THE GAZETTE.
LEWISTOWN, l'A.
FRIDAY KVKM.Yti, .Yovruiber 11, 1S"1.
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ed ; if not paid in three months, sl.st); it
j.jid in six months, $1.75; and it not paid in
nine months, $2.00.
We devote considerable space in
to-day's paper to a letter from R. C. Boss,
Esq., who has been visiting the mountain
ous portion of France. These letters are
hastily written, but are nevertheless intcr
ostinc, and will amply repay perusal.
The premiums awarded by the Mifflin
County Agricultural Society at the recent
exhibition, also appear to-day.
Kt MOU. —According to Rladam Rumor,
the " democratic" candidate for Assembly
next year has been selected and salted for
use. Delegates to the convention in Au
gust therefore need not concern themselves
further about the matter.
TAT War. Snr.ii*, Esq., entered on the
duties of his office last week, and ap
pointed 1). If. Reynolds, Esq., Deputy
•Sherd!. The latter has had lots of' expe
rience about rourt-house business, and
Knows the duties of all from Judge down
to court crier as well as he does his a b
<"'s—we may therefore expect to see things
done up 4 * brown."
Phc Ilcrks county democracy* re
cently held a meeting (or the purpose of
taking measures to induce Congress to in
crease the duty on iron and coal ! We
should not wonder much to hear the loco
locos swear they are better tariff men titan
the whigs the moment the Presidential
campaign opens.
1 lie 1 ennsylvania Railroad Company
intend carrying passengers, on and after
the lirst December, from Philadelphia to
Pittsburg in twenty-four hours. The rail
road connection will then be complete with
the exception of 28 miles, which will be
passed over in stages,
- J Ihe New York Tribune learns
lrom officers of the frigate Mississippi,
which arrived at New Y'ork a few davs
since with a number of Hungarians on
board, that no difficulties had occurred
between Kossuth and the officers of that
vessel, as had been represented in a num
ber ol letters from Kurope, but that in
tfie whole ot Kossuth's intercourse with
the officers and men of the Mississippi,
Ge ras modest, cordial, gentlemanly,
obliging, and is esteemed by them all in
the highest degree ; not one word of dis
pute, not one coniliet of views, not one
disrespectful or uneourteous act occurred
while fliev were together.'"
Lsr .Mr. Walker, Secretary of the Trea
sury under Mr. Folk, is now in England,
endeavoring to negotiate a loan of £15,000,-
000 for tne Illinois railroad, and offering
to take 10,000 tons ot British railroad iron
with a portion of the loan. A few years
ngo the hair of a good locofoco would have
stood straight up had propositions been
made to make a railroad in the United
States with British money, but now it has
not only become democratic to borrow
from foreign nabobs, hut also to use mil
lions of dollars worth of foreign iron, &e.,
which could as well be manufactured here
as there !
THE NEW SIPREME Conn.—The
Judges elect of the Supreme Court of this
State are to meet at llarrisbursr, to-dav, to
draw lots for their respective terms. Cer
tificates of the result are to be furnished to
the Secretary of the Commonwealth, when
the new Judges will be commissioned.—
I he lirst session of the new bench, in
bane, will be in Philadelphia the first
Monday of December next.
to" I lie Spanish Minister, it is reported,
lately submitted a proposition for the set
tlement ol the difficulties between the
United States and Spain. The proposi
tion Wis for the American Covernment to
invite the Spanish Con-til to return to New
Orleans, to bring him in a national vessel,
and to salute the Spanish (las'over him,
and further to restore the value of the pro
perty of the Consul, and of the Spanish
citizens of New Orleans, which was- de
stroyed hy the rioters. Mr. Webster dc
•A'tnied to accede to these terms, but it is
understood the diflivulty is HI the WAY OJ
adjustment on satisfactory terms.
I if' ('ongress will assemble at Wash
ington on Monday two weeks.
Some valuable real estate is offered for
sale m another column.
FKOXJ F.IUOPI:. —Two or three steamers
have arrived from Europe since our last,
with intelUtrenee to the 29th Oetouer.
Kossuth had arrived at Southampton, Eng
land, ant! was received in the ino>t enlhu
' siastie. manner. Many eminent men had
pnid him nntl it is sml ili.it fiOitl
Palmerstom "would grant him an interview.
The most important Hews from France is
| die formation of a new ministry. The
J'ope is reported to be ill. The minis
terial crisis of Denmark has terminated In
die appointment of M. IWuhme as minis
ter of foreign affairs, and Gen. Flensborg as
minister of war. A misunderstanding is
said to exist between the Governments oi
Austria and Denmark. A \ ienna letter
slates that the Austrian Cabinet recently
addressed a note to the British and French
Goverments, in reply to the protest against
Austria entering in with the GermatieCon
federation. The letter asserts that Aus
i tria denies the right of France and Eng
land to interfere in this question, and states
that she will recognise no other than the
Diet, if she would call for a decision on
the subject.
