THE GAZETTE.
LEWISPSWN, PA.
s ATr nP U, ALLY IS 19.
T 11 R M S :
OAL DOLi. 11l Villi AANI -l,
t>. Arv.wi .
for >ix months, 75 cents,
r \\ ; NEW ii.l iri.di - must be paid in
advai-ce. ii' ti.> paper is continued, and not
; within tke sit?'. woßlh, sl-25 will be ehafg
<, : if i. t ; aid in three m rit .s, >1.50; if not
aid ;a ix in> ;uhs, >1.75; and it not paid ia
nine mouths, vTOO.
COUNTY MEETING.
f PII 7 Whig? c.f Mi;*,'in county are requested
1 to assemble at the Toon llali in Lewis
town, on
Huiiday Lvcuin;. Aug. G.
for the purpose of nominating a delegate to the
State Convention, aeJ transact sueh other bosi
ess a> ir .v pertum t > the \-e.i-rc ol the hig
partv
Pt, Or her rf the Ccu Committee.
T.ia Raiif. SAD.— The cars on the Central
Ft, broad v l soon make their daily trips to
this place, and vre cannot too strongly i.igc it
:n parents au.l b.tvi. gcbargeofii.il
hej to keep them fr in running to the tie; at or
rolling alo.v ti-y track. 17 >#. and even lit
- • girls, i. av. arc ti" tl.c da: ger, arc too apt
t.5 jus., ci. or ch ti.e car, f r the purpose of
ettine a ride, and aftboujrh they may be trtia
...I again varnci, t:.c p...ct. 0...: c::ce com
mence.!. wi.. bar y cease ui.-.i s-unc family
I,earth is ma le desolate by one or two of those
•irtreadij.g accidents which gen? rally attend
the peniug of rabreads into the inu. i r. T..e
o.acers of the Co. ipany can da but littL to
v. arJs restraining this dangerous practice, an J
be:.ce it ;s iueum .cut on parents to ctj.;:. their
el ildreo to keep away from cars when in oc
t. an_ .r.. to - * -.; < . r. r> p.. *
. i : heih.r a loeo.'ioth' is ia svil . it. On
roads where the iron horse comes at fearful
specu, THEKE is RARETA ! We been led
to pen tb.s caution, as a promising youth—t;.c
son of a German—made a narrow escape (If
such indeed it prove in. the end.) a few days
.r— ,nr >,t ~ tn r W>
I.t.uec, when it was propelled by hand.
tmaucipatiea Cekbralica.
'i'iie Anniversary of Emancipation in the
West Indies, is to be celebrated by the Col
ored American Sabbath, School and the Sa
lt m Dilution Daughter* of Temperance , on
Wednesday, the first clay ci August, at the
(•rove of Win. Enio?, Esq., near litis place.
.Several addresses will be delivered cn the oc
casion, aoJ it is expected that a Banner (now
on its way here) will be presented to the
Daughters of Temperance at the same time.
No ne .v cases of Cholera have occurted
tear the Juniata since cur la-!, and the towns
along the river, including Ixwi-town, are un
usually healthy tor this season ol the vcar.—
May not this be owirg to the sanitary pre
cautions taken agam;-t the cholera, and would
it rot be the part of wisdom her'after to con
uue regu.ati'.ns that have thus lar proved so
beneficial ? Common scrioe wouid certainly an
swer m the afnrmalivc.
Robinson L.dreti's New York Circus ex
ploited here for two days this week, and was
well attended, as al! euch exibitions generally
ore. There was a strong disposition manifes
ted by a certain class to raise a row; but the
affair passed elf with more froth than bloody
tiOiCS.
The following counties have paid into trie
State Treasury their rjrotas rfi State tax for
the present year, viz: Adams, Bradford, Berk.-.
C imb Head* Crawford, Danpl ia, Brie, 1 r.mk
•, Fayette, Greene, Lebanon, ALfflin, ISorn
crret, Westmoreland and York.
A o t i f e s.
GKAHAM's AIAOAZISE. —'ii..-. hand v.me and
well executed mage zinc fir Augn-t is before
u:-. It is em be I Si.-hod with a number of beau
tiful engravings—The Gulden Age, from the
burin of Tucker, is a perfect gem—Siesta, by
I'd;..-, is full of character and expression—The
< :<ien Time, i a picture illustrating a sketch
of an incident iti the early history of Ilarris
btirg, from the pen of Jos. it. Chandler—a very
num..reus picture, entitled "the upper ten,"
a i-i the lower figure, is also contained in the
pf vut number. The lio nrv contents are
teeming with intern.-1 nnd will be highly ap
preoia.ed '■ y c. ho-A ci* admirers.
