Life insurance. There are few subjects of greater importance to the community, and which perhaps is less thought of, than the subject of Jan Lhburahce. This no doubt arises from the fact, that although it has been in existence and encouraged for centuries in some other countries, it was not until a very late date, introduced amongst us. Until then the principles upoii-which Life Insurance is based was unknown, and in fact they are now only partially familiar to jffew in our midst. But why should suchjnstitu tiohs not be encouraged T They are not the pro duction of the dark ages of antiquity—nor can they be found where the minds of men are enchained in ignorance, but they are the fruits of more modern days, and only excel where civilization rules, and where the high principles ot the Christian religion predominate. Insurance against the loss by fire, has become very popular. Every individual pre sumes he must have his property secured, and yet property considered, it is but brick and mortal or something else, which if destroyed can speedily be replaced. If it is therefore necessary to insure that which to day may be destroyed and to-morrow may be returned, is it doubly important to insure life, which when taken away, can never be brought back. No one can imagine, (except those who have i experienced the sad reality,) the loss which a.family sustains when a parent is taken from amongst them. That hour is the hour of trouble, of sorrow, and of deep and'abiding grief, and especially is it so, j when a competent provision has not been made for j their 5 future support. Nor isjtso merely with those who are left behind. Every parent feels a j deep interest in the welfare of his family. Day | and night does he labor to make them comfortable j and happy. • Many anxious thoughts take posses- > sion of his bosom, not only as to how he shall ! provide for their present wants, but also how he shall lay up in store a sufficiency, which if he should be taken off, would prevent a widowed . mother and helpless children from being thrown upon the cold and unfeeling charities of the world. ; Yet to accomplish this object, (excepting as here stated,) may be entirely out of his power. His • income may he small, his expenses great, so that j - at the end of each year he may find his circutn- | stances not materially improved. ' Yet through the j medium of Life Insurance these difficulties may be ' overcome. For a small sum annually, (which is j -in the reach of every one) a sufficient amount may J be secured, which, when the trying hour arrives, j will, as a guardian-angel, come as a deliverer, and j relieve all wants. This is not mere imagination, j not a supposition which never can be enjoyed, but j on the contrary, it is a stern reality, which the fob | lowing fact will prove. Who was not acquainted with Henry Metzgar, late of this city, deceased. He was insured in the Trenton. Company, paid but the first semi-annual s payment, and ere the second payment feU 'due, the cold hand of cfea/A'was laid upon him. For further particulars we would refer the reader to the note.* Is this fact not sufficient to show the importance of Life Insurance, and bring the subject before the minds of the people. ’ It presents an opportunity • to make provision for a family, which otherwise could hot be obtained. Shall it be accepted * If not, and disastrous results follow, the guilty shall receive their reward. *Mn. Editor It is with great pleasure that I • acknowledge through the columns of your widely circulated paper, the receipt of SI,OOO, the amount collected by me from Messrs. .Landis & Black, Agents of the Trenton Mutual Life -Insurance Co., as Administrator of the estate of Henry Metzgar, late of this city, deceased, from which he held a life policy,, for the above amount. The deceased was insured on the 11th of May last, and although was then in good health, before his second semi annual payment fell due, he was called from amongst us. The company will also accept my thanks for the promptness in the payment made. On the 23rd of last month proof was furnished of the deceased’s death—on- the 31st the board met and ordered immediate satisfaction to be given.— The benefit which the deceased’s minor children all derive from this single transaction, shows the necessity of Life Insurance. I hope the community will give the subject due reflection, and speedily follow the example set by the deceased in his life time. E. Schaeffer. Lancaster, Nov. 4, 1850. Correspondence of the N. American, Great Suffering on the Plains. $7OO offered for a cup of Water and refused —Flour §4O per Found —The Cholera on Platte River. Stockton, California, Sept. 30, 1850. 1 have just conversed with a gentleman from New York, who, with three of his brothers, arrived here yesterday, after a four months’ journey across the country. He states that about 70,000 persons are on the road now. The four brothers started with two six mule teams, plenty of provisions, clothing, money, etc., and arrived in Stockton with the loss of almost every thing. He states that on both branches of the Platte the cholera prevailed to a horrible extent, hundreds s dying daily. The waters of the Platte are thick and muddy, and he attributes the escape of his party from sickness to their precautions in boiling the water, clearing it with isinglass, and making it into tea or coffee before drinking. The graves of emi grants, he says, were thick at every camping place near the Platte. In crossing the great Basin this side of the great Salt Lake, their sufferings were indescribable. The sand was knee deep, the eun broiling hot; not a tree was to be seen ; there was no water, and their provisions were all gone. Fortunately, alter passing ever about 100 miles of this hideous desert, they had came across a man who had gone 40 miles further, found a good spring, and returned with two barrels of water. This water he first sold for $1 per gallon, then $1 per quart, then $lO per pint, and as the emigrants came along, each choaked al most to death and completely exhausted, his prices raised, and no sum he could name within the power of the poor emigrant was refused to be paid. — When the water was nearly all gone, a man came along who for three whole days and nights had drank but a half a.pint of fluid. He was almost dead, and begged for some water. The answer was, (t I have not enough to last myself* and ani mals back to the Spring.’’ $5O, $lOO, £5OO, $7OO was offered in succession for one little cup full of water, and the dealer refused it. The wretched emigrant threw down $7OO, all he had in the world, and by main force grasped the cup and quenched his thirst. This statement seems incredible ; but iny infor mant is a man of intelligence and probity, and his word cannot be doubted. Soon after leavin.g the water trader, the party came across a compa jiy who I /* ■ 'had a little flour, which they would not with ! until the offer of $4O per lb. tempted th em to sell. I One bbl. of flour was sold for eight hundred dollars, j and glad enough was the purchaser to get it. Upon 1 arriving at Carson’s river, they provisions plenty, but very high. Flour wa:/ $2,50 per lb. A single meal of two small pies, toffee, and some pilot bread, cost them $ll per raan . Provisions, it was expected, would soon be lower on Carson’s river, as my informant m«- et immense trains of provisions on the way from tlr ig valley. Whilst crossing the Sierra Nevada ur. o untains, the party k , waß enveloped in a snow v to rm, and aUthe last pass the snow foil six or se' ,-en inches in one night. This pass is not o; ver 150 f ee t in width, and is on steep declivity. Above the road the rock tf» T ’^ era almost perpendicularly, 250 ft., whilst iOW it is almost eqv 4 ally abrupt. At the bottom was seen innumerable carcases of mules, cattle, and wild animals. My informant says it the almost universal opinion.at Carson’s river that not one third of the emigration can cross the Sierra Nevada mountains before the winter sets in and renders the road impassable. He thinks they can winter very well in Carson’s valley. His party expected to meet with, and thought they were provided for, every hardship. He says he has travelled exten aively through Europe, but no scenery there equals in sublimity and beauty many of the views on the land route acrossthis continent. Nevertheless, he declares be would give all he possessed in the * world, or all he hopes to possess, if he could only banish from his memory the many horrors he felt and witnessed on .his terrible journey. Yours, truly, G. P. W. - Conviction fob Murder.—M’Laughlin, charged with killing his wife, h.as been tried at the present term of Allegheny Court, and found Guilty of Murder in the first degree. He was defended by Messrs. William Price and.Jas. H. Schley. This was a case of circumstantial evidence, and some of . the circumstances as detailed in the Alleghanian, seem almost-providential. After he had killed her, which was done by knocking her on the head and cutting her throat, she was taken to a place at * night, where the hands were engaged in making - an embankment for the Railroad, and there buried. • And if the work had been continued on the next morning, the probability is that her body would have never been discovered. But the hands were taken from that portion of the work, and placed upon another. A dog got on the scent of the body and scratched away the dirt, so that the body was discovered, and was disinterred, and in the grave was found the hat of M’Laughlin, and in a bundle, v a letter, which he had procured to be written at Cumberland, to his wife who was then in New York, to come on to him. Thus it is, murder will out .—Hagerstoivn Mail. . What thx South says. —The Mobile Advertiser, • in chronicling the late great Union meeting in Miss issippi, says:— «In no single State of the south, except South Carolina, will the people sustain the disunionists. The peace measures are approved by the mighty r voice ol the people, and the ultras will soon be compelled to hide their heads in shame.” v •' 27* Reading, it is stated, contains a population of about 15,000. 'Lascacteb will not exceed, we think, 13,000. __ For tbs IsteUigeacer. Melltgencr & Hottmal. Lancaster * November 12,1850. GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR. Democratic State Central Com. The Democratic State Central Committee will meet at McKibbbx’s Merchants 7 Hotel, in the city of Philadelphia, on Wednesday evening, the 20th of November, at 7 o'clock P. M., to consider the propriety - of calling together a separate State ; Convention to nominate Judges of . the Supreme Court. JOHN HICKMAN, Ch'n. County Committee Meeting. The Democratic County Committee of Lancast r. county, are requested to meet at the .public bouse of VV. J. Steele, in the city of Lancaster, m Wed nesday, the 20th of November, 1850, at 11 o clock A. M. , V • r A general attendance is requested, as business of importance will be laid before the Committee. * WM. B. FORDNEV Chairman. Lancaster Nov. 5> 1850. The following named gentlemen compose the Committee: Wm. B. Fordney, City, James Patterson, Little Britain, John B. Shelly, Rapho, Christopher Graham, Bart, Ephraim Shober, Brecknock, John Ringwalt, Carnarvon, Isaac Butcher, East Cocalico, Charles M. Howell, City, Wm. White, Colerain, Paul Hamilton, Columbia, Adam Kendig, Conestoga, ' Henry Haines, East Donegal, John McSparren, Drumore, Isaac Holl, East Earl, John # Forney, West Earl, Abraham Redsecker, Elizabethtown, , Dr. Geo. B. Kerfoot, City, John R. Miller, East Lampeter, Eskridge Lane, City, Adam Trout, Lancaster twp., Isaac F. Lightner, Leacock, Mark Connell, jr., Upper Leacock, Henry Leman, Manheim, ! Jacob Hamilton, Conoy, j G. D. Mcllvaine, Paradise, [ Wm. F. Baker, Salsbury, James Laird, Mount Joy, ! Jacob Neff, Strasburg twp., ; Wm, Echternacht, Strasburg Bor., Peter Fslies, Warwick, , John W. Jackson, City, ; Dr. David Agnew, Sadsbury, j Geo. G. Brush, Manor. Scripture History for thf. Young. —We have been presented with* a neat little volume bearing the above title, which is embellished with sixteen beautiful steel engravings. The reading matter embraces the leading'points in sacree his tory, told in the simplest'* style, and is specially designed for the young. It is issued in numbers at twenty-five cents each. The engravings are worth i more than the money. Horse Power. —We invite the attention of Far mers and Machinists to the advertisement of Mr. Pelton in another column, relative to his newly invented horse-power. Those who have examined it speak in the highest terms of its superiority over every other kind now in use, as it combines light ness of draught, durability and cheapness in an eminent degree. We advise our readers—those of them especially who are interested in procuring a first-rate horse power—to call and examine for themselves. JO"We direct attention to the card of our old friend, Col. George Ferree, in another column. The Col. is the proprietor of an immense wholesale aud retail clothing establishment in Philadelphia, and withal is one of the cleverest men we know of any where. He knows exactly how to suit his customers. On the first of the present month Col. Snowden surrendered the keys of the United States Mint, at Philadelphia, to his successor, and paid over the balance of funds in his hands, which, in the aggre gate, amounted in gold and Silver coin, to $1,223, 501-17. The receipts and payments during the term of office of this most faithful officer, were about sixty millions of dollars. The Colonel dis charged the duties of this most responsible office to the entire satisfaction of the public. He returns to his former residence at Franklin, Venango co., to resume the practice of his profession among hl3 old friends and acquaintances. A large number of the Democratic papers of the State favor a separate State Convention for the purpose of nominating candidates for the Supreme Bench. We think the suggestion a good one, inas much as the Judiciary is a vastly important branch of the government, and the candidates ought to be selected with the utmost care, and after the most mature deliberation. This, perhaps, could not be don* by a Convention which has been more partic ularly called for the purpose of nominating a Cov ert lor and Canal Commissioner, and to which nearly one half the delegates throughout the State are ab eady appointed. The commissions of all the Judges of the State l expire, we believe, on the first Monday of Derem | ber, ISSI. _ On Thursday evening last, a terrible accident occurred on the river Delaware, near New Castle, by the explosion of the boiler of the steam propel ler Telegraph, by which about 15 persons lost their lives, and a large number were badly scalded. The evening being somewhat cool, the most of the pas sengers- were collected