ItESOh U T I 0 N
Relative to an Amendment of the
Constitution.
RESOLVED ><j the Stnidr i!nil House of Htprc-
SL iiia'ii t .*• of li' CotnmoHiriiiUli oj I'turunjlnmia
ui Gt feral . ' mbl m<l, That the Constitution
of ihis Commonwealth he amended in the se
cond secti- n of tin- fifth article, so that it shall
iad as follows : The Judges of the Supreme
Court, of tire s veral Courts of Common Fleas,
and of such other Courts of Record as arc or
•.hail be established lv law, shall he elected by
the ouak ied electors of the Commonwealth in
liio manner following, to wit: The Judges of
the Supreme Court, by the qualified electors of
ihe Commonwealth at large. The President
luti—. of the several Courts of Common Picas
and of such other Courts of Record as are or
hull he established by law, and ail other Judges
required to be learned in the law. ly the quali
fied eh • tors of the respective districts over
which they are to preside or act as Judges.
\nd the Associate Judges of the Courts of Com
mon Picas by the qualified electors of the coun
•i.'s respectively. The Judges of the Supreme
Court sn til hold their offices for the term of fif
teen MM if they sh il! so long behave them- !
•elvesw* : * subject to the allotment hereinaf
ter provided for, subsequent to the lirst elec
tion:) Ihe President Judges of the several
Courts of C, rnmon Pleas, anil of such other
courts of Record as are i r shall be established
by law, and ail other Judges required to be
i*arm:d in the law, shall hold their offices for
the term of ten years, if they shall so long be
have themselves well: The Associate Judges of
he Courts of Common Pleas shall hold their
cilices f r tiic term of five years, if they shall
-o long behave themselves well: all of whom
hall be commissioned by the Governor, but for
any reasonable rane which shall not be suffi
cient grounds of impeachment, the Governor
shall remove any of them on the address of two
ttiirds of each branch of the Legislature. The
lir.-t election shall take place at the general
1 Mtion of this Commonwealth next after the
adoption of this amendment, and the commis
sions of ail the judges who may be then in of
t < e shail expire un the first Monday of Decem
ber following, when the terms of the new judges
Ci til commence. The persons who shall then
he elected Judges of the Supreme Court shall
hold their offices as follows: one of them for
three years, one for six years, one for nine
years, one for twelve years, and one for fifteen
■. pars : the term of each to be decided by lot by
the ?aid judges, as soon after the election as
convenient, and the result certified by them to
the Governor, that the commissions may be is
sued in accordance thereto. The judge whose
< '-amission will first expire shall he Chief Jus
tice during his term, and thereafter each judge
whose commission shall first expire shall in
turn be the Chief Justice, and if two or more
commissions shall expire on the same day, the
judges holding thetn shall decide by lot which
shall be the Chief Justice. Any vacancies hap
pening by death, resignation, or otherwise, in
any of the said courts, shall be filled by ap
pointment b\ the Governor, to continue till the
tir-t Monday of December succeeding the next
general election. The Judges of the Supreme
Court and the Presidents of the several Court 9
f Common Pleas shail, at stated times, receive
for their services an adequate compensation, to
be fixed by law, which >hall not be diminished
-during their continuance in office, but they shall
receive no fees or perquisites of office, nor hold
any other office of profit under this Common
wealth, or under the government of the I nited
States, or anv other State of this Union. The
Judges of the Supreme Court during their con
tinuance in office shall reside within this Com
monwealth, and the other Judges during their
continuance in office shall reside within the dis
trict or county for which they were respective
ly elected.
WILLIAM F. PACKER,
Speaker rf the Ifa use of Representative 3
GEO. DARSIE,
Speaker of the Senate.
Is THE StKATE, .Virch 1, 1 -40.
It "lent, That this resolution pass.—Yeas 21,
.Nays 8.
Extract from the Journal.
