THE VOLUNTJiIiJI. Jail'll b.tlr • Italii Billlor unit Pfoprlslnr, UIIUM,I, APRIL AO, lisa. Presidential Electors. •INATOHHI,, GEORGE W. WOODWARD, ofLuierne, WILSON M’CANDLEBB,of Allegheny, iODiticm*!, DiiTiier. kodert Patterson, of Philadelphia. ' ; ' mstmoTi. 1. Pfctfcß LOGAN, Philadelphia. 9. GEOROE 11. MARTIN, Phlltdolpbia. 3. JOHN MILLER, Philadelphia. 4. DOCRIU3, Philadelphia. 3, R. MoKAY, Jr. Delaware. 5. A. APPLE, Bank*. ■ 7. N: STRICKLAND, Cheilor. 8. A, PETERS Lanoaitar. 9. FISHER, Darkt. 10. R. E. JAMES, Northampton, ■ 11>. JOHN MoREYNOLDS, Columbia. 19, P. DAMON, Tioga. ■ 13. H.C. EYER, Union. • Id.MNO. CLAYTON, Schuylkill. I- 15, ISAAC ROBINSON, Adama. ■ IG. HENRY FETTER,.Perry. 17, JAS. BURNSIDE, Conlre. Inis. MAXWELL MoCASLIN, Greano. '. WtJOSEPH MCDONALD, Cambria. i -SO.’W. 8, COLAHAN, Washington. .HBLANDBBW BURK, Allegheny. •aa.WM. DUNN, Maroor. 193. JOHN 9. MoCALMONT, Clarion. rOA.OEO. It, ItARRET, Clearfield. •m• _ • Vott CANAL COMUIiiroNiR, WlLtlM SEARIGET, o! Fayette, f «lo the House of Representatives, on the I9lh Itfafttal; Mr. Bonuam read in place a billy author* faing the'confinement of prisoners, now In the Cumberland county Jail* in the prisons of either Dauphin or Franklin, while the new Jail in Car lisle is building’, which was read a second and third time and passed. Ml.BormAu'a Spcbcb on tub Subject or Banks.- We bare read with touch interest, Mr. Bonuau'b .speech on the lobjcolof Banks, and Banking, deliv. •«red in : the Homs of Representatives on the Islb lost. It Is a most masterly and interesting speech, and contains a vast amount of highly valuable infor mation. It is very elaborate, and occupies over 13 of-the broad columns of the Harrisburg Seyttme.— We shall publish the speech io numbers hereafter. ‘ Tub Psnnitlvanua.— Tho Philadelphia Pinnayl tdnlun, it appears, has cut the acquaintance of the qOUnlry press, durselTes among the rest, by refusing tO'eachange, It ungrilfully kicks the ladder by which it ascended from beneath it. Having gained some reputation by iba puff* of tho country press, It now turns its back upon its best friendsl Be Uso —we shall try to gel along without it, as we can’t afford to subscribe.—Fulton Democrat. Wo have received the same treatment by the Pmntylvanitn, To say the least of it, it Is a small business on the part of (hat paper, to refuse an ex change jwith the Democratic country papers of its .o»%Bute. v Tf the Pennsylrumon,,however, can get aleug-vrlthbut the. country papers, we, for one, can get along,without. It. We never have, and net. cr^wlU 4t pay the’difference" for an exchange with any paper, much loss ;wllh one that wo consider, in every respect, inferior to oar own. Address of the State Central Committee* At the late mealing of tho Democratic Slate Con tral CommUlee, held In the city of Philadelphia, a very. able .address to the Dgmocracy of the United States vrae submitted to the consideration of (lie ortmWtsj and li was unanimously adopted. Our vq^liriyrHl.find It in another column. It sols forth ibs.olaimi of Pennsylvania In the person of her dla- ini* a' document 'worthy oniie perusal of .our brethren in every State in tho Union 1 .. . 'itJVnUiof Jndg® Coulter* ' Hon. Hienuortalutr, one of Ilia Judge. of lho Supreme Conrt of Ibl. Stole, died at his rt.ldencn al pmnibnr. o'a Too.d.p lha Stub init., adore briar illnM. ofa fowdip.. Ha. had loft Philadelphia (wbor. ha had oeenpiod hi. .oat on lho Danoh daring lb. entito’-winler) about Iwo week, ago on a ri.it to hi. fajoilp. It will be recollected that Judge Coulter h.d tba.longeiL lenn.end bad naarlp fifteen peat, lo WS.," ni,- The r.eanop on the Supreme Bench will be filled bptba Oorarnor, uotil lho neat General Election,-! t which lime'the people will hare lo elect a Judge to fiU'tlfe’balahce of lb. term. It it rumored that the GorernUr hirlondoiedtho -■ appointment, to aopplp.the raoaoop, to Hon. Tuoxui B.Btxx, leto of Che.terVountp, but no w,- wo belie to, areeidenl of Philadelphia ' OiJ-Gor. Btoua'a Vrro of the Bank Dill, .pp.ar. lo be on. of the roost popular dooomenl. ever omao* albig rrom-lho Eaecotivo Department, Tba Demo* ®racp great it not onlp'o. sound and iosootrorerlible in ddotjino, Kol aa the precursor of a whola.ome are in-ooiranep and kinking, and manp of lho Whig., .nailing aside partlzin feeling and prejudice, do not Imitate lo approro it. Giaiao’o Bnuarr to New OauUMs The M.por of NaWOMeane, In hi. lato roe.i.go, directi the at* luntfon of lho corporation lo lho nacoeiilp of dispo sing of oorontp sir .lire., perl of a legaop bellowed upon the dtp of New Orloaou, bp Stephen- Girard of subject to aw interest for a (otro of peara wUoh hie Jo.I o.plred. 1(1 \^ Co ,' mT Diwmw) Br A Mo».—Grayson Co., Vi, hat boon (be scene of an outrage, auoli aa seldom oo> fc. coonlr/ where law ]■ supposed to groom. named Curnat, wat lynched for tampering with lbs alavea. Ho inatiluted a suit tginal the par. Iho'eootl and lawyers not to under, caa« t opon pahv a of a coal of tar and featbera. ‘‘3ba court, however, convened at the appointed lima, when a baud of armad men marched around the jTOOfl.faoQee, fired tbelr platoons, and diapers* , court lo confusion, There waa no blood abed. county and lbs county of Wyeth bare held mCstiogs and passed resolutions, sustaining the oiovs* nitpla of tbs citizens of Grayson. . Kj" Gen. Scott baa written lno letter! on Native Amatiaanlatn—one egainal lira foreigner!, and lira ol&at favoring them. Ho deairea |o get foreign voice end native 100, Tlui’e your toil. Nothing like leather while humbug la the only merchantable or llele.ih.|ba Whig market. Tiant ill Coo«t.