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THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1854.
WHIG STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR.
?as. Pollock, of Northumberland
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER.
George Darsie, of Allegheny.
FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT.
PanicI Mi Smyser, of Montgomery
sue a paper. The absence, for several
days, of one of our bands, and tbo indis
portion of a member of our family, pre
vented us from getting out a paper. This,
wo hope, will be received as a sufficient
Mpoloffj for tbc delinquency..
We direct the attention of all
interested, to the advertismeuts of Wm. E.
Warren, Secretary and Treasurer of the
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western lis; 1
loaJ, inserted in to-days " Jcffcrsonian"
nml especially to the one relative to the
I'ment of the semi-annual interest on
the Mortgage Bonds of the late Lacka
vanna and Western Railroad Company,
ue on the 1st of Jul', 1654.
1 he Stockholders -will observe that no
ink-rest can, according to the provisions
of tbc Act of Incorporation, be paid on
any ?hare of Stock upon which any in
Hallnient which had been called for re
mains unpaid. The interest will be paid
upon tho order of those Stockholders who
cannot conveniently visit New-York, pro
vided their orders are properly authenti-
A.
Indian Entertainment.
By reference to another column, the
lttuK-r will learn that an Indian Enter
t itmnent will be given in this place, on
the 3d of July next. We would advise
all within reach to turn out and witness
thi." exhibition, as it will be an interesting
and instructive one.
The Itev. John T. Donelan, of Balti
more, who has had an opportunity of wit
nessing the performances of this Compa
ny, says : " The Troupe have given sev
eral exhibitions for our orphans. I have
btc-n present three times at the perfor
mances of these Indians, and confidently
nay', that they are not only innuccnt., but
fearful, grand, instructive and sublime.
They may be witnessed with great im
provement by old and young."
Surgical Operation.
On Wednesday of last week a surgi
cal operation was performed upon Mrs.
John W. Ruxton, of this place, for the
rt moral of a Mammary tumor which has
been rapidly growing for a year and a half,
and Vihieh was found to be so extensive
as to require the extirpation of the entire
left breast. The operation was perform
ed by Dr. A. Reeves Jackson, assisted by
Drs. Levering, Grattan, Hollinibead and
Waltons.
The patient was placed under the in
fluence of'chloraforn and did not exper
is r.-ce the slightest sensation of pain thro'
out the whole operation.
The operation was entirly successful,
and tbe patient, who has shown great for
titude, is making a rapid recovery Co.M
.,
Abatement of State Tax. Gen. Bailcv
the new State Treasurer of Pennsylvania,
ha3 Usued a Circular from his Depart-
meut, directed to the Commissioners and;u
4- I
Treasurers of tho various counties, re
minding them of the act of Assembly
which authorizes an abatement of five per
cent, on the amount paid iuto tho State
Treasury, provided the county pays its
"full quota of tax on its adjusted valua
tion, fifteen days prior to the firtt of Aug
ust in any year."
The Fourth of July.
The coming Fourth will be celebrated
ia Easton. In tho morning there will be
a procession of Military, Firemen and cit
izens, Ileadiug of the Declaration of Inde
pendence and Oration firing of cannon,
&o. In the afternoon Mr. Pusey of Phil
adelphia will make a Balloon ascension
on an Eagle. In the evening there will
be music in the Square, and an exhi
bition of Fire Works.
The Cholera.
The Journal of Commerce, in an article
on tbe Cholera, notes the remarkable
fact that, this season, cases of this disease
originate where there are no peculiary
exciting causes, and where no communi
cation has been had with emigrants or
other sources from which it might have
been introduced.
BSWe have learned (says the Tren
ton Gazette,) the curious and rather a
larmtng fact, that within two or "three
years past the increase in the sale of q.
pium in Trenton is something like one
thousand percent.
SABBATH SCHOOL CEIEBR ATIOIT.
At a meeting f the Superintendents
and teachers tho different Sabbath
Schools in Hamilton and vicinity at the
Centre Sqifaro School House, on Satur
day tho lwth of June, it was resolved to
celebrate the coming 4th of July, by a
Sabbath School Celebration, to be held in
n grove near Fenuera Yille, where suita
ble preparations will be made for tho oc
casion. The following officers were appointed:
Lorenzo Hoffcditz, Chiof Marshal, Hor
ace Shircr, assistant Marshal, Committee
of arrangements: Absalom Fctherman,
Jerome. S. Williams, George Ruth, Mel
choir Bosserd, Abraham Edinger, Joseph
Fenner, Capt. Saml. Harman, Andrew
Groner, Charles Daily, Jacob Stackkouse.