SAML. W. PEARSON, CUtk
IX TIIL Hoi 3E "f Hep RF. 3 EXT ATI A ES, )
%9pril 2, l2i'J. <j
Retelt !, That tLis resolution pass.—Yeas 58,
nays Ub
Extract from the Journal.
W.M. JACK, Clerk.
SECRET SKY'S OFFICE.
1 iled April 5. 1242.
A. L. RUSSELL,
Dep. See. of the Cuimnonxcealth
SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
I rviisYLVAVii, ss:
f cm < ERTIC Y that the above and foregoing is
i true and correct copy of the Original Resolu
tion of the General Assembly, entitled " Reso
lution relative to an Amendment of the Consti
tution," as the same remain* on file in this of
fice.
in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
}. , hand, and caused to be affixed the i
a! of the Secretary's Office at Har
kJ* risbarg, this eleventh day of June,
Anno 1) unini, one thousand eight hundred and j
forlj-uinc.
TOWN SEND lIAIN ES,
S tertiary ef the Comtii'snutnUh.
:i JorRVAi. OF SrwTr..
Resolution, No. entitled ' Resolution
relative loan amendment of the Constitution, 1
" was read a third time. On the question, will
" the Senate agree to the resolution ? The Yea 3
'• and Nay j were taken agreeably to tho Consti
" tution, and were as follows, viz :
• Vi vs—Messrs. Ifi-as, Brawlcy, Crabb, Cun
-• riii.gbani, Forsyth, Hugos, Johnson, Lawrence,
" I.evii, Ma-on, Matthias, M'Caslin, Rich,
'* Richard®. S idler, Sarikev, Kavery, Small,
' Btt| er, iftsrrett nod Sitae—2l.
"NAVS —Me- >i s. Rest, Drum, Frick, Ives,
• King, fvor.igmacber, Pottuigcr and Dai sic,
" Sj.taL ■ . ' .
'• Ho : ic i tio i was determined in the af
" Urinative.' 1
"JOCKKAE OF iitr. lIOFSE OF lil.i'kl <• IST AT IVES.
" S.iail the resolution pass r 'i be yeas and
" nays were taken agreeably to the provision of
•' th- tenth aifi-lc of the Constitution, and are
" as follows, viz :
" YEAS—Messrs Gideon J. Hall, David J.
1 Bent, f 'rai ■ Riddle, Peter D. Bloom, David M.
" Bole, Thomas K. Hull, Jacob Cort, John 11.
4 Di. hi, Nathaniel A. Elliott, Josi pb Emery,
•' David G. F.shfiman, William Evans, John
' Fausold, Samuel IVgely, Joseph W. Fisher,
* Henry M. Fuller, Thomas Grove, llobt Ilainp
" son, George I . Hens/ey, Thomas J. Herring,
" 1 -seph liiggiit*, Cli.is. Jfortz, J veph B I lower,
' Robert Klotz, Harrison J'. I.aiid, Abraham
" Lambeilon, J.iiucs J. Li. wis, James \V. Long,
"Jacob M't.'ariney, Joim F. M Culloch, Hugh
" M'Kee, John M' I.augfilin, Adam Martin, Bam
' uel Marx, John C. Myei ~ Edward Nic.kleson,
rffi wart l'earce, Jam- I'orter, Henry 0. Pratt,
" Alonzo Robb, George Kuplcy, Theodore Ry
man, Bernard S. Bcho6.iov-r, Samuel Seibert,
"John {sharp, Christian Snively, Thomas C.
" Steel, Jeremiah 11. Stubbs, Jo*t J, Htut/.man,
"Marshall Ha ortzwefiler, Samuel Taggart.
" George' T. Thorn, Nicholas Thorn, Arunali
" Wattles, Samuel Wciri. h, Alonzo 1. Wilcox,
" Daniel Eerbey,and William F. Packer, Hi. uk
"er—s 8.
" Nays—Messrs. Augustus K Oornyn, David
•' M. Courtney, David F.vans, Henry S. Kvans,
" John Fenlon, John W. George, Thomas Gil
" !< *pie, Joim i'. Gord< u, William Henry,
" James J. Kirk. Joseph Daubach, Robert It.
