•>! powerful iufiiirrifV from fns vveaith. Ins in
telligence, his connections, or no matter what
he other poor and obscuie, without influence
and without notoriety. Tue judge is looking
forward to a ro-eioction, with a family at home,
perhaps, whose comfort depends on that re
election ; think you, sir, he will be able to look
beyond himself, beyond his family, to forget
everything but the just ice of the cause ? Think
vou, under such" circumstances, that poor and
obscure man, without wealth or without influ
ence at his command, would receive that tair
an! impartial justice which would be meted
out to him under other circumstances 1 It i 6
asking too much of poor humanity. A judge,
desirous of re-election instead of being the
calm and impartial expositor of the law he
ought to be, neither looking to the right or the
i tt, like Ciesar's wife not only unsuspected,
bui above all suspicion, will be found trimming
his judicial sails to fall ia with that current
which will secure him the posiession of his
office. That government, therefore, which
would be either just to itself or just to its cit
izens, should be careful to remove every temp
tation that might seduce or destroy.
Supposing the judge to have risen superior
to the temptations which assailed him—suppos
ing him to have laid down the Jaw fairly and
honestly as ha believed it to be, would that
sitisfy the disappointed suitor that the decision
was just J flow readily would he attribute it
to a desire on the part of the judge to take the
popular side! The personal security of every
citizen in this country, as well as the rights ot
property, aij depend upon the respect and ven
eration we have for our courts of justice. It
is t b2l respect which leads us to acquiesce qui
etly and submit tamely to the decrees of our
courts; and if it were otherwise, the rights of
1-0 man would be secure Mob law and brute
T rce would assert their right to reign. It wiil
therefore he seen that a judge ought not to be
placed under circumstances that Will subject
his conduct to suspicion, and tend to destroy that
respect and that regard which should ever ac
company and follow the decision.-of ourcourts.
If the judge is not re-eligible—if there is field
out to him no temptation in the way of pepu
lirity—when it is known to him and the coni
mun'ty in which he presides, that ho can but
serve to the expiration of a single term, then
tlmre is no inducement to err, no temntation to
interfere with the scales ot justice. This, then,
is another objection to the resolution.
A third is, the time ot the election. This
resolution provides that the " said election shall
take piace at the general election of tins Com
monwealth." Now it seems to tne that if the
peop'e are to e'ect the judges, they ought not j
to elect them at the time of the general eiec- !
tion. But some other time should be fixed, j
when there would be less political feeling to I
interfere with the calm and impartial selection
of a judge. Need 1 ask you to turn your at- j
tention to some of our past elections to see '
what political strife and personal bitterness I
have characterized many, if not aliof them— i
to bring 1 , for instance, to your mind that cam
paign of lf3i, when Pennsylvania was con
vulsed from one end to the other with the most
intense excitement—that campaign which had
well r.igh closed in the overthrow of the gov
ernment 1 Is such an occasion a fit time to
elect judges of our courts of justice! Can
they in the nature of things prevent them
selves from being mixed up with, and becom
ing a part and portion of that bitterness and
that strife which are inseparable from political
contests! Can they be expected to rejpain
ci'm, quiet, and self-poised, when all arGund
is tuinuit and excitement? We should never
forget that they are but men, and to ask of thern
more than can be expected of us, is unfair and
unjust. A judge elected under such circum
stances is placed in a most painfully embarrass
ing situation. All the infractions of law and
violations of right that have necessarily oc- <
curred during the wild excitement of a contest
in iiis own district, are to be tried and adjudi
cated before him, and we ail know how propi- j
tions such a season is for the disregard of all I
justice and all right; lor how seldom does the
lridiscriminating barbarity of party spirit snare
anything, or stop at anything which may hinder
the accomplishment of its fondest schemes:
It requires no further argument to show clearly
the great impropriety of electing them at such
a time and under such circumstances.
A fourth objection is in relation to the injus
tice done the present judges, by taking from
them their commissions without regard to the
time of their expiration. When those judges
received their appointments, they took them
under an implied contract on the part of the
State that they were commissioned lor the term
of ten years; with that understanding, and rc- ■
posing in the faith of that implied contract, !
many of them left a lucrative practice, some j
of them their homes, to enter upon the dis- j
charge of their duties. They have beendis- j
charging those duties fairly, honestly, and im- ;
partially; there has not been, nor is there now
any complaint, or allegation of wrong on their
part. Now I submit whether to turn them out !
suddenly, without notice and without cause, he
in accordance with that great injunction—" Do
unto others a3 you would that others should do j
nr. to you 1" Nor is it in accordance with the
plain rules which govern a contract between ;
man and man. Take the case of a hireling for ;
a year or a term; the person so hired has com
menced and ie prosecuting his labor under the ■
term? of his contract; he is doing ail he con- j
tracted to do ; ho isdiechargingevery duty and
obligation imposed upon him by its terms; he
is meeting fuijy the very letter of the contract, ;
wnen he is suddenly informed that hie services 1
can bo dispen-ed with, although the per.od for j
which he has hired has not yet terminated.
