THE GAZETTE
LEWISTOWN, I'A.
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Of A number of advertisements are
omitted from to-day's Gaiette to make
room for some items or news and miscel
laneous matter.
Our renders are referred to a number of
new advertisements whir 1 ! we havt not
room t< notice in detail.
I Trip to the City—Tfee State Road—Cen
tral Railroad, if.
We left Ltr.vi.~i uvn on Thursday of last
week for the pur > ise of meeting our
fritUGs of the press at tlarrwburg, but a
** screw" becoming and a rod bent
ta that Pririee of Engines, the .MIFFLIN,
we were unable to reach that place until
lite in the evening. Our detention, how
ever, at Miiler&town, although of four or
five hours duration, v. as not altogether an
unpleasant one, (barrmr the rain,) a num
ber of clever fellows, ur.eng whom were
MCCJLURE and C'OOVEK of Mifiimtown,
BEKGNER of Iluriv burg, aa J a .sprinkling
of Buckeves, Hocsit-rs, Suckers, ic., hav
ing contributed to ren ier the stay as agree
able as -eier.d bogs of oysters could make
it. The perseverance of the engineers
having at last cfi'e; ted the necessary re
pairs, we moved on and soon reached
Harrisburg. On Friday morning the fra
ternity assembled, and having duly dis
missed matters, determined to adjourn un
til January. At this gathering we were
pleased to meet several old friends and a
number with whom we had previously
enjoyed no personal acquaintance, but
whom we hope hereafter to " know bet
ter.' Busines concluded, we took the
cars for Diilersv iile, and from thence
for Philadelphia on decided!v the worst
railroad in Peimsylvani", excepting per
haps trie Cum tcrland \ allev, as was evi
denced by pitching our p tssenger and bag
gage cars against a post and rail fence,
though fortunately without injury to the
passengers.
Ot the city, its business, improvements,
<fcc., we have no time to speak. We
looked in at Bamum's Museum, but were
scon tired of curiositti.it that wc had seen
a hundred tunes before, and met no better
success in the saloon, where the " Stran
ger" was being most miserably performed.
The truth is that many of these cracked
up establishments are wretched humbugs,
made up of wax figures, <ke., which may
be worth a quarter for a first visit, but not
a second. Had we to make choice be
tween spending an hour or two in the
museum or in some such establishment as
TtNDALE 6i MITCHELL'S in Chestnut
street, we believe we could spend that
Lme more agreeably in the latter in exam
ining their extensive and varied assortment
of China, Queens and Glassware, than in
the former.
On Wednesday we bent our steps home
wards, and having been fortunate enough
to reach Diliersville without encountering
another post and rail fence on the State
road, as per downward trip, we took the
* legant and capacious cars of the Central
Railroad Company, reached Harrisburg a
few minutes after 2 P. M., left for Lewis
town at 18 minutes before 3, and reached
tar depot opposite this place, at half past
5. A better road, wc can truly say, was
never constructed, as evidence of which
we may here mention that several passeri
... r. who were apparently very uneasy on
the otate road, appeared to be at perfect
tase while gliding along the even track of
lav e,antral. While according to the con
ductors and others ail proper praise for
la -., attention to the ease ar. l comfort of
passengers, we cannot avoid sayirg that
there is some reform necest iry in dtiivcr
\:.J baggage. At ibis season of the year
the cars in most casea arrive after night
i'-il, t..d men, worn- , and children con
rregrite around the baggage car, anxious
so secure whatever belongs to them.
Wbo owns this ?—lake it away," cr
\i acre does this go ?" it seems to us is
'• u i >fry method to distribute a large
•pj •r.tity rd o-gage, and somewhat out of
b-' ;■ n ' th the company's otherwise cx
arrangement*. Th ticket system,
or tcmc mhe* by which bqggag ~.; !1 }j# .
: "' r :: : * ' obviate much of
th• ccnfiunoo now existing, and which
increasew winter wc-a-
* - • 3 V, c know nut ,n whose
l.'f. la J n - i.:; ; r m placed, but we iVcl
wute that i stt iiy correction will be most
a*y :a the Ua-elluig public.
