ANOTHER HORRIBLE STORY.
Tws Wat.taat Baoww.—We have ar.- 1
other terrible story in relation to• the loss
of the William Brown, and the subsequent
appalling scenes. We copy it from a Lon
don paper received by the Britannia. It
w . . 11 be seen that it is made on the authority
of a passenger named Black. We believe
that many of its details are grossly exagge
rated if not wholly untrue. The story is,
indeed, too appalling to be credited for a
moment, especially with the previous ac-
counts in our recollection.
Ono of the survivors of the tragedy that
succeeded tb the loss of this ill-fated vessel
has put us , in possession of the following in.
teresting eltit frightful details connected with
the loss of the ship, and the subsequent
butchery of the unfortunate passengers by
the ferociouscrew, which we submit to our
readers without comment:—
The name of the individual is James
Black, and, with his wife, he had embark
ed at Liverpeol, on the 13th of March, for
the United States. The vessel sailed on
the following day, havino on board sixty
;-five passengers, the greatest portion of
whom were females, and Black, from his
steady conduct and good character. was
chosen to act as a kind of monitor or super
intendent. The crew consisted of seven
teen individuals, including the Captain and
:officers. The weather was had from the
commencement of the veyage, and the ves
sel:was quickly found "not to be in sea.go
ing the whole of her upper
'works being out of repair. In the afternoon
Of the 19th of April, icebergs were seen in
the distance, and a fair breeze springing
up„. the Captain hoisted all the sail ho could
carry, and ran at the rate of ten knots an
finer. About 9,P. M., most of the passen
=gers being in their berths, the vessel was
'truck by an iceberg on the tailboard bow.
Black, who at this timewas fast asleep was
awakened by the concussion, but having du
ring the day been warned by the Captain
that it was probable they would get among
the drifts, and that there was no danger,
betook no notice of it,and again composed
himself asleep. His wife, however, with
ninny of the other passengers, dressed them.
selves, and. in a few minutes, Black was
again awakened by the sprinkling of holy
water, which the frightened passengers
were throwing about the ship, most of them
being Iternan Catholics, and then at pray
er. Our informant immediately went upon
dock, and was told by the Captain that
-there was no danger, but, perceiving the
men busy cleaning the long-boat, his suspi
cious were roused,and strengthened by the
preparations making for getting out of the
Jolly-boat, in which the men were stowing
provisinus and luggage. During - this time
the captain continued to say that if the
pumps were kept going all would be right;'
and Black, as monitor, directed the male
: passeegers to work them, which they com
menced doing. After a very few minutes
the captain was again asked, and ho then,
tar the first time, said the vessel was sink.
ing. Upon this, Black called to his wife to
bring two blankets with her and come on
deck; towards wl.ich there was a general
rush. Having been en good terms with
the captain, Black requested that he might
be taken into the jolly-boat with his wife,
but he was refused and sworn at for :its im
portunity. The long boat was by this
time - (11 P. M.) over the side, and the pas:
angers were throwing themselves into it,
as they could—Black and his wife being
the last to get in, and , without any further
e rotection from the weather than their
usual clothing and two blankets. The
whole number contained in the boat was
l 8 passengers and eight seamen; in the
jolly-boat, the captain, second mate, a
youug female passenger, and seven picked
men of the crew were stowed, and, with
their provisions and luggage, lowed over
the side. The biscuit and beef put into
the. long-boat would have sufficed for a
week, and there was also a sufficiency of
'water for that period. Among the persons
saved in the long-boat,was a Scotch family,
consisting of a mother, five daughters, and
a servant girl —and to these females and
some others of a like class, the principal
attention of the captain and crew had been
directeJ from the commencement of the
voyage, to the manifest injury of the die
eipline, of the ship, and the evident disgus
of the other passengers.
Prier to ebandoning the ship the Captain
ordered a rope to be carried out from the
stem: of her and fastened to the stern of the
long boat—thie was about fourteen yards
long. From the bows of the long boat an
other rope of much greater length. was at•
niched to the jolly-boat. When the vessel
gave evident signs of going-down, the Mate
hailed the Captain, and asked leave to cut
the rope, or the long-bont would go down
in the vortex. The reply was—" No.
Hold on. Remember I am yet in com
mand." The rope was, however,
cut, and
justly) time to clear the wreck. The Cap
rain hiving already detached himself, had
by this time, got to a considerable distance
in 'comparative safety. During the night
the bents continued near each other, Ind
When daylight appeared the Captain came
alengside and took down the mimes of the
passengers on board the long-boat, among
whom were two persons, named Patrick,
man and wife (the sister of the latter was
the female carried off by the Captain when
leaving the vessel.), These persons ear
neatly. entreated to be taken in the Captain's
beat along with the sister. but where refu
sed, the Captain dr:clean that he would
'd,rowo anyone who attempted to leave the
lang-boat. Ile then gave the mate , a qua
drant*, compass and chart, telling him they
were about two hundred miles from the
'becks of Newfoundland: The Mate then
gab* what he was to do with the boat—
;We alma° workieg,her with so many on
, shit they should have to draw !M . 0.--
I%4o*point replied--: ,4 1 know what you
iritipisig toss y—keep that to youmelf"—
. - - semi . . In s short time they par
my sad the jolly boot was so on
*FAA
l et siglit. Seen awe this. the Mate,
.
,c ra Rhodes. who was much disliked'
It , crew for his strict discipline, satires
sed them, and said he resigned all command
--that each man had as much authority as
himself, as all were in the same predica
ment. About 2P. M. they changed their
course to the southward, going with the
drift of ice, and the men left off pulling.—
By this time the boat had shipped a great
quantity of water, and it became necessary
to bale it out, Black taking Ins turn at the
duty. Having exhausted himself ho at
length threw himself down by the side of
his wife, wet, cold, and heartless, having
scarcely a desire to live. About 6, P. M.
he was aroused by a terrific cry, and im
agined the boat was sinking. At the mo
ment he was about rising to ascertain the
cause, he wasseized by the arm, and told
he must go over to lighten the boat. The
death plunge was before him—escape appa
rently impossible—life scarcely desirable—
but he besought the assassins not to sepal..
ate him from his wife--that they might go
overboard together. His wife was then
clinging to him with the resistless tenacity
of despair; and the Mate, at length hearing
their cries, inquired it the man's name was
Black? Being answered "Yes," ho said
"Don't touch man and wife, let them live
as long as they can." Black was then re
leased, and fell down in% the bottom of the
boat, scarcely daring to move, least he
should again attract notice.
While in this state he witnessed the
struggles of the victims, as one' by one they
were seized and thrown over the side.
Some of them were men of athletic form
and determined spirit, and had they not
been taken by surprise, could never have
been mastered by their assassins. One of
these men, named George Duffy, who had
left a wife and three children in Ireland,
when laid hold of, asked what they were
going to do? He was told he must go
overboard. He begged for five minutes to
say his prayers, and was told with curses,
"There was no time for. prayers!" He
was then struck, and wont over, shrieking
imprecations on his murderers as he went
down. Another young man,named Frank
Atkins, had two sisters on board; he - also
was seized and piteously entreinted for his
life, but he went over, and the shrieks of
his agonised sisters so irritated the monsters
that they also were successively thrown' into
the dea, and perished with their brother.
This young man clung to the boat for some
time and his cries were heard for more
than a quarter of an hour. The work of
destruction occupied something more than
an hour, and the victims disposed of by
the knife and the water in that pertod amoun
ted to twelve men and two women, the sis
ters before mentioned. Each of the sailors
wore a long knife, and the sudden exclaina
tions that' generally preceded the plunge
led Black to believe that the struggle of the
victim was closed with the application of it.
