. 9. Any officer or soldier who shall
strike his superior officer, or draw orlift up
any weapon or offer any violence against
him, being in the execution of his office, on
any pretence whatever, or shall dis"bey any
lawful,command of his superior ()jeer, shall
SUFFER DEA.TII, or such punishment as shall,
according to the nature, of his offence, be
inflicted upon him by the sentence of a court,
martial."
API EICHANGL: INIURXD.—On the New
Orleans poet Office bill, of the 11th instant,
received by the postmaster of this city, wee
an endorsement, made at 9 o'clock, A. M.
of that day, stating that the St. Charles Ex
change was then on tire, half consumed,
and still, unsubdned. The N. 0. Bulletin
of the 12th, estimates the whole loss at
emooo. The edifice cost 8500,090.
READ AND COMPARE!
Proident John Adams.