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Important.
A meeting of the Democratic County Commit
tee, is requested at the olGce of the undersigned,
in Ebensburg. on Monday the 5ih day of June
inst., (being the Monday of the ensuing Court,)
at 7 o'clock. P. M. Matters of importance, upon
which the Cv-ramittee are to act. will be laid be
fore them. A full attendance is desired.
WM. KIT TELL.
May 1, 1S54.
P. S. The Committee is composed of the fol
lowing persons, viz : Wm. Kit tell, (Chairman,)
Anthony "Will, Peter McCoy, Joseph Craig,
Paul Kingston, Nicholas Nagle, James Carroll,
Henry Scandan, Roger Shiels, Peter Trexler,
John Harker, Robert Brown, Samuel Bracken,
James Dick, M. M. O'Neill, S. C. Wingard, YY.
IV. Harris, A. Stambaugh, J. B. McCreight, S.
B. Cohick, Sebastian Fry, P. Braniff, John F.
Stull, J. Wcisingcr, Wm. Murray, John Kean,
J. M. Riffle, J. C. McGinley, Wm. A. Glass,
Francis Bearer, James McColgan, C. B. Kennedy,
George Walters and Jacob Kline.
Johnstown Echo, please copy.
New Adyeetisemexts. "W. W. Ivory & Co. ,
will sell at Auction on tne 15th inst., a large and
varied assortment of Dry Goods, Groceries &c,
together with Buggies, Carriages, Horses, Har
ness and other articles not enumerated.
We refer our readers to the advertisement of
Edward Roberts. He has received a beautiful
stock of goods, which we cheerfully recommend
to those who are in want of cheap and durable
goods. Purchase ol those who advertise if you
want bargains.'
Samuel Peterebergcr at the Summit has receiv
ed a new supply of Ready Made Clothing, Lc.
Mrs. M. Todd & Miss II. E. Cope have oicnd
a fancy millinery Store on the Summit. See
advertisement.
Dissolution by Wm. B. Krisc & Samuel Bar
nicle Notice to Contractors, by T. G. Pomroy
Military Notice, by B. M'Dermitt Notice, by
James C. How Brigade Notice, by John Linton.
Sale of the Main' Line
In our last issue, we told our readers that the
bill for the sale of that part of the public works
called the main Line, had passed both houses of
the Legislature, and awaited the Executive sanc
tion or veto. Since then, the Governor has sign
ed the bill, and to sell is now the law.
It is true, the Governor, in his message to the
Legislature, at the beginning of the present ses
sion of that body, expressed himself somewhat
unfavorably to the sale, and Whig vigilance soon
discovered food for Whig whining, and one would
think from their vote of fault-finding, that Mr.
Biglcr ought to be a statue in the Chair of State,
instead of the guardian of the public and the
discriminating Executive of the laws already
made, as well as of those which he assists in
making. Now, that he has signed the bill, the
same note of complaint is heard on a slightly
different key, for that he has adopted a differ
ent policy from that indicated in his message.
Of course the people understand these puny
attempts to find ought wherewith to accuse the
popular candidate of our party, and Mr. Pollock
and his friends will see, in the course of time,,
how much and how little they will avail. Gov
ernor Biglcr has signed the bill fr various good
and sufficient reasons, some of which he did not
and could not know when his message was sub
mitted. The ground upon which he opposed the
. sale, in that document, was his belief in the
ability of this sovereign Commonwealth to man
age her own property and render it productive.
To this end he recommended a change in the
rules and modes of management, not heretofore
attempted, "and which, had the co-ordinate
branch of the law-making power concurred,
might have 6aved to the State her valuable im
provements and rendered them source of reve
nue and public pride. But the Legislature con
dueled upon a different policy ; a majority of
the Canal Board concurred ; the comparative rev
enue of this, with rival routes, is found to be
much less than was anticipated. The vote of the
people, taken some years ago, has indexed the
popular wish that the sale should take place,
and the provisions of the bill securing important
rights to the citizens, and reserving controlling
powers, all conduced to prevail with his Excel
lency, to forego his favorite schemojof reform and
allow the Main Line to come into market.
