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HUNTINGDON PA
Vire,aneladay, Dec. 12, 1855.
See New Advertisements.
.f .-- 500 laborers wanted.
'Map of Franklin township. •
(1 - The good time coming.
[r.7'lluntingdon County Teachers' Institute
o:7Real Estate • .in Tell township for sale.
3J D: P. Gwin has just received a fresh
supply of Plain Detains, Persian Twills, - Bay
State and Waterloo long Shawls. Call and
see them.
LEWISBURG AND SPRUCE CREEK - RAIL
ROAD.—The friends of this road will hold
meetings at .Spruce Creek on the 19th, at
Graysville 'on the 20th, and at Pine Grove
Mills on the 21st instant ; at which addresses
will de delivered showing the importance of
the improvement, and that the, investment
will be profitable. The citizens of this
and • more espeCially those in the neigh
borhood of the route, should feel a ;great inter
est in the success of the enterprise, and we
hope all will give a helping hand.
Commercial Sehool
Mr.l.tiomAs H. POLLOCK, a graduate of the
Pittsburg Merchants' College s will commence
the instruction•of Book Keeping in this place
in the course'of'a feW days. Mr: " POLLOCK
brings with him the,,stronges(A „recommenda
tions as an accountant and . teacher , of 'the
science.
H. SIMMOINTS, of the firm of Swaine,
Abell & Simrrions, - propiiefors and priblish
ers of the Public Ledger and, Dollar Newspa
per: died at his residence in Phila., on Suinday
morning last, aged 4S years. -
11:7' . By art 'advertisement in another col
umn of to-day's paper it will_be observed that
a Map of Franklin township is contemplated.
We are pleased that a project of this kind is
entertained, and trust that the citizens - of, the
township may endorse it ;with -- tbeir patron
age. Owing to the want . of Such maps, a
large portion of our population is necessarily
ignorant of the features of our county and,the
location - of its prominent Objects. This 'va;-
cuum as far as regards Franklin township, the
proposed Map is intended to supply. Though
many ctfizenS - may be'personally acquainted
with every plirt of their township,
.their
knowledge is not superior to, that' obtained
from an accurate Map, nor does it supply the
necessity for the'
; same—such persons: could
better:aPPreciatolts value. 4t is intended,
we tinderitand, in case this project 'is sustain=
ed, to construct Maps of the other - townships
of the chanty ;
The Huntingdon Foundry Destroyed.
The Horitingdert Foundry, owned by Gen.
R. C. McGill, and lately leased to Cuningham,
Forbei 8.t., Wharton, was destroyed by fire on
Friday night last. How tho fire ..oliginated
is . not known,' bUt as the hands were cas
ting, late. in the day it is supposed the fire ori
ginated frornithe'castlngs or the furnace. 7—
Gen. McGill's loss will be heavy; as he had
no insurance upon either the building, the
machinery, or his patterns - . ' _
THE FIRST OF THE SEASON.—We yesterday
received from our kind and thoughtful neigh
bor; 'Mrs. Sarah Thomas, a few feet of pud
ding and sausage. As, pork is scarce and too
high for our purse, it is almost a certainty
that we will smell sausage but seldom this
winter, Unless our, more fortunate neighbors
and friends remember us. Mrs. T. has our
thanks.
The' Evil of Prociistination.:
Have you any business to perform ler have
you resolved to commence an. enterprise
Then do it to-day--do it Now. This day is
yours !
-; to-morrow may not be. Four years
Ago, when
. the citizens of the North-eastern
townships `of 'our county . were excited and
alarmed by' the 'frequent. bernings of houses
and barns, one of those citizens had resolved
next week to go to HtMtingdon ahu insure
his property. Before next week came his
barn and contents were a pile of smouldering
I=
Last Friday, the _owner of a valuable prop
erty situated in• this borough, called' •on The
Agent of,au Insurance 'Cornpany to have the
same insured: • In order
,to make an estimate
of its.value-the -owner concluded to defer the•
matter a day
. or two.
.That
"same night.it
was almost totallyConsumed.by• fire ; a se
vere loss to'
the proprietor and lessees.
Presidential Nap:4)l,3.th
the Americaki Party,
LOUISVILLE, Nov. proclamation
has been _Rut forth American order
stating that at the annual meeting - of the na
tionaV•eciuticil 'in June last, it .was resolved
that a 'convention for the purpose of nomina
ting a President•'and Vice President of the
United States would assemble at Philadelphia
on the , 22d of February next, therefore iris
proclabnp:inhat.the councils in each Congres
sional district, and each State. council. elect
delegates to said convention; and that alter
nates for each State and Congressional delegate
be elected. It is - also proclaimed that a special
meetincr;ivill lie held -- in Philadelphia on the
18th of February to transact such business as
may be brought before it.
