I refer i t Th. with great pleasure,_to the
• able report or the Canal Commissioners,
for a detailed startment Of . the operations
upon the public improvements, during the
past year.
-
The economy, skill integrity,_ with
which they have been managed; for a few
years past, have greatly tended to re
store public confidence, and re-establish
the credit of the State, and justly en
titles every member of the respective
Boards of Canal Commissioners, who has
had an agency in producing this great re
' formation, to the gratitude and confidence
of the whole community. I refer to the
' fact, with no ordinary satisfaction, that du
ring the last three years there has not oc
curred, among all the officers and agents
employed on the several lines of improve
ments, a single case of defalcation.
The improvement - •of the Ohio river,
from its mouth to the city of Pittsburg, has
heretofore heen deemed an object of suffi
cient national importance to claim the
attention of the federal government. Nu
merous appropriations have been made
for this purpose, but not sufficient to carry
out any efficient and useful system. Many
of the Western and Southwestern States
of the Union are interested in this improve
ment. The connection, .however, of the
main line of our canals and railroads, at
the city of Pittsburg, renders its improve
ment an object of the greatest interest to
this State. If it were navigable during all
seasons o Me year (except when ice -bound)
for steamboats of a large class, it would add
to the commerce of Philadelphia and Pitts
burg, and to the carrying trade upon the
public works, an amount of business that
cannot be readily estimated. I therefore
suggest to the members of the General As.
sembly, the propriety of memorializing
Congress on thy, subject, and pressing it
upon the - attention of the general govern-
ment, unincumhered with any minor pro
/steins, as.one worthy its special considera
tion and favor.
I refer, with much satisfaction, to the
reports of the Auditor General and State
Treasurer. They exhibit in detail the con
dition of the finances of the State, and
show the laudable industry and intelligent
care which these officers have employed
in the discharge of their important and la
borious duties.
Before the passage of the act of Assem ,
bly of last session, which transferred to
the county in which tho- crime may have
been committed, payment of expenses for
arresting fugitives from justice, the State
had become liable to various agents, duly
authorized, to an inconsiderable amount.
This liability could not be met, because no
--appropriation was made for that purpose.
The individuals interestedin this matter
- arc justly entitled to remuneration, and 1
respect fully recommend that an appropria
tion be madeto liquidate their claims.—
The anima will be said before you by the
Auditor General.
In consequence of the engagements of
the- Adjutant General in the organization
of the volunteers for the service of the U.
S. in the war with Mexico, his annual re
port upon our military affairs has not yet
been received: as soon as it comes to hand
it will be transmitted to the General As-
sembly.
The act of the 20th of March, 1836, pro
vided for the appointment and compensa
tion of a State Geologist and his assistants,
and a competent practical, analytical, and
experimental chemist, for the purpose of
making an accurate geological and miner
()logical survey of the State, with a view
to determine the order, succession, arrange
ment, relative position, and the dip or in
clination, and the comparative magnitude
of the several geological formationS within
the pfate, and to discover and examine all
deposites of ores, coals, clays, marles and
such other mineral substances as may be
deemed useful or invaluable. The State
geologist was required to mark annual re
ports of the progress of the survey—to
cause to be represented on the map of the
Commonwealth, by colors and other ap
propriate means, the various areas occu
pied by the different geological formations
in the State, and to mark thereon the lo
•calities of the respective deposites of the
various mineral substances diseoVered.—
It is the duty of the chemist to make full
and complete examinations, essays and
analysis of all such rocks, ores, soils, min
eral substances and mineral waters, as
may be submitted to him by the geologist,
and to furnish him with a detailed and
complete account of the results so obtained.
It was also made the duty, among other
things, of the State geologist, upon the
-completion of the survey, to compile a
memoir of the geology and,mineralogy of
the State, comprising a complete account
of the leading subjects and discoveries em
braced in the survey.
In pursuance of this act, a State Geolo
gist and assistants, &c., were appointed,
who proceeded with theii work, and the
State expended upon it the sum of $76.
647 87. A nunther ofarmnal reports were
made, as provided by law; but the main
object of the Legislature, the publication of
a complete memoir of the survey, exhihi
ilea. the results of the examinations, and
embodying for the use of tile public the
vast such of information, for which so
large an amount of public money was ex
pended, has not yet been accomplished,.
It appears to me that this subject is of
sufficient importance to secure Legislative
consideration.
Frequent complaints have for years been
made by the people. of the time consumed
in the Legislature by the passage of pri
, vete and local bills, which greatly increase
the business, and create subjects for re
peal and, amendment. Many laws are
thincenaeted which appear to be regarded
of.ialattouiequence or value, for of the
sets of gio lut.session, forty-three remain
in,thevtliee.of the Secretary of the Com
tuntootibtli. which have neither been en
rolled spr printed, because of the small a-
mount ai lar to which they aro subjected
by 4.40; era* Nth Or April, 1845, has.
- not been paid iota 'the State Treasury.--
T I N% shor the Wipe in preparing and pus-
• -
sing these bills has been romunied, and
the cost of printing and tratiserihiter them
has twen incurred, they are sitllcred to re
main in the office, useless and neglected.—
This proves that much private legislation
could be dispensed with, and the time it
'occupies devoted to subjects of general
legislation, by w;bicil the duration of the
sessions would/he shortened, a n d the ex
penses UT government greatly diminished.
l'he progressive increase of the num
ber of divorces granted by the legislature,
forces this subject upon the consideration
of the General Assembly. It appears to
be the settled policy of the State, to pro
vide by law for the dissolution .of thtr mar
riage contract for other cases than adultery.
These causes are enumerated in the Act
of the 18th of Match, 1814. They em
brace a Wide range, and seem to provide
for all the grievances that may arise in this
interesting relation, ‘vhiell require legal
interposition.
Special acts of the Legislature for dis
turbing the contract between husband and
wile, arc calculated to arrest the attention
of every good citizen, when it is remem
bered that the disregard of marriage vows,
and facilities for releasing the parties
front their obligation, are justly regarded
as strong indications of degeneracy in pub
lic virtue and public morals; and that :t
high regard of marital rights, and a sacred
observance of marriage contracts, are a
mong the strongest proof.; of the progress of
civilization, and of the influence of true
religion.
The preamble of the act of 1815 com
mends itself to our approval by the wisdom
and aptness for which, it is distinguished.
The Legislature there say, %V hereas the
divine precepts of the Christian relegion—
the promotion of the best interests of hu
man happiness, the design of . marriage,
and the object of parties entering into the
marriage state, require that it should con
tinue during their joint lives."
These salutary truths, So well express
ed, present, in imposing terms, the duty
of extreme cautioit iµ interfering with the
sanctity of the marriage contract.
It may be true that eases occasionally a
rise of such extreme hardship, as to war
rant the passage of special acts of divorce . ;
but such as require legislative interposition
can but seldom occur, unless the wide
range of the act of 1815 is extended be
yond reasonable limits.
The signing of bills dissolving the bonds
of matrinlony has always been to me a
perplexing duty. I have hitherto given
my assent to thetai confiding in the judge
ment and discretion of the representatives
of the people, to whom, and not to the Ex
ecutive, the facts of each
_case are submi
ted...Aint_upou_a_ review of the special di
vorces gramed since the enac t ment of the
act of 1815, it appears that there has been
an alarm ing increase of them, which should,
in my opinion, be arrested. During the
first period of ten years after the passage
of the said act, laws were passed fordivorc
lug the parties to sixteen marriage con
tracts ; during the next ten years, forty-two,
during the last ten years, ninety were'pas
sed.
I know of no change in the habits, man
ners, or conditions of the citizens of the
State, in their social relations, or in the
increase of their number that accounts for,
or warrants this increase of divorces. It
is possible that the cause of it may in a
degree he found in the facility of obtaining
legislation on the subject. Without fur
therei inquiry into the cause, the ellet is,
in my judgement, injurious to the imbue
welfare, and should be strictly guarded a
gainst in future.
