Temperance Department. AN larreesstvz CASE.—We had at ono lime in the employ of this office a pers whose lilb and its termination adds one more to the many thousand instances of the fickleness of fortune. Ile was a gentle. man of oducaticn and refinement, possess ing a high sense of honor a blandness of manner, and, in his - palmy days, a noble bearing that distinguished him from the crowd. When he first visited this country, his position was an enviable one:possessing an accomplished family and a princely for tune. It tvls our chance to have become, alinost at thoi outset of his career, the inti mate of that family end the adviser of its head, in matters relating, to business, with which a stranger in the country was ne cessarily unacquainted. After a sojourn of a few months in our delightful city, partaking liberally of the elegancies and the luxuries which wealth insured, ho removed to a distant part . of the country, where, on a luxuriant Irwin, he determined to participate in the healthful exercises and the ennobling charms ofa country life, varying its attrac tions with those of an occasional city resi dence. Without intending to fellow up the vary ing scenes through which they reached the humiliating point, nt which we next meet them, we will briefly observe, that after a few years absence, we received, with pro• found astonishment, a letter of solicitation, dated horn n neighboring city, portraying a scene of distress, and begging, for chari• ty's sake, employment, to keep the wolf from the door. Sn painful an appeal we of course, need hardly say, met a ready and hearty response. Employment such as we had was furnished, and we again were occa sional intimates in that family circle which we had last met in apartments rivalling the richest and the proudest of the city. But now hnw Changed the associations!--how altered - The man! As ho possessed a competent knowledge of commercial affairs, and was an accurate accountant and a good penman, a larger field of enterprize opened itself in the {Vest, and thither he went. Hie family shortly after followed him, and fur a while there appeared a glimmer of sunshine--a hope of comfort, if not of prosperity. Not long since, we opened a newspaper, published in the "far West," and among other matters of every-day occurrence, we rend a notice of a "melancholy suicide." It stated that n gentleman recently settled in that place, and engaged in mercantile pursuits, was found in a grove, adjoining the town, with his brains bletvn out. The pistol . by his aide, the letter to his wretched family, and other matters, clearly indicated .the nature of this shocking event. it was a death voluntarily sought as a relief from the anguish of a distracted head and a bro. ken heart. The name of the sufferer ac• companied the notice, and revealed to us the termination of our friend's earthly ca reer. The accomplished gentleman, the man of honor and of high expectations, lan ded upon our shores with an independent fortune, and in a few brief years we find laying on the green sward ofa remote wilderness, with hts brains blown out. We might hazard a homily on the mis fortunes of life, and the hardships which poor mortality is heir to. But we shall not do it in this case, though it may be sug gested that so faithful a text should be suit ably improved. Were we to do so,it would be to insist on the too common error of as cribing all our ills to the wrong source--nt throwing upon misfortune the bland which more rightly belongs to ourselves; to insist more fully on the important truth, not duly or profitably recognized, that we are the architects of our own fortunes. In the case related above this was particularly and emphatically illustrated. The misery there entailed, though doubtlessly ascribed to misfortune, was in reality the result of a set. tied preference, a voluntary assumptiv, made and decided on by the individual him self. All the reverses which betel himself and his family—all the wretchedness that prostrated him and lascerated the heart of those he loved, were deliberate devotion to the transient pleasures and endless pains of en indulgence in drinking. lie lived and died a victim to intemperance.—Philadel phia Sat. Evening Courier. A LANDLORD'S FAMILY WORSRIP.---A pious and intelligent Christian happened to be lodged for a night in the house of an ac quaintance who was a dealer in intoxica ting liquors. Before retiring to rest, his landlord asked him to perform the duties offamily worship. Ile answered, "I cannot." "You cannot,"snid the landlord, in a tone of astonishment; "I know you Jo so daily in yeur family." "Yea," he answered; "but 1 cannot do so in you!s." "When asked to pray in the house ofa friend, I believe it my duty to pray for him and his family, for their temporal as well as their spiritual prosperity; can Ido this in yours? IVould you have me to pray that your business may be increased; that your customers may he. come more and morn numerous; that the consumers et strong drink may be greatly multiplied; that the reeling drunkard may be a more common spectacle in our streets; that the traffic in drink, with all its titieess. ray accompaniments, such as starving fhm• Ries, fearful accidents, horrid murders, &c. may be greatly extended', Could I say to God that you are a blessing to the place that you live in; and pray that you may con• / tinue to be so?" What the landlord ans wered our story records not.—[QuEny:---- , \ s _Can a Christian engage in traffic for the auccotri of which he cannot proy7J—Te to tal Courant. Trts KING or FRANCIL—The following items appeared in the civil list of this mon arch:—For subscription to, publications £10,000; music boxes nt theatres. benefits, &e. £12,000; manufactures £23,500; museums and fine arts £18,000; works of sat £20,000; medalg and mint £1.0,000. Thus it appears that the French Sovereign has pieced at hiTtlianosal a sum c.f . nearly £lOO,OOO for the special enceuragem2nt of native arts, sciences ens..alatleletures. An Important Report- What does it embrace? A report upon BURNING O H P THE CAROLINE. matters referred to the Committee on For. Affairs N In the [ louse of Representatives on Sat- I ergo zed, was referre o; nothing, as I have eta d to that committee but urday, Mr. Pickens, from the Committee the correspondence in relation to the de. on Foreign Affairs, made a Report on the mend for-the liberation of McLeod. Does correspondence, with the British !Wielder, i that committee act upnn a call of the Exe in relation to the burning or the steamboat Ito [louse, place before the country and the world the of McLeod. The Report, in the first place, condition of things between the „United recapitulates all the principal facts connect- States and Great Britain? No. The Exe ed with the burning alluded to, and then ' eetive' mindful, as we are bound to believe, proceeds to analyze the correspondence, t of the honor of the cou n try as well as of the between the British and American 31inis i character of his own administi ation, has not ters. Towards the conclusion, our other pinta of difference with Great. Britain are ! thought proper to call upon either Rouse ol ! Congress for advice in regard to our relit- to, such as the Boundary Question i lions with Great Britian. W hat, then, is and the Right of Search; and the Report ' concludes with this language: the position of that committee? *Frew:lli:iv beyond the record, they come for All All these subjects make every question nt - ihe I present (bvtho votes of a hare majority I between us, at this peculiar juncture, I will say, if in order) a report which, to say deepest interest. is not pacific in its character Besides this, we are both permanently : th e lea" o f it, and wh i ch is basedupon complaints against destined to have, perhaps, the most even the British Government, not ono of which sive commerce of modern nations. Our has been referred to that committee. When, flags float side by side, over every sea, and • lor by whom, have the Committee, on For bay, and inlet of the known globe. ; . eige Affairs been called upon to eonaidor She moves steadily upon her objects with an ambition that knows no bounds. And seizures upon the high seas, or this alleged wherever she has had a conflict of iutereet : right of search? which, I agree with the she has rarely yielded to ails power. ; committee', is ono which this nation is not At this moment she presents to the civil. ; likely to tolerate in the manner in which it When, ized world the spectacle of the greatest mil. iis now exercised. tiers or by whom, itary and commercial power in combination Iwere the other mattersof controversy ever known. i which that report embraces referred to the - __ _..... !Committee on Foreign Affair - 8, that they —gn tumult, ..._ From her vast possessions in every quer- ! 