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WHIG NOMINATIONS.
Tor Canal Commissioner,
JOSHIA DIAGA*, of Burks fount*.
For Auditor General,
riFXRY W. SWIHiK. of Inlon County.
For Surveyor General.
JOD.LPH HEADERS©*, of Washington Co.
COUNTY MEETING.
r jpilH WIIIGS OF MIFFLIN COI7N
TV are requested to assemble at the
Town Hall, in Lewistown, on Tuesday
i tenuis, August fith. 1850, for the purpose
of taking sueh measures as may be deemed
expedient in relation to the approaching
election. Addresses will be delivered bv
able speakers. A general attendance is
requested.
GEORGE FRYSIXGER.
Chairman County Commtnittee.
The Yew Cabinet,
On Saturday the President nominated
his cabinet to the Senate, which that body
immediately confirmed, as follows :
DANIEL WEBSTER, of Mass , Secretary of
State.
THO. CORWIK, of Ohio, Secretary of the
Treasury.
JAS. A. PEARCB, of Md . Secretary of the
Interior.
EDWARD BATED, of Mo., Secretary of War.
WM. A GRAHAM, of N. C., Secretary of the
Navy.
J. J. CRITTENDEN, of Ky., Attorney General.
N. K. HALL, of N. Y. t Postmaster General.
Most of these gentlemen are so well
known to the great body of the American
people as to make it unnecessary to speak
oi their services or qualifications.
The Hon. Daniel Webster, and the
Hon. Thos. Corwin, entered on Monday
tipon their duties as Cabinet Officers.
The Hon. Nathan K. Hall, on Tuesday
entered on the duties of the office of
Postmaster General. Mr. Pearce has
deemed it his duty to retain the post lie
now holds as Senator. The other Cabinet
Officers have not arrived at Washington.
Major General Winlicld Scott has brr-n
appointed Secretary of War, and Commo
dore Lewis Warrington Secretary of the
Navy, until the arrival of the new Secre
taries ot those respective Departments.
The Cabinet is generally approved, and
that it is composed of the right kind of
whigs may be inferred from the fact that
the whole gang of locofocos who pursued
General Taylor with their falsehood and
venom down to the day of his death, are
out in condemnation of it before the mem
bers have performed a single act. We at
one time thought that the affected penitence
of tlm Pennsylvanian and its satellites for
their shameful misrepresentations of Gen.
Taylor, might improve their conduct in
future, but it seems they care nothing
what means are used, so that the end is
attained.
(ounty Poor flousc.
The Commissioners named in the Act
of Assembly for selecting a farm on which
to locate a County Poor House, held their
final meeting on Saturday last, and after
an arduous session agreed upon the farm
of JAMES PI RNS, Esq., situate on the
banks ot K ishacoquillas creek, about half
a mile east of Lewistown. This splendid
property contains 202 acres, all arable,
and has two substantial brick dwellings
erected upon it, large enough to accommo
date the steward and his household that is
to be. unless an extra number should apply
tor admission, of which we believe some
fear is entertained. The price to be paid
is SIO,OOO. The location is considered a
good one, and the only objection wc have
thus far heard urged, is that it is too near
Lewistown and will hold out too rnanv
inducements for paupers to take up their
residence there. This might possibly be
the case, but if the able-bodied and lazy
come there for the purpose of living on the
fat of the land, we venture to say that a
stone quarry or some other suitable labor
tor such fellows, will soon dispel their
dreams of the Mifflin count* eowntrv seat.
There is a corn stalk growing on a
fit farmed by Col. D. STEWART ELLIOTT
which is at the present time fourteen fei t
high. It bids fair to become a " whopper."
I HE < OMPROMISE BILL. —The question
lias not vet been taken upon the Compro
mise Bill before the Senate. It seems to
1" conceded that it is now somewhat to be
amended before it is brought to a vote,
and possibly the question ot' the Texas
boundary may be referred to a Board o
Commissioners for settlement.
The Whig \uiulualini
W hen tiie Democrat gave the result of
the Whig Convention it gravely informed
its readers that John Strohm was kicked
overboard because he had been an oppo
nent of tlte Mexican war, and yet it would
now make them believe that Joshua Dun
gan, the nominee of that Convention, re
echoed the language it ascribes to Mr.