IVhatever doubts may have been, or are
now entertained, of the power of the Leg
islature to pass divorce laws or any other
cause than adultry, or to pass them under
the provisions of the Constitution of the
United States, that no State shall pass any
law imparing the obligation of contracts,
it seems to be conceded, against the opin
ions of many wise and good e ' men, that the
power may be constitutionally exercised ;
but in view of these opinions, the extreme
delicacy and responsibility of gaming
these' applications, appear in a strong
light.
Under the marriage contract, important
and valuable right's are vested in the par
ties, and heavy responsibilities.are assum
ed which should not' be disturbed, even
when the power to interfere is unquestion
able, without legal notice to the party who
is to be affeeted b by the proceeding, and a
fair and open trial, the right to which can
not be doubted, and can only be secured
by referring the parties to the judicial tri
bunals.
In every view I can take of this interest
ing subject, I am persuaded that these spec
ial divorces, have a dangerous tendency,
and that if the power to grant them is ex
ercised at all, proper regard for the public
welfare requires that it Should be limited
to cases ofextreme hardship and unques
tionable propriety.
The progress of iilrf age in civilization,
has been distinguished in Pennsylvania, by
the amelioration of the penal code, and her
improved prison discipline— The organi
zation of her penitentiaries, their domes
tic economy, and the care and attention to
the support, cleanlines, industry and mor
al instruction of their inmates, have secur
ed the general approbation and confidence
of our own citizens, and have excited the
admiration of other States and nations, and
have furnished models for their imitation.
The Philadelphia society for alleviating
the miseries of the public prisons, has ex
ercised an efficient agency in producing
these valuable results. In order that all
the benefits - of experience may be had and
improved, they submit' the propriety of
making_ provision by law for obtaining,
annually, accurate intbrmation relative - to
the convictions for crime, the ,character of
the criminals, the condition and expenses
of the penitentiaries and ! prisons of the
Commonwealth, and the costs of suppim
ing the convicts.
• The motives of this society are so dis
interested, and the reasons they assign
collecting the information required, are lot
conclusive, and so ably represented in a I Geo. Worth he unable successfully to re
ronmilmieation which I have received silt the assault upon Soltillo, it %V:IS ex-
Irmo them, that [ take great pleasure MI peeted that he would fall bark upon. Mon
transmitting copies herewith, in order that terry.
the philanthropic views of the society and j The N, Orleans papers credit the above
the importance of the subject niav receive intelligence, but repose confidence in the
that early attention of the General Assent- skill and valor of the accomplished officers
lily which they so - fields' merit. in vomniand colour forces, to withstand
Government of l'ennsvkania, and the threatened shock.
her literary, charitable and benevolent in-; The whole N'allev of the Rio Grande
stitutions, are among the first ;old best.— was in a suite of great fernient. Appre-
The people are industrious, intelligent and het:skins of an attack were entertained at
enterprizing. In time of peace, quiet and Camargo, Yfatamoras aml other points,
unobtrusive—in war, firm and' decided.—; from the randiero3 under Canales.
Blessed iu her fihysieid resources and her Withdrawal of so many troops front the
institutions, and animated by the spirit of river left the valley exposed to danger.—
her holy 'religion, her ,onward course in' A t Matamoros, ( . 01. Clark had ealled.upon
improving her social condition is rapid.= the citizens to enrol themselves for service,
The great element of preserving, enlarging, and at Brazos Gen. Jessup had done the
and perpetuating leer greatness, is the uni- same thing. Both points were sadly deli
versa! education of her youth. In this, top, cient both in men and arms. It was
she has for a number of years advanced thought Uanales had 9,000 men under
with the vigor by which till her great of- him, and that the large supply of goods at
forts are distinguished. The able report ; Matamoros, and the exposed condition of
of the Superintendent, presents the steady the city, might quicken his courage.
and unitOrm progress of the system of ; Gcn. Scott arrived at Brazos On the 2Rth
common school. instruction. 'him it is ' ult. The following day he proceeded to
imperfect, and to some extent inefficient, the mouth of the Rio Grande, and was yet
may be freely ailmitted ; but, who can doubt: at that place when the Edith left, waiting
that the wisdom and energy which coin- , the arrival of the horses belonging to the
menced, will not mature and perfect it. regiment of mounted riflemen, when it
In conclusion, gentlemen, accept the as- was understood he would proceed immedi
surances of may hearty co-operation with atelp up the river to Camargo.
vim in all measures for advancing the wel
hire of our citizens, and maintaining the
honor dignity of our beloved Com-
monwcalth
.11; X F:CUTI VI: (I 11 .131 BE n.
IbUTiSbetrg, .1(111 WOW 6, 1817.
Important from Alexieo,
SANTA ANN: ADVANCING AGAINSI
GEN. WORTH. WITH 15,0)0:%1EN.
l'he New Orleans Delta of Jan. 2, has i
intelligence from the Army, which, if true,
is of great importance. 'Capt. 'Brown, I
(says the Delta,) of the schooner Robert ;
Mills, was informed by Capt. Tad, of
the U. S. Army, that Santa Anna, at the
head of 15,000 troops, was on his way ;
and within four days march of Saltillo
—and that (:en. Worth, unable to main
tain his ground against such overwhelming
numbers, was slowly falling back in the -
direction of Monterey: and that Gen. Tay
lor, in anticipation of an attack on that ci
ty, was fortifying it at every assailable
point. ,It was also stated that ten. Pat
terson,. who was on his march from Ca
margo to Tampico, being made aware of
the state of affairt:, had countermarched
the division under his command, and was I
rapidly advancing, by forced marches, for
Monterey.
From Mr. Fowler, a gentleman from
tliis city, who came Passenger in the
steam-propeller Viorinia, and who left Sal
tillo-on-the, 17th ult., we have subsequent
ly learned, that previous to his leaving,
Gen. Worth's spies had come into camp and
reported that Santa Anna was within three
or four days' march of Sahlilo,' and rapid
ly advancing, at the head of 15,000 men.
Gen. Worth immediately sent an ex
press to Gen. Taylor, which reached hint
at Victoria at I 1 o'clock P. M., on the
17th; and at :1 o'clock A. M., the next
day, Gen. Taylor despatched two regi
iments, the Kentucky and Tenoesssee vol
unteers, to reinforce Gen. Worth at Sal
tillo, intending to follow himself, as soon
as possible, with all his disposable force.—
Gen. Taylor felt confident of his being able
to arrive at Saltillo before Santa Anna
could reach there.
The whole force of Gen. Taylor would
then amount to about 7,000 men, which
he considered sufficient to cope with any
force that Santa Anna could bring against
him,
DECISION 01 7. 111 E MEXICAN CON/MESS
We have received, (says the New Or
leans Mercury,) through the politeness of
a commercial house in this city, the sub
joined extract of a letter written by an in
telligent gentleman at Tampico. and re
ceived by an arrival at Mobile:
TAMPICO, Dee. 17.
Advices, via Vera Cruz, were redeye('
last evening, of the action of the Mexican
Congress. They decreed that they will
not think or treat of peace until every
hoStile foot has cleared Mexican soil, and
every vessel that lines her coast, is with
drawn. I consider the war now com
menced in real earnest, and I p ro ph ec y
that Tampico will become an American
town.
Later from the Army.
.advance of Santa .Inna confirmed—Pro
bability of a Battle having been fought
at Saltillo—drrival of Gen. .S'eolt at
Brazov
By the arrival of the U. States steamer
Edith at N. Orleans on the 3d inst., three
days later intelligence front Brazos was re
ceived. The accounts confirm the previ
ous rumors of the advance of Santa Anna
with,a large force upon Saltillo. It was
reported that the Mexican Army has mar
-1 ly 30,000 strong.
