Lewistown gazette. (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, September 10, 1857, Image 2

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    THE GAZETTE.
LEWISTOWN. PA.
Thursday, September 10, 1851.
American Republican Ticket.
FOR GOVERNOR!
DAVID WILMOT, of Bradford county.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER:
WILLIAM MILLWARD, of Philadelphia.
FOR SUPREME JUDGES:
JOSEPH J. LEWIS, of Chester county.
JAMES V EECII, ef Fayette county.
THE PEOPLE'S TICKET.
Assembly,
JOHN PURCELL, Esq., of N. Hamilton.
Sheriff,
WM. MORRISON, of Union township.
Register and Recorder,
GEORGE GUTHRIE, of Armagh.
Treasurer,
SAMUEL BARR, of Lewistown.
Commissioner,
WM. CItEIGHTON, of Deny.
Auditor,
JOHN y. ADAMS, of Decatur.
Director of Poor,
(Borough District.)
JOHN CUBBISON, of Lewistown.
♦S. Where parties are unknown tons, our rule for adver
tising Is to re.|iiiie payment in advance, or a guarantee
from known persons. It is therefore useless for all such
to semi us advertisements offering ttf pay at the end of
three '.r six mouths. Where advertisements are acconi
panted with the mom v, whether one, five or ten dollars,
we will give the advertiser the full lieneflt of cash rates.
WtiwiL''
The Citizens of Mifflin County are invi
ted to attend a public meeting, to he held
at Lewistown on FRIDAY AFTER
NOON, September 2">, l£r>7, when the
Hon. DAVID WILMOT will address
them ttr the various subjects pertaining to
National and t>tate affairs.
are requested to state that J.
W. BEAR, the Buckeye Blacksmith, will
address the public to-morrow (Friday) even
ing, Sept. 11, in the Town Hull, on the
gubernatorial question.
Notices of New Advertisements.
J. I!. .4 W. Mitchell, Jr.. offfer at private sale their valua
ble Turin in Dry Valley, also a house an<l lot owned by the
latter.
On the i2Hh Oct., a farm In Decatur township will be sold
at public sale, by Thomas Keed, Guardian of the minor
children of John Slgler, deceased.
The Executors of Ann Alexander, deceased, will dispose
of a farm and tract of mountain land by public sale, on the
21th of October.
Dealers and others tvlll notice the advertisement of Ho
ver's hair d>e and writing and indelible inks.
fresh Family Groceries, extra Flour. Ac. . an be purchas
ed at Irwin's Family Grocery, opposite Eisenbise's hotel.
Th :■ Sheriff's election proclamations also appear.
Alex. Kisenbise offers himself as an Independent candi
date for Sheriff
Dr. ll;triman publishes his appointments for October.
SWOOPE AND THE PRESS.
TI. Bucher Swoope, in a speech recently
delivered at Philadelphia, in trying to
shield himself and company from the
charge of having been bought up, said :
" While speaking of this charge of corrup
tion, I wish to relate a circumstance that has
a bearing on the case. While in the city of
New V erk, not long since, on business, I fell
in with a correspondent of the New York
Herald—the man who wrote a series of let
ters from the State of Pennsylvania last fall,
lie became rery confidential, and, among
other things, he informed me that ho bad in
his possession a list of certain expenditures,
which was drawn up in tlio handwriting of
Ex-Governor Ford of Ohio. Mr. Rennet, of
the Herald, you may recollect, charged Gov.
Ford with having misappropriated the funds
furnished to subsidize the press of Pennsyl
vania, and this list of expenditures was pre
pared by Mr. Ford, and given to the gentle
man in whose possession I found it, for the
purpose of satisfying Mr. Rennet that the
money had been properly expended. That
list, showing the papers that wero bought,
and the amounts that were paid them, I shall
hare the pleasure of laying before the people
of the State with the proofs of its genuine
ness. You will remember that last fall car
tain papers in Berks, Lebanon, Lohigh, Dau
phin, Mifflin, and other counties suddenly
changed from the support of Filluioro to Fre
mont or Fusion."
