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HEAR MEDICAL TESTIMONY.

From regular Physician, DR. g S Smith, Sur
fish, Ohio.
Mr.. ]. kldd-Dear Sir--I have used in nv
pactice DR.. M'Lane's American Worm Specific.
rnd have often witnessed its efficacy in cxpeng
worms from the system. 4 patient of mine,
short time ago, gave vial of the Worm Specific
TO a child; in short time upwards of sixty i've
worms were expelled.
Prepared for the Proprietor hy
JONATHAN KIDD & 60.
Wholesale and Retail Druggists, corner Of
4lh aud Wood sts, Pittsburgh.
Also for sale by the following agents
JOHN l.. SNYDER, Somerset,
Hay and Morrison, LayansviIIe,
nable and VOught CsntreviIle,
M A. Ross Petersburgh,
A. Wyatt SmiihfeId,
G. Cook, WeIIersburgh.
N. B. Be particular to ask for DR.. M'f.aaess
American Worm Specific, or Patent Vermifugo.
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rraus OF THE HERALD

THIs paper j. published every Tuesday, at =
rer annuH, payable kalfycaFIy in Advance
Ifnot paid within the year, $3.50 will invaria-
bly, be charged.
Ne Subscription takeH for less tban SIX months
nor can a subscriber discontinue unless at
tAe option OF the editor, until arresrsgesare
PaidoG
AerrrrIsrwESTs will re inserted al 81 per
square, for the first three insertions, and 25
cents for every subsequent insertion: longer
enes an proportion.
ApyxnrIsEWEnrs inserted in the Herald and
Republican, three times, at So per square and
so cents for every othcr Insertion
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DAHi u HIONKIStJNI
Merchant Tailor, Wood st, Pittsburgh.

Some two months ago purchased vial of Or
M Lanes American Worm Specific. gave boy
of mine most of vial; he passed forty very
large worms. From that time his health impro-
we'd very much bad tried two other Vermifuges
to no purpose. believe DR., NJ Lanes the bess
article before the public. d. CALHOUN.
Mifiin township, Allegheny county.
The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-03-10

An Irish doctor advertises that the deaf
may hear of him at a house in Lifey
street, where also blind patients may see
him from ten till three.
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Orphans Court Sale
Real Estate.

N pursuance of an order of the Or
a phans Court OF Somerset county,
there will be exposed 10 sale by way Of
public vendue or cutlery on the premi-
ses on Friday the S0th day Of March next
the following real estate. late the pro-
perty of John Kundle, deceased, TO
The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-03-10

Why are ladies' bustles like Walter
ocons novels! Because they are fct;-
aous tates founded on reality.
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Blank Deeds.

"A LOT Of Blank Deeds of a superior snax
d. ", just printed and now for sale
at HIS aR9feE
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ES1TEE. FOR NFAE1EDS
AT PITTSBURGH.
DrS. Speer and Kuhn.

= ME object Of this establishment is
4 TO supply want greatly felt by re-
spectacle travellers on our western high
ways-by residents. without family, ta-
ken sick-and by patients from the sur
rounding towns and country who resort
10 this place for relief from surgical and
other diseases. Such have often suffered
from the want Of the various comforts
and attentions so necessary and agreeable
10 the sick, and from careless and un-
faithful nurses; and been subjected 10
heavy and unreasonable charges.
lnvallds will here be provided with
constant, faithful and comfortable aten-
dance, snd al rate much below the nsu-
al charges.
While the care OF both physicians will
be extended to every variety of disease,
II is intended by DR.. Speer, 10 give spe-
cial attention to
ALL SURGICAL DISEASES,
PARTICULARLY TO
DISEASES OF THE EYE.
To these branches of his profession
ne has given large share of his atten.
ion for the last twenty-five years, and
he will continue to devote to them the
experience acquired by a constant prac-
tlce during that time.
The Hotel for Invalids is not an exper
iment. It's establishment is suggested
not only ds necessary 10 supply an evil
dent want in this city, in the entire ab-
seuce of any special provision for the
sick, but is warranted also by the success
OF similar institutions at Cincinnati and
New Orieans-the former under the care
of Drs. Talialerro. Marshall and Slrader
The latter under that of DR.. Stone.
The building selected for the purpose
is situated at the corner of Federal and
Robinson streets, in Allegheny city. adj
joining the city Of Pittsburgh. II is
commodious and roomy, anl furnished
with all accommodations necessary for
the sick.
Applications for admission to be made
10 the subscribers, at their office ON Penn
street. Pittsburgh. or at the establishment,
0PN No contagious diseases will be ad
mitted' J. r. SPEER, AZ. D.
]. s. KUHN, M. D.
February Is. ls45. /
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SELECT SCHOOL,

