FOREIGN-NEWS.
ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA.
The taking of St. icanD'Aerc—Reported sub
mission of the l'acha—Probable termination
qf the Eastern Question—Brightest prospects
of prolonged peace—Birth of an infant Prin•
tens to Great Britain.
The steamship Acadia, which sailed
trona Liverpool on the 4th instant at 4 r.
u.
arrived at Halifax on Saturday at 10 A.
M.
Sailed thence at 0 r. M. and arrived at Bos
ton on Monday: at two hours alier noon.
She encountered very boisterous weather,
with long continued head winds and a rough
sea.
The Acadia brings intelligence of the
safe delivery of the Queen of England, of a
daughter on the' •21st of November. A Igo
of the capture of the celebrated St. Jean
D'Acre, a bombardment of three
hours, which, howeier, would not have ex.
pelled the garrison, probably, had it not
been for a tremendous explosion of ono of
the magazines.
.11 appears scarcely doubtful, moreover,
that the Paella of Egypt has found himself
under the necessity of yielding to the re
quirements of the allied powers. The ac
counts to this - effect aro positive, and indeed
it is difficult, to conceive, under existing cir
cumstances, 'of his adopting any other
course.
There is no later intelligence from Chi
na. The blockade of Clinton has been offs•
cially promulgated in Europe;
Her Majesty's marriage,it will be re.
membered, took place on Monday, the 10th
ut February, nine months and eleven days
since.
Queen Victoria has given birth to a Prin.
cess.
The London Gazette save—That the first
offspring of the royal marriage should be a
female no one will regret; the constitution
of this country has so provided for the trans
mission of the royal dignity, that it becomes
a matter ()relight importance indeed to the
nation. The young Princess becomes the
heir presumptive, and in default of male is.
sue, succeeds to the Crewn,as did her moth.
er. From the moment of her birth she
takes the style and the title of Princess
Royal; and as next in succession to the
throne, she enjoys as a matter of right, all
the immunities and privileges of that exalted
station. In the event of mate issue, how.
ever, her claim is at once superceded; and
she then Subsides into the station of the first
female of the royal family, still retaining
the title or Princess Royal, of which nothing
can deprive her.
Correspondence of the New York Courier.
LONDON, Dec. Bd, 1840.
The Acadia steamship being announced
to depart friim Liverpool to-morrow, I must
give an account of events Tether unusually
important and numerous, which have taken
place since your last accounts from this
quarter of the world.
• The intelligence from the , United States
has given the highest satisfaction in this
country; the certainty of the election of
General Harrison to the Presidency being
considered, an event of extreme importance
in politicAmonetary, and mercantile , points
of view. As General Harrison has not
been so prominent in political affairs as
some of the better known transatlantic
statesmen, there is rather more uncertainty
as to the true prospects of the foreign policy
of the Union under the new administration;
but the few who are aware of the views of
the new President, or those who have peru
sed the enlightened, elegant, and truly ad
mirable speech, which was made by this
gentleman at Cincinnati on the subject of
the adopted citizens, knee/ perfectly well
that the government of General Harrison
will be satisfactory towards all foreign na
tions—whilst those who do not happen to
be sufficiently aware of the character of the
new President, know that he is supported by
Messrs. ‘Vebster and Clay, and therefore
all parties have at least n vague opinion that
this great change in the politics of America,
is destined to be favorable to the relations
between England and the U. States.
The general appearance of European af
fairs has been perfectly tranquil since your
last accounts from England and I. ranco.
The Eastern question has been finally set
tled—for the fortress of St. Jean D'Acre fell
into the hands of the allied Powers after a
bombardment of only a few hours; and in
telligence has since been received of the
formal intercession of Mehemet Ali to the
affairs of the majority of Egypt alone.
In the French Chamber of deputies, the
debate on the address to the Throne has
lasted upwards of nine days; all the princi
pal speakers exhausting their eloquence on
the recent events—the summary, of- which
however is, that Mons. Theirs had sunk
into the most perfect contempt, and that an'
overwhelming majority, is firmly attached
to the administration of Soult arid Guizot.
Theirs, Odillon Barret and Burger have
raved in vain about the insulted honor' of
France, for the. Chamber applauded with
vehemence the,expressionsof Guizot —"Oat
the time of violence and conquest was gone
by—France wealthy, prosperous and free,
should endeavor to preserve the blessings of
peace, and adopt for her motto—.—peace for
ever—peace everywhere."
This conclusion of the difficulty of the
Eastern question, has caused no extensive
improvement in English monetary and mer
cantile affairs.
Since the arrival of the President steam.
ship the business in American securities has
been rather more animated,but the improve
ment in the quantity has not yet been ma•
tonal, the market having been prevented
from assuming a more prosperous appe ar .
once by recent circumstances, particularly
the stoppage of the great banking house ni
Wright & Co. Henrietta atreet, which
firm has been recently largely speculating
in American eacurtttes,particularlv with re
trireme to stuck of the state of Illinois,—
The failure of this house was announced on
the 24th ult. and it docket of bankruptcy was
made on the 2eth, but no information has
yet been obtained respectit , the state of
the *Matta the 1101140, or what amount of
merican stocks they may have been in
possession of at the tune of the failure of the
Batik.
The principal business in American secu•
rities has been in the stocks of the States of
Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York, which
have been all sold more freely since the ar
rival of the President. The largest trans
action is 20,000 shares of Pennsylvania 5
per cents. The shares of the Bank of the
United States have not advanced beyond
the former quotations of the 14th ult. A
statement of the awns and liabilities of the
institution, which was received by the Pres
ident, appearing to be not sufficiently ex
plicit by the holders of the stock. The de
bentures are, however, about half per cent.
higher, and all the securities can be sold at
the quotations of the list enclosed.
• • Ths important event of the accouchment
of her Majesty has taken place. A Princess
being the result. The Queen has recover
ed with remarkable rapidity, and the hullo
tins have ceased to be issued for Some days
past.
The recognition of the independence of
the Republic of Texas by the Government
of Enelund has taken place, by a treaty con
cluded between Lord Palinerston and Gen
eral Hamilton, and which is received with
satisfaction by the people here.
The restless question of the Boundary
Line is reported to have been retarded by
the unpopularity and want of Management
and tact, of Col. Fox. The death of his
father, Lord Holland, is expected to cause
his return to England, when Sir Charles
Vaughn may be expected to be sent ell—
The popularity and great experience of this
gentleman being urged in the London Jour
nals within the last few days.
BOMBARDMENT AND CAPTURE OF ST
JEAN D'A on E.—The following details were
published in the Malta Times of the 15th
ultimo:
The Beige appears to have been one of
the most brilliant on record, and proves that
British genius and British valor have lost
none of the power which rendered them, in
days gone by, the dread of their enemies
and the admiration of the world.
The result of this glorious affair is the
reduction of a fortress, declared by the
French incendiaries to be impregnable, to a
heap of ruins, with a loss to the enemy of
upwards of 2000 killed, 3000 prisoners, and
a large number of wounded, the precise
amount of which has not been yet ascertain
ed; besides.a small quantity of artillery and
munitions of war, among them 300 pieces
of field artillery, and £200,000 in specie;
Acre having been the grand depot and arse
nal of Mehemet Ali. The garrison was
supposed to have consisted orginally of 6,-
000 men.
The attack commenced a few minutes be.
fore two o'clock on the 3d inst.
The carnage appears to have been dread
ful, but the loss of the British seamen and
marines, was as we have already said, very
trifling.
Ibrahim Pasha was at Zehle, with from
15,000 to 20,000; but it is expected he will
retire immediately, without so much as at
tempting to stand against the allied forces.
The base lies circulated by the - Paris pa
pers of the betrayal of St. Jean d'Acre into
the hands of the besiegers for British gold
received from the above account abundant
refutation.
