REMARkS OF MR. FIRER, of Lancaster County, upon thl bill ,to complete the North Branch Canal. Ma. SPEAKER.: — I have bat a few remarks to make upon this great question. I regard it as the niost important of alljthe questions thathave come or are likely to come, before the du ring the present session. There heti already too much of the time of the house occupied hi its discuasion, and yet the subject is by no means exhausted. -I should not feel mytielfc ailed upon to participate in the debate at all, wereit not that my colleague has put me, and put the county that we the honor in-part to represent upon thsi floor, in a wrong position, not intentionally so I am sure, for I do not believe for one moment that he would willingly . do or sayanything that would not stand the strictest investigation. But air, in his zeal for what he conceives to be the interests of our constituents, he has gone out of his way to hold a rod over my head, and over the head of any representative from Lancaster county, who "dared" to vote for this bill Now sir, in the first place, I do not believe that there is any very great amount of feeling on the subject in our county, and where feeling to any extent does exist, it is in favor of the measure It is so at least among the best informed in the end of the county which I have the honor more imme diately to represent. But sir,in questions of this kind, where. e cannot get the direct voice of our constituents, it is our duty, at least it is the principle that shall govern me iu my action, to vote in accordance with what we believe to be right, and trust to the further deyelopement of the facts to justify the course I take. Let us see for a moment the situation of the affairs involved in the issue before us. My colleague and others say that the people will not submit to further taxation, that they will not permit any increase of the State debt. Now, sir, there is not a gen tleman upon this flour, who is more opposed to a State debt than I am—nay more, there is not a gentleman who has a constituent who is more op posed to taxation than I am ; and yet, sir, I still go tbr this bill and I'll try to tell you the reason. But before 4 enter upon the subject more fully, I desire to examine one of the positions assumed by the gentlemen who oppose this measure. It is this. They say that the eastern Counties have not been benefitted by the construction,'Of our internal improvements. This is altogether a mistake. You know very well, sir, that since the opening of our Canals and Rail roads, the prices of Merchaudize have been reduced nearly one half. Why sir, a pound of Coffee that now costs you ten cents would have cost before the con struction of these improvements twenty cents, and all other grocer es and indeed merchandize of eery kind have been reduced in very nearly a corresponding degree, whilst the smaller articles of Agriculture have increased to nearly double the prices they brought previous to the opening of these great outlets to the products of our far mers. It may not be the public improvements that have brought about these mighty changes. but I should thank gentlemen to point me to any other cause that will account satisfactorily to themselves even fur these results. But they say. that is the croakers soy, that the improvements have involved us in a mighty debt and hence they are a great curse to us. Now I put it to their candor, whether they would be willing to shut up our Canals and tear up the Railroads of the State, if by so doing they could pay oil every dollar of the State debt? for they must put it m this fortis or they can't meet the question fully and fairly. Would they be wil ling, even in the eastern counties of the State, to have their Rail road destroyed, and go back to the Conestoga wagons to transport the freight and passengers to and from, Philadelphia ? No sir, not a man of them is sincere when they talk about the public improvements being of no ad .7la.titage to them. Mr. Speaker, the world has 'always been full of 'these croakers. Every im provement that has ever been made_in Science, or literature, in the arts or in Agriculture, has al ways foreshadowed to them some awful forebo dings of evil. Every improvement in machinery it has been predicted was going to bring destruc tion upon-the laborers of the country, and yet labor commands higher wages now, than it did before those very improvements, which were to work such destruction, had beets discovered.— Sir they either are - not sincere or they have not reflected properly upon the subject when they speak of the public improvements being a disad vantage to the eastertksounties of the State. It is said that the faiffirs of the Commonwealth will not submit to any further taxation. Now this is a clear intimation that they will repudiate the claims of the commonwealth upon them; in the name of the farmers of Lancaster county I say here upon this flour that they despise the word repu; diction, and however heavily and grievous the .burdens they have to bear may be, still lithe COM munwealth should call upon them to help to meet her engagements, that noble old empire county "so rich in every generous and dignified impulse," would place her herculean shoulder to the car of State and raise her out of her financialdifliculties, and place her upon a basis as indestructuble as the everlasting hills. But, sir, this bill does nor Contemplate any permanent increase of the State debt, but only a temporary guarantee of the in terest upon a loan to complete a work which all admit will when completed be a I'M: greater source of revenue to -the State than -any other work within our borders. It is hardly necessa ry for Inc to go into the details of the advantages to be derived from the completion of this work. This has been fully done in the able and eloquent speech that have been delivered by the Hon. Speaker, the gentleman from Lucerne, the gen. tleman from Adams and others. I may howe,ver call the attention of the house to a few fficts. It is well known that the North Branch ganal is finished to the town of Pittston, at the mouth of the Lackawanna River, a distance of nicety miles from the New York State line. From the mouth of the Lackawanna up there has .already been expended the sum of two millions, six hundred thousand dollars, upon every dollar of which we are paying iuterestht the rate of at least five per cent. which amounts annually to one hundred and thirt thousand . dollars, all of which is drawn in the a ape of taxes from the pockets of the. pen , and in return for which they do nut re cc' e the first dollar. r Now I hope that those gentlemen who oppose tins bill will represent fairly to their constituents this fact, that they are paying $130,000 annually, for which they are not receiving, and never can receive, one farthing, unless they complete this work. But if the work were once completed, Means ere at once provided whereby we may r et some return for the money thus expended.— rho trade, sir, on this canal, if once finished, would be immense, and the revenue which would accrue front the work would be far great er than any other lino in the Commonwealth.