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BY A BKSIUENT <>K IULEItSVIM.]:.
No. I.
While leisurely seated in :i favorite- rook
ing chair, 1 have often indulged in a train 1
of thought that seemed to flow like the
placid waters of the rivulet adown yonder
green meadow, and 111:10 v a time and oil
have I at einpted to put those though'*
upon paper for the purpose of benefitting
others by their publication in some (<a
zette ; but, Mr. Editor, 1 have invariably
found that it is much easier tothntl; than
to write. True, any one possessed of the
cuewthes srribendi. which rendered into
plain English properly means a scribbler
who can string sentences together on any
subject, even if it be '• a footless stocking
Avitiiout a leg"—may indite a communica
tion under some flashy head, devoid ot
either point, or wit, or meaning, but to
write right, my word for it, is a different
matter. Let me not be understood how
ever to say that whatever may appear with
jnv signature, is to be above mediocrity.
1 am not vain enough to believe so, for as
1 said before, it is much easier to think than
to put your thoughts on paper, else my
experience must lie totally different from
others. Even now, while I had in view
tlie penning of a flight of fancy, which 1
believed to be at my finger's ends, behold, i
with pen, ink and paper ready, all lias
vanished into thin air. and like some brave
warrior, of whom 1 have either read or
dreamt. 1 find myself hailing before start
ing ! Thus again has been lost a bright
idea, that might have edified some reader
of your goodlv paper, or wakened into
life tSie dormant energies of* some- slumber
er who knew not what Lis cranium con
tained !
Ah ! well-a-day ! if I cannot rise into
the douds and soar among the sublime,
why not come down to common sense at
once, and see whether success is not with
in my reach ? Why, confound my stupid
head, what better subject need 1 have than
the picture before me .now ? There sits
Aunt Tabby, plying Iter knitting needles as
mechanically as if they were part and
parcel of herself, while her tongue is keep
i ig pace with her fingers, as she is relat
ing to my mother and iny sisters what she
is pleased to term the extravagance of
neighbor Plum's daughters, and, bv Jove,
though she may scold tne for a week and
cut me off with a shilling in her will, I'll
not only write down what she says, but
faith, ' I'll prent it.'
' Such extravagance,' exclaimed Aunt
Tabby ; ' who ever heard of the like ! I
declare its enough to make one crazy to
see girls that can't afford it laving out seven
dollars and a half each for a silk dress.'
[Wonder how much Aunt Tabby's dress
cost!j
• But," interposed my mother, 4 Mr.
Plum's girls work hard for their parents,
and it 1 remember aright, their mother
told me llipy had earned this money by
using their time to advantage instead of
gadding about the streets, as 100 many do
both night and evening.
M v sisters Lib and Suse both nodded an
affirmative to this statement.
4 But sister'—Aunt Tabby always calls
my mother sister when her dutch is get
ting up to blood-heat— 4 I tell \ou its a sin
and a shame that such girls should spend
so much money for dress, when there are
so many other things they might have got
for it more useful and more enduring.'
* Tis true,' observed my mother, * fifteen
dollars might have been applied to many
good and useful purposes, and certainly
procured articles that might have proved
of more utility than a silk dress, yet 1 ven
ture to say the girls will have and wear
those dresses lor years, and always refer
to thern with pride as the product of extra
and hard labor. Our means are three,
perhaps six limes as great as (heirs, and
did we keep an account we would proba
bly discover that we spent more in propor
tion than our neighbor Plum's girls."
Aunt Tabby laid down her knitting in
perfect astonishment, and after a deep
drawn sigh exclaimed ' My gracious !
La, me ! Mary," continued she. • I don't
believe I vo spent that much in a year !'
' Oh ! Aunt t'abbv !' said Lib and Suse
and mother all at once, at which Aunt Tab
by began to get a little red in the face,
when she added,
' At least, not a great deal more.'
' VV liy Tabby,' said mother, 1 how much
did that shawl cost yon bought at Hivmy
cr's a few months ago V
' Only ten dollars and a half,' said aunt,
* and I think it was very cheap at that.*
' And how much did you pay for that
silk dress you got at Waltson A. Jacob's V
said Lib.