1 m ight make report upon them? And, if tor of the globe, and her peculiar commer so, what have they reported. Have they vial system, she has boon made the reser- • I sent here a document setting forth the alleg voir of the wealth of. nations. grievances of this country, complaining Her internal resources, skill, labor. and ied ;of injustice done on the part of GI eat Brit machinery, with her capital, are beyond for the action of this House, calculation. Her natural position, being !aint! and calling : upon those matters? Has the chairman of about midway the cost of Europe, gives her great control over the outlets and currents! _t he ennunitle° a Ways and Menus come I forward to say,thnt ho is prepared to recom of commerce. Her military occupation of Gibraltar,' mend appropriations, te put the couvtry in Malta, the lonian islands, and recently of, a proper state ofdefence to meet the eerier. St. Jean d'Acre , give her ascendancy on :gency which such a report as thie may ere. the Mediterranean and the Levant, while •ate? Is your Committee on Military Al. St. Helena and the Cape of Good Hope ; fairs ready to recommend the defence which give her possession over the currents of, should be provided if such a report is to go ; forth to the world, under the sanction of trade along those extensive coasts. Then Bombay, Calcutta, and her immense pos . ; this Ileum? Has your Committee on Na sessions in the Enst Indiana, together with vat Affairs sent in requisitions to put your her recent movements in the China seas :shill's in commission, that you may be pro and islands, enable her to extend her power ! pared to meet on the high seas the power over those vast regions that have slumber- you have bolero met and crippled? No.— ed for ages in solitary and enervated meg- i There has been no such recommendation. And the Committee on Foreign Affairs, nificence. She possesses Falkland island but to control the commerce that passes: without recommending any action, without around Cape Horn—while Trinidad gives even coming to any conclusion, as it seems her all she desires in the Carribbean sea. to me, except that Great Britain is the: • Halifax nt one point, and Bermuda at an- greatest Power on earth and we the hum. other, stand out in great force over our own ' blest, bring here a report calculated to in. coast from one extremity to the other. : flame the whole nation; and to let it go ' Her positions all over the world are a t : forth to the world that we aro making an this moment, in a military point of view,' issue with Great Britain, which wo volan t equal to a million of men under arms. Her !larilY tender o her, and which, in my opin• continual conflicts in the mighty regions of ton, she hese right to take up ou the in. the East, only enables her officers to be. i scant. come skilful and to improve in the art off But, Mr. Speaker, there are considers war, while her great armies and extensive , tions connected with the honor and dignity of the State of New York. and with the fleet draw their support from the immense ' administration of bee countries seized and occupied. In the pre-1 does j u stice , that demand o u r attenti within her on. On a for sent juncture of affairs, no statesman can : overlook these things. Steam power has; arer occasion I stated on this floor that the I recently brought us so near together, that t person, whose life was in jeopardy, would in the event of any future conflict, war with . receive, at the hands of a jury of New York, :the same fair and impartial trial which its Teets, will be precipitated with much more rapidity, than formerly. I would be secured to any citizen of that State Avarice and ambition are the ruling pas- I who might be arraigned for a violation of sions of modern times, and it is vain to shut i its laws; but I mourn now to say that, from our eyes to the state of things around us.—;Present indications, there is an excitement It remains to be seen what effect steam; on the western border of New York, grow -1 power is to have upon changing and usodi. I ing out of the arrest of this man and his lib. I tying the whole art of defence and war. It oration for tile moment, which is already s may be a great engine - for again levelling sufficiently great to make those who regard mankind, and reducing everything to a i the lives and the liberties of the people of t contest of mere physical force. In thathis country, pause before they act. By event it might be difficult to conjecture ! this time, I suppose, the grand jury of Ni. what system of national defence trill eland' again county has closed its investigation. the test of time and experience. I The current rumor through the newspapers We haven deep stake in peace, and fond-; of the day, is, that McLeod has been ire ly hope the repose of the world will not he I dieted. The people of that section have disturbed. -We have certainly not the least !been greatly incensed by recent transactions desire for any rupture. Firrnness,aod a wise ;there. Send forth this paper to the world preparation, will long preserve us from recommending nothing and being nothing! such a catastrophe. But while no tempts- I but a detailed account of grievances against tion should ever prompt us to do injustice i the British Government, with a few hits at ; what may be presumed to be the arrogance on the one hand, so no consideration, on the other hand should ever induce us to submit 'of her course, and no man can answer for to permanent wrong fromany power on earth. the consequences upon the life of this man. no matter what the consequences may be. II felt it to bo my duty to endeavor to post. Your committee would conclude by ex- • Pnn° this question until the trial should pressing a firm belief that all our points l have passed. 1 believed that the power of of difficulty may be honorably and arnica this country could never be exerrised with bly adjusted, and that harmony may lone' a higher glory to itself than when showing to the world, that, whilst it took the position be preserved by both Governments persu- h ic honor ththe ing a liberal and generous policy, congenial : wh mb people, t hulest its ivi inddual of th demanded is , orstill any n ether to the interests and feelings of both and compatible with the spirit and genies country, whose foot was upon our soil should ; ofan enlightened age. I he shielded by the mild; the just, and the Mr. GRANGER said that he considered ;impartial operation of its laws. I do not ! think, that, without any call from the Ex• this report, if acted upon and adopted by the House, as approaching very needy, in; ocutive, without any thing having been laid its consequences, to a declaration of war, if before the Committee on Foreign Affairs the British Government should desire so to but the papers relating to the liberation of consider it. Ile would take occasion to , : this man—l say, Ido not think that the honor or dignity of this nation required that say, ns a member of the Committee on! e f a ecimation, only Foreign Affiairs, that the report did not ; theof p ed to detain the House for a few moments; ro should wesend ss oforth great d Britain and o not f our receive his assent. And he felt constrain ; humility, but of our readiness to meet her whilst he assigned, very briefly, his reasons :- at any moment, when no necessity existed far this conclusion. i for such a threat; and when the voice of What, (continued Mr. G.) was the post.; this House, speaking potentially to the na• lion, might be considered as a watch. word Lion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs when they entered upon the consideration; by which every man on the Northern fron tier was to guide himself in hurrying on to of this question? My colleague (Mr. Fill- ' execution this suspected foreigner. If he more,) had called upon the State Dz..part-i mint for the correspondence which lead-i should be tried and found guilty, let the pen. token place in relation to the demand for !ally of the law be exacted; and let the pee. the liberation of Plc on the frontier of New York and the McLeod. That