. •
• ... I. • .
* . .
. ' • ':..' ' .
, •
..4:. Ili
.;,-.,
•
Ai.el, s
, -4.'-4 . - i •..
ler • k ~
, ..., „.... , •....., . .
• . . .
. „„ . • -., ...• , . ';'
:`.. '. 7 • -) . .
.., •••
Cam ''. .. 1 ..
.' ; . -C i ,:,
.' I . ‘
*E'. 4. •'. ..». n -,-.
...,..., 'c
•
• ...
•
• '
. . .
. . ,
. .
I D. A. BunilLEß, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
VOL. XVIL-27.1
THE STAR AND BANNER
Is published every Friday Evening, in the
Coml', Building, «tore the Register
and Recorder's Office, by
DAVID A. BUEHLER.
S .
1t paid in advance or within the year.s2 00 per
annum -it not pant within the year. 50. No
paper discontinued until all a rrea a ges are paid up.
ekeept at the option of the Editor Singles copies
cents. A failwc to notify a discontinuance
will be regarded as a new engagement
~tlilverliscnicuts not exceeding a square inserted
three times i'or ;ill 00—every subsequent insertion
2;i" cents. Longer ones, in the saute proportion
All advertisements not spec Tally ordered or a giv
en time, will be continued until forbid. A literal
eduction will be made to those who advertise by
the Year.
Job Printi;u; of - all kind.; executed neatly and
promptly, and 00 rea,onalile terms.
.i.tl Fruit and Comnotri int I loos to the Editor. (ex
cepttng such as contain Money or the names oh
new subscribers,) must be eus•r PA ID. -in order to
ECCU re attention.
CITY AGENCY.—C. B. I'ALN ca. Esq. at the
corner of Chesnut and't'hir i streets, Ph tboh !ph ;
IGO Nassau street„Vrte Fork; and :-ontli-east cor
ner of Baltimore and Calvert sireet. Ba//iniorr—
is our authorized ..11:ent for recek ing Advertise
ments ;yid subscriptions to the ":;tar, - and collect
ing , -and receiptiug for the's:tine.
surErt.to 11
Daguerreotype Portraits,
Single or in Grou !):2lff . T ps,
D'I,C9D r Y:9 24:2, 1.
~ ;
L.L.....'2
1 •:# i ' l l ,. 1
If It - 'kl 11' S i ff \
its ' •• _ l l 4 l'
[ llk=r;:ii-----''S. ' 7 l,
~ firi 10,, ', voi 1 . . , - .3 iril_ I P 4.-.." ,
'l liflY ' i . :.•• :. 5
_dill'.
`.;' ' qll ; ' ''''
r l
, ' ; N'''• ;;.' ; ' ; N ..;
; f1 ; '• A r "';' / • ... p ,, I
• ;14 I', , , 1 .' /•• 1 i / 1 - I ,i / i 7 /I - '
Poor suppliant at woman's shrine,
From liar to shame he's driven ;
'rho' for her love he si g h and pine
And call her foulest smile divine,
lle cannot curse: with woman. •
JULIA ANN.
To the - Ladies and Gentlemen of Gettyshur g -, Sept, 11, 18.16.
G .E T:7' l'S II C R U
E Subscribers (one proprietor of thC
Philadelphia Dwiterrian Institute, at
Publishers' Ilall, 101 Chestnut street,-Phil
adelphia, and both from the "Daguerrean
Gallery," Balthnore,) beg (cave to intbrm
the citizens of this placedhat they have
opened rooms admirably adapted as re
gards eon wen tency of access. comfort, &e.,
at Mr. S. S. Ill'C I? EA I? V'S residence, in
Chambersburg street, 4 doors east of the
Lutheran Church, where thev are prepa
red to execute Portraits and Miniatures of
a superior quality, either plant, colored or
mezzotint°, single or in groups.
