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( LOuntingbon ournal.
Wednesday Morning, Feb. 28. 1855.
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WILLIAM BREWSTER, Editor.
The "JOURNAL , has 300 Subscri
bers more, than any other paper
in this county.
Agents for the Journal.
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The following persons we have appointed Agents
for tbb HUNTINGDON JOURNAL, who are author
ized to receive and receipt for money paid on sub
scription, turd to take the names of new subscri
bers at our published prices.
We do this for the convenience of our subscri
bers living at a distance from Huntingdon.
JOHN W. THOMPSON, Esq., Hollidaysburg,
SAsty. COEN, East Barre°,
GEORGE W. CORNELIUS. Cromwell township.
IIENRv ilunsox Clay township.
DAVID Rm.:Cromwell township.
Dr. J. P. ASHCOM, Penn township,
J. WAREHAM MATTE., Franklin township,
SAMUEL STEFFEY, Jackson township,
ROBERT WBURNET, " "
Col. Jxo. C. WATSON, Brady township,
Mortals llnowx, Springfield township,
Wu. 11.crussoN, Esq., Warriorsmark tp.,
JAMES McDoNALD, Brady township,
GEORGE W. WHITTAKER, Petersburg,
H.. NEFF, Westßerree.
Jnus BAcenicit, Watcrstrcot,
Maj. CHARLES Micgm:y. Tod township,
A. M. BLAIR, 1' Alin township,
Gnonox Wzcsox, Esq., Tell township,
JAMES CLARK, Birmingham.
NATHANIEL. LYTLE, Esq., Spruce Creek.
Maj. W. MOORE, Alexandria.
B. F. WALLACH, Union Furnace.
SIMEON Wnioirr, Esq., Union township.
DAVID CLARESON, Esq., Cass township.
SYMUEL WtoTow, Esq., Franklin township.
DAvin PARKER, Esq., Warriorsmark.
DAVID ACHANDT, Esq., Todd township.
WANTED,
A few loads of WOOD nt tho Journal Office.
Itir No attention paid to Letters
unless post-paid, nor to Communi
cations unaccompanied with the
author's name.
ler Some of our enterprising citizens are
agitating the question of establishing a Se.
minary in our midst.
leir Our 'Devil" Sen., thinks it would
be a good thing if our citizens would peti
tion the Legislature for an ' , Act abolishing
the Michigan itc—scratches."
ISM. Several of our principal hotel keepers
are going to retire from the business of "ac
commodating the public, and entertaining
strangers and travellers." This certainly ar
gues well for our borough, when our citizens
are tumbled to "retire" when in the prime of
life.
ger Borough and township elections
were held in Blair county on Tuesday, the
13th inst. In nearly every election dis
strict, the Know-Nothings were triumph
ant. Woodberry township polled the lar
gest vote she ever did. It is said the ma;•
jority for " Sam," was over two to one.
It must be truly edifying to the readers
of a certain "Democratic paper" publish
ed in a rural district not far distant, to read
the stereotype paragraphs against ..Sam
ism." They are the ebullitions of a brain
as weak and muddy, as they arc fooliih
and absurd.
Revival in Birmingham•
We understand that a very interesting
religious revival is going on at present in
the Mountain Seminary, Birmingham, in
this county. A friend informs us that a
great number of the scholars have been
awakened from their slumbers, and are
now entertaining a hope through the aton
ing blood of Jesus. The good work goes
bravely on.
The Fintastice.
Our town was visited by a company of
persons from the town of Alexandria, on
the 9.2 d inst. They were dressed in a fan
tastic manner, and made a ludicrous ap
pearance. It is rather a "small" business
to see "nice" young men engaging in such
childish nonsense, and we think this man
ner of celebrating the birth-day of Wash
ington, is entirely out of place.
gar The steamship Baltic arrived at
New York on the 21st inst., from Liver-
pool, with advice, to the 10th, inclusive.
A new British Ministry has been formed,
with Lord Palmerston as Premier, Lord
Panmure, Minister of War, and the rest
of the offices filled by the old incumbents.
Lord John Russell is left out, as well as
Lord Aberdeen. Admiral Napier has
made a speech, which is rather savage
against the late ministry, for tying his
hands There is a vague report of a de
feat of the Russians with great loss, in an
attempt to cross the Danube.
Washing Machine.
Mr. Benjamin Williams of Alexandria,
has purchased the right of Huntingdon
county for a Washing Machine, patented
by Messrs. Aldrieh & Foote of New York.
We have seen ono of those machines
in us.., and we can safely say that clothes
can be washed clean with it in much less
tune than the ordinary modes of washing,
which, of itself, is a great desideratum;
there being no friction, it is a clothes sa
ving machine; and the labor is so trilling
that a person of 12 or 15 years of age can
do the labor; so that we may aptly call it
a time saving, clothes saving, and labor sa
ving machine. Any persons who will take
trouble to examine its modus operandt,
will agree with us that it is the best wash
ing machine that they are acquainted with.
Mr. IVilliams has more of the same
sort.
THE SPIRIT OF '7B-22d of February.