• La, child ! I had forgotten that,' said
iabby, • i believe it cost fourteen dollars.'
And how much did \on pay for that
handsome bonnet you bought at John A.
Sterett's V said hnue.
Dear me, said Aunt i'abby", 1 didn't
think of tiiat; it cost five dollars !'
.iiitd what did that alpaca cost you got
at Sigler & Smart's", said mother. '
' And the gaiters Mr. Monigomc rv made,'
said Lib.
• And the ribbons and velvet at FirovedV
'aid Suse.
A scurt, suk hose, gloves, and a dozen
oilier minor articles were mentioned in
succession, to the evident chagrin of the
old lady, who sat studiously silent for sev-
rai minutes.
' Well, I declare,' al 1 ist either said or
thought Aunt Tabby aloud, 'who'd a
thought 1 spent so much !'
There, reader, you have my first epistle,
for which 1 expect to receive a regular
blow-up when Aunt Tabbv reads the (la
yette next Friday evening; and, should
i survive the shock, ertm yotf may beer
Lj'ii me syain
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For 'ht Goiette.
Miscellaneous Enigma.
My whole is composed ol 13 letters.
.Mv 1, 12, 4, 13. 9, 2, is not a goose.
3. 3, (i, 8, is a place for reflection.
3. 4, 13, is the preacher's stand by.
4 9. 5, 9 2, is the dishonest man's pay day.
5 :V fi. 4*, a'common foible among the girls.
'g' 13. 7. 9. 8 common foible among the boys.
7' 3, 4, 9, 'when green and shady, is a pleas
ant retreat.
8, 12, 4, 13, is good, bad, and indifferent.
9, 7. 8, 9, 4, one of the untameable animals.
10, 12. 1, the beggar's companion.
11, 1, 7, 9, is the principal occupation of a
number of young ladies.
12, (!, 13, is mueb needed by the poor.
13, 0, 3. 8, is an instrument of great utility.
Mv w hole is as crooked as a ram's horn.
X.
I,ewistown, Nov. 24. 1831.
Selected for the Lewistown Gazette.
Logogriph.
The man of letters finds me in his books :
The angler by the side of babbling brook- ;
The spoortsmau seeks me with bis dog and gun;
In foreign lands the traveller thinks I'm won ;
The spendthrift hopes to buy me with his gold ;
And childhood has mc when a tale is told ;
The love of me decoys tlie giddy youth.
From youthful studies, till he learns this truth,
" All tiiose who seek me only, most 1 fly
Lastly, when you my hidden sense descry,
You'll own that for mv sake you pondered long
The countless changes, that to me belong.
Such am 1 as a whole—but for one part —
The youth invokes me when he feels love's dart;
The Swiss, when exiled from his native vales,
Hears me with anguish, and his fate bewails ;
New zest I add to scandal's busy hour ;
And adverse winds and tides confess my power;
1 am the dazzling source w hence colors flow ;
The sluggard's teacher ; atul your equal now ;
Without tnc sales were useless ; then a word
Expressing like ; and now meek woman's lord ;
To measure next; anon to add ; to vex ;
The gentle ufhcc of the weaker sex ;
I'm flesh, not fish—l'm silent ever ;
Sought by all ranks, on earth found never;
Your near relation, and the squirrel's food ;
What you would keep when 111 a lazy mood;
Neptune's abode : the forest monarch's pride ;
A term to the departed souls applied ;
What you possess, but others oflener use :
Youi coat must have rne, spite of what you
choose;
Now the soft clime of " the cedar and vine
And last, a short word importing new wine.
More could I tell, hut 1 bid sou adieu,
Lest by prating 1 cause my own loss to you.
FHE GAZETTE!
LEWISTOWN, i'A.
FRIDAY EYEYI.YG, Yor ember 28, 185!.
T E It M S :
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IN" AUYAN'CK.
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.VEW subscriptions must be paid in
advance. If the paper i-, continued, and not
paid within the first month. $1.25 will be charg
ed ; if not paid in three months, 81.50; if not
paid in six months, 81.75; and if not paid in
nine months, $2.00.
Notices of New Adverti.sements.
Price &. Rowlctt, Philadelphia, offer
some railroad cars for sale.