matter, i and that alone was rolerred to the Com . i people throughout the widest extremity a l mittee on Foreign Atria,. It is not my l 1 ces. When those consequences shall pre ministratioa for,this land be prepared to meet the consequen purpose to censure the conduct of this Ad so far as my judgement; sent themselves, not only- will the State or can now determine, I approve fully the New York be ready to meet them, 1 but I feel course they :have taken. That opinion i that a patriotic feeling, which supersedes may, upon further reflection, be changed; I all local questions and merges all political but, us at present advised. I consider the l diffetences, will rally this whole nation to the rescue. It will then be limo enough to course of Mr. Forsyth to have' been such I act; but, in the Homo cif justice, let us not as wits due to his high official station and t dim to the character and dignity of this na- I anticipate that event by inflaming the pub lion. But, so considering, and represcn- i tic mind, and adding to the horrors of war tine, a section of country deeply interested ; the conscir.usness that we have interfered in this question, and as ready to meet its : with the impartial operation of our laws o soesequences rig, the other ! trifled with their supremacy. people of any- section of this Union, I still dissent from the ' Xi .r. heats addressed the House at call• I report. aiderable length, in remarks of which it is in the power of the Reportor to give only brief outline. Mr. /A. expressed himself desirous, for the sake of the gentleman from South Car• olina, 11r. PICKENB,) who had declared himself to be the sole author of this report. that the gentleman-should have an opportu nity of examining it coolly and impartially, with reference to the opinions not of one party alone, but of both parties. Mr. PICKENB was here understood to dis• avow - all party consideration in the matter. Mr. Adams disclaimed any intention to cast censure on the gentleman. All he wished was, that the. report, might be re committed, in order that the gentleman might see whether both parties in the Com mittee of Foreign Afredrit could not come hero with a report receiving their unani mous sanction, at all event,' with a report not sanctioned by a close party vote, as this had boon. If this was not done, it would, in the eye of the country, of the world, and of posterity, appear to be the policy of a defeated enemy in war, abandoning a tone uncut and setting fire to it upon their cetrent. After alluding to the criticisms of Mr. Pickens on the party views lure in refer once to the controversy with Great Britain, and to the general unanimity of opinion which ho (Nit.. A.) contended had prevailed hero on that subject, (with one or two ex ceptions, enumerated)Mr. A. al luded to the wound taken that this was a conciliatory report. The People, Mr. A. thought, would form a very different esti mate ofit. What was the dissertation on the ambition and the grasping spirit of Groat fiiitain! Wore such charges generally re ceived by nations us being of a friendly character': Suppose the charges to be true, was it conciliatory lir courteous to array them herd It was something of the emir. tesy and conciliation which Captain 'Fleet len (in one of the plays of the great dramat ist) showed to Ancient Pistol, when ho said to him, "Got plass you, Ancient Pistol, you scurvy, lousy knave, Got pleas you." Hu wished,therefnre, that the report should be recommitted, and that all those parts which related to the general policy of Great Britain, and her ambitious character and power, might be left out. And, as to the question of right or wrong, which, after all, was to be the basis of our controversy with Great Britain, if we were to press it to war, be wished a report on the subject itself, based on the correspondence here, that we might see whether, under the laws of nations, we could maintain the position we had assumed in regard to the Caroline. And this point Mr. A. argued with much force, urging upon the House not to put it self or the country in the wrong by any un due act of its own. If we were to go to war with Great Britaio, it should be as a United People. —He believed that a war would be one of the greatest misfortunes that could befall the country; and he confessed that it was with no small degree of anxiety thnt lie entertained fears that tt would come to that inevitable result. Hn looked to it with ap prehensions and pain, but out without confi dence that, if we want into a war, we should come our with glory unit nonor, as we had already come out of two wars. THE INFIDEL PETITION To the Senate and House of Representa tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl• vania. A PETITION, Praying for the repeal of all law" that in terfere with religion' matters; such as ■n. flexing a penalty to blasphemy and labor on Sunday, and requiring a religious test of a witness at Court. Your petitioners pray for the repeal of these laws, because they think them unjust; and they will brirfly show the reasons upon which their opinion is founded:—They hold the opinion -Ist. That among the numerous sects, differing with each other in their faith, that exist in the country, the Legislature cannot, with justice, decide which is, and which is not, real blasphemy. All legislation, to be just, should be impartial; but in enacting a law agaii,st blasphemy, the Legislature is compelled to prefer the religion of a part of ' the people; therefore it is partial, • cense. quently unjust: 2d. 'That compelling the people to ab stain from labor on Sunday is both unjust and unacriptura/. It is unjust, because it takes away man's dearest right—LIBER TY OF ACTION; it is unscriptural, be cause Sunday is not the day commanded by Scripture to be kept holy: the 10th and hilt verses of the 20th chapter of Exodus are sufficient to establish this pint: 3d. That the principle, that religion should form the basis of the credibility of witnesses at Court, is calculated to produce hypocrisy, instead of adding to the light of truth, because those wishing to be admitted as witnesses will conform to the require ments of the established religion, whether they believe in it or not, while those who aro honest enough to be bold, happen to differ in opinion with those holding to the truth of the doctrines of such religion, can not have a chance of telling the truth, when such truth would be highly beneficial to the community, for no other reason than be cause they are bold enough to be honest. The foregoing considerations, your peti tioners think sufficient for the repeal of all laws interfering in religious matters; but as they were not so considered by the Legis lature of last year, to whom was presented a similar petition from a Mr. Joel Dena more, they notice a few of the positions ad• vanced in opposition to these, by the Coin mitten on Vice and Immorality, in their report upon the said petition. The report says: "There are sects. doubtless, who dif far as to aome things, very widely in their belief; but all profess to hold the doctrines of the Bible. Now, though every man who pleases, may, in decent and respectful terms, question its claims to authority as revels, tion, his privilege does not nor cannot ex tend to scoffing at it and reviling it to the outrage of what he may suppose to be the prejudices of those who revere it; even those prejudices so to speak, are as much a subject of protection by the civil, as is the public sense of decency, which is protected by the common law from insult committed by lewd and obscene exhibitions." Your petitioners are acquainted with those who do not hold the doctrines of the Bibles.