63YFY313URG, FEBRUARY 22, 1842. ti✓AYPI`AL PUN It 3 H ENT. .• ;The Iftuimis Petitions praying to Abol ish Capital Punishment, which were pre. wonted to the House, were referred to the iudiciary Co'irseuttee. Its Chairman, Mr. reported adverse to its abolition. ler behalf of:the majority of the Committee, tattle - those who dissented from them of• (Bind die following: IMORITY, REPORT. ' the b i ll - before the House proposes to 6titute, in all cases no vv punishable with death, imprisonment for life in solitude sad at labor; superadding to this . the de /situation 01 all civil rights, and relations of the convict, as in case of his natural death. The third.section in objectionable, but it is net deemed necessary at present to advert In There are two questions which meet us at the threshold of this inquiry. but which we do not intend to dilcuss. The first is, whether society possesses .in any case the right to take that life which it has not given end cannot restore? .We- concede for the purpose of the nrgument, that it hen provided it be shown that the exorcise of it is necessary to the existence of society, nr even calculated to promote in any degree its security and happiness. The second question is, whether it is imperative upon society, under the sanction of the D.vine Law, to inflict this punishment in every ease of wilful murder' It would be out of place to enter upon such an inquiry here; and the undersigned are incompetent to the task of settling the meaning of texts of scripture, as to the proper interpretation of which great theologians have deferred.— Upon this point therefore every member mu•t be left to make his own examination, and bt , guided in his'conclusion by the en lightened dictates of the monitor within his oWn breast. • The .. object of all punishment is the pro. ventiun of crime. - Society knows or ought to know nothing of vengeance. Retribu tisejustice is for that being alone, who can fathom the heart Hod measure the guilt ori ad action. It is m this erroneous idea ofi the object of punishtnent, that the. iiiflic ticin otdeath by the sentence of human trilmnals, finds its most ordinary support. An ancientlaw•giver is said to have an• •wered to one who complained of his laws, "that the least Offence seemed to deserve death, and that he knew otuo greater pen alty." • itiotKiusitainiver tep , 4itoowro •%roil wt , , • 'tied that the preventiotior crime .ti the •ouly -legitimatecibjectA . ., - ;4humaji "-petish. ". -- rttent;that we coinitaet. it erioughlihonsid . erthe'praciMal:operatimi - of caNial pun. islimentie refereate (n thirigreat t ierid. , . . , . igelireeetition of Crime may i*Wected. Jai three. wore ,' By diSabling tip 'Oil:crier ftims..rereat Mg the offenceohY,;: hie refor. matiOttrand; by,the teirg'o*'the example. 0 (60.0. okfloOnt.- . '7 - - , - - ... •. - • ' eat the first is most offectUally bed :by .the extirpation of the ",...5 ' ..-ic:' Put. surely it will not • now be lied:that this lathe only. mode of ,arri -reing•St this .result. ' rhe-penitentiaries which 'have been-erected within' our hor. Slept for the reception of criminate of the -highest grade, as completely debar- the convict from a repetition of the crime, as is deprivition of his life.. ~. Prison • broach, under our system, is of so rare occurrence that: its consideration as an element in the ceseltiay be laid-aside with entire safety... -T-hti reformation of t he offender,. in.other men,. particularly held forth, by that ivbich has been denominated the Pennsyl vania system, as an important end of pun ishment, is not at a ll. contemplated in the infliction of death.. -Yet f if a lung course . iirsalititei con fi aernent . at: labor , has-the ~ • - !:teplencyliPthe easo of other. -criehinalit,, to `: induce habita or-propriety:. and' ir.dustry-e• ti turn the mind inward on iteelf—to . awa. awa ken the strings - Of a seared or sleeping .eon , science...and. to open the heart to moral and re li g i o u s influenc e s—why Should those who - havethoguittor a fellow's-- blood upon them; be debarred from the opportunity of repentance: and sr:Conciliation with heaven'? Excluded' from -evil • association—attended eaniitantly by Mitt, able and anxious to I t at,. part religiotur instruction and effectionate council—nfity.itpit be hopect.that . even in their case, before that Gott who gave them life. tittall of himself resume the el, in the st blade- oftheir lonely aelli, he will- have prepared them for the summons to . the final judgmentl, - . • , .., . • • ' Weceonne.then to the consideration .of the. efficacy' iif the penalty of death as an example. ' The - argument in its favor, derived from this source. it must be ad mitti-d, has lost much of its . .foi . ee' since exeeutions.have ceneed to be public. With tholgrent• mass of the people, and especial• ly of that class amongst whom crimes most commonl) occur; who • cannot or du not read . The newspapers; Sxecutiorui are not known or not thought of.. Indeed; there is realm to fear that in many cases •• thrlt ' are,tutt believed to 'hese tither, place-and entirtisiroPpnityis.thought to _ Aillow capital' istrisassi.'••Ahe • impressions on . the public mindi from je...ehorf Paragraph .in the.Gis. Ofter•-..itr : urit *oil light -and,, fleeting -1m tare.. ' It *kph 'View of the demoralizing ,influence - "[pu blic : exec u tions, that the .. ' 14 :'totili . th - 04PiLiortani -, Map • or: di tong.!- . , ,1044 - ittlini!?-i - t - Exiiirienie . de.. z ismisstratedttitil',tlli tifi!'itAtt he most heinous. elitt*lttijiii*?,-igitiiimeesititttud under . the t eirf*trillheeireiriosend /hit in ereCitt ion ..1 1 0*4.:i i was afintbig:aure: le he -iownedi.. it 8 44 4 jA 0 :41. 4 stiOsh IttliiititO) to ib SUM' of he intsiiites of th pkison. • But Cer tainly a privateeixecutqirt itiO jail yard, in the . presenee of few ; Rriv . ilegsd perseni• unaccompanied with that open ignominy and disgrace, the very anticipation I,fwhich is so harrowing to all,that is left of ingeou , ay and shame in the breast, is not to be compared io the effect of its example to those pubtic ones which have given place to it. It ought not to denied that death is a punishment of unspeakable terror.. Yet there are few violent ;flagstone, which. in the language of Lord" Beacon, de not mate and mnstetit. If while this penalty was unsparingly denounced upon mere crimes against property, springing from the more ignoble and sordid propensities of our de, I proved nature, ,all experience proved -it runiuccesslul in deterring .men > from the 'commission of such acts, and led to its abolition—still less powerfully may it be expected to operate in the case of a crime which takes its higher aim at- human' life, and spring. commonly from the most ungovernable passions, dr the most deep seated malignity. Indeed it is observable, that in all countries, with the general ame. lioration of the penal code crimes have decreased. It may easily be accounted for, Punishments, which are revolting to the feelings of humanity, as society advan ces, beget comparative impunity. That ronfidence in his own superior good for tune, which seems naturally implanted, and:iirgeneral for wise purposes, in eery mail, conquers the fear of meeting the fate which .the law has decreed: it ope , rates strongly, even in the case oldie con demned criminal—and the single solitary chance of execution mercy will often buoy him en to the- very last. An instance of [ this is related+ , by Mr. Bradford, in his interesting tract on this subject, published in 1705. "Soon after the act to emend the penal lais was passed, two persons were convicted, one of robbery, the other of burglary, committed previous to it.