The outgoing Register is over-burdened
with deeds and other instruments of wri
ting, from which he prays deliverance.
\\ llliani J.ind has received a superb as
sortment of < ioths, Cassiineres and Vest
ings, with which he thinks lie can improve
the appearance of any one.
John Kennedy advertises a lot of new
goods.
An administration notice, two audits,
and two Sheriff's notices also appear to-day.
A breach occurred in the canal la<t
week, near Wakefield's aqueduct, in litis
' county, which delayed navigation for some
days.
The African Methodist Kpiseopal Con
gregation of this place, have made overtures
for the purchase of the old Lutliern ('hutch
as a place of worship.
iv' K ossein intended to leave Kugland
in the steamer Humboldt on the 20ih
instant for the Coiled States.
SIP" The Christiana riot trials com
menced at Philadelphia on Monday last,
j (ireat difficulty is experienced in empanel
ling a jury.
SNOW . —The ground was covered with
snow to the depth of seven or eight inches
on Wednesday morning, which afforded
f tolerable sleighing for a short time. There
is still plenty of snow, but rather too soft.
The beaux and belles are iu high spirits at
the prospect of all kinds of frolics, while
'lie horses are rather down iu the mouth.
tip*We have examined some specimens
of Dagverrtolijjtis taken by IKONSIDKS &L
Co., in the room over Roach's barber shop,
and feel assured that for fineness of tone
and finish, they surpass any we have as
yet seen in Lewistown. Whether the ar
tists are more skillful, their apparatus su
perior, or the sifters better looking, we
know not, but they are decidedly truthful,
and of various new styles. Our readers
are invited to call and see the recent im
provements in this art.
£■'" The Potlsville Emporium learns
iroin jrood aulhoritv, that (here is strong
probability of the selection of If.C. 11.-U.K,
Esq., of Mifflin county, as the next Secre
tary of lite Commonwealth, ANDRFW 11.
RKKDI R, Esq.. of Northampton county,
as Attonffcy General, and General FRANCIS
M. WYNKOOP, of Schuylkill county, as
Adjutant General. In point of ability,
Air. Hale would perhaps compare with
any that have been mentioned for the of
fice, and would no doubt make an excel
lent officer.
Interference with Foreign Governments.
The observing man cannot Tail to notice
that there is a growing disposition in this
country to meddle with the affairs of other
nations, and a certain class, taking it for j
granted that whatever meets popular teel- |
in<r is right, embark in wild schemes of
aggression against nations with whom our
government is at peace, create all the hor
rors of a civil war, cause an unnecessary
shedding of human blood, and then, il un
successful, claim to have done ail these .
outrages as American citizens! The Ca- I
nadian rebellion in 1830, the recent un
fortunate invasion of Cuba, the present j
forav in .Mexico, and inuendoes by fool
hardy politicians that the time is not dis
tant when the I nited .States will stand an ■
idle spectator ot European aflairs, are, to
sac the least, not over-creditable to us as a
nation or as men. The Anglo-Saxon race
seems to be peculiarly formed for the en
joyment of such institutions as our country
is blessed with ; they can abuse govern
ment officials in tile most approved style,
but while doing so take care to obey ail
legal mandates emanating from them:
they can fight and wrangle at elections,
and, the result once ascertained, settle
down into quiet citizens until another po
litical cauldron boils. Hut such a state of
liberty would be no blessing to the French
man, or Spaniard, or Mexican, or any oth
er nation reared under the swu* of mon
archical or despotic power, until the peo
ple themselves change, (live any of those
the privilege of speaking aught they choose
of their rulers, and there would be an end
of all government ; give them an elective
franchise such as we possess, and civil
discord, the knife and dagger, would reign
supreme until some usurper would again
subdue them to his iron will. In our
opinion, centuries must elapse before edu
cation will diffuse among the masses of
Europe that knowledge essential to the en
joyment of rational liberty, and without
which millions of them are and will be,
both in thought and feeling, unfit for it.
The majority wiio come among us from
foreign shores find around them examples
of what an American citizen ought to be,
and soon assimilate themselves to our
habits and laws, and become good citizens.
