Cctuislomu Vol XXXV.—Whole No. IS4O. Rates of Advertisiug. One square, 18 lines, 2 squares, G mos. 45.00 1 time 50 1 year 8.00 " 2 times 75 column, 3 mos. G.OO 3 " 1.00 " G " 10.00 1 mo. 1.25 " ] year 15.00 " " 2-50 i column, 3 mos. 10.00 6 " 4.00 " 6 " 15.00 1 year G.OO " 1 year 25.00 £ squares, 3 times 2.00 Notices before rnar -3 mos. 3.50 riages, &c. §l2. Communications recommending persons for office, must be paid in advance at the rate of 25 cents per square. Cftoicr isrtracts. SABBATH THOUGHTS. It is fading fast away"— Smiling sadly, as it dies— This calm and gentle Sabbath Day. How have we lived its hours ? How have we culled its flowers? How have we used our powers ? Father in Heaven ! dare we ask— Thou w ho hast seen beneath the ruask? We have knelt down to pray, And breathed words bereft of soul, And crushed love's kindling ray ; And dreamed of beauties fair and bright, Which closed our souls to God's pure light And bowed our wills'neath sin's strong might, j The world in us should have no part And sins have filled each wandering heart. i Ah, Father! if we love thee well, The fleeting hours would be a knell, Warning our thoughts above. And sadness, and wild longings vain, And vanity, and pride, and pain, Give place to holy love. I Elegant Eitract. There is an eventide in human life ; a season when the eve becomes dim and the strength decays, and when the winter of age begins to shed upon the human head its prophetic snows. It is the season of life to which the autumn is most analagous ; and which it becomes, and ntueh it would profit you my elder brethren, to mark the instruction which the season brings. The spring and summer of your days are gone, and with them not only joys they knew, but many of the friends who gave them. You have entered upon the autumn of yout being—and whatever may have been the profusion of your spring—or the warm temperament of your summer, there is a ieison of stillness or solitude which the beneficence of heaven afTords you, in which you may meditate upon the past and future, and prepare yourself for the mighty change you may soon undergo. It is now that you tnay understand the magnificent language of heaven—it min gles its voice with that of Revelation it summons you to these hours when the leaves fall and the winier is gathering, to that evening study which the mercy of Heaven has piovided in the book of salva tion. And while the shadow valley opens, which lead 9 to the abode of death, it speaks uf that love which can comfort and save, ttii which can conduct to those green uastures and those still waters where there ii an eternal spring for the children of God. Change of Business. From a recent number of Chamber's Edinburgh Journal ,we quote the following concluding paragraph of an Essay on the duty of being contented with the business in which we were eogaged —never to re gard it with shame or dissatufaction ; 1 The supposed capabilities of a man for another employment should never have the effect of making him despise or neglect his present one, however humble it may be. Jf it is worth our while to do a thing at fall, it is surely worth our while to do it j well. If there be any false shame on the subject, it ought to be banished by the re action, that there are a vast number of men of worth and talent superior to ours, fabontig, and laboring cheerfully at still meaner employments. Besides, it should faver be borne in that even in com- j paraiively obscure situations in life, there may be. and is, the greatest earthly happi "e. By a due culture of the faculties, bv refining the sentiments, any atlisan may tf'juy a satisfaction of mind equal to the neatest man in the parish. One who taiues genius merely as a means of ad vancement in the world, cannot know or feel what genius is. let on this false es 'unite are based a great proportion of the dreams which disturb the existence and fritter away the energies of youth. It is tiok spiritual, but temporal glory for w htch the common visionary pants. It M nut the souls of men he dean es to take capuve, but merely their pockols ; the par* fadife which opens to fits mind's eye be- | - tJ, 'd the counter, i composed of fine hous- I gay diesses and luxurious meals. The meanness of such ampliations enables us to hav without compunction, that be who in •'l-'s them, no more possesses the intel "Cual capabilities he fancies, that he is to enjoy the substantial reward:! of mdtistry and perseverance.' Wuraan uiiJer I'aganisw. ( hi many pagan countries the I irth o( a ' ,:iU gliU*r tb regitidecl as a calamity, and an '•<-C4sti.it ol bi.rrow. in Mime tribes fe '"■•it infante are immediately exposed to '-'tain death, that their parents may not ' v ' k '-' the trouble of bringing them up. — ' " k " the daughter is allowed to live, t>he e garded 8U inferior being; is frown- '' u p'jii by her parents and other relations ipeubjihbje iisjs) sir ®a©3B(Biß . 