f -ni above notice o! Graham, from a cofetn
p rary, hirdlv says all that ounlit to be said of
t ... e.ACflient magazine. T< rins, ifCj per an
num, vvitli a lib ral premium to >;ng!e subscri
bers; 'J cfj for s5 ;~i eojiios t>r nIO,
Dr. R. I. CcLtzßictti, ftoibor of ' Guide t,
Health,' 4 How to he Happy,' &<■•, has issued a
woru . ..r foe l :!u of Dinars if fI inter,
wini i vve tijiii.; will b' quile a-, jrcrptrble to
the reading \ ihfie !us forri.r r proiuclion-.
h treats ou Gmi-umption, Coughs, Colds, Asth
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--cdhif arl avertive treatment; addressed in a
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copious observations on the di t and r< gin en
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containing two hundred f>.r:,iulv of tf.e latest
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' > lestie recipes, and full dir. clior., for the
practice of inhalation. I'ubiM.od by J S.
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The Illustrated I'kmioh ■ a„i .ll M{J .toc and the
llhuMUd tVau r~ (Jt r and HeoHk i n
1850, in addition to the mnal astr. nomical cal
culations, contain a variety of matter and cn
raving'- pertaining to f'hm nob. . aid the W.,-
tei ( ire. I'iibhsh . ov !*..• i ii- Wm
N • York |ri.. ■at •>> *■ nt> i 10/.m
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GAXK IN G I! OIIS E .
; The recent heavy individual failures in this
place, ana the total ruin of the Levvistown
Bank, have withdrawn from among us a very
large ussuagt i active capital. A depression
of prices, at.i a general stagnation et business,
f tlknvcd this unfortunate crisis in our monetary
a tirs. Public confidence i, slowly revising,
for it in seen that many of our leading business
. men have lirmly borne the pressure, aim fait.i
fuily met their engagements. Bui iiinuy, w inch
represents the labor and other resources t tnu
people, Is rerj scarce: there is tot sufficient
capital afoat for even the limited operations
now undertaken. At present the paper of
Banks in -her States, counterfeit, altered and
depreciated notes, with a very sig<.. ieaven of
good p. per, constitute our currency. Gold and
silver are unusually and most inconveniently
scarce. Knowing and feeling the absolute ne
i cessitv of an increase ol capital, it gives us
much pleasure to inform the public that several
wealthy and highly respect.-.'. Ie citizens of Lan
caster county arc about to establis'r in Lewis
town a private Banking House, to go into opera
tion in the month ot August. The c-. t I'ul < f this
CitablUihuni fill be cL.jLJ c r uii./e to t'u Irgiti
\ iuait business if Jink. ;,. Uf tins the strongest
assurances arc given, and the high character
and great experience oi the gentlemen concern
ed in the House, justifies us in giving full credit
to their v ord. Relying up< n the faith cf these
| assurances, v.e can confidently say to our friends
that these Bankers will not speculate in Real
Estate, or in the necessaries of life; tl.ev will
not exact usurious interest from Sorrowers, i. r
will it he e;--ary for mem to ray heavy pre
miums to : usiaia their credit. The capital . ill
u . he loaned in large sums to a few favor* !
per ons. to the exclusion of many others of,
equal merit ar.J greater responsibility ; nor will
:t be locks i i.p in pt. u;.t i -uiw or risuiceJ
...e.'i . J..,', n Depreciated paper will
nt be pai. out at the Banking Hou-e, but pa;
ft nJs will always uc paid to th sc who transact
ir business v. 4 ;j it ; city aet[ tanees wiii be
cashed ia par/UUJJ, ami sucii accommodations
as they may require, const-lent with the capital
invested, will promptly and cheerfully be af
forded. The paper of the Banks of this State
which are solvent, but under par, will be re
ceived on depositc, and par money paid to de
• positers w hen drawn for. Mechanics ar. ! doai-
" —..♦♦ will, mill wie eiiMuiwn,
be accommodated wltn disc cur..; T> ps r r.3""
their stock and carry forward tiicir affairs pre -
perously.
Such an institution, conducted on these j
ciples, will bt a real U leash gto thi connmunuy.
audits establishment will no doubt go far to-
I wards supplying a want .seriously felt.
There is no* mystery iu banking ope ration*.
if they art hr.nut ; it is a simple question of
. arithmetic, easily solved by any reflecting and
observant man. ii a Baric w i!i kal in none but
approved paper, maturing in fib or p;j 3 ; K j
will require punctual paynu. Nt t nrcof at matur
ity; and if it will firmly moid all temptations to
speculation, it not only will not fail, but ir,,>t
make money. We fervently trust that the -id
experience of the pa,t will stand a* a perpetual
warning against experimental and funtu B.oik
ing, and wild and wicked speculation. We
welcome our Lancaster Bankers, and w i*h them.
ai:d trust they will richly merit, a successful
career. Their Solicitor ami Confidential Agent
is W. 11. IRWIN, Esq., of this place, to whom
we refer all who may wish further information
' on the subject. c.