But here it is all prepared to their hand—
itt their native kinds it would require a to
tal change, not only in feeling, but in all
the relations of life.
Even admitting our. right to meddle in
the affairs of foreign nations, what benefit
would be conferred should we succeed in
liberating one class from the bondage of
a king, and substituting perhaps some
" royal president" like him of France ?
Tyranny can exist as well under one name
as another, and with ns it is questionable
whether the people of France have made
much by the operation of substituting a ty
rannical president for a tyrannical king.
The latter sought to perpetuate his power
and unless the former is much belied, be
is engaged in doing die same thing by an
arbitrary course which, if adopted in this
country, would hurl a president from the
white house at Washington with the force
of a whirlwind. As a people, let us
sympathise with ail who are endeavoring
to ameliorate their condition, but while do-
ing so let us not become a nation of buc
caneers, making might right, plundering
one and oppressing another. There is a
law of nations obligatory upon all, and
though we may think and believe ours to
be the best government upon'the face of
the earth, we forget what is due to others
when we undertake to disturb existing in
stitutions in foreign lands under any pre
text except that of war.
NEWSPAPERS. — The Columbia (S. ('.)
Telegraph sax< the truth is beg inning to
be understood, that editors and publishers
are producers, and that they are entitled to
some compensation for services rendered,
or for articles furnished by them. A
newspaper is a commodity in which are
involved ail the usual elements of cost,
and the purchaser or consumer should ex
pect to pav for it accordingly. No class
of men expect to be furnished gratis
with shoes, hats, coats. Ac., and no gentle
man calls on his neighbor alter breakfast
habitually to borrow a pair of hoots.
When people once learn the simple truth
that the maker of a newspaper looks to it
for his living, the. once fashionable prac
tice of borrowing newspapers, or ol bor
rowing space in them, will he discontinued.
Our brethren of the press can do much, in
bringing about a proper recognition ol their
rights, and we trust they will do so speedi
ly.
THE NEXT CANAL COMMISSIONER. —
Major JACK CLMMINUS, of Union county,
is named in some of our exchanges as the
next Democratic candidate for Canal Com
missioner. Such a nomination would be
rich, but not more preposterous than the
idea lately started by some locofocos of
nominating lligler lor \ ice President.
The I.scofocos and an Increased Duty on
Iron.
The remarks we made on the Berks
county locofoeo tariff meeting, which re.
solved that an increased duty on iron was
necessary, have called forth nearly a col
umn of comment in yesterday's Democrat,
which, taken altogether, strengthens our
belief that " this move is nothing more
than an intrigue to secure votes lor the
Presidential campaign." Even our neigh
bor begins to squint in favor of " such
reasonable incidental protection as will
be for THE INTEKESTS OK THE COL'NTKY. '
So, it appears then that die interests ol the
country have something to do with pro
tection, and by some hocus pocus, notwith
standing the locofoeo papers have been en
gaged for seven years in demonstrating
that it is for the interest of the people to
buy where they can buy cheapest, iron is
now an article that will bear more duty.
Very well—now let us see what our neigh
bor thought of the iron men a few months
ago. In the Democrat of .March 27,1851,
in reply to a statement of ours that we
were in favor of retaining in our town and
county every man who could find some
thing to do, and to retain him, avowed our
readiness to sacrifice British iron as well
as all other British articles we could man
ufacture ourselves, the editor says :
•
" This i= just what we arc* for. although we
are NOT UILLINH ITJAT THE OOVERN-
AlliNT KIIALL PAY O.NL SET FOR RE
MAINING HERE, at an unnecessary expense
to the balance. Our neighbor's doctrine would
be to keep tbem all, and Invite immigration here,
and oiler as an inducement, a bonus to all who
would agree to embark in tbe iron business.
We think they should be satisfied with some
thing short ot their own and their over-anxious
friend's demands. When the iron men recover
Irom the present depression, which will be as
soon as their surplus is disposed of, under
a reasonable duty they w ill be enabled to go
on again, and make a reasonable profit, as those
engaged in other pursuits are doing. THE
ARTICLE <)F IRON IS NOT SO IMPOR
TANT a commodity that a few men should be
paid to embark in its manufacture, at the ex
pense of tbe many, and be secured from the ac
cidents of trade, to say nothing of overproduc
tions. when other pursuits are not similarly pro
vided for."