Joseph Altemose, Capt. G-. K. Slutter,
Joseph Riukcr, John Belles, Christopher
Keller & Abrm. Mcngel.
Order of the Day:
Reading of the Declaration of Independ-.
pendence by C. S. Detrick.
An oration by Samuel S. Drehcr, Esq.
Appropriate hymns by the schools and
audience.
An address to tho teachers by the Rev.
Mr. Towusend.
An address to parents and children by
the Rev. Mr. Hoffeditz, in German.
Au address to parents and children,
by the Rev. Mr. Tlcilig, in English.
An address to the audience by the
Rev. Mr. Gingerisb, in English.
To conclude by singing appropriate
Hymns by the teachers and scholars.
Resolved, That all the different Sab
bath Schools and citizens in general, in
tho vicinity, are respectfully invited to at
tend. Each school to provide them
selves -with refreshments, and also a suit
able banner.
Resolved, That a committee of three be
appointed to notify the different speakers
and clergymen, who are to partake in the
exercises of tho day, whereupon Peter
Williams, Jacob Klinker and Jacob Wil
liams were appointed.
JOHN MARSH, Chairman.
Jacob L. Klinker, Sect.
Commodore Perry has been unex
pectedly successful in his negotiations
with Japan; and a treaty with that hith
erto secluded nation, is now waiting the
sanction of tho President and Senate.
Ho? i or Declined. Hon. John Banks, was
tendered a few days ago, by Gov. Bigler,
the appointment of Associate Law Judge
of Lancaster county, receutly declined by
Judjjc Rogers, but he also declined the
nost, not beinjr willing to exchange his lu-
t era live practise at the Berks County Bar.
for a seat on the Bench.
jjjr The Inspector of liquors appoint
ed in Tuscarawas county (Ohio) is an em
inent German Chemist. He informs the
editor of the New Philadelphia Advocate,
that nearly all the liquor he has examin
ed, which is sold for brandy, is nothing
but whiskey, in which there has been
put a few drugs to give it color and
change the taste.
Caindon and Amboy Railroad Company.
The anuual report of this company,
made on Monday week, shows the re
ceipts of the past -ear to have been S219;
534, and the expenses 219,516. Over
2,000,000 of passangcrs and 48,167 tons
of merchandize wero carried over the
roadduiing the year, and S'BjlTO paid
to the State for tax and transit duties.
Cholera and Small Pox.
A large number of cases of cholera
and small pox, it is said, are now at
Staten -land, Now York, among the em-
PS"13 tnere, and permission has been
obtained from the collector of the port to
)
- c tvro large government ware-houses for I
tho accommodation of the patients. In
vUxr of the fact that the cholera has alf-o
appeared in the very heart of New York
city, the Evening Post calls upon the
authorities to lose no time in cleansin"
c
the btrcets and alleys.
Tho New York & Erie Railroad is now
travelled for 6 90 instead of S3 40, as
heretofore, and tho fare for the entire dis
tance to Buffalo and Niagara Falls from
New York is but 810.
The "Say-Nothings" had a tea-party
the other evening at the house of Mrs.
Think-all. Mrs. Do-nothing presided at
table with the genuine grace of dignified
feilcuce. Miss Love nothing acted as Mis
tress of m.otions.
Mary L. Nan Nostrand, a little child
of 12 yoars old, was sentenced to an im
prisonment of one year in tho county jail
at Mount Holly, for setting fire to the
building ot N. Wills, at Raucocus.
'The seven-year locusts make their
periodical visit this season, and already
they are beginning to appear in great
numbers in and about Rockford, Illinois.
1 ' i
5?- Within two days past over two
'hundred dogs have been poisoned by the
police of Cincinnati. Strychine upon
meat is tho article used.
C5S The man who tried to sweeten
uis tea with one of his wife's smile's, has
" fallen back" on pur. '
o
Postal Information.