After some time he was told by one of the
sailors, that as his life had been spared he
must make himself useful, and bale out the
boat. This he was unable to do, for his
limbs were stiffened with cold and wet, but
he arose with difficulty, and going towards
the mato appealed to him. He says the
countenance of Rhodes will never be oblit
erated from his recollection--it was one of
,horror and madness. He was told to get
away out of sight, and he did so. Shelly
after day-light Patrick, the only other man
by this time spared, pointed out the bodies
• of two other men that had been seized in
their sleep, and thrown over, and at this
time not a sailor was to be seen. They
had all huddled themselves together a
mongst the women, and in the midst of the
horrors yet surrounding them, having die.
posed of all the natural protectors of the
unfortunate creatures, were giving way to
brutal indulgence. About an hour after
this the Crescent crane in sight, and the
survivors were taken on board. The other
particulars of this outrage upon humanity
have been detailed in our columns, and are
or a description to excite general sympathy
for the victims. Mr. Black states that he
arrived in London from Havre with his
wife some days since, in a state of entire
destitution, having lost every article they
possessed in the world. Upon their arrival
they applied to the Lord Meyor for assis
tance, and were referred to the Shipwrecked
Mariner's Society, which, it appears, could
not reader them any assistance, but advised
an appeal to the benevolence of the public
through the medium of the press. The
whole case claims the interference ofchari•
ly. The address of Mr. Black is No. 53
W hittlebury.street, Euston.square.
....roil 0 Ger...
SINGULAR FACT.--A respectable passers•
ger by the. Caledonia, which arrived in
Boston in March last, mentions the follow.
ing singular circumstance. The Caledonia
was in the gale in the middle of that month,
in imminent danger, in consequence , of not
being able to get head to wind. The crew
were worn out by previous exertions.—
Luckily
there where five masters of North
American traders on board. These men
put on their pea-jackets, went aloft, clear
ed away the wreck, got up tarpaulins in the
mizzen rigging, and aided by the captain
and crew, finally succeeded in bringing the
ship head to wind. This alone,it is thought,
saved her. The next day, when the wind
had abated, the passenger in question oh
-11 served the five North American master in
conference by themselves; they invited him
to join them; the most active of these mae.
term then said to the paesenger—"Note
what I now tell you; we've been talking of
the late gale, and of the power of steamers.
It is our unanimous opinion, front what we
have seen in this gale, and from our knowl
edge of the President steamer,
.that if she
sailed °titter day; she has gone to the hot.
tom." 7 -N. Y. Post.
EXTRAORDINARY RIINNINO.-00 T.D311.
day afternoon, at 4 o'clock, Samuel Rayner
performed the extraordinary featiof running
four times around the Eagle Course, a dis
tance of four miles in 25 minutes 48 seconds.
A wager was laid that it could not be done
in 20 minutes. He appeared considerably
fatigued, but feels confident that his powers
at racing have not yit been fully tested.
Warm work this.--Pftsf. Ins.
15 DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND!
ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA.
The Royal Mail Steamship Britannia,
, Capt. R. B. Cleland, arrived at Boston
Saturday morning at about 7 o'clock. She
sailed from Liverpool on the afiernoon of
the 191 h, and has made the passage in about
thirteen and a half days. She experienced
some rough weather, but what is very com
fortable for this season, saw no icebergs.
We have received advices from the prin
cipal parts of Europe, (Moen days later than
those brought by the Columbia.
Capt. Drew, the leader of the gang of
pirates who destroyed the Caroline at Nia.
gars, came passenger in the steamer to
Halifax. She brought sixty-two passen
gers in all—forty-one to Boston.
Nothing of the President. It is now set
tled that she will never be heard of again.
The health of the Queen was bad. Some
alarm was felt in consequence.
Active movements were making all over
England, Scotland, and Ireland, for the
next elections. Much excitement pre
vailed.
In Syria, more troubles have broken out
and some Turkish troops had been driven
back by the mountaineers.
In Crete the insurrection is complete,
rising recruits, distributing arms, and fur.
nishing mon through the Archipelago.
GREAT BRITAIN. --The Britishe.Parlia
ment continued in session with no definite
prospect of adjournment. There was no
considerable political agitation iu the news
papers.
DEFEAT OF MINISTERB.--At half past
three o'clock, on the morning of June sth,
the House of Commons declared, by a ma
jority of ones; that - the present Ministers of
the Crown do not possess the confidence o
Parliament, and that their continuance in
office is at variance with the spirit of the
constitution.
For Sir It. Peel's motion, 912; against
311.
When the cheers which followed the
announcement had subsided, Lord John
Russell paid he would take until Monday to
consider what course he would pursue, for
the vindication ot Ministers.
On Monday, he intimated his intention
to advise a dissolution, whereupon Sir Ro•
bent Peel agreed not to oppose the supplies.
The Ministry have been beaten by a ma
jority of 18 on the Criminal Law question.
The Queen will not dissolve Parliament
in person, but by commission.
FRANCE.A strong sensation is produ
ced in all the departments of France by the
refusal of the corporations of several cities
—Grenoble, Names, Rheims, Perpignan,
and others, to assist in the survey ordered
by the Minister of Finance, for the purpose
of increasing the receipts given by the
house, window, and furniture taxes. This
source of discord promises to become very
serious.
The French have taken Mascara, and
I were fortifying it.
SPAIN—The Spanish Territory has been
invaded by 1500_ Aldudes. The affair was
under discussion in Cortes.
Tunitar.—Constantinople papers give
alarming accounts of the politics of the Eu
ropean and Asiatic Turkey.
AIISTRIA.—There was a rumor in Paris,
that Austria had just concluded a contract
for a loan of 75,001',000 of florins, or nearly
180,000,000 of francs, at 5 per cent. but at
what price, or with what capitalists, it is
not leant.
Tun EAsT.—lt is stated that the Tur
kish govenment had made all the required
concession" to Mehemet Ali, and that the
long pending eastern question was finally
adjusted. But the latest Paris and London
Gazettes crinvey a different impression.
—see
A friend has been kind enough to furnish
us with the following abstract of an impor
tant law, with a promise to prepare for us
from time to time,, abstracts of such other
laws as he may deem of sufficient public
interest to compensate for the labor.—Har.
Chron.
ABSTRACT OF AN ACT,
Relating to Orphan's Courts,andfor other pur
This Act alters, in a very material man
mer, much of the old practice, and many
former laws, rolative to proceedings in
courts on executions, &C.
Sec. 1. Gives power to Orphan's courts
to review the accounts of executors, admen
istrators, or guardians, within five years
after their passage and approval.
Sec. 2. Provides, that in case of execu
tion and extension of real estate, instead' of
suing out a writ of liberaria facias,the plain
tiffmay demise premises to the defendant
at valuation—and upon defendant refusing
to take them, plaintiff may issue venditioni
exponas, and sell the premises, for payment
of debt.
Sec. 3. Obliges defendant, taking the
premises, to pay the rent half-yearly; and
on failure so to do, plaintiff may issue Ven•
dicioni expemas, and sell the promises as
fully as though a condemnation had taken
place.
Sec. 4. Provides for the half-yearly in
stalments.
Sec. 5. Enacts, that where real estate
boe heretofore been extended, and no 'the
ran facies has been issued, plaintiff may
either issue such a writ, or give defendant
thirty days notice of his election to retain
possession at valuation; and on failure to do
so, or to pay said valuation half yearly,like
proceeding to be had as prescribed in 2nd
and 3rd sections.
Sec. 6. Enacts, that where an estate for
life, in improved lands of tenements, yield.
lug rents, issues, and profits, shall be taken
in execution, the court shall, upon applica
tion of any lien creditor, award a writ to
sequester the rents, &c. . and appoint a se
questrator to carry the same into effect.