Gen Worth's express reached Monterey
I l alter Gen. Taylor had gone six or eight
miles on his marcl► to Victoria, the troops
being about 12. miles in advance. Orders
were immediately issued to the different
divisions to counter►narch and proceed
with forced marches, to Gen. Worth's
support at Saltillo. Generals Twiggs,
Quitman, Butler, Lane and Marshall were
;marching, with their commands, for Sal
t►llo, from different quarters, and it was
hoped that they would reach that place
in time for the anticipated battle, which, it
is probable, took place on or about Christ
mas.
Gen. Wool was ninety miles from Sal
tillo at the last advices from him, and it
was supposed that he would join Gen.
Worth in season to assist in repelling the ' 1
enemy, if not prevented by Santa Anna's
throwing a column between hint and Sal
tillo.
Gen. Worth had 1700 men with him
at tialtillo, hilt if all the forces reached him '
in'sezrson, Gen. Taylor would Irtve 7,000'
with which to give Santa Anita battle.
the lbi•ces did not readi him in time, and
I'HS. lt. SIIUNK
NOTICE.
LETT EUS Of Administration on the
Estate of limn - PETERS. sen, kite of
Alenallen township, Adams county, de
ceased, having been granted to the sub
scriber, he hereby gives notice to all
persons indebted to said Estate to call
and pay the same without delay—anti
those having claims against the same are
requested to present them, properly au
thenticated, for settlement.
IIENRY P ETERS, .i/d»er.
Jan. 8, 1817. lit
OTICVA.
Errmis of Administration on the
R.A Estate of JAMES BIWA, late of flant
iltonban township, Adams county, deceas
ed, having been granted to the subscriber,
residing in Franklin township, notice is
hereby given to all persons indebted to
said estate to call and settle the same with
out delav, and those having claims against
said estate are requested to present the
same,, properly authenticated, for settle
ment. JACOB COVER, ./dm'i
'Jim. 8, 1817
VrOTIOE.
IErrERS of AdministratiOn on the
4 Estate of JOSEPH \YAW3BOIIT,
deceased, having been granted to the sub
scriber, residing in Derwick township, Ad
ams connty, he hereby gives notice to all
persons indebted to said Estate, to.eall and
inake payment without delay, and to those
having claims affainst the same, to present
them prope - iIY authenticated, for settlement.
.1011 N L. NOEL, .//thier.
Dec. 18, 1816.
'N 0T CIE.
THE undersigned, living in Union
township, Adams county, take this
method of cautioning the public not to
truseinv wife, Lydia Diehl, with any thing
whatever, as I will from this day refuse to
pay any debt or debts which she may con
tract. The cause of this notice is insanity
of mind, and a propensity for contracting
debts. JOIIN DIEIIL.
Dec. 21, 1846
Letters of Administration
ON the Estate of SAMUEL lIOLLINGER.
deceased, late of Latimore township,
Adams county, having been granted to the
subscribers—notice is hereby given to all
persons itolebted to said Estate to pad• the
same witflout delay, and to .those having
claims against the same to present them,
properly authenticated, for settlement, to
either of the undersigned—the first named
Administrator residing in Heidlershurg,
the last named residing in Abbottstown.
JACOB S. HOLLINGER,
Vii) E. HOLLINGER,
Dec. 25.—(1t
Anniversary Celebration,
THE "Philomathren Society of Penn
sylvania College" will celebrate its
Sixteenth Anniversary in Christ's Church,
Gettysburg, on Thursday the 4th of Feb
ruary next, at 6 o'clock v. at. Several
addresses will be delivered by active mein
bers of the Society, and music, suited to
the occasion, will be procured. The hon
orary- members or the Society, the friends
of literature, and the public generally are
respectfully invited to atterul.
A. W. LILLY,
J. C. BADHAM,
E. G. FAIINESTOCK,
IL M. BICICEL,
W. D. ROEDEL,
rainwater of 4mingcnienl.
January 8, 1847.
Gettysburg Sl►avin Saloon.
Ye gents, with beards, come now attend ;
If you've it lip or so to spend,
Du not fmget your worthy friend
- The Barber !
For sureley we need not declare,
Who seats you in his easy chair,
And trims in neatekt style your hair— -
The Barber'l,
GEORGE ILIRRIS
.13 ESPEC TF U LLY informs his old
rt friends and customers that he has
taken up quarters at his old stand in Cham
bersburg street, where he will be pleased
to "give 'them a touch of that same old
tune." Call and see us.
Gettysburg, Dec. 18, 18.10. tf
*IN WARE•
WHOLESJLE ,AND
Stibscriberlias :now on hand a
large assortment of TIN WARE,
which he will sell 'On reasonable terms
at hiS Establishment in Chambenburg
sired. t►_,^Call and see.
G. IL-1117E11LE% .
Gettyshurg. June 19, 1t31.6.
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led and swollen to twatently four times
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.1, 1
of the Union seeking relief ; no expense
was spared, and a large amount of money
was expended, but all iii vain. I then ti--
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have also taken Carpenter's Sarsaparilla,
Scheneli's ,l'illmonic Syrup, 'l'ownsend's
Sarsaparilla, and numerous other prepara
tions, without elfeet ; my throat, nose,.and
lace, were still ulcerated, and at length I
lost entirely the sense of smelling. I con
tinued in this deplorable condition for a
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recovery I resigned myself to the will of
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August last. I 4'ollllllelleell taking your Dr.
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diminishing ill size. I 11:11T 110 W talicit
three bottles of the Panacea; my face,
month, throat and nose tire enlirrly healed.
I ant now 10 years of age, .and after 28
years of indescribable suffering, my gem.-
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of my life, have I felt as well as I have
since using your invaluable Panacea.
JULIA IS ItAN( . I I,
N. York, Sept. 30, 18.16, 1 1 1 Clio . st.
11 - 11. HCTIIR.II'I'F
• WLL F • I sell' L:\ NNEI,B, IVool,
and t varieiy of rolors, for 25 and
31 1-4 cents. , Superior Flannels for 37
1-2 and 50 cents. Linseys and Maids,
handsome and cheap, and first-rate Ker
seys lor 1-2.
Nov. 6.
TO THE LUDIES.
handsome assortment of Bonnet ll I II
ts• BONS, Ladies' Silk and Vclvet
SCARFS, Super Grass I HAN I)-
KERCHIEFS, eau he seen at •
WM. R TI IRA l' FF'S.
Nov. 6.
V 14.:5T1 N C: S.
beautiful lot of fancy, Silk Velvet,
1 - 1, and Satin VESTIN(;S; also, (bin.
CRAVATS, St :SPENDERS ;
Ringgold, Palo Alto, Silk and
Common Ulazed, Velvet, and Seal-skin
CAPS—for sale at
AI'SIIERRY'S STORE.
Nov. 6.
vEsTI \GS.
XV 'AI.-RW.IIIH hl' has a handsome
assortment of Vestings, consisting
of Satin, (plain and faifey,) Cashmere,
:Merino, and-slew style sill: do. which he
will be-pleased to show to all .who may
favor hint with a call—also a superior ar
ticle of Gentlemen's Scarfs, new and rich
t style.
Nov. 13
STOVE PIPE,
y all sizes, eonstantly on hand and
for sale at Bl'Elli:Eß ' S TIN WARE
FACTORY.in Vhamhershtn7 street, Get
tysburg. GEO. E. IIIiEIII,ER.
Oet. 2, 1842.
QECOND-HAND COACHES, 1111C
GIES, &c., of good and substantial
wake, can be had at the Coach Establish
ment of the subscriber, in Gettysburg.
C. W. HOFFMAN.
Gettysburg, May 29, 1816.
CLOTHS, CaSSMIEREN,
CASSINEWS, &c.
JUST received at the Cheap Store of
IL W. AI'SHERI? V, Cloths, 75 ets.
a yard and up ; Cassimeres, plain and fan
cy, 25 ets a yard and, up ; also, Kentucky
Jeans, Kerseys, Linsevs, Flannels, all
wool, ! 9 .5 ets. a yard and up, 'Pickings,
Checks, Ginghams, Cotton Stripe, &c.
Nov. 6.