Cotton lias still further declined. Flour
was quoted at 17 a 20 shillings per barrel
—equal to 83,7") a 81,30 of 1. S. tnouev !
The American AII-THIOH,
In its promises and performances for
1851, seems to be reaping t!ie harvest of
its previous successes, in enlarged resour
ces and consequent advantages to subscri
bers. Its works of Art for distribution
next December, as appears by the Bulletin,
show a steady advance in number over the
collections of previous years, and in merit
also, if we judge by the .New York papers.
The best Artists are represented in it, and
in some of their best works. The list of
270 works, already announced, includes
new and favorite productions of Durand,
Lcutze, Hinckley, Mrs. Spencer. Mount,
Chapman, Woodville, Church, Rossiter,
Hignoux, Kcnsctt, Hicks, Kanncy, Audu
don, Peele, and others well known to the
country, and identified with its reputation
in the Arts. Other works to be added to
the list will, doubtless, make it at least
equal in number, and surpass in interest,
the collections of the most prosperous
years of the Institution.
The certain return to each Member
will he a series of six Line Engravings,
in the highest style of the Art—all the
subjects various, and apparently of great
interest. These are—l. a general line
engraving by Jones, after NVoodville's cele
brated painting of Mexicans News, rep
resenting a group listening to an account
of one ol the battles of the Mexican war ;
2. Marion Crossing the Pedee, by Ranny ;
3. Mount Washington, front the Valley of
Conway, by Kensett: 4. American Har
vesting- Scenery, by Cropley; 5. Oltl '7O
and Voting '4B, by Woodville; G. Par
gains for a Horse, by Mount.
Each .Member, after subscribing, receives
the Society's Bulletin , a line Art Journal
ot original Criticism, Biography, History,
-News, <Ac., &c., relating to the Arts, illus
trated by engravings on steel, wood, and
stone, etchings, &c„ The Bulletin has
always taken a high rank with the public
among periodicals on the Fine Arts.
These valuable returns to members can
be ensured only by the combination of a
large number of subscribers and eflicicnt
business organization. Indeed, if we did
not know what the Institution has done—
what promises it lias made and kept—we
should think it incredible that so small an
investment could be made to yield such
extraordinary returns. Large as their list
oi subscribers is at the end of the year,
we wonder that it is not much larger.
The Secretary of this place is Dr. H,
W. IIALE, who will soon send on a list
of subscribers, and will give anv informa
tion which may be desired in relation to
the Institution.
FIRES. —OiI Monday tiigiit last, about
1 1 o'clock, the stable and carriage house
of Oen. A. P. Wilson, adjoining his resi
dence, was discovered to he on fire. The
most of our citizens had retired to their
beds, and by the time they had arrived
upon the ground with the engines and
buckets, the whole building was in a blaze
and the flames had spread to the roof of
the dwelling nearest the stable, and for a
short time little hopes were entertained of
the safety of the dwelling; but soon it was
discovered that the exertions of the men
and women had mastered the flames, and
in an hour from the commencement, every
one had returned home, leaving the stable
and carriage house the only property de
stroyed. It was no doubt the work of an
incendiary.
ANOTHER. —The ham of Mr. Joshua
Croen, in Barree township, near Couch's
mill, was destroyed on Friday night last,
together with his whole crop of grain and
bay, four horses, wagon, carriage, Ac.—
111 is fire was also the work of some ma
licious person.— Huntingdon Globe.
n* Jenny Liml, will give a Concert, at
1 larrishurg, on Monday evening next.
CARRIED,
At Harmony, Lancaster county, on the.'fOtli
nit.. !/Y the Lev. P. J. Timlow, SAMILJ. F Fus
ion. ot Perrysvillc, MilLbii county, and .Mi.-s
•KM: DICKSON, daughter of Capt. John Steele.
Oa the lllli in St., hy James S. VV-oeds, I).
I), JAM KM B. Fit ANcisees, of St. Louis, Mo,
and IVISS ELIZABETH, daughter of John A.
Sterelf, Lisj, ot Lewistown.
1) I K1).
On the oth iust., at the residence of his son,
in McVeytown, JOHN B. HARUV, intheSlth
year of ins age—a native of' Ireland.
I.IST OF AWARDS
BV THE
.tiiOiia Count}' Agricultural Society,
Jit their Exhibition and Fair in Lnc'ftmcn. held oil
Tuesday and W ednesdtry, .Vur. 4th S, - sth.
