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rtirslitnta, DECEMBER 28,1841.
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President Tyler's Fiscality.
(0 - The following. is the Bill for the es.
tablishment of a Board of Exchequer, or
."Fiscal Agent,"• submitted to both Houses
of Congress on Tuesday last, by the Seer&
tnry of the Treasury, in compliance with
the resolution of the House of Representa
tives of the trill: instant:
A BILL
Amendatory of the several Acts establishing the
Treasury Department.
Seas. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congrrss assembled,
That there shall be, and hereby is, created
and established in the Treasury Depart
ment, at the seat of the Government of the
United States, a Board, to be called . the
Exchequer of the United States, to bs-Corn
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States for the time being, and three Coin.
nriissioners, to be appointed by the Presi.
dent with the advice and consent of the
Senate; one of the said Commissioners first
appointed to be appointed for two years,'
one tor four years, and one for six yea,*
and vacancies subsequently occurring, to
be so filled as.thal one vacancy shall regu-
larly occur to the end of every : period of
two years; the said Commissioneta not to
be removed from office, except for physical
inability, incompetency, or neglect or vio
lotion of duty; and in case of any such re
moo's!, it shall be the duty of the President
to lay the reason thereof before the Senate.
And on the first organization of the Board,
one of the three Commissioners shall, by
the members thereof, be elected President,
who shall
. hold the office for two years,
when a new election shall be made; and in
like manner a new election shall take place,
afterwerds at the end of each successive
period of iwo years. And the Secretary of
the Treasury shall have authority to ap
point all .such inferior officers as in th e .
jorlgineht of the Board the transactions of
its businesa may require, the amount 'of
their respective compensations to be fixed
be the Board, w' o may take bonds for the
faithful discharge of their.. duty for .such
sums and in such manner as the Secretary
of the Treesury shall direct. And each of
paid COmmissioners shall receive an annual
salary of ----- dollars.
'Sec. 1. And be it further enacted,
That the said Board of Exchequer shall
have power to, establish agencies or offices
In such of the cities or towns of the SiateS
and Territories of the United States as it
many judge expedient, not exceeding twain
Tiny State or 'territory, and also wherever
Congress, mty by law require the same to
be established; and such officers and agents.
its many- by tile,
.Board of.Exchequer.be
thought necessary for the management
of such agencies, and the transaction of
their business, shall be appointed by the
Secretary of the Treasury on .the . recom
medation of the Board of Exchequertand
the said Board shall have power rtifis• the
amount of 'the respective compensations fur
such officets, end tc, provide regulations
fir the goveWinent of such agencies,' the
transaction of their business, and the rend
ering accounts ofall their proceedings.—
And in such regulations they shall so as
sign and arrange the duties of the officers
of the said agencies as that ,one •of those
officers shall be a check end 'control upon
the other,' and for that purpose they shall
require that the accounts and proceedings
breach shall be entered'tn proper books. --
And any of the officers of the said agencies
may be renioved by the Secretary of the
Treasury fur pbysicid inability, or income
potency, neglect Wifiolatien of duty, but it
shall be his duty to stele every removal of
trri principi!' offieee of any agency, with
hie reasons therefor, in his general annual
report of the transactions Or the Board of
Eitehequer.
Sec A. And be it further enacted, That
she said Esehequerend its officers shall be
the general e g ems of the Government of the
'Baited =Tiffs for receiving. safe keeping
tool di the public moneys, and
transferring and transmitting the same un
der the dire:eke of the Secretary of the
Tteitsit); and all public moneys received,
from whatever source's, shall, under the
same directions, be paid into the said Ex.
chequer or.its agencies, and the principal
officers employed, in' such agencies shall
give bonds to the United States for such
amount and in such form as the Secretary
of the Treasury shall prescribe 'for the
faithful performance of their defies. And
the said board of Exchequer and its sever
agencies shall pay all warrant's; drafts or
orders thereon by the Treasurer of the Uni
ted States, and by all disbersin officers
and agents of the Government tidying au
thority to make such drafts or orders.—
And every such payment shall be made,
at the option of the person entitled to re
ceive it, in gold and silver coin or in Trea
ttur3 notes.
scc. 4 And be it further enacted, That
the•said Exchequer and its officers shall
perform the duties of Commissioners of
Loans in receiving subscriptions, trans
ferring stock, and paying dividends and
iliterest thereon, under the directions of
the Secretary of the Treasury, and shall
render to the Treasurer of the United
States all necessary facilities for transfer
ring and disbursing the public funds as
shall be required by him, and shall perform
all the duties of Penaion agents under the
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of
War, and shall render and perform all oth
er duties and services in relation to the
collecting, keeping, and disbursing of the
public funds as shall be prescribed by law
or by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That
it shall be lawful for the Exchequer at the
Seat of-Government, and its several agen
cies, to receive on private deposit's gold
or silver coin or bullion, the property
of individuals, to be held as in other cases
of deposites made, by individuals fur conve
nience and security; and to issue certificates
of the fact of such deposit's having -been
, made, which certificate shall always be re
deemed on presentation at the agency
whore issued- But the amount so deposi.
ted shall never exceed in the'whole fifteen
millions ofdollars, to be distributed by the
Board among its several agericies accord
ing to the extent of their business respec•
tively; and for issuing such certificates no
higher premium shall be demanded' than
shall be sufficient to indemnify against the
hazard of lois and remunerate for the safe
keeping the deposit°, and in no instance to
exceed the one , hall of one per cent. But
paper issued by the board and its several
agencies, whether in the form of bills or of
certificates of deposits, shall be redeemable
only at the place where issued, unless the
Board shall see cause to order otherwise.
Sec. 6. Snci be it further enacted, That
it shall be the duty of said Boaid of Ex
chequer, within three months after its first
orgauization. to establish lamb lamb
_ . aay Judge expedi
ent and proper for the regulation of its con
cerne and the government of its agencies;
and copies ot'all the existing by-laws and
regulations shall be laid before Congress
every year at its annual session. •
Sec. 7. And be it further enucted, That
the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby
authorized and directed to cause to be pre
pared Treasury notes of denominations
Dot less than five dollars nor exceeding one
thousand dollars, which notes shall be sign
ed by the Treasurer of. the United Slates
and
.countereigned by the President of the
Board of
_Exchequer, and made payable to
the order of the principal agent at each
agency, and shall be by him endorsed
when honied at such agency, and which
notes shallbe redeemable and shall be re.
deemed in gold and silver, on demand, at
the .agency where issued; and Treasury
notes intended tube issued tiv the Board of
Exchequer at the seat of Government
shall be in like Ihrin, and shall be payable
to the order of Commissioners and• shall
be endorsed by some one of them When
sued, and shall be redeemable and redeem'
ed at said Board, on demand, in gold and
silver; and exact and perfect lists of all
notes so signed shall be kept at the Trea
sury, and all Treasury notes issued under
the authority, of this act may, when
redeemed. be re-issued by the Board and
its agencies respectively.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That
the amount of Treasury notes issued and
outstanding shall not, at any one time, ex
ceed the amount of fifteen millions of dol
lars unless 'otherwise ordered or provided
by law; and the Secretary of the Treasury
is authorized from time to time, on the ap
plication of the Board of Exchequer, to
furnish for its own UBO and that of several
agencies a suitable amount of such notes,
to be used in the transaction of its busi
nese,..and all dues to the United States, or
any officer or department thereof; may be
paid io gold and silver coin, in 'rreasury
notes issued under this act, or in the notes
of banks which shall be immediately con
vertible into specie at the place when re
ceived.