ALPACAS, ALPACA`,
rrlIE Cheapest and richest, can be had
L by calling early at
RUTIIRA UPS STORE.
Nov. 6
ISABELLA NURSERY,
GETTYSBURG, PA
FRUIT TREES, of all kinds, (grafted
in the root,) eau be had of the sub
scriber on reasonable terms. Prease cal
and judge for yourselves.
C. W. HOFFMAN.
Gettysburg, May 29, 1816.
ILVER 'AND 1 1 /ERMAN SILVER
171 PENCILS, VIOLIN STRINGS,
ke., of best quality, can always be ha►l at
the Fancy Store of C. 'WEAVER.
April 10, 1840.
10 EA NUT S, F 11,13 1!: It TS, A-I,
MOND'S, &c., of the best quality
to be had at the Confectionary of
c. WEAVER. I
April 10, 1810.
PerlUmery, Soap, Re.
IDIERFU NIERY, SOAPS, FANCY.
I. ARTICLES, TOYS, &c., for. sale
C. WEAVER.
n•il 10, 1816
BA RGkIN
rrIIE subscriber ha's now on hand an
extensive assortment of TIN WARE
inis Shop in Chambersburg street, which
lie 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. BUEHLER
GettySburg, March 13.
117-TOLINt3...
AT M'SIIERRY Siore, for 4 cts. and
upwards ; also Cotton Flannels, 8
eta. and upwards.
•
Nov. 13.
NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS !
r .IIIE Subscriber has just returned from
111 the City with a complete asortilleut
of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, AND
QUEENSWARE, all of wlticb will be
sold very low at
R. W. WSIIERRY'S STORE. -
Nov. G.
Nov. Cr,
NEVIM FAII:s!!
D Fl ‘ . .h.'" l LEN'S
INDIAA I'AN.‘CI .1
We, the undersigned, being personally
acquainted with 3les. Julia 8rm4,0f.,N0.,
I t I Cliff street, and having a knowledge
of her situation for several years past, do
hereby certify that the above is a true
statement of her case, Si) far as Our perso
nal knowledge goes ; and from her charac
ter and standing we liave Iltll COlllidence itt
her statements, and in the eflicacy of Dr.
Cullen's Indian Vegetable Panacea.
r. A Ware, 11:1 C t Cliff st.
:Maria Watt!, do S Glasson, Roosevelt
S Baxter, 61 ulberry, Emily Earle, 110deon.
Ye learned ones of the "llealing Art, - if ye can
so fitr overcome prolessional pride as to use a med
icine which ye know not how to compound, ye
may preset ve many valuable lives which will O
therwise be sacrificed. Will ye not presciibe it
11 it shall not at complish all we claim for it after
a fair trial, according to directions, we will pub
lish an account of its White in any .hree papers
in the I% states at our own expense.
And here we say, without the tear of contra
diction, that ‘‘e have not !mind a case of :!rciolula
or other disease for which use tecommend the Pa
nacea, which the medicine has ,not speedily ar
rested.
We have at This time a multitude of patients
miller treatment, all of W Mon ale doing . w ell.—
A niong them is one of CANCER. which was pro
nounced by physicians beyond the reach of Surgi
cal assistance, but Iron( all appearalles 1611 be
cured in a few months.
lITCTIie above valuable medicine is for sale,
o,rhoiesale and retail, by Ales-rs. limvan and Wal
ton, Proprietors, :titl market sti co. Philadelphia,
anti by the Inllowinz azepts:
Samuel 11. Ihtl'hier, GetiVi 4 bUrg, Pa.
1 1 C. ill(Vri4, York, Pa.
N. N. Robinson, Baltimore, .Altl
Jan. 15,1817.—d'
Dr. Cullen's lr u lian►. Peg el a
ble Specific,
FOR Female Complhinis one of the
most valuable medicines in diseases•
common to Females, ever offered to the
public. Diseases arising from weakness
or other causes, aro removed iu a few
days. We have heard numbers of fe
males say they would not be without this
medicine, if it could not be had, for any
inlet. -Certificates of cures, in paniphlet
form, may be had of the agents gratis.
Dr. Cidlen's Indian Vegetable Remedy.
Do. , (10. Panacea
1)0. do. Pile Remedy..
Dr. ./Ippleto»'s I?entedy for Deafness.
Rowand's Magic Lotion.
These Medicines are prepared and sold'
by the proprietors, Rowan & Walton, 37G.
Market street, Philadelphia, and can Im•
had in Gettysburg at the Drug . Store 'of
U. BUEILLER.
Jan. 15, 1810.=--tf
Cl OTIIS, Cassinetts, and plain and:
fancy Cassimere cam he kw had very
low at the Cheap .Store (►f
Wild. 1? UTlllt A
Nov. 13
lIIICKINGS, CHECKS, vmaywr
it . Chords, plain and plaid Lacings,
Blankets, Illearhed Sheetings, very Cheap,.
and of all widths to be bad at
WLIL RUTHRAUFF'S.
Nov. 13. , •
/awelon FEET OP' Two-m(li
U II A 1K PLANK wanoll nt
the ('hair Factory of DAVID E %Cy.
1;1, tt3tti.
~'~'~~3
The Administration is becoming restive under
the rigid scrutiny which is 'being made into the im
becility and irresolution that have characterized its
I constantly diangittg and constantly blundering po
f !icy in conducting the War with Mexico, and is
I 'nice more meanly attempting to shift responsibility
from off IN own shoulders CM to those of the gal
lant Officers whose heroism and gimius have been
achieving a double over the inefficient and tempo
! riziug policy of their' own Governmedt and the ar
, mies of the enemy. In the House of Represent:l
- on Saturday, pending the consideration of the
Lieutenant General project, Messrs. Ficklin of 11-
111101 m, Ifarratlson of Georgia, Thompson of Miss.
and other parasites of the Administration, in attempt-
Mg to screen Mr. Polk and his cabinet from the sea
thing strictures of the Whig members on the War
;volley of the President, boldly charged Gen. TA r,
I Lou with dereliction of duty in not having made
ILZ — The proceedings of the Huntetstown Tem. still greater headway against the enemy in spite of
perance Convention ;cached us too late for publi- the errors of Government in not forwarding stall
cation this week. They will appear in our next. vivid supplies and sufficient forces to sustain active
openttions. At no time since Gen. Taylor was or-
The IV higs of Pittsburg achieved another tri
tiered to the Rio Grande, has he had the men or
junph on Tuesday last, iu the election of their can
means requisib. to conducting an efficient cum
city
fur Mayor by majority of 600 Allegheny
paign, and the country is indebted fur the triumph
city also went for the Whigs by ..256 majority.
.that has thus far accompanied the progress of our
U 1 I'he Whig caucus nominees were sustained
arms, entirely to the brilliant mantevering of the
in both Crunches of the Legislature. Our old •
Officers whom eirctunstances, happily for the
friend, .1 Aeon SANDERS, (formerly of Gettysburg ! )
• country, found at the head of the army, and to the
is,lluor•kcerper oldie Flailse.
extraordinary, the almost superhuman efforts oldie
brave men under their command. It will be re-
GETTYSBURG:
Friday Evening, Jan, 1.1, ISIG,
U rWe are indebk:d to Mes:irF. ( Eit and CA 11
sip( for several interesting documents
Governor's 31 essa ge
In to-day's paper will be found the annual ITIeS• collected with what earnestness the Whig press
sop of Gov. Sac NI:, an abstract of w hi c h we ; called upon the Administration to reinforce Gen.
gave last week. As the message is of reasonable i Taylor, previous to the storming of Montery, when
and readable length, it will no doubt be generally I danger Pressed on every side, and every heart heat
perused by our readers. There is nothing strikimg anxiously in anticipation of disastrous tidings from
either in the style or contents of the document, the devoted band whom Government imbecility
unless it be The cold, chilling manner in which had thus Cruelly exposed. Thanks, however, to
the Goevernor alludes to the great question of pro. the skill of our generals and the gallantry of oqr
tection to American Industry, a period, which, i soldiers, American arms once more proved trium
of all others, demands that every truedtearted Penn- pliant against desperate odds. Our brave little nr
sylvanian should express himself in such terms as my has achieved wonders; no soldiery, under shill
could not could not fail to be understood by our lar circumstances, could have done more; few, we
national free-trade legislators. The right of die , are proud to believe, could have achieved as much.
