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