THE GAZETTE.
LEWISTOWN, PA.
Friday Evening, August 13, 1852.
FOR PRESIDENT,
BIPIULD SCOTT.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM A. Ml IIIAII.
of North Carolina.
JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT,
JOSEPH BUFFINGTON,
of Armstrong County.
CANAL COMMISSIONER,
JACOB HOFFMAN,
of Berks County.
Grand Mass Meeting at Harris
burg.
Scott l.catfs the Column :—Forward Whigs:
The whig citizens of Pennsylvania are in- ,
vited to meet in Council, Al llAKlHSlil KG,
ON FRIDAY, An just 2 Ulh, to celeb vate the*
anniversary of the battle of Cherubusco.
Let it be an outpouring worthy of the day, J
the man, and the principles, which it is in
tended to commemorate.
On that day five years ago, nine thousand
American soldiers, led on by the great Re
publican Gen. WIN FIELD SCOTT, achieved
a victory over thirty-two thousand of the foe—
a victory unsurpassed in the history of the
world.
In honor of that memorable day, let the
people of Pennsylvania TURN OUT IN
'fIIEIR MIGHT, and mingle their gratula
tions at the bright prospects that are before
them.
From Lancaster, Allegheny, Philadelphia,
Chester, Somerset, aLd distant Erie :—from
counties where the Whig banner always floats
in triumph—let the glad voices of men ac
customed to victory be heard ! From the far
North and East, where the Whig fires burn
dimly, let the bravo watchers come, and re
animate their hearts at the enthusiasi% of
their mrm- fortunate brothers 1 LET PENN
SYLVANIA'S VOICE BE HEARD speaking
in thunder for HER CHOSEN CANDIDATE,
and her cherished principles!
Come with M I SIC and BAN N L RSI Coino
with the proud hearts of men who march on
ward to the fulfillment of a high and glori
ous duty! Come in the name of your Whig
ancestors of the Revolution, and in the name
of Right, Truth, and Liberty! Come for
the sake of your country's most illustri
ous citizen, arid show the world that Ameri
can freemen know how to honor their good
and great! Come fur the sake of him whe
never fell or fainted on the field A' battle;
but who always led his men to glorious vic
tory I
By request of the State Central Committee,
DAVID TAGGART, Chairman.
C. THOMSON JONES, Secretary.
CAcn. (Quitman and CAen. Scott.
Several papers lately gave the substance of
a conversation between General Quitman and
another gentleman, in which the former
heartily endorsed the nationality of General
Scott. The truth thereof having been de
nied, General Quitman has published a card,
affirming the truthfulness of the report of
the conversation. He says:
1. In reply to various opinions expressed
by others, I said in substance that the South- J
<rn Whigs, in their opposition to General
Scott, had done him injustice. That his opin
ions on the slavery question were less obnox
ious than those heretofore expressed by Fill
more and Webster, and I would sooner trust
him on that subject than either of those
gentlemen. That if there was any merit in
the "compromise," which I did not admit,
Scott should be preferred by them, because :
he openly declared for it before Fillmore's I
opinion was known.
2. A Whig gentleman present having re- j
marked that the apprehension was that boot: ;
would be controlled by Seward and politi
cians of his stripe : —I smiled and said: — j
" You mistake the character of the man. j
The danger lies in the opposite extreme.
Always accustomed to command, Gen. Scott !
prides himself especially upon the infallibility
of his own judgement. He rarely asks or
takes advice. lie will be controlled by no
nan, nut by' the whole Whig party, against
his own convictions."
3. That his Mexican campaign, from the
first gun at Vera Cruz to the fall of the capi
tal, was one of the most brilliant on military
record. Its lustre was dimmed by some blem
ishes, about which I would not now speak —
but that when the history of his victorious
march, from the seaboard to the National
I'a lace, shall be faithfully detailed and popu
larised, it will greatly add to the high mili
tary fame he at present enjoys, not only in
America, but abroad.
ASSAULTS UPON GEN. SCOTT. —The New
Y'ork Mirror, a paper which does not advo
cate the election of the whig candidate, in re
ply to a very low and coarse attack of the
Cleveland Piaindealer upon the military char
acter of Gen. Scott, says: "We can say to
democratic papers of the Cleveland Plain
dealer stamp, that such stuff as the para
graph quoted above can only inspire indigna
tion among the people, and lose hundreds
and thousands to the democratic ranks. The
dastard who—to vent his partizan spite—
would deny valor, heroism, and exalted mili
tary services to Gen. Scott, would rob Ameri
can history of its glory, and the Father of
his Country of honor, to serve political ends.
