GOV. POLLOCK'S
INAUGURAL DRESS,
Delivered Tuesday January 16, 1855.
FELLOW Curri.ENs:—Custom minions, and
demands, a brief declaration of the princi
ples and policy ; to be adopted and pursued
•by an Executive about to assume the func
tions of that Office. The-character of our in
stitutions demonstrates the propriety of such
declaration. All the just powers.of the Gov
ernment emanate from the people, and to
them should 'be communicated the manner in
which it is proposed to execute the powers
conferred.
The people are sovereign; and in the exer
cise of their sovereignty, they have "ordain
ed and established" a constitution for the
government of the State. That constitution,
i
I have this day, in .the presence of my fel
low citizens, Mud of Him who is the searcher
of hearts—and with humble.,reliance on His
wisdimi to direct—sworn- to support. The
high powers therein delegated to the respec
tive co-ordinate branches of the Government
are clearly expressed and defined. Side by
side with thegraut of powers, stands the de
claration of the rights of the people, recog
nizing the general, - great - and essential prin
ciples of liberty and free government. To
guard against the transgression of the pow
ers delegated; and to preserve forever invio
late the rights, liberties, and privileges of the
citizen, thus eclared, will be both a duty
and a pleasure - , in full harmony With every
sentiment of my heart, every impulse of my
nature.
Republican Institution are 'the pride, and
justly the glory of our country. To enjoy ,
them is our privilege, to maintain - them our
duty. Civil -and religious liberty--freedom
of speech, and of the press, the rights of con
science, and freedom of worship—are the
birthright and - the boast of the American ci
tizen. No royal edict, no pontifiCal decree,
can restrain ater,destroy them. 'ln the enjoy
ment of 'thee& blessings, the rich and the
poor,: the high and the low, meet together—
the constitution, in its full scope and ample
developernent, shields and protects them, all.
When these rights are assailed, these
privi
leges endangered, either by mad ambition, or
by influences foreign to the true interests of
the Nation, and at war with love of country—
that noble impulse of the American heart,
Which prompts it to revere home and native
land as sacred objects of its affections--it is
then the ballot-box in its omnipotence, speak
ing in thunder tones the will of the people,
rebukes . the wrong, and vindicates the free
dom of the man--the independence of the
citizen. To the American people have these
blessing been committed as a sacred trust;
they are, and must ever be, their guardians
and defenders. The American citizen, inde
pendent and free, uninfluenced by partizan
attachments, unawed by ecclesiastical au
thority, or ghostly intolerance—in the strength
of fearless manhood, and in the bold assertion
of his rights--should exhibit to the world a
living illustration of the superior benefits of
American Republicanism; proclaiming a true
and single allegiance to his country, and to
ne-other power but ''the God that made and
preserves us as'a Nation."
Virtue, intelligence and truth are the foun
dation of our Republic. By these our insti
tutions and privileges can, and will be pre
served. Ignorance is not the mother of pa
triotism, or of Republics. It is the enemy
and destroyer of both. Education', in its en
lightening-, elevating and reforming infl nen
ces, in the full power of its beneficent results,
should be encouraged by the State. Not that
mere intellectual culture that leaves the mind
a moral waste, unfit to understand the duties
of the man or citizen. but that higher educa
tion, founded upon, directed, and controled
by sound and elevated moral principal—that
recognizes the Bible as the foundation of true
knowledge, as the text-book alike of the child
and the American Statesman, and as the
great charter and bulwark of civil and reli
gious freedom. The knowledge thus acquir
ed is the power conservative of States and
nations; more potent in its energy to uphold
the institutions' of` freedom and the rights of
man, than armies' and navies in their proud
est strength.
The framers.of our Constitution understood
this, and wisely proVided for the, establish
ment of schools and "the promotion of the
arts and sciences, in one or more seminaries
of learning," that the advantages of educatiOn
might be enjoyed by all.
To improve the efficiency of this system,
not only by perfecting our common schools,
but by encouraging and aiding " one or more'
higher literary institutions, in which teach
ers can be trained and qualified; and to in
crease the fund appropriated•to educational
purposes, are objects which will at all times
receive my . willing approval. 'Money liber
ally, yet wisely, expended in the pursuit and
promotion of knowledge is true economy.—
The integrity of this system and its fund
must be preserved. No division of this fund
for political or sectarian purposes should ev
er be made or attempted. To divide is to
destroy. Party. and sectarian jealousies
would be engendered; the unity and harmo
ny of the system destroyed, and its ; noble ob
ject's frustrated- and defeated. Bigotry might
rejoice, patriotism would weep over such a
result. .
