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EBENSBURG.
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FOR GOVERNOR,
M'lLLIAM OIGLCR
FOR SUPREME JUDGE.
JEI1EMI.11U BUCK.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER.
HENRY S. MOTT.
Delegate Election.
Pursuant to a resolution of the Democratic
County Committee adopted at (heir meeting, held
on the 5th inst., the Dcmoc-ati;: voters of the sev
eral election districts in the comity of Cambria,
are requested to meet on Svurdiy. the 24th
June, inst.. at the places dcsi.umi'cd by law for
holding the general election-;, an 1 then and there
elect two persons as delegates to represent then
in County Convention.
The delegates will meet in Convention at the
Court House, in the Coroup.h of Ebensburg, on
Tuesday the 27th day of June, inst., at 2 o'clock
in tho afternoon, and place in nomination candi
dates for the several olllces to bo filled at the en
suing general election, and transact such other
business as the usages and interest of the party
require.
The elections, for delegates, are to be opened
at 2 o'elcck, P. M., and to be kept open until G
o'clock.
WM. KITTELL, Chairman.
Ebensburg, June 15, 1854.
Our Affairs.
This is the second week of court, and the usual
number of persons are in town. It is said by
those conversant with these matters, that a large
amount of business is being done. Parties have
come with better preparation than customary,
and the result is the settlement of old disputes,
and the removal of anxieties at the competent
tribunal. It has l:en said of courts that they are
necessary evils, but the history of the past fur
n'shes little hope that the evil will ever be abol
ished or much diminished. Honest men will dif
fer in opinion about their mutual transactions
and obligations, knaves will pursue their bent to
overreach and defraud, fools will blunder into dif
ficulties, and drag others along with them, and
the wicked and mischievous will broil, ofTend,
and transgress. Such is man, such are the times,
and thus the world is made up.
Our town is rapidly growing in size, wealth,
and population. Look in w hatcver direction you
will, and you will discover the hand of the build
er. Neat and comfortable houses, offices, shops,
and other structures are springing up on all sides,
evincing the good taste and judgement of our cit
izens. Soon our streets will be rid of the lumber
and rubbish with which they have been necessa
rily encumbered for some time, and then we can
confidently invite the world to coroe and see us
in as high, wholesome, cleanly, gay, hospitable
and flourishing a little borongh, as can be found
East of the Rocky Mountians.
Game has been unusually plenty in our forrests
for some time past, and the " head waters " are
said to contain an abundant quantity of fishes
that bite with a looseness. We have fine hotels,
and plenty of boarding houses, the best of water,
and some other things to drink besides.
Philadelphia Election.
We give bulow the official vote as given for
Mayor, City Solicitor, Comptroller, and City
Commissioner : 1
Official Election- Retvrxs.
Miuur.
R. T. Conrad. " 29.421
Richard Yaux, 20,993
Conrad's Majority
I. Ilazlehurs't,
W. L. Hirst,
W. D. Baker, "
S.428
30 f7G
13,833
9S
Solicitor.
Ilazlehurst's Majority
Controller.
Henderson,
Badger,
nenderson.s Majoiity
Commissioner.
Much,
Leydy,
Comly,
11,843
29,224
20,480
.8,738
24.711
20.090
4,789
Muck's Majosity, 4.C21
It will be seen by the above item that the De
mocracy of Philadelphia, have shown an unbrok
en front of 20.000 to the allied armie of Know
Nothings, Abolitionists, Church Burners, and
Natives, together with all the rag-tag and liob
tail allies of the consolidated city. The Demo
cracy have reason to be proud of their vote.
The Mayor will undoubtedly have a happv e ld
time in the selection of City officers.
The Philadelphia Ledger says, that the whig
vote for Mayor of that city was 29,721 , w tide in
1848, the whig vote for Taylor was 3I.22S. Thi.
shows a falling off in the whig vote of over 2('U0.
In 1852, the democratic vote was 20,022 : for
Mayor this year the democratic vote is but
24,993 : a falling off of over 5000. These fig
ures nhow that the democrats did not turn out
in their full strength by five or six thousand
votes. They generally turn out at a Governor's
election, and will turn out next fall. The wings,
with the Abolitionists. Prohibitionists, Native
Americans, 'and Know Nothings to help them,
polled a smaller vote than they did six years
ao. A good matter to bring about truly.
County Superintendents.
