Letter from Harrisburg. Correspondence of the Intelligencer. ] Harrisburg, February 1, 1851 ; I regret tliat my letter of last week did not reach yoa in time ]for your paper. It was written and mailed sufficiently early to have reached you in time, I am therefore unable to account for the delay. For the future I shall endeavor to have the diffi culty corrected. ’ • l Legislation has commenced in earnest, and the members ari putting their shoulders to the wheel, aid are doing all their power to help business along. What is equally gratifying, is the fact, that matters of sufficient interest have been presented, to lead to the defining of party lines. Hitherto, private Bills and special Legislation only, have claimed attention. Now, we shall have soraethmg better, and of more general importance. Ifi eV cral questions have, come up for consideration diring the past week in which all will feel interested. Prominent amongst them wa ß the tariff resolution iof Mr. Dobbins. There was an effort made to have 'it passed at once. To this serious objections were made, and on motion of Mr. Penniman it was re ferred to a select committee of five. Tlhb was the only proper course, aB on bo important- a matter it wu but proper that a preamble more expressive of the sentiments of Pennsylvania than the Resolution itself, should be added to it. Besides’in ita original form it was not snfficiently comprehensive. , . [Another important resolution was that of Mr. Olwine, instructing the Committee on Banks to report a Bill requiring all the Banks of the Coin mbnwealth to furnish monthly statements of their transactions,! Thiß was met by a strict parly vote on| the part of the Whigs and by one equally strict on. rife part of the Democrats:. Why there should be any to a demand so (entirely reasonable a little singular. If life transactions of the Banks, are what those of honest institutions should be; instead of objecting to making them public, it should be their desire to effect something of this kind. This opposition argues, something behind the curtain, which they arp not desiroua of having" exposed to public gaze,‘and for this very : reason they should be compelledrio this step. A third important resolution was that ot General Brindle asking the consideration of the Bill for the repeal of the Anti-Kidnapping laws of. 1847. There was no debate on the subject, but the vote itself was a sufficient indication of the position of the Whigs and Democrats in : regard to this important and delicate question. Every Whig in the House voted against the resolution, while every Democrat sustained it. This vote could have been the result only of strict party discipline. There was no debate, and * consequently impressions could not have been gleaned from; any thing that was said on the floorj of the House. What then would this seem to indicate T Haveilhe Whigs eu masse resol ved to oppose this great featurmof the Compromise Bill ? This vote evidently, looks something like it. Are they willing to make it the test question of the coming Presidential Campaign ? If so, I presume the Democrats will gladly meet them, as there is no question upon which thejnajority of the people of the State of Pennsylvania are more unanimous than the repeal of those laws. The first appointments by the Canal Board seemed to give general satisfaction. Would that I could say as much of the later; ones. While the Canal Board stand exonerated, from any blame in this matter,'there afle those, high in the confidence of the Democratijr party, who should be held reappn sible for the removal of good men, and..the ap pointment of incompetent and unfit ones. In sev eral cases applications were presented to the Board, and appointments made on the strength ot the warm recommendations of men of influence in Philadel phia .city and county, when upon the announce ment of the, appointments, it was clearly proven* that the influential men who recommended the suc cessful candidates, had not only no personal ac quaintance with them, but had never even heard of them except, through the persona who asked tor the testimonials. Is this in accordance with Democrat ic usages? Should the men who have the confi dence of thp Commissioners, blindly recommend men for responsible stations, who are not only un fit for them, but who supplant able and excellent men—men of influence, who have ever been the firm and tried friends of the party. If this system is persisted in, we shall have si/ch a state of affairs as will sunder the ties that now unite the party. The men who thus prostitute their influence, to such ill purposes, should, and ,1 have reason to know, will he remembered by ;tlie friends of those whom they .have so foully wronged. Their letters 0 f recommendation should be made public, in or der that all may know how recklessly they sacri fice the interests of the party. The attenipt to repeal the Board of Revenue Commissioners, in the Senate this week, met with a!totalTand merited defeat. From . the following ftatiitica.presented by Mr. Packer, will be Been the folly of suclla step. The Board, at its first meet ing in 1845|, increased the taxable property ot the State $8,769,623, which, at three pills on the dol lar, added to the revenues of.the State annually $26,269, wiich in three years amounted to $78,- 807. At the second meeting i of the Board in 1848 tie increase on taxable property amounted to $7,? 