COURT DOINGS. Court of Quarter Sessions -August Term. CD — We continue our report of the cases tried during the late sitting of our court. In the case of the Commonwealth re. Jacob F. Welsh, Henry Sherman. and Lydia Ann Xenon, the - Jury, on Saturday morning, after retiring a short time, re turned a verdict of patty. The Counsel for the Defendants immediately moved for a new trial, the argument upon which motion was postponed until the November Term of Court. The above case having been disposed ot , on Saturday afternoon the Court took lip the case of Commonwealth vs. Thomas Finegan, indicted for Kidnapping. A friend has favored us With the annexed report of the proceedings therein : Conybonwealth Indictment for kid - vs. napping. The de- Thos. Finnegan fendant, Thos. Fin egan, and four others, ,who were not ta ken, were charged with unlawfully and forcibly taking and conveying away out of the State of liennsylvania,into the State of Virginia, a certain Catharine Paine, a free mulatto woman, and her three children, with the design and intention, on the part of the said defendants, of keeping, and de taining them as slaves. To the indictment the defendant, on being arraigned, pleaded not guilty. The facts.proved were as follows: Sam uel Maddox; sen., a resident of Rappahan mock county, Virginia, by his last will and' testament, devised and bequeathed to his wife, Mary Maddox, the whole of his es tate, with a remainder over to his nephew Samuel Maddox, jr. The clauses of the Will relating to this were in the following words: "Second—l give and bequeath to .my beloved wife Mary Maddox the whole of my Estate, real, personal and mixed, to do and use as she may see proper during her natural life. Third—lf there should be any thing left at the decease of my wife, the said Mary Maddox, then it is my wish and de sire that' the remainder may go to -my nephew, Sarriuel Maddox, jr., son of my brother Bennet MaddOx." And hotly, the Testator appointed Ma ry Maddox his Executrix, with a request that the court should not require security from her for the performance of her duty as such. The Will was made on the 12th day of July 1837, and admitted to probate on the 13th of November 1837. At the time of his decease, Samuel Mad dox, sen. owned a number of slaves, a mongst Whom were Catharine Paine and her three children—the persons whom Finegan was charged in the indictment with taking and conveying away. from Pennsylvania into the State of Virginia.— After the death of her husband, Mary Mad, dox continued to reside in the county of. Rappahanock in possession of the slaves which were bequeathed to her, until May of the year 1813, when she removed to i AdamS county,: Pennsylvania, where she; rented a house and resided with her slaves -until March, 1844. She then returned to Virginia to her former residence. But be-- , fore leaving, namely in January 1844, she executed deeds of manumission to Catha rine Paine, her children, and several other colored persons, whom she had brought with her into Pennsylvania: Catharine Paine and her children re mained 'in Adams county, and lived near Bendersville until the 24th daY of July 1845. Before day on the'morning of the 24th of July, Samuel Maddox jr., Thomas Finnegan, and fourpther persons, entered the house in which / t Catharine Paine and children resided, and forcibly took and car ried them away into Rappahanock county in the State of Virginia, under the claim or pretence that they were slaves of the said Samuel Maddox, Jr.; Thomas Fine gan in the meanwhile actively aiding and abetting. The evidence given on the side of the defendant did not vary in any important respect from that given by , the Common wealth. An attempt was made to prove that Finegan had only acted in the ca pacity of driver of the hack in which the ,woman and her children - were carried a wu. But his participation in the trans action had been much more active than this. He had hunted them up ; was the guide of the party who seized them ; and the first to invade their home and force them from it. A statute of the State of ' Virginia was also given in evidence by the defendant declaring that any legatee to whom any slave had been bequeathed for life or years, removing from the State should forfeit all right in such slave to the remainder-Man. The principle question of law arising in the case was whether Mary Maddox took an absolute estate, or an estate for life only under the Will. .The counsel for the Com monwealth insisted that she took an abso lute estate under the will of her husband, subject only to the payment of debts; that the debts would be presumed to be paid after such a lapse of time; and that by coming to Pennsylvania, and residing here with her slaves, .the latter were made free by our laws, independently of the deeds of manumission executed by Mrs. Maddox. The counsel for the Defend ant contended that MarrVaddox took but a life estate under the wilT; "that by re moving to Pennsylvania she forfeited that estate; that consequently the deeds or man umission were void, and the act of Assem bly without - operation. The cause was conducted on the part of the Commonwealth by Hon. JAMES COOP ER, and Nom DANIEL DURKEE ; on the part of the Defendant by Hon. JOHN REED and THOMAS McKim, Esq., of Cumber land, Md. ARGUMENT Mr. COOPER addressed the Court and Jury in behalf of the prosecution, and for bet ter than an hour enchained the attention of the crowd that thronged the court room in an ahle and eloquent support of the cause of the commonwealth: - give a condensed sketch of thegencral scope . of argument, without pretending to give either the lan guage or the full , sentiment oldie siva:ker. Mr. V. t'ommenecd by alluding ta ; ;, The institution of slavery ; its recognition hy the constitution of the U. States, the em barrassments which had arisen from the fact that human beings were regarded as property, whilst all the impulses of their hearts were human, urging then to assert the common right of Man to liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Human beings might be dgraded—the image of the crea tor grow faint in body and soul ; but the desire to be free, to live for themselves, could never be banished froM their hearts. Hence flowed the every-day . attempts of slaves to escape from bondage.; and, fore seeing this, the slave interest in the conven tion which framed the constitution, insert ed in it the article which authorized the re clamation of "fugitives from labor," es caping into the free States. 'l' his provi sion of the constitution courts, juries and citizens are bound to respect, though the bond in letter and spirit was more cruel than thatofShylock. But while obedience to the constitution would be yielded, and fugitive slaves ,be delivered up, every ag gression on the liberties of freemen would be resisted and punished. This much we owed to ourselves—to the memory of the noble men who put upon our statute book, to stand there its chicfest glory, the acts of 1780 and 1788. Fresh front the fiery fur- nace of the Revolution, the fierce struggles and protracted toils that won to themselves ; redemption from civil aqd religious bon dage—their hearts swelling with gratitude to Dim who had vouchsafed triumph to , their arms and freedom to themselves—it was their desire that the same blessings which they had thus secured might be ex tended to the whole brotherhood of man. It is to such men and such circumstances that our Statute Book is indebted for this good, this wise, this glorious law: Shall it not be administered with the sacredness that its origin, its benevolence, and its jus tice demand at our hands? [Mr. CoorEn here alluded to a decision of Judge FIELD, of Virginia, in a trial-grow ing out of this same transaction; as to the ; unconstitutionality of the law enacted by , Pennsylvania in 1788, and was proceed- I ing to combat the decision of Judge F. by citing the authority of sundry decisions of the Supreme Court of the U. States given by Judges Marshall and Washington, when the Counsel - for the defendant remarked' that the constitutionality of the law was admitted and would not be disputed.] _ - Now, Mary Maddox, continued Mr. C. came into Adams county, in this State to -reside, and did live here fer the space of more than a year. The' question then a rises—and it is the question whose deci sion is to emilrOl-the issue of this cause— the, question. arises: -Did Mrs. Maddox