—ln the Marino Court of Now York, a wilnoaa thinking the remark! of one of the lawyera waaparaonal, to expreaaod blmaelf, when a regular fight look plane. The Judge fined both par Ilea *lo.' Tan Breen.—Baal, weal, north and aoulh, tho tale atom baa dona Ua work of doatruolion In properly. Thera have been, however, aa far aa wo ean learn, but f«w Uvea |oal. Tho N. Y. Tribune aaya; Many of tho fiabatinen on Cronoy laland have 10.1 their boat., note and laoklo. The .had ll.hir, inthi bay.and rlvor haa been much rolatdod. In addition Id aeven buildings doraollabed In Finy.Uiird at., three tbrao-Blury Game hooaoa being ereelod in Fitly aitth at., near Second dvanuo.wero .blown down, Many nblinnaya In varioua parte of the oily hero alee given way to the repealed blaala of Iba gale. The high tldea have ovarfiowod collare In aome placeo, dama. glng properly lo a oooaiderohlo amount. tub pmimmt. question. Tlial Iho Democrats will hove II In tlielr power lo triumph nejl fall In Ilia alocilon of a I’realilctil of Iho Untied Hiatts, appears quite evident, In all quarters Ihoro aro Indloallona of tealotad bar* many in Iha Dbroooratlo ranks, VVould.bo dloln* lots nay bluaist and lliroaion that If this Man or dial man bo not nominated, what they will do— but the people—the Democratic muaaoa—hoed them not, and (real those braggarts with raorltod contempt. The true ami bonoal Democrats of Iho Stale and nation are ready to support any man— eomefren whet Slate ho may—who ta right an the Compromise measure*, and who la dladnguloh. ed for honesty and true doraooraoy. We,' for one, declare oar [reedlnesa to support, with zeal and energy, the nominee of the National Convention, When the convention names the. than, we shall then, but not till then, bnokls on our nraor for the battle. This should be the determination of ovotj good Democrat. This thing of wrangling and contending in regard to men, or rather in regard to who should receive die nomlonllon, may be prac ticed by demagogues and ofiicc-acekera, but the ditinleretled Oemecratsof the country—those who support the principle! rather than the meri of the parly—have no feeling in common with these po litical trimmers, and know little and cate less con cerning their trickery. We were disgnsled aa well as nmoaed, a few days since, when we read the remarks of the editor of a democratic journal, published in one ,of the western counties in this Stole. The editor alluded to Is a most zealous—more zealous than discreet —friend of a certain candidate for the Presidency; and, in a learned diaeerlation on the nubjeot, hie bump, of combativeness must have “stuck oot a feet," for ho appears lo inlimate, in wotde porten tous With terrible meaning, that he would just as aeon annihilate,the whole Democratic parly at one fell swoop, as not, If it does not nominate its can didate for President 1 And in regard to those De mocratic editors in this Slats who neglect or refuse lo hoist the' name of Aiscandidate to their meat bead, this political gladiator recommend! that they all be turned oat of the party at once!. Bravo! little fellow! Your “apunk” is lo be admired, bat your suggestion, wo apprehend, will npt be carried out —that ta, very toon, - But, badinage aside, is it not ridiculous, to say the least of it, for Democratic editors (who of ail others should desire union and harmony,) to pursue a policy so suicidal ? Every one has a right to express his preference in regard to the Presidency, but in doing this he should be careful to say noth ing calculated to offend those who may be opposed to him in opinion* This is tho true policy—the only policy to be tolerated; and the miserable quill-driver and scribbler who-woutd dare recom mend that those who disagree with hint on the Presidential question, should be read out of (he Democratic tanks, is a traitor to his party or a knave, or both. As we said in the oommeneenqentof thiffSfftote, the prospects of the Democratic party were never brighter, than at present. If we are defeated in the Presidential contest, we will have ourselves and northo Whigs to blame. All that is wanted is union and harmony in the Democratic ranks.— With our principles boldly avowed, and the party perfectly united, we can bid. defiance to alt the co j horts of Federalism—we will be invincible. But, we muxt be united, and those who would attempt ® to disturb the peace of the parly (as this western editor we were speaking of is now attempting,) ' must be treated with that indifferent contempt their - -fed■ B ■gn/piwU d y.«. They ahould not be heed . (hey had prepared for others. We care not how zealously the friends of Mr, Buchanan, Gen. Cass, Judge Douglass, Gen. Houslon, and others may | advocate and speak of the claims, qualifications, . &0.,0f their favorite. This Is their privilege.