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HUNTINGDON, PA.y THURSDAY,  SEPTBfBER  19,  1861.
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'IqhiirsdAjr, September ^ 1861.
a. A. 1SA8M <t S. «. WmTTAH.BR, Editom.
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OUR PLATFORM 1
xhe 'union.
The Constitution,
The  Enforcement of the Laws.
UNION CONFERENOE.
Tiie Republiciin nnd Democratic Committees of Conference, nppoiiited by County Delegate Coiirentlons of the parties, met in the Court House on Tucsdny afternoon, August 27th, nud pot in nomination the followiug Union tioket: ASSE MBI.Y :
JOHN SCOTT, of Iluntingdoti.
ASSOCIATE JUDGE :
BENJ. F. PATTON, of Warriorsmark.
TBKASURER :
JOHN A. NASH, of Huntingdon.
COUNTY commissioner: JOHN S. ISKTT, pf Franklin.
DIRKCTOR  OK  THE  POOR:
JAMP:S IIKNDEnSON, of Cassville.
AUDITOR :
MILTON H. SANGUEE, of Walker.
The fullowing resolutions were rend nnd unan¬ imously adopted by the Conventions;
Resolved, Thiit it bi'hooves every true patriot --jsiu.this important crisis in our Country, to lay aside party trammels nnd sustain the National and Stole Governments in supporting the Con¬ stitution and preserving the Union nf the States.
Retotved, Thnt we should use every effort to foster nnd keep alive the fire of patriotism now filling the breasts of all true and loyal American eitixens.
Retotved, Thnt thi.s Convention, representing both the political parties of the county, have . the fullest confidence in the integrity and onpa- city of Hon. GEOllOE TAVLOll, nnd they commend him to the support of tho people for President Jndge of this Judicial District, be¬ lieving him to be n pure and upright citizen nnd a learned mul able .Jurist.
A SENSIBLE lETTEK.
Some one of tho three or four disorgan izcrs of this town nddre.?eod n letter to John Lntz, Esq., tho venornble editor of tho Sbirleysb'jrg Herald, asking him whether he would accept the nomination ¦for Director of tho Poor by tho "Peo¬ ple's (?) Mass Convention" wliieh is cnll .«^ tnr to-night. Mr. Lut: emphstica!!; ,w;s that ho will not, and respectfully -declines tho honor of a nomination from THAT party. We mako a fow ozlraots from his manly nnd patriotic letter :—
" * * * The present Tioket being .JlOD-poIitical, the candidates qualified men, ¦nd in soDtimont loyal to tho Government, my purpose ia to yield it my support with entire satisfaction.
"My settled opinion ia that the present is no time for Pntiiots and friends of Free Oovernment to indulge in Party strife, nor engage in the scramble for offioe, instiga ted by the machinations of disappointed nmbition ; thereby divert attention from the pending perils facing our Freo Insti¬ tutions, threatening even our National ex- iitence—to gratifys^ine selfish aspirations.
"The People, at tbis time, have no heart for politics oor Party schisms; and thst they have not is as honorable to them •I it is full of promise to tho Country and Oovernment wo enjoy. Tbat man's pa¬ triotism is ef but feeble growth, which permits bim to lend himself to be instru- meotal in a Party strife for office, merely to gratify disappointed ambition and puny ..offiee-seekers who love offioe more than Country."
Btb anp Ear, &o.—Dr. Jones, Chief Physician and 'Surcoon to Jones' Kye aod Ear Institution in New York, will practice «t V. Grouse's Hotel, Huntingdon, Hun- ^nedoo county. Pa., from tho 10th till the iiia of September. Dr. ,T. pruotioed here lafet April with unbounded suooesa, and his Bucoess will be remembered by the "fHends of those who bo so successfully irested in tbis and Blair oouoty.' Dr. J^kes straightens cross eyes in two minutes. JSf* inserts artifioial eyes to move snd ap- jpe«r natural. He removes eatarset, specks Md tqoiors from tho eye. He cures noise in the head, deafness and old standing j^isoases. Dr. J. performs ell kinds oif diffieolt operations and treats with auceeas tt)<«t« c^i^aiei wbiob family phyeiciapi do •«R)t.|ei]re. r-
THE FAST DAT.