The Gazette, as its files will show, put
up the ltcpublican ticket imme<fcutely un
der the Fillmore in .June, one week after
( %l. Fr< >i<mt! wns nominated, and then and
subsequently to the day of election, con
tinued to advocate a Union State and Elec
toral 'lieket, consequently we made no
'•sudden change," but still if Gov. Ford
left any money here for /.<, we hope Kwoope
will let us know in whose hands it was
placed. There were two papers here then,
the Gazette and the Aurora. Our course
was as stated above, as any one can satisfy
himself by calling at the office and exam
ining the file. I here eould therefore have
been no reason for buying the Gazette ei
ther to Fremont or Fusion, for it was both
from the start; but as there is said to be
one person here who ascribes Swoope's
statement to apply to us, we hold him,
Swoope, or any other one who asserts that
we were offered or received any money or
other valuable consideration for advocating
either Fillmore, Fremont or Fusion, to be
both LIAR aild SCOUNDREL.
Let the list be published, and the par
ties made known, so that justice mav be
done to all; and we pledge ourselves, so far
as the Gazette is concerned, if it will ap
pear that Gov. Ford has set us down am
ong the number, we will spend something
to know what he has done with the money.
Democrat professes to have au
thority—(has it Dr. Bower's ?) —that Dr.
Bower will not vote for an appropriation to
the Sunbury and Brie Railroad, and denies
that any letter signed by democrats has
been sent to him relative to that question.
To test the latter, we propose that Mr. A.
A. Banks answer the following questions
in the next Democrat or Gazette:
Ist. Were not sundry fqueries relative to
an appropriation to the Sunbury and Erie
Railroad—to the tonnage tax, &c., backed by
a number of democrats, propounded verbally
or in writing to Dr. Bower, and if so, what
was Dr. Bower's answer ?
2d. Was not such a letter drawn up and
signed. If so, what has bcconia of it?
3d. Did not Dr. Bower refuse to pledge.
himself to any course of action iu the Legis
lature ?
Let's have the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth.
Amendments to the Constitution.
The Legislature having, at the last two
sessions, adopted sundry proposed amend
ments to the Constitution, the amendments
will be submitted to the people at the Oc
tober election for their approval. If they
receive a majority of the votes cast they
will thenceforth become a part of our or
ganic law.
The most of these amendments are in
the form of new sections, being mhlitiom
to the Constitution rather than alteration.<
of it. One only, the third, is an altera
tion, and that refers mainly to the division
of Philadelphia into representative and
senatorial districts. The Lancaster Exam
iner gives the substance of the provisions
which they embody, and the propriety of
the changes contemplated, in the following
article.
The first amendment is a new article,
providing a sinking fund for the extinction
of the State debt; prohibiting any increase
of the present debt or the borrowing of mon
ey for State purposes except upon tempora
ry loans, and then only to the extent of
8750,000; restraining the Legislature from
creating any permanent debt by or on be
half of the State ; and providing that the
State shall not loan its credit to any individ
ual or corporation, become a stockholder
in any corporation, or assume municipal
debts, or authorize any municipality to be
come a stockholder in any corporation or
loau its credit thereto. This we regard as a
very important constitutional provision.—
It not only prevents the State from getting
into debt, in future, but provides a sure
means for the extinction of the present
debt, puts an effectual check upon schemes
for loaning the credit of the State to Rail
road Companies, and stops the practice
hitherto so prevalent, of authorizing cities,
towns and counties to lend their credit to
railroad and other corporations. With
these salutary restraints upon the Legisla
ture the fu'urr will be safe from the dan
gers which the pa<t has bequeathed to the
present.
The second amendment is a new article
relating to new counties. It prohibits the
cutting off of more than one tenth of the
population of any county in the formation
of a new county, without the express eon
sent of the people, and also provides that
the counties hereafter to be erected shall
contain at least four thousand square miles.
We regard this as a very valuable addition
to the Constitution. The conditions it pre
sents will prevent the division of old and
the formation of new counties except in
such cases as will command the general ap
proval of the people interested.
The third amendment relates more par
ticular to Philadelphia, hut contains a gen
eral provision regulating the method of fu
ture apportionment of representatives in
the Legislature. Under the operation of
this provision, the city of Pittsburgh, (and
probably the city of Allegheny,) will, after
the year 1864, he erected into separate rep
resentative districts, and will elect repre
sentatives distinct from the county. The
city of Philadelphia will also be divided in
to single senatorial and representative dis
tricts, hut this division will take place
there immediately, it being made the duty
of the next Legislature, in ease the amend
ment is adopted, to divide the city into such
districts, the division thus made to stand
until the appointment of 1864. At the
October election of this year the entire city
of Philadelphia votes as one senatorial dis
trict, the old city electing four members of
the House and the old county thirteen.—
When divided into single districts there wiil
be less danger than there is now of one
party getting the entire delegation. The
only objection we have to this amendment
! is that it does not extend to the whole
State. Every county electing more than
j one member ought to be divided into single
i districts.
