THE GAZETTE.
LEWISTOWN, PA.
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY M, 1850.
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nine months, $2.00.
COUNTY MEETING.
The Whigs of Milllin county are re
quested to assemble at MOVER'S HOTEL, on
Salurd.ty Kvrsiiiiff, .Isine 8,
1850, for the purpose of appointing dele
gates to the State Convention to be held on
the 19th of that month. A Canal Com
missioner, Auditor General, and Surveyor
General are to be nominated.
fit/ order of the Count// Committee.
Renew yonr Subscription*.
The present and ensuing month closes
the year for a large number of subscribers.
Those w ho wish to take advantage of the
advance te;ms, had better send 011 their
money, as A DOLLAR w ill now pay for a
year—a fact worth remembering.
f- " The steamer Europa arrived at Hal
ifax 011 the 20th, with dates from Liverpool
to the 11th inst. The markets for cotton
and produce were firm. M'ith the excep
tion of the settlement of the difficulties
between Greccc and England there is no
news of moment.
CtC The Buccaneering System which
existed in the ITthand 1 Sth centuries, and
finally resulted in piracy, seems to be re
xived in the expedition against Cuba.-
'1 hen, as now, the adventurers comprised
men of all nations, who made common
cause against the Spaniards, robbing, plun
dering and too oltcn murdering, all who
resisted. The civilized world found it
necessary lor its own safety to put them
down, but many years elapsed before the
iruits ot such lawless arts were extirpated
from the seas and islands of the M'est Indies.
JOHN L. ( 'AREY, Esq., for a number
ot years editor of that excellent journal
the Baltimore American, has become asso
ciated with ALLEN A. H ALL, Esq., in the
editorship of the Republic. Mr. Carey is
a writer whose graceful sarcasms have often
made old Ritchie leel uneasy,and being
now within arm's length of the " organ,"
will doubtless cause it to play come rich air.
Raising of Salarlrn.
The Ilarrisburg Telegraph calls atten
tion to the tact that the late Legislature be
came extremely liberal with the people's '
money after they voted themselves three
dollars a day for the whole session. They
raised the salaries of the Canal Commis
sioners from three to fot/r dollars per day,
and those of all the heads of departments ;
but the Governor being a Whig, was
deemed unworthy of the liberality extend
ed to others, and was therefore left with
the .salary as it was cut down by the re
form bill.
EF* The Wings of Ohio have nominated
M ILLIA.M JOHNSTON, of Cincinnati, as their
candidate for Governor. The Johnstons
are a formidable band, and this one seems
to be of the same kin as our Governor.—
in his answer, after stating that the position
was one neither to be sought nor declined,
lie say s, " a very few days will suffice to
make mv arrangements, and then 1 s'nali
take the stump."
? Ihe Juniata Seritinei gives the par
ticulars of a distressing suicide in Milfiin
town on Tuesday of last week. The rash
act was committed by Mr. A DRAY GETZ.
and is supposed to have been caused bv
pecuniary difficulties. lie attached a short
rope to a steeple about four or fi\c feet
from the floor, and there, in a sitting pos
ture, hung himself. He was a young man
in the prime of life, and leaves a w ife and
child to mourn his loss.
Tar G. G. fspoTswoou. Esq., has been
appointed Agent fyr the Telegraph Station
at this place. The office, we understand,
will be opened in a few weeks.
i be village of Corning, in Steuben county,
New }ork, on the line of the trie Railroud,
has been nearly destroyed by fnc. The fire
occurred on Saturday, in the Corning and Blosa
burtr Depot, which consumed all t:e business
portion ot the village from the Clinton House
to the lower cud of the village, destroying pro
perty to tl,(j amount oi over three hundred thou
ra nl dul< art. I h*re is net a store, grocery,
bank or any other building left, except two
public houses and what few private residences
there were in the west end of the village-
Toe Elu.ira fire companies wont to their aid,
but could not save the property. The town is
tituate or. the Chemung river, and has a popo
.stion of over a thousand person*.
