EM
given to to themots soon;as they shall have
a the, two - Jight- houses
and; the buoys, authorized.. to .be con3truc.;
tedlind placed in Oregon, tcrpt*eed with.
out.delay to make reconnoitsances of the
most important points on tho coast of Cali
fornia? and especially to examine end de
termine on sites for light-houses on that
coast, the speedy erection of which is ur•
gently demanded by our rapidly itirxensing
commerce.
I lidvo transferred the Indian A.r e ii.!ii s
from Urrr Missouri and Conn:11
Santa Fe and Salt Lnkc ; and have caused
to be, dppointed sub-agents 'in the valleys
of the Gila, the Sacramento, mil
Joaquin rivers. Still further ;-
ions will be necessary for the elll•ctive and
successful 'extension of our sy.ileinot .
intbrco,t,u,se over the new terriforic.:,
VrecomMend the cstabliAiment of a
branch 'Mint in California, as it will, in
my, opinion ,, aftbrd important facilities to
those engaged in Mining, as well ns to the
Gevernment in the disposition of the nuin
eral lands.
I also recommend that conituissions be
organized by Congress, to examine and
decide upon the validity of the present sub
sisting:land titles In California and New
Mexico; and that provision be made for
the establishment of offices of t:;urvevor
General in New Mexico, California, and
Oregon, and for the surveying and bring
ing into market the public lands of those
Territories. Those lands, remote in posi
tion and difficult of access, ought to be
disposed of on terms liberal to all, but es
peciallyfavorable to early emigrants.
In order that the situation and character
of the principal mineral deposites in Cali
forniamay be ascertained, I recommend
that a geological and mineralogical explor
ation be connected with the linear surveys,
and that the mineral lands be divided into
small lots suitable for mining, and be dis
posed or, by sale er lease, so as to give
our citizens an opportunity of procuring a
pernianent right of property in the soil.—
This would seem to be as important to the
success of mining as of agricultural pur
suits.
The great mineral weait It Corn i ,
and the advantages which its ports and
harbors and those of Oregon a tihrd to com
merce, especially with the Islands of the
Pacific and Indian oceans, and the popu
lous regions of eastern Asia, make it rer
fain that there will arise in a few years
large and prosperous communities on our
western coast. It therefore becot im
portant that a line of communication, the
best and 'most expeditious which the na
ture of the country will admit, should be
opened within the territory of the United
Statee,• from the navigable waters of the
Atlantic or the Gulf of Mexico to the Paci
fic. Opinion, as elicited and expressed by
two large end respectable conventions,
lately assembled tt . t St. Louis and Memphis,
points to a railroad as that which, if prac
ticable, will best meet the wishes and wants
of the country. But while this, if in suc
cessful operation, would be a work ofgreat
national importance, and of a value to the!
country which it would be difficult to Ceti-;
mate, it ought also to be regarded as an
undertakingof vast magnitude and expense,
and one which must, if it be indeed prac
ticable, encounter many difficulties in its
construction and use. Therefore, to avoid',
failure and disappointment ; to enable Cori- .
gross to judge whether, in the condition o!',
the country through which it must Bass,
the work be feasible; and, if it be found
no, whether it should be undertaken as a
national improvement or led to individual
enterprize ; and, in the latter alternative,
what aid, if any, ought to be extended to
it by .the government, I recommend, as a
preliminary measure, a careful reconnois
sanceeof the several proposed routes by a
scientific corps, and zt:report as to the prac
ticability of making such a road, with an
estimate of its construction and support.
. .
'For further views on tlic:.e and ott - wr
Matters connected with th.. diitie3 ..1 the
Home Department, I refer you to the re
port of the Secretary of the 'lnterior.
I rec,ormtend early appropriations thr
continuing the river and harbor improve
ments which have been already begun,
and also for the construction of those for
whiCh. estimates have been made, as well
as for examinations and estimates prepar
atory to the commencement of such others
,•
as, the wants of the country, and especial
ly the advance of our population over new
districts, and the extension of commerce.
may render necessary. An estimate of
the amount which can be advantageously!
eiPended within the next fiscal year, un
deithe diOction of the bureau of topogra
phical engineers, accompanies the report
of the Secretary of War, to which I res
pectfully invite the attention of Congress.