See. 9. And lie it further enacted, That
the Board of Excheiluer at the seat of Gov
ernment and each of its agencies shall set
tie weekly, or oftener, with all banks in
their neighborhood whose paper they may
have received, and pay or colleet, as the
case may be, all balances between it and
said banks; and no individual shall be
allowed at any time to stand as debtor to
the Exchequer or any of its agencies in ac
count; and it shall be the duty of the said
Board of Exchequer, and each- of its sever
al agencies, at all times so to limit its Is
sues that its gold_and silver on head - shall
be eqatil to one-third this amin - 'oflinch is
sues outstanding.
sec. 10. And be It ,further enacted. That
the said Board of Exchequer may draw
bills or drafts on any nt its . ngencias, and
may authorise any agency to draw bills or
drafts on the Board or any other agency,
and may well and authorise its agencies to
sell such bills or drsfis for a premium not
exceeding the lair cost of remitting specie
to the ;dose of payment, and in no case to
exceed two per ceutum on the amount of
such bill or draft.
Sec. 11. And be it turther enacted. Tha
it shall be lawful for said Board of Faiths
q - uer and each of its agencies to purchase
domestic bills of exchange, subject to the
following rules and regulations: . .
I. No bill of exchange shall be bought
which is payable in the some State or Ter
ritory in which it is drawn, nor any bill
payable within less than miles of the
place of drawing. ,
2. Bills drawn on places not more than
five hundred miles distant from the place of
drawing shall not be drawn for a hinges
time than thirty days from date; 'and bills
drawn on places more than five hundred
miles from the place of drawing shall not
be drawn for a longer time than thirty days
from sight.
8. In no instance shall more be demand.
ed from the seller of such bill, by way of
interest or exchange, than an interest not
exceeding six per cent. per annum for the
time which the said bill has to run, and a
rate of exchange never exceeding the cost
of remitting specie, and in no case to ex
ceed two per cent. And it shall not be law.
ful for the Board of Exchequer or any a
gency, to purchase any bill drawn by or
upon any member or officer thereof; or in
which such member or officer shall in any
way be interested; nor to receive any de
pusite of any money belonging to any such
member or officer. And no bill shall be
purchased or draft sold at any agency, with
out the assent of at least two of the officers
of such agency; nor by the Board of Ex
chequer without the assent of two of its
members.
Sec. 12. And belt further enacted, That
no agency established in any State under
the provisions of this act shall, contrary to
any law which such State may enact, re
ceive any other depositas than those of the
United States, or make or sell drafts, or
purchase bills, other than such as shall be
necessary in the collection, transfer, and
disbursement of the public funds.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That
if at any time it shall be found necessary tp
carry on the operations of the Exchequer
Board, and its agencies hereby created, the
Secretary of the Treasury may caube to tie
prepared, issued, and delivered to the Ex
oheqyer Board ceitificates of stock of the
'United States, in the usual form,, beerrpg
interest at a rate not exceeding five. per
centum per annum, to an amount not ex
ceeding five millions of dollars, the interest
of which shall be payable semi-annually,
and the principal shall be redeemable at the
pleasure of the Government after the ex- .
piration of twenty years from the issue
thereof. And it shall be lawful for the said
Exchequer Board to sell and transfer the
said stock for gold or silver, coin. or bul
lion. And it shall be the AstY or it— 6x ;
chequer Board to for tb° punetuat
pa et it'' -
atterest thy - said stock as
, Lou...J uecome due, and for the teimburse
ment of the p.-mcipal from the profits and
other mean, and reanurcea of the Board and
its agencies. But the faith of the Govern
nient, nevertheless, shall , be pledged for the
pay meet of the interest and the principsl of
such stock.
Sec. 14• And belt further enacted, That
the Board of Exchequer and its several a.
genties shall keep separate and distinct sets
of books, for the purpose of entering and
recording, in one set, all t ransactions re.
specting the collection, keeping, and die
burring of the public revenue, and trans
mitting the public moneys from place to
place for the service of Government, and
in another, all , transactions and accounts
arising from dealings in exchange and oth
er. transactions not on Government account.
And all profits accruing from &Slings in
exchaage on individual account and , from
private deposites shall be applied holm fit.st
place to pay all salaries and compensations,
and to defray all expenses ineurreducder
the authority of this net, and the'-residue
thereof shall be placed semi•annually to
the credit of the Treasurer of the United
States: Provided, nevertheless, that the
said board may defer all such credits to
the Treasurer, until the amount of profits
aforesaid beyond expenses shall exccetttwo
millions of dollars, and may retain said, a •
mount of two millions as a fund to mee . t, all
coniingencies chargeable on the Exchequer
and its agencies.
See. 15. And be it further enacted, That
if it shall at any time become necessary to
bring suit on any bill of exchange or other
debt or liability arising out of any transac
tions under the provisions of this act, Bich
suit may be brought in the name of. the
United States in any Circuit Court of. the
United States, or any State Court having
competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 16. .and be it further enacted, That
the necessary rooms and vaults.for the safe
keeping of the public moneys and for • the,
transaction of the'buiiness of the Board of
Exchequer and its agencies shall be provi
ded by the Treasury Department at the city
of Washington, and in the custom-houses,
mint, branch mints, end other public buil
dings belonging to the United States, so far
as the same can be furnished without detri
ment to the public service; and where the
same cannot be so furnished, the said
Board may provide others.
See. 17. And be it further enacted,
That it shall be lawful for the said'Board of
Exchequer to appoint as agent for , the
Board any specie-paying bank in any State
in cases were it may not be deemed expe
dient to establish an office or agency of the
said Board, as hereinbefore provided; but
such bank shall not be authorized in any
event to receive deposits el to purchase or
sell bills or drafts on account of the Board
of Exchequer, •
Sec. IR. And be it further enacted,
That filll and exact accounts of the prom!.
dings of the Board and its several agencies I
shall he furnished to the Secretary of the
Treasury as often as he may prescribe; and
it shall be the duty of the said Secretary to
lay abstracts of the same before Congress
at the commencement of each annual ses•
sion, end to furnish fill and particular ac
counts and statements of the transactions of
the Board and its agencies when required
by Cmgress and the amount of Treasury
notes outstanding at the end of every guar•
ter shall, so soon thereafter as the same
may be ascertained, be published by •the
Secretary of the Treasu ry.
Sec. 19. Abd be it further enacted,
That it any member of the Exchequer
Board, or any officer or clerk employed in
its business or any of its agencie., shall
convert to his (two use, in any way, any
money or security deposited with or be
longing to the said Board or any of its
agerickes, or belonging to the United States
o,r any other person or persons dealing or
depositing with the said Board or any'
agency, ho shall be deemed guilty of
felony, and, on conviction thereof before
any court of the United States of compe
tent jurisdiction, shall be sentenced to im
prisonment for a term hot less than
nor more than - years, rind to a fine
equal to twice the sum or value of the pro
perty embezzled.
