THE GAZETTE. i.L'wrsTowx. FRlDir EtBX'IK, SiY 17. T E R J|f S : O!¥E DOLLAR i*JER IN' ADVANCE. For six months, 75 cents. JCfAU AT:W subscriptions must he paid in advance. I the paper , 8 continued, and no" i Retjeg- your subscription-. Tii;' present and ensuing month closes L'lc year lor a large lumber of subscribers. 1 hose who wish to take advantage of the advance terms, had better send on (heir money, as A COLLAR will now pay for a t ear—a fart worth remembering. Xolicfs of AJifriiscmenf*. R. G. FRXNCMCVS, who is exclusively en. ragen in tae Hardware business, advertises " extensive assortment in to-day's .-.ape- Ilie stock is worthy the attention of, casf > Pur chasers. A notice (ro fn a of the Town Council explains the vote *o be taken on the question of Fire Plugs oa the loth of June. The Corner Stone of the new Lutheran •Church to be erected on tire corner of Third and Main streets, w!!( be laid with appropriate ceremonies on the sth dav of June. tO* Messrs. HICKOK& BARRETT, ofHarris burg, attend to book-binding in B very superior manner, and we recommend our friends who have magazines or books to bind to call on Mr. H ALTERS, fit tlie Democrat office—books can be forwarded and returned through him. "ICE. —The Ice Wagon will commence its regular trips on to-morrow, when those who want a share of this luxury can pro cure it at a trilling expense. To all who pay for a month at a time a liberal deduc tion will be made from established prices. No family should be without HOPPER'S .MINERAL during the warm season, as it re freshes and preserves everything that comes :r. contact with it, and hence is more con ducive to the preservation of health than all the patent medicines ever offered for sale in Lewistown. ty It will be gratify ing news to the tax payers to learn that the Legislature ad journed on Wednesday last, after being in session four months and a half. THE CABINET.— It is semi-ofliciallv an nounced in the National Intelligencer of Tuesday, that the Cabinet will remain as it now is for the present. That paper says— >* e now therefore, state, on the authority of the President, that he lends no countenance to any attempt, from what ever quarter 11 ccines, to disturb or unsettle ins administration, as it is. All the state ments or inferences to the contrary are utterly unfounded." MILITARY BOCNTY LANDS.— Several mem bers of Congress have written home that they entertain little doubt of the ultimate passage of the bill reported, granting boun ty lands to the soldiers of the war of 1812. If has been made the special order lor the 2d Tuesday in June next. It includes not only the soldiers of the late war with Great Britain, but those of the campaigns of Wayne, Harmer, Sinclair and the Indi an wars, the Seminole and Creek wars, Allegheny .5 Lebanon I Bedford and Cambria 2 Luzerne 2 Berks 4 Lehigh A Carbon 2 Bucks 3 Monroe A Pike J Jteaver, Butler and 'Mercer, Venango A Lawrence 3: Warren 3 Blair A Huntingdon 2Crawford 2 Bradford 2 Mifflin 1 ' Chester 3,Montgomery 3 Cumberland 2 Northampton 2 Centre ] Northumberland I Clearfield, Elk and d'errv J M'Kean ] Philadelphia City 4 Clarion, Armstrong \ 41 County 11 and Jefferson 3 Somerset 1 Columbia A Montour 1 Schuylkill 2 Dauphin 2 Susquehanna, Sulli- DeJaware 1 van A Wyoming 2 Erie 2 Tioga * 1 Washington 2 Wayne 1 Greene 1 Westmoreland and Franklin 2 Fayette 4 Indiana 1 Union A Juniata 1 Lycoming, Clinton, Vork 3 and Potter 2< On the 1/itb the Senate proceeded to the election of a Speaker, and on the sixth hallot Mr. McCasiin, of Crcene county, was elected. In the 1 loupe, Mr. Smyser offered to place certain reasons on tha Journal, in relation to the vote on the Apportionment Bill, signed by the Whig members present. We shall publish this document in our next. It gives at length the reasons which impelled the Whig members to vote for the bill, under a conviction that nothing like a fuirone could be obtained, end because they feared that eomc desperate men desired that the Legislature should adjourn without passing an apportion ment bill—a result fraught with dangerous consequence*. A message from the Dovcrnor was received, stating that he hud approved the Apportionment dill. 1 Ins was accompanied with tin explana tory message, stating that he had signed the bill with great reluctance, and complaining that his former suggestions i.t regard to constitu tionality had been entirely He j preterm, however, that the fa.il should become l '.ii'olZg" PrC ' 1 "" "' 8 IX ' ,l " ,re j Having charter.