SOMERSET HERALD: SO.M URSET, 14., TUESDAY, JUNE 2. IS I " "for "preside n t oPrn uni ted STATES IX S48. QEN'L. ZACHARyTAYLOR. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, HON. ANDREW STEWART. Subject to the dtchion of a National Convention. -T- FOTt GOVERXOE General James Irvin, OF CENTRE COIN TV. FOIl CANAL COMMISSIONER,' Joseph W. Patton, OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. Gen. Taylor's Politics. Some of the Locofoco editors would fin make their readers believe that Gen. Tavlor was a Locofoco, whilst others ad mit that he is a Whig, but say he is in favor of free trade. The editor of the New Orleans Bee settles the question, by assuring the public that he has recently seen a letter from Gen. Taylor in which be remarked that his first choice for Pre sent was Mr. Clay, and after him Mr. Crittenden, or John M. Clayton, or Mr. M'Lean. Here are Four prominent Whigs, and all of them Tariff men, from rmong whom Gen. Taylor would choose a President; which ought to satisfy every body in regard to what are his views of a Tarifl" and his principles hi general. We have never known a Locofoco or a Free Trade man that was willing to assist ci ther of the aforementioned gentlemen to the Presidency. OUR ARMIES IN MEXICO. A correspondent of the New Orleans , Ticavune sets down Gen. Taylor's effec tive force at 4,GI0 men, and then adds: "From this small force garrisons are to be supplied for the longest line of com munication known to modern times, ex lending from the Gulf of Mexico to the confines of the desert beyond the Sierra 3Iadre. By stripping this line almost to the verge ef total abandonment, jeopar dizing immense depots of provisions and raiUury stores, &c, Gen. Taylor would only be able to leave Saltillo at the head of about 2,000 men. "This, with due deference to the later edition at Washington, is the Rio Grande arithmetic, where we count muskets in the field instead of parading unfilled mus-ter-rolls;or, in plain English, the fact as it reallv exists instead of the round asser tion of warrior-politicians. "Be this as it may, figures speak for themselves, and I now, with thr facts be fore me, assert that, after receiving all the troops that are promised him. Gen. Tay lor CANNOT DEFEND HIS LINES AND MARCH upon Sax Lcis Potosi with an effec tive FORCE OF 2,000 MEN." A writer at Jalapa, writing to the same paper, says: Gen. Scott's force of effec tive men does not exceed 9,000, and that after leaving Perote he will not have more than G,000 at all events not more than G,500 to move upon the city of Mexico infantry, artillery, dragoons, sappers, ordnance men, and volunteers, all told. ' The Philadelphia North American, says '. Vwhen the country press receives ade quate encouragement, it is a sign that the cause which is advocated is in a healthy condition! . We have ever impressed it upon our Whig friends of the interior as their first duty, to support their local p'a- pcrs; that duty performed, we shall be pleased to place them on our daily or ..weekly lists. But we doubt the fidelity of that man to his party principles who is cither remiss or lukewarm in subscri bing to the paper of his county advoca 1 ting those principles." 3g"We should be greatly obliged to many of our readers if they would show the foregoing paragraph to some of their Whiff neighbors, whose attention we can not call to it, for the reason that they do not take ocr paper. How many Whigs are there in this county and Whigs, too, who would not refuse to serve the people that do not take the Herald ! They number many, and ought to know that they can have but little claim to the favors cf a party whose county paper they do not support. A PRIVATEER. The Hibernia brought intelligence bf the capture of the large Carmclita, ot Bangor, Maine, by a Mexican Privateer off the coast of Spain. The authorities of Barcelona, however, into which port the Carmelita was carried would not recognize the capture as legal, and after condemning the Privateer as a pirate, restored the American vessel to her captain. CSTA gentleman near Cincinnati has strawberry "patch" of GO acres, on which he employs 100 persons picking the delicious fruit, of which they gather 100 bushels per day. Strawberries and cream oh! 