bw total pro4cuted.'. Thu
VOnathesiElehoolirWereliborittly encouraged,
edit! Vollegdiseail A cadratistr were reaping
.the'ativeritagetioe Legielatiita munificence,
without any corresponding increase of tax
Ation. Al around was flourishing and
• prosperous. The credit of the State was
unimpaired, and it home and abroad, her
.bends commanded a premium. At no pe•
tiod anterior to that event, had she suffered
from the same causes, that impaired the
credit of the other. States; but unsullied
and unsuspected, her faith was entitled to
end re:eived the highest confidence,because
it was newel' abused, but was always scru
puliisly and honorably observed.
Since then however, a most melancholy
change hes come upon ns. In the first
year of Mr. Porter's administration, an ad-
Ilitional debt of about e 7,000,000 was au
thorized by the 'Legislature,' at his request
and upon his own recommendation; thus
making the State debt at the end of the
year 1839, according to his own showing
in his annual message to the Legislature of
1540, $34,141,883 80. At the nr-zt Ses
aioo et' the Legislature, that
_of 1840—a
large majority of the members of both hue
see Made op of his political friends,at his re
quest and Jpoll his recommendation again of.
&hilly communicated to them,in defiance of
.the increasing embarrassments of the State,
and theiven resistance of those who. Were
opposed to an enlargement of the public
liabilities—again authorized a further in
crease of the permanent State debt to the
amount 0f53,375,520. Thus making the
State debt, at the end ofthe year 1840 439,-
547,28980. 'But the Governor with all these
tete before him.—with pecuniary difficulties
meeting him at every step, end warned, as
every prudent man.would haveheen, that
we had reached that point, when it.became
necessary to examine our position with a
critical eye, and by exercising the most
rigid economy endeavor to retrieve ear
waning fortunes, ana maintain the credit
we enjoyed in better days, unhurt amid
these adverse and disastrous circumstances,
instead tif sympathising with our adversity
--openly encouraged the most extravagant
expenditures. Incapable of properly up
predating, either the wants or the wishes
of the people, consulting only the interests
of hie chosen friends and yielding, himself
an instrument to carry out the purposes' of
those to whose guidance he has submitted
throughout the whole coarseer his admin
istration, he pursued the same profligate
career; and by means of his Canal Corn
tniesitinera, went on, after the last dollar
01 the Loans authorized' by 'the different
acti of 1840, were expended, nominally
to complete the public improvements, but
acluatry th enrich. his friends, by working
on the faith" and credit atilt! Common
wealth, strained as it was to his utmost
tension. For when:
. ' the Legislature' of
1841 assembled, creditor& poured into its
hails from ail vasters of the State, flooding
the to of the Speakers of the respective
houses With their memorials, and asking
for the payment" of the debts justly due; and
which, confiddatly believing that no mita
,
me would be done them, they -were indu
ced, as they alleged, to contract for the
benefit-of the State.
With.an exhausted Trirasury, an impart.•
ed credit, and without the means 'of paying
the interest, accruing on the 'publii debt,
Legiehitive action became necessary to pre
, vant'the Comnionweelth from becoming
pr4cticilly bankrupt.% To do this, and to
pay debte actually due and contracted;in the
manner we have seen; up to the acirritrienCe
merit ,of the present year; a Lose to' the
Ori:fuel 0f13,100,000 was required and 'is;
indieperiable. The history ,of thepassage
of the Law authorizing this Loan, shall be
considered hereafter. By adding this
Loan, therefore; of 83,100,000 which it is
true is not as yet all taken, 'but must be
eventually, to that of 1138,527,209 80,
which we have @hewn was the pernianent
debt of the-State at the end of the year
1840, we have the sum of $41,627; i 289 80
imbibe aggregate liabilities of the Cnitimon
weshh,-and for the faithful reirnbursetnent
irf which, the farms and howiesteadkrif the
boneet tiller. of the soil are actually mart
pert 11 •
We ask you, fellow citizens, to consider
these,thicks. We beseech you to shake off
all u nreasonable p,rejudicei t 'and to Ponder
on these facts, - for they - Concern ourselves.
We aristanding upon the edge of a fearful
precipice. 'lt becothes us to move cautious.
1q ' for the future l and to be no longer misled
either by the - empty sounding. of a name
or the deceitful tales of the demagogue.
How can this enormous arid increasing
debt be arrested?
__ How shall it be dis
charged , Are we safe in longer continu
ieg an administration :so unwrse as that of
David at: Porter's with , the evidences of its
imbecility and prOdigality, to call the aim.
see it hair practiced. by
,no harsher name,
.mietinithe eye at every turn, so that he
who runs;, my read? 'Shall we
,no longer
bear wit such recklessnes4' Are you
content to item Our beloved Cort*mwealth
made the'spurt of ,band of political apecu
hors, oraulous only often)*
_other in the
*want which each 911.11 secure' lir himself
out. el the 'wee& efour prospeiityl These
ere questions which we submit
. 40 you in all
candour; and leave you as . candidly 19 an
swer. •
„ But we tarn from this gloomy picture,
to Iffikeantemmatiorp of another.
When the Legislature twit at Harris
burft Januaty taut, the, people ,were la
boring under great pecuniary embarrass
meats, and , in a state, of .unparallelled diat
Areal they petitioned for relief. From all
quarters petition" cora, np to the Capitol;
and the prayers of public creditomerui neg
hooted contractor. having wili qui d a t e d
claims, with others who bad been. , induced
, A 0 prosecute their workainonticipation 'of
paptent by the State, on the recommenda
line) et the Executive, 14 better to armour
,plittik hie elljenlnend the sinister objects ore
reventryd few—were listened to by the rep
remiateitives of the people with a patient
ear „Ited an earnest desire to R&M immedi.
Id. 0114 . After tousth. coneultatioa and
*Ulan craw:Olen; end alter all ether. had
failed, the only plan which it was supposed
would reconcile conflicting interests was
adopted, that the Commonwealth might be
enabled tgeeet the eXigenciel of the times
and wasting:her credit. But that plan thus
matured, was.ataid in.the Executive chain
ber and on the fi st of May at the close of
the Session, was returned, with the Execu
tive veto , The membera of the legislature,
harmed beyond further endurance, by
these repeated acts of tyranny on the part
of the Governor, groping their wayin dark
ness and uncertainty as regarded the Exec
utive - pleasure, and who still obstinately re
fused to communicate his views in confor
mity with the requisitions of the constitution
he was sworn to support—Unable of them.
selves to afford relief, wisely resolved to
return to their constituents' with the conso
latory
,reflection, that they at least, had dis
charged their duty.
Then it was, that the duplicity of David
R. Porter became apparent. Feeling the
full weight of the respOnsibility which he
bad incurred resting upon him, and dread
ing the indignation of an 'insulted and in
jured people, he sought to avert its vieita
film upon himself, by bringing his official
influence to operate on a few of big political
friends, and those among the mast embitter.
ed opponents of the Bill on its final passage
in the Houle, so that with their support, it
might'become a law by a constitutional ma•
jority. What the arguments made use of
were, we neither know nor are they unpin.
tent to this inquiry. Suffice it to say, they
were - sufficient to induce the members to
a hom they were addressed,to stand between
the people•and the Governor. Ofsuch con
duct, on the part of the latter, we cannot
speak with patience. it excites a feeling
of indignaluen in the breast of every honest
man, constraining him' to regard with feel
ings of pity the public' functionary, who
could thus by official influence Induce oth
ers to stand between himself and the uncer
tain sentence which the publics might pass
upon that which he desired should be exe
cuted, yet feared to consummate by his own
act. Yet this is but one among a tlsousand
instances of a similar departure from the
paths of official rectitude. We appeal to
you fellow citizens, to regard this conduct
of the magistrate as you would that of any
other man, and as your judgment guides
you in the latter case, so let it be with the
officer.
