THE GAZETTE.
LEtVISTOWN, PA.
11110.11 E TEN IX li, USE 2b, 1850.
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Notices of Advertisements.
Mr. MANSFIELD, of New Haven, Ct., is desi
rous of securing the services of active men for
the disposal of Frost's History of the Mexican
War.
The Amendments to the Constitution —an Au- j
ditcrs's notice, and Kewalt'e new supply, also
appear to-day.
Mr. Sterrcit having again got the Lcwistown
Mills in operation, is desirous of purchasing a !
large quantity of grain.
; s~ The Chief Burgess requests all oc-;
( i)pants of property to keep their gutters
free from grass, dirt, fce., and will feel it ;
his duty to enforce the Ordinance in rela- :
uon thereto if this notice is not regarded. J
!"jp The long spell of dry weather in
this vicinity was terminated on Saturday
evening last by a deluge of rain, which, al- .
though doing some little injury to corn, po- '
i a toes, gardens, Ac., has had a most bene- I
ieial effect on vegetation. The storm also
aused a break in the canal above the three j
.oeks, which suspended navigation until
Tuesday.
ANOTHER ROBBERY. —The store of AE
HED MARKS was entered on Sunday even
.ig last, and some six or eight dollars tak
i n troin the money drawer.
* i
An interesting child of JAMES A. ;
HIERCE lell into a tub of water on Tues- !
day last while Mrs. P.'s atttention was
momentarily withdrawn from it, and made
a narrow escape from drowning. Fortu
nately she discovered the little sufferer be- !
fore the vital spark had fled, and by the
assistance of the ladies in the neighbor
hood, a few minutes sufficed to restore it.
-NARROW ESCAPE. —After the storm on
Saturday night, a hand employed on the j
Railroad in the Narrows went out to ex
.mine the road, but sleepy eyes prevailing '
over discretion, he seated himself on the :
track and fell asleep. lie enjoyed his nap
:n comfort and perhaps with pleasant
creams until the train Game along, when
the cow-catcher unceremoniously wakened
him up by a tap which sent him off the
rails in a hurry, and doubtless meant!
" you've no business here." He fortu
nately escaped uninjured.
r? The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has made arrangements for furnish
ing excursion tickets front Philadelphia to
Huntingdon and back for SG.so—to be
good for ten days. Why not extend the !
same privilege to the citizens of Hunting- '
don, Lewistown, <fce., at least during the
warm weather of July and August, when
actual business calls but few away ? Ex
cursion tickets from Lewistown to Phila
delphia, to Ilarrisburg, and Huntingdon,
would cause hundreds (ourself among them)
to make a flying \isit to those places, who
otherwise will remain at home.
& The proceedings of Congress are
without interest to the general reader—
speeches on slavery being still the ruling
hobby.
We see by the Ilollidaysburg Stan- j
elard that the present State Treasurer woulel
not furnish funds to the Superintendent of
the Portage Railroad for the purpose of,
paying off the State creditors. As it was
on this ground that the Canal Commission
er- brought charges against Mr. Ball, and j
hatched up a committee of investigation,!
ould not our friend of the Standard get
up a similar committee to black-ball Mr. !
Jlickel ? j
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■- Thr Ovenshine journal* .-ay they j
ion't know anything about the whig nomi
nees \ Of course not—wc would not ex
pect them to know Jarmr. r SNYDF.R , former
DUNCAN, or such a common man like Jo
HENDERSON. Anv one to be known and
' i
orated bv the Ovenshiues must be a lair
i
V <r, ? doctor, or a bank director at the
-TiSt, !
• ~i* The Girard Bank has given notice
that it will divide among such 1 of its pres
ent stockholders as may desire it, at the
rate of twelve dollars and a half per share,
the large amount ot its own stock which
t now holds.
rv The editor or the Savannah Rrpub
hf a'! has 1n u pre tntfd with a sack of
'!a;r in: de in Augusta at the Cunningham
Vlillb, i;om the- pure Georgia wheat ol
".l.j? • Hip.
Jhe Ukig .\ominatloo9>
i The following notice of the Whig nom
inees are from the North American. Our
citizens will he pleased to notice that HEN
RY W. SNYDER, of Union county, an in
telligent ami widely esteemed farmer, has
been nominated for an important post, in
the proper administration of which every
tax-payer is deeply interested.