around the furnace and about the boiler to keep themselves warm, nearly all of whom were killed or badly scalded. None ol the passengers in the cabin, above the boiler, sustained any injury. [p~The Uniontown “Genius of Liberty,” a sound Democratic |>rint published in Fayette county, and formerly edited John Irons, who died of cholera last summer, has passed into the hands of Gen. R. T. Gallowax, an able and-reliable Demo crat, (formerly a member of the Legislature,) by whom it will hereafter be conducted. The “Genius of Liberty” is one of the oldest and best established journals in Western Pennsylvania—always hereto fore conducted with ability, and w’e doubt not its new editor will iully maintain the high reputation of the paper. We tyish the General abundant suc cess in his undertaking. Speaker of tux House. —The names of John S. Rhey, John Cessna, J. D. Leet, John B. Packer, E. A. Penniman, and J. S. Haldeman, Esqrs. have been brought forward in connexion with this post, by the Democratic papers of their respective Dists. Col. Snowden. Judiciary Convention. Terrible Steamboat Accident* The cause of the explosion is to be investigated. United States Senator.— The Westmoreland Republican urges the election of the Hon. Henrt D. Foster, to the U. S. Senate, from Pennsylvania. Prison Inspectors. The Board of Inspectors of the Lancaster county Prison, chosen at the recent election, met at the Commissioners’ Office, on Monday last, and organ ized "by the election : of SLATER £ROWN, Esq. as President, and CuAift.Es BoughteN, Esq. as Secr’y. One of the sections of the law providing for their election requires the Inspectors chosen the first year to divide themselves by lot into three classes; ser ving respectively one, two and three years. The following is the allotment of the drawing made on Monday : For three years —Charles Boughter, Abraham For two yea & —Abr'm Leamag, John Bushong. For One year— Slater Brown, John H. Bassler. The next meeting of the Board will be held on the second Monday of December next. No appoint ments of persons to fill the respective offices have as yet been made. Applicants can leave their pa pers with C. Boughter, Esq., Secr’y of the Board. JET*A great Union Meeting is to come off in Philadelphia, on Monday evening next. The Fugitive Slave Law. We publish below an extract of a letter from the Hon. Samuel A. Eliot, of Boston, successor, to Mr. Winthrop as member of Congress, whichJis published in nearly all the Boston paper*. H* takes patriotic and American ground—is for main taining in their full force! the constitution and laws of the country, and opposed to the agitation now existing in Boston and other northern cities on the slave question. He is right, says the Baltimore Clipper, in supposing that the outrageous proceed ings of the abolitionists have been prejudicial to the interests of the colored race, and have given a check to emancipation. If there he fetters on the slave he is indebted for them to the abolitionists— if they be riveted tighter, it will arise from the same cause. And whilst the abolition agitation has this injurious effect upon the slave population of the South, it is also acting to the disadvantage of the free colored people. The laws in regard to them are made more and more stringent j and we shall not be surprised, if the abolitionists yet force the South to banish that whole class of • people to the free States. It is a measure easily effected if resolved on, and it will be adopted if it become ne- j cessary to the peace of the South. Such a measure | should be acceptable to the abolitionists oi the tree j States, as it would greatly enlarge their sphere of ’ sympathy, and enable them more readily to carry j into effect their scheme of amalgamation—that is, ! if the colored people could be induced to degrade • themselves by such doipestic associations, j But to the extract:— It is said that the new law suspends the opera tion of the writ of habeas corpus. Legal authority of the highest kind declares this to be untrue; and we all know without being jurists, that no law can supersede the constitution. It is* said, too, that the new law is unreasonable, because it throws the responsibility of safe custody upon the Marshal, at all events. This may be a hardship upon the Marshal, but does not affect the position ot the fugitive particularly; and it resem bles so nearly the liability of every sheriff for the custody of every prisoner, that no such broad dis tinctiotrexists as is sometimes asserted. But it is manifest that the violent charges brought against the law are, in reality, brought against the principle of the provision of the constitution requi ring the delivery of the fugitive from labor. The reasons for originally making that provision have been already stated; and it appears to me that they are as strong for continuing it in force, as they were for making it at first. The Union cannot be pre served without it, any more than it could have been ; formed without it. The abolition of slavery is not i retarded by it. It is the discussion of the subject | in the non-slaveholding States which delays eman cipation. This it is which alarms the slaveholder, 'as well it may. This it is which learns him to | rivet the chain more firmly, and look to the links ; more carefully; and when we shall have ceased to j irritat#him by rancorous language, he may then, j but certainly not until then, begin to calculate : coolly the advantages and disadvantages of the in stitution, and to perceive, without prejudice, the l right and the wrong of the practice. Denunciation ; and violence are not likely to remedy any of the j wrongs lor which we complain of the South; and ■ it is especially to be deprecated by those who have ; an interest in the welfare of the colored man, an ! interest which I feel as deeply as any of my friends j and constituents. It must be recollected that eman cipation, if it comes at all, must originate with ! those masters who are so often assailed with op probrious language; and that the best influence j the North can exert on the subject, in behalf of the 1 slave, is moral influence. The sentiments and wishes of Massachusetts, as expressed by her legislators, are in the highest de gree honorable to her philanthrophy, and with few exceptions, are consistent with the obligations she is under to the Union. But they can impose no duty which they can absolve her citizens from the observance of the “ higher law” of the constitution; and unless she means to adopt and.practice the principles of nullification, she must consent to the delivery of the fugitive from labor. In short, the j whole matter resolves itself into the plain question, j shall the promises of the constitution be observed, | or shall they be violated, and with the violation | shall the bond of union be broken? To me the i proper course, in answer to this question, seems plain. The law which binds me to the fulfilment of the promises of the constitution, as of all other promises, is a part of the highest law which I rec ognize, and I shall not deliberately violate'it. I shall hold on to the Union, even with slaveholding States, with a tenacity which nothing but the ster nest necessity will unloose, as the only political hope of the world. I know there are those who say and think that there is no danger to the Union; that we may talk and write, and petition, and reluse to perform what have been