----- of this omission is, - probably, to be robed in a growing belief that the system of fortifications adopted in 1846, and heretofore acted on, requires revision. The subject certainly deserves full and careful investigation; but it should not be delayed longer than can be avoided. in the meantime there are certain works which have been commenced— some of them nearly completed—designed to pro tect our principal seaports from Boston to New Orleans, and a few other important points. In regard to the necessity tor these works, it is be lieved that little difference of opinion exists among military mom I therefore recommend that the appropriations necessary to 'Prosecute them ho made. I invite your attention to the remarks on this subject, and on others cimuceted with this De partment, .contained in the accompanying report of the Secretary of Measures line been taken to carry into effect the law of the last session making provision for the improvement of certain rivers and harbors, and it is believed that the arrangements made for that purpose will combine efficiency with econo my. Owing Oddly to the advancetteeason when the act was passed, little lots yet been done in re gard to molly of the works beyond making 4111.1 necessary preparations. With respect to is few of the improvements, the sums already appropri ntod will saffice to complete them, but most of them will require• additional appropriations. I trust that these appropriations will he made, and that this wise and beneficent policy, so auspi ciously resumed, will be continued. Great care should be taken, however to commence no work which is not .1' sufficient importance to the com merce of the country to he viewed as national its its character. But wo•ks;wl.ich have been com menced should not he discontinued until comple ted, as otherwise the sums expended will, in most cases, be lost. The report from the Navy .Department will in form you of the prosperous condition of the branch of the public service committed to his charge. It presents to your consideration many topics and suggestions of which ask yourappro val. It exhibits nn unusual degree of activity in the operations of the Department during the past year. The preparations ffir tite-dhpan 'expedition, to which I have already alluded; the arrangements , made for the exploration , and survey of the China Seas, the- Norshom•Yacifle, and inuring Straitti; the incipient measures taken towards a reconnoi same of tho•cottinent of Africa•eastwmrd of Libe ria; the preparation•fiin an early examination of the tributaries of the River La Plata, which a re cent decree of the provisional chief of the Argen tine Confederation has opened to navigtion; all these enterprises, and the means, by which they are proposed to be accomplished, have command ed my full approbation, nd I have nu doubt will be productive of most useful results. Teo officers of the Navy were heretofore in structed to explore the whole extent of the Ama zon river from the confines of Peru to its month. The return of ono of them has placed is the pos• session of the Government an interesting and val uable account of the character and resources of u country abounding in the materials of commerce, and which, if opened to the industry of the world, will prove an inexhaustible fund of wealth. The report of this exploration will be comMunicated to yos as soon no it is complete. . - - Among other subjects offered to your notice by tlie• Sesretary of the Navy, I select fur special commendation, in view of its connexion with the interests of the navy, the plan submitted by him for the establishment of a permanent corps of sea men, and the suggestions he has presented fur the "Tegg,tif‘.l.l: the ft . ..To l fteT i el ly ta . ke occasion to say that I think it will greatly unpro, er ticiency of the service, and that I regard it as still more entitled to favor for the salutary influence it must exert upon the naval discipline, now greatly disturbed by the increasing spirit of insubordina tion, resulting from our present system. The plan proposed for the organisation of the seamen fur nishes a judicious substitute for the law of Sep tember, 1850, abolishing corporal punishment, and satisfactorily sustains the policy of that act, under conditions well adapted to maintain. the authority of command and the order and security of our ships. It is believed that any change which pro poses permanently to dispense with this mode of punishment shout I be preceded by a system which shall supply the navy with semen of the most meritorious class, whose good deportment and pride of character may preclude all occasion lbr a