THE GAZETTE.
LEWISTOTO, PA.
Tiid&y Evening; July 9, 1552.
FOR PRESIDENT,
lilM'llilll SCOTT.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
wiujiii i tißiiia,
of Xorth Carolina.
JUDGE OF THF. SUPREME COURT,
JOSEPH BUFFINGTON,
of Armstrong County.
CANAL COMMISSIONER.
JACOB HOFFMAN,
of Berks County.
Important Notice.
Wc have been at. considerable expense of
late in replenishing our office with type, Ac.,
and would new thank those indebted—par
ticularly in aeeounts ranging from $5 and
upwards—to make payment. We do not
often dun, even for old accounts, but we can
assure ah, that when we say we .NEED MONEY
ice mean what we say.
.Justice to Henry Clay."
A locofoeo paper in a neighboring town
complain • that ■ whig.-- there did not exhi
bit feelenough on the reception of tin
, -it
news of tiie dv ; . r I.- \ n.;,, it i m
neaeggagf f..r the whigs ti tUp outward
lautectation- i '.in- h of the g;catest
uv.liai. i<i ti.T a • • a<--. ~a-,c la.v.n their
devotion t hint and bis prinoipiee for a neri
• d td year- . in .short. <li ' // hey Cloy justice
while ht'ih and h nn- haw nuU'-*ht tor—preach
Themselves with now that h■ is dead. But it
-nay well become the band of politicians who
followed him with the tenacity of bloodhounds
and the malignity of hyenas until on the vi-rge
of the grave, to put on at least the semblance
of sorrow—fur if not callous to every feeling,
if not dead to that still small voice which some
limes sear# the heart of the most obdurate,
the memory of the past must be anything but
pleasant so far a respects the great and good
man whom they so vilely traduced while liv
]l! "' '
HON. JOSEPH I>l EFINC.TON. —The Butler
M hig says :—'The nomination of the lion.
-Joseph Buffington as a candidate for the of
lice of Supreme -fudge, is peculiarly gratily
,ng to the Y\ higs of Butler countv, as it
doubtless is to the V. bigs of the entire Com
monwealth. In addition to legal ability of
the highest order, he possesses all the quali
ties, moral and social, which endears man to
his fellow citizens. Judge Buffingtnn is well
known to most of our citizens, and their
votes in October next will testily a just ap
preciation of his character. We arc rejoiced
sit the favorable prospect that is now presented
of elevating to the Supreme Bench a gentle
man so eminent for purity of character and
profound l<%;t! learning.
" The Charger." —Messrs. Stover and Mc-
Clure, proprietors of the Fhauiborsburg Re
pository and Whig, will issue a campaign pa
per from the 17th instant until the close of
the presidential campaign, at _5 cents per
copy. It is 11 be edited by Col. A. K. Mc-
C LITRE late of the Juniata Sentinel, and we
have no doubt will prove a valuable aid to
politicians in contradicting the evils put forth
m certain locofoeo sheets, specially established
to invent and propagate calumnies against the
hero of many a battle, Gen. Scott. For any
amount remitted, packages will be forwarded
by mail, and where such papers may be want
ed, we hope an eiita ; will be made ill lavor
-of Xhc Charger. '
We ba .- received the first number (J* tin '
..•■'I IOHUI J'OITEIUT (i.TLLIII) of Distinguished
Am-irons, now publishing in numbers, a*
"5 cents ead:: the whole to be completed in i
".forty nuni); T-. makin- four handsome vol
b• . i
urnos. ouuiid in two. an., containing upwards
of • h'.iia' r Jan 1 twenty engraved portraits
oi the most eminent persons who have occu
pied place in the history or eoteinporary
annals of the United N. t-s.—All of which
are executed on -t by the best Artists,
and 1 rom th" no-st c.-iv-cmed likenesses
known, or extant; and eacli portrait accom
panied by a concise, authentic, and character- i
i j tic Biogriphical Sketch of the individual:
in the preparation of which, the work has
been aided by tin- ablest writers in the coun
ts . : ■ 1 its .urse has b"en had invariably to
the most comp at and unequivocal author
ities in the statement of facts.—The work
wiii, without fail, be completed in forty num
bers, and will be finished on or before the Ist
of July, 1853.—The first number is issued on
the Ist of July, 1352—The second will be
published on the Ist of August, and one
number will be regularly issued every week
thereafter. Each number will contain three
Portraits.
Persons throughout the Union, by remit
ting the aubscrip'ion price, 7'eit Dollars, will
have a copy of the work sent to thr.m regu
larly every week, pr mail, fr— of postage.
