Pram tiro NeVIF York American.
PnEIINTATION CoeRT --The an-1
nexed letter desorihes a ceredinny which
will be new to Some of our in ,ders.
PARIS, January, 1841.
Since our last letters we have been pre-
tented to the Royal Family. It was inten
ded that the American gentlemen should
have bean presented on last Sunday; but
our Minister not approving of that day, in
duced a postponement to Wednesday, which
brought the period subsequent to that of the
presentation of the ladies, and led to this
awkward result, that they were obliged to
go through the ceremony without the sup
port of their husbands and beaux. It is
the etiquette of the Court that none can ac
commpany the ladies that have not been
previously presented. The manner and
course of presentation on the part of
the gentlemen of whom I believe there
were some dozen or more, was as follows.
At half past seven in the evening, by pre.
vions notice from General Cass, we procee.
dad in our carriages, in full court dress, to
his Hotel; whence, after waiting übout an
hour, we drove in line to the Palace of the
Tuilleries preceded by the Minister, the
Charged' Alike, and the Attaches. At the
gate of the Palace, we were received by a
company of dragoons in charge, and thence
passed slong a file of soldiers to the grand
_ entrance, Alighting upon a carrt of mats
placed before the entrance, we proceeded
to the grand stair casein the interior, guar
ded by the palace guards.. Here our names
ware announced and recorded and the ser
vants in waiting, dressed in starlet em
broidered coats, with small cloths and white
silk stockings, and wearing swords and
cocked hats, conducted us up the stairs;
at the head of which we were received by
another person in waiting, ushered into the
large saloon. Adjoining were a suite of
three rooms, including that in which was
the throne. The walls of these wore high
ly ornamented with gobilin tapestry, and
portraits of the Marshal's of France; and
the ceilings, which were high were fanci
fully and historically painted. The wood
work was brilliant with burnished gold
leaf, and the furniture principally of olio•,
mans arranged along the walls, covered
with scarlet velvet and plush. The man
tels were of the fashion of former years; the
fire places large, and by no means elegant
though well filled with burning wood. The
throne was covered with gold and scarlet
velvet; and upon the raised platform of two
steps, was placed the chair of State, richly
gilded. Within these rooms were arrang
ed the gentlemen to be presented, in line, a
long the sides; all under the charge of their
respective ambassadors, who introduced
the several persons to the King as he ad
vanced. The King, with his family, en
tered one end of the suite of rooms about
nine o'clock, and proceeded, accompanied
by his son the Duke of Joinville, along one
of the fines followed by the Queen and the
other members of the Royal Family. He
addressed a few words in a pleasing and af
fable manner to each person as introduced.
He speaks in pretty good• English, and gee.
erally - put questions in relation to your
coot ry,your voyage,your. restdenee,or your
contemplated tour.
It is not etiquette to address any ques
tions to the King, and •if done, he moves
on without making reply. 1 was in
troduced to him as a resident of New York,
and he immediately remarked, "Now York
is a large and prosperous State. The city
of New York grows very fast; is a very fine
city, and must soon cover the whole Island.
i hope you find your stay here agreeable."
Then followed the Queen; she spoke some
time, but whether in broken English or
French I did not know; and as I could un
e • and nothing, I could merely bow to
her remarks. - - After passing me a little,and
addressing another,. she turned back and
remarked that the King talked very good
English; to which I responded a compli
mentary answer. Next came the King's
sister, a pleasant looking old woman, who
spoke a yew words in French. Then came
the Dutchess de Nemours, a pretty, young
and interesting woman, the wife of Duke
de ;Nemours. She spoke English with
great propriety, and inquired how long I
had been in ' Pariswhen I landed—the
length of my voyage—and hoped I had
spent my time pleasantly in Paris. Fol
lowing her, and last in the train, came the
Duke ofOrleand, the heir apparent, a tall
fine looking personage, in military costume.
Perfectly self posessed, ho had an intelli
gent countenance, and a manly bearing.
He put to me a few common place questions
and passed en. This ended the interview
and my first introduction to Royalty. The
family all passed out into the private apart
ments. The company seperated. I pass
ed aeain through all the rooms, and partic
ularly examined their arrangements. The
furniture was confined to red silk plush col
ored ottomans, and a few X's, all consider
ably worn. The return was the same a
partments we had passed on our entrance
and down the grand stair case to the gate
of the centre, where our carriages were in
waiting.
As the Americans have no court presen
tation, so they' have no court dress; but ono
has been adopted to which it is now neces
sary to adhere. It consists of a blue coat
ell:woad cloth, with straight breast and
standing collar; the cuffs, collar and pocket
flaps, heavily embroidered with gold, aid
the buttons of gold, with the eegte impress- ,
ed; chapeau, black, fringed with ostrich
feather; stock and vest of white satin; pan
taloons of white kersymere, with broad'
gold lace covering the outside seem; fasten:
ed under the boots; which are made of var
aiehed leather. This dress has decidedly
a more beautiful appearance than any court
dress I saw in the rooms. In personal ap
pearance throughout, the Americans were
ant surpassed. The . English military uni
form of red cloth was very conspicuous. j
questron the propriety of the Americans thus
mourning * court dress; and think it would
-to snare correspend4tit An the simplicity of
their Onvornment• to be presented in the
apparel of gentlemen only. There is no
q iiuen Irby they should adopt a dress
not sanctioned at home. It was not so for
merly; and the inaovation, 1 believe, and
so understood at the Palace, was introduced
with the consent of our present Minister,
who dosses in the., military costume of a
General of our Army. Some who have
militia appointments at home, have brought
their uniforms hero and appeared at the
presentation. Laughable incidents have
occurred by this means. The French
know nothing of our militia system. and the
King asked ono of these officers where he
had served, which you still think was rath•
er a difficult question to be answered; anoth
er, if his costume was military, to what
corpse he belonged, and the number of it.
These questions led to confused answers
and unpleasant remarks. I am sorry to
see so little of that independence of charac
ter among Americans abroad, which the
present and growing importance of their
Government would seem to authorize,
without any charge of assumption.
The presentation of the ladies has excited
much remark; and the highest compliments
are passed upon the beauty and taste of the
American fair.
THE CLOSING SCENE OF VAN BURENISM.
—Seldom, if ever, did an Administration
die so disgracefully as that of Mr. Van Bu•
ran. There was not an office, that it
could secure, left unsecured. There was
not a vacancy that, was not suddenly filled
up, even under circumstances too, that
should have made the appointing power
stop, for a moment, at least, to reflect.
The appointment of Philemon Dicker
son, one of the aoi disant Members of Con•
gress from New Jersey. was under all the
circumstances, 'a wicked, and a most flagi•
tious wrong. His brother, Mahlon, as a
mere locum, tenens, held the place till Phil
emon had carried out the Executive will in
the House of Representatives, and then at
the close of a Session of Congress, when
Philemon's services could no longer be used
Mahlon resigns, and Philemon is put in his
stead! Thus is the Judiciary even,used by
Executive Power to buy Executive tools.
Thus is the ermine of justice draggled in
party politics,—and thus does a Senate rati
fy a corrupt and well known bargain.
The appointment of Judge Daniel, of
Virginia, to the Supreme Bench at mid
night, was another flagitious act. The
breath was hardly out of Judge Barbour's
body, before Van Buren hurries a successor
into the Senate Chamber; and approval of
him is insisted upon, and carried at mid
night, by dragging Senators out of their
beds. It is no easy thing, one would think,
to find a Judge fit for the Supreme Bench
in twenty•four hours, —hut Mr. Van 13u
ren found no difficulty in it. The responsi
bility of the place, the necessary of having
a man well fitted, the decencies of humani
ty, and of common lite, availed nothing with
the Ex-President,—for in twenty•four hours
a Judge died,'and a Judge was buried, and
another Judge was elected to fill his place!
