The Adams Sentinel from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania • Page 2

charge, against Cien. Washington, has been published in the papera of the Opposition, to justify Cien. Jackson in having ordered tix mi titia men to be shot for desertion. We happy to give the refutation, waic follows the charge urine the Revolution, while the" stationed at New York, the Soldiers 'were constantly 0en Washington gave orders to the officers of the but posts to SHOOT DOWN every man who was veen pas wmium to hi 'One, at not move was shot, and his head carried to Washington. There was, no more dey a muxz derer Was Washmetbn a blood haund? Was Washineton a unrelenting chieftain Speaking of this latter extract, a writer in the Maryland Republican RevolutiQn, with all its deplorable in stances of civil contention, Gen.

ash aofted to such, violent measures as we ffiatvy tnatialices pf Whirl hfGen. Jackson's command. Of him Jackson might have said," as he Upon "blond and carnage wit compo. sore." Human life was regarded as too sarred to be soorted. wivh The wtroved but the lives of his own snT diers were as dear to him as his own.

He was" his men, not there executioner. "But, of the accusation contained in 7 tmvabove paragraph, we ate, fortunately, able to speak, from unquestionable and we hasten to do so, as a duly to the memory of the great and good man who is therein aspersed; Conversation, a tew aays since, with a revolutionary officer, who, afier serving his country for a considerable part of a long and active life in ihe field, is now usefully employed hy the people as a delegate In the councils of state, I mentioned the publication of ib paragrap a bove from the Jackson pa per espec lin corge Indignation kindled in sp rouen mi the veteran in an instant. Ii touched the character oT The revolutionary army, and of his beloved com mander, roused all the soldier with in YVou Id that the author "of the libel 6'ad been, at that instant, within theflasli of his couon'naiite, and the sound of his language, us he repelled the base insinuauou against him he knew and loved so well. "1 think it said the old man, resuming in a moment, the christian temper whic ornamcots4m years? his feeling i in a pex ionc and eacB.cs tn to his impressive voice, as he added, "1 think it 'likely that there may br no man now living who knows more of the circumstances upon which that talc is predicated than I happen to know." He "I was not only in ihe "army and upon the spoi at the time, but I was mysi IF at the elbow of Col. when he issued the orders for Shooting the deserters, and which that one ot tntm was a nui.

a Ihe other an ri 1 can. Reed inquired which (he hrcc i he he was His head was cut off, and ami to bead agreeably But no man c'ould be more mortified or provoked than General Washington tbe extent; rushing from the sicht. So far from countenancing such a proceeding for one instant, Col Lee was immediately arrested, and tried treme difficulty, indeed, popular as that officer deservedly stood with the army, thai he was preserved Irora be ing broke for the offence A awful murder was committed in Somerset county on Friday last. The particulars as rela ted to us are these by the became enraged at his employer, a Mr when he made at him: with his scyihe, and after inflicting several arms, gave the fatal one which nearly cut Walker in two. He died instant seen the advertisement offering S200 for the apprehension ol ANDREW BURNS, the murderer, who is represented to be about.

twenty years of age, 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high Burn tn lieianti, aarK sanuy nair, dark reddish complexion, speaks broad when. not endeavpi ing to NEW YORK CANAL. The tulls on the New York Canal, continue to increase in a proportion, sanguine friends. The amou tolls received in the months of April Mi? trf thi more visible. Id.

Jtlly'3. A large Tret There is now on the farm of Mr. Andrew lieges, fpjintcr) of this city, a sycamore tree, in which a family consistiug of seven pcrv.ns resided ail be.rn e'e'ain ed by the freezing over of the river while asrending it. In this iree found a rnmfor' 3k.l' a1 )' storms ola severe ivef. room Tor all ncrssary furn i rr tooki: havmc; a Ikc in ihe entire, coded ihrooph a hole rrujik ras'oned he breaking off ola large hmb Irom the Istc.

eann as nign as jb se. are yet visible to all who call. The earth on the knob is considerably torn An avalanche (of earth) fell in Lin coin, (Vert on the. 27ih June, it owe.nt "everv thine in its way grass with a number ol other iih u. breaking them in short "Whether the writer of this was re jjy, and in the confusion which ensued ally deceived as to the fact, or whet he? this production of his pen was a wan the tale he tells is equally an infamous slander upon the name of Burns made his escape.

