miMui J Jim SOMERSET HERALD. TUESDAY, JULY H, 181C. F P. PAlI'TETt 77s7- of nidaoclpma nttiw Peal EntaJe and Coal Ofice, U our authored Awt fr otoainin Adcrtiscmenls and Stb HZintitntx tae -HGHALD" ami clothed with full ocr to rm iptfrr any monies pud to Mm on these object IIU ogyncy im-luJ t' e f!i v'n? ci" viz: Philadelphia, ISew York, BiluuLreut.d Boston. . FOi: CANAL COMMISSIONER. JAMES M. POWER, OF MERCER COUNTY. A UaltScat Tamplco. An officer of the U.S. ship St. Mary's, writes to his friend in Norfolk, under date of the 13th June. The vessel was then lying off Tampico, and he states that on the 8 ill they discovered the enemy erect in t another fort on the north side of the river. The vessel immediately stood in, and when approaching the fort, was fired upon by three gun-boats. A few shot were exchanged, and then the vessel haul ed of! but relumed again in the afternoon andTircd 70 shells and 29 round solid shot. The enemy returned the fire with an 18 pounder, but without effect. A sand bar. however, prevented the vessel from enter ing the river at this time, but in the night a second effort was made, and then her guns were brought to bear upon the boats and the fort by which they were protected. Several Paixhan shells were thrown into the fort, which silenced it, their boats however, kept up their fire for some time without effect. The writer says: "The bar intervening between us and the fori and the gun boats, rendered it impossible for U3 to choose our distance; we were therefore reluctantly compelled to engage them at long shot. Discovering that we did not do the execution which we desired, the Captain thought that this child's play caused a useless waste of powder and ball, and therefore gave orders at 8, A. M.. to cease firing; when we weighed the stream end kedge and stood out to our old anchor age." He adds: "Could we have sue ceeded in entering the river, I believe that even with our small force, we would have captured the gun boats and silenced the fort by turning their guns upon it." Reported EEoiiiEcldc. A report reached us a few days since ol the death of a wagoner on the National road, by the hands of a negro, on the Sth instant. We give the particulars as they were detailed to us, without, however, vouching for their accuracy. On the day mentioned a negro passed a public house, situate some 12 or 14 miles writ of Smythficld, and was fol lowed by the tavern-keeper, overtaken and brought back, upon presumption that he was a runaway. The tavern-keeper then went to a field to bring in a horse, and while he was gone the negro, supposing he was to be taken to some place of confine ment, tool: to his heels and made for the woods, followed by a wafoner, who hap pen! to be laying a the house. After a chase of some 400 or 500 yards, the ne gro was overtaken, whereupon he drew a a knife and gave battle to his pursuer. A scmTle ensued, in which the wagoner received three wounJs with the knife; one in the hand, another in the arm, and a third in the breast, the last of which proved fa tal. He did on the spot where the ren counter took place. Our informant did not know the names of either the tavern-keeper or the wagoner, nor had he understood that the negro had been arrested, but sup posed he had been suffered to escape. HIcKay's Bill Passed. On the 2d inst., McKay's free trade bill passed the United States House of Representatives by a vole of 114 to 95. The locos of Pennsylvania, with only one exception, voted against its passage, but those of Maine and New York were whipped into the traces and cast their votes in its favor, Brinkcrho ff, after all his blustering, and some other of the Ohio delegation, also voted for it. Oar opinion is, that the bill will pass the Senate by a email majority. il!ii$ippi Vohinfccr. Hon. Jefferson Davis, son-in-law to Gen. Taylor, and member of Congress from Mississippi, has been elected Colonel of s Regiment of volunteers, who have been mustered into service at Yicksburg. The Weather Summer is at last upen us. Pr.rinsr the past "week, we had the warmest kind of weather, and large quantities of hay were rot up in excellent order. On Friday af ternoon the thermometer stood at 04 in the bhadc. C7It was rumored last week that Mr. Buchanan had resigned his post in the Cabinet, and received the appointment of Judge of the Supreme Court. The rumor hasYince been contradicted.but it is said he v-Tt xzi'-.zn s.: the olere of the present f c-or. r.on cf Ccwess. . Fayette Cotmty VTfelfr TIcKct. Assembly. William Coivin, J. Wcst ey Philips. Commissioner. Henry D. Overholt Poor House Director.