2 "*i_ Corrwpoadeoce of thai latolilfoarar. Lewistowit, Judo sth, 1850 Capt. Geo. Sanderson— -Dear Sir.— l see that “ Mose” of the Gazette states, “ that the cogno men of Colunell&nii Mujpr somewhat “ seedy” of late.esp&cHtiy those of the corp* ed itorial.” Well I agree with him on that point, and would add, that if there it a man in the chair edi torial deserving.qf .the title of Colonel, though he had not been “ bloodyMMtb, P. M.,” it is he of the Gazette. The Editors of the 'Union Tribune , Examiner $ Herald , and the. Laneaste rian, respectively, have the “Colonel” attached ta their iiames,._ .Now, to show the public at large that they are not the only officers of the day, I have placed the appellation of Captain to the head of my letter, and though a grade lower than those of the other Editors, the title was, nevertheless, earn ..ed-by experience in military matters, and not by appointment, as were tSe others. And now that I have placed the Editor of the Intelligencer in a proper light before his readers, they will touch their beavers, and act as in such cases required. ( As I have now done with rather a labored begin * ning, an account, and a brief one, of the early set* tlement and. progress of this town and county, may not be uninteresting to your readers. Being a no vice in the art ofletter-writing,:atleast for newspa pers, you cannot expect from me what you would from an adept at the business; but as I am always willing to “ do my best,” I will commence Mifflin-County was formed, by an act of Septem ber 19, 1789, from the counties of Cumberland and Northumberland, and contains about 360 square ' miles. The population in 1790 was about 7,500, and in iB4O, after the separation of Juniata Coun ty*, 13,000. It is thought that by the time the next census is taken, it will reach 20,000. The quality of. the land is of the’best order, being mostly that of limestone. It is almost entirely surrounded by mountains, and the intervening valleys are rich and productive. The principal mountains are-Shade’s, Jack’s, (which is supposed to have taken its name \ from Captain Jack, a noted hunter in the early days of Cumberland County,) Stone, and. the Seven mountains, the latter a range rising one above the other—hence the name. The principal valleys are the Lewistown valley, which is diyided into several smaller ones, better known in this section as Dry, Fergusoh’s and Big valleys; Kishacoquillas and Licking Creek valleys. The county is watered by numerous streams, the chief of which are, the “Blue Juniata,” so noted in song. Kishacoquillas, called after a friendly In dian, Licking and Jack’s Cieeks. The iron ore.of which the famed Juniata iron is made, is found in great abundance in the county. It also has several caves, abounding in mineral cu riosities. The chief products of this county are wheat, corn, and iron ; a 1 products of a similar character from the counties north of'this, pass through some of the above mentioned valleys to this plare, and are then forwarded to different mar kets by the Pennsylvania Canal, which passes along the left bank of the Juniata, and the central Rail road. The famous Indian Chief, Logan, resided in this county for many years. He was the don of Shi kellisjus, a Cayuga Chief, and a devoted friend'of the white man. a reference to his memorable speech will convince the skeptical. Logan's spring, in this county, about six miles from this place, takes its name from this ceb-brated Chief. We now come to the county town, Lewistown. This is one of the most prosperous and flourishing towns between Philadelphia and Pittsburg. It is beautifully situated at the junction of the Juniata river and Kishacoquillas creek, on a high plain.— The town was laid out about the year 1790, the plot then being owned by Gen; James Potter, Judge Wm. Brown, and Maj. Montgomery. It contains the usual County buildings, besides nine Churches, two Printing Offices, one. Furnace, two Flouring Mills, and many beautiful private dwellings. In conclusion, Jet me say a word in regard to the life and death of an old and respected citizen, the Rev. Jacob. Gruber, of the M. E. Church. - He departed this life at the advanced age of 72 years, at his residence.in this borough, last week, He commenced his career as a minister in the spiing of 1800, and has continned steadfast from that time to this, in the vineyard of his Master, without an in termission of four consecutive weeks at any one time during that whole period. During his career, he preached from 1,800 to 2,000 sermons. He an ticipated his approaching dissolution, and when the hour arrived, found him ready to„take “that pil grimage from which no traveller returns.” In his death the town has lost a good citizen, and the church an able and active servant. “Truly a great man has fallen in Israel.” “ He has faithfully fought hie way through; He has finished the work that was giv’n him to do. J Apportionment Bill. As a useful Table for future reference, we insert the Apportionment -Bill again, with the addition of the number of taxables in each District. The un fairness of the bill can be seen at a glance: Senators. Taxables 2 22.730 , 3 54,514 Montgomery, 1 13 516 Chester and Delaware, 1 20,0:<6 Berks, 1 16^262 Bucks, . 