THE G \I.PHIN < 'LAIM. —The Committee
appointed to investigate this matter have
reported, and the facts nu which all agreed
are as follows:
The Committee have not been able to discover
any evidence that Gov. Crawford evci availed
himself of his otlicial position, or of the social
relations it established between himself and the
other members of the Cabinet, to influence the
favorable determination of this claim.
The claim was never the subject of Cabinet
deliberation, and it is due to candor and to truth
that the Committee should express their convic
tion, that nothing has been disclosed by the tes
timony to induce them to believe that the Sec
retary of the Treasury, or the Attorney General,
was aware until the claim was adjudicated, that
Gov. Crawford had agency or interest in it.
There was nothing unusual in the circumstances
; attending the adjustment or payment of the j
principal or interest of this claim, or any depar
ture from the ordinary course of business in the
Treasury Department.
As to tire claim itself tho committee are
divided in opinion. One portion contends
that the claim was not a just one, and that !
the law did not authorize the payment of
interest, although the words expressly say
that whatever is "justly due" shall be paid. I
l our others say that the claim, principal
and interest, is just. With the further
statement that a locofoco Congress passed
the act directing the Secretary to examine
the claim and pay what was justly due—that
James K. Polk signed it—that .Mr. Polk's
Secretary of the Treasury paid the princi
pal and held the matter of interest under
advisement, we leave our readers to deter
mine whether the locofoco papers have not
overstepped the bounds of truth and justice,
and exhibited an over-anxious desire to be
stow unmerited censure on Gen. Tavlor
and his Cabinet.
J7* We are indebted to the Hon. Mm.
M. MEREDITH, Secretary of the Treasury,
; for a bound volume of his interesting I to
port on the Finances ; to Hon. Mr. CALVIN
for the first volume of the Message and
Accompanying Documents; and to Hon.
JAMES COOPER and others for similar favors.
Mr. Meredith's report gives incontrovert
ible testimony that the Tariff for Protec
tion does not increase the price, to the peo
ple who purchase and use, the manufac
tured article, as is contended by the locofo
co press. To illustrate this truth he fur
nishes tabular statements, from one of
which "showing the effects of American
competition in the reduction of prices,"
we extract the following important facts :
Cut nails, (of which none were imported)
were supplied in 1835—'3t>-*37, and '3B at
6 cents per pound ;in *39 at ;in '4O
at 5: ; in *4" at 4 ■ ; in *43 and '44 at 4 \ ;
in *45 at 4+ ; in '4(i-'47 and '4B at 4 J ;
and in 1849 at 4 cents per (round. Thus
showing that for 14 years the price had
gradually fallen. Sad irons, all imported
prior to the Tariff of 1812, sold at 5 to 0
cents per pound. When that act enabled
American Industry and ingenuity to enter
the market—from 1842 to 1849—the price
yearly declined from 5; cents per pound
to 3i. The same result took place with
axes, hollow ware, screws, hnt-hing( s
pins, files, Arc., clearly demonstrating that
our labor once protected, not only excludes
the product of foreign labor, but that as
we perfect our machinery, and systematise
and organise our plans of operation, our
citizens are furnished with the same arti
cles at a less price : while our own deserv
ing sons, as a just reward for their toil, en
joy enduring competency. Similar tables,
in relation to the manufacture of Cotton j
and Woollen Goods prove that the same
result is true in that branch of industry.
——
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in New York. As an illustrated historical
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Good, for witchcraft, at Salem, 150 years ago, i
ao graphically described by John Neal, is here
, presented (from a spirited original design by
Matteson) iria large and finely wrought picture
occupying an entire page of the Jonathan.
"Raising the First Liberty Pole," is another
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printed in a la aut.ful script running hand, and
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Price cents.
• 'J'HE STUDENT: a Family MISCELLANY and
j Monthly School Reader," for May, 1850, from
the same press, is en admirable periodical,
which ought to be extensively circulated.
, " THE Sroay ov A FAMILY :by the author of
ill" Maiden Aunt." published at the office of
_ j the L:\tng Age, Boston, nnd by Getz & Buck,
No. Hurls Buildings, Philadelphia, is un in.
; tcresting work
The February, March, April. May end June I
numbers ot SKA AS' PICTORIAL FAMHA MAOA
ziNfc have been received.
Ttir fubau Ivpedillon.