' .:.The cession of territory made by the
late treaty with Mexico has greatly exten
• ded our exposed frontier, and rendered its
defence more difficult. That' treaty has
also brought us under obligations to Mexi
co-0 to comply with which a military force is
!vantage, But. our military establishthent
ii.notlnaterially changed, as to itg
etli
the condition in which it stoo
before. the commencement of the Wide n
.SOine addition to it will therefore
be necessary ; and Lrecotnmend to the fe
vorable. consideration of Congress an in
;crease of the several corps of the army at
oiir distant western posts,-as proposed in
the accompanying report of the Secretary
oflVa.r..
. Cy Peat embarrassment has resulted from
. the
,effeet upon rank, in. the army, hereto
fore: given to brevet and 'Staff commissions.
The views of the Secretary of Way on this
mi, •;,,••,
!act of jimstice due from a:grateful.countryappropriate sphere,. The first seetibliol
to the faithful soldier. • ithe constitution ordains that "all legislafive
The accompanying report of the Score-, powers therein granted shall be vested•in
tory of the Navy presents a full and satis- l a Congress Of the United States; which
factory account of the condition and oper- , shall consist of a Senate and House of Ben=
otions of the naval service during the past resentatives." The Executive has auth
year. Our citizens engaged in the legiti- ' Ority to recommend (not to dictate) mos
; mate pursuit§: of commerce have enjoyed:tires to Congress. Having performed that
its benefits. Whereveronr national vessels i l duty, die executive department of the gov
have gone, they have been received with ernment cannot rightfidly control tha de
! respect • our othcers have' been treated I cision of Congress orrany subject of legis
with kindness" and courtesy, and they have, Intion, until that decision shell have been
cn all occasions pursued a course of strict !officially submitted to the President fbr up
neutrality, in accordan , •e with the policy proval. The check provided by the con
' or cur govet•nment. stitution, in the clause conGetring the qual-
The naval force at present in commis- ified veto will never be exercised by me .
sin!) is as large us is admissible, with the: except in the cases contemplated by the C* - A scarcity of Ink compelled us to: City News.
SAD AFFAIR—JEALOUSY AND SUICIDE,
ntunher of men authorized by C o ngress to ; fathers of the republic. I view it as on i print the inner side of last week's paper '
be employed. lextreme measure, to be resorted to only in pale order ; and order to
I rather on the in—An inquest was held on Saturday last.
by Coroner Haas, on the body of William
1 invite younenention Po the recommen- extraordinary cases—as where it' may be- I •
. 1 Issue a paper this week we were forced to
dation of the SP. , :letary of the Navy on the come necessary to defend the Executive , Demo- )H. Dickerson, a mulatto man, who corn
to the .editor of the Centre ) mined suicide by stnbbing himself, at the
subject all reerl. - etnizatii , n of the navy, in against the encroachments of the legisla- 'app l y
!its various evade* of officers, and the es- Live power, or to prevent hasty and incon
-01 crat, who kindly furnished us with a sup. : residerireu, of Mrs. Moore, in Barely street.
!eiblishing of a retired list for such of the side-rate or unconstitutional legislation.—, ply of the indispensab/e. llt Seems diet:Dickerson had been payinie
officers as are disqualified for active and By cautiously confining this remedy within I his addresses for several years past to Ab b .
.• • I
lell'ective service. Should Congress adopt the sphere prescribed to it in the cotempo- 1 (* -- The late news from Europe con- by Moore, the daughter of the above men
!some such measure ns is recommended, it raucous expositions of the framers of the' thins nothing of particular importance, ex- I !• unpleasant
men
tioned lady. It is said that for Some time
I will greatly increase the efficiency of the constitution, the will or the, people, legiti- I past an feeling existed be
, tit- !cent a slight rise
in the produce and cotton •
tween them, growing out of a dissiinular
nav:); and reduce its expenditures, mutely expressed on all subjects of legisla- :
markets in England. : its of disposition'-Miss Wore being fond,
I also ask your nttenfion to the views tion, through their constitutional organs,
!expressed by him in reference to the em- the senators and representatives of the U-; i of company and a'grey life, while Dicker
, ployment of war steamers, and in regard oiled States will have its full eff•ct. As Cov. Johnson's Message. , son on the contrary was rather ktiring in
!to the contracts for the transportation of indispensable to the preservation of our i The a nnual Message of Governor JOHN- iris disposition and of a domestic nature.—
occa
the United States mails and the operation system of self-government, the indepen- s thus affairs continued, until on one
roe was delivered, on Wednesday last,
or the system upon the prosperity of the dance of the representatives of the States • '!.l sion Dickerson was told "that if he would
navy. and the people is gnarantied by the con -l and was receivedthisp i con laste-onherheshould,hadbe
in b c • eve- not wait as -
!ling, at too late an hour, however, to tip-'ter ' ter cease his visits, and allow others to
Dy an net of Congress passed August stitution ; and they owe no responsibility 'come who would."