"Whether this is the best thing that could be
done in tho premises, is yet an open problem.
Many excellent democrats are fouud on both
sides of the question, and there are those of op
posite politics who diverge greatly 'in their views
of the matter. Time will show which are the
seers.
Rumors are current, that the competition cf
bidders wiit be much stronger than has been
presupposed, and that the maximum range cf
proposals may reach as much as fifteen millions.
uch news is well calculcted to rebuke tbofce en-
thusiastic plilanthropists, who went for the "un
conditional sale cf tho public work," and rather
than burden the glorious Keystone, were willing
to give them away.
The Postage.
By the report cf the Pest Master General, it
appeared that the revenue derived from the Post
Office Department, since the present cheap rates
of postage have been in operation, lias not been
sufficient to defray the expenses of that depart
ment. Yiewing this fact as of sufficient import
ance, it has been lately proposed at "Washing
ton, to increase the rates of postage until they
would equal or excesd those paid by the people,
before the last reduction look place.
The response to this proposition to increase
a direct tax upon the nation, in an indirect man
ner, is every where strong and decided against
the deed, and we arc gratified to see that such
is the case, while wc heartily join with the com
plainants.
If the present system of postage law, eloes
not defray the expenses of that branch of the
government, can the wise men of the Capitol
think cf no other method to remedy the deficien
cy, than the stolid oppressive mode of making
the people pour into the treasury increased trib
ute ? Is the system so intricate that the wise
acres can devise no improvement, or are fearful
e.f touching the system with a reforming hand,
lest it fall into chaotic ruins in their giasp ? Can
nothing be done to correct the cheats and frauds
which have been executed in mail contracts, so
much as to have made it the subject of remark
bv the President in his last general message to
Congress.
"We have a surplus revenue in the treasury of
over fifteen millions at present, and if it be
found that three cent postage will not pay, why
not make up the loss with some of that, at least
until the experiment to more fully tested
The Press is nobly doing its duty as the Ar
erus of our political rights, and nothing gives us
more hope and joy, than to observe the fact.
Every print should devote some space, however
small, to the outspoken assailment of this moot
ed infringement of their, and their reader s in
tercsts, and we believe the effect would not be
disregarded. There is no division of an Execu
live Administration in which all have so close a
union, as that in which the facilities for corres
pondencc are regulated. "Who docs not write
send, and receive letters? The nominal sum
now paid for a communication by mail, induces
the practice of letter-writing, a practice which
in its perfection, has always cons i uted one of
the highest foi ins of literature, and in its humb
lest aspect incalculably contributes to the con
venience and comfort of the poor, and opens a
highway channel of communion to all hearts.
May the postage never increase.
The Weather.
The air is still frosty, and one white sheet of
snow has scarcely elisappcarcd, until another sur
nri ns bv its arrival as successor. Old Time
t j . . .
however, is not checked by any of these whimsi
cal freaks of the elements. He rises as usual
with the day, and travels unwearied to the end
of it. He has brought the last of the venial
months, lovely May, and v hethcr she wear a robe
of flowers, variegated with a thousand beauteous
hues, and redolent with all the sweetest oriors,
or whether a garment of white, sparkling with
chandaliersof ice, and hoar frost diamonds encir
cles her, he stops not to enquire. Onward, on
ward is his step. He treads majestically upon
the years, he leaps over the months; he runs
upon the weeks ; he flics upen the hours ; he
is gone in the minutes and seconds ; his course
lies across the reasons ; its outset to us is the
cradle ; its terminus the grave.
Graham's Magazine. We have received the
May number of this valuable Magazine. The
fashion plates are beautiful it's reading matter
is of the first order, which makes it a work of
considerable merrit.
"We call the attention of our readers to the
very able speech our Sentatcr from this district,
delivered in the Senate on the 20th of April on
the bill to repeal the tonage tax on coal and lum
ber. Wot Bad-
In the course of debate the other day on the
veto of President Pierce, Messrs. Douglass and
Jones had some hard words. Mr. Badger obtain
ed the floor to perpetuate the fcllowing:
It seems to be a sumed as an indisputable fact
by the Senator from Illinois and the Senator from
Tennessee, that insane men have no votes. I
desire to submit to these two Senators and to
the Democratic party generally, but particularly
to these two members of that party, if they re
ally believe insane men have no right to vote,
how it is that they were ever elected to this
body, or expect to retain their seats here for ano
ther term. Loud Laughter. In order to give
time for calm reflection upon this most impor
tant quwtion, I mnre that the Senate adjourn.
