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ACT OF 10th APRIL. IS49.

BNNTITLED ''4n act to create a sinking
IA fund and 10 provide for the gradual and
certain exiiHgui ishDent of the debt Of the Com
monweath."
"SEcFIoN %, That from and after the pas
sage OF this act. the State Treasurer be and he
Is hereby required 10 abate five per ceniam of
tue purchase money due on all unpaienied lands
appropriated en- warrants heretofore granted:
PiOridfd, The said purchase money be paid
into The treasury before the first day Of
May eighteen hundred anc fifty.
SECTION 81, That the Assessors Of the sew.
eral Counties of this Common wealth are here.
by authorized and directed 10 re-assess between
the periods of the irienniel assessments all real
estate which may have been improved by The
erection OF buildings other improvements
subsequent to the last preceding irienniel as.
sessment, subject To appeals as now provided
by law, and all re-assessmenis made during The
past year. are hereby declared to be as valid
and effeciual as if made in pursuance of law
We the undersigned Commissioners Of Cam
eria county publish The foregoing in Pursuance
OF circular issued By the Auditor General.
a. BURGOON.
6. w. EASILY, ooihn''s
'Ga@asi'aas'i EbeasbaIs. MsS ii,'ss s. 1919 sO-s,.
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EIntelligence from New York to the 18th
inst, represent affairs as bsing quiet. A mum.
Der wounded in the late riot, it is expected,
will not recover. Macre ady is supposed to
have gone back TO England
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To CoRREsPoNDESrs.-''One of EN- has ne
elected TO comply with our invariable rule o:
requiring the name of the author Of an article
before we publish il.
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OThe Cholera is raging in Cincinnati To a
considerable exteni-from 30 to 30 cases daily.
II has not yet been communicated to the citi.
zens Of Pitsburg-we believe few boatmen
died with il about the wharf and on the boats
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NOTICE.

DUBLIC notice is hereby given ,sthat ty
Il order of the Orphans Court of the coun-
iy of Cambria, there will be exposed to sale. by
public vendue ouicry, Monday the 4ih
day of June nexf, at one O'Clock in the after
noon, the one undivided sixth part of certain
messnage or tract of land, situate in Washing
ton township, Cambrla county. adjoining lands
of Samuel Dillon and others, containing l23
acres more less. having good two story
TAVERN HOUSE, BARN, and other build
ings thereon erected. known as the "TroxelI
Tavern" property, formerly the property of
Jacob Troxel. deceased: the said undiv ded
sixth part being the interest of William Trox.
ell, late of Cambria county, deceased. The
sale will be held on the premises. Terms. one
half cash on confirmation of the deed, balance
in one year.
By the Court.
VIM KITTELL, Clerk.
May 10, is4s-3l-3t.
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| commissioners Office
Ebensburg. May 3. lS49. 30-St.

MEN'S fine calf aud kip Doors. Women's
lvl Congress Shoes, Lasting. Buck and
Goat Shoetees, Seal and Mere. r. r Slippers
Misses colored Kid, patent and calf Boots,
Boys thick and kip Boots and Shoes just re.
ceived by l.. * u.
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MARRIED.

On the 10th INST, by the Rev. Mr.. Powell
Mr.. john ID. HUGBEs. of this place. to Miss
GwINEFRED ARTHUR, of Green township, Ind
ana county.
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u The Steamship America. which arrive d
On Saturday last. brought specie TO the amount
Of fl65 ,23s sterling. Every arrival from
abroad adds thousands TO the hard money cur
rency of our Country. and still we have men
who contend that the miserable small note
trash is an indispensable article in cur currency
"iSDFALL.-A very worthy, industrious, and
poor family 10 Cleavelapd lately received in
teiiigence Of the death of an uncle. by which
the fifth Of -fs4 eco, the property OF the decd
.ails 10 them
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FOR SALE