11, 1818, provision Will made for extend- to any !Hunan power but their constituents. pear in this week's paper. We have not
ing pest office and mail accommodations By lidding the representative responsible - read it, further than having given it a The following note was written to him
0
Ito Calilbrnia and Oregon. Exertions have only hasty glance.
to the people, and exempting him ' by' Miss Moore, on Friday evening last:—
Frornthis, we are decided.! "Dear William.—As I wish to go to
been made to execute that law ; but the from all other influences, we elevate the
dequa - character of the constituent and quicken : l Y p lea " with its style, which is smooth the fair to night I thought I would let you
limited provisions of the act, the ina
!and plain. The Governor presents the , know so that you might dress yourself be
,cy of the means it authorizes, the ill-ndap- his sense of responsibility to his country. fore you come down ; but if you do not
tuition of our post office laws to the situn- !It is ender these circumstances only that !financial affairs of our Commonwealth as '
' want to go it will make no matter. I will
• tion of that country, compared with the; the elector can feel that, in the choice of; • •
1 • bring in a very gratifying condition, lend- ~, ..0 ,
,)‘‘i i sonic one else. Anne."
prices of labor and rents in California, ten- I the law-maker, he is himself truly it cum- ing, as the editor of the Harrisburg Tic- !As Dickerson did not appear at the
der those exertions in a great degree, In I ptment part of the sovereign power of the
graph remarks, to the speedy re l ea „ o f time appointed by Miss Moore, she, in emu
, effectual. More pertieular and efficient i nation. With equal care we should study with a female friend, went to visit
provision by law is requin•d on this sub- I to defend the rights of the executive rind the people of the state from the burthens P oll3 '
)odic' sa departments. Our government of a state tax. the fair. A short tune aflertheY had been
ject.gene, he arrived at the house and express
', The act of IF3 trip reducing postage, has ; ruin only be preserved in its purity lw the w •11 publish it entire
• e will e next week- ed much disappointment and astonishment
no w, by its eperetion during four years,'' suppression and entire elimination of eye- at finding that she had gone.
produced results fully showing that the in-; ry claim or tendency of ono co-ordinate Pennsylvania Legislature. :In course of conversation with the girl's
conic from such reduced postage is sulli- !branch t ) encroachment upon another.— '
tient to sustain the w hole expense of the! With the strict observance atlas rule and The Senate was organized on Tuesday , mother, he said that Abby did love him
service of the Post Office Department, not the other injunctions of the constitution— last by the election of V. linsT Esq.,(Dem) " "cc' but had ceased to do so, and then in
including the cost of transportation in mail I with a sedulous inculcation of that respect 'of Columbia county a frenzied manner threw himself upon the
as speaker, on the sofa and commenced crying, but immedi
steamers on the lines from Now York to !and love for the Union of the States which
Bth ballot. ' ately sprang upon his feet, and tearing
('hagres, and from Panama to Astoria ' lour fathers cherished rind enjoined upon !
The House was organized on the same: :
%%Inch have not been considered by Con their children—and with the aid of that open the breast of his coat, plunged a dag
gross as properly belonging to the mail ser- 1 ovrruling Providence which has so long' day by the election orients S. MeCniotots•r. " ger to his heart. and exclaimed to the rno
ice.
and so kindly guarded out. liberties and of: Clarion, as speaker, on the first ballot. titer •
. 1.