Tito Committee on Agriculture report
the following premiums :
To Robert Milliken, for the best field of Corn,
a premium of $5 00
John Watt, second best, 2 00
James Greer, for best sample of white
wheat, 1 50
| John Ruble, best sample of Indian Corn, 1 00
i R. C. Hale, do potatoes, 1 00
! Frederick Swartz, second best, do 50
I Win. Mitchell, best sample of turnips 1 00
| Rush Alexander exhibited the best beets; Jas.
Greer the best pumpkins; E. W. Hale the best
! cabbage : John Minehart some large and most
excellent Ohio squashes. Rev. J. Rosenberg
exhibited tine specimens of six different varie
j ties of potatoes. The vegetables were very
large and fine, but not exhibited in snflioient
quantity to entitle to a premium.
The Committee on Horses reported the
following premiums :
: Wm. F. Moyer, best stallion, over 4 yrs. §5 00
Daniel Brought, best brood mare, 3 00
Joseph iiawn, second best, 2 00
J. Werts, best stallion from 2to 4 years, 300
I James Davis, second best, 2 00
James Allison, best more, 3 00
John Kautfman, second best, 2 00
Jacob Ort, best horse colt, under 2 years, 2 00
Win. Mitchell, best mure colt, do 2 00
To Joseph Shirk, for best gelding, the execu
tive committee award an honorary premium of
sl, lie not being a resident of the county, and
therefore not entitled to a regular premium.
The Committee on Cattle awarded the
subjoined premiums',
John Watt, for the best bull of mixed blood,
over one year old, 5.4 00
Shem Zook, for the second best, 2 00
Charles Ritz, fur the be.-t milch cow, of
mixed breed, 4 years old, 4 09
Reuben C. Hale, for the second host, 2 00
William Cummins, for the best heifer of
mixed blood, 2 years old, 3 00
William Cummins, jr.. second best, 2 00
T. W. Moore, for the best full blood De
von heifer, 2 years old, 4 00
T. W. Moore, for the best full blood De
von heifer, under two years, 2 00
John 1 best heifer of' mixed blood,
under 2 years, 3 00
Robert Milliken, for best heifer, conrmon
breed, under 2 years old, 2 00
Amongst other cattle which came under the
notice of the committee, they would favorably
mention—
Two fine heifers of Adam Gretr.
The twin cattle of E. E. Locke.
A fine young heifer of Charles .Davis.
A young Devon bull of M. McAllister, exhi
bited by C. Kitz.
A bull calf, 8 months old, of Durham and
common breed, exhibited by James Moore.
A young bull, 20 months old, of Devon and
green horn blood, exhibited by John Lapp
The Committee on .Swine awarded pre
miums as follows :
I>. J. Sills, for best barrow, 13 months old, §4 00
15. J. Sills, best boar pig, fiom 2 to 6
months old, 2 00
James Alexander, best sow pig, 4 months
old, ~ o 00
T. E. Williams, second best, 1 00
Thomas McKee, best breeding sow, 3 00
Wm. Montgomery, second best sow pig, 150
James Parker, second best boar pig, 1 50
Enoch Swaim, best boar, 3 00
Amos Hoot, best sow pig, 0 months old, 300
Wm. Crissman, second best sow, I 50
John Ivautirnan exhibited three very fine pigs
7 weeks old.
The Committee on Sheep report the
follow intr:
James Moore, best full blooded South
down buck, over 1 year old, g.2 00
James Moore, best pen of Southdown
ewes, five in number, 2 00
James Moore, best pen full blood South
down ewe lambs, five in number, 2 00
Shein Xook, best buck, mixed tweed, under
one year old, 2 00
The Committee oti Poultrv made the fol-
lowing awards:
John M. Hale, for tiiejbest pair full blood
ed barn yard Fowls, of any improved
breed, 50
John S. McEwen, second best pair, 1 00
James Moore, for the best pair of mixed
or common blood, 1 00
T. E. Williams, second best do., 75
James Moore, for the best coop of not
less than lour lions, 1 00
Amos Hoot, for the best coop of not less
than five Chickens, under seven months
of age 75
J. A. Mathews, second best do., 50
Josepit Ma jor, for the best coop of not less
than live Chickens, under four months
of age 75
J. J. Mahan, second hest do., 5U
Darnel Brought, for the best pair of Tur
keys, 1 00
Daniel Brought, for the best pair Guinea
Fowls, 1 00
Darviel Switzer, for the best pair of Ducks, 1 00
A very superior pair of Sliangai Fowls were
exhibited by J. Thomas, and Ilev. J Rosenberg
had a pair of I'olund which deserve especial
mention.