- John L. .Means. Auditor. Wiliiam Elliott. The Tariff BUI la tiie Senate. Quite unexpectedly, In the present stage of the business, the New Tariff Bill became yesterday, on its first oppear nnceia the Senate, the subject of a very animated debate. The question which gave rise to the debate wa3 a motion to dispense with the reference of the bill to the Standing Committee of the Senate upon Ways and Means, and to make it the Order of the Day, without that hith erto invariable previous examination, for .Monday next. This motion prevailed by a majority of two votes. The number of Members voting was forty-six, ten Members being absent, or having paired off with actual absentees. Of the ten not present, or not voting, six are believed to be favorable to the protect ive principle, and four to be opposed to it. All the Senators being present, therefore, if this impression be correct, the Senate will be equally divided upon the principle of the bill. Though the whole debate was interesting- enough, the incident of the Speech by Mr. Niles, who has shown new vigor since his recovery from his late illness, nmdiiced nerhaps more sensation than any other. He spoke, we understand, in i lavor ol tne reierence to me mauuiwg Committee. That course.he said,was dueto the importance of the subject, to the Senate and to the country. The bill, he said, must undergo a strict examination; and, if not materially amended, both in its principle and its items, it could not have his vote. He stood ready to vote against it, should proper amendment be refused, nn J would take his own course, independ ently of party drill. The great interest of i the country involved in tins bill had been a foot-ball too long. He was for the change of no principle of existing laws on the "subject. He wanted, he sad, no new expe.-imcnt no tariff bill of theo ries. Nat. Intel. THE WAR. A Letter From JSalainoras. With regard to the war and its results thus far we give the following sad picture from one of the correspondents of the N. O. Picayune: "The hospitals containing the wound ed Mexicans, whom Arista left without the least mean3 of support, present scenes of distress that can scarcely be described. Capt. McCanet politely conducted me through several large buildings that are filled with these wretched creatures, now left to the charity of our army. The first man I saw was a half-breed Mexican, a bout 40 years old, with a pleasing, good humored countenance, walking about, with both arms shot oft, half way be tween the shoulder and elbow. His cheerful countenance and civil deport ment won upon our feelings, and we two or three young officers were along contributed sufficient to ensure the poor fellow comforts for a week. No sooner did the wretches around perceive these marks of compassion than most of them held out their hands for alms some pointing at their slumps of arms and legs, and others, who did not seem to suffer much, were making wry faces, expressive c;';.;0:e pain than they could possibly en dure the rascals laughed as soon as our backs were turned. We visited between one and two hundred of the wounded,and found them in every possible condition. Two of the number were drawing their last breath, being unconscious of pain and reduced to mere skeletons. Others, say twenty of those we saw, were past all hope, mortificatfon in its worst and most distrusting forms, having taken place. These fellows were lying there, perfectly conscious of their fate, waiting without a murmur the hour of their dissolution One man, who had lost a leg and was ev idently su tiering severely, was attended by a little girl about four years old. When we approached them the little creature was Iving upon an old cloak., with her head resting upon as plump and pretty a little hand as ever graced an an gel. She was sleeping; her sweet, dim pled countenance, so innocent and lovely, contrasting strangely with that of the fierce looking, dying father. Anolher man, whose leg was also gone, was at tended by his daughter, a lovely Mexican girl of sixteen. I passed him several times, and always saw the