Elated with the possession of power, and
destitute alike of the knowledgo to guide
him in his decisions, of the wisdom rightly
to discriminate between the subjects calling
for its legitimate exercise, (Lid those in re
lation to which it was rimier contemplated
brill° Constitution, he has used the veto
power to an extent inconsistent with sound
republicanism, beyond all former example
in the history of this country and unegalled
by that afforded by the history of the kings
of Grest l ilritain. In consequence of this
extraordinary assumption_ of power, his
opposition to the action- of the Legislature
has been characterised, from the COM.
mencement, by marked inconsistencies and
the most absurd coutradictions. His own
friends believing him to be sincere, in sus
taiaing his Vetoes, have mist unexpectedly
to themselves been charged by him, with
hostility to his measures. At another
time, when so sustained against his wishes,
he has succeeded, by threats and promises.
with the. rod of executive power, or the
more seductive influence of promised favor,
in persuading them to run the risk of in
curring that responsibility; which he dared
not assume.
Upon thiisubject, we do not speak un
advisedly. The journals of the legislature
for'the 9th day of January, 1840; present
the novelapectacle of eight Executive ve
toes; and the journals for the same session
several others. Again, the journals of the
late Legislature (1841) are burthened with
at least ten snore; and with but a single
exception, no other reasons are advanced
than those of local inexpediency as the
ground of objection• In the exception
referred to.:--the first bill providing for the
eledtion of Canal Commissioners—conatitn
tional objections were assumed and taken,
Oa true; but these objections were based
upon aelause in the constitution of 1790
which he Must have known, had been re-
peated by "the constitution of 1938. To
presume the contrary, is' to suppose him
ignorant of the constitution which it is his
sworn duty.to support; and to admit his
lmowledge of what he wakdoing, is to-con
vict him of a wilful and deliberate attempt
to mislead the Legislature and deceive' the
people, that he might thereby, retain the
patronage of the publte improvements, and
without which, he welt knew;all his hopes
of re-election would be defeated.
Local bills, one for instance to remedy
an error committed by the Prothonotary of
Huntingdon county, in neglectirrg to make
the proper entry of a deed barring an
estate tail—another for the abolition of a
court in the county of Lancruner, supported
out of the county funds,and the passage, of
which is earnestly desired by all classes of
the citizens of that county with a unanimi
ty unparellelled—another for the regulation
and internal police of the Cheater Co. mi.
soil, and yet another, for the payment of
debt(' due by the Commonwealth in good
faith, to'creditore holding adyerse political
sentiments to those entertained by, himself,
have 'all been vetood‘by hint in the arbitra
ry exerenie of the most delicate power with
which the Executive is armed. But this is
not all. With the same obstinacy:vvhich
has so pie eminently marked his „OK' . fat
career,,he.still persists not e only tri!en4e,tlAt
oring by his acts to - defeat thikpopyliii ; iirill,
,but to embarrass and perplex the pe6ple,'.6V
withh'elding'hilitissent from laws passed; by
it large
_majority of their representatives,
corAttnity with the known and expressed
'wishes of their constituents, and essentially
necessary far the public good.
Among these may be enumerated the
General; Election District Dill, interesting
to tho citizens 1(4'01 sections of the
• State,
because ifetrirds them greater facilities for
ezerciiiing the elective franchise, by bring
ing dos polls - Engem to their respective
dwelling plasm. , And yot this bilb one of
pressing and immediate impottance, paste
ed several days befere,the final adjournment
atilt Legislature, is still uoaCted upon in
the hands of the Executive. - Again, the
bill providing for the election of Canal
Commissioners by the people, and dividing
the State into five election districts for that
purpose, was also passed before the rising
of the General Assembly; but notwithstand
ing it has been repeatedly asked fur by the
people, and that with scarcely ,a dissent
ing voice, bee the former, it is still_unscied
upon by the Governor.
The undersigned do not undertake to
conjecture what may be the probable fate
of this bill. It is true, it provides that cer
tain gentlemen therein named, shall consti
tute the board of Canal Commissioners
from the First day of June 1841, until the
First Mondaleof February next, and that et
the next genetal election a board of five
members shall be duly elected by the peo
ple in conformity with its provisions. But
although this bill has not as yet received
the Executive signature, and as these gen.
tlemen are required, Irons and • after the
First day of Jude last past, to assume the
duties of Canal Commissioners, and as the
election at which candidates are to be voted
for, is the next General Election, to he held't
on the Second Tuesday of October, in the '
year One thousand eight hundred and forty
one, it is possible,That the bill may yet re.
ceiee the approbation of the Governor, and
you be called upon to vote for candidates
as therein provided for. We do not say
that this will be the case; but from abun
dant caution we cannot forbear recanamen.
, ding to the citizens of the counties compo.
sing the several canal districts, to appoint
delegates at their approaching Comity Meth `
ings and Conventions, in anticipation, to
hold themselves in readinee to meet dele
gates similarly appointed from the other
Counties, in the First district, at the city
of Philadelphia; foe the second at din city
of Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster;
for the' Third, at the Borough of Wil
barnsport, in the county of Lycoming; for
the Fourth, at the Borough of Bedford, ill
the county of Bedford; and tor the fifth,
in the city of Pittsburg; at each time as
may be designated by themselves, to nom.
Mate a suitable candidate for the office of
Canal Commissioner, to be supported by
the Democratic Harrison party of such
district, at the next general election, in the
event of the bill now before him, suddenly
receiving the signature of the Governer. "
For the better understanding of this
subject, we refer you to the bill as it passed
both Houses and was sent to this Governor,
a .copy of which is hereuuto subjoined.
We do not wish follow citizens, to be
understood as at all intimating, that there
is any present cletign on the part of the
Executive to entrap the people, or to over
reach them in this particular; but when we
see him without any legal authority, and in
direct violation of the 224 Section of the
Ist Article of the Constitution, which pro
vides that: "No money shall ba arawn
from, the'Treasury but in consequence of
appropriationa made by law," drawing his
warrant en the State Treaserere in rarer of
his brother James M. Porter and Ovid F.
Johnson forS2ooo,for alledged legal services
when we see him abusing his constieutional
prerogative, and in
m direct violation of the
.
very spirit and meliug of, its provisions,
setting the alarming and dangerous wee
dent of granting pardons to political favor
ites, charged by the Grand Inquest of the
Commonwealth with the commission of
crimes and misdemeanors, before trial and
conviction; we are admonished to take heed,
that our rights are not prejudiced by an
over confidence in him. For when once
the fundamental law of the land is openly
disregarded by the chief magistrate it is
not likely, that your interests will be by
him more sacredly regar'ded.
From the consideration of such conduct,
calculated as it is, to destroy that reasona
ble confidence we ought to place at all
times in our public men, we turn, to say
but a few words in suppOrt of the/ man,
whom the people- by a spontaneous move
ment never before equalled, and with a
unanimity prognosticating the certainty of
success, iiave placed in nomination as the
opposing candidate of David R. Porter.
That man is John Banks of Berko county,
emphatically the man or the people, in
whom they can confide, because he has
never abused their confidence, nor in any
public or private station violated his trust.
Selected by the people themselves, not by
the concerted action -of an exelailve set of
Individuals to effect their own objects, he
cornea before you as a man, in all things
the very opposite of David R. Porter. A
democrat of the old School, he has always
held fast'ln the great principles identified
with the early, success of the party. Re.
slating the unsound doctrines and 'crude
notions of false teachers, he has cafinly but
- firmly pursued !heaven tenor of his way,
honoring and adornieg every elation to
w i n e, the partiality`, agile fellow citizens
promoted him, or to which he was called
for hie moral 'worth. A 9 a representative
pf the people in . the Congress of the United
States,'he was inferior to no one for depth
of thought. Sirinnews of purpose , facility of
expreesion and fervid patriotism. To him
it mist be as it is to us, matter °ferule, to
know that there hie ohms was always res
pected, and that his voice alwayscomman
ded attention.
Aii,a;Judgel;he potisessea the confidence
of the ptopte of his district,mid the unanim•
' 'r 'all ti ity :vv o pen hl r designate
tin'as+lloNEs'l' 3014 N BANKS, ' , vvb
have exhibited the high estimate they put
upon hie.chisticter.'