Corwin, but which he never uttered in the
sense the Ovenshines use it. i here is
something so inconsistent in these two
Statements, that it will strike every casual
reader, and lead hi.n to doubt the truth of
ihe sror\ got up by the paper which it
quotes. We know nothing personally of
the Ovenshine candidate for Canal Com
missioner, nor of his capacity to till the
office as it ought to be filled, but we do
know that Joshua Dungan is not the wa
vering politician and ignoramus the Dem
ocrat would make him. The people may
rely upon it that he is capable—more so
than any of the present canal board—and
also that he is honest, a consideration of
some importance to all taxpayers.
As to the candidates for Auditor General,
the last Union Star furnishes an answer to
the article quoted in the Democrat which
we subjoin :
Our Loco friends are evidently alarmed at the
strength of the Whig ticket. Our candidates
being men of unexceptionable character and of
great popularity, the opposition are endeavoring
to stem the current of public opinion which is
setting in their favor by croaking about dissatis
faction in the Whig ranks. They know that
nothingof the kindexits amongus, but that their
own party is torn and distracted by the violence
and bitterness of the strife between the two
factions. The Union Times, in obedience to the
bidding of the. Ovenshine leader,, is decrying our
candidate for Auditor Oeneral. It has the un
blushing effrontery to declare that Penns town
ship will give a majority against Henry W.
Snyder. The voters of Old Penns will brand
this falsehood as it deserves on the 2d Tuesday
in October. Let the rest of the State do as
well as Union county wiil do for Mr Snyder,
and he will be triumphantly elected. Know ing
Mr. Snyder well and intimately, we do not be
lieve a better and more judicious selection could
Lave been made for the office of Auditor Gen
eral. We have also known his opponent, Mr.
Banks, for many years, and while we esteem him
as a man and citizen, we have no hesitation in
■aying that Mr. Snyder is much better qualified
to fill this office than he is. Mr. Banks is a gen
tleman possessing but moderate talents, and is
not an experienced accountant. He has always
been a very violent partizan, and so strongly
iocs he permit party spirit to arouse him that
in 1641, when David K. Porter was elected
Governor over Judge Banks, who is his cousin
and brother-in-law, he not only refused to vote
lor Judge Banks but he illuminated his house
in honor of the election of Porter. Mr. Banks
cannot therefore expect his whig relations to
support him, nor will they do it. Since the
nomination of Mr. Snyder, we have seen and
conversed with a number of our leading whiga,
who appear much gratified with his nomination.
Members of the other party have also borne
willing testimony to his ability and popularity,
and we shall be much disappointed if Mr. Sny
der does not receive a very large increase over
the Whig Tote in Union county.
Of " one Joseph Henderson" as the
Democrat calls him, we fancy our neigh
bor will hear more this fall than will lie to
his liking. It may do very well politically
to uphold Mr. Brawley, whom the editor
of the Easton Argus, a rank locofoco pa
per, considers titter lor Whiskey Inspector
than Surveyor General, and run down
Mr. Henderson, a gentleman whose char
acter and standing are above reproach, but
it will not do. The fanners, whose inter
ests the Surveyor General is to guard,
will do well to pause before tliev entrust
the office into the hands of Mr. Brawley.
But a few days previous to the meeting of
the Ovenshine Convention, a large loco
foco meeting was held in Crawford coun
ty, .Mr. Brawler's place of resilience, at
which it was resolved
Ist. That it is necessary for the Democratic
State Convention to nominate candidate* of
known moral and political trorth and competency.
"2d. That the puffs contained in the Crawford
Democrat, asserting that the nomination of J.
P. Brawley, as a candidate for Auditor General,
would be gratifying to the Democracy of this
county, arc uncalled for and untrue.
3d. That the delegates to the Williamsport
Convention be instructed to vote for Gen. J. B.
Guthrie, of Allegheny county, for Auditor Gen
eral, and Nimrod Strickland of Chester, for
Canal Commissioner.
