THE GAZETTE. I.EWISTOWN, l'A. Pitl Di Y ETEN I Ml, JI N E M. 1850. TER M S r OLD DOi.BIU II:R ASSU, IV ADVAVCE. For six months, 75 cents. NEW subscriptions must he paid in advance. If the paper is continued, and not paid within the tirst month, §1.25 will be charg ed ; if not paid in three months, §1.50; if not paid in six months, §1.75; and if not paid in nine months, §'2.00. Mr. MCCALI.A invites attention to his stock of excellent Liquors. Parties can be supplied in any quantity through the express The Agent of the State Mutual Firt Insurance Company is now at Mover's Hotel, where he will remain a few weeks for the purpose ef making insurance on property in town and coun try. So far as we understand the principles of this company, it seems to be based on a plan well calculated to secure public favor. - ¥ J■ HOFFMAN* has received a large supply of Nails at §1 25 per keg. A. A. BASKS has a lot of fresh crackers. \n Auditor's notice also appears. . j Fourth of July. Thus fur there has been but little pre- ! juration made in our town for celebrating i the Anniversary of our National Independ ence. Is patriotism at a discount, or whv this supineness ? tjv The Magnetic Telegraph was put into operation on Friday last at the Hail road Depot. The office in town will be opened in a few davs. FIRE PLEGS. —The Burgess,and Town .WilJiV ing applied to a vote of the citizens as to the proper course to be pur- - sued m relation to an agreement proposed j to be entered into between the Borough and Water Company, an election was held OP. Saturday last, 3t which 150 votes were j polled—1) being for and 141 against the provisions of said agreement. r~P* We believe it would be oi advan- : tage to all concerned, if the stores and ' dwellings, in Market street at least, were regularly numbered. Blymver's corner. ; for instance, might be designated as No. 1, i Hoffman's No. 2, F. McCoy's No. 3, . Davis's shoe store No. 4, ic., which j would bring ail the odd numbers on one ide, and the even on the other. In this i ease it would be necessarv to divide Mar ket street into East and West—Mrs. Hart's would then be N'o. 1. and the Post Office . \"o. 2 South Market street. The system and its advantages in designating the lo cality of business men, we are sure needs ' but to be understood properlv to ensure it-* adoption. rST Those who have not been taking a supply of HOPPER'S MINERAL during the Oppressive "heat experienced within the past week, have missed a luxury double j the value of its cost. Melted butter, j wilted vegetables, <Ae., may be agreeable ! enough for some, but for our part we shall v astly prefer these articles as taken from a box supplied with the cooling and invigor- , ating ice furnished by the ex-Senator •Samiwel. f3C We understand that the dwelling house of George Longsdorf, in the northern part of to was entered last evening j " ' wmle hislady was at church, and robbed 1 of a number of articles of men's clothing. Our citizens must exercise a little more ' than usual caution while these marauders are about, and they may yet be placed in j Umbo. At present they seem to be non romatibus in swumpo ft raihim , as the 1 constable said when he couldn't get the j fellow standing on a rail in the swamp. X3f The Legislature of Connecticut has i ius far failed to elect a C. S. Senator, the vote having stood for several days as fol lows :—Waldo, loco. 90 to 99 ; Baldwin, whig, 93 t094 ; Cleveland,free soil.ll to 13. Accounts from Louisiana represent im mense damage done to the plantations along the Mississippi and other riu r- bv the re cent lieuw freshets. TRUTH EVEU\ OF rr.