JOSHUA DUNCAN, of Bucks county, is a
! man in every way fitted for the post ol
; Canal Commissioner, and his popularity
is as well known as it is deserved. High
ly intelligent and well educated ; a practi
cal farmer, distinguished for his devotion
to lite interests of agriculture ; he is a man
of the people, and a favorite among the
people, irrespective of party. A good
Whig, but not a politician, in any ordinary
or invidious sense of the word, he has |
never been in public life, although well
fitted for it. lie has, indeed, filled one
public post, which will not be remembered
to his disadvantage, nor will he ever fail
himself to recollect it with pride and plea
sure. 11 e was a member of the Electoral
College of 1818, and he had the honor to
cast his vote for General Taylor.
JOSEPH HENDERSON, of Washington
county, the candidate for the office of Pur
veyor General, has a name identified with
that of the party in the State ; and no
man in his county ever enjoyed, or now en- ,
joys, a larger share of public favor and
confidence. He has represented it in the
Legislature, of which lie proved himself
an able and efficient member ; and he has,
at various periods, been elected to high of
fices—that of Sheriff among the rest—
in the immediate gift of the people of his
county. He served for several years in
the Land Office as chief clerk, discharg
ing its duties with an ability which elicited
praise even from political opponents, and
acquiring there the experience and busi- ,
ness readiness which qualify him so admi
rably to fill the higher office to which he
has been nominated. As a politician, his
character stands as high as that of any
J i
man in the Commonwealth ; and he has
ever been most zealous and active in the i
support of the principles, the measures
and the men of the Whig party. As a
private citizen, lie has no superior, his
moral character being unimpeached and
unimpeachable.
Of HENRY W. S.\YDF.R,of Union coun
ty, the candidate for Auditor General, it
ought to be enough to say that he is the
son of the late SIMON SNYDER, the brave
and honest old Democratic Governor, who,
for nine years, from I*oß to 1817, admin
istered the affairs of the State with incor
ruptible fidelty, and left behind him a
name which, even yet, has a power of en
chantment and the force as of a war-cry,
to so many thousand Pennsv Ivania bosoms.
The son has inherited the qualities and
the popularity of the father. The Con
vention has, in him, given to the Whig
party a candidate whose name is identified
with victory.
OVEXSJIINE vs. GALPHIX. —We sec that
the Washington Union and its satellites
through the country propose, with irresisti
ble wit, to dub the Whigs with the name
of Gulphins. this the York Re
publican aptly remarks, wc really do not
know how we could better return the com
pliment of our kind loeofoco friends, than
by bestowing upon them the name, style
and title of OVENSHJ "YES, as a mernen
to of the memorable transactions at Wil
liamsport!
\lf' The Huntingdon Globe thinks we
are rather more honest in our opposition to
the candidate for Auditor General than
most whig editors, because we said that
Mr. Banks was not quite so destitute of
capacity as some whig papers describe him.
We could not well say otherwise, Mr.
Globe, because our friend of the York
Republican, who was specially invited two
years ago to use his influence to place Mr.
B. in nomination fur Governor, considers
him, for his pretensions, the smallest man
in the State except John B. Sterigcre,
while we honestly think there are two or
three others in the state who are, all things
considered, a little bit smaller.
BLAIR G'OI XTV. —The Whigs of Blair
county met in Convention last week, and
put in nomination the following ticket :
Tor Assembly, Seth R. M'C'une ; Regis
ter and Recorder, L. 11. Williams ; Com
missioner, Samuel Dean ; Director of the
Poor, James Wilson ; Treasurer, Alex.
M. Lloyd; County Surveyor, James L.
Gwin ; Prosecuting Attorney, I>. 11. Ilof
fius , Auditor, Jacob Walter. The Sena
torial Conferees were instructed lor Alt
son M'Murtric, Esq., of Ilollidaysburg,
for Senatorial candidate for ihe district
composed of the counties ol Huntingdon,
Lilan and Cambria.
The Rev. Geo. Guyer, oi Birming
ham, has been appointee! De put. Marshal
Uunonpelor. eountv
The Platform.
The Carlisle Herald says that the loeo
foco papers are parading very conspicu
ously in their columns what they call the
Galphin Platform." As an offset to
this we would direct the attention of the
public to the u Ovensliine Platform," which
has lately been set up by Jesse Miller, ed
itor of the llarrisburg Keystone, and
which is officially announced by the said
Jesse, and circulated in handbills as lol
lows :
BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION'.