— Atheists and Deiets: they deny both its gee niceness and authenticity. And they are of opinion, that if the prejudices of one part of the people should be protected from insult, the prejudices of the other part should also —Again:—"At stated periods there must be holidays or time of rest; considerations of health, cleanliness, humanity require it; the constitution of both men and beast re quire it." Your petitioners think this sound doctrine. Nature huts so both constituted man and beast that they must enjoy an ad equate amount of rest to any labor perform ed; and the periods of rest and labor must be alternate and at short intervals: end it has allotted 12 hours of every 24 fur that purpose. But they have no evidence to convince them that any other periods are necessary. The conclunion of the para graph, "What would be these periods if they wore not regulated and enforced by the civil government? They would be devoted to drunkenness, loiter tog away at grog shops, gambling, horse racing, cock fighting, perhaps something worse," they think is paying but a pour compliment to the moral ity of a “Christian community," and tells not well for the religion that produces such a deplorable state of morals. Again: "the ground assumed by the petitioner, that the suppression of the testimony of an unbeltev• i ii or, may diminish, but not odd to the light, of truth; that if a witness is honest enough to confess himself on atheist, he is honest enough to tell the truth in any other case; that if he is dishonest enough to swear false. ly in the matter pending, he would be dis honest enough to swear falsely as to the nc• tea) state of his belief; in other words, that a good man requires not the obligation of an oath; and a bad one would disregard it.— These petitions nro not more remarkable for bud reasoning, than for bad laws." Ili the opinion of your petitioners, these posi tions may be alike remarkable for bad rea soning and bud law, and may be extremely remarkable for both, but to them, the re port contains not:ling to establish their re markability in either case. To them they appear sound; and our courts of justice vir(- tually appear to be of the same opinion, lire more reliance is placed upon the moral char. actor of the witness and the consistency of his story, than upon the ceremony of the l i oath. They think that an oath ought.to be administered merely fur the legality of form, to render the witness culpable, amid for nothing else. And if a hold upon the con science is needed, they think that the fear of the penitentiary will n v as a more effi cient check upon false swearing, than the fear of anything else. Again: "In theory the democratic form of government is based upon the virtue of the people, and it cannot long endure upon any other foundation." Granted. But in the opinion of your peti tioners, the virture of the people consists not in persecuting n man for opinion's sake, hut in granting justice and equal rights to all. Again: —llt.eputaicau Fiance, when the National Convention had impiously attempt ed to displace the Almighty, and to !set up the Goddess of Reason in his stead, hasten ed with unexampled rapidity, to cast herself into the arms of an emperor, sustained by an army and titled nobility." Your peti tioners, consider it a well ascertained fact, that England when France had adopted the Republican form of government, sent emissaries, in the shape of miniSters of re ligion, into her territories, to excite the peo ple into civil commotion. And Robespier re, the prime agent and leader of the bloody gang in France, was—not a devotee to the Goddess of Reason—but a Roman Catholic Priest! They consider that the downfall of the Republic of France was owing to any thing else but to following the dictates of sound reason. find the advice of Paine, Lafayette, Condorect and others, real de votees of the Goddess of Reason, been ta ken, France might now have been ranked among the happy republics. As it is, none deny but that her condition is far superior to what it was before the Revolution. [To the above petition, the names of seventy nine citizens of Erie and Allegheny counties arc attached.] From the New York Esprese We commend the following letter of our respected friend Major Downing,to.thecroa kers and pokers,' and can only say, if any one feels chilled by the present cold and dark aspect of things. ho may seek and hod a leading cause in the "eternal poking" sys tem which seems to have suited the policy of certain circles, and who have found a. ready and pliant press to aid them in their patriotic elloits. We commend this letter especially to "old Pennsylvania," and ifshe is willing to have her fires poked out, bo it so—she will not say that she was not time. ly cautioned. But, let us not be disheart. coed, the coal is unconsumed—a little kind• ling wood and a blower will restore the steady warmth, and then keeping the poker aloof, or in skilful hands alone, we may still enjoy the comforts of a wide circle around a genial fire. PHILADELPILIA, Feb. A. D. 1841. To the Editors of my old friend Mr. Dwight's paper, that he used to take the lead on a spell Gentlemen—l suppose you will he con siderable wonderated to know what on flirt)► lead me from the track to Washington with the old hero of the North Bond Cabin, and brung me here,—well I'll tell you. I and the Gummi was a drifting along down from the west, and bowing and off the everlasting crowd of I;ilks all the way from the Ohio, till we struck along the edge of old Pennsylvania, when we heard folks begining to talk about hard money, and paper money, and resumption, and suspension, and things of that new, when says I, "Gineral you -may depend there is trouble brewing somewheres along here, and if yell say so," says I, jtst quit you for a spell and take a turn down to Philadelfy, and look into the mat , er,a and jute }P.m nt Washington." "Well," says ho "Mnjor, Seeing as Itaw folks begin to thicken amazingly aroun l us, my calkl4- lion you won't he mach mist, hut see that you git to Washington as soon as pos sible, and in mean time let me know all you meet with worth hearing;"—and so I quit, and so the Gineral never %ants to know nothing more than the people know them selves, 1 send you this letter In print, nrid you will please send a copy on't to the Gin oral,other so that he will know as much as folks do about it. 1 got hero last evening, jist !trier lamp lighting, and took a run round to mo s t a ll the B ac:ks to see if I could find any one on'em open, but 1 found 'ern all locked up and bright lamps burning afore the doors, and good strong broad shouldered watch men standing at their posts with clubs and tattles jist for all the world as Ow' the Banks was as full of specie payments as ever, and not n mile of difforenee. I .tops and. hod n little talk with one of these watchmen and says 1, ' stranger, is there no gittrn in hero to see folks?" "Not to night," says he, "all the Banks are gun up." "flow you talk," says 1, and so I strcak'd it round to Squire Biddle's preme. arts, for I had a notion if I could only •git a lair talk with the Squire, I would lam prit. ty much all about the matter. I found the Squire to hum, and be was arrumin glad to see me; and 'he and I went right up into a room alone, where I found a good warm Lehigh coal fire burning and a table kivered with papers; and he took one chair and I another, and we went at it strait off. "So," nays I, "Squire, you are all suspended agin, I Lan." "Yes," says ho, "Major, the folks who wanted hard money have got ell the Banks had to give them; and as the Banks can't coin hard money, and can only git it from the folks who owe them, it turns out that, as the Bank's have not got the name power by the law to make 11)116 pay them as fast as the other folks want it, the pond must run dry for R spoil." "But," says I, "Squire, how on airth is it that things work so that one set of folks keep drawing out of the spigot taster than other folks pour into the bung-h Ole? Things war'nt so in Mr. Adams' time," says I. "Now, how is it?" This set the Squire scratching his head and thinking,—and to give him time to answer, I took the poker and began poking up his Lehigh coal fire to see if there was uny blaze in it; and to rights says he, "Mnjor, what. are you doing that fire for? Do you expect to make it burn brighter? If you will take my advice," says he, "you will let it alone. Aint the room warm enut?" "Yes," says I, it's warm enuf, but a little poking won't do any harm, will it?" "Well," says he, "you go on poking, and you will see,"—and sure; enuf, the more I poked, the darker the fire and coal got; and bime-by it all went out. "Well," save I, "Squire, this isa plegy odd kind of fire of your'n," says I. "Yes," says he, "it's Pennsylvania Coal; it wont stand poking, Major,—if you let it alone, it will burn slowly and surely, and give out comfortable hent,—but iffolks go to poking at it, it turns and looks block et thorn, and givos .thorn a cold shiver." "Well," says I, "Squire, 1 want, you to answer and explain to me now about this Bank matter. flow is it," says I, "that alt your Banks have suspended specie pay ments all broke—all gone to everlasting and elan - il smash? Now, how has all this come shout?" says I. oWell," says he, "Major,l'll tell you. In the first place, when you first entered this room, 'chrism you find it worm and com fortable, and a good fire burning?