014,27,- which, at three mills on the. dollar, amounted b| $21,042 annually for three yekrs, ma king $63,128, which added to the increased reve nue of the preceding three years, makes an aggre gate of $141,935 net gain, to the commonwealth, by the labors of the Board. ! The expenses of both sittings of the Board were but $j4,500, which, deducted from the in crease in tne revenue, left the State gainer of $137,429 by the operation. j But the movement has received its quietus. — On motion of Mr. Packer the future consideration of initely postponed, by the decisive vote 13 against. it as indefi ot 20 for to stter from Columbia. Columbia, Feb. 1, 1851 Mb. Editor : —Columbia has been the scene of another fearful tragedy, the particulars ol which are simply ihese : A man by the name of Casper Shaurb, ha > been in the habit of visiting the house 'of a Mrs. Sinsick in Fifth street, (tjho is a widow jwoman,) f< r baee and illicit purposes, i On Thu: sday night last, (.having absented himself ' several mtnths previous) he again visited the house in a state of intoxication, and attempted violence upon her >erson. Two of her sons* who are pret- >wn, ejected the monster from the prem first abused their mother and broke eun >B of kitchen ware. He returned in a , armed with a butcher knife, and at in entrance by the window. The boys jto remonstrate, when he plunged the ithe side of the younger one, from the ef which, he must die. This , will be the , ty well gr) . ises, who I | | dryarticl'! j little time!, ! tempted ai : went outj : knife into j fects of w irder in Columbia within a|vcry few years, is being Peart-, Winsen, Sloutand Einsich. fourth mui the victim! ;|to have dress Ball,” in this the 10th inst., which yod know is a sov tlidote to hard times and cold weather. — /cted that the bipeds will kick “dull care” -j— 'who I haVe been informed has had his lien by “ sister Suke and Mike.” Vtr ginia Convention. We are place on t ereign ant It is expci to the —j back brok In the|Virgmia Convention on [Saturday week, the Compittee on the Executive Department sub mitted iti report, proposing several important, changes in the present order of things, as follows: The Goyernor to be elected by the people, for a‘ term of four years, and tp have a salary .of $5,000 a year. [He is to have no vote, and is shorn of tomejof the powers of appointment now exer cised by the. Executive. A Lihutenatit Gover nor to be elected by the people fof a term of four years. .He will preside over the Senate, and act as Governor in case of the death, resignation, or ab ience of that officer. He is to receive the pay of Speaker of the House of Delegates while presiding oyer the Senate, and the salary 6f the Governor while performing gubernatorial duties. A Treas urer anc an Auditor, to be elected! by the Legisla ture, and a Secretary of the State jby the people.— Three Commissioners, to be elected by the people, for a term of six years each, (one every two years,) to consjitute-a Board ol Public 'Wfarks, &c Bobu ■RT Baud; an able lawyer and. distin , Whig, died at his residence in Chambers '»•> on Tuesday morning, the 28th ult., of an ft of the heart,nnder which he had been la foi many months. He was the Whig. can for Congress in the 16th District, at the late j,and was sick throughout jthe canvass., gaishec, I burg, P* | affection boring ( | didate fr electior Intelligencer lonrnal. I.ancaster, February 4, 1851. GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR, |p~ An abstract from the proceedings of the State Agricultural Society will ip found on our first page. ITT Gen. Cass, Judge X)oublass' and Mr. Sew ard, of the U. S. Senate, have our thanks for pub lic documents. Gen. Cass’ address before the Kail amooza Agricultural Society, is one. of the mast interesting productions we! have ever read, and we shall be pleased to publish some extracts from lit hereafter. , Y 07* Messrs. Schaeffer and Hunsecker of de Legislature have our thanks’for their kind attention in forwarding us public documents. CITY ELECTION! We hope the Democrats of the City will turn out to the Election TO-DAY, and vote for the regular nominees of the party. The can didates are all tried men, eminent ly deserving the undivided sup port of our friends, and it be hooved every 1 Democrat to exert all his energy so as to secure: their election by a triumphant majority. The whigs have a portion of a ticket in the field! which they will support-to a man] It is therefore important that the full Democratic vote should be (-brought out, in order >that our Success may be certain; i . We, therefore,! urge our Demo cratic friends to a faithful discharge of their d|uty TO-DAY. Turn out to the Polls, i Let there be no scratching; but let each and every Democrat vote the entire ticket from top to bottom. Come up to the gbod work, j Democrats, and give “a long pull, a strong, pull, and a pull altogether” for the reg ularly nominated candidates of your party. County Committee meeting. Agreeably to public notice given, the Democrat ic County Committee of] Lancaster county met at the public house of William J. Steele, in the City of Lancaster,'on Saturday the Ist day of February, 1851, when the following proceedings were had, viz: ’ ! Resolved, That at the i primary meetings of the Democracy to be held in ithe different Wards, Bor oughs and Townships of the County of Lancaster, on Saturday the uf day of March next, the Dele gates elected to the County Convention to be held at the city of Lancaster on the Wednesday ing, be elected with a view to the appointment of Delegates to the Harrisburg Judicial Convention to beheld on the 11th of June, as well as to the Reading Convention, ani: that the'chairman of this committee be authorized to issue a call accordingly. Resolved, That the Democracy of the county be recommended to nominate one person, in each Ward,.Borough and election district, to serve the ’ensuing-year as County Committee-man, and also that they nominate their Township committees, and hand them to the. Chairman of the - next County Convention. i iWM. B. FORDNEY, • Cha.irman. ' H. E. Leman, Sec’ry. ; In pursuance of the above proceedings, as also the resolutions of the County Committee, at their meeting on the 10th of October last. I hereby is sue this notice, requesting the Democrats of Lan caster county to meet ini their, respective Wards, .Boroughs and