THE VOLUNTEER. J»U<» B. Bratton, Editor md gropyUtor. CiMiBtB,TBVRBDiT| JAS.aI, 1851. 'DEMOCRATIC ftOiVlfcvTlOK , . FOR ASSEMBLY, J. ELLIS BOSHAM, of Carlisle. ‘ An Appireniice to the Printing Business, WlLLhe Taken at this office, if application be] lfflmS<|tately : inade. A boy from the country, about 15 or‘l6 years of ago, will be preferred. He rolithedfgdbd moral'characlor, and possessed of a' ihoroogh English education. Slit* TRtAaoaKß.—Gen. J, M. Dickil was re-e -lected Staid Treasurer on Monday last. He roceivcd the fuil Dprapcratic veto. Goo. B. made an excellent officer during, the year he has held .the .office. -Ner - Middleetyarlb 'was supported by (he Whigs. Fire Company.—At a meeting of (ho Cumberland Fire Company, held on Saturday, even. ipgiiheMStfa iast., the following gentlemen were elec tedOffioer* ofsnid Company for 1851, vi*; Preeiisnl—Robert McCartney,* rffscreiarj/—PhilipQuigley. itiTVeesorer—Henry S. Ritter, i lit ZWnecfor-Peler Spahr. Brf xHreWor~Mahin Cornwall. •;V. r Mr,' DemptUr'i Ooueert. I *lt Vitt ba seen from an advertisement in another colbino. ihat Mr Dsupiter, one of the moßlaccoro piUhodsand celebrated Vocalists of the day, will give one df bit inimitable "Balled Entertainments,” this Xysmt'a, in Education Hull. Mr* Dmimtw** solec lion of songs, among which are several of his own ooniposing, is‘of & highly popular cast, and cannot fail to entertain. In the cities, his Entertainments JnVolabl/draw full and. fashionable audiences. His l, '*Ltinenl of the Irish Emigrant,” end “ Vo Bunks Boon,” are said to bo alone wdrtltJriqro than .the price of admittance. Those WboTail'lo attend, will certainly miss a rich troa ■ jfot,* complete list of his songs, sec advertisemen The Kllmlctob* Concert!* ,TC6*o’ybulhful musical prodigies gave two Con. certa-inoar borough, on Tuesday ond Wednesday I oyeniDgsJasl, which wore, well attended, and gave maoh MlUfactlon to those who ware present. The **£ttbo Song,”.(Jenny Lind’s favorite,) sung by Miss Emu, was beautiful indeed, whilst the performances in by Miss Kilmiste, contributed much to he,entertainment of the evenings. Benefits of Life Insurance* of the benefits of Life Insarance, a slron- N j ;gerargumenl than the following can hardly bo of. ( ftYed/ Somo time lost May, Mr. Jacob lluiier, of • this county, storied for California. Before his depar- { ftwe,tmwovcr,behad token the precoulion to insure bis life jo (he Penn Mutual Life Ineuranee Company j of Philadelphia, to the amount of.five hundred dol . Ure. - He arrived at Philadelphia, on his nay home, j some two months ago, with a shattered constitution, and where he eventually died. On learning the fact of hls deceaic, the full amount of insurance was ’■ promptly paid over to the widow of the deceased by the officers of the Institution. This one isolated fact •peake volumes in favor of the utility of these Inatl. lotions, and should leach men, of moderate means, particularly (hose having families dependent upon than), (he propriety of at oneo effecting an insurance opoo their lives. Mr. N. }V. Woods, at the Norlh . .West corner of North Hanover ond Loather streets, Agent of the Penn Mutual Insurance Company . Ibr Cumberland county, from tvhom. all necessary Information can bp obtained. J. Ellis Bonham, Esa.— Gen. Bowman, the fear leu andiftiehted.edltor of tlio Bedford Oastfle, spcafca of isp-qualifications of oar nominee in the following •Ijle : We are gratified to learn that this occom jriUbedand radical young Dcmacrat [J. Ellis Bon ' Bt»r Esq.,] bsa been nominated by Hie Democracy pf-Cumberland county to supply the placo of Homy .Church, deceased. Mr. Bonham it a. young gentle- Van of commanding abilities, and •would make, a JlepretenUtive that would do honor, to the Slate ul large, Bouud on all questions, and possessing fine! oratorical powers, ho would prove a, valuable accos- lo the House. It will give us groat pleasure to chTOnlcle hls election. The Democracy of glorious Old Mother Cumberland should spare no honorable •xortioa to secure his success. Judicial Affointmxnt. —Governor Johnston, a few dayaaince,transmuted lo thcSenelo llio nsmcofllon. Jomee Pollock,, of. Northumberland, ns Prcrident Judge ofthe Eighth Judicial District, corapoeed ortho eoantlea of Northumberland, Columbia ond Lycorn. ,ing, in the place of Joaeph D. Anthony, deceased.— Tlio Scnalc. on motion of Mr. Packer, immediately took up tho nomination, and it was nnanlmoualy . confirmed. .. . (Q-Tho Bedford OttcUt, and Mountain Sentinel at Ehenahnrg, both taka alrong grounda In favor of '' Hon. Jawxs Cahpixu. aiJudgooftho Supremo Court, end pay h|gh compliment. to hia ability and expo tlanca, end hia coexistent suppoit of the Democratic '! " p«'i- - t Ratio of RxrRKSEpTATioH. —From tho ccniui rc lurni it seems.probable that according to Mr. Vin* ' r ton*a provisions of last session, which makea that Hollaa consist of 233 member*, eiclusluo ofCalifor | * 'nla end the Torrlloriaa, tho ratio uf rcprcaonlallon w IH ba pbout 94,000 for oaoh conatltuancy. ' • :Tnic Foomic Slav* Law.