resort to penalties of a harsh and degrading nature. The safety of a ship and her crew is often dependant upon immediate obedience to a com mand, and tile authority to • enforce it must be equally ready. The arrest of a refractory seaman, in such moments, not only deprives the ship of in dispensable aid, but imposes a necessity fur dou ble service on others whose fidelity to their duties mny be relied upon in such an emergency. The exposure to this increased and arduous labor, since the passage of the act of 1850, has already had, to a most observable and injurious extent, the effect of preventing the enlistment of the beat seamen in the navy. The plan now suggested is designed to promote a condition of service in which this ob jection will no longer exist. The details of this plan may be established in great part, if not alto gether, by the Executive, under the authority of existing jaws; but I have thought it proper, in ac cordance with the suggestion of the Secretary of the Navy, to submit it to your approval. The establishment of a corps of apprentices for the navy, or boys tube enlisted until they become of age, and to be employed under such regulations as the Navy Department may devise, as proposed in the report, I cordially approve and commend to your consideration; and I also concur in the sug gestion that this system for the early training of seamen may Ire most usefully engrafted upon the service of oar merchant marine. The other proposition of the report to which I have referred• L—the reorganization of the Naval Academy--I mermen(' to your attention as a project worthy of your encouragement and sup port. The valuable, sezvices already. rendered by this institution entitles it.to the contiuuanee of your fostering care Your attention is respectfully called to the re port of the Postmaster General for the detailed 'op eration of his Department during the last , fiscal year from which it will be seen that the receipts from postagea for that time was less by $1,431,696 than for the preceding fiscal year, being a decrease of about 23 per cent. This diminution is attributable to the reduction in the rates of postage made by the act of March 3, 1851, which reduction took effect at the com mencement of the last fiscal year. Although in its operation during the last year, the act referred to has not fulfilled the predictions of its friends by increasing the correspondence of the country inproportiou to the reduction of post age. I should nevertheless, question the policy of returning to higher rates. Experience etvarrunts the expectation that as the community becomes accustomed to cheap postage, correspondencewill increase. It is believed that front this cause, and from the rapid growth of the country in population and business, the receipts of the Departsnent must ultimately exceed its expenses, and that the coup• try may safely rely upon the continuance of the present.cheap retail postage.. In former messages I hare, among other things, respectfully recornothaled to the consideration of Congress the propriety and necessity of further legislation for. the protection and punishment of foreign consuls residing. in. the United States; to revive with certain inediflcations the act of 10th March, 1838, to restrain unlawful military expe ditions against the •inhabitanta . of contertainous States or territories; fur , the preservation and pro tection from mutilation or theft of the papers, re cords, and archives of the nation;. for authorizing_ the surplus revenue to be applied to the payment of the public debt in advance of the %One when it will become due; for the establishment of land of fices for the sale of the public lands in California and the Territory of Oregon; for the construction of a road from the Mississippi valley to the Pacific ocean; for the establishment of a boreau of agri. culture:for the promotion of that interest. perhaps the most important in the country; for the preven tion of fronds upon the Government in applica tions for pensions and bounty lands; thr the estab lishment of a uniform foe bill, prescribing a spe cific compensation for every service required of clerks, district attorneys, anti inarshalls; fin• au thorizing nn additional regiment of mounted men, for the defence of our frontiers against the Indi ans and fur fulfilling our treaty stipulations with Mexico. to defend tier citizens against the Indi ans, "with equal diligence it.' energy as our owlet' fur determining the misfire rank between the na val and civil officers in our public ships, and be tween the officers of the Army and Navy in the various gradesof each; for reorganizing the naval establishment by fixing the number of oflicers in each grade, and providing for a retired list upon reduced pay of those unfit for active duty; for pre scribing and regulating punishments in the navy; for the appointment of a comtnission to revise the public statues of the United States, by arranging them in order, supplying deficiencies, correcting incongruities, simplifying their language, load re porting them to Congress fur its final action; and for the establishment of a commission to adjudi cate' and settle private claims against the United States. 