Pennsylvania Kailron*.
@e kjkkjs as
"IHEtGIIT TRAINS no r.... twice a week between
V "i.-wistowi. and fbiladolphia ae follow tSvret Leav
i wiTt)\v* on rKD.viisnArs fn rR.
J) >.-,, ami Pnn.ADKLPHiA on MGJhD.It 8 -" v '
il'RSnjtys, at the following rales <>f freight, vat ri
include commissions for storage, via :
Kates af Freights nrr 100 Pounls.
~ "L'jtt
from p:iii..mei.pki v Js £j§S! =Sj s |
Cov.- and Duncannon, I '^ l ! 3U 35
U..ley's, Newport * Mißrwtown, H| 23 32 J7J
Perrysvilfe and .M.rttin, , -1 :28 3n 42
LflrWa**! | '*•' [ ® .
Way freight (tor mile is 2[ mills for First anil Second
Class, and 3 mills for Third and Fourth Class.
List of Articles in each Class.
FIRST CLASS. —Ashes—wood or leached; none*; ■
Horns and (Use pieies: Bricks,(not fire); broken Cast
ings; Clay, Earth, Sand or Gravel; Coal (mineral); l'ire
Wood; Germ .n Clay; Ileadingatid Hoop Poles; Iron Ore;
Lime; Manure; Marble in blocks ('inwrought); Pis and
rtcrap Iron; Plaster or Gypsum; Posts and Kails; ll igs;
iiaiiroad Ties or Sills; Salt; Shingle® and Lath; Slate or
Tile for roofing; Staves; Slave®, heading, &c. for cedar
ware; Tar, Pitch and Rosin; Timber, (round or hewn.) |
SECOND CLASS. —Agricultural Implements; Apples,
and other domestic fruits, (erecn or dried); Bark (ground
or unground); Beef and i* rk, (salted); Blooms and An. j
chorues; Boards and other sawed lumber; Bran, Ship I
Stuff an.l other Feed; Burr Blocks; Castings, (iron); Cof
fee ; Charcoal; Coke; Cotton; Earthenware; Empty
Casks; Fire Brick; Fish in Barrels (salt); Flour; Grain of
ill kinds; Grindstones; Hemp; Hides; Ice; Iron, [sheet,
far, rolled, slit or hammered]; Lard; Lead, [in pigs, bar
• r sheet]; Mill Stones; Nails and Spikes; Potatoes, Tur
nip®, and similar roots; Pot and Pearl Ashes—Barytes; j
Clawed Marble; -Soap Stone; Stoneware; Stone for lime
•>r building; Stratv Paper or binding boards; Tallow;
Tobacco in leaf; Whiskey, Cider, and other domestic li
qnors in Casks; Wrapping Paper.
THIRD CLASS.—Agricultural productions not parti
cularly specified; Bale and bagging Rope; Beef, [fresh];
Weer, Porter and Ale; B eswav; Brass in sheets or man
ufactured; Butter and Eggs; Cast Steel; Cedar ware;
Cheese; China or Queensware; Clover, Timothy and
other grass Seeds; Copper in burs, sheets or manufactur
ed; Fish, [fresh]; Flax Seed; G'asswart; Groceries, [ex
cept coffee]; Hardware and Cutlery; Hides, [dry or Span
lab]; Leather; Live Stock; Mahogany and other orna
mental woods; Marble, manufactured; Ochre; Oil of all
kinds [including Castor and Lard]; Oysters; Paints and
Dye stuffs; Pork, [fresh]; Red Lead.[ground in oil or dry]; *
Rope® and Cordage; Shot; Steam Engines and machinery
of all kinds; Ttnand Tinware; White Lead; Window
Glass; Wool; Zinc in sheets or blocks; Zinc manufac
tured.
FOURTH CLASS.—Boots. Shoes and Hals; Hook*,
and Stationery; Buffalo and Moose Skins; Carriages, or
vehicles of pleasure; Deer Skins; Drugs and Medicines;
Dry Goods; Feathers; Foreign Fruits; F'urniture;Furs and
Peltry; Garden Seeds, in boxes; Paper, [writing and ;
printing]; Tobacco, manufactured ; Trunks ; Un enumer
ated Articles.
To Drover® and others having Live Stock to send to i
market It is de'irable they should go in Wednesday's
train, as the Saturday's train remain® at flarrisburg un
lit Monday
PASSENGER TRAINS run daily, leaving PluSadel- :
phia at Sand Lew is town at lOo'clock. A. M
SAMUEL MILLIKEN, Jr ,
.Igent, /.trifUurn.
CRAIG it BELLAS,
Nov 3, IM9 .dgenti, Philadelphia.
HIGH CRAIO. THOMAS BELLAS.
CRAIG & BELLAS.
T- 7T "T2 ? A
*iw J %s XX-s**. wr® ;
AND
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
FOR THE SALE OF
Bac on, Lard, Batter, Wool, (iin
sengr, Cloverseed, &c-,
Broad and Cherry streets,
PHILADELPHIA.
Advances made, if required, on Receipt of
< Consignments. Cars will be unload
ed at our Warehouse. Produce consigned to
us for sale will not be subject to porterage or
btorage. C. & B. are Agents for the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company.
