v-3e VC Tiil'SENTilL EBEXSBURG, PA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1851 IETThe Scsti.uel, has much the largest cir eulation of any paper published in this county 'and as an advertising sheet offrs superior inducements to merchants and business men generally. Those desirous of making ust of this medium for extending their business can da so by either sending their notices direct, or through the following agents' John Crouse, Eq-, Johnstown. E. XV. Carr, Evans' Buildingj, Third Philadelphia. V. B. Palmer, Esq., XewYork Philadelphia and Baltimore. HT We like the plan adopted by War 8. Campbell, Esq., in the publication of the Allotments made on the Portage Road for supplying materials &c. The amount to be received on each contract is set op posite the name of each contractor, so that the public and "all the rest of mankind" may eee at a glance the price paid by the Commonwealth for services performed in her behalf. Fallon County. A mass meeting of the Democracy of this county was held in M'Connellsburg, on Monday evening the 13th inst., at which resolutions were adopted favorable to a separate Judicial Convention, and complimentary to Messrs. James Buchan an, J. S. Black, Job Mann, John Cessna S. W. Black and Wm. Bigler. Messrs. James B. Sansom, A. J. Fore and Wm. C. Reamer were appointed Representative Conferees to meet Confer ees from the other counties in this district to select delegates to the democratic State Conventions. We also observe that the Democrats of Bedford county have called a meeting for the same purpose. uWe have received a copy of the re port of Wm. S. Campbell, Esq., Super intendent A. P. R. R. It gives a clear and accurate statement of the receipts and expenses of the Portage Railroad during me past year, ana ine probable amount necessary to keep it in operation the com ing season. As it is a document which will be read with interest, we intended giving it to our readers this week, but the publication of the County Auditor's Report and the .Allotments on the Portage Road have crowded it out of this number. It will appear in our next. "Harrisbiirg Keystone." We are gratified to perceive that our friend, lion. Georce R. M'Farlane, of Hollidaysburg, has become part proprie tor and associated in the editorial depart ment of that sterling democratic paper, the Harrisburo Keystonk. From what we know of the Jcdge, we feel confident that, his connection with the Keystone will add much to its character and ability as a lead, ing democratic organ. He is a spirited and vigorous writer, a sound democrat and a perfect gentleman, and in his new sphere of usefulness we wish him abun. dant success. We extract the following paragraphs from his inaugural address to the patrons of the "Keystone." "it shall be our aim to make it an or gan of the great Democratic party of Penn sylvania, and not of any man or set of men who may chance to form a prominent integral portion of that part). Men and measures will be estimated by the immu table principles of democracy, and as they square with them they will be advocated or condemned. The Democrat who honestly and faith fully sustains these principles, and makes them the rule of his conduct, will find in the Keystone a friend; if need be, a defen der. The man or men who seek to use ihe garb of democracy to cover schemes of personal, pecuniary or political aggran dizement, will meet in its columns, oppo- tion; if need be, denunciation. 0:i na tional questions, the Keystone will "occupy national ground and stand firmly by the Constitution and the Union. The interests of our great state and her whole people will be guarded vigilantly and with our best ability, and it will be our earnest endeavor to elevate the stan dard of Pennsylvania character and to place the Keystone State before the Union and the world in her proper position; to show her an empire in herself, boundless in her resources, capable of supporting from her own bosom, her teeming and in dustrious children and of offering an asy lum to the oppressed of other climes." LIT The news from Europe, confirms the previous indications of peace in Ger many. All is substantially settled there, though the Dresden Conferences are now engaged in the business of