Uaula Legislature. On the sih tlie Speaker laid before the W iate the following communication front ,j ie State Treasurer: TREASURY DEPARTMENT, ( Ilarrisburg, February,s, IHSO. J CRNVTORS: —The resolution ot your lionora ' body of the 26tb ultimo is before me. My -encc Hi Philadelphia on public duty, has * von led an eat lie: reply. regards the allegation of the Canal ('ora '■doners, and the complaint of :\ essrs. Nor "T Brothers, enquired of by your resolution, 1 to reply as follows: Messrs. Norris, Brothers, never personally -e'jeiited at the Treasury for payment, nor did I i v person for lhem.an order from the Canal i'i'minissioners for the amount they claim ;nor . ,' ae I vet official notice that the State owes . , | in default of 9eli notice, duty required .7,1 I should refrain from paying away the public money. ' i|sil those gentlemen presented such an or v, J would have been justified in withholding I ly'ment, the evidence being that Messrs. \orns, Brothers, charged seven hundred dol ' " 3 more for each locomotive furnished the 4te, than they charged the Pennsylvania Rs road Company—or, in other words, they furnished that Company with a more expensive a-iicle for seven hundred dollars less, and re eved one thousand five hundred dollars in !ra je—so large a profit wouid seem to justify B liberal credit. . The engines referred to were purciiased, it seems, under the authority given in the six teenth section of the last appropriation bill. This being true, it scarcely justified the sale, by the Canal Commissioners, of five Locomn t ves worth at least TWEN T\-F 1\ E 1 HOU MND DOLLARS, for the paltry sum ol TBIRTV-THREE HUNDRED AND NINE TY DOLLARS, thereby SACRIFICING UP WARDS OF TWEN IT-ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, which evinces gross ignorance of the value of property, or a criminal neglect of duty. Perhaps these facts would not have justified me in hesitating to pay Messrs. Nor ris, Brothers, had I been drawn on for the money. 1 never a-rused to settle the accounts of the Superintendent of Motive Power on the Co lumbia road. The rule of the office is to take us in ftj order every item of business, and Willi tins regulation I require a strict compli ance. I am not aware of having purposely refused at any time "money appropriated to the man agement and repairs of any of the other lines ofthe public works." Since I have been responsible for the man agement of toe State finances, I have not re ceived from the Canal Commissioners, at any ■ ne, a moment's notice of their intention to craw on the Treasury, other than was furnished by the actual presentation of their drafts. While it is both my duty and my pleasure to "jvide the ways and means to answer every caii, nevertheless, the interests and credit ol ::.e State, as every business man will under- Kind, cannot be sustained, if other branches ol j? government refuse to harmonize with this .tuartment. To such a degree have the Canal x.-d carried their antagonism, that upon the upoiDtments of officers, whose duties bring •Jem in contact with the Treasury, they have not furnished notice of the change. In the xyment of money, care is required. For that r.rpose the names of officers must be known ; jeir persons and their signatures identified; si also a knowledge that they have given the required bond before mcney can be advanced them. The first notice 1 have received of the nan ge of officers, was the presentation, by the sew incumbents, of drafts for large sums ol money. Senators are aware, that the Treasury has a sat number of payments to provi !e for besides 'tie canal appropriations. It seems proper, therefore, in a business view, that the Treas *er, whoever he may be, should have the co pers Hon ot co-ordinate branches of' the gov ernment, rather than to have so powerful ar arm as