a few days since. Among the ariiv Is at
San Francisco we see the name ola little
craft called the Favorite, {about 16 ton*,)
which left New iietl lord in December-,
with a crew of six persons-
The Newark Advertiser publishes a let
ter from Seth Brydeti who went to Cali
fornia with n party from that place. Ac
cording to Mr. R., gold digging is not nl
wavs so profitable u business as it lias been
supposed. We copy the best id the letter :
COLCMA, Saw Mill Valley, April.
4 We reached th? valley of Sutler's
Mill at 5) o'clock, V. M., April 15. Put
lip our tent, packed away our luggage,
and about 1 o'clock wuit to the diggius
below the saw mill with our wash pans and
washed out a few giains of the goid. On
Monday, the 16th, we went to the diggins,
githered all the information we could from
the people we found at work there, and
washed out 3or dollars worth of goid.
On Tuesday L put tl.o washer together
while the others went to dig and prepare
the dirt to wash. Iu the afternoon we
washed out 810 worth, or the weight of
an eagle. Wednesday, 17th, Mr. Daven
port staved at the tent while the other five
washed all dav, and obtained 8-7.50. —
Thursday, 18th, eJI hands together wash
ed out 832.50. Friday, IQ.li, obtained
801 worth of gold, on Saturday, 20th,
$82.50 worth, having struck a good bed
of alluvial diet, which we had tu carry
about 90 yard* to the water.
Oil Monday 22J, collected 807 ;Tues
day, 23 !, §63.50; Wednesday, §68.50;
Thursday, §56 ; Friday, 553.50 ;Saturday,
§SO. On Sunday we stayed at the tent ;
washed up and made a dividend of five
ounces of gold to each per>on, leaving six
penny weights in the treasuiv. This is
not up to what was represented, being not
over §S per day, and our expenses arc
enormous. It seems strange, that after al!
that has been said with regard to this coun
try, no correct ;Je a of it has been conveyed.
h hen a person arrives at Son Francisco
tho journey is not half perfoi tned—the la
bor. fatigue and privation then commences.
A person may go from San Francisco on
the deck of a small vessel, and ride across
the prairies in an ox wagon, but no person
would tiak riding up and down the moun
tains to Columa, (Suiter's Saw Mill,)
ther.ce fifteen miles to the Spanish bar on
the middle branch of the American fork,
the nearest mine that yields sufficient to
pay for working. A good horse will car
ry about lOOibs. across the mountains, at
an expense of about fifty cents per pound ;
from that a person must take ins blanket,
loo+s&nu victuals on bis own back and climb
his way wherever he goes.
\ou may wondrr why we have staved
here so long. The reason is that the wa
ter is so high that the miners do not work,
and ;t wilt exceed six weeks longer on ac
count of the snow melting on the mountains.
The river here is high, and it has risen
some three feet since we begun to work, j
driving us from the best diggings. '1 his
nver is about seventy-five yards wide, and
from five to ten yards deep on a descent
from two to three or four feet in one hun- :
dred, and runs like a train of cars over the
rocks, making ten times the noise.
A per son commencing to dig, selects his
place, clears away a bed of rocks and
gravel of ail siz is and of alt depths, from
on® to six feet, till be comes to a bed of
yeliowbh alluvial sand a few inches thick,
end sometimes a foot of this contains the
gold m greater or less quantities. This is
curried to the river and washtd, yielding
a few pieces, such as I send, iu a shovel or
pan full. If we strike ou the lee side of
a reck, or pocket in the rocks, we make a
good day's work: but if we strike a place that
had no shelter when the gold and yellow
sand was washed down, we get nothing.
This is the character of ail the mines, as
far as I can learn, in the ravine or rivers;
end that the gold is universally spread over
the country.n acknowledged by all miners,
many of whom have mads large sums by
gov* 1 ti-'k. saying nothing or hun ireiis that
have not niaie their expense*. I have
seen many returning poor. An Irishman
returning from the mines to San Francis
co, said he got only §lO. 1 asked hun the
reason, an l he said he could .ot find a
good place- One other man said he never
made leas than §SO pet day, and had made
6700 per day, having obtained in all §30,-
000.
