--THE REPUBLICAN. ,CLEAIOIIMIY Pa, August 13, 1852. FO PIZESIDE . NT, Gen. FRANKLIN . PIERCE, oI NEW EIMIVSIII121::' 14)41 Viet'. pityswi. .1% WILLIAM R. KING, or ALABAMA. PRESIDENTIi • Thr the State at GioAiie W. \ Vow AyltioN M'CANDI. ROBERT PArrl)R~t lASTRIUT „..1.. Peter Lo , ran, •- `1:- . G.11. Itrartin, 3. John Miller, 4. ETV. Boelaus, ' R.Maray,Jr., 6. Apple 4 7;,N. Strickland, - - r S. a 1:. Peters; • • ',9.•.David lister; • E.. James, .11. J. Mcßeynolds,l 12. .F 4 Damon, GMEIDE WILLIAM OF FAYWFT COTNTY NOMINATIONS ' ' .; • ISAAC L. BAIIRETT, 0013 ciggs. FOR I OUNTV (OAIMISSIONER. • - ' 4 SAMU,EL .81101 T, of fieceziria tp. FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY . L. -JACKSON CRANS, of Curwensville FOlt cOUNV AUDTIOR CHRISTOPIIt T il IiRATZER, of Clearfield The 24th of August, And Brookville, will suit the. Democra• cy of. this county, as the time. and place foi.holding the Congressional Conference. 0:"Our thanks Etre due to Messrs. Brod head, Cass, Cooper and Seward, of the U. S. .senate ; as also to Messrs. Gilmore. „Curtis, Lynn Boyd, and other membersof Congress for keeping us regularly supplied with public documents. TllE COUNTY CONVENTION '" The proceedings of the Democratic . County Convention, which assembled at the Court house in this place on Saturday dust, will be found at length in this paper. .TherConvention was about as - full as any evOheld in this county—duly three dis . 'tri,cts. being tin represented. The delegates, one and all, seemed to be alike sensible of the importance of sustaining our demo cratic organization, and of nominating such a ticket as would bo Calculated to strengthen our party, and .if successful ; acceptible us faithful public servants. The chief strife was for Sheriff. Several prom inent and highly respectable gentlemen, worthy citizens and faithful, hard-working and deserving democrats were before the public;.with.their claims urged with all the ' energy and:zeal that warm=hearted friend elfip could ecimmand. Such ri contest may well be supposed to have created some ;exeitt anent, .But the delegates seemed to be.svellltwatt of.this state of feeling, and we feel perfectly sure that - they dis charged their duty faithfully and well. 'l 4 iiiteandidates nontinated for County •:; Pflipes aye, well known tote people of the county„ and .with those who know them their entincitid4 and fitness for their several iiiitions riot 'he doubted. I. L. BARP.ETT, the nominee for She riff, rr t , • yp.l,:!loyng man, possessing much en. •iergy. : and . intelligence, of strict integrity .and obliging disposition. lie has grown up from infancy amung the people 'of the - Cbtititiy; and for nil that he is and has, ho :isiinfobted to them, and it is to them his ; lilttims are submitted. That 'oppostion -will be made, will. surprise no one. " That s'Wouid doubtless have occurred if any oth er'bli‘ction had been made, And if not ;,friiin:tiio . " . :Saine .. quarter, or . by, the same •petsoas,.;it would have been from others, nithd Tierhaps in a still more formidable slthipe.: As it is, the democracy have hut a singleduty to perform to make all safe, dud of this'we have no fear. The democ. 'halt tf.Cleartield have been too well tried vin:tinies past, to falter or give way now. Ri f t ; County :Commissioner, SAMUEL. Sillm:Ff, ' .an. intelligent and indu - strious farmer of Becearia township, is presented. .Nlp.:Shoati;•ie•also, we believe,a native of i'cOunty, : ti.' man of much exporienco ' veiY L iespectable busines6 Thnt he will well and faithfully disvh,4,rge his (lodes, if elected,,. nong.nbed , wiy.irtain IA doubt. For 'Prosecnting Attorney,',we have L. J'AqcsON CILANSy Esq., 'of Currvensville, 4 Avll`fils ~textenrsively:and known tl+lll t i , ,p , most of our citizens.. Nci•C.; i,s a sound i:ipraugli democrat, , intelligent,. pug:: I.,ing and worthy:of entire . tOnfidenc6; KRATZER, Esq., planar , geld horough,it `rill be seen; was ottani . nipusly nominated for re-elt'ntion to the of po9..9lPopitty Auditor.. ..Wc need say nothing', in his : cornthendationci A I •nttifon;• for . re•Plee . tton to ao"effieelof so "In'oell importune°, 'Ohough . ' sn mtiC(i• fne il lee`ted,) tells pliiinenoughhoiy much h q ~ip,eqteerned by his fellow i "Alto ,Convention.made no; choice, for AL ELECTORS, targe—LSenatorial. ritv Ann, .01 Lazerne .rs.s , of Allegheny. )N, ECTO RS. 13. H. C. Byer, 14. John. Chzyton, 15. Isaac .Robinson, 16. Ifethry Feller, 17. Jas. 18: M. McCasiin,: ' 19. Jas.lllcDoitald, 20. TV. S. ColahaPi, 21. Andrew Burk; 22. Wm. 23. T.S.lllcCalmont 24.. G. IL Barna. SEARIGII 'l3 COUNTY. Congressman or Assemblyman. They ap pointed faiitand honorable men as Corfer ces, tvho ‘v . l no doubt faithfully represent the interests and claims of our county in the district Convention. As ,to the action •of the Convention on the Senatorial iluestion, the reader is re ! ferred to the proceedings :Wo,wonkt hqed say, hoWever, that wo feel truly grateful to our know democrats of the county for this distinguished murk of favor and con fidence, thus manifested by their delegates, and thet whatever mtiv be the result it shall ho our chief study to show that this confidence is not misplaced. The compli ment has been freely tendered--which makes it the moro valued—antrOur County ' , having now , spoken, and presented her Claim's, we shall urge them by all fair and honorable means. Another Pole Raising in Democratic Norris. The Democrats of Morris township, at their bite L)elegato• meeting, appointed a Committee to prepare a hickory pole to be raised by them on Thursday nest, the 19th instant, in honor of ThEiteu and KING the Democratic candidates for President and Vice President. A cordial invitation is ex tended to the Democracy. of the county, as able speeches may hiconfidently expected. When the Democrats remember that Morris doubled her voteand almost doubled ,her majority last fall, they cannot fail to givo them a hearty greeting on this inter , esting occasion. THE DEFAMERS AGAIN AT WORK. It is strange the whigs wil! not take council from that best of tetichers—c7pe rietice. Just as often as they have assail ed the private character of the democratic candidates just so often have they been shamefully whipped before the tribunal of public opiniOn. Witness the Peg Beatty handbills and affidavitS in 1838 against. PORTER.. The: thousands °lslanders against the lamented PoLK and SHUNR, in 1844; and the Allegheny Feeder story against CLOVER, last fall. Now their attack ; against WM. SEARIGUT; the Democratic candidate for Canal COmmissioner is no less violent and no less groundless. To believe half they publish about him he must be al perfect simpleton as regards intelligence, and ii fit tenant for the Penitentiary. They are parading what purports to be a 'letter! written by him some twelve years ago, to prove that he is no scholar—and next they charge him with committing deliberatefor gery for the sake of a few dollars. The latter has been contradicted and fully . and satisfactorily explained, and the valleiny of the'authors of the slander clearly expo sed by the neighbors of Mr. Searight, and by men who know every particular eon ceining the transaction.. And the first is so contemptible that it does not deserve a single thought. Mr. Searight.has written many letters. Why are they, not all of this character? And if so why arc not oth ers produced? The best letter ever writ ten may he so altered as to read as bad as this. AUGUST ELECTIONS Thus far, the returns from the State elections of lowa, Missouri, North Caroli na, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Arkansas, which were had reslectively on the 3d and sth pf August, are highly en couragipg to the Democracy. North. Carolina is a regular ‘vhig State. Two years ago, Reed, Democrat, was elected Governor, the : first for malty years. Ile is now believed to be re-elected—which will insure the vote of that State for PIERCE and KING in November. For it must be remembered that the Democraticcandidate for Governor possessed no , advantages over the whig candidate on the Union question. In this they stood on equal foot ing. But with Gen. Scott it will be vastly different. The southerners have no frith in his Abolition and' higher law" compan- In Missouri, .the Democrats have elect ed their Governor by ten thousand ma• jority. Alabama, Georgia, &c., show a result equally cheering. f* — Tlto Philadelphia Daily News is disposed to be insolent end insulting, and says they want no increase in the , tlumber of Toni Pypers in that region. In this wo fully concur, as the News has abund antly proved itself sufficient for any , com munity, even as-large as that of Philadel phia. and s upon_ more than one occasion. i Nor s it likely to lose any, of mer ited reputation tit.this time, .for it is daily &Voted to: the dessimintition of the foulest, filthiest tiad otiiost contemptible' lies and slanders of Mr. SEARIGIIT, the Democratic Candidate for Canal COnnnissiener,-to say nothing of its cowardly; insinuations con= . corning the militaryieharacter of General ,PIERCE. farmers 4614firated vest Home,. on the Ittdges, yeeterday, The ,day was pleasant.