Between man hih! man, 1 my, this would be a
clear and unmitigated violation of a contract,
and would so be held by every court of justice
in the iarni; how then ran the < Commonwealth
eruape from tins rule of iaw ha les# rigid
•rule to be observed with regard to her con
tracts ■ Is less faith and confidence to be re- '
poSoo in her than m the humblest Citizen with
in her i(orders i It may '*• caul, and il ha- been
i.ud, that it those judge? ere what they ought
to be lhey would be re-elected. Thi? does not .
follow by any means, and instead of being an
answer to the argument, it is a mere evasion.
Indeed, it cannot he answered ; it le'oo piam t.
admit of doubt.
i he fifth objection is, the term fur which •
they shall hold their offices. If ihe people are '
capable of electing judges once in ten years,
and God knows 1 do not uu ibl their capability,
ney are eainbie of electing them oftoner, they
arc capable of electing them once m three
years OT once in five years. JA'I the term he
inree or five, it ought to bo, instead of ton I
years, an i the people will have an opimrtutr.ty
to bring tii'rir pub , c servnnts to a short and
speedy account. Ton years is entirely too long
to boar wit., either s weak or un unjust jocbre, '
fur of ad curs s which tan t.c inflicted upon a
community, is a corrupt judge w,th no means
ot removing him. But it may be said that if
lie i i iiiicr unjust or incapable, a mode is
pointed out by which the Legislature may re
move him. V., can readily imagine, sir,
whni a slow and difiicuit jfroctss this might lie
arid how oriCitrinin would be its tesuiL It will
lint only depend upon the man and his political
standing but HI the nature and character of
the Legislature, ami the various and unforeseen
influences that might operate. We have had
lamentable evidences of this in Pennsylvania
betore to-day. Instead therefore of givintr the
power to the Legislature and vesting them
with supreme command, give it to the°peop!e,
where it rightly and legitimately belongs, for
in shortening the terms you do but increase the
power of the people. And lam amazed that
the Iriends of this resolution, who seem to be
so purely democratic in their notions, and who
seem to entertain such a horror and disgust of
anything conservative, should involve them
selves in such a glaring inconsistency as to ad
vocate a term of ten years.
These are some of the objections, together
with many others which 1 have not time to enu
merate or dwell upon. I have made these in
no captious spirit, with no mere view of throw
ing anything in the way of the pas t age of this
resolution; they have been made honestly and
in good faith, and I now ask whether this re
form is so imperatively dernauded by the people
as to require the immediate passage of this
resolution with ail its manifest defects and in
separable objections—taken in connection with
the fart that it we do pass it we must labor un
der its evils without remedy for a period of
five years ?
So careful were the framersof the Constitu-
tion, so apprehensive were they of hasty legis
lation on this subject, that in the Tenth Article
they provided with great wisdom, that " any
amendment or amendments to this Constitution
may be proposed in the Senate or House of
Representatives, and it the same shall be
agreed to by a majority of the members elected
to each House, such proposed amendment or
amendments sha'l he entered on their journals
with tho yeas and nays taken thereon and the
j Secretary of the Commonwealth shall cause
j the same to be published three months before
• the next election in at least one newspaper in
; every county in which a newspaper shall he
j published, and if in the Legislature next after
wards chosen, such proposed amendment or
amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of
the members elected to each House, the Secre
tary of theCommonwealih shall cause the same
to be again published in manner aforesaid and
such proposed amendment or amendmentsshall
be submitted to the people in such manner and
! time," &c. Now it will !<e seen that theassent
of two Legislatures is required, and why 1
i fhat care and deliberation, time and reflection
I should be bestowed. Those distinguished men
| seem to have foieseen what has occurred in a
period of twelve years, for never was the fore
sight or sagacity of that convention more man
ifest thin when it incorporated this provision
into the Constitutor!. They seemed to foresee
the state ot things which existed here at the
session ot 1549; a proposed amendment to the i
Constitution brought into this House and in a
moment of tumult and excitement, without
either consideration or deliberation, passed upon
as though it was a matter of no moment.