Sec. 20. And be it further enacted,
That if any officer or member of the hoard
of Exchequer, or any of its agencies es
tablished under the provisions of this act,
stall give or sign a false certificate of a
deposit() having been made with ally agen
cy, or shall issue or deliver any draft or
bill of exchange without having received
the full amount thereof, and cause the
receipt of the same to be duly entered in
the books of the said agency, or shall be
guilty of any other mal practice by which
any responsibility of the said agency, or
of the Board of Exchequer, or of the Uni
ted States, shall be improperly created or
increased, he shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof
in any court of the United States of com
petent jurisdiction, shall be sentenced to
imprisonment for a term not less than one
year nor more than seven years, and to a
fine equal to the amount of the false cot...
tificate so given, or of the bill or draft so
issued or delivered, or to the amount of the
responsibility so created or increased.
AFFAIRb AT WASHINGTON
The editor of the New York Tribune
has had a fee , days ofobservatton at Wash•
ington, and gives the following as the re
sult able conclusions:
fj. There is now rather more probability.
that 'some plan of Finance and Currency,
based on the President'. suggestions, wih
be adopted at this Session than thab one
will not. he character will p ro bably un
dergo materially transformation, either in
Committee or in the Fiume; The power
to discount or p „..:nase Bills of Exchange
will ?r a s h!, oe stricken out. The great
difficulty -
will be to so designate and ton
....lute the Board of Control, (or whatever
it may be termed,) as to add nothing to the
power and patronage of the President. On
this point, many Whig Members are influx
ible, and, if not conceded, they will reluc
tantly vote against the bill.
11. There is good hope that a thorough
examination of the ordinary Expenditures
of the Government—Salaries, Fees, dze.
—will be made at this session, with a view
to the RetrenChment of any and every ox
penditure that may be curtailed without
injury to the Public Service. If any offi
ces are found unnecessary, they will most
certainly be cut off An excellent and de
termined Committee has this subject spe
cially in charge, and the temper of the
House is good. *The point of most diffi
culty is the reduction of the pay of Mem
hers of Congress. Many consider that
they have less now than is paid to public
servants in any other capacity requiring
equal talent and involving equal responsi
bility. ap.rt from the fact that they arc so
irregular employed as to derange any busi
ness they may have without paying them
for more than a third of their time. There;
is force in these suggestions; yet wo are
confident that a reduction of their comport
cation to the bare coat of economical living
I:i_Washington—say $25 to $4O per weekl
t —would tend greatly to reduce thix.length.
and the incidental cost of the Sessions, and
irnptove the character of the Houses, by
leaving out needy young professional men
who are injured by being taken from their
bush:less and sent to Congress at any price,
and replace them by men of greater expe
rience aid maturer judgement, who are
not distracted by private cares, arid to
whom the pay would be no object. We
earnestly hope that a reduction will be
made, and that the Mileage will at any
rate be cut down one halft It would
then be higher, in view of the greatly im
proved means of communication, than the
present rates were when established.
111. The Departments of War and the
Navy call urgently for largely ibereased
appropriations, to order that the Country
may be placed in a`borough posture of
defence. The general impression that our
Foreign Relations are in so critical a con
dition that ample preparations for War are
the only sure conservators of Peace, will
induce Congress to accede measurably to
those demands, but probably not to their
full extent.
IV. The supposed alienation of many
Whig Members from President Tyler will
rarely induce them to vote against his
Fiscal project. On the contrary, many
whose dissent from his course is most de
cided are among the most earnest advocates
of adopting some measure based on the
President's proposition. Indeed, it is evi
dent that, if personal consideration were
overrule, the rejection of his plan would
strengthen the President more than its well
considered adoption.
V. The Tariff will probably be. some•
'what improved at this Session, though net.
?half what the interests of the Country, re
quire. The Compromise Act provides
that duties after July next be based upon
the value of the imported articles in this
Countr); this can only be carried into con
sistent and beneficial effect by ascertaining
and settling the average Home Value of
Iron, Sugar, Silk, do. Ste. and making
the duty specific on the amount. For in
stance, if the average value in this Count',
of pig iron is found to be thirty dollars a
tun, let the duty invariably be twenty per
cent. on that amount,-or $6 per ton—and so
throughout. We hope this will be done,
bia do not feel assured of it. More - we
hardly expect this Besaion. -
VI. The Land Distribution bill will not
be repealed, nor wel the Bankrupt Law.
If any attempt is made on either, it will
only be for effect elsewhere. An eflort
will be made to subject Banks to a Com
pulsory Bankrupt Law—we hear, without
success. _ .
VII. A vast !lumber of Private Clainas
against the Government have been suffer
ed*to accumulate throughout •the last ten
years—many of them preposterous, but
many, again, founded in the clearest Jus
ticeond the postponement of which is a
grevinus and inexcusable wrong. We are
confident that they will be investigated and
settled at the present Session.
•With. regard to the pay of members of
Congress, the beat'poltey is to give them
a gross sum for the term or session, let it
be long or short, instead of the present
mode, by the day. • This would bring a.,
bout instantly short speeches, short ses
sions, and bettor legislation. -A • law
formerly existed giving each member 61,
500 a year, but this was too much; and it
was liable to tho objection that members
were paid whether they attended during
the session or not. The abuse of it in this
last respect caused its repeal. A law
graduating the pay for a. four months' ses
anon, and authorizing a proportionate reduc
tion for every day any member is absent
from Washington, would riot only secure
more industry, shorter speeches, and of
consequence shorter sessions, but also the
attendance of moot of the members.
frhe mileage now paid for ficticious
journeys should be abolished and the scale
of payment changed. It is notorious that
the mileage is ono of Mr.-Senator Benton's
chief pecuniary reliance,. Without ever
visiting St. Louis ho is allowed pay for
constructive jouriwys between that city
and Washington always twice a year, and
between the third and fourth of March, on
every fourth year, he claims and is allow
ed fur a journey to St. Leine and back,
when, in truth, he duel not leave Washing.
Ord The allowance of mileage should be
liberal, but it should be regulated by reason
and Pelee*
--.eos..—
. %Vulva. AND Correa.— The Middle
and Southern States.—lf the British
markets were open to our grain as they
are to our cotton, the farmers of the United
States would export flour
. and wheat to
Great Britain, to the amount of some fif
teen or twenty millions annually. If En
gland and France would remove their ox.
orbitant duties upon _American Tobacco,
our planters would find sales abroad to the
extent of many millions more. Butt' •so
two articles, flour and tobacco, the chief
staples of this latitude and of the Middle
States generally, are taxed enormously in
England .and France. Flour is almost en
tirely excluded.
When we call for a Tariff of retaliatory
duties against those heavy exactions upon
our staples, the South raises a great out
cry and declares the measures to be un
constitutional. Let us suppose that
Southern Cotton was subject in England
to duties as heavy as those upon our flour
and tobacco—Would a Tariff be uncon
stitutional? We put the question in all
candor.
It is important, too, that this question
should be put—and that the South should
study out an answer to it. "The time is
fast approaching," says the "Boston Atlas,
"when . the corn.Lewe of England will be•
come forgotten, while Southern putriottsm
awakened too lute to its own interests, will
find in the Prohibitory COtton Laws of
England, meet food for all the indignation
that Southern chivalry can bring into exis
tence.