3 >ld to the highest bidder in market; and ! then becomes the slave of her husband.— | As respects matrimony, she can rarely be said to have a choice; she is given or sold to those who are willing to take her.— Such is the disgrace of celibacy in din ; dostan, that many women have been ; known to marry decrepit! nrul dying old ■ men just before they drown themselves in the Ganges. Muny women are buried a live with their deai husbands, or consumed j on the funeral pile, in China, women have been yoked with an ox or an ass, while the husband held the plow and sowed the seed. In Hindustan it is said that until recently, not one female in twenty millions was ac quainted witli the commonest rudiments of Hindoo learning. The American mission aries affirm that in the Island of Ceylon, when they first visited it, not a single wo man in a population of two hundred thou sand could read; ami that it was considered pernicious, if not absolutely impossible, to educate a female; and heavy calamities were expected to befall the woman that dared to aspire to the distinction of being able to read and write. Among tiie abor iginal tribes of our own country, the wo men do the drudgery; and the men spend their time in war, hunting, and idleness.— In many pagan countries, the life of the women is at tiie mercy ol the husband, and if she offend him he may kill her with perfect impunity, or at most at the ex pense of a small fine. As might have been expected tinder such degrading oppression and wrong, the wo man of pagan and mahomedan nations are generally low, sensual, vicious and unwor thy of confidence. LOVE • —Love is the weapon which om nipotence reserved to conquer rebel tnen, when all the rest bad failed. Reason be parries ; fear he answers blow for blow ; future interests he meets with present plea sure ; hut love, that sun against whose melting beams winter caunut stand, that soft, subduing slumber, which wrestles down the giant, there is no one human be ing in a million whose clay heait is hard ened against love. A NOIILE SE.NTIMK.NT. —• 1 look,' said ('banning, 'with scorn on the selfish great of the world, and with pity on the gifted prosperous in tiie struggle for office and power; but I look with reverence on the obscure individual who suffers for the right, who is true to a good, but persecuted cause.' THE BRAVERY OK FORGlVENESS.—For giveness is the most refined and generous point of virtue to which human nature can attain. Cowards have done good and kind actions ; but a coward never forgave—it is not his naturo. CUABITV.— Fhe last IU:ST fruit which cornes to perfection, even in the kindliest soil, is—tenderness towards the iiaid; for bearance toward the unforbearing :—heart warmth toward the cold misanthropic. All excesses are ill, but drunkenness is the worst sort. It spoils thu health, dis mounts the mind, and unmans the men It reveals secrets, lascivious, impudent,, dangerous and mad. F0 ft EIGN_ N_E WSi Tin: HUNGARIAN VICTORIES. The following account of the late Hun garian victories is from the Loudon Exam iner : Since our last accounts the Hungarians have been victorious both in the north and south. In the latter division of the king dom the army of the Ban has been com pletely crushed. The engagement took place at St. Thomas, on the 14th. The Magyars, whose numbers are laid at 00, 000, are said to have been commanded by Bern, whom Gen. Gruteuhilm's bulletins represent as having been defeated by him four days earlier,'on the 10th, at Bistiitz, on the eastern extremity of Transylvania, and 400 miles from the scene of the Ban's overthrow. Leaving this riddle to be cleared up by latei reports, there is no doubt of this blow, which lias been long expected by the Uungariau party, having been planned by Bern. Great demonstrations were made at Per lass opposite to Tttel, and the Serbian gen eral, Kniczamin, devoutly believing in the sincerity of these, and that it was the set tled intention of the Magyars to cross the Thciss at this point, continued to dig trenches and plant stockades with the ut most assiduity,while the main corps of the Hungarians passed the river at O'Bcckse. One of the first constqtietH.es of this vtcto- j rv will he the lelmf of Peteruardein. In the north a battle was fought at YVait zen, on the 17th mat., in which Gen. Geor gey broke through the line ol Imperialists, ! and inflicted upon them severe loss. The • Weiner Zeitung' publishes on the subject a bulletin by the Prince Paskiewitcb which 1 is indefinite in the extreme, and makes no mention of the fearful loss which, accord in" to private advices, the Russians sus tained. The report of Prince Paskiewitch simply states that on the 15th, the Hunga rian army marched upon Wait Zen* which SATURDAY, AUGUST 3.1, I 8 ID. was then occupied by a Russian Mussul man regiment, which according to former orders, fell hack as the cuemv advanced. At night General Georgey had secured a strong