THK VrihI.'.NTF.EH. oviu.ist.K, Thursday. august a, iaso. . *T'iu -lij llrattoa, l£<llto4* uiid Pfopfiolort iidumvcioNs. , fob cAsiiißijnssioNim, WILLIAM T. MORISON, * of Montgomery County ' . '/ FOR AUDITOR GENERAL, EHIRAIM BANKS, df Mifflin County. s FOB SCRVEVoiT GENERAL, ■J. PORTER BUAWLEY, ; ' - ■' of Crawford,Gounly. . , CC? OurffluuVks are due to the. Hon. James of the U. S. Senate, lor a bound copy of Ihe reporl or.the Secretory of tho Treasury in tof ’erehoe to the Commerce nhd Navigation of the tJniied States for the year ending 30th of June, . 1849. ‘ We loam.that liio contract for Ilia building of the Bridge Across the, Yellow Breeches crock at Brooks* mill, the boundary between Cumberland and York counties, was awarded to Mr. Henry Church of this county, ul the Commissioners Office, in tho Borough of York, on the 3Ulh all., for tho sum of* $2,38!). Tho onc-hulfof the coat is to bo paid by Cumberland county arid the oilier half by York county. . The Board of-Canul Commissioners, on Friday last, unanimously appointed Gen; A. L.' Uoums'out, Superintendent ol< the Philadelphia and Columbia Rallruqd/iti place of Col. English, who resigned to take effect Upon the. Ist of September pex^ •. Mr. Wise we ace it stated, did not succeed in mok. Ipg an ascension on Saturday last, at Lancaster, in .'consequence of the violent storm which raged at iho timc. llis balloon, Wo uro informed, was consider ably damaged. Look Out! - Counterfeits on tub York Dank.t- The Norristown Register of the 30lh ult., says (hat three, moo.named Joseph Woodward, John Boyer, and Robert'McOaty, were lodged in jail ut that place on-Saturday last, charged with passing counterfeit note*. They.were arrested ih Gwynedd township, and alter a hearing wire committed to await their trial. On Mooiday morning, Woodward was dis charged upon a writ of Habeas-Corpus. The notes passed were of tlio denomination of $3 and purported to be. of the York Dank t in this State. The counterfoil five dollar bills on Iho York Dank, referred to above, do not resemble the genuine notes but .'appear to have been printed from u counterfeit plate on tho Harrisburg. Bank, altered. They may easily bo detected by observing that iho words "Tho .York Bank” ore placed in a.semicircle over thevig, nolle. Those at all familiar with the genuine nates are not likely to bo deceived by the counterfeits. Rbsionation or Gov. CimTiNDEN.-rThe Ken* lucky papers announce' .tho resignation' and ad* dress of Got. Crittenden to the people of. the Slated He expresses iho-hope that when he takes his place in the Cabinet, he will be able to assist jo quieting tho dissensions, between the North and the South. Death or Commodore Jones.— Commodore Jacob Jones died in Philadelphia on Saturday last, after a lingering illness. He stood nearly at the head of the list of post-caplaina, two names only taking precedence. OspL Jones, wa believe, was a native ofDelaware. He is one of the i)iimbe&who in the war of. 1812 contributed fo establish the naval renown of our country. .He fought In the Wasp one of (he bloodiest naval battles in cur history, and captured in 43 minutes the British brig of war FroIU of superior force, and under circumstances highly unfavorable to success. For this action the States of Delownre, Massachusetts, and New York, oach voted him a •word in commemoration of his gallantry, which was in nc wise Impaired by the subsequent cap ture of both,iho Wasp and the Frolic, when in a crippled condition, by a British 71. Com. Jones wds, but.reoenily, governor of the Naval Asylum, on the Schuylkill, of the command of which he had been relieved previous to his death. \T|io' following article from the Penntylvanian is *s appropriate in this county, as among (ho democracy of. Philadelphia. It (peaks will) perfect confidence of a" great effort now tecretly making to teeure each nomineet for members of the Legislature at toouW it turt to volt for Oen r Cameron for U, S. Senator It states also that those who are "plotting to get him returned to the place he was elected to by a success* fulintrigao with our political foes, know right wof! that they can succeed only by the most adroitly cul. aulated manavtriug." Wo emphatically endorse the following advice, “know your delegates, then, fellow Dymoftrats. Do not thust to tug ritorcseioNs or NGN." , Demeerata stand by your colors and rebuke this against your rights 1 Ths Duty of (Ha Democratic Party. . . On Monday next, at the hours appointed, by tlio . regularly chosen Committees, the Democratic ctli-1 tens of this city and county, will bo called upon to elect .delegates to the several Conventions, convened •o-. place U) nomination candidates for City-County, Congressional and ' Legislative offices. Wo'h ive • repeatedly called tho attention of tho Democratic meases to the high impor tance of giving thclo ptrton . of attention to the selection of such delegates ns will make it a point to placo In nomination none but the most deserving and unexceptionable Democrats.— .Tho groat effort now secretly making, is to secure such.iiominecs for members of the Legislature in tho oounljr, as would- bo auro to vote for Oonll, Caueiion for U. 8. Senate. Of this we do not entertain a sha dow of a doubt. lodbod, wo havo been apprised of ■bmo of the names which it is expected to pul on, and of others which it ia expected to got off, by this clandestine To arrest it requires only union andtonergy. 