We understand a reward of 200 is offered for Htfs ces. A numoer oi some distanccjudg tn weigh from 15 to 20 ions. From where it entered mill brook," its co'ii se was a northeas terly direction 280 rods, course of the brook, which was very small; but the xhanntl, cut by freshet, is now from 2 to 10 rods wide; Und e4t4ve are laT geJquantities of ttoodwood, piled up in many plates i vtry high 5 to 20 rods of the lower part it is blocked up across i the r.hannel in everv direction. Some of the trees are staudin and generally stripped of a mile ahd a half, and the quantrty of" 8214.693. This a TTand ihus suddenly mttahiorphosed in mount exceeoTs Tharof last yearituriTig the same period by 90.

If these two months are taken as an ave rage, it is said the tolls received this year will not fall much short of nine hundred thousand dollars. QklQ J.OUTtiaL DOMESTIC EXPOR1S. The difference between the exports of bread stufis of foimer yeas, and those oTa'TaTe period, cannot fail to excite ihe attemiun uf ev cry citizen. For instance in 1801, wc exported 1,102,444 barrels ol flour in 1824 number drcrestatd to 996,792 a dillcrence ot 105 fn lSiyi; xpTTtTeTt 1 694.327 bushels of Inc'ian Corn; exported 779 "2 97 bush tls being a decrease of 9 I bushels in the omnunt exported 1 be dif ft rerrre ee ri "the exportation of Wheal, and Indian Corn, in 1790, and in 1824, is still more su pnsu.g. In 1 790, wc i purled I 2 4.456 bushels I Wneai, and 2, 102, 1j7TjusIh Is of Corn In 1824 the Rmoiini of VV'ticat expori.

ed. wa only 20.3TJ busli.elb ana 779, 297 bushels oi Corn, making a decrease the exporiatioa ul lhc iurmer ant of 1.U04 063 bus he Is, and in the latter nf 1,322.8 10 bushels, in a period of 34 lacts like hese staring us Tn the face, no wondci Niles and Car' y.so unceasinRly wroicr, or Clay, and win reasoned upon the nccemiiy, of forming a Aome market by cherishing our infantile manub ctures. An era of general poacc in F.U'Opc was clearly seen as a lime in which every nation of Cited such a teeling in the army, and in Uic rontineni by i onccnlrating their re "the country at the lime. 1 remember sources would be no longer dep endeni it as well as if it occurred within tlie upon us for The es last hour. The army was posted on tablishmcnt of 1 he pt sent lafifi u.

1 fa 2 3 the Hudson abuve Wes Point, it was Colonel Lte was sl.ln at a table wn ling. An officer came and reported thai more of the men had deserted a cross he line to the enemy. Colunel Lee, (the celebrated tommander of the Virginia Legion,) without an instant's hesitation.or withdrawing the pen from the paper, gave orders to "shoot every man that was delected deserting to the enemy, and send their heads to head quarters." The order was given to Lieut. Reed, who was in command of ihe advanced guard the same (ien Reed who commanded in the battle in which Sir Pewr Parker was killed in the late war, and is now living on the Eastern Shot of Ma ylar.d The or sbort befo: thiee men. were detected in the act nf (Jfterting, pursued, uken close to ihc Observed, thai accoiriing to.

orders CUght to execute all tliree of thc bin that he would not do 90. He would example of of ihrm. I piJiii in the place of the luiooos lanfl' of 8.1.6. was in our sr.uation," a trmmpL. ol reason over ignorance, and misgui ded theory; ami the c.omparat ly flourishing Male of our manufactures since that pp.n^r!, "fic stows 1 he of experjervce in f.ivor of a syst the betutiisof which aie daily becoTnn.g A has oct in Sum ner county, Tenn.

bet ween Gallatin and the Kentucky liner It is that commissions of a number of the of the explosion was seen oy a negro, wno rr presents it as stream ol nro 01 con up, and ther anrt hnmt to the tons: but tnere is no fire or smoke issuing at present. This discovery accounts for the phenomena or the rocks falling 8 or 10 miles from that spot on the 9ih of May laat. Herald. of the channel were balked 30 ot 40 feet high, and mud on them at that height. A4fnost every knows that 4 he Shcriti" occosiohully law," lhat is to say he fulfils the law hence the of a proper per son for that office.