smoothing off secondary difficulties. As regards the great question, that of precedence between Prussia and Austria, the submission of the former is complete. The infamy of the (ierman Princes, and above all of Freder ick William of Prussia, is now carried to an ideal degree of perfection. The Elector of Hesse Cassel, with the forger, Ilassen plug, has returned in triumph to his capi tal. Every Constitution in Germany is now worthless, every ruler may play the tyrant without restraint. And finally a Prussian Army is about to enter Schleswig Ilolstein with an Austrian one to subjugate the Duchies to Denmark, that is to Russia. From other countries the news is of the usual texture. In Austrian Italy the revo lutionary elements are far from submissive. Conspiracies are constant, and the gallow s groan with the weight of detected patriots. Things in r ranee wear a pitiful aspect iust now. In Sweden the movement for a representative reform has met with a decisive defeat. Tribune. The Rise of Men of Eminence. Mr. Disney, member of Congress from Ohio, was formerly a house painter; Senator Dickinson worked at a mechanicle trade until after he attained his majority; H. L. Turney. U. S. Senator from Tennessee and Andrew Johnston, Representative from the same state, were and are tailors; and there are tn Coqgress many mechan ics. Gen. Houston worked a his trade as a hatter until after he was twenty-one. Justice M'Kinly, of the U. S. Supreme Court, was a carpenter and joiner. The history of Benjamin Franklin. Roger Sher man, Gen. Greene,' Gen. Putnam, and hundreds of others who have been eleva ted to stations of honor, are full of instruc tion, and worthy of emulation by the youth of the present generation. Our friends Mcrray & Zaum have just received a fine assortment ol J-nnts, Muslins, Ginghams, fcc, which they will sell low. Give them a call. Death of John Fursnson,Esq. W e neglected in our last to announce the death of our esteemed friend and fel low citizen, John Ferguson, Esq. lie uieti in iew Urleans, on the tenth mst., of pulmonary consumption. He left this county several weeks since with a view of! going to Cuba in the hope of recruiting' his health, but it seems he was seized by the hand of death ere lie reached his place of destination. He was well known by! the people of this county, and universally esteemed as an honest and upright man, and his death will be mourned by all with whom he was acquainted. Godev's Lady's Book for March is al ready on our table, and is more bright and beautiful than ever. This number con tains four splendid engravings, besides a Iare number of embellishments. . The Bird and Flower Plate is certainly one of the most beautiful tilings we ever saw in a magazine, and is the best evidence God- ey could give his host of patrons in order to assure them that he can't be beat. Godey merits in an eminent degree, the almost unbounded popularity which his work has obtained with the American public. L-fNothing of importance doing in the Legislature. VZFThe Canal Commissioners have or dered the Canals to be opened on the 15th of February, if the weather permit. NO APPOINTMENTS. We delayed our paper this morning with a hope of being able to announce the appointments of the Canal Commissioners But no appointments were made up to twelve o'clock yesterday. Every thing is still in doubt, although we believe the appointments will be certaiuly made to day or to-morrow. E3?General Arista was to be inaugura ted President of Mexico on the 15ih of this month, and great preparations were making for the ceremony in the capital. The forthcoming administration was the subject of much speculation in the news papers. It is confidently hoped that he will prove a liberal ad enlightened Pres ident, and that, under his rule, business will revive, and Mexico prosper. There is a talk of his seizing the church funds for the support of the government and the army. Arista, however, must have acqui red many useful lessons during the war with this country and since its conclusion, and we trust he may employ the wisdom thus gained to the true advancement of his nation in prosperity and in freedom. The 1'crhanic Street Bridge Burnt. On Sunday morning about one o'clock, a fire broke out