• Sec. I. Gives power to the sequestrator
to rent all such lands, &c. for such term,
during Ibe life of the persons upon which
such estate sball depend, as shall be suffi
crest to satisfy all iliens against the same,
together with all charges for taxes, repairs,
dre.
Sec. 8. Sequestrators, to give security.
Sec. 9. Repeals certain sections of an
Act of 1838.
Sec. 12. Gives constables the right of
appeal from judgments against them for
amount of executions in their hands, as oth
er defendants.
_
Sec. 13. Enacts, that Courts of Common
Pleas may incorporate Literary, Charita
ble, and Religious Associations, and fire,
engine and hose companies—and specifies
the number of applications, dic.
Sec. 14. Provides for amending or im
proving the articles and conditions of such
vsociations.
Sec. 10. Regulates the fees, and by whom
to be paid.
Sec. 17. Recognizes the jurisdiction of
the Supreme Court in relation to such cor
porations—and provides that no College,
Academy, or Female Seminary so incorpo
rated, shall be entitled to receive any part
of State appropriation.
Sec. 18. Enacts, that in all actions of
account rendered, where it is admitted that
defendant is liable to account to plaintiff,
court may appoint auditors, or direct a jury
to be impanneled to And balance due—on
application, court may require either party
to disclose, on oath, his krowledgo of such
facts as they may deem necessary, and par
ties may be compelled to produce beaks,
papers, and documents.
Sec. 19. Vests in the Supreme Court,
District Courts, and Court of Common
Pleas, the powers and jurisdiction of Courts
of Chancery in settling partnership accounts
—and gives parties their election of the
common law or bill of chancery.
Sec. 21. Graiits to the recorders of deeds
the power to take the acknowledgement of
Ante coverts.
This act was passed at the session -of
1840, but was not signed by the Governor
until the thirteenth of October last.
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From the Harrisburg Telegraph.
TA YERS LOOK TO IT!
The locos are making a great outcry at
the expense incurred by the Investigating
Committee of the last Legislature. It is
not so much on account of the paltry sum
expended in the necessary prosecution of
their enquiries, as the developemente them:
selves, that make the feds so perfectly ra
bid on this subject. The results of this in
vestigation cannot be too frequently placed
befOre the taxpayers of our state; and as
the inquiries were confined to a small per
tion, when compared with the whole of the
public improvements of the state, we must
agree with the committee that they cannot
fail to startle and astonish. They found
that within a single year, by the policy and
practices which have pevailed, the public
money to a large amount has been "squan
dered and improperly paid away." Leav
ing for further inquiry and developement,
many transactions of a character as suspi
cious as any that have been
such
it is
not surpising that under such management,
the revenue arising from the finished lines
of the public works should fall short, as it
did last year, about 950,000 dollars of the
sum expended in their repair and superin
tendence, and that their further prosecution
should be viewed with alarm by the warm
est advocates of internal improvements by
the Commonwealth.
But the different items are summed up
by the Committee in full, and the result of
their examination is reduced to the follow
ing cases, ns having been immediately
brought tinder their investigation. Had
time permitted and no impediments been
thrown in the way, by the Canal Commis.
sioners
, and the loco minority of the Corn.
mittee, more loss would have been develo
ped. As it was they found,
That tho State has lost through
James Cameron, as superinten
dent of motive power on the
Columbia rail road,not less than $O,OOO
That the construction of the north
track rail road, has cost the
public more than it would have
cost, bad the contracts been
given out fairly to the lowest
good bidders, not less than
Thai through favoritism, the su
pervisors on the Juniata divi
sion of the canal, have squan
dered not less than
That the allotment of the con
tract fur the Eastern Reser
voir, was at prices above those
bid by good bidders, not less
than
That the allotment of the contract
for the Western Reservoir,was
at prices above those bid by
good contractors. not less than 30,000
That the prices allowed for clear
ing 9(0 acres for the Western
Reservoir, were more than the
work was worth, not less than 10,000
That in the allotment of lock No.
13, on the Western division of
The canal, there was allowed
more than was bid by good bid
ders, not less than
That in the allotments of locks
Nos. 70 and 71, at Erie, there
was more allowed than was
bid by good contractors, not
less than
That in the allotment of nine sec
tions of canal on the Conneaut
line of the Erie Extension,
there was more allowed than
the average bids of good eon
tractors, not less than
Making an aggregate of 8136,200
Add to this what we believe would
have been saved to the State,
had the Canal Commissioners
in 1839, fairly considered the
bids of Mehaffey and Brewster,
for 10 looks—difference
and the aggregate is - $169,200
The General Court of Virginia have de.
aided to admit to bail young Semmes, wh.
is confined charged with the murder of Pro
lessor Davis, of the Virginia University
The bail exacted is 825_3000.
CONTRAST THE JOURNALS
As the Journals of the House have been
spread boldly arid fearlessly before the peo•
pie of the time, at an earlier date than for
years before, the loco papers have opened
their batteries upon the extravagance impu•
ted to the last Legislature! We are de.
lighted to know that they have joined this
issue; they have thrown down the glove,
which we take up, and accepting their chid.
lenge, will pledge ourselves to show that
every item of expenditure, HAS BEEN
GREATLY REDUCED, AND THAT
A GENERAL ECONOMICAL RE•
FORM WAS THE GRAND AIM OF
THE• LAST LEGISLATURE. The
last "Signal" has the following article.
"Mr. Alexander Ramsey, Clerk of the
whig House, charges in his account as fol
lows, for
Candles and soap,
Stationary,
Merchandise,
Hardware, materials, 4.c.
"Now we want to know what is included
in - "hardicare, merchandise, materialsotc."
Are additional candles, papers and quills?
We do not know that there is ten dollars
worth of 'hardware' used during the whole
winter. There is certainly no occasion for
any except shovels and tongs."
Without stopping to answer the questions
propounded, wo wish our readers to mark
a contrast in the houses of 1840 and 1841.
The following items were paid to Jacob
Seiler, the Clerk of the loco House of 1840!
Hardware, stationary, sac. 81,985 62
Stationary, 1,088 00'
Candles, 139 12
Stationary, books, binding, 1,135 89
Stationary, 895 00
Merchandise, 252 871
Materials, 113 28
Candles, 281 82
Merchandise and materials, 89 00
Paper, 402 25
Materials and merchandise, 56 31
Candles, 317 46
Book and binding, 567 30
Merchandise and stationary, 947 63
Materials, 90 26
Merchandise. 58 03
Candles, 279 00
There are other charges of a similar na
ture, but we take the above to show that
Mr. Ramsey's bill, as given from the Journ
als in the Signal, is . UPWARDS OF SIX
THOUSAND DOLLARS LESS, than
Mr: Seiler's for the Same' itemsnll
Again; the Signal finds charged in Mr.
Ramsey's account, for washing and scrub.
bing, the sum of 8257 22, and considers
that "plunder." But in looking over Mr.
Seiler's account we find items amounting
to 8541 79 for washing and scrubbingl--
Now, this either 'proves that the Legisla
ture of 1840 was more than twice as dirty
as that of 1841, or that Mr. Seiler paid
more than twice as much as Mr. Ramsey
did for the same services!
We can, and intend, at a future period,
to go over ever item of expense connected
with the contingent fund of the two houses
of 1840 and 1841, and show that near
THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS nes
BEEN SAVED TO THE STATE; near
a quarter of which we have pointed out in
this article. Let the locos "loite the file"
as much as they choose: we shall content
ourselves with exposing their misrepreseu•
tations, and rely upon the integrity of the
people to condemn the administration which
has so recklessly abused the confidence o
the Cemmonwealthl—Har. lei.
