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GETTYSBURG, FEBRUARY 15, 1842
Gettysburg High school.
The Grand Jurors of Adams County,
(January, 19420 most respectfully tender
their thanks to Mr.WILIAAI'd CLARK. the
Principal of the Public High School, in the
Borough' f Gettysburg, for his courtesy
and politeness in affording them an opportu.
nity of visiting the Institution. They were
highly pleased with the correct . deport.
rent of the scholars and with the good
order, regularity and admirable discipline
of the school. The proficiency of the
pupils, exhibited in their varied scholastic
exercises, was interesting in a high degree;
gave crettable evidences of the prosper.
cue and II mrishing condition of the institu ,
tion, and reflected well merited praise upon
Mr. Clark; whose superior talents, indus
try and persevering energy in communica
ting instruction to his' pupils, have been
always very highly spaken of and univer•
sally acknowledged. The Grand Jurors,
who are severally interested in the cause
of 'Education, deem it due to this successful
and accomplished Instructor, and to his
highly interesting schen!, to give publicity
to these remarks; and they unanimously
trust and hope that his meritorious efforts
in the dissemination of useful and scientific
knowledge may be duly appreciated, and
that he may be generously and liberally re
munerated for his services.
By ordor of.the Grand Jury,
DAVID NIceRF:ARY, Pore - nan.
Gr:ltty.9l - iurg, Jan., 1942.
Rena:arks ornr. Stevens
In the tlonse of Representatives on Tues.
day lust, on the final passage of the Re.
sumption
Mr. S'ri•:vi;,s stated that he would ex
plain the considerations which induced him
to vote fir the bill. lithe same influences
had not been previously discovered by the
people, he'inight beim hesitated before he
voted for, it, or in other words, hew() voted
against ihe bill. He had however been
induced by the circumstances of comtnuni
ty'and the state of public opinion to support
it, he did not like the bill in several par
ticulars; he believed it inefficient to . . meet'
the - objects in view; he did not believe it
would produce a resuniptia of specie pay
meats, and looked on it, as a bill to relieve
the banks from their obligations .to the
community, while at the same time it made
no'further provision to compel specie pay
ments than existed under the law of 1824-
Ile would briefly state why he thought,tio.
Whit penalty is provided by this bill in
case of non-resumption? . It
. provides for
the forfeiture nf charter on taking . certain
specified proceedings. But we find these
self same provisions in the law of 1824,.
and they were incorporated in every 'law on
the subject, preYious to hist year's legisla
tion.. He would ask if inder, the old laws
it had riot been in the power of any citizen
to atifirive any bank of its charter' which
refused to pay its liabilities? The only
difference between the provisions at this
bill and all ihe others that bed been passed
on the subject of hanks, 'was the length of
time it required to inuture the proceedings
to"iompel a hank to 'ermine specie pay.
merits: in some instances it required 80 or
90 days, but this was to act immediately.
Why then,.he would ask, were. not the
penalties and provisiiins of the law exacted
for the last 10 or 12 years,. by those who
had been the open arid avowed enemies of
the banking system? Why have they trot
been fbrced either to surrender their char
tars or pay their liabilities? Why is it
that within the last five years, (and he, con
tended that no real resumption had tale!)
place within that time) there has not a
man been found in this Commonwealth,
4. v, from -motives of patriotism if not
-rested motives to put in practice
. . : • —.-13 been preaching againSt
engine 'of the bunking
ason is evident, that al
.•
,ached this doctrine against
the: . • I ticensingly, thatthetimple
,
really o— , them sincere, sincere, btill they did
not want it io be practiced upon! They
wonted the banks still to exist despite . their
protests lioris; but. they wanted the war qry
against tbem continued as a potent leier by.
which tolnovt . ,the politiCal feeling
gain Politieal,power. , • s
Thussortie Were deteri•ed frnm taking
their redress against • suepunded, banks by
political influences; others were MA ...need
by the peculiar communities in which they
lived and the strength of secial ties and
other' powerful influences, and if they
sought. Ails reme I) to sue a bank, they
were tither hought or frightened from
t*ir - titnposes. What then is, to be done
to,prevent these operations or defeat the
strength of such social influences? The
only 'way to make the banks pay these
liabilities bolo prevent then from making a
geerf_ot suspension,. by' prohibiting them
front enforcing the payment of debts due
thinti.when they refuse to pay what they
thStrnsalves owe such a course would
itornedi itely operate'on their interests and
the would he enMpelled to pay all their
owe dues . or Jo into liquidation to collect
wit‘t Wes dde them.
fin itutteci4believed'thitt bill was nut
citlctifitted to' compel; anti would out effect
a resumption of specie payments. But if
it were effectual, last year' a forced loan
was levied Item the banks, of 63,100,000,
according to the plan adopted for yeaes.—
Moro than halt of this sum was actually
paid in, on aplain and distinct agreement,
that the banks taking it should not bo call
ed on to resume specie payments, and that
all penalties should ho stayed against them
for five years or until provision was made
by the Commonwealth to repay the loan.
Now tines this bill contain provisions for
this repayment? The banks accepted of
the conditions / unwise as they were in his
judgment; indeed he considered the pro
visions of that law the most certain way to
corrupt and degenerate the currency. But
it was passed by the delegates of the per).
ple armed with the, power and, the banks
assented to its terms, Have they now con
wlted that their guaranteed fivo years of
suspension shall be waived and that the ,
contract shall be violated?
[COMIUNICATgD
He would grant that such, infraction
operated fur tho benefit of the banks—but
they need not , refuse such benefits when
offered—for by that law the banks were
responsible for the issues under it—it was
idle to urgue that the State was solely re
sponsible. If the law had been honestly
carried out, the banks would have absorbed
it all for debts due them, for they had four
times as much due them as they had au
thority to issue. Let not gentlemen say
that these Relief notes were issued only on
the responsibility of State 'stocks--
alg.ough in the cases of the Erie and Tow.
ande Banks such was the fact—for if that
was the true construction of the law than it
was more infamous and a more palpable
violation of the constitution then was in•
tended by its framers and ought to be
abrogated. If these bills were issued,
simply through an agent of the guaranty of
the State, it was nothing more or less than
issuing bills of credit, which was expressly
prohibited by the constitution of the United
States. It is in this view of the case that
ho thought when the present bill took
away the liability of the banks to redeem
these bills, it wps operating in their favor;
for if they were obliged to redeem them
all at par and invest thern as provided by
the law, they would lose the difference
between their par value and that of State
stocks, now near fifty per cent.
There was another almost overwhelming
olijectioa to the passage of this bill. If'
these notes are not redeemed by the banks,
if their sponsors repudiate them, they will
become worthless. Ni, man who pretends
to any knowledge of political economy, can
deny that any currency put out for a special
purpose must depreciate in value and • the
holders bo the losers. If you prmitulgate
a currency to be taken only for trading
horses, it will not furnish a medium for the
traffic of farmers aad dealers. Every body
must know that we cannot make a eircula,
lion to pay one species , of ilebt which will
answer the purposes of any , class; it must
sink to its nominal value, and who then loses
by it?—the People—the constituents we
represent, and' particularly the poor and
laboring classes.
These were a few of the reasons he had
for disliking the bill; hut notwithstanding
all its evils, he believed its rejection would
be more di9astrous than its passage. All
know that for years the great object of po.
Mical warfare and political declumatiorkhad
been the currency and the banking question.