'1 he natal day of the immortal Wash.
ington was celebrated by the military of
this borough in a becoming manner. It
was on this day,—sacred in the memory
of every American—that a Washington
was given to Americ.i, a deliverer raised
up to free the struggling colonies from the
iron heel of monarchal despotism, tyran
ny and oppression. All hail ! blessed
morn. May thy yearly visits he a nation's
pride and witness a nation's jubilee.
We deem it but our duty to express our
joy and happiness upon an occasion like
the 22d, but we do most solemnly protest
against the nonsensical, absurd and anti
' republican manner in which it is frequent
ly celebrated ; we now allude to the fan
tastic shows, as they are usually termed.
Is it a proper manner to demonstrate joy?
Common Sense answers no. It was not
our intention when we began this para
graph to enter into any encomiums on the
character or services of George Washing
ton, they need none. We merely allude
to the birth-day of the patriot as a founda
tion of a few brief remarks, and we now
proceed to trespass upon the • patience of
our readers, and fulfill a promise we made
some time ago to express our views in re
lation to the all-absorbing topic of the pre
sent day, viz : Americanism, or as it is
more familiarly termed Know Nothingism;
and we therefore unceremoniously lenv.e
our first head, and without a word of pre
face begin at once at the question.
In the first place, what are the princi
ples of the American Party'. We are
told they are briefly comprehended in the
opposition to Jesuitism, and foreign influ
ence. By Jesuitism, we mean the politi
co-religious party, which has for its head
the Pope of Rome. Against the Catholic
Church, in a religious point of view we'
have not a word to-say ; we believe there
may be some of the followers of the doe
trines of the Romish Church, who would
defend the land of their birth or adoption
against even the contrary commands of the
Roman Pontiff ; but we firmly believe the
great mass of Romanists are bound, body,
heart and mind to the commands of Pius.
Experience has proven the truth of this
assertion, and futurity may prove it to us.
It is against the secret political workings
of the Catholic Church that we presume
the American Party is at war. Can we
blame that party for its hostility to Cathol
'ocism, when we know and see that Cath
olocism aims at the destruction of every
dear republican principle which the Amer
ican holds sacred, and which he seeks to
perpetuate and hand down to his prosteri
ty as pure and unsullied as he received it
from the "Sires of '76." No, no. And
if we are pronounced a traitor to our na
tive land for saying amen to this portion of
American doctrine, why be it so.
Again, opposition to foreign influence is ,
the other feature of Americanism. Is it
true that foreign influence is dangerous to
the Government Let us take the opin
ions of the leading men of our nation.—
Washington,
who now sleeps the sleep
that knows no waking, within the quiet
shades of Mount Vernon, has warned us
to beware of foreign influence. Let us
heed his prophetic voice. He saw the evil
which would arise from the elevation of
foreigners to office, and pointed out the
remedy when he bade us "Place none but I
Americans on Guard !" We welcome
the foreigner to our shores, we extend to
him the hand of fellowship, and why then
should he seek more ; seek to grasp the
reins of our government, and become our
ruler. He can never become fully Amer
icanized ; his proclivities are for the land
of his birth. Americans know this, and
are determined to harbor no foreigner in
any office of honor, proffit or trust. When
we subscribe to this doctrine, we are but
endorsing the course marked out by Wash
ington, Jefferson, Jackson, Webster, and
all the leading statesmen of our country.
We have much to say upon these questions
which want of space will not permit this
week; we cannot however close without
a passing remark in regard to the tenden
cies of Political Romanism, and its atten
dant companion, Foreign Influence. We
express our opinion fearlessly and freely
when we say that those tendencies we do
-verily believe are antagonistic to Ameri
can republicanism, and if allowed to have
uninterrupted play a few more years, we
believe, would have snapped asunder the
liberties of America ; despoiled us of our
greatness, and robbed us of that civil and
religious liberty which we now possess,
and which makes us truly
"The land of the free, and home of the brave: .
We cannot, for the life of us see what
there is in Americanism, which is at vari
ance with our Constitution, or injurious to
the interests of our country. On the oth
er hand we think its principles are found
ed on republicanism.
Problem No. 9.
The sides of three squares being 4,5,
and 6 feet, respectively, it is required to
find the side of a square that shall be
equal in area to all the three. Answer
next week.
Answer to question of last week 659.
115.
General Scott,
The old wnr horse has at last been awar
ded the honor which was due him from
his country. With his new office he will
receive some thirty thousand dollars, back
pay.
Our Public Schools.
We are proud to say that the Public
Schools of our borough are in a most thri
ving condition. The teachers of these in
stituti ens, are, as far as we are acquainted,
fully competent to discharge the duties in
cumbent upon them. In the male depart
ment, there are some one hundred and ten
or twentyscholars in punctual attendance.
The teachers of the male department are
Messrs. McDivitt and Turbett, able and
competent teachers. The female depart
ment is also flourishing ; the teachers are
Misses Benedict and McDivitt. With the
competency of these ladies, we presume
all of our citizens are fully satisfied. We
challenge the country to produce better.