—didint you take up that poker and begin to poke with itl—did'nt I give you a civil hint to lot it alone?—did'ait you continuo poking nod_ poking, till at last the fire went out?—and aint this room now cold and dark, compa red to what it was? . Now, come here,"— and he took a candle and went up to the firs place; and says he, "There is the coal yet, —it flint burnt up,—the fire has only gone out; I can put a little kindling under it, and clap on the blower, and in a little while you will see as bright and warm a fire as before, .--but where is the use of kindling tip again unless folks will see the folly of poking at it. It is just so in Banking matters. I tried it, and for sixteen years and over, and no people in creation ever saw a warmer and better fire than I kept up; it warmed all kind of folks, too: the circle around it was wide enuf to admit every living critter in the coun try, and all equally felt the warmth. But then began the poking system. I tried ev ery means to prevent tt, but it was of no use, —and then I quit, end Mr. Dunlap ho tried it; but the pokers were still ready,-- and no sooner was it kindling up, when at it they went poking and poking,—and the result you see; and and now the question is, shall we have a new fire kindled, and what shall be the feel? Shell it be Lehigh Coal or English Conl? Old Pennsylvnny has a word to say in this matter, if she chuses to speak for there is just this difference between her Coal and all other kind of Coal: it wont eland poking but If let alone, will burn stead ily and surely to the last,--whilst other Coal may blaze up without poking, and the sooner go to ashes. The Coal is in the grate yet, Major," says ha, "though by pelting, it has ceased burning." "Yes says I," Squire, but it is plagy cold though." "It is so, Major," says he; but that comes from poking,"---and with that says he, "Lets you and I take a turn round and see sinne folks, and hear what news is stirring, and by the time we get back, this fire will be kindled and the blower on, and will soon give us a warm room,--and we'll have a roast potato and n leetle cider, and can talk over matters comfortably and cheer fully; and if you will only let the poker a lone, the evening will close brightly." And so it d id; but I can't toll more about it till 1 write you my next letter,—and all for the present I can say is, put a block cross on all croakers, npd especially the pokei-s. Your friend and fellow•eitizen, J. DOWNING, Nlujer, &c. A prize ox. rerged in Srrinljii Id, 51nee l weighs 3,170 ;W. REPUBLICAN BANNER. GETTYSBURG. February 23. 1841. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. The friends of General Harrison in Penn evlvania are respectfully invite 1 to elect Delegates to a State Convention, to be held in tho Court House of Harrisburg, at 10 o,ektic, A. M. on WEDNESDAY, the 10th day of March, 1841, for the purpose et selecting n candidate fur tbe office of Governor.to be supported by the Democratic party c 4 the State at the approaching gcn• era[ election. Each county, and the city of Philadelphia, will send delegates to the Convention, equal in number to their members in the State Legislature. THOMAS H. BURROW ES, JOHN PRICE W ETH ER I LL, JOHN C. MONTGOMERY, FRANCIS PARKE, WILLIAM M'CLU RE, THOMAS ELDER, • JOSEPH ‘V A LLACE, SAMUEL ALEXANDER, BELA BADGER, JAMES GREGORY, JOHN H. WALKER, SAMUEL D. CULBERTSON, JAM ES STEEL. Harrisburg, January li, 1841. The old Democratic day for nominating the candidate for Governor (4th of 1l arch,) is departed from in the present instance, in order to ntlord all who desire it, an opportu nity to attend both the State Convention, and the inauguration of President Harrison. Wo learn from the Harrisburg Telegraph of Thursday last, that, the supplement to the act in corporating the Borough of Gettysburg, empow ering the Burgess and Town Council to borrow 6000, for the purpose of introducing water into the Borough, came up in the House of Repre sentatives, on second reading, and finally passed, after having being opposed by Mr. GA lIIIETRON, and supported by. Messrs. e4.3ITIIER and Cox. The bill was sent to the Senate for concurrence. We are without any thing of interest from Har risburg or Washington. By the bye, what has become of our Harrisburg correspondent! We would ho pleased to hear from him more fre quently. Tho New Cabinet, given in our lest, appears to meet with universal approbation. The cir cumstance is a meat encouraging ono to tht Pres ident elect. Pennsylvania, it is conceded, was entitled to honor. Her loyalty is not shaken.— She joins in the general approval. Sic semper aic. The United States Bank. Tho President and Directors of the United States Dank have published a memorial to the Legislature, setting forth their circumstances and connection with the State, in which they suggest several considerations to the Legislature for their consideration, and pray that the relief granted by the Resumption Resolutions may be continued to them. They state that "the sufficiency of the as sets of the Bank to meot all her engagements to creditors, is, in the opinion of the memorialists, as much a matter of moral certainty, as that the as sets of any Bank in this State, or elsewhere, are sufficient for a like purpose." More than seven millions and a half of dollars have boon given to the State in loans by that Institution within the last two years. UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM NEW Jan• max.—The Hon. LICOD W. MILLER hIS been elected by the Legislature of New Jersey, a Sen ator of the United States, for six years, from the fourth of March next, in the place of Garret U. Wall, whose term then expires. Infidel Petitions. We thought that the undisguised expression of opinion by tho entire community, upon the In fidel petition ofJoel Dinsmore,presented at the last session of the Legislature, would have been suffi cient to prevent the commission of any such out rage upon the moral feelings of any future Legis lature. But we erred. Another bold attempt has been made by men of the same class of think ere. Petitions have been presented from Alleghe ny and Erie counties, praying for the repeal of all laws against Blasphemy—in other words the le galizing of it—the abolition of the Sabbath—and that Infidels may be admitted to testify in Courts of Justice. We defend the right of petition, and will ever hold it as inestimable. But when men put themselves without the pale of morality and relying upon this right, prostitute / ft to base pur poses—holding up to moral Legislators the ten ets of avowed infidels as the ground of their prayer, and praying that tho statutes enacted f the protection of morality and religion may be expunged from our code of Laws—it is time to east about and see -vho they are that would raise the standard of infidelity and attack the laws of God. The petition referred to ahoy° will bo found on tho oppoaito page of to•day's paper. - BALTIMORE ANNUAL CONFF.RENCT: OF TOE M c•rnotitse EcIBCOPAL COLTOCII.—This body, which has been in session since Wednesday the 10th inst., adjourned on Thursday last. We un• del - stand, says the Baltimore Sun, that the pro. ccedings of the Conference were conducted with the utmost harinony.and the business which came b e f ore i t was 4jipop 2 d of in the most satisfactory manner. Annexrd are the appointments of Min isters, for the North Baltimore District,during the ensuing year: NORTH BALTIMORE DISTRICE- , ./1 Griffith, P. North Baltimore-1). Steel. Thomas B. Sargent, T. Sewell. Fast Haliimore—G Margin]. W. Pret tyman. S•smeit's Ilethr4—John Sm th Great Falls —John 11..ur, 114fil Harry. Ilartford—rllieh. Brown, 3. W. Cullum. ll.iyre It, Giumi—Thomis Myers. Shro.w.tiory —Oliver Fgt., Thomas Mitchell. YOrk —J. C: Lyon. Carlisle—Henry S'icer. Carlisle Circuit—Th.lmA Metive, T. Switzer. Gettysburg Fou—st. Weeley Howe. Liberty—John A. Ger... J. %V. ern•liii. T. A. Alnmarl. sup. k'red , crick City—.l A. 11..t.e Frederick Circuit—H. G. Dill. J. AI. J roes Montgomery— Isaac Oollins, .1..11. Browo. CcAlorus Mourn? The l'ardoning Power. The feeling of indignation on the part of the people against the usurpation of Gov. Porter, in pardoning the Magician libellers, widely as it has spread, is not confined to his political opponents. The subjoined article from the Indiana Democrat, a Loco pco paper, which has hitherto supported and still continues to support David R. Porter, is endorsed by other of his friends, who "not bound to swear in the words of any master," will con demn "llie wrong." We pass along the query— why has not the press generally spokenl If they approve, say so—if they condemn, speak out! "It is with deep settled regret, that we have observed the fearful extent to which the power of pardoning convicted criminals, has been and is being carried in this State. We have ever regarded this portion of Ex ecutive authority as entirely useless, and recent abuses of it have convinced us that it to likewise dangerous to the supremacy of the Laws. We are informed by the Harrisburg papers, that on the trial of the Editors of the Magician, lately, for a Li bel on TitAnnuos STEVENS, the Defendants pleaded and produced a pardon nom Gov. PORTER, in bar of further proceedings.