Below the mbi where the g id was fi-si
discovered, ibcie is a btnj in the river,
which v\as worn away to the lout of the
mountain, s me 150 yards from its or.gt
oal bed, which is the place in which we
tag tor gold. I; appears to me that some
thousands of vears ago some heavy flood
brought c wa the ahuvial soil and gold
from the liiountiius. Then other floods
have Lr.jug it rock# of all sizes from haif
a ton weight to gravel, and covering and
mixing it wiih limber, Ac. Removing
tins In find die gold, nnd washing il out, is
the heaviest work a maa can do. I iearn
from the miners not one in one hundred
would have come, i" they had seen a-<
much as I have, 2nd three out of t'onr that
have come, wu*l nut work ai it if the
mines were in Bergen. 1 think we shall
go to the middle branch of the American
instead of toe north branch, though
u is of no u.-e to g > there until the water
(J?.
Urift.
The following vert piopr-r rule has been
ea -biished ai the Treasury D oirtmeot
t *ili dt . -s attended m:;i the best
on sequence:
I'hev I UV DrPAßTarvr, /
Sec. Au.ut t* O Fice, J-.,! ,v 5, 1619. i
Owing to the numerous applications ami
< .nip'Litit* i c i man's that if ants and
attorney* lam i to pay over tht-ir due*
wlifcO ci ilecti d, this office ha* eatahl,bed
t> tnle bat no ra>v er Will be pdd upon
d pu-er tf i - :.i vto any agent or ntior
or; tv...> : n c.-rged, orvb r rircum
stances to warra..! beht, with withhold
ing ttt-tney b i t> a s:r,a*nt.
!'. t'LAV D'N §.c 1 Auditor.
Pi; em ati t re Be rials. —Wo are assured
that tlie following is true iu every particu
lar : A poor in ui, residing in the tipper
part of the city, ! e(i home at the usual hour
some days since, to perform his daily la
bors ; and on returning in the afternoon,
found that his wife had been seized with
cholera during the forenoon and conveyed
to the Hospital in 13th street, lie imme
diately vvenj there, and a? he entered the
place, six coffins were carried out to be
conveyed to Potter's Field. The poor fel
low proceeded to the room and enquired
for his wife, when he was informed that
she was dead and that one ot the coffins
he hau passed contained her body, but
which of them they could not tell, as no
marks are placed upon them to distinguish
one from the other. The man in an agonv
of grief, started in pursuit of the convev
ance, and accompanied it to Potter's Field,
when he pleaded so hard to be permitted
to look once more upon iho face of his
wife, that permission was given, and the
coffins were opened. When the body of
the woman was exposed, he seiz:d it Iran
tieally in his arms, and presseJ it fundly
to his bosom. For a moment he fancied
he felt the heating of her heart, and seiz
ing her wrist, he exclaimed, 4 My God,
she lives!' At that moment the woman
opened her eyes and recognized her hus
band ; sha was conveyed home, and is now
quite recovered. If this be true—and our
informant affirms that it is—what a fright
ful reflection it conjures up, that perhaps
others, bearing only the semblance ofdea'h,
have been prematurely hurried to the grave !
A t?r I "or A* Mirror.
Sr. Locis, July 30.
A tire broke out yesterday morning on
board the steamer Algoma. It soon
spread to the sleamei San Francisco, ly
i.;g contiguous, then to steamer Mary,
next to the Phoenix, and finally to the
Dpbuque. The flames raged violently,
and before they could be subdued all five
of the boats were totally destroyed. The
loss is very heavy, probably not less than
one hundred thousand dollars There was a
partial insurance, but to what cxUot has
not been stated.
The Algoma was commanded by Geo.
E. \ oung. He was seen to jump over
board with his clothes on tire, anil his not
: since been heard of. The former coat
inander of the boat. Capt. Cleveland, was
| on board, and narrowly escaped with his
life. Mm. Fitch, a passenger, was burn
ed up with the b at. it is feared several
others have perished.
Oregux.— A census of the inhabitants
of Oregon has rcceatjy been taktu, and
it shows that the number of the population
is 8,902, including foreigners, who num
ber upwards ot 300. There are, accord
ing to the census, 2,509 voters; but in cou
sequence of the absence of many at the
mines, the rule at the next election will bs
( much reduced. Gov. Lane has issued a
proclamation, fixing the number of mem
bers of Council and House of Representa
tives to which each county is entitled, and
ordering the election to be held for them
and fur delegate to congress on the hr.-i
Monday in June next. There are six can
didates for Congress in the fieid.