, NEW MAIL ARRANGEMENT.—Arrange
j mt'nfs have been completed between the
1 Post Ofhce Department and WM. ( 'OLDER,
1 Esq., by v hich the [''astern Mail will here
, after he carried on the Pennsylvania Kail
j road to and from Lewistown, according to
j the following schedule :
! Leave Harrisburg daily (except Kan
day) aftrr arrival of the mail from _
f Lancaster, say at '■' *•
| Arrive at Lewistown same day by J •
do HollidaysbuifC next day by Id M.
I Leave Ilollidaysburg daily (except
Sunday) at
I Arrive at Lewistown next day by 1 A. M.
\ do Harrisburg same day by 1 I*. M.
The above wr presume are tire extreme
figures for the arrival and departure of the
j cars, leaving considerable latitude for ac
cidents, detention, -Ac. The Lancaster
j mail generally arrives at Harrisburg bc
: tween" and 3 o'clock, P. M., consequent
| ly the eastern mail ought to be here in
time for distribution in the evening. This
arrangement, if we rightly understand it,
will give us the eastern mail twelve hours
i earlier , and the southern mail twelve hours
; later than under the old arrangement.
THE FLORIDA INDIANS. —There were
some fifty or sixty Seminole Indians in
attendance at the recent conference at
Tun pa Ba\. Every chief and sub-chief
of note in the nation was there. The\
looked haggard and depressed; and spoke
of their having gone through much trouble
and many trials in capturing th<- young
men who committed the murders on In- ,
dian river. After the United States ( oiw- ,
mander-in-Chief addressed the council,
Assunwha, the chief speaker of the rati >n
replied, and in the course of his speei h
avowed the determination of the people
not to emigrate. They wanted no time to
think about i;—their minds were made up
—they would not go. Billy Bowlegs,
who is a man of about forty, followed and
spoke to the same effect. He concluded
as follows:
" I now pkdgr. you my word that, if you will
ct-a-e this talk of leaving the country, no other
outrage shall ever be committed by my people ;
or, it evtr hereafter the wori-t among my peo
ple shall cross the boundary and do any mis
chief to your people, you need not look for run
ners, or appoint councils to talk. 1 will make
up my pack and shoulder it, and my people will
do the same. We. will all walk down, to the
sca-shorc, and will ask but one cjucstion :
• Where i the boat to carry us to Arkansas?" "
A day was appointed for another coun
cil, but they did not promi.-e to attend.—
There was an informal promise thai wmtr
runner would coine in to see the whites,
but they often observed that they were
stunned and confused by the talk, and
could not promise anything. VV hen Billy
Bowlegs was asked, after the council, if
the delegation from Arkansas should be
sent out to him as soon as they arrived,
he became agitated and held his breath for
a moment. He then said with great de
liberation : " Wild Cat is my great friend !
Tell him not to come into our country un
til I send for him."
POST-OFFICE OPERATIONS. —The Post
master General has established the follow
| ing post-offices in California and Oregon :
Portland, Oregon, Thomas Smith ; Salem,
j Oregon, J. B. McLane ; Vernon, California. G.
A. Grant; Cellonea, California, Jacob T. Lit
tle ; Sacramento city, California, H. E. Robi
. son; Stockton, California, \V. Hopkins; Ik ie
i cia, California, C. \V. fladen; Sau Jose, Cali
fornia, J. L>. lioppe : Sonoma, California, L.
I W. Boggs.
JCDCC HUSTON, formerly of the Supreme
Court of this State, died at his residence, in
Bellefonte, on Saturday last, in his £Gth year, j
He was much respected in and out of his pro
fesiion. He held a seat upon the bench untii
he was incapacitated by advanced age, in con
sequence of constitutional limitation
DEATH OE H. PETKIKEN.— Henry I'et
riken, late Deputy Secretary of the Com
monwealth, and recently Superintendent
of the State road to avoid the Inclined
Plane at the Schuylkill, died at the Mer
chants' Hotel in Philadelphia, on Thurs
day week, after an illness of but three or
four days. His remains were sent to
Bellefonte for interment.
(Jen. Mariano Paredes, Kx-President of
the Republic of Mexico, and who bore eo
conspicuous a part at the beginningof 'he
late war with that country, died in the
city of Mexico on tiie 1 Uh of September,
j af < r a long ami painful dimes.
J WAVF.R WORKS. — The citizens of York
i fPa.) art; defeniiiut d to supply their bor
j oug'i with wafer, by erecting work*; to
j pump it from the Codorus. SIO,OOO of
the stock was taken in twenty minutes af
ter the Iwoks were opened.
