SOMERSET HERALD.
S O 31 CRSLT, I A., . .
TUESDAY. JULY 27, 1847.
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNI
" TED STATES IN 1843.
GI3?JL.ZACH4RY TAYLOR
-TO I VICE PRESIDENT,
, EON. ANDREW STEWART.
iljccfMfo dcclaivn "f a National Contention
PRICES OF BREADSTUFFS.
A month ago, when flour comroaded
nine dollars in the eastern cities, and die
ilcmac J seemed greater even than the sup
ply, app rehenaions were entertained of a
scarcity of ..the article in this country be
fore long, consequent upon the steady de
mand for it from abroad. But all appre
hension on this subject has been remov
ed by the last steamer from England,
which brings intelligence of the arrival at
British ports of large quantities of bread
stuffs and of the prospect of an abun
dant harvest throughout all Europe.
The effect of this news has been a great
reduction in the prices of flour and grain
in our principal cities, from whence it
must speedily extend into the interior.
In Baltimore, flour has fallen to $5, and
wheat to 90 cents; in New York, flour is
telling at the same price, and wheat at
$1,18; in Philadelphia, flour $3, wheat
$1,05.
POLK'S POPULARITY.
A locofoco exchange paper, in speak
ing of Polk's recent tour, says such
crowds of people as assembled at New
Ycrk to greet the President, were never
seen before.
To which we may add, that never be
fore did it occur, while a President was
leing greeted by one portion of the citi
zens of New York, another portion was
assembled to nominate an opposition can
tiid.ite; for, at the moment Mr. Polk was
entering one part of the city, in another
part there was a "Taylor meeting," com
posed of the "unterrified Democracy,"
passing resolutions recommending Rough
and Ready for the Presidency.
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.
We have given on the first page of to
day's paper a synopsis of the proceed
ings of the Chicago Conversion, which
will be read with interest. Letters were
received from Henry Clay, Thomas II.
Benton, Silas Wright, Martin Van Buren,
and others, declaring their sentiments, all
of which are more or less favorable to
the objects of the Convention. A letter
was read also from Gen. C3ss, in which
he merely says that he cannot attend, with
out expressing any sentiment whatever.
The Convention was addressed by Mesrs.
Slewart, Corwin, Grecly and others.
'DISCRETION THE BETTER
PART OF VALOR."
The Albany Journal, in spcakiug of
zn officer whom it considers cot ovtn
vulcrous, calls up the following old, but
excellent anecdote, of a lame Captain.
Fellow Soldiers," said the limping man
in regimentals, "at length our efforts to
bring the enemy to battle are crowned
with success. There he is, before you:
march boldly up and give him battle.
Never say die! Fight bravely! but
should you be overpowered by superior
numbers, make a safe and cautions re
treat. And as I am a little lame, I be
lieve I'll start now 1"
Washington County Wmc Ticket:
Assembly, George V. Lawrence, John
Mcloy. Treasurer, J. W. F. White
Commissioner, Andrew Cox.
Cakbria Cocntv Whig Ticket: As
sembly, George W. Kern. Treasurer,
David Todd. Commissioner, James
Weckland.
THAT AND THAT.
Tho Louisville Democrat says, the
principles of lhexVhig party are expres
sed in these few words: "Hurra for Gen.
Taylor!"
If this be so, then the principles of
James K. Polk and his party may be sla
ted with equal brevity, viz, "Pass Santa
Anna !"
The Washington Union urges the hol
ding of a Democratic National Conven
tion to nominate candidates for President
and Vice President, The Union is evi
dently alarmed at the "Taylor move
ments" throughout the country; and well
it may be.
Right of Svjfr at of Volunteers.
According to the provisions ef the election
law of Pennsylvania, the volunteers from
this State, now in Mexica, will have the
privilege of voting for State officers, at
v.'hatcvcr place they may be stationed, on
the 2d Tuesday of October next. The
Captain or Lieutenant of each company
acts as Judges and Inspectors. In the
late war with. Great Britain Pennsylvania
volunteers held elections in camp, at Bal
timore, and camps Shellpot and Dupoat.
retui..lntd!izcncer.