THE NATIONAL FAST.
The proposed National Fast on the third of
August, in connexion wit!', the circumstances
inducing the recommendation by the iTt-id it
of the United States, is, says the Daily News,
a fruitful subject for reflection. To such as
can enter into the mysterious laws of God's
providence, it is a matter of solemn and im
pressive import. GotlS laws are not as man's
laws. They never change. They ar never
liable to imperfect; They n ed no amend- -
ment or alteration to ■ .at dliferent countries or ,
different ages. Thcv are '• the same yesterday,
to-day, and forever." They arc just ami good, ,
ari l designed for no e-pecial cla- The rich
and the poor, the proud ami the humble, the
learned and the unlearned, the mighty and the
weak, are all and alike amenable for th< ir vio
lation. There is no way of escape for trans
gressors. There is no system of Bailment by
which the rich can purchase pardon or enlarge
ment. The instrument- in heavy burdens, and
to i t the oppressed go free, the execution of the
judgments of God are never bribed. Wealth,
power, influence—no worldly distinction can
obtain the smallest grant of favor, alleviate a
single pang, or purchase aught that is denied
the poorest and meanest. The same laws
: which were given to Mu-. s upon tables of stone
: amid the thunders cf Mount Sinai, arc those by
which the world is ever to he governed, tried,
an.l judged: and nations a-, well as individuals
are responsible to God fur every violation of
those laws. So also every v iolation of nature's •
law-, which are a put of God's, brings on it.
own penalty. It may not corac at once, but
come it will sooner or later. It has been rc
' marked by an eminent writer that excesses in
youth are drafts upon maturer age, payable in
ten, fifteen, twenty, or thirty years, with com
pound interest. A declaration more pregnant
with the truth was never made. It is so too
with God's moral law, every violation is sure
of punishment,
i We have abundant reason as a people to feel
humiliated in the sight of God, for "we are
prune to do evil, and that continually." We
have been vain-glorious of our prosperity, and
have claimed for ourselves the lionursdueto
the God of battles. Btrong in What we have
r< girded as our own might, we have forgotten
God, and it may be, have persecuted the weak.
For our sins the judgments of God arc upon us,
and it becomes us to humble ourselves before
Him, that IBs righteous anger may be turned
a .vuy, that Hi-, people be not utterly destroyed.
The proclamation of the President appointing a
day of fustir.' and pr: yer, has been warmly r> -
speeded to, ami it is to fie hoped it may be kept
throughout the length and breadth of the Union
in a manner acceptable to the Supreme Ruler
of the I Diverse, in whose hands our lift: is.
We too often forget our <! p. ml. m e upon God,
1,1 Him unlv m the hour of danger
and calamity, yet II i> ear i-, never deaf to those
who would supplicate His mercy, nor his face
turned awav from those who rightly seek Him. i
Ilt is a "duty wc owe as a people, that the day !
be e very w here observed, not only as a day of
ahstincnce from worldly. employment, ai-.d of
humble supplication to God, that lie may stay
the scourge which is now devastating the coun
try, but it should also be a day of good works,
which are well pleasing in the sight of Heaven.
Opening ef the Central Railroad.
V. e learn from the llarrisburg Telegraph
that the Central llaiirrad was opened to Mi;-
Icrstown, a distance cf about ISO miles lr t m j
llarrisburg, on Monday last, a train going up
and back in about three hours, including all
stopages. Amougst tiie persons present on
the occasion were Gov. Johnston, lion. \V. M.
Meredith. and Hon. Thaddeus Stevens. Ail
a free that the road is one of the best m the
country, 'i ne bri 'go over lite Susquehanna is
a magnificent as well as ma .re structure-, a;
parcntly as durable us "the everlasting idils,"
and one of the finest specimens of bridge ar
chitecture in eur couutrv.
The rosd u... be complete ! to I/i-wistown
some time in August, when tt u;,l be formal v
opened for trsvol.
The following are the Ms Goner 1> re
turned es elected TCC ntly in this State. In
ore or two instance* ti:e c.'ectioii, it is sc.d,
will be contest'd :
1-t lb-'ret—ll 'vrt Pattt r - r, of Pbdaua.
•J. t . tine; 11. .M;Phew-, of Bucks.
ft. George Ford, oi l_;.icastcr.
-1 A r.:utn from Vmk.
3. V> ;: 11. Ke.m, of Berks.
ti. I'lancis \V. Wynkorp, ol" i?r!iny]ki!i.
7. Gen. Sis : er. if .Vuii.... pi. a.
W'm. H Ki'v, o! Xorlhuinber and.
y. E. \V. Sturdovant, of Lucerne,
la Auihurst Carpenter, of Susquehanna.
11. Wm. Brindle, oi Lycoming.
12. S \i Cioon, ol Clarion.
lft V\ i..um L. Batton, of Bradford.
11. keii-v-n C. Hale, of .Mstlhn.