The rage for gold hunting continued as
strong as ever at last advices, and both the
newspapers published in Oregon had sus
pended operations in consequence of it.
A recent case in St. Louis strongly il
lustrates the advantages of Life insurance.
It is thus slated in the Republican of that
city:
A few months ago, a young gentleman,
a merchant of ibts city, married, and s._on
after took ou; a policy of insurance on his
i hie for §5,000, in favor of hi* u A
few days ago he lei 1 a victim to toe pre
vailing epidemic, but it was to him and
his friends a source of pleasant recurienre
that his foresight bad placed ins wile be
yondthe reach of want. Tiiere is no
pang to the dying man more sevete than
the consciousness that ho leaves his wife
and children unprovided for ; how much
then is the feeiiug relieved when they have
been cared for and guarded agamst.
Hon. Thomas Henry, one of the oldest
and most respected inhabitants of Beaver
county, in this islnte, died at Beaver on
the 20th, inst., at the advanced age oi Hi)
years. He has resided in Beaver county
>me£ 1767, and in 1603 was appointed a
Justice of the Peace by Governor Snv.ier.
He afterwards iiiied with inuch ability a
number of county offices, represented the
district in Congress for tiirce terms, was
appointed an Associate Judge, and bore a
gallant part in the war of 1612. He was
also for a time the editor of the " Argus"
newspaper published at Beaver.
Sixet'Lvn Freak oe Lightning. —
The Bangor Courier says that during a
thunder shower a few days since, the ma
i bine shop in Newport, in that county,
where are manufactured cast iron Bench
\ icrs was struck by I ghtring near the
centre of the budding, and it then crinkled
about among the iron works in the shop,
melting out litt e bits of iron, and then
welding together bunches of sheet iron,
and setting the shop on fire in a great
number of places, at least fifty, and then
disappearing without injuring any person
or doing any very serious dimage.
Fseless Wealth. —It appears tit it
\ oung Fbiii-ps, the principal heir to the
i.urriinsc estate involved i:i the l'hiihp*
wiM case, which has just been decided in
:s favor, comuiittr-d suicide by *ho<4uig
a :elf through the hea l with a pistol.—
He w* 22 years of ge, but notwithstand
ing las great fortune, was the victim of a
cespondency which led i< ins suicide.
Cstsc ivd KrrßT—The ilavs>i:le Hcr
. 5 m-'nti nt ;e det!*i, by c;i" rs, of x tjer
'era. who drank tlte dav beLre*a bucket ' l'lcf
vaueriitiik u J a':; k^v.'
CHARI.ES PORTER, servant of President Tay
lor, died in Washington on Sunday morning
from the effects of an apoplectic lit.
The Springfield (111.) Journal , of the 19tli
ult„ announces the completion of the ruilroad
from that city to Naples on the Illinois river.
First-rate coal has been found in Arkansas
at the junction of the Petitjean and Arkansas
rivers.
Fire wood is now brought from the British
provinces end sold ia Massachusetts at .$5 per
cord.
Col. James S. Wallace, senior proprietor of
the Daily Sun, has been appointed an Inspec
tor ot Customs at Philadelphia.
AN ARTIFICIAL SEA-SERPENT, prepared by
some wags at Newport created great conster
nation among tlie bathers a few days ago, by
i its sudden appearance in the midst of them.
A World's convention of the Friends of
Peace is about to assemble at Paris, and al
ready many eminent and worthy citizens have
proceeded thither from our own country.
The Pamphlet Laws passed at the late ses
sion of the Legislature have been received by
the County Treasurer and Proihonatary, and
are ready tor delivery.
To make a sober man a drunkard, give him
a wife who will scold him every time he
comes home, then storm at her son Bill, kick
Tom over the skiliet, dab Ned over the mouth,
and then drive them all into the kitchen with
a broomstick.
In England they grow grass on the lino
, of railway to prevent the dust rising on the
' passage of the cars.