—There acoma lo have ' been great and unuauol fluttering, says the Phlladal. •' elila JVkiaa, 1 in the Hooao of Repreaonlatlvdeon Mon ’ day oflsit week, in reference lo a motion made by Mr. LoLApAiiAN, to auapand the mice to enable tho Houea lo declare that it wo* Inexpedient lo repeal the FilgUUo SlaFO' Bill. It took o greet while In ' 'toko the yon* and noee. Opposite motive* operated ■ upon member*. Ope aet deeirod an opportunity to ' .Cffirm thal tho Homo would not repeal Iho low, end . they;Voted ‘aye.’ Another eel, the Free Sollera, wenlod egitallon, no matter how, end they voted - a eye,’' Others, however,' opposed to the law, voted • no,’upon the ground that to vole 'ayo,' would bo '• mahlftellog 'e disposition lo affirm, or support the Reuiullpn. The, vole wo* much mixed up; olill lbare >• wu one faol otoar, that.» very lorgo nurobct in tho ' Houee, it ipxy bo two-lhlrda, ia opposed to the repeal Lof lho Fugitive Law at this lime. The next Hooao colli; tl how Indleated, vote more decidedly l no.’ Sntwxma Dtvni.—Mr. Ludwlok Albright, in Ala. - jr)inco bounty, Vo, Homo .lo • alipckinff death pn tho . ,9<lli ail. He had been drinking freely, end wag left , geeled before Ihe fire* After ebon! «n hoor, one of ..bliionareturning,found him lying oponjiii face, . • whir hie bead md ibonlderi in the fire, lira dead.— '. Hll Held Wee nearly,coniumed; end hie hnndi drop -1 ped iffetlHe'wrlil upon lili being lifted. ' . •Hog/Jiuee (Tenn.) : Vtf.reonhr/i.bii relied the nemo of Mr.J B “ oh »"* n a' of thle Buie, it He edlloriel heed, ee ill finl choice for the Pteaidenoy In 1659. . , CotmmTOT Coin..— Thompion’i Bank Note fte polter cautlone the public igelmt receiving Speni.h eilrer coin*. Bpani.h dollar! ere in circulation which are 'inch 1 excellent counterfeUe, that the ordinary I u"u tilth loidi ere of no eV.ll* They ero oopper, thickly coiled with illrer, end cm only bo delected by tiling.' TUB TARIFF* V / . A few days since resolutions,were .introduced intothe lovrer'House of bur Stale Legislature! by fat. DoDBiKb, of Schuylkill, instructing out Sena tors and requesting out’ Representatives in Con gress to use their, influence to secure a modifica tion of tbe existing iatiff laws. Now we contend that our Slate Legislature, baa no nghttqinterfera with the opinions of-ourmem-1 bers of Congress. Let our members of the Legis lature. attend to their own duties, arid permit our i Congressmen to attend to theirs, is the true poli cy. The members of* our Stale Legislature are [chosen to"act on questions totally distinct from lose which come before Congress, and, such be- ingj.lio.case, wo protest against the introduction of these instructing resolutions.. lf the Democrat ic .members of Congress from Pennsylvania, are fully convinced that the.iron and coal iritereßts rer quire additional protection, they >vUl,.wb have no doubt, favor such a policy, if they can .do so with out endangering fealqres of the present tariff. If our, Congressmen are, on the. other hand, satisfied that the tariff law requires no mod ification, they MU not, we TeolsaUsfied, consent to interfere.with it.. , .... We are sorry Mr. Dobbins hasoffered.,these in structing resolution?—sorry, that any’member,elec ted as a Democrat, should pursue a course calcular ted to endanger the harmony of the parly, ‘ . Wo have' been it. Intimated that several of the Democratic members of Congress from this Stalq have expressed a willingness .to amend the tariff, so as to afford more protection to the iron and coal interests, provided this can be done without . altering the main features, of the tariff law. But they want no instructions. They must,or alloast should, be left free, to act in the matter as they, may deem most prudent. In our own opinion wb (Kink thb belter plan would be to "Jbl well enough alone.** , Tbb, present tariff may -not be entirely perfect, but it is, beyond oil doubt, the best wo have ever had, and policy may dictate to let ii re main as it is, the permanent policy. Under itagt riculture, commerce,and trade have nourished, and a large majority of the people, as we have reasori to believe, are satisfied ’that it should-not be al tered* ,We therefore hope that Mr. Dobbins* res olution's may ,be promptly voted down. Our members of Congress know.their duty, and will discharge that duty. They require no instructions, and we hope will listen to none. i • , • • ■ —— . NEW JUDICIAL APPORTIONMENT. In the Stale Senate, on Tuesday, Gen’l. Packer introduced on. important bill, making a new* sppor* s tionmcnl of the Stale into Judicial Districts, ond Increasing the salaries of (be Judges of the Supreme Court, ond President Judges of the Common Pldaa. Tho bill la entitled M A supplement to the Act chll. lied An Act relative lo the organiaalion of Courts of Justice, passed April 14/183-1,” and its main provi sions are as follows: Ist District, to consist of the city and county of Philadelphia, to have three Law Judges. 2d District—Bucks, 1 Montgomery and Delaware. 3d District—Lancaster and Cheater. 4th District—’Berks ond Lehigh. ' sih District—Dauphin and Lebanon. Gib District—York, Adams and Cumberland. 7lh District—Juniata, Perry, Union and Northum berland. . Bth District—Schuylkill ond Carbon. 