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Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-12-04
Banking.

The progress of banking Is rapid all over the coun-
try. Ohio has gone wild In It, and in Michigan the
revival of the State Bank IS about being effected 1t
IS said $4,000 cash @ to be paid in at once and
$4,000 more when required. % c. G. Trowbridge,
President What Is cash among Mich. bankers In
Ohio specie according TO law is kites on n York. In
China cash is lot Of copper pieces strung a
WIRE on the coast of Africa, marine shells. In the
United States "cash " for many years the pro-
misses Of a dozen more bankruptS who individually
could not get credit for red apple, but collectively,
that Is their nsOvencies united In one great roll,
they were regulators Of exchanges furnishers
Of currency" props Of the commercial world,
relefs to the people" stmulatorS of enterprise,
80 developers of the resources of the country, and
had very many attributes, all which tended to
relieve the people of the produce of their industry
"a process made beautifully apparent when the farm
was eased of heGry load Of produce for pocket
full Of very hight promises, and Texas became peoped
with the enterprlslng promlsors. This latter may be
the kind Of cash paid 10 initiate the of the old
rotten State Bank of Michgan.-N Y. Ne'cs.
OH1rReader, did you ever know Bank to burst and
It's managers TO remain poor If you did, you know
what never did, and what is more, you have seer
that which we never expect to see As a Bank begins
toter, It's managers begin what is called the grat
game "-borrowing largely and endorsing one for the
other-and then paying up their liabilities with broker
Bank rags, not worth one shilling on the dollar anC
pocketng the remaining eighty-seven and half pei
cent, their honest earnings. They fatten thC
boys Of the Revolution, living upon plunder bu
between the two, there is this wide difference The
COW boys incurred some risk they exposed the
worthless necks to the haltertheir thievng carcaSse
to the bullets Of both English and Americans. tn,
banker at his desk incurs no danger. He can sit
calm a summers morning." within the BanI
parlor, and calculate the best mode of easing tn,
| people of their superhuous cash, and law car
touch him, for by the law he punders and by the law
| lie Is protected Detroit Free Press.
IF a man has got money, be can loan it without
charter. Two or more persons can deal in merchan
die, practice in any of the professions work a
any trade without charter. Two or more person:
can well loan money or credit without a charter
| Then why have bank charters (! They only use
full as the iOop-hole for knavery to retreat and We
save Its character. Men do under charters wha
would send them to the penitentiary without one.
charter is but license or, to use more familia
words, ga permit to do what would otherwise b
criminal. Thus we sec church members in their cor
porate capacity cheating and lying and, when callet
to account they plead the privilege of their char
ter. We see no necessity of bank charters in thi
State unless it be to give men the power TO use credi
and capital who have none, and such an evil should
by all means, be Chicago Dem.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-12-04

GEFThe New York Herald significantly asks If
the United States, in addition to monopoly Of all the
cotton lands of any value in the world should in pro-
cess of time, occupy tue whole of Oregon and all Of
California, with its fine harbors, and if Mexico should
fall into the bosom of the republic with all its rich
mines where would be the power Of England and the
influence of Europe, in opposition to the mighty en-
pire that this country would then present!
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-12-04

LEBANON, Nov. y, 80.
According TO previous meeting Of the Demo-
cratic citizens of Boone county was held in the Court
House to-day. After the Convention organized,
of the townships being represented, it
sidered best adjourn future day. that
the townships might have time become organized and
send up full delegations The 18th day of December
next is the time to which the Convention adjourned,
when it hoped every township will send up her dele
gates prepared for the work. j.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-12-04

NOBLE ANIMAL-Cartcr the Lion King " has
purchased tie largest horse in England lie has
named him General Washington" He is twenty
hands high, and looks large as an elephant He is
black gelding beautifully dapped-his is near
Iy four feet long his tail sweeps the ground he is
perfectly formed, and is regarded of the finest
specimens of the horse ever seen in Great Britain.
He is only six years old he will be exhibited shortly
in London and then sent to the United States A
most splendid covering of blue sk velvet, fringed
with deep border Of gold, is being made for him.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-12-04