The Post Office Department at Wash'
incton havo ruled the following points
which we "have gleaned from the Star of
different dates:
The Post Office Department now and
then receive letters from deputy post
masters, asking if thcirVederal office docs
not exempt them from doing the dutyiu
repairing roads, r quired of them by the
laws of their several States as citizens
thereof. Tho answer was invariably
No.
A mail caricr, ou bringing way let
ters to a post-office' is entitled to one cent
upon each, whether the letter is prepaid
or not. Tho Postmaster must mark the
one cent in addition on each such letter,
on which the carrier demands his cent.
Any person has the right to place
printed or other mailable matter in a post
office for box holders at the bame office,
and it is the duty of the postmaster to du
ly place such things in the boxes of those
to whom they may be addi-cssed.
Lines drawn around or marks made on
a paragraph of a newspaper, merely to
call attention to the particular article, are
not held in the Post Office Department,
to subject the said newspaper to letter
postage.
The department do not and cannot le
gally give permission to any person other
than the person to whom addressed, to o
pen any letter laying in a post office.
The Department docs notperir.it a dep
uty postmaster to leave his doors so un
guarded as that porsous may help them
selves to letters, &c.
Postmasters on returning papers to
publishers, not taken from the office, must
frank them as "post office business."
An anecdote is told of a young lady of
Harridburg, who was on a riding excur
sion recently: "The horse commenced
kicking, when she in the most simple
manner, requested her companion to get
out and hold the horse's leg, or he might
injure the vehicle."
The man of dull apprehension has pur
chased a grindstone, and proposes to
sharpen up.
JJjThe cholera is dying out at Nash
ville, Tennessee.
2rThe population of Louisville, Ky.,
is now estimated at 70,000.
-e,
The Eloquence of Distress.
A Western editor appeals, in the fol
lowing eloquent language to the sympa
thies of his delinquent subscribers :
" We cannot help thinking how much
easier au editors's life might be made if
his generous patrons could only hear his
better half scraping the bottom of the
flour barrel ! A man that can writo ed
itorials with such music sounding in his
ears, can easily walk the telegraph wire5: tl10 exact terms of tho proposed law. faelds or increase the product of old ones;
a,, r., r...-, : i i i e As to the second point in the inquiry, and the general result of their operations
ana turn somersets in the branches of a v i i , 1 -n t. i . i 1 r i
, it must be very clear that a law, constitu- will be a large and steady increase of the
thorn bus"- tional in itself, would not be rendered Gold-yield for many years to come
" otherwise by allowing the peoplo to de- probably for at least a generation. And,
2T Cholera has broken out in Ruth- cide by vote whether tho Legislature so long as the aggregate amount of the
erford county, Tenn., and B. Ferguson should repeal it or not, no matter what precious metals in circulation or in bank
has lost 4 slaves, A. Edwards 3, Mr. fcbat votc mi3llt oe- ers' vaults is increasing, the amount of
Cannon 1 and Col. Winston 1 T our secon incluiry I answer that Paper Currency in circulation will tend
J 1 I sincerely deplore the evils of intemper- to increase, and prices consequently to
Four Persons Drowned. ance, and am now willing, as I always rise still higher.
The Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania Ga- bave bee?. to sanction an' P"pcr meas- We regard the great war just coru-
zette issued an extra on the 9th inst.,from ure to lmt,Sate andi lf possible, entirely menced as the chief antagonist influence
wbicu we extract the following melan-
choly intelligence : " This afternoon, as
several persons, (Irish laborers at the
Ue-aver .Meadow wharf,) were enraed in
1 t . . . . . I
unloading a airt scow lustabove ttie dam
at this place, Incline by whichtheboatwas ecutive- should be free to judge of meet in battle, and, whichever may con
held was broken by the force of the cur- tbo constitutionality and wisdom of a qUCr, the net iemaiuder is worth a good
rent, the boat went over the dam, and
melancholy to relate, four persons were
drowned. The boat came to the surface
bottom side up, and two persons succeed-
ed making their escape, one by climbing
upon the boat, the other being forced bv
the current on to or near the beach.
But one body has thus far been recovered.
1 his sad calamity will fill manv hearts
with grief and shroud many a domestic
.... 1
circle in gloom, luev were all active
- ..
and industrious men, and all, we believe
had families.