-,I Unie enouali i„ 3 „r 1" j . generation with bank rags, created I Monopolies, and squandered "P on I tllousa nds. this beautiful specimen > a !oc ofoca legislature who were to do mcJcfi ,or i people, finally adjourned^' ~ jS OF CO.VOREBS. PROfKe Senate proceeded to con ~ On the 'the bill to admit Califue*" 1 ' nto lt,e eideraveri " ,,e,llK f° r Up Mexico and Utah, niuk j"S proposals Texas for the •eUl#" c,u of her VVeat *rn and Northern boundar 5 -I*- 1 *- MR. CLAY R- OCEET L E< * w a statement of the sentiment* prevailing in the Committee at their severs' meetings ;eaeh member of the Commit ter, if left to himself, probably would have pre sented a different report from that now under consideration. He was at one time himself in the minority, lie had not, however, been, and was not now discouraged—but indulged the hope that every member of the Committee would cast his final vote in favor of the recommenda tions of the report. He felt assured that (he only adjustment which could be made upon the disturbing questions by Congress, must be made upon some such basis as that reported. The crisis had arrived, and he could not but indulge the hope that after full consideration and delib eration, the report now presented for settling the difficulties and avoiding the impending dan gers would receive the full approval and con currence of the Senate. I With reference to the first point reported, up on the admission of new States, to be formed out of Texas, each member expressed himself ready to fulfil the compact made with Texas, in the "resolution of annexation. Upon the next point—the admission of California a9 a State— there was great difference of opinion. The first objection to her admission under her pres ent constitution, was that she came with two representatives, without any evidence being pre sented showing that siie had a population entit ling her to two representatives. This objection was removed by reference to the course pursued in the case of Georgia and of Texas, and by a proper understanding of the amount of popula tion necessary to entitle a State to such repre sentation. It was not necessary that a State should have double the population necessary to entitle her to a single representative, before she could elect two representatives. She was en titled to the second representative, whenavar she had an excess over the seventy thousann of a moiety. By reference to reliable statistics, Mr. Clay showed that the population of Califor nia on the first of March, was not less than one hundred and thirty-six thousand, and expressed his belief that the new State was ampir entitled to the representation she claimed. Upon the subject of the limits of California, there had been a difference of opinion in the Committee. Frst, a portion of the Committee were desirous of running a line through Califor nia at thirty-six thirty. This was objected to, and finally a majority of the Committee were in favor of a line at 3;"> 30, but when the ques tion came to the final vote, a majority of the Committee voted against the division of the es tate. In this connection, Mr. Clay submitted some remarks, for the purpose of show ing the impracticability of establishing slavery in any part of California. He also answered the objection that Califor nia carne here, having erected a State govern ment, w ithout prior legislation by Congress, and expressed his conviction that none of the objec tions which had been urged ought to be sufficient to cau-e California to be remanded Lack to the territorial condition. lie next proceeded to contrast the various plans suggested for the settlement of the dis turbing questions which agitate the country, lie first alluded to tiic President's policy of ad mitting California, and doing nothing for Utah and New Mexico. The Committee co-operated with the President tn his first recommendation. A failure to legislate for the territories would he unjust to their inhabitants, to whom we were hound by treaty stipulations to give tLe protec tion of law and order. Was it discharging our duty to say, let those people go, they will take caie of