In ifie: performance of the -. duties . .now de
volved upon me, it will be my desire to aid,
by all constitutional and legal means, the de
velopment_ of the resources_ of the . State; and
to encourage and promote
,herngricultural,
mining maiiirfacturirig and commercial inter
ests. A kind Providence has bestowed upon
us, with a liberal hand, all the elements of
wealth and greatness. Our valleys and
plains offers their fertile• soil to the plough
share of.the husbandman, - and reward with
their rich productions his' honorable toil.—
Our inexhaustible coal fields; our rich iron
deposits; limestone everywhere, and just
where most required; the interminable forests,
and . our. rushing streams, all invite the ener
gy and enterprise of our citizens to•the de
velopment of their treasurers, and promise a
rich reward ,to their labors. The smoke of
our furnaces,lthe crash of the rolling-mill ;
the hum of the spindle; and the din of the
work-shop, attest the energy and ,manufac
turing skill of our people;' and Whilst
,the
plough,.the loom, and the anvil, unite in the
productional wealth, commerce, by her thou
sand avenues, is bearing their. valuable and
abundant products to our marts of trade.—
Amidst all these great interests, and their
rapid and almost romantic development, it is
a matter of congratulation that agriculture,
in its_ various departments, has awakened
public attention to its importance, and clai
med and received from science the tribute of
its aid. Pennsylvania, so deeply interested
in the cuccess of her agricultural industry,
cannot be indifferent to the laudable efforts
now making to perfect and advance this first,
and- noblest, pursuit of man. This, and all
other branches of industry, should receive the
fostering bare and encouragement .of the
Government.
The interests of our great commercial em
potium should receive the considerate atten-
tion of the Legislature. Her manufactures,
trade and commerce, are of great and inerea,
sing importance, and Philadelphia, as Consol
idated, in population, wealth, enterprise and
intelligence, ranks and rival's the first cities
of the Union. To make her the first among
the 'cities of our country, should be the pride
of every Pennsylvanian. Her interests are
so indentified with the interests of the State,
~hat they cannot be separated without inju
ry to both. A prudent and liberal system of
legislation, appropriate to her real wants,
would promote her own and the interests of
the commonwealth. •
A sound currency is essential to the prosperi.
ty of a commercial people. All classes of .soci
ety, and every branch of industry, in their va
ried interests aird economical relations, are in
terested in securing and maintaining a safe cir
culating medium. To accomplish this result,
wise and prudent legislatiOn is necessary. The
creation of a well regulated, and carefully guar
ded system of banking, is not only sound poli
cy, but beneficial to the legitimate trade and
commerce of the country; and aids in develop
ing her great natural and industrihl resources.
Our present system of banking, with the limi
tations, restrictions and liabilities, individual
and otherwise, imposed, by law on these institu
tions, has became the settled policy of the State.
The checks and guards thrown around them
should not be lessened or removed. Their own
safety, and the security of
_the public, require
their continuance.
Notice of numerous intended applications to
the Legislature for new banks, an increase of
banking capital and savings institutions, has
been given as required :by the constitution.—
Without desiring to assume a hostile attitude
towards all banks, the propriety of incerpera.
ting all that may be called for, under the notice
given, cannot be justified or defended. The ex
travagant, improper or unreasonable increase of
banks and banking capital, is not demanded by
the wants of the community, and will not, and
can not be sanctioned by the Executive. The
present commercial and financial embarrass.
ment of the country ; the depressed state of
trade; all past experience, and the more recent
experience of some of our sister States, as seen
in their ruined banks and depreciated currency,
demonstrate the necessity of legislating cau
tiously and prudently on this subject.
The number of banks, and consequently the
amount of banking capital should be limited to,
and regulated by, the proper, demands of active
and healthy trade, and the actual business wants
and necessities of the community. This poli
cy, honestly insisted upon and pursued, would
protect the country from the disastrous conse
quences of improvident banking. An extraor
dinary and unnecessary increase of banks and
banking facilities, in seasons of great general
prosperity, leads to extravagant and ruinous
speculation. Such increase in times of corn-
mercial distress, aggravates and prolongs the
evils it was designed to remedy. , Entertaining
these views I will not hesitate to sanction the
re-chartering 3f old and solvent banks, which
by prudent and careful management, and an
holiest adherence to the legitimate purposes of
their creation, have merited and received the
confidence of the public. Nor wilt I refuse to
sanction the incorporation of new banks, when
indispensably necessary and clearly demanded
by the actual business wants and interests of
the community in which they may be located.
To no Wier, and under no other circumstances,
cab I yield the Executive consent.