Well might they incorporate such a provision
in view of such a state of facts. But if this
resolution is to pass in its present shape, and !
without amendment, and if we have no right to
go behind the action of the last Legislature,
of what avaii is such a provision ; what is it
but the action of one legislature instead of two,
as required by the Constitution? And such
action as that was! The design of the f ramers
of the Constitution was, that in subjecting it to
the inspection of a second Legislature, the do- |
fects of the amendment, it it had any, might be
perceived and the objections to it obviated by
wise and proper amendment. That this reso
lution is defective is generally admitted ; that
the amendment of the gentleman from North
ampton is proper and right, is as genera ! ly con
ceded. Why then will this House not pause
—why will it not deliberate ?
Thus much in regard to the resolution itself!
I now, sir, come to the principle itself, the prin
ciple of an elective judiciary, and I do think the
| propriety of adopting it may well be doubted.
, It becomes us to pause and reflect—to take a
i calm survey of all that 5k around us and about
j us, and to weigh well all we are about to do.
; It te easy to tear down, it requires neither sei
, cnce nor skill to prostrate the fairest temple
ever reared by the hands of freedom, but it is
a difficult task to re-build, re-organize and re
construct. We are now happy and prosperous,
| this tee know; in the history of mankind there
1 is nothing approaching the public and private
j advantages that we possess, and yet we are not
| satisfied. What more can we ask—what more
j have we a right to expect than our institutions
I have already done for ns] Who can foretell
1 or even foresee the consequences that may flow
from the adoption of the proposed reform.
whether it will benefit the people, whether it
] will end sooner or later in anarchy and confu
j sion, in the whole and entire overthrow of all
jwe hold most dear I No man can tell, air. No
j man can penetrate the veil. We know the
| .State is now flourishing, that its citizens are
j protected and secured in all their right?, that
' justice is now administered without " Bale, de
| nial or delay is it wise then, is it prudent, to
put all the blessings and privileges weenjoy in
; jeopardy, to hang the fate of this people on the
hazard of a die, on a wild and untried experi
ment? What would he thought, sir, of that
j man, who was in a sound and healthy condition,
j with all his organ? performing their appropr
iate functions, if under such circumstances he
should call m a physician and desire to undergo j
j severe medical treatment—a treatment that
might weaken, if not bring him down to a pre
. mature grave? Why, sir, he would be called
; a fool, a madman, and yet we, in a sound and
; healthy condition, with nil the functions of the
government perrorining their appropriate du
ties, are about to do the same thing. The sub
ject, sir. a? 1 before Mated, is surrounded on all
sides with everything to invest it wall a deep
and solemn importance. The judiciary to us
is everything ; to it we are mainly indebted for j
all we have, and on it we must depend; to it
•ve rnu"t look for all we hope to have. Let us
ho careful then, f be*ech you, how we tamper
with it. lest in an unguarded moment wc strike
a fata! blow.
To a free people, and a people who desire to
remain free, written constitution with justice
nod equality for Us basis is absolutely necessa
ry ; but, sir, that constitution, however well
defined—however j i?t and equitable in all its
provisions and features, is not worth the paper
on which it is written, if there he no power in
• the government to protect, defend and expound
i'. fhe Constitution has often been assailed
and its principles attempted to he contravened
by hasty arid inconsiderate legislation; the
Legislature has often laid upon it its mde end
unsparing hand, and had it not been lor the
timely interference of the Supreme Court of
1 'he Commonwealth, it would have received
many a serious wound, and in wounding it you
.wound the people and their dourest rights.