Our facilities are not only more exten
sive but superior to any heretofore used
out of the large cities, and enable us to
produce likenesses unsurpassed by any
other artists.
Particular attention given to' the position,
ease and grace of Children, while sitting,
in order to produce the beauty of artistical
effect combined with what is more desira
ble,—a faithful portt4ure.
Satisfaction given or no charge made.
tt_77-'.lustructions given in the Art and
all materials furnished on reasonable te r ms.
adies and gentlemen are invited to rail
examine our large collection of stye-
specimens.
or further particulars see circulars.
PLUMER & WILDE
Aug. 14
T I 11 1 vri P. „
ITIIOLE.S.ILE (5. REMIL:
111-lIE' Subscriber has now on hand a
- large assortment of TIN WARE,
which he will sell on reasonable terms
at his Establishment in Chambersinag
street. er v eall and see. "
G. E. BUEHLER,
Gettysburg, June It), 1846.
27 , 4 ,a12.E.,51 - 4
.
rici HE subscriber has now on hand an
extensive assortment of TIN WARE
at his Shop in Chambersburg street, which
he will sell at prices to suit the times. Ile
therefore solicits those who need any Tin
Ware to give hint a call. Remember
Chambersburg street.
GEO. E. 'BUMMER.
Gettysburg, March 13.
HOUSE SPOUTING
7 ILL he made and put up by the
subscriber, who will al tend prompt
ly to all orders, and upon as reasonable
terms as can be procured at any establish
ment in the county.
Gettysburg, March 13.
Letters of A dministration
0N the Estate of FREDERICK SNYDER,
deceased, late of Muuntjoy township,
Adam's county, having been granted to the
subscriber—notice is hereby given to all_
persons indebted to said Estate to pay the
same without delay, and to those having
claims against the same to present them,
properly authenticated, for settlement, to
the subscriber, residing in Mountpleasant
township.
_
DAVID SNYD,ER, .frlthrer.
Aug. 14
et lot Its of laths I
OFall colors and qualities, Cassimeres
Cassinetts, Vesiings, Silks, SLO. just
received and for sale at the Store of the
subscriber. WM. U TII It Al 7 FF.
April 10,:1816.
POETRY.
The Heart.
Oh ! could we read the human heart,
Its strange, mysterious depths explore,
What tongue could tell or pen impart
The riches of its hidden lore !
Rare from the world's distrustful eye,
What deep and, burning feelings play,
stern Reason's power defy,
And wAr the sands of life away.
Think not beneath a smiling :)row,
To always Mal a joyous heart ;
For Wit's bright glow and Reason's flow
Too often hide a eankering dart.
The bird with bruized and broken wing.
Olt tries to mount the air again,
Among its mates to gaily sing
Its la.st melodious dying strain.
The tire that light:: a flashing eye,
May by a burning. heart be led,
in it, anguish yearns to die,
'While yet it seems to pleasure wed.
Oh, do not harshly juihze the heart,
Thoimh cold and vain it seems to be ;
:Nor rudely seek the veil to part,
That hides its deep, deep mystery.
For the Star and Banner
PAROI)Y.
INSUBIII EA) TO "KAPPA."
KAPP\ is but a monkey show,
For 'Woman's sport he's given;
lie tries to t'sliine"—but tis no go,
And though his tears sincerely flow,
He cannot till N with woman.
11is rhymes are false ;Ind vain,
As failing hues of VVVII ;
No maiden's hand he'll ever gain,
But lit a bachelor rein:Mi—
lle cannot sal N E with AV0111:111.
MISCELLANY.
111',0131 I)II.\CE 10 PARI \' t ' 3 .
