CONGRESSIONAL.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot
IN SENATE.
Tußumv., Dec. 15, IMO.
INQUIRY RESPECTING THE PUBLIC
LANDS.
The resolution of ingniry, submitted by
Mr. CLAY, of Kentucky, was considered.
Mr. CLAY, of Alabama, offered two
amendments, which were accepted by the
Senator from Kentucky, as they were in.
tended to enlarge the field of information
called for.
The resolution as amended was adopted.
MR. CLAY'S RESOLUTION FOR THE RE
PEAL- OF THE SUB-TREASURY ACT.
Mr. CLAY said it was not his purpose to
invite a renewal of the discueston of the
Sub-Treasury policy; nor to participate in
any re argumentation of that condemned
measure. He would as leave argue to a
culprit with the rope around his neck, and
while in the cart on the road to execution,
that the conviction was according to law and
justice, as he would go into a course of rea
soning to show that this Sub Treasury Sys
tem, ought to be abandoned. But, he felt ,
it duo to the Senate, and the country, to
state why he thought the ordinary course of
legislation--which was to move a resolution
of enquiry into the expediency of repeal—
or to introduce a Bill for the repeal of a par
ticular moasure,—ought to be dispensed
with on the present occasion.
It (said he) we should look back to 1800,
when Mr. Jefferson came into power but by
a far less general decision of the public in
his favor than that which has called Gon.
Harrison to the Chief Magistracy,—if we
should suppose that the Alien and Sedition
Act had been passed for permanent dura
tion—would we not think it idle in the ma
jority in Congress at that time to have intro
duced a resolution instructing a Committee
to inquire into the expediency of repealing
a measure so generally censured? The
.Sub-Treasury Bill has been discussed for
more than three yeais—longer than the
whole period of- the last war—and half as
long as the war Of the Revolution; and after
the discussion, the Nation has in the most
unequivocal manner expressed its opinions
and feelings respecting it.
The Nation (exclaimed Mr. Clay, with
peculiar emphasis,) w://a its repeal—the
Nation commands its repeal. There are in
this chamber Senators from nineteen States
who stand instructed for its repeal.
We may contend as to what was and
what was not involved in the late contest.—
There are many measures, many questions,
as to whether and to what extent they were
connected with the struggle. Gentlemen
on the other side have heretofore been fond
of declaring that such an election decided
this, that, and the other —but the People
had sustained the war upon the Bank, the
removal oldeposites, &c. dm. There was
room for controversy in all those cases. But
as to the Sub-Treasury System there could
be no doubt at all about the decision of the
People. The Nation had pronounced judg
ment against the measure; and when the
Nation . has spoken, has willed, has -com
manded what should be done, in so clear
and intelligible a manner, what necessity
was there for a Committee of the Senate to
inquire ns to what the Senate ought to do?
Who of the Senators from these nineteen
States referred to, will stand up, and say he
will under these circumstances oppose the
repeal? Those Senators whose constitu
ents have given a different verdict may in
deed oppose it. But surely the obedient
Republicans from the Anti-Sob-Treasury
States will find no difficulty 'in complying
with the wishes of their fellow-citizens.
Mr. Clay said he had hoped that the Pre
sident would, with that magnanimity which
might have been expected from his office
have announced the will of the nation, and
recommended to Congress a course of poli
cy conforming to that will. He had too
much respect for Mr. VAN BunEN—and
too much consideration for human nature
to have wished that the President should
come to Congress and say "1 have been
"wrong all this time-1 have been urging
"on you measures founded in error." But
he did expect that the President would, at
least, have referred to the nation's impera-
tive will so decisively pronounced. Least
of all (added Mr. Clay) was I prepared to
find the President, instead of recommending
a repeal of the Sub• Treasury, gravely pro.
posing amendments to the Bill!---rtnonda
tions of the details of a measure which the
country has so overwhelmingly condemned
in the principle, and in the whole scope of
its tendency and character! and when both
the President and the Secretary knew that
it would not endure, as an act of Congress,
longer than the first day of the first session
that could be called under the administra
tion of President Harrison, if the majorities
now in Congress will persevere in resisting
its repeal. ' -
The President had spoken of the success
ful operation of the Sub-Treasury. Mr.
Clay said it would, have been more sails
factory if the President or Secretary had
gone a little into detail on this point; and
had stated what alterations have grown up
in the fiscal administration, undor the new
system. Instead of doing that, we are aim
ply told in very general terms that the sys
tern 'has satisfied the expectations of its
authors, and is now in successful operation!
The country would inquire into the truth of
this general declaration. He lived, (thank
Heaven!) tar from any Receiver General;
but he would ask the Senator from New
Hampshire (Mr. Iluaa,►Rn,) or the Senator
from New York (Mr. WRIGHT,) to state
what was the operation—how it worked?
and how it affected the monetary concerns
of the Government?
Mr. Clay believed there was not the
slightest difference between the fiscal prac
tice of the Government now and that which
hod preceded July last; and he entered into
a number of details to prove this position;
and to show that there was in point of fact
no divorce of the Government from the
Banks. He maintained therefore that no
inconvenience would result from the repeal
—that things would be precise 4 as they
were in July last: With this diflercnce, that
the accounts instead of being opened with a
Collector or Receiver, on his •wn
ual credit, would be opened with the Trea
surer of the United States.
But, whatever inconvenience might re
sult, the duty of the Senate was plain—end
he for ono was ready to discharge his. He
would obey the voice of the Nation.
Mr. Clay concluded with saying that if
the Senators on the other side wanted time
to make up their minds, he would agree to
let the resolution he over for the present.
After Mr. Clay eat down,
Mr. Willem? instantly rose and thanked
the Kentucky Senator for having presented
this issue. Ile did not desire to discuss it;
but wanted the Senate to be lull, when it
should be decided.
Mr. WRIGHT then passed on to his old
and hackneyed topics of abuse against the
Harrison party, that they had never
declared their principles previous to the
election, and argued that the country had
given no judgment on the Sub Treasury.
He maintained that the true verdict had
been given at the Congressional Elections
a year ago! From this he proceeded to
talk about a National Bank, and the State
Bank Deposite System; and contended that
the result of the election only proved that
the Capitol ought to be torn down, and a
Log Cabin erected in its place! (How very
witty!) Then came many professions of
obedience to the public will, accompanied,
however, by earnest protestations against
the verdict in this case being regarded as
expressive of the public will.
Before he took his seat Mr. Wright made
one important admission that Scrus New
YORK TWO THIRDS OF TEM REVILNUR are
•
paid in paper...EA
Mr. Clay, while ho agreed to the propo
sition (Whir- Wright to allow the resolution
to lie over for a while, took occasion to
reply to some of his observations.
In regard to what Mr. Wright had said
about "a no principle party"—"Log Cab
ins," Coon Skins, &c. &c. iStc. dtc. Mr.
Clay asked—what kind of a party that
must be which could have been so over
whelmingly beaten by a party that has no
principles, whose only badges were coon
skins, and whose only residence are Log
Cabins! He denied that there was any
correctness in these imputations. He asked
if Mr. Wrighl,at this late day, was in want
of information respecting the opinions of
the Whig party.
Mr. Wright had referred to Congress as
exhibiting in the state of parties, a better
index to the popular will. Mr. Clay said
he hoped the Senator would not make it
necessary for him to look into the New
Jersey affair.
He repeated that as to the Sub• Treasury
there could not be two opinions about the
will of the people. As to the Bank of the
Uuited States or the State Bank Deposite
System—sufficient for the day is the evil
thereof. When tht obstacle to good Gov
ernment—the Sub:treasury—is removed—
the Administration of Harrison will build up
good measures.
' One of the most brilliant passages of Mr.
Clay was that in which repelled the equally
idle and commonplace imputation uttered
by Mr. Wright, that the principles of the
Harrison party are not known.