W a sl ang-toii News.
ON, Dec. 6th, 1855 :
Correspondence of the 11withigdon
- 'There is, bad 'news'from . Kansas, but I hope
and believe the danger is exaggerated: It is
difficult. to conceive-. how - a- distUrdanee of
such - magnitude have grown n out of a
.Sq . babble about a squatter's "claim," for that,
according 'to the account, is the origin of the
Present' difficulty. The statement runs—
That some ,abolitionists drove a pro-slavery
squatter off his claim and bulned down his
house; that the houses of. other pro-slavery
men were burned by a mob; that the Sheriff
of Douglas county arrested the ringleaders;
That the free-state men demanded their re
lease and had taken lip( arms to .-enforce the
demand; and that Gov. Shannon, considering
the danger imminent, had . called out the
military.
if this be thn true state of affairs - in Kansas,
it is deplorable enough; - but I trust further ad_
Vices will soften somewhat the grim and ter
rible aspect this first intelligenbe wears—
Gov. Shannon 7 s despatch_ to-the President is
startling; and yet it leaves us room to hope
that things are not as bad as represented, af
ter. all; for in referring to the large armed
force reported to be at Lawrence, he' makes
_
use of a qualifying term, and states t.hat"it
is said" there is an 'armed force of one tbou•
sand men, with all the implements of war,
at Lawrence, implying a doubt in his mind.'
:The 'staid old NatiOnal intelligencer, which
is.not often in advance of either telegraph or
mail, went off at half-cOck 'the other day and
ha's misted many journals as to the action ta
ken by the government•on the receipt of Gov.
Shannon's Lies sat6h. It stated that the Presi-
dent had authorized the Governor to employ
the troops in Kansas to aid id the execution
of the laws. The Union of this morning
says no such authority has been given; and
in order to show exactly what has transpired,
it has obtained permission to publish the
despatChes which have passed between the
Governor and the President.
WESTPORT, Dec. desire authority to call
on the United States forces at Leavenworth to
preserve the peace ofthe'territory, to protect the
SherifF of Douglas county and enable him to ex
ecute the legal process in his hands. Irthe laws
arc not executed civil war is. inevitable'. An
armed force, of one thousand men, with all the
implements of war, it is ssid, - arc at-Lawrence.
They have rescued a prisoner from the sheriff,
burnt houses and threatened the lives of. citi
zens. Immediate assistance is desired. This
is the only 11161111 to save bloodshed.: Particu
lars by mail.
The President replied:
. . .
%V &SU! NGTON, Dcc. 3.—Your despatch receiv.
ed. All the power - vested in the Executive will
be exerted .to preserve• order and enforce the
laws. On the reCcipt of yon r letter the prelim.
inary Measures necessary to be taken betbre
,calling out troops will be promptly execute ;and
you will then be fully
,advised."
The country will observe with satisfaction
'that the President is not disposed to act
rashly. He must be satisfied that the troops
are indispensably necessary to the. perserva
tion of law and order Were he , will order
them out; and if compelled to order them out,
care will be taken to keep within the strict
line of duty. The government will .be sure
it is right, and then it will go ahead, and put
down insurrection, if, insurrection exists,
with a strong hand.
The -House spent yesterday and to-day, in
fruitless attempts to elect a 'Speaker. Rich
ardson, Democrat, continues to receive from
70 to 75 votes. Campbell, Republicrin Whig
went up yesterday to 82, and' fell to-day to,
48; and Banks, Republican Democrat, has
rose to about Campbell's present vote. No . -
body can , Make a respeciable, guess at the
result, although some, 'newspaper currespon;
dents oceasionally . show what sort of prophets
they are by'predicting restilts. Mr. Greely,
who is here, sent home a despatch on Sunday,
predicting an election on Monday, the first
day of the session. He missed the mark,,
and the correspondent' o£ the Herald poked
fun at him on Tuesday, and himself. predict
ed an election on Wednesday. He, UK), mis-•
sed the mark! The fact is, no human being,
can 'form defiaite idea of • the 'issue. -We
may got a Speaker this week, or we may get;
none this month. -
Senator Douglas' friends in this city con
tinue to receive satisfactory accounts from
him. • He will probably be here next week.
Gov. Barstow, of Wisconsin, is among the
distinguished strangers now in this city.