Drake's Rejiort of the
WILLI AM SPORT CONVENTION !
Proceedings, Speeches, ALL the testimony
in relation to the attempt to BRIBE two of the.
Delegates, &c. Rich and Racy. Ten 1 housarid
copies ordered to be printed in pamphlet furm ! 1
To be published next week at £1 for twelve
copies, or jls per hundred! Orders solicited
immediately !
Address W. E. DRAKE, office of the Key
stone, Harrisburg, Pa.
llarrisburg, June C, 1950.
As the report of the proceedings will be
sold nearly as cheap as the delegates were,
we hope the edition will be purchased by
the people so that they may have a full
understanding of the " seven principles"
which lie at the basis ol the locofoco
Ovenshine I}latjorm!1 } latjorm!
* / The extracts in our last from the
\ ork Republican and Clinton Tribune arc
not very palatable to the Ovcnshines, who
in true lawyer style, set them all down as
malignant and unprincipled falsehoods.
As the principal matters pronounced as
falsehoods took place before we eaine to
this county, we leave the matter to be set
tled by the Tribune and Democrat.
The Ovenshine candidate for Canal
Commissioner says he belongs to no clique
or faction, and if elected will discharge
his duty with 41 impartiality and fidelity."
11 he does, the party will read him out
before he is in office a year.
- Accounts from Washington state
that the U. S. Senate lias confirmed the
nominations of Mr. LAWRENCE, Mr. PEY
TON and Mr. MARSH for the several for
eign Missions to which they have been
appointed, and also, the Secretaries of their
several legations.
FROTI f ILIFORMA.
The steamer Crescent City arrived at
New York on the 21th. with later intelli
gence from all parts of California, and
8250,000 in gold du-t.
Reports from the mining portions of the
country, both north and south, continue to
be of the most favorable nature. The
general state of health at the placers also
is good.
We regret to state that another destruc
tive fire occurred at !San Francisco on the
night of May fth, by which nearly one
third of the city was reduced to ashes, and
the probable loss i.- estimated at 8500,000.
The United States, the El Dorado, Dcl
monieo's, and the Verandah hotels were
among the buildings burnt.
In six days there arrived at San Fran
cisco seventy-six vessels freighted with
cargoes to find a market there.
ntON EtROPF.
The steamship Niagara, Capt. livrie,
reached Halifax cm Tuesday morning with
Liverpool papers to the 15th, and London
papers to the 14th of June.
Accounts frotn the continent represent
everything quiet. The political news gen
erally does not possess any importance.
The Electoral Law which has ju-t
passed the French Assembly disfranchises
some two or three millions of voters.
The crops are more forward, and this
fact has caused a reduction in the prices of
breudstuil's.
Advices have been received from Santa Fo to
25th May. A Convention of delegates had been
called and held, which formed and promulgated
a Constitution for the government of the State
of New Mexico. A Convention assembled at
Santa Fe on the 15th of May, and lasted eight
or nine days, during which, a Constitution was
formed, which would go into operation in 1., c
month of July. The boundaries of the State
were defined, and slavery prohibited. The Con
stitution was adopted on the 25th of Mav. In
fittecn days afterwards, an election was to take
place for members of the Legislature. Two
I S. Senators and Representatives in Congress
would soon be elected.
This news has created much excitement
among the southern agitators at Washing
ton, anil the Texas members arc said to be
particularly ferocious.
From Havana,
The steamer Isabel brings news from
Havana to the 19th inst.
The I . S. sloop of war Gerrnantown,
and one other American man of war,
were lying off the port of Havana, send
ing in the boats only to learn the news on
the arrival of any of U. S. steamers.
The excitement caused by the late ex
pedition has subsided, but the militia is or
ganized, not only there, but in other prin
cipal towns, and the different corps arc
regularly drilled.
Nothing decisive has transpired respect
ing the men who were taken in captured
vessel-. It seems there arc not so many
as was first supposed.
'1 tie cholera has deer< ased in the city,
but iv spieading throughout the inn riur.
Proceedings of the Whig Convention.
We last week gave the first day's pro
' eeedinga of this body—all that had reached
' us in fintt for publication—and now sub
join the remainder:
THURSDAY, June 20.
i The Convention re-assembled this morn
j ing at 81 o'clock, agreeably to adjourn
i inent, and being called to order,
j The names of Messrs. Cortwright, Phelps
and Grittinger were withdrawn for Canal
Commissioner.