position before Waitzen. Ilis ar my was estimated at 44,000 men with 120 pieces of artillery. He was at once attack ed by the advanced guard of the Russians under Gen- Sass, but bis powetful artillery foiled all attempts that were made to dis lodge him. The cannonade on either side was violent, and the Hungarian cavalry ex ecuted several violent charges upon the Russians. The bulletin adds that the Rus sians recovered their position and subse quently captured some arms and prisoners, but the fact would appear to be that the Russians in the first instance retreated to Duna Kecsh, midway between Waitzen and Peslh. Private accounts which may be relied on in contradistinction to the lying bulle tins of Paskiewitcb, state that Gen. Sa.s bad advanced to Waitzen on the 15th, and that Georgey, marching along the left bank of the rivei, took up a strong position near Waitzen. At this juncture, General Deu.binski'a army of 40,000 men, which had been slowly edging away from the mining districts, came down upon Geu. Sass,who was compelled to ntreat to Puna Keesh. The Austrian general, Remberg, bearing at Peslh of the defeat of the Rus sians, left thai city, huatenud to their sup port, and succeeded in stopping the pro. gress of Dombinskt's army, which eventu ally fell back, upon Waitzen. The Aus trian Commander in chief has advanced with his main army to I'esth, leaving tho second division in the island of Shult, and the division under Geu. Grabband Schlick on either bunk of the Danube, to lay siege to the fortress of Comoro, while Haynau, it is expected will march bis third division and reserve tu the suceor of the Ban of Crotia. Further accounts state that after giving Paskiewitcb the slip on the night of the 1 Gih, Georgey marched bv the Neograd road, northward of the Tulia mountains. Reaching at Balassa Gyaimath the valley of I poly, he continued his march by the broad easy road which runs along this riv er to Izosonez, and from thence gamed Kima Szotnbath. Georgey, having baffled Rudigers's pursuit, proceeded from Kima Szombalh to Roseoau. He first met the Russian outpost of the north at JJSZM and in this neighborhood lie gained a complete victory over a strong corps. The llus sian, garrison was struck with consterna tion at the sudden appearance of a lluu arian army. The now burgomaster and war committee there established fledtu St Aliskulez. The garrison dropped all thoughts of de fence, and the Magyars entered without opposition. KaschaU, in a slragetic point of view, is a highly important place. On this account it was fortified by Paskiewitcb and made the head depot of the commis sariat supplies from Poland and Galicia.— From Kascliau, Georgey inarched towards the Theiss, which he was to cross at To key and Tarzal. The Russian detach ments left on the other hank are irretriev ably lost. The Theiss is, as in the past winter, the line of operations. The road to Galicia lies open on one side, ami com munications are established on the other with Dembtnski. Tetnesvar is repotted to have surrender ed to the Magyars, It was reported at \ ientia that the Rus sian reserve army of 80,000 men, now in Galicia, had received instructions to ad vance into Hungary. The garrison of Peterwardeiu has been relieved, ami the new garitson provided with victuals for eight months. The fortifications too have been strengthened, so that the fortress is now again equal to a siege of many months. The fortress of Arad has also been put in a state of defence, and the command there has been given toGen. Guyon. On the 13th inst., the Hungarian armies held the billowing position:—Gen. Au lieh, with 15,000 regulars and 20,000 well discipli ied levies, WHS at the Flatten Lake; 14,000 regulars and a vast number of le vies were on the banks of the Waag; 30,- 000 were in and around Comorn. Pein binski's force of 40,000 troops and 100,000 levies was divided in twoe.orps,one of which was at the foot of the Carpathians, while the other was united with Georgey's corps near Y polyzigh. There is a force of 35,- 000 regulars and a large body of levies un der Bern and Perczel, on tlte banks of the Theiss, and Bern has left a large corps to the defence of Transylvania. ADDRESS OF M. KOSSUTH. The following eloquent address to the nations of Europe forms part of a proclamation recent ly issued by M. Kossuth : "The armies of the Hungarian nation have already fought out their quarrel with Austria.' The liberated country need only to be made tot flourish. But the House of Hapsburg Lorraine had oricc more petitioned the Russian despot, for aid, and he broke into Hungary at tiie head, of 120,000 Russian troops ; through Cronstadt,, Lemberg, and Vienna, lie hroko into ourccou- t try—the country of the martyrs of liberty. "We do not throw down our arms. We w ill fight the. armies ol the allied tyrants of Europe. (iuirr inch '> • 1 wo-thirds ot 20 acres Corn Half of 14 acres Corn 2 Yearling