Young man, that was your father. How
could you make use of linurnage so disre
spectful ? You don't care ? - YOU grill talk
R t runt CooL.—We heard a good sea
as you please, no'matter who hears yon ?
vain vestenlay, which, as w e never saw it
If we were in want of a clerk, and there in print, NI e t i unk will be new to our lea
we! e not another young) man il Itlllll it'll
(ICIS. Commodore Dallas, one of our a
hunched miles that we could engage, we blest and most experienced Naval Corn
w ould not consent to take von . W e should
m m
ands, having been appointed to the
be afraid to trust a boy who is so disobedt- I command of a squadron, his flag ship was
ent to his parent—who shows so little re
in one of our ports preparatory to sailing.
spect for his lather. A youth who was 4
.1. 'resit water sailor, who had shipped :is
',MeV to his patents w e never knew to turn
a seaman, was on board, but ow ing to the
out well. Ile respects nobody. If you'
absence of the Commodore, he had never
father is in the w long, and you are certain seen his commander and Old not know hint.
of it, there is no cruse for such language. Getting strapped of tobacco, lie went to one
No one twill respect you for it. L'i my
of the, men and said, "I want a thaw o' to
-1)01.1V Will condemn you... A parent should have° , ery bad, and 1 don't know w hat to
be treated twit) the utmost respect by his do for 1,,,; "Do your replied the man to
diddle') ; no matter how poor lie may be, 1 w hom he addressed himself, who NI as one
or how large his children may ILI% c glow 11.
of tl,at class denominated practical oke's,
There is too little respect paid to parent- "do you ? W e ll , go to
al authority at the pia sent day. It is gi iet . that old fellow that's
just conic aboard, he'll gi‘e you some, fur
ous 40 go into many I.llllllw, and hear the
, he keeps all the tobacco." The "old fel
language daily used by the children :
','' low" to whom he wits directed, teas no
twill,"—"l iron's,"—"l don't eat e,"—"it
le , s a personage than Commodore Dallas
is none of your business: I am old enough 1
onnself, but the gieen-horn, ignmant of
to know what is right." Large boys and
this, went up to him, and slapping him on
grown up gills even, do not hesitate to tri,o,
the mothers the he and break aw ay l't out
the -moulder, said in the usual lough, sailor
their express commands. clicy
like way, when add t essing one on us equals,
'
trill
do
as they please and go where they have a
"I say, old chap,give us a claw of tobacco,
for l'in most starvin for one; I am% had
mind. W e wish such children could only
any for a week."
see how they appear in the eyes of their
The Commodore was taken all aback
acquaintances, and if have an y sh ' im i e by the u„usual mode of address, and look
it must flush their cheeks.
'There is truth in , at the man, he asked him, "how long
as well us Hume in a couplet by Randolph :
hay e you been in the sett ice'?" Only six
"Moo er make-. his parent's heart to bleed, I (IN s." replied the man unsuspecting dins
Shall have a child that twill revenge the deed." 1 error.
"And Irate von had no tobacco
Of one thing we are certain : an undu- wet.
1" asked the Commodoie. No, — h e
tiful son and a disobedient daughter can- replied, "not the first thaw since I have
not long. prosper. For a season they may been on board." The Commodore hauled
appear well to the eye of a stranger ; but out a hunk of tobacco from his pocket, and
their self-will and stubbornness are soon d IS- cutting off a piece gave it to him. 0 0
Covered, and they are despised. A child "Now do you know w Ito lam?" he asked.
who disobeys his parents will not hesitate'`;. "No," was the reply. "Well, I'm Com
ic) abuse any body. Neither age nor tal- modme Dallas, the commander of this % es
ents receive respect from lum.—Porlland ~,L, "You don't say so!" exclaimed the
Bulletin.
I man who was now in his turn taken all
aback, and felt slightly fearful of the con
sequences of Ins familiarity; but on teem -
cring his self-possession in a moment, he
replied with true sailor-like boldness, ":cell
you're an infernal good birth of it!"
The old Commodore, tickled at the joke,
forgave him, quickly guessing that the mis
take was not a wilful one, but originated
by sonic of the practical jokers aboard the
ship. He, however, ordered that tobacco
should be distributed among the men every
day.—Exchange Paper.
