SOMERSET HEMLft
T. E. PALMER, ZmV f rbfl-W,"
Se.lC.ttle ni Coal OSce, is lJ"x
iifcaprt. .;
bi- . r TaJcU Li., New
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.1 for any women .paiJ
Co
Vo-
c Central Committee."
Thomas E. Franklin, Lancaster City
Thomas Dpstcax, Dauphm county
J am ks Martin, .
TlIOMAS C. IlAMBLYf 1 Ork
Wm. M. Watts, Cumberland
Daniel M.Smvsek, Adams
Johm I. WtTirttn.L, Philadelphia city
Joseph R- Ciianwxr "
JNlBtBT T. COXBAD "
Thomas McGrath, rJiiladelptiia -co.
Teller Luther, Berks
IiOrert M. Bard, Franklin
Tugs. M. T. M'Ke.nnan, Washington
A nprew J. OsiE, Somerset ,
'Harxar Denxv, Allegheny
Richard Irwi.v, Venango
Joscru JL Kchxs, Westmoreland
i. J. Batx, Erie
II. D. Maxwell, Northampton
5. B. Salisbury, Susquehanna
JLiiAXAN Sjuth, Wyoming
Samuel A. Pcrvianct, Boiler
Henry S, Evans, Chester
Robert T. Putts, iUontgomcry.
, FOrt GOVERNOR
General James Irvin,
OF CENTRE COUNTY.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
Joseph W, Pat ton,
-OF CUJIBERLA'XD COUNTY-.
FOR ASSEM13LY,
Jost J. Stutzman,
OF ELKLICK TOWNSHIP.
TOR COMMISSIONER,
Daniel Lepley,
OF BOCTIIAM-PTOS TO VFltTnl 1.
FOR TREASURER,
o n a t h a n Row
OF SOMERSET BOROUGH.
FOR AUDITOR,
John Wit t,
-OF SOMERSET BOROUGH.
I
FOR DIRECTORS OF THE POOR,
Samuel Will, 3 years,
Henry Frank. 1 year.
WHAT DOES IT AMOUNT TO?
The locolbco papers are constantly
harping upon the importance of the Eu
ropean market to our Farmers. They
have reiterated the idea so often, that ma
ny of them seem to believe that there is
reaHy something in it. But the statistics
of the past show that die market of Rhode
Island has been of a great deal more im
portance to Western Farmers, for the past
25 years, han that of Great Britain. As
our locofoco contemporaries (some of them
at least) are rendering themselves exces
sively ridiculous by their glowing pictures
of the importance of the English market,
we subjoin a few facts which may have a
tendency to check their enthusiasm.
Tolal of the Domeelk JlrJidci, the
Growth and Produce of the United
Statei, Exported frm the Untied
Hit tilts into Great Britain rem 1821
to 1815;
Total value Av.per An.
Bccf,TaIlow,IIides $4 ,3 1 8,855 $ 1 72,753
Butler anil CJippsi?
1,302,005 52,480
2,045,399 81,810
1,610,172 04,647
14,243,316 509,732
1,051,591 '42.0G3
48,115 2,205
184,116 7,361
283 995 11,300
3,386 ....,.
Pork, Hams, Lard
Wheat
Flour
Indian Corn
Meal
llyc, Oats, fca
.Apples
Potatoes
AgsrcsftUin55 j'n 25,005,551 ly 1,033,822
Average of Breadstufls, Grain and its
products, Apples, Lc, $097, 155.
Average of Provisions, Animals and
their Products, fcc, $30G,CC7.
The Teturns of the present year will
show a much larger aggregate ; but no
rmn of sense will cite such returns as evi
dence of a permanent foreign demand.
The aggregate the past 25 years is the
true test; and the iigurcs we have given
will demonstrate the truth the Whigs have
uniformly urged, that a Home Market is
the wily market to which our Farmers
ran look with any certainty of permanen
cy. .fa;n Ev. Journal.
BALTIMORE andOIIIO RAILROAD.