— We were told here the other day by the Hon. Speaker, that they used nearly a million of dol lars' worth of fuel annually in the manufacturing salt at one town in the State of New York. They are forced, from necessity, to use wood in all es tablishments of this kind, from the fact that they cannot procure our coal . ; but open up this Canal, and every one of those manufacturing establish ments, through the interior of the State of New York, will use our Wyoming and Lackawanna Coal, because of its cheapness ,-its convenience, and the greater intensity of the heat produced by its fire. • I believe, sir, that it is a low esti mate to say that in two years from the comple tion of this canal, a million of tons of coal would be shipped from the mines into the interior of the State of New York. It wilt still be borne in mind that the distance is ninety-four miles, and the bill provides that the toll on a ton of coal going out of the state, shall be one cent per mile. Thus you at once derive $940,000 revenue, which is nearly: 4 per cent. upon the whole most of the Cnnal from the Lackawanna to the New York improvements. But this is not the only source from which we Will derive a large revenue, if we once finish that Canal. Sir, our boats will go into the State of New Yorli; freighted with the productions of our mines, and return with the salt and plaster of our sister State ; and again, a very large por tion of the merchandize that will be wanted in the northern counties of this State, will be pur chased in Philadelphia an'l Baltimore, and pass up the whole length of the Susquehanna and noralaranch divisions of the Canal, and thus the Commonwealth will derive a large revenue from a source from which she does not now receive a dollar, from the fact that owing to the want of communication with those cities, they purchase their goods in New York, and have them deliv ered by the New York State improvements. But another source of revenue is found in the lumber of that region. It is well known that the northern counties of Pennsylvania, and the neigh boring counties of New York, are engaged large ly in the luniber trade, and that the only means of getting their lumber to market is by freshets in the Susquehanna and its tributaries. This mode, sir, is not only .very uncertain, but it is also very dangerous to the safety of the property. Why, sir, a man may labor and toil during the entire year,,and invest his all, in a stock of lum ber and start with it to market, and by some un foreseen accident, his entire stock may be de stroyed, and he made a bankrupt, and his wife and children be at once reduced to beggary.— Sir, I have conversed with intelligent gentlemen from that region on this subjeit, and all agree that if this canal were .completed, that the prin cipal part of the lumber that is manufactured in its vicinity, would go to market in boats, instead 'of the way that it now goes, and the amount of revenue to be derived from this source is incal culable. But to show that the friends of this measure do not over estimate the advantages to be derived from this work, let uszlance fotsone• moment at the finished part. But before I go any further, I would oall the attention of the Hounift6 si - feet. itateethe other' day, by my friend- from Imamate, (Mr. Fuller). It is this : that no Canal can pay, unless it passes through either a manufacturing or mining coun- try; that agriculture never can keep up any pub lic improvements. For evidence upon thii point, look,* your main Line, Stretching froth the Dela ware to the Ohio, sprending Out herlitoad arms and inviting the trade'of the west to:find its way to the eastern market upon tier bosons; and yet it don't pay 3 per cent. The west branch, is another case in point to prove the truth of the position ; it don't pay 2'percent:or:tits cost and keep up repairs. Whilst the Delaware division, which passes through a mining region, pays 8 per cent., and the north 'branch, which has to contend with the Shamokin, Lyken's Valley and the Pine Grove coal regions in the southern mar kets, pays over '7 per cent. If then, this finished part of the Canal does so well, while struggling against such fearful odds, what will it do in a market where there is no competition, and where they pay double the amount of toll on the ton per mile 7 Surely prudence and a just appreciation of the interests of this good old Commonwealth, which we all love so well, would indicate a dif ferent course than that pursued by the gentlemen who oppose this bill. ' • But it may be said that the amount asked for will not be sufficient to complete the work. Well I know that engineers very frequently under-es timate the cost of works of this kind, but fortu nately for the friends of this bill we can meet this objection on the very threshold; for, sir, a number of gentlemen, who are in every way re sponsible, have agreed to take the work at engi neer's estimate, and give.the most ample securi ty for the faithful performance of the contract. One thing more, and I am done. 'We have seen, sir, since the commencement of this ses sion, how claims for damages have come in upon us from the people along this line of unfinished work ; and, sir, unless we go on and complete it they will continue to come. But finish the Ca nal, and what is now damage willjthen be bene fits. We have broken into and mutilated and destroyed farms, dug up roads torn down bridges and marred the fair face o f ? the country, and what have we given in return Y A sightless ditch —not one single farthing's benefit to the country, but an absolute injury ; and we cannot hold up our faces as honest men if we do not either finish the work, and thus remove the damages, or pay the claimants what has been justly due tem for twelve long years. Are gentlemen willing to repudiate the honest debts of the State 't If we are not, what in the name of heaven are we go ing to do ? We must either pay our honest debts or bear the reproach of having the dark and pi ratical flag of repudiation floating over our heads without that glorious motto that is emblazoned on our standard, Virtue, Liberty and Indepen dence." Sir, we talk of poverty, whilst every mountain and hill ; valley and stream is a mine of wealth, which requires but the putting forth of the energ ies of our people to make the Com mon wealthbud and blossom as the rose. A Fat Man. We heard of a most laughable incident that re ally happened in Eleventh street in this city recent ly. A raw, inexperienced Irish girl just arrived from the old country, with the verdure of the Green Isle still fresh upon her, was taken into emplilliknt as a house maid. Among other duties 11111111Ped her. she was directed to collect all the scraps of fat and other matter from the various depositaries of the kitchen and lay them aside, with instructions to give them to the first '• lat man - that should come along-fat man" being the technical appellation of those individuals who traverse cities in search of materials for soap. Having collected the materials, the girl took a position opposite the street door, and by and by seeing a gentleman of respectable rotun dity approaching, accosted him,inviting him to walk in, as her "misthress" wanted to see him. The gen• tleman was astonished at this invitation to a strange house, but nevertheless walked in ; and was directed by the girl to take a seat in the parlor, where he said he would wait the lady's commands. She then went to her misthress, informing her that there was a fat man down stairs. "Well;" said the mistress, "give him the fat - "But," said the dam sel, "docs'nt he want to say you ?" Astonished at this pertinacity on the part of the dealer in grease, and still more astonished that he should have taken his seat in the parlor, she went down stairs, when her astonishment reached its climax at findinga very genteel, good-hummed-looking gentleman oc cupying the apartment. The lady blushed, the . gentleman stated that he was prere on her invita tion. and, with much stammering, the lady stated that it 'was a " soap fat man - she expected to see ! Apologies for the awkward mistake of the girl fol.' lowed, which the fat man at once accepted, and with various explosions of laughter at the contre temps, the gentleman good-humoredly took his leave.