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 $ •