There is also a primary school under the
charge of Miss Ella Glazier, composed of
males and females under seven years of
age ; this department numbers dome forty
pupils. The whole number of Public
Schools now in operation in our borough,
is five, numbering some two hundred and
fifty scholars I The increasing number
of pupils has made it necessary for the es
tablishment of two more schools, and ac
cordingly an addition has been built to the
large brick school house, which will be
ready by the coming summer, when we
shall have seven public schools in opera
tion. Surely the schoolmaster is abroad.
The Broad Top Railroad.
We notice with pleasure that the work on this
important concern is rapidly approaching corn
pletion, and ere another year shall roll round,
we shall have the satisfaction of seeing the
burden trains on the road entering our borough
loudest with the black diamonds from the inea•
haustible mines of Broad Top. This is one of
the ways which is destined to make Hunting
don a place among places, and take the lead of
all her sisters in the march of improvement.—
When we have once the Woad Top Railroad
is active operation, farewell to our sister one
horse towns. Already we have proofs of the
advantages which will accrue to us by a com
pletion of the Road. Let us hare a lime when
the first train arrives from the Mountains.—
We hope our brother editors of Hollidaysburg
will not become jealous of our coming good
fortune. We sincerely desire the prosperity of
our "daughter," but if she is predestined to
go to the dogs, why of course, our prayers will
be of no avail. The "good time" which we
have been so long prophesying would come, is
coming in the wake of the Broad Top Coal de
posites.
Ber The steams (tip Geoge Law arrived
at New York, on the 25th bringing *l,-
100,000 in gold, and intelligence of inter
est.
The steamboat I'earl burst her boil
er
near Sacramento, and seventy lives
were lost in consequence. No election of
U. S Senator had occurred. The mem
bers of the Legislature voted therocelvis
$lOOO each over a veto of the measure
by the Govenor. The California papers
teem . with records of more the usual
quantity of crime. Two Chilians have
been hung by a mob of the San Joaquin
for cattle . steeling. They confessed hay
ing committed numerous murders. An
other mob at Oakland had hung a man
named George Sheldon. The Indian
troubles in the neighborhood of the Ka
math river are becoming alarming. A
number of white men have been killed,
besides about thirty Indians. It is expec
ted that there will be a general rising of
the Indians of the North.
"SAM."
Samuel, the intrepid, daring and glori
ous chieftain is a queer genius. About
election times he is like the thimble rigger: I
"now you see him, and now you don't see
him." - Samivel is a good deal like the
wind, you can hear and feel him as he goes
by, but you can't see him ; nor you don't
know "what drapt." We presume that
at least seven eighths of the young Amer
' leans who will be born hereafter, will be
christened , •Sam," "Samuel," "Samivel,"
or '.Uncle Sam." "Sam" was born in the
year "1," but didn't come t a man's stat:
ure until about " '76." 'l'ako him all in
all, of all the Sams that ever lived this old
Sam is the greatest.
Candlemas Day.
Candlemas Day is a feast ofthe Roman
Church, celebrated on the second day of
February, in honor of the purification of
the Virgin Mary; so called front the great
number of lights used on that occasion.
There is an ancient superstitious notion,
universal in Europe, that if Candlemas be
a sun shining day, the winter is Ai half
finished. The Germans say—the Badger
or Ground Hog peeps out of his hole on
Candlemas Day, and if he finds snow he
walks abroad; if he sees the sun shining,
he draws hack again into his hole. Al
though we are not a believer in supersti
tion, yet the above is prety well verified
thus far.
MUM. BY A Kists.—A continental corres
pondent of the London Morning Advertiser
writes: A very unfortunate event hasjust oc•
curred at' the Hague—ax event of no distress
ing a nature that I should hesitate to narrate
it, but that it comes to me from unquestiona
ble authority. 'rho King of Holland lately
went to visit one of his mistresses, and found
one of his aides-de-camp closeted with her.—
The king rushed upon the officer and stabbed
hint ; the wound, it is said, has proved fatal,
and great exertions are being , made in high
places to keep this horrible tragedy from the
Public." We have not seen this or any sim
ilar r.tatement elsewhere,
AIWA prisoner escaped from the Hagerstown
jail, on hfonday week, and his Hight, reached
the residence of Mr. Archibald Vleemiug; near
Greencastle, where, through exhaustion and
cold he seen to fall. The unfortunate man
was carried into the house of Mr, V., And every
effort made to effect his resuscitation, but all
with no avail. We have nut learned his
tommunications.
Our New York Correspondence.
NEW YORE, February 26, 1855.
Stormy Weather—New City Hall—lllegality
of Sunday Newspapers—Sunday Papers in
New Fork—Grisi and Mario—New City Char.
ter—Great Republic—Belgian Criminals--
Embezzlement.
Ma. EDITOR
Since I wrote you last, we had a severe snow
storm, and a long, dreary period of rain, mist,
and generally debilitating weather, has follow
ed. The rain has, however, performed one
important service, in carrying away most of
the snow, which, save hero and there h small
bank, standing as a monument to tell us where
the body once laid, has disappeared. There is
still much ice in the bays and inlets around the
city.