Important Decision. We learn that
tit a meeting of the Board of Directors this
It is a very elaborate doennaeat, and en
tors fully mus n examination of all the
points of the case, stated that the committee 1
1
Lirn i r . i
las had a full and free interchange of onin-'
-i , . j i
inion with the committees appointed by
lhc citizens and the city of Whee Won
the subject, and recommends that the
he 'accepted, with the provisions and a-
i i ii i i ri ii mi i ni ri'nn i -.. .n .
... 6 -r " rummiuee V;.se, presented to Mr Clay by some ren
appointed on the subject of the extension i1,y,o nfP;(..u. i. nJA i
?,w r? ? i ? v6 (?1,'TnVCr; UnJer lhc i 3m' lllc Ian?e picture o, the family
w of the last Virginia Legislature, was 0f Washington, himself a Episcopalian
.iiuu iur. i. r. ocott, ure ctiaitman.
S,, ,tu cu,ereu m,o uy ui.eenng.anc pictures, and among them, the portrait of
w hich itjwa ; OTtWed to make by the a beloved daughter, who died some years
law itself. W e have heretofore stated ago, in the triumph of that faith which
lhc general principle of this agreement. her noble father was now about to em
J he report and proposals of the com- brace ; and the picture of the late loot son
inittee were approved by the Board by a who fell At the battle orBuena Vista
vote of 17 to 5, and a resolution adopted Could these silent lookers on at the scene
calling a general peeling ;0f the slock-: about transpiring, have spoken from the
holders lor the 25lh of August next to de- marble and the canvas?, tlipv woulr! htnn-
' I j l lin i
ci
iIe upon accepting the law and agree-
irnt entered mto undent. If the stock-
in
iiijeiuecK:ew accepts as nissupposed emotion pcrvadino- that sm
1heV M'llL t!lf tt.nrL- W frtnnAinrr flio nA .1 i Pi
I fl. . . - . . c r
,-,T, :: T.r . uic rrciuu, unaeT sucn
' oy cniercaupon wun an I the sublime ordinal of
woiiyit; uiiaica. Baltimore 1'atnoL c
From lite I'ennriivama miuw' .
GEN. IRVIN UNPOPULARITY.
The Harrisburg -"Union,' with its
usual recklessness and disregard of truth,
boldly asserts that Gen. Irvin is unpopu
lai at home, and that be was a minority
Congressman during the whole term of
Uis service as a lie
( g. Now mark h
t down tJ)C perfie
resentative in Con-
i how plain a tale will
nut down tne perpeiraiuis wisuv.h u.i-
. . . nr. .rr;
Washing lalselioous. v e give uicum
rial vote of the several counties in the
district, at the election in 1843, by which
it will be seen that Gen. Irvin not uly
carried his own rounty which usually
gives from GOO to -800 Locofoco majority
by -32 but was elected by -a majority
of 1279 in the district :
M'Culloch. Irvin. Scattering,
Huntingdon, 1S93 2338 00
Centre, 1294 1033,00
Mifflin, 1002 978 . 00
Juniata, 010 . , 773 57
4389 5725 57.
4383
Irviifs mnj. over McCuI-
loch.
Scattering,
1336
57
Irvin's majority of the
wlwleotc polled, 1279-
Here is evidence of Gen. Irvin's pop
ularity at home, where the people know
him. Gen. Irvin was elected in a strong
Locofoco district, by a majority of 1279.
Does this prove 'hat he is unpopular at
home ? Centre county, which usually
gives from 600 to 800 Locofoco majority
gave Gen. Irvin 542 of a majority. Docs
this prove his unpopularity at home ?
The fact is, and the returns show it, that
Gen. Irv in received much the largest vote
ever received any V Itig in the dis
tricl in proportion to the vote polled, and
the efforts of the 'Union' to create the im
pression that he is not popular at home
and will not receive the support of the
Whigs, only insults the knowledge of the
people, who have seen and know to the
contrary. He always run ahead of the
ticket, and will do so again on the 12th ol
next October,
If we were engaged in controversy
with an honorable editor, we would ex
pect him to acknowledge his error, and
do justice to a man he has foully slan
dered ; but as we are unfortunately con
troverting the fallacies of one who dare
not reruct a lie, we of course do not
look for it. We might as well expect the
"Union" Editor to give us the name of
that "near neighbour of Col. Polk's."