A specimen number will or sent on the re
ceipt of twenty-five cent: RCEEKI- 8. P
TSRSO.V & Co., Publishers, N irtWVeet- *orasr
of Fifth and Arch streets, Philadelphia.
Kerry's Museum and Farley's Magazine,
published by S. T. Allen & Co., New-York,
at $1 per annum, is a little work wc have
often taken occasion to commend to our ju
vinile readers as eminently worthy of support.
It contains a large amount of good reading
matter, calculated both to amuse and instruct,
ltitd is amply illustrated. The publishers we
perceive now offer to school and other libra
ries the entire series of M< rr. y's Museum,
substantially bound.
Democratic Nominations.
I The time is again at hand when our demo
• I cratic friends in Mifflin county wiii bring for
: ward their usual supply of candidates for the
Legislature, Commissioner, and such other
offices as may be filled according to law, by
and with the advice and consent of the Great
Council who rule the roast. Gen. lloss hav
ing had his share of the honors and aecom
' panying documents, will of course be no can
-1 didate for representative—hence the party, or
j at least its managers, will have to look round
| for some " suitable" person, respectable
enough in private life, but not too knowing to
be beyond influence should occasion arise for
, its exercise. As a preparatory step, the
j Democrat will soon have annunciations of
candidates on their own hook, and probably
j a short communication, mayhap something
i like the following:
°
j "As the time is rapidly approaching when
, the true and tried democracy will have to
make a selection for member of the Assembly,
; T would respectfully suggest the name of our
; mutual friend, PETER YVic.GLEWAOGi,E,of Kick-
I apoo township, as a proper person to ronre
. sent Mifflin countv in the next legislature.
lie has always been a firm and consistent
i , democrat —is a man of acknowledged ability,
r ! and would do honor to himself and the party
i i should the county convention select him as
its standard bearer in the ensuing < ampaign.
OLIVER TOWN-SHIP."
This will be a sort of feeler, and on the
following week we mat look for another an-
M
nnuneement:
" Messrs. Edit' )■: —I -ee a recommendation
i in your last paper of that highly esteemed
. demoi rat,, Peter \i igglewaggle, us a suitable
1 ; -rsO ' i be iicm.i.ated for tin Legislature
j ! by tl > county convention. With no objec
tions in the "vi rhl to tb gentleman nann -I. 1
1 j would however -ugw . that Skunk Hollow
- ba-% long been eir'tl-u t<> the honor of a nom
.' ination, both for ifs poiitieal fidelity a., well
( as the tah nt it coi.iains. an<l would then lore
| name HIRAM GEMIUEE as decidedly the b-st
man whom the deinot-racv could scud to the
> Legislature next winter, lie embodies in
s ' him all the essentials of a Jefferson democrat,
, and could not fail to give general satisfaction
in the capacity of a legislator.
A DEMOCRAT."
Then a third party will be brought out,
when a slight disturbance will be raised ]
among the democratic flock, which naught
i but prudence and considerable management
can reduce to a state of order. But it must
: be done, and as a last resort the Council is
, convened for the purpose of partitioning out
. such spoils as may be necessary to hush the
discordant elements. One will receive a post
1 rn j'iduro, another plenty of soft soap and
flattery, and should other aspirants in the
meantime have sprung up, the usual sticking
plaster is applied with greater effoet than was
' ever produced by following the Pharma-opia
of the faculty in cases of sickness.
P. S. Since the above was put in type,
we see the name of Major Win. Wilson an
nounced as a candidate for the Legislature in
yesterday's I Omoerat.
: * _J
Vnvr's IN THE WlND? —Another Bemo
i cratic National Convention has been called
by a circular issued at Washington and
! -signed by Samuel Lewis, Chairman. It is to
meet at Pittsburgh, Pa., on th- liiii of Au
gust, to nominate candidates for President
and \ ice President. Friends of the princi
ples declared at Buffalo, at the memorable j
Convention of August, Is IS, are requested to
send delegates. In connection with tbis call,
it is stated that th- II >n. Mr. Diirkee, repre
sentative from Wisconsin, is determined to i
oppose the election of Pierce and King. 1
Other democratic members ot Congress, it is
said, will do the same, and amongst tlies- is
Dr. Townsend, of Ohio, and the Hon. S. P.
Chase. Senator from Ohio.
-
lesterday. a German, while at work in t! ■
hay-mow at Jame< Parker' . U'-x.-atne cxhattsi
ed from the effects ( .f h.eat. and died lit a
i short time thereafter. He wa- u Strang r.