IDE HON• JUDGE !Immo. The Lan
caster Laion in referring to a recent report
of the death of our distinguished candidate
for the Gubernational says;""there are soy.
eral good reasons why the Hon. Judge
ought not to die at present, and why he
probably will not. He is not forty-six
years of age—Just• in the very prime and
vigor of manhood; he possesses a sound,
strong and unimpaired constitution, which
he has carefully guarded from disease or
decay, by a life of honest industry—by fru
gality, temperance, virtue and morality.—
He has proved his ability to perform and
sustain severe mental labor, by doing , more
work in his district (composed of Lehigh,
Northampton and Barks counties) than is
done by the three legal Judges of the coun
ty of Lancaster, who reside in its several
Courts. Under these circumstance*, there
is no just reason to fear that Judge Banks
will come to any sudden or untimely end.
Such a man is greatly needed in the execu
tive chair; and when the Hon. Judge gets
there at 3 he sorely will, his untiring energies,
as they are now, will be devoted with the
utmost assiduity to the Public good. The
whole vigor of his mind will, no doubt, be
deManded to devise ways and, means to
drag the Ship of State from the bogs and
quagmires where David R. Porter has
stranded her. The Judge will have some
labor in getting the ship fairly afloat for a
prosperous voyage. This can be done.—
Her timbers are yet sound, although some
rat holes have been eaten through her hull.
No clearly—Judge Banks cannot die yet;
he hese great and good work to perform;
he must ohoak off the vampires that are
sucking the life blood of Pennsylvania—he
must drive away the cormorants and har
pies that are delving their beaks into the
very flesh and sinewe, and even bones of the
bleeding Commonwealth: This will be the
work, of time, and no doubt Judge Banks
hes a lease of life from Providence until
this noble and patriotic work shall be ac•
complished." .
19,000
20,000
10,000
35,000
TsH OIL TRAM—There Was Imported
in thiei country during the month ot June,
10,023 barrels, or 075,2135 gallons sperm
oil, and 24,131:111 bble., or 708.295 gallons
whale oil. This quantity camp to 12 ships,
5 barques, and 5 brigs.
83,000
Booms Soflooz.—A Texas Editor
Mates that the musquitoes have establish•
ed a staging school in hie bedroom.
THE MORMoll9.—Arrest of Jo. Smith—
By the annexed extract of a private Aetter
from a highly ... respectable gentleman 'rest.
ding near the Mormon City, (Nauvoo,) it
appears that the scenes which a few 'months
since were enacted in Missouri, are in dan
ger of being repented in lowa. There is n
tract of 120,000 acres of beautiful land ly
ing directly opposite the Mormon settlement
on the Mississippi River. This Tract was
given to the Half Breeds of the Sac and
Fox Nations by the United States and has
been purchased from them by :he whites.
Proceedings have been had in Equity Court
of lowa to partition these lands, and Corn.
misnioners. appointed by the Court to survey
and divide them among the lawful claim
ants. Some months since, the title being.
unsettled, Jo. Smith received a revelation
from God to the effect that the Latter Day
Saints should go in and possess this fair
land, and enjoy the fruits thereof. Accor
dingly there are said to be now shoot 2000
of those people residing on said lands who
claim by the highest title—a title directl
from the Creator; and they Amen' deter
mined to set all human decrees at defiance.
In addition to despoiling the lands of much
valuable timber, they now forbid the Corn.
missioners and Surveyors, on pain ofdeath.
to attempt a survey and partition. The
arrest of their leader, it is to ho hoped, will
prevent the execution of their threat.
Extract of a Letter from the vicinity of Nauvots.
"The excitement on both sides of the
river against the Mormons is increasing
very fast. The conduct of Jo. Smith and
the other leadqrs is such as no community
of white men can tolerate. It is the entire
absence of all moral and religious principle
that renders them so obnoxious to the
Gentiles of all denominations, wherever
they reside.
"Jo. Smith was yesterday arrested, be.
twoen Nauvoo and Quincy, by the authori
ties of Illinois, on a requisition from . the
Governor of Missouri. May justice be me
ted out to him for his villany.
"Martin Harris, who was one of the wit
nesses to the book of Mormon, and who has
been for some time lecturing in Illinois
against the Mormons, was found dead last
week, having been shot through the head.
Ho was no doubt murdered•—.N. Y. Jour.
of Commerce.
$1,085 02
' 743 00
418 0411.
400 13i
2,552 .10 l
Tim Monroe PROPIIET.-40 Smith, whe
was reconily arrested , by virtue of a demand
mado by the Governor of Missouri, for
alleged treason, and taken before Judge
Douglass, of Illinois, has been released--on
the ground of the illegality of the writ.
$8,648 S4i
VAN BUREN RASCIALITY.--The Now
York Commercial Advertiser states that it
hag ascertained by inquiry at the General
Post Office that the following statement is
true to the letter! But for this assuranee.
we should esteem it incredible, even in.view
of the notorious iniquities of the corruption.
of those whom the People have so righte
ously expelled from power. The statement
originally appeared in the Louisville Jour.
nal, and is as follows:
' , When Mr. Barry was Postmaster Gen
eral, a Committee was appointed by the
United States Senate to investigate the
affiiirs of the Post Office Department.—
The investigation resulted in the very able
report made by Mr. Ewing,in which divers
extra allowances and 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 vindication, so call
ed, of his conduct. This pamphlet was, of
course, an individual and not an official
document. Nevertheless, he agreed to pay
to the Editor ,of the Globe, Messrs. Blair
& Rives, $1,500 for printing it,and charg
ed the amount to the Government!
When Amos Kendall succeeded Mr. Bar
ry as Postmaster General, he glanced over
the books of the Department and sew this
item of $1,500. Afraid thst another inves
tigation would soon take place, and that
this extraordinary item would thus be
brought to light, he made Blair & Rives re:-
fund the money; at least he entered it as
refunded on the books. Thus the matter
remained till the 9d of March, 1841; the
very last•day of Mr. Van Buren's Adminis
tration, when Mr. Niles, the successor or
Kendall as Postmaster General, paid back
the $1,500 to Blair 4. Rives, and an entry
was actually made in the books to that
efeetl"
The Commercial further states that, be
ing out offends at the time, Mr. P. M. G.
N des drew on a Pennsylvania Postmaster
in favor of Blair for this amount; and Blair
was so fearful that Mr. Granger would dis
cover the fraud and arrest it, that he pro
posed sending en express to the Postmaster
for the cash 1 Let these facts be officially
verified.—liar. Tste.
My Dear Sir:—l have the honor to ac
knowledge the receipt of yours of the 21st
ult., nnd,of informing you that all the re
movals and appointments you recommend
ed were made on , the day your letter was
received.
With respect, your ob't eerv't.
MARTIN VAN BUREN.
Such was a letter written by President
Van Buren to a Louisiana member of Coe
gross two years age. , In that hey day of .
Locofecoistd, nothing more was necessary
than for a Locofoco member of Congress to
make out a list of the Whig office-holders
that he wished to see brought to the guillo
tine, and, on the very day of presentation.
of the list, their heads rolled like foot-balls
upon the ground. ,The Administration
paused riot a moment to inquire whether the
author of the list was actuated by personal
revenge, private interest, or a regard for
the public good: there was as much feeling
ofjusties in the wood and steel of the guillo
tine itself as the tyrant who governed its
movements.
.And yot some of the suppor
ters of the LocolocoAdministration charge
the present most, tolerant Administration
with "horribly proscription.' • Avaunt, ye
wretches! Your ravings sicken and disgust
the moral sense of the ontibli.--400. JOON
WASHINGTON, April 20,183 a.
eilnriTSMIZ7lll)2. CU'LM
AND
REPUBLICAN BANNER.