Henry Clay's JRnpfism
A correspondent of the New York E
piscopal Recorder gives the following in
teresting account of Mr. Clay's Baptism:
A notice was very generally circulated
through the public papers of the country
some two or three years ago, to the effect
that Mr. Clay had become a member of
the Protestant Episcopal Church. The
wish was, doubtless, rather to the thought
as Mr. Clay had not at that time taken
any such -step. He has always been
known to have the highest respect for the
institutions of Christianity, and to have
been a decided believer in the divine au
thenticity of the Christian
amiable and now deeply
Religion his
afflicted wife,
having for manv years been a humble fol
lower of its blessed Author. When the
weather permitted it, living as he does a
mile and a halt from the Church, Mr.
Clay has always been a regular attendant
oti its services; and for two or three years
past, having had more leisure from public
duty, his attention had evidently been
turned to the high considerations con
nected with things spiritual and eternal
his life having been devoted so intensely
to the good of others, as scarcely, - until
this period of retirement, to leave him an
opportunity to think of himself. But he
has at length consecrated his great pow
ers to God. He was Baptized in the lit
tle parlor at Ashland, on Tuesday after
noon the 22nd ult., together with one of
his daughters-in-law, (the other being al
ready a member of the Church,) and her
four children, by the Rev. Edward F.
Berkley, Rector of Christ Church, Lex
ington. The Baptism was administered
privately, for the reason, that the congre
gation of Christ Church, are replacing
their old Church, with a new edifice, now
in rapid progress of erection, and are not
simably situated for the most solemn and
decent administration of this life in pub
lic. When the Minister entered the room
on this deeply solemn and interesting oc
casion, the small assembly, consisting of
the immediate family, a few family con
nexions, and the clergyman's wife, rose
up. In the middle of the room stood a
large centre-table, on which was placed,
tilled witli water, the magnificent plass
by birth, by education, and a devout com
municant of the Church ; and immediate-
the h
ly opposite, on a table, stood the bust of
"""-!. urn i isuii, wiiii a cnaniei oi
withal fW i. ' L-.P rT
-. .ivoi iiuui; uiKHi ills iieau.
who was to have been confirmed in the
r-i,.h ti. s..u(...,u -r.. . ,V . I.
Church the Sabbath after he died-fit wit-
nesses of such a scene. Around the
room were suspended a number of family
. .1
ly have approved the act, which dedicated
the errant u nnA Tho
all assembly,
circumstances,
the Church, and
, ery heart thrilled vith a solemn joy, i
when the merciful and glorious covenant
was seiiled,m the name of the Father,
and of 'the "Son, and of the Holy GhosU'V
This act will be publicly ratified at the
visitation of the Bishop, on the 3d Sun
day in Jal), in the Apostolic lite of the
Confirmation. -
FROM THE NEW ORLEANS PICAYUNE EXTRA
OF JULY 12.
The steamship McKim arrived at this
port on Saturday afternoon, in charge of
its first officer, 'Captain Pilsbury having
died on the passage of yellow ever.
The McKim left Vera Cruz on the 3d
instant. There had been nothing later
received from the city of Mexico, than
was brought down the night of the 1st
instant, but fuller accounts had transpired
at Vera Cruz than were received ly the
Alabama.
We havetto further iaformatkm of the
march of Gen. Pillow. Had any dis
aster occurred to him, the news of it could
scarcely have failed to reach Vera Cruz
promptly Our letters make n mention
whatever of him or his command. .
By this arrival we have files of papers
from the city of Mexico to the 29th ulti
mo, inclusive. In the JJiarie del Gobier
710 of the 25th of June appeared aa im
portant diplomatic correspondence.
The first note is from the Mexican
Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Secre
taries of Congress, referring to that body
a communication from Buchanan which
announces Mr. Trist's appointment. We
learn that this letter was communicated to
Santa Anna by or through the British
Minister at Mexico, Mr. Bankhead, who
has exerted himself to bring about a ne
gotiation for peace between the two na
tioi s. -
Mr. Buchanan's letter is dated April
15th. It acknowledges the receipt of the
Mexican Minister's letter of the 22d Feb
ruary, declining to accede to our propo
sition to send commissioners to Jalapa,
Havana, or other point before the block
ade of the Mexican ports should be raised
and the Mexican territory evacuated by
our troops.
