Intelligencer_ & Journal. GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR. Lancaster, October 25;1853. Country Papers. A Boston journal very.jastly observes, that Peo ple hardly know .bow much' they lose by net sub scribing for their county paper. There are always certain matters of local interest, in which it be hooves every good neighbor to keep duly ' posted up' Instead of sending away fifty or a hundred miles for a miscellaneous paper, suited only for the general reader, every man should take first the pa per published in his county, and pay for it in ad vance; then if he has money to spare for mere amusement, or the gratification of his own taste, let hitt subscribe for a good city paper, containing able reports.of popular and scientific eetures, leg islative and congressional intelligence, with a gen eral summary of foreign and domestic news to the larest moment of going to press. Now if this is not good advice, we hardly know what is. It is the way we should do; and we are not so selfish as to mourn the loss of a dozen subscribers—if it should come to that—l'ho are perhaps leaving a fellow townsman, some 'poor bat worthy printer, to work on in weariness of spirit for want of that generous support, which could not only cheer his heart, but enable him to make his paper all that his patrons could desire. We know somethinglof the sad ex perience of those who have the control of country papers, frt. our own connection in years by-gone, with a journal of that class. It becomes a man to be just before he is generous, and to remember that charity begins at home.' Never subscribe to a newspaper without paying for it in advance. The man who does his duty in this respect, reads his weekly papers, with increased satisfaction. Every one knows that his grtest comfort is derived from the consciousness of having done or tried' to do right and it is certainly no more than right to pay the' printer who is constantly incurring large outlays for paper and composition, and who' almost inva riably pays for all the matter 'set up,' for his pa per, even before it passes into the hands of the sub scribers. Again we say, 'take your county paper' and pay for it in advance.' The Result. We give in another column the official, vote of the State, as far has been received. In our next we will be able to give the entire vote. The majority on the State Ticket will exceed 36,0001 In addition to the State Officers, we have the Senate for the first time in several years) by a ma jority of THREE, and the House by FORTY! be ing a clear majority on joint ballot of 43 over all opposition. Mr We .obseive that the West Chester Republi can 6- Democrat has changed hands. Mr. Strick land has disposed of the establishment to George W. Pearce, Esq., of West Chester. In retiring from the editorial chair, Mr. S. carries with him the good wishes of the entire fraternity, whilst the Democ racy will sustain no small loss by being deprived of his valuable editorial services. We wish him success in whatever enterprise he may embark.— We are pleased, however, that the Republican has fallen into such good hands, and predict that it will be conducted to the entire satisfaction of the De mocracy of Chester county, Er The many friends of Gamma W. Bowan Esq., formerly of this City, will'be pleased to learn thab he has been re-elected 'Recorder of San Fran cisco, by a vote of more than two to one over his Whig competitor. In seven wards of the City the vote stood—lor BAsin 6331: for ToiNsia 2875. The eighth ward, not reported at the time the stea mer left, would increase his majority to nearly 4,- 000. We are gratified to know that our friend retains his popularity, and that his majority is greater than it was at any previous election. The office is worth $4,000 per annum. • ANOTIIER TERRIELS RAILROAD ACCIDZNT-ONS MAN KlLLED—Another fatal accident happened on the Columbia Railroad yesterday morning, at Coatesville, causing the deeila of a man named Wil liams, of Penningtonville, Chester co. A freight train was going east and the passenger fast line coming west, and both approaching the bridge.-- Steam was instantly reversed by both Engineers upon the , approtich of the other's train; but could not be stopped , before the collision occurred on the bridge. Two men, Jones and Davis, were injured, the former so much that it is thought he must die. The engines were both disabled. The man killed and those injured were on the freight -train, going below Coatesville to Preston's to build ■ wall. All on the passenger train escaped unhurt. The cars were not going faster than •t the rate of four miles per hour when the accident happened, and in the hind car, the shock was scarcely felt. In conse quence of this, the fast line was detained about three hours. A NEW DEGIIBE.