ATTEMPT TO AssAssINATE SANTA ANNA letter
has been received in Mexico from Havana which
mentions that young Spaniard named Gomez had
been arrested BY the police who had just arrived there
from Mexico, commissioned by whose name is
purposey omitted, with the intention of assassinating
Gen. Santa Anna. His case has already been tried,
and according to the letter the criminal would be
sentenced to the fortress of Centua, in Africa Gen.
Santa Anna had expressed his perfect satisfaction with
the activity, zeal and efficiency of the police.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-12-04

"REMINISCENCES OF NOTED PREAcHEEs.-A cores
pondent of the Newark Advertiser has commenced a
series of letters on this subject from which make
the following extract
1t was once my good fortune to see tie great DR..
Emmons, the father of Emmonite theology, and the
man who boaSted that be once - handled Timothy
Dwight on has knee" When | saw him he was
niaety-lhree-and he wore the old fashioned cooked
hat and small clothes, with huge knee-buckles. He
had broad, intellectual counteHance, with long
white hair falling his shoulders, The boys fol-
lowed him in the streets to stare at him--and when
he assembled the platform il tie Chatham street Chap
el-during the annlversarles-the whole body OF the
clergy up to do him reverence. Very few Of
them had seen him before. he seldom left the
little town Of Franklin in Massachusetts, where he
preached for more than fifty years. At the age OF
eighty he gave up preaching, he said - before he
fell into his dotage" and during the last fifteen
years of his life he took part in public exercises
The late Or. Breckenridge in the pulpit
with him, during that first visit to New York. and
called on him TO pray-thIs he decined-he even de-
clined pronounclng the benedictiOn. He said 50 he
had quit work forever here" But while he was at
work no one labored harder. He studied twelve or
fourteen hours day, and seldom quilted his study
from morning till night Once his hired man came
into his study ask his assistance in gathering
hay, telling him that it would soon spoil. Let it
spoil" the old Doctor replied, - cannot leave ma
work TO do yours" At another time, an intempe-
rate grandson of DR.. Emmons's friend accosed him
in the presence of several bystandcrs, and tried
make them believe that he Familiarity acquainted
with the Doctor. But he was not recognized
- What 4" sand he, g do you not know me, Doctor
l have held the stirrup for you to mount your horse
/ at my grandfathers, many time" 50 You look as
if you had never been in good business since, ~
replied the Doctor. looking at his red face very arch
IT, pompous young preacher once asked him how
he liked his The Doctor, then ninety years
Old from his chair proruded his cheeks, inflated
his chest, raised his eyebrows, and after significant
Pqf. sat down without saying a word. To another
Young man. he said, = Your was much
like Seekonk plain, long and ere." He used to
say of Or. Dwight "when at Yale, l used to
take him up in my arms. He was pretty boy
DR.. Emmons was a Connecticut nan, and died in
Massachusetts in 1910. He was a man Of most pow
er intellect, and eminent pety, but full of the be-
resies of New England divinity" Perhaps he was
the cearcst writer metaphysical subjects coun-
try has ever produced.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-12-04

065-WHo KILLED TEcUMsEH = In a number of
Nlless Register" dated Dec 81, 1914, we find the
following paragraph:
Mr. Clay.-A London paper says that Mr.. Clay,
four Minister at GhegD was the man who killed
ecunseh, and that he cut several trops out of
his back after he was dead.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-12-04

As for Bank Democrats, we would not give pinch
Of snuff for the difference in principle between them
and ayowed whigs.-SiGie Sentinel
That's the talk. AMEN with all our beart.-TALK
about a Bank Democrat it's quite ridiculous as
"a lkino about Christian Devll.-DaIphi OracLe.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-12-04
Cincinnati Prices Current.