'Francis R. Shunk has been on a visit to Pittsburgh, and the 'American says he went it strong in the doggeries, tra tI.vg the folks and saying he hoped none of VMta were temperance men !. E&ZPel BLA DE LOS ANGELES, Or An- ity, which has been taken and is now held by Gen. Worth, derives its name from a mysterious occurrence during the building of its Cathedral. The story goes that the walls gained always in the night, as much as the masons built during the day, and, the people believing that it was the work of Angels, in commemora-j lion of the incident gave the place the name of "Angel City." The probabili ty is, that the clergy, who had the control of the building, had employed two sets of workmen, and from some motive or other kept the people ignorant of it. The city at present contains 50,000 inhabitants, and at one time had sixty-nine churches, niue monasteries, thirteen nunneries, and twenty-three colleges. From the dome of the cathedral is suspended a chande lier of solid gold and silvet, weighing ten tons ! If there be many such in Mexico, the church robbing policy recommended by the Washington Union, if adopted, might lead to a profitable business; but there is no danger of our) troops enga ging in anything so sacrilegious and dis graceful. 0?"A Hoosier threatened to shoot a fellow lecently, because the latter had said, when speaking of the wife of the former, who was a little woman and sha king with the ague, that she was no "great shakes." i- The Markets. Flour is selling in New York at S8 75; wheat at $1 82. In Philadelphia Flour, S8 50; no sales of wheal given. Baltimore. Flour, $8 75; wheat, $2. For the Herald. Mr. Editor: In my communication of last week I endeavored to prove, by facts which I presume will not be deniedi the danger of an amalgamation of politi cal parties where there is no explicit un derstanding in regard to the principles by which the body thus formed from hete rogeneous materials is to be governed. I did so, because I apprehended, from some suocstions there referred to, -that the Whig party might be drawn into a posi tion in reference to the next Presidential election which would disable it from strictly adhering to, and carrying out its principles, in the event of the nomination and election of Gen. Taylor. That old "Rough and Ready" will be selected as the Whig candidate, is now so evident, that none but such as are willfully deaf to the voice of public sentiment entertain any longer a doubt upon the subjeet; and that his popularity will be sufficient to bear down all opposition and secure him a triumph over his enemies, is equally clear and unquestionable. Then, where is the use of calling in the aid of the De mocratic party! What is to be gained by such a procedure? Nothing what ever that I can perceive. As before re marked, if the Democratic party choose to support him, let them do so; but let the Whigs avoid, by all means, compro mising themselves and their principles. There are some few men everywhere, as would appear from the public Journals, who protest against the election of Gen. Taylor, alleging as a reason that there is danger in elevating, at a single step, a General from the Battlefield to the Exec utive chair. To obviate this objection, in the case of Gen. Taylor, is the purpose for which I trouble you with this com munication; and when I shall have done, I will leave it with you and your readers to decide in how far I have accomplished my task. History, it is true, furnishes us with in stances where military chieftains, after discomfiting their antagonist?, seize J the reins of government, and, supported by the soldiery, exercised despotic power; but in every inslauce that I now reircm. ber without referring to authorities, such a despotism succeeded only a state of an archy, where faction contended against faction, and where a common enemy to the nation was altogether out of the question. Nowhere do we find, that a citizen sol dier, though promoted to the highest rank in the armv, after having fought, success fully or unsuccessfully, the enemies of his country abroad, ever attempted to sub vert government at home, except m cases where the public voice demanded the overthrow of a tyrant or of a despotic cabal. Caisar, and Cromwell, and Buo naparte, have sometimes been held up as examples, to prove the dangers attending the elevation of successful military lea ders, but in the case of each of these, the nation had previously been divided into rival factions, each striving for the ascen dancy, and willing to gain it even by lea ping over the dead bodies or wading through the gore of their antagonists: and in neither case would the principle have been changed had the tide of success been reversed. All three reached the acme of power by the overthrow of factions as lawless asthose whom they severally hea ded and controlled, and their own dowfall would have - been of uo mord benefit