RESAT `IRIS IN . NEW YORK.
the i'buint district" of the great fire in
s.* York; bas again been the scene of ,a
„ileifructive confingration. We copy the
following account from The New York Jour
nal of Commerce of Saturday:
Dcsvaocrivx - Fran.—After a long peri
od of almost total exemption from fires,our
city visited last night with one which
occasioned a heavy loss of property.
Soon eller - midnight, the four story store
No. 146 Pearl street, East side, fourth
building South of Wall street, was discov
ered to be on fire, and in a few minutes the
flames burst furiously from the roof and
rear, where was a small open area, which
gave them access to the stores No. 114
and 112 Water street, both which, as well
as that in which the fire originated, were
entirely destroyed, with most of their con
'Pate. • Also the stores No. 148 and 144
Pearl street, next adjoining 146; the wind
being moderate from the North East.
Total, five stores, viz. three on Pearl street
and two'on Water. All of them were four
or five stories high.
N 0.148 belonged to the estate of Zech
arlah Lewis, and was occupied on the first
floor by Henri. Richarde,Bassett & A burn,
as a dry goods store, end in the upper part
by Samuel Cochran, as a lace store.
N 0.146 Pearl street wee occupied be
low by H. 0. Howard, as a dry goods
store. The upper part was unoccupied.
No. 144 • Pearl street was occupied in
the upper part by Adahead &c. dry goods
importers, in the lower part by N. %V. San•
tirrd, a shoe dealer.
Nri. 142 Pearl street, was occupied in
the lower part by J. st. W. Kelly, dry
goods dealers, and in the upper part by
Pierpont Phillips, clothier. The building
extending through to W a ter street, being
eubstantially erected, presented a tormida•
ble barrier to rho raging element, which
enabled the firemen to stay the progress of
the fire without much damage to the build
ing., The contents of the building were
considerably damaged by water.
The contents of No. 140 Pearl street,
occupied in the lower part by W. F. &S.
Waring, dry goods dealers, and in the up
per part by Oakes!. & Robinson, were par
tially damaged by water.
The contents of No. 150 Pearl street,
occupied in the lower part by Booth & Tut
tle. dry goods dealers, were considerably
,damaged by water.
The fire , communicated to the rear of the
five story brick building No. 112 Water
street, owned by E.. Coles and occupied by
Wm. Rust, as , a drug store. and by S. Du.
rand & Co. who had an office in the second
story; b•>t{ldtog and most of its antents en
tirely destroyed. The four story :brick
building, No. 114 Water street, occupied
by Rutus Chase & Co. in the lower part,
and Foster & Easton, in tho upper part.
Mr. Cochran's loss is estimated at
abOut $60,000, said to be insured. Rich
ard's Bassett and Aburn's loss estimated at
about 40,000 dollars—insured. William
Rust's loss about 85,000, insured 83,000;
S. Durand& Co'elose in notes and valua
ble papers, is estimated from 815,000 to
s2o,ooo—no insurance; the loss• on the
buildings about (820,000. We have not
heard any estimate made of the other los•
The battle was admirably well fought,
but the fire had made such progress before
it was discovered, that nothing but the
thorough manner in which the stores were
built, in addition to , the efforts of Abe fire
men, prevented an extensive conflagration.
We need not inform our city readers, that
the ground were this fire occurred, was
burnt over by .the memorable conflagration
of 11335; which was taken as a sufficient
hint to build in future with some little re
gard to safety. Consequently, the main
walls dell the stores burnt, are still stand-
P. S. The fire this morning was even
more destructive than we represented it to
be. The total loss of properly is probably
not far from $350,000; of which about
8275,000 is covered by insurance, distrib
uted, more or less, among nearly all the in.
nuance Offices in this city, and some in
other States.
HEAVY DANAGINIL—Some time last year
we published a letter from Montreal announ
clog the elopement , of Mrs. Harris, wife of
Captain Harrill, 24th regiment, with E. D.
David, osq. of Montreal, Winter, and ma
jor in the Montreal cavalry. On the 6th
inst. the action commenced by Captam
Harris against Mr. David was tried in Mon
treal, and resulted in a verdict of THIRTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS damages.—N.
Y. Cent. Adv.
Tim Taeoene . OT TUEI 17ru AT ST.
Louie.—We learn from the St. Louis Re
publican on the let inst. that the perpe
trators of , the horrible attroeitiel in that
city, on the night of the 17th ult, involving
tPirglary, murder and arson, are believed
to 'have Ewen discovered. A negro man
'tarried Ennis, has given information which
he appears to have obtained without having
partlcipated to the crimes, of the real actors
who are stated to have been a slave named
Madison, belonging to a gentleman of New
Orleans, and three dark - mulattoes named
James _Seward, and Warrick, a
barber; the first lauds , from Cincionatioind
`the second formerly of New York, but last
ream New Albany, la. Warrick had been
for some time an inhabitant of St. Louis.
According to the information of Ennis,;ho
is in clurody. end who alleges to have obtain.
ed hisinformation from the stave Nadison,at
their new boarding house on the %might
of the . l7th, a ft er , the deed was done, it did
oat appear that the scheme had been long
cononeted.ar that their plan of operations
Was well matured. .
' It Spellers that these four desperadoes
saint eti , -Ike night in question, to the coon
iirqr Wig* :of Pend; and finding the
rtiftt enlmllted tlementered, and found Mi.
Aker thet it, eested,swith his , boots on,
ytititlinjr a petal. ••fitut they quickly diti
titititheds tint lung in trait for the arrival
or Mk Walvtft the ltlT4rk. tbsy,kll
ltd him also immediately on his entrance
into the building. This bloody work was
accomplished, they then made an effort to
open the vault; and being , unsuccessful in
this, they set fire to the building in five sev.
erslplaces, and left it. such is the sub.
stance of Ennis' statement, as received
from the slave Madison. The pertains im
plicated have left St. Louis; but officers
have been despatched in all directions, to
overtake and secure them, and the hope is
that they will ho apprehended, and made to
answer to the law, for these horrible awe.
cities charged against them.
SPLRNDID ERUPTION OP A VOLCANO.—
We are indebted (says the Newark Daily
Advertiser) to an officer of the Exploring
Expedition for files of the Polynesian, a
useful little paper published at the Sand
wich Islands, and transfer the following ex
tract from a full account of the last volca
nic eruption, which was briefly referred to
by our correspondent in a late letter, as
having been witnessed by the officers of
the squadron.
"Several days before the eruptlon,smoke
was seen by the natives rising from tho di
rection where the lava afterwardlurst out,
but it was attibutod to brush on Fire. At
2 o'clock on Sunday, the last day of May, a
bright light was seen from Hilo toward the
south, which spread with great rapidity,and
increased to such an intensity that it was
immediately attributed to the volcanic erup
tion. This the reports of the natives soon
confirmed. It was judged to be thirty
miles distant, and at night such was the
brilliancy of the light that the finest print
could be retie at that distance. This noon.
tide brightness, converting night into day,
continued for two weeks, and is represent
ed by eye-witness to have been a spectacle
of unsurpassed sublimity. It was like the
:.;-low of a firmament on fire, and was seen
for upwards of a hundred miles at sea. It
also rose and spread itself above the lofty
moubtain peaks, so as to be distinctly visi
ble on the leeward side of the island, where
the wind drove the smoke in dense and
massy clouds.
"The lava continued flowing toward the
sea, which it reached on. Thursday, four
days from its first egress. At times it
would rush forward with a-velocity of four
to five miles per hour,- hut for a short dis
tance only, then become very sluggish,and
move heavily and slowly on. Its general
movement. was in immense semi-circular
masses, owing to its great consistency.