For the Herald.
THE PUBLIC LANDS. ..
Much has been said and written on the
subject of the Public Lands. Some con
tend that they belong to the General Go
vernment, to be disposed of by it at its
own pleasure and the funds arising from
their sale to be appropriated to its own
use. Others allege that they are the pro
perty of the States, held in trust only for
their use by the General Government,
and that each individual State has a right
to claim ami receive at any time its just
quota and appropriate the funds as it
pleases. A third class, the National Re
formers, aver that they belong to the
whole People, and that they ought to be
parcelled out amongst such as are not al
ready owners of landed estates. I will
not at this time undertake to decide where
the ownership is actually lodged, though
I hold the opinion that it is with the
States; but taking things 3s they , really
exist, the lands being in the possession
and under the control of the General Go
vernment, I purpose to make some sug
gestions in regard to their just and proper
disposition.
Millions of acres have been sold annu
ally for many years and the moneys paid
into the Land offices, whence ihey have
been transferred to the National Treasury,
to aid in swelling the revenue. But it
must be obvious to every one that has gi
ven the subject any attention, that, while
the Lands are passing from the Govern
ment into the hands of companies or in
dividuals, after paying all the expenses at
tending the transfer, but a very small a
mount is left to be applied to the expen
ditures of the Government. These mo
neys have been denominated by some "a
corruption fund," and it is but too true
that a large amount of them is squander
ed away upon individuals in favor with
the "powers that be," holding various
stations in ti e Land Department, from the
chief officer down to the lowest clerk,
and many of whom are as unnecessary
to the transaction of its business as a fly
wheel is to a four-horse wagon or other
vehicle.
If, as I allege, the Lands belong to the
Stales, each individual State has, as a
matter of course, the right to dispose yf
its quota upon such terms as it pleases
and apply the proceeds in such manner as
it shall sec fit. And if they were in the
actual possession of the States, then the
uses to be made of them would form a
proper subject for discussion; but since
the General Government holds posses
sion of, and disposes of them, without
consulting the States and without any of
ficial protestations from these, we must
treat the subject as if no diversity of o
pinion prevailed in regard to it, and con
sider the lands as the undisputed property
of the former and, viewing the subject
in this light, the question as to the best,
most just and proper disposition that can
be made of thera, presents itself for our
consideration. -
Without having any official data to go
by. I will assume that there arc in the U
nited States one million-heads of families
and single freemen who are without
a free-hold, and who are compelled,
frem necessity, to labor day by day
and from year to year for a mere sub
sistence, without die prospect of ever ac
quiring an acre of real estate. In this
number I do not include traders and pro
fessional men, who, in many instances
might, if they would, be owners of lan
ded property. Nor do I mean to be un
derstood as saying that such is the condi
tion of all operatives; for, there is a nu
merous class employed in the manufacto
ries of the Eastern Sines, which, by in
dustry and economy, is acquiring a com
petence, though without the possession of
a foot of ground; but my remarks are in.
tended to apply chiefly to that class of per
sons which is without any regular em
ployment and which very often hangs
like an incubus upon those communities
where it is most numerous, as is general
ly the case in and around towns and cities
on the sea-board. .Besides, there is a
regular influx from Europe of a popula
tion which has been bred to the labors of
the field and to "nothing else," and which
cannot do more than gain a scanty sub
sistence by laboring for wages or engag
ing as servants, but might become rcspec- (
table and useful in the forests and on tue
prairies of the great West.
The capacities of the country for man
ufactures are known to be great, and
sound policy, therefore, requires that a
due proportion of our citizens should be
employed in converting the raw materi
als, agricultural and mineral, into useful
and profitable fabrics. Not to do sof
would give too much encouragement for
the introduction of foreign articles such
O
as can be made and ought to te made by
ourselves. But extremes in this case, as
in all other cases, ought to be avoided.
