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HUNTINGDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1850,
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New Advertisements.
'WATCHES, JEWELRY, will be teen by
a card in soother column, that Taos. READ, Jr.,
eon of Thos. Read, Esq., of this place, has open
n Watch and Jewelry Store in Thirst Street,
Philadelphia. Mr. R. is a young man of correct
deportment and pleasing manners, and we com
mend him to the patronage of those of our read
ers desiring to make purchases in his line in the
city. As a workman, we are informed that Mr.
Read has few superiors in Philadelphia. And
as an evidence of this, his father exhibited to us
an exceedingly well finished Lever Watch, made
by himself, whic:i is a very rare performance
in this country, His store is near that popular
stopping place, the City Hotel.
Jobs MARKS has opened a new Grocery and
Confectionary. Mr. M. is an honest, worthy
man, and we bespeak for him a liberal share of
public favor.
J. M. CVNNINGRAM is again supplied with a
new stock of goods in his line, and is selling at
his usual low prices. See Cards.
Lows Scusernen, who by the by is hard to
beat in selecting nice things, is again in town
with a new stock, comps ising almost everything.
tee Cards.
Ronsar GRAFIVII, Alexandria, is prepared to
furnish all kinds of castings, tin ware, &c. Mr.
G. is an enterprising young man, and deserves a
liberal support.
The attention of Farmers is invited to Pen_
nock's Patent Seed Planters, for sale at the Red
Wtrehouse by Mr. Geo. Hartley.
Our 'Borough.
Our merchants and mechanics are brushing
up their places of business this Spring, in a man
nor highly ornamental to the place. Large bow
windows, in which to display articles for sale,
ere becoming all the rage. Some of these win
dows, especially those in the Jewelry establish.
ments, present a most dazzling appearance..—
These improvements indicate that the business
of oar Borough is on the increase, and that the
prospect before ua is of the most cheering kind.
Indeed, all that is wanting now to make Hun
tingdon a highly prosperous business place, is
enterprise and energy among the citizens. En
•rgy and Perreverenre ran overcome the great
est obstacles, and Industry will always receive
its reward.
1.17" In another column will be found an ac
count of another disgraceful scene in the U. S.
Senate—Messrs. Benton and Hangman Foote,
being the actors. A committee has been ap
pointed to report on the affair. Benton can be
excused, for the reason that he haebeen, during
the whole session, wantonly v Mined and traduced
by this Mississippi blackguard. But nothing
can wipe out the disgrace inflicted on the Senate
but the expulsion of Foote. It will be observed
by the debate that Foote armed himself with a
pistol, and then entered the Senate and com
menced a personal attack upon Mr. Benton,
with a view of provoking him to violence. It
seems as though the ultras of the South have
been thirsting for Mr. Benton's blood ever since
he hes taken his stand against the extension of
tlavery.
The Whigs of the House.
The Pe. Telegraph says:—..“ We were never
more surprised in our life than to find it number
of Whigs(!) voting for the new apportionment
bill which passed the llouse—beeause—we
suppose, it was a very little lee tmrusr, than
the one that was vetoed ; and they thought a
quarter of a loaf was better than no bread.
Locofocoism should be left to do its own dirty
work, solitary and alone."
B 7 We observe by the last Blair county
Whig that the proprietors have dissolved part
nership. Mr. W. T. W11.50n retires from the
establishment, and the paper will hereafter be
conducted by Major RA Irmo.. The retiring
editor has our best wishes for success is what-
ever he may embark, and the « Whig," under
the efficient manageinent of friend RA fMOND, We
hope may go on prospering most abundantly.
An enlargement of the Whig is also announced,
which is good evidence that the paper is doing
well."
Tus Wl',tor Paoviso Ia MICHIGAN. -The
Michigan House of Representatives, on the 10th
ult., passed resolutions sustaining the course of
Gen. Cass on the slavery question. Resolutions
offered by Mr. Leech, were rejected, 26 to 37.
Thus are repealed the instructions of the last
Legislature to Gen. Cass and his associate in the
United States Senate, to vote in favor of the
Wilmot proviso.