14 la notorious that the ennrso of Genera I Cu moron has not mot with favor In Phil adelphia City and-County p and those who may bo plotting; to gal him returned to tho ploco ho was elected to by a successful intrigue with our political foev, know right well that they can succeed only by the most adroitly calculated msnamvrjng. Ilcpoc, men will be all ready to run as delegate! to tho County Convention, pledged to select such a ticket for, members as will voto for Cameron. Know your, delegates, then, fellow Democrats. Do not trust to the professions of men';, but know that you have ro. liabls.and honest Democrats to represent ydu; and you cannot fail) U ii nob a very pleasant duly to call attention to the trloka*of ambitions mon in our own party; but there is no. other way. to admonish the Democracy pf the dongar.that besets them.. They V°- w I t«P«Medly warned in regard to the United States Senator} and it will be their own fault if they are caught napping on Monday next. Ilu«»*NX> AN» Wive Killed utLioiiTmHo.—Mr. George Rliinbergdr and wifo.of WarrlorsnlqrU lawn* ship, Huntingdon county, were billed by lightning, od Sundsy.ths 38lh uIU Thors had been quite & heavy thunder storm, ,and when the rain had partial' ly. ceased, Mr. Rumbergor.wonl'oul to open a passage for the water, which waa doming up In the garden. Ills wife followed him with hit coat, and h« stopped, with liar under a large poplar tree to pul it on, when the lightning struck tho tree, and instantly billed both husband and wife. Five sma II children ore left Otphuft by this afflicting dlspenislion of Providence THU TAHIFF. Tho annual croakings on tho subject of protection are again commencing in bo hoard from the Federal press. .Tim tariff of 184G'hn8< ! worked ..well fbr. tho interests of tho country—undwhy disturb it? It was predicted lhaf. il. not; prbdufco; aulHcieiU revenue, but the result hup confounded the .Wisdom of Tho wise tn their uw'o;co«iccil; Wo contend Thjrt no candid man Can take up and examine fairly the doctrine of protection, hnd its,effects uppnjboih gov ernment and people, without,disCurding it as.a rank and glaring political heresy. Many {pretend that they have given tho subject a careful analysis, who h.ivp road merely partisan effusions, filled will) The vilest.political,prejudices. - Let them throw away.the Whig newspapers, and resort to the standard authors on political economy, and they Will risu from the pe rusal wiser if not better men. /Wo'arc loo'apl to take upon trust* what this or that, political leader says, and > merely skim over tho Veriest trash pul forth to tho world for the . purpose of concealing' tho (ruth, instead of enlightening. tho public mind; We should 'oxaminp the subject not for tho purpose of fortifying, and sustaining ilic views of either po litical parly,.but with un eye single to advancement of a true policy, F«w public men hdvo the'nerve for.this; Messrs Walker and Dallas, however, gave us fine specimens of .the light, kind of.statesman' ship, and contended for principle when They , wure in' power, ri'gainst the.monopolists anjl advocates of pri vilege hi both political parlies—for ninny Democrats/ uninformed ills true, sustained tho worst features of the odions protective policy. Mujiy were perfect, ty wild on,the subject of specific duties, by which thu luxuries of tho rich wero.taxed far loss -than tho necessities of. tho poor. Bui 'revenue or ad valorem duties lax all articles according to their vnlUo. - The adoption of the latter method of laying tlio duties was Uio groat reform 'consummated by tlio tariff of 1846, independent of the important reduction in the raid of taxation. . Tlio tariff of 1813 was loaded with min- imum and specific duties, by winch, on articlu how ever low its cost, could not.bo taxed loss' (ban at a certain rate. If it was. cotton cloth worth perhaps (lirco cents a yard, it would not bo valued lets than eight or ten at tho custom house for tho purpose of assessing tho duly. In other .words u duly .was ilcmnndod as if its real value was .ten cents—that was its minimum, -Us least prlco for iho purpose of assessing tho duties to bo paid. This,principle was adopted in tho tariffof 1812 throughout, wherovet the articles imported enmo in conflict.with domestic manufactures, so that tlio great consuming class, the agricultural interests of tho country* were, attached to the tribute cur of the monopolists. If the Form, sylvsnia delegation In Congress would havo agreed to have supported tho tariff bill of 184G,.and assured its passage, they might havo preserved a little of (his inequality on Iho coal and iron interests of'lhis State.' They however tnadb common cause with.the Now England cotton spinners, and were obliged to come down to the practical effects of the ad tolortm principle In all Us* force. 1 . But the great advantage derived from a reduction of duties, Is tho increased trade it induces between notions. 'i'ho-noarerybu approach tho'abolition of all dutics tho moro extensive will be your commerce. If you hayu perfect free trade, iho greater will be tho demand for your agricultural products. We glean from oulhentib public retards tho following important facts in; rcfclcnco to the relative amount of thq.cxporls of broad stuffs and provisions under lha tariffs of 1842 and 184 G. In 1845 when the tariff of 1812 was in operation Iho exports from this coutry of bread stuffs and.pro visions were $16,753,421. In 1849, when tho tariff of 184 G wuq in.operation, they word $38,795,GG4, or upwards of $22,000,000 more than in 1645. Those exports aro the products ofugrlculluro in tho middle and western Slates alone. They do not include tho cotton and tobacco of the south and other domestic articles, which' amount to (he additional sum for the. latter year of $83,871,291. The.ycar 1819 was not s year of famine. Clearly such facts aro a complete refutation of ail tho idle talk wo, hear about the ba lance of