themselves, no doubt, and "w hen they are ripe for a State Government, we will admit them into the Union ? lie wa- gratified to be able to say. that a great change in public senti ment had taken place since the commencement of the session. The glorious North, and the no less glorious South, had come to the rescue. Public sentiment had changed. The passions of men were modified, and had the present state of the public heart and mind existed at the commencement of the session, he did not helieve that the President would have contented himself with a recommendation for the admission of California. He believed there was no diversity of opinion in the Committee, upon the question of establishing these Govern ments. All agreed that it was right and proper to establish them, or at least to make the at tempt. The Committee had not inserted in the hill, in relation to the Texas boundary, the sum pro posed to be paid to Texas for the relinquishment of the portion of the territory claimed by her. They had preferred to postpone the insertion of the amount proposed until the question should come to be taken upon the passage of the hill with a view to prevent, as much as possible, speculations in the k toek market, founded there on. Mr, Clay proceeded in reply to Mr. lier.ton, to defend the combination of the California Terri tories and Texas boundary measures in one bill, contending that it was parliamentary, re publican, democratic and expedient. Ile showed the provisions in the constitution of Louisiana, and other Slate*, forbidding the uniting of two or more measures in one bill, to be productive of great inconvenience and embarrassment in legislation, and argued that the carrying out of such a principle was not expedient or profitable. There was nothing objectionable in the associa tion of measures—nothing repulsive to the dig nity of California, in uniting her admission with the laws for the preservation of the lives, pro perty. peace and happiness of her neighbors, fie also cited numerous precedents, for the pur pose of showing that the process of " lacking," as it is railed in England, is a very common one in Congressional legislation, and that it was therefore made parliamentary hereby universal consent and adoption. In the course of an explanation of a clause in the territorial bill prohibiting the territorial lcgislatuie from legislating in respect to Afri can slavery , Mr. Clay reiterated his full convic tion that slavery is abolished throughout New Mexico by the edict of a dictator—the constitu tion of the people, and the act of their legisla ture. The provision alluded to in the territori al bill would leave the Mexican law in full force, while at the same time it gave the legis lature power to act as might be deemed proper. He next proceeded to explain arid advocate the bill reported by the Committee in relation to the recapture of fugitive slaves. He believed that t>o State suffered so much from the escape of slaves as did the State of Kentucky, and yet he anticipated from that State, entire satisfaction with the measure proposed by the Committee. In the course of his remarks upon this measure, Mr. Clay alluded to Mr. Seward's position, as tlio advocate of a higher—a divine law—class ing him with those who composed the Garrison meeting in New York, last week, where, as he said, Moses and all the prophets were rejected, anil the. name of the Saviour reviled and con temned. Having classed Mr. Seward with such men, he appealed to the people to say whether that was a source from which to receive the ex position i hi/her—a divine law I.astly, .vi r. (Ti'iv > olition of the slavf 'tf'a<'p erC \' "'® P ro P<>so.J - i>-.u.e, he beliefed < J C ''riiGunrg Handolph of " ,a Souther. —Jpnty had been ,oke: a d Ke' e " ' ;tv ' ol " •"tject hec-nencr4V' >rL,ia * S ° ? e " un wou.'d not have fe upo " aS a g 'T a l co,,ce *- of its abo|)V-**'> " ut now lie not,ce(l t,,al som(: j Abolition papers pronounced it as 4%ere nothing. j„ conclusion, Mr. Clay expressed his convic /ton that the propositions of the Committee would yet succeed. He would almost stake his existence that if presented to the people to morrow, it would receive an almost unanimous approval. He submitted a few observations in condemnation of the Wilmot Proviso, comment ing upon its nselessness and impropriety, and concluded with an eloquent appeal to the Senators to lay aside all personal, party, and sectiona' considerations, and come to the resrue of the Union from danger, by the final disposi tion of the disturbing elements. 