Divoscas.—The two famous divorce cases,
Forrest and Wetherill, have been again defeated
at Harrisburg. Neither should have received
the attention already bestowed upon them, in
our opinion. The Wetherill case, especially,
is an outrage on decency and good morals. It
might not be amiss to remark, however, that
both patlestanar:e very rich.
AUDITOR GENERAL.
fn addition to nominating a candidate for
Canal Commissioner, the Whig Convention
which meets in Philadelphia in June hext, will
be called upon to select candidates for Auditor
General and Surveyor General. In performing
this duty, care should be taken to select can
didates who will command the respect of the
people. In nominating candidates for office,
honesty and rapacity are too often made second
ary considerations to fancied availabili4p.
This should not be so. And we are rejoiced to
believe that the time has come when the absence
of the former qualifications, leaves a candidate
for popular suffrage entirely without the latter.
The people are beginning to Mini before they art,
and hence cannot be humbugged into the support
of unworthy candidates for important stations.
The office of Auditor General is one of the
most important to tax payers in the Common
wealth. By an act of the present Legislature,
which has been signed by the Governor and is
now a Law, this officer is to be hereafter elected
by the People. It is therefore right and proper
that the names of suitable persons to fill this
office should be suggested. We therefore avow
our preference for GIDEON J. BALL, the
present efficient and indefatigable State Trea
surer. In Mr. B. are combined all the quittifica
tions, to fill the office of Auditor General with
advantage to the People. Ile is capable, in an
eminent degree, incorruptibly hone.t, and hence
would be victoriously available with the intelli
gent freemen of the Commonwealth. In every
situation in which Mr. Ball has been placed, he
has performed his trust with marked ability and
fidelity. As State Treasurer, he has done much
in restoring the credit of Pennsylvania. And
the investigating committee raised at the in
stance of the Canal Commissioners, after examin
ing all the Canal and Railroad Plunderers in the
State, is unable to prove a ;single misdemeanor
against him. Mr. Ball's vindication has been
most triumphant. His official character only
shines the brighter after a rigid scrutiny by his
enemies.
We hope, therefore, that the Philadelphia Con
vention will place the name of GIDEON J. BALL
before the People as a candidate for Auditor
General. And we venture the prediction, 'that
should this hope be realized, the tax-payers of
the Commonwealth will consult their own in
terests by triumphantly electing him on the
second Tuesday of October.
James M. Porter.
This individual, who has been “everything by
turns and nothing long," is now one of the most
unprincipled, unfair, rabid Locofocos of the pres
ent Legislature. He stops at no means, howev
er dishonest and dishonorable, to accomplish the
vile purposes of Isis party. When Tyler was in
office he was a Tyler man, and played the part
of sycophant and lick-spittle at his foot-stool,
until he received the appointment of Secretary
of War. The Senate, however, after taking a
fair look at the vileness of his political charac
ter, rejected him. He then retired into obscu
rity, until Gen. Taylor's name was mentioned
in connection with the Presidency, when he an
nounced himself a most flaming Taylor man, and
only abandoned him at a time when he thought
the charces of Gen. Cass the best. Notwith
standing his "democracy," in consequence of his
twisting' and turnings, was considered very
"fishy" by his party, he managed last fall to get
a nomination for the Legislature, in Northamp
ton county, and was elected by a largely de
creased Locofoco majority. At the commence
ment of the session his party rejected hint for
Speaker by an overwhelming majority, which
circumstance served to enlighten him as to his
political standing. • And not being much
troubled by what Is called conscience, he deter
mined to pursue a course that would reinstate
him in the confidence of Locofocoism. Hence
we find him on all occasions pushing himself
forward to do the dirty work of the party, de
vising the most rascally Locofoco schemes, all
the while occupying the front rank in Legisla
tive unfairness and villainy. We learn from
our Harrisburg letter that he has even had the
unblushing effrontery to make a report justify
ing the infamous Apportionment Bill recently
passed, and pours out a tirade of abuse against
Gov. Johnston, for complying with his oath of
office, in vetoing it. After this, we think that
James M. Porter's claim to being an ultra Loco
Foco, need not be doubted.
