Tram thj WeitchMter Examiner. Wetter from Jacob Hoffman, Esq,, 44 liig Candidate for Canal Commissioner. The following letter from Jacob Hoffman, Esq., our candidate for Canal Commissioner, is in reply to a private letter in which the present miserable management of the Public Work? was freely discussed and to which Mr. j Hoffman, as will be seen, has given a reply, , exhibiting in a masterly manner, the wretch ed fruits of Locofoco misrule as compared with the immense debt incurred in their construction, and the business calculations of profit by the very men who have had them under their control as members of the Canal Board. Unwilling to write what he is unwihing to publish, Mr. Hoffman has anticipated the re quest we most certainly should have made, and has authorised the publication ut his letter : of which permission we gladlv avail ourselves, and ask the earnest attention of | every tax-payer to the facts and views con tained in it. , .... READING, August 12, 130 JOHN S. BROWN, Esq.—My Dear Sir : — I am in receipt of your favor, and thank you kindiv for the interest you feel in the ap proaching election. I fuily agree in the im portance vou attach to tile success ot the V"hig ticket at the State election, not, indeed, on account of any supposed aid it might al ford us in the election of our distinguished candidate for the Presidency: but, as you trulv remark, in connection with the interest of cur State affairs: which under their present management, loudly call for reform and economy. The question at issue between the two par ties, in respect to the Internal Improvements of the Suite, will best presented and brought within the comprehension of every intelligent voter. I>\ a recurrence to the 111 in ner ol" their construction and subsequent management, hv Of party, who, with tie single esc-,'ti m fan interval of tiiree jo-ur.- nad the control of them during the ennr perl d < f their existence. The original cos' of cons'ruedoti exceeded the amount by a lea-: one third f>v which under practical an ■ eeonomlcal nv:nag..uieut they could have been built. Hv reference to the la.-t report by the Auditor General and the State Treasurer, it will be seen, the original cost of the public works, was $31,476,245 36 Tlie amount of expenses for keeping and repairing, to the Ist of Sox. 1851 was 15,000.089 5b And the further sum of in terest paid on loans directly applied to the same time, was 30,735,243 52 Total outlay to Nov. Ist, 1851, was $77,717,547 30 Gross amount of revenue to Nov. Ist ISJI, was 21.162,812 49 Deficiency. $56,553,734 87 From this deduct, also, the value of the work at the original cost, 31,476,245 36 Total loss since their com pletion. $25.i>77,3c'. 51 And upon a closer and more detailed ex amination, it will further appear, that during the last nine years, the average annual net revenue from the entire public works has been only $253,842 26; although the income from a single year during that period, ex ceeded the sum of $ 1,700,8U0 00: while the annual interest on the present debt, is a fraction over, $2,000,009 00 ; leaving a de ficiency, (after applying the net revenue from the works,) of $1,750,000 00, to be wrung from the bard earnings of the people, by a swarm of tax gatherer?, at an annual com mission of $90,000 00; an amount sufficient to sustain a small army of their tribe. In view of this statement, is there any un prejudiced man in the community who will pretend to affirm that the public improve ments have not been grossly mismanaged t The fact is as clear as the universal light of day ; and even is admitted by many promi nent Democrats. Another fact is equally evident: which is. that instead of improving, according to all practical experience, the management of them 13 becoming worst ; and if the present system is to be continued, they had better be sold or in some way disposed of, to relieve the people. They are an enormous drain upon the Yreaau ary, and the sooner the Commonwealth is rid of thern the better. It is but a few days since the Canal Com missioners have, under fearful responsibility, and in opposition to sound policy and uni form practice, assumed the exercise of a doubtful power, to say the least of it. by ter minating existing arrangements, to create a MOnOptAy of the passenger business on the State Road ; ostensibly for the benefit of tin* State, but really, as it is alleged, to promote the interest of a favored few; and, that too, in