trade being against us, and tho sending of the precious metals uut of the country to pay for im portations. ' * - • Under the tariff of 184 G then wo have an aug mented revenue, a moro extended commerce, and a largely increased demand for our agricultural pro ducts. Shall wo then go back to tho dogmas of su perstition and error 7—or shall wo advance (u a free dom still more perfect, and moro in accordance with tho march of knowledge, end the progress of govern mental science 7 Let our motto bo ** .Exce/cter,", TUB COMPROMISE. Tho bill of tho Committe of Thirteen after a long struggle in the Senate of the United Slate* (ids been defeated—lima leaving-open all tho vexnd question* of slavery In the territories, a* a bond of future con* tention. .Those who supported tho mea&uro of coni* promise deserve tho thank* of the country for thoir disinterestedness and zeal in bchutf of the Union, and to give quiet to tho nation from a long and im prulitablceontroversy. Tho ultra* of both sections of tho country, the Abolitionists of tho North, and Nullificr* of tho South, have for the time defeated this great measure of conciliation. Hut, tho diions sion'uf the question we belieVo has done mucl*good,, and served to enlighten publio sentiment. It was a noble sight to soo tho great men of both parties, Gass iand Clay, Webster and Foote, acting sido by side,‘in 1 an emergency, when the issues of party politics wore 1 swallowed up In a sense of common danger to the stability oftho Guverninont itself. The malcontents of tho Sunslc, those who IWo on sectional agitation, who were elected by dissensions and divisions, wore) oppossd of. course to any. measure that would glvoi peace to the nation. I I Another good has arisen from this discussion—nnd | i that la the exhibition of the beauty and perfect cun* ' slUutionslUy of tho doctrine of mm intervention on ' the subject of slavery, promulgated in tho first in* . stance by Gen. Cass, and so much ridiculed and des* plied by tho Federalists during tho last Presidential campaign. It appears now to bo settled as the only true doctrine; Tho abolitionolnlin the power of tho general government to exclude slavery in tho territories, whllt the southern ultras, contend (hat south of a certain lino slavery must bo recognized and acknowledged. Thus both extremes nro pulling weapons In each others hands fur evil, Tho Nullifl-- era by contending for tho establishment of slavery; by the general Government, acknowledge tliuttho power exists over the subject, which may consequent* | \j bo wielded north to ozoluda slavery. This wee always tho difficulty in our mind us to the Mis* .sourl Compromise. It answered its purpose In its day, but lt» lime hue gone by. It hover was a con ■tltdlionol‘mcasiire„but‘Wfte acquiesced in as iho.ttosk thing to be done under tire then' existing circum stances. , , It is llmo that- tho sovereignly of the pooplo in their own-local and domestic policy, was fully ao knowledgcd. The presumption of those who would forco this or that measure of local concern upon a pcoplo among whom their lot is not cast, should .bo rebuked* Congress might as well past a law lOgu- Ullng tho relations bstween parent and child, guar dian and ward, os nno in rotation to master and scr vant; !l Is a question With which Congress hoe no* thing Ip do, except to ao declare In the faoo of tho world. If they/have, then is tho general govern* ment no longer one of limited powers, but an abso {lute despotism, and tho rights of the. Btdtea anil of tho people, which ore reserved, nro not worth'the jiarclmionl on which they aie written, DIR.~RUETT>SDIBUNIb?irSPE'ECII»’'' + Tho Ledger of the 2'llh nil., contains an extract of Mr. disunion spob'Chw /Thls islho speech vi'iuoji upllo'd fotlhllio severe retort, of Henry Chy, in the Senate, 'when Interrupted, by Mr'. Barnwell, who Mtcinplo'l lo vindicate Iho.lraitqroUs sentiments of Mr. Rliolt. Mr. C(ay'remarked that if Mr. Riiclt used (ho Words, imputed Ip him and noted upon them, , ho is a traitor, apd I hope ho-will, meet a traitors doom.- Can' it bo.that Mr. Rholt:,haa been roared and educated in the land whcrowaivcslciumphautly tho American flag, and cry disunion 7 Can it bo that he has lived in this country of renown, prosper*, ily u.nd happiness, and dufes stand forth u self elected -oliampion of treason,- and donounco it,, by culling upon his countrymen to sever.the bonds which have so long happily bemud this no\»le community ofeUlcs together.?. Doe* he’suppose tho American people arc so ignorant, and stupid, us to break assunder the lies which, unite .thorn, and adhoro ■ to his fallacious , whims 7, , Lot,him remember that our. constitution was formed-whon thu, value of the Union wasapprCcia lad, by reason of the surroundirig'dongcr. It is them* suit of (he instincts of the luftiosl, patriotism. Thrca ten what may, come what limy,.tho bonds of that Union uro sacred in tho eyes qnd hearts of the American people, cemented, os thoy'are by (ho blood, of the Revolution,' 'They can never bo ruptured ox cept‘by the urnid the commotions of ci vit-war and intestine strife; Ail good citizens look to the Union as tho ark of our safely. All good men consider tlio peace of nations ns among tho choicest blessings of a benificcul providence, tho-harbingcr of security and plenty, and,will nut listen -to tho dug. ( uius of, a Rlicllor a Barnwell. Our,motto Is onward and upward, and Mr. Rhclt cnn no more suppress , tho true principles of. republicanism, by. preaching ' .such treasonable stuff, tlian Soulh Carolina could subjugate (he North by tho sword. Tho gobjus ofdnr ■ institutions tolerates all sorts of opinion* among us* There always htrve