England takes the. cotton of the South
simply because she cannot procure aufli•
cient Supplies elisewhere. "That necessity
will exist for sorne - timelWhether we raise
our Turiffor not. But it may not contin
ue very long—her ctTorts to raise cotton in
India will be pushed with all the British
genius and power. In the 'meantime, be.
lore England can cut . .offthe cotton of the
South, is it not our policy to enlarge tho
home market by the encouragement of
manufacturers?, It is for the South
to consider this.—Balt.-.4m.
Bonnet:T.—A most_ daring robbery was
committed in town yesterday,- which, per.
haps, you may have heard of. About one
o'clock, a room over the Patent Office . Was
entered by false ke) is, and several valuable
articles belonging to the General Govern
ment stolen. The robbery was committed
in the small room where the presents to
the officers of the Government were kept.
`Three articles were stolen valued at 812,.
000, viz: the famous gold snuff' box, pre
sented by the Emperor Alexander to Lieu
tenant Harris, the American charge •d'Af
fames at St. Petersburg; . the pearl neck
lace presented by the frnarim, of Muscat, to
President Van Burer.; end a gol4 scabbard,
presented by 'the Vice Roy - al Peru to Mr.
Biddle. No abspicion; asirbt;'resta on any
one. The Comeitiionet-of Patents (Hen•
ry 1.. Ellsworth,..Esq.) has issued a hand
bill bffering a reward of 81,000. W hat
makes the robbery the more singular, is
the fact that the precise time of its com
mitment is known, within ten minutes, or
thereabouts, the articles having been ex
libited a few moments before one, to a
party of ladies, and the room being visited
by a second party a few moments after to
see the presents, which, for years have
been regarded as great curiosities.—Cor
respondent of Balt. Pat.
Annum IT. -- A tact in relation to the
beautiful Militia Systenri of Pennsylvania
is disclosed in a letter of the State Treasu
rer, which ought to startle every citizen.
It will be seen that the support of this sys
tern takes out of the Treasury evey year
over $33,000, while the receipts into the
Treasury fur fines dr.c. is only about SW !
Can any person point out 'any bentlit the
people receive from the expenditure of this
Burnt—Bar. Chron.
LOCO CANDIDATE! 702 PRIRIIIDENT. — A
correspondent of the New York Tribune,
writes as f.illowa• On one • subject I was
under a rnistipprelienrion prior to coming
here. I supposed a larger portion
.ot tins'
Locohico party intend.•d to support Mr.
Van Buren fur Presideut in MIA. It is
not so. Unless I am greatly mistaken,
the Recluse or Kinderhook has now very
low advocates South or West of the Dela
ware. The tide may turn in seasan; but
just at present it sets vary strongly against
him, and his look jell song one.. •
••The party" will probably take its , next
candidate fur Provident from the Senate,
and perhaps for Vice President also. Mr.
BUCHANAN of Pa. is certainly looking to
the first post, and Mr. KING of Ala. is es.
teemed eligible for the second. But Col.
BENTON'ti star appears to he in the ascend
ant, at least at the Globe office: His
blustering voice was instantly raised in
vehement opposition to the Message, in
order to forestall the judgment of the par
ty, and hush the approbation which it was
(baled its moderate tone and conciliatory
doctrines would extort. It is his ruffian
spirit which dictates the brutal attacks on
Mr. WEBSTEU, which defile the columns
of that sheet, if its defilement be possible.
Last evening's leading article violently as
sails that portion of the Message which
treats of the R ight of Search on the Slave
Coast, which it attributes to Mr. Webster,
insinuating broadly and repeatedly that he
is in the pay of England, and engaged In
selling bur rights and interims to her for
sordid gold! Such is the spirit of master
and man—Benton and Blair. Shall they
ever again be the rulers of the American
people?"
CURINO fiAns.—Just now, it mar not
be inappropriate to publish the following.
The first mode of curing hams is the best.
The augur cured hams of Cincinnati, sell
much higher than those cured in the com
mon way. To keep hams from the bugs,
give them, with a paint brush a good coat-
Mg; of ashes, made by the addition of wa.
ter, of the continency of paint; or pack in
hickory casks; or, what is better than all,
deposite each ham, after smoking, in a
bag made. of cheap cotton, closing the bag
tight with a drawing string, and hang them
up again. A smoke should be made under
them in wet weather throughout tho entire
summer.—Lou. Jour.
The Jersey mode is, to every 80 lbs of
hams: take 4' ounces brown sugar, 3 ounces
saltpetre, and 1 pint of fine salt. Pulverize
and mix them thoroughly. Rub the hams
well and lay them on boards for 36 or 49
hours; then pack them in casks, adding 2
quarts of fine salt to every 80 lbs. of hams.
In 15 days they may be hung to smoke.
The Virginia mode is, 'put to each joint
a large tea spoonful of saltpetre, rub each
piece well with salt on both sides; and pack
them away in a hogshead with holes at the
bottom, to let off the brine. Let them re
main for five or six, weeks, then take them
out, brush off the salt, rub well with hicko
ry ashes, and hang each piece in the smoke
house; so as not to touch each other.—
Smoke 8 or 10 days successively, and oc
casionally in damp weather. Ueo small
chips, but avoid pine.' In my opinion
small chips of green hickory or apple trees,
form th r e best material for smoking; and the
best mode of keeping through summer is
to tie up in bags with a little hay on the
flesh side; suspend them out of the way
of rats and mice." '
PE R PRTVA L - MOTION AT LAST.—.WO
learn from the Yazoo (Miss.) Whig that
Dr. C. C. Eldtre, of that place, has lately
departed for Washington city, to obtain
a patent for the discovery of the long
sought after "Perpetual Motion." Ile has
constructed a machine moved by . the tiger).
cy of -condensed air (and which of - itself
condenses the air by.which• it is. propelled,
from .which ha proposes furnishing a mo
tive power to .every species- of machineiy.
From the description given, the Whig
thinks that in two years, or less, we will
see the largest boats propelled by the agen
cy of this discovery— thereby putting to
rest all fears of being scalded to death by
explosions, or burnt up while asleep..
A MAIL ROBBEllit.—The mail from Buf
falo for the west was robbed a few days
since near Fredonia. The robbers were
found and arrested within a few hours, and
the whole contents of the mail recovered.
One of the robbers ie named Doty, who
was convicted of a similar offence lest year,
and sentenced to the State prison, but was
subsequently pardoned by Mr. Van Buren.
The mail contained all the lettere from
Michigan, Northern port of Ohio, Wiscon
sin, &c.
Mn. KNAPP'S CAse.—The origin of the
slander suit in the•case of the Rev. Mr.
Knapp, was as follows:—M r. Knapp, in the
course of a sermon against Universalism,
asked if any person present knew a Univer
salist who prayed in his family. A lady
rose and said •Yes ' The next evening
Mr. Knapp made the observations upon
this lady or her family for which the eland.
er suit has been brought.
