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'THE ONE TERM PRINCIPLE.
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_the Reading Journal the
annexed article in regard to the doctrine of
"one terin." As the Journal is published at
Reading ender the eye of Judge Banks, and
undoubtedly possesses his confidence, it may
be supposed to utter his sentiments upon
thin subject. It may be considered as set
tled, therefore ' that under no. circumstan •
me will Judge Banks suffer his name to be
used,* second time, should he be elected in
Gabber next. Besides the expression of
the, people at the last Election in favor of
tlits principle it has also been solemnly
.
nnctioned by their Representatives in the
last Legislature. it will be recollected
that a resolutien to amend the Constitution
to es to render ineligible to the office of
Governor any titan for more than one term,
pissed the Senate by a very large majori
ty, and the House almost unanimously,only
'7' loco focos, we think having voted against
it. It has therefore been sanctioned by
both parties, and will undoubtedly again
receive the sanction of the people in Octo
bet next. '
"Any one who has taken the pains to
'watch the progress of public opinion in
Pennsylvania, must have observed that for
some yeara past, the views of the people
of the State have been gradually changing,
as to the pnapriety 'of public Officers retain.
tog rower for a longer period than one
tortn. At the lite° the Federal, and our
first State Constitution were adopted, ex
perience bad furnished the people with no
reasons for such restrictions as would de
prive a successful candidate of the chance
•of re-election; 'An effort was made in the
convention, which formed our present con
itifution, to limit tholeriure -cif the guberna•
tonal office to one tortn, and had the mat
ter been left to the decisions of the people,
. we have no doubt but that such a provision
would have met with their hearty approval.
The general reasons for this, aro given
'with 'much force in President Jackson's
first- Message to Congress. "There are
perhaps few men" said he, "who can for
any great length of tithe, enjoy office and
power, without being more or loss under
the influence of feelings unfavorable to a
faithful discharge of their public duties.—
Their integrity may be proof against im
proper considerations immediately address
ed:to themselves, but they aro apt to ac
quire a habit of looking with indifference
upon the public interests, and •of tolerating
conduct from which an unpractised man
would tevolr. Office is considered as a
,'species of property, and Goternment, rath
eras a means of promoting individual in
terests, than as an instrument created solely
for thd service of MN People. .Corruption
in some; and sn others:a:perversion of cor
rectfeelings, and principles, divert Gov
trnment from its legitimate ends, and make
it an enginefor the support of the feui at
that expense of the . many. The duties of
public officers are, or at least, admit of be
ing sic plain and simple, that men of intelli
gence may readily qnalify themselves for
'their performance; and I cannot but believe
that more is lost by the long continuance of
men in office than is generally to be gained
Airtheir experienne.' Me then submits to
'Cacgreilw:"whether the efficiency of the
Governinent would not be 'promoted, and
official indistry and integrity better recur
' ed, by a general extension' of the law which
Halite appointment to four'years." •
"tqlfe indications of public opinion in
, this State, show painly that in regard to
the arta) of Governor, although the Con
stitution may permit, the people will suffer
but Me term. They bave decided that in
this way they will best secure the honest
•and faithful discharge of the Executive • du
ties. No indcement will then be' held out
to a governor, for such a course on all oc
'cal-piens, as will promote—not the good of
the people and the prosperitrof the State,
but his overt re.election. No temptations
will exist for the exertions of a host of
parasites, whose daily bread depends upon
Supporting the existing administration 'by
means fair or foul. It is by means of the
ONE TERM principle that the.yeople
expect the purifibation of the political
atmosphere, and the restoration of, the
-times when honeit motives, not party ex
• petite:icy; regulated the actions of the gov
ernors of Pennsylvania."
' We learn from the Huntingdon Journal
Oita crtiother previous pardon has been gran
ted by Gov. Porter to a horse thief: Re
was' lodged in . the jail ,
of Westmoreland
county—released on bail, and quietly walk
ed oft Before the conrt—of course before
tde trial —a pardon was granted. by . Mr
Poker: '
There is a new way they have of doing
business in the courts of quarter sessions
of the peace - in this State. Twice has
Ibis unheard of power being, used to release
these charged with crime, We. can only
iay,lhat, if the CONVICTED FELONS
'Who inhabit the cells of our Penitentiary,
from the MURDERER,-to the petty thief,
'are to be turned out upon society. and the
scores of villains'are to be allowed to pick
the people's pocketsesteal their horses, and
031111Blit any crime, and carry, as their pro
tection, a previous pardon,' we think itis .
, nearly time for them to use their own stron g
arms when the strong arm of the law is
manacled by its sworn Executor.— Watch-
LAitoArrita, June 23, 1841.
Attianch,oly Occurrence.--Samuel M'Mil
lan, aged about 18 years, and the eldest
' son of Mr. Wm. an old and high
ly.eateenied citizen of this place,was drown
ed tooth° Conestogo creelt:,!.near. Graoff's
Landing, on Sunday last! With other
bast, he :tad gone tato:She creek to bathe,
Ant was
_taken, as is supposed, with the
stamp and before assistance could be ret,
sand was &inroad I
, Atutdkri—JA man named Montgomery
tortutentniared by another man mimed Rey
/044* tatillo,Brititin township, in this
inNtlitit, en Sstirday fait. Ws have not
UMW lb* 'filirtia — 41110 The IMlrdetel is
fittil4l-larga.--Estwace„
THE SUPPOSED PIRACY.
Ship Clairks(of Bath)abandonod at Sea,
and not captured, as teals supposed by pi
rates in the
,Gulph.—Capt. cordon, late
master of Ship Charles and his crew, pass
engers In the schr. Ann, from Attakapas,
arrived at Charleston, on Friday. Capt.
G. reports that they sailed. from New Or
leans Ist June, with a cargo of timber and
staves and• 10 passengers far Bordeaux.
—Night of the 3rd of June, judging himself
to be about fifty miles from the Bar, the
ship sprung a leak, continued to pump her
during the night without cessation. At 2
o'clock A. M. the passengers and crew be.
came very midi' alarmed, there being at
that time 24- feet water in the hold, with
' the pumps going all the time. A consults.
tion was then held with the crew and pass
engers, which resulted in a determination to
return with the ship to New Orleans, the
wind at this time was quite light, at about
North, the Belize bearing N. by IV., the
crew being quite exhausted with continued
pumping of the ship, and fearing she would
fill with us before we could reach a port.
The passengirs demanded to be put on
board of the7rench ship Louis 14th then
bid a short distance from us, and bound
to Havre. A boat was immediately des
patched from the Charles to the Louis 14th,
to ascertain whether the Captain would re
ceive them on board—he consented to do
so, and' tendered also the loan of his boats
to assist in embarking them. After all the
paesengers were sent on board the Louis
14th, we found so much water-in the ship,
it was the unanimous opinion to abandon
her, which was done at 9 o'clock in the
morning of the 4th June. Finding the
&kite of the Charles ineufficient to contain
the ivhole of us, with the view of making a
port, proceeded on board the Louis 14th.
After, getting on board, Capt. G. then de
sired the Captain of the Louis 14th, to haul
up in hopes of speaking some vessel bound
into New Orleans or some other port in the
Gulph, which•he did for two hours, he then
concluded to bear away for Havana, but on
the morning of the 10th fell in with schr.
Ann, from Attakapas, for Portsmouth, (N.
H.) but the Ann being struck by lightning
off Hatteras, bore up for Charleston, lea
king badly.
The above is copied from the Charles
ton Patriot of Friday, as is also the follow
ing:
The undersigned, passengers on board
the ship 'Charles,' Capt. Gorham, declare
that on the 3d of Juno,about 8 o'clock, P. M.
a leak was discovered, which increased so
'Much in the night that they (the passengers)
demanded
.of the Captain to send them on
board the' ship. "Louis Quatorze," which
was at a little distance;, the danger was so
imminent Capt: . Gorham acceded at
once to our demead, and was himself un
der tlien'ecessity of abandoning the ship.