And it could not be denied that after repeat
ed trials and after every evidence bad been
spread before them, except the one now
proposed; after the. wisest and ablest had
given their opinions upon it, the majority
of the people had decided in favor of those
who condemned the, banking system. It
was evident' that the glitter of gold and the
jingle of silver had blinded the eyes and,ear•
ned dway' the hearts of the people, tin they
believed it was the only circulation in
nature, and they never would be satisfied
until the trial of its efficacy had been made
by the means we now propose to lay before
them.
He would not stop to argue how fallacious
it was , to suppose that a great and highly
Commercial nation could carryon business
without a circulating, 'paper medium, unless
the result was to grind down the laborers to
the dust and 'starvation;and make them the
slaves of the rich. The people would not
believe him, or those who said it, and on a
recent occasion they had again recorded
their decision on this important question.
,What was the cause of the derangement of
business? What made our commercial men
tremble, but that the/ did not know where
this excitement would end, and - the country
was, without any permanent policy? It ap
peared to him as if this war waged between
parties, around the currency, fighting over
tts dead body; was more disastrous than the
very woret termination of the war or the
death and overthrow of the banking system.
He asked, in candor, of gentlemen, whether
front city or country, ‘ if an end of this con
tinued strife and the commencement cifsome
fixed and settled plan, was not better than
this long and bloody War? Is it not better
that the people shabld test their - approved
doctrines by'expetience? If tkey are good,
they can hold last to them; if evil, they can
repudiate thern, and ask their friends to
make another repeal of this law ! So, last
year, gentlemen who were asked to vote
tbr the Revenue Bill, are now solicited to
vote matters back as they were before! He
did not blame members for so voting; the
people and the Exectitive asked it of them.
Tliese were his 'mimes for voting for the
bill; he hoped his doing so would not drive
others off from its support. He wanted the
law to pass the. flutist) and Senate, and let
the people giie it a fair , trial.
MILDWINTERB.—The Lancaster In
telligebcer notices, the ceincidence, that
mild winters haie happened at a regular
periodical distance of twenty:six years, as
follow*:-18d6, 1712, 1738, 1764, 1 - 90,
1816. 042.
We once knew. a rum drinker, who had a
breath so strong, that he could not hold it,
"to wave his life,"—and so he died.
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A FACT NOT GENERALLY KNOWN.
The. Washington correspondent of the
New York Courier .4. •Enquirer of Saw
day last, 'has the following interesting
statement of facts which are not generally
known. It adds more to the evidence al
ready before the country, that John Tyler
is not only a traitor to the party that elect
ed him, but that he will stoop to the mean
est falsehood and deception in private life
when it suits his,temporary purpose. It is
humiliating to believe that a President of
the United Slates will degrade himself by
low, contemptible falsehoods, and by sacri
ficing every thing that honorable men hold
sacred to gratify his awn unholy ends•—
But so it is.
"1 have heard some devolopements in
regard to the movements of President TY
LER about the time of the two vetoes of
last session, which, may not • be. perused
without interest.
On the eighteenth day Of August last,
immediately after the first veto, Capt. John
Tyler, with , all the passionate earnestness
of, a child entreating for mercy from a
justly exasperated father, who with uplifted
hand, waves the pain inflicting birch,,threw
himself upon the mercy of his Cabinet—and
begged them to procure from , the Whig
members of Congress, some time for him to
reflect and collect his bewildered and scat
tered ideas, before the Bank question was
further pressed.
Yielding to his 'piteous representations,
Webster and other members of the
cabinet agreed to go around and visit the
members of the Senate severally and in
private, urging upon them the propriety of
giving the desired time. To do the pre.
mier, and those in his confidence at that
time, Justice, it must be admitted, that they
left nu stone unturned to effect their purpose;
and by their efforts, seconded as they were
by high minded and patriotic men in the
Senate, who determined, it possible, to
secure some good to the country, at what
ever risk to themselves, they succeeded in
obtaining the consent of thift body to the
second bill, which was read by the Presi•
dent previous to its passage, and received
his decided approbation.
And here let me say, "en parenthesis,"
that I am aware of tho importance of the
declaration contained in the last fifteen
words of the above paragraph, and I ap •
peal to the Secretary of State to say wheth
er the allegation is true or not.
A very few days after the President had
in this decided manner, thrown himself
upon the mercy of his cabinet, we find him
performing an act which I will leave your
readers to charaCterize by the epithets
which it deserves.
He wrote a letter to Judge M'Lean,
requesting him to come to . Washington as
Secritary of Slate, offering him a carte
blanche to form the Cabinet as should suit
himself.
In consequence of this letter the Judge
came on. But before entering inter any
decided negociation he insisted on obtaining
from the
,President an assurance that he
did not intend to'be if candidate for re elec
tion, and on ascertaining the principles
on which he intended to conduct the Gov
ernment. • .
On the first point Judge M'Lein found
the President entirely unapproachable.
He obtained but little satisfaction on the
last—and he found Captain Tyler prepared
(notwithstanding ho had offered carte
blanche,) to nominate at least three rr)em
hers of the Cabinet himself. After a 'very
short stay in town, therefore, the Judge
rejected the tiler, and returned home. His
visit to tVashington was never generally or
publicly known.
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From the Richmond Compiler
A SHOCKING NIURDER.—One of the most
brutal murders on record, was committed
io our city on Friday night. It has greatly
shocked tale feelings of this community, so
little used to scenes of disorder and vie•
lence. This murder was committed by a
man named Fletcher Heath, on the body of
Adelia Harris, a mulatto woman. The
murderer • previously attempted to kill
Carter Wells; and inflicted a wound upon
him with a pistol shot, which, that it was
not immediately fatal, seemed almost mi
raculous. This was between 11 and I'2
o'clock at night. The patties had been to
the Theatre, and it is said that Wells ac
companied the female on her return home
—to which fact is attributed the immediate
cause of the desperate and brutal deeds of
Heath. He and Wells are represented to
have been co-partners in a gambling con
cern. Wells returned to their room first,
and while he was in the act of mixing a
drink at the sideboard, Heath entered,
walked up to him, and placing his pistol
behind and a little below the middle of the
ear of Wells, fired it ofr—Wells fell and
was picked up by a negro man who was
present, who aided him in getting out of the
house into the street, when he walked to
his boarding house. There, the pistol ball
was extracted by Dr. John Cutlen. It
passed around the roof of the mouth, and
lodged in the outer corner of the right eye.
It is thought he will recover from the
woand.
After this attempt at vsassination,
death.seized a bowie knife from the draw
er of Wells, rushed down to the house of
Adelia Harris, and murdered her in the
most brutal manner. It appears from the
testimony at the coroner's inquest, that
Heath broke out a . pannel,of. the door and
got in, by which time the deceased bud
descended a portion of the stairs. Hemet
her and struck her thrice on the head with
the, ponderoh.. knife, either of the blows
being sufficient to take away life. Two of
herfingere were cut off and fell upon the
steps, and her arms - were broken in two
places--;this no doubt was done while she
endeavored, to preteet her head by raising
her hand. The'deceased 'regained - the .
room fell and expiredllmost. immediately.
The testimony is strong; but it is neither,
necessary to the point's° of this notice 'or
the ends of justice that we should state it
more particularly.
rho murderer made hie escape, •and
owing to the retnisness of the watch, no in
formation of the occurrence was communi
calcine) the Mayor until he came down in
the morning to atter.d to the duties of his
office. The watch were on the alert about
the city, but it was their duty to have in
formed the Mayor, that he might have
taken the proper steps to arrest the mur
derer. Though late, the Mayor resorted
to every means in his power for this pur
pose.