Townships, on SATURDAY THE ISTJDAY OF MARCH,>IBSI, at the usual places of Holding such elections, tlierf and there to elect notless than three nor iriore than five Delegates to represent said districts in a general County Conven tion, to be held in the City of Lancaster, on Wed nesday the 4th day of March, 1851, for the purpose of elecilhg sis delegates to represent Lancaster county in the'Gubernatorial State Convention to be held in Reading on the 4th of June next, and also six Delegates to represent said County in the Judi ciary State Convention to be held at Harrsburg on the ,11th of June next. I" i Feb. 4, isol TheJollowfng appointments have been made by the Cnnal Commissioners; SufKniNTENDENTS OF MOTIVE PoWEU —A. L. Roum fort, Columbia Railroad; F. R. West, Portage • Railn >ad. Su I’ERViHOiis—G. W. Closson, Dejaw are Division; Jas. Gowen, Eastern Division; J. S. Miller, Lower Juniata P. Anderson, Upper Juniata; Wm. S. Campbell, Lower Portage Railroad; John Peters, LTpper Western ■■ J. F. McCulloch, Lower Western; GeV Crane; West Branch; G. W. Search, North BranchyH. D. Rodarmel, Susquehanna. Collectors —J. K. Heckman, Easton ; J: Sands, New Hope; R. Patterson, Bristol; A. B. Cummings, Philadelphia; J. J. Bowep, Paoli; W. Roate, Parkes burg; J. J. Keller, Lancaster; S. Pierce, Columbia; W. YVilson, Portsmouth; S.J. Goodrich, Harrisburg; S. Law, Newport; Wm. [R. McCay, Lewistown;' A. S. Harrison, Huntingdon; A. A. Douglas. Hollidays burg; G. W. Marchand,jJohstown ; D. Barr, Blairs ville; P. Clawson, Freeport; J. Hastings, Pittsburg; W. A. Packer, Dimnsburg; C. D. Eldred, Williams port ; Wm. Wilson, Northumberland; Geo. Smith, Buck Haven; John Huggins. Liverpool; Wm. Cole, Outlet Lock,. Portsmouth; J. Shoemaker, Juniata- Aqueduct; R. Martin, Freeport Aqueduct. CONESTOGA For ihs [utellit'ciu'cr. Weighmastebs —Easton, Melchoir Horn; Phila., G.-W. Scofield; Lancaster, J. Dunlap; Columbia, Thhs. Welsh; Portsmouth, D. Sheaffer; Johnstown Scales, E. B. Cotter;. Johnstown Weigh Lock, W. B. Clark; R. Williams; Pittsburg, WiHamTCarns ; Northumberland, C.,Brown ; Beach Ha\tpn, J. Fruit; Junction A. P. R. R. and Penna. Railroad,,H. S. Graham 1 . State Agents —J. Rankin, Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad ; J. Cunningham,do; J. Hunter, do; T. McMichael, dojiC. Brady, do; Capt. Ham bright, do; L. Frank, db; I. Waterbury, do; Oscar Hammond, do; A. P. jR. Rhoads, Portage Rail road; J. Mclntyre, doj'B. Ruff, do; V. Phelps, do; S. Barr, do; C. B. Soly,|do; J. Rhey, do; W. Piper,, do; E.. Donnelly, Boat S{ips> Hollidaysburg; Chas. .Goodman, do. Johnstown. Cargo Inspectors at Philadelpaia. —Sami. S. Moon, R. R. Young, C;’-S. Beidleman. "ID* The February np. of “ The Guardian,” ed ited by. the Rev. Mr.. Harbaugh, of this City, is on our table. As usual, it is filled with highly inter- esting matter. New Cab.—pne of the handsomest cars we have ever seen has been placed on the Columbia and Philadelphia railroad, by Messrs: Miller & Jefferies, who have -commenced running a line regularly. Such enterprise deserves encouragement, and we have not a doubt that the admirable accom* me dations afforded by those gentlemen with their superb car and attentive and obliging agents, will attract lots of passengers. ID* Those in want.of tobacco or segars can be. accommodated by ourifriend Kuhns, in N. Queen slreet. who has every thing in that line to please the most fastidious. See advertisement. We direct attention to Mr. Steinman's ad vertisement in another; column. He has one of the most exteusive Hardware establishments in this City, and presents strong inducements to the public. ID* The Lecture at Dr. Tailor last' week on Hungary and his. visii to Kossuth, -was highly in teresting. He delivers three lectures on “ Europe and the East” the present week. See advertise ment. > to-day. ! WM. B. FORDNEY, Chairman Co. Committee. Appointments / City Convention. The Delegates elected from the different Ward* of the City, for the purpose of ; nominating suitable candidates for select and Common .Councils, Judges and Insjfectors, to be supported by the Democrats of Lancaster at the ensuing city election, met at the house of Mrs. Messenkop, on Wednesday even ing, Jan. 2&h, and organized by appointing MLD. Holbrook, chairman, and Dr. Henry Carpenter and John L. Keffer , Secretaries. • The following gentlemen were then placed in nomination, viz: Select Council — Chas. Gillespie, George Wilson. Common Council —Garret Everts, sen., ‘Philip Wallace, W. P. Brookes, Henry Steigerwait, sen., Wm. Mathiot, Henry Gantz, Geo. M. Steinman, Geo. Yeisly, John Bomberger, Peter J. Gorner, Daniel Erisman, F. W. Beates, R. S. Rohrer, John Weidler, John Carr. Judges, Inspectors. Jacob Weaver, James Wiley, W. Ward David B. Bartholomew, John C. Roat, E. Ward. On motion—Messrs. F. Sehner, W. G. Evans and Jas. L. Reynolds were appointed a committee to attend to printing of tickets. The following res olutions were .then adopted: Resolved, That, in compliance with instructions of the Delegate Meetings, the nomination of city Constables be referred to the Democratic city meeting, to be held on to-morrow evening, the 30th inst. _ . Resolved, That the proceeings of this Convention be published in the Democratic papers of this city. Resolved, That the officers of this Convention be directed to consider and prepare a plan for voting for the candidates for city. Constables, and to select tellers and clerks for the city meeting, and to re commend said plan and suggest the names of said tellers and clerks tp the Democracy of the city at their meeting to be held in the Court House on to morrow night. In compliance with the above jesolution, we re commend that where but one candidate is offered, the nomination-be made by ayes and there are two or more candidates offered, they be nominated by ballot—That in voting for High and City Constables, the High