"ANGEL OF THE enuncii."—A corres
ponaent of the U. States Gazette, writing
from England, relates the following anec
dote of an eccentric minister named Wm.
Jay, of Bath.
Not many years since, when the Ed
ward Irving mania raged, a man calling
himself an "Angel of the Church,'' pro
ceeded from Bristol to Bath on a special
mission to Wm. Jay. The grave think
ing old man was in his study, and when
the "Angel" (a man with a dismal coun
tenance, a white cravat, and rusty black
trousers,) appeared, Mr. Jay asked him his
business.
.I'a — the An g el of the Church," said the
man.
"What Church ?" asked Mr. Jai'.
“The Irvingate Church, at Bristol," re
plied the Angel.
"Take off your coat," said Mr. Jay.
The angel took off his coat, and Mr. Jay
quietly rubbed his shoulder blades.
"What arc yon doing?" asked the angel.
"Looking for your wings," was the cool
mower of Wm. Jay.
BREAD STurFs.—The last- news from
England has a very favorable effect on-flour
and grain, and an advance of 25 per cent.
has taken place. Very large orders for
Indian corn are said to have been sent from
England to this country. Orders to the
same purport have been sent to the Med
iteranean. They are intended for - the
.upply of Ireland.
GETTYSBURG, PA, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1846,
TEMPERANCE SPEECH
Or "THE RAZOIt sTitor MAN."
Almost every one has either seen or heard
of Henry Smith, the "Razor Strop Man."
lie is a noble whole smiled fellow, always
ready, to sell a "razor strop," or preach a
Temperance lecture. The following ex
tract from one of his speeches, is a fair
sample of his ready wit and unique style of
argument.
When I was a drunkard, not only was
my wife and myself half starved, but my
old cat was also reduced to a perfect/skel
eton. And not only that, but she grew
quite wicked, and became an out and out
old thief. Cause why ? Why, she couldn't
get enough to cat at home, .so she went
prowling and stealing among. the neigh
bors.
"Every once in a while, I'd hear the
neighbors cry out, "Cuss that Smith's cat,
site's stole my meat—cuss that Smith's
eat she's stolen my fish—and cuss that
Smith's cat she's drank up all my milk."
But ‘vliv didn't she stay at home and catch
mice and live on them, say you; reason
enough, say I, for our mice couldn't get
crumbs of meat and bread like sober men's
mice can, so they had to live on the re
collections of what they used to eat before
their toaster became a drunkard. and at last
they got so thin and scrawny that fifty of
them wouldn't fill the old cat's hollow
tooth.
"But when T reformed things took a dif
frent turn. Smith's table had plenty 'of
fish and meat on it, and Smith's mice had
plenty of crumbs, and grew nicely, and
Smith's tat had plenty of mice, and didn't
have to steal the neighbor's fish and meat
any more. No, sir, my mice were fat and
plump, and my old cat was spry and ac
tive, and didi. i i,-take fifty to make a meal
molter. No sir-fe. The old eat would
catch two mice, and these two was as much
as she could cat in one meal, and when
she cat them. she would lie down and go
to sleep ; and after a good night's rest she'd
wake up in the morning with the pleasing
satisinction of knowing that the nice, fat
plump mice were not all, but there were a
"few more left of the same sort."
CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS"—III
an action for slander, which came up Ibr
trial at the assizes at Norwhich, England,
it appeared that the words complained of
M'ere uttered by the defendant in private
familiar conversation with a friend. The
learned judge stopped the case, saying
that such a conversation ought to-be treat
ed a priveleged communication; for, if per=
sons were to be subject to actions for words
so spoken, all intercourse between friends
would be at an end. -
_ CHEAP ADVERTISING.-A cheap mode of
advertising has been adopted in London.—
Men are sent abotit town, dressed in white
frocks., upon which are inscribed, in legible
characters, the things lobe sold, their prices,
and the house where they are 501d. 7 --
The men so engaged are not prevented fol
lowing other out-door occupation; as all
their employers require is, that They should
be constantly employed walking -Pbout.