to the natron than was the discomfiture of the others. But we need not search all the volumes of history, ancient and mo dern, for examples in support of the posi tion I have assumed; we have them at home, in the history of our own great and glorious Republic, the model government of the ajre in which we live. Gen. Washington was chosen Presi dent immediately after the close of the Revolution, in which he had held the chief military command, and entered up on his Executiue duties at a time when on ly the outlines of our political system had been drawn, and even before its adapta tion to our people and condition had been tested. During eight years he filled the Executive chair, devoting his time and his talents to the completion of the work which the nation had allotted to him in this new sphere the maturing and car rvinff out of a set of new measures under a newly formed system of government, whereby life and vigor were to be given to its several parts and the whole so ar ranged as to move harmoniously together, and impart to the people the benefits and the bles9inr3 for which they had so long and so ardently struggled. The result is known to the world: the administration of Gen. Washington is pointed to with pride by every American who is acquain ted with its history and loves his coun try; and fortunate will it be for the nation if his precepts and examples will be ta ken as guides by those who shall occupy the Execntive chair hereafter Gen. Jackson, one of the greatest mili tary men of the age, was also twice elec ted to the Chief Magistracy; and such was the confidence which men had in his integrity and honesty of purpose, that they were ready to overlook the errors of his judgment, proceeding, no doubt, from a natural ardent temper and irritable dispo sition, increased and rendered more obsti nate by his advanced age, and not, as has been supposed by some, the result of ma ny years' service in the army. The same deficiency of judgment, and the same stubbornness of character, he would have carried with him into the Executive chair or to any other place, had he never drawn a sword or mustered a regiment. Gen. Harrison, not less experienced or less successful as a commander, was cho sen also as President; and with a unani mity that has no parallel in the history of the country. The amiability of his cha racter, his integrity as a man, and his ex perience in public life, were deemed suf ficient guaranties, that under his adminis tration the liberties of the people would be preserved, their rights respected, and their interests promoted. Though enga ged many years in a military capacity, no one acquainted with his character ever believed that he was on that account less qualified for the Presidency than he would have been had his life been spent in some civil department. But his ad ministration was doomed to be of short duration, and by his death the hopes and expectations of a large majority of the nation were scattered to the winds. How many military officers have filled or even now fill civil stations ? Among Members of Cabinets, Governors of States, United States Senators and Mem bers of Congress and State Legislatures, we find military men, who arc, not un frequently. the most talented and profound Statesmen, and whose knowledge of the science of war, instead of causing mis trust, often, and very justly, adds weight to their influence. I do not pretend to say that, because a man has been a suc cessful General, he must necessarily also be a good and great Statesman; but what I contend for is, that a military life, under a government like ours, does not disqualify a man for civil stations, and that, other things being equal, he who has spent the flower of his years in the camp and the field, has stronger claims upon public fa vor than he that has made no such sacri fice. Such, too, I believe to be the pret tv general sentiment of the country, with out respect to party ,'and in proof of which I need only refer to the fact that General Washington was elected as a Federal candidate; that Gen. Jackson was suppor ted by both Democrats and Federalists; and that General Harrison, though nomi nated by the Whigs, received a very large number ol Democratic votes. Monterey. Egypt Supplying Wheat. It is just eighteen hundred years since, in the days of Augustus, Rome was dependent upon FVvnt tonreventher people from starving. A?tW time Eirvnt supplied the city of Rome with twenty millions of bushels of grain annually so immensely productive was the valley of the Nile. This species nf rnmmeree'seems to be