Thursday next is tho day appointed by the President, nt tho recommendation of Congress, foriasting, humiliation and pray¬ er on the part of tho loyal American peo¬ ple. It now behooves tbe nation to obey this call, not in form merely, bnt in since¬ rity, and with an earnestness becoming suoh observance at any timo, and especial¬ ly incumbent at such a time os this. God cannot be deceived, and will not be mock¬ ed. And better, far bettor the day bad not been appointed, nnd that there shonld be no pretension of its observance, than that we should enga(;e in it without heart, or the spirit proper to its observance.
Our whole people need to know nnd feel thot God reigncth over nil; that hi.s will is done not only in the nviiiy of Henvenj but among tho inhnbitnnts of tho earth ; that bis controlling power is not limited to the affairs of individuals, but is as absolute iliu aiTairs of communities nnd nations. If men will study the Bible they will seo prophecies of the rise nnd fall of nations that have become their history, so com¬ plete hns bei;n the fulfillment ; which proves not ouly thnt their affairs were it subject of divine purpose, but ulso of con¬ stant divine interposition and control. In connection with such evidence let thom study such passagos as these : "Talk no moro so axcceding proudly ; let not arro- gancy come out of your nuiuth : for the Lord is a God of knowledge, nnd by him actions are weighed. The Lord killeth and maketh alive ; ho bringoth down to the grave and bringeth up. The Lord ma¬ keth poor and maketh rich : ho brino-elh low and liftcth up." "Promotion cometb neither from the East, nor from the West, nor from the Soulh : but Ood is the judge: he putteth down ono, nnd setteti: up an¬ other." "I nm tho Lord, nnd there is uone else, there is no God besides mc : I girded thee, though thou hast not known mo : that they may know from tho rising of the sun, nnd from the west, that there is nono besides mo. I nm the Lord, and there is none else.' I form the light and create darkness; I make peaoo, and create evil ; I the Ixird do nil thoso things."
Rising to such views of God, tho nation should recognize his band in the fearful chastisement it is now sufTering. And knowing that the Judge of all the oarth must do right, if should bow submissive to his will ; tho mdie humbly, knowing tbat all we arc suffering, or cnn suffer, is less thin our sins deserve. If the nation oan bo brought to .such a state of mind, then may we look for deliverance from a God who is good ns he is great. Then may prayers for our country ascend with good hopo of fuvomblo answer. To such views the Spirit hns led our rulers. Through iiiB head of the nation, they a.sk us, with them, to "recognize tho hand of God in this visitation nnd in sorrowful remem¬ brance of our errors as a notion, and as individuals, to hmiiblo ourselves before him in view of this oondition of our coun¬ try, and pray for his mercy ; that we may be spared further punishment, though most justly deserved ; and that our arms may bo blessed, and made effootual for tho re- establishment of law, of order, and of peaco, throughout tbo country."
Now, when the call of our President reaches n», if it meets a response in tho he:y[t of an humble, penitent, nnd trustful people, rendy to pray, thnnkful for the sign of Christian faith and prayer in the rulers, and rejoicing in so becoming, so cordial, and so hopeful a posture of our government before tho throne of tbo mer- oiful God, it will be as if the heart of the people were lifted up iu prayer with one accord on tho appointed dny itself.
We hopo to see next Thursday, the day for the solemn service to which the nation is called, observed most aiocorely in Hun¬ tingdon. Let all places of business of¬ fices, shops, stores, &o., be closed, and let us all bumble ourselves before our merci¬ ful God.
OUR LETTER-BOX.