A Severe Sentence.
The trial of Albert G. Gaskins, the young
man who was arrested in January last by a special
agent of the Post Office Department, charged
with robbing the United States mail, took place
l on Monday last before the Circuit Court of
Charleston, South Carolina, and resulted in his
conviction on four separate indictments. He
was sentenced to forty years' imprisonment at
hard labor in Edgefield jail—ten years for each
offence.
Clay Festival in New York.
A festival in celebration of the birth day of
HENRY CLAY, took place in the city of New
York on Friday evening last. It was a large
and enthusiastic gathering. Senator Cooper of
our state was present as one of the guests, and
made a speech on the occasion. Letters were
read from Mr. Clay. President Taylor, Gen.
Scott and others. Mr. Clay on that day attained
his seventy-third year.
FOUND Guun•rr.—The pudlers and boilers,
and the women who were joined with them in
the riotous proceedings at Pittsburg, recently,
and who were indicted, have been found guilty.
Two men were sentenced, each to eighteen
!months imprisonment, and four women, each to
a fine of fifty dollars, and undergo an imprison.
ment of thirty days in the common jail.
CO — The great lake discovered in the interior
of South Africa, in latitude 19 south, and longi
tude 24, has since been explored. The vegeta
tion upon its banks is tropical; the language o f
the natives upon its shores is unlike that of any
other of the African tribes.
Qom' The Baltimoreans are Imcutiatin; nn new
risme. ! Favored people !
Congress.—Mr. Cooper's Course.
Mtge Young, of Illinois, Locofoco, has been
elected Clerk of the House of Representatives,
Por the unexpired term of Mr. Campbell, dee'd:
He was elected by a strict party vote, Wilmot,
Julian and Holmes voting with the Lorofohos.
Nothing else of interest transpired in the House
during the week.
In the Senate, the California Bill has been
postponed for two weeks from yesterday. The
Select Committee of thirteen, moved by the no=
torious Foote of Miss., 10 whom is to be referred
the whole Slavery question, including the ad
mission of California, after a considerable strug ,
gle, has been carried. And we blush to record
the fact, that this scheme of the Slave Aristoc
racy, to compromise the rights of the North,
succeeded by the votes and base skulking of
Northern Senators. Cass, Dickenson, of New
York, Dodge, of lowa, Sturgeon, of this State,
and Whitcomb, of Indiana, voted with the South
for the Committee. And COOPER, of this
State, dodged every vote taken, his name not
appearing once with the friends Of Freedom on
any of the various amendments offered. What
has caused this derilection on the part of our
Senator, we cannot tell. But we are bold to
declare that Mr. Cooran, in thus skulking from
duty, grossly misrepresents those Who placed
him in his present position. The Whigs, and
many of the Democrats of Pennsylvania, while
they do not wish to disturb Slavery in the States,
are unalterably opposed to its further extension.
Previous to his election, Mr. Cooper professed
to entertain the same sentiments. Indeed, from
his public declarations, he was considered rath
er radical in his opposition to Slavery. But
change has come over the spirit of his dreams,"
and while he has not the courage to boldly vote
with the Slavery Propagandists, he gives them
'aid and comfort" by meanly dodging every
question upon which the North and South take
issue. And when this famous eompromtse Com
mittee is appointed, the South, appreciating Mr.
Coo:ier's course, appoints him one of Its mem
bers. The opponents of the Committee did not
participate in selecting it, but left that work to
the Southern Senators and their Northern allies.
The following gentlemen compose the Commit
tee
Messrs. Clay, Cass, Dickinson, Bright, Web
ster, Phelps, Cooper, King, Mason, Downs, Bell,
Mangum, Berrien.
Our remarks in relation to Mr. Cooper, are
made mote in sorrow than in anger. We favor
ed his election to the Senate, believing him to
be a true Whig, possessed of the proper North
ern feeling. We exceedingly regret that he has
already given us cause to believe that we were
mistaken in both particulars. If he cannot rep
resent the sentiments of those who placed him
in power, he should resign; but if too•fond of
place to do that, we would vastly prefer that he
should go over to the enemy at once, and not
disgrace his friends by skulking from duty.