To promote the welfare and prosperity of the
Commonwealth, by regulating and increasing
her finances, economizing her resources, main
taining her credit, reducing her debt, and relie
ving her people from oppressive taxation, will
be the objects of my anxious desire : and to the
accomplishment of which every energy of my '
administration will be directed. The public
debt, now exceeding forty millions of dollars,
and the annual taxation necessary to meet the
payment of its interest, seriously affect the
great industrial interests of the State ; drive la
bor and capital from the Commonwealth ; pre
vent the extension and completion of her noble
system of education, and the . prosecution of
those laudable schemes of benevolence, which
at once benefit, dignify and adorn a free and en- ,
lightened people.
Every consideration of State pride, every rno
tire of interest, require its reduction and speedy
liquidation, by every available and practicable
means. To secure this object, rigid economy
in every department of the government ; re.
trenchment in the public expenditures ; strict
accountability in all the receiving and disburs
ing officers-of the Commonwealth ; and "an hon
-est and faithful discharge of duty by all her
acrehts a would contribute much, and also save
-
millions to the Treasury.
Created by the State, in the prosecution and
management of her system of internal improve
ments—a system characterized by ' , prodigality,
extravagance and corrupt political favoritism"
—the sale of these improvements, or at least of
the 'main line,' as a means of reducing this
debt, lessening taxation, and . saving our finan
cial credit, has for many years occupied the at
tention of the people, and their representatives.
Bills for the sale of the main line have been pas
sed by three different Legislatures, two of which
were approved by the Governors then in office.
The people, on the question being submitted to
them in 1844, decided, by a large majority, in
favor of the sale ; and yet these works, from the
defective character of the laws authorizing the
sale, the restrictions' contained in them, and
from other causes, remain unsold. Public sen
timent-, founded on econoinical, moral and peliti.
cal considerations, still demands, and the public
welfare still requires their sale.
The consideration to be paid, the mode, terms
and conditions of the sale, ought to be carefully
_considered. Just and liberatinducements should
be offered to purchasers ;.whilst at the same time
the people should be protected against wrong
and imposition. By avoiding the errors of for-
Mer Legislation, a sale on terms favorable to the
State, and ,heneficial to the purchaser, may be
secured.
It is vain to hope for a. reduction of the debt;
and relief from taxation, without a sale of the
whole, or part, of our public improvements. In
cumbered with debt, and taxed to support a sys
tem, the management of which has been mark.
ed by extravagance, exPenditure r fraudulent
speculation, and a reckless disregard of public
interests, the people demand relief and release
from these burdens. The press and the ballot
box have declared the popular will on this sub.
ject, and that will should be obeyed. Duty, and
a conviction'of its' propriety; will . prompt me to
give a cordial support„.to the.accoutplishment of
this objeCt.
In this connection, and whether a sale of
_all or any of' the public - improvements be ef
fected or not, the abolition or reorganization
of the Boatd ,pf Canal Commissioners;. and
the substitution .of some other efficient and
responsible syStern of management, are sub
jects worthy of consideration. Every mea
sure of reform in this regard, calculated to
increase the efficiency and responsibility of
1 the supervisory power protect the interests
of the State; - and correct the - real or alleged
( abuses of the present system, will receive my
approval.
The people having in the recent election
decided against the passage of a law probib
' iting the manufacture and sale of spritous
liquors, it will become the- duty of the Leg-
islature and Executive to- consider what oth
er legislation may_ benecessary to control
and correct the evils of intemperance. Our
present license system, although highly pe
nal, and corrective of many abuses, is still
defect ive. — The facility with which license
arc obtained for the sale of malt and other li
quors, is an evil that demands reform. The
number of places in which these are sold,
should be limited by law ; and no license•
granted unless by the courts, and in the man
ner now required in the case of public inns
and taverns, and subject to the same regula
tions restrictions and penalties.
The desecration of the Sabbath by a int&
so fruitful of evil, and so demoralizing in its re
sults, is in direct opposition to the law of God,
and the moral sentiment of the people ; and is
a reproach to the age in which we live. A
stringent and comprehensive law, remediel in
its provisions, and vindicating the great law of
the Sabbath, in its physical and moral relations
to man, is required not only by the moral sense
of community, but would be justified by every
sentiment of humanity, every consideration of
philanthropy, every impulse of pure and genu
ine patriotism. The history of intemperance is
tears and blood. Pauperism, taxation and crime
follow in its train. A remedy should be applied
and public sentiment, with the fall' force of its
moral sanction, will approve all prudent and
constitutional legislation on this subject.
The pardoning power—the harmonious blen
ding of mercy and justice in our Constitution—
will be exercised with a just regard to both these
important principles. With every desire to ex
tend mercy to the unfortunate and repentant
transgressor, justice in her stern demands, will
not be overlooked by the pardon of the vicious
and hardened criminal. This power has baen
conferred en the Executive, not to overthrow
the administration of justice, but to aid and
promote it. It should be exercised with great
caution, and only upon the most satisfactory as
surance.that it is due to the condemned, and
that the rights and security of the public will
not be prejudiced by the act. To prevent the
abuse of this power, and to protect the Execu
tive from imposition, notice of the intended ap.
plication should be published in the city or
county where the trial and conviction took
place.