These would roll on, gradually accumula
ting, until the mass had become too heavy
to hold itself together, while the exterior
was .partially cooled and solidified; then
burstmg, the liquid interior flowing out
wouldjoin a new stream, and thus aid in
formirg another. By these accelerated
progressive movements, the wave like rid.
ges were formed, which are every where
observable on the older currents. At times,
it forced its way under the circumjacent
soil, presenting the singular appearance of
earthly rocks and trees in motion like the
swell atilt) ocean. Mi. C. was standing
near the stream and watching his progress,
when the land beneath him began to rise,
and to a few minutes he was ten feet above
his companions, who were but a short
distance from him. He had barely time
to leave this dangerous situation when the
earth opened and lava gushed out. The
color ofthe whole stream was of the deepest
crimson. Oa the windward side its heat
was not powerful but that persons could ap
proach and plunge sticks into the firey mass
and draw forth specimens. So great was
its viscidity, that large rocks were seen
floating down the water like cork upon the
water. In one night the stream spread
from a few rods to half a tnile in width.
"The spectacle, when this burning mass
reached the sea, must have been awful and
sublime in the highest degree. The con
flict between the two antagonist powere,fire
and water. was on a scale which the eye of
man but seldom witnesses. The heavens
were lit up in one intense glare, while
streams of fire, like lightning, glanced
about in every direction. Ashes and sand
were thrown to a great height in the air,
and descended for miles distant in showers
of fiery spray. Volumes of smoke and
stream rolled heavily up,rendering the lurid
glare still more powerful, while the heavy
'detonations and loud reports of exploding
gases and the roar of ' the conflicting ele
ments were distinctly heard twenty-five
miles off, like discharges of artillery.
, •W ith such rapidity and to such a degree
was the water heated, that the following
day (June sth) the fish floated, when dead,
as far as Kean, fifteen miles distant, where
the water wa. hot to the touch."
A RULE THAT WORKS BOTH %VARS..-
Governor' Porter vetoes the bills that pass
the Legislature, because he thinks the Leg.
'filature does not represent the people. Now
the people will veto him next tall, because
they know that the convention by which
he was passed' did not .represent them.
Wont that be turn about and fair play too?
If David dont like that rule of his to work
both waya,why he has furnished us with an•
other. •.The Governor by the use that he has
made ofihe
. pardoning power, has - plainly
given the people to understand that he will
not permit any of his friends to be tried,
now if he is kind enough to excuse his
friends from being tried once, • would it not
be ungrateful to them to insist upon trying
him twice, especially as he has been already
once convicted? The. Constitution says
that no man shall be put twice in jeopardy
for the same offence.--Doyiestown
Foes Nsw STATcs. —During the next
Congress, the Territories of lowa, Wiscon
sin, and the two Floridas, will probably ask
for admission to the American Union.
Antidote to Poison.—lt is said the dead.
Neat poison may be counteracted, by simply
mixing two ounces of magnesia in a quart
Of water, or the same' quantity of common
whitening, and forcing it into the stomach
by the 'readiest means at hand -..the stomach
pump being the bell.
R E .4* V* lg 111,t1G.L.
An Act to provide revenue to meet the
demands on the Treasury, and for other
purposes.
Seurrori 1. Belt enacted by the Sen
ate and !louse of Ropresentativra of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same: That the Gov
ernor be and he is hereby authorized tone
gentile a loan, for the payment of which
the faith of this Commonwealth is hereby
pledged, bearing an interest of five per cent
per annum, payable half yearly on the first
days of January and July, to be redeemed
at the end of five years from the passage of
this act, or earlier, at the pleasure of the
legislature, to en amount not exceeding in
the whole $3,100,000, to be negotiated and
disposed of as hereinafter particularly pro
vided, and to be transferred to the books of
the Auditor General's office, as the other
public stocks of the Commonwealth are now
by law traosferrable in, • certificates of not
less amount than one hundred dollars.
SEC. 2. That the several Banks of this
Commonwealth, except those hereafter ex
cepted, when ever called upon by the Gov
ernor, shall be authorized to subscribe
to, the stock hereby created, and on paying
into the State Treasury, the amount of
their respective subscriptions, in notes to be
by them respectfully issued of the denom
inations ofone, two, arid five dollars, one
fourth of which only shall be of the denom
ination of five dollars, to be signed by an
officer or officers, or clerk or clerks of the
bank to be designated by the board of di
rectors, they shall receive a credit - on the
books of the Auditor General to an equal
amount in cOnformity to the provisions of
the first section of this act; and the notes
aforesaid shall be payable whenever pre
sented at the counters, of the respective
Banks which issued them, to the amount of
not less than one hundred dollars, as here
innfter provided.
SEC. 3. Whenever the holder of said
notes to an amount of one hundred dollars,
or upwards, shall present the same at the '
Bank from which they were issud, he shall
be entitled to demand and receive an order
on the Auditor General entitling him to re
ceive a cwtificate of an equal amount of the
stock hereby created for the redemption
thereof; and it shall be the duty ofsuch bank
forthwith to cancel the said notes, when so
redeemed, and to mark the sante cancelled,
and the cashier of such Bank shall forthwith
furnish the Auditor General with the notes
so redeemed, cancelled and marked, and it
shall be the duty of the Auditor General to
destroy the same, and so to keep at, account
of said stock, dr the notes thereon issued and
destroyed, as well as of the stocks deposited
as hereinafter provided, as may enable the
said department, at any time, to give a de
tailed statement of the amount of such notes
remaining in circulation, of each bank re
spectively; & if any bank shall refuse to re
deem the same in such stock when demand
ed, upon the same being proved to the satis
faction of the governer, it shall be hie duty
on 10 days notice to said bank, to issue a pro.
clamation,declaring the charter of such bank
forfeited; and every director, president eash 7
ter, or clerk, who shall knowinglY, have
issued, or circulated, or consented to such
issuing, or circulation of a greater amount
of notes authorized by this . act than the
bank possesses of the stock created by this
act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean
or, and on conviction in any court of com
petent jurisdiction, be subjected to a fine
of not less than five hundred dollars, and
not more than two thousand dollars, at the
discretion of the court, and be liable for
the redemption of the notes so issued in'
their individual capacities, and an action
of debt may in such cases be brought a
gainst them, or any. of them, or their, or
any of their executors or administrators in
any court of competent jurisdiction, by any
pinion or persons holding the notes so is
sued, and may be prosecuted to judgment
and execution, any condition, covenant. or
agreement to the contrary notwithstanding-
SEC. 4. That alter the issuing of the
said notes and until the same shall be re
deemed and funded in stock as aforesaid
the said banks shall respectively be enti
tied to receive from the Commonwealth
interest at the rate of 1 per cent peiannum,
payable half yearly on the amount of stock
subscribed by such banks on the books of
the Auditor General.
Sac. 5. That upon the redemption of
any of the said notes by the . bank which
may have issued the same, and the transfer
of the stock as herein before provided,such
bank shall assume the payment of the inter
est on the stock so transferred, at the rate
of fiv9 per cent. per anum, as the same shall
become due and payable. And upon such
assumption and payment of the interest, by
any bank, such bank shall be released froth
the payment of the tax on dividends, as now
required by law; and if the,amount of inter
est, which may at any time be paid on such
stock by any bank, shall exceed the amount
of the tax ou dividends to which such bank
may. be liable, in such case, upon a certifi
cate thereof, from the President of such
bank, vert;fied by his oath or affirmation
of the fact being furnished to the Stele
Treasurer, it shall be his duty to repay AO •
bank, the excess so ettid eut,of,the ofireeeinlf
of the revenue hereafter specifically apprO - •
printed for that purpose. And in cape
interest which may be , so . p.iii4,by any bank •
on such steek, 8411 at any
..ti(ne be lees in
amount than the tax on dividends to which
such bank may be b liable; such bank shalt
pay into the Treasury, all such excess of
t h e tax on- dividends, beyond the aini3rint
of interest on thestock, which such bank
may have previously paid: Provided, That
nothing in this act contained, shall be con
strued to exempt any bank from the pay
of the tax on dividends previously to such'
notes'being redeemed and funded ;. and it
'shall be the duty of the Auditor Gener9l : orr
issuing the certificates of stock in redemp
tion bfthe notes so presented, to mark on ,
each certificate SG to be issued, the name
of the bank for the redemption of whose"
notes the same shall be issued.