A Tract of unimproved Land, covered viii.
v4luabls Timber, lying about i've miles zssst
q Ehensbsrg. enquTeof
JOHN VILLA
Eaen@bafs. sP'i' u, 1sss Leaf
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ED brOidered Envelopes, fancy Note Paper,
Motto. sllvered and cami Waters, QaiIls
Sealing Wax. Pencils, Pass Books, &c, for sale
at the store of
LJTZINGER & TODD.
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G5ComPelition has reduced the fare betueen
f'n'bnrg and Beaver, Gstance Of 80 miles
to h,r cents
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HRAIN and Country Produce, of all kinds
m taken in exchange for goods at Buchan-
ans Store.
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DHYa@DOD9 &c

that has be en- brought TO Ebensburg this sea-
son, and which they determined to dispose
of a the Io,oest prices lima gina bic.
They think IL unnecessary 10 eaumerate all
the articles tiiey have on hand. but request the
public To call and examine for themselves, when
they will find most every article usually kept
in country store, and at prices equally as low
as goods be bought east or west of the
Allegheny mount aims.
LUMBER, GRAIN, WOOL, and all kinds
of Country Produce, taken in exchange for
Goods. NJ q H.
Ebensbufg, May l6. lS49.
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"CHF lAPER Than EVERY
MURRAY & ZAHM,

for past favors. would respect
IL fully inform heir friends, and the pu blc
generally, that they have just received the
largest. handsOmest and best selected assort.
meut of
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DR., Robert Davis, Treasurer In account
To smount received of K. Roberts
High Constable, S235 II
To amount received of r. Roberts
as Peddlers License, 90
To amount received of E Hughes
(Burgess} Peddlers License, 80 80
To amount received of j. Thomp.
son, Jr-, WeighmasteT, l3 2l
To amount received Of Wm KitteI
Neighmaster, O9
To amount received of w. Ba.maa
Weig hmaster. l6 90
S3l3 81
296 1.
Balance due Borough II 50
Settled in Council this 21st day of April A
ID. 1919.
E. HUGHES, Burgess
May 3. lsI9.-3O-4t.
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If elected, | would not be the mere Presi.
dent of party. | would endeavor to
act independent of party dominion. ]
should feel bound to administer the gov.
ernment untrammeled by party schemes
First allison Letter.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-04-25

HE USE OF BIBLES FORBIDDEN IN TIE Bal
TIsH ARMY The man who recognised Ireland
a christian country" by the gibbet on its shore,
would probably have seen in the following official
announcement, published in the Coleraine Chroni-
Gle, another evidence of the fact:
"IHE ARMY.-A General Order from the Horse
Guards has been received, fo,biddng officers from
distributing Bibles and tracts among the troops, un-
der penalty OF the sovereign's displeasure"
Cromwell's troops used to 90 into battle singing
psalm tunes, and every soldier carried small edi-
ton OF the scriptures, called 'Geld bibe,' in his
knapsack but Victoria the First, Del Gratia Req,
defender of the Faith, and SO FORTH prohibits the
distribution OF the word OF God among her troops,
under the penalty OF her severe dispieasure. She
patronizes tract and missionary societies, however,
and IS particularly Solicous about the salvation Of
the New Zealand cannibals and other benigh,et
| hea'hen. ii we had not found the above mentioned
oTuer IN an English paper, we could no, have be-
| LEVIED the statement. These are your Christian
sovereigns!
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-04-25
Where's Policy in Insurance y!

HAVING been appointed Correspondent Of the
H New York "MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY" hereby give no
t,ce, that am prepared to receive and forward to
the Company applications for Insurance, from any
person who may feel disposed to auait himself OF
the opportunity to provide for his family or other
relations by insurng his life at very low rates The
principles upon which this company was formed
have commended themselves to thousands whose
relations have reaped the benefits of their precau-
ton, which is fully proven by the following state
raents
ssThomas Saley, of Baltimore, having come to
his death from the effects of prevailing epidemic,
left to his otherwise destitute family -Four Thou
sand Dollars Insurance, money received from the
Mutual Life Insurance Company, which popular
.'Samuel Butler, of Virginia, respectable me
chanc, was recently suddenly thrown from his
horse and killed instantly, leaving wife and six
children to lament his loss. We take pleasure in
stating the unfortunate man. had his life insured for
Three Thousand Dollars, which goes to his wife
and children.-We understand that the insurance
was by the Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York"
The undersigned can give many more instances
of the same character, bu, regards it unnecessary.
ANY person desiring insurance call at my Room
No. 81, Virginia Hotel, or at the Store of Messrs.
T. N. Green s. Co., and at either place receive any
information that may be necessary. concerning the
principle of Insurance.
j. McNEALE LATHAM,
Staunton, March lSi9.-6m. Correspondent.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-04-25