'The Committee on Mechanical Manu
factures. inventions, Farming Implements,
Edge Tools, A.C., made the following re
port, classifying the articles No. 1 or 2 :
A Buggy, with patent for raising top, a good
article, made and exhibited by Henry Zeibe—
class J. The executive committee award a pre
mium of 00
McCormick's patent Grain Reaper, made at
Chicago—class 1 ; Grain Drill, Moore's patent,
class 1, Grain Drill, Signer A Sliipton's patent,
class 2. botii made by A. Thompson and all ex
hibited by him. The executive committee a
ward a premium of 5,3 00
(.'hopping Mill, Sherlock A Crackbili's patent,
made and exhibited by J. D. Owens—class 1.
The executive com. award a premium of $1 00
Screw Cutting Machine, made and exhibited
by George Conser, of Lewi-town—class 1. The
executive committee award a premium of £2 00.
llursc power Corn Shelter, Simpler patent,
made and exhibited by James Parker—dims 1-
The executive committee, award a pretn. of
A Pier Table and other tine furniture, made
and exhibited by R. 11. McClintic —class 1. The
executive committee award a premium of >2 00
Quilted Sole Boots, a good article—made and
exhibited by M. Montgomery—class 1. The
executive eemmitte.e award a premium of jll 50
Shower Bath, Spouting, and Coffee Roaster,
made and exhibited by J. IJ. Selheimer, all class
1. The executive committee award a premium
of >2 00
The committee also make honorable mention
of the following:
Bee Hive, made and exhibited by J. Downs.
Joint Harrow, do Jas. Parker.
Hand Corn Slieller, do Faxon &. Co.
Plough, do James Robb.
fi ring back Chairs, do Z. Orncr.
Two Ottomans, worked by Miss Beulah Mann*
Two Ottomans, exhibited by Mrs. Weekes—
worked by Mrs. Doty.
Two marble shovel ami tongs stands, made
and exhibited by J. J. Mahan.
Earthen Spittoons and Pudding Dish, made
and exhibited bv J. A. Mathews
An Ottoman, by Mrs. M. A. Elliott.
I-amies' Shoes, fashions 1525 and ISSI, exhi
| bited by M. Montgomery.
Lot of Stoves, exhibited by J. B. Selheimer.
Bee Hive, and cast tooth for Corn Cultivator,
exhibited by James Robb.
Single and double Axes, manufactured by W.
I Mann.
Hammered Iron, manufactured by John A.
Wright at Freedom Forge, exhibited by b. G.
Franciscus.
Sausage Stuffer, exhibited by W m. Mitchell,
apparently a good article.
Horse Collars, made and exhibited by James
McCord.
The Committee on Hotter, tc., report
as follows :
Mrs. Barbara Zook, of Union township, fur
the best butter, a premium of §1 50
To Mrs. Mitchel, of Deny township. .Mrs.
Ruble, of Granville township, and Mrs. Kaull
man, of Union township, each a premium ot
$1 00
j Very superior butter was also exhibited by
Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Kit/., Miss Alexander, and
' Miss Stroup.
i The committee also make honorable mention
| of two jars of an exquisite article of Siberian
I crab apple preserves and quince jelly, presented
| bv Miss Moore, of Lewistown.
Also a rare article of ajar of peach pickeH,
!."> years old, as well as a jar of preserved
. plums, exhibited by Mrs. Marks.
A jar of superior peach preserves was also
exhibited by Mrs. Waters.
T. VV. J. Moore, of Lewistown, exhibited
a lot of remarkably fine young trees.
Also, a very superior sample of Apple, Peach,
j Plum ai d Pear trees, by W. G. Waring, of
Centre Xursery, Boalsburg, Centre county, with
. a fine sample of fruit. Also, an Usage Or
ange. Oregon C'orn,jAc.
William Mitchell exhibited a basket of fine
i Apples.
The Committee 0:1 Domestic House
: hold .Manufactures, Embroidery, A<\, re
! port :
Silk Quilt, made and exhibited by Mrs. Marks
! —lirat class.
Silk Quilt, made by Mrs. Hamilton, exhibited
1 by John Hamilton—lirst class.
I .Silk Quilt, made by Mrs. Felix, exhibited by
i A. Felix—second class.
Cotton Quilt, made by Mrs. Felix, exhibited
i by A. Felix—second class.
Cotton Quilt, made by Mrs. Sourbeck, cxlii
i bileu by Joseph Sourbeck—second class.
Album Quilt, made by Mrs. Monroe, exhibited
i by Miss A. Moore—lirst class.
Two Quilts, made by Mrs. E. T. llale, exhi
| bited by K. VV. Hale—second class.