Oct. 20, 1649—if.
SITLR. JAMES I 10.,
FLOUR & GRAIN FACTORS,
AND
Commission Merchants,
For flic Sale of Produce in
Caeiieral,
Broad, above Arch, West side,
PHILADELPHIA.
Iron received and delivered to any part of the
City, or shipped as may be directed.
Refer to—
Fhem Zook, Esq., Mifflin county.
Joseph Milliken, Lewistown.
William RT— ell, Esq., Cashier of the De
posit and Discount Bank, Lewistown.
J. W. Weir. Cashier of the llarrisburg Bank.
Townsesd iiaires. Esq., Secretary of the
Commonwealth of Penn'a.
C. M. Trottman, Esq , Cashier of the West
ern Bink, Philadelphia
Mourns Patterson Si Co.. Merchants,
Jacob Lex &. Son, do. r"3.~l
John M Kennedy & Co., do. ) £ ?
September 22. I*49—Bin."
1m & EG.,
Commission Tie reliant*,
FOR the hale of
FLOUR. GRAIN. SEEDS,
Jnd all descriptions of Country Produce.
eitoAU ntkket, cast nidi;,
Between Race an.i Cherry.
philauhlphia.
Respectfully solicit t share of the business
from tb ik vicinity, and refer to
Messrs. Lokgenecker, Grubu Rankers.
VV. Russell, K j <) , Cashier, Le wi-town.
E. E. I/OCKE, Esq , M i(llin county.
K. J. Robs, Esq, Cashier, /,, .
.. .- * *T \ ilarrisburg.
Messrs. r cnk cj. Mii.i.ek, \
Samuel Johnson, Esq., Marietta, Laucasti r
county, Pa.
CJco. M. Trout man. Cashier, of
Western Bank, ! r„-, , >♦„
, in c .. , Phoadel a.
Messrs. Jar. J. Duncan &. Co , J
and Merchants generally, j
October 6, I*49—(im.*
leather, Morocco, ami Shoe
Findings.
\Urge assortment always on band, and for
sale by
F. J. HOFFMAN.
Lewistown, June 22, 1619.
Irish Liiiciik.
A LARGE lot bought at a bargain in
Philadelphia, and sel'inj; by the
niece or yard at a tanail advance at
™ 7 C. I. JONES'
£,. '•? .V/ u Cheap Cash Store.
AGENCY OFFICE.
f r is w. 11 ob-icrved by Fiavel in bis cxc. Ilcut work. ;
f Thu Mystery of Providence, that "there are hard !
I i.t'.s iu the works, a well as in the wor I <T God."
t have been i-illeit to inler;r-t some trying providence®,
in re(ieateil attacks of ill health, incapacitating me from ,
ministerial services, and the conclusion I have drawn
I from them is, i hat it is my duty to give up the ministry, j
! not altogether, but yet altogether as a vocation of ecclu
j sive employment and support, ami to enter on a course of
life affordirg reason to hope, by the Divine blessing, lor j
some measure of health and usefulness.
I have therefore returned to reside in a community
where my manner of life formerly is well known, to pros
ecute a culling for which I think myself qualified bye.x
perieilce and by business habits in past years. I wish to
act in a fiduciary character, as Executor, Administrator,
Guardian, Agent. &c ; toserveas Auditor, Referee, he.;
to settle Administration Accounts; and, generally, to
transact business of like nature, as returning health may |
enable me, without engaging fully and actively in the I
exciting duties of the profession.
My OFFICE i* in the front room of my residence,
lately occupied by Mr. Charles McCoy, opposite the Epis
copal Church, Lewistown.
WM. M. HALL
Lewistown, Dec. I, 1819.—1t.
M AY IVI OW A
Cheap Cabinet Wareroom,
Near J. li. McDowells'-s tavern, I 'alh tj st.
|
rpilE SUBSCRIBER invites those it" ut going :...
*• housekeeping and tooth, s thai w hto . untun;
Che.iD £'<iraiiiiii*c 9
to call at tile :-b v.- mentioned Wareroom and examine
his large stock of tVell Made and Vtr.ful Furniture of ail
kinds too numerous to mention here Among his slock
they vv ill find an assortment of
CANES EA T C HAIRS,
which are soul for CASH CHEAPER than they have ever
been soid in this place. I would draw attention to a pa
tent Silastic Spring Puttom liedstead, vvlsich can be seen
in my Wareroom at any time, ltcan be put lipandtaken
down in less time than the old plan, and vv iihoul a screw
driver, and the great n tier is that It form® a srutNo BOT
TOM without a cord or • - thus saving the purchaser
the cast of those articles
*> COFFINS made to .in.-,, u ueral- ••iieuded at
the shortest notice. Eitlmr M ih-..-.iiy, Cheny or Wal
nut c m be had at moderate terms.
ANTHONY FELIX.
Lewistown, December J. 1819.
it c t i"a"a.
HMIE foilowing Accounts have been examined and pass-
A ed by me, and remain filed of record in this office for
inspection of heirs, legatees, creditors, and ail others in
any way interested, and will be presented to the next
Orphans' Court of the county of MirHin. to be held at the
Court House in Lewistown, on THURSDAY, the 10th
I day of January, 1850, for allowance and confirmation .