WABHINGTON, Dec.-Bth, 1855
The first week of the session is ended and
the House is still withotit a Speaker. Yes
terday, after the 23d ballot bad been taken,
on which iVir. Campbell received 75 votes,
that gentleman arose in his place and said :
"Mr. Clerk--1 ask the indulgence of the
House for a few minutes. Th . e country is .
looking upon our proceedings with.deep anx
iety, and every member is teady.to acknowl
edge the 'importance of a speedy Organiza
tion. We haye now been voting five days.'
Twenty-three votes have been taken. I find
that, through the partiality of friends, I have
•received in six of these votesa higher number
than any candidate before the House, and in
all the votes a greater number than any can
didate of the opposition to the - administration.
Yet, sir, it is obvious tome that it is' iinpos
sible for my friends•to succeed unless I lake
one-of two position—namely,,. eitherto rept- ,
diate my well-known.position iii refeeenee:to
Slavery and Americanism, - ,or in, some way,.
"di'r'ectly or indirectly, to make •pledges in re
ference to the ,organization of. committees
which would amount to a sacrifice of self-re
spect on my part, and make me, in my judg
ment, a fit object for public contempt. Un- •
"der these circumstances, and feeling that the
interests of the country' require an organiza
tion, and regarding these interests as para
monOt to every other consideration, I with.
-draw
. my name as a candidate, and, in taking
my seat, desire to return to those friends-who
have stood by me with so much fidelity my
sincere gratitude, and to my political oppo
nents wholave.given rile- evidence of their
personal regards my thanks. My name is
withdrawn.
Mr. Banks then became the leading oppo
sition candidate, and to-day, on the 33d bal
lot, he got up to 100, when the House ad
journed. Twelve more votes would have
elected' him - . Richardson stands at 73 and
Eullar at 30.
There has been a further decline in the
price of Land Warrants, Which now sell at
90 to 95 cents per arce..
The thirty-ninth ballot was had to=day,
without making a choice, as follows: Banks
107; Richardson 76; Fuller 28; scatering 15.
Necessaiy to a'ehoicell4.
Threatened Hostilities in Kansas.
From the Washington Union, Dec. 6.
Rumours have passed into circulation to the
effect that the, President has authorized the
employment of the troops of the United States
in the Territory of Kansas to aid the local au
thorities. in the execution of the laws.' No
such authority has been given. In order to
show exactly what has transpired, we have
obtained permission to publish the following
despatches:
WEse - PoRT, (M 0.,) Dec. 1, 1855.
. .
I desire. authority to call on the - United
' States forces at Leavenworth to preserve the
: peace of this Territory,:. to protect the sheriff
of Douglas county, and enable him to execute
the legal. proceSs hi. his hands. If the laws
are not executed civil war, is inevitable. An
( armed. force of one thousand men, with 'all
the implements of wori it is said, are at Law
; rence. They have' resched..a prisoner from
1 the sheriff, burnt houses, and threatened the
, lives of citizens. Immediate assistance is
! desired. -This is the only 'means to save
bloodshed: Particulars by mail.
. WILSON SHANNON.
To his Excellency FRANKLIN PIERCE.
WASHINGTON,' Dec. 3, 1855.
Your despatch is received. 'All the power'l
vested in the Executive will be exerted to
preserve order and enforce the laws: On the!
receipt of your letter the preliminary nieas
ures necessary to be taken before calling out
troops will "be promptly executed, add you
will then be fully advised'. '
- FRANKLIN - PIERUE.
To WILSON SHANNON, , : • .
Governor of the Territory of Kansas.
~ . •
It-is to be observed' that the present is the
first occasion on which the ' interposition. of
the President has been invoked in reference
to any difficulty .arisinghnderthe law, for the
organization of the TerritorieS of Nebraska
and Kansas. . In -fact, there,•has . been great
misapprehension in-Jhe -public mind as to the
pciwers of the Executive irrthis' relation.—
Those,powers are strictly defined - by. law, and
very limited. Uder the' constitution, it is
i true, the President is to• take care that 'the
laws-be faithfully executed, but.' his authority
on this subject is to be-construed in subordi
nation to the • provision, of - the..dOnstitution;
• vviiich declares that .Conciress shall have pow
er to provide for calling forth -the militia to
execute-the laws of 'the - Union, 'suppress in- 7
surrections, and repel invasions: According
ly, Congress has en-acted laws applicable in
terms to the contingency of insurrection in
any State against 'the government thereof.—
The.present case Is one of resistance to the
laws of the - Territory, that of- Kansas, to
which the same rule at action applies:, how
ever,.as in the:case of a State, in :considera
tion that.by..theact of Congress organi2ing'
this Territory; as well as others, it is prate
'ded that the. constitution, and all laws of the
United States .which are not-locally inappli
cable, shall have 'the same- force.' and effect
within the said Territory of Kansas as else
where within the United States, with excep
tion of a single clause "of dn'aci not material
to the question - .` Assuming this, then, ' the
statute provision. - of the act of 1795, is, that in
case of insurrection . - in any State. (or Terri
tory,) it shall- be laWful for the :President of
the United States, on application of the legis
lature thereof, or of the executive when the
-legislature cannot be convened, to call forth
snch number of the militia of any other State
or States as may be applied for,: or as he may
-judge sufficient to repress such insurrection.