One of the letters describes the state of
the town thus:—On • landing, the place
known to be strong was found even still
more so than what was conceived, and
thanks may be returned to the Almighty,
that this strong hold of the enemy has not
cost the allies a greater loss of life. The
town is one mass of ruins; the batteries and
most of the houses are literally riddled all
over; the killed and wounded 13 tag about
in all directions, lifeless trunks cut asunder,
some without heads, others without legs and
arms. Hundreds dying from the blood
flowing from their wounds, and no one near
to help them. The scene was truly awful."
A long account of the bombardment con
cludes thus: "Such is the account of the ta
king of Acre, written 24 hours after the at
tack began, a city which baffidd Bonaparte
and a French army, and has undergone,
both in ancient and modern history, more
numerous and desperate sieges than any
Other city in the world."
The following graphic and" spirited
sketch is given by the Davenport Gazette,
from the letter of an officer of her Majesty's
steam frigate Gorgon.
"On the last day of September we were de
spatched from Boy rout, with three steamers
under our command, to bombard this devo
ted place for three days before the general
attack was made, which we commenced on
the Ist of October, by standing in within
range, and firing shells as fast as we could
pelt, and they rt.turing two for one. They
fell around us like hail, but, strane,e to say,
not a shot struck us; our bombardment was
not very successful, as more than half the
shells burst before they reached the share,
owing to the fuses being badly bored; all
the shells from the steamers failed alike, a
circumstance not very creditable to those
who made them, and sadly disappointing to ,
us. It is not likely they were ever tried at
such a distance before, 4000 yards. At
halt past 4 o'clock (how shall I describe
this?) as if by one consent, all firing ceased,
and oh,Heavensl what a sight! The whole
town appeared ns if it was in the air; so
awfully grand a sight no one can describe.
We saw nothink but one bluish cloud exten
ding thousands of yards into the air and on
all sides, and then we felt an awful shock
which gavt: the line of battle ships a heel of
two degrees, so that you may judge from
the moment of the explosion, all firing from
the town ceased. The Turkish admiral,
Welker Bey, was boarded at one o'clock in
the morning by an Egyptian colonel, who
informed him that they were evacuating the
town as fast as possible.
"Walker Bey immediately landed with
300 men, and took possession of the - town,
taking 3001Nrisoners. Thus fell this tre
mendous fortress,
which has not been over
rated by report, for I really think it is the
strougest place (next to Gibraltar) in the
world, and 1 think we should never have ta
ken it but fin' the explosion; which was cau
sed by one of our shells bursting in the main
magazine of powder, by which, to speak
within bounds, 2000 souls were blown to
atoms, besides beasts of burden of every
description. In all the loss of the Egypt•
eine is computed at 3000 killed and wound
ed. At daylight what a sight was exposed
to our view! The stupendous fortification,
that only thiewhours before could boast of
being among the strongest in the world was
so riddled, we could not find a square foot
that had not a shut. On the morning of
the 4th, I went ashore to witness the devils.
tation, the sight beggared all description.
The bastions were strewed with dead, the
guns dismounted, and all sorts of havoc. I
then came to the spot where the explosion
took place; it has laid a space of two acres
quite bare, and hollowed it out as if a quer.
ry had been worked there for years. And,
oh heavens, what a sight! It makes my
blood run cold to write of it. Mangled hu
man bodies of both sexes, strewed in all di
rections, women searching for their hus
bands and relatives, tearing their hair, beat
ing their breasts, and howling and crying
roost 'pitiously. God forbid I should ever see
the like again."
MOST ATROCIOUS MURDERS!
From the Portsmouth (Vv.) Times, Dec. 16.
We learn that a series of most atrocious
murders were perpetrated by a miscreant in
Southampton County, on Monday night.
An aged Qua Tor of the name of Scott, re
siding not far from Jerusalem, his sister,
also aged, a little girl, about nine years old,
named Pretlow, a negro woman and her
child were successively butchered to fur.
ther the designs of robbery, entertained by
their destroyer. Six persons were on the
premises at the time—and but one moped.
This was a young negro girl. She relates,
we understand, that a man residing in the
neighborhood visited the house a little after
sunset and spent the evening by the fireside
of Mr. Scott in Conversation with the fami
ly. As he was about to quit, he asked Mr.
S. to walk with him to the gate, as he had a
word to say to him in private, To this the
unfortunate man consented.
The girl saw no more of him. A violent
struggle was next heard in the kitchen. The
murderer armed himself with a short heavy
dogwood pestle, had seized the negro wo
man, and was beating out her brains when
. the aged sister of Mr. Scott attracted by the
noise, appeared and begged him to desist.
Irrevocably bent on his design he instantly
despatched the poor negro, and seizing the
old lady felled her to the floor with a blow
of the pestle. A negro boy about nino years
old was then killed in the same manner.
He next proceeded-in search of the little
white girl and the young negress. The
latter made her escape unobserved. The
other child was not so fortunate. She was
caught in the rocm and murdered as sum
marily es the rest.
Not seeing the negro girl, and resolved
to leave no clue to his fearful secret; the
monster made a careful search in the rooms
turning over the beds and scanning' every,
corner narrowly. Convinced that one of
the family had escaped, he seems to . have
gone off without consummating the robbe
ry. The girl fled immediately to tho near
est neighbors, and communicated what had
occurred in her sight and hearing. They
repaired to the premises forthwith, and
found the melancholy confirmation of her
story. The murderer had fled, and the
house was burning slowly. The fire was
extinguished before it had defaced the bod
ies, or done much injury to the building.—
In the morning among the spectator's of the
night's bloody fruit, was the individual spo.
ken of by the girl as the actor in the scene.
He gave an instant contradiction to her sto
ry, and referred to the absence of blood from
his cluzhing as proof of his innocer.ce.
denied also, we learn, having been on the
premises for a fortnight. Traces of blood
however, it is said, were found among his
whiskers, and he was detained till search
was made at his house. This resulted, we
learn, in the discovery of a suit of his cloth.
ing excessively besmeared with blood. He
was forthwith apprehended.
Mr. Scott was an old and esteemed mei•
dent of the county, and was reputed to be
wealthy. The hope of securing his money
led to a scheme of murder, as boldly con
ceived and deliberately executed as Any fur-
Dished by the annals of crime. The escape
of the girl alone prevented the full execu
tion of the plan. Usti° had fallen, all ex
planation of the mystery would have been
impossible. The house and bodies of the
slain would have been consumed together,
and the murderer would have possessed in
security the poor reward of his atrocities,
beyond the fear of detection.
From the Virginia Star, December 16
ANOTHER MURDER.-A murder ora most
atrocious character, we understand, was
committed in the count) of Dinwiddie, on
Sunday morning last, by Jeremiah Conway,
on the person of Edward Lewis, a young
man, only about 18 years of age, who, at
the time when the murder was committed,
resided with Conway's family. It appears
that Lewis had dressed himself with the
intention of going to Church, and was in
the act of stepping out of the portico, having
his back turned towards Conway's chamber
door, when C. advanced within a few steps
of him, (having a gun heavily charged with
buck shot,) and fired, when Lewis fell, hay
mg received the entire contents of the gun
in the neck and back part of the head! The
only supposable cause assigned for the per
petration of this dreadful act, was jealousy.
on the part of Conway. He has, for many
years, been a member of the Methodist
Church. After the act was committed,
Conway made no effort to escape, and when
questioned in relation to the murder, post
tively declared that he knew nothing about
it. He has been committed to the jail of
Dinwiddie county, where ho awaits his trial
for, this outrageous act.