esteemed our constitutional obligations on the subject of slavery as much as we please, and that nobody will do anything but bluster in return; but as 1 think different, I must shape my course differently. It is my opinion that this very lan guage is insulting, and therefore improper, and dan gerous. Those who use it cannot advert to its ir ritating character, nor to the indisputable fact that a state of violent, and long continued excitement, is inevitably a state of danger to any community. It is now the duty ol good citizens, as I conceive, certainly it is my own duty, to do everything that is practicable to calm the irritation that exists be tween the North and the South, to re-unite them in good will, and the spirit of mutual aid, and to trans mit to posterity the inestimable blessings we have enjoyed from the Union, while we avoid the un mixed and immeasurable evil that must flow from division. OZT* Bishop James O. Andrew, of Georgia, lias , written an eloquent letter to the editor of the Chris tian Advocate, in favor of the Union of these States, which does him great honor. We quote from it the following forcible passage ; “My creed is simple and short, l.go for my country, my whole country, as represented by the indissoluble union of all the States of our great Confederacy; and Igo tor the maintenance of the rights and immunities of each separate State or Territory. 1 repudiate war at any time if it can be avoided ; and especially all civil war between brethrencof the same political household. It is an easy matter to talk of it, and there may be no shuddering when we hear of it; but the realization will bring blood and ruin, and heart breaking and agony, widowhood and orphanage, such as neither we nor our fathers have ever heard or dreamed of. “ Ruthless demagogues, either North or South, may talk of it in strains of flaming eloquence, be cause they hope by this means to mount into power or maintain power already acquired; but it becomes the substantial yeomanry of the country, upon whom the burdens of such things must fall, the people from whose hearts and purses the blood and treasure: must flow by which such a contest is to be sus tained, it becomes them to ponder this matter seri ously ; to look well to the cost of such a struggle, and to its issues and its gains. At any rate let us resolve, as Southern men, to proceed calmly, delib erately, justly, patiently, in our resistance to what we deem the unjust aggression of our Northern brethren. Let us exhaust every other argument and try every other means of redress before we indulge for a moment the idea of dissolving the Union of these States; and when this catastrophe comes, if come it must, let it find us at the last ditch, having tried every peaceable remedy, ready with arm and heart to defend ourselves.” Speaker of the House. A number of Democratic papers of the State are out in favor of Gen. William Brindle, of Lycom ing county, for Speaker of the House. Gen. B. is a good man, and deserves well of his country for the skill and bravery he exhibited during the Mexican War. In addition, he is a sound and reliable Dem ocrat, talented,.and fearless in the discharge of bis legislative duties, courteous and kind in his general deportment, and withal a fine looking gentleman who would grace the presiding chair of the House, and be a very popular officer. ITT* At an election of the Lancaster and Litiz Turnpike Road Company, held on Monday, 4th inst.,_the following persons were elected: President, Emanuel Scheaffer; Treasurer, J. B. Tshudy;- Managers, Adam Keller, Christian H. Rauch, Reah Frazer, John S. Dougherty, John S. Hostetler, John Beck and Robert Moderwell. Jewelry. —The establishment of William Bai ley. at 216 Market street, a few doors above Sixth, Philadelphia, is the very place to stop for cheap and fashionable Jewelry. Persons from the country on a visit to the City, should by all means call and see his magnificent assortment. Lebanon Valley Railroad. —The survey of the proposed route of this road is completed from Harrisburg to Reading. It crosses the Schuylkill a short distance below Reese’s Mill, in Reading.— Operations for the grading and leveling the road will, in a short time, be commenced.—Mining Reg , titer. NEW JERSEY ELECTION. Glorious Democratic Triumpli!! 6.600 MAJORITY!! The " Jersey Blues” hate covered themselves all over with glory. A Democratic Governor by over 5,000 majority— pur of the five Democratic Con gressmen—and a majority of too on joipt ballot,' in the Legislature, which secures a Urnted States Senator of the right stamp in place of W. L. Day ton, ‘Whig. During the term of the Governor elect, the office of Chief Justice, Chancellor, three Judges of the Supreme Court, and a number of other Judgeships become vacant, all which are now filled by Whigs, and thus the entire Judiciary of the State will pass into the hands of the Democrats. Truly, this is a victory worth crowing over.— This is the first time, we believe, in many years that the Democrats of New Jersey have carried a majority in the Legislature. The following are the reported majorities on the vote for Governor: Fort, D. Runk, W. 1168 1100 1350 Hunterdon, Warren, Monmouth, Ocean, . Salem, Middlesex, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Burlington, Gloucester, Camden, Sussex, Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Somerset, 10* The following bird’s-eye view of the result is taken from the Pennsylvanian of Saturday : GOTKBNOR. The Democratic candidate, Dr. Fort, is elected by over five thousand majority. LEGISLATURE. Dem. Whig. Dem. gain since last year. Senate, 10 10 Ais’bly, 30 28 8 40 38 Democratic majority on joint ballot. 2. Which secures a Democratic U. S. Senator in place of Dayton, Whig. CONGRESS. Ist District Nathan Stratton, (Dem.,) has 428 maj. over Whitnet, (Whig.) Democratic gain. 2d District— Charles Skelton, (Dem.,) has 1,237 majority over Richards* (Whig.) Democratic gain. 3d District— lsaac Wildrick, (Dem..) has about 4,500 majority. No change. 4th District— Brown, (Whig,) has 100 majority over Vail, (Dem.) No change. sth M. Price, (Dem.,) has IG3 majority over Rterson, (Whig.) Democratic gain. RECAPITULATION OF CONGRESSIONAL RESULT. Dem. Whig. 1 4 4 i Present Congress, Next do. Tlie New York Election. A DEMOCRATIC GAIN OF FIFTEEN MEM BERS OF CONGRESS! The New York Election has resulted in a partial ! victory for both parties. The Whigs have the Gov- ; ernor, probably, Lieutenant Governor, and perhaps j the whole of the State Officers by a very small ma jority—say a few hundred votes, whilst the Demo- : crats have carried l? of the 34 members of Con gress. This is a gain o( fifteen, as.in the present Congress the Democrats have but two, counting Mr. King: The Whigs have the Legislature by a consider able majority, which gives them a 11. S. Senator in place of Mr. Dickinson. . It will thus be seen, that although neither party j has much to rejoice at on the State ticket, yet the ; gain o( fifteen members of Congress, more than makes up for the loss of a Senator—and we are therefore disposed to claim the result as more of a triumph for the Democrats than the Whigs, and as an earnest that, in another year or two at farthest, the Empire State will again fully range herself alongside of Pennsylvania. Michigan has elected 2 Whigs and 1 Democrat to Congress—being a gain of one to the Whigs. The result of the Illinois election is