Agreed te. Adjourned.
Louisville Indignation.
The Cleveland Tlain Dealer, in commenting
upon George D. Prentice's course on the West
Ward verdict, says :
It seems, however, that he is under the ban of
popular indignation by all parties, and the peo
ple generally, in Louisville and throughout Ken
tucky. A geatleman direct from Louisville says
that last Friday about one hundred of the mer
chants of that city discontinued the Journal,
and stopped their advertising ; on Friday, some
two hundred and fifty, and on Saturday as many
as three hundred. Monday morning there was
not a boy in Louisville who would carry his pa
per about the streets.
A fearful accident occurred on the mountain
track of the Virginia Central Railroad. A car
containing forty passengers, broke loose from the
train, and descended the grade with great rapid
ity. The car came in contact with an engine on
the track, and was b.oken to pieces. Strange
to say, only one man was seriously injured, tho'
many others were slightly bruised.
A party of Indians have recently been visiting
Washington. Two of them fought against the
Americans at the battle of the Thames, .and tho
reporter of the Globe questioned one of them as
to whether he was wounded or not, when he re
plied in a characteristic manner, "No! when
Tecumseh, he fall, I got scared, run like debbil." I
Jorrign $ttfos.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAILS.
CO5 A letter from London under elate of April
2Cth, states that gold to the amount of ?2,500,-
000, had arrived within a few days from Aus
tralia.
The leading British journals complain bitter
ly of the delays which have taken place in for
warding troops to the seat of war. They ridi
cule the fetes that have been given to the princi
pal officers on the route, as altogether mistimed
under the circumstances.
The Hon. Edward Everett is on a visit to his
family at Boston, and we regret to learn that his
health is not good.
A late London paper says :
" Both the English and French fen ces are now
concentrating in the neighborhood of Constanti
nople, with more satisfactory speed than had
previously been reported, although there is still
a strong disposition on the part of the public to
complain of time lest. An apprehension is cx
pressed that, unless the Turks soon received aitl,
the disaster ofSinope will be repeated on land,
hna aroused great nnsiuty and impudence, and
every omission or delay, however slight, is ve
hemently criticised."
A London letter says that the intention of
Austria remain in as much uncertainty as ever.
According to some accounts, the breach between
the courts of Vienna and St. Pcter.sburgh is wide
and irreparable, and the animosity of the Czar
against the Emperor of Austria is greater even
than against England and France. But it is
easy to see that ia order to blind the Western
Powers, a trick of this sort might easily be got
up, and those who are be-st acquainted with
Austria, refuse therefore, to be led away by it.
No event short of an actual conflict between her
troops and those of Russia, will have any influ
ence upon the intelligent portion of the English
public in inducing them to trust to her future
course.
Among the items by the late arrival, is one
announcing the discovery of gold at the Cape of
Good Hope.
A despatch from Cannelton, Indiana, dated
May 1st, and addressed to the Louisville Cou
rier, says :
" Matt. Ward, accompanied by his wife and
brother, arrived here yesterday on the "Jas.
Park." They went on board at West Point, at
12 o'clock on Saturday night. Considerable ex
citement exists among the citizens, and it is
proposeel to address Mr. Ward a letter request
ing him to leave the town. No violence will be
used. Mr. Ward is the guest while here, of
John I. Rey, Esq.
A correspondent of the Baltimore Times, nomi
nates Millard Fillmore for the President and
Albert Pike for Vice President in 185G.
A correspondent of the Loudon Times writing
from Paris under date of the 18th, fays :
"My private letters state that the affair of
the Black Warrior, so far from being settled, has
been urged on with extreme violence by Mr.
Soule, and at the present moment wears a very
threatening aspect."