—The fol lowing remarks are taken from the Louis* -vilie Chronicle. They are sensible word —words of truth and soberness, and al .houir'i original!v intende d tor the loeofoco " N -JTWSS, a liule alteration wiil make them applicable to the whigs ; 1 How TO Sr*TAI Wine. I'APCRS —The ltaJin% I end injliuniiai Whigs of each county, should I take the time and trouble to go around amongst j I the people arwl urge and impress upon them the importance and duty of taking their county pa per. If they do not succeed upon one trial iD getting up a list, they should try again and again, until Ihty should suThis is the way to do it, %r.d not put it upon the poor and unintluen tial. The Naders should doit. It i their duty \ to do it. When the rewards and honor* of par k T turn up, tkey are the men to get them, and tney should be willing to share the taiort a* well „c the honors of success. If this were done hon estly end faithfully, the Whig papers would *ll dourish. and principles would grow in propor tion to the extension of the circulation of 'he Tbc Tariff. The lion. das. Thompson, the Loeofoco member of Congress from the Krie dis •trict, recently paid a visit to his family, ami on his return to Washington, the ! I aion announced tiro fact, and represented him as bringing the intelligence that the tariff question had blown away in Penn i sylvania. Mr. Thompson publishes a j card in reply, from which we make the ! following extract: - ! ''l did not, and could not, have made the re i murk ' that the tariff question had blown away' iin Pennsylvania. 1 know that in regard to one great interest much depression is experienced at this time. In those sections of the State where the iron interests prevail, much anxiety is fell that some change in the present duties on iron, i as well in form as in amount, shall take place. Many establishments, heretofore giving employ ment to a great number of operatives, have I within the last few months suspended, and i fear not soon to be resuscitated, unless under ! some temporary diminution of importation of ; the* foreign article, or a change iu the present | duties upon it. A greater depression, lam per ; suaded, is yet destined to ensue, unless sotue j thing soon be done by Congress. 1 do not be ; licve that any oilier of the great interests of tiie j country sutler in comparison with the iron in terst, if, indeed they suffer at all under the ex j isting revenue system. Certain it is that the evidence of it is not so unmistakable, as there seems little, if any, diminution of active opera ' tions amongst them.. I feel it my duty, there fore, to say that it would not be just to impute to rne, as some have done, the remark referred jto in the paragraph I have quoted. 1 feel that \ it is of great importance to the iron interests that an amendment of the revenue laws in re ! gard to them should be made, and made at ihe • present session of Congress." The Southern Convention. I'he N'ashi iile Convention has adjourned, alter adopting a series of resolutions, | amounting to nothing, voting themselves ! thanks, and agreeing to meet again in six weeks after th- adjournment of Congress. This is equivalent to an adjournment sine i die, for alter Congress has disposed of the | present questions, there will be no neces i sity to meet again, to renew the agitation. | The little band of disunionists which com posed the Convention were evidently dis ' concerted by the smallness of the number j present, and linding themselves placed in a ridiculous position, have endeavored to j make the best of it, 'i'he v. hole thing, i says the Ledger, has proved an abortion, and as it has now been put to sleep, we trust that the awakened good sense and patriotism of the people will be sufficient : to prevent any such assemblage, for such avowed purposes, ever springing into exist i ence again. It has proved one tiling, hovv | ever, that the Fnion is far dearer to the i masses than the politicians, and that when the question of dissolution really eornes , up, they will have something to say about it themselves. Plank Uoad . I'he Lancaster Fnion stales that Messrs. Kurtz, Brandt and Singer have just re turned from New York, whither they have been on a tour of observation of the vari ous plank roads in that State. These gentlemen were engaged to make this ex amination by the friends of the contem plated Plank Head from Lancaster to Manheim, and their account of what they saw and learned and tested is in the high est degree encouraging. After a thorough investigation they are satisfied that plank roads, next to railroads, arc the best in the world, and in some cases are even to railroads. They are cheaper than other roads in all parts of the