Constable be voted for on one ticket, and the City Constables on a separate’ single ticket, and that any ticket having on it' more names than the number required to be settled to be cast aside. They also recommend to the City meeting, the following persons to act as Tellers and Clerks of said meeting, viz; James Wiley, John C. Roat. L. Reynolds, Daniel Lagan. (Signed) M. D. HOLBROOK, Chairman Henry Carpenter, )* c John L. $ SeCS - Meeting. ■ Agreeably to notice, a Mass Meeting of ihe De mocracy was held Court House, on Thurs. day evening the 30th of January, 1851, for the purpose of ratifying the nominations made by the City Convention, and also for the purpose of nom* inating a • candidate for Mayor, Assessor, High Constable and City Constables. The meeting wag organized by the appointment of the following officers, viz: President : GEO. SANDERSON. Vice Presidents : Jacob F. Kadtz. John Sehner. H. Blickensderfkr. Archibald Miller. Secretaries: TFt//iam A. Weaver. William Meeser. It was then, on motion, resolved that Walter G. Evans and James L. Reynolds, Esqs., be ap pointed to act as Tellers. The lollowing nominations were then made, viz: ''* Mayor— Michael Carpenter, Esq., was nomi nated by acclamation, there being no opposition. Assessor —Michael Bundel, Esq., was nomina ted by acclamation —no opposition. High Constable — John Myer, Esq., was nomina ted by acclamation—no opposition. On motion, it was resolved that the two persons receiving the. highest number of votes, should be the candidates lor City Constables. On motion, the several candidates for City Con stables were pledged to abide by the decision of the meeting. A ballot was then had, which resulted as fol lows; John Conner had 264 votes. Daniel Finefrock, 223 ‘‘ William Giubb. 216 “ J. Gundaker. 146 » J. Dor wart, 140 “ Joseph Brintnall, 90 “ ; Christian Fraley, 29 “ The Tellers having reported this result—the Chair thereupon declared John Conner and Dan iel Finefrock the regularly nominated candidates of the Democratic party for City Constables—they having received the highest number of votes. The following resolution, recommended by the City Convention, was then unanimously adopted : Jiesolved, That it be recommended to the De mocracy of this City, that in future when nomina ting a candidates for the Police, each person shall vote a ticket containing thref names, and headed “ Constables/' and the person having the highest number of votes shall be declared duly nominated for High Constable, and the two next highest can ■ didates, for City Constables. ! • On motion, the meeting then adjourned. 1 (Signed by the Officers. Rj* The following is the Democratic ticket complete, as settled by the City Mass Meeting and City Convention. Alderman. S. E. Ward —Walter G. Evans. Mayoi'. Michael Carpenter. Assessor. \ Michael Bundel. Select Council. Henry Gorrecht, Chas. Gillespie, George Wilson, Common Council. Garret Everts, sen. Philip Wallace, Wm. P. Brookes, Hsnry Steigerwalt, sen. Wm. Mathiot, Henry Gantz, Geo. M. Steinman, Geo. Yeisley, John Bomberger, Peter | J. Gorner, Daniel Erisman, F. W. Beates, R. S. Rohrer, John Weidler, John Carr, Judges.' W. Ward —Jacob Weaver. E. Ward—D. B. Bartholomew Inspectors. W. Ward —James Wiley. E. Ward—John C. Roat. High Constable. John Myer. City Constables. John Conner. Daniel Finefrock. Death of a Member of Congress. ■ Washington, Jan. 31.—Hon. David S. Kaufman, member of the House of Representatives, died sud denly at the Irving House this afternoon. Mr. Kau fman was apparently in excellent health this morn ing, and his sudden death has cast a gloom over a large circle of friends. His iamily were with him in his dying moments. Mr. K. was a native of Cumberland county, in this State, and was a young man of talents and great personal popularity. ID* The election of aU. S. Senator from New Jersey, has been postponed to the I4th inst. John R. Thompson, Esq.,is the Depiocratic caucus candi date, and, we presume, will be elected, inasmuch as the Democrats have a majority of two votes on joint ballot. , ID* A man was arrested in Philadelphia, on Fri day week, on whom was found counterfeit note* amounting to $3,800, on various Banks. Philadelphia for JMgler! The Democratic County Convention met, on yes terday week, and selected the following named d®l* egates to the Reading Convention, and instructed them unanimously to support the nomination of Col. William Bigler for Governor, viz: Thomas Brown, Miles Sweeny, Thomas McDon ough, William H. Fagan, William McDaniel, C. P. Dunn, William Rice, J. R. Manderfield, Christian Mason, Edward McCoy, M. Van Dusen, Geo. Esher, Isaac Leech tnd John Stallman. .The County Convention also appointed fourteen delegates to the Judiciary Convention, at Harris burg, and instructed them to support the nomina tion of the Hon. James Campbell, of Philadelphia, for the Supreme Bench. The City Democratic Convention met the same evening, and elected Col. John W. Forney, Richard, R. Young, James Harvey, P. Conroy, Charles Wor rell and James Vandyke, delegates to the Reading Convention, with unanimotts ins.tructinos to support the nomination of Col. William Bigler, for Gov ernor. The City Convention had previously .met and appointed delegates to the Harrisburg, Convention, and instructed them forjudge Campbe 07* Col. Wixliax Bigler will have at fcasL. 