The Convention then proceeded to ballot
j with the following result—
CANAL COMMISSIONER.
Joshua Dungan received f.7 votes.
|W. R. Sadler 41 "
Mr. Dungan, of Ducks county, having
received a majority of all the votes cast,
; was declared duly nominated.
Ou motion, the Convention proceeded to
j ballot for a candidate for Surveyor General,
; with the following result—
SLR\EVOR GENERAL.
Ist. 2nd. 3d. 4th.
Joseph Henderson, 16 25 42 70
Richard Irwin, 12 27 34 30
I John Anderson, 0 0 3
Jacob (Yes well, 20 40 31 withd.
1 ho mas M. Eaird, 18 5 withdrawn.
Joseph F. Quay, 5 7 withdrawn.
H. \\. Snyder, 3 7 withdrawn.
A. P. llibshinan, 5 withdrawn.
J. Mackey, 11 withdrawn,
j 8. Hotl'er, 8 withdrawn.
; Jno. M. Pumcroy, 7 withdrawn.
W. Ilibbard, 5 withdrawn.
Joseph Henderson, of YY ashington coun
ty, having received a majority of all the
votes on the fourth ballot, was declared
duly nominated.
When the Convention proceeded to
nominate a candidate for Auditor General,
j as follows—
AUDITOR GENERAL.
Ist. 2nd.
Wrn. Williamson 21 14
Henry W. Snyder 23 71
Henry M. Fuller 3 withdrawn '
Thos. E. Cochran 12 do
! D. M'Murtrie 5 do
E. C. Wilson 2* 19
P. S. Preston 8 1
Henry W. Snyder, of Union county,
was declared duly nominated on the sec
ond ballot, having received a majority of
; all the votes cast.
The Convention then took a recess till
12.1 o'clock.
At 12] o'ulork re-assembled—commit
, tee on resolutions not being yet prepared
to report.
Mr. Johnson, of Cambria, offered ares
olution fixing llollidaysburg as the place of
meeting of the next Whig State Conven
tion.
\ arious amendments were proposed
naming Lancaster, Lewistown, Meadville,
Eric, Ac., on which an amusing discussion
arose in which Mr. Heister, of Lancaster,
Johnson, of Cambria, Elder, of Mifflin,
Job nson, of Erie, and others participated.
The resolution was finally laid aside ;
and the ('onvention took another recess of
half an hour, awaiting the report of tiie
committee on resolutions.
I'jion the re-assembling of the Conven
tion at 5 o'clock, .Mr. Cornyn, front the
committee on resolutions, submitted to the
Convention the following report, which
was read, and on motion of Mr. Loomis,
unanimously adopted :
lirsolnd, That this Convention, representing
those who, in ls4B, gave the vote of Pennsylva
nia to Zachary Taylor and William F. Johnston,
rojoice in the opportunity now afforded them of
renewing the expression of their undiminished
confidence and respect; the mere earnest, as
founded OQ the realization of all thair hopes and
expectations. 'I he \\ higsof Pennsylvania have
watched with deep interest the course of the
Slate and National Administrations, conducted,
as they been, under unusual embarrass
ments —ami the result is, that they are proudly
content with both.
Resolved, I hat to William F. Johnston, Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, their gratitude is especi
ally due, for his public conduct, his steady fidel
ity to his friends and his party, to the interests
of the great State he represents, to her relations
to the Union and the Constitution, to her well
settled and unwavering loyaity, and old fash
ioned opinions on subjects "of domestic policy,
formed during the revolution, and never for one
moment abandoned from that day of trial to (his.
Resolved, That our thanks arc particularly due
to Governor Johnston for arresting one mea
sure of dangerous and unconstitutional legisla
tion, the first Apportionment Bill of the JaU
session ol the Legislature, and thus forcing an
unscrupulous majority to recognise the obliga
tions of the Constitution, which all were equally
bound to sustain, and whose fundamental princi
ple, grossly violated by that bill, in fair and
equal representation, and no disfranchisement
for opinion's sake.