Mr. Buchanan writes that the Presi
dent holds such a condition absolutely in
admissable -neither demanded by nation
al honor nor sanctioned by the piactice of
nations. He urges that such a prelimi
nary condition would render wars inter
minable, especially between contiguous
nations, unless by the complete submission
of one of the belligerents. He shows how
puerile a course it would be for a nation
which had sacrificed men and money to
gain a foothold in an enemy's country, to
abandon all the advantages it had won,
and withdraw it forces in order to induce
negotiations, without any certainly or se
curity that peace would ensue from such
negotiations.
He then cites the case of, our last wa&
with Great Britain to show that we never
considered for a moment that our nation
required us to insist upon the withdrawal
of British troops before consenting to
treat for peace. We sent commissioners
to Ghent when portions of our territory
were in the possession of British troops ;
and it was notorious that while negotia
tions were going on at Ghent hostilities
were carried on upon both sides with un
wonted vigor; the most memorable ac
tions of the war taking place after nego
tiations had been concluded. Such a pre
liminary condition to negotiation cannot
be cited in modern times ; at least Mr.
Buchanan knows of none. -
He then exposes the unusual conduct
of Mexico under another aspect. The
President, in his desire to avoid the war,
had sent a Minister to negotiate a peace.
Even after the war had commenced, by
the attack of the Mexican troops upon
Gen. Tay'o, the President had reiterated
propositions with a view to opening ne
gotiations which should put an end to
hostilities. He had declared to the world
tkat he would exact no conditions that
were not honorable to both parties ; and
yet the Mexican Government had refused
to receive the Minister sent to her, and,
aller declining to accede to the opening of
negotiations, Mexico had . never made
known upon what basis she would con
sent to a settlement of the differences be
tween the two Republics. There will
never be a termination of hostilities, Mr.
Buchanan proceeds, if Mexico continues
to refuse to listen to the overtures which
have been preferred, and which tend to i
re-establishments of peace.
The President will not, therefore, make
further overtures for the opening of nego
tiations until he has reason to believe that
such will be accepted by the Mexican
Government ; but, nevertheless, such is
his desire for peace, that the evils of the
war shall not be prolonged one day later
than the Mexican Government makes it
absolutely necessary.' Accordingly, to
carry his determination into effecChe has
sent, in the quality of Commissioner, to
the headquarters of the armv in Mexico,
IMr. JN. P. Tnst, first clerk in the State
Department, with fail powers to conclude
a uenniie treaty ot peace with the United
Mexican Slates. Mr. Trist is recom-j
mended as possessing the full, confidence '
of the President, and worth v of that of -
the Mexican Government.
In conclusion, Mr. Buchanan forbears
from commenting upon the closing pas
sage of the last letter from the Mexican
Minister, lest it should give to his present
note a less conciliatory character than he
desires for it. He recurs with pleasure
to another passage in the same IeUer,
wherein is expressed the pain with which
the Mexican Government has seen altered
the cordial friendship which it had culti
vated with this Republic, the continued
advancement of which it had always ad
mired, and whose institutions had served
as a mouel of its own. Such sentiments,
continues Mr. Buchanan, the President
deeply feels : his strongest desires are
that the United Mexican States , under
such institutions as prevail with us, may
protect and secure the liberty of their citi
zens, and maintain an elevated position
among the nations of the earth.
'."-Such is an outline of Mr. Buchanan's
letter of April 15th. We have not trans
lated it, as the original will no doubt at
once be made public; There is no indi
cation in it of the basis npon which Mr.
Trist is authorized to conclude a treaty.
This letter the Mexican Minister ack
nowledges on the 22d of April, . saying
that the President had instructed him to
reply that the whole subject matter of it
had been expressly reserved by the sover
eign Congress of the nation for its own
control, and that the letter would he at
once transmitted to it for its action.