Rl.ooii AND Loss OK DU E IN LCZKKNE
; COUNTY. — The rain of the 22d ult., did
much damage at While Haven. The dam
of Mahlun K. Taylor wis swept awav,
| carrying with it Mr. Taylor's house and
two saw mills, Mr. Isaac Gould's house
: and saw mill, drowning his daughter, a
| young girl 13 years of age. The house
ot Jacob West was also carried away, and
f "ir of hi! children drowned. Thomas
,rd aad Wlf<i w< tte both found dead,
t wetify persons were missing, of which
row a bodies have been found. The Le
high Work - sull'ercd no injury.
tl.isviKban til Election.
Returns from the entire State, with the ex-
I oeptions of a few towns, snow the following re
■ suit for Governor :
Briggs, (Whig.) 49.092
Boutwell, (Loco,) 28,069
Philips, (Free Soiler,) 23,250
Palfrey, Free Soiler, for Congress, lacks 3000
lof being elected. There is no choice in his
j district. The Whigs gain in the House, having
i ii majority of about one hundred members, and
| a large majority in the Senate.
New Jersey.
In this State the whigs succeeded and have a
i majority on joint ballot.
Vr forli.
The coalition of Barnburners, Hunkers, iCc.
failed to secure the spoils. As ffir as known, ,i
majority of the State officers are whig, and
the same party it is stated has a majority on
joint ballot in the Legislature.
nichlgan.
The electi Jll in this State has resulted in fa
vor of the locofocos as usual.
Virginia Election.
The special election in the sth Congressional
district of Virginia, to fill the vacancy occasion
ed hy the death of the Hon. Mr. -Newman, Lo
col'oco, took place on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday last, and resulted in the election of
Thomas S. Raymond, an able and zealo is Whig,
which of course is a Whig gain.
Louisiana and Jli-sisaippl.
The vote for Governor of Louisiana is very
close. Walker, the Democratic candidate, is sup
posed to have been elected hy a small majority.
I he Congressional delegation remains unchang
ed In the Legislature the Y\ higs will have a
small majority oil joint ballot.
Gen. Quitman is elected Governor of Missis
sippi uyalaige najori'y. The Democrats claim
toe election of four Congressmen.
~L /'The last Grand Jury, it appears, ref ivd
to concur io the action of the previous one,
thus defeating their recommendation for a new
Jail. Rogues will thus continue to walk in at
the front door and out of the back as to them
seem-th best.
Tltknor's Mensuration.
We have ben favored with a copy of A new
work bearing the above named title, prepared
by Mr. Ticknor. a teacher of many years stand
ing, which appears, from the examination ve
have given it, to be well adapted for introduc
tion into the public schoois of our country,
where ,t is well known trie higher branches u!
Mathematics are not taught. A practical work
of this kind has long been wanted in our com
mon schools, and this will, we opiuc, supply the
deficiency. It embraces two-thirds the quanti
ty of matter contained in Uonnycastle, Vogdes,
tCc., and n not liable to the objections urged
against them, as nil in it i j of great importance
to the student, particularly he who purposes
t ,a; ■; in the mechanical branches. This
vrnra !5 to be had at C. C. Spots wood's Book
•Store.
Editorial ((invention.
Agreeably to previous notice a number of the
r< iictry editors of I'eonsylvania met at iluehler s
Eagle Hotel, on Friday Bth inst., and organized
by appointing the lion. NIMROD STRICK
LAND, editor of the West, Chester Republican,
President. M. D Hoi, BROOK. Esq., rditor of the
Lancastrian, Sc. Col. A. K. McC'/.i nt, editor of
the Juniata Sentinel, Vice Presidents • CVM <•.
FRVSHVOKK, Esq., F.ditor of the Lewisfow n Ga
zette, and J. M. Coorrß, editor of the Val! y
Spirit, Secretaries.
On motion, Messrs. THRO. FRKN, of the Pa.
Telegraph, P. H. DECKER r, of the Valley Spir
it, Wm. P. COOPER, of the Juniata Register,
ilesKT S. EVANS, of the Village Record, Jous
-11. BRATTON, of the Carlisle Volunteer, WM. M.
BRKSLIN, of the Lebanon Advertiser, were ap
pointed to report a course of action to the
Convention.