"Not known!" exclaimed the Kentucky
Senator, in tones that rang through the
Chamber. "Does the gentlemen not know
that we are against the Sub•Treainfryl—
that we are for economy?—that we are for
retrenchmentl—that are we opposed to the
fearful abuses and corruptions, and en
croachments of the Executive? Why, Sir,
the gentleman must forget that the election '
is over. He must fancy himself in some
New York Convention—at Poughkeepsie
perhaps—instead of the United States Sen
ate. He will not surely dare to say here,
in his place, that the Senators to whom he
is opposed have not shown their principles.
No, Sir—No, Sir. He understands our
principles well enough. He understandsl
that wo are for conducting the administra
lion of public affairs openly and honestly,—
that we are against all mere expedients of
every kind—that if we should get into debt
we would confess it,and not attempt meanly
to conceal it, as the men now in power
have done. Look at their conditionl—in
debt for the District of Columbia—in debt
for our Indian relations—in debt for invest
ments made in state stocks for political pur
poses—in debt for the absorbing Florida
War. The Administration is indeed cov
ered all over with debt, and yet we find the
President declaiming against a National
Debt as he and his party did against bank
paper, when they were, and are at this
hour using it.
The amount off the public debt is not yet
known. But it will be discovered when
Gen. Harrison shall come into power.
Mr. Clay closed with expressing his
hope that there would be on the part of the
majority of the Senate a disposition to obey
the declared wishes of the People.
The debate was continued by Messrs.
Anderson, Calhoun, Hubbard and Allen.
The last mentioned offered resolutions, as
substitutes for those of Mr. Clay.
All were ordered to be printed, and the
whole subject was postponed till the first
Monday in January.
In the House, there were many private
bills reported. Mr. BRAXTON was elected
Chaplain on the second ballot.
WiteersaDAT, Dec. 17, 1840
UNITED STATES SENATE.
The Vice-President appeared in the
Senate to day for the first time this session
and took the Chair.
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
The motion to refer to the committee of
Finance that part et the President's 'Mes
sage relating to the Finances was taken up.
Mr. Wan'Tna rose and made a most
able and statesmanlike speech, of which I
am only enabled now to send you an imper
fect outline.
Mr. Webster said he had been induced,
with great reluctance, to make any remarks
on the finances of the country, at this peri
od of the session. He bad no wish to bring
on a general,protracted,or heisted discussion
of that or any other subject. The passage
contains an elaborate and plausible defence
of the whole course of the Administration
in regard to the rovenue,nnd the commerce,
and the business of the Nation. It deals
with all the topics connected with these
subjects. It treats of banks—of excesses
in trade and commerce—of state debts—
dangers arising therefrom—of the sub trea
sury system—or, as it is called, the indepen-
Ident treasury. He proposed to deal with
none of these topics. So far as they ma)
be supposed to affect the merits or charac
ter of the Administration they are passed.
He did not intend to reason them— nor ,
would he enter into the inquiry, what has
been approved and disapproved by the
People,as shorn in the fate contest. It was
enough for him, that it appears to be the
opinion of the country, that a change of
the Administration was necessary. His
object was not to indulge in crimination of
the past, nor indicate the future policy of
the Government. But there were some
passages of the President's message, calcu
lated to give erroneous impressions as to
matters of fact, and matters of opinion to
which he wished to call the attention of
the Senate and the country without delay.
Mr. Webster here read the following
passage on the Bth page of the message:
"1 have deemed this brief summary of
our fiscal affairs necessary to the due per.
formance of a duty specially enjoined upon
me by the constitution. It will serve, also,
to illustrate more fully the principles by
which I have been guided in reference to
two contested points in our public polies,
which were earliest in their development,
and have been more important in their
-consequences, than any that have arises
under our complicated and difficult, yet acf•
mirable, system of government: I allude to
a national debt, and a national bank. It
was in these that the political contests by
which the country has been agitated vier
since the adoption of the conetitiition, in a
great measure, originated; and there is bo
much reason to apprehend that the conflat
ing interests and opposing principles this
marshalled, will continue, as, heretofore, o
produce similar, if not aggravated cense.
quences."
This paragraph-contained an unfounded
imputation on those who had the charge of
the past Administration of the Government.
Now he contended that it could not apply to
any party—but that of the present Admin
istration perhaps.
He agreed with the President about the
impropriety of crdating a public debt in
time of peace—but he thought it out oftaste
for the President to come before Congress
and the nation, gratuitously declaiming
against a public debt with these facts sta
ring in his face.
There was no difference in point of fact
between borrowing money and issuing
Treasury notes, and if there was difference
in expediency 'the Treasury note system
was not cheaper than borrowing money.
The Treasury note system began in Sept !
1837—and from that time down to this day,
there has been no moment when the Govt
ernment was not in debt; and no preitipeOt:
now affurded by the President or Secretary,
that it will be paid before 1842. Bellitinglo
the remarks of the message on this point
therefore go to produce an erroneous im
pression. The remarks were elaborately
designed to give the idea that the men in
power are against a public debt and all Ia
the face, that a public debt is in existence.
What will be the result of this impression?
No body expects that outstanding claim*
will be presented as charges on the Govern
ment for months to come. II it Intended
then to give to the public debt a dote poste
rior to the 4th of Mara?' 1841.
He believed, be understood well the poli
cy and object of the President and Secreta
ries. They inveigh through many papers
against a public debt, because they fortiee
that the country is to be left in a condition,
the consequences of which in public will
appear In exist after 1841.
Now he would take especial care to meet
and resist these attempts from whatever
quarter. He would recommend the adop.
tion of a new set of book 3; ho would rocom•
mend a rest. He would see to it that the
outlay, and the debt up to 1841, and the
income up to 1541, should stand against
each other..
Amain, said Mr. Webster, the President
in speaking of the causes of the decrease of
revenue, refers to the relinquishment of
twoand a half millions of dollars of duties,
under the act of 1:133. •Do we not all know
that there is to be a greater relinquishment
of the duties, this year: and next year a last
relinquishment? and do we not see that
there is a case which requireii Congress to
act wisely and discreetly to fulfill its obli
gations to the public creditor. Yet there
is no recommendation to lay duties on lux
uries, or to provide any other means of
obtaining a sufficient revenue for sustaining
the public credit. The President's expe
rience has shown that the outlay on the
government is beyound its income—that it
is already in the jaws of debt—and yet,with
no recommendation of measures to provide
revenue, the Message contents itvelt with
ardent declamation against creating a pub
lic debt!
Mr. Webster said he should prefer that
some better provision, than Treasury notes,
should be made for revenue, such as lying
taxes on the luxuries, &c. &c. And if this
provision should not be made, it will render
necessary an extra session of Congress—
which he would very much regret. Such
an extra Beaton would be very expensive,
and occasion much inconvenience to mem
bers; and he earnestly appealed to those who
now have the power to adopt such measures
as would relieve the coming Administration
from the necessity of calling an extra sea•
sion.
Mr. WnionT then obtained the floor;
but at the suggestion of Mr. CALIIOUN the
Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The whole of to-day was devoted to the
reception of - petitions and memorials, of
which a large number was prelsented—the
most important will be publiihedite soon as
a correct account can be procured from the
members, presenting them.
-.• • Ilk.-
%S T AMM:MON COUNTY COURT.—Wo ob
serve, in the proceedings of the above Court,
that eight persons were last week convicted
of various crimes and sentenced to impris
onment in tho Penitentiary. Amongst
others, Andrew Miller was sentenced to
two years and eight months imprisonment
for stealing a gallon measure with whiskey,
from the distillery of J. Gabby, Esq. This
individual, says the Mail was but recently
discharged from the Penitentiary, where
he had been confined for stealing from the
same distillery the same gallon measure,
with whiskey, about three years since.—
Balt. Pat.