— l'hey had the privilege tf accepting the new punishment, instead of . the old, but they obstinately refused to pray the benefit of the act, and submitted to the sentence of death, •in expectation of a pardon-- The hopes of one were realized, but the other was miserably disappointed. His un availing regret he expressed when hisdeath warrant was announced, and the horrors which seized him when he was led to the execution, proved at once,how terrible is the punishment of death, and how strong are the hopes of pardon ." If hope is found to operate thus powerfully, under such cir cumstances, how much stronger is its in fluence at the period of the commission of the offence, when, if subject be.weighed at all, amidst the 'workings, of passion or maliginity, a thousand other chances of escape preaent themselves. The profound observation of Montes quieu cannot be too much poudered, in reference to this question . 1-If we inquire"' says ho, "into the cause of all human cor ruptions, we shall find that they proceed from the impunity of etiminals, sand notJ from the moderation of punishments." It is ceritinly not the severity of the penalty, that Most effectually deters - men from the commission of critne. It is the nature of man to fear an- • evil of less magnitude, which is certain and near at hand, mote than one of a more serious nature, remote and uncertain. It is not too much to af firm; that no criminal in, Pennsylvania is so likely to escape as the wilful and dehb erne, murderer. Experience will sustain the truth of the observetion, i that two out of every three offenders of this grade meet either with• no punishment at all, or with one entirety too light tor its enormitYas signed by law to crimes of n much lower No.sooner is an individual put on trial for his fife, than he at once becomes an object of general interest and sympathy. This is carried to the highest pitch—if youth, sex or beauty, old age, previous good character, or any mitigating circum stances in the (mei plead in. his favor.— +The jurors, empanelled to -try bim, parti cipate in these feelings,. They are men— they would be 'more or' less than men if they . did sot. The solemn obligations of their oaths become faint before their eyes, in their overstrained anxiety to catch at something, which may reconcile their con• sciences.to a verdict which may exempt the accused from the fatal doom of the law. ' They are instructed by the Court, that if they have a reasonable' doubt, that 'doubt must operatein favor of the prisoner. Ju tors, witnesses, medical men, Attorney Generals and Judges, all- join in -the con spiracY trilitilliate, the guilt of the offender, and lifrard-hiEn every possible chance of es. cape.;_ • A-respectable number of our fellow chi zens den) the right of society to take life for aflame, and so extended is this sentiment, toot atrial for murder never occurs, in which a number of those - returned on the panne' for jurors, are not, at their 4 own• quest,. challenged by the Commonwealth, on the ground that they cannot -conscien tiously find a verdict which shall consign a tellcise , being to the tomb. These ,senti. I inents,pervade the community, and; bear upon the jury box. is deemed - noose Baser) to adduce particular cases, in con lirmation of these remarks. 'They a• bound in the books. end every one% obser-, ;onion will furnish. him with, some. - The terrors then denounced, by, the laws, are comparatively inetficecious, when such are seen to he the strong. probabilities of es cape, with entire or partial impunity.— There is one other consideration which is frequently urged with , powerful effect upon juries, where the evidence is only circ.nrii :.staritial, and there are but few cases in which it is not more or 1-68 so; and which it seemr should have its due and more appropriate weight'with legislators, in de liberating upon the propriety of 'abolishing all capital , punishment. It is that this pen alty. once ino,cted, is irreparable-' The fate oftlie prisoner 'is sealed forever—sad that bYtite.iudittnent of a tribunal corn*: ed nt men liable to err .upon l iana many which may beeabortied--upon circurnstan- .;~~.;. ~v , :cat, whic h otner circentioniticeit - I* proved might have satisfactordv'ettp ts evidence in short, "which „all experience has proved to beAlliblir. - The records of criminal trials show very many cases of person. doomed to death, • who tate after. wards - proved to have been innocent. • ,In England, there are no less then fourteen t instances known, (as stated by Mr. Fezro3i Kolly, in•Parliiiment,) siuce the begining of ibis century, of innocent persons execu i ted. In our own country; and within our own time'', several ouch cases of judicial murdere' have occurred. These 'recta, though their appeal made most properly, and it appears with Irresiettible force to the law making power, find their way, kn• properly, and deipite himself, to the mind of every intelligent and reflecting juror.-- Such an one feeds the _responsibility 'of his position, as a weight upon his conscience,' almost too heavy to be bottle. He shrinks in instinctive horror, from a, t verdict of murder in the first degree.and is ready to turn off the sword of justice from the most depraved offenders. The. same reasons operate upon the Executive, to whom our constitution delegates the power of pardon. Feeling that on his solefiat hangs the des. tiny—perhaps the eternal destiny ofa low being—appealed to in accents' of dis tress and agony, by the unfortunate though guilty victim, and by his relatives- and friends—worked upon,'it may be; by the •earli'of a heart broken parent—his office is indeed far from enviable. He too. is a man, with the nature and feelings of a man, and he must be highly gilled above all other men,' or brutalized beneath them, if he could on all occasions double loch the portals of his heart against such appeals. and listen only to the mandate of stern, unbending justice. Hew imperfectly, then, does the exam ple of this punishment operate to deter men from the commission of this crime, accom panied as it is with an many multiplied chances of escape. Indeed, in the present constitution orsociety, we repeat, no crime is so likely to escape its due and proper ttonate punishment, as that highest one, to which our law has affixed the severest of penalties. Let the punishment be commuted to sol itary imprisonment at hard labor for . life, and these chances of partial or entire pimity will no longer exist. The terror of the doom, joined to the moral certainly of its infliction, will be ample to deter offen ders. -The natural horror felt for the crime will not be lost in the minds of prosecute re, witnesses, jurors nod Judges, in sympathy for the accused. The mercy of the execu tive will not be extended, except in those / cases in which, from after. discovered evi- I dence, the innocence of the convict has been made apparent, or where, after the probation of years his moral reformaiion and repentance are placed beyond a reason- , able doubt. GE(). SHARSWOOD, THADDEUS 'STEVENS., Prom the.. Harristrug.T4gegraph. Position of General Scott. THE PRESENT ASPECT OF PARTIES. The nomination of General Winfield Scott for the next Presidency, was a move., tnent directly from the people. At the firm mention of his name, some few were found unwilling lc enlist under his temper at the time, believing that the nation re. quired repose, and that the violence of the, last•presidential campaign should be rot lowed by a season of political, calm. Suli)4 sequent events, heweyei, have altered the national aspect, and all eyes are nose tune, ing, to the "Here of Chippewa and Lundy ) e Lane" as the - country's hope. Froirtevery Election we beat' the notes of preparatient flag atter Bag is run up at the mast head, inscribed with the name of INFIELD, SCUT.!;", hie services are recounted,' his principles scrutinized, and the most glow. ing cub:glop pronounced upon his civil rind Military services. There is but one Tea a son to be assigned for these evidences .ef popular feeling; THE PEOPLE HAVE DETERMINED THAT HE SHALL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT! - Some May oppose him; ruction may be busy : to Misrepresent and pervert; and .the usual missiles of partizan warfare may be shower ed against him—iio it wee with WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, but he triumphed in their despite ! The opinion that General Scott will be the next candidateef the' Harrison party is not Confined to the friends of the late lament patriet alone; our _natural enemies—tbik opponents of equal rights, the advoiatersef wages and the friends of the sub toe tury.are becoming alarmed at his grow ing popularity. and are seeking,. by etry means, to consolidate the broken remnants' of• the routed Van Buren party. 