---the ,eFolvd,grea.--the ;dinner good, and the time well, spent--so 0. • MEM! iIEMOCRATIC 'COUNTY CONVENTION. In Pursuance of public notice the Con vention met at the Court House, in Clear field, on Saturday the 7th of August. On motion, the Convention organized by appointing JOH N,STITES, Egg., of Boggs tp., President, Dr. JonN C. RICHARDS of Pike toyvn'ship Secietary.. On 'notion of' L. ;Jackson Crans, Esq., G., B. ,Goodlander, G. D. Goodfellotv and F. Weaver, were appointed a Committee on credentials. Whereupon, the townships were called alphabetically, end the following Del egates answered, presented their-creden tials end took their seats. Beccaria.—Andrew Shod]; Joseph H. Haggerty. Bell.-F. C. Miller, Win. T. Gilbert. • Boggs.—John Stites, Charles Sloan. • Bradford.—Maj. V. B. Holt, John Por ter, James Flannigan. Bradt.—G.B.Goodlander, Poi bort Dale. Burnsidc.—John M. Cummings, Hugh Gallagher. Chest.—Gilbert ,S. Tezer,:t Vm. Tucker. Coving,ton.—Dr. G. F. [loop, Francis Coudriet. Decatur. —.John Wolff, R. Fluiics. Pergitson.—Thomas ()wens, Thos. M'- eraclucit. 14z.—Not iepresented. Girard.—Not represented. Goshen.—Rubert C. Shaw, J. W. Gra ham. This/am—Valentine Hevener, E. G Lamm. .Tordan.—F. W. Schwning Con rod Ba key. Karikaus.—Lß. D. Hall, George Heck endorn. Lawrence.—G. D.Goodfel low, R. Shaw Jr., Martin Nichols, Jr. Morris.—Chester Munson, Jacob Wil helm. Penn.—Jonathan Eva ns, Ea Johnston. Pike.—J. A. T. Hunter, Gco. B. Dale, Union.—Not represcn'ed. Woof/tea . W. S a in' I He n de rson. C/eaijidd Boroush.—.l. F. Weaver, D Sacket. Curwensvtllc Borough.—L. J. Crans, David Denmark. On motion the Convention then procee ded to nominate and ballot for 'Sheriff: . Jona'n Evans nominated, I. L. Barrett, homas Owens " Samuel Clyde, G. D. Goodfellow " Aud'w. Welch, G. B. Goodlander " M. Luther, W. A. Bloom, After which the Convention proceeded to ballot fi)r the respective candidates, and on first Ballot I. L. Durrett having a ma jority of the whole vote cast, was declared duly nominated, and, On motion, the nonnnation of I. L.llAtt krr as the Denme [MI)! candidate Cur Sher d was confirmed by acclamation. On !notion, the Conve mine then procee ded to nominate and ballot for County !Commissioner, and on fourth ballot ShenlT had 2.1 votes Janus McGhee had 21 votes \l7 hereupon, SA 311 . EL 5110.11'1 7 , orliecca ria township having a majority of ull the v oles cast, was dedared duly nominated as the Democratic eanoidate for County Com missioner. The Convention then proceeded to ballot for Prosecuting Attorney, and on first bal lot, L. JACKSON CHAINS, of Curwensville, having a majority or all the votes cast, was declared duly nominated as the Dem ocraticcandidate for Prosecuting Attorney. The Convention then proceeded to bal lot for County Auditor, and on tirst ballot CutusrornEft lin.vrmt, of the Borough of Clearfield, having a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly nominated ns the Democratic candidate lur re-election as County Auditor. On motion, it was unanimously Resolved, That this Convention will use all fair and honorable means to secure the election of the above ticket. The Convention then proceeded to the appointment of the following Conferees. Congressional Confirecs.—L. J. Cat ns, G. B. Good!antler and Wm. A. Wallace, to meet at Brookville on the 24th inst. Senatorial o)lo:recs.—fon. J. T. Leon ard, W. A. Wallace, J. F. Weaver, Esq., to meet at Ridgeway on Tuesday the 7th September next. On motion, it was unanimously Resolved, That our Senatoriiil Conferees be and they are hereby instructed . to use all fair and honorable means to secure the nomination of D. W. MooRE, for the State Senate. On motion, J. M. Cummings; 6.P. Mil ler and J. F. Weaver, were appointed Rep. resentative Conferees to meet ut Ridgeway on the 7th of September. On motion, the President was authoriz ed to appoint the standing Committee, so that each township and borough shall have one member. Whereupon the chair appointed the fol., lowing persons, viz : Bradford.