the Canal Board, exercising their au thority to draw money without reference tc .e general interests, or the credit of the State. GIDEON J. BALL, State Treasurer. lnnexatlon Proerlbfd by (be Britlxh COT* eminent. TORONTO, (C. YV.) Feb. 2 The following is a copy of an official des 'jatch received by l>ord Elgin, from the Homo Government: DOWNING STREET, Ixindcn, Jan. 9, 18fi0. MY LORD— I have to acknowledge your dee patchea, of the dates and numbers quoted in ie margin. I haye laid these despatches be >re her Majesty, and also the addresses of the •wrden and counsellor ofthe Municipal Coun '•;! of the Gore district, of the Lieutenant 1 -alone i and officers of militia ofthe First and Kighth battalions of the regiment of Dorches ter, of the officers of the Fourth battalion of us regiment of the Kamouraaka district, the inhabitants of ST Anne, and of the officers of militia and Lieutenant Colonel commanding ofthe regiment ot Quebec, enclosed in (lie two first of these despatches, which her Majesty has been pleased to receive very gra ciously. It has afforded her Majesty great satisfaction 'o receive these expressions of that loyalty and •ttachment to the British crown, which she trusts is generally felt by her Canadian sub jects. With regard to the address to the people of Canada, in favor of severing the province from 'ne British dominiona, for the purpose ot an nexation to the United States, which forms the 'vuject of three of theae despatches, 1 have to miorm you that her Majesty approves of your having dismissed from her service those who hive sign- d the document, which is scarcely short of being treasonable in its character. Her Majesty confidently relies on the loyalty i.f th i great majority of her Canadian subjects, and she has therefore determined to exert all me authority that belongs to her, for the pur uoseof maintaining the connexion with Canada vi!h this government, being persuaded that t ie permanence of that connexion is highly ad vantageous to both. Your Lordship will therefore underntand that you are comrnandfd by her Majesty to re to the utmost o! your power, any attempt winch may be made to bring about the separa tion of Canada from the British dominions, and 'o mark in the strongest manner her Majesty e '■ "-pleasure with all those who may directly or indirectly, eneourge such a design; and, if -i > attempt of tins kind should take such a Grin, that those wiio are guilty of it may. ac cordiiij/ io such advice as you may recvive iruffi your litw •dvuforn, be made responsible 't ilo-,r conduct in a court of justice, you will ! "t fail to take the necessary measures lor them to account. 1 am, my l>,rd, your must obedient servant, GREY. '!' > 'he Right Hon. IT*r! otE'gia. Terrible Lvplo-lon at Yew York—Great Loss of Life. I The New York papers are filled with details j of an "plosion which took place at New York jon Monday morning last. The building in which lite explosion occurred was a six or seven story 1 bt ick erection, on the rear corner of an immense f mass >ve building owned and occupied by Wm. I Hull & Son. The boiler was upon the first floor, j by some said to be new, by others represented as second hand, but estimated to be as good as new. Sixty persons were employed by Taylor & Co., and sixty-three by St. John, Burr & Co., most of whom were in the building at the time. The boiler blew upwards, carrying off the roof of the building. The walls afterwards caved in, and the ruins were set on fire by the scattered burn ing coals. Ihe police and firemen immediately set to work to extricate the sufferers. Twenty two individuals up to Tuesday night had been taken from the ruins alive, but all more or less injured. The dead bodies of thirty-three had also been recovered, and all but five identified, making fifty-five persons in all, and with