100 votes but of 133 that is to compose .tile Read ing Convention —and we should not be surprised if he had 125! The fact is, but of Lancaster there is no opposition anywhere in the State, and, since the result in the city and county of Philadel phia, we are more than ever confirmed in our pre viously expressed opinion that he will be nominated by acclamation. The people, with unprecedented unanimity, have designated Col. Bigleu as the Gubernatorial candidate, and the State Convention will have nothing to do but to go through the mere form of placing him in nomination. “How We Apples Swim S’ 9 The Evening Bulletin ha* come - up manfully to the assistance of the Spirit of (he Times, in its at tacks upon Judge Campbell and Mr. Buchanan. Whether these prints haye a common ownership, or whether the owners of the two respectively haye a common proclivity for slander and defamatioq, we know not; but one thing is certain, that the vile slang which daily fills their columns against men whose character*, personal and political, are above reproach, is a disgrace to the age and to the City of Philadelphia in which their slanders are concoct* ed, and from which they are scattered broad-cast over the Commonwealth. We are not personally acquainted with Judge Campbell, nor do we know what his feelings are towards Mr. Bcchanin. This much we do know, however, from credible authority, that he is a sound and honest Democrat—and presume, from the fact that he is endorsed by the intelligent Democracy of County of Philadelphia, that he has the qualifications for the post to which their partiality would elevate him. The vile, abuse of him, therefore, by' the prints in question, must only recoil upon themselves in the end, without se riously injuring the object of their hale and malig nity. As to Mr. Buchanan, the Democracy of Pennsylvania have known him too long and favor ably to have their confidence shaken in his integrity by such unprincipled assaults. A Medal to Gen. Scott The Legislature of Virginia recently voted a Guld Medal to Gen. Scott, which was presented to him on Saturday week, at Washington, by a Committee appointed by the Governor of the State A Richmond paper gives the following description of it: j “This beautiful memorial of Virginias munificent gratitude is at the same time one of the most ex quisite specimens of American art that we have ever seen. The medal is 34 inches in diameter, five sixteenths of an inch thick, and is of course very massive and rich. On one side is an admirable life like bust of the General, with the words ‘Winfield Scott’ in capitals above. I The bust stands upon an oblong pedestal —flanked by two noble eagles, sprigs of laurel and oak touching their wings; a number of flags, (two Mexican banners- among them.) guns, pikes, mortars and field pieces forming an appropriate back-ground. On the pedestal isthe following inscription: “The Commonwealth of Virginia presents this medal to Major General Win field Scott, as a memorial of her admiration for the ‘great and distinguished services of her son, whilst commander-in-chief oT th.e American armies in the war with Mexico, 184*7.” u On the reverse side in the centre stands a beau tiful fluted column, with “1812” on the base arid •‘lB4B’’ on the'capital. A spread eagle* holding an olive branch,in its mouth, is on its top—and the column is entwined with leaves of laurel, inscribed with the words uVera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Conteras, Churubusco, Del Rey,|Chapultepec, Mexico.” Above the column are the words “Fecit Quod Cogitavil;” below, “From Virginia,” and an escutcheon with the coat of arms ol the State. In the back ground are the principal buildings in or near the city of Mexico, the Castle of San Juan, (as it,) with the peculiar and strikingly peaked mountains, batteries at work, &c.—the whole encircled by a verr rich wreath of laurel and oak intertwined.— The medal is one of great beauty and magnificence, and does great credit to the exquisite skill and taste of Mr. C. C. Wright, an old soldier under General Scott, and now of New York.” ID* The Spirit of the Times, amongst other un founded allegations, charges Mr. Buchanan with deserting Gen. Foster, and plotting and intriguing with Judges Black and Woodward—and all this in connexion with the recent visit of the two latter named gentlemen to Wheatland. The whole story is spoiled, however, when we inform that paper that Gen. Foster also was a guest at Wheatland but a day or two before the other gentlemen, and that he and Mr. Buchanan are now, as they always have been, warm and devoted personal and political friends. We happen to know, also, that all three of these distinguished Democrats, as well as Mr. Buchanan, have an exalted opinion of Mr. Bbod jhead, the Senator elect, and speak of him with the highest respect and esteem. s The Spirit of the Times must get another bow to its'fiddle, as its music is becoming both stale and discordant. Statue of Thomas Corwin. —W.e see it stated in the Western papers that there is a propo?ition on foot to erect a statue of the Hon. Thos. Corwin, in the city of Cincinnati,-to be executed by Hiram Powers. The compliment is certainly a well mer ited one, and the city, the sculptor, and the subject would be alike honored.— Whig Paper. Would it not be as well to have the statues ol certain distinguished Mexicans also eiected at the same time and place—that of Mr. Corwin, prom inent amongst them all, in the act of exhorting his auditors to welcome the American soldiers with “ bloody hands and hospitable graves.” This, we think, would be a decided improvement on the or iginal proposition, and we suggest it to the consid eration of the Whigs of Cincinnati. It would be perpetuating an interesting fragment of history, which otherwise might be lost. ILr Hon. George R. McFarlane, of Hollidays burg, has become associated-with 0. Barrett, Esq., in the publication of the Harrisburg “Keystone.”— Mr. M cF. i 6 a strong and vigorous writer, add will doubtless give additional interest to the paper. We wish him success in his new undertaking. New Out-fit on the Cumberland Vallet Railroad.