9th District—Northampton, Monroe, Pike and Wayne. ' . , 10th District—Luzerne, Wyoming, Susquehanna und Sullivan. . ' , t . ~ • . lllh District—Lycoming, Colombia, Montour and 152 th District—Franklin, Fulton, Bedford and So. m 13ih District—Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson, Forest "idth District—Huntingdon,'Mifflin, Blair &. Cam briSth District— Bradford, Tioga, Poller & M'Kcan. 16lh District—Wcslinorelahd, Indiana, Armstrong and Clarion. - . • • . _ 17ih-Dislrlcl— Washington, Fayette and Green. :Bth District—Allegheny. . ,9th District—Beaver, Butler, Lawrence and Sul '"fiSili bialricl—Eric, Warren, Crawford and Vo n°Sc E clion 24 provides that after the first day of Do ccmbor, 1851, Iha salary of the Chief Justice of the t Supremo Court of Pennsylvania, shall bo 32200, and , the salaries of the Associate Justices of the said , court ehnll be 92,000, ond Ibo said judges aliall olao Ibe entitled to reecho, In addition lo llicir respective ■ salaries, $3 per day whilst on tho circuit, and noocs sarily employed In holding court#, or in travelling to and from the some lo iholr respective places of resi denco, os a full allowance for travelling expenses. Section 3d provides that tho salaries of tho Presi dent Judges of the courts of Common Pleas,and of o 1 other judges required to bo learned in tho law, shall be $2OOO per annum, except those for tho judges holding courts in tho city and county of Philadelphia, and tho county of Allegheny, which shall be $-500 per annum* The bill was laid upon the toble, and ordered lo bo printed. A bill to the same purport, but differing from tho above in some of its details, has been intro duced in tho Homo, by Mr. Ouvinb. The remodel r Ing ofthe Judicial Districts will constitute the most , important business of the present Legislative scs- SKIEI BtIIOUTI From all parts of the coanly wo have cheering ac counts* and if to-morrow’s sun docs not set upon a Democratic triumph worthy .of Uio people of Old Mother CumheiUnd. wC shall ha grievously mistaken. Within Iho last week wo have had Information from] every township in the county. “All is well*’--lhe nomination of- Mr. Bonham Is well received by the democracy. From a number of letters received late ly wo make the following extracts: , Nxwville, Jan. QO, 1851. ffiar BroMon—All' I. wall hero. Bonham will ro. coira tho full Bemoctalio veto, Tha Whig. hero ,1,0 li up, end frankly admit (hat Cathcart .land, no" oarlhly obonoo of an cloollon. Bonham will bo a credit lo old Cumberland in ths Houto of Bepro.cn. (alive.. E Dr. Sir—Your Io«t pappr had the effect to arouae our Democratic ftlehdi, end I begin to think that old Silier Spring will turn out .Irong for Don barn on Friday, Hie nomination glici nnivoriai aatlafuctlon hero. CiiueciiTowN, Jon. 18,1851. Tiear Sir— Every Democrat will, whom I hove converted on the lubjool, appear. highly ploeiodwilli S?“ nomination of J. Ellli Bonham, Our friend, think it about time that we ihould have a man ol commanding nhllily lb rcproaenl ui In the X,oglila. tare, He will tooeiio the full Democratic vole. Nxwaoao, Jon. 17, iHSI. J, B. Bratton, Eiq- Dean Sie-Yon eak me "whet ere Botihem’i proipeoli? l aneworgood. I don't think ho'will bo icratchod a linglo vole here. Wo ore pleeiod with the nomination. . j To the Poll* S Wo charge our Democratic ftlondi lo bo on the alert to-morrow. Let not a .Ingle gun mlee fire! Vole early pnd oeo that your neighbor! do the game. Do at the polio when they open, and re main thero all day I FaTAt Hxhoontxi.— Wlllii H. Hoghei. of Macon, Georgia, who went lo Bo.ton tor Craft., the fugitive . wai killed el Macon, on Sunday night week, by Thorite. Knight, Jr.,wlih wbpm he had e, quarrel about the municipal election, Mr, Knight ii the brother of the one who went to Boilon with Hoghei. democratic nomination. J, ELLIS BONHAM, Eleclion-'To-morrow, January 24. THE ELECTIOS---A FEW LAST WORDS. Before this paper shall have been distributed to a number of its patrons,’the eleolion .-will be over, and the question-decided as to the ascenden cy or defeat of the Democratic party in old Cum berland, But therb nrtf 'many of out readers tvhoie eyes will rest iipbh 'this palragfalih before the great business of the day is. ovpr, and to them we wish to say a few mote words in reference to I the contest iusi at harid.l . ■ Are you ready for it, fellow Democrats 1 Tlave| you so arranged your business, and your engage., raents that you can go to the place of eleolion and spend at least a part of a day in active, exertions for the success of the causal. .Have;you seen your neighbors, and impressed upon them tho im* parlance of a general attendance at the polls, and persuaded them to devote,;o few, hours to,,the service of their principles ?. Have you been.vigi lanl in detecting the falsehoods and’ misrepresen tations in which opr opponents are so apt to deal on occasions like the present—end having’ delec ted them, have you iaken pains (q counteract their effects by the plain influence of, that frulb in which the democratic cause is al ways-so, strongly armed i - Have you taken the trouble to see who, among your neighbors and acquaintances, is warm or indifferent, and awakened him to a con ecibusness that this is nol.a proper time for the in dulgence of any such feeling 1 Have'you, in short, done every thing that your patty, predilec tions require yOtf.to do, in anticipation of the con test and in preparation-for Its emeigoneies 1 If you have, then go td .the polls, and finish the good work yon have so faithfully and perseveringly begun. 