Messrs. Editors I—As Old Iluutingdon county is now one of tho Union stars tbat shines bright in tbe American army, your readers will probably like to know what this part of tho county is doing for the defense of the old stars and stripes. This mortiing wo bid farewell with fourteen of her brave sons who have enlisted in Cnpt. J. D. Camnbcll's company, nowal Ilarris¬ burg, and nbout six others joined the com¬ pany on tbe day it started for Camp Cur¬ lin. About ouehalf of these aro young men, tho others married men who left the "dear ones at home." They arc all noblu hearted follows, nnd when their services are tin longer needed may thoy all return to thoir homes, families and neighbni-.s with pnlms of victory in their linnd.s. They are all frnm tho upper end nf Little Trough Creek Valley nnd tho neighborhood of Cnlvin, Union township. Tiic old stars and stripes are centered in the heiirts of the peoplo of Trough Creek. Tboy say they must and shall float in triumph.
J.  E.  G.
Calvin, Sept. lOtb, 1801.
Messrs. Etlilors:—Again I am seated in my sanctum, attempting to trnnsinjt to you the productions of mv "old greygoo.se quill."
Nothing but war news seems to bo rel¬ ished these exciting times, nnd is it ony wonder since our fubrio is npilnted from centre to ciicuiufercnee by ils devnstntiiig influence. Why should wo not be con¬ cerned when tho tyranny of a "Southern Ooiithicveracy" is threatening dc.^ti-uctinn to nur hcnvcnfavorod land? Why should we not be grntified with the glad intelli¬ gence of the uprising of heroic bnnds in defense of the fing wo so fondly cherish ?
In tbis respect, this part of old Centre hns already done admirably, and is still doini; more. Attempts aro now mnkins; at raising anothor company nt this place to go to "Dixie." Last Thursday ovening a military meeting was held in tho Acad- en-.y ITall for the purpose of getting re¬ cruits. Able and patriotic addre.s.'<os were delivered by Rev. J. O. Kaernpfor, .1. H. Ilnrpster, Dr. J. P. Burchfield, und I'rof. .T. E. Thomas. Tho company will, iu all probability, leave in a week or so.
Quite nn unusual incident-occurred yes¬ tcrdny in our generally quiet village. Wc were seated in front of our boarding house, enjoying the infinite pleasure ncce.s.sarily attending the consumption of a huge "havana," when a man from Stone Valley, responding to the nninc of McCnrtney, made his nppenrnnce upon tbe soanc, ap¬ parently about "three sheets to the wind," hut subsequent evenl.s proved his intoxi¬ cation to have been feignrd. lie alighted from his vehicle,   nnd   stiilkiiig  inlo  tho
TELEGRAMS.
DAr.TiMonE, Sept. 17.
The polico are arresting the secession members of the Legislature as fast as thoy reach tbis city oil their wny to Frederick, so that' there will bo no quorum to-day, nearly three-fourths of both houses being "sccesh"—and it is presumed that they will all bo arrested.
The arrests last evening wero Messrs. Dennis nnd IIeck:irt, of the Senate, and Maxwell, Landing and Knisin, of the Ilouse. There nre now fifteen members of tho Ilouse and three of tho Sonote to be arrested. Many of them cnntiot >be fiiund, and are said to have lied from tho .'^tato.
Three hundred mu.skcts wero fouud to- d:iy buried in tho rear of the old Mud the¬ atre, supposed lo hnve been concealed by Marshal Kane's police nfter tbe 19th of April.    They aro all new ivoapons.
SKCONI)  DISPATni.
Frederick, Md., Sopt. 17.
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the two houses have ns yet arrived hero. They will meet and adjourn till to-morrow. The impression is that tho Legislature will be unable to adjourn or do business for want of a quorum.
Ki.K Water, Sept. IG.
Tho body of Colonel John A. Washing¬ ton, was sent over to tho cuomy yesterday under a flag of truce ; and wbilo on its way it wns met by a similar flng coming frnm tho enemy for the purpose of obtaining inforinntion nbout liis cundition.