PRINTWO3 Wm.—Albeit our _ fellow
cralismen are little wont to get up sumptu
ous professional dinners, with set speeches
and Whole columns of toasts, .drunk with
wine and song, yet, when they do assemble
in their occasional convivial festivals, they
invariably do honor to the occasion. Not
a merrier company, nor one, we venture to
say, more talented and intelligent, could be
ordinarily assenibled than then convene to
nether, and their quibs and quirks, and
flashes of lively humor, are such as might
well set any table on the roar.
As an apt illustration of the ready wit
which abounds on such occasions, we copy
a toast given at the•recent Printer's Festi
val held nt Concord, N. H. The host of
the Eagle Hotel, where the dinner was had,
being a gentleman of portly dimensions, and
possessed of a corporation worthy of Fal•
staff, was complimented with the following•
"sentiment."
"The landlord of the Eagle: Full faced
and fat."
The brethren of the type will understand
the point and pith of the technical allusion.
—Buffalo Com. Adv.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. - -OH Monday
morning lust, Mrs. Murphy, an elderly lady
of this to,vn, while in the act of drawing
water from an open well, lost her balance
and was precipitated to the bottom of it,
crushing her head in a twat shocking man
ner. With much dificulty her lifeless body
was drawn out, and was buried yesterday.
—Hagerstown Herald.
VOTE OF ALADAMA.-By an extraordi
nary oversight the vote of Alabama is like
ly to prove a nullity. Speaking of the vo
ting by the Electors, the Tuscaloosa Moni
tor says:
"The College of Electors, having been
called to order by its chairman, Col. Rey
nolds, of Franklin, the roll was then called
by their Secretary, f'seo. 1. Jones, Esq. of
this city, when each Elector responded,
MARTIN VAN BUREN, of NPw York
for President of the U. States; RICHARD
M. JOHNSON for Vice President."
If that be the way in which the proceed
ings was conducted, it is altogether null and
void, the Constitution expressly providing
that the vote shall be by ballot—that the
balloting for President shall be distinct
from that for Vice President—and that
these facts shall appear on the face of the
certificate of election.—Nashville Banner.
GOOD linvonits.—A totter from the edi
tor, now at Columbus, to the Cincinnati Ga
zette, has the following anecdotes:--good in
themselves whether genuine or imaginary:
There are two anecdotes current here,
which occasion some mirth at the expense
or office seekerp. The first is, that General
Harrison was waylaid at Lexington by sev
eral travelling committees seeking the dis
position of offices under the new administra
tion. When General Harrison fell, with
our quizical old friend Governor Letcher,
they found themselves in the same car With
some of these committees. Gov. Letcher
said to the General, 1 admire the rule you
have adopted as to applicants for office.—
What rule is thatl was asked. Why, to
register the order and time of each applica
tion, and proceed in the selection in the in
verse order of their receipt! The commit
tees nestled, exchanged looks and positions,
and the first opportunity took their leave
and returned home. The second is ger
main to this, that Mr. Clay, at Wheeling,
being naked if Gen. Harrison was annoyed
with office seekers when at Lexington, re
plied: 0, no. He has a needle and thread
upon which he strings them, as an inspector
does his ballots, so that last on will be first
taken off for use! The rule is a good one
whether adopted by the General or not.
When I am President, I now give notice to
applicants that I shall follow this rule as a
"safe precedent."
LEGACIES OF JACHSONISM AND VAN By•
=NISH TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.--1. A
Bankrupt Treasury. 2. An insolvent Post
Office. 3. A six years' war with 400 In
dians and their Squaws. 4. A new Na
tional debt of from 20 to 30 millions of
dollars.
These may be called the specific legacies
of the Jackson Dynasty to the Americo:a.
People. But besides these, there are be
quests of a more general nature, and far
more disastrous. An embarrassed com
merce —a debased currency—a disorgani
zed navy--a declining revenue—and a rank
ling and advancing corruption in all depart
ments of the Public service.
'rime, and the most untiring and devoted
and disinterested energy, will be requisite
to put things in order. Upon Gen. Harrison
and the next Congress will devolve the most
arduous and important duties which a Pres
ident and a Congress have ever had to per
form.—Richmond Whig.
"PowEn OF CONSCIENCB."—Under this
head should be chronicled to the world, the
vote of the present House of Representa
tives, allowing to the excluded members
from New Jersey (whose election as such
was attested by the broad seal of the State)
full pay for the late session of Congress.
The resolution to allow these disfranchised
members pay for the session, was passed
by a vote ofllB to 67. •It is evident there
fore that a large number of those, by whose
votes last winter, these members were ex
cluded from their seats, must have voted at
the present session for allowing them their
pay, as members. The vote may be said
to be an award of conscience. For, as well
remarked by the Richmond Whig, 'those
who voted for the exclusion of the New . Je
rsey members, "virtually concede the injus
tice done to them, by awarding them the
compensation of members."—Ba/t. Pat.
A MYSTERY EXPLAINED.—Thd Boston
Atlas says—“ The mystery which recently
caused some excitement at Roxbuiy, rela•
tive to an inexplicable.knocking heard in a
house in that town, has been satisfactorily
explained. It was the work of no unearth•
ly agent, but was produced by a clock, the
weights of which, at a certain- hour, by
striking the bottom,causeci the sound which
has made so much idle conjecture.
"KIM YolJa, Accourcra • SEPARiTE. " t
Under this head, the Richmond Whig of
yesterday say,:—The suggestion of Mr..
Webster, that a new set of books be opet.ed
under the new Admini4ratinn, is a wise
and prudent one, and will meet with general
npproval from the' W togs of the country.—
Lot the business of, the old concern be clo•
sed, and be kept separate mid apart from the
new one. By this means, the scheme of
the Feds in anticipating the revenue of
1891, by paying their debts with promises
to pay after the 4th of March next, will be
baffled, or be made to recoil upon their own
heads. Possibly, the certainty that their
prodigality will be exposed in; the mode in
dicated, may, to some extent, restrain them
from plundering the public, with a view to
increase the embarrassment of the coming
Administration.
ME. WOODBURY ' S IREPOIRT.—One Of the
most extraordinary features of Mr. Wood
bury's annual report on the finances is his
estimates of what should be the economy
of the next administration as compared with
his own. This is a piece of modesty rare
ly equalled. And we must add that the
Secretary has exhibited as much ingenuity
in speculating on assumed premises, as he
sometimes does in reasoning upon present
facts.
The aggregate of expenditures for the
present year he states to be 826,643,050.
This is Van Buren economy. But to the
Harrison economy he makes the very liber.
al allowance of 817,485,520! and even this,
he thinks, iii "h gher than the estimated
amount of new and permanent appropri
ations" by the sum of 81,764,470!
And how does the Secretary pretend the
expenditures may be kept down eo much
lower than his own friends have habitually
resorted to. W hg, by "merely lessening
the appropriations for the service of 1841
below the estimates!" There's wisdom and
modesty for you.
But in 1842, he thinks it will be necessa
ry to make still greater reductions in the
expenditures,on account of the• Compromise
Oct operating to diminish the revenue in
that year quite five millions. lle would
thus limit General Harrison's administra
tion to about ten or eleven millions for the
expenses of 1842! But how. is he to get
along, if it has been necessary for Mr. Van
Buren to expend 30 to 40 millions a year?
There is no necessity for borrowing, none
ofcreating a permanent debt, none of a tar•
iff; oh no nothing can be done, which Mr.
Van Buren has done, but General Harrison
must make a corresponding reduction in the
expenditures!
With what ineffable grace does such stuff
as this come from men who have been ex
pending the public money without stint, un.
til finding the Treasury bankrupted, the
people arrested their profligate career!--
Madisoniu rt.
1)n. FazknincE.--The trial of this indi
vidual is still progressing in Philadelphia.