— Before a nomination we may advocate who we please, or nobody if we please, and no one has a right to question this privilege But, in advocat ing the claims of our favorite, we should recollect that denunciation of other candidates and their friends, Is but a sorry kind of argument, and gene rally resorled to by thoee only Whose causeisbad. : Such a polity is as foolish as it'isabsurd’and’dan i gerous.' Tho different gentlemen spoken of for the Presidency, are all statesmen of the first character i —they are all men of great moral and political i worth—either of them We consider worthy of the i, support of the American democracy. Then why should there be any feeling on the subject of the , Presidency 1 It ariisst notfrom the masses, but . from » few interested politicians who think more , about their own political interests than they do of i lho principles they profess (o advocate. Unfortu nately every party Is cursed and annoyed by 'these c'amp.followers—men who cate little fortbe prin. clples of any party, sb lHaf they themsel veffcan be well provided for. But, we hope (he delegates to the approaching National from the ranks of the peopls—may administer a rebuke to these dtsmlercafed patriots, by giving no couote. i nano ° ta'too frothy harangues- they may utter in r favor or against this or that candidate. Let the r delegates of (he people settle the matter ihemsel vea —let them nominate a good and true statesman— one whose opinions are known—a national Demo, erat—and ho will be oleoied triumphantly, (he predictions of a few croakers to the contrary not- Withstanding. We go for the nominee of (he Na tional Convention, arid for no one else, and until < that tribunal Assembles and names our standard bearer, wo shall remain cool at a cucumber, and 1 not trouble ourself In. the least In advocating the ■ •‘claims 1 * of any particular candidate. The Georgia Union Convention. CiuaLtoTori, April 95.— The Conelliutlonal Union Conyootion of Georgia, brought lie aeaaiona to a oloea on Friday leal, at Mllledgavilla. The lollowing are (he tetolullona adopted; Knahii, That the Conalilulional Union Party "i 11 no i eopfort la any candidate for the OIROO of Proeidonl or Vico Ptoaldonlof the U, Slalea, unloaa the Convention nominating eiich a candidate ahall deolaro lie octiuießoenco in the meaeuroe of Congreaa known aa the Compramlaee, and lie deter mination lo conaider Ihoee moaeuroe aa a final ad. juatment of the roattere embraced by them. Jleielonl, That tbla Convention will lake no aol. ion in relation lo the approaching ProaidcStlal elec tion. Htialvtd, That another Convention of lira Coneli. lulionol Union-Party bo oallod atlor the Demooralio and Whig Convyntiono have mado their Providential nomination!, for the purpoae of coneldetlng paid nomlnatione, and to tako auoh action in relation lo the Prealdenliat olaclion aa ahall be deemed proper, and that aald Convention be bold at auoh lime aa the Provident and Vine Praeldent of the Convention ahall heroafier appoint pnd make public. Tna Fiainnixa,—The Plymouth (N, C.) Villager of the lib Inal., aaya the fllherlea are in bad luck, many of thorn are nit paying eapanooa, and the probability la, that unloaa the run of Halt ahall in. oreoao vary Boon, many of them will euatain heavy I -| ’bay are catching very few on Iho Hoanoko, I and leas on the Scum), (JOV« tIIUIiHII AND TUB flANIt«< On our Aral ptigo will bo fun ml tint. Ulgtor'e tfllo inrasogo, returning lo (ho Laglilaiuro olofcn bonk bills. To uno ilia tongungo of llio Lancaster /nle/Mgcneer, wo liavo read nothing fur a lung tlmo that alTurdod ui moro real yrailflaailon,lhfld itio menage of Gov. Blglef vetoing llio batch Of now Uanka which had boon run through the ,L#gl»lo tiro mill* It la a aiato paper worthy llio beat days of the llopublio, ond does Infinite credit to ills head and heart of our Dotnooratio nxecuiivoV.-Our banka now, gonorall j speaking, aro in a sounilcon diiloo, with an aggregated capital and circulation sufficient for all useful purposes, and any consid erable increase at this time would operate, injuri ously to tho whole system, and In the end prove disastrous io the public at largo. Wo had our misgivings ell along (hat the money power would prove an overmatch for the Legislature, but we had on the other hand an abiding faith In the firm* ness and integrity of the Governor, and wd fell aura that he at least; acting as a Tribune of the people, would be proof against all tho machine* (lons end corrupt appliances that would be brought to bear at Harrlabtlrg, and would fearlessly main* tain the proud position taken by thepatrloltaSimon Snyder, and his no less distinguished predecessor, tho lamented Francis R. Shunk. We have not been disappointed. William Bigler has proved himself to be the mao for the crisis, and we record (he fact with delight, and exuitingly point to the message as a document of more importance lo the welfare of the people than any that has been pro mulgated' since the days of the celebrated veto of the United Stales Bank by General Jackson.— Speculators may rail at the Governor for thus spoil* ing their calculations, but the great body of the people will sustain him. Let him but continue the course he has commenced, firmly and fearless ly, and his administration will.redound to bis own. fame, and to the prosperity of the Commonwe<h. TUB WHfO PAUtY DISSOLVED:—A RBGi ULAR SPLIT AND FLARE Up. The Whig members of Congress held ah adjourned meeting or caucus at Washington leal week, for the purpose of reconciling—or attempt to reconcile— recent difficulties, and to name the lime and place for the Whig National Convention,' Baltimore was chosen as the place, and Wednesday! .ibo' 16th of June, as (he time, for holding the Convention. Mr. Humphrey Marshal! ,of Kentucky,offered resolutions sustaining the Compronfiiso measures—end these being ruled out of order, Mr. Marshall just put on hie hat, remarked that such a caucus was no place for a Whig to remain in,'and 101 l tho concern. The following proceedings of what subsequently occurred w'« gather from our exchanges: ‘ - ' After the withdrawal of Mri Mareliltf.