been, differences of opinion on almost all subjects, and doubtless there will conttnue to bo—but the wise, and the good of our notion will j not suffer those differences to bo carried tboTur by i hot brained political demagogues,; They mPy suffer | them Kko Don Quixote, to erect, windmills fur (ho ( purpose of tumbling them down again, but they shall ] not perpetratcihe disunion ofa government which was i reared for tho purpose of forming a M mofo perfect Uni- i on”—they shall not .so much disturb tho general I welfare ” of a people whose constitution was-framed ; to promote it, and which they (o defend, i Let Mr. Rhelt remember that iho foundalions of our > power. Ho deep in the hearts ofloyal -millions, who i bear- upon their Allantcan shoulders'the frame of oar i polity. ‘ i ■ la Ilia speech hd boasts of llio character of his ancestors, and llio conspicuous parts they acted in Revolutionary periods, both in. England and in this country. No matter what may have been (heir mer its, they cannotsavo him froiritho fame and doom of a traitor, if ho persists in his disgraceful course. Does ho presume that his influence is any greater because his ancestors wero subjects of the scaffold? Does he suppose that ho is possessed of such soul stirring and electrifying power a» to instil, in the minds even of the must debased’a roiish fur a broken constitution, and a divided and unhnppy people ? It would really oppear so. Wo'are loti) to pour.out anathemas Upon the head of any man, but Mr. Illicit merits tho BOVercsl imprecations.. lie is trying to familiarize the public mind with tho sound of trea son, and is anxious to be a bold pioneer in such infa mous work.-lie appears to deeiry lhalhis naino shallbo handed down to posterity ns a traitor to his country's good and ft vile disturber of his country's peace. Does bo reflect on the evils of disunion 7 Suppose his coun sels prevail, what would be llio consequence ? Every American heart instinctively shuddersal tho response* A divided people, and lha} division cflbelcd per petuated by unnatural prejudices ondblo'odjf con : Hie (s between these who should be brothers, and who aro brothers by.bloud, language, historical nffinl tics and recollections and an endeared nnd sanctified nationality.- A free people thus united, rent.in twain, forming separate communities each exasperated by the encroachments, imaginary or'reul, upon tho rights of tho other, would be of oil spectacles that have been witnessed in the nineteenth century the. most melan choly and disheartening, The reminiscences of the past would but embitter the present, and hold out gloomy forebodings of the future i and (ho people of the difissurod parts, slung by : the recollection of wrongs, would bo mutually llio objects of dislike anil hatred, would brood over their calamities until there would bo stirred up nn. animosity terminating in bloody wars, such as history has seldom if over re corded . Tho fair soil of America would be drench ed with blood shod by fraternal hands;' 7 Discord in fernal would reign, son would be arrayed against father, and brother against brother. ‘May’ Heaven avert tho threatened calamity. “ Oh ! far a (oiiffiio to curne tho iUvo,. irt-aunn jfkw n deadly blight Come* o'er tho councils of I ltd bravo To blast Uiuiii in tho hour ol oiighU" . TIID AVGUST INTEREST* ■Gen. J. M. DicUol, the Democratic Sidto Troasur* or, paid, at tho Bank of rounsyivania, yesterday be fore 1> o'clock. A, M., $930*908 61, the whole amount of the interest on tho funded (Tobl bT.tho Common wealth duo yesterday. Uy tho energstia cilurts of the Stato Treasurer, tho whole amount had been con verted into pur funds. and \vill bo paid to UioySialo > creditors in specie, or funds at par in the city of Phil adelphia. And this has been accomplished “without tho mtccinUy of resorting to a temporary loan," or of selling at a c/iicoarit tho funds. of iho Slate to 1 convert them- into par. Wo aro informed, that since Gen. IV. entered upon iho duties of Slalo Treasurer, ha haepaWf ttttho Treasury* to tho.creditors of tho Commonwealth, and tho repairs of the public improve* 1 mvnl*,-a very considerable timt more than was paid i during tho same time last year,'and npW has, at h)a • command, to moot any demands upon.lho Treasury, • over $550,01)0 00. t In singular contrail with the course of Gon. nic kel, in the psyniOni of the interest in specie funds, reference may bo mado to tbo manner in which his immediate predecessor, Gideon J. Dull, tho Whig Ncckur, paid tho jntqr.est during his administration of tho Treasury Department. It will bo recollected (lint a great excitement was created in conscqabnco of Ills having liquidated (ho interest with specie funds j-nnd Mr. Gideon did not hesitate to boast of it. hltnsolf In certain of his official papers. It now (Urns outlhat that modest lad got four thousand dollars just before he went out of qffice for. expenses in exchanging money below par for specie funds, — General Uiukol, however, exchanged all Ids depreci ated funds without ono dollar** expense to the Slate, and paid the whole amount Into the Pennsylvania Bank yesterday. The contrast Is significant, and may bo useful.— Venntyhnnian of. Friday, Killed »v Lightning.—On Saturday ''after* noon last, about 4 o'clock, the town of Ashland, in'Delaware county, was visited by e severe thun der storm, which resulted in the doath of three persons. Wo nra informed Hint an nuctiou sale wns being held at that place, ol which was n large concourse of people, when ft flash of- light nlpg struck and almost instantly killed Mrs, Ra chel Dutton, aged about CO years j her eon, Mr. Nathan Dutton, aged 30 years, and a man by the name of Slaughter. Several others woro prostra ted by. the tflioclt, some of whom,woro slightly Injured. ■ THE PUESE?