SKETCHES OF CALIFoRNIA.-Parisians love TO
laugh but they love to caricature still more and ev
cry incident, whether domestic or political charac-
Ter, that bubbles up and breaks upon the great tide
or lie with them, is instantly made the subject of
good-humor or downright malicious travesiie The
California gold fever coad not, of course, escape,
and MIR. Kendall, in writing to the Picau,.ne from
Paris, says: Bali. finer
lin one OF these carlcatures | see Col Mason
held up as reviewing his regiment. Not sign of
human being, save the gallant colonel himself, is
In sight, but long line of muSkets, some of them
lying on the ground and others stacked are passed
In review, and the effect OF the thing is most ludi-
cTous In another sketch the same officer is picur-
ed as IN a delicate situation for one of his grade.-
lie is Standing with cap on his head, a sword by
ms side. and In regular reglmen;als; but over the
iatte! ne had tied an apron, and in the mean time
he is buslly engaged backing his own bo, is! Fur
ther on you see couple of deSerters fnhtinp with
pick-axes over gold bed and this is set down as
The preparatory work always necessary in opening
NINE hungry looking fellow, while exploring
win plckaXe comes across something which at
first sight he considers poaoe but while congrat
ulatlng himself on his good iortune-upon the prob
ability of his making meal--his hopes are sudden
~ dashed by ascertalnng that the supposed eatabe
Is only large lump Of gold! A melancholy look
Ing old gentleman, In a travelling cap and with a
carpet bag IN his hand, 'Sseen landing from vessel
apparently at the wharf of one of the maritime
cities of France. A spendlfrif nephew PUSHES up
to him, and, shaking him by both hands. concratu
lates him upon his good fortune in finding million
OF francs in California. Yes, my nephew saws
the old gentleman, with look of lugu6rious droIie
ry, 'but the captain of the ship who brought me
home charged me million and half for tie pas
sage, and now find myself five hundred thousand
francs in debit" Such are some ofthe hits at the
goId-hunting mania. They appear in L'Iiust,a-
ton.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-04-25

GOVERNMENT IN EURopE.-Dr. Baird states that
there are sixty five distinct Governments in Europe
This, he says, might strike some with surprise !;
but II must be remembered that 200 or 800 wears
ago, Germany alone had 356.' Germany was a
most difficult country in IFS history and geography,
on account Of the petty divisions into which it was
cut upwhen overrunb by the feu,al barons who all had
their separate States governments apart In It.
ally there are now nine different governments where
as there had once been nearly 100 The tendency of
things is TO reorganization and consolidation on the
principles OF nationality and origin. The recent
movements in Germany and Italy might be ascIibed
to this prevailing sentiment.
The % Governments he classified as follows, 81
Kingdoms, 10 of which are independent. and 9 de-
pendent or parts of others 81 Duchess of which %
are in Germany and 81 Italy 9 Republics, among
which France stands at the head and that of Sam
marino in Italy is the smallest and most insignif-
cant; of these can in no sense be called indepen-
dent, the lonian Republic is dependency of Eng
land, and that OF Sanmarno of Spain. There are
Principaliss, none of which are independent and
3 of theln being in the northern parts of Turkey !;
90 OF the % are Independent Governments, and all
but 2ofthe Independent Governments, PRUSSIA and
Turkey )have some form of Constitution.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-04-25