It has now been in progress about three
weeks, and nearly a hundred witnesses have
been examined. The Ledger speaking of
it, says:—"lt is doubtful whether this may
not be considered one of the most oxtraordi
nnry and interesting mvestigations,considcr
ing the nature and amount of the testimony,
and the number of issues arising out of it,that
has taken place in this country. The num
ber of forgeries in all is more than five hun
dred; of course he ie. indicted upon but a few
of these; but were he tried,convicted and sen
tenced on all, the aggregate of his imprison
ment, supposing him sentenced to the extent
of the law, would be three thousand five hun
dred y_esartt!
There is a geatleman . in Springfield,
Mass. who regularly celebrates the anni•
versary of his marriage by paying for his
newspapers. The same gentleman cele
brates the birth of every now comer,by sub
scribing for a new paper.
TILE MURDERER OF ELLEN JEIVETT,--
RonnisoN, the murderer of Ellen Jewett,
whose trial and acquittal loft a stain upon
the tribunal before which he was arraigned,
went to Texas, where he has since lost his
right arm--that arm with which he planted
a hatchet into the forehead of a frail, but to
him an unofrending girl, and with which he
then applied an incendiary torch to the bed
where she lay weltering in bloq4, thus at
tempting to conceal the murder by commit
ting arson—that right arm, we say, has
been cleft from his shoulder, in a fight with
the Mexicans!
Nor is this the only retribution that has
visited the guilty. It will be recollected
that FURLONG, the infatuated Grocer, who
went into court and committed voluntary
perjury by swearing that Robinson was in
his store on the evening of the murder, be.
came a maniac and drowned himself.--Alb.
Journal.
REPORT OF THE POST MASTER GENERAL.
—Mr. Niles has submitted his annual re
port to the President, from which we gath
er the following items:
The extent of the Post Routes covered
by mail service on the 30th of June last was
155,739 miles: the annual transportation of
mails on which was 36,370,776 miles, at an
expense of $3,296,876. In addition to this
the transportation of mails by steamboats
and other vessels has cost about $9,000 and
there has been paid for ship and way letters
about $26,000.
Nearly seven hundred new Post Routes
have been put in operation during the past
year, necessarily causing a considerable in
crease in the expenditures of the service:—
The number of contractors in , the service
during the last year was about 2,100, of
whom• 628 have been fined for delinquencies
in the performance of their engagements.
It is the opinion of the Department that the
obstacles whickhave occasioned irregulari
ties its the Southern Mail have been remove
ed. [We shall be happy to believe this;
but we have no Southern Mail this morning ]
The present number of Post Offices is
13.638. There have been established du.
ring the sear 939 Post Of f ices; disculatnued
271. During the year,-1,231 postmasters
have been appointed, of wifoto 938 were for
new offices.
• The revenue of the Department for the
year ending June 30, 1840, was 84,5:39,-
265 89; showing an
.increase of $61,051
64 as compared with the preceding ye ar .—
The expenditures for the same period
amounted to $4,759,110 85; being nn ex
cess over the receipts of 8219,845 17.
Mr. Niles estimates that the printed mat
ter constitutes 9 . 1 per cent. of the malls,
while it pave but about 8 per cent. of the
net revenue; whence it would appear that
the corresponding portion oldie community
sustains, 'comparatively, a much heavier
burthen than the reading portion. lie pro
poses to remedy this in some measure by
reducing the tariffof letter postage and in
creasing that of newspapers. The change
suggested consists in lowering the postage
on letters 25 per cent. and raising that of
newspapers 100 per cent. Ile further sug
gests that newspapers be divided into three
classes, the postage being rated according
to their dimensions, and that all other prin
ted matter be taxed in •proportion to its
weight. Mr. Niles is also in favor of con
fining the franking privilege of Members of
Congress to a certain number of letters per
day. The Report concludes by stating that
the buildina" now in course of erection for
the use of the Post Office Department will
probably he finished the ensuing Autumn.
—New Yorker.
I===l
DEAF AND DUMB PRINTERS.---A curious
account is given, from Tubingen, in Wur
tenburg, of a new printing establiihment,
lately opened by M. Theodore Helgerad.
All the compositors and pressmen, one hun
dred and ninety-six in number, eleven of
the former being womon,a re inland dumb;
and have been educated at his cost for the
employment in which they are now engaged.
The king has conferred on Mr. Helgerad
the large gold medal, of the order of civil
merit, fur this great reclamation from the
social and moral waste.
DIVORCE EXTRAORDINARY.—ThO Mon
ticello (Vt.) Watchman gives an account of
the manner in which a Justice of the Peace
lately desolved the hymenial union of an
unhappy pair, whom he had united but a
short time before till death should part them.
Upon the request of the parties to be un•
married, he•placed a live cat on a • block,
and directed one to pull at the head and the
other at the tail, while he with an axe cut
puss in two, at the same time exclaiming—
" Death parts you!" The couple went
away satisfied that they were legally un
married, and have not lived logethbr since.
lionicion.—Richard Hagan, editor of
the Vicksburg Sentinel, has been held to
bail for killing a man in a quarrel, arising
out of a political difficulty.•, Hagan says,
Judge Sharkey,'who admitted him to bail,
pronounced it a justifiable case of homicide.
The Pittsburg Gazette, in speaking of
M r. Hoffman's forthcoming" Harrisoniiiiiii,"
says that in its table of contents, "the pro
ceedings of the Antimnsonic National Con
vention, which assembled at Philadelphia,
in Sel.tember, IE3B, end nominated Wit.
liam 11. Harrison and Daniel Webster, is
entirely overlooked. It was that convention
which drew from General Harrison - his ad
mirable letter to the Hon. Harmer Denny.
We certainly see no reason why , ,that
Convention slio‘ild be overlooked, in a
work which proposes to give a "faithful and
living picture of the period" embraced.
We, therefore, venture to suggest that
the work should be enlarged to contain
thirteen parts, to correspond with the Our.
teen original States,end that the proceedings
of the National Anti mimic Convention
of 1838, with the letter to Harmer Denny
and other matters connected with that Con
vention, should come io its proper place,
that is, second."
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IMPORTS. — The Modisonian states that
there have been five years in one history
since 1815, in which our exports have ex
exceeded our imports. These years 1820,
1825, 1827, 1829,1940. The t xcess of ex
ports over importt, in 1890 is $28,766,089.
This is quit remarkable. It is owing,
doubtless, to our great indebtedness a—
broad; and since we are larg ely indebted,
the above indication may regarded as
a convalescent one, though probably 12 to
$15,000,000 of it have gone to pay inter
est.
ACCIDENT.—In attaching, during the
night, a team to the coach which carries
the mail, at one of the stages between Ha
gerstown and Cumberland the person by
whom it was done neglected to fasten the
strap by which the horses check the pro
gress of the carriage when going down
hill. In descending Keyser's ridge the
horses became restive and the driver got
down for the purpose of repairing the above
mentioned neglect. While he was off his
seat the horses ran away. One of the pas•.
'engem Mr. Frantz, of Allegheny county,,
was killed in the act of jumping out of toe•
couch. Mr. Biddle, an agent of thu com
pany, was slightly injured. The coach was ,
not upset and the horses,after running bonier
distance were stopped.—Fled. Examiner.
MELANCUOLY.—Wes learn from theitichff•
mond Star that a few weeks since two tail•
male friends at the Concord Academy, in
the State. of Virginia; purchased ola fellow
student a beautiful pair of pistols, each ta
king one. Vt bile examining their new pur
chase, one of them placed a cap upon his,
and pointed it at his friend, saying he could
kill him at that distance, and snapped the
pistol. ,His friend then presented his, in a
playful way, and said that he could - kill hint
—the other replied that he could not. He
snapped the pistol,. it exploded, and his
friend, to his horror, fell mortally. wounded,
and died in about ten days slier. • Neither
of them thought the pistols were loaded.- 7
This is another of these warnings against
the caroled' use of playing with deadly
weapon., with which you aro all familiar.