1 13,151 Lancaster and Lebanon, 2 25.552 Dauphin and Northumberland, 1 12.333 Northampton and Lehigh, 1 1*,194 Carbon, Wayne and Pike, 1 12,102 Adams and Franklin, l 1 1.005 York, - 1 13.060 Cumberland and Perry, 1 12.009 Lycoming, Sullivan, Centre, Clinton, 1 13,449 Blair, Camnria and Huntingdon, 1 13,408 Luzerne, Columbia and Montour, I 17.619 Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming, 1 17,827 Tioga, Potter, M’Kean. Elk, Clear field and Jeffrrson, 1 Mercer, Venango and Warren;/ 1 Erie and Crawford, Buder, Beaver and Lawrence, Allegheny, Washington and Greene, Bedford £nd Somerset, Armstrong. Indiana and Clarion, Juniata, Mifflin & Union, Westmoreland and Fayette, Schuylkill, Philadelphia city, “ county, REPRESENTATIVES. Adams, 1 Allegheny, 5 Bedford and Cambria, *■ 2 Berks-, 4. Bucks, ' 3 Beaver, Butler and Lawrence, 3 Blair and Huntingdon, 2 Bradford, 2 Chester, 3 Cumberland, 2 Centre, 2 Clearfield, Elk and McKean, 1 Clarion, Armstrong and Jefferson, 3 Columbia and Montour, 1 Dauphin, 2 Delaware, 2 Erie, 2 Washington, 2 Greene, 2 Franklin, 2 Indiana, 2 Lycoming, Clinton and Potter, 2 Lancaster, 5 Lebanon, 2 Lehigh and Carbon, 2 Luzerne, 2 V onroe and P.ke, 2 Mercer, Venango and Warren, - 3 Crawford, 2 Mifflin, 2 Montgomery, 3 Northampton, . 2 Northumberland, - 1 Perry, ' j Philadelphia city, 4 Philadelphia county, . 21 Somerset, j Schuylkill, 2 Susquehanna, Sullivan & Wyoming! 2- Tioga, , r Wayne, I Westmoreland and Fayette, ' 4 Union and Juniata. i York, o Collectors Office, Columbia,) -.. June 1, 1860. C The following statement shows the *mni>nt ol tolla .received at this office for the month of May: Ralinrad - $l7, '39 63 X rUCkS > , 1«9 13 Fmes, . \ ' . , $37,133 96 Amount previously reported, $9B, 'IS 35 Total, Total increase, $11,651 P 8 Stewart Pjeakce, Collector Intelligencer & lournal. GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR. Lancaster, June 11, 1850. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. CANAL COMMISSIONER: WILLIAM T; MORISON. AUDITOR GENERAL: EPHRAIM BANKS. SURVEYOR GENERAL: J. PORTER BRAWLEY. To our Democratic Friends! We have a proposition to make. It is this: As soou as one Hundred new paying subscribers can be obtained in Lancaster county we will enlarge the 'lntelligencer,” so as4o add four columns ol reading matter to each number. If one or tvt’o ac rive men in each township and borough will make the effort, we have no doubt treble that number can be obtained in a few weeks. What say our Democratic friends to the proposition? Who will be the first to move in the matter? County Committee. The following is a list of the County Committee appointed by the President and Vice President of Convention, held in Lancaster, April 10th, 1850: Chairman, Wm. B. Fordnet, Esq., City. James Patterson. L. Britain, John B Shelly. Rapho, Christopher Graham, Bart, Jlphraim Shober, Brecknock, John Ringwalr," Carnarvon, Isaac Bucher E. Cocalico, Charles City, Wm. White, Colerain, Paul Hamilton Columbia, Adam Kendig. Conestoga, Henry Haines. E. Donegal, John McSparren, Druinore, Isaac Holl, E. Earl. John Forney, W. Earl, Abraham RtsLecker Elizabethtown, Dr. Geo. B. Kerfoot, C.ty, John R. Miller, E. Lampeter, Eskridge Lane, City, Adam Trout, Lancaster twp., Isaac F. Lighrner, Leacock, * Mark Connel, jr., Upper Leacock, Henry Leman, Manheim,. Jacob Hamilton. Conoy, C. D Melivain, Sailsbury, Wm F. Baker, Paradise, James Laird, Mountjoy, Jacob Neff Strasbuig twp., Wm. Echternach, Strasburg Bor. Peter Phillis, Warwick, Dr. David Agnew, Sadsbury, George G. Brush, Manor, John W. Jackson, City. The*State Convention. j The proceedings of this body, in extenso, will be found on the first page of this week’s paper. They [ be perused with interest by our numerous : readers, and the action of the Convention cannot ; fail to be highly satisfactory-to the Democracy i throughout the State. It will be seen that the | resolutions offered by our townsman, Col. Reah : Fiiazer, and which were adopted with great una nimity, take a broad, comprehensive, national view of the great questions that agitate the, Union, and reaffirm the doctrines and platform of the National Democratic Conventions of 1844 and 1 848. They are eminently patriotic in spirit, and cannot fail in having a salutary effect upon the deliberations of Congress at this important crisis of affairs. They speak the sentiments of the great mass of the peo ple of Pennsylvania--and upon the platform laid down by the Convention, the Democracy can safely stand and bid defiance to factiomsts of every kind* whether hailing from the North or the South. Whilst we, in common with our Democratic friends of Lancaster County, would have been grat ified had the nomination for Canal .Commissioner fallen upon our esteemed fellow citizen, Mr. Mar tin, we are nevertheless pleased that a selection so judicious has been made as