1. The administration account of John Bartholomew,
Administrator of the estate of Joseph Bartholomew, late
of Granville township, deceased.
2. The final administration account of William Shaw,
Administrator de bonis non of Mathevv Taylor, late of
Brown township, deceased
3. The administration account of John McCord, Ad
ministrator of the estate of Fhitip IVffcr, late of Gran
ville township, deceased
4 The administration account of Enoch E Locke, Ad
niinisirator of tire estate of George McLetnhen, lite of
Armagh township, deceased.
5. The guardianship account of Samuel Biglcr, Guar
dian of Joseph sSigler, of Decatur township
6. The guardianship account of George Weidman,
guardian of Levi, Laac. and Vdam Weidman
JAMES L. McILVAINE, Reenter.
Reoistfr's Office. )
Lewistown, Dec. I, 1619. (
The Register deems it proper tn state,
for the information of ali concerned, that ac
countd must be filed in hts t-fficc and published
thirty days previous to the first day of ensuing
CouiLs—otherwise ihey will be retained until
the succeeding term.
ASSIGNEE'S SALE.
HY virtue of a deed of assignment, executed by JONS
__ R Pinups in trust for he <r' ditors, will be offered
for sale on the premises on
Holiday, Dt'Cfiiibrr ill. I*l9,
. at 1 o'clock in the afternoon of Mid day, the following
described plantation and tract of land, bounded by land
of George Strunk on Ihe west, Caldwell** heirs on the
north, and Grimnung.-r ami others; containing 176 Acres,
more or less, 'land to be surveyed ) There
are thereon u large HTONE HANK HMIN,
Is • i iijfi* a FR V MF. various out houses
Also, a good Apple Orchard and other im
■™""®pro V eaiPls The land is nearly all < leared
and a reasonable proportion meadow, or can be made in
to meadow Persons desirous of purchasing w ill please
call and see the premises before the day of sale. If not
gold on that day the farm will be rented for one year.
ALSO, will be sold at public sale on the premises on
Wednesday, January 2nd, 1850,
at 1 o'clock. P M ,t!iai well known GROCER A", DWEL
LING IIOLRE, and appurtenances, situate at the Lock
on the Pennsylvania Canal inlhe IK. rough of Lewist >•,< u
The Dwelling House, Store-room, VVarehouce, and Set
biing, have all been recently lilted up in complete order.
The stand is perhaps Ihe best place for transacting busi
ness on the entire line of the Pennsylvania Canal,
j Due attendance will be given on the daysof sale, hen
the conditions will be made known, ice.
JOHN C. SIGLKR.
Nov. 21, l c l9—td. Assignee of John It. Philips.
Auditor's Aolicc.
THE subscriber, appointed Auditor by the Court of Com
mon Pleas of Milllin county, to report on the exceptions
filed to the Assignee Account of JAMBS BROWN, Assignee
of JAMES M'N ITT, as filed by James Brown and Thorn
as Brown, Ailiriinistrati rsof James Brown,deceased, and
to re-state account, if necessary, appoints ti-ITL'RDJi K,
the 3th day of January next, at his office in Lewistown,
to hear the parties interested, w hen and w here they are
hereby notified to attend,
WM. M. HALL, Auditor.
December I,l'vW —It. [Dem. copy.]
Auditor's ftotire.
I IHE undersigned, appointed an auditor to distribute
tlv balance to the hand* of JOHNSTON SIOI.CM, Ad
ministrator of AD AM SIGLER, deceased, to and among
the persons legally entitled to the same, will attend for
that purpose at hi* office in the borough of la:wistown.
on Thureday, the 97 th day of Jlteenhtr, 18-19, wdiet! and
where all persons having claims upon atd fund are noti
fied to present them, or be [hereafter debarred from com
iug in fir a share ofs-.nl fund.
J. W. SHAW,
Nov. 21, 1819—It And iter
Auditor'* police.
'ptTE under-dent t. appointed auditor * .lion tin
* balance remaining in the ha. id? oi ii LEATTOR,
Kq , Administrator of III" estate of J'>IIN PORTER,
d.-n psd, late of Olirn t-wnxhip, Militin county, will
fleet at the C'ouit il.nl •In tile borough of LewtstOW 11,
on .\l„ad.iy, tii* 2lt A I jccr.iabtr, InIP, to apportion the
• line to and among lb. 1 p- rroris legally entitled tore
J. DICKSON, Autlilur.
I.ewCtown, Nov -it, IAI9- It.
Auditor'* IVolier.
rpm: undersigned, appointed auditor by the Orphans'
" Court of Milliiu county to report on Ihe exceptions
filed to the Administration Account •! Or.o W OLIVER,
Administrator of JOHN OLIVER, deceased, appoints
7'hurrday, the Y!th of Heambtr nert fir hearing said e*
ceplions, at Ihe Court House, tn Lewistown, when and
: where parties Interested uiny altend if they Ihtnli proper.
J AN. DICKSON, Auditor.
Nov 21, IM9— -It [Democrat copy.