There is now a great deal of talk about the
new City Hall, which the Fathers have decreed
shall be erected.. We have long needed one
for the accomodation of our Courts, heads of
Departments, &c., and at last the city has be
gun to see its wants in this respect, and to rem•
edy them. Many are very urgent to have the
new building put up in Madison Square.-
This, however, would be very inconvenient for
most of the business men, as Madison Square
is a new park, two or three miles up town from
the present City Hall.
An important decision has been rendered in
the Supreme Court, on the illegality of Sunday
newspapers. Thinking some of your readers
may be interested in the question, I will give
short synopsis of the case :
By the statures of New York state it is de•
dared that "there shall no servile labor or
working on Sunday, excepting works of neces
sity and charity ;" and no "exposing to sale
any wares or merchandise, except meats, milk
and fish."
Mr. Smith, the proprietor of one papers, con
tracted to advertise in his paper, for a Mr. Wil
cox' but after fulfilling his engagement, Mr.
Wilcox refused to pay him for the adverti- •
sing. After waiting some time for his money,
Mr, Smith sued Wilcox for the amount, but on
the trail, Hon. Justice Roosevelt Judd that a '
contract to publish in a Sunday paper cannot
be the subject of a legal action. Ho was of
the opinion that when papers were issued, dis
tributed, sold and rend on Sunday, they were
polished on that day, although the actual prin
ting may have been done on Saturnay night.
The Court therefore decided that the contract
prohibited by the stature, and whatever might
be the moral obligation to pay for the services
it could not be recovered in any Court in this
State.
There are now six Sunday papers published
in this city, and this decision must affect them
very seriously
The farewell concert of Madame Grisi and
Signor Mario took place on Monday. They
leave for Furope in the Atlantic. The lovers
of music will have to hunt up sow one to
supply their Otte. • Jr, -
Mayor Wood has written to Hon. It. M.
Blatchford, at Albany; in relation to a new
City Charter. Among ether things, he wish
cs, and tee think him right, to have a separa•
tion in the elections ; making that for Ch..rtes
officers distinct from that for State and Nation
al officers. He says the affairs of our City
Government are now, to a great extent, lost
sight of, in the contest en candidates for high
er officers.
The celebrated ship "Great Republic," has
beets rebuilt, and is now nearly ready for sea.
The upper deck has been taken off, and the
masts and spars are somewhat mailer than
they were before she was burned. She makes,
seen now, a most beautiful vessel, long and
sharp ; but most of the grandeur which she
formerly possessed has departed. Unfortunate•
ly visitor are not allowed on board—the fatal
"No Admittance" being poste() in conspicuous
places upon her.
IThere are now in the city prison twelve Bel.
gran criminals, who have been sent here by
their government. Mayor Wood, not liking to
: have New York turned into a Botany Bay for
all nations, saw the Belgian Consul, and note'-
ed him that they must be conveyed back to
their native country, at the expense of the Bel
!
glen Government. In reply, Mr. Mali, the
Consul, its which he refuses to act ir the case
without instructions frorp the Belgian Charged'
Affairs at Washington, to whom ho has writ.
ten. It is certainly to be hoped that we ran
be freed from these foreign criminals, as we
have enough of our own.
The "teller," of the Market Bank has been
arraigned before court, on the charge of bar.
ing erabexteled $25,000. He Seas finally bailed
for $lO,OOO. Such things are now becoming
so common that they excite but litttle sun ,
price. Yours Truely, V. S
f
For the Huntingdon Journal.
Prohibitory Liquor Law and Liquor.
HtiNTINZIDON, February 24, 1855.
Mr. EDITOR :-Till9 is a law of which much
is thought, and a law which requires much at
tention, and if passed by the Legislature of
this—the Old Keystone State—would cause a
great deal more peace, joy and happiness among
its inhabitants. It is true it was left to a vote
of the people and defeated, but what is the dif
ference ; let the good people of Pennsylvania
get out petitions in favor of the law, and get
signers to them, and send Mein to the Legisla
ture, and they will procure the law certain.—
It is true we ought to vow to a vote of the peo
ple, hut let as pause for a moment and see who
it was that defeated the law? Why it was the
once inhabitants of Ireland and Germany, as
sisted by the liquor sellers and a class of man
kind that really do not know what is best for
themselves. Are we to vow to a vote of this
I kind, while on the other hand one hundred and
fifty-eight thousand of the most honest and in
telligent native born citizens voted for it? No,
never while there is a majority of temperance
men in the Legislature, and a Governor there
that will sign the bill after it does pass.
The question may be asked, why they voted
against the law? Echo answers, why ? Lo lit
was because they loved that old veteran, King
Alcohol better than they loved their lives and
the. lira of their couptrymen. That monster
who stalks abroad throughout the land, while
disease, death and fearful forebodings follow
in the wake. Reader, beware of him. Even
whilst you plumber on your iiillue at the hour
of midnight he is nigh unto you, ready to de
stroy you body and soul; you see the monster
in a glass, it looks beautiful, but I would say
touch not that glass for there lurketh at the
bottom a serpent whose fang will strike you to
the vital part, and cause you to fill a drunkards
grave. This is the monster who has plunged
thousands into prisons and poor-houses, ren
dering their families houseless ; causing the
earth to be their pillow, and the cold wintry
wind to beat upon them with its utmost fury.