This shows that the locofoco candidate
cannot command his party vote at homo,
and since his nomination it is generally
believed that he will be beaten there, for
we observed a few days since that a loco
loco meeting was held at Conneautvillc, at
which it was almost unanimously resolved
to oppose him ! These are facts that carry
with them some weight, for although the
Ovenshines rely on the little knowledge
the people possess of their candidates to
secure their election, there are still many
who do not like to go it blind " for the
whole hog, tail and .all," without inquiry
—and inquiry once made, it might be
discovered that the fruits of the Conven
tion at Williamsport are not as sweet as
ihe raw I'addy thought one of them was
some years ago when he gave a cheer lor
"Jimmy O'Polk, George McDallas, and
swatc Aphraim Banks !"
Tur. CUBAN PRISONERS RELEASED.—
The difficulty with the Cuban authorities
respecting tin: prisoners taken at the Island
of Con toy is settled by the Spanish au
thorities having released them and senl
them home to the United States. As our
Government would not allow of the juris
diction of Spam over these nien, we hope
that it will do justice to that Government
by taking them in hand itself, and insti
tuting a thorough examination, to ascertain
whether they have not violated tin- laws
; ol the United Stacts.
Publication of th* Amendment* to the
t'ODtltUllOUi
A few of the locofoco papers, either
through ignorance, malice, or design, raise j
a crv against the Secretary of the Com- j
monwealth for not selecting them (modest
fellows, truly) to publish the amendments,
and one at Bedford, whom we should
judge to be lamentably ignorant of the
printing business or else unscrupulous as
to what he says, asserts that the amount
paid whig papers for their publication is
exorbitant, and abundantly sufficient to
place them in every paper in the State.— '
Neither of these statements is true. The |
Constitution provides for the publication of
such amendments in one paper in each
county, and if the Secretary selects more
than that number, the pay of the others is
of course lessened. The Legislature last
venr made an appropriation which averaged
about sl3 for each paper, being a little more
than one-fourth the amount the advertise
ment would come to at regular rates. At
the last session a larger sum was voted, but
even this is far from sufficient to pay the
whig papers fairly , much less exorbi- -
tantly. We are one of those who believe
that public matters—whether county or
State—ought to be published in all the
papers, but in this case it seems to us it is
manifestly unjust and mean to censure the
Secretary of State. Had our locofoco i
friends taken the matter in hand, we would
cheerfully have given our aid towards pro
curing an appropriation sufficient to publish
the amendments in all the papers, and we
doubt not many others would have been
equally readv to do so had the matter been
broached.
Effects of the Storm.
The storm of last week seems to have
been of the most disastrous character to
the south and cast. Along the Suscjue
hanna it is estimated that #20,000 worth
of lumber has been carried away by the
tlood, besides doing immense damage to
other property. In York county a large
amount of grain, Ae., was swept away,
and a number of bridges either carried off
or injured. A burthen train from \Y righls
ville to York on Friday morning, finding
the trussels of the bridge at Christ's creek
swept away, the Engineer, Mr. Duncan,
detached the locomotive from the train, for
the purpose of testing the strength of the
bridge, but he had not proceeded more than
half across when it fell, and lie was in
stantly killed.
In Lancaster county a great deal of dam
age has been sustained by the up-rooting
of trees, A e., and the Coneetoga Navigation
is injured so much that it is thought it cannot
be repaired this season.
In Philadelphia a large number of ves
sels were sunk at the wharves, unfinished
buildings blown down, and trees, awnings,
Ac., scattered about in every direction.
Along the Schuylkill, however, the tlood
raged with greatest fury, carrying oil*every
thing in its way. Fourteen men, two bo\ s,
and a girl were drowned.
The Delaware river and its tributaries
rose several feet, and inundated wharves,
cellars. Ac. The Delaware division of the
canal sustained considerable injury.
In New York the Hudson, Mohawk,
and other rivers, rose to an unusual height,
flooding the lower part of Albany and other
towns for some days.
In Vermont the railroads have been much
injured, and great loss sustained in pro
perty and life.