This is to certify that Captain Gorham
I did not abandon` the ship until he found it
impossible to save, her, and that we have
given him this paper to serve him in case of
'necessity.
Given on board the ship Louis Qua , orze,
in the, Gulph of Mexico, the 11 th June,
1041.
GUMBERTAIN, Senr.
NICHOLAS DUBON.
JNO.- MERRICK.
P: Y. BERNARD.
ST. HUBERRY.
ROBERT PYFERAN.
WYouttso.--The New Heaven Herald,
speaking of the rejection of the Wyoming
claim by the Senate of Connecticut after
the bill making the grant bad passed the '
House, as noted in the Commercial a day
or two since adds:
"We do not agree with the Courant in
the propriety of this grant. Since Penn
sylvania has robbed us of the land and ju
risdiction of the country, let her erect her
own memorials of its history. We have
no notion of paying them for heating the I
poker."
The Her ald writes not with proper un
derstanding of the case, and in our opinion,
the Senate of Connecticut, has done itself '
no credit by the vote thus recorded. The
settlement of Wyoming, during the revolu
tion, then called Weatmorland, belonged
to the State of Connecticut. It was by law
attached ,to the county . , of Litchfield. Its
magistracy, and its military , officers, were
commissioned by Connected. It was rep
resented in the
. Legislature of Connecticut.
It paid taxes for a long series of years to
Connecticut. Its stroops were attached to
the Connecticut line,, and nobly did they
sustain the . honor of their colors. The
people of Wyoming suffered more in the
cause of the revolution, by far than did the
whole state to which they belonged. And
now,.wher, with means exhausted, and a
monument half built, they ask fora small
appropriation to aid in the completion of
that structure, the poor boon is denied by ,
the parent in whose cause they poured out
their blood and treasure like water. True,
thejurisdiction of the country ultimately
fell to Pennsylvania. But in compromise,
the people of Connecticut, living in Wyom
ing, retained their lands. And as the re
sult of the compromise, Connecticut receiv
ed the domain in Ohio, called New Con
necticut, from the avails of which the noble
school fund of the parent state was institu
ted, yielding its ten thousands every year
and paying into the pockets of the people
annually, more than they are called upon to
pay for taxes. We consider the conduct
of the Senate in this matter niggardly and
indefensible. V. Y. Com. Adv.
An English lady- is in favor of feeding
old bachelors on a- strictly vegetable diet,
because they have no love for flesh.
, .
The Manchester Memorial thinks that
Gobab must have been a very intemper
ate man, because he was skteal with a
sling. -
A WARNINO.-A young man recently
died At Lotiiiville, in consequence of haring
gone into bathe while in a high mete of por
epiration,
A "TALL" Conlin-Ir.- 7 —We are indebted
to the Carlisle Herald for the following in
teresting historical facts relative to the
original dimensions of our "old mother
Cumberland-"
When this country was erected, in 1750,
it embraced all the lands west of the Sus.
quehanna river, "TO THE sETTINO OF TILE
sox," (the language of the original deed of
purchase from the Five Nations to the
Penns,)'and "extending from the mouthoof
the said river northward'as far as the 'Faye
mentasacha Hills," (Blue Mountains.) It
was bounded on the South by the South
Mountain. The territory of Cumberland
was afterwards curtailed by the erection of
Bedford in 1771, of Northumberland in
1772, of Franklin in 1784, of Mifflin in
1789, and of Perry in 1820. From some
of these oiler counties have been formed.
Although embracing within its limits so
groat a body of land, it contained, in 1750,
only 707 taxable inhabitants. In 1840,
just ninety years after the formation of the
country, striped as it has been of its fair
proportions, Cumberland bad a population
of over thirty thousand souls; and the terri
tory which originally belonged to it (icallin
the State) has probably a million and a
half more. How many there are between
Old Fort Pitt and "the setting of the Sun,"
we have not yet ascertained. Well may
this county be called "Old Mother Cum.
berland," for verily she is the mother of
counties.
EPISTOLARY LITERATURR.-ThO last St.
Louis papers contain the annexed letter,
dictated by Madison, the ringleader of the
murderers now in jail in that city. The
LOOiSVill3 Journal truly says: "Tbe black
rascal's style of composition is not a whit
better than Mr. Woodbury's."
ST. Louts, June 8, 1841.
The citizens of St. Louis will please
suspicion no person in that city as knowing
any thing about our aflairs, or having any
part or share in the foul and dark acts done
here stn my first arrival in the city, ex•
cept sister Leah (and bless her dear soul
she is gone) and brother Edward, (God
preserve him, and he is gone,) and old
father Peter, (God bless him, and they had
him foul, and he having in his possession
only one light, could scarcely, from fright,
seethe jurors in court who had took pity
on aid discharged him,) and the other four
you have got, though once with very bad
hearts, but are now trying to prepare for a
better world. Now let the disturbed citi
zens sleep in peace, and not blame white
gentlemen of rank and high standing on
the account of the bad deeds that we have
done. There has been no person of color
that knew any thing about our affairs, for
we did nut think there was any in the city,
free or slave, smart enough, only those
above mentioned, (Ned was initiated regu
larly, Peter and Leah got their knowledge
by accident.) The white persons concern
ed I deem not expedient to name, but they
mgy reveal themselves ere long in different
sections of the country, under circumstan
ces not so agreeable as might be anticipa
ted.
P. S. I have kept the Southren country,
especially Orleans in confusion fifteen'years;
been leader of black and white; but St.
Louis has caught the General at last.
MADISON.
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BUNK= HILL MONDISIENT.—Mr. Sav
age, the contractor, commenced his opera
tions on the bill about the first of May, and
has laid eight courses. Each course being
two feet eight inches in depth, eighteen feet
eight inches have been added to the height,
which is now somewhat more than 100
feet. ,On an average, one week is consumed
in laying a single course. The stones are
hoisted by steam power; .the engine being
some distance from the base of the monu
ment, and no part of the rnsving power being
visible. This sublime monument, when fin
ishe,d will extend to the altittide of 220 feet
above the surface of the ground. The base
13i feet, is entirely below the surface. The
room at the head of the stairs will have' a
ceilng of grained arches. On each sido will
be a window, furnished with an iron shut.
ter., so constructed that; when closed, there
will be no perceptible difference between
that and the solid granite. The two sipper
courses forming the apex, will consist each
of a single block of granite; the upper one
will weigh between three and four tone.
LAtizes I—There is so much good sense
in the following paragraph that we con]•
mend it to the perusal of the fair sex gener
ally. Such as have not yet become wives,
had better be familiar with its suggestions
in advance; and those who have entered
into the married state, will do well to keep
its advice ever in their
of
eye. Read:
s' 4. woman may be of great assistance to
her husband in business, by wearing a
cheerful smile continually upon her coun
tenance. A man's perplexities and gloomi
ness are increased a hundred fold, when his
better half moves about with a continual
scowl upon her bow. A pleasant, cheerful
wife is ma rainbow set in the sky when her
husband's mind is tossed with storms and
tempests; but a dissatisfied and fretful wife,
in the hour of trouble, is like one of those
friends. which are appointed to torture lost
spirits."
A Amman MOVEIfigNIN•4II the House
of Representatives on Friday last, it was
resolved to appoint a Committee to take
evidence in the principal ports of entry, as
to the operation of the existing rates ofdu
ties on imports, upon the commercial, ag
ricultural and manufacturing interests of
the country.
A LABOR MENORIAL. — The inomorial
of the citizens of New York in favour of a
National Bank, is one hundred and thirty
feet long, in double columns.
A dancing-master was taken`np in Nat
chez recently, for robbing a fellow boarder.