By a subsequent act—that of 1807—it is pro
vided that in all cases of insurrection or ob
rstruction to the laws of any State 'or Terri-
I tory where it is lawful for - the • President to -
Icallforth the militia, for the purpose of sup-
I pressina• such insurrection, or of capsing 'the
laws - to e 'be 'duly executed, it . shall be lawful'
1 for him to - employ for the same purpose such
I part of the land or naval force of the United
StateS as -shall be judged necessary, having
first otiserved all the prerequisites of the law
in that respect.. -Among the pre-requisites
1 here referred to, it is well understood, is the .
issue of a proclamation' commanding the iii
surgeuts to" disperse and refire peaceably to
theirrespective'abodes within a" litnited time.
The proclamation must - undoubtedly - precede
the actual use - Of the 'military force, but not
necessarily the measures requisite to prepare
' and asseni We it in order to enforce obedience
to the proclamation. . .
It is further to be observed that the present,
in so far as the facts.appear, .is , resistance,
'not to any law of the - United States, but to a
law of the Territory, and ~the power of the
.Presidentis greater in the fender than in the
latter .. ,c4se; for if, obstruction to an Act of
Congress were ! involved, the marshal of .the'
Terri.ory might,summon •the posse colitttattis
-to aid him in maintaining hishuthority---that
is, the entire :popolation, of 'the. Territory .=
But here, and the ministerial officer the Ohefiff
of a county,. nothing regarding it Can be done
by the President-until hisinterpositiori be-in
-yoked for.the emergency of ' insurrection, 'and
at the call either of the legislature or the go v
ernorof the Territory. fn ;• the former case
the President might give direction, but in 'the
latter he cannot. .
Hoes AT LOiIISViELE.—The totaldnumber of
hogs slaughtered at touiSitille thus. f4r,, this_
season, is only 40,000 head.
..At the,.sarno
period last, season, fully . 149,000 head - were
killedowhich-makes the operations, up to the,
present time, 160,900 hogs -behind last year.
On the 3d inst. there were 11,201 in pens
ready to be slaughtered. The prevailing
rate is $6 50 net,
HUNTINGDON
IitINTINGDOI4:
WASHINGTON:, Dec. Ipth.
'Roasting the know Nothings. . -
.The'Demccratie people—the independent
farmers of Granville arid adjoining counties
--had a grand mass meeting and barbacue
at.- Henderson, North ,Carolina, last week, 1
which continued through a couple of days.— 1
Hon. Wildon N. Edwards presided, and made
an address. Hon. A, W. Venable, Mr Jen
kins, Dr. Prichard and others, also made
speeches. Gov. Bragg was' present to meet
his . old friends of his native place. ' Letters
were read from"Gov."'Wise, of Virginia, Mr.
Sitephens, of Georgia, • &c. The'speeches
were excellent, and altogether it was an ef
fectual demonstration against- Know-Noth
ingism., We have room only to dopy the re
-marks of Hon. John Kerr, of Caswell, late
member of Congress, as We find them in the
Raleigh Register. They are worthy the at
tention of Whigs. He spoke fOr more
_than
an hOur on the subjects .of Know-Nothing
ism,
,
ism, slavery, the Nebraska bill, and kindred I
topics.
"He said he found himself in what mignt
be - considered strange company; but he asked
-and- looked for his old Whig friends, and
found many of them in a dark corner, con
cealed from the light of day. He asked them"
-What they were 'doing—the answer was "/
darer-know:" Where had" they been ?—"I .
dote!. know.". What had become of Whig
principleS ?---L•"/ doiet . " He- said that
as a Whig he had met the Democracy in open
day, had contended with
,them openly before
the people, and there were no oatlis,tio 'con
cealments, no mysterious grips on either side.