those who escaped from the building, about seventy persons can now be accounted for. It was sup posed that there were yet at least twenty bodies buried in the ruins. from the Tribune. The scene at the station house in Oak street was of the most painful description. Nearly a score of mangled and horribly disfigured bodies were lying at one time in an empty house adjoining. Some have had life at once crushed out, their heads being now a shape less mass; others seem to have endured in tense agony before their spirits departed. Onl v a few could be recognised by their blackened and disfigured features, but generally the rem nants of their garments was all that enabled their anxious and weeping friends to know them. So painful was the scene, and so touch ing the agony of the poor women who beat over the mutilated remains, to discover by some shred of clothing w bether a son, husband or brother lay before them, that even the police, accustomed to sights of suffering, shed tears and grew sick at heart. Nearly every one who has thus far been rescued, whether alive or dead, had hi\shirt sleeves rolled up, showing that he had already commenced work for the day. THE MARKETS. Lewtsiowrv Feb. 8. 1850. Haiti b y Dealer j Httail. Flour - - §4 25 $55 DO Wheat, white - 95 1 10 red - 90 1 05 Rye - - 50 7o 75 By " •• for advertising lint of Re tailers. 24 CO By " Treasurer's per centage at 5 per cent, retained. 32 68^ Bp amount of licenses on which suit was brought and judgment obtained, 17 00 By " paid Mercantile appraiser's mileage, 270 #670 75| $670 75 TAVERN LICENCES : ; Bv cash paid State Treasurer as per his To amount said licenses granted by the ! ' receipts. $235 60 court for the year 1849, $249 00 i By Treasurer's per centage retained, 12 40 $248 00 $248 00 PAMPHLET LAWS: — By amount paid State Treasurer as per To amount received for said laws. $100; * his receipt, $3 80 By '• Treasurer's commission retained, 20 $4 00 $4 (X) PATENT MEDICINE. EATING HOLIES AND DISTILLERS By ninoutit paid State Treasurer as per LICENSE, Arc : his receipts, SBS 50 I*o amount of said licenses granted for the By •- 1). Bear's license, for which year 1819. $95 0(1 suit was brought. 5 00 By '• Treasurer's commision retained, 450 $95 00 $95 00 JAMES L. MCILVAINE, ESQ., Ji'egisfcr anil Recorder of Mifflin county, in account with DR. the ( Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. CR. To amount of Collateral Inheritance Tax By cadi paid Auditors and Cleik. sl2 00 received from estate of A inos Smoker Bv per centage at 5 percent. 3 91 deceased, sls 35 To uiiiouiit due commonwealth, 52 98 To received from estate of R becca Arm strong. 52 84 *"•8 19 j SOB 19 WE, the undersigned. Auditors ot Mifflin county, in the Common wealth of I'ennsvlrania. do certify thai in pursuance of "an Ait of Assembly relating D> counties, township," Ac., passed the ]sth of April, 1834. and of the 4th section of "An Act relative to tin- appointment of trustees of Orphans' Cour' " A c . passed April 22, 1846, we met at the Commissioners Olli in the boro. of Lewistown. on the 7th day of January. 1850. arid did audit, settle and ajust the several accounts between Nathaniel Fear. Esq., Treasurer of said county and the State Treasury—and between said Treasurer and the county of Mifflin ; also the account of Davis McKean Contner. Esq . Sheriff of said county —and also the Collateral Inheritance Tax accounts of James L. Mcllvaine, Esq., Register and Recorder, with the Commonwealth, as the same are stated in the foregoing Reports. I.N WITNESS WHEREOF, w> have hereunto set our hands at the office afore said, this 26th day of Januarv A.I) . 1950. DAVIS BATES, ) 11 EN K V P. TA V LOR. } .Uditors. CYRUS DORM AN, S STATEMENT, Showing the amount of debts due to and owing by the county of Mifflin —,'llso the amount of Slate and Covnty Tax outstanding January Ith 1850. DCJC FROM THE FOLLOWING NAMED COLLECTORS, VIZ: Collectors I\nm'-s. Districts. 