Robert McNeil. K-q., <it this jdace, we
learn, was prostrated yesterday by a stn,ko j
i of the sun or an apopletie lit at ilullidays
burg.
i
M'e hear it stafo<! that two per-ons died
yesterday at Patteraon, from a disease re
sembling the cholera, and licit om or two
others were down with the same complaint.
'i'iiis is the season for dysentery, diarrhoea,
cholera morbus, Ac., una none can be too
••.ireful in their diet, or in cleanliness of per
son or premises. K-inem!>er, an ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure.
The Columbia Bank and Bridge Company
offer for sale the bridge across the Susque
hanna at that place.
A boatman named Hagerty was fined $54 !
at Hollidaysburg last week for selling goods
without a license.
( | he workmen on the railroad at K iitanning
Point, Blair i-.ouuty, are kicking up an occa- !
sional row—the result of J'i-riotism.
A man convicted of murdering a constable i
in St. Louis, has been gent-aic d to the pern- j
tentiary for ninety-nine vears.
PEACUES. —This delicious fruit as well as
! watermelons have made their ■ first appear- !
ance this season,' in Savannali : the former
bring sll per bushel.
i Ihe Pennsylvania Ilailroarl Company and j
the Ohio railroads have eo/inected their freight
arrangements between Philadolplti i and riaa
sillon, and Cleveland, Ohio.
'1 lie Board oi Health of Washington City
have dye. -rel the A ban thus tree a nuisance
on account of the oiiem.iv- odor it emits
! when in bloom.
j By '-he Montreal Courier we learn that her
: majesty the Queen has disapproved trio
; j liquor law passed by the New Brunswick j
- legislature, on the Maine pattern, on the
ground that its provisions arc a violation of
" : the liberty of the subject
REVISING THE LAWS. —Gov. BIULER, under
, j tin* authority of an act passed at tic last ses
sion of the Legislature, has appointed JAMES
M. PORTER, K. A. I'ENNUIAN and .J. K1.1.1S
, | J' ON ii AM Comuiishionei:- to revise and codify
the laws of Pennsylvania.
General Ficrceffi Military Services*
There are a number of persons in this and
■ other counties in this State who are disposed
: to make capital out of the military services
• i of Gen. Pierce, by proclaiming him a hero
j whose merits rank above his compeers on the ;
battle fields of Mexico. To set these right,
we take from the Kittanning Free Prose some
: remarks and documents which will speak for j
. themselves.
I We are not disposed, says that paper, to
j disparage the patriotic services of any man,
and shall certainly not begin by attempting
j to pluck a leaf from the ehaplet of General
J Pierce ; —but, when we sec attempts made to
| depreciate the services of greater, and, in
' ! every respect, superior men, in order to give
; eclat to his military achievements, we feel it
incumbent upon us to expose the attempts at
j deception and let the truth, in its own naked
severity, be known.
For this purpose, we will let Gen. Pierce
: tell his own story, in his own words, and if
! it makes him out a greater hero than Gen.
! Scott, or any one of the thousands of gallant j
j American officers and soldiers who served in
Mexico, we are much mistaken.
S anc time after the fall of Vera Cruz and
; the battle of Cerro Gordo, Gen. Pierce ar- i
: rived in Mexico, having been commissioned
jby President Polk .is a Brigadier General.— '
lie was immediately detailed by Gen. Scott :
to throw forward supplies, and bring up the
1 rear detnehm -tit of the American army from
Vera Gnu to Puebla, at which latter place
1 t!io <•!> ni!i.ine."r-!n-elii i was men coneeutisi
ting bis force* pi mous to his descent into
' ■ \ ;'! -y <■' Mexico. v\ lei sate- at perot" '
G n. P. foj .carded tie foHowing despatch to •
lu-n. Scott. (We quote from the •• Apj ; tix"
to " The Report of the S- ,-ivuy War," •
"January 4. 1848.")
HEADQUARTERS PIEROK'S BRIGADE.
Perole. August 1, 1547.