"FEARLESs AND TREL:.''
The Boston Wee'Oy Symbol has the following
capital store by the editor:
EEPING A SHARP LOOK OuT.—A friend
of ours related the following anecdote of a
friend of his, which is entirely too good to
be lost. Our friend's friend was a very
worthy and sensible man in his way; nor
had he ever done anything for the cause of
wit in others until lie accepted a situation
as Inspector of the Customs at a small port
of entry in Connecticut. There was very
little business doing at this place, and a
foreign arrival was quite an affair of too
! went ; so Zekiel (that was our worthy's
Christian name.) used to spend Ids days
in fishing off a wharf, and looking - out for
strange sails in the oiling. Otte day, "a
long, low, black schooner" rail into port,
dropped anchor, furled her sails, squared
her yards, and made all snug aloft and aloes.
Zekiel nomnntarilv expected that her cap
tain would send her boat ashore with his
"manifest" for the Custom llone, as in du
ty bound ; but as hour after hour passed
away without any such transaction, he be
'gait to be alarmed and suspicious. Deter
! mining to silt the matter to the bottom, he
' rolled up his tislridg line, jumped into a boat
land pulled ( . lir for the schooner, which he
I boarded. A man was pacing, the deck to
!and fio, ith an abstracted air.
'Cap's, sir," said Zekiel.
"Yes,'' was the gruff answer, which did
not interrupt the promenade.
"Well cap's, I'm the Custom House Of
ficer."
"Oh, von are, arc von ?"
"Vcs,"•said "and I want your
manifest."
"Go to thunder!"
And with that the captain resumed his
march, Zekiel following hard upon his heels
and looking over his shoulder in amaze
ment.
Here was a decided “fix," such. a case
Was 'hardly in the books, and poor Zekicl
was nearly- at his wit's end.
"Look here, cap'n," said he at last, "what
you goiti to du about it El you don't
want to have no trouble out of it, I jest ad.:
vise yon as a' frielid, to gin nie that 'e're
manifest about as quick as • you kin, and I
won't say no more about it; I,von't men
tion it to a livin' soul. But you don't—"
' , Well, sir, what then ?" roared the cap
tain, in a voice of thunder.
Why, then," said Zekiel, stepping back
to the bulwarks, "I shall jest - have to re
port yoll: to the collector."
We should be sorry to soil our- paper
with the thundering anathemas levelled
by the skipper at our friend's head. He
was over the ship's side in one minute, and
the next was pulling for the shore with
might and main. ThO' moment his keel
touched, he leaped on the shore like a man
iac, and "locomoted" for the Custom House.
"Here, Mr. Collector," he bawled out,
"come right away along with me—you're
wanted: Here's the very deuce to pay.—
Here's an outlandish craft in our harbor,
and the cap'n has been as saucy as a wood
sawyer's clerk on half pay, to me—and
been a callin' of me names—and won't gi'
me his manifest—consarn his ugly pictur!"
The Collector started off post haste.—
Arrived at the wharf, Zekiel pointed out
the ohject of his alarm.
"Why, bless your soul, Mr.
said the Collector—"that's the revenue
cutler—it's sent here to watch you."
Zekiel sloped—the story got afloat, and
in the "digggins" where it happened there
is not to this day, a more fertile source of
fun and merriment. Zekiel did not remain
lung in the service, and he is sure to turn
all sorts of colors now, when any one asks
him, "how it was about his boarding that
revenue cutter."
LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.—Washington
Irving, who will soon return home, will
immediately put to press his History of
Mohammed, the materials of which ho hits
collected during his residence in Spain,
from the Moorish manuscripts and legends.