elimination, in the imposition of duties, with a ! And so thought the country, as the glorious tidings
view of protecting A merioan interests, is indeed sped through the Union, electrifying all hearts, and
recognized by Gov. Slunk ; but then, as if sensi- j (*ldling forth the most signal tokens of gratitude and
ble of the party shackles that were pressing upon admiration.
and hampering his freedom of action, he stops
short and leaves his readers entirely in the dark
as to his views on the—British Tariff of 1546,
whose palpable Anti-American features aroused it
feeling of universal indignation among the free
laborers olthis country and called forth from the
people of Pennsylvania the significant verdict of
last October. Servile in his attachment to party
as we knew Gov. Shunk to be. we nevertheless
expected, after the unmistakeable expression of
popular sentiment last fall, to see Jinn announcing
his disapprobation of the essentially British Leg
islation that has characterized the proceedings of
Congress on this , whole Tariff question—we ex
pected to see him shu n t by.his own people in pre
ference to the lordly planter and foreign :tithe&
Themessago had .much better passed' by the Tar.
ill question entirely, than to have said just so
ninth about it as to attract the attention of the
reader to the importance of the issues involved in
it, and then to dismiss him without a single pro
test against the cruel, uncalled for attempt to crush
and ruin our labwers and mechanicswithout the
utterance of a single sentiment that might have
been expected from the chief magistrate of the
State. of all others most deeply interested in
the protective policy. On this subject the mes'
sage titters the language of one who, conscious of
the petit in which reason and conscience bid him
boldly tread, fools himself bound down by fetters
which he has not nerve enough to throw off, and
and tel in the footsteps o f his mas.
cr - jTho veteran General of our Army. ED3II:Nn
P. GAtiiii, attended a festival in New York, re
cently, at Which he expressed his entire confidence
in old "Rough and Ready,' as an officer. "Gen.
The State Interest. I'l:Ariant he knew well, and he had aceonijilished
: worulers in the face of almost insuperable difficul-
IC - c - The Harrisburg Telegraph says that there
ties. He never had had under him, at any one
will be a deficiency in the State Treasury of be- ties.
time, men enough to maintain effectually such a!
tween POO,OOO acid ii 400,000, (and it may pus
war as he was carrying on, and the consequence
sibly exceed the latter sum) to meet the Februa
ary interest. ThiA deficiency is in consequence : had been, that.his forces,_ were in perpetual jeo
pardy, from which their extraordinary valor alone
of an increase of the 812101 Int of interest, the hea•
had rescued them."
vv expenditurempon the public - works, and the
ter. It is the language of a partisao—out. a Penn•
tl I va n jun
_ ~
. loss of tolls from delay ,in the opening of the ca- War Measures.
nuts last spring. If the interest be all paid, when i The Rill authorizing an addition to the present
( I it becomes due, some means will have to be pro. I
military establishment of the U. States of one
' xided to place the treasury in a situation to meet ' Regiment of Dragoons and nine Regiments of ln.
. . _ fantry, after being amended so us to limit their
. „ Aid
and comfort. ,, 'service to enlistment for and during the war with
As-the leader peruse:4 the exciting news from
I Mexico, and to require that the regiments so to
be raised shall be discharged from the service of
"the army in anothereolumn, let him bear in mind ;
the United States at the close of the war with
the infamous passage of President's Polk's mes- ;
Mexico, passed the House of Representatives on
sage in which'he charged 'treason upon all who
.dare call in question the necessity of the :car 11*ith !
fore the Senate for concurrence. The vote on ! Monda y
by a very large majority, and is now be
'Mexico, thereby giving "aid and comfort to the ;
passage stood—yeas-171, nays 34. Mr. M• 4
;enemy." At the time that Santa Anna was ad- :brat
I;milted into Mexico by order of Mr. Polk, the CLEAN voted with the majority..
During the voting on the different 'sections of
Mexican Government was enfeebled by internal I
the bill several vigorous efforts -were made to in
i', dissensions; and there WAS nothing to resist the
ionward march of our arms.
been; been beaten by our troops, and ndfo ' r i c r e m d y to b r a e d. -
ever, is Santa Anna admitted, than a marked I t°ll°
corporate a provision creating the office of Lieut.
General, as recommended by the President. The I
tire, dispirited and despondent. No sooner,
how- I proposition was again negatived by a vote of 120
Mr. M'CLEAN voting in favor of the mo-
change manifests itself. All ,dissensions are at timn
once forgotten ; the drooping courage of the sol- I The English papers are lauding the wisdom
iliory:is revived under the prospect of being once and firmness of Mr. Dallas in voting for the Brit
:more:led by its favorite general : an enthusiasm i ish Tariff Bill, - while the interests of his constitu
•mmuiifests itself in all departments of Mexico; cots were directly opposed to it, and the Washing
•voluntoers flock by thousands to the standard ; ton Union endorses the eulogies with the remark
ihntee•by the loved chieftain so generously given i that the sentiments of the English Press "will be
I thon by Mr. Polk ; and now o.ur gallant little ar- ; promptly respondent to and approved by the Dein
0,4 1 ). .is once more threatened with danger and des- ocratic party" I Which is the British party
traction! And yet President Polk and his para
sites prate flippantly about treason. and charge
their falt4itt , eitizens with giving "aid and comfort
to the eigftioy !
iL The , "Compiler - very prudently declines the
task to avhich we challenged it in iiru't last, and
gravely iatbroJa its readers that the "Star knocks
under!" Welt that may be'a convenient way of
getting rid of an unpleasant difficulty, and is at !
least as manly as refusing to publish the reply
to his own challenge some few weeks since.
113 The Lebaiion Countr conies to us much en
largeti and improved in appearance. The Courier
i• an ably and jndicinurlp conducted paper. and ea
pb . ated 'iota !hi:, iticoce
(s l)ATral ,
l The Idininisle G
ation and eneeal
j
aylor.
' And now, forsooth, when it is desired to subserye
selfish, grovelling, partizan purposes in the creation
of a Locofoco thulium' Officer to supersede _the_
(generalswhose :ichiovements have earned for them
too much glory, and way render them dangerous
rivals for political preferment hereafter—the meni
als that crouch around the footstool of Power, anx
iously and eagerly watching for the nod that bids
them do its dirty work, do not hesitate to assail the
„„.
i character 'and services of him whose head has
silvered in the discharge of arduous and hon
orable duty to his country, whose schobling has
amid the carnage, the trials, and the triumphs of
.of her bloodiest battle-fields, and whose whole life
has evidenced the possession of a head and heart
bufore which the associated virtues of the entire,
herd of party slaves by whom he is assailed, must
sink into insignificance. A similar assault was
made by the same men upon another Chieftain with
squally bright fatale—the presence of WI ELII
BcoTT at the Keene, of war proved with how much
al Mat. And we predict, in the words of a con
temporary, that this malignant attempt to throw
the odium of their own mismanagement and imbe
cility upon a gallant and beloved Genertl—who
has won glory for himself and his country—and
was appointed a 3tajor General as a reward for
his gallant services, in obedience to the, unanimous
voice of the nation, is a blow that will recoil upon
the heads of those who seek to inflict it.
ID — The Pittsburg Despatch says that several of
the Periniylvania volunteers, belobging to Capt.
Small's Company, mutinied, and resolved to leave
the boa:, on the Ohio River, on account of bad
board, &e. Capt. Small ordered some of his men
to load their muskets and shoot the first man that
attempted to leave the boat. This prompt meu•
sure soon brought all things O.K. !
EDIn the U. S. Senate on Monday, a bill-was
reported by the Military qmmittee, pursuant to
the President's recommendation, for establishing
the rank of Lieutenant General in the army.