We learn by the Mexican papers thit
Congress was at once convened to take
the matter into consideration, rmt tip to
the 29th of June no quorum had been pro
cured. -
By a letter from a source entitled to
great respect, wp further learn that Gen.
Scott gave to the Mexican Government
till the 30th ultimo to act upon the letter,
when, if nothing should be done, he wuld
march in.
The best opinion in Mexico, in our
judgment, we have had an opportunity ot
teaming by this arrival. 1 hat opinion
gives but poor cnonragement for peace,
but does not entirely despair. Other gen
llemen, with very ample opportunities
for judging, write from the city ol Mexico
that there is no hope of a settlement of
the difficulties : that the Mexican have
not yet been sufficiently whipped ; and
that Gen. Scett will have to march into
the city of Mexico. - None of the letters
" """
we have seen mention any thinar about
the number jot position of the Mexican
troops.
AMERICAN PRISONERS IN MEXI
CO PROBABLE ADVA NCF OF
GEN. SCOTT.
FROM THE N. O, PICAYUNE OF IULY 14.
We have at last direct accounts from
the American prisoners in Mexico,- which
enable us to clear up the contradictory ru
mors we have had in relation to them.
Letters were received here yesterday from
Major Gaines, dated in the city of Mexi-
co on
tne 50Wi oi June, wun tne use 01
which we have been lavored. it appears
from them that the rank and file of the
prisoners have bean released and sent to
Tampico. The officers had not been re
leased on the wSih of June. We give the
greater part of Major Gaine's letters, nave been compelled to contest the road
which, it will be seen, throw great light with the guerrilla parties, till he was be
on Gen. Scott's movements, as well as yond Cerro Gordo. Guerrilleros took
upon the fate of the American prisoners :
City of Mexico, June 26, 1847.
Iam very sorry that I have it not in
mv power to advise you of our release
from bondage. This execrable Govern
ment, in violation of repeated promises
and a solemn enslavement entered into
with Gen. Taylor the day after the battle
cf Bttena Vista still detains us as prison
ers of war.
On the 3d instant I received a note
from the Government to present myself j
at the Castle of Santiago, our late prison,
and there receive the final determination
of the authorities in out case. At the
castle we were informed that we were
exchano-ed. and that we should deuart
the next day for Tampico The officers
only, without the men and were direcred
to po to the nalace. receive our instruc-
tions, expense money, &e. preparatory
to our denarlure. At the Dalace we were
told to call the next day, and on the next
day we were informed that thev were
without means to send us, and that we I
nnnld nat jro. Thus were our hones
blasted, after having made all necessary 1
a i
nrnotmn nn mir nnrt for ihn trin. This
disannointment was the more srallinir be-
cause the reason assigned was known to
be a mere subterfuge, and it turned out
that four days afterwards our men, one
hundred and seventy in numher. were sent
off to the same place without our knowl-
. . 1 . . . 1
p. brr. which reauired a much lanrer sum
thnn it would have required to send the
officers. Indeed it wouiu nave taken a
very small additional sum to have sent us
wilh them, and that we would cheerlully
have paid ourselves. By sending off the
men without our knowledge they were
subjected to great suffering and inconve
nience cn a long road to Tampico, with
out the preparation necessary in the way
of clothing, shoes, &c which were then
in lact being juinisneu u.e.n.
r i . I .1.
uv. uuo i
reason why the officers were not allowed
to accompany them remains to be seen, enworth on the 5th instant, and which
Since that time (the 4lh) I have heard particulars he obtained of the Quarter
nothing from this infernal Government, master. The express was sent by Lieut,
if Government it may be called, but to- Levc, who commands an escort which
day I have received an assurance from left this place some months since wilh
Gen. Scott that, immediately upon his ar- $300,000 in gold for the troops at Santa
rival in the vicinity of the city, which will Fe.
surely be within twelve days, he will At the time the express left, he was bc-
makca peremptory demand for us. It set by a large number ofCumanche In-
will be complied with, as I think. You dians, wilh whom he had had several en-
may therefore look for me early in Au-
trust.