Another tetter from Madrid, dated the 13th,
contains these words :
" It is stated that the American Minister has
demanded of tho government the recall of Cap
tain General Pezuela: and further, that the offi
cer who shall succeed him shall have power to
settle upon the spot such disputes as that arising
out of the affair cf the Black "Warrior. A large
sum of money is also said to have been demand
ed, but the amount named is so elisproportion
attly large that we forbear to mention it."
A Washington dispatch says :
" It is well known here that the British Gov
ernment advised Spain to settle the Black War
rior affair at any price. Still, it is feared the
news of the refusal will prove true. If so, you
may expect elecisive measures by our Govern
ment. The Administration is determined not
to refer future outrages to Madrid."
It is affirmed, but the statement wants confir
inatioii, that Denmark, Sweden and Norway,
have executed a treaty with Russia, binding
themselves not to permit more than four ships to
enter at once any of their harbors.
Another attempt at mediation in the Eastern
Question, on the part of the King of Prussia, is
spoken of.
Sir Charles Napier, has addrcssed'a report to
the English Government, in which he does not
dissimulate the immense difficulties he has to
contend against in the Baltic. The ships of Lis
squadron have made nine merchant prizes, but
no naval action has yet taken place, either there
or in the Black Sea. We have not yet heard
that a shot has been fired, and the British pub
lic are getting very impatient. Admiral Dun-
das, especially, is accused of want of energy. It
is now officially announced that a Russian squad
ron left Sebistopol, and very quietly, despite the
combined fleets in the Euxinc, proceeded to the
Circassian Coast, burnt their forts thea'e, and
took away five thousand fighting men, without
opposition, to reinforce Sebastopol.
Letters from Constantinople state that the
Greeks were fast leaving that capital. Up to
the 8th, 5,000 English and French troops had
actually arrived at Gallipoli. It is said that 10,
000 british troops will be quartered at Constan
tinople, and that barracks are being prepared
for them.
The Charleston Courier gives the following as
the substance of the remarks recently made by
Mr. Fillmore in that city : " I believe in the ex
pansive growth of our Republic, and am thor
oughly persuaded that she is destined to cover
the whole American Continent with her starry
banner and her free institutions."
The Nebraska Bill.
Washington, May 7. The threatened effort
to take up tho Nebraska Bill will be male dur
ing this week, by temporarily disposing of the
preceding business on the docket. The oppo
nents of the measure threaten that if the regu
lar business is neglected to reach the bill, they
will oppose several important bills when they
come up, and throw the resjonsibility upon the
urgers of the Nebraska movement. Much feel
ing exists, and a Sictious legislative warfare must
result. That the bill will be taken up early in
tne weet, its friends are sanguine. Both par-
ties are preparing for the approaching etruggle
RE2IA223 OF MR CRESWELL,
OP BLAia COCXTF,
Delivered in tie Senate on the 27th of April, on
the Bill to repeal the tonage tax on coal and
lumber.
Mr. Speaker : I ask the attention of the Sen
ate for a short time, that I may give some of the
reasons that induce me to support and vote for
the measure now under consideration. The pro
position now before us, is to my mind so reason
able and just, if properly uuderstood and regard
ed in its true light, that it is difficult to con
ceive how there can be heard in this place a dis
senting voice.
Tkc argument so frequently used, and that
has become familiar to all, against the repeal of
the entire tonage tax on the Pennsylvania rail
road, that thereby the public works of the State
would be impaired, and car revenue decreased,
does not reach or apply to the partial repeal
on coal and lumber, provided by this bill. Con
siderations of a local, and probably a general
character, render the propositi diflliciit and
distinct. Gentlemen who are hosti.'e to the one,
can, without subjecting themselves to the charge
of inconsistency of action, give in their adhesion
to the other.
Tbc imposition of this tax upon coal and him
bcr, amounts to almost an actual and absolute
prohibition on the trade in those articles, where
they are found too remote from the public works
to be acccsssible to them, but sufficiently conve
nient to the Pennsylvania railroad. Only small
quantities of a particular kind of coal, and that
intended for a special object, I am told, have as
vet been carried on this road. Lumber is not
seen upon it, except to le transported for a short
distance, no tax being chargeable under twenty
miles. This being the fact, these articles re
mam and will remain m the state that nature
has left them, so long as the trade on them is
restricted by the means that it now is. The
coal will be left to slumber on in the bowels of
the earth, and the timber to be broken by the
storm, or decay on the stump.
