suoi"- .... .L.ujg.11 h i i . j ..i From the Home Journal and Citizen SulJitr. DOOK OF CTUIOSITIKS. BY JAMES RKCP. Pi luting Old llnnks, AnllqnUltl ! Curiosities. "Thou hat cruised printing to tin nsod, and contrary tolhoKinjf, his crown, find dignity, built paper milL" Shiiltupmr. The utility of printing, as fiir as regards the progress o( truth, is counteracted hy the great expenoe of setting type ; for 89 nil books sell best which flatter prevailing opinion! and swp port vested interests, and as they are printed chiefly at the risk of traders, who print for sale and profit, so few (very few) printed boohs con tain the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Before the art of printing, books were of in credihle price. From the Cth to the 13th cen tury ninny bishops could not rend, and Kings were scar:ely able to sign their names; and hence the use of seals and sealing, f n the year 1171, when Louis XI. borrowed the works of Rusis the Arabian physician, from the fuculty of medicine in Furis, he not only dpx4ted in pledge a cons derable quantity ol plate, hut was obliged to procure a nobleman to j tin with him an secutity in deed, binding himself under great forfeiture to restore it. When any person made a present of a book to a church or a monastery, in which were the only libraries during several ages, it was deemed a donative f such value, that he offered it on the alter, pro remedia an ime sur, in order to obtain the forgiveness of his fins. These were the ages in which super stition, witchcraft and priestcraft obtained so u nitcral an ascendency. From 600 to lOOOall learning was in the hands nf the Arab, Saras ntc and Chinese. It is supposed by many that the art of printing originated in China, where it was practised before it was known in Europe. The Remans had the possession of the art long beiore they were conscious of the rich posses sion. And it is a curious fact, that a well known Italian, to whom learning owes much, ai-'iially published a treatise on the artofroad t a printed book, which was dedicated to the 1 1 i y 1 1 r r a ud more enlightened class of society. Copying w,is in ancient Greece and Rome, a productive employment, but it afterward foil into the lianas of the monks, who copied chiefly theology. A good copy of the Inble, on Vellum. m ployed two years; and the works of either ot the Fathers still more time. Jerome states, that ho had ruined luaitelfby buying a copy of the works of Origen. Bo-iks were originally boards, or the inner bsrk of trees, the word being derived from Bench a Beech tree. The Horn-Cook, now u- sed in -nurseries, ia a primntive hook. Tl.irk is still used by some nations; skins are also used for which parchment was substituted. Papyrus an Egyptian plant, was adopted in that cotm try, and an article of commerce, th'm plates of brass, were also used for the church service. The Papyrus end parchment books were com nionly rolled on ronnd eticlts, with a ball a', each end, end the composition began at the centre, the outer fold being its termination ; 'hese were tailed volumes. The outaides inscribed just as we now letter books. The MSS. in Ilerculaneum, consist of Fapy rus rolled, charred and matted together by the fire, and are about nine inches long and one, two or three inct.es in diameter, each being a volume or separate treatise. Specimens of mot-t of these modes of writing may oeecea in the liritir.li Museum. No. 3 176, in the Sloanian library, is a Nabob's letter, on a piece ot bark, about twe yards long, and richly ornamented w ith gold. No. 8207, is a 'bark ol' Mexican hierogliphics printed on bark. In the same collection arc various species, many from the Malabar coast and the East. The letter writings are chiefly on leaves. Thrro are Be vera) copies of Bibles written on palm leaves, ftill preserved in various collection in Europe The ancier.ts douUk, wrote; on any leaves they found adapted to the purpose. Among these early inventions many were inguUrly rude, and miserable etibstituteslor a belter material. lathe shepherd Ute they wrote their songs with thorns and awls on straps of leather, which thry wound round their crooks. At the town Hall in II mover, are kept twelve wooden bars, overlaid with bees wax, on which are written the names own ers of houses, but not the names of streets. The wooden manuscrijitt must have existed before 1-133, when Hanover was first divided into streets. The laws of the twelve tables which the 'Ro mans chiefly copied from the Grecian code were, after they had been approved hy the peo ple, engraven on