the face of refusal by the Legislature, to sanction or even entertain a somewhat simi lar proposition. This act, is of a character, which under all the circumstances, cannot be justified by the Canal Board ; and which has received, at the hands of the late President of the l>card, the recent candidate of the Democratic party for Governor, the most un qualified condemnation. He says, ' During every year of my official term, attempts were made to induce the Canal Commissioners to create a monopoly of the passenger business on the Public Works. My opposition to any quarter, was founded upon the conviction that it was beyond our jurisdiction, so to circumscribe business and fair competition, and that it could not be justified by any authority short of a special act of the Legis lature. I could see neither princ ¥ e nor policy in closing the business of carrying passengers on the great highway of the State against all save a favored few.' It is manifestly the duty, as it should be the pleasure, of those entrusted with the management of the Public Works, to change and reform the present defective system of superintendence ; and on the one hand, by the introduction of a system of retrenchment and practical economy, curtail the actual ex penditures to the lowest standard, consistent with the successful operation of the works; and on tha other, by exacting from the em ployees, strict accountability and an honest and faithful discharge of their various and respective duties, increase the net revenue to an amount approaching, if not equal, to that required for the payment of the interest on th'* public debt; and justify the application of a large part, if not the whole amount de rived from the collection of the State taxes, to the speedy extinguishment of the public debt. That this suggestion, in favor of a measure so ardently to be desired, is founded in a practical idea, is proved by the fact, that du ring the recent session of the Legislature, u powerful effort was made bv an associated company, composed of two former Cana Commissioners, (one of whom had just retiree from office,) a practical Engineer, a Super intendent, and several tranvpor t< rs, to obtai.i a lease of the Public In.provements for a temi of ten years, at a net rent of one mil , MOT pVr annum. And, it will scarcely be ; contended, that these gentlemen were not fullv informed of the value and productive new of the Public Works, or, that they were ] not equallv confident of realizing a profit ] under a proper and economical system of . management, equal to the rent proposed to be paid to the Commonwealth; as, it is not likely, that they would be willing to encount- ] er the risk and furnish the heavy capital re- j quired for their successful operation, without ] receiving a corresponding benefit. It is tor them to satisfy the public in respect to the 1 extraordinary discrepancy between the an- < uual amount accounted for to the Btate in t their capacity of public agents, and that ot- fered by them as intended lessees and priv ate individuals. I have thus given you an outline of niy < views lit respect to the matters coiitaine. Pax ton, 4 John P Veiree, lti James K. Davidson, 5. Spencer Mcllvaine, 17. John Williamson, 6 James W. Fuller, IS. Ralph Drake, 7. James Penrose, 19 John I.iiiton, 3' John Slut-flier. 20 Archib'd Robertson, 9. Jacob Marshall, 21. Thomas J Bingham, 10. Charles P. Waller, 22. I.' wis L. Lord, 11. Davis Alton, 23 Christian Myers, 12. Mali lon C. Mercur. 24 Duriuau Phelps. Notices of New Adtertisemciitx. A valuable Mill Property will be sold at i public sale on the 16th of October next. Persons interested in the estate of IS illiam Wills, are referred to the Administrator's no tice. Brettargh & Stedman, Philadelphia, invite the attention of country merchants to their stock of Wall Paper, Window Blinds, &e. Howell thieves. Remember, the Whig delegate elect ions will be held to-morrow afternoon. The Presidency. Few men of commanding talents have be come members of Congress without creating for themselves a reputation in some parts of our extensive country, not so exalted, it is true, as the great statesmen and orators whose names are almost familiar as household words, but still so well known as to enable any man versed in political affairs to call them to re . j collection, even after a period of fifteen or twenty years. This we presume will be ad- j mitted by all to be true. Now let us see how