Horrid Murder by a Clergyman.
• - morn the Snow Hill (Md.) Shield or Much 27.)
It has never been our duty to publish so awful
an event as occurred at Sandy Hill, in this county,
on Friday moming•last, the 23d ult. James Baird
Bishop, a young man of high standing in society,
and of the most respectable family connexions, was
shot down by the Rev. Thomas J. Buirows, a min
ister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, stationed
at Chestertown, in this state. The circumstances,
it seems, are as follows :—Burrows some time dur
ing the, past year, married at Sandy Hill, a highly
respectable lady, of considerable property, named
Holland; but this match was strongly opposed by
many of the friends and relatives of the lady, and
among the number who took a part in this opposi
tion, as Burrows supposed, was the, unfortunate
victim, young Bishop...
Subsequent to his appointment to the Chester
town circuit, and shortly after he took charge of
the same, he wrote a lengthy and abusive article to
be published as an advertisement in this paper, (and
desired the usual charge should be made for it,)
respecting. Dr. George W. Bishop, brother to the
deceased, at Sandy Hill. Ia this article he cast
sonic grossly immodest and slanderous reflections
upon the character of the young man whom he
slew,, -Thu communication referred to, we refused
to publish, not only because we knew the statement
and inuendos to beuntrueand malicious, butbecause
of his desiring the authorship to be kept secret, un
less it was demanded to be known by the parties
attacked. The uncle of the young man, George
W. Bishop, of this place, hearing of the existence
of such a letter, called upon he for it, and without
hesitation, we surrendered it to him and upon the
deceased's desiring to see it, we learn it was shown
to him.
These seem.to be theremotecauses of an unpleas
ant feeling between Burrows and young Bishop—
the immediate one, it appears, was a demand on the
part of Bishop fi,r money owin g him by Burrows,
when, as Burrows alleges, but t which there is no
proof, on the morning of. Friday, said, " unless you
pay one I will pay you;! , and raised his left hand as
if to strike, .when Burrows drew froin his breast
pocket one of Colt's six barrel revolvers, and fired
the contents of one barrel at him, the ball taking
effect in the left breast. He_ fell at once to the
earth, and was a corpse in five minutes, even before
he could be borne to a house close at hand.
The only witness who saw and heard a part of
the difficulty, states that both of young Bishop's
hands were in his pocket when the pistol was fired.
He fell with his left hand under his head, and his
right one in his overcoat pocket. He was an enter
prising young farmer, of about twenty-five years
of age, and universally esteeemed for his correct
deportment, and admired for his peaceable, quiet
disposition. Burrows has been in the ministry four
years. He is about twenty six years of age, and of
rather prepossessing appearance._ His education,
however, is very limited, and he possesses but' a
• moderate share of talent. He is a native of Cam
bridge, in Dorchester county, and while a lad, sus
tained a good reputation for piety and industry;
but since his arrival at age, and elevation to the
ministry', his general character has not been with
out blemish. After he had committed the deed, he
quietly and coolly walked over to a farm near the
village, .owned by his wife, and after attending to
some business there, returned to the house of Capt.
J. M. Holland, where he was stopping, 'and where
he was shortly after arrested, without resistance,
- and brought to Snow, Hill. '
. During the whole day he was perfectly compo
sed, ate heartily, and his manner had rather the air
of the bravado about it; since, we learn, he has
seemed penitent. He was committed to jail on the
oath of Mr. Selby, to whom, among others, he had
made a confession of the deed, and will be tried at
the May term of our court, unless he claims a
change of venue in which event, it is probable his
case will be carried to Dorchester county. • We
understand he has employed the Hon. James A.
Pearce,
of Kent county, as his leading counsel to
defend him.
News from California.
The Boston Transcript of Tuesday has published
a letter, dated January 20th, signed W. H., written
by the formeral, , merican Consul at the Sandwich Islands,
and addressed to his brother, in Boston. It gives
this account of the gold :
"In regard to the gold, every day only adds to
the surprise created by previous reports of the
quantity to be hard. Yesterday morning an Indian
showed me a specimen of ore intermixed with a
stonc i weighing five pounds. He sold it for five
hundred dollars! To-day, some Oregon farmers.
who came down to obtain gold, and remained a
month at the mines, offered to sell me 1 1 50 pounds
of gold, which they had collected. Mr. Brannon,
who has the establishment for storing and selling
gods at the mines, told me to-day that seven men
took from the earth, within a hundred yards of his
upper store, thirty-three thousand dollars worth of
gold in four days, and the gold was weighed by a
man in his employment. At the dry diggings. one
hundred dollars per day is paid to cooks. The gen
eral impression is, that, from ten to twenty millions
will be taken from the mines the coming summer.
It would not surprise me at all were it to be ten
times that amount. The fact is; that it comes
down by the perk, pure gold!"
Again, speaking of the prices, he says --
" The quantity of goods that is pouring into the
country is reducing the price materially ; still every
thing is, compared to the original cost, very high.
I paid a bill to day for our tale ; it ran thus wise
butter $1 ; sausages $1 per pound ; pork 25 cents ,
eggs $2 a dozen; milk $1 per bottle; a box of fine
salt $2; sperm candles $2 a pound; raisins $1 a
pound ; common lamp oil $2 a gallon ; bottle of
mustard (half a pound) $2, &c. &c.
Senator Houston and his Wife.
The case of Senator Houston affords a striking
example 'of the vast influence which a good wile
may exercise over a man, "as is a man." Houston
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was, apparently, a very unpromising subject for
the experiment. He quarrelled witF and ran away
from his first wife, lived with theindians, was given
over to drunkenness and profanity, and to use his
own language, was the " victim of his own slavish
appetites." He was then called the notorious Sam
Houston':' But we have noticed, -for some years,
that he has been spoken of more respectfully. The
secret of it is, as we were informed some months
ago by one who knew him well, that.,he had mar
ried a lovely and excellent woman, - and she had
- reformed him, or induced him to reform himself.
We see that the matter has now got into the papers.
At a large party lately given in Washington by
Speaker Winthrop, Houston took occasion to give
his reasons for declining to attend the various places
of amusement to which he was invited.
"I make it a point," said the honorable Senator,
" never to visit a place where my lady, if she were
with me,. would be unwilling to go. I know it
would give her pain, as a christian, to attend such
places, and I will not go myself where I could not
take my wife."
A member of Congress present alluded to his own
wife, and added thatthere was a mutual understand
ing between him and her that they should each
. follow the bent of their own inclinations in such
matters.
" That may do for you," responded, Mr. Houston,
" but with me it is different from what it is with
many men. My wife has been the making of me.