Auditor'* Aolire.
rpilU undersigned,appointed auditor to dis-
J. tnbute Ihe proceeds of the sale of the
real estate of Dr. LEWIS HOOVER, now in
the hands of the Sheriff of Mi film connty, will
meet al the Court House in the borough of
Lewistown, on TiII'RSI)A Y, December
2(1, 1*41), for llio purpose of making natd dis
tribuiion, when and where all parties inter
toted art' notified to attend
J DICKSON. Auditor.
THE G AZETTE.
LEWISTOWN, PA.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1819.
TER M S :
ONK DOI.LAK PKR AlfftlTtt,
IN AILVAHCE.
For six mouths, 75 cents.
NEW subscriptions must be paid in
■ advance. If the paper is continued, and not
paid within the fust month, #1.25 will be charg
ed ; if not paid in three months, $1.50; it not
paid in six months, $1.75; and if not paid in
! nine months, $2.00.
Noliefs of AdTertiKßeitL
S. Mil I.IKBN, Jr., wi!l pay cash for produce
delivered ut the depot, or receive it cn con
sionment.
'J'he Administrators of Geo. W. Oliver de
sire to make settlement of accounts.
The County Commissioners want borrowed
assessment transcripts returned.
The Bridge Company will hold an election
next month.
Hopper offers a general assortment of prop
erty t. r rent.
U. \V. Elder, Esq., hasa.i auditor's notice.
The President's Ifaee.
The House of Representatives at Washington
i having failed thus far to elect a Speaker, we are
uuable this week to lay before our readers the
President's Message.
' V.
CONTEMPTIBLE MEAVSESS.—The Postmaster
Genera), at the request of some members of the
press, gave permission to the reporters to take a
copy of his report, but with the solemn pledge
from all that it was not to be used until the
President's Message was delivered. Good faith
was observed by all except the Philadelphia
Ledger and Baltimore Sun, both of which pa
pers published the report on Tuesday morning, i
knowing that the document had not yet been
transmitted to Congress. The Heads of Depart
ments at Washington will but perform an act of
justice by hereafter excluding the reporters of
these, papers from all participation in privileges
usually extended to that class.
Vorth Branch Canal---Allotment of Work.
The following are the names of the contrac
tors to whom we learn the work on the North
Branch Canal has been allotted :
Sections. Sectionr
11 Jacob Seiler A Co. 11.'I Mead & Carrigan
12 DykensA VV'endel 114 Francis Blair A Co.
21 John M'Cord 134 Jackson M'Fadden
27 Patrick Burke 159 John Sturdivant
67 Patrick Burke 162 George Leibriek
69 Sturdivant A: Little 173 Cochran A M'Lane
75 Jacob Seiler A Co. 174 John M'Mahon
9$ J & J. Lamon ls2 Rody M'Gee & Co.
11l John Snodgrass 183 Edward Kerns & Co
? 112 John Snodgrass 184 Wm. Phelari A Co.
With the llarrishurg Telegraph, we hope that
these lettings were fairly made ; hot it strikes
us also as a little singular, that every one of the
successful bidders as given above is a Ixicofoco
of the de< pest dye.
The citizens of Johnstown are taking prepar
atory measures for the formation of a new
county out of parts of Cambria, Somerset,
Westmoreland and Indiana counties —Johnstown
to he the seat of justice.
Cfforts are being made at Huntingdon to pur
chase the Juniata Bridge near that place, so as
to make it free for travel. The Grand Jury re
commend the county commissioners to appropri
ate §ISOO towards it.
Proceedings of fongress.
Congress assembled on Monday. There was
a quorum of Senators in attendance, and the
usual business was gone through.
The House met at 12 o'clock, and was called
to order by Thomas J. Campbell, the Clerk of
the last House.
The roll was then called over by States, when
t appeared that all the members were present
except Augustin H. Shepherd, whig, of N. C. ;
Thos. B. King, whig, of Georgia; Albert J. Al
ston, whig, and David Hubbard, locofoco, of
Alabama; Albert G. Brown, locofoco, of Mis
sissippi; Meredith P. Gentry, whig, of Tcnn ;
aiid Geo. W. Julian, free soil whig, of Indiana.
Number present, 223 ; absent 7 ; one vacancy
in Palfrey's district, Massachusetts.
On motion of Mr. Boyd, the House proceeded
to the election turn tore for speaker.
Messrs. Duer, of New York ; Miller, of Ohio;
Hilliard, of Ala. ; and Strong, of Pa.; were ap
pointed tellers.
The House having proceeded to ballot, the
following was the result, viz :
Cobb, of Ga., loco 103
YVintlirop, of Mass., whig DO
D. Wilmot, of Pa., loco H
M. P. Gentry, of Tenu., whig <>
If. Mann, of Mass., whig
James Thompson, of Pa., loco
C. F. Cleveland, of Conn., loco 1
James A. Seddon, of Va., loco
Jos. L. Orr, of S. 0., loco
DavidT. Disney, of Ohio, loco 1
Joseph M. Root, of Ohio, F. S. 1
221
r.cccv'sry to a choice 111
Messrs, Cobb and VVinthrop did not vote.
Three other ballots were had, not materially
differing from the above. The House then ad
journed.