1 ■Go early. Take with . yon all'yon can, and make it ajrialler of'pride as well as principle, that every" Democrat in your neighborhood is on the spot to deposit his volb and increase our ma jority. By such efforts os these you have gained many victories in lime past. ' ■ ■ t ■- ' ; . To-morrow, closes the contest, and settles oil disputes. To-morrow will proyowhelher Federal .Whiggery shall gain a victory in old pumberland, or whether the measures of Democracy shall con- tinue to flourish and prosper. Democrats of Cumberland county,'you have principles involved, you have rights at stake.— Rally for the supremacy of those principles—ral- , ly for the assertion of those rights. \ - To the Polls, then, fellow Democrats. Show your opponents that you are honestly and sincere ly attached Id your’’party and the doctrines it in culcates, and the measures it sustains. Show that you appreciate the worth of theoandidale who has been, selected by lhe regular Coniify Conven tion', and feel envious for his success. Show that you are firmly con’ffltccd that the county is best governed when democratic councils ptevail,*and that your practice and your ConviciiSns corres pond. ■ . One more, vigorous rally in support of your cherished and time honored cause, Will make it victorious. One more defeat will tench your Fe.d eral Whig opponents they labor fnJain when they seek to deceive or beat you. To the work then, brethren. Let each do his part, so that each may reap a share of the glorious ■ harvest of triumph which lies open before us. Aa there is but little excitement shoot the elec tion in some of the dialricie, our opponents will doubtless endeavor to pair, oil with their Demo-1 cratic neighbors. VVe caution our friends against entering into any such arrangements. You will most likely he deceived if 'you trust to any such implied promise. Pairing off, even if it be hon estly adhered to, is but a poor, miserable discharge I of your own duly. The Whig who asks,you .to pairoff with him in all honesty, has some excuse or reason for absenting himself from the polls; and If you did not pair off. with him, would moil probably hie hit vole, U is to avoid this that he makes you the offer, there is nothing gitihed by ' pairing off with him. Besides, in many cases, It Is a fraud practised on you. The same agreement j ’ may bo made with many others t and your oppo nent, by thus losing his single vote, may lake off 1 with him several Democratic voles. Go to the polls yourself. Your vote is not only wanted there, but your influence in the cause. Your very presence, will encourage others. small dosinbss— vbry: ' Dr. CiTiicißT, tlio Federal ndroinoo for Aeeembly, le circulating a report llitougli the county that Mr. Do*K, of New Cumberland, !■ running a* a volunteer candidate ogalnet Mr. Boniiau ! Mr. Bo»it baa been In oiirlown, fof a few deye peel, attending Court, and tram Mm wo learn there It not ono word of truth in the report retailed by the.Fcdoral candidate. On 1 the contrary, Mr. Bo*tc gl*e« Me hearty eopporl to Mr. Bowim.'. Thiele rather a email huelnoet rdt the Doctor to bo detected In—emoll pololoet, decidedly ! lloakaTowN, Jan. 18,165. FOR ASSEMBLY, OF CAKLISLE, TlltS RAI.I.V. BEWARE OS' PAIRING OFF#. DEMOCRATS I VVo have not much to Bay to you this morning, In rofaronco to the election—and If wo hod, you would not have llrao to road it. Your, duty TO MORROW io of a more active nature—it la to V OT E! and a farihor duly la to sea that yout Domccmtio neighbors and acquaintances, ao far aa you can in fluent them, al.o GO TO THE POLLS I What Democrat will Aid the Enemy f Iloroomhor, Democrats, every one of you who ,| OBB „,i go to the Folia end deposit your vole for the Democratic nominee, indirectly aide the ene my 1 A vote lost Is eqal to half a vote for the en emy, for It makes a vote less for them necessary to our defeat! Will any Democrat aid the enemy by slaying at homo on election 'day 1 Wo hope not. - ' ’ ■ • ■ - J, Bills Bonhant) ES<l* The Easton Stnllntl, the editor of which was for. moily a olllion of this county, in noticing our recent Legislative nomination, uses the following language. "The Democratic Convention of Cumberland conn, tv whloh mot on Tuesday of lost week, nominated /.'eUu BoniiaM, Eiq., of Carlisle, na their for a seat In the Legislature, to supply thei vacancy occasioned by the d?.tl. of Mr. Church, Mr. D. has ulwavi been a consistent and active member of Ills pally. Is a young man of undoubted talent, and will, KuM.de honor to hlsjsonstllnency In the Hall, /.f l.ffgUlatioll.” ■ 1 * | * -at. ‘ (rt-Thu population by'the tsoenl-censns, shows: Ponn.ylvinio'lo have 3,860.000 Inhabitants. o,in in 10 years, 481,582; TUB “CITY OP ai.ABGOW»> DINNER* Tho ibllowiilg letter front our able Representative In Congress, waa written in reply to on invitation to attend o Jubilee Dinner in honor of the arrival pf.tho Slbainor " Cily'orOUsgow I '. at Philadelphia : I . House of BRrREsENTitiVFi, V* I Washington City, January Glh. ’S Gentlemen:—lt affords mo much pUaburo to ac knowledge yonr Invitation to bo present on the tesuye occasion of the 11th insU, celebrating the arrival of the * City of Glasgow the pioneer in a line ol Steam vessels between Liverpool,and Philadelphia j Under circumstances'of more leisure I should do i happy, to