AVe clip from the Philadelpliia Register of Sat
urday, June 10tb. the names of the County Su
perintendents, as far as heard from. We see that
a number of our exchanges complain bitterly,
that the salaries in a number of the counties are
entirely too low. It cannot be expected that
any person elected under the new law, will give
his entire attention to the office at the salary
fixed in some of the counties. The sum fixed
should be large enough to justify the Superin
tendent, to give his whole time and attention to
the office. We are pleased to see that the direc
tors in the different counties have selected men
in every way qualified to fill tho important post
of County Superintendent.
CorXTIK-S. SCPERIXTEXDEXTS. SALARIES.
Adams, David Wilis, SLloO
Allegheny, James M. Prior, 1,000
Armstrong, -'no. A. Campbell, o'jO
Reaver, Thos. Nicholson. .'5"0
Eedford, T. W. 15. M'Fadden, SUO
Perks, William A. Good, 250
! Blair, Hugh A. Cadwell, 400
Bradford, Emanuel Guver, 500
Bucks, Joseph Fell, 1.000
Butler, Isaac Black, oOO
Cambria, K. I- Johnston, 400
Caibon, Jos. H. Siewers, 400
Centre,
Chester, R. Agncw Futhcy, LoOO
Clarion. Robert Orr, "00
Ch ar field,
: Clinton, R. C. Allison, 300
Columbia. Joel E. Bradley SOU
Crawford, S. S. Stars, 400
Cumberland, Daniel Shelly, 500
Dauphin, S. D. Ingram, 300
Delaware, Dr. George Smith, 500
Elk,
Erie, Wm. II. Armstrong, COO
Favette, Josh. V. Gibbons,
Franklin, James McDowell, GOO
Fulton, Robert Ross, loO
Greene,
Huntingdon, James S. Barr, 300
Indiana, Rev. Sam. P. Bollmann, 500
Jefferson,
Juniata, David Laughlin, 200
Lancaster, I. P. Wicker ham, 1,500
Lawrence, Win. M. Francis, 500
Lebanon, John II. Kluge, 700
I-chigh, Chas. W. Cooper, 500
Luzerne, John W. Lcscher, 5O0
Lycoming, J. W. Barret, 500
MeKean,
Mercer, .Tames C. Brown, 400
Mitilin, Robert C. Ross, 500
Monroe, Ch. Burnett, 30O
Montgomery, II. S. Roudenbough, COO
Montour,
Northampton, Valentine Hillburn, f25
Northumberland J. S. Reimensnydcr, 350
Pcrrv, Adam Height, 300
Pike", Ira B. Newman, 100
Potter,
Schuylkill, J.K. Krewson, 1,000
Somerset,
Sullivan,
Susquehanna,
Tioga,
Union,
Venango,
Warren,
Washington,
Willnrd Richardson,
J. S. Whitman,
John L. Gow,
250
300
1 ,000
1,550
150
500
aync,
Westmoreland, Rev. M. M.'Kinstry,
Wyoming, Cornelius R. Lane,
Vork, Jacob Kirk,
Later News from Europe.
The American Steamship Pacific, has arrived
at New York, from Europe, w ith three days la
ter advices which we publish in another column.
The news shows very clearly that the allies are
pressing the war with great vigor. Several fights
had taken place on sea and land, but were not
attended with any great results. There is every
indication that a decisive blow will soon be
struck, which will no doubt materially alter the
whole complexion of the Eastern question. It
will be seen that breadstuffs (luring the week
have met with a serious decline, and that money
is more plenty, leading to an advance in the
price of Consols. This intelligence taken with
the heavy receipts of gold fromCalifornia, will no
doubt favorably affect our stock market, and lead
to a more active trade.
Humbugs.
The postofficc is crowded this week with the
monthly lottery advertisements. We dont know
whether any of our citizens are dupes enough to
feed these licensed humbugs, by sending money
out of the State to support a scheme which is
contraband here, or whether it is only hope that
so diligently stimulates the venders of lotteries to
patronize our town wilh their circulars. Certain
it is that anything of the kind is a most legiti
mate fraud, and wc arc alike opposed to it, wheth
er it is presented in a grand Mountain House
phase banquet, or in a legalized lottery, or under
the sanction of church approbation. In each
case it is a game of chance to extort money with
out furnishing an equivolent value, to get more
for less, something for nothing, and what is worse
than all, inculcating under a pretext, the very
essence of gambling and cheat.