country where plank can be had at reasonable rates. They afford more rapid and easy trans portation of burdens. They are seldom in need of repairs ; and in their freedom from dust and mud. are more desirable than any turnpike that can be constructed lor travel. rF" The Chamber6burg Valley Spirit, iti an article on the Williamsport Conven tion, acknowledges " that tlitre is a set oj men hanging to the skirts oj the demo rrurjj of this State, who are among the most unmitigated political scoundrels in the world!" The whigs have said so for vears, and for saying so have been most lustily abused ; but as the charge is now acknowledged bv the locos themselves, perhaps the people will think there is some truth in it. TP" 'l'he Conestoga Cotton Mills at Lan caster have stopped, in consequence of the high price of cotton and the low price of cotton goods, thus throwing hundreds out of employment. In the mean time the British manufactories, with the low ad va lorem duties established by the tarill of 1b46 and low wages, are in a flourishing condition . dreadful Disaster on Lake trie. i The steamer Grilfith, bound from Buf falo to Sandusky and Toledo, was de stroyed by lire on Lake Eric on Monday morning last, by which catastrophe it is : estimated that tw o hundred and fifty lives | were lost! The books, papers, &.<•., were J all destroyed, consequently the names of i but few who were on board are known, j Ihe number of steerage passengers is I ! stated to ha\< been villi—cabin 40—crew , I 20. But one letnule escaped, and not one , ul the children on board was saved. The Candidate for Auditor General. We have perused quite a number of ar ticles in favor of and against Mr. BANKS since his nomination as the locofoeo candi > date for Auditor General, and have come ' to the conclusion —as our readers will doubtless also—that he must eitlfer be a ■ VERY GREAT MAN, or a very small one.— That all may jfidge of the matter correct ly, we give extracts from papers of both parties—and first of all the laudatory par agraph from our neighbors down street, | who speak, we presume, in the Pickwick ian sense : From the True Democrat. | As we anticipated, the claims of little Mitllin | were not overlooked, and our estimable fellow citizen, Hon. EPHRAIM BANKS, received the nom i ination for Auditor General on the second ballot, i Judge Banks is too well known in Pennsylvania to require any testimonial at our hands, to add to his reputation as a Democrat, or to his fitr.css for the position for which he has been chosen. He is a Democrat without guile, a pure minded and honorable gentleman, and wherever known, esteemed and beloved. He has had experieucc in public life, is familiar with the history, politics and resources of the State, and will bring to the discharge of the duties of the office a fund of knowledge aud experience that will be invalu able. A* a proper accompaniment to this, we j give an extract from the York Republican, whose editor, as our readers will perhaps remember, was solicited to aid in placing Mr. Banks in the Gubernatorial chair in , the campaign of '4B : From ihe York Republican EPHRAIM HANKS, Esq., of Lewistown, received the nomination of the Convention for Auditor General. We do not know which faction tri umphed in this result; but presume the Came ronian, as Mr. Burns, cx-Canal Commissioner, resides in, and is supposed to control the loco foco politics of Mifflin county. Mr. Batiks was, a good many years ago, a Representative in the Legislature, and subsequently a Delegate to the Convention of 1836-9 to amend the Constitution of the State. He is a brother of John Banks, of Reading, formerly Congressman from Mercer county—President Judge of the Berks District —Whig candidate for Governor in 1841, and State Treasurer in 1843. Wo always thought Ephraim the smallest man in the State in com parison with his pretensions, except John B. Sterigere, of Montgomery. The office of Au ditor General is one of great public importance, and we don't sec where this nominee is to obtain the qualifications to fill it, though to be sure he was once a schoolmaster, winch ought to have made him acquainted with