. , Ptich fellow CitiZOß9 is the character of
the candidate of The Demooratic Harrison
party of Pennsylvania. Pledged, by the
whute course of his puhlic and privattlife i
to carryout the great principles neon which
we 'thumbed at the lait Presidential elec.
tion, we confidently.ailt for him your cot
dial support. High minded and honorable
as a pout ician,industrioub and ughl as a leg
islator, impartial and decided as a Judge; a
miabls and courteous as a man, what can
he be but the very reverse or D. a. Portal
Springifig from the reeks of the people, out
of their very. midst, he comes before you
as the advocate of a judicious Tariff and the
uncompromising friendi of American man
ufactures. Truly Pennsylvanian in all his
feelings; he has already avowed himself In
favor of a distribution - among the States, of
the proceeds of the sales of the public lands.
A .democrat as we have seen in principle
and in practice, he is like the venerated
Harrison, the open advocate of a pure Gov
ernment and the ONE TERM PRINCIPLE.
In his hands, the power of the Common
wealth will be safe, and we cannot but feel
assured, that he will ' by the observance of
a jest and prudent economy; prevent any
unnecessary increase of the State debt, at
the same time, that all its interests and the
interests of all; are carefully considered.
in his electio n , - fellow citizens, you wilebe
relieved from that i ruin which will surely
come upon you, by R continuance of your
present corrupt administration.,
The time is now rapidly approaching
when you will be called upon to choose
between David R. Porter and Johri Banks,
and to determine the question, as to which
or them shall adniimster the affairs of the
State during the next three years. 'We do
not doubt for an instaut what the decision
will be. It cannot be, that men, and free
men too, will sit by and witness with calm
indifference, the most flagrant violations of
the constitution and on open invasion oi
their rights. It cannot be, that you will
any longer retain unfaithful stbwards to
waste your substance and exhaust your
means. Past consequences and coming
events, demand a change, and that change
must be effected, it you remain true to your.
youreolves. Let your watchword therefore
be HONEST JOHN BANKS, Re.
TRENCIIIIENT de'REFORAI," and the victo.
ry you will achieve at the coining election,
will be the living evidence of your deter
mination and ability to assert your rights
GEORGE FORD jr., Lancaster.
HENRY MONTGOMERY, Harrisburg.
THOMAS S. SMITH, Phila. City.
WILLIAM F. HUGHES, Phila. county.
HARMAR DENNY, Pittsburg.
WILLIAM M. WATTS, Erie.
JOHN G. MILES, Huntingdon.'
JOHN TAGGART, Northumberland.
JACOB WEYGANDT, Easton.
JOHN S. RICHARDS, Reading.
CANAL COMMISSIONER'S BILL
"An act providing for the appointment and elec.
tion of Canal Cornrniesenere by the people."
SECTION 1. Be it.e meted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gener
al Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted
by the authority of the same, That from
and after the first day of June next, the
Board of Canal Commissioners shall con.
sist of the following named persons to wit:
John Hucknam of Bucks county, John
&robin of Lancaster county, William M.
Watts of Erie county, Geo. M. Hollenback
of Luzern county and John Snodgrass of
Westmoreland county, who' shall have and
receive.all the ernolumenta, and possess all
the powers and authorities, and do and per
form all the duties enjoined by law on the
present board of Canal Commissioners, un
til the expiration of the time hereinafter
mentioned; anti from and alter the first day
ofJune next, the powers duties and emolu
ments ofthe present board shall cease.
Sec. 2. For the • purpose of electing
Quaid Commissioners, the State of Penn
sylvania shall be divided into the following
districts:
The city and county of Philadelphia, and
the counties of Bucks and Montgomery,
shall be the first district, and elect one
Commissioner.
The counties of Delaware, Chester, Lan
caster, Lobanon,Dauphin, Berke and York,
shall be the second district, and elect one
Commissioner.'
The. counties of Lehigh, Schuylkill,
Northampton, Northinnberland, Columbia
Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike,
Monroe, Tioga, Bradford, Potter; Lycom
ing, Centre, Clinton, Clearfield, and
McKean, shall be the third district, , and
elect one Commissioner.
The counties of Union, Millie, Juniata,
Perry, Cumberland,A.dams, Franklin,Bed
ford, Huntingdon,Somerset, Cambria,
Westmoreland ad Fayette, shall be the
fourth district, sod elect one Commis.
sioner.
The counties of Green, Washington ! Al
legheny, Beaver, Butler, Armstrong, Indi
ana, Clarion, Venange, Jefferson, Warren,
Crawford, Mercer and Erie, shall be the
fifth district, and elect one Commissiener.
Sec. I/. The elections of the said Corn•
missioners shall take place at the next gen.
eral election, on the second Tuesday in Oc
tober, one thoumnd eight hundred and for
ty- one, and the qualified voters of each
county in the respective districts at the
times and places ofelecting representatives
in the legislature, and whenever it beComes
necessary for an election under this act,
shall vote for Commissioners; and it shall
be the duty of the inspectors of the several
election districts to receive separate tick
ets, to be designated on the outside "Canal
.Commissioners," and inside the name of
person voted for. And the returns of such'
election shall be made out and transmitted
in the same manner prescribed bylaw for
making returns of a Governor's election,
and shall be opened and read within five
days ufler the meeting of the legislature in
like manner, and the Governor shall, im
mediately after-such returns are opened
and read, declare by proclamation the
_names of the persons elected, end said
elections may be .. .contested fore the same
causee end tried in the manner prescribed
by law for contesting and trying the elec
tion of a Governor of this Commonwealth. .
Sec. 4. The Commissioner to be elepted
in the manner aforesaid, at the next gener
al election for the first district, shall hold
hie office for the , term of one year. . The
Commissioner for the second district, for
the term of two years. The Commissioner
ter the third district, for the term of three
years. The C'ommissivaer for "lb.:4(Juni)
I district, tor the term of four yeare; and the
Comniesotonor for the fifth district) - for the
term of five years and thereafter the said
Commissioners shall be elected and hold
their offices for the tern ior five years re
spectively. !luny vacancy should occur
in the said office by death, resignatirin or
inability to discharge the Same, it shall
be the duty of the remaining metnbera of
paid board, to till the same by .a tcpporary
appointment of some citizen resident in the
district for which said Comnfissioner was
originally elected or appointed, to continue
until the next general election thereafter,
when the said vacancy shall occur, in the
manner herembefore prescribed, and the
person so elected shall hold the office fur
the residue ofthe term.
Sec. 5. The board - as organized by ibis
act, shall within three days after entering
on the duties of their office, select one of
their number to act as president of the
board, who shall remain at the seat of gov.
ernment, except when absent as heroine
tor directod,nnd within three days'after the
first Monday in February annually hereaf
ter, a_ like election of President shall be
made.
Sec. 0. Each Canal Commissioner, be.
fore entering upon the duties' of his office,
shall give bond with ender more sureties;
to be upproved by the Governor,. in the
penal sum of fifty thousand dollars, condi
tioned for the faithful discharge of the du
ties of said office, and shall take and sub
scribe'en oath or affirmation before some
judge of a Court of Common Pleas of this
Commonwealth, that "he will welt and faith
fully perform the duties of Canal Commis
sioner, without favor, affection or ill will,
and that ho does not and will not directly
nor indirectly, himself or by any other
person intrust for him or for his use, under
take, execute, hold or enjoy, to whole or
in part, any contract mado or thereafter to
bo made or entered into for the construe
tiou, supervision, superintendence or repair
of the public works of this Comrtionwealth,"
mai the said oath or affirmative. duly cer
tified by the Governor, shall be-filed in the
office of the Secretary of the Common
wealth, and a copy of said oath or affirma
tion, certified by said Secretary under his
seal of office, shall be competent evidence
in any court of justice, in all cases where
the original would bo evidence; and any
Canal Commissioner, who shall directly or
indirectly be interested in any contract
made or to be made or entered into for the
cent ruction, repair, superviston or superin
tendence of any portion orthe public works
of this Commonwealth, shall be adjudged
guilty ore misdemeanor in office, and on
conviction before the Court of Quarter
Sessions of the proper county, shall be fined
in a sum not exceeding two thousand del
lam, and imprisoned for a period not ex.
ceeding five years, at the discretion of the
court, and shalt cease to bo a member of
such board, and the vacancy so created
shall be supplied in the manner lereinbe.
fore provided.