Lilly Pattern Quilt, made and exhibited by
| Mrs. Waters—tirst class.
Quilt, made and exhibited by Mrs. Waters—
j second class.
Woollen Shawls, made by Thompson & Wat
j son, exhibited by C. llitz—lirst class.
Quilt, made by Miss A. M. Barnitz, exhibited
! by George Frysinger—first class,
j Patch Work, made by Mrs. Norris, 75 years
[ old, exhibited by John Morris—second class.
Quilt, made by Mrs. Stoey, exhibited by John
Hamilton—second class.
Quilt, made by Mis. Hamilton, exhibited by
I John Hamilton—second class.
Two Pair Stockings, made by Mrs. Stoey, ex
hibited by John Hamilton—second class.
Pair Cotton, made by Mrs. Stoey, exhibited
by John Hamilton—first class.
Two Pair Stockings, made by Mrs. ITale and
Miss Mills, exhibited by R.C. Hale—first class.
Vase of Hair Flowers, made by Mrs. M.
Harvey, exhibited by A. G. Harvey—first class.
Grecian Embroidery, made by Miss Johns,
exhibited by Moses Montgomery—first class.
Pair Ottoman Covers, embroidered, made by
Mrs. Mathews, exhibited by J. A. Mathews—
first class.
Pair ditto, made by Mrs. Barr—first class.
One ditto, made by Miss Jacobs—second class.
One ditto, made by Mrs. Elliott, exhibited by
D. S. Elliott—second class.
One ditto, made by Mrs. M. 15. Davis, exhi
bited by George Davis—second class.
Embroidery, made by Miss It. Mathews, ex
hibited by J. A. Mathews—second class.
Pair Lamp S-latuis, made by Mrs. Ellis—first
class.
Pin Cushion, made and exhibited by Mrs.
Weeks—first class.
Artificial Flowers, made by Mrs. Jameson,
Miss Ayres, and Miss Mitchell, exhibited by
Wm. Mitchell —first class.
Artificial Flowers, made by A/iss A/ajor—first
class.
Pair Ottomons, made and exhibited by A/rs.
Weeks —first class.
Embroidery, made by A/iss. J. Elliott, ex
hibited by W. P. Elliott —first class.
Book -Uarks, made by A/iss Watt, exhibited
by John Walt—first class.
4500k A/arks, made by A/iss A/athews, exhi
bited by J- A. -Walhews—second class.
Silk Embroidery, made and exhibited by A/iss
A/uore—first class.
Linen Damask, made by A/rs. A/oorc, exhibit
ed by A/iss A/uore—first class.
Sketching, made by A/iss .Y/illikcn—first class.
Pair Lamp Stands, made by A/rs. Elliott, S4
rears old, exhibited by W. P. Elliott—lirst
class.
Painting of the Virgin A/ary, painted by W.
B. Reed—first class.
Daguerreotypes, taken by A/rs. Reed—lirst
class.
Daguerreotypes, taken by J.Smith—first class.
Daguerreotypes, taken by A. C. Smith—lirst
class.
A/trble Books, made by J. J. A/ahan —first
ela-s.
Cradle Quilt, made by A/rs. Rosenberg—first
class.
Embroidery, (Lord's Supper,) made by A/iss
9henfcltcr, exhibited by George W. Palton—
first class.
Cradle Quilt, made by A/rs. Liberty—first
class.
Chair and Stool covered with silk patch work,
in ide b\ A/iss A/itlikcn—first class.
Two Bead Purses, made and exhibited by
A/rs. Weeks.
Specimens of Blankets, manufactured by
Thompson A Wattson, very good article and
worthy of encouragement, exhibited by C.
Ritz.
White Counterpane, by Henry Kohler, the
first manufactured in this county, an excellent
article, exhibited by C. Ritz.
Two Quilts, (brought in late) made by Mrs
Ritz, very handsome articles.
A Lamp Stand, embroidery, made by A/iss
A/onroe, well done.
L'pon the whole, the Ladies' department of
the exhibition was creditable to all concerned.
A great deal of the handiwork exhibited cannot
excelled in any part of the State. Take
courage, therefore Ladies, and prepare for a
splendid display in 1852, and show to the other
counties of the State, that although A/nllin is
one of the lea.-t, it is one ol -the best ui the old
Keystone.
Hail the I'll mis ol" the society permitted,
ihe Executive Committee would have
cheerfully awarded premiums to many ar
ticles enumerated above.
Ma. EniTon. —Having a leisure hour
the other day, 1 concluded to take a stroll
among your many stores in Lewistown.
I found in no store a better assortment of
goods, fresh and new, than at JOHN A.