re-commencing; and as the crop of Egypt would be gath ered by the 1st of May, it win De amc i supply a part of the vacuum in x-uropc. Cerro Gordo and Waterloo. The battles of Cerro Gordo and Waterloo were both fought on the Sabbath. Comparing inst Scott with those Wei- lington encountered, Cerro Gordo stands a prouder victory than Waterloo. James Irvin. The Easton Sentinel, an ardent advocate for the re-election of Gov. Shunk tells the following story : "Some years since, (not however when Gen. Irvin was a young man, but after he had acquired a large estate,) Gen. Ir vin's father applied to him to write his will. In drawing it up he consulted with the son in regard to the dispositions he was making of his estate, among his other children, in the course of which the father concurred, that such and such por tions should be given te such and such children. They . thus progressed until they got on some distance, when the old gentleman stopped and said : 'But James, if I go on this way, where are you to get anything V 4Oh, never mind that father,' said James, I am worth more than you are, and the rest of the children need it more than I do.' He then proceeded to finish the will for his father, leaving him self nothing or nearly so. C7Thc President has issued orders directing the steam-ship of war "Prince- I ton" to get ready for sea, to proceed im mediately to the Mediterranicn, in quest of the Mexican Privateer, and any other vessels that may be insulting our flag there. married : On the 8th instant, by the Rev. S. B. Lawson', Mr. Jonathan Bowman to Miss Sally Klein, both of this county. On Sunday the 20th inst, by H. B. Barnes, Esq., Mr. Levi -Snyder, to Miss. Susan Ringer, all of Milford township. IICI: On the 10th inst., Michael Ray, of Jenner township, aged 55 years. Mr. Row. Pernit me to suggest through the columns of your paper, to the independent voter3 of Somerset Co., the name of Gen. George Ross, as a can didate for the Legislature. Gen. Ross has been a citizen of the County for upwards of thirty years, and is a man of fine abilities. Understand ing as he does, all he interests of this county, if he should be so fortunate as to be elected, he would no doubt attend to the duties of the office faithfully and effi ciently. Sierra Gordo. Benjamin Countryman, of Somerset township, is recommended to the consider- ation of the County Convention for Com missioner. Mr. Countrymen is a Worthy citizen and substantial whig, and well qualified for the above mentioned office. A Friend to Merit. To the Electors or Somerset Coun ty. Fellow citizens. I take, the liberty of placing my name before you as a candi date for County Treasurer, at the ensuing general election. junelS ANDREW STEWART. Mr. Row. Henry Little, Esq., of Stoystown, is recommended as a suitable candidate for the Legislature, at the ap proaching election, by many. SHADE. Mr. Row. Please announce the name of Daniel Lepley, Esq., of Southampton, a candidate for County Commissioner, subject to the decision of the Convention. Milford. Jacob D. Miller of Elklick lownship, will be supported for the office of Coun ty Commissioner, at the ensuing election, if nominated by the Whig County Con vention. Somerset township. Jfezv Advertisements. THE Pamphlet Laws, passed at the last Session of the Legislature have been received and are ready for di.. Iribution to those entitled to haro them. A. J. OGLE, Prot'y. rrothonotary's office, June 22. 1S47. SOMERSET GUARDS. ""T'ou will parade on your usual j ground in Somerset, on Monday the 5th of July, at 10 clock, A. M. to celebrate the Anniversary of Independence. Earh member to provide him self with 15 rounds blank car tridge. Bv order of the Captain, R. R. MARSHALL, 1st. Serg't. Executor's Notice, I" ETTERS Testamentary, on the es J late of Adam Brandt, lale of Stony creek township, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned, residing in said township, all persons indebted to said estate are requested to attend at the house of the deceased, on Saturday the 7th day of August next, and those hav ing claims, to present them at the same lime and place properly authenticated. JACOB BRANDT, JOSIAH BRANDT, june22-Mr-6C Executor. IMPORTANT. IT is necessary that my books should be speedily dosed. Those indebted to me for subscription, job work or ad vertising, are therefore respectfully, yet earnestly requested to call and either pay their accounts, or give their obligations lor what they severally owe. My books will be kept'al the "Herald" office until and during the ensuing Court week, afr ter which they