Experience has demonstrated the impolicy of
subscriptions by municipal corporations, to the
stock of Railroad companies. This is especial
ly true in relation to county subscriptions. The
practice should be avoided, or at least not en
couraged by future legislation.
Legislation so far as practicable, should be
general and uniform. Local and special legis
lation ought to be discouraged, when the ob
ject can be obtained by general laws. Its ten
dency is pernicious and general principles,
and public good are often sacrificed to secure
personal and private benefits. "Omnibus legis
lation" being improper in itself, and demorali.
zing in its influence, cannot receive my sanc
tion. The views and practice of my immedi.
ate predecessor on this subject, meet my cordial
approval.
Pennsylvania, occupying as she does-an im.
portant and proud position in the sister-hood of
States, cannot be indifferent to the policy and
acts of National Government. rcr voice, po
tential for good in. other days, ought not to be
disregarded now. Devoted to the Constitution
and the Union—as she was the first to sanction,
she will be the last to endanger the one or vio
late the other,-Regarding with jealous care
the rightsuf her sister States, she will be ever
ready to defend her own. The blood of her
sons poured out on the many battle-fields of the
Revolution ,attests her devotion to the great prin.
ciples of American 'freedom—the centre-truth
of American republicanism. To the Constitu.
lion in all its integrity ; to the Union in its
strength and harmony ; to the maintainance in
its purity, of the faith and honor of our coun.
try, Pennsylvania now is, and always has been
pledged—a pledge never violated, and not to be
violated, until patriotism ceases to be
,a virtue,
and liberty to be known only as a name.
Entertaining these sentiments, and actuated
by an exclusive desire to promote the peace,
harmony and• welfare of our beloved country,
the recent action of the National Congress and
Executive, in repealing a solemn compromise,
only less sacred in public estimation than the
Constitution itself—thus attempting to extend
the institution of 'domestic Slavery in the terri.
torial domain of the Nation, violating the pligh
ted faith and honor of the country, arousing
sectional jealousies, and renewing the agitation
of vexed and distracting questions, has received
from the people of our own and other States of
the Union, their stern and merited rebuke. ••
With no desire to restrain the full and entire
constitutional rights of the State, nor to inter.
fere directly or indirectly with their domestic
institutions, or the people in Pennsylvania, in
view of the Missouri Compromise, the princi.
pies involved in it, and the consequences result
ing from it, as marked already by fraud, vio
lence and strife ; have re-affirmed their opposi.
Lion to the extension of slavery into territory
now free, and renewed their pledge "to the doc
trines of the act of 1780, which relieved us by
constitutional means from a grievous social
evil ; to the great'ordinance of 1787, in its full
scope and all its beneficent principles ; to the
protection of the personal rights of every hu
man being under the Constitution of Pennsyl
vania, and the Constitution of the 'United States,
by maintaining inviolate the trial by jury,
and the writ of habeas corpus ; to the assertion
of the due rights of the North, as well as of the
South, and to the integrity of the Union."
She declaration of these doctrines, is hot the
recognition of the fundamental principles 4;4'
freedom and bunion rights. They arc neither
new nor startling. They were taught by patri
o:ic fathers at the watch.fircs of our country's
defenders ; and learned amid the bloody snows
of Valley Forge, and the mighty throes of war
and revolution.-They were stamped with in
delible impress upon the great charter of our
rights, and embodied in the legislation of the
best and purest days of . the Republic ; have
filled the hearts and fell burning from the lips
of orators and Statesmen, whose memories arc
immortal as the principles they cherished.—
they have been the watch-vvord and the hope of
millions, who have gone before us, are the
watchword and hope of millions now, and will
be of millions yet.unborn.
In many question of National and truly -A
merican policy; the due, protection of American
labor and industry, against the depressing in
fluence of foreign labor and capital; the improve
ment of our harbors and rivers; the National de
fences; the equitable distribution of the proceeds
of the public lands among the States, in aid of
education and to relieve from debt and taxation;.
a judicious "homestead bill;" refonn in the na
turalization laws; and the- protection of our
country :againtthe immigration and importation
of foreign paupers and convicts; in all these, we,
as a State and people, are deeply interested; and
to their adoption and- s promotion-every encour
agement should be - given. ,
To the people of ' niy native State, who have
called me to preside over.her destinies, I return
the tribute of my warmest gratttude for the ho
nor conferred; and my pledge to them this day
is, that "I will try" to realize their expectations,
and not betray their confidence. In assuming
the responsibilities of this high office, I would be
false to myself and to the feelings that now op
press me,. should I hesitate to affim my unaffec
ted distrust ins my ability to discharge its ap
propriate duties in a manner commensurate
with their importance.. If I cannot secure,. I
will labor to deserve the confidence and appro
bation of my fellow citizens. Ido not expect, I
dare not hope, to escape censure. Deserved cen
sure I will strive to avoid, all other to disregard.