Prescott has ready his Conquest of 'Peru,
which will be followed by a life of Philip
the Second. Mr. Bancroft has completed
the fourth volume of his history of the
United States, which will soon appear.—
Jared Sparks is engaged in writing a His
tory of the :American Revolution. The
Hon. John I'. Kennedy is engaged upon a
Life of Wirt.
DEAR DEALINO.-A. voting and pretty ,
girl stepped into a shop, where a spruce
young man, who had long been enamored
hot dare not speak, stood behind the coun
ter selling dry goods. In order to remain
as long as possible, she cheapened every
thing; at last, she said, "I believe you think
I ant cheating you."
"Oh no," said the youngster, "to me you
are always fair."
"Well, 'whispered the lady, blushing as
she laid an empasis on the last word, "•I
would not stay so long bargaining, if you
were not so dear."
A LIBERAL . 11IAN.—Gerrit Smith, Esq.
is doing good to the colored race in the
proper way. A writer from Utica, in the
Herald says : have just sea a copy of a
deed of some forty' acres of land in Ham
ilton county, N. York, given by the cele
brated land-holder, Gerrit Smith, Esq., to
a colord man residing in that county.=
He has made out two ;thousand deeds of a
similar character to the one I saw, convey
ing lands from forty to fifty acres to each,
as gifts to industrious colored men in this
State, and deskns, I am informed, to make
out one thousand more." Thi's is genuine
philanthropy.
11C!IRY CLAY AT correspondent of
the, National Intelligeneer, who recently visited
Mr. Clay at Ashland, writes as follows:
"Ashland is about two miles from Lex
ington, and its old fashioned mansion, after
catching a view of it at some distance, is
suddenly hid among the lofty trees that al
most surrounded it. W hen our party reach
ed the gate, w iiich stood wide open, no
house could he seen; we entered it, and,
winding through the copse, Ashland in all
its beauty flashed upon us. We had scarce
ly entered his hall, when Mr. Clay came
to greet us With his bland smile and cor
dial shake of the hand, which made me at
least feel as if I were at home. The grounds
of Ashland are in a high state of cultivation,
and it would do a farmer good to look up
on diem. lie boasted tiot'of it, but some
of his neighbors told me that Mr. Clay
stands "A No 1," (as we merchants say,)
especially in cultivating and putting up
hemp ; and, from all I heard and witness
ed, I dare say he id as well qualified to im
part useful information to the cultivators
of the soil as he is to enlighten us on the
great political questions of the age. There
lie sat at Ashland, in his plain farmer's
dress, discoursing with his accustomed
frankness on many subjects, and some
times giving utterance to sentiments that
other men should write books upon; but
not an unkind expression towards any in
dividual, whether private or public, escaped
his lips. Time has laid but a sparing hand l
upon the great American Statesman. I
never saw her look better or happier ; his
step is elastic, hiS faculties appear fresh
and vigorous, and the chances are that he
will live to witness,the election of several
Presidents."
.‘ BATTLE FIELD
For two days a thousand cannon had
swept it, and three hundred thousand men
had struggled upon it in the midst 61 - their•
tire. Thu grassy plain was trodden into
mire, on which nearly twenty thousand
men, mangle'd, torn and bleeding, had been
strewn. Many had been carried into the
city during the night, but some stark and
still• in death—e-some resting on their el
bows, pale iind ghastly, and calling for
help, otheis writhing in mortal agony,
amid heaps of slain, still covered therground.
Others which had been hastily buried the
day before, lay in their-half covered grave
—here a leg and there an sticking out
of the ground, while:. to crown the horror
of the scene, Multitudes of women were
seen roaming the field, not to bind up the
wounded, but to plunder the dead. They
went from heap to heap of the slain, turn
ing over the mangled bodies, and stripling
theta of their clothing ; and loaded down
with their booty, gathered it in piles be
sides their corpses. UnMolested in their
work, they made the shuddering field still
more ghastly by strewing it with half na
ked forms. White arms and bodies stretch
ed' across each other, or dragged away
from the heaps' they had helped to swell,
made the heart even of Napoleon turn faint
as• he rode' over the field of slaughter.—
Oh, what a comment on war, and what a
cure for ambition and the love ofglory was
this field ! The terrified and horror-strick
en inhabitants came out from the cellars of
their burnt dwellings, and strove to relieve
this woe by burying the dead, and succor
ing the wounded.