Gen. Scott, we arc assured, has made
everv nossible effort to procure our en-
'largcmt nt, but to no purpose, His ap-
J I .
proach to thi3 city - win certainly take
place in a very lew days. His measures
preparatory to moving are all taken, and
preparations nearly complete. He comes
wilh a force sufficient to accomplish his
n!iift pfTprtMnll'
" J .-A -
Ihave now the most positive informa-
tion of Gen. Scott's readiness to move on The opinion prevails that these Indians
this capital within the next three or four are led on by a class of outlawed wretches
days. He will have an easy conquest. from the State, who are aware of the val
We regard these remarks of Major ue of the prize they would obtain by
Gaines upon the movement of Gen Scott murdering Love and his train,
as to the utmost interest. He is a cool Mr Smith the wagon master, who
and cautious gentleman, guarded in what went out with the first train of. wagons
he says or writes, and must have strong this spring, and who had established a
grounds for the judgment he expresses as j temporary fort on the Arkansas, was al
to the Mexican means of defence. - We . tacked by the Indians and driven from his
confess that our opinion as to the degree j fort, and the last that was heard ot him he
of resistance Gen. Scott will encounter j was bravely fighting his way toward San
from the Mexicans has been modified by. ta Fe. . He had taken four horses from
this letter; but that Gen. Scott . would j the enemy, but had lost none of his own
promptly and thoroughly fiog the Mexi-1 horses or mules;. Two of his men had
cans when he met them, we have never
doubted. This letter confirms the expec
tation four Vera Cruz correspondent,
and of the editors in the city of Mexico,
that General Scott would advance from
Puebla about the last of June. We look
eagerly for further arrivals from Vera
Cruz.
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
Latest from thi army ef Gen. Scott.
FROM THE N. O. P1CAYVNE OF JULY 8.
The steamship Alabama arrived at an
early hour yesterday from Vera Cruz,
touching at the Brasos. She Jeft the
former port on the 2d of July and the lat
ter on thelth.
By this arrival we have direct advices
from Mexico to the morning of the 29th
of June, and from Puebb to the 30th.
Gen. Scott had not Leen able to leave
Puebla. He was awaiting the reinforce
ments under Gen. Cadwalader and Gen.
Pillow, who had not then arrived. Some
of the papers mention that Gen. Cadwala
der arrived at Puebla on the 30th. let
ters from Mr Kendall of that date make
no mention of it, though he was constant
ly expected. He was at Perote about the
20th, awaiting Gen. Pillow.
1 he news from the city of Mexico is
very indefinite. Gen. Scott is said to
have communicated to the Government
that Mr. Trist was with him and author
ized to negotiate for a peace. Santa An
i
na liaa Deen in vain endeavoring to pro
cure a quorum of Congress to lay Gen.
Scott s communication before it. Mr.
Kendall's letters rather encourage the
. e i i ... ..." i
" , A'CCk U1 l l'caLC ' UUfc w e " .u
had access to letters Irom a very responsi
ble source in the city of Mexico which
take a very different view on the subject.
The writer thinks Gen. Scott will have to
march into the city to secure a peace.
The censorship ol the press existing in
Mexico prevents us frtm knowing what
measures to defend the city will be taken.
Santa Anna was to leave the capital on
the 30 h ultimo, intending to pass three
days in the country for the benefit of his
health. It is said that every avenue of
entrance into the city is fortified, tut the
writer in Mexico, upon whom we vcrv
muca reiyf thinks the American army will
eaSilv overcome all such obstacles- that
the defence of their fortifications will only
embarrass the Mexicans.
We are unable to throw much'light up
on the movements of Gen. Cadwalader
and Gen. Pillow. The latter is said to
yor
advantage of every
defile to resist his
progress.
His loss is said to have been
severe.
FROM THE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN.
One of the passengers by the Alabama
informed us that Gen. Peirce, with a
large train and a column said to be two
mousanu strong, consisting oi reiniorce-
ments lor Gen. Scott, would leave Vera
Cruz ina few days, probably about the
Gth- These troops had arrived since the
departure of the last column under Gen.
Pillow, and embraced nearly all the bal
ance of the reinforcements belonrinr to
the'ten new regiments, and with the troops
of Generals Pillow and Cadwalader,
would make an addition to Gen. Scott's
army of between live and six thousand
men.
