; r i\ l it 'til the oleuienis of a gon>l hank. '1 ,)p. patron.~ 01 such an in-ritu:ion tnust put money into his vauh , before tiicy can draw any out. In other language, if a particular ] ■ 3tlitv fc* poor, it will not ba made rich by too pons MBioa of St no better dualities than the right to make paper money. The must not only he a necessity for such an institution, Hut legitimate business and v.vnith in such locality to sustain it, or the probabilities are that the result will be disas trous, It is not always a good argument in j: vor of locating a bank at a given point, to eiv that it is difficult to g.n money at such a place. That may be the very reason why P iblic interest and safety would forbid SUCH location. B%ii4es, ir to this difficulty, to a great extent, that tbise .ijniolity is indebted for its value. I atirfjuite sure that if it were made suflioientlc abundant to answer the views of some political economists, it would r ith;r be valu. la or useful. he advauta t resulting to the par icvtlar 1 icalities in ••v liioh these institutions arc i'otrad, are, us a general principle, greatly overrated. I can 'firing to review in my mind a vnst district of the S'ato, embracing some eighteen contigu ous counties, all flourishing and prosperous, ju which there is not to be found a singlc btnk of issue, and vI do n. t see that tl<<-e are less prosperous than counties favored with many banks. A number of the counties within the range b> which 1 refer, were at one time- favored wills bank but tic - ■ insti tutions ha ve failed and gone out of existence, and I cannot perceive that sueh counties are less flourishing titan they were when their r- spectivc banks—wer ■ in full opera!ion.— This -eolusion from banks, it should b f * re membered. is nor without its advantages. The people of r' gi .ns r.re perhaps fully rewarded for xnuit they suß r in in -onveni ence, by the protection they thus enjoy from the force of commercial !• vulsitms. What they 10-e at c tini" of hank expansion i- m r - than made go d to tl • us by o ■ ;r c> ape from the full farce >f the <• ntra :i i. A li'.'lc t - flection on ike ocei i rences. during the periods t > which 1 have repeatedly made re fere ice v ill satisfy any one that T hi- is no mere fan ciful idea, but a clear practical truth. 1 have thu -. gentlemen, performed what 1 regard as an imperative cnty. bhoul l sub sequent events demonstrate that 1 have erred, 1 shall at least hare the consolation to know that such error is of the h< ad. and not of the heart. VOL BIGLKK. EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, JLirrishurg, April 20, 1 852. j THE GAZETTE. lIWISTOWN, PA. Friday Evening 1 , May 7, 1852, The attention of owners of buildings JS requested to the advertisement of Ruv- BCKN <K BAKER. Their Lightning Rods are considered by competent judges to he -superior to anything of the kind heretofore ottered to the public. Messrs. HITTER A Co., of Harrisburg, Will proinpdv attend to binding books of all kinds, at reasonable prices. 11. J M ALTERS. Esq., is their Agent for this county, with whom Books, Magazines, &c., may be left. MACHINE SHOP AND FOUNDRY. —The general manufacturing law lias been amend ed so as to embrace this project, and we learn that measures have been taken to or ganize the company as soon as possible. 1 A. Rittenhouse, Esq., has been appointed to solicit subscriptions of stock, and it is hoped that ail who have the ability to do so, will not hesitate in advancing an enter prise of such general interest as this. The Postmaster General has cut us off from the Philadelphia night mail beyond Harrisburg. This throws back correspon dence from Lewistown and several north ern counties about twentv-four hours. As there would he no additional expense, and but little trouble to the Philadelphia post office to send a mail here by the night train, we hope soon to hear that the order iius been rescinded. i ne following genlbmen were elected iiianag'-rs oi the Odd Fellows* Hall Asso ciation for the ensuing vear on Monday Inst: Zacharias Rittenhouse, John R. McDowell, A. Parker Jacob, George W. Stewart, John Evans, William Lind, Dati i'! j'ctglcr, Darnel 1 ichtiiorii. The Jlali, it is anticipated, will be ready fur the Lodges by the first of next month. Mr. Porter will occupy one of the principal stores below. Strouse another, and Mr. Shell we learn lias taken a room in the ■cellar for the purpose of bottling mineral water, Ac. Our absence during a gnat part of the week has prevented us from paying much attenton to the present issue. The H dlida) sburg Standard says we didu t corner him last week. Certainly no: we c:Jy hooked you : next time 'iVe'il haul \ ou out. Srpßr.Mr C;<VRT.