facts will weigh one who is at this nre s> 1 sent day represented as a man of extraordi nary ability. We were at Washington when i Franklin Pierce, the locofoco nominee for President, obtained a seat in Congress, and . remained there in a position (a compositor on the Globe) that gave us ample opportunity of knowing those who then figured as loading statesmen of the day. Clay, Webster, Ben ton, Calhoun, Hamilton, Silas Wright, Tull i madge, Ilubb'ard, Hill, Polk, McDuffie, Yer- \ ' panck, \ audcrpoel, Bell, and dozens of others, we can recall witiiout any difficulty as men . who took part in the memorable excite - mentfl caused by nullification and the bank ! j question, but, as is the case with many oth ers, it requires a strong effort of memory . even to bring the name of Franklin Pierce to , * i mind at all. Occasionally a dim recollection i \ flits across us that such a man was there who | now and then answered aye and nay, but it t is vague and indefinite, and if he rendered - himself at all conspicuous, no one ever knew t it. Mr. Pierce continued in Congress nine ' or ten years, but where is one of our readers t who can do more than recollect that such a 1 man was there? Who can point to any 5 evidence of statesmanship exhibited by him * —to luminous reports —to eloquent speeches, n or any other characteristic of a great inind 5- : even in embryo? * c We regret to learn that JOHN J. MACHIN, of this place, who was in the employ of the a Pennsylvania Railroad Company, had one of i- his legs cut off by a train of ears on Wednes a ! day evening at Columbia, from the effects of which he died yesterday morning, lie leaves j a wife and three children, to whom this nf r. flit ting bereavement is a sad one indeed. Adjournment-of Congress. The people will be glad to learn that the , ■wasteful and extravagant locofoco congress adjourned on Tuesday last, after a session of nine months. With the exception of a few public bills of pressing importance, its main legislation consisted of passing laws reward ing political partisans, and giving away mil lions of acres of the public lauds to construct local railroads, &c., in the west, and this too in the face of the platform adopted at Balti more declaring that Government possessed no such power. Another remarkable piece of political inconsistency is the passage of the River and Harbor Improvement bill—a measure which the Whigs have always main tained to be a sacred duty, but strenuously opposed by our leading opponents —a similar bill to this having been vetoed by President Polk, which veto was applauded by all the faithful as sound democracy. A bill regu lating steamboat navigation, the annual ap propriation bills, a new tinkering of the post age law, legislating the Wheeling Bridge out of the hands of the Supreme Court, giving the public printing to the locofoco organ at j Washington. &e., constitute the remaind"r of tin i r doings ; while the important matters lelt undone reflect severely on the useless and vulgar debates indulged in for months. The Democrat publish's a long list of what it calls whigs, who it alleges have refused to support Scott ami Graham. Several of those ; who tir* whigs have declared that the pubii- i cation ,f their nam was unauthorised, and j the remainder ar • ii;i .also , di--uni< mists, or avowed hvcofocog. V hen our neighbor con cocts a ir. -> of soup, le ought to put les inea! into it. But how dues he like the fol lowing : From IIK- Cinciiniau Alias. Ma. Em TOE :—We, as German voters of the tM Congressi. nal District of Hamilton county, wish, through tin* medium of vuur valuable political paper, to make our views known to the delegates of the Whig County Convention, to meet at Mt. Pleasant onth<- I'.'th inst. for the purpose of nominating a Whig county ticket. We have, for many years past, voted and acted with the Democratic party, supposing the principles of that party true to the great interests of our adopted home, and the free institutions of our glorious and independent country. But, satisfied from the movements of the iaie democratic convention, the inter ests of our country and her institutions an no part of the creed of the leaders of that party ; on the contrary, self emulation is the sole object of these demagogues : We know th'-m well now : We know their love for the Dutch: They would ride into office through their votes, and then kick us for our stupidity. We now frankly confess we have