The fourth and last amendment gives to
the Legislature the power of revoking, an
nulling or altering any charter hereafter
conferred by or under any general or spe
cial law, but in such manner as to work no
injustice to the corporators.
The Constitution, as it at present exists
provides for the submission to the people
of all such proposed amendments, and when
there is more than one amendment propo
sed, such amendments must be submitted
separately to the popular vote. The last
Legislature passed an act for this purpose;
and at the October election the people will
vote yea or nay upon each amendment sep
arately. Wc have no doubt they will all
be approved.
LOCAL AFFAIRS:
THE COMING WINTER. —-80 far as this
section is concerned, the prospects for a
hard winter to mechanics and laboring men
are extremely strong. Some seventy-five
hands have been thrown out of employ
ment by the stoppage of the furnace—the
mills are not likely to drive a heavy busi
ness on account of the inferior quality of
the grain—and in other matters but little
is going on calculated to afford employment.
Those therefore who still have a chance for
saving something from their hard earnings,
will act wisely and well by doing so, for
the fact stands undisputed that, unless
some providential or unforeseen circum
stance will create a demand for labor, many
who are in a measure dependent upon it,
will find much difficulty in making both
ends meet between this and the ensuing
spring. We are 110 croaker, hut such are
the appearances to us, and if correct, let
all profit by them. There is many a half
dime, dime, quarter, kc. that now daily or
weekly goes for trifles, which can he read
ily saved; there is many a half and dollar
now devoted to extraneous or superfluous
matters that can be readily dispensed with;
and those who will take an economic fit
will in a short time he surprised to sec how
these trifles run up into considerable sums,
ami how easily they can accommodate them
selves to circumstances in the way of dress,
&c. when there is the will to do it.
SniJ ArruJtnl. —A boy named Montgom
ery Threlked, a son of J. Threlked of this
place, who accompanied his father on a
boating trip, while playing on the wharf at
Columbia on Tuesday morning, fell into
the water and was drowned. His hat or
cap was discovered floating on the water hv
an elder brother alxrnt five minutes after he
had been last noticed, and although imme
diate search was made, more than an hour
elapsed before his body was recovered.—
His remains were brought to this place on
Tuesday evening, a sad bereavement to a
mother who a lew days before had parted
with her boy buoyant with life and health.
He was in his 10th Year.
Fir ft of On tcaton. —Joseph E. Major
handed us a sample of sausage, pndding,
and pork, on Saturday morning, being the
fir>t we had noticed at market this sum
mer and fall. They were trot up in excel
lent taste, and as may he imagined were
eaten with "neatness and dispatch," as the
tailors say. He purposes having them on
hand regularly at market, as well as beef,
mutton, veal, fcc.
jV'tr Jin if. —During a recent visit we no
ticed that the second track of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad eastward from Millerstown
has been laid with a new rail, now nearly
ready for use. The rail is eoiuposed of two
pieces firmly riveted together, forming a T
rail similar to the one in general use, hut
from the manner in which they are put to
gether—the joints of one half meeting in the
centre of the other half—presenting an un
interrupted surface of iron. Should this ex
periment ( tor such we presume it is) prove
successful, jarring arising from the join
ing of rails will be obviated, and the ears
pass over the track as smoothly as 011
an iron floor.
TrRNF.It BURNS, the new Su
pervisor 011 this division of the Pennsylva
nia Canal, has already introduced some re
forms for the better, all of which go to
show the miserable mismanagement that
existed while the canal was under State
control. Men are beginning to understand
that to hold situations under the company,
they arc expected to work for their pay ;
that inattention to business and loafing in
general will no longer be tolerated; and
that sobriety and faithfulness arc better
passports to favor than rum or whiskey and
brawling politics. We hope Mr. 11. may
succeed in being, what wo are sure lie has
the capacity to be, a good Supervisor.
Teachers' Institute. —Every effort hac,
we believe, been made to render the com
ing gathering of the Teachers interesting
and instinctive. Teachers and freinds of
education are earnestly requested to attend
on Monday morning, and spend its much
time as possible in the Institute. Addres
ses may be expected by Prof. F. A. Allen,
Supt. Hickok, and Hon. Thos. 11. Burrows
during the several evenings of the week,
to which the public are respectfully invi
ted.