The employment of too many hands up
on manufactures, would be the means of
reducing the price of labor below what it
ought to bi. Besides, when wo consider
the improvements that have been made
and are yet daily making in machinery,
by which a vast amount of manual labor
is saved, we cannot expect the demand
for workmen in future to be In propor
tion to the . increase of business and
hence we may safely assume that one
half of the non-landholding population
not engaged in manufactories or work
shops, might be advantageously with
drawn lrom the densely settled communi
ties of the Eastern and Middle States and
employed upon agriculture in the West,
if the means of acquiring real estate were
placed within their reach. This could
be done without disadvantage to the Gov
ernment or injustice to others, as I shall
now proceed to demonstrate.
The business of the Land Department
could very readily be simplified so as to
dispense with the services of a swarm of
officers now employed in it and if this
were done, lands for which a dollar and
twenty-five cents is now exacted per acre,
might, without causing any material di
minution in the nett revenue derived from
their sale, be sold at twenty-five cents.
The inducement which such a reduction
in price would hold out to actual scttlerst
to whom alone the lands ought to be sold,
could not fail to fill up the Western States
and Territories within the space of a few
years; and the vast domain which is now
lying waste would soon present densely
settled communities, who, while enjoying
the comforts of home and of indepen
dence, would greatly swell the aggregate
wealth and power of the nation. The
soil would be made to yield the rich pro
ductions to which it is so admirably adap
ted, and the vast amount of mineral
wealth which lies dormant in the Earth
would be brought into use. The tide of
emigration from the Eastern Stales and
from Europe would continue to swell
broader and higher, until the whole ex
tent of territory between the Mississippi
and the Lakes, and between the Gulf of
Mexico and the Rocky Mountains, would
exhibit to the eye a continuous chain of
cultivated fields and comfortable dwel
lings, owned and possessed by an active,
industrious, enterprising people, in the
full enjoyment of everythiug that is es
sential to man's happiness in this world,
snd who, but for the opportunities by
which they were enabled to acquire lan
ded property, might still be denizens of
some of the large and crowded cities of
the East, or, perhaps, be dragging out a
I- Ut t i Cnrn'irrn 1-inll lin.l
der the yoke of some European or Asia
tic tyrant.
Nor would this policy affect injurious
ly those already engaged in manufactures,
or diminish the domestic demand for ag
ricultural products. In proportion as set
tlements, and towns and cities, would
spring up in the West, manufactories
would be erected, public works construc
ted, and commerce established, whereby
employment would be aflorded to artisans
and mechanics, and a home market crea
ted for much of the surplus produce of
the farmer, while the remainder would be
conveyed to foreign ports, without mate
rially aflecting either the business or the
markets of any other section of the coun
try. Its only tendency would be to pro
mote individual happiness and to add to
our national greatness.
In a political point of view, the speedy
settlement of the Great West is every
way desirable. From the foundation of
our Government up to the present day, it
ha been a subject of anxious solicitude
with many of our Statesmen to guard a
gainst the concentration of power in one
man and against all encroachments by the
General Government upon the reserved
rights of the States and to my mind
there is no other source from whence so
much danger is to be apprehended as
from the almost exclusive and unlimited
control which the National Executive ex
ercises over the Territories of the United
States. If there can be found any where
m the operations of the whole machinery
of our Government sucha thing as a willing
obedience of the slave to the behests of
his master, it is in the readiness with
which the appointed officers of the Ter
ritorial Governments shape their conduc
to suit the inclinations of the appointing
p0WCr and if our Government' should
ever be subverted, the liberty of speech
and of the press abridged, tho right of
suffrage denied and the fountains of jus
tice closed, it will be accomplished by
means of Executive patronage, bestowed
upon willing slaves, ready, to do their
master's bidding, provided they are sure
to come in for a share of the "spoils."
The settlement of the several Territories
and their admission into the Union as
sovereign States, would at once and for
ever cut off this branch of Executive
patronage and power, and thereby, not
only secure to the citizens of those Ter
ritories tho right of electing their own
State officers, but conduce also to the pre
servation of our "Republican institutions
and the extension of civil liberty.
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THE "INFERNAL MACHINE.
