. thirteen twit, by combining together fur each ottsr, truly, have 'thirteen` liquor es-, iablishments placed in the midst of a peo-; pie, the large mass of whom would think one too Many ; the wishes of that majori-! ty being thus completely disregarded, and a few endowed with the power of dealing' out among them what they fear as much as they do the pestilence ? And here we cannot forbear expressing our solemn convictions, that with the .111.! diciary mainly rostmany of the evils coin plained of. With them is the authority of granting or refusing licenses. They arc' to judge whether or not a house for the! sale of liquors is necessary in any partien-! lar district ; the testimony of the twelve , signers and others is only designed to en-' able them to obtain the requisite infinuna-! tion. ! They are under, tio obligation to grant a single license, much less to every one who may chance to have twelve sign ers to his petition. A most culpable negt lest has hitherto been shown to the wishes of the many, and men have received licen ses who had not a single claim upon the Court further than the names of their neighbors, who ‘vere either in their inter est or afraid to do right. In many ills tricts of Ohio, where the licensing power, as here, rests with time Courts, the judges have, in accordance with their own views of what would he best for the community and the wishes of the mass of the people, entirely refused to grant licenses to sell in toxicaming liquors, This shows what may he done, when more regard is paid, by those who are the guardians of the law, to the good order anti virtue of the communi ty than to the paltry interests of a few. We deem it a matter of greatest injus tice that an establishment should be licens ed in a community where it is not needed. and' the people do not desire it; that it should he, as it were, foreed npon them when they are unwilling to have it; that it should be there not only to eat out their substance by the enormous taxes of which it is the fruitful intension, but to corrupt their youth and to send forth from it streams of moral death ; and that it should remain among them when they make application in a regular way to the proper legal author ity to have it removed. It is then not on ly an evil, but au intolerable mns:owe.-- Many of you are not strangers to the Mel feetual attempts Which have been made to free yourselves from such nuisances, or to bring to the limited justice which the law allows those who, in violation of the law, either have been selling without a license, or being licensed have been selling to mi.! oortt and drunkards. You know how cf &dually such persons are shielded either hy the letter of the law, or by the Colllli.. YiIIICC of those whose duty it is to. punish! jufractions of that law . NOW let 10 ask, is there no remedy for intolerable grievances? Can no thing be done to save our sous, now in the innocency an.l buoyancy of youth, from the sedUctiotia of the brutalizing vice of in tent peratice, and our daughters - , now bloom ing and happy in their confiding na tures, from becotninr the wretched part tiers of rudeards ? es this stream of wo never to bs ;arrested? Must it flow on forever, gathering into its dark bosom .the tears atf the brokenhearted of sus ceseive generations? If any other progress is in be anad.e in the glorious temperance reformatitat, it must be by giving the people the power lo snake that advance.; it must be by so Mo difying the license:law as .to ena b le them to decide whether a place for liquor vend. ing shall Temainamougst them.. To them belongs the right to say what they desire in this matter. The laws of the New England States and of New York have been so modified, and. New Jersey, Dela tvare,•Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, and Indiana, are making strenuous efforts to follow the example. Some of the counties of this State, by the act of last winter, al ready enjoy !fiat , right mod .a re/mat clection in Pittsburg, %which this ques was decided, the pea*, 17 a majority of .1200, situ wed their determination to be free- tnen. J . t for.tts,to say whetliee.shall have this .80.112 C privilege extended to us in Adams 6Cloaniy.. Jf we 41.-§ithit of the Legis lature now ha session. it mill be geanted us w i thout any difficulty. ;Petitions should ‘v idiom. delay, be forwarded .to Harrisburg to that effect. Let us make .a strenuous end .united effort to , be placed in the envia ble position of our northern brethren, who! i .t ioy and Jaime .exerciseed the .right .to speak Japan this tithed., :awl ate already reaping the inunense benefits of.a freedom from the nuisance of having intoxicatiug .drinks .retailed in their midst, in their in- oweased . peace, quietness and prosperity, in their improvement of morals, and in their greatly reduced ,taxes a4a431 other expensel; ordinarily required to stn taila the vice of drunkennes.s M. J A'OO33:S. Chairiiirtit of the ,Canunit toe, E CosT o►' W ,wt la Lou v.