THE G AXETIE. :
LEWISTOWJb !'A-
Friday Eveiling, April SO, 1852
Notices of Xrw Sdu'rliseineiils.
The Apprentices Literary Society will
hold a stated meeting on to morrow even
°Vn election for managers of the Odd
Fellows Hall Company will be held on
Monday next.
L. LADOMI .-:, of Philadelphia, invites at
tention to his stock ul Watches, Jewelry,
<tc.
JOHN KENNEDY offers for sale, on rea
sonable terms, a Tide Water Boat, together
with a quantity of Harness.
The Ileal Estate of Samuel J. George,
deceased, will he sold by the Administra
tor, on the Till of June.
Mr. DICKSON gives notice of two Audits.
The weather has been somewhat wann
er lids week, but is still very unsettled—
rain, sunshine, wind and clouds holding
sway bv turns of an hour or so each.
NEW TAVERNS. —The Court, on Satur
day last, granted a licence to Alexander
Eisenbise, ot Lewistov/n. and to Mathew
Kelly, of Derrv township, to keep houses
of entertainment.
E3T The locofoco State Central Com
mittee have published an address in which
t'nev arsrue that Mr. Buchanan is the only
man who can carry Pennsylvania as the
federal candidate for President ! Can the
waters of the Juniata be made to run to
(instead of from) the AiPghenies .'
Congressional Mousing,
The Committee on Elections in the
House of Representatives at Washington,
in the case of Ilcndrick B. Wright, con
testing the scat of Henry M. Fuller, as
Representative in Congress from the Lu
zerne district, have reported a resolution
declaring Mr. Fuller's seat vacant, on the
ground that the election was illegal, aud
asking a new election. The matter was
passed bv informally, but would be c:!!ed
iip for final disposition. The district in
which Mr. Fuller was elected is strongly
locofoco, and of course all that his un
principled opponents desire is to refer the
matter back, in the hope that a light vote ■
at a special election might send the "jew
eller" to Congress. "Well, should a par
tisan majority second these disgraceful
movements, Monsieur Wright may perhaps
again discover that " there's many a slip
betwixt the cup and the lip and in that
case, his political burial will be as deep
as a locofoco senator once assigned to
James K. Poik in the event of a certain
statement proving true.
"The Democratic party -taruL before the
country as the only party with principles clearly
ilcfiiicd, comprehensive ami liberal enough to
embrace the whole republic."
Thus exclaims our friend of the Ilolli
tlaysbttrg Standard, in an article 44 dissolv
ing" the whig party, and immediately below
gives the following statement, which we ,
... - .
ihiiik is proof conclusive that the " demo
cracy" is 44 comprehensive and liberal
enough to embrace the whole republic,"
spoils and all, whenever they can get a
chance :
How THEV no IT. —The present Canal Com
missioners, we arc to 1 >l, arc economical, arid ap
point economical men (ami a great many of
them at that) to office. W c shall riot dispute
the assertion, but wc should like to know what
kind of economy governed them in giving the
contract for the repair castings to Ex-Governor
Lortcr. In short, we should like to know what
they gain by it. Wc think we have a slight ink-
Ji.,gof the manner in which things are working.
A week or two ago a boat load of " chairs" for
the repairs on the Portage Road, arrived at the
weigh-10. k from 1 l:iri i- urg. I hie of the olli
cers invited the Cap' ~•!,
and weigh, which he po . j. (,•.<: a' '•<
same time pulling from hi- ,:e* t
pass for his load toil free ' l : • .
been an established custom : -v.<, '
i-hed repair castings, to deliver ; ; ./
cliitrge at the depot. It appears, hor. <*< ,- • .<
is discrimination has been made of the vci'-ran
Kx-Govcruor, and he is allowed to carry i.i re
pair materials toll free; nay more, if the truth
was known, in ali probability the Kiekapoo talk
of his rc-g..vanized excellency induced the
economical Commissioners to pay the freight on
them. If not. we trow lie will make it off
them, in addition lo foil price for his castings.
Old Davy is an ah! financier—his political ser
vices, ton, are worth something, and he knows
it. A day of reckoning might be set apart for
the board, but the march of each individual
member out of office Will take him so far into
obscurity that lie -w ill never be heard of again."
44 Old Davy," who is so handsomely
noticed in the Standard, it may not be
amiss to say, is a senatorial dcleirate to the
democratic convention to norniitatc a lo
cofoco candidate for President I
Professor Lovatt will gave a second en
tertainment this evening at the Town Hall,
on his novel invention, the Rock llar
ruonicon, consisting of 10 blocks of solid
stone, taken from the quarry in it- pritni
ture state, and laid on a frame, by which
excellent music is obtained. The per
formance is intersperse i with comic •o:-g .