Let the truth be confessed. Whatever the
other merits of Scott, as a soldier and a hero,
his name is blazoned with the splendor of a
fixed star over the record of the two national
wars. Ten pitched battles, equal to those of
Caesar, and all glorious victories over British
and Mexican hosts, prove it. His stalwarth
frame is seamed with battle scars, and the
nation exults with just pride in his prowess.
Yet, there is an American base enough to
deny him the credit of a hero, and to Una his
nameandclaimswithtUoseofArnold. Shame!
shame!"
The wbigs of Iluntingdon'huve nominated
Col. S. S. Wharton for the Legislature,
Samuel Whigton of Franklin, for County
Commissioner, John Brewster of Shirley for
Director of the Poor, Ralph Crotzley of Cass
for Auditor. Dr. Wintrode, Joseph Forest,
and J. J. Cunningham, were appointed con
gressional conferees with instructions to sup
port Dr. John AJcCulJoch.
Wf ITU liltwil 1T" iTi 14 '" " " 1 ~-
The Public Expenditures.
The Opposition Tress having recently re
vived the complaint of extravagance in the
expenditures of the present administration
of the National Government, we disprove the
charge by republishing from the National
Intelligencer of the 31st of March the sub
joined editorial article, in which its fallacy
was at that time so conclusively demonstra
ted by evidence derived from the public rec
ord as at ouce to silence the cavilling of our
political adversaries on this subject. But j
the complaint having now been renewed, we |
content ourselves for the present by repro
ducing the article:
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER OF MARCH ;
31ST 1852.
In the discussions which have taken place, j
in the newspapers and elsewhere, on the ii
nancial question, an attempt has been made ;
J to hold the present Administration respon- j
i sible for an alleged large increase of the ex
j penditures of the Government. With the
I JTOWTH of the Government, and the addition- 1
al cost of governing newly-acquired and dist- ;
ant territories, it could not well be otherwise |
i than that the expenses/of the Government
must be somewhat increased, but not to any- i
thing like the amount at which it has been j
' st.ie d : as, for example, in the ' Union' of a j
! few days ago, in which trie expenditures oi
i Government were, charged to have reached j
I dftv-two millions of dollars, instead of thirty- j
! seven millions which they had reached at one •
period of the Van Burcn Administration,
Let us briefly analize this sweeping charge. |
\ It is not true, in the first place, that the ex
i penditures of the Government last year
amounted so high as fifty millions. In so
large an expenditure, however, a few millions
more or loss would by some persons be
thought to make little difference, But the
actual payments during the year amounted
to only forty-eight millions of dollars, in
stead of fifty-two millions, (or fifty millions, as
estimated by others,) as will be soon by the
following statement, made up from authentic
I materials :
i The payment (not expenses) of
j the Government for the fiscal
year 1850 and 1851 were §48,005,878
From which deduct—
j One Mexican instal
! incnt 53,242,400
Mexican indemnity
claims 2,~>10.G01
42,240,787
| Duties refunded on
sugar and molasses
wrongfully collect
ed, (see decision of
Supreme Court) §513 8"
| Debentures -
Kscess of dtitie= 890,024
! Expenses of collecting
' the revenues and
sales of lands 2,051,708
87,917,942 ;
- Census expenses 072,500
l Three and five per
! cent. fund to States,
and repayment of
lands erroneously
sold 14,34.i
! Smithsonian Institq-
I tion 30,910
— 71 i.i 55 i
37,140,177 |
; And mail service—•
Navy Department 1,302,305
35,837,812 j
| Payments to volcnteers 035,380
" - I
§35,201,482
Of the expenditures of the last year nearly ,
six millions of dollars, it will be seen, wcut
to pay, in part, for our little property in
California.
The duties refunded, and the expenses of j
collecting the revenues, Jce., amounting to
more than four millions of dollars, would, ;
■ under former Administrations, according to j
the then existing laws, have been, paid by
and deducted from the revenue by collectors. !
Now every thing i paid into the Treasury
and repaid to the employers, Ac.
The items under the third division of the
above statement are surely not ' ordinary ex
penses' of Government.
The revenues from the Ocean Mail Steamer
not appearing in the receipts of the Treasury,
the fourth item of the above should not be
added to the expenses.