" Little, John t>. s!'CaJniont, Joim M'Kt-e,
" William MTV n v I -i:iii Miller. William T.
" John A. Otto, William Y. Roberts,
" John YY. Koeberry, John 11. Rutherford, 11.
" Rundlc 1-injth, John Smyth, John Soudcr,
" George Walters and David i\ Williams.—-ill.
" So the question w as determined in the allir
" niative."
SECRETARY'S OFFICE, I
/l.trrisburg, June 15, ib'l9. $
PENNSYLVANIA, SS.
AUU/. 1 no CERTIFY that the above and
foregoing is a true and correct copy
fflfe of the. " Yeas" and " Nays," taken
on the " Resolution relative to an
Amendment of the Constitution,
as the same appears on the Journals
of the two Houses of the General Assembly of
this Commonwealth, for the session ot 1 ->4l).
Witness my hand and the seal of said office,
the. fifteenth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and forty-nine.
*T< )WNSEN D 11AI N ES,
ju23—3m Secretary of the Commonwealth.
THE GAZETTE.
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Notices of Ailvcrtisemcnls.
RCBTXSO.N EMIRED'N New York Circus
with, as rumor has it, an excellent company of
equestrians, will be here on Wednesday and
Thursday next. Those fond ot seeing the ups
and downs of life, as exhibited iu these per
formances, will of course goto see the actor
and take a laugh at the clown, whose portrait,
as drawn in our paper to-day, is said to bear a
striking resemblance to the gentleman "down
stairs."
Mr. DRI M ofFeia fur sale a Dwelling and
Lot of Ground.
'Phe County Commissioners invite proposals
for furnishing wood for Jail and Court House.
The assignee of J. R. Philips publishes n
notice.
Our German citizens request attention to
their call fur a meeting at the Town Hall on
Saturday evening to aid the heroes who are
now struggling for liberty against the despots
of Europe.
\j~y~ AN EXTRA, containing eight cc|-
umns of advertisements, accompanies to-day V
Gazette. The conclusion of an interesting sto
ry will be found on our first page.
DEATH FROM A FALL.— P.Y a letter from the
Postmaster at Elizabeth town, we learn that a
man named SYLVESTER, fell from a mulberry
tree on the 3(Jth ult., ( it Lock No. 2, Youghio
gheny, Allegheny county, Pa.) fracturing his j
skull and sustaining other injuries, from the ef- j
fects of which he died on the Ist July. He is
described as a young man, 25 or 30 years of '
age, common siz.e, light complexion, yellow !
hair, a ship tattooed on hi-> right arm, arid a
star on his left—no papers, nor money. lie
bad been at work on the improvement but one
day—stated that he was partly raised in Lewis- j
town, had worked last on the railroad near this
place, and been on ca. Fur the information
of friends, the postmaster states that he had
good medical attendance, and would be decent
ly interred.
Captain HOOPER, of the cnml pnekt ts, died
at Newton Hamilton, on Thursday of last
week. He had been unwell for some time,
and on thet day overheated himself in over
taking his boat, on reaching which ho drank a
considerable quantity of ice water. Ho was
shortly after f.eized with violent pains, and
died the snrne afternoon. His mother was at
Newton at the time attending to another son
who wag severely injured by an explosion some
weckseince. On the return ofCapt. Hooper's
boat, Tobias Tyson, bowsman, was similarly
attacked, anc died near Alexandria; arid sub
sequently a colored man was taken with it in
Juniata county, but recovered.
GOIEY'S LADY'S B<VOK tor August contains
21 extra pages ot reading matter, and ajto
gethcr 20 engravings, among which arc the
Hath of Beauty; Taking the Queue; two
Fashion plates aa a contrast —one Godcy's
own, the other an imitation of those given by
some of his rivals; Ladies' Riding Dresses;
Fancy Furniture; patterns for tlio work table,
music, &.c. The lady's iJook is certainly the
bead and front of niagazines, and origi
nates almost everything of interest in the
way of improveuicnt. Fcrsous deoirousof tub
scribing for this beautiful magazine ere re
quested to call at the Gazette office.