We have capitalized a few words in the
above extract, and leave it to speak for
itself. Again, in the Democrat of March
20, 1851, while discussing the subject now
in hand, that paper said—
" The home market, our protectionist friend
will tell us, is the panacea for ail these evils.
But when at the present reduced prices, the
manufacturers are not able to dispi s ; of ali they
produce, how, pray, is that home market to be
made better, 1 N'LESS 15V AN I'NJUSTTAX
I PON the people, for which no suitable equiva
lent will be received by them in return. You
enhance the price of the article, to enable the
manufacturer to reap larger profits, so that he
will not he required to produce so largely;
AM) THIS AUDITION TO THE PRICE
COMES OIT OF THE POCKETS OF THE
C()NS! MF.R. Thus a few are benefitted at
the expense of the many, and the laws made to
operate against, instead of for the greatest good
of the greatest number.
" But take the other view of the subject.
Give the manufacturers w hat they demand—a
heavy protection—and it will result just as it
has done in Great Britain, by a still greater
amount of competition and excess of production
over consumption, and ultimately result in ruin
to the manufacturers themselves, and loss to all
connected with their establishments, as well as
the farmer who furnishes the grain, the merchant
the goods, or the laborer who performs the
work. This is the natural tendency of this sys
tem of legislation. If it is the duty of the gov
ernment to guard the manufacturers against the
risks and accidents of trade, let them do so by
some other method that will be more certain.
" We have never denied that the iron interest
\va depressed. It would he fool-hardy in us or
any other person to do so; hut it is depressed,
a- we have shown, front causes altogether remote
from fie operations ol the tariH", and arises from
an excess of production at home, and abroad,
that will only he, made worse by a too largely
increased duly upon the foreign article, and ul
timately result in ruin and loss to all in any w ay
interested and connected with the business.
15ut we deny that the iron interest is depressed
to the extent that these peculiar advocates of
protection assert. They are endeavoring to cre
ate the general idea <•( manufacturing distress,
and are propagating it for mere party purposes."
We know nothing that has occurred
since March last to induce a change in
public opinion among the loeofocos as to
incidental or accidental prolection lo iron.
If eight months ago an increased duty was
an FXJRST tax upon the people and TAKEN
OCT Of THE POCKETS Of THE CONSUMER ;
if the " article of iron was not so impor
tant a commodity that a few men should
he paid to embark in its manufacture" at
tlial time, pray what has caused this change
to come over the spirit of your dreams,
that these LN.IFST TAXES and BO
.N I'SES (as you style them) to a few men
should lie levied now ! Revenue cannot
be the object, for our excessive importa- !
tions furnish more than government needs j
for ouiinary expenses, and unless some
such motive as we have ascribed is at the !
bottom of it, we think the public generally
will feel curious to know what has brought j
the iron men into favor again with those j
who heretofore considered thein as mere !
outsiders, who lived off the labor of olli
ers, and grew rich at the expense of the ,
community.
For our part, we trust the duty will be
increased at the ensuing session of Con
gress, and that our idle furnaces will once 1
more feel the invigorating effects of SOUND
WHIG I>OCTR!\K.
NUISANCE. —The children from half a
dozen public schools, running round to j
private hydrants to procure water. We '
think it is full time for the Board of Di
rectors to see to this matter.
A PANIC.—A report, believed to have
been put in circulation by a pedler in
Centre county, for the purpose of more
readily disposing of his goods, that the
Lancaster Hank, had failed, was bruited
from one quarter to another for a week or
two, and finally reached Lewistown from
different points, of course accompanied
with such additions as a story of the kind
would be likely to receive. Our com
munity, being particularly sensitive on Hank
rumors, at last went oil like a piece of
touchwood, and ninetenths who held notes
thought they were dead-broke, while
the remaining tenth firmly believed there
was "something wrong." Hut the mails
from the east were looked to in vain for any
confirmation of the report, and, as not
even a shadow could be raked up to give
further color to it, all soon settled down
quietly to receive and pay out Lancaster
Hank money as they did before.