—The May term of the Su preme Court commences on Mor.djy next. The following ig the order of return days for the diheien oistiu U in Harrisburg: I.an ~; a) ij \ ,V" k Adams, May 17; .'.liatin, iilair, aim Huntm.-y.on, M ) o t , Centre Giearfiold anil Clinton. May i uni'ierGrid' Perry and Juniata, May .'sl ; Bcdfi rd and Frank lin, June 10; b rfc*. June !4; Dauphin and Lebanon, June 21.—Jlu/robm? Tele^m/h. The Governor has tendered the appointment of Associate Justice of the t-iry Court, re cently vacated by the death of Judge Coulter, to hie Hou. George W. Woodward. A sol her in the .Mexican war tomed Frank lin L i'ger, had on" of his legs badly injured last week rear Dillcrville by a burthen car running ever it. lie is doing well. The 'ax of qs heretofore impose! by the Canal C:nai ; "ioners on each boat pasig from the Suie canal it" tlie Susquehanna : ai.ai ~a been reduced to Governor Itigler and Hanks. t ; AVe publish in our paper of tu-duy the v veto message of Governor Eigler, lot .he purpose of putting on record proiessions r ' that inay be of use hereafter to our reatl ; ! erera, when expediency or favoriteisrn \ j may induce that functionary to fasten a e | '• rnonoDoly" on some particular section of i : country. ') \ Extraordinary as it may seem, it is nev -1 ertheles3 true, that vt hiie the Governor , was slaughtering the acts of the liSgisia > litre almost without discrimination, and strongly advocating an equalization ot o* bank capital, he made one exeepiion, ' which, the Montgomery Ledger, a locofoco , paper, thus notices : Y "MANIFESTLY WROKQ. —Two year ,i ago ?. , i new bank was chartered in La'tcn. T hi-- win j - ; ter an old bank was re-ciiartered with 5)400,000 capital, thus giving that localit) two banks, while other places, equally solicitous for a bank ing institution, have been denied any. This is c " a strange way of making an equal distribution ' of business accommodations. It is acknowi -1 edged on all hands that justice requires a more equal distribution of banking capital. Then r why not distribute it more equally? The addi tional capital given to Easton would have been •-ullicieiit for three or four banks, which might have been distributed in localities where there , is none." It appears to us if Gov. Eigler intended to carry out his views on hanking to tlie letter, he ought to have put the Easton Bunk with the batch vetoed, because if the entire northern section of ihc countrv is better off without than with a bank, there c,ni be no earthly reason for two in a place like Easton ; and so we think every reader of his message will conclude, whether whig, democrat or locofoco. Tragedy at Columbia. The Columbia Spy of Saturday last gives the following account of a TRAGEDY ° that occurred there on the Thursday pre vious : On Thursday afternoon last, about 4 o\ lock. ; an intense excitement was created in our bor | ough by the report that a fugitive slave had been ' shot by a police officer from Ealtiinote. Imme diately after the announcement, a large number oi persons proceeded to Hie place ivlierc il wa said the aiiair happened, and truly enough, a colored man named William Smith lay there a corpse. The particulars, as nearly as we have j been able to ascertain them, are vis follow- : Deputy Marshal Snyder, from liarrisburg, and a police officer named KtJgley, from Baltimore, euine to Columbia with a warrant issued by Commissioner McAlister, of Harrisburg, to ar rest the fugitive above named, who was engaged piling lumber m the yard of .Mr Gotlieb bener. According to the testimony given before tlie , coroner's jury, the officers rcpaiied to where | Smith was working, and as he was proceeding to the wharf seized him. binith endeavored to escape, and whilst doing so, and in custody of the officers, (as the verdict of the CoronerN jurv ;how s,) Ridgley drew a pistol and shot him, the ball entering the right side of the neck, just be i low tlie ear. Smith fell and expired in a few ; minutes. The officers then left—as Ridgley I said, to deliver themselves up to the proper au- I thorilies; but as afterwards proved—at icast so far as he was concerned—to escape from justice Shortly alter the occurrence he pussea over the 1 Columbia bridge, since which time nothing has been heard of him. The Deputy Marshal, Sny der, started for Harrisburg in the evening tiuin, i w-hich ieft about 7 o'clock. At 7 o'clock in the evening, (sickness having prevented him from doing so before thai hourG J. VV. fisher. Esq., Deputy Coroner, held an inquest over the deceased, and the jury ren dered the following verdict: " William Smith came to his death front the contents of a pistol iired bj Ridgley, whilst the said Smith was in tlie custody of said Ridgley and Deputy Mar ; shal Snyder, of Harrisburg." There is here at least some evidence that a man was killed—perhaps accident ally, perhaps not—but the party who com milled the act, instead of awaiting a judi \ cial investigation, as an innocent man would and should do, takes to his heels and flit s to a neighboring State ! Vnd what is . Governor Bigier doing all litis time ! JRis lie offered a reward for Jiidglev ! Has he gone to the scene of bloodshed, and aided in arresting any one .'