She took me when I was the victim of my slavish
appetites—she has redeemed and regenerated me—
and I will not do that in her absence which I know
would give he,r pain if she were present."—Ex. pa.
The Pure. In Heart.
The springs of everlasting life are within. These
are clear. 'streams gushing up from the depths of
tli&Saul, and flowing out to enliven the sphere of
outward existence. But like the waters of Si
they "go swiftly." You - must listen to catch the
.silvery tones of the little rill as it glides frorn its
mountain horn,e; you may not witness its, silent
march. through the green vale, but its corase will
be
seen in the fresh verdure and the opening
flowers; its presence will be known lay t:ne forms of
life and beauty which gather around - It is ever
thus with the pure. You may, umt 'dear the "still
small voice" or heed the silent aspiration; but
there is a moral influence and 'a h,oly power which
you will feel. The wilderness is made to smile,
flowers of new life and beauty, spring up and flour
ish,, while- an invisible presen c e breathes immortal
ra.grance.tlirough the spirit
ual atmosphere.
ET : The recent anneal report of the Bible
Sociit'y of Virginia says that most of the Counties
in the State have been visited during the year, and
about 30,000 copies of the Scriptures have been
distributed. The receipts for the Bible year, end
ing April Ist, 1840, amount to more than $ll.OOO.
This is perhaps the largest sum raised in any
previous year of the. Society's history.
Sentence of an Incendiary
P/TTSBIIILG, -April 13.
A. Simms, convicted of setting fire to a number
of stables some time since, has been sentenced to
thirty years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
Nrw YoaK CANALS.—The appropriation made
by the recent Legislature for • the maintenance, ex
tension and improvement of the New York State
Canals, amounts to over $2,000,000.
11:7- HENRY CLAY'S Brfera-DAY;;;I3 celebrated
in New York, on Thursday, by a nurnberVf his
personal and political friends.
3tttelligenter & 3ournal.
E. W. NUTTER, EDITOR.
Lancaster, April 17, 1849.
Ea- We regret to learn that Mr. helms, a resi_
dent of Lancaster county, on his route to California,
fell overboard from the steamboat Kanzes, when
nearing St. Charles, Mo., on the the 24th ult., and
was drowned. Mr. Jacobs was attached to the
company comprising several gentlemen from
Chambersburg, and the Sentinel of that place learns
from one of them, that he was highly respected
and esteemed by all its members.
ELEcTrorr or Jueocs.—We are glad to perceive
that this measure meets with the almost universal
favor of the Democratic press, We have thus far
met with not a single Democratic journal, that
disapproves of it, but most of them promise at the
proper time to urge its adoption upon the people.
We would suggest the propriety of passing resolu•
lions on the subject at all the Democratic county
meetings, and instructing the candidates for the
Senate and House of Representatives to support
the measure at the next session. If not smothered
in the Legislature, there is no danger of defeat be
fore the People.
lEr Our neighbor of the Examiner 4. Herald
wholly mistakes our views on the subject of remov
als from office. We have repeatedly declared, that
we do not condemn an administration.for preferring
friends to enemies in the distribution of the patro.
nage. On the contrary, we conceive this to be in
every sense right and proper. Our only complaint
is, that Gen. TAYLOR, before the election, took open
ground against this doctrine—saying that he would
in no event be the President of a party—having"no
friends to reward and no enemies to punish." By
these and similar declarations hundreds of honest
Democrats were seduced into, his support, whose
votes he would not otherwise have obtained. Upon
these professions Gen. TAYLOR is now completely
turning his back, and thereby convicting himself of
gross inconsistency, to call it by no harsher phrase.
But for this absolute pre-commital against remo
valsi we should not complain if Gen. Taylor should
in one day remove, every Democratic office-holder
from Maine to California. Under the circumstan
ces, however, his conduct has very much the ap
pearance of a systematised plan of obtaining votes
by means of false pretences.
11:7" The Star of the North, an ably conducted
Democratic paper, published at Bloomsburg, compli
ments the course of STEWART PEAncE, Esq. mem
ber of the 'House of Representatives from Columbia
county. This commendation is well deserved. We
had frequent occasion to witness the course of Mr
Pearce, and always found it worthy of the highest
praise. He was among the most active and indus
trious members of the House, and was .strictly
laithful among the faithless. The Democracy of
Columbia have every reason to be proud of such a
representative.
The Wilkesbarre Republican Farmer of last
week is clothed in mourning, as a token of respect
to the memory of the lamented Brmacs—whose
decease is now fully confirmed by official letters
received fronrßogot4.
Isourii.—The Washington Union is informed
that WILLIAM J. BROWN - , late 2d Assistant Post
Master General, is to be the Democratic candidite.T.
in Judge Wicks district in Indiana—Judge Wick
having signified his intention to withdraw.
More Removals
The Baltimore Sun announces that Mr. Hu-
DERSON has been appointed Chief Clerk of the
War Department, he succeeding COL CAMPBELL,
who takes the place of S. H. PORTER, Esq., of
Pennsylvania, removed.
LUND WASHINGTON, jr... it is also understciod,
was removed from the State Department, but his
successor is not stated.
THOMAS WALLACE, the efficient and venerable
messenger of the War Department at Washington,
is removed.
Pennsylvania P. 0. Appointments.
The following appointments have been recently
made by the Post Master General for Pennsylvania,
in the place of Democratic incumbents, removed.
M. Wilson, Beaver, Beaver county.
.1. K. Shoemaker, Bellefonte, Centre county.
S. Calderwood, Mill Hall, Clinton.
J. M. Martin, Hogestown, Cumberland.
W. S. Powell, New Cumberland, do.
J. Reed, Reedsville,
R. R. Guthrie, New Bloomfield, Perry.
J. J. Hopkins, Paris, Washington.
Michael Hay, York, York county.
S. Monroe, Worthington, Armstrong.
R. Craig, Porteraville, Butler.
S. Cornett, Phcenixville, Chester.
Israel Cooper, Glenn Hope, Clearfield.
J. J. Montgomery, Evansburg, Crawford.
W. Y. Boyd, Newburgh, Cumberland.
S. S. Hammond, North-East, Erie.
Asa Battles, Girard, Erie.
A. G. Allison, Waynesburg, Green.
G. IV. Compton, Churchtown, Lancaster-
J. Gillespie, Carbondale, Luzerne.
J. C. Shaw, Wolf Creek, Mercer.
James Milligan, Ickesburg, Perry.