—Evoibig Where was Ophir? 1. KINGS, ix. 26. Also, King Salomon made a hauie of shippes in Ezon-geber, which is beside Elolh, and the brinke of the redde Sea, in the land of Edom. 27. And Hiram sent with the nauie his seruan tee, that,were mariners, and had knowledge of the sea, with the seruantes of Salomon. 40 26. And they came to Ophir and set from thence foure hundredth and twenty talents of gold, and brought it to King Salomon. I. Ktz,ms, x. 22. For the King had on the sea the nauie of Tharshish, with the nauie of Hiram ; once in three yeere came the sianie of Tharshish, and brought gold and sillier, yuorie, and apes and peaeockes. 11. CHRON. viii. IS. And Hiram sent him by the handes of his seruants, shippes, and seruants that had knowledge of the sea : and they went ' with the seruants of Salomon to Ophir, and brought thence-tbure hundredth and little talents of golde., and brought them to King Salottion. 11. Cilium ix. St. For the king's ships west to Tarshish with the seruants of Hiram, every three yeere once came the ships of Tarshish, and brought golde, and siluer, yuori and apes, and pea cockes.—Eriglish Bible, printed in 1580. What Gold Region was a three 'years' voyage distant from Palestine? Had some enterprising Tyrian Columbus discovered Caliibrnia three thou. Sand years ago t Wino can tell' , Wino can confi dently say No? Off' for California. REAnvii, Feb. 27, I SAli Yesterday morning a great crowd of our citizens assembled at the Reading Itepot to witness the de parture for the laud 01 promise, of as noble looking band of young men as can be found any where. They were all in good spirits, and left with the full determination to carry out the intention of the "Reading Calitiarnia Association" to the letter. They will sail from Philadelphia to-day or to-mor row, on board the schooner Newton, Capt. West, for Tampico, from there go to Mazatlan or San Blas on mules, where they will again embark on a vessel and sail to San Francisco. The following is a list of their names: Allen Grosh, Hosea Grosh,_ Thomas Taylor, Charles Taylor, Andrew Taylor, Uriah Green, Henry Kerner, John Hahs, Samuel. Klapp, Simon Seylert, Peter Rapp, Dr. W. G. Martin, Reuben Axe, William Zerbe, William Thos. Abbott, Rob ert Farrelly, Noland Witman, and Jonathan Flag. The vessel is equipped with every thing necessary for their accommodation, and the company with an ample stock of implements, provisions, clothing, &c.—Berks Caunty Republican. More truth than Poetry. There is indeed more truth than poetry in what the Harrisburg Keystone says on the subject of leg islation now-a-days Let any farmer, mechanic or laboring man, take up the huge volume of acts passed at each session, and turn over the pages from the beginning to the end, and see how many he can discover, in which he has any interest. He will find them almost wholly made up of acts of incorporation, or supple mentary thereto, and special and local acts, most of which never ought to have been passed. Yetevery man in the community is taxed to keep up this Legislative machinery between three and four months every year. This is a most prolific subject for the press, and in relation to which it might do more good than any other..' The only subject of general interest tothe people, requiring the attention of the present Legislature, is the general appropri ation act, and some additional revenue acts, which are immediately demanded. 'Yet these will proba bly be left, as they generally have been, to the very close of the session, and then be hurried through in the most imperfect manner. or lost altogether fix want of time. We may talk of parties, and of principles of government, as much as we please, but unless they are made productive of some good to the people, they are of no practical utility. THE N.A.xr. or THE Prixsinxxx.—Taylor is the the first one who bears an old testament name. The cognomen Zachary has not very unfrequently appeared appended to men in distinguished public life. More than a thouand years have intervened between the election of Pope Zachery and President Zachary. It is a curious circumstance that the Papal temporal dynasty was commenced in Rome under Zachery, 1107 years ago, and in the same year that the American Zachary is called to our Presidential chair, the temporal power expires, and a new constitutional government is Icitned in Rome upon the basis of universal suffrage. —Newport Newt. -=:,sue•.. ~nteltigeitier - ~~ ~ounal. E. W. HOTTER; Lancaster, MarOh 6, 1.84:9i . . Irr The article published: in last- West .Chester Republican, descriptive of the" GrEnsgsars 6F.PE191- SYLVANLA," should have been credited to this jour nal, in which it appeared editorially about a year ago. The North Branch Canal. This work was originally commenced on account of its great value in opening a Northern and-West ern market for our Coal and Iron, and bringing to our Canal the boundless commerce Of the Inland Seas, with which this great improvement would be connected. It was solely with this view that the ; work was originally undertaken. There was no half-way policy governing the counsels of those who embarked in the enterprise. It was .well :, known that, unless the work were completed to the State line, it would ri t be advisable to undertake it at all. It was for. is reason that, after 73 miles of the ine were cons ructed, from Northumberland to Lac awana, at a st of $1,395,285 82, the Leg islature ' G d . ected the Northern terminus of the line-3G miles—to be put under contract from Athens to Wyalusing—and in 1838 ordered that the remaing 54 miles, from Wyalusing to Lacks wana, be also placed under contract. Nothing could more decidedly indicate the principles upon which the construction was carried on. The com pletion of the entire line was looked to as the great object in view, and the only inducement to the con struction of any part of it. According to the es timate of Mr. FosTmt, an engineer of admitted in' tegrity and talents, the money expended on that part of the line between Lackawana and the State Line, amounts to $2,484,939 60—Making the whole sum expended on the North Branch Canal amount to $3,880,225 42 According to the estimate of Mr. Fositm), after a carefid survey of the route in the spring of 1847, the whole line could be com pleted by a farther expenditure of $1,10)1,037. When this comparatively small sum would' suf fice to complete the work, it is material to inquire, why it has been so long delayed 0 Certainly any administration, or any party, that would, withoUt cause, permit three or four millions of the people's money to be lost, for - want of the additional expen diture of one million, would have a fearful account to settle with the people. Any administration, or any party, that would, without good reason, permit great and valuable works, which cost nearly four millions of dollars, to become comparatively useless, or to go to utter ruin to) want of the sum necessary to complete them, would justly reap the condemna tion of an intelligent people. The cry against the increase of the State Debt will not impose upon the public mind. when it is as plain as that two and two make four, that to permit the decay of such extensive works and the entire loss of four millions of dollars, is to load the people with debt to that amount,wilhout giving to them any value for it whatever—whilst the expenditure of another million completes the' work, gives them an equivalent for the liabilities imposed, and provides the means of paying the debt