Both parties had labored for
_the good of the
country, and the means they employed were
honest, above-board; and_ kunwn and read
of all men. The man who held that virtue
was confined to any''particulan party or sect,
was a bigot and'a foal. He had found .true
men-in 'both parties, and honesty and right
intent in the masses of the. people'generallY
and he-deeply regretted; that so many of his
old friends had gone astray into'the dark la
byrinths of Know-Nothingisrn. For himself,
he was still a Whig on. the, old issues; but
those issues had -either • been settled, ,or -had
been abandoned by his former associates, and
new ones had been presented. As against
the pestilent isms of the IC.nOw-Nothings,
and on the
_great questions of slavery, the
constitution and the Union, he was with the
Democratic party; he was with that party be
cause he' was for his country and for the per-'
petuation of the Union according to thecon
stitution ; and that party, in his humble judg
ment, was the only one which at this time
could auminister the government on national
principles,: and give reasorrable" assurance
that our institutions would be preserved. He
spoke froni personal observation and experi
ence while in
_Congress.. He-had -seen, with-
regret, the great body of the Whigs of the
free States maintaining. grounds 'of hostility
to the South ; and he :had Seer!, also, and had
proclaimed the fact evefy‘Vhere. as due to
common justice even, that the Democrats of
the same region as a party, 'and as represen
ted in Congress,' were disposed, and had
show'n readiness by their "vote, to respect
the constitutional rights of the south, and-to
aid in securing those rights, to our people as
involved, - in th slaver) question. He spoke
in terms of high coMmendation of such Dem
ocrats as Douglas, Cass .and Toucey, and of
stick Whigs as choats,Everett and Farley .-,--
He:did: pot pause to ask, in a contest like this,,
what the true men were called—he looked to
acts,. not names—to deeds ; not professions,
and shaped his course • accordingly-. The
Know-Nothings could offer no reasotible as
surance-that the Union would be safe in their '
hands. They, were not national—they were
sectional-on the 'great question which so vi
tally concerns us all and were, therefore,
powerless for good, : is this respect, in the
very beginning of their movements. In ad
dition to this, they were intolerant and pro
scriptive, and as such should, and must be
overthrown - before the progress of enlighten
ed public opinion. He spoke at some length,
in commanding eloquence, in support of the
principles of religious liberty, and in 'opposi
tion to the narrow:and exclusive- policy of the
Know-Nothings in relation to foreign emi-•
gration.
Chloroform and Robbery on the .Cars.
Mrs. David Wright, of Toronto, Canada,
was robbed on the cars near Poughkeepsie on
Thanksgiving night. She was on her return
home from Btltimore,. where she had been
to visit Mrs. Hawkins, the wife of the Wash
ingtonian lecturer. Among the
.passengers
who had got on board the train at Baltimore
Was a tall, dark-eyed, well dressed, and gen
teel looking lady, who sat down by the side,
of Mrs. Wright. "Are you travelling alone?"
asked the stranger. "I am," was the reply.
"How. far are you -eying?" "To Canada,"
was the answer. The conversation thus com
menced was continued a long time.
They passed through , Philerphia and New
York on the most friendly terms, and were
burying along . the Hudson road, when the
stranger inquired of Mrs. W. if she could
change a five dollar bill for her. Mrs. W. re
plied that she could riot, and in order to show
her willingness to do so had she been able, she
pulled out her. wallet, and displayed three
twenty dollar gold pieces, a ten dollars gold
piece, some small change and a check. By
and by Mrs. W. complained of a pain in the
head. "On !" said the stranger. "I have
some cologne with me, let me put a little on
your-temple,•it will, doubtless, relieve you."
, Mrs. W. immediately sunk to slc2p, and re
mained insensible until the Conductor shook
her awake and. - demanded her ticket. It was
with the utmostdifficulty he could'wake her..
He finally hoisted the window of the car, and
the fresh air relieved the. unfortunate woman,
She put her hand into her pocket, when to
her astonishment and dismay - , she found that
her wallet containing her money, her tieket
and her check had gone,..and the strange wo
man who had - been - so attentive, had also
•diSappeared. • -
The gentlemanly conductor endeavored to
console her with the promise that he would
see to her baggage at Albany. But when.
they arrived 'at .Albany it was ascertained that
there - was no' baggage there for her. The
baggage master 'said a "latly and gentleman
gotoff ('i,ve.thirik at Hudson,) and said their
baggage directed to Albany must he left there
and not taken to,the place where they first
intended to leaire it.' In this way Mrs.
Wright lost her money, her jewelry, and her
clothing. This female robber wore a black
velvet bonnet trimmed with scarlet flowers,
a dark mantilla, is lady-like in her demeanor,
'Wears a fascinating smile, and.is '
undoubted-.