On the 12 inst, a detachment of three hundred men from tbe Fourteenth Indi- nnn nnd Twenty-fiflh Ohio regiments, dis¬ persed three Tennessee rcjiimcnts, under General Anderson, on the west of Cheat Mountain completely routing them, killing eighty nnd obtaining most of their equip¬ ments. Our loss wns eight killed. The enemy made nn ndvnnco on Elk Wutcr Ihe snmc dny with a force supposed to be 15,000, but were driven back by detach¬ ments of men from the Fifteenth Indiana, Third nnd Sixth Ohio regiments, and shells from Lnomis' buttery. They have retrea¬ ted eight nr ten miles. A strong force of I Arkansas, Tennessee and Virginia troops nlso thrcatoncd tho east side of Cheat moun¬ tain, but hnvc not yet hnd a general en¬ gagement A shelf thrown from ono of Loomis' guns two miles into Iho enemy's camp killed ten and wounded four.
The Thirteenth Indinnn rcgituent had a severe skirmish with superior numbers of the enemy on tho 12lh, nnd killed ten or twelve, with a trifling loss. As the enemy ndvnnced on Elk Wutcr the ((iliinin was handsomely ohcglfod by a detachment of tho   Seventeenth Iiidiuna.     Iiieutenant
111 requested his horso to be fed.—  Morrill, of tho  Topographical   Engineers,
While our worthy hnst was tending to the wants of his jaded animal, he (McCartney) burglariously entered tho parlor, appropri¬ ated a shawl, a pair of shoes, and a hymn book, nnd rapidly directed his steps towbrd the mountnin, obviously for tho purpose of secreting them until bis return. Dut un¬ fortunately, for him, at least, ho was de¬ tected in the act, nnd some four of us fol¬ lowed him and recaptured tbe articles whieh he hud stolen. As might be ex¬ pected, he was for "fight," inconsequence of which bo was sent to "grass" several times. Ilo will bo fortunate if bo escapes a ooat of tar and goose hair should ho again mako his appearance.
Tho students of Pine Grove Academy will give an Exhibition on the 25tb inst.
The Meth. E. Church at tbis place will bo dedicated on the 29th inst. Eloquent speakers nre expected to ba present.
Yours. •   JUi^IUS.
Pine Grove, S«pt. 10th, 1801.
aO^ Some two or three oompanios have arrived here within the past two days and marched to "Camp Crossman." There are now upwards of 500 troops in camp. A Blair county compuny (Copt. Horrell's) arrived yesterday. ReonitiDg is going on netiyely.
t^ Dr. Jones, of New York, the great Oculist and Aurist, will practice atCroua' Hotel, Huutiogdob, from tbo lOlh till the 38t]) of thii month.
Messrs. Editors :—As ono who has vo¬ ted for forty years in Huntingdon and liluir counties, I urn proud to rocogiiizo a Union tieket in cur mid.st, and taking for granted that the gentlemen composing it nil gii in for the prosocntion of the war to tbo fullest extent, until tho vile Secession¬ ists have been subdued, I shall givo it my cordial support.
The devil is fond of fishing in muddy waters, ana there are men now in our midst who would sacrifice tho glorious fabric of our Union on tho altar of Partizanship.— Flaming handbills at this tin^c aro posted throughout the county, designed to injure the ticket they cannot beat. They think more of self tnan the Union, ond are only satisfied when they have their own wny.— There are men in our country nnd even in ouroominunity who oppose the war and nro harping continually on "peaco, peace."— I am glad to see that the press of Hunting. . don and Blnir is not contaminated by the  '"»™ Ivewisburg
was taken prisoner by the rebels whilo on his way to Cheat Mountain.
Point OP Rocks, Sept. 15.
About 3 o'clock this afternoon a forco (if .OOO rebels attacked a portion of the troops under Col. Geary, stationed about threo miles above Harper's Ferry. Col. Geary commanded in person, und the fight lasted nbout threo hours.
Tho enemy were driven from every house and breastwork, and no less thnn scvonty- five of them are reported as killed and wounded.
Our loss is one killed and a few slightly wounded. Our troops behaved liko vete¬ rans. Compa.iies B, D and I, of tho Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania rogimout, and two companies of the Thirteenth Massa¬ chusetts, wero engaged in tbo conflict.
During tho fight a rebel was secataking uim at Colonel Geary, whon Ibe Colonel grasped a rifie from a soldier and shot bim on tho spot. Our troops arc in fiue spir¬ its.