Beath is said to be a most desperate and
vindictive man, and had been heard to
threaten the life of his partner and the wo
man. '
This horrid tragedy cannot, in the minds
of reflecting people, attaint the fame of our
city. The character of the parties is such
as should be suffic:ent to prevent any snch
consequence. In every city they are to
,be found in the haunts of vice—so steeped
in brutal passions, so dead to shame and
guilt, so perfectly devoted to tho accom
plishment of their own brutish enjoyments,
that violence and murder, and every shade
and‘lhape of crime, must form a part, if not
the sum and substance of their history.—
But let us hope that this terrible scene may
not be without its salutary effect even in
those most depraved walks of life; and fur
ther, that retributive ju.tice may yet reach
the cold blooded murderer and thus 'make
him an example to deter others from a
similar fate. We learn he was a native of.
Petersburg, where he has relatives, among
whom is an aged and respected mother,
whose severe afilictton in the evening of
her days must call up the heartfelt sympa
thies of all.
THE MURDERER ARRESTED.--The Offi
cars, Pearce and White, returned to the
city by the Petersbuirg train, on Sunday
ti orning, having" Heath in custody. They
arrested him at Jarratt's, a watering place
some 30 miles from Petersburg, in Sussex
county, Saturday night. He came :there
and took passage in the cars for the,South;
and after , ho entered the cars was a) ested
and confined by the officers . The con
tinued with the train until they met the
cars coming north, to which they trans
ferred their prisoner and brought him on
hero. He was committed to jail by the
Mayor yesterday morning. When arrest.
ed he exhibited strong emotions of fear—
he trembled like a leaf, and resigned him
self into the hands of the officers.
OARING OUTRAGE AND ItOMIERY.
Mr. John Nicholson, lottery and exchange
broker, whose office is in Baltimore, near
Howard street, was waylaid last evening,
about seven o'clock, at the corner of Paca
and Baltimore streets, by some daring
villians, while on his way home, and
knocked down and robbed of money a
mounting in all to ten thousand dollars.-
11.1 r. Nicholson, when found, was lying
prostrate on the street, entirely unconscious
of what had happened. His head and face
were much disfigured. He wus promptly
conveyed to the Gen. Wayne Inn; whore
medical aid was obtained.
Since the above was in type, we have
been informed that Mr. Nicholson has re
covered his reason, so as to be able to de
scribe partially the villians who attacked
and robbed him. There were two of
them, one a stout built man, with a cap,
the other appeared to. be an ordinary sized
individual. He first met and passed them
on the Street, when they immediately
turned and overtook him, ono of them
aimed a blow, with a club, which mashed
his nose almost flat with his face, and frac
tured the upper jaw bone in two places.—
The blow.was undoubtedly aimed for the
upper part of the head, and had it struck
there would have most probably deprived
him of life.
Drs. Wright and Baxley were called to
his aid soon after the attack, and found
him entirely insensible, and in a very pre
carious state. By the application of the
appropriate remedies, he was gradually re
stored to consciousness, and his physicians
this morning have full hopes of his recove•
r y.--Bult. Pat. Feb. 9.
AN , AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATII.—A
death of a sudden character took place at
St. Joseph's church Sunday morning,
about 8 o'clock. The deceased was Mr.
John Costello, a gentlemar. about 60 years
of age. He intended to receive the com•
munion, and the clergyman at the time
was administeringthe sacrament .to those
around the alter. Mr. C. weir first dis
covered in a dying state in his own pew,.
the second from the altar; and in a few
minutes the vital spark fled from his frail
frame, nod he died without an apparent
struggle. Apoplexy is supposed to have
been the cause. The scene was solemn
and awful. Mr. C. was a native of Dub
lin, but had resided in this city for a num.
ber of years. He bore an exemplary
character for philanthropy and piety- The
officiating clergyman made some judicious
reflections on the shortness of life and its .
uncertainty, and referred in impressive
and touching terms, to the character of
the deceased. The Rev. Mr. Carter also
alluded, during the morning service at St.
Mary's, to the p'ainfully interesting occur
rem,. Truly, "in the midA of life wo are
in death." It is probable, however, that
had the good old man selected his own
mode and_place of discerioe, that he would
have chosen the House of God, and the
period of Divine worship.—Phil. 111.
ON Dlr.—There are rumors froth Wash=
ington that Mr. Forward will take the ya
cant place of the United. States District
Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsyl
vania, which has been offered him, and
that the Treasury Department, thus vaca
ted, will be filled by transferring Mr.
Spencer.to it from the War Department.
In the event of this transfer it is said the
Secretary of War will be given to Pennsyl
vania. Another report is, that .Mr.
Sergeant may take the Treasury ,Depart
ment. Mr. Sergeant would make an excel
lent cabinet officer, and his appointment
give great satisfaction.—/301'. Put.
HOSE ME BARBA et ITY.• - fia lead pour
ed into the ear of a Wife and Mother !
The Belfast (!11e.) Signal states that the
ofJoseph Jellison.of Brooke, in Waldo
county, came near being murdered by_hav
ing hot lead poured in her eur. The Fa
mily consisted of Mr. Jellison and wife, and
three small children. They retired to bed
as usual. About two o'clock she was
awakened by a sensation as thQugh her
head was on fire, and screamed. Her
husband se;zed hold of her and asked what
was the matter. She told him to get some
water and pour into her ear, which., reliev
ed her somewhat. They sat up together
the remaining part of the night; She receiv
ed nothing but kind treatment, though no
physician was sent for until morning.
The physicians testified that the eavaci
ty in the ear was filled with either lead or
some fusible matter—that it was visible
upon examination, and that the cavity
of the ear was so firmly filled that they
could not remove it with their instruments,
though they had taken out several pieces.
The woman, as may be supposed, has near
ly ifnot wholly lost her senses, and whether
she will survive is doubtful. Jellison has
been examined before a magistrate and
sulfated to go at largo.
Tho mail from Steubenville, due at the
Pittsburg Post office on Friday, failed to
arrive, in consequence of a disaster which
is detailed in the subjoined extract from the
Steubenville Union. Tho damaged mail
wai, received on Saturday.
'MIRACULOUS ESCAPE—STAGE TEAM
DROWNED-- MAIL RECOVERED.—Yesterday .
morning about (bur o'clock, the mail stage
loft this place for Pittsburg, with two la
dies and a gentleman, as passengers. In
attempting to cross Harmon's Creek,—
which had swollen with the heavy rains,—
about a mile east of this place, the stage
became uncoupled, the driver fell forward,
and the body• of the stage rolled over and
over, with the passengers in it,till it caught
on a root. The passengers had then to
work theniselves out or be drowned. which
they did. The •driver rescued the two
ladies, who were floating down the stream.
The, gentleman saved himeelf. The hor
ses became entangled in the harness and
were all drowned. The mail was also in•
the creek, but through the exertions of the
exterprising proprietor, Mr. Roberts, it
was found yesterday afternoon and brought
back to town, opened, dried, and again
despatched. None of the letters were
damaged; and the newspapers sustained but
little injury.
SPECIAL MEssExont.—ln the proceed
ings of the House of Representatives of O
hio, on the 29th ult., we find the following
items:
"Mr. 51'Nulty called for the reading of
the petition and accompanying decumenta,
which the chair decided to be out of order.
Mr. M'N. took an appeal, and proceeded
to read documents in P upp nr t of his position.
when be was decided to be out of order,
and thereupon took a second appeal, but
subsequently withdrew both.