Conscious of the' rectitude of my intentions ;
with no ambitious desires to gratify ; no resent.
ments to cherish ; no wish but for the public
good ; it will be my endeavor to perform every
duty faithfully and fearlessly, and having done
this, will abide the judgment of a generous
.peo
ple ; assured that if they condemn the act, they
will at least award to me the meed of good in
tention.
With the constitution for my guide ; "equal
and exact justice . to all" my desire; the greatest
good of the greatest number my object—and in
voicing- the aid and blessing of the God of our
fathers, and desiring to rule in his fear—my du
ty and highest ambition, will be to promote the
true interests of the Stets, maintain our civil
and, religious privileges, defend the honor, and
advance the prosperity and happiness of our
Country.
Shipments of Brea:dstuffs from the Uni
ted States to Europe.
The New York Shipping List furnishes a
statement of the exports of hreadstufis from
the United States to Europe, from the Ist of
September to the 26th December, 1854, and
for the same time in 1R53, from which we ,
makeup the annexed comparative table
FLOUR, 1854. - Barrels.
To England and Ireland - 52 , 675
To the continent, - - - 3,117
55,792
Same time 1853, - - - 1,323,147
Decrease in 1854, - - - 1,277,452
WHEAT ) 1854. Bushels.
To Europe, - 138,627
Same time, 1853, - 5,428,585
Decrease in 1854, - - 5,289,958
CORN, 1854. Bushels.
To England and Ireland, - - 2,481,137
_ __ _ _
T.; the-Contipent,
2,641,166
Same time, 1853, - - - 931,556
Increase in 1854, - - - 1,709,610
These comparisons show that the decrease
in the export of breadstuffs has been general,
and that the fallinaoff in the inspections and
export of flour at Baltimore, to which we had
occasion to refer in making up our annual
statement, has been shared in by all the ports
of shipment. The figures also show that the
stock of flout and wheat in the country must
still be large, the acknowledge shortness of
the crop not being equal to the reduction of
our exports. Against this we, however,
must see the fact, that the demand for our
breadstuffs in 1853 begin on a full stock,
whilst at the opening of September, 1854,
the quantity on hand was much reduced.
Flow TO SECURE A LONG LlFE.—Rabbi Se
ra was asked by his disciples how he obtain
ed such a long life. "Never," he answered
"was I• easily excited in my house; never did
I precede him whom I thought greater in
honor and station ; never did I think of the
law in an unclean place; never did I walk
four yards withont studying on some part of
it ; never did I sleep or slumber in a house
where they taught the Word of God ; never
did •I rejoice at an evil which happened to
my neighbor ; and never did I call any man
by a nick-name given to him in derision or
sport. ,
" THE FIRST SHALL BE LAST."—The
Evansville (Ind.) Journal, says that an old
gentleman aged sixty-five years, was married
a few days ago, in Knox county, in that State,
to his sixth wife, and has only married five
women. His first wife is his last wife, and
she is now in her forty-fifth year- She has
been married three times, and her first hus
band is her last husband.
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS
MONDAY, Jan. 15,—P. M
Cloverseed is in steady demand, and further
sales have been made from SG,SO up to $7 per
641bs—from wagons at the former quotations.—
A sale of 150 bushels was made at $7.
The Flour market continues exceedingly qui
et. The receipts are quite moderate and the
stock is light, but there is no export demand.—
Standard brands are freely offered at $9a9,25
per barrel, without finding buyers, except in
small lots for home consumption, and select
brands and extra from $9,37; up to $10,25.
Rye Flour is held at $6,50, but no sales have
been reported. Corn Meal has advanced 25
cents per barrel-300 barrels Pennsylvania sold
at $4,50.
Gams—Wheat is dull, and prices favor buy
ers. Sales of 1600 bushels good Southern red
at $2,06a2,08 per buShel. Rye sells on arrival
at $1,25. Corn continues in good demand for
export, and Balo,ooo bushels prime Southern
yellow sold at 96 cents, afloat. Oats are un
changed—sales of 150 bushels good Delaware
at 53a cents per bushel.
ORPHANS' COURT SALE
BY virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court
of the County of Huntingdon, there will be
exposed to_sale by public outcry on the premi
ses in Dublin township, Huntingdon county, on
Thursday, Fibruaty 151 h, 1855, at I o'clock, P.