GENERAL : 1 hail the honor to receive this
morning, by Captain Huff, a letter from Gen. i
P. F. Smith, informing me that you have ex
perienced great anxiety ou account of mv i
command. I wrote you a note from Vera
Cruz and another from La lloya. I presume
; that the first was intercepted : the last, I
•trust, you received yesterday. From theuio- j
ment 1 arrived at Vera Cruz to the hour of j
my departure 1 was incessantly occupied in !
achieving a tolerable degree of preparation
j for the march. I will not give you particu
larly the causes of my delay, as they will be
furnished in detail by my aid-de-camp, I.ieut
l item, topographical engineers, bv whom this
will be handed to you. When it is remem
bered that my command consists, to a great
extent, of northern men, you will perceive j
that I have been particularly fortunate, so
far a* disease is concerned. On the march,
although the bridge at San .Juan was par
tially destroyed, arid the main arch at Plan
del Itio blown up, and although we had been
i five times- attacked, T lux re really encountered i
nothing t!mt rati I" construed into sit tons re
, sistauce. I lost but one man bv vomito at
Vera Cruz, and none by that disease on the
i march. Throe of my wounded men have
: died, but my command is, on the whole, in
' fine condition, so far as health is concerned.
Although they are recruits, thev are able and
willing men. I shall bring to your command
about twenty-fourJnindred of all arms. To
morrow morning, at four o'clock, I shall
leave here for Puebla, and shall make the
inarch in five days.
1 have the lienor to be, with the highest
consideration, vour obedient servant,
FHA.VK PI El ICE.
llrig. Gen. I . S. Army.
Map Gi). Winfiebf Scott,
(.'om. 1 . S. forces in M"xico.
From this it would appear that his general
ship wtts put to no very severe test, having ,
met with " no serious resistance."
We next find hiin with his brigade at the
opening of that splendid series of battles i
fought on the 2<Jth August, 1847, beginning
at Centrums and ending at Churubusco,
where we again let him speak lor himself. : '
which It • does as follows:
IL ll)Q CARTER.. 1 -1 Bit! \DE, 3d PIV
Me.vM'jitc. August 24, 1847.
C .PTATV: F have tie- lienor to report, lor
'lie infioniatien of the Major General com
manding the division, the operations of my
brigade during the several engagements of
the 10th and 20th instant.
Agreeably to instructions, the oth ami 12ih
: regiments of infantry, commanded bv Col.
Ransom and Lieut. Col. Bonhain, were di
rected by me to support that portion of Gen.
Twigg's division ordered to attack tliv front
of the enemy's work at Conlrerus.
These regiments moved with great alacrity
and coolness for three-fourths of a mile un
der a heavy fire of round shot and shells, to
a position a little to the right, ami in advance
of the battery commanded by Cnpt. Magru
der (whose battery had already suffered ; 1
greatly from the enemy's vastly superior i 1
weight of metal) and as he was authorized by ,
the orders of the general commanding the i
division, in ease of an inability to make an \
impression on the opposite works, to with- ! i
draw his guns. 1 dire-ted him as well as the \ (
force which supported Ids battery, con- J ,
sisting of the '4th and 12tli regiments of
infantry, four companies of the 3d infantry '
and rifles, to retire to the base of the heights, ;
about a mile and a half in front of the enemy's ;
works, and there to await further orders.— <
At 1 o'clock on the following morning, (the (
20th, i General Twiggs, with Capt. Lee of the
. engineer corps, whose distinguished services !
' on both 'lays will not, I am sure, be over- i
j looked, came to my bivouack with orders j
j from the gcncral-in-ehief to assemble all the i
, forces in my immediate neighborhood and
| occupy a position in order to create a divur
■ slon w fav<.r of Brigadier General Smith,
v.'iio was to stern the enemy's woi ks at dav.n
of day. thing myself rumble to keep my 1
saddle, or to textile, in conserpn.nce of a severe
injury from the fall of my horse the day be
fore, ike cor/wand <f th is free devolved upon
COL. RANSOM, of the 'lth infantry. The night
was extremely dark, and the rain poured in
| torrents, but this gallant and efficient officer
succeeded in organizing his force, and in j
! aming the position assigned him without j
I difficulty. His presence attracted the fir • !
! of the enemy until the storming parties under
the direction of Gen. Smith had crowned the
bill immediately in rear of their works ; ami,
when this brilliant achievement of storming
: the enemy's batteries was perfected, Ransom's !
i command poured a devouring fire into the
| ranks of the fugitives. After the rout of the :
enemy at this point, my command, in com
mon with other troops, followed the retiring
i enemy into the town of San An yd.
-******•
Acoompenying this report is a return oi
the killed, wounded and missing.
I have the honoui to be, very respectfully,
voar obedient servant,
FRANK PIERCE,
Brig. Gen. U. S. Array.