(D — The loss of life in Mr. Polk's 'Mexican trar
ayeaily exceeds, it is iiaii!..that of the !att war
tt ith England !
. .
- • Another War Loan.•
I - York County.
` ,The work . goes merrily forward. and the effort j The meeting of the Whigs of York county on
to force an indemnity of three millions of dollars l the evening of the sth inst., to appoint delegates
, out of Mexico is likely to prove more expensive ! to the State Gubernatorial Convention, is repre
' than was anticipated. Already millions have i seated in the -York papers as the largest that has
; been squandered and thousands of valuable lives convened in that place since the campaign of IS-1.1.
sacriliced, and yet we areas far from the end aim -1 Jolts EvAss, Esq. was appointed the Senatorial
ed at as we were before hostilities commenced—; delegate, and huon We e r, J. V. Honiorn, and
if, indeed, we be not farther from it. Before Mr. Dr. ii. EVAN', the Repreientative delegates to the
Polk commenced the war, Mexico was willing to 1 State Convention, backed by strong resolutions in
treat under some conditions; now she is willing I favor of Mr. Coolica. A series of excellent reso
to treat under no conditions, save a withdrawal I Intions were adopted, from which we extract ;the 1
of our forces from erritory. Besides. through I following :
the agency of President Polk. most seasonable "aid I WHEREAS, It is of the utmost impor
and comfort" has been rendered to the enemy by ' Move, in view of the present peculiar situ
giving them an - able, skilinl,and popular General,; a tiott of the political parties in this State,
who has succeeded in thoroughly uniting all her that, in the selection of candidates, men
ructions, and arousing a feeling of enthusiasm a- should be chosen alike eminent for their
monk the entire military of that country, such : Is devotion to sound principles, and for their
Where
mat. ; ability to maintain diem ; men, of whom
no other General could have effected.
1 we may as a party Justly he proud of, not
tors Nvill end,..or in tvhat, Heaven only knows. Con we
as the representatives, but as the ex
gross, however, is endeavoringto make the best ;• 43
pounders and at/cora/es of those political
of a bad job. and is legislating for an active and
iwiliciples which we hold as vital to the
vigorous prosecution of hostilities. The former prosperity of our'Stitte and nation, and
war loans being exhausted, the Committee or, 1 w ill I l ie to ra ll y
i woo iv,. oe a ble and combine in
Ways and Means in the House of Representatives, ; their support all the ex isting - elements of I
on Monday, reported a bill authorizing an addl.; opliosition to the party dominant in the.,
tinned loan of TWENTY THREE MILLIONS; General and State Goi:ernments
OF DOLLARS, to defray the expenses of the war,
incurred and to be incurred !. The bill authorizes
the borrowing to be made either by the issue of
Treasury Notes, or by loans, at the discretion of
the President. ,
Tn the S. Senate on Monday, Mr. Allen sub.
milted a series of Resolutions setting forth the
propriety of an energetic prosecution of the war
with Mexico, proposing to call into the field ad•
ditional regiments of volunteers, to set apart a
portion of the National domain as an award to
officers and soldiers who shall hare served in the
war, or to the,beirs of such as shall WI in theser.
vice of their country, and to pledge a portion of;
the same for the payment of the debt which may
be incurred in the prosecution of hostilities.
Another Senator Dead.
The Washington papers of Tuesday' announce
the death of the Hon. 1. 5. PENNYILICKER. U. S.
Senator from Virginia. He had been ill for
several weeks. His death being announced in
Congress, both houses adjourned after adopting
appropriate resolutions in honor of the memory
olthe deceased.
LegislatlVC.
LT The Standing Committees have been an
nounced in both branches of the Legislature.—
The following individuals compose the principal
Senate Committees:
Finance—Darbie, Bigler, Crabb, Ross, Sander
son.
Judiciary—Sanderson, Johnson, Black, William
son, Dimmick.
Banks—Bigler, Wagonseller, Ross, Darragh
Boas.
Internal improvements—Gillis, Harris, Crabb
Johnson, Medial,
Mr.
CAnsux, from this district. is chairman of
the Committee on Accounts, and is also on seve
ral of the other committees. The principal .
house Committees are
Ways and Means—Trego, Allison, Haley, For
syth, Pomeroy of Franklin.
Judiciary—Bight - in], Haley, Knox, lidie. 'Fox,
Loyburn, Patterson, Blair, Hasson.
Hanks—Elie, Gratz, l'iolett, McAbee, Sanborn,
Kline, and Mather.
Internal Improvements—Hilands, Tregn, Ev
ans, Werstner, Clark, Gratz Harris, Thompson,
Knox, Hunter, Allison, Krick and Fernon.
I===IIIIIIMOJI
On Wednesday in the House of Representatives,
a resolution, was passed, authorising an inquiry to
be made into the expediency of repealing that
portion of the law which taxes book accounts and
money due on contracts. Another requiring the
Judiciary Committee to inquire into the expedi
ency of a change in the election law, so that ten
days notice of residence shall be sufficient previous
to a Presidential election. •
ID - The following joint resolutions were intro
duced into the House of r, epre. , l et , entatives by Mr.
Mathias, on Friday last, and unanimously adopt
ed :
Resolved, Thal the thankS of this Leg
islature be presented to Maj. General ZA
CHARY TAYLOR, for the prudence, skill,
and bravery with which he has thus far
conducted the-war in Mexico.
Rooked, that this Legislature fully ap
preciates the stifrering, services and patrio
tism of the troops in Mexico, regulars as
well as voluuteergi and tenders to them its
hbarty thanks for their gallantry and good
conduct.
Resolved, That the Governor be
quested to transmit copies of these resolu
tions to Maj. Gen. Zachary Taylor.
On Monday the resolutions were introduced in
troduced into the Senate, and unanitnousliAdopt
On Wednesday the State Measurer tninsmittcd
to the House of Representatives a ,reply to a reso
lution of that body calling for information as to the
condition of the treasury, in which he gives it as
his opinion that he will be able to pay tho Februa
ry interest without the aid of immediate legislative
action,
On the same day, the fronse of Representatives
adopted, by a vote of 51 to 41, a resolution instruc
ting the Committee of Ways and Means to report a
bill providing for the SALE 01."111E PUBLIC
IMPROVEMENTS.
Resolutions were alsointroduced by Mr. Piolett
remonstrating against the additidn of any more•
Slave Territory in the Union. Hon) see them
:unanimously adopted.
Mr. Knox otlbred a Resolution requesting the
Committee on Vice and Immorality to inquire in
to the expediency of making the law relating to a
vole on the "License Question" in certain cowl: :
ties, general throughout the State.
ID — The Tariff Reslutions introduced into the
the House of Representatives, instructing our :.4;en
eters in Congr6ss to vote for a restoration of the
Tariff of 1542, are undergoing a discussion. Ott
Wednesday the House *as addressed by Messrs.
Piolett, Pearce and Cooper. An amendment ap
proving of the .ad valorem 'principle of the Tariff
of 1846 was negatived by a strict party vote, 36 to
55 7 -all the Locofocos voting for the amendment,
and all the Whigs against it.
Powi:n, the newly electea Cnnal Com
toot; 1,6 teat in the board on Toad
And witkuLts, wo have in our own dis.
triet a loan whose name has been brought
prominently,before the people, in cornice.
tion with the gubernatorial
Whose ability- and faithfulness, heretofore,
in both national and State Legislation,
have gained for him nuiversal respect aml
confidence, not only from Whigs hot also
from large classes of the opposite party—
in whom, as a statesman and au orator, we
recognize at once the representative and
'able advocate of the principles we profess
—whose able and efficient support of the
Tariff of 1842, entitles him to the con&
dence..of all the friends of the protective
policy in the State, and who, we confident
ly believe, can secure a larger and more
enthusiastic support than any other whose
name has been mentioned in connection
with that high office. '-
Therefore, Resolved, That we earnest
ly recommend to the convention about 'to
assemble, the Hon. JAMES COOPER,
of Adams county, as a proper persolp to
receive the nomination as a candidate/ for
the office of Governor of this Common
wealth, uniting, as he does in an eminent
degree, the qualities requisite to make him - 1
boih an available candidate, and a chief
magistrate worthy to preside over thegreat
commonwealth of which we form a part.