become owner - of - this woman - andher rhil- - dren by- virtue of the will of her late hus band, Samuel Maddox ? If so—if she did acquire ownership under the will, and sub sequently remove, with the slaves into our State, then there can be no question as to the freedom of the colored people at the time - they were violently and rudely torn from their home—there can be no doubt as to the guilt of the prisoner at the bar. - Mr.;Cooreit then addressed himself to the court, and went into, an able and lengthy argument, to prove that under the will of her husband; Mrs. Maddox acquired an abso lute property in the slaves, and i t was her privilege and right to do with them and dis pose,of them and the property thus be queathed to her, as she saw fit, subject to the single provision that in case, after hav ingso used and disposed of the property, if at her decease anything should be left, then the remainder was to go -to her ne phew, Samuel Maddox jr. It was contend ed that this was a plain, legitimate, and ne cessary deduction from the language in which the bequest was made. The words used were clearly defined, free from all am biguity, and any other interpretation would do violence to all rules of interpretation.JL It was the plainest will ever presented to a Court, to pass upon its construction; and he only wondered that any difficulty should ever have arisen in regard to it. There could be no doubt about it. Mrs. Maddox did acquire an absolute title to this proper ty, and with it to these slaves-.---a title full and ample for all purposes whatsoever— to sell, manumit, hire, or remove—and hav ing removed with them to this State the moment they placed foot upon our soil, the shackles fell from their limbs, and under the operation of this great and glorious law which swept slavery from our borders, these poor victims of a miserable Institu tion emerged from slavish degradation and stood forth erect—free—freemen and free women as long as life should last! Mr. C. then argued that even if Mrs. Maddox took but alife estate, still by virtue of the statute of 1780, the slaves became 'free the instant they reached the soil of Pennsylvania ; and enforced his position by the examination of the bearing of our statute in such case. Mr. C. also alluded to the decision of the Superior court of Virginia, for theßap pahanock district, Judge . Field presiding, in which the'question as to the freedom of these same slaves came up upon their own petition. Although a case adjudicated in ° l, a Virginia court . was not authority here, -excepting so 'fir as its peculiarity might give it importance, still it might not be im proper to refer to it as having been made by a tribunal in a State - where the Slave Institution is recognted and tolerated, and where the prejudices, if any existed, might I be presumed to be against the petitioners. President Judge Fields decides that Mrs. Maddox took an absolute estate, and could ; dispose of the slaves as she thought prop- ' er ; but that as there was no Administra tor with the will annexed to assent, Mrs. M. had but an equitable title, and that suing in a court of Law the application of the petitioners must be dismissed and turned over, for remedy to a court of equity. The Court said to Samuel Maddox that his re sistance to their freedom had prevailed merely on a technicality of-the law, winch , ; could not avail him one moment in a cour11; of Equity. Whereupon Mr. Maddox rose in open court, and renounced all title to the Naves. I • After briefly reviewin7 the argument upon the %yin, Mr.. Cooper again addressed himself to the Jury, remarking that the derision of Ow question whir 6 he had been arguing to the court must necessari ly control the issue of the cause now he hire them. Thomas Finegan came here and participated in taking and carrying a way this woman and her children—these facts hail been proven, and no attempt had been made to meet them. Ile had no doubt the sympathies of the Jury would be ap pealed to on account of the severity of he punishment attached to the offence with which the prisoner stood charged. For himself he had no malice to gratify. Ile was there in discharge of a sacred duty to the Commonwealth and to the cause of i.humanity:everywhere. Would it be call ed cruel to consign the prisoner to confine ment within the walls of our penitentiary? Far more cruel was it forcibly to seize and carry away this woman and her children, while enjoying her rightful freedom, not to prison, where, at least, the person might be secure from violence, but into slavery, there to give their services and the produce of their industry to sty t r rs—into a mis erable, wretched, ho ondage. not to end until God in Ii is y should relict', them, by•taliing them to ihnself. it was cruel—exceedingly cruel. But he did not wish to call forth the sympathies of the Jury or to prejudice their minds. The facts were admitted, and under thz deci sion of the court, their verdict would lie rendered. In regard to that decision he entertained no doubt ; and he trusted the result would be such as to commend it to every good citizen. If Mrs. Maddox had not such -a right to these negroes as under the circum stances to entitle them to their freedom— if they were under the meaning of the consti union of the U.S. 'fugitives,' then the broad wing of the constitution, much as it might be regretted, stretched over them to reclaim them into slavery. Would to God the con stitution had made not one man to bear upon his limbs the shackles of servitude—that it I had extended to all civil and religious free dom—thus operating beneficially and glori ously to the Sllttli as it has operated belie ficially and gloriously to the North. But I search the statute, and see if you 'can find whereon to hang a doubt as to the freedom of these persons. Among all the laws of our ancestors, of those who fought the battles of the Revolution—there is no more humane, no more glorious law than that which strikes the manacles of the slave from his limbs as soon as he is brought upon our soil. It went as far as the constitu tion would permits—as far as the relation of master and slave would allow it,to go.— It would stretch its broad xgis over all, Whether free or eFaimed by a master. It was the offspring of an enlarged humanity. They had been slaves themselves—to a foreign monarch, and they, intended to stretch out their arms Os far as the consti tution did not prohibit from reaching— ihat the legacy of liberty should extend as far as the articles of confederation -,sticuld admit. Look at it under this aspect-611d how clear. They came under the operj don of our law which had power to oiont them into freemen. And by the grace of God, I hope that this verdict may have the influence to deter men from attempting, upon our soil, to degrade the image of God into a hopeless bondage. Mr. REED followed Mr. Cooper on the part of the defence, and spoke for about one hour, addressing himself mainly to the Court in an an able and ingenious argu ment upon the construction of the Will of Samuel Maddox, sen. He was sure that there was no set of men who would be more willing to have the prisoner at the bar set at liberty, if proved not guilty, than those who were concerned in carrying on the prosecution. For this reason he came More cheerfully to the dischirge of his du ty. There were no material-facts upon which counsel differed—and he thought they did not differ much as to the law ex - eept in one particular. The counsel for the defendant would maintain that Mrs. Maddox took but a life estate in these ne groes, and that having taken but a life es- . tate, whenever she came into Pennsylva nia—the moment she left the soil of Vir ginia—she ceased to have any property in them; they became the property, the slaves of Samuel Maddox, jr., and the prisoner at the bar, granting that he did as- , sist l in their capture, was guilty of no of fence against the laws of the country. Mr. Reed proceeded to argue these points at length. If Mrs. Maddox had but a life es tate in the slaves it was divested by virtue of the Statute of Virginia, (see Revised Code, p. 321,) which provides that, if any person having an estate,for life or years in in a slave shall remove out of the State with the intention to reside, all interest and right to die property shall be forfeited in favor of the remainder-man. The mo . ment that Mrs. M. crossed the ideal line ; between