—Our friend McClure, of the Chambersburg Whig, who was the Whig candidate for Auditor General, hi noticing the fact that a Western college has dubbed Chief Justice Black an L. L. D., quaintly remarks, as follows: "The peo ple of Pennsylvania have conferred the honorable initials upon several gentlemen, known as the late Messrs. Budd, McClure, Pownall and Myers, but with somewhat different signification—Licked like D---- please guess the rest". ocr. T. H. BURROWES Esq., of this city, delivered the annual address before the Philadelphia Society for promoting Agriculture, on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The exhibition commenced on Wed nesday and continued until Friday evening. COUNTERPEIT Cora.—Counterfeit Gold Dollars are again put in circulation. They are dated 1853, and seem to be a perfect lac simile of the genuine coin, but may' be detected, by their very greasy surface. They are lighter than the real coin, and have not the ringing sound. If held in the hand a few minutes, the heat will take off the gilt, and leave the coin the color of zinc. Counterteit Quarter Dollars, of the date of 1852, are in circulation, so admirably done that they can be detected only by the slight difference in the ring of the metal. We have seen some that it almost impossible to detect as spurious. fl3' A necessary absence from home the greater portion of last week, will be our apology for any errors that may appear in this paper. irr OLE BULL'S Norwegian settlement in Potter county, this State, has proved an utter failure. Mr. Bull has been victimized to the tune of $40,000, by sharpers and speculators. READING'S PATENT CORN SGELLER.—We invite the attention of our readers, especially Farmers, to the advertisement of this valuable Sheller, in anoth er column. It is highly recommended by those who have used it, and it is said to be capable of shelling one hundred and fifty bushels an hour, and without breaking the Corn, or injuring the cobs for fuel. Call at LABDILLIG'S new and extensive Ag ricultural Warehouse, 29 South Sixth at., Philadel phia, and try it. !Er John Stahle, Esq., formerly Register of York county, Pa., fell dead on Thursday week, at a neighbor's house. Mons Snuxas.—The operatives- in the Cotton Mills of Harrisburg and Reading, struck -last week' for the ten hour system. We have not learned the HYDROPHOBIC—Mrs. Strouse, of Jeffersoh town ship, Berks co., died on .the 15th inst., of this hor rible malady. She bad been bitten in the hand, about two months previous, by a small dog belong- . ing to the family. Pennsylvania—Brilliant Demo- cratic Victory. The old "Keystone" has spoken in a voice not ' to be misunderstood. Firm , and unfilinching,, she occupies the dividing line between the north and the south. Her sturdy, common sense democracy intermeddles with the domestic political disputes of no other State, and permits none outside the limits of the old commonwealth to interfere with its fam ily quarrels. Thedivision in the, democratic party of ;New York is a matter of regret, but the wounds it has inflicted should have been left to the care of its own physicians. Foreign interference could do no good, and may do much Edam. Several journals in that State have, for some weeks, been suggesting thati danger was to .be apprehended in Pennsylvania, that free soilism was at work, encouraged by thescenes passing in her neighborhood, and that the demo cratic party might be defeated. The very reverse has been shown to be the fact by the result of the election on Tuesday last. The' tatest news we have received authorizes us to say that this victory achieved by the democratic party of Pennsylvania is among the most brilliant on•record in that noble old commonwealth. The State ticket has been elected by a majority of up wards of twenty thousand! And there will be a gain in both branches, of the legislature. This re sult will secure a democratic e majority in the Sen ate, which has been under whig misrule, by an ac cidental majority of one, for several years—and will ensure a large majority on joint ballot. Pennsyl vania can now be endorsed by, acclamation—by one universal burst of enthusiasm from the border States of the eastern Atlantic to our young sisters of the Pacific—and from the shores of the northern lakes to the Carolinas, a; the "keystone of the federal arch." She was honored with that significant name at the early democratic christening of States, and nobly has she maintained it. It is cheering in these times of cliques and fac tions to speak of Pennsylvania and her lion hearted democracy. It we had room, we could write 'col umes instead of lines, in tracing their sterling in• tegrity, their unalloyed devotion to principles and measures, since the first battle was fought upon a democratic platform. But we are compelled now to confine ourselves to the present, and ask