GETTYSBURG, July 13. 1841.
Democratic Candidate
-FOR GOVERNOR,
JOHN BANKS,
OP BERKS COUNTY.
Wo are indebted to the Hon. Junn Wurra for
an important public documout.
We are in possession of the "Lady's Book"
for July. 'iris number commences a new
volume, which promises to surpass any that has
preceded it. The number. before us contains two
tine steel engravings, a plate of fashions, and
several pages amino. The contents are varied
and interesting.
Wery Important.
The Editor of the Sentinel, in his paper of
yeatarday morning, announces to his readers the
highly, important and interesting intelligence, that
he in no longer "authorized" to publish the list 'of
letters remaining in the Post Office at this place,
and that ho has generously "given gratuilously"
the list which appeared in the ..Star" of last week.
'rhea what we call "small potatoes," Ho hen
bad, the c‘authorized" printing of the letters for
near a century or thereabout, but like a great man
of old, had ho conquered tho world he would grieve
for more. Don't be ■elfish! What's your opinion
now, Mr. Sentinel, of the "new Administration"?
congress.
During the pant week tho Senate has boon
principally occupied in discussion upon the Bank
Bill. No final action has yet been bad upon the
Bill.
In the House of Representatives, much times
_ was consumed in debate upon thu Land Dill,
which was finally passed at 11 o'clock. P. M., on
Tuesday last—yeas 116, nays 108. The Loan
Bill and the M'Leod case have since occupied the
attention of the House.
ONE Holm SPEECIIZEL—On We&toothy last
the House of Representatives passed a resolution
limiting each member to one speech, and that of
not more than an hour, on any subject.
Mr. Rivas' amendment, denying to Congress
the right to locate a branch of the Fiscal Bank in
any State against its consent, has been rejected;
only ten Senators voted in favor of it.
The Election.
Our friends will allow us, now, that we have
not "raised tho excitement on them before the fe
ver of the last had subsided," or been constantly
pestering thorn with chapters of home politics, to
mind in their ears the tocsin of war, and beat
them up to arms. The sickle will soon have cut
its sheaves and be returned to its hook—the
scythe will soon have cut its rounds—a plentiful
harvest is almost gathered in—and we are yet qui
. et and calm upon the affairs of State. The time
is at hand to bestir ourselves—you have secured
yourselves. The State now calls for your labor.
Lot each man take up the questions which will be
made at the polls, the motile ani claims of the
candidates before then . ), and "reason together"
upon their fitness fur office. Who shall be our
next Governor, is the enquiry elsewhere—and
who are more competent to answer the qutstion
than thoSe who surround nal In the very place
where Previous Pardon Porter hoe prostituted
his high office to become the organ of his politi
cal partisans, frustrating the ends of the law, and
defying the powers of your criminal court, and
among those who have been wronged in times
and ways past numbering, by his oppressive and
lawless acts. To the work then—open the cam.
paign vigorously,_ and with a consciousness of
certain success. Our opponents aro up, and are
vigilantly preparing their props and stays for a
bad cause—circulars and addressee by wholesale
are issuing from the capitol, and all the sins of
the nation are heaped upon the shoulders of one
of
. the nation's most stainless and upright sons,
John Banks—all to preparo the way to re-elect
Governor Porter. All this cannot avail—the
wrong they would do him will fall harmless at
hie feet. Be up—send round the question—act.
The Lam; BM.
This Bill, introduced into the House of Repre
sentatives by Mr. Johnson of Maryland, has at
length passed that body by the email majority of
eight votes, and Is upon the table of the Senate.
We annex a synopsis of the Bill as it passed
the lower House of Congress:—
Sec. I—Provides that after the 31st of
December, 1841, there be paid to each of
the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Ala
bama, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ar
kansas, and Michigan. over and above what
those States are now entitled to, 10 per
cent. of all the lands sold within their res
pective lirnits.
Sec. 2. , --Provides that the nett proceeds
of the sales of the public lands, after the
allowance of ten per cent. shall be divided
among all the States including the District
of Columbia, according to their federal rep
resentation, as ascertained by tbo last cen•
sus,
See. 3—Provides that the nett proceeds
of the lands shall be paid'at,the Treasury,
half-yearly, to ageuts appointed by the
Slates.
See. 4—That this act shall be suspended
in time of war, and that new Statei be ad
tnitted to &hare.
Sec. 6—That a sum shall he appropriated
to survey the lands, and that the miniinurn
price of the lands shall not be increased,
and if the rates are increased, this act shall
become void.
' Sec:o—Empowers the Secretary to coil
tinue the land office in any district, at his
dtaeretion.
flee. 7—Provides that there shall be
! granted to each state named in the let sec
'
Linn,' a quantity of land within its own lim
its, which, with what has already been
granted, shall make 400,000 acres, to• be
selected as the state legislature may di
rect. •
Sec. B—That the prices of the land
granted to the States, shall never exceed
$1 25 per acre, and be devoted to purposes
of internal improvement.
Sec. 9—Conters a right of preemption
under certain conditions.
Sec. 10—That when there are two sett
lers on the same section, the pre•etnption
right sSall exist in the settler. The ques
tion to be adjudged by the receiver of the
district.
Soc. 11—Prescribes for the entry of
lands.
Sec. 12—Provides the manner of entry
for the right of pre-emption.
Sec. 13--That this act shall not delay
the sale of lands under proclamation.
Sec. 14—That within thirty days after
the settlement of land, the occupant shall
file a notice of intention to claim the right
of pre-emption.
If the man, calling himself a preacher, whose
brain conceived and whose tongue uttered before
a christian congregation the subjoined elegant
extract, is in connection with any ecclesiastical
body to which ho is amenable for his clerical con•
duct, ho no doubt will be arraigned and tried as
to "what manner of man ho is." Certain it is
he belongs to some new school, whose orthodoxy
cannot be acknowledged this side of Texas. It
is to be hoped that such preachers will remain
within the limits of Berke county, and that they
will not long bo permitted either by people or
clerical brethren, to disgrace even that county an d
.
the pulpit generally. His text seems to have
been—. 4 will destroy tho works of the wicked."
From a more lengthy extract than that now under
our eyo (which we will endeavor to find) the
preacher's principal topic of remark was, that the
doings of the friends of Gen. Harrison prior to
the last election were "wicked works," end that
they "raised a smell that ascended to Heaven,
and stunk in the nostrils, &c. The death of the
late President was the verification of the text—
"l will destroy, &c." This truly is latter-day
gospel. There is another text which it is possible
would suit that preacher—isn't) wicked shall be
turned into &c."
We want this sermon, the author's name, the
place in which it was preached, and the denomi
nation of his people, and our readers shall have it.
Now to the extract cut from the Lancaster
Union:—
"But their conventions capped the cli
max of all humbuggery and abomination.
Were they axsemblages of good men, met
together to deliberate upon the welfare of
our common country? Men descended from
the tories of the revolution, reign of terror
ists, and opponents of the late war; and
swear they were Democrats! Then form
a procession of rolling balls, log cabins,hard
cider, 'coon skins, snakes, rattles, &c.—
Could such humbuggery succeed? God,
for some wise purpose, permitted them to
succeed; their candidate was elected.—Did
those disgusting, nonsensical fooleries cease
here? No! the Inauguration crowns the
scenes of nauseating flummery. Sixty thou
sand MEN assembled is a republican coun
try, like the coronation of an eastern despot,
with all the paraphernalia of nonsense, balls,
cabins, hard cider,'coon skins, &c. It was
too much; it raised a smell that ascended
to Heaven, it stunk in the nostrils of an of
fended God, and he declared in his wrath,
'1 will destroy the works of the wicked l' "
Remarks of Mr. Cooper.