the States of Virginia and Mary land, before she ever reached our soil, her title to the slaves was forfeited, and when she brought thorn into our State she ,brought them- as the slaves of Samuel Maddox jr. And inasmuch as our act declared the freedom of the slave only in case of their being brought here by the "wrier,"—not by a stranger or any one without authority—it was insisted that the slaves in question were not reached by the act, and, of course, their captor() was no infraction of our laws. The question then recurred, and Mr. R. regarded it I as the. main question in issue—did Mrs Maddox take an absolute estate, or only a life es tate, under the Will ? If an absolute es tate, he admitted tl(at the shackles fell from the limbs of the slaveS, and they be came free, as soon as they reached our soil ; but if not, the prisoner at the bar had corn united no offence, was guilty of no crime, and must be acqUitted. Mr. R. then-took up the Will, and ar gued that a fair and legitimate interpretation of it would - Clearly establish the proposi tion that nothing more than a life estate passed to Mrs. Maddox. The argunient of the counsel who had preceeded him was reviewed, and the deduction made and earnestly* insisted upon that Samuel Mad dox, sen. could not have intended to con vey to his widow an absolute estate. The decision of the IT. S. Suprepe Court, 6 Peters' I]. S. Reports, p. 67-79, and the case of Bradly, vs. Westcott, la Vesey. p. 115, were ritvd:is authorities to sustain this tosition. MI. R. mrarded these authori ties as conclusive and covering the whole ground in issue. Mr. Reed, in conclusion, briefly addressed himself tip the Jury, re tnarkintr that if the NV ill gave Mrs. Maddox an absolute property in the slaves, by be ing brought into our State they became free, and he had no argument to make. It was the duty of the prisoner to look out before lie seized on the persons of freemen. But if he was right, and he thought he could not be mistaken as to the interpretation of the Will, the Jury, under the instructions of the Court as to the law, would render a verdict of not guilty. [lt being alter 8 e'eloclt, r. M., when Mr. Reed concluded, the Court adjourned until Monday horning.], MONnAr, AuG. 21. 1546 Mr. MeK Alf: resumed the argument on the part of , the defence, and spoke for bet ter than two hours. He said that it was witlt unfeigned diffidence •that he appeared before the Court in the discharge of a res ponsible duty. He appeared as a stran ger before the jury, and had (cared that prejudices against the system of Slavery might operate to the arjury , of his client. Such, at least were his apprehensions, from information which he had received before leaving home; although he wis pleased to say that his intercourse with our citizens since has arrival, and the courteous argu ment-of - the - able counsel who conducted the cause of the Commonwealth, assured him that his client would receive justice at the hands of the Court. Yet bias influences our judgement and our feelhyrs, frequently unknown to us. Born and brought up in a non-slaveholding State, lie himself had felt the influence of this prejudice. Adams county was the scene alas youthful days, and was endeared to lain as his early home. llts parents had made it their home, and around these scenes clustered maay of their fondest associations. Ills mother had often spoken of thera . ; and with war mest enthusiasm does his aged father recur to other days spent among our citi zens. The spirit of adventure took hint to Ohio, whose soil had been uncursed by the institution of Slavery, and upon whose free soil. he had imbibed his principles.— Soon as he had received his -baccalaureate degree at Washington College, one of the many Institutions which reflect glory on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, he went thence to Maryland. Now he re turned to the scenes of his early boyhood —and he came on an erranifrif mercy.— He came to restore this man to society— to his bereaved family and disconsolate wife. His duty was a painful one ; it pressed sorely upon him lest lie should make a defence less strong than should be made in view of the reponsibility of his position. Before he proceeded to the ar gument of the case, he desired to say a word in reference to that portion of the community which had brought this prose cution. He was intimately acquainted with the principles of the Society of Friends, and knewthat if the prisoner was not found guilty of the felony charged upon him, no men would more rejoice in his freedom.— He knew their simple-heartedness, their freedom from guile, their sense of honesty, truth, and justice. If he should in the progress of the cause, say any tlfing to of fend, he took occasion in advance to assure them of the sentiments he entertained to wards them. Mr. McKaig here alluded to the decision of the Supreme Court of the U. States, in the case of the Coin. of Pennsyjvania vs. Prig et al., affirming the right of the master to pursue and capture a fugitive slave wherever found, and under the authority Of which the slaves bequeathed by Samuel Maddox to his widow had been captured by the defendants named in the indictment. Now whether slavery was a bad system or not was not the question here in issue; if to vindicate it were the task assigned to him, they would not find him there. ,It was the curse of Southern Institutions, and he could join cordially in the prayer of his eloquent friend (Mr. Cooper) that it might be banished from our borders. He feared that it would not only prove a curse to Maryland, and Virginia, and the. South, but to Pennsylvania and the whole Union. He himself was the owner of five slaves ; and if any practicable and philanthropic movement. could be devised for the eman cipation and elevation of the colored pop ulation, he would heartily embrace it, and Maryland with him. He denied the asser tion so often made, that the efforts of per sons styled abolitionists have drawn tight er the fetters of the slave and increased their burdens. It had lightened them. It was only by combinations of public sen timent that great reforms are to be brought about. And although these efforke may not have produced the anticipated result, they have done much to ameliorate the condition of the slave. Throughout Mary land an anti-slavery feeling, strong and de cided, has developed itself, - and he believed that in his own neighborhood, there were as'many abolitionists as in Adams county. But this decision of the Supreme Court on ' ly affirmed a right guarantied to the slave holder, and it is our duty to submit to and recognize it. The great question then'a rose, did this grant of right cover the pre. sent case—did the slaves captured belong to Samuel Maddox, jr,—did Mrs. Maddox acquire an absolute, or only a life estate in the slaves, undo• the will of her husband? Upon this question he designed addressing the Court. , • Mr. McKaig then went into an elaborate argnment in support of the positions as sumed by his colleague, Judge Reed, main taining, from •the language of the will, and the peculiar circumstances under which it Was made, that it was the /intention of the husband to limit the bequest to the widow to a life estate. This interpretation' was sustained the decisions to he found in ! the Books ; and the cases cited by .fu d ge' Reed were pronounced conclusive. Th e decision of Judge Field, referred to by the rounsel for the ( 'men - mime:oh. was affirm ed to be erroneous and in the face of all hiw and justice. flaying discussed the authorities which ' were supposed to have a bearing upon the ease, McKaig :wain addresed him self to the Jury. The fate of Thomas Finegan rested upon a legal technicality. Ile had'seen property depending upon a. technicality ; but never had he seen the liberty of the subject—the 'penalty of soh ! tary confinement in the penitentiary, hang ing thus poised. The Jury were not to believe the rumors that were afloat in regard to the prisoner—they might be true or not. No malice aforethought, as in murder, had been proved ; the most that could be charged upon him was that he had offend ed unknowingly—deceived as to the right of property in the slaves. Did the priso- , ner come into 'your midst with an inten tion to violate the hiw ? There was no evidence of this ; lie had not. Malice— intention to commit crime—at least, was wanting. tinder all the eircumstances he