'Pitat General. Scott will be the prominent can didate of our party no one can dotibt; and we invite attention to.the following letter, published in the Philadelphia Spirit of the Times a few days mince, to show what our opponents think on the subject. The editor says the letter is from a very distinguished member of the Leedom, party . ef the South, at present in Washington. Westizsarom, Jan. 25th, 1942. "Things here wear a singulararid I at the add, an unprecedented aspect the f present :ime. Congress is divided' fi, subdivided into a multiplicity of lac . -- The old party lines are almost •oblite fed and'dail) losing their distinctness. In the Senate alone there are six fachnns, having at the head of each a candidate for the Presidennv. These are the Clay, the TV? ler, the Vail, Buren, the Benton, the Sew'. and the Buchanan parties, and what is of still greater importanee as influencing any conjectures t , t the future is, that they in crease hourly in bitterness of feeling to. wards each other. • 4-- One •of two ctvents 1 regard as inevita Llv resulting firm the present condition of parties; either first, a variety of candidates lite. the-presidency is 1844, as was the case in 1'84; or seennd, the nomination of Generat Scott, by a Whig.Nationil Coo- ventionoind the ceturequent nmen, or the Hp tnocrit ic pa rty on Cernmodo re %loran , as the ctnly:candidate that,tan defeat him. If the ant *cud', the' result is Manifest; General Scott will be the next Prettident.-- llf the. leiter, Commodore Stewart - cannot flit ofbeing elected. , Let ns not hug any delusion until awakened by a ead . realny: General Scott will prove to be a candi date of the *most formidable character, and in a contest with a civilian, Who is venera ble as our candidate,.will renew the bold, ierce so triumphantly played 5y the Whigs lin 1840: The riorrinanc,n of Mr. Van Buren might gratify a large circle Of ad. l miters and friends, who are 'politicians; that of Mr. Buchanan might he pleasing to his advocates in Pennsylvania; or that of Mr. Benton might be received with joy by strict party men.. But are - 'such ele ment; sufficient to combat the 'Whigs with a candidate even more troubleiorne than General Harrison, and supported too, in stead of being opposed by the patronage of the General Government? they did not prove so in 1840. Let me not be told that an incurable wound has been inflicted upon the. Whigs. that they are distracted and divided. The same difficulties' might have been urged in 1839. Let me not be told that John Tyler will Oppose Scott. I know the exact, weight to which all such considerations are entitled. I see around me Already the plainest indications of re• turning sanity among the Whigs and thu restoration of harmony to their councils. I write to you thus freely, and speak thus confidently, because my attachment to the democratic party justifies my frankness, and my long experience in political war. fare, my dogmatism. iisav then to tho friends of Commodore Stewart, go forivard fearlessly, yield not one inch ofyour ground and you wil! yet be called on to vindicate the Democratic cause by giving it a can; didate whom every Republican will re joice to dupport." THE LAIC FLIESIIET.--ACCOUMS from nil quarters represent the recent rise in the Busquehanta and its branches, es be• ing productive of great Injury. 'Elie river was higher than has been known since DO7. The Bradford Argus, says that an im mense amount of lumber was sweep; away in that vicinity, by the recent freshet.— Also, darns, fences, stacks of hay and grain. The Danville Democrat save: "The river at this place was several inches higher than at the great freshet in 1833, and lacked but a few inches of the height it reached in 1807, which is commonly called the 'great pumpkin flood,' the largest ever remembered since time immemorial. "The North Branch Canal has suffer ed• much, the waters milled over the . tow. ing path with great vehemence . in Several places, causing two small breaches a short distance above town. “We learn that Fishing Creek: Aqueduct has been Injured to a ecineidetable extent, soas to require an entire new euperetruc• lure, the whole woodwork being viaehed away. • .. - "One of the abutments of Brier Creek Aqueduct is torn away." A large bresk occurred in the towing path near Catawissa. Down the river the canal is said to have been injured very much, which Itil eo much the more to be deploged as the State finan ces are in a sad condition for expending much money-in having the necessary re pairs made forthwith. 4 large portion of the town of Sunbury was completely inundated, the water rush ing into the wiadowsof a number of houses along Water street. Several families were compelled to leeve their dwellings and take refuge in a church. The'turnpike bridge nearthat place was swept away and another small bridge greatly injured." • TUE RESTIPTION Etru,Hypocrisy of Locofoco' Arofissioria. 7 :49 we suppond the Governor end his pewit, and even the authors °Nee •Resumpt Volt 13ill, are moving heaven and earth to have it defeated ir. the l e Senate. The II was got up in the Hmise and pasself Thal , dy for no other purpotie -h than toumby nd deceive the people.-- And having disch*rged thus their brawling anti band professioi, and their promises to the -people befog;;') t „ election, they are now exerting eve ~. _ ans in their power to procure its defer' in the Senate by the Whigs, and for thiti purpose, they got it yterred to a select committee, whose po lititol duty it is so to amend and alter the idilitis to render it impossible tor , the House to concur in the bill after it goes back to them. : . • . This has always been the way with the loco loco party. Before an election they make loud and solemn promises of the most thorough, radical refota, in the laws, but no sooner are they snugly seated in power than they falsify all their professions; H our party will not play into their hands, there are always enough of thenr own to enter into any requ ired . compromise with the Banks. In this way by public 'deinon strations against them, %bile they are se cretly doing' all in their . power for them, they have always continued to deceive and cheat' the people into a - belitf that they are really opposed to Banks, and the poor, pitiable dertiocratic party have to bear all the odium of the whole rotten system. Will the demoertits never !earn common sense?---/Tur. Chron. ' • FAST LEAVING Us.