-Mr,! Coin. ry« with much feeling, said ho would make one more effort to save tho unity of the whig party,'and offered a resolution, which in substance declared that in fix* ing the limy and place for bolding tho Nati6nal Con vention, the wbigs did not commit themselves unless tho comprlmlscs were finalities. A long debate ensued, in which Messrs. Outlaw, Campbell, Brooke,of Mississippi, Strother, Muoro,of Louisiana, Ewing,Cabell and Clingman participated.' Mr. Outlaw said he wished to be understood that If (be Compromise Kesolutioea were thrust out of the whig caucus, it was thrusting him out, and the wblga whom he represented, /laving said this, Mr. Outlaw withdrew. Mr. Moore, of Louisiana, - said that aooh action ruled the Southern whigs out of the caucus; and (hen he and his colleage, Mr. Landry, withdrew. Mr. Brook of Mesisaipphiaid ho would like to know before he wisfit to (he Whig National Convention, what company bo was to keep; and ha loft also. Mr. Strother said that tho whlga of Virginia had, in substance, instructed him to leave (bo oaucus when tho compromises were thrown out; and lit obeyed these insti notions by taking his departure. Mr, Cabell said (hat (he decision of (he chair, st the previous iQselintrof quaed jh*n.V ers came hoping for a reveraal of such, decision!— Tho confirmation of that deeiiion-would leave tho caucus composed of onljr Northern man, and eiclil or ton Southern Whig.. Ho then left with Senator Morton. Mf. Clinrman, after eomo fear remarks, left alto with Mr. Williams of Tetinonco. ff aTo nltraoaa to] aonia indignant re. mark*, and retired with othara, ao that ofttho Tono eaaeo delegation there remained In.(be chamber but Meaart. Callom and Jontf, The excitement darned bjr (bit aeeeaaion waa in tense. At this lime there remained from the South only part of the North Carolina, Kentucky and Ten. neesee delegaliona.all the other Southern Stales being wholly unrepreyanted. Indeed, it had become almost exclusively* Northern*eaooua, Mr. Morobead, of North Carolina; aatd ho had staid behind only became ho hoped the Whig Convention would adopt tho CotnnrotniseVand it wat certain that North Carolina would v.at« fat only known compromise men. * *i. <* r '»r D ? ckor * ,aIJ bb endorsed’ lila dbUcagob' Id the fulioat extent. Mr. Callom said no rtan could hope to cafry l e Was for'the oomprumise. .. . , hla position at length, and said that unless the Whijy parly stood upoq ,lbo Compro. mlso, no candidate nominated by the party could receive the Southern vote. Previous to the adjournment, Mr. Mangum said that ho apprehended tnkt a manifesto would bo pro* pared by the Southern* retiring Whigs, and in that caao he desired tba authority to reconvene the oaui cua, and the authority Waa given, A Sharp oontroversy ensued between Messrs. Brooks, Slantly and Truman Smith and tho oaucm separated amid- great excitement, about midnight. APPOUTIOSIUBNT BILL, Tho following Congreaalonal Apportionment Bill pamd tho Houao of Roproaonlaliyoa, at Ifnrrlaburg, on tho Slat Inal—you 38, naya 35. Wo hope it may alao paaa Ills Sonata. *', Sou ‘ l ' , '"; k ' Moyamonalog. P.aayunk, In tho county ofPh)Udolphla, and Coder, Lombard, Sproco and Now Market worda, In tlio chy ofPhlladol. plila. . * 3. Tho city of Philadelphia,except aaid worda ; 3. Konaingion and Northern Llbortloa, In the county of Phlladdlphia. , 4. Spring Gordon. Penn Dlalrlol,•North Ponn, Kinjaaalnj., Wool Philadelphia,- Blookley, Riota n""‘"“'Poll'd Notlhorn Llborltoa, Arimlngo, and Brideaburg, in tlio county of Phlladolpbia. ■ „„ Montgomery county, and Brlalol lownahip.Un. per and Lower Germantown, Upper and Lower Manayurik, I- rankford, Uoaborough, Byberry, Lower Dublin, White Hall,Oxford and in tho county of Philadelphia. , , m 6. Cheater and Delaware countlca. 7. Buoka and Lehigh oountiea. 8. Borka county, ■, 3. Lanoaator county. 10. Lebanbn and Dauphin counties. . 11. Scliu^rlkilli Montour aod Northumberland coun» 12. Luzerne, Columbia and Sullivan counties. 13. Northampton, Monroe, Carbon, Wavoo ond Tike counties. lea* ra ’^ Tioga, and Susquehanna, ooun- 15. Lycoming, Centre, Mifflin, Union and Clinton counties. . IC. Huntingdon,Blair,Cambria,Somerset and Bed ford oountlea. 17. York and Adama counties, 18. Franklin, Cumberland,Terry, Juniata and Eub ton counties. . . . 19. VVashinglon, Fayette, and Groon counties. -0. Westmorland, Indian and Armstrong coun> 91. Alleghany county, except Iho purl lying oa.t end north of Iho Ohio, ond won and north of Iho Allegheny river. , 93. Lawtonoo and Daavor oounlloa, and that part of Allegheny county above excepted. 83. Marocr, Venango and Bailor oouniiei 94. Erin and Crawford oountlea. ' 98. Warren, M'Kaan, Potter, Form), Elk, Clarion. Jelforaon and Clearfield oounllei. Reading bad hooka ia as dangerous to iho mind no pol.on la to tho body. ©Cltocuu euppliifls. GOUII NIUUTi rnoM ymv dkfiMAM or uoiinxi'i. ffnmf nltfht 1 , Alljtio Infl-wiirrt now rlio wenrr ilay cutiioo l»i n eluie, unalmil nro llm busy mil n lbw, Tiff llm morning vrsfms mid*. (iirutl night f ' V Tftnt repote, \ l*l tlio wtnry ays lids moot, Now how niifel la tho atreal, Ilnrk llm watchmen's hourly cry, 'i ells lime la finning hr, Now repuitrt Swoelly aloojif ■ now many many a heavenly beam, . . - O'er thy tlmnhora awootty atream, ■ If of Paradise thou dream, And Ha radiantsplendor* gleam., . Bwtblly a)o»j» I A Reward or Q500.—-The Bank of Virginia, n ! Portsmouth, olfers the above reward for tho arrest of John Stevens, who broke Jail at'that place, on Saturday night week. He was confined on sus. plcion of being concerned in the robbery of the Bank in January last. He is thus described:—-Is abbot fire feet six inches high, is slightly built, of fair, ruddy complexion, blue eyes, : with a scar about three-fourths of an inch long oW one of them, with dark-brown hair straight and cut short. MvsTinioua Murder.