Sze. 0. That Onfailure of said banks to
pay such interest on' demand,at the time
fixed by laW, it shall be the duty 'of the
State Treasurer, on application to him for
that purpose, to pay and discluirge the
same, and on such demand, and fililme
being proved, is shall be the duty of the
Governor, on ten days notice to said bank,
the said interest remaining unpaid, to issue
his proclamation, declaring the charter of
such bank forfeited.
She. 7. No bank shall be allowed to sub
scribe for a larger amount or the loan au•
thorized by the first section ofihis act, nor
shall any bank of this Commonwealth
(whether such bank is liable to the payment
of a tax on their dividend, or is exempt
from such - payment) kip - ill larger amount
of notes authorized by any portion of this
act, than as follows:
All banks whose capital stock actually
paid in does not exceed $300,000, twenty
five per cent. on their capital thus actually
paid in.
Banks whose capital stock paid in exceeds
$lOO,OOO, and does not exceed $700,000,
twenty-five per cent. on their capital thus
paid in.
Banks whose capital exceeds $700,000,
and does not excead $2,500,000, seventeen
and a hall per cent. on their capital thus
paid in.
Banks whose capital exceeds $2,500,000
eight per cent. on their capital thus paid in.
Sec. 8. All notes which may be issued
under the provisions of this act, shall be
receivable for debts due this Commonwealth
and may be re-issued, from the Treasury
and from the banks which originally issued
them, and each blank which originally
issued the same, and each bank which
originally issued any of the said notes shall
receive the same in payment of debts due
to it, and on depusite payable in like cur
rency; and the respective banks of this
Commonwealth may receive and issue any
of the notes created by this act: Provided,
That nothing in this section shall effect any
special contracts for the payment of de
posits.
SEC. 9. That in lieu of the taxes impos
ed by the act of the 11th June, 1840, on
persons, trades, occupations and professions,
there shall be annually assessed and col
lected on such persons, trades, occupations
and professions, a tax of one per centum on
every dollar of the value thereof above two
hundred dollars. And in lieu of the taxes
imposed by said act upon salaries and emo
luments of office, created or held under the
laws of this commonwealth, there shall be
annually assessed and collected upon all
salaries and emoluments of office, created
or held by or tinder the Constitution or
laws of this Commonwealth, and by or un
der any incorporation, institution or com
pany, incorporated by the said Common
wealth, where such salaries or emoluinents
exceed two hundred dollars, a tax , of two
per cent. on every dollar of the value there
of, above two hundred dollars; which said
taxes shall bo assessed, collected and ac
counted for in the manner and for the pur
poses stated and provided in said act of
the eleventh of June, 1840: Provided,
That when the salary is paid to any officer
pi this Commonwealth, directly by the
State Treasurer, he shall retain out of said
salary the amount of the tax imposed by
this act. I
Ste. 10. That from and alter the pas.
sage of this act the several provisions now
in force of the act of the 4th of March,
1824, entitled 'a supplement to the act en
titled an act laying a duty on the retailers
of foreign merchandise' and the several pro
visions of the act of the '7th of April, 1880,
entitled 'an act graduating the duties upon
wholesale dealers and retailers of merchan
dise, and prescribing the mode of issuing
licenses and collecting duties,' except so
much there alas may be hereby altered or
supplied, shall be and the same are hereby
extended and applied to all persons engaged
in the selling or vending of goods, wares,
merchandize, commodities or effects, of
whatsoever kind or nature, and all such
sellers or venders shall be classed and • re•
quired to pay annually, for the use of the
Commonwealth, for their respective licen
ses as follows, viz :
Those who are esteemed and taken to
make and effect annual sales to the amount
of $300,000, and upwards, shall constitute
the first class and pay $2OO ;
Those to the amount of $200,000, and
less than 8300,000, the second class, and
pay $151;
Those to the amount of $lOO 000 and
less than $200,000, the third class, and pay
$100;
Those to the amount of 85,000 dollars
and less than $lOO,OOO, the fourth clue, and
pay 60 dollars;
Those to the amount of 75,000 dollars,
and leas than 85,000 dollars, the fifth class
and pay 80 dollars;
Those to the amount of 60,000 dollars.
and less than 75,000 dollar., the sixth
class, and pay 50 dollarq;
Those to the amount of . 50,000 dollars,
and less than 60,000 dollars, the seventh
class, and pay 40 dollars;
Those to the amount 0f40,000 dollars,
and less than 50,000, dollars,the oighth
class, and pay 80 dollars;
. ..Those to the amount of 30,600' dollars,
And less liter, 40,00041olktrai the ninth chub
pay,a &Ilan% • ~ . ; ..1
, T,hosat: to the. ramouiit !of 20,000 dolla
.and: lees 't halt 30,600 dollers, • the tentli
claae, sad pay,2o dollars;
Tbose to the amount of 16,000 dollars,
and less than 20,000 dollars, the . eleventh
class, and pay 15 dollars;'
Those to the amount of 10,000 dollarl
and lessilm. 15,0011-4ellareethe (we'll
class, and pay 12 dPiltitmdt.4o cents;
Those to the anutUnt.ol.sAoQ,
and less than 10,000', tite-thirteenth class
and pay ten' dollars; ': ' '
And those to an amount fes.s.then 5,000
the fourteenth class, and pay 7 dollars;
Proriided; That where such holesale
,or ,retail dealers confine their . purchases
and• sales- to . buying and vending goods;
waresand merC.brindize, tbe growth pro
duct and manufacture of the United States,
he or they shaltiiay only one half the amount
-of the license required by the provisions of
this soetion.
And every seller or vender oi wines, or
distilled liquors, either with or without other
goods, wares, merchandise, commodities, or
effects as aforesaid, shall pay for his license
fifty per cent in addition to the rates above
specified for the respective classes; and ev.
ery' license hereafter granted, shall specify
whether the party obtaining the same,is or is
not entitled to sell or vend wines or distilled
liquors : Provided, That no person whose
annual sales do nut exceed one thousand dol
lars, and nn fame sole trader or single wo.
man, whose annual sales do not exceed two
thousand five hundred dollars, vender* of
wines or distilled liquors excepted, nor any
importer of foreign goods, wares, or mer
chandize, who may vend or dispose of the
same in the original packages as impor
ted, nor any persun who ma) vend or dis
pose of articles of his own growth, produce
or manufacture, shall be required to take
out license under this act.
SEC 11. That it may be lawful for any
bank of this Commonwealth, except the
bank of the United Suites, to transfer upon
the books of the Auditor General, in the
name of that officer in his official capacity
portions of the funded debt of this state,and
deposits with him the,certificates thereof,
which stock shall remain so transferred as
security for the redemption of the 'notes
which may be issued as authorized by the
following Lection. -
SEC. 12. That it shall be lawful for any
-bank which may so transfer portions of the
funded debt of this state on the books of the
Auditor General, as provided in preceding
section, to issue notes of a denomination not
less than five dollars, to be signed as direc
ted by the second section of this act, to an
amount equal to the stock which may have
been so transferred, which notes shall be
redeemable when presented at the counters
of.the banks which issued them, in sums of
one hundred dollars and upwards, in - the
same manner as is provided by the third
section of this act for the redemption of the
notes authorized by the second section of
this act, and the said notes shall be receiv
able for debts and on deposit at the bank
which issued them, as is heretofore provi
ded for the notes issued under the second
section of this act : Provided, That no
bank exempted from a tax upon its dividend,
shrill be authorized to issue a greater a
mount of the notes authorized by this sec
tion than is limited and directed by the sev
enth section of this act, and, no bank sub
jedt to tax upon its dividends, shall be au
thorized to issue a greater amount of notes
authorized by this section than 7 per cent
on its capital stock actually paid in, and all
the provisions and penalties in the third
section in reference to the over issue of the
notes authorized by that section shall be in
force, in reference to the over issue of the
notes authorized by this section. .