*'! 1 CABINET. ■ Mr./Fitlmoro ill tho seicctiuh of Ins cabinet has not manifested .ihat judgment and. discrnmnnl, wo w.ero led. to believe ho would. Judging.from.tho char*' actor which had .been heralded of him by'the organs, of his parly; wo' had ‘thought. at the present crisis apd surrounded as ho is by unfortunate circumstances, ho wouldlmvd paused a sufficient lirho to weigh ull contingencies, cro ho elevated to such high stations the men whom ho has taken to his cohfidcncb and councils. This was particularly, necessary after tho stigma which has been cast upon their.predecessors, and adheres to (hem.as tho poisoned shirt of Ncssus. Never since the organization of the government has (hero it Cabinet retired vVitii so littlo honor, nay with so mucli odium and .disgrace, us the one which lately Hod from Jffio scenes of their, niul-adniinislralian.— VVd say U not, with a partisan spirit, or as tho vo taries' of tho Democratic parly, but from a conscious ness trf a wrong done, in tho name of the people by (heir chtisen agents in tho'high places of the govern ment. •. . ' Probably at no prior period in.tho history of,this nation, has tho chiuf magistrate stood in'somnch need of counsellors possessing sound judgement and lovo of country as at the’present. The momentous questions now agitating the public mind require tho firm and deliberate opinions of enlightened and pa triotic men. 1 Tho affairs of.our.country arc thought, by many to bo in a'critical situation, and wo may without impropriety reflect os to the capacity or willingness of tho nuwly appointed cabinet to dison* tangle tho knotted chain of national difficulties; and .devise measures adapted to the dmelgcncy.-/ We desire not to ponder with Useless forobodlngs'on tho fufuro. • 5 I Tho worst fcnluro'of tho present cabinet is the. nppointment.of Thomas Corwin, uC Ohio, ns Secre tary of tho Treasury, 110 is to bc.ono of tho Presi dent’s advisors'for the residue of tho Presidential term. 110 is to be one of (ho men who nro'to nnravel tho mysteries of the Gnlphaniles. Ho may bo a groat and good man in llio estimation of Mr. Fill more, but in the view of his countrymen, the great body of tho people, he could not' have made a more unfortunate selection. Ho is'alike unpopular with both parties, and was violently .opposed in the Seri ate, ond would never have.received a majority had noisome of (ho members retired, whieli procured fur him his confirmation. We aro sorry to sco such a man hold one thread of tho'many which go to form the reins of government. An orator lie may be, and vre believe is, but neither nature, nor education, has endowed him * with'sufficient prudence ond btlio'r necessary qualifications for attending properly to llio duties incumbent upon Mini in his present responsible position. 110 lacks moreover that enlarged patriot ism. which is an essential element, and tho pride, of every truo hearted American citizen. . Mr. Fillmore may yet drink to the dregs of a bit ter cup, made so by this appointment. Du it remem bered Unit tho dastardly, and traitor like sentiments oiice uttered by Corwin have not been effaced, from tho memories of tho American people—-since the ul terenco of which, his nariio has been odious to every truo patriot. Tlio man whn could proclaim in his official capacity,.in the American Senate,.the follow ing language, Is not worthy of tho' most menial of fice in the land, much less one so important as that of a confidential advisor of tho Chief Magistrate.— “ lYers la Mexican, as lam bn American citizen, ! would welcome your armies with bloody hands and hospitable graves." Better, far bolter, to have adop ted that other eontlmonh *' Mij country right 6r wrong, my country.'.' Tho mail who could adopt and promulgate tho former sentiment as ho did, could oahnly, liko-Ncro, view (ho desolation of (ho land of .his birth, and laugh at tho calamities of his coun trymen., V.* ■ , Wo do nol ullogejfler liko the present mode of. selecting candidates Tor United Slates Senator, says the Cliambersburg Valley Spin'/, and wo hope that tho next Democratic Convention which assembles in Pennsylvania wilt reform ilm system so far ha our parly is concerned. We. cars not what plan tho opposition pursue. When (he litno for electing a Senator comes round,.(ho Democratic members of tho Legisla ture meet in caucus and select the candidate. Tho gentleman thus selected is (and properly too, under the system,) regarded ns the choice of tho entire party, when In fact nearly one half of-the parly have had no voice or influence in tho selec tion. fn a Democratic legislative caucus, the Democrats residing in counties In which Whig influences predominate, no Matter how largo the Deinocratio vole and how small the Whig major ity, havo no voice whatever in the selection of the man who .is to expound their principles in tho Forum of the Nation. The. choice is made en tirely by .tho Democratic counties; in accordance with! usage but in' violation of justice. Perry county has a voice and a vote in the mutter; wliilo Franklin with double, apd’ Lancaster and Allegheny, with each troblo her Democratic vote,* cannot speak In a whisper and have not a feather's weight! In fad—to placo.the absurdity, of the existing system still more prominently before tho reader—'the sixteen or eighteen hundred Demo cratic voters of Perry have a share in making the (nomination, while the forty-fivo or fifty thousand Democrats jesidihg. in the Whig counties in the Siate aro allowed no part or lot m ill Is there no room for reform hero, and should it nol speedi ly come > . la out opinion* tho nomination of, candidate* for tho' Uiilicd Slates Senate ought to be Urhcn Out of tbo hands of rnombors of iho Legislature, and bo vested in the Stain Convention, to which every county sonde delegates and where the whole body of the Democracy is represented. What say bur eolemporaries to this % Tho Cholera, it seems, has made Us appearance in Unionlown, in this Stale, and is proving very fatal. A number of highly respectable people have fallen victims, among whom wo regret to state, is John Irons, Esq., editor of the Genius of Liberty, which paper ha had conducted many years with marked ability,’ Mr. Irons woe a staunch Democrat, a good citizen, and an honest man. Ills sudden death.will bo deplored by a largo circle of friends in his-own county, and throughout the Slate. . In Pittsburg the'prevalence of the cholera is be ginning to create much alarm. From some unex plained cause they have no sanitary committee to re port a correct list of deaths, though tho cholera is evidently Increasing. On Sunday there were thirty interments. "This is perhaps a slight exaggeration. The fatality appears to be confined principally among tho germens and poor classes. The intemperate use of vegetables Is tho principal cause.' In Cincinnati the Board of Health report, for the 94 hours ending on tho slh Inst., CO interments, of which 10 wore from Cholera, and 01 children under 5 years of ago. Tub DeuucraoV- of Clarion’county, assembled In convention on lho92)th ult., instructed their delegates in favor of Gen. Seth Clover, for Congress; Maj Win T Alexander, the Indefatigable editor.of. the Clarion Democrat, for the Stale Senate; and Oupl R Laugh* tin for liio Legislature, Those gentleman aru all firm and indomitable Democrats, and tyould reflect credit upon any oonslUucnoy., * * NOVEriAROUMENT FOR A PARTY MAN. ; ,The editor of the Mercer' Press, who is himself u candidate for/Oldngress, in ,lh6. Mercer district, has undertaker! 19 justify the course of Cameron and Wiltnot, and to-lake those,, to account _who contend that tljtf■-first should not lift* returned to the LT. y. {Senate, and-tiuil the second has- forfeited all claim lb tho. name of a Democrat. The, pro* .prkUy of the dlscussion- of the merits of. these gentlemen, is manifest; for the one.is unmistake* ably in (bo field by his friends for the Senate* and the other looks forward to be returned to Congress from tho Xllth district. It is.the duty,-then* of the Democratic press to sound, the alarm. To fail in this duty is to perpetrate a wrong upon-tho people; and to evade it, is only ,a more censurable, way of proving recreant to a plain trust. If tho argument of itie editor of the Mercer Press were brought home (0 himself, he would be painfully convinced of its truo character. His justification pf ihodisorganizlng course of General Oanmron, who. svns elected by pledges to Whigs 'and ISativos, against tho regular Democratic can didate for Senator; arid his apology 'for Wiltnot, who went against Cass after being pledged lo go ■ fur him; who used his Proviso to protract the •war, and who finally orraynl himself against tho Democrats in the last House of Representatives in Congress; both justification and apology’oan be; ami may be, used against himself, should he got tho nominaiion of-ihe Conference for Con gress,. Indeed, this justification and this apology may have tho very eifecl of producing discord and, disorganization jn the district in which ho is a candidate j for if the logio of tho Mercer Press is true, then its editor, 6r any- other- Democrat, may have a unanimous nomination, and bp opposed by a volunteer, professing to bo a Democrat, in the taco of pledges to'the contrary, and.who may be clected by a majority purchased by corruption and deceit.. If the sumo doctrine is followed oul. llie attempt of such .a man, after his successful trea son, to gel back Inlp.power, is not to he denounced for fear of dividing thu parly!' We wish no such sad experience, to the gallant Democracy of tho Mprcer district- They have had troubles enough- and to sparciand wo liopo they may be harmonized upon a candidate who will,unite all sect|ons of the parly. Hut this result is not to bo produced by apologizing for.and defending two of tho most thorough- disorganizes in our State, at a moment, too, when they are boih again (de manding favor at tho hands of the people," • ■ Pennsylvanian, Tho North Carolina Election. Wash t.noton,' Aug. 5. By a despatch just'received from Norlh.CHruliria, by ft.mcin.ber ol the House, I loam that the Demo crats liavo gaiiiad 2,500 votes hi the comities ‘heard from in North Carolina. Tho. Democrats have gain cd six members of tlio Legislature.. The Legislature will doubtless be Democratic. - Mr. Bates of Missouri, who',bps been tendered (ho appointment of Secretary of War in Presi dent Fillmore’s. Cabinet, It is asserted, hasposi lively declined; his reason ; for . so doing being strictly; of a private nature, his said that his legal practice is worth from twelve to twenty thousand dollar* per annum* .. Tile Cabinet;— rMr. Henry 8. Drier .has declined tho Secretaryship of the Interior, Tie no doubt, coming to the Senate. .. No Secretary of War yet. Don. Scott answers admirable ad interim. Duel m VmaiNU.—An altercation look place at Portsmouth, Va., betwern n Dr. Brigl.il of (hat place, and Dr. Wm. While, of Deep Creek, when the former shot the latter badly in the cheek. Thoy then departed,. Fall op an Iron.. Railroad. Bridgr —Five PiinsoNS Killed.— Wo learn from the New. York Courier, who received tho‘intelligence from a passenger by the last.'