This is the monster who has caused so many
poverty stricken creatures to he borne by trem
bling limbs to your doors, asking for bread to
satisfy their hunger. He has beheld the•babe.
perish on its mothers arms, with its innocent
tears frozen to ice•drops upon her bosom. He
has caused the son to rise up against his fa
ther, rind the keen edge of the bloody steel to
be drawn across the throat of the father, and
while the death rattle is in his throat and his
gray hairs are drippling with the gore, the son
turns to the monster and pleads for a quench
ing draught to case his troubled conscience.—
He has turned the dagger of the husband a
gainst tali' heart of his wife, and caused her
blood to stain the cradle of their children.--
Millions of graves mark where lie has trodden
• in his triumphal march, while blood and tears
flow by his side like water. He has caused
hell to be crowded with souls as thick as au
tumn leaves or sands upon the sea shore. In
the language of the poet
" For n thousand years bath his fiery breath,
Smote the wide earth with crime and death ;
And furnish.' men as daintiest food,
To the red flesh-worms slimy brood."
There has been much suffering in the drunk•
ard's hovel this winter. The spirits of cold,
hunger and crime have rented it. But there
is one who pays no rent, who carries with him
misery, who brings sorrow, contention, yea,
mum. Who is he? ALCOHOL
W. A. C.
Letter from Fanny Fern.
Statements having been made.that FANNY
FERN has authorized the publication and assis
ted in the preparation of the work mentioned
below, we gladly assist in correcting the ha
presslon a n us sent abroad, •by publishing the
following dignified and touching letter from
FANNY herself.
"TIE TATE AND BEAUTIES or FANNY FERN.
—The public have assumed that the last work
(Ruth Hall) of this suddenly-arisen celebrity
was a veritable history of her own personal ex
periences, and so it may be ; but very soon, if
there is truth in print. this same astute public
will have the power of coniparing and arrang
ing facts and fictions, as the rent life of the la.
dy is soon to appear under her own guarantee.
bunny Fern's free, dashing style of thought
and judgment, her tearless grappling with the
petty follies of the world and is votaries, her
occasional touches of true womanly feeling,
and her generous enthusiasm, will always give
her readers and friends. Friends we hope the
coming volume will snake for her, and that we
may have a volume true to herse lf and her no
blest aspirations.
" The experiences of a life which has confir
med in her qualities so apparent, must have
t • been of an unusual character, and will, we
I doubt not, be namitcd with a vividness that
can not fail to be interesting. We shalt look
for it with eagerness, hoping that in addition
to the spirit we are sure to find in it, there luny
I also be 'no word' which she or her friends may
'wish to blot out' hereafter. The volume is to
be published in handsome style; and, in addi
tion to Fanny Fern's life, many original arti
cles, written in her • earlier years, will be con
tained in it."
"I feel called upon, in justice to the public
as well as to myself, to state that the work re
ferred to will not "appear under my own guar
antee ;" that I have never authorized it ; that I
have never been consulted with regard to it;
that I am, and always have been opposed to
any such work—my life having been an hum.
ble one, in no way of any interest or concern
to the public, and that for any "Sketch of Fan
ny Fern" which has yet appeared, I am not re
sponsible. lam inclined to think the volume
above referred to is merely a catch-penny af
fair, from the fact that it is claimed that "li frill
contain many original articles written in my
earlier years." I certainly never have written
anything worth publishing which has not al
ready been given to the publics in "Fern
Leaves," (first and second series,) in "Little
Ferns," and "Roth Hall." . .
"In this connection it may not be inappro
priate to say, with regard to the multifarious
and contradictory rumors concerning me
which have gone through the press, that I have
neither time nor inclination to chase them
round."
"To those who have cheered me by friendly
commendations, or aided me by severe but
gentlemanly criticism, I return my sincere
thanks; to those who have seen fit persistently
to misrepresent and malign me, I decline re•
plying. I look into the pure eyes of the gentle
ones for whom, under every trial, my heart has
been strong to toil, and leave my cause with
Him who meth not ns man nab—who holdoth
evenly the scales of justice."
FANNY FERN.
Appointments by the Governor.
Govt):;or Pollock has made the following
appointments for the city of Philadelphia, &c.:
Harbor Master at Philadelphia—George H.
Graham, Philadelphia.
Sealer of Weights and Measures, late city
of Philadelphia—Abraham Myers, Philadel
phia.
Sealer of Weights and Measures, late coun
ty
i of h. Philadelphia—S Philadelphia—Samuel D. Abbott, Phil -
a.
Bark Inspector, Philadelphia—William D.
Baker, Philadelphia.
Lazaretto Physician—Dr. Henry Pleasants,
Philadelphia.
Port Physician—Dr. Howard Taylor, Ches
ter county.