on the upper bridge, across the Allegheny River, in the Fifth Ward, and in less than half an hour the entire structure was destroyed. The fire was undoubtedly the work of incendiaries as it is said it broke out in different parts of the bridge at once. All efforts to stop it were useless, for, the fire, burned with such surprising rapidity, that in less than three or four minutes the entire structure was one sheet of living flames. From shore to shore not a particle of timber it couta be 6een whicn was not burning at one and the same time. The hill sides land the adjacent houses reflected back the lurid light, which m3de even the lower part of the city as brilliant as day for a few moments. But the burning was of short duration. In a few moments the first span on the Pittsburg side fell crash ing and hissing into the water, and within six minutes by a watch, the whole five spans were floating down the waters of the Allegheny, blazing as they floated away like the wrecks of a fleet of steam boats. Fortunately the Aqueduct and the bridges below escaped, although the wreck struck against their piers and for some considerable time, they were in consider able danger. The bridge which was destroyed was constructed fourteen or fifteen years ago, and belonged to a stock company. The original cost of the structure was about $15,000. It was built of wood and cov ered. The fire swept through the arches with the speed of lightning. It is strange that no night watch was kept upon the bridge, yet such we are informed was the fact. What object incendiaries could have had in setting it on fire we are at a loss to determine. We learn there was an insurance on the bridge made only a few weeks since of $20,000. some say 30,000 in two or three different offices one of them the Protection of Hanford. This amount if realized, together with a surplus fund of about S10.000 which the company have, will erect a new bridge. The piers do not appear to have been injured seriously. Pitts. Chronicle. - ALLOTMENTS Of Contracts for furuishing Ho se Power, Cord JT ?od. Sawing and Splitting, Coal, Castings and materials on the Allegheny Portage Hail Road during the season of 1851. HORSE POTT Elf, Samuel Bracken, Gore & Robb, A. Dearmilt, ' Wm. Rainey & Co. Wm. K. Piper, Geo. Rutiledge, David Sharp, J. A. M'Gough, David Sharp, Rolland Humphrey, John M'Garity, A. Isenhour, A. Gilbrath, Wm. Hamilton, J. D. Spielman, John M'Cormick, John Zentz, James M'lntosh, John M'Cormick, William Johnston, Rich Folks in San Francisco. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company are taxed SI 1,1 10; LeidsorflT estate S6082; TvJellas, Howard &, Co. $0982; Stevenson fc Parker $3869; J. L. Folsom $3839: Jamea 1'ick $0444; Chas L. Ross $2470; land while wool costs 4s. 6d. the flax pre GREAT ALLEGED DISCOVERY. Two discoveries of inventions are an nounced by the London Morning Chroni cle, which if real, will exert a vast influ ence upon the political, the commercial. the moral and the social condition of the United States. One ol these inventions is that of a mode of preparing flax, by a combination of mechanicat and chemical means which at a very inning expense, renders the fibre fit to be made up in fab rics of either the greatest coarseness or the greatest fineness; either the coarsest can vass or Brussels lace. The other inven tion is one adapting flax fibre to cotton or woolen or silk machinery, or for mixing it with these materials. The Chronicle says that from 125 pounds of flax, 100 pounds of material identical with clean cotton, can be produced for less than a half a crown. The mixture of wool witli flax forms a fabric exceedingly durable Singular Discovery of Stoldn Jew elry at Pottsville. We learn from the Miners' Journal, at Pottsville, that on Thursday last, while some children were at play upon the hjll-side, near Fishbauch half a mile from Pottsville, one of the num ber discovered a small string fastened to a bush: his curiosity being awakened, the string was seized, and after pulling at it. he found that it became detached from some object beneath the snow. Upon an examination of the string, several gold rings were found upon it, and a slight search enabled them to discover an old slocking or drawer