Cincinnati, Sept 16.
A special diafefch from Connix Ferry, dnted tho 14th, says that Gon. Loe resumed tho attack nlong our whole lino yesterday nt Cheat Mountain, After a long contest. Gen. Reynolds fairly repulsed him, with cnnsiderablo rebel loss and littlo or nolos.i on nur side, owing to the fact that our troops fought behind entrenchments.
General Loo has manifestly a Inrgo force, but is nlarmcd lost General Roscncrans .should come up in his rear.
Ourscnuts returned to day from n ten mile exploration towards Lewisburg.
Colonel McCook took nineteen prisoners yesterday in an ariucd rcconnoisanoe aevoss tbe river.
Camp Scott, Sept. 16.—General Cox is hero to-day for sn interview with Gen¬ eral Rosencrans. He hasjqpved the main body of his nriuy from Gauley UrUgo to-
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vile doctrine whioh these men preach. Our country right or wrong.
Yonrs,        JOHN STANLEY. Peteraburg, Sopt. 18, 1801.
"TiiAiTong or Patbiots."—"Butthig is no time for a detail of canses. Tho coo- "piracy is now known. Armies have been raised, war is levied to acoomplish it.— Thore are onlji^two sides to the queetion. Every man must be for tho United States or agfiint it. There cau be no neiitrah in this war; ONLY PATRIOTS—OH TRAITORS."—a«^ A, Douglas,
Generals Wise nnd Floyd are both re¬ treating as fast as possible.
CilicAiio, Sept. 16, 1861.
The LeaveDwortb papers of tho llth gives tho following account of tho late engagement between Generul Raines and Colonel Montgomery:
On the 2od inst., COO rebels under Gonoral Rains approached Fort Soott and seized eighty mules belonging to the Gov¬ ernment, killing tho teamster. A mcssco ger was dcepatohcd to Montgomery, who had 500 men. He pursued Rain** eleven miles, killing soversl of his   men, when,
a battle
cannon and Montgomery ono howitzer only. The fight lasted two hours, whon Montgomery slowly retreated, keening up a running fight until nightfall. 'The enc- y's force is reported by prisoners at 2,000 to 3,000.
Twenty-three negroes havo been decla¬ red free undor Gen. Fremont's proclama¬ tion, being the property of lending rebels. Col. Cook, with 1,800 regulars, left Fort'Laramie on the 2d inst, for Leaven¬ worth. -I
Gen. Fremont's Proclamation.— This bold document, which we published some time ngo, will take ninny by surprise but the more carefully it is read and tho moro attentively the condition uf Missouri —which has evoked it—is considered, the less disposition there will bo to find fault with it. In fact the public will bo content to let (Jen. Fremont abide the responsibil¬ ity be bns assumed, and will wish bim ev¬ ery success. It is too late, the national peril is too imminent, to question the ma¬ tured eour.se of the Union authorities with¬ in their respective spheres. The situation of Missouri, everybody knows, is iniseru- blc enough, nnd tho prospect is gloomy under the policy which has been hitherto pursued. Gen. Fremont is on the spot— he hns the benefit of the suggestions of tbe loading Union men in tbo Stale—bo hns weighty responsibilities thrown upon him—he is a sngneious and wiso patriot ; nnd wo suy, let him tnkc his own course. Thnt lie hnns toward promptitude, thor¬ oughness and vignr in his dealings with the murderous rebels of Missouri, is cer¬ tainly nn objoctinn in the view of the loyal masses of our people.