See. 7. Each Canal Commissioner hay.
ing ch:irge of a line of public works, shall
assess and make on offer of the damages
sustained by any person or persons ag
grieved; in the manner prescribed by the
fifth section of an act ; entitled "Ai act re.
lative to the appointed of Canal Commis
sioners" passed the sixth day lof,April, olio
thousand eight hundred and thirty, (hid if
any person or persons are dissatisfied with
the amount of damages offered, he or they
may appeal to the Board of Canal Committ
eemen, whose decision in
,the
. premtses
shall be final; and the Board of .PLppraisers,
created by the sixth section of the act of
April sixth, one thousand eight hundred
and thirty, entitled "An Act relative to the
appointment of Canal Commissioners," be,
and the same is hereby abolished, and the
duties and powers of the said Board of Aft.
prieers be and the same hereby are trans
ferred to and vested in the said Board of
Canal Commissioners.
Soc. e. It shall be the duty of the Board
of Canal Commissioners immediately after
its own organisation. to divide the Slate
into four miprovethent districts, so es to
make the latex of superintending the same
as neatly equal as practicable,and assign one
district to each of the four members of the
board, and such Canal Commissioners tam!t
for a period of one year,,personally super
intend the Game, and act as the general
disbursing, officer of said district, and have
all the power*: and do and perform,all the
duties now performed by superintendents of
canals and railroads, and appoint ouch
agents on the finished lines to superintend
the labor thereon, as ho shall believe neces :
eery, not exceeding the nutnber to , be pre.
scribed by the board, intfeach of the said
districts shall be annually allotted to a dif
ferent member of said board.—The presi.
dent'of said board shall remain at the seat
of government, except when , absent to at
tend at stated meetings of the board for any
purpose, and shall have a general charge
and superintendence of the
. whole of the
public works of this Commenweidth, subject
however, to the control of the board at any
meeting thereof. Three ,membera, of said
board shall Forma quorum for the tiansac
lion of aoy business required by law, and
the board shall be convened by the presi
dent at such times as he shall believe the
interests of the State may require.
SEnr , 9. It shall be the •duty of each
Canal Commissioner to make a detailed
report on the first Illowlay.in December to
the said board, of , all the operations, con
tracts, receipts and expenditurea, during'
the preceding year, in the district alotted
to him, furnishtng such other informatien
as he may deem inportant to be communi
cated, embracing all the information new
,given by superintendents and supervisors;
and it shall be the duty of said board, on
the second Monday of January in every
year, to submit the same to the Legisla
ture, together with , a general report of the
,manner now - enjoined_opon the Canal Com.
missioners,
SECT• 10. It shall be tho diity of ,the
said Board to meet in each improvement
district, at least opce in every year, and to
give publics notice of the tame and place of
meeting, in one or mol‘v public newspapers
nearest the place Al such meeting, at
. .
least twenty dept. betbre tbe time flied for
linlding the same; - and - at 'such meetings
thus•shall hear and adjust - all claims for
damages which may be presentill to them
for adjudication, under the seventh section
of this act, and fur the - trah - gactide of anY
other business connected with the duties of
their office. - .
_ -
SECT. 11. That two principle engineers
only shall be employed.
_by the State at an
annual salary of not exceeding two thousftnd
a year, whose duty it shall be to take
charge of all the public works, and to , visit
each portion Qf them as often as the public
agencies or the direction of tire • board of
Canal Commissioners may require. And
he said chief engineer shell be authorized
by and with the consent of the Board, to
employ each principle assistant or sub.assia
tants, as may be actually necessary, and at
such salaries es a majority 'of the board
may agree on: Provided, The number of
principle assistants shall n..t exceed five,
and the number or suhassistants• not more
than fifteen, and the said sub-assistants
shall only be kept in the employ of the State
when the works that may require their su
pervision, are in a elate of active prosecu
tion.
SECT, 12. Each member of the said board
of Canal Commissioners, and their succes
sors in office, shall take bail or security of
every of f icer appointed by them, who shall
have charge of money or property belong
ing to the Commonwealth,in en amount suf
ficient to cover all defaults, and shall ad
minister oathe or affirmations, to every
person so appointed by them, faithfully and
impartially and with fidelity to execute
their duties without fear, favor or affection.
And the said board, or either of them,
shall have power to administer oaths in
all eases appertaining• to their office.
>. 13. It shall be the duty of said
board, to give at leart -thirty days notice in
one or more newspapers in the cities of
Philadelphia and Pittsburg, and in the bor.
ough of- Harrisburg, and in one or more
newspapers nearest the place of such let.
tinge, of all lettings of new work, and ten
days notice in a paper nearest the place . of
such lettings of repairs, whenever the esti•
mate thereof Winn exceed the sum of five
hundred dollars. And no such letting or
contract for new work shall be,valid unless
the Same be made or sanctioned by a major
ity of the said board.
Suez , . 14. No person shall be appointed
to any office, or to the discharge of any
duty connected with the. canals and rail.
roads of the Commonwealth, if he is a de
faulter to the Commonwealth, nnr shall any
person sous , aforesaid a defaulter bo map.
pointed. •
Tun Tex on . Tnis. IND Coritits.—The
Madisonian says.-=-The Revenue bill pass
edthe House 'by a majority of 15. It was
not free from objections. But as it watt
deemed indispensable for the purpose of
revenue to meet ths wants of the 'Govern
ment, .it was thought advisable to adopt It
altheugh the preponderating good was net
unmixed with .evil. A correspondent of
of the Richmond Whig explains in the' fol.
.lowing totter, very fairly, we believe, the
manner in which tea and coefee were subjec.
ted to duty:.
"litiere its one feature in which the bill .
was particularly objectionable to most of
the Whigs viz: the tax on tea and coffee.
The Whig membera hold a caucus on this
subject at which a large majority deter
mined that tea and coffee should be exempt
from taxation. Accordingly when the bill
was under consideration in the Committee
of the Whole, Mr. Lawrence, of Pa. a
prominent Whig [number, moved to amend
the bill by adding tea and coff4e to the list
of free articles- Before the queetion could
bo taken on the proposition, Mr. Clifford,
of Maine, a leading Loco cocci and a ready
parliamentary tactician, (having been Spea
ker of one branch of the Legislature ur
Maine), immediately moved to amend the
amendment of Mr. Lawrence by adding to
tea and coffee, "sugar, molasses and atilt."
The whole Loco. Foco party then united
with Mr. C. in voting for tbe amendment
to the amendment, and in conjunctien with
such of ihe ultra anti•tariff Whigs as wished
tea andtoffee to be taxed, carried the a
mendment. The Whigs were thus placed
in a very awkward predicament, (rem
which they, in vain, attempted to extricate
thetriselyee. W inthrop, 'of Boston, 'tailed
for a division of tbe question on The amend
ment neamended ao as to present the 'gum
tion separately . , but the chair very prompt
ly decided that the Vote of .s he committee
having joined them together, the Chair
could not put them asunder. The Whig
party were thus pompano(' either to vote
for the entire proposition or to vote the
whole down. • Under these circumstances
they could not hesitate to reject it entirely.
And thus it comes to pass that by a dex
trous mancouvre ofthe Locos, tea and coffee
are to he taxed! And yet with these facts
staring them in the face. I ehould not be
surprised if the Locos had the hardihood to
attempt to raise • ,an outcry against the
Whigs for taxing- articles which entered
into the consumption of the poorl I. hope you,
will keep •these facts prominently before
the public and let the people see the meas
ures which are to be resorted to, to make
political capital."
A Dnnatomr, Rwanna.--130. Ewes
Losr..;—A pastienger who arrived from
New York yesterday, states that a a:vain
boat was recently destroyed on Lake Erie,
not far froM and4hat of 800 pan.,
sengers on hoard, 130 perished in the
flames. The rumour' had created great
consternation in New York; but the name
of titti steamer was not given.