It is submitted to the wisdom of Con- institutions, we may reasonably expect to ' - "Tell Abby that I love her, that I love
her better then life, better than my God,
press whether a further reduction of post- I transmit them, with their innumerable CONCRESB—AN IMPORTANT STEP. better than all my people," when he sunk
age should not now he tnade, more partic- blessings, to the remotest posterity. ;
ularly on the letter correspondence. This But attachment to the Union of the States Neither Ilousd>ef Congress has been :to the floor and expired in about half an
Bourg much since the commencement of
should be relieved from the unjust burden should bejeibitually fostered in every A- hour. The scene presented, upon the re
of transporting and delivering the franked rnerican heart. For more than halfa ten-'the hollidays. The election of Clerk, and turn of Abby home was truly heart render
ing. She wept most bitterly, tore her hair
matter of Congress, for which public ser- tory, during which kingdoms and empirest t
ete other officers of the House, was post
vice provision should be made from the have fallen, this Union has stood unshaken. 1 and charged upon herself the fault of his
paned until yesterday. i untimely end. She was frantic with
treasury. I confidently believe that a 'The patriots who formed it have long since ,
change may safely be made, reducing all descended! to the grave ; yet still it re-1 made n
In the Senate, Gen. CASS has : .
. grief. After the inquest, the body was ta
important move, in rho shape or a , ken to the residence of Mrs Dickerson,
single-letter postage to the uniform rate or mains, the proudest monument to their! very the mother of the deceased,in Locust near
five cents, regardless of distance, without memory, and the object of afl'ee-tion and resolution instructing the committee on Trntli street, from which place it will be
thereby imposing nay greater tax on the , admiration with every one worthy to bear ' Foreign Relations to inquire intothe l -
ox-: buried.
treasury than would constitute e very mod- 1 the American name. In my judgment, its pediency dr suspending diplomatic rela- The coronor's jury rendered a verdict
crate compensation for this public service ;1I a lions dissolution would be the greatest cetate- •
. ti with Austria. in accordance with the above facts.—Phil
and I therefore respectfully recommend ities, an Ito avert that should be the study ' Deily News.
' such a reduction. Should Congress pre- 'of' every American. Upon its preserve- If a Republic was to spring up and take , •
fer to abolish the franking privilege entire- I lion must depend our own happiness and its place nmong the nations of the earth in
ly, it seems probable that no demand on I that of countless generations to come.—l any pa rt of the world, our government ,
the treasury would result front the propo- I NVhatever dangers may threaten it, I shall i
would mark its approbation of such an
sett reduction of postage. Whether any I stand by it and maintain it in its integrity, i
further diminution should now be made, di
or to the full extent of the obligations imposed event by the most signal demonstrations
the result of the reduction to five cents, l and the power conferred upon me by the that the laws ofdiplomacy afford, for the
which I have recommended, should be first: constitution. I purpose of giving strength and character
I tested, is submitted to your decision. Z. TAYLOR. 'to such nation, and encouragement to its
Since the commencement of the last ses- \Vasil( NGTON, Dec. 4, 1819. 1
people. Then why not—when a nation,
:shun of Congress, a postal treaty with _
Great Britain has been received and ran- ' struggling to be free, has been crushed to •
Fire at Lewistown.
, tied, and such regulations have been form- ',earth, and its national character blotted'
i
!ed by the Post Office Departments of the We have to record this week the great- , out of existence by Tyrants—manifest'
two countries, in pursuance of that treaty, i est destruction of property by fir e that has: our disapprobation bysuchmeans
as are
as to carry its provisions into full opera. i ever occurred in our town. That magni- . .
within the reach of every nation, and which
Lion. The attempt to extend this same at•- 1 1 ficent structure, the Lewistown Mills, is
reng,enent through England to I.•!:rance has now a mass •61 shapeless ruins. On Men- can be exercised with more Oleo. by the
-not Lett equally sut •eessilil : but the. par-, dayevening obout 6 o'clock the cry of, United States than by any other nation.
pose has ii , ,t been abandoned. ! tire startled our ciiizens, who on reaching ._...-. .
the gantlet from w hence the alarm eas
lei a particular statement of the condi-THE MESSAGE.