\V e do not see Gen. Pierce's name mention
j tioued in the reports of officers, as having tu
i ken part in the bloody conflict of Molino del
; Bey, ou the Bth September, but he appears
to have sufficiently recovered from his fall by
the 12th of that month, to take charge of his
brigade just previous to the storming of the
stronghold of (Jhepultepec. For his share in
i that and the two following days, on the lat
ter of which the American army entered the
; city of Mexico, we again refer to his own re
port :
HEAD QUARTERS, IST BRIGADE, 3d I)iv.
Tacubaya, Sept. Id, 1,847.
i C.M'TAIN :—I have the honor to submit for
the iniormation of the Major General com
manding the division, the following report of
the operations of uiy brigade during that
portion *>f the 12th, 13th and 14tli days of
j .September, whilst it was under my immediate
command. On the morning of the 12th, be
fore the dawn of day. uiy brigade, consisting
j of tic '4th and loth regiments of ini'antrv,
; (the 12th regiment having been left as a
i guard to the hospitals atMixcoac,} proceeded
from the village of Tacubaya to take up a po
sition to th" left of' said town, as it covering
j force to our heavv batteries, -destined to act
, against the enemy's strong works at Chepul
tc[ oe. This position, taken without opposi
tion, was maintained until dark without any
other change than showing front to the left
in the roues • of tin day, in order to oppose a
strong 1 tlv of cavalry and infantry, which,
tor ati tie threat ued that flank As soon us
it became sufficiently dark to c mccai the
mancc via. hie brigade was directed bv the
(toner tl commanding the division to move
silently under cover of a iong range of build
in:?. known as the Molino del Rev, which
place i immediately under th" gun -of Che
pillti pee. Peer tuns to this morenieitf, hoferer,
1 reus com ge.it at to leave the field in eonseiptence
Of screre imi tsjsrsition, U'h ic/t Confined Tne tu
my bed during the 13 th, and, of course, d>-
j priced rue of the satisfaction of partb-ifrating
icith my brigade in the glorious achievements of'
I that day.
The regiment composing my command
having acted under the immediate orders of
the General commanding the division and
Brigadier General Cadwulader, 1 would re
spectfully refer you to the reports of the lat
ter officer, and those of the commanders of
ill" above named regiments, for an account of
their operations of the I3th.
At 4 o'clock, on the morning of the 14tli.
1 rejoined that portion of my brigade (4th re
giment) then acting under the orders of Maj.
(Cn. Quitman, at the garita on the Tacubaya
road, the ldth regiment having previously
been directed to i— main as a garrison to Clie
puitepee. In this position, 1 remained until
the news of the surrender of the city was
eoininunicated to General (Quitman, and. hav
ing soon after received orders from head
quarters of the army to that effect. 1 with
drew my command tor the purpose of garri
soning th" towns of Mixcoac and Taeubaya.
4 ■£• * * -TV- * "
Respectful!v submitted,
FRANK PIERCE,
Brig. Gen. C. S. A.
Capt. -J. HOOKER, Ass't Adj't Gen.
\\ e have thus plat-e.l this matter in its true
light, by letting G -n. l'ierce tell the story of
his exploits himself', and we drop the subject
for the present, after admonishing our oppo
nents, that the less they say about Gen.
Pierce's extraordinary military services, the
better for his fair fame. It will not do for
them to belie his history—the "documents"
are too convenient for that.
lUMTOKiA!. 01.1.A lOI)RII>\.
The Shipponsburg N"ws has been consid
erably enlarged ami oth envi*" improved.
Tie- Lightning Rod busines- having pretty
well supplied the country, the next thing on
the carpet will probably !■ the Portable Ci
der Mills and Presses.
PI.EA.SAXT WALK! —Go up Granville Gap
ami and come out throiu.li Bixier's—thence
up the railroad home. If you u .n't believe
it, try it!
THE WEATHER. —We do not know how our
readers feel in regard to the weather, but the
thermometer verging from 40 to 40 is quite
hot enough for us.
11l KKAH IOR THE Soli* Bovs!—The locofo
c.'S, by their reference to the hasty plate of
soup, have already stirred up associations for
S-ott who call themselves the Soup Hoys'
They'll go it with a rush, and no mistake.
The most prominent things for which L"w
istown is at present noted, are dogs and chil
dren. A mathematical friend thinks it would
be hard to cypher out which makes the most
iuii.se.
The Pennsylvania (York) Ilepttblican. for
nearly eighteen years w"]i and ably conduct
ed by Messrs. T. P. & J. J. Cochran, has
been disposed of to Samuel J. & Wm. C.
Shay.
Some love to roam in Champagne's foam.