A MAIL STEAman ONCE! A. WEER; FOR
n LTFAX• f I
he London Journal of Cotm
coerce states that the English, Government
has, on recommendation of Sir W. Cola.
brook: the recently appointed Governor of
New Brunswick, entered, into a contract
for running a steam packet weekly fr.=
..Liverpool to Halifax, and vice versa, during
eight months of the year. •
Arc AJAR:VINO STATEIIiENT.—The New
,-York Coitrier of yesterday . . copies a para
prnith .fiom the .Itiner's Journai, to the
efpct that a pa,h/en g er on board 'the British
Queen 'from Portmmouth to New York,
*Jaya, that during the voyage, the hitumi
nowt coal en board took fire from sprintane.
rim Combilition. and, lutherniore, ho states,
thatlfro,ii 64 own experience and tho tes
tim,mv of others, he believeta that NOT
ONE oi the EAtiltsh Steamships ever cross
ed the Atlantic without the bituminous coal
on hoard raking fire froin vontaneous com
bustion!
The eeitor of the Courier addax—"We
wqre a passenger on board the Queen.on
her first voyage across the Atlantic, on
which occasion her coal became ignited and
burnt with such fury that the men were
driven from the hold, and the fire only ex
tinguished by pumping water upon the coal
in large quantities by means of the machi
nery. The fire was discovered at about
two o'clock A. M , and was only known to
about a dozen of passengers, who were on
,deck at the time,and wo agreed not to name
it to the passengers generally, as it might
create unnecessary alarm.
Capt. Roberts exhibited the greatest
coolness during the period there was dan
ger of the fire extending; and from the
time that the men were driven from the
hold dile vessel until the fire was extin.
guished, there was certainly great cause for
linx;ety and'alarm. The great volume of
water thrown into the hold by the use of
the steam pumps soon satisfied us however,
that if the danger was great, the means of
extinguishing fire was still greater.
In conversing with Captain Roberts upon
the cause ofthe great mass of coal becom.
ing ignited, ho expressed the opinion that
some portion of it must have come in con
tact with the boiler; but this mode of tic
counting for it.was quite unsatisfaroory,and
,if the fact be established that spontaneous
combustion ever did take place from Bitu
minous Coal, then wo shall not doubt that
the fire to which we allude on board the
&Web Queen, an account of which was
published at the time in an eastern paper,
certainly proceeded from this cause.--
Captain Robertsovidently could not account
for the cause of the fire; or at all event; it
was evident to us, that ho put no faith in
the assigned cause.
- HORBIBLII ) :MURDERA late Western
paper contains the following account of one
of the most horrible occurrences on record:
"One of the most awful deeds which has
perhaps ever come within the knowledge
of human race, was perpetrated in the vi
einity of this place, on Sunday morning
last, by Mrs. Roper. She killed three of
her own children, by cutting their heads,
of with an axe. From the information
which we have received on the subject, it
seems to have been done while she was in
a fit of mental derangement. It was her
intention to have killed twe more in the
same manner, but afterwards hang herself
with .a hank of yarn, but her husband-walk
ing up, discovered something extraordina- '
ry in her actions and seized her around the
waist; after a strong effort , on her part to
escape from him, during which she tried to
draw ono of three knives from the ceiling,
which she bad previously sharpened and
put there, they reached the door when he
discovered what she had been doing.
"She is the mother of eleven children,
including the three which she Allied. She
appears now to be restored to reason, and
is a pitiable spectacle of the deepest and
most bitter , anguish. She sap, that while
under the influence of a 'distorted imagina
tion, she thought she was doing a charita
ble action in ridding her husband of the
blather' of supporting herself and their five
youngest children; a, he is a poor and very
bard , working man.'
SAVANNAH ' August 7, 1841.
Geontons News FROM FLORIDA.^CO•
a•coachee's whole Band in—Close of the
Florida Wae.-L-By the U. S. steamer Gen.
Taylor, Capt. Peck,arrived here yesterday,
we have the graifying intelligence from
.Florida that the war, the ninety-uinth time,
may now be considered as at an end.—
Wild Cat's whole band, men, women, chit-
Alton and negroes, lOU in all have come in
at Tampa, and 40 More iodians of another
band were on their way; and ware expect.
ed at Tampa in two days. A. -gentleman
who came on in the Gen. Taylor, says that
he does not think another rifle will be fired
by the enemy. .
When Co•
.a•coo chee's family . came in,
CoI., Worth told him that 'he might go on
shore from the schooner whore he was con-
fined and 'lee them. fie refused to go,
eaying that though he was anxious to see
his family, he would not
.permit them to
see, him in irons. The Colonel finally con.
'tented to let him go on shore without his
shackles, end after a warm greeting with
his' amily, he dined with the Colonel, and
then returned on board the schooner. As
soon as his irons were replaced, he told
Col. Worth that he •had but one request
more lb Make, and that was, to allow Atm
and. his people to go Watt as soon ire posii-
Ve!--4iepubliran.
A POCVPITCE YooTu.—The English pa
pers give an account ofa"PorcupineYouth."
This curious production of nature, aayatbe
British Queen,is a healthy and interesting
youth about ten yearsefage,and three feat
throe inches in hiight. With the .exception
of his face and this palms or his hands, his
Whole body is covered with dark horny
thorns,,resetriblin,g the coat of a hedgehog
or porcupine. ' They are very thickly set.
and at stated periods come or gradually
without the hum pain, indeed they may be
cut er burnt yfr without injury. 'The roots
remain in the flesh and grow'' eat again by
(Jogrees, increasing to the length of it half
an inch., underneath' which the skin , is soft
and healthy. The youth is elWelsh Pa.
rents, and the youngcqr of ten children, rill
of whom except honiell have fair end cliitr
skin. There is ail int,•rogf about the exhi
bition %Witch cannot fill to fix the attention
of every thinking mind.
da12T752E1723
AND
REPUBLICAN BANNER.
GETTYSBURG. August 17. 1811.
Democratic Candidate
FOR GOVERNOR,
JOHN BANKS,
OF BERkS COUNTY.
Comity Committee.
The following gentlomen compose the Demo
erotic County Committee for Adams County:—
ROBERT SMITH, PETER DIEHL,
THOS. J. COOPER, BALTZER SNYDER,
J. A. THOMPSON, A. R. STEVENSON,
JAMES RENSHAW. •
o:,ilLydia Jane" will bo attended to in our
next.
The Bank Bill.
Up to our latest advises (Friday evening last)
from Washington, the President had mado no
communication to Congress in referstico to the
United States Bank Bill.
Pennsylvania College.
We observe by the catalo'guo, just ppldishedr
that this Institution is in a very flourishing con
dition: 'The whole number of students connected
with the Institution during the current year, has
been 189. The annual commencement will take
place on the 15th of September.
gi-The Board of Trustees aro making active
preparations to put up another building for the
use of the Preparatory Department. It is intend- 1
ed to make it 80 feet long; 50 wide, and 4 stories
high.
We give in to-day's paper tho. Address; of tho
Democratic State Committee "to the Democratic
party of Pennsylvania. It is well worthy an at
teutive perusal. It is the last address that will
bo published by the committee previous to the
election, and therefore should be read by all who
desire to be made acquainted with the official acts
of David IL Porter.
On Atirsday last, the Naval Pension Bill from
the Senate, passed the douse of Representatives,
and was placedin the hands of the President—
making three Bills - now in his possession.
The Annual Convention of the Temperance
Societies of Franklin county is to bo held at
Waynesboro', on Tuesday the 24th inst. We
are informed by good authority that . delegates
*ill be present from the famed "Washington
Temperance Society"' of Baltimore, fortneil by
reformed drunktnia. - .
TheSub-Treasury Bill Re-
pealed.
The BID to repeal the condemned Sub-Trea
sury &Aetna, which Ives passed sometime since
by the Senate, passed the HOURO on Monday the
9th inst. by a vote of 134 to 87—giving a ma.
jority againstit of forty-seven, with several votes
absent which would have increased It. Wo sup
pose there aro no fears entertained as to ila fate
in the hands of the President, unless it might be
unconatitufiona/ to annul d‘the second declaration
of independence."