LTBES'* VALLEY COAL.—A boat loail oi tins
coal has been readily disposed of, and from its
appearance bids fair to take the place of that
heretofore used—Wilkesbarre and Kunbury.
There is but little slate among it, and it is no
doubt of first rate quality.
ICR is considered beneficial m cholera times-,
and as Sain Hopper furnishes the article A I.
No, 1, tlwio who have not yet patronized him
had better attend to it before ii is too iate.
The Town Council has appointed two offi
cers to inspect the borough, with a view to the
removal of every thing detrimental to public
health. Right— go ahead
The steamer Niagara arrived at New York
in lite early part of tins week, but brings no
thing of |>articular interest. Home still held
out against the French—in Hungary nothing
decisive had taken place.
IfouaiHLK.—The Blair County Wing states
that an Irish woman died with the mania a
potn, at Huntingdon, on Friday of last week.
T1! E Cll 0 LER A.
At Alexandria, Huntingdon county, there
have been altogether nine deaths by cholera,
with no new cases for more than a week All
these had been employed on Shuman &. Fertig's
section. There are reports of some deaths on
McCord's section at Newton Hamilton, but we
cannot trace them to an authentic source. Sev
eral cases have occurred on canal boats, but
at a time when every petty ailment is tortured
into cholera, it is difficult to say whether one
half we hear is true.
In the east, the disease prevails in most oi
the villages near Philadelphia and New York—
at Brooklyn, Albany, Rochester, Buffalo, Jer
sey City, Newark, Wilmington, Arc.
In New York, the report of the city inspector
for the week ending on Saturday last, shows
bill interments during that period, being an in
crease of 289 on the preceding seven days.
The cholera interments were -184, being an in
crease of 1(17 on the preceding week, and an
average of C'J 1-7 deaths daily during the week.
This is the heaviest record of interments in that
city, exceeding the maximum week < f 1832 by
104, while the cholera interments of that week
were 232 more than during the past week. It
must be borne in mind, however, that the pre
sent population of the. city is about double what
it was in 1*32. Among the deaths arc the only
son of Horace Greeley, James Reyburn, A. R.
Wyckoff, Dr. Brainard, and David li. Ogden,
all minent citizens.
There were 453 deaths in the city of Phila
delphia durin c the week ending on the 14tb in
stant, of which 158 were by cholera. The to
tal number of deaths by cholera in the city
since the breaking out of the disease, up t > the
16th, is 550.
The cholera has appeared in the Alms House
at Baltimore—4s cases, 20 deaths. The city is
still comparatively free from it.
In the west it continues with but little abate
ment in the citi s, are! is rapidly spreading into
the country. In Ohio, cases have occurred in
Rossv.Ue, llainii' m, Mil for J, New Richmond,
Batavia, Tipj ecanoc, l'iqua, Wcstville, Cam
den, Cleaveland, and at Dayton 6 deaths arc re
ported on the 11th.
At St. Louis the reports were as follows for
the dates named :
♦ Cholera. Other diseases.
Interments, July 12, 157 124
Do. ' 13, 138 105
Do. 14, Hi) 87
Total, 403 316
The aggregate number of interments at St.
Louis from 9th to 13th, inclusive, is 714, of
which .563 w ere from cholera.
The whole number of deaths at St. Louis
from January 1 to Jul) 12, was 3650 by cholera,
2374 by other diseases total Gu24 Among the
deaths at St. Louis, reported on the 12th, was
Dr. Harding Lane, the oldest physician in the
city. Wrn. K Titcomb, a lawyer of premise,
died on the 11th.
At Bellcvilie, a -mall village in Illinois, near
St. Louis, the deaths by cholera since the 20tii
of May arc 92.