The volunteers (comprising the fifth item)
ought to have been paid years ago. Why,
then, does that hold a place in the account of i
' ordinary expenses' of the Government.
A just computation of the ' ordinary' ex
penditures of the Government for the year
1851, is, therefore, by this analysis, reduced
to little more than thirty-five millions of dol
lars, being a less annual amount, as before
stated, than the Government had risen to be
fore the Whigs had ever had any effective
share in the administration of the General
Government,
North Carolina Election,
RALEIGH, August 11.—Returns front fifty
one counties present a Democratic gain of
J43, over the vote received by Governor Roid
in 1850.—-1 here appears to have been a net
Whig gain of seven members of the House,
more than sufficient to overbalance the for
mer Democratic majority in that branch.
lowa Election.
The lowa Election for Governor and mem
bers of Congress is still in doubt.
Death of Hon. Robert liantoul, Jr. —The
National Intelligencer, in announcing the
death of the Hon, Robert itantoul, one of the
Representatives from Massachusetts, says, he
was in his seat in the House, on Tuesday last,
the 3d instant. At that time ho appeared to
l>o in usual health, with the exception of what
! he considered to be a small bile upon his
1 forehead. On Wednesday morning the little
i sore was surrounded by erysipelatous inflam
mation, in consequence of which he was pre
vailed upon to remain in his room and pro
• cure medical advice. Thursday, the disease
seemed entirely arrested, and on Friday morn
ing lie felt very much better, and spoke eon
; fluently of returning in a day or two to bis
I duties in the House. On Friday evening he
j became much worse; the erysipelas spread
l over the entire face, and his brain was evident-
Ily affected. On Saturday evening the left side
; became paralytic, after which he sunk rapidly,
j and expired at about half-past ten o'clock,
; I\ M. Mr. liantoul was iurty seven years
'of age. Ilis remains have been taken to
! Massachusetts, escorted by Mr. Duncan and
! Mr Goodrich, of Massachusetts, Mr. Cleve
i land, of Connecticut, and Mr. Eastman, of
j Wisconsin.
EDITORIAL OLLA PODRIDA.
A largo number of emigrants are almost
daily passing over the Pennsylvania Railroad ,
on their way westward.
The locofocos of Huntingdon county met j
in convention on Tuesday last, and voted .
; down a resolution to nominate a ticket.
| Arthur's Home Gazette, the only literary
1 paper in Philadelphia worth looking ut, is
j now furnished to clubs of twenty for S2O.
Hon. Joseph R. Ingersoll, of Philadelphia, i
lias been appointed Minister to England, in
the place of Abbott Lawrence, resigned.
The National Free-Soil Convention was in j
: session this week at Pittsburgh, but the re
i suit of their doings lias not yet come to hand, i
A " New Hope" has sprung up in the east ;
|to comfort the democracy of Mifflin —or at
least that portion which gets the prolits.
May their shadow never grow less,
Godey's Lady's Rook for September, is a
double number, has two line eugruvings and
(juito a lot of others of the useful, ornamen
tal and instructive order.
The Huntingdon Globe says that James !
: Davis, a Jewelry pedier from this place, was j
! lined S2O last week for refusing to show his
license,
j Much excitement continues to exist in
Union county in relation to a subscription of !
to the Susquehanna Railroad by i
the commissioners of that county.
Graham for September, embellished with j
the Memento and other illustrations, and up- j
wards of a hundred well filled pages of liter- I
i ary matter, is already upon our table.
The Ladies' Fair realized about S2OO above
expenses, which we believe answered their
expectations, as most of the articles up for
! sale were intended for summer use.
Nine out of ten State officers, from the
| Governor tiflwn to Cargo Inspectors, are
! away from their posts electioneering or specu
; lating.
A large number of counterfeit $1 '' '
notes fn the Lancaster Bank are ■ -'na
tion, many of them evi<le . .--ruck from a
new plate, and w< " /.' ted to deceive the
unwarv
ve want no better evidence of the impor
tance attached to the whig meeting held last
week, than the fait that each of the locofoco
j papers has devoted nearly a column to its
j abuse.