—Me :hill reported to,Congrevi by the Commit- We on Ways and Mtn mita Ling . approfiria :tiotts for the lifiliwry awl ..Na.vAl service of lite U.. States a UPIIIIILS to W itlajli a traction .o FORT Y MILLI ON S .L LA It 8 4 , 7-qu4lA,.we.should Fifteen Millions more ,than aLI the IReveixige which the Tao( - WO w.iLl jorgduce, bakture must be wade up of loaus :and. Treasury Notes. Is nit this ."paying pretty dear for the whistle?"" And yet ..tbe tnerepecu niary.expense is the smallest item im the cost of %Var..- Its demoralization of the skeopletlie thirst of conquest which it prowl/Jo—the feeling of hatred tnd avitictit at {generates--tire hecatombs of Itumaa.lietitus wide)) disease and battle place upon itssatiguiNary vitcks--constitutc carol turn ,e4tl ALlOllOlOAti Repuldioax. st4dias. fr. Ceutorx 1128 . . ptcpaewieud,daolgue Introd.uging into the PtiA.Al, 0-A s • propositiou fur ilto withdrawal of 44t0).1r-fppo the Afox.iran territory and Our „ frens &J Meximitt waters prepar- Ivy oettleent of pease by treaty Withlhe * nt Saes) GPO . ei:Ktiseut 121 wiata a GETTItSI3UIt Friday Evening, Jun, Sickness. We notico-an exaggerated statement in regaid to alledged sickness prevalent at this place, in Set'- . oral of our CKaangei:, Which, if unnoticed, may occasion unnecessary uneasiness and alarm among those who ha% e friends at the several Literary In• stitutions iu Gotty,hurg. It is true that, some weeks since, a typhoid fever," of malignant form, eitittie its appearance in the Theological : , cutinary. from which a number of the inmates became ill A reference to our obituary department will rlis cover the melancholy tact that three of the young men have fallen victims to the de, , troyer. We are happy, however, in being able to state that the di sear.e has apparently yielded to the treattnent rt our Phy,icians—there being at present hot 7 or S eases, and hut one or two of there serious. No new case has developed its - elf within t:te pa-t week. At the : , ; 11flf,' time it :nay be proper to state that the health or our toa II is in:broken. Indeed, dis• linguistic(' as Gettysburg ha., been for its unitorin good health, tor a number of years, &eh while epidemics were prevailing ❑round it, we know of no season at t%hieli it has been more lice from di. sense than the present. We have nut been appii- tied ()fa singe instance in cinch the present lever has extended itself to the town, notwithstanding the lice communication occasioned by attentions to the stet: from a number of our citizens. The same may also be said of the College, and the Fe male Feminary. The disew , e, thus far, has been confined to the Senliiiary building. and we hope, in a fen• days more, to notice its disappearance there. Gilbernalotial The ITarrisburg Telegraph, of Wednesday last, classifies the delegates to the %Vhig State. Convon. Lion as follows :-32 uninstructed ; 24 instructed to support Gem Irvin ; 17 rocominended to sup- Oa -Mr. Cooper ; 10 recommended :to -support Item Irvin ; 5 instrnetcd to support Nfr. For w Ird ; in.:tructtal to support Mr. Michlet ; ...Senatorial—rielegate's undetermined is conse lttelme of di;:agrevoienl between the several confer. recs. . 39 Deleg.ites ref us In to be appointed i +of which arc Senatorial and 32 Representative. For the benefit of the .personal friends of Mr. Cooper, we repeat what was affirmed some weeks since, that there is a fair prospect of his nomination as the Whig candidate fur (lovernor, on the 9th of March nest. Notwithstanding that saute few f uty for the nomination presses. evincing more of a particular individual, than knowledge of the preferences of the delegates, have Seen fit to an nounce that "a majority of delegate; friendly to Gen. Irvin have already been appointed," we as sore our friends that not only is this not the casr, but that such a result is not likely to ensue even when all the appointments shall be made. We profess to have some knowledge of the preferences Pftbe delegates already appointed, based upon the -very 'beat authority, and nothing has yet occurred to shakeihe calculations upon which the probable nom ination cd . McCooper has been heretofore affirmed. We mnrbe mishit:elfin the prospects as to the coon- lies yet to appoint, hut entertain confident convie- Pion Mr. Cooper will :be our candidate. And Ice know that this is the opinion of some of the oldest and shrewdest politicians in the. State. ml The Lebanon Courier of last week, re- Marks find "Mr, Cooper's prospeots are 'brighter Phan -was anticipated hy Ifismeis a month ago, and we look confidently for his nomination." Tlik , Harrisburg correspondent of the same paper says, "'Mr. Cooper and Gen. Irvin will run closer, but af ter all said and done, the former will probably be nominated on the.second :ballot. It is silly for some papers to insist on it, that Mr. Irvin7s nemina tion is sure:" Aocii Plana Coptccver, with an Intro duction and Notes by W. M. RETNOLDS, A. M.. Professor of Latin tanguage.