He said he commenced by cheating a Prin
ter and after that every thing rascally
seemed to come easy to bum
Meeting of Pennsylvanians
at Washington.
A meeting of Pennsylvanians was held at
Brown's Hotel, Washington City, on the evening
of the 19th inst., to take into consideration the
propriety of adopting measures, by which the citi
zens of this State might transmit to posterity their
deep sense of the services of the late Illustrious
President. Judge Nommen, of Bedford, was
called to the chair, Messrs. Criswell and Philips
were appointed Vice Presidents, and Messrs. Fenn
and Lowry Secretaries.
Tuannzes STEVENB, Esq., in a brief hut able
and eloquent address, stated the object of the meet
ing, and in conclusion offered the following reso
lutions, which, after some appropriate remarks
from the lon. JAXEB Coorzn and James Javier.,
Esq. were unanimously adopted and ordered to be
published:—
Whereas, Congress, in the exercise of a
very prudent economy, proposes, on behalf
of this great republic, an appropriation from
her treasury in aid of the wide# of out late
beloved Chief Magistrate, of a sum of mo
ney too small to satisfy the expectations and
the wishes of the people of Pennsylvania;
too small in our judgment to signalize the
merits orlhe illustrious dead, or to be wor
thy of the powerful and rich donor upon
whom lie had bestowed such great and
manifold blessings.
And whereas, Even that small sum has
bean resisted by party rancor; and the oc
casion seized upon while the station was yet
weeping at the grave of her departed father,
to insult his memory, and wound the feel
ings of his aged widow, and surviving rela
tives:
And whereas, , It becomes Pennsylvania
who, first properly appreciated his merits,
and called him forth from retirement to a
situation in which ho sacrificed his life, to
show by some signal act that her attach
meat to him was not a fitful mercenary
impulse of self-interest which expired when
his power to do them good was buried in
the tomb:
Therefore Resolved, That it be recom
mended to the citizens of Pennsylvania to
raise by voluntary contributions, such sum
as may do honor to their own hearts, and
forever vindicate the memory of the im
mortal Harrison from that malignity, which
has not been able to stop its hot pursuit at
the portals of his grave.
. Resolved, That no individual be permit
ted to subscribe more than five dollars.
Resolved, That in order to ensure the
full execution of the above recommendation,
and to secure to every Township in the
Commonwealth the enviable opportunity of
contributing its proportion, the Democratic
State Committee be requested to take
charge of the whole subject, and through
County and Township Committees take
care that Pennsylvania be not disgraced in
the face of the nation.
Resolved, That the Committee be re
quested to have the names of all the contri
butors recorded in a fair hand in a well
bound book, beginning with the counties in
alphabetical order; but that the sums sub
scribed by each be not carried out, so that
all may stand upon terms of perfect equali
ty in point of honor.
Resolved,' That if females should insist
upon contributing, as is most probable,
their names shall be inscribed in like man
ner in s separate volume, more richly
bound.
Resolved, That one copy of each of said
books shall bo placed in the State Library
at Harrisburg, and similar copies in the
Library of &ogress at Washington; the
Atheneum or some other fit place in
Philadelphia; the Library of Pennsylvania
College, and in some suitable place in
Pittsburg; and one copy retained by the
Chairman of the Democratic State Com
mittee and his successors forever; and one
copy, be sent to the widow of the deceased.
Resolved, That the funds which shall be
thus collected, shall be appropriated' to the
erection of a monument to the memory of
WM. H. HARRISON, at North Bead,
or to the use of his bereaved family, as shall
be determined by a Democratic Conven
ion, to be held at Harrisburg, at
..auch
ime as the State Committee ratty desi gnate.
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The people of . New Orleans are deter.
mined to find a gang of pirates. The fol.
towing is the last sting, and is from the
Bee of the 15th instant:
IMPORTANT INTEL'AGENCE—RETUM
OF THE MERCHANT;--CAPTURE OF
A PIRATICAL HORDE.
Our readers, no doubt, remember that
when the news arrived of the strange de
sertion of the Charles, among other expedi•
Lions fitted out, was that of the steamboat
Merchant, Captain Griffin, on board of
which Di number of volunteers embarked
under the command of General Smith,
taking the Lake route. The Merchant
returned to the city yesterday afternoon,
and unlike the other vessels, her , research
has not proved fruitless, as the following
statement will show:
Shortly after the arrival of the Merchant
in the Gulf, she , met the United States brig
Consort, with which she cruised some time
in company, both of them scoUring the coast
from the mainland on the northward, to
the Balize. On Tuesday, the Bth, a hea
vy firing was heard by the Merchant, the
Consort, and at the Belize. It appears
that it was likewise heard on board the
Neptune, but was taken foi the sound of
distant thunder. On Friday last, the Mer
chant left the Consort, bound to the west
ward of the Passes, and returned to the
Belize for water. The expedition there
heard of a marauding party encamped on
Limekiln Bayoii, in the vicinity of the
Chandeliers. The party immediately di
rected their course thither, and arrived at
the Bayou at night.
They made their way along the Bayou
in boats, but as the water became narrower
and shallower at every step, the boats were
obliged to follow each other in single file,
the first being commanded by Gen. Smith,
the second by Capt.. Homy, and the third
by -. After sotne time the expedi
tion came up on the encampment, and the
night being dark, General !Muth jumped
ashore followed by two of his company.
In front of the tent stood a , seminar with a
musket. He was ordered 'to surrander.-
He did so, and was thrown on the ground
in order to be secured. In the meantime
ton. Smith had gone behind tho tent to
reconnoitre. At thismoment an individu
al, said to be the brother of the sentinel,
hearing the noise, rushed out of the tent
armed with a bowie.knile, and falling upon
the men outside, wounded them both se
verely. One of the party rushed 'back into
the water exclaiming—"l am stabbed!"
whereupon Capt. Hozey'a company stepped
onshore, and one of them putting Lis mus
kot to the assailant's side discharged its
contents into his body. Gen. Smith hear
ing the tumult sprang from the tent sword
in hand, and stumbling over the prostrate
body of the dying man, was stabbed by
him in the forehend, l and in both sides.—
Fortunately none of the wounds are consid-.
ered dangerous.
The survivors were immediately secured.
They consisted in all of four men and a
boy. They were taken to the Balize and
left in charge of the authorities there.
This is the most accurate account we
have been enabled to obtain; and we believe
we can vouch for its general correctness.—
Rumor says that tho boate were guided to
Limekiln bayou by a fisherman who had
been overhauled the day preceding by the
marauders, and had been permitted to de
part in safety, with many threats of ven
geance if he disclosed a syllable of what ho
had seen.
From tho Albany N. Y. Journal.
GROANS OF THE ELREGENCY,
The Argus is filed with lamentations for
the fate of the 'reformed' office-holders.—
This jeremaid, more than two columns in
length, cannot fail to excite scorn and con
tempt. We can conceive of nothing more
pitiful than this baby whine from , dema
gogues who have boon playing the tyrant
for fifteen years. Ten years ago,
when
Jackson camp into power, the black banner
of Proscription was unfurled. It was then
openly proclaimed, that the administration
would "reward its friends and punish its
enemies." • Up to this evil day, proscrip
lion for opinion's sake, by the General Go
vernment, was comparatively unknown.—
But the work of proscription, ander the spe
cious motto of "glory and ,retorns,',',, then
commenced. All wbe,hold office without
the Jackson collar, Were hunted down.—
Neither talents, nor services, nor virtues,
were exempted. The proscriptiop was uni
versal. So far indeed was the doctrine
carried, that GOv. Marcy, in the Senate of
the United States, openly avowed the senti
ment that 'TO THE VICTORS BELONG ,
THE SPOILS." This sentiment was re
sponded to by the whole party, and by none
more veheniently than the whippering gro
veller of the Albany Argus, who has ever
been; among the most rapacious political
marauders.