somewhat in doubt. The Free Soilers in that State, as also in Michigan and Wisconsin, have been doing harm. New Jersey. The result of last Tuesday’s election in this State, as may be seen by our extracts from that sterling’Democratic paper, the Trenton Ti-ue Amer teem, proves to be a commanding and crowning victory. Dr. Geo. F. Fort the accomplished Dem ocratic Candidate for Governor, has made himself. renowned by the remarkable vote he has received. The American says his majority in the entire State is 5825. Truly a great triumph. But this is not all. The Democrats gain three members of Con gress, re-electing Wildrick in the Warren district and giving the Whigs but one. In the Legislature } the Democrats have a majority on joint ballot of twelve. Well may the Democrats of Jersey exult in this substantial and splendid result. | The moral of the decision by the people of New j Jersey is significant. In no State of the North have the Whigs done more to overthrow the require ments of the Constitution than in this State. Every Whig member of the present Congress, and both the Senators from the State, were throughout the violent foes of all the recent measures of Compro mise. It was a remarkable scene to see New Jersey thus misrepresented, thus outraged, thus bowed down at the feet of Disunion. Mr. Dayton, one of the Whig Senators from this State, was one of the bitterest advocates of the Abolition policy, and boldly threw himself into the canvass, expect ing confidently to be endorsed by a re-election, his term expiring on the 4th of March next. But he did not know hiefellow-citizens. He counted with out his host. The ripe fruit turns to ashes on his lips, and the anticipated reward for his past deeds, blackens into* an overwhelming rebuke upon his treason to the State, watered by some of the best blood that flowed that the Union might be estab lished. New Jersey deserves the thanks of the whole Union for her courageous firmness and pa triotism.—Pennsylvanian. Michigan and Wisconsin. The result of Friday’s election iruboth of these States, shows that the Democracy were not as for. tunate as they expected and as they deserve to be. In both, the regular Democratic candidates for Congress seem to have been defeated by Whigs or volunteers. Gov. Doty is chosen from his present district in Wisconsin, and was largely supported by the Democrats owing to some alleged fraud in the nomination of his competitor. Michigan has but one Democrat in the present Congress—the steady and accomplished Buel; and he is defeated because of his bold and manly course in favor of the Con stitution. In the present Congress Wisconsin has but one representative that acts with the Demo cratic party, and that is Governor Doty.— Penn'n. Gen. John M. Bickel.— The recommendation of this gentleman, by the counties of Berks and Schuylkill, for re-election to the State Treasurer’s office, is thus handsomely endorsed by the Bedford Gazette :— Bedford county, through her talented Member, John Cessna, Esq., most cheerfully endorses the choice of Berks and Schuylkill. Gen. Bickel .will, we presume, be re-elected by the united Democratic vote. He has proved himself well worthy the trust reposed in him, and has made an efficient and ac complished State Treasurer. Mr. Bactaanan , B Democracy. The enemies of Mr. Buchanan in this county have attempted to impugn hiß democracy. As I well might they attack his moral character. Both < are far beyond'the reach of their puny) but ma lignant and treacherous assaults. 1 If to Volunteer his services and march as a pri* vate soldier } to the defence of Baltimore in 1814 ; if to have never cast any other than a democratic vote, in either house t from the time he first entered Congress in 1821 until the day he left the Senate, (a period of twenty-four years;)—if to have enjoyed the 1 confidence of President Monhoe, from whom he received the offer of a foreign mission in 1823 ; if to have been the early, constant and unwavering triend of General Jackson, from .1823 to the day of his death, from whom he received the unsolicited appointment of Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia in 1831, and at whose urgent suggestion, Presi dent Polk called him to the head of his Cab inet in 1845; —if to have bepn the friend of Presi dent Van Bchf.n, (by whom he was tendered a Cabinet appointment,) and the leading man>upon j whom he mainly relied for the defence of his admin* | istration against the tremendous assaults of the opposition;—if to have been the bosom friend and i counsellor of the lamented James K. Polk, and the i right arm of his eventful and brilliant administra i lion; —if to have returned to the quiet of private I life after a long period of twenty-eight years public i service, with a character, both moral and political* { pure and unsullied by_a single disreputable or in ■ consistent act; —if all these things be a passport to ! public favor and constitute a good Democrat, then i is James Buchanan that man, and his calumniators j are dared to show, in the whole history of his I public life, any thing to the contrary. j t Mr. Buchanan retired to private life at the close j ol President Polk's administration, anxious for j repose, and without a solitary aspiration for the I future—content to abide most cheerfully with j whatever the decision of the people might be in reference to the next Presidency, and only desirous > that peace and harmony should prevail in the Dem ocratic party of the State, and especially here in j Lancaster county. But this has been denied him j by his enemies. He is forced into the political !. arena against his own consent. His great name and fame, earned by the unremitting labor of more than a quarter of a century, is sought to be tarn ished by misrepresentation and abuse, and he is compelled, of necessity, to appeal to the Democracy of his native State to shield his character from the odium and reproach that is sought to be attached > to it. That the people will sustain their-old and ' well-tried representative in the councils of the Nation, and shield him from the assaults of his 5 traducers, we have not a doubt. The Democracy » of Pennsylvania are not ungrateful, and never will they desert a faithful public servant, who, in all his t acts as a public man, has truly reflected their sen timents, and who at this day has no superior in all r the qualities that constitute the great American Statesman. A Special Convention to Nominate Judges. Our suggestion, made some weeks since, of a special State Convention for nominating candidates for the Supreme Bench, says the West Chester Re publican, appears to meet with considerable favor. On our second page, we give two articles on the subject,—one from the Holhdaysburg Standard, — the other from the Harrisburg Union. Several other papers have expressed themselves very deci dedly in its favor, while none, so far as we have observed, have dissented. The Pennsylvanian, of Saturday, in remarking on the subject, says: “ There is a very proper aversion to the frequen- A- convention of termagant wives and old maids cy of political conventions, on the part of the Dem- was held in Worcester, Mass., on Wednesday week, ocratic party, but no intelligent or genuine Penn- when it was resolved that were not legitimate sylvanian can lail to see the propriety of a separate , ly entitled to ‘‘wear the breeches" to the exclusion convention in regard to Supreme