that of Mr. Morison- Speaking of this gentleman, together with the.oth er nominees of the Convention, the Pennsylvanian has the following appropriate remarks, all of which we can fully endorse from the knowledge we have of those gentlemen: 0 /’ oniso:r i Esq., the candidate for (-anal Commissioner, is a citizen of Montgomery county, and resides in the pleasant village of Jen kintown, near Philadelphia. He is a gentleman of irreproachable character—a useful and esteemed citizen—a thorough and intelligent Democrat. As a representative of the Democracy of that county in ihe last Legislature, he-gave unbounded satistac tion. Mr. Morison is a iarmer, and is unusually popular among allrwho know him. Old Montgom ery will roll up an old fashioned majority for her worthy son J. P. Brawley. Esq., who was next nominated for Surveyor General, was a member of the last Stare Senate, from the counties of Crawford and Venango, and is a native and citizen of tVie former, where he has a large circle of Iriends. Mr “Braw let was elected, when quite young, to the House of Representatives of the State, arid such was the satisfaction he rendered there, that he was soon transferred to the Senate. He possesses indomita ble energy, and has a strong, active mind. It was well remarked, during the last session of the Leg islature. that he was one of the most popular and influential members of either House—notwithstand ing his straightforward course politically. He will make a fine officer, and deserves a united and har monious support. nomination for the important post of Au ditor General is Ephraim Basks, Esq, of Mifflin county—a man who is perhaps as well qualified for the place as any one in the whole State. Mr. Banks has occupied several highly responsible jKisitions. and was a prominent Democratic mem ber of the last Reform Convention.. He is a per* fectly conscientious man, and is the very person for a place in which attention, experience, and a watch u regard lor the interests of the Commonwealth, are so essential. The whole valley of the Juniata will respond to his nomination by a sweeping vote in October. r ° . 13.934 14,099 16,564 17,658 28,547 14,476 11,210 16,703 11,634 19 229 12,867 Another Project. Senator Soule, of Louisiana, has offered several amendments to the Compromise bill. The princi pal amendment- requires, as a preliminary to the admission of California, that she shall assent to a restriction of her sovereignty to the country north of the line of 3G deg 30 min.; also establishes a territory south of 36 deg. 30 min.,, to be admitted into the Union, with or without slavery, as the people may decide. This, it will bfe observed at a glance, is practically nothing else than an exten sion of the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific and, in the event of the failure of all other plans' we would not be surprised if the difficulty were finally adjusted in this way. Certain it is, that if the Missouri Compromise line were adopted ihroughout, it would at once put an end to the trou blesome and dangerous excitement on the question of Slavery—which, if not permanently adjusted, will go on increasing in intensity, until before many years shall have elapsed, the fair fabric of our be loved Union willbe shivered to fragments. Summer Is Here. After a long and unusually cool spell of weath er, extending through the entire month of May and even into th£ first two or three days of June, sum mer has broken upon us in earnest, and the most fastidious has no reason to complain for want of heat for the last six or seven days. The sudden change in the weather has produced a correspond ng change of'costume, and*tailors and tailoresses. clothierß and mantna makers, hatters and milliners. iave had tfceir hands lull endeavoring to supply 'he wants of their numerous customers. Well,, •veil, every thing, in its proper season—and, altho tot very partial ouiself to such sweltering weather, •till we feel willing to “grin and bear’’ with jt for he good it brings to our neighbors. O, for a glass, >( ice cream to regulate the temperature of our nward man; * ,N. B A" thunder gust on Saturday afternoon, fol lowed by another on Sunday night, (since the above vas fh type,) has materially moderated the heat, and the weather has since been cool andpleaiant $135,609 31 The Census Law. This law has been published, and is very com prehensive. The information which it proposes to embrace includes population, profession, color, oc cupation, place of birth, number ot marriages, the persons who can read and write, deaf, dumb, blind,' slaves, (fugitives and manumitted,) fheacres of land, improved and unimproved, the cash value of each farm, the value of fanning implements and machinery, the live stock, the produce during the year ending-June 1, 1850, and the quantity ol each particular article'; the products of industry and the values; names of towns, counties and cities; the aggregate valuation of real and person al estate, the amount of taxes assessed, the number and character of the public schools, and the