But the . Argue does not refer to , a report
made to the Senate of the United States on
a call of Mr. Tullmadge.
It appears that the following Postmasters
were "removedjor opinion's sake," between
the 21th of March, 1837, to the Ist of Feb
ruary, 1839:--
In Maine there were 40 removols.
New Hampshire " 4 "
Vermont Of 13 "
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Yoik
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina 4 4
South Carolina
Georgia
Louisiana a 3
Mississippi CI 5
Arkansas " a Al
Alabama
Kentucky 6 16
Tennessee
5
Missouii ' " 12 "
Ohio 4 3 II
Indiana 44 13 "
Illinois. " 1 0 , "
ichigan " 18 "
WiScensin 44 5 'I
Here is a list of TEIREE'HUNDRED
AND SIXTY-FOUR POSTMASTERS,
who were PROSCRIBED during the first
year of Van Buren's reign.
.FOREIGN IVlts.9loNs.--A .letter from
Washington to the , Baltimore. Patriot, an•
nounces that it is now fully ascertained that
tho Hon. John 'Sergeant, Member of Con
gress from the Philadelphia city. distrizt o
Pennsylvania, is , to talto the, mission to
London:
That the Hon. Daniel hailer, a member
of the last Congress from 'Maryland, is to
have the mission to Austria, and
That Col. C. S. Todd, of Kentucky, is to
go to the Court of Spain, at Madrid. "Old
Kentuck" thus, you see, comes in for her
full share of the "spoils," as she has now a
foreign Minister, a Charge d'Affaires to
Texas, a Governor of low% and the Atter.
ney General of the United States..
Judge
Judge Huntington, of the patriotic State
of Indiana, goes into the General. Land Of
fice at Washington, in the place of Mr.
Whitcomb, the present incumbent.
P. R. Fendall, Esq. has been appointed
District Attorney for the District ofColum•
bin in place of Mr. Key. .
PREPARING von TIIE lvorts,r —Once on
a time it happened that a poor wight mar
ried a ahrew, who led him rather a hard
life; she fell ill, the doctor was palled in,
and the noxious affectionate husband inqui-
Ked of him how his spouse was; Galen
shook his 'dead. and told him to prepare for
the worst. 4 What;' . said be is she likely to
get over it?'
A NOVELTY.—To see two women pass
each other in the street without ono or the
other turning round to , seo what the other
had on. ,
THE TWO PLANS AND THE DIFFER-
The differenee hotween Mr. Clay's plan
of a National Bank, and that submitted by
the Secretary of the Treasury, is represent
ed as very trifling mid uainiportant. Tho
chief dissimilarity relates to the e-tablish
went of branches. Mr. Clay appears to
be of the opinion that Congrsas already
possesses the right under the Constitution,
to charter a National Bank, and to locate
branches in the various States. Mr. Ew
ing thinks it necessary that the cocsent of
the States should first be obtained. Vie
iheline to the opinion that Mr. Clay is right,
and trust that, a majority of both Houses of
Congress may be fouto agree with him.
A bank, to be fully oeful, should have
branches at all the Important points, and it
is quite apparent that it the States aro tube
first consulted, we shall have another bank
excitement—the matter will be dragged
into our elections, and the decision of the
States will bo obtained, no: according to
their better judgment, exercised in a cool,
calni and patriotic manner, but under an
excitement, provoked for political.ends, and
amid the clamors of demagogues, and the
misrepresentations of partizan journals.—
Better, far better than, as well for the peace
as the prosperity of the ceuntry, that Con
gress when deciding upon a National Bank,
should also agree with Mr. Clay as to the
policy of branches in the. States, and the
power of locating, those branches without
any pre-obtaineconsent. Mr. Clay fixes
the capital at $30,000,000, and this
tigress with Mr. Ewing; but ho would re
serve to Congress the power to increase it
to $50,0( 0,000, if necessary. Both locate
the Bank in the District of Columbia, and
the main features of both bills aro similar to
those of the Bank Charter granted in 1816.
Mr., Clay also fixes the maximum dividend
1 per cent. higher than Mr. Ewing. The
Board of Control is to be without any pow
er of discodnting. The Directors aro to
ba 9 in number—to bo pail out of the pro
fits of the institution, and the Bank is to deal
in foreign exchange. The measure is
deemed more satisfactory in New York,
and by financiers, generally as we under
stand, than that submitted by the T:easury
Department. It is possible that some new
features will be engrafted on it, as it passes
through Congress. It is quite clear that
the administration and their friends among
the representatives of the people, are em.
cerely anxious to agree upon a fiscal agent
calculated to answer the exigencies of the
times—and that they aro also disposed to
having it enacted into a law as speedily as
possible. - It is also certain that the oppo
sition, and especially such men as Mr.
Senator Allen and Mr. Pickens, aro deter
mined to create as much delay and ember.;
rassment as they can. But we much mis
take the,majority—we much mistake the
Whig spirit in Congress, if these mere
partizans shall be permitted long to die.
appoint the hopes and ,baille the expecta
tions of the great body of the American
people.—Phaa. lnq.
THE GUILLOTINE AT Wcax.—Ono Post
waster has been removed at Marietta• in
Lancaster county! After this immense ex
ertion, we willgive the Executive some six
weeks to recover breath and prepare for an
other onset. The axe of the guillotine, is
rusted for want of use; we want to see it
bright and shining, and have It work as
nimbly as the chop sticks of a Chinese when
eating his rice I .it does us good to hear
the, groans of the locos as they are dragged
up--the only danger is we shall have TOO
FEW removals—to change measures 'we
must change men—our sufferings is intoler
able, and how are we to penetrate the in
terior, while the "rascally" locofoco Post
masters are kept in office?
We commend to the Postmaster General
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the answer of Maj. Barry, who having been
detained from a party given by Mrs. Eaton
until near midnight, was asked by the host
ess what had detained him, "My dear ma
dam" said he "the General and myself have
been very busy to-pight—we have cutoff
the heads of nearly four hundred Postmas
ters."
That's the way to work it—by bun
drods.—Har. Tele. .
MILS AND Buxrna.—Mr. Morris, of
Ailenton Farm, near Westchester., gives
notice in Westchester Star, that ' Bessey
a fine Durham cow, belonging to him. gave
in one week, 201 1.4 quarts of milk (that
is nearly 29 quarts per day) from which
were made 15 1-4 pounds of good butter.
Mr. Canby, of Woodside, near Wilming
ton, obtained from Blossom, one week after
Calving, 35 quarts per day, or 245 quarts
per week, from which were made 13 1.4
pounds of butter
Gowen, near Germantown, obtained
from his cow "Dairy Maid," four months
after calving, 33 1.2 quarts of milk per
day—lmtter not stated.--U. S. Gazette.
THE BURIAL PLACE OF. GENETIAL HAR
nisort,—A letter from North Bend to the
editor of the Lebanon Star , says:
"I am at present engaged in preparing
and putting in order the mound of burial
place fur the reception of the General. It
is a very elevated spot, a short distance
west of the dwelling h ouse,; and opposite
the mouth of the tunnel of the White-water
Canal,affording a very film view of the Obio
River. We are building a vault on the
top.of the mount--cleltring off' the undet
growth, leaving only a few scattered trees
—fencing it in with a good , plain, though
neat and substantial fence; harmonizing ia
this particular with : the life and character
Of him who is to repose within its pale. I
think it Otte likely the funeral will take
place on the 4th of July, or the day that
maybe kept as our national anniversary,
tor the 4th comes in Sunday. Of the lime,
however, the committee will make a public
announcement. I shall expect to see a.
large number of the citizens of Warraa
county present on the occasion, for it is pre-'
Burned that every Whig, and many of the
opposition party will be desirous to pay the
last tribute of respect to the departed hero,
patriot, and sage.' •
ENPE.