This storin, so unusual at this season of
the year, seems to have extended from the
neighborhood of this place (no wind liav
ing prevailed at Huntingdon) to the south
and east as far as heard from, and a great
loss of life is anticipated to have occurred
on the ocean.
The Juniata rose but a few feet, and we
are glad to learn that the injury sustained
by the crops, Ac., in this county is slight
compared with eastern accounts. Some
corn was broken off or prostrated, but the
wet weather has had a most beneficial
effect on that crop, and a majority of the
fields now present an unusually fine ap
pearance.
Si nnr.N DEATH.— JESSE WILLIAMSON,
superintendent of the Railroad Hotel now
building nt Patterson, Juniata county, died
rather suddenly oil Wednesday evening
last, at 7 o'clock. He hail been some
what indisposed with diarrhepa for a few
days, but had taken dinner as usual, and
on Sunday last was in Lewistown, appa
rently in good health. 11 is remains were
taken to Philadelphia yesterday morning,
where his family resides.
Too much caution cannot he exercised
at litis season in regard to eating fruit, es
pecially if not fully ripe, as it has a strong
tendency to create diarrhoea—a disease as
fatal to life as almost any other if not at
tended to in lime.
DROWNED.—WE regret to learn that a son of
Mr. IIKNRY JYITKRS, of this place, aged ahout
four years, was drowned on Friday last, in the
cistern, at his father's residence. This sad oc
currence should render parents very careful
about keeping their cisterns covered.— //un/ing-
Jl./1 Journal.
When the Democratic party detects one of
its members in a dirty act, he is kicked out, und
I forthwith becomes a shining light on the watch
tower of whiggery. But the whig party holds
on to its own rascals and takes ours too. Valley
\ Spirit.
' We have strong doubts concerning the
truth of the Spirit's assertion that the ras
cals are all kicked out of the democratic
1 party, for if that had been done, there
i would not now be more than a corporal's
guard left. We speak of course of the
leading politicians, and that we are not
alone in this opinion, we cut the following
from a late Ledger, over the signature of
Andrew Miller, a lending locofoco of Phil
adelphia county, and well known through
out the State as such. lie say-
j "Itis a humiliating fact that the Democratic
party of the county of Philadelphia is ruled by
a -gang of men that deserve no other or better
appellation than PIR ATES, for tkey exist by the
PLUNDER that they can reap, in disregard arid in
violation of the cherished principles of the par
ty that gives them character and position."
I The above is applicable to many other
counties besides Philadelphia, especially
along the lines of canal and railroads.
Another specimen of 44 democracy" is fur
nished in the person of John Abrarns, a
delegate from Philadelphia to the Williams
i port Convention, who, since lie assisted
, 44 in nominating Morison, Banks and Braw
ley, has been tried for stabbing a man,
j convicted and sentenced to pay a line of
SSOO, and undergo a service of four years
' in the Eastern Penitentiary."
These extracts will suffice to show that
the rascals are still not few and far between,
and that it will take as much sole leather
to kick them all out as our friend M'Kee
can manufacture in the next five years.
ty Our friend of the Hollidaysburg
Standard thinks we are a sharp fellow in
detecting anything 44 Camcronian" in the
letter of Wm. T. .Morison, Ovenshine can
didate for Canal Commissioner, to Thomas
C. M'Dowell. Should Morison be elected,
a year or so hence may remove the scales
from eyes now seemingly closed.
EFFK IKNT PARTISANS. —The Pennsyl
vanian attributes the majority that (General
Taylor received in Dauphin county to the
work of Cameron ; and the Keystone attri
butes the inajoritv in Lancaster to Buchanan
and Forney. The Harrisburg Telegraph
thinks it a pity they don't send somebody
to Berks.
FOREIGN NEWS. —Two steamers have
arrived from Europe our last issue,
but the news is not of much importance.
Sir Robert Peel, for many years Prime
Minister of England, was killed by a fall
from his horse, making the fourth Minister
since who has come to a violent
death.
Telegraphic Despatches
The papers received by the last mails
contain the following telegraphic despatch
es :
I.ouisv ii.i E, Ky., July 23.—The Cholera broke
out very suddenly yesterday, in two blocks of
houses, iu the lower part of the city, occupied
by poor families, and raged with great violence.