In Brandy dark to raise a spark-
On three cent Whiskey to gel frisky—
Or on logwood wine to swear "dem'd foiuc"—-
But of ail the drinks far or near,
We go in for Stachrisf's Beer.
The third story of the Odd Fellows' Hall
was dedicated by the Masonic fraternity on
Monday last, when the Rev. W. C. BRYANT
delivered an able vindication of the order be
fore a largo number of ladies and gentlemen
who graced the ball with their presence.
The whole affair passed off agreeably.
The anniversary of our independence pas
sed oil' without any public demonstration,
save by some patriotic citizens who fitted up
the old cannon on Monday, and made the
hills and valleys ring with a National Salute of
THIRTEEN GUNS from Ard'slliil. Small parties
were out in different directions, who mostly
returned at an early hour, while the boys,
untrammelcd by th" presence of parents and
teachers, made the day almost unpleasant and
night hideous by a perpetual firing of squibs,
&c. The proprietors of the Panorama of a
Voyage to Europe, then on exhibition, illu
wiuated the Town Hull in the evening.
The Porrysville Bridge, over the Juniata,
■*" was much injured by a storm on Tuesday
last, having been moved out of its place.
A small building attached to the Tusearo-
I ra Academy was burnt down on Monday
j morning last.
L _ ; A frame building owned by W. J. Kirk,
j : in E. Waterford, Juniata county, was parti
ally burnt on Sunday last. The Waterford
Lodg - of Odd Fellows, who occupied the part
' destroyed, lost their charter, regalia, and
p other lodge furniture.
u The locofoeo paper in Coudersport, Potter
_ ! county, laffiiy informed its readers that Gen.
R Scott had declared in his official dispatches
that much of the glory of the Mexican war
i was attributable to Gen. Pierce! The whigs
! of that county ought by all means to present
the author of this new historical "fact" with
j a leather medal,
f FALSE ALARM.—A story was circulated on
t , Thursday evening of last week that a water
f j spout had poured its torrents on Hollidays
bui'g, and that the duuiata was coming w:th
r the tow path and sundry other fixtures ou its
back. Sane alarm was created in the lower
t parts of town, but it was soon ascertained to
' i be a lio-ax
, LOOK OUT. —We saw a very large copper
t . head.snake on the ridge (just above the sand
hole) H few weeks ago. As childreu ascond
. | ing the ridge frequently take that course,
- | they ought to be cautioned to be careful, as
i his <r,akeshij is one of the most formidalde
• looking customers we have seen for a Jung
; time.
The next question to be debated by the
L",ristown Lazy Club is, " Are new Potfitoes
( healthy at 81,50 a 82 per bushel?" The
last question up, namely, whether a dose of
mediciue or a dose of brand v was the best
"tire for a pain in the stomach ?" was decided
unanimously on Saturday last iu favor of
, brandy: when the club forthwith adjourned
' j to the bars of the several hotels to test whose
I was the n- plus ultra !
f We would advise the people of Lewistown 1
I to keep their "young gentlemen" (!) at home
hereafter during the celebration of a national
anniversary. We think it would be much to
• their credit.— Huntingdon Globe.
Certainly, captain-, we'll try ami do so—
but for graeinus sake, if ours stay at home,
don't let yours come down, as they have done
j oil several occasions, and thus set the bad ex
ample.
Our friends of the Valley Spirit at C'ham-
I bersburg have followed the enterprising pub- j
lishers of the Repository and Whig in en
larging their sheet, and both offices now issae
papers large enough to serve them for sheets .
| ami lied quilts, should these articles at any time
i ! tecum" scarce. The mania for enlarging has
j seized quite a number of printers of late,
| and having now a press, (just come to hand
j and paid for. mind that.) a rush of three or
four hundred new subscriber-i who would fork
over the cash, would almost induce us to en
large the Gazette. What say th" whigs of
Mifflin?
SPIRITUAL RAPPING?.— rise of water in
the Kishacoqunias last week brought back |
the singular shaking of windows, doors, Ac., '
: which at one time raiisud so much consterna
tion among the believers in the rapper*, but
is now well established to be caused by the
vibration of the air from the water falling ;
; over the dam in the creek at this place.- We
have repeatedly noticed of late that when the i
i creek alone arose, the rapping? almost inva
riably followed—but if the river rose at the
j same time so as to back up against the dam,
the effect was not produced. Tliis explana-
I tion we hope will enable some who have been
! • xeit 1 on this subject, hereafter to >!emi in
I " ■
j quiet.
