RESOLUTION
Proposing Amendinenta to Lite
Constitution of the Common
wealth,
RESOLVED by the Senate and Flense of Jiep
resentalives of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania in General Assembly met: That the follow
ing amendments are proposed to the constitu
tion of the commonwealth, in accordance with
the provisions of the tenth article thereof.
FIRST AMENDMENT.
There shall be an additional article to said
constitution to be designated as article eleven,
as follows :
ARTICLE XI.
OF PUBLIC DEBTS.
SECTION 1. The state may contract debts, to
supply casual deficits or failures in revenues,
or to meet expenses not otherwise provided for;
hut the aggregate amount of uch debts direct
and contingent, whether contracted by virtue
of one or more acts of the general assembly,
or at difiereut periods of time, shall never ex
ceed seven hundrc 1 ar.i fifty thousand dollars,
and the money arising from the creation of such
debts, shall be applied to the purpose for hich
it was obtained, or to repay the debts so con
tracted, and to no other purpose whatever.
SECTION 2. In aJdition to the above limited
power the state may contract debts to repel in
vasion, suppress insurrection, defend the state
in war, or to redeem the present outstanding
indebtedness of the state; but the money arising
from the contracting cf such debts, shall be
applied to the purpose for which it was raised,
or to repay such debts, and to no other purpose
whatever.
SECTION 3. Lxcont the debts above specified,
in sections one and two of this article, no debt
whatever shall be created by, or on behalf of
the state.
SECTION 4. To provide for the payment of
the present debt, and any additional debt con
tracted as aforesaid, the legislature shall, at its
first session, after the adoption of this amend
ment, create a sinking fuud, which shall be suf
ficient to pay the accruing interest on such
debt, and annually to reduce the principal
thereof by a sum not iess than two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars ; which sinking fund shall
consist of the net annual income of the public
works, from time to time owned by the state,
or the proceeds of the sale of the same, or any
part thereof, and of the income or proceeds of
sale of stocks owned by the state, together with
other funds, or resources, that may be designa
ted by law. The said sinking fund may be in
creased, from lime to time, by assigning to it
any part of the taxes, or other revenues of the
state, not required for the ordinary and current
expenses 01" government, and unless in case of
war, invasion or insurrection, no part of the
said sinking fund shall be used or applied other
wise than in extinguishment of the public debt,
until the amount of such debt is reduced below
the sum of five millions of doilars.
SECTION 5. The credit of the commonwealth
shall not -in any manner, or event, be pledged,
or loaned to, any individual, company, corpora
tion, cr association; nor shall the commonwealth
hereafter become a joint owner, or stockhold
er, in any company, association, or corporation,
SECTION 6. The commonwealth shall not as
sume the debt, or any part thereof, of any
county, city, borough, cr township; or of any
corporation, or ai-ociation; unless such debt
shall lave been contracted to enable the
state to repel invasion, suppress domestic
insurrection, defei j itself in lime of war, or to
a--ist the state in the discharge of any portion
of its present indebtedness.
SECTION 7. The legi-lature shall not autho
rize any county, city, borough, township, or in
corporated district, by virtue of a vote of its
citizens, or otherwise, to become a stockholder
in any company, association, or corporation;or
to obtain money for, or loan its credit to, any
corporation, a jocialion, institution, or putty.
SECOND AMENDMENT.
There shall be an additional article to said
constitution, to be designated as article XII, as
follow s :
ARTICLE XII.
OF NEW COUNTIES.
No county shall be divided by a line cutting
off over or.e-tcnth of its population, (either to
form a new county or otherwise,) without the
express assent of such county, by a vote of the
electors thereof; nor shall any new county be
established, containing less than four hundred
square miles.
THIRD AMENDMENT.
From section two of the first article of the
constitution, strike out the word*, "of the city
of Philadelphia, and of each county respectively ;"
from section five, same article, strike out the
words, " of Philadelphia end of the several coun
ties;" from section seven, same article, strike
out the words, " neither the city of Philadelphia
nrr any," and insert in lieu thereof the words.
"and no; ' and strike out "section four, same arti
cle," and in lieu thereof insert the following:
" SECTION- 4. In the year one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-four, and in everv seventh
year thereafter, representatives to the number
of one hundred, shall be apportioned and dis
tributed equally, throughout the state, by dis
tricts, in proportion to the number of taxable
inhabitants in the several parts thereof; except
that any county containing at lea*-! tnree thou
'and five hundred taxaldes, may be allowed a
separate representation; but no more than three
counties shail be joined, and no county shall be
divided, in the formation of a district. Any
city containing a sufficient number of taxables
to entitle it to at least two representatives, shall
have a separate representation assigned it, and
shall be divided into convenient districtrof con
tiguous territory, of equal taxable population
as near as may be, each of which districts shall
elect one representative "
At the end of section seven, same article, in
sert these words, "the city of Philadelphia shall
he divided into single senatorial districts, of contig
uous iemlory as nearly er/uat in taxable population
as possible; hut no ward shall be divided in it for
mation thereof."
The legislature, at its first session, after the
adoption of this amendment, shall divide the
city of Philadelphia into senatorial and repre
sentative districts, in the manner above provi
ded ; such districts to remain unchar red until
the apportionment in the year one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four.
FOURTH AMENDMENT.
There shall be an additional section to the
first article of said constitution, which shall be
numbered and read as follows :
SECTION 26. The legislature shall have the
power to alter, revoke, or annul, any charter of
incorporation hereafter conferred by, or under,
any special, or general law, whenever in their
opinion it may be injurious to the citizens of
the commonwealth; in such manner, however,
that no injustice shall be done to the corpora
ls SENATE, March 27, ]F<57
Resolved, That this resolution pas*. rj n t hr
first amendment, yeas 24, nays 7; on the second
amendment, yeas 23, nays 6; on the third
amendment, yeas 24, nays 4 ; on the fourth
amendment, yeas 23, nays 4.
[Extract from the Journal.]