The Harrisburg Union announces that
Gov Bigler is ready to take the stump and meet
Mr. Pollock on all questions involved in the pres
ent contest. Some of the Whig papers affect to
be overjoyed at the announcement, when in fact
they were in hopes that Gov. Bigler would be
scared off by their bragging about Mr. Pollock's
"ability as a stump speaker." Wc believe the
Governor to be fully equal to the task of de
fending his official acts and principles of his
party. He is as able to stump the State as to
raft the Susquehanna, and we all remember how
triumphantly he " came down the river on a raft"
three years ago. Tho fact is Bigler is a clear
headed statesman and a forcible speaker, and it
will require a strong man to hold his own with
him in debate.
At a meeting of the Common Council,
(Philadelphia.) a man by the name of Dougher
ty, had Wen selected as a candidate for Messen
ger, by the allied forces, but a report was circu
lated thai he was not a native-born citizen, and
it was determined at once by the Know Noth
ings, that he should not be elected. Mr. Dough
erty addi esse d a letter to the Councils stating
that he a a native of Kentucky, and that he
had been a resident of that city for the last
thirty years, Mill one of the members remarked,
' that his name was an Irish one," and he was
not elected. We really synpatliize with Mr.
Dougherty in his defeat, but he had no business
to be an Irishman's son.
!7Thc President's supplemental Message on
our Spanish relations will probably Ije sent to the
House to-day. It will demand an approbriation
of fifty thousand dollars to defray the expenses
of a Commission to Madrid to help Mr. Soulc to
acquire Cuba.
Report of Hydrophobia.
Some of our citizens have been thrown into a
good deal of consternation recently, oa account of
symptoms of madness thought to be discoverable
among the dogs. The consequence has been,
that Tip and Toss, Coley. Jake, Sancho, and Bull,
with divers others, " Mongrell, puppy, whelp,
and hound, and cur of low degree," have suffered
the pains of martyrdom, guilty or not guilty.
All the better for poor canine, according to the
good christian doctrine that elegs have no souls,
and only of the " brutes that perish ;" for who
would not readily take li'ix vomica, cold lead, or
swing upon a rope or grape vine, if it were all of
life to live, or all of death to die ! " Who would
fondcls Lear to groan and sweat under a weary
life," if human dog mas could relieve ns of souls,
as readily as it does this mcst friendly of animals?
This is a pretty good world we must say, but
where is the man or woman that Las not more
trouble getting here, more trouble to stay here,
and more trouble while here, than he or she can
remember of having had before they tame ? And
who would not rather, not have been, than risk
the what is to be ? Speak out world but we are
all know xothix;s.
A report was circulated during the last few
days, that a young gentleman by tLt name of
Colon, who was here last week as a bookseller,
had gone home to Huntingdon with the fear that
he was under the influence of Hydrophobia; and
a painful rumor overspread the town yesterday,
that he was dead. AVe arc happy to say that
Mr. Colon's fears were groundless, and that while
it is indeed true that a period was put to the ex
istence of the d"g by w hich he w as bitten. Colon
is still on si pause among the rest of mankind.
"The man recovered of the bite,
It was the dog that died."
Fourth of July.
The glorious anniversary of freedom's birth day
will soon be here again, and it is time to inquire
what is going to be done to celebrate it propeily.
No place in the world is better calculated for a
happy demonstration in honor of this great day,
than the lofty habitation of which wc can boast.
Liberty and mountains have always been found
together. High up on nature's ramparts stand
the shouting sons of freedom, and there her ban
ner is unfurled through time for the encourage
ment of the nations.
Let us do something to have a good time on the
coining fourth. There are plenty in favor of a
general festival and glorious demonstration, on
that day, and all that is necessary, is for some
one to move in the matter, and we have no doubt
that not only we, but our neighbors who ! ay
visit us, will have as much patriotism and punch
as the law will allow.
Governor of Kanzas.
AVe learn with pleasure that Mr. Barrett, Esq.,
of the "Keystone" has been appointed Goernor
of Kanzas. This is a most proper appointment.
Mr. Barrett has long been a bold defender f the
principles of democracy and although h.rg s:i-e
deserv ing of some favors for his reward l as met
with nothing but comparative disappointment.