The Whigs and the Tariff.
We are glad to see (says the Pa. Telegraph)
that the Whig members of Congress from Penn
sylvania, have at last become aroused to a sense
of their duty on the Tariff question, and are
using their influence to bring it before Congress
with the least possible delay. It is stated that
a meeting was held for this purpose on Satur
day evening. As several were prevented from
being in attendance by sickness or absence from
the city, it was informally agreed that another
meeting should be held in the course of this or
the ensuing week. It was also understood that
a conference should be held with the Whig mem
bers of the Committee of Ways and Means, and
that measures should be adopted to present a
bill embodying the principles of the Report of
the Secretary of the Treasury, for a modifies•
tion of the Tariff. It was further understood
that when Sir B. L. Bulwer's letter again came
up for discussion, a motion should be made to
refer it to the Committee on Manufactures, with
instructions to report increased and specific
duties on Iron. This will present a test ques
tion, and serve to show the feeling of the House
in regard to it.
We trust that the members of Congress from
the North will now press this measure wills the
same untiring zeal and energy that the South
have the slavery question—and cease not 4, day
and night," to do their duty to their constituents,
and to the country, until the poor laborer of the
North is as well protected in his rights, as the
rich nabob of the South is in his claim upon
the colored man as a chattel created for his
especial use. Let there be no delay or dodging
of this question, for soon the people will call
upon their representatives to render their ac
count of deeds done.
l37"The Washington Republic notices the re
cent veto of the Apportionment bill by Gov.
Johnston, and says in concluding its article :-
44 We rejoice that Governor Johnston has vindi•
cated his constitutional prerogative, and upon
grounds, as set forth in his veto message, which
must command the respect and approbation of
all honest men."
The veto is universally applauded by the
Whig press, and the Locofocos can say nothing
against it. On the contrary, so far as we have
been able to gather the public sentiment amongst
their own party friends, they condemn the
course of the Locofoco members.
3IAD. ON SUNDAY.-.A case was recent.
ly decided by Judge Lewie s Which involved a
question as to the validity of a will made on
Sunday, while the testator was in danger of im•
mediate death, or entertained a well.grounded
belief that such danger existed. The court de
cided the will to be valid; and, that if a will
were made on Sunday, under no such pressure,
the court would, in the absence of proof, pre=
name that circumstances of necessity existed to
justify the act.
07 - The New York TelGrose; a paper well
posted up in such matters, says:--. The triumph
of Locofocoism in Connecticut is a Run Victory,
and its price is a repeal of all impediments to
free drinking."
Q 7" The miser is unwise, who starves him•
self to death that his heirs rosy (east.
CALIFORNIA,
The Washington Republic, is paper that is
supposed to reflect the viewsof the Administra
tion—thus speaks on the subject of the admis
sion of California, previous to the appointment
of the famous committee of thirteen:--u It seems
difficult, indeed, to imagine good reasons for
connecting the admiation Of California with any
legislation which may require the assent of any
other State to its cdmpletionor with a ques ,
tion of boundary, or any other controversy with
any other State. It is equally difficult to assign
good reasons for connecting the admission of
Califdriiia With any measure of less dignity than
the creation of a State--or making the new
State a party to any other than the compacts of
the Constitution; or imposing any other com
pacts relating to her domain than those which
have been heretofore required of the States
named in Mr. BY,NTON'S instructions. Whether
or not California should be admitted as a State,
is a question that ought td be decided, in our
judgment, purely upon its own merits.
One reason that we have heard assigned ftir
mixing up extrinsic matters with the admission
of California is, that there will otherwise be a
rebellious demonntratidn in the House of Repre
sentatives, and that the Union Will be dissolved
by calling the yeas and nays, to the pfaVention
of all business. If the Union can be thus broken
up, it is probably not worth saving. If it is to
be understood that a minority can arrest legisla
tion, and prevent the passage of a perfectly me
stitutional and unobjectionable measure, unless
it is taken in connexion with some other men
sure—if this newly invented phase of oligarchy
is to prevail—there is an end to our Govern
ment, or there might as well be an end of it, for
it would sink into deserved contempt for its
feebleness and insignificance.