-..:Da r ing m a Fas t mar upwards of 800 re'volutiona.4 pen: sinners 'paid the debt "of 'nature.' It will not be long ere the last tor the °talent band of patriots, who hattldd brively and boldly in the cause of freedom, will be no more moving among • ÜB, yet the Memory ol their deeds oil'. live forever in the hearts of their descendants. Come out here and lick 'the -whole on s,nu, as the boy Cold, ven he iced a bottle full of sugarsticks in a shop vindow. . . Prom the Philadelphia Inquirer, of .Piklity last. A 81-10UKING - - We learn. that .Mr. G. IRO, lorinerly , t:fishier;Of the Towanda Bank; was arrest ed by the Sheriffyesterday, or. some charge other, arid while in: the'. custody - of an officer, called at the house of a frici,d whore he was residing. He was periented to pass into his private'roent,* and lied not bra n there a minute before the report of a !pistol was heard. It was - then discovered that he had shot himself through the mouth. Surgical aid was immediately sent fur, and every effort was 'made•to prevent a fatal re sult'. Mr. Boyd, if we thistalce net, was a native 'of New York, and learnt the business of a house carpenter in this eity . with Mr. Betliuel Munro.' .- He then • worit;yto NeW Orleans, where he engaged - extensively in building, and made a large sum of money. Subsequently he rertieVedio Taiga, county in this Stale, and ergnged in.the•_lumber -business. He then became cushier of the Towanda bank, - and soon involVed himself to pecuniary. difficulties, which' douttleris • led to the recent *dreadful deed. Hive !ilia• take not, he married a Philadelphiii lily of highly respectable connexions His fami ly now reside at Covington, Tinge, and his visit to thisetty was probably on business:. We have just heard sonic further [mac ulara. Mr. B. died in dam an hoer after the•diseharge of the Oleo!. The hall was lodged in his head. He was sensible to the lust. It is said that he was the father °flour children. The house in which the fatal event took place is in Schuylkill Se venth street near Vine. Mr. B. has been in the habit . of stopping there during . his visits to the city; since September lust, and as rumour has it, under the feigned name of Seymour. Reports of this kind, howev er, should be received with same degfee of caution. Ho wad arrested on a civil suit, and was tut a short distance from the car when the pistol was discharged. His last arrival in the city was on Saturday last. He was a good looking man, and Believed to be rather cool than otherwise in his temperament. Ile was scarcely dis figured at all by the fatal'act. During the greater pttit . of Wednesday night, lie was in the office of his Attorney, in the custody of the Sheriff's Officer, and on his • way to prison stopped et the house above noticed, with the alleged ohpet of obtaining his clothes. • A female was in the room at. the time he shot himself. Ho said nothing, except in . reply toe qaestion, when he exclaimed—"Don't' tioublo me." A loaded pistol-was Brand in his coat pock et, showinr , that he had contemplated eui Bide. •. The suit at which he was arrested was for 531,000, and we understand that there are other large claims against him in this city. It will' be remembered that Boyd was recently charged in a country paper, with having issued a large amount of notes of the Towanda bank, without, the authority of the Directors ofthat institution. llis career has been brief indeed. There are many in this city_ who remember him •alew•yeare back, as an • unpretending 'me chanic.' • CURE iron CANcnn.—Mr. Thomas Tyr. rell, Missouri, advertises, that it cancer upon • his nose, which hid been treated without success by-'Dr: Smith of New Ha von; and the ablest surgeon in the Western country, had been cured the (*outliving manner. He was recommended In use strong potash made ul the ashes of red oak bark, boiled down to the consistence 'of molasses, to cover the cancer with it, and in about an hour afterwards to cover with a plaster of-ter,. which he removed after 'a few-days and if any .protuberances remain in the wound, apply more potash to them and the Waster again, until they shall dis appear, after which heal .the . Wound with common salves. Cautery and knife had iireviously been used in vain. This treat men( effected a perfect end speech? N. 4 Y. Com. Ado. . Ax ItITERESTINGI LAW CASE..—The _Washington correspondent of the 1:oston Aside says that an interesting case is now Aitrial in the Supreme Court, arising_out !Of the following facts: fiA gentleman residing In Maryland had allowing an aged pair of his slaves substan. tint though not legal freedom . for several year.); a While thus living. daughter was born to them,- who grew by in 'the same liberty, until she married a free negro and went with him to reside in Pennsylvania. They had several children, and lived together unmolested until the original owner died, when his heirs at. tempted to regain them; but the magistrate before whoin they were binught decided that he had no jurisdiction it. the case.— The owner seized the woman and her children in the night, and carried thorn to Maryland, for which.he was indicted and demanded by the Governor of Pennsylvania of the Maryland Executive. A airrespon• dance ensued, Whie.h finally brought the case into the supreme Court." SLavreir tir New Jeuinty.—The inhabi• tante of this Btatikare not, mane of them, aware that they live in a stave i3tate. But in point of fact, the principle is aa fully re cognized in New Jersey as in Georgia.--- The. laws KeThey mei exist, allow persons removing here to bring 'all their - slaved with them; and continue to hold them in servitircle. - ' - l'hey elm make the children of slaves born since 1804,•servnnis for• life, and se cure to Viersong removing through the st a t e the right to take with them their slaves un• molested: ' • • •. '['hey further require noirroes travelling through (Will the State to have certificates of freedom from the Clerks of the County Courts, and prohibit any person from exten• (bright such as have`not such Certificate any acts of hospitality. AN EXPRESS -- A Wisconsin editor acknowledoes the receipt of Congressional I ''fre BitNtent-mi —The number of pa. e duCUMVnIe ':in advance of the in, titicini. which welt) filed in the District consequence ora flock of wolves ehasin putt' et nostim, during the first week of thelipst rider acmes the prairies. Pl•acw.rort, was three hundred. _ . • . , LisoPtaviiit 'Rio?Orn .Mr . . Sulhvatr.'front a Seleii Conimigle in litt , l7irniite,7Made en able repurioti the 'subje ... 1:1 reteim in the Public Printing, end the contingent and other rxperisee ul !die Legislature'.. fie ultra repotted ilt deilgtied. toiorreet the ebtowe that have err!), into the',Legi*lature in jegarl .to the 1,451 or theed subjects. Mr. Derive froni the eurne committee, repotird a 101 l havO:g in view the'fintrie tifijiiet in regard to the' public printing': . If these .bills become !ilea , they, will save the Commonwealth at least one hen; ' dm! tho , Jiand'dollare per annum, yet we have no eipectations that either of Ahem will patitr the House; or if they -should * that the, will receive' the •approbation of the Governor. Though the Executive and his party can talk, es loud as the loudest about Reform, yet.when.the time comes:they are the last to carry out their pri;lllißes... We .shall not be disappointed, therefore, if both' these important measures are stifled. But we shall not fail to let the' pUblie•knn* upon whom. the - responsibility' . slinald rest for the defeat .of measures 64i:elated to efrod such enlistantial reforms is theie dd. —Her. Ch rot:. , • , PENNSYLVANIA ST.AfrISTIC O .. - •"By — tiiii re. turns made to, tior tkaliottal Grov,ertitnent, there are . 3o priwde , r mills .in ,Perinsylvanis. manufacturing ab0ut,1,200,000 pounds an nually. Drugs and medicines tean - heirOunt exceeding 82i000,000 . ..co matiufactuied. There are 25 glues ivorliti, 182 : potteries, 20 sugar refineries . , 87 paper fliarlOrietories. employing abriut 800 men; 39 'rope walks, 736 pouring mills, 2254. grist mills, 285 woollen factories, 106 cotton factories, 059 people employed in raising tobacco, 1471' tanneries, 4010 distilleries, 67 .hreweries, 16,31 k gallops of wide . Made, 213 furnaces, 365,127 horsel. 