The new Governor is a man every w ay quali
fied to rule the new territory, and it wio be mat
ter of no small gratification to the many who
intend emir!""s fron this elate to find in tl
chief executive the familiar friend of their own
Iveystonc.
yIIox. Charles R. Eickalew. This ta
lented Pennsylvanian, who has won a proud po
sition in the Senate of this State, both by his
ability and fearless devotion to Democratic prin
ciples, has been appointed bearer of despatches
to the government ef Paraguay, South America.
He will probably be absent six months as he pro
ceeds to his destination by the way of London.
Mr. Buekalcw bears with him the best wishes of
a wide circle of friends, who admire his many
amiable qualities as a man, and his steadfastness
as a member of the old Republican party e f the
country.
Proceedings of Court
Elizabeth Crum, ct. al. vs. Christian Smay
Ejectment. 8th June, 185 1, Jury called, who
find for the defendant.
Daniel Diinond and James Burk, vs. Henry
Hess Ejectment. 9th June, 1854, Jury called.
Plain tiffs become nonsuited.
Elijah Marsh vs. George Gates, Joseph Gate,
and John Dennis Summons. Trcspiss qua re
clausula freprit. 9th June, 185 1, Jury called who
find for the plaintiff 53 damages.
Allen Brown rs. Isaac A"ymaw, with notice to
Frederick Ba!:cr Scire facias sur. mortgage.
12th June, 1854, Jury called, w ho find for the
defendant.
John P. Parish vs. AVilIiam Douglass As
sumpsit. June 12th, 1854, Jury called who find
for the elefendant in the sum of 48 ce nts.
Jacob B- Gibson vs. AVashington Douglass
Covenant. 12th June, 1854, Jury called who
find for the plaintiff $90 elarr.ages.
Jacob Mil lenberger rs. George S. Rug Equi
table Ejectment. 13th June, 1854, Jury called
who find in favor of the plaintiff to b; released
on the payment of S47G 8'G, in three months.
John Noel vs. Bernard Hallegan Assumpsit.
13th June, 1854, Jury called who find for the de
fendant. David R. Kinports vs. Peter New man Re
plevin. 14th June, 1854, Jury called, cause con
tinued and Jury discharged. Costs to abide the
event of the suit.
8s&- The Cincinnati Commercial, has the fol
low ing in regard to the Nebraska bill, ami the
agitation of the subject by whigs and abolition
ists :
"The consequences of the passage of the Neb
raska bill, so far as they are unfortunate, are de
stined to enure to the South. Tlu- w ill be felt
soon enough in that section uf the I'uion, under
any state of circumstances, to supercede the ne
cessity of measures for their acceleration, and
severely enough to do away wi-.h any demand for
the lseans of intensification. Neither is agitation
required to secure the occurrence of Mielf conse
quences. They will come soon cnouU for the
safety of the Union quite wen enough for the
tranquility of the people. And although doubt
less the tendency will Ie, from no onward to
sectionalize the great political question of the
country, we have too little taste for the results of
such a process to give any countenance to measures
calculated to increase the tendency."
That man talk like a sensible man and a pa
triot, if h is a wh;g. AVe hope there are a good
many whig editors yet to be found, who will stand
by the Constitution and the Union, and refuse all
association witk the party of agitation, disunion
And treason.
The Prohibitory Stat9 Convention.
Phe Prohibitory State convention assembled at
Harrisburg, on AVednesday last, and organized
by the Elcctiou of the Hon. Eli Slifer, of Union,
as President, with a number of Vice Presidents
and Secretaries. The Interrogating Committee
submitted a number of letters from Governor
Bigler, Judge Pollock and others. The following
aie the interrogataries of the Committees and the
replies of Governor Bigler and Mr. Pollock, the
Whig candidate lor governor :
ixTKittx:ATonn:s nr tiik pkohimtoky Myron law
t'OMMlTTKK.
"I. Dj you lelicve a law prohibiting the ma
nufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors, e xcept
for sacramental, medical, mechanical and arlis
lical purposes to be constitutional i and would
its constitutionality in your opinion, be affected
by a submission of its repeal to a voto of the
people, provided a majoiity voted in favor of the
law ?
"2. In the event of your election, and should
the legislature enact such a law, will it receive
vour executive sanction ?"