unite with yon in the commemoration of on I event which ovory true-hearted Pennsyltamati must rejoice to aco accomplished ; for, to each and. oil, whether 'of tho city or the remoter districts* Is op event of common interest,’of bommon advantage, and of common exultation* -The .enterprise, which you, cclqb‘rnto..cannot fail to promote the general P* 08 R er ‘ ily’ofouVgreal'ComVnonwedllh; and it. Is Indeed, a [source of proud satisfaction to every son ofPonnsyl* Ivanla, to see PhiladelphiaVssuming: her proper pa- I aillon dniopg the comtiiercial oinporluiria of America, l The Industrial Intercsts.or lUb Stale are intimately 1 and. interestingly; identified with the success of com* | fnerce. Let commerce ho' as unrcslrlcUible ns the necessities of our government will permit* Bn jj, productive labor, the true source' of wealth, will find its just reward in unwavering prosperity, . It is evident that Philadelphia 1 must ever be the groat dopbt of thotrado of Pennsylvania j and it is, therefore, .no less the duly than the Interest of her citizens, to mecl lho constantly increasing demands of the Undo., .Although the, arrival of the “City of Glasgow” marks a brilliant epoch in; the history of 'Philadelphia, It Is but the lierald of a commercial eminence qs expansive as the rich'rcsourccs of our | noble Statg. ' . » • ! ’ With renewed expressions of regret that other cn-, gagemenls prevent my joining in peraon the ceiebra* lion of this important bccaaipni I remain,'With sen timents of respect, *, ' . • I • 1 • Your obedient servant, ", JAMns X; McLANAHAN.; To Morton McMichaol, Bvq.;N* B.Thompson,*Bvq.,' and Others, Committee of Arrangement. , DIPLOMATIC TOAST DIUKitIWG. . At an entertainment 'given by the British minister, at (ho Couri of St. James, not long after the close of the revolutionary war, tho Prime minister gave ‘‘Great.Britain—The nationalsun that enlightens* warms and cheers the nations of the earth.*’ •The French minister, shrngged his shoulders and gave “France—Tho moon that gives them llghfwhcn the sun has set.*' i ‘ Afar which, the American minister gave'“Tho Untied Stales of modern Joshua who commanded''the sun and moon .lo • stand still, and they obeyed him.’ 1 - ‘ . Would lo God the United Slalea bad aucb a min- Uler now, na ibat.man was, al the aamo Court. .. It waa no other than Bon Franklin, who, wna as good a. band at laming K(nga at ho was al taming igbtnfng. .Wo should not be annoyed vvllli the oc. counts of the fawning sycophancy and buffoonery of an American Envoy, whoso greatest boast la the loyally of his ancestry to the crown of England. ' This country needs just such men,'.with just such minds, at (his time,both in,the councils of the,ha? lion, and in of Kings*.. The King with his Bceplfo upon his Ihrbno.was no more to Franklin than the ploughman; qhd was considered by him jus| In proportion as his deeds word noble or ignoble. New Counterfeits.— There arc counterfoil s*s of llio Bank of Pittsburgh, and also on Iho relief euc of the Harrisburg. Bank In circulation. The funner is well executed and well calculated lo deceive, although the signatures and filling up are badly done. The counterfeits on;'the Harrisburg differ from the “rc-laagf,” and the lino above it is only half , at toide u iU6 genuine. In the latter there i* an ppeu between the horns of the cow on the back,ground, which Is not In the counterfoil. The words behind the milk maid ore rough in Iho counterfeit—the me. Tallinn heads on Cho right ore indistinct; but those on the left are unusually good. There lain the gen uine a space between the flower on the left hand and the Una of small kivk—five. In the counterfeit the flower touches both above and below. The bank issned but 910,000 of these s’s«, The Cheap Postage Hii-i,.—This hill passed the House of Representatives, at Washington, on Friday last—yeas 130, nays 75. It is said Hie hill will also pais the Senate by a largo majority. The hill directs that the postage hereafter shall ho, ns follows 1 On letters, Irrespective of distance, weighing half on ounce, three cents i and every additional half ounce, or Traction of half ounce, to bo charged three cents additional. On printed mailer of no greater weight then two .ounces, one cent is to ho charged ; hound books, weighing no more than thirty ounces, to be deemed mailable matter. Newspapers, delivered within llio Stale, are to pay half of the foregoing rales. No postage is to bo charged on newspapers delivered within the county in which they ere pub lished, nor within Thirty miles of the place of putli cation; end a deduction 'of fifty per cent, oh the pus logo of magazines is to. bo made when it is pro paid. In order tea furnish convenient coin for post office purposes, thrco cent pieces, lo bo composed of three, foorlhs silver end onc.iourlh copper, ere to bo made si the mint, to counterfeit which will ho punished by line and imprisonment. Sikouur Disooveet or Stolen Jewel* »t Pott* title.