—Maj. V. B. Ilolt. Jieccaria.—John Shoaff. Bell.—F. G. Miller. Burnside.—J. M. Cummings. Brady.—G. B. Goodlander. Boggs.—J. Stites. (By tho Convention.) Covington.—Francis Coudriet. Chest.—G. S. Tozer. .Decatur.—Richard Hughs.,' Ferguson.—Thomas OWens. Eoz.—:John J. Bundy. Girard.—Gthi. B. Smith. . . ' Goshen.—J. W. Grahani.:' Huston.—Philip Hevener.• .rordali,—J. M. Chase. .Ifarthaus.- 7 W . S. Rev`:, • LawTetzee.=—Martin Nichols, jr. Morris.--Samilel C. Thompson. Pike.*--J. A. , • John#V. • • eitio - n,-7Elips , . Clearfield Boione.-4;B:111'Enally. Cuitvensvifte.#o;:oßgh,—;,o l 'Flennthg:, linen on: motion, ;tlm:inilowing resOlu, lion was • • : •, Resolved, Thnt the Standing Committee be instructed to apportion the delegateii so as to give each township and borough at least two. In the event of any township or borough, haying over one htindred.Dem ocratic votes—three delegates. Over,one hundred and. fifty votes, four, &c. ; The number of Delegates to be based on'ihe number of democratic votes cast at the next Presidential' election. On motion, it was unanimously Resotvcd, That the County meeting he held on TueStilly evening of September Court, and the Standing Committee be re quested to attend punctually at that tinie.' The following resolutions were submit ted and adopted. , Resolved, That this Convention have entire confidence in our national standard bearers, PIERCE and KING. They have been tested in the crucible Of _Democracy; and found pure and unadulterated; That, whether in the tented field, or the National Legislature, they have proved themselves alike worthy the confidence and support of / the American Democracy—knowing "no north, no south, no east, no west" but the "Constitution and the Union." Resolved, That it is with feelings of pride and pleasure we view the course of ~our late billow citizen, His Excellency ;-Wm. Bigler, as chief Executive of our / good old Commonwealth, for his patriotic firmness in meeting the combined alies of banks and corporations, last winter, by t giving them an effectual quietus, has vouched safe to us that in his bands the I party will not be humiliated nor its princi ples violated. j Resolved, That the "Universal Whig, Party," by incorporating in their Balti more Platform, in substance the views of James K. Polk in his Kane letter, are guil ty of a gross larceny upon the Democracy, and proves conclusively that they were in sincere in '44 with their "hue and cry" about a Tariff for protection, or they are perpetrating a libel on their party; let them choose either "horn of the Dilemma," they will manifest a reckless prostitution of. principles unworthy the title of a party or the confidence of the people. Resolved, That these proceedings be signed by the officers and published in the Republican. JOEIN STITES, I'rest. J. C. R►eannns, Sec. On motion, the Convention adjourned OUR CANDIDATE The Democratic Union well and truly says : The character of Franklin Pierce will hear the closest investigation. There is not a single blemish in it. His active po litical enemies have been wholly unable to point out a single discreditable act. Ile has ever been bold, frank and noble, with out fear and without reproach. In the Legislature of his own State, he was ever found at his post, liiithfully per forming his duties, and always battling for Democratic principles and measures. As Franklin Pierce's fitness for higher offices developed itself, he wits importuned to servo his country in more exalted posi tions. He was returned to Congress by the people, and subsequently sent by the Legislature of his own State to the Senate of the United States. He served in the Councils of the Nation for nine years, and was one of the most karless and able sup porters of the administration (tithe illustri ous Jackson, and that of his successor, Mr. Van Buren. lie was alwaysa staunch adherant of the republican party. There was no vascillation in his course. It was straight ahead ; no ambushing, but before all the country he went onward. . Franklin Pierce. his never sought to captivate the people by flattery or syco phancy, and yet the people have been cap tivated by his