brass, were melted by light ning which struck the capitol and consumed Ctb'ir laws: slots highly regretted by Augus tus Of course as Broke were scarce, and the art of reading uncommon, they were very dear. The bequest of one at a religious house, as we have already stated, entitled the donor to mas 6es for his soul, and they were commonly chai ned o te their station, and mine to this day. As specimens of the prices of books the 11' man dr la llosc was odd for above 301 and Horn":'' was exchanged for 200 sheep and five quart, is of wheat; and they usually brought douolf or truble their weight in gJlu. The firt printed book were trifling Iiymn ond Psalters, W'tll iniipesnf ta-nts ami hoi'".' printed or.lv on nr. nide, ihc lews were n back tobtrk One ol the first was lii il bus Pauoerum.of fnr'.r leaves, whir h rissled tn'o. ther, made twenty. An entire IVilter wa printed in 1157 by Fsut and Schueller ; and bibbj ia 637 kivee, in moveable type, was printed at Mcntz, between 1450 and 1433 ; but the most important part of the invention (that of the moveable types) is uncertain both as to name and date. The first characters were Go thick ; and Roman type was first used in 1407. Some writers give tho invention of printing to Guttenberg, of Miyenco ; while others as cribe it to Faust (ofien called Dr. Fatistus,) of the same city ; and others to Laurenco Kostcr, of Haerlem. Correspondence rf the Phitade'ptiia Ledger. Washington, March 4, 48M. There is some talk here, and I trust it will not end in mere talk, that a motion will be made in favor of paying Mrs Gilmer, the widow of the late unfortunate Secretary of the Navy, a year's salary of her husband's. Let not the qualmish sensibility of some would-be sentimentalists, in regard to the dead, interfere with their duty to the living, which is of far greater importance to their character as men and Christians. General Harrison's widow received a year's salary out of the national Treasury, ond yet her case was not nearly as distressing. Mr. Gilmer was taken hence In the pride of manhood, leaving a large, entirely unprovided, and, let me add, destitute family. Let those who have witnessed the hestt- rending scene on board the Princeton, Senators j and members of the House ofall political parties, forget their personal and party animosities, and join as men in doing an act of justice to a poor woman, to whose agonizing Mi (Tarings themselves may bear the best testimony, to an unfortunate widow whose husband died in his country's ser- ice, and to fbe fatherless orphans who will be exposed to penury and want, if not generously adopted by tlie nation. The reason wby Mr. Nelson is pressed as Sec retary of State, is his able State paper, published while Charge d' Affaires to Naples. Hut Naples is a power of the fifth, or rather fifteenth rank in Europe, indebted for its existence to Austrian bayonets; and a gentleman diplomatist, there fore, may be very successful with Naples, and not quite a match for Great Pritain. I say so, not in disparagement of Mr. Nelson, who is a first rate Attorney General, but merely in refer ence to the subject matter. Mr. Nelson has had much unmerited abuse heaped upon him during the a hn initiation of General Jack-on, and 1 would be the last man to do him injustice now. The Calhoun men really say that thir cham pion has done with rresident-making and utinia- kinc, and would be willing to accept the Secre taryship of State for n'if7oti.7 considerations. Mr. Hunter of Virginia, is pressed from the Navy lor precisely the same reasons ; but I doubt wheth er President Tyler will move in that quarter. As far as Mr. Calhoun is concerned, no one can doubt but that the apointment would elicit shouts of applause throughout the nation. Mr. Spencer, it is said, will be again nomina ted for the oflice of Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. I trust it w ill be so. He could now be confirmed without difficulty, and the act would reflect i;reat credit on the firmness and consistencv of the President. Mr. Spencer came within three votes of being confirmed. Such a case srentauily deserves reconsideration on all sideH. If Iliad anything to suggest, cert.iinly I would propose Mr. Spencer for the State Department, j That Department has been managed for some years back by men of grrut and absorbing talent; but as its Vrauches have multiplied, and there is but one Secretary for the home and foreign e. partments, to which is added the enormous branch of the Indian Rureau and the Patent oflice, it is desirable that in addition to a man of talents, a thorough systematic business man should take hold of it, to clear away the rubbish which has collected there for the last fifteen or twenty years. 