THE GAZETTE. LEWISTOWN, PA. SITIROJV, SIT 12, 1819. T 5: i£ S : Tu persons t clto are not now subscribers : n coomjtHtncfl of the reappearance m our niidst ot that ilreadtul scourge, the cholera In order to allay public apprehension, the Board ot Heal h have issued u bulletin,from which it a; pA..re that during the iast tweaty-to-ir hours, there were 20 eases of cht leru, 6 of w inch tor 4-*.-iiiilC c. oi. !\ , THE NEXT CONGRESS. There have been already elected, including those from Virginia, 165 members of Congress. Conceding the election of the Locofoco candi date in the 14th congressional district of Vir ginia, we have the following result for the next Congress compared with the last: — Next Congress. Lost Congress. Whig. L. F. Whig. L. F. Maine, 2 5 16 New Hampshire, 2 2 2 2 Massachusetts,* 9 9 Rhode Island,* 1 1 Vermont, 3 1 3 1 Connecticut, 13 4 New York, 32 2 24 10 New Jersey, 4 1 4 1 Pennsylvania, 15 9 17 7 Delaware, 1 1 Virginia, 1 14 9 6 South Carolina, 77 Georgia, 4 4 4 4 Ohio,* 10 10 11 9 Florida, 1 1 Michigan, 12 3 Wisconsin, f 2 1 2 Missouri, 5 5 Arkansas, 1 1 lowa, 16 16 * One vacancy. f The Act of Congress admitting Wisconsin into the Union, authorizes her to send three members, from and after the 4th ol March, 1849, until the next apportionment. There remain to be elected 66 members, as follows: Whole Jfumber. IF. L. F. Maryland, 6 4 2 North Carolina, 9 6 3 Alabama, 7 2 5 Mississippi, 4 13 Louisiana, 4 13 Kentucky, 10 6 4 Tennessee, 11 5 6 Indiana, 10 4 6 Texas, 2 2 Vacancy in Ohio, 1 1 Do. in Massachusetts, 1 1 Do. in Rhode Island, 1 1 66 30 36 Elected as above, 165 99 75 Total, 231 120 111 111 Whig majority if remaining 66 members are of same politics as in last Congress, 9. There is nothing in this statement, says the Baltimore Patriot, from which we extract it, which is discouraging to the Whigs. On the contrary there is every thing to stimulate them to exertion. If they only niokc the exertion which their cause demands of them, they w ill increase this majority in the House of Repre sentatives. Rut for the disaster in \ irgir.ia, by which we lose four if not five members, this would now be certain. That disaster is not to be ascribed to any falling off in the strength of the administration there, but rather to local di visions and a culpable negligence on the part of the Whig districts, which allowed the opposi tion to succeed, w hen it was only necessary for Whigs to unite and vote, in order to have elect ed not merely the number of members they had before, but more than that. As it is, a very few votes, perhaps not two hundred all told, were only wanting to have secured every dis trict in the State that ever was represented by a Whig. FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION. Lady Franklin recently addressed a letter to the President of the United States relative to the expedition which went out from England in D 45, under the command of Sir John Franklin, for the purpose of discovering what navigators had long supposed to exist, a North-west pas sage to the Pacific Ocean. The two ships com posing the expedition were last seen in June of 1645, and have never been heard of since. The expedition was not expected to be heard from, unless it was successful, before the close of 1847, w hen it was the intention cf Sir John to return. As soon as it became doubtful what had befallen the expedition, Lady Franklin, , with the spirit of a true woman, set herself to the work of finding iier lost husband, by offering rewards for any intelligence from him, and by interesting her own and other governments in his fate. Shu has been so far successful, that every where a deep interest is excited in his behalf, but, as yet, nothing ha? been heard from the expedition. The British government have offered the munificent reward of <£20,000 for anyone who may render assistance to the lost vessels or their crew s, or any portion of them. In the letter addressed by her to the Presi dent. she seeks to enlist our people in the effort to find and rescue Sir John Franklin and his companions, if they be yet w here human succor can reach them. The response made by the President, through the Secretary of State, to this appeal, is such as becomes him as the head of A great nation, and will find a response in every true American heart. WASHINGTON, April 25, 1849. MADAM :—Your letter to the resident of the United States, dated April 4, 1849, has been re ceived by him, arid he has instructed me to make to you the follow ing reply : The appeal made, in the letter with which you have honored him, is such as would strong j iy enlist the sympathy of the Rulers and the People of any portion of the civilized world. To the citizens of the United States, who share largely in the emotions which agitate the public mind of your own country, the name of Sir JOHN FRANKLIN has been endeared by his ; heroic v irtucs, and the sufferings and sacrifices which he has encountered for the benefit of mankind. The appeal of his wife and daughter j in their distress has been borne across the wa ters, asking the assistance of a kindred people to save the brave men who