A Morrsznous Rom:rm.—Nineteen scoun
drels, says the New York Commercial,havo
been arrested and indicted in Oakland coun
ty, Michiganfor one of the most outrageous
robberies we ever heard of. With six oth•
ore as bad as themselves,armed with knives
and bludgeons,they went on a Sunday mor
ning .to the farm of Plumes 14. Davis, Esq.
of Detroit, and carried off some 50 -hogs,
4 fine horses / a bull, 23 sheep, 300 bushels
of corn, a double wagon and harness, and
several ploughs, harroes, d.tc.; and, in pure
malignity as it would seem,killed a number
of Berkshire sows,vrith their unborn litters.
The animals killed, and those carried off,
were remarkably fine, having been procur
ed at great expense by Mr. Davis, to im
prove the stock. Dark suspicious are inti.
mated that the sheriff of the county had
some agency in the deed—suspicions
strengthened by the fact that lie has abscun•
ded, leaving his sureties responsible for.com
siderable sums of money collected by him
and not paid to the owners. His name is
Bucknam—ha was a loco of the rankest
character, and was removed from office last
winter,for cause,by Governor Woodbridge;
in consequence of which a or} of persecution
and proscription was raised, and with so
much zeal and effect, that in April ho was
re-elected by a large majority. Comment,
as the newspapers say, is superfluous.
-•••••O 11).«...-
Ex-Gov. SIIIILTZ.—On motion of Thos. '
P. Cope, Esq. a vote of thanks to Gov.
Shultz°, was adopted by the Electoral Col
lege of Pennsylviinicin relation to the man
ner in which he discharged the duties of
presiding officer—whereupon the Ex-Gov
ernor rose and delivered the following neat
and appropriate address:—
"Gentlemen of the Electoral College:
"Allow me to detain you, but for a few
moments, before our final adjournment,
while 1 express my satisfaction at the suc
cessful close of the duties assigned to us.
The cause of our assemblage here,is indeed
calculated to warm the heart of every patri
of—it is the cause of the people—the con
summation of a triumph over error, and ac
hieved by those who well know how to ap
preciate every success obtained in a strug
gle for liberty. True it ie, that at times,
we slumber—the people are indulgent, and
Aubmit to evident wrongs, in expectation of
a, change, which may eventuate in the hap
•pineas of our common country. But when
'pretiebted sufferings are endured without
executive relief, the people step forward in
their - sovereignty and call for Reform. This
has recently been exemplified in a manner,
not to be mistaken; and every patriot must
rejoice in the success of a cause, so glorious
to our country, so fraught with national
blessings.
Far be it from us to denounce those who
honestly differ from us in opinion—many
worthy individuals entertain sentiments on
political policy,inconsistent with our views.
But we feel assured that before long, those
who opposed our efforts, now so happily
consummated by the action of this body
will find a cheering recompense for all their
disappointments, in the'return of our coun•
try to that happy policy,which distinguished
the administrations of Thomas Jefferson
and his immediate successor.
I shall only add, my cordial and sincere
expression of thanks for the indulgence and
respect, uniformly extended to me, while
presidingover your important deliberations,
and for your assistance to one unaccustomed
to situations of outitlar responsibility, and
unfamiliar with their rules. Permit me to
wish each of you, individually, a safe and
happy return to the cherished bosom of his
family. May success ever attend our exer
tions in the glorious cause of political re
form, and all be actuated by such high and
patriotic views, that our country at large
shall feel their benignant influeness,and our
children's children reap the blessed re
sults."
BLOODLESS DUEL.—The Boston Mercan
tile Journal gives the particulars or a blood
less duel which recently came oft at Lan
caster, Mass. The challenger was a young
gentleman belonging to this city, a student
at the Literary Institution in Lancaster.—
The challenged was a resit:kid of the village.
As the party having a right to the choice
of weapons, the villager selected cowhides,
to which the challenger demured. Pistols
at length were fixed upon, and at the first
fire,the villager fell. The challenger bade
him a long good night, and with all proper
and usual marks of contrition, made tracks
for New York. The dead man got up and
went to breakfast, having made previous
arrangements with the seconds that the ex.
pence of bullets should be saved in charging
the pistols. Probably the runaway will
feel small when he hears of it—if he should
ever stop runing long enough for the news
to overtake him.
An American gentleman residing at'Par.
is, (not our regular correspondent) informs
us that the learned and venerable DAVID B.
WARDEN, Esq..of that city, formerly Con.
sul of the United States at the French Court
and who has devoted his life to study, for
several years has been collecting all the
works relating to North and South America
which he could find in both hemispheres,
and in all lant.tuoges. He hes spired no ex.
penes to make . the collection perfect; and it
is probably the richest which can now be
procured. A copy of a work, like one in
his collection. lately sold in London for
three hundred guineas. In this librnry
there are 1,790 volumes; 12 atlasses; 121
separate maps, charts, and plans; 9 medals,
and 2 prints, Of these volumes, 80 are in
folio; 381 in 4t0.: 1,021 ►n Bv.; 285 in 12m;
and the rest in 18 inns. Mr. WAnnEx
hopes this library may find its way to the
United States, and wishes ho was able to
give it to some public institution; hut, as
this is not the case, ho has consented to sell
it to any American for less than it cost him.
Ho asks for the whole only six thousand
dollars. Our correspondent expresses the
hope that some public institution may secure
to itself this invaluable collection, before it
is swallowed up by either London or Berlin.
—Nat. Int.
Wm. L. M'KeNzne.—Tho Rochester
Daily Advertiser contains a long report of
an examination held before Justice W hee
ler, on the complaint of Williatn L. M'Ken
zta that several persons now or late °URA
cheater, had conspired and agreed upon a
plan,in connexion with the persona in charge
of the Canadian steamboat Gore, to carry
him by force to Toronto, in order to claim
the reward of £lOOO offered for him by the
British Government. Mr. Cameron late
of the Commercial Bank, Toronto, was
represented to be a prime mover is the affair;
and it. the coarse of the examination, it be
ing ascertained that he was still at the Re
chaster House, a warrant was issued for
his arrest, and he was accordingly brought
before the court, accompanied by counsel,
and gave hail fur his appearance at trial.
The Daily Advertiser cautions the public
to suspend their jadgments until that time.
THE "CH I NESE PROCLAMATION.
The following curious affair has been is
sued by the Chinese nuthoritie►:
PROCLA MATION.
Rate of Rewards for destroying the English.
An offer of rewards which will truly be
awarded to any one whu shall destroy the
English.
Ist. Whether civil or military officers,
soldiers or people, whoever shall be able to
take an English man-of-war carrying eighty
great' guns, delivering the same to the Man
darins, shall receive the reward of $20,000
For a smaller vessel, carrying fewer guns,
less will be given For every great gun
less, the reward will be diminished $lOOO
Whatever the great vessel contains besides,
the g reat guns, weapons of war, and opium,
whic must be given up to the Mandarins,
excepted—such as clocks, watches cloths,
or money—all these in addition shall be
awarded to the takers of the vessel! Again,
to any one who.shall destroy a great man
of-war of said foreigners, not leaving even
a single plank--substantial evidence being
produced of the same—shall be given the
reward of $lO,OOO. For a smaller one,
less in proportion.
2d. Whoever takes an English merchant
vessel, shall have as a reward whatever the
vessel contains—excepting the vessel, great
guns, implements of war, and opium, which
must be given up to the Mandarins; such as
goods and money. In addition to which,
for a large vessel with three masts, the ta
kers shall receive the reward of $10,000;
two and a half masts, $5,000; two masts,
$3,000. For taking an English large (sam
pan) or passage boat, $3000; a small one,
$lOOO.