Philadelphia Election.
onrau a juaionty lor iUavor is 8.343:
Hazlehurst for Solicitor. 11.782: Hen-
I J I
,i ncT, vm. 11 1 . onit. -at i I
uu-iouu iui vjuuiiunor aoout ou ; iueecn
(native) over Leidy, Democrat, 3,000,
and 15,000 over Comly, whiV. The
Democrats elected 11, the Reformers 3.
and Whigs and Natives 43 Common
Councilmen. In twentv-two wards tli?
.... . . . -
v lugs and Natives elected 17, the Dem-
ocrats 4, and Reformers 1 to the select
in any of the wards.
A Little Eoy with Delirium Tremens.
that on the 18th ult. "his father, who had
ulcu usuing, gavo trie cniid a bottle of
whiskey to carry; he drank too much, and
irfii tq run cm r limn nlil, . '
Y ; "u "iW1 " tv.iienmg 111
e arm and side, which was soon followed
w .. lJiat jasicu ior
elve hours. It was a horrible thing to
i the Jitt.e fellow screaming at and
three dollars, a sealed envelope, 'contain-
f'nm..., All 1. U..i il e 1 .
vvuui.j. me nuiua uuuureeor iour principle ana autnonty, sucti a Jaw to b
wwu mu.s uuu iimne ouuooi direct- constitutional; and its constitutionality, in
ors, and all who were not pledged against my opinion, would not be affected by a
a division of the School Fund were defeat- submission of its repeal to a vote of the
ca. mere is scarcely a foreigner elected
ho r -Z ton O JZrt 10Ught 1 Dg 1"d.ubltaV.C1vi,nCe f hast Whether the world is actually richer
he .-Dayton, O. Empire. injurious and imperfect legislation. Such this day for tho modern Gold-dis-
" Perliam'Cutdone S- y T'Y? ,f ,offi.cVal duty iu tbe in otIicr word3 wLcther tho Goldaotual-
tion
mg a gitt ot some kind, varying in value
from 25 cents to 830. which oan boo.
peucu immediately alter the purchase, To
and tbs article obtained.
,. m f iniir ".'n,, Mil . mjjm " i"i 'ti i rcii i uv'"1" - J- i in'ii iMViMmwmtrrrxtrt-miLifa'MVum i 'li mi 1 1 n !! ii 4iniyViiiiiim" rmliia i.miiiiiiiiM lYi "snmwiiLaamZii
Tbs Pronibifory liquor Xaw Convention.
This body met at Harrisburgh, on
Wednesday, tho 7tb inst., and was at
tended by a large number of delegates.
A resolution to accept the issue of a di
rect vote of the people in October, on the
question of prohibition, was adopted.
The opinion prevailed in the convention
that on the abstract question there would
bo a large majority in its favor in the
State. It was determined not to nomin
ate candidates for the Gubernatorial
Chair; but to publish the replies to the
queries submitted to the respective candi
dates now in nomination, all of whom
had answered them. Letters wero also
received from the candidates for the Su
preme Court, but from a manifest pro
priety neither were read to the Conven
tion. The Convention adjourned with
out making any nominations, leaving the
friends of Prohibition free to vote for such
candidates as they thought proper.
We subjoin the queries submitted, and
the replies of Gov. Big leu and Judge
Pollock. The letter of the latter is man
ly, straight forward and to the point.
That of the former is contemptible in the
last degree, and for non-coinmitalism is
worthy the sage of Kinderhook in his
palmiest days. Let the people read them
and then judge which of the two is most
worth' of their confidence and support.
1 . Do you believe a law prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of iutoxicatin? li
quors, except for sacramental, medicinal,
mechanical or artistical purposes, to
be constitutional, in your opinion, be
affected by a submission of its repeal to
a votc oi tho people, provided a ma
jority voted in favor of the law ?
2. In the event of your election, should
the Legislature enact such a law, will it
receive your executive sanction ?
The following are tho replies which
were received from Gov. Biider and
Judge Pollock
GOVERNOR BIGLEIt'S LETTEU.
JIaiirisbuug, June 6, 1S54.
Gentlemen : I have been honored by
the receipt of your communication of the
18th. ult., propounding to me certain
questions touching the subject of a Pro
hibitory Liquor Law.