A person in an interior counw of the Smc vf trr date for ihe SheriR'alt thus makes known his plan of pvoctcdii.gs U. S. Gaz. mv desire to promote the rrrirTcraTJtrT, and support ihet Constitution, and prevent private plots of iroJtt'm al; and a di sire tliai less costi should be made, thai faimers rat tbeir bread in peace, and we love or neighbors ourselves, hich is ihe fuifiilijn: of the law." clay, i wwa in. the s'a tc.

nil il uns nl duli.irs vv.irk" ar (1 Ohio Canal 1 miles o( the Ohio Ce av. lar d. 1" is dis: a ne 1 nnei snmmil with 1 Irom l'ie hip esi pri''nt ol 5r.V MiiRciiR. July 1 8 Rrvo lutionary J''urrnc Last Duncan, lately Irom Cnp t'tet a nve the Uke, anr) S. veralbr mv harrr.al other muiirev if lav 1 otf 1 ai.spir ngfln ernpiion ol Mm; "ork.

die ft a 1 ib Weed that it should be the 1 Charroa, terns; ttafirotny was mow agg ava I Sad buried Iru: I and d.s i' 1 Clravc'v (J. rf 'i vfar, I a r. r. a A a rr, Trt'ui I7e loi in Uie is wheat will be cut mis week. Mr.

Cairns bas his 1 hundred acres all elejied arid 1 1 alion Tbese men are ol our most independent larm Tht enj healib this time, arc vith plenty, and pay no idxes. be pleasing lo ihose heroic men, thus to live on the land which 1 hey tbeir sef vices the day of trouble in the days lhat Hied their very souls. New York two re ii.v es: ed in sail husbi I weiglung 75 lbs. to the bu lu 1 are annuaily ned on bo the water ol tr.e sail springs, and on sra by the process of craporatfon from tnr scj wa ter. Tt'C on tmpartrd salt is cents per bushel, and sields a revenue ol £00,000 dollars.

completion miisiii r.f 3 8 1 a a i 1 1 1 a 1 he pi ri a and the 1 .1 1 is orifice ii Ci I. iiiTii Eat! of GoVcUOoV General of the cancelled militia officers upper province, for having taken a part tn the proceedings of some late popular The officers are ordered to the ranks. The editor of the Canadian Spectator talks rather Bharply upon the occasion. Columbus. (Ohio) July 12.

Colonization Society The people, of this State are deeply interested 10 tha success of this Society. We arei suffering under many of the pernicious eftects incident to a slave population, rwiifiB'uT any ofTtie fe wiTTch are derived from holding slaves, immense numbers of mulaitoes are con tinually flocking, by tens, and by hun Uwir Ohio. Their fecundity is es and bark, and broken into piany pie "l' feet.high. JVIuch of the limber is ap pare'ntly buried several feet in sand and, mud. One large bi.rch tree was ken off square, measuring 3 feet anu 9" inches where it was broken." black ash was literally pounded into a whose brash is 7 leet The drHrfa fic'g" nt to a 25 acres.

force of must have been very great, at we wonder, when we cunsider the probable depth of the water. In some places, appearance, it must have been 30 feet hiuh. Some of the tiees on the sides proverbial. 1 hey are worse than drones to society, and ihev already swarm it? our land like Locusts; This slate of things calls loudly for legislative interference and, whilst the Colonization Society rids us ture oughtlo devise some mode to pre vent the People of this State from suffering umler nearly all the inconveniences and deleterious effects conse State Journal. Madrid, May 24.

Private Correspondence. "The Hshop Toledo has just published in his diocese an order for the repres sing all books, except prayer Every work in aToreignTanpnage, ev ery translation from foreign languages, and he French and Engl ish Jo rnal in a body, are forbidden by his Emi e. lie aJl perso der pain of excommunication, to enter the Reading Kooms which have lately been established, and also the re a ding wwt of M'. of those ol Sampere on the Re venues of the Church of Spain, and tKK' translation of The the Psalms of David which were pub lished last year, and. dedicated to the King.

You see his Excellency Ingu anzo loves improvement. Zerah Colburn, ihe mathematical genius, whose wonderful power of computing numbersra sionished the literati of Europe, is now a minister the gosp 1 'Methodist connexion, in Norwich, Conn. New good story of two friends who attended a public dinner told the excellent toasL.he intended to give: but U. coninvod 10 called on fiot, and gave BTmoaroinirhinvsrff a ca nd i 4 Nli oidy Xoaiu then had bim. lerred to rur a sentiment hen he knew be was" a.

one he had stolen that 1 '1 her a siiuaih.u. Cm ntxMA July 7. Earthquake Thursday morn inp last, be 1 ecu and 0 ctocK, a ve ry sensible shuck. of an Ear'bqtiake was fell in our city. TTie undulatory rno Hon ln'cd alicui tuit a minute; nncl appeared 'o be run tiorth to The noi oduc ed 'by the rallli.iLr of state.