After consultation by the Committee, thev
made t'ne following report to the Convention
which was adopted :
Resolved , That an adjourned convention of
the editors and publishers of newspapers within
the State of Pennsylvania be held in the borough
of Harrisburg on TUESDAY the firt day of
January next, (1849,) to memorialize Congress
on the subject of such an alteration of the post
age laws as will allow nrwpapers to be sent in
the mails, within the counties and congressional
districts in which they ..re published, FREE
OF POSTAGE; also to memorialize the Legis
lature of Pennsylvania or. the subject of having
the laws of a public nature published in the
newspapers of the Commonwealth; and to
adopt such other measures as will be calculated
to protect and advance the interests of the
public and of the publishers of newspapers of
the interior, as they may deem proper and im
portant.
Resolved, That the editors and publishers of
newspapers in Pennsylvania, without distinction
of party, are requested and expected to attend
said Convention.
Resolve l, 1 rial the above proceedings be sign
ed by the officers, and published in all the pa
pers of the Commonwealth; and that this con
vention adjourn to meet on said day.
MM ROD STRICKLAND, President
M. D. HGLBROOX, ( ~ „
A. K. McCnmr j Vice
There a point, and force, too, in ihr
following remarks of the Connecticut
Courant up. it our t -cp", through the de
cision ol t[m Executive, from the expense
and mortification of another War with the
small ri mount of Indians yet in Florida :
" The Administration thought it bent to cm
ploy only the regular troop", and bul few of
them, and, by using energetic measure# at
once, to put ri immediate end to a war that
"light have been noutinurd a-> long and proved
as expcnmvo us that under I'iesidenL Van
Huron, i his ii one of the many examples wo
shall have of the decision and" energy ot our
present Government."
■' Had tiuj Administration hem as desirous
of rewarding RH part:-, MIS an some firmer
onea have boon, here would have been n grand
Opportunity <1 cuffing out volunteers, enrolling
a large tr.iliiary force, giving profitable con
tractu to faithful adherents, and fattening rnanj
an fcuxiouH . tfice seeker ut the public rrin.
But General I uy! r thought and judged other
wire, and the Florida disturbances have In en
settled without d.fficulty, very uiucli t the
chagrin ct the Opooeitum, wtu. expeei>-u U
ui&Lc p< It'.icai capitai out ol it
Latest Foreign News.
BV THE CAMBRIA.
T },e steamshipCawbriai U apt. J. Leiich,
arrived at Boston on Saturday morning,
from Liverpool, whence she sailed on the
°7th tilt., with dates from London to the
evening of the 26th, and from Paris to
the 25th.
The fears entertained that a general war
would spring out of the demands of Rus
sia upon the Sultan, in reference to the
Hungarian refugees, seem in a great mea
sure to have died away. There is no
longer a doubt that the English and French
fleets are in the vicinity of the Dardanelles,
and the determination of these govern
ments to resist the encroachment of the
Czar seem to have induced him materially
to lower his tone. It is stated in letters
from Paris, dated the 25th, that the French
Ambassador at St. Petersburgh had for
warded despatches to his Government, in
timating a change in the hostile determi
nations of Russia, in iis disagreement with
Turkey, upon the subject of the extradi
tion. So far from forcing matters to ex
tremities, Russia expressed itself anxious
to settle the diifereuces quietly, provided
no warlike interference was threatened on
the part of England. The same rumor
was prevalent ;-.t \ ienna on the 21st iust.
lion. Abbott Lawrence, Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from
the Failed States, had an audience of her
Majesty at \Vindsor Castle, on Saturday,
the 20th ult., to d liver his credentials.—
He was introduced bv Viscount Pnliners
lon, G. C. 8., her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State lor Foreign A Hairs.
Lord ihilmerston also introduced to her
Majesty Sir Ilenry Bulwer, who took
leave on departing to enter on the duties ol
his mission as Minister to the United
States.
AUSTRIA AND HENOVKV. —The Emper
or has granted to the officers of the Peter
w&rdein garrison, who surrendered uncon
ditionally, the same privilege which was
accorded to the officers of the Comoro
garrison. Those persons only are except
e.l against w hoin proceedings are to b:
adopted for special misdemeanors.