—The Cumberland Valley Railroad company, after relaying the whole length of the road with heavy T rail and improving the grades, has purchased new locomotives and passenger cars, of the very latest and most improved style. Per sons traveling that route therefore can do so with as much comfort as on any other road in the coun try. We also learn that this company has under taken the stocking and running of the York and Cumberland road, which is to be worked in con nection’with their road,and that it was to be opened for trade and travel about thfe Ist of February. They have also reduced the fare on the Cumber land Valley road to about three cents per mile.- Mr. Kauffman was buried on yesterday, both branches of Congress attending his funeral. Cold Weather* We have had a very cold spell in this region, since our lastissue. ‘After an almost unprecedented continuation of soft, mild weather —that more re-' sembled April; than January—lt suddenly changed: on Wednesday last, since which time, with the ex ception of sfibw, we have had genuine winter weather in all its severity. Thursday last, we think, was the cold day of the season, at whi«-h time the mercury in the Thermometers, in this city, got down to wjithin five or six degrees of zero—or some twepty-five or six degrees below the freezing point. All tfaje streams in the neighborhood are frozen up,’and our ice houses are being filled with the finest qual ty of ice. Since Saturd ly the weather has greatly moderated, and on Sunday there was a slight fall of snow.- Sunday night it snowed a little more, and on yes terday there was tolerable sleighing in oor streets. We subjoin, from the New York Tribune, a table of the weather for that day, at varibus places, north, south, east and west of us—which will, doubtless, be ntereiting to our readers: .By Teeegrafh. Thursday, Jan. 30—10 A.M. Chicago—' Ther. 11 below. Toledo —Ther. zero, clear. Detroit— Coldest day.of the season. ■Pittsburgh —Clear; strong,N.W. wind, extremely :old. Cleveland —-Clear; strong N.W. wind;, Ther. Buffalo —Clear; intensely cold ; Ther. 7 A. M. 1 below ; 12 M. 3 above ; 5 P. M. 10« above. High N. wind ; squally; Ther. 4 above. Ogdensburg —Ther. 5 below. Watertown —Ther. 2 below. Syracuse— Wind, W.N.W.; Ther. 5 above ; storm continues. Oswego —Ther. 2‘above. Utica —Wind N.W. high ; Ther. 3 above. Troy —Wind, stiff N.W.; clear and cold ; Ther. zero. Thursday, Jan. 30—3 P.M. Boston —Ther. at zero ; clear. Providence —Ther. 4 above ; violent N.W. wind. New Haven —Ther. 6 above; wind N.W. Norwich, Ct. —Ther. 8 above; wind N.W. 6 P. M. Washington, D. C. —Ther. 12 above; clear; wind west. Baltimore— I Ther. 11 above; clear; wind N.W. Wilmington, Dell —Ther. 10above; clear; wind northwest. Philadelphia —Ther. 13; clear; wind N.W. • New York City —Ther. 12; bar. 30. Thursday, Jan. 30 —3 P. M. Buffalo —Ther. 4 above, and falling; wind N.W. Rochester —Ther. at zero all day, and now 3 be low; wind N.W ; very cold. Auburn —Ther. 6 above ; wind N.; cloudy but not stormy. Syracuse —Ther. zero ; strong N.W. wind, and very cold all day. Oswego —Ther. 5 above and tailing; a severe N. wind. Utica —Ther. 4 below zero all day, and now fall ing ; blowing hard from N. W. Albany —Ther. 5 above.; wind N.; very cold all day. Troy —Ther. at zero all day, and now 2 below brisk wind N. W. St. Johns —Ther. 10 below zero ; clear and very cold. Burlington, Vt. —Ther! ti below; wind N.W. intensely cold. Whitehall —Ther. about zero; very cold and no wind. Kingston C. W. —Ther. 4 below ; weather clear, Montreal —Ther. 22 below zero ; very clear, but cold. Quebec —Ther. 12 below ; wind W. Toronto —Ther. 6 above ; very cold. Bounty Land Law. . We learn from Judge Sotherlanij that the troops that were called out, during the war of 1812. by the Governors of the respective States, and who were paid by the Stales, are not entitled .to any ben efits under the recent bounty land act of Congress. But where ‘ the United States government' 1 afterwards rejunded the amount paid by the States to the State officers and soldiers, they being thus recognized by the general government, come .clearly within the spirit of the bounty land act of last session, and are entitled lo land. This opinion, we think, is entirely correct, and we give publicity to it with great pleasure, as it will embrace many gallant officers and men, who served in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and other Southern States, and also the force on the shores of Lake Erie, in the States of New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, in 1812. These troops by the way, were most of them engaged in very serious conflicts, or incessantly exposed to assaults from a wily and powerful foe, and are therefore especially entitled to land for their bravery and patriotism. Under the present Bounty Land Act, the officers and soldiers who periled their lives in the nbatttle at Baltimore , as they were not out four months , accord ing to the present bounty act, will receive only forty acres of land; while the recruits enlisted for Mexico,.at the close of the war, and who did not march there, and were only a. month in service , have received 160 acres. .We think that all the officers and soldiers of the nation should be placed on the same footing, and each receive 160 acres of land.— Pennsylvanian. Another Democratic Senator. On Thursday last, the Legislature of Rhode Island elected Gen. Charles T. James, (Demohrat,) U. S. Senator, for six years, in place of Hon. A. C. Greene, (Whig.) whose term expires on the 3d of March. The vote stood, on the eighth and last ballot, James 50, Whipple 20, Simmons 19, scattering 10. This is truly an unexpected triumph—it being a long time since Rhode Island was represented in the U. S. Senate by a Democrat. It shows that even in that benighted region, the people are be ginning to get their eyes opened 'to the dangers which beset'the country, and think it the safest plan to entrust the Democrats with power. In this they show their returning good sense. UT* Gen. James, who has just been elected to the U. S. Senate, is the same gentleman who erected the Cotton Mills, in this City, and is well and fav orably known to most of our citizens. He is a first rate Democrat, and we congratulate his numerous friends in this region on his election. AND YET ANOTHER!