Suppose a man drinks four glasses of liquor a day. at Ave
cents a gloss; In a week he spends sl.lO, and In a year
$72.90. This will buy the following articles Four barrels
of flour, say $24; four pairs of boots, say sls; forty pounds
of butter, $10; one hundred pounds of beef, $9; a new hat,
$4; a new satin vest, $4; a bonnet for wife, SS; sugar plums
for children, sl.au—total. $72.80. The above Is a calculation
to look at.
Getting cool—The weather.
Getting warm—The candidates.
Growing fast—Our subscription list.
Ilendrlx anil Sicgley, convicted of arson at York, l'a,,
have each been sent to the penitentiary for five years.
A negro woman bled to death at Louisville, Ky.. on the
Slst ult., from having a tooth pulled. .
Is LI CK.— -Got a book from ltauncy's New York Gift En
terprise and a gift of a breast pin marked $5.
Mr. Cupples, according to the Democrat, don't wear s<3
broadcloth, lie certainly didn't one day lost week.
A Hrcman's Hot was got up at Baltimore on Saturday
night. In which several men and boys were shot, some sup
posed to be injured fatally.
The Indianapolis Journal cautions the public against a
new shlnplastor concern which Is about going Into opera
tion, under the name of Orleans bank of Cantielton.
The city Of St. Paul, Minnesota, with a population of
12.00U souls, has not a single fire engine, a foot of hose, a
tire bucket, nor a single public well or cistern.
A few days since, Lemuel C. Bishop, one of the earliest
and most Inituentlal citizens of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin,
was killed by u hull.
Had the Democrat used Its eyes last week, i. e. If It has
any. It might have seen the ticket In the proceedings, put
In type for the very purpose of placing it under our head.
The Pennsylvania Farm Journal having been discontin
ued, our readers will lind the American Agriculturist, pub
lished by Orange Judd.Vjl Water street, Now York, an ex
cellent substitute. Terms $1 per annum.
By a collision on the\uilc-n and Atlantic Railroad on
Saturday, three persons were killed und a number wound
ed. A wood train, running out of time, caused the acci
dent.
A quarrd N at present going on between the former edi
itor and publisher of the Bellefonte Watchman as to who
Is entitled to the editorial ability displayed In that sheet.
Small potatoisU, decidedly.
Gen. Packer, having escaped from his cage, addressed a
loco meeting at York last week, during which It Is said he
abuse l Wllinot, the man whom his committee would not
let him meet In fair debate, 1n the most "approved style."
Judge Goodloe of Kentucky has decided that the federul
courts aleue have the power of naturalizing foreigners.—
This Is not the law as expounded In this and other states,
hut undoubtedly ougnt to be.
It Is a mooted question Just now whether the British in
! India or our western Indians best deserve the title of sav
ages. Blowing lid or 10 sepoys into atoms with a cannon
rather favors the British side, according to the latest odvl
l ces.
Jack Frost.' Jack Frost!
If the corn Is lost.
The blame will rest on you ;
For if you come white
Like thief til the night.
What will the poor folks do?
aw ay, then, stay.
For a month and a day,
And live in song and story—
Or come. If you dare,
To make trouble and care,
And we'll call you villain hoary.
QCEXR.— The democracy of Louisiana contend that free
negroes have votes, while the know nothings are on the
other side. We can only account for this " dark love" by
the fact that the free negroes there b-lieve the republicans
would make tliem slaves, and therefore are ail democrats.
The police of Wledlken, In Switzerland, have been oblig
ed to Interfere, In order to put a check on the proceedings
of the Mormons. Three individuals, calling themselves
priests of that sect, but whose conduct was anything but
clerical, have been marched to the frontier by thcgeudarin
erv.
The I'hlladelphtu Xews gives an acconnt of an upper-ten
minister In that city who was swindled by a pretended
French lady, who claimed relationship with birn as co-heir
ess to extensive estates In Texas. Served him right, as ac
cording to scripture a minister can no more ser\e God and
Mammon than any body else.
The Tampa (Fla.) Peninsular states thatCapt. Simpklns,
of the brig Gov. Anderson, lying at that place, " was down
with yellow fever on Monday ; on Tuesday he was attacked
with Asiatic cholera; on Wednesday he was dangerously
ill wit h small px. and on Thursday he transacted business
in the city, and prepared bis vessel for sea."