03r Wo are glad to perceive that the Phil adelphia Daily News is at Jast receiving somc pntronage from the (Jeueral Government The locofocos of Juniata county held a meeting on Tuesday of last week, and appointed Wm. P. Cooper Senatorial, and Dr. E. D. Craw ford Representative Delegate to the Williams port Convention, with instructions to support KCHRAIM BANKS, Esq., of Mifilin county, for Auditor General. The Whigs of Juniata county held a meeting ou the same evening, and appointed JAMES M. SELLER* representative delegate, and recom mended A. K. M'CLERK as Senatorial. The nomination of the latter gentleman will no doubt be concuired in by this county, and thus render a conference meeting unnecessaiy FATHER MEEK. —This rampant representative of Centre county, a sort of local preacher we believe, recently gave another exhibition of his political sanctity, which is thus de>eribcd in the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin : "Of course, you have often heard of Father Meek, the representative from Centre. This gentleman takes considerable credit to himself as being the author of a rule which opens the House of Representatives with morning prayer. Mr. Meok is occasionally called upon to officiate in the performance of this salutary practice, and yesterday introduced an appeal to Divine Providence that ' the present session of the Legisla ture may be brought to a speedy close!' 1 An hour or two after, a resolution was introduced by a whig member (Mr. Killinger) fixing an early day for adjournment, and Lather -Meek ruled against it So you see we have lots of precious fun—if it he at the sacrifice of old fashioi ed consistency.' 1 Banking uf Longonerkrr, fcrubb & fo. We mentioned last week, says the Lancaster Tribune, that an act of the Legislature, passed a few weeks ago, prohibited banks or their offi cers from being concerned, either directly or in directly, in the establishment or continuance of agencies for the circulation of their paper, and th3t in consequence of this enactment, it would become necessary to discontinue the agencies recently established at Hollidaysburg and Lew istowti. Since then, the legislature has suspen ded the operation of the law to far as regards the office uf LOHOEN'ECKER, GRCBB A Co., at Lewi stow n, and that office will now be contin ued as heretofore. To the citizens of Lewis town, who manifested a deep interest in its con tinuance, this will be gratifying news. Hon. JAMES M. Powna, whose health for some months has been rapidly declining, died at the residence of his sister in Allegheny city, on Sunday evening lest. He was on his return home from the West Indies, whither he had gone with the hope uf improving his health, arid at our last previous accounts had reached Louis ville, w here he w as obliged to suspend his jour ney. Mr. Power was in the prime of manhood, his age being but 35, and enjoyed the friendship and esteem of a large circle of personal and political friends. Mrs. FRAKCESSARGENT OSGOOD, widely known as a poetess of more than usual merit and worth died in New York on Sunday afternoon She was about 40 years of age, and occupied a de servedly high Jiteary position, which had been honestly and laboriously won. Words worn ii, the celebrated English poet, the associate of Coleridge and Southey, and father of the I,nkr School, died at his residence on the 22d ultimo, at the advanced age of 80 years. Iu Pittsburgh on Wednesday last, two sisters were brought before Mayor Barker, in a beastly state of intoxication. The Mayor sent for the man who sold the liquor, and imposed upon liiiu two $5 fines. MAHTI AND CONTENTION. —The vote in Mary land on the question of a convention to revise the constitution, is very strongly in favor of the measure. In 12 counties the vote stands 20,27(1 for the convention, and 2,284 against it. NEW JAII..