tion of the Post Office Department, and I suPP° 6 " l to originate, flatlet these i large
I other matters connected „i t h that brunch I Mills, now owned by John Sterrett, Esq.,: To the exclusion of our usual variety,
of the public service, I refer you to the re-1 tautest enveloped in flames, and in the Iwe this week give place to the first annual
port of the Postmaster General. !course of two hours there was nothing Message of President TAYLOR. Like all
i llea but the blackened %%ails to attest to the
By the act of 3d March, 18 , 10, a board ' •:' !' • • its predecessors, it has met with smiles
. limner exis.ance of the massive building. • •
was constituted to make arrangements for'
taking the , the' We have riot been able to gather any par- rind frowns ; and as all future messages
seventh census, composed of : n •
eulars in reference to this painfully dis- 'are likely to meet with a similar fate, this
Secretary of State, the Attorney General,! is
astious fire, and at this late period have fact should be nod' • to'
disparagement its au
and the Postmaster General ; and it was
. not time to eo in search of them• We be
' made the duty of this board "to prepare . ° thor.
heve no one can account for the manner.
and cause to be printed such limns and I . • It is not the province of .a neutral[paper
in which the lire originated, although we 1 •
sehedules as might be necessary fur the: .
• . hear it generally expressed as the opinion' to discuss its bearing upon the political
full enumeration of the inhabitants of' the thatl • the
I-, •,d t i t ~ .
,nite .au.s , and also properforms nod,
'wry denting an intense heat, and coin-
s:liedules for collecting, in statistical ta- ' ~' • -: per, forming a part of the governmental
municating with the combustible materials ,
. bl-s, under proper heads, such informa-!. . . 'There machinery of our great country, we claim
in the budding. is said to have
ton as to mines, agriculture, commerce,' the privilege of speaking of it in such terms
been about seven hundred bushels of grain
i manufaetures, education, and other topics,'
and a large number of sacks of salt in the ' as our judgment may dictate, and such as
i as would exhibit a full view of the pu&suits, I ° • !
mill, very little of the former and none o f may be warranted by a proper respect for
I industry, education, and resources of the 1
Ithe latter being saved. The loss is vari
country." The duties enjoined upon the the Chief Magistrate of the Union. Last
ousiy estimated at from $15,000 to 25,000
census board thus established having beenweek we stated that the message gave a
though we think the latter a rather large
performed, it now rests with Congress to'
i
...estimate. Mr. Sterrett had affected nn brief statement of the condition of the
enact a law for carrying into effect the' I •
nsurence of $lO,OOO, the policy for $5, country "in a plain and business-like man
provision of the constitution which requires,
. OOO of which had only been placed in his' ner2, This it does ; and we chiefly fault
an actual enumeration of the people of the'
lhands a few hours before the' event occur it
States within the ensuing year. lit on this account. It manifests a studied
i red. — True Democrat.
Among the duties assigned by time con- !efTort.to appear different, in style and man
__,......
stitution to the general government ig one
' net., from all the messages of the ablest
of local and limited application, but not on • • Telegraph through the Ocean.—The r ,
. ,state statesmen who have filled the Executive
that .account the less obligatory—l alludel Scientific American is authorised to ,
to-the trust coinmitted to Congress, as the' that an extensive Gutta Percha monufac- 1 chair; it aims for a sort o t
toof viasingrity the
,
exclusivelegislator and sole guardian of!i turcy of New York stands ready to lay which! unfortunately gives iMh
the interegt4 of the District ofColumbia.— down,. and guaranty its integrity for ten', character, of a Monarch's speech--and we
I beg to commend these interests to yetirlyears, a line across the Atlanticof perfect
all know that we have quite enough ()fop
iind attention. As the national metropo- ly insulated wires covered with Gutta Per- i .