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Quarantine Master—Jacob Pepper, Dela
ware county.
Health Officer—J. W. T. M'Alister, Phil.
dol phia.
Master Warden—Joseph H. Hearned, Phil-
Keeper of Powder Magazine—Andrew M'•
Loan, Philadelphia.
Flour Inspector—.. Stephen Miller, Dauphin
county.
Whiskey Inspector—John W. Bowel!, Bucks
c l:T t is y. key Inspector—John H, Selzer, Berke
county.
Grain Mensurer—Thos. B. Pollook, Phila.
dolphin.
Butter and Lard Inspector—George
Philadelphia.Mote
gat
Lumberinspector—John G. Austin, North
umberland county.
Salted Beef and Pork Inspector William
A. Ott, Philadelphia.
Marble Measurer,--Isaac B. Garrigues, Phil
adelphia.
Mar Thirteen persona, who recently died in
Pittsburg, ro., of atarvatiou and exposure to
the cold, were, it seems, part of a hand of
twenty-two German paupers who recently ar.
rived in New York ; one child was left in New
York in a dying condition, and has since died,
and in all, sixteen of the twenty-two hare died
since their arrival in this country.
From the St. Louis Republican.
Steamboat Disasters—Three Steamers
Sunk—Boats and Cargoes Lost.
We have to record the loss, by sinking, of
threelarge boats tradiec between this port and
Now Orleans, within as many days. rho
fortunate boats are the 11. D. Bacon, Dresden,
and James Robb, all bound to New Orleans,
with cargoes of produce. We have gathered
the following particulars of these disasters:
The Dresden came in contact with a sunken
wreck, at widow Merriweather's a few miles be
low New Madrid, on last Thursday. A hole
was torn in her hull—and she began to sink
rapidly. She WAS run ashore as soon as possi
ble, and sunk—her bow up to the guards, and
her stern in fifteen to twenty feet of water.—
She is careened considerably, and it is doubt. '
ful whether she can be raised. The impres•
sion4s that the boat and cargo are a total loss.
The Dresden had o, board a large and valua•
ble cargo.
She had about 900 barrels of flour, and the
whole amount of oats would, probably, reach
4,000 sacks.
The James Robb struck n log near the foot
of Devil's Island, above Cape - ,Girardeau, on
Saturday last. which tore away part of her hull.
She was run ashore as sneedily as possible, and
sunk in a short time. She lies in about twen•
ty feet water at the stern, and in four or five
feet at the bow. The water at the stern runs
over her cabin floor. It is said the Robb will
also be a total loss. Most of her cargo will be
lost. It consists of flour, whiskey, lard, grain,
and about seventy head of cattle, amounting
in all to near six hundred tons.
The steamer H. I). Bacon was in sight when
the Robb sunk and went to her assistance.—
The Bacon took off the stock, and a few light
articles of freight, and passed on down. Ihe
New Lucy when she arrived came alongside
and took off her crew. The Robb was a very
fine and popular boat, and her loss will be sen
sibly felt in the New Orleans trade. She was
owned by Capt. 11. Carroll, her commander,
and others, and was insured, we learn, in °di
ces in Louisville and Cincinnati. She hail of
flour alone over 2000 barrels, all of which will
be more or less damaged, and much of it en
tirely lost,
The 11. D. Bacon left this port for New Or.
leans on Thursday last, with a valuable cargo.
She struck is lug near Widow Beard's Island,
which broke her hog chains and some of the
timbers in her hull, causing her to leak slight
ly, but not so as to damage any of her cargo.
She ran to Rush Tower, where she lay or
about twenty hours, repairing her hog chains,
&e., to be able to continue her trip with Witty.
She then started on,
and was in sight of the
James Robb when she met with her fatal acci
dent. The Bacon, as we hate before stated,
took about seventy head of stock from the
Robb, and proceeded on her trip.
When she was rounding to at Cairo, about
three o'clock on Sunday evening, she struck a
rock forward of the forward hatch. and tore a
large hole in her hull. She began to sink very
rapidly. The wheels were immediately slop
hed, and she floated off down stream. The
old was instantly filled with water, and when
it was beginning to float over the lower deck
the stock were cut loose. Only five or six cat
tle out of the seventy succeeded in reaching
shore; the remainder were drowned. When
; the water closed over the lower deck, two or
three hundred barrels of lard mid whiskey
were swept overboard and lost.
It is thought all the cargo on deck was lust
in this manner. The boat sunk to the cabin
floor in less than two minutes, and in this man
, ner floated down about half a mile. All the
people on board had gone to the hurricane deck
and the bell was rung for help. The steamer
N. W. Graham, which ivas lying at Cairo, went
to their assistance, and took off the the officers
and crew, and a few deck passengers, there be
ing no cabin passengers on board. The boat
at length came to a halt on seine rocks, where
she now lies in about eighteen feet water.—
The boat is doubtless a total loss ; also the
greater part of the cargo. Her cargo may be
summed up as follows t—Flour, 3t:75 barrels ;
Whiskey, 50 barrels ; Lard, 300 barrels ; Oats
1000 sacks. We learn that Messrsr. Hewitt &
Richmond were heavy shippers, liming $OOOO
worth of of lard and $OOOO worth of flour on
board.