1,767,005 net Catth ; .1,767,020 sheep; 1,51/3,964 swine; 11,522 men eligagric.l in mining oper atinns; 1 3 .. 213,676 bushels, whew; 100,0 0 0 bushels more than ie raised in N. York. SPCIti IN Tun CintranY.-- We . heard a gentlemiti from Readingrelnark the oth• or &IV, that the Farmers in that region Li• htninded in 4ilvrr.: It wns !innrdell up in every farm house in that section nfthe cnnn• try. From personal knowledge, he said, ho knew of one farmer who had not less than $:19,000 ut specie.—Philud. Gas. Six PERSONS DIVIW NED --A fishing boat, believed to belong to• Georgetown. D. C., , was lost during the heavy • Mow on Tuesday evening, about sixty miles below Washington, In the Potomac. The •Adva. cote says: --"She was seen from the shore to contain a crew of six nien, nll of whom were drowni , d. The body at one of the men, (a black) who had clung to the him* until he perished, driftvd,on shore with the boat on . the Virginia side of the' river, in King George county. It is suppose ( ) to be a fishing hoot belongipg, to Mr; 114110 , 11.. this prit;i,. .. tln .ofMi.ltubert Fagan, • and inuonwd by five free colored cure.*' OLD ISIEwsPAPER4.- -The oldest living paper m A metica is the New Hampshire Gazette. It was the first paper printed in New Hampshire, end was established by Doniel Fnwle at Portsmouth, in August 1757. It was originally ' printed on half a sheet of foolscap, quarto, as worn all the papers of that day; but was soon en larged to half a sheet crown folio, and sometimes appeared on a, whole sheet of crown. It is now in its 98th year, and is a well conducted paper of goodly &net . sitrs. The oldest living newspaper in England ie the Linrntn Nlereury, first published in' 1645. The oldest in Londiat is the St.. James Chronicle, or 1761. The Oldest paper in Scotland is the ,Edinburgh Even ing Courant, 'r;l' 1706. The nich•in in the Belfast 'News Letter, of 1737. APPOINMENTS BY THE PIIVIDENT. WAsiIINGTON IRVING, ot. New York, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister, Ple• otpotentiary to Spain, WAnoir TitoursON, oi'Soutli Carolina. to be Envoy .Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico. WILLIAM BLACKFORD, or Virpinia, to be Charge d'Afrairs to the Repubhe of New Grenada. A WELL nacKED CARD.—A card appears . in the Journal,of Commerce backed by the names of six hundred and thirty•tlsreu cartmen, calling a meeting of their bret ren to adopt'sutl‘measures on their p4rt as will insure the - speedy completion of the New York Erie Railroad- • DEATH of WI. V , 4vomir.—A letter re ceived, in Richmond, says the: Star, ewes that Dr. Vaughan, who shot young' flow 'tants at the Columbi.t lintel,, some three vears ago, win killed recently' in 'reuse . Vaughan went to cowhide a young carport. ter, formerly of Richttiond for smile ex pressions that Were used' aC et public meet low and es Vaughan' Collared him, the young Man seized a hatchet and clift his, 131011 to the brain, killing him outright.— Thus doth the lite of the violent close in violence. A SPEOII . PAYING BANIE.--Thrt burg ChitMiele states that While some boys werelitaying on the Bank , of-the Morionga• 'hela river, on Wednesday last, they ci across a quantity of specie, which bad been buried, :hut wi.ich the 'tate f,eshel had dia. prose& to h was silver, and cnitiut od it is' sa id t lit .0 bout $ I 060. CON fIOTED Op Ms rt LiV GI II TE R.— Wm. CCrnpkt" Wag* tried at Westchester,. Pn, last wee e leCir kiltlß a'perSim named William enome lime since and was found guilty of manslimithier. iv* Tut eras mitnarsirsuct.sys aAssits. AN Delivered before . ehe York Springs Ly revolt, by a Member. 1, th e - refried," Mind us suseeptible of 'rewrote• meat as that of hien? Can any one, guided by reason and iriChi paced in his 'decision.by truth ancljustice. hesitate, for a monieny to acknowledge thartheeusceptibility of the female mind for improvement, is equal to that of man?--,- If he caw, to be convinced, he need only get, and peinse attentively, the ivritings of " dik tinguished femeles, out only grottier ages and countries, but - also-of cur ,pwn. It he cannot then be convinced, I will doubt, Of the eusceptibtlity of his mind fur improve-' ' mint; or. believe his love for truth and. jut, is swayed by. 111.6iunded prejudice, which teas 'unmanly as It is illiberal. If it were necessary; I might here present a catalogue of tamale writers who, for soundness of of judgment, penetration of thought, purity of diction and .shrewd discrimination, are surpassed by: but few or our own sex. E ven • if .heroism be called into question. eiamples Might be adduced, which, would bring a blush on the cheek of him who wishes to depreciate thene and rank • them amongst the inferior or&r efinielligences. That their offectionit, their sympathiea,their attactstrients are streng--aye,almost'uncon. querable —cannot be denied; but that. they are more ' , necessary ie them than in man, is equallyundeniable. If their judgments are sometiniek swayed by their sympathies, it is not tn . be attributed to any defect in their natural endowments, but to their sphere of action in which their sympathies are so often awakened and culled into vig orous action. It is, therefore, rather a virtue than a faith in them. 'Has any, amongst the most distinguished ofour given stronger-, demonstrations of moral courage, of untiring , assiduity, Or of un yielding. perseyerance than the mother, eister,-ur daughter; in the hour ofaffliction and distress; or .while, liogering round' the bed of sickness? This is withtn their sphere of action; this is the touchstone 'by which to try them whether they possess those angeluc virtoes, those ennobling pro ponies or the mind, which alone constitute true. magnaniinity and give claims to their possessors to rank among the noblest of God's creation. • BY their, s:ifier, gentler, milder, though certainly not inferior natures, they prevent 'those ruling passions of man, avarice, am. bitiun, Ace., hove running into dangerous excess. If then they possess the above ci ted virtues, which characterize true great ness, can any one but a' cynichr say 'that their militis are not as liberally endowed by their Creator? It then they possess those great, ennobling- properties - of the , mind. why not possess also the less important oues? It must be - humiliating to any man to associate with ladies, who considers them inferior to himself; and . not only as sociate with them ocCesietially, but take • mortr-reew , Stsswiram' .!torr.tors7the;--: - himself to love, comfort and protect her while he shall live; and what is worse to submit ti) her the training of- his :children: I am inclined to think that, his who takes a companion for life from amongst such an order of beings, and promises to love, corn fort and protect her, Must bees weak if not weaker than - alie ie. • It is very true; that in 'Some Sections of truntry where; the other sex have • been so weak, so illiberal, Orsio unchristiae,ss to en fermi() such noticing, and act in conformity to them, they have neglected the education 111 their daughter., and . stest-ed‘theii men sal powers to lie darmatit . t . A:imait excel- lent proof, oft heir want el capacity; but 'a much better proof of the stupidity of the other. If they have. .heen 'consigned to ignorance by the etdpid and tingenerouir of our sex, ir.. former tune", if 'llweemes when condom. of the Jetliner, .16 :remove it; and With .it all those illiberal sentiments which have heretofore beon enteitainedln regard to them. • • - flow weak the man who under rates them thus;, and yet never fails to be in their company whenever •he has an - opportunity,. and is pleased and delighted. with every thing they, say.and *do.. Are those realities, whose talente„ piety; virtue,• Ortnnees and intripidity, have been an honor to them selves as well as an ornament. to societ y= .