The House had several ballots on Tuesday
without effecting an election, and at half past
three adjourned. The tenth and last ballut
stood as follows :
YVintlirop 9~
Cobb
Wilmot
Gentry V
Richardson •'
Potter
Mann ~
Cleveland, Durkec and Stanton each one.
Ou Wednesday the balloting® were resumed
with the following result
1 ItU 12th 13 th lAth
Cobb, loco, 9b 97 93 b9
YVintlirop, whig, 97 97 98 99
Gentry, wdiig, 5 5 5 ►
Root, Free Soil, 77 77
Potter, Free Soil, 4 3 9 10
Scattering, 11 12 11 12
After the 13th ballot a resolution was offered
i that on the next ballot a plurality should elect,
I hut laid on the, table by a decided vote. The
House then adjourned
Proßiylianla Railroad Company.
The annual meeting of this company took
place in Philadelphia on Monday last. The re
ports of the Board, Chief Engineer, and Treas
urer, were read and adopted. From these re
ports we learn that It has been determined by the
: Board, that on and after the Ist of January next,
' the rate of way travel shall be reduced to the
uniform rate of three cents per mile—a very
wise and prudent determination —and also to
discontinue all operations on the road upon the
Sabbath after that date.
The fiscal year closed cn the 31st of October ;
last, and up to that date the Treasurer's hooks ,
showed the following state of affairs :
Received from subscriptions and
other sources, $3,692,379 44 j
Amount disbursed, 3,193,709 15
I Leaving a balance of 498,670 29
If to this balance be added the a
mouht of uncollected subserip
j tions, including the second sub
! scription from the city of Phil
adelphia, about 1,900,000 00
there is the sum of $2,398,670 29
applicable to the construction and equipment of
the road.
The report of the Engineer gives a large
amount of statistical matter, both in relation to ,
the completion by the different routes over the :
mountain as well as that of forming a junction
with the Portage Railroad. The receipts and
expenditures of the road now in use, between
llarrishurg and Lewistown, are sufficient to
warrant the assurance that the whole road can- ,
not fail to amply remunerate the capitalists for
the investment made by thern. The total re- :
' ceipts for transportation of freight and passen
gers, during the months of September and Octo
ber, were $14,892 76 ; while the expenditures
during the same period were $3,405 37, leaving
an excess of $11,397 39, which is equal to 4§
per cent, interest upon the amount expended in
the building and equipment of that portion of
the road.
A resolution of thanks to the recent and pres
ent Presidents, Engineers and officers " for tlu
able, energetic and satisfactory manner in icliich they
hare conducted its affairs was then adopted, but
not without opposition.
Resolutions instructing the directors not to
pay more than $2500 per annum to the President
unless tie possesses the qualifications of an en
gineer—to consider the expediency of providing
for the delivery of produce at the stores of con
signees under the present rates of freight, and
relative to discontinuing operations ou the Sab
hath, were referred to a committee consisting
°
of Messrs. J. It. Ingcrsoll, Jno. M. Kennedy, J.
F. Learning, It. M. Lewis, and James Magee,
who arc to report to an adjourned meeting to be
held on the 241h instant.
The following gentlemen were elected Direc
tors for the ensuing year:—William C. Patter
son, Samuel V. Merrick, David S. Brown, Ste
phen Colweli. Geo. W. Carpenter, Christian E.
Spangler, Thomas T. Lea, Washington Butcher.
I Roar l'rom Tr\as---Boulh Carolina Beat!
South Carolina was formerly considered the
Bombastcs Furioso of our Union, but Texas,
judging from the early commencement made in
the science of blustering, bids fair to outdo the
Nuiiificrs. The Governor of the latter, in his
message to the Legislature, says if the United
States persist in their claim to the territory of
Santa Fe and other parts of New Mexico, it
imposes upon the Legislature the duty of adopt
ing energetic and efficient measure* to protect
the rights of Texas, to acquit herself of what is
due to her dignity and honor. He recommends
that ample power be conferred on the Executive
of the State, and ample means be placed at his
disposal, and that it be expressly required of him
to raise the proper issue and contest it, not de
monstrating by argument the justness of their
claim, nor by reference to tfieir statutes, but
with the xrhnle power and resources of the State.—
The result of any legislation short of this, he
says, will be barren and profitless. How the !
power and the resources of the State are to be
I applied is divulged in the Houston Telegraph in
commenting upon the message. It says—
" The public lands in that section [Santa Fe]
were all pledged for the payment of the national
debt of Texas, and if the General Government
should rob the .Slate of their lauds, it should be
arraigned in the Supreme Court of the nation as
a thief, and like a thief, it should be compelled
to pay a proper forfeit. Texas will maintain
her right against every adverse claimant. If
the General Government will place itself in the
position that Mexico occupied before annexa
tion, Texas will be forced by circumstances
beyond her control, to resume her old position.—
She was then at war with Mexico, and if the
General Government assumes the position of
Mexico, Texas trill be at tear irtf/i her. The re
sult ts inevitable."
Notwithstanding these bellicose demonstra
tions the Governor thinks it might not be unwise
i first to despatch a commission to Washington
relative to the matter. There is wisdom in this
recommendation, particularly as there happens
to be a President at Washington w ho is quite as
likely to put down Usurpation in Texas as Gen.