M. of said day, the following described real es
tate of David Hudson, dec'd.,
to wit : A certain
messnage and plantation of - land situated near
the village of Shade Gap, in Dublin 'township,
bounded on the northhy.lands now owned •by
James Sherard, on the east and south by lands
of the heirs of James Hudson dec'd., and on
the west by lands of Brice X. Blair and John
Rouse, containing •
112' ACRES,
more or less;•on which is erected two large and
Convenient dwelling houses, one .4.--
n„ of log and the other of stone ' 6
_ Fe
so a large barn and other out
houses and buildings—between and near to both
houses is• a strong, never failing spring of ex
cellent water ; there are other springs of good
water on the premises and also plenty of run
ning water. The farm is principally limestone
land, about 80 acres of it cleared and in good
cultivation, with a good apple orchard thereon.
Also, at the same time and place and in con
nexion with the above, there will be sold 2 acres
of timber land, more or less, lying near the
farm aforementioned, in the county and town
ship aforesaid,situated on Piney Ridge, boun
ded on the East and North by lands ofthe heirs
of James Hudson, dec'd., on the West by - lands
of the heirs of George Hudson, dec'd.
This valuable and desirable property, situa.
ted as- it is in• the heart of a healthy and thri
ving neighborhood ,• adjacent and' convenient to
churches of several: denominaticins„ to school
houses, mills, stores, ana'meclianic shops, and
within sight of illiintabort Academy, which is to
be revived in die spring'Under new and fa.vora,
We auspices, offers' to prtreilasers a rare chance
for investment or Speculation.
TERMS or Setts.—One-third of' the purchase
money to be paid , otrconfirmatiorr of sale, the
residue in two equakannual payments thereafter,
with interest, to.be secured by the bonds. amt
mortgage of the purchaser;'
JACOB S. HUNT, Administrator.
Jan. 13th, 1815-3 t.
JAMES POLLOCK.
160,029
1 A MILLER WANTED.
Agood miller of sober and industrious hah.
its, wanted at the Vineyard mills, Shirley
township,. Pa. One with a family preferred.
S. H. BELL.
Jan. 18, 1855-.
FOR SA.LE
r rilE Cross goads Foundry prep- , - •
erty, late the property of Henry .14 , 1 ..
Bretton, Warriorsmark township,
Huntingdon county,. Pa., embra.
cing a large two story frame dwelling house,
Store house. and lot, with a commodious frame
Foundry building and lot, all in good order and
in a good location, being situated in the neigh
borhood of the Juniata Iron Furnaces, and an
extensive farming community. The said •prop
erty is also admrrablY adapted for an extensive
carriage manufactory, and the 'wants of the
community require an establishment of that
kind. The situation and property is a very de
sirable one for either of the above businesses..
Terms will be made to suit purchasers, and if
not sold will be rented. Inquire of
BENJAMIN F. PATTON. Agent.
Warrioremark, Jan. 11, 1855.
A FARM FOR RENT.
AFarm in Licking Creek valley, about four
miles from Bell's mills and two from Bell's
furnace, containing 450 acres,—about 50 acres
cleared—two good orchards of grafted fruit—
the whole place well watered, and a large
stream of water running through the centre of
the place. The soil is good for raising any
kind of grain. The place will be leased for
five years, the rent to be applied to improving
the property. For further particulars inquire
of the subscriber in Newton Hamilton,- Pa.
Possession given on Ist of April next.
JEREMIAH NORRIS, Jr.
Jan. 18, 1855-2 in.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Dr. David Diller deed
frHE undersigned Auditor, appointed by the
J. Orphans' Court of Huntingdon county, to
distribute the balance on the account of Benja.
min F. Patton and John T. Mathias,
adminis
trators of Dr. David- Diller, late of Warriors
mark township, deceased, to and amongst those
legally entitled thereto, hereby gives notice that
he will attend for that purpose at the Court House
in Huntingdon, on Tuesday the 12th day of
February neat, at 3 o'clock, P. M. when and
where all persons are required to present their
claims against said firm, or be debarred from
coming in for a share of the same.
TFIEO. H. CUIVIER, Auditor.
Jan. 16-4 t.
STRAY STEERS
CAME to the residence of the subscriber
ing in Tod township, Huntingdon county,
Pa., some time in August last, two Steers, one
black and the other brown with a half moon
piece out of the right ears, and a piece off the
left—supposed to be two years old last spring.
The owner of the above property is desired to
come forward, prove property, pay charges and
take them away, otherwise they will be sold
according to law.
_
JOHN MORNINGSTAR
January 9, 1855.
Foundry for Sale or Rent
MBE Steam Foundry belonging to the under
-1 derslgned at Petersburg, will be sold or ren•
ted on reasonable terms, including a large vari
ety-of Patterns, for Cooking Stoves, Parlor, Ten
plate Wood and Coal Stoves,Water Pipe, Rol
ling Mill, Forge, Grist, Saw ill and Threshing
Machine Castings, also a full assortment of Plow
Patterns for all the various Plows used in the
country.