/'"/•• to Please. —Mhen Hcnrv Clay was
the Whig t-andidate fur President, he was held
uii by loi-ofoco papers and " orators" as a du
elist. whose hands were stained with the i
blood of Cilley, although Mr. Clay had noth
ing whatever to do with the mooting which
j resulted in the death of the party named.
Strange as it may appear, the consistent gen
| tlemen who found so much fault with the
great Kentuekian for fighting bloodies* duels,
now find fault with Gen. Scott because he
would not fight a duel with Gen. Jackson ! j
Mrs. E. C. HALL
has opened a private
f ' so I rs'\ i r a *rv -c K\ s *•-> v
! for the accommodation of' visitors to the •
BLDFORJ) SPRINGS. Hack* from the
: town to the springs can be procured at all
| hours. July 9, —3t.
NOT 1C K. —Notice is hereby given to the
members of the "Cumberland Valley j
Mutual Protection Company," of Dickinson
township, Cumberland county, Penn'a, that
an assessment of four per cent, lias been laid
on the premium notes of said Company by
the Board, which amount is directed to be |
j paid to the collectors of said Company that j
i shall be appointed for receiving the same,
j Bv order ot the Board.
JOHN T. GREEN, See'v.
July 4. 1852-31. ' |
TO BUILDERS."
5 PROPOSALS will be received at the house
of V\ ). Brothers, in ReedsviHe, on SAT
f RDAV, the 17th day of August next, for the
erection of a D47E LLI N G
HOI'SK at Mrs. Sloan's gate, on J j <
the Levvisto'-.nand Ki.diaeoquil- !
, las Turnpike Road, 30 feet in
length, 22 ieet in breazlth, and 15 feet in
height, fr< m the front floor to the ton of the
f square, with two apartments on each floor,
. and a cellar undor one half of the house.
The building to he constructed either of stone,
frame, or a modern fashioned plank house..
• Contract' >rs will make their calculations for
1 either of aid structures. The plan of buikl
| ing ami the kind of material will be more
fully determined on, on the day of the meet
ing.
1 By order oi the Board of Managers.
81J KM Z0( >K, Secretary,
j Heedsville, July 0, 1852-td.
J' FIE MIFFLIN COUNTY MEDICAL 30
_ ClE'i'Y vrill meet ia Lewistown on July
19th, 1852. By order of the President,
.James Oulherbson, M. 1).
H. MARTIN, Recording Secretarv
Lewistown, July 9, 1802.
SHERIFF'S SALES.
J)Y virtue of sGndry writs of Levari Facias,
.) Venditioni Exponas, and Fieri Facias,
issued out of the Court of Common Ploas of
Mifflin county, and to me directed, will be
exposed at public sale, at the Court House, in
the Borough of Lewis town, on
SATURDAY, July 31, 1852,
at 1 o'clock, p. m., the following described
real estate, to wit:
AH that lot of ground, with the buihiiups
and improvements thereon, situate or lying :n
the Borough of McVeytown, as lately extend
ed, bounded as follows: beginning at the
corner of Criswell street and Shippen alley, en
the north side of said Criswell street, thence
with said Shippen alley north one and a half
degrees east one hundred and fifty feet and
nine inches to Vine alley, thence" with the
same north eighty eight degrees west fiftv
three feet and seven inches to lot No. 50,
thence with the same south one and a half
degrees west one hundred and fifty feet and
nine inches to said Criswell street, thence
with the same south eighty eight and a half
degrees east fifty three feet and seven inches
to the place of beginning, and known in the
general j .1 in of said borough as lot No. 49, be
ing part of the piece or parcel of land which
was allotted to and taken by Robert IT.l T . -Ja
cob at the appraisement and partition made
between him and the heirs of Joseph Jacob,
deceased, on writ of partition sued out of the
Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin county,
No. 71, August term. 1833, and of No. 48,
of November term, 183-1, which land so allot
ted to the heirs of the said Joseph Jacob,
deceased, in the same partition, were previous
tracts held by the said Robert I . and Joseph
•Jacob, in his lifetime—and after his decease
by Ins heirs as tenants in common bv virtue
of a sheriff's sale, made on fifth pluries vend,
exponas. No. 98 of August term, 1.824, issued
out of the Court of Common Pleas of .Mifflin
county, at the suit of rim Juniata Bank of
lVnn'a against John Webb, deceased, and
deed made by James EdmistOK, then .Sheriff
of Mifflin county, to Joseph Jacob, <fcc. ; and
the said Robert L. Jacob and Mary his
wife, by their deed dated March 28, 1830,
granted and conveyed the said tract of land
of which the above described lot. No. 49 is a
part, unto James Criswell and Anna his
if-, by their deed dated March 8, A. L>
lsjo, granted and conveyed the above de
scribed lot of ground, together with other
lots, unto -John C. Montgomery, his heirs, Are.,
and the said John C. Montgomery and Han
nah <■. Montgomery, his wife, by their deed
duly executed, dated on the day of
A. I>. 1845, granted, conveyed, &c., the same
lot. No. 49, unto the said Adam Holliday, his
heirs and assigns—together with all and sin
gular, the buildings ami improvements, die ,
and appiromances whatsoever thereunto be
longing. or in any wise appertaining. Seized,
taken in execution, and to be sold as the nro
perty of Adam llvlliJaij, with notice to terra
tenants.