1 know na man in the United States who fessessos more energy, tact and administrative experience for such a task than John C. Spencer ; and as President Tyler's administration stands pur txtf.Uence en its merits, and not n the ap plause of eelfish partisans, such considerations as I have advanced ought to weigh with him more than the wishes of his personal friends I" AN KLIN Fritm the TuAic htder. AsTiiBAdTt Ibon. Your correspondent, spea king of Stockton's gun, attributes its defect to the Scotch anthracite iron, of which he asserts that it was made. This is all a mistake. No Scotch iron is made wild anthracite coal. Ann n is exiremeiy im- firoble that the ''big gun" was made with anthra cite iron. That anthracite iron is inferior for mh pur poses, is an assumption for which thorc is no warrant. The quality -of the iron depends at least chiefly on the ore, and not the fuel. A.vrmiAX. The MrniiF.B in Wyoming. We learn from the Susquehanna Register, that the cirenmstan ces elicited on the inquest held on the body of At kinson, go to show that he met with foul play. The wonnd, instead of indicating that it was pro duced by the falling of a tree, corresponds exact ly with the head of llaiiey's axe. Resides, we understand that blood was found in other places, and other iudications discovered to make it pro bable he was removed from the place where kil led, and laid whore it might ajwr as if the tree had fallen ujiou him and felled .him to the ground The only conceivable motive which we have heard suggested as a probable inducement to this dreadful crime, is the fact that Railoy's wife and Atkinson, who were brother and sister, inherited a property together, which was to become her portion entirely, provided he did not marry or should .lie without issue , and it is said he was to havubeAii married shortly . Bradford I'orter i I Vrav Hako Timts. The New Yoik corres pou 1 rit ofn Washington pap -r states that he had jut h ard that -a shopkeeper in Broadway had import -d several ladies' dresses, priced at one thousand dollars each, and had no difficulty in selling them "' U . i -. I - 1 L -- ' THE AMERICAN. Saturday i March 9, 1844. fttmoeratlc JYbmf nation for fJovrrnnr II E X H Y A. M IT II L K X B E It CI. fjj" V. II. PaHifii. I'n. nt hi Real Enisle nnd Goal office. No, SO I'ine Street, Philadelphia, is au thorised to set as Agent, and lo receive and receipt for all ninnies due thin uflice, fur subscription or ad vertising. H7" Pr.i-V!f:i! Tver. IMJlb.,or more, nfsee ond hand brevier type, for sale at this oflice, ut 1? ets. per lb., rash. The type are the same as those used in our advertising columns. d" We ore indebted toth llarrisburg Argus extra, for the procee lings of the meeting of the Johnson State- Ci ntral Committee, at Ilai i ishnrg. on th; Ith inst. The meeting passed resolutions condemning IV. Selh Salisbury, after whii'h lie was deposed from the office of CliairiTian of the State Committee and Strange N. Palmer elected in his stead. The Committee adopted an address urging the elivtion of Richard M. Joluison for President. CI? Orn columns as well as those of mot of th papers, are filled with accounts of the disaster on board the Princeton. In the death of Judge Upshur, the President has lo-t his wisest counsel lor and best friend, and the nation one of its most able, honorable mid upright men. Mi iil.KMo iin N'ovtMim. In another column o'T readers will find a condensed state ment of the proceedings n! the Ith of March con vention, brought down until Wednesday noon. The nomination was not made until the after noon. The vote, we are informed, stood f,7 for Muhletiburg ; Slnink .Vi ; scattering 0. As our first choice 'i' arepleavd that the choice ol the convention has fallen on Mr. Mnhl nbiirg. al though we should cheerfully have suppoited Mr. ShiiuK, bad the convention seen lit to nominate him. Mr. Muhlenbuig has always been emi nently popular in this county. ClJ" Tiik Ic K moved oll'the Susquehanna l iver, opposite this place, in a solid body, on Tuesday evening. An individual from this place hud crossed about hall way over when it started. He hurried his steps some ami reached the opposite shore in safety. 