According to reports from Pcsth, the
crown of Hungarv is now in England,
wh ther it was sent by Kossuth. Fzemere
was in I.eigne with him ; and on making
h;s esc ; e from \\ ithlen ex outod the com
mission "f curving otT tiic crow :i jewels
b London. Ti.is si teinent explains the
report that Szemerc had stolen some very
V'luablc trinkets belonging to Kossuth—a
report v hicli, from the verv comrn'-iice
inent. met with no credit.
On ihe afternoon of the 12th instant a
courier arrived at Pcsth from \ ienna,
with orders to stop the butcheries in that
city. Paul Nyarz Pemizi. and S:ut:er,
who were to have been executed the day
following, were thereupon put in'o con
demned cell- till the Emperor's pleasure
would be made known. More arrests
had taken place.
The organization of the Austrian army
is going on with great activity. Marshal
Radetzkv -hows much ardor in the mat
ter, and a few weeks will complete the
two armies in Bohemia and \ oral berg.
The full regiment of cuirassit rs had receiv
d the name of the Emperor of Russia.
It is now asserted that the Hungarian
notes i-sucd by Kossuth will be repudiat
ed. and the owners will receive an indem
nification of 25 to ,'io percent. If this
be carried out it will ruin one half of the
land-holders, merchants, and peasants of
11 ungarv.
ITALY. —General Zucchi lias resigned
his grade as Lieutenant General in tiic
Roman army, on the ground that he had
engaged to serve a constitutional prince,
arid not an absolute Government.
Much excitement prevails in the city of
Rome. Several young men have been ar
rested for singing the Marseillaise hvmn
m the streets. Instead ol singing, the peo
ple now indulge in prose recitations.
Placards, with enormous letters, of 4 Death
to the infamous priests.' 4 Death to the red
triumvirate,' cover the walls. Several
attempts on the lives of French officers
have also been made.
.N vrt.K.s. —'1 he attempt to arrest the
Prince of San Giacomo had produced
such an impression in iples, that the
shops were all shut and the city deserted.
On tin* Russian Minister interceding in
the ma'ier with the King, the latter ap
peared quite ignorant of the proceeding,
sent for ihe Minister of the Interior, and
told him to let the prince alone.
A special commission, selected from
the judges of the various tribunals, has
been appointed to try the hundreds, or
thousands, of political offenders, by whom
the prisons are now tilled. The King, it
is said, will go to Gacta, and remain there
until the criminal processes arc disposed
of.
TURKEY. —The change of creed of Bern,
Kinely, and other officers is continued.—
I lie following details concerning Bern,
Kossuth, and Detnhiuski, are verv inter
esting: Hem, as soon as he was informed
of the determination of die Sultan to re
past tilt 4 demands of Russia and Austria,
declared that his country was his tirsl re
ligion, that the Sultan having the same en
emies and tin same friends as it, he was
determined to become a subject of the
Sultan, and to serve under his colors, and
that he would embrace Islam ism ; that on
quitting Hungary his resolution was al
ready taken, but that if he had not made
Ins profession of faith soi n.:r i; vv-.s be
cause iie d.d not wish to havu the appear
ance of yielding to fear. He added, that
he did not ask any one to follow his ex
ample. Nevertheless, Generals Kmelz
and Llaen and about thirty officers would
not separate from him, and have made
their declaration in favor of Islnmism.
Kossuth, who was greatly irritated
against Bern, went immediately to the
Hungarian camp, and informed' the nun
that the Porte resisted the demands of
Russia and Yustru, and that England and
France appeared decided to the 1
Porte, and he supplicated them not to im
print a stain on the flag of Christian Hun
gary, which they had always served with
honor. Some words from Kossuth hav
ing given rise to the opinion that Bern and
his companions had yielded to the pro
mises of the Porte, a great agitation show
ed itself in the Hungarian camp, and it ;
was at one time feared that a disturbance I
would take place. Dembmski has not
become a Mussulman, but he has openly j
acknowledged that the Porte had nothing
whatever to do with the abjuration of Bern j
and his companions, and he has even ;
written letters to the Grand Vizier and the i
Heraskier in which he expresses his grati
tude. j
The Deutsche Zcihtng has letters from |
Constantinople of the Bth ult., announcing
the arrival in the Bosphorus of a British
fleet of observation. A salute oi twenty
guns was llred by the Turkish ships in
honor of the British flag.
From California.