Seniors Loss Dv FIRE.—On Thursday
morning last a fire broke out in the Flax
Manufactory of Mr. Empleby,. in Merles
ton Village, Chester County. Pa., and be-
fore the fire could be get under, the ontiro
building, stock, machinery, was con
sumeu.• ,It is beliemid.,to have been ,the
work of an incendiary , as the precaution. of
the owner in not having fire introduced in
the buntline in any manner, and the rooms
being heated by. steam, had always averted
the danger of ignition. Estimated loss at
least $40,000, a part of which only was in
mired.
Mr. Cooper has instituted two more li•
bel sults against the editors of the Albany
Evening Journal, makinkt seven in ell. Be
has also written a long letter in the 'Broth•
er Jonathan,' in which he complains sadly
of the conduct of the public press.
WRIFIRLD SCOTT.—One nrOUe neighbors
say that Gen. Scott is ,fairly in the field
for the Presidency. If this be true, a few
pirticulars in his life aside from his gallant
military career, will doubtless be interesting
to the publia. His bra very and success in
the - field, are well known; but his qualifica
tions for the chief magistracy of the,United
States have not yet, we believe, been ape.
cially brought out. Their extent, howev
er cannot long remain unknown, if as is
said, he is before the people for their suffra
ges, for the highest political station. in
their gift. Not hotter was the furnace of
Shadracki. Meshao and Abednego, than
is that into which he plunges who now•a•
days becomes a candidate for the Presider'.
cy of the United States.
Gen. Scott was educated at William and
Mary College in Virginia. Immediately
upon graduating he became a student of
Law, and having well qualified himself
commenced the practice in Potorsburg,' at
the age of2l. He was attentive to his
business, and successfully competed fur the
honor and profits of the profession.
Although when the frigate Chesapeake was
attacked, and a war with England seemed
ready to burst out, he entered the service
of hie country as a subaltern, he was fur
from becoming an idler when there was
no further prospect of hostilities, but ardent.
ly "pursued his studies both in law and
belles lettres.
- In 1812, on the occasion of the trial of
Cul. Cushing, he acted as the Judge Ad
vocate, and received tho credit on all hands
of having managed the cause with unsur•
passed talent, as well as expounding the
technicalities of the law, as in making an
argument upon the merits of the case. He
equally distinguished himself on his own
trial, upon a complaint made by General
Wilkinson, for words lightly spoken to that
officer.
. - -
General Scott has had honors and thanks
bestowed upon him by Congress, and by
several of the State Legislatures; but as
well as these have been deserved, the lit
ertry honors he has received from some of
our Colleges have been equally so, and it
isohonght equally acceptable. On the oc
casion of those he received at Princeton—
an .institution which has not been in the
habit of perceiving merit where it did not
exist,—he was pronounced as remarkable
for his accurate and extensive acquaintance
with English literature.
la his letters and pamphlets which have
been published, he has displayed tact,
learning and ability; and in the circular
lately, written in answer to certain interro
gatories of a political nature, he exhibits an
intimate knowledge , of our system of gov
ernment, and speaks upon all topics intro
duced, with the frankness of a soldier, and
the directness of an honorable man.—Cin.
Dai. Message.
SPECIE PAYMENTS.—The Baltimore Pat
riot remarks: "Movements in various
quarters indicate an early return to specie
payments at the suspended points. It will
be
~recollected, that the banks in Charles
ton resumed some months ago—on the 6th
of the present month the Bank of Louisi•
ana, in New Orleans, resumed, withdraw.
ing by formal notice , from the 'association
of suspended banks'--this movement it was
thought, would coerce the other sound In
stitutions to resumption; and compel the
weaker to go into liquidation. In the Vir
ginia House of Delegates, a motion to re
lease the banks in the State from the pay
ment of twelve per cent. interest on their
bills protested, has been rejected—the re
jection would seem to evidence firmness on
the part of the House, whose majority, it
is understood, lean strongly to resumption.
It is the general impression• in our own
circles, that the Maryland Legislature will
act promptly in the matter—the majority
of the lower House is pledged to action,
and it is understood that the Senate will
not interpose to prevent immediate :dump
lion, if the Delegates so decide."
GREAT BRITAIN AND TEE/Mo.-4%0
New York Albion says has been
stated on the authority of a communication
from a member of British Anti-Slavery So
ciety, that the present Ministry of England
is indisposed to recognize the independence
of Texas. The intimation meant to be
conveyed has evidently originated with ab
olitionist zeal, and is at variance with fact.
On the 15th of November, 1840, the inde
pendence of Texas was substantially ac
knowledged by the British Government,
Whose Foreign Secretary on that day sub
scribed three several Conventions, agreed
upon between him and the Texan diploma.
tic agent Gen. Hamilton. Two of these
Conventions, after ratification in Texas
have arrived in England, and the ratifica
tion of the third is only required to coin
plate the establishment of the relations
between the two countries. The third
Convention will be ratified by the Texan
Congress now in session, and despatched to
London, when the usual exchange of such
instruments will take place, and Consular
agents be regularly appointed.
These facts have been communicated to
us from a source on which every reliance
can be placed, and we have great pleasure
in laying them before our readers."
Mr. PrOM has gone back to Washington
with a full knowledge that not twenty
Whigs in his whole district will iustain
him, and that the Locolocos despise him.
Will not that knowledge be some small
check 'upon the , impudent little rasters
blunted—Lori. Joor.• - •
Contrary to our first impression, the
present probability is, that South Carolina
and Alabama will really be (*polish enough
to reject their shares of the proceeds of the
sales of tha public lands. Well, let them;
we „hope ,they will. There will be the
rare money for the other States—no un
interesting circumsthnce in 'these hard
, times. Is there no hope that all the
Locofoco States in the Union will' have
spunk enough to follow the example of
South Carolina and Alabama?-Ib.
tltOltltrle , tehigi
AND
REPUBLICAN BANNER.
GETTYSBURG. December 28. 1841.
Foß.FlupsipErrr IN 1844,
GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT,
Subject to the decision of a National Convention
liCr "A SrEmma" is inadmissable.—
The writer is informed that we invariably
excluded all anonymns communications
from our columns.
An article, over the signature of "a Sub•
scriber," received a week or two sinco,,is
also inadmiesable from the same reason.
MCP Our acknowledgments are due the
gentlemanly editors of the Baltimore Sun,
for an extra containing the Report of the
Secretary of the Treasury.
The .Peoples Library
For January is emliellilhed with a beau
tiful engraving of "The Dying Greek,''
accompanyed by a poetical artgle from the
pen of Charles W. Thompson, Esq.; and
contains about 80 pages of the "Confessions
of Harry Lorrvquer," with illustrations.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania
will convene on Tuesday next tho 4th of
January.
Irr The Harrisburg Reporter, a pret
ty respectable loco foci" paper, has raised
the name of James Buchanan, of 'low
wages notoriety, at the head of its columns,
as a candidate for the next Presidency.
Itrfr Gen. Waddy Thompson of South
Carolina, is said to have received the ap•
pointment of Minister to Mexico.
to- A man named Sande!, is now un
der arrest in New York, suspected of the
murder of Mary C. Rogers, whose myste.
ricus death some time last summer created
so much excitement in that city. The
investigation was in progress at test ac
counts.
117" COUNTERFEIT COIN, it if said, are
circulating plentifully at Philadelphia.—
They aro of the denomination of half and
quarter dollars, and are well executed.