Id, Contested between Edward M. C.ddie
and Ilenrv Fitter.
10. J >lin Humphreys, of Cambria.
17. C 'voter I*. Markle, of Westmoreland.
H. Win. Robins n, < 1 Allegheny.
!!>. Thomas iV. Clark, of Mercer.
kIU. C nt. sted between James It. M. L'.in
' "• aiO a l> uty.
Mare Money for "The Poor Labcrcn."'
As it is . .corning & matter of intere-t to the
public, and er>-c ally to "the poor iaitorers"
on the public works, to know what amount of
in ney is drawn 2r ;n U:e Treasury ti pay
tii ir wages, Ate., tl.e editor cf tiie llarrisburg
I itel'igoncer lately called at the department
and obtain-d trorn the Treasurer the following
statement:
Amount paid cut of the to AgttUt
vii lh( state u>-rit ftotn t/f 12 :h to tht 21 th
of July. l-iy.
Wm. I Ing 1 ish, A2l .ft: tO IXI
Com. c : internal Imp. Fund 2,(HKt IK)
Thus. D'Oiidi, uoooou
Jno. Magiaughlin, 2,-iBO 00
W. K. iluffiugle, 2,1 XX) 1)0
Geo. Biattenberger, 130 (X)
.h11.130 Ott
Add ain't ; aid from 11th April to
July 12tu, * 390,101 02
S 101.201 02
Here we have .<ll 13) drawn since the
12 h of July last, which, added to tiie amount
belore given, swells the account to >101,231 02
paid since the adj 'urnment of the legislature.
Every draft drawn by the board of Canal Com
missioners on the .State Treasurer has been
paid, the b..-e insinuations of the Keystone to !
the contrary notwithstanding. If the crcdi. .
Grs to whom this money is due have net re- '
reived it, it is no fault of the State Treasurer, i
I was paul to the proper disbursing officers on i
I the work-., and wi'h thetn rests tiie responsi
bility. Eet the creditor.- hold these officers to
• their responsibility, and see that they receive |
their just dues.
I'veuavam v .. Rektov.—The following reso
lution was adopted by acclamation at a late
m<' ting of tiie lomfocos of Craw ford county.
*
held at Conrtvaulviile. It was ofli-red by S. (i.
Kvitk, formerly a member of the Legislature
from that c< unty, ...ud has a opiciness about it
that is deeid. dly refreshing:
litsolritl , That when we contrast the slavery
letter of the lion. James Buchanan, addressed j
to I tie Democracy of Berks county, commonly
called the •' Ihtnj H'ihnol l.itlrr,'''' with tliC ad- i
dress ol J lon. Thomas 11. IJenton, hailing as h<-
docs from a slave State, it induces us to regret ]
that Pennsylvania has not a Blxton and .Mis
souri a Iluclutiutn.
TIF E CI! 0 L ER A.
At Philadelphia during the v.cek ending the
21st ti.st., there were 503 deaths, of which 193
were by cholera. * >i the 23th, 10 casts and
II deaths.
At Brooklyn, on the 24th, there were 19 cases
and '.I death-.. During the week tlu-rc were 1(19 I
deaths, of w hieh 7(1 were by cholera.
'i he report of the .New Vork City Inspector,
for the wc.!. raiding on the 21sl instant, shows .
the number of deaths to have been 1,4i)9,0i .
which 711 were by cholera, being an incrcast
of 2.')0 on the preceding week, and an average
of log deaths daily during the week.
The ccmc teries at Cinciunati reported 33 in
terments, 30 from cholera, and 23 from other
diseases, on the 23d inst. The interments for
the v. < ck ending Saturday, were 173, ol which
300 w ere from cholera.
fc't. Louis, July 2J.—The interments for the
week ending Sunday, were 230; from c holera
J7O ; other diseases, ICQ. Yesterday the inter
ments numbered 33, of which 20 were from
cholera, and 13 from other diseases.
The, whole number of. uses at the Baltimore
Aim i Hou-o up to the 23th, is J27—of which
71 died.
At Buffalo, on the 23d, 93 cases, 40 deaths;
on the 24tii, lU2 eases, 31 deaths.
Pittsburgh, Baltimore aid Boston arc still
free from the disease. In the ritk i rtist and
west it has abated con .durably, and hope, are
now entertained that it has reached it. < risis.
An interesting fiiiid aged nbout livn year;',
n daughter ol Mr Abraham Rytui ol this Imr
ot'gli, wa- seriously injured on Monday after
noon, by tiie tailing ola pile of plank upon her,
and sin: died the next morning— lh Ihfanlc
\ \hi K
Latest Foreign News.
Tf:Steamer Europx arrived at Halifax'on
Tuesday afternoon from Liverpool, whence site
saikd on the 1 4th inst.
The crops throughout England ard Ireland
were very promising.