1 tors. State Tar. County Tar. Adam-Hamaker, Lewistown, 1819, 588 94 ' 405 95 John Ruble, Granville tp„ " 453 39 179 11 Jacob Hoover. Derry tp., " G5 74} 243 63 Sauiuel Biower. Decatur tp , " 61 70 43 30 William Cummin*. Brown tp.. " 442 20 304 87 Charles Nageny, Jr.. Armagh tp., " 117 39 406 29 Amos Smoker, Union tp.. " 131 48 66 20 Adam llosea, Menno tp., " 221 43 205 41 Win. McKinstry, Oliver tp., " 251 86 } 259 47 Nathaniel Wilson, McVeytown, " 124 99 41 25 ♦Robert A. McDowell, Newton Hamilton, •• 49 69 18 32 ♦David Kophn, Wayne tp., •' 81 45 46 04 $2612 26 $2219 84 ♦David Koplin and Robert A. McDowell ltavc settled off their Duplicates since the settlement, Balance due from L. Hoover, former Treasurer, being money received by him and not accoun ted for in settlement with County Auditors, for which judgment has been obtained. 250 00 Balance due on settlement from Foster Miiliken's estate, 171 00 Amount of County Tax assessed for 1850, 7000 00 Amount Tax due on the year 1849, 2219 84 Notes of Isaac Slull and Cyrus Cook for costs, 9 00 Notes of John and Theodore Dixon for costs, J8 34 Whole amount due county:— 9668 18 Statement of debts owing by the county. Whole amount ol certificates of loan issued by the county, SIO,OOO 00 Amount lifted and burnt, 9.716 00 Balance in circulation, $284 00 Whole amount of certificates of Loan issued by Treasurer, bearing interest at 6 per cent. $7,261 16 Amount lifted and cancelled, 7057 32 Balance outstanding, $203 84 Whole amount of Indebiedness : $487 84 The following collectors have paid in since the settlement, the amount set opposite their names. Collectors Name .l, Districts, Years, State Tar, County Tax. Adam Hatnaker. Lewistown, 1849 300 00 300 00 John Ruble, Granville tp., " 150 00 100 00 Jacob Hoover. Derry tp., " 22 00 Samuel Browcr, Decatur tp., " 35 00 Wm. Cummins. Brown tp., " 75 00 115 00 j Charles Nageny, Jr., Armagh tp„ " 140 00 Amos Smoker, Union tp., " 33 87 Adam llosen. Menno tp., " 72 00 Robert A McDowell, Newton Hamilton, " 17 60 7 83 ,rrr-: rs~. r- - ■* - r--- -- .i mount of Orders issued by the County , Commissioners from the Ist of Janu ary to the 31s/ day of Decem ber , inclusive: Petit Jurors pay, §1258 64 Grand Jurors pay, 379 00 Assessors pay, 37y 59 11. J. Walters balance as Cieik for 18-18, 60 00 " " Commissioner* Clgri for 1849, 200 00 George Frys.nger A: 11. J. Walters, coun ty printing for 1848 and 1849. 193 00 j Dr. A. Rothrock for Medical attendance on prisoners, 2 00 John McCarty cleaning snow off c. h. pavement, 5 60 Jas.k. Kelley, fees as Prosecuting Attorney, 46 00 A.P.Jacob, " " ■< 64 00 Robert McManigil, balance due him ss reported by County Auditors at last settlement, * J3B 15 George Wiley, Tax overpa id in 1848. 13 91 R. C Hale, l ire proof saie for Treasur er's office, 58 00 Solomon Kintzer, Esq., services as Com missioner. in full, 41 50 George Bell, Esq., " •• 31 42 Harvy & Uittenliouse, Oven for jail. 5 50 Win. Cochran, Colleciorof Derry 1848, Tax overpaid, 4 86 James 1.. Mclivaine, Esq., Lock for Re gister's office, 1 f,B •' " Indexing Deed book, 5 00 D. Riitenhouse, shantee in jail-yard lor Jno. Kline, " 16 00 I VVattson & Jacob. Carpet for Court Room, 1 5'J : Samuel Hopper, Ice for Court, August Term, 50 j Assessment Transcript, for 18-47, '4B, '49, 'SO. 