Resolved, That to Governor Johnston grati
tude is due for his anxious desire, manifested in
every word and act of his official life, to main
tain the public credit of the State, and enforce,
by the accumulation of a sinking fund, the cer
tain and gradual reduction of "the public debt
and the public burthens, so as to release the en
ergies of Pennsylvania from the weight she has
so long and so patiently borne, ami give her new
capacity to improve every portion of her soil,
complete her unfinished improvements, and give
to every county ot the Commonwealth facilites
for the dcvelopement of its resources.
Resolved , That one other public servant has
earned our gratitude, and that of every right
minded man in the Commonwealth, by faithful
ly administering his responsible trust, and sec
onding the economical views of the executive
and this Whig Convention would not faithfully
represent its constituents, if it did not give ut
terance of earnest gratitude to the late Stale
Treasurer, Gideon J. Ball of Erie, for all he
has done, and all he has prevented.
Resolved, That with a view to sustain the Ex
ecutive by the association of men—men of high
character, sound political opinions, and large
experience, we have this day nominated JOSHUA
DUNCAN, JOSEI-H HENDERSON, and HENRY W.
SNYDER; surrounded by such men, _jnd no
longer embarrassed by adverse aasocjtffcm, tho
Whig Governor can, without fear or difficulty,
carry into successful execution all measures ne
cessary for the public good ; for their election,
and with it, tho election ola Legislative major
ity, so important in every respect, we invoke ac
tivity, harmony, and fidelity in the Whig ranks,
from one end of tha State to the other.
Resolved, That this Convention would ill dis
charge its duties, or do justice to the sentiment
ol those who bent them here, the Whigs ot
every part of Pennsylvania, if they were to
withhold from- the President of the United
States and his Administration, the tribute of
sincere approval, of confidence, and respect.
It was Pennsylvania—the State which settles by
its vote and its patriotic preference, all the gre.it
political contests ol the country which made
Gi: era I Taylor President of the United St„u
!t is Pennsylvania and her honest yeomanry that
yet sustains him, and it is Pennsylvania which
does not lightly turn her back on a brave, an
honest and faithful pttblic servant.
Resolved, That in electing Gen. Taylor, we
chose him without reference to sectional feel
ings, which Pennsylvania on all questions under
the Constitution expressly and earnestly repudi
ate*—hut with reference to his national charac
ter, earned on the field of his country's battles,
by u long life of severe public service in the
cause of the whole country—and nobly has our
confidence been repaid. His heart, swelling be
yond mere local influence, has beat high in uni
son with the nation's feeling, and never faltered
in its devotion to the Constitution—the Union—
and the interests of the whole country. It is
the placid dignity and energy of his character,
attested in scenes of trial and danger in another
sphere, mingled with his utter destitution of
mere sectional feelings, and his generous and
constitutional patriotism, which now rebukes
and always will restrain extremes of faction or
fanaticism, let thein come from what quarter or
in what form thev may. It is part of the choice
blessings of Providence, that, in a crisis like
this, the nation reposes with entire confidence
on such a President.
Resolved, That Pennsylvania thank- William
M. Meredith, Secretary of the Treasury, for
the principles asserted and the policy recom
mended in his annual report to Congress ; prin
ciples which, though too often postponed, be
trayed and abandoned by our public wen, are
yet as dear to the industrious masses of our fel
low citizens as they were sixty years ago, when
under the administration of Washington, they
were first asserted.
Resolved, That the prostrate condition of the !
industrial interests of Pennsylvania, produced i
by the repeal of the Tariff of 1*42, arid the en
actment of our present revenue system is a sub
ject that demands the serious and early consid- j
eration of Congress. While our brethren of the
South are denouncing the free States of this
Union for supposed aggressions upon what they
claim as their constitutional rights, we invite
them to contemplate tiie injury they have in
flicted upon the North, which now threatens, ■
and, in some instances, has already caused the
most deplorable distress and penury among large
classes of our people—a people who are devoted
to the Union—who are ever ready to support the
Constitution and laws of their country—to sus
tain her honor whenever assailed, and to shed
their blood in her defence, and who are justly
entitled, in return, to the protection that she has (
withdrawn from them, and given to the manu- [
facturers, the work shops and labor of other
countries. The Whigs of Pennsylvania desire i
to prasent the question to the present Congress, j
whether their action" upon the subject is to be '
controlled by the wishes of the British Minister, !
or the voice of the Northern freemen of the I
American UiTion.
lit '■ivtd, That while the Whigs of Pennsylva
nia are opposed, as they have ever been, to the
extension of slavery, they hail the people of the
South as their brethren, in whose prosperity
they rejoice, and whose constitutional rights
they ar.; prepared to sustain and defend. That
in the spirit of good neighborhood, whenever
the interests of different sections of our glorious
Union are supposed to conflict, they are pre
pared now, as they have ever been, to stand
upon the ground of mutual forbearance, heartily
responding to the sentiment expressed by Gen.