The Foundry is favourable located for busi.
ness, with all the machinary, Patterns and Fix.
tures in good order. Possession given on or be
fore April Ist next ensuing.
IVIeCULLOCH ORLADY.
Petersburg Jan. 1, 1855.
The Chambersburg and Monnt Union
Stage Line Revived.
ITHE undersigned aware
a.
1 that a suspension of
the line of Stages over the
road between Chambers
burg and Mt. Union cannot but be disadvanta
geous to a large section of country, has, at con
siderable expenses and trouble, made arrange
ments to run a Line of Stages Tri.weekly be
tween the two points. Good Horses and com
fortable Stages have been placed on the route,
and experienced and trusty drivers will super
intend the running of the Coaches. The pro
prietor of the line is desirous that it be main
tained, and he therefore earnestly calls upon the
public generally to patronise it, confident that it
will be for their mutual advantage. Every at,
tention necessary will be given, and the running
of the Stages will be regular.
Stages leave Mt. Union every Monday,-
Wethiesday and Friday mornings, arriving at
Chambersburg the same evenings. Returning,
leave Chambcrsbug the same nights at 10 o'clock
arriving at Mt. Union early the following morn
ing in time for the Cars. Stages stop at Slur--
leysburcr, Orbisonia , Shade Gap, Burnt Cabins,
Fannetsburg, Horse Valley, Strasburg, and
Reefer's Store.
Fare through $3,00; to intermediate points
in proportion.
JOHN JAMISON.
January 2, 1855.—tf,
Juniata Academy and Female. Sea•2innry,
At Shirteyeburg, Iluntivgdovz county, Per:
Seminary—Rev. Jes. CAMPBELL, A. M., Prin..
cipal.
Academr—lleGn J. CArannELL, A. M. y. and A.
C. FEND4LL, Principals.
1 IHE winter session of these schools opens on
Wed:lose* Nov. 7th,. and continues five
months.
TkallS"-SEMINARY.
.
Board; ight; fuel and tuition—per session $56,00
Music 'with Ise of instrument, per quarter, 8,00
TkR.IIIS-ACADEAIY.
Board, room-rent, fuel and tuition ; per ses
sion . - • 52,00
Modern languages—per session 5,00
F'ainting and drawing—per quarter, 3,00 to 5,00
Incidental expenses , ' 25
For circulars or; information, address- the
Principals.
Oct. 17, 1854-3 M.,
BLANKS ! ELANKSIr ELAN - KS !r!
il full assortment for •sale at the "Globe". of.
fie .
DEEDS,SU MMONS 2 ,
,
EX S. AND Taus. DEEDS, EXECUTIONS,-
MORTGAGES, . , BUBP(ENAS,
BONDS : with arid Without waiver,
WARRANTS, LEASES,
ATTACHMENTS,
, COMMITTMENTS,
AGREEMENTS for t h e sale - of Real , Estate,
NOTES relinquishing, all' benefits of exemp
tion laws.
ABgitUTIFUL assortment of Cutlery of
Ameri'ettn AtanufactureAust received and
for sale by & W. SAXTON.
Ibeautiful. assortment of Blankets„large.and
small, for sale by 'L.& W. SAXTON.
Ci OD Fish,- Mechem:l, Herring &c., just recei.
vod and for Bale by S. &W. SAXTON.
NOTICE
ALL persons knowing themselves to have un
settled accounts with the undersigned, will
please call and make settlement by the first of
January. After that date the books will be left
for settlement as I have quit the business.
JOS. H. THomrsoN.
Huntingdon, Dec. 19th, 185 N.--
The Farm Journal for 1855.
EDITED BY
I. L. DARLINGTON,
ASSISTED by a corps of the best practical
farmers in Pensylvania. The Fifth Vol
ume of the FARM JOURNAL will commence
January 1, 1855. Each number will contain
Thirty-two or more Super Royal Octavo pages,
printed on superior paper, with new type, and
will be filled with the best.
AGRICULTURAL READING,
original and selected, that can be produeed•—
The Editor and his assistants arc determined to
render this the most
Practical Agricultural Work Extant,
and will utterly discard all theories not attested
by PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE. They have obtained
the ahl of many of the best farmers in Penn.
sylvania,New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland,
who will give their experience through its pa.
ges.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Each number viii contain several engravings
of Improved Stock, New Agricultural Imple.
merits, Choice Fruit; &c.
TERMS.---(lnvariably in Advance.)