GEO. W. HAMERSLY, Clerk.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
April 29, 1*57.
Resolved, That this resolutionjn ?. On the.
first amendment yea, 7*, nays l£ .-on the sec
ond amendment, yeas 57, naj- 1 on the laird
amendment, yeas 72, nays 22, or the fourth
amendment, yeas - 3, nay* 7
[Extract from the Journal }
JACOK ZEJGLEK, Clerk.
Filed in Secretary's office, May 2, 1^57.
A. G. CURTIN
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
SECRETARY'S OFFICE, )
HARRISRURO, June 22, 1857. \
Pennsylvania, ss :
I do certify that the above and foregoing is a
true and correct copy of the original " Resolu
tion proposing amendments to the Constitution
of the Commonwealth," with the vote in each
branch of the Legislature upon the final passage
thereof, as appears from the originals on file in
this office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
[L. S.] set my hand and caused to be affiled the
seal of the Secretary's Office, the day and
year above written.
A. G. CURTIN,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
IN SENATE, March 27, 1857.
The resolution proposing amendments to the
Constitution of the Commonwealth being under
consideration,
On the question.
Will the Senate agree to the first amendment:
Tho yeas and nays were taken agreeably to
the provisions of the Constitution, and were as
follow, viz:
YEAS - Hrnwer, Browne. CuCiy, Elr, En 1 =•>
Fetter, Fletinik.n, Fr.wr, Ingram, J.nlm, Ktllmgvr,
Knox. IjuiSaeh, U*:s, M;. er, .s.lWnl. Seller*, Shaman.
Steele, Strsub, Welsh, Wilkii.s, VVright auJ Taggatt,
Sriiirr —St.
Xive—Messrs Crabb, Cresswetl, Kinney, Gregg, Har
ris. Penrose ami Souther—T. _
So the question was determined in the afhr
matire.
On the question,
Will the Senate agree to the second amend
ment?
The yeas and nays were taken agreeably to
the provisions of the Constitution, and wore as
follow, viz:
Ytu-Xmri. Brevier, Browne, Cresswel!, Ely, Ev
ans, Feiter, Finney, Flellikea, Ingram, Jordan, Knox,
Lxultach, Lewis, Myer, Sller#,jJhuinan, Souther, Steele,
Straub, Welsh, Wilfcinr, Wright & Tacgart, Speaker—l 3.
JJAYK —Messrs. O flVy, Crabb, Fmzer, Gregg, Harris,
Kit! tiger, Penrose and Scofeld- I '.
So the question was deiermined in the affir
mative.
On the question,
Wilt the Senate agree to the third amendment'
The yeas and nays were taken agreeably to
the provisions of the Constitution, and were as
follow, viz:
Yeas— Messrs. Drawer, Browne,Crab!;, Cress .vi !1, Ely,
Evans, Flennlfcen, Frazer, licrram, Jordan, Killinper,
Knox, l-au,.U' h, Lewis, Slyer, Rcofield, Sellers, Shuman,
tsouibt r, ffleeie.Slranb, VVeLh, Wilkinsand Wripht— 21.
N a Vb—Messrs. C< tfejr, Uregjr, Harris and I'enrose—l.
So the question was determined in the affir
mative. „
On the question,
Will the Senate agree to the fourth amend
ment?
The yeas and nays were taken agreeably to
the provisions of the Constitution, and were as
follow, viz :
YKA* —Mes*-*rs. Brewer, Browne, Coffey, Cresswell,
Ely. Eraus, Elemiikin, Frazer, Ingram, KRlmfer, Knox,
Lattiuch, Lewis, M>cr, Scuhcld, tStdlv r*. .-tuiiun, .South
er, ."Sieele, >tra<ib, VVcLli, Wilkin* and Writ lit—23.
NAVS— Messrs. CraM>, Finney,Jordan and P t rore — I
So the question was determined in the affir
mative.
In the House or Rei-rksentatiaes,
April 20, !07.
The resolution proposing amendments to the
Constitution of the Commonwealth being under
consideration,
On the question,
Will the House agree to the first amendment?
The yeas and nays were taken agreeably to
the provisions of the Constitution, and were as
follow, viz:
V*EA>-MHn'. Anderson, Ailtiar, B.ckh< use, Ball,
Beck, Bishop, Bower. Brown, l '.ido.iiii, Campbell. Chase,
Cleaver, Crawford, Dickey, Er.t, E> sler. Fa '-old, Foster.
GiUhunev, Gildca, I!.:nut, Harper, Hems, llieslanii, fliil,
llillegas, Hoffman, (B fk.) Inibrie, Inrirs, Jacobs, Jenk
ins, Johns, J ..tin-K inlTitian, K-tr, Kni?!il, l.i i nriug,
LespUer, l.ov :U. Ma rear. M u'CiluMMtl, M' I!vain,
Moorhend, M Mrama, Musseli.tatt, Nichols, Noholson,
Nunemaeber, Peru son, i'c'cu, Petrikin, i'ownail, Pur
tell. Ramsey, (Philadelphia,) Ramsey, (York.) Reamer,
Reed. Iti la-rls, Uupp, -!uw, Sloan, J*<uiih, (Cambria,)
Smith, (Cenire,) tJiev-nson, Tulia, Vol, Vattvoor'iw,
Vickers, Vofghley, Wal'r r, \V< ell.rook, Wl artioi, Wi!-
lision. Witherow, \Vr;_lr. Zinc ,cr:i sr. and Gelz, Sjfak
tr —76.
Navs—M< ssrs. Ra i'h, Benson, P<k Sr. Ihmlltim. linn
cock, lline,lloirniau, ,Lebanon,) l.ebo,Hirather*, Thorn.
Warner and Winrrodn—ll
So the question was detcrniined in the affir
mative.