To your first inquiry I reply that the
Supreme Court of the State have repeat
edly held, and I can concur in the doc
trine, that the Legislature can exercise
all law-making power not expressly for
bidden by the State or Fredcral Consti
tution. Under this construction, I be
lieve the Legislature have authority to
control the manufacture and sale of spir
ituous liqaors, but in the use of thatpow- Mexico; Oregon and "Washington Terri
er, it must bo obvious that a law might tories ; and even a good portion of our
be passed, which, in its details, would be Southern States, are haunted and haras
a manifest violation of the Constitution, sed by gold-seckcrs. Most of tho indi-
and hence the impossibility of answering
your question distinctly, without seeing
1 ."uvu bUK ' uut x Urt,1,,u' P'cuge m y-
f 1 t0 sanctlon alaw tue dctails of which
1 . .c not ecn- terms or tlie con-
a"lu"u .uuu o;iLU 0i incc woum seem to
forbid fli?Q (innrsn nn flin novf nP nn "h"1.- I
. . -" i "-
r17,uae . w u . uav"S imi! cxaminen
ana consiuerca 113 provisions.
A crv rcspectfally, your obedient,
, Y IC-LER.
To Stephen Miller, Jas. Black, Jas.Piper,
;Thn JoneS . and Ge0, W Staut0IJ;
judge pollock s lettdr.
Milton, May 30th, 1851
n -r . .
vjruuuuiiiuu xour communication in
reference to a
ence to" a prohibitory law has been
ved, and in reply, J say that the
itutionality of a prohibitory law sim-
receiv
coustiiuuonanty oi aproniDitorv
ilar in its essential features to the one re
ferred to in t m vmir intprrnfr-ifnr;n0 l,
imr received a inclini.il iW,n,;nn;L i.
O 0 l.lllll4hJUU u I I
. i i-i . . "M
tne uigucst uourts or several of our sis-
ter States, and the priuciplo bavins been
recognized bv the Sunremo Cmirtnf fbo
United States. I am relieved from tho. .
sponsibility of a first decision. These
fYmrtQ Wi nflR-.! r,ct;
alitv of a prohibitory law. and beinrr nf
- - vvusmuiiuij.
the highest authority, I believe, unou
. 1 .
, a I
c
people.
Every measure of moral or political
reform, sanctioned by the representatives
of the people, within tho limits of the Con-
representatives; and their will, constitu-
tionally declared, should be respected by
the executive. If the people demand.and
iL:.. . . I
tuuu leprcscntatives enact such a law,
their will should not be resisted by the
me exercise ot tne veto power a power
purely conservative, and only to be exer-
cised in cases clearly unconstitutional, or
nrnnilsps slmnl? 1nra;c-lnt.. h It
r... . , uuu iioiaiuiu, mo uuu- iy
Yours, very respectfully,
.TAfi Dnrinnir
Stephen Miller, Esq., Oh
i airman
and others, Committee.
"Will the High Prices Contin.no 1
A general appreciation of prices has
been in progress for some five or six years
past. Although its more immediate and
visible impulse was the gold discoveries
of California and Australia, yet it has
roots which reach below these. For
nearly forty years, the civilized world has
been substantially at peace, and intently
pursuing the arts of peace, which have
consequently made great progress within
that period. The population of the civ
ilized world has largely increased, caus
ing a corresponding increase in the val
ue of landsj for the greater the popula
tion to the pquare mile of any district,the
higher (other things being equal) will be
the price of lands within that district.
Industrial progress has increased the ef
ficiency of labor individually and in the
aggregate, so that the annual product of
human work throughout Christendom is
at least double that of 1814. Luxury
and extravagance have doubtless become
diffused within these forty years: yet ev
ery year of peace and prosperity sees
some surplus or earnings over spendings
accumulated and invested in buildings,
canals, railroads, improvement of lands,
&c, so that the aggregate value of prop
erty, the unconsumcd product of labor, is
probably at least double this day what it
was ou the 1st of June, 1814. Hence
confidence, credit, currency, have all been
expanded and diffused. Lands and
buildings afford a perfect security for
nearly their present valuation whenever
it is morally certain that such valuation
will not be diminished for years to come;
hence loans or mortgages on the person
al obligation of property-holders are ne
gotiated with facility, and continued with
out relunctancc or distrust. Thus trade
expands and is accelerated ; money be
comes abundant; paper circulates freely,
and coin is rarely demanded or needed.