figures, and has since practiced law, in which he cut no great figure. .Nevertheless, notwithstanding their avowed hatred of special privileges and chartered mon opolies, we shall no doubt find the locofocos going it with a rush for Banks at the ensuing election. The above contains some errors, which wo correct. Mr. Banks was rather an op ponent of Mr. Burns than a friend, and, as was reported at the lime, was mainly in strumental in ousting Mr. M'('ay, the favor ite candidate of Mr. Burns and his friends, (and by-the-by an excellent officer) from the Collector's office. However this mav be, i: is certain that one of Mr. Banks' most strenuous advocates in this county now fills that station. Of late there has been a shaking of hands between the two parties, but numbers still incline to the be lief that the tomahawk is not vet, nor will be, buried. John Banks i* a cotrsin of the nominee's, and not a brother. In the northern part of the State, it seems some of the democracy have been circulating reports' that Mr. B. is univer sally popular among the Whigs of Mifflin !! We have not been able thus far to lay our hands on the whole of this paragraph, but in the meantime the following will do from another paper : From Itie Potl.vi.le I.oco ) IN the selection of HLHRAIM BASKS, Esq , A r Auditor General, the Convention was peculiarly fortunate He is a gentleman possessing an ac complished mind, indomitable integrity, and pe culiarly prepossessing manners, lie was a member of the Reform Convention m where his uniform and consistent advocacy of Democratic measures, won for him a proud reputation. Mr. Ranks is a citizen of Lewis town, Mifflin county, where he is decidedly popular, and will no doubt receive the undivided vote of the Democratic party throughout the State As an offset to this and the paragraph referred to above, we give the annexed from an editor formerly a resident of this county : From th Clinton Tribune, (Whig.) We are not disposed to find fault with politi cal opponents because they happen to differ with us in point of sentiment, or assail them merely for the sake of party purposes, but when we see contemporaries " stealing the livery of Heaven" to throw around political tricksters, more for the purpoc of securing party ends than any other object or good intent, wc then are prone to condemn them, and feel that we have sufficient grounds for so doing. We are told that Mr. Banks is a " pure and perfect il lustration of the simplicity of the religion he professes," an assertion as absurd as it is adven turous. No man who has figured upon the po litical arena s 0 vindictive and persevering as this person, can possibly be that model of purity and perfection that a malevolent press would render unto him. We are also told that he is " universally pop ular" among tho Whigs of the county in which lie resides, a speculation as wild as it is false, and a theory as devoid of principle and honesty as the motive which prompted it. It is a libel upon the character of the Whigs of Mifflin county ; a slander upon the principles for winch they have fought and upheld since they had an organization. There is no man within the borders of our State who has lavished more foul-mouthed abuse upon Whig men and Whig principles than this model of purity and perfection, Ephraim Ranks. We have heard him repeatedly in political gather ings denouncing Whigs as lories, traitors and enemies of their country, and applying ail the epithet l - that could be brought to mind to assist iiitn in his work of defamation. We have known members of bis own party to be disgusted with his malignity and scurrility. But with all this he is held up as a " pure and perfect illustration of the simplicity of the religion he professes," and as being " universally popular" among those whom he has takeu every opportunity to misre present. Again we are told that " he is not the man to plead his virtues and party claims for office," which is another assertion equally as unfair and iu<Jicruu as Ibe fujmer ones. To our own cer tain knowledge he has been the standing candi date of the locofocos of Milflin county, for all the offices within the gift of the