STKIIKTT'S. His prolit on every thing is
small—so small that I cannot see how he
can make a living. His made-up clothing,
hoots and shoes, and ladies' dress goods
are surpassingly cheap and beautiful, B.
is one of the greatest musical
countries in the world. There, every child is
taught to use its voice in earliest infancy, and
as much attention is paid to its singing as to
the elementary edtcation of our children; it
is at once their study and amusement. Speak
ing of Germany, reminds us of lioofland's
German Bitters,-which are now as popular in
this country as music is in Germany. They
are a most excellent medicine, prepared and
sold only bv Dr. Jackson, 120 Arch street,
Philadelphia.
THE MARKETS.
Levvistovvn November, 1 1, l s 'sl.
I'atd by t-
Flour ... $3 25
Wheat, white - - - 75
Do red - • 7(1
Rye - - - - 50
Oats .... 25
Corn - - - 4 5
Cloverseed - - 4 25
Flaxseed - • 1 00
Timothy seed - - - 2 (HI
Butter, wood - - - 15
KggS . . . |2
Lard 0
Tallow 8
Potatoes 50
The Levvistuwn Mills are paying 77 cts. per
bushel for White Wheat, and 72 cts. for Red.
Rye 55 cents. Corn, old 50, new 45 cents per
bushel. Prices of F10ur—82,27 per 100 lbs. for
extra, and §2,00 for superfine.
E. E. LOCKE & Co. at Locke's Mills, are
paying 60 cents for Rye, and 45 cents for Corn.
PHILADELPHIA, November 13, 1851.
FLUR AND MEAL. —The last sales ot Flour
for export were at .§3,81 j ; for city use sales
at ft3.B7a-l,0(). Extra (lour is held at .wljaJi;
Rye Flour—No stock on hand to operate in.
Corn Meal—Last sale of fresh ground at s3|.
GRAlN —Wheat. Little offering - : sales ot
prime red at 81 ; white is held at By u 9o cts.
Rye—none arriving; list sal"s at 70c. Corn
is dull; sales of good old yellow at 59a60 cts.
afloat, and at 62c from store. Oats—New
Southern are iu demand at 34 a 35 cents.
BALTIMORE. November 13, 1851.
FLOOR. — We note sales to-day of HK) bbls
Howard street Flour at $3,81 j, and 300 bbis.
" Harper's Ferry brand at the same rate.
Sales yesterday and to-day of about 1000 bbls.
City Mills Flour at §3,75.
GRAIN. —The supply of wheat is small for
the last duy or two. Sales of good to priitie
reds to-day at 72u75 cts; white at 74a7'8 cts.;
and fami|y llour white at 80a $5 cts. Safes of
new corn, in good condition, at 53 oents for
white, and 53.1.54 cts. for yellow. Damp par
cels sell at JoaOU cts. Sales af old corn at 54
uSG cents. Sales Maryland rye at 70a 7"d cts.
Guardian's Sale,
IN pursuance of an order of the Orphans'
Court of Mifflin county, there will be ex
posed to public sale, at McCoy's Hotel in
the Borough ot McVeytown, atone o'clock I'.
51. on
Hcdnrsd.iy, December 10,
1851, the following' described valuable real
estate, viz:
All the interest of W<LLT AM SWAN/.KY—
being about the one undivided sixth part, more
or less—in a certain plantation, situate in Brat
tun township, MitHin county, two and a halt
milt s east of McVeytown. and one mile east of
the Central Railroad, adjoining lands of \Y.
Harslibarger, Gen. John Ross, and others, con
taming
more or iess.ot good LIMESTONE FANB. About
one hundred acres of which are cleared and in
a good state ot cultivation, ami the remainder
<^tf timber land of the best quality. There
iiait. are on the premise.-a two story Dwelling
House, large barn, u fine apple orchard, and a
spring ot water near the door.
TERMS of SALE —One half in hand on the
confirmation of the safe, *d the balance in
one year with interest.
AUGUSTINE WAKEFIELD,
Guardian of William Swanzy.
McVeytown, Nov. 14, ISsl—ts. (u)
Guardian's Sale.
IN Dursuance of an order of the Orphans'
. Louit of MitHiii county, there will be ex
posed to public sale at McCoy's Hotel, in the
Borough of McVeytown, at one o'clock P. Al.,
Oil
Wediit'sday, i>eccuibci* 10,
I*sl, ihe following described valuable REAL
ESTATE, VIZ :
All the interest of John Harris Ilaman and
George Calbraith Ilaman—being about the
one thirty sixth part each, be the same more
or less—in a certain plantation situate in Brat
ton township, AiitHin county, two and a half
miles east of AicVeytown, and one mile east
ol tiie Central Rail Road, adjoining lands of
\V in. llarslibargar, Gen. John Rossand others,
containing
of good I IMESTONE LAND, about one hundred
acres of which are cleared ami in a good
• T|r sta?c cultivation, and the remainder
=£= timber land ot tlie best quality, 'l'here
are on tlie premises a two story' dwelling
House, large Barn, a tine appleorchard, aod a
spring ol water near the lloHse.