We believe that the American people, from
Maine to Texas, would hail with acclamation
the immediate, unencumbered, and unconditional
admission of California.
Coal and Iron.
The Edinburg Review sets down the number
of persons employed in mining in Great Britain
at 103,000 ; and the annual tonnage 371 millions.
It says that the supply of coal must be exhaust
ed in a period not very remote. I: gives 12,000
square miles as the whole area of coal in the U.
States ; and upon our resources the writer pre
diets that Great Britain will become dependent
—unless, as he expects, some new motive pow
ler shall be discovered to supersede coal alto.
gether. In this connection we may mention that
the area of the Anthracite coal fields of Penn
isylvania is probably not over 400 square miles;
which May give us some idea of the value our
descendants will be likely to place upon the
small supply we have of this unique fossil fuel,
when the annual consumption, now three mil
lions of tons, shall be twenty or thirty millions!
When we have the enormous tonnage, we of
course count that the iron of our hills, will, as
in Great Britain, form the main dependence of
the whole American seaboard. The production
of iron in Great Britain is said to be 2,200,000
tons per annum.
Singular Coincidences
A waiter in the National Intelligencer, after
mentioning the fact that the Hon. John Quincy
Adams died at the National Capitol, says :
“The fact is worthy of note, that the building
in which Mr. Calhoun died, was built for the
use of the Congress of the United States, an
was used as the Capitol during the re-building
of that edifice, after its destruction by the Brit
ish troops I and therefore, tl e walls within which
he drew his last breath, have often echoed to
his voice, as poured forth in the defence of his
principles, in that rapid torrent of eloquence
and logical reasoning which, though it might fail
to convince, never failed to electrify his hearers.
Snow Storm at St. LoUis—Distiess
among California Emigrants.
Sr. Lows, Argil. 15, 1850.
We were yesterday visited with a severe
snow storm. It commenced about half past
eight in the morning, and continued, without in
terruption, until 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The
snow was from seven to eight incises deep on a
level.
Accounts have reached this city from St.
Joseph, where several companies of California
emigrants are concentrated. Much sickness
prevails among them—principally diarrhira—
which has carried off great numbers. The back
wardness of the season adds much to their suf
ferings. Several of the emigrants are returning
home.
rain RIG/ITS OF Tits cotemporary
says there are a great many enactments now
made in many of the States in regard to the
rights of married females. What have the single
females done or omitted, that their rights should
not be as well secured to them as the married
ones? We, for one, think they should receive
the same privilege as the others. Hurrah for
single ladies' rights.
GRATIFYING INTELLIGENCE.-fie Pittsbarg
Gazette states that the President of the Penn
sylvania and Ohio Rail Road Company, General
Robinson, has succeeded in negotiating the
whole amount of the Bonds of the cities of Pitts
burg and Allegheny, on terms highly favorable.
This will secure the completion of that impor
tant link in the great Central Railroad without
delay.
Pg . ' Mr. BOTTS, a Southern mar., in a letter
to the New York Clay Festival, says that the
Union never has been in danger, and all the agi
tation at the South was gotten up by the Loco
Foco press for party capital, and that the Whig
presses and politicians were too "timid" to ex
pose the humbug.
PERV.-The Peruvian Congress has passed a
law imposing a duty on all foreign manufactured
articles, aimiler to those produced in Porn, of
nine-tenths the price for which the domestic
article sells. This of course will be a total
prohibition of all each imports.
Woasusnues's cONGREB6.-Thete is a con
vention of Workingmen from various parts of
the country, representing the different branches
of the mechanic arts, now in session in Pitts
burg.