Since the great fall in the price of
Bread-stuffs, the Locofocos appear dis
posed to "kick against" the British Tar
iff of'4G! The last Carlisle Volunteer
calls it the "Infernal Machine I" We
don't exactly know the meaning of what
is termed an "infernal machine," unless
it is something that, made to injure others
turns upon its builder and "kicks him o
vcr." If we are correct, then, indeed has
the Volunteer" given Polk's Tariff its
right name : It will not only kick him o
ver, but knock him into the middle of
Duck Run where as Sambo would say,
"he cum from !" lanc. Tribune.
We learn from the Union that the Sec
retary of the Treasury has sent to New
Orleans, from the 4th of February up to
the 1st of July, eight millions of dollars,
being more than one million per month,
and that every dollar was sent that had
been called for.
mru:
On the 13th instant, at his residence,
near Florence, Boone county, Kentucky,
after a short but painful sickness, the Rev.
JACOB CRIGLER, Mitiisister of the
Lutheran Church, aged 60 years, G m'ths.
The deceased was formerly a resident
of this county, and the intelligence oj his
death will cast a gloom over a large circle
of friends and acquaintances, and fill ma
ny hearts with sadness. He had charge
of the Lutheran congregations in and a
bout Berlin, in this county, for the space
of 15 years, and was highly esteemed and
beloved by all, fer the many excellent
qualities he exhibited as a friend, a
CHRISTIAN, AND A MINISTER OF THE COS
PEL. In 1834 he removed to the State
of Kentucky, and last spring, after a lapse
of 13 years, he visited this part of his
master's vineyard, the field of his former
labors, and rejoiced to find that his labors
had not been in vain, and that in many
instances the seed sown by him, wns
bringing forth fruit to the honor and glory
of God. After a stay of several weeks,
during which time he visited and preach
ed in most of the congregations formerly
under his pastoral care, he bid a last fare
well to friends and relatives, and set out
on his journey homeward, followed by
their best wishes and ardent prayers for
his safe return to the midst of his beloved
family.
A short time after his return home, ho
set out on a journey to the State of Mis
souri, and whilst there, labored as usual
in his master's cause. Besides frequent
ly preaching, he also organized several
conrc'rations, sabbath schools, and tern
perance societies. He afterwards reach
ed home in safety, (having travelled by
land aud water, at least 1600 miles,) but
in the language of a relative, "he came
home to die," for on the 7th of July, only
a few days after his return, he was con
fined to his bed, with congestive fever'
and on the 13ih he died in the full tri
umph of that faith and hope which he
professed, and has entered into the "rest
prepared for the people of God."
(COHMCNICATED.
At the residence of her mother in So
merset township, on Friday the 22d inst.,
after a lingering illness, Mrs. Marv Ann,
consort of John B. Davis of Louisville,
Kentucky.
iXcw Advertisements.
BOLTING CLOTHS
TO miller. T. B. Kehler &
Co., have just received a large ind
well selected lot of the eld Anchor Brand
BOLTING JMTKS.
which will l?e sld lower than ever of
fered in our market. The article ha.
been weirknown, having given general
sati.faetion heretofore. Persons wish
ing to purchase will find it to their ad
vantage to examine our Stock, at we ob
tain them direct from the agent in New
York, and ran sell the;n on better terms
than hate been offered in ihi in?rket.
Inquire of T. B KEHLER & CO.
July 27-47. Opposite Mineral Rank, .
Cumberland. Mil.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.-
A T m meeiiny the Burgesses and
Town Council on the I3ih inst.,
the following resolution was adopted :
Resulted, That the Borough Audi
tors be instructed to make report to the
next meeting of the Burgesses and Coun
cil on the 3d August next, ef their set
tlements with the late officers, and also
of a 11 claims doe to and bv the Bor-
oiijru
i.
In pursuance of the above resolution,
all persons having elaims against the
Borough are required to produce them to
the undersigned on or before Tuesday,
the 3d August next.
EDWARD SCULL.
JOHN M. HOLDERBAUM.
Somerset. July 27, 4?-2t. Auditor.
(DIP 4l33
Ffj r down for Trial at August Term
1817, commencing on the 30th
day and last Monday in August.
Rhees and wife ts PhSilippi
Clester's nse ts Craig
NefTi use ts Hay's Ex'tri.