Whether large or small, for the destroy
ing or sinking of each English vessel—sub•
stantial evidence being produced of the
same--the proportion of ono third of the
foregoing rewards shall bo awarded.
3. For taking alive a foreign Mandarin
or officer, on inquiry should it bo ascertained
that he is the said man•of war's chief officer
the reward shall be ($5,000) fire thousand
dollars: for any other officer, more or less,
according to his rank and office,—the rule
of lessening—fbr every degree lower, the
reward shall be diminished $5OOl
41li. For killing foreign mandarins of
officers,—substantial evidence being pro.
duced of the same, one third of the propor•
tional reward for taking such alive shall be
awarded!
sth. For seizing alive Englishmen or
Parsees, whether soldiers or merchants, for
each one a reward shall be given of $100;
for each ore killed evidence being produced
of the same, $2O. As for taking the black
devils, it ought to be decided whether they
are soldiers or slaves, and the reward grail.
ted accordingly?
6th. For taking Han rascals—Chinese
—who supply the barbarians, or deal in
opium, the same on trial being condemned,
decapitated, and their hoods exposed; for
each of such $lOOO reward; besides these,
for those of less crime, a less reward will
be given! Translated by I. J. R.
June 24th, 1840.
Tits Commit CAIPE.-Our citizens will
remember that about the Ist of January
last, a man named Cooper from Ohio, had
come to this place with about six hundred
dollars about him, was supposed to have
been murdered. He put up at Mr. :Mogi
eria.at the upper end of the city, and in the
morning left the house and went to the
market, idler which time he was not hoard
of. His father came here after him and
offered a reward for the apprehension of
the murderer. Another was offered by the
Mayor of the city. In fact, the mat
ter made some stir both at home and
abroad. Many respectable citizens where
suspected, many huuses were searched.—
The character of our citizens was injured
and the house of Mr. Mosier very seriously
suffered. Well, what is the upshot. The
said Cooper is now alive and well in the
State of Indiana, and his friend■ in Wash
ington county have known ii for some time.
What punishment the rascal deserves we
leave for the pnblic to judge.—Wheeling
Times.
A LAUDABLE Acr.—The Whigs of St.
Louis recently gave a ball in celebration of
the Elarrison victory, and appropriated the,
profits ($600) for the purchase of wood to
be distributed among the poor.
ATROCIOUS M URDER
EIORRIDLE —'l ho
disappearance of Mr.
SuyllAu, the President r.f . the Ferment and
Afechanics Bank of New Brunswick, is et
last accounted for, and we are sorry to add,
that it is now certain he has been most bar
barously murdered• Seine suspicious cir
cumstances led to the apprehension of a
House Carpenter named PETER Roarrisox.
The circumstances were, that he has re
cently had in his possession a gold watch,
and been unusually flush of money, and a
remark, he made when purchasing lumber
to floor a cellar—that he had paid off a
mortgage Mr. SUYDAM held on his property
but did nut dare take it to the Clerk's Office
to be cancelled for fear he should he sus
pected of being the murderer of "Mr-
On his arrest yesterday, his replies . to
the questions put to bill were confused and
incoherent, and in consequence the Mayor
determined his house should bo searched.
During the search one of the officers obser
ved that they ought to take up the floor of
the cellar, which had been laid down in the
nightoince the disappearance of Mr. Suy
dam.
Robinson endeavored to dissuade thorn
from it, saying that if they did, the house
would fall down. Tho officers, however
perbisted, and there found buried three feet
under the earth the corpse of fir. Suydam,
the head bearing evident indications of vie.
fence, which had caused his death: An in
quest was sitting on tho body at 7 o'clock
last night.
The conviction was general in New
Brunswick—indeed, we hardly see how it
cauld be otherwise—that Robinson was the
murderer. The mortgage deed was found
in his possession, with his signature torn off.
We need scarce add, that the highest ex
citement in consequence prevailed in tho
quiet town of New Brunswick.—Nero York
Courier, Dec. 15.
RECIPROCITY.-A series of resolutions
has been introduced into the Georgia Senate
for instructing the Senator+ and requesting
the Representatives of that State in Con
gress "to use their best efforts to hive a
law passed at the ensuing session of Con
gress, to tax all French wines, silks, and
brandies, in proportion to the duty which
they lay upon our tobacco in their ports."
IMPORTANT ARREST.-It is stated in - a
New Orleans paper that F. A. Weed,Pres
ident of the "Commercia: Bank of Milling
ton" in this State, William Weed, his
brother, and &third person, not named,were
arrested in that city on the 2d instant. on
the affidavit of Mr. Ambrose A. White, of
Baltimore, stating in substance that "F.
A. Weed fraudulently obtained the presi
dency of the bank, and then passed off and
exchanged to a very large amount the bills
of the bunk, which 'were worthless, for the
bills cf other banks that were solvent; and
further, that a reward iins been offered for
the apprehension of F. A. Weed—that, he
is n fugitive from justice, and that William
Weed, one of the other parties arrested, has
been his alder and abettor, in these trans
actions."
After a hearing, and to the charge, an
answer of not guilty, put in by the accused,
the further invesiigation of the case-was
postponed, by consent of parties till the 6111
inst. Meantime, the property of the Mes
srs. Weed, consisting of some 820,000 in
current bank notes, hue bean attached at
the suit of Mr. James Jameson.
A SAD ACCIDENT.—One ofthode'dispan
sations, which sometimes shake our belief
in the doctrine, that whatever is, is right,
was visited upon an esteemed citizen of our
Borough on Saturday morning last. Mr.
.1. 11. Hickok had intended to take the Cum
berland Valley Train for Carlisle, and was
in conversation with a friend when the loco.
motive started before he was swam of it.
Anxious to secure his passage,he incautious
ly attemped to jump on the cars; his foot
slipped—he fell on the rails, and the train
went over both his legs! In a state of hor
rid mutilation, ho was conveyed to a neigh
boring house, and on the arrival of the sur
geons, he submitted to the amputation of
both logs below the knee.—Harrisburg
Tele.
New England, under the new arrange
ment fur members of the House of Repre
sentatives, will lose four members of Con
gress, if 60,000 be the number, agreed
upon. 'rho States of New Hampshire,
Connecticut, Vermont and Rhode Island,
will each lose one. Maine and Massachu
setts will each hold their own.—Boslon At:
las.
A WORD TO THE WISE.—We copy IN , .
following from a late number of : the Cincin.
nail Republican. It possesses particular
interest at the present tirucz
Speculation still continues rife, with our ,
brethern of the press, as to the probable
course of the, new administration. *eh
curiosity and anxiety are manifested • as to,
the course that will be pursued la akin
appointments to office. Although we are
unable to gratify this curiosity, yet our
knowledge of Gen.' liarrison's character
and avowed principles, warrants us in be ,
lieviog, that the premature applications to t
him before he is seated in the Presideutial
chair, will injure rather than benefit, thp:
prospects of the appliCant;and that thp . prof?:
er channel of ruch communications, will be
the appropriate Department to with Aleph
office belongs. We are else persuhded,
other great principle will, hp observed—shut
of making no changes, un le ss upon n fall
examination of the sabjrct with the reaaotta
for and against such change.
The Spy la Washington says:,—'kA . tbw
gays before the New York election, a geV ,
gentleman of this city, was dining at the
President's. In the course of conversation
he asked Mr. 'Yap Buren what he beard on
the subject of the election. kind he,
taking up a wine glass. o/ have no more
doubt of my Election thqn that 1 hold thti
gloss in spy ?NO.'"
ILEPUBLIO.EILTI BANN ER
(4FITTY.iIItIItO. December 22. 1840.
Our thanks are duo 11. Moulgornery, Esq. Edi
tor of tho •Harrisburg Chronicle," for a pamphlet
copy of the proceedings of the Electoral College
of this State.