Sec. 13. That whenever such stock
shall be transferred tothe Auditor General
by any bank, as provided for in the eleventh
section of this act, the interest payable on
said stock shall he suspended during the
time said stock remains in the hands of the
Auditor. General, any thing on face of said
Certificate to the contrary , notwithstanding.
SEC. 14. That the amount of the loan
of 83, 100,000 authorized by the first sec•
iion this act, when received. shall be spe
cifically appropriated as follows :
To common school purposes, the sum of
$830,000: Provided however, That any
excess over said sum arising from revenues
hitherto applicable to said object, shall be
paid into the State Treasury for other pur
poses. •
To colleges, academies, and female sem
inaries, the sum of 45,000 dollars.
To pensions and gratuities 80,000 dolls.
To repairs of railroads and canals for the
current year, 8400,000 ; $,.500 of which
shall be applied to repairing the dam across
the West Branch at Lewisburg and the
cross cut canal at that place : Provided,
That the height of said dam shall not be in
creased.
To pay debts for repairs made previous
to Ist of November, 1840, the sum 0t5288,-
003.
To orphan asylum and house of refuge,
e7OOO.
To asylum for blind, deaf and dumb, $lO
-
To pay guarantee of interest to the , hold
ers of stock in the bald Eagle and Spring
creek navigation company, 810,000.
To pay the guarantee of interesrto loan
holders of the Danville and Pottsville rail
road company, $15,000.
To the Monongahela navigation. compa
ny, 70,000 dollars, being the unpaid balance
of the last year's appropriation.
To State Library 529 42 dollars, to pay
debts due at the commencement of the pres
ent year.
To damage fund 30,000 dollars.
To . premiums on silk and cotoomi,o6ooo.
To militia expenses, 020,000.
To expenses of government, $350,000.
To pay kick keepers, collector", weigh.
masters and other persons necessarily em
pigged, on the public works, $60,000.
To, pay' balance of temporary loan au
thorized by,,act of April 14th, 1838, the
suin . of 01'5,000. „
„.To pay commissioners and defray con,
tangent. expenses of Nicholson hoard of
commissioners, 01500, to be repaid out of
any moneys received from the Nicholson
estate after April 16th, 1840; and from end
after the passage of this act, it shall be
unlawful for the commissioners or any of
them, or any of the officers nr clerks
,of the
"Nicholsoo court of.Plesa,'? to be - directly
or indirectly interested in the sale, transfer,
compromise or settlement of any part or
portion of the estate ofJohn Nicholson, or
the estate of. Peter Bunton, or in any of
the bonds, contracts or agreements in rela
tion to said lands; and neither of said corn
missioners shall receive any higher com
pensation than that 'provided in the ninth
section of the act of sixteenth of April,
A. D. 1840, and if any ofthe officers,clet ke.
commissioners or other pererna cennected
with the aforesaitj coin t. shall yiplete the
provisions Mins section, they shall.on con
viction be tided in a sum not 'exceeding
91000, and imprisoned for a period of. not
exceeding one year, at' the discretion of
the proper court before whom said convic
tion may be had, and all contracts made
contrary to this act shall be null and void.
Provided, That nothing herein contained
shall prevent the appointment of an heir or
creditor of said estate to the office of cont.
missioner.
To pay debts due on contracts foi work
done until the fct of May, 1841, on 'the
unfinished portion of the Shenango lane of
the Erie division of canal, $250,011 83.,._
And upon the Conneaunt line of said divi
sion.S26ll366 05.
To pay debts due on contracts for work
done until the Ist of May, 1841, on the un
finished portion of the North Branch ex.
tension, the , sum of $518,714 92, of which
the sum of $127,400 17 is the.balance.un.
paid of last year's appropriation. -
To pay debts due on contract for work
done until the Ist of April, 1841, on the
Wiecomeco canal, $94,837 28. ,_
To pay debts due to contractors for grad•
ing the road to avoid the inclined plane at
Columbia, the sum of 80,860.
To pay debts due until let May, 1941 on
contracts for work done on the reservoir
at Hollidaysburg and thp reservoir near
Johnstown, the sum vt 5,000.
For the payment of ropes used upon' the
Portage rail•road, purchased in pursuance
of a contraot dated oth May; 1840, the
sum of 817,954.
To pay the Superintendent, and for the
keeping in repair of Public Grounds, $6OO.
To pay debts due on Sinnemahoning ex
tension of the West Branch division, Penn.
Sylvania canal, the sum of 81,200.
To pay for repairs of the Delaware divi•
aim of the Pennsylvania canal, 800,000.
To pay to the firm of Penne!, Lenher and
Humes, manufacturers of locomotive en
gines at the city of Lancaster, 87,600,
being the amount due to said firm for a
locomotive engine purchased' by the canal
commissioners, and now in use on the Coll
umbia and Philadelphia rail road; and the
resolutions passed on the 20th day of March
A. D., 1841. entitled a "Resolution for the
relief of Penne!, Lenher and Humes, man
ufacturers of locomotive engines," shall be
and is hereby repealed.
For new works on unfinished lines, pay
of canal commissioners, appraisers and
engineers not connected with extensions,
$25,000.
The sum of 10,200 dollars shall be; and
the same is hereby appropriated for the
completion of the geological , and mineralo
gical survey, to be applied as fol!ows: 2000
dolls. for the payment of one year's salary
to the State Geologist, 6000 dulls. to the
payment of one year's salarrof six assis
tants, including the chemist, at the rate of
1000 each, and the remaining 2,200 dolls.
to be paid to, and applied by the said geol
ogist, to the payment of the incidental ex
penses of said survey, including the prepar
ation of :he three complete collections or
cabinets of geological and mineralogical
specimens for the use of the State, and for
the compiling and preparing for publication
the final report io relation to said, survey,
together with the maps and -drawings to
accompany the same, which, said sum shall
be taken and deemed full compensation
therefor. , . ,
The three collections or cabinets of geol
ogical and mineralogical specimens afore
said, shall be deposited, one at Philadelphia,
one at Harrisburg, and one at Pittsburg,
under the direction of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth, or in such manner as the
legislature shall hereafter provide, and so
much °fatly former act as requires the
state geologist to furnish specimens of geol
ogy and mineralogy of each county in the
state to the commissioners of said county,
shall be, and the same is hereby repealed.
To pay debts due and for completing the
relaying the north track of the Columbia
and Philadelphia Railroad, from the twen.
ty•second milestone to Whitehall, the sum
of 52,130 dollars.
And it is further. provided. That after
the payment of the above specific appropri
ations the residue of said loan shall be ap
plied to the fund for the payment of interest
on the public debt. Provided, Thnt the
sum appropriated to the paymsnt of dama
ges by this section, shall be paid as speedi
ly as possible in tho order as to time an
which the said claims for damages have
been awarded, assessed and confirmed,and
the canal commissioners are hereby express
ly prohibited frorii entering into, any new
contract, for any work upon the unfinished
lines of the public improvements, whether
for abandoned sections or otherwise, during
the ensuing year, or until this prohibition is
repealed by an act of assembly.
That hereafter tho whole amount of
money to be paid to the corpse of engineers
on the whole of the state :improvements,
shall not exceed the -sum 20,000 dollars
annually, and that herealler,there shall• be
but one , superintendent the Brie, and
one on the North Branch extensions.
Svc. 15. That where moneys have been.
or shall be specifically appropriated to the
internal improvement fund or any ogler 06,,
ject by an act of - Assembly, the ,eame,shali
not be applied by any officer of this Com..
monwealth, to any purpose or obkct than
that to which they have twin so specificaX
ly appropriated; and if 'Officer as afore.
said shall knowingly offend against any of
the pro Visions ofthis section, it; shall be.
deemed a muidemeanor in office, and suck
officer so offending shalt on . conviction in,
any court ofcompeteot.juriedichon, be sub.._
ject to a fine of not less ibart NO dollars,
and not more than 20(10 . dollars, at the,
discretion of the court. - ' •
Sta. 16. That the notes: authorized to,
be Wiled by this act may have an uniform',
ty in phraseology, the Governor is author
ized and required' m pre/aerate the form
which the semo shall be issued.