That finely finished building, generally yclept the Jail,
continues to trouble the vision of the Democrat with vain
regrets that Its party had not the handling of the dimes
spent In its erection. To dry off Its crocodile tears, we
would recommend it, whenever the democracy gets a ma
jority of the commissioners, to advocate the rebuilding of
a tfew court house, nt about $20,000. That will bring the m
even with the know nothings.
Tlie rioters in Clearfield county who last spring Ilrcd
upon a part}' of log floater*, wounding several, tore down
their cabins, destroyed their goo ls a:rd committed other
Infamous outrages, were recently tlned front $lO to 25,
while some log Heaters, whose logs had gorged and done
some injury wi re fined from $1 to 15. With such an ad
ministration of inw there is not much wonder that mob
violence prevails in our country.
A Sep.evU'E.— A gcntlcmufi who recently put up at u log
tavern in Wisconsin, was awoke by <1 >on tig man who
commenced the serenade thus:—
"Oil Sally Itirc, I've called vou twice.
Ami yet you lie and snore;
I pray you wake, and see your Jake,
And ojien to him the door, or w lnder, I don't
care much which, for—
It makes but Uttiedifference
To either von or 1—
Big pig, little pig.
Boot hog or die!*'
UoUotcaifs Ointment and Pills. —lmmense
success has attended the use of the Ointment
in diseases of the kidneys and the genito
urinary organs. All obstructions and inflam
mation in the passages connected with the
kidneys and bladder, may be removed hy lu
bricating the parts affected. Friction as
powerful and brisk a3 the invalid can bear
should be employed in applying the prepara
tion, and fomentations with warm water arc
useful for preparing the skin for its rapid ab
sorption. The pain occasioned hy the gravel
is immediately quieted by rubbing in the
salve. The pills, hy their sanative operation
upon the blood and other fluids of the body,
will materially expedite the curative process
in most cases where the Ointment is used.
B@uWo aro not iu the habit of puffing pat
ent medicines, but when such an article as
Du \ all's Galvanic Oil, which sustains fully
what it claims, is presented to the public, we
feel 110 hesitation in spcakißg the truth free
ef charge. The above mentioned medicine
has obtained for itself a world-wide name,
never to go down with the common articles of
the day. It is one of the very best remedies
for all kinds of pain, that can bo produced.
It often gives relief in five minutes.— Troy
Blade.
For sale by Hoar & McNabb, Belleville;
Parker & Sons and Brisben & Sterett, Reeds
ville ; B. Alexander, Locke's Mills; G. W.
Brehman, McVeytown ; A. J. North, Atkinson's
Mills; J. R. Hoops, Rothrock's Mills; and at
the Bee Hive Drug Store, Lewistown.
A CARD TO THIS LADIIX
Dr. DVPOJVCO'S OOLDK JV FEMALE PILLS are
infallible in removing stoppages or irregularities of the
menses. These pills are nothing new, but have been used
by the Doctor for many years, both in France and Ameri
ca, with unparalleled success in every case, and he is
urged by many ladies who haw used them to make these
pills public for the alleviation of those suifering from any
irregularities whatever, as well as a preventive to those
ladies whose health will not permit an increase of family.
Pregnant females, or those supposing themselves so, are
cautioned against using these pills, as the proprietor as
sumes no responsibility after the above admonition, al
though their mildness would prevent any injury to health;
otherwise these pills are recommended. Directions ac
company each box. Price #l. Sold tekolesale and retail
by F. A. IIAHDT & CO., General Agents for Lewistown,
Mifflin county, Pa., and also agents for Belleville, Milroy,
Reedsville, Allenville, dec. They will supply dealers at
the proprietor's prices, and send the pills to ladies {confi
dentially} by return mail to any part of city or country,
on receipt of #1 through the Lewistown post office. For
particulars gel circular of agenu. ygee that each box
lias my signature. J. DUPONCO,
jy3o Broadway jmst office, New York.
Married.
On the 3d inst, by the Rev. C. M. Klink,
ROBERT \ ANORMER, of Perry county,
and Miss ANN H0l T GH, of Juniata county.
On the 27th ult., by Rev. W. G. Haoknmn,
ELIJAH GASS and MARIA MAN BECK,
both cf Wost Beaver, Snyder county.
On the same day, by the same, HENRY
W. SNOOK and ELMIRA ANN ROTII
ROCK, both of Mifflin county.