&c. in Pennsylvania College," is the title of a new and handsome: edi tion of a popular Comedy of,the old Roman stage, for it.copy of which we are indebted to the Editor. We have 'become too rusty in the Wirt that we ever knew of the language in which Mutes wrote to venture an opinion based on rt"hasty glance" at the work before us, ar,td wI l eirrkpl,y remark' that if it he edited with 'half the ability which Prof. -Reynolds . reputation as a scholar woulkivarrant us to expect, it will prove to be a by no means triding addition to Classical Literature. The fame of,Plautus as a dramatic writer will al ways.cause his ,preduf.tious to the sought after by. the Latin student, and those who have . etrivibled and ileuri tiered in the laborions,ahrt to scan the appwrent ly brokeu'and irregular verse of'‘ the editionsin common llseoi ill be able to appreciate the criti cal discussion on the various metresarsed Plau; Ms embodied in the ! introduction to the present e dition, as well as the judicious notes that ace-om prow the text. The "Capteiireir intended fin the use of Colleges, and will probably Ise followed by similar editions of other Comedies by ,Plautus..- 11.,C.Neinstedt. Gettysburg, Publisher. The Court. But little business was done at the late term of our Court, the session eontinuing not quite three days. The following were the only cases ,put to trial—the first in Common ?leas, the other two io the Quarter Fessions Loudon is Abraham Eiker—use of tres pass tbrfunerirw on pt' intilf's hind. Verdict for plaintiff and '4 4 :7damages.' • Coinforrtealth vs Joseph Danner—Prosecution for Lai Verdict, Guilty : defendant, senten• veil to three months iminisvinneut ni County Jail a - I'Thu Clutinherchurg Whig 'has passed into ii.gd pay costs., . , proprietors, end came to us last , Cogi. vs Joh4t 3heffer—Prose . ctition 'fur ell 'the hand luny liquor anhoilt IMen.e. Peteuilatit plead guilty,. week. nmeh cular;ed r ind Iroved. Mr: Parrr:, .JOIJ 'A as , cntenced to r- a tine of iupj Loafs , tildi pre,:ide.; over the .cdttorisl depoilucirt. From Illurrisburg. 'if 1 ill cl Roth Houses of the State LegiElatuie are busily a t work making preparations for an early ailjourn, *tent. A joint Resolution luau been introduced in favOr of an adjournment on tho 11;th of Alarch...A large number of Petitions aro daily presented in both !louses, mo,tly relating to slavery and the License question. We give a summary of so much of the doings as is of general interest. 011 31 , 111 , 1:1y, Conper presented bevel) yeti• tions for a change in the Slave laws Lone front Cit izens of Adams county, fora change i❑ the law relative to voting ; remonstrance Against a repeal , of the School. Lau• i and several others of a local nature, 1 On the same m h Mr. Knox introduced a resolu tion instructing the Committee on Education to inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill to authorize the appointment or election of a F•tiper, ilitelident of Common Schools for each coonty.in the State. Adopted. NI LI TI A Tll AIN I NGS.-WC, 110 , t1C1 , with pleas' ure that a resolution has been oirereil i,n the )lom , e instructing, the Committee ott the Militia System: to inquire into the exretliency of 4lisremoing lib mili tia trainings in time of prace. We think these can he no doubt about the 'expediency' of aboli'AinZ such an everla-ting Mimi rig. ImrowrANT Bt 1.1..—.% biU wa:: reported in llonbe on Motilay by Air. Leyborit from ihe COM - on the Judiciary, to secure to married wo men the use awl enjoyment of their own property. ]it lINA 11.1 NG.—M r. Bigham, from the Judiciary committee, reported :t bill to prevent, kid na pping, preserve the public peace, prohihit the exercise of certain ptiWerS heretofore exercised by Judges, Justiecs of the Peace, Aldermen, and ,:lailorzi in this romnieuocalth, awl to repeal certain ahie Lacs, (1 - 1:0111)411ib/Willg 1b.5.414011 hn, 11eCen intro hr, red into the !rouse of Itiliresentatives of• tlik by . 