SELECT SCHOOL.
VENHE undersigned would hereby give
u nstice that he intends opening a
select school ,on Monday the 10Th day Of
March next, in the new school house of
this borough. Instruction will be given
more or less extensively in Orthography,
Reading, Penmanship. Arithmetic. Eng
lish Grammar. Geography. Algebra and
Land surveying, at the following rates.
during a session Of thirteen weeks:-
Orthography, Reading and Penman-
ship 80 90
Arithmetic, English Grammar and
Geography, so
Algebra aud Land surveying will be
taught on reasonable terms.
Those studying the high branches will
of course have the privilege Of attending
10 the others without additional charges.
Every effort will be made by the in.
structor TO promote the advancement Of
those who regularly attend the school.
Communications addressed TO The un-
aersigned will be prenplly answered.
A. S. RUNNELLS.
Somerset. febI0'46 Instructor.
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FOR SALE.

late the property of Jacob Probasco and
John Baker. Esq. on the National Road,
in Henry Clay township, Fayette coun-
ty, Pa, and one mile wes, Of The village
oil Some:field in Somerset county, TO
gelher with the appurtenances thereunto
belonging. This property consists Of
about one hundred and 6fy-three acres
of land, greater portion of which is
cleared and under cultivation and in mea-
dow. The buildings consist Of large
and convenient
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CERTIFICATES

do certify that a vial Of DIR. M'Lane's Aneri
can Worm Specific expelled five hundred and two
whole worms and pieces that would have made
sixty more, from boy Of John Lcweng, which,
if laid in a straight line, would have most probably
measured the enormous length of one hunircr
yards. JOSIAH JACKSON, owner of Watc.
Forge, and other works Monongalia county, ,Yas
This is to certify that purchased from Holmes
& Kidd vial of DR.. NJ Lanes American Worm
Specific, and gave two doses TO a boy Of mine
about three years years Of age. He passed fully
half pint of worms. The quantity was so large
was really alarmed, and called in several of nv
neighborS to see them. Had this story been re-
lated to me, could nuthave credited it, wilhuu,
being an eyewitness TO the same. My child's
health improved much after.
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BRIDGE BUILDING.

HNHE undersigned commissioners .
Somerset county, viii sell on Ri:
day the 18Th day Of March 1916 60
tract to the lowest bidder, for builJinr .
bridge over Laurel Hill creek a, q, ns.-
Kooser's Mill in Milford iownsnin -
said county.
Sale to take place at the bridge at,
O'Clock P NJ. A Plan Of the bridge win
bs exhibited on the day OF sale.
F. WEfMER,
J. r. KING.
febl7 p. BERKEY, Ccn'rs.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-09-10
MISSOURI.