- are they, .I say to be considered es prodigies; or aru.they of too' frequent occurrence to he considered as such? If the latter he the case,.tbeir capacity cannot be &Ailed. Any one who will consider but for .tt moment the influence they ,have io the for untie° pram -deter, and will divest him self of all unjust prejudice, will,'[ think, 'be almost ready to say they hold in their hands, the destiny ofniitiriiis. Irso, end if it be treeithat they are inferior in point of intellect; :they , are very unfit persons to have the. care.- and tutoring , of youth. I carnet here forbear inserting a passage, from an .abre viro . er, who dote justice to the sex, and in.dOing it. does honor to him sell: 4 The mother of children is necessa rily thele . firet instructor?" It is he'r task in watch ,ever,, ends anoint their .dawning faculties in their fine expiration. And can it be of light importance in "What manner this task is performedtwill hail no in fluenee on the !intim mental character of • the child, Whether the first enter its understanding, ' are received f tom wisdom or folly? Aye there no bad Mental habitat no lasting hi,isett, no dangerouS as• socistioos, deep seated prejialices Which can. be Communicated from the • Mother, the (widest tibjeet of the uffoction and-vent erlition of the child? In fon de the -opin ions of the age take no direction and-, no colouring from the modes of- thinking. which pre‘6 i I Amono.one hallo(' the' Mitt& that - exist nn - earth? • Iltitess mut are ; willing. to say that • an in'ealetilebly . great; amount of rivrital power is utterly wasted ' and thrown away; or else, with a Turkish.' arrogance;, and , brutality, to deny thar woman shores with them s in - the 'possession' of is redloiliog - and to tat mind; they must sekuowl. ego the vast importance of the influence which the femule vex exerts on the intellectual character ofthe commu tidy." lin cottclitsion, I aet ready . au.; sett; withoot leer of contradicting, that the man who entett,ins a doubt of their. men. tal ciyacity being equal to bill, is la mettle bly degraded , pit itchy stupid, or diepcsed; and-ilit he may be justly ranked among those whose mental capacity is questi. , nable. - • The - only -true 'way to estimate their worth is, to take them in their own sphere, to compare- their moral courage, their tortitude, theia determinate 4rnines and perseverance, ,their unyielding assiduity and care, with those of man; in his sphere. eis,..fzv;:if..;-4..grikoltp.ro N D REPUBLICAN BANNER. GETTITSIMURG% Ircbruary 4 22. 1842. FOR PRESIDENT IN 1844, GENERAL! WINFIELD SCOTT, Subject to the decision of a National Convention. t ry. The dullness alba times was interrupted by o 3novs" on Wednesda3r last, which afforded a three days sport to our foyers of sleighing. The sound of the merry bells has ceased, end we have fallen again into quiet.' • a y We are indebted to Mews. Stevens and _Mus for various public documents. Since.the bitterness of Tiaity feeling, which raged so violently a twelvemonth ago, has as suaged and ceased, at least for a time, to spit its venom upon the beads of most of our &meted pub lic servants, we do not recollect to have seen an article similar in spirit, to that which appeared in-the "Sentinel" of last, week hooded "Con gress" Professing to give a synopsis of the ac tion of the House upon the' petition presented by Mr. Adams, praying for the'periceable dissolution ; of the Union, it presents a comment upon the conduct of the forty members who voted to re ceive that petition, which While it . manifestly is an attempt et sly censure, exhibits a want of' candor and ingenuousness towards those concern ed, too palpable to be mistaken. The article bears the impress of therm baser feelings of our nature which result from the feuds of the post. Did it only a,.em to hold up in an odious character to the reader, the conduct of. Mr. Adams; it were not so strange. Thtre lurks in the veins of some ! wen a deep-rooted malignity towards , that venue. Me man, which they . are ever witting to display— harmlessly indeed 't 'He has stood many a ativissog i e rb - en t -wrath. vie sideld-44n0 terser tie screen him from those hia weaker enemies. But that malignity is the darker and deeper, when it ii directed aigainkt those who. in this instance, were in no wise identified'with that petitienf who were silent upon it. until called upon to vote whether it etiould' he heard or not. • To correct any misapprehension of that vote is the object of this notice. After remarking thnt the motion of Mr. Botts to lay the whole subject on theuble, carried 100 to 93, and that a motion to reconsider that vote prevailed, 144 to 62, the 4sElentiner proceads— "A motion was then made that the House re. fuse to receive the petition presented by Mr. A. dams to dissolve the Union--;which prevailed by a voter f 164 040., For the eatlsfactiun ofnur readars, we give the namea of the forty members who voted-for the reception ofthe petition. It is but justice. however, to mite that some of them in thus voting declaratl their abhorrence of the prayer of the petition.... • . Vote upon the reeprion of the Petition to . dissolve the Mims.. Irs“—llleinsrs.Adittne. Allen; S. J.Andrews, Arnold. Ayerigg, , Babcock, Barnard. Birdseye, Botts.. Burnell, calhoun, Childs, Chit ten den, J. C. Clark, J. COOPER, Cranston, Cravens, R. D. Cla via, Everett, Fesseaden,lno. G. Floyd, A. L. Fos. ter, Gates, Giddings,, Granger, Halsted, W. S. Hastings, Howard, Jame,, Linn, Maynard, Nor. tow. B. Randall. Saltonstall, Slade, Stratton, Tll - Winthrop, John Yoting.,-.40., nara--166.. - Who does noises that a false cider is given to the vote at these forty members, and that gross injuitiee (however innocently) may be done them? Why give the names of the forty yeas, I and not the 100 nays', Why palliate the vote by stating:-.-nin justice' to seine of them" that in thus'voting they declared their abhorrence of the prayer of the petition—lf there were not others of them who did not other 'that prayerl— The implication is Irresistible ! Then who ere these friends to the prayer of the petitionere ? Are they those lilt would seem who are marked I entity the EditOr for cieresa punishmetifl•-• The justice is hardly even banded that so kindly is extended to some. In a word, the caption of the vote, es connected with the preface, is calcu lated to mislead. That vote had u little to do with the propriety and policy of ite petition, alit bed in ascertain- ing the average depth of snow on the highest peek of the Alpe forth. last century The true issue vras the right ofpetition, (as we remarked ie a former article.) to which every citizen,' of the Utiloolliinks he Is entitled These genet mein. ben base orienting* . heretofore, with others, awash :red by their robs, tteit right: They were not then singled ont for good . or ill ! What in fluenie marked this as the favored limi t • Why not hare spread out in bold letters the names' of the 166 foes to the Union, who are to be found its Congress voting doily against that right, and hy catch vote dusfranshising piece-merd, ,one porriou and 'aiiother of the countryl nate should be known I .The riceiving ars peittion: Is one tbing,--the action on it, either to — approve or disapprove, is another; and toi(k/Ar (Afferent (bang. Had this petition been received, it would havii,ended the mattrir properly, ind most probe lily-Anon. of a sinister character would have Viewed it. A report against it would have made' by_lbst master hand, who is all ionwetent for the task, which for lofty, patriotid tirneut, and en4uring attachnient _to. the "light not bare been, surpassed, and i*Acclaanition situust, would have guns ltri. , , =OE forth to tit. nation art 'aft seintablo sues rightful