— A portly gentleman, rather good looking, and well and neatly dressed in broadcloth, has been found murdered nearTa* maqua, Pa. Nothing was found upon Iris person except two silk handkerchiefs, marked ♦•!. T,” supposed to be the initials of his.name. Steamer Burned.— Tho Pocahontas, from Ark aneas, bound to New Orleans, with 2,860 bales of notion, Was 'burned lo the water's edge on Toes* day week. Ten .persons were either burned or drowned, including'a former .Sheriff of Arkansas, lady and three children,' a cabin boyj two firemen, and a chambermaid. ■ The boat and.cargo are a total loss. The former was insured for $14,000. Good Pay —Tho pay of Louis Napoleon, as President of Prance, is twelve millions of francs a year, ($3,130,000) which is shout $193,500 per mouth, equal to $6,330 per day. So,Louis Napo leon gels in four days more pay than our President gets in a whole yearj his pay for one day is more Ilian the annual salary of any of the members of our Cabinet! -There is something, after all, in being President of Franco. It is a strange char acteristic of Frenchmen that they let one man end that,man Louis Napoleon loo—hold ouch an office with such pay, at bis pleasure. Leatiieo Inspector.—W. M. Armstrong, Iras' received his commission as Inspector of Leather for the city and connly of Philadelphia, from Gov. Bigler; and has appointed AndroW Noble, of the Northern Liberties, and William 'Flake, Of tho city, hla deputies.- Lumdcs.—The Susquehanna river is now in lino rafting order, and largo quantities of lumber coin; ing down—twice the amount, it is slated, that had arrived by this time lost year. A Bio Fish—A cattish was caught In the Schuylkill, a few days since, With a Bet-net by Richard SwainCott, of Norristown, which measur ed inches in length, 4J inches-between the eyes, and weighed -1J pounds. This is not quite so largo as the cat-fiah used for lowing flat-boats on tho Ohio liver, but is a very sizeable article for the Schuylkill, Natural Phenomenon-—la Charleston, S. C.. there is a natural phenomenon on exhibition, name ly, a common boose cat nursing a rat With her kit. lona. It is staled that the rat Was brought into the family circle about led days ago, Very young, monl from tho oat, and has received the parental attention in common with its legitimate offspring. Mauriaoe in Hiott Live.—Among the last mar riages recorded in the Vienna Zeilong, we stem bled over Herr Liehesel, Kaiasrllch Ronigiehoad rilor, Oberhofalaalsgerichlsranthscanzleiunlerins pecliodsstiluland Sandy Lsohenmayer, Kaiserlibh' Ronighliche Tahackatrafixsanwortichafsiabhcr Techier. Propir aox to Mabrv—li hasbeen decided by an eminent physician, that twonty-ono for a fe. male, and twenty-oight for a male, are the proper ages for the earliest marriages, AaiSTotnaTio Wit—To ridicule the Secret Ballot Law in the Rhode Island election, one hundred of the nabobs of Newport turned out in vlhile kid glovct, and pul tho envelopes containing thelf Totes into the box with aiVoep to gar tonga. Boldly Said—Tho Danville (Ky.) Trihone, a xaaloos whig organ, scclhg so much said of Gon. Scott’s popularity, pourin' e disclaimer, so far as Kentucky is concerned, end after this order: “While General Sooltisagroat military leader, hia overgrown vanity, and poor civil qualifications do not entitle him to the suffrages of tho American people, for tho highest office in their gift. Wo aro not for Soon, with or without a nomination. Ills nomination would ho tho death knell of tho Whig puny.” ■ Tho only monoy they nao in tho back part of Oregon, oonalala of livo stock—a hog paying for a dollar, a sheep paylng fot fifty cents, torkeys Iwonty.fivo cents, and .young dogs for a shilling each. If Smith owes Jones $1,121, hs sends him fivo hogs, and receives for change one sheep, one turkey, and one pup. The Now York Express says, that the money marketer that city “continuesabundantly supplied with Dealing capital seeking employment, and this elate of monetary otfairs will probably con tinoc for some considerable time,’’ In commencing buaineaa, young raon should make up Ihelr minds to the following fads, that their profit will alwoye be a little less than they anticipated, while their expenses will invariably be a deuced bight more*. Louis Napoleon ,1» afflloted win, 0 severe com. plaint in his head, which at limes, censes great pain. It is stated thnt If these attack, should continue, ho will bo altogether unable to transact any public buaineaa. The Maine Liquor Law waa rejected In Iho New York Assembly, on Friday, by 1 n volo of C 9 to 45. Of the mechanics of Paris, thirleon Ip ovory lundted are unable lo road and writs. An “April shower"scorns.yorympoh Ilk* throw lag cold water upon one’s ardent deairoa for warm wcalbur. A Lawyer stole a note in Centro Stafford, N, IL, and was finod #97 for it. A lawyer has no right lo sloel from anybody but bis client. u ,T he '° J lOll not 1,00)1 0 couple divorced In the Slate of South .Carolina since the revolutionary war. Who says South Carolina ian’t in favor of um<m and cornpromite ? ... fbo next Whig National Convention fa to be hold at Baltimore, Qn iho Iflth of June. It is estimated that 186,400 lbs. of bullor am used dally In Iho oily of New York, cooling #41,. 