REPI733LIOAN BANNER.
GETTY/30011LO. December 20. 1840.
The Federal Locofoco press manifest an anxious
solicitude in the formation of the cabinet of the
new administration, and the selection of a good
and true Democrat to take the field against them
at the approaching Governor's election. It might
be supposed that enough had transpired to cause
them to ~ put to" and set their own house in order.
Defeat has not operated by contraries towards
them. The strength which lies in the sceptre Lids
not only departed from them, hut a "radicalism,"
as they term it, has taken hold en some of their
rank and file which threatens to strike off a head
strong faction, pledged to sustain views not alto•
gether coinciding with those of their ackrowledg
ed leaders. Whence then - lbts neglect of self to
set us to rights? Tho wherefore is too plainly ex
hibited to be mistaken. The seeds of enmity,
jealousy and strife are to be cast in. and scattered
profusely, and if our talented and Influential men
can but be arrayed in hostile attitude, such dis
tinction might be created as would weaken our en
ergies, and cripple the Administration. But, kind
neighbors! we ask not your friendly advice. Look
well to your own difficulties, and conciliate your
own distractions—if you choose. We are not to
bo fed with your sour grapes, or schooled in your
tactics; when we fail to summon good advisors
from among the true faith we shall call for foreign
aid. Let no heed be paid to the attempt to intro
duce dissension among Harrison Democrats. In
the majesty of their strength they' are about to en
ter the contest, at the result of which, these hypo
crites, if they do not succeed in their designs, must
shudder.. The standard of ,true Harrison democ
racy will be planted upon the soil of our ancient
Commonwealth to sustain correct principles in
our State councils. We have labored too zealous
ly, end gained too signal a victory to sport it away
to gratify disinterested, defeated Locofoco office
holders.
Canal Comnzissioners.
Below will be found a copy of the petition which
is in circulation in Alltgbany county and else
where, relative to a change in the mode of choos
ing our Canal Commissioners. It is important
that any such petition ho forwarded at en early
day, else there may be no legislation upon the sub
ject. To lose this wholesome reform, through the
sluggi4mess of its friends would bo unpardonable.
Thospiho desire it should be active. There have
&fen other reforms, as important to the communi
ty,prayed for time and again, and no legislation
has yet been had towards effecting them; the
reason alleged has been, that the petitions were
not forwarded in time to secure a Bill upon file suf
ficiently early to be reached an its regular place.
"They were never reached"—nor never will bo
While out=door friends are slow to press them, and
members of the House slow to introduce and sus
tain them:
..To the Hon. Senate and House of Representa
lives, 4-e., the pillion of the undersigned citi
zens of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
That, whereas, the Board of Commission
ers have been heretofore appointed by the
Governor of the Commonwealth and in con
sequence, on each change of the Governor,
the Board have been wholly changed, to the
greatdetriment,as your petitioners believe,
to theotrue interest of the Commonwealth;
and your petitioners further believe that in
accordance with the spirit of the amended
Constitution of our State, the. office of Ca
nal Comniisstoners should be elective. We
therefore petition that they bo elected on
joint ballot, by both Houses of the Legtsla•
turo,and that it be so arranged that one may
be elected for one, and one fur two, and ono
for three years;and we that one new one may
be elected by the Legislature, annually
hereafter &c. And your petitioners, as in
ditty, will, &c."
DIACTION 1141 PIIILADZLPIIIA.—Tho election of
State Senator, to the city of Philadelphia, to fill
the beat of Frederick Fraley, Esq. rasigned, ter
minated In the election of William B. Reed, Esq.
the Whig candidate, by the following Tote:—
William B. Reed (Whig) 5143
George Emlon (Loco Poco)
Creasman (Abolition)
Whig majority
KVITUCKT SENATOIL—The Hon. J. J. Crit
leaden, hius been re•clected, by the Legislature of
Kentucky, a Senator in Congress, for six years
from the 4th of March next, when his present term
expires.
FOR TUE ETAS AND REPUBLICAN BANNIR.
Mo. Bowza
A lengthy article is copied into the Compiler of
tut week, in which, in order 4.) show that the de
feated Administration have not been proscriptive
in their appointments, it is assorted that a majority
of the Clerks in the Departments and Bureaus at
Washington ere “Federal Whigs." You will
oblige a number of your subscribers by asking of
the Compiler, that he sustain his copied article by
publishing a list of the Federal Whig clerks, In the
order in which they are referred to. It is known
that the most competent clerks at Washington are
Whigs, and have been retained because few could
fill their places. But it is equally well known,
that no such tolerant spirit could have existed from
any other cause than necessity. One of their
oldest Clerks, who entered the ethics of the Clerk
of the House of Representatives in Mr. Jefferson's
time, and had remained there thirty-six years was
discharged by Hugh A. Garland without cause or
notice. A list of the iFedi.ral-Clerks' is needed
to convince of the truth of Bib article alluded to.
CpAR Fon IniTumPEßANco.—.:Dr. Kitch•
roar says in but Orucle: "A gel,-
tleman iti Philndelphi3 who wax afflicted
with a drunk:l wiie, put a cask of rum in
bar way in the charitable hop() that she
would drink herself to death. She suspen•
ted the schema, and. Irom a mere principle
Prcontratiiction; ahAtitificti Over alter trim:
tiro use I,l"the !"
GIVE GEN. HARRISWE A FAIR CHANCE,.
—We appeulthys early to the People—ln
the honest masses, wise' have no end to
serve by politic., but their country's honor
and good—to the farmers especially—we
who, like them, hope, expect, desire nothing
from Politics but the Country's Liberty,
Happiness and Glory—we appeal to them,
for that Country's sake, to give General
Harmon a fair trial. Great reforms cer
tainly are needed in our Federal Govern
ment—even Van Buren men admit this—
even the editor of the Enquirer, with all
his devotion to Mr. Van Buren, confessed
the Presidential powers to bo "too strong
for a Republic." Give, then, the adminis.
tration of Gen. Harmon a fair trial and a
fair chance! You cannot lose by it, but
may gain—gain a new lease of Republican
liberty. Send Whigs to Congress, to help
on the cause of Reform. Keep at home
those whose party passions and interest will
impel them to oppose every salutary change.
The party conflict is at an end. Listen
now, for your country's sake, to the voice
of reason and patriotism. It the Whig Ad
ministration disappoint you—if it fails to ef.
feet the Reform so much needed in the prac
tical Administration of our national affairs
—why then turn them out and try again.
Do we ask in this,_ too much of men of
reason and patriotism?
But, it is evident, from the condition in
which Mr. Van Buren will leave the coun•
try, on his retirement from the Presidency, ,
that the now Administration will have for
midable difficulties to encounter. A bank-
rupt Treasury--:a heavy national debt—
shattered finances—a vicious currency--
are momentous evils which it requires a
union of wisdom and time to remedy. Too
much should not be expected at first. The
accumulated evils of twelve years cannot
rationally be expected to be overcome in a I
day, or a month. Time is indispensable.
Time, honest effort and untiring zeal.—
Richmond Whig.
DO YOUR OWN VOTING AND YOUR OWN
nounNo.—General Harrison while re
cently at the Galt House, Louisville, was
accosted by a Stranger who pretended to
shake him cordially by the hand, and to
whisper something into his ears. "What
have you got to say?" said Gen. Harrison.
"You are a coward," whispered the strang
er. "Speak louder" rejoined the General.
"You are a coward," repeated the stranger.
in a tone somewhat audible, but still in a
whisper. Hereupon the General's eyes
flashed fire; and the moment after the
stranger measured his length on the ground.