'sl and '52, 145 50 j Robert McManigil, Fine and Verdict fee overpaid, 9 00 I Thomas Roop, Collector Oliver, 1848, Tax overpaid, 18 75 j John R. McDowell, Prothonotary's Fees, 27 29 i D. Kittenhouse, making well and sash for jail, 58 00 I William Ball shaving prisoners 1 50 j A. Bly my er, bucket lor jail 1 37 j Charles Gaskins, cleaning jail yard, 3 50 j John McCarty,cleaning and liming c. h.cel'ar, 5 00 ' Dr. J. C. Reynolds, making post-mortem ex amination of Sarah dinger's child, 5 00 j James Dickson, re-auditing Prothonoiary and Register's accounts, as per di rection Auditor General, 6 00 Stationary, Duplicates and binding, 'J 14 ; <*. Dunmire, services as commissioner, 2 50 ! Lcwißtown Water Company, water rent for > j.nl to April Ist, 1850, 10 00 j J.C.Sigler, Recording bond as Treasurer 1845, 2 00 i W. P. McDowell, Collector Armagh. 1348, Tax overpaid, 7 71 * James Bailey, •• Brown " " " 1 35 : Blankets for jail and clothing for prisoners, 17 40 1 11 ickok street, south of Pine street A lot of ground, 17 by 57 ft., on the ! noitheast corner Schuylkill Front and Spruce streets V houe and lot, 18 by 106 feet, on scu'.h side of Filbert street, west of Schuylkill Seventh street Hotel and lot, 50 by 81 feet, on the southeast corner of Chesnut and Beach streets Five houses and lot, 42 by 06 feet, on the north side of George street, west of Ashton street Seven houses and lot, 26 by 117 feet, on the east side of Beach street, south of Chesnut street A bouse and lot, 18 by 80 ft., No. 96 Fitzwater street, east of Ninth st. LOANS. Temporary loans, on collateral secu- ) 090 -7 I rities, amply secured Y ' 1 ! STOCKS. §IO,OOO Alms House Loan, 5 percent" (int. on) 200 shares Bank of Kentucky 17 do. Northern Bk. of Kentucky 100 do. Union Bank of Tennessee 13 do. Insurance C'omp'y of the • State of 200 do. Southwark railroad Co.,r I. Cost 37 do. Commercial & Bank of Vicksburg 75 300 do. Pa. Railroad Co. 91 do. Franklin Fire Ins. Co. £ 10 do. Mercantile Library C 0.73.73 6 do. Union Canal Company ** 90 do. North Am. Coal Co. §SOO North American Coal Loan Cash on hand, §31,652 62 ♦' in hands of agents, 12,311 31 Notes and bills receivable, 5,03580 j Unsettled Policies 1,190 25) Merchandize 413 84 j §1,209,929 99 By order of the Board, CHARLES N. BANCKER, Pres't. Attest— CHARI.ES G. BANCKER, See'y. [f2.2m. R. C. HALE, Esq., Lewistown, is the Agent for Mifflin county, from whom all necessary in formation relative to insurance can be obtained. Iri*li Linen*. L LARGE lot bought at a bargitn in ! Philadelphia, and selling by the piece or yard at a small advance at C. I . JONES' or*.'7 „Wtr Cheap Cash Shoe. Pennsylvania Railroad. t-w- - •--r> -z OINi and after MON DA Y, 24 ill December, FREIGHT TRAIMi will run three times a wee!: between Le Wigtown and Phila delphia, esfoi lows: — Letviriji Levustown, east ward, on Mondays, U edtusdays, ;ui Eridays, at 7 o'eloca, A. M.,ond arriving frm Philadel phia on 'Tuesdays, 'TUursauys.nud. Saturdays, at 5 10. P. M. Ai! freight go in 7 east, MUST RE DE LIVERED BY THREE O'CLOCK, P M on the days previous. Freight in all case?, payable on deli', cry of goods ut the warehouse, PASSENGER TRAINS, cast, will leave at 10 minutes past. 9, A. M.. daily. Fare to Philadelphia, s*o 50. SAM. MILLIKFN. Jr., Ag't. Lewistov.n, Dec. 22, 1849—! l [Dem. copy. ORPHANS' COURT SALE7 PURSUANT to un alias order cf the Or phar.o' Court of Mifflin county, tiie sub scriber, administrator,&c., of Samuel Matter. late of Armagh township, in the said county, deceased, will sell at public sale on the prem ises, on TIOXD tY, March 4, 1 8.10, at 10 o'clock, A. M., all that messuage and tract of unimproved mountain or wood land in the said township of Armagh, bounded by laud of John Aikens, Hugh Semple.auJ others,and containing 450 Acres, mere or less. 'I erms of Sale. —One half of the purchase money to be paid on the confirmation of the sale by the Court, una the remainder iii one year thereafter, v. ith interest from the lime of the said confirmation, and to be secured by I Ponds and mortgages on the premises. I This tract of land will be sold In lots or par cels of FIFTY or ONE HUNDRED ACRLB, to suit purchasers for woodland. WILLIAM RAMSEY, Adm'r, dec. J. L. M'llvaine, Clerk of O C. January 26, I^oo—td Adjourned j ORPHANS' COURT SALE. PUBLIC notice is hereby given thai by or der of the Orphans' Court of Mifflin coun ; ty, will be offered at public sale, on | SATURDAY, February 23, j 1850, at 12 o'clock M. of that day, the follow j ing described Real Estate, with the appu.