Democracy in Union county is defined t<>
J t" be the volunteer system ; in Mifflin county
; to support a nominated ticket; in Hunting- j
don to play mum ; and in Blair to do any- :
thing you can to defeat your opponents,
A mass meeting is to be held at Harrisburg
j on Friday next, on which occasion the friends
of Gen. .Scott are expected to attend in great
' numbers from all parts of the State, There j
| will be speakers there worth a visit to hear, i
A son of Joseph Woods, residing in the j
j Narrows, was recently bitten on the finger j
by a copperhead snake, which required am- i
putation of that member. Dr. Worrul per- ■
; formed the operation with his usual skill, j
and the boy is now doing well,
Both factions uf locoiocodum profess to be
pleased all to pieces with the county ticket |
| recently nominated. Less than a prophet
can foretell that there will be some biting of i
tinser nails after the election, and we know i
| too by whom.
The "Circle of Honor" is the name of a ;
j temperance organization recently brought ;
upon the carpet, but which will probably '
share the fate < f all similar organizations I
after a six months' trial. Keep sober, young j
man, at all hazards, and you'll want neither '
temples of honor nor circles of honor to keep
j
you in the path of duty.
Our merchants, particularly Sigler & Stu
art, Wattson, Jacob it Co., Geo. Blymyer,
Firoved & Brother, and W. I'. Milliken, are
thinking about visiting the city shortly for
the purpose of getting up whatever is new,
| neat and fashionable, and in the meantime
i are selling off their present stocks, still em
bracing a fine assortment, at reduced rates.
Give them a call.
The Clinton county locofocos have recom
mended Mr. (iambic, a brother wo think of
the Gaual Commissioner, as their candidate
for Congress from the long-legged district.
I He'll do as well as anybody else, but has
Mifflin county no candidate for eight dollars
a day and stealings? Why not bring up
some of the defunct candidates for the Le
gislature ?
We are glad to le;vm that the conferees of
Adams, Franklin, Bedford, Fulton, and Ju
' niata counties, have nominated SAMUEL RUS
SELL, Esq., of Bedford, as-Ilie whig candidate
for Congress in that district. Mr. 11. is well
| known as the accomplished Secretary of State
; under Governor Johnston's Administration,
and will no doubt prove an ornament to the
j whig representation at Washington.
j The papers up tho river, including some
not given to an indiscriminate praising of
everything that chooses to assume the name
of a circus, speak favorably of Johnson &
C'o.'s establishment which is to exhibit here
" j to-morrow. For tho credit of the profession,
it is to bo hoped something worth looking at
. will be performed, and that the stale jokes
in vogue long as the memory of man runneth
1 back, will at least in part be discarded.
[ The nest of counterfeiters who have been
manufacturing Lancaster, llarrisburg, and
other counterfeits, was broken up on Monday
j last by some officers from Philadelphia and
1 Pittsburgh, who visited Montour county for
| that purpose. Dr. Geltner, one ot the prin
cipals, was arrested at his house about 15
t miles from Danville, and is now in jail— two
i others escaped.
Death of William Searight.
It is stated in a llarrisburg paper, received
this morning, that Win. Searight, the nomi
nee of the Locofoco State Convention for Ca- !
nal Commissioner, died yesterday morning.
Missouri Election.
ST. LOUIS, Monday, Aug. 9. —The follow
ing are the complete returns of the Congress
ional Election held on Monday last:
i First District —Thomas H. Benton, sort of j
I Samuel Caruthers, Whig,
Second District —.Alfred W. Lamb, Demo-
I crat, over Gilchrist Porter, Whig,
, Third District —John G. Miller, Whig, j
| over James S. Green, Democrat.
fourth District —Mordeeai Oliver, Whig, '
; over Austin A. King, Democrat.
Fifth District —John S. Phelps, Democrat, ;
, over John C. Price, Whig.
The whigs of Juniata county on Monday
last placed the subjoined ticket in nomination:
Assembly —Hon. John Beale.
Sheriff -—Josiah McMcen.
Oomm issioner —Benjainin Akely.
Auditor —Reuben Cavcny.
The whigs of Union county nominated the j
following ticket on Monday last;
Congress—- Xer Mid dies wartli.
j AssemUy —Hon. John Beale,
Sheriff —John Kessler,
j Com ut issioner- —Ad am Sheekler,
Corbmr —-John S. Hackenberg,
Auditor —Henrv W. Snyder.
Trustee* of Sti(Jlirfbury Aeadomy —ohn
Kline, Thomas Ifassenplugh and James H- :
I • „
I win.