The Rey. Mr. COOKMA of the Methodist Epis
copal Church has been elected Chaplain to the
Senate of the United States.
The attention of the friends of Temperance is
directed to the holding of the Annual County
Temperance Convention in this Borough on Fri
day Melina of January next, in the English Lu
theran Church at 11 o'clock A. M. It is greatly
to be desired that there may he a full representa
tion of every society in the county: that a free in
terchange of sentiment may be had on the topics
which may be presented. Delegates arc to be
appointed to attend the State Convention which
assembles at Harrisburg on the 13th of January
i
t
next.
lion or to whom honor is due.
Last week, speaking of the nomination of Can.
Harrison and to whom the credit was duo, we put
in a claim for one of the citizens of "Old Adams."
Since then wo have received a note from the Hon.
JAMES CoorEn to whom the honor was awarded,
stating, that "the credit of nominating Gen. Har
rison, without doubt, belongs to our patriotic
neighbors of Dauphin county." That Mr. Coop
er delivered the first public speech, made in tho
country, in support of the claims of Gen. Harri
son to the Presidency, is well known in this vi
cinity. It was at a meeting held at the time
mentioned in our last paper, and which was par
ticipated in by a number of our most respectable
and influential citizens. We have made this
statement because we are in favor of "rendering
unto Caesar the things which are Censer's:" Yet,
at the same time that wo claim for our fellow
citizen, Mr. Coorsn, the credit of being the first
to "take the stump," in favor of Gen. Harrison,
we concede the honor of ' nominating him to the
intelligent and patriotic freemen of the county of
Dauphin. Our neighbors just south of Mason &
Dixon's lino were early in the field; but they must
not try to "come it" over old Dauphin,the "War
wick" county of the Union.
Falling of the Chandelier.
The magnificent chandelier, which was but re•
cently placed in the Hall of the, House of Repre
sentatives at Washington, is a mass of ruins. On
Thursday morning last, (says the correspondent
of the Baltimore Patriot,) two attendants were en
gaged in cleaning it, and taking out the old oil,
for the purpose of supplying the lamp, with some
of a superior quality. They suddenly found the
chandelier begin to ascend, and in spito of al
their exertions, by throwing their weight upon it,
it went up, along ti:e whole rod, to the dome, and
struck with peat violence against the frame work
below the sky-light, and instantly the whole mass
—chandelier, rod, fixtures, and all, tumbled down.
Several desks and chairs were destroyed—but
most fortunately no one was injured.
The National Intelligencer says:—This Chan
delier was of American manufacture, weighed over
seven thousand pounds, and cost four or five
thousand dollars. It was thirteen feet in diame
ter, contained 78 argand burners, and is said to
have been ornamented by 2,650 cut glass lustres,
and 3,000 cut glass spangles.
The Popular Voice.
The following table exhibits the popular vote,
in the several States, as far as the ()Metal returns
have been received:
HARRISON. VAN BUREN
Maryland, • 33,529 28,754
Pennsylvania, 144 018 143,675
Rhode Island, 5,21,3 3,263
New Hampshire, 26,185 32,761
Connecticut, 31.598 25,2 , 42
Ohio. 14' 4 ,141 124,780
Now York, 225,Q12 112,519
Delaware, 5,967 4,874
Georgia, 40,349 31,949
Vermont, 32,445 18,009
Massachusetts, 72,913 52,368
Kentucky, 58,489 32,616
46,612 40,201
33,351 31,034
05,276 51,095 •
11,296 7,616
22,911 21,106
40,376 33,782
59,054 47,482
21,441 28,043
41,405 42,818
45,537 47,476
Maine,
New Jersey,
Indiana,
Louisiana,
Michigan,
North Carolina,
Tennessee,
Missouri,
'Virginia,
Harrison') vote, 1 ,217,991 1,068,122
Van Buren'i " 1,008,122
Harrison's mai. 149,769 in 22 States.
There are four States not enumerated in
the above, as oficial returns have not come
to hand—Alissisßippi, Alabama, South Car.
ohne, and Arkansas, which will, no doubt,
seduce Harrison's majouty to about 130,-
400.
AMERICAN PRESIDENTS
Born Inaugurated. Aged.
George 'Washington, Feb. 22, 1732 1789 57
John Adams, Oct. 19, 1735 1797 62
Thomas Jefferson, April 2, 1743 1801 68
3ames Madison. March 5, 1751 1809 58
'James Monroe, April 2, 1759 1817 58
'John Quincy Adams, July 11, 1766 1625 59
'Andrew Jackson, Marchls, 1767 1829 62
1 1Iistio Yen Buren, Dec. 5. 1782 1837 55
U. Harrison, Feb. 9, 1773 1841 68
The Ijon, John C. Calhoun was last
week unanimoesly re ole'cted by the Levi.
jature itr" the State 91' South Carolina to be
e Senator of the tleited States from that
State for I , tx. years born the 4th day of
March oext,when his present term of sea%
vice will expire. -
Tits Sugen Cape.—The last New Or
leans papers contain accounts from several
portions of the State of Louisiana, which go
to induce the belief that ihe're will be a
failure of the cugar crop this year, re at
least ,tie half of that Usually made,
roa TUX STAR AND RiPUSLICAN PAXXI
Mn. De was:
I was aomewhat amuses/ last week by reading
an article in the Compiler, purporting to be edito
rial, about the eduction of Jurors in Adams coun
ty; and a very dolorous at.d lachrymal affair the
pittiful little pettifoging thing of a writer makes,
about there not being more of the Democracy rep
resented in the juries of our county. Dut the
little wee thing overreached itself in giving an ex
tract from the law of April, 1834, which makes it
the duty of tho Sheriff and Commissioners to se
lect none but sober, intelligent and judicioas per
sons, as jurors. Now, I admit, that the Loco loco
mobocrats (not Democrats) polled some 1600
votes in this county, about two•fifth of the whole
number; but what kind of voters are the great
majority of them? Surely, even the little jack of
a tory who penned the article will admit, that few,
very few indeed, of that party comes up to the
standard of the law—sober, intelligent and judi
cious persons. It may be true, that there is a suf
ficiency of sobriety among them, Wa don't dispute
it, hut for intelligence! Ye Gods deliver us!!—
And as it respects their being judicious, why the
great body of them don't know the meaning of the
term. Why, Mr. Editor, there are not as many
intelligent and judicious Loco feces in this min
t ty as would be necessary to form a corporal's
guard; that party is not composed of such persons
—for the moment one becomes enlightened, in
telligent and judicious, that moment he leaves
them; he cuts off all affinity with them, as an un
clean thing, and then becomes an honeil Demo
cratic Antimason. This is easily perceived; take
Gettysburg for example. Here they claim to have
the very elite, the learned, the aristocratic, the
grand leaders, the most intelligent and judicious
of their party, and way lot mo ask. what have
they here fit fOr Jurors? Why, out of about one
hundred voters, they have scarcely as many as
the lowest number that would have saved Sodom
and Gomorah from the wrath of the Almighty.
Under such circumstances, and under the require
mente of tho low, the Sheriff and the Commie
sioners would commit perjury the most foul, if
they selected such men; and this, I presume, is the
Cause why our Jurors are held up to the country,
as being the most intelligent in the State.
TILE R esemrrron, arc.—The New York
Express of Tuesday evening Bays:—lt is
settled beyond all peradventure, that the
Banks in Pennsylvania will resume specie
payments, and it is even said that the day
is fixed, and that it will be prior to the let
of January. It is true, that all the Banks
in the city did not cume into the arrange.
ment of uniting in the loan of a million of
dollars, but it is equally true, that they did
lone, a much larger sum than the million of
dollars. Several of the Banks that did not
unite, made loans direct to their Correspon
ding Banks, preferring this mode to any
other.