But it rr.ay he said what has this to do wit h
'jje question. It has this to do, sir ; under out
w i t-|y adjusted system of jurisprudence, our
cour,R f, f justice are not political arenas, where
judicial gladiators may meet tocarry out some
mmi, PB 7 y . projr;r '' where Wad of pro
acting and defending the Constitution, they
- Rtl lamentable havoc of it under
our present system they „ rft , n a great meagre
removed ahovc Bt.d beyond the swelling,, nod
surging? of popular commotion, and of party
strife anil party bitterness. They are
or portion of' it. and aa a consequence they are
' not its slaves to do itß bidding, and its dirty
' worn. Their position ia rather neutral than
i otherwise, and they are thus fitted to judge
! calmly and decide impartially. This perhaps
is not the time to speak of the present Supreme
Court as it deserves to be spoken of. Vhen it
has been struck down by radicalism and pol
i luted with party spirit, the people will be able
'to see and to feel what they have lost. 1 may,
' however, sir, speak of the head of that court
without being regarded as invidious in any
, sense. The present ciiiet justice of the Com*
monweallh of Pennsylvania is a man that the
State and the nation may well be proud of—
| with an enlarged understanding, a powerful,
vigorous and discriminating mind, he has shed
a lustre upon the bench; and his judicial opin
ions will be read and admired as long as law
and learning are appreciated. Let his enemies
be patient, tie is an old man, and it may soon
be said of him as it was of Duncan," after
life's fitful fever lie sleeps well." But when
; you come to elect Supreme judges by a party
| movement und a party vote, you change the
complexion of affairs; you give that court a
party cast, aye, sir, and you give it a party
j bearing and a party leaning. You bring it into
i the mire and tilth of party politics, and it is at
' once shorn of that regard and that respect
which should ever be entertained for it and its
decisions. Make it a party bench, as it would
be, and what becomes of the rights of the mi
nor. ty ? For remember, sir, the Constitution
; was not made for the majority alone, it was
made for ull; yes, the humblest citizen that
walks is entitled to its provisions, lie has a
right to hold it up as his shield and defence,
and to claim its protection ; but when the Su
preme Court, the court of the last resorl of this
great State, has become the theatre for party
to figure in, as it would soon be tinder an elec
tive system, Cod help minorities ; for the court
would become the representative of the inajori
! ty—that majority wiio placed them in power.
: But it may be said they need not become party
men, they need not be influenced by parties.
Is tiiere a man in this House who isr.ot to come
: extent influenced by considerations thai may fu
vor the party that elected him—are we not
particularly anxious about the fate of our party.
: Let any man took at the voting he.*e, und sec
how tar party feeling can and does curry men;
und tell me that we are not to a considerable
extent its slaves. Why, then will you ask
more of judges than we are willing to do our
selves? They are but flesh and blood, as we
are, subject to like temptations, and is it fair,
is it right that we should expect, that we should I
ask them to do what wi cannot do ? Show me
the mar. who can rise superior to party spirit
and party influence, especially wiien he is a
constituent portion of it, as the judges would be
if elected. There lives no such man.
To elect a judge by the people, you place
him to a greater or less extent under obliga- j
gatjons to ail those who have sustained and
supported him. Every man who has voted for
i him or contributed to his election, supposes that
he has some claims upon him, and when his
cause is to be tried and adjudicated before him,
he will he led to expect much favor at his
: hands. You thus place a judge in circumstan
ces in which he never should be placed ; il one
! ot the suitors before hira for trial has been his
, bitter opponent, he goes into that court with
little expectation of receiving justice at its
j hands, and if defeated be goes borne, not satis
fied that the weakness or w ant of merit in bis
cause defeated him, but that it was his opposi
tion to the judge that rendered the verdict
against hitn. However the truth of the case
j might be, this would be the natural conclusion
to which he would come; and men, under such
1 circumstances, instead of quietly and peacea
bly acquiescing in the verdicts of our courts.
I would be led to look upon them as the mere
reward of party, and the time would soon come
when decisions and verdicts would be of no
more value than the paper on which they are
recorded. But suppose another case. Sup
' pose there to be an election for judge in a cer
tain disinct; suppose the campaign to be
warmly and fiercely contested on both sides;
supjx>-iiir I, sir. as n voter in the district, felt
it to be iny incumbent duly to oppose with
great energy the election of the successful
Candidate; 1 do al! in my power to defeat him.
, und !ab-r with great warmth and great zeal
, for the success of his opponent; think yon sir,
: when I come into that court with a client, tlmt
I am going to receive that consideration which
is given to the lawyer w ho was his fast friend 1
1 My client then becomes the victim; it it is in
a civil case, then he may appeal and take itto
a higher court; but as the Speaker has well
remarked, there is no remedy in a criminal
i case, there is no appeal; H injustice has been
done him, he must eufler without remedy.
Take slii) another case. Supposing the candi
dates tor judge in a closo district, canvassing
their district, meeting their fellow citizens at
j every point; meeting men who have causes to
try and those men talking to tfcem fully and
freely about the great merits of their cases, and
the injustice that has been done them. In a
word they are elect ioneering for the office, (tor
it will come to this and it is idle to deny it,)
and they must pass through all the parapher
nalia incident to the srccessful politician. Is
a man under such circumstances, justemcrging
i from a fierce political strife with ail the teel
| ings and prejudices fresh upon him, fit to be a
judge : fit to administer the law as it should be
administered, without " frar. favor or affection."