At Graves' settlement, five miles from St.
Louis, led have died out of a population of 700.
Electricity and fholcra.
Dr. Andrand, of Paris, has communicated a
paper to the Academy of Sciences, upon the
connection between cholera and electricity.—
According to hi. experiments, which extended
over a period of three months, he found great
difficulty in the months of April and .May when
the moisture of the. atmosphere was variable,
to procure sparks from the electric machine.
Clear and fine weather in June, when he antici
pated an increase of electricity, " only gave
more and more feeble indications of it," and at
length the machine remained entirely silent.
This new decrease of the electric fluid coincid
ed perfectly with the violence of the cholera.
On the Bth the electricity returned, a thunder
shower followed, and by the 9th the atmo phere
returned to it-. proper condition, and the elm! ra
decreased. The rationale of the matter is set
forth by Dr. A. a<- follows :
••Nature Ims infused into tli< atmosphere a
mass of electricity, contributing to the service
and support of life. If, by any cause, this mass
of electricity is diminished, and sometimes de
creased even to exhaustion, what follows? liv
ery one suffers ; those who carry within a -ufli
ricnt supply of electricity, withstand it; those
who tan live only by borrowing electricity from
the common mass, perish with tiic < xbaustion
of that mass. This is a clear and perfectly ra
tional explanation, not only of the cholera, but,
per haps of all other epidemics that at intervals
atlliet humanity. If the great fact in question
were recognized and admitted as a principle, 1
think it would be ea?>> for medical science, pro
fessing, as it does, countless sway in producing
and restraining electricity, to prepare for a suc
cessful resistance, upon its rc-appcarancc, of a
plague, which I regard at present as, at least,
arrested in its course, if it lias not wholly van
ished. 1 '
In connection with this subject the St. Louis
Republican mentions that an old and familiar
experiment was tried a few days since, acci
dentally, by a gentleman whoso attention has
been called to the subject of the effect of elec
tricity upon the atmosphere in producing ozone
gas. Reflecting upon the v arious theories ad
vanced, lie made, an attempt to attract paper by
rubbing sealing wax upon woollen cloth : and,
although scaling wax will usually attract a
piece of paper at the distance of one inch or
more, immediately after the friction, yesterday
it would not move the slightest fragment at any
distance. In these times the most trivial cir
cumstance may be important. Docs this fact
denote a want of magnetic electricity in the at
mosphere, and if so, how does this aTcd the
nerves of sensation and the circulation? The
attention of scientific men i-> railed to this fart.
It may have an important bearing upon the pre
vailing epidemic.
Wc icarn from the Huntingdon Globe that
on Saturday evening last, MARTIN GATES,
while bathing in the dam near his residence,
at Graysville, Franklin township, in thatcoun
tv, was drowned. After swimming about for
some time fie sunk. His young daughter *.vas
watching him from the house, and when lie
disappeared shcdiJ not immediately raise any
alarm, she supposing him to bs diving. The
water being very cold it is supposed he was
attacked with the cramp. His body was not
recovered until late in the night.
The Will cT the Fct)|le.
I A locofoco journal having charged the Wash
ington Republic with the design of abandoning
I all unpopular whig measures and doctrines, and
shaping it* course so as to make it acceptable
to the largest number of voters, that paper thus
ably answers the charge This is precisely
our object. The Government of the United
States is a government of opinion. An Admin
istration can sustain itself only by receiving a
majority of votes. It can receive a majority of
i votes only by making itself acceptable to a ma
jority of the people. Our system rests upon
the idea that what is acceptable to a majority
of the people, within the constitution, ought to
he the law of the land. If the majority is not
competent to determine what ought to be the
law of the land, within such restrictions, the
1 idea of self-government is an absurdity.
" We believe that in the main the doctrines
of the WHIG party arc acceptable to the Amer
ican people. We believe that the American
people are in favor of peace and neutrality.