Tliere is no longer ariv doubt that the attempt
is to lie made—if it has not already been com
menced —to wrest the island of Cuba from the
Spanish authorities. The first of the expedi
tion has already sailed, numbering some four or
five thousand men, most of whom, as well as
officers in command, were engaged in the Mex
ican war. With this force, at the head of
j which is Gen. Narciso Lopez, it is proposed to
effect a landing, immediately after which an
equal if not a larger force, now in rapid course
of organization, will be despatched to their aid.
It is said that 10,000 men have already been
enlisted, and that the advance portion have 100
pieces of artillery. The second expedition, it
is said, is to be under the command of Genera)
Quitman. The whole affair line been conduct
| ed with great secrecy, and with more careful
calculation and preparation than the last; but
notwithstanding this secrecy, the Spanish au
thorities have taken alarm, and are prepared to
give the invaders a stout resi&tancw, so that the
island, if it is to be conquered, can be so only af
ter a most desperate conflict, for the Spanish
troops are for the most part well disciplined
and brave.
1 ho adventurers calculate Inrgeiy upon aid
I from the inhabitants of Cuba, to whom as well
as to the army, Gen. Lopez has issued addresses,
declaring his purposes to be to liberate the isl
and. and inviting their co-oporatiun. He ap
peals to the soldiers as their former General,
and invites them to join his standard. We
learn also, from a reliable source, that the
schism which has heretofore existed between a
portion of the patriots of Cuba and Gen. Lopez,
in consequence of objections to Gen. Lopez's
plan, has been healed, (Jen. ],. having con
vinced them of the entire feasibility of the plan
he proposes, and that the Consrjo Cubar.o,
which is composed oi a large number of the
most wealthy and distinguished portion of the
Creole Cuban population, is now moving with
energy in order to raise and organize an addi
tional force of 5,000 men, to co-operate with
Gen. Lopez. For this purpose 1,000 at and of
arms of different descriptions have been pur
chased, and are now in the possession of the
agents of the Consrjo Cuba no, which body has
delegated Sr. i'edro de Aguero to make ail ne
cessary arrangements in this country to pro-
•mote their designs.
In accordance with our treaty stipulations,
the President has directed a naval force to pro
ceed to Cuba and prevent any band of men or
ganized in the United States from landing.
UNION COCVTY.—The Wingscf Union coun
ty assembled in county meeting at New Ber
lin, on the 14' ii instant, and appointed Col. A.
K. McClure, of Juniata county, the Senatorial
Delegate, and Robt. V. Glover the Representa
tive Delegate to represent them in the neat
June State Convention, with instructions to
support Gideon J. Bail, Esq , fcr Auditor Gen
eral. A committee,consisting of Ner Middies
warth, John \V lit and George F. Nuller, Esqrg.,
was appointed to request the Hen. Joseph Ca
sey to reconsider his determination not again
to be_a candidate for Congress.
THE APPORTIONMENT BILL.
MBOBAUB OJ OOV. JOIINSToS— Hlti IIKASONS Vtlß
APpauviM> ir.
To t u fienotr and House of RtprtutUalirts of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Gcmtlemkm —The Bill entitled " An Act to
fix the Dumber of Senators and Representatives
and form the Stale tuto Districts in pursuance
of the provisions of the Constitution," has re
ceived my approval, and, therewith, become t.
law.
1 have .signed this bill with great reluctance,
and feel that n brief statement of the peculiar
circumstances m winch i have been placed will
furnish sat let ictcrv reasons for my action thereon.
The Constitution requires the apportionment
of ttie State to be made by the present Legis
lature; that duty was the most important dc
j volvin<j upon your honorable bodies, and its
omission would have been a gross wrong to the
people whose confidence in your wisdom and
patriotism had induced them to invest you with
the powers and trusts of Representatives. A
failure to perforin this oath-bounded obligation
| would have produced wide spread excitement
and alarm, and would, if the voice of passion
and prejudice was heard and obeyed, have re
sulted m great outrage to the peace and pros
j perity of our beloved Common wealth.