—A contract has been entered into for the construction of a new jail at Gettysburg, (Pa.) It will cost fes,6lo. Whig and Loroforo legislation. In IHI7, says the Harrishurg Tele graph, the Whigs had a majority in both branches of the I legislature. The session ended on the lfith of March, all thebusi- ness being done. In 1850 the Loe.ofocos bad a majority in both branches of the Legislature. They have already been in session two months longer than the Whigs were in 1817, aud liave not yet done the business. The Whig Legislature of 1817 saved to the State more than TWHNTV TIIOUSA N 1> DOLLARS, compared with the expenses of ordinary sessions; while the present Locofoeo Legislature have already cost the State (JiNK IIUNDRLD I HOL LAND DOLLARS more than that of IHI7. Let the TAX-I'A N EES and those who earn their money by the sweat of their brow. REMEMBER THESE FACTS, and treasure them tip for the seeond Tuesday ol October next. ...rehouse, living near arrested a few days ago, tmmm ■Mm having whipped his son. a lad 10 j old, until he died. The Law against Sinaii Wtea< The following important sections in relation to small notes are contained in the new act reg ulating Banks, which became a law on the llilh of April, and goes into effect on the Silst of August next: Section 48. That from and after the twenty first day of August, 18.">0, it shall not he lawful for any person or persons, corporation or body corporate, directly or indirectly, to issue, pay out, or cause to be issued, paid out, passed, exchanged, circulated or transferred, any bank note, note, bill, certificate, or any acknowledg ment of indebtedness whatsoever, purporting to be a bank note, or of the nature, character or appearance of a bank note, or calculated for circulation us a bank note, issued, or purporting to be issued by any bank or incorporated com pany, or association of persons, not located in Pennsylvania, of less denomination than live dollars ; every violation of the provisions of this section by any corporation or body corporate, shall subject luch corporation or body corporate to the payment of five hundred dollars ; and any violation of the provisions of this section by any public officer holding any ollicc or appointment of honor or profit under the constitution and laws of this state, shall subject such officer to the payment of one hundred dollars ; and any violation of this section by any other person, not being a public officer, shall subject such person to the payment of twenty-five dollars, one half of which, in each case above mention ed, shall go to the informer, and the other half to the county in which the suit is brought, and may be sued for and recovered as debts of like amount are now by law recoverable in any ac tion of debt, in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as well L,r the. use of the pro per county as for the person suing. Section 49. That in addition to the civil pen alties imposed for a violation of the provisions of the last preceding section, every person who shall violate the provisions of that "section, shall he taken and deemed to have committed a mis demeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof in any criminal court in this commonwealth, be j fined in any sum not less than one dollar, and not more than one hundred dollars ; and the several courts of quarter sessions shall, in their charges to the grand jury, call tlieir attention to this subject; and it shall be the duty of the sev eral grand juries to make presentment of any person within their respective counties, who may be guilty of a violation of the provisions of the last preceding du'y of the several constables and other peace officers within this commonwealth, to make in formation against any person guilty of such vio lation, and they shall be sworn so to do : Provi ded, That it shall be necessary, in any civil suit or criminal prosecution under this section, and the last preceding section, to produce, in evi dence, the charter of any batik, or articles of association of any company, not located in thi> state. If the provisions of this bill can be enforced, we tnay be freed from the small notes of other states now in circulation. Peace officers here after, it would seem from the last section, in stead of swearing to support the Constitution and Laws, must swear to the support of those documents in geuieral and Laud's bank bill in particular. CORNER STONE. riAHE CORNER STONE of the new Lu -1- theranChurch will belaid on WEDNES DAY, the sth day of June next. The