—The Massachusetts Legislature have elected the Hon. Robt. Rantouli (Democrat,) U. S. Senator lor the balance of the present session, to take the place of Mr. Winthrop, (Whig,) appointed by the Governor. The vote stood for Rantoul 187, Winthrop 173, scattering 12. m*Late foreign arrivals bring intuiljgence that the French President and his Ministry have quar relled, and, as a consequence, the latter have all resigned. The following article, from the* Daily News of Wednesday, will explain the cause of the rupture: The News from Europe. —The details of the news from Europe by the Arctic, although . inter esting, present no prominent feature beyond the dfficulty between the French Ministry and the As sernbiy, which it is supposed by many is destined to hasten the impending crisis in the affairs of France, o The difficulty arose from the promulga tion of an alleged order from Gen. Changarnier in relation to the disposition of the military force of Paris, which being made the subject of interpela tion in the assembly, Gen. Scbram, Minister of War, asked that they might be adjourned to enable him to look into the matter. This was refused, as Gen. Changarnier was present and able to answer forthwith. The ministry took offence at the vote and resigned. Gen; C. denied the- authenticity of the order, but La Paine, in which it was published still pronounces it authentic, and broadly raises the question of veracity with Gen. Changarnier, adducing (acts and circumstances' which really seem inconsistent with his denial. Some allege the real cause of the dissolution of the ministry to be hostility to the General, and not the vote in question. Certain it is, the breach between the President and the assembly is wider than ever.— No ministry has,yet been formed. The President is determined upon the dismissal of Gen. Changar nier. The Assembly is equally resolved that it shall not be. The President threatens to resign and appeal to the people *, but this will not be done, nor will he dare to form a personal cabinet. * JCT Counterfeit coins, purporting to be Gold Dollars, are in circulation. They very closely re semble the genuine, but are a trifle lighter and somewhat thicker than the genuine. They seem to have been made of Baiibyb Jewelry establishment, No. 216 Market street, PhUa., is not surpassed any where in the variety, beauty and cheapness of its ware. NEWS ITEMS. Death of Audubon.— John James Audubon,' the celebrated ornithologist, died at his residence on the banks of the Hudson, on the 27th ult., aged 70 yeare. He was a native of- Louisiana, and the son .fif an Admiral of France, in which country he re ceived an excellent education, returning to Louisiana at the age of 17. He stood in the front rank of the naturalists of the age, and was an honor to the country | Whose scientific literature his name adorns. —Prof. Ansley, lately removed from St. Mary’s College, Wilmington, Delaware, was found last week in an old hovel in that city, starving and almost frozen, with a bottle of whisky beside him, and died shortly afterwards. He was a young man of talents and tine literary attainments, and ! was the author of a wdrk on the study of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres published in Philadelphia in IS-J 9. Sebago Lake Ice. —Mr. B. W. Foster, of this;city, having leased a branch of the Sebago Lake, Maine, is prepared to contract for any amount of ice. by the cargo or ton. The extreme cold weather which always prevails at this season .of the year, in the vicinity of this lake, situated one mile from .Port land, invariably insures a valuable crop of .pure,- clear and solid' ice. - The water of this lake is remarkable lor its purity. It is elevated one hun dred and fifty feet above the level of Portland water, some hundred feet higher than Saco river, and con sequently, beiug fed from the mountains and hills, it is much.superior to that of the lowlands. Mr. . hoster employs a large number of men and teams ' in securing the ice, which is now, we think, upwards, of fifteen inches thick .—Boston Post. Rochester, Jan. 27. —A man named John Everett murdered his sister-in-law, a young ftuly of res pectable family, named Sarah Sharp, at the town of Penfield last evening, and afterwards committed suicide. He leaves a wife and six children. rumors are afloat, but no cause yet ascertained. New Orleans , Jan. 23.—The trial ot Senator Henderson, for being concerhed.in the Cuban ex- . petition, has been concluded. The jury, after con- •• siderable consultation, came into court, and stated that they were unable to agree on a verdict, and were discharged. President of Mexico.— Arista was to be inuagura* ted President ot Mexico on the 15th of January, after which, the Mexicans expect better times.— Some of them thinks he means to give up the country to the United Stated. —The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune says that the Swiss Government have forwarded a beautiful stone from the Alps, to be placed in the National Monument to Washington. < Remarkable Parturition. —A cow named “Sally Ann,” belonging to Peter Partenheimer, ot Rox borough township, gave birth, on Chrjstmas day, to three beautiful white calves, one of which has rince died, but the other two are in good health and thriving finely, both eating hay at six days old ! Mr. P. informs ns that ths cow, in addition to sup- -> plying sufficient nourishment for the calves, yields from five to six poTituls of butter weekly. She is partly Durham’, and an excellent animal. Triplets amortg kine we believe to be a very rare circum- , stance. —Philadelphia Sun. New Orleans, Jan. 27.