This does not look much like decrepitude
from old age.--PhiladelphiT:Standard.
CMTWe learn from a gentleman who was
present, that the scoundrel alluded to had
made his boasts that he would prove Gen.
Harrison a coward by thus publicly insult•
ing him, believing that the General would
not resist the -insult--but be was mistaken
—=he found O'd Tip was as ready to chas
tine those who thus personally insult him,
as ho was to chastise the enemies of his
country during the late war. The blow
which floored the miscreant was inflicted
with the left hand, in consequence of his
right one being in a measure disabled by
shaking hands with his numerous friends
since the election. Some there may be
who perhaps would contend that General
Harrison ought to have treated the cilium.
niator with contempt—but we cannot ima
gine how any man of spii it could act other
wise than he did considering the provocation
given.—Pottsville Journal.
Ortro.—The message of Governor Shan
non to the Legislature, gives a luminous ac
count of the financial affairs of the State.—
He says the total amount of the State debt
814,809,447. The amount that will be re•
quired to complete the public works now
under way, is estimated at $2,438,000.
The amount of revenue for the ear which
closed on the 30th November, is - 8306,498;
the disbursements of the year less than this
811,407. The present school fund amounts
to 8286,200. The Receipts from the Na
tional Road during the year were $51,442;
the payments Ilia than this $OO. The
amount of tolls, fines, and water rents on
the several public works, after deducting
the costs of repairs, and superintendence,
and awards of damages, was $853,781.
This is an increase over the receipts of last
year, of 821,269.
-2649
Mitesocar.—The whole number of free
white male persons in the State of Missouri,
according to the enumeration, on the firtit
of June last, was 149,366; of females 127,-
991. Whole number of slaves 48,941.
Number of free people of color, 1433. To
tal aggregate of population 327,731. The
number of deaf and dumb persons is 139;
blind 103; insane and idiots 250. Persons
employed in mining 735; in agriculture
73,569; in commerce 2213; manufactures
and trade 9784; navigation of the ocean 10;
navigation of canals, lakes and rivers, 1885;
to the learned professions 1249. Number
of revolutionary passions 90; colleges pr
universities 0; students in the same 495;
academies and grammar schools 45; stu
dents in the same 1868; primary and corn•
mon schools 562; scholars in same 14 482;
scholars at public charge 553; while per
sons over 20 years pf age who cannot read
and write, 17,176.
km:rm.—The State Debt of Illinois,
including the internal improvement debt,
bank debt, school fund debt, and tho liabili
ty on account ot surples. revenue, appears,
according to tho Governor's Message, to
be 613,63:001 63.
AMENDMENT TO TIIE CoNSTITDTION.--
ID the United States Senate,
on Wednesday
week last Mr. Talmadge of New York ask
ed and obtained leave to introduce the
following joint residtstions' to amend the
Constitution of the United States in relation
to one term:
Resolved, by the Senate and !louse of
Representatives of die United Slates of
4merica in Congress assembled, (two
thirds of both housed dooming it aocossary.)
That the following article be preposod In
the Legislatures of the several States as nn
amendment to the Constitution of the Um
ted Slates, which article, when ratified by
three fourths ofthe said Legislatures, to be
valid, to all intents and purposes - as part of
the said Constitution:
"The President of the United States shall
hold his office but for one term of four years
and shall be ineligible thereafter."
Mn. CLERK GARLAND—A CHAPTER OF
ACEIDENTS.—it is wonderful what a liabil
ity
.Mr. Clerk Garland has to make mis
takes when a vote of the House is taken by
yeas and nays, and how these blunders are
certain to accrue to the benefit of:he Clerk's
political friends! His omission of the names
of Mr. Winthrop and Mr. Joseph L. Wil
liams, who voted in the affirmative on the
metier! of Mr. Stanley to reconsider the or
der for printing an unnecessary and extrav
agant number of copies of the President's
Message f .has already been noticod in our
Congressional record. By. the insertion of
their names and counting their votes, the
decision of the House was reversedthe
order alluded to was reconsidered—and the
result was that the number of copies to bo
prinied was reduced.
Mr. Stanley very, properly commented ,at
the time, on the suspicious circumstances'
attending the omission of the names of!
Mews. Winthrop and Williams; and re•
minded the House that at the last. session,
during the consideration of the New Jer
sey case, the Clerk in declaring the vote on
Mr. Fillmore's motion to insert the word ,
"lawful" before the word "votes," announc-1
ed yeas N. Nays 96, when the actual state
of the vote was, yeas 97, nays 96. The
Speaker, on that occasion, gave his casting
vote in the affirlngtive, and thus prevented
the result which would have followed from
the mistake of the Clerk. in accidentally
omitting the name of the member who had
voted "aye."
Mr. Stanley said he did not charge upon
the Clerk intentional omission--but such
accidents might happen to frequently. He
was reminded of the anecdote of the Cler
gyman who, on a certain wet Sunday mis
sed a handsome new silk umbrella, and
found in its place an old cotton one, much
tattered and torn. Ile told his congrega
tion that the exchange might have buen
purely accidental, but still it was greatly in
favor of the perBon who took the silk um
brella, and that such, mistakes might occur
too often. It recall Governor Barbour's
story of the boy who happened to find three
cowbells in three successive nights. The
tale of his finding one might have been be
lie ved--but when his boasted luck extended
to finding another—and another—the mat
ter looked suspicious. The accident hap
pened too frequently.—Modisonion. •
SUDDEN DEATH.—The Angel of Death
has been among us in one of his most sudden
and awful visitations. W.M. CARLTON,
Esq. the Register of the Corporation 0
Frederick, and a young man much esteern,.
od by his acquaintances, was running' with
the Reel belonging to the Young Men's En
gine Company, on Tuesday evening last,
on the occasion of en alarm of Fire. ‘V hen
nearly oppOsite to Mr. Marshall's Office,
Mr. Carlton fell and expired almost instan
taneously, as is supposed, from the break
ing of a blood vessel. Every assistance
was offered by Medical attendants, but
,in
vain life was extinct.—Fred. Herald.
BURNT TO DEATIL—Vise Susan Bower,
a young lady, residing near Shepherdstown,
Va., was accidently burnt to death, on the
6th inst. by falling in tho firo in a fit.
MURDERER Cevinir.---The runaway
slave who murdered Mr. John Colbert,near
Shepherdetown, Va., a short time smee,has
been apprehended and is now in Martins
burg jail.
A DISTRESSING CASE.—A Mrs. Ann Or
oyd advertises in the St. Louis Bulletin for
information of her husband, who had [weep
ded her to lowa Territory. The advertise
ment conveys the awful intelligence that
their seven chtldred were scalded to death
on board the steamboat Persian, and herself
coneiderbly injuied.
The Boston Transcript states that Mr. S.
Lincoln, of that city, who recently recov•
ored $9OOO of the Schenectady and Sarato.
ga Rail Road, for injuries received on the
road, has compromised for $5OOO, rather
than have the case carried up.
CAPITAL OF GREAT BRITAIN.—The
grand total capital represented by .all the
property in Great Britain and Ireland, is
estimated at £3,920,000,000. The value
of lands, Chips, canals, railroads, mines,
horses, timber, crops, &c., is 'estimated at
£2,945,000,000. The value of all sorts of
furniture, apparel, plate, specie, money in
chancery, savings banks, dm., estimated at
£580,000. The national debt is about.
£764,000,000.
'Parrs.—Mr. Biddle in his late Agricul
tural address observes—" When novelties
are first presented the European looks back
to know what the past would think of it—
the American looks forward to know how it
will affect the future, the ,European thinks
of his grandlather—the American of his
grandchildren."