1 am not swore, however, that any of these subjects have finally been acted upon by con gress. Without repeating the reason it fur legisla tion on these subjects which have been assigned in for mer messages, I respectfully recommend them again to your faeorable consideration. I , hink it due to the several Executive Depart ments of this Government to bear testimony to the efficienccy and integrity with which they ore conducted. With all the careful superintendence. which it is possible for the Heads of those De partments to.exereise still divine administration and guardianship of the public money must very much depend on the vigilance, intelligence, and. fidelity of the subordinate officers and clerks, and especially on , those entrusted with the settlement and adjustment of claims and , accounts. I am gratified to believe that they have generally per formed their duties &initially and well. They are appointed to guard the approaches to the public. Treasury, and they occupy positions that expose them to all the temptations and seductions which the cupidity of speculators and fraudulent claim ants can prompt them to etnploy. It will be but a wise precaution to protect the Government against that source of misliiief and corruption. its far as it can be done, by the emu:uncut of all proper legal penalties. The laws, in this respect, are suppos ed to be defective; and I therefore deem it my duty to call your attention to the subject, and to recommend that provision be made by late for the punishment not only of those who shall accept bribes, but also of those who shall either promise, give, or offer to give to any of those officers or clerks n bribe or reward touching or relating to any matter of their official action or duty. It has been the uniform policy of this Govern ment from its foundation to the present day to abstain from all interference in the domestic Mild. of other nations. The consequence has been that while the nations of Europe have been engaged in desolating wars, our country has pursued its peaceful courset o unexampled prosperity and hap piness. The wars in which we have been com pelled to engage, in defence °idle rights and hon or of the country, have been tbrninately of short duration. During the terrific contest of nation against nation, which succeeded the French revo lution, we were enabled by the, wisdom anti firm ness of President Washington to maintain our neutrality. While other nations were drawn into this wide sweeping whirlpool, we sat quiet and unmoved npon our own shores. While the flow er of their numerous armies was wasted by dis ease or perished by hundreds of thousands upon the battle-field, the youth.of this favored land were permitted to enjoy the blessings of peace beneath the paternal toot. While the States of Europe incurred enormous debts, ander the bur den of whieh their subjects still groan, and which must absorb no•stmall part of the product of the honest industry , of those countries for generations to come, the United States have once been ena bled to exhibit-the proud spectacle of a notion free from public - debt; and, if permitted to pursue our prosperous way for a fete years longer in peace, we may do the same again. But it is now said by some that this policy must be changed. Europe is no longer separated frotn us by a voyage of months, but steam navigation has brought her within a few days' sail of our shores. We see more of her movements. and take a deeper interest in her controversies. 