Jackson was to put down Nullification in South
Carolina.
l'lg Pen \ulsanees.
The law against creating or maintaining nui
sances of this character was recently laid down
in the Philadelphia Court of Quarter Sessions
by Judge Parsons. In charging the jury em
pannclled in the case ola man who was on trial
for keeping a pig pen—
The Judge took the broad ground, that no man
has a right so to occupy his property as to incom
mode or annoy his neighbor. It had been deci
ded, he said, in the Supreme Court of this State,
I by Judge Seigcant, that the keeping of one pig
| in a pen in a thickly populated neighborhood,
j was per st (of itscll) a nuisance, formerly, it
was supposed, that it must be proven detrimen
tal to the health of the neighborhood to make it
a nuisance ; but within the last 25 years a more
liberal construction had been given to the law in
relation to nuisances, and it was now sufficient
that the business complained of, should be an
noying to the citizens residing in its locality, or
who were in the habit of passing along the high
road near which it was established.
iTf* Our neighbor of the Democrat had
"glory enough for one day" this week in a re
port that Cobb had been elected Speaker, and
Forney of the Pennsy Ivanian Clerk of the House
of Representatives at Washington. I nfortu
natcly the GI.ORV lasted but one day ! neither
having been elected thus far, and from present
appearances not likely t<> he.
f
Exrnatr s
From thf Report of the Postmaster General.
The number of post offices in the United
Stitrs at the close of the year ending June 30, j
1819, was 10,747, there having been 921 estab
lished and 338 discontinued within the year, j
making an increase within the year of 588.
The number of postmasters appointed within ;
the year ending June 30, 1849, was 0338
Of that number, 2782 were appointed in con- '
sequence of resignation ; 183 were appointed in i
consequence of death ; 284 were appointed in
consequence of changes of sites of offices ; 2103
were appointed iri consequence of removals; 11
were appointed in consequence of commissions
expired and not renewed ; 20 were appointed in
consequence of commissions rencwe.d ; 23 were
appoin ed in consequence of becoming Presiden
tial by income exceeding $1000; 921 were ap
pointed in consequence of new offices.
The number of mail routes in the United
States on the first day of July, 1849, was 4 943,
and the number of contractors 4,190. The
length of these routes was 107,703 miles.
On these routes the mail was transported
42,547,069 miles, at the cost of $2,428,515.
The gross revenue for the year, ending June
30, 1849, amounted to $4,905,170 28, derived
from the following sources.
From letter postage, including stamps sold, 5£2,7C2 G2
From newspaper and pamphlet postage, iiO,OIC 20 |
From miscellaneous items, 3,251 21
From fines, 43 75 ;
From dead letter money sold, SJ 50 j
f 1,705,176 28
From the appropriation made by the 12* It
section of the act of 3d March, 1.817, for
mail services to the government. 000,000 00 !
**,90.%176 28
THE EXPENDITURE* DURING THE YEAR, WMB FOB
Transportation of iriaiU, ♦2,377,400 71
Compensation to postmasters, 1,320,931 31
H.iip, steamboat ft way letters, 50.171 45
Wrapping paper, ■ 23.036 03
Office furniiure, 4,219 60
Advertising, 61,613 32
Mail hags, 20,602 38
Blanks, 20,276 71
Mail locks, keys and stamps, 4,566 50
Mail depredations ft special ag'ts, 21,228 00
Clerks for post offices, 317,218 36
Miscellaneous payments, 70,437 80
Post-office laws and regulations, 91 73
Excess of gross revenue for the year, $426,127 15 j
The whole number of letters charged with
postage passing through the mails the past year, ;
reckoned on the postage received, agreeably to j
a basis heretofore approved, amounted to sixty- ,
two millions.
It has been said that the newspaper and pam
phlet postage is not in proportion to the cost of
their transportation ; but it is not to be therefore i
understood that any increase of that postage is i
proposed. It has long been regarded as sound
public policy to promote the circulation of these
publications by cheap postage, and it may be
advisable to proceed further in this policy, es
pecially in promoting their circulation in the i
vicinity of their places of publication, provided
no decided injustice be done to the post-masters
within that same vicinity.
The most obvious and prominent feature now
in our postage is the double price, ten cents,
charged on ail single letters carried over three
hundred miles. The reduction of this ten cent
postage, and charging all single letters at five
cents each, would much simplify the manner of
accounting, and render the same both more fa
cile and perfect—would remove the dissatisfac
tion arising from the great difference in the
postage in different offices, even in the same vi
cinity, but separated by this arbitrary line ; and
would promote and encourage the correspond
ence and intercourse, by mail, between the most
distant parts of the country, which most need
and demand it, in precise proportion as their
other means of intercommunication are slow
and unfrequent.
In the last year there were received 2.100,000
dead letters, all of which have been opened and
examined. Of these. 4964 contained money to
the ami unt of $32,(169, have been registered and
the same sent out for delivery to the owners,
ami 993 letters containing other enclosures of j
value.