W ire work is now being successfully
substituted for wood laths in ihe ceilings
of houses and public buildings. The wire
is either galvanized or immersed in a clietn
ical preparation, winch prevents it from
corrosion.
I GREAT FIRES in the British Provinces
are rejioited in the last Boston papers ; one
at River John, Prince Edward's IsUnd, de
stroyed from seventeen to twenty houses,
j and burnt to death one man. Fires in the
woods were also veiy numerous, and ihe
whole region above named was enveloped
in smoke.
]
From the New York Journal of Commerce.
SINGULAR PROPHECY.
Mr. Editor: Lorenzo How, ofeccen
trie memory, was in possession of a Ger
man work on the Prophecies, which he
valued highly, and frequently made quota
tions from. Among other remarkable
sayings of the author, were these:
'I would not be a king, in 1848.'
'I would nut be a grave digger, in 1849."
'I would not be a soldier, in 1b50.'
4 1 would be either, 1851.'
I he work alluded to was written about
200 years ago. It certainly possesses an in
terest for the curious. How frail the ten
ure bv which kings held their crowns, in
I*4B ' Who would like the otliee of a
j grave digger in 1-19, unless he were sole
ly mercenary ? How more thin presuma
ble is it thai the mihtary men ot the earth
will contribute multitudes, in 1-50, to fill a
wide and quiet grave ! And we may hope
at least, in 1851, for the fair harbingers
which promise 'peace on earth, and good
will to men.' L. 11. Y.
Clba — l jiroßTANT KRUUE. — it IS rp
poited that submarine explorations m.*de
in divers places along the coasts of Cuba,
have resulted in the distovetv thin it is
loose at the bottom , and that if politically
annexed to this country it might be towed j
to New O: leans and anchored off the mouth
I 'tie Mississippi. ii this is a fact, it adds
><je m re to the many unanswerable aru
liieuis i , favor c!" the immediate annex t
tion of the land of tobacco to tins iiltle re
public. Smoking, spitting, and annexing
are the grand characteristics of American
freemen, and we can gratify them ail with
convenience and dispatch by requesting
our esgh' to take Cuba under its wing. —
To b* sure the allbir might involve us in
war with half Europe. Bet what of that *
' Whose at ard *' — Wilson's Dispatch.
We see it stated that Senator Benton,
in a recent speech in Missouri, took occa
sion to announce a description ofine Whig
paxty. 4 11 lijb-i (said he) urc />< oph , and
pay tores and for their country.''
Whether lie meant it or not, this is the
exact i Jca tbrt the democratic leaders have
eer entertained of the W nigs; to pay tax
es and fight for their country, h.s been
their duty : to share in the public offices of :
that r wintry h.ts been the peculiar privilege
of the democracy. The moment old Z tck
stepped in, and endeavored to correct this
d vctr oa. and yive an equal share of offices
to tiie proseiibed party, which had previ
ously only pud t3xcs and fought battles,
the democrafn- pre*s shouted out'proscrip
tion, butchery, gu Homines.' The shouting
so far has not effected much.— Aberdeen
( M iss.) Independent.
SKCMK —A fellovr named Montgomery,
who has be; n removed from the P. O. De
partment at Washington, shows hisskusk
iike character by discharging a torrent of
filthy abuse at the President, Mr. Collamer
and t titers of the Cabinet, through the col
umns of the M ashington Union. This fel
low's conduct shows the necessity of purg
ing the Coven meat offices of the corrupt
piace-holders who have been so long in of
fice that they claiai places as ife estates.—
It is' a sinking commentary also on the
character • f these lerofuco office holders,
who with hearts fifed with the blackest
ve. m against the Wh ; g Administration,
-re yet begging and whining t > b;* kept in
place We doubt not there are scorc-s of
others l.ke ih.s M n gornery getting fat
5.i...i us ?it W '• .ngton, whom this conduct
ught to be sufficient evidence < f the ne.
of g vtng their places to genuine
f.". n !s .{ 'no Ad rt; .istr.virn.
THE GAZETTE.
LEWISTOAVX, EA.
SATURDAY, AUGUST i, 1819.
TER M a :
ONE DOLLAR PER AAAI M,
IN ADVANCE.
For six months, 75 cents.