It is a consoling reflection, that in these
three disasters no lives were lost, though the
amount of property must be enormous. We
have heard no estimate made, and in the pres
ent ❑ncertaint.y with regard to the amount of
freight which may be damaged or entirely lost,
we cannot venture upon one. Certain it is,
that the loss of these boats will have an Mu.
eneu on the shipping interests of St. Louis, at
least for a time, until their pisees can be suppli•
ed by others.
Fatal Affray.
We learn that a Man named Thomas Strick•
land killed John Hewlett, in this county, on
Friday night.
It appears (if the statement of Strickland
before the Mayor's Court, at the examination
which took place on Saturday night, be cot ,
rect,) that Hewlett, the deceased, aid Strick•
laud, had been partners in killing deer and
other game for market, and that a dispute arose
between them, about their money matters, when
Hewlett rushed on Strickland with a knife and
threw him on the ground, when Strickland
drew his knife and killed him. Strickland
made no attempt to escape, and says that he
staid by the corpse all night, and sent for the
Coroner of the county on the next morning.
The coroner summoned a jury .d proceed
ed to the spot where the man was killed, and
found Strickland watching by the corpse. He
stated to the jury that he had stabbed the de
ceased, but in self defence. The jury returned
a verdict that Hewlett came to his death front
wounds inflicted by a knife in the hands of
Strickland, but appear to believe from his con•
duct throughout the whole affair, that his
statement, in all probability, was correct.—
There was a man present at this affray who has
not been found, and the Mayor has felt it to be
his duty to commit Strickland to the jail, until
that witness could be procured. We learn that
he will be before the Court this morning, when
the case will be finally disposed of.— Vicks
burg )l7ig.
Canadian Wheat
Canada has become a very important wheat
producing country, and, strangely enough, the
United States, which has been so large an es.
porter of wheat to Europe, is now buying
wheat for her own use of her northern neigh
bor. The Galt Reporter mentions that a num
ber of merchants from the United States are
in Canada, buying largely of wheat for the
United States merchants, Within a few days,
3000 bushels of wheat had been sent from the
Galt station on the Great Western Railway to
the United States, by way of Niagara. This
is one of the natural results of the reciprocity
treaty, which, though always predicted by
Clayton, Cooper And other Statesmen was in
variably doubted by opposing politicians. The
truth of the fact that Canadian wheat will
compete with our own in the markets of the
United States is now beyond dispute,
LIEUTENANT GENERAL: The bill creating
or rather revising the office of Lieutenant
General, has at last passed both Houses of
Congress and received the signature of Presi•
dent Pierce. The bill gives increased emolm
menu and back pay to the amount of several
thousand dollars. This tribute to Gen. Scott's
services will be received throughout the Union
with a consciousness that a debt long due to
the most distinguished soldier living has at
last been in part cancelled.
elirThe election of United States Sen.
ntor for this State, has been postponed un.
til the first Tuesday of October.
Tue V.IDANT G EIIIIII.AF. On no oven•
sion, (says the Springfield Republican,) do pee.
pie seem more prone to commit blunders than
at a wedding. The following actually occur
red in a neighboring town t
In the midst of a crowd of witness, the der.
gyman had just completed that interesting cer
emony which binds in the silver bonds of •ved•
lock two willings hearts, and atreched forth his
hands to implore the blessings of heaven on
the union. At this point the groomsman sec•
ing the open hands reached, out supposed it
was the signal for him to surrender the wed.
ding fee, which was burning in his pocket. Ac
cordingly, just its the clergyman el osed his
eyes in prayer, he felt the pressure of two sweaty
half dollars on his open palms. rho good
man hesitated a moment, nppalled n t the Judi•
crossness of his situation, but coolly deposited
the money in his pocket, and proceeded with
his devotions.
THE 01110 WHEAT Citor.—The Trumbull
Democrat remarks that the farmers in that re•
glue of the country, say that the wheat crop
sowed last. 11111, looks exceedingly well at the
present thee, and the prospect of a good crop
is very nattering.
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.
SATCRDAY, 2.1 , 1855-P. M.
Cloverseed continues doll, and lots in Mora
are offered at $3,50(0,62i witholit finding
buyers to any extent, wagon prices range at
860;6,25 per ho. For Flour the demand is
limited to the home trade, who buy only in
small lots at $8,75(r±9. for common and
choice brands, and $9,25(e,10,25 per bbl. for
extra, according to quality. Shipping Flour
is offered at $8,75(k8,871 without sales.—
Corti Meal and Rye Flour are also inactive at
about previous quotations. Grain—There is
nailer more Wheat offering, but the demand is
limited to small lots, mostly taken by the city
millers ; soles in all reaching about 4000 bush
els at 209(0211c for 11110 to good Penni, red,
and 220 c for prime white in store. Rye is un
settled and lower, and 300 bushels Penna. sold
at 115 e. Corn is about stationary, with fur
ther sales of 4000 bushels Southern yellow at
91i(n132e, afloat; 4500 bus. Boma. do. in store
at 30e, 2500 bus, do to arrive on the opening of
the same price, and 800 bushels prime white,
in store, at Die. Oats—No change, and but
little doing. Butter continues in demand, and
14015,000 lbs solid Western sold at 14e
per lb.