Mr. I3yington enquired if it would bo in
order' to move that the petition bo sent to
Hell
Mr. M'Nulty moved that the gentleman
from Pike be appointed special messenger
for its despatch.
The House took a recess."
We do not know of what party in nation•
al politics Mr. Byingion may be a member,
but it is evident that he is friendly to Loco
It is astonishing to notice the downward
tendency of legislative conduct. Such an
inquiry as Mr_ B. made out to have been the
cause for sending him out of the house be•
fore the adjournment.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH Live.--A daughter
of President Tyler, represented to be beau
tiful and accomplished, as all President's
daughters are "by instinct," was married
at the White House one evening last week
to a Mr. Waller, of Richmond, Virginia, a
young lawyer said to be worth in money
the comfortable sum of 8150,000, and no
doubt endowed with corporeal, mental, and
moral graces to match. We do not know
whether the happy bridegroem be a "Vit.
ginia Abstractionist" or not; but we take it
for granted that he feels no constitutional
scruples about the propriety in this instance
of establishing an institution, (marriage,)
"to operate per se throughout the Union."
The White House i 9 said within the last
twelvemonth to have for the first time been
the scene of a death and a marriage. How
coldly do. "the furieral baked meats set
forth the wadding festival" in this instance!
How vastly more did the country loss in
the first sad bereavement than she is likely
to gain from the event which has just been
celebrated with joy and splendour!— York
Republican.
COLLEGES IN TUE U. STATES.- Accord
ing to the Rev. Dr. Cogswell. of Dartmouth
College, there are now in the U. States,
109' incorporated Colleges. Of these, only
one (Harvard) wis established during the
first 50 years after the settlement of .the
country. Two were established during the
second 50—six the third 50—thirty-six the
fourth 50--and sisty•four the last 20 years.
GnAnuxres.—About thirty thousand in•
dividuals:havo since the establishment of
Colleges, been graduated at, the various in•
stitutions throughout ilieUnited States
-6,000 at Harvard. University alone. - At
least, this is the. estimate, of Pr. Cogswell,
but we , think he has made the aggregate
too limited.
"No thwart GovEnNmEnT."—The New .
Haven .Hernld says a Mrs. Tuttle, of Pros•
pect, was committed to jail on, Saturday by
the Superior Court at Now Haven, "for ro
fusing to testify, on the ground of conseien•
t ions scruples , s hei denying the jurisdiction
of the Court and all human laws. She ; Still
remains in jail, and thinks the accommoda.
hens pretty good.
1 A PAINFUL itt FFAte.—An Eicipetnrut.' 7 -
A yoting Miss in her 14th year, from the
West, perhaps the richest heiress in the
itrhols Wert, %i hose property too was in her
own right, recently left .New York for. Liv
erpool with a nano aged about 60. The
young Lady was left by her Father at a
boarding school hear thitt city, where the
gentleman became acquainted with Itr,
' and it is believed, that a marriage corm°.
ny was performed before they left. The
news must be most paintul to the parent,
who'doted upon this, his only child.
If there was really a marriageceremony
in this case, as is believed, we should be
glad to know the name of the Clergyman
or Magistrate who performed it, for such
an act should not grCunnoted, if under the
sanction of the laws, it can go unpunished.
—N. Y.
Tim ELOPENENT.—The N. Y. Herald
says:--"The young lady referred to, is Miss
Croghan, the daughter of a lir. Croghan of
ono of the western States, who has been an
Indian agent, in the service of the Govorn•
ment. Her uncle is the celebrated hero of
Sandusky, Col. Croglian of the U.S. army.
Her father is now in Washington. She
is the heiress, it is said, of half it million of
dollars. • The affair has produced a great
excitement in fashioriable•cireles, and exe
crations are, of course, thrown out at ran
dom upon all 'parties concerned. The evil;
however, exists in the stain of society, and
the tone Of fashionable morals that prevail
in certain cliques." •
LIBERAL CREDITOR9.—The N. Y. EX•
press says:—"Settlements to a vi y great
extent are, daily made by persons who
have • long boon embarrassed. Several
came to our knowledge yesterday, where
the parties. had nothing to give; but credi
tors being satisfied of the honesty and, pov
erty of the parties, freely gave them, a dis
charge. Indeed it was for the interest of
creditors to take this course instead of for.
sing parties into bankruptcy. Many have
induced their friends to come forward and
advance."
There are now 29 Medical Schools in
the United States, the throe oldest of which
ate the University of Pennsylvania, at Phil
adelphia, formed in 1765; the Medical
School of Harvard College, opened in 1782,
and that of Dartmouth College, established
in 1797. There are 14 State Medical So
cieties.
Worm TO BE DOINE.-By the U. States
statistics for 1840 there aro 65,000,000,ga1.
lons of spiritous and fermented liquors pro
duced each year in the United. States, ma
king four gallons for each man, woman and
child. Tho Temperance Societies have a
big job. -
A CHILD STEADIED TO DEATIL—A beau
ttful little boy aged throe years, son of Mr.
John Hall, at New Haven. lost. his life.on
Tuesday Ink; by putting his mouth to the
spout of a tea-kettle of boiling water, and
inhulloglhe steam.
Polsorrs. 7 —Nine persons were recently
nearly poisoned at Manchester, by parts•
king of broth which had been boiled in a
copper saucepan. We may add, that if
the broth had been removed while hot, no
accident would have ensued. Recently
also, in Worchestershire, five persons, who
had eaten of greens which had become
putrid by being boiled when half frozen,
and therefore poisonous, were taken ill.—
One man and two children died, and the
other two with difficulty recovered.
Rom SALT..--A body of rock salt, like
that found in Europe, has been discovered
nenr Abingdon, Virginia, at the depth of
two hundred and sixty feet. This is the
first that has ever been found in the United
States.
PENNSYLVANIA BANIES.—The liarris
burgChronicle noticing the passage of the
resumption bill in :lie [louse of Representa
tives ofPennsylvania, says--"We have lit
tle doubt that it will pass substantially as it
came from the House, thoughwe learn that
the Governor and 'his friends aro extremely
solicitous that it should be defeated there."
ROMANCE OF TUE TrtisoN.—The follow
ini event is said to" have occurred recently
atTallabassee, Florida. A young man of
respectable family was confined, in jail on a
charge of murder. Ha was visited by hie
mother, who, in the absence of toe jailer.
managed to dress the son in her own clothes,
who went out past the unsuspecting turnkey.
sobbing in deep grief. The mother took to
his bed, and he took to a swill horse in wait
ing. 'which carried him boyoud the reach
of pursuit -before the .trick was discovered.
MIAT,I,O7,AMQ.
dg MIXOBSDEL,
RESPECTFULLY informs the citizens
of Gettysburg and the public"general
ly, that he has
itEmovEn HIS SHOP
to the building occupied as the Post Office ,
next door to the American Hotel (Kurtz'N)
and directly opposite the Bank of Gettys
burg, where he is prep ired to execute all
Icknds of work in his line of business in the
neatest and most durable manner, and at
very Moderate prices.
' irr He earnestly invites his country
friends to favor him , with a call—they may
'expect their work to be made in a good,sub
stantitd manner, and on the most acconime.
datipg terms.
.11 The Subscriber feels grateful foi
past encouragement, and respectfully sole.
cite a continuance of the same.
August 10, 1841. If-20
JOB P 1.1'71 1 LAM, .
Neatly and expeditiously executed at
- . this office.