950. Butter is now selling at 37 j dt. par lb. Til Id UTATId tIMNTIIAL BOMMITTtrtMi T|io Stile (‘otilral Coiiiinllloo mol ul llio Mof* clinnl's fluid!, tMiHiidolplilii, on the Iflh* Win.Uuf* tls,of I'lilliidoiphliifflitd Win. floury Welsh, of Vork, were appointed Mdoroliultis. Several oonimuhlfltrilons wore reoa|vod,nnd roaotu. Hum *S(o adopted roquosUng tho officers ui (lie Coin, nilftoe to call on tho itomooratlo Ufaoturs and Uofo* gales Ibf Iho usual pledges for publication. Tho Chairman submitted flio following address, wliiob was road and unanimously adopted i ' To the People of the United States, Fxuow Cifutna j— Tho Control Committee of (ho Democratic party of Ponnsylrunia appointed by the Convention which assembled et Harrisburg, on tho. dili of March last, have thought it duo (u their con stituents and tu their brethren throughout (ho Union, to address you.on a single point relating to the ques tion of ilia next Presidency. Tho choice of tlio party In Mils State, has boon very emphatically expressed. J'onnsylvauio is now as she has been for ton years past, in favor of James Buoliamm. Some of the Whig presses, however, and a few orMr. Buchanan's poriunul enemies, have on. deavored to create the impression abroad that ho is not popular hero. Some have gono so far as to assert; (hat if nominated ho could not carry tho clcelorial veto of this Stale. The purpose of this address, is to give that esser. (ion a distinct and emphatic contradiction. In nur own'namos and in tho nemo of tho groat parly which has made us its representatives,wo pronounco all such statement wholly false. ' ' Tlio present attitude of tho Democratic party In this Sluto, is of itself, when rightly considered, a standing und most oloqucnlproof that tlio allegation referred to cannot bo true. Mr. Buchanan has not been brought forward os acadiduio by liia enemies. Tho earnest and sincere nttatchment of Iris fellow citizens, who aro urging him will not bo doubled.- Is it likely, that with such feelings, they would seek to expose him and themselves to the mortification of a defeat 7 Still moro absurd would bo llio opinion that a pooplo as.trao hearted and zealous in tho sop. port of democratic principles, as those who compose tho great, body of his friends would be wilting to endanger (ho success of the party by the nomination of a weak candidate. When has tho Democracy of Pennsylvania boon wanting io fidelity to their breth ren?- When have wo tried to destroy (he hopes of our political associates, or attempted to impose on them by any-false pretence whatever 7 WoTeolllijit wo oat. confidently, if not proudly; claim for our party in this State, a character too high to be sus pected 'of uncandid, double dealing. Besides, our motives for desiring .tho nomination of tho strongest man In (Ito Union, aro as powerful as those which operate on other - minds, - Wo are embarked in Iho flamo ship' with you. and have as deep on interest as any of you in choosing a pilot who will take us safe ly through (ho perils of tho voyage.' It is because wobelictu that Mr. Buchanan's availability is great* cr than that of an oilier men (though not for that reason alone) that we urge Ills nomination! t If wo are entitled to the credit of sincerity t It re* mains only to show that wo ate not mistaken in our judgement. Wo claim to know wlut (ho stalo of public feeling on this subject I#. It iffndt possible that nine-tenths of the party can bo laboring under a delusion about So plain a fact, as the popularly of one of our own citizens, who bus bfteri Iho subject of inoro or loss discussion in publlp and private for a quarter of a century. To say that Ibrjso fourths of a Convention, fairly chosen from among -tho people, and canting.-together from all parts of (he State, misrepresented their constituents in mere ignorance, is only a little less degrading than (ho tbo assertion that.they have done iso by design.' Again : it is known to every tolerably, well in for* med man in tbo country, that (hero Is no reason to bo found in Mr. Bachman’s, history or character which would have the tendency to make him unpop ular. liis great talents are acknowledged, . lie has been faithful to every trust with which ho has boon charged. Ills private Integrity is unsullied, and his walk and conversation blameless, while lira public career his excited universal admiration. Uis true hohas been tho subject of sotno vituperation and abuse. Bui this has been tho futo of all distinguished Democrats. Those who. have been tho people’s greatest favorites havo been Iho most calumniated. It is‘tho rough brake which virtue must go through.* To say (hat tho people of this Statu will bo at all influenced by the potty slanders which persons) mat icoor political hostility can coin so easily is an in* suit upon their intelligence and justice so gros's,- th,it we havo a right to repel It with indrgna'lloq. We sal fate. But when wo do bseertsin that either of them has passed through lift Uhasssilod by detraction wo aro prepared to express mlr conviction, that such a man is unfit ond Oiiworthy to be the candidate of the Democracy for (ho oflico of President. »*\Vo unto him of whom all men speak well.'* Among the many elements of populuiity which Mr. Buchanan combines,not Ibe (oast is the character of (ho oppo* silion to him. Ills not based on any charge, which if true,* would prove him ttrbo wanting in honesty, ability or fidelity to tho Constitution, and shows only lhalho has bbonfearless and fpilhlol in tho perform, anco of his political duties. It. is'absurd to believe (hat a man cast in such a mould, could fnil’io enlist the enthusiastic Support of a people like odrs. Thus far wo have dealt in arguments a priori— ]n reasons which show how utterly improbable it Is that our candidate can bo other then tbo most popular mon among us. Butthe tho history of-Pennsylvania for the last twenly.fiyoyears, proves it an incontesta ble fact. Ho was five times chosen to the House of Representatives, in Congress, tho last time under circumstances which made his election a triumph (o the friends of Jackson,such as no other mm In the Stale had achieved. No appointment which Presi. uont Jackson mado gave more pleasure to the people of tho State than thot , which showed his 'Confidence in Mr. Buchanan by making him minister to Russia. Ho was three times elected fo the Senate of tho United Stales, on honor which Pennsylvania has never conferred on any other man.