been duped for years, and sincerely hope our brethren will not remain in the dark as long as we , have. We shall, each of us. use every effort to give them light, that the v may see sooner than we have the error tliey have fallen into. ■ We suggest to the delegates oi the conven tion, not, however, in a spirit of dictation, the policy of nominating Judge Saffin as the candidate for Congress in the 2d district ; for him and the entire whig ticket we pledge our selves for 500 German voters, who had never voted the Whig ticket. A'iclas Ma ringer K. 11. Market Frank Kreiger Henry Jiohne Francis Sol I ~al. Wcisel John Appelmaun Joseph Ihotllxck Albert Schnt idt Christ inn Mayer Charles Mil'* Joel, H-rice Mich. (Jeisbr Moth. F'iix Francis litis A resident of the city of Cincinnati, says he i is acquainted with the signers of th- above paper, and that they are every one of them i substantial, influential Germans, whom he supposed to he as firm in the locofoco faith as the hills. They are learning the difference l< -tween sham democracy and real democracy. We have barely room to state that a large meeting was held in front of the Lowistown Hotel on Wednesday evening, which was ad dressed by GEOKUE GIVEN, Esq., a former res ident of this place, and well known among the locofocos in 1544 in the northern counties, as the '• Lycoming Shoemaker,." He gave his reasons at length for supporting Gen. Scott in preference to Gen. Pierce. This meeting will no doubt increase the nervousness brought on at the August meeting among our locofoco friends. Pi* UI.I( SCHOOLS. —The Public Schools of Lcwistown will open from the 20th instant to Ist October, under charge of the following teachers, recently appointed by the Board of Directors, but not yet classified : Mrs. Carothers, Mr. Lewis D. Hall, " Bresee, " Wesley Price, Miss Shaw, " K. l'ennypacker, " Donahue, " W. W. Brown. " Stoner, Colored School. " Gibbony, Mr. Win. Karl. " Davis. The Democrat is down on W. E. Robinson, ! of New-York, for his expose of Pierce's 1 course on the Catholic question, and in ad ; dition to locating him in the groggeries and dens of infamy, calls him an orangeman. j The Boston Pilot has declared the latter charge false, and if our neighbor will make ; the inquiry at New-York he will find Mr. Robinson a very respectable gentleman, and extensively known as such. Let those who aver that he has falsified the record take him up at his offer, and show in what respect it has been done. Peter Kern, who has been railing at Pierce ever since his nomination as being a tool of Pillow, &.C., comes out in a card to the Penn | sylvanian stating he is a democrat and cannot ! vote for Gen. Scott 1 As Peter had previous ly stated at least fifty times that he intended to vote for Gen. Scott, we shall wait until he has given the same number of assurances about Pierce, before we'll make up our mind : how he really intends to vote. We look up i on his card as all gammon, and will l>et a lip - he can be got to sign one to hang himself ! between this and the election. A Leaf in the History of G. >V. Woodward. i George W. Woodward, the locofoco caudi- j date for the Supremo Bench, was a member j of the Reform Convention, a Judge in the Luzerne Judicial district, and several times a candidate for the United States Senate. In 1846 he was nominated by the locofoco cau cus for that office, but was defeated by Simon Cameron. He was afterwards nominated by President Polk to the Supreme Bench of the United States, but his nomination was re jected by the U. S. Senate. He lias since that time been a standing candidate fur the the Senate, but failed to obtain the nomina tion. lie was last winter appointed by Gov. : Bigler to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Bench of this State, caused by the death of Judge Coulter. As a member of the Conven tion, he took a prominent part in that body. Among his acts we find the following, to which we ask public attention : On the 443 d page of the sth volume of the Debates of the Convention, we find that Mr. Magee, of Perry county, moved the Conven tion proceed to consider the following resolu- i I tion: " Jl'solccJ, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of so amending the Constitution of Pennsylvania a- to pre vent the future emigration into this State of free persons of color, and fugitive slaves from other States and Territories." A motion was made to amend by offering to insert the