from the revenues arising from the Canal. No good farmer will permit his unfinished barn to sink into dilapidation for want of a small outlay to put it under roof, or his crops to be des troyed for want of a few dollars to complete his fences. The work on the North Branch Canal W.is su.s - abandoned—in 1841, because the gene ral financial embarrassment was so great that State Credit was too low to raise the means to proceed. The Commonwealth was under an absolute neces .sity to suspend her public works. Her credit, like the credit of individuals, was so low that to pro ceed was impossible. For this reason she give away the Erie Extension and the four millions ex pended on it to a Company, who are now making eight per cent on their investment. For this reason she also consented in 1842 to give away the North Branch extension to a company—but , fortunately for Pennsylvania, the most of the stock fell into the hands of three or four New Yorkers, who desired to lead the trade of the.lakes through New York state to the city of New York, instead of through Pennsylvania to Philadelphia. Under their influence, the North Branch Company delayed operations, until its privileges expired, while the New York and Erie Railroad has been moving on ward with rapid strides. But 110 W, all financial embarrassment is at an end. Our state-stocks are nearly at par. Our six per cents are selling at ted,4 and our 5 per rents at 81)i. We have, there fore, nosy no excuse whatever ibr permitting the money expended on this work to be irretrievably lost, and none for allowing a great rival state to withdraw the immense trade of the Great Lakes from our borders. This is not a party question. It rises immeasur ably above that, and concerns the whole people, irrespective of all party lines and distinctions.— Viewing it in this aspect, it allbrds us pleasure to quote the sentiments of Governor Wittasm F. Jolts HTON, in favor of the completion of this work. In his message to the Legislature, he says: "In reference to the internal improvements of the State, I cannot allow the opportunity to pass without alluding to the North Branch canal. It is supposed that a million or dollars ‘vould complete this work, at present profitless and rapidly going to ruin. Already has the State expended upwards of two millions, which, while it remains unfinished, is absolutely lost. The country through which this. improvement passes„ls rich in the articles of coal and iron, and in agric:ultural products. Its comple tion, by the increased amount of tolls received on it, and the additional freight thrown on to other por tions of the improvements, would amply secure' the interest on the coot of its completion. Under a deep sense of the correctness of these views, I could not avoid bringing the subject to your early consideration." It is true that some narrow-minded panders to popular prejudice are now anxious to screen the Governor from the responsibilities of the position he has taken—and they would lain persuade us that he was playing the Hypocrite in all that he has said in favor of the North Branch Canal. But we cannot, unless we shall see the most convincing proof of it, believe that the Governor would thus "palter in a double sense," and he may well ex claim : "Save me from my fiends I".rhe deep and burning infamy which attaches to a Chief Magis trate. who secretly strives to defeat the measures which he has openly recommended in his messages, should operate as a warning to those friends of the Governor, who are endeavoring to defeat the North Branch Canal under pretence of doing ins bidding, Much as we are opposed to the present State -Exe cutive,, politically, may he be preserved from a crime so high and a degradation so low, as the employment or countenance of friends - to defeat the measutres-he has himself solemely recommended to the pmtople:s representatives under the high sanction of his offiic•ial oath. A Governor who acts in this way draws down upon himself the just reproaches of all honor able men. But, although some of the Governor's partisans are engaged in the ignoble task of proving, that the man of their own selection is "looking one way and rowing an, other," there are other members of the Whig party who act in good faith in support I of the Executit:e recommendation. The Commit tee of 'Ways all d Means of the House have endor sed the views of the Governor in favor of comple ting the North: .Branch Canal, in an able and con clusive report. Mr. Coopr.n, the late Attorney General of the c-overnor and U. S. Senator elect, has adopted the same view. Mr. FrsaEn, one of the whig . represenkatives from Lancaster county, and a gentleman of enlarged views and command ing talent, b .as also taken a broad and statesmanlike view of thaw question. We have no political affini ties with t} le Governor, or any of his friends, and shall never cease to lament his elevation to the Ex "aifilti'Zittee o 1 tieiiilisirvantii"ltiit it part of Our tactics to condemn men, right or wrong ad to act upon the illiberal doctrine that "no good can come out of Nazareth." . On the vohtraryi is so seldom that wo., find oughU in the,COMuct of, our politi cal opponents that7pLocraz tonal discovery of the sort afforrisfis plit4ure;,÷„, The North Branch questilin is one of this r*arzi,tTer —and it is in simple joiAlie tOl‘,l , olsozrSthalwe give his speech a plaesirin our columns. --it is one: whiih redounds greatly io his credit, and proves that he possesses a high degree of moral cciurage; which elevates hini far above the ephemeral popW larity-mongers of the day. OiS argument in favor of the completion of the work is able and conclu sive, conveyed in a tone of manly and straight forward independence, that must commend itself to the heart and conscience of every intelligent reader. An idea of the immense amount of the Lake trade to be brought upon this Canal, and of the extent of revenue to be derived from it, may be ob tained from the following extract from the report of the Committee of Ways and Means of the pres sent House of Representatives: " This lake commerce is a remarkable feature even .in the giant strides of enterprise, which our country annually exhibits. The entire line of lake coast extends about five thousand miles; two thou sand of which belong to Great Britain. Here are no less than seven immense inland seas, connected throughout their whole 'extent: lake 'Champlain' connects with lake Ontario, by the impiovements on the Richlieu and St. Lawrence rivers, and the Rideau canal through Canada. Lake Ontario is doubly connected with lake Erie by the Welland canal in Canada, andAhe Oswego and Erie canal in New York. Lake Erie with St. Clair, by the navi gable strait of Detroit. Lake St.: Clair with . lake Huron, by the , deep strait of St. Clair. Lake Huron with lake Michigan, by the fine wide strait of Mackinaw; and with lake_Superior by the strait of St. Mary's. The commerce and tonnage of these lakes have continued to double each five years, ever since there have been means of estimating them. In 1847, there were eighty-six steamboats in commission; and of shipping of all kinds, five hundred and sixteen. Sixty of these steamboats belong to the city of Buffalo, some of them are of two thousand tons burthen. The entire value of this lake commerce in 1947, was about one hundred and thirty millions of dollars.' Well may Pennsylvania desire a central and direct communication with these wonders of the North; and well may Philadelphia desire to parti cipate in this trade, without paying tribute to her great commercial rival." Westmoreland County. A Democratic Delegate Convention met at