—all which, according to the locofoco newspapers ami stump orators, a Governor of i'enusvlva nia ought to do when the laws are violated —or is • only a nigger" not of sufficient importance to look alter, even if a wife and two children are deprived of husband j and father ? HEN it T CLAY. —Our readers will regret to learu that this eminent statesman is ly ing dangerously ill a: Washington, with no hopes uf recovery. The editor of the Express, who is now in Washington, I writes: "The roiitrast'fif a year to mc was most painful, and Mr. Clay looks, physically, only like the wreck ot the man he was. 'lhere is I , hardly strength enough in hi- hands to convey i food to his mouth, and he is helped to and from his bed like a feeble child. He rise- very laic, and, as he told me, has not known, for a long time, what it was to enjoy an hour of sweel refreshing, natural sleep. ii,jt like an old forest oak, beautiful even in its decay, Mr. Clay still . survives, and exhibits tlie luai ks'ot past strength and present power. The lustre of his eve-is uniiir.utird ; he both sees and know - j,fn'ends. Th" grasp of his hand is fervent, earnest and kindly impressive as it ever was. ihs voice continues to be all sweetness and melody, ex cept when its tones are moved by that i.odiiy ' weakness which makes it painful for him to speak, and it is alw ajs very painful for him to ' -peak long. But the. greatest blessing which God vouchsafes to a dying man is Ins. lie has that peace of mind which the world can neither , give nor take away, ami an intellect us unc!oud->- eu as in the. day of its greatest brilliancy. Most of lus thoughts are devoted to that change of Ni-teuee from which none of us are exempt; and that change may come in ari hour or a day, , or 11 may be. postponed lib the spring or the summer flowers fade and die. In the mean time, Mr, ( | a y trai.quiiiv prepared for the . messenger, whenever it comes ; and he remarks t of his-death in a confiding, Christion spirit, 5 ,"'°l •"■'! ~e presumption in him to say so, he looks torwar I to the world beyond the grave v.j i till* in God, and trust in a belter life 1 I He is a member and communicant of the Episcopal ( huich, and among the fcw~books in 1 his loom, the Word of God occupies the mn-t conspicuous place." Pennsylvania l'jegialature. We luukr iJ into our legislative halls oil Monday evening, but saw nothing worthy 1 of special notice going on. The Senate was busy getting rid of local bills, which |at best are drv business. In the House, ; i tbe members were amusing themselves - , with throwing paper bails at each other I and calling the yeas and nays on sundry question" they did not desire to pass. The ' dullest vision could readily perceive that • no Maine liquor law was in force there. ■ On Tuesday, at 12 o'clock, both houses : finally adjourned, having passed a large number of laws, mostly of a private orlo . cal character. Among the public bills is ' one to borrow SBOO,OOO for the completion of the North Branch Canal, and a section in the appropriation bill auihorises a loan of five millions to cancel the bonds now due. A provision relative to cash pay ments on the public works has also been adopted, but will probably amount to little more than obtaining receipts from laborers and others and giving due bills therefor. F HRISTIAN MYERS, Esq., was elected j Speaker previous to the adjournment of | the Senate, by a vo; - of 10 to 13. The t ongressional Apportionment bill, winch resulted from the joint committee ot conference of both Houses ol our Legislature, ts given b't low. It passed the Seriate by yeas 19—nays 12; and the House ol Representatives by yeas 50— nays 38. By joint resolution several I alterations were made in the ]• iftceuth and Twenty-fourth Districts. The hill below j is, wc believe, correct; it was signed by the Coventor on the Ist instant. I. Southwark, Moyarnensing, Pa*syunk, in the county of Philadelphia. a..d Cedar, Lomb ard. Spruce arid New Market Wards, in thecilv of Philadelphia. " j 11. j i.e city of Philadelphia, excepting the - wards before mentioned. ■*■ ill. Kcu-iugton and Northern Liberties, in the county of Philadelphia. IV. Spring Garden, Perm District, North IV in;. Kiehniond, I'idnci ip< rated Northern Liberties, Brideshr.rg, Aiain.iqo, in the county of Phila delphia. \ . .Montgomery county and Bristol township, Upper