word " foreigners," between the words "off and "free." This motion was pending, when we are informed on page 414. of volume o, that " Mr. Woodward moved to amend the amendment. l>y adding thereto the words "and that the said committee be also in structed to inquire into the propriety of so amending tie- Constitution, a- to PREY EXT any foreigners who may arrive in this State after the 4th dav of July, 18-11, FROM AC- QfflßlXu TIIJI RIGHT TO VOTE OR TO HOLD OFFICE IX THIS COMMON WEALTH." Mr. Woodward was not content with offer ing this monstrous proposition. He incu.lt a speech in fa cor of if, which we find on page 446-47, sth volume of the Debates, and irom which we qu.'te the following choice para graphs : " Sir. I appreciate as much as any man living, the many political rights and privi leges which I, in common with the people of the United States, am now enjoying : and it is inv honest impression, that WE DO BUT SQUANDER THOSE PRIVILEGES in con ferring them upon every individual who ; chooses to come and claim them. He knew that a great purtiou of those who came among us from foreign countries, consist fre quently of the WORST PART 01* THE POPULATION* OF THOSE COUNTRIES, that they art- UN ACQUAINTED WITH Til E VALUE OF THESE PRIVILEGES, and that, therefore, they DO NOT IvXOYY HOW TO VALUE THEM. 1 think that in thus conferring indiscriminately upon all, we are i DOING INJURY TO OUR LIBERTIES AND OUII IN ST IT! TION S : and I lelicve that, if the time has not yet come, it will speedily come, when it will be indispensably necessary either for this body, or some other body of this State or of the United State o , to inquire whether it is not right to put °ome plan into execution, l>y which foreigners should be prevented from controlling our elec tions, and brow-beating our American citi zens at the polls." Judge Woodward continues: '• And what claim have foreigners from any country—aye, sir. from any country, which is i strong enough to justify us in PROSTITI T ING OUR POLITICAL PRIVILEGES, by j conferring them carelessly and indiscrimi nately on every individual who may rcsid here for two or throe years—become a natu ralized citizen —and then command our offi ces ? There are very many of these emi grants who know nothing <-f political privi leges in their own country before they emi- , grate to this. The world is unknown to them, or if they hear of it at all, they hear of it as something in which they have no parti cipation. Is not this the fact ? Sir, we all know that it is : we know that very many of these emigrants never enjoyed any political privileges themselves —that they HAVE NO K\< >W LEDGE (>F THEM, \M> LEAST or ALL, 11 AVETIIEY ANY KNOWLEDGEOFOFR PEOPLE. OUR GOVERNMENT, OR 01 R INSTITUTIONS. The acquirement of this knowledge is not the work of a day. They have no sympathy in common with us; they have no qualifications to RENDER THEM i FIT RECIPIENTS OF THESE HIGH PO , LITICAE PRIM LEGES." We have Mr. Woodward's authority for ' saying that he still holds to the opinions ex pressed in the above extracts. He wrote a ; letter last full, dated Sept. G, 1851, upon the ' | subject of this speech, in which he defends I his proposition made to the Reform Conven tion in 1867, by arguing as follows: " Who would complain of my proposition ? ; Certainly no foreigner then in the country — none on his way to this country —none who should choose to come before the 4th of July, 1841—for none of these were to be excluded from anything—either a residence or poll - eal privileges amongst us. Nor could thosi ! who should choose to come after the 4th of : July, 1841, complain, for they would have had nearly four year's notice that they were not to share in our political privileges." AN HONEST CONFESSION. —The Bedford Ga zette, a locofoco paper, refers to the condition of things on the Public Works, as follows: ■ " Incompetency and mismanagement in ' the Canal Board has filled the State- with > trouble—outside influences have been the i power behind the throne—and discontent I I prevails in every county in the State—so much so, indeed, that it is evident the people are determined to abolish the Board if re formation does not soon take placo." f . Tunerverein. —Our city is to be the arena of a gymnastic contest next October, in which t will enter for competition Germans from al . : most every part of the Union. There have I already been entered for this contest—from New York 200, from