ICELAND. —The Irish papers contain me t dis
tressing accounts of the intense sufferings of th
people.particularly in the southwestern districts.
The work houses are filed to repletion, and
thousands of persons appear actually destitute
of means to keep soul and body together.
O'Brien, Meagher, McMauus and Donohue
have sailed for Van Dieman's Land.
The difficulties which continue to beset the
French government, particularly in regard to
t!m Italian cjucstion, occa-ion the funds greatly
to fluctuate at every turn of fortune.
The Monitcur contains a despatch from Gen.
Oudiuot, which gives an club rate description of
the final assault made upon Home on the 20th
June. The Romans fought >:■ sperately, leav
ing 1 r,) dead and 12J prisoners with the French,
including l'J officers of all ranks, none of whom
are described as foreigners. The French admit
only the less of nine killed and 110 wounded.
ROME. —The Assembly in its last sitting unan
imously voted the Constitution ol Republic,
and ordered it to be d< posited in the Capitol a<
the expression fvhe unanimous wish of the Ro
man people. The Constitution is, by a vote of
the A -■ inblv. to be engraved on marble. They
al-o ordered" funeral services to be celebrated
; in Ft. Stephen's church for those who have fal
len in defence of the Republic.
T..e entrance of the French troops fn vi.is'e
into Rir-e. Nt: .he place until the Tib test.
0 i tiie .'LI a proclamation v, as issued by the
National Assembly recoau icrulingan abstinence
•: in at! attempts a: vengeance as being usele-.-
and unworthy the dignity of Roman citizens.
Venice still holds out against the Au-trians,
and continues to make a vigorous resistance.
DENMARK AND Tint I) vines.—The Danes
hat gain. 1 -reat victory ov cr the 11 Ltciners
1 i ,\oi th Jut lai d.
AUSTRIA A NIL ILRS-GARV. —The Hungarians
e. iiiH.ue to carry on the unequal struggle with
it. .omituble energy. Advices \ icnna to
the 7th state that the reported victory of the
Ban Jclla *hieh, at St. Thomas, proved to be
altogether utfuindeL The Ban is still in the
back country, and ha- had but one unimportant
engagement with the Magyars.
The Imperial troops, en the right hank of the
Danube, after leasing the Raab, followed the
retreating Hungarians, and appeare 1 to have
obtained some advantage at Acs, wi. re. it is
said, 5>J Hungarians were captured. The Aus
trian headquarters were then removed to Bar
l xleinj. where the Emperor was. The Hunga
rians appeared to have retired to an entrench
'ed camp. Work* were thrown up from the
right bank of the Danube to Comoro, from
which paint the Hungarians manoeuvred with
o-1 -ipiadrons of h r, rsc and kept up i*. Lie, with
fiftv guns, for eight hours*, but th ir infantry
remained in their entrenchments. One field
.VI.! ... 4 iMjrwui ie i,rolCcti -.1 • ■ the
guns and was captured bv a regiment cf light
h' r-e, not, however, until the greater number
of the n.e:i were cut down at the guns. The
Ru-stan C"tjs. having to tend Transylvania,
las succeeded, aft ?r a ; bslinate resistance, in
taking T< r t*es Bass, which was strongly forti
fied. The Russian troops forced their way
through with the bayonet, and entered Cron
-tadt the -arne day, the 20th of June. Eleven
cannons and standards were the trophies of the
day.
The Cossacks succeed'd in capturing Gen.
K p. v. ho was wounded and had been handed
over to the Austria .s. Olhi r . ccount- -late that
the Russian's have cnt red Ecsttric.
Tie Hungarians have captured Kaab, after a
sharp resistance from tiie Au-trians.
A Jitter Irum Vienna, in a iJrDssels paper,
States that the Hungarians have retaken >/ic>-
tin. and that the Diet was to be opened on tiie Ist.
Intelligence had been received by a Belgian
! mrnal to the effect that on the Ist and 2d of
July Dembinsli, with his own corps and all the
reserve of the t nitian troops,drawn from the
army of operations, now acting in different parts
: of Hungary, amounting to men, attacked
the Russian army, consisting of 110,000, com
manded by Brince Baskewitch, in the defiles be
tween Mi.-kotez and Oilan.
The attack took place in flunk, so as to drive
the corps, cornm inued by the Prince in person,
into the marshes of the Theisa. We have not
yet b< en ab.e to receive the details of this .m
--pcrtaut battle, but the success seems to have
been so complete that the same Hungarians
reserve, numbering 40,000 men, marcneii the
next day ffir Coinorn. to reiutorcs the army of
Georgy, who since the Ith of July, has been
j aide to resume the offensive against the Aus
' trian armies.
Dembinski, with No,ooo men, was in pur
suit of the army olßuskiewitcb, and it is prob
able that as soon as the news of Dembinski's
victory becomes known the warlike popula
tion of the defiles, in which the Russian Prince
has entangled himself, vviij use en masse to
cut oil his retreat.