The following gentlemen have been elected to
the next Congress from Missouri Messrs. Bowlin,
Jamison, Green, Phelps and Hall. They are all
Locofocos as in the present Congress. Indeed, the
Wings contested only one district and in that, the
returns exhibit considerable Wing gain since the
election Of Mr. Polk, but not quite large enough to
defeat the LOcofoco candidate. The State Legisla
ture is also locoioco, by decisive majority
The new Constitution, recently formed in Mis-
sour, and submitted to the decision of the people,
has been rejected by majority OF or 5000 votes.
This decision has given great dissatisfaction to that
portion of the people, who, admitting that the new
constitution is very defective nevertheless desired
Its ratification, because it corrected the great inc
quality of representation under the existing consti
tuition. The old and populous counties of the
State, which contribute almost all the funds neces-
sary to the State government, is said are oyerrued
In the assessment of taxes by the new and sparsely
settled counties, which, Notwithstanding the dispar
1ty of population, have an equal weight in the
Legislature. The st. Louis Republican declares
that the only remedy is ''to resist the payment of
all taxes until their political rights are restored to
them''-a remedy revolutionary in its character,
and worse, 1t seems to us, than the disease-Rich.
Uhig.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-09-10
REFORM CONVENTION

The Clarksburg Harrison county, Republican
thus remarks upon the Reform Convention recently
held in this place:
The official account of the proceedings of the
Staunton Convention will be found in our paper to-
day. The Spectator says there We're but three del
egates besides those from Augusta, in attendance
On! temperance! O Moses what a farce it has
turned out The proposition to hold convention
at Staunton in December will scarcely be attended
win better success, we apprehend. The Charles
ton Republican, in stating Kanawha would not be
represented, appears to think the convention will
have to be postponed until the census is ascer
tanned If matters SO turn out there can be no con-
ventlon for secen years, whereas it should have as
sembled in 1917. The census will not be comple-
ted and promulgated till 81 the succeeding egis-
iatre may authorize the question 10 be passed upon
oy the people, and thus no convention can be had
until 1853. Well, if the vox popui decree SO, it is
quite irremediabe."
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-09-10
MYSTERIOUS

The last Democrat contains the following n,yste
r'o's paragraph, in regard to the expression $50
called Reformers," applied by us to the would-be
managers of the Reform movement in this county.
who repudiate all the friends of Reform amongst us
as fshy" that refused the issue made last Spring,
and yet hug to their bosoms ''Dorrism," and the
most ultra Radicalism, even to the election of Mo
g'strates and Judges!
e5- The ''so-called Reformers" Great God
Men struggling to get back rights which have been
usurPed-their own natural rights--whch none but
tyrants deny, and if they cannot just think with a
clique, are almost any thing but honest men. Have
the people of Augusta no sense? Must they be
dictated to? Are the people ready2 We have
enough among us who are willing to assume com
mand. The people will say.
care the People ready2" asks the Democrat
"Ready'' for ac'as "We have enough among us
who are willing to assume commander What the
deuce is in the wind? Nothing certainly Gone
would think, short of tearing board off somebody
fence, or the annexation of another Mexican pro-
vince!
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-09-10
VERA Cruz, Aug. 16, 1916.

The reception Of SANTA ANA at Vera Cruz,
where he landed on the 10th August, is said to
have been very enthusiastic. The steamer Arab,
in which he sailed from Havana, met with no OBJ
stacle in going into the port Of Vera Cruz. The
New Orleans Picayune says
"Upon the appearance of the .4rab off Vera
Cruz, Commodore CONNER repaired on board the
steamer Princeton, and an attempt was made to
intercept the Arab but the morning was calm and
she slipped into port without hindrance, with her
valuable neutrality-suspicious. differ as to the inten-
tons Of the Commodore towards Santa Ana, some
believing that he had TO desire to intercept him.
Before leaving Havana, Santa Ana requested and
received from Colonel Campbell letter of introduce
ton to Commodore Conner. He also took with
him valuable box of cigars, intended as present
for the Commodore. Upon arriving off Vera Cruz,
he took good care to waste no time in the presen-
tation OF his letter and cigars.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-09-10