Will tho present high prices continue ?
In bo far as they are based on the in
creased efficiency of human labor, they
will, of course. It is not likely that the
implements of Industry will ever be ruder
or less effective than they now arc. On
the contrary, it is highly probable that
luvention and Improvement will reiter
ate their successes, until one man's labor
will produce as much as that of two now
does, just as one man's now produces as
much as that of two did sonic years ago.
On this head, therefore, there is no pros
pect of a general reduction of prices.
2sor do we think it probable that a col
lapso will result from the exhaustion of
the Gold Mmes. California may grad
ually cease to produce the shinning dust:
we hope for her sake that she may.
Australia may follow, though probably
at a late period ; but the impulse they
have given will not soon be arrested. Al
ready Southern Afiica; the vast South
American region forming the sources of
tho Andes ; Central America ; Northern
vidual hunters will probably be di-nn-
pointed; but some of them will open new
to tue threatened inflation. Wansatcr-
riblc consumer of property at best; it ab
stracts men and capital from" productive
industry and devotes them to the work of
. m n
uesiruction. xwo ueets or two armies
ucal jC33 UCvt dav than they were the day
before. A fleet bombards a fortified
city, and the fleet and city together will
probably have less cash value at the close
than cither had at the beginning of the
fray. The British and French fleets are
now consuming an immense quantity of
coal which -ought to be app.ied to smelt
ing iron. Should thh war continue five
years, it will have devoured more prop
erty than Turkey in Europe would sell
e ze l I.. ji ii i .t
r r CU . ' V , . UC01C
obblns for auctioneer. And this, if we
do "ot mi,sread .tI,e las of currency, will
icnu to aepreciatc prieces generally.
True, depreciation is seldom realized dur-
inS thc continuance of the war, because
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i h n Tinrifirkfic nndtnti w I - ,1 . 1
-vbwuo uwuy u-m p1u141g.11 u.
FCIldture incident to war fully counter
acts for tho timc tllc effect of Property
dlm,nutlon on currency; but whenever
feaceis restored, and business resumes
,ts natural and healthful channels, the
euasms created Dy. War Decomo evident.
, . .
If the world has nrown richer in nr
cious metals since 184!), it must be plain
n 1
a. - -
tuat tins wealth has been acquired at the
expense of poverty 111 some other quar
ter. The men who have du-. sav Fiv
Hundred Millions in cold, would, but for
this employment have cleared -off more
forest, broken up and fenced more nrai-
rie, mind more coal and ore, made more
d
cen
ok
straction of labor from Agriculture and
Manufactures to Mining has doubly tend
cd to enhance prices 1. by makin" mo
, . . ... . .r .O
noy abundant ; . by making other pro
ducts relatively scarce. OiirrAders be
mg lamiliar with the arguments in favor
of Protection to Homo Industry, will not
need further elucidations of this point.
i . i -.-.
ootainca since la-iy is wortu more to
, Iron,
ich the
would havo pro
duced in tho absence of Gold-hunting, is
a grave queption. We do not doubt that
this oountry would have been richer and
more truly prosperous this day if the
time nnd labor, outlay and capacity, de-
voted to California, had all been expend
ed in opening mines of Iron, Coal, Cop
per, Zinc, Load, &c, on this side of the
Rio Grande, in wresting farms from tho
wilderness, and in covering them with
stock and growing crops. But, sinco it
i9 plain that, in the absence of an effec
tive tariff, the labor and capital attracted
to California zcoirfd not all have been de
voted to such pursuits in the Statesbut
would in good part havo stood unem
ployed or been expended to little purpose,
we think the influence of California has,
on the whole, been beneficial. Yet no
one needs to be told that the Seventy
Millions of Gold annually received from
California are worth no more to us, nor
even to our currency, than would be Sev
enty Millions' worth of the Coal, Iron,
Steel, Cloths, Silks, &c., which wo now
import.
But will prices of food rise still higher?
We think not in the average, though tho
prices, of some products may. Bread--stuffs
espeoially have been carried up by
an unfavorable season and a eouscquens
short crop in Europo, which are not like
ly to be repeated this year. The war
will abstract many hands from produc
tion and devote them to destruction; slil?,
the deficiency of food on that Continent
will probably be less than it has been.