extent of public libraries; the number, class, and circula tion of the periodicals and newspapers; the num ber of criminals; the cost of labor, the average price of board to a laboring man per week, the average payment of a carpenter per day, the aver age wages of a day laborer, the average wages ot a farm hand, the number and value of the churches —and indeed every species of social statistics which . make those tables valuable as sources of public information and reference. The tables must be returned to the Secretary of the Interior on or before-the first day of November next, and each marshall or assistant must take an oath or affirmation before entering upon his duties. With regard to compensation, the eighth section of the act says: “ That whenever the population returned in any district shall exceed one million, the marshall there of shall be entitl&l to receive as a compensation for all his services, after the the rate of one dolhr for each thousand persons; but if the number re turned shall be a million in any district* the marshall thereof shall be allowed for his ser vices at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents for each thousand persons.” Each assistant is to be allowed at’the rate of two cents for each person enumerated, and ten cents a mile lor necessary travel. Also for each farm ful ly returned, ten cents ; for each establishment of productive industry, fully taken and returned, fif teen cents; for the social statistics, two per cent upon the amount allowed lor the enumeration of population; and lor each name of a deceased person returned, two cents. Sew Coins. A bill on this subject, says the Baltimore Ameri can, has been presented to the U. S. Senate, by Mr. Dickinson, and contains-provisions which will be greatly promotive of general convenience and com fort. It directs the coinage ol one cent pieces, to be composed ol one-tenth silver and nine-tenths cop per, and to weigh twenty five grains. It also di rects the coinage of three cent pieces, to be com posed of three fourths silver and one fourth copper, and to weigh twelve and three eighths grains; the devices to be conspicuously different from those of the other silver coins. A peculiarity is attached to this one piece, that it is to be procured at .the mint only in exchange for Spanish money , (fps, levies and quarters ,) at their cu - rent value, and not by weight; also for some few other denominations of foreign silver coin, current among us-. This provision (justly remarks the Philadelphia Bulletin) will certainly clear the country of the worn-out and irregular currencv, long since become a plague and a nuisance, and often a cause of contention amongst deal i In place of it we shall have a coin of suffici*-; r *■:’ and agreeable appearance, well fitted to tl:< ~ < ol many, things and to making change. 'le\ change is to be made in lots not less than thii iy do'- lars worth at a time. Samples have been struck the mint for the use of Congress. The cent piec e is of ihe diameter ol a dimef and is marked by a large round hole in the centre, the objec.s of \vhic‘i are to give a larger circumference to the piece, and to make it easily distinguished, even In the dark. The Whig County Convention Which met in this city, on Wednesday last, ap pointed John A. Heistand, Esq., Senatorial, and 0. J. Dickey, Esq., M. Pownell, J. H. Bassler, S. W. P. Boyd and A. R. Spangler, Representative delegates to the State Convention, with instructions to sup port the Hon. John Strohm for Canal Commission er. This is an empty honor—but as Mr. S. has held several profitable offices from the party, it is nothing more than fair that he shou’d consent to hear the mortification of a defeat, which the Whig candidate, whoever he may be, is destined to receive at the hands of the people of Pennsylvania. The Convention adopted a series of resolutions laudatory of Gen Tatloh, Gov. Johnston and Mr. Stevens, and took strong ground in favor of a Pro tective Tariff, the Veto Power, and Free Soilism.— But not a word did they say about Henry Clay, whom the Whigs of the * r Old Guard” were wont to idolize as something more than human. This fact is significant, and shows that the Tribune fac tion gained a triumph over that of the Examines and that, for the future, it is intended that the latter shall play second fiddle to the former. We shall see how Col. Darlington relishes a secondary posi. tion in Whig organism, and how he will take the slight given to the great embodiment of Whig principles, Henry Clay. The Lost One Found, Mr. 1 hoxas J ohnston, of Martic township, who has been missing since the 2d of April, until recent ly, and who, it was feared, had been foully dealt with, is now at Columbus, Ohio, and has made an assignment of his property to Messrs. McSparren & Housekeeper, of this county, for the benefit of his creditors. At the time he left his house, he in timates that he was partially deranged, and had intended drowning himself in the adjoining creek— but was providentially prevented in some way that he does not mention