We believe they are in favor of "good roads,
good harbors, and good laws," and of "going
i ahead" under an administration that shall se
-1 < ure us these advantages. We believe that
they are in favor of a national policy, arid op
posed to sectional parties and issues. We be
) lieve tiiat they think a "change of men and
measures" quite as indispensable to the national
pr .spcrity, as the "reunion" of the Locofocos
i and Abolitionists on the Buffalo platform—
: which is now the leading object of the Opposi
tion in CoKvr.criCT T, WISCONSIN*, VERMONT, and
mure especially in New YORK.
" All these notions we believe to be popular,
! and acceptable to a large majority of the voters.
We adopt and advocate thern on that ground—
and because they agree with our own views of
administration. If the Opposition can persuade
( us, by fair reasoning and argument, that they
are not popular and acceptable, we shall cer
j tainly be led to diHrust our own judgment—be
j cause it Is our belief that a majority of the peo
' pic are competent to decide upon all such ques
tions-—and because, think about them as we
may, the will of the people, developed through
I the organs recognized by the constitution, must
! ultimately prevail.
" We should be pleased to learn on what other
! basis than this a man can lay claim to the title
j of a believer in Republicanism, or a friend of
' the Constitution of the United States."
j The whigs ot Blair county nominated the
following ticket on Tuesday last:
Assembly—Jos. Iliggins.
! Sheriff-—David Denlinger.
Frothonotary—Samuel J. Roycr.
(' tnimU-dnner—Jacob Burley.
l'oor Director—Joseph Feay.
j Auditor—David Tate.
DEER, AI.E, AND PORTER. —From a publica
tion made by Mr. Samuel Lucas in the Balti
more papers, it appears that the use of malt
liquors, during the prevalence of cholera, ii of
a beneficial nature instead of being injurious,
a- many persons have supposed. Professor Du
catel coincides in this opinion, and the brewers
in Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and
Poughkeepsie, cite in proof that not one of the
persons employed in their establishments died
of cholera in 1^32.
A destructive fire occurred in Mauch Chunk
<.n Sunday, which laid the business portion of
that flourishing town in ruins. About thirty
liouii s were consumed, and the loss is estimat
ed at $ 125,000.
Thirty buildings were destroyed by fire in
Allegheny City on .Monday last.
FEVER AND AGTE.—A friend from Pottsvillc,
who has had ample opportunity to observe the
beneficial effects of the subjoined remedy for
this annoying disease, has forwarded the same
for publication to the Danville Democrat.
Receipt for the Cure of Fercr mid .?guc.
Take 2 oz.'s of good Barks, > lvcrizcd
44 1 oz. of Rhubarb, S
mix in a pint of strong Brandy, fourth proof- —
take, aw ine cla<i full morning, noon, and night,
commencing as soon as the lever is oil. 11 its
operation u too powerful, lessen the dose, but
t ike it regularly. Continue the doses three
times a day, for three days, after which take it
night and morning for three days, and then a
dose a day, until the pint is all taken.
This is the dose for an adult —children, of
course, in proportion.
There i> no quackery about the cure.—Physi
cians here approve of it, although they do not
prescribe it, and it has cured many cases w hen
the physicians could only stop it and as soon as
the patients ceased taking their medicine it
would return again. This cure is effectual. The
only merit is in mixing the ingredients together
—taking them separate they would fail. Try
it on some and judge for yourself.
PHYSICIANS. —We. cannot observe, without
the strongest admiration, the conduct of the
physicians of Richmond during the present epi
demic. It is only at times like these that wc
fully realize'the. value, and the excellence of
these true-hearted sons of science, these heroic
men, in comparison with whose calm courage
the fiery valor of the soldier shrinks into utter
insignificance. A period of ordinary health is
to the physician like a time of peace to the sol
dier, hut the visitation of the epidemic is the
war in which lie goe> forth to the front of the
battle, and to the struggle with Death, that be
may save the lives of others, and perhaps per
ish himself in saving them.