Valuable Farm for Sale.
THE undersigned offer for sale their valu
able farm in Dry Valley, Mifflin county,
3i miles from Levis town, adjoining lands of
Win. Mitchell, Sr., Abram Kline, Samuel
Mitchell and ethers, containing
146 -A.CR.ES
of first rate limestone land, 22 Acres of
which is good timber. This land is in a high
state of cultivation, and for quality, beauty,
and convenience cannot ho surpassed. The
improvements are a House and
Barn, a Fountain Pump in the
IH barn yard, a very thrivingyoung
JBSMBMEHP Apple Orchard of 150 trees of
the choicest fruit, which is now bearing, to
gether with a number of Cherry, Pear, Plum,
and Peach trees. The property is well sup
plied with never failing water. Persons de
siring to purchase'a good farm, would do well
to look at this before purchasing elsewhere,
as the property is such as will recommend it
self. J. It. & W. MITCHELL, Jr.
ALSO
A very nice house and lot of 1J Acres, for
merly owned by Wm. A. Mitchell, in Dry
Valley, with a good well of water at the door,
30 of tho choicest of Apple trees, quite a
number of Peach, Cherry, Plum, and other
fruit trees, all selected, and now bearing and
in a thrifty condition. It is a very good sit
uation for a mechanic. If the purchaser
would desire more land for it, there is a tract
adjoining it which can be bought very reason
ably. WM. MITCHELL, Jr.
seplO-tf.
Orphans 3 Court Sale.
BY virtue of an order of the Orphans'
Court of Mifflin county, to me directed
as guardian of Lucinda Sigler, Martha Eliz
abeth Sigler, and Sarah Alice Sigler, minor
children of John Sigler, deceased, I will ex
pose to public sale, on the premises, in Deca
tur township, on
Thursday, October 29, 1857,
The undivided the said three mi
nor children, being the three fifths of that
certain tract of land subject to the dower oP
the widow of John Sigler, situate in Decatur
township, Mifflin county, adjoining lands of
John Burkholder on the north, John Kepper
iing on the east, John Folk on the south, and
on the west by lands of John Miller, contain
ing about
200 ACRES,
about 120 of which are cleared and in a high
state of cultivation. There are on the preui
ises a Dwelling House, Bank
| j'A Barn, Spring House, Ac., an
fjjjg3 |g wE Apple Orchard of choice fruit,
a never failing spring of ex
cellent water. A stream of water also runs
through tho premises, on which is erected a
SAW MILL.
Terms of Safe. —One-third of the purchase
money to he paid on confirmation ef the sale,
and the residue in three equal nnnual pay
ments, with interest, to be secured by bond
and mortgage of the purchaser.
THOMAS REED, Guardian.
N. B. Bv agreement of all the heirs, the
whole of tho above property will be sold at
the same tiino and place and on the same
terms. seplO-ts.
HOVER'S LIQUID HAIR DYE.
rpHE following, from that eminent Physician
X of Philadelphia, Dr. Brinckle, added to the
testimony of Professor Booth, only confirms
what is evidenced by thousands who have used
Hover's Dye.
" Giraru Row, Caestxut Street, )
Philadelphia, December 22d, 1853. ij
In icgard to llorer's Hair Dye, 1 can state un
hesitatingly, that it contains no deleterious in
gredients, and may be used with entire safely,
and with the utmost confidence and success."
W. D. BRINCKLE, M. D.
HOVER'S WRITIYC AM) UDELIBLE I.VftS
ate so well and widely known as to require no
eulogy of their merits ; it is only necessary to
say that the steady and increasing demand gives
the be<t evidence that they maintain their char
acter for superiority, which distinguished them
when first introduced, years ago.
Orders, addressed to the manufactory, No.
A11 Race street above Fourth, (old No. 144,)
Philadelphia, will receive prompt attention by
JOSEPH E. HOVER, Manufacturer.
Philadelphia, September 10, 1857 -y
Constitutional Amendments.