THE President OF FRANCE, Louis EapoIcon
is living al illysee Bourbon in great STYLE. In his
house he has, am told, enc hundred soldiers and
100 servants. He receives one hundred and twelve
thousand dollars year. lie affects greater STYLE,
by far, than Louis Philippe did. He was never in
me army, yet he always appears in the uniform of
the National GuatJ He receives only those who
have been presented TO their own Courts. His
servants are all in livery Of dark green-lko those
OF his uncle, Napoleon the Great he is not married
Of his private habits hear very bad accounts. All
parties agree that he is weak His name alone ell.
eyaed him the masses Of the French people voted
honestly tor him TO express their veneraton for hq
uncie' ana IN some measure discharge a debt OF
honor they feel that they owe 60, The wronrs dc1e
to Napoleon.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-04-25

OLDPs TUNEs.-There is to us more pa,hos,
heart thrilling expression in some of the old psalm
tunes feelingiy displayed, than in whole batch of
modernisms. The strains go home, and the "foun-
tain of the great deep is broken up''-,he great
deep of unfathomabe feeling that lies far, far below
the surface Of the world hardened heart and the
unwoned, yet unchecked tear starts in the eye, the
softened spirit yields TO their influence, and shakes
off the load of earthly care, rising purified and spirit
uallzed, into clearer atmosphere. Strange, mex
pllcable associations brood over the mind like the
far-off dream of PARADISE" mingling their chaste
melancholy with musings of still, subdued, more
cheerful character. How many glad hearts in the
olden times have rejoced in those songs OF praise,
how many sorrowful ones sighed out their complaints
in those panve notes, that steal sadly, tho sweet
iy on the ear; hearts that now cold in DEATH are
laid to rest around that sacred tune, within those
walls they had SO often sweed with emotion.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-04-25

CALMUcK MARRIAGE. The ceremony of mar
rage among CaImucks is performed ON horseSocL
girl is first mounted who rides off at GuIl sDecJ
Her lover Pur -uos and if he overakes her. she be-
comes his wife, and the marriage ceremony is per-
formed Immediately sfler which she returns with
him to his tent. But it sometimes happens that
woman does not wish to marry the person by whom
she spursued,n which case she will not suffer him 20
oveT'ake her and no instance occurs Of girl being
mus caught unless she has pariiality for her pur
guage Of English sportsrnen. ueck M uotL;uc ~"
I'll she has completely escaped, or until the
morse is 'Fed out leaving her at liberty to return to
be afterwards chased by some favorte admirer. If
Is necessary TO remark that the men ride as if in
toxlcaied, but the women sit with ease, and ride
with much skill ''0'
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-04-25

MoDrL ART!sTs.-Kendal writes from Paris
tha' the police lately pounced upon the entire com
Pany OF the gettersup of tablcac viuaqts. and car
ried them to prison. The artists were exhibiting
themselves al nature' in series of classic groups
ana Inc oflcer waited until the exhibition was near
~ over, and then made grab at the models in mr..
rus ndt,"dbbuS, so that there could be no mistake
Messenrs, the directors, never at loss, plead tina,
the girls were only models, and that the SPECTATORS
present Were painters and scuTptoys studying anat
omy' The managers Were fined 100 francs, and
sent to prison for SIX months; so that after all, they
are little more moral in Paris than in New York.
one troupe was advertised as a company of French
and american artists, the Americans being blacks
or muattoes! 1t was amusing to sec ihem sittuy
themselves up Tor classical shapes
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-04-25

PROFESSOR RoGERs.-This gentleman has been
delivering course of lectures at the Lowell Insti.
tute, Boston, on the application of the sciences to
the useful arts In one Of his lectures on LIGHT he
advanced new idea
From what is known of the velocity Of light, it
can De calculated that ray of light from world
would not reach the region of the stars of the l2th
magnitude short of q thousand years. Suppose an
angel capable of locorlolion ncomparably more
rapid than light, and gifted with corresponding
power of vision, he would only have to take his sta,
ton III the region of those STARS TO see the events
that were happening in the world thousand years
ago II he wanted 10 see the state of the world
when CHRIST lived and died, with all the momen-
tous events that then TRANSFERRED, he would ONLY
nave to remove farther into space, and he would O.
vertake the light which broke upon those scenes
eighteen hundred years ago!"
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-04-25