We will givo entire (so soon wo can get
them) the remarks of the Hon. JAMES COOPER,
in tho Houso in favor of the distribution of the
Public Lands among the States, and in reply to
Mesere. Bidlack of Luzerrie, and Brown of -Phila.
clelphis. By the tollowing extract it will be seen
how effectually he measured out to the latter his
portion:—
M r. COOPER, of Pennsylvania said that
it was not his intention to consume much of
the time of the committee on the subject
now before it; but he felt himself ca:led upon
to say something, in reply to what had been
advanced by hie colleagues (Mr. C. BROWN
and Mr. BIDLACIE) on the state of the pub
lic feeling in the State which they in com
mon represented on this floor.
It is, (said Mr. C.) as you, Mr. Chair
man,, well know, a question of vast impor
tance to Pennsylvania, as indeed it is to all
the States. I was surprised greatly when
1 heard it assumed by my colleagues that
Pennsylvania, as a State, was opposed to
this bill; and that, if her Representatives
here were to be governed by instructions
received from the State Legislature, they
would be compelled to vote against it. I
could not but look upon the ground assn.
med by them as an example of miserable,
pitiful special pleading, unworthy of any one
but a low pettifeogger in some low court.
What was the ground they assumed?—
That' the Legislature had instructed us
to go for distribution without pre-emption;
and without any allowance of ten per
cent. extra to the nine Slates in which
the public lands' lie. Did the resolu
tion of the Legislature contemplate our
opposing the bill =less it contained an ab
solute, unqualified distribution of the 'pro
ceeds of the public lands' No; it required
us to vote for a distribution bill in such a ,
shape as the bill could pass, so that the
State might receive the benefit. Every
body knows this; and those, gentlemen will
find that, when they shall return home to
their constituents. My colleague who
spoke this morning (Mr. BROWN took this
position; so did my other colleague, who
addressed the committee the day previous
(Mr Brmscs.)
Mr. BROWN here explained. He had
not said 'one word about the instruetionspof
the Legislature, because he did not believe
in Legislative instructions. The only in
structions he regarded -Tsai . * those of his
own censtituertts. He wished his colleague
would let him have his portion by himself
and take his other colleague (M r. Bunscit)
afterwards. [A laugh.]
Moit men (said Mr. CooPuu) have but
one talent; the Irish tapster had two—a
talent to draw and a latent to drink.; but my
colleague has three —one talent ofspeaking,
another of speaking very fast, and the third
of saying very little in a great many words.
He is a mart,.
,a gentleman of capacious
mind. and so capacious that ho cannot
confine himself to one question, and accor
dingly this committee beheld him wander
over all the creation without once approach
ing the subject in debate; or if -he did get
near it for a moment, tarrying there too
short a space to leave even a footprint to
mark where he had stood. This arose
from the versatility of his genius. To con
fine himself down to a Single question at a
time would cramp his energies. Hence his
spirit expatiated at large, and displayed
among other rich acquirements a pro.
found acquaintance with heraldic blazon
ry, with mottoes and devices, and Whig
banners. Now I should have left my col
league with all these blushing honors thick
upon him had he confined himself to things
like these; but when he chose to attack the
personal character of citizens of my own
State not here present to defend their own
good name, I felt myself called upon to
remind him that to attack the defenceless
was not the part of chivalry. Now my
colleague has of late greatly addicted him
self to the chivalrous in public life. He
has gone out of his way to eulogise the high
chivalrous bearing of several gentlemen
about this hall; and as lie seems so much
in raptures with the quality in them, I infer
he must possess it himself. His notion
of what is chivalric and generous meat
differ greatly from mine, if he considers it
so, to make an attack upon the absent and
defenceless. Ho denounced the appoint
ments lately made by the - Executive at
Philadelphia, and in speaking of these ap
pointments he mentioned the name of a
particular individual, Mr. Badger. I would
not wish to be reproachful to my colleague,
because I really esteem him as a -good
fellow; but this I will say, that the chat acter
of the man he referred to is at least as excel-
lent as his own, and that he enjoys the
esteem of the public to quite as great an
extent as does my colleague. To he sure,
he does not possess the same overflow of
language, nor the same brilliant oratorical
powers; but I will give him this praise, he
is not a man who would attack a private in
aividual in a public assembly when the man
assailed was not present to hear and had ne
opportunity to defend himself if he had been. .
—When a public man and a politician
makes an attack upon the Executive or
upon one of the heads of the Departments,
I consider It as an act of legitimate warfare,
because there are always enongh who are
ambitious of being reckoned the friends arid
advocates of a distinguished man, having
power and patronage in his hands, and
who are over prompt in coming forward
to defend his reputation. A President of
the United States is very sure to have
advocates enough in Congress, but it is not
so in regard to the character of an humble
individual in private life. Let the gentle.
man, therefore, be admonished, if he
aspires to the character of a chivalrous
political warrior, to abstain from attacking
the absent and the.helpless who has none to
defend him.
[Hero Mr. Bnows rose and said"l believe
I have got my share;" and thereupon he
retired from the Hall.]
Yowl, Pa. July 7, 1841.
HAIL STOIIII.--A section of country
North and Emit of this Borough was visit
ed on last Monday evening by one of the
severest storms of wind and hail that ever
occurred in this latitude. At the time of
writing this paragraph, we have not learn•
ed many special particulars, nor been able
to trace the entire course of the hurricane.
Its path was found to be about a mile and a
half in width on the Harrisburg Turnpike,
covering the space from the first gate as
far out as Mr. Joux LEHR'S. On the Co.
lumbia Road, its traces were seen for three
miles, from the Eastern end of Frystown to
Stoney Run.. Its course seemed to be from
North West to South Eaet. In all that re
gion of country which wo have mentioned,
its ravages have proved most destructive.
Some of the largest harVests have heen
totally destroyed, just as the sickle was
about to be applied to the stem. The fall
crops have been also ruined. The Rye
and Wheat were literally cut to pieces, as
we are informed, and the Corn and Potatoes
suffered a similar fate. The loss of the
crops in that rich district of country is very
heavy and severe. Nor did buildings es
cape; all the glass on the weather aids of
.the dwelling houses was broken, and some
were entirely unroofed by "the mighty
rushing wind." The quantity of hail that
fell, from the representations made to us,
was immense, and it was of the most extra
ordinary size. It covered the surface of
the ground like snow, and was gathered
after the storm by buckets fu11... In town
there was very little rain—a shower scarce
ly sufficient to lay the dust; but the voice
of the tempest as it passed along to the.
North and East was distinctly heard by
many citizens as the roar of mighty waters
or the breath of rushing winds. We sin
cerely sympathize with the sufferers by
this terrible storm, who have found the re
ward of their labours snatched from them
at the moment when they were about to re
lize it, and the anticipations of abundance
totally destroyed. •
Below will be found some further particulate
of this destructive Hail Storm, taken from the
Philadelphia Inquirer:—
We learn trom a gentleman who arrived
last night in the Western Cars, and to
whom we beg leave to return our acknowl
edgermots for his attention, that Cumber
land and York counties -were on Monday
last visited by -en extraordinary storm of
wind, hail and rain. It entered .Cumber
land Valley at Dublin Gap; and then
took a southeastern direction,passing south
61 Carlisle, striking' Difisburg in York
county, and proceeding onwards towards
'the borough of York. It was from three to
five miles in width, and of a most destruct
tive character. The hail was found in the
hollows Waite depth of two feet, and 'was
still thick on the ground on Tuesday morn
log. Nearly all the panes of glass in the
village of Dillsburg were broken. It up
rooted trees, prostrated fences, and unroof
ed numerous bares. Its ravages were par.
ticularly serious in Dickerson and South
Middleton Townships, Cumberland county,
where the grain on numerous farms was
utterly destroyed. This was the case of
the farm of Ex• Governor Ritner, and also
with that occupied by his son. The great
est consternation prevailed for a time. The
storm commenced about 3 o'clock in the
afternoon; and it is feared that the aggro.
gate loss will prove very extensive.