party, for the last ten years, and we have known circulars printed under his own supervision and sent to the democracy of the adjoining counties, urging upon them the propriety of selecting delegates favorable to his nomination for Governor. To come to a more recent date we find him an early attendant of the YVilliamsport Convention, bor ing for the office of Auditor General, and yet he is the same perfection of simplicity and not the man " to plead his own virtues and party claims for office." As a fit person for Auditor General, he is dis qualified, having no merit as a financier, and all know that it requires an able financier to dis charge the duties of this office, lie is repre sented by locofocos to be a much greater man than he really is, and if they will but exhibit this model of simplicity throughout the State, the truth of our assertion will be made manifest. These extracts will suffice for the pres ent ; but as some may perhaps look for our opinion respecting Mr. 8., we will add that he is a very quiet and gentleman ly man—like many others attends church, listens patiently to the sermon, and then goes home—is noted for no extraordinary abilities such as some of his democratic friends in other places would wish to en dow him with—is a radical politician, going the full length of loic duties on the tarilf question, &e., and probably never voted for a whig in his life. On the whole, then, we should say that he is not quite so smart as most of his party papers would make him, and not quite so desti tute of capacity as some of our own de scribe him. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. The Compromise Bill is still the lead ing topic in the Senate, and from votes al ready taken, as well as other indications, there seems to he a likelihood of its pas sage in that body, though how it may faie in the house is a problem that cannot as yet be solved. On Monday a message was received from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution from the Senate, in quiring whether any orders have been is sued to any military officers at Santa Fe, to hold possession against the authority of Texas, or in any way to embarrass the ex ercise of her jurisdiction over that coun try, and to furnish the Senate with copies of any correspondence on the subject. The President says, in reply to that resolution— *• I state that no such orders have been given. I herewith pre-ent to the Senate copies of all the correspondence referred to in the resolution. AH the other orders relating to the subject mat ter of the resolution have been heretofore com municated to the Senate. 1 have already, in a former message, referred to the fact that the boundary between Texas and New Mexico is disputed. I have now to state that information Lad been recently received that a certain Robert S. Neighbors, styling himself Commissioner of the State ef Texas, has proceeded to Santa Fe, with the view of organizing counties in thai district under the authority of Texas, while 1 have no power to decide the question of boun dary, and no desire to interfere with it. As a question of title, 1 have to observe that the po sition of the territory into which it appears that Mr. Neighbors has thus gone was actually ac quired by the United States from Mexico, and has since been held bf the United States, and in rny opinion ought so to remain until the question of boundary shall have been determined by some competent authority. Meanwhile. 1 think there is no reason for seriously apprehending that Texas will practically interfere with the pos ses*ion of the United States. Z. TAYLOR." Battle of Bunker Hill. Business was almost entirely suspended at Boston, on the 17th, in consequence of the celebration of the battle of Bunker Hill. At Charlestown, the scene of the celebra tion, the place was crowded w ith people. An imposing procession, headed by a large military escort, together with the Execu tive of the State, Judges of the Supreme Court, and other Courts, with numerous veterans of the Revolution, marched to the Navy Yard, where the Hon. Edward Everett delivered an eloqent oration. Af ter the ceremonies were over, a dinner