leg with several hun dred dollars worth of unfinished gold rings pencils, chains, &c. In the vicinity, another string was found, fastened in ihe same manner, but leading ofT in a differ ent direction, to the end of which there was a large amount of jewelry- also unfin ished. The Pottsvill Journal thinks these articles come from some lare manufac turing house in Philadelphia or New York, and the spoil hidden beneath the snow by the party committing the theft, and the spot designated by the small strings so as to enabl them to regain their spoils in a future day. Mrs. Elizabeth Davis $3000; Macrondy & Co. 1170; E. P. Jones $2717; B. R. Huckelew $2002; C. Minturn $2500; W. S. ClarK $2340; John Townsend S15SS; Palmer, Cook & Co. SJuP4; R. M. Price $1661; fourteen others over S1000; several $fJ00; E. Gilbert & Co., printers, $750; John W Geary $625; J. C. Fremont $625, and many others from $600-down. The above is only the city tax, mind ye, the state and county being about as much more. Is it possible Mr. Webster could cer have said California is "not worth a dollar ?" pared and ready for spinning may be ob tained for 6d per pound, so that with the flax and wool spun together in equal quan tities the cost would be reduced nearly one half. Johnstown Boat Slip a 50c per Horse fc 00c per Drir Footof Plane No. 1 " C5c " 63c .. Through Tunnell, "57c" 57c Foot of Plane No 2 - 50c " " 50c " Head of do do "50c " " 60c . Foot of Plane No 3, " 55c " " COa Head of do do. " 50c " " 50c " Foot of Plane No 4, 50c " " 50c Head of do do, " 50c " " 46c " Foot of Plane No 5, " 50c t " 50c " Head of do do. 49c" " 50c Head of Plane No C, " 50c " " 50c " Between Planes No C& 7 " 00c " " COc " Level between Planes No7&8, lie per car each war. Foot of PI ane No 8, a 53c per Horse & 53c per Driver Head of Plane No 9, " 50c ." " 48c " Foot of do do. " 48c " 46c " " Head of Plane No 10, " 47c " " 47c " Foot of do do. " 50c " " 50c " Hillidsbiirg Boat Slip " 33C " " 3Sc " r CORD WOOD. Johnstown Station 100 Cords at $1,372 per cord do do 100 " 1,33 " " do do 100 " " 1,10 " do do 500 " " 1,40 " Tunnel Station 100 " " 1.40 " do do 100 " " 1,40 " do do 200 " " 1,45 " " do do 150 " " 1,45 " " do do 400 " " 1,45 " " do do 200 " " 1,45 " do do 100 ' " 1,45 " Half-Way House Station 200 " " 1.37$ " " do do 200 " " 1,39 " do do 200 1,39 " do do 100 " " 1,40 " " do do 200 1,10 " do do 200 " " 1.40 ' Plane No 2 Station 200 ' 1.23- do do 300 " 1.25 " do do 200 " 1.25 " " do do 200 " " 1,25 " " do do 300 " 1.25 " Between Planes No 2 t 3, 600 1,30 " do do No 3 t 4, 500 " 1,20 " " do do do 500 " " 1,20 " " do do do 300 " " 1.20 " do do do 600 " 1.20 " do do 4 & 5, 600 " 1.20 " do do do 700 " " 1,20 " " do do 5 fc 6, 500 " 1.20 ; " do do 8 fc 9, 200 1.50 " " Foot of Plane No 10. 50 " 1,50 " David Williams, R. Sanderson, Thomas M'Cabe, Jphn Murray, Jacob Steinman, John Finnegan, Bernard M'Colgan, Robert Trotter, John Egan, Michael Bracken, William Adams, Anthony Long, Patrick M'Cormick, Murray & Zahm, Martin Pring'e, George Pringle, Enos Elles Francis O Friel, John M'Gough, Bernard M'Colgan, Samuel St Clair, John Long, John O'Neill, i Rifiel & Humphreys, M (jough &; rox, J. M'Gonigle, Jas. A. M'Gough, Riflel &, Humphreys, h.dward Donaldson, Riflel & Humphreys, Kobert Ciardner, Peter II. Wilt. S.ZiriXG SPLITTING. John O'Rourk. Peter Kinney, Samuel Phimmer, P. & J. M'Kinney, Patrick Reiley, John Sharkey, Hugh O'Donnell, George W. George, Charles Gailey, John Brissell, Valeniine Hang, Johnstown Station at 33 per cord Tunnell do do 33 ic " Half Way do do 33c " Plane No 2 do do 3Gc FootofNo3do do 37c " do No 4 do do 36c " do No 5 do do 36c Head No 5 do do 36c Foot No 8 do do 33c " do No 9 do do 3lc do No 10 do do 33c fnilom House in Piltsbarg. Efforts are being made by the Pittsburg, ers to induce Congress to make an appro priation of seventy-five thousand dollars for the purpose of establishing a Custom Houee and other public offices in that city. "We notice that the above appropriation has been inserted in the Civil and Diplo matic Bill now in the hands of a Congres- Bional Committee, and hopes are enter. tained that it will finally pass. . The Pittsburg Post and Despatch have been selected by the Councils Pittsburg as