- Ills appointment as Secretary of Slsto by Mr. Polk was well known (u have been made with tho worm concurrency and approbation o' General Jacksmvnd if anything could havo. increased our affectionate rcgittd for the hero'and sl4o*msn offho sge, his uniform endorsement of Mr. Duchahsn would have had that oflocl. But bettor and morfi direct evidence than all this of Mr. Buchanan’s standing at homo Is ofToraod by the action of the people on tho very question of (ho Presidency. Mr, Buchanan’s friend# in rcnnyalvania have throe limes presented him as ft candidate for that great oflico, ond oaoh time they' wore sustained by tho full lido of public opprobulion. iho greatest and best men of tho nation have bern set up against him, and vigorously pressed by IhcJr supporters. But In tho primary meetings of tho people, ond In tbo County and State rouvomions, no noma has stood for a moment before (ho competition of his. Wo fearlessly ossr rl that sinco tho days of Washington, (hero has lived but ono man In any part of the Union who could rival Mr. Buchanan in ' trio affections of h(s otfn State. ■ I "I 8 h ® vo , n l °* addressed you for tho’Vurpose of proving that his claims to Iho Presidency are entitled Ito your respect. If you doubt his talents. I,l# pairf. jollim ond his honesty, our appeal at this time of day would bo In vain. If bis lift of labor In your cause [end ours, has made no fivnrablo impression on jtho country, it Is too Into tp n reputation I lor him now. He comes before you either with J something bolter than a manufactured character, or else with none atoll that Is worthy of your attention. Wo ask you to subject his lift to the severest InquJ. silion that Justice will allow, and If he does not bus. Uln it, reject him. But ,wo demand that ho shall not be struck down by paltry slanders and. losit of all, by the absurd falsehood which charges him with want of popularity. ■ • _ If tho National Convonllonshnll decide ogalnst our candidate, wo cannot promise that our pooplo will boar tho doc sion without biller morUflontion; for (heir Stale prido is thoroughly aroused. If tho man (hoy now. offer to set osldo, they have no hone of snccoding ot another lime. If Pennsylvania must wait until olio presents a moro unexceptionable man than Mr. Buchanan, she must wail forever. Still Ilia Democracy of this State will bo true end ttlthful to thoir parly, and their country. It will not bo (holMault (f tho rule of oiir opponents is to bo perpetuated. Whatever the Convention moy do, (ho Domuorals of Pennsylvania will bo at thoir posts ready to perform their wholo duly, and to present as (hoy havo always presented,a living rampart between tho Constitution and Us foes. But If they are permit, tod to do battle under (ho leadership. of their own follow oltfton the well tried friend, whom they know, end trust, and love—lt will energise thoir of. forts, end odd thousands to thoir majority. 111. nomination would glvo thorn .n opportunity not only to vindloßlo him, but to doinonilroio how i.lio . tho ijlihonorlnj oh.rjo og.ln.t thom.olvo., of bolntr <o iffoorant, m unja.t, or «o unorolofol, u. not lo D,i|>roclato a inun whoso morili ,ro oohnowl. uittfoil by nil (bo world besides. Hid lieafll will-ilifuli (fiinool iho etiQoiinlof oti iimli Tbofo will bo a hi (li« strife wliloh l« (9 Mf crowned with n vlntory like flltnf* Adopted by llm tihilA Central CmttmlUeo of faftfl* sylfrtiilif on thu 7((i April, A. H. 1853, and pulh 1 iibcd by order of tbo ctmimliifo W, 1). IIIHBT, Chairman. A fflflulullun was passed requesting (ho delegated elected io represent i’onnsylftnU at lho IMtirnori Convention to laauo art address to their follow mom* bora of iho Convention and to iho Union* Tho committee resolved to meet at Oitnum** ho* lei* in iho all/ of Baltimore, on tho lot day of Juno nesl, ol 9 o’clock A. M» ' '■ OHKAT FLOOD AND LOSS OS* IAFB. riTTBDUftb/ApflMO. On Saturday last (ho head waters ofthe Alleghe* ny and Monungaholn fjvora commended to rive* The latter,at Brownsville, yesterday morning, rosp at (he alarming rate of two foot per hour. At ibis’ city, ok 10 o’clock luit night, (ho water commenced rlalng at the rate of 7 inches per hour, increasing during the night with unexampled rapidity. This morning Ihoplora of Iho, Monotigahela bridge were covered, tho water being 30 feet deep and ; siltt rising.. Tito water at Mark Point steam mill was within 6 feel 10 iocboa of tho groat flood of 1839, and as tho water was advancing rapidly, it wae feared (ho flood Would exceed that of 1839. It hat been,raining ince.s.atly •inco Frldoy night,and tho rain still continues to swell the current. SevoroLrafts wore destroyed up*< on tho piers of the Allegheny bridge yesterday, The piers, of the aqueduct have broken by the crashing timber. A men were scon on parts or rafts floating down,'arid'rfiarfy lives doubtless have been lost! A.iiafl, witliobi sweeps, struck against Mechanic street, shattering (ho piers, and ait onboard perished in sight of Iho thousand spectators'who lined tho* shores and Weiro unable to , render assistance. A fragment of a.log raft, with ona man upon It, descended the torrent and managed to escape tho two upper bridges; but' ■truck upon the Si. Clair bridge.