Hhoic No. 2417, TERMS OF STTBSCRITTI O\K DOLL AR PER AX Al.ll, IN ADVAKCF.. For -i\ months, To cents. "|fc? • \!l N HW subscriptions must he paid in ■nice. If the paper is continued, ami m t within the first month, >1,25 will he charg ■B if not paid in tliree months, $1,51); ii not pafd ii. -ix months, $1,75; and if not paid in fiilhe months. $2,(Kb RfAh pipers addressed to persons out of the fiSlßnty will he discontinued at the expiration of the tune paid for, uiilt*--special ivqiit -t i made eonlrary or paveient guaranteed by some i|en line- of minion, or the ir equivalent, con ite u square. Three insertions §l, and 25 I- for each -übs< qnent insertion. ic West Branch Insurance Co. OF Lo< K H 14EXj PA., BURGS Detached Buildings, Stores. Mer fiaintisi*. Farm Property, and other Puild aml tlii-ir content-, at moderate rates. i. John J. Pe.uee, lion. G. C. Harvey, rle- \ Maver, D. K. Jtiekmau, lion, G lIAKXF.Y, Pres. mel 11, l.loyd, Tfio-. Bowman, 1). I). H- M , Dr. I. S. Crawford, 10 - t 3*-X-;ent for Midi in county, t.. V. . STF.VV fnmily from I.ian ;tui ll.. iiiusp Kiir. m contixkntal ■ INSURANCE COMPANY. fffire X 0.61 Wulnut S?. aljnt < Serontl, lliila. m ■ I ■ 'IXITY I. BY FII;R. BIT; ;:i i ire Insnraiicc (ompa- Im of Philadelphia. •' 1* CI.••-triut strut*, near Fift!.. I atcincnt of 1--< i.-. '-1.527.1v7 tji January 1 -1, 1 -.77. i ' i agree -In to an act of Assembly, be- I M .:.ip'v - urf'l, s 1.51 r? .9.i*2 T.'i B* iv, present value, ]'},) ■--,A0., 64J21 5G | t. i - -27,1 -'(J ■ I K ■a!' - i ..- iit <; ;n-i-U:nt w itli njrjtv. ■ > tkbt years, they ! ive paid overTtnree Millions , 1> i ii-' | <-<, > : . then y afloniing tv ■ ' tin u-- > "t Iri- ur.iiici-, a- v<• 11 ft ILo-ses by Fire. '• ■ ['ai . . . ing ti.e vcar 1 ~G, vlOl.GuB -4 mi. i run - VlJ.vkiT, ! Boiiij- \">' _r■ er. | David S. Rrown, ■mut-l Oront, J Isaac Lea, ■ (I S'.nt!), ! Edward C. Dale, Im. w Hi.-hards, J Gooree Falc*. I CHARLES N. BANCKER, President. I Cm- <; Uvvlkeu. tko y. I inty, 11. J. W \L i'KILS, I'. - q , Lew istnwn. mar]') EATS, CAPS & STRAW GOODS For the People. \M Tiii: RR,<H'LF.'S I HIM)I;I;.N. ii II ii) J si J I J. ,• if AS I W,.i n ci -trpll, I .(■ w istown. opposite the [J J I'o-t Office. t i- just returned from the city pith a larj'e iil li * uegai.t sleek <>l I u-hi uiahfe hi ATS, CA I'S, STRAW COOPS, Ire., suitable for spring and summer wear, | phi. h. notwithstanding lies advance of almost p' rylliing else, he v ;!i dispose ol at low pii f 111- -tore ha- te<-n litod up with large fr t-'s. with gla-s frotit-. so that the stork ( i fce cvamined at a glance. I Me will manufacture to order any descrip tion of hats, (having the hest of workmen in his fcntploy and m abundant supply u' material.) . phouM In- e\t.-nive -! .rk fail to furnish . -uit fchle article. Parents ,rr e-peciallv invited to i F >ll ami examine In- varietv of Children's llat p"<i t'ap-, comprising a first rate stock, from tfhieh they rati make choice to please thern elves.. I 'P- Ornish friends will find thev are not for khtieri, and they may rest assured of finding an . fcrtiele tia their taste, or can have one made, at phort notice. I I harikful for the patronage heretofore so lib- ; r r a 11y extended to him, he solicits his friends to ; F'll—those indebted to square up and begin ! an' v and any number of visitors frorn this or 1 (trie neighboring counties, to take a look at him j fduy fir evening. I "T' u '> " J. Rf DfSIIJ,. [l ' O to Hoffman's for Tubs | f, '> ' M iff't ;irt*-f : r f'htjrr s ' t • Hi'tTtwtti'x for Buckets ( If'.ff,, .i/§ for Brooms Go to Hoffman's for Baskets dec 11 iKßSSjtfa© ASJiffi ws ®a<sa£<&ia smrnisreiHß, mmmsssmrss 9 rnsmm <ttmxws 3 3>a. a C- £ "n T<J tin' Citizens of Lncistotcn and Vicinity. rpiIANKFUL for past favors of a generous J_ public, we respectfully solicit a continuance of the same. We have just returned from the East with a large assortment of C'o nucals, Dyest tiffs, Oils, Paints. Varnishes, Brushes, l'trj'uutcry, fancy Goods, Pat ent Medicines, Sony it: a! lustra incuts, Trass' s, Shoulder Braces, <be. Also, Wines, Brandies and Liquors of all kinds for medicinal purposes. lo the ladies we would say that our assort ment ol Pet turnery, /lair Brushes, Dressing Coinhs, Cosmttics, Toiltl Soap, and a fine, articlv of Buy Hum —is unexcelled in Lewistown. For the gentlemen we have Porte Monnaies, of a variety ol patterns. Pocket Voices, Shaving Brush. Shaving Soaps, tYc ,in great variety. We have also a -uperh lot of imported S'gars. 1" or the sick and utllicti-d we have a.'