snout to oven the realises spirits who caused it. Had. inch beim the: COUTSO adopted 'Oh the presentation of those 'vexatious .iabolition yeti. tiona t " teeknically termed, the neordss". which bare troubled the Souse, moat probably would neeer,haee existed. WO live amongst those who would peril all for the perpetuity of tho , Union; yet who we are persuaded will not yield the right of petition, but, to defend it r will join those forty ' , faithful and /rue Representatives in renewing' the pledge of their forefathers in its behalf. Coligkes*. We bait nothing of an interesting nature:from either branch of Congress to lisy before *ar read , era. The House has been engaged in the consid. eration of a preposition to reduce' the contingent expenses of that body, by curtailing the number of clerk• now employed. The contingent aspen• sex of House for clerk bite alone; amount' to the enormous sum of thirty thousand'dollarty per annum: Mr. Cushing, from the Select pommit tee to whom was referred the plan recommended by the Secretary of the- Treasury, reported a hilt fur the establishment of tile ExChequer of the United States. Tt is in substance, a $20,000,000 institution; and dif f ers but little from the secrete ry's plan. Mr. Davis, of• Ky., one of the• Co mmittee, Made a counter report, advocating a No tional Bank, after presenting in detail objections to the proposed Board Of Exchequer. As yet, no action has been had on either report. • The Hon. Sprague dna been elected a United States Senator, from the Stair of Rbode Island, in the room of Mr. Dixon,. do•- ceased. - . 0:1 , Rumor says, - that Mr. Dickey. of Pennsyl vania will be nominated for the; .offiee of first Comptroller of the Treasury, iu the room of Ma jor Barker whose appointment was not confirmed by the United States Senate. Mr. D. is said to be a th , cided Seen man. . • . A joint Committee of Investigation bee been appointed consisting otillesere. Ewing and Pen :amen of the Senate, and SharsWood, Deford arid Lowry, of the House, fur the purpose of inquiring into the (redolent transactions of certain Banks with members of the Legislature end the Execu tive. Look out for breakers ! The $99,000 transaction, : wmtrustovill not rbe overlooked by the Committee. .• Our° BArrir.s.—The resumption bill in Ohio has finally passed through all the Aims Of legialition, and hecatno a kw on the 14th instant. It requires the batiks of the State to resume specie payments on the 4th of March - next, or go into gir. A Resolution ties been introduceti in the Rouse of Representatives of our State, requiring the Committee of Ways and Means to inquire into the expediency of laying a tax on Bachelors over 30 years of age, at the rate .of $2 per annum. There has also been a proposition made to tax marriage licenses. This mode of "raising the wind," although novel, would however, prove a source 'of considerable revenue to the State. FROM 1 1Altit/ABURa. • 1' Correspondence or the Gettysburg Star and Butner • Litantantina, Feb. 14, 1842: Dear - Sir:—Tho committee of. the Sett. ate to whom Was referred the resumption bill or the House; reported the same on Saturday, bat• so- altered that even' the Chairman of the cotnmittee on banks could not recognize his own offspring in its fully developed tinti-resumption bank featuree. The first section hies follows:-- , rße it enacted,, That the Hanks of this commonwealth, frem and , after the passage of this act. shalt . redeem their notes .and deposites tt gold and silver coin, upon demand being made at, their banking Hou- . ses during banking hours, and a refusal to pay, in gold and silver as aforesaid, shall be , deemed and, taken to_ be an•absolute forfei tare of their respective charters. Prat!i• ded, That no bank, under the provisions of this act, shall be compelled to pay out in gold or silver coin a greater sum during the period of ninety days, than five per cent. on the amount of its capital actually paid in." The friends of resumption will at once admit, that the above 19 but a poor apology for bringing about that which they so much desire. Those who have heretofore prn leased (10 much and practiced so little, will of course be satisfied when they are inform ed that the bill is the offspring of a com• mittee composed of a majority of locofecos. I do not believe that there is a Whig here who approves-of it.• The bill has boen made the order of the day for to morrow. The principal business transacted it the House on Saturday, was the passage through committee of the- whole, the hill reported some time since by Mr. Wright: —To sutipend the collection of moneys on Executions and to prinect ,the common welfare of the citizens of this State. " The bill provides that all executions issued upon any judgments for the collection Of money in tho several:courts of this commonwealth shall be suspended for six months from the passes° of this act, but nothing contained , in the bill'shall prevent .a levy from beine made on personal' Cr real estate, • and the lien created shall remain in full force not withstanding the returriof any such writ or write ofexecution. A memorial was presented this mornmas in the House, signed Johii recom mending that the Governor take the benefit of the General. Bankrupt law in behalf n the. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 'The memorial-wae laid on the table. Numer ous petitions were presented from various sections of the State, for a change in the law regulating, tavern licenses, so as 'to refer the - question of liceniing taverns to the qualified Voters ,of the several wards, boroughs and districts, at the spring elec tions ,for constables and , Supervisots: .A Gill similar to the one asked for, it will be, recollected, passed the House' some time' since, so furea relates to the county of Ad a ITP. Mr. M'Cidian submitted a preambla end rosolutions inatruetink the cnimnittett of Way and Meano to inquire hau the expo- =MEE ishing the Board , of brokers, or - requiring them to make their sales in Iteresoltition %rat adopted with , out debate, but upon the adoption of the preambleoChich recitette.nurnber.or ous charges, a very protracted, domussion took :Place, in which hreisrs. M'C.'ahan, W right, Defttrd, Stevenc, Crahb end Bon sail participated. The ;ramble ly adopted, yeas 51, nays 132. Mn Crebb gave notice that he would on to•morrota ask 'leave to bring in a' bill providing' kir the resumption 'of specie payments and for other purposes. The hill to legalize certain procerdinAto in the tourt of Common Pleas of Adams countyoras passed and sent to the Senate for cotimirtenctei Yout's dm. • iis.nntinunc, February 15, 1842. Dear Sir:—ln the House a protracted discussion was had this morning•on chang ing the hour of meeting, from ten to nine o'clock; after - various. modifications and amendments, a resolution was finally adopt ed to meet , at ten o'clock, as heretofore, and. adjourn at one, and meet at half pasl•three in the afiernoon on Tuesdays, • Wednesdays l and, Fridays, after Monday non, until otherwise ordered. , On -o ption of Mr. Lightner, tho House then profeeded to the, second reading and eansideation ,of a series of resolutions , submitted" bY him some time since, on 00 subjPet o ni a protectivffl tariff: Mr. Lightner gave his viewsnt length in support of his f resolutions; when he bad concluded, Mr. Delon!, of as an amendment, various resoltitions on thesarne subject, submitted by him yesterday, strongly, in favor of pro tecting home industry. He, was followed' in opposition by Mr. M'Cahen, who gave his views at .considerable .lengtb. Mr. Deferd replied, in which he took occasion to refiir in no very complimentary terms to j the opposition of Mr. Benton to the en-1 courogement of American manufactures.., Several gentlemen indicating that Ahoy desired to present their reasons for the vote theiiniended to give on this question, and not being at this time, prepared to do so, a motion was made to postpone the further consideration of the subject until Thursday next, which was agreed to, and the House adjourned. In the Senate, Mr. Gibons' bank, or re sumption, or perhaps more correctly, • nail resiunption bill, was taken up on second 'reading and.discussed until the hour of. ad jou'rnment, without a decision upon: the first anCtion . . Gibons immediately Moved to'amerid the first section, so as to require the banks to pay, five per cent. of their 'ca.:pita, stock in , gold and silver,:every sixt y dap, indefiendent of that paid to stockhold ers, until the f i r st ci July., and then to resume the payment of all , their liabilities in geld and silver. 