The State of Pennsylvania has so many
embarrassments in its way, that every body
can see that its adtninistration cannot afford
to throw any one of its Banks overboard,
and more particularly the Bank of the Uni
ted States, to which it is se much in debt.
On the Ist of February the interest on the
'tate debt is due, nearly 8800,000, to meet
which net over $200,000 will probahly be
in the State Treasury, leaving about 8500,-
000 to be raised elsewhere. The-reserva
tion clause of the State in the charter of the
United Staten Bank, gives the State the
right to call upon the Bunk for six millions
of dollars at 4 per cent. per annum interest,
whenever the public wants may requite it,
but it is not probable that the Bank will be
called upon, the State having as much inter
est in aiding its resumption, as the Bank
has in resuming.
NAVY Picratori FUND.—In the House on
Thursday the Speaker communicated the
following message from the President of the
United States:
TO TUE HON. R. M. T. HUNTER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives:
SIR: I herewith transmit a letter from
the Secretary of the Navy Pension Fund,
to which the attention of Congress is invi•
ted, and recommend an immediate appro
priation of 8151,352 39 to meet the pay
ment of pensions becoming due on and after
the Ist of January, 1941.
M. VAN BUREN
The letter of the Secretary transmitted
in the above message states that the amount
of money on hand to pay pensions is $8,647
61; and that there will be required in addi
lion, for the vear 1841, 8151,352 39, of
which 851,476 72 will be wanted on the
Ist of January next. That the nominal
value of stocks owned by the fund is 8158,-
739; that the stocks have greatly deprecia
ted, and that the best of them is to be sold
en the 16th of this month to reimburse mo
ney borrowed from the Bank of America
and for the payment of pensions to become
due Ist of January.
-o•MM) • ..rin.
REMARKABLE FATALITY.—In Brooklyn,
on Tuesday last, a Mr. James Reed expired,
after some six weeks illness, with aneurism
of the femoral artery, and also of the aorta.
On Thursday morning Dr. Wilshire was
sent for to see the wife of the deceased. He
found her in the following situation:—Her
arm had lost all sensibility, in fact was in a
state of mortification as high up as the mid•
die of the upper arm. She said, on wash
ing the floor of the room the morning after
her husband's death,she wounded her thumb
with a nail. On examining the thumb, a
very slight puncture only could be discover
ed. She rapidly grew worse, and expired
on Saturday morning. The extraordinary
rapidity with which death followed so slight
a wound was the remarkable feature in the
case. It is, however, capable of explana
tion, and it is for the purpose of giving the
cause of this sudden mortality, that we have
been thus minute in its relation. Ann Reed
was a woman of grossly intemperate habits,
an habitual consumer of ardent spirits.—
"No wonder (remarks the Brooklyn News)
tho soul struggled through the small outlet
to avoid the contamination of a rotten and
poisonous mansion."—N. Y. Sun.
The Cleveland Herald &lye that the
grand Canal Reservoir in - Mercer County,
Ohio, covers 13,000 acres of land, the wa
ter from 4to 27 feet deep. It is said to , *
the largest artificial lake in the world.
EXPLOSION AND ACCIDEN7.-03 Friday
morning about 9 o'clock, an explosion took
place in the soap and-candle manuflictory of
Mr, Dallett. at the corner of Callowhill
street and Ridge Road, which severely
, called and otherwise injured three of the
work-men, by the names of Marshall, Wood
and Brown. These men were in o part of
the factory in which was placed a large iron
pan or boiler, used for rendering fat, which
was fixed upon a frame of brick work lined
with an iron pot, and heated by means of
steam. This pot, weighing nearly twelve
hundred pounds, and nearly halt full of boil
ing fat, was by tho sudden force of the steam
from the steam generator, thrown up against
the roof,
,a distance of 12 or 15 feet, break
ing the roof through abd falling down again,
dashing the hot fat around the place. The
men were thrown by the forte of the steam
several feet from the place where they were
standing, and luckily for them that it so
happened, as they thus escaped the fulling
pan and the hot fat. The pan was fastened
down by a number of bolts run through its
rim and by a large one through its bottom,
all of which were completely broken out.—
Philadelphia Pennsylvanian
A SINGULAR MIMNSPENDER.-A corres
pendent of the New London Advertiser
states that when the ship General Williams
(just returned to that port Irom a whaling
voyage) away in latitude 44 27 S. longitude
about 150 E. on the 13th of April, 1839, an
albatross was shot, with a piece of wood at
tached to its neck by an iron chain, with the
following inscription on it—"S. Gm How.
LAND, BARRR, (on the reverse) 150 days
out. 100 bar." The ship Gideon How
land, Baker, master, sailed from New Bed
ford, on the Pith of December, 1839, for tho
Pacific, and the bird must have been shot a
few days after it was set at liberty by her
crew.
A CIGAIUST.-A man named Painter,
-rankling in Philadelphia, says he has smok
ed ten cigars per day for the last sixty
years, making in all a consumption of two
hundred and forty thousand and five cigars,
which at a cent a piece .vould amount to
$2,445 50. But if we pu: the cigars at
throe cents a piece which is a fair average
for good ones, the amount will be only seven
thousand three hundred and thirty-six dol
lars and filly cents.
JUSTICE
ANOTHER MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—W' e
have to perform a truly painful duty In re
cording the sudden decease of Mr. William
H. Jefferd, a promising and highly respec
table young merchant, a memher of the
hrm of Burns, Hays & Co. of this city.—
Mr. Jefferd was a native of Maine, about
30 years of age. He hod for some months
past resided at the Mansion House, where
his death occurred. He had been for sev
eral days confined to his room by illness,
and was occasionally delirious. About
three o'clock on Sunday morning he roatit"
from his bed, and unobserved by the ntirse,.
who was at the time in the room took froip'
n drawer a razor, wiiliwhich he inflicted ft
gash across his throat. 'Cho nurse .seized
his hand and took from him the'rifff 4' 6 4
screamed for help. Mr. J. promised lierg
she Would not make a noise he . would 66 .
quiet. The nurse then ran to the door ki d
alarmed the occupants of the house,.anil f
taking advantage of her momentary a'b
sence, ho seized another razor and crimple. ,
ted the work of death by severing with one
blow the main arteries and windpipe. He
fell on the floor and almost instantly expi
red. The coroner held an inquest on the
body, and the jury rendered a verdict of
suicide.-IV. Y. Courier.
A DUEL PREVENTED.—At a late hour on
Monday night, Justice Gorsuch received
information that two gentlemen from Hay
ford, Mr. William H. Stump and Mr. John
Williams, were in this city, and that a chal
lenge had passed from the latter gentleman
to the former to meat him, for the prupose
of disposing of a long standing difference be
tween them, by an appeal to arms. The
magistrate at once issued warrants for the
immediate arrest of the parties, and Messrs.
Mitchell and Cook, after a vigilant inquiry,
discovered that Mr. Williams, was sojourn
ing at Beltzheover's Hotel, whither they
proceeded and found him in his apartment
about to retire for the night.
He was, however, in spite of his remon•
stranees, required to accompany the officers
to the magistrate's, who, after hearing Mr.
Williams' argument against the course pur.
sued on the occasion, held him to bail in the
sum of 132000, to keep the peace for six
months, on procuring which he was released.
Mr. Stump was arrested yesterday morn
,ing and was required to give Security in the
same sum, to keep the peace for the same
period. The hail was immediately given
and the party discharged.—Bale. American.
The New York Poet says "The coldest
winters within the last century, were 1742
and 1770; in both these Long Island Sound
was troznn over, and in the latter winter,
cannon were taken on the ice from New
York city down to Staten Islaud."