modest deportment, his ear nest fidelity, and his purity of purpose. . Franklin Pierce has never sought office, has inevitably declined it. Nor has this been affectation, to elitY he still u&y, rise Rho it " Franklin Pierce has been a bright exam ple of one ❑ever seeking office but whom the officials always sought. In 1842 Franklin Pierce retired from j public life, in the full career of its success ful ascent, determined to devote himself exclusively to his domestic and professional duties. From this resolution he could not be: sweived. Pesident Polk invited him into his cabinet, but he declined this great I honor. Steadily he pursued his profess ion till this country became involved in war. Then it was that he saw a more im perative duty. ! .He volunteered as a private, but he was soon made Colonel of his regiment, and finally commissioned as Brigadier Gener al. In this war ho distinguished himself, as a gallant and humane General, always ;facing the foe and ministering to the wants and sufferings of his men. For this part of:his history, werefer to the despatches of the cotnntander.in•chicJ; Gen. Scott. Even the highest office in the gilt of a free people could not tempt him. Before the assembling of the late Baltimore Con vention, he was repeatedly solicited to al low his name to be used as a candidate for the Presidency, but he universally •replied that such a course would be utterly repug nant to his taste and wishes. • - Such is u.brief outline of the career and character of our candidate, Frank. Pierce. "No hrriver man lives—no man better de serves well of his country." • GREAT ROBBERY.-A letter, dated Sing apor July Ist, states that the bark Nelson, at Melbourne, for London, Was boarded April ,2d, during the absence of the Master on shore, by two, boat's crew, who iD ve r - powered 'the crew and plundered the yes sel of gold dustoo the amount of E 125, .000.- ' i 1 1 t ..0:77A, State Temperance Conventionie to be held .in(New,.Jereey: on the 18th of soptember,,its Abject :being to reecomehd candidate lon the platform of the Main Ligttor Law. •*,:; ' : LETTER FROM LIEUT.DREM, U. S. ARMY. Tho shameless charge of cowardice which has been preferred against General Pierce by vile partisans of the Whig party, is re'. ceiving day by day that exposureartd re*, bulte which its meanness: and mendacity deserves. Gallant ofliceis and soldiers, both Of regultirisi,'lihd voluntears, whO served with General , Pierce in Mexico; unite in sepellingimputations so injurious to the Well-earned reputation of a brother in-arms. The following letter from Lieut. Drum ' of the 4th artillery, addressed to Hon. Charles Shaler, 'of Pittsburg, will be read with great interest : FORT BR v, Saut, St. Marie,( Mich.,) July 20, 182. DEAn Sin: In reply to your interroga-; tory respecting the, absurd allegation that, "General Pierce mena'ged to faint at the commencement of every battle" duriUg the caMpaign in the valley of Mexico . , Will give you the following detailed statement as an e?"/e . witness' of Most, if 291 q#, General Pietas movements dui,ing"titose engagements. On the 18th of August, 147, General Pierce was directed to act with his brigade as a supporting force. to, that portion of Gcn. Twiggs's division ordered to attack in front the enemy's position at Cent reps. • In complying with those instructions, he was exposed to a continued discharge of round shot and shells. The General was at this time mounted and riding along a ledge of pedrigal (volcanic rack.) After having advanced with his recce about a half a mile, directly towards the enemy's work the fire from their battery 'became very severe; the air being filled with mis siles, his horse took fright and fell with hin on the ledge, throwing the General some distance and injuring him very se verely. general impression at the time with those who witnessed the accident was,•l hat he was ei.her kired or very se verely wounded. He was, I think, when this accident happened, in advance of his brigade, and certainly displayed during that engage ment as much gallantry as any one whose actions came under -ray observation. Though seriously disabled, as was in decd evident from his physical appearance, he remained in the field that night, and in sisted upon joining in the contest on the morning of-the 20th, and although it was with difficulty