and Lower Germantown, Upper and Low vr Manay unk. ft .itiktor.i, Uoxborough, Bv- i berry. Lower Dublin, White Huii, ii: the county : of Philadelphia. VI. Chester and Delaware. V 11. Bucks and Lehigh. VIII. Berks IX. Lancaster. X. Lebanon, Dauphin and Union, and the ; townships of Lower Mahonoy, in the county of I Northumberland. XI. Bchuyikill and Northumberland counties, except Lower .Mahonoy township. Nil. Montour, Columbia, Luzerne and \Vy- 1 I oruing. Xitf. Northampton, Monroe, Carbon, Pike i i and Wayne. XIV. Susquehanna, Bradford and Tioga. XV. l.yroming, Sullivan, Clinton, Potter. . Centre and Milfiin. X\ 1. York, Perry and Cumberland. X\ il. Adams, I lanklin, Fulton, Bedford and Juniata. Will. Somerset, Cambria, Blair and ilunt | ingdon. XiX Westmoreland, Indiana and Armstrong. N \ Fayette, Greene and Washington. XXL Alleghany county, except that part which li<*s north-east of the Ohio, and north west of the Allegheny rivers. XXII. Butler county, and that port of Alle- ! gheny county, not included in the 21st district, i ■ XXlil. Beaver, Lawrence and Mercer. XXIV. Venango, Warren, M'Kean, Clear tieiii, Jefferson, Forrest, Elk and Clarion. : xxv. Erie and Crawford. This bill has sonip of the greatest dis tricts in a that were ever formed in this Slate, the counties having been annexed Willi nu oilier object in view than either to make a whig or locofoco district. Thus Miiiiin is connected with counties rtin.iino i. ~ i to toe New ork line, while" our Andy," having it is rumored last fall offended the powers that be here, ran carry his free trade notions to the Maryland line in the next contest, should lie aspire to another nomination, ot which, however, consider i ing that liis district is rather whigish, we have some doubts. In ordinary elections, the wings can carry nine di-triets certainly, and have a j chance for three more—leaving thirteen ! . ° for the locofoeos certain. i lie bill was denounced in both Houses by leading members of both political par ties, and passed the Senate In the follow- I ing; vote : Yew.—Messrs. Baily, C.irotlier, Carson, loans, lYrnon, Forsyth, Guernsey, Haslett, Jones, lCunket, M.-CaMiu, McFarland, McMur irie, Maionc, Muhlenb irg, Robertson, Sander- i son, kriiinter, Walker, Sfttuktr. — 1(1. NAlS. —Messrs. Barns, Buckalew, Crabb-. Darlington, Fraib-y, Hamilton, Huge. Ivinzer, Matthias, Myers, Packer, and SI iter-—l2. SiionriNo Oecunirt-ivcE.—On Saturday night j j an irishman, name unknown, was put off the Express cars at Bell's station, by Conductor Bolcy ; by t before llio i ars were under wav in* got on again. On Futiday morning he was ' found on the track a short distance below, cut in two! It is supposed thai ibe train again! ! stopped and put liiin oil', and that tie freight • train which eame along some time after run ' over him. Hotlidaysburg Jtrgtsltr. pi.STKCCME Fine. \hout C o'clock on Fri lay morning last. Harries were seen issuing ; from the stable of J. P. Huling, on Jay street, ' in this Borough, and in less than a minute, from "■ the t.rne it was discovered, the whole building, which was ]2P feet long, together wilh Un stable. belonging u> the Yv'cst Branch Hall, and the State stable, was in the power of the de vouring element.—We have heard the total loss r Miniated at $12,000, it cannot be far short of it. It was partly covered by insurance.— l.cck 11 ate a \ Trii-une. A Poi*os SPRIXC.-—We saw a package on the I steamer Logan yesterday, addressed to Prof.' billiuian and Dr. Y'undeiJ, and which we learn ed contained a quantity of water taken from a spring near Logans.,ort. ivy., which is said to bo a deadly poison. The water is certain death to \ hoevt r drinks it, and it has been sent here to ! be unuiized.— Louuv'Ult Carrier. ! During the debate on tbe deficiency bid in the IJ. S. Senate, last week, Mr. PEARCE, ! of Maryland, reviewed the arguments ad- I vanned against the administration by ioco- I foco senators, and concluded as follows: ! The abuse of the officer* of the Quartermasters' j Department, in delaying the selUement of their I accounts, was owing to a defect of the law, al lowing them prolonged lime for that purpose. The Secretary of War had done ail in Ins power to check it. He had issued circulars to one hundred and forty four disbursing ofliccrs, insis i ling on the settlement of their account-, and threatening io report the in to the President for ; dismissal. Great results had followed. He re j plied at length to Mr. Hunter's strictures upon the system of transferring balances of one ap | proptiatioN to supply deficiencies in others, lie , referred to Mr. Bcirien's opinion, when Attor ney-Genera! in 183J, against this practice. That | opinion, however, was overruled by Attornev i General Grundy, during President Van Buren's j administration, arid tbe sy stem has continued ' , c V : . r *' !iCS > according to Mr. Grundy's opinion, i his abuse, if one, was chargeable to the Demo ci.