THE KII> TREASURE. —A queer story is tol<l ;
in the Mount Holly Mirror, about the dis- '
! eovory of some of Capt. K id's treasure among !
the Pines. Jt is stated that a man dreamed !
for several nights successively that ho should
find this treasure, tho plac-o to be indicated j
by four iron liars projecting from the earth. J
lie went and found his dream realized, two :
hundred and forty thousand dollars had been i
discovered up to Monday night, buried in
iron chests, and the people have t'-*—
with their pickaxes in fart" for tho
treasure. The utmost —vitement is said to i
j prevail in <'•'
■ , CONFESSION. —The Philadel
phia papers publish a confession made by
Matthias Skupinskie, hung there on Friday
\ for the murder of the boy Lehman, to the
Roman Catholic priests who were his spiritual
| advisers, and made public at his own desire.
, In this confession he denies tho commission
; of any murders in this country or Europe,
| and alleges that his only participation in the ;
murder of Lehman was the knowledge that
Kaiser intended to tgko the boy's life, and the
i assisting him to dispose of the remains after
j the murder was committed. This is the third :
or fourth confession he has made, all varying.
! and of course little reliance can be placed on
! any of them.
Balloon Ascensions. —- Mr. Wise, tho most j
j successful of American aeronauts, is busy go- i
ing up and coming down in Ohio. He has :
I made a dozen or more ascensions from the !
principal towns in our own State, and pro- j
| poses to make three from Cleveland during j
! the Fair. At Portsmouth, he encountered a
! thunder storm in mid air, and had an cxcit- ;
! ing and perilous adventure. Wr. W. made !
j an ascension at Mansfield, July lTt'n, rose to j
; the height of 11,000 feet, and hud a fine view i
' of Lake Erie, and the towns and country
around. On the 24th, he went up at Woos- |
■ ter, and at Massillon, on the 51st, made his
: 139 th ascension, traveling over thirty miles,
i Mr. W. w ill make an ascension from Raven
: nn, August 14th,
—
A Second Sam Batch leeap. —A second
j Sam Patch leap came off on Monday last,
| from the Suspension Bridge, below the Falls,
i into the middle of Niagara river. Some five j
hundred persons were present to witness the j
' feat, In consequence of the strong unex- '
! pected current of air under the bridge, the ,
; gentleman's back, instead of the pedal ex- j
j trcmilies, was first introduced to the surface I
jof the water, lie was not so badly injured,
i however, but that he commenced swimming
j towards the shore and was soon taken into a
small boat, lie had an appointment to de
scend the precipice at the Falls, in a similar
manner, but the result of his experiment has
determined him to look to some other open
ing for notoriety and fame. We can see
neither dexterity, wit nor reason in this sense
less mania for jumping from high places.
All the world knows that any donkey can go
| down : the only difficulty is in ru ing.—Lock
i port Journal.
Runaway Jjoconiotive. —Sunday morning,
while the locomotive "Weymouth" was stand
ing upon the track of the Old Colony Rail
road, at South Braintrcc, waiting the arrival
of the steamboat train from Fall river, by
some means the gear was thrown forward
and the "throttle" thrown out, when off the
! locomotive started at a rapid rate towards
! Boston. The engineer, who was standing
near, in endeavoring to jump upon tho ma
j chine, was thrown upoikthc track and narrowly
escaped instant death. The locomotive con
tinued its course onward without engineer or
fireman. As soon as possible, the "Marlbor
j ough" was on the road after the runaway,
j and succeeded in overtaking it near the \\ est
Hope Branch, Neponset. When the "Wey
; mouth" was reached, it was totally in want
of fire to generate steam. — Boston herald.
Upon some public occasion lately, at Fair
field, Indiana, the proceedings were opened
wiih prayer by the Re . E. G. Wood, of that
place, who, after praying for the general gov
ernment, prayed for the Governor of the
State, and thus for the Legislature: " And
the Lord have mercy on our Legislators.
Spare their lives until they may return to
their homes, and then put it into the hearts
of the people to keep them there, and return
men of temperate habits and sentiments, who
; will do some good." A similar prayer might
| occasionally be put up in this State.
A Boy Saved from Drowning by a Dog.—
An interesting scene occurred on Sunday last,
lat lloboken. A boy about ten years of age,
j while playing on the bank of the river, fell in,
and the current being very powerful, he was
carried aiong with great rapidity. Of those
who saw him fall in, no one would risk his
life in an attempt to save him. When all hope
appeared to be lost, a large Newfoundland
dog leaped into the river, and seizing the boy
by the collar, held his head above the water
until he brought him safe to shore. The dog,
it is said, had swam a distance of two miles
before he could get a landing-place, and was
then so tired that he sunk exhausted on the
saud,
Items of News.