Thu appointment of Philemon Dickerson,
it is thus seen, was in pursuance of a corrupt
bargain, to keep a vote in Congress from
New Jersey, and the appointment ofJudge
Daniel was to linatch the place from the
President to be. in the first place, there
was an outrage upon public Justice, and in
the next upon public decency. Thus in
shame and dishonor, unpitied and disgraced,
ends the career of Mr. Van Buren. These
two closing scenes are but parts and parcels
of a characteristic life.—N. Y. Express.
MARYLAND AND TU BOUNDARY QUES
riow.—A Report was recently submitted to
the Senate of Maryland, by General How.
ard, as Chairman of a Committee to whom
were referred .certain resolutions from
Maine. It will be remembered that Gen.
H. was for a long time Chairman of the
Committee of Foreign Relations in the
House of Representatives at Washington,
and therefore he is supposed to bo fully fa•
milliar with the North Eastern boundary
business. His conclusions are decidedly
in favor of the American claims; and these
are supported by testimony of the strongest
character. The Report concluded with
the following resolutions, which, as we
learn from the Baltimore American; were
unanimously adopted by the Maryland Sen
ate:
Resolved, That the Legislature of Ma
ryland entertains a perfect conviction of
the justice and validity of the title of the
United States and State of Maine to the full
extent of all the territory in dispute between
Great Britainand the United States.
Resolved, That the Legislature of Mary.
land looks to the Federal Government with
an entire reliance upon its disposition to
bring the controversy to an amicable and
speedy settlement; but if those efforts should
fail, the State of Maryland will cheerfully
place herself in the support of the Federal
Government in what will then become its
duty to itself and the State of Maine.
Resolved, That after expressing the
above opinions, the State of Maryland feels
that it has the right to request the State of
Maine to contribute, by all the means in its
power, towards an amicable settlement of
the dispute upon honorable terms.
Resolved, That ifthe British Government
would acknowledge the title of the State o
Maine to the territory in dispute, and offer
a fair equivalent for the passage through it
of a military road, it would be a reasonable
mode of adjusting the dispute, and ought
to be satisfactory to the State of lUaine.
A PLAN OF DEFENCE.--4 Washington
correspondent of the New York Common
cial, states that a merchant of that city, has
submitted to the President a new plan ofde•
fence, that meets with much approbation,
and is believed to be truly original and
American. fie has untied the President
that within 60 or 00 days the city of New
York can be placed in such a state as to
resist any attack. He proposed to erect
towers two hundred feet high, not more
than seventy.five feet square at the bane,
and on the summit of each to place ten guns
that will throw shot of 120 lbs.
"To build the towers of heavy timber,
no place in the centro-cf each a eteem.
boiler, to defend it from the attack of men,
and also to heat shot. The first tower to
be erected back of the City Hall, the se
cond at the Battery, and the third up
Broadway, by Union Square—thus com
manding both rivers.
The cost of all these, he estimates, would
not exceed three hundred thousand dollars,
and the speculation of steam vessels enter
ing ,Now York and destroying the city
would bo at an end, as a single shot, well
directed from the tower, would send any
ship to the bottom.
He also submitted to the President a ma
rine defence, by constructing heavy flat bat
teries, formed of heavy timber and plank,
which can be removed to any point of attack
by ordinary steam boats, placing the boats
under the cover of the batteries, so as to be
protected from the enemy's fire.
These batteries can also be completed
within sixty or ninety days. Mr. Wise,
member of Congress, was present, with sev
eral other gentlemen, at the interview be
tween the projector of this novel plan and
General Harrison, and one of those informs
mo that the President addressed himself to
Mr. Wise, and paid the individual who pro
jected the plan the highest tribute for his
energy of character and discernment."
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VEnmoriT.—There is a singular institu
Lion in Vermont, and one peculiar to that
State, called the "Council of Censors."
By a clause in their State Constitution, the
people are required every seventeenth year
to elect thirteen persons whose duty it shall
be to inquire whether, during the last seven
years, the Constitution has been violated—
whether the Executive and Legislative
branches of the Government have perform
ed their duties—whether the taxes have
been justly levied and collected--and
whether the laws have been duly exccu•
led.
VERY LIRE FRAIIIL—The New York
Times gives the following outline of a aye
tern, which is practiced by some of the
knowing ones in that city:—"Let a few
brokers unite to cry down tho value of State
securities; then quote them at fifty per cent.
discount; then declare that the security is
unequal for the issue of red notes, and bring
them down fifty percent. Buy up red notes
through secret agents, pigeon the holders,
and then let them gradually run up to par
and pocket the 'spoils.' " •
DUELLING IN ENGLAND.—The trial of
the Earl of Cardiegan, a colonel in the at
ow, and a peer of realm, for fighting a
duel with Capt. Reynolds, of his regiment
was expected to place in the House of
Lords in the latter part of February. In
a notice of the subject, the Boston Journal
remarks:—This is a case which excites
great interestnot only on account of its
bearing on the cause of morality, but for
its novelty—no prosecution fora duel, un
attended with fatal consequences, having
been instituted in modern times in that'eoun
try. It is said that the expense of fitting
up the House of Lords for the occasion will
exceed £20,000, and the same ceremony
will characterise the proceedings as though
he were arraigned for high treason.
OUR NAVY.—The number of Pest Cap
tains in the Navy is 55 the oldest In rank
being J ames Baron• The number of Mas.
ter Commandants is also 55; of lieutenants
290; of passed midshipmen 191; of mid
shipmen 131; of surgeons 01; of passed
assistant surgeons 17, of assistant surgeons
51, pursers 51; of chaplains 13; of sailing
masters 29•
The pay of a senior captain on sea ser
vice, is 4500 dollars per annum; of ditto
on leave 3500; captains ofequadrone 4000;
ditto on other duty 3500; ditto off duty
2500; master commandants in sea service
2500; ditto on leavo of absence 1600; lieu.
tenants commanding 1600; ditto on other
duty 1560; ditto on leave 1200; surgeons
from 1000 to 2700, according to their
term of service; assistant surgeons from
650 to 1200; chaplains at sea 1200; ditto
on leave 800; passed midshipmen at sea
750; ditto waiting orders 600; midshipmen
at sea 400; ditto on other duty. 350; sailing
master of a ship of war at sea 1100; ditto
on other duty 1000; professor of mathemat
ics 1200 ; teachers of naval science 480.
Charleston Pat.
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AMEIIICAN SILK--Mr. John W. Gill, of
Mount Pleasent, Jefferson county, Ohio,
has establibhed a manufactory of silk,whicli
is said to promise important results. Re
ferring to this establishment for the manu
facture of an article that we trust, is to be
ranked, at no distant day, among the sta
ples of the country, the U. S. Gazette says-
We had the pleasure yesterday of exam
ining various samples of the fabric, woven
at the works of Mr. Gill, from silk spun
and reeled on or near his estate. The ar
ticles consisted of plain luteatring, figured
vest or dress patterns, corded silks, velvets
for vestings and robes,, and very fine silk
plush; also, imitations of bandanna handker
chiefs. The samples aro highly creditable
to the manufacturer, and give assurance
that the country at large islo proht by the
enterprise and labors of Mr. Gill.
The following paragraph, which we find
in an exchange paper, contains so much
truth well expressed in a short eompass,and
is so appropriate to the subject,that we can
not withhold it from our readers:
TUE WAY TO BREAK DOWN A PRESS.-
has been justly said, that an independent
Press rests on a firmer basis for support
than one of a contrary character; and it
has been supposed difficult to bioak down
such a press. There is a way in which it
can be done, however. And how does the
reader think this work can be accomplished?
By the telling of all sorts of lies concerning
it and its Editors? No. By threats? No.