will be placed in the hands of a Justice of the Peace. It is hoped that all those interested will at tend t 1 "Sfi tend to this notice, and by so doing save JONATHAN: RO . IN the matter of the voluntary assign ment of John Dull, for tht benefit of his creditors. In the Court of Com mon Pleas of Somerset County, Pa; And now to wit. 3d May, 184T. The petition of Peter Dull was presented to the Court suiting forth that Jacob Kna ble, Jr., who had been appointed assig nee of John Dull, and took upon him self the execuiion of the trust, has late ly died without having made a final set tlement and distribution to, and among the creditors of John Dull as by the a foresaid Deed of Trust was intended therefore praying the Court to appoint some suitable person in his stead to take charge of the effects which were in the hands of Jacob Knable, Jr. and to exe cute the trust in pursuance of said deed of assignment, and according to the act of 8J.embly in such case made and pro vided. Whereupon the Conrt affix Monday ihe SOth day of August next, for the hearing in the matter. A. J. OGLE, Prot'y. jnne22-l847. Worms in Children. Of all the diseases to which children are exposed, none are so fatal to them as worms. Unfortunately, children are seldom free from them, and as the uni tate the symptons of almost every other complaint, they often produce alarming effects without being suspected. Worms are not only a cause of disease them selves, but by their irritation aggravate all other diseases, wandering from one part of the body to .the other, winding themselves up into large balls, and ob structing the bowels and frequently the throat causing convulsions, and too often death. The deeiredj remedy will be found in Pr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge which will very soon destroy the worms and invigorate the powers ol digestion, so as to prevent a return of them. Consumption, Cough, Spitting Blood &e. To Consumptives : Four-fifths of you are really soffering from neglected colds, or an obstruction and consequent inflammation of the delicate lining of those tubes thro which the air we breathe is distributed in every part of the lungs. This obstruction prodnces pain and soreness, hoarseness, cough, difficulty of breathing, hectic fever, and a spitting of blood, matter, or phlegm, which finally exhausts the strength of ! the patient, and death ensues. Jayne's Expectorant never fails to remove their obstruction, and produces the most plea sin and happy result. It is certain in its effects, and cannot fail to relieve. JAVXrS EXPECTORANT. CW m m r Rev. J. S. Maginnis, Professor in Hamilton, (N. Y.) Literary and Theo logical Seminary says : I would not be without Dr. Jayn?s Medicines in my family for any consider ation. I have found them successful in casas where all other means have fa i Jed." Mr. Nicholas Harris, corner of Front and Iombard streets. Philadelphia, was cured of COUGH. ASTHMA, and BLEEDING OF THE LUNGS; under which he labored for many years. Rev. Ira M. Allen, late of-.lhis, but now of New York city, says : "I have used Jayne's Expectorant, and have more confidence in it than A LL OTHER MEDICINES OF THE KIND." Rev. Wm. Laws, Modesttown, Va.. says : I have used your Expectorant, and found it an excellent medicine for PULMONARY DISEASES." Mr. John Beckford.of Eastport Maine, says: ' Your Expectorant has just cured a man whom his physician had given up to die with CONSUMPTION; and also anoiher. in the very lowest sta ges of BRONCHITIS. Messrs, Slosson and Williams, Book sellers, Oswego, N. Y..sav: Your Ex pectorant gives UNIVERSAL SATIS FACTION. Rev. John Ellis, of New York city, says that two hollies cured him of IN FLUENZA, a hard Cough and apparent Consumption. Mr. Adrial Ely. of Watertown. N- Y savs : "Many respectable people offer certificates in favor of your Expectorant. I believe that all your Medicines are the best preparations that have ever been of fered to the public for the relief of the afflicted, and the CURE OF DISEA SES." Daniel Henshaw, Esq., Editor of the Lynn (Mass.) Record, says: "Jayne's Expectorant is a very valuable Syrup, which we have lately used wilh good effect tn Mopping a Cough and loosening and breaking up a COLD.' K v.Arthur B. Bradford, of Darling ton, Pa., says that it cured his son of CROUP in a few mimes. The Bangor (Me.) Journal says: "A trial of Jayne's Expectorant will satisfy all that it is a speedy cure for Coughs. Cnids, Influenza. Asthma, Hoarseness, and all kinds of Pulmonary Affections." Sold by J. J. & H F. Schell. Somerset Pa. Also by Edward