31r. K , a Loooforo nict»ber Grua rmivtord county. It ,;weld lie adopted, 011(1 that atiatii moutsly : Resolved, by the Senate aml house 4T. l'lmt our Senators in Congress be instruct ed, and our Representatives requested, to vote againSt any measure whatever, by which territory will accrue to the Union, unless, as apart of the fundamental law upon which any compact cir,treaty for this purpose is based, slavery or involuatary servitude shall be forever prohibited, Mr. Cooper's Speech. Interesting discussion on the Tariir Question has bonit in progreg.: filr some days in the tate Le eishitute, arising out of the motion to instruct our Senator's in Congress to endeavor to secure a re peal of the Tariff of 184(i and a restoration of 'Tariff of that of The I l ocofoeg ineinher4, with few exeeption% (+pow ilto proposition to in ; strnet. Able speeches have been made on thc. : Whig side by Messrs. Edic, Bigham, Fox, Blair; i and others. On Thursday Mr. Cour cit addresNcd the Ifonse at length in a speech which is Nulled in the highest terms by the letter-writers of NO par- ties. The announcement that he woold speak drew together au unusually brilliant crowd of au ditors, by whom the galleries and Ilonr of 0 10 h ouse were thronged. The effort is said to have been one of the most eloquent and powerful argunients ever listed to in the House. We hope to be a!de to give our readers the speech in full next week. State 'Treasurer. On Monde'', at noon, the two Houses of the• L egislature met in, Convention, for the election of a Stale Treasurer for the ensuing year. The Don. Jolts BANKS , of 'Reading, received the entire Whig vote, and was elected—the first balot standing, Winks 72, Snowden 55. Mr. Banks is now Pres. dent Judge of the Berks, Lehigh, and Northainp- Mn Judicial District, but his commission will ex pire in February. He was also the Whig candi date for Governor in 1841. The selection is one of the be . st that could have been made, and will be approved by the whole Whig party. Judge Banks is tt firm, uncompromising Whig—distinguished for his legal attainments, his integrity as an officer, and ',is urbanity as a citizen. The state Finances 1).13 well administered during his administration. fUTlie selection of Mr. COOPER to preside over the dtelierations of the House of Representatives of this State gives unusual satisfaction to the Whig press of the State, and has called forth a most flattering acknowledgment of his worth and services. The following from the. Butter Whig (an. Irvin paper) will serve as a specimen, and at the same time make amends for whitt seemed to us an illiberal and uncalled' for paragraph in the same paper some weeks since "Of the distinguished merit and ability of Mr. Cooper, it is scarcely necessary to speak—both are readily acknowledged and fully appreciated by the Whigs of this Commonwealth. His distinguished ser. vices in the cause of the country—on the stump as well as in the forum—has Laid the Whig party under a debt of gratitude to him, of which but a moiety has been can gelled by his election to the Speakership of the House of Representatives. We are aware that Mr. Cooper did not desire to as sume the arduous duties of the Speaker .ship,, and the flattering manner in which its.acceptance was pressed upon him, is a proud testimonial of the high estimation iii which he is held by the entire Whig party of the Common wealth:,l_, 10-Mr. OREEx ; the reformed Gambler, is in Harrisburg, lecturing on ,the vice , s;hich .bas been exposing with so nwch success in various parts of the coulity. Ifis object is to secure the passage of a law in this State for the suppression lof gaining similar to those now in force in Ohio --- I.2uPOriant Beds:4i The Columbus papers state that Ile Snpriame Court iof Ohio, in Bank, among other decisions, have decided adverscto the .city., whet lies ,been called the Jew case. The 4court "knives "the or dinance of the Cincinnati ,council, prohibiting tra bartering, end Wiling on Sunday, void as to those who .ctieseientiousLy :01merre the seventh day of the week os the Sahhatk.' The LlFiatenant general The Lieutenant General voject of Mr. Polk, by Which it . wits intended to sopeirsetse (ierit:rah; Tay lor, Scotton4Worth. has receivert kkath.l, , lo,W at last, in the. U. S. Senate. At lcaio ,c‘ e'intvr prig the itctin,tt of that nody tin Friday last. Mr. Badger having replied to Mr. Dix in an ahle and triumphant argument against the project. Mr. Maim - tutu, for the purpose of te..ting the views of the t'enate, fumed that the bill creating the office bti laid on the table, %%Ilia} etas ilgre.etl to by the collo‘‘ing decided vote: YEAE.---Messrs. Amber, 'll3:lger, Per rico, Butler, "Cailkono, Olney, Thomas Clayton ; Jahn M. Clayton, Corwin, Crit tenden, Davis, Dayton, Evans, Greene, Huntingto4l. Jarnagin, Johnson of Louisi : Jolinson of Maryland, - Mallon', Mil; )er, Morehead, rcaree, ithelps, Simmons, Ueham, Webster, Woodbridge and Wee.. =48.. vs—. Messrs. Allen, Ashley, Atchi son, Atherton, 13ighy,11reese, Bright, Cass, Clianilier, Hick insiin, Dix, ['a Han negan, Houston, Niles, Husk. Sevier, fiweight, Sturgeon, Turnev and \Veseott,-: , 'rho speech, of Mr. Badger was elotitt:Nit and ar-; gumentative throughout, and was %%ell recei I et! , by the :•;enitte. We transfer the following signi. licant pmagraph to our columns. The speaker ! is replying to an :opulent of Mr. fix, who hatl' quoted largely from AB ri' QI.IIf,ENSIVARIi, All o whicb ()O . sold .very - low•nt , ' I R. v. sTOREri.I