City Printers for the ensuing vear. f"Joe Baiker is in Philadelphia. He teeii4 to be "very small potatoes" now. Oregon against California. As the gold fever of California declines the substantial inducements of Oregon be-! come attractive. Hon Samuel R. Thurs- ton, delegate from that countiy, has pub lished a manifest to show emigrants the inducements they have to settle in that country. He says "the soil of Oregon is more productive than that of any other part of the world of the same latlidude, raising grain of any kind with abundant facility and furnishing exceedingly rich pastures. The climate he considers as peculiarly healthful, more like that of Southern New England, than any other part of our At lantic territory. Its water is very fine, and its icater power unsurpassed. Build ing material is in great plenty, so what with air, water and wood, few countries possess superior inducements for perma nent settlers. Fish and game are plenty. The geological appearance of the country would indicaie that all the really xisrful metals may be found in abundance. Attr active man can find ready emplovmeat, whether as a farmer or artificer. Provi sions are high, but this is in favor of one who goes there with the intention of rais ing them. Stock is raised without cutting hay, or housing the cattle the year round. Arrangements for education have already been commenced; and the school house and churches arc being erected in all the settlements, Liberty' in France. A political con demnation has just taken place in Paris, ! which shows that the judiciary of France is completely subservient to the despotic government which now rules there, under the name of "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity." The following account of the matter is given by the Paris corres pondent of the National Intelligencer : " A chemist of Paris and son (a student of medicine) were charged before the Court of Assizes with an offence against the person of the President of the Repub lic, consisting in the distribution of copies of a plaster cast bearing the inscription, "The Boulougne Oyster, 1840." The caricature represented a rock, upon the summit of which was displayed a large gaping oyster. Within the shell appeared the caricatured likeness of M. Louis Na poleon Buonaparte. There was also a head wih the enormous nose, the small eyes, the bushy moustache, and the famous cocked hat of the Emperor. For the conception and distribution of this witless and harmless piece of fun, the father and son were sentenced each two years' im prisonment, and $600 fine. The defend ants' counsel begged a postponement of the trial, to attend the bed of a dying father. It was refused ; the trial was or dered, and the sentence pronounced with out the intervention of a jury. Wild Cat, the famous Indian chief who has formed a settlement in Mexico, has been appointed a justice of the peace by the Mexican government. He recent ly took with him from Arkansas, a num ber of Negroes and Indians. They are to have implements of husbandry, and a cer tain portion of land given them, on condi tion that they cultivate it and obey the laws. Another object is to defend the Mexican frontier from the incursions of the Camanches. This settlement may yet be a matter of some importance to Texas. From California. There were two arrirals at New York on Tuesday last from California, bringing later news, a large number of passengers, and about SI, 500,000 in gold. The election of a United States Senator was agitating political circles. It is said Co!. Fremont will not be re-elected, his 'gold bill," passed during last summer, by Congress, having renuereu mm very un popular. J nere is a great many canui- dates and no opinion is given as to who will be the successful candidate. Business is represented as being dull. Real estate and rents are declining, and building materials much cheaper than formerl . The appointments by the President for California are generally approved. There are seven aaily papers in San Francisco. The cholera has nearly disappeared. Another destructive lire occurred at San Francisco on ihe I4th of December. The loss is variously estimated at from $50,000 to 8100,000. Something New. A locomotive engine is being built