By getting a hireling for the especial pur.
pose of writing it down? No. By the mis.
conduct of unprincipled political Postmas
ters? No, reader; but this is the secret:
Let any considerable number of its Sub
•eriber• conclude that the Editor is not in
want of the Mile sums they severally owe;
lot its friends habitually delay the fulfilment
of their promises and contracts with the
Editor, and the moss prosperous establish
ment in the world must come down at
THE CABC OF AN ECONOMICAL SEINATOH.
—According to an estimate in the New
York American, Mr. Senator Benton will
this year receive $4,832 for his services as
U. S. Senator, thus:
"There is, first, his mileage and per diem
to and from Washington fur the regular
session, estimated of $2,000
Ninety-four days (the length of the
session) nt SS per diem,
Mileage and per diem to and fro for
extra session,
Say ten days of session at $9 per
diem,
The whole nation was, some )ears ago,
thrown into commotion, because the mem
bers of Congress voted themselves $1,500
per annum, in lieu of the per diem, &C., so
extravagant was that sum deemed. Here
we see a professed Reformer and Econo
mist, from Missouri, receiving more than
thrico that sum, and that, too, when the na
tion is borrowing money on Treasury Notes
to pay its wayl
MEXICO, TEXAS-, AND ENOLAND..--A
Galveston paper says that the "private trea
ty with England guarantees peace between
Texas and Mexico in thirty days after Its
ratification, now made, reaches the capitol
of Mexico; Texas agreeing to pay England,
as her part of the debt due Mexico, £l,-
000,000 in filly years."
Use or OPIUM.--'l'hirty•three million
two hundred thousand taels: of opium, pre
pared for smoking, are stated to have been
imported by sea into China, in the year pre
ceding the active measures of Commissioner
This, in addition to the amount intro.
duced over land, and the quantity taised in
China itself, allowing 53,985 grains per day
for a smoker, furnishes the enormous num
ber of 11,400,000 opium smokers in the
Celestial Empire. 'Yet the 'President in
China,' who is followed by the London
Quarterly Review in an article designed to
vindicate the British Government in its war
with China, asserts that. 40,000 chests per
year would allow only 2,110,000, to smoke
at an expense of something less thau an
English penny each day.
WONDERPUL DELICACY!—Mr. Bancroft
resigned the collectorship of Boston as soon
as Gen. Harrison was inaugurated, out of
delicacy as it was said. But it turns out
that a Collector who dies or resigns is enti
tled by law to share equally with his sac
cesgor, the commissions on all bonds which
may have been received previous to his re
tirement, although they may not have come
to maturity, which would not be the case if
ho were to be removed. In this instance, it
will make a difference of some 81200, at
least, and that accounts for Mr. Bancroft's
delicacy!
A NO PARTY MAN.
Reader, did you ever in the course of your
political career come across a man who
was ashamed or afraid to let his political
sentiments be known? If you have, and
wish to see his character exactly described
read the following from the writings of
Dean Swift:—
A mon of no Party.—Whoever gives
himself this character, you may depend
upon it, is of a party; but it is of such a
party as he is ashamed to own. For even
while he says he is of no party, you may
observe from the whole drift of his dis
course that he is plainly prejudiced in fa
vor of one party, and that too, always the
worst.—And the true reason of his decla
ring it is that the party is not yet strong
enough to protect him. The justice of the
cause or the goodnes of the intention seems
to be wholly out of this gentleman's scheme.
The only distinction he goes by is to be
politically of no party, that be may be occa- '
sionally of either. Others there are who
are really of a party and don't know it;
they carry on designs, which are kept se
cret from them; and these indeed are such
insignificant tools of a party that they may
properly enough be said to be of no party;
they are machines purely passive and with
out any will of their own, obey the impulse
of the wheel that moves them. But you
shall never hear a man oftrue principles
say that he is a man of no party; he declares
he is of a party, if resolutely to stand by
and defend the Constitution must be called
being of a party. But the other party it
seems must be divided into two sorts; those
who are of a party, and those who are not
of a party at all. With the gentleman who
apply the latter expression to themselves,
would beg leave to reason thus: either they
are of a party or they are not; if they are
they prevaricate grossly (not to use a more
unmannerly expression) while they give
out to the contrary; if they are not, they
ought to be ashamed of such an infamous
neutrality and ofdeserting that cause which
they are bound in honor and conscience to
defend.'
I waa amused in
.looking over some of
the old laws of Massachusetts in vogue in
1481. Their manner of choosing their
officers by ballot was ludicrous indeed.—
Here is the law:
,""It is ordered by this court, and the au
thnrity thereof, that for the yearly choosing
of Assistants, the Freemen shall use indion
corn and beans. The Indian corn to mani
fest election, the beans contrary. And if
any Freeman shall . put in more than one
Indian corn or bean for the choice or refu
sal of any public officer, he shall forfeit for
every such offence, ten pounds."
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An English editor, with much -gravity,
says that the way they procure black wit
ting Ink in Smith Carolina. is by whipping
the negroes until they cry and then catching
the team•
AN EXTENSIVE FEAED.-••Thtt New York
Express says:—"On Wednesday last Mr.
William H. Robinson, of the house .of W.
H. Robinson & Co. Mobile, Alabama, ap
peared at the Police Office:before Justice
Stevens, and made affidavit of an extensive
fraud, charged to have been perpetrated
upon him by William H. Allen, calling
himself a general merchant of this city.--
Mr. Robinson stated that ho had received
several letters from William H. Allen,
the first dated the 15th January last, in
which said Allen requested the house of
Robinson & Co. Mobile, to ship him hither
from 80 to 100 bales of Cotton, and to draw
on him at 5 to 10 days sight for the amount.
Messrs. Robinson accordingly shipped 100
balessofcetton in tho bark Tubo, consigned
to Allen, and soon - after sent by mail a draft
for the amount. This draft was received,
land on being presented to Allen, was dis
honored by his refusal to accept, and was
therefore protested for non-payment, and
10 per cent loss or damage thereby added
to its amount, when it was returned to the
$4,832
drawer.
"A few days after the protest of the draft,
and while it was in transitu between this
city and Mobile, the bill of lading arrived
and was received by Allen, who almost
immediately transferred it, together with
the cotton, to a third person. On Ilse -re
turn of the draft protested, to Robinson &
Co. at Mobile, Mr. Robinson wrote to Mr.
Thomas B. Richards, of the firm of Henry
Colt & Co. of this city, to call upon Allen
and demand the cotton, which he did, and
which demand Allen refused, as the cotton
and bill of lading wore in other hands. Af
ter ascertaining this, Mr. Robinson, the
i head of the house of Robinson & Co. Mo.
bile, came on hither, and made the com
plaint at the Police Office as above stated,
, and officer Sheran, with a warrant, procee
ded to arrest Allen, who was ordered to find
ibail in 86000, which he did, Mr. Edmund
Tweedy, of No. 85 Pearl street, becoming
his bail, and justifying in 812,000. The
draft, with the 10 per cent. added, amount
ed to $5,308 58. in his examination,
Allen, by the advice of his counsel, declined
to anawear any questions touching the char
ges against him."
The Governors of PennsYlvania and Mis
sissippi, Messrs. Porter and McNutt, are
determined that, in so far as depends upon
them, the good people of their respective
States shall drink the cup of Loco Focoism
to its dregs. We had occasion to speak a
few days since ofthe dignified reason assign
ed by Gov. McNutt to the Mississippi Leg
islature for vetoing the bill providing for
the payment of the State Bonds. Because
these bonds had, in the course of trade,been
lodged as security for a loan in (lie hands of
a foreign banker, who (in the language of
this LocoToce luminary) is "descended
from the blood of Judas and Shylock, and
has a mortgage on the Holy City of Jennie
tem," Gov. McNutt gravely proposes to
repudiate them. We have
. faith enough
in the People of Mississippi to believe that
they will at their approaching election rep
udiate the author of so dishonorable a sug
gestion.