Milton-, May 30. 1854. j
Gen'ti.kmex: Your communication in refer- j
enee to a prohibitory law has been received, and
in reply, I say the constitutionality of a prohibi
tory law, similar, in i's essential fealuies to the
one ri ferred to in vour iiitcrrouako ks, having re-- !
ceived a judicial determination, by the highest j
courts of several of our sister sta'es, and the j
principle having been recognized by the Supreme j
courts of tho United States, 1 am relieved from !
the resjionsibiliiy of a first division. The Courts j
having affirmed the constitutionality of a prohib- ;
itory law, and being of the highest authority, I !
believe, upon pi inciples and authority, sue!-i a,
law to be constitutional ; and its constitutiona
lity, in my opinion, would not be affected '
submission of its repeal to a vote of in p ;.!.
Every measure of moral er political reform,
sanctioned by the representatives f the ) ei-ple, .
w ithin the limits of the Constitution, vrouM n
ceive my ulfieial sanction. The e-xpt dieney and
propriety of such laws are for the people llnough :
their representatives; and their will, constitu-
iiouully declared, should be respected by the C.e- 1
eutive. If the people demand, and their repre-
sentatives enact such a law, their will should not j
bo resisted bv the exercise el the veto power: a
power purely conservative,' and e.nly to be exer
cised in cases cleat !y unconstitutional, or exhibi
ting indubitable evidence of hasty, injurious, and
imiiei fect h shdatioii. Such being in v views of I
official duty in the premises, should the leis'a
ture tho constitutional exponent of popular
will enact such a law, it would, in the event of
my election, receive the executive sanction.
Yours, very respectfully,
JAMES POLLACK.
Stephen Miller, Esq., an 1 others, committee.
IlARiiisiu it';, June C, 1851,
IcN-lLttMEN' : 1 have t een honored by the re
ceipt of your communication cf the iSth ult.,
projiounding to me certain questions touching
the subject of a prt'hibitory liquor law.
To your first inquiry I reply that the supreme
court of the state have rc-petcd!y held, and I
concur in tho doctrine, that the legislature can
exercise all law making power not expre ssly for
bidden by the stale or lederal constitution. Un
der this construction I believe the legislature
have authority to control the manufacture and
sale of spirituous liquors ; but in the use of that
power it must be obvious that a law might be
parsed, which in its details, would be a manifest
violation of the constitution, and hence the im
possibility of answering your question directly,
without seeing the exact terms of the prcpocd
law.
As to the second point in this inquiry it must
be very clear that a law constitutional in itself,
would not be rendered otherwise by al'owing the
jeople to decide by vote whether the legislature
should repeal it er not ; no matter what that vote
might be.
To your second inquiry I answer that I sin
cerely deplore the evils of intemperance, and am
willing as I always have been to sanctiou any pro
per measure to mitigate and if possible entirely
remove this vice ; but I cannot p. ledge myself to
sanction a law the details of which I have not
seen. The terms of the constitution ami the oath
of ofiice would seem to forliid this course on the
part of an executive. lie would lie free to judge
of the constitutionality and wisdom ofa proposed
law after ha ing fully examined and considered
its provisions.
A'erv respec: fiillv, your obedient servant,
AVM. BIGLER.
To Steuben Miller, James Black, James Piper,
John Junes, Geo. AV. Stanton, Esqrs., committee.
Douglas in New York.
Senator Douglas w as in New York a fo w tlays
In the evening the democrats turned out in large
numbers and gave W.u. : arty w! '"i-'c. A hen
he appeared bcloie the crowd he was j.ieeLed ly
three hearty cheers. The Senator's .-notch was
an admirable sunt::ir.g up O' the i !eo.. ntary
principles of the Nebraska B.li. 1!-- clt.-ed i:
the following emphatic terms:
' I sec in one of y ur transparencies to-night
this motto : " black lino shall bo drawn
across our country." Cheers. I rejoice to see
that banner here, borne as it is upon the shoul
eler of freemen. AVe are a grct and glorious re
public, composed of thirty-one fiee and indepen
dent States, and each bearing the same relation
to each other as sisters. As sisters they should
ever be. There should be no more broad black
lines drawn across the continent. Let all such
black lines be obliterate-d from the map. AVe
are told by the enemies of the Nabraska bill,
that the old parties have been broken up by it,
and that the whigs, free soilers, and abolition
ists, intend to form a party upon geographical
and sectional lines. If there is to be such a
party if the North is to be arrayctl against the
South there will be found enough patriotic men
to meet the issue. Cheers. J Let us meet them
and fight the-m upon that ground. Enthusias
tic cheers. The democratic party, my-fellow-citizens,
is the constitutional party. It sup
ports the constitution in all its parts, principles,
and provisions, and the members of that party
will alwaj-s be found ready and willing to main
tain and support the supremacy of the laws.