was given, which was participated in by near '2OOO persons. Numerous patriotic and able speeches were made, and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed throughout. It was truly a day of National festivity. EiF* Edwin Forrest, the tragedian, at one time the pride and boast of the Ameri can stage, scents* to he on his downward career. His attempt to defame the char acter of Mrs. Forrest before the Legislature of this State, when that lady was in New 5 ork, did not look wry well ; and a brutal assault on N. I'. AN lllis, made in the streets ol New A ork a few days since, will not add to his reputation. The Webster Aeu Trial Refused. At Boston, on the 18th, Chief Justice Shaw pronounced the decision of the Court on the petition of Professor Webster for a writ of error. The Court refused to grant it, and the ease remains as before, leaving little probability of the prisoner escaping the execution of the sentence, which dooms him to an ignominious death. tIT The Herman Musical Festival at Philadelphia was attended by societies and bands from Newark, Bethlehem, Baltimore, New York and Boston, and must have been an imposing affair. At the Concert given on Monday night about 400 vocalists par ticipated. The Whig State tonvention Assembled at Philadelphia on Wednesday last, and was temporarily organized by the appointment of DAVID LEECII, Esq., as President, and R. L. JOHNSTON of Cambria and A. S. ELY of Lebanon Secretaries. After some discussion as to the admis sion of delegates, a committee equal to the Senatorial representation was appointed (Mr. ELDER being on it from this district) to nominate permanent officers, and the Convention adjourned until 31 o'clock. In the afternoon the committee made the following report, which was unanimously adopted : President, Hun. DA MIX M. SMYSER, of Adams. Y'ice Presidents, Gen. E. C. YY'ILSON, of Y'enango. Gen. JOHN B. HOWELI., of Fayette. H. B. YY'ILI.IAMS, of Allegheny. J. B. SALISBURY, of Susquehanna. JOHN C. ADAMS, of Bradford. MOSES POWNALL, of Lancaster J. BATSMAN, of Washington. J. H. IRWIN, of Lycoming J. YV. KERR, of Dauphin. O. H. YY'HEELER, of Carbon. T. B. MESSENGER, of Bucks. ALEXANDER KING, of Bedford. B. HARTSHORNS, of Clearfield YY'M. PEACOCK, of Berks. C. H. FRICK, of Montour. J. M. CRAW ror.D, of Lawrence. J. YY'. STOKES, of Philadelphia county T. L. CATHCART, of Cumberland. GEO. ASTEV, of Franklin. JOHN MCCCLLIN, of Montgomery. JOHN HOCCH, of York. Secretaries, C. YV. Burton, of Ciawford. T. YY'i!ion,of Blair. A. S. Ely, of Lebanon. J. R. MvClintock, of Perry The Convention then, very properly we think, decided that substitutes not residents of the counties to be represented, could not be admitted. A number of nominations were next made, and a ballot taken for Canal Com missioner, but without effecting a choice. Sadler of Adams had 38 votes, Dungan of Bucks 20, Strohm of Lancaster 15, <ke. The Convention then adjourned until the following day. We had expected to receive the final result by Telegraph in time for to-day's paper, but the wires have been out of or der for some days, and up to the time of going to press no news had come to hand."] Among the decisions of the Supreme Court, as reported in the Harrisburg Tel egraph, we find the following : Overseers of the Poor of Derry vs. Overseers, &e., of Brown. Certiorari to Quarter Sessions of Mifflin. Coulter J. A certiorari wilt not reach the merits of the controversy upon facts ; it only brings up the process, proceedings, judg ment and decree. Neither the opinion of the court, or the evidence, compose part of the record. If the party complaing her,had any remedy, it was by appeal; but it is not clear that he has that remedy : vide 19, and 44, Sections of Act of 163tj. Affirmed. Alexander for complain ant ; Woods centra Bible Soviets. We are requested to state that the Rev. S. N. HOWELL, agent of the Penn'a. Bible Society, will visit this county next week, for the purpose of organizing Female Bible Societies through out the county. Public meetings for the pur pose, at which addresses will be delivered, will be lield at the following times and places : Monday evening, June'24th, Methodist