beautiful crea ture by his side; like a true woman, do ing all in her power to assuage his pain, and with a cross in her hand (which she would present now and then to his lips) appeared to be directing his thoughts to another world. Most of the badly woun ded had the cross and a picture of the vir gin by their side, and many were attended by their wives and daughters." Tiie Hon. Abbott Lawrence. This gentleman, with his charactcris-; tic liberality and patriotism, has authori zed the printing, at Washington, of twen ty thousand copies of Mr. Stewart's speech "in defence of the protective poli cy" for distribution, directing the printer to draw on him for all expenses. The diffusion of such documents, at this time, in the South and West cannot fail to pro duce salutary effects. The author of this speech may well be proud of such a com pliment from such a source. Henry Horn was, on Wednesday last again rejected as Collector of the Port of ! Philadelphia bv the Senate. Col. James Page has since been nomin- ated hy the President to the Senate for .the Collectorship, and if is -ruppoeed . that he will be confirmed. Late from Europe. The steamship Britannia arrived at Boston on Saturday morning. She left Liverpool on the 19th ultimo. The Corn-law Bill has passed safely through the Csmmitteeof the Whole in the House of Lords. The majority was thirty-three, removing all doubt of its final passage. Wheat declined in the Liverpool Corn Market, between the 15th of May and the 16lh of June, from 57s. to 52s. lOd. per quarter. Flour and Indian corn were also lower. A decline of the eighth of a penny had occurred in cotton, though the demand continued steady. All the growing crops in England and Ireland looked well, and bid fair to be large and favorable. Mr. Saundfrs, our new Minister to Spain, had arrived safely at Paris, on his way to Madrid. The British Government have sent a diplomatic agent to the River Plate, to effect a settlement of the differences be tween Rosas and Montevideo. Pope Gregory XVI. died at " the Vatican in Rome; on the 1st June, after a short illness. He was in the 81st year of his age, and is represented to have been a good man. Cardinal Franzoni, Prefect of the Congregation of the Propa ganda, a "ed 70, is e.xoected to be his sue cessor.. The German papers announce that the Emporers of Russia and Austria and the Kin"" of Prussia are to meet at Vienna O in September next. In Portugal the Insurrectionary Juntos have almost all laid down their arms, expressing their satisfaction with the general measures of the new administra tion. Lecomte, who attempted to assassinate the King of the French, has been tried and executed. The war between the United States and Mexico engrosses much attention iu-j England., In complimenting the de- j s patches of Gen. Taylor, the London j Times of the 15th June says: " He writes like a man of sense, skill j and courage; and we have not the slight- est wish to detract from die honors lie has i gallantly earned under the flag of his ; country. Whatever opinion we may I entertain of the causes of this war, and j the political motives in which it originated J the behavior of the American General j and his troops deserves to be judged of j by a much higher standad than the policy j ol the Uovernment wmcii it is tneir tiuiy to serve. The couduct of the Mexican army, on the contrary, demonstrates the utter inability of that Government to protect any portion of its dominions from invasion, and it degrades the descendants of the Spanish Americans still lower in the rank of nations." Republic oTthe UIoGranile. There is a rumor of a design to form a distinct Republic out of the Mexican States or Provinces on the Rio Grande, and that a proposition has been made at Washington, on behalf of a number of the leading citizens of the Stales of Taumau lipas, Chihuahua, and Zacatecas, for a cessation of hostilities on the part of the United States, for that purpose. We have a rumor from Washington, that Mr. McDuflie, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign affairs in the Senate, is about to report a measure from that committee, for the termination of the war with ?Iexieo, by a speedy adjustment. The Senate, it is said is to t ike the ini tiatorv measures lliut wiillead to peace. Glx. Gaines. A Washington letter states that the President