J. G. Armor, Laughlintown, Westmoreland.
S. B. Lauffer, Greensburg, do.
Terror of a Whig Ve
The Harrisburg Democratic Union says: " Gover
nor Johnson has held the veto rod over the head of
his Whig friends in the Legislature from the first
to the last of the session. When. the House inser
ted a section in the appropriatitm bill to authorize
a loan to abolish the relief notes, a number of
Whigs voting for it the Whig friends of the Gov
ernor in the Senate declared that unless provision
was made to re-issue tite relief notes the Governor
would veto the bill. Thus it will be seen that the
terror of the veto was held over the heads of the
members. to force a continuation of the miserable
relief notes for the next ten yeal..s."
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Tus - ELECTICLN LN ViSLOINIA for members
of the next Congress takes place on Thursday, the
26th of April. Both parties are very active, and
the result will be the more interesting, as the com
plexion of the next Congress may depend upon it.
We hype to hear a goad account from the Democ
racy./ of the " Old Dornini on."
The Washbagton correspondent of the N. Y.
.Evening Post, asserts that it cannot be doubted that
the article in the National Intelligencer, denunciatory
of the Free Soiters, " clime from the White House."
Dissitictrifti—The .Harrisburg Keystone fur
nishes the following report of the last day's pro
ceedings of the State Legislature. Such conduct is
truly disreputable, and- wholly unbecoming the
character and dignity of Legislators : "In the
scenes of yesterday, in both houses, the dignity of
the legislative department, was entirely forgotten,
and when the hour fixed for the adjournment, by
the'joint resolution of both houses, had arrived, the
appropriation had not been transcribed and
presented to the Governor. Hence they could not
adjourn, and while thiey had to wait for the reports
from Committees and messages from the Governor,
they amused themselves with the delightful amusement
of throwing paper balls and old journals at each
other."
1:1' THE WYOMING DEMOCRAT is the title of a
new paper, started at Tu nkhannock, Pa., by S. S.
WIN CHESTEII, Esq., who unites in himself all the
qualifications of a good Editor. We wish the
Democrat much success.
EU - PREbIIIERT TAYLOR'S inaugural is very
much praised by all the British press - without ex
ception. Doubtful praise! Gen. Jackson's mes
sages were not admired by the British press, nor
were 'Washiegton's.
Dlinesota.
The Governorship of Minesota Territory, re•
cently conferred upon Mr. Itsminx, of Harrisburg,
is worth $l5OO a year,with an extra $lOOO as
Superintendent of Indian affairs. The Secretary
and each of the Judges gets salary of $lBOO per
annum. The Gfavernor and Secretary hold for four
years. The new territory is bounded on the north
by the British possessions, east by the State of Wis.
cousin and the Mississippi river,south by lowa, and
west by the Missouri and White-earth rivers. The
laws in force in Wisconsin at the date of itaadmis.
sion into the Union remain in operation in the new
Territory; until modified by the Legislature thereof;
and the laws of the United States, as far as appli•
cable, are extended thereto. The Legislature is to
hold its first session at St. Paul, at the time to be
named by the Governor, and thereafter wherever
it may establish the seat of. Government. The
Governor shall appoint the time and place for hold
ing the first election of members, as also of a Con •
gressional Delegate, All subsequent elections are
to be regulated by the Territorial law, The Act
appropriates $20,000 for the erection of public
buildings at the seat of government, and $5OOO for
the purchase of a library.
New Jildicial Districts.
" An Act relating to the Judicial Districts of this
Commonwealth"—being a bill partly revising, and
increasing in number, the Judicial Districts of the
State, has become a law. The districts in which
changes are made, are the following :
The Eighteenth District comprises Venango,
Clarion, Jefferson, Elk, and Forest counties.
Thirteenth—Bradford, Tioga, Potter and M'Kean.
Eleventh—Luzerne, Susquehanna and Wyoming.
Sixth—Erie, Crawford, and Warren.
'Twenty-first—Schuylkill.
Twenty-second—Wayne, Pike, Monroe, and Car
bon.
Third—Northampton and Lehigh.
Twenty-third—Berks.
Twenty-fourth—Huntingdon, Blair and Cambria
The Tariff.
_ In the United States House of Representatives
on the 17th February, 1849, Mr. THOMPSON, [Whig]
of Kentucky, said:
"Whatever may be the effort to repeal the tariff
act of 1846, or substitute that of 1842 in its stead,
I anticipate after much discussion, such modifica
tion of the existing laws only will be made as to
dissatisfy none - except those so greedy and growing
for a particular interest, or so moonstruck with
some peculiar theory, that eternal dissatisfaction is
their manifest destiny at best. Protection for pro
tection's sake, and absolute prohibition, are now,
or ought to be, obsolete commercial regulations,
and unadvocated. Like perfect free trade, and a
resort to direct taxes, their day of false doctrine is
passed by, or gone. Enough of general irinciples
and sound theory seems to be concurred in by the
sound common sense of the nation to construct an
almost unexceptionable scale of duties upon imports.
Illness of Mr. Polk
A rumor prevailed at Cincinnati that Mr. Pour.
had been attacked by the cholera, which was
wholly unfounded?' We regret to say, however, that
he became ill before he reached SmithlandJennes
see, no doubt the cause of the fatigue of travel, and
is no doubt by this time at his home in Nashville.
Horrid Murder in Harrisburg.
HARRISBURG, April 11, 1819.
This morning, John Knepley, senior, an old and
respected citizen of this place, was murdered in his
own house, on returning from market, by his own
son, David C. Knepley.
David is supposed to have been laboring under
mental derangement for several years, having at
tempted his own life twice,
A double-barrelled gun, heavily loaded, was found
in his room, with one barrel just discharged. An
inquest was held upon the body, the verdict of
which was that the deceased came to his death
from a gun shot by the hands of D. C. Knepley.
David was immediately arrested and committed.
Mr. Knepley, the deceased, was much esteemed.
He had laid by a competency and has for some
time be,.n living upon it independent of business.
True!
The Boston Post says a wagon can run withou
greasing, and business men can do without ad.i;er
tieing, but it is slow work.
The truth of,the above short paragraph, observes
an exchange, to One will deny; nor will any active
business man fail to profit by it. Nothing, we are
convinced, is a better guaranty of success to the
tradesman or mechanic, than a judicious system of
advertising; by this means his stock in trade is
constantly kept in marke,, and his business and
whereabouts placarded before thousands of people.
The buyer may here find where he can buy at the
cheapest rates; and the seller where his wares or
merchandize will command the highest or the
readiest sale. No man who has a desire to in
crease his patronage or double his profits, should
fail to avail himself of that ever-active and power
ful agency in affairs of trade—advertising.