-ti, ad mi ustration which adopted and con ' timied it, and not this administration. The abuse of allowing the quartermasters to draw i upon each other, and to transmit these draft- as a sort of currency, was next adverted to. This i practice grew up during the war under Presi j dent Polk, and in consequence of measures | adopted by Secretary Conrad, existed now onlv to a very limited extent. He showed that the ; expenditures of the Quartermaster's Depart ment have been annually diminished since Gen. Taylor's administration came into power. He : agreed with the Senator, that something ought ; to be done resp< cling the better organization j of the clerks io the Dc partments, and that their merit and qualification* should be prerequisites ! r appointments. He regretted the adoption | of (he policy thai '• to the victors belong the spoils.- J' h-.i j r .duced much mischief, bv i making politn al influence the recommendation to office. 1 would rejoice to see a return to the -!jte ot :tii .iis, as they existed prev; ;us to 1828. . I io- administration would, in a few days lav ; before Congress a plan for the reorganization 10l the Hern ■ ! corps. While the act of Con gress ot 1-20 gave the Secretary of War pow er to c m tract for supplies for the Qurtermaster's j and Subsistence Departments of the Arinv, . thai power Lad been never exercised bv the present Secretary while Congress was in ses sion. He had never heard of an improper con tract for tbe supplies ol lite Navy, except one, if that was such, in 1-848 the Navy hail a sup ply ct cheese tor two years; but a gentleman lroin Connecticut, by some means or another, : procured a contract for four years' supply of j cheese for the Navy, at the rate of eiehty thousand pounds a veer. The. consequence of this extraordinary supply was, that the cheese though it did not exactly take wings and fir away, took legs and walked away. The ex penses of the Navy proper were not now more than they were io I SLY although larger squad rons were k.-pt afloat. In ]e4i. the expenses of Navy proper were $5,333,0ut). In 1853. they wen- but $5,485,000. He did not think the grand remedy lor abuses, proposed by the Sen- j i ator from \ irgirda, of a change of administra tion. the surest or safest one. Under whom did tbe-e abuses arise: Not under this, but Demo i : ratio administrations I ho posted troops in towns at great expense ? When were ail those I Quartermasters, and other officers appointed, who have expended these extravagant-uinsof money ? Under Mr. Polk's administration—ail the other abuses complained ol" were traceable j back beyond the year ]s4'J. If this adminis tration go out of power, they will leave the j public affairs in a far more comfortable con ' dition than tliev were left by their Democratic predecessors. Mr. Polk's administration went out, leaving to their successors unknown dif ficulties to arrange. Ya-l territories had been acquired, which required protection; nothing had been done foi their civil government. Thev had to establish various civil and military orga nizations in remote ar.d barren territories, of ! which but iitt.e w:*s known. All tLi- had been done honorably, justly and promptly, notwith standing Congress had cut down the necessary 1 estimates. He did not think affairs could be better managed, or with more benefit to the country, even should the power fall into the hands ol the Senator irom Michigan, or from Il linois, or even from California. No change conn: be for the better, in fact, he believed the public affairs were now so w ell administered, that thev were in that condition that ar.y change wouid be for tiie worse. Therefore lbs advice to the peopie would be to It t ti.cm remain as they are. Frcvn Calitornia. J nc steam-nip Crescent City arrived at New York on Sunday morning, from Aspinwall City, Navy Bay, bringing $2,030,000 in gold dust on Height, and -••OOjiiiO :n tuc lurid- of passen gers. The geld mines of Choc© are extitir.g great interest at Panama. They arc situated on the great water course between the gulf of Darien and the bay ot Buenaventura. The water course will be shortly made navigable to the mini >. as tlicy are known to be immensely laluable. Iced water still sells al Panama at two dimes per dtibk. The dy-entcry has made its appearance on the Isthmus. It is of the most violent type. The floods have entirely subsided, and Lusi ric-x of all kinds i- improving. 1 lie Mexican 15 tiuiarv Comniissionors left San Franscisco on the Golden Gate, intending to cross the Plains byway of the Gila and Bio Grande, for the purpose of completing the survey. The late floods liavc left a rich harvest f.