has "ordered Gen. Gaines to be tried by Court xMar tial on charges growing out of his recent movement at the South in calling into service volunteers to prosecute the war against Mexico, md that he is now under arrest awaiting the organization and con vening of the Court." GRAND jmi.ITAIfcY Encampment on Ike 22d, 23d, aitii anil 2th days of Septem ber $16, at Somerset, Pa. The undersigned Committees of Invi tation and arrangement appointed by the Somerset Guards and the citizens of So merset, on the 4th day of July inst., take great pleasure in announcing to the sever al Regiments, Battalions and companies of organized Volunteers of Somerset, Fay ette, Greene, Westmoreland, Indiana, Cambria, Blair and Bedford counties, Penna., and of Alleghany county, Md., that a military encampment is contempt ted at Somerset, to commence on Tues day the 22d day of September next, and to continue four days. Special invitations will in a few days be directed to the com manding officers of all the companies in the above named counties, whose names can be ascert ained. W e need scarcely say, that whether as citizens or soldiers, we will be prepared to greet all with a cordial reception and to render their visit pleasant and agreeable. Sa:.i'l W. Pearson, John C. Kurtz, G. CnoRPENNiNG, Jr. John Neff, A. J. Ogle, Wm. P. Amkent, Tiios. E. OcdeN. Co iiuaitUe of Inv'faiion Isaac Ankeny. C. l Mitchell, J. R. Edic, Jas. It. Benford, John McCreery, Joseph Cummins, S. Gebhart, . Wm. B. CofTroth, . S. Gaither, Philip Husband, M. Tredwell, R. L. Stewart, Wm. II. Picking, B. F. Beatiy, Daniel Flick Commiile of Jlrrangement, OSEdhors of newspapers in the court tiesabove mentioned are requested to copy. On Friday last near Stovstown, after a lingering illness Apaji Wilt, in the 55th year of his "age. , , PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS the honorable Jeremi ah S. Black, President, and G. Chorpenning and John M'Carty, Esqs . associate Judges of the court of common pleas, in and for the county of Somerset, and assistant Justices of the courts of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery and quarter sessions of the peace, in and for said county of Somerset, have issued their precept to me directed, requiring me among other things to make public proclamation throughout my bailiwick, that a court of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery: also, a court of gen eral quarter sessions of the peace and jail delivery, will commence at the bor ough of Somerset, in and for the county of Somerset, in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 5ih Monday of August next, (31st day) in pursuance of which precept Public Notice is "hereby giv-j ne, to the justice of the peace, the coro ner, and constables of said county of Somerset, that they be then and there, in their own proper persons, with their rolls, records examination?, and inquisi tions, and other remembrances, to do those things which to their offices apper tain in that behalf to be done and also all those who prosecute against the priso ners that are, or then shall be, in the jail of the said county of Somerset, are to be then and there to prosecute against them as shall be just. Given under my hand, at Somerset, this 14;h day of July, in the year of our Lord IS 6. JACOB PH1L1PPI. Sheriff.- -UHY VIRTUE of a writ of JO) Venditioni Exponas, issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset county, and to me directed, there will be exposed to sale at the house of Joseph Fleming, in Jetinrr tp. on Saturday the Vi ttay of August ..ex: at I o'clock P. M. the following Ileal Estate, viz: All die rijjht, title, interest and claim of Frederick Ahhouse. in an. I to a certain situate in Jenner township, Somerset county, containing two hundred and foriy acres, more or less, about one hundred and eighty acres clear, ;diout twenty a cres in meadow, adjoining lands of Christian Ludy, Samuel Griffith, Jonas Ankeny and Nenry Landis; on which are erected a large two story log dwel ling house, a one and a half story spring houe, and a large log barn, and a large apple orchard on the premises, with the appertrnanees as the properly of the said Fredrick Ahhouse, at the suit of Gillian Friedline for the of Peter Fried- ' ie' JACOB PUIL1PPI, Sh'fT. Sheriff's Odice. Somerset, ) July 14. 