It will bn teen that the object of this proclamutiun is to give unity and energy to tbe off'orts suppressive of tho rebellion in Missouri, antl it is based entirely on lo¬ cal ncce.s.sitios, which nre clearly stnted nt tho outset. Tho crimes wbich will be ob¬ noxious nnd the penalties nflixed to them nro distinctly defined, so thnt no one can sny tbat ho hns not been duly forewnrned. The consecjucncc is, ts the proclamation stntes, "to plnco in tho hnnds of tho mili¬ tary authorities the power to give instan¬ taneous effect to existing laws, and to sup¬ ply such deficiencies as the condition of war demand." Tho latter exigency is, of course, at the judgment of the genernl iu command, whose will is generally said to constitute ninrtiul law. But in this in¬ stance, Oen. Fremont appears to have mndo no startling announcement. There- cent act of Congress forfeits tbe slave which hus been in nny manner employed agninst tho Government, t'lenornl Fre¬ mont merely applies tho iiifovcnce that where a ."lave owner hns been active in tho field iu the cause of treason, his slaves have nlso been employed for the benefit of the samo cnusc—nn inference that would probably hold true in ninety-nine cnses out of a hundred. If martini law has no moro rigorous features than this, there will ho few to complain, except the rcbols, who havo mnde it necessary, and who can avoid its penalties by returning te thoir duty.— Wc trust this proclamation will tend to that result.
Tni! Wonders OFTni Microscope.— We understand it is through the ngenoy of tbis marvel viewing instrument that Dr. Aycr hns at length succeeded in finding the paludal miasm and determining its char¬ acter. OfitsclTocts we in this section have abundant evidence in Ihe fever and ague which it alone produces when ab¬ sorbed through tho lungs into the blood. It has long been held to bo a vapor or something in tbe vopor of wotcr frnm de¬ cayed and decaying vegetation. Undor a groat magnifying power, tbo Doctor has found this vapor to contain distinct organ¬ isms or living bodies, corresponding pre¬ cisely with those found in the blood of Ague subjects. They are 18,000 times loss than visible lo the naked eye, but have distinct ohoraeter ond form.—Ho thinks tbey arc reproductive in decaying matter or in tbe blood, and henco thoir long continued life or the romnto cITcctaof them in the systom. Ho maintains that they resemble in character tho other fer¬ mentative poisons or suoh as the virus of rabies or of a dend body, k<s., all of wbich nro known to roproduco tbemselvo* with great rapidity like yeast in moistened flour, so that tho slightest quantity impregnnles the whole mnss, Yeast through « power¬ ful magnifier is soon to be forest of vegeta¬ tion which grows, blossoms, ond goes tn seed in a short time. Miasm is not so dis¬ tinctly vegetable hut has more the appe¬ rance of animal life, nithnugh its motions eunnot bo perfectly distinguished. What the DuctAr claims to bare settled is that it is an organic suhstaneo and he has fur¬ ther fonnii and snibodied in his "Ague Cnre" what will destroy it.—[Leader, St. Louis, Mo.
TnK OiiAND JuBT or Center eonnly has presented the Democratic Walchmiin, the nrgan of,the Brookinridge Demooraey of thut county, aa being in tho practice uf encouraging the rebels now in arms against the goveroniant, by expresaing aympatby for and ngrcetpo^t vith thoRf,
wbich >,,„,. ment to"' "" '•"> 12th inst : -j
tbority, tejiiNQTON, D. C-, Sopt. If. more fully"leueral Juhu C. Fremonti..„ its great noeof the fith inst., in nnfwar tho discrimin'^Oth ult., has jusftceu |»^ people. Whc*>g that ynu, being upoti ced that suoh a bolter jiidtre of th.^ no- government wilisilion thitii I could nt to carry on this ing ynur proelamntion seemed to bo Iho Idieived no genernl ob- lo keep its burdcnt'cular elauso, how- classes of tho commuUunfi'":"^'"" of pro- itol sustain a governmPf s'"ves, appear- ever been inoH indebphle in its non- and accumulation. Thi.s''"Kre.ss, passed' ly done, but there is n«h3 the subjoof, imposition being piucticcd "ressing uw wbioh tho law cannot roncl^o modified nnd which, if indulged   in,   \