But it has been said by the gentleman from
Adams, that the appointing power at present is
the same thing. Not at all, sir. The Gover
nor w ho appoints and the Senate w ho confirm,
never in all probability, come before that judge
for trial ; lie will have nothing to do with their
interests or their rights. Never perhaps cio
; barreseod by having before him. the man from
whom lie received his office; while on the
other hand it is absolutely certain that tnanv,
it not nil the voters in his district will at one
lime or another be in his court as parties or |
witnesses. Thus the case is widely different
and strikingly distinguished.
Let it not be said, however, that I luck con
fidence 111 the people—that I doubt their capa
bility to choose good judges, for I do not ; 1 be
lieve the people might and would elect u good
judge, but that is not the question. Sir, iiow
long would he remain a gJud judge under the
influencesand temptations which surround him !
Would he adhere to fiis integrity under all cir
cumstances and at all times ? Would he prove
himself superior to the feelings of humanity in
disregarding what influences all of us ' Many
a man, sir, has passed the meridian of Ins lite,
and been regarded by his fellow citizens as u
high minded and honorable gentleman, and yet
lie has not reached its close, without giving
painful and lamentable evidence*of his weak
ness, it noted his guilt, And why ! >Siinply
because ho has been placed in circumstances
where he bad to meet temptations which he
• i&d not been accustomed to—temptations which
were too strong, too powerful to be resisted,
and he fell as many a man bus fallen.
These are some of the objections to the elec
tive principle which, together with many others,
lias great influence in regulating my conduct
on this question. Again, sir, it is difficult to
tell \vli:i e if, is thing is going to end; what'
the next oroposition will be, we know not ;
perhaps it will be to elect the jurors. And it
1 hud a voice, sir, that could reach the ear ot
every voter in this Commonwealth, 1 would
call uptn them long, and loud, and earnest, by
all their regard fcr the wisdom of their fathers,
the institutions of their country, their own
prosperity, public and private, to reaist firmly
this mad system of change which threatens the
subversion of ail their rights. So deep ore my
convictions, so fearful my apprehensions in re
gard to this aggressive policy that stops at
nothing.
1 voted against this resolution at the Inst ses
sion, for the reasons I have already enumerated.
My course on the question, together with my
vote, was well known. I met the people whom
I bad the honor to represent in the session of
and a <**nerousand intelligent constitu
ency relumed me here by an increased vote.
During my election campaign, I mingled and
mixed freely with the people, desirous of know
ing what their views were in regard to this
measure. 1 met them at various points in my
county, never concealing my hostility to this
amendment; but on the other hand openly and
fearlessly avowing it, and liom all I could learn,
from all the information 1 could obtain, it is my
firm conviction that a majority of my constitu
ents are opposed to it —that portion of them,
too, sir, whose trade is not politics, whose busi
ness is not to play the sycophant or the dema
gogue—men who take a deep interest in the
institutions of their lathers, who are unwilling
that every monument of their wisdom, every
evidence of their patriotism, shall be stricken
down as unworthy of their regard or their imi
tation.
1 have now done, sir, and whatever be the
result, one thing is certain; in this matter 1
have met the approbation of my conscience. I
have vindicated my self-respect and am wttling
to abide the judgement of a just constituency.
SCHOOL,
\V M . Ii YTT I, E
YY7TLL open a SCHOOL in the school room
\ \ lately occupied by liirn in this borough, on
MONDAY, April Stli. I*so,
TERMS:—Spelling, Reading, Writing and
j Arithmetic, $2.50 per scholar; Grammar, Ge
ography, Algebra, Philosophy, Book-keeping,
&.C., S3.UO per scholar.
Lewistown, March 29, 1850—2t
RAILROAD HOTEL,
I Opposite liewi(own,Pciina-
Jba—lt THE undersigned informs his
* I | 'MI opened the above house, located
'Ky ll, e Central Railroad, opposite
wistown, and will now be hap
py to attend to all who may favor him with their
custom. The location is such as to make it ad
vantageous to travellers to make it a stopping
place. The house is large, convenient, and well
furnished with everything necessary to make the
, traveller comfortable.
HIS TABLE
| Will be always furnished with the best the mar
ket affords, and his RAR with the BEST and
i CHOICEST LIQUORS.
THE STABLING
Attached to this establishment is extensive, and
the conveniences about are of such a nature as
; to commend themselves.
In taking charge of this commodious house, it
is the intention of the undersigned that it shall
not be surpassed by any in the country.
Persons visiting Lewistown, either on business
or pleasure, will find the RAILROAD HOTEL
an agreeable and convenient house, and during
their stay, may rely upon every attention to se
cure their comfort. JAMES ALLISON.