Such was the field of Dresden as de
scribed by lleadley.
'ruE Moox.—Sir John Ilersehell, at a
late meeting of the British Association for
the advancement of Science, expressed the
' opinion that the temperature of the moon's
climate must be very high, "far above that
of boiling water." And the reason given
is, that its surface is exposed for fourteen
days at a time to the unmitigated and con-'
tinual heat of the sun. At the full, and
for a few clays afterward, the moon must
certainly be the reflector of some heat to the
earth. Sir John has no doubt of the fact,
but as it has the character of culinary rath
er than solar heat, that is to say, "it ema
nates from a body below the temperature
of ignition.," it will be arrested by the up
per strata of the earth's atmosphere and
thus absorbed. There its only effect will
be to convect visible clouds into transpa
rent vaper. He asserted that the phenom- ,
ena of the rapid dissipation of clouds in
moderate weather, soon after the, appear-,
anee of the full moon, could easily be :le
counted for on this principle, and that his
own observations confirmed the theory.
WORLD ' S TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.
—We see by the London papers that the
World's Temperance Convention was in
operation. They do not go into these
matters abroad with the same zeal that is.,
displayed on this side of the Atlantic.—
There were but 250 delegates present, in
cluding, in addition to those from English,
Irish and Scotch towns, representatives ;
from the United States of America, the 1
East Indies, France. The object of the
convention is to ascertain the state of the
temperance cause in all parts of the globe,
to receive suggestions as to the most effec
tual method of extending the temperance
reforrnation, and to effect the formation of
a Temperance Union throughout the world.
TAX ON Jrws.—Wc see it stated that in
many parts of Germany the Jews have to
pay a speeial tax to the governmentas Jews.
The Austrian government has just conclu
ded a bargain with the Jews of Hungary,
by which,la virtue of a large Sum, paid
down fronve, this special tax is abolished.
TERMS-TWO DOLLARS PLR ANNI*3I.]
PVIIOLE N 0.589.
ANNE Porxrx.—As Queen Anne Boleyn,
wife of henry VIII, and mother of Queen
Elizabeth, -was going to be beheaded in the
tower, seeing a frentleman there of the
king's privy chamber, she called him toiler,
and with a cheerful volt ntenande, and a soul
undaunted at approaching death, said to
him, "remember me to the kin 7, and tell
him lie is constant in advancing me to the
greatest honors. Front a private gentle
woman he made me a marchioness; from
that degree made me a queen ; and now,
because lie can raise me no higher in this
world, he is translating me to heaven, to
wear a crown of martyrdom in eternal
glory."
MELA:sammx rFAHL—On Saturday
week, an interesting little girl, daughter of
Mr. Stephen M'Calla, of I larrisburg, aged
between throe and fora• years, came to her
death by eating the berries of a very poison
ous plant, called ni:4lashadc, after several
days of acute suffering.
ItexiiwAvg Kira.En.--L-The Palmyra
(Mo) Courier says :—We understand that
a gentleman, living in Macon county, while
out hunting with his rifle last week, came
suddenly upon two fugitive slaves, who
gave him battle. Ile shot one and split
the other's skull with the barrel of his gun.
Ile then started for home, but before reach-.
in.T it he met a man in the road, who inqui
red if he had seen or heard of two runaway
negroes—describing them. The gentle
man replied dint he had just killed two,
and related the circumstance. On proceed
ing to the spot, the stranger indetnnitied
them as his slaves. Ile made provision fur
their burial and returned home.