RAILROAD HOURS,
TRAINS GOING EAST.
Mail 'l'. I F.N. 'l'. E. T. I Ex. T..
T.tain leaves P.M. I'.Nl. P.M. A.M.
Petersburg, 2.111 7.34 3.35
Huntingdon, 2.49 7.50 4.09
Mill Creek, 3.01 8.00 • 4.19
Mt. Union, 3.18 8.:4 4.33
TRAINS GOING WEST.
Train leaves P.M P.M. A.M. A.M.
Mt. Union, 4.25 8.14 6.35 6,26
Mill Creek, 4.41 8.25 7.05 6.39 ,
nuntinghon, 4.55 8.38 7,30 6.53
Petersburg, 5.11 8.49 P. 05 7.06
CAUTION
TIIF. Public are cautioned against taking,nn
assignment of 0 00t0, gi , Cll to Abraham
Lewis of Mt. Union, for abort $35, or $3O ; us
I never received any value for it, and emictment ,
ly am determined never to pay it.
JAMES TEMPLF.TON.
February 28th. 1855-3 t.
PETITION.
To the Honorable the Jtolges of the Court of
Quarter Sessions of Huntinddon County.
T"petition of Samuel Steffy of Jackson
township, in said county. respectfully chew
eth that he occupies that well known frnmo
tavern stand on the road leading from MeAla
vey's Fort to Pinegrove, in the said township,
which has heretolbre .been used and occupied
as a public house of entertainment, and is de
sirous of continuing to keep a public house
therein. Ile therefore prays your honors to
grant a license to keep a public house at the
place aforesaid for the ensuing year, and ho
will ever pray.
The subscribers, citizens of the township of
'Jackson, in the county of Huntingdon recom
mend the above petitioner, and certify, that the
inn or tavern, above mentioned, is necess ar y
to accommodate the public and entertain stran
gers or travellers, and that the petitioner above
named is of good repute for hone,ty and tem
perance, and is well provided with house room
and conveniences for lodging and accommoda
tion of strangers and travellers.
William Hoffman, Henry Waulbourn, Geo.
Binges, Jacob Fleisher, Robert Barr, William
Porter, Elision Bigelow, Samuel Barr, George
Little, Robert Fleming, Jacob Keller, John
Barr, jr., Samuel Porter, Henry Koch, Joint
Rudy.
Feb. 21, 1855.-3 t.
CAUTION TO PURCHASERS
- nAVID CORBIN, of Walker township! as ad
jJ for sale a farm of 240 acres ofland
on the Raystown Branch. I understand Mr. Cor
bin represents to persons offering to purchase that
his mountain line extends to nearly the top of
Terrace mountain,—Whereas, in truth and in
fact Mr. Corbin's upper or mountain lino is not
more than 30 rods outside of and above his upper
field next the mountain. The line was run at
this place by Isaac:Wolverton, the Deputy Sur
veyor of John Morrison, for David Corbin, in.
the presence of John Corbin: It was, O'er
-1 wards, more than fifteen year. ago, established
at the same place between Dr. Henderson and
David Corbin, in presence of Jacob Creswell,
the County Surveyor, and Frederick Snyder,
the Tenant of Dr Henderson, and has been oh
serve as the line by both parties from that day
; to this, and in Nifty 1853 Mr. David Corbin poin
ted it out to Robert Madden and myself
as the established line between him and mo
as the owner of the Dr. Henderson title. Mr.
Corbin never thought of any thing Ase until J.
S. Africa, Esq., last spring, inadverently and
not knowing of this consentable line, in the ab
sence of 11Ir. Corbin and myself, ran some line
farther on the mountain. As Mr. Corbin desires
to sell his farm I hope he may be able to do so
and to Nell it well , for it is a good Lnn, but if
the purchaser buys any lands further or higher
on the mountain than 30 rods shove Mr. Corbin'a
fence, he will only involve himself and Mr. Cor
•bin in a fruitless and expensive law-suit.
I have proposed to Mr. Corbin that Jacob
Creswell shall go upon the ground with his
compass with John Corbin, who saw where NVol
, verton run the line originally and with Freder..
ick Snyder, who with Creswell where D
Henderson ouch David Corbin made the line n.
and where these disinterested witnesses say the line
was made, there it shall he, andremaintorever.
DAVID BLAIR.
February 27, 1855.-It.
LEATHER.
FRITZ, HENDRY & CO.
No. 29 North THIRD Street, PHILA.
m°ROCCO MANUFACTURERS, CURRIE. and
IMPORTERA OF FRENCH CALF SKINS,.
and dealers in Ran and OAK SOLE LEATHER
and KIPP.
Feb. 20th 1855.-Iy.
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