LUTFIERAN CONVENTION —A convention of the
clergymen of the Lutheran Church, with a num
ber of lay members from each church, will be held
in Baltimore, on the evening of the 15th of May
next; for the purpose of deliberating on the import
ant subjects of education and missions. It is de
signed to spend a few days in discussing the great
subjects, which,' now particularly, demand the
attention of the church, and to adopt measures for
the more efficient prosecution of them.
THIRTY-FIRST' Cosicianss.—lncluding the mem
bers from Connecticut and New Hampshire, there
have been elected to the new. Congress 85 Whigs
and Si Democrats. If the remaining 85 members
should be politically the same 'as before, there will
be a Whig majority in the House of 17. In the
Senate there will be a Democratic majority of 8
or 10.
137 A SECRET AGRARIAN SOCIETY was recently
br‘ken up in Paris by the Polici. Their motto
was—" While one man lacks the necessary, no man
has a right to the superfluous." A very convenient
principle for the idle and spendthrift. -
EU - ECONOMY is not part of the French Repub
lican creed, it we may judge from the pay of the
President, who receives $660 per day. The Con
stitution fixes his salary at $lO,OOO per month, but
the Assembly has voted an additional sum for
entertainments.
Rai/road Iron
The ...thncrican Railroad Journal, states that some
symptoms of a revival of the business of the mane•
facture of rails in this country, are beginning to
appear. The railroad companies, or some of them,
are just finding out that the importation of rails the
past yea lave given them iron of a quality inferior
to that our own manufacture. It is only the
lowest grade of iron that has filled the contracts at
the cheap prices of the past year. A preference is
now given to rails of American manufecture..
ED E. B. Washburn, of Galena, 111., the newly
appointed Judge of Minesota Territory, is said to
be a Maine man, and son of Israel Washburn, Esq.
of Livermore, Mass. He is a lawyer by profession
and a printer by trade. He formerly worked at
the printing business in the office of the Kennebec
Journal.
Never, REOI7LATION.—The Secretary of the
Navy orders the following regulation for uniforms:
The Boatswains, Gunners, Carpenters, and Sailma
kers of the Navy, will wear on each side of the coat
collar a large na v vy button, on the back part a blind
button-hole, three inches long, worked with black
twist. The above named officers will also wear
round their caps a. band of nay gold lace, one inch
sad a quarter wide.
Hon. W. F. Packer.
This gentleman, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, has won the confidence of all
parties by his ability; premptitude, and courage,
in'the discharge of the duties of his delicate and
responsible office. He was always found voting on
the right side of all great questions, and has ren
dered great service to the Democratic party by his
consistency and firmness.—Pennsytimnion.
The following is the Valedictory address of
Gen. I'Acera, Speaker of the House of Represen
tatives, upon its adjournment :
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
After an interesting and in many respects impor
tant session, the Legislature of Pennsylvania is
about to close its labors—and the members to re
turn to their constituents to render an account of
their stewa rdship. If an industry that never tired
—a fi delity that knew no swerving—and a deco.
lion to the public welibre unmixed with selfish con
siderations—be characteristic of a faithllal repre
sentative and pure passports to popular fivor—then"
may you, my colleagues, return to those who sent
you here relying with abiding confidence on receiv
ing at their hands, the proud plaudit "well done,
good and faithful servant."
We are about to separate. Tho session of 1849
will shortly exist only on the pages of Pennsylva
nia's history, and in the memory of the past. To
your humble, but highly honored speaker, how de=
lightful will be the retrospection.• He will recur to
it, in all time to come, as one of the happiest pe
riods of his life. The uniform support which the
chair, at all times, and under all circumstances,
received, would of itself demand from him, an ex
pression of profound gratitude ; but when to this
is added that personal kindness and regard, whiCh'
have so uninterruptedly existed between the seve
ral members and the Speaker, language fails him in
attempting to express the grateful emotions of an
overflowing heart. Next to the approval of my
own conscience, it has been my highest ambition
to merit the confidence and esteem of my fellow
members. It I have in some measure sUcceeded,
permit me to assure you that it is mainly attributa-,
ble to your forbearance and kind demeanor—it is
but the reflection of your own good conduct.
My friends, we have met for the last time—it is
almost a moral certainty that when the members
now part they will part forever. These sable habil
iments, although they have no tongue, admonish us
in language, deep and solemn, that "we are passing
away." He to whose memory a grateful Common
wealth has shrouded this Hall with the' badges of
mourning, was for many, MANY years an active par
ticipant in the excited scenes enacted- here. Now
he is gone—the place that knew him' here shall
know him no more forever. So will it be with all
of us—may we emulate his example, and . like him
be remembered by those who come after us. -
Gentlemen I can add no more. After wishing
you a safe and pleasant journey to your respective
homes and firesides, allow me to bid you a heart
felt fareweII—FAREWELL!
It remains but for me to perform the last ditty
devolving on the chair, which is •to pronounce the
decision just had that the House of Representatives
of Pennsylvania, stands adjourned sine die.
The State Interest.
As there seems to be doubt, in some minds, as
to whether the State Treasurer is directed to pay
the interest on the State Debt in par funds, we
subjoin the law upon the subject of paying the in
terest, passed June 12, 1840. It is as follows:
Resolved, That hereafter the interest falling due
on Pennsylvania stock shall always be paid in
specie, or its equivalent, and whenever the funds
accumulated in the treasury for the payment of in
terest shill be of less value than specie, it shall be
lawful for the GovernOr, and he is hereby required
to cause the difference in value - between such funds
and specie to be ascertained and certified to him
on the day preceding that on which any semi-annual
portion of interest becomes due by the Auditor-
General, and State Treasurer, under oath or affir
mation, and thereupon to issue his warrant to the
agents .or banks who may be authorized to'pay such
interest on behalf the commonwealth, to allow such
difference in value to the holder or legal represen
tative of the holder of any Pennsylvania stock on
the interest due to such holder, or to pay the same
in species, if required by such holder.
This law has been suspended for several years,
by a Avis() in the appropriation bill of each year,
requiring the State Treasurer to pay the interest
in such funds as were in the Treasury. That pro
viso was inserted in the bill this year, by the
Senate—afterwards unanimously struck out by the
House, and to this action of the lower legislative
branch, the
.Senate subsequently agreed. The
above law consequently remains in full force, and
the Treasurer has no discretion in the matter.—
Everything indicates, therefore, that the interest
will be paid in par funds. As an additional assu
rance of this, we may mention that the motion in
allowing the interest to be paid in such funds as
are in the Treasury, was made by Mr. Ball, the
State Treasurer elect, himself. We have thus, nb
doubt that, in his executive capacity, he will fully
co-operate with the legislature in this important
matter.