At present, France and Great Britain are
drawiug heavily upon us for specie, as
they would not bo if thoy wero deficient
in Breadstuff's. Wo see that Grain and
Flour sent here from Canada in bond for
exportation to Europe, have been released
by the payment of duties, so as to be
thrown upon our market. In fact the
prices of Bread and Meat are scarcely
higher in Old than in New-England, while
Vegetables in the average rule lower.
We doubt that there is a city in Europe
where Potatoes are so high as in New
York. The backward spring contributes
to make all descriptions of green vegeta
bles much dearer than usual.
We think Breadstuffs and Beef will be
cheaper soon, but not so much cheaper
as our City population naturally wish
them. Farming is shunned by the great
majority of our more intelligent and en
terprising native citizens; Trade, Manu
facture?, Invention, Shipping, Mining;
Law, Phytic and Gambling (witness thu
" Gift ,: humbugs of all shapes and sizes)
are more attractive; and, while this shall
continue, we must eat dear bread and bo
glad to get it at any price. Agriculture,
guidded by science, and pursued with a
noble ambition, is the only effectual rem
edy for the prevailing dearth; and this,
like most effective remedies is slow in ha
operation. Let us patiently do the best
we can.
Emigrants for the West.
The Chicago correspondent of the Nev
York Evening JPosC, in a letter dated
June oth, states that a few days previous
" a company of six hundred Ohio emi
grants started for Nebraska. There is o
considerable of a tide setting- that way
from this quarter. Most of the parties
now going out are preliminary surveying
parlies, but they will bo followed by an
unprecedented flow of emigration as- soon
as there can be any tisles secured to the
lands." Last week seven hundred Ger
mans passed through Cincinnati for Ore
gon, and seven hundred and thirty for
Nebraska. Minnesota is filling up- with
unparalleled rapidity. The roads lead
ing to it through Iowa and Wiscoonsin.it
is said, are literally crowded with team
and stock belonging to immigrants.
Governou of Nebraska. It is said
that 0. Barrett, Esq., of the Harrisburg
Keystone, has been appointed by Presi
dent Pierce, Governor of the Territory of
Nebraska.
In Stroudc-burg on the 17th inst., Mr.
Nathan T. Hunt, after a short illness,
aged about 23 years.
At Bristol, on the 5th inst. Mr. Charles
S. White, aged 25 vear3.
Office of the Dehncare, Lackuvanna and )
Western Rail-road Co. C
40 Wa!! st., X. York, Jv.iw l.j, 1951.
NOTICE.
Subscribers to the Sl.500,000 increased
Capital Stock of this Company are hereby
notified that a further installment of Fiftekx
Pkr Cent, has been called for and will be.
payable at the Phenix Bank of the Citv df
New-York, on Saturday, the 1st duy of July
next. Dy order of the Hoard.
WM. E. WAUREtW
Secretary and Treasurer.
OJice of the Delaware, Lackawanna, and
Western Rail-rod Co. C
49 Wall st., N. York, Juno 20, 1854.
NOTICE.
The semi-annual interest on the Mortgage
Honds of the late Lackawanna and Western
Rail Road Company due 1st. July ISS J, will
be paid at this Oliice on and after that dav,
upon presentation of the Coupons.
Interest will also be paid to the Stockhold
ers on and after the 10th day of July, proxi
mo, at this Office, at the rate" of six per cent,
per annum, to be computed to June 30. 1854.
on all Stock issued or installments received
previous to 1st. January last, from Decnm.
ber 1853 ; and on all installments recGi?cf1
during the present year, from the dates of
the respective payments; but no interest
can, according to the provisions of the Act of
incorporation, be paid on any share of Stock
upon which any installment which has been
callad for, remains unpaid.
The Transfer Books wil, be closed from
the 1st to 10th July inclusive.
liy order of the Board of Managers,
WM. E. WARREN.
Secretary and Treasurer.
Notice to Collectors.
The Commissioners will receivo pro
posals for tho collection of the State and
County Taxes of the different Towuahip?,
for the year 1854, at their office until tho
30th day of June, inst.
M. DUE HER, )
JACOB ALTEMOSE, Gm'rst
JOHN C. STKUNK, )
Commissioners office. ' . ,
June 22 1854, $
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