ALSO.
A lot of ground situate on the north si da
of Broad or Juniata streets, in the Borough
of Lewistown, Mifflin county, being 00 feet
front on said street, more or less, and ex
tending back to an alley adjoining lot of N.
Comfort on the cast and Brown on the west.
Also, a lot of ground situate on Main street,
in said borough, fronting 200 feet, more or
less, on Main street extended, and 120 feet,
more or less, on Elizabeth street, with afoun
dry, a two story brick dwelling house, sheds,
stabling, and other improvements thereon
erected. Also, one other lot of ground situ
ate in the Borough of Lewistown, on the
corner of Brown and Third streets, fronting
feet on Brown street and 120* feet on Third
street, more ur less, with a two story brick
dwelling house, brick stable, and other im
provements thereon. Also, all the right, ii
tie and interest of A. B. Long and George
H. liong in 2 acres of ground situate in the
Borough of Lewistown, adjoining the Kisha
co'iuillas creek, Kishacorpiillas street, land of
Amos Hoot and others, with the Isabella Fur
nace Stack blowing apparatus, washing ma
chine, coal house, and other improvements
thereon erected, together with lease of wa
ter right from Sterrett A I'otter to Duncan A-
Longs, d; red 10th June, 184t>, and recorded
in book Z, page 141. Also, the following
tracts ot mountain hinds situate in Granville
township, Mifflin county: one iractcoutaining
400 acres, 129 perches, more or loss, surveved
in the name of William Potts, one tract con
taining 100 acres, 129 perches, more or less,
surveyed in the name of Joseph Putts, one
tract containing 100 acres, 1-9 perches, more
<r l<>ss. surveyed in the name of David Potts,
one tract containing -100 acres, 129 perches,
more or less, surveyed in the name of Ste
phen Potts, one tract containing 400 acres,
129 perches, more or less, surveyed in the
name of Samuel Potts, one tract containing
4<t acre-. 122 perches, more or less, surveyed
in the name of David Putter. Also, a tract
ot land in Grauville township, containing 12
acres and lt> perches, move or less, adjoining
lands ol L. T. Wattson and others, known as
the W attsou Ore Bank. Also, a lease of Pe
ter Townsend to Duncan A Long for ore leave,
dated 29th July, 1840, recorded in book Z,
page 593. Also, a right of ore from L. T.
"Wattson as per agreement 22nd June, 1840.
and also a right on land of Joseph MeGark in.
< Jranville township. Seized, taken in execu
tion, and to be sold as the property of .4. />.
LoHff.
ALSO,
All the right, title and interest of Francis
M . Ihiwle and James Hall, in and to a tract of
land situate in Brown township, Mifflin coun
ty, surveyed in the name of James Miller,
and containing by the original survey three
hundred and ninety acres, and one hundred
and nineteen porches, more or less, known as
the Cooper < lap tract, with a saw mill, dwel
ling house and other improvements thereon
erected. Seized, taken in execution, and to be
sold as the property of Francis IF. Hatch
and James Hull.
ALSO,
A lot of ground situate on the south side
ot, and fronting 39 more or less, on Mill
street, in the Borough of Lewistown, Mifflin
county, and extending back to a 14 or M) feet
alley, with a two story frame dwelling house,
and other improvements thereon erected ;
hounded on the east by lot of W. Hoops, and
on the west by lot of John Himes. Seized,
taken in execution, and to bo sold as the
property of Paul Pickle and Susan Pickle,
his wife.
WILLIAM SHIMP, Sheriff.
SHERIFF'S OFFICE, Lewistown, )
July 9, 1852.—3t
N. B. Purchasers t the above sheriff'* sales are here
by notified thai the amount of the sntes will be required
to be paid, in all rases, immediately on the properly being
knocked down, or it will be forthw itll tesoU to the h fh
est bidder. $