The Stale now reaps no benefit from the tax
for the reason that there is no transportation of
these articles. She can derive no revenue, be
cause there is no trade. That which she has
never yet had, she cannot lose. She cannot then
be injured in the least, by the abrogation of this
restrictive measure. I contend, and will en
deavor to demonstrate that the adoption cf the
present measure will enure to the benefit of the
State will promote its interests, and increase
its revenue
In this connection, I fpeak e.f the local inter
ests that I represent, and in which many ol my
constituents arc deeply concerned. There are
other localities doubtless, in the State, along the
line of the Pennsylvania railroad improvement,
to which the same reasoning will apply ; but as
I am unacquainted with their geograihiial pobi
tious, will confine myself for tho illustration of
the position assumed, to my own district. The
construction cf the Pennsylvania railroad has
been of more advantage probably to the district
that I represent, than any section cf country
east of the mountains. It wends its way imme
diately alongside of the canal from Ilanisbuig,
until it reaches Petersburg, in Huntingdon coun
ty. At this point it diverges from the canal anel
traverses portions of Huntingdon, Blair and Cam
bria counties, that have be-en hemtofore too re
mote from the public works to induce a envel
opment cf their many resources, or to afford
cheap and easy facilities to market for their pro
duct's. The sections of Blair and Cambria so
traversed by this road, abound in bituminous
coal, and the more useful varieties of timber.
As revenue to market is now ready for them,
and local enterprise is waiting the opportunity
to see this prohibition removed, that it may en
gage in the work of developing the resources of
this country that is now opening and waken
ing up to life, and considerable portions of which
are now and have been heretofore considered al
most valueless.
If the repeal now asked for is accomplished,
and the resources of this almost virgin country
arc developed, as they invariably will be, by a
rule created by the necessities of trade itself, the
coal and lumber produced by this region will
seek the cheapest channel of transportation to
market as soon as it finels it. This will be the
Pennsylvania canal to Petersburg, in Hunting
don county, or some point near there. The ca
nal will then come in competition with the rail
roads for the trade thus created. It being an
admitteil fact that heavy tonage, such as coal
and lumber, can be carrieel by water at lower
rates than by railroads, it will of necessity take
the canal at the point mentioned. Thus, a trade
will be brought upon one hundred and forty
five miles of our canal that is now unknown to
it, and our treasury receive an increase that it is
now deprived of. Admitting, however, f ir the
sake of the argument, and for the purpose of
placing the subject in the worst possible aspect,
that no transhipment will take place at the point
ehsicnatcd. and that the tonage of that region
will find its way market In ilic cars ol the
Pennsylvania railroad company, still it is the
iuterest of the Commonwealth, by removing the
burden of this tax, to allow it an out-let ; as, to
reach that market, it must be carried over the
Columbia railroad, seventy-one miles, and pay
toll over that portion of the State improvements,
and thus made to yield revenue where now none
is received.
Again, as a result consequent upon the devel
opment of these resources and the creation of the
trade referreel to, tho country itself will greatly
advance in intrinsic value, and another source
of revenue is afforded to the State ty the en
hansed value of property that' will be taxable
for State purposes. Property that is now of no
apparent worth for this purpose, and paying
nothing, will be so improved as to yield revenue
to our treasury. At the late session of our
Board of Revenue Commissioners, the assessors'
value of property in the county of Blair one of
the smallest counties in the State in point of ter
ritory taxable for State purposes, was increas
ed over the amount of the former assessment
nearly one-half million of dollars. This increase
is attributable principally, if not altogether, to
the construction of the Pennsylvania railroad. If
encouragement is given to the improvement of
the country in the manner indicated by opening
and proving coal mines, and turning the forest
into real value, it is hard to estimate what the
increased value of tho property there may be in
another three years, to say nothing of the cor
responding increase in the counties of Cambria
and Clearfield, which arc to be alike benefitted.