SUPPOSED MURDERERS ARRRSTED.-
Two persons, Frederick Oshman and John
Rieehart, apprehended near Dayton, O. as
the murderers of Conrad Christ, in Berke
county, a few weeks back, were taken
through this place last week to Reading,
there to be tried for the crime. It is said
they have made partial confessions, and
have separately charged each other with
the commission of that horrid deed; and
like most modern culprits, have resorted
to that common "life preserver" and'shield
from retributive justice, the plea of insani
t), in order to save their necks,from the hal.
ter. We trust, if their guilt can be estab
lished by evidence, that this feint will prove
no safe-guard to them from punishment.—
.Keystone.
'Thar's what I call a fair shake,' as the
Illinois squatter said, when' he shook his toe
nails off with the ague.
DRUHER.—We understand that this un.
happy individual now freely confesses his
guilt, and wishes to be hung. We have
yet no nows of the determination of the
Governor in this , case.--Westminster De
mocrat.
Govornor, do gratify himl The people
of Carroll County, are getting sick of "hope
cloferred."—Fred. Exam.
le the National Administration about to
set itself up as a
_wholesale approver of
crime Do the Whigs intend to confer
premiums on rascality?—Salem Advertiser.
To judge from the number of loco locos
retained in office by the Executive, we feel
almost constrained to answer our brother
from "Witch-town" in the affirmative.—
Har. Tele.
A Domino'''. Rnoon.—The Reading
Gazette says—Llt is reported that a young
girl residing in Bethel township, in this
county, was lately whipped so severely by
her own brother as to cause her death. If
this be so, why is the inhuman wretch, not
brought to jubilee'? If false lot it appear.
At all events, let there be more light brought
to bear ou this dark transaction."
DITICANOIIB, No. I.—There were about
forty of the original Van Burenites belong
eil`to this celebrated Club. The loco locos
boast that they have got eighty-one of them,
and have the promise of about fifty more /
This story is going the rounds of the loco
loco papers with a vast deal or .chuckling.
'fluty swallow it as law and gospel. The
whole story about the patriotic members of
: this Club is all a humbug,got up for political
effect abroad. It is true there are four of
them, end only four, as we learn from good
authority, who have gone over to the ene
my. Just enough for a President, two
Vice Presidents, and a Secretary to their
Iron Grey Club. The balance of the So
ciety have far too much firmness and patri.
otism to change their coats every season.—
The loco locos boasted last year that they
could buy them all back with a barrel of
whiskey, and they expect to accomplish
the change now by the same means. But
they are counting without their bost.[Chron.
CAN TILE PEOPLE DE TR USTEDI- Demo°.
racy, true democracy answers '-Yes;" the
people betng the source of all power must
be trusted tight or wrong. But Governor
Porter thinks they ought not to be trusted,
and therefore VETOES A BILL TO
GIVE. THE PEOPLE THE ELEC
TION OF CANAL COMMISSIONERS.
He thinks he can appoint better men than
the people can choose! And yet his sup
porters call him a democrat! Such democ
racy will not go down with the bone and
sinow—they have no confidence in Porter,
and feel that they can "do their own vo
ting."—Harrisburg Telegraph.
A CURB AND PIM/ENTICE OF DzsnAsta•
—Brandreth's Vegetable Universal Pills
are no leas a cure than a preventive of die
eases. When we feel dull, pain in the
head, back, or side, weary on the least ex
ertion, it is then we ought to take a dose of
these Pills. This will always have a good
effect; because it is impossible for pain to be
in the body without the presence of those
humors which produce it—it is only by
their being forced- out by purging that
health can be restored.
It is at all times easier to prevent than to
cure disease; because by taking a preven•
tivs course we do not debilitate the natural
functions of the body, but rather assist and
suen.,,,athen them. The peculiar action of
Brandreth's V getable Universal Pills is to
cleanse the-blood from all impurities, re•
move every cause of pain or weakness,and
restore the constitution to perfect health
and vigor.
Purchase them in Gettysburg of Thos.
J. Cooper, distributing agent; ot. Jno. M.
Sterenson, or only , in the county - of Agents
published in another part of this paper.
TO MY CREDITORS.
PARE notice that I have applied to the
Judges ,of the Court - of Common Pleas
of Adams county, for the benefif of the
Insolvent Laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, and that they have appointed
'Monday the 28d day .of August next,
for the hearing of me and my creditor*, at
the,Court•bouse, in the borongh of Gettys
burg; when and where you may attend if
you think' proper.
CHRISTIAN BOWERS.
May la, ie4t.
ADVERTISEMVNTS.
ZPUI WailEaciatelat 04 0 o
wIIEREAS the Hon. D. DunitEE,Esq.
President of the several Courts of
Common Pleas, in the Counties composing
the 19th District, and Justice of the Courts
of Oyer and Terminer, and General Jail
Delivery, for the trial of all capital and oth.
er offenders, in the•said District—and Giso.
WILL and Gro. SMYEIER, Esquires, Judg.
es of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer, and
General Jail Delivery, for the trial of all
capital and other offenders in the County of
Adams—have issued , their precept, bearing
date the 28th day of April, in the year
of our LORD one thousand eight hundred anti
forty, and to me directed, for holding
a Court of Common Pleas and General
Quarter Sessions ofthe Peace, and General
Jail Delivery, and Court of Oyer and Ter
miner, at Gettysburg, on Monday the 23d
day of August next—
Notice, is Ilerelrl Given,
To all the Justices of the Peace, the Coro
ner, and Constables. within the said County
of Adams, that th'ey be then and there, in
their proper person,_with their Rolls, Re.
cords, Inquisitions, Examinations, and oth
er Remembrances,to do those things,which
to their offices and in that behalf appertain
to be done and also they who will prosecute
against the prisoners that are, or then shall
be, in the Jail of the said County of Adams
are to be then and there,to prosecute against
them as shall be just.
GEO. W. M'CLELLAN, Sherif.
July 13, 1841. tc-10
Liwii Lp,rielcirifts
REMAINING in the Post Office, in
Gettysburg, on the Ist instant, which
if not taken out before the first day of Oc•
tober next, will be sent to the General Post
Office as dead Letters.
Robecca !Angie!ter,
Daniel Lioard.
B.
Samuel Boyd,
Anthony Bohn, M.
Andrew Butt, Alexander Magrew,
F. C. A. Bruiting, Mary E. Mehring,
Adam Bougher, Jacob Mehring,
Henry Brinkerhoff, Alfra Marple,
William F. Barber, John Moose,
E. J. Bennett, M'Peck,
Jacob Blubaugh, N. Mark.
Hiram Boyd, ' N.
Samuel 'Uhler, A. G. Nevin.
Henry Bear, P.
John F. Besore, Sabina Potdorff,
Jonathan Reamer, George Plank,
Alex'r Cunningham, Jacob Peters.
Mary Ann Degroffl, R.
A not hony Deardorff. Jonathan Rehman,
E. John Reed,
Geo. Evilhock, John R. Rerrmd,
Miss Ervin, Jacob Righter, •
Dr. D. B. Ernst, Barnabas Reily,
Mr. Hugh or Thomas S.