, . •
SEC. 17 That to enable tjg, -Unia nft
this commonwealth to ;amply with the pro.
visione of hilts ant and to reliOie the commit.:
nity, it is further ebacted: that no Iradting
institutiop j thiv statu 41110 be v.ul4ect,
way of penalty or otherwise, to any greater
• t ale of interest than 6 per cent. per annum
any thing in nnv ant of asgainbly to the con
trary ontwithstending; and ..the resolution
entitled "a resolution providing firs the re
sumption of specie pay ments by the banks
• and for other piiryosss," passed April 3d,
1 i?4o,be.andthe slams is hers•hy repealed,and
that all provisions of any other act °lessen).
bly heretofore passed, or of any ethernet
of incorporation providing for the forfeiture
of siny charter, for or by reason of the nen
payment of any of its liabilities on demand
be and the same are hereby suspended until
further legislative action, and until the
• Legislature shall provide for the repayment
of the loan authorized by the first section of,
this act, and so much of any act of assem
bly as prohibits the banks of this common
wealth from making loans and discounts, is
suing their own notes,or declaring dividends
during the suspension of specie payments,
be and the same is hereby suspended as a
foresaid. But no bank during such suspen
sion shall` declare dividends to nn amount
exceeding 5 per cent. per annum: Provi
ded,that before the bank of the United States
shall be entitled to the benefits of this sec
tion, the stockholders of said bank, shall,
by a resolution adopted at a regular or ad
journed meeting held in pursuance of the
of the charter of said bank, and duly_ cer
tified to the, Governor under their corp.
rate seal, consent to be subject to any gen
°renews to.be hereafter passed, for the reg
. illation of the banks;of this commonwealth.
Sec. 18. That if the stock holders of
the bank of the United States, at an ad
journed general meeting to beheld at their
banking house, on May 4th, 1841, or any
other day-to hich the said meeting shall
be adjourned, or at any other general mee
ting held in pursuance oftheir charter,shall
decide by a majority of votes then or there
present • or represented according to the
scale of votes allowed at elections of direc
tors, that it is expedient for the bank of the
United States to make a general assign
ment of the goods, chattles, rights and
credits, whatsoever and whereseeter, of
the said corporation, to trustees for the
payment or securing the payment of the
debts of the same, tied shall, moreover, by a
like vote, elect five or more persons as true
, tees for that purpose; then and in such case
tt shall be.the duty of the directors of said
bank, in the corporate name and under the
corporate seal of the President, directors
and company of the bank of the U. States,
forthwith to make And execute such an as
signment, and do all such acts as shall be
necessary to give full possession atilt, as
signed estate, and effects to the trustees so
elected upon the trusts of the said assign
ment: Provided, however, that the said
stockholders may, at the general meeting
at which such en assignment may be au
thorized, require an inventory of the pro
. petty assigned, and if they deem tt expech-,
ent to do so, security to such sums as they
may deem it expedient, from the trustees
aforesaid, for the faithful performance of
their duty.
Sec. 10. That the said. assignment so
made as aforesaid, shall be deemed and ta
ken to vest immediately inthe said trustees
and their successors, all the imitate. real and
personal goods, chattles, rights, •and credits
whatsoever acd wheresoever, in like man
ner, and to the setae extent as they where
previously vested in the said corporation,
but upon the trusts of the said assignment;
and that so much of any law or laws of this
commonwealth, as requires security from
trustees or assignees, or appraisment of
the property assigned or conveyed in trust,
be and the same is hereby dispensed with,
in the case of any assignment or deed of
trust, or other conveyance which may •be
made by the president, directors and com
pany of the United States bank for securing
the payment of any portion of its liabilities.
Sec. 20. It shall be lawful for the said
stockholders at such meeting, and by such
vote as aforesaid, to give to the said true.-
tees, such powers over the assigned estate
and effects as they may deem expedient,
not inconsistent with the said trust, for the
payment or securing the payment of the
debts of the corporation in manner afore•
said; and also, to impose such regulations
upon them in regard to the manner of exe
cuting said trusts, keeping and rendering
accounts of the same, and making dividends
among the creditors, and 'in regard to the
responsibilities of the said trustees, and their
compensation or allowance, and also in re
gard to the expenses of the trust as they
deem right,• all which powers, regulations
and provisions, shall be introduced into the
„said assignment. Provided, That the said
trustees, or any assgnees appointed for the
payment, or securing the payment of all or
any portion of the debts of the bank, shall
receive in payment of debts dueto the said
bank,or to them at par,the notes or other evi
dences ofdebt issued or created by said batik.
Sze. 21. That the trustees so elected,
shall hold their appointment until the. first
Monday, in January next, and until other
trustees shalt be elected in their plide, eod
it shall be lawful'for• the said stoCkholders
..on the said day, by a like vote, to choose
Ate same or Other persons to act as trustees
"Aforesaid, fok another year, and LIMB oth
ers shall be chosen in their place, and an
on from year to year, so tong as the said
trust, shall continue; and until it be com.
plete'or executed; the said stockholders on
the first Monday-in January in each year.
shall be authorized in manner aforesaid,' to
eh - ease new trustees in the place of any or
all the existing trustees, and it shall be the
duty of the trustees whose place shall be
-supplied in the• trust, together will any
trustee continuing in the same to' execute'
such instrument, as shall vost the trust,
palate and effects in all the trustees, .who
Alm to act in trust , far the ensuing year.
• 5ec. , 22. net the cOrporate powers of
the said Corporation shall, after the said
assignment shell ho made and executed as
afoiesaid, cease and letermine, except' so
Arasthe samn e in be necessary. fur the
fothosing purposes, that is to says
Fl F'r the purp ose o f " nil* and be
i ng : 414,•d i and fir cominuing all suite, and
ploceeditte al NW (ir in equity, now
pending for or againts said corporation.
•-• Second. For the puipose of making
such assurances, conveyancer!, and irons•
fern, and ding all such acts, matters, and
things as may be necessary or expedient to
make the said assignment or the trust theie
of effectual.
Thirdi For the Purpose aching the said
trustees to account end compelling them to
execute the said trust.
Fourth: For the choosing of directors
for the purpose of receiving and distributing
among the stockholders of the said bank,
such surplus as shall remain after discharg
ing the debts of the said corporation.
SEC. 23. That the courts of this corn.
monwealth shall have jurisdiction of the
said trust and of the affairs thereof, in like
manner as if the same were created under
any general law of the state, and it shall
moreover be lawful' for the legislature, and
the poWer is hereby expressly reserved, at
any time or times with the consent of the
said stockholders, at a general meeting for
that purpose convened aCcordingly, to the
charter, to change and alter the provisions
of this act, in such manner as to the legis.
lature may see expedient.. •
SEC. 24. That fromt and after such gen ,
eral assignment it shallnot be lawful for the
said corporatien to exercise - the barlking
privileges of loaning monet and issuing
notes or bills, but it shall be confined to the
exercise of its 'other corp Orate powers and
privileges for the purpose of the &mkt:fettle
meat of its affairs, and for the sale,and dia.
position of its - estate, 'real, personal and
mixed.
Sac. 25. No proxies to vote at any elec
tion of directors of said bank,' or at any
meeting of the stockholders thereof shall
be valid, unless dated and executed within
60 days before the day of each election or
meeting.
SW. 20. Should any of the banks of this
state, which pay a tax upon their chiridends,
refuse to comply with the requisitions of
this act in taking 'their due proportion of
the stock by the first 'section authorized iir
such case, all said banks so refusing 'Shall
remain subject to the provisions of the laws
now in force, and are hereby excepted
from the benefits of the provisions of the
17th section of this act: And the omission
or relbsal of any such bank as aforesaid
shall not affect the rights or privileges here
by conferred on the banks, complying with
the same, but the amount of said loan not
taken may be distributed amongst the, oth
er banks of the commonwealth, according
to the proportions designated in the 7th
section of this act.