Cheers. Now. if the issue on th's Nebraska
matter is to be between the North and the South,
let the constitutional party meet the factionists
at tho polls and fight it out. Great cheering.
The democratic party is opposed to all mobsaud
mob laws upon any occasion. And now, my
friends, in conclusion, let mo say to you, that
with these principles as our guide, the constitu
tion as our banner, and the rights of the people
as our watchword, let us forget all past dificr
ences, and, uniting ns one man, press forward to
those triumphs which will ever be the unfailing
rewards of our efforts.
The High Prices cf Food.
Complaints are loud and deep, not only in
Philadelphia, but all in the leading Atlantic cities,
in relation to the high prices ef food. It id al
most impossible for large families to obtain the
ordinary necessaries of life. Flour and beef com
mand enormous rates, and almost every thing else
is in proportion. Even potatoes have been selling
at twenty-five cents the half-peck, and no great
things at that. AVhat is to be done ? It is quite
certain that this condition of affairs cannot last,
and that either further strikes must lake place,
or that provisions must come down. Tbo sub
ject is a serious one, and every good citizen is in
terested in discovering a remedy. One allegation
is, that certain parties have combined to keep up
prices, and that rather than sell provisions at
moderate rales, they destroy them. But this
would seen impossible. The New Vork Express,
however, alluding to the condition of affairs in
that eity, ."-ays :
"AVe arc in formed by a erson who ought to
know, that it is the practice of parties bringing
vegetables and fruit to this market to de'stroy
them in large quantities if they elo not Li ing the
expect: 1 j,-i (The motive, of course, is well
understood ) If this bo true, it is an outrage on
the pnb'ii.r. Food is ordinarily dear enough, and
scaice ci:;mh, without its being more so by this
a:;'. l v.'tste."
.'e:aiti it is ti.at the rates are enormous, as
i.'.l fa. and h cim-U copers can readily testify, j
i: imo.ss i Nbtit Tin; Post Oitice Laws
A po -tjc .-tamp, cut from an envelope, cannot
be u.-e-d in payment for postage.
A Postmaster, under no circumstance, is al
low ui to open a letter not addrfv-cd to him.
AVheic letters are mis-sent, it is not law ful to
chai.te postage for forwarding.
All Newspaper having words written on or in
them, are subject to letter postage.
To entitle papers to be sent lo bona fide sub- J
SOI iOOIS ilL Ildll OOIiL liUJl ; U lOli IjUUI t L'. S pOSL"
ttigc is required in advance.
It is improper for a deputy postmaster to re
move the wrappers of public documents franked
i y a member ol Congress.
No paper, or other thing, except bills or re
ceipts of publishers, can be sent enclosed in a
newspaper, without S::l jeciing the w hole to let
ter postage.
Buna tide subscribers to we-ekly papers, w hose
post oilice is in an adjoining count3r, are allowed
to receive papers published in a county in which
they live-, tree of postage.
Any mark with a pen on a circular, such as
tlate or anything el the kind, subjects it to letter
pOalUL'c.
Z'7' The following communication has Icon
addressed by the State Treasurer to the Commis
sioners of the different counties t'f the Stale, call
ing for a speedy collection of taxes to meet the
interest on the public debt, and other demands;
TuxAsntY Dr.!invi:xT or Pennsylvania, I
llAuitiTitcno;, June 1, 154 J
To the Commissioners and Treasurer of Co. :
GKNTLViiEN' The undersigned respectfully calls
vour attention to the following provisions of the
Act cf Assembly of 29th April, 1S14, viz : " If
any county .shall pay into the State Treasury its
quoia of tax levied on its said adjusted valuation ,
lifioea days prior to the first of August in aii3'
year, such county shall be entitled to an abate
ment of five er cent en the amount so paid."
I trust yon will avail yourselves of the !cuefits of
this Act to your county, by promptly comply
ing wilh its terms. -The credit ef the Comtuon
w cahh must be maintained, and it can only be
done by promptitude on the part of the payers.