'Although no one proposes that we slionld join the fraternity of potentates who have for ages lavished the blood and treasure of their subjects in maintain ing the "balance of power," yet it is said that we ought to interfere between contending sovereigns and their subjects, for the pair peso of overthrow ing the monarchies of Europe and establishing in their place republican institutions. It is alleg ed that we have heretothre pursued a different course from a sense of our weakness, but that now our conscious strength dictates a change of policy, and that it is consequently our - ditty to mingle in these contests and aid those who' are struggling for liberty. This is a most seductive but dangerous appeal to the generous sympathies of freemen. Enjoy ing as we do the blessings of a free government, there is no man who has an American heart that would not rejoice to see these blessings extended to all other nations. We cannot witness , the struggle between the oppressed anti his oppressor anywhere without the deepest sympathy for the former, and the most anxious desire for his tri umph. Nevertheless, is it prudent or is it wise to involve ourselves in these foreign warst Is it in deed true that we have heretofore refrained from doing 80 merely from the degrading motives of a conscious weakness. For the honor of the patri ots who have gone before us, I cannot admit it.— Men of the Revolution who drew the sword against the oppressions of the mother country, and pledged to Heaven "their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor" to maintain their free dom, could never have been actuated by so un worthy a motive. They knew no weakness or fear where right or duty pointed the way, and i t is a libel upon their fair fame for us, while we enjoy the blessings for which they as nobly fought and bled to insinuate it. The truth is that the course which they pursued was dictated by a stern sense of international justice, by a statesmanlike pru dence- and *a far-seeing wisdom, looking not mere ly to the present necessities but to the permanent safety and interest of the country. They knew that the world is governed less by sympathy than by reason and force, that it was not possible for this nation to become a "propa gandist" of free principles without arraying against it the combined powers of Europe; anti that the result was Inure likely to be the overthrow of republican liberty here than its establishment there. History has been written in vain for those who can doubt this. France had no sooner es tablished a republican form of 4overnment than she. manifested a desire to force its blessings on all the world. Her own historian informs us that, hearing of some potty acts of tyranny in a neigh boring principality, "The National Convention 'declared that she.would afford succor anti fritter 'nity to all nations who. wished to recover their lib erty; and she gave itsin charge to the executive 'power to give orders to the generals of the French "armies to aid all citizens who might have been "or should be oppsessed in the cause of liberty." Here was the faise , step which led to her subsequent misfortunes. She soon found her self involved in war with all the rest of Europe. In less than ten year. her government-was chang ed from a republic.to an empire; and. finally, af ter shedding rivers of blood, foreign powers re stored her exited dynasty, and exhausted. Europe sought peace and repose in the unquestioned as cendency of monarchical principles. Let us learn wisdom from her example. Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish trecdom. Our own free institutions were not the offspring of our Revolution. They existed before. They were planted in the free charters of self govern ment under which the English colonies grew up, and our Revolution only freed us from the domin- Von of a foreign power, whose government was at variance whose institutions. But European na tions have had no such training for self govern ment, and every stibrt to establish it by bloody revolutions has been, and must, withont that pre paration, continue to be a failure. Liberty, un regnlated by law, degenerates into anarchy, which soon becomes the most horrid of all despotisms.— Our policy is wisely to govern' ourselves, and thereby to set such an example of national justice, prosperity, and trite glory, no shall teach to all stations the blessings of selt-governmen4 and the unparalleled enterprise and success of a free peo ple. We live in an age of progress, and ours is emphatically a country of progres. With in the last half-century the number of States in this Union has nearly doubled, the pop ulation has almost quadrupled, and our boundaries have been extended from Mis sissippi to the Pacific. Our territory is chequered over with railroads, and furrow ed with canals. The inventive talent of our country is excited to the !lightest pitch, and the numerous applications for patents for valuable improvements distinguish this age and this people from all others. The genius of one American has enabled our com merce to move against wind and tide, and that of another has annihilated distance in the transmission of intelligence. The whole country is full of enterprise. Our common schools are diffusing intelligence among the people, and our industry is fast accumula ting the comforts and luxuries of life.