Leiter from Harrisburg.
kimuusuvuo, April 10, 1850
DEAR CoL.—Since my last, matters are as
suming a more interesting aspect. The one
dollar and a half a day is admonishing the solons
that it is time for them to be it home. It dont
pay-- , . sixteen jiggers a day " and the extras,
"cuts it to the red."
•
On Tuesday of last week the Legislature, by
a unanimous vete, acknowledged their hasty
Legislation, and saved thenislves from another
exposure by the Governor. 1 give your readers
the facts, and they can then see how watchful
Governor Johnston is of the interests of the
State.
Laird, and hit hecotoco brethren, after setting
on their eggs for three mohths, finally hatched
the Bank Bill; and on purely tlemOrratic terms.
Their pet was placed in the Governor's hands
for approval. Ile examined it 'llth hie usual
Care slid discOvered that the Banks, by that Bill-,
were required to pay the contemptible tax of
only four and a half mills on the dollar for the
whole fifteen yenrs of their chartered existence.
It was so grossly unjust when cbuipareil with
the tax on other banks already chartered, that
00v. Johnston sent the bill back to the compar
ing committe, to ascertain whether it was not
an error committed in the transcribing room. It
was not was just as it had been passed !
What was to be done 1 They were confident
the Governor would never sanction so foul a
wrong. A motion is at once made in the House
and unanimously agreed to, to insert in the Bill,
after the words " tour and a half mills," two
other very eXpressive words, viz: "per annum."
And the Senate unanimously assented to the
amendment. The Banks were thereby compel
led to pay fifteen times as much tax as was
originally derhafided in the bill. Thus the
democracy saved themselves In exposure by
another veto, and aeknowledgell their hasty
Legislation! and Gov. Johnston, by his vigilance,
saved for Pennsylvaqie THREE OR FOUR
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. It was
well remarked by one in any hearing, "nothing
escapes him "
Gov. Johnston gave the Demtfcracy antfther
veto this week. It knocked them spachleso
again. They had passed a law giving that model
political Judge—King of Philadelphia—the rum
selling patronage of the city and county. Cor
rupting and debasing an that patronage is, it
was to be placed in the hands of ■ court, which
in a short time would he before the People for
election, Gov. Johnston has said that with his
consent no court shall be placed in a situation so
certain to make it obnoxious to the charge of
wielding its patronage to secure its own elec
tion, and though the charge wore false, no cer
tain to soil the ermine in effect, if not in fact.
His veto is admitted to be right by many of the
Governor's enemies.
That political saint, of blessed memory, James
Madison Patter, John Tyler's partner and pet,
has been seeking to be cannon:zed all winter,
and is in a fair way to keep fresh in the memory
of every honest man, the peculiar piety of his
political life. When the veto message on the
Apportionment Bill was sent to the Howie, this
man, with a bitterness natural to him, declared
that he would never give his consent that the
lands of the State should be squandered in its
printing ! A week of plotting has produced from
tha bile of his heart, and that of his companions
(not equals) in shame, a specious, false and foul
political tirade Which is dignified with the name
of a "Report of the majority of the A pportion
ment Committee," and they bring thet into the
House. This conscientious creature then asks
to have it printed with the Governor's veto!
He cares nothing for the public moneys now,
since he has a chance to appear in public as the
defamer of Gov. Johnston. And do you think
his bold faced iniquity is satisfied with this 1 No!
The minority of that committee prepared hastily
a minority report, arid asked that it too be print
ed in connection with the majority report andthe
message. Unfair and disgraceful as it may seem,
still it is true, that this modern Jeffries called
on his party to strike out the minority report,
that the judgment should be passed, a ICI Jeffries
of old, on the hearing of one side only ! How
truly has the Poet said of the Hypocrite—
" In sermon style he bought
And sold and lied, and sulutarons made
In scripture phrase • • • • •
In holy terms transacted villainies •
That common sinners durst not meddle with."
Finally, however, the House agreed to print
the minority report separately. Hoping that if
their falsehood got the start, the truth would
never overtake it.
On Wednesday we had one of the richest
scenes in the House I ever witnessed. The new
Apportionment Bill was on its final passage.