NEW 6PA PER I AW
01-The lanys, and so the courts decide, that the
p ergot' was - ma paper is sent is responsible for th e
pay - Inept, if Ito receive the paper or make use of it,
even though be never subscribed for it. Ilis dnty in
such case is.not to take the paper from the office or
place:where it is left, but to notify the publisher that
Po does not wish it. If papers are sent to a post of
fice, store, tavern, or other place, and are not taken
by,the person to whom they are sent, the postmaster,
store or tavern keeper, &c., is responsible fur the
paymcio onless he immediately gives notice to'the
publisher that they are not taken frotn_the office o r
place where they aro sent. Extract from the Pout
Otrice Regulation', page 50, section 116:
"In every irednitce in which paperi that come to
your ulnae are not taken out by the person to whom
they are sent, you will give immediate notice of it to
the imblisher,adding the rcrisoni,if known, why the
paper■ are not taken out."
REMITTANCES BY MAIL.,
FROM THE POSTMASTER GENERAL.
Postmaster may enclose money in a letter
to the publisher of a neirspaper, to pay the sub
scriplion of a third person, and frank the letter,
if written by himself."
ll7Noru.—Sonia subscribers may not be aware of
the above regulation. It will bp seen that, by re
questing any 110strpaSier to frank their letters con
taining money, he willdo so upon being satisfied that
t he letters contain nothing but what refers to the
in bscription.
eaVill'll3lTlO Zlfi2
AND
REPUBLICAN BANNER.
GIETVICSUURG. !February 15. 1842.
FOR PRESIDENT IN .1844,
GENERAL WR4FIELO SCOTT,
Sul ject to the decision of a National Convention
Our Legislature.
The "immediate resumption" Bank Bill passed
the House on Tuesday last by a vote of 63 to 25
on third reading, and was sent to the Senate. hu
mor says it will pass that body. The Banks ap
pear to occupy the whole time of the House.
j.James Rice, indicted for a murder,committed
in-Dedford county, Pa. soma months since, was
tried at tho January court and found guilty of
murder in the first dcgree. Sentence of death
was passed upon him.
(0 The proceedings of the state Temperance
Convention which assembled at Harrisburg .last
month, appeared in the Chronicle of last week.—
' Almsaat <lvory ....oetay-iss. the Alai.. V.A.
How comes it that we appear at the head of the
list with but one delegate? But thirty miles dis
tant—two thousand temperance friends in the
county—and not fully represented! It's a post of
honor, nut profit. There's room for improvement
in this matter.
.
Case of 01r. aldants—ltight
of Petition, "Pc.
The proceedings in the House of Representa
tives of the United States, in relation to Mr. A
nAats, have been terminated by laying the whole
subject on the table, by a vote of 106 to 03. Thus
the outrage attempted to be committed against the
rights of a representative of the people has been
for the present prevented.
Our renders are no doubt aware that the crime
..
charged against Mr. Adams was the presentation
of a petition!! It was a petition of certain citi•
zens of Massachusetts, preying for a dissolution
of the Union; but accompanying the petition, Mr.
Adorns offered a resolution, instructing the com
mittee, proposed to be raised, to reporl against
the prayer of the petitioner& But notwithstand
ing this, ho was to be disgraced and punished;—
not for this offence, because tho4o moet active and
inveterate against him, were those who have been
hefOofiiin the most clamorous advocates for a
diarlohitioW of the Union. His crime was not the
01 *
• a •
pr anon of this pelitiOn, but the presentation
of ot er petitions which were obnoxious to our
Southern dictators. He was to be punished , be
cause ho was the great champion of the right of
petition —n n right invaluable to freemen, and one
which involves in itself almost every other impor
tant right—the freedom of speech and of the press
—the right of property, and of liberty itself. Aro
we asked how these rights are involved? We
answer, if the people be denied the exercise of the
right of petition, they are left without the meats
of ntakiug known their grievances. They may
bo oppressed Li their persons, or deprived of their
property; but without this right, how are they to
make known their oppressions; and without they
are known, how are they to be remedied? It was
for his advocacy of this great right, that ho was
marked out fur vengeance. It was believed by
his persecutors, that if he could be silenced, the
voice of the North would be no longer board upon
subjects obnoxious to the South.
But it will perhaps be ettid, that the people of
the North have no grievances to complain of;
that it slavery be.an evil, it •in no wise concerns
thorn. Does it not indeed? Lookat . the case of
the Creole, and the consequences likely to result
from the less of the slaves on board of her. Those
ebives were the property of a Southern man,
bottght iu one State, andin the course of tranti
portation to another. On the way, they mutinied,
took possession of the ship, and steered to a Brit-,
tali Poll.' They entered it, and landed, and itn•
nu'dimelY on &tug so :teem° free by the opera
,i Oll of the Dritiall laws, which
.will not tolerate
that any human being shall ,be a slave.- -Having
become freemen ti the lawfof i Eng,latid, their
former masters ask to be indii;riitiedlor theklogs.
A negotiation is pending';betwe en the two ernita
tries. The United States insi-t that the Brittei.
government shall indemnify the •masters. The
British government refuses to do so. War is
threutened—runy perhaps ensue, By wh om
.1 1 ,
the war to be carried on! Who will furnish men
sod money? The South alone? No; the eiti-• •
Zees of the free States must be taxed to pay the
expanses of This war. The citizens of the free
States must fight in this war; they must expend
their money atid.putir out their blood, in order to
procure indemnification to the Southern a:ave
holder, for the loss of his darer, and are we still
to be told that the citizens of the free States have
no concern with slavery! That its evils do not
offecttham?
We do not wish to interfere with the institution
of slavery in any way. We have always-con
demned, and still do condemn, all such interkr
cure; but while we do so, we do not mean to
abandon any of our rights. We shall insist upon
them, and denounce every attempt to invade them.
The most atrocious invasion of the great right of
petition, yet attempted, is in this case of Mr. A
dams. In this instance, this right was net only
violated, but the representative oldie persons who
exercised it, was attempted to be visited by a dis
graceful punishment—s punishment, as the ven
erable man himself declared, worse than death—
the punishment of degradation.
:And what wee the offence for which the Er-
President of the United States waste be subjected
to an ignominious punishment! The presentation
of a petition, peaceably to dissolve the Union!—
What crime was there in that! The Union ought
certainly, in our opinion, to be ardently cherished
by the people. But if it be oppressive to any
portion of the people, may they not ask their rep
resentatives to devise a peaceful remedy?. Must
they right their wrongs by rising in rebellion and
overturning the government by a bloody revolu
tion? They must either do this, week a peaceful
remedy for their wrongs, or, continue to live op
pressed. The Declaration - of Independence de
clares it to be the inalienable right of the people to
alter, amend, or abolish their form of government.
Is it a crime then for a portion of them to believe
that the time to do so has arrived! Berea so;—
was it a crime in Mr. Adams to present their pe
tition, playing that it should be done; when at the
same time, ho asked that a committee should be
raise.' to report against their prayer,
But may not the Union be peaceably di..olved!
May not the same hands that erected the edifice
of the government change its form and re•modle
it, without violently destroying it of its parts?—
The constitution provides the means to alter and
amend. Any amendment may be proposed and
adopted. A single amendment might entirely
change the form of government. An amendment
might be proposed and adopted, which would es
tablish an order of nobility. This would change
the government from its republican form to an
aristocracy. An amendment might be preprsed
and adopted, which would consolidate the govern
ment by the abolition of State rights. This would
be in effect a dissolution of the Union.. But in
short, by a series of amendments, every article of
the constitution may be altered; every right which
it guarantees may be obliterated; even" feature of
it changed. When therefore, the day amves that
the people of the United States have satisfied
themselves that the evils of the Erion outweigh
its good, and have deliberately resolved upon a
separation, may not Congress devise the initiative
steps? Will it not be compelled to do so? It is
the only way in which a separation can ever be
effected without the horrors of revolution. accom
panied by rapine and blood. We pray Heaven.
that the day of dissolution may never come; and
that it may not, we counsel forbearance by one
section of the Union towards another. Let it be
recollected, that our glory and power as a nation
consists in the Union of the States. Let the re
coneerierror the union of our fathers be the cement
to a union of their children. But let not one
part become the oppressor of the other.