SEC. 27. Should any of the banks o
the commonwealth, authorized by the 12th
section of this act to issue notes on a de
posite of state stock, fail or refuse to depos
its at least 5 per cent. on their capital ac
tually paid in, then and in such case the
bank So failing or refusingehall remain
subject Witte provisions of the existing laws
and are hereby excepted from the benefits
of the provisions of the 17th section of this
act.
fisc. 28. The several banks desirous to
avail themselves of the provision of this act,
shall notify the governor in writing of their
willingness to accept and comply - with• . the
same, within 40 days after the passage of
this act.
SEC. 29. That the secretary of the
commonwealth shall, as goon as may be af
ter the passage of this act, notify the sever
al banks of this state of the same.
ftYMENIAL - RE TE It.
MARRIED.
On Wednesday evening last, by the Rev. .1.
C. Watson, Mr. Christian Doebter, to Miss
Esther Adair, daughter of Mr. John Adtur—all
of this borough.
• On Tuesday the 4th inst. by the Rev. Samuel
Gutelius, Mr. John Welker:, Merchant of Cum
berland township, (formerly of thin borough,) to
Miss Sarah:Jane Meyers, of Freedom township,
Adams county.
On the evening of the 13th instant, by the Rev.
B. Kellar, Mr. Jacob Leedy to Miss Catharine P.
Gillespie—both of this place.
On Thursday morning last, by the Rev. Mr.
Howe, Mr. Wm. Holtzwoieth, to Milli Jane M'..
Dermal—ell of this borough.
• On the 6th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Sechlor,
Mr. Wm. W. Long, to Miss Lydia Liferer—
both of this county.
On the 11th inst. at Washington City, Mr.
Franklin Cooper, of Pittsburg, (formerly of Get.
tysburg,) to Miss Lavinia Steiger, of Baltimore.
OBITUARY RECORD•
DIED•
At ths House of Samuel Harper, in Freedom
township, on Friday the 7th inst. Jacob Dillon,
an orphan boy, aged about 10 years.
At Fairview„ Ohio, on the 9th inst., in the 28th
year of her ago, Mary Jane, consort of Wm. Pt
Gordon, and eldest daughter of the late James A.
WCreary, formerly of this place.
•
NOTICE.
. „• r
r I
:Estate of HENRY GROVE, deceased.
LETTERS of Administration on thiEa
fate of HENRY GROVE; of Frank.
lin township, Adams county, deceased, hav
ing been granted to the subseriber living in
the same township, he hereby requests all
persons indebted to said deceased to make
immediate payment of their respective ac
counts, and all persons having claims or
demands against said Estate to present
them properly authenticated for settlement.
. PETER MICKLEY, jr., Adger..
May IS, 1841. 81-8
TO MY OREOITORS.
WAKE notice that I have h pplied to the
-IL Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
of Adams county, for the benefit of the
Insolvent Laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania,and that they have.appointed-
Monday the 23d day of August nest,
for, the hearing of me and my creditors, at
the Court•house, in the Imongh of Golly.-
burg. when and where you may attend if
you thiuk proper.
CHRISTIAN BOWERS.
Mny 18, 1841. tc'ITS
ItI . IIPUBLZO.A2Z B.ANNED,.
GETTYSBUtta...IIIay Is, 1941.
Democratic Candidate
FOR GOVERNOR,
JOHN_BANKS;
• OF BERNS COUNTY.
AN Apprentice to the Print
ing. Business wanted at this
Office.
Prostriblion—The Policy and
•
'• Justice of Removals from
. Office..
Wp observe some of the Federal papers clamor
ing against the few removals from office that have
been 'Made by the present Administration of the
general government. We will do most of the
Locefeeoe the justice, however, to say that they.
do
. iit contend for„the preposterous _ doctrine of
keeping your political opponents in power, They
have too clear a sense of political policy, and too
keen en instinct of self-preservation, to practice it
themselves; and they vlew with contempt the
mawkishinagnanirnify of their opponents, who
affect s purity of principle too lofty to drive their
eneniies from the citadel, or banish a foe, who is
aiming the dagger at their own 'Moats.
Let us honestly and candidly consider whether
it ii right to permit your political opponents to
hold offices of trust and profit to the exclusion of
your political friends. -
If parties are honest each believes his principles ll
well adapted to promote the great ends of govern
ment, and his opponent's calculated to injure and '
retard the prosperity of the nation. It is the duty
therefore of each party, as conscientious men, to
our every honorable effort and means to propagate
'his views. end introduce his policy. How is that
to be done? Not through agents who do ell in
their power to disparage and thwart them. An
Administration is not to be upheld by men who
proclaim all its principles erroneous and ruinous
to the country. The rnost efficient political mis•
sionaries always are, and always will be the office
holders. No manifestoes of the appointing power
ever can, or ever ought to" privent this. The
known opinions of men high in the confidence of
the Bxecutive, although 'not improperly obtruded,
will have great weight, and contribute much to
shape and control public sentiment. It therefore
becomes necessary for the government either to
gag their office : holders, and make - them slaves, or
select them from among those holding principles
which they believe essential to the well being of
community. It seems to us absurd to -remove the
President and Heads of Department'and leave all
the subordinates to enjoy the honors, the influence
and the emoluments of office;—to attempt to dry
up the ocean of error and corruption, and leave all
the springs and rivulets in,full fountain flowing in
their accustomed., channels, and emptying into
their usual t:eservoirs.-- Nor can we eeel.any din
tinction between the active, brawling partizan, and
the quiet, sedate, prudent opponent, •except that
the temperate, dignified and discreet conduct of the
latter will give him more influence, and make him
more powerful in error. -
But independent of the necessity of piopegsting
correct principles, and sustaining a wholesome
inlininistration, vvhy should the honor and profits
of office be withheld from our friends end squan
dered upon our enemies? We have shown above
that it is not dictated by enlightened patriotism,
and we think all must see that it is forbidden by
gratitude. Those who do most of the work, ex
pend most of the money, and are found in the
thickest of the fight in effecting all political rove•
lutioni, or in defending the existing order of thing's
are always the common people, the rank and file,
who do not aspire . to the higher offices, but who
are fit and willing to fill the lower ones. Why
then, when the victory is won, shall the politleal
Nobility, who have not soiled their gloves in the
contest, place. themselves in fat offices, and mpg
nanimously exclude those who have borne the
heat and burden of the day?
We shall take occasion hereafter to show that
no Administration can perpetuate itself or its prin
ciples by practising the doctrines which the pies
ant 'Administration preach. If the fate of John
Quincy Adams cannot open their eyes, it is the
duty of the Democratic press to attempt it, end
not be deterred by false modesty; and a sickly af
fectation of ethereal disinterestedness,
Death of Hon. Charles Ogle.
Wo learn with the deepest regret, that the Hon.
Quints Cora, the talented and distinguished
member of Congress from Sonlereet, county, Pa.,
died, after a long and protracted ; illness i at his
residence on the 10th inst. ~ lippres-let in the
prime of life, and his preinntunit death fwill..be
deplored by An extonsive . ...eirelo of rejetiVep and
friends. Tile Staff, at la rge, as well 4,o4isinore
immediate constilUente will feelttia.
•
remeiVvunia Revenue and
Relief Bill.
lenure-rsorr.--The Philadelphia Ledger nye
—"We were informed yesterday that it was in
contemplation to make. immediate application to
a Judge of the Supreme Court of the United
States for so injunction to stay any proceedings
-under the recently pawed Alaimo Bill. his
Contended that nnerinatittiticiriali, and
various and very plausible reasonhig is adduced
to bring it in conflict with that part of the Consti
tution which prohibits the States. from issuing
bills of credit. This, it is, argued, is virtually
Bono in the issue of scrip, lin which is based a
three million issue of notes."
Tee Peteappoeui flaexe.—A meeting of
the Philadelphia lElseke yea held a few days since.
at which Irani revelled set to socept the provi
sions of the We set of the Legislature, granting
thorn pannissiod to kairwrantall notes, reduce the
value of their own troika, and-suspend forever.