The Westmoreland and Bedford double Senato
rial district hail been split in moo. John Cessna, ,
Bedford's great man, saw the object of his hopes
glide from his grasp, and he waked up a fearful
tempest, and the thunder, ligl.tning and mind of
his wrath was directed against the Westmore
land membeis. It was an awful storm, but
" the lightnin ,, did not strike any body " but
Cessna himself. He sat down to view the wreck
he had made. And Westmoreland's own Gaffey ;
having escaped the boots of this mutters Jove,
answered him. r. He was a Westmoreland
democrat, and wanted nothing to do with such a
contemptible feller as John Cessna, who was
no g reat things of a democrat, or he would have
got more than fifteen majority in Bed-ford.
Bed ford wanted everything. She had got the
Congressman for several years, and they were
not going to let her have the Senator. The cow
that bawled the most about the loss of her calf
got soonest over it. John Cessna was like the
bubbles on the water, just pumping up and
basting, and going out again.' , This reply of
Guffey's was interrupted with rounds of applause,
end an occasional voice, solo core, " Go it
Gaffey." Jolla Cessna was annihilated, and he
looked very much like a foot ball wher. some
unlucky kick has knocked the wind out of it,
and left it empty and placid.
The Forrest Divorce bill suddenly arose from
its seeming Sleep and Passed fhe lower House.
In the Senate it was again put td rest, 18 to 15
being the tote: It will, I have no doubt, be tried
again. The Wetherill case went down once.
more, and the prospect is that it will staydown.
The House has began at last upon the A ppro
priation Bill. Their courage like that of Bob
Acre's, has «oozed out at their finger ends."
They have concluded that they cannot starve
the Whigs out so soon as they expected.
Since the Apportionment Bill has paseed the
House, Cessna, Bravely, and a few more of the
same kidney, have beer wielding all the power
of party to have the bill amended in the Senate;
so as to save their necks from the axe of their
constituents. They are striving to make the
Best bargain possible, if they can but succeed.
The result is still uncertain. The Whigs are
passive. If the honest democracy of the Legisla
ture will show anything like a fair purpose,
there will be no complaining. But if the villainy
of the Loco Focos is to be acted out to the
"bitter end," they Will find that Gov. Johnston
Aare do his duty, the bass(e)-drum to the con.
trary notwithstanding.
I mention one fact, that the people may know
how previous Administrations have neglected
their duties. l'he larva of the State, for up Wards
of serest years, (from 1810 to DM) hare been
left uttrerorded ! Hotly person can tell what
the Clerks were doing, while this large amount
of work was left undoneithey must get their in
formation from some other source than the
evidence in the office of the State Department:
Not less than $3,500 is required to Employ
Clerks to do this labor now, while Locofthro
Clerks have already pocketed the money for the
same service. Will the People ever learn that
this Modern democracy lives upon the stealings
in office.
The sessidn has been so long protracted that,
contrary to their wishes, the State Treasury
Investigating committee have got through with
their testimony at last. But how to report is the
trouble. Truth and conscience says, acquit Bali
and censure the Canal Commissioners. Loco
focolsm, condemn Ball at the expense of both.
If the eomtnittee report at all, it will be a queer
report, permit me to say In advance
No signs of adjournment yet
MONEY MATTERS.
02 - $5 counterfeits on the Wilmington and
Brandywine Mink, of Wilmington, Del., are in
circulation. The impression is much lighter
than the genuine bill, and appears to have been
printed with paler ink. The signature of the
President is bad ; . but that of the Cashier very
fair. But the main points of detection is in the
inferior Paper of the counterfeit, it being one
sixteenth of au iliCh shorter, and in the vignette,
the tigiires being badly executed. The woman
at the top of the note, representing Liberty, had
her left foot turned, as tier ltkrge toe was where
the small one might to BE: The shading lined
on the faces at the sides of the idle tire all turn.
ed in opposite directions to those do the gennino
note.
THE MARKETS.
PHILADELPHIA, April 10,1850.