at a shop near New York, which is to be something of a novelty. The Tribune says, nothing but alcohol is to be used for heating the boiler. It is constructed upon a principle heretofore untried, but it is expected to be entirely successful in its operation. It is built for the Erie Railroad, and it will be tcstejj on that road this week. John Murray, John O'Neill, Geo. Bingham & Co. Same, Same, Same. Same, Same, Isadore Beaujon, John O'Neill Sam. J. Renshaw James St Clair A. Mnrbourg & Co S. J. Renshaw John Shaffer (ieorge dates Daniel Burke Wehn Wallers James Skelly Anthonv Long Lewis Plitt Jacob Fronheiser Daniel Burk. David Farner George Gntes Wehn & W alters Lewis Plitt John Maneely Jacob Maneely COAL. Plane No I Planes No 2 3 & 4 Plane No 5 Planes No6& 7 Plane No 8 Plane No 9 Plane No 10 Hollidaysburg Boat Slip and Depot, Johnstown Boat Slip nnd Depot, MATER Li LS. 4c 2c 2dc at at at a-t at 2c nt 2ic at 2jc at 3c at 2!c per bu do hel do do do do do do do l!0 do do do do do do do Sheeve Timber 15,000 feet at 2c per foot lin do 5,000 " " 2c " " String Timber 6.000 " 4c " do 3;000 - " 4c " " do 5,000 " 4c " " " do 3.000 " 4c " " do 10.000 u " 4c " do 4.000 " 4ic " " " do 6 000 " " 4c " " do 5.000 " " 4lc " do 5.000 " " 4c " " do 4.000 " " 4jc " do 9.000 " " 4c " " " Ties 2,500 Ties " 20c per Tie do 500 do " 20c do do do 2.000 do " 20c do do do 2 500 do " 20c do do do 1,500 do " 20c do do do 500. do " 20c do do do 500 do " 20c do do Michael Kelley G. R M'Farlane Kelley & M'Lanahan Geo. R. M Farhne 2ic 2c 2c CASTINGS Motive Power (except wheels) at 2ic per lb Wheels (M Farlanes Patent; at Repair Castings (onehalf) at do do (one half ) at The ahove Contractors are requested to appear at the Office of the Superintend ent in person, and enter into contract as soon as practicable, an unreasonable delay will be considered an abandonment ot the contract. WILLIAM S. CAMPBELL, Superintendent Allegheny Portage Rail Road. Summit, January 27th 1851. Medical Blunders. Sometimes med ical blunders turn out well for both phy- cian nnu patient, as in tne case ol our friend. John Smith. After a convivial meeting, ur. O. was sent lor oy a young lady who was fond of a sly glass. Upon being left alone with his fair patient, he felt her pulse, but owing to his potations, found himself quite incapable of counting it unconsciously muttering to. himself as he held her wrist "Drunk, very drunk. It so alarmed the young lady, that she fell upon her knees, and implored the doctor's Secrecy as to her frailty. In the Court of Common I'leas of Cambria County. In the mailer of the application of Peter Helinin, for a divorce lrn the boii'i i mai- uinony euierea inio wi-h nmu uigci , m Anna tlelman. A.H now to wit, 7lh January, IP51, O. O. K. Z hm, . appointed Commissioner to lake testimony. CAMBRIA COUNTY, SS. Extract troni ihe record of said List of Causes, TT3 UT down for trial at an adjournti Court of common pleas to be held at Ebensburg, in .nd for the county of Cambria, on the first Monday of A. D. 1831. March Court, certified tll'8 2.1: h day of rUiA 1. A O IflRI fS WM. K1TTELL. Prothonalary. January 29. 1851. The Commissioner will examine testimony in tho alove case on Mon day 1 he 17tli i!ay of Kebrna ry next, from one u four oVIock in the after noon, al tlie Court House in Ebensburg. G.C. K. ZAHM Jan. 30. 13 50. Id. ILast Notice. The book-, noiea and papers of the Estate of Patrick M'Coy, deceaaed. kve b.-en placed in my hands lor collection; and ihoae interested are hereby notifi-d that the said estate must be cttled tiri immediately. P ROBERT L. OHNSTON. 7.,ntirT 15, 1S51 I l-3t M'Kinzie adm'r Fmix Entrikena ex'n Orr Jackson Kin ports Miltenberger jVyi-rs J. lit.stnvvn borough Troftz Tyon Pilx-rt &. Oaborne J Allies jVoore Linton Paul M Guire i-'WDermit Kinghain ftobison. Little &. Co. Carter T9 Hnrgoon va DiUon Ts Burk vs Sharp vs (Jeorge vV. Doajhertr vs Newman el al rs Aorrison vs Jfhusiown borough vi Myers v Ocb .rne Si. M'Kc vs Dillon va Treitz vs Jones v Patterson vs Gat s vs Trotter & Tnpper va Co!cl-ser et at vs Bra ley vs Same vs Ifmsnam Jan. 23, 18.il. Wm. 16. Ki l l ELL, ProlU. IUKEY. White 1-ead Oil at J. and Lineeaa MOORE'S.
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