NEW subscriptions must be paid in
advance. If the paper is continued, and not
paid within the first month, ji1."25 will be charg
ed ; if not paid in three months, 61.50; if not
paid in six months, £i.7o ; and if not paid in
.nine months, §2.00.
Notices of Adurtisenients.
attention of readers is directed to
a sale of a Valuable house, and town lots, by
the Executors of .Mrs Reynolds, on the 14th
inst. We are authorized to say that, after
payment of the hand money required, the in
terest being punctually paid, the balance may
remain in the property beyond the time fixed
fur payment—and probably for a length of
time which will be explained at sale.
Mrs. STEVENSON oilers for sale a Canal Boat
and three Mules.
J. II AM AN &. SON give a notice to the public.
Millers can ascertain in another column
where Bolting Cloths are to be had.
Nt'Sßii'MS are closing out some articles at
cost prices.
RAYMOND &L CO.'S Menagerie, with a large
collection of animals, will be here on Monday.
AN EXTRA, containing eight col
umns of advertisements, accompanies to-day's
Gazette.
The Wilis Meeting oil Tuesday.
No call for a County Meeting having been
published in the Democrat of last week for
Monday evening, and presuming that other
arrangements had been made, a call was is
sued tor a Whig meeting to be held at the
Town Hall on that evening. The last Demo
crat contains a notice fur a meeting at the
same time and place—issued however, as we
arc informed, without a knowledge that the
whig meeting had been called. The error
having been discovered at too late an hour to
be rectified in the Democrat, we have con
cluded to change the Whig Meeting to Tues
day Eveting, of which our friends are re
quested to take notice.
DROWNED. —On Saturday afternoon last, a
little boy named GEORGE, son of Thomas Moon,
ijed lour or five years, while endeavoring to
get on a boat, fell into the lock, and although
every effort was iruJe. some time elapsed be
fore he was got out. All attempts to resusci
tate him proved fruitless. The pocr little fel
low whose days on earth were thus quickly
ended, was much bruised about the neck, and
JU ll is transit fircm hfe to death proba'U.y suf
fered but litt.e pain. His remains, attended
by a number ot sympathizing friends, were
interred en Sunday afternoon.
FIRST or Awirn.—The colored people of
Lewistown celebrated the anniversary of Eman
; cipa'ion in the West ladies on Wednesday
ias% in an imposing manner. One party went
up the river, while another proceeded to a
grove acj jiiiing the residence of W. P. Elliott,
11-q. The former we d.d not see ; the latter,
comprising the Daughters of Temperance,
Sunday Sciix;!, Ate., made a very respectable
appearance, in banners, dress, aad numbers.
An address, which we have heard high v
spoken of, was delivered by a Philadelphian.
The day was pleasant, anu aenpie justice done
to the entertainment provided for the occasion.
THE PENXSTLS ANI A CULTIVATOR, PIBLI-HED
AT HARRISEUWO, PA. —The last number com
pitied volume one of this excellent work, and
although thus far published at a loss, the pro
prietors avow their determ nation to continue
it, the interest manifested ia the enterprise leav
ing but littie doubt of its ultimate success. Dr.
Foster having been engaged for some time past
in other vocations. Lis place wiii be filled by a
gentleman of talent, experience and extensive
s.-ientihc attainments. A short delay wiii oc
cur in its publication, after which it will be
regularly issued. Terms, s>3 per annum.
FOWLERS & WELLS, \tw York, have issued
a neat little work entitled the " Science of
Swimming," which contains particular instruc
tions to learners, with illustrations, and an es
say on its importance to Che preservation of
health ar.d life. Trice 12$ cents.
ELECTION* IN AIGIST. —Nine elections take
place in the month of August, including the
vacancy, on the for a member of Congress
in Rhode Island occasioned by a failure to elect
The candidates in that State are S. G. Shear
man, whig, and B. B. Thurston, Vise late mem
ber. Result doubtful.
Members of Cougress ate also to be chosoc
in Texas, where two locofocos will be returned
AS usual. Dr. S. Kaufman wiii be returned as
one, and Messrs. Pillsbury, How ard, or Mc-
Leod for the other. George T. Wood present
incumbent) and P. H. Bell are candidates for
Governor. John A. Greer, MtddletonT. John
son and James W. Henderson, for Lt. Gover
nor. Geo. \V . Smyth :s the leadinj candidate
for Commissioner of General Land Office.