'Mr. Cochran moved to amendthe amendment by striking out the Amendment and inserting the proviso ..a9 arigarally reported, requiring the banks to' pay tiVe per cent. on . their capital paid. in ) in 991 d and silver,,every ninety days. r, - hei3u ttel it•tft pe4cligg.,syben Senat e adjourned was on the amendment to the amendnect. Mr. Gibons defended his amendment at considerable length., Me. fleadly ivas favorable to a resumption about' the first of August'. Messrs. Oar. sie, end Ewing advocated immedi ate resumption. Mr. Penniman confessed himselt to be in'rather a singular predica ment: lie said that either to had deserted the thirty with Which he formerly acted, or thitt the party had deserted.hina, although he heligved he occupied the same ground I he always bad on the subject of resumption;' having always been opposed to bank sus peesiona...He believed that two kinds of currency wr,uld not answer , the purpose, and therefore nothing bat an immediate and genernlreautnption would remove the difficulties under which w ' are labouring • • Your', dec. IFIARIMBUIfOFeb. 17, 1842. Dcar Sir: The. Senate was yesterday and to.day occupied in the consideration on second reading , of the amendment of Mr. Cochran, to the amendment of Mr Gibons to the first section of the bill providing' for the resumption of specie payments by tlip : hanks. It is not probable that the (pies. tion will be had on_ it for some time The Guiernor Gent into the Senate this morning a number of nominations for asso ciate Judgeships, amongst - others that :'of Gen. Thomas C.' Miller to be an associate , judge for Cumberland county. • In the louse, this morning, a bill was reported by Mr, Defard to annul the char ter of Oho I.'hambersburg bank. The . Carlisle bask ha's aleo addressed a letter to the Ciotretner refusing to , loan the State five pie fnt. upon the amount of its capital, agreeably to the act of incorporation. •AIARRIED, On Tuesday morning last, by the Rev. J. C. Watson, Mr. Henry Bripktrlze; of fitrabon tovrnehip, to Miss liannah ,D,emarree. of this borough. DIED, At Washington, Guernsey county, Ohio, on the 9tb inst., of consumption, Mr. Johnk Murphy, jr. (formerly of this place) in' the bist year of Lis NOTICE. THE Sulrlcribers having been appoint. ed assignnes of DANIEL MARCH, Iger, chant - of East Berlin', by Deed of voluntary assignment in trust for Creditors, here by give notice to all persona indebted `‘ to the said March to make Payment without deley;.—those in Adams county at the store in Borlin—those in York county at the stores in Warrington 1. wnship and in Davidsburg—and all persona having claiine against him will make them 'known' to the undersigned residing in Warrington or Washington township', in York tountv:‘ JACOB MARCH, (Werriivinii.Y ANDREW.:—M . OE Vc.BORFF ts+iohipgton towntOliPi• Assignees. *6l- 49 Feb 22, 1940. A DVERTISEMENTO. arrow IrERS.ti.R.r.. TRH' Phrenalsoirtuten Society. or. Penn. avlvania.College will celebrate us eleventh . .Anntveranry in Christ's Church on Tuesday the 22nd_ inat. at 6 &doe* P. M., on Which oceneinn there will be eeveral Ora lions delivered. The e`xerciae will be. accompanied with . -Music by the Amateur baud of Gettysburg. The friend* of literature .' gene ally, ere most respectfully invitkl to ultra J. D. W. .MOORE, J. N. D'ERKET, • P. A. BARNITZ, GEO. PARSONS, %V. ,CORBET, Committee of Arrangement. Feb. P, 1842. s 447,16 NOTICE - •• JAMES CUNNIN having,been GII appointed: hy. the Court of Common Pleas of Adams County, -Cotaiirrrea of GRACE PEY DON, a Lunatic-.-netice 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 there:if without delay. , The subscriber resides . n.reedomtoivrt-, ship. • • J. CUNNINGHAM, Com:twee. • Feb, 15, 11342.,,, • et-47, . . PUBLIC SILLE • I v ILL be_exposed to Public Sale, on v Tueaday the :firit day' efilfareli next, nt theinto residence of SAMUEL BLYTHE, •deceased,: in Carrors Ham:ltonban , township, Adams cuunty,.:all the personal property belOnging to said 'es: fate —consisting :of. ilorses, • . OATS, RYE dc-:CORN4 •' J3v the bush* HAY by the ton; Wheat, bats and Rye straw by. the'lnindle; Bacon and salted Beef by the pound; and farming utensils of every descriptiort., - • ." ALSO-4A variety of • Thittsehold - and _ Kitclihi - FUJI/NIT IT It consisting of one Cooking• Stove, ten plate Stoves, mantle Clock, Bureaus, Beds and Bedding ; Ca9netingi Tables, and Chairs, with a great numher of other articles too numcrons to Mart. 0:7 - Sale to commence at 1 . 0 . o!clpck, A. NI. of said day, when dim attendance and credit wilfbe given by • .• BLYI4IE, W'. ilLYTfigI Adners.. . I • Feb. IS, 184 . 2. • • *ts-47 10114fe_AMt. ILL be sold at rub'tf Sale , on the prernittess'orCHredne4qy . inc( day of liturill'next, -`- -• • , A FAIIM .ilunte in Menalten tewnship, Adams edon ty, lateAhe properly Of Armusw WpAir deceased, bounded by lands of Geo. Hart zell and others, , containing 147'AC5R.745. . . ALSO- 7 -4 8,41.81 a, • Trott of Woodland, Near the above, deseribed property; CO - Sale to cpcninence at P 2 o'clock, M., when the terms will be made known by • THE" HEIRS: -13-47 Feb. 15, 1842. t .Uvx 7Z,lnqe4Coaa -aarniana .a .oao ..ipu ! p 4 oo.3B. ; on pun imseaul onuqn ay! ,Spesonaii eys ens ipm suon;ad luatualuan cuayOunie4 twin ipm cup; isupJe PLtglip ui nq Gang) pun ....—.ty.74unip In; ny; asojaq ao no nuns eqi einas pun' atuoa 4 lunopon n! .. , Ki aiou v . :alma luny Oalqapuii namasunnto mous' . Usurp elnanb.i.i Aiptjiaaden; ton .2tou . ."uf pun qiuntauddup'jo gnomon/I/4; mr ainqiunosip inotitrs! pauSpuapult tun' • • ..f..44 4 0, ... 1 0240 4 4/ 9 ayturi 'A -A. MIR;011,70E INSIVICTOR. To the-Enrolled !embers ofthe2J Brigade, 6th Division of Pennsylvania 41,itilia: • ~ FELLOW C/TIZCIST.--- 11 . OFFER, myself as n Coedit:ate for the - 111 -:Office .nf. • • Brigade Inspecter, At the Election to be held in June tiext, end respectfully solicit your votes. SA NitiF.L S. AI'CREARY. .Gettysburg, 'Feb 1, 1842, te-45 NOTICE. InIFIE subscriber having been 'appointrAl . "by the Court of Common Fleasof Ad ams county Committee of the perien and estate of DANIEL • flcAz; of Huntiniton . township, Adariia county, (duly,found to be an habitual drunkard,) hereby gives notice tuAllperskiii indebted i 4 said Boar to make iromediate' payment or_respective dues to - the ,stifiecritter en'd to - no other pey m s, and all, pereenslitieing Craton' or ,do. m w iinds ins' maid *err to present them to the subscribe; ;inthanticatee for `oty or Were the, 151 A day .Of Mara neiet. .I.llpettiorts are hereby warn ed,.not:(o,trutil eiiid Bet4.' Notice is here by glven to Tntiern Vefrers and all. 0t.,4r persons not 'to itelt or furnish to said Beni any wine, 'fpiritigna4'ot 'mixed - titractra. under' the penalty oi ten' itolinrs for escry sn'elt net,nkreeisbrsi - tO the art Of Altilibly of 18th June.lB3B. Thei - roMmittees re sidesitt more' oirn'shin; • Aileins ei;tinty. JOHN Feb. tt, iA42. Ai) .• tfit< Of a New it/iftletif. On ilia firm or • New ilaglizo;e,- (ro tiki