Since last night, there has been s5 cases and 20
deaths in that piuce. The cause assigned for it
; is a pond adjacent, which has been filled with
filth, emitting an intolerable stench. The other
parts of the city are very healthy.
ST. LOUIS, July 23- —The total number of in
tcrmen s for the week ending yesterday, were
433 —0f which 210 were from Cholera.
PITTSBURGH, July 23 —Solomon Schoyer, a
wealthy citizen of this city, went to bed last
i night in good health, and this morning he was a
corpse. Many cases of Cholera are reported
1 daily, hut are probably much exaggerated.
WASHINGTON - , July 24 —The Governor of
Ohio has appointed Hon. Thomas Ewing U. S.
I Senator, to fill the vacancy occasioned by tho
resignation of Hon. Thomas Corwin.
NORFOLK, July 24. —The Government Sur
veying Schooner Jefferson arrived here last
: evening, and reports seeing a large ship off Cape
Hatteras, wrecked. Supposed all on board had
perished. Several other vessel* were also
w recked by the recent gale, in the same vicinty.
GENERAL TAYLOR'S PROPERTY AND HIS
FAMlLY. —According to the New York
Express, Gen. Taylor left no will dispos
ing of his property. His former planta
tion on the Mississippi was sold to pur
chase a sugar plantation below, on which
some seventy or eighty thousand dollars
j are said to he due. Another plantation
which he purchased lias proven to he un
profitable, beeause frequently flooded.—
The writer who communicates those facts
says probably some of the Presidential
salary was relied upon to meet the further
payment upon the sugar plantation, but
that salary is gone. Gen. Taylor, there
fore, died in a very unfortunate time for
the interest of his family. This is the
reason, it is said, that the family does not
return to Louisiana. (Jen. Taylor, pre
viously however to Col. Bliss' marriage
with his daughter, settled upon her a con
siderable sum of money.
ASCENDING ON HORSEBACK IN A BAL
LOON. —All Paris was agog on the 7th inst.,
| to see a man ascend in a balloon on fiorsc
: back. The horse, a line and spirited young
white horse, was suspended beneath the
balloon, in the place usually occupied by
tlip car. Bands passed licneath the belly,
well secured, and left the animal in an easy
position, with the legs free. M. Poitcvin,
clothed as a jockey, mounted the horse,
which was saddled and bridled in the ordi
nary manner, and gave orders to cat loose !
The horse scented loth to quit his mother
earth, and remonstrated a little when he
found he was being taken off his feet.
But once in air he became as motionless
as though he had been struck u ith paralysis.
1
From ihtf Boston Alia? of Saturday
I)r. Webster's late derided.
The Committee on Pardons, composed of .
Lieutenant Governor John Reed, Chairman, of
Yarmouth ; Dr. Luther V. Bell ; Hon. Samuel
Wood, of Grafton ; Hon. John Tenney, of Me- ,
thucn, and Hon. Charles M. Owen, of Stock
bridge, submitted their final report in the case !
of John W. Webster, to the Governor and Coun- 1
cil, yesterday morning. The Council met in i
iheir chamber, and held the session with closed
doors. After assemblihg, and being called to 1
order, the following Report was presented by !
Lieutenant Governor REED, Chairman of the j
Committee on Pardons :
REPORT.
I
The Committee on Pardons, to whom w as re
ferred the petition of John W. Webster, a con
j vict under sentence of Death, praying, in behalf
of himself and his wife and children, the Gov- '
, ernor and Council to extend to the petitioner a i
| commutation of the punishment awarded to him ; j
! also, a copy of the records of the Court, con
taining the trial ami sentence of said Webster,
and also sundry other petitions and arguments
referring to, or in support of the petition of said
Webster, now report,
That, by said record, it appears that said Web
ster was regularly indicted for the crime of the
j murder of Dr. George Parkrnan, and set to the
j bar of the Supreme Court at the March Term
thereof, A. D. 1850 —and there having been en
quired of how he would acquit himself concern- 1
ing the premises, for answer, said he was not
guilty, and thereof put himself upon the country.