-r the miners, immigration from tiie cities to the mines hail commenced, including large parties of Chinese. At \ ailecitn, recently, a parly turned up a lump of nearly pure gold, weighing twenty-six pounds. At Sotiora, the earth, since the flood, ? ■ Us three hundred per cent, moic abundantly , than ever. Advice* from rJI the mining districts arc ex tremely encouraging. A war of extermination has been declared against the Indians by the whites of Klamath. A party of settler* and miners -urrounded two lodges, recently, at Indian Ferry, shot the men and several squaws, and destroyed the ranch, j roni thirty to forty Indians were kiiit-d. A .Mexican was hung at Mokelumne Hill, on the 3d ot April, by the \ igilance Committee, having been detected in theft. YYhijg '--.ale Convention* At a meeting of the Whig State C, ntral Committee, belli at ilairi-burg on Tuesday tiie !:ii instant, il was resolved that the Delegates i to t!:e late Aiiig State ( ot.vi uliuo be requested to assernnlc io Philadelphia on the NINE i I.IA ili DAY OF JUNE next, at 'J o'clock, Y. M., for the purpose of nominating a randi ; date for Judge of the Supreme Court, to till the vacancy occasioned by ti.e death of the lion. Bichard Coulter. ~ *L rAGGART, Chairman. T-. J HOMPSO.V Jo.vcs, k)/:cr(turij. A despatch from Hollid.iyshurg, dated May sth Hates that three, of the boilers of the stationary' engine at the head of plane 0, Portage railroad exploded on the 4th, carrying away the roof and j Mack ol the building, killing three men, Owen Biley, Matthew Perm I, and Felix Haiidlon. Tur. SrxDAY Lvw Bn-F.Ai.En.—-The Act rel ative to the sale of intoxicating drinks on the • jbbat.i HI Lancaster city and county, passed by the Legislature a few weeks ago", was re , pealed last Week. 1 i Correspondence of the Lcwistown GzzeUe. WASHINGTON, May sth, 1852. ,vlu. Eon OK :—I iij-.d that nearly all the j papers in the country are teeming with comments respecting the approaching pres j idential campaign. All are busy in pre '; diciing who will be the nominee of the r ; National Convention ; and each one seems : to believe that his opinion is based upon ; j the true aspect of the poiilic.il field. But, these predications are generally derived ; I Rom tiie random assertions of correspon dents of the daily papers ot our eastern . cities—the very bust reliable of all nu -1 thorilv. Many ol these writers are the immediate friends of prominent aspirants, and consequently are ever ready to propa gate unt innded rumors, to induce the im pression that their favorite is taking the Dad. Therefore, no confidence whatever can be placed in their assertions. I think, and it is conceded here by all v ho view the matter calmly, that there is scarcely a shadow of doubt, but that Gen eral Scott and General Cass will be the contending candidates at the next election. .Messrs. Buchanan, Douglas and Houston, will be laid on the shell by the locofoco convention : and .Messrs. Webster, Fill more and Jones, by the whig convention. .Such will inevitably be the case, unless some extraordinary event should transpire , between this and the meeting of the con ventions, to materially change the phase of circumstances. There is another matter which seems lately to engross a great deal of the atten tion of the press, i. e. the prospects of the whig party. Because a lew fanatical hot spurs withdrew irom the late whig caucus; j held in this city, the democratic papers arc in ecsrtcies, and are assiduously inculcat ing the impression that a great split ha? occurred in the whig party !—and that consequently, the locofoco nominee, who ever he be, will be elected by a most over v. helming and unprecedented majority ! This assumption has even less foundation than tlie other. Instead of being split, the whig party is more firmly united than ever. By the nomination of General Scott, the party will have secured as their standard bearer, a true and tried whig, an ardent friend of the Union, and a firm supporter of the compromise, which wiii bind together the whole strength of the whig party, north and south, and. with this desideratum attained, what is to hinder the -uccess of the party '. No, Gen. Scott can be elected, and il is nothing else but a knowledge of this fact that induces thelo- ' coloco press to endeavor so earnestly to create a different impressiou; hut, notwith standing their efforts, Gen. Scott will be . elected. You'll see. MIFFLIN. BOWMAN* ABOUT AGAIN. —Gen. Geo. \V. Bow man of the Bedford Gazette, is opposing the election of Wm. Searight. Something wrong —goes* Seariglit won't pay for soap.—Hunt ingdon Globe. I)R. HOUFKARD'S GERMAN BITTERS.—Thisce!