Corrected from The CbF0Rfcie Of NOrenlber p.
Flour city mills bl S45Oa4 IS OIL linseed gall 064a0 65
Canal & wagons, 45Oa45S SAT- Kanawha bush 23z0 90
Grain wheat bush 75a0O0 Seeds, fax, bush 09Oal.OO
Corn, 025a03l Timothy, 20Os3.50
Oats 22aO25 Clover, OOa5 %
H1u loose. ton, l2.OOal5.Oo Whisky gall O2laO2lt
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-12-04

Who aims at excellence will be above me liocrity,
who aims at mediocrity will fall short of it.
Serenity of mind is nothing worth, unless it has
been earned; should be susceptible of passions
and able 70 subdue them.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-12-04
ERUIT TREES.

TENHE subscriber jus opening nursery Of choice Fruit
rees and has hand thousands az Apple and
Fear Trees, liable for hauling a distance.
Not nhng entirely IN his judgment IN The seieon On
ru he has consulted experienced and the oe aa
tnores The selections especial reference 70 the
climate OF Indiana.
His nursery Is the Indianapolis road In The sothas.
OF Hamilton county, miles above Indianapolis anu
eight miles below Pc on Fall Creek
Address GARDNER GOLDSMITH, Woodbury., Madison coun-
Is, indiana. 81
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-12-04

Nor ALLOWED TO PREACH.-M. Ronge, having in
tmated his intention to visit France received COM
munication, through the French Charge d'Afaires,
that he might travel through France private IN
dlvidual but would not be allowed to celebrate wor-
ship according to tie forms of German Catholicism.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-12-04

MAIL FoUND-The Mail bag, which contained a
very large amount of money, and which was adver-
tsed as lost or stolen. picked up IN the street
of New York by a poor German reg gatherer, and
safely restored to It's owners. He should be rewar
dpd
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-12-04
Patrick Henry.

Some very interesting "reminiscences of this great
orator given In Howe's Historical Collections of
Virginia. work recently published and likely to be
iof good deal of interest not only to the people of
the Old Dominion, but to the citizens of other States.
In this work occurs passage stating Henry's opin-
ions on an Important point Of our Constitution
ale was opposed TO the adoption of the Federal
Constitution because he thought it gave too much
power to the General Government; and in cOnveTsa-
Edward he remarked with emphasis:
THE President of the United States will always
in at tie head Of party He will be supported
in all his acts By party. You do not now think
much Of the patronage Of the President but the day
is coming when it viii be tremendous, and from this
power the country may sooner or later fall"
The following anecdote is given concerning one Of
his important legal arguments:
In the British debt cause, Of which Writ gives a
full account Mr.. Henry made great preparation.
He shut himself in his Office for three DAYS, during
which he did not his family bis food being handed
by a servant through the Office door The Countess
of Huntington, then in this country, was among the
auditors and remarked after hearing the arguments
of the several speakers, that if every of them
had spoken In Westminster Hall they would have
been honored with peeage." This case says Writ.
was discussed with so much learning argument, and
elOquencc to have placed the bar Of Virginia. in
the estimation of the Federal judges, (f tie reports
of the day may be accreded) above all others III the
United States. Mr.. Henry en- this occasion had a
diamond ring on his finger and while lie was speak
ing the Countess exclaimed to the Judge, Qredell,
who had never before heard him, I" The diamond is
blazing ~ "Gracous God" he replied, " he is an
orator indeed !" In this he injured his voice so
that it never recovered its original power"
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-12-04

Score, Bob, tell us how much you have cleared BY
your specuaons :" said Bobs quizzca friend to hin
the other day. "Clearedr' replied Bob, with frown
why, I've cleared my pockeis."
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-12-04

g Let me see you dare do it." the woman said to
her husband when he told her he going to throw
himself into the river.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-12-04

Many friends lost by ill-tmed ests rather lose
your best jest than your worst friend.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-12-04
COWS L0sT.