Shakesperiafi reading-, Ac., ail v. loch arc
avell calculated to while away a;i evening.
The third and last exhibition will be given
on Saturday evening.
Hon. THOMAS BEU. will probably be
appointed Judge of the Supreme Court.
in place of Judge Coulter, deceased.
,
tetter ** riters.
A number of scribblers httve reeendy
been writing to Gen. Scott for his opinions !
on ail sorts of subjects. He has repeat
edly declined answering their interrogato
ries, referring his inquisitors to the record
and teachings of his life. Some months
ago he wrote a letter of this purport.
1 j)<Ki this letter ar.d the general propriety
of requiriug pledges of every nature front
political candidates, the Kennebeck (Maine)
Journal justly and properly remarks:
" We think the General has hit the nail very
nearly on lite head. The " hole history of pol
itics shows that expression of opinions extorted
from candidates trt this way amount to little,
and generally but little weight is given them
by- intelligent voters. They serve only to place
weapons in the hands of hypocritical, carping
opponents, whenever a sentence can be elicited
that will bear misrepresentation or twistifica
tion. A reply, if it be ever so favorable to the
views of the interrogators, rarely makes a sup
porter of an enemy. The true criterion where- \
by to judge of a man's future course, (as Gcner-1
ai Scott has very properly intimated) is in his |
past history—his well known character, and the
principles by which his whole life lias been
governed. In these respects, the friends of
General Scott fear not the most rigid scrutiny j
—nay, they invite it. He has been a public ser
vanda!! his days, and no man can put his finger
upon aught that is dishonorable or dishonest in
his words or his deeds. No stain of speculation
or fraud blackens his fair name—no colossal
fortune has been accumulated by him at the ex
pense of the country, although he has grown old
in the most responsible stations of the public
service. While holding high military rank, and
in a position where war would always serve to
increase his honor and re..own, he has still
shown himself preeminently a peace-maker,
and in several critical energies, war has been
averted and bloodshed prevented bv the disinter
ested exertion of his best energies and talents
M that end. His diplomatic and administrative
qualities, as shown iri these delicate and impor
tant trusts, as well as in connection with his
military operations, are undeniably great. Gen.
Scott, then, is honest and capable. Thai lie is
patriotic, and a devoted friend of the Union and
the Constitution as well as of human freedom,
is also undeniable. No man can he found who
doubts i'. With ttiis view of his character and
principles, ware willing to take him, without
electioneering pledges of any sort —feeling per
fectly confident that he will administer the gov
ernment upon the principles of the honored
fratners of the Constitution and the founders of
the Republic. Wc honor him for the self re
spect he has shown in refusing to cater for pop
ularity by replying at length to everybody who
wants to know his special opinion upon passing
questions of the day: arid we respect him for it
the more that he claims nothing at the hands of
the wiiigs, but simply consents to seme them as
a candidate, if elected by the free, unbiased and
independent suffrages of the delegates of the
Whig party, in an open and fair convention."
The .North Carolina Whig State Con
vention brought its session to a close on
Tuesday. John Kerr of Caswell county,
was nominated for Governor.—A series
of resolutions was adopted, the first of
which contains a strong declaration in fa
vor of President Fillmore, for re-election :
the second favors the selection of Graham,
for the Vice Presidency. The third ap
proves the determination to support the
nominee of the W big National Con
vention, if unequivocally in favor of the
Compromise. The fourth opposes the
doctrine of intervention. The fifth dis
approves of the public lands being-given
for the benefit of the new States The
sixth declares the unwavering attachment
of the Whig party of the State to the
Constitution and the F ition, and declares
that all efforts to enfeeble them will he
resisted. Other resolutions upon matters of
Stale policy, were also adopted.
New Cider Milt.
The llarrisburg Telegraph speaks very
highly of a new cider mill recently in
vented by W. O. Ilickok, of Ilarrisburir.
"It is a convenient and portable cider
mill and press, of the most perfect and
compact order, which can be driven by
hand or horse power, and made to per
form rapid execution. We saw one in
operation yesterday, ul his-machine shop,
and never saw the work of grinding and
pressing so well done before. The ap
ples were too expensive to be used largely,
oi ting 0 a bushel, but enough was
done to show the operation of the mill
perfectly, and to the satisfaction of all
pr< sent. The eider is pressed from ihc
; irniee without the use of straw, and is
< <ii i ijuently much freer from sediment
than that made in the usual way."
These mills, aud smaller ones, cost
only ilio.