embarked in his un ! fortunate expedition ; and the people of the i United States, who have watched with thedeep | est interest that hazardous enterprise, will now ; respond to that appeal by the expression of their | united wishes that every proper effort may be made by this Government for the rescue of your husband arid his companions. To accomplish the object you have in view, ; the attention of American navigators, and es pecially of our whalers, will he immediately in voked. All the information in the possession of this Government, to enable them to aid in discovering the missing ships, relieving their crews and restoring them to their families, shall be spread far and w ide among our people, and all that the Executive Government of the Unit ed Htates, in the exercise of its constitutional powers, .can effect to meet this requisition on American enterprise, skill and bravery, will be promptly undertaken. Ihe hearts of the American people will be touched by your eloquent address to fne'r Chief Magistrate, and they will join with you in an earnest prayer to Him whose spirit is on the waters that your husband and his com panions may yet be restored to their country and their friends I have the honor to be your Ladyship's fiietsd and oOcJieut servant, JOH.V M. CLAYTON Ladv Jane Franklin, Bedford Place, London. THE SASDWICH ISLANDS —The suggestion occurs in a New York paper that it would be well for the United States to annex the Sand wich Islands to the Union, giving to the whole group the name of the Slale of Hawaii. The importance of these Islands, in view of the trade of the Pacific, being nearly midway between Oregon and China, is prominently urged, says the Baltimore American, and the fact, no doubt, will be generally admitted. The depopulation which, for some came or another, has been going on throughout the group since its discovery by Captain Look, :s also uliudcd to as indicative of the inevitable reeult that tiie Island must, sooner or later, come into too possession ot some civilized power. Thus we g< —Annexation seems to be the word. " Manifest destiny" is: doubtless in the ascendant. A great country this, when it shall be fenced in. # LI MBER TRADE OF THE SI:Su:\ have euccecoeJ in tutor application tor ane w tri-l. The case vviil be tried over <_ ■ :i at the September term. — Bellefonlt J), mocrat. b he verdict stt aside is said to be that of the jury who, being unable to make up their minds, j lined together in a prayer, which pro duced conviction. The Court, it seems, con siders prayer in the jury box as informal, the jury being eworn to try a man by tne law arm the facts. The New York Sunday At as announc's that Edwm Forrest, the tragedian, has been separated from h:s wife, Caroline Norton Sin clair Forrest, daughter of the vocalist, John Sinclair. They were married in 1*36 in Lon don, and have iived happily, as the At a. states, until the beginning ot the last winter, when Mr. F. became moody and melancholy. Mrs. Forrest is described as a iaily of taienl and oeauty She has been the mother of l< ur children, ali of whom, however, died in in fancy. Locofuco Rtjoicing. A salute was tired at 80.-lon oil Monday, by the Democrats proclaiming their satisfaction at the removal of Marcus Morton, Lemecra', from the collcctorship ot that port. The Post, the hading Locofoco paper, says: "It Mr. Po'k and .Mr Walker, had done their duty faithfully, we should not have been dependent upon Gen. Taylor and Mr. .Mere dith for a tavor we now most gratefully ac knowledge." A TIMELY HINT. —The editor of tlie CULTI VATOR reminds his readers that caterpillars should be attended to in season, and that when tins is done, the labor of extirpaiiou wiil be trilling. He says, "one easy mode of destruc tion is to apply strong' soap suds to the nest— if'the tree is large, a swab tied to the end of a pale will accomplish the purpose effectually. Suds which have been used by the wash.wo man are as g Hid as any, and by rubbing a swab on the nest—after it has been dipped into the suds—the worms are quickly destroyed." SENTENCE OF RESUUUECTIONIBTS. —The p u ties ut Pittsburgh, convicted of stealing the body of a young lady tor dissection, have been sentenced—Dr. Dickson to pay a tine of S3OO and custs, and I)r. Heron a fine of $l6O. Boyd, the other convict, was absent. MORE PROSCRIPTION. —EIy Moore has been removed from the office of U. IS. Marshal, and Henry F. Talmadge appointed m his place. Reason—the Marshal's office is in default for £20,000. The seventeen year locusts, which are to appear this year in the western part of this btute, have been turned up with the plough, in Beaver county, by the hundreds. The hogs eat them wi'h avidity. ARKANSAS. —John S. Roane's official major ity tor Governor over his VVhig competitor is 103. Roane entered upon the duties of hie office on the 10th. At this rato locofocoiiin will soon disappear trom Arkansas. NEW PACKET LINE.—A new line of I acke's has been formed to run between Johnstown and Pittsburg. Notices. The publishers have favored us with a copy of THE WATER CURE MANUAL, a papular work, containing much valuable information, embracing descriptions ct the various modes of bathing, the Hygenic and Curative effect ol air, exercise, clothing, occupation, diet, water drinking, ., publishers, Broadway and Grand-st.)