* The, intrepid qkV. Igator seting bis peril dropped the shearing our,and with a runtnirig jump cleared the brokeniimbcr and alighted on the picr. omid tho shouts of Iho'excited spectators. He coolly remarked'to bn I '(he bridge who assisted him, that ilwasa “preliy close fit,*’ ' Tho lower pari of Allegheny city is covered with water, and tho families aro removing theirfurnituru in boats. In Pittsburg, the dwellings along the streets nepr (ho river a*fo also submerged. Al, the Tool of Wood slrool the water is filling the'cellars,'and tha'mer chants are removing their goods to tho upper stories. ThoriVers below are overflowing and great devasta* tion must occur to the llifee (owns irribat seelioo. The wall ou the railroad curve of the Qhio and Penp* sylvanja Railroad, no ir Dbavcr.has sunk one foot and is In groat .danger of fatUng, which will atop ttafcT fuf SuiAo tfrac* • [second despatch ] PirrsAmdr,April 2’0,2P.M. Ats o'clock this morning (lie water commenced receding, and Itssi fallen about 6 inches. Up to Dial hour the water had reached within 3 feel’ of llio flood, of 1833. Tho damage to property cannot bo exactly’, ascertained, but it is thought will exceed 8400,000,. In (ho low ground* in Allegheny thoTstnnd4.il) wards, not less than iSOtfjamilica were turned out of th'cif hbu'see and driven'.into tho upper stories. Along Rebecca slroril the water (in' in torrents, being 6 iect deep. Tho woier pasted along Federal streol, beyond Robinson,-Innhiidsting the beautiful.residence of. Gen. Robinson, and f cuu ling off all connection between the bridge and Alio* gbony city.. Quito a profitable business Was carried’ on by persons in .skiff* (ranspurting passengers from the bridge.to the landing., Pittsburg proper suffered little, although merchants' along the river weft ptfl to ecrioirs inconvenience by the hasty removal of their goods.. At the Point many porsoas were flooded out of their houses.' In' May street tho water reached half way up to Penn street, filling ell tho first stories of houses, and com. polling (bo families to mavo out in boats and’r*fts.' In Marburg street and Duqucsno Point alley, over 100'families'moved out. In Birmingham, South PittsbUrg/ M«ndisk'ter,’ Liwrehccville, nnd the Ist, slh and Oth wards, bor* dering on tho Allegheny rivo'ri tho water was eeveraf foci deep', stripping woitf in'the fobndrlfes, michlrio shops and iron mHts along the rlvrir. , in south Pittsburg tho water, was up to Carson 1 street, and tho turnpike, nurrouuding several iron’ luanufaclorics, was covered. ~ About 50 fool of iron /.heeling was. tom off , Iho dam of tho Monoogahela Navigation Company • greatly endangering, tbo wholo work. Business yesterday was almost entirely suspended , tho workshops being elosedi . ’ •;. ■ . Tho Flood In VlrgluU—Great Deslruclloao'r Properly—Whole Town* Swept Off, - !»»• Ito.maiiio atgbl aoutlt of Richmond. 1 lie Virginia papers from the' woatern part of tho Slate, are filled wUK 'debits of' ll»e disasters by tho recent frealiclt ;6n life Various’ rivera and streams, and unless (he repoi|Rk're : £realiy dxagorsted, (ho destruction !o property diusl 'have bedn immense. In eomc instances, entire viirsgti ahtf loWna have been awepl off, the. inhabitant* barely escaping; and many lives are supposed Id haVe been' Largo quantities of produce in the warehouses awaiting IrantnorlaClnn, have boon greslly damaged or destroyed. In Morgan county (lie loss sustained 1 ’ o.tiinatoil .1 8100,000. ■On lb. Suntan tnd' Turner. lorn|iiJi. raid nb 1... llun IS bridge. hats bron carried off. “ The fttllruad running from Cumberlsnd, Md„ lu* (no Allegheny coul mints. Is also greatly damaged. On the ablli Inal,, by the . Hoe. Mr. Morns, M// Stephen Coyer., of Kent county. Md.,10 MW’Aohka Adams, of Cumberland county, Pu. On Tljur.d.y, th. 1.1 (nil., by tba Her. Mr. Mow.,' Mr. P. Pkrov Siullv. la Ml.. Mama Tima.d, bolU of this borough. _On Thursday, tJio SSd Ihil., by tho now. awm.' Eberle, Esq., to Mias Francis Carver, both of this county. 30 cat ft#. On Wednesdays week.at about Imlf-psal one, Many Alexander, wife of Prof, K. Wentworth* of Dickinson College, aged 31 years, B mouths and 20 d-ys, . In this brough, on the Nth InM* Mrs«, Mjtroaeet Aq.nuw, widow* of (ho lute John Agnew, Esq., aged 63 years: : ■ s At President Fnrnur<yVenango c6unly, Pi. on thS 150 j Jnit., Jowrn and C/ustbi, only tons oTfftbferl and Mary P. Elliott, aged 11 and 8 years. •• '• ■" On Hie 2lel Inst., of consumption, Mr«. Many Elizabeth, wife of George D. Cralghedd, of South Middleton township, in the 33d year oriier age, ' On llio, 1 Gili mil,, si hi a residence In. Hampdsn township, Mr. Fsancw McGumr, aged about 65' years, an old and respectable citizen of CuwoerUod' county. , / , . ' Suddenly, on' Thursday morning, the .Islh in«U Mr.Srra Lraoii.il hia residence in the ?Wage of Fsirvlow, East Ponnsboro* township, Cumberland county. WM. IX. IMIUER, ATTOUNRY AT LAW, hasromored lo tlie office lately occupied by the lion. James H. Graham. Carlisle, April 29, 1859—3 m Sale of New & Splendid Furniture, IWr*THR undersigned will sell at public sale,- at the residence of Prof, C. Wontwotlnl In Weal street, on Saturday the Ist of Aloy, 1632, a farfe' and splendid assortment of Household and Kitchen I 1 urnituro, consisting In part or Mahogany Soft., Walnut Tables, Uureaus, Uoston Mocking Chair 19 splendid Heir Cloth Chairs, Parlor Carpel and* Siov., Booking .love, ion pint. Sieve,. Deda and Uoddlng,. Looking Oloaaea, onlrv. chamber and stair O.'pet. Vonuinn Ulluda, Kilclion furniture. w - « o u^.A UCti0 p„ r ..
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