1846. S For August Term 1846, (COMMENCING ON TIIK 3lsi DAY.) GUAM) J on ons. Somorsetbr. John O. KninicI John Pie n ford of J, ,ohn Witt Somerset tp. Daniel Siahl S-tm'l will John Gardiner Jocob Young of G. Jacob Weller Jhn Duncan Samuel Grifhih Wn. Hoover James Campbell Henry L:ng P. Miller ol Jona. Benj. Wilhelia Thomas Potter Charles llefiley Jacob Gearhart Philip Umberger A'olouion Barkley W. Johnston Charles Cramer Michael Stuffi Samuel Boyer Jenner Addison Shade Elklick Berlin Turkeyfoot Brothers vailejr Milford Conemaiigh Allgcheny 7 '11 A VE II SE JUROIi S. Southampton, S nnalel Close Daniel r ichiner, Peter lleckart, Abm. 11. Miller, Jacob Koontz, Benj. Woolley, Martin Ilalierbaum, Jacob Myers, John linens, Henry Baker, John Marteeny Sr. Jeremiah Snyt'er, Philip Mo wry, David Smith, acob Snyder, John Fouit. James Cok, John A Miller, Jacob Fike, Daniel P. Walker, Maniu Mover, acob Brandt. Henry Ileckman, Pater Berkeypile, Joseph Berkey, Joseph Lehman, Jacob Cover Jno. Atchison jr. Jacob Miller, Jesse Long, Jacob Good, C. Beam, Jos. Johnson, Wm. Campbell, Daniel Turney John Hartzell, Daniel Zimmerman, Benj. Bowman, Henry Peterson, John Critchfield, Peter Putinan, Geo, Scott Ludwig Sannef, Jacob Schrack, Robert Patton. Geo. Snyder, Michael King, Juo". Bowl by, Summit, Somerset br. Somerset tp, Shade Stonycreek Conemaugh Paint Brothersvallov Stoytown Addison Quemahoning Milford Elklick Jenner Turkeyfoot otics. Estate of Elizabeth Hus band, dee'd. fTTHE undersigned having obiainer! from the Register of Wills, Letters of administratioh with the Will annexed on the cstate'of Elizabeth Husband, de ceased, requests all persons indebted to said estate to make piyment on or before the 20t!i day of Augu next, and .ho3e having claims, to prvscnt them to the un dersigned at his office iu Somerset, on or before said dav. SIMON GEBHART, july U, 4G-6t. AdnVr fcc. " j Somerset County, ss. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to the Sheriff of Somerset County, Greet- roti, that "William nig, laie oi your County, by all and singular hisGood audChatieU, Lands and Tenements, in whose hands er pos session soever the same may be, so that he be and appear before our Court of Common Pleas, to be holden at Somer set, in and for said ceuuty, on tho last Monday of August next, there to answer George Pile, ol a. plea of debt, not exceed ing 3b 1 50. And we further command yob, the sjid Sheriff, th.it you summon all persons in whose hand: or possession j die aul Guods and Chattels, Linus and Tenements, or any of them may be at tached, so that they, and every of them, be and appear before the said Court, at the day and place aforesaid, to answer what shall be objected against them, and abide the judgment of tht Court therein: And have yon then and there this writ. Witness the Honorable jeremiah S. Black, President Judge of our said Court, at Somerset, this I lib day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-six. A J. OGLE, Prothonotary. jnly 13. '4ti Gl. M Y wife llary having left my bed and board without any reason or provo cation 1 hereby caution all persons a gainst trusting her on my account, as I am determined not to pay any debts of tier contracting from this date HERMAN UMBERGER. Jenner tp.'J.dy 7, 1316. LIST OF BETAilEES, OF MERCHANDIZE, In the County of Somerset. I S returned to tho Court of Quarter ii Session in January, 1843, by the con stables of the several districts, designa ting ih.se who have taken out license, ami those wiio have not. Names. Daniel Flick, no license John L. Snyder, do Parker & Ankeny, do Mich?el A. Sannur. do J.J. & II. F. Sche!!, tU Joseph Cummins, Co Cliorpenning & Benford, do Samuel Kt.-rtz, do William M'Cretry, license Miller Tied well, no license Michael Sipe, do Nay & Bare, do Samuel A Michael, license Freidline & Flick do Cu!berton Rankin, no license Elias Staid. do Kuable fc Votioht. do Aiighintrbauh it Brubaker, do Walter fc Knablo do Samuel Named, license Alfred Newton. no license Moses A. Ross, do John D. Roddy, do Joseph Hcndrickson, do Samuel Elder, do Moses Jennings, do Aaron Wiatt, do J. C. Dirrall, do Fry & Endaley, license Elijah Wagner, no license Livelihood & lltfily, license Mdltr & Dively, no license Joseph J. Miller, do Samuel II. H.!ler, do P. & W. Myers, do John M 'Clary. do Miller & Dively, do Geo A.Cook. do Samuel S. Piatt, license George