Greensburg, Westmoreland county, on the 20th ultimo, for the purpose of electing:delegates to the Pittsburg 4th of July Convention. The following gentlemen were duly chosen: JOHN SNODGRASS, senatorial, Maj. Josapii Jacic, Col JOSEPH GUFFEY and Hon. H. D. FOSTER, representative. The fol- lowing resolution in reference to the Canal Com missioner was adopted: Resolved, That we think the gallant Democracy of the North are entitled to the next Canal Coinmis stoner—we hope they will present a good man and true—he shall have our united support. Mr. Meek, of Centre. The Harrisburg correspondent of the Clarion Democrat, pays the following just compliment to that exemplary citizen and Democrat, the represen tative from Centre county, in our State Legislature: "This morning, there being no regular clergy man present, Mr. Meek officiated. As Mr. Meek is from Centre county, he is personally known to many of your readers as a good man and a sound radical Democrat. He is-Chairman of the Com mittee on Vice and Immorality. When any sub ject comes before the House, which properly be longs to that Committee, Mr. Meek's voice can be heard first in the strife against vice in all its forms, and among the first to :call the yeas and nays, so that the members may vote solemnly and with the terror of theit constituents before their, eyes. Mr. Meek is therefore a very useful member.- Cumous PETITION.—The lower branch of the Legislature of Massachusetts had its equanimity very seriously disturbed some day since, by the reception of the following curious petition: To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives ; in General Court assembled: The undersigned, a resident in the town of Tis bury, in Dukes county, would must respectfully re quest your honorable bodies to pass a law permit ting him to import from the Slaveholding States, one or two slaves, and hold them in perpetual ser vitude, for the purpose of cultivating his farm, and as in duty bound will ever pray Tisbury, Feb. 10, 1849 , It would be supposed that the fate of so absurd a desire would soon be made manifest, but, on the contrary the grave Solons debated it with much earnestness for a considerable period, and at list consigned it to the Committee on: Judiciary by a vote of 93 to 63. This is certainly vindicating the right of petition if nothing else. 11 i California Gold is still the subject of com ment and speculation in the English papers. The London Tams refers to the effect already produced by it upon prices. It says:—" The activity conse quent on the enterprise has sensil4 raised the value of agricultural and manufacturing products. The breadstuffs and calicoes alike commadd higher pri ces than before, and though the mania will proba bly end in the ruin of many and the disappointment of more, it can hardly be without its beneficial effects on the colonization of the New World, and the commerce of the old." PRESENT TO G EN. TA YLOIL-Th e Messrs. Bagley of New York, have manufactured a beautiful gold pen for Gen. Taylor. It is very heavy, of solid gold, and fitted to one of their patent sliding hold ers—whichis more convenient—because it occupies less space than any other now in use. The pen cost about MO. A GREAT Wonx.—Judge Burnet, son of the fa mous Bishop of Salisbury, when young, is said to have been of a wild and dissipated turn. Being one day found by his father in a very serious hu mor, "what is the matter with you, Tam," said the Bishop "what are you ruminating on?" "A greater work than your Lordship's History of the Reformation," answered the son. "Aye! what is that ?" asked the father. "The reformation of my self, my lord, - replied the son. SUDDEN DEATH.—Miss E. Catharine AleArran, aged about 19 years, residing in Washington city, on Tuesday last, in ascending a pair of stairs, her mouth filled suddenly With blood, and on descend ing to the room where her mother was sitting, continued to eject blood until she expired. Previ ously she was apparently in good health. She was to have been married on the evening of the occur rence, to a gentleman residing in Philadelphia. BIBLE PRESENTATION TO GEy. TATLOR.-At the Presbyterian Ladies' Fair at Frankfort, Ky., on the 14th ult., Gen. Taylor being present by invitation, was presented with a magnificent copy of the Bible, and the Constitution df the United States. in the same volume. • E' They have some very bad boys in Carlisle, Pa. The editor of the Volunteer noticed in the street, the other day, a young hopeful, aged 13 or 14 years, who was reeling, staggering, and swear ing, under the influence of liquor! REASONABLE Excuss.—The theatre-goers in N. Orleans having expressed much dissatisfaction at the non.apperance of Mr. Booth, in Richard, his physician, "in justice to Mr. IV informs the public that he was prevented from appearing by an attack of cholera! J 1 H. Lytton Bulwer; the new minister to this country from Great Britain, is a brother of the dis tinguished novelist, and he is the same person whoni the government of Spain had the recent ditliculty with when he acted as Ambassador at that Court. 117 The - Washington -,Union says that General -Taylor, received the committee of both'Houses of Coingress on Ttimda'y, who waited upok him• to announce, ;officialtir the-xesult of gikliall*i3f eh;#tore,*d his • election to-the the Ifilited Statics. Mr. Jefferaiii Davis,on Olparkof the Senate; madk.a short address to him the ilk.- casiok Ito which the P*lident elect made a- very appropriate reply. Several gentlemen were present omthe occasion—among whom was the Mayor o the city, Mr. Seaton. MOVEMENTS or Mn. - POLK Alin F.....strur.—The Washington Union says that the President of the United States left the White House on Saturday evening, to take up his quarters at the Irving House. He and his lady, and the Secretary of tbe.Treasury —who will go as far as New Orleans with them— will leave Washington in the regular boat on this (Tuesday) morning. Some of the President's friends will accompany him to Richmond. He expecti to arrive at Wilmington (N. C.) on Wednesday, where he will remain the invited guest of the town one day. The ladies of his family, too, will require seme repose after the loss of two nights' sleep.— On Thursday he expects to arrive in Charleston, to stay one day, and partake of the cordial hospi talities of the common council. They will arrive at Savannah on Saturday, where they will lie by on the Sabbath, and then proceed homewards to Nashville by way of New Orleans. GEN. TArcon.--The National Intelligencer says: '•Our readers will be glad to learn that General Taylor has been, by a day or two repose, quite res tored from the effects both of. the accident which he met with on his route hither, and of the fatigue of his long journey; so much so that, besides re ceiving yesterday a large number of visiters of both sexes, he paid a formal viiitto President Polk, by whom he was courteously received, and with whom he exchanged the respectful greetings due from each to the other in their respective situations. We havgseason to believe that the impressions made on the numerous persons, public and private, who called on the General yesterday, scarcely one of whom had ever seen him before, was highly favorable. The blender urbanity and dignity of of his demeanor, his kindness to all, and the evi dent benevolence which pervades all his actions, are well calculated to win general esteem. We ourselves were pleased to observe the alertness and vigor which mark his movements, after so many years of hard, anxious and wearing service." NEWLY ELECTED SEsA•roas.