0:1" The Judges of the Philadelphia
Court of General Sessions, have not vet
announced their decision on the motion to
quash the recent presentment of the or.
ficere of the United States Bank. The
opinion of the Court was to have been de-
livered on yesterday.
,SIIOCKING Accincrir.—We learn from
the Hagerstown . Democrat that on Friday
or Saturday last, a young lady, Miss Law.
rence, was thrown from an affrighted'
horse, near Waynesboro', Pa. and killed.
Her leg, which became entangled with the
stirrup while the horse was running, was
literally torn from her body- So infuriated
was the horse, that it became necessary to
shoot him before he could be caught.
Otv" The nomination of the Hon. John
C. Spencer, as Secretary of War, has been
confirmed by the Senate:
PCP' Hon. SAMUEL M'KEAN, late a
Senator in' Congress from the State of
Pennsylvania, died at his residence in
Bradford county, on the 14th inst.
_ 'Cr An European German, named
Nicholas Moyer, was tried in Schuylkill
county. in this State, a few days since, up.
on the charge of having murdered his own
son—an infant, not much more than a
year old ! The proof of his having com
mitted the diabolical deed, is sad to have
been clear and unequivocal.—The jury,
however, returned a verdict of"guilty of
murder in the second degree." The in
human wretch was sentenced to twelve
years' solitary confinement in the Eastern
Penitentiary.
trr "Removals have, in many. cases,"
says the Mudisonian, "already been made,
under the requisition of the Postmaster
General that Postmasters shall personally
and actively superintend their offices."
Eccurarasiricar..— The Rev. A. A.
MAME% late of the Gettysburg Theolo.
weal Seminary, has Wien charge of the
congregations recently in the care of the
Rev. A. Reck at Indianopolis, In.
A canal meeting was held at Towanda,
Bradford county, on the 14th last., at which
delegates were appointed to attend a con
vention at Tunkhannock, on the 29th inst.
the object of which is to, urge speedily the
completion of the North Branch Canal.
WAsHINGTOW, Dec; 24.
THE CURRENCY Pr,Ar•--On the - ()ice-
Sion, yesterday, of a Motion to print an ex
tra number of copies of the Report orthe
Secretary of the Treasury upon the
Fiscal Agent, an intimation • was
thrown out that the Report and bill
accompanying it might be referred to a
Select Committee of the Senate, on some
day early next week. An intention of
discussing this new plan of Finance Wail
hinted at by Mr. Buchanan. The Report
and Bill in the House of Representatives
are already in charge of the Select Com
mittee appointed upon that part of the
President's Message relating to it.--Nat.
ht.
EXTENSION OF TILE TERN OF THE LOAN.
—A bill was yesterday reported in the
House of Representatives for the extension
of the term for which the unexpected resi
due of the Twelve Million Loan may be
taken. The same bill contains also a pro.
vision for an additional loan of Five Mil
lions of dollars, on the same terms; which
is understood to bo intended as a substitute
for the re-issue, as is proposed in the an
nual Treasury Report of an equivalent a
mount of the Treasury Notes now out
standing. This bill, theiefore, proposes to
provide altogether for something more than
ten millions of the estimated deficit of four
teen millions two hundred thousand dollars
in the ways and means of 1842.—1 b.
THE HOLYDAYB.—The two HOMO, of
Congress yesterday adjourned over to
Monday next, Saturday being Christmas
Day, and many of the Members from dis
tricts least distant from Washington mitten.
ding to pass the holvdays at home. The
two houses, of Congress are now fully or.
ganizod, and the business of the Session
has commenced with a fair prospect that
much may be done both for the hundreds
of private claimants who are waiting
(with what patience they can) for the ac
tion of Congress, and for the improvement
of the affairs of Goverment, in whose suc•
cess we are all so much interested.—lb.
The assessed value of property ill the
whole cilty ofilultimore, is given at 1503,-
170,612.
!CPA line situation for the Permsylva-.
nia Asylum ter the insane, hes been pur
chased of M. Newkirk, Esq. it adjoins
Carr's Garden, in the neighborhood of
Gray's Ferry.
A DREADFUL 'I'LL% G E DIN The George
town, Onio, Standard, of the lgth inst. says
—'On Friday morning last, Mr. Hugh
O'Neal, of Perry township, in this county,
was found dead near the door of his house,
and his house burning over the murdered
bodies of his wife and three children of P.
0. Riley, who wore living with the dect►as
ed. From circumstances, it was supposed
that he murdered his wife and the three
children, set fire to the huuseand then cut
his own throat. No other cause can be
assigned tor this horrid deed than mental
derangement. • * •
A THANICLIISS CHILD• —A young man
named Snyder was yesterday morning con
victed in the Court of General Sessions,
and sentenced to 30 days imprisonment in
the county prison, fur committing an as
sault and battery upon his father, in his
own house.
•How like the serpent', tooth it 1.,
To hove s thankless child.—Phil. Gas.
Tits ALIEN COlio It ESSMAN--.--The St.
Augustine News says that the testimony
taken in pursuance of an order Of the
House of Represuntatives, clearly and un
questionably proves David Levey, delegate
from Florida, to be an alien and therefore
irieligtble'to a seat in Congress.
Mrs‘ Davies obtained, week before last, a
verdict of 81,600 damages, in the District
Court • of Philadelphia, against the car
proprietors of the Good Intent line on the
Columbia and Philadelphia Rail Road, for
injuries sustained by her last summer—by'
the cars running off the track.
THE CREOLE AFFAIR. — The NeW Or.
leans Picayune publishes a few additional
particulars in relation to this affair.—
Bourne; the Baptist Minister, who is said
to have been the adviser of the outbreak •
(but statements of this kind should be re•
ceived with great caution,) is represented
to be an Englishman 40 years of age, and
who some time since ran away from his
family at Nassau, N. P. The. Picayune
adds:
"Forty of tho slaves on the Creole were
owned by. Thomas McCargo, of Richmond;
the balance belonged to Johnson and Eper.
son. Mr. Howell was the agent of McCargo,
and was well known in this city. Three
of the slaves were killed in the affray, and
an9ther died of his wounds after his arrival
at Nassau. Five more—four females and
a boy—refused to accept of their freedom,
and came to this port in the Creole. It is
worthy of remark that a dog, belonging to
the captain, fought furiously against the
negroes, and bit several of thorn seriously.
He was finally killed."
ANOTHER DEFALCATION.—It will be seen
by 'the proceedings of the Common Coun
cil last evening, that Sanford Cobb was
unanimously removed from the Office of
Chamberlain of Albany.
• Mr- C. was thus promptly removed (the
board refusing to accept bib resignation),
in consequence of an ascertained defalca.
tioir in hie account, as the fiscal officer of
the city. The sum in default, it stated,
as far us ascertained, will not fall much
short of 850,000, including in this sum up
wards of 622,000 at tiro bank in which the
Corporation account was kept. How far
this sum will be a loss to the city, will de
pend upon the assets of which there is nom
inally, a considerable amount. The surety
not having been renewed, it is understood
will not be held liable.—Albany Argus.
The Navy of the United States is corn
posed of-- _
• Eleven shipq of - the line; of which one
is rated for 120 guns, and ten for 74 guns.