Local enterprise has already commenced the
march of improvement and progress in this work;
plank roads are being constructed from different
points along the line of the railroad in the coun
ty of Blair, extending into Clearfield and Cam
bria counties, to afford an outlet for the lumber
taken f.om the forests of these regions, not now
accessible to streams of water. Parties owning
lands that abo-.nd in coal and minerals, are in !
readiness and waiting anxiously to improve them;
but elesire and demand to be placed upon the
samcplatforn of, and have equal rights with,
land owners in other sections of the State acces
sible to avenues to marlret, where their products
are to be taxed as on this road. This tax is a
discrimination against our own products, our in
ternal trade, operates unjustly and burdensome
on our own citizens, and is calculated to retard
the development and improvement of the coun
try. The demand for bituminous coal, I am in
formed, in our own great metropolis, is supplied
to a considerable extent from other States, and
foreign countries. This state cf facts ought not
to exist, when our hills are groaning under the
burden cf this article ccncealed in their bosoms.
A further injurious result to be apprehended
from the continuation of this onerous tax on the
resources of the State, is, that it will drive capi
tal without our borders to seek investment. Its
benefits in opening up and enriching the coun
try, will be lost amongst us. It will go where
ver it can be most usefully and profitably em
ployee!, and where it is least liable tobe burtheu
ed ;anel vast portions cf our Stajc, rich in mine
ral resources, will remain as they come from the
hands of the Creator, unimproved and undevel
oped. It is certainly and unmistakably true, that
whatever tcuds to local prosperity and improve
ment, tends also to increase the general wealth
of the State. Wisdom and sound policy would
therefore dictate that the State should encour
age, foster and cherish by every means in its
power, whatever is calculated to produce these
results, and should remove every thing within
its scepe of authority, calculated to retard, im
pede or totally de-feat them. Had I time here, I
might fortify and strengthen my argument, by
reference to the sections of the State, where im
provements havejx'cn made, and tho most bene
ficial results have tnured to the country and
State, where no such tax has been imposed. But
I pass on.
The question then recur, shall v. c continue the
impeisition of this tax, and thus interfere with
not only the local interests and prosperity of the
country, but also the general prosperity of the
State ? Is it policy to tax lumber, so that its
manufacture is prohibited, and it is left unre
claimed in the forest ? Is it policy to tax coal,
so that it will be forever kept concealed in the
recesses of our hills ? Is it wisdom, is it just, is
it right, to discriminate against our own citizens,
in favor cf citizens cf other States and counties ?
If the positions that I have assumed heretofore
are correct and true, there can be but one an
swer to the interrogatories, and that is an un
hesitating no.
If they are well based, the conclusion is irre
sistable, that the repe-al of this tax on coal and
lumltr will, instead of injuring, create a source
of income to the coffers of the treasury, a reve
nue that will be ermanent and fixed, and not
uncertain and variable, founded upon the wealth
and increase of the, country. It is also evident
that its continuance will operate seriously against
the internal trade of the Slate, and the general
and local interests of the State. The repeal of
the law, so far as it relates to these articles of
trade, is demanded,, then, by the best interests
of the State, and by a people who are unjustly
burthened and whose prosperity is injuriously
affected and " trushed out" by its operation.
PENNSYLVANIA ITEKS-
Somerset Co. On Monday evening, Mr. Jos.
B. Earl, landlord of the " Golden Sheaf Hotel" in
Somerset, was killed by George Koontz. It ap
pears thnt Mr. Philip Sullivan of Turkey foot
township, who was staying at the house of Mr.
Earl, had, on coming out of the door after night,
been struck in the face by a missile, and some
what injured. Mr. Earl came to the steps with
alight, and was examining the wound on Sulli
van's face, when Boontz, who was very much
intoxicated, came up and used some very offen
sive language, for which he was ordered away by
Mr. Earl. Becoming enraged at this, he sprang
up the steps, seized him, and with great vio
lence hurled him to the pavement. He was
picked up and carried into the house by a couple
of young gentlemen, who were passing by at the
time, and medical aid was immediately procured,
but proved of no avail. "Without exhibiting any
signs cf consciousness, he breathed for about
twenty hours, when he died. A post mortem ex
amination was made by Dr. Fundcnburg, and
an inquest held by Coroner Smith, which result
ed in a finding in aooorJance with the above
facts. Koontz was immediately arrested and
committed to prison. Mr.Earl was Register and
Recorder of Somerset county, the term preceding
the pretcnt one, was extensively known, and
universally esteemed for his kindly and gentie
temper, and native goodness of heart. His death
has orphaned a largo family cf estimable young
ladies, whose only parent and protector he was.