Gov. Porter has distinguished himself by
granting a free pardon before trial, to two
Harrisburg Editors, his political friends,
who had been reg ularly indicted by a Grand
Jury of Adams County, for a gross libel
upon Mr. Thaddeus Stevens. We believe
the annals of our history do not furnish
another instance of a State Executive in
terposing his prerogative of pardon to screen
a partizan editor from the pursuit of Justice.
We observe that petitions are circulating in
various countries of the Key-Stone State,
praying i ihat Gov. Porter may be impeach
ed for this outrageous abuse of the pardon
ing power. Whatever dispositions be wade
of these petition's, it is to be hoped that at
the next State election, when Gov. Porter
will come directly before the People as a
candidate for re•election,this daring attempt
to defeat the ends of Justice will meet with
a signal and overwhelming rebuke.—Alba.
ny Gazette.
Well after all—after the vote of twenty
States against six—after a majority of up
wards of one hundred thousand—after years
of hard, bitter contest—after the settlement
of the vexed question by the voice of sover
eign People—after all this, it seems that
the NATION is not to have repose. The
plan of the campaign is announced—the
routed battalions of power are again mar
shalled in battle array—and the political
warfare is to be renewed. Gen. HARRISON'S
administration is to be, nay is, met at the
threshold,at the outset,with a predetermined,
systematic, fierce opposition, and that oppo
sition is to be continued and kept up unceas
ingly for four years to come at least. We
are to have no breathing titne--no opportu
nity for developments—no waiting for mea
sures—war is proclaimed in advance, and
warts to be carried on with all the political
means which can be used!
Fortunately, happily, for the country,
this new contest is one commenced exclu
stvely by the politicians. We do not believe
after what has just passed that the PEOPLE
can be enlisted in so unjust and ungenerous
an assault upon the man of their choice,
and the principles of reform that ho is a
bout to strive to introduce.
But let the fact be known every where
that the Nation is again to bo convulsed
by disappointed politicians, and that too
for their own factious,selfi3ll purposes. Lot
the people see the base uses to which they
are to be put by demagowies. Let them
be warned to beware of suffering themselves
to be deluded and deceived by those who
are now to work hard For pay and plunder!
—Alex. Gaz. March 15.
We learn from the Baltimore papers that
Wm. Gwyn Jones was pardoned by Presi•
dent Van Buren, a few days before his Pre•
sidential term expired, and released from
the Maryland Pennitentiary some day last
week. Mr. Jones, who wag iniprisoned
for depredations in the Baltimore Post Of
flee, has hcon confinement , abegt sib
yearn.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
The •Madisonian gives the following as
the appointments made by the President.
They are chiefly to fill vacancies. It says:
"it may be of some use to state our belief
that removals and appointments generally
which seem to be expected, will not take
place without deliboration. for which time
and opportunity are necessary."
Nathaniel P. Caulin, Jr., S cretary to
the President to sign patents.
Henry Southinlyd, Assistant Colector of
(he Customs for District of New York, to
reside ut Jersey City.
James Danaghe, Collector at New Ml
yen, Connecticut.
William P. Greene, Surveyor and. In
spector at Providence, Rhode Island.
Robert Butler, Surveyor and Inspector
at Sinithfield,
James M. Hartford, Register Land Of=
flee at Jackson, Misssissippi.
Jesse K. Dubois, Register Land Office
at Palestine, Illinois.
Bernard Peyton, Deputy Postmaster at,
Richmond, Virginia.
William Barron, Marshal for District of
Vermont.
Solomon Lincoln, Marshal for District of
Massachusetts.
Ebenezer Bacon, Collector of Customs,
Barnstable, Massachusetts.
Miles Seddon Watkins, Deputy Postmas
ter at Huntsville, Alabama.
Solomon Lincoln, to be Marshal of the
United Slates for the District of Massachu
setts, in the place of Jonas Sibley, whose
term of oflice expired on the third instant.
William Barrow, to be Marshal of the
United States for the District of Vermont, *
in place of Homan Lowny, whose term of
service has expired.
Ogden Hoffman, to be District Attornoy
of the Unite I States for the Southern Dis•
I trict of New York, in plaoo of B. F. Butler
reeigned
The Spy in Washington says: "Mr. Van
Buret, having announced his determination
to quit the house on the 20th Fob, uat y, the
President Elect caused an inquiry to be
made as to the state of the furniture.
What was his astomahment to find, that
there wore no beds, bed steads, or bedding
sufficient for his family; that the bed rooms,
with one or two exceptions, were dest:tuto
of the requisite articles of furniture. Oth.
er departments of house keeping are in a
similar dilapidated situation. Thus cir
cumstanced, Gen. Harrison requested Col.
Chambers to have purchased whatever fur
niture was necessary for the comfort of his
family, and if Congress would not pay for
it he (Gen. 11 )would."
COMMITTER OF ONE --A Boston paper
proposes that every man should constitute
himself a committee of one to examine into
his own conduct. It is thought that under
this arrangement each committee would
have enough business to transact to keep it
constantly and usefully employed.
STENOGRAPHY DONE I.lP. — An English
paper gives the following notice of an im
portant discovery which if true, would
seem to surpass that of Mr. Daguerro. It
is indeed, no less than a plan of rendering
the vibrations of sound permanently visi
ble!
A most ingenious and valuable discove
ry has just been made by Mr. Southworth,
ofCheetham street, Manchester, by means
of which an individual, [litho' unacquainted
with the art of writing, is enabled to take
down the speech even of the most rapid
speaker; and, what is yet more surprising
in such a way us to indicate the peculiar
emphasis with which it may he delivered.
As the inventor has not yet secured a pat
ent, all that we are at present enabled to
state is, that it bears some analogy to pho
togenic drawing. It is well known in the
latter case, that when a substance properly
prepared is presented to objects illuminated
by the rays of the sun, it receives a distinct
and faithful Impression of them, which is
afterwards rendered permanent by suitable
chemical agents. So also the present die
covery consists of a pieoo of mechanism, as
susceptible of the impression .of sounds as
the tympanum of the ear, which impression
remains permanent, and is as perfectly leg
ible as the clearest typography."
EDUCATION IN PENN9YLVANIA. — There
wore 282,410 pupils, in the different litera
ry institutions of Pennsylvania, during the
past year. Of this number, 1839 pupils
are in colleges and universities; 1930 in
female seminaries; 2465 in acadomiek;
21,969 in the public schools of Philadelphia,
and 254,908 in the common schools through
out the State. In the cause of elementary
education at least, it must be admitted that
the Keystone State is doing well.
PRUSSIA.--This kingdom, which is in
advance of all the rest of the world in its
means for the universal education of the
people, is adopting measures to ameliorate
the condition of the laboring classes. The
government has published en ordinance
prohibiting the employment of children un
der nine years of age in any manufactory or
workshop, nor aro they to be employed bo•
fore they are sixteen, unless they have been
regularly to school fur t h years, and um.
derstand their own language correctly, and
can write a good hand. Until they arrive
at the ago of sixteen, they are to labor only
ton hours in each day, not to commence,
earlier than five in the morning, and to end
as early as nine in the evening. Young
working people are to Wye half as hour
during the forenoon' and afternoon, and one
hour at noon for recreation--.and they aro
prohibited from all labor on 11(41(111)s and
the Sabbath. Severe penalties are annexed
to the violation of the law —PIO. Brand.
~...•wt. 'S.-
THE 'F.O.4E Tttarmn.—A young b ea.
gallant physician in Huntingdon Co. Indt.
ann, has brou!•ht in action against a beau.
tifol and ice:filthy wichw of that Eicetinn,
for a breach tit marriage and has laid tho
damages nt 8 . 2000 Widows phould not.
apurt pi h tender uti-ctioits%
PUB MOAN BANNER.
GETTYSBURG§ March 2H, 1841.
Pernocraiie 01.11(11(1We
FOR GOVERNOR,
OIIN BANKS ,
OF DERKS COUNTY.
The Election.