Granville tp., March 29, 1h50.—6t
TAILORING
j a ii i: s A . i, s LI, i: Y
RESPECTFULLY INFORM* THE PUBLIC THAT HE
, has taken the shop recently occupied by
WILLIAM MCFADDEV, in MARKET street, one
door north of Alfred Marks' Drug store, up
stairs, Lewistown, where he will continue the
above business, in all its various branches, lie
solicits a share of public custom, and promises
to devote all his time and attention to his busi
ness, ami hopes by so doing to merit encourage
ment. He will be in the regular receipt of the
fashions of each season, and prepared to make
his garments to please all who may favor bim
with a call. [March 29, 1&50—3 m
PLANK ROAD.
FIRSONS desirous of subscribing for stork
to the " Lacistoirn and Tuscarora Bridge Coin- I
pony," for the construction of a
K'lank Road
from the south end of the Bridge to the Penn
sylvania Railroad, will find books open for the
subscription of stock at the office of Francis
McCoy, Treasurer of the Cdtnpany, in the bor- i
ough of Lewistown, and at tlie Gate House at
the Bridge.
The books w ill br'kept open until the 15tb
day of April next, or until a sufficient number of '
shares shall be subscribed to justify commencing
the work. LEWIS T. WATTSON,
JAMES BURNS,
JOHN A. STERRKTT,
Committee to take up subscriptions
SAMLEI. BKI.FORD, Secretary.
Lew istown, March 29, 1850 —ta 15
TO CONTRACTORS.
V /"ILL be received at the Gate House of the
\ V " I'ticistown Sf Tnscaroru Bridge Company,''''
to the lOth day of April next, for GRADING
the ground on which to lav a PL ANK ROAD,
from the Bridge of said Company to the Penn
sylvania Railroad.
The subscribers, a committee of said Company,
will also receive proposals and contract ou the
part of the Company for
I'lank atari Slcepci's,
for the construction of the road. For kind,
quality, quantity, &e., information can be bad
from either of the subscribers.
CHARLES RJTZ, )
JAMES BURNS, J Committeo.
JOHN A. STF.RRETT, )
Lewislown, March 29, 1350—2t
W/ HITEHEAD'S ESSENCE OF MUSTARD. —
H A safe and effectual rcmedv fof* Rheu
matism, Gout, Lumbago, Palsy, Sprains, Bruises.
Chillbams, Numbness, &c. ; Judkin's Specific
Ointment, Dewee'a Celebrated Rheumatic
Nerve and Bone Liniment, or Pain Extractor;
Heyle's Embrocation for horses; Indian Hair
Dye, &.C., tor sale by
J. B. MI ICriKI.L.
Le-.vistown, march 22, 1830.
ConfectionarieSj
jVj UTS, Crackers, Raisins, Arc., at the i)ia
-1 l ntond Drug and Variety Store of
a|is A. A. BANKS.
Tobacco, Snuff and Segars
OF every description at tho Diamond Drug
and V ariety Store of
*P 5 A. A. BANKS.
THE PEOPLE
Know their Interests, and know
ing will maintain them ;
Hence when they want goods at
filiform ,
! and as low ns can be bought in the State, -they
go to
MSB nil. BROTHERS,
j because every man, woman and child in th* six
1 countie- by this tune knows that no one can
; sell lower and live. They have, with their
usual enterprise, brought up a large lot of
m3BJM 81)03)3,
< and opened them to the gaze of admiring thou
-1 sands while most of their competitors were
sleeping ever the piles of Calicoes, Ginghams,
and u hundred other articles remaining uusold
from last year's purchases. These goods were
| all selected with an eye to
Beauty, llncneiii, and Dura
bility,
and bought at prices that throw twenty per
] cent, men into the shades of oblivion. We
therefore invite our old costomers and about
C£>E£lC£s>S3,
! (being at! that we have room for at present) to
give us a call, and if we don't please ninety
nine out of every hundred in
Beauty, Quality and Trice,
there is no longer any virtue in
Cheap anil Elegant Goods.
There is no need of recapitulating what we
have, either in the
Dry Ceo Is, Grocery, or any other Line,
as it is well known that we have everything
anybody else has, and a considerable sprink
ling of neat, useful and pretty matters that
Others have not.
So let. there be no delay among those who
want the first pick—we are
IIHIVE EX; AND EQUIPPED
with an elegant yardstick, which measures
true, and in conjunction with our clerks, are
ready to wait on all the ladies and gentlemen,
whether old or young, ugly or handsome, and
make thein look, better tiian they ever did be
fore 'after being rigged out in the splendid
goods we have provided for their gratification.
Lewistown, March 29, ISSO.