Counsel was thereupon assigned for the pris
oner. On the nineteenth day of March follow- j
ing, said Webster was again =et to the bar to be
tried. A jury was empanneled and sworn, and
after full hearing, on their oaths declared that j
the said John W. Webster was guilty. And
thereafterwards, viz : on the Ist day of April,
in said Court, said Webster being placed at the
bar for sentence, it was demanded of him, by
said Court, if he had anything to say wherefore i
sentence should not be declared upon the premi- j
ses and verdict aforesaid. To which said Web- j
ster nothing further answered.
Thereupon it was considered by the Court,
that the said John W. Webster be taken to the
jail whence he came, and thence to the place of
execution, and there be hanged by the neck until
he be dead.
Since the passing said sentence by the said
Court, numerous petitions and arguments have
been presented to the Executive for the full par
don of said Webster, founded upon the belief
and presumption that he never committed even
a homicide. Recent events, however, relieve
the Committee in a great measure, from the con
sideration of all such arguments and petitions.
On the 2d of July, A. D. 1850, the Rev. Dr.
Putnam, by appointment, appeared in behalf of
said Webster, before the Committee on Pardons,
and read a confession made by said Webster,
acknowledging that he committed the homicide,
and declaring the manner and circumstances
thereof, —and at the same time presented said
Webster's petition for a commutation of the
sentence aforesaid. The petition and confession
were supported by an able argument by Dr.
Putnam.
To this confession and argument, and all argu
ments and evidence supporting it, we have given
our most serious and anxious attention, and we
have proceeded to consider the same with hearts
arid minds desirous to know the truth, and our
duty, and with a firm purpose to do i chut both shall
require.
It seems to your Committee that the sentence
in the case of Webster, having been passed by
the Court, after a full and fair trial, in the course
of which all the facta and circumstances which
could then be brought to light, were patiently
and thoroughly investigated and weighed by the
jury—and having been fully affirmed, alter a
careful revision of the law upon trial, since had
by the full Court on solemn argument of both
sides, there appears to be no grounds for Exec
utive interposition, except it may be found in the
subsequent confession of the prisoner.
In this view, the only questions, as it seems to
us, are, whether the statements which said Web
ster now makes in his Confession, of the manner
and circumstances of the homicide, are so con
firmed by other evidence, or so intrinsically pro
bable that they ought to be received as true : and
if true, whether they justify the Executive in a
commutation of the punishment.
To these questions the minds of the Commit
tee have been most carefully directed, and, as
they trust, with no unwillingness on their part t
come to an affirmative conclusion, if they could
do so consistently with a supreme regard to truth
and justice. But after all the consideration
which they have been able to bestow upon this
confession, and under the light of all the evi
dence and the comments with which it has been
accompanied and supported,they feel constrained
to say, that the effect has not been such as to
satisfy their minds that the position of the case
is materially changed. In other words, the pal
liating facts and circumstances set forth in the
confession, have not been so confirmed by other
evidence and circumstances, as to form a proper
and sufficient basis for Executive interference.
To this painful coticlusion the committee have
unanimously come.
The committee, therefore, respectfully report,
that they cannot consistently with what they
conceive their duty, recommend a commutation
of the sentence, in the case of John W. Webster,
as prayed for in his petition.
Nothing now remains for the committee, in
the discharge of this painful duty, but to advise
your Excellency in determining upon a time for
the execution, and they name FRIDAY, THE
j THIRTIETH D.W OF AIC.FST NEXT, as the day :
and recommend to your Excellency to decide
upon that day as the time fur the execution of
i John W. Webster.
JOHN REED. Chairman.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, July 19, 1650.