Personally we know but little of the
institution, but those who arc well acquain
ted with the Hoard of Directors, as well as
general report, give them the credit of
being men, who, possessing ample means
themselves, would not sanction any course
of conduct that would jeopard its stability.
To put such a report 111 circulation against
a solvent institution, is not only inflicting
injury upon the hank, but upon individu
als who are induced to part with its notes
at a discount, or heedlessly purchase what
they do r.ot need, in order to get rid of
them ; and the officers of the Lancaster
Hank woidd perhaps do no more than jus
tice to all by ferreting out the author, and
giving him an opportunity to test his ve
racity before a court of justice.
I\r We referred last week to a petition
circulating in Blair county, in reference to
ardent spirits, since w hicli we have received
a copy of it marked for publication. It
reads as follows :
To the Senate anil House of Representatives of the
Commomcealtk of Pennsylvania :
The undersigned, residents of in said
Commonwealth, respectfully represent:—That 1
your Petitioners, assuming that every society !
and government has a right to protect itself !
against any great and general evil by the adop
tion of such fundamental laws as will most ef
fectually prevent it; —and that the true repub
lican principle is, that all great and vitally im
portant questions should be submitted to the
whole people, in their paramount sovereignty,
where the same can be conveniently done, —are
admitted political axioms. And believing that
the use of intoxicating liquors, as a beverage, j
by persons in health, resulting as it dog*, m a
large portion of our community, in even I 'part
of the State, becoming habitually intemperate,
and yearly causing the utter ruin, in body and in
soul, in reputation, family and property, of
thousands and tens of thousands of our citizens, j
is a great moral, social and political evil:— ;
That the use of intoxicating liquors, as a bever
age. by persons in health—however small the
quantity—is always, to some extent, injurious,
(physically, morally and byway of example.)
and never beneficial; And that the only ef
fectual mode of putting an end to this great j
evil, is by absolutely prohibiting the existence i
of the present ' facilities' to obtain intoxicating
liquors,—to remove the ' temptation'altogether, i
Your petitioners pray, that in accordance
with the provisions of the Constitution, an a- 1
mendmcut be submitted to the qualified elec
tors of the State, at the earliest possible period, j
prohibiting the sale within the State, of all in- j
toxirating liquors, as and for a beverage, and |
requiring the Legislature at its first session alter j
the adoption of this Amendment, and from time j
to time thereafter, to such laws as shall
carry this provision into effectual operation. !
'jv™ Congress will re-asembles in a few
weeks, and, among other things, it is said
that the tarifT will lie amended and raised.
Whatever may be the result, there will be
no rise in the tariff of prices charged for
goods of any kind at John /. SterclCs
store, his stock having been purchased and
paid for while the market was at a low
ebb.
THE MARKETS.
Lewistovvn November, 2s, 1851.
Faid bu Jltnlei .
Flour - - - $3 25
Wheat, white - 75
Do red - - - 7(1
Rye .... 5(1
' Oats .... 2,7
Corn .... 45
Cloverseed - - 4 2b
Flaxseed - - - j 00
Tiinotliyseed - - - 200
Butter, good - - -15
EgSJ s * * - i 2£
Lard - - - . 0
Tallow g
Potatoes - - - 50
The Lewistovvn Mills aie paying 75 els. per
bushel for White Wheat, and 70 ets. for Red.
Rye 5.7 cents. Corn, old 50, new 45 cents per
! bushel. Prices of Flour—s2,2s per 100 lbs. for
i extra, and $"2,00 for superfine.
rCf" E. E. LOCKF. & Co. at Locke's Mills, are
paying 60 cents for Rye, and 45 cents for Corn.
FHILADERPIMA, November 27, 1851.
FLOUR AND —The market for Flour is
; quiet, and the last sales for export, were a few
hundred barrels, at §11,81; and for city use at
$3,87 a §4,12. Extra Flour is held at"§4,25 a
J §4,75. RYE FI.OCR—No slock on hand lo oper
! ate in. CORN MEAL—Last sales ol lresh ground
| were at §3,12.