PUBLIC SPIRIT rF Tne WEST.—AII manner of
public improvements are liberally encourged in
the West. In Cincinnati they have a prosperous
and attractive Art Union, with a fine gallery every
way worthy of the place which toasts of Powers
as her son. The proposed bridge across the Ohio
river, from Cincinnati to Covington, will certainly
be attempted. The latter town has subscribed
$lOO,OOO to the stock through its municipal au
thorities. Portsmouth, Ohio, has subscribed through
its authorities $85,000 to the stock of the Scioto
Valley Railroad. Individual subscriptions to thfi
amount of $25,000 have also been made in that
place. And under the act of the Legislature, it is
said, the County of Scioto will promptly subscribe
$lOO,OOO more. St. Louis has voted to subscribe
half a million of dollars to the stock of the Ohio
and Mississippi Railroad.
A PORTLAND AMAZON.—The Portland (Maine)
Argus, of April 2d, gives an - interesting account of
the deeds of a Mrs. Swett, in that city. She made
an assault on a tavern—the keeper of which she
charged with selling liquor to her husband—demol
ished the decanters, tumbled the tumblers, and
smashed the windows. She afterwards signified
her intention to cowhide any retailer who should sell
grog to her connubial partner. A spirited woman
is that Mrs. Swett—hope the law will not make
her sweat for her doings.
ST. Louse ELECTiON.—An election was held in
St. Louis on the 2d instant. The democratic gen
eral ticket was elected except the Marshal who
was elected by 150 majority. The Board of Dele
gates is Whig and the Aldermen Democratic. The
vote on the question, whether the city shall loan
half a million of dollars to the Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad, was cast in favor of the loan by 2500
majority. There were 5500 votes polled.
FREE SUFFRAGE.—The bill directing the submis
sion to the people of Wisconsin, at the next general
election, of the question whether equal right of
suffrage is to be extended to colored persons, has
passed both Houses of the Legislature, and is a law.
GaN. Cess.—Mr. Dickins, Secretary of the Sen
ate, publishes - a letter stating that Gen. Cass declined
to receive either pay or mileage for the session
ending March the 3d, when he took his seat.
117 After a fruitless attempt to unite the Whigs
of the Richmond District upon Mr. BOTTS, the
Richmond Time:, an able administration print, de
clares the feud between the factions to be irreparable.
Wazer.--The Cecil Democrat says that the wheat
fields of Cecil county, Md., and New Castle county,
Del., present a very flourishing appearance, and
hold out to the farmer a cheering prospect of an
abundant harvest.
H,Nnt B. ANTHONY, editor of the Providence
Journal, is elected Governor of Rhode Island by a
very large majority. Governors should be proud
now that they have an 'editor with them.
DEATH or A MISSIONART.—Rev. Wm. J. Pop•
ham, a Dutch Reformed missionary, connected with
the mission of the American Board at Amoy, was
lost at sea, January sth, in a schooner that was
wrecked on her passage to Hong Hong.
117Wst. H. Etna/sox, a grandson of President
Harrison, and well known in Cincinnati, as a high
ly promising young man, who accompanied Col.
Webb's California party on their way to the gold
region, died of the cholera on the Rio Grande,
Election of Judg i ethe People.
The following is the endment of the Consti
tution providing for the election of Judges by the
People. This is an important change which the
next Legislature will have to act upon again,-and
if passed, at the succeeding State election, has to
receive the sanction of the people by a vote upon
it The matter will be fully discussed before being
adopted, but the sentiment of the public already
seems to be largely in favor of the amendment.
We have no doubt that the people 'can choose as
good judicial officers as they can good Governors,
who are now entrusted with their appointment.
Besides the greater the responsibility of the elective
franchise, the more intelligently it will be exercised
by the people.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa
tives of the said Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in•
General Assembly met, That the Constitution of this
Commonwealth be amended in the Second Section
of the Fifth Article, so that it shallread as follows:
The Judges ofthe Suprema Court, Court. of Common
Pleas, and of such other courts of record, as are
or shall be established of law, shall be elected by
the qualified electors of the Commonwealth, in
the manner following to wit: The Judges of the
Supreme Court by the qualified electors o f the
Commonwealth at large, the President Judges of
the several Courts of Common Pleas and of such
other courts of record as are, or shall be, establish
ed ,by law, and all other judges required to he
learned in the law, by the qualified electors of the
respective districts over which they are to preside
or act as judges, and the Associate Judges of the
Courts of Common Pleas by the qualified electors
of the counties respectively.
The Judges of the Supreme Court shall hold their
offices for the term of fifteen years it they shall so
long behave themselves well, (subject to the alot
ment hereinafter . provided for, subsequent to the
first election.) The President Judges of the seve
ral Courts of Common Pleas and of such other
courts of record as are or shall be established by
law, and all other judges required to be learned in
the law shall hold their offices for the term of ten
years iithey shall so long behave themselves well.
The Associate Judges of the Courts of Common
Please shall hold their offices for the term of five
years, if they shall so long behave themselves well,
all of whom shall be commissioned by the Gover
nor; but for any reasonable cause which shall not
be sufficient grounds of impeachment, the Gover
nor shall remove any of them on the address of two
thirds of each branch of the Legislature.
The first election shall take place at the general
election of this commonwe ilth, next after the adop
tion of this amendment, and the commissions of all
the Judges who may be then in office shall expire
on the first Monday of December following, when
the terms of the new Judges shall commence. The
persons who shall then be elected Judges of the
Supreme Court shall hold their offices as follows:
one of them for three years, one for nine years,
one for twelve years and one for fifteen years, the
term of each to be decided by lot by the said Judges
as soon after the election as convenient, and the
result certified by them to the Governor that the
commissions may be issued in accordance thereto.
The Judge whose commission will first expire shall
be Chief Justice during his term and thereafter
each Judge whose commission shall first expire
shall in turn be the Chief Justice, and if two or
more commissions shall expire on the same day the
Judges holding them shall decide by lot which shall
be the Chief Justice. Any vacancies happening by
death, resignation or otherwise, in any of said
courts, shall be filled by appointment-by the Gov
ernor, to continue till the first Monday of December
succeeding the next general election. The Judges
of Supreme Court and the Presidents of the several
courts of Common Pleas shall at stated times recei
ve for their services an adequate compensation, to
be fixed by law, which shall not be diminished du
ring their countinuance in office, but they shall re
ceive no fees or perquisites of office, nor hold any
other office of profit under this commonwealth.
The Judges of the Supreme Court during their con
tinuance in office shall reside within this common
wealth, and the other Judges during their contin
uance in office shall reside within the district or
county for which they were respectively elected.
From the New York True Sun
New York Election.