- 15,. the same person' vibe played the con fi- .
deuce game with the merchants and hotel'
keepers at ,Baltimore, s a short time since.—
Mrs. , Wright was too sensitiv to make
knOwn tier moneyless situation, and did - not -'
pat .a morsel of food for nearly two days,
when she..pro'videntially met her friend, Miss
or Mrs. Parker, who furnished her with
funds.—lrion Herald,
Revenue of' the Commonwealth of
• • -Pennsylvania.
Summary of the Receipts at the State Treasu
ry from Ist day of December, 1854 ; to the
30th day November, 1855, both clays in
clusive. ' -
Lands, . , $17,448 15
Auction commissions, 21,273 75
Auction Duties, 51,926 56
Tax on Bank Dividends, 345,138 09
Tax on Corporation Stock,
273,631 48
Tax on Real and Personal Estate, 1,721,114 79
Tavern Licenses, 8 9 ) 259 86
""
Retailers' Licenses, 271,906 95
Sample Licenses,• 9 ; 338 00
--
Pedlers' Licensesi2,49l 97
. .
Brokers' Licenses, ' 8 ; 068 49
Theatre,,Circus and Menagerie;
Licenses, 17,938 00
Distillery. and Brewery Licenses 3,369 35
Billiard Room,Bowling Saloon and, , .
Ten-pin Ally Licenses, 0 '269 63
—s
Eating House, Beer House 'and •
- Restaurant' Licenses, " 16,076 35
Patent Medicine Licenses, 1,941 57
Pamphlet Laws, • 304 45
Militia Tax, 19,627 79
Mille's' Tax, ,6 251 19
Foreign, Insurance Agencies, 4,185 61
Tax on Writs, Wills, Deeds, & - z, 59,453 23
Tax on certain Offices, .. - 20,889 66
Collateral Inheritance Tax, 117,970 26
Canal and Railroad Tolls, 1,942,376 71
Canal Fines, • . 40 00
Tax on Enrolment of Laivs, 11,985 00
Preiniums on Charters, " 10,647,00
Tax on Loans, .. 140,464 33
Interest on Loans • _ 12,1-16 29
Sales of public property, 9,125 00
Tax on Tonage, 161,125 25
Penna.:State Lunatic Hospital
under Act of Bth 'nay, 1855,
Escheats
Accrued Interest, . .
Colonial Record and Penna. Ar-
chives,- 28 50
Refunded Cash, 16,783 83
Annuity for right of way, . , 10,000 00
Fees of the public offices, - , 4,011.71
Miscellaneous, (including surplus -
fund,) 9,555 53
. .
' $5,390 . 434 11
Balance in the Treasury Dec. 1, .
1854; available, - $1,240,928 72
Depreciated funds in the treasury, '
unavailable 41,032 00
$6,672,434 83
Expenditures" of the Commonwealth. of
Pennsylvania.
Summary of the payments at the State Treas
ury from the Ist day of December,. 1854,
to the-30th' day of November, 1855, both
days inclusive. •!• -
Public Improvements, •
Expenses of Government
IVlilitiaEXpenses '
Pennsylvania. Volunteers in the
late war with Mexico, 331 50
Pensions and Gratuities, 13,430 41
Charitable Institutions, ' 78,813 19
Pennsylvania Colinization Society, 160 00
Pennsylvania State Agicultural
Society,
Common Schools,
Commissioners of the Sinking
Fund, • 260 ; 838 00
Loans, ; - 3/6,55060
Interest on Loans, - 2,077;039 94
Guarantied Interest, 24,517 50
Domestic Creditors, . ~. -- 1,629 85.
Damages on the Public Works, _ 29,816 86
'Special Coin Missioners, . 251 50
State Library, •. -: _ ' - 2 , 509 93
Public Buildings and Grounds,- 13,466 77
.
Houses ofßefuge, -
Penitentiaries, , 24,108 00
.
Escheats, - 1,039 05
Penn'a Claimants under the' Acts
of 1799, 1802,-&e. ' _
Colonial Records and Penn'a Ar 7
chives, : 3,217 50
AmendmentS to the Constitution, 3,9_13 83
Abatement of State Tax, ' 60.691 19
Re-issuing Relief Notes, 1,000 00
Mereantile Appraisers, 827 14
Counsel lees and . Corrimissions,• 10,734 72
_ _....
Miicellaneous,
Balance in the Sta.e Treasury
Nov. 30, 1855, available, $1,245,697 31
Depreciated funds•in the Treasury
unavailable, ' $41,030 00
LOUIS NAPOLEON IN OUR GRAIN MARKET.