The question has been frequently asked:
What has our National legislators dune to
our country and regulate its internal
interests? It is our intention to answer
this question as briefly as possible. Our
Representatives and Senators, are .no
doubt aware of the disadvantages-which we
are now and have leen labopring under, in
consequence of the derangement of our
financial affairs. They are acquainted
with •the efforts on the part of the people
so remedy and reform this disorder in the
currenoy, the necessary cotisequendU of
which has been a complete irregularity io
all monetary matters.
They have been told that a retrench.
went of their expenditures, will ultimately
restore the now depreciated currency to its
former regularity and healthiness; that it
will be the only means at having our na.
tional debt paid off, and of having our
drained and empty treasury filled with
gold and silver. - And how have they lis.
tened to our appeals, our petitions, our re
monstrancee, and our instructions? Have
they united themselves for the good of our
common country? Have they gene, "hand
in hand" is enacting such wholesome laws
as will conduce to the benefit of their con
stituents? Have they thrown aside their
party prejudices, and petty animosities, and
laboured together in perfect harmony, to
establish peace, comfort and contentment,
throughout this widely extended region.
We are voluntarily induced to answer, no!
Well then what have they done? They
have been expending the people's money
unprofitably; they have been augmenting
our national debt; they have been receiving
extravagant salaries for unprofitable eerie.
ces; they have been extending their sessions
by useless debates, by investigating unpro.
filet& questions, and by enacting laws that
are of trivial importance; they have been
engaged in quarrelsome disputes, and
malevolent , discussions, consuming time
without any beneficial results.
Were it necessary to illustrate this more
fully, we could present numerous instances
of their imprudent deliberations. We have
within a very short apace of time, seen a
very suitable exemplification of their unwise
conduct. The presentation of a petition
Hannsneno, Feb. 8, 1842. ¶ from the inhabitants ofan enlightened State,
Dear Sin—The resumption bill passed for the dissolution of the Union; for the di
the House this day finally at about two ; vision of that Union which was knit so
o'clock, by the very decided vote of 63 to I , closely together by the reciprocation of feel
-25. Various iLeffectual efforts were made inn and sentiments contained in the Decla
to go into committee of the whole for the l iation of Independence; for the destruction
purpose of special and general amendments of the Thirteen that were cemented by the
The bill is considered by all to be very battles of the Revolution, in which its citi
defective and almost anything but that it seas jointly participated.
,The sustaining
should be , to secure its pretended object—to of that petition by one of the pillars of our
effect a resumption of specie payments and national fabric. 0, shame I where is thy
afford relief to the community. But such as blush? Was this what our forefathers fought
it is, with all its imperfections. I base no ; and bled for? Was this the object that they
doubt it will pass the Semite and receive the , bad in view when they pledged "their lives,
executive sanction. Your's dec. 'their fortunes, and their sacred honors?"-
- While it should be our duty to unite that
Hannisneue, Feb. 10, 1512. which has already been commenced by our
Dear Sirs—After the presentation of predecessors, it should also be our duty to
petitions in the House , this morning, of. denounce those who endeaver to sever her
.which there was a large nombeeon various dorninions s as traitors to their country's i n ler
subjects, a joint resolution from the Senate est—traitors to their country's civil and po.
was considered and passed through its Bey." litical institutions. The immortal Wash
oral readings, requiring the payment cf all inglon endeavored to ob'aio our indepen
monies for transporting the mail on the dence, and to build up a pure form of repute
Columbia and Philadellhia Rail Road to nu. bean vvernment. What are we to under
made in specie. This step has become stand from the conduct of one of his succor-
absolutely necessary in order to raise specie sena, but the removal stone by stone of the
for the payment of the government postage. baSis of Democracy, till it should from its
A bill was also passed regulating election; frailness fall into ihextricable ruin; and from
districts,, one section if which changes the whose ruins would be cultivated and eneour
place of holding the General election in l aged the sprouts of absolute monarchy.—
MUtint Pleasant township, Adams county,; God forbid that this should be the destiny
to a setteel house near a certain cross road,i dour beloved nation. If there is subjec
in said itiweship.i lion and des t ruction intended for the citizens
The Mie n of the act of last aessioa,l of America, may these evils he averted from
We have extended this snide much further
than we had intended. We only meant to cen
sure the course pursued towards Mr. Adam% and
to disapprove of the abandonment of the right of
petition, by . a portion of the representatives of
Pennsylvania. With the exception of three, all
of our representatives voted against the reception
of this petition. A slavish fear of the South, in
duced them to sacrifice their consistency, and the
rights of their constituents. It. is tune that the
people of the North would select representatives,
who have nerve enough t../ defend their rizhts a
gainst tho domineering arrogance of Sont&rn
FROM HARRISBURG.
Correspondence of the Gettysburg Star and Banner.
HAnanavau, February 7, 1E42.
Dear Sir:—The bill providin g for the
resumption of specie payments , bas just
been ordered to be transcribed for third
reading. The yeas and nays were not
called on the question of transcribing.—
Among the various provisions of the bill, is
one prohibiting the voting by proxy under
any circumstances, whether banking or
any other incorporated companies.
Another provision of the bill prohibits
the circulation of foreign bills of non-specie
paying banks, under heavy penalties. On •
to morrow Morning, the hill will be up on
third reading and unquestionably pass..
George M. Hollenbach, of Luzerne, ene ,
of the recently appoiatedconal commission-1
ere, has resiged,nnd Wm. Orerfield of Mon- 1
roe has been appointed to supply his place.
relative to the election of 'county Treasur•
era, which prohibits assessors, from being
appointed collectors of tnxe's Iles 'Mini been
repealed so far as the Hoare is concerned,
except so far as relates to the city and
county of Philadelphia.
Notwithstanding the apparent zeal of the
loco Cocos in favor of immediate resumption,
the till passed by the House on Tuesday, to
provide for immediate specie payments by
the banks, was today at the instance of the
loco feces with the aid of one whig, com
mitted to a select committee is the Senate.
The Wh►ge with one•exceptton were
ready and preFared to act upon it ►mn►edi.
ately. The loco rocas are long and loud ►n
their denunciation of their bill brought forth
and matured by their own party in the
House. So much for their consistency.
03-A war of word,' came off in the Senate of
the United States on Tuesday last, between Mr.
Talmadge of N. Y. and Mr. Benton of Missouri.
Mr. T. open presenting several petitions against
the repeal or postponement of the Bankrupt Bill,
remarked upon the effect of the bill—that it would
restore those whose indebtedness hung like mill.
atones about their necks, to hope and 'usefulness,
and would introduce general prosperity to such—
that the debts of those who had already applied
for relief exceeded six millions of dollars;—and,
in commenting upon the course of the Senator
from Missouri, pinched him rather tigbly. Mr.