Governor Kossuth reached Boston on
1 uesilay morning, and was escorted to the
•State-House by a military detachment,
composed of thirty-four companies. An
immense throng lined all the footways.
1 la- State-llouse was almost hidden from
view by innumerable flags and streamers,
displayed in honor of the city's guest.
Hi'S'i'iKcnoK Cot'NTir. —The Whigs of Hun
tingdon county held a meeting on Tuesday
evening, I,'lth iust., and adopted a series of reso
lutions in f ; .vor of Scott, Hoffman, and the Na
tional Administration. They also adopted the
following resolutions :
On motion, Resolved, Tiiat we request the
County Committee to call the County Conven
tion on Tuesday, the Jfth day of June next, and
not in August as heretofore.
On motion, Resolved, That this meeting now
proceed.to elect Congressional Coufere.cs to meet
tho-e of the other counties in the district.
On motion, Resolved, That S. U. Glasgow,
Esq., Col. J. A. Doyle and Col. Jaim C. Wat
• ' tin y are hereby appointed, Congres
sional Conferees to meet those of the other
couriih - in the district, to place in nomination a
candidate for Congress.
On motion, R-solved, Tnnt this meeting re
; commend to the Whigs of the counties compos
ing this Congressional District to appoint Con
ferees to meet at on Friday, the 9th day
of July next, for the purpose of nominating a
candidate for Congress.
Items of News.
Two barns were struck with lightning in
1 Lancaster county on last Sunday nigtit.
i On and after the Ist of May, 110 notes of the
Banks of othpr States can be passed in Dela
ware under the denomination of $5, under a
penalty of $lO.
The Rev. Dr. Berg, who recently withdrew
from the German Reformed C hurch, lias been
-admitted a memoer of the Philadelphia Ciassis
of the Reformed Dutch Church.
The receipts of the Pennsylvania Railroad for
the week ending 1 ith instant were §51,02-2,.14
of which $31,755,3:2 were from passengers, and
$19,207,02 from freight
The bill sent to the Pennsylvania Legislature
for entertaining Kossuth equalled in amount
sl3 per day for each person received and enter
tained, including Kossuth, his suite, and the
committee.
The act of 1835, graduating the patenting of
land, has been by act of Assembly, revived and
extended until the first day of next February.
This is important to farmers in many parts of
■ the Slate.
John Young, Ex-Governor of New York,
died in New York city on Friday morning last,
lof consumption, lie was in his s'Jth year and
j was the United States Assistant Treasurer in
New York city at the lime of his death.
The aggregate subscriptions to the stock of
the Suribcsy and Erie Railroad Company now
amount to one million six hundred and nine
thousand four hundred dollars.
A letter from the northern part of Vermont
says that the oth day of the present month com
pleted five full months of sleighing in that
region, without a single day's interruption.
The Albany State Register of Saturday an
nounces the death ol Gen. Sol. Van Rensselaer
and Peter \ an Loon, both distinguished citizens
of that place. Both of them had reached the
advanced age of seventy-eight years.
Owing to the continued feeble health of the
Rev. J. D. Collins, late. Superintendent of (he
thin* Mission. Fuh-Chau, Bishop Janes, of the
M. E. Church, has appointed the Rev. R. S.
Maclay, who lias been 111 China lor several
years, to succeed him.
CUMBERLAND VALLEY F v l CATTLE. —The
Lancaster, (Pa.) Journal states that a train of
forty cars passed through that place last w< ek,
having on board 200 fat cattle, raised in Cum
berland \ aliey, and weighing in the aggregate
200,000 pounds.
John VY . Andrews, of Norristown, has re
cently taken out a patent for a new plan of
burning brick with anthracite coal. By this
i mode they can be made at a less cost, and are
equal in quality to those made in the ordinary
way.
CALIFORNIA FORTUNES. —It is calculated that
out of every hundred persons who have gone to
> alifornia, liftv have been ruined, forty no bet
ter than they would have been had they re
mained at home, five a little better, four some
thing better still, and one has made a fortune.
The steamboat Prarie State, whilst rounding
out from the landing at Pekin, on the Illinois
river, 011 Saturday morning, collapsed the flues
of her larboard boilers, killing, scalding and
wounding a number of persons, mostly the
hands of the bout, or deck pa-sengers.
George Koppenhefl'er, Esq., (Whig) Register
of Wills, cvc., of Dauphin county, died a few
weeks ago after a severe illness, and Governor
Biglcr has appointed Valentine Hummel, Jr.,
CI.oco) his successor, who will hold the ofiice
by virtue of this appointment, until alter the
next General Election.
j MYSTERIOUS MI uukr. —A portly gentleman,
1 rather good-looking, and well and neatly dres
j sed in broadcloth, has been found niutdercd
, near Tamaqua, l'a. Nothing was found upon
his person except two silk handkerchiefs, inark
i ed "1. T." supposed to be the initials of his
name.