'he election of Middy resulted most favorably
ternocratic principles. Our Ticket, it will be
ived, prevailed entire; although the candi.
3 for Constable had to contend against a por•
of the Harrison party—Mr. Smith being upon
Federal ticket with a regular Loco foco. Our
ids who sustained their political principles,
Ist all other questions of a personal character,
conscious of having performed their duty
ifully.
nnexod is the result of last Friday's election
is Borough:—
Democrats. Federal:.
Samuel S. Forney, 176 I George Chritzman, 110
Isaracron.
David Swaney, 189 Goorgo Swope, 104
Henry Rupp,
Christian Stout, 152 Williano". Smith, 135
Jacob Kuhn, 156 Emanuel Ziegler, 123
JUSTICER.—Them we
of nn increase of Alagistr
UM M=2
Removal from Mice.
The opinion prevails to some exteqh that the
new Adminstration will not reward its steady, tri
ed friends, who have borne the heat of the battle
against the late administration, by removing the
present incumbents at Washington or elsewhere,
and placing in tLeir stead those to whose exertions
the change of rulers must be conceded. We are
not among those who believe that this course will
or should be pursued. It is true, that men ought
not to bo proscribed for opinion's sake—neither
should a faithful, efficient officer be supplanted for
gratification of any political revenge. But it can
not he possible, that the President, or those who
act in accordance with his creed, will by any pre
tence, premit mon,—a large tattYnity of whom
strove to the utmost to secure our defeat, and
contributed their quota to whatever scheme was
started to make capital and circulate it against us
—to retain their places, when hundreds of men
equally competent are ready and anxious to be
appointed—who for years have labored at great
sacrifices to bring about i‘a cbange"—and wbo
aro more needful of pecuniary assistance to sus
tain them in straitened circumstances, than are
they who aro loath to part with as fat office."—
Honorable men would scarce accept un office at
the hands of those against whom they have un
weariedly labored. Let the ..one term principle"
not bo forgotten—extend it to tho hundreds of
minor posts to be filled. Let our friends be re
warded for their untiring services; and when they
fail to apply, then reward an enemy, and feed the
hand that would have destroyed us.
Medical Department of Pennsylvania Co!.
lego in Philadelphia.
We hay. hitherto neglected to notice a pamph-
let, received some two weeks since, containing the
second annual announcement of lectures, with a
catalogue of the graduates of the Medical Depart
ment of Pennsylvania College. We aro pleased
to learn that this institution is now in a very
flourishing condition, and bids fair to stand unri
valled, at no very distant day, by any similar in
stitution in tho State. Notwithstanding it has
been in existence but two years, it had during the
session just closed, 108 students, of whom 43
were graduates.
at Among the names of the graduates vg, observe
that of Mr. JACOB BowMAc of this county.
Wo notice among the eppointments made by
Gen. Harrison, that of Waller Forward, Esq. to
be Attorney of the United States, for the Western
District of Pennsylvania; and that of W. M. Mer
edith, Esq. to be Attorney of the United States
for tho eastern district of Pennsylvania.
Extra Session.
It will be perceived by the Proclamation of Pre
sident Harrison, published in to-day's paper, that
an extra session of Congress will be held on the
31st day of May next.
United States Senate.
Tho United States Senate ended its Extra Ses
sion on Monday the 15th inst.,adiourning sine die
after pa.sing upon all the business which the Pre
sident desired to lay before them.
Public rumor and private letters, says the Na
tional Intelligenccr, having spread far and wide
the information of an unfortunate personal colli
sion which occurred in debate in the Senate, one
day last week, between Senator CLAY of Ken
tucky, and Senator KIND of Alabama, it gives
us pleasure to state that a reconcilliation of the
difference between these gentlemen, after recipro
cal explanation, through the intervention of Mr.
Parirrox, took place in presence of the Senate.
This termination of the dtfferance, putting an end
to a painful suspense, was received by Senators
with great eatification, and by the crowded galle
ries with irrepressible tokens of the sincerest sat
isfaction.
The Philadelphia ',Spirit of the Times," the
leading Loco Foco paper of that region, has a
very lung and vial{ Written article selling forth the
claims, and recommending pornmodora Charles
Stewart, ea a candidate for the Presidency,
STATE COMMITTEE.—Tbo State Committee
met and organized by the appointment of George
Flird, Jr. El-q. of Lancaster, as Chairman, and
Henry Montgomery, EN. of Harrisburg, as see
ry•
tive.4gAit or Tot: SENATC —John H. Ewing,
Egg . . wag rlectett Spe.,k,r of the Stop &mato' on
tinturday week lugt, in the plore of Charles P.
Pe, w, Es.i. rcrii;ned.
AssEseon
182 I Andrew Polly, 105
Co IN STA BLEB.
ro 106 votes cast in favor
aloe, and 169 against an
FROM HARRISBURG.
Correspondence of the Gettysburg Star and Banner
franrirsavau, March fa, 1841
Dear Sire—The House is transacting its busi
ness at present with a great deal of despatch. I
do not pretend to give you a minute account in
the way of a journal of all the mass of public and
private business done—but only to furnish you
with some account of the doings of the last few
days, which may be moat interesting to your rea
ders.
On Friday last, the House on the motion of Mr.
Bmysor took up in committee of the whole the
Bill to authorize the Contractors on the seventeen
abandoned sections on the Tunkhannock line of
the North Branch Canal, whose contracts were
illegally and unjustly declared abandoned by the
present board of Canal Commissioners at the
commencement of Porter's administration, to in
stitute suits against the commonwealth for dams.
gm After a very animated debate, the bill was
referred to the committee on the judiciary. This
morning Mr. Smy ger from that committee, report
ed the bill as committed with one amendment.
Yesterday a bill was passed declaring the streets,
roads and alleys in the town of Heidlersburg, in
Adams county, to be public, high ways, and was
sent to the Senate for concurrence.
On the same day the House took up Mr. Hinch
man's Bank bill, and passed it through committee
of the whole, with a variety of amendments. It
was ordered to be reprinted as amended and will
in all probability come up on second reading in a
day or two. Another . public bill entitled •'an act
to establish a uniform mode for the valuation of
property and assessment of taxes levied for State
purposes," was also passed through committee
with amendments.
This morning, among other bills, one authori
zing the Wardens of the English Episcopal
Church, in Huntington township, Adams county,
to sell certain real estate held by them in trust
and to Invest the proceeds anew, was passed and
sent to the Senate for concurrence.
A bill authorizing the Canal Commissioners to
examine the claim of Messrs. Royer and Schmuck
er for damages sustained by the construction of the
Pennsylvania canal, was passed on third reading
and sent to the Senate for concurrence. About
twenty other bills principally of a local nature
were passed yesterday and to-day. The House
have certainly within a few dayimanifested a se
rious determination to sot to work in earnest and
bring the business of the session to an early close.
I forgot to mention that on Saturday a bill re
quiring applicants for Tavern license to give three
weeks previous notice of such intended applica
tion, publishing in such notice, the certificate re
quired by law, with the names of the signers, and
Containing some other provisions to enforce more
effectually the obseriance of existing laws, was
after a fierce discussion, lost on third reading by
a majority of two. Yesterday a motion was Made
to re-consider this vote—this morning the House
agreed to re-consider, and the bill being again be
fore the House, passed by a majority of two, was
sent to the Senate, and passed by that body, so
that if it receives the Governor's signature, it will
be a law. When the bill was before the House
on Saturday on third reading, Mr. Smyser moved
to go into committee of the whole for the purpose
of striking out the second section of the Bill which
raises the price of Tavern license in certain cases.
Ile expresse&himself friendly to the general ob
jects of the bill and particularly to the first section
requiring the notice I have above mentioned to be
given; but expressed doubts as to the policy or
propriety of raising the license at this time. The
House refused to do so, and to this refusal is doubt
less to he ascribed the loss of the bill on that day.