GENERAL WADDY TROMPSON.--The ac
counts of this gentleman's wonderful escape
from injury by an accident on the Railroad
near Petersburg, according to the Frede
ncksburg Arena, do not convey any idea of
the imminent peril which he encountered,
nor of the providential character of his pre
servation. That paper states that the Gen
eral was knocked senseless by the shock,
and fell longitudinally between the rails, and,
most remarkable to state, precisely in the
only spot, on the whole length of the road,
where ono of the transverse sleepers bad
been removed. The absence of this sleep
er enabled him to fall his whole length up
on the ground, and of course to increase, as
far as possible, the space between him and
the engine. Had he fallen accross one of
the sleepers—or on either rail—he must
have_ been killed. His head fell so close to
the rail, that the flange of the wheels, pas
sing over it, pres..ed it into the mud. Had
the ground been frozen the head would havo
been crushed- The blow which prostrated,
fortunateiy stunned him so ft tr as to deprive
him of volition, eke might he, in his efforts
to escape, have been brought into contact
with some parts of the locomotive or train.
Lustre NATOR.E.-A negro woman in
he county of Mathews, Va., was delivered
on the 29th November, of three children.
One was a perfectly formed child, and is
ow living and hearty. The oilier two are
luaus natuue, more remarkable in every
aspect than the notorious Siamese twins.
he two children are united from the um•
ilical cord to the shoulders, sideways.—
'hey have each a perfect formation from
.he cord to the crown of the head. They
lave four perfect arms two separate heads
;omplete in their organization, and two
:heats. •The formation from tho umbilicus
lownwards, is that of a single child. There
is only one abdomen, ono umbilical cord and
itro legs, with one organization of a male
sex. They were living until a few moments
before birth. They must have possessed
Iwo hearts and two separate pulmonary or
gans, with only one set of intestines and
bier extremities. They have been kept
in spirits for prosorvation,with the intention
of presenting them to a museum of some
medical college, and consequently have not
been dissected.—Old Dominion
HCRaIBLE.—The trial of Moses Good
hue, Andover, Mass,, for a wicked and die
gusting outrage upon his own daughter,
aged sixteen, was concluded before the Su
preme Court at Salem, on Thursday last.
The evidence produced exhibited a tate of
moral degradation such as is, for the honor
of humanity, rarely witnessed." The jury
were out seven hours before returning their
verdict of "guilty ofincest." Tho bad char
acter of the daughter probably saved the
wretched criminal's life. The court sen
tenced this monster in human shape to three
days solitary confinement,and twenty years
hard labor in the State prison, the highest
punishment allowed by law.
0-RNID K-REATUR E.- A Mr. Elisha
Wing of Ashfield, Mass., lately married a
Mrs. Bethsheba Wing, hie fourth wife, be
ing tho third with whom he has lived within
twenty-two months—rifler a courtship of
twenty-two days, commencing forty•eight
hours after the burial of his third.
M YPITERY.—The Frederick (Md.) Visi.
ter states that about two weeks since a small
girl, about 12 years of age, suddenly disap
peered from the house of an individual with
whom she resided, in the upper part of M id.
dletown valley, in that county, since when
nothing has been heard of her. Fears are
entertained that sho has been the victim of
"foul play" of some sort.
" CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.—Thero seems
to be some fatality attending every Presi
dent of tho United Status born north of the
Potomac; none of them having been re elec.
ted. While every President born south of
the Potomac, has served two terms. John
•Adams and John Q. Adams were both su
percede.d• after the expiration of their. fiet.t
teitii, and now Mr. Van .Buren must be
added to the list.
AN /141.01111 ANT INVENTION.—The Lon
don papers have frequent allusions to the
extraordinary projectile, whirl) has been
recently invented, and the effects of the ex
plosion of which is followed by the most
disastrous effects. It is said to be a ball in
the shape of an egg, which explodes twice,
the second explosion being more destructive
than the first. The inventor who offered
it to the English Government for £lOO,OOO
has since been offered £400,000 by a For
eign Power-
SINGULAR FREAK OF NATURE.-A cor
respondent of the Baltimore Sun says that
there is a walnut tree now standing in full
vigor, in the village of Church Hill, Queen
Anne's county, in this State, which bears
a nut one half of which is n walnut, and the
other half hickory nut. This singular for
mation is borne on ono limb only while the
other portion of the tree bears very large
and fine walnuts. A specimen of these
amalgamated nuts may be seen at the Bal
timore Museum. They afford a very inter
esting subject fur the investigation of natur
alists.
MOMENTARY CHANGES.—The bodies of
all created beings are perpetually undergo
ing a species of revolutionary change; it is
therefore evident, that in order to facilitate
this periodical change, the natural outlets
of the body must be kept in a proper eon•
dition; for if the noxious humors are allowed
to sojourn too long in the body, they be
come excessively sharp and corrosive, oc
casioning the most terrible and fatal disor
ders,which frequently entail years °ratifier
ing and anguish. When this is tlui case,
I would tonsrientiously recommend to such
the immediate use of the BRAN DR ETH
VEGET &FILE UNIVERSAL PILLS—
a medicine which has attained its present
standard of usefulness, solely from its excee
ding salutary properties; these Pills being
in truth nothing more than an assistant of
nature, causing her to do that which is re
quired to produce a healthy condition of
the body. Such being the case, it is evi
dent that they can be admisistered with
safety to advanced age, as well as to help.
less infancy, and invariably with the same
beneficial results.
Purchase themt,in Gettysburg of Thos. J.
Cooper, distributing agent; CA f Jno. M. Ste
venson, or only in the county of Agents
published in another part of this paper.
TEMPERANCE.
A Special meeting id the "York Springs
na- Total Abstinence Society," will be
held in the Petersburg Academy, at 7
o'clock, on Friday Evening the 181 day of
January next.
O ::7 - An Address will be delivered on the
occasion.
H. A. PICKING, Seey.
December 22, 1949. td-39
HTMIENIAL R.E15.11-STER.
MARRIED.
'On the 15th inst. by the Rev. B. Keller, Mr.
David Arend!, to his Anna gabella Bailey;
both of Franklin township:Adams county.
On the 17th inst. by the same, Mr. Abhor
Mill*: to Miss Catharine dluxe 1 , both of Mont
joy township, Adams county.
T. C. A. BRUTTING,
(I?EIsWaWO3 ®T watao
INA S just received and offers for sale a
number of
PIANO FORTES,
of superior manufacture; to which he in
vites the particular attention of all lovers of
MUSIC.
Gettysburg, Dec. 22, 1840.
VA& .1421,72EUZ -3:1 4
Attorney di. Counsellor at Law,
O FFERS his professional services to the
people of Adams county. He may be
consulted, at all times, nt the Office of
Messrs. Stevens and Smysor, in South Bal
timore street, near the Court house.
K'S) , an arrangement with Meters. Ste-
Yens & Smyeer, Mr. M'SUERRY will also,
in their absence, attend to their business
during the winter.
Gettysburg, Dec. 22. 3t-39
TeniperanCe vention.
ripHE Temperance Societies of Adams
-14. county will4ease take notice that the
annual COUIVI I Y CaNVENTIOII 7 will
meet in Gettysburg, on the Ist day of Jan
uary next, at 11 o'clock A. M. in Christ's
Church. It is desirable that each Society
should hare a full delegation in attendance.
J. G. CAPITO,
as , , .
J. L. SCHOCK, ec ties.
Dec. 22, 1410. tm
0. K!
023EAP CLOTHS AND
OASSILCS, RES.