Wf.ll hl fin, Va June ID. Extrcordir.nry Mortality. Mr Mlirau, bis and five ilci ol rrleh aicd full lencvh ortrai" nf Cien gton, painted usn a 1 1 1 has hern dis posed of ar.h li wd Tee' a Huss; 1'. j. 1 lc for 1 lit I was al the express derive ol pc ol distinction, a 1 was rc4 Sh 4Jio.

uc.s3.xi coin nic of Ir. a 1 "I' fkler V. on i f. i HMI i f. ti a 1 W.is'i r.

ir, the ar: is WtvJ.Uie Itiee dote, which places in a strong light tho courage of of tiie Sing Sing Prison, and the salutary swe with be has inspired the criminals under his charge. Having hat) occasion to inflict some severe punishment upon two or three of the convicjs, after they had retired mong their fellows, one of them was heard to' declare in the most solemu manner, and with a tremendous oath, that he "would be the death of the su perinteodant," a fair tunity offertd. This declaration was' conveyed to him by a convict who ing, the superintendant went to the celt of the convict who had threatened him, carrying in his hand his shaving uten ftllft He lacked the door) put the kt in his porkef, and sittingdown, ordered the convict to shave bim. The fellow, "surprised at this novel command, pror not without trepidation, to lorm imposed upon him. He finished the operation in good style.

The superintendant then rose, and said to him you not ashamed to make a which your Cowardice will not allow you to carry into execution I have of your having sworn to take my life, and came here to shew you that it did not frighten me, and to let jjTTwh'aT have to deal slmer. In Batavia, N. Yolk, a loving couple were linked together Tn the bands of matrimony lio hat than sou made a "clear way from the than they fell to, and had a reirt i I no other injury than that of having their faces tolerably well scratched. A'J Extract of a letter.) engaged in going over the plains of Waterloo, my attention was often attracted by a "most stupendous work going on, men, horses, and carts, in great numbers, being employed; but from the interest I felt in the details off ihe battle, and the guide's description, it was some length of time before I could enquire, what 1 di 11 a intended for; at length the opportunity served, and upon inquiry, I found it to be a monument which the Government of the Netherlands had ordered lobe ed'on he" sjlot where Wellington, and those who partook wilti him in the glory of that and where he sued "those commands wTiTftv decided bat veut. The Duke's head quarters, at the commencement of The engagement, were between two hills, on the road from Bi niseis ro Cliai lerof, belunclThe" Ufrii of La Haye Saintc; but the FtcncU getting possession of lhat farm, the Ilukc then moved quar'ets a bout two or three hundred yardsrio ilie on the using ground on which tins numum Tit is noiv erecting.

monument, ns it is called, has a very evrti iti 11s unfinished the wmdo.vs and furniiura in a rnni' jl resembling Ihe one houses, was so cniisTderable a 9 1 0 r'i) ttarh roa near Rennet but of 1 cTifcc rhx: sensation of aiafm' with mzv.y UK ieua oss, lrloteZsnikiDj? II. It ij 311 earthen mound or hill, appearance. it is ol immense size, el in diameter, ihe or two thousand one hundred and sixty 'cr rircumfer eiu c. It is run buncired feet high, and the vicmiiv of Manchester, in Br.ii.ke i nnc 1 1 uuc ri 1 'which I 1 arrn of II. ngi'a'd 1 motrk ted 1 fee in dnmeter at ihc ton: county, Va.

died very suddenly of a hrrr ls a double carriage road winding disease singularly rapid ir iis procriess. found in a spiral form, and supply Inlormation of all the particulars rela lnUT un means of ascent, for carria ting to their disease has not been re. to he top and by this load reived, haJ be fie vc were nd are nine days between the first and last 'he work. In the The Lmilv consisted of nine persons i is ft nf brick work, of these seven are now and, lour up from the bottom; cloys aco. the lime the information as and is still ing on.

It is to be sixty life' 1 eln aimivrr Uj ia. oJ. thr nastf rit two was not eMiciled to live. Man I ti 'he whole height chesltr and 1'ic around ha' ravs rrrr.arkahlv hraithv. a' we have lot hcaid a death uk place i' the for considerable 1 the 1 1 a norance of iht Tgt ot time.

pr.Jcs ed an It said Ig" fc moi.e hdnd. ma ito 3: it 11: twt 10 ma' i a reufk, ncre emp 1 i.m:. his or i ci.tuj.ua ul if, IDS CC fra Il is in a Iio i'id. is the crest of two feet 1 1 1 i i i i nen he. irk ft 1 criTi from wba re ihe ft 1 be kept at ir, arid i.T'l as 1 1 a rn r.

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