Your county members divided on it. Mr. Pause
voting for and Mr Seuyser against it on the
grounds stated. When the bill was again up to
day, various attempts were again made to have it
modified, but ineffectually. The previous question
was called on the bill by Mr. Cortwright of Lu
zern° county, and sustained, and the bill passed on
final reading as above mentioned. On this occa
sion, every effort to modify the bill having been tri
ed and failed, both your members voted for the bill
on the final vote. It was understood on Saturday
that if the bill then failed, it would be re-consid
ered so as to come again before the House.
The Clerk of the Senate being introduced re
turned the bill from the House providing for the
settlement of the accounts of the disbursing of
on the Huntingdon breach by a joint committee
of both Houses, with amendments, not however,
materially changing the mode or the principle,
and giving them the right of appeal as in ether
cases.
This being a day for afternoon sessions, the
House then adjourned.
Manaranuna, March 17, 1841.
Dear Sir:—To day the House after a pro
tracted and able discussion for and against, passed
on second reading, by a vote of 46 to 43 the Bill
to enable the Contractors in the Tunkhannock
line of the North Branch Canal, whose Contracts
had been declared abandoned and relet by the
Porter Canal Conumissioners,to bring suit against
the Commonwealth for damages. It will be re
membered that seventeen sections on that lino
had been let under the administration orGov.
Ritner, to certain Contractors. As soon as the
new Canal CommissionLre under the intrusive
Governor David IL Porter, came into office, they
took upon themselves the power to declare said
Contracts null and void,drove the Contractors off,
and relet their Contracts to their own political
favorites. It is to enable them to recover dama
ges, if they can prove that they have been injured
and wronged, that this Bill is intended. It was
reported 'early in the session by Mr. Stuyser, and
is a most just and righteous Bill.
The whole of this day's session, was consumed
by the Loco focos, In debating and opposing a
resolution offered by Mr. Ltghincr Chairman of
tho investigating Committee, that said Commit.
too have leave to sit during the sessions of the
House. This met with the most violent and
determined opposition, on the pert of the friends
of the Administration. Such conduct was in
accordance with their uniform course ever since
the investigation was commenced, that of throw
ing every possible obstacle and obstruction in tho
way of its prosecution. If the disclosures already
made did not make it sufficiently plain, it would
be manifest from the fluttering on this occasion,
that there are bidden dpeda of darkness which
they are anxious by;all Means to prevent being
brought to light. It was distinctly stated by the
Chairman of the committee, as well as by Messrs.
Cox and Smyser, members of the committee, that
unless they had leave to sit during the sessions of
the House, there was no probability. that they
'would he able to bring their labors to a elm before
Respectfully, &c.
MAticu 18th.
the adjournment: This, however, is exactly what
the friends of the Canal Commissioners desire.--
A majority of the House, however, thought other
wise, and passed the resole 5252 to 42. Three
of the Locos, to their honeWAing for it. The
Committee of Investigation snail session daily in
the afternoon: and astounding are the dovelope
menu; made.
To-day, the House, after the morning business,
took up the Bank Bill on second reading: it was
discussed all forenoon until the hour of adjourn
ment, without a vota being taken. In the after
noon the House met again, and the question being
taken on the first section, it was lost 43 to 42.
A motion was then made to reconsider, which
was also lost by a majority of one. This was
owing to the accidental absence of some of the
frionds of the Bill. Mr. Smyscr at onco rose and
gave notice bf his intention to bring in another
Bill on the subject.
Tho frionda of the measure need not bo alarm
ed at this accidental result. A now and perhaps
a better Bill will bo introduced, and will eventual
ly pass. Your's &c.
APPOINTMENTS BY VIM PRESIDENT.
LAND OPFICEP.S.
Thomas Scott, Register, Chillicothe, Ohio, vice
James S. McGinnis, removed.
Ambrose Whitlock, Receiver, CrawfordsCille,
Indiana, vice Ezekiel McConnell, removed.
OFFICEES OF THE CUSTON9.-COLLECTOR4.
James Hunter, Savannah, Georgia, vice A. B.
Fannin, removed.
Joseph C. Noyes, Passamaquoddy, Maine, vice
Sullivan S. Rawson, removed.
John Al. Hale, Frenchman's Bay, Maine, vice
E. S. Jarvis, removed.
Charles J. Abbott, Penobscot, Maine, vice R.
If. Bridghain, removed.
William B. Smith, Machias, Maine, vice ‘Vm.
Brown. removed,
George Thatcher, Belfast, Maine, vice Nathan
iel M. Lownoy, removed.
Edward Curtis, New York, vice John J. Mor
gan, removed.
SUE VEYORS
Shilowith S. Whipple, Eastport, Maine, vice
Ezekiel Foster, removed.
Bazelleel Guthman, Portland, Maine, vice
Stephen W. Eaton, removed.
William Taggart, New York, vico Ely Moore,
removed.
NAVAL O?FICER•
Thomas Lord, New York, vice William 8.
Coe, removed,
By the President of the United States of
America.
A PROCLAMATION
WIIEREAS sundry important and weighty
matters, principally growing out of the con
dition of the revenue and finances of the
country, appear to me to call for the con
sideration of Congress at an earlier day
than its next annual session, and thus form
an extraordinary occasion, such as renders
necessary, in my Judgment, the convention
of the two Houses as soon as may be prac
ticable, I do, therefore, by this my Procla
mat ion,convene the two Houses of Congresq,
to meet in the Capitol at the city of Wash
ington, on the last Monday, being the thir.
ty -first day of May next. And I require
the respective Senators and Representatives
then and there to assemble, in order to re
ceive such information respecting the state
of the Union as may be given to thein, and
to devise and adopt such measures as the
good of the country may seem to them, in
the exercise of their wisdom and discretion,
to require.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the
seal of the United States to be hereunto
affixed, and signed the same with my hand.
Done at the city of Washington, this
seventeenth day of March,in the year
of our Lord, one thousand eight hun
[x. s.] dred and forty-one, and of the inde
pendence of the United States, the
sixty fifth.
By the President:
W. H. HARRISON.
DANIEL WEBSTER, Secretary of Slate.
STATE FINANCEB.-...Willitim B. Reed,
Esq. Chairman of the Committee on Finan
ces; made a report on Saturday last in the
Senate, in which we find the following:
ESSIBIATE OF RECEIPTS FOR 1841
Auction duties,
Collateral inheritanco tax,
Dividends on turnpiko,bridgo and nay.
!gallon stock, 37,000
Canal and railroad tolls, 555,000
State lax under Act 11th ofJuno,lB4o, 500,000
$1,489,000
The amount of intorest which will be
payable during the year ending Feb
ruary 1, 1842, will bo $1,660,000
To which must bo added, premium on
specie at 7 per cent., monied to be
a fair average, 116,200
$1,776,200
Deduct amount appropriated to inter.
eat fund, 1,489,000
Deficioncy at and of fiscal year,
To meet this deficiency, the cononittee
propose to add to the interest fund, the fol.
lowing revenue:
Tax on retailer? license, (estimated,) 380,000
Auction commissions,
Tax on write,
Tavern licensee,
Land Office fees,
This leaves a deficiency still of $54,700,
but the Committee think that the receipt
from taxes under the Act of 1840, even
with the present• very defective system of
assessment, will exceed the amount above
stated. From the best judgment they can
form, they are of opinion that the receipts
from that source during the year will be
$BOO,OOO, which would leave a surplus of
8245,300 to be applied to the sinking fund.
If a change be effected in the assessments
throughout ti.e State, the receipts may be
for the next year estimated at $1,000,000
giving a surplus of 8445,300.---Har.
A FATAL DUEL.-The Cincinnati Re.
publican states that a cluel was fought at i
Alton, 111., on the 4th inst., between Judge
Smith; of the Kiwis Supreme Court, and
Mr. McClernand, late Secretary of State of
Illinois. They fought with rifles, distance
fifty paces. Judge Smith was the challen
ger and was killed on the "pot. The Lou
itrrlle eontradicte the above.