—This city was last evening the scene of two of the most terrible tragedies • that have occurred for many years. At the Ve randah, an altercation took place between two men named Errington and Byrd, in which the latter received two fatal stabs, causing almost instant death. J The other dreadful occurrence took place at a ball. One of the party asked a lady to elope with him. Receiving an answer in the negative, he im mediately drew a pistol .and shot her dead on the spot. It appears that the parties had been pre viously engaged to be’’married, but the parents of the lady had strenuously opposed;(he match. Block for the Washington Monument. —The Chi cago Journal says that a number ot the tribes of Western Indians propose to contribute a block of stone to the National Monument. It is to be taken from the celebrated “Starved Rock,” in Illinois, the Indians having no land they call their own to ob tain it Irom. The following is the inscription, as already decided upon—“ This step the red man gives to the pale lace, to build him a path to a better hunting ground.” It is said that the Board of Foreign Missions will probably offer to bear the expense of the transportation of the block to Washington. Recovery of the Stolen Keg of Specie. —The keg of specie stolen from the express car of Adams & Co., on the Baltimore line, on Wednesday morning, we are happy to learn, was found yesterday, buried in a field within two miles of Baltimore. The robber was a young man named Ch ilds, about 20 years of age, who confessed the robbery, and. pointed out the place where he had secreted it. At the time of the robbery be was emplo’yed as temporary brake man on the road. He is now under arrest in Bal timore.—Argus. —The steamboat John Adams struck on island No. 80, in the Mississippi, on the morning of the 27th, and sunk in five minutes after the accident. Her cabin parted from the hull and *broke. She had'on board about a hundred deck passengers, all of whom, with the exception of two, met a watery grave. The deck hands and firemen shared the same fate. Thecabin passengers escaped with their lives, but lost all their effects. —The Bridge over the Allegheny river, at Pitts burg, was destroyed by fire on Saturday. * Loss, $40,000, upon which there is an insurance of $30,- 000, The work of an incendiary. —Three persons named Dwight, Sackett and Hall, were arrested at Westfield, Mass., on the 28th ult., charged with robbing the U. S. Mail. They were taken to Boston for examination. 4-The express train of Adamß & Co. was robbed on the night of the 28th ult., while on its way from Philadelphia to Baltimore,‘of $lO,OOO in Mexican silver. The money was in two kegß. —Massachusetts has 4791 organized volunteer military companies. r —During the last ten years, the number of slaves in Maryland has decreased 541. —Gen. Joseph Lane, late Governor of Oregon, has been nominated by the Legislature of Indiana, as the Democratic candidate for Presidentin 1852- subject to the decision of. the National Convention. —Sweeny & Bell’s extensive Glass Works, at Wheeling, Va., were destroyed by fire on Wednesday last. Loss $40,000. Great Slaughter of Bears and Deer.— Three bears were recently killed about five miles from the St. Croix Falls, by Mr. Cadott—an old one and two cubs. The mother weighed about four hundred pounds. But we learn from the veteran hunter, P. F. Bouchea, that a much greater slaughter was perpetrated in the Bruin family on. the East Fork of Willow river; the Sioux Indians have recently killed forty bears, and upwards of fifty deer in the woods on that river, and are still on the chase.— Several loads of their game, a few days since, passed our village on their way to Menduta, M. T. — St. Croix Wis. Inq. —Mrs. Martha Myers, the last survivor of the massacre of Wyoming, died at Kingston, Luzerne county, on the 4th inst.. aged 89. Her father Thomas Benner, was one of the forty white men who built the stockade called “Forty Fort.” * —The small pox is said to be, raging to some extent in Baltimore and in the adjoining county of Montgomery. ’The City Councils of Baltimore have called the attention of the proper authorities to the disease. —London City was, on the Ist of January, 1850, composed of 300,0(30 houses, 64,D58_ of which were erected in the previous ten years, more than all Philadelphia is composed of. IX7* The Fugitive Slave, Stephen "Bennet, ar rested last week in Columbia, by Constable John Conner, of this city, and two of the Baltimore city Police, on a warrant from. Commissioner In graham, after an examination, was on Friday last, handed over to his master, C. B. Gallop, of Balti more, but was subsequently bought free by the citizens of Columbia. His master after disposing! of him, made him a present of a $2O gold piece. territory contains about 46,000 square miles. Henc/ieaf crop of 1847, reached 14,160,000 bushels. Her coalfields, anthracite and bituminous, are estimated to cover 15,000 square miles. Her product of Iron, (pig and castings) in 1846 reached 338,0UU tons. She has Iron enough to supply a continent of a hundred millions of inhabitants .with the endless variety of household and agricultural implements and to construct their machinery for manufactures and transportation. She has coal enough to warm ihem in winter, to cook their food *at all seasons, and to generate the power which shall put the ma chinery in motion, to manufacture the various fab rics which the necessities or comforts of civilized life demand, or which luxury and taste desire, —and last, bnt not least, to send their steamships to any part of the world. Baltimorf, January 30. Resignation of Gov. Quitman—The Henderson Trial—Cotton Crop.— The New Orleans mails of the 21st and 22d instant, arrived here this morning. From the True Della we learn that Governor Quitman has resigned his office to attend his trial. The Henderson jury stood eight for conviction and four for acquittal. The New Orleans Price Current estimates the present cotton crop at two and a hatf million of bales.