With a prospect, a week ago, of the most en
couraging charac:er for carrying the city, the day
of the election showed the Democratic party with
out spirit and entirely without organization. It is
unnecessary to dwell upon the causes which pro
duced this state of things. They have been appa
rent, and are well known to every man in the city.
At most of the polls the result was very clearly
indicated in the early part of the day. So shame
fully was everything like organization neglected
that at some of the polls, Democrats could procure
no tickets to vote, and a friend from the third ward
actually came to our office to write a ticket, having
been unable to procure one at the poll where he
went to vote. The Democratic General Committee
had not been in session for a week, and made no
provision whatever for the election. Defeat was
inevitable under such circumstances.
The Barnhurners have added another chapter to
their dark history of treachery and disorganization.
With a pretended desire to bring about a reconcili
ation, and with a virtual pledge to break up their
conflicting organization in this city, they approach
ed the Democracy,..and when they were met on a
ground which they had avowed to be satisfactory,
they came into the field with a separate nomination
for judges, &c. The indignation caused by this
atrocious conduct among the Democracy fell (un
justly as we think) upon Mr. Van Schaick as its
victim, and was a primary cause in paralyzing the
arm of the Democracy. While we cannot but
condemn the course which some of our party have
taken under the influence of this feeling, we have
no hesitation in expressing our entire concurrence
in the sentiment of detestation which the conduct
of that treacherous faction deserves.
The Surveyor and Auditor Gemini.
The attempt of the Whigs to give the Governor
the right to remove the Democratic incumbents of
these two offices, resulted in giving to the people of
Pennsylvania a new evidence of the insincerity and
selfishness of Federalism. The bill passed the Sen
ate under the stimulating appeals of the Whig lea
der in that body, Mr. Etna, of Bedford, giving the
Governor the right to appoint these officers. It was
sent into the House, and was there amended, making
them elective every three years, which was reason
able and rational; but when the bill went back to
the Senate, the Federal majority of that body again
amended it, making the offices in question annually
elective. Nothing could have better exposed their
insincere professions in favor of popular elections.
Why-make the Auditor and Surveyor Generals
elective every year, when the Governor and the
Canal Commissioners are elective for three ? Why
place these officers on a different footing from that
occupied by those with whom they are officially
called upon daily to act? There is but one answer.
The Whig leaders would rather leave the present
incumbents to serve out their full term, than give
to any other power but an ineficient and reckless
Executive the right to fill their places. The conse
quence of this silly amendment of the Senate to the
sensible resolution of the House, was, that the whole
proposition fell, and Messrs. PunviencE and Ls.
PORTE hold on in defiance of Federal intrigues!—
Pennsy/vanian.
From Washington.
WAsaiNGTorr, April 1.1, 1.849
The Temperance Hall took fa e this morning, and
was nearly destroyed. Loss about $3OOO, which
is fully covered by insurance.
The basement of Mr. Greer's printing office was
damaged to the extent of several hundred dollars.
The fire is supposed to have been the work of an
incendiary
The Cabinet was in session to-day five hours. A
large concourse of people were in attendance for
the purpose of seeing the President, who gave them
an exceedingly brief interview.
The Board of Commissioners to settle Mexican
claims will meet next month in one the rooms of
the City Hall.
13Y Mrs. Margaret Pepper, who recently died at
Philadelphia,has bequeathed the income of $ll,OOO
to four different annuitants , „ ' At the death of these
respective parties, the principal sums are to be
divided into four equal parts or shares; two parts
of which are to be paid over to the Pennsylvania
Bible Society; one part to the Treasurer of the
Foreign Committee of the Board of Missions of the
Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States,
to be applied to the support of foreign missions;
and one part to the Domestic Committee of the
Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal
Church. She also bequeaths $7OO to the Society
of the United Brethren for the propagating of the
Gospel among the Heathen.
LIJ The following appointments were made by
the late Philadelphia Methodist Episcopal Confer
ence. For Lancaster city, James A. Massey. For
Columbia, William Urie, formerly of this city. For
Marietta, R. M. Greenbank. William Barnes, for
merly of Columbia, hu been transferred to Euton.
State Lunatic Asylum.
The corner stone of the Pennsylvania " State
Lunatic Asylmir was laid at Harrisburg, on Sat
urday, the 7th inat ., and 4 o'clock, P. M. The site
of this edifice is distant about one mile from Har
risburg, and is commanding in the extreme. We
_are glad to hear that our distinguished townsman,
Jona . Hix.m.titn, Esq., whose, faare is not confined
to his own country, but is cherished and honored
in scientific circles in the old world, has resolved
to make the building (when the insufficient means
at the command of the Commissioners are consid
ered,) worthy of the great object to which it is to
be devnted, and our State.
The ceremony of laying the corner stone of the
Asylum took place in presence of the Governor.
a large body of Senators and Representatives, the
Secretary of the Commonwealth; the Board of Cont.
missioners for the erection of the building, the
Architect, Mr. HAY/ LAND, and a large emicourse of
citizens, A canal boat having been provided by
Mr. H. to carry the company to the site, imme•
diately on their arrival the stone was laid with the
usual forms by the Architect. An appropiiate ad.
dress was then made by Governor JORNwrox, after
which the company were invited to partake of re
freshments which had been furnished by Mr. HAY
roan, with his accustomed liberality. - They then
separated, highly pleased with and impressed by
the exercises of the day.
In The stone was deposited a parchment with the
following inscription : " This corner stone of the
Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital, about to be
erected for the Insane Poor of the Commonwealth,
was laid the 7th day of April, 1849, A. D., in the
73d year of American Independence."
Officers of the General and State Governments.
Zachary Taylor, President of the U. States; Mil
lard Fillmore, Vice President U. States.
William F. Johnson, Governor of Pennsylvania :
Townsend Haines, Secretary of the Commonwealth;
John Laporte, Suveyor General; John N. Purviance .
Auditor General ; Cornelius Darragh, Attornc)
General; Arnold Plainer, State Treasurer.
James 111. Pow9r ; Morris Longstreth, Israel Pain.
tcr, Canal Commissioners.
Luther Riley, Hugh Campbell, Charles B. Trego
Joseph Konigmacher, Anson Bombaugb, John A
Weir, James Fox, Commissioners for the erectioi
of the Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital.
JOHN HAviLexn, Architect.
There were also deposited a plan of the building
the latest coins, and a number of documents con
nected with the subject. —Pen/ay/minion.
From the Harrisburg Keystone
Free Banking.
The following extract on this subject, from Gov.