6STRAlED from Vests Mills two cows one Is
- white with calf and has red spots and about
six DID, The other nearly all red win few whe spos
and about will them or give niof
nation they shall literally rewarded BY the
subscriber, living Vests Mills.
52-3wT JOSEPH COPPERSMITH.
LUMBER! LUMBER!
fHNRE subscriber will cash. for most kinds OF
lumber, delivered AT his yard north Of the Circle
Nov Is, le45. 52-5wT ID. V. CULLEY.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-12-04

WOOD, CORN, and HAY wanted, on subscription.
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Boone County.

WILLIAM GARvER, Secretary.
The Columbian fountain., 1845-12-02
WHITWELL'S
TEMPER.aNCE BITTERS.

IL Bitters may now be resorted to without the
imputation of dram-drinking. They are composed
of some OF the choicest roots of our own country,
besides those of foreign growth and in addition to
those numerous and highly important ingredients,
they also contain as much of the extract of Sasa-
parilla and Tomatoes as any btters in the market.
Price 25 cents for pint bottle.
Ertract from a respectable Temperance paper.
"The use of tonics or bitters in certain constitll-
tions is unquestonable; therefore, as the firm and
unfinching friends Of Temperance, we do most sin
cerely recommend, Especially for females,) the
Temperance Bitters, prepared by J. P. Whitwell
& Son, in preference to any other composition,
where Alcohol or wine alone are Employed
Also, Swayne's Syrup of Wild Cherry, James,
Expectorant r. Thompson's Life Preseryer, Bulls
Sarsaparilla, Wrights Indian Vegetable, Beck
with's, DIR. Leidy's, Brandreths, Peters, and DR..
Rush's pills, &c., &c.
For sale at Thompson's Periodical and Cheap Pub
hcatiom Store on Pennsylvania avenue I'd door from
the corner of 10Th street. nov Him
The Columbian fountain., 1845-12-02
MEETING OF CONGRESS.

The Senate was called TO order al IL o'clock
by the Vice President OF the United States
Forty three Senators were present, viz Messrs
Allen, Archer, Ashley, Atchison, Atherton, Bag
by, Benton, Breese, Cameron, Cass, L. Clay
ton, j. M. Clayton, Chalmers, Colquitt, Cor
win, Crittenden, Dayton, Davis, Dix, Evans.
Fairfield, Greene, Hannegan, Haywood, Hun
tington, johnson, of Md, johnson, of La, Jen,
ness, Lewis, Levy, McDuffie, Mangum, Mil
Ter, Niles, Phelps, Semple, Sewer, Simmons,
Speight, Sturgeon, Turney, Upham, Wescott
On motion of Mr.. Cameron, it was ordered
that the Senators be furnished with the usual
number of newspapers during the session.
Mr.. Crittenden gave notice that he should pre-
sent bills in relation to the purchase, by the Uni
ted States, of the Portland canal-also In rela-
ton to the improvement of several western rlv-
ers. After which the Senate adjourned.
The Columbian fountain., 1845-12-02
Important to Gentlemen.

TNDWARD McCUBBIN has handsomely fitted
joy up the three-story house recently erected on
the site of his former stand where he will be happy
to resume his business barber and hair dresser.
He very respectfully invites return of his old and
esteemed customers, and solicits the patronage of
the public generally to the Temple of Fashion,
No. l, on 9Th street, near Pennsylvania avenue
With the most competent assistants, and every de-
scription of materials that can render his opera
tions luxury, instead of dull, sleepy process,
he hatters himself that to him will be accorded the
credit of keeping pace with the times in all that
has a tendency to add to the comfort and improve
the appearance of the outer man.
Not only in the face has Nature made
Its comeliness and beauty to abound,
But in the scissors edge and razors blade
The aids to loveness are ever found.
nov Aft
The Columbian fountain., 1845-12-02
Hardware! Hardware!! Hardware!!!