Taylor, in his message to Congress, that the
chief element of its strength is to be found in the
regard and affection of the people for each other.
Resolrtd, That this convention cordially ap
prove the recommendation of General Taylor
for the admission of California into the Union
with her present boundaries ; that we hold it to
be the duty of Congress to receive her with the
tree constitution that her citizens have formed,
without imposing on them any conditions or re
strictions of any kind, it being the inalienable
right of the citizens of every State to make such
provi-ioDS for their security and welfare as they
may deem expedient, and subject only to the
propositions and guarantees expressly set forth
in the Constitution of the United States ; that
as the soil of the territory ceded by the treatv
of Gaudalupe Hidalgo was free when it was
acquired from Mexico, we do solemnly protest
agaiDst any policy by which the laws of Texas,
carrying with them the institution of Slavery,
may be extended over any part of it.
Ursolic!, That on all these great question* the
Whigs of Pennsylvania stand neither on the Bal
timore Platform nor the Nashville Platform, nor
any other local or temporary footing ; but stand
ing on the great structure of the constitution,
find it a platform strong enough and broad enough
to sustain them, their industry, their principles
and their political faith.
Resolved , That this convention separates with
renewed confidence that, by union, harmony and
zealous co-operation, strict adherence to princi
ple, and no abandonment of long cherished opin
ions ; by cordial support of the men and meas
ures ot the .State and National Administrations,
and by oblivion of all personal differences, they
can, in October next, insure another triumph of
the good cause for which they have o long con
tended.
Mr. Loom is then moved the following,
as an additional resolution, and trusted it
would be adopted by acclamation, and it
so was :
R'scire,l, That we return our heartfelt thanks
to the Whigs of Philadelphia, for the generous
hospitality which we as a convention have re
ceived at their hands, and especially arc our
thanks due to the committee of arrangements,
for their kindness and attention.
Mr. Jones, of Montgomery, said he
would offer another resolution, which he
would move to have incorporated with the
others. It related to a subject in which
the Whig party felt a deep interest. I!e
read it as follows :
Resolved , That this convention, believing that
the people are the safest depository of power,
and hal ing full confidence in their intelligence
and virtue, would earnestly recommend to their
support the proposed amendment to the Consti
tution, contemplating a change in the mode of
selecting the Judiciary of the State.
After the transaction of some other busi
ness the convention adjourned.
tThe U. S. Circuit Court for the
Western District, had a session at Wil
liamsport last week, and a voung man hv
the name of Baldwin, from (treat Bend,
m Susquehanna county, and (iearhart, of
Columbia county, were convicted for pur
loining money from the mail bags. Both
were sentenced to the penitentiary for ten
years.
A barn on the farm of SAMI FI I AI LINO,
in Juniata county, was struck by lightning
last week and burnt to the ground. The
fluid also struck the spire of the Presby
terian Church at Lcwisburg, I nion coun
ty, but did not do any damage.
- Ihe \\ hole amount ot subscription
required for the completion of the Pcnn
sylvania Hail road has been secured, with
a considerable surplus, which will be ap
plied, as far as it will go, to stocking the
road, and there is little doubt that the im
provement will now be completed and
equipped at the earliest possible day, with
out incutrin; one do!! ,i <vi >
The Jeflei'Doiii>.n, publc-in d at Him,l;
vilie in Jeflersou county, has* the follow
in? paragraph in relation to a new proj, <■
for connecting Erie with the Central Rail
road at this place :
We understand that it is the intention of
number of individuals residing in adjacentcoun
, ties, to apply to the next Legislature for a grant
1 of a right of way, in order to construct a rail
road, commencing at Erie and connecting with
the Central at Lvwistown. We do not know
whether the project is feasible, but if it is, we
should like to see it entered into as soon a
practicable. For years New York has had an
. undue share of the lake commerce, and it h
time that Pennsylvania should have a medium
i of transit which will enable her to reap a por
tion of the benefits arising from this lucrative
trade. If the work is undertaken it will be
highly advantageous to the northwestern coun
ties of our State. Their best interests have
long suffered for the want of suitable thorough
| lares ; but let the enterprise now contemplate,i
be completed, and their resources will bedevel
j oped, their prosperity increased, and their im
portance correlatively enhanced.