—The Rochester Union states that the agents
of the French emperor have been largely en
"gaged this fall in purchasing wheat in the
West, on his account.' - They have purchas
ed 900,000 bushels, of which 650,000 came
to Buffalo, and 250,000 bushels to Oswego.—
All but 40,000 went down the Erie Canal.
The same agents . are still buying in Illinois
and other Western States, to go down the
Mississippi, and out by .New Orleans.
Philadelphia Markets.
- ID-EcomnnalOth,lBss
- FLOUR AND MEAL,—The week's trans
actions for,sqipment have been limited to some
3,00054000 bbls in small lots, at $9,9.5a950 for
standard superfine, $9,50a9,75
, for
~extra., and
59,75a10,00 for extra family, showing a decline
of 25c per bbl., For home consumption the sales
'have mostly been within the range of $9,25a9,-
50 for commonanu choice brands, and $9.50a10
for extras. Rye flour--sales at
,80,50 per bbl.
Corn Meal continues in demand at $4 per, bbl. ,
GRAIN. —Prices of Wheat arc fully 10e, per
bushel lower, the week'ssales- only . reaching
about 35,000 bushels, at from 200a220e. for
reads, and.210a:235e for white of inferior and
prime quality, mostly within the range of 9,07 a
215c.-Ibr the former, and_2 L5a1..1,20e. for the lat
ter, of good quality; the closing - sales were at
our luwest figures for fair lots. Rye—Sales of
about 30,000 bushels, principally :Western, at '
125ets . . Corn is, also nearly steady, at 70a80e.1
for new yellow, as to condition, and 100a102 for
old. Oats are rather lower, and .about 25,000
bushels sold at 43a44c.. for Delaware, and 44a_
456. for Penna., closing at our lowest figures.
DIED,
On filo 9th inst., CA LN:AN A RISTIELM R. on
of A. A. and C.C. Jacobs, aged 2 years 3 months
and 5 days,.
. .
45 4,
•
• Labciiers Waitted.
HUNDRED LABORERS, on See
,t)k tionsB9 'arid '4O, ,of the•,-.Fltzntin b .rdol.
and. Broad Toiatair R.bid:LL - 'C'onstant employ`.
merit, and.liberat weges given:
The situation is healthy and agreeable.
THOMAS KEATING, Contractor,
December 11th, 1855.
?AANLIPI ? JUS_'l'.
pi.rE undersigned proposes to construct-from
1 actual survey, and publish, if a- sufficient
number of subscribers can be obtained,. •
A MAP OF PRANELIN TOWNSHIP
Huntingdon county, on which" will be represen.
ted alrthe Village's, Streams of Water, Public
Roads, Post Offices, Churches,
School Houses;
Furnaces, Forges, Grist and Sitv Mills, the
boundaries of the School Districts, and other
objects worthy of note in said township. The
position of most of the, dwellings will be gii-en
with the name of the owners Or occupiers:
VIEWS OF FARM RESIDENCES, .(house
and barn) plainovill be inserted on the niarg,in
of the Map for five dollars each view; for more
than two buildings, rif ornamental, ten dol
lars. The boundaries of farms or tracts ofland,
together with the area of the same, will be
shown,, for ,one dollar each, in case a draft is
furnished - by the owner. - ,
The scale will-be about eighty perches to one
•,the size of
,the Map, including the
marginal representations, three feet wide and
four-an long. • Priec three dollars.
-It will be HANDSOMELY ENGRAVED,
COLORED, VARNISHED,•and mOunted 'on
rollers, and will form a desirable rererence wor
' thy a place in the office or dwelling of every citi
zen of the township.—To be completed and
delivered to subscribers within six months from
this date. Specimen maps can be seen at my
office. J. SIMPSON AFRICA,
Hantingdon, Dec. 11th, 1855,
8.30 92
1,983 79
1,495 07
ATOTICE is hereby given to the 'ranchero,
J. School Directors,' and other friends of edu
cation, that the Huntingdon County Teacher's'
Institute will meet at the Court- House in the
borough of Huntingdon, on Monday , the 24th,
Dec:, at 10 o'clock A. M. to oontinue in- sest.ion
two days. Several important reports will be
read before the Institute.
All are respectfully requested to a ttend.
By order of the Board of Managers,
AIeDIVITT, Secretary.
Barrec Forge, e
Dec. Ilth; 1855.