07" Tiik Mri.Ac noi.v intelligence of the ter rible disaster on board the steamship Princeton, did not reach us until Saturday morning last, after our paper had been worked otV. We im mediately issued an extra and supplied such of our subscribers as we could send to on that day. On our first page will be found a full and collect account of the whole atl'.iir, extracted fiom the letters of the Philadelphia Ledger V W a-hington Correspondent. Cy" Tiik Mii.ton I.i.ix.I'.k. The editor of this paper savs' its existence, under his control, will cease with last week's number. We wish the editor success in his retirement C7 V atii or Gin. Fimck We regret toan nounee the death of the Hon. Henry l'rick, mem ber of Congress from this district He died at Washington on Friday, the 1st inst , aged about 50 years. His remains were brought home on Sunday evening last. The funeral took place on Monday at 3 o'clock, and was attended by a large concourse of friends and relations. (Jen. Prick had been in feeble health for several years pat. His many noble and generous qualities had ac quired for him a hu ge circle of warm and sincere friends, who sincerely regret his lots. The remains of Gen. Prick were accompanied from Washiuglon City, by two of his colleague in Congress., Mr. Irwin of Centre, and Mr. Hays of Venango. His death was announced on Mon day last, in the House, by Mr. J. It. Ingersoll and by Mr. Rucluinan in the Senate. Theustiul icso- lutions were jiassed, when both Houses adjourn- d. His disease was consumption. An r.i.r.cTio.N for a member of Congress. to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Gen. l'rick, will, we presume, soon take place. The law requires the Governor to issue his war rant lothe Sheriff, of the counties which compose the flietrict, as early as convenient, designating the day on which the election must be held. The writ must be delivered to the Sherid'at least fif teen daysb -fore the election, who must give due and public notice thereof, at least ten days before the election, and also send a copy of such notice to at h ast one of tlie inspector of each election district. We have not yet heard wlio the candi dates w ill be. Gen. l'rick has served about three mouths of his time. The remainder of the pre sent session, we presume, will last about three months longer. 1X7 Oi a Wood Ci t, representing the deck of the steam ship Princeton, w ill enable oht read ers, after reading the account on our first page, to understand more fully the position of the ditler- cnt persons on board who were injured, and these who were near the scene of danger It will be seen that Messrs Gilmer, Kcnnon, Up shur, Gardiner and Maxcy and a sailor, who were killed, were ull standing in a cluster im mediately opposite the section or fragment of the gun that was blown oil'. The cut is not quite so well executed as those of some of our City cotomporurieg, yet it answers the purpose fully as well, and is, withal, not a bad specimen of pen-knife engraving. Miss Somerville was slightly injured. A Mu t "atto Servant of the frvsidcnt was killed. TflE tPPEB DECK OF THE PRINCETON AT ME f di i, ..j! .Ilk 1 I" ii i in. i yjf B -; jr- 'it fir iy r-TTVV 1 "''-M "Hni i fiT" The above cut explains, as nearly as can be, time of the accident, by which it will b' seen that were all standing in a cluster, (as it were.) on one The position of the parties on deck will be seen a Mr. Maxev. killed. o Mr. i,antiner, (to. . e d e o r Mr. Upshur, do. Mr. Ketuion, do. Mr Gilmer, do. A Sailor, do. Th.; Cabin. The three circles represents 1h" masts. The sniiill u hite spots, group v of p-isous. The big gnu was fifteen feet lone. had a bore or month twelve inelies in dium-ter required charge ot thirty pounds of powder, and carried a kill of two I dred and thirty pounds weilit. Tbe tun Usell weighed ten Ions, l lie I'nnceton, it her upper deck. C.7" Tnr. Di ami of Mr Upshur and Mr. Gil mer ha caused two vacancies in the Cabinet, for which there are already a number of aspirants Mr. Calhoun has been talked of to fill the pkiec of Mr Upshur, Secretary of State. C7" Tna Pnrtia.T. it is said, has offered the oflice of Secretary of State to John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina, and that of Secretary of the Navy to Win. C. Hives, of Va It is not known whether Mr. Calhoiin will accej the appoint ment. Someof his best friends svy he will. L.T A t Minn of papers have found fault with the style and manner of the Coi respondent o( the Philadelphia Ledger, in his acemmt of the calami ty on board the Princeton. His statement is lunch the best that we have seen, and although minute in its details, has proved to be correct in all its impel t.mt pai t :cul.n . (Zj Tm: Win-; Coiivi ntion ne t at Harri-bnrg on the Ith inst . and nominated (,',u Vaikle. of A Meebetiy. n the 'J .'d ballot, as their candidate tor Governor. The vot stoo l M.nUeOs. Irvine -: S Guil ford Caral Commissioner. V. 1! Reed and John Strohui dedegates to the Raltimore Convention. CT" A Wa-hiiigtou col respondent of the N. Y. Cotnmerci.il wi ites : l have seen the shrouiled boilii-s. Ivinu ill the ra-t room. The countenance of Mr. Gilmer is lit tle changed. When taken up there was a pleasing smile on his lips Mr. Gardiner appeared little altered. Mr. Upshur's face, and also that of Cap tain Kcnnon, could not he recognized. Among the mysteries of this melancholy affair, 1 have seen a riugof value, and a rich purse, pick ed upon the deck, which cannot be traced to their owners. The purse was found in a pocket, which had been evident ly blown otf from some one dress Its contents were gold, silver and pap r The articles cannot be traced to either ol the Mill'erers No one is known to he missing " A Correspondent ol the Raltimore Situ says ' Having enteied the east room at a moment when ileal ly every one had retired to some of the rooms adjoining and in immediate connection with it. 1 stepped aside to give a moment to re flection Presently, a tall, slim form was fern stepping slowly along from one of the parlors He proceeded to the colfins of Messrs Upshur and (Miner, there he halted; he wrung his hands in an agony of grief, and the tears flowed freely down bis manly checks. That mourner was H nrijA M'.r His tears reflected honor upon his heart There was profound silence through out the spacious room " The Washington correspondent of the N Y Express says : "Commodore Kcnnon, for sometime the officer in command of the Navy Yard of this city, and among whom and by all respected as the olliccr and beloved as the citizen, has left a large fami ly, to mourn his loss He ha I recently married a great-grand daughter of Madam Washington, Miss Britannia Wellington Peter. Mr. Maxcy, one of our oldest and most respec table citizens, has also left a wife and daughter to suffer from his sudden and painful death. Col. Gardiner, of New Yoi k, was una visit to our city, accompanied by his two daughters, who were also on board the Princeton ut the time ol the accident.' Mit. Cu i!i.i:s Ariiisn s Dams, of the city of New York, was on board the U. S. steamer I'nnce ton at the time of the explosion. In a letter to the New York Express, he says "1 was standing ut the time about ten feet from anil behind Captain Stockton, w ho tired the uun 1 owe my escape entirely to the accidental cir cuuistance of having clamberoil up an inner rig ging, with a lady. (Mrs. Wcthered, of Raltimore,) a few feet ubove the deck, and every thing In ving on deck below us was killed or wounded she was sputtered all over with blood; our hats were blown oil; but the only injury I received was a slight contusion on the upper lip. I saw Stockton fire the gun, and then for a few seconds all was darkuess to me and the fust scene pre sented was the devastation in tiie group directly under me." Wm. Strickland, Esq of Philadelphia, was al so on board the Princeton, and a spectator of the heart rending scene. In a letter to his family he says "If I had been one foot more to the right or left, I should have bet n killed. Captain Stockton had all his hair burnt off, and was otherwise, though slightly injured. I was immediately behind him while he was explaining the construction of the lock of the gun, when he ordered her to be fired, and the first sensation which I had was that I Witt prostrated on the deck, my hat blown nearly a-midkliips.'' TIME OF THE EXPLOSION OF THE M BIG GO." i ", i iiiTrisiTiiijiiniiiftlSr:juijf..L,cir.ir the position of till the principal parties at the the five distinguished persons who were killed side of the gun, distant but 8 or 10 feet. by the following references: k ( m Mr. Wilkms. n j i Mr. Ronton. Mr. Duvis. Mrs W, tl.ere.l A Sailor. M iss ninerv ille will bo seen, curried also 1 j small r g t',l"s " ' 'CT? The Wilkesbarre Advocate, in copying theniticle liom our paper in relation to a liar vesting Machine in Michigan, described by Mr. A. Y. Mooitv.. says "eautliH be so.'" There is not the Inast doubt about the truth of the state, ment. That part of the letter was directed to us. and those U ho are acquainted with the writer. Mr. Moore, -will not qiestioii his vcuwity. LVT' Tin: Noti s of the West Rianch RanV are now redeemed in specie. We- are glud to hear this. It can now be of some benefit to the suc tion of country in which it is located The llarrisburg papers say that not more than