"IT7~HEREAS, a joint resolution propo
* T t;ng certain amendment* to the constitution of
this Commonwealth, Ins been agreed to by a majority of
the members elected to each House of the Legislature, at
two successive sessions of the same, the first session
commencing on the first Tuesday of January, A. I) 1536,
and the second session commencing on the iirst Tuesday
of January, A. I>. 1557. And whereas, it is provided by
the tenth article of the constitution that any amendment
so agreed upon shall be submitted to the people, in such
manner, and at such time, at least three months after be
ing so agreed to by the two Houses, as the Legislature
shall prescribe. And whereas, by an act of the l.egisla
ture of this Commonwealth entitled, an act prescribing
the time and manner of submitting to the people fur their
ratification or rejection the proposed amendments to the
constitution, approved May 12, 1837. And whereas, by
virtue of a writ of election to ine directed by the Gover
nor ofthis Commonwealth, 1 atn commended to give pub
lic notice of the said act of Assembly.
Xow therefore 1, Jacob Mutthers'oough. High SheriiTof
the county of Mifflin, do hereby proclaim and give public
notice to the qualified electors of Mifflin county aforesaid,
that an election will be held in each township and bor
ough in said county, on TUESDAY, the 13th day of Oc
tober next, for the purpose of deciding upon the adoption
or rejection of the said amendments or any of them.
That the said election sliall be held at the place of hold
ing the general elections ofthis Common wealth, and shall
be opened between the hours of eight and ten o'clock in
the forenoon and continue without interruption or ad
journment until seven o'clock, when it shall be closed.
And it shall be the duty of the Judges, Inspectors and
clerks of elections of each of said township* and bor
oughs, to receive at said elections tickets either written
or printed, or partly written and partly printed, from cit
iiens duly qualified to vote for members of the General
Assembly, and to deposit them in a box or boxes, to be
for that purpose provided by the proper officers ; which
ticket* shall be respectively labelled on the outside:—
"First Amendment," "Second Amendment," "Third
Amendment," and "Fourth Amendment," and those
who are favorable to said Amendments, or any of them,
may express their desire by voting each as many sepa
rate written or printed or partly written and printed
ballots or tickets, containing on the inside thereof the
words : " For the Amendments," and those who are op
posed to such Amendments, or any of them, may express
their opposition by voting each as ntatiy separate written
or printed or partly written and printed ballots, contain
ing on the inside thereof the words: "Against the Amend
ments," which said amendments shall be voted for sepa
rately.
That the election on the said proposed amendments
shall in all respects be conducted as the General Elec
tions ofthis Commonwealth are now conducted, and it
shall be the duty of the return Judges of the respective
townships and boroughs in said county, first having care
fully ascertained the number of votes given for or against
each of said amendments, in the manner aforesaid, to
make out duplicate returns thereof, expressed in words
at length and not in figures only, one of which returns so
made shall be lodged in the Prothonotary's Office of the
Court of Common Pleas of said county, and the other
sealed and directed to the Secretary of the Common
wealth, and by one of said Judges deposited forthwith in
the most convenient Post Office.
Given under my hand at Lewistown, this 9th day of
September, in the ve.ar of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty six, and of the independence of the
United States, the eightieth.
I septlO JACOB MUTTHERSBOUGH, Sheriff.
EXESUTth'S SALE
T|TILL be expend to public gal '
v J premises, on ' •
Saturday, the 24th of <w
A. D. 1857, at 10 o'clock in the
that certain messuage, tenement |N
...J tp* Und lying .r.dbei jS
township. Mifflin rountv. and now i„ I*
cupaney of John Alexander, contain 1
104 ACREj.
and 82 perches, bounded hv land, rf?
Alexander, Henry Steele/', £**{]<
Zook, Shorn Yoder, and Joseph H a ffl
merly the property of Daniel" Orerij, ' 7
ing a very desirable situation an ofV
farm rich soil, with good improvement
in a high state of cultivation. >*
ALSO,
At the same time and place a cert •
of MOUNTAIN LAND, belongW?
farm, containing 8 ACHES, also for® 1*
property of said Daniel Overholser 5.