—The Intelligencer of Monday announces, the arrival in Washington of the Hon. James Cooper, Senator elect from Pennsylvania; Hon. Pierre Soule, Senator elect from Louisiana; tie Hon. James Shields, Senator elect from Illinois; an] the lion, James Whitcomb, Senator elect from Indiana; all of whom will take their seats at the Extra Sessions of the Senate, which has been convoked to assemble to-day. WASHINGTON, March o'clock, P. M. Such a crowd and such an excitement have not been witnessed in Washington since the Inaugura tion of Gen. Harrison—and the cry is still they come. Every house in the city is fined to over flowing, public and private, and hundreds if not thousands may be expected during the next eigh teen hours. Asthe weather is now clear and likely •to continue so, the Inauguration of Gen. Taylot promises to be as imposing as an immense con course of people can make it. ' The Inaugural Address is commendably brief and judging from the amount of paper it covers in manuscript, will not 'ouch exceed a column of the Washington Intelli gouer. Its contents by some means has leaked out, (at least so reperted.) It is said to be merely a reiteration of General Taylor's previously expressed opini,ins. Election of Judges by the People The tendency of the age is democratical. In the monarchies of the old world, as well as in our own republic; the restless spirit of democracy. which establishes man's right and capability for self-government, is at work. In the former, the power which the privileged orders have for centu ries wielded, with indisputed sway, over the masses of the people, is being wrested from them; and their once abject subjects boldly demand as their inherent right, civil privileges which, but a little while ago, they dared not even beg for, as a boon. In the latter, the broad principle upon which our Constitution seas based, that "all power is inherent in the people," is every day more fully developed in the administration of public affairs. The appoint meat power, that feeble remnant of the kingly pre rogative, has from the viry organization of our State and National Governments, been slowly, though unceasingly narrowed down; and now exists for little better purpose than to remind the Execu tive, as he assumes the robes of State, that "a bar on sceptre" is entrusted in his hands. The major ity of the offices, which formerly were in the gift of the Governor or President, have become elective by the people ; and at the present day, a disposition is manifested, throughout the length and breadth of the land, to adopt the democratic principle in .its fullest extent, compatible with the maintenance of organized government, and place all the offices directly at the disposal of the people. In Pennsylvania, this. spirit has been recognized and sensibly felt in the legislation of the last fifteen or twenty years. The appointing power of our Governors is now limited to a law offices immedia tely connecter! with the administration of the exe cutive government, a dozenof Insepetors, &c. in and about Philadelphia, and the Judges throughout the Commonwealth. Even this comparatively incon siderable patronage, bids fair to be still farther re duced. The subject of making the Judiciary elec tive, has bren agitated for two or more years past ; it was first suggested by the Democratic party, which is ever in the lead of all measures tending to enlarge the scope of the people's power; and has met with so much favor, as to be cordially appro ved even by many of the opposite party, whose in stinctive jealousy of popular sovereignty, has al most invariably led them to condemn all projects for transferring power from rulers to people. The time.for taking this additional step in the progress of the democratic principle, seems to be at hand, as there is now pending in the Legislature, a Reso lution to amend the Constitution so as to give the election of Judges to the people. The Resolution has been favorably reported upon, by the Judiciary Committee of the. Senate: and as far as the senti ments of members in both Houses have been as certained, there appears to be a strong probability that it will be adopted. For our part, we heartily approve of the measure. The apprehensions of those timid individuals, who regard with distrust and horror, all changes in public policy, do not dis turb our equanimity, in the least; and the fearful predictions of those, whose sympathies and senti ments are entirely with a by-gone age, and who suffer their antiquated notions of government to warp their judgment upon all subjects connected with the ascendency of popular- power, do not alarm us a bit. We have implicit faith in the vir tue, intelligence and patriotism of the people, which none of the political convulsions through which the State and Nation have passed, has shaken. And further, we believe that the appointing power is quite as venal, and just-as liable to abuse, as the elective franchise; and have no doubt that the independence of the judiciary would be as well maintained under one system as the other. Besides, if we allow that the people are competent to elect men to choose their Judges, we must certainly admit that they are capable 'of electing the Judges themselves.— What a man does by another, he does himself, is a legal maxim of great antiquity, and it implies al ways a capacity for the act, in the party who dele gates his power. But, not to consume time in "ar guing the pint," we go for making the Judges elec tive, because it is simply Sniffling the spirit of the institutions which every true-hearted American be lieves to be based on immutable truths. Democ racy pervades our whole federal and state system-- the principle of self-government, and the doctrine that the people are the only true-source of all pow er, constitute the fundamental articles of our poli tical creed ; and if danger and disaster are to fol loW their practical application, it must be for the only reason that democracy is a cleat, and the AmeriCan Constitution a fallacy. JOHN P. NORTON DJ - A good story is told of a physician who is distinguished for changing often from one party to another. A gentlemen of his acquaintance, on en. tering the cars one morning, was asked by another. "How is Mr. C. in politics now? t 4 I can't say," he replied, " I have not seen him this morning!" [Er Here is a. good definition of a secret: "Any thing made known to every body in a whisper." WMMFlrrellr El= vihniteetienti councils. Fupwr, • February 23,1849,. • Coutatt:Jl;Utetoii*eral business. In Conn*: Council, the President submitte, a coinmunivltiotiltotu, Dr. F. A. Mublen*Fg, d• - eTtning totlik'l , elks ia member of CommorkpoUpeild which waa..nn . ul.;lof the declination accepte4-- When, oniniition, Council proceeded to the:'c tiok4of a memberirt the place of Dr. Muhlenkerg, Mr.. phiaa Morton was elected, anitzthe Clerk direeteirio notify him of his election. In Select Council, a communication was read from the Street' Commissioner, that the "Manor Turnpike Company" had been notified not to erect a Toll Gate in, Manor street, under resolution of Councils; enclosing an affidavit of the service of Council's resolution upon Daniel Harman, Esq. President of said company, and informing that such gate is now erected and toll demanded and received thereat. When a resolution was adopted, directing the Street . Commissioner to take down and re move such gate. In Common Council an amend ment was proposed of the addition of the words "as a nuisance ;" when on motion of Messrs. Steinman and nissler, Council went into Com mittee of the Whole on the consideration of the resolution, Mr. Garner in the chair; after sonic discussion on the part of Messrs. Steinman and Mathiot, the