.lrnln, that the Ron. bridge over tho .valley and crook about three miles and a half,above Imckawaxen, on the New York and Erie Railroad, had given way and precipitated seventeen.cars, containing 100 head of cattle, 300 sheep and 200 hogs. Five men wero killed and two seriously injured. Tho loss, is estimated at §200,000. Tho accd(lenl occurred nrl VVednesdny, nhout I o’clock. Thero were twenty-two, ears. Though (lie locomotive got over tho tender nnd fifteen cars .wore precipitated, into the ravine, which was sixty feet wide and twenty-five fuel deep. The ravine was completely filled up by tho wrecks of cars and animals. The sixteenth pair was reared on end, on the top of the.heap of ruins. 'Fite cars which wont over pro said’’to have contained about 100 head of cattle, 250 (mgs and 730 sheep; in all about 1100 animals.'- The cars, which wero going very rapidly, wero com pletely shattered to pieces, killing or wounding hundreds of the animals. The conductor of the train, two brakemen and two drovers were buried irt the ruins. The first was soon extricated.alive, though badly wounded. Two or throe-of tho others could bo seen among the. ruins and were able to converse for an hour or two. One of them was finally gored by an ox nnd another also appeared to he dead. ■ Another- was still alivo and calling forassislnnco.. Drink was handed down to Idm, but he was buried so deep, that there was little chance of his being got out alive. Some of the animals wero unhurt, but the great mass of them were killed or horribly mangled, having their horns nnd legs . broken, and being wounded in various ways by their struggling among them selves. Anotiirr llonniD Mukiibr in HitADKonD.—-\Vo learn that a innn namod Honjainin Wilcox,,resi ding in. Towanda township, Bradford county, about two miles from the borough of TpvVanda, killed his wife by ntahbing her with a' pocket knife through the heart, on Sunday nlWnoon Inst, at about 3 o’clock. Wilcox has been a very lm temperate man lor many years', although very hu mane. His Intemperance, however, caused a separation between himself and wife some, years since, the' lallof taking up her residence, with some friend not far distant, with her two daugh ters, and, ns it appears from the this tragedy, occasionally doing some work for him, such as making and repairing his clothes, &o. • • . - * . It seams that a few days previous to tho mur der he had.carried somo cloth to his wife and re quested .her to make so’mn pantaloons for him. She assured him she would do so, If ha would gel'them cutout; for ns ho wus often.dissatis fied with the 111 of his garments she declined cut ting them. Ho then left tier, and did not gn near her again until Sunday, whan lie asked her if she had made up her mind to cut arid make the gar ment in question. She answered in tho negative, whereupon ho replied (hat lie lind made up his mind,' and immediately drew n knife and slabbed; her (hroo times, one thrust inking effect in the henri and causing her to stagger mid expire within a very few seconds, A daughter who was present and undertook to interpose hud her hand cut quite seriously. Wilcox then rallied-the neighbors living near by, informed them of whpt ho hud done, and surrendered himself.immediately into tho hands of tho Deputy Sheriff, .Who convoyed him forthwith to jail. But the tragedy, soul-revolting ns.lt is, ends nut hero. Scarcely had tho Deputy Sheriff and his at- turned their fares from the jail dopr tq, depart, than tho prisoner was discovered liy a p.r son who lingered behind, to be committing self destruction, with another knifo, which he was plunging rapidly into bis own breast. Ingress was immediately made, and the weapon snatched from Mm.although ,ho had succeeded in indicting several wounds—ono of them through his lungs —whioli it Is thought will prove fatal. Ho did not, however, fully effect his object, and when tho knlfb was wrested from him wo were told he plead in the most beseeching tones to have it re turned, that.ho might make \\ finish of himself at onen. Un declared his unalterable determination to kilt himself, and ho wanted tho privilege of completing the deed then, that no further tioublu might accrue. It is eoarboly necessary to add that his request Was not complied with.* Tho above particulars wo obtained from several Towanda gentlemen, whom we met on Monday Joßh—il/on/roK (/*«) Democrat, , , Ballobi* Ascensions Tho following account of n singular Bull Afioe’nßion, which look place in Paris, on the t** 1 ult., Is taken froni a letter .published in the M ' .York Courier. The letter is dAted Bth 0 f jJ* and .the writer says:: Yeslerfiny t.waa-witness, as waa ail p a ,|, • a balloon ascens,ion, which was perhaps 0 in the history, of mrostation, Margot aBtj“? in'lB2o,' mounted upon a stag, hut both | lo , stag were ,in an ordinary car, Ysatordaji, Foitein asoendod on horseback and withouta C a The horse a fine and spirited young while animii' was Suspended beneath lltq balloon, in the n| a e‘ usually occupied by Hie car. Bands passed h, nealh the belly and, well secured, left the auiJi in easy position, with the legs.free. M. Foitei„ clothed as a jockey, monnlod the horse, wl.irh was saddled and bridled in the ordinary manner and gavo ordo/s to cut loose. The horse seen,,! loth to quit his mother earth,.and remonstrated a little when be found tbal lio was being taken off of his feet. Bnt otice in ’lhe air he-became aa motionless as though ho. had been struck with paralysis.. He. must, in fact, have been nota lit tle astonished, and it probably was that astonish, meat which struck' him dumb and motionless They moved off and up rapidly, how hid, now seen amidst the clouds in a north-east direction Vie have not ycl had accounts of the descent ami do not know whether it-was happily and safclv effected,'■, , , , . 