Artificial Ultramarine is made in St. Louis by
a German, named Seheller, who learned the art
in Bavaria. He says the materials for its man
j ufacture are abundant 111 the United States, and
i that it can be made here as cheap as in Europe.
This pigment is one of the most cusliy which is
used in the arts.
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts lias de
i cided the great Quaker suit, in which about
S3OO,UOU worth of property was involved. The
decision is in favor of the Society of Friends,
of New England, and against llu: few who
seceded from them in 1845, under the name of
W ilhur meeting.
j At the last dates from Rio de Janerio, March
1 IG, the yellow fever had been extensively fatal
among the shipping at Rio, and was also pre
vailing on shore. Many < f the merchants were
leaving the city to avoid it. A Swedish ship
had lost all her officers arid crew by the epi
demic. ,\u L. S. vessels were at Rio at that
date.
In the British Register of Deaths for the.
month of March a remarkable case is men
tioned : " A lunatic hair-dresser died at Peck
ham Asylum of peritonitis, produced by his
having swallowed the handle of a tablespoon
On-a post mortem examination " thirty-two
, handles of tablespoons, about a dozen of nails,
two or three stones, and a button were found in
the stomach of the deceased."
GIIF.EV CORN. —The New Orleans Picayune of
the 21st instant, acknowledges the receipt ol
half a iloz.cn ears of green corn, raided in the
garden of a friend in that city. The editor
i adds: " While they are shivering with their
snows and cold winds in the " Athens of Amer
ica," here in New Orleans we are luxuriating
111 the midst of the rarest vegetables of sum
mer."
EXCAVATING COIN. —The French rogues can
remove one side of a silver coin with a very
thin tine saw, cut out the silver in the middle,
till up with baser metal, solder on the surface
again, and leave the piece looking as before !
Most of these pieces altered bear the effigy
| either of Louis XVIII., Charles X. or Louis
Phillippe. The fraud was first detected at the
Bank of France. The deterioration of the
j coins thus altered is about seven-tenths.
HKAVV SENTENCE OF A WOMAN. —In the Mu
nicipal Court, Chief Justice Wells sentenced
Margaret Russell, who was lately convicted of
j receiving and secreting S2OOO of stoicn money,
to fire years in the flouse of Correction. Op
portunity was given the prisoner to make resti
tution, before sentence, but through her coun
sel, site refused.—The money was stolen from
i a Vernionter, named Thompson, last fall, by one
! Sullivan, who is now serving a term of five
: years in the Stute Prison.— Ronton Transcript.
BURNING OF A STEAMBOAT.- —The steamboat
Pocahontas, front Arkansas, bound to New Oi -
leans, with 2.360 bales of cotton, took tire on
the 16th instant, and w unit to the water's
i edge 111 less than half an i.-.-ur. The boat and
cargo are a total loss. Ten persons, including
; the late Sheriff of Arkansas, a lady and three
of her children, the cabin boy arid two firemen,
| either perished in the Haines or were drowned
; in attempting to escape from the burning boat.
The great yield of Mr. Doriis' Gold Mine in
j South Carolina is attracting considerable at
| tention in that The Edgefield Adver
tiser gives the result of the operations for the
month of March, as follows:—'Total produce,
! 20,167 pennyweights, making an average for
i each working day of about 1000 dwts. This
daily yield is worth nearly one thousand dollars,
which is proved by the fact that 4632 dwts.,
already carried to the mint by a responsible
■gent, have been sold for something over $4300.
; Pretty fair for eight hands, in South Carolina
i diggings,'
STRANGE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH. —Hans
Wilson, of Steubenville, Ohio, who died on the
21 si, uit., in the s2d year of his age, bequeathed,
in his will to his only daughter, SIOOO ; to the
widow of his only son, now the wife of Rev.
Dr. Cox, of Piqua, S3OO ; the balance of bis for
tune, estimated at $200,000, he divided in small
sums to different churches in his town, and in
large sums to and domestic missionary
societies.
A BIG FISH.—A catfish was caught in the
Schuylkill, a few days since with a set-net by
Richard Swaincott, of Norristown, which
measured inches in length, 4f inches be
tween the eyes, and weighed 4] pounds. This
is not quite so large as the catfi-li u=ed for tow
ing flat-boats on the Ohio river, but is a very
sizeable article for the Schuylkill. [Catfish 20
inches in length and over are frequently caught
in the Lewistown dam.]