It is fair to presume, that tor some valid rea
son, a bill tor the purpose of districting the
State was delayed in its presentation tome un
til the 4th day of April iast, being a period of
three months and four days after the meeting
ot the Legislature. This bill i could not ap
prove, and to prevent any unnecessary delay
in the transaction of the public business, within
five dayu, to wit, on theOthof April, 1 returned
the same 'o the house of Representatives, in
which i originated, with my objections de
tailed, in as euccinct a torm as it was possible
for me to put them. From that time until the
llth day of May, beiug a period of more than
one month, no other bill for a similar purpose
was presented to the Executive Department.
At 4 o'clock yesterday evening, within loss
than "4 hoursof the tune fixed by both branches
ot the Legislature for final adjournment, the
act now under consideration was presented to
mr, thus allowing the Executive less than half
a day tor the consideration of a measure to the
i deliberation and construction whereof a co-or
dinate branch of the government had devoted,
among other leas important measures, upwards
of lour months.
1 WHS thus suddenly called upon cither to
approve the bill presented to me, or by refusal,
permit the great constitutional injunction, re
quiring the apportionment to be made at this
j session, to be neglected and disregarded, or, as
an extreme measure, to call together the As
sembly by Proclamation, to enable them toper
form a constitutional duty, theobiigation where
of they knew existed at the time of their ad
journment.
I believed that a refusal to sign the bill might
be productive of great injury to the Common
wealth, disturb the peace of I lie community,
spread confusion and outrage over the land, and
possibly do violence to the great charter ot our
liberties. The re assembling by Proclamation,
of the present Legislature might, and most
probably would, have resulted in the adoption
ot no practical measures, while the moneys of
a t'tx-burthened people would be unnecessarily
consumed.
i I had most disl inctly informed the Legisla
ture of the inequalities of the former bill. I
1 had suggested doubts of tiie constitutional it j'
I of its' provisions, and had expiessed a decided
disapprobation of the policy of connecting
; counties in forming Representative districts;
then, as now, believing that it wa anti-Repub
l lican in its conception, and well calculated to
i remove the jus-t responsibility of the Kepresen
j tative, a fatal error in a Republican Govern
j ment. That these suggestions had no influ
i ence upon the Legislature is apparent by the
unnecessary connection, by the present bill, of
| the counties of Fayette, and Westmoreland, of i
Armstrong, Clarion and Jefferson, and many
! others that might be enumerated. It is equal
ly manifest that the remarks in relation to
counties created since 1790, have produced no '
j impression.
In tint message, without the slightest wish i
to regard the preponderance of political parties,
I my views of a fait and equitable apportionment
' were eiven to the Legislature. From the ap
parently entire disregard of rny suggestions ::i
j the construction of the present bill, 1 could not
. expect to find, f rom a continuation of your ses
! sion, any change in the opinions of members, j
and hence was fore d to believe that all efforts
on my part to carry into efft ct the spirit of the
Constitution, as I understood it. would prove
abortive in reconciling the dissimilar sentiments
entertained upon tiie subject.
Impressed with tfie conviction that it was
unsafe to have no legislation on the subject, and
that the continuation ot your session or your >
re-assemblage would result, for the reasons
stated, in the enactment of no more equitable
law than the present, 1 have felt it to be better,
i under the circumstances, to give my assent
thereto, and although it is far from being such
legislation as I could have desired, it is infinite
ly prel'etnhle to the infliction of the wrong
upon popular institutions that might, and most
probably would, have resulted from your separ
ation without the passage of any law on tiie
subject.
In my humble judgement PO gross an infrac
tion of the Constitution would leave the lives,
reputation and property of the citizen without
the protection and safety guarantied Ly a faith
ful observance of the organic iavv.
This statement is submitted, that my fellow
citizens may know the realms, that have influ
enced me to sign a bill which, I feel is not
equitably just to ail sections of the State, and
which does injustice to the great party with
whom I have the honor to concur in political
partialities. W.M. F. JOHNSTON.
LXKCI TIVK CUAMBKR. {
Harrisburg, .May 15, ISSO. j
Corraspomience of the Gazette.
HALTIMHRK, May 21, 1600.