was willing to commit the cause in full confidence to the Jury. Ile felt sure, that under the charge of the Court, the verdict would lie an acquittal of Thomas Finegan. The prisoner was entitled to the benefit of any doubt ; and he could not believe that upon a technicality such as presented it self in this case—that, under the evidence before them, the Court would cut oil' this man from all intercourse with his fellow men—froin his children, and from the wife, who sits inconsolable at the cottage door, anxiously awaiting the tidings that may be wafted to her desolate home, and seeks ki learn of every passer-by the fate of the man she loves. Mn. DURKEE. as Counsel for the Common wc.Ndth, concluded the argument in a masterly and eloquent review of the facts and the law that had been discussed by those who had preceded him. After referring to the marked ability and eloquence with which his colleague (Mr. Cooper) had sup ported the cause of the Cominonwealth, he allu ded to the mignitude of the interests involved in the issue of the trial now pending. It concerned the freedom or slavery of four human beings— members, like ourselves, of the human family— made in the image of God. In view of this it might be supposed that he would address himself rather to the feelimis than to the understandings of the jury, Not so, however ; was his intention. It was important that the questions involved should be discussed in the calmest manner. Yet it might not be improper to contemplate the cir cumstances under which the great alai benevo lent Act of 17511 was placed upon our Statute Books—in reference to which his colleague had pronounced so beautiful and just a eologiurn—and because of the infraction of which Thomas Fine gan now stands arraigned before this bar. Among those who assisted in giving this crowniiig ;;logy to our laws. were some who came front the battle fields of the Revolution, fresh flora scenes of car nage ; sonic who had just wrought out the liber ties of their country. The epoch was the most glorious one in the history of the world, save only the advent of our blessed Redeerrier, JESUS CnnisT. The good, the wise, the noble of the land' were there—the grey haired sire who had bared his bo som to the tierce storms of the Revolutionary struggle, and the youthful patriot whose bosom hail caught up the flame of liberty from the same altar with his hoary compatriot. They met for the public good ; not to accomplish private ends.— Mercenary views had no part in the motives that drew them together. They set themseltes about the accomplishment of their great object with de signs most high and holy—to work out for others what had been denied to . theniselves. Let us lis ten, then, to their voice as it comes up, as it were, from their tombs so sacredly revered. (Tile sin gularly beautiful and eloquent Preamble to the Act of 1780, abolishing Slavery in the State of Pennsylvania, was here read, which the press up on our columns compels us to omit, this week.] How noble, and just, and holy the aspirations of these noble men as they come to scatter around them the priceless treasures they themselves had wrung from the grasp of a foreign despot, by the passage of a law that can never be too highly ad mired or too sacredly enforced. They were fresh from the bloody fields on which their own liber ties had been achieved; devout thankfulness to Heaven for deliverance from bondage filled their hearts, and gave impulse to their actions. Men of every complexion were the objects of their care. Slavery, in their estimation, was a curse which it was their duty to remove as far as they hail the power. The Constitution had not yet been adopt ed ; but as far as they could go under the old fed eral compact they did go. They intended their Acts should reach to every case not prohibited by the Articles of Confederation. And their Acts now reach to every case not prohibited by the present Constitution. , They embraced the slaves brought here by Mary Maddox, and made them free men and free women. They came here not as fugitives but as the slates of Mary Maddox, in her posses sion, owing her service. She brought them here to reside, and resided with them. This made them free; and being free, the act of Thomas Finegan, in seizing and conveying them away, became a crime. • If Mr. D. could not convince the Court that the prisoner ought to be convicted, he asked the Court to acquit him. No innocent man should ever bd convicted of felony through his instrumentality unless he erred in judgment. In regard to the facts'in this case there could be no doubt ; there had been no contradiction. An attempt had been made to screen the prisoner because he was not a prime mover in the felony charged. This-4011W matter nig, even if so. But the facts 'prb4•e him to have been a prominent agent; he came to the house with the others; stood sentinel at the door with a club; assisted in hurryins; off the "victims at an unseasonable hour, and then drove the vehi cle that conveyed them from their homes, for the purpose, as avowed in his own confession to one of the witnesses, of detaining them as slaves in Virginia. Now it these facts be so, hi: conviction must be a matter beyond all peradventure. Mr. Durkee then reviewed the points of law that had been raised as to the interpretation'of the will of Samuel Maddox sea.; and said that he should not consume much of the time of the court in proving what he regarded a perfectly clear proposition, that the Estate of Mary Maddox, un der the will of her husband, was an absolute Es tato. There could be no question as to it. There was no need of learned - argument to , prove what the language of the will mad 6 so plain. It was impossible to mistake the intention of the testator. lie gave her all, "to do with and use as she might see proper." The words "during her natural liMited but the time within which she might dis- pose of the estate, not the manner in which she might use or enjoy. It %vas hers absolutely, at .her control and disposal in every respect, except that she could make no disposition of it by will. This was the only limitation. During life sho could hire, she could sell, or emancipate the slaves. She humanely brought them into this State, where they breathed the atmosphere of freedom ; she came - with them, as a mother,te minister to their comfort and wants ; end, with a generosity that c liallenged the admiration of the world, manumit ted them. .11 1 0 C t v.f , 4 e,itril by tlie counsel for the dui - rho! Pxat i net! . i:erhircil to de entire ly inapplicable to the points in issue. :the rono rel_wlio hail 'pit ci - aled him had drawn a fanciful picture of the ilisties4 , ll ciintinad and desolated fireside, which NNIIs the prisoner in th e vertlnl 01 the .luny. lie too m 1111111111,1% picture of wrong. ininstiee. and tliktrics—but !wither could iiithual• c the jury in the discharge of their duty. What was the 55111 tof the testator . 1 hat was the true issue—ilie polar star that was to guide them .through the di , ciii,sion of this cause. Kith his roileagoe, he had endeavored to show what that will was; and lie snholit tell tile rase to the (burl and with a hint per;oasion that Ow issue would be in eon:.1;1.11;re t‘itil the delnauds of and light. DI rT.—I Homo ,J 41,1;:e InciNr, cli•w•cd • the Jury that Mary nal:lox took an ala,olute tale ender the will of her 110:46:111114 411111 that ii the Fact or taking and carrying away the regrccs had het n proved, the delend. nt w tsguilty. ‘1 he:l,- er they had hewn proved or not lie submitted to the jury. The Jury tetiohl, and allot :cute, returned atenliet of GUILTY. elm the 'cotillion of the retiii ut a njotion was made by tielendant's counsel for a new Is in(—the aignment 11)0n which motion ma,: postponed until November Term. WHIG COUNTY CONVENTION. A Convention of Whig Delegates from the dilThrent Townships and Boroughs. of Adams County, assembled in the Court house in Gettysburg at 11 o'clock, on Monday, Aug. 241 h, 1846, fur the purpose of settling a COUNTY . TICKET to be supported byllill!t tlt A jlte coining- election. The Convention was organized by the appointment of 11EN R SPALDING, of Germany township, as President„; and- 11. J. SCHREINER, of the lloniugh, and AN nnEw MARSIIAI.r., jr. of Hamiltyban, zi!; . Secretaries. The following delegates appeared and presented their credentials, to wit : Borough of Gettysburg—Daniel M. Stnyser, 11 J. Schreiner. Comberland—.Tohn lhmter, Cornelius Lott 'Mount Joy—Joseph - Fink, sen., J. D. Newman Germany—lleni'y Spahlin/j, Joseph Fink, jr. Berwicl:Borough—Asaph Abbey, F. W. Koch ler. Berwick Township—Peter Die'd. Abdicl Gitt. Reading—Jacob Aulabaugb, COrnelins Myers. Hamilton—George 11. Binder, John 11. :luta Laugh. • Straban—Jacob King, James L. Neely Iluntington—Wm. W. Haulersly, - Benjamin F. Gardner. Tyrone—Samuel Sadler, Andrew Stouffer .illenallen—Frederiek 11'olt, Eli Cover. Franklin—John Walter \Vin. Paxton Lmnban.