GRAIN.—WHEAT—SaIes of about 5000 bush.,
prime red at 81 a 82; white at 85A 88C. RYE—Is
! scarce and wanted at 70e. CORN —Sales of good
old yellow at 61c. afloat, and 50 ets. for new.
.Ov rs—New Southern are in demand at 37 cents,
J CATTLE MARKET, Nov. 24.—The offerings of
heel cattle for the week were about thirteen
1 hundred head. Beeves are selling from §5,50
to§7. Hogs—There were about six hundred head
in market, and sold from §6 to §6,50. Cows—
j About one hundred in market, at prices ranging
from §l2 to §35. Sheep and Lambs—The (o°-
mer from §2 to §4, the latter from §1 to §3, ac
cording to quality.
BALTIMORE, November 26 1851.
! FLOUR. —There is s firmer feeling in the mar
j ket for Howard Street Flour, though as vet no
j sales have been effected at an advance." The
market price may be considered at §3,81.
GRAlN. —Wheat has advanced about Scents
per bushel on all descriptions. Sales were
I made to-day ot good to prime reds at 76 a SO
cents, and one cargo at til rent* : 01 while at rO
a 86 cents, and of family llotir white at 91) a 9.,
cents. COR*. —Sales of Corn at 53 a54 cents,
for new white, and 5G a 57 cts for new vellow
We quote old at 54 a 56 cents for white and
yellow, free from fly.— American.
SIOXEY MATTERS, TRADE, \f.
The following are the quotations of broken
bank-notes in New York: —Farmers' Bank
Mina, 90 cts. on the dollar; Bank of New Roch
elie, 80 cts. 011 the dollar; James Batik, 75 cts
on the dollar ; Commercial Bank, Perth Arnbov
50c. on the dollar ; People's Bank, Patterson,
15c. on the dollar; Bank of Salisbury l">c on
the dollar.
The steam-hip Baltic for Liverpool, sailed
fi° n New York on Saturday, taking out the
following amount of specie— '
In American Gold, $1,013,535
In Sovereigns, 83,119
$1,090,644
To Contractors and Others.
<SS i~f M Sag sg
Cars for sale.—
Pour good open-bodied Railroad Cars, hitherto
used for carrying, coal, lime, &c. These cars wiit l.e
sold lor a very low price, on application being made to
PRICK & ROW LF.TT,
< 111 Dealers, N. E. corner 12ih ami Willow street*,
no -2s— 1 m Philadelphia.
Register's Notice.
persons having Deeds or
0111-1 Instruments of Writing in the Register ami
Recorder's Office, as iv. il as in Orphans' Court business,
.ire requested to call and get them \\ iihoul delav, as n.y
term of office expires on the first December. Many fees
small in amount individually, are due in all these offices,
and ut course 1 cannot afford to spend much time in
i itn ir collection, yet as iliey form, in the aggregate, a sum
of considerable importance tome, I irnsta further notice
will not lie necessary. Executors and administrators of
! estates, as well as some four or five hundred owners of
Deeds, which have been recorded hut not lifted, are par
ticularly invited to give n<e a call.
£ All Deeds and otlirr Instruments of Writing that
h .ve been paid and are not lifted on or before the lir-t
December, will then he sent by mail to their owner*
*J. L. MeILVAINE.
hew November 2**, lfcM.
WILLIAM LIND,
JM&lliDfrlßl 'JiJJiDllj
East Market street, Lewistowu,
TN returning thanks to his friends and
the publir generally f..r t tie liberal support heretofore
extended to Him, would respectfully inform them that lie
has just received a splendid assortment of Fashionable
S3 llfki CQ>"iay a
CASSIMEIIES & VESTINGS,
selected in the city with special reference to being made
up lor customer work, which lie is enabled to furnish HI
lower prices than similar articles could be procured in
the stores. Gentlemen desirous of having a superior
article of c l ulling, are requested to call and examine Ins
stuck. W iih long experience and the aid of first rate
workmen, he flitters himself that he can furnish his
customers and friends with superior garments, at rea
sonable prices. I.ewistown, Nov. 2-q ISSI.
* I - i . sacks ground alum
>AI. 1. .100 bags Dairy Salt—for sale bv
• nov 28 JOHN KENNEDY.
