Death Of Governor Shunk

Ex-Gover)or Sbunk, of Pennsylvania, died at liis residence in Pitlsbnrgh, at 7 o'clock, on Thursday evening last. Some time previous i se, conscious that he could nol recover froiii is illness, he resigned hi ofn or in the ' iIIoíi :n,r affecting I to the people of his Si T.i ihe ïfoj!c ai Pcniisj Irniiiit. It bai ied Divine Providf prive me oí' ih i ; :■ ihe farher dischai Magislrate, and io lay me on a bed of sicknesa frora vvliich I am admonished b)' my physicians and my own increasing debility, I may, in all human probability, mise, I llave resolved, upon mature refloction, under a conviciion of duiy, on ibis day 10 restore to yon the trust with which your suffragea liaveclothed me, in order tliat yon may irail youiselves ol'tlie provisions of tlie Constitntion to choose a successor, at the next general election. I therefore hereby resign ihe office ofGovernor of tlic Commonweahh of Pennsylvania, and direct ibis my resignation lo be filed in tlie office of the tíecretary of the CommonWi ;!ll. Tu talsing leave of you under circumstances so solemn, accept iny gratitude for the confidence you have reposed in me. My prayer is, tliat peace, virtne, intelligence and religión may pervade al! your borders ; ihat the fren institutions you have inheritcd from your ancestora may remain unimpaired till the latest poslerhy ; tliat the same kind Providence wbich has already blessed you may conduct you to a still higher state of individual and social happiness; and, when the world shall close upon you, as I feel it s soon ahout to close upon me, tbat you rnay enjoy tlie consolaiiong of the Christiin's faitb, and be gatbered without a vvanderer lost, into the fold of he Great Shepherd nl)ove. FRANCIS R. SHÜNK. Tlie undersigned were present at the execution of the above instrument of vvritinf . H. BUEHLEli, W. R.DEWITT. Harnsburg, July 9, 1S4S.