-- This is in part owing to our peculiar posi tion, to our fertile soil, and comparatively sparse population ; but much of it is also owing to the popular institutions under which we live, to the freedom which every man feels to engage in any useful pursuits, according to his taste or inclination, and to the entire confidence that his person and property will be protected by the laws.— But whatever may be the cause of this un paralleled growth in population, intelli gence, and wealth, one thing is clear, that the Government must keep pace with the progress of the people. It must partici pate in their spirit of enterprise, and while it exacts obedience to the laws, and re strains all unauthorized invasions of the' rights of neighboring States, it should fos ter and protect home industry, and lend its powerful strength to the improvemet of such means of intercommunication as are necssary to promote our internal commerce and strengthen the ties which bind us to- I gether as a people. It is not strange, however much it may be regretted, that such an exuberance of enterprise should cause some individuals to mistake change for progress, and the inva sion of the rights of others for national powers and glory. The former arc con stantly agitating for some change in the organic law, cr urging new and untried theories of human rights. The later are ever ready to engage in any wild crusade against a neighboring people, regardless of the justice of the enterprise, and with out looking at the fatal cotsequences to ourselves and to the cause of popular gov ernment. Such expeditions however, are often stimulated by mercenary individuals, who expect to share the plunder or profit of the enterpise without exposing them selves to danger, and are lad on by some irresponsible foreigner, who abuses the hos pitality of our own Government by sedu cing the young and ignorant-to join in his scheme of personal ambition or revenge, under the false and delusive pretence of extending the area of freedom. These reprehensible aggressions but retard the true progress of our nation and tarnish its fair fame. They should, therefore, receive the indignant frowns of every good citizen who sincerely loves his country and takes a pride in its prosperity and honor. Ohr Constitution, though not perfect, is doubtless the best that ever was termed.— Therefore let every proposition to change it be well weighed, and if round beneficial, cautiously adopted, Every patriot will re joice to see its authority so exerted as to advance the prosperity and honor of the nation, whilst he will watch with jealousy any attempt to mutulate this charter of our liberties, or pervert its powers to acts' of aggression or injustice Thus shall con servatism and progress blend their harmo nious action in preserving the form and spi rit of the Constitution, and at the same time carry forward the great improvements of the country with a rapidity and energy which freemen only can display. In closing this, my last annual communi cation, permit me, fellow citizens, to con gratulate you on the prosperous condition of our beloved country. Abroad its rela tions with all foreign powers are friendly ; its•rights are respected, and its high place in the family of nations cheerfully recogni zed. At home we enjoy an amount of hap piness; public and private, which has-prob ably never fallen to the lot of any other people. Itesides•affording to onr own cid , zens a degree of prosperity r of which on so large a•scale I know of no other instance, our country is annually affording a refuge and a home to multitudes, altogether with out example, from the Old World.• We owe these blessings, under Heaven, to the happy Constitution and Government which were bequeathed to us by ourlathers, and which it is our sacred duty to transmit in all their integrity to our children. We must all consider it a great distinction and pirviloge to have been chosen by the peo ple to bear a part in the administration of such a Government. Called by an unex pected dispensation to its highest trust at a season of embarrastuents and alarm,. I-en tered upon its ardous duties with extreme diffidence. I elaim , only to have •disaarged them to the best of an bumble abillity, with a single eye to the public good ; and it is with devout gratitude, in retiring from office, that I leave the country in a state of peace and prosperity. MILLARD FILLMORE. WASIIINGTON, December 6, 1852. THE JOURNAL. „ A .. . .. : . 7 ,, -.'