—A". 1. Tubune. In addition to other attractions the publishers are having prepared a scries of magnificent Biographical, Historical, and tacenic Illustra tions. The <4 edition of the History of Eng land by Macau ley, which they offer as a PRE MIUM, is splendidly bound. " The World as it moves'' is the CHEAPEST and most valuable magazine published in this country. Think of 20x0 pages of such matter, with such premiums, for only F. 5? Address LOCKWOOD& CO., Broad way. corner of Grand street. From the Louisville Journal. The postmaster at Nate lies, he who furnish ed the bill uit-aie ofcertaw aegroea, bought by • X'b. to the Free Suiters of Ohio, is re moved, — Montgom' ry ( Ala.) Journal. We wonder whether he bus made written application to the Postmaster Genera! to iearn * it" cau&e ut bis removal. The cortespon d nee between him and the Department, it n >y has !: !:eu p'ace, must be well worth pub -1 ishinj Way doesn't tiic editor of the Union call for if ? The Pittsburgh Post has a picture of a fiioht'al taking lu-trumeiit, which it cal sa go: lotine, with a dozen or fifteen heads sc:t ; sored a!! around if. We cou'd not possibly imagine a more striking" and pa pable jusiifi liation than this picture affords'CBH*TI'>N —The sheer bun-bug of tiie crv of proscription, raised liy the De mo<;fHiie pas.-, in coi.'-eqiience of the re moval of ofnet rs since the commencement of Gen. Taylor's Administration, is shown in the annexed passage of a Washington letter to the New York Journal of Com merce : Tho democrats, I must repeat, demand all the offices, and esteem it a vio'tiMun of their right* to take one from them We kn >w the pretension, and would like to know upon what uis founded. It wuuld, I should think, be somewhat difficult to persuade even the democrats themselves, wiffi lew exceptions, that their party pos sess an exclusive capacity for * I.e discharge of official duiies. From what I know of offices and ihi ir duties, 1 hive been led to believe ileal, in inost instances, lhey are mere sinecures, quite as much so as Mr. Kit M -ore's office, it is a fact, as every o: f e who knows any thing must know, about offices here. Therefore, even if the .■xclusne claims of competency for the democracy were admitted, it would not rollovv ffidt democrats alorie should be the recipients of salaries, which the Govern in' nt chooses so lavishly to hes'ow. Al most any man ii ibis cuiurtry cn write ins name, and is therefore competent to ' sign his receipt for i is month's salary, and tins is the chief and almo-ff only labor that officers cf the public departments here, and hundreds of officers abroad, un dergo in the public service. What labor and what merit are to lie attributed even to those who, by contracts with the govern ment, acquire in a few years a fortune which no talent nr industry in any pri va'e walk of life eouid achieve? Ido not envy my democratic friends their long en joyed ami exclusive benefits. 1 would be loth to possess horn upon the trrms on which thoy have been generally held. But I do think that uf:er the recent cor. deninatiou passed bv the whole people of the United States against the spoils party and tin- spoils stem, a little more modes j ty of pretension would become them. TEXAS —Late Texan papers contain I accounts of Indian tu'reges, irom which ! it appears that the Camanches, Tonko way* an I Lipan*, and perhaps oilier tribes, , arc rioting ir. a series of lawless aggres si .Ked at Charleston, S. C., has reached the depth of 750 feet. The auger his not reached 'he Burr stone, having parsed through nothing but marl. Water w ill not come till the Burr rock ■ be perforated. The big tent of Welch's Circus was 1 blown over at Rochester in a cale on Monday evening week, while l\s">o were present. W m. 11. Crowel! was struck by a pole and killed, leaving a wife and four children. I lie JSantvcktt Enquirer says that the statement respecting the steward of the ship Win. IVnn, having brought home ; four thousand dollars woith of gold dust i from California, is untrue. He h*a brought ■ very little, if any. I he Pennsyhanin is imploring the Ilun | kers and Free Soilers of New York to unite. It no longer denounces the Utter HS "traitors"—"arch traitors"—but mod e*!y stylos thorn "our republican bro thers.* 1 he death of Jap. Cooper, uncle of Jas. f emu more Cooper, took place at Oswego, N. on the Ist. He had reached his ' ) Pi,r > and though a Quaker, m I ved honorably in the Revolution. Folt E I G_N NEW S. BY TIIE STUAHER AMERICA. French Intervention in Italy. —The a f. fairs of ihe Continent are stili in a V erv distracted state, though there are sirne bright spots in the general gloom. In the National Assembly '■! France, on Monday, the President of the Council cf Ministers made a communication relative to the inte; venlion of France in Italv. {}„ stated, in substance, that the counter covp of the victoiics gained by the Austrian over the Piedmontese would be felt through out the whole < f Central Italy ; that acrbn appeared to bo imminent in the Roman States, and that France would not remain indifferent to tuch a state of things. The Government have therefore determined to send an army of 14,000 to Rome to the Pope, Lenoil L'Ondinot to command The cholera is largely on the increase in Paris and many persons of opulence have become its victims. Up to the 19,1, t( iera hnvp been 1762 case.