— There is somewhat too much of this. We are among those whose admiration of the character of DAVID It. PORTRR is ardent and sincere, and we are disposed to give a warm support to the principles and practi ces of his administration; but our friendship for no party can constrain us to remain silent anti be witnesses to Executive power screening political partizans from the stern judgments ofp-tics and the law—especial. ly. as this is not the only recent instance of tho kind."—lndiana Democrat. We hove inserted in our paper of to day, the pill introduced in the House of Representative, by Mr. Sinyser, for the relief of the contractors on the Gettysburg Rail Road. Anniversary Celebration. The tenth anniversary celebration of the Philo mathman Society of Pennsylvania College took place in Christ's church on Tuesday evening last. The exercises wore opened by en appropriate pray er from the Rev. Prof. REYNOLDS. Orations were delivered by Messrs. HatcuY BAILED and En- WA 14T) BIIIRIDT.N BAUGH, active members of the society, who acquitted themselves very creditably indeed. The anniversary poem by J. M. M'JiL TON, Esq. of Baltimore, wan a production of much merit, and true poetic genius. The anniversary address was delivered by Rev. J. G. Mon aim, D. D. of Baltimore. Mr. Morris' address was both pleasing and instructive, and we feel assured that we speak within bounds when we any, that it gave very general satisfaction to the large audience in attendance. The exercises of the evening were enlivened with appropriate music by the Mozart Society. MORN frorraucrroN.—The Maine Legislature has instructed the lion. Mr. Williams to vote for a repeal of the Sub• Treasury, a National Bank, a tariff of revenue, and the land distribution Bill. A lloAx.—The New York Commercial Adver tiser of Tuesday afternoon says that the report that Goat Island, at the falls of Niagara, had been carried away, the Hors° Shne spoiled, &c., is a hoax, and was probably got up in that city. ALFRED M. SL►Da, American Counsel at Bue nos Ayres, died in that city on the 25th of No. vember last. ELECTION OF PRINTER TO THE SENA:TR.-ON Friday last Mesars. Blair & Rives were elected printers to the Senate of the United States. The Whigs, according to a determination, did not par ticipate in the balloting. Twenty-seven ballots were cast, of which Blair & Rivet; received 26, and Francis P. Blair 1! Pnoroman Immtacnstax-r.—The Legislature of Mississippi have passed resolutions requesting their representatives in Congress to prepare artic les of impeachment against Justice McKinley, of the U.S. Supreme Court. The Governor has approved the resolutions. These resolutions have their origin in the re fusal of Judge McKinley to hold the Circuit Court in Mississippi as his duty required. AN ACT For the relief of certain Contractors on the Western Extension of the Pennsyl- vania rail road. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania in General dis tembly met and It is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the canal com missioners be and they are hereby authori zed and required to examine into and settle the claims of the contractors on the Gettys burg railroad in ..the manner and on the principles following, that is to say: they shall pay to said contractors or to their as signees or \those legally claiming under them, the full amount of the estimates of work, material, and extra allowance, as made out and estimated by the engineers who had charge of the work whilst in pre-' cess of construction and prior to the d;econ. tinuance thereof, Provided, Such estimates are sworn to or otherwise proven to be cor- I rect by the said engineers, and in cases in which their exists a variance as to quantity between the measurements at,d estimates of the said original corps of engineers, and those made out and returned by the second corps of engineers sent on and appointed to re measure said work after the discontinu ance and abandonment of the same by au thority of law, then and in such cases, the said canal commissioners are hereby requi• red to select and appoint some one compe tent engineer of the original corps, and one other from the second corps, by whom the re-measurement was made, who with such assistants as they may select shall at the re quest of any of the saidicontractors upon whose section or sections said discrepancy exists re-measure the same, except the em bsnkments, 'Which shall in all cases be taken at the measurements and estimates origi nally made, inasmuch as the same could not afterwards be accurately measured owilig to loss from washing, sinking, and so furth: Arid after the said engineers shall have mid() such re•measurement and returned the mine, the said servers! contractors . . severally be allowed interest - upod the amount of the same (aflor deducting all payments to them made prior to the first of March, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine) at the rate of six per cent. per annum, from the said first day of March, Anne Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, to the time when they were severally and respectively paid the amount of t he second estimates aforesaid, by Jacob Ziegler, Esquire, late superinten dent, and the excess if any, of the amount so ascertained to be due to them including the interest aforesaid, over the amount so paid to them by the said Jacob Ziegler,shall be paid to the said contractors or their as signees or those legally claiming under them, by the canal commissioners, on war rants drawn upon the state treasurer, out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise specifically appropriated. SECTION 2. And whereas, ructions num• ber two and eight en said road had been abandoned by the original contractors and subsequently relet nt a change of prices, the said canal commissioners aro hereby au thorized and required to pay in the manner hereinbefore pointed out, to the contractors upon the some, the sums respectively ascer tained to be due to them, in the manner hereinbefore directed, at the contract prices of such original lettings and re-lettings, for the work actually done by them on said contracts, and interest thereon computed and ascertained as directed in the preceding section of this act, and in all cases wherein no settlement has yet taken place between any of the said contractors and the late su• perintendent, the said interest shall be coin. pined up to the date of this act, mid in cases wherein a full and final settlement took place, prior to the frst day of March, Anne Domini, one thousand s:ght hundred and thirty-nine, when the work on said road was discontinued by authority of law, none of the provisions of this act shall apply or have any application. SINGULAR DFATG OF A CGILO•—The daughter of Derritt and Charlotte Poster, of 503 Bowery, was left for a moment with her cousin, a small boy, when one of them got out of a chair and reiv•hed a phial con minim: a dose of "Tincture of Colchicum, fit which the hula girl, aced about three years drunk hall, and the other child a much smaller quantity; it was not lon.- he. fore they were hjth seized with vomitir , and purging,—medical men were sent for but the little girl died a few hours afterwards in great pain. The boy is doing well.— An inquest was held and a verdict returned 111 aCeordatiril With the circumstances of the c rise. —N. Y. Mercury. THE PflOV INCE or• CANADA.