Fins re Sr. Loots.--A very destructive are
occurred se Si. Louis oo the moroiog of the ad
lost.. by which property to the sumpot of $75.-
000 or #lOO,OOO was destroyed. It was the work
of ipeendiariss.
ihidiana--The Whigs VW-
!Orions.
The Cincinnati Republican learns by privets
letters, that the Whigs have carried every Dis
trict in the State, except the Fifth. In this,
(Haddon's) although it is the strongest Whig
District in the State, and gave Gen. Harrison a
majority of 4,622 last October, by a most Misera
ble policy the Whigs run three candidates: and at
the last moment a Lotoroco was started, and ono
ceeded, es a plurality elects in this State. The
last Congress stood 2 Whigs, 5 Locos--the next
one will stand 6 Whigs, I Loco.
Dr. DroTT, the notorious swindler. has been
pardoned by “Provious Pardon Porter." Ile was
sentenced for a term of three years, and has ser
ved out about one half of the period. Although
pardoned by the Governor, the Doctor, is still con
fined in prison in Philadelphia, upon suits of some
of his creditors.
OZlrThe following brief sketch of Presi
dent Harrison, is worthy of preservation for
future reference.--.Fstchburg Sentinel.
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
ninth President of the United States, born
in Virginia, Feb. 9th, 1773.
In 1791. he was appointed ensign in the
army, by Gen. Washington
In 1794, Aug. 10, he was aid to Gen.
Wayne, in the -battle of Miami. .
In 1797, appointed Lt. Governor and
Secretary of the North-Western Territory
by President . Adams.
In 1798, chosen delegate to Congress
In 1801, appointed Governor of Indiana
Territory.
In 1809, re.appointcd, by Presiden
Madison.
In 1811, Nov. 7, gained• a victory over
000 'lndian warriors, at the mouth of Tip
pecanoe river.
In 1812, Sept. 11, President Madison
appointed him Commander-in-chief of the
North-Western army.
In 1813, May 1, the American garrison
at Fort Meigs besieged, Beige lasted five
days, successively defended by Gon. Harr'.
sone In Sept., same year, he regained
Michigan from the British. In Oct., de-
feated Sen. Procter near the Thames river,
U. C.
In 1814-15, appointed commissioner
by President Madison, to treat with the In
dians.
In 1816, elected Representative to Con
gress from Ohio.
In 1819 elected a member of Ohio State
Senate.
In 1824, elected Senator in Congress
from Ohio.
fo 1827, he was appointed Minister to
Columbia.
In 1827, President Jackson, by his first
official act, recalled him from Columbia.
In 1840, chosen President of the United
States, receiving 234 electoral votes to
Martin Van Buren's 60.
In 1841, March 4, took the Presidential
Chair—March 17th, issued Ins proclama
tion for an extra session of Congress to con
vene May 31—Sunday April 4th, at 12 1-2
o'clock in the morning, he expired without
a groan, aged 68 years, leaving a nation to
mourn his sudden death and brief service
in' The high station to which he had been
"chosen. His last words were,-:-
'"Sir;
.1 wish you to understand the true
principles of government. I wish them
carried out. 1 ask nothing more."
ATTACK ON CASTLE ROAKE.—We learn
from Captain Roake, keeper of the light
house at Thomas's Point, that in the height
of a heavy gust of wind which occurred
several hours before day on the 26th ult. a
very numerous flock of birds, embracing
many varieties, attracted by the light, flew
against the lantern and building with so
much violence as instantly to kill and stun
hundreds of them._ The Captain and his
baud thus taken unawares, were for a mo
ment no little astonished, but quickly per
ceiving the , cause of their, surprise, recov
ered their presence of mind, rand procee
ded deliberately to select from amongst the
dead and disableclassailants, such - as they
knew, from experience, would make a good
broil, or could be converted into detectable
pies. • The flock consisted of wood cocks,
red birds, yellow birds, Indian hem, swal
lows, owls, and other kind unknown to oar
informant.—Annapolis Rip.
TLIONAS JEFFERSON'S OPINION OP CON'
GRESS.-"1 served with General Washing
ton in the Legislature of Virginia before
the Revolution, and during it with Dr.
Franklin in Congress. I never heard ei•
Char of them speak ton minutes at a time,
nnr to any but the main point which was to
decide the question. They laid their ghoul.
dery to the great points, knowing that the
little ones would follow of themselves. If
the present Congress errs in too mach
Calking, how can it be otherwise in a body
to which the people send men who ques.
lion every thing,•yield nothing, and talk by
the hour. ' . • .
Tim PRINCIPLE Or PITROATION.--The
'great principle of purging in sickness is
now one of the leading 'principles of the
day, its is found much more convenient to:
take an occasional dose of the celebrated
Elrandreth's Vegetable Universal Pills
sod be always well, than to send for a. Doc
torand be bled, blistered, and salivated—
with the certainty that if you are not kit
icd, you will be sure to have months of
miserable weakness, and the only one who
is benefited is your doctor.
The• Brandreth Vegetable Universal
Pills require:no'skill in their administratio.
the printed direction only hat to be observed
sad it 'deacribes the just .proportion of the
dose to the magnitude of the disease to be
cured. •
They may be taken at any time the body
requires medicine; either before pr alter
meals, when out or at home, without an in
cimvenienee being experienced. And a
certainty that no malignant disease eau in.
jure while they are used. Thus estab
lishing the fact that we are only to use those
remedies whichpurify the blood, to be free
from ALL diseasee,it being now a well knoviin
fact, that every disease, whether it be in
the head or feet, in the brain or meanest
member, whether it , bean outward ulcer or
an inward abscess, are all, though arisirg
from many causes, reducible to one grand
effect, namely, impurity or blood.
Purchase them in Gettysburg of Thos.
J., Cooper, distributing -agent; of Jno. M.
Stevenson, or only in the county of Agents
published in another port of this paper.
ADVERTISEMENTS
BOROVGIM
M 1) n 1 o
Robert G. Harper, Treasurer of
the Borough of Gettysburg, from May 9,
1840, until May 4, 1841.
To amount received from form.
er Treasur er, Balance of Dupicate for 1839,
uncollected,
Borough Tax queued for the
year 1840,
Cash received from Burgess, for
granting Licenses,
Do. from M. Degroff, for rent of
Stall In Market•house,. due
Aug. 1, 1841,
Do. James Pearsy, do.
Do. N. Cordori, do.
Do. 'Geo. Pear, do.
Balance due Treasurer,
CR.
By Orders paid as follows, to wit:
Wm. W. Paxton, Esq. adminis
tering oaths, 1 00
R. W. Middleton, Printing, in
1638; . 1 40
. „
C. Stout, High Constable, Beryl. .
ces, 84 00
Geo. Richter, iron work, 1 00
J. Mathias, winding Town
Clock; , 10 00
R. G. Harper, Printing, 7 50
C. W. Hoffman, iron. work, 2.50
Joseph Little .& Adam Swope,
Street and Road Commission- . 4
era, bills for services, and
work done by others. 976 70
John Slentz; collector, in 1839, •
releases 3 08
A. B. Knits, collector i releases, N7l
Salary of Burgess and Council, 30 00
Do. of Clerk and Treasurer, 30 00
Balance of Tax in hands of J.
Slentz, 10 12
Balance of Tax in bandit of A.
13. Kurtz, 159 20
WE do candy that we have, examined
the items which compose the above Ac
count ot . Robert G. Harper, Treasurer of
the Borough of Gettysburg. and find , them
to be correct, and that theta is a balance of
seventy two cents due said Treasurer.
Witness our. Imnds this 4th May, 7.841.
GEORGE ARNOLD; '
JOHN B. M'PHERSON,
JAMES A. THOM PSON,
DANIEL BALDWIN,
DANIEL CULP,
TEMPERANCE.
Al Special meeting of the Union Semin
ary and Hampton Temperance Society
will be held atithe Flampton School house.
on Monday the 31st of May instant, at 2
oielca, when an Address will be de.
livered. Punctual attendance is requested
of the members, as there is special business
to be transacted.
A. K. MYERS, Sec'ry.
11ay 11, 1841. , .