The two prisoners, Haycock and Winans,
who lately escaped from the New Jersey State
Prison, have both been retaken. The former
became exhausted in travelling from Trenton
to New Brunstvick, and his feet being swollen
so that he could not walk. Winans left him.
Haycock remained hidden till nearly starved,
when he crawled on his hands and knees to a
farm-house, and wished to be sent back to
prison. He was a most pitiable object, and
after being relieved, he was sent to Trenton.
The Rev. Ephraim Judson, a clergyman, set
tled in Norwich, (Conn.) in 1771, was an exceed
ingly quaint and original preacher. Remarking,
in one of his sermons, upon the excuses made
by the guests invited to the wedding feast, he ob
served that one who had bought five yoke of ox
en simply entreated to be excused, while the one
w ho married a wife absolutely declared that he
could not come. "Hence learn,"said the preach
er, " that one woman can pall harder than /ire yoke
of oxen."
MINNESOTA —A correspondent of the Albany
Register, writing from Minnesota, says : "It is
a singular fact that the ordinary field birds and
songsters so common in old settlements, and
also the honey bee, uiikowri here before, have
migrated hither with civilized man. The Indi
ans say that the rattlesnakes follow in his wake
also. Be that as it may, while they are numer
ous further down the Mississippi, they have not
made their debut into this locality. In the
neighborhood of Sank Rapids, however, some
have been killed, where, it is said, they were
never seen till recently."
The Minnesota Pioneer gives an account of a
man named John Stean, who was recently found
dead on his feet near St. Paul's. He was an
Englishman, between GO and 70 years of age ;
lie served throughout the Mexican War, and
had lust fall built himself a cabin 111 the woods,
and shut himself up to winter. His neighbors
not having seen him for some time, two of thern
went to his cabin, which they found locked, and
on opening it, Stean was discovered standing at
the loot of his bed, dead, and frozen solid. He
had 011 seven pair of pantaloons, and in a belt
about his waist $270 in gold. He had evidently
been dead some weeks.
CATHOLIC NATIONAL COUNCIL —On the 9th
day of May next, the National Catholic Council
will assemble at the Cathedral in Baltimore,
and will be composed of thirty-two bishops,
(six of them archbishops.) Archbishop Ken
driek will preside. Each bishop will be attend
ed by a clergyman as theologian, making the
council toconsisiof fifty-two members. Several
hundred ecclesiastics will be in attendance, as
well as a large concourse of persons, to witness
these interesting ceremonies, many of which
will he public Phis is the last general council
to assemble in Baltimore for ten years, though
there will be provincial councils in aii the arch
bishoprics every two years.
WASHINGTON, April 23. —Chevalier Hulse
mann has obtained leave of absence from his
government for an indefinite period, and will
shortly leave for Europe. This has been grant
ed him in consequence of his representations
that he could hold no intercourse of any kind
with Mr. Webster. He will, therefore, absent
himself till Mr Webster retires from the Slate
Department. The relations between the two
governments are not, however, interrupted.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
The House has hud under consideration
the Senate Judicial Omnibus bill, and pro
gressed through several sections. This
bill is one of the most important of the
session, as, if carried, it will tend to de
crease, to some extent, private legislation'
and render many difficult questions in law
plain and unequivocal. Considerable lime
was spent in the discussion of a section
which provides that no defaulter shall hold
office of any kind under the Common
wealth.
A bill has been reported in the House
by the Committee on Ways and Means,
taxing concealed property. The third
section provides that assessors of the Com
monwealth shall, after the first of June
next, apply a signet—sui-li as is used in
post offices—to the face of every bond,
note or other security for the payment of
money, making an impression with indel
ible ink on every such security " assessed
for 1852," or whatever year the assessment
may be made.
In the Senate, 011 the 28th, the Secretary
of the Commonwealth being introduced,
presented a message from the Coventor,re
turning with his objections, the bill to in
corporate the Mechanics' Saving Institution
of Harrisburg.
The Committee of Conference on the
apportionment bill for the election of Re
presentatives in Congress, reported that
the joint committee had agreed upon a re
port, which was submitted and read,
whereupon a tumultuous and excited dis
cussion arose, \v ]iich lasted a considerable
time.
The question was finally taken 011
agreeing to the report, and it was adopted
—yeas 19, nays 12.
A motion was then immediately made
to reconsider the vote, which being agreed
to, considerable discussion followed, and
the further consideration of the subject
was then postponed lor the present —veas
18, nays 14.
The Senate then resumed the consider
ation of the General Appropriation Bill,
which was continued under discussion un
til liie adjournment.