Shunk's last annual message, exposes, in the clear
est light, its objectionable features. Paper money
will always depreciate when not redeemable at
sight in coin, and-no guarantees, however valuable,
of its ultimate redemption, can keep it at par a
moment longer than its prompt convertibility into
specie exists. The condensed and conclusive views
of Gov. Shunk on the subject are unanswerable:
"A theory has been advocated and put into prac
tice in some of the states, called free banking. It
is based, in part, upon specie, and in part upon state
stocks, hypothecated with the government. In
other words, banks become . the creditors of the
commonwealth, by purchasing her bonds; these are
deposited with the government, and the govern
ment endorses, and returns to the bankers notes
prepared for, circulation to an equal amount.
n•I can perceive no grounds for confidence in this
system. It must explode, in a country where it is
adopted to any considerable extent, whenever a
revulsion occurs to test its stability, for it is a de
viation from true principles. Sound and safe bank
ing can only be based and conducted on money—
gold and silver. Neither individuals nor Banks can
lend that which they have not; and if they lend
credit in the shape of bank poles, without the
means to redeem them in gold and silver, they com
mit a fraud upon the community, as they lend and
put in circulation that which is not money nor the
representative of money.
"If this system of converting state stocks into
banking capital, and, hypothecating it as a security'
for the payment of bank issues, were not a delusion,
mortgages upon real estate might be used for the
same purpose, which would afford an equal if not
a better security for the payment of notes, and by
this process, the whole value of the real estate of
the country might be converted into banking capi
tal, and the people into a nation of hankers. This
proprosition shows that the whole scheme is illusory
and unsound."
A Growl from Washington.
Wesurneron, Thursday, April 5
To the Editor of the New York Tribune:
zin—Unless the Whigs brganize immediately in
their primary assemblies, and express in tones not
to be mistaken the necessity and the demand for
rotation in of f ice, I assure you, sir, that a scheme is
on toot to convert all the civil appointments of the
Union into the same tenor as the Army, Navy, Ma
rine, Revenue, and Judiciary are held—viz : Life
Estates, will, most assuredly, be carried out—at
least to the extent that Gen. Taylor and his influ
ence can carry it out. The fathers of the project
are said to be Peter V. Hagner, Adjt. Gen. Jones,
Secretary Meredith, Col. Bliss, Mr.McCalla, Sena
tor J. Davis, and Attorney General Reverdy John
son. They are backed by all the influence and
weight of the most consummate courtiers and office
holders of the city of Washington and the larger
cities. Yours, truly, A WHIG.
Mr. " Whig," why don't you profit by our exam
ple, and keep cool ? We never telt better, and don't
mean to fret the least atom whether you get in or
keep out. Should the new administration go ahead
and put good Whigs in place of not so good Dem
ocrats generally, we shall be well pleased, but shall
consider that the Whig party, in view of the Phil
adelphia business, and various no-party letters, is
treated about as well as it deserved to be. So we
go in for keeping cool. Why not ? The time to
resist this not-ultra Whig policy with effect was a
full year ago. Now let us make the best of what
we have.—N. Y. Tribune.
From the Pennsylvanian
Wilson lll,Caiqidless.
In a late number of the Presbyterian ✓ldvoralc, a
religious paper published in Pittsburg, is a capital
review of the Report of the Managers of the Alle
gheny Cemetery, in which we find the following
complimentary reference to a recent production of
Mr. 111 . CARDLES13, a gentleman well-known and'
highly esteemed in this city, and much beloved by
his own neighbors and fellow-citizens :
" The Managers have shown their good taste, as
well as courtesy and justice, by perpetuating, in
their first report a beautiful and eloquent oration of
Wilson M'Candless, Esq. That a man so much
employed and so distinguished, in the hard dialectics
of the bar, and the rough agitation of political life,
should be able to indite a speech so perfetly elegiac,
so tender and just, and deep in its emotions, is cer
tainly uncommon ; and is proof complete, that the
author deserves what his friends have always claimed
for him, to be esteemed a man'of heart, as well as
head, combining taste with talent, and exquisite
tenderness of sensibility, with pre-eminent force of
genius and •exalted rank in the honorable profession
of the law. Carping criticism which was evidently
neither courted or shunned in the composition,
might here or there prefer a different phrase or
even suggest a more felicitous allusion; but where
then were the brevity, the pathos, and the vein,
which unite to make this admirable speech as a
whole what all that understood the occasion, felt
to be the very thing which it demanded? The
illustrations of his topic from scripture are peculi
arly appropriate and happy. And, in the dexter.
ous and frequent use of this dread instrument, for
which he is remarkable, we hope he will ever find
it "two-edged," affecting with salutary penetration
his own heart and life, while it points the force and
adorns the beauty of his own surpassing eloquence."
The Cholera—lnsurrection—Riot
ers Quelled—Duel.
BALTIMORE, April 11.
By the Southern mail of this evening we have
New Orleans papers of the 4th inst. The Picayune
has a letter from Texas, describing the ravages of
the Cholera at Port Lavacca and Indianola. The
deaths are very numerous.
The British mail steamer Thames, arrived at
Mobile from Havana, Wings late dates from the
West Indies. The negroes at St. Lucia rose on the
whites on the 19th ultimo. The authorities sent
to Saint Barbadoes for assistance, and the riot was
quelled by 200 British soldiers brought from that
place. They firpi upon the negroes and many of
them were killed.
The Charleston Courier says that a duel has been
fought near Camden, S. C., between Hayman Levy
and Dr. Mel Cain, when the former was seriously
wounded, It arch from a political quarrel.
• LATER FROM ETTOPE.
. Arrival.of the Hermann.
Navr Yourc, April 13, 5 P. M.
e Ocean Steam Navigation Company's steam
shipliermann has just arrived here alter a passage
of 16 days, having left Southampton on the evening
of the 26th ultiino. She brings 120 passengers and
a valuable cargo of freight.
At the time of her sailing the European markets
were very little changed. Funds hadslightly risen
on the 24th ult.
The Produce market was dull, though prices re
mained unchanged'.
Business in the French manufacturing towns was
improving, and- an active Spring - trade was confi
dently anticipated.
The political affairs of thenation were assuming
a more exciting aspect. A change was expected
in the French Ministry.
•UI efforts used by the governments of France
and Great Britain to renew the armeetice between
Sardinia and Austria had failed. •flostilities were
therefore to recommence. and be carried on with
vim' on both Sides.
Although European sympathieewere so strongly
oulietedwith the Italian cause, yet it was generally
feared that King Charles Albert would be delisated
by his enemy, who numbered ten thonsand Strong.
Radetzky meditated a direct march
_upon Turin,
the Capitol of Sardinia.
Telegraphic despatches have already announced
the passing of the Tecino on the 26th ult ; they
were received by the French Government. Qn the
21st, three divisiong had arrived, and meeting the
Austrian army experienced some resistance. It
was feared that King Charles would be forced to
re-cross, and if so a great battle was expected on
the plains of Vercelli.