1 Standing CommiUcc 'Meeting, Agreeably la previous public notice, the Standing Committee of thu’Domocrnlio party of Cumberl.inJ couhly, mot at of Christian UoJl’. man, on SnturdayThOtlof.; August, ond organized by tho appolnliitcnl of SAML. WOODDURN. Bin. Uhalrmun, H- Giuium, Esq., Secretary, when the following proW«#)g* wore had j On motion,-’/fctfi^s^i/rhat'it bo recommended ( Q thc.Dcmocrutic Voters of Cumberland county, ly mew in their several Townships, Boroughs ond Ward? n\ I ho place of holding township elections, on Saturday tholTlhuf August-instant, und elect between the hours of two and six o'clock P. AI. of that day,i« 0 delegates from' each township, borough and Ward and that (ho delegates thus elected, meet in Cohvcn* lirm nl the Court House,,in Carlisle, on Tuesday tho 20lh instant, to nominate a County Ticket, appoint Coygresslonal and Senatorial Conferees, ond perform such other duties appertaining to said Convention. That Wo recommend to said Convention to, nominate no persons for membcrs'of (he Ltgisla. tore who will not firsl.givo upledgo In writing, tlm if wjll support tho Democratic oumli dales who im»y be nominated in caucus by the Du. • rnocralic members of life Legislature, for the oillccs of United Slates Senator and Stale Treasurer. > lUaolved, That we rccoirtmcnd to said Convention to instruct tho .Senatorial conferees to nominate no person for Senator who'will riot first glvo u similar pledge. , , * ' Thai those proceedings, signed by the ifiieers, bo‘ published'tinlil the delegare elections, in iho Democratic p«pnr» of this county,’ ; SAML. VVOODRUUN, Chairman. - J. 11. Graham, Secretary, / ims». , 'On Tiinriny .evening la.'i, of Soarlc't, Tuvrf, Am Luba Krk.mkr, daughter of the Rev. A. 11. Kremer, ol lliispl.icc, aged 0 years,’ . 1 . WASTED. GOOD MEN, to locate or trovcl in each pf (lu> £JO counties In-thls Slnte, to soil *‘Uilu)ortds P a « lout Deo House, Uuo.iiiTe'and System pf Fccdiii" Uei , H,' r . ; - 1 ° This is n recent and scientific plait of iico arrange, ment, and must supereedo till others—it has, ivhcio known. - I Smart hhsinofcß men—lf, Mechanics, tha hotter— will find this n good business for at.lend two year*. To such, the whole or one half of a county righl.will ho sold, •/ For description, take the cars and come to Lanens* Icr; boo tins bees work. Cnll.ol my. room and seo perfect models dTtho whole. - Address, pouf paid. 1 ,d. TL MAYNARD, * ' ’ ' General Agl. for Pa, Lancaster Atig. .B, IB6o— 3t*. w.-'-" Tro'jricfiT A N election will ho held lo blcct.Tblrlccn Maim* rV gi;r« for thu Cumberland Vulley Mutartl Protec tion Company of Dickinson township, (m Monday tho 2d day of September next, nt tills O/Tico pf said Company, m Dickinson township,. Buid Malingers to servo ono year. Election to lie held between lliu houia of I) o'clock, A. M. and 4 IL M. A. 0. MILDER, Scct’y. August 1850,—41 IDstiitu Police, I. E PTERst or administration on iho rslntc of IV j tor linker, Into of (he Borough of Mcciinniesburg, Cumberland county, Pa., deceased,dm vq boon grniihii by tho Register of »Jnid county to the subscriber, livii g in Allen township, % cotfniy aforesaid. All persnis indebted to H’lid estate; bio hereby notified lo nude immediate payment,- nnd (hoeo.having claims to pn; aeni them fur (settlement to CIIIUSTIAN TITZIUi, Admr. August s, isryp—6i« To TcaclicrN. . THE Board of Oiroc|ors of Dickinson District, Cumberland county, will meet nttbebotiseof Mr.. V. - Shannon, (Stone Tavern.) in said District; til I) o'clock A. M., on Saturday the Slat day of,An* gust, for tho purpose) of examining ami suh-ptlng 14 Teachers, to lake charge of.lha Schotilaofsaid District, for the epsuii'g term. By order of tho Board. ‘ JACOB LEFEVEII, Augnat.B, 1850—3 t • MSX Or *nVKttTil(El)tH TII*“VOt. , UKTKBa ,, BV*I , rOI»TMIH*T. LIST OF tETTERS renmininit In llio I'mloffico lit’ Curli.lc, IV, An*. U, .ISSO. ‘l’crtmi. m qniring fur’letters on .tins list, will pluuio buy they aro advertised. Adamsjos 1 Ilippenhammer Jno Armstrong .lames . Hanglueuling Chapman Auokerman Henry ‘ Johnston Mies M«ry A Aikln U VV .lullman Peter BioscrJno 'Kearny Jno . Bonder Miss Mary ' Kennedy L B Burkholder Danlul Keekler Miss Mary . Boyer Mlr-huel II■ ■ Kulandson Cyrua . Brought Geo Klavi»r John Ucmtly James Kallmek William Cooley David T Lindsey Alexander Hoover Jno 3 . McCoy Aim Eliott Creamer David MeCarl Mlsj Mary Chaney Bov U (} Met* Alexander Colton Miss Momiy Abram - Cbenneworih Rlxloh Melxel George Cornian Mrs Nancy Obrien Mr Jim- Creizn Jno; ’ Parker Mrs Andrew 2t Coulter Robert Pease R 9 , Collins Abraham Dingwall Mrs Sarah Carl Jacob Rankin Miss Margery Cumborl’d ValleyMtt«\Rutlor U CD Inal Protccthm Comp. Richardson Lorimla Domercat Jacob G , Rohlftndor. Gudfried. Dorslray llarroun Ranh Adam. Eller Samuel , Snider Miss Mary . Erwln ( Honry Smith Margaret Foster Jno. Saxton Mias June Frealy Thomas • Snider. Eugene FurstGoo . . Sanders Hetty A Fleming J Esq Sandora Aron . Funk Christian S. Sangry Miss Susan Fester Jno E Sullivan Jeremiah Graf Lewis Hlcnorub , * Gross Pfisailla Shaon'erJno Grlor Samuel C, Shreiner Marlin Graf Ludwig Tatp MUs Susan 2. Gliimey Thomas Thompson IlonrieUa GlpoJacnh Thompson Jan Gibson Dies Trosilo Daniel , t *s ■ George Frederick Venasdlin Jho ’ llorr Christian Vaiimm Willio]»l?/ ' . Havprsliclt Andrew Wunaker Mias l^i'/ u,u Harn Miss ISllon Wagner Dr * Howard J.PM . Williams Elizabeth Holmes Mrs Stiann Woplaon R< ,B y™ , HackotMiss Allioe AnnoWrlghl Hov F O Hamilton Douglas , Whotnighl Lydia i • Hodyiuan Leonard N . lIANXC ,I„P. M.-
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