On the question,
| Will the House agree to the secood aracnd
! raentr
The yeas and nays were taken agreeably to the
| provisions of the Constitution, and were as fol
i iow, viz:
Vut-Xewrs. Anderson, Bac.kh-.au.*, Ball, Rrk, B-.w
--j t:r, Oißfua,Carr.fibeil, Carly, Ent, Futioohl, Foster, Gtl
<!ea, linnet, Harper, li.ins. Hit-stand, lloitman,
(Bt-rks,) Housekeeper, Itjibrie, Inner, Jefkiis,
Johnson, Kautfioan, Kiozht, Lentnirinr, I-'inzak-.-r, l.ov
ett, Ma near, Mangle, M'llvaiti, .M irhead, Mnsseluian,
N'tcbols, Nicholson, Nnnr.eroacher, t'ears-in, relerr, I'et
rixin, Pownall, Tureell, lUniMy, (I'lilUtklpbin.) Ram
sey, (Votk,) Reamer, Robert*. R"pp, fh.iw, Htoan, To
■ lan. Vail, Voegbley, Walter, Wealbrook, Wharton, Ziui
i merman and I, e t /., Spcutc —s7.
Nltl—Memrr. Arthur, Au-itstiise, Backus, Benson,
j Bishop, Brown, I bate, Cleaver, Crawford, Kyaler, GB
boney, Hamilton, Hancock, 11 ill, Mine, ilntfman, {Leba
non.) Jacobs, Kerr, laibo, M'Caimnot. Murnma, Reed,
Bioitii, (Cambria,) Smith, (Centre,) Btcveiiarm, Hitnib
trs, Thorn, Vanvoorbi*. V-, iters, Wagon seller, Warner,
Wintroffe, Wnherow ami Wright—34.
So the question was determined in the afiir
i raative.
On the question,
. Will the House agree to the third amendment 1
The yeas ar.d nays were taken agreeably to
i the provisions of the Constitution, and were as
! foliow, viz :
VB*S—Messrs Anderson, Backhouse, Ball, Berk, Ben
; son, Bower, Brown, Calhoun, Campbell, Chase, Cleaver,
! Crawford, Dickey, Ent, E\ter, Fausotd, Foster, Gibbo
ney. Hamel, ll.iri-r. Hems, lliestand, llill, liillegaa, Huff
i.ian, [Berks,] lloffnnn, [fxrhanon,] Housekeeper,lmbric,
I ones, Jacobs, Johns, Johnson, KiufTinan, Kerr, Le bo.
,'jrngaker, LoveU, Ma.ne.ir, Maugle, M'Calmont, Moor
he.id, Munitna, Mu seltoan, Nichols, Nicholson, Nunc
teacher, Pearson, Pele , Petrikin, Pownall, Purcrll,
Ramsey, [Vork,] Reamer, Reed, Rttpp, Shaw, Sloan,
i Sttiiih. [Cambria,] Smith, [f.Vhtrc.] Stevenson, Tolan,
: Vail, V ~ voorhU, Vii kers, Voehley, Wrgi.
• brook, Willision, Witherow, Wright, Zimmerman and
Speaker— 72.
Nxvs—Messrs, Arthur, Anrn-nn*-, Backus, Bishop,
i C.irty, D uk, Gildta, Hamilton, llan toek, lime, Jenkins,
i Knight, l.cuenring, M'ilvaic, Ramsey, [Philadelphia,]
j Roberts, Slruthers, Thorn, Walter, Warner, Wharton
and W.nirode — '22.
I So the question was determined in the atfir
i inative.
On the question,
Will the House agree to the fourth amend
; ment ?
The yeas and nays were taken agreeably to
; the provisions of the Constitution, and were as
; follow, viz :
j YEAS —Messrs. Anderson, Arthur, Backhouse, Backus,
; Ball, Beck, Benson, Bishop, Bower, Brown, Calhoun,
j Campbell, Carty, Chase, Cleaver, Crawford, Dickey, Ent,
Eyster, I-'ausold, Foster, Oihbnney, (Jildca, Ilamel, liar
j per, Heins, Hiestand, Hill, Hiliegat, Hoifman, [BerksJ
; Hoffman, [Lebanon,] Houekee|ier, Inibrie.lrincg, Jacobs,
Jenkins, Johns, Johnson, Kauffman, Kerr, Lebn, Uiteie
rme, Ixmfaker, Eovett, Manear, Maugle, M'Calmont,
M'llvain, Mumma, Musselmau, NkhoD, Nicholson, Nun
euutriier, Pearson, Peters, I'etrikin, Pownall, Purcoll,
Rainsej,[Philadelphia,) Ramsey,[York,] Reamer, Reed,
| Roberts, Hupp, Sbaw, Hloan, Smith, [Cambria,] Smith,
. [Centre.) Pu-vensoii, Tolan, Vail, Vanvoorhls, Vitkers,
oetthley, Wagoosetier, Waller, Warner, Weslbrook,
W union, Wiliuton, Wnbcrow, Zimmerman and Celz,
Speaker— o3.
N'A.„ Messrs. Dock, Ilauiillon, ilancoch,
1 horn, Wintrode and Wright 7.
, So the question was determined in the affir
mative
~IJ<- ..£) AKY'S OVFJCE,
HARIUSBCRG, June 22, 1b57.
: Pentisyivamn, a
I lo certify that the above and ■ if- a
; ti ue and correct copy of the "Yeas"' and
taken on the resolution proposing amendments
to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, as
the -nme appear- < a the Journals of the two
Houses of the General Assembly of this Com
monwealth for the session of 1857.
Witoess my haod and the seal of said
l L - s J o ffice, this twenty-second day of June,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
A. G. CURTIN,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
July 9. 1857.
mi dad
Has Just Opened a Splendid Assortment
OF
SPRING a SUMMER GOODS.
IF yon nam a cheap Dress, call at the Old Corner.
If yuii w ant a cheap Shawl, call at the Old Corner.
If you want cheap Silks, call at the Old Corner.
If rou want cheap Muslins, cail at the Old Corner.
If you want Kentucky Jeans or Tweeds, call at the Old
Corner. Also. Flannel*, all kinds and colors.