The news from California by the Empire
City at New York, is highly in ereatii.g, and
will be read with avidity. The proceedings
of the convention show the formation of a free
State, and the whole of the advices indicate
en igh'ened progress, which will be hai'ed as
a:i evidence of even brighter things than gold
in that far-off region. The convention was
organ zed on the 4thof September, by the elec
tion of Robert Semple president. The mem
bers receive sl6 per day. the president $25,
the secretaries an i clerks $23, sergeant-at
a nis $22. chaplain sl6. and door-keeper 812.
Wm. G. Alurcy, a son of Mr. Secretary Maroy,
!.- principal secretary, and Caleb Lyon, .po
ol ot l,v onsdale, N, Y , first assistant sectary
J Ro.-s Browne is the reporler ; arid J. F. Du
rivago, of "he .Y.O. Picayune, J.S. Kobb, the
'• S-i'iiairc" of the St. JA) it is Reveille, nod
J. Howe, a j>ur. printer from New York, are
tee cjerks. i'he rigiit of suffrage is allowed
to ail except Indians, negroes, and the descen- -
danta of negroes, 'i'he provisions of the con
stitution are mostly wice and salutary, and
promise a good government. The utficers of
government consist of a governor, lieutenant
governor, secretary of state, controller, trea
surer, attorney general, and surveyor genera!.
They are all to hold their offices for two years.
I'he governor and lieutenant governor are to
be elected by general ballot the secretary of
state i to be appointed by the governor, by
and with the advice and cinsent of ihe senate ;
the controller, and three oiher State officers
are to be elected by the legisauire in joint
ballot tor (he first term, and afterward by the
people at tue general State election The
i.egis attire i.s to consist of two branches, an *
Assembly and a Senate, with such general j
power.-, privileges and duties as are usually '
given to eucli bodies. .Banking corporations
and lotteries are prohibited, and all other cor
porations, except tor municipal purposes, are .
to be e-taoiished under general laws, the stock
holders to be individually liable lor ail debts.
The members of the Assembly are to be elect
ed - nnually, and the mmnbers of the Senate
are to hold their offices for two years. One ;
ha if to be elected eacli year. The number of j
members of the Assembly is never to be less
tu in 24, nor more than 36, until tlie number j
of inhabitants shall amount to 100,000, and
alter that period at such ratio that the whole
number of members of Assembly shall never
be less than 30, nor more than 80. The sen
ate is never to consist of less than one-third
nor more than one-half the number of the As.
scmbly.
The committee on the boundary of the State, !
on the 18th. made report that the present boun- j
dary of California comprehends a tract ot
country far too extensive for one State. The
area of the whole country is estimated at
448,291 square miles, being nearly equal trr
a I ot the non-elaveholdmg States :athe Union.
It extends nearly 1,000 miles along the coast, .
arid more than 1,200 into the interior, and
could not be fair'v represented in one State
legislature, especially as a greater part of the
interior is entirely cut off from the coast
country by the Sierra Nevada, which are cov- I
ered with snow an' are wholly impassable
nine months in the year.
It will be seen that new and valuable dis
coveries of mud have recently been made in ;
new localities, which will yet lead to a scien
tific exploration of the entire range of the j
Sierra Nevada, which is now be ieved to con
tain exbaus'dess mines of the precious metal. |
The shipments of gold du.-t from San Francis- I
co continue huge. The Empire City brought j
not ivs tinn one million ot dollars. It is es
timated that there are not less than RtO.OUU j
persons at ibe mines, their average earnings i
being three d > iars per day each. The follow
ing is the latest intelligence from the mines, !
whi. 'u we copy from the Alla-Califorma of
the Ist October :
! here is probably no portion of the placer
ihut bs proved more productive than the
mountainous country watered by Yuba river.
Mining commenced on this stream early in the
spring ot 'lB, arid has been conducted with
general success through winter and summer to
the present rune. During the months of July
and August, a residence in this region hap been
found to impair health unless every precaution
he taken to prevent expocoie. " There are
about 5.01 X), principally Americans, at. work
on Yuba, among whom the past month witnessed
no iucons.derable amount of sickness. Bv the
following extract from the Placer Times of
Scat. 22. we are pleased to note a better stale
of health :
'• From Yuba river we have more favorable
advices. I'he sickly season >s about over, and
the operations of miners are not now impeded
by the extreme hent."'