Bowers vs McCullough
Moyers vs Beighley
Picking vs Alwine
Berkey vs Knupp
Ankeny Brom
Fream Freams Ex'irs.
Koontz i Koenu's Ad'mr.
Rowan & Baldwin vs Miller
Heed " Reed .
Bell et al . . . ' v Horner
Brook's & Co'suse ts McChesney and
Allen
A.J. OGLE,.Proth'y.
PrQthy Office SoinerO
est, July 7, 13ir. - J
BL1NKDEEDS.
A Lot of BlankDeeds justprin
ted, on fine white paper, and
now for sale at this office.
Dissolution of Partnership.
fBMIE partnership heretofore existing
g between the underind, under
the Firru nf Armstrong & Hume, in
the Foundry Business, has this day been
dissolved by inutii.il consent.
JOHN ARMSTRONG,
JAMES M. HUME.
June 28, IS 47.
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N. B. The business will be carried on
hereafter by Armstrong A Co., who hope
to receive a liberal share of publie pa
tronege. jul y0-'-i7-5t
important;
T is neci-ssary ilui my books should
be speedily closed. Those indebted
to me Tor subscription, jnb wnrk or ad
verting, are therefore respectfully, yet
earnestly requested to rail and either pay
their accounts, or giro their obligations
for what ihev severally owe. My books
will le kept'at the "Herald" office until
and during the enduing Court week, af
ter wlm-h they will be placed in trie
hands of a Justice of the Peace. It is
hoped tbm all thoje init resietl will at
tend to this notice, and by so doing save
rests. -JONATHAN T?OW.
IN the matter of tliu voluntary align
ment of John Dull, for the benefit of
his creditors, in the Court of Com
mon Pleas of Somerset County, Pa;
And now to wit. 3d May, 1817, The
petition of Peter Dull was presented to
the Court, setting fwrih that Jacob Kna
ble,JJr., who had been appointed assig
nee of John Dull, and took cpon him
self the execution 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 Couri to appoint
some suitable person in his stead to take
charge of the effects which were in the
hands of Jacob K nahle, Jr. and to exe
cute the trust in pursu:mre of said deed
of assignment, and according to the act
of assembly in such case made and pro
vided. Whereupon the Court afiix Monday
the SOih day of August next, fer the
hearing in the matter.
A. J. OGLE, Prot'y.
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CHAIRS!
GORDON & MITCHELL
Shop on lor west of J. NrflHs Tavern, and
nrar.v opjxsite t. Kurtz Drug Store,
Main Street, Somerset, Pa.
rSnESUrSCHlCEHS would respect
J fully inform lite cnizens ef Somer
set and -surrounding country, that they
intend to carry on ihe
Clinir 3IaIiJnr Kusincss,
at their old stand, where they will con
stantly keep on hand and will make to
order
Common, Fancy, & Tippecanoe
w at & lima
Scttrcs&Zloston Rocking Cliairs,
which they will sell very low far cash or
exchange for lumber or approved coun
try produce.
fJEOROB GORDON,
C. F. MITCHELL.
jar.el5-'-17
Assignee's Sale.
ITMIE undersigned will offer for sale
Ji by way of pubtic outcry at the hout e
of Lewis Spangler, in Shanksville, en
Saturday the Hlh day of August next,
the following real estate, viz :
A piece or parcel of Uni lying in Sto
nycreek township, Somerset County,
Pa., aWoat one mils east of Shauksrille,
conjaininj
more or less, the whole of which is
cleared, with a two story dwelling houe,
cabin barn, and other buildings thereon
erected.
This properly is situated in a fine sec
tion of country, and to a person wishing
to locate himself in this county helds
out strong inducements to purchase if
It would be an excellent situation for a
mechanic, and any one desirous of pro
curing himself a small property would
do well to examine it.
Tr.RMi-will be made known ca day ef
sale, by
ALEXANDER HUNTER
July 6-17. Assigns of Geo. Brandt.
pL GHAIHS
in :
THE PLACE.
NEARLY opposite J. NefT Tavern
you will find the Drug Store of
may II S.KURTZ.
SEGARS.