COTTON YARN HOUSE
HO SUMS A: C AST WOOD,
No. Aorlh Front Street, Philadelphia,
/"VJTTON and Linen Chain, Warpa,
Tie Yarn, i.amp Wick, Cottton I-apg, Wadding, tc.
February 16, ISf-O—3>n
VfACKEREL, T
If I SHAD,
CODFISH, Constantly on hand and
SALMON, for sale by
HERRINGS, \ J. PALMER & Co.,
PORK, Market street Wharf,
HAMS &. SIDES, PHILADELPHIA.
SHOULDERS,
LARD &. CHEESE, J March 22, 1850-3 m.
SPRING MILLINERY GOODS.
JOHN STONE Sc SONS
IMPORTERS AND DEALEIfs IN
SILKS, KiBBONS, AND MILLINERY GOODS,
.\V 45 South Stroud street, Philadelphia,
\\ T OtTLD call the attention of merchants and milliners
*' visiting the city to their and rich assortmentof
5 P R IXG M ILLJXERY GOOD S,
received by late arrivals from France, suoll as
Glace Silks for eating Bonnets,
Fancy Bonnet and Cap Ribbons,
Plain Mantua and Satin Ribbons, from No. 1 to No. 12,
French and American Artificial Flowers,
White and colored Crapes, French Chip Hats,
. Fancy Nets and I.aces,
Fancy Trimmings, Quilling. Crowns, Tips,
Covered Whalebones, Buckrams, Cane, Ac.
Together with every article appertaining to the milli
nery trade. [march M— lin
1)1? J. . HITCH ELL
OFFERS his professional services to the
citizens of Lewistown and vicinity. He
can always be found at his office, in his drug
store, or at the house of Gen. Irwin, unless pro- 1
fessionally engaged. [March 15, 1850.
LEWISTOWN
Cheap Cabinet Wareroom,
.\earJ. It. McDowells's tavern, J 'alley st.
h
Tltn SUBSCRIBER invites those abut going to
housekeeping and toothers that wish to purchase
Clieap Furniture,
to call at the above mentioned Wareroom and examine
his large stock of H ell Made and Vseful Furniture of all
kinds too numerous to mention here. Among his stock
they will find an assortment of
CA N E SE A T CHAIRS,
which are sold for CASH CHEAPER than they have ever
been sold ill this place. I would draw attention to a pa
tent Fdastie Spring-Bottom Bedstead, which can be seen
in my Wareroom at anytime. It can be put up and taken
down in less time than the old plan, and without a screw
driver, and the great matter is that it forms a STRING BOT
TOM w illiout a cord or sacking, thus saving tile purchaser
the cost of those articles.
6 COFFINS made to order and funerals attended at
the shortest notice. Hither Mahogany, Cherry or Wal
nut can be had at moderate terms.
ANTHONY FELIX.
Lewistown, December I, 1549.
THE PATENT COMPOUND
WASH MIXTURE, ■
For Washing Clothes, Faint*
ed Surfaces,
And every article or thing which may require
cleansing by washing.
IT is made into a solid SOAP or in LIQUID
form. The soap will doubtless supercede
every other, and the process of washing now j
introduced, drive out of use every wash board
and machine in the land. No injury is done to ;
clothes, ?nd time, labor, and expense are saved. |
The agents for the sale of FAMILY and
COUNTY RIGHTS in this State are HENRY'
FRYKINGKR, DANIEL WISE, MARTIN
JOHNS; and in Philadelphia C. I). KNIGHT,
38 North Sixth street.
Those editors who have not yet published my
first advertisement will please omit that, and
publish this in its place, on the same terms, say
three limes for one family right. Such as have
advertised and not received a right will please
inform me.
The public ure again cautioned against un
authorised venders of rights, wbo live by pira- j
ting on others. I). M'VOY,
March 15, IS.o—(it Baltimore.
FOR PITTSBURGH.
rpHE regular Lewistown and Pittsburgh
X PACKET BOAT. W. C. PORTER, *
leave Lewistown for Pittsburgh the FIRST
WEEK IN APRIL. For passage apply to
KENNEDY <3it PORTER.
Lewistown, march 22, 1850—dt
SELLING OFF AT COST!
THE STOCK OF GOODS of the subscri
bers will be SOLD AT COST, from this
to the first of June next, consisting of
Fancy Dry Goods,
BOOTS & SHOES,
together with a large assortment of ladies'
Spring <SL Summer Wear,
in which purchasers may rent assured thev will
get UAIIGA IMS! These goods we ere of
fering 25 per cent, lower than they have ever
been sold for before for CASH. Let those who
doubt examine for themselves at the store of
KENNEDY &. PORTER.