HOUSE—The House, agreeably to the
order, resumed the. consideration of the
Judicial Omnibus Bill, which was dis
cussed without a vote until the close of the
session.
A bill to incorporate the Sand Mountain
and Laurel Run turnpike road company,
in Miiilm and Centre counties, passed the
House finally.
As the session approaches its close,
it is -almost useless to make a note of the
proceedings, as half that is done one day
is undone the next.
Legislation in New Jersey.
Our reader* will probably remember
that considerable crowing was done by j
our locofoco friends over the last Xe vv Jer
sey election, which was heralded forth as
a great " democratic victory." The fol
lowing proceedings towards the close of
the session, which throughout was a most
disgraceful one, will give some idea of the
dignified body who made laws for the
Jersey Blues :
1 ' Mr. Speaker! Mr. Speaker!—rap, rap. rap.
I offer the following resolution, which 1 trust
will be adopted without a dissenting voice :
Resolved, That the 1 bricks' in members' hats
j he appropriated to the erection of an additional
wing to the Lunatic Asylum !
Adopted with immense applause.
The following resolution was then offered :
Resolved, That the Clerk inform the Senate
that this House is now ready to go into joint
meeting for the appointment of coroners t hold
an inquest on the dead body of the Maine Law,
which was adopted.
The following was then otic-red by the same j
gentleman :
Resolved, That Messrs. Sandford and Boyle be
invited to dance the Fisher's Hornpipe !
The chair decided this resolution out of or
der. An appeal was taken from this decision. !
The Chair—All in favor of sustaining the
chair will say 'aye'—the ayes have it! (roars of
laughter.)
Mr. Speaker—l offer the following:
Resolved, To be serious—that the Speaker sing
a song.
Mr. Speaker—l offer the following as a sub
! stitute :
Rt.solved, That Messrs. Ciine, Shay and May
hew be appointed to make arrangements for a
" shin dig," to be had in the rotunda, and that ;
the front seats be reserved for the ladies—Mr. j
L'lirie to perform on the jewsharp, Mr. Shay on
the tamborine, Mr. Mayhew on the bull-fiddle,
and Mr. Young on the bone cassinets.
The substitute was unanimously adopted.
We shall he much mistaken if the peo
ple of that State have not had enough ofj
such legislation for ten years at least.
— j
Puii.ADEl.nri A, April 25.—A stable and two j
horses were burned this morning at the corner
of 12th and Lombard streets. The SlutUer
Hose Company, while returning from the fire,
were attacked on Lombard street near Bth, by a
gang of rowdies belonging to another company.
Policemen Walton and Jones, in attempting to
: stop the riot, were attacked and struck with
brick and other missiles. They then drew their |
revolvers arid fired upon the assailants, and
James Gillespie was struck in the back by a
ball, and it is supposed is mortally wounded. ,
The officers have surrendered themselves to
await an investigation.
I-IOOFLAVD'S GERMAN" BITTERS. —These cele- !
I brated Bitters, prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, j
120 Arch street. Philadelphia, are performing ;
astonishing cures throughout the whole country, j
We can bear witness to their curative powers in I
the case of a friend of ours who had the Liver
Complaint, and who had tried almost every
I other medicine, but without effect. After
taking a few bottles of these Bitters he was en- 1
tireiy cured. To those who are similarly af
flicted we recommend them to take the prepa
i ration, knowing that they will cure the disease
spoken of, and many others to which "flesh is
heir to." There is a spurious article made in ,
! Philadelphia. The only place to get the genuine
article is 120 Arch street, Philadelphia, of Dr. j
Jackson, or his agehts throughout the country.
ANOTHER SCIENTIFIC WONDER ! Important ■
to Dyspeptics. —Dr. J. 8. HOUGH EON'S
PEFSIN. The 'Tine Digestive 1 Intel, or Gas- j
trie Juice, prepared from ihe RENNET, or the
FOURTH STOMACH OF THE OX, after directions
of B I.JEBIG, the greatest Physio- j
] logical Chemist, by JS. H< )UGHT()N, M. D.,
I Philadelphia. This is truly a wonderful reme
dy tor Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Liver
; Complaint, Consumption and Debility, curing
after Nee tare's own method by \a he re's own
Agent, the (ieistrtc Juice. Pamphlet?, con
j tainrng Scientific evidences of its value, fur- |
nishrd by agents gratis. See notice among !
ihe medical advertisements.
" W E\ KK\ it off v that wants good Coffees, '
j Sugars, Teas, Molasses, Vinegar, <fcc., can
always find them very low, lor cash, at F.