BY virtue of au order of the Orphans. Court of
Huntingd6u county Ahem will be sold at
public -outcry on the premises, on Tuesday tho
Bth day of January next, (185 G.) the_folluwing
described real estate,-situated in Tell township
Huntingdon comity; late the estate of Thomas
Love, dee'd„ to wit: The undivided half. part
of a certain,
TRACT OF LAND,
situate in the township and county aforesaid,
adjoining on the avast land of John and Samuel
Bolinger, on the east, .land of William l'aun,
and other land of said intestate on the south,
and land of .James Love on the north, the
whole tract 'containing One Hundred and
Twenty AcreS more' or less, most 'of which
is cleared and cultivated,and on which •
are erected 'a log dwelling house and eM
barn. Subject to the life estate of Mrs. a MiN
Isabella Love, the mother of said intestate.
Timms or SA LE:- One third of 'the purchase
money to be paid on confirmation, of sale, and
the residue in two equal an payments there_
al:ter,Nvith interest, to, , be secured by tile.: Bonds
and Mortgage of the purchaser.
Saleto connuenee•at, twelve o'clock Dl. when
and attendanco will be given by
.WILLIAM S. LYONS,
.Administrator of Thomas Love, dec'd.
December Bth, 1855. 3t. '
951,838,791 r 8
330,081 22
1.570 55
4.240 00
240,574 05
MIIOSE:•who wish to hear something of that
1 long-epeeted day, should read this book. -
It having an immense sale; 5000 copies hav
ing been ordered in advance of publication.
We send a copy by male, Pre-paid on receipt
of the price. $1 ' J. W. I.3IIAbLEY",-
Publisher;
' ' . , 48 North Fourth Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
, N. 13. Agents wanted to sell this and other
p o pular books; in all parts of the United States.
Send for our List and terms to Agents.
1,799 86
10,858 18
85,385,707 52
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons in-
Wrested that the undersigned auditor, ap
pointed by the Orphans' Court of Huntingdon
county, to distribute the balanee'remaining in
the hands of George MeCrum, Administrator Of
Martha Selfridge, deceased, amongst those en.
titled to receive the same, will attend for the
perpose aforesaid, on Friday the 4th day of Jan
uary next, at one o'clock, P. M., at his office in
the borough of Huntingdon, when and where all
persons having elaims_upon said balance are re
quired to present them, or be thereafter forever
•
debarred from receiving any share thereof
JOHN REED, Auditor.
December sth, 1855.
$6,672,434 83
NOTICE is hereby given to -ztll persons inter
ested thatthe undersigned Auditor, appoitt 7
led by the Orphans'. Court of Huntingdon claim.:
ty, to distribute the balance remaining in• the
hands of Dr. C. J. Hirst, .Adnainistrator of Wil
liam liirst, Esquire, deed., amongst those cnti
tled thereto, will attend for the purpose aforesaid
on Saturday the sth day of January , next, at
one ociock, P. M., at his office in the borough of
Huntingdon,..when and where all persons -hay
in,g au interest in said balance, arc rat - incited to
attend and preSnt their claims or be from thence
forth fdrevcr debarred from receiving any share'
of said baltam. •
December 51.11, 16'55
NT:ernctr::-.„!s o:i te t
i r i e e bT wi
i f
o i given o .t h h ri a t w it.: t ß t e i rA t s e ,
r s c tu .:
scr, late of Hopewell township, deceased,' have
been granted to the undersigned.. All peronap
indebted to the &state of said deceased, aie-r'e
quested to ma.ke. payment 'and those having'
claims to present. 'them 'for settlement.
• JACOB WEAVER, . . . ...; , .
'' . JACOB S.' BARKSTRESSER, ~
. .
Execet ors,
• December, sth •1.855.* • ,
10,000 lbs, Pure - . ,Tallow Can dies;‘,
L 1 ), and Dip, ,. !for , 7a le wlFß.test c, .
' Huntingdon, Nov.f •1r
Cider Vinegar ! Cider- Vinegar •'-'
ranted,
:Ours, Cider - .Vinegar, war
-sOrand for sale at wholesale price, by•
FRED„
guniirigdoo, Nor. 21
Are YotLAfilicted iv#li,the Rtieianatisrm.
C. WESTBROOK, of Cassville,
ufactures a sure cure for Rbeumatim. •
December 7th, 1855.
AR
CY
T'.IACH.ERS' • INSTITUT
ORPHANS COURT SALE.
"TER GOOD TIME COMING,"
By T. S.. ARTHUR,
AIMITOR'S NOTICE
AUDITOR'S .NOTICII..
‘JOITN 'REED, Auditor.'
EXECUTORS' NOTICE.