committee rose and through their chairman reported the same with the amendment proposed, which was agreed to by C. C. and the resolution as amended concurred in. S. C. con curred in the amendment. In Select Council, Mr. Amwake offered a reso lution for a joint committee of two, to confer with the Commissioners of Lancaster county, relative to a general law for laying out streets within the city, and the payment of damages on opening the same, to report to Councils at their next meeting, which was adopted: Committee of S. C. Messrs. Amwake and Zecher. C. C. concurred, commit tee Messrs. Steinman and Trissler. Mr. Zecher offered a resolution appropriating the five hundred dollars receivable from. Lancaster county for the . sale of the piece of ground west of the reservoir; to the sinking fund for the reduction of the city debt, which was adopted. S. C. concurred. In Con/UM Council, the President laid before Council a repOrt of David Longenecker, Chris tian Bachman, Robert Motlerwell, C. Kiefer, and Ely Parry, a sub-committee from the committee appointed at .i general Town Meeting to take into consideration the propriety of lighting the city with gas. The committee report that an offer is made to erect Gas Works complete, with three miles ot main pipe laid at a cost not exceeding $50,000, with a proposition to take $lO,OOO ot the amount in stock. They ask Councils to subscribe $lO,OOO in stock, and give an assurance that the remain ing $30,000 will be subscribed by the citizens of Lancaster—which report was referred to a joint committee of three to take the matter into Consid eration and report to Councils; corn. of C. C.— Messrs. Weidler, Rohrer, and Betties. In S. C. concurred in alter amending the reference, that the Presidents of Councils be added to the com mittee. C. C. concurred in the amendment. In Select Council a resolution was adopted, that all ordinances hereafter passed be published in four of the city papers to be designated by the Presidents of Councils. Common Council con curred. In Common Council, on notion of Messrs. Steinman and Erisman, Council resumed the con sideration of the Mayor's communication relative to the police and municipal officers, which was laid on the table at laSt meeting. When, on mo tion of Messrs. Gorner and Rohrer, the reference of S. C. was amended by referring the communi cation to appropriate committees to be named by the Presidents at next stated meeting; and as amended concurred in. S. C. concurred in the amendment. On motion, adjourned. - JAMES BLACK, Clerk S. C. JAMES C. CARPENTER, Clerk C. C JOHN VAN BUHEN.—When John Van Buren had concluded his argument in the Supreme Court at Washington last month, in the case involving the constitutionality of the law of New York taxing emigrants, lie took occasion to address Chief Justice Taney, oti the bench, upon the importance of an early decision. " I should not have presumed, your honor," Said John, " to speak upon this matter, but for •the great courtesy and kindness that I have re'. ceived from the whole bench, whenever I have hail the honor to appear before the Court. The truth is, sir, a speedy determination of the question is de sirable in every. point of view; but especially with reference to the poor devils who are now at Quar antine. The Cholera is raging among them with fearful mortality, and it would be a consolation to their friends to know that they are dying constitu tionally." MRS. PARTINGTON oN BREACHES.—"Breeches of faith, - screamed Mrs. Partington, as she heard that term applied to Mexican violations of the armistice. " Well, I wonder what they will have next. I have beam tell of " cloaks of hypocrisy" and " robes of purity," butt never heard of "breeches of faith" before. I hope they re made of something that won't change and wear out, as old Deacon Gudg in's faith did, for his was always changing,. He went on from believing that nobody would be saved to believing that all will be. and at last turned out a phrenologer, and didn't believe in nothing r Boston Post. NIAGAILA FALLs.—At no cornier period has that great work of nature been so attractive and beauti hil as at the present. The cold weather nan con gealed the spray im the trees on Goat Island and along the margin of the river, forming a wonder flly brilliant spectacle. A Tr:nunu. a . 11 E.— An exchange paper, indul ging in the usual eulogy on the 'ltd, says : " Freedom wept with joy when Washington was born, and many a throne•haunting demon shrieked with prophetic despair.•' Gocu DoLcans.—Congress having passed the bill providing for the coinage of gold dollars, we hope the projects for the creation of small notes will now be allowed to sleep the sleep of death.— In the present healthy condition of the currency, small paper money can only be used as a means to plunder the laboring poor.—Pennsy/vaniaa. CANAL COMMISSIONER.—Maj. FRANCIS L. Bow- MAN, of Williesbarre, late of the First Pennsylvania Regiment in Mexico, is recommended as a candi date for Canal Commissipner by several Northern and Western Democratic papers. A correspondent of the Pennsylvanian names that veteran Democrat, D. N. W. SAMPLE, of Lan caster, as a candidate for Canal Commissioner. OL D ZAcK A DorTott.—A proposal was seriously made at the late annual meeting of the State Med ical society, to confer on General Zachary Taylor the honorary degree of M. D. It is reported to have been a saying of Queen Elizabeth, that a doc tor was not jit to practice till he had filled a grave yard, and the State Society might have gone a step farther, and concluded that every man who had filled a grave yard was fit to practice medicine. The Society declined conferring the degree, for which General Taylor will no doubt thank them.— N. Y. Globe. MARRIAG ES. On the 27th ultimo, by the Rev. John McNair, Mr. FRIEND P. COX of Philadelphia, to Miss SALLIE A., daughter of JOHN MICHAEL, of this city. We acknowledge our obligations to the happy couple for their kind remembrance in the shape of a slice of wedding-cake. May peace, plenty, and prosperity attend them in their voyage through life. On the 27th ult., by the Rev. Mr. Keyes, Jno. C. Skiles to Mary Elizabeth Kleisa, both of this city. On the 4th inst., by the same, Richard Ruth, of Reamstown, to Elizabeth Naughtan, of this city. At Marietta, on the 28th ult., by the Rev. George M. Clawges, William Frederick, of Marietta, 'to Mary Wolfe, of Columbia. DEATHS. On Tuesday evening last, the 20th inst., in Read ing, Penna., atteta protracted illness, Mrs. ELIZA HUBLEY, consort of Edward R. Hubley, Esq. She was the eldest daughter of the late Judge Spayd, and a grand-daughter of Governor }Hester. In this city, at the'residence of J. FOndersmith, on the 3d inst., Susan Reed, daughter adohn anti Elizabeth Reed, deceased, aged 23 years, 11 mo., and 6 days. • .IFifty Thousand Persons , :-- DE annually in England of Consumption. In ,* New England States, the proportion is one in fork:Or ktve„ , ,;i:lnfaeaton, probably, one in four. In•thit:Oity - of: New -York, sixty-seven died in two weekiln December nf this disease. Ris less pre the more northern latitudes, as Russia, kuttufa, and among; the Alps of Switzerland, where the winters are long and severe, and there are fewer 'auddeii Noftheory can - be more welcome to the human :mindthan the one vrliich establishes on good grounds ',the hope foi prolonged existence, if the allegations Of those who are at feast entitled to veracity may be believed, there is-a preventative and a remedy. The great Author of Natur..! has provided us with a remedy for Consumption, and the diseases leao - thereto which,are so fearfully common in our country. Has