Philadelphia 660, from Newark 7, from Lancaster 11, from Washing > ton 60, which a--- I,ut a part of those expected 1 1 to enter the lists for the laurels of the athlete. It is expected, when all assemble, they will number 1000. These associations are known 1 under .. ognoineu of '* The Turners," and f will be simiui-i> dressed in caps, jackets and j white pants. — Baltimore CHpp< r. A tremendous Whig Meeting was held in i j Philadelphia on Wednesday evening, and ; another in the City of Washington. The Farm Journal for September contains j its usual interesting supply of matter suit . able to the season. The Democrat and Ilollidaysburg Standard have been engaged for some weeks in poking ' fun at each other. The senior editor of the Democrat, with his familv, is off on a visit of business and ! pleasure to Niagara, Erie, &c. A pleasant time attend them. Gen. Cass commenced a political speech at i Baltimore on Tuesday evening by saying that if any one present expected him to abuse Gen. Scott or the Whig party, he was much mistaken. A disturbance was created at the camp ground 011 Tuesdav which ended in a tight. I Some of the actors engaged in this disrepu- j table affray have been arrested and bound over. The proceedings of the Whig Stat*; Con vention in Massachusetts v.ill probably re move the fog which has clouded the eyes of j iocofoco editors for some time. Strong reso- j lutious in favor of Scott and Graham were j a lopted with great unanimity. NONSENSE.— —The Whig CONFEREES from Crawford and Erie counties have been unable i to agree upon a Congressional nomination thus far. The democratic conferees of Nor- j thumC'rland and S huylkill ;:r" in the -:uiie predicament, each county insisting upon • having the candidate. Our neighbor indignantly says it'.- " a lie that the chief of the Galphins has turned lot cofoco. That's a short argument, but nevei theless we still believe the report is correct ; and if so, he ought by all means to emigrate to Pennsylvania, where by and by he might become a suitable locofoco candidate fur Ca nal Commissioner. PRICE or IRON. —Two years since the price of railroad iron in V. al--s was 522.N0, or 24 15s. per ton. the duty on which was about ■So ; a year ago it had risen to £-> 35.. being an addition of 52.4" : now it is £6 25.. bring ! a further addition of $4.80. At this rate we shall soon pay dearly for destroying our fur* j naces. From the Lancaster Independent Whig and Tribune. The Canal Commissioners and the Public. The Board of Canal Commissioners are ev idently trying to see how far they can safely ! defy public convenience and public justiee. On the* 21st of August, they passed a re- 'u- i tion that " until the Pennsylvania Railroad i Company agre<; tt> permit their eastern and western passengers to be carried to and from Columbia, the rate of fare on each passenger carried over the Philadelphia and Columbia Haiiroad in tin- t\%*> mail and passenger trains, shall be three cents y xcept those conveyed by the JYe .si j Cheater Railroad Cow]•"n recently re sided there, but now lives in Urbana, had suddenly deceased, and his remains would be brought down bv the cars, for in terment at Day ton. Mr. \V. having a large circle of friends at that place, the sad news rapidly spread through the town, when it was resolved by them to meet the body at the cars, and convey it to sepulture. It so ! happened that Mr. W. on that vcrv day took the cars for Cincinnati, and on his arrival at 1 Dayton found about sixty or seventy mourn- I ers, male and female, ready to bury him. As he stepped on the platform, their grief was suddenly changed to joy, on beholding the - - ad returned to life : ttud his surprise, after an explanation of the cause that had brought them together, into an agreeable feeling to ward tho-e whom he now knew esteemed him so well.— Ohio Paper. Guardian's .Sale, I N pursuance of an alias order issued by the Orphans' Court of Mifflin county, will be exposed to pale, by public vendue oi out cry, on the premises, on SATURDAY. October 16. 