If you want Shaiiies or Beregcs, rail at ibe Old Corner.
If you want Brilliant** or Lawns, call at the Old Corner.
If you want 1.-i Villa Cloths, call at the Old Corner,
if you want Silk Ctavellas, call at Ihe Old Corner.
If you want Mourning Goods, call at the Old Corner.
If you want striped Skiiling Muslin, goto Ihe Old Corner.
If you want patent Crinoline Lining, go toihe Old Corner.
If yon waul Coilars, Undereleeves, Bdgicgs, Inserting#,
Flouncing?, or any Embroideries, go to :he Old Corner.
If you want Corded Skirts,Sontag Skiri,c.v Hoops, call
at the Old Corner.
If you want Cloths, call at the Old Corner.
If you want Cassiroeres, call at the OM Corner.
If you want Salinelts, cali at the Old Corner.
IF YOU UVLVT yJ.VYTIItXG J.V THE DRY
OOODS I.EVE, GO TO THE OLD COHJYER
If you want to make choice from river ISOstylesof Wall
Papers, go to the Old Corner.
If you want a Carpet of any kind, go to the Old Corner.
If you wan! Groceries, (iucensware, or Cutlery, call ai
the Old Corner.
If you waul Clothing, Boots or Shoes, Hals or Caps, call
at the Old Corner
If you have Country Produce to exchange for Goods,ca!i
at lite Old Corner.
If you want Bargain* in anything, call at the Old Corner.
*>Ountrv Dealers supplied with Good* by wholesale
at a very small advance above city wholesale prices.
ap23 GEORGE BLYAIYER.
Good Coot!;! and Low Prices!
McCoy &; Ellis's
CHEAP STORE!
rpilE undersigned, trading under the name and
firm of McCOY & ELLIS, respectfully in
form their friends ar.d the public generally that
they have just returned from Philadelphia, and
opened in the house formerly occupied by J. &
J. Milliken, on Market street,directly opposite
Geo. Iliymyer's store, a neat assortment of
Seasonable Goods and Superior
Groceries,
to which they hare added a good supply of gen
tlemen's, ladies' and children's
?Jcota antr Sfctiocs,
suitable for the season. The market price is-
CASH will always be given for COUNTRY
PRODUCE, and It tcrai advances made on Flour
and Grain on store.
PLASTFR, SALT, FISH AND STONE COAL
always on hand. A quantity of Salt, suitable
for Cattle, now on hand. F. McCOY,
jel 1 R. F. ELLIS.
liflraMOßV
AND
TOBACCO STORE !
East Market street, immmeiliately opposite tine
Post Office,
LEWISTOWN, PA.
JjIHE undersigned would respectfully make
JL known to .Merchants, Confectioners, Hotel
Keepers, and citizens generally of this and ad
joining counties, that he ha= commenced the
TOBACCONIST BUSINESS,
and will constantly keep on hand Tobacco and
Segars of all kinds, of superior brands, which
he will dispose of on most reasonable terms at
WHOLESALE OR RET.IIL.
apl6 EDWARD FIIYSINGER.
A HAKE CHANCE
TO COMMENCE BUSINESS!
riTIIE subscriber has a stock of DRY
X HOODS and HARDWARE on band am
ounting to about ?2,">00, which he will sell at
a bargain, either for cash or approved paper,
or exchange for a piece of land if it be
suitably located, to any person who may de
sire to engage in the Mercantile business.—
They are principally staple goods, and such
a- command a ready sale.
no2o—tf CIIAS. RITZ.
BILL'S SAItXAI'AItiLIA
PCT ur IV
FULL QUART BOTTLES,
And containing the strength of six times as
much pure Honduras Sarsaparilla as any
other similar preparation in America,
i FEW bottles of this Sarsaparilla, put up
A several years ago, rendering it the more
valuable, (as all well-informed druggists know
that age improves it,) have been deposited at
the drug store of CHARLES RITZ, in Lewistown,
where they are offered for sale at three-fourths
the regular price, namely 75 cents per bottle.
It has been a well established fact for years
past that Sarsaparilla, when pure and properlv
prepared, was the only true panacea for all di
seases originating from an impure stale of the
blood, the use of mercury, intoxicating drinks,
evil habits in youth, barrenness, Ac. Webold-
Iv asert that .70 //.V Jj( CI. X FI.l ID LX
TIL.ICT OF SJHSJir.mn.IA is the only pre
paration before the public that is prepared on
strictly scientific principles and of uniform
strength. The sarsaparilla is purchased with
out regard to price, and every pound, before
being used, is subject to the .strictest chemical
tests, and its genuineness ascertained before
beini used. Bull's Sarsaparilla also contains
the virtues of several other valuable medical
roots, together forming the best compound, and
producing the greatest curative agent in the
known world ! This medicine, when used ac
cording to directions, has cured
Scrofula or king's Evil, Cancers, Tumors, Erup
tions of the Skin, Erysipelas, Chronic Sore
Eyes, Ringworm or Tetters, Scald Head,
Rheumatism, Old Sores and Ulcers,
Pains in the bones or Joints, Swelling of the
Glands, Syphilis, Dyspepsia, Salt Rheum, Di
seases of the Kidneys, Loss of Appetite, Pain
in the Side and Shoulders, General Debility,
Dropsy, Lumbago, Jaundice, Costivencss, Sore
Throat. Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds, Weakness
of the Chest, Pulmonary Affections, and all
other diseases tending to produce
CONSUMPTION,
Liver Complaint, Female Irregularities and
Complaints, Sick ar.d Nervous Headache, Low
Spirits, Night Sweats, Exposure nr Imprudence
in Life, Chronic Constitutional Diseases, and is
a spring and summer drink and general tonic
for the system, and a gentle and ; lea-ant pur
gative, far superior to blue Lick or Congress
Water, salts, or seidlitz powders.
For sale by CHARLF. RITZ. Lewistown.