Kossuth issued on tne 2Gih uit. at Buda and
Pi .-th, a proclamation caiimg upon the people
ui tiie mo.-t emphatic language, to rise in arms
onanist the invaders. The campaign against
the Austro-Russian army is called a crusade,
as it M intended to work OO the religious feel
ings ol tire people, and its style is said to bo
most eh quei t aiid impassioned. Kossuth left
Pcstn t u the 2d, for Jszeigrciin.
RADE.V —Sadstadt was ootnbardcd on the 7th
uit., but by last accounts hcid out, and thegtr
rison had hoisted the black dag, in tiken that
they would rather die than surrender.
Dr. JOHN IUVINE having declined acting as
Assistant Surgeon of the Brady Regiment, Dr.
A. i 1 ARSUBERC r:it has been appointed in his
stead.
Thirty-one vessels, brigs and schooners, laden
with coal, arrived in Boston on Wednesday of
last week from Philadelphia.
CINCINNATI, Julv 21.
A Family Poisoned by an Unnatural
Sun/ A tii"St revolting and unnatural at
tempt to poison a family of nitic persons
was inado in this city yesterday. Itap.
penis that Captain Summons, with his fam
ily, consisting of eight or nine pers .11-J, was
poisoned hy arsenic b< ;ng put into their
tea. A woman who was employed as
seamstress in the family, .Mr. Hanson, an
enjpnrf r, and three others nre dingerously
ill. (-'apt Summons is very sick, but will
recover.
James Simmons, his son, has been ar
rested on smpicion. Ho was known to
have purchased the poison last evening.—
Young Summons has of Into led a some
what dissipated life, ami it is thought that
his object of poisoning his father mother,
and whole family, wns to come into poa-
iviion ol their proper iv, supposing, doubt*
lesaly, that their deaths would be attribut
ed to the prevailing epidemic.
Cajit. Summons is connected with the
Louisville mail line, and has been residing
with his family in this city for üboul
two weeks.
LfHers ttf Iftury f!siy anJ Mariia lao
Bar a.
Tiie follow jnr lettc; were reaJ at the Free :
S >il Convention in Id at C, vHamJ, Ohio, on the
13th instant: ..# I
ASIII.AVD, tune IG. IS4J.
GEK riFMrv :— I received your otiieial letter,
in behalf of the Freemen of the Reserve, invit- ■
j,ir nie to unite with them, at Cleveland, in cel
ebrating the anniversary of the passage of the j
C_)rdinance i'f I ,r*, on the 1 ..l Ii ot July next, f
c incur entirely in opinion as t<> tin- wisdom of
that great measure, an ! I am <r!.i*l that it has
secured to the Stab < on which it operates an
exemption from the evils of Slavery. Jiut tie
evetil'of the p:ia..e of the Ordinanee has never. ,
within my know ledge, been eel-do ated in any
one of the sivty-or.c vears, which has since in
tervened. It is proposed for the first time to
commemorate it. It is impossible to disguise
the conviction, that this | urpost- originates nut
of the question, now tint- rtunately agitating the
v. hole I nion. of the introduction < ! Slavery in
to New Mexico and I'aiitoruia. While no one
can be more opposed than I am to the extension
of Slavery into tf >sc new territories, either by
the authority of (.'.ingress, or by individual en- 1
terprise, 1 ilmmM be unwilling to .b anything
to increase the prevailing excitement. 1 hope
that the question v. ill be met, in a spirit o!
calmness and candor, and liually **ttlcd in a
m ner :j add strength and stability, instead of
bringing any danger, to the existence of our
Union. In ait our deferences of opinion, wo
should never cease to remember that wo- are
fellow-citizens of one common and gloriou
cour.try, t. r to exercise mutual and friendly
forbearance.
Ui ! getdlemen. waving all other considera
tions, indispensable engagements .will p: event
lav alicndance on the occasion, winch you have
done me the honor to invite me.
\\ ith an at respect I am.
Your friend and obedient servant,
11. CI.A \
Messrs. Jyo. C VVI CHAV, > Committee .
lnus. BROWS, )
I .INDEX WARD, July T, I 4f*.
GEVTI r.wr.x -— I have rec- : ed the invitation
with which you have honored ine, to unite with
the Freemen of the Reserve, in celebrating on
the loth inst., the anniversary of the passage ol
the Ordinance of 1787. and return you my best
thanks for this proof of your respect and conti
dence.
It will not be in my power to comply with
votir request, and it can scarcely be necegsary
to sav to you how cordially and earnestly 1 con
cur in the poie-y of the great measure you de
-ire to sust tin.