about s. nun of the Noi tl.ampton Relief Notes have been redeemed at the Treasui y. The a mount which the bank was authorised to issue, was about VMMinll. According tothis statement these notes are piols'ihly as g.vod as anv other I CT" The correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger of Varch the 1th -ays : I'o-day 1 have to communicate the most me lancholy intelligence ol the sickness ot tlie Pre sident The exeitetin lit of the hist fuW days; the accident of the hor-es of his own cariiage nnmim: away at tremendous speed; the boring for office of a never-diminishing crowd of hunsry applicants for ollice ; 1 be intrigues for the acant offices of Secretary of State and Secretary of the Nav y. commenced over the scarcely cold bodies of the victims of tin1 l ite melancholy catastro phe ; all this, taken together, has shaken the constitution of the President, and eivcii him a fe ver, under which he is now laboring He is severely, but not dangerously ill. and, it is hoped, will be able to rest for a few days from the excitement and fatigues to w hich he has been exposed almost from the first moment of his ad ministration.'' Qf T" Cam Ihon plane stocks have been invented in Philadelphia. ZS ' Wool i Asm sure said to be excellent, w hen applied to the roots of poach tiecs to destroy w oi ms. vor. tui: .oiinn iv. JnKER (IF 1'OM.RESS. Mr Urn i on .--A s an election tnu-1 soon take place to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Gen Frick, permit me to recommend to the Democracy of this distrii t. HENRY C EYF.R. Esq , of Uninncounty As Union county seems entitled to the member, I would like to see her put forward one of her best and most popular men vi r.yer, wc know, enjoys mis mvunc tion at home, and I feel confident that in this county as well as the whole district, he would receive the unanimous support of the whole de mocratic party His nomination wo aid ensure success ar.d put down a!l opposition. AUGUSTA Rkthkx. -ii.mi-.mt in Ohio. I h- Retrenchment , , , i. i .i Rill has become a law. It reduces the pa v ol 1 ollieers general one half. M nib -r.of the I.e- gislalurc receive V,' P'-r day ; Governor, 1,(mmi per annum; Secretary of State, f-ioo ; State Au- ditor, 7W; Ti.-asurer.S7.iO; Auditor's Chief Clerk, t"ti); Judges of the Supreme Couit. 1,IUM) each ; President Judges of the Ciicuits, $7 '10 each; Associate Judges, per day each; County Commission.-! and County Auditor, CJ per day each ; County Treasurer not over ji'iUO ; Sheriirs not over S7"( ; Clciks of Couits not o Ver S7U0 ; Deputies to do. II0U ; and no other State or County officer over V2 per day Each Sheriff, Auditor, Recorder, orCb-tk, to keep a sworn account ofall his receipts of fees, and to pay into the State or County Treasury ull the ex cess over the sunn, above stipulated. Tax Sales to be advertised in the County imper that will do the job cheapest. Hamilton County, iuclu- ! ding Cincinnati, is exempted from these rcdiic- j t ions of the fees of county ollieers The New Y'ork Tribune says "Wc believe we violate no rule of propriety in repea ting the current report that President Tyler is about to marry the cider Miss Gardiner, daugh ter of David Gardiner, Esq. who was killed at the great calamity on board the Princeton." Silver SrooNS. Some of the colored domes tics of the "White House" were before a magis trate in Washington, for ttealing some silver spoons from the President's table, belonging to the United States. Nothing is suid in regard to those "gold spoons" of Mr Ogle- Arrested on Sisricion A nun, named Barney Nixon, was arrested on Monday evening. on the charge of robbing the house Lewis Bremer, and committed for a further hcariiq,' by Alderman Rrajcr. man by the name of Lukcn. 13 miles above I" arrirburg, has b?n arrested for cownUTfeilins fhiJ.LeJ DEMOCRATIC STAT H C O V K X T I O X . The delegates chosen to represent the differ ent counties of Pennsylvania in a Democrat ic State Convention, for the nomination of a candi date for Governor, Canal Commissioner, dele gates to Ihe Raltimore National Convention, elec tors for President and Vice President, fcc, con vened in the Court House at Harrislmrg, on Mon day, March -I, IS 1 1. The Convention was called to order at 11 o' clock A. M., on motion of Messrs. Fraier of Lancaster, and Lowry of Craw ford, by the ap pointment nf the following feinwrnrt officers : JAMES C. MARSHALL. Esq. of Erie. Chair man. Da mii Ft i.woon of Westmoreland, and Gen. Gkori.f. W. Rowman of Itedford. Secretaries. The names of the del-gates were then called over in alphabetical order. Mr Ki!f.wsti:r of Philadelphia moved that the ; chairman appoint a committee of seven. ,,r the purpose of hearing the evidence on the contested ! seats and report the facts to the convention in j writing ! Mr Fi: (Zi ti of Lanca ter moveil to amend, as follows -That the contested delegates be heard at the liar of th" convention, and that the conven tion then decide upon their respective claims. "' The yeas and nays w.