■'balmfor every wound." Country Merchants can he supplied with affv articles in our line at city prides. All goods warranted to be as represi nted. Prescriptions carefully compounded. I'hy -iciai!-' orders prompt I v filled at the usual discount. J. J) {STONEROAD, may 23 Bur Hive Drug Store. TO BUILDERS AMD (IBTISTBU. Xji xt 3VE ii zn :o_; Wm. B. Hoffman & Co. \ T their Lumber's ard on East Third street, \ Lewi-town, near the Presbyterian Church, have receivi d, and are now receiving, in addi tion to their large stock of weil-seasoned Lem hi- r— -20.1)1)0 ft panel Boards & Plank, from Li 2in . Iti.OlKt ti tirst common Boards Ad,(loft ti second common Boards 2(t,(M)O ft I inch Boards 15 OUU it Sidings 2,000 li-rht* oi Sash, various -izes, • D.OIH) Plasteri g l.alh, all sizes. Plain Siding and ready wniked Flooring, Ilemloek Joists Scantling, 3x4, Ixs. 4\fi, dxtl Lap ami .1 int Shingles and Shingle Lath al w ~s • on hand. . Lf=Door, Shutters, Blinds, and Sa-h made to order. All order- thankfully received and pramptlv attended to. may2l -W / W =*"l C* = .. my ztm Srs X,* -5 tm hU S w, Sjt J, i ~ , IMIE public are her. by respectfully informed J[ that we have leased the above well known K tndry, situate on M .in street, in the bor-mgh of Lewistown, a few doors south of the stone bridge, w here we will keep constantly on hand n full assortment of all kind- of ST'IVES, ~~ J *j viz : Hathawav Cooking Stoves, difien nt c_3^-si Z c- w Egg Stoves, .Nine Plate Stovr, Am avid ul-<> Ir. n Frnrr. Hollow Ware, XVat, r -vc.. and will make to order all kinds of CAST- I N <S. All orders -: ttou- w til be filled w uii care and de-patch, ami on as reasonable term as at any other establishment in the State. We L< ,IP, turn;,is, you will call ami . xjtnine our - ck br; t,• buy it- ; any w ~ei. el- . X.u wMI undoubtedly save n. ney bv doing so. "DAMEL ill". \ IILEV A SONS. Lew istown, .March 2t>. !■-.">7 -v .Selling Off' at Cost! t ? times arc hard arid money scarce the sub \ -erP'crs wi-h t> reduce their stuck, and will sell their present assortment of eastern wo.k, con-is;tit!g of HOOTS AND SHOES, I.cut , I.adirs. itojs and Youth's <.niters, Children's Mtoes, \c. AT COST, for en-h only. All kinds of goods in their line made to order of the be-t material and warran ■ tiso, a large assortment ot Home-made now on hand, which will Sic -old at the Jo'.ve-t prices. The attention of the public is invited tu the ato-ve, a- llie eastern wuk will be ottered at such prices -to defy comjietition. All person- indebted to us will please call and iiiitke payment immediately, or the next nut to many will be si t through the hands of the constable, je 16 JOHNSON &■ CLARKE. Pennsylvania Railroad. iAN end alter Monday, June £2t?d, ]&.a7, V / !* utis leave Lewi-town Station as follow-: Eastward. ft'dvard. Express, r Ha. n. 540a. m. I' i-t Line, 10 47 p. m. 7 "JO p. m. Mail, 404 •' GO4 " 'i l.r nigh Freight, it 00 " 1 50 a. m. L.nigrarit, 5 00 " td."> " Express Freight, 5 <H) " 10 15 " Local " 7 35 " 13 40 " Fare to Harrishure, 50 ; to Philadelphia, I I 20; to Altooria, 1 75 ; to Pittsburgh, 4 70 £L.t"The. Ticket Otfice will be open 20 min utes before the arrival of each Passenger Train. D. E. ROBESON, Agent. - . V I * I* ' * g_^i _\ > r-- n-.f J ItUHIAL CASES, tIK-TH.IIT A\l IMH>TKI < TIISI.F, For protecting and preserving the Dead for or- j din iry inti nm nt, fur vaults, for transport ation.or fii any other de-irahlc purpose, for -ale at the new Furniture rooms, under : the Odd Fellows' Hall, by ANTHONY FELIX. New Arrangements. \i ! LR returning otir sincere thanks to our numerous Iriend- and customers for their continued patronage, I would inform them that I am still to be found at r ; vn ,-i With a di sire to bring my bu-iness nearly to CASH, after the first of April our credit terms will be Thirty Days and accounts not to exceed Filly Dollars. We hope sliil to conduct otir business so thai we shall enjoy the good w ill of our numerous customers, and that the num ber may be greatlv increased, mar 12 ' F. J. HOFFMAN. / / ROCERIES.