iienns of impo-sing  great   burl""""*''*
lass of men whom this law of tJ'' '""kc support   the   war designed to sup]"''''"'' exonerate.    Wo allude to tho landi nil out larger towns and cities.   Thi^'"' ]iio nro gcnerniiy disposed to f""* their  properly pay tho very highest i",^ of interesUs, by rout charges which, if l2 icd on the enpitol invested in their propci lies, would be  nothing more or  less thnn usury. To these there mny be, and doubt¬ less  uro   many honorable excoptions, but slill thi.i eln.ss of specuhitors   hare   it   in thoir power  to throw their just share  of tbo burden of this War on nnotber portion of our citizens who aro least oble to  carry it, and in whoso behalf we write this arti¬ cle,    l^onls   ill all the cities and towns of the state nre ulrendy  tno   high,   snd   Ihu Inndlord   who   uttempts to raise Ihem be¬ cause  his faxes have been increased, will not only be lacking in pntriotiam, but in a moral sense will be guilty of a sort of usu¬ ry, which the indignnlion of Ibe commu¬ nity should visit with Ihe severest condnm-
afinn. Aside from the wor cipenans, thn system of rentals is nothing more than a mode many enpitolists have of compelling tlicir tcnunth to p/iy Iheir taxes, ftnd yet Iheso snmc lundlnrds become exemdingly eln(|ucnt when their nnmoK appear on the nsscsfor's list with swelling aiiiounis of taxes utiaehed tn Ihem. Deluded people believe thnt such aninnnls are deducted from a fair interest on tbeir money invest¬ ed in properly, in tho shape of rents, bul
when these rents aro rated, nud tho inter¬ est on the cnpitnl computed, it is generally discovered that the lonnnt pays interest, taxes, nnd a sinking fund for wear and lenr of tbe property thus occupied.
Wc direct the nitontion of the publio to this iiiatter, in nrdor to gnnrd them agninst impnsition nnd npprc,«finn during the next your. Tenants should publicly protest whenever either is altouipted, and tbe landlords who seek to mtike the raising of Iheir rents the ineuiis of csenpiiig their share uf the burdens of this struggle, de¬ serve not only In ho exposed, but to bo denounced.—Uar. Telegraph.
MAl?RIRn. \
On tbe lOlli iiisl., I,y ItcT. 8. H." field, Mr! Jonn l<Ai.MSK to M;t»(.lATii»iiis«8Tix»OM, both nf lluiitlnKdnn county.
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Dntlie l'.!th Inst., after a lonR illneu, Faa- tiiSAxn, son of Ferdinand nnd Martha Corbin, aged 11 years, 8 months and 2i> days. Our little boy lies guns tn rest. He's free from loll and care ; He's pillowed on the Savior'a breast
And enfo from every snare. Drlftht anf;"!* hnrerwl o'er Ills bod
To wsft liii ipirit home— And join his sister'i in that world Where sin can never oom*.
'Twas hard to see bia lillla form
Borne to tho silent tomb : Vet in our hearts, we cnuld but i«y,—
"Oh, Lord, thy will be done." We know he's with the hoppy band
Of loved olioa gone before ; Then may ws in that blifufiil isnd.
All "inpt't to part no more."
AUDITOR'.^ NOTICE. The undrreigned Auditor to distribnit the inonry In thu handa of John C. WalaeD, High Shcriirof liuntingdon county, ariiing from the aale of the Real Kilate of Abnini Lewis, will attend to the diitirs i.f hia appnintmcnt at his oflice In tho Uorougli of Huntingdon, on Friday, the 18th day of Octrdier noxl, at ono o'clook. P. M. All persona Imving olaiina upoo faid fund or asfcla are required to present Chera at tbat limo lo said Auditor, or ba forcrer debar- rel from coming in on mid fund.
A. W. DKNEDICT, Sept. 10, 18C1.-4I. AiuUter.
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0 undemigncd Auditor to distribula tko bat- aiiee In Ihe handx i,f JoUnC. Wutiion, aurviting Exioulor of Abiclam Plowman, dio'd., will at¬ tend to Ihe duliea of bia appointment at bis of¬ fice In the Rorougb of llnntiugdon, onSaturdar, tho 19lb of October next, at ouo o'clook, P. M. All peraona having claims upon aaid fund or as¬ sets are reqolrcd to pi-eaent then) at that tims to aaid Auditor, or be forovor debarred hum coming In on said fund.
A. W. BBNSOICT, Sept. 19, I8C1.-(I. Auditor.
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