— Wo loom from the Miner’* Journal,M Potl*- vlllo, that on Thursday lo*t, while *omo children wore ot ploy upon tho hill »ido, hcnr Fiihbouoh, holf * mile from Poltivillo, ono of tho number dUcovorod a enroll airing faitoncd Jo a bualr; hi* curlo*ily being awakened, lire atring wa* Belied; and after pulling lal 11, he found Hint it- became detached fr.pnr pome 1 object beneath the *now. Upon an oiaiplnallon of the biting, *evorul gold ting* were found upon it, and a alight *eardh enabled them lo.dUcbycr an old otocklngbr tlrawer.lpg, wltlnovorol hundred dollar* 1 worth of qnfmiahed gold ting*, pencil*, chain*, &c. I In the ylolollyonolhet *lrlng wo* found, fo*loned in the *amo manner, but. leading off in a different di. roollon.toTho end of whloh there waif el*o a largo amount of jewelry, ol*'o unllniohcd. The Pott*villo Journal think* theoo nitlole* come from eomo largo manufacturing houeo In Philadelphia or Now. York, ■ end the *poil hidden beneath the enow by Iho party commuting tho theft, end Iho *pol dealgnolcd by. tho irnoll otrlng*, *o a* to enable them to regain their •poll* at a future day. , Mississirrf. —The Vicksburg IVA/g says there Is not a single county in the Stale: In wliioh the Dls. unionists can roly on a majority at the Convention election. The strongest Whig and the heaviest Do mooralio counties, snob as Warren and Hinds, on the one hand, and Tippah and Tishomingo, on the other, ate, strongly opposed to the secessionists and tho scheme,.they have on fool. - fCorrospnndoece or Hie Public Loilcer.] 1 Bale at Henry Long, tu« Fugitive. ” ■ Richmond, Vn,, Jan. 18, lienry Long. ll»o fugUWo/whoso oreolod so much excitement In the city of New York, was so d UiU evening for 50. A very largo crowd,probably aomo 'I6OQ - persons, wore enrooted to the auction room, two-third* of whom .wore unable to obtain en trance. Tho terms ofsnlo being staled, which wore these: “That the purchaser, whoever he might bo, was to give bonds in the sum of 93000 to remove him out of the State of Virginia, South, arid should lio be disposed of afterwords, that ho should bo sold into slavery." Their announcement was received with hearty applause from (ho audience. J.Clayton or Clinton, of Georgia, was the purchaser, who im mediately entered tup required security. Ilonry oppoorod, in fine spirits, and remarked'to your correspondent that he would his wife In New Yorlt. lam informed that an agent from that city Vos in atlondaricofjand was authorized by Long’s friends f'to.buy him at any price," but the restrictions which the terms of solo Jmpowd preyon* led the fulfilment ofhis mission. CLIPPINGS Oil* Til 13 WBBK. Pennsylvania.—Hbif’ territory contains about 40,000 square miles. Her wheat crop of 1817* readied 1 4,11)0.000 busiielei ■ Ilur'coul fields, an- thracite and bituminous,- are estimated ltd .’cover 15,000 isquareimiles. Her product of Irony (pig and castings) in. 1816 reached 338‘,000 lons.y ( South Carolina.— According to a recenl.mes sage of Gov. Seahroqbi there are in Sbnth Cato lina twenty thousand persons who are. ignorant of the alphabet. It is not very .wonderful that such a people .should be easily led astray by false lights. ■ Appointments Confirmed.— The Senate, in executive session on Friday, confirmed James S. Calhoun as Governor, and Hugh N.-Smith as Secretary of Now : Mexico*: Also, gliomas Ne|- ion, of New Ydrki as Dlstticl Judge of, O.regoni. ; War.—lt is asserted by Mr.Dlch, llial since the creation of the: world, fourteen thousand mil lions of lipnian bbinga have bedn slain in'the va riouswars which man has waged against his fel- low man. ' Chekrfulnrss.— Whal imply T It has been correctly defined, to, mean a,contented spirit’, a pure heattj a' hind and' loving disposition, a humble, cliarliable’ topper, a generous appreoia lion of others, and a modest estimate of self. Al most invariably, stupid people—people ;.Who do not Itno.w how to pompous, self-con ceited and bigoted—and, hencOylliey- are, .of conse quence, morose; cruel,' ungentle, uncharitable and, wo had almost said, unchristian.' ( .; J vl / . Governor Quitman.— Judge -Cholaon has .at lengih : dclermined lo issue s warrant'for Iho arrest of Governdr'Qnllman, foi; his participation in ihe Cuban, invasion. • Should the Governor resist, It may lead to serious difficulty, and entirely;destroy his reputation. We legrdt exceedingly , the un pleasant predicament in which, this man, wh? be haved-eo gallantly iln Mexico, and who risked so much for Texas, has unwisely placed himself. The Washington .Monument has now reached the height of eighty feet above the surface, thirty eight of, which have, been raised’dorlng the past year, at an expense of s9t)o per foot. A number of Btones from different States and, societies have already been Inserted In'the column, ahd 1 many others are on the ground, ready to be placed in the walls as the work advances. “ Sinlion ” should be used Instead of “depot.’ 1 No use adopting a French word, when an English one is more appropriate, , • . John B. Gotiirib, Democrat, tvas elected May or of Pittsburg on Tuesday, week, by about ; 400 majority. Heieceived the support of thecltizens generally, in order to, defeat .Barker, iho present incumbent.'. ! ■ ' - A proper catalogue for, the Great, Exhibition will reach twenty-two volumes,. A. pleasant pocket library for.visitors to the great show ! An unnatural brute of .a mother, named Mary Moore, who has been addicted to dissipation for a long time, killed her child by strangulation on Saturday night, In a house in Corapterce street, Cincinnati!. The Winnebago tribe of Indlansbave af,length been entirely removed from the Stale of Wiscon sin, through fthe instrumentality of the U. S. agent. The U.S. trbops in that region were un able to effect their removal without resorting to force; . 