Ou Saturday the 22d ult., the family of A.
Beam, Esq., in Somerset township, were dis
turbed by the cries of a small child. Upon go
ing to the front door of the house, a willow mar
ket basket was found, containing a white male
child, probably from two to four days old, warm
ly wrapped up and snugly laid upon cotton : the
following note was pinned to the blanket:
" Please except this present with the Request
that its name shall be diaries the other you can
name yourself its father dead its mother is in
great trouble and if you will this except you
shall Be Rewarded Double.
Eldad Tweksitern."
The child it is supposed, was brought by two
persons a male and a female in a buggy as far
ai -Beam's church, and then brought to the
house. The buggy tracks were traced as far as
Somerset Furnace, and were last seen pa&simg at
Ben's creek, going towards Johnstown.
The Eclipsk. An eclipse of the sun will oc
cur on the 2tith of the present mounth, com
mencing at thirty-three minuets past 4 o'clock
in the morning, and continue until about 7.
MAKIIIKD.
On the Gth of March by the Rev. Mr. Verke3,
Mr. P. G. Sterling of Huntingdon, Pa., to Miss
Mary M'Donough cf Ilollidaysburg, Pa.
DIED
At her residence in Carro'l township, .a tie
Gth inst., Mary Ellen, wife of Arcliibald Farrel ia
in t he 22ad of her age.
.':1E.T10. IllllC.iUi:!
The Volanter Companies composing the 3d
Brigade ICth Division Uniformed Pennsylvania
Militia, will meet for Insix-ction and Drill, at
Summitvillc, on Tuesday ?Iay 23d, at 11 o'c'ock,
P. M.
Captains of Companies will be careful to have
the arms and equipments of their respective com
panies in prcK.-r order, and upon arriving at the
place de-signated for parade, will report to Capt.
W. W. Ivory, officer cf the day. Each Com
pany will, on that day. elect three delegates to
represent them in a Convention which will be
hrld at the Mansion House. Summitville, on Sat
urday, May 27th, at 2 P. M:, for the purpose of
placing in nomination Brigade and Regimental
officers.
JOHN LINTON.
Brig. Insp. 3d Dr g. ICth Div. U. P. M.
Al CTJOX : ALX'TIO.V !!
WILL be offered at public Ea!e by tLe subscri
bers, nt the Summit, commencing on Mon
day, the 10tU day of May, 1So4, cue two horse
Carriage, one bupgy wngrm, made by Dubois of
New Yor ; one otie hor.ee Fpring Wagon, two sets
double llaruets, two single uo., two babke-t Lo'ly
bieiglis, 1 bay Horse, one grey M:re. Also, tbe
Merchandise in the store of W. W. Ivory & Co.,
consisting t,t a large lot of Cassinttres, taucv Pry
Goods and 'Notions, M5oots and SLoes, Hardware
and Queeiiownre, made up Clothing. Drug, a lot
3
Drug, a lot'" '
which
'vr cent eti " i
of patent Medicines, &c., &c, all of
licdoi'J at a reasonable creuit, or o i
for cash. Any or all of the above named articles
will be sold at private sale for cash or approved
notes.
The gooi's in store we will commence selling,
fioiu tiiis day, at city prices, for c-h, and con
tinue until the day of sale and after, till all tho
goods are 6old.
JOHN IVORY.
W. W. IVORY.
Summit, May, 11, "31.
XOTltL TO tO.MK tCl'OKS!
Scaled lroios:il4 !!