— "T Hii) rlieevc at H'lflfirinn-V , B iy Sugar at HufTin in's Bnv Mulassea at iloffiuari'g Buy Tear,, 4cc .at Hoffman's | mi Par the I. •vvisiovrn 11 estate, BK SILENT, MY MUSE. nV IVEV. I. J. STINE. Be si 1 1* ii t, my inns' .' I licy will It ■ c'l not 11. v ws - Tlie gitldy, the gav, nor th<- wise, it may be; Then why -till in sadness thy m -asures prolong? 1 h* world will treat tiiee as it has treated in- 1 . Then, be thy voice units, ci i tie." ad harp unsiruna. And no luof alive to the minstrel's request; Bui, c\ press-vvreatiifd. Up on the willow b An ohlect of pity, unpftied, unbtest. T "ll blest by the word, yet one tear on that harp Shall glisten forever, that others may see That lie who shed it, although envy in.iv carp. Was ever devoted and faithful to thee. To slumbers of pe soon I'll lav tic ,'., v ;i \ V j, ~. The hopes of my heart liave „> id . be.-n laid: 1 The stinys of itepro.u h will ar tme not there, Nor sorrow coin. nor vv,vy upra! I. ! Tie- dews will fall softly all over my breast. The sun and the rain wlit lie 11-hi on my b-d; The cold drops will chill not, but add to my red. By softi nine the clods which shall pillow my head. Find!.i.v, (., June, IS./7. A Snake Removed from n Vlouiau's Sfuiu acb, The Lognnsport find.) Pliuus .sf.tos that Dr. Myers nt tbtvt city, vvlio bus iic<|iiircd | sonic celebrity as the inrcntor of a trap for the r> nioval id taje wmnts, has perl >rmed a cure that is worthy of more than ordinary mention. I Mrs. L. Jlyan, of For* Wayne, about 2'2 years of age. has been seven ly afiiicted for I i 'tir years with sensation in tiic st< much. a£ thnugli there was -.. me r. utile m ino i„ it. During that time sip- wis treated for va rious diseases by numerous phv.-ieians if skill, am.' by several IV.r tape w,irin. i Hearing of Dr. Mycr-' n< vv t.r ,ce-- f.r tin removal f parasite fn n the human bud v, Mrs. Ji. went to 'c-gan-; rt \ti i i iae. d her -■ If under ins c.i;u;v. Witbin two weeks, Dr. M. r< moved it m her s .nvud. a snake about IV. t long, and H ine! • - indiametei; at. i relieved her of a!! her sufferings, instead >f aggravating it as bad been the result of previous treatment-he received. The latter part of her ilhn -s -lie was ut. iT.-I • :■> att. nd to the dome, tic care of the family, • r even t>> take carc of herself. It required two hours to prepare for retiring at night, an equal length . f tint ■ transpired Let" re -.he ci.ul 1 lie "■ wt) —lil. ! often v. bq i'v.-d i f sb'ej I r rngiit- Ig- tlier. Ir< ntly >■ vv alb walk the ih) t until exhausted, h. eau- tin t -1 : to lay d< v u with nit the J; . .t ex ruciat .ug j>ain. Mrs. Ryan's ,vn vv rd- are that "1. r MiiiVriugs an .- a-h ti .• si ■ i. pray-d ; tor death ton !i- vo ti, in." Mrs. R. uppos ..J > wallowed the snake, which vv is up pa r. iitly of tiie water sjucii s, while drinking [ from a -priug in the evening at her former residence west of l-'ort W ivii". Slie left the care of Dr. M. for h ono, feel ing as tli .ugh site vva- saved from w rsetl.an dcatii. Shocking Double Suicide in Erie County, We letirn from the \\ aterford, Erioc ountv, (Ph.) Museum, that two Herman*, bearing the iiann-3 of Ferdinand and Mi.ua idiuitz, residing about six miles from Waterford. un-i ale tit eight or nine fi an Jlrie, above Caj.t. Strong's, were found July 10th, d a 1, hang ing to a tree twenty r ds back f their da 1- Jing. Tie: parties v. i.. .■ ; r.-j, about 40 and Mil; came from the Old World six years ago, sin .