- e'orated medicine is one of the very best in the country, and its good qualities only need to be known, to give it precedence over ail others now in use. YVe have seen its good eflects lately, af- ■■ tei the total failure of many others. This is sav ing more than we can for any other medicine ' within our knowledge, and we feel it a dutv to recommend the Bitters to the notice of "our j freinds. The genuine is prepared by Dr.C. M. Jackson, Philadelphia. ANOTHER SCIENTIFIC WONDER : Important to Dyspeptics. —Dr. J. S. HOUGH FOX'S PEl'tdX. The True Digestive fluid, or (las trie Juice, prepared from the RENNET, or the FOCRTH STOMACH OF THE Ox, after directions ot 15ARON LIEBIG, tiie greatest Plivsio iogicai Chemist, Ly-J. S. HOUGHTON, M. D., Philadelphia. 'Phis is truly a wonderful reme dy for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Liver Complaint, Consumption and Debility, curin? ahor A nturTs own method by ISalures own Agrnl, the Gastric Juice. Pamphlets, con taining .Scientific evidences of its value, fur ui-hed by agents gratis. among tin medical advertisements, qp Y EVERYBODY thai wants good Coffees, Sugars, Teas, Molasses, Vinegar, dLc., can always find them very low, for cash, at F. J. HOFFMAN'S. Married. ' On Tuesday, the 27th ultimo, by the Rev. 1 June- 8. Woods, D. D., JOHN HAMILTON SCOTT, of Mc A levy's l'ort, and Miss LUCY ANN COOK, of Greenwood Furnace. THE MARKETS*" LEWI;TOWN. May 7, 1852. PtMiby Dealers ' F'° R - - - TRD 37 Wheat, white - - - bO* Do red - - - 75 Rye 55 Data .... Corn .... 50 Ciovereeed - - - 375 Flaxseed - . -!(; Timothysoed - - -2 90 Butter, good - - - 15 i Eggs ... j j Lard .... 7 Tallow H Potatoes . . - 1 (Hi Lewislown Mills are paying 80 cts. per bushel for White Wheat, and 75 cts. for Red. Bye 55 cents. Corn, 50 cents per bushel. Prices of Flour—s2,2s per 100 lbs. for extra, and $2.00 for superfine. I ICf" E. E. LOCKE & Co. at Loclte's Mills, are paying (>0 cents for Bye, and 45 cents for Corn. j PHILADELPHIA, May 5,1852. i here is rather more inquiry for Flour for shipment, and 1200 barrels lair and good brands sold at $1,25 per barrel, at which hold ers a<•; firm. There is a moderate demand fur city consumption at $4,25 a for common and choice brands ; $1,50 a $4,75 tor • xtra, and fancy lots at higher quotations. Rye Fiour is scarce—a small sale at $3,25, which is an improvement. Corn Meal is in better demand—s-iles of 1,000 barrels Brandy wine at $3,25, and 200 barrels Pennsylvania at $3,72.1 per barrel. GRAlN— Wheat—ls in demand a't 95 a 100 cents per bushel for good Red and W lute, at which stnall sales have been made. Small sa.es of Bye at 75 cents, at which rate it is wanted. Corn continues in fair request and all afloat, comprising some 7,000 bushels •Southern and Pennsylvania yellow, which has been disposed of at (14 cents. Oats continue scarce, aud nosaies have been reported.—JVeies. { We leani from the Pittsburgh p-pers that a ' man named Christopher Rined >Har; from Lou- Jon, Franklin county, fell into tiie hatchwav of the steamer Silas Wright, on last Thursday night a week, and was injured so badly, that lie died shortly afterwards. Mr was on his way with his family to Carroll, Illinois. The deceased J w as 63 years of age. The National Intelligencer of Tuesday says— Mr. Hulsemann, the Austrian Charge d'A'Jairs, left Washington on Monday, on his return to j Vienna. It is understood that previously to his departure he addressed an official note to the Secretary of State, and communicated copies of it to the members of the Diplomatic Corps , but of the purport of this note we ate umn : formed. SivGcr.Aß OCCURRENCE. —A few DAYS since a singular and pleasing incident, it issaiJ occurred at the mint. A number of young females are employed there, one of whom had been deaf arid dumb for ten years, an affliction resulting from scarlef fever.—While engaged at her oc cupation judge of the surprise of her compan ion- to hear her exclaim, "Oh, 1 believe I can speak.-' So great was the astonishment that one of the females swooned, and the most of them were strangely affected. Since then the female has entirely recovered her speech Ptmi.il/lruuitn Protection from Lightning. j rpilE subscribers are now manufacturing in JL Lewi-town and Hel'efoote their celebrated ' PATF.NT LIGHTNING RODS, warranted su perior to any in use. These spiral twisted car bonised Rods are light half inch in ten feet lengths, perfectly screwed together, with brass sockets, and put up through glass insulators in a mo-t substantial manner—the whole mounted with a solid silver plated copper point, that will re main bright as long as the Rod stands. In this connection we would simply remark that a rusty steel or iron point can be of no use on a Light ning Rod, lor tiie plain reason ttiat they answer no end that would not