Johnston, no license Keizer & Poorbaugh do A. IMlley & Co. license Charles Krissiuger, no license Samuel Philson. license Jacob Berkey, do Samuel J. Row, do Samuel Kimmcl, no license Geo. A. Clarke, do George A. Clarke, ' do James O, Carson & Co. do Henry Little, do Isaac R. Shaffer, do .aeob Custer, do Edmund Kiernaii, do George Parker. do Huber Linten & Meyers, . license David T. Storm, no license George R. Benham. license All persons who have not taken oui their license will do so immediately, as the Act of Assembly requires the '1 rea surer to bring svit against all delinqcent. within the month of unc. Those persons who have beert returned, on the above iistjand have declined busi ness previous to the 1st May tilt., will call upon the subscriber without delay, and make due proof of tho samB. MILLER TREDWELL Treasurer. ov ykftJ E command S$& H you attach SherifftrfHy. To l. he tWtor of Sjuurnf C vnty: FKLlm i IT1ZENS: Tl.nafLl for ih: very ihsJ pp"ft r--H-d on ' fo, uHT oiclon, 1 . .i I t U.f niVSril a ; candid tie fur and respffsifully 0'H-ii your A r ihe same. If elected, 1 i;l pertium the duties of the uffi correal v. SAMUEL GlHITTl II. Jenner tp. July 14, 18U;. Sheriffalty. To the voters of Somerset County. JJZL I. O IV CirJZES:rLnk ful for the vote I receied on a previous occasion, I again offer myself to your consideration as a candidate for the of fice of FF, atlho as"' ing elecion. Should I be o fortunate as to be elected I pledge myself to perform the duties of the office with fidelity and impartiality. junc 1646. JACOB C.SPEICHER SHERIFFALTY. To the Voters of Somerset County. IT the suggestion of many friend, I of tl. fer myself to your consideration as a candidate' for 131311! FP at tho ensuing election. Should i be elected, I pledge my utmost abilities for the faith ful discharge of all the duties of the of fice. , JOHN O. KIM MEL. may 19, 18 IG. Sheriffalty. To the Vuters of Somerset County. IELLOW CI I1ZENS: At the ug gesiion of numerous friends, I ofTer myself to your consideration as a candi date for at the ensuing general election, and res pectfully solicit your votes for the same. If elected I will perrorra the duties of the office with fidditv. fJACOB CUSTER. Rockingham Furnace, June 23, !846. Sheriffalty. To the Free and Independent Voters of Somerset County. TOellow Citizens: I offer nive!f . to your consideration as a candidate for the office of SHERIFF, at the ensuing election, and resr.ectfullv solicit your suffrages for the sime. If elected, will perform the duties of tha office with fidelity. JA ME S PA tl SOX. Somerset tp. May 19, I8l6. falter. To the voters' of Somerset County. J?j1ellow Citizens: I offer myself to jL your consideration as a candidate for the office of 3 HSR IFF, at the ensuing general elleciion, and re spectfully solicit your votes for tha same. If elected. I will perform the du ties of the office with fi lelity. SOLOMON KNEE, may 25 1 8 16, Commissioner. To the Voters of Somerset County. Eellow Citizens: At tha solicita tion of a number of friends. I offer myself to your consideration as a candi date for COMMISSIONER, at the ensuing general election, and res pectfully solicit your suffrages. If elec ted, I will discharge the duties of the of fice with impartiality. WM. F. DIVELY, Berlin. June C5, 1846. C Q3Q1 1 SS I ON E R To the Independent Voters or Som ER'ET CoCNTY. SUFFER myself to your consideration a - Candidate for the office of COMMISSIONER, Sould I be so fortunate as to receive a majority of your sufTerages I pledge my self to the performance of the duties of the ofllcetwiih impartiality and fidelity. JACOB LAMBERT (of J.) Stonycreek tp, May, 20, '46. Commissioner. To the Voters of Somerset County. Jjl ELLOW-CTT1ZENS, I offer fj myself to your consideration as a candidate for County Commissioner at the ensuing election; and should I re ceive a majority of your suffrages, shall perform the duties of said ofTie to the best of mv judgment and ability. JOHN MONG. 8tonycreek tp. ? June 2, 1 815.$ TPtELLOW CI riZK.NSi ThrF, H ihe solicitations of im 'p.u" irirod throughout the county, t inTfr :iye!f r your consideration for rs-f le'ioi, Should t receive a mnjori'v of v r v-., yotl may expect the dntits f tte a 'H-e to be faithfully v effi. L-n.tv FREDERICK W :i..iEK.
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