In Congress, on Monday the 9th, Mr. Owns:
of Kentucky, proposed to oiler .a joint resolution,
providing
. (if the Senate concur) for the final
adjournment of the Houso on Wedneaday the
18th day of August. Ohjections were made to its
reception, and it was not received.
Ty it would bo considered a most futile argil.
meat were it to be mired at this late' day, 'when
men have learned vvishar from experience, that
because it was once considered proper and right
to pass round the wine cup as a' mark of hospitali
ty and kindness, 'that it re still so, and that
Temperance operations,
, xietwithstanding they
may be grounded on this piinciple of preservation
of both mind' and body, are neither to be justified
or encouraged. What differs the case from' the
empty proof which Johnson's address, circulated
by the Porter Committee spreads out tishow that
the Previous Pardon of the Magician libellers was
sustained by precedents established thirty years
agol We'think we once heard that there existed
a punishment for some crime, by which the con
vict was required to bo shut up -with poisonous
reptiles and animals and cast into the sea.. Well
if that was proper once, it would -hardly ho adopt
ed now, when even capital punishment in its
mildeat •form is being abolished. • .
Pettruction of the Steam•
boat
.Erie—Onehundt'ed d•
seventy-eight lives lest.
The New York Initiate bripg us accounts of a
most terrible accident which occurred on Lake
Erie on the 9th Inst., by which a loss of life was
experienced far exceeding that on board tho ill
fated Lexington.
The steamboat Erie left Buffalo for Chicago on
Monday. lotr and when about three hours out
took ire item the bursting of a carboy of varnish,
en reported, but more probably vitriol, and such
was the rapidity . with which the flames _spread,
that ofiaboutlloo passengers en board, but 27 or
30 warb 'Nailed, among them the captain and one
female only.
P. 8. Among the names of the passengers who
were lose on boar! the Brie, we observe that of
Mr. Wltttats. E. Qiiirp of the Washington Ho
tel, Harrisburg, Pa., and formerly aresident of
this place.
Mr. Nicholas Biddle had his pocket
picked of $3OO in Girard Bank notes, on
Tuesday afternoon, while standing 81 a
window of the , Philadelphia Post Office.
The Madiaomen states that General
Wool has been nominated by the Preei•
dent to' bo Brigadier General in the U. S.
A riny.'in place of General Scott.
A WOMAN IIItiRDEITISD Mr HER 1117 4 .2llADtp;
- -On Wednesday night last, on the Reii.
terstosn road, about seven from
Baltimore, an Irishman named Barney,
Gallagher, murdered hie wife •undor the
most horrible circumstances. They bad
been at work together in a field, and es
they returned towards home, he induced I
her to accompany him to a hay barrack,
'some distance from the house, where he
committed the deed. When she was found
in the morning, the skull was fractu red, the
right arm broken in . three places; which
it is supposed the unfortunate woman raised
for her protection, and both logs lacerated
and cut in such a manner as to indicate
that a fiendish pleasure was taken in laic.
ting imaginary torture upon the dead. it
is supposed he effected his object by beat.
ing her with a gun, which was found'a,ear
the spot broken. He was apprehended,
and committed by Justice ash, to jail.
The proof of 'his guilt appears 'to - bc very
strong. - He was a men naturally of vio•
lent temper, and latterly that trait in him,
had become still stronger, by the use of
ardent spirits. His wife is said to' have
been an industrious and worthy woman.—
Balt. Pat.
Vil.,',A.M,
WILEY INDNTEDi—The Grand Jury of
New York have found a bill of indictment
against Justice Wiley, for receiving the
money stolen from the Frederick County
Bank. and he was held Je bail-in the sum
of s3o,ooo—hirnself in $lO,OOO, and two
securities in $lO,OOO each, •-';'
• • . •
,FEMALE PATRIOTI33I.-ITith no small
degree of pleasure do welut our readers
in possession of the facts of the following
case, which does infinite honor Rollie 'boo
rine who acted so noble a part—Mrs. Cum.
nmgham. .Her husband was so lest to a
sense of his own honor, so blind to the im
terests of his country, and so dead to the
calls of his religion, es tcr sell his vote for
£4O to the Conservative candidates. His
praiseworthy wife, however, by'
_her assi. '
duous -attendance in the court-house pre
vented him from hie hellish purpese. When
this renegade first presented himself in:the
booth on Tuesday to register his
. vote in
favor of Fortescue, she boldly stood for.
ward, and so forcibly did she - attack him
with the Irish artilery ofher reasoning,that
she disarmed him of his intentions for the
time. They-then brOught their dupe to
their committee rooms, WI the next day,
when they detertnined to again bring him
forward: She, however, was at her post
then; Mid she continued her opposition;
fearful of consequences, for three &ye, till
she ultimately succeeded in making him
record his vete in fiver of the popular' can;
didates, Bellow and Dawson! Her patriot
ic conduct-was not allowed to pass unre
warded... The gentlemen of the Liberal
interest immediately entered- into a sub
scription, and in a few minutes the sum of
AlOOO was raised and prettented to herfor
her,cominendable exertions in favor of her.
rolvion, hor Queon, and itor country T
h. i shkpaper. - • . . • - • : •
A ToRIVADO.—A letter from 'Washington
to, the Baltimore American says:-7-"The
ctty, between two and . threeo!elock to day,
was visited by a tremendous tornade and
hurricane.. Mere ruin has fallen in two
lieur.s 'than usually falls .in two days..
,Con
sidet able damage has been done to proper.
ty by the quantity of water and the wind,.
but bent much lam unable to learn. 'Roofs
were taken from one or two buildings: . and
the ntr fora time in the vicinity of the Mar
ket house, was filled with fragments,
which endangered the lives, of prisiers;—
Part of the roof of the Itiarket House was
swept away." •
The Harrishur,g . Chroniele states that
a disgraceful riot took Place. in that borough
on Tuesday last. The Cumberland Volley
Railroad Company had commenced a day
or 'two previous to erect a Toll House at
the Harrisburg end of their Bridge.—
The Council asserted that they were. en
croaching upon the street, and therefore
ordered the foundation they wero building
to be torn end the Cellar filled up. And
when thishad not the desired effect, a Fire
COmpany was ordered out to play upon the
workmen and fill the cellar with
,water.
The Consequence was, -a mob was soon
gathered on the spot, several fights - took
place and several heads were broken.
DEATH Or A CLEROYMAN.—TWe learn
from the Preshyterian that the .Rev. Dr.
John Breckenridge died on the 4th inst., at
the residence of his mother in Kentucky.
The Bankrupt Bill is under full discussion
in the House of Representatives, and, unless
some untoward circumstance should occur
to disappoint the hopes
.of its friends, its
passage is rather probable than otherwise.
Few of our readers are aware, probably,
that a numlier or the States, viz: Maine,
.Massachusetts, New York, Louisiana, Mis.
sissippi and Michigan, have at different
limes solemnly e.ypressed their desire for
the adoption of such a measure by the Gen
eral Government.=—Nat. int.
A follow in York, (P d .) has confessed
that he was engaged with two others now
in prison; in setting fire to a meeting house.
and a barn, in that place. The latter Wag
entirely destroyed. ,It was a piece of wan
'tor mischief, for which one has to remain
in the State's Prison for ton }rears, Setting
fire to a dwelling house is a capital offence
in Massachusetts, , far which the gallows
claiinti its victim. ;Burning down bartni,
dm,' would seem to warrant a severity of
pun i s h ment beyond ordinary crimes.—a
S. Gaz.
UADER Eixetrrrorr.—lt is :stated. that
the locomotives, arc., of the Rarriaburg,
Lancaster, and Mount .toy Rail Road Cern
pan} ,Are at preeent under, execution for
debt, and since Monday last the superinten
dent nt motive power on the Columbia
Rail Road hacrun the engines of the Stall+
through to narrisburg.
v.... 4
-•••••..•0
,
A Nsw Wil
liatriv;.iately: sentenced to pay tot of
512,004 at - New Orleans', for introducing
convict negroes into Louisiana, publishes
a letter in the Bulletin, stating that he
was Vulfilling a contract with the govern.
mum of Virginia, in which he WC's engaged
t:; transport these iirgrons beyond the lim
its of the United States. Ele was on his
itiy to Tosas with them, via Louisiana, -
When arrested, and to now appeals to the
naltmilties. of Viriiuitt for protiction and
redress.