Election August 6t'n
In Missouri, same day, for a Legislature who
will have the choice of a I*. S Senator. This
gives unusual interest to the election. part;cu
larly Colonel Bcuton is canvassing the State,
and everywhere encounters fierce opposition.
Same day. also, in lowa, for Legislature and
Bard of Public Works.
The mure important elections are for Indiana,
Kentucky, Alabama. Tennessee, ard North
C arolina, in ail of which Members cf Ccngre-,,
are to be elected.
The Hirmburg f uks an- * Betting proposal-,
for materials for their Cottoi. Mill. 1; jj to be
commenced without delav
OUR OPPONENTS.
The locofbco delegate elections will come
oft' this afternoon, and on Monday the usual
nominations be made. HUGH MCKEE having
closed his brilliant legislative career by voting
for banks at one session and against them at
the next, is not a candidate fur re-re-nomina
tion under the one-term principle—thus leav
ing the field open to .Major WILSON, HUGH
CONLEY, Dr. MITCHELL, and GEORGE SIOI EK,
Esq , of Decatur, each of whom is no doubt
quite willing to serve Mifflin county " to the
best of his ability." Not knowing which of
these is the favorite of the borough gentlemen
who pull the "democratic" wires that regu
late such nutters, we are of course unable to
say whose chances arj best. Hugh Conley
once had the nomination, but the people not
ratifying tire contract, he obtained leave to
stay at home; Major Wilson represented our
county one session, but having given a tern
perance vote that did not sit well on demo
cratic stomachs, they laid him on the shelf by
declaring ONE TERM a cardinal principle of
democracy, and then to show their consistent
love fur principles gave his distinguished suc
cessor IKO terms; Dr. Mitchell has had the
honor of having his name in the paper for the
several offices from A to Z, some of which,
with many thanks to partial friends, he de
clined, while others, we suppose, he could not
get. Of Mr. Sigler we know nothing, save
that some of the name in Decatur township
were good Taylor men last fall.
For Treasurer, Robert 11. McCliotic, Thos.
W. Moore, and George \V. Gibson have been
named. There are doubtless other candidates
behind the curtain whose names wiii appear
on Monday next, should the cauldron as at
present constituted not boil the proper demo
cratic froth
Guinbic and the Loeefoeos.
A report liaving got out among the " Demo
cracy" of Mitihn that the iocofoco nominee
for Canal Commissioner had at one time op
posed some of the regular nominations tor Ca
nal Commissioner, &c., the Democrat enters
the field in his favor and pronounces the charge
entirely unfounded. Mr. Gamble himself ad
mitted before the P.itaburgh Convention, while
laboring to show he had supported Mr. Foster,
that " circumstances " earned him to the State
of New York about electton time, and of course
prevented him from voting. Now it appears
to us that so strenuous a iocofoco feke Mr. G.
would hardly suffer circumstances to carry
him away when hts services were no=t need: i.
unless he went willingly. Mr could excuse
the " cucuinstances" that prevented Genera.
Cass from attecding the Chicago Convention,
as well as the "circumstances" which pre
vented his election; but "circumstances," we
believe, are not Considered a reasonable excuse
among the iocuiocos of this Slate for not depos
iting at feast one vote at an important election.
Such might certainly be the inference, fur
Madam Rumor had it some years since that
an officer on the public works lost his situation
because •• circumstances" prevented his at
tendance on a day which resulted somewhat
disastrously lo the party of seven principles,
viz., five loaves and two fishes.
Ji DO. E LO.MCVTRETH'S Toast at a laic locofoco
celebration, is severely bandied by some of the
papers. We give it below, with the following
just remarks of the Sbrriatem Htmld :
THE TOAST. — 'The laborer is worthy of his
hire"—in cash—and it is not the fauk of the
Canal Comuii; doners, if the precept is not car
ried out in practice, on the Public Works of
Pennsylvania."