GREAT SALE.--A very extensive sale of
gems was made in Loudon in 1837. The
sale amounted to about £230,000. A pair
of ear rings formerly the property of Queen
Charlotte, broughtfiftyfive thousand dol
lars. The celebrated Nassauck diamond
was purchased at thirty-sis thousand. The
crown jewels of Queen Victoria are estima
ted nt £lll,OOO or about half a million of
dollars.
RzeteuLous.--We once saw a lady laced
so tight that when stooping down to pick up
a pin s 'her stays gave way, and she turned
three eummersets in consequence. It gave
our natural modally an awful shockl
A FAMILY POISON 80 . -The Wishingtoo
Pai Examiner - sayst—The family of Mr.
Marshman, sometime during` the last fall,
prepared for their own use a quantity of ap
ple butter,and stored it away in newly made
earthern crocks: About two. weeks since
the whole family, save Mrs. M. suddenly
became quite ill, and their fears of an art
known affection, induced them to send im
mediately for a physician. As soon as the
physician arrived, he discovered that some
thing important was the matter. We be
lieve, before the doctor arrived, those affltc
ted, or at least some of them, had been de
lirious and subject to spasms. Upon a close
examination of the patients they were pro
nounced as subjects of the painter's case,
or in other words that they had been poi
soned by takino e lead into their stomachs.
This happened by the acid of the butter de
composing the materials which constituted
the glazing on the crocks, and of course
when the rend was extracted from the gla
zing it settled in the beater, in which it was
takeu by Mr. Marehmau'e family. Upon
analyzation portions of the poisonous sub
stance were found through the butter, but
most of it had settled to the bottom of the
crocks, and strange as it may seem it was
positively so abundant as to give the bot
tom a very white appearance.
The Troy Mail states that a bet was
made in Massachusetts the other day of the
following singular nature:—That between
. the time the first electoral vote was cast
for General Harrison. and the 4th of next
March, there would be one thousand sui
cides in this country. One hundred dollars
were pledged upon this result.
MILLING EXTRAORDINARY.—The TUS
carnwas (Ohio) Advocate ufthe 2'7th ultimo.
says:--`'A question of dispute with regard
to the quickness of manufacturing a certain
quantity of wheat into merchantable flour
was settled last Saturday at Mr. Seaton's
mills, near this town. It -was contended
that ono pair. of stones could not -intuaufac
lure sixteen bushels of wheat in an hour-
Judges were selected—the wheat weighed
out—the mill put in operation, and the six
teen bushels went through the usual process
of making superfine flour,fit for exportation,
in the short space of tiftythree - minutes,with
(me pair of stones only.P
Mississirm—The Natchez Free Trader
of the 25th ult. says:—"The Circuit court
of Ada ms county, commenced its session in
this city on Monday last—C. C. Cage
presiding; Stanhope Posoy, district attor
ney. The dockets comprise a list of twen
ty-three hundred cases; to which a consid
erahleeddition will be made by present
moms of the Grand Jury, who are now in
dustriously engaged in the investigations to'
which they were directed by the Judge in
his charge at the opening of the court.—
Offences against the gallon law will occupy
normal' place on the docket, and it is not
altogether improbable that winners on the
recent elections will have to` disgorge their
ne*ly possessed wealth, and losers mulcted
intdan additional sum in the shape of fines
and WSW."
DREADFUL DIsEASE!—We understand
that a must fatal disease has made its up
pearance, within a feiv days past, in our
sizter county floury, about 10 miles West
of Paris. It is said to be contagious, but in
its Symptoms unlike anyother disease known
to the human family; and in its fatality tar
more dreadful than the Cholera. &sand
deaths have occurred in a few families. On
Saturday night 4 . deaths occurred in one
family. its Victims live from Ito 4 hours
after being attacked. The citizens of Par
is we learn, are greatly alarmed. Many
talk of leaving the town. We have heard
no name by which to call this myiterious
and awful disease.—liuntsngdou (Tenn.)
Advertiser of Dec. 9.
INTERESTING INCIDENT.—The Milledge
ville Standard of the 24th ult. relates the
following. In the examination before the
Legislature, of the claim ofJames Hynter,
to Legislative clemency or pardon, for the
crime of murder, committed on 13 . Lovejoy
Mr Jones, Senator from the county of
Paulding, made the following statement,
which he said he had not heard contradic
ted:—'After the conviction of Hunter, he
was visited in his prison by his wife- Du
ring ono of her visits, she clad berselfin his
apparel, and he dressed himselfup in her's;
and in that disguise made his escape. Af
ter some hours the affair was discovered,
and the jailor detained the wife in prisoo,as
being accessory to the escape of her hus
band. Hunter, hearing in some way that
his wife was kept in jail, came fourth volun
tardy, and gave himself up to the proper
authority, to suffer upon the gallows, in or
der to relieve on affectionate and confiding
wife from the walls of a prism!. Such con
duct is truly ennobling, even in a felon.and
the mention of it created a deep emotion in
the legislative halls. Hunter was pardon
ed by the Legislature, and has been restor
ed to the bosom of his family. And we sin
cerely hope that his subsequent conduct will
prove him not unworthy of the enjoyment
of those civil privileges to whicbbe has been
again restored."
To SIAKE LINER FIRE PROOF.—Linen
may be rendered imcombustiblo by immer
sion in a solution of equal parts of alum and
borax, combined with a little starch. The
water of crystallization in the alum pru
tects the fabric at a low heat, and the borax
when it becomes more intense—so says the
editor of the London Mechanic's Migazine.
NEW SILK AND
FANCY GOODS.
gig AS just received a fresh supply ci ar-
J" 1 - ticlea suited to the iceason, to which
the attention of the LAulEs is particularly
invited, as the assortment embrace* some
very fine and and desirable goods.
December 22,1E40. tf-39
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TO
COITTII.4I.OTOnS.
SEALED PROPOSALS for the eree
tiara of a new
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
in the Borough of Gettysburg, will be re
ceived by either of the undersigned, until
the 16th day of January next. The plans
and specifications may be seen at pie office
of 31csrm , WC:x*lc The materials of the
present Mime are to be used so far as they
may be deemed advantagenuo.
JOHN M. STEVENSON,
JOHN F. MACFARLANE,
• JOHN HOUCK, -
WILLIAM WCURDY,
DAVID II ACREARY,
MOSES 31CLEAN,
JOSEPH BAYLEY,
Building Corninittee.
December 29„ 1840. td-40
TEMPERANCE.
A Stated meeting of the "Total Absti
nen= Temperance Society," will bo
held in the Pirranterian Church, on Fri
day January Ist, 1841, at 6 o'clock, P. M.
when an address will be delivered.
A. IL STEVENSON, Sec'y.
December 29, 1840. td-40
ASSIGNEES' NOTICE.
A LL persons interested ere required to
zla- take notice that the account of Philip
Berlin and John Radebaugh Trustees of
Hears: lili'Eszaturmen. has been filed for
settlement in the Co' urt of Common Pleas
of Adams Cocumty, and that the same will be
presented for confirmation and allowance on
Monday ge 25ik of . January A. D. 1841,
at Gettysburg,. at 10 o'clock A. M. of said
day.
By tLe,..Coutt, •
AMOS 3JAGINLY, Proth'y.
Proltasseetzig's Gfike,Get-? ..
ty atismg, lkc. =l, 1810. S tc-40
l',#Tite "Repository" Chambersburg,
twill insert the above 3 times and charge
this office-
NOTICE
To Constables, Wholesale
Deolerookuillnetallers of
Foreign Merebonaize.
IipbURSUA 'NT to an act of the Legisla
ture of Pennsylvania, passed the 7th
day of ApriI—CI3NSTABLES will take
notice, that, agreeable to the second section
of the Act ,gradizatieg the duties upon .