—A. W.ly, AMlrew 'lar•' jr. Liberty—Earnabas Reiley. Parnalms BighOrn. Freedom—James M'Cleary, James NVlnte. On motion the Convention adjournoil until one o'clock, L.. m. ONE CYCLocK, P. The Convention met according to ad journment, and proceeded to nominate per- sons for the different offices. The follow ing Ticket was then settled, and recoil:, mended to the Whigs of Adams County for their unanimous support at the ensuing election Canal Commissioner—hs. M. POWER. Assembly—JAMES Coortill, CM/MiniOiler—ANDßEw lll:ixTzLintAx. .auditor—Join C. ELLIS. Director of the Poor—Jons HoecK. - . The following persons were appointe,l Conferees to meet the Conferees from York county, to nominate a candidate for Congress, to wit :—Asityll Arna:v, Wm, HAMERSLY, SPALDEs;II. On motion it was Resolved, That the Ticket just settled, receive the unanimous support of this Con vention, and that we individually pledge • ourselves to its success. The following resolutions were offered by Wm. W. Hamersly, and unanimously adopted Resolved, That the repeal of the Tariff of L 1842, and the substitution in its stead, of the act of 1846, is the substitution of Free-trade in lieu of Protection, of foreign labor in the place of home industry and of a home market, placing our industrial in terests- tAe mercy of foreigners, and sacri ficing American to British policy. Resolved, That the agricultural interest . has, if possible, a deeper,stake in the pro tection of American Industry, than any ! other, being dependent thereon, for a home market for their products—in comparison with which the entire amount of the for eign market for our bread stuln, is insigni cant and trilling. Resolved, That the Free-trade British anti-tariff act of 1846 ought to be repealed at the earliest possible moment, and the act of 1842, so protective and beneficent in, its provisions, restored. Resolved,' That the election of a Canal .Commissioner in favor of a wise disposi." , Lion and economical administration of the public works or Pennsylvania, is of - great importance to the 'Tax-payers of Pennsyl vrnia; and that in JAMES M. POWER we have a candidate committed in support of both measures, and whose talents, in tegrity and, familiar acquaintance with the Internal Improvement system of Pennsyl vania, quality hint eminently for the dis charge of the duties of that station. . gsolved, .That we pledge ottrselve.s to ! use every lionorablo exertion to give to JAMES M. POWER such a majority as his ! great worth entitle hint to receive; and that we recommend to every citizen of Pennsylvania, who desires to ,sce. the pub, lic burthens alleviated, a proper and be coming exertion to secure his election. • Resolved, That wo deem it useless to, give any expression of the preference of the people of this county, as to the next Whig candidate for Governer of Pennsyl vania, as there exists but one sentiment on . the subject : but we take ()evasion to ex.: press the gratification with which we have seen the enthusiasts with which the name of our fellow-citizen, -JAMES COOPER, in connection- with that office, has been greeted and responded to, in every part of the Commonwealth. On motion, the present County Com, mince was continued for the ensuing year, with the substitution of Wm. Gardner in the•room of A. Beintzleman. The Convention then adjourned. 9rl=l THE S , TA\it, & ki_:#.1.04,E.:. GETTIrSDURG: Friday Evening, Aug. 2S, IS 16. FOR THE REPEAL OF THE BRITISH TARIFF or )46 Whig, Reform Candidate for Canal Commissioner JAMES N. POWER. ASSEMBLY, James Cooper. COM MISSION ER, Andrew Illehnzleman. AUDITOR, John C. Ellis. DIRECTOR OFTHE POOll, John HouclC. Apprvntice IlVanted. An active, intelligent, industrious lad, desirous of learning the Printing Business, can obtain a sit uation in this office, by making early application. Circulate the Documents. arm 'l'Le "Star and Banner" will be fur nished to subscribers for three months at FIFTY CENTS tri ADVANCE. We make this proposition for the benefit of those who may desire a paper until after the election. Will our friends do us the fa vor of mentioning this proposition to their neighbors ? Our Ticket. In a preceding column will be found the pro ceedings of the Whig County Convention, which assembled in this place on Monday _last to nomi nate a Ticket to be supported by the Whigs of Ad ams. Entire-harmony of feeling characterized the proceedings of the Convention, and we are sure that the Ticket presented, will command the warm support of every good Whig in the County. The men were all good and true, and can be relied on. The nomination of Mr. COOPEIt, as our repre sentative in the State Legislature, will be hailed with pleasure, and twill not fail to draw out a strong support. We are gratified in being able to assure his friends at home and abroad that Mr. C. has yielded to the, wi dies of the Convention, and will return to the Legislature to do his part in legis lating for the good of the CoMmonwealth. The nominations for Commissioner ; Director, and ,Au. ditor, will also be received with approbation throughout the county. We trust our political friends will now go to work. We have a ticket, and a good ticket. It will, of course, be elected; the only question is, how large a majority can we give ? A member of Congress for the district is to be elected, and a Canal commissioner for the State. It is important then that we ,develope our whole strength, and give such a majority as shall render certain the triumph of the one, and se• cure the success of the other. Fitlegaii"s Trll'l. We have surrendered a good portion of to-days paper to a report of this man's trial, and we feel assured from the unusual interest attached to the ere, that we need make no apology to our reader's for doing so. The cause, as stated in the report, was conducted on the part of the Commonwealth, by Hon, JAMES Comm, and lion. Dam vr, Dun- KEE j and on the part of the defendant by Hon. deux REEn and TIIONAS INIcK.Ato, Esq. The or piment of Counsel on both sides were able and eloquent, and the trial throughout one,of - great in terest. The arguments of Messrs. Coomm and DuntrEE especially, we may be permitted to say, were worthy of the high reputation of those gen tlemen as sound lawyers and eloquent advocates— worthy of the magnitude of the questions involv ad in the trial. The constitution of the UiStates; the laws of Pennsylvania; Liberty and Slavery were the topics brought into the discussion— which thus became one of absorbing interest, as well on account of its intrinsic importance and the result immediately to be produced, as from the reputation of the counsel concerned, for elo quence and learning. The defence, as well as the prosecution, was ably conducted, and the bearing. of counsel towards each other characterized by great courtesy and kindness. The issue of the trial may prove a salutary lesson . to those who, would ,heedlessly trample upon the laws of the laud, and seek to drag down freemen into sla vish degredation. Pennsylvania College. - The Annual Catalogue of the officers and Stu dents of this Institution has been laid upon our table. The number of Students connected with the Institution during the past year was 193—ex ceeding that of any previous year during its exis tence. Seniors 16, Juniors 19, Sophomores 20, Freshmen 19, Partial Course 11, Preparatory 108. 'rom an announcement in a subsequent column, it will be seen that the Annual Commencement 7,611 take place on the 17th of September next.- 01 the allernoon of the 16th an address will be delivered before the Literary Sinieties by Rev. Dr. CHEEVER ,of N. York ; and on the evening of the same day, Rev. J. L. Suocic, of Reading, Pa., will address the Alumni of the College. Mr. Mov•rnoxsnr, of the Lancaster Union, has cold out to R.-W. ALnpnr:•roN, of . the Tribune, and hereafter the "Union and Tribune will be conducted by the latter. Montgomery was a spir ited editor, and we part from him with regret.