Judges. Weshould : °l the female sex. They complained bitterly of the start fair,and thaffirst nomination ol the Democratic usurpations ol the “ lords of creation," in taking all party for those nigh places of responsibility, should ' political power to themselves, and leaving the not be commingled with, or made subordinate to ! women at home to superintend household concerns, other selections. They should be selected from our ‘ P ne lady, Mrs. Hytide, of Cincinnati, waf for turn best, our purest, and our most enlightened citizens. , lug husbands into the kitchen, whilst their spouses To be elected , they must be such men. In a General ' dictated in the Senate, or flourished their swords on State Convention, great offices like these would be the field ot battle. To vote, hold office, and in fact, apt to be 41 traded off " in the scramble ot mere to perform all the duties now devolved on men was place-hunters, and nominees selected such as we declared to be the right ot women. Il the demands could neither advocate nor elect. By all means, °f this female convention were to be granted, we give us a new Convention for the Judiciary—a suppose that the agreeable spectacle would soon be Convention of Democrats, not assembled to make > presented, of ludies declaiming from the stump, or a Governor or a President, but to put in nomina- ! electioneering in the bar-room, tossing off their lion, to be for the first time, by the peo- \ grog with every pot-house politician entitled to pie of this State, candidates for our highest judicial I vote. Now we hardly suppose that any man would j offices." like to ioliow a wile, sister or daughter through such a career—and it is not, therefore likely, that the “lords of creation" will consent to yield or di ; vide their power, at the demand of the Amazons ‘ who composed the convention. Is it true, that ladies are deprived of their proper influence in the affairs ol society? We think not. i But it is exerted in a., more feminine, persuasive and ; effective mode than that proposed by the attendants on the convention. There is no wife who cannot ' exercise a powerful influence on her husband, if he : be a reasonable man, by gentle and loving means and every young man who has a proper self re i spect, endeavors so to conduct himself as to be ac ceptable in female society. After the toils and i anxieties of the day, the man whp has a happy come, seeks it as a refuge from the cares of the world, and finds a partner ready to soothe his griefs or to participate in his joys. And this happy state of society it is proposed, by women, to overthrow, and to substitute, the lord only knows what. Great must be the ambition of that woman who would voluntarily pass from the sphere of domestic love, peace and hapiness, to commingle in the strifes of party, and subject herselt to the rude jests or insults of the vulgar, in order to obtain a little political power. No man of right feeling, would desire to have such a “jewel ot a wife." But we live in an age where human rights and wrongs are freely canvassed; and in our progressive improvements and movements it may yet be dis covered, that a sad mistake has been made from the creation of the world, in giving man instead of i woman the control of public affairs. The females of the Worcester Convention seem to think so, and 1 are resolved to rectify the error—if they can.—Sal j timore Clipper. Wisconsin Election. Milwaukie, Nov. 8. First Congressional District. —Chas. Durkee, Free Soiier, elected by about 1500 maj. Milwaukie county gave 1487 maj. for And. F.. Elmore. The Whigs generally voted for Durlfee. Second District —Benj. C. Eastman-, Democrat, is elected from this District, which is now represented by Erasmus Cole, Whig. Mr. Eastman’s majority is not at present known. 7 hird District —James D. Doty, (Ind. Dem ,) is elected by 2,000 majority. The Legislature is strongly Democratic, there being 20 majority on joint ballot, which secures the election of a U. States Senator in the place of Henry Dodge, whose term expires on the 4th of March next.* Ohio, 1830. —1 t is said the present year has been for Ohio one of unprecedented prosperity. Not a single crop has failed, while the principle ones will greatly exceed those of former years. The wheat harvest, it is estimated, will realize about thirty millions of bushels, being fifteen millions more than usual. Allowing a reasonable amount for increased population of the State, there will be, it is calcula ted, at least fifteen millions of bushels for exporta tion—about the quantity heretofore exported from all the other States put together. , The corn crop is computed at no less than fifty millions of bushels—to be used in making pork, fattening cattle, &c., for Eastern and* Southern markets. Tbe Result in Pennsylvania. This noble old State deserves now, more than ! ever, the appellation of the “Keystone State.” The ■ contest, out of which she has come so gloriously, ' was one in which were involved principles of the 1 most vital importance. There the lactionists of all kinds, Abolitionists, Free Soilers,l)isunionists,Tariff ites, Monopolists, Anti-fugitive-slave-law-men, these, all these united, hand and glove, with Whiggery, as usual, to defeat the heaven born principles of Democracy. The onslaught was terrible, but the noble hosts of the Democratic Army stood the shock like men, and marched boldly upon, the enemy’s strong hold, completely routing them, “ horse, foot and dragoons.” No victory could be more cheering to the heart of the patriot, and if New York but follow the lead of Pennsylvania, and lay in the dust that arch intriguer and disunionist, Seward, and his sychophantic tool, Hunt, then will every true American rejoice in the prospect of a happy settlement of the agitating questions which now, so unfortunately, disturb the tranquility of this confederacy. Then will every patriot “ breathe freer and deeper/’ God save the Uniox !—Hagers toum Mail. Compliment to Pennsylvania. —Father Ritchie, of the Washington Union , closes an admirable arti cle in reference to the victorious Democracy of Pennsylvania, with the following beautiful compli ment:—“ Let who will apostatize, let who will agitate, let who will raise the standard of disunion, it will receive no aid or countenance in Pennsylva nia. She is in truth the Keystone of the Union; — and never will that Keystone be moved from its place till the whole arch itself is crushed into ruins. When the storm rages, and the arch is threatened to be hurled from its base, we turn our eyes to the Keystone, and while that remains unshaken, we have no fear —that noble arch shall stand forcvei; it may bid defiance to the combined assaults of the world.’ 1 Census Returns or Manor Twp.—Males 2171 females 2337, total 4408—0 f which 84 are color’d’ real estate, $2,322,256 ; no. of dwellings, 776; do’ farms, 230 ; establishments of productive industry 41 ; jjo. bushels wheat, 75,328 ; do. com, 88,432; do. lbs. tobacco, 184,370. JACOB CHRIST, Ass't Marshal. How are thf. Mighty Fallen ! —We gather from the Philadelphia police reports of Thursday last, that George Washington (!) had his trial for the larceny of a pair of boots, the property of C. Wilkinson. George was found guilty, and sen* tenced to one week in the County Prison. Public Opinion. The FuUaifTkmocrat y published at M'Connells burg, thus concludes an at tide in reference to the difficulties in Lanchstercounty: • r One thing,.however, is .certain, the insane-ene mies of James Buchanan might as well try to stop the foaming cataract of Niagara, as to try to prevent Hun from.carrying His native State for President in the National Convention of 1852. The PEOPLE are for BucHARAR.