-e which they have lived in thi> section, la<t Spring having bought 25 acres at the point above mentioned and mov ing thereon. The women is reputed the s' C ond wife of the man, be hav'ng a boy by a previous marriage, who is n ,w n ft in hi- LJth year. 1 he Museum Stab's that the parties were of •parrel. iue and violent dispositions, and fought with etich other at. i tin. if neighbors until the man was aire-' d on a charge of threatening a neighbor's life, lie found bail anil was released. Several other cases were pending against him, growing out < i alleged slanders, horsetrades, <fco„ and (as he sta'ed several times) his neighuoio I. id iiuiuci d huii to believe he could not escape the pt uitentia rv. This idea had made hint d sperate, an 1 joined vvith a depraved e-tiiuate of life, led to the horrible event we have to t cord. His little boy testilied that lor three or four days his parents had not worked, laying about the house, half sick and despairing, his mother, he said, "adting crazy" on Thursday. The parties were found hanging to a trie, and au inquest held, which resulted in a verdict that the parties voluntarily hung themselves. Yew ami Destructive Uiilt Rail. Everybody has read of Jules Herard, the lion killer, and his wonderful encounters in the jungles of Africa. When Gerard came back to Paris the last time front his favorite amusement in Africa, he suggested to Devis ! me, the well known gunmakcr of the lioule- j vard des Italieus, the idea of inventing a ball that would explode when it arrived in the animal - body. The new projectile is about the size of the Minie ball; its penetrating j force is equal to the common ball. Arrived in the animal's body it explodes like a bomb, and, of course, causes the sudden of the animal. ]| shut into the lungs of an ele phant, lor example, the ball in exploding dis- j THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1857. engages carbonic acid gas, and the anipial, which from its size might otherwise survive ■ ira short time, will suddenly fall asphyxia ted. A few days ago a party of gentlemen 1 accompanied M. Devisnie to a horse slangli j ter house in the environs of the city. There , the new projectile was tried on five horses who were standing tied to a fence waiting to ibe shot. 1 hey were each shot in the lungs, the ball exploded, and the animal MI dead. I'he experiment was completely satisfactory, feince then, M. Devisme, to demonstrate tin practicability of his new projectile as a sub -'itute for tho harpoon in the destruction ol w ha! s, has gone to Havre, nut with the hope that a vvhaf' vv.-uld pn sent its.-!i' ii be killed, but 11 1 try tiie exp iMiient on an artificial • whale that would respond in its resistance to a r ai one. 'i he experiment was entirely successful, and tLuse vvlio witnessed it assert positively that the substitute fur the harpoon is f un !. ■'■■a A punster thus speaks of the differ , en re of character between the JJ's, the C's, the E's, the I's, the I/s, the O's, the l"s, the and the V Ii it'll are the most industrious letters? The Bees. XV hieh are tlie most fond of comfort? The Ease. Which are the mo.-t egoiistieu] letters' The I's. XX hieh are the longest letters' 1 The Ells. XX hieh are the most noisy letters? The Oh.--. XX hicli are the leguminous letters? The Reus. XX hieh are the ere.itf .--i bores? The Tease. XX iiieli are the most sr itsible letters? The XX ise. it —'l iic model lady j tils Im r children out to nurse and tends l„p --u igs: lies m lit 11 lid noon; wears paper solid >: nt.-; pinches lu-r waist; gives the piano to.-; forgets !<> pay her mtlliticr; cuts le. r poor i'f I iliotis; goes to ehurch when siie lias a new honnet; turns tiie cold shoul der to heroin-band, and tltrts with his "lnciid;" never saw a thimble; don't know a darning needle from a crow bar; wonders where puddings grow; i its h un and eggs in pi it ate, and (lines on a j genu's leg m public; niii.