1852, at 2 o'clock. P. M., the following Real Estate, to wit: All tlu interest of McClelland P. and George M. Wakefield, minor children of George Wakefield, deceased, being the one un divided half, in a certain messuage, tenement and tract of land, situate on tire Pennsylvania Canal, about midway between Lewistownand MeVevtown, partly in Granville and partly in Oliver township. Mifflin county, adjoining lands of hrirs of Philip P<-ff>-r, Isaac A tilts, C -org" Strode and Juniata river, containing 59 Acres and 4 Perches, more or less, with the usual allowance, with a large STo N E I> WEI.LI N't 1 I^lJ • ■ A lid SE. STOKE HOUSE. MER IfiQlliK CHANT AND GRIST MILL, Piaster Mill. Saw Mill, audoth-r improvements thereon erected. About ten a,-re- of this property i- covered with timber, the reniaiii'i'-r in a good state of cultivation, well water,-d. There is also a young bearing t trehard of choice fruit, A --. Terms of Sale. —One-third of the pur.-ha ■ aouey to be paid on confirmation of sale; tic- residue in two equal annual payment* thereafter, with interest. &o. JOSEPH STRODE. Jr.. Guardian of McClelland P. and Geo. M. Wakefield. The remaining half of said property will be offered at public -.ale at the same tun* and place by A. Wakefield. September 3, 1852-td. (n) IATITE OF MILLIIH WILLS, BEUISiiL Late of Union township. "V*"OTICE is hereby given that Letters Testa- N mentary upon the estate of WILLIAM WILLS, late of Union township, Mifflin county, de<-eased, Wave been granted lo the subscriber, residing in said county. AH persons indebted to the said estate, are hereby required to make immediate payment, and ail those having claims against the same, are reque.-ted to present them, duly authenticated, for settlement. sept3—Gt.] S. B. WILLS. WALL PAPER. Rcditcliun in Price*. POl NTRV MERCHANTS and others will tiad . S3 North 'I hird street, lw.. (1..0rs above Arch street, sey.3—3m.J I JiL.iOF.LPHU HOWELL & BROTHERS, Hanufaeturers of Paper Hanging*. Ao 14 .' Chi stn at strei t, Philadelphia. I A NK the atlentioti ,f consumers and she Trade In their -' exteiiFive st.n k of PAPER H.S.YGI.VGS, of .heir | t en ti.anura. line and tuipurlatinii embracing every variety of goods in their line, liich they will sell at 1..w 1 Their manufactory being the most extensive in ihe cojiilry, they are enabled lo offer unequalled indu.e --j ittente to purchasers. [*ept3 3aio PLATFORM SCALES. 'P'lt'-L superior Scales were invented by Thomas JT;, * - " about 25 year.-ago; tl,e;. have been in eon-tant | use, ..iid now after various improvement* are nff. ied by I the subs -rib. rs. and warranted correct and unsurpassed i for at curacy ami durability ; after a fair trial, if not up prOL <2, the) cm In returned. Scales f.r Roil Read.-, Can .V. H p. Cattle, Co j Stores, ai.d fur weighing all kinds of M.-rclt-tulise, manufactured at the old established stand, Ninth street, near Goats atr*>-i, I'liiladelphin ABBOTT A Co. Successors to Klficntl & Abb tt Ac.r.aTs Truman A sli.w, 333 Market at., PfciU ; Frank Pott, PoUsville. [sept3—3uio. The Late Disastrous Fire RIVES fresh evidence of thp reliance fo be placed "i U " OUTER EEJUYS' FIRE PROOF SAFES; A | ,'i South Second street, Philadelphia 'We take |,li-asiire in slating that we had one ;i" j 'Oliver Evaiii' i'.re Proof i-afes lit our sit.re, during .' * ;. r.a! frt at l/ail'r w lib b, w hen taken from fie ruins and opened was fund to have preserved our books, papers, Ac , entirely uninjured Gem A Burk ' a> * My store was entered bt Burglars, and failing to I pick the lock of my iron Safe, they tried to blow it open with powder, but no loss or injury was sustained it : was purchased of Oliver Evans, bl S. Second street, i Pr.iladelphta J. ft rouiks, B..rd*nlovvn, N.J' Fur sale, of all sizes, OLIVER EVANS, Cl S. Second street, below Chestnut ?> Sole Agent for th* l*ay & Newett's World's Fair Premium Hank, Vault and Store Locks—thief and pcc, i der prooft Also, in store —Seal and l.etter Copying Prssse.*, | Tea.*#, for moving bores, bales or crates, ; Presses, with cylinders and pane Portable Shoirer j Bathe, of superior construction Water Fibers, for | purifying bad water Refrigerators and Re Chest/ il'ittr Coalers of all kinds, for Hotels, Stores, foe. [(33 m WALTER & CO., Flour and General Produce COMMISSION MERCHANTS, i Dealers in Plaster, Salt, Fish, Coffee. Sugar, and Groceries generally. WAREHOOkE OX THE RAILROAD TRACK N'o 28 South Howard street, Baltimore. LIBERAL ADVANCEMENTS ma.le on con signmtxits-quick sales at best inaiket pu ces—and prompt returns. Solicit consignment, REFER TO James Swan, Esq., Pres't Merchant's Bank, Dr. J. H McCuiloch, do. B'k of Baltimore, T. Meredith, Esq., do. Com. & Far B'k, H. Stuart &. Son, merchants, T. W. & G. Hopkins, do. Heiser & White, do. ! Slingluff & Ensey, de. 3 Reynolds it Smith, do. Slingluff, Devries