TI'ILL be received by the undersigned, at this of-
tice, Cressen tt:tiou, Cambria county, Ta.,
until tne Utli dny of May, 1851, for the following
items of work, on the 'Railroad to avoid Inclined
riar.es f the A. P. U. 11.:
For furnishing the cross tits, ballasting, :inJ lay
ing a single tract for a r. distance of about 4 miles,
beginning at the mouth of the suth fork of tho
Coueiuaugh, on the L'jng Level, and thence rua
ning cast t art.
ALSO for furnishing the cross-ties, ballasting,
and laying a single tract on the new road, from
the foot of I'latie J'o. 4 to Duicausville, embracing
Sections No. 10 to -11 inclusive, a ui.-taiice of u
bont twenty one wiles--.
Fifty eross-ticd and forty two cubicyuruse.fb.il
Jatt will be required for each 10'J ft. "liid will be
received f'.r all or any portion of the work, ttalinj
prkefor each cross tie, h price porcuhicyard for tho
b.i!'::st, a rice per mi'o for the tract layiug, and
ilcsi-.iiiting the section or sections upeu which
Lhc l l . ji. so :oil.g the work.
A. so, lor furnishing the materials fur arching
ths funnel, which will constat of nbout l,00,lMrl
hard bariicd Irick, and 000 cubic yards- of cut
stone.
Lids received last fail fur a portion of the above
work, will be considered, providing the parties tig
nify their williugni si to accept the work on the
t-'ims then offered.
For further particulars, enquire at the Engineer's
orhce, Crease u Jjtatioii.
T. G. TOMEROY,
Sup't. and Engn'r.
M.-.y 11, 1Sri.
FAXt'Y STORE.
KB.S. M. TODD & MISS H. E. COPE.
Beg leave to inform the Ladies of Summitville
and surrounding country, that they are prepa
to mmufocture and do up
BONNETS, 1) It ESSES, MANTILLAS, &c,
la the most fashionable style, and on reasonable
terms. Confident of pleasing the most particular
they respectfully ask a reasonable share of public
patronage. They will constantly keep ou Land a
full assortment of
BOS NETS, SILKS, SATIXS, DE BEGES, CASH
meres, Lawns, be laincs, Calicoes, and Dress
Goods of every description ; also Ladies' and Chil
dren's Shoes and Gaiters, Gentlemen's Shirts and
Cravats, together w ith a variety of fancy Goods,
Trimmest, for dresses, &.C., too numerous to men
tion, which they will sell low for cash.
May 11, '51.
CISSOtl'TIOA'.
THE partnership heretofore existing under tho
the firm of Wm. B. Krise and Simuel Barnicle
was dissolved by mutual consent on the 1st day of
October,
WM. B. KRISE.
SAUMELBABSICLE.
May 11, '51.
XOTICE.
THE subscriber is about to relinquish the prac
tice of ..Medicine, would call upon persons in
debted to him to make immediate payment thereof.
All persons having claims against the undersign
ed will present the same to him, or in Lis absence
to Wm. G. 'Wilson, Esq., Summit
JAMES C. HOW.
May II, '51. 2m.
LATEST ntOtl THE EAST.
A Large and splendid assortment of New Goods.
rilllE undersigned would inform his old custo
JL uicrs, find the public generally that he has re
ceived his spring supply of beautiful and varied
goods ever brought to this place, and would consid
er it a special favor if all persons who are in want
of cheap and durable goods to give him a call a he
consider it; no trouble toshow goods. The stock,
comprises all the latest styles of Fancy and Domes
tic Dry Goods of the secson.
Groceries of all kinds.
Also, a large assortment of Hardware and Queens
ware and Lreigs of kind.
EDWARD ROBERTS
May 11, '51. . .
ATTE.TIO. ! CAlUIIIll.1 GlTA HDS.
YOU will meet at your Armory ou the 23d inst,
atG o'clock, A. M., fully armed and equipped,
preparatory to taking up your line cf march for
the Summit Parade. - By order,
B. M'DERMITT, Capt.
MOITET FOUND !
A small amount of money has been found
nearly opposite the St. Charles Hotel, at the
head of Plain No. 4.
The owner is desrred to call at the above men
tioned place, and give an account of the amount
of money, and a elcscription of the same.
C. B. KENNEDY. -
Mav 11, 1854-St.
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