- mad at the 1 i-i new lkshtoii; dotes on Byron: and adores any man who grin- behind i moustache: and when as ked the age ot her youngest child, replies: "don I know indeed—ask Betty!" Si( liBOKN CHILDKKN. — lie sure lo give no commands of which you can not enforce obedience. The powers of resistance pus s< ssed by some little children are truly ex traordinarj; be careliil not to amuse them. A spuit ot antagonism is most dangerous, and once awakened, may never again he come dormant through lile: once let a child conquer you, and it will never forget the lesson. Let your commands, then, he few; ami insist on obedience to thelD . lif A singular sort of a man, not 10 miles Irom here, sent for a magistrate to write his will. After a number of be quests, lie went on—"1 em, 1 gr.e and be qu jilt to inv helovetl brother, Ztick, otie ill* Is. 11. J 11 011 ar s. •*A\ iiy \ on are not worth half that sum in lite world, interrupted the magistrate. ••Well, no matter if I ain't,'" replied the other, "it's my will that brother Z.irk should have that sum. an! lie mav work am! get i: if he h is a mind to." Liif "Hones, why is the geltin out of tied on the Itisi ub August iike one ob Moore's melodies.'" "Does vou gub it up, my 'specled friend?'" "In course 1 decs Why?" "111-cause it'sf de las rose ob summer."' "hook here, nigger, if you preambuLte any more such nonsenst a!>o.i tliis rhild, he'll cave your head in. I've had enough nit da I highforlutin talk, I is." rs* A young lady at a ball was asked by a lover of serious poetry who.her she had seen "(Jr.ibbe's Talcs?" "W by, no." site answered -I didn't know that crabs had tails."' "1 beg your pardon .Miss," said he; "I mean have you /-<<</ Crabhc's Tales?" "And I assure you, ISir, 1 did not know that red crabs, or any other, had tails " is? O! whistle, daughter, whistle, and vou shall iiave a cow; 1 never whistled in my life, and 1 cannot whistle now. O! whistle, daughter, whistle, and vou shall have a man; 1 never whistled in my life, but I'll whistle it 1 can. IW'A new remedy for cancer, credited to the Virginia .Medical Journal, is going the professional rounds—which is made of three parts of sulphate of lime lo one of chloride of antimony. It may prove of great value. A TACT. —An exchange thinks that it is woman her ell, and not woman's wrongs that ought to be re-dressed. •ifW hy .i c the country girls' cheeks like well-printed cotton? Because they are warranted to wash and keep the color. THE gAZBIIB. EsgyXY'e have no room, nor do we know that "the game is worth the candle," to answer such side door cavilers as tho editor of the Sclinsgrove. Democrat, W ho, so far as ourrec ollcction of hiiri goes Lack into the good old days of whigi.-m, vyas invariably fouiul am ong tho growlers at every election, but the following extract from Mr. XX'iiniot's sweep tauce, togctlier with the endorsement of John V. Kunkel and other prominent Americans, ought to salisty all opponents of Paelcw Co. that Mr. XV. is certainly preferable in every point of view to one who has denoun ced Americans as everything base, mean, and contemptible. It however like spaniels, they are content to lick the hand t. at smites them, icc certainly have no objection, it being a small matter to us, in these days of political corruption, prostitution and debauchery, who is Governor of Pennsylvania, or who holds j any other office. As a whig, for such we still are, partly coinciding with both Ameri cans and Republicans, but not with the ex tremes of cither, our aim is and has been to concentrate the opposition strength against the patent democracy, and by so doing to de feat them. That accomplished, it will be time enough to commence splitting hairs and filing down mosquito bills. Mr. XX ilniot, in his letter of acceptance, says: "The position taken by the Convention, in it- r> "oi re torn, hi tig the du tie- an J obligations imposed upon those who seek adoption into our gn at American family of frc men, must meet the approval of every patriotic citiz n. XV e have u right to expect and require a per fect and undivided allegiance, from ail who are invo.-ted with the high prerogatives of citizen-hip. A- the adopted citizen receives in full measure all the rights and immunities oi the native born, so ought he to render the like single and unreserve 1 devotion t . the country of hi- adoption. He should acknow ledge no earthly power superior to the C<>n -trillion and the sovereignty of the Ameri can people. There is no danger that we shall err in our zealous devotions to our country, and in the cultivation of an intense American Nationality." To those editors who desire to be satisfied, this avowal will be sufficient; to those who do not, nothing Mr. XX'ilniot could say would answer, a- any political mole can sec that three fourths of them arc up "for sale, freb-ht or charter." Nothing could well be more ridienl HIS than to make an objection to Mr. XX Burnt on ac count of his ppo.