There is no hovel so poor, so loathsome, so
reeking with the foul breath of the pestilence,
in which those messengers of mercy have not
In en found standing by the bedside of (lie most
miserable an,l destitute wretch in the commu
nity, no matter what his color, anil exhausting
all the resources of medical skill for his relief.
In cases like these there could have been no re
muneration. None was expected. Hut that
mattered not. Life was at stake, and as rapid
ly as others would lly from danger, have our
phy-details hurried to it, to save their fellow
men.
What is said of the Richmond physicians will
apply as strongly to those of Philadelphia, and
indeed to the profession generally as a class.
There is no body of men more distinguished for
their humanity, or so ready to risk their own
lives for the bent-lit of their fellow men. It
may he said that it is their business and they
arc paid for it, but money could scarcely be a
recompense for the fatigue and exposure that
many of them undergo uncomplainingly at this
period, and they arc found in attendance every
day upon cases where the hope, of remuneration
must to small indeed. Nothing but a spirit of
humanity and a noble sense of their professional
duty would induce so many personal sacrifices
as physicians are railed upon to make during
the presence of an epidemic.— Pkiht. Lclgcr.
Annexation of the Canada*.
The subjoined letter from the hero of
Chippewa and Fmndy's Lane, cannot fti!
to excite attention throughout the Union.
W BST POINT, June 21), 1811).
My Dear Sir :
The news from the Parliament of Great
Britain, this morning, must 1 think, in
crease the discontent of our neighbors on
the other side of the St. Lawrence and the
Lakes not a little; and that those discon
tents will, in a few years, lead to a separa
tion of the Canadas, New Brunswick, Arc.,
&c. from the mother country, seems equal
ly probable.
Will those Provinces form themselves
into an independent nation, or seek a con
nexion with out Union ? 1 think the proba
bility is greatly iu favor of the latter.—
In my judgement the interests of both sides
would bo much promoted by annexation—
the several Provinces coming into the
Union on equal terms with our present
thirty states. The free navigation of the
St. Lawrence is already of immense impor
tance to perhaps a third of our present pop
ulation, and would be of great value to the
remainder. After annexation, two Reve
nue Cutters, below Quebec, would give
us a better security against smuggling than
20,000 Custom house employees si rung
along the line that separates us from the
British Possessions on our Continent. I
am well aecquainted with that line, and
know a great deal of the interests and char
acter of the Provincials. Though opposed
to incorporating with us any district dense
ly peopled with the Mexican race, 1 should
be most happy to fraternize with our north
ern and north eastern neighbors.
W hat may he the views ofour Executive
government on the subject I know abso
lutely nothing ; but 1 think 1 cannot err in
saying that two thirds of our people would
rejoice at the incorporation, and tlie other
third soon perceive its benefits.
Of course, 1 am opposed to any under
handed measures, on our part, iu favor of
the measure, or any other act of bad faith
towards Great Britain. Her good will, in
my view of the matter, is only second to
that of the Provincials themselves, and that
the former would soon follow the latter—
considering the present temper and condi
tion of Christendom —cannot be doubled.
Tho foregoing views 1 have long been
in the habit of expressing in conversation,
1 give them to you for what they may be
worth. Faithfully yours,
PINE LIMBER IN MAINE.—A corres
pondent of the Maine People's Press , writ
ing from Moose head Lake, June 19, tells
of having just taken across said Lake, a
distance of 17 miles, the largest raft of
pine logs ever seen thereabouts—conlain
,r|g, by actual survey, tict nty-one and three
fourths acres. These logs are taken at
tlilierenl landings upon the eastern shore
of the Lake, and towed by steamboats
across to the outlet or head of the Kenoe
bec waters, by which they are borne to
market.
LAKE SUPERIOR COPPER AND IRON.—
The mineral riches from Lake Superior are
to be worked to some purpose.