CHOLERA AMONO •rue: Hou'scs.—A fittal
epi
do Continues to rage aniong the horses at New
York and vicinity. The New York Sun says:
"This alarming disease has appeared - . in
the city.' Several valuable horses have
~died of it, and up to Friday last, thirty hor
ses, Valued at one hundred dollars each, had
died at Gravesend, New Utrecht, and Bath,
on Long Island. Whether the disease an ,
arises from atmospheric causes, or from
impurities in the lbod .and Water, has not
been ascertained. It has been suggested to
us that the use of olive oil, which is 'a spe
cific foe the Asiatic cholera in human be
ings might lie advantageous in this strange
disease• among the brute creation. The
experiment of giving a horse h pint of olive
oil, on the first symptoms of the disease;
might be . tried. It can do no harm and
may do good.. The sprvad of this malady
should admonish the city authorities to
do something for preserving the health of
the city."
POTATO ROT PREVENTIVE.-A correip%
pondent of the New York Sun states that
after drying his potatoes a few hours in.
the field, he placed them in barrels, distribu
ting in each barrel half a peck of quick
lime, well mixed with an equal amount of
powdered charcoal, which kept the potatoes
sound all the year. He thinks the same
mixture would prevent rot in the hill, if
spread on the manure ; but this he has
not tried.
POTA'thES.-A. correspondent of the
Northampton (Mass.) Courier, says that
a gentleman in Conway, Franklin county,
has a field of potatoes, the tops of which
he mowed off some weeks since, to prevent
the ravages of the potatoe blight; the result
of which has produced destruction more
sure than the blight. The new crop has
sprouted, and thrown up its stalks, which
will consequently produce a second, by
which the first will be rendered utterly
useless. The next growth has already
attained the height of about six inches.
MOral principle is the citadel of the heart.
An education, therefore, which is conduct
ed irrespective of this, is but the erection of
out-works to besiege the strong-liold of yir
tue.
[CONL:4I7NICATEb.
Mn. Enrron :—At Huntington meeting-house,
near York Springs, in this county, onlast'Sabbath,
the Friends' meeting for worship was annoyed by
an Abolition lecturer, who continued to disturb the
meeting until brought to silence by the prompt in
terference of an eldcry member of the Church.—
The Anti-Slavery Society in its zeal for the imme
diate and unconditional emancipation of the slaves
of the Union, seems to have lost sight of the digni
ty of civil, mond, and religious government, and to
be determined to carry out the objects of the Society,
should the path by which to accomplish it lead over
the ruins of them all. After accmplishing the an
nexation of Texas to the Union, thereby extending
the bounds of Slavery and causing the present war
with Mexico, which will in the end, in all probabil
ity, extend those bounds still further, they go on to
wage war upon the religious institutions of the
country by introducing their political views into
the assemblies of a peaceable people called togeth
er for the purpose of engaging in divine worship.—
The writer of this is opposed to Slavery in every
sense of the word, and would he far from pursuing
any course, either directly or indirectly, that would
have a tendency to continue it or establish its per•
manent existence. He knows too that every member
of the Society of Friends, who is gov6rned by the
I true principles recognized-by that excellent denom
ination, io opposed to Slavery and will bear public
testimony against it. Difference of opinion may
exist among them rcpecting the proper course to be
pursued to accomplish the abolition of Slavery, ycr
it appears plaiit„to me that a meeting called together
for divine worship, is not the place to discuss the
merits of the opinion of either party on this sub
ject, or to deliver lectures therm, inasmuch as it
has a direct tendency to create discord and destroy
that harmony which should characterize all religions
so when the lecturer is not
a member of the Church, but a stranger, employed
by a distant Society to disseminate its peculiar views
on the Anti-Slavery question. • The subject, is one
that claims the attention of all Christian Formes*
and these remarks are written with that view by
true friend of ',WERT Ir.
Adams Oount:7, f3ept 6, 180.
lIISEMEM