T. proceeded to comment very briefly upon some
of the former opinions of the Senator, which he
pronounced erroneous, so far as related to the law,
or the origin of the law. "But for the :hamster's
opposition to the law; it might, ere this; have been
amended, imp;oved, and made useful. • • •. •
And bad the Senator no heart to feel for the dis
tresses of men whom his own course had driven
to the very act of which he spoke, (rushing to
obtain the exoneration hold out by the act,)' and
whose misfortunes, as well as those of the country
generally. had been caused mainly by the public
course and by the doctrines of that very Senatorl"
Here Mr. Benton, rising from his seat, exclaim
ed "False, sir! False, sir!" was called to order—
.
repeated " False, sir!" and continued to repeat it
. amidst confusion, until Mr. Preston succeeded in
making himself heard. A rambling talk was star.
ted, dining which Mr. Mangum offered the usual
resolution for the appointment of a committee of
inquiry, but withdrew it. The Missouri Senator
was brought back to his golden visions, and the
truth was too pungent for him. It's all the lush
-1 ion at the Capitol.
VOA THE STAB AND lIEPODLICAN BANNER.
What has been Done?
their heads, and hurled impetuously on its
progenitors. This is but a faint outline of
the action of our 'representatives and Sena
tors in Congress. May they act as wise
men, and all their proceedings tend to the
welfare of our onuntry, and let their motto
constantly be—" Virtue, Liberty and Inde•
pendence." V. A. D.
THE EXCITEMENT.—The Philadelphia
Enquirer of Fridays last, says—We had
much excit3ment in our city, yesterday, in
relation to the doings at HarrisbUrg. The
greatest consternation was felt because of
the depreciation of the relief notes. and the
money offices were crowded. In many ca•
ses, the brokers would not buy at all; while
in others, 20, 30, and even alk high as 40 per
cent was demanded. The feeling of indig
nation against the Legislature wa's almost
universal. The act discrediting these notes
is considered little short of robbery. The
poorer clsses aro the greatest sufferers.
Your's dzo.
REGISTER.
In this place, on Tuetiday,last, by the Rev. Mr.
Howe, Mr. Hugh Garrett, to Miss Elizabeth
Greer—bothof Heidlersburg, Adams county.
On the 10th inst. by the Rev. D. Keller, Mr,
Jacob Shrader Carry, to Mies Mary Jane Sell
—both of Franklin township.
OBITUARY RECORD.
On Tuesday the Bth inst. Mrs. Lydia Wel
night, widow of Mr. Daniel Wetnight; of Btraban
township, in the 47th year of her age.""
On the 4th inst. near Pinetown, Mrs. Eliza.
belh Gtlbert, aged 67 yeais 9 months and 17
days. •
WANTED
ISIMEDIATELY at this Office, an ac
tive, intelligent BOY, ae an Apprentice
to the Printing Business. One of from 14
to 16 years of age, of good moral and index
trious habits, and who can read and write
tolerably well, will find a favorable situation
by applying immediately at the office of the
"Star and Banner,"
Gettysburg, Feb. 15,1842.
JAMES CUNNINGHAM having been
appointed by the Court of Common
Pleas of Adams County, ContatirrEa of
GRACE PEYDON, a Lunatic—notice is
hereby given to all persons having claims
against the said Lunatic to present them,
and to all persons in any wise indebted to
her to make payment thereof without delay.
The subscriber resides in Freedom town
ship.
J. CUNNINGHAM,
Committee.
6t-47
Feb. 15, 1842.
PUBLIC SALE.
WILL .be exposed to Public Salo, on
Tuesday the first day 'of March
next, at the late residence of SAMUEL
BLYTHE, deceased, in Carrot's Tract,
Hamiltonban township, Adams county, all
the personal property belonging to said es•
tate—consisting of
Horses, Cows & Hogs
ow,rs, RYE & CORN,
By the bushel; HAY by the ton; Wheat,
Oats and Rye straw by the bundle; Bacon
and salted Beef by the pound; and farming
utensils of every description.
ALSO—A variety of
Household and 'Kitchen
FURNITIT.RE,
consisting of one Cooking Stove, ten plate
Stoves, mantle Clock, Bureaus, Beds and
Bedding, Carpeting,. Tables, and Chairs,
with a great number of other articles too
numerous to insert,
07Sale to commence at 10 o'clock, A.
M. of said day, when duo attendance and a
credit wall be given by
D. -BLYTHE, Adm'rB.
W. BLYTHE,
Feb. 15, 1842. *ta-47
Public eibatt+
WILL be sold at Public Sale, on the
premises, on Wednesday the 2nd
day of March next, . •
A FARM,
Situate in Menalion township,-Adams coun
ty, late the property of ANDREW WEAY
deceased, bounded by lands of Geo. Hart
zell and others, containing
147 AORES.
ALSO—A SMALL
Tract a Wood:Um:A, -
Near the above described property.
o*"Sale to commence at 12 o'clock, M.,
when the terms will be made known by
THE HEIRS.
Feb. 15,1842. is-47
TEMPERANCE•
A MEETING of the "Total Abstinence
.na• Temperance Society of Gettysburg"
will be held in "Christ's CLurch" on :I tics
day the 22nd inst. at 1 o'clock.
A lecture will be delivered "on the of.
feet 'of Alcohol upon the Constitution and
tare."
The public are invited to attend.
R. G. M'CREARY, Sec'ry.
Feb, 15, 1842.
Neil) . " -1 ;417' gidatiO•
The Subscriber has just received a
stock of
NEW GOODS,
which will be sold astonishingly chenp I
D. MIDDLECOFF.
Gettysburg, Jan. 4. 41
MARRIED,
DIED,
NOTICE.
PROSPECTUS 1
Ofd New and very cheap Magaz;ne.
On the first of April, will be commenced a
New Magazine, (to take the place of
the "Pliu3nix and Budget;") under the
title—
" The Baltimore &Monthly
Pis,ler'' ,
It will be Issued with a far neater cover
—on good paper and type, and will . be
composed of clodely printed matter—a
mounting to nearly four hundred pages per
volume.
..Each number will be accompa.
mod by a VRRY FINE . WOOD CUT: illustrating
the natural history and=customs of the
month for which each number is intended.
Each design will be accompanied by both
prose and poetic sketches, not :only' 'cif the .
general featdres and holliday , customs, but
- likewise of the AGRICULTURAL peculiarities
of every month. This will be a new fea.
Lure, and, is hoped, will render the
"MONTHLY VISITER" a peculiarly welcome
guest on every FARMER'S table. The first
number will, likewise, be embellished with
an engraving representing Shakespeare's
"Tatnin. ei the Shrew," illustrated by a eto
ry from the pen of Charles Lamb, one
ever the most popular authori England has ever
boasted. This plate, and the illustrations
of the months, have never appeared in any
other magaiine.
The quality of the reading matter'of the
Baltimore Monthly Visiter, may be in
ferred frcm the following list of contribu
tors— to which other distinguished nainee
will be, from time to time, added. To in
struct and to amuse will be our aim.
CONTRIBUTORS.
Rev. E. Y. Reese, Rev. Leander Keer,
Professor J. R. W. Dunbar, Prof. Ed.
ward Foreman, Prof. Chapin -A, Harris,
Dr. C. C: Cox, Dr. James Hamilton; Dr.
John Fonerden, Dr. J. W. Geyer, Mrs.
Lydia Jane Pierson, Mrs. Amelia B. Wel
by, Miss Esther Wetherald, Author of
"The Two Christtnases," David Hoffman,
Esq. N. C. Brooke, M. Mr. M. Top
ham Evans, Mr. T. S. Arthur, author of
the' Subordinate," Mr. J. B. Jones, author
of "Wild Western Scenes," &c. Mr. L:
T. Voight, Mr. J. Austin Sperry,. Mr. J.
E. S. Rochester, Mr. Thomas C. Atkin.
son, Mr. E. C. Squier, Mr. Q. Barbour,
George Yellot, Esq. M. S. Lovett, E.