The insinuation contained in the toast of
Judge Long-'.reth is contemptible, and it comes
with a bad grace after the scathing irpost which
ha-been made by the State Treasurer. With
in t:.e past three months, upwards of $400,000
have been drawn from the Treasury, by the
Canal Comm.-sioners and their underlings, os
tensibly tor the purpose t f paying the laborers
or. the Public W oiks. 3:.d if they have not re
ceived it. where does the respoasibility rest :
Let Judge Longstreth look at home, and see if
a large portion of this gross mismanagement
does not rest heavily upon his shoulders.
•• The laborer is worthy of his hire." The
precept is undoubtedly true: but what shall be
said of the non-laborer—.? be too worth* of
h s hire—in cash-" For the past eight months
Judge Longstreth has been unable to attend to
the discharge of his official duties. From this
cause, for a portion of that time, we were with
out a Canal Board, and even after an organiza
tion hau been effected, its operations were erip-
I'ed and the interests of the State jeoparded.
So great was Judge Longstreth's love of place,
and so controlling was his slavish devotion to
parfu. that he preferred to draw Lis salary for
duties he couid not perform, rather than resign
his situation in tne Board, and give the people
an opportunity ot electing one who could sav
with truth "the laborer is worthy of his hire."
Anu now, to divert attention from his own short
comings, we find him in the face of ail these
things attempting to lis upon others the charge
of official misconduct! A worthy censor, truly.
MAIL STOLKV-- -On Friday night of LAS*
week the through mad from WitUanisport to
Northumberland, Pa.. was stolen between
Muncy and WtHiamsport. The mail on this
line is carried in a one horse buggy construct
ed for the purjxee. Nv c!ue tins yet been
found by which to discover tte perpetrator.
The mm;, we understand, contained abou:s&KXi
ui cash.
LIBERAL BttjCEsrs—Among the beo iests
made by the late 1 heodore Lyman, of
was $50,000 to tho Kefima edM at W'est-
U>n u_.i: $10,1)00 to the Farir. Sch.-oi of Mass
ac:.u-e?ts: and to the Horticultural
Society of Massnchusetts.
For RACK KrTßAom.isanv. We learn
from the Nashville tiaz tie that on Saturday
! ast, there was to hovt b-on a trial of speed be
tween t * o geutleinetj it W lute's Creek Spnwi
mar .\a-, d." • —one w- ghing 373 lbs , tise
other 204. They to run a cpiarter of a
uiiie U>r a gxv' - • ••v<r i rs:x persuus.
Locofbco Dcsffration.
The locot.ico papers through this part of the
Sute, of late have been weekly regaling the.r
readers with scenes purporting to have taken
p'ace at the White House between Gen. 'lay.
lor and his Cabine*. Some of their readers
may be silly enough to beiieve these unprinc..
pled fabrications, but if they do, it will riot add
to their credit either as good citizens or intel
ligent men. The idle tales got Hp of infer
views between the {'resident and applicants
fur office, in which Gen. Taylor is held up
ignorant of even the common courtesies 0 f
life, are but emanations from the same sources
which have slandered and belied the gallant
hero of Buena Vista ever sipce he beca.n i ti.e
whig candidate for President, and part ot a
wholesale sysfem of abuse without parallel
even in the days of Jefterson, Adams, or Juci.-
son. Such a system will not make votes fir
any party.
HENRY C. STROMAS, Esq., late senior editr;
of the York Advocate, has been appointed to a
clerkship in the Treasury Department at
Washington. As editors seem to be in favor
in that Department, and we being sadly in
want of a new press, as well ae sundry type,
Mr. Meredith w ill please reserve some short
and profitable job for us. by which we can re
alize enough to pay fur them. That done, fir
aught we care, he may give clerkships, or even
higher posts, to all the remaining whig editors
in the State —the bachelors of the Juniata Sen
tinel and Blair County Whig included.
ANOTHER MARTYR.— Nathaniel Denby, late
temporary navy agent of the United States at
Marseilles, in h ranee, is a defaulter to the
tup.e cf §1.30,508 4*J, and suit has been com
menced against him for the amouut.
ANOTHER. —The Washington Republican
says that Patrick CMiins. Surveyor of the i'or:
of Cincinnati, removed by President Tayfir,
proves to be a defaulter Lo a large amount.
BEArTIFCL EXTRACTS,
"As well might you expect the native
plants of bis own suuny home to thrive araui
the snows of as that General Taylor
should suddenly make a statesman and be fitted
for the Presidency."— Thomas Ritchie, Edi
tor Washington Union, in I§l9.