Between sixty and seventy houses were
destroyed by fire at Savannah last week.
Dr. Isaac Parrish, an eminent physician of
Philadelphia, died on Saturday last.
A JAWBUEAKZR. —There is an old residenter
in the- county of Fayette, whose name is
Johannes Hunsjevrgelholperstolperbucher.
The Ohio State Fair will be held at Cleve
land on the 15th, 10th, and 17th of Septem
ber.
There was a decided white frost at Ash- ,
ville Mass., and its vicinity, on Monday i
morning of last week.
James Henderson, formerly Sheriff of
Huntingdon county, has been nominated for
j Sheriff by the Whigs of Lawrence County.
Upward of a thousand men are now at worn
in the construction of the Pittsburgh and
Steuben ville Railroad.
The National Guards, Captain Garland, of
Harrisburg, Pa., intend making an excursion
to Baltimore, Washington and Richmond, in
September.
A sturgeon leaped into a boat lately on the
Hudson river, drove his nose into the bottom,
and was captured. It was 7 feet 9 inches in
length, aud weighed 2UO lbs,
A fire lately broke out in tho charcoal
i house of the Colebrook furnace, about 10
<niles south of Lebanon, and before it was ex
i tinguished, coal to the value of $.4,000 was
i consumed,
Eighteen persons died of cholera in one build
' ing in Rochester from Saturday to Monday
: morning. An examination of the premises
j explained the cause. The basement was
! dump, and closely shut up,
I STILL THEY COME. —The Highstuwn, N. J.,
Record states that John Brown, Esq., of
j Sharon, in that county, a staunch democrat.
| has gone oyer to the whigs. The cause ol
; this change lies in General Scott's military
achievements,
A new counterfeit 92 note on the Middle-
I town bak, re-issue relief note, has been de
t' *1 in Philadelphia. Its general appoar
■ -ice is good, hut is much darker in the print
! than the genuine. Counterfeit l's on this
bank are also in circulation, but are badly ex
i ecuted.
The locofocos of Schuylkill county have
recommended U, M. Straub, of Orwigsburg,
for Congress. They have also nominated
Bernard Roilly for * the State Senate, and
Samuel llipple and John Horn, jr., for the
Assembly.
Jim Philips, the fugitive slave, has returned
to Harrisburg, and was received by his col
ored friends with great rejoicing. The eight
hundred dollars, required for his ransom, was
raised by the citizens of Harrisburg. Jim
is much 'pleased with his restoration to free
dom,
The two men, Drayton and Saves, convicted
and sentenced about two years since, for at
tempting the abduction of seventy slaves in
the schooner Pearl, and whose term of im
' prisonment in the county jail would extend
to fifty years, have been pardoned by Presi
j dent t illmore.
SOMETHING BETTER. —We believe that wc
have found the key which will furnish a more
correct solution to those who prophecy, F. P.
' stand.- for Praiikliu Pierce, that is as true as
j preaching; but that he will be the Fourteenth
; President, to that question it furnishes this
answer: "Foolish Prediction " made by •'False
I Dropheis."—Lancaster Republican.
The Franklin Institute announces that its
i Annual Exhibition of AmericanJManufactures
will be held on the 19th of October next, in
i the Museum building, Philadelphia, and in
i vites the mechanics of the country to send
i specimens of their tu.-te and skiil for exhi
bition.
t
The house of David C'rissv, in Somerset
i county, was struck twice by lightning on the
29th ult. and entirely consumed, together with
i a blacksmith and carpenter's shop near by.
j None of the inmates were injured. S6OO of
the loss is covered by insurance of the Ly
; coming Company.
I A little girl about nine years old, who had
been out gathering blackberries, in passing
a footing across a run in Somerset county, on
the 39th ult. on her way home, fell into the
stream, which recent rains had swollen, and
was drowned. Her mother saw her fall, but
could not rescue her.
A Xew Planet. —We understand that the
new planet discovered by Mr. Hind, on the
24th of June, has received the name of Mel
pomene, the Muse of Tragedy. The planets
are getting so numerous, that, to remember
; their names, one will have to keep a "record
of them always handy to refer to.