I fu ly believe every Pennsylvanian acknowledg
es the sentiment that the "laborer is worthy of
his hire" as well the peor man who earns his
daily pittance on our public works, as the rich
bondholder who presents his certificate for the
payment of the interest semi-annually. A heavy
draft will be made upon ihe Treasury en the
lir.st of August next, lor interest, as well as other
equally worthy claims, to meet which I flatter
mysell, the citizens of your county- will cheer
fully anil promptly contribute their taxes and so
secure to your Treasury the abatement allowed
by law.
A'ery rcqu'ctfu lly yours,
JOS. BAIL A", Suite' Treasurer.
The Commissioners of our county should see
to tltis, and secure to the people of this county
the benefit of this provision ef the law. It
makes quite an item for a county paying such a
lartre amount ef taxes as this dots.
The State and Prospects of theEurcpean
War.
AVe have seen a letter from a Parisian gentle
man, famous for his prominent connection wilh
many of the most stupendous con tinentaL' finan
cial oieration.s of the day, and w hose judgment,
by the by, in such mattors is admitted to be
hard y second to that of any other man in
Europe, who w rites that the current w ar isvery
likely to be of very long duration its tumina
livii depending almost wholly on the fiat of Ni
cholas, who cannot get out of it as matters now
stand, without fighting it through without ili lick
ing. Ho writes further that England is begin
ning lo be postered to know how to levy her taxes
to raise the money she needs for her shaie of the
contest ; and that though the war is very popu
lar w ith her people, they are already manifes
ting, each class and interest, a strong desire that
the duty of payiug the piper ihall be shifted from
its own shoulder on that of the others. He thinks
that the continuance of the emigration exodus
and the present high rates of wages, backed by
the contingencies of the war, will operate severe
ly against the English manufacturing and com
mercial interests, while the fact that ports of the
the Baltic and Black Seas must be kept iu a state
of blockade for at least at other season, will keep
up the existing extraordinary demand upon the
agricultural producing capabilities of the Unitetl
States. According to his information, very little
ol the recent enormous drain cf specie from this
side remains in England, where money continues
exceedingly scarce, the bank of England haviug
raised the ratio of interest to live per centum,
lie, Frenchman like, hugs himself over the fact
that while the English banks are lamentably de
ficient in coin, the ue er-failing demand for silks
and satins, and lnincts, for the ladies, has
caused a recent increase in the vaults of the
French banks of twenty millions of elollars in
gold ! He' w inds up wilh a prophecy, that if we
have no war in the next five or ten years to come,
the increase of the United States in all the true
elements of greatness and prosperity, will be well
nigh equal to the most wonderful stories related
in Eastern tale- : bnin-r firmlv of opinion that,
after all, this country and only this country is
to profit by the existing Siale iu Europe..
WEWS ATJD MISCELLANY.
C7"The New York common council, in a spirit
of extreme liberality, have appropriated $500t)
for the suitable celebration cf the 4th ef July.
(7"The people of Connecticut are not all fools.
AVhile the abolitionists tolled the bells in Hart
ford on account of the passage of the Nebraska
bill, the patriots fired on hundred guns.
3I7"Col. AValker.the famous leader of the Lower
California fillibusters, who had returned to Sau
Francisco, has given bail in the sum often thou
sand dollars for his appe arance before U. S. Com
missioner Pap'. ' -
C7At the recent Connecticut Editorial Con
vention it was resolved to advance the rates of ad
vertising twenty-five percent.
ITT-The Crystal Palaco at Sydenham will be
opened on Saturday next. Queen A'ictoria will
be present, and the Emperor -aud Emprtts of
France have been invited-
E7"A new counterfeit 1 20 bill on the Northern
Bank of Kentucky, has made its appearance iu
Ciucinna ti.
C"Green Hendrick has been chosen Sjakti
of the Legislature of Connecticut, in place of Mr.
Foster, elected U. S. Senator.
CCTA Mexican, named Dc Mingoc, died in the
Louisville jail on Mouday looming, of intemper
ance and starvation.
EZ7"The Ohio and Indiana Railroad, and ex
tension of the Ohio and Pennsylvania road, has
been opened to Delphos, on the Miami canal.
CC7"Daniel Turner, of North Carolina, brother
in-law of Senator Badger, declines, it is said, the
appointment of Naval Storekeeper for California.
GIThe citizens of St. Louis have determined
to erect a monument to the memory of A. B.