We republish from the National Inteligencer. a
most interesting and valuable "Reminiscences of the
early history of Virginia. 1t is Home League.
formed as early as ITO, by the great patriots Of
colonial Virginia, to prohibit the consumption of
foreign goods, and to encourage their manufacture
at home. 1t was one Of those first practical decla
rations OF independence, which our ancestors i'm
Virginia adopted long before the more formal act of
the continental Congress, in l776. The editors of
the lnteligcncer state that they obtained three
printed copies Of the paper, from San antiquarian
friend, lone OF them as it came from the press,
and without the additions. i'm the unmis.akeablo
handwriting of GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1--WE print
them in ttatics and the Fairfax county signatures,
which follow"
1t will be seen, at glance that the list of sign
ers contains the most eminent names of revoutona-
ry Virginia-the names of men who have passed
away, and whose memories cannot be too often re-
called by their posterity and successors. When
we contemplate this list, and consider the high
spirit Of patriotic DEVOTION with which those emf
nent men resolved to resist the expressions of Great
Britain, at every cost of personal sacrifice and dan
ger, we cannot dismiss the reflection. that they
have left but few behind them who have f,itbG,lly
preserved their noble qualities.
The lntegencer states that the second list.
which it does not publish, also contains many re-
markable names, such those of JOHN MARSHALL,
GEORGE MASON, RICHARD HARRISON, and VII.
LIAM GRAysoN.
In regard to the object of this memorable Associ-
alton the intelligencer justly observes Times
Examining the articles of the original Associa-
ton, our readers will find that they form not merely
a 1MlU, but strictly prohibitire one. Our colo
NAL forefathers could not legally tao British or
other foreign goods; but, to defend their indepen-
dence, and to make ~ government which had in
jured them retraceS Steps, they could renounce
the use of foreign goods and they did so''
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-09-10

o. The trial Of COLEMAN c. MAY, Esq, charg-
ed with the murder of JAMES McDEARMAN, ESQ.
of Appomattox, in an ARRAY in the early part of last
Winter, came on before the Circuit Superior Court
Of Amherst at its late session, and resulted in his
acquittal. The trial, we understand took up the
whole term of the Court-about two weeks. There
was very large number of witnesses examined
and the case was ably argued on behalf of the Com
monwealth by Messrs Brown, GARLAND and IRv-
ING, and by Messrs. CLAIBORNE, MosBY and DAN
TEL, on behalf of the Prisoner. The Jury were moi
out more than an hour, however, before they re.
turned into Court with verdict of ''Not Guilty p
1t is TO be presumed, therefore, that the circumsan
ces of the melancholy affair as heretofore given,
making it case of selfdefence, were substantially
Cur
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a SLIGHT BREEZE.

letter from Old Point to the Philadelphia Led
ger gives account of rupture between Presi-
dent Polk and Isaac F.. Holmes, Esq the distn-
guished representative in Congress from the Charles
ton District. Mr.. Holmes, it seems, became very
much soured with the President, in consequence of
the appointment of Mai. Laval Sub Treasurer
at Charleston--and has gone so far as to declare
that the President ''is neither statesman nor a
gentleman" Pretty harsh words from a leading
Democrat in reference to the Democratic PRESIDENT
The cause of the rupture is thus stated 1t seems
that MIR. Holmes and Mr.. McDuflie applied to the
President to confer the appointment of Sub 1'rea-
surer at Charleston upon another Individual. and
that they received what they conceived to be an
assurance that their wishes should be complied with
Mr.. McDuflic, it is said, also gave letter to Mai.
Laval, but stated that in doing he had no inteu
ton 10 withdraw any thing which he had stated in
favor Of the other applicant The President final
w appointed Maj. j.; and .Jhis 50 iucensed Mr..
Holmes, as to elicit from him the above remark
lie, also, refused TO call upon the President at Old
Point.
It is likewise stated that Gen. Gaines was with
great difficulty persuaded to pay this act Of official
courtesy to the President during his stay at the
Point.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-09-10
EXPENSE OF LEGISLATION