Bevin. Stoystown Pa SEGARS. CUBA, Half Spanish, and tommon Segars. Crackers, Confectioneries, and Notions, to be had at the Drug Store of may IP S- KURTZ. T NOTICE. ALL persous who are indebted t me either by Note, Doe-bill. Judg ment. Book account or otherwise, are hereby notified to make payment on or before the 20ib day or July nexi, a i have determined to remove we jt soon thereafter; all who neglect this nonce my expect their claims to be left with a proper officer for collection hoping that yoo will make payment, therefore, and save costs. jjne8-,47 SIMON GEDHART. Administrators' Notice. LETTERS of administration on the? Estate of Samuel Dively, lato of Southampton township, deceased having been granted to the subscriber residing In said township, all persons indebted in. said estate are requested!" attend at tho house cf the dee'd. on Friday tho. 30th of July next, .prepared to seltla ; ond those having claims, to present them at the same time and place properly au thenticated. SAMUEL ELRICK, June 15, 1847. Adra'r Estate of Peter F. Hay, dee'd. THE undersigned having obtained letters of administration on the es tate of Peter F. Hay, lale of Brothers valley township, dee'd. hereby give no tice to all persons indebted to said estate either by bond, rote or book account to make payment, er at least settlement, on or before the Oih day of July ntxt; and those having claims will present then properly authenticated for settlement and allowance by the same time. The un dersigned will be found at the late resi dence of said dee'd on said day and in the mean lime will be prepared to make settlements at their respective residences GEORGE P. HAY. of Brothersvalley tp. PETER KNEPPER, of Berlin Borough. June 1, 1847 6t. . Adm'r: List of Retailers, OF Foreign Merchandize in Somerset County, as classified by the apprai ser of Mercantile taxes for the year 1847. Somerset borough. Class. License. M. A. Sanaer, Parker & Ankeny, J. J. & II. F. Schell M. TredweV Daniel Flick, 13 $10 00 13 10 CO 13 10 CO 13 10 00 13 10 00 14 7 00 14 7 00 14 7 00 14 7 CO 13 10 00 14 7 00 14 7 00 14 7 00 14 7 00 13 10 CO 14 7 00 14 7 CO 14 7 CO 14 7 CO 14 7 00 14 7 00 li 7 00 14 7 CO 18 10 00 13 10 00 13 10 00 14 7 00 13 10 00 13 10 00 13 10 09 13 10 00 13 10 00 13 10 00 14 7 CO 14 7 00 14 7 CO 14 7 00 14 7 00 14 7 00 14 7 CO 14 7 CO 13 10 00 14 7 00 14 7 CO 14 7 CO 15 10 CO 14 7 00 14 7 00 14 7 CO 14 7 CO 14 7 CO 14 7 CO J4 7 CO 14 7 CO 14 7 CO 14 7 CO 14 7 CO 14 7 CO 14 7 00 13 10 00 14 7 CO 14 7 00 14 7 00 14 7 00 14 7 00 14 7 00 14 7 00 14 7 00 J. M. Hslderbaum J. O. Kimmel, Wm. M'Crcery, Samuel Kurtz, Somerset township,' Hay & Friedline, Michael Sipe, J. J.& H. F. Schell J. & E. Benford, Friedline & Flick, Jenner township, Edmund Kiernan Geoige Parker, Huber & Meyers, William Witford, Conemaugh township, Peter Levy, Geore Masters, John Schell Shade township, Bingham, Sbryock Co' Waller Chalfant, Stoystown borough, Snyder & Zimmerman Henry Little. George A. Clarke, Edward Bevins, Quemahoning township. Samuel Kimmel. Berlin Borough, Samuel Philson, Piatt & Philson, Heflley & Co, Charles Krissmger, Keiser fc.Poorbaugb, Geo. Johnson, J. Berkey, S. J. Row, John Brubaker, Southampton township. J. R. Brenharo, W. G. Capeller, Geo. Cook, Greenville township, Samuel J. Haller, Elklick lownship, Miller & Dively. Livengooi &; Welfley, Elijah Wagner, Joseph J. Miller, Summit township, P. &, W Meyers, Miller & Dively, Arkley & McClary. Addison township, Samuel Elder, Moses A Koss, Alfred Newlon, J. D. Roddy & Co, Joseph IlenJrickson, S. C. H. M'Chesney, Frey & Endsley, John C. Darrell. Moses Jennings, Samuel Harned, Turkeyfoot townshiy. George & P. Ogg. Milford township, Walter & Knable, Peter Brubaker, Knable & Veoghl, Elias Stall!, C. Rankin, Jonathan Miller, J. Brinley & Co, Jefferson township, Stevens & Sshlag, Stonycreek township, Kiernan & Phillipi" Those persons marked thus have al ready taken out license. The Treasurer is authorized to bring suits against all who neglect to take out license en or be fore tbe"first day of August next. Those Merrhants above named, who vend liquors, will be required to pay 50 per cent, in addition to the rates speci fied for the respective classes. Noiice is also hereby given, that an appeal will be held at the Commissioners office, in Somerset, on Tuesday ihe 6ih day of July next, when and where all who feel a?urieved by the foregoing assessment and classification, may attend if they think proper. K. L. STEWART, Appraiser of Merran- inneS-47'4t tile Tai?f.
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