-, of which 1022 hid proved fatal. The German Empire. — Germanv U still in a state of great confusion. The Frus. sian Government is said to have obtained the assent of a few of the small States, such as Hesse Ca-sel, Brunswick and U'eiman to the assumption of the Imperial dirrnitv by the King ; but these form only a small part of the Slates of Germany. Austria is of course violently opposed to a plan which would transfer the Imperial dig. nity from the House of Hapsburg to that of Brandenburg; and Bavaiia, the third State in Germany, for population and influ ence, is scarcely less so. Both France and Russia are strongly opposed to the change. All these difficulties inay perhaps be got over, if the smaller States of Germany were unanimous in favor cf the union with Prussia. But this is not the fact. Hano ver, w hose assent is essential to the cam. ing out of the scheme, is not likely to give ii ; and Saxony has so strong a sen*e nf what reasons she has against re constituting the German Empire on the basis piopusto at Frankfort, and even if they could be over come it is doubtful if she would assent. The Austrian Empire is in as great dif. ficultv as ever, for it is clear from the re treat of all the divisions of the Austrian army towards Pesth, that they have been repulsed by the Hungarians. The great struggle now is for ihe position ofthe Hun garian's fortress of Comoro on the Dan ube, which tiie Austrian have beseiged for several weeks., and which the Hungarians tie endeavoring to relieve. If they should succeed, the cause of Austria wili be des perate in Hungary. Charles Albert, though he could not re sist R-ideizky, indicted a great injury on Austria, by compelling the Austrian Gov ernment to detach an army of 20.000 from Croatia to Italy at the breaking out ofthe Sardinian war. This army is now hasten ing back to Hungary, and may perhaja arrive in time to check the Hungarians. Tne luipetial army beseiging Comoro is now exposed to a three-fold attack—from tiie Nonh, the South and from the gairi* son of the fortress itself. The country surrounding Comoro is all but in the hands ofthe Magyars, and Comorn is but twen ty leagues distant from Vienna. The Im perial party amongst the inhabitants of Pesth, are quitting the Hungarian capital and flying to Grau and then to Raap and Presburg. \ ienna papers of the 14th, furnish pos itive information of the occupation of the important position taken by the Hunga rians. The details of this action are given by the German papers, and are to the ef fect that, Windiscberatz, at the head of his best regiment, opposed the progress of the Hungarians in the direction of Comorr. A tierce engagement ensued in which ihe superior tactics of the Magyars proved ir resistible. A fairs in Italy. —ltaly is still in in describable confusion. Tiie Republicans have been put down in Genoa, after liar, ing had the command of that beautiful city for nine days. In Tuscany there had been a general rising in favor of the Grand Duke, ar.'J the man who was recently dictator is nc* prisoner. Venice is besieged by the Austrian by sea and land, and must surrender. In Sicily the struggle has commenced Willi dreadful ferocity, and a desperate bat tle took place on Good Friday, between the Neapolitans and the Swiss*troops and the people of Catana, which continued all night and ended in the defeat of the Cat* anians. A great number of them were killed and the city was afterwards sack ed and plundered. The terror caused l v this defeat has caused the city of Svra ruse to surrtnder without resort to arms- Palermo is now the only place of much strength in ihe hands of the Sicilians. A desperate resistance is expected there, but with very little chance of success. Denmark and Germany. —The Dan Jh entrenchmenis next to Dope!! had been attacked and carried by the Saxon and Bavarian troops. The loss of the Ger mans in this affair is calculated at 150 to 200 men. Several additional captures have been made by the Danish vessel*, and it is stated that German emigrant ship* w ul not be exempted. From Ireland —We have the usual quantity of misery and crime, but there is nothing of special importance. Theju f )' in the case of Mr. Duffy ofthe Nation have again disagreed, and he h3? been at liberty on bail, for his appearance at d.e next commission. It is stated that a commercial treaty about to b formed between England ate France, the leading features of which vvu b the free admission of brandy, wine an fruit from France, —coI iron, l * lii from England. Whatever advantage* may be conferred upon French vessels - s the alteration of the Navigation Lawi are to be liboially reciprocated by tin Government ofthe Republic.