Colts 6 head of Cattle— Vi which said property, purchased by us as above.! we have loaned to the said William Krwin dur-4 ing our will and pleasure—of which all persons will take notice. J- HAM AX & SOX. i McVeytown, August 4, 1849—3t. # I AWNS I Lawns and Gingham Lawns, -4 to close out the stock, will be sold at i cost price, at NUSBAUM, BROTHERS. I.ewistown, August 4, 1840. A I WAYS on hand, CARPETS and MAT TING, Floor and Table OIL CLOTH, i all selling very cheap nt NUSBAUM, BROTHERS. August 4, 1810. political. Whig State Convention. The Delegates to the Whig State Con i volition, appointed by the several counties, agreeably to the call of the Statb Commit tee, assembled at the Court House in Ilsrriaburg, on THURSDAY, the lGili day ol August, 1849, for the purpose of nominating a candidate lor the office of Ca nal Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Convention was called to order, ut II o'clock, A. M., by Mr. Swartzwelder, of Allegheny county, on whose motion Da vid Leech, Esq , of Armstrong, was called to the chair as temporary president ; and Thomas W. Dufiield, of Philadelphia, and John J. Cochran, of York, were appointed Secretaries. The Convention being temporarily or ganised, Mr. Kunket of Dauphin submitted the following resolution, which, afier u brief discussion was adopted. Resolved, That no substitute be admit ted to a seat in this Convention, who does not reside in the county or district ho pro poses to represent. The several senatorial and Representa tive districts were then called over, and M. H.Taggart answered as Senatorial delegate from this district, and Thomas Watson as Representative. On motion of Mr. KINO, of Bedford, a committee of thirty-three, equal in number to tho State Senators, was appointed lore port thu names of officers for the perma nent organization of the Convention. The chair appointed the Committee as follows :—Messrs. Charles Gilpin, Geo. H. Hart, Henry C. Pratt, Thomas Helms, Tho. Watson, M. Welhertll, Robt. I'urke, Isaac Bertolet, E. Artman, O. J. Dickey, C. B. Forney, Robt. Morris, J. C. Powell, J. 11. 11 win, C. Garretson, D. Taggart, S- H. Mcnough, A. Snively, Alex. King, M. Swartzwelder, R. Curling, Tho. Nichol son, L. L. Lord, 11. W. Snyder, Jas. S. Reese, G. J. Ball, S. Oyster. A. I'oplan, Jno Small, J. S. Kino, Davis Alton, J. C. Bomberger, E. M. Woodward. On motion, the Convention then ad journed to meet again at o'clock, P. M. AFTERNOON SESSION. 5J o'clock, P. M. The Convention met agreeably to ad journment. Mr. ERA NKLIN fiom the Committee on disputed seat in Perry and Cumberland, reported that Dr. Joseph Speck, of Perry, was entitled to the seat. Adopted. Mr. K ING, from the committee appoint ed to select officers for the permanent or ganization of the Convention, reported the following: President: EDWIN C. WILSON, of Venango Co. Vice Presidents: Ephraim Jones, Jr., of Allegheny. David Hays, Chester, Lloyd Jones, Montgomery. N. F. Campion, Philadelphia county. Benjamin Hershey, Lancaster. James Wilson, Adams. David Leech, Armstrong. Jacob B. Lancaster, Philadelphia city. John 11. Winlrode, Bedford. L. L. M'Guffen, Mercer. Isaac Bertolet, Berks, Joseph P. Ileirich, Northampton. Cornelius Gauetson, Columbia. Henry W. Snyder, Union. Samuel Williams, Philadelphia. Secretaries : Thomas Warner, Bucks. John J. Cochran, York. R. G. Durham, Centre. J.C. Bomberger, Dauphin. Thos. W. Dufiield, Philadelphia county. The report was unanimously adopted. Col. WILSON was conducted to the chair, and returned thanks to the Convention for the honor conferred upon him in a brief, but neat and pertinent address. Mr. SWARTZWELDER moved that a corn initlee of nine be appointed to draft a pre amble and resolutions expressive of the sense of the Convention. The President appointed Messrs. Swartz welder, Kunkle, Riddle, Verse. Durham, Brown, Taggart of Northumberland, llart and Thompson. On motion, the Convention then pro. ceeded to the nomination of candidates for Canal Commissioner; when Mr. Durham nominated HENRY M. FU LLER, ol Luz -me county. Mr. Warner nominated JOSHUA DUN OA N, of Bucks county. Mr. Bertolet nominated HENRY' H. KUPP. The nominations of Mr- Dungan and Mr. Kupp were subsequently withdrawn by the gentlemen who nominated litem ; when Mr. KVNHEL submitted the following resolution ; Resolved, unanimously, That HENRY M. FULLER of Luzerue county, he the nominee of the Democratic \\ big Party ot Pennsylvania for Canal Commissioner, at ihe ensuing election. The resolution was adopted by acclama tion, and greeted with warm applause. On motion of Mi. KUNKKL, Mr.Charles Gilpin was aided to the committee on res olutions. I\ew Hcrie*—Vol.