1 .. ' 1 An, ancient writer remarks—lf all the world were paper, - and all the sea Ink, and all the trees and planla were pens; and every man In the world were a writer, yet they. Would nol lie able, .with all their labor and- cunning, to Sat down all lhe crafty deceits of women." , ' _ Hon. Truman Smith has perpetrated a pretty bon mol. Some one, by way .of, quizzing' him asked him how many slaves were owned by-Ms wife, (a Southern lady.) “She has but'one slave, ’* was the gallant reply of the Senaljr. , The New York Express says—“ The ladles are wearing scarcely any thing else this winter for outside garments but velvet, and the style is. cer tainly SO neat and beautiful, that nothing could be conceived more desirable,; “More trouble coming, 1 * said Mrs, Partington, laying down the paper, " there’s Ihe Stale ol Affairs; I suppose IIMI soon bo applying for ad mission into the Union,” and Ilia old lady resume! her darning with a look of patriotic anxiety, A Western, paper heeds its,marriage notices, “seeking to obtain indemnity for the past and #e curily for Ilia future !" Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, soys that the Legislature of South Carolina has issued in structions,to mariners sailing from. Charleston, nol to consult the North Star. ■ A deaf and dumb child, when asked to describe lighlningi said it was " the opening and ‘shutting, of God’s eye, ” 1 A German'manufacturer Is .constructing it, mu sisal bed for exhibition. When the occupant en- ters it, "soothing airs will be gm|tled.’! 1 1 is reported that on amendment la to be offered to the Cheap Postage Bill, providing for stamped cnvelopea'instead of the free elotnps.lhai,arc. now used* r , ' ---•-"■i ■■ ■ 1 1 " 1 The San Franoiscd, papers advertise a hell—ad mission *S6, gentlemen accompanied by ladies, free 1 . ‘ Tliti Jjoslon ladies wear long bopls in the win, ler. ' Good-idea,. Health ■ should be preserved even if appearances are sacrificed. ••Tlio best and most eomlusive reason Tor on effect,that lever remember lo have heard,” vyrliea a western correspondent, “was ono given ,by ah • one Idea’ Dutchman, in reply lo a friend who remarked, ''.Why, Hans, you bays tho mosi fomt- 1 nine cast of countenance I have ever eepn.’ 'Ob, | yaw,’ wae the reply, ‘I know de reason for dal— mine morfer tot a voman!' 'V V ■ • ,•’ j. Hon. I.utber Kidder, President Judge of the Schuylkill district lies signified* his Inlenllon of resigning immediately after the March term. , Gas. was introduced into,a number of. hotels and stores of Hartlsbui-g on Tuesday evening, for the first lime.' V . ‘. The Celebrated'American ~®tonaol, John Wise, proposes ,lo cross 1 the':Atlantic with a Pallooh. Ho itoti petitioned Congress to aid him in bis |trb jecti If he.falis to secure,help, ho soya.)to. will try to carry it through with Ills own resources. The modest young lady who refused to go In a rifle manufactory because some of the guns had no breeches, la spending »'(•* days ih Pittsburg; '.. The Superintendent' of the public schools of first- muhloijfßl.ilyi IS.ew, .Orleans; recently, disap pehro'd of echbolTunds. A fine o'dal 1 Often covers nn Intolerable fool* but never conceals oho. I'-'; TUB MAGAZINES FOR S'EBnvAßv " " ; 1 -i. —‘‘ * SißTAm’s Union Maoaxine;—-The February tor of this popular moAthly la already befoto I”""! t ,i<! ' and boauUrul.in ilt embellishments and conisnu pi® Thd pjigravl’pga are sdperbiy nobbed, and ebs. 411111 (ci'uaively tlidj skill nnf iffiolonoy of Americana, i'”' ill® ,‘jTho Last Adieu of Louis Napoleon end ihe P or," ”Tho Wife's Flrel Grier,” and HowlU," are engravings sufficient gf ibemul, "'"M .maho-ony magazine popular. The Htcrarv '‘W of lhl» number ore far above the ordinary Syg The Only way to appreciate this properly i,,„ ,rt s j - us J 3 50, and wo will, (eriyord jpand the' Vol *** > ‘ to you for one year, when yon can | l yourselves. The single, subscription pries i, 33 '(■ - 6odit*B Uort Book.— The enterprising p o^ilh •jI ' ■ ] of t llii|i.maga2i,ne t has laid Ills February mimbtMil & ro6dy borord. no* which is a perfect gem. ho “will not be, equalled,” and Wothink hcuirjiJ'p; hard to make his words good. The loading ft/iJ ' of this number is on .engravinguf the great / of '* Christ entering Jerusalem, ’’ which is taken 17 . Tucker, fronUhe nriginQi painlifig..“My,Ow n j aide,” is also yory pretty, ;In addition lofluJJ ' contains a number of other « moM> . 1 ing to/orty./olir in oil. The reading mailer j, ‘ maided, embracing JhlercsUng and Inatructivo olcs from the pons bf the moat popular Amoda, .writers) . . ‘ . . . •> Grunin's Maoaiinx,—Graham, for February: on our table, and fully,sustains the former Mgliii l racier of this excellent American BooU.\ bcilished with a steel engraving, two plates rj £-1; Fashions,'and a'Flowor pkce, v and the \ tents, which comprise a vast anidUQl of \ reading mailer, are from the pensoftho most gifLa j and celebrated writers lii-America, male and The gem of the number, islho little poem emiiltj -' •* A CHandofl f Piefure, ir by Edward' Pollock. young writer Is destined to Inake. his mark hub : literary world.'