.MR. EDlTOß:—Considerable time having'
elapsed since 1 lust communicated the " sav
ings and doings" of the " .Monumental Citv,"
I presume your readers will not take it amiss
it 1 once more intrude upon your columns. The
spring trade having neariy subsided, many of
our wholesale merchants are " lying on their
oars; yet the city presents a stirring business
aspect peculiar to the season.
Ihe Methodist Protestant General Confer
ence is now in session here, and has been for
twelve days arduously engaged in the transac
tion of various busmen connected with the
welfare of the church.
Several distinguished Hungarians, Major
\ andor, and Captains Szabo, Serle, and Udvar
cly, arrived in this city during last week, on
their way to the South, where a large number
of refugees have taken up their residence un
der the fostering care ot Republican itj-titu
tions They are fierce looking fellows.
A fata; accident occurred on Saturday even
ing last, about nine miles from this place, on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. An intoxi
cated man, was lying wall ins head on the
track, and not being perceived by the engineer
until too late to stop the train, fie was run over
and instantly killed. No one knew hint, nor
could anything be found about his person tfiat
woild discover his name. lie was evidently
an Irishman, of about forty-five years of age.'
About two weeks ago, a man named Foes,
living on the corner of Franklin and Grean
streets, while laboring under mental aberration
deliberately cut his throat, almost totally sev
ering the jugular vein. Physician, were im
mediately called in, and it was lound tfiat he
had not committed the deed effectually enough
to produce instant death ; but it was believed
that nothing coulcj save his life. Since that
lie has been lying in agony ot mind as well as
body, the physicians being unwilling to sew
up the gash, for fear of thereby producing
death. He is unable to converse, but writes
fns ideas and wishes upon a slate, nnd his food
is given him through the opening in hi? throat,
instead of his mouth. He seems verv anxious
to live, but poor hopes are entertained ot his
recovery.
No less than three men were arrested dur
ing last week, charged with assaulting and
beating their wives. I suppose these are ex
amples of the "true love," which it is said,
"never runs smooth." They were each com
milted to jail, to learn, by twenty-four hours
reflection, to behave bolter in future.
A German, named John Pesze, who arrived
in this city a lew days ago, was waylaid in n
dark street one night, and rohlted of a silver
watch and Ins jiocket book—the latter, howev
er, contained nothing of value. He was no
doubt t little " corned" at the time, and conse
quently an easy victim.
Several thunder storms have already tisifct.
lis tins Spring, during onoot which 8 house on
Market street was struck by lightning,and the
roof considerably shattered. Tiia building
otherwise sustained no injury. Several ladies,
however, who were in the house at the time,
were most " awfully frightened."
I he locofoco Gubernatorial Convention will ;
meet in tins city, on Thursday next, for the
purpose of nominating a candidate tor Gover
nor. Quite a number of namesare mentioned
in connection with that office, but I am unable
to form an idea as to who will be the successful
aspirant.
The number of deaths in this city, for the
week ending yesterday morning, was 74, of
which 4G were under ten years of age ; 8 died
ol consumption, 0 of scarlet fever! 2 of old
age, <Lc. The general health ot the city is
good.
Quite a number of fires occurred during the
week, several resulting in very heavy losses to
the property holders. At one of these a man
named Jacob Shinnick, was badly injured by
the failing of a mass of bricks.
Ihe usual number of smaller casualties,
knock-downs, riots, pettty larcenies, Are., took
place; hut the majority 1 apprehend are impor
tant only to those most nearly interested.
The weather In- been somewhat flu mating
—ruin. wind, and heat alternately taking their
turn.
Our market;) have lately been overstocked
with fresh vegetables. Radishes, 2 cents per
Lunch of twelve. Young Onions, 1 cent per
bunch ot five or six. Salad, ,1 cent per head,
aud other articles iu proportion. Green peas
and Straw berries made their first appearance
on Saturday morning, 600 bushels of the torn.or !
and WO quarts ot the latter having been brought
from Norfolk, \'a,, by the steamer Herald.
Feus sold at 37$ cent* per peck,and Strawber
ries at from 25 to 37$ cents per quart.
Yours, truly, U.