I George Walthorn, a Democratic constitu
i tional Union member of the Senate of Georgia,
representing the district composed of Liberty
and Bryan counties, hits written a letter sin
] nouueing himself in favor of thf> election of
' Gen. Scott. His objection to Pierce is that
! he " considers him the nominee of the South
! ern Rights party."
I ; t. A. R. Marsh. Esq., a decided demo
crat, addressed the Scott Club at Whitestown,
Oneida county, N. Y., giving in his adhesion
to Gen. Scott.* He said he had loved him ever
i since he had served under him, and that
Scott raised him up with his own hand when
he laid wounded on the field.
A Female Advocate.—A French lady, Mad
ame de Grandin, lias been allowed to plead
i her own cause in the Court of Common Pleas,
in Paris. She was so persuasive that she got
a verdict in her favor, as might have been ex
pected when a beautiful woman, as she is de
scribed, sued to the other sex for justice.
The Cincinnati Times says two funeral
trains met at the Two Mile House near thai
city, the one going to the cemetery and the
I other returning from it. Both stopped ar.c
alighted to drink. A general tight ensued, ii
j which several persons were severely bruised,
and the coffin considerably damaged.
i GOING IT STRONG. —" In March last, three
; men (?) in the city of Springfield, Illinois,
| agreed together to drink themselves to death
i The Register of that place says, the first died
in April, the second in May. The survivor,
on the happening of the last event, showed
sigiiH of breaking the contract, and kepi
sober two or three days afterwards ; but hon
or revived, and ho died in the month of June.
This is literally true."
A Colored People's Mass Convention, for
the State of Ohio, has been summoned to
meet at Cleveland, on the Bth and 9th ol
t September, to consider measures for the edu
i cation and elevation of the free colored peo
ple, and to choose delegates to the National
| Convention of the free colored race, in the
United States, which is expected to meet in
; the approaching autumn, but for what pur
' pose is not stated.
HAVE YOU THE FEVER AND AGUE? —If so, then
be persuaded to try Dr. J. IV. Cooper's Vegetable
Compound Fever and .Vgut Pills, as they will pos
itively perform a perfect cure in three days time.
We ourselves know of a number of cases in
which they have been used, and we never knew
them to fail; therefore we conscientiously re
commend them to our friends as being the very
best medicine ever discovered for the cure of
this distressing disease. These pills are for sale
by F. J. HOFFMAN, of this place. Price $1 per
box. He has also constantly on hand a supply
! of Dr. J. W. Cooper's Vegetable Worm Pow
ders for the destruction of Worms, and from the
many applications of our friends to give notice
through the press of the wonderful benefits their
children have derived from the use of them, we
have no doubt they are really a superior article;
they are also pleasant for children to take.—
Also for sale by the same, Dr. J. W. Cooper's
Vegetable Cough or Consumptive Svrup. We
ourselves can testify to the great superiority of
this medicine in the cure of a stubborn and ob
stinate cough of several years standing R you
have a cough, try this syrup, and our word for
it if it does not cure you, nothing will, [al3
ANOTHER SCIENTIFIC WONDER! Important to Dys
peptics.—Dr. J. t. Houghton's PEPMN, The True
Digestive Fluid or Gastric Juice, prepared from tin
or FOURTH STOMACH OF I HE OX, after direi l
ion* of Uiron the greatest Ptiyjiolng-ic.il Chemist,
by J S Houghton M. 1) , Philadelphia. This is truly *
wonderful remedy for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Jaundice,
f.iver Complaint, Consumption and Debility, curing after
i A'ature's oicn ifcthod by -Vat lire's own .Igent, the Gas
trie Juice. Pamphlets, containing Scientific evidence,
lis value, furnished bv agents gratis. Sue notice among
tie* luedtcal advertisements.
EVERYBODY that warm good Coffees,
. Sugar*, Teaa, Molasses, Vinegar, &c M can
always find theiu very low, for cash, at E.
J. HOFFMAN'S,
Died.
<N the 30th July, at I\OP residence near
i C'assville, Huntingdon county, after a brief
j illness, Mrs. DOROTHY C\, Wife of Thomas
! J. Campbell, in the 22d year of her age.
On Wednesday the 4th instant, after a lin
; goring illness, Mrs. SARAH JANE LAIRD,
j consort of Henry Taylor, Esq., of Kishaeo
quillas Valley,
(Mi the 14th uf June, 5852, at Oak Springs,
Toiuma county, California, JACOB GREE.V
LKAF TREGO, aged about 2S years, form
erly a resident of J uniata county.