1t has of late become sort of custom--one. how
ever, ''more honored in the breach than in the OBJ
servance'--for members of the House of Repre-
sentatves TO vote themselves certain valuable books
The following extract from the Washington Cor
respondent of the N. York Evening Post relates to
this practice:
The fact is that the cost Of the books appropria-
ted by each new member of Congress under the
resolution legalizing the plumber, is Just $500 The
whole number of new members is one hundred and
eight, and the sum "realiZed" by this very saga
clous financial operation" is SCI ,l2S. Several
OF the old members of this Congress, who were
new members OF the last, refused take the plum
der under similar resolution of that Congress- but
these were only exceptions. Suppose two hun
dred and twenty members of the present House
took their books under the operation Of the two
resolutions within the three years last past, then
the amount thus distracted from the public treasury
has been 1924, $50.
These books are of character that member
OF Congress looks at perhaps two three times in
the course OF his llfe-a diplomatist, book worm
or book maker, somewhat oftener. | do not an
sWer for the assertion but it is said, and Senator
Benton says it, that they are very often merely
passed into the hands of bookseller of this place
who sells them to the Congressional printing es-
adjustment from which they originally issued, by
the proprletors OF which they are again furnished
to the House, as wanted under the resolutions bien-
nially passed and to be passed. | have heard it
said, by person who had made some inquiry, that
this bookseller would this year make $4,000 in
this reputable line Of traffic. A lax public opinion
has tolerated this misappropriation of the public
funds. Il is a natural ofshoot Of the system Of
book making by Congress, which again proceeds
from the system of appointing official printers
That IS now to be done away with, and hope we
shall never again hear OF the printing ~ so 600 CO
PiO' IS -'s.' =. ,ZOO pages, or of 45,UUo
reports of an exploring lieutenant in the army, or
of the distribution Of $4,000 worth Of books to
members of Congress
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-09-10
JOKE ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE.

The Boston Times, after referring to the bells
rung, houses shaken, and articles of furniture fall
ling down, in Boston and the neighboring towns,
from the effects of the earthquake on Tuesday the
10Th ult, and to the probability of our hearing soon
of severe earthquakes in South America, winds up
with capital story.
Speaking Of earthquakes and the mutability of
all things here below, reminds us of an old moned
man, who formerly lived in this same city of Bos-
ton. lie was quite rich, and in hard times was
wont to lend money to those in necessity, but was
also most unreasonable Shylock, and asked al
ways some exorbitant premium, and would hardly
ever be content with any reasonable security One
time ne agreed TO loan pretty considerable sum to
man, and all the preliminares were settled except
the security. Good notes well endorsed were OF
tered No, he could not take them-men might
fail, and ne should lose his money-Vessels with
cargoes at sea, well insured, were named No, he
wanted no such stuffas that hurricanes and storms
might blow them into fragments, and the insurance
offices burst up. "What acM you take % cried
the borrower, at last, almost in despair; 81 have
some valuable real estate, will you take that pr
''Rcal estate !" said the profane old mser .sEarh
q'ahes acM crack by and By, and yo,r real estate
acM go 10 the d. I'll keep my money"
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-09-10

0S- The Washington Union has been making a
great stir about Wing organization it has disco
vered to be in existence in that city for ranking
Wing Speeches, sc. of which the Hon. Mr.. RAM
SAY, OF Pa, is the active agent. 1t seems to be
terribly shocked at the iniquity of the thing. AZ
ter all however, it turns out to be the old trick Of
accusing others of what it is doing itself. The
washington correspondent of the New York Ex-
press, under date of the 9th, thus writes .-..J
looked into the capitol yesterday and the dav prc
vlous, and found the folders busy at work foldinr
Locofoco Speeches. They were doing all this with
government paper, in government time. and with
government materials"