After the conclusion of the reading of the re
port. His Excellency, Governor Briggs, read to
the Council an address, from which we copy the
concluding paragraphs:
" It is undisputed, that on the 23d day of No
vember. 1-49, John White Webster, a professor
in Harvard University, and in the Medical Col
lege in Boston, did at mid-day in his room, in
that college, within a few feet of the place
where lie daily stood and delivered scientific
lectures to a large class of young men, with
unlawful violence, take the life of Dr. George
Turkman, a respectable citizen of Boston, w ho
had come to that room at the repeated requests
of the said prisoner ; and that after taking his life,
ho eviscerated and in a manner most shocking
to humanity, mutilated the body of his victim,
burning parts of it in a furnace, and depositing
other parts of it in different places in the build
ing, where they were found by persons who
were seeking after Dr. Turkman; that after
killing him, he robbed his lifeless creditor, by
taking from him two notes of hand, signed by
j himself, to which lie had no right, and commit
ted still another crime by making lalse marks
upon those notes ; and that a Jury of his coun
try, etnpanne.lcd according to law, under the
direction of font- of the five eminent Judges con
stituting the Supreme Court of Massachusetts,
after a long, patient, and impartial trial, and
after hearing in his defence the arguments of
learned and eloquent counsel, upon their oaths,
found him guiity of murder.
" Upon the verdict, the Court pronounced the
awful sentence of death. In such a case there
should be obvious and conclusive reasons to
authorise the pardoning power to interpose and
arrest the sword of Justice. Ido not sec these
reasons. The combined circumstances of the
case force me to the conclusion, that the safety
of the community, the inviolability of law, and
tie principle of impartial justice demand exe
cution of the sentence.
" 1 hope it is not necessary for mc to say that
it would give me unspeakable pleasure to come
to a different result, and that 1 would do any
thing on earth in ray power, short of violating
duty, to alleviate the sufferings of a crushed and
broken-hearted family.
"GEO. N\ BRIGGS.
"COUNCIL CUWU, July RJ, 1830."
SHOE STORE. "**
rfiHE subscriber respectfully informs the
A public that he bus removed to the old
stand of James Parker, next house to WaUson
& Jacob's store, w here he has made a ia-rro at ]-
t s dition to hie stock of SHOES and
fl? BOOTS, which he will eel! 11l
-CIIEAP FOR CASH. He haa f &L
also increased his facilities ibr manufacturing
and is now prepared to receive orders for eve rv
description and siyle of work, of the most im
proved fashions. He superintends the eiah
lishment with strict attention, and from lii H ex"
. tensive experience in the business, he f e la
confident that no customer will o- 0 awav die",
i isfied. He keeps none but the best of work*
men, and his work will be well made, and "fit
like a boot " lie therefore .olicifo a lar
aiiare of public patronage. •'
j N. B- LA Dl EH will find o good assortment
suitable tor their wear.
DANIEL DONOT
! Lewistown, July 20, 1650 3t
N. S, LAWRENCE,
Agrnt for f he sale of Soulhworih Manujuitari
Company's Writing Papers.
WAREHOUSE -Vo. 3 MIXOR St., Philadelphia
20 0 <;AsES ~f the above superior PAPERS now !n
store, and for sale to tile trade at the levies*
■ market prices, consisting tn part of—
Fine thick Mat Caps, 11,14,15 and 161b5., blu &
I Superfine Medium and Demi Writings, blue and white
j Extra super and superfine Folio Posts,blue and white
j plain and ruled.
Superfine Commercial Posts, blue and while,plain and
i ruled.
Extra super I.inen Note Papers, plain and gilt,
j Suiierfiue and fine Bill Papers, long and broad.
Superfine and fine Counling-Ilouse Caps and Posts,
blue and while.
Extra super Congress Caps and Letters, plain and ruled,
! blue and white.
Extra super Congress Caps and Letters, gill.
■Superfine Sermon Caps and Posts.
| Superfine blue linen ihin Letters.
Extra super Bath Poets, blue and white, plain and ruled.
Eruhr .idered Note Papers and Envelopes.
" Lawyer's" Brief Papers.
Superfine and fine Cape and Posts, ruled and plain, bine
| and white, various qualities and prices.
Also, 1000 reams white and assorted Shoe Pape.rs, Bon.
j net Boards, white and assorted Tissue, Tea, Wrapping,
Envelope, assorted and blue Mediums, Cap Wrappers'
; Hardware Pap. rs, &.c. [July '
LEAD PIPES, to 2 inches, for sale Ly
jy26tf F. G. FRANCISC US. *
# *J 25 sett Eng 1 ish Tire Iron, 1£ to 4 in. broad
Articles of this kind always on hand by
Jy26tf F. G. FRANCfSCUS.