he could retain his sent on horseback, yet he led his comrnand into the engagemen t at Chu rubusco; while there, he was relieved in command by General Shields, in consequence of the injury re ceived the precedin ,, day. • From this injury Gen. Pierce did not recover during his stay in Mexico; and, it was, I believe The cause of his return home soon after the occupancy of the capital. General Pierce's conduct (luring his march from Vera Cruz to Puebla was cer tainly sufficient to shield him from so foul an accusation as the one above quoted. ; Within my own knowledge he was fre- ; quently exposed to the enetny's fire, and' upon every occasion conducted himself with that propriety that should character ize the conduct of every bravo and true soldier. lie has never presumed to be a military nian—but those who witnessed his conduct know that every order g iven to him was not only fully executed, but with a prompt ness and correct judgement that secured him the esteem and confidence of the most prominent military men of the army.— There was, however, one great military virtue which General Pierce never failed to exercise. I allude, sir, to his unceasing efforts to alleviate the sufferings and nec essary privations of the men under his command. It was with him a duty to contribute with {tied words and attention to the comlbrts of the sick and wounded soldiers, and from his personal means se cured them many necessaries of which they were destitute. In conclusion, I must say that amongst those who were more closely connected with General Pierce, and who were wit lICSSCSOr his acts, I have never heard the slightest intimation of a want of courage on his part—on the contrary, ho was es teemed a brave, good man, and officers and soldiers were most warmly attached to hire. 1 am, sir, respectfully yours, • RICHARD C. DRUM, Lieutenant, 4th artillery, U. S. A. HOD. CHARLES 'SHALER. DEATH 01? MR. RANTRUL. The Hot - I.R. RANTOUL, member of Con gress from Massachusetts, died at Wash ington on Saturday last. The Intclligo;r. cer says: "Mr. Rantoul was in his seat in the House on Tuesday last, the 3d inst. At that time he . appeared to be in usual health, With the exception of what he considered to be a small bile upon his forehead. On Wednesday morning the little sore was surrounded by orysipelatious inflamation, in consequence of which he was prevailed upon to remain in his room' and procure medidel advice. Thursday the disease Seemed to bo entirely arrested, and on Friday morning he felt very much better, and spoke confidently of returni9g,in a day or two to his duties in the House. On Fri day evening, h© became much 4rse ; . the erysipelas spread over the entire face, and his brain was evidently affected. On Sat urday evening, the left Side' became para lytic, after which ho sank rapidly, and expired at about half-past 10 o'clock, P.M. Mr. Rantoul was 47 years of age 7 , Busitoss OF, Prrrsnutto.—Since the opening of . the canal, last spring, tbe ex ports from Pittsburg, of 80M0 articles, have been exceedingly heavy. Orbac9n, ricarly 37,000,000 pounds have been sent East;, tobacco unnianufactpred, 10,000, .0 66 , pounds; ilar4, 4 1 4 lard - 18 ! 00 0 9 000 r puring the aamo time thpre hap, bceti Imported, 17,000 pounds of dry goods; p, 000,000 .of groceries, the same amount of hardware and cutlery, and near,f3,ooo;ooo pounds of.cPirSo... , , LIiTgST. : TOWS: North Carolina Election. WAsnmoroN, Aug. B.—The Union ba s a despatcle•from North Carolina, glvi i i 2 returns from 18 counties, which gif e l Reid, Dem., for Governor, 658 gain oper his vote at the last election. WILMINGTON, N. C., Aug. l 3. , —Wehi ve returns from twenty-five 'enunties,. which show a gaiu - 1 , for Reicl, Dem., for Governor, of 432, as ; , compared with the last olid. tion. W.l.utimyr9N, N. C., Aug. 0.--We hiv e returns and reported majorities from 37 counties which foot up a gain of 320 0 5 the vote for Governor, in 1850. About ono half the State is yet to be heard from, but the returns yet to come in will hardly change the result now indicated. It i s thought the Democratswill ,i,n . Ipujor ity in thO'Legislature )pint h allos. ~• 'Missouri Election. ST. Louis, Aug. o.—The returns'ortha Into election, as far as received, show the probable election of Miller, the whig didate for Congress in the third distriel.