Par the Gazette. j
Why is it so T
MB. EDITOR :—lt occurs to me that there is
too much apathy or indifference in the Whig
party at this time, or too much confidence m i
the justness of their principles and the sound
ness of tfie public mind. The question may
with propriety be asked, Why is it so ! Does
a skilful General, after the attainment of one
victory, quietly ait down and with folded arms
recount the marij' instances of valor and patri
i otisrn that were exemplified on that day, while
he forgets that time thus spent is taken advan
tage of by the enemy, rendering a second vic
tory far more difficult ? Does lie not rather,
with untiring vigilance, press onward, taking |
every advantage of the panic created by the
first achievement, till by a succession of glori
ous triumphs the standard of Ins victorious
army floats to the breeze from the topmost
height of the enemy's citadel ? It must be ad
mitted that the Whigs have done wonders—
that they have obtained splendid victories !
against tearful odds, not in numbers but ad- J
vantages—-for it must be borne in mind that, the
foe with wiiich they had and have to contend
have almost without interruption occupied the
vantage ground—yet they were not inv/ncible.
They were beaten, and (airly beaten, on ground
of their own choosing, and to-rlay does our widely
extended domain, through all its ramifications,
feei the healthful influence of Whig policy.—
Business, in all its departments, is beginning
to wear a cheerful countenance, and the bles
sings of general prosperity gleam on the dis
tant horizon, i would not be understood to say
that ali that is good originates with the Whigs, i
and all that is otherwise with the opposition ; j
but I would be understood to say that Whig
principles better suit our institutions, are more
republican, and are more democratic than the
boasted principles of our self-styled democratic
brethren, and only wxnt to be known ami felt
to he properly appreciated.
But is it enough that we have our executive,
and one of which our State may well be proud
—our enemies themselves being judges—and
that our banner floats over the national cupitol !
Should we act like the un.-.kiltul commander,
who, after the attainment of one victory, builds
his hopes of subsequent success on the valor
and patriotism of Ins men, or hits own military
prowess, end rcconnoiters not the position of
the enemy, but marches on their strongly forti
fied entrenchments, and meets an inglorious
defeat"! Whigs of Mifflin I Whigs of Penn
sylvania! wfiould you continue so inactive!
Are the principles fur which you contend of so
little value that tiiey merit not some exertion
to place them on a firm basis—to make them
what they will eventually become, the princi
ples that shall govern our country. You need
not be told that you have a wily foe—one that
is always on the alert. Know you not that the
Commander-in-chief of the contending parlv is
in the field, fed and fattened on the spoils of
office, and grown grey in the service of his
par'y, (though many have lest confidence in
his steadfastness.) yet is he found the same as he
was many years ago—the same in order though
1 believe not in principle. Seeking etillmore,
he fondly cherishes fhe hope that he can rally I
the shattered columns of the faithful—that-the
people can be bamboozled as easily as they used
to l>e, and that the Whig rule can and must be
put down. And to this end the fortifications
w iii be examined, and where they are deficient
tlf-y will lie strengthened, and being flushed
with the prospect of success that has so often
crowned their eilbrts, tiiey, no doubf, will offer
a stubborn rebalance. But they are not un
conquerable. They have been beaten—but it
is uot going to be done bv inaction. The day
before a battle is not the time to drill and equip
the soldiery. Vigilance alone will save us—
untiring vigilance. Withoutitail islosl—with
it all is safe. A WHIG.
MARRIED.
Thursday, lGth inst., in Huntingdon, bv
C. S. Black. Esq., Mr. FERDINAND H. KIEFHABER
and Miss MARGARET J. CCLLIK, both of Green
Brier, Wayne township, Milllin county.
On Tuesday, 1-lth inst., in lioliidaysburg, bv
Rev. D. M Kinney, Mr. R. R. BRYAN and Miss
MARTHA M. GREGG, all of that place.
On Thursday, 16th inst., by Rev. D. P. Rosen
miller, J. J E. NAILLE, Esq., and Miss CATHA
RINE ANN BARNITZ, both of Hanover, York co. '
On I uesday, 14th inst., by Rev. Joseph Sharp,
DAVID H. ROACH and Mrs. MART GETZ, all of
this place.
DIED.
On Wednesday, April 10th. at the residence
of her father, Mis. MARY ANN, consort of Mr.