—]\'o. 11. | Ou mo'ion of Mr. SMITH of Philadelphia, the otbcers of the Cotiventiou were deput ed to inform Mr. Fuller of his nomination. i ho Convention then, on motion, took a leeess of one hour. The Convention having re assembled Mr. Swartzweidor, from the committee on the subject, reported the following pream ble and resolutions, which were read arid unanimously adopted : The Delegates from the various counties and districts of Pennsylvania, assembled together in Convention, for the purpose of selecting and presenting to the people a suitablo candidate for their suffrages for the office of Canal Commissioner, and having performed that duty, present the following resolutions, as expressive of their views and sentiments on the great principles of National and State policy : Resolved, That this Convention offers its warm congratulations to the people of the United S'ates, and our glorious old Commonwealth, on the success of the Democratic Whig party, in the election of that sound, sterling, patriotic, Democrat ic Whig, Gen. ZACHARY TAYLOR, to the office of President of the United Stales, and of WM. F. JOHNSON, our firm, enlightened and intelligent Governor, to the highest ; office within this Commonwealth. Resolved, That with such men as Tay lor and Johnson at the head of our National and State affairs the people have no reason to fear an abandonment of their interests or betrayal of their rights ; hut may repose n perfect confidence that the honor of the state and nation will be preserved untar nished, and the interests of the people pro tected and promoted. ' Resolved, That in calling to his assis tance iu the administration of public affairs the honest, the sagacious, and experienced statesmen of the Country, the President gives assurance that every department of the government under his control will be faithfully administered; that the interests of the w hole people will be constantly pro tected and lostered; ttiat public faith with all nations will be steadily regarded, and that, follow ing the examples of the earlier Presidents, the pure republican principles of the constitution, will be deemed para mount, whatever interpretations they may have received ftotn recent political com mentators. Resolved, That the selection of William M. Meredith for the responsible office cf Secretary of the Treasury, meets the hear ty concurrence of the people of the State; that while Pennsylvania is honored in the choice of one of her gifted sons, she feels a proud confidence that the administra tion will be strengthened by the influence of his virtues, and the eminent abilities he brings to the discharge of his duties. Resolved, That we have undiminished confidence in the Hon. James Cooper, whose past life affords the surest guaranty that he will nobly vindicate and sustain the iuterests of Pennsylvania in the Na tional Legislature. Resolved, That if properly sustained by the action of Congress, the enlightened Chief Magistrate of the nation will in a brief space of time restore to the people ot this country, the policy adopted by the fathers of the Republic; the dissemination of just and equal laws, protection to their honest industry, adequate wages for their labor, the improvement of Rivers and Har bors, and the promotion of their geneial happiness. Resolved, That protection to the indus try of the pflople is one of the first duties of government; that the true interests of the State and Nation are best promoted by placing the Manufacturer, Mechanic and Laborer,side bv side with the agricultural ist—that the days of greatest prosperity for tho country have been those when do mestic labor has been piotected and unne cessary and excessive importation of for eign fabrics prevented by a proper tariff of duties, and in our opinion, such results have not followed the tariff of 1840, and can never be promoted by its continuance. Resolved , That as Pennsvlvanians we cannot tamely submit to see our iron man ufactories throw n idle, our mines of coal rendered valueless,our laborers and citizens unemployed, our farmers without a mar ket for their products, our capital destroy ed, and business paralyzed, to try my fur ther experiments on lite Loeofoco theories of Free Trade, when we are taught by ull past experience that poverty and want must be the consequence of importing from other countries those articles which we cm bettci manufacture within our own bor ders. Resolved. That, in the language of Gov. Win. F. Johnston, we view slavery as an iufiaction of human rights—opposed to the enlightened spirit of our free institutions destructive of equality of power in the gen eral government, by enlarging, where it exists, the constitutional representation possessing an influence against Northern and Western policy and interests, by pro moting a system of laws destructive of do mestic industry and vitally atlecting free labor —retarding the natural growth of pop ulation and improvement, by the appro priation of large tracts of land for the ben efit of the few, to the injury of the many as in open defunct of the spirit ot lite age, the march of rational truth, and the en lightened policy of mankind, —a ttlwhi e