ItzV4CALITY WITHOUT A PARALLEL.!
While in Washington ten days ego, the
following statement from the Louisville
Journal was put into our hands. Notwith
standing all the known and unknown instan
ces of tificial corruption under the late ad
ministration, we could scarcely credit a
tale of such unblushing' venally, and we
straightway applied to the general post
office for tut . ..retention. We were there in.
formed thnt it wns true to the letter.
Ve hen Mr. Barr} was Postmaster Gen
eral, a committee was /appointed by the
United States Sena, li to investigate tho
aflairs of the Post Office. Department. The
iuvestigation resulted in the very able re
port made by 5 ing, in which divers po
extra allowaac other corruption,
were duly made known to the people of the
country.
To parry the effects of that startling re
port, Mr. Barry, it may be remembered,
published a pamphlet, a vindiciition, so
called, of his conduct. This pamphlet
was, of course, an individual and not an
official document. Nevertheless, he agreed
to pay to the editors of the Globe, Messrs.
Blair & Rives, 81,500 for printing it, and
charged the amount to the Government!
When Amos Kendall succeeded Mr.
Barry, as Postmaster General, ho glanced
over the books of the department, and saw
this item of 61,500. Afraid that another
investigation would soon take place, and
that this extraordinary item would thus be
brought to light, he made Blair & Rives
refund the money; at least he entered it as
refunded, on the books. Thus the matter
remained till the 3rd of March, 1841, the
very last day of Mr. Van Buren's Adminis
tration, when Mr. Niles, the successor of
Kendall as Postmaster General, paid back
the 81,500 to Blair 4- Rives, and an en
try was actually made in the books to that
effect!
The statement, we repeat, is true, and
tie facts doubtless constitute a fair speci
men of the conduct of the Post Office De
partment during the twelve years antece
dent to the 4th of March last. Beyond all
doubt the department has, during that peri
od, been one of the foulest dons of corrup
tion that ever existed in a civilized nation.
From another but well advised sourcy, we
were informed that, being out of Made,
Niles drew upon a Pennsylvania Postmas
ter in favor of Blair for the amount. The
latter was in great haste to obtain the
amouut before Mr. Granger got into pow
or, and proposed sending an express to
Pennsylvania for the money, to prevent the
possibility of defeat. Let there be a retie.
lution of inquiry in the House of Represen
tatives.
A DREADFUL MURDER AND SUICIDE.-.
The Steubenville, Ohi., Gazette, gives an
account of a most tragical murder and sui•
cide which occurred on the 11th, about two
miles from that place on the Virginia side
ofthe river. A man and his his wife, the
former a German and the latter an Amer--
ran, was travelling together, when a quar
rel arose between them, and the wretched
husband took-a razor from his pocket and
cut the throat of his companion from ear to
ear, causing instant death. He then applied
the same instrument to his own throat, but
failing to accomplish his purpose he finish.
ed the work of death by tying a handker
chief about hie neck and suspending himself
to a fen Ce. The wretched pair bad been
married about two years, and a little girl,
daughter of the murdered woman by a for.
suer husband, looked upon the bloody scone
with indifirnence. •
Clams Lormow.—A curious table
has been published in England, showing
the number of the trades of the persons ta
ken into custody in the Metropolitan Dis
trict in 1840. The aggregate Police ar
rests amounted to 70,714 individuals.—
Labourers 18,105; lawyers 29; sailors
1881; shoemakers 1967; milliners 1091;
medical men 72; chimney sweeps 300; tai
-10162043. Of those who could neither
read nor write, the number amounted to
23,939; those who could read only, or
read and write imperfectly, wero 37,551;
those who could read and write well,8,121;
and these of superior instruction were
1,100.
ILLINOIS BONDS.-Th e Vandals Free
\
saPress ye that he learns from undoubted
authority, that Gov. Carla has issued and
sent to New York, one million of State
bonds, to -be sold for whatever they will
bring. On which the St. Louis Bulletin
says—We understand some time ego,
that a fresh issue of bonds had been
made, but we think the Press is in error
as to the terms on which they are to be
used.
The Salem (Mass.) Gazette says the
number of wrecks and castaways on the
Atlantic seaboard averages from four or
five hundred a year. In January, 1839
there was ninety-one American vessels of
all sizes wrecked on the Atlantic coast, be
ing a shipwreck every eight hours in the
month.
TUE STEANSUIP PRESIDENT.—The New
York Express says:—"The Insurance
CoMpanies that underwrote on the cargo
of the steamer President, have paid the' full
amount of the loss. This is conclusive
evidence of what the underwriters think of
her fats.. The'amount insured in this city,
was $30,000'"
Thmtsze.—A gentleman from Mar•
freesburg writes to the Editor of the Louis•
yille Journal, that Mr. POLK will be doubly
distanced at the election in August, and
that the Legislatuie, and consetvently the
united States Senators to be elected - by
them, will be thoroughly Whig.
Kr:targets.. who it was reported was !Laird
recently by (nick Hawk's sou, the Bur.
Itogton (Iowa) Patriot says is nut dead, but
ii at his villa2e, He hue given himself up
to intemperate habits, many of but tribe
paving I. rsaketa (pm and joined 'his rival
ZEP,IPIPTS2S I OIIS CIVASE
AND
REPUBLICAN BANNER,
GETTYSBURG. June 29. 1841.
Democratic Candidate
FOR GOVERNOR,
JOHN BANKS,
OF BERKS COUNTY.
Graham's Magazine.
The July number of this excellent Magazine Is
already on our table. It is an admirable number,
well filled with original articles from pens of dis.
tingufshed literary writers, and richly embellished
with three beautiful engravings, besides several
pages of music. The publisher has procured now
type and a superior article of paper, which add
greatly to the appearance of the work.
sllelanCholy.
EAST Battim, Adams Co. Pa.
lune 26, 1841:
Mr. Enrron:;--On Thursday evening last, a
nutriaer of lAD went into the mill dam of Mr.
Gaiselman to bathe, when, melancholy to relate,
JACOB, eon of Ludwick-43roup of Huntington
township; in this county. aged about seventeen
years, was drowned. The deceased came to this
place some three or four weeks since, for the put.
poscrof learning the business of chairmaking and
painting with Mr. George King.
Melancholy accident.
We learn from . the Hanover Herald that Mr.
Jinn WEAVER, son of Peter Weaver, of Mount.
pleasant township, in• this county, was thrown
from his horse, on the 15th inst. with such force,
as to cause his death almost instantly. The de
ceased was about 21 years of age.
Death - or Gen. 'Macomb.
By the Baltimore Patriot of Saturday last, we
learn that Gen, ALZZANDIII. MAcomn died sud
denly in Washington on Friday afternoon, in a
fit of apoplexy. He wes in his sixtieth year, and
at the time of his decease held the office of Com
mander-in-Chief of the Army of the United State!,
to which ho had risen from that of a cornet of
dragoons.
Removals from Office, aVe.
Little as our warning may avail in securing an
answer to the wishes of the people,we will not
desist in the performance of our duty. There is
much depending on the
the
of the General
Government, to secure the accomplishment of all
of which the sentinels of the people must speak
out. We an Pennsylvania are asking with all ilk,
earnestness of men foelirg the importance of their
petitiens, that justice may be done to the mon to
whom so much is due in bringing about an event
no less than the redemption of the State. Tho
issue of our labors is the best 'evidence of the
magnitude and success of our exertions. And
wore the lamented Harrison now in the exorcise
of his official funetions, the gratitude of his heart
would not fail to evince itself toward Pennsylva
nia—lns friends would be remembered. The cri
sis to us is momentous. We are entering the fall
contest with a candidate whose nume is a tower
of strength-Lwhose character is pure and unsulli
ed—whose abtlitiea are unquestioned—whose
po
liticat principles are firm and unyielding—and who
can' bear with him the entire strength of Harri
son's friendi: We aro opposing a candidate whose
course In the Erecutive chair has beau a continu
ed series,of outrages upon the people. Convicts
and felons are daily turned loose upon us fresh
from the criminal's box—the laws are not permit
ted to be executed—the sentences of our criminal
courts are remitted through Executive clemency
—license is given to the slanderer to attack, with
out distinction, the character of all men, and when
called to the bar of justice to answer for the foul
deed, a free and absolute pardon turns the guilty
defamer loose to do fresh wrongs with impunity.