That - the Ordinance of 1787" lies at the
foundation of the growth and prosperity ot the
people arid States of the Northwest that the
vigor and vitality they posse---, is j ;stly attrib
utabte t-i ;ts action—that exclusion of slavery
by that act from this U rritory—all tlmn held by
trie Nation —declared the original, and affirmed
the fi.t re policy of the American people ; and
that the influence of Government should be
kept actively and p< rpetually on the side ol
freedom—are opinio;.- which deserve, and will.
1 do . -t not, it no distant day, meet with the
heartfelt concurrtiK e of the uias-fes of the peo
ple of every section of our extended confed
eracy.
Sincerely v, ivhirg y u - -cess in ycur patri
otic efiorts, 1 am. Gentlemen,
\ crv respectfully, vour cited't servt.,
MARTIN VAN 111 REN.
Messrs. J.vo. C. VACSHAX, f r .
T- T ' c Committee.
i uos. LROW.V, y
AOVAVTAOES OF Lire Issi RAXCE. —F. A. Hin
tor., a well known barber and hair-dresser ol
Philadel] hia, who died suddenly last week, had.
according to the City /.' m, about a year ago,
effected an insurance on his life in the Penn
Company to the amount of which is thus
secured to Lis widow, lie had also taken out
a policy of s"2ulX> in the Pennsylvania Company,
av which still more ample provision is made for
his family. Such cases illustrate the beneficial
operation of Life Insurance Companies, in
which every man of narrow circumstances, who
is yet able to -pare a -mall sum from Lis an
lual earnings, may secure a family against want
ind suffering at his decease.
Loetfueo Fairness and Honesty!
The editors ol the Keystone endeavor to
mislead the public bv conveying the im
rcssion that the Treasury was foil of
money when it came into the hands of Mr.
Ball. The day he entered upon hs- duties,
he Treasury was short over $200,000 cl
he sum on that day required to pay monev
emporarilv borrowed ot the banks. The
Janal Commissioners and editors ol' the
Keystone knew this. They also knew
hat the first quarters revenue of the pub
ic works was more than anticipated, be
ng pledged by law to pay oil said loans.
W iih these facts staring them in the
ace, they have the tl.shout sty to size up
jn the emptiness of trie Treasury, caused
jy their own party, locofoco extravagance,
and clamor about the non-pavment of "old
debts,"' contracted by themselves /
1r the purpose of creating mischief
ind calumniating a faithful public officer,
these men endeavor to deceive the indus
'rious and innocent laboring man with
womiscs of money ; if the Treasury was
i mint with power to c in it at will.
i he whole is a cunning scheme got up
lo hide their viliaiuv, and turn just indig
nation from themselves. Four thousand
hilars a day does not satisfy those who
<ocU to swallow the whole Treasury at
•nee, n a boa constrictor would an ox.—
Tcle;;raph.
MORE LOCUPdCd ECONOMY.
I t.e l.oi-ofix-o Canal Commissioners,
says tf io llarri-burg Telegraph. have ap
pointed Henry Pi tnkon. l-.sq., Supervisor
nil tie 1 r.ulr iad that is to be cons'rucb'd to
avoid the inclined plane at the Schuylkill,
of the usual salary, we presume, ofs2 per
day.
I here is an engineer appointed to su
permini I all the won k, inspecting esti
males, ye., for which he'also is to he paid.
I lie engineer gives each contractor in
writing the amount ol work don--, and the
sum ho is to draw, utcertain specified pe
riods.
Now, in the name of the 'poor laborers'
who are not paid, and the oppressed,
swindled tax payers of Pennsylvania, we
ask for one good reason why the appoint
ment <T a Supervisor Humid have been
made for a road that is not only not finish
cd, but realy not begun ? U here is the
thunder ol the Keystone upon such a 'di
rect train! " \\ here is its sympathy for
the 'poor laborer?' Where' its indigna
tion at this open departure Iron) 'economy*
on 'the cash system?' It is silent as the
gt.ne. lis voice is hushed to silence when
a political friend is provided lor, although
his service be useless* °
Oath if \ r !i?;an.
"I'll ILiishw g < HaZ'-ite -n - Anion,('•
del*! * at St. I. ut, K\ ("holer. i- p.,
Isaac !,i-hsner I -'; !!• fl-rn \
member T the Legr*! Utjre, fromi ii *c ~
t\, win re he Intili a COu.-pieu in
j.t%-(>r of t chirm, t<n.l {rov<-| htrn-. I; tI -
an al,U' and most efltcie: t lfgi-lv r. )•.
r>|| the relattoiis of 11 lie -i, i| high t
t! i< t-oinn tifiiv, when-he wa
11..1 lltIK It la loved. Aliii> i<h he |,
lieen engaged in business t*r s*-\t-ril ,
in St l.nuis, his family has alw u re-iif
here, and he has paid tis nitim-d \s~ifi
thtt renewing Ins inteicnurse and acq;; .)•
tanre. fie wis preparing for |';is nnnn ,1
n- union, when the fearful pestilence
inn down ni the vig <r <•! hi-, day- • ' -n
hi* tti itihnnd was ripening into \!> i.- 'j
old age.