There is an increased demand for Flour, and
1000 a 1500 bbls..standard and good brands sold
for shipment and to the city dealers at $5 a .5
1214, and choke lots and extra for $5,181 a 5,211
per bbl. •
Rye Flour is steady, small sales at $2,81j.
Corn Meal is held firmly. Sales of 500 bids.
Pennsylvania at $2,62 1 per bbl.
Grain—Wheat continues very scarce, and
prices have an upward tendency. Sales of good
red at $l,ll, and white at $1,16 n 1;17 per
bushel.
Rye—Several Tots have teen sclid at 60 a
60i cents.
Corn is if; datridnd, and the receipts, c6ntintte
exceedingly small. Sales of yellow at 0a 57 eta
Ostia are much wanted, but there are very
few arriving: Sales of 4000 bushels prime Pa.
at 40 cents per bushel.
Whiskey—Safes td bbis. at 29.1 cents, and
lihns. at 22i cents.
NEW ADVEiTIi-EDI-EN71:8;
. .
Additional new adverlisemenb on third page.
Administrator's Notice.
Letters of Administration have been granted
to the subscribers upon the estate of Prrzn
DECKER, of Went township deemed. All per.
sons having claims will present them duly
authenticated, and those indebted are requested
to make payment to _
NICHOLAS C. DECKER(
MARY DECKER.
Administrators.
April 23d 1850,
THOMAS READ, AIL
DEALER IX
Gold and Silscr Watches,
4;l3QDczElErvr s , eigZsc - zo. •
No. 55 Nowni THIRD STaunT, BELOW
PHILADELPHIA.
Watches and Jewelry of every description neatly
repaired and warranted.
•
His friends and the public gent
-• \ I orally, visiting Philadelphia, are
ssTh....: invited to give him a call, as he
a feels confident that he can furnish
articles in his line of such quality
and price as will give universal satisfaction.—
The trade Will be supplied with Watches, Jew.
elry, &c., ao cheap as they can be procured else
where.
Philittlelphie. April 23, 1950.
E101212111131111S
John Marks In the Field.
The subscriber has opened a ver s y neat GRO .
CERY and CONFECTIONAWk in the East
end of the Exchange Hotel, Market Square. Hun.
tingdon, in the room formerly occupied by
Neff and Miller as a Jewelry Store, where
articles in his line can be had cheap for cash or
country produce. His stock consists of
Coffee of different qualities,
Tea, Young Hymn, Imperial and Black,
Sugar, from 63 to 11 cts per lb.
Chocolate, Sweet Spiced.
Tobacco, Snuff and Segue.
Corn brooms and Whitewash Brushes,
Beat Ta life and Baking Molasses,
Soap, Fancy and Rosin,
Candles, Mould and Spet m.
Rice and Starch,
Twine and Candle Wick,
Congress Lemons and Oranges, .
Fancy and side Combs,
Bath Brick,
Table Salt, and a general assortinent of OAKES,
RAISINS : NUTS and CANDIES, all of which
I am prepared to sell at a very email profit.
JOHN MARKS.
April Z3d,1850
' Farmers of Huntingd on Co unty.
PENNOCK'S Patent Seed Planters, for
Wheat, Rye, Corn and Oats, the hest machine
of the kind now inuse, kept constantly for sale
at the Red Warehouse, Huntingdon, Then
Planters will save 15 per cent in labor, and 20
per cent in grain over the old method of Harrow ,
ing. Also Self-Sharpening Plows and Co: n
Sheflers of the latest and moat improved style.
GEORGE HARTLEY.
April 23d, 1850.-3 m.—pd,
II 13.1 0 QU.IIIT Elt 8
FOR
Groceries & Confectionaries.
JOHN 31.
H AS just received a choice Mock of Groceries.
Confectionaries, &c. He respectfully invites
his customers and the public generally to tall
and examine his assortment.
Huntingdon. April 23, MO.
- WALL ANDTAPL
Of superior quality, just received and for tale at
the Book Store of
H. W. SMITH.
April 28, 1850
Coffee, Teas and Sugars.
AFRESH onpply just opened and for sale at
CUNNINGHAM'S Grocery and Conic,.
tionary.
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