When such are the men before the people, what
need we, save the spirit which animated us not a
twelve-month since, and John Banks must tri
umph. Ho's. too noble—too worthy—to bo de
feated. And can we enter upon tho contest with
this spirit, when our labors are not appreciated !
—when our best men aro spurned from the men
in power, and gentlemanly Locofocos preferred in
their stead! Ate we, and all our friends through
out the nation to be rejected, to give place to the
mem Kigainst whom there are no complaints"!—
We make complaint against the whole body of
ofdee-holders (and if there be any exception, it
may be made as to who shall be retained, and not
who removed)—They were and are slandirers of
the immortal dead, and many of them oven now
would stand at his tomb, yet moistened with the
nation's tears, and drag his stainless character
from its noiseless repose—they have done it—
they will do it. And is not this enough'? Action
—justice—must come speedily, without delay, or
it need not come at all! It is Pennsylvania—
the Keystone of the Federal Arch—redeemed
from her ancient allegiance—it, is she that asks.
'•Local Jffairs.”
The Harrisburg Intel!silencer holds forthin the
following just languago, by way of introduction
in general terms to a mare particular notice of our
•'delightful" Capitol:—
"The best way to promote domestic hap
piness is, for each husband to believe that
there is but one good wife in the world,
and that he has her; and for each wife to
believe the same thing of her.husband.--
Now, in the matter of the town one lives
in, a similar rule should prevail. .Each in-
dividual should consider that the place of
his residence is the place, and is. superior
to nil others. It does not follow that he
should therefore depreciate other places—
let him only appreciate his own."
If our neighgor has ever , questioned the Teal
dents of our ' , health?' Borough and its vicinity
as to their abode, he will have found that (save
one In a thousand, who could hardly tell why they
differed from their neighbors,) his 'sentiment is
practically verified among us. We have a town sal•
prior to all others—and moat of us appreciate it
properly. For health, morals, and temperance,
-we can vie with all competitors. The scenery of
the surrounding country—the mountain "hard
by"—the noble edifices of our literary institu
tions, equal in exterior , to the whited Chesnut
street monster of far.fame, each aro calculated to
gratify the eye of the stranger, and have contrib.
ted to make us content with our basket and store.
With the additional advantage of publics improve
ments offering comfortable and speedy facilities
to travellers, we could soon earn to ourselves the
title of the finest town in the interior of our no
ble State.
We did not intend to indite an article in praise
of oursolves;—:f any wish to judge for themselves,
they can find occasional relief from the dullness
of town life et a fashionable watering place on
the north, or a cool and bracing one on the west.
Each but a two boors drive distant.
An Excellent Movement.
It is with feelings of pride we are enabled to
lay before our readers the proceedings'of a meet
ing of Pennsylvanians, held at the seat of govern
ment, to express the sentiments of the Keystone
State through such of her citizens as were so
journing theta-in relation to the duty of appro
priating a proper sum to the use of the family of
our departed Harrison. There is a geiterot.s and
noble spirit breathed through every sentence of
the record of their doings, which cannot fail to
meet with a hearty response in the breast of every
man who was worthy of being numbered among
the friends of the "good President," or who can
estimate the worth of distinguished, self-denying
valor. That the Keystone State is compelled to
own as citizens, men who know not thO "price of
valor," and who most certainly , can never earn it,
cannot be denied;—most humbling and lamenta
ble proof has been given to the nation that such
is the case. But the narrowness of soul which
prompted such an Exposuna cannot give tong to
public sentiment.
The resolutions are eloquent in language and
patriotic in spirit. Our own district it will be
seen was ably represented in that meeting.
Your's &c.
Gen. Harrison's Family.
Upon the consideration of the proposition to
insert $25,000 in the Bill making en appropria
tion to the family of Gen. Harrison, our represen
tative, the Hon. JAMES Coorzn, presented to the
House the proceedings of the meeting of the. citi
zens of Adams county, held in April last, as ex
pressive of the views and feelings of a portion of
his constituents upon tho proposition. The pro
ceedings were read, end the following apposite
remarks submitted by Mr. Cooper upon, present.
ing them:—'
Mr. COOPER, of Pennsylvania, said he
should not trouble the committee at great
length in the remarks he had to make m
this case. He had risen merely in obedi
ence to the request of a public meeting
held within the district he had the honor
to represent, and which had directed him
to ask that Congress would make an appro.:
priation of public money for the benefit of
the Emily of the late President. An ac
count of the proceedings of that meeting
he then hold in his hand, and should ask
that it should be read at the Clerk's table.
He presented this paper now for the pur
pose of showing the state of public feeling
and public opinion in Pennsylvania among
persons of all political parties, for the'meet
ing to which he had alluded had not been
composed exclusively of the friends of
General Harrison; on the contrary, mem
bers
of both the great political parties
which divided the country had been pre
sent of that occasion, and to their honor
had all agreed that such an appropriation
ought to be made. In, regard to the sum
with which it had been proposed to fill "the
blank, he should move no amendment,
although the appropriation recommended
at the public meeting in his district had
been much larger than that now proposed
from the joint committee. He trusted that
no objection would be made from any part
of the House. The sum proposed was
little enough—less, he was persuaded, than
the great body of the American People, I
could they be individually consulted, would I
be willing to give. Let us, said Mr. C.,
act generously on this occasion, and in such
a manner as shall give the lie to that re.
proach so mien mado by the despets of Eu•
rope, that republics are always ungrateful.
The Government, as gentlemen all know,
has made such appropriations on various
occasions. The honorable chairman will
readily recollect the grant to Lafayette . —
a grant much larger than this, and for ser
vices not superior.
Mr. C. said lie had nothing further to
add, save to ask,that the record of the pro.
ceedings of the meeting of his constituents
be now read by the Clerk.
It was read accorduigly.
The Bill appropriating $25,000 to tho family
of Gen. Harrison, has since passed both Houses
of Congress, and will no doubt receive the sanc
tion of the President. • • • •
The Baltimore Clipper writes thus properly of
two Honorableedll who fill chairs in Congress:—
Two Wounttps.—The American people,
with a unanimity almost unparalleled throw.
ing aside alLperty feeling and political dill'll•
erences, have demanded that a liberal ap•
propriation shall be made to the family of the
. deceased Patriot and late President, Genet..
al Wm. H. Harrison, whose body yet lies
in the public cemetery at Washington;, and
yet,
,when, a bill was' introduced into the
House of Representatives on Thursday last
for that purpose, the, occasionivas seized by
Mr. Dean, an unworthy representative from
Ohio, to speak in disrespectful terms of the
deceased; atol a Mr. Snyder, from Pennsyl•
vania, endeavored to turn the subject into
ridicule. The colleagues of Mr. Dean and
others, gave him a castigation ' which if be
possesses feeling, (which we doubt,) must
have touched himto the quick; but poor
Snyder appears to
.have been deemed too
contemptible for notice, although List evident'
ly sought notoriety. Men who could thus
make war on the dead hero whom they
would not dare to look in the eye whilst Ilv
ng, albuld be spurned with indignant con
tempt by alt honorable men.. !Members may
Conscientiously entertain scruples as tO the
Deserved.
constitutional power or Congress to volt) the
appropriation; but the vile slanderersi,of the
dead are unworthy seats in the House of
Representatives; and they much mistake,
if they think that any party will sustain
thorn in their unjustifiable course. '
Mr, /III:14101C, of Ponasylsanie, an opponorit of
the late President, was among those who atfroca"
ted the Bill.