-ition to a high tariff twelve or fourteen years ago. If some pretended Am .-lean- were tested by the same rule of what they were at that time, what would the record say? Packer as (anal (omniissioner. We cut the i-Howing, says the tlcnesdale j Deumerat, from the Philadelphia Pennsylva iiiari:— "The contrast between those two candidates is striking: W burnt has always boon an ul traist and and lias no experi ence in the necessities or dot dopment of our State, while (letieral Packer iuss for tnanv ! years been identified icit/i for ad ininicti itian, and scrr.'d in various positions <■/ rcsponsibil- j dy and (fits', winch ffii't' imn hen'i y rsonal 1 kntuclcdtjc >a do trait's and rcs> OT I ; <a' fh. i aninunweal to than ataj otio'r nan en. >ys." \\ edo not propose, further remarks tlie i Bene crat, to comment ourselves upon the "various positions ot responsibility and trust" which he lias occupied but we do propose to ! subjoin an exp isition t-f the manner in which he has tilled one <>{ thn-e positions, that of! Canal Commissioner. Gen. Packer was Ca-1 nal Commissioner, by appointment under - David K. Porter, from 1*39 to L* 12. A committee of investigation was appoint- i e l in 1541, to inquire into the expenditures I upon the canals and railroads of the State, i It reported upon the ICtii of April in that year. Iti that portion of their report which j relates to the western division of the Main Line, in speaking of a reservoir which is cal j led the Western, near Johnstown, it says:—j "Those facts, in connection with the proof that MeCouib Bingham's and OT'riel &. j Co's. bid, at rates nearly corresponding for j the Pastern r servoir, ev.ablish nn t e nclu- * sively in our minds the opinion that the Wes ; tern re- r\ ir was allotted to Moon hcal jc PACKLL at prices so far beyond the real ! value of the work that the transaction can j neither be explained or excused. "The cireuuistance ot 11. 11. Packer, me of the contractors for this job, being a brother of one ot the Canal Commissioners, should not deprive him of an equal chance with any other citizen in the Commonwealth f r public j work, tor which lie might he the low< st and best bidder, but, certainly, this circumstance j should give him no prcfcrctn '. The commit mittee will not say that, because Mr. Packer is a brother of the Canal Commissioner, he was therefore favored in allotment of a job. j They will, however, assert the belief that the j contract is one, the granting of which they cannot reconcile with propriety or justice to j the people of the Commonwealth. Besides the allowance ot must extravagant prices for the job, the circuinstaiu. s attending its allot ment we think deserving of censure, and go so far to show it was previously determined upon, not to out the public work to the j 1 iwcst good bidder, but, by arrangement, to throw certain jobs into the hands of certain j persons, a d at the same time, to satisfy all : prominent competitors for the job." (Vide 2 vol. J. 11. R. IS-41, page 575.) The committee state it ~s their opinion that j the State lu-d, by the Jivoriti-ui oi" the Canal , New Series—Vol, 11, No, 37. ! _ , Eominissioncrs, $109,200, in the canal and railroad contracts in 1840—that is, that tht-y awarded the contracts at prices so far above what reliable contractors offered to do them ■ or, that the sum over and above what was a proper expenditure, was paid. (Vide same, page 588.) Does this favoritism to bis brother, this squandering in a single year of §109,200, of the public money, evince fitness for "posi tions of responsibility and trust?" If thev do then lien. Packer ouglr to be elected, oth erwise be ought not. Xo such shameless family partiality, or such reckless profligacy and waste of tlie public money, stains or mars the record of David Wilmot. llis pri { vate and public character arc alike umini peached and unimpeachable. Th<' Fourth m Foul/t Carolina. —The "Flea