Chambers, Esq., late editor ef the St. Louis itt-pul-lU'jn.
2'v"Margaret, a slave, has been convicted of
murder in the second degree in AVtrcestcr coun
ty, MJ., and .sentenced lo the ptuitcutiary till
1871.
CCTIn a list of premiums awarded at a country
fair, a reporter gave under the head of "Domes
tic Articles Best Bed Comforter, Miss Mary
Hall."
CvMr. Noble Butler, the brother of Matt,
Ward's victim, it is said will be obliged Vi sell
his house to pay the expenses of the late trial,
lie is a schoolmaster, as was his brother, and
conducts one of the best ladies day schools in
Louisville. A corre pemdent of the N. Y. Times
suggests raising a thousanudofiars for him in that,
city.
li"Mr. AA"illiam Robinson, of AVirt county,
Virginia, died of cholera, in Cincinnati, last week.
It is also stated that two fatal cases occurred at
Gu andotte, A'a., two of Kanawha Salines, and
one at Ixng Bottom, Kanawha county, A'a. Eight
cases appeared at Gallatin, Tcnn., on the Slit
ult.
CZT'Thc Missouri papers report Nebraska
emigration brisk. Hundreds of claims are already
taen up opposite St. Joseph. Xtt a day passed
but a few additious are made to the number. A
train of ten wagons from Illinois, bound for
Nebraska, passed through St. Louis on the
18ihult.
j7A capital portrait lias been published ab
road of the King of Prussia. He is represented
as standing between a bottle of champagne and a
big sword, uncertain as to which of the two he
should draw. It is called "Meditation on tho
Eastern Question."
"According to the statement cf the U. S.
Treasurer, the Government had, on the 1st inst-,
o0, 058, 020 Dollars on deposit and subject to draft
in the treasury and the various di-positories in
the country.
tH7"A"ashington, June 9. The Union this
morning says, that the difficulties wilh Spain
have not yet been adjusted, and that the polie-y
of the Administration regarding them is un
changed. !7"'l'ho organization of the order of Know-Nothings
is said to be under the special auspices
and management of AVtiigs, who hope by that
means to seduce some Dcmociats from tho ranks
of the part-. AVe hope the Democrat will bo
caught by this device of her old enemy.
CI7It is said, that in the Fisheries Treaty
which Lord Elgin has negotiated with Mr. Mar
cy, it is stipulated that Nova Scotia Coal is to be
admitte-d into the United States free of duty.
d7A sou of Senator AVright, of New Jersey,
who has been Secretary of Legislation abroad,
will le appointed Charge el'Affairs to Sardinia,
vice Mr. Daniel, who returns home.
IXTMr. Noble Butler-, brother of the schoolmas
ter murdered by Matt. F. AYard, writes that his
f'iends in Ixuisville have, without saying any
thing to him about it, paid a note of his in bank,
for expenses incurred in AVards trial,, and be
needs no assistance from other places.
-"During the year 1853, one hundred and
nineteen foreigners were naturalized in theSand-wich-Tslands,
fifty tbre-e of whom were Ameri
cans. The KiirJ? in his speech says : As for the
adoption of the Main law in this kingdom in the
present state of revenue, w hich I shall show here
alter, no man of practical sound 6enso would re
commend it.
r3uMr. James AA'ickhani, his wife, a negro
lad, were brutally murdered in their beds on Fri
day night last, at Southold. L. I. Mr. AA'ickham
was a fai-mor but formerly did business in
this city as a merchant. Nicholas Dane, an
Irishman, who had but a short time previously
left the employ of Mr. AVickham. is suspected of
being the peqetrator of the horid butchery. The
efforts to arrest him have not proved successful.
fcSSrThe Barclay Coal Tract, situated in Brad
ford county, Ta., and bein of great fertility,
heavily timbered, and possessing in exhausted
supplies of coal, iron, and fire-clay, has recently
passed into the hands of an association of gentle
man of wealth and standing iu Philadelphia. This
company has engaged a competent engineer, who
will commence tho survey of the railroad fort with,
and proceed to its location and construction with
out delay.
7-0n the 27th ult., seven hundred and thirty
Germans passed through Cincinnati on their way
to Nebraska. AVill our whig and abolition
brethren w ho pretend to fear that the new terri
tories may become slate states, pkase to ui.ke
a noteot this ?
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