ALSO —AiI tlie interest of the said John
Harris Ilaman and Gewge Calbraith Hainan—
being about the one twenty fourth part each,
more or less—in another tract of
LIMESTONE L.IND,
situate in Oliver township, AJitHin county,
about two miles east of McVeytown. adjoining
lands of George 11. Calbraithand others, con
taining
about forty acres of which are cleared, and the
residue good land of tine quality.
ALSO —All the interest ot the said John
Harris Hainan, and George Calbraith Hainan—
being about the one thirtieth part each, more
or less, in a lot of ground situate on the corner ot
Water and John streets, opposite Husk's
ftjjgj; Hotel, in the Borough of AicVeytown,
*=*=■ with a two story frame dwelling House,
and other improvements thereon.
1 HUMS OF SALE. —One half in hand, on the
confirmation ot the sale, and the balance in one
year with interest.
JOHN HAM AN,
Guar, of J no. Harris arid Geo. Calbraith Hainan.
McVeytown, Nov. 14,1851.
I'. S. I'he remainder of said real estate will
be i tiered for sale at the same time and place
by tlie Heirs of George Calbraith, deceased.
1 EKMS OF SALE, to suit the purchaser, will
he made known at the tune and place by
THE HEIRS.
November 11, ISol—ts (i>)
I3INE OIL just received and for ssleat
AP 11. BANES' Variety store.
LETTER FRO.H LIROI'E.
Corre?pondonc of ih • I.on isinwn
PARIS October Ist, 15."]
MR. EDITOR: —In my last letter to you FROM
J Venice, I gave you an account of a grand fair
i and carnival there. This time I'll give vim
j sonic items from my memorandum book, if yon
j are satisfied to take thetn in the disconnected
] stylo I give them, as one has seldom either time
j or inclination for better writing in Pans, where
j there are so many follies and " mysteries" ainj
| museums and galleries of paintings and statues
j all to be seen for nothing. Bui to the Alps, <f
; all mountains the most grand and terrific! \\ e
; enter Savoy from the eastern frontier of France
| and find ourselves at the same time among
| the Alps. These mountains offer to the travei
| ler sights the most curious and the most impos
ing, productions the most varied, and contrasts
j the most singular. For three long hours the
: cl itmsy French dilligeuce (with all its baggage
| on top) slowly labors up the winding ascent
| along side of a thundering torrent. The French
dilligence, with its clumsy horses and clumsier
| harness, looks like a ton of hay on a farm
wagon ; but wait until it and its twelve horses
and its twenty-four passengers inside ami out
side are on the top of the mountain, they'll go
down the other side like a locomotive, and the
noise of the cataract that rushes after, will be
I hushed by the hundred little bells that hang over
I the tops of the horses'collars. This is on the
| road to Turin by the pass of Mount Cenis, and
some authors affirm that it vas by this first
| mountain that Hannibal opened a passage for Ins
troops by the aid of fire and vinegar. There i-,
! some difference of opinion as to the route by
! which Hannibal passed, but the priests of the
| mountains, with a great deal of assurance, point
you to the camp of Hannibal near the summit
of the mountain called the Little Saint Bernard.