Lewistown, march 22. 1850.
N. B.—Those who are indebted to us will
please call and settle during the month of
April, as after that time cost will be added on
every unsettled account, either of friend or fo#
NO JOKING, NOW ! K. & P.
TIN WARE! TIN WARE!!
.1. 11. SFJLHEI.IIER,
A T his old stand, on IfcARKET street, Lew-
XA istown, six doors east of the public square, ,
south side, informs the public generally, that
they will always find at his establishment, a
lfeaty Stock of Made Tp
TIX W A II E ,
of almost every variety, and offering great in
ducements to purchasers.
To COUNTRY MERCHANTS, who may
wish to lay in a stock fur sale, he will make
such reduction in price as will prove advanta
geous to them.
Thankful for the encouragement he has thus
far received, he will endeavor to deserve and
hopvs to receive a continuance of the sams.—
A good practical knowledge of his business,
and all work being made under his own per
sonal superintendence, warrants him in assur
ing the public that they will nowhere find bet
ter or cheaper. * [rmrch 22,1850 -tf
D R . J . 11. MITCHELL,
eg WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
HDRUGGIST &. CHEMIST, ||
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and'
the public generally that he is now open
ing in the new and splendid storeroom lately
occupied by W. J. Sterrett, in Market street,
Lewistown, south 6ide, a few doors above the
Hardware store of F. G. Francispus, the best
selected, purest and cheapest assortment ever
offered for sale in this place, of
Fresh Drugs and tfedieines,
French and English CHEMICALS;
Paints, Oils and Dye Stuffs ;
Varnishes, Patent Medicines, Townsend's
Sarsapariila, Concentrated Sarsaparilla,
Wislars Balsam of Wild Cherry,
Dr. Jayne's lamily Medicines,
<£e., 4-c., tjre.
Paint and Varnish Brushes ;
Native and Foreign Herbs and Extracts;
Surgical Instruments, warranted ;
Sash Tools, Window Glass, Spices, &c.;
Rousseli's Perfumery, &c., &c.
A great variety of II.EGA.VT FANCY GOODS.
HIS drugs have been purchased from L ; nn,
' Smitht &. Co., Market street, Philadelphia,
one ot the most extensive and reputable estab
lishments in that city, and every article is war
ranted to be pure and of the Jirst quality.
The profits on the sale of drugs are well
; known to be very great—often exceeding 300
per cent, on the cost—so that the present exor
bitant prices can be greatly reduced, and yet a
good profit be realized. 'The adulteration of
drugs the most valuable, (Opium, Calomel,
Quinine, <£c.,) is a most dangerous and destruc
tive, but very common, fraud, and cannot be
detected without a careful chemical analysis.
My stock h9 been selected with great care,
and I will sell drugs warranted free from all
impurity, CHEAPER THAN THE ADULTERATED
ARTICLE HAS BEEN SOLD.
All prescriptions will be made up after tha
most opprored method, and medical advice
given to purchasers WITHOUT CHARGE.
Physicians and druggists in the countrv or
neighboring towns, will be supplied on the most
liberal terms. All orders promptly filled, and
boxes aud packages of drugs, &.C., carefully
put up and forwarded.
J. B. MITCHELL,
Market street, south 6ide, three doors east of
F. G. Franciecus, JLewistown, Pa.
Lewistown, March 15, 1850.
WALTER LILLEY
RESPECTFULLY announces to HIS ou
friends, and as mauy new ones as can
make it convenient to call, tbat he has just 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
sells about twenty per cent, lower than any
Store in the East Ward. My stock consists of
a general assortment of SEAS O N ABLE
GOODS, viz:
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES
Qtieenswnre, C* las* ware ami
Hardware,
2 DM3 ilO mM t
TOBACCOS AAO SEiIAKS,
and Spies of the purest kind
Together with all the articles usually found in
a country store. •As we do not fee! able to oc
cupy the newspapers with an advertisement of
tw< or three columns, we just say to our friends
to call and see us, and if you don't purchase
from us we will not grumble.
Lewistown, Dec. 22, 1849—tf
Good News for Blacksmiths.
Iron!
fPIIF, subscriber has just received a large lot of
Irvin & Co.'s Centre county Iron on com
mission, and shall continue to keep a heavy stock
which ha will warrant, and sell at the following
prices, for cash, on delivery :
Regular assorted Iron, 31 cents.
Horse shoe do 4 do
Nail rods, 4} do
F. J. HOFFMAN.
Lewistown, March 29, 1850.
N. R.—On hand. also, a large assortment rt
SMALL IRON F. J- II