Henry Glum, in the 33d year of her age.
On Friday. 17th inst., at the same place, MART
ANN, daughter of Mary Ann and Henry Clum,
aged 9 weeks and 2 days.
THE MARKETS.
Lewietown, May 21, 1850.
Paid kg VeaUrt detail, i
H our ■ S 4 y7 i a4 *•") oo
\\ heat, white - 1(K) 1 10
red - 90 1 05 '
RYE - - R>o GO
Oitrt - . Blj
Corn, - . 4-1 56*
Cloverset-d old. 3 IK)
Do new, ft (HI i
Flaxseed - . 1 00 1 *25
Timothy seed 2 00 *2 50
Butler, good - - 12$ 12A
Eggs - - 8* 8"
lard 6 8
Tallow - 8 10
Potatoes - - GO 62$
PHILADELPHIA, May 23,1850.
FLOUR AND MEAL —The decline in Flour
noticed in our last report has been recovered,
tsales of 3,000 lib Is. common and gtxwi brands at
s.> 12$a5 per bbl. For citv consumption,
the sales are limited within the range of $5 I*2s
a5 62$ for common and ex'ra brands. Rye
Flour—9oo bbis sold at #2 87$. nud one lot at
$2 94 per bbl. Corn Mea! is firm. Sales of
500 bbls. at #2,675.
GRAIN —I here is a good demand for W beat. ,
and prices have improved. Sales of 26,000
bushels of Red at $1 13al 14, and White at
$1 29al "21 per bushel, closing at the highest
rales, Kve —1,000 bushels of Pennsylvania
sold at 61 cents. Gi rn has beeu in good de
mand, ami 25,000 bushels Yellow sold at 61 • •
cents. Gats are sutrce. Sales of 5,000 bush
els Pennsylvania at tla 42 cents per bushel,
BYLTIMOUE, May 22, 1950.
I- LOIR is selling to-day at $5 25 to $5 374
and Indian C om at 59 a 60 cents ; un advance
since the receipt of the Europe's advices.
i>. si. KO.lt'il,
BitwllSriß ATJJD HAIR DZIE33ER.
AKKE T STRRE 1\ I.ewiatovvn,next door
R:tr.'s tna\2-(tf
$lO REWARD.
POI'KKT BOOK I.OST._,V„ u M „„
Thursday morning, the 23J of .May, 1850
between the Bank in Eewistown and the Rail
road, a large Galf Skin Pocket Book, contaio
! ing. four five dollar notes on the Kane-aster
Bink, and one five dollar bill, bank rnt recol
lected, and thrse dollars in srnali notes. Also
some valuable papers. My name is written on
the inside of the pocket book. The above re
ward will be paid to the person finding it by
leaving it with William F. A foyer, I^ewisrown
JOELZOOK.
May 24, 1650 It.
Operations on flic Teelii.
J- N. SUIVXWEn, DSNTIST.
lIfOULD inform the public that he has ra
turned to with the view of
.making it his permanent place of residency
and is now ready to be consulted on the busi
ness o. his profession. H.s Office is u , the front
room of the second story of the Bvk r my2i"
SABBATH SCHOOL HOOKS.
PERSONS wishing to purchase any of the
interesting and instructive publications cf
the AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION, either
for Sabbath Schools or families,can beuop|ied
at the residence of JOSEPH MILLIKEN on.
poeile the Town Ha!!, Lewistown. ' '
I nave now on hand a variety of Libraries.
"The Sunday School and Family Library" con
sists of 100 select vo'nrnee,from 72 to2s2pigea,
ISmo., substantially bound with muslin backs
and marbled paper sides. Only $lO for the
Library. Also,
ihe Village and Family Library, at 83 00
The Child's Cabinet 2 50
The Juvenile * qnn
The Youth's 6 25
The Infant's •• 012$
LIST or OTHER BOOKS."
Biblical Antiquities,
" Dictionary,
Way cf Life,
Cottage Lectures,
Bunyan's Holy War, (tr. &c. &c.
This Depository will be kept in tins place
until about the middle of August.
It will be seen by examining these books,
together with a catalogue of the publications
' t the American Sunday School Union, that
t.iev are as cheap as they can be had for
m the Philadelphia depository.