services will commence at JO o'clock, A. M. Several Clergymen from a distance are expected to be in attendance. The usual collection will be tnkon up to aid the congregation in the erection ct the edifice. The public are respectfully in vited to be present on the occasion. Lewtsiown, may 17, 1850. FIRE PLUGS. TMIL following is a copy of an Agreement pro -1 posed to be entered into by the late Borough authorities and Water Company, but which not having been signed, the present Burgess and 1 own Council refer to a vote of the people, and will govern themselves according to that decis ion : AGREEMENT made and concluded this 4th , day of March, A. D. 1850, between the Lewis town Water Company of the first part, and the ; Burgess and Town Council of the Borough of j I.ewistown of the secood part, witnesseth that the said Lewistown Water Company agrees to erect not less than eight, and not exceeding | twelve Fire Plugs, iu addition to those already : erected, in such places in the Borough of Lew • istown as may be selected by the Burgess and I I own Council of the Borougli of Lewistown. The said fire plugs, as well as those already j erected, are to be under the control and care of I the said Water Company, who are to keep the same in good repair,except w here the same may be broken or injured in any way for the purpose of getting water to extinguish tires, in which case all necessary repairs arc to be made at the i expense of said Borough of Lewistown. In consideration whereof the said Borough of i Lewistown agrees to pay the said Lewistown Water Company an annual rent of three dollars j for each fire plug by them erected in the Borough of Lewistown, as well as for all those already erected as for those now agreed to be erected ; which said sum of three dollars is hereby agreed upon by said parties as the water rent to be j. charged and paid for the water used out of each fire plug for the extinguishing of fires in said j borough, be the same more or less. Witness the hand of the President of said I Lewistown Water Company and the Seal of said j Company—Also the hand of the Chief Burgess 1 ; of said Borough and the Seal of said Borough, the day and year aforesaid. This contract to continue for the term of ttn years from the first day of April, 1850—at which time a new eon tract is to be etUtred into in regard to the said wa ter rent. fC?" The Election will Le held at the Town Hall on Saturday, June ff, between the hours i of 9 A. M. and til' 1 . M., and it is understood that I those who vote "FOR FIRE PLUGS" are in favor of paying rent to the Water Company as : provided in the Agreement, and that those who vote "AGAINST FIRE PLUGS" are opposed to the payment of such rent as is provided for in 1 said Agreement. DAVID BLOOM, JOHN LEVY, DAVID WASSOV, Lewistown, May 17, IKMMe Committee. DOW N, !U V NI) ER SEE & CO.'S Cast Iron, Revolving, Wall and Cistern Pumps.— An assortment of these highly celebrated and i cheap pumps daily expected. All information | in regard to capacity and service of these pumps will be given bv F. Pure White Lead, at £2.00 per kg 40 gals. Flaxseed Oil, at £I.OO per gallon, by inw ITif F. G. FRANCISCUS. BUILDERS of houses will find the latest styles of Ixicks, Latches, &c., of superior quality and finish, tor sale bv malTtf F. G. FRANCISCUS. ("i UPPER KETTLES,|B to 30 J Iron do Brass do by maltTf F. G. FRANCISCUS. 1 A doz. Saddle Trees, 300 lbs. Deer's Hair, 111 120 gross Buckles, 300 yds. Cotton Girth ing, 200 yds. Straining Webb, for sale by inylTtf F. G. Franciscis. SHOE THREAD, Boot Loeere. Kitt Files Shoe Hammers, Pincets, 0 to 5; all kinds of Boot and Shoe Kitt for men and ladies wear for sale at ell times by F. G. Franciscc®. Cast Steel. SANDERSON, Bros & Co.'sShear,Spring, Cuuntrv mid English, at lowest prices, b} malTtf F. G. FRANCISCUS. Saws 5 Chisels, &c. SPEAR & JACKSON'S, Wade &. Ditch er's Cross cut and Panel, always on hand bv tn.ilTtl F. G. FRANCISCUS. 1 A yards Plain and Figured Patent Canvas*. | l|| 50 yds. Gum Cloth. 15 yds. Pearl Drab lt/V (j| ot h i 17*2 yds. Head Lining and Cur tain StutT. assorted qoalitiea and widths, forsale malTtf by F. G. Fkasciscvs. To I'aiiittTs and Glaziers. Id lbs. Putty, 300 lbs. Whit ing, Chrome """/ Green, Chrome Yellow, Litherage. Terra Sierra, Red Lead, Vermillion, (English.)