"As well might you undertake to make a
sailor or" a cock, or a soldier of a goose, as a
president ot Andrew Jackson.— Thomas Rit
chie, Richmond Rnquirer. in 1 -ti".
Siwau Ccflrißßscr.—lt is 8 singular
: rtXissstißCs that the perpetrators or alleged
'.2ree s .-ovicides that have*?:-
carrad 13 PL. ade pftta coring the past five
jear?, svcc d have fa: ,en vict: nis to the scourge
watch has been destroying so many people in
ail our ia rge cities this summer. A week or
. two ago, Joseph Dover, who killed Abram Eeei
111 Kensington, and fled from j jstice.died cf the
epidemic in Cincinnati, just" as the officers of
; the law had tracked b;m cut. I.aet week, John
f* reedlv, of Kensington. who was so strongly
suspected of murdering his wife and recent! v
acquited, died of cholera. The death of Carl
Papenburg is also recorder.
TEE CHO L E S\.
The Huntingdon Journal says that sereial
cases cf cholera occurred :a Alexandria, ii
that ccanty, during last week, and ibrre
ceatns. One death from the same disease c
curred in Henderson township. These esses
can a.I be traced to imprudence in eating x
manner of living.
In Ph.iadelphia aixi New York the re-rcru
are as follows;
Philadelphia. New Yak.
cases, deal as. cases, ceaihs.
July 2.VJI, 41 14 131 539
26th, 36 9 150 52
27th, 34 8 205 66
2Sth 2fi 12 154 51
2th n, til 20 155 53
30th, 39 13
31st, 39 12
276 68 964 842
la St. Louis and Cincinnati the d.sease i.ts
rapidly abated—in the latter city it has a.-
tnost entirely disappeared.
At Brooklyn, cm the 30th, 23 cases aac 12
deaths.
At Newark, on the 29th, 17 cases and 12
deaths.
At Poughkeepsie, curing the week ending
on the 20th u!t, 66 cases aac 40 deai.is.
At Detroit, Michigan, for the week end."g
23d UiL. 59 deaths by cho-era.
At Burlington, Vermont, on the 25th, II
casos and 6 deaths.
At Quebec, on the 29th, 30 c L o'era atcr
ments; 21st, 24; 22d, 13. and 24th, 26-nw
k ng, with others previously reported 394
deaths by the disease since us first appearance
ti i ; season.
1 nere have been up to Monday nineir-e giit
deaths ot cholera, out of" l'kl inmates 12 line
bucks county Alms House. The disease : roke
ou. >.n the 21st ult., and these deaths hue s
occurred in the space of nine da vs. The dead?
on Saturday last were 21. The Steward of
the A'ms House 1? dead.
At Richmond, Ya , on the 30th, three cases
and one death.
The Western papers give accounts ot 'he
spread of tiie chute ra through the country,
while t is evidently abating 1$ the ciU's.
At .\"nia, Ohio, there have been twenty*
four deaths.
At New Hop>®. Brown eosntjr. Oh o, ' u?
h?J been 39 deaths. The inhabitants
pace only numbered about 10U.
At Coiumbos. On la, tin re were five Jeat-iis
on iheSSsh ult.
A: Cleveland, Ohio, cm the 27 h ult., the: e
were 4 deaths.
At the Baltimore A'm* House uptolhefLt
u:t., 146 cases and 68 deaths.
At Pittsburgh, on the 31 it 4 cases and I
death.
Sindcsiy Crrv, Ohio. J civ 81
Our city has been visited by that dreadful
scourg'\ the ch t-ra. and it no * oreva alo an
a inning extent. The morlaiuy • 1?
greater, compare , with the inpu'stioa, w : c i
averages about 4i*H than in any otnern
the I n.Kn. liur ag the 46 hours, coding
SuiMay, there have been lt\> div'-oi. 1
nig it 20 occurred. O,r c. sen* have
become great' v alarmed, ai.d the v rave flei -4
a!, cireciMtns * r safelv. !em . the e'ace 1-
!ivot de,> pu!ai-"i, N ' i r t.vJoO" :>ers-"S
renjaino. 5t he e.