JUST received a fresh supply of
Fine wool dyed Black cloths;
Super Blue and . piece dyed Black de.;
Invisible and Bottle Green do.;
Olive, Mulberry, and London Brown do.;
Cadet, dark mixed, and drab do.;
Very fine Beaver and Pilot do.;,
ALSO—a good assortment of Cassinzeres
and Cussinftts; for sale at prices that will
make TINES mrran, by
R. G. M'CREARY.
December 22, 1840. tf-•30
lirAlar NIT I Ira'V IR It
(WOODOo
LTUST .received an additional supply of
new and desirab!o winter Goode, yiz:
Cloths, (`asshneres and Cas
sinetts ;
Pilot, Beaver, and Bearskin clothe;
Flannels, Wool and Cotton;
Blankets, Horse, Rose and Point;
Capeting, Ingrain and Hemp;
Bo) a' and Men's Comforts;
Buocha and Blanket Shawls;
White, Black, and Soarlet Merino do.;
French and English Merinoes;
Manchester Gingham.;
'Pickings and Checks;
Bleached and unbleached Muslins;
Fur, Cloth, and Sealette Caps;
Water proof and Listing Socks;
Ladies' fur lined Shoes;
Children's Leather and Morroco Boots;
Fur Coat Co!lare;
Ladies' carrying Baskets;
Mahogany and Gilt framed Looking
glasses;
Hair, Cloth, and Tooth brushes, die.
-ILSO-
A fresh supply of Groceries,
CONSISTING IN PART OF
SUGAR AND COFFEE,
Black imperial, Old and young Hyson
Than;
Common, N. Orleans, Sugar-house Mo
lasses;
Steam Syrup;
Fish, and Winter strained Sperm oil;
Sperm, and Tallow candles;
Allspice. Pepper, Ginger, &c. dec.
To all of which the attention of those
fond of BARGAINS and good GOODS, is
respectfully invited by
D. H. SWOPE.
December 22, 1640. tf-39
,Pait(E+VaidlErvia4 4 .l l GDYika
WHEREAS the MILD. DuaKEE,Esq.
President of the several Courts of
Common Pleas, in the Counties composing
the 19111 District, and Justice of the Courts
of Oyer and Terminer, arid General Jail
Delivery, for the trial of all capital and oth•
or offenders in the said District—and irVlif.
M'CLEms and Gno. WILL, Esquires,..ludg
es of the Courts of Over 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 26th day at November, in the year
of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and
forty, and to me directed, for holding
a Court of Common Pleas and General
Quarter Sessions ofthe Peace, and General
Jail Delivery, and Court of Oyer and Ter.
miner, at Gettysburg, on Monday the 25th
day of January next—
2siotice, is lilexeby
To all the Justices of tho Peace, the Coro
ner, and Constables. within the said County
of Adams, that they ho then and there, in
their proper person,
with their Rolls, Re
cords, Inquisitions, Examinations, and oth
er Reinembrances,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 :hall
be, la the Jail of the said County of Adams,
are to be then and there,to prosecute against
them as limn be just.
GEO. W. MiCLELL XN, Sherif.
Dec. '22,1940.
ADVEIZTISEMENTS
N E Ei i LYE AIN
F.ANCI.r G,ac,z4,13.
It. G. ;AliCtta,
H AS jtit4t received a (mill supply of ftr
ticks suited to the Kensou , to which
the uttentinn of the Lsoms is particularly
invited, /18 the nnlo•tmont ornlnecen Fon it s
very tine nod nod desirable guuds,
December 22, 1,"41.1
T E ZNIP E lAA .T4.;* t; V. .
Semi-annual me( ting of the 'Little--
oil- town Temperance Society,' will bo
held on Saturday the 26th inst., at 1 o'clock
P. •M. in the Academy; at which time en
election will he held fur officers of the Soci
ety tor the ensuing year. An address may
be expected.
3m-39
ISAAC SNYDER, Sec'y.
December 22, 1840.
.td-39
NOTICE.
Estate of SANUEL CASSAT, dereascd.
15 - -_ ETTERS of Administration on the Es.
tate of SAMUEL CASRAT, late of Straban
township, Adams county, deceased, having
been granted to David Cassel; residing in
the same township, ho hereby requests alt
persons indebted to said deceased, to melte
immediate payment of their respective dues,
and nil persons haying claims or demands
against said estate to make known the same
to the subscriber without delay. .
DAVID cassAT, Adm'r.
December 8, 1840. t*-37
REGISTER'S NOTICES.
SA . (Ake, is hereby Given !
V iv o all Legatees and other persons con
-FL Omer!, that the ADMINISTRA
TION ACCOUNTS of the Estates of the
deceased persons hereinafter men'ioned,
will be presented to the Orphans Court of
Adams county, for confirmation, on Tues
day the 29th day of December, 1840, to
wit :
.
The Account of David Baker, Adminis.
trator of the Estate of Peter Baker, dec'd.
The Account of Peter Weikert and Abra
ham Krise, Administrators with the will
annexed of Peter Weikert, deceased.
The Account of Cornelius Houghtelin
and Henry Lott, Executors of the Estate of
Hezektah Houghtelin, deceased.
WM. KING, Register.
Register's Office, Cettyeburg,
Dec. 1, 1840.
DYSPEPSIA! DYSPEPSIA!—That trou
blesome and peace) destroying disease.
Thousands and-tens of thousands sufferfrom
that common and distressing complaint.—
Dyspepsia is frequently caused by overloa
ding or distending the stomach by exces
sive eating or drinking, indigestible acrid
substances taken into the stomach, or from
long continued constipation of tho bowels,
a sedentary life, fear, griet, deep nnsiety,
copious draft of cold water, drestic purga
tive meißeines; .dyeeutery, miscarriges,
intermittent and spasmodicatrect ions of the
stomach and bowels, irregular .meals, late
hours and too frequent use of spirituous liq
uors.
The symptoms of Dyspepsia may be de
scribed as a want of appetite, or an unnatu
ral and voracious one,nausea and sometimes
bilious vomiting, sudden and transient dim
tensions of the stomach after eating, acid
and putrescent eructations,water brash,nain
in the region of the stomach, costiveness,
palpitation of the heart dizziness and dim.
ness of the sight, disturbed rest, tremors,
mental despondency, flatulency, spasms,
nervous irritability, chilliness, sallowness
of complexion—great oppression after eat
ing, languor and general debilily,sicli head
set', &c.
CURE.—At din bond of all remedies
stands Dr. HA RLICIP.3 COMPOUND
STRENGTHENING TONIC alid GER
MAN APERIENT PILLS, which act
greatly upon the perisrpltic motion of the
intestines, thereby producing regularity of
the bowels, at the same time improving the
functions of the debilitated organs, thus in
vigorating and restoring the digestive or.
gains to a healthy 'action. This med:cine
seldom fails in producing relief.
For Sale, in Gettysburg, at the Drug
Store of S. S. FORNEY, Agent.
December 8, 1840.
NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given to those indebt•
ed to DANIEL BALDWIN, that the Books
of the said Baldwin hive been placed in my
hands for collection, and suits will be brought
immediately without respect to persons, un•
less payment be made within TWENTY DAYS.
11 1 M. W. PAXTON.
Gettysburg, Dec. 8, 1840. 3t-37
WORTH ATTENTION'.
It. G. MA'NeNtyy,
H AS just received a fresh supply of sea
sonable goods; embracing a great va
riety of
riliC Cloths aaad Cassimov,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT Or
Very cheap Calicoes, Manchester Ging
hams, Cotton Stripes, Checks, Irish Linen,
Cambrick and Jaconett Illuslins, Swiss and
Book Muslins, French Bombazines, Super
Mouseline do Laines, Thread Lace and
Edgings,ltiblions, Gloves, Stocking, (very
cheap,) Heavy Domestic Muslins, Fine
Bleached Shirting, 5 4 and 6-4 Shenting,e,
Very cheap Tiaings, American Nankeens,
Marseilles Quilts,' ngrain Carpetings,ilemp
io., Umb.el;as, Palm Hats, itc.
A LSO
A full Stock of Groceries.
The Public are invited to cull and esam•
hie his stock as they tnay save money by
king so.
Aug,u9t 11, 1840