Fifteen frigates of the first class; of
whisk one is rated for 54 guns, and fourteen
for 41 guns.
' Two frigates of the second class, of 36
guns each.
Etgliteen sloops of war, of which eleven
are toted for twenty guns, two for 18 guns;
abd' Bee for 16 guns.
Two Brigs and four schooners, rated for
ten guns each.
Four steamers; besides,
Three etore•ships, three vessels used as
receiving vessels, and five small schooners.
0:7 - Mr. Michael Murphy of Pottsville
has been found guilty of sending a chal
lenge, the punishment for which is, a fine
of 6500, one years' imprisonment in the
Penitentiary and deprivation of the rights
of citizenship for seven years. Mr. Mur•
phy suffered great provocation in this mat-
ter, as we know, and Governor Porter
might exert his executive clemency in his
favor, without impropriety.—Har. Tele.
The Torch Light states that on Monday
last sixteen shares of Hagerstown Bank
stock were sold at $2O per share, or 4
pe tent. above par. This ie a hon.specie
pitying. bank, and yet we doubt whether
there is a bank in the Onion whoNo stock
sells so well.
ORANGE COUNTY PORK.—Messrs G id
neye, farmers, residing a few miles from
this, village slaughtered last week six hogs
which together weighed three thousand one
hundred and seventy pounds! The bawl.
est el the lot weighed 030 lbs. and . the
!clime 430 lbs., and they averaged each
536flbs'. We doubt whither a single farm
in the „State has, this season, turned off six
finer hogs. If there be one we should like
to'itottitt.—.Newburgh ( N. Y) Telegraph.
GitriAT LAND OPEUATIONB.—The St.
Louie Gazette says: There is an immense
land claim called , Chimorgan's Grant'--
which' covers several countiea iu MidaUtlrl,
or iitleatit parts thereof; including among
others, St. Charles and Lincoln counties.
Recently, ono of our citizens has visited
Ml*• - York and sold out their large inter.
este 'Willis claim, to the amount—judging
frein the deeds—of near a hundred thou
sand &liars. If the purchasers commence
suit and recover, they will oust hundreds of
occupanis and lay their hands on many
splendid farms. This claim too sweeps a
number of very large claims, but still tri
fling in comparison with the mammoth
Glamorgan.
A Picruum of DisTasss.—The New
York Express says that the distress which
exists iu Nuttiugham, England, is truly
frightful—hundreds are starving on straw
beds, withaut "food, fire, or covering, and
tttose areiieople woo woukt work if tboy
could get it. Each day parties of men,
with *terrain,'" in their looks, and dressed
absolute rags. have been parading the town
in processions of two, three and four hun
dred, carrying a board, on which is printed
in large leuers—..Distressed and out of
work." Other parties to the number of
thirty or forty, drag carts loaded with sand
through the streets, and beg from door. to
door. The relief list at the union work
house contains 3600 recipients The house
itself has 000 inmates crammed within its
walls. ..lthstress and gaunt misery •haunt
the.mhele town. 'l' rude is dead —not a
single master employs full hands.
Funny Easter has instituted a suit for
libetsgainst Park Benjamin, and laid the
damages at 6214000.
Trig' Erictran Moßmorts.—The editor of
the Warsaw Signal. lately visited Nauvoo.
and conversed with a number of the recent
ly aiptiied Mormons from England. Ile
describes them as intelligent and well in
formed,: and apparently very strong in the
(frith; and expresses astonishment that such
men should ever become the dupes of such
a vile and palpable impostor.
His Royal Highness the Dtike of Sus•
sex, it ie said, is about to resign the Grand
Mastership of the Order of Freemasons,
and it is also rumored that his Royal High
ness Prince Albert will be offered that dis
tinguished honorary (1) appointment.
BANIS OF VIRGINIA. - We learn from
the Richmond Whig that the Senate of
Virginia, on Saturday, passed the bill au
thorizing the banks to issue small notes,
redeemable in specie, .until the Ist of
April; also the bill suspending the penalty
of 12 per cent. interest, for rofusing to pay
their notes in specie until the Ist of April.
The bill to authorize a loan of $150,000
on behalf of the Commonwealth, passed the
Hoube on Saturday.
TEMPERANCE.--The friends of Tern
perance - of Heidlersburg and vicinity met
in the .Schoolhouse at Heidlersburg, on
Saturday evening the 11th inst. for the pur
pose of organizing a Total Abstinence So
ciety in said place:—Mr. Jowl DIEHL was
elected President, and Mr. Wm. Detrick
Vice President. After several suitable Ad
dresses,
the Constitution was read, and we
have ib e pleasure of announcing the names
of thirty-one members.
We.weuld also state that there will be a
meeting held at the same placer to promote
the (muse of Temperance, on Saturday
evening the Bth of January next, at half
past 6 o'clock. An AdJress by F 1 member
may be expected.
OZIAS FERREE, Sec'ry.
lIYAILENIAL REGISTER.
MARRIED,
On the 23d inst. by the Rev. Prof. Baugher,
Mr. Daniel D. Gilt of Berwick townehip,to Mitia
Hannah, daughter of Ism Wiorman. Egg. of
Woollen township.
On the seine liityy, by ' the sent., Mr. Dead
Wertz, of Conowego township, to Miss Reb, erect
Catharine, daughter of Hr Henry Ott, of Ber
wick township.
In East Berlin, Adams County, on Thursday
lost, by the Rsv. John G. Fritchey, Mr. John
Stouffer to Miss Hannah. youngest &tighter of
Mr. Frederick Shull-7-both of Tyrone township,
Adams County..
On Thursday afternoon last, by the Rev. Mr.
Albert, ,Mr. Simop Slagle, of Berwick township,
to Miss Pormelia Magdalena Gill, daughter of
Mr. Daniel Gitt, of Conowago township.
On Tuesday last, by the Rev. 8. Gutslius, Mr.
Daniel N. Knows, of Franklin township, to
Misr Swah Ann Rex, daughter of Mi. Jacob
Rex, of Menallen township.
On Sunday last, after a short Illness, Mrs. Mar
gate! Brown, of this borough, widow of James
Brown, Esq. deceased.
On the 20th inst., Mn. Lydia Swope, wife of
Mr. Adam Bwope of this borough, in the 67th
year of her age.
On Thursday last, Mrs. Anna Maria Sloth
ower, wife of Peter Slorhower, of Menallen
township, in the 67th year of her age.
THE Quarterly Meeting will be held
on Monday Evening, January 3rd, 1841,
at 6 o'clock' in the office of Jas. McSlierry,
HENRY W. THORP,' Seery
Dec. 29, 1841. .
CAUTION.
THE public are hereby cautioned
from purchasing or receiving a note, signed
by me in favor of &alas Little, for the sum
of Seventy-seven Dollars and filly cents,
as 1 ant determined not to pay the same—
having received no beneht for said note.
D &NIEL GI LBERT.
Gettysburg, Dec. 28, 1841. Bt-40
TIM -New Oxford Temperance Society
Will hold a special meeting, on Satur-
day the Ist day of January, 1842, at six
o'clock, r. at which time several Ad
dresses may be expected. The Public are
respectfully invited to attend.
JNO. B. 'SI'CREARY, See'ry.