—At 12 o'clock on Wednesday the 10th inst, a Roy al Salute of twenty one guns was to be fired from the Champ de•Mars, Montreal, in honor of the event which terminates the di,emion.of the Canaries, by nicking them henceforth one Province. On the same day, Lord Sydenham was to take the oath of office, in new appointment of Capt. General and Governor in Chief of the Pro• vince of Canada. OBITUARY ItECOII.D• DIED. On Friday morning Itt,,t, Mr. David Stewart, of If umiltonban township, in ago 69th yeur of his Al his residence in Shippenshurg„ on-Tuesday last, Mr. Suomi Macfarlane, (formerly of this place) aged 45 years. On Tuesday tho 2d inst. in bhopherdstown, Jefforson county, Va. William Harrison, son of Samuel P. M'Millan, (formerly- of this county,) aged ono year and fifteen days. OBITUARY.—Died, at the residence of his father, in Upper Strasburg, Franklin county, Pa. at 8 o'clock, A. M., on Sabbath, February 14th, 1841, Mr. Benjamin R. aged 24 years. The deceased was formerly a member of Penn sylvania College, and was much respected by all connected with the institution. He was univer sally beloved by all, who were intimately acquain ted with him, on account of that religion which he not only professed, but which he also possess ed and which shone forth in all his actions.— Even those, who "cared for none of these things," could not but admire that decision of character, that propriety of conduct, and that love of truth, which were his peculiar characteristics. Ho was pursuing his studies at College with zeal and with much success, until about the middle of last sum mer, when disease came upon him and obliged him to abandon his pleasing pursuit, and return to his home, where he might obtain that attention he now required. Since that time a lingering consumption had been preying on his vitals, until the vital spark was consumed. Ho died in the full triumphs of faith, leaving a bright testimony to all, who witnessed his depart ure, that he was going to brighter worlds on high. In life he adorned the gospel of Christ, and in death he convinced all of the glorious reality of religion. Ho met death with a smile, for it had no terrors to him. Thus diod our young friond, leaving his parents, his brothers and sisters, and a largo circle of friends to mourn his early death. His remains were • conyeyed to their resting place, on Tuesday last, accompanied by a largo concourse of weeping friends and neighbors; and a sermon was preached on the occasion by the Rev. David Smith, Pastor of the Evangelical Lu• theran church of Shippensburg, Pa. A FELLOW STUDENT OETTTSbURO, Feb. 18, 1811. [COMMUNICATED. PRILOMATIMAN HALL, (PCIIn. „ Collegb,) Fob. 18, 1841. At a meeting of the Philomatliman Society, the following Preamble and Resolutions, wero unan imously odopted:— neurAs,—Mr. 13enj. R. Miller sustained one of the highest moral characters in the institution, and had gained fur himself the sincere regard of all his fellow students,—to show unfeigned .sor row for his lose, and respect for his memory, wo will adopt the following resoluttonis: Revoked, That we have heard with the deepest rcg•et of the death of our much respected fellow-. student, Mr. Benj. R. Miller. Resolved, That we sincerely sympathise with, the friendii'and relatives of the deceased, and that we will wear the usual bulge of mourning on our left arm for the space of 30 days. Resolved, That the above preamble and resolu tions be published in the papers of Gettysburg, and that a copy be sent to the relatives of the de ceased. EarA MEETING of the "Gettys burg Literary Association" will be held at Mr. Clarkson's, THIS EVE NING, (Tuesday) at 6 o'clock. February 23, 1841. tm-48 JAMES PARRY, ra l /MMeIY ZIEZI2 / 20UP (OF YORK, PA.,) I mi AY be consulted nt the. Engle flute!, 1151 - (J. A. Thompson's) during the pres ent week. Gettysburg, Feb. 23, 1841. It-49 PLOUGHS: PLOUGHS; PLOUGISI 'VIE subscriber has on band a large as sortment of P 7.1 Ci T 3 O. IE S. made by Messrs. Youngman & Witherow, which ho will dispose of for Wood and Flour, or any kind of country produce.— Farmers will tied it to their advantage to call and see them, as they are a first rate article. E. BUCKINGHAM. Gettysburg, Feb. 16. (31-47 ik` ®IL subscriber will sell by pul d lic out- A- cry, on the premises, on Saturday the 61/t day of I ' llarch next, the ait Le, Into the Estate ofJ A MES WA LUSTER, spit. &ceased, situate in Cumberland town• ship, Adams county, one mile and a half south of Gettysburg, containing 29 AcnEs, a good proportion of Meadow and Wood. land. There is a good STONE TWO-STORY }. ." 7 1, HOUSE. Stone Book Barn, and several out houses on the premises, and an excellent well of water at the door and several good Springs of water; a good ORCHARD of various kinds of fruit. Sale to commence at 1 o'clock P. M.— Any person wishing to view, the property, will please call un the subscrtber adjoining the property. JAMES M'ALLISTER, Executor of Jos. .111'Allister, serf. dec'd. February 16, 1841. is-47 TEMPERANCE MEETING. A Stated Meeting of the .'Total Absti' nenee Society of Gettysburg and its Vicinity," will be held in the German Church, on Tuerlay the 23d irtat., at 6i o'clock, P. 51. General attendance is re• quested, as there is business of importance to he transacted. Reale of GEORGE iII'INTYRE, dec'd. ifETTERS of Administration on the Es- IIVE) of GrouoE MINTYRE, late of Franklin township, Adams county, decea sed, having been granted to Henry Gilt, residing in Berwick township, he hereby requests all persons indebted to said deceas ed, to make immediate payment of their respective dues, and all persons having claims or demands against said Estate to make known the same to the subscriber without delay. HENRY GITT, Adm'r. February 2,1841. 6t-45 [COMMVISICATED raIHE subscriber is agent for the sale of •m- Monuments, Tomb Tables, Head and Foot Stones of all sizes and qualities, Mantle, Window and Door sills, Bar, Hearth and Paint stones,Alullersotc. which, for neatness, accuracy and elegance is not surpassed by any other manufactory, either in the quality of stone, beauty of sculpture, or general elegance of finish Persons wishing to purchase can be sup plied at short notice and on the most reason. able terms, by leaving the dimensions, quality and manner of finish with the sub scriber. C. W. HOFFMAN, Agent for W. Loughrige. Gettysburg, Fob. 2, 1841. tf-45 DYSPEPSIA, Liver Complaint, Pain in the Side, Loss of Appetite, Palpita tion of the Heart, Costiveness, Nervous, Affections, and all Diseases of the Stomach and Bowels. In those diseases, DR. HA R LICH'S Compound Strengthening Tunic and Aperient German Pills, will afford posi tive relief. "Thousands have already tes tified to this fact." This Invaluable Pre paration consists of two "distinct" kinds which are enveloped in "small packages" with full directions for using. Their efil!cts upon the System is entirely different from that which many of the Medicines that ap pear in the public prints produce, and are as follows: First to cleanse thetlood, Stomach, and Intestines from excrementitious ma:ter (which always subjects the system to dis ease) by the use ore few doses of A PERI ENT PILLS. After this is accomp!i-41i ed, the COMPOUND STRENGTHEN! I NG TONIC PILLS are used to Strength en and Invigorate the Nervous System,give tone to the Stomach and Organs of Diges tion, thus renewing and reanimating the System again to its proper functions For Sale in Gettysburg, at the Drug Store of In behalf of the Society, ADAM HEIGHT, HENRY BAKER, Committee. J. P. BENJ. SADTLER, J. G. MACFARLANE, Scc'y. Febluary 16, 1841. tm-47 _NOTICE. TO TIVB PUBLIC. S. Sa FORNEY, Agent. Feb. 23, 1.e41. Bt-49 ADVERTISEMENTS. Alexander Fishor, As-1 No. 4. April signee ofSarn.Fisher, l Term 1841. Sub vs. }Kona upon a Bill John P. Baker and Jos. in Chancery. Pioutz and others. J ADAMS COUNTY, SS. i. ox.tr e The Commonwealth of Penn• iy. t i• 1' ~. sylvanis to John P. Baker and -,i -- ti' ... to his assignees appointed by the . -...,.0. Court of Common Pleas of Franklin county, under the laws made for the relief of Insolvent debtors;—to Joseph Pfoutz and to his assignees appointed by the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin county, under the laws made for the relief of Insolvent debtors, and to each and every of the creditors of the said John P. Baker and of the said Joseph Pfoutz, and to the creditors of the late firm of Samuel Fisher & Co. composed of Samuel Fisher and the I said John P. Baker and Joseph Pfoutz— GREETING You and each of you are commanded to appear at Gettysburg in the county of Ad ams on Monday the 20th day of April next, at 10 o'clook A. M. at a Court then and theta to be hold before the: Honorable_ DANIEL DURKEE, President, and his Asso ciates, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said County, under the pains and penalties that shall fall thereon— td answer to a bill in Chancery filed in said Court, by Alexander Fisher assignee of the said Samuel Fisher; and that you, and each of you, be there and then ready to answer the said bill filed as aforesaid; and further, to abide all orders and decrees to be made by tho said Court touching the premises, and matters in said bill stated; which the circumstances of the case and justice and equity may 'quire. Witness the Honorable DANIEL DURKEE. President Judge of the said Omit, at Get• tysburg, in the said county of Adams, the 4ih day of February, A. D. 1541, and the seal ofsaid Court. Amos mA GIN LY, Proth'y. Prothonotary's Office, Got tyoburg, Fob. 16, 1840. 