. Graham ia straining every neruii. keep ahead of all his rivals, and the steadily incite' sing circulation of )ua work, show conclusively tbit : his efforts are duly appreciated by a diacrimlmtipj. public. Wo are glad to heat of the increasing j, 1(t * perily of tills Mogiuinc. George it. Graham, Phih. deipliia. Price, £3 DO per annum, | rlcßß’a a Chance.—Tho proprietor* of Surlai Union Magazine, hove pffcrcdone thousand dnlhr, for (on prize articles, which may bi either Talei« Essays of a mUcetluricoos character, but #uilHi»-V interest ilio general mass of renders, and of the ha * degree of literary excellence. Tbc pieces meiibc y furnished,by (heist of April, 1851. Tin# i#jnn .? chance for the literati of .the country; and we birr some in. Carlisle, who; with a little'exertion, mijll win some of (he prises. Major S. U. IlpDBiK, auilcd from New YwU lT > Saturday week, for Havana, os obagonf of theta i * • Office Department, for the purpose of negotiation*?’. Postal Treaty with the Spanish authorities, i Havana ho will proceed to Panama, to makearrifip. fj I mentfl for the : expeditious transit of (he U.B, J/nli across the Isthmoa, and to arrange the arrival ini departure.oftlie steameral bn (ho other «ide,iolhtl ; there may be no detention. The Discoveries of the halt Half Century. . There lias been ho period since the commcncomniKi?* of the world, soya (ho Philadelphia Ledger, in wind;, ,v'; no many important discoveries, tending to IliobentEi^•• of mankind,,were, made as In the last half ceninf/ j V''' Some of the most. wpndctTu! resulta. of homan Intrf |sl led Jiavo been witnessed. In llio last’fifty jean.- ~ .?: Some of tho grandest conceptions of been perfected. It is remarkable how the imnirfj£** (ho world has ron inlb> scientific investigation, r : what achievements it has effected in that short p riod. Before the year 1800, there was notaiicp, steamboat in existence, and the application of*lw. ; to machinery was unknown. Fulton launched lb i '% first steomboatln 1807. .Now there are three lb! ‘ sand steamboats traversing the waters ofAmenal and the time saved in travel is equal to seven); je; cent. .The rivers of every country In the wor'J,. nearly, ore traversed by steamboats. In was not a single railroad in the world. In Stales nldno there ore now 8,707 miles of raiWf' coating 8380,000,000 to build, sod about 22.K# miles of railroad, in Englandund Aipor/ca. cofnntivo will now-.travel in as many hours, »& ( lance, which, In 1800', required os many flays (on cornplish. In 1800, U took weeks to convey iorf ligcnco between Philadelphia and New Orleinr,not it cun be accomplished in minotes* through limko , , trio telegraph, which .only had its beginning io WH- Volloiam was discovered ic March, 1600. Thi' olcclro-m-ignoi ln lB3li ‘Elcclrolyping was ffuW f *■; ored only a few years ago, llooVprinting capable of printing, 10,000 copies an hour Is ft" l )*' recent discovery, bul,ofo mopl important chifjclif Gas light was unknown In 1800, now every'cityui town of any pretence ore lighted with If, and tr have (he announcement of V»lill'gfcaler discowj by which light, heat and motive power may bed produced from water with scarcely any cost. D> guerre communicated to the world tils bcoaliful v . vbrilion In 1839. Gun cotton and bhloform ar** covcric. bill of a Tow your. old. A.lrdnom) u . added a noinbot of. now pianola la Ihooolar oyila Agricultural cliemlmry lia. enlarged ihq dinniin knowledge in Dial lmporl.nl branoli of aoicnlifien March, and mcclidnlta hava Incraa.cd lb. f.eilo for production, and Ilia moan, of accomphibin;* amount of labor Vhloh far Iranocond. Ilia ala%‘ united manual effort to occompli.h. Tlio IrM* / achieved in till, la'.l branch oj- dlicomy •id' ll "' ; lloVx are cnough lo mark! the last halfccnlofj ll ; ‘ which has moil' cbnlrlhutod to augment i comforts, bnlarso the enjoyments, and add blessings of man. What will the next half | accomplish 1 Wo may luok for still ' verics, for ths intellect of man is nwake, evonr mine of knowledge; and searching ftr information In oVery deparlmcnrof arl andindM, CcDini of (l&q l/ttltoil SUUI». H In 1-790, tho Union consisted of with a population of 4,95D,5&7, and 451,42 K j| miloa of land, or bfO pcreoqi'in b »qn #r ® mlfl ‘ j’ In 1800, llicro wore twenty plaice. a p \:, lion of 5,805,040. and nn era 0f672,024 iquitfl or 8 persons to a square mile.. ,■ In xaip.iiliqrp >rd lwoh(y,leof S' 11 "; ~ popuUllon.gf 7,939,414, and on oraof7B-V« * mllea/or-lO poraohi lo a sqnaro.tnilo. • In 1830, llioro worn lwo’nly-io*en Stole'. p0pu1at|9n.0r:18.360,.0 ! !0.> i , 1|1 ,.?n,. ' equoro miloa, or 13 persons lo a ',„i - In. 1840, llioro were twonly.n!tio,SH'« 1 popolulloH of 17,008.060,Vi11i «n ■>r« 0 ' ' , square miles, or 14 persons to Ilia 'OV"'* ~ ~p| : ;Wo have now; lOlrly one States, opol olsiion. (by. estimate) of 31,080,000, o 1,014,135 square miles, or 19 !>«««■" 10 j ‘ mile*'. ’ ' ' r DEMOCRATIC STATE CONTENTIONS. f . AT.ttBA.DW"?. , n j(. 1 Foe nomltiallog candidates iiO* Ntl-'CoMMimoNSa, an tile 4llt of u 0 * by tho Williamsport Convention. _ •; . ..it.HAUiUSBono, ■ For nominating eandldalea for Stir iheilllh of Jtine, 1851.. S flxedby ll«' of the Slate Central CotmnUlee. ■fCr
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