PL'BLIC MEETIMJ.
FREEDOM FOR FF.RMIW!
In compliance with the cult publish? !
our 1 istpaper.a meetin?, to sympathize*.
the reptt* lieaiis of Germany and Europe
struggling to obtain their liberie, was fi
at the Town I fall, on Saturday evening lr'
It was organized by appointing CIIC
GRIMM INGEK, as * 'bairnim, nr l
Focis HKROWTZ and GEOROE SEACHRI C T
Vice Prosi Vnt-- and M j. M. Buoy 2nd M
Mont gome rv, Esq., Secretaries. Eloqn-:;'
speeches were made by Bo .M
tn the German, I>R. C. M. JOHN-TON
of F.ancaster. and G. NV. ELDER, unj p.
BANKS, E*qrs., ol LEW is town. The ib!
lowing resolutions wore adopted at
meeting :
WHEREAS, We have with feeling of f >
liveliest interest watched the recent an!
cheering tendencies of the European States
and nations, to break away from the strong
bondage too long fastened upon them. We
have seen with gladness our Austrian Em
peror lay down hi" crown at the bhUhts-rj
the Peojde , and his successor after making
new pledges take it up again with tht.i
have. We have seen another kingde-ce;id
from the throne once occupied by C'hari •
rnagnc ;md seek safety for himself and L
children in a foreign hnd. We have seen
and heard that ancient people a'o g the
Tiber, and on the seven hills, rise up and
say in the classic tongue of Cicero to the
Vice gerent of God, "to your spiritual do
minion tec meekly submitbut len/th'd
"temporal sceptre down." And we now see
Germany rise in her old but deep founded
strength, with a strong hand and an hones:
heart join in the s'ruggle of the natior,-.
and of the race of .Man to be nothing or
free. With these stirring events before us
we must think that the future ol Europe
trill not be as the past : but that shortly
the nations will dictate to the man that re
cords its annals, a better and brighter hi?-
lcry. The history of nations subject u
no institutions but those the people frame
for themselves. Therefore,
Resolved, That in common with ah
friends of civil and religious liberty in t 3
United Slates and elsewhere, we sympa
thise feelingly and anxiously with our fel
low men in the nations of Europe that are
now struggling forfreedom.
2d, That enjoying as we do the privilege
of choosing our own rulers and of pursuing
our own happiness in our own way—sub
ject to laws made by representatives and
governors of our own choosing—we desire
that all nations may ba thus favored.
3d. That as nations, descendents and ad
mirers of the talents, learning and science of
empire thatgave to the world a FAVST, and
to our own country a STEEREN, we arc tl;
day collected to express our anxiety for the
success of free principles end institutions
in the countries of Europe now strnggli _
to be free.
4th. That we have no belief in the Di
vine of Kings, or Emperors, but u
believe that men having capacity to look
after their own affairs in reference to world
ly substance and business transactions.can
judge for themselves and chosse fur them
selves who will suit them to rule over them.
sth, That we rejoice in the noble and
almost incredible stand the Hungarian*
have made, and at the last accounts w re
continuing to make, against the combined
forces of Austria and Russia, and we are
inspired with confidence that the descen
dants of the men who first gave check to
the Roman power in the fifth century v
drive back from this territory, the Bin a v
Eugh and the Russian Rear.
(Ith. That the conduct of the Italian*, w
and out of the City of Rome, struggling
against the despots of their own Country,
and the treacherous and cruel present gov
ernment of France, is worthy of the ad
miration and praise of all men desiring
equal rights: and believing as we do, thai
they are right, we prav God that they utay
be successful.
7th. That wc mourn for the present con
dition of the French. They have been
deceived by the blandishment of a great
name and we fear that the country of l- v
t AYETTK, is doomed to a more sanguinary
contest and bloody strife than site has v<
passed through for equality of right-* and
fraternity.— Oh .' I.a Bella France.
HUNTINGDON COl NT V.
'1 he Sheriff of Huntingdon county will v\
pose to sale, on the 12th of August, the l'i
low ing property ;
"IHf acres of land in Cass towns!).p. h '
cleared, with improvements, as the property ct
John Quarry, with notice to Matinas M.m'f.
terrc tenant.
The interest of Thomas H. Poll* ck ina trr'
in Siur cy township. Hill Vaiiey, ivntamiet?
llM> acres. 4U cleared, with improvements.
Two lots tf ground, with a framed we
thereon, in Waltersville, lllasr towi .-ft p. l' atr
county, as *he property of John 11. .Martm.
A lot of ground in Jackson township, cor
taming 2 acres, having thereon erected at u[-
nace, known.as Jackson Furnace, Saw .V •
House, &<?., as the property cf J seph Vance.