- Middleton, however, will prove himself a worthy buccesbor; 117 - The rumor in regard to the suspension of the Lewistown Bank bas been contradicted by the ,officers of that IMAitution. aD - The shock of ar, Earthquake was fy tat 130 4 , 11 - oil Tuesday marnitig. Mexico—Santa Anna. Advicek,from Havana of the 9th instant, men tion the arrival at that place of a special messen ger from Vera Cruz. in the steam packet, with let ters to Santa Anna, informing him that the citi zens and militai y of Vera Cruz had declared for him.• Santa Anna, Almonte and Rejon immedi ately took passage in the British steamship Arab, and proceeded privately to Vera Cruz. If this be the cases-the intentions of the revolutionists are no donbt sufficiently matured to be able to make a stand in his favor, with what final succes time must dyvelope, The movement is one which will be watched with interest in all its stages. The news brought from Mexico shows that considerable exertions were being made to resist the advance of the U. States Army. All the troops that were in Chihuahua and Zacatecas have been sent to reinforce the troops under Gen. Armijo, at Santa Fe. President Paredes has also granted letters of Marque to act against the commerce of the U. States. The Army'. The news from the Army is of but little impor lance. Gen. Taylor had reached Camargo, and the army was gradually moving up the river.— Several advanced parties had already moved on towards Montcry, where the enemy was said to he in some force. We may soon look for some intinesting intelligence. A difficulty occurred in the volunteer camp between one of the 'Balti more "b-hoys - and an officer of the Ohio vol unteers which came near producing serious con quences. The friends of each party welt' Tal lying, when fortunately a superior officer arrived on the ground, and quashed matters. Capt. Walk er, of the Texan Rangers, was lying dangerously ill at Matamoras. The health of the army was good, but the sickness among the volunteers was Increasing. ir)---A letter to the Baltimore Argus, from an officer of the army at Camargo, apprehends that Mexico will give this country more trouble in the prosecution of the war than is generally appre hended. He thinks that the resources of Mex ico are much underrated, and affirms that Paredes will•shortly have under him an army of 25,000 The Kentucky Triumph. The Lexington Observer states that the full re turns of the recent election for members of the Legislature have been received at the office of the Secretary of State, and that parties in the next Legislature are divided as follows:—In the Senate the Whigs have 26 members and the Locos 12; in theifouse of Representatives, the Whigs nave 6.1 and tlio Locos 3ti member—giving the l 6 hilts a MP' jmity on joint ballot offorty-two !—Last year the Whigs had a majority of thirty-two on joint bal lot. The Fraud to be continued. A Washington letter to the Patriot says :—"There is reason to believe that an attempt is making to perpetrate another great fraud upon the people of Pennsylvania. I understand that. a grand, systematic, and well-studied effort is to be made to cheat, deceive and humbug once more the Pennsylvanians on the subject of the Tuff They are to be made to believe that the new British Tar a Act is to be amended and' altered at the next' session of Congress, if found to be oppressive up on Pennsylvania interests, and framed anew, with the design of fostering and protecting those inter ests. Caution to Quacks. [l:lThe Reading Journal says that a verdict of $5OO was recovered in the Court of Common Pleas of Berks county, last week, against a physician re siding in Kutztown, for unskilful and negligent tieatment of a fractured arm. The verdict is re garded as a righteous one. It will serve as a war ning `lo regular physicians and a terror to quacks, all over the country. "The 13;11isk TarilL" The following article (says the Baltimore Pa triot) is from the pen of an old democrat, who aided in the election of ;Gen. .I.teKsoN, and sup ported the election of:Mr:, FOLK; but his democ racy does not make him the enemy of the labor ers of his country and the advocate of the laborers of foreign countries, as it does a large portion of "the party." Mr. EDITOR : The "Argus" Of Tues day last has copied an article from the "N. Haven Register," giving a list of several articles of the new . British Tariff cony pared with the law of 1842, which are_er roneous in many particulars. The article says that hats, far, pay tin der the new law 50 per cent., and under the present law 32. 'file fact is i tinder the present law,far hats are at 50 per cent., and the new at 30 pel• cent.. Also the ar ticle says that boots and bootees, under the new law, pay 30 per cent., and under thO present law 31. The fact is boots and bootees, under the present law, pay a spe cific rluly of 125 cents per pair; and shoes and pumps a duty of 30 cents per pair. The friends of the new British Tariff Law arc making many erroneous state ments to deceive the people. Silk hats, under the present law, pay 100 cents each, specific duty, and under the new British law 25 per cent. ad valo rem, which is not 25 cents each. )Vool hats, tinder the present law, pay 18 cents each specific duty, and under the new British law pay 30 per cent. ad valo rem, which is not 10 cents each. The tailors, boot and shoemakers, weav ers, tobacconists, cigar makers, and many others, have not one-half the protection un der the new British laW that is given them under the present law. Under the law of 1842, fur hats pay 50 per cent. ad valorem; hoots and bootees 125 cents per pair ; shoe? and _pumps 30 cents per pair; wool hats 18 cents each ; silk hatsol 00 . cents each. 1.17 - The Washington correspondent of the Bal timore Patriot intimates that the $2,000,000 ap plied for by the President just before the close of Congress, was intended to influence Santa Anna. ID - The Legislature of Maine has enacted a law prohibiting the sale qf diquors in that State, whole sale or retail, under heavy penalties. FT An unusual amount of sickness is prevailing, in -the neighborhood of Ilag„erstou n, Md. EilICII!MI - LATER FROM THE ARMY. • Lieut. Lee, of the Bth Infantry. who ar- rived at (;harleston on Friday afternoon, direct from the Army, states that General 1 ,2) 'JP Za z 2 0 a. z e rx , Worth, with his brigade, was on his way! ....__ to a town called China, sixty miles beyond' A CHANCE FOR FARIVIRS I Camargo. This town is an important 1 do pot, it being a military post of the enemy. ; rir lIE Subscribers, Executors of die Es- There is no doubt that long before this it ! -a• tate of JOHN LAU C 11, son. deceas is in the possession of the American for- ' ed, late of Berwick township, Adams coon- CC'S. j ty, will expose to Public Sale, on _ All of the regular troops, with theexcep-; Saturday the 26th September, lion of C apt May's ,Drarroons and Ridge-; on the premises, in said township, the ly's battalion, numberin g from three to four : thousand men, were at Camarffo. ! Vit Lila LIE FARM) General Taylor had arrived at Camargo! and it is supposed that he will proceed to of said deceased, situate in Berwick town- Monterey with about six thousand men,! ship , Adams county, adjoining lands of and the general impression is that the en- Henry Gin, Joseph Shafter, Lindsey Slur i emv will attack him at the defile between I.geon, and others,—containing Monterey and Saltillo. i . 209 ACRES, , more or less. The improvements on the Farm are in an excellent condition, inclu ding ding a large Two-sTokv Bluets i 4 X i • !iXie, X 11 i : • e L. I '! . DWELLING) LOCOFOCOISM AND PROTEVTION.----"It one State can abstain from the "use of all imported articles for the sake of depriving our great staples of ex ports. of the advantage of a foreign market, then the States which grow these staples. can in re turn, form their home league, and reluse to touch an article produced by American Manufactures." The above extract from the Washington Union is significant indeed. If it is given in plain English, as is spoken here, in York County it means this—lf Americans are determined to support Americans in preference to Foreigners, and will not wear an article manufactured by others than their own citizens, the South, or Lo cofoco British party, will form a league to have nothing to do with the manufactures of northern or American citizens. Is not that fair interpretation ; and are our Me chanics, Farmers and Laborers, read%- to endorse such a sentiment as enunciated by the Union, thesmouthpiece of Polk and Lo colocoism ? What response will Penn sylvanians make in October—positive or negative?