which land he, the said Darnel, sold and'
veved to Ann Alexander, now deceased 111
An indisputable title will U given r
third or one-half the purchase monev.i
paid April Ist, 1858, when possession'*®
given and the deed made; and the resid'
two equal annual payments, to bestead
the usual way. HUGH ALEX\\rmn
11. I>. TAYLOR, K
Executors of Ann Alexander 'deed
Union twp., Sept. 10, 1857.-ts j
SHERIFF. —ALEXANDER Eitxxigw |j
solicitation of many friends, offer? U
self as an Independent candidate for ifU
and solicits the suffrages of the Indesd
voters of Mifflin county, and if electedJ
ises faithfully to discharge the dmits
office. se ps'Hr
PEARL MlLLS!—Extra Fam.lvfJ
in 2o and 50 pound ack*, frw sale at ' 1
IkH IJiTS V.IMIL Y ORdCHjI
B 'f>tlo Opposite Ei*e!)•„■, (J
G< ROCERIES, Fish, Cheese^]
I con, See., at
septio niH'ijrs family GJtoca]
PROtLABATIOS. ]
PURSUANT to an Act of the GenerJ
sembly of the Commonwealth of feJ
vania, entitled "an act relating to the el 3
of this Commonwealth," approved the 2d
of July, A. D. 139, 1, Jacob MutthersbJ
Sheriff of the county of Mifflin, PenniiirJ
do hereby make known and give notice it]
electors of the county aforesaid, that acts]
election will be held in said countv of'\i|
on the SECOND TUESDAY (13th)of0et3
1857, at which time State and County o$J
are to be elected, to wit:
One pers&n as Governor of the ComiwminJ
Pennsylvania.
One person as Canal Commissioner of It* fl
monweallh rf Pennsylvania.
Two persons as Judge* of the Supreme Cse
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
One person to Jill the office of Mentha rf
House of Representatives to represent the ctmt
Mifflin in the House of Representatives of Pig
ratlin.
One person tofil' the office of Register ant ti
der.
One person to fill the office of Sheriff.
One person to Jill the office of Coroner.
One person tofil! the office of County Trm
One person to Jill the office of County Cm
sitmer.
One person to fill the office of County.Mi
One person to fill the office of iJirtder
Poor for the district composed of the rfl
istoirn, the election of whom is confined ti> tkt i
of said borough alone, as per act 1 ;.'/i .Ipni. 1
P. L. 4tifi, sect 18.
1 also hereby make known and give*
that the place of holding the aforesaideie
in the several districts of the said count;
be held respectively at the places htrtii
designated, to wit :
The electors of the borough of Kevrtoii
ilton are to meet at the new school ki
said borough.
The electors of Wayne township to w
the new school house in the borough ofS
Hamilton.
The electors of the borough of MeYty
are to meet at the Union school housei
borough.
The elector* of Granville townships
meet at the Court House in the borcj
Lewis town.
The electors of Derry township arc si
at the Court House in the borough of b
town.
The electors of Oliver township will*
the school house known as the Brooklaisdn
house in said township.
The electors of Bratton township wil
at the brick school house on the farmcf
liam Harshbarger, in said township.
The electors of MtflVbe township are#
at the public house now occupied by Jotoi
in Allenville, in said township.
The electors of Union township are t
at the public house occupied by Kicbaff
die, in said township.
The electors of Brown tow nship are u
at the public house occupied by William!
ers, in said township.
The electors of Armagh township "
east of the line commencing at the®)
the road at the stone meeting house, i'i
township ; thence along sai 1 road to the!
the lane known as Jonathan Abrahaa*
near the residence of Thomas Longs'!
thence running in a straight line tothe
of Cressman's knob to the Union cobs?
are to meet at the office of F-. E. Lot' 4
township. Those residing west of
eluded in said limits, will meet as hereW
the public house now occupied by W
Swinehart, in said township.
The electors of Docatur townships""
at the house of Abraham Mutthersoaup
merly occupied by David MuttbeoW
said township.
And by an Act of Assembly, the bod
'Lewistown was divided into twoWf
each Ward to compose an election cut
The electors of the East Ward will tW
Court House, and rote at the
Commissioner's office.
The electors of the West Ward who
the same place, and vote at the winw*
Sheriffs office, in said Court House, a*
borough.
An act of the Legislature having
manner of voting in Mifflin county, •.
to be elected this year may be votrt
single slip of paper and deposited in
box, a fact which should be P art '£ * ,
by all entitled to the right of sunrsr
the officers of the election.
The second section of the
any fraud committed by anyp*'*
the manner above prescribed, shall 1 J
by the existing laws of the Common
Pursuant to the provisions ol
sembly, the Judges of the atoresa'
shall respectively take charge ol lb®
of return of the election of their
districts, and produce them at 8
Judge from each district, at the
; the borough of Lewistown, on the
ter the day of election, being
year FRIDAY, the 16th day of
; then and there to do and perform •
quired by law of said Judges. j
Given under my hand, at my ofl*
town, the 9th dav of September. ■
JACOB MUTTHERSBObbB .j
Sheriff's Office, Lewistown, Sep