NOTICE.
rip.HE Creditors of JOHN TAUGHINZIAVGA
'AL are hereby notified, that the subscri
ber, appointed an Auditor to settle and ad- .
just their claims, will meet for that purposo
at the house of A. B. Kurtz, in Gettysburg,
on Friday the 21st inst. at 10 o'clock, et.
which time and place they are requested to
exhibit their claims.
R. SMITH. Auditor.
May 4. 3t.43
NOTICE.
Estate of JOSEPH MILLER, decitt
/WAKE notice that Gs°. L. Zama and
- 11 .. WILLIAM, WOLF, Administrators of
JOSEPH MILLER, late of Adams coon:
ty, Pa , deceased, have applied by petition
to the Orphans' Court of said county, set:
ting forth that their said, intestate, la his
life time did sell by a parole agreemiutt, to
a certain George Dick, several Tracts of
Land; to wit—One Tract situate in Frank:
lin township, York county, on which are
eredted a Dwelling House, Grist Mall, Saw
Mill, Distillery and out buildings;—also a
Tract of Mountain Land, containing about
twenty Acres, situated in the township and
county aforesaid; and that their said intes:
tate died without havingatade any sufficient
provision for the performance of such ctn.
tract; and the afOresaid petitioners pray
the Court to receive proof of the said con
tract, in order to the completing of the title
according to the Act of Assembly in such
case made and provided.
The Heirtrof the said decedent, and also
persons concerned, are hereby notified to
appear at tbe next Orphans' Court to be
holden et Gettysburg, on Tuesday the let
day of June next, and show caure if any
exists, why the prayer of the' petitioners
should not be granted. ,
By the Court, -
S. R. RUSSELL, Clerk.
• Moy 4, 1841.
oYork Republican insert throe 'stockinette.
sively, end send till to this *filar for collection.
Lint of Retitiletis
eicfn ;AlevelAttudist with
in, the klounty of atatims,
AGREEABLY' to a certificitte: lho
htl I h el f"
same, ftirn.4.,e to ne te, o.
Quarter Sessions of said , county, deeigna
ting those who hevo taken out Licensee for
one yenr from the first of Mny, 1841.
Thomas J. Cooper,' Sfition Becker,
Wm. Hamill,' Win. Arnold,
Semi. Fahnsstock,* John A. Myers,*
David Zeigler,* Win. &D. Oatifiler,
D. H. Swope,* WM:. Ickes,
James Gowen, Baru% A. M'Ciab,
Goo. Arnold,*
Henry Sell,* Enochßiropeort,
John Jenkins,* Wm. Alexander,
Conrad ,Wt'Aver,* Ahern Ring,
S. H. Buehler,* Joseph Krotit,
R. G. M'Creary,* E. F. It.lGerber.
A. R. Stevenson,* Jacob Brinkerhoff, •
Jacob Winrott, W. Q s C: Fritater,*
Robert 31'8herry,* Jacob fcker ,
Sam% B. Forney, Geo. flange, ,
John Walken,* H. W. Slagle;
Mrs. Duncan, Jacob" Martiri;,,
Abr'm Scott, John Clunk:.
Peter Mickley,' James
Thomas Mlf.night, • JoUti B. M'Criery;!"
A. Vandike.• - -, • Joseph Carl,*
David Beecher.. A. biTatlatie,%. •
Nicholas Mark, • . John Miller:,
John Schreiner, . Henry-Stauter,... , •
Blythe & M'Cleary, Adam Deinery.
Win. Johnston, David W.l.titt:!'itOz - ig
Michael Lauver, Tudor& Cook,"" P 'le;' , . l '
Hiram ;Boyd, ' Levi & Arnold;
Jacob Hastily, . Daniel Muck, . 4 z .
Henry Schneer, ' Wm: Ifildebrinil,
John Wllvain," Jacob Brown,* • , • ,
M'Sherry & Fink;, Catherine „ ••
See. & 8. Bishop, Ilhun'l Isaac.
Henry Roberts sen., Eusebius J. Owings,
John M'Knight,* John Hoke,'
Geo. Minigh, Smith & Martin,'
John Conrad, Jaeob Kreglo,'•
Jesse Houck,* Wm, GillesPie.* • -•
George Wilson, • ' "
DOLLS. CT&
20 03
225 27i
473'59
11 00
5 (10
IS 00
5 00
5 00
8755 89}
72
756 61.4.
DOLLS. CT!!
All those marked thus [ l ] have taken out
License.
All those who have not talcen'otit their
licenses, Will take notice that sweet i sh!' to
tho duty of the Treasurer, he is compelled
to institute suits against all delinquents who
have failed to take out License aecordlng to
N. B. All persons dealing as aforesaid;
who, do 1101 find their names on the above
list, will do well forthwith to repOrt then) ,
selves to the County Treasiner,.and obtain
a License, or otherwise they 'will subject
themselves to a fine and penalty,
JAS. A-'THOMPSON, Thaer.
Treasurer's Office, Getty..
burg, May 11, 1841. 5
e 756 61
LIGHT ON THE SUBJECTiI
19111-IE subscnbor respectfully informs his
friends and the public gonerallyithat
he still Continues his Store at the old "WO
in WeSt Chambersbuig street,' - where - be
keeps on hind and pffers for sale RPAPY
MADE Simmer Clothitig, raid' WI
Coate, Pants, Vests, dm., all of which be
will sell cheap for cash. Akio, generat
and well selected assortment of,.
GROCERIES
Consisting in part of Sugar, Coffee, Tea,
Molasses, &C.; good Tallow Candles; of his
own mabufacture, at 12i cents' per pound.
Also, a good supply of CIEVECOTpq_I 7 B,
such as Candies, Fruits, Nut's,
Cakes, Beer and Cider, with a great veriety
of other articles unnecessary to mectios.
o::r . The subscriber feels thankful for put
Lecourageineut, and respectfully solicits a
continuance of the same.
Town Council.
Gettysburg, May 4.
&otitis is 'herein Given,
TO all Legatees and other persons con.
cerned, that the 4411111N1STRA.
TION AccurrATTS of the Estates of the
deceased persons hereinafter montioned,
will be presented to the Orphans' Court. of .
Adams county, for confirmation, on Ince.
day the let day.of June, IE I 4I, to wit : •
•Tip; account of Witham 61 1 1Curney and ,
Robert T. Millinnev, Administrators of the
Estate of John 14 'Kinney, deceased.
The account of Wm. D. filmes, Ad.
roinistrator of the Estate of Barbara Deck.
er. deceased.
The account ofJohn Lady, Administra
tor de bents non. with the will annexed, of
the Estate of Henry .Walter, deemed.
The account of Henry Witmer, Guar ,
dian, of Jacob. Eicholtz, • Minor eon of
Frederick Eicholiz, deceased, ,
The account of William - Albright, oriq
of tho Executors of the Estate of Dru.iil
Eysterofeceased.
The account of Samuel isaacs, - ono of the
Executors of the Estate of Daniel Eystei•,
deceased.
The account ofJohn Bender, one of this
Executors of the Estate Of . Jacob Eystei
deceased. .
The account of Jonathan; C. - Forrest,'
Administrator of the Estate of comine
Reever, deceased. ,
The account , of Jonathan Ferrevf,
Administrator of .the FoittlA sit Cathanne
• r
Long, deceased.
The account of AbrahaufSpu' nglvr; Ex
ecutor of the Estate of David, Troxell, sen.
deceased. .t
The accoOnt of 'Wes.i.TstrgbiiabasiiiNctri
of tho Executors of igllt!iteAllielliP MY'
ere, deceased,
The aCcouct of Philip 141!!‘eithrefrii0ethe
Executers !)f . ' the Estateof Philip llf#esi,
deceased. '- '•
The account of Moeda one ittl.:llrit
E i xeCurers of the E -tale of
deceased.-
W". KIN rk ,
Regiitirer °Mc., Creitysearg, -
May 4, 1841.
A DVE II 1' I SE 11
JOHN JENKINS
6t41
REGISTER'S NOTICES.