- and ;all that can be done by wire-pulling politicians cannot still theif mighty voice; —it is all potent, and it will speak out in his favor in tones of thunder. Why should Pennsyl vania oppose their old and well tried “ favorite son }” Can any one teU T And is it not too bad, that Buchanan, upon whose head has been heaped all the abuse of W higgery for years, should now be assailed by men why profess to be Democrats —as- sailed, too, in a manner, disreputable and infamous. State pride should, if nothing else will, atjeast pro tect James Buchanan from the assaults of his un generous enemies. If our humble voice could reach every .Democrat in the State, we would say to them in all earnest ness, stand by your old standard bearer—never has he faltered in your cause and never ought Pennsyl vania to desert his flag ! We are satisfied that on this subject, the people will be true to themselves by being true to James Buchanan. Gen, Cameron and the Lan casterlan. For the last two or thr.ee months the Lancastn-ian has not had a word to say derogatory to the politi. cal character of Gen. Cameron, while for two long years previous to that time almost every number of the paper that was issued contained an attack upon this gentleman. He was the burden of its song from week to week, and his name was asso ciated with every thing that was vile and dishonest in politics. Its stereotyped comments upon his public conduct were noted and observed by all its readers. But, at length, it appears, “a change has come o'er the spirit of its.dream” —and, instead of showering abuse upon his devoted head, it either “damns him with faint prais'e,” or else is as silent as the grave with respect to his conduct! This strange and unaccountable somerset on the part of that paper, has been remarked by the cb-i serving men of all parties in this City, and the wonder is on all sides what could have produced the change. One of two things we think is certain: either the editor and managers of that sheet have found out that they were mistaken, and that Gen- Cameiion* is, after all, a marvellously proper man: or else, they aTe willing to bury the hatchet and “jqin jiblets” with a man they have most outra ; geously abused, and to whom they have applied I almost every scurrilous epithet the vocabulary of | billingsgate could furnish, for the purpose of effect* , ing some ulterior object, and one which will not be sanctioned by the Democracy of Lancaster county. They can take either horn of the dilemma they choose. Their conduct is inexplicable in any other way, and any attempt to explain away their i course in reference to Gen. Cameron, will only in ( volve them in deeper inconsistencies. If the LancasCerian is conscious of the error ol its ways and it did Gen. Cameron injustice in its repeated assaults upon him, it should at once “face the music,” come up to the mark boldly, and make a public acknowledgement of the fact; but if the reverse be true —if past denunciations are to stand as the unchanged private opinion of those who control that paper, then is such duplicity and by. pocrisy only calculated to sink them yet lower in We love open and manly deal ing; but we detest trickery and deception in every shape and form. We should like our neighbor to be either “ fish, flesh or salt herring”—not like the Irishman’s flea, that, “when you put your finger on him, he’s not there!” Woman’s Rights. Singular and Sorrowful Casualty in Bal timore. —Miss Mary Jane Pink, the daughter of Mr. Nicholas Pink, residing on Exeter street, be tween Fayette and Low, was so badly burned on Tuesday evening, as to cause her death next morn ing. She had been suffering from a pain in the side, and hot bricks enveloped in a covering of some kind were applied as a remedy. One of tbe bricks had been heated to such a degree as to ser lire to her clothing, and when her screams called the family to the room in which sheftwas, she was | found enveloped in flames. Her father attempted to tear her clothing from her, but not succeeding in this, the unfortunate girl threw herself under the hydrant in the yard, and by the water which wa6 thrown upon her, the flames were finally ex tinguished. She was then removed into the house, and Drs. Cole and Aikins called in, who did all in their power to alleviate her suffering, but without effect, as, after during the most intense pain, she finally breathed her last on Wednesday morning.— Argus. BD* We regret to state that there is trouble among the Democrats of Lancaster, which has grown out of the Gubernatorial question. We be lieve there are two Co. Committees, each claiming authority, and each casting imputations upon the other. One of the factions seems deadly hostile to Mr. Buchanan, a statesman of whom the whole country has reason to be proud, and who has borne enough of federal abuse and misrepresentation, to entitle him, at least, to be let alone by disaffected democrats, either in or out of Lancaster. What the Democrats ol Lancaster, considering that they are in a hopeless minority, have to gain by dissen sions among themselves, is not very obvious.—Ve nango Spectator. ID*Advices from New Orleans to the 27th ult. say that the vote in Texas on the boundary ques tion, gives a heavy majority in favor ol accepting the proposition of the General Government. Wheat Crop of Canada.— The Toronto papers estimate the surplus wheat of Upper Canada this season at 11,000,000 bushels—being 7,000,000 more than last year. ID* Another destructive fire occurred at San Francisco, California, on the 16th of September. Over one hundred buildings were destroyed. n~7*The repairs upon the Conestoga Navigation have been completed, and the whole line is now in good navigable order. Democratic Meeting. At a meeting of the Democrats of Strasburg twp., held at the house of'-William Echternacht, in the Borough of Strasburg, on the 2d November, 1860, to take into consideration whether the call of the new County Committee, or that of the regular Co. Committee of which Col. Win. B. Fordney is the Chairman, should he attended to. On motion John Hebsh was appointed Chairman, and John Raub .Secretary—-whereupon, the following resolutions were unanimously passed, viz: .. Resolved, That the County Committee, of which William B. Fordney, Esq., is Chairman, is the regular Committee for the current year, in accord ance with long established usage. Resolvedy That the Democrats of this district do postpone the election of delegates until the March Convention. Resolvedy That these proceedings be published in the Democratic papers of the County. [Signed by the Officers.] Manbeim Borough* The delegates elect to the County Convention of . to-morrow are Dr. John M. Dunlap, Jacob Kissin ger, Joseph M’Korkle, Nathan Worley and Gabriel Shaffner, with instructions, to support Col. Reah Frazer for Governor. The meeting was addressed in an able manner by Mr. Nathan Worley. The following additional resolutions were adopted by the meeting: Resolvedy That the delegates just elected, have been elected in accordance with the call of the late County Committee, which call is in conformity with a resolution passed at the late County Con vention-, held on the 18th September last. Resolvedy That all other calls for a County Con vention to be held at any- other time than stated in the resolution passed at the late County Conven tion, and coming from any other source than the Committtee appointed at said Convention, we deem to be illegal, imprudent, and dangerous to the wel fare and prosperity of the Democratic party of Lan caster county. For the Intelligencer. Mr. Editor: —At the Frazer defegate meeting held in Salisbury township, on Saturday afternoon last, there were 'but five or six persons present — two of whom are citizens of Chester county ! One of these Chester county men was 'Chairman of the meeting, and appointed a delegate to the County •Coifvention ! And all this, too, after an earnest call made on the faithful through printed handbills, a very unusual course of procedure. The handbills were not signed by any Township Committee. A. We have noticed an elegant and commodious building erected at the North West end of the city, (originally intended for a car house,) where the Railroad crosses the Harrisburg Turnpike.