-te j nances, &.C., situate in the township of Union, , in said comity, late the estate of JACOB BY ' LER, Sen., deceased, viz: No. 1. A tract of cleared land, adjoining ! lands of Aiex. Ciubony, Isaac Plank, Abraham ! Hartzler, and others, containing 47 Acres and 141 I'crclics, i more or less, and having thereon erected a ! GRIST MILL, running two sets of burrs, and ! in good condition for doing country and mer | chantable work, a SAW MILL, a DWELLING O ?!OUSEL I!jHH? KIWBANK BARN, A GOOD^SSSALLII, estaSs TENANT HOUSE, and other im ! provemcnts, together with a neverfailingspring of water, an Apple Orchard, and other choice ! fruit of various kinds. No. 2. A Tract of Timber Land, adjoining , lands of Alexander Gibbony and John Hartzler, I containing Forty-Two Acres and Seventy-Two I Perches, more or less. | No. B. A Tract of Timber Land, containing j Three Acres, more or less, adjoining lands of j the heirs of John Hartzler. These tracts will be sold together or separ ately. or each in parcels to suit purchasers, and indisputable titles given. Terms of sale. —One half of the purchase money to be paid on the confirmation of the sale, and the balance thereof in two equal an nual payments thereafter, with interest from the day of confirmation, to be secured by bonds with security and mortgages on the premises. The sale will be held on the premises No. 1, on which the improvements are situated, at the time above stated, when and where attendance will be given by JOHN PEACHEY, JACOB BY LER, Executorg of Jacob Byler, Sen. February 2, 1850—td mbwistowF Cheap Cabinet Wareroom, | XcarJ. 11. McDowells s tavern, Valley st. j rnilE SmSCRIBER invites those about going to i -t- housekeeping and toothers that wish to purchase Cheap Furniture, to call at the above mentioned Wareroom and examine 1 tns large stock of II >.7 Made and Useful furniture of ail kinds too numerous to mention here. Among his stock [ they an assortment of CA N EBEAT CHAIRS, j which are sold for CASH cheaper than they have ever I been sold in this place. I would draw attention to a pa- I tent F.iastic Spring-Bottom Bedstead, which can be seen in mv Warerootn at any time. Itcan he put npandtaken ! down in less time than the old plan, and without a screw* j driver, and the great matter is that it formsa spri.no bot | tom w ilhout a cord or sacking, thus saving the purchaser the cost of those articles. COFFINS made to order and funerals attended at the shortest notice. Either Mahogany, Cherry or Wal nut can be .had at moderate terms. ANTHONY FELIX. I.ew istown, December 1, ISW. WALTER LI L LEY RESPECTFULLY announces to his old friends, and as many new ones as can make il convenient to call, that he has juet re ceived his Fall and Winter Stock of Goods, which he is prepared to dispose of at as reason able prices as Mr Johnston Thomas, and he selis about twenty per cent, lower than any Store in the East Ward. My stock consists of a general assortment of SEASONABLE : GOODS, viz: DHY G3QE3, CUCCEHIES, Queens ware, Glassware and Hardware, IB Dim AM TOBACCO'S A.\a SEUAItS, and Spies of the purest hind. Together with all the articles usually found in a country store. As we do not feel able to oc cupy the newspapers with an advertisement of two or three columns, we just say to our friends j to call and see us, and if you dour purchase from us we will not grumble. | Lew istown, Dec. 22, I*49—tf FRENCH Merino** and Thibet Cloih ta all imaginable colors, front the si " | ' 3" ocl.sst). NUSBAIIM, BROTHERS.