church, Lewistown ; Tuesday at 4 o'clock in the after toon, Presbyterian church, Perrysville ; Wed- • nesday evening, Methodist church, Belleville ; Thursday evening, Presbyterian church, Mc- Yeytown. MARRIED, On Tuesday morning, 11th inst., at Rellefonte, by Rev. James Linn, Mr. GEORGR GWTNN, mer chant, of Huntingdon, and Miss HARRIET PAT TON, of Bellefonte. On Thursday, 13th inst., by Rev. S. V. Blake, Mr. GKORGB 11. LONG, of Cambria county, for merly of this place, and Miss ESTHER JANE BT rr, of this county. On the same day, by the same, Mr. JACOB H. VANZANDT, of Newton Hamilton, and Miss MART JANE EDMISTON, of this place. On the 13th inst.. by the Rev. W. 11. Mill, Jons M'CORD. Esq., of Mifflin county, end Miss ELIZA GLAZKR, of lluutingdcn. DIED. At Coleeburg, Delaware county, lowa, on the 21st of May last, HAMILTON S. GWIN, formerly o! Oliver township, Mifflin county, aged 17 years. The young man had gone out ; with Ins father, on the day previous, to take a bee-tree, and after felling it, was in the act of going up to secure his prize, when a lodged liurib suddenly fell,and fractured his head. He survived 21 hours, and then expired. THE MARKETS. Lewifctown, June 21, 1650. f'titd Dtaltrt Flour - $1 50 $5 00 Wheat, white - 110 1 15 red - 105 1 10 Rye - - 00 00 Oats - - 311 37£ Corn, - - 50 50 Cloverseed old. 300 Do new. 3 00 Flaxseed - - I 00 1 25 Timotbyseed - - 2 IXI 2 50 Butter, good - - 1(1 Rl Eggs - - q w Lard 0 0 Tallow - 0 HI Potatoes - . 02 75 PHILADELPHIA, June ID, 1850. FlSH —Prices of Mackerel are somewhat unsettled. Sales of No. 1 at $10.50 alO 75; No, 2. 75 aso ; and No. 3, $5.50 a 6 per bbl. for Massachusetts inspection. PLUCK AND .MEAL —T he receipts of Flour are dull, and prices are firm. Sales of 0 a 10,- 000 bbls. standard brands at $5.25, and choice brands at $5.31 \as 37 A per bbl. Sales to the city dealers within the range of $5.25 a 6.75 for common brands, and fancy New York. Rve Flour—6(H) bblt. sold at $3. Corn Meal in held firmly: *al& of 1,00 > bb;. at $3 per > bbl. GRAIN —The supplies of Wheat arnaii, and prices are well sustained. w of 'Jo,OOO a 30,000 bushel? of red at 10 a 1.20; white at $1,28 a 1.30. Rye ia scarce. 500 bushels prime sold at 05 eta per bushel. Com has declined. Sales of 30,000 bushels Yellow at 61 cts. a 02 cts., and White at o£c. a 00c clearing at the lowest rate. Oats meet a tair demand, 6,000 bushels of prime Perma. sold at 43 n 44 per bushel. IRON—Market dull. Small SELES of No. 1 Anthracite at ."£2O, and No. 2at sl3 per ton. No sales of .Scotch Pig. In manufactured Iron no change. SEEDS —SmaII sales of o'd and now Clover seeds at $3,371 a 3.97) per 64 lbs. In Timo thy and Flex seeds no tale.?.— Daily fines. BALTIMORE, June 19, 1950. CATTLE —The offerings at tha scales to-day reached 460 head of Uetves, of which 330 were sold to city butchers, 30 were left over unsold, and one hundred were driven to Phila delphia. Prices ranged from £3 to $1 on the hoof, equal to $6 a 775 net, and averaging $3.50 gross. FLOCK. —We quote salea to-day, of feOObbls. Howard Street Flour at $5.31 J. GRAIN. —We hear of no Maryland Wheat at market to-day. A sale of Virginia red was : made to day et 117 eta. We alao note sales ot two cargoes of Pennsylvania red at sll9 eta, and of two cargoes Penna. white at 130 cts. Sales of Com at 57 a59 cte. for white, and 60 a6l eta. for yellow. Two cargoes of Virginia Oats sold to-day at 40 eta. Salea of Pennsyl vania on Saturday at 43 cts.— Bait. American. MOIEY MATTERS, TRADE, KC. Pennsylvania Railroad stock is quoted at 40). Thompson's Bank Note Reporter publishes the following list of new counterfeits, and the annexed quotations of broken bank notes : Is on the Eagle Bank, Bristol, R. I.; 5s on the Lancaster county Bar.k, Pa ; 2s on tho Stark Bank, Vermont; 10s on the Bank of Oswego, N. V ; 3s on the Salem Bank, Mass. ; 5s on °the City Bank of Columbus, Ohio ; 20a on the Somerset County Bank, N. J ; sson the Oceau Bank, N. V; 53 on the Union Bank, Md.; sson the Miner's Bank of Uiica, N. Y ; dOs on the Bank of Kentucky ; 5s on the lames' Bank N. Y; 10s on the Great Fails Bank. N". H.; 5s on the Knickerbocker Bar.k, N. Y.; 10s on the Somerset County Bank, N. J. THE BROKE* BANKS Failed Val. per $ Hamilton Bank, It I , June 5, 1619, ceni# Bank of Norwaik, Ohio, Jan. 3, 1649, 5U " Bank of Sandusky, Ohio, Jan. 4, ISI9, 30 " ('anal Bank, Albany. July 11, at 10 A. M. 99 " Bank of Woostcr, Ohio. March 29, 20 •' Delaware Bridge, Dec. 27, at 1© A. M. 10 " Alias Bank .