-:. Ho has so far 900 majority, with ninedii. tricts to be heard from; From the fourth district we have are. port that. Oliver, Whig, is elected. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 7.—C01. Thomas H. Benton is elected to Congress from the flit (St. Louis) district, ~by a largo majority over the regular Democratic and Whig candidates. • In the third Congressional District, John G. Miller (Whig) is without doubt re•el• ected. In the Fourth Congressional Diiirilet, Mr. Oliver (Whig) is elected over Janis I-I. Birch, (Democrat.) • In the Second Congressional DisUict, Gilchrist Porter (Whig) is, probably,lo. elected over Alfred Lamb (Democrat)rri Gen. Sterling Price, Democratic eandi. date for Governor, is elected by, at least, ten thousand majority, The parties in the Legislature will be distinguished as Benton and Anti-8(36t0n. ST. Lours, Aug. B.—The complete re. turns from the Second District, give Lamb, Dem., about 300 majority over Porter, Whig. Si. Lours, Aug. B.—All thecountiecin the third district have been heard fromeit• cept Knox, Mason, Schuyler, and Scotland. Miller, Whig, being 861 ahead for Con. gress. The remaining counties gave 593 Democratic majority in 1850. Latest from the Fishing Ground BosToN, August 7.—By the arrival of thu steamer Admiral, we have St John, , N. 8., papers of yesterday, but .they, 94. tain nothini , of interest. ;, : Comtnocrore Perry,lof the Missisiip"pi,is proinh.ed a hospitable reception upon, his arrival at St. John. The Advertiser, of this city, publiss i a statcm at of the captain of a fishing, veil. sel, arrived at Cahasset, to the effect thrit an American fishing vessel had been ficed into and sunk by a British cruiser, for,re• fusing to come to when ordered. The Advertiser, however, does not believe th e story. BusToN, August 9.—A telegraphic des. patch dated Picton, August sth, says, the fishing schooner Florida, of Gloucester was brought into Charlottetown, P. E. 4. land, yesterday—a prize. Destructive fire in Pittsburg Pirrsnune, August 7.—A fire broke out this afternoon in a nest Osman build. ings, in Prospect street, which raged for nearly two hours, and threatened a large portion of the surrounding property, About twenty-five buildings were coas4 cd. The loss will cause much diStree3 among a number of poor families, who have lost all they were worth in the world. The loss is estimated at from $lO,OOO to 12,000, upon which there is little olio insurance. Verdict on the Henry Clay Calamiil NEW YORK, August 4 The Coroner's Jury rendered a verdict that the deaths of the ill-fated passengers on the Henry Clay resulted froni tli9 acts of the owners and officers of the vessel, who evinced .depraved. minds, regardless of human life. The verdict accords with tho second statuary definition of murder. Captain of the Henry Clay Admitted tojklil NEW Youx, August 7.—Captairr.Tall• man, one of the officers of the Henry Clay, arrested on charges of manslaught• cr, gave bail this forenoon; Mr.,Wir,l. Radford, ono of the owners, becoming till bail in $lO,OOO. Progrchs of the Cholera. ROCHESTER ) August 7,—The Board .ef Health report , thirteen new cases of . c.hot. era, and eight deaths; forhe twenty 7 foty hours ending at 4P. M. Two of the depths, however, should have been reported yesler day. The weather to-day has been Iva 171 ane. pleasant. • „. CIIMIIIIERSBURG, August 7.—The Chol era broke out in this place yesterday, and to-day much alarm prevails.' Cnaminnsnuao, Pa. Aug. ..9.---There have, been 19 deaths here during the past 3 days from what physicians pronouncalo bo cholera. Three colored persons. lia& of it yesterday, and four .new cases Piave bean reported this. morning, all colored.. Capt. Marcy's Command not Massada,. NEW ORLEANS, August I.—The TIP ?lune has received the Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette. of the 30th July, in which, is FOP lished, ti, statement from Fort Arbusklat pronoUneing the story of the masprce of, ii caPe.,MOrcy and his' eoinMad by' tetiai• cinches a hoai. ' , Arreattrat Vrcrira.-L-Tho4ac sonviliet 111., Jour2tal says that a •young man' fora Peoria, named iGeo. 'Brandburg, Was? cently admitted into thp insano.haspitafat' that plaCe, who is anbthervictim oi:Jlk, spiritual rapping delusion. , L.; , ‘:1'1-
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