Fitzgreld, Deborah Stewart,
John Freeberger, Ann Elen Smith,
Elizabeth Feterhoff. John Swanger,
G. Lewis Sidman ' ,
James Gowen, 2; Henry Settle,
Edward Gordon, David Steinour,
William Gilleland, George Switzer,
Eveline Gayer, , Henry Saltzgiver, •
W. M. George. Nicholas Stubs,
H. Margaret Spurzel,
Hiram Hersh, Harriet Sanders,
Joseph Homier, George Slothour, 2;
James Hyson, Richard Simmons,
Enoch Hamelton, Jacob Schrader,
J. D. Haughawourt, John Stalismith,
Adam Hartlaub, Mary Shorb.
Valentine Haus, T.
Louisa Henderson, Andrew Trestle,
Jacob Howard, Robert Taylor, jr.
Mary Hensel, George Trestle,
John Horner. Naomi Ruth Taylor,
I. Henry Trostle. _
Dr. J. C. Ingo. W.
K. John Weaver,
Kendrick Kinney, Maria \t ilson,
Henry G. Koser, 2; John Woikert,
Eli C. Keifer. David A. Wilson.
L. GERMAN LETTERS.
Jacob Long, Mr. Hunich,
Col. Longwell, Barnard Ileltzhaus,
Joseph Little, John Wank,
Henry Long, William Ruddy,
Jerein'h Ltvingood,2;John Stwth.
Isaac Leeper,
H. VANORSDEL, P. M.
Gettysburg, July 6, 1841. Bt-15
DENTAL SURGERY,
IN ADDITIODI TO THE
MEDICAL PRACTICE ;
1111 R. D. GILBERT, is prepared to in•
sort Mineral Teeth, of the
best quality, and to perform all other oper
ations for the preservation and beauty of
the teeth. All operations IVARRANTED.
Gettysburg, June 15. , tf-12
TO MY CREDITORS.
TIMM notice that I have applied to the
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 next,_ for
the hearing of me and my creditors, at the
Court House in the Borough of Gettysburg,
when and where you may attend if you
think proper. JOHN MARKEL. .
June 15, 1841. te-12
TAKE NOTICE.
rrHE Subscriber having obtained letters
- 21 - Patent ct the United States, for eel.-
lain improvements on the Horse-power
THRASHING MACHINE bearing date
the 11th day of June, 1841, hereby caw
lions all persone from infringing on his right,
as he is determined to prosecute all such
offenders, according to, and in the manner
prescribed by, the 14th section of the act
of Congress. relating to this subject.
• SAMUEL H. LITTLE.
P. S. 1 will dispose of County dr town
ship rights on reasonable terms.
S. H. L.
Gettysburg July 6, 1841. ' 31-15
ADVERTISEMENTS.
FLOOR; - 41ROCERY‘ . AND - 10 iN
5U 3 (9L3,1 , ,,;, 0
T HE Fuhsriber begs leave to inform the
eiti;ens of Gettysburg arid the public
generally, that he has now on hand and for
sale a complete and geni3r3l assortment of
GROCERIES.,
SPCII AS
COFFEE,
41 Sugars,Lorif inpnnd Drown;
- Cheege, Catidles end S;)aps •
--ALSO .
—;, • ' ' '
'T El A S
Pepper, A Ilspice, Cloves,Cin
tantrm, Nutmegs, and almost
every other article in the line
of Groceries, needed in a paib.
lie or private house.
He has, also, a general assortment of
I. I IQ7CMS;
4th Proof CogOeiltran
dy, (low Price dittp,j'Mar t -r,
deria, Pert, Lisbon ` eitid"F
Malaga Wines, Holland Gni, N. E. Rum;
Whiskey, &c. . •
"(Wit
FlSH—Shad, Herring apd
Spermaeiti and Fish OIL. and Ter«
A general assortment or DYE STUFflir •
AN ASSORTMENT
• - ,` • t'-;
wa - 13,t , t ;,
Such as Tubs, Buckets, lialf•bindiel and
Peck measures, &c.; Clothes, Sweeping,
Shoe and Scrubbing Brushes, and COM
brooms. He has also on hand an assort- ~
ment of Nails, Shovels, Spildes atufthrks.
Being determined to give his undivided
attention to business, the public may tog -
assured that his assortment shallialwayelin
complete in the FLOUR, GROU P=
and IRON business. Ho - would; flow `re
turn thanks to the public for past feverit;'litid
invite all to call and see him, as hi-intende
to sell any article in his tine, on the most
favorable cash terms. ; •
IC:r COUNTRY PRODUCE will be
taken in exchange lor any article of geode.
DAVID ZIEGLER..
tr-iz
June 15, 1841;
MILITARY ENCAMPMENT'
The volunteers of York inte
ndto hold
an encampment at this place, commencing
on Tuesday, the 24111 August, 2842, ned to
continue three days; will make suitable, at.
for the reception of such _o(
their fellow soldiers from abroad tn
,as ;may ;
favor them with a visit .
, The Volunteer
companies of this end the adjoiffilsg enter
ties in Pennsylvanla--and those t)f ths , ck
ties of Philadelphia, and Baltimore are ;
invited to participate .with the Volunteers
of York in the duties of the encampment*.
They may rest asiured of a SOldier'S cordial
It is hoped that . the favorable season' :
se!ected for the occasion; thd',4eilities for
reaching York from altruist every bf
the compass, and the obvious advantage to
all volunteer companies to enter odcasional
ly the rough school of the soldier, will in
duce many of our military brethren . 'to ss.•
cept the invitation hereby heartily extended.
The companies of York, sensible of the
reproach which hat fallen upon many situp
lar efforts to improve American,Volunteers
in camp duty, in consequence of the
cretion of a few, have determined net to
permit wino or ardent spirits of any deserip
tidn to be sold or used within the limits of
the encampment or, the lines of the guard.
JACOB UPI', Captain. }
Wash'n AWL
Joint Holum, Ist Lieut.
i
GEO. HAY, Captain.
D. F. WrLuatat,lst Lieut. Pe. Rifle.
A. Connellee, 2d Lieut.
A. H. HARNITZ, Capt. -
A. Mr,
,lat Lieutenant, Wagth'a Blues ,
D. G. Barnitz, 2d Lieut.
i
JOS. GARRETSPN, Capt.
Glip. WOGAIf, ISt Lleat. WaBWIaTrOOP.
John Horn, 2d Lieutenant. . ..:
June 29.
COUNTERFEITERS
DEATH' BLOW.'
„
THE public will please observe, that ne.
Brandreth Pills can be relied upon„art...
the TRUE ann GENUINE unless each,
box has new labels upon it. There are
three, and each contains a fac simile signsl.
ture of Dr. B. Brandreth . . These labels
are engraved on steel, beautifully designed,
and dons at an expense of several thousantl
dollars.
REMEMBER, the fac simile signature
of B. BRANDRETH must be upon thir - ;
top of the box, upon the side, and also the.
bottom of the box. By careful examine- 2_
tion the name of Benjamin Brandreth
tie found on several Farts of THE.-NEW ;
LABELS, being an exact transfer of , thon
writing of -Dr. Brandreth. This naract
bo found in the Net Work. _
THE PILLS ARE SOLI}
CENTS PER BOX, by the urideroutm.
tioned Agents in Adams couuty:
THOS. J. COOPER &, t • '
Gettysburg.
ho. M. arginsmort.
Abraham King, Hunterstown.
Ic.kes & Bridges, Petersburg.
Wm. Hildebrand, Hest 'Berlin.
Cook & Tudor, Hampton.
A. S. E. Duncan, Cashtown.
IWSherry & Fink, Littlestown.
A. IVl'Farland, Abbottstown.
H. W. Slagle, Oxford;
M. Lawyer, VeirfieW.
Observe that ea-'
ved Certificate of A
resentation .31Dr.
at Ming Sing ,
. and
seen exiict COVS .
NOW USED
DRETH. PILL 111
B. BR
June 15,1841..
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