from carrying out his purpose. He travelled along for sometime on foot, then by railroad cars and stages and finally stopped at Co lumbus, where he has located himself and has sent for his^hmily. Mr. J. is in easy circumstances—his estate, as we arerf informed by one of his assignees, being worth several thousand dollars—and this makes the mystery connected with his temporary derange ment the more unaccountable. A Just Tribute. A letter from the Hon. Robert J. Walker, in relation to the Compromise bill now before the Senate, contains the following reference to the la mented Polk: And here let me truly say that there was no more devoted supporter of tnis Union than my de parted friend, James K. Polk: and his message:, demonstrate that he would hava warmly supporter this bill. He recommended the adjustment of thi question by the admission of a State—by the Mis souri line—or by the Clayton Compromise ; anf what is thi? bill in substance but the first and last of these measures combined? There is no person intimately acquainted with the views of the latr President on this subject, no member of his cabinet, who could fail to testify that such a compromist as this would have received his cordial support. We all know his repeated efforts for a final settle ment of this question before he left the chair of State; and may you not appeal to his many* friends in the two houses of Congress to save his administration from the obloquy to which it would certainly, how ever unjustly, be subjected, if this territory, acquired by his administration, should, in the absence of a final settlement, be made the means of subverting the Union?” “Chapman has ceased to Crow l” The last number of the Indiana State Sentinel, published at Indianopolis, contains the valedictory of the Messrs. Chapman, who have retired from that able organ of the Democracy after a connex ion of nine years. The establishment has been purchased by -Mr. A. H. Brown, and the paper will be edited by his father, the Hon. Wm. J. BnowN, formerly Ihird Assistant;! 1 . M. General under Mr Polk, and at present a member of Congress from the State of Indiana. * Blr. Clay and the Whigs. Henry Clay has made l one of his brilliant speech es, and in his most gallant style has thrown down the gauntlet to the administration. We allude to his reply to the brilliant Sank We do not ; per ceive that he made any njriy point-4that he ;; put forth any new he said any thing new against the administration. He but restated his position, but with just; emphasis and power.— He ielt touched no doubt, at the little considera. tion his compromise scheme had received at the hands of the whigs. The same party, as a party, that a few years ago received his words as law, now receive them as the idle wind. No doubt this galls the great Kentuckian. .Besides, he knows the purpose, the occasion of the non action scheme, so loudly be praised by every faithful retainer of the cabinet, and by every obsequious press, and that it is no more nor less than a dodge of a great ques tion which the cabinet is bound by every pledge to the country tomeet. This, in itself is-enough to excite the scorn and to elicit the rebuke of one so bold, so frank, so open breasted as Henry Clay.— His enemies, at least, have ever known where to find him. In past years there has been no back ground, no concealment, no deception gbout him . he has stood forth, on bank, or tariff, or sub-tress' ury, or whatever else comes up, as the very embo diment of conservatism. For this his party ralli ed about him with a devotion and affection rarely seen, and hence he scorns the -imbecile and fatal statesmanship that meets a difficulty by shunning it. He knows they do shun it. He made the feathers fly and no mistake. He held the mirror up high, and the country can see in it the mean look of a cabinet who basely shrink from the performance of high public duties. What do faithful whigs think of it ? This is well .answered by a letter writer in the Boston Atlas. He writes with the sense of pain all about him. He describes Mr. Clay as having been “ ex cited and irritated;” as 11 scornful, impatient, over bearing, dictatorialas having 11 towered and de claimed as usual;” as "having lowered the digni ty of the Senate, and his own dignity.'* Such are some only of his outpourings. Hear him : “ We involuntarily asked, where is the great ex pounder now? Now is the hour, and now we want the man who can hurl thunderbolts upon this dog matic, insolent, intolerant, insufferable supercilious nessoftone, this dictatorial lordliness of manner, this intolerable tyranny of demeanor, this arrogant bullying, braggart spirit of Compr have ar rived at St. Louis, and were to commence the sur vey of the route on the 23d ult. Oak Hall, Boston. The fame, of this great es tablishment has gone into every section of the country. Its branches are being.established in ev ery part of the Union' The low price system and extensive advertising have built up this famous es tablishment. 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