be.left us to find relief from that fa tal scourge by ransacking other lands ? No, the best Nature's own Remedy, is at our hand. The Wild Cherry and the Pine, furnish us with a cure, where a cure is possible. . One of the most important discoveries of the age, in ameliorating the condition of this large class of suffering humanity, is Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, which has been before, the public some ten years. This valuable medicine waa•lirst discovered and in troduced in the year IS3B, since which time its suc cess has constantly increased the demand, until it has become one of, if, not the Most popular remedy for the cure of Consumption, in its incipient stage, ever known. • None is genuine unless signed I. BUTTS. For sale by GISH & BROTHER. March 6 2A-6 r. S. 0. Richardson's Sherry Wine Bitters. THIS valuable medicine, for ne..rly halr a centu ry has maintained a high reputation throughout the country, for its effiCacy,in all cases of Dyspep sia or Indigestion, Jaundice or Liver Complaints, Loss of Appetite, Weakness,' Scrofula, Humors, Costiveness, Weak Nerves, Heart-Burn,Headache, Flatulency, &c. .They open and give lierty to the abdominal viscera, strengthen the stomach, invigo rate the appetite, and purify the blood. For sale, wholesale and retail, at the doctor's office, No. 15, Hanover Street, Boston, and by his agents—also by Merchants, Traders, Druggists, Apothecaries, and dealers in medicines, throughout the United States—in bottles at 75 cts., and in papers 50 cents. For sale by GISH & BROTHER,Booksellers, J. F. LONG, Druggist. BOoks ! More Books I ! 3otyvoLumE?% just purchased at a large, 11111 l sale in Philadelphia, by JUDD &MUR RAY, opposite the Punt Office, North Queen street, Lancaster. Now is the time Ibl - selection—prices very low. Pancoast's Operative Surgery, with 80 large quar to plates, 436 separate illustrations. Goddard on the Teeth, royal quarto size; 30 large size plates, the most complete work on the Disease, Manufacture; Plugging, and Extracting of Teeth ever published, emb. cloth. AngelPs'Readers, froth No. 1 to No. 6. Cobb's Readers, 5 Nos. Emerion's 4 Parley's Common School History, emb. backs, new style. Smith's Productive Grammar, hair mor. Do. Introductory Arithmetic, half bound. Coates , Physiology, sheep. Do. Natural Philosophy. Comstock's Elocution, eighth edition. Domegan's Greek and Eng. Lexicon, fine sheep. Fleming and Tibbins' Royal French and Eng. , and English and French Dictionary, edited by Prof ! . Picot and J. Dobson, and containing more than 5000,words not in the French copy, fine sheep. Cowper's Task and other Poems, elegantly prin ted with ten steel plates, Turk, mor. ex. American Farmer's Encyclopedia, by Cuthbert W. Johnson, and adapted to the United States by Governor. Emerson, with 17 plates, 1156 pages, royal 8 vo., a new edition, sheep raised bindings. Lord Bacon's Works, with a life by Montague, handsomely printed, with a fine portrait, 3 vols. imperial 8 vo. Miss Leslie's Cookery, 12 mo. new edition, with additional receipts ' boud. ' Bolmar's French and English Grammar. March 6 BRUSHES! BRUSHES I JACOB FIOTHARMEL, thankful for past favors, takes pleasure in announcing to the citizens of Lancaster, that he still continues his BRUSH STORE, at the same stand, East King Street, in the city of Lancaster, between Sprechers and Swope's Hotels, and immediately opposite Demuth's Snuff Manufac tory, where he contemplates keeping a general as sortment of BRUSHES, suitable for this market, all of which are manufactured by himself, or tinder his immediate inspection, such as clothes brushes, hat, hair, tooth, hand, flesh, shaving, sweeping, white-washing, scrubing, dusting, window, shoe maker's, watchmakers, varnish, paint, graining, horse brushes, and all other kinds that are manu factured by the trade, to which the attention of the public is respectfully directed to call and look at. No charge made for looking. All orders from country merchants and shop keepers attended to with promptness, wholesale and retail. COMBS. of every e,9c rip ti o p and at moderate prices, constantly kept on band. Also, a good supply of first-rate BR 00MS. Kr The highest prices paid for country bristles. March 6, 49 3m-6 CHARLES Dl. EBBEN & BRO. Have this day opened at their NEW STORE, In the National House Building, North Queen St., AN ENTIRE New and choice stock of the most desirable kinds, Styles and qualities of • DRY GOOD S Ever before offered in this city. Their stock em braces a full and most elegant assortment of every thing in the Fancy and Staple Dry Goods Line, And will be sold at remarkable low rates. Their long acquaintance with the business in this city warrants them in saying that they will be able to sell the right kind of goods, and at the RIGHT PRICE . I They. will. be constantly . receiving every new style 6f goods as they appear in the market ; and it will be their earnest endeavor to satisfy tholie win; tnay favor them with a call. CHAS. M. ERBEN & BRO. tt:6 Taxes yet Outstandjug. Drumore . tp. 1844 $l9 861 Lancaster C 1848 $66272 W. Dongal 1847 162 87;Leacock tp. 588 93 Martic " 25 00T. Leacock " 381 88 Strasburg bor " 163 845i•L. Britain " 90 97 Bart tp. 1848 • 405 BVManheim " 690 58 Columbia bor" 145 slMartic " 301 97 Conoy tp. " 1.65 401 M anor " 993 95 • Conestoga " 296 22 i Mountjoy 430 41 W. Donegal " 134 611• Paradise " 107 91 Drumore I 1 1 99iPenn• " 92 50 Ephrata " 303 23iftapho " 567 25 Earl " 1755 85'•$alisbury " 580 80 Nticst,Earl 594 01181.rasburg " 349 40 Elizabeth " 190 851 hor " 00 52 Fulton =a7 36 30IWarwick tp. " 657 lb E. Hemptield " 682 68t8adsbury " 105 19. Nore—Those marked (*) have since paid in full. JOHN F. 9HROI)ER, Treasurer. March 6, 4 19 3t-6 Every Body's Attention Is INVITED to our large STODR OF FURNISHING Day GOODS, and you are requested to remember that ours is the only store in Philadelphia devoted entirely to these articles, to the exclusion of Dress Goods. In consequence 'of our paying strict atten tion to this one line of business were enabled to offer ° GREAT .INDueF..miarrs . . to persons commencing or replenishing their stock of Housekeeping Goods, particularly Linens, whiCh we have been regularly importing from th best manufacturers in Ireland for more than 20 years. Also Blankets, Quilts, Sheetings, Tickinge, Damask Table Cloths and Napkins, Diapers,Towellings, Huckabacs, Pillow Linens, Table anPiano Covers, Worsted Damasks, Embroidered Curtains of Lace and Muslin, Dimities, Floor Cloths, Bureau Cov ers, Window Shadings, Turkey-red Cloths, Furni ture Plush, with a variety of other articles, induct: ing every thing from a House Cloth to the finest Damask . Table Cloth, at prices that cannot fail to give satisfaction. We also keep; very large stock of all kinds of FLANNELS AND .11,111SLINS, comprising the best styles in the market, at the very lowest prices. joHN v., COWELL & SON, Linen and Housekeeping DO, Goods Store, S. W. Corner of Chesnut St., Philadelphia. march 6 , 49 • tf-6 ,‘ Estate of Samuel Hoffman, dec., and Daniel Hoffman. In the Court of Common Pleas for the Co. of Lanc'r. THEREAS, Peter Long, trustee of Samuel V, Hoffman, deceased, and Daniel Hoffman, did on the 2§th day of February, 1841 file in the Office of the Pro of the naid , Dourf, hie Account of the said Estate: Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the said Estate, that the said. Court have appoin ted the 16th day of April, 1849, for the confir mation thereof, unless exceptions be filed! Attest, HENRY' STOEIC,Troth , y. F i rethqneterses•Cece, ) Lancaster, MarchV, 49 $ •
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