Wholesale Dealers and Retailers of Mer.
clundixa, and ptescribk ig the mode of issu
ing Lice, and collecting said duties,
they are reed cm or before the first day
of Jazunry term, to wit: the 25th day of
Jarareary next—to make an oath or affirms
ti3n, and deliver to the Clerk of the Court
of Quarter Sessions{, a list ofall the Whole
sale and Retail Dealers of Goods, ‘Vares
aid mearba t kue, Wines or Distilled Spir
its, except each as are the growth, produce,
or ourneactuse of the United States.
MERCHANTS AND DEALERS, em •
braced in the puinisionsofthe above recited
Act, are hereby ooluTeed„ that according to
the- fifth seek n thereof, the Associate
Judges and the ['kooky Commissioners will
meet at the Commissioners' Office, in Get
lfsbarg, on Taming the 76th day of Jana
guy meal, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, to
hem them (if they see proper to attend) as
to the =mud of their annual sales during
the year prewsisas. _
Licenses to betaken out on or before the
Ist day of March next, for one year.
Physicsans. Apothecaries, Surgeons, and
awaits' is, as respects wine, da used in
preparations for thesir.k, and all female tra
ders, or single women, whose annual sales
shall not exceed those of the Bth class be
low enanimatr d„ shall not be required to (AU
ont License under the provisions of this
Act.
The following will be the classification
agreeably to the Act of Assembly:
lstaum amt. dales, 850.000-650
2dl do. 40.000 40
31 do. 30.000 30
4th do- 20.000 25
sdt do. 15.000 20
6th do. 10,000 15
ith do. 5,000 12 50
Stb do. 2,500 10
WM- ,M'CLEAN, ?- Associate
GEO. WILL, S . Judges.
DANIEL DIEHL,
J. J. KUHN,
EY
WM. 'DOUGLASS, 27
December 29,1840. tm-49
SloENE—Theni are many pirsons
that we daily behold,whosecountenance
and bail trembling limbs denote afflicion,
which we find has principally originated
from neglect of proper remedies. At first
the patient complaits of bile on the stom
ach, attended with sickness, costiveness,
pain in the stuarech after eating, dm. &c.
Ile negilecis to procure proper medicine—
at rerigth he complains of pain in the side,
with war and acid emulations; his appetite
becomes impaired, his rest troublesome, his
mid harrassed, end all things around him
appear not in their proper station. He still
neglects hunselfwbect in all probability .the
disease may at length be in fiat seated,that
merenal aid will replace him again. At
the first attack °fatalness, there should be
univ time lose in procuring DR. H A It-
LICH'S COMPOUNDS TRENGTHEN
ING AND APERIENT PILLS, which
immediately remove bile from the stomach
obviate costiveces remove disorders in the
head, inr i g erate the maxi, sttengthened the
body, improve the memory, and enliven
th e i n embeation; thus restoring the body
'again to its proper hectic:a. -
For Sale, in Gettysburg, at the Drug
Store of S. S. FORNEY, Agent.
Ikc. 29. St-40
A TiVERTIENIENTS.
T. C. A. Urie'TlNG,
(IPSD,T2Oozz3
.4r13.43
HA 8 just received and Wren , for sale n
. number of
PIANO FORMES,
of superior nmenractutf ; to which he in•
vites the particular attention or all levers of
music.
Gettysburg, Dec. 22,1840.." . Pm-39
1 1 10 g ELF,SEE222..:o ,
Attorney r& Counsellor at Law,
grIFFERS his professional services tonic)
lu r people of Adams county., Ile may be
consulted, ,nt all, times, at the Office of
Messrs. Stevens and Smyser, in South Bal
timore street, near the Court house..
nn arrangement with Messrs. Ste
vens & Snivser, Dir. IWSIIERItY will also,
in their absence, nttend to their business
during dm winter.
Gettysburg, Dec. 22
Temperance Convention.
rip 1E Temperance Societies of Adams
•J°. county will please take notice that the
annual COUNTY CON YENTI ON wil
meet in • Gettysburg. : _en . the let day of Jan
nary next, at 11 o'clock A. M. in Christ's
Church. It is desirable that each Society
should have a full delegation in attendance.
J. C4O CAPITO,, ,
J. L. SCHOCK, Sec rics'
Dec. 22, 1840. tm
O. K!
CECEAIP CLOTHS SIND
C.A.SSIIIII3RMS.
UST received a fresh supply of
v-w Fine wool dyed Black cloths; '
Super Blue and, piece dyed Black do.;.
Invisible and Bottle Green do.;
Olive, Mulberry, and London Brown do.;
' Cadet, dark , mixed, and drab do.;
Very fi ne Beaver and Pilot do.;
ALSO—a good assortment of Cassimeres
and Quaint's; for saki at prices that will
make TIMES BETTER, by '
R. G. IWCR.EARY.
December 22, 1840. tf-39
'N EW WIN 'V FA
(0(0C)1)03
JUST received an additional ' , apply of
new and desirable winter Goods; yiz:
Cloths, Cassinteres and Cars
stnetts ;
Pilot, Beaver, and Bearskin cloths;
Flannels, WoOl and Cotton- -
Blankets, Horse, Rose and ' Point;
Capeting, Ingrain and Hemp;
Boys' and Men's Comforts;
Buocha . and Blanket Shawls; •
White, Black, and Scarlet Merino do.;
French and English Merinoes;
Manchester Ginghams;
Pickings and Checks;
Bleachecland unbleached Aluslins;
Fur, Cloth, and Spillane Caps; •*.
Water proof and Listing Socks;
Ladies' fur lined Shoes;
Children's Leather and Morroco Boots;
Fur Coat Collars;
• • .
Ladies' carrying Baskets;
Mahogany and Gilt framed Looking
glasses;
Hair, Cloth, and Tooth brushes, &c.
.•••••LBO.-
A fresh supply of Groceries,
CONSISTING IN FART OF •
SUGAR - AND COFFEE,
Black imperial, Old and young Ilyson
Teas;
Common, N. Orleans, Sugar-house Mo-
- lasses;
Sicain Syrup;
Fish, and Winter strained Sperm oil;
Sperm, and Tallow candles;
Allspice. Peppier, Ginger, &c. &c.
To all of which the attention of those
fond of BARGAINS and good GOODS, is
respectfully invited by
D. H. S W OPE.
December 22,,1`+40. tf-31)
IPZI VI-64.14114tW.2 . :YAQ
wHEREAS the MILD. DunnEE,Esq.
President of the several Courts of
Common Pleas, in the Counties composing
the 19th District, and Justice of the Courts
of Oyer and Terminer, and General Jail
Delivery, for the trial of all capital and oth
er offenders in the said District—und WM.
Ill'CLEArr and Gno. WILL, E,squires, Judg
es of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer, and
General Jail Delivery, for the trial of all
capital and other offenders in the County of
Adams—have issued their precept, bearing
date the 26th day of November, in the year
ofour Lone one thousand eight hundred and
forty, - and to me directed, for holding
a Court of Common Pleas and General
Quarter Sessions of the Peace, and General
Jail Delivery, and Court of O)er and Ter
miner, at Gettysburg, on Monday the 25th
day Of January next—
Notice is Itex 031' Given,
To all the Juiticce eff the Peace, the Coro
ner. and Constables: within the said County
of Adams, that they be then and there, in
their proper person, with their Rolls, Re
cords, Inquisitions, nominations, and oth
er Rernombrances,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 flint me, or then shall
be, in the Jail °fill° said County'of Adams,
are to be then and there,to prosecute against
them as shall be just..
GEO. IV. ,M'CLELL:sN, Sheriff.
Dec. 22, IS4O. ic
WANT E
AN APPRENTICE TO THE
B USI.I'II
likkET 1 LL , bu taken at tint O ffi ce it
w diatdpplieatlon be made.