The vomito still prevailed at Vera Cruz
an the daily deaths, our informant sla
tetJ. we"e from thirty to forty ; of these,
11 was saill lu" ne nan were Americans,
including not only soldiers, but also labor
ers, teamsters, and private citizens ; the
. . -
balance were Mexicans
A lanre number (said to be thirteen
hundred) mules, belonging to the Govern
"jent, were stolen from a pen close by
Vera Cruz on the 27th. It was done in
roa(l daylight. The. keeper had been
arrested, and was confined in the castle
L'eut. Merryfield.of Capt. Ford's com
ri.- l t li i ;.
PdI,y "r" -urasns, mew ms
brains
out on the 20th, at Vera Cruz,
without
any apparent cause.
Business was extremely dull at V era
Cruz, and the merchant vessels arriving
very limited in number.
IMPORTANT FROM THE WEST
ERN PLAINS.
The steamer Little Missouri arrived
yesterday from Weston. Her clerk kind-
iv i rn sr.fis us wun me narnnunrs ni an
express which had arrived at Fort Leav-
gagements for four or five days previous.
Sergeant Bishop, the second in command
and fourothers were slain and four wound-
ed. The loss on the part of the Indians
was supposed to be ap wards of a dozen.
I hese encounters took place some
distance this side the Arkansas river.
None of their mules or subsistence had
been lost. .
This express also brings word that sev
eral other Government trains had been at-
tacked by large parties of Cumanches.
been killed. It is thought entirely tin
safe for any thing less than a strong mili
tary force to attempt crossing the Plains
at the present time.
Four companies of the Missouri volun
teers on this route for Mexico were last
seen at Council Grove ; Capt ShephanT
company had progressed further.
There was coniderab!e excitement a
mong the voluuteers at Fort Leavenworth
on the reception of the news by this ex
press. St. Iuis Union of July 9th.
jOl'OSALS "
"STOR putting a cupola and roof upn
JL Gideon Meeting House at Centre
ville will be received by either of the
subscubsrs. Proposals to be handed ia.
without c!elay.
AARON WILL,
HENRY SHAFF,
JONAS SHULTZ.
July 27, 1817. Commitiee.
Cumberland .Market.
Flour,
Wheat,
Rye,
Corn,
Oats,
per barrel,
per bushel,
$5
I
00
CO
60
GO
33
75
25
75
75
37
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N pursuance of an order of the Or
phans Court of Somerset County, the
subscriber will ofTer for sale on the
premises, on Saturday the 21st day of
August next, the following Real Estate,
late the property of Rosanna Shaffer, de
ceased, viz: A certain messuage, planta
tion, or
Tract of Land,
situated in Somerset township, one-fourth
mile east of the Bftrough f Somerset, at
the point whert the Bedford & Somerset
and Cumberland & comerset Turnpike
Roads intersect. Containing One hun
dred and forty-five Acres, more or less,
adjoining lands of Joseph Chorpenning,
and others, about 80 Acres cleared, on
which are erected a large Iwo story
Dwelling House, a one story Log Dwel
ling House, a large Barn, and other
Buildings; there is also an excellent coal
bank an the premises.
I will also sell at the same time and
place the yeaily Quit Rents or reserva
tions of ground rents, on the following
Lois situated in th Borough of Somer
set, viz : No. 45, 55, bo, 111, 125, 132,
203, 13, 239,249. and 159.
Terms one third in hand and the re
mainder in three equal annual payments
without Interest, payments to be secured
by Judgment Bonds.
JOHN O. KIM.MEL,
JulyG-4r-4t. Trustee.
PROCLAIMTION.
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 over 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 last Monday of
August next, (30th day) in pursuance
of which preeppt
Public Notice is hereby giv
en, to the justices of the peace, the coro
ner, and constables of said county of
Somerset, that they be then and there, m
tlieir own proper persons, wilh their
rolls, records examinations, 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 6hall 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. t!.;
30th day of June, in the yeur of
our Lord 1847.
SAMUEL GRIFFITH Sheriff.