Price 75 els. per bottle. jclS- -f
* >SOO Headed and Square Paling, 3000
e) not headed do on bund and for sale cheap by
N; ,,N IRANCISCUS.
(SibillD
Full of Hope io the Afflicted
and SuUtTing;!
Many of the Thousand Portals of Death may be
closed, and life made happier and more comfor
table to thousands who are now in danger.
Doubtless this world contains many a
balm to sooth its physical woes and
cure its Diseases. .Imong
those in prominent
rank stands
BOWMAN'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND,
\BAFE and speedy cure for Consumption, not only in
those milder forms of Throat and Lung Diseases,
such as Colds, Coughs, Quinsey, Difficulty of Breathing,
Bronchitis, Ministers' Sort: Throat, Weakness of the
Cfcest, Asthma, Inward Ulcer, Spitting of Biood, Influen
za, Croup, Whooping Cough, Pain in the Breast and rikie,
Hoarseness, Catarrh and Catarrhal Affections, Inflam
mation of the Lungs, Bleeding of the Lungs, &c. But
its superior excellence is seen and tested in the more ad
vaticed affections of the Lungs For the truth of the
above statement and the efficiency of the preparation as
an antidote, we refer the public to the following teflimo
nhls. Language is scarcely strong enough to tell the
great power ofthis wonderful discovery! The doubting
may try and be convinced. The proprietors point to the
; following bona fide certificates with confidence in their
influence on the community; they ar-.- but samples of th
mSny hundreds of testimonials in our possession :
Allegheny, July I*l, 1b56
Mr. n. M. Bowman—Dear Sir:— l feel it my duty to let
you know what your compound has done for my daugh
ter, and wish yon lo publish it if you can in hope that
some suffering one may be induced by it to try your v:.l
liable medicine and be cured. My diugiilerw as married
in 1*53, and went to Cincinnati to live, w here her hus
band (James Jfoyt,) was engaged in business. In six
months after her husband died, and I sent for her to come
home, where in four months she was confined and caught
cold which settled on her lungs. It seemed as though we
could get nothing to help her. We tried six diff. rent
physicians for over one year and then went to .New York
lo a celebrated physician there, and she took medicine
from liim for eight months; hut he ccutd not cure her.—
Her cough was fried and stubborn and seemed as though
it would lear her breast during the paroxysm of cough,
and her breathing was at times very diii<-uit. Failing to
get relief from physicians, we thought we would :ry Ay
er's Cherry Pectoral, and she took it regular Fir seven
weeks, but i: did her no permanent good. We then tried
Sellers' Imperial Cough Syrup, but with ail she snti be
can.e worse, ami it seemed as though she was beyond
cure, w hen one day tny wife was in at one of out neigh
bor's hou? s (Mr. Mayness') and site saw them give your
Vegetable Compound to one of their children for a cough
and she got three or four dose* to br.ug home and try it. '
After my daughter had rake u it she breathed a (title eas- i
ier, and we sent and got a bottle of it, aim when it was
taken there w :s a marked change for lite better. I then
got six bottles, the most of which she tank a* directed
unlii finally cured—it ic three met.lbs since, and she has
not had n symptom of toe old complaint, and is getting as
lusty as she ever was. We ail unite in our prayers to
G.-d that you may be prospered and that your Vegetable
Compound may be the means of restoring health to maty,
as it has to one who is dear to us ; we cheerfully recom
mend it to the public as the best medicine for Lung Di-u
eases that wu ever got bold of. Try it suffering one aud
see. Believe me, my dear sir. to ever remain
Your earnest friend,
Tu<>. ii. banks. .
Philadelphia, Aug. 13, 1*56. ■
Last spring, while in Pittsburgh. I had a bad cold and !
cough which troubled no- much, end a friend of mine gave
lie. iin li. . f Bowman's Vegetable f.Yuupoi.itJ for disea
se* of the throat and lungs, who n I commenced taking
and f.tumi relief almost iwuneduUi ly. I had taken many
things for cough and hoarseness hut never got anything :
to help me as it has done. T believe it to be the best anti- i
dole for cough* nud hoar-enc*s that is out, andtbeer fully !
recommend it to lite public. T. 11. STANTON, '
Past r ef the Ist Prot. Meth Church, Philadelphia.
Prom Judge Vannorn, of the District Court at Cincin .
itati:
Cincinnati, May i, 1*56.
I hare nsed Cowman's Vegetable Compound for br'-n- j
chiti* an l cough, and believe it to be the best medicine i
out for those diseases, and the only one I ever got to give j
me any permanent relief. !t trill cure. I recommend it
to the public r,* an honest and efficient medicine and will i
perform what it is published to do.
WM VANHORN, K><i
TO THE PUBLIC.
I have used Bowman's Vegetable Compound in my
family for coughs, colds, and ministers* sore throat and
believe 't to be the best thing that I ever got for those
complaints, and cheerfully recommend it to thp public.
itev. Jacob ga<ton,
Pastor of the Clinton street M. E. Church,
June 10, laMi. Cincinnati.
Here u one from the old pioneer Methodist preacher of
Ohio, Rev. J. B Finley:
I believe Bo\i man's Vegetable Compound t< be the best
remedy for diseased throat and lungs, of the day. I have I
tested it, and found it to be the best of ati the popular :
remedies I ever tried, and i have tried very many. 1 re- !
commend it to the public— try it and yon wHI he coovinc- !
cd of its superiority. Rev. J. B. FIXI.EY. I
Cincinnati, July 12, ISMS.
Hear what the celebrated Dr. Peck save:
I hive iiscj Bowman'* Vegetable Compound fnrcougfas
I and hoarseness in vpeakinr ; and believe it to be the beta
! preparation for throat and long complaints I evergnt; and
: I recommend it to the public speaker and singer as well
jas those afflicted with lung diseases. J. T. PEI'K.
New York, May 12, 1*56.