—fork Advocate. FIRE IN HA RRISBURG.-011 Thursday last a fire occurred in Harrisburg which destroyed the steam saw mill of Mr. John • McAllister, the adjoinin g shop owned by Kepner, and occupied by him as a burr mill-stone manufacturv, together with his entire stock of burr-blocks and mill stones, the next adjoining building occupied by Mr. John Kuncic as a smithshop, the next house owned . by -Mr. George Weinrich, and the three adjoininbuildings owned by Mr. Jacob Awl; the first was entirely de stroyed, and the remaining two much in jured. The roof of the three-story brick building occupied as a military academy, by Mr. Partridge, was also much injured. The entire loss sustaincd.may be estimated at from ten to fifteen thousand dollars.— the greatest sufferers are Messrs. MeAlis tor, Kepner and Awl. Mon LAW IN 01110.----11 l Mercer county, Ohio, there are several large settlements composed entirely of free colored families. In this county it was the intention of the executors of the will of John Randolph to settle his manumitted slaves to the number of one hundred and twenty, but after pur chasing land and conveying them to it, the white settlers refused to allow them to take possession. . We now leant from the Dai ly Davtoman that a meeting of the white settlers has been held, and resolutions a dopted to expel all the free blacks from the county, and it is feared that if it can not be accomplished peaceably, mob law will be resorted to to effect the'object. 117 The Whigs of Philadelphia have re-nomi nated Col. JOHN SAvier as thercandidate for May or; the Locos have nominated RICIIXRD VAUX ; and the Natives PETER A.l3nowsr., lErDuring a thunderstorm on Monday evening of last week, a cow belonging to Mr. Jeremiah Weaver, in York county, was tuck by lightning while grazing in the field, and itfnantly killed. THE ANTI-RENTERS of New York seem disposed to keep the field, and have called a convention to nominate candidates for Governor and Lieut. Governor. tNERAL VEGA.—The St. Louis Eve ning Gazette says that Gen. De Vega is about to visit Henry Clay, at Ashland. BALTIMORE MARKET. [CORRECTED wEEKti.] FLoun.—The flour market remains somewhat unsettled. There were sales of fresh ground Howard street at $1 00. City Mills $1 00. Hold ers generally ask $l.OO, but , nothing doing as buyers decline giving that. GRA. zyr.—Small sales of good to prime red wheat at 70 cts. to SO. White Wheat for Family Flour is worth $1 03 to $1 12. White Corn sold at 46 and 47 cts. and yellow at 33 a 51 cents. Oats are worth 25 . a cts. Rye 62. BEEF CAT-cm-600 head offered at the scales on Tuesday, of which 446 were sold at prices ranging from $3 50 to $1 75, per lOU lbs. accord ing to quality. DIED, This morning, at the residence of his brother, James A. Thompson, - after a lingering illness, Mr. RonEnT THOMPSON, of this place, in the 49th year of his age. On Friday last. Mr. Jonsi _McD.Nar.L, of Frank lin township, in the 24th year of his age. At M'Connelsville, Ohio, on the 13th inst. of slimmer complaint, F.tnisir WILSON Anain, in fant daughter of James A. Adair, Editor of the Herald, and formerly of Gettysburg, aged 15 months and S days. Cheapest' in the World ! S TEJO.," RRIPLVED U GOAT C.I.VDIES, 121 Cents per pound, Wholesale. TJ. RICHARDSON, No. 42 Market o Street Philadelphia, takes pleasure in informing the public, that he still continues to sell his very superior Steam Refined Candy at the low price of $12.50 per 100 pounds, and the quality is equal to ally manufactured in the United States.. He also offers all kinds of goods in the Confectionary and Fruit line at correspon ding. low prices, as quick sales and - small profits arc the order of the day. Call or send your orders, and you can not fail to be satisfied. Dont forget .the number, 42 Market Street Philadelphia.' J. J. RICHARDSON. Aug. 28. 1816. ain El= 'REAL ESTATE with a one-story Brick Back Building, a large Stone and Frame Bank Barn, Smoke House, Carriage House, two Wagon Sheds, with two welluil good Water (one of them with a pump in it,) convenient to the house and barn ; the one near the dwelling is a running spring ; also a Blacksmith Shop near the house. There is also on the farm a one-story Log t. • Tenant House, 3. •••1.4i and STABLE ; also two Or- 1 chards of first-rate Fruit, and a variety of other Fruit Trees scattered over the firm. About 50 Acres arc covered with excellent TIMBER, about 10 acres of the very best Meadow land ; and the balance, about I.ljAcres, in a first-rate state of cul tivation, having been well limed. As the farm lies about one mile from the great Limestone valley, and has a Lime Kiln erected about the middle of, and belonging . to, the premises, it possesses unusual fa cilities for the'procuring ofgood The Fencing is in good order; upwards of 3000 new Chesnut rails having been late ly put in. This is one of the most desirable farms in the county, lying near the road lead ing from Gettysburg to York, about 10 miles from the former place, and also near the road leading from Oxford to Hanover. The property, if desired, can be divided to suit purchasers. -ALSO at the same time and place, will be exposed to Public Sale a Tract of ND, A4tkp.s.- situateMOUNTAIN LA in Dickinson township, Cumberland county, near the Ad ams county line, and about one milC from Whitestown, containing covered with most Thriving young Chesnut TIMBER. This Tract adjoins the lands of Peter Camp, Simon Yens, and others, Persons desirous of purchasing, either property can obtain the necessary informa tion by making application to Mr. GEO. Mauch, who resides on the farm, or to eith er of the undersigned. 111.°Sitle to commence at 10 o'clock. A. M., when attendance will be given and the terms (which will be reasonable) made knciwn by JOHN LAUGH, JACOB BENDER, Aug. 28, 1810.—ts Executors. GLASS, PAINTS, OILS, &C. lIE subscriber would respectfully in vite the attention of Merchants to his large assortment of • Baltimore, .New Jersey, and Crown Win, dow GL./1 SS; Lewis', Weatherers, Cole's, :Mantic, and Ulster White ; CHROME, Greens Fellow; Lin,. seed Oil; Spirits of Turpentine; Sand Paper; Glue; Putty; Copal, Japan, s• Coach Var nishes ; 'Paint _Brushes; Sash Tools ; .4rtists' Colors s• Materials, Ground Paints, all Colors, in small cans. lie is constantly receiving from factories all the above, with a genera assortment of articles usually kept in his lino of business, which is offered at the LOWEST market rates WM. A. WISONG. No. 2 North Liberty St. 1341timore Aug. 28, 1846. 1 in In the matter of the intended application of "The .Idams County Beneficial .Tem penance Society," for alterations in their Charter. NOTICE is hereby given that appli cation has been made to the Court of Common Pleas of Adams county, by the "Adams County Beneficial Tem perance Society of Gettysburg" for a mo dification of their corporate name, and certain amendments to their Charter, And that if no sufficient reason be shbwn to the contrary the said Court will, on Tuesday the 22d day of September next, decree and declare that the said amendments shall be deemctr and taken to be part of the instru ment upon which said corporation was formed and established, as if the same had originally been made part thereof. By the Court, A. B. KURTZ, Proth'y. Aug. 28th, 1840. It STOVES! STOVES! ON baud and for sale by the subscri ber, all sized STOVES, which will lie sold at prices to suit the•times. Call and see. • Aug. 28, 1846 HAND DILLS, AND JOB PRINTING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Neatly & expeditiously executed THE ,• ST.11?" OFFICE' MIC.= GEO. ARNOLD. REGISTER'S NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given In all Lega atees and other persons concerned, that the .'7ILIIINI,STR.ITION .1e- COUNTS of the deceased persons herein after mentioned will he presented at the Or phans' Court of Adams county, for coal c 'nation and allowance, on Tuesday the 92d day (/ September neat, eiz: The account of John Hollinger and At cob Hollinger, Executors of the last will and testament of Valentine Hollinger, de ceased. The Guardian account of Jacob Mark, Administrator of Peter Mark, deceased, whogwas Guardian of Polly Sterner, Car, oline Sterner, and Adeline Sterner. The account of Alexander J. ThompsOn, Administrator of the Estate of Thomas Kerr, deceased. The account of Philip Wolff, Executor of the last will and testament of Jacob Wolff, jun. deceased. The account of 'Joseph Fink, jr. Admin istrator of the Estate of Ephraim Davis, deceased. ROBERT', COBEAN, Re 'r Register's Office, Gettysburg, A iig.'2B. 1 t 6. 