A resolution, complimentary to Gen. lovis . , - 1
was also. on motion of T. C. Ilambly,Esq.adopt- I
ed, and added to the proceedings.
a — j - - - lrfiuna county appoints Wm. .l[. Stewart
Representative Delegate. without instructions.
CC'T Cam In'in county appoints Dmid Davis, in
structed
ID - 3/0o county has appointed,Delegates to
to the Whig State Conyention, instructed for Gen:
I all s.
7.u_cnic eolinty has appointed Delegates in
struced for Invix.
(0-North/ember/um/ county has appokted David
Taggart Representative Delegate. and Robert M.
Frick. Senatorial delegate, instructed in favor of
Gen. InviN. A resolution was also adopted by
the Convention. complimentary to CourEn.
Cuoitberland county has appointed Dr. A.
Stewart and J. S. Paul, Representative Delegates
to the State Coveution, and James Kennedy Sena
torial delegate --all
„ good Coopen men. The lull
proceedings have not reaellial us.
("C_PLast week we noticed the movement of
P - oEsToN Kiso, of the "Northern Domoeracy,"
la Congress in relation to the exclusion of Slavery
from all territory that may bi — ii - equired from
Mexico. The movement has attracted more than.
ordinary attention, and all the letter writers from
Washington:speak of the probability of tho Slav
ery Question becoming ere long l'ho question in .
Congres:;. The annexed paragraph on the subject
is from the N. Y. Evening Post, the leading Le
coloco paper in N. York, and is indicative of what
!nay be expected Iron the onlire Natll when the
issue is plainly made A crisis is rapidly approach
ing which Northern representatives will be ex
p ected to meet as become men and freemen :
""Yet there is one way of settling the
question which the people will tolerate.—
The new acquisition of torritory must be
exempt from the curse of slavery, and o.
p'en to the emigration of free laborers from
the North and West. It will be tho wis
dom of the South to consent to this ar
rangement early, as we believe most
of the southern Members had made
up their minds to do at the last session.—
The determination to insist upon the ex
clusion of slavery from the domain we
may yet acquire, is far more e•trnest and
said firm than superficial polliicions at
Washington are aware of."
criA Resolution has been introduced into the
N. York Legislature instructing the Senators and
`requesting the Representatives ol that State in
Congress, to :direct their efforts to securing the
passage of of such a law as shall forever exclude
'Slavery from any new territory that may be ac
quired by the United Strqes.
07The Legislature of Ohio has taken measures
for the removal of the remains _of Gen. Thomas
L. Ifamar from Mexico to the soil of Ohio; at the
expense of the State.
'The Harrisburg Telegraph - says that the
members of the Legislature aro generally in favor
of an early adjournment.
EITThe Pennsylvania House of Representatives
adjourned over the eighth of Januaty in honor of
the battle of New Orleans.
Erne Massachusetts and Virginia Regiments
of Volunteers have been filled, arid are now ready
for marching, orders.
Pnxasr l'husses, Esq., (Whig) has been
elected U. S.Senator for six years from the 4th of
March next, from the Sthte of De!mate.
firtA Nati% ti'American State Convention will
6o held at Ilan i.tburg on the !2!:t1 ottelnuary.
J. LTA great flood ()cent - led 'along th great :Vi
anti. White. Water, Seioti and Coyaloga
Ohio, on the 241 inst.. occasioning on immense de
struction of property. At Dayton. the water w
several feet in the streets, injuring property to the
amount of lip I
SAND'S SAIVFAPHILLA.—It has•evetr been
a prime article of our medical creed, to re
commend no advertised medicines, for we .
arc opposed to them con;wicittiously and
professionally, but we feel bound to devi
-1 ate from this rule, and recomniend to the
3uffering the article at the head of this no- 1 1
lieu. The great medical virtues of Sarsa
parilla, are well known and appreciated ;
by physicians, but the uncertainty of the!
strength ofthe different preparations of the
root, stunt,' being almost inert, has caused
the medicine itself to fall into disrepute.—;
The ;Messrs. Sands, it would seem, have
succeeded in obtaining a powerful and 'Mi•
form preparation of it. We have seen all
abundance of testimonials to its Mlle:icy !
from the highest authority, ilia] we recom-:
mend it with pleasure.—Southern
!L - For further particulars and conclusive evi.:
dence of its superior elbeacy, see Pamphlets. which
may be obtained of agents gratis. Prepared and
sold. wholesale and retail. by. A. P. & 1). Sands,
76 Fulton street New York, Fold ako by ap
pointment of the Propriet,r. by S. 11. IRTIILEII,
Gettysburg, Pa. Price ;CI per bottle. Six bottle.,
for $5.
Jan. 15, 18.17.--3 t
, Cum.EN's P.AxAcEn--We would call
the attention of the afflicted to the Certili
', eate of Mits. IlnAxen in another column of
this paper. Astonishing as is this Case
of Scrofula, ph am [Mims containing certifi
cates of cures quite as remarkable, may
be had of Mr. Bumii.mi, agent for this
place. These certificates are not gotten
up for effect, but the truth may be asser
tainpd by calling upon the persons, or ad
dressing them by post. The oath of the
proprietors has been published, stating
that this medicine contains no mineral sub
stance—and may be used by the :Regular I
Practice as an Alterative in connection
with their prescriptions. Many of the •
most respectable Physicians in Philadel
phia arc using it in that way. •
Jan. 15, 1847—:tf
ARRIE D,
On the '2341 ult. by the Her. S. Club:this, Mr. Jo
s Ken NARY, to MISS ANN MARIA ll.innuts, both
or this county.
On the 3d ink by Rev. J. Seehler, Mr. Enly t nn
SroN E:% r En, of this county, to Miss ANN E, I,yr-
TLi:, of Curridl county, Md.
On the :11st ult. by - goy'. - .1, 'Albert, Mr, Joni
1tr.11.7., to Miss Em r LINE M%ltsii , both of this co.
On the ,aims day, in'. saute, Mr. llerus .I(ittfli,
of this county, to Miss A. 0 itAss, of Carroll
county, Mil.
On tho Ist inst. by Rev. D. Hartman; Mr. Fit nn-
ERICK, “EI.WIUNS, to Aliss Syntinr A. DAYNN..
•
°POUT, both of Petersburg. (1.
1) 1 E 1),
On the Ist inst. Mr. Fa ma:rarer; Saone., of Ty
rone township, in the 78th year of his ag6 7
On Monday morning last, after a lingering ill
ness, Miss ANNA Won - , daughter of Mr. Harvey
H. Wattles, of this place, aged 15 years, 9 mouths
and 18 days.
It is at all times a melancholy office to note the
withdrawal front our midst of those who have be
-1 come endeared to us by tender association ; doubly
1 painful is the tusk when the fairest and loveliest of
I the whole circle are marked out by the Destroyer
I IN the victims upon whom to set his cold, dark seal.
.•
It is peculiarly so in the case of this amiable young
lady, whom a wise, though mysterious,Providence
has taken unto Himself in the early spring-tide of
existence, while yet the flower of life had scarce
commenced its bloom, and every thing betokened
an expansion of more than ordinary loveliness.-- I
Though of few and tender :!;cars, the winning and
attractive graces with which true Religion aims to
invest those who have sought and found the "heal
' ing waters," had been early thrown around a nolo,
rally kind and benevolent constitution .— and beau
tilidly they exemplified , in the singular worth
' that characterized her "daily walk and conversa
tion," in the Christian meekness and pious resigna
tion with which were borne the trials of a severe
and protracted illness, and, above all, in the bliss
ful triumphs of her dying hour. Happy in the
consciousness of reconciliation with Him whose
glorious presence was soon to be realized, the hour
of departure was candy, joyfully welcomed, and as ,
the last expression of humble gratitude to Him who
giveth the victory died on her lips, her spirit wing
ed
its 'light to those brighter regions where "life I
and immortality" welcome those of whom earth
is no longer worthy
"Calm on the bosom of thy God,
Young spirit ! rest thee now !