J. Hoi- I-MAN'S.
THE MARKETS.
LEWTSTOWN, April 30, 1952.
Paid hi/ Dealers
Flour - - - $3 37]
Wheat, white - - 80
Do red 75
Rye 55
Oats .... 03
Corn .... 50
Cioverseed - - 4 00
Flaxseed - - 1 00
Timothy seed - - - 200
1 Butter, good 15
Eggs ... 1 i
Lard - - - - 7
Tallow .... 8
Potatoes - - '1 Oil
'Oie Lewistown Mills are paying 80 cts. per
bushel for White Wheat, and 75 cts. for Red. j
Rye 55 cents. Corn, 50 cents per bushel. Prices 1
of Flour—s2,2s per lUU lbs. for extra, and §2,01) '
j for superfine.
P3" E- E. LOCKF. & Co. at Locke's Mills, are
paying CO cents for Rye, and 45 cents for Corn.
PHILADELPHIA, April 2-3,1852.
The Flour market continues quiet and firm. 1
The demand for shipment is limited, and the
only sales reported are 700 bbls. fair brands, in
lots, at §4,12] per bbl. which is uow the
general asking rate. Sales in lots for (hesup I
! ply of the retailers and bakers, at $1,12.] H $4,-
25, lor common and good brands, and $ 1,50 11
$4,75 for extra. A sale of Rye Flour was '
made yesterday at $3,12]. Corn Meal is
j steady. Sales of 300 barrels Pennsylvania at
$3,00] per bbl. and 4(H) barrels Brandy wine
at $3,25. GRAlN —There is but little of any
description offering, as the breaks in the canals
iu the interior' have temporarily cut oil the
supplies. Wheat is in demand, and prices
have further advanced one cent per bushel.
Sales ol 2 a 3000 bushel*' prime Pennsylvania
white at 97 cents. Rye is wanted at 73 cents.
I'he market was cleared of all the Corn afloat
yesterday, at 63 cents, and to day there is little
or none ofterin<?. Oats are in good demand at j
j 42 cents per bushel, for Southern T and 44 cents
for Pennsylvania.— News,
BALTIMORE, April 28, 4 P. M.,
FLOUR. —We note sales to day of CHMJ hbls.
Howard Street Flour at $1.12]. No salce of
City Mills Flour. Holders ask $4,25.
GRAIN —Wheat is scarce and wanted. We
note soles to-dav of several parcels of good to
prime reds at 93a95 cents—mostly at 95cents
We quote white at 10.) cents, and family flour
white at 101a 103 cents. Corn is in moderate
demand. Sales to-day of white at 55a57 cts,
and ol yellow at 57a58 cents. Oats sell at 35
| a37 cts. lor Maryland.— American,
National "t'hlj Caacr.-.
At a meeting of the Wliig Members of Con
gress held in the Senate Chamber on Friday,
April 9, the lion. VV. P. Mangum, Senator
from North Carolina, was calle.l to the chair,
and Joseph R. Chandler, of Pennsylvania, and
Alfred Docktry. of North Carolina, were ap
pointed Secretaries. After some preletninary
discussion it was resolved that when the meet
ing adjourn it adjourn to meet at this place on
Tuesday evening, the 20th instant.
On Tuesday, April 20, the Whig members of
Congress assembled according to adjournment,
and the subjoined resolution, recommending the
time and place of holding the meeting of the
Whig National Convention, was adopted, and
the following order made :
Resolved, That it be recommended that the
Whin National Convention for the Nomination
of candidates for President and \ ice President
of the United States he held in the City of Bal
timore, on Wednesday, the 16th day of June
next.
Ordered, That the Chairman of the meeting
cause the resolution this evening adopted, re
commending the time and place of holding the
Whig National Convention, to be inserted in the
Whig newspapers of this district, signed by
himself and countersigned by the Secretaries.
WILLIE P. MANGUM, Chairman.
JOSEPH H. CHANULEB, T V . .
, ~ ' ;• Secretaries.
A. DOCKEKV, j
Married.
On the 27th inst., by Rev. James 11. Brown,
DANIEL W. FINK, of Huntingdon count v. and
Miss CATHARINE E. TOOLE, of this place.
At Belltown, on the 27th instant, by William
Bell, Esq., ANDREW C. MchKNA'HEN, and
.Miss CATHARINE J. DORM AN, all of-Mif
flin county.
Died.
On the 26th inst., at the residence of the
Rev. Charles A. Hay, in Harrisburg, Miss SA
RAH EIIERV, formerly of York, in the oath
year of her age.
In Pekin, Illinois, on the Ist ult., ROBERT,
son of J. R. and Margaret Kelly, formerly of
this place, aged 6 months and 11 days.