! There then is a circle 240 feet in diameter,
| made of huge stones buried deep in the earth,
with their tops two or three feet above the sur
! face. It is called the Circle of Hannibal, and
| tradition says that Hannibal held a council of
war within this circle. But some say that this
; 'ircle of stones was made by the Romans in the
j time of their conquests of the country this side
the Alps; others again say that it was made
neither by the Carthagenians nor Romans, but
that it was a Celtic temple, made in the time
when the god Pen was worshipped by the Cen
j trons. The monuments of the ancient Gauls
j were enormous stones, isolated or in groups,
j or forming avenues. They had the Peulvan or
j Meuhir, separate blocks fixed in the earth ; the
i Dolmen , a kind of altar composed of large flat
| stones placed horizontally on others that stood
vertically ; the Barrows, cones of earth on the
: tombs ; and the Cromlech , stones arranged in a
; circle. It is more likely that this circle on the
Petit St. Bernard was a Cromlech or Druidical
temple. Some of the ancient romances, le
gends and books of chivalry and knight errantry,
affirm that Garagantua was the originator of
these druidical stones, and that the Dolmen, the
Meuhir, &c., were the soup dishes, the sofas, the
arm chairs, &c., of this illustrious gentleman
described by Rabelais. This highway across
the Alps was begun by Napoleon and finished
by the King of Sardinia in 1817. In travelling
through Italy one sees many improvements that
were made by Napoleon, and wfiich tiie imbe
cile Italians would scarcely have ventured to
trfake to this day ; improvements that have made
him a benefactor, rathei than a scourge to the
Italians of the present generation, whatever lie
may have been to them in the days of his victo
ries. One of the former routes is visible from
this one. It is called the Ladders, and travel
lers crossed the Alps by this route by means of
ladders placed one above the other, or in a kind
of arm chair, tied to the backs of the mountain
peasants of Savoy. Chanibcri, a city of 12,000
inhabitants, is the first city you enter on leaving
France, it contains several towers and other
fragments of the ancient castle of the dukes of
Savoy. In an ancient gothic chapel, yet occu
pied and enclosed by tiie towers, they tell you
of a holy winding sheet (santo sudai~io) which
was a long time kept in this chapel, but which
has been to Turin, and which Francis I,
King of Fancc, made a pious pilgrimage to see,
walking barefooted all the way from Lyons, in
France. At St. PeteFs, Rome, there is another
santo sudario, which is shown to the people on
extraordinary occasions. In this chapel 1 read
from a frame that hung on the wall, that an in
dulgence of a hundred days would be granted
by the pope to such persons as would come
there a certain number of times and say a cer
tain number of paler nosiers, and are marias, and
of course give a little or something for some pi
ous purpose. Before the French revolution,
Chamberi contained twenty convents ; at pres
ent there are but seven ; of which four are for
women and three for men. In the museum of
Chamberi they show many Roman medals,
specimens of Roman pottery", &c., and in the li
brary, which contains 16,00(5 volumes, thev have
a bible on parchment, which dates from the
ninth century. Americans are in the habit of
thinking that there is more liberty in France
since the republic than in some of its neighbor
ing Kingdoms ; but in the Kingdom of Sardinia
there is more liberty than in France. In the
time of the last French revolution, the King
fearing the contagion of republican
granted the people a liberal constitution, and
thus saved his credit, because lie had the good
sense to see that his fate would be like the fate
of Louis Philip unless he did. In Sardinia there
are some Republican Journals that would be
suspended in the mock Republic of France, and
one sees books for sale in the very few book
stores there are, that the censorship of the
French Republic would not permit to be ex
posed for sale. In France and all the kingdoms
and petty States of the continent, the theatre
and tiie press ate under the supervision of cen
sors, not for the sake of public morals, but to
prevent the dissemination of the republican sen
timents that labor to burst forth every where,
and break the chains that bind them. lii France
it is a common tiling to suspend the publication
of a Republican Journal for a day or a week,
but a Royalist or Buonaparte Journal is never *
molested. During the month of September,
three Paris Journals were arrested for ridiculing
the policy of the President, and the publishers
of them, as well as those who wrote the objec
tionable articles,were condemned to nine months'
imprisonment each, and two or three hundred
dollars fine. The same happens in Sardinia,
but not to the same extent as in Fiance, Austria
and the other States of the continent. On
leaving Chamberi, for Turin, one passes the ru
in of an ancient city and castle. Crowds of
pilgrims come and encamp there every Bth of
October, to be cured of diseases by the Virgin
Mary, who, tradition says, once descended there.
Ruins of ancient forts arc numerous here, on the
towers of which tires were built, to give the
alarm to the inhabitants, in case of foreign in
vasion. This was the rude telegraph of the
middle ages, and this chain of old castles and
towers, extends far north and south. The side
of tie mountain, which faces Chamberi, gave
way in the year 1248, and a city, called Saint
Andre, with seven villages, were buried under
the la 1 leu mass of rocks. The traces of this
catastrophe arc visible from the mounds and ir
regularities of the soil—now covered with vine
yards. Montmelian is a little city on the route,
at the junction of four mountain roads and four
valleys. The castle of Montmelian was a long
time the stronghold of Savoy, on the side next
France ; but in 1705, Louis IVlh, of France,
becoming master of it, demolished it. Thcie
exist yet some fragments of the walls covered
with briars. In coming out of this mountain
city, we cross the river Isere on a high bridge,
from which we have a view of Mount Blanc.
At Aiguebelle, the next town, the traveller sets
the ruins of a church, and of many houses,
which were destroyed and buried by an ava
lanche of snow, the 30th of June, 1760. The
tops of the mountains are here covered with
perpetual snow, and wo are among the central
chain of the Alps.
It is somewhere near this village, that the Al
{otroges gave battle to Hannibal, the first bat-