A Frenchexpedition of 12,000 men was prepared
to set sail from Toulon, immediately on intelligence
that the Austrians had advanced into the Pontilicial
States.
Affairs in Naples were in a distracted state. The
King had great difficulty to keep his 'throne. 'A
formidable insurrection was on the ewe of bursting
out in Calabria. .
Accounts from Hungary state that the Imperial
ists were making little headway against the Ma
gyais, as success had lately crowniql Kossoth and
his followers. The Austrians had been again bea
ten in several baffles.
The proposal to appoint the King of Prussia
Emperor of Germany has been rejected in the Ger
man Parliamen•.
The returns of the Bank of France were not so
favorable to trade, as fears were still entertained of
outbreaks from the Socialists and Communists.
Great military preparations have been made in
anticipation.
The Cholera was progressing rapidly in Ireland.
It was also gaining ground in Paiis, and among its
victims were two olficers of the French Govern
ment.
California gold had been received by various
mercantile houses in London, amounting to over
40,000, pounds sterling..
Free ,Hollers, Look Here!
From the Boston PosL
The following is the annunciation of General
Taylor's determination, in his official organ, the
National Intel! ge deter, March 27, 18.19:
"Should the free soil party, or any portion of it,
hereafter be detected in any' act evincing a delibe
rate purpose to prevent the formation of any civil
government in California or New :Mexico, so as to
keep up the agitation between the north and 'the
south for sectional party objects, the President may
find it to be 'his solemn duty to frown indignantly
on that, as not merely the first dawning, but the
'perfect (lay' of an attempt to alienate one portion
of the Union from another.'
The New York Journal of Commerce, one of the
most ardent Taylor papers in the country, says of
this announcement—.
"It disabuses the country from the long uncon
tradicted allegation, that Gen. Taylor would sane-
Lion the efforts of the free soil faction or approve
of the Wilmot proviso."
With what a military air this "Oanau No. 1" is
written—if any free citizen be "DETECTED" in
exercising his political rights according to his own
judgment and pleasure, 'the President may find it
to be his solemn duly to frown indignantly" upon him,
Now we have no more sympathy with the free soil
party movement than any other man, but when
the President of the United States threatens to
frown upon any portion of our citizens for consti
tutionally exercising their-political rights, however •
erroneous or miscldevous we may conceive their
opinions and actions to be, we think it proper to
remind Gen. Taylor that he cannot ride his office
as he would "Old Whitey," just as he pleases; and
govern the people of the United States simply by
his will, as he would an army of soldiers. The
people have "enlisted•' him under the articles of the
constitution, where his duties and powers are strict,
ly defined, and if he transcends them he is subject
to be dealt with by the people,,whose servant he is,
not master, according to their sovereign judgment,
in such cases made and provided. What a com
ment is this upon the "non-interference with the
will of the people . ' which the whips promised for ,
their candidate before the election! To carry out
their views ; as expressed through their representa
tives, was all he would seek to do, they said. But
now, we are informed, if the expressibn of that will'
do not agree with his interpretation of propridty,
he "may find it to be las solemn duty to frown indig
nantly"—in other words. punish to the extent of
his power those who do not act as he judges proper !
If this be not coming pretty near to "drum head .
law," we do not understand that code.
Kr WASHINGTON, the Father of our Common
Country, is.enshrined in the heart of hearts Of the
American people. As long as time lasts will his
memory be held sacred by his countrymen, and his
fame be revered by all the enljghtened nations of
mankind. Many Orators and Statesmen, Painters,
Poets, and Sculptors, have contributed to perpetu
ate his words and works-.-but none have rendered
more signal service, in this respect; than STSCITTI.
Ens & Son, proprietors of the extensive Marble
Yard, No. 360, Market Street, Philadelphia, to
whom belongs the distinction of having furnished
the elegant and massive Sarcophagus, which enclo
ses the runains of the Father of our Country. At
the same establishment can be had Marble Mantles,
Monuments, Tombs, Grave Stones, &c. When in
the city call and see their extensive assortment of
pattterns.
Bronchitis and Cough Cured.
Boston, August 15, 1848.
Mr. Seth W. Fowle—Dear Sir,—Having been
troubled for a considerable time with a bad Cough
and bronchial affection, I was induced to try a bottle
of Dr. WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY,
which I am happy to say entirely removed the diffi
culty. I deem it but justice
,to say thus much for
the benefit of those who may be similarly afflicted.
GEORGE H. DAVIS,
Firm of Hallett & Davis, Piano Forte Manufacturers.
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted
with Geo. H. Davis, Esq., and have the fullest con
fidence in the above statement.
H. G. BARRUS,
Formerly Practising Physician
Boston, August 15, 1848.
P. S. Such testimony can be relied upon. Be
careful of the article you buy. It must have the
signature of I. Butts on the wrapper to be genuine.
For sale in Lancaster by J. GISH. & BRO.
HABITUAL CONSTIPATION; BAD DIGESTION,
Want of Appetite, Extreme Flatulency, Head-
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DR. S. 0. RICHARDSON :
DEAR should not
feel myself justified if I did,not inform you of the
benefits I have received from the use of your valu
able medicine. I must confess my belief that if I
In.d not taken your Bitters I should not have lived
until this time; but I am happy to think I ever
bega' the use of it. The last time I called upon .
you was August 25th, and since that time, by the
use of your medicine, as directed, I have been re
lieved of my former complaints. In fact, my health
has not been so good for five years as it is at the
present.time. But I must keep some of the Bitters
by me if I wish to continue in good health. Please
send me, on receipt of this, a package 'as before
and I am ever yours, with due respect.
R. WHITEHEAD.
Berwick, Me., Dec. 2S, 1849.
For sale by J. GISH & BRO., Booksellers, and
J. P. LONG, Druggist, North Queen Street, and by
Druggists, Apothecaries, and Traders throughout
the United States.
MARRIAGES.
At Marietta, on Wednesday, the 9th inst. by. the
Rev. G. M. Ciawges, Washington Duke to Caroline
Shaffer, both of Columbia.
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On Tuesday, the 10th instant, by the Rev. E. Y.
Buchanan, Ilti illiam L. Meguigan to Elizabeth Zell,
both of Enterprise. . ' '
Hides.
PHILADELPHIA HIDE ASSOCIATION
Willow, abobe Eleventh Street. •
IDES 'taken in with great care as regards cuts
la and flaws. Do- Country Tanners supplied on
the most liberal terms.
AYKROYD GROSS.
April I'7, )49 6aollli