E. WHEELER, Penn. Avenue, near 7th street.
DAs just opened an entire new and well select
III ed assortment Of Hardware, Cutlery and
Fancy Goods, which he offers for sale at whole
sale or retail, on as accommodating terms as they
can be had in the district.
His stock consists in part of the following art-
cles Rogers & Sons and others Table Cutlery
in complete sets, Ivory, Buffalo, Buck, Bone, and
Cocoa Dining, and Desert Knives and Forks, Ger
man Silver, and Britannia, Tea and Table Spoons,
Penknives, Razors, Scissors, Nut Picks, and
Crackers, Cooks, Butchers Shoe and Carving
Knives, Shutters and Trays, Plated, Steel and
Brass Audirons, Shovels and Tongs, Shovel and
Tong Stands, and Tenders, Tea Trays and Wal
ters, in sets and separately, Bellmetal and Porce-
ian Preserving Kettles, Iron Tin, Tea Kettles and
Sauce Pans, Long and Short Handle Frying Pans,
and Stove Pans, Ovens and Lids, Pots, Skillets,
Griddles and extra Lids, Iron Furnaces, Potatoe
Irons, Skimmers, Ladies and Forks, Coffee Mills,
Sifters, Bread Toasters, &c., Shovels, Spades,
Forks, Hay and Straw Knives, Axes, Hatchets,
Hammers, Saws and Planes, Cut, wrought and
Horse Shoe Nails, Cut Tacks pat Brads and Spara-
bles, Rim, Cottage, Mortise and Stock Locks,
Closet, Cupboard, Till, Chest, Trunk and Pad
Locks, Mortise' Stop, Knob and Thumb Latches,
and Bolts, Table, Butt, Parliament, H. L. s. Strap
Hinges, Palmer's pat. Blind Hinges, to fasten
back and to Farnhams pat Window Blind fas-
teners, Common and Axle Sash Pulleys and sash
| Cord, New England Co. Wood Screws all sizes,
Sofa Springs, Bed Screws, Castors and Furniture
Knobs, Curtain Bands and Pins, Iron and Brass
Han and Coat Hooks, Single and Double Barrel
Guns and Apparatus, Brushes, Combs, Buttons,
Needles and Pins, Shoe Thread, Cotton, Worsted,
Diaper, Boot and Strainng Web, Curry Combs
Horse Cards, Wool Cards, Ok, Trace Halters
Backband and Dog Chains, Brass, Copper and Iron
Wire Round Flat and Suuare Iron Hoop and
Band Iron, Nail Rods, Burdens pat Horse Shoes
| Carriage Springs, Wagon Boxes, American and
| English Blister, Cast and Sheer Steel, &C., SC.
| All Of which, he will sell as low as can be had
| at any regular Hardware House in the city.
Washington, Nov. A, lS45.
The Columbian fountain., 1845-12-02
JUST FROM THE MINT!!l