Congress.
Poor Potriken, whose "previous question" was
always on his tongue's end, should have some
deputies at Washington, to apply his spur just
often enough to drive Congress to business.—
The previous question is abused in the hands of
any majority, and therefore the use of it as a gen
eral aid should bo discountenanced. Congress
however, was convened for special business—the
people deMand that that business bo despatched
with promptuess—that the benefits of their action
tray most speedily be felt, and but a short two
month session be required. To shut out anoth
er legislation—to stop the mouths of those ever
lasting b#blere, who are ever troubling tho House
—and -fLr confine the action of Congress to their
spesial duties.-let every strictness of rule be op.
plied. We wind action, and an adjournment.—
If the heat of the torrid zone would drive them to
it, and then drives them home wo would almost
wish they might have it at Washington. Com.
fort, and a longing after the "cool country air,"
would soon induce them to act and separate.
During the past week the Senate has had un
der consideration Mr. Clay's Bill to incorporate
the subecribers to the Fiscal Bank of the United
Stites. This Bill is based upon the plan submit•
tod to the Senate by tho Secretary of tho Treasu
ry, which plan was published in our last.
The House has been engaged in discussion up
on the McLeod case, and Mr. Johnson's Land
Bill, for several days.
We want ~ a good currency" in then parts.—
Whoever will give it us shall be permitted to set
tle himself in this valley of contentment, and feast
away his days on our choicest Buckwheat*.
"SINGULAR AND FATAL'DUEL.- 7 A duel
was fought near Springfield, Illinois, on
the 19tH ult., in which one of the parties
named Shaw, was killed. The only addi
tional particulars we could learn are these:
A challenge passed between two men, of
whom Dr. Moriman was the second of ono
and Mr. Shaw of the other. Arriving on
the ground Shaw'sprincipal did not appear,
and Shaw was obliged to take hib place.—
At tip first fire he was shot through the
headnd died instantly.
THE SENATM—Elections (says the A
merican Sentinel) for members of the Stale
Senate, will be held in October next, in the
following districts. to fill vacancies occasion
ed either by resignation or the expiratlon
orthe terms of service:—
Henry S. Spackman,Philadefphia city.
Michael Snyder, do. county.
Charles BroNn, do. do.
Ebenezer Kingsbury, Jr. A'V.ayne.
Eldiu Case Bradford. -
S towel Nl:Barclay, Bedford.
'Charles B. Penrose, Cumberland:
Thomas C. Miller, Adams.
John J. Pearson, Mercer.
Joseph M. Sterrett, Erie.
Thomas Williams, Allegheny..
Findley Patterson, Armstrong.
EARLY Coax.—The Grand Gulf Adver•
titter says that Gen. Bearbower, near - that
place, bad fine, plump and delicious roast.
ing ears on the 30th May.
BANN. OF TEE UNITED STATES. -- The
present officers of this institution give for
mal notice that an applicition will be made
to the next Legislature for certain amend.
merits and alterations in their charter, by
changing the name and style of corporation
and body politic, and of the location there
of, and by reducing the amount of its cap
itul and for such other alterations and
amendments as may be deemed advisable,
all of which will be set forth ►n their memo
rial—that the name and style of the said
corporation shall be the "State Bank of
Pennsylvania," to be located in the city
of Philadelphia, and that its capital shall be
reduced to a sum not exceeding fourteen
millions of dellars.--Balt. Pat.
DESTRITOTIVE FIRE ♦ND LO9B OF LIFE.
—On Thursday morning about a quarter
before 2 o'clock, the extensive Wholesale
Grocery and Liqour store of Messrs. Mul
ford & Alter in Market street above Sixth,
was discovered to be on fire- r eupposed to.be
the work of an incendiary. . Several: of
the jiqour casks had been broken to in
crease the rapidity of the flames. The
building with its contents, was totally ,de
strayed. About 3 o'clock, several firemen
fixed a ladder in front of the building—
Two of them ascended to the third story
window with the side stream, when melan
choly to relate, part of the front fell- , -broke
the ladder and shockingly mangled .a mem•
ber of the Phcenix Fire company, Mr.
George Eisanbry. Ho was Conveyed to a
neighboring hotel where he expired in a few
moments. A Mr. Thomas, who was on
the ladder at the time, bad his leg broken.
We are told he was the eon of Dr.
Philadelphia Courier.
ONE Tsai.—The resolution adopted by
the last Legislature, which, proposes an
amendment to the Constitution, 'limiting
the Governor to one term—is officially and
and formally published by the Secretary oC
the Commonwealth.
PRICE OF WAGEB.—'rbe common labor
er in the county of Bucktughtuu,Eng,land,it
was lately stated in the House of Commons,
does not receive aboVe two and a halfpence
per day, as wages, and upon this small stun
he is compelled to subsist.
At a kneeling of the members of the
Church of England, held in London the 7th
of April, for the purpose of establishing
and perpetuating a fund for the piomoti9n
of religion in the British Colonies, the sub•
scriptions amounted to the large sum of one
hundred and forty thauscutddrißars.
Igrowrixr.—The Weather and its Ef
feets.—The sudden changes of the weather
will be productive of much sickness, unless
people are careful to attend to the state of
the stomach and bowels. IF this is done no
danger will arise; but on the first feeling of
headache, pain in the side, back or bowels,
have recourse to Brundreth's Vegetable
' Universal Pills. Six or eight of these
NU will be sufficient. And one dose of
this kind, it is not improbable, may prevent
months of sickness, perhaps death.
They will, if used during the prevalence
army cause for &ease, entirely prevent
fatal results; because . they remove from the
stomach and bowels any morbific matters
that may have accumulated in the system
by inhaling imqure air, or from eating un
wholesome food. -
It is at all times easier to prevent than to
cure disease, because by taking a preven
tive course we do not debilitate the natural
functions of the body, but rather strengthen
and assist theanthe peculiar action ofßran
dreth's Vegetable UniversalPills,to cleanse
the blood from all impurities remove every
cause of pain or weakness, and preserve the
constitution in such a state of health and
vigor as casual changes cannot effect.
Purchase them in Gettysburg of Thos.
J. Cooper, distributing agent; of Jno. M.
Stevenson, or only it, tho county of Agents
published in another part of this paper.
IIItMENIAL REGISTER.
MARRIED.
On Tuesday evening the Bth lust by the Rev.
Israel Forrest, Mr. G. Frederick Byers, to Miss
Sarah bottrof this borough.
OBITUARY RZIOORD.
DIED•
On the 25th inst., of Measles, at Now Wind
for, Md. Afargaretta, aged about 5 years.--Also
at the residence of her father, of disease of the
brain, in the 19th inst. Muriel, aged about 7
months, both daughters of J. S. Crawford, Esq. of
Cumberland township, Adams county Pa.
On the 18th inst. Mrs. Magdalene Bishop,
wife of Mr. Jacob Bishop, of liamiltonban town
ship.
GETTFSIBURG
LITERARY ASSOCIATION.
.11114 E Quarterly Meeting of the mem
hers will be held oa Monday Evening,
July CM, on which occasion s Lecture will
be delivered before the Association by Mr.
Tflorir. Bonner —"The History of ,the
Middle Ages." •
iriv•The inhabitants of Gettysburg de
respectfully invited to attend.
H. W. THORP, Sec'sy.
Juae'29.
MILITARY ENCAMPMENT.