(to the North and Middle Forks there is a
rriai lied change in the weather, and the watcs
having fallen, every one who does a fair day's
work can calculate upon 'bagging' about an
ounce. \\ e Imar ot but very littlesickness in
any part nf the mines."
"From the Middle Fork we learn," says
tue Bonos, • thai the diggings are improving,
and that nn ounce a day can be obtained by all
who work, and that most of the parties operat
ing with rockers weie doing well There
was a tvirtv of four who took out S6OOO a piece
in eight days from one opening, and are now
on their way home."
Bents in California continue to bccn irmnua
Although houses, or rather shanties, are goki T
up rapidly every day, still the demand in
creases faster. Board is also verv hih, vary
ing fiOil! $2 to $8 per day. 1.0 igings $3 to
$7 per night, in bunks, steam! oat fashion.
Good board and lodging may be oad in tents
fur sj.) per week ; in sheds, from S3O to SSO
nor week. A single meal, consisting of roast
beet and bread, with a cup of coffee, costs sl.
Many emigrants from the cuies ot the
united Stale,- wore returning from tho minus,
disappointed m their expectations. It is only
by much In hot and nncv.v< ng tod that the rich
dual can bt giii* HC.
PUBLIC OPINIO* from whose powerful
voice conspiracy shrinks abashed, and whose in
dependent decision can alone award the tribute
due to merit, has raised the name of C. L. Jone,
to the highest pinnacle of fame, for his unequal
led display of new and cheap goods. Thou
sands who have visited and purchased at his ex
tensive store, have declared that his matchleu
display of elepant goods defied all competition ,
and even those most en\ ous of the increasing
popularity of this great establishment have been
forced to admit the superiority of his stock over
all others. Persons who have not yet availed
themselves of the immen.se advantages of pi;.-,
chasing their goods of C. L. Jones, wiil do well
to profit by this public declaration.
The tremendous assortment of Goods of ev
ery description, tastefully arranged in his com
modious show rooms, and the extreme latent.►.
of prices are the leading inducements at the
celebrated new cheap cash store of C L Jo.su'.-
, Le#. istown, Pa.
HONORABLE LIBERALITY. We take great
pleasure in commending the Girard Lite Insur
ance Company of this city, for an act of bus;-
I ness liberality, as honoranle as it is rarely to be
met with. Our readers will remember that
I Mr. Piatt, assistant of our general agent in the
'South, was suddenly killed by the falling of a
! tree in Georgia. Just previous to setting out
n his tour, the general agent, Mr. 1. K. James
accompanied Mr. P. to the Girard Insurance
! office, and procured a policy on the life of the
latter, ending the 20th August, at his (J.'s, own
expense, anu to protect the employers. The
i policy was ordered to be made out with per- '
mission to travel in N. and S. Carolina aril
Georgia, but owing to some oversight Georgia
was omitted in the paper. This was unknown
1 to either of the parlies, who had both left the
city before its completion. The period of in
surance-was about expiring, when Mr. James
wrote to a friend to renew the policy, which
. letter arrived during the temporary absence
from the city of Mr.- J.'s correspondent, and
was not yet attended to when the news of Mr.
Piatt's sudden death arrived, he having been
killed in Georgia, thus doubly relieving the In
stitution from any legal responsibility : but upon
all the circumstances being exhibited to the di
rectors, they nobly PAID THE POLICY ! And we
are happy to add, that the sum realized, after
deducting necessary expenses, has been handed ,
over to the widow as a present.— Philadelphia
*1 intricate Courier.
The Commissioners for fixing the boundary
between the States of Pennsylvania. Mary
land and Delaware, entered upon their duties
on Monday last. Several old landmarks have
discovered.sufficient, to show tha' several
valuable farms, heretofore supposed to belong
' to Delaware, are in fact the territory of Penn
sylvania.
OR U.N Hlt F1JI! Dlt' F s).—Let no foolish per
s-nis be en prejudiced auiinet this now truly eelebratci
medicine as to despise this advice ; let it be used immed:-
itely on pain being felt! no matter where it maybe,
whether in the head or feet, whether it be in the back or
tbdotnen, ivh titer arising from external orinternal cause,
use the Bratidreth's Pills,and rely upon it, thstthe pam
ill go, Ibe body will be restored to health as soon as na
ture has received sufficient ASSISTANCE from their effect
1 l.e quantity of impure humors disc barged from the
body by the action of the Brandreth's Pills, is replaced in
the course of a few hours with new and pure blood, by
the digestion of a moderate meal. By purging the body
with this medicine the whole mass of blood becomes en
tirely purified and regenerated.