On the 21st inst., after a long ami tedious ill
ness, CALVIN B. PENCE, aged about 14 years.
\L. S.—The members of the Apprentices'
, Literary Society are requested to be punc
tual in their attendance at the stated meeting on
Saturday evening next, May Ist, as business of
importance to the Society will be presented for
their consideration.
By order of the President,
J. W. VANVALZAH, Secretary.
Lewistown, April 30, 1852-lt.
N'OTICE. —A general meeting of the stock
holders of the Odd Fellows' Hall Com
pany will be held at the lodge room ori MON
DAY, May 3d, 1852, for the purpose of electing
nine managers. The holders of the certificates
of stock will be entitled to vote once for each
share of five dollars.
JOHN HAMILTON,
Lewistown, April 30, 1852-lt. Secretary.
Cheap Ualcliew, Jewelry &-
Silver-Ware.
A GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES I
Twenty per cent, at least less than ever
have been sold in the United States !
p Oi l) I.EVEN WATCHES, full jewelled, 18
CI fearat case only £3O
Usually sold for §35.
GOLD LEPINE WATCHES, IS karat case,
jewelled, " 24
SILVER LEVER WATCfTES, full jewelled, " It
Universally sold for §IS
SILVER LEPINE WATCHES, jewelled, " 10
SILVER TEA SPOONS, per half dozen, " 5
GOLD PENS, Silver Holders, " 1
Persons wishing a Watch or Watches, or Jewelry,
can have them sent by mail, witli perfect saf-tfy, to any
part of the United States or West Indies, by first sending
the amount of money. All articles warranted as rep
resented above. Orders from the country respectfully
solicited
Please address [post paid.]
LEWIS LA DOM US,
100 Chestnut ireet, opposite the Franklin House, Phila.
.> California Gold bought, or manufactured into
Jewelry. Philadelphia, April 30, 1532 3m.
BOAT FOR SALE.
Tide Water Coat ATLANTIC, in
JL good cotulilion, is oflTered for sale on
liberal terms. Having no use for a boat of
this description at the present time, she wilt be
sold a bargain, and if proper security be
given, a credit of from 6 to l- months can be
had. JOHN KENNEDY.
Lewistown, April 3", 181)2.
ORPHANS' COURT SALE.
fN pursuance of an order issued by the Or
phans' Court of Mifflin county, will he
exposed to sale, by public vendue or outcry, on
the premises, OH
.Holiday, Jane 7, I 5.12,
at 1 o'clock, p. m., the following real estate,
late the property of Samuel J. George, de
ceased, to wit:
A certain messuage or lot
JESf < .I of ground, whereon is erected a
'lf® FRAME HOUSE, situate in the
s7*:x.~.Borough of McVeytown, lately
extended, bounded as follows : Beginning at
a post on the north west side of the Turnpike
Road, thence vvrstwardly along Lumber street,
ninety four feet to Queen street, thence along
the eastern side of Qjeen street south one
and a half degrees, west seventy six feet, to a
post on the north side of said Turnpike Road
in an eastern direction, one hundred and twenty
feet to the place of beginning, and known in
the general plan of said borough as lately ex
tended. as lot No. 101^.
TERMS OF SALE. —One half of the purchase
money to he paid on confirmation of the sale,
and the residue in one year thereafter with
interest. VV. J. JACOBS,
April 30, 1852. —ts. Administrator.
A UDITOR'S NOTICE.—The undersigned
x\ appointrd Auditor by the Hon. the
Judges of the Orphans' Court of Mifflin
county, to make distribution of the fund in the
hands of WILLIAM SHIMP, Esq., Trustee ap
pointed to make sale of the Real Estate of
JOHN COMFORT, late of the Borough of
Lewistown, deceased, gives notice that he will
meet at his ofiice, in Lewistwu, ou the 29th
day of May, 1852, to make said distribution,
when and where all persons interested ate
notified to attend.
JAMES DICKSON, Auditor.
Lewistown, April 30,1852 —4t.
\ EDITOR'S NOTICE.—The undersigned
1\ appointed Auditor by the Hon. the
Judges of the Orphans' Court of Mifflin
county, in the matter of the sale of the Real
Estate of GEORGE WAGGONER, deceased,
by WILLIAM SHIMP, Est]., Trustee, gives
notice that lie will meet at his office, in the
Borough of Lewistown. on the Ist day ot June,
1852, to distribute the fund in the hands of
said Trustee, when and where all persona
are notified to attend.
JAMES DICKSON, Auditor
i Lewistown, April 30, I*sl} 4t.