• .....,• , , ";.' '440,.. HUNTINGDON, PA, - - Thursday Morning, Dec. 16, ISM. A. NV. BENEDICT, ESQ., POLITICAL ED, V. B. PALMER Is our authorized agent in Philadelphia, New York and Boston, to receive advertisements; and any persons in those cities wishing to adver tise in our columns, will please call on him. New Advertisements. A Farm of 850 acres of linostone land for sale in Woodcock Valley. A Furnace for rent in Shirley township, this county. Registor's Notices, Sheriff's Sales, Ad ministrator's Notice, Court Proclamations, &c., &e. See also Card of King and Moorhead, IWholesale Grocers, Pittsburg. Presidents Message. It is very rare that any State paper, mu seating from any of the Departments at Washington, has met with such universal commendation as the Message of Pesident Fillmore. Every Whig will read it with pleasure, and pride that he is a Whig; and every honest republican, of any party will read and rejoice that we have had such a good man as our Chief Magistrate; and few we think of any party will object to the rec ommendations of the message. Perhaps a few who arc the ultra progressives--the flibustiers—may sneer at his views relative to Cuba,—but it surely is only a few. After alluding to the amicable relations between Her Catholic Majesty, and our Government, notwithstanding some small difficulties which have been engendered by the folly or madness of some interested in dividuals. The President informs us that "official notes were received from the min isters of France and England inviting the United States to become a party with them to a tripartite Convention, in which the three powers should disclaim now and for the future all intentions to obtain pos session of the Island of Cuba." Which invitation was respectfully declined as the measure would be of "doubtful constitu tionality, impolitic and unavailing.' , This was exactly right. We as a nation owe it to the memory of Washington to make no en tangling alliances. We as a nation the President says "entertain no designs a gainst Cuba" and he considers its "incor poration into the Union at present fraught with serious peril," and in a few worth lie demonstrates the truth of that opinion. We ask in all soberness, what could we do with such a population as inhabits that Island? They have no sympathies with us—no kin dred ties; strangers in every thing—speak ing a different language; and would it not be certain to revive all the bitter elements of a sectional strife, which it is hoped are now happily compromised. It it useless for ifs however, to allude to each topic in the message. It should be carefully read; and digested, then each will know what are the doctrines of a Whig President. Thus•they can the better weigh and value the measures of their opponents. We have written a few words about Cuba, because that is a subject which is likely to be agitated, and will be sure to agitate a portion of our people. The Christmas Brother Jonathan. The appearance of this elegant holiday Pictorial will astonish every body this year. It is really the most spirited and beautiful sheet of pictures ever issued in America, or anywhere else. The principal engraving is The Christmas Turkey—a series of ad ventures in turkey life—in• sporting life— in gaming life; and illustrating other curi ous maneuvers, winding up with a genuine Christmas Dinner. There is an sore of beautiful pictures besides this, which we have not room to note It is enough• to say it is by- far the pretiest sheet ever is sued from dm Brother Jonathan .esablish ment.. B. H. DAY, 48 Beekman street, N. York, is•the publisher. Price 12 etst per copy,•or ten for one dollar. Dedication The Mill Creek Methodist Episcopal Church will be dedicated, by Divine per mission, on Sabbath 26th inst. Rev. Thos. Bowman will be present, and Wm. R. Mills, and other clergy are expected. Pardons. Our readers, no doubt, will remember, with what well assumed virtuous indigna tion, the presses of the Loco Foco party as sailed Governor Johnston, for what they were pleased to call, the abuse of the par doning power. On every occasion, without being acquainted with the facts in the case, every "puppy, whelp, and hound, and cur, of low degree, that could find room in the columns 4 their party papers, for their slang, was yelping at the Executive for pardoning convicts. Ayt, and we know that some of the pets of the present State Administration, after it was in power, made it a special point of duty, to hunt for the number of pardons issued at the close of the last State Administration, to win some party praise, by his dirty work, and then gave the world the benefit of his toil, in a tabular statement. The perple being