That the blood is the life of the body. I presume is un
disputed, therefore I shall say that it being the -SEAT OF
LIFE, it must also be the seat of disease. If disease be in
tiie blood, we should abstract the disease onlyynoi the
blood It is the impurities which must be removed by
purgaLon to seen re our health, in all stales of the weatner,
in all situations, and in all climates. The blood, like a
good spirit, is always Irving to benefit the body by its
struggles to expel impurities. But it is not capable to ef
fect its own purification at all times: to do this it must
often have assistance. When the blood is loaded wilbiui
purities,especially in this climate, the consequences may
be fatal, provided the blood is not purified at once, and
this is sure to be effected if Brandreth's Pills are used.
Purchase ihe genuine medicine of the followingagen'.s:
JOHN A. STERETT, Lewistown ; H'illtaiu Hard?, Mc-
Veytown; Jones 4" Himm/rton. Huntingdon; Moore 4-
Stcope. Alexandria; A. 4' A" Cresvsell, Petersburg; Her:-
man, Smith 4* Co., Manorhill; T M. Owens, Birmingham
HARRIED.
On the 6th inst., by Rev. James Smith, JOHN
SV. ALEXANDER to Miss REBECCA M. BELL,
both of East lvishacoquilias.
THE MARKETS.
Lewistown, Nov. IG, 1549.
Paid by Dealers. Retail.
Flour - - $4 25 $5 00
Wheat, white - 97 1 10
red 90 1 05
Rye 50 60
Oats 30 37
Corn, 50 60
Cloverseed old, 3 75
ih) new, 4 00
Flaxseed - - 1 00 1 '25
Timothy seed - - 2 00 2 50
Butter, good - - 15 15
Eggs - - 10 10
Lard 6 8
Tallow - 8 10
Potatoes 50 621
Beef, - - 4 00
Bacon, per lb. 77
Wool, per lb. - - 28
Feathers - 45 45
The Lewistown Mills arc paving 90 w
07 cents for good wheat, 50 cents for Rye,
50 cents for Corn, and 31 cents for Oats.
PHILADELPHIA, NOV. 15,18-1?.
There has been a better feeling in the Flour
market, and 1500 a 2000 bbls have been so'-I
f<>r shipment atssas,ld£ per bbl. The latter
price, however, for a select brand. For citv
consumption prices range from fss t85,25
for coinruon and good brands, and $5,371
| 5,62£ lor extra. Rye Flour is in limited
mand. A small sain at $3 per bbl Corn
Meal ia rather more inquiied alter. Sales-l
500 bbls. Pennsylvania at $3. Grain —Lit?
receipts are increasing. The tow this a'.or
noon brought tip about 20,000 bushels of "A i'-" ;
part of which has been disposed of at S1 07
per bushel lor prime red, and white at near
$1,13. Rye is scarce and in demand a! S>"'
cents Corn is in limilel demand, llo'def?
ask 63 cents for old yellow, but one or two
lots were taken at -something less. NEW"
unsaleable. Oats are steady at 28 a3O cenii
for Southern, and 25 cents for Pennsylvania.
BALTIMORE. NOV. 15, I'M?
Our markets are steady, with little variation'
in prices. Sales nf 1000 bbls flour were made
to-day at $5 for Howard street and City Mills- '
I here ia no change to notice in grain and pr-*
visions.
Money Matters, Trade, &c.
THE i IAKRISARKT. BANK. —The TELCPRTAP-' *
that it has seen new counterfeit s's on 1"
Bank, and gives the following description
them :
" The paper is flimsy ; but a pretty go
it.ition of the color of the gi nuine-; not 4 u,u _.". t
much blue, but slightly inclined to red- ' "
signature of the President is a tolerable ' li!
lion; that of the Cashier generally
awkward. The other pen work is 8,-V'V^'--
J The note is a half an inch low long. t ' u t l\
male figures at each end are indistinct. -
teeth of the rake ean hardly he traced c
oti the right hard. Th tines of rb' f,T