FOREIGN NTINTISTERS AT WASHINGTON.
—The N. Y. Eitpress says. rumors from
En:;land make it pretty certain thaV
fts
-. Pox will be recalled by the new Ministry.
It seems to he thoagnuttere, he is not pop
ular hero. Baron. Mal'etichal, the Austrian
Minister, soon leavisthe:country. lie has
sold his armature iniWashigton. - The
51mister, M Bothice, it is now
said, will not leave Witshington for Vienna.
lie married in the District, has a fine
rel , :liitto there, and has no wish . to change.
runs ANn Buffalo Adverti
act. zays—"There has been received since
the'opisning of navigation 2,016 packs of
fine firs, and 1,347 packs of deer and elk
skine,lmaking in all 3,363 packiges. To'
sliwr the value and importance- of diesel
arti2el., we will merely , merition that one
consisting of 38 Rids. and boxes,
was :Appraised at the custom house in Can
ada it *45,000.. •
• A linittn,ne 'times •IN Prasox.- - -*-A
late..viench paper states that a young man
aged- eighteen ; years, in 1724, wad con
demned to the galleys . in Francs,- on ac•
count of a high crime, for the long period
of cam htiodred years, which was probably
inteurlod by the Judge to confine him tor
life. Remarkable as it may appear, in
1824,.the man being in perfect health, after
an twomited series of hardships for one
cot;re century, was discharged, being ex
actly one hundred and eighteen years old.
•
PILLS.-A Vegetable and
Unnorsal Medicine, proved by the experi
ence of thousands to be, when properly pre
served with, a certain cure in every form
of th 6 only one disei4e, all having the
etttnti find invariably arise from the
itni - e , ersal root of all'disease, namely, impu
rity or imperfect circulation of the blood
period of little more Than five years
in the: United Soles, they havasestored to
perfrm. faalth and enjoyment over - four
hurul , cd thousand persons .who wore - given
over , is incurdble by Physicians of the first
'rank iad standing, anti in many cases when
every • other remedy had been resorted to in
'
. 11.0 great secret is to have medicine by
you . 1.....;en you — are first: attacked with sick•
nos's: oi., ';lose . then will , have mom geed
efli , ci lion twenty, if put off until disease
has o..lft.'ebled the bodily powers; -therefore
every jitdividual who considers health a
biek....l.. f rz,,should always keep :a box of.l3ran
dritk; F r egeto6le Universal. Pills whore
they c'tul be sure to lay Weir hindsen them
when•watited. Twenty.five • cets cannot
rtits•blk he,laittfv disposed . of.. valuable
life it.iy:'.)o!.`.aved, or a long 'fit q sickness 1
litri.entod. .., '• , . . .. . ~.,
Purchase theni in Gettysburg of. Thos.
.1. Cooper, distributinfr e - agent; of .Ino.'M.
Stevenson,, or only in the county of Agents
published in another part of this paper,'
4113PrVAItY ItECOTI.D.
DIED.
At Mormattsburg, on the' 10th inst.; Mrs.
Mary Elizabeth'Frazer;aged 3 0 years, 2 months
and 10 days. •
In this place, on the 11th' inet; Miss Sophia
bole,'in the 19th year of her age. •
On Saturday tho 7th inst. Mr.. Amelia Noel,
wife of Mr. Wto. Noel of Menallen township, in
the Stith year of her,ege.
E LECTION.
'[HE stockholders 111 the Wrightsville,
York and Gettysburg Rail Road Com
pany will eject one . President and. eight
Directors, on Tuesc!pry the 7th of Septem•
ber next, at the house of John Welsh, Inn
keeper, in the Borough of York, to serve
one year from the first Tuesday of Soptem•
bet. next. •
THADDEUS STEVENS, Presit,
Attest—BT. GILBERT, Sec'ry.
Audust 17,1841.
York Reptqloin will copy and Charge
Company. .1
LlKsl4o7.,:itlfic
P.I.TORSDEL,
AmESPECTry LLY informs the'citizens
'of Gettysburg and the public general
ly, that he has
REMOVED HIS• SHOP •
to the budding occupied as the Post Office,
next door to the American Hotel (Kurtz's)
and directly oppeoute the Bank of. Gettys
burg; where he is prepired to execute sir
kinds of work in his line of business in the
neatest Ind
.most durable meaner, and at
vary ,Moderrite prices. • :
• ECr Ho earnestly invite* lus country
friends to favor .bim with a call--tbey may
expect their work to be wade is It good, sub
stantial manner, and on the moat treeeiniztu
dating terms. • - • '
PCPThe Subscriber feels grateful, for
past encouragement, and respectfully soli.
cite a continuance of.the same.
August 10, 1841.
DENTAL SURGERY,
IN ADDITION TO TRU •
METIDIOAL PIiACTICI
DD.GILBERT, la prepared' to In.
ALP sort iffinerist TeeSk t of
beat huality, audio petform all other. °per•
miens for the. piesemtion and beauty uf
the teeth. - Ali operptiotte IIF4RBANTED.
Gettysburg, June 15. • tf4lll
ADVERTISEMENTS..
lIVIPROVED ,STOCK AT.
`-4410-ICILIC
TrIE oubecriber. -horeby. rmoounces his
first ,ohle,(rhieh ere derigned to be 'neulual
ly) of Thorough Bred Short flurried.
Dzrnlbutx; CASTLE
IL~RA''SIIi'ftJIG
They are direct descendants of stock T pur
chased in the vicinity of New Yotk in 1839,
of an English gentleman whose perentnl
knowledge and reputation Is a breeder of
such stock, are undoubted. The sale' will
be on. Taiadav, 142 b day of Seetemberne.tt,
and flatters himself that the stock: 'thereby
diffueed, will be Of acknoWledgeW,Utifity to
the agricultural community.% he sale will
, commence with the following Calves, viz:
No. 1, GAUDY, a Heifer Calf "roan,
out of Dolly, imported by 'Judge DaGreet,
and gat by Frederick, bred and owned by
Wm. McClellan, , Esq. Gettrebarg, Pa.--
Sire Comet, 'who wee by Hector, Hector,
by Col. Powers high bred Bull Yorkshire,
from:Mr. ..Powere Liebe. Yorkshire 'by.
Powers Lntharta, dtim:imparted Flora.
Frederick's dam Julia, bred. by Co;. Biwa];
her sire the celelarated. Bull . Denton,.
parted;
No. 2, CHERRY, a Heifer Ca/ . Nan,
out of Ruby. A Cow bied . by
got by Comfort, out of Delight; bred by
Mr. Witaker ' England, and sent to COI
Powel. Got by Frederick—pedigree giv.
en in No. I'.
I No.' 3, AIAGNOLIA, a Heifer Calf
roan, out of Rarity, and elm by Ruby; bred
by 01. Powol. Got by Comrort, out, of
Delight, bred by Mr.' Witakor, Rogland,
and got b} Prederich—pedioree in No. 1.
No. 4, DELIGHT, a Heifer Calf red
and white, out or • Frolic; sho 'out or Red
Twin, got by Durham; dam Gandy,, by
Dishloy, g, dam an imported Cow, Thor
ough•bred. • '. •
No. 5, SPRIGHTLY, a. Heifer calf
•
roan, out of Victoria, 16 mobtha 'old; she
out of Rarity, from Ruby; bred''by . Col..
Powol, and got by Frederielc--pedigree in
No. .1.•
No. (1, Capt. DARLING,' dila/ Coif
red and white, out of RealitY;' she out or
Ruby; bred by Col: Rowel, fiy . the thorough.
bred imported Bull 'Young Wallace, the
property of Mr. Mille, ot Long laland, and
got by Frederick—pedigree in No. ,
And probably - eoveral others includipg a
2 year old Bull, thorough.bred.