December 28, 1841. tm-40
Notice, is "hereby tarivem.,
91110 all Legatees and other persons con
-LL corned, that the ADMINISTRA
TIO,V ACCOUNTS of the Estates of the
deceased persons hereinafter mentioned,
will he presented to the Orphans' Court of
Adams county, for confirmation, on Mon.
day the 24th day of January next, viz:
The accounts of Mary Duncan Aditiin
istratrix of the Estate of Adam Dun
can, deceased.
The account of James Heap , . arid Jahn
Heagy, Executors of the Estate or George
Heagy, deceased.
NM. KING, Register.
Register's Office,Gettysburg,
Dec. 28. 1841. td-40
. .
Of the intended _ application of*DANIEL
COMFORT for license to keep a Tav
ern in Straban township, Adams county
—being an old stand: - -
We the undersigned, citizens of Straban
township, respectfully certify that we are
well Acquainted with the said Daniel Com
fort, that ho mot good repute for honesty
and temperance, and is well provided with
house and• stable room, and every thing
necessary for the accommodation of the
public and the entertainment of strangers
and travellers, and -that a Taverr, at his
house is necessary, and could not well
be dispensed with, without much iocouve.
nience to the public generally. •
A. Campbell, L.. Brickort,
Henry Tate, •-! J. Rinehart,
John Rinehart, - Peter Monfort,
Samuel Herman, Jacob Herman,
John Tate, Daniel• Guldeo,
J. Swisher, jr. . J. Stalin:Mb.
Dec. 28,1841. tc.-40
To the Hon. Daniel Durkee, Esq. President, and
Jul Associates, Judges of the Courts of Com
mon Pleas of Adams county, now composing
a Court of General Quarter Scallions of the
Peace, in and for said county, January,
1842.
9111 HE Petition of Nicholas Moritz of
Freedom township, Adams county,
rebrctfully sheweth—That your petition
er now keeps a Tavern or Public House of
Entertainment in said Township, it being
an old and established stand; that your pe
titioner is prepared with all thingsnecessa
ry for keeping said house of Entertainment,
and desirous to continue his license. He
therefore, respectfully prays the Honorable
Court to grant him a continuance of his
license, and your petitioner as in duty
bound will pray, dm.
NICHOLAS MORITZ.
The Subscribers being well acquainted
with the petitioner, and believing that the
building he' occupies is highly suitable for
a tavern, and that be is a sober man of
good repute for honesty and temperance,
and well provided fur the accommodation
oftravelleis,—we therefore, humbly beg
leave to recommend(the said Nicholas Mo
ritz, that his license , may be continued
agreeable to his petition.
J. Cunningham, David Roth,
John Stockslager, Jacob Spangler,
• Garret V. Gipe, Jacob Freet,
Jacob Stoekslager, B. Gardner,
Samuel White, Thomas Smith,
Henry Myers, Jacob Myers.
Samuel Rhoden',
Dec. 28, 1841. Pt-40
[COMMUNICATEi:o
OBITUARY11E0011D•
DIED,
Gettysburg Literary Association.
TEMPERANCE,
REGISTER'S NOTICES.
In the Matter
Tali MBA" .LICEXSE.
ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE
To Constables, Whollesalis
Dealers / and Retailers
of VoreiguNkere:hanaizo.
PURSUANT to an act of "the Legisfa
lure or PenmOvania, passed, the 7th
day of ApriI—CONSTABLES Will take
notice, that, agreeable to the grind section
of the Act graduating the ditties 'upon
Wholesale Dealers and Retailer. of Met
chandize, and prescribing the mode of
issuing Liceasus, and collecting said duties,
they are requested on or before the first
day ,if January term, to wit: the 24th day
of January next—to make an oath or at ,
&motion ' and deliver to the Clerk of the
Court of Quarter Sessions, a list of all the
Wholrsale and' Rebid Dealers of Goode.
Wares and Merchandize. Wines or distilled
Spirits, except such as are the growth, pro
duce, or manufacture of the United States.
MERCHANTS AND DEALERS. em
braced in the provisions ofthe above recited
Act, are hereby notified, that according to
the fifth section therof, the As4oeinte Judges
and County Commissioners will meet at
the Commissioners' Office in Gettysburg,
on Tuesday the 25th day of January next,
'at one o'clock in the afternoon, to hear
theth-(if they see proper to attend) as to the
ampunt of their , annual sales during the
year previous.
Licenses to be takes out on or before the
let day of March next, for one year.
Physicians, A pot heca ries, Surgeons, and
Chemists, as respects wine, drx. used in
preparations for the sick, and all female
traders, or single women, whose annual
sales shall not exceed those of the Bth class
below enumerated, shall not be required to
take out License under the provisions of
this Act.
The following will be the classification
agreeably to the Act of Assembly:
let class, a m't ofeales, 8300,000—5200
2d do
3d • do
4th do
sth do
eth do
7th • do
Bth do
Otb do 90,000 25
10th do 20,000 20
11th do 15,000 15
12th do 10,000 12 50
13th do 5 000 10
14th do less than 5,000 7
GEORGE 'WILL, 2 Associate
GEO. SMYSER, S Judges.
JOSEPH J. KUHN,
-WILLIAM DOUGLASS,
GEORGE BASEHOAR,
Dec. 21,1841. td-39
/K 2 allailall24l fr ClaYao
•
Ww HEREAS the Hon.D. Matta, sq.
President - of the several Ceurts of
Common Pleas, in the Counties composing
the 19th District, and Justice of the Courts
of Oyer and Terminer, end General .Jail
Delivery, for the trial of all capital and oth
er offenders in the said District—and Gs°.
War, and Gs°. S3IYBER, Esquires, Judg
es of the Courts of Over 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 27th clay of Nov. in the year
of our Loan one thousand eight hundred and
forty one, 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 24th
day of January next
Notice is liereirs
To all the Justices of the Peace,- the Coro
ner, and Constables. within the said County
of Adams, that they 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 prisonere.that or then shall
be, in the Jail of tbe said County of Adams,
are to be then and there,to protteute against
them as shall be just.
GEO. W. M'CLELLAN, Sheriff:
Dec. 21.1841. • tc-89
TO MY CREDITORS.
TAKE notice that I have applied to the
Judges of the Court of ComthoU Pleas
of Adams county, for the benefit of the
Insolvent Laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, and that they have appoint-
Monday the 24th day of January 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.
SAMUEL GILBERT.
Dec. 21; 1841. •te-39
TO DIY CREDITORS.
rtAKE notice that 1 have applied to the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
et Adams county, for. the benefit of the In
solvent Laws, of the Commonwealth • of
Pennsylvania, and that they have appointed
Monday the 24th day of January next, for
the hearing of me and my creditors at the
Court House an the llorough of GettysbUtg,
when and whore you may attend if yon
think proper.
GEORGE. KECKLER.
Dec. 21, 1391., 01c-30
TEIRPJERANCE.
THE Fairfield total AbAtinence Society
will meet on Sataiday the let day
of January next, in the Brick Chuich, at
1 o'clock, whet, an address will be deliver
ed by the Rev. Mr. MARTIN.
Dec.l4, 1841. Ans-118
200,600 150
100.000 100
85,000 80
75.000 60
60,000 50
50,000 . 40
40,000 80