call ed upon to condemn the monstrous abuse. False, unscrupulous, and contemptible, as were those assaults, the assailants dared not to charge any one of the pardons to party prejudice, or to serve party ehds. Now, we wish our readers, and every honest man of all parties, to know what is done by the Bigler Administration. George F. Weaver, and John Orth, ed itors of the "Harrisburg Democrat," were a few days since convicted of libel upon George Bergner, of the Harrisburg" Watch er," and sentenced to pay a fine of $lOO, and be imprisoned one month,—the libel, it is said, was of purely a private charac ter. They were immediately pardoned by Gov. Bigler. This is a kind of liconoed ruffianism, that has not for some year dis graced Pennsylvania. We bad hoped bet ter things of his Excellency. And we are led to believe that, the act is the result of the importunities of others, who care not for the position in which they place the Governor. Wo have looked in vain, to see this dis reputable pardon of party pimps, for party libels censured by some of the political puritans, who howled so frightfully, only one year ago over the power then execised by Gov. Johnston, in cases when the ends of justice were fully statisfied. The Magazines. The Dec. Nos., of Godey and Graham, which complete the volumes for 1852, are on our table, and fully sustain the high re putation of the enterprising publishers.— The first Nos., for the doming year will appear early in Jan. '53, and promise to be superbly rich both in matter and illus trations. The subscription price of these unrivalled periodicals is now only $1,66 a year to clubs of 10 or 20, with an extra l oopy to the person forwarding the names; while the p3stage, by the late law, is but six cents a quarter. Thus, for less than $1,75, subscribers to either work will re ceive, during the year, about 1350 costly printed pages of choice literature and from thirty to forty fine steel engravings, besides a large number of less costly illustrations of things beautiful and useful! The plates alone are worth four times the money. Harper will furnish both magazines, one year, to single subscribers for $4;00. BLACKWOOD for Dec., has been received. It contains The Golden Age; Fictions for French Firesides; Restrictive Tariffs of For eige Countries; Pilgrimage of the Flagel lants; Queen Mary; A Moral from Wahuer; The Holidays; Part 26th, Varictieties of English Life; and the conclusion of Ka tie Stewart. EDINBURG REVlEW.—Contents; Joseph de Maistre; Life and Letters of Mr. Jus tice; Japan; Fruits of the Irish Peasantry; Cholera and Quarantine; Pardloe's Life of Maria de Medici; Representative Reform ; Artillery and Ships of War; The late Elec tions and Free Trade. See Terms in an other Column. CC? The Nov. Nor., of the School, and Farm Journals are filled, as usual, with good articles on their appropriate subjects. The Farm Journal has been removed from Lancaster to Chester. Vote of Thanks. At a recent meeting of the JUNIATA FIRE ENGINE COMPANY, it was unanimously . . ResoliAd „That the Burgesses and Coun cilmen of the borough- ofHuntingdon, for the various enactments and appropriations in , car favor—and to the citizens of said borough and vicinity, for their liberality in contributiens in aid of our enterprise, and for their co-operation and assistance in ma ny other ways, the thanks of this Compa ny are due, and are hereby respectfully tendered. It was ordered that the above resolve be published in the “Globe" and "Journal." SAMUEL G. WHITTAKER, Seeretaty. [l7 - Prayer should bo the key of the day, and the look of the night. No. 5. A remarkable cure of :Consumption in' Franklin county, Pa., by Dr. J. W. Cooper's In dian Vegetable Cough or Consumptive Syrup; prepared only by C. P. Hewes. CONSUMPTION CURED.—I certify, that about four years ego I caught cold end was td ken with a cough which lasted until 3 months since. To get rid of it, I applied to no less than five skilful physicians, and from their medicine found no benefit. For four years I took physic, but the cough never abated. It was frequently so excessively bad, that I could not rest day or night—any sleep that I obtained, I got in a sit ting posture. After Dr. J. W. Cooper came to town, I was induced to apply to him. About the begining of Jely I did so, and took his celebrated and infallible Medicine tor Consumption, &c., for some time, when to my great joy I was entirely cured. For about three months I have been free from every symptom of my old complaint, and feel perfectly restored to health. lem led to give this certificate from a disposition I have to make the merits of his medicine