CUBA, Half Spanish, and Common
Scgirs. Crackers, Cojifectionaries,
and Notions, to he. had at the Dru Storo
of r.mavll S.KURTZ.-
TO TEACHERS.
THE School Directors of Somerset
Borough are desirous to employ
MirCC. persons as teachers ef Common
Schools in said borough. The school
to commence on the 1st Monday ia Sep
tember, 1847.
By order of the Board ef Diiertors,
jnlvl.1 A. J. OGLE. Sec.
Journeyman Blacksmith
W H BT T ES 23..
FipHE subscriber, residing in Larans
JL tills, SomerseS township, wishes
to employ a Journeyman Blacksmith, to
whom constant employment and liberal
wages will be given. Any one who is
a good workman and desirous ef eu ga
ging, will please make application on.
jnlylS JOHN THOMPSON.
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
tHEMICALS, Essences, Patent Mo
J dicincs; Paints, Dyes, Oils, Var
nishes, Painter's Brushes, fcc, fcc.
ALSO
Confectionaries, Notions, &c; a fresh
supply on hand and for sale vfry ciisap
at the Drug Store ef
WM. McCREERY.
May 4. Somerset, Pa.
Executor's Notice.
ETTERS Testamentary, on the fi-
A tateof Adam Brandt, late of Stony-
creek township, deceased, hating beu
granted to the undersigned, residing i:
said township, all persons indebted ta
said estate are requested to attend at the
house of the deceased, on Saturday tbe
7th day of August next, and those bat
ing claims, to present them at the i aroa
time and place properly authenticated.
JACOB BRANDT,
JOSIAII BRANDT.
jawe22-Mr-6C Executors .
DAMEL KAUTZ.
C. P. KAtTTl
HATS I! HATS!!!
Daniel Kautz & Son,
J ESPECTFULLY inform the pub-
lie that they continue to keer on
hand at their Hatting establish
ment, in Berlia, opposite the
store ef S. Philson, Esq, all de-
scriptions ef HATS, which
they will dispose of on the most accom
modating terras for cash, wool, or other
apprwted country produce. junel5
For August Term, 1847.
GRAND JURORS.
Somerset boreigb,
William Mong, Curtis Keoser,
Somerset townshi'7,
Daniel Adams, George Cebaogh, P
ter Friedline, Nichelas Flam as.
Stoystown borengh,
Lewis Allen, Edward Bevin.
Paint township,
Daniel Berkey, of P.
Southampton township,
Daniel Bowman.
Conemaugh township,
Elijah Berkey, Samuel Custer, Jehu
Howard.
Shade township,
Henry Berkeypile.
Summit township,
John Fike, Jr.
Stonycreek township,
Edward Glessncr, William Sitil.
Brethtrstalley township,
Benjamin Glass.
Milford township,
Michael Kimmel, John Mason, Jems
Younkio.
Turkeyfoot township,
Peter Lanning, Jacob II. Rush.
TRAVERSE JURORS
Somerset borough,
Frederick Weimer, John J. Schell,
John A, Snyder, Jacob Koontz.
Somerset township,
Alexander Landis. John Swank, Sam
uel Pile, of A., Michael Forney, Solo
mon Boucher, Jaceb Good, Abraham
Brugh, Michael Shaffer.
Milferd township,
Joseph B. Crilchfield, Jesse Critch
field, Michael S. Shuhz.
Turkeyfoot township,
Conrad Lint, Datid Jennings, John
K. McMillen, George Philippi, Israel
Rhoads.
Addisea township,
John Morrow.
Greentille township,
Jeremiah Glodfelty.
Elkliek township,
Josiah Ditetv. Daniel L. Miller. VU.
jah Wagoner, Jenkins Griffith.
Jenner township,
Henry Betz, Joseph Boyers.
Berlin borough,
Geerge Hefiley.
Shade township,
Jesse Slick. John Wagoner, Datid
Cristey.
Southampton tewnship,
Gtorge Cook, Jr.
Brotherstalley township,
Henry Suter, Michael Sn) der, Saa
uel Boger.
Summit township,
Abraham Beachy.
Allegheny tuwuahip,
Edward Dcuey.
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