THE CASE OF MCLEOD. - Mr. Critten
den, the Attorney General of the United
iStates, is on his way to Lockport, to attend
the trial of McLeod. General Scott ac
companies him, but with no distinct object
connected with the public service, as we
learn. It has been debuted whether McLeod
cannot be taken out of the custody of our
state courts, and handed over to the author
ities of the. federal government, now the
question has assumed a national character.
We think it can be done; but there are ma
ny who believe that no interference should
be permitted, and who have no apprehen
sion of violence or injustice being done to
McLeod— it being evident that the only
witness of his having been present at the
burning of the Caroline is himself; and he
is known to be a braggadocio,' and without
character for truth and veracity, his testi
mony will not be taken. McLeod is re
spectably- connected in New York, and
studied for the ministry, but was expelled
from want of moral character. , Ile then
studied medicine in Philadelphia, and wont
to India as surgeon of a merchant vessel;
and finally returned to Canada, his native
country, with his usual Munchausen yice
in full operation, and has got into this
scrape, and nearly got our country into a
scrape likewise. We hope, however, that
the whole affur may have an auspicious
termination, and it will have, if it is dis
creetly managed.—N. Y. 7 imes.
March lOth
THE MCLEOD AFFAIR AND TIIE WAR
exoun.--Letters from -Washington inform
us, that the difficulty with regard to Mc-
Leod still exists to some extent, but-that all
have confidence in the ability and address
of the Secretary of State, and that thus the
opinion is expressed in intellig ent quarters
that the lam will yet be adjusted, and
without the slightest departure from what
is due to the National honor. The New
York American also inculcates a similar
opinion, and says:
"Meantime, however, all possible pre
cautions to prevent the occurrence of any
untoward events on the frontier, are taking
by the•Adtninistration.
Major General Scott, not less distinguish
ed as a- pacificator, than, at need, as a
dashing soldier,arrived herein& night from
Washington, on his way to the Niagara
frontier, to take all proper measures to re•
press, or repel, any partizrn outbreaks that
might arise in the course, and by reason, of
McLeod's trial at Lockport.
The trial is noticed, we believe for this
day week, not this day, as has heretofore
been stated; and we here it rumored from
Washington, and we believe truly, that the
Attorney General of the United Ststes,Mr.
Crittenden, will be present at Lockport, on
behalfof the United States, to take such
steps as the case may warrant."
COWARDLY.—The schooner Margaret
Ann, Gates master, the 22d ult. bound to
St. John, sprung a leak, and run for Parrs.
boro.' When within two or three miles of
the shere,,near Cape d'Or, she became wa•
ter logged, and fell over on her beam ends.
Two men jumped into the boat and pulled
off, leaving four males and a female behind,
and althongh entreated to return to the ves
sel, they persisted in pulling for the shore,
whichlhey reached in such an exhausted
state that one of them died about half an
hour after, the other (Nelson Dodge) recow
ered.• It is suppoeed that those that remain
ed on board the vessel must have perished.
—Halifax Recorder.
TILE PATENT OFFICE.-A meeting of
persons from eight different States was held
in New York on Monday night,in reference
to tho management of the patent office at
Washington. It is said that much dissat
isfaction is expressed by inventors, on ac•
count of their inventions being kept back,
and that others, equally useful and impor-
tant, after being duly patented at Washing
ton, have, through ofFicial mismanagement
or neglect, been pirated to England. The
object of the meeting was probably to have
this matter investigated.
How tho Van Burenites do hate the
Banks! It appears that the interest of Col.
R. M. Johnson procured the Franklin Bank
of Baltimore to be one of the Deposite or
Pet Banks. The Bank loaned him $5OOO,
and now he refuses to pay it, since the bank
has exploded. Gov. Shannon was charged
last fall with borrowing $3OOO Irom the
Menhatten Bank; he denied it. Since that
Bank was closed by the Bank Commission
ers, they find and report among its assets
a note of Gov. Shannon for $3OOO.
$73,000
24,000
A STARTLING FACT.-1n the course of
some remarks made in tho Senate a few
days since by Mr. Williams, ho mentioned
that the repairs for certain branches of the
State Improvements bad cost about $000,•
000; while only $lOO,OOO had been receiv
ed for tolls. The original cost of the works
alluded to, was $5,000,000. This speaks
trumpet tongued as to the profligacy and
bad management which have, in some in-
stances, characterized our public works.
No wonder our State Debt has attained the
enormous amount of $40,000,000.
$287,200
23,500
35,000
55,000
39,000
$232,500
THE NEW BRIE. , IBIVICR MITADEII.—We
are informed from the beet authority, that
one day last week, the .vife of the unfortu•
nate man Robinson, made application to hip
keeper, to permit her to carry to him a can
filled with soup, which was assented to, on
condition that she should drink a part there
of, in order to test the fact as to any dele
terious drug being mixed therein for the
purpose of self destruction. The wife hav
ing consented to drink a certain portion,
took the vessel, and raised it to her mouth,
and as she proceeded to drink, a sound was
heard wich induced the keeper to suppose
all was not right, and he took the can and
emptied the remainder of its contents, and
therein found a razor, which on being die
covered, was shown to the wife, who wee
spontaneously accused of the intent to sup
ply the wretched man with the means of
self•destructien, which she did not actually
deny, but by her taciturnity rather implied
her intent. We are at a Ines to conjecture
the motives that actuated this woman, ADVERTISEMENTS.
whether they were to save the feelings of
her husband from a conviction and its penal
ty, or from a more sordid one, that of sa
ving herself from a share in his ignominy.
It may or may not be that this was the in
tended and required instrument to add the
crime of self destruction to that of murder;
but certain it is that what has transpired
seems to throw a darker shade over this
unfortunate man's case.—New Brunswick
7'imea.
It is stated that the Harrisburg and Lan
caster Rail Road Company huve issued
twenty thousand dollars worth of small
notes.
ORIGIN OF EVERY DISEASE, AND TILE
MEANS OF CURE. -7-ID the year 179!, Lo
Roy clearly demonstrated that every disease
originated from impure or undigested par
ticles becoming mixed with the blood and
fluids. And also, that to cure every dis
ease, it was only requisite to open the nat
ural outlets of the body, and allow them to
remain open, by which means the blood and
other fluids would release themselves from
these undigested and impure particles, and
a state of health would be certain to ensue.
The Royal Institute of France awarded
.to him for this discovery, the Gold Medal
of the Institute.
This is a historical fact.
All which the Bram?red: Vegetable Uni
versal Pills profess to do 14, to carry out
this principal, and experience has fully es
tablished them capable of it. When, there
fore, a bad state of health exists in the - body,
all t hat has to bo done is to continuo to runoo
it effectually with them and the more viru
lent the disclose, tbo more powerful must bo
the dose.
The Brandreth Pills are made entirely of
Vegetable Extracts, known by long experi
ence to be perfectly innocent, and yet of
more power as a purgative, or cleanser of
the alimentary canal, than any other medi
cine. Their effect on the system is so easy
that it is a remakable fact that the same dose
may be given to an infant or adult, without
the possibility ofdoing any injury—but on the
contrary good. Therefore, in costiveness
either habitual or otherwise, and in Bilious
Fevers; and bilious affections they aye of the
greatest possible benefit.
Purchase them in Gettysburg of Thos. J.
Cooper, distributing agent; of Jno. M. Ste
venson, or only in the county of Agents
published in another part , of this paper.
lIYMENIAL REGISTEIR.
MARRIED D .
On tho 14th of March, by the Rev. S. GuteHun,
Mr. Levi Rahn, to Miss Lighiner, both of
this county.
On Thursday last, by the same, Mr. Solomon
Myers, to Miss Sarah' Tale, both of this place.