CoNvER'ATIoN.-lt is an error to suppose that
conversation is talking. A more important thing is
to listen discreety. Mirabeau said, "To succeed
In the world it is necessary to submit to be taupht
many things which you understand by persons
who know nothing about them" Flattery is the
smooth path TO success and the most refined and
gratifying compliment you can pay is TO listen. La
Bruyere says, ''The wit OF conversation consists
more In finding 1t in others, than showing grea,
deal OF 1t yourself; he who goes from your CONVEX
saton pleased with himself and his own wit. is per
fectly well pleased with you. Most men had ra
Their please than admire you, and seek less to be in
structed nay, delighted than to be approved or ap
plauded. The most delicate pleasure is to nies s.
another"
Patience is social engine, as well as christian
virtue 10 listen, to wait, and to be wearied, are
the created elements Of good fortune
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-04-25

SLAvERY EIGHTY YEARS AGo.-Eeighty years
ago, slavery existed in Massachusetts, and was
there pTactlced, by some, cruelty as now ON the
worst sugar plantations of Louisiana Mrs. Child.
in her history of woman, says:
"A wealthy lady residing in Gloucester, Mass,
was IN Inc habit OF giving away the infants of her
female slaves few days after they were born, as
people are accustomed to disposed ola litter kittens
One OF her neghbOrs begged an infant, which in
those days OF comparative simplicity, she nourished
with her own milk, and reared among her own chill
dren This woman had ar earnest desire for bro
cade gown, and her husband not feeling able TO
purchase she sent her little nursing to Virginia and
S so her' when she was about seven years ODD
Yet the people of Massachusetts. like the Foclisb
have less charity now for shareholders than n,Ibans
any other citizens Of the. United States. Such is
human nature.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-04-25
A London letter in the Boston Atlas savs.-

a curious publication has recently been announc
ed, under the title Of " Geographic du lIogcn nee.
Geography ofthe Middle Ages) 1t consists of thir.
y-seven plates and contains ninety nine maps, en-
res on the continent. They are interesting as show
ing what false notions Were then entertained. and
what countries known TO exist. In some mans. the
Old world is represented as one great island-Afri
ca terminating TO the north ofthe Equator. Amap
OF Great britain and Ireland, bearing the date OK
l4IO: exhibits the latter island as nearly round, and
describes Its northern portion Purgatorium. -
The most valuable maps, in a his,or;cal point Of
view, are those which show the discoveries from
the twelfth to the fifteenth century.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-04-25
FRENoNr's WooLLY HoRsE.-The New York
of the National lntegencer, in let,

FRENoNr's WOoLLY HoRsE.--The New York
correspondent of the National Integencer, in let,
ter dated the 9th inst, say:
Col. Fremon,'s "Woolly Horse is exhibited to
the public here to-day, in a room at the corner of
Broadway and Reade street, at twenty five cents
sight. The show bill of the exhibitors states that
the animal was caught after three days. chase, by
Col. Fremont and his party, the river ella, in
New Mexico; that it was sent by Col Fremont to
the Quartermaster at Corpus Christi as present,
ana was sold by the latter to an English gentleman
VINO designs 1t for the geological Gardens at Lon
don, TO which place. it is said, il will soon be re-
moved The animal was taken by the lasso, and
Is represented to have beenver feet and powerful
In It's leaps, cearing Obstacles twelve or fifteen feet
high with ease" From viewing the animal. ! am
inclined to take this statement with some grains of
allowance, though have no doubt he was remark
able for swiftness and agility. The exhibitors, in
their desire 10 make good thing out of the exhibit
uon nave run INTO some extravagances in their pro-
gramme, as, "lt is beyond all questions the most
astounding natural curiosity ever beheld by mortal
man. 1t appears TO be a curious compound of parts
OF the camel, buffalo, horse, deer, Sheep" &c.
The general form of the animal is that of the
horse and it is difficult TO find much ofthe peculiar
form OF any other animal in any part of him. But
his covering is very remarkable being Short cur
ly, brownlsh white ,coOi. He has no name, and,no
hair or wool on the tail. The tail is about foot
and half in length, round and taperlng. The an
lmai Is quite lame in the right fore leg and seems
to be rather worn down by his capture and journey.
He has a fine eye, full Of native fire, but is now
quite tame and doce.