S. J. MI!.LIKEN,
Agent fin- the Aw. Sun. Sch. Union.
N. B.— lt is my intention to visit duriua the
summer, Huntingdon and Mifflin counties, for
the purpose of establishing Sabbath Schools,
and supplying with books those schools already
established. The first several months will be
spent in Huntingdon county.
May 24. 1850— 3t * S. J. M.
TURNPIKE SECTION, "
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN"
THE STOCKHOLDERS of the Milheim
A. end East Kishacoyutllas Turnpike Cum
puny. That there will be an election held ;it
the house of VVM. BROTHERS, in Reeds
wile, Mifflin county, on THURSDAY, 20th of
June, 1950, to elect one President, five Mana
i gers, and one Treasurer, to conduct the affairs
of said Road tin the first Monday of November,
ISSO. By order of the Commissioners.
DANIEL KREAMER, Pree't.
WM. C. DUNCAN, )
M. BI OT, j Secretanee. {J j
ORPHANS' COURT SALEr
BY virtue of an Alias Order of Sale to me
directed from the Orphans' Court of Mif
tfn county, I will expose to sale at the Court
House, in the borough of Lewistown, on
MO.\DAY, July 8!h, 18*10.
at 2 o clock in the afternoon the following' de
scribed HEAL ESTATE, late of GEORGE
SCHWARTZ, deceased, to wit:
One ha t lot of ground situate on the north
side of Third street, in Lewistown, be;ng 30
ioet more or less on said street, and extending
beck same width to public alley, adjoining lot
of Rev. J. Rosenberg on the east, and lot of
\V in. 13. Hoffman on the west, having thereen
a one and a half story frame dwelling house, <
and other improvements.
IERMS. —One half of the purchase money
to be paid on confirmation of tiie sale, and the
other halt to be paid in one year thereafter,
with interest, to be secured by bond and mort
gage on the property,
* I). M. CONTNER,
Lewistown, may 24, 1350-(it Trustee.
Atiditor's^Xotiee.
fjpllE undersigned having been appointed
-M- Auditor to distribute the balance remain
ing in the hands of JOHN CCPPLES. Esq., ad
ministrator of the estate of JOHN MARTIN,
iate of Oliver township, dee'd, to those legally
entitled to receive it, will attend at his office in
Lewistown, on WEDNESDAY, June 26th.
1850, for that purpose, where those interested
can attend. \V. J. JACOB.
May 24. 1850—4t
Auditor's Aoticc.
rpHE undersigned having been appointed an
A Auditor to report on exceptions filed, and
to re-stnte account if necessary, of THOMAS
WATTSON, administrator de bonis non of
ALEXANDER CAMERON, iate of Armagh
township, dee'd, will attend at his office in
Lewistown, on MONDAY*, June 24th, lcso.
for that purpose, where all persons interested
msv attend if they think proper.
May 24. 1850-It J AS* DICKSON.
Auditor's Aofier.
rwillE undersigned having been appointed cn
-1 Auditor to make distribution of the bal
ance in the hands of MICHAEL MILLER, admin
istrator of HENRY -MILLER, late of the
State of Ohio, dee'd, will attend at his office in
Lewistown, on IT ESDAY, June 25th, 1850,
for that purpose, where all interested may at
tend if they see proper.
May 24,' 1350-41 Ja s. DICKSON.
Auditor's A o tier.
Robert M Manigil, Esq., In the Common
Sheriff of Mifflin county, Pleas of Miffim
now tor the county, vend. exy.
unitedStatesofAmerica, No. April T.
vs I 1850. Property sold
j March 30th, 1850,
James Potter. J for $2530.
A Court of Com moot I'icas oi Mifflin county
to distribute the above proceeds of sale, ap
points TUESDAY, the 18th day of JUNE next,
at his otfice, in Lewistown, to hear the parties
interested, waen nnj where they are hereby
notified to attend. WM. M. HALL.
Lew istowo, may 10, 1800—4t
|AR. J A YNE'S EXPECTORANT,
" " Hair Tonic,
" Carminative, for sale bv
J- H. MirciiKMl.
Lewis! JIVII. march 22 1850.