Hear what Ir- Benson, of Cincinnati, says— (utrart
from a letter) :
li-<wmail's Vi-gets l> le Compound contains a virtue ihat
t is i.. t possevd hy any other popular medicine in my
j knowledge, ll does not only smooth the disease over,
I giving it only temporary relief (I ke most of pa ten med
' icines), btu it ior.imenr.es at the root if 11,- disease and
I performs npi rfect rare. G. W. BENSON. M. It.
[ Our spare ill not permit ur to publish any certifb ati-s
| in foil, but we would refer to the following persona whose
| letters are in our possession, certifying to its worth :
j Rev. Bishop Morris, Cincinnati,
: Rev. Uoliert W >lker, M
1 Rev. Joel White, Economy,
; Rev. John Powell, Portsmouth,
j John 1.. M'Jmikin, Butler,
J Henry S. Griffith, EM]., Pittsburgh,
, B. C. Baker, Wheeling,
! Capt. E. Gordon, Pittsburgh,
John T. M'Combs, "
; Mrs. Mary Morrow, New Brighton,
Mrs. M. Evans, "
j Robt. Greenlee, Beaver,
, Isaac Sutherland, Vanport,
; Mrs. S. A. Cettys, Freedom,
i Silas Robert®, Meadville,
I llenry Smith, New Castle,
i Mrs. Sarah Lowry, Lawrence county,
Joseph P. Brown, "
I Miss Martha A. Wilson, New Castle,
; Ex-Gov. W. F. Johnston,
' T C. Cunningham, Allegheny City,
I Isaac Whiiesides, "
| D. Marrata, Btidgewater,
i Rev. Wui. Bmilh. Louisville,
! Judge Keys, Cincinnati,
i Capt. Geo. Kennedy, Wellsviile,
: James Wilkius, Allegheny,
j J. P. O'Neii, Bteubenville,
! Rev. Henry Cline, Venango county,
: I)r. James Parsons, Louisville,
Rev. John Watkitis, Maysville,
j Capt. Jacob Poe, Georgetown,
; James 1.. I>odds, Butler county,
I Ex-Gov. Win. Bigler,
! Hev. G. Beehon, Louisville,
CHARLES RITZ is our wholesale and retail agent for
j Lew is town, who will supply retail merchants, k.c , with
' the article at wholesale prices. Price $1 per bottle, or
! six bottles for $5. Call at the agent's and get a copy of
Bowman's Med'cal Journal, nnd read it. All orders for
• the medicine direct to the proprietors,
BOWMAN &. CO.,
New Casile, Lawrence co., Pa.
! B>Agents wanted in every village. Apply by letter or
: otherwise to the proprietors. oclf>
Foundry and Machine Shop.
rpHE public arc hereby notilied that I have
2 rented the Foundry and Machine Shop in
the borough of Lewistown, known as the ' Ju
niata Iron Works," and the large and general
assortment of Patterns, late the property of
Zcigler and Wal.i. now of John Stcrrett &
Co. and Wirt. Wii'.s, and that 1 am prepe l ed
I to do all kinds of
Casting, Turning, \c„
on the shortest notice and in the besi and
; complete style. JOHN ZEIHLER.
I Lewistown, .April 17, lbsG—tf.
MIIBIM MMI3IJ
AND
Snyder County Normal School,
FREE3IR4;, PA.
THE third semi-annual session of this Insti
tution will commence on TUESDAY, July
; 21st, and continue 22 weeks. Its location is
pleasant and healthy, buildings new and com
modious, and terms low. It is the constant aim
j of the teachers to impart sound instruction and
carefully develop and direct the mental, moral
and physical energies of the student. The
course of study will thoroughly prepare those
pursuing it for college, the study of a profession
; c-r business pursuits. The NORMAL DEPART
MENT offers superior facilities to teachers, and
those wishing to become such, to acquire the
necessary qualifications. The County Superin
tendent will frequently review classes and lec
ture on the practical duties of the school room.
Lectures are also delivered in connection with
the subjects of study, and every exertion made
to qualify applicants for the profession. Ar
: raDgemenls arc being made with directors to
procure schools for those who obtain creditable
j certificates.
TERMS •
Board, room, tuition, &c. §52 to 60
Tuition alone, 8 to 16
" " in Normal Deparlm't per qr., 6
jy.usic extra. Boarding in the village, $1 50
! to §2 00 per week.
Get a catalogue containing further particu
! lars. Address GEO. F. McFARLAND,
jy IG Principal.
THE GREATEST
MEDICAL DISCOVERY
OF THE AGE.
DR. KENNEDY, of Roxbury, has discovered
in one of our common pt tart tctcdm
remedy that cures
* Every £iin<! oi'fSiscnor
frorr the wrt icrof.Ja <i>w: to a coir, men Pimple.
IJ E has trie-! it in v-r 1, i. ver fain i ex
-**- enpt in two cases, (both thornier hum r ) lie kas
n -.v in iii;-- i-sersioß over two hundred certificalr* of
itsvirtue.all within twenty mile* of Boston.
Two bottle.' are warranted to care a naming iorv
Mouth.
One t-> three bottles will core the worst kind of Pimples '
on tho face
Two to three bottles w'rtl clean the system of Biles.
Two bottles are warranted to cure the worst Canker <
in the Mouth ami Stomach.
Three to five b tttesare warranted to CUT- the worst \
case of Erysipelas.
One to two hollies are warrant-- ! to cure all Humor in
the eyes.
Two bottles are warrantc ' to cure Km.ning of the ]
Errs arid Kiosche* among the Hair.
Four to si* bottles are warranted S. cure corrupt and >
running L'lcers.
One bottle will cure Sc~ly Empties, of lit Skin.
Two t<> three bottles are TV -rrutin <1 to cure the worst
case of Tlii.sworm.
Two to three bottles are warranted to cure the .iet
desperate case of Hiisuuiaiiiin.
Three to four bottles are wurrmteJ |o tare Ihe Ssll
Rheum.
Five to eight bottles will cure the worst case of Scrof
ula
A benefit is always experienced from the first bottle,
and a perfect cure IB warranted when the above quanti
ty is taken.