The volunteers of York intend to hold
an encnmpment at this place,
,commencing
on Tuesday,.the 24th August, 1841, and to
continue time days; will Mikii suitable ir
rangements for the reception of such of
their fellow soldiers from abroad as may
favor them with a visit. The Volunteer
companies of this and the adjoining coun•
ties iiiPenosylvania—and those of the n•
ties of Philadelphia, and Bala:nom, are
invited to participate with the Volunteers
of York in the duties of the encampment.
They may rest allowed of a Soldier's cordial
welcome.
It is hoped that the favorable season
selected for the occasion; the facilities for
reaching York from almoit every point of
the compass, and the obvious advantage to
all volunteer companies to enter occasional
ly the rough school of the soldier, will in
duce many of our military brethren to ac
cept the invitation hereby heartily extended.
The companies of York, sensible of the
reproach which has fallen upon many aim
lar efforts to improve American Volunteers
in camp duty, in consequence of the indis
cretion of a few, have determined not to
permit wine or ardent spirits of any descrip
tion to be sold' r used within the' limits of
the encampment or the lines of the guard.
JACOB UPP, Captain. } w A
aka a An'a.
Joan Henan, Ist Lieut.
GEO. HAY, Captain.
D. P. Wunstx,lit Lieut. Pa. Rifle.
A. Connellee, 2d Lieut. -
A. H. DARNITZ, Capt.
A. HAT,. let Lieutenant, Waeh'n Blued.
D. G. Barnilz, 2d Lieut.
JOE'. GARRETSON, Capt.
GEO. Woe A.T, let Lieut. liVaalenTroep.
John Horn, 2d Lieutenant.
June 29.
The Third Anniversary Celebra
,.». lion of the ".Frankhn Harmony
Sonety," will be held on the evening of the
3d of July, in the Court-house of this bor
ough, at 7i o'clock—on which occasion
several addresses will be delivered.
OCT - The ladies and gentlemen are respett•
fully invited to attend.
C. H. BUF.FILER,
V. 'E. GEIGER, •
J. T. H. BRINGMAN,
Committee of Arrangement.
June 22, 1841. to-13
MOLD 6131:Milteo
TH_F. Subscribers respectfully inform the
public, the% this delightful summer real.
deuce will be opened for the reception and
accommodation of visitors, to commence on
the find of July next. All exertion will be
made to render comfort and satisfaction.
Parties and others can be accommodated
with dinnersokc. at the shortest notice.'
The well known advantages and pleasures
afforded, render it unnecessary to make atiy
particular statement. .
All accommodation!' will lie extended by
the Subscribers. .
JOHN & MARTIN S'CVENtir.
June 15. • 411-12
JOB PRINTING,
OF ALL /(LISIDO 2
Meetly
and expeditiously executed; at . the office o
giTHE STAR & 13ANNER:i
,‘ - o.y.ttlls - Emt,!lNTS:i..l. -. ':'':
FLOUR, G OittERPANIHRIIt:
(Ilaa
rffing substiber begs leave to`inter,rn
-IL citizens of Gettysburg sad'the pittilia
generally, that be has How 'orr bantital for
mile a complete ui,rt . general assortment 'tit'
, .
• - CoFFEE
Sunara Loaf [ u rn ii end Brown, * p
‘'
Cheese, Candles-aud'Soilp,,,::
—ALSO--• -
TEAS, *, -,-..
Pepper, Allspice, Cloves;Cin
[lemon, Nutmegs, and almost
every other article in•the line t
of Groceries, needed in a puti
lic or private house.
' has, also s general a aasortmerit of
10 1111.-mi
minim 4th - Proof Cognacs Brags
dy, (low price dittoi)iltr
dorm, Port, Lisbon, itod
Malaga Wines, Holland Gin, N. E. , Rurn i -
Whiskey, drc. ,
-ALBO-~
FlSH—Shad, Herring and Mackret.- 7
Spormaciti and Fish OIL, and !Far.
A general assortment of DYE STUFFS;
AN ASSORTMENT
cola its 'WARR;
Such as Tubs, Buckets, Half bushel and
Peck measures,&c.; Clothes, Sweeping,
Shoe and Sc rubbing Btushee, and Corn
brooms. He has also on hand an assort
ment of Nails, Shovels, Spades and Forks.
Being determined to give his undivided
attentien to businesi, the public may seat
assured thafbis assortment shall always be
complete in the FLOUR, GROCERY
and. IRON business. He would now ro•-
.
turn thanks to the public for past favors, and
invite all to call and see him, as he intends
to 'sell any article in his line on the Most.
favorable cash terms.
OcrCOUNTRY PRODUCE will be
taken in exchange for any article of goods , .
DAVID ZIEGIZEt.'
June 15 $ 1841. ' St-12
DENTAL SURGERY"
IN ADDITION ,TO THE ' •
RENDICAL FRACTION
1111. D. GILBERT, is prepared to in.
41 -P seri ',Mineral real's - of the
bast qualay, and to perform all other OM"
ations for the preservation and , boanty of
the teeth, All operations want/ANT-2#,
Gettysburg, June 15.
TO Mr . CREVITORSs,
TAKE notice that `r have app it e a'tb e
Judges of the Court of Cettitnol-Pleco or .
Adame county, for the benefit of tbe'insciP
vent Laws of the Commonwoalth of rep&
sylvanta, and that they.heave 'appointed
Monday the 23d day of Avast nest, for
the hearing of me and my - creditors, at the
Court House kith° Borough of Gettysburg,
when and where you may attend if yeti
think proper 4
GEORGE GILBERT..
June 15, 1841. ; to 'l2
TO MY CREDITOR&
WAKE notice that I have applied to the
AL Judges of the COUri. Of Common Pleas
of Adams -CoUnty tor, the , benefit of the
Insolvent Laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, and that they have appointed
Monday the 23d day of August neal, for
the hearing of me and my creditersoighe
Court House in the Borough or.Gettyshurt o .
when end where you may attend it 'you
think proper. JOHN MARKEL. -
June 15, 1841. - tel-12
COUNTERFEITERS'
DEATH BLOW.
THE public will 'please observe, that fi e
Braedreth Pilid can be relied upon d# ;< .
the TRUE aim GENUINE unless each
box has new labele upon it. There are
three, and each contains a fac eigtets,
ture of Dr B. Brandretb. These
are engrave d ' on steel, beanti - fully,dedigtied; K s
and dons at an expense of several thousand
dollars. < . . 3
REMEMBER, th'e fac simile signature
of B. BRANDRETH
,must lielupon. the
,
top of the box, upon the side, and alied,the
bottom, of the box. By careful examine..
tion the name of Benjamin Brandreth,
be tound-on several Farts of THE NEW
LABELS, being
,an exact trensfer,,of the
writing of Dr. Brandreth. Thiacame will
be found in the Net Work. • .
THE PILLS ARE SOLD AT 2q.
CENTS PER BOX, by the undertuent
tioned Agents in Adams county:
Trios. J. Coerce & ? -
JNO. STEVENSON, " " t1 111 .i9 1. 4 .
Abraham King, flunterstown.
Ickes dr. Bridges, Petersburg.
Wm.'llildebrand, East'Berlin. •• .
Cook & Tudor, Hampton. • • •
A. S. E. Duncan, Outlaw&
WSterriy & Fink, Littlestown.
A. &I'Farlaid, Abbottstowii. • ,it
H. IV. Slagle, Oxford. , •
H. Lawyer, Fairfield. . s.
. Observe thaueach -Agent has, an Engra.
ved Certificate of Agency, containing low
resentation of Dr. BrandrethisiKanulactory
at Sing Sing,•and uport;iihich4fillelso_,_, be
seen exact copiea of the NEW, LABiga
NOW - UaEO UPON , THA 13E44
DRETHBOXES:
B. litaNuarrilii'mox':::,
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will nititt - et tiii*Onntinknotria
4th district nt,l,,,iiiiieserL**lsoj ,
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(rtii 411 y) big m of .1:44 W
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