-re culled on the amend ment, and wore y. as CI, nays fi.'l. The amend ment h.n ing been rejected, the original resolu tion was adopted without division. The Chairman anmmnreil the followiinj com mittee -. Rcnjamin IT Rrewst-r. P-ah Frnz-r. G. A. Ir vine. II R. Wiinht, Tiniethy Ices RobeitLove, C. D. l'.ldred. On motion of Mr Wright a committee to no minate officers forth- pisrmaneut organization of the Convention was appointed. !n the afler ikioii the Convention was addressed by Mi ssrs. G.u.tin.uTii, Low ii v and Wit. mot. inculcating a spirit of concession andliarmony, whatever their own predilections miht be. Vr. l'i:i:sTi lt. ! heh.ilfof the committee ap pointed In invest igate tlie contested seats, ma le report of tin; documentary evidence in r-Ijtion thereto. Mr I.nwi.v moved that the rase ,,f the Schuvl kill county cont".-ted delesateslie now disposedof Mr Fi! Flt moved to amend so as In take up all the contested seats in their alph -tical order. The am ndinent of 'r Ft: .v.n w.i rejected by a vote ol il'l nays to n I yeas, and the resrdul ion of Mr. I.iiwky a lopled by a vote ol i. l eas to 'il tin . Hon. Gi.mo.i: Ru and Vktiui. Cm nut were then uiHiiiiiiintisli admitted to seats. On Tu-sd.iy morning, the ,1th. the Committee reported the tollrtwing officers. President: Hon J m-oii Fh v ; Vice Presidents William F. Coplan. Alexander Johnston, Genrg V .Gilh 'it, lion John Galluuith, David Wilmotl ih-iii v Welsh. Geu U II Hammond, ("leu. Cm.; rail Shinier, Gulbia tli A Irv ine ; Secretaries Francis L Rowin.in. Franklin Yaiisuitt. J. 1Y. Hoover, John II. Diuiock S. Mi l I. M v i i;s Esq , was admitted as the S-m.1- ti riivil delegate Horn Schuvlkil'.: Carbon, Monro.; and Pike Sam t I I. KuKt!. Esq , was admitted as the Sena torial delgat- from Reaver and Monroe Geo D.u in Row i n and Tumns Ron: weie admitted as the representative delegates from Reaver. On motion, both the claimants from Perry and I Ciiuibeihiud. Mr Ander-on and Mi Mutecr were rejected us were also Mr l.aei n-ey him .Mr l io lett. ol Tioga and Rradford On Wednesday morning the f'.th Mr Hemp hill, of Chester, offered a preamble and resolu tion, to take up a third mmi " which was disa greed toby a vote of i1 to " Resolutions were then offered to admit the Sen ators from Bradfoid and Tioga and Cumberland and Perry to fill the vacancies in these two dis-; trict.s j Mr Kr.r.n of Mercer raiset: ;r.e following po:r.t : ot oruet "Upon a resolution off-red by Mr. Fn.vnn, present nor the a indication of the members ol )' . , - , , V. v i i , , t Cniuher nnd sml t'eirv. titlerm' a delegate to I . , . M i. Convention, to which Mr. ' WltiiillT offered an amendment. The point of i order is hat an original document, petition, or j application, cannot be amended by the conven- lion." The President sustained the point of order and d. cided the motion of Mr. Wright to he out of order. Mr Wrtii.it r appealed from this division, and alter a lengthy discussion the decision of the Chair was reversed yeas ."is., nays 72. The question then recurred on Mr Wright a meuduieut, when, Mr M.mi moved to postpone the resolution and the amendment, for the purpose of proceed ing to make nominations for Governor. I After a lengthy discussion Mr Gii.morf. move.lj I to adjourn, which was disagreed to. yeas 35, nay Ul. The motion to postpone for the purpose of pro- ceeding to make nominations, was agreed to. yeas O'J nays 6'.' The Convention then adjourned until half past three o'clock Cm ILTY to a IIorsk Mr Alfred William, ofPoutiuC, Michigan, recently Hotted his horse, attached to a four wheeled vehicle, from Royal Oak to Detroit, a distance of twelve miles, in forty-three minutes. Torek; Grain A wrir,.r in the London Globe contends that three millions quarters of foreign jram be required before harvest. Joha ''T.'ii can have it we would as leave pay him in flour as any thing else. English Wtvrs A lady in London named biuyden, has lately been made defendant in an action uf ejectment The princijul count in tho declaration was for throwing her hubunl out i.vf Uiti w iadow.
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