ATERVILLE Manufacturing Co.'a sc.
T T perior PEN and POCKET CUTLERY— mar.-
ufactured by the Waterville Manufacturing
Company, Waterbury, Conn. An invoice o?
the above splendid American Cutlery just re
ceived. Premiums were given for these gonds
at the New Vorkand Philadelphia Institutes
rivaling in quality and finish YVestenholm and
j Rogers' best cutlery. Each knife warranted.
For sale wholesale and retail by
Jy26if F. G. FRANCISCUS.
i 1
-\cw Mioe Finding Store.
I pair Ball's celebrated Lasts, assorted
F vf f 12 sett Boot Trees
10 Clamps
G sett Schive's Patterns
8 pair Crimping Boards
For sale at lowest prices for cash by
F. G. FRANCISCUS,
July 26-tf Dealer in Shoe Findings,
Q MOROCCO SKlNS,Tampico, Madras,
f O Cape, <S:c.
4 dozen Lining Skins
4 do Binding do
12 sides Upper leather
1 dozen French Calf Skins
1 do Stiait Morocco
4 do Kid Skins
3 do Red, Blue &. Green Morocco Skins
1 do Bronzed do do
2 do Fancy Colored do do
With an assortment of Kit, Files, Rasps.
Pegs, Tool? of all kinds, Shoe Thread, &c., at
Jy26tf F. G. FRANCISCUS'.
Forward Drops,
(-4s formerly prepared by Green Banks.)
A CERTAIN REMEDY for Cholera, Dur-
A rhaca, Cholera Morbus, prepared and
sold at A. A. BANKS'
July 26-tf Diamond Drug Store.
JUST received and for sale at the Diamond
Drug Store, Dr. S. P. TOWNSEND'S SARSA
PARILLA ; DAVIS' PAIN KlLLEß—adestroyerof
ail pain ; Dr. DI NLAP'S AROMATIC CONFLATION
for Piles: ASIATIC BALSAM, for Diarrhoea, &c.;
EXTRACT OF AMERICAN OIL, by
July 20-tf A. A. BANKS, Agent.
CHEAP CLOTHING"
hi the Kmiin formerly occupied by S. S.
Esq., uiuier the National House.
ALL and see, and Examine for yourselves,
J and then you will be convinced that I
have the cheapest Clothing you ever did see.
This stock was not made in the city express y
for the country market, but under my own im
mediate direction, is neatly made and cut well
and fashionably.
Fine B!k French Dress Coats lrom 10,0"
Cashuieret Coats, best quality, 7i to 6,00
Black Casimerc Pants 31 to 4,00
Fine Vests 2a to 3,00
If you want to save money and get a good
article, you will call and then be convinced ot
the truth of the above.
J. GALLAHER, Agent.
Lewistown, July If. 1850.
Coins AND CONSUMPTION. —I have on hand
and for sale a few bottles ot medicine for the
cure of colds and consumptions.
CORNS. —I have also a preparation for the
total eradication of corns.
DEAFNESS AND EAR ACHE.—Also,n few hot
ties of medicine fir the cure of these trouble
some diseases. J. G.
30 Uniforms,
'VjEW and made in the most substantial man
i i ner, according to the requirements ot the
law regniatmg the Uniformed Militia of this
State. Patriotic young ruen, desnous of keep"
ing up this important arm of our defence, will
find Una a. rare opportunity for procuring cheap
iiuitbrms. For further information apply to
VVM. RE WALT.
Lewistown, July ll>, 1*50—3?.
Opera lions on flic Teeth*
J. N. SUMMEII, 3XENTIST
WOULD inform the public that he has
turned to Lewistown with the view oi
lnsking it hts permment place Ql'reside 11 '",
and is now ready tu be consulted on the busi
ness of his protession. 11 is Olliee is in the front
room of the second story of the Bank rnv2T!