Reader. I peddled over alb 'irar.H l.ott'esof Ih s in the
vicinity of 80-lnn. I know tiieeflVri of it in ev-'j case
So sure as trvtr will ii tin-iii?li fire, o- re tviii :nis
cure humor. I never sold a bottle<-f it but that sold an
other; after a trial it si ways speaf.r for itself. There
are two things about this herb that appears to me sur
prising ; first that it arows in our pastures, in so.-ue pla
ees quite plentiful, and yet Us value has never been
known until I discovi-rt-d it in ! S46—second, lira I it should
cure ail kinds of acmor.
In order to give some idea of the sudden rise ar.d great
popularity of the discovery, I w ill slate thai in April,
I >53,1 iwdJled it and sold about six b-itiles per ilay—it,
April, 1t54, I sold ovcrone thou.-and b-,tties per day of ii
Some of the vv h-.lesale Drtteeis's who have beer, in
bu.-.ner-' twenty and thirty year?, say that nothing in the j
annals of patent medicines was ever like it. There is a ]
universal praise of ;t trout all quarters.
In rny own practice I ttlway? k- pi it -trictly for humor*
—hut nirrce It? introduction asa general family medici" .
great un-1 wonderful virtues hive beta found in it that I
never suspected.
Several cases of ••p!!r;itic fit?—a .liseise which was
always considered incurable, have been i ured by a few
bottles. O, what a uiercy if it will prove effectual :u all
casus of that awful malady—lot re are few who have
seer, more of it than i have.
I ' now of several ease*of Proper, at! .if them ageil
pc>; le,c ireilhy it For the variolic tiiser;*eof the Liv
er, ttck ilenlnrbe, Dyspopaia, Ailtiwn, Fever at J Ague,
Pain in the Side, Diseases of the Spine, and particularly
in diseases'if I lie Kidneys, 4tc., the tDseovery has doue
more good than any medicine ever known.
No change of diet ever ne.-cssary—eat the best you
get acd plenty of it.
DIRECTION* ros I'su. —Adults one table spoonful per
day—Children over 10 years, dessert spoonful—Children
from sto 6 years, lea-spoonful. A* no directions can be
applicable to all constitutions, take sufficient to operate
on the bowels twice a day.
Manufactured by
DOXAL9 kE>\EDY,
JVO ilbi ll'orrtn St., liuxbur y. Maaa.
PRICE SI,OO
Wholesale Agent*. New York Otty.C. V. Clickner,t*l
Ila relay s'reet; C 11. Kir.g, 102 Broadway; Kushton an-!
Clark, 275 Broadway; A. B. k IV Hands. It oPulton street.
T. W. DYOTT Ac .SONS, Philadelphia, wholesale
Agents for Pa. Fur sale by F. J. HOFFMAN and Mrs'
MARY MARKS, Lcw.stown. and by B. F. KEi'NER,
Milfiintown. [je-i-ly.
TERRIBLE DISCLOSURES!
Secrets for the Million!
-1 Most Wonderful and Valuable Publication.
A WORK OK 100 RIFIIS, AND 30 COLORED EXOARTINGS.
Dr. Hunter's Vade Klecum;
A N original and popular treatise on Man and Woman—
their Physiology, Functions, and Sexual Disorders
of every kind, with NEVER FAILING REMEDIES for their
speedy cure. Price lift cents.
Dr. iiuuler is a graduate of one of (be first medical
schools in the I" iS., and has devoted a quarter of a cen
tury to the study and treatment of Syphilis and kindred
disorders.
The practice of Dr. Hunter has lens been, and still is,
unbounded, but at the earnest solicitation of numerous
persons, he lias been induced to extend his professional
usefulness through the medium of his 'VADE MECCM-*
It is a volume that should be in the hands of every fam
ily in the land, as a preventive of secret vices, or as a
guide for the alleviation of one of the most awful and
destructive scourges ever visited upon mankind.
The author argues most strongly against every species
of self-defilement, and warns parents and guardians in
searching terms to guard the young of both sexes from
the terrible consequences of their ignorance of physiolo
gical laws and sexual impurities and irregularities. To
those who have been already ensnared to the 'paths that
take hold on death,* a clear and explicit way is shownby
which they may secure a return of sound health and a
regeneration of the soul from its terrible pollution.
It is well known that thousands of victims are annual
ly sacrificed at the shrine of Quackery—especially those
suffering from Venereal or Syphilitic diseases-Strictures,
Seminal W eaknesa, Nervous Debility and the numerous
maladies which spring directly from the indulgence
carnal passions and secret violations of Nature.
When it is also considered that about 100,000 per so as
die annually in the United States of Consumption—a large
majority being the victims of the voluptuous indiscretion
of their progenitors—the author, imbued with sentiments
of enlarged philanthropy, will .scarcely be censured for
any effort to restrain the vices of the age, by the bumble
instrumentality of bis Vad< Mecum.
One cj:y, securely enveloped, wilt be forwarded frt e
of pa>tafe to any ,a;tol the Phi. d frutcs for She In P.
O. stamps, or 3 cop.-; fur 'i. Addtvas, postpaid. Dr.
iillNrrn, ,\ . 3 On ision Sirec:, New York.
iVßeware of bogus Dr. Hunters, —tao connection with
any other Dr. Hunter. B.aSS
w eft w ) TV • wuuHSaaiiSj
Attorney at Law,
OFFICE in West Marketstreet,opposite KiseoJ
nise's Hotel, will attend to any fit. .-in.. ss in the
cotirlsof MiUiin, Centre, or II v. 1t... Icoun
ties Lewistown, Juiv J. 1653.