bite 0 mpany," a military corns in !Bt. Mat thews Parish, S. €'., celebrated the Fourth of •July |.y a parade, after which they bad an oration and a public dinner. At the latter the "F'enbiters" illustrated their love for the Union by applauding the following toast: — "The only Union that we want, is the Union , of the South to dissolve her connection with the North. Floody affair. —On the 9th inst., as two men, named Peace and Skuggs. were quar relling in Sumuiersville, Ivy., a Mr. iteau champ interfered to prevent mischief, when Peace threatened to kill him. Mr. 13. then lired a revolver at Peace without injury, when the latter, placing bis rifle at the breast of licauchauip, "literally tore bis heart out." The affair was witnessed by the deceased's wife and children. j AA< ic Fature. —The Troy (X. V.) ladies have introduced a new feature at their fairs, I which makes them draw like steain engines. All the most bewitching girls wear placards labeled "kiss s one shilling each;' and in some } cases where dealers possess extraordinary beauty, as high as twenty-five cents is obtain ed. One gentleman actually purchased sl4 Worth of this honey. What next? lFoys Doomed. —A Paris correspondent of the New York Courier says, "lank as the lle -1 camier of ISUO, the substitute for the full blown rose, the bcllr ol 1858 will come upon j us in appalling, unmitigated deformity, so nit crinolines .sain basque, sans bustle, sins wad, I sans wool, sans cane, sans steel, fans every tiling." fr-df" A la Iv, named M iry Ann Eldridge, had occasion to send a Mote to a gentleman, and put two r's in her first name iu the sig nature, thus —"Marry Ann Eldridge." The man was a bachelor, and consequently took tiie hint —married Ann Eldridge. A C harimny Country. — A large portion of to • swamps ut 1 lorida is said to be capable ot producing 500 bushels to the acre, with alligators enough fur fenting. An emigrant wandering there in search of neighbors, would s on meet a settler. I T Col. Sutter, in the race-way of whose mill the California gold was first discovered, has been reduced to poverty. lv the last arrival front (' dtforuia we learn liiat Hock Farm, iiis residence, has been sold under the sheriffs hammer. This is the last of the magnificent domain which was at one time his property, and the old man whose name is so closedv associated with the history of California, w hose un bounded hospitality has welcomed and cheered so many travelers to that country, ami by whose means so many have been enriched, is now left in his declining years without a home of his own. Ilis gener ous unsuspecting nature was not sufficient to cope with the shrewdness of lawyers and speculators when his lands become of value; and so they have a!! been wres ted from him. much by what hi the par lance of trade would be called "legitimate* trunsacti ns," much by "barefaced fraud." —lioff ato ('fiti. .\'h f rl' r .! /> ir Kit-- ■ i. —A bear weighing 100 1 bs. and measuring G ft. Gi inches in length, was killed in (.recti's vallev, Walk er township, on Thursday night, the Till it.-t.. by our young Irion Is Jus. Fulton and Jas. R. Unburst. This bear had been ranging the mountains in that vicinity, for a number of years, and hail committed nu merous depredations in that region, but had always escaped the pursuit of his ene mies, notwithstanding lie hud been wound ed several times. At the lime he was kill, d two old bul els were taken from un der the skin ot bis neck. One of the hind claws ot the be:ft was sent to the editor of this paper and is now preserved in the nui ttmn of Mr. A. (J. Tonner of tins bor ough.— HM/onte Of n ocrat. Taking Out an Ey<. to no nu It. —The Leipsie Journal ol Literature, Science and Art publishes an account of the wonderful discoveries ol l)r. (iraett'iii diseases of the eye, and the wonderful cures i:c performs, lie lias found the ball of the eye to be transparent, and by a curious instrument examines minutely the interior, taxes it oat, and perfoms any necessary surgical operation, and then replaces it without in jury to its appearance and vision.
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