WASHINGTON, June 17th, 3 - i 3O.
The a ut between the Methodist Episcopal
Church and the Church South, was brought t u
close to-day, Judge Taylor ruling that those
claiming as the Church South were not entiled
to be made parties to this suit, and" farther de
ciding that B. Wheat and others, the complai:.-
ants in the case, were the true beneficiaries of
the truit, and entitled to it? immediate posse
sion.
DIED.
Or. the 13th of April last, in Decatur town
ship, Mrs. SARAH, consort of John Burkholder,
aged .72 years.
On Saturday morning. 23d inst., in Decatur
township, at the residence of his father, JOHN
BCRKHULDKR, jr., aged 21 years and 2 month-.
THE MARKETS.
Lcwistown, June 2S, lfcoO.
Paid bij JJealerc. Ht tail.
Flour - §1 50 So o<i
Wheat, white - 110 1 15
red - 105 1 10
Rye 50 60
Oats - - 37$ 45
Corn, - . 50 56
Cloverseed old, 3 00
Do new, 3 00
Flaxseed - - 1 00 1 25
Timotbyseed - - 2 00 2 50
Butter, good - - 10 10
- - 10 10
Lard 6 9
Tallow - g iu
Potatoes - - 62 75
• PHILADELPHIA., JUB 25,1950.
Fi/ta AND MEAL —The flour market is dull
at prices a trifle lower. Sales of 6000 bbls.
common and good brands at $5.195a5 25 per
bbl., and extra at $5 625. Limited sales to the
trade within the range of $5.25a5.75. live
Flour and Corn Meal are dull at S3-
CHAlN.—Wheat i scarce and wanted. Sales
of 25,000 bus. Red at $1.20a1.21, White at
£1.29a1.30 pei bus. Rye is worth 65c. Corn
is in lair request. Sales of 12,000 bus. Yellow
at G2a63, and White at oOaGOc. Oats are
steady at 42c for Southern, and 43a44c for
Pennsylvania.
FlSH. —Prices of Mackerel are unsettled.
Sales of No. 1 at $lO, No. 2 at $8.50, and
No. 3 at $4.?5a55 per bb {.—Daily A exes.
CAULK MAKKET. —The offerings of Beef
Cattle for the week were about 1500 head.
BEEVES are selling from $6 to per 100 11*.
HOGS. —There w ere GOO in the market, and
sold from §•"> to $5.50 per 100 lbs. Cows.—
About 20ti sold from sl6 to S4O. SHEEr ASD
LaMßA. —The former from $2 to $4 —the latter
from $1 to $3.
BALTIMORE, June 24, 1350.
F Lot's.— We note 6alee to-day of 3000 bb!;.
Howard Street Flour at $5.25."
GRAIN.—NO Maryland Wheat at Market to
day. Several lots of Pennsylvania red were
>old at 119a120 cts. A lot of Pen DR. white
brought I"-* cts., and another, of very prime
quality, 130 cts. Salss of Corn at 00 cts. for
white, and G2ao3 cts. for yellow, Oats are
scarce and wanted. Trinie lots would bring
4243 cts. A parcel of common quality sola
to-day at 41 cts.— American.
MOSEY JIITTFKS, TRADE, &0.
Counterfeit £"2O bills of tfio State Bank of
Indiana have made their appearance, and are
said to be a dangerous imitation of the last issue
of the Bank.
2fi's spurious, on the Faimers 1 Bank of Read
ing, Pa. Vignette on the right end of the bill a
country scene, sheaves of grain, plough, dec.
Engraved by Terry, Pelton & Co.
JO's spurious, on the Bank of Danville. P3.
Vignette,spread eagle, Ac. Terry, Pelton A Co.,
engravers.
Counterfeit $5 and $1 gold coin are said to
be m circulation in Cincinnati.
*\a7o
Attorney at Law.
"I*7 ILL attend promptly to business entrust
▼ f ed to his care in this and adjoining
counties. Office one door west of the Tost
Office. June 28, 1850-ly.
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