30 per cent. Sarin?: to Far*.,,-,
Hare's Patent Concentrate
ELCCD
WHICH is beyond doubt the , O<H . .
and valuable fertilizer ever
public. How long will *
U the Guano Monopoly, whilst the* t."
above more potent and more valuable"?
at thirty per cent, less cost ? Read Uie
j Certificates and then try it along
; best Peruvian Guano, and let the rev.i. '
| for itself. H fci
Certificate of J> r . Hay,,. ,
! The speclfi-atione of he. Hare nn.l Jf W
| been submitted to me, I have found
matter on which they are fou rulcl lo be hi f lH*** > ''
nous and fermentable compound, contain |L A*'"*
tial- of a fertilizer of the highest ehnrann , J
( > for sustaining crop* to the time <.f lhsj'r m
i r irard this enterprise of rnanufarinrinr ?
- of importing ii, a practical and important unT i l *"
i favorably a Seeling the int. reels of our r.. m .,
Reaper Ifully, A A. IIA V.N Ea y,"?*
" State of Mc,' t<ui '
Certificat- of Profeteor Lootk
Fpon examining ihe con>pr>silk>n of the best p,
Cuanos, I can perceive gfVknd for asroßimt*'®*
the le?t thai can be made On the contrary
always ; r.-*en more or less of snperflrion* m
; tiro. ? in large quantity. The composition
(Mam c Hare's Patent, is, in my
that of ihe best Huancs, orto any (Niter artffirr.,l
of which I have heard, and I think myself
titled to give Ibis positive opiaion, from tie,
results of <h action of sulphuric acid ou animj'
which I obtained in experiment, but which mi-
pttted by the Patent in question, R-?pectfu|t> \
JAMBS c.'EotJ
Certificate a] Pruft.cr Froztr.
At the reqnesi of parlies interested, I h y,.
tion in staling my opinion, that the male of po-pj,-
I artificial manure, bv actinr tijioii animal mau. r( ,
j rhunc acid, as detailed in Hr. n.ire's Patent,
the resulting substance with animal,charcoal
j phaie r.f I. one, is correct in theory, and althneth j?
had no opportunity of testing the manure tkcVf
practically, I have no doubt that a manure
mijture of ihe<e ingredients in proper proportions
be f. end at least to equal in its effects the ben
November 92, IbS6. JOHN F.
I: is put ip> in hags of one hundred and re,
eccri, and sold at s&> per nett Ton.
JOHN L. MiFFLIN, sole Ageui,
ISSi Roulu Wharves, above Walnut tt,
jyl i-Jio FhUnleqge
FISH
CHEESE ID PROVII
No. 39 & 40 North Wharves,
Haif-way between Arch and Rae# 4*.
PRiLIDELPHIA,
March 12, 1?57.-ly
PHILADEUPHIA
Wood Moulding Mill,
M'llfcw St. above Twelfth, SqrthsMe,'
MOL'LDlNGSspitabJe for Carpenters, Btiiii
er*, Cabinet and Frsme Makers, worth
from the best and thoroughly seasoned malt*
ai, always on hand. Any pattern worked fro*
a drawing.
The subscriber having purchased the tuts
interest will continue the business wha it
creased facilities.
Agents wanted in the various towns itth
portion of the State, to whom opporhtsitM
w ill be offered for large profits to thcraoclm
j!jl6-3m SAMUEL B. HENRY.
"\~OTICE. —We, the underxigned. gir? BOIM
agreeably to the laws of Penn<j!var,U,iM
we intend making application to the ntit*
sion of the Legislature of rerinsyhanig forta
hicorporatioD of a Bank, to be located hth
Borough of I.ewislown, county of Mifflin, us
State aforesaid, under the name, style ant! tit*
of "TOE ?I!FFLi* CCTNTT EISE-ii
to be secured by bond and mortgage on rexie
tale, to be appraised by five men appointed *
the Governor at three-fourths its cafc mn,
and joint and separate liability of all theStoes
hoiders—to have Generai Banking and P
counting privileges, with a Capital of two In*
dred thousand dollars, and the privilege of is
creasing it to four hundred thousand dollars
Wm. Thompson,
John McDowell, Jr.,
Charles Naginej,
And. McFarlane,
Davie Bates,
W. R^ed,
Franeie McClurr,
Johii C. Sigler.
Lewistown, June 22, 1857. je9s-fu
mm m sums
AT REDUCED PRICES!
THE subscribers, finding that they cannotst
business on the present credit system. wo
inform their friends and the public that the;
are determined to
their prices, and sell for CASH alone, with*
exception. The entire stock of Eastern wort
now on hand will be sold at COST, and hose
made work of all descriptions will be soM#
nearly the OLD RATES, as by scliiag forcsst
only the per centage for interest and loss
be thrown off and prices made nearly aslo**
when stock was cheap.
Our friends will please bear the above
mind, aud not put us to the disagreeable we*
sity of refusing them credit. All persons in
debted to us will please pay up immediate?-
and those having claims present them tors*-
tlement. JOHNSON A CLARKE
July 16, 1657.
HATS, CAPS & STRAW GO®
For the People,
AND THE PEOPLE'S CHILDREN
ittiiDimsii,
EAST Market street, Lewistown, opposite*
Post Office, has just returned from theea
with a large and elegant stock of Fasbioca*
HATS, CAPS, STRAW GOODS,
&c., suitable for spring and summer
which, notwithstanding the advance ot >•*
everything else, he will dispose of at low,
ces. His store has been fitted up wi*
cases, with glass fronts, so that the s:oci' £
be examined at a glance.
% He will manufacture to order any '
tiou of hats, (having the best of workmen 18
employ and an abundant supply ot ® ater i
should hts extensive stock fail to furnislh
able article. Parents arc especially ' riT .'
call and examine his variety of Children ■>
and Caps, comprising a first rate stoc *',k ee .
which they can make choice to please '*
selves. *
His Ornish friends will find they are n
g. ttcn, and they may rest assuncl of 1!
article to their taste, or can hafc one to*-'
short notice. . gfc.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore
erally extended to him, fee solicits k sir ! e
call—those indebted to square up
anew—and any number of visitors !ror ; 1 jt
tne neighboring counties, to take a loo*
dav or evening. i
~ai> 1( ' N. J RUDIS ltl