• • inn , foreign manners and customs in this
lis, the city of Wrishington roust be an ob.' eha, for a sum not to exceed three millions;" I : , 0
int . of general . interest,; •!Mul, founded us it: or dollars, tole, e
' ' .omplete in twenty months' country without the President leading the
. I . '
was under the auspices" of him whose im-lfrom date orcontract. • This grand 'schemew"
Y We would much rather have read
loan! name it bears, its -claims to the ins- i will receive the attention of Congress at' Gen. TAYLOR'S views at full,length on ev.
ing care of Congress present themselves inn early day. He is also ready to lay l
I d a•i i
!th additional strength. 'Whatever can , own s m tar line on the underground .
cry disputed question, even if they had
,ntribute to itsmust enlist the! plan, from the Mississipi to the Pacific, to b(ien manifestly wrong and untenable,
[prosperity , , 1
:clings of its constitutienal guaranties, and be completed within three years from data - than to have read this unpleasant brevity--
immand their friVorable consideration.' lof contract. 7 : this unsatisfactory condensation of graYe
,
Our government is one of lirnited pow- ;
__,..- i .... ,
:m' • ii : and, importunt afTairs,: (particularly rela
-78;-and its successful administration ,enii- The expenses of the Navy and''Marino, o : ,
' '' almost eleven ;
mntly, depends on the confinement ofeaeh for . the last year have been ~ , ting to the interfering of the British in the
its co.orilinate branehes witliiii its 'own anitlions e1.0,808,042 . 0L, ' - - '— . eleven,
of the Central Amerkan republies,)
- ; ~:,,, ?,, '•,,,
''" .1,.., • . ....F, .. .
e-Ns. st.
s k,./:' , ', k • ... ,o ".' •-..4. t75,..e.
- .
' ,
for a full elacidation of which the whole
country were anxiously awaiting the Pres.;
ident's message.
1 We do not condemn the message in all
other respect's. There arc several parts!
Oirfor late and interesting.novs from of. it,which we highly approve—among I
California, see iZArth'page.
',which we ,may mention the ardent desire
• ;
&Otir acknowledgments are due to for the -preservation of Um Union, which
Gov. JoitrisToN, and also to • Messrs characterizes it in many places; - and its.
liumrirtm.,of the House and DRUM, of : emphatic declaration regarding the Terri.,
the Senate, for copies of the Message, and tories, in which it takes the high ground of
non-interference in . the question of slavery.
other documents. „
THE DOLLAR.
Clearfield, Pa., ,lap. 5, 1350.
~-~ s
ITEMS.
Dray?pa (!alantity.— On Christmas
morning, between four and five o'clock,
a frame tenement in the eastern part of this
city, not far from the marine garrison and
navy yard, was discovered to be on fire :
end such was the rapidity with which the
flames extended, that a colored man and
three colored children (five eight, and
twelve years of age) perished before they
could be extricated from the burning mass.
The house was entirely consumed ; and
the charred bodies of the unfortunate vic
tims, when drawn forth, presented the
most ha rro‘ling spectacle to the beholder,
Witshingt , l3l I?eptrldir.
Mrs. Farnham, the lady who tried to
take out a cargo of females to California,
and who sailed with two or three in the
Angeliquc, was left behind at Valparaiso
with scarcely a dollar in her pocket,—
: Two oilier children sailed without her.—
, She is said to have had some trouble with
the captain. The people of Valpariso got
up a subscription for her.
The legislature of Georgia has adjourn
ed until the second Monday in January.—
, The reason assigned for such a course is
r a particular desire to consider well on the
federal relations, and be prepared to act
promptly in vindication of the rights of the
State, should they be violated by Congress.
It is said That Mr. Ten Eyck, lute Uni
ted States Commissioner to the Sandwich
Islands, did not resign, but was dismissed
by his Hawaiian majesty for certain rea
sons which are not-yet distinctly set forth.
A duel was fought opposite Memphis,
on the Arkansas shore, on the 6th of Dec. !
between' C. Irving, Esq. formerly editor of
the Memphis Inquirer, and E W Gibson,
Esq. of Somerville. Irving was seriously
wounded in the abdomen. Gibson esca•
ped untouched. ,„
Cassius M. Clay Acquitted—We learn
from the Richmond (Ky.) Chronicle that
the grand jury of Madison county, after
an investigation of the Foxtown rencoun
ter, in which Cyrus Turner was killed by
Cassius M. Clay, failed to find an indict
ment.
The Washington *Union warmly ,com
mends the proposition in the Senate offerd
by Gen. Cass, for the.suspeusion of diplo
matic intercourse with Austria.