( Real estate notes, 70 '< /.N. \ . slock mites. 93 *• A man h&6 been arrested at New York with the following altered notes in his possession: A one dollar note of the Bank of Oawego, which had been changed to a ten, and on the person of a companion fivt tens of the same description, one ten of the Ocean Bank, New York, one of the Broadway Bank and one of the Bank of Ithica. all altered from genuine one dollar notesof those banks: a three dollar counterfeit on the Bank of Newburgh, and about forty dollars in good money. hi ,■)" per keg for best Duncannon Nailt, M/.j by F. J. HOFFMAN. V j une o 1( iRoO-tf Water Crackers, PITTSBURGH VV ATER CRACKERS, fresh—a fine lot just received and for salent. " A.A.BANKS' je2l Diamond Drug store. Fourth of July Celebration. UPON this occasion every man should drink WINES of the very best quality to be had in the country, and to enable every oße to com ply with this patriotic duty, I would call the at tention of Dealers and Hotel-keepers to my splendid stock of FINE OLD WINES AND LIQUORS of every description as per adver tisement below. A. H. McCALLA. Phliadelphia, June 21, 1650—4t. Pure Wines and Liquors. npHK attention of Dealers and Hotel Keepers is request- J- ed to my fine assortment of Wines and Liquor* i leeted with (treat care from stocks in Europe and this ' country, and from sources iskuh exa bit me to si'AK antes . their purity. lIitANDIES of every description from #1 to #5 per ; gallon IIISK EV, fine Irish, Scotch and Monongahela OLI) J .HAIC A 111 M, Holland Gin, and Peach Brandy. M ADEIRA, SIIERPY Ac PORT WINES, of every variety and grade, from 75 cts. to #5 per gallon. CHAMPAGNE of all celebrated brands, #9 50 to #lO. Claret —I'ine Table Claret at #3, and higher grades. Also, Lisbon, Teneriife, Malaga. Muscat, &c. Wild Cherry Brandy, Raspberry, Blackberry and Lavender Brandy, &.e Ac. The Country Trade supplied at wholesale prices.—A complete assortment of Wines and Liquors, very cheap, for culinary purposes. ©■Orders promptly attended to. Goods carefully pack ed and forwarded by "Express." Samples sent to any part of the country free of charge, bv addressing, postpaid, A. H. M'CALLA, ali.3m] Wine Merchant, 30 Walnut at., Philadelphia. ' State .Hutual Fire Insurance Company, HARRISBURG PENN'A, TMNHE business of this company is conducted X by the only true and equitable method iu the system of mutual insurance—that of CLAS SIFYI.NO THE RISKS —thus affording more equal benefit Co the insured. The Directors, in ac cordance with the provisious of the charter, divide their risks iato two distinct classes, no part of the funds of either being appropriated for the payment of losses occurring in the other. In the first class, which is denominated THE FARMER'S COMPANY,dwellings, barns.oul-build ings, and personal propeity OM.Y, situated in the country, are insured. In the second class, called THE MERCHANT'S COMPANY, the safer kind of property in towns and villages may be insured. Hazardous pro perty is not allowed to be t&keu at all; and it is believed that the terms of insuiance and con ditions of the policies of this company are more favorable than those ef any other company in the Slate. All losses will be settled with prompt ness and liberality at the places where thev oc cur. J P. RUTHERFORD, President. A. J. CILLKTT, Secretary. A. A. CARRIER, Actuary. C). F. BIIESEE, Agent, Mover's Hotel, Lew istown. [June 21, !SstL4t. Auditor*-* Aotice, fiNllE undersigned has been appoiuted by the X Orphan's Court of Mifflin county, to au j dtl the account of JOHN and MARY MINEHART, guardians of tho minor children of JAMES [.VON, dee'd, and will attend at his office, in on FRIDAY, July 26th, ISoO, where all interested mav attend. A. P JACOB. l.ewiatown, June "JI. 1 v 5
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