5 3t-747 A DXGO,ST Of the Acts of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, of a Public and General Nature, FllOll the year one thoasand seven hun dred, to the year ono thousand eight hundred and forty, inclusive: BY NORDECAI M'KINNEY. For sale Lt. the PROTHONOTARY'S OFFICE. February 9, le4l. 3t-46 NOTICE. To the Honorable the Judges Of the : Court, of ,Common Pleas of ei , dams county: THE petition of Jacob Bishop,Philtp Bish op and Thos. Hums, Trustees of the church property of "United Brethren in Christ" of Germany township, in the county of A dams, humbly showeth:— That Philip Bishop, deceased, late of the township and county aforesaid, by his deed indented, did give, grant, bargain and sell, lease and release, enfeofF and confirm unto the therein named Trustees and their suc cessors forever, all that Tract of Land en closed by the following metes and bounds, beginning at the south east corner of the Catholic church ground and running south 60°, west 2 90 perches, 2d station south 40°, cast 2.90 perches, 3d station, north 61°, east 2.60 perches, 4th north 49 ° , east 2.25 perches, sth, north 42°, west 10.10 perches, 6th, south 60°, west 0.20 perches, 7th, south 28i°, east 7.55 perches, in trust for the "United Brethren in Christ,' as is further evidenced by the last will and tes tament of the decedent: That the aforesaid deed of trust, executed by the aforesaid Phi lip Bishop, to the above mentioned Trustees of the "United Brethren in Christ" bath been lost, whereby your petitioners' title to the premises bath become defective and im perfect;—and your petitioners being desir ous to have the said losses, defects and im perfections in their said title supplied, there fore, humbly pray your Honors will please issue a subpoena for such person or persons as may appear to be interested in the mat ters above set forth, requiring them to ap pear before your Honors, to make their an ewers upon oath or affirmation, to the facts above alleged;—and that your Honors will :hereupon make such order and decree in the premises as to justice and equity shall appertain—and your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &e. THOMAS HIMES, PHILIP BISHOP. Thomas Ilium, one of the above pet:. tionere, on his affirmation, doth declare and say, that the material facts set forth in the above petition aro true to the best of his knowledge and belief. TIIOIIAS lIIMES. Affirmed in open court, Jan. 25,1841. AMOS 51AGINLY, Proth'y. January 25th, 1841, Subpcena awarded to the Executors and Heirs of Philip Dish. op, deceased, returnable on the 2d March next. D. D. To wit:—Jacob Bishop, Philip Bishop and Christian Bishop, Executors of Philip Bishop, deceased, and Barbara, intermarri ed with George Gatin g . Betsey, intermar ried with George Gitt,John Bishop, Jacob Bishop, Magdelina, intermarried with John ' Brubaker, dec'd, leaving issue, to wit, John, ' Susan, intermarried with Michael Crouse, deed, leaving issue, to wit, Ephraim, Ann, intermarried with Thomas tholes, dte'd, leaving issue, to Wit, 'l'. B. Ilimes, and the heirs of Christian Bishop, deceased, to wit, Edmund, Alexander, Welter and Sarah by their Guardian, George Will. %. Witness, DANIEL DunnEt, 1 1 174 ,:.4‘.1., Esquire, President Judge, at 5 4 -V r til. Gettysburg, the twenty-seventh O. 4 ."AS X . ' i I !: day of January, one thousaud eight hundred and forty-one. AMOS MAGINLY, Proth'y. Fob. 16. 31-47 A DVERTISEM ENTS. REGISTER'S NOTICES. otic t is lokeribl Given, Iv o all Legatees and other persons con- Jot- cerned, that the ADMINISTRA TION ACCOUNTS of the Estates of the deceased . persons hereinafter mentioned, will be presented to the Orphans' Court of Adams county, fir confirmation, on Tues day the 2d day of March, 1 , 41, to wit : The account of Joseph Kuhn, Adrranis trator of the Estate of Catherine . Kuhn, de ceased. The account of David Middlecoil: Admin istrator of the Estate of Jacob Brough, de- ceroed. The nccouit of John Homer, Adminis trator of the Estate of Andrew Horner; de- coßged The Recount of Daniel Crouse, Adminis trator of the Estate of Zechariah Loude. bough, deceased. The account of John Myers, Guardian of Valentine Myers, one of the minor children of Ludwick Myers, deceased. The further account of Jacob Hereter, jr. Administrator of the Estate of Philip Rahn, deceased. Tim account of Charles G. Nl'Lean, ac ting Executor of the Estate of George Kerr, Esq. deceased. The account of George W. Lilly, Ad ministrator do bonis non of the Estate of- Henry Lilly, deceased. Thdaccount of George Will , .Executor of the Estate of Jacob Grove, deceased The account of ElPnry Hartzell,' Adrnin-R. tstrator of the Estato of George Hartzell, deceased. WM. KING, Register. Register's Office, Gettysburg, Feb. 2, 1840. J. C. A. 13111.UTTING, ( F.TD ariri 310 CO Tyc o pitAs just received and offers for sale is number of PIANO FORTES, of superior manufacture; to which he in vites the particular attention of all lovOrs of music. Gettysburg, Dec. 2 , 1840. 3m-39 GETT7SURCI STEAM FOUNDRY. T. Waiven & to. • AVING taken this establishnient, , the Au . * business will in future' be carried on upon a much 'more extensive scale Than has beet, done heretofore. They are now pre-' pared to do all kinds of C.A.,ST IL GR. • in the neatest and best manner, having on' hands a largo : collection of patterns. Per sons wanting castings of any kind, mny.find it to be. to their interest to call at this estab. hahment. Mr. WARREN who is en experienced moulder, and who has been engatied nr am business for many years, will it rill rimea be found at the establishment; and having the best grey Pig for Foundry purposes, persona getting castings made may rest as. sured of them being smooth and of a supe rior quality. All kinds of BRASS CASTINGS, made on short notice. A pattern make► is attached to the Foundry. Gettysburg, Jan. 12, 1841. 3m-42 P. S. All kinds of turning ii, 1R 0/Vond BRASS done at the Foundry. VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. •l HE subscriber offers at private sale, -IL that valuable A R lit , - late the property of ROBERT M'CREART de ceased, situate in Cumberland township, Adams county, 5 miles from Gettysburg, on the Taneytown road, adjoining farms of Eli Horner, Heirs of Andrew Horner, and others, containing One Hundred A' Six acres, of excellent land. There is a good propor tion of woodland and meadow, The im• provements are • A GOOD LOG HOUSE, rviE. and Barn and other buildings. There is a never failing Spring of water near the house. A YOUNG ORCHARD of choice fruit, &c. Application to be mnde to the subscriber. SAM'L S. M'CREARY, Agent for the Heirs. Gettysburg, Jan. 5, 1841. ts-41 Oz:rlf the above property is oot sold it will be for rent. A CARD. DR. X. R. SMITE! WILL resume his practice, and the instruction of private pupils, in Medicine and Surgery, in BALTIMORE, on the 20th day of March next. January 19. [charge Balt. Pat.] Bt-43 VIAIUOTT 7 131.11 E subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public in Eeneral that he carries oil, in connection with the block sinithing the 'Wagon .7;aiaisc Business, and is prfpared to execute nll ordersin eith er of tho atie.ve hui•inesses In a workman like manner and ut the shortest notice. C. W. 110Ft:Yi.I.N. Gettvalturg, May 5, 11F40. N. B. An apprentice ‘4lll be taken to the Illack•Bmithieg if immediate application be made. C. W. H.
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