There was a general row between the
negroos and whites at :Albany, on - the 23d
of December.. Four white men were se.
riously stabbed..:..
Green corn was in the Savannah mar•.
ket on the 21st of December.
'
NNW
•
;,-
It is' t mean thing to' licirriA 'YOU'i' neigh.
bor's paper, when you arc to stingy to take
one of your
It is a Mean thing to subscribe for 3
newspaper and never pay, for •
It is a mean thing to steal the exchan
ges from an Editor's sanctum.
It is a mean thing to go into a printing
office and read the newswhen you are not
a subscriber.
It is a mean thing to read what you
may find written in a Newspaper office.
It is a mean thing to look over an Edi
tor's shoulder when he is writing.
It is a Mean thing to ridicule an Edito
rial when 'you have not two atoms of
brains in your own skull.
The Itiontesqitiwis.—Artlitir Mont* .•
quion, a younger brother' of thin two men
now confined at St. Louis upon the' charge
of murdering, Alfred Jones and Kirby
Barnum, arrived in St. Louis on the 15th
of Decrriber. Whin he left France, the
news of the tragedy had not reached him,
and the first intimation he received was
rifler his arrival at New Orleans. ,
MART lED---LOn the 27th of December
by Rev. P. P. Lane, Mr. JOHN Men to'
Miss MAiIIaKRET A. Tuoursorc, all of Bra
dy township.
Prices of Flour mill Oro I.'
The following sintement ithow the price, of
Floor niiil 311110 Ft:Merril pinre mentioned oil
one tritest dater ,
Flour. Whept. Corn. Oafs
:34 75 I.or, .I;13
4 75 1 10 CO 32,
Pli dad el ph in,
New York,
Boston,
Baltimore,
Pittsburg,
Clearfield
550 -I 12 63 '3'S
475 105 58 23
450 79 50 23
6 UU ( 75 40
y Divine • Permission, the Rev. Dr.
lIM'I.Eou will preach in the Court
House, at Clearfield, at I.oi o'clock, and
at Curwinsville, at 2i o'clock, P. M. on
next Sabbath the 6th inst.
REGISTERS' NOTICE.
IGE is hereby given, that the following AN .E
ill counts have hero rxnmtnud and passed hy:.
nie,tid remain 111«1 of record to this office fir the
m m le rii,q, of hens, Icgatees, creditors and all othi"
ers to any way Interested. and tall be presented to -
the nest Orphans' (*owl el Cle Kiehl eonnty of In
he hell nt the curt house in the borough of Clear.'
field, no TIIIdeSDAY the 7th day ul February neat,
for continuation and alliwiCiflCC:
I. The Admioi:arat Oil account of George Foy
and Frier Snlhtloy, rolnitnistrniors of the 'Mato of
Ds% i I Lyons, late of Brady tuvtlVellp, deceased.
2. The Administration account of Jacob Shatfar
nod George Shaffer, administrators of the estate of
(;parse Slintler,ilate of Brady township. deceased.
12 I he Adininiitration account ol l).tvid Buller ad
in . Orator ol the E•date of Henry Fey, late of Bra. ,
dy hits [Alp, dcecncril.
WM. C. WEIPIn , Reg'r.
ileea.tes's CAD e, Clear. j
field, 1850. $
ELECTION OF TRUSTEES.
11.:RE )01 be no El or tint) hefd nt the C..ear•
T •
field Addeo)) , on Monday iha 7th day of Jun
nary. A. U , 1.95 U, ok 1 o'clock. for the pu rphre ord:lnc.
ring Nine l'rusteer to entid it et the 1/1/sille , i of the
Acadomy fur the ensuing year; and nib( ) t o eieet
three Atflito,s to settle the neroontiol said Arnile•
toy. \‘' %1 . F.1.(11, Seclry.
Janu rry, 1, )850
SHERIFFS' SALE
10111 Y virtue of n v rit of Fteri Facies, issued uttt
AB of the Court of Common Pleas of Clearfield
county, 11111 i to me directed, nit he exposed to
public sale at the (7.,utt house in the borough of
Clearfield, on Monday the 4.11 day of February
next. a certain tract of land, ' l ' ll' 'Brady
township, beginning at a Saga r tree corner thence
by the John Dunlap surr ey north 90 perches to
a pus;, thence east 170 perches to a post, ',DA
90 pe rches to the old line, 'hence %vest 170 per;
thee, being port of survey out of the south %teal
cornes 462. Seized, mhen In execution
nod to be bu'd as !he property of Lawrence All.