The propeller Independence arrived at the
Saull St. Marie on the 20th ult, with 130
tons of native copper in large masses, from
the Clitf Mine, and the .Napoieon on the
22d ult. with 10 tons ofbarrel ore from
the Clitf Mine, S tons of barrel and native
copper from the Copper Falls location, and
11 tons of barrel ore from Lac La Belle
Mining Company. The schr. Fur Trader
arrived on the 19th, with 213 tons iron
blooms, 13 tons and 120 bars of iron, from
the Jackson Iron Works. Clcaocland
( Ohio) J/i raid, July 11.
THE MARKETS.
Lewis town, July 20, 1849.
Raid hy Dealers. Retail
Flour - - $3 75 S I 75
Wheat, white - 90 1 05
red - 85 1 00
Rye - - 45 5G
< >ats - - 25 33
Corn, - . 45 50
Cloverseed - - 300 4 (K)
Flaxseed - - I 00 1 25
Timothyaeed - 2 00 2 50
Butter, good - - 12$ 12$
Fgers - - lo 10*
l,nrd - - (i 8
Tallow - 8 10
Potatoes - - GO 75
Beef, - - 4 00
Bacon, per lb. 5£ 7
Pork - - 0 00 0 00
Wool, por lb. - - 25
Feathers - 44 44
The fefwislotrn Mills arc paying 85 to
95 cents tor giswl wheat, 45 cents for lvye,
1 cents fur Corn, and 2? cents for Cats.
REMARKS.—A great portion of the grain in
this county has been housed in good condition.
\\ heat is said lo be well tilled and the yield
'air. Oats are also good. The corn looks
well, but needs rain badly, none having talleu
for some weeks.
J\'ew potatoes are retailing from stores at7s
cents per budiel. Beans (from gardens) at 20
cents per peck.
PHILADELPHIA, July 18, 1-49
Flour—small sales at $4.62$ a 4.75; Rye
Flour Js2>l, Corn .Meal }jt2.75a#2.81).
Sa'es of Red Wheat at sla I 05 , Yellow
Corn 58a59 cents; Oats 35 cents; Rye 56 cte.
BALTIMORE, July IS, 18-19.
Flour—sales ot Howard Street Flour, fresh
ground, nt $4.75.
Grain—sales of good to prime reds at 95a
105 cts., and of white, not good enouoh tor
family dour, at cts.
Corn, 57a08 cents tor white, and GO cts. tor
yellow.
(Juts 25a30 cts.
PiTTSBVRon, July 17,
Bacon continues in request and sales are
made from smoke house—sJ for shoulders; 9
tor sides, ami 7 to 7.1 for hams.
Flour continues on the advance out! we
quote sales ot lots from store yesterday at 8 1.25.
.-lw<criV|i't.
WINFIELD SCOTT.
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he plucks out the motes of his neighbors; and
if tiiis is unheeded, lie may hear from me
again. B.
Reedsville, July 19,1849.
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Freedom for Germany.
fTMIE great national commotions in ldurop'.
JL aiming to shake off the shackles whirs
have boon imposed upon them by their tyraw '
cal despots, and which have been borne - \
those nations fur centuries, are in the heart vi
Germany in full progress. The
siding in and near Lcwistown, have theroi' f
united themselves to offer their iivi-tanf. 1
their brothers, who beyond the Atlantic arc
striving for freedom.
As there are but few Germans in I.ew tstoo...
it was resolved at their last meeting to apF c ;''
to the generous and freedom-loving hear so
our American and Republican brothers, l >ra F"-
thein to assemble themselves at the
T O H X II A id l
oil Saturday E?eain?, the insiauL
when several addresses will be delivered-
Lewistown, July 21, 1849.
Wood Wanted-
PROPOSALS will le received by the
COMMISSIONERS of Mifflin counts
up to tho 9th of August next, to
WOOD for the Jail and Commissioners ii„"
Persona proposing to furnish wood for conn
will please band them in on or before'"-
day. By order ot the Board.
11. J. WAI.Ti'KS, ( krf
Lewistown, July 21, 1849 td.
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