To show the great increase of service, and
the consequent demand for the increase of the
force in the Department, the following compara- j
tive statement is made :
In 1>37, the number of post offices was 11,767
—now 17,164—417 having been established since
June last. Number of dead letters in 1837,
900,000 —now 2.100.0(10. Number of quarterly
returns in 1837, 48,(MX) —now 73.000. Number
of mail contractors in 1837. 16s2—now 4190.
Length of routes in 1837. 141.242—n0w 167,703.
Annual mail transportation in 1837, 32,597,006
—now 42,544,069.
The number of communications received at
the department annually cannot be less than
370,000.
GODF.Y'S LVOV'S BOOK. —We mentioned last
week the early reception of the January num
ber, than which a more beautiful one has never
been issued. The embellishments consist of
thirty-two engravings, among which are the In- '
troduction of Christianity into Britain, the
Flight of Time, the Fancy Ball, Excelsior,
printed in seven colors, Anglo Grecian Villa, a
splendid Flower Title. I'age. in colors—ail works
of rare merit, such as arc seldom seen in maga
zines. Godey promises that this number shall
not be a decoy, but simply a specimen of what
his patrons may expect during the year, and as
he is one who always performs his promises, his
magazine for the coming year will form a vol
ume of a thousand pages of literary matter from
the pens of talented authors, three or four hun
dred engravings, and 12 pieces of music—all
for $3, with any two of the following splendid
premium plates, which are large-sized parlor
prints : •' Death-bed of the Rev. John Wesley,"
" Wesley Breaching in Gwenap Amphitheatre,"
" America Guided by Wisdom," " General
Taylor and Old Whitcv," " Likeness of the Rev.
John Wesley," " do. of his co-laborer, Rev.
John Fletcher," —the last two, though separate
engravings, are counted as one premium, or two
copies will he furnished for $5, and any two of
the above prints to each subscriber. Five
copies for $lO, arid an extra copy of the Book,
and anx two of the above engravings to the per
son sending the club Eleven copies for S2O,
and an extra copy of the Book, and any three
of the above engravings to the person sending
the club. Any person sending $5 in advance,
subscription for 1850 and 1851, will be entitled
to any four of the engravings. Address (post
paid) 1,. A. GOOEY, NO. 113 Chesnut street,
Philadelphia, or call at the Gazette office.
The Pittsburgh Convention.
A convention of iron manufacturers assembled
at Pittsburgh a few weeks since, to discuss the
subject of duty on pig and common merchant
bar iron. Various propositions were offered and
debated, w hen Geo. R. Clapp offered the follow -
ing as a substitute for all others, which was
unanimously adopted :
" Resolved, That it is the sense of this Conven
tion, at the present state of the foreign market,
that it will require a duty of $lO per ton on pig
iron, and S2O per ton on common bar, and a cor
responding increase on all other iron and manu
factures of iron, in proportion to cost of make,
to protect the American market '
Rnssi'.th'a Iddrcis to his (ounfsy.
The following i.-> the fare well address of Km.
suth to his country, written at Orsova :
Farewell, my beloved country ! Farewell
land of the Magyar! Farewell, thou land
| sorrow ! I shall never more behold the summit
,of thy mountains. I shall never again trive t}M
; name of my country to that cherished soil win-,-,,
jl drank from my mother's bosom the milks of
j justice and liberty. Pardon, oh ! pardon him
] who is henceforth condemned to wander fV
from thee, because he combatted for thy hair,
ness. Pardon one who can only call free that"
spot of thy soil where ho now kneels with a
of the faithful children of conquered Hungarv '
My last looks are fixed on my country and )
see thee overwhelmed with anguish, 'if,.-
plains are covered with blood, the redness >Y
i which pitiless destruction will change to blue!
the emblem of mourning for the victories u
sons have gained over the sacrilegous em-t,
of thy sacred soil.
Flow many grateful hearts have cc, lt t ; i( . ir
' prayers to the throne of the Almighty! How
many tears have gushed from their very depth
to implore pity ! How much blood has been
shed to testify that the Magyar idolises his com
| try, and that he knows how to die for it. Ai d
| yet, land of my love, thou art in slavery ! From
thy very bosom w ill be forged the chain to hind
all that is sacred, and to aid all that is sacrile
gious. O, Almighty Creator, if thou Invest thv
people to whom thou didst give victory under
our heroic ancestor. Arpad, 1 implore thee not
to sink them into degredalion. 1 speak to thee
my country, thus from the abyss of my despair
and whilst yet lingering on the threshold of thv
i soil. Pardon me that a great number of thv sons
, have sited their blood for thee ori rriv account
I pleaded for thee, I hoped for thee, even in the
dark moment when on thy brow was wiittr-ii
the withering word " Despair." I lifted un
voice in thy behalf when men said, •• Be I hoc a
slave." I girt the sword about my loins, and
I grasped the bloody plume, even When thev
' said, '• Thou art no longer a nation on the soil
i of the Magyar."
Time has written thy destiny on the pages of
thy story in yellow and black letters—Death.
The Colossus of the North has set his seal to thv
sentence. But the glow ing iron of the East
shall melt that seal.
For lliee, my country, that has shed so much,
there is no pity ; for does not the tyrant eat his
bread on the hills formed of the bones of thy
children ?