MBE
moV of . 01 or
lni iltpunas,
BUIP surd out at 'he "'p.n.s. court. and 10 trig duce.'
Led, I,e us tut. ed to public ul the Elmo
tune and Care u rennet tract 01 Bind situate its
13.11 to.. mini', In i g 111.3 ono third part of 301)
nc,ea of hold, Llll,lll l l lig ul Hap ash trers N 50 1
W 231 perches it n wore pule. S 13ce W 34E)-
perches to a b'ack oak, theme by land of %Votol•
s (1, clow tins:o ) 3 .55° 1.: 110 pt rt tea to a %%Ills..
otlt. thence aloud the Su•quchawia Ilk vr the bev•
era! I•Jurs..a then d 3.7 , 3 p"fc',23 t.. tho phro of
begin' log. .1111. Torre 11 'll.llOl l , Slllt/ICR,.
.) a Saw Mill ificreon err. led, with about ,
acre. of Inud rl. are,l Se 1 11.• 11 311 IZis.Cll 111 01.
o 111100, Laid 10 be se :11 us I. property of George
\\'oi l' .ry, u r u Jett,
BY 1 Woe ul a eiatilr wrd •nt: 01 !he saute
court and hi me directed. there m il he e rpos•
ed to public , al.• ut the sumo time clod place, the
lo
:oviing described tract 01 land to i% it GI acres vi
rand in I..wrence tonotship, cdondiettl county bona-.
tied as lotlows. Itegintiir.g at n pest thence east 102
perches to a cherry tree, thence S. 76, E. 53 perches
to a hent'o It, thence S 152 petc'ua to a stone.
theme W 154 perches ton vthite oak, thence N 16E
perches to place of beginnint; (reser N in; IN.I acres
surveyed to Jacob Irwin) hawing thereon erected
I nowt House. stntile nod Son. Milt and boating
Orchard, Rand 4 ur L nereizcienred. tioiged.arid
'ski n to execution, nod to be soli; uc thu property
()I 1 homes Ilui,y, wth notice io Lewis
terse tenant.
ALSO,
BY virtue of a similar writ to toe directed. will he
exposed to public sale at the some 111110 end
place a certain tract of land situnte in Ferguson
I.loilrldeiny hinds ()Weald Ferguson outfit
west, Cornelius McCracken on the north, Wm. Nif.
Cracten on the oast, nd Hobert McCracken on
south, contatinng 200 acres, with a cabin house anJ
born, and other buildings, and about 40 acres cleat.
ed. Seixedouil taken in execution ,
,y
to besitild
us the property of Christian Straw, by
ALEX. CALDIVELL ,
Sheriff's Office, Clear.
field Dec. 27, 1849
ORPHANS' COURT SALE.
virtue of no order of the Orphatue Court
II the County of Clearfield, t ill ho sold, at pit ,
lie sale at the Court house in the bortidgh
Clearfield on Monday the 4th day February. 4 4 5 1
iOO ACRES OP LAND
situate
in Brady, lownvl4, beginning at a
ry, thence by'ltind of Levi Dale weld 145 par
es to a Linwoodireo, thence by lend of Is
lrigursal north 116 3.4 perchea to, post, the;.by land of Michael Crow, jr.. east 145 pe,rchei,
post. &awe by land or John Curinenylicit
116 3 4 pert has to the place of be . dirinitlg,'die i
part of the Carper Staiver-tract anti Anowit
No. 195, and the same promisee which: (1. 110
by deed conveyed to Samuel McGarr, recsi' 4 .
at Cleartield,ln 11.1 ct E, poge 141.
Purchase money to be paid on conflrination;
safe by the Coifed
• ' MICHAEL 11.01,1%74A , Ni'q
'Yld'Otr qf Samuel :Ilk . Gai.6 .
Clearfield; Dec. 13, 1840.
Vitro, livavy, doh for OvFr, conlinglF
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