known, and not from any solicitation on his part, he having nev er spoken to me on the Subject. BENJAMIN STUART. Charnbersburg, Dec. 18, 1837. We know the above to be correct. TH.COULTER, JNO• B. STUART. JAMES ADAMS, ANTHONY NIROD, DR. COOPER would here state, this INDIA N VEGETABLE COUGH, OR CONSUMTI VE SYRUP, is the only Medicine he has ever used for the cure of Coughs, Colds, Spitting of Blood, Whooping-cough and Consumption; and that this Syrup is prepared now only by C. P. IlEwzs. T. Read & Son, Huntingdon; G. W. Brehman, MeVeytown; and J. M. Belfore, Mallintown. THE MARKETS. HUNTINGDON, Dec. 15, 1852. Flour, per bbl., $4,50 a $5,00 White Wheat, Q 0 ets per bu Red « 85 Corn, 40 a 45 Buckwheat, Oats, Butter, Tallow, Lard, Eggs, 12i " a doe Potatoes, per bu., 37& a 50 Beef, per cwt., $4,00 a $5,00 Pork " 5,50 a 6,00 Dry Apples, per bu., $l,OO 15 cts. per lb 10 PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 15, 18j2. Flour, per bbl., $5,50 White Wheat, per bu., 1,17 Red ~ 6 " , 1,10 Clover Seed, ~ ~ 5,50 a 6,00' MARRIED. In lluntingdon, on Wednesday limning Deo. Bth, by Rev. Lowman Hawes, the' Rev. WILLIAM It. BINGHAM, Pastor of Great Valley Church, Chester Co, Pa., to Miss. NANNIE D. ALLISON, of Huntingon. DIED. On the 6th inst., ANGELNE, daughter of JOHN B. Loamy near Scottsville, in the 12th year of her age FARM FOR SALE. Will be sold at Private Sale, a farm sitimted, in Woodcock Valley, 14 1 miles from BlMlingdon, and 2 miles from Marklesburg, and known as the Smallman, Tract. It consists of S5O ACM of land, of which about 250 acres are cleared, fenced, and under cultivation, and the balance is well timbered. The property is well watered, several streams passing thrdugh it. Nearly the whole tract is Limestone Land and ran be made to yield largely. The improvementS are Three Dwelling Houses and a Barn. A large portion of the purchase monad will be allowed to remain secured by a mortgagp on the property. . - Apply to Miles & Dorris, Huntingdon, or Jacob Cres4wall, Trough Creak. Huntingdon Dee. 16, '52. -tf. FURNACE FOR RENT: MITE subscriber will rent his Furnace, for one or more years, on such terms, as shall 'he an inducement to thos& detirotrto enter into' the bu siness. EDWARD FtrUNACE is situated in Shirley township, Ilt;t7gdon 'man ty, 1 miles from the Pennsylvania Canal; mid connected with it there are tenant houses, enough to accommodate the necessary hands—Wood con venient and plenty—Fossil Ore in abundance, within one + of a mile, and other Ore 2 mile, from the Furnace; all the Banks well opened and' in good working order. Inquiry can lio made of• Martin Bell, B. F. Bell, A. K. Bell, Blair coun ty; John S. Isett, Spruce Creek; A. W. Benedict,' Huntingdon, or of tie subscriber, at Vinvurd Mills, or Wm. M. Bell, Edward Furnace. I`o4- session given immediately. SAMUEL H. BELL. Win. M. Bell will sell Eight Mules, Horses, Carts, Ore Cars, Wagons and Beds, all the nu merous articles about a Furnace. The Mule team is a very excellent one 8 years old. Apply to WILLIAM M. BELL, Dec. 16, '52. 3t. Edward Furnace. PETITION. To the Honorable, the Judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace. in and for the county of Huntingdon, at January Term, 1853. The petition of William Christy, of the borough of Alexandria, in the township of Porter, and the county of Huntingdon, respectfully showeth That your petitioner is provided With the ma terials for the accommodation of strangers and travelers at the old tavern stand in the borough of Alexandria, and prays ,your Honors to grant him a license to keep a public house of entertainment, and your petitioner will pray, &c. WILLIAM CHRISTY. We, the subscribers, citizens of the borough of Alexandria, do certify that the above petitioner is of good repute for honesty and temperance, and is well provided with house room and conveniences for the accommodation of strangers and travelers, and that said tavern is necessary to accomtnodtWo the public and entertain travelers or strangers, &c. N. Cresswell, John N. Swoope, Caress Pat terson, James Yocum, Nicholas Isenberg, James S. Fleming, James Foster, John Bisbin, B. Atli ertone, John Gayhagen. 10: Kline, Philip Piper. Francis Conner, Michael Richardson. Dec. lti. Administrator's Notice. Estate of NICHOLAS THOUTWINE, late of Ranee township, Huntingdon co., dec'd. LETTERS of administration having been greet ed to the undersigned on the above Estate, all permute knowing themselves indebted will make immediate payment, mid those having claitus will present them duly authenticated for settlement. DANIEL TROUTWINE, SOLOMON TROUT WINE, Administrators. December 16, '52. 6i•