— We have been credibly informed that the original intention is abandoned, and efforts arc about being made to use the building for a Market House. Its commodious arrangements and location are cer tainly admirable, and we have no doubt our North West Ward citizens will be pleased with the con venience and advantages of this unequalled Mar ket House. North West Ward. An Independent Editor. Mr/Langdan, editor of the Mobile Advertiser, is also Mayor of that city, fle recently made some remarks in opposition to the Nashville Convention, when some of his political friends and “patrons” of his paper undertook to dictate Ihe tone and opinion of his journa.l by addressing him on the subject of the deference which should be paid by the press to public opinion. His answer is an excellent one.— He says, in conclusion: If the course of my paper is not approved, if the sentiments therein expressed are not such as my friends can sustain, they have a perfect right to ex press their disapprobation by withdrawing their patronage. It they think it is exerting-a dangerous influence upon the public mind, or if it is not worth to them the price of subscription, let them discon tinue it, but let them not insult me by an attempt to dictate the course I should pursue. I acknowl edge no obligations to please any one but myself. If I cannot in pleasing myself, satisfy enough of the public to keep me from'starvation, I will aban don my newspaper and engage in sorre pursuit where a man’s opinion will not interfere with his bread. I, as editor, acknowledge no obligations to you. If you take my paper, you take it because you think it worth to you the price you pay for it. If you advertise, you do so to promote your own interest, not mine. When your advertising ceases to be. a source of profit to you.it is discontinued, and, when the paper fails to interest you, you stop-* it. It is all a feir business transaction, and you have no more right to call in question the mode in which I think proper to transact my business, than I should have to object to yours. His “ patrons,” after reading this lecture, must have felt their self-importance diminished consider ably from their previous estimate of it. The District Slave Trade Bill* The following is the bill as it passed both Hou ses of Congress: Be it enacted , s*'■•> That from and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, it shall not be lawful to bring into the District of Columbia any slave whatever, for the purpose of being sold, or for the' purpose of being placed in depot to be subsequently transferred to any other State or place, to be sold as merchandize. And if any slave shall be brought into the said District, by its owner or by authority and consent of its owner, contrary to the provisions of this act, such slave shall thereupon become liberated and free. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That it shall and may be lawful for each of the Corporations of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, from time to time, and as often as may be necessary, to abate, break up, and abolish any depot or place of confinement of slaves brought into the said District as merchandize, contrary to the provisions of this act, by such appropriate means as may appear to either of the said Corporations expedient and proper —and the same power is hereby vested in the levy court of Washington county,, if any attempt.shall be made within its jurisdictional limits to establish a depot or place of confinement for slaves brought into the said District as merchandize for sale, con trary to this act. Pennsylvania Copper and Lead. —We learn that an extensive copper and lead formation has been discovered in thisi State, near the Schuylkill river, and only about twenty miles from this city 5 and the extent of the metal is, from present appear-, ances, such as to warrant the expectation of a very large business arising out of it. Some of the veins have been successfully worked within the past year. The copper ore is said to bear a striking resem blance to that of the Cornwall and Cuba mines.— The average yield of 2,000 tons has been 20tper cent, of pure copper. The lead and silver ore, which is also abundant, has been assayed, and car ries about 75 per cent, of lead, and will yield of silver about s3f> to the ton. The Perkiomen mine which is near the newly discovered veins, has been worked to the depth of about 300 feet, and more than a quarter of a mile in length—s64,ooo have already been received for ore, and about 400 tons more have been mined but not yet sent to market. —Philadelphia Bulletin. Important Treaty. —Hon. Wm. B. Robinson, on the part of the United States Government, con cluded a treaty on the 9th ult., with the Chippewa Indians, inhabiting tbe northern shores o! Lakes Superior and Huron, by which the Indians have ceded all the lands from the eastern extremity of Lake Huron to Pigeon river, on Lake Superior, and inland to the height of land, together with the islands of the lakes and rivers. The price paid was $16,000 in hand, and an annuity forever of $4,400. ID* By the recent death of Col. Wm. Croghan, of Pittsburg, his daughter, who some years since eloped with Capt Schinley, of the British Army, comes, into the entire possession of an estate valued at five millions of dollars. Mrs. Schinley is now residing at Southampton, England. ; ID* The Congressional delegatian in the next Congress, from Ohio, will stand 9 Democrats, 10 Whigs and 2 abolitionists or Free Soiiers. In the present Congress the Democrats have 11, the Whigs 8, and the Abolitionists 2. GnF.iT Yi fld OP Osions. —There has grown the present season, upon the farm.ot Mr. Tunis B. Adriance, of Duchess county,' N. Y., one hundred and eighty-tix bushels of onions, upon thirty and one fourth square rods of land, being less than the one fifth of an acre. Mons laniii. Tbouble. —lt is rumored at Washington that the Florida Indians are again be coming hostile. It is said that several dissatisfied Chiels are meditating and making preparations to renew hostilities with the whites. ID-True bills have been found against the Cap tain and crew of the brig Excellent, for being con cerned in the slave trade. The trials were com menced on the 4th inst. For* the Intelligencer.
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