THE MARKETS.
LEWISTOWN, August 13, 1852,
The prices paid by dealers this inorning
I for Grain and Country Produce, are as f.,i
--! lows J
Flour, £* barrel, S3 374
Wheat, white, jr> bushel, So
riid d. 80
Rye, bushel, 55
Oats, do, 28
Corn, do, 50
Cloverseed, ri bushel, 3 75
Butter, goo*£ tt. 12}
Bacon, do. 0
Eggs, pi doflfcn, 10
; Potatoes, f 1 bushel 50
' r l,e Lewistown .Mills are paying 85 cts. per
bus lie i for White Wheat, and 80 cts. for Red
Rye 55 cents. Corn, 50 cents per bushel. Prices
of Flour—s2,so per 100 lbs. for extra, and $2,25
for superfine.
HTj" E E. LOCKF. St. Co. at Locke's Mills, sre
. paying fill cents for Rye, and SIJ cents for Corn.
PHILADELPHIA, August 12, IS-12.
Fi.ru*a AND MEAL. —Flour is quiet; sales
of Western at $4: fresh ground Pennsylvania
is held at 84 12}, and a sna .11 lot of better
i brand tit 84 25. Extra Flout i- held at S4-
; 50 a 81 75. Rye Flour is scarce ; a small
lot sold at S3 75. Corn Meal is little in
, quired for: sales at S3 22 for Penua.— GßAlN
■ —Wheat I salos of 3KX) a 4VRK) bushels of
rf new Southern red made at 874 aBB cents,
. I white at 80 aOl cents. Old red is worth 00
cents and white 05 cents for prime Penna.
Rve: sales of Southern at 70 c uts per bushel.
' Corn is firm : sales at 8S aBO cents afloat f>r
' | yellow. Oats: sales of new Southern at 31
1 , a 33 cents and old Penna. at 30 cents. — Ledy.-.
II .1 ... . I -r ■ I
t I \T°TJCE. -Notice is hereby given that the
j\( Lutheran Church of Lewi-town is again
under contract and the work commenced. The
money will now be needed, and the subscribers
, are requested to pay up prom; My, so that the
work can be pushed on to completion before the
cold weatflcr begins. By order cf the Trustees
aal3.lt JOHN HAMILTON.
' : Estate of Robert Mcteal, late of the Bor
ough of Lewjslottii. deceased.
_ \JOTICE is hereby given that Letters of AJ
ministration on the estate of ROBERT
j McNEAL, late of the Borough of Lewistown,
| Mifflin county, deceased, have been granted to
' the subscriber, residing in saiJ borough. All
j persons indebted to said estate are requested to
1 make payment without delay, and those having
- ! claims to present them, duly authenticated.
aul3,6t DAVID BLOOM, Adm'r.
Dissolution of Partnership,
1 f~PHE partnership heretofore existing between
r \V. H. Irwin and R. H. McCoy, under the
t name of •' IRWIN & McCOY," was dissolved
by mutual consent, on the 15th day of July,
1 1852. The Books and Accounts of the firm are
in the hands of R. II McCoy for settlement.
I W. 11. IRWIN.
R. H. McCOY
1 | August 13, 1852-3t.
V- W. G. ZOLLINGER,
-- Market street. / icistomn, next door to
Kennedy's store,
.1 —>. Continues to manufacture, on an ex
tt msi j tensive scale, every description of
flkbL H ITS
suitable to the several seasons,
I, which for durability, neatness, finish, and gene
ral workmanship, will bear a favorable compai
ison with any manufactured. Oi this fact, as
e i well as the low prices at which they are sold,
'> any one can satisfy himself by calling and mak
'• | ing a trial.
!' Country Merchants
d will find it decidedly to their advantage to pa>
q him a visit, his arrangements being now such as
to enable him to furnish any number that may
be desired on the shortest notice.
* ; The carc and attention ever given to the man
ufacture of the style of hats used by his nunier
r ous Ornish customers, will be continued, amthe
0 ■ feels warranted in giving the assurance that they
if will not be disappointed.
. i Don't forget the place, and whenever
vou are in want of a good article, just step in
j and make yourself at home. uul3
1 CKftISTUIV IIOOYEB,
Justice of the Peace,
West Market street, Lew'stcwn. Pa.