Ev'n while with us thy footsteps trod,
'lts soul was on thy brow.
Lone arc the paths andsad the bowers
Whence thy meek smile is gone;
But oh ! a brighter home than ours,
IY HEAVEN, is HOW thine own."
On Thursday morning last, at the Theological
Seminary• in this place, Mr. DANIEL A. lArtia.x
-31 AN, of Hollidaysburg, Pa. His remains were
conveyed to the English Lutheran Church, this
morning, from which; after an impressive discourse
by the Rev. Prof. 13 t1:611Elt, they were icmoved to
the hurrying ground attached to St. James' Church.
[C1131311.7 SI CAFE D.
At a meeting of the students of PennsylVaffla
College, J. A. DuAnsnAw being called to the chair,
the following preamble and resolutions were a
dopted :
Wirmts.ts, in the Providence of Almighty God,
whose ways are inscrutable to the children of men,
we have been deprived of a beloved friend and fel
-1 low-student, in the death of Mr. 1). A. WI LLEMAN,
endeared by the social relations hesustained to us,
and by his high Christian character: therdfflre,
Rcso/ccd, That in the death of our ft.:llow stu
dent, 1). A. Wir.r.cmAx, we acknowledge the hand
of a mysterious but just God, who, in his wisdom,
has deprived the Institution of a valued member,
—one who bade fitir to become useful to the
church, and a blessing to the community.
Resolved, That we deeply and unfeignedly sym
pathize with his parents and, friends in their se
vere bereavement, and deSire, hereby to offer unto
them the sincere tribute of our heartfelt condo
lence in this their grievous affliction.
Resolved, That, although our hearts are filled
with sorrow, we rejoice to bear witness to his
great worth and devoted piety,: and are happy to
cherish the hope, that "our loss is hiseternal gain."
Resolved, That in manifestation of our respect
for the memory of the deceased, we will wear the
usual badge of mourning for the period of thirty
- days.
Resolved,,•That copies of these resolutions 'be
transmitted to his parents, and published in Dui
papers of Gettysburg, and the Lutheran Observer.
• R. A. FINK,
.1. HECK, •
11. !M. BICKEL,
IV. L. CONRA D
BAIINARD,
Jun. 1 1. ISr% Commit/ re.
NOTICE.
. .117.1 MS COUNTY. SS.
The Comnumwealih of Pennsyfrania to
the aSheriff of .9damss.Caunly—
_ort E 'MING :
c We command you. boat you .
f r+ 4 , ` attach SAIIIIEI, 1,. lANATI . .
•
late of your county, by all and
singular his goods and chattles, lands and
tenements, in whose hands or possession,
socver the same may be, so that he bean&
appear before our Court of Common Pleas
to be holden at Gettysburg in and for said
county, on the 18th day of January
to answer James Baxley,for the use of Da
vid U. Thompson and J. Ifambleton
partners in trade under the firm of D. 11.
Thompson & Co. in a proa of Debt on
Promisory Note not exceeding Eight lion
: Bred Dollars. And we further command
you to summon all persons in whose hands
or possession the said goods and ebattles,
lands and , lenements, or any of them, may
he attached, so that they and every of their'
he and appear before the said Conn at
Gettysburg, on the 18th day of January
inst. to answer what shall he objected a
gninst them, and abide the judgement of
the Court thorein. And have you then
and there this Writ. Witness, Wm. N.
Irvine, Esq. President Judge of the said
Court at Gettysburg the 2d day of Jautta
ry, A, D. 18-17.)
A. B. K WM. Proth'll
Protlionotarysollice,
Gettyslturg, Jan. 15. 18.17.5 1.
NOTICE.
3D3:11S COUNTY, SS
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the Sheriff
of Adams comity—Greeting :
E command you that you attach
SAAVL L. LINA'', late of your
county, by all and singular his goods and
I chattles, lands and tenements, Iti whose
hands or possession snever the same- May--
be, so that ho be, and appear before our
Court of Common Pleas to be holden at
Gettysburg in and for said county, on the
18 1 / 1 day of January inst. to answer Da
vid 11. Thompson and J. Itambletnn Goll,
partners in trade under the lira of D.qr.
Thompson, & Co. in a plea of Debt on.
Promissory Notel not exceeding Eight
Hundred Dollars. And we further vont
wand you to summon all persons iu whose •
hands or possession the said goods and
chattics; lands and tenements, - or. any or
theqt, may be attached, so that they and
every of them be and appear
the
the
said Court at Gettysburg on the 18th day
of January instant, to answer what Slitilltai
objected against them and abide the judge- -
went of the Couxtdiercin—And have you
then and there this writ. Witness . Wm.
Esq. President Judge of the
said Court at Gettysburg the "..ld day of•
January, A. D. 1847.
A. B. K tiwrz, rroney
Prothonotary's Mice,
Gettyshurg„lon.ls, 1847. (
NOTICE.
LETTERS Testamentary en the Estate
A Of CHRISTIAN NAUGLE, sett., late of
Hamilton township, ;Adams county, de
ceased, having been granted to the subscri,
her, residing in East - Berlin, he hereby
gives notice to those indebted to said Es
tate to call and settle the same, and to those
who have claims to present the same pro
perly authenticated, for settlement.
DAVID HOLLINGER, Ex'r.
Jan. 15, 1847. fit
NOTICE TO DEBTORS.
THE subscriber, desiring to settle
his books, hereby gives notice, to
those indebted to him by note or book ac
count, that if settlement of their respective
dues be not made before the 15th of Jan
uary inst., their accounts will be placed in
the hands of an officer for collection.
GEO. \V A MPLER.
Gettysburg, Jan. 8, 1817. 3t
TEMPERANCE.
“Union Total Abstinence Sock
ty ty of Gettysburg,” will hold its an
nual meeting in the Court-house on Tues
day Evening the 19th inst . (Court-week.)
The Bev. Prof. BALMIER will address the
Society on the "License Question." As
an election for officers of the Society, and
other business, of interest; will' lie attend
ed to, it is desired that the friends of the
cause be in attendance. .•
Jan, 8, 1847.
Groceries and Queenswure.
TUST received a full supply of Grocer
eles and Queensware. which will
sold low. U. W. ??'SHERRY.
Nov. 6.
CJ/P4! C./PS
M. RUTHRAUFF has received a
handsome - assortment of Caps,
consisting of Cloth, (tnen' and boys) Vel 7
vet do. Silk oil do. lie also.has Fur Caps
much cheaper than usual, and good
Cloth Caps as low as 25 and 37 1-2.
Nov.* 13.
Nov. 13.
Calicoes I Calicoes !
1' R. W. ill'SHEllltrS Store for 3.
cis ets a yard ; good 'Mader colors 'a tip,
worth 8 cts. beautiful styles, 0 to 12 1-2.
Nor•. 6.
Dr' The "U. S. Fenute" will
'meet in the Gra id Jury,Room, on WED
NESDAY EV ING next at OL
when it is expectet that the eLicense (tugs
ken" will be calle pp foi. .Fonsideration 4 ,
Punctual attendance • earnestly 49444:
ICT•The FLOUR MARK.F.,Tiontinues:
inactive, and but :little doing., . HoWird .
st. brands $4.75. Receipt price - 414:8Z - ,
Good torpthne red, Wheat 85 to 95 Mts . ";.;
white Wheat $1 : : a
.$1,10.. : .Nevif hire
and yellow "corn - at qwa (tasty. 01110,474 , :
a 35; Rya ; , Cloyereecd $4.50, 'Oetie. - ?'
Battle $4 to $7,t15. 'llo . gs 05.50