The ingrate whom thou hast fattened with thy
abundance, he rose against thCe : he rose against
thee, the traitor to his mother, and destroyed
! thee utterly. Thou hast endured all; thou
hast not cursed thine existence, for in thy bo
som, and far above all sorrow, hope has built
her nest.
j Magyars turn not aside for me, for at this
moment mine eyes flow with tears for you. for
the soil on which my tottering steps still wan
der is named Hungary.
My country, it is not the iron of the stranger
that hath dug thy grave ; it is not the thunder of
i fourteen nations, ail arrayed against thee, that
hath destroyed thee; and it is not the fifteenth
nation, traversing the Carpathians, that has
forced thee to drop thy arms. Nor Thou hast
been betrayed ; thou has been sold, my countrv
thy death-sentence hath been written, beloved
: of my heart, by him whose virtue, whose love
for tiiec I never dared to doubt Yes! in the
favor of my boldest thoughts, 1 should have al
most as soon doubted of the existence of the
! Omnipotent as have believed that he could ever
be a traitor to his country.
Thou hast been betrayed by him in whose
hands I hud but a little space before deposited
the power of our great country, which he swore
to defend even to the last drop of his heart's
blood. He hath done treason to his mother, for
the glitter of gold hath been for him more se
ductive than that of the blood shed to save his
country. Base gain had more value in his eyes
than his country, and his God has abandoned
him, as he has abandoned his God for ins allies
of hell.
Magyars! Beloved companions, blame me
not for having cast mine eyes on this man. and
for having given to hun my place. It was ne
j cesary, tor the people had bestowed on him
their confidence ; the army loved him, and he
obtained a power of w Inch I myself would have
been proud. And, nevertheless, this man belied
the confidence of the nation, and has repaid the
love of the army with hatred. Curse him. peo
ple of the Magyars! Curse the breast which
did not first dry up before it gave him its milk
I idolize thee, O thou most faithful of the na
tions of Europe, as 1 idolize the liberty for
which thou hast proudly and bravely combaued.
The God of liberty will never efface thee from
his memory. Mayest thou be forever blest!
My principles have not been those of Wash
j ington : nor yet my acts those of Tell. 1 desired
a free nation—free as man cannot be made but
by God. And thou art fallen ; faded as thii lily,
but which in another season puts forth its flow
ers still more lovely than^before. Thou art
dead—for hath not thy winter come on r But
it will not endure so long as that of thy com
panion under the frozen sky of~4siberia. No !
Fiftren nations have dug thy tomb. - Jlut the
hosts of the sixteenth will ccme to save the< .
Be faithful, as thou hast been even to the pre
sent. Conform to the holy counsels of the Bi
ble. Lift up thy heart in prayer for the depart
ed ; but do not raise thine own hymn until thou
hearest .the thunders of the liberating people
echo along thy mountains, and bellow in the
depth of thy valleys
Farewell, beloved companions! Farewell,
comrades! countrymen! May the thought of
God, and may the angels of liberty forever be
with you. Do not curse me. You may well be
proud ; for have not the lions of Europe risen
from their lairs to destroy the ' rebels:" I will
proclaim you to the civilized world as heroes .
and the cause of a heroic people will be cher
ished by the freest nation of the earth—the
freest of all free people'.
Farewell, thou land dyed with the blood of
the brave! Guard those red marks—they will
one day bear testimony on thy behalf.
And thou, farewell, I) youthful Monarch ot
the Hungarians! Forget not that my nation i
not destined for thee. Heaven inspires me
with the confidence that the day will dawn
w hen it -hall be proved to thee even on the ruin
ed walls of lluda.
May the Almighty bless thee, my beloved
country. Believe, Hope and Love.
For the Gazette.
MR. EDITOR :—There is now to be seen at the
Marble Yard of Mr. CIIARI.ES STRATFORD, in
this place, a nio-t beautiful specimen of Art—
a highly polished slab of White Marble, with a
wreath combined of the Rose and the Morning
Glory encircling the name of "Fit en " Th>'
wreath is most accurately and elegantly wrong '
in hall-relief, and nothing can be more trm to
nature than the delicate beauty of the fragile
and short-lived Morning Glory, nor more appr -
priate than the emblem of the blooming IL'-e
broken by the rude hand of the destroy ci--
" Fell Death's untimely frost."
There is a world of mournful eloquence in this
simple flower-wreath embracing that maiden •>
name. O, flowers! marble flowers! pale and
' cold a- ye, is that silent one whose melanehoiy
fate ye commemorate! Yc call up images "J
youth, and sweetness, and innocence, now closcu
. from our eyes. But not always shall ye thus •'
suspended above the cold couch of tiie dream
less dead. That tomb w ill soon be teiianlff'* ■
5 the Rose shall bloom again ; the morning ot an
eternal day shall behold the withered flower ex*
panding with renewed life and loveliness to fad
no more forever. ,
> It is a sad yet pleasing task to erect over ta<
' grave of our departed friends some memento
" of our affection and their worth, and the tn <
* taste that designed this exquisite tribute ot ann
• tion, and the skilful hand which execute" '
cannot he roiarueinle t to,- highly