On the quo° day, by the same, Mr. Peter Stall.
smith, to Miss Anna Slugenhop, both of this place.
On the 11th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Sechler, Mr.
Jacob Grove, of Hanover, to Miss Louisa Shriner,
daughter of Mr. Henry Shriver, of Littlestown.
OBITUARY IL ECORD.
DIED.
On the 16th inst. Mr. John Adam Mayer, of
Berwick township, in the 62J year of his ago.
On the 18th inet. Mr. Samuel Neely, of Hun.
tington township, in the 68th year of his ago.
LITERARY CONTEST.
THE Literary Societies of Pennsylvania
College will hold their annual content
in Christ's Church, on the Evening of the
13th April next. Essays will be read, Ora
tions delivered, and the following question
discussed, by members ot the Suctetie.:
"Is the permanency of our government
endangered by the practice of State Legis.
latures,:n claiming and exercising the right.
of instructing their Representatives in the
Senate of the United States?"
ta"The exercises will ho accompanied
with appropriate Music by the "Mozart So
ciety of Gett) sburg."
Ir__•The Ladies and Gentlemen of Get
tysburg, and the friends of Literature in
general are respectfully invited to attend.
W. M'MILLAN,
J. D. W. MOORE,
A. HEIGHT,
L. L. KNIGHT,
W M PAXTON,
W. A. RENSHAW,
Joint Committee of the Philomathmn and
Phrenakososian Societies.
Pennsylvania College,
March 23, 1841. tc-52
Estate of JOHN TAUGHINBAUGH,
an habitual Drunkard—ln the . Court of
Common Pleas of Adams County.
Inv HEREAS,•Robert King and Gar
rett Brinkerhoff, Committee of said
Taughinbough, 'have filed in the office of
the Prothonotary of the said Court, their
account of • tho said Estate.—NOTlCE
LS' HEREBY GIVEN to all persons in
terested in the said estate that the same
will be presented for confirmation and al•
lowance at a Court of Common Pleas, at
Gettysburg, on Monday the 26th day of I
.Bprsl, A. D. 1841.
A MOS M A GINLY, Proth'y.
Prothonotary's Of - flea, "?.
March 23, 1841: S tc-62
NOTICE.
Estate of SAMUEL NEELY, deceated.
ERS of Administration on the Es
tate of SAMUEL NEELY, of Hun
tington Township, Adams county,deceased,
having been granted to the subscriber living
near Petersburg, (York Springs,) he hereby
requests all persons indebted to said deceas
ed to make immediate payment of their re
spective accounts, and all persons having
claims or demands against said Estate to
present them properly authenticated for
settlement.
JAMES U. NEELY, Attar.'
March 23, 1041. 4h*-02
Jurors for the Special Court
Moanljny—James Mcllh.ny, J my. Fink
Hattaitonbati---Jocobly. Christian Mug
admen. William Wilson of D., Alox'r McGaug
by, Israel Irvine, George Irvine, Tlintros. Orr,
Miehael Herrin r.
Tyrone—William Yetis, Jese Kline.
German y—Dan'l Crouse, Epli'm•Scv, pe.
Cumberland—Hubert Cobepn, Robert McCur
dy.
Conowagn—George -Baiore t Jam soetet•
Menallen—Henry Kuser. John Hall.
Freedom—Sam'l Harper, Satn'l Rhedes.
Liberty— Maxwell Shields, Henry McDirit,,
Henry Welty.
Straban— William Wills, Robert Majors.
Franklin—Peter Mickley, Jr.
Hamilton—Daniel Bender, Robert M. Hutch
inson.
Reading—David Wine'', Wm. Jones.
Geltysburg—John P. Macfarlane.
Latirnore—John Wolfonl.
/Wynn/pier/sant—Christian Hoesls:.
liertaielt—John L. Noel. •
RHEUMATISM, entirely cured by the
use of Dr. O. P. HA RLICH S COM.
POUND S TRENGTHENING & GER•
MAN APERIENT PILLS.
Mr. SoLomorr WILSON, of Chester coun
ty, Pa., afflicted for ' two years with the
above distressing disease, of which he had
to use his crutches for 18 months, his symp
toms were excruciating pair. in all his joints,
especially ►n his hip, shoulder and uncles,
pain increasing always towards evening, at
tended with heat. Mr. WILSON was at one
time not able to move his limbs on ►account
of the, pain being so great; he being ndvi•
sed by a friend of his to procure Dr. , Her
lich's Pills, for which ho sent to the Agent
in West Chester and procured some; on
using the medicine the third day the pain
disappeared,and his strength increased fast,
and in three weeks ‘Vas ale to atter4 to his
business, which he had not done for 18
months; for the benefit of others afflicted,
ho wishes these lines published, that they
may be relieved, and again enjoy the plea
sures of •a healthy lifo. Principal office,
No. 19 North Eighth street Philadelphia.
For Sale. in. Gettysburg, at the Drug
Store of
S. S. FORNEY, Agent.
March 23, 1841. 3t-52
TEMPERANCE. -
A Special mooting of the 'York Springs
rla- Total Abstinence Society,' will be held
in the Petersburg Academy, on Tuesday
evening the 30th inst., at 7 o'clock, P. M.
07 - Addresses may be expected.
H. A. PICKING, i'S'eery.
March 23, 1841. tin-52
*so w It D 1
STOP THE ENNAWLi.T.
ON Tuesday the 2d inst., a man about 5
feet 8 inches high, wearing a blue
frock coat, and gray over coat, nearly'new,
came to the Livery Stable of the subscriber
and hired a mare, for the purpose, as he
stated, of going to Petersburg, (Y. S.) Ad
ams county,promising to return on the same
evening or next morning; and as he has not
yet returned, it is believed that "lie has ab-.
condod with the mare. The mare is a very
dark CIIESTNIT SORREL, thinly built, about
11 years old this spring; the saddle is cov
ered with drab fustian and buffalo skin; the
bridle is a double reined snaffle bit, with a
iversted hand hold and martingale. There
is 'a scar forming a ring around the right
hind leg above the knee of the mare, by
which she may easily be known. Nn oth
er marks recollected. •
The above reward will be given for the
recovery of the runaway and num, ar_trt
dollars for the mare alone, and twenty dol
lars for the runaway.
N. WEAVER.
Gettysburg, March 9, 1841. 3E-60
NOTICE.
William Ring) AIIORTGOGIE.
to ' - Upon petition of the Own.
John Brien."ere of the premises upon
which this mortgage 'was given setting
forth the full sat isfiiciion and payment there
of.LOn motion in open Court—the' Court
grant a Rule upon all the parties. interested
their heirs and legal Representatives to ap
pear at the next Court of Common Pleas; to
be held in and for the county of Adams, on
Monday the 26th day of April next,la an
swer said petition and show cause if any
exist, why satisfaction should not ha entered
upon this Mortgage. Notice to . be - inserted .
in one newspaper in Adams county for lour
weeks successively.
G. %V. 51'CLEL LAN, Shery:
March 9, 1841. 4t-50
otie e is' Given
TO ALL WEIOSI IT MAY CONCERN, THAT
A SPECIAL ADJOURNED COURT
C 0741140 N PILE
WILL be holden at the Court House,
in the Borough of G^ttyshurg, on
1114onday the 19th day of April next, (being
the third Monday in said month;) at. 10
o'clock,,A. M.. to try the suits, which have
been removed from the Court of Cominort
Pleas of York county to the Court of Com.
mon Pleas of Adams county.
G. %V. M'CLELLAN, Sheriff.
March 9, 1841. tc-50
DENTAL SURGERY.
addition to the MEDICAL PRACTICE,
Dr. D. GILBERT is prepared to invert
MINERAL TEETH, Oi the best quality, aid
to Perform all other (Terminus for the pre
sezvatioo and heatuy of the teeth: AU
operations warranted? •
Gettysburg. Marcit 31, 1840.