Tudor Horton, "Milford Bard," Author of
"The Deserted Husband," John Smith of
Jno." Author of "A Doctor's MSS." &c.
&c. &c.
In the line of critical notices of new
books, a decided improvement will be made
upon the plan of the "Phcenix and Budget"
—and in the way oratories, an important
reform will be adopted, which will'abolish
the plan of giving long novels continued,
provokingly, from number to numbdr.
In order to place the work in the hands
of such as may not feel willing to pay the
more expensive prices of monthly maga
zines, the proprietor has determined to pub 3
fish the work at the cziremely tow price
charged for its plainer and unillustrated
predecessor. The price will therefore be
$1 50, for a single copy—five copies for
$5 00. This is giving about four pages
for one cent.
It is desirable to •receive otWere at once,
that we may know how to regulate our
issues.
The trade will be served at very liberal
rates--extremely anxious, as we are, to
extend the usefulness of the work, as widely
as possible.
Address . , postage paid,
"The Proprietor of the Monthly
At the office of the• Satuiday Visitor; No.
2 1.2 N. Gay otreet, Baltimore, Md.
Feb.ls, 1842. -
To the Citizens of attams
County.
FELLOW CITIZENS:-4 perceive I stand
charged in • the '.Star," a paper of your
county, with three offences. First—with
making an attempt to injure the reputation
of a medicine, "fictitiously" called Dr.
Wistar's Balsam - of Wild Cherry. This is
positively false. Dr. Wistar's Balsam of
Wild Cherry never had a reputation to in.
jure. I did say it was fictitious, and I say
so still, and I challenge enquiry. Second
—I am charged with bolstering.pp a "Syr : .
up" of Wild Cherry. If it is meant De.
Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cher
ry, that medicine has no occasion of bol.
staring up. it has thousands and tens of
thousands to prop it up; its virtue alone
would be sufficient if every other prop was
cut from under it. My highest aim is to
do good, that others may reap, the benefit
with myself. Third—l am accused with
trickery. This is equally false with the
rest—which those who know me best can
testify.' What I would call trickery is
coming out under false colours, calling
things by names which belong not to theme
with, a view to give a reputation which
they do not deserve. For an individual to
make high pretensions to cure: the most
formidable diseases, without any knowledge
of the science of medicine either in 'theory
or practice, is presumptuous in the highest
degree. It was years after my medicine
was introduced into the sick chamber, and
its virtues had become widely known long
before others begun to catch at the name
of" VV ild Cherry"—thinking to borrow a
eputation from that already established.
P. S. The above medicine is eminent.
ly calculated to cure coughs; colds and all
other breast complaints. For further par
ticulars'enquire of S. Forney, my' sole
agent for Gettysburg, who keeps it pure and
unadulterated, likeviise at my offine.No. 54
North sixth street, Philadelphia.
Feb. 8, 1842. At-46
TEMPERANCE.
AMEETING of the Feet&ld Total
Abstinence Society will be held in the
Brick Church in Millerstawn, on Tuesday
the 22d inst., ut 1 o'clock p. in. An Ad-
dress may be expected. -
Feb. 15,1842.
raNHE Pliilomathton Society of Penn
sylvania College will celebrate tts
eleventh Aniversary mr Tverday evening
the 15th of February next, at =half pest 6
o'clock, P. M. in . Christ's Church, Get*
tysLurg.
'Several Orations will be delivered, by
active members of-the Society'.
The Anniversary Address will te...roik
flounced by It Titer. A. At .;P ant
pal of the Female Academy, Gelty,borvi
The amateur baud has polileiy craw_
ted to perform. • • - ••;.
l'he friends of lite f M.. rliplet•
fully invited to attend:.
JNO. ItlIc4061:1014 '
!MOM DEIHL.
E. BRIDENFIAVdit
SY IN N DER '
• sv M. KOPP. - ° -
Comnritiee4ftAurigut,p4ak‘
'Jan. 20,1841. 1404.
DR. SWAYNE.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOT It •:E.
- A
11F siiliscrilitir haying hem Ippointed
IL by the Court of Commou•Pleasof Ad*
ems county brim:Wee of the person end
estate of DANIEL BEAR, of Huntingtpn
township, Adams county, (duly found to be
an habitual drunkard,) hereby gives notice
to all persons indebted td said Bear to make
immediate payment of their respective
dues to the subscriber and to no other per.
son, and all persons having claims. or
mends against said Bear to present theta' te,
the subscriber duly authenticated for
,set=
tlement, on or before the 15th day - of
March next. All persons are hereby Wttrii
ed not to trust said Bear. Notice 'is berg•
hYvven to. Tavern keepers and all other.
persons not to sell or furnish to said Bear
any wine, spirituous, or mixed liquors,
under the penalty of ten dollars' for every
such act, agreeably to Me act of Assembly
'Of 13th June, 1838. The committee re.
sides in Latimore townshin, Adams county !
JOHN WOLFORD,
Committee.
Feb. 8, 1842.
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BRIGADE INSPECTOR.
To Me Enrolled Members of tlaeßd Brigade, 614
Division of Pennsylvania
. _
Fkitow CITIZEN'S...
I ,
OFFER t thyself as a 'Pindiate for the
Office 'of '
Brigade Inspector,
At the Election to be held in June next, and
respectfully solicit your votes..
- SA iIItIEL S. M'CREARY.
Gettysburg, Feb. 1, 1842. le-45
Vitiate Abate.
Ipursuance of an Order, issued out of
the Cowl of Common Pletui of Adams
county, will be exposed 'to sale, by public
outcry, on the premises, on Monday tAa
28th day of. February at 12 p'cltick,
M., the follotving 'real estate of CATtissics
SUVLTZ (Lunatic,) to wit:—
a Tract ot Lama,
, .
Situate in Bervvickto*nship, Adams coin).
ty, adjoining lands of John L. Noel, Jacob.
Smith, Margaret Shultz and others; 'tying
on the road leading from Kohler's Mitt to
Hanover, containing about
21 141. C 1E 1 $ ,
n small portion of which is tilable land, .or
which is erected a -
ONE STORY g
LOG HOUSE I
I
and LOG BARN, with a spring of water
on the premise's. ' •
tcpAttendanco given and terms made
Inown by
JOSEPH SNEERINGER,
Commit/eft
By the Court,
A. M AGIN Lit;.: Proth"y.
Feb. 1, 1842. • • r
IN THE MATTER
Ofthe intended application of SOLOMOI4I
ALBERT for License to keep a Tav
ern in the town of Hampton, Reading
township, Adnme County—being an old
stand:
We the subscribers, citizens of Reading
township aforesaid, recommend the
.above
petitioner, and certify that tho Inn or Tar.
ern above mentioned is necessary to acqit.
modate the public, and entertain stranger.
and travellers, and that the above petitioner
is of good repute for honesty and temper
ance, and is well provided us required by
low, with house room and conveniences for
lodging and accommodating strangers and
travellers.
Jacob Plates, ' C. RHO.
Thomas M'Creary, Jacob Myers,
David White, Jacob Smith,
Henry Albert, Andrew Brughir.
John Trimmer, C. Myere,„
Michael Hennes, J. J. Kuhn,
Michael Phillipe, Henry Rummel. ,
February 1,1842. 081.46
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