5 NOTICE. T HE Corner Stone of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in Petersburg, Y. S., Adams county, will be laid on Sunday the 201 h of September, at 10 o'clock, A. N. Prof. M'Ci.mrquic is expected to be pre . , sent to conduct the exercises of the °cp.. WiNi. It. SADLER, °Chairman of Committee. Aug. 28, 1846.. td FARMERS, LOOK HERE'. valwaDa.E4 TaO2I,`TTA al Public Sale. BY order of the Orphans' Court of Ad ams county, the subscriber, Admin istrator, with the will annexed, of TnomAs AI'KEF„ deceased, will expose to Public Sale on Saturday, the 171 h of October next, at 10 o'clock, A. M., oil the premises, the VALUABLE FARM of said deceased; situate in Liberty town ship, Adams county, Pa. adjoing lands of Henry Welty, the heirs of Abraham Krise, Henry Pecher, and others, containing • • AlOO .LOII,MS more or less. The improvements on the Farm are' valuable and in good order, in eluding a Two ; STony 13 1 : 1}, r.,•.. STONE PWEIJANG ) RE I with a - one and one-half story Log Building attached, a double Log Barn, Stone Sheds, Wagon Shed, and Corn : House. There is a good Orchard on the' premisesalso a , Spring of - firstrrate wa ter 'convenient to the door s Upwards of 200 Acres of this farm are covered with Oak, Poplar, Chestnut, Locust and other first-rate TIMBER. The balance is cleared and in a good state of cultivation, with a sufficiency of good meadow—all well watered. Any person desiring to view the above proper ty can do so. by calling upon the under signed, or Mr. Thomas F. Mlice, resir ding on the premises. TERMS.—One half the purchase money to be paid in band on the Ist day of April, 1847, and the residue in two equal annual payments, without interest. JAMES MOORE, .&bn'r. Aug. 21, 1840. is It - Lancaster "EXaminer" and Frederick "Examiner" insert to the amount of $4, and charge Star office. DR. JAMES PARRY, SURGEON DENTIST, WILL be at Mr. JAS. A. THOMPSON'S, Gettysburg, from the 7th to the 15th of September next. Aug.:2l, Election .Vol ice. Ameeting of the members of the Corn, berlann Valley Mutual Protection Company will be held on Monday the 7th day of September next, at the public house ofJacob Trego, Dickinson township, Cum berland couyty, to elect 13 DIRECTORS for said Company for the ensuing year— the election to open at 10 o'clock, A. M. of said day and to continue open until 4 o'- clock, v. 3t. A. G. MILLER, Scrrelary, Aug. 7, 1846. td Assignee's Notice. T HE undersigned having been appoint, ted Assignee, by deed of voluntary assignment, of Tilos. TAYLOR, (Merchant.) of Petersburg, (Y. S.) Adams enmity, here, by gives notice to all persons indebted to said Thomas Taylor to make payment without delay to the undersigned residing in Petersburg, Y. S., and to those having claims against the same to present them properly authenticated for settlement. THOS. STEPHENS, slssignee. July 24. 6t Letters . of Administration ON the Estate of FREDERICK SNI'DER, deceased, late of Mountjoy township, Adams county, having been granted to the subscrilier—notice is hereby given to all persons indebted to said Estate to pay the same 'Without dblay,,and to thoseljaving claims against the same to present their), properly authenticated, Tor settlement, to the subscriber, residing in Mountpleasant township, DAVID SNYDER, .qchn'r. Aug. 1.1: surEnzon Pag.nerrootype Portraits' Single or • In Groups, Lrly.mg2vitalinst.3. To the Ladies and Gentlemen of G ETTYSBURG Subscribers (one proprietor of the IL Philadelphia Daguerrian Institute, at Publishers' Hall, 101 Chestnut street, Phil-. adelphia, and both from the "Daguerrean Gallery," Baltimore,) beg leave to inform the citizens of this place, that they have opened rooms admirably adapted as re, gards con veniency of access, comfort, &c., at Mr. S. S. M'CREARY'S residence, in Chambersburg street, 4 doors east of the Lutheran Church, where they are prepa red to execute Portraits and Miniatures of a superior quality, either plain, colored or niezzotinto, single or in groups. Our facilities are not only more exten sive but superior to any heretofore used out of th . e large cities, and enable us to produce lilienesses unsurpassed by any other artists. Particular attention given to the position, case and grace of Children, while sitting, in order to produce the beauty of artistical eirect combined with what is more desira- . ble,—a faithful portraiture. Satisfaction given or no charge made. lii7^lnstructions given - in the Art and all materials furnished on reasonable terms. Ladies and gentlemen are invited to calf and examine our large collection of supe-. rior specimens. • For further particulars see circulars. PLUMER & WILDE Aug. 14. PERUVIAN GUAN.A. P. A. & S. SMALL, of York, Pa. - HAVE constantly on hand GIJANA of the best quality, Which will - Fe sold: at the lowest prices, Extract from the American Agriculturalist "Guana is valuable for every kind of soil except that which is., already rich, and for every kind of field or garden crop, Grass, Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers. The reason it is so serviceable to all arises from the fact of its containing every kind of food necessary for the growth of stem, flower, fruit and seed.,The eminent che., mist Dr. Jackson, of assachusetts, says it conies nearer to a Universal. Compost than any other excremental manure." Purchasers wiU be.furnished with direcn tions for use, ,_ Aug, 21, 1846.-4 t Pennsylvania College. yE Lll Annual Commencement of Penn- sylvania College will take place or% Thursday morning the 17th of September• in Christ's Church, the exercises com, mem:ling at 9 o'clock. The friends of ed, ucation and the public ..generally are invi, tcd to attend, . D. GILBERT, Secretary of Board of Trustees Aug. 21, 1946. diflumni 48SOCiation. THE Alumni Association of Pennsyl, vania College will meet in the Col lege Chapel on . Wednesday/ September 16th, at 2 o'clock, P. M. The Animal Address will be delivered in Christ's Church on the evening of the same day at 7 o'clock, by Rev. JAMES L. SCHOCK, A, M. of Reading, Pa. M. L. STOEVER, Sec'y. Aug. 21, 1846. NOTICE. WHOSE persons who have subscribe(' for-building the LINN/LAN 'HALL are requested to make payment immediate ly, either to Mr. F. .11E.SIEDIOT, at the Col lege, or to Mr, S. IT, Bugut,r,u., in Getty s- burg. It is hoped that this notice will re ceive prompt attention from those interest, od, and thereby save trouble. Aug. 14, tf Ice Cream! Ice Cream! ON hand at all hours ; parties sup, plied at the shortest notice, and upon the most reasonable terms. Call ,at the Fruit and Confectionary Store of C. WEAVER. Gettysburg, April 10, 1840, THE STAR AND BANN ER Is published every Friday Evening, in the County liuilding above the Register and Recorder's Office, by DAVID'A. BUEHLER, TEitMS. • - Iv paid in aditice or within the year, $2 00 per annum—if not id within the year, $2 ;10. Na paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid up, except at the option of the Editor. Singles copies tlt cents. A failure to notify a discontinuance will be regarded as a new engagement Advertisements not exceeding a square inserted three times for $1 00—every subsequent insertion 25 cents. Longer ones, in the same proportion- All advertisements not specially ordered for a giv en time, will be continued until forbid. A liberal reduction will be made to those who advertise by the year, job Printing of all kinds executed neatly and promptly, and on reasonable terms.. Letters and Comnjunications to the Editor, (ex: cepting such as contain Money or the , names of new subscribers,) must be . posTe.ue, in order to secure attention. CITY AGENCY—V. B. Palau', Esq. at the corner of Chesnut and Third streets, Philadelphia; 160 Nassau street, New York; and South•east cor ner of,Baltimore and Calvert street, Baltiatoro-T.. is out authorized Agent for receiving Advertise ments and Subscriptions to the "Star," awl collect log and ret:cipting for tL sane. *4,,
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