41X01101, —5 barrels Pitts
burgh Alcohol. 78 deg. above proof, at 62J cents by
the gallou—cheap for Oyster Cellars and Hatters For
sale bv
no 28 JOHN KENNEDY.
T K S.—ls first quality
Russet Leather Trunks, with spring locks, fur
¥:l! * h > £no2B] JOHN KENNEDY
ASTER.—SO tons soft plas-
'ft, for sale by [nols] JOHN KENNEDY.
4JLOIHI\G. —A general as
sortment of Ready -made Clothing, consisting of
heavy winter Coats and Sacks, Vests and Pants, all
made in I.ew isiown—for sale by
""- 8 JOHN KEN NEDY.
Estate of Nicholas Miller, dee'd.
is hereby given, that
Letters of Administration upon the estate of
NICHOLAS MILLER, late of Brattnn township, Mifflin
county, deceased, have been granted to the undersigned,
residing in said tow nship. All persons indebted to said
estate are requested to call and make payment without
delay, and those having claims to present them, duly
authenticated, for settlement.
JOSH I A KING, Adtnr.
Brartnn township. Nov. 28, ISSI—OI*
A UDITOirS NOTIC tT.— in the~~Or
phans' Court for the county of Mifflin, in the mat
ter of the sale of the real estate of .Vur.arcf Mcl.enohan,
dee'd, by Sheriff D. MtK. Cantner, trustee, by order of
Orphans' Court—The auditor appointed to-distribute the
funds arising from said sale, will mee; all parties inter
ested at bis office, Main street. Lewistnyvn, on FRIDAY,
December ifiih, I SSI, at one o'clock, p m , when and
where all parties interested are required to make their
claims before the Auditor, or be debarred from coming in
on said fund JAMES DICKSON,
°2S-4t Auditor.
4 EDITOR'S NOTICE.—In the Or
-E*. phans'l'nurt of Mifflin county, in the matter ot tin?
estate ol II l*iughlin, de A J. —The auditor appointed to
distribute the funds in the hands of G \v Cot I.TEH, Ad
! ministrator of \V. I.AUGHUN, dee'd . will meet all par-
I ties interested Ht his office, Main street, I.ewistown, on
, \N F.DNESD \V, December tilth, I Mil, m 10 o'clock, a. in.
: u hen and v. In re all parties interested are required to
make llieir ilaims before the Auditor, or be debarred
| from coming in upon said fund.
JAMBS DICKSON, Auditor.
N 0 TIC E7
L stale of J OH A COJMFORT, deceased*
TV < )TIC E is hereby given to all the heirs
i-1 arid legal representatives < f JOHN COMFORT,
| late of the Borough of I.ewistown, Mifflin county, .1,7
, ceased Wln roae, by an Inquest for that purpose, duly
awarded by the Orphans' Court of the county of Mifflin,
; a partition an ! valuation of the real estate of the sai l
| John Comfort, deceased, has been made, the report of
i which has been duly made and confirmed by the Court
aforesaid, at the April term, IM>l : Therefore, you ami
i each of jou are commanded and cited to he and appear
at (lm general Orphans' Court, January sth, 1852, to he
held at I.ewistown, if you think proper, to accept or re
fuse to take the said premises at the valuation, or show
; cause why the same should not be. sold, A.C
WILLIAM Sill MP, Shcrij)\
| Slierul s Office, I.ewistown, November 2s, lesl. —tit
NOTICE.
1 o the Heirs and legal representatives of the
hey. James Johnston, late of Brown town
ship, Mifflin county, deceased.
|V O nCB is hereby given, that by virtue of
a writ of Partition, issued out of the Or
phans Court of Mifflin county, in my hands,
1 will proceed to hold an inquisition on the
Real Estate of the Rev. JAMES JOHN
STON. late of Brown township, in said county,
deceased, on the premises, on SATURDAY,
December 2?tli,lBsl,atlou , e!ocka.m., where
you may attend if you think proper.
WILLIAM SIUMP, Sheriff
SHERIFF'S OFFICE, \
I.ewistown, Nov. 28, 1831. s 4t
I~JINE OIL just received ami lor -t ie at
!l P IL I3\\ks' Yr.rp-ty M irn.