be accomplished simply by sharpening the end of the Rod. One of the proprietors being himself a practical Chemist : and Electrician, would assure the public that these improved Rod- are manufactured and put up on scientific principles. We deem the im portant fact that over six hundred thousand feet of these celebrated Rods have been sold in one season, a sufficient recommendation : neverthe less we have numerous certificates from promi nent persons, speaking iu the highest lerinsof their utility. Our teams are traversing all parts of the coun try with aii the necessary apparatus for putting up Rods at once. We can be seen at Hamaker's Hotel, in Lew istown. Pedlars will find it greatly to tneir in terest to call on us, as we are prepared to sell to them on accommodating terms. REYBURN & BAKER. Lewistown, May 7, 1*52. (r>) Harrisburg Book Bindery. F. 8.. IIITTKR Ac CO. (successors to W. o. Hiekrirk, Hirkock it t'autine, and llickock t Barrett.) Book Binders. Stationers, and B'ank Book Manufacturers, Harrisburg. Pa. THE sulr-rribcrs respectfully inform tlieir friends and ! x tlie public, that they are now carrying on the above business at the OI.D STAND occupied by llickock it Barrett. They flatter themselves that by careful atten tion in business they i 1 merit and receive a continu ance of the patronage so liberally enjoyed by itieoij ' firms. j Particular attention wilt he paid to the Rutin; and Binding of every description of BLANK BOOKS, for banks, county offices, merchants and private individuals, and every variety of full and half bound BLAKK BOOKS' OLD BOOK-, PERIODICALS, LAW BOOK-. MI SIC, NKWS j PAPERS, Ate., bound iu any pattern, ami in any style re • quired. In addition to the above, they have, and will, at nil time- keep a General M.nirtment of Stationary , con j statin; of I Letter Paper, Knives, Stales St Pencils, Ca I' u Uuiils, Lead Pencils, l)rawine " Ink Stands, Letter Stamps, Transfer " Motto Waters, India Rubber, Copying <" Black Ink, Wafers, Blotting " Sealing Wax, Red Tape. ; Steel Pens, Blue Ink, Blank Cards, Carmine Ink, Copying Ink, Folders, Arnold's Writing Ftui.t, Erasers, See. • a- PAPER RULED TO PATTERN, and all work warranted and done verv the&plv F. L. II UTTER & CO. - 11. j. \\ ALT ERS, Letvistown, i> authorised to act as our Agent, and will receive and forward work intend* | ed for n _ may?—ly. Cheap Watches, Jcweliy &, Siiver-Wai-c. A GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES: Twenty per cent, at least less than ever have been sold in the United States ! ( | f>' l' LEV ER \\ .VTCIIES, full jewelled, 18 karal only S?ft L-ua!lv sold for jt.l3. GOLD LEPINE WATCHES, Is karat case, jewelled, 11 n , i SILVER LEVER WATCHES, full jewelled, 11 ''niver-ltly sc.ld for 418 SILVER LEPINE WATCHES, jewelled, lft sIIA Lit TEA SPOONg, per half dozen, " 5 GOLD PENS, Silver Holders, •> j Persons wishing tt Watch or Watches, or Jevveltv, can have them sent by mail, with perfect safety, to nn'y pert 1 T tit- United States or West Indies, by firsl sending ihe amount of money. All articles warranted as teje res-tited above. Orders from the country respectfully solicited Please address [post pai 1 J LEWIS LADOMUS, IPC Chestnut street, opposite the Franklin House, Phila. ftj- California Gold bought, or manufactured nto Jewelry. Philadelphia, April 30, 1652—3ni BOAT FOR SALE. rpHE Title Water Boat ATLANTIC, in J. good condition, is offered for sale ot libera! terms. Having no use lor a boat of this description at the present time, she will b sold a bargain, and if proper security be given, a crodit of from 0 to IS months can be ha(l - . JOHN KENNEDY, l-ewistowu, April 30, 1852. ORPHANS' COURT SALE. Iff N pursuance of an order issued bv the Or phans Court of Mtlilin county, wiH be exposed to sale, by public vendue or outcry, on the premises, on Monday, June 7, 1 853, ■ at 1 o clock, p. iu., the following real estate, iate 'he property ol Samuel J. George, de- I ceased, to wit: A certain messuage or lot CTj'lAof g%und, whereon is erected a MffUj..' I *ii* FRAME HOUSE, situate in the JFS-fffeS&iaßorough of AlcVeytown, lately extended, boundeti as follows: Beginning at a post on the north west side of the Turnpike Road, thence westwardly along Lumber street, ninety four feet to Queen street, thence along the eastern sale of Queen street south one and n halt' degrees, west seventy six feet, to a t 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 i the general plan of said borough as lately ex tended, as lot No. l()q. ° I KKMM op SALE. —One half of the purchase money to bo paid on confirmation of the sale, and the residue in one vear thereati-fr with i interest. \V. J. JACOBS, i April 30, 1852.—t5. Administiator,
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