TO ALL WHOM 1T may CONCERN
r s. BECK & SON, would take this method
!. of notifying the citizens of Washington
and the adjacent counties of Maryland and Vir-
gna, that they have commenced the house fur
nishing business in all its various branches, on
Pennsylvania avenue, South side, between 9th and
10th streets, where they intend keeping constant
supply of new and second hand goods, and prom
ise to sell on the MOST REASONABLE TERMS. We,
therefore, solicit call from our friends and the
public generally, as we intend selling at a VERY
SLIGHT PROFIT. We would enumerate in
part the following Ivory, Buck and Cocoa han
died knives and forks White, Black and Brown
handled do Carvers, Forks and Steels; Shovels,
Tongs and Pokers; German Silver, Brittana and
Iron, Table, Dessert and Tea Spoons; Ladies',
Skimmers and Forks Drip and Stove Pans; Stair
Rods Tea Walters, assorted sizes; Brass Candle
sticks; Brittania Tea and Coffee Pots, Writing
Paper, Chopping Axes, Wood Saws and Bucks,
Hatchets, Hearth, sweeping Whitewash, Busting,
Shoe and Horse Brushes Brittana and Painted
Spittoons; Adams, Wilson's, Livingston's, and
other Coffee Mills; Mouse Traps Nutmeg Gra-
ters. Japaned Candlesticks, Lamps, and Tea Cad
dies. Shutters and Trays Pad, and other Locks
and KEYS; Butchers Knives Bread Baskets, Hand
saws, Hammers, &c., &c. Also, good assort-
ment of Hollsware, Ovens, Pots, Kettles Skill
let's and Griddles Cinder Shovels, and Coal
Hods; Brass Top Fire Tenders; Scissors, Curtain
Rands and Pins; P. Nj. Saucepans, Cut and
Wrought Nails, Handrons, Sadirons, &c., &c.,
with an assortment Of Cabinet Furniture, such as
Sideboards. Beaureaus, Tables, Chairs, Bedsteads,
and Bedding, Washstands, Basins and Ewers, Chi
m, Glass, Queens, and Crockery Ware; Carpets
and hearth Rugs; Tin ware, &c., &c.
Nee OFF
The Columbian fountain., 1845-12-02
PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE, Gettysburg

Pennsylvania.
FACULTY AND Instructors.
Rev. c. P. KRAUTH, d. d., President and Pro-
fessor of Moral Science.
and Rhetoric.
Rev. M. JACOBS, A. NJ Professor of Natural Phi
losophy, Chemistry, SC.
Rev. W. M. REYNOLDS, A. NJ, Professor of Latin,
Mental Philosophy, SC.
M. l.. SToEvER, A. NJ. Professor of History and
Principal of Preparatory Department.
Rev. c. A. HAY, A. NJ, Professor of German
Language and Literature.
HERMAN HAUpT, A. NJ, Professor of Mathematics
WM. HENRY HARRISON, A. b., Assistant Professor
of Languages.
DAVID GILBERT, M. d., Lecturer on Anatomy and
Physiology.
Rev. J. G. NORRIS, ID. D., Lecturer on Zoology.
WIN. ALBAUGH, A. NJ, Tutor and Teacher in Pre-
paratory Department.
III. X. GEIGER, Teacher of Writing.
The course of studies in Pennsylvania College
is extensive and substantial as that of any IN
sttution in the country. The Preparatory De-
partment provides for instruction in all the branches
of thorough English business education, in addi-
tion to the Elements of the Mathematics and Clas-
sical Literature. The College course is arranged
in the four classes usual in the institutions of this
country.
The government of the students is as energetic
as their circumstances seem TO require. They at
tend at least two rectations day. and the Faculty
contemplate increasing them to three Church and
Bible Class on the Sabbath, and are visited in
their rooms frequently as to preclude the dan
ger of any great irregularities. 1t is believed no
institution in the United States has more exem-
plary young men in connexon with it. They are
all required to lodge in the College edfce special
cases excepted.
The annual expenses are--for board, tuition and
room rent during the winter session S6l 81 12 for
the summer session, Sal 81 l-2 washing SO; wood,
S3 90. Total expense, Sll6 75 Boarding can be
had in town at 81 25 per week.
There are two vacations in the year, commenc-
ing on the third Thursdays of April and Septem-
ber; each of five weeks continuance.
The summer session will commence on Thurs
day, the 22d of May. The annual commencement
takes place on the third Thursday in September.
The Trustees have recently made various ar
rangements which will increase the efficiency of
the Institution They have increased the number
Of Professors and provided for the most ample in
structon of the students.
Professor Baugher and Haupt are prepared to
board boys and to exercise special supervision
over their studies and department and Parents who
may perfer placing their sons under their care,
will be secure in regard to their proper manage
ment, under arrangements such as pertain to the
family circle.
Gettysburg, .admns Co., Pa, May 3, 1S45. nov 6-tf