Single Copy, $1 00 20 Copies, $l4 00
Five do 400 60 do 40 00
Ten do 7 50 500 do 250 00
The Journal,v.rill hereafter, in every case, be
discontinued at the end of the period paid for
unless the subscription be previously renewed.
1140 Mit*, 01
The success attendant upon our offer of pre
miums last-year induces us to offer the follow
ing premiums for Volume 5:
1. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS will .be
paid to the person who• will proctrre us the kr
gest number of subscribers in any county in the
United States, before the first of April next.
2. SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS to the per
son who will procure us the second largest list
as above.
3. FIFTY DOLLARS to the person who will
procure us the third largest list as• above.
4. TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS to the per..
sons who will procure us the fourth largest list
as above.
5. TEN DOLLARS` to the person who will
procure the fifth largest list as above..
CLUBS.
Any person sending us Ten subscriber; at
our Club rates, will be entitled to receive one
copy gratis'ofeither of the following works, viz :
—Buist on the'ROse, Gnenon's Treatise on Mulch
Cows. Nefflin's Treatise on Mulch Cows,- War.
ing's Elements of Agriculture, Youatt on the
Pig.
Any person sending us Twdnty subscribers,
at our Club rates ; will be entitled to receive two
copies of the Farm Journal,• or one copy of any
of the following works, viz :—Horticulturist for
1855, Johnson's Agricultural Chemistry, John
son's Elements of Agricultural Chemistry and
Geology,. Dr. Dadd's Modern Horse Doctor,
Youatt on the Horse, Youatt on Cattle, Youstt's
Shepherds' Owen Vook, Thomas' American
Fruit Culturist, Downing's Fruits of America,
Elliott's Fruit Growers' Guide, Fessenden's
Complete Farmer and Gardener.-
FURTHER INDUCEPd'EIgTa.
We have just made arrangements with JAIIIka
Vies, JR., Publisher of the Horticulturist, which
enables us to furnish one copy' of that elegitt
work and one copy of the Farin Journal for Two'
Dollars and Fifty cents, and two copies of the
Horticulturist and two of the Farm Journal for
Four Dollars, and larger numbers at the latter
rates.
Specimen numbers sent to all post . -paidappli.
cations.
Money on all solvent Banks, mailed irr the
presence of a. postmaster, at our risk.
All orders addressed to the subscribers will be
promptly attended to.
J. M. MEREDITH & CO.,
West Chester, Pa.
'MATCHES ! MATCHES r, I
JOHN DONNELY,
MANUFACTURER AND' INVENTOR ar
SAFETY PATENT SQUARE UPRIGRT
WOOD BOX MATCHES.
NO. 106 North FOUI?7'H Street (abotre itdce,)
PHILADELPHIA.
MATCHES having become an indispensable
article in housekeeping, the subscriber af.
ter a. great sacrifice of time and money, is ena.
bled to offer to the Public an article at once corn.
bining Utility and Cheapness'. The inventor
knowing the danger apprehended on account of
the flimsey manner in which Matches are gen.,
eralTy packed in paper, has by the aid of New
Steam Machinery of is own invention, succee.
ded in gettingup a safety patent square upright
wood box; this box is far preferable, inasmuch
that it occupies no more room' than the old round
wood box, and contains- at least Two Hundred
per Cent more Matches; , which to-Shippers is con..
siderable advantage ;' it is entirely new, and se.
cure against moisture and. spontaneous combus~
tion, and dispels all danger on transportation by
means of Railroad,. Steamboat or any other
mode of Conveyance. ,
These Matches arc packedso that one gross or
more may be Shipped to any part of the' World
with perfect safety.- They are the most desira.
ble article for Home Gronsamption, and' the Sou.
thorn and Western Markets that have ever been
invented.
DEALER and SHIPPERS, will do well to
call and examine for themselves. - '
I]' These Matches, are WARRANTED to be
superior to anything heretofore offered to the
Public. JOEIN DONNELLY.
106 North Fourth Street; Philadelphia.
December 12, 1854.
&TRAM" PIG.
ArtE to the premises of the subscriber n in
Henderson township,: about the Ist of De:
cember inst., a black boar pig supposed to be
about eight months olil,--the owner is requested
to prove property, pay charges and take him
away v otlierwisc he will be disposed ofacciird
to•law. _ _
December 12,1854
Pure Sauey. •
N cans arrd• bottles, for sale at the-Boa ancl
I
Shoe store of LEVI WESTBROOK.: •
MILK DRESS PATERNS—such as Brocade
kj figured, plain and crossliarred just received
and for sale by J. & W. SAXTON.
JUST received', another fresh supply of fall
t i al-aviator Goods-, -and for sale very low by
, & W. SAXTON.
r i RAY . BROTHERS'' Patent poor and Gisler
VT Springs, just received and for sale by °
S. & W. SAXTON-
TORN WARFEL.