THE HOGS
Consist of the Thorough bred black
Berkshire, and they crossed rest& the white
Berkshire.
PJy white Berkshire Sows are from th'er
celebrated imported . Sow British Queen,
winner, uf the highest prize i s<a Silver Cup,'
awarded at the exhibition of tho' National
American Institute, in October 1880; ;
There w:ll be Sows in Ptg and Pigs by
the pair, to the number el sixty or seventy
—also my large. Boar, brought from New
JAMES .C. ATLEE.
New Windsor, Carroll co,
Itra, Atig. 17, 1841. 5 . ' ,
TOWNSHIP MEETINGS
AND
ounty. Convention
THE friends of HONEST JOiltOr
BANKS in Adams county—ALL who
are opposed to the re-election of David R.
Porter, and in favor of a change in the pre.
sent State Administration, by which it may
be administered upon the soundly republi•
can principles of the Democratic Anti-Ma
sonic party—are requested-to assemble in
their several . Boroughs and Townihipi, at
the places of holding Borough and-Town
ship Elections, on '
Saturday the 28th of August instant,
at 2 o'clock, P. M., stud elect•TWO 'Dele
gates to represent each Borough and Wall
fthip respectively in a COU N7-1r CON
irrz v wow, to be bald at the Courthouse
in Gettysburg, on „Monday the 30th of iht•
gust 14 .10 o'elock, 4... Ja g to select and
place 'before the, People 4 , Ticket to be sup.
ported at the approaching Election.
Qt" Let every Townslup and Borough be
fully represented. , •
Robert Smith, Thos. J. Cooper,'
Peter Diehl,:: . J. A. Thompson,
Baltzer Snydei, 'A. •R. Stevenson,
James Re*sw,
Augusi a. County Coonnotce.
U:l3AN.App•e , ,,yice to the Print
ing Basin* wanted at: this
Office.
ADV*437,BgIiENTSt,,:,,*" s
$2O .R4WA MO!
S „
ItATE!) stninn, alur 3 1 11 - P
t Ptth of
July lust, all .t
15
arid 16 (Hindi 7 years :lid this !)hriitg.
bind feet white so thf , rirt.turitijnints,
u swill star 011. ins furshead, ,white
hair 'n hie bitch uiessii3OrAby a,huirof the
and a relerable lung tints
and paces well 'bailie:is; hut 4iiroW:a•otie
ofhishil,d rek cat mote than We othie'when
paring. l'hurtsbave;yawitrd of Twepiy
tars will be given by the suhser;bei; ri u g
near Merck rsbure, i
Ftadtlin cgunty, Pa., fur
•
the rrcovery of thi hfipitte, orApyjriftqcmit
tion that ttlzy enable' hie to gat him again.
TACO ti HOSLIIR.
August 10.
Trial List.---At*tist.l'enti.
. ,
Cornmonweilih vs Win. L amb and °thew*.
Do.` es.
John Tones and wife - vs. Otioria
Jacob Saute is. Freeland andiTstly. :
Win, teals. se of-A. Walker'es.'HabOrtifinvO
Adm • • Daniel. Witmer." woo 'Hen ryf
A: and .I,llvlngslon vs. I. Bristheitev, On.
Simon Holborn vs. Phillip Kohler:,
John Idelliorti vs. 'do. ,'• '
J. J. irl'Etaeny vs. Henry Moire -
Exocutoriand Guardians of Henry. AfyinSa
Jar. J".•liPElheny. - '
Executors of Henry Rife_vs.WAtillatbraith:
boa of Ilimel4 vs; S. A. Wittnitt;•itidT.
Jacob'/-;1 vs. Jacob Lola. ." •
Adm'r of J. Sirloin vs. Adixer of SativelGlM..
land dec'4l.
;Blythe and Johnston vs. Beidcalts. •
- Wrn. Wright vs, The Susgushasiit;ils: (Wel
Company.
Bonk orthambersburg vs. Wm. M'Clelfsa.
Thomas Heston Vs. John 'Bowman's Aditi t 4
'ood and Abbott vs. Henry Sell- •',
S. Fahnestack ('Agoilt) v'. ft• Robitttton
Catharine Grove' vs..Pitser, Littlo,'s`nd Wolk •
Anthony!„Cato vs. Ephraint Serape. "• • - '
Agnesylaltetriyer's vi. TiniVaton Brandoi
Henry I{Oser vs. Daniel Wt • ' :I
Sensual Toggcrt vs. John .oreas. • , :` '
Prede'rick ()alehouse vs. Adam blancher:
Hanrylltiaby Vs.'Sbequebeiwidk-C44t0.,
•
A acttracsam . .
Gettysburg and:Petersburg T 4 „ POlnpint jet.
Wni.. - IrClellan; • - •‘' "
John %utter, r e. pavia
Nich elite Single et..liegge, inilTekriat;
•
Imvortant Ylvt' m' 44' vsVc
'' ...411 H 10 04"w'
721 a AS hlr IV-Cfr
MACHINE
wamnted to thrash as - much in any
,given time with Two norses ) and
less labpr, its'any tour-hinge
Machine now in, use.
C O. =
Of (leitfibutg, Adaina Coynty,
,I 1 N apnvihs4ad_Coata S:;11-:'LITT
the right of ADAK., ` K t
zeic: entiniies,- , of hie OatentTurti !ibis? Pet 4
table Thrashing, Machine and florie•poif,
er, are now making, and wilt Cenetaiii!).
keep on hand, at the
STEAM POITNERIt
in grettypburg, klarge quabtity oC those;
valuable - Maohineii,, end now offer thatitio
the. Partnere as the most useful, labor-sav
ing, end convenient Machine.. of thi kind
ever, offered to - the public: The, price .of
thele Machines' being much less 'than any
other Machine of the kind, every Former
itea it in his power to obtain crib. MO
heeds can load and unload this Machine
wiih easerand one horae,can haul the whole
Machine small wagon over atlyOrtlina-.
ry road. Almost.every Paimet has help
enough!vithin himself to with the timehine.
We'deem' any 'further, comment utineceseo•
Ili; but will merely add the &Airing _Coe
t tficaie r being one of Inany of a sinular.kinit
in our possession.
THOS. W,iiltßtN,
GEO. AR$Ol 4 l).
Gettyiburg, July 20, 1841.
CERTIFIC4T.E.
We, the undersigned; do hereby, certl . ,
that we have seen.one of S. H. LITTLE s
Two horsiPment Portable THR.A.SHING
MACHINES in use, and can assure' the
'Farmers and the Public, that it is worthy
ofthc. highest praise and patronage, as Twp
Horses can do the work of Four with Mate
east* and less hands. It eaves ono-half thi
labor, and performs'tbe work iti ; the beat t'
manner possible. It. puesesees ' decided
advantage over any other; Machine, being
less liable to get out of order, and easily to
be removed. , To see it in operation.,is suf.
Relent to satisfy anyone of its great uttlity
and the propriety of, our,statentent.
George Smyser, John . F. M'Farlane..
David Ziegler,Wm., N. Irvine.
C. N. Burlu , y, Settle,
John Barret, Robert sing,
William M'Clelhut, Joel B. D4nnoi,
A. B. Kurtz, S. R.
Wm. Taughinbaligh,lofiri Gilbert;
lane Ashbellizh, 'Rupp,
Jobe' Ll..Ml l ltoraon, JalutieC.. Watson,
Daniel Culp, . Gen,P.Btrickhunatita
John. Munition. S. King. t ,',
C.:Htttt, ' John M. Steveiier i .
kicottei . ikinj..Lefettq,
3. White, (Freridem)ft:
Diavid Troxel, Jr. - Joaiphiit ms ,tiev ,
At Maghily. •Jernelf-Di-17,4204
David M'Martife; Joh Semi. '.
Quito:hi A tcristratlke . , geirulisteGkibfitt
1 1 . - Z k.
.;=&• ti1.44-ritehine's
the Establishment. Extre.. hOt*Ppower,
can at all tintei);ti hut.
. Old IMMO taken in Omni for m"''
er
chines. "- &. CO.
itily 20. -
_ • ... ,10 t''.