our friends in other States to rejoice with us in the glorious victory achieved in the "Key-stone State," which will have the effect of putting down, forever, the last vestige of freesoil or abolitionism within its borders. Pennsylvania's democracy was tempor arily borne back by one of those political avalan• ches which suddenly overthrew everything univar ily opposed to them; but the moment the national convention of 1852 placed a new commander in the field, it gallantly prepared for the approaching con test. Although the democratic yeomanry are willing to be called a plain, Simple minded people, yet they claim to be possessed of coinmon sense, as well as a proper share of discepnent, and they at once, with a united voice, united hearts, and strong, nerv ous and united arms, took into their embrace the gallant leader given to them as the nominee of the democratic party. They saw in Franklin Pierce the firmness, the stern integrity, the sparks of fire which illumined the character of Andrew Jackson, whose name and lame still rests in the heart's core of their affections, and they buckled on their armor and fought for General Franklin 1 ierce as they had fought in the days of old Hickory. General Pierce carried the State by a majority of 19,000! Seven trying months of his adminis tration have now passed away, and he is strong as ever—firmly seated in the confidence of her true- Ifearted democracy, who have just given the best evidence of the fact, by re-endorsing the principles of democracy upon which his administration is based. The flag-staff of Pennsylvania is now firm ly planted as the ocean-rock--its colors are flung to the breeze, and on its ample folds there is inscri bed—"No North—no South—no East—no West under the Constitution—but a firm adherence to the common bond, and a sacred maintainance of the common brotherhood!'—Washington Sentinel. PUTNAM'S Mie•ZINZ AND PRESIDENT PIERCE. —ln the September number of Putnam's Magazine appeared an article, entitled "Our New President,' which has excited much attention in political cir cles. It was caustic and severe upon the policy of President Pierce, principally in reference to his appointments ; indeed the most adroit caviller, anx ious to raise captious objections, could say nothing upon his foreign or national policy at that time, for there had been no opportunity afforded to.develope it; and now in the face of the noble American stand which he has taken in the Koszta affair, eve-. ry consideration of justice requires that the meeting of Congress should be awaited before his course on national policy is prejudged. But the friends of the President have been unwilling to wait for time to expose the unfairness of the attack made upon him at the threshold of his administration, and we there fore find in the Boston Post a reply to the article in Putnam's Magazine, and an elaborate defence of the administration, written with great ability, and credited to the zealous pen of Colonel John W. For ney. It is one of the sad results of party faction that political enmity strives not only to misrepre sent, but to embarrass the policy of a President.— Franklin Pierce was elected by an almost over whelming majority to our Chief Magistracy, and every principle of justice and patriotism demands that he shall be judged by his acts. We care not to descend to the pitiful intrigues oreffice-seeking, but while he maintains the policy of his Inaugural Address, and stands upon the noble American plat form of Marcy's letter to Mr. Hulsemann, his ad ministration is entitled to cordial approval. We are unable to publish the article from the Boston Post, but the concluding paragraph invokes a judg ment upon the administration by the only fair and legitimate. standard, and is as follows :—Sun. For those malcontents who would obstruct his pathway, and seek to overthrow him before he has made public his -policy in advance of almost every opportunity to signalize his practical devotion to great measures of governmrnt, and to great ques tions of international and domestic interest—for such men he has nothing but scorn, contempt and defiance. To his countrymen, he says, if the ad ministration which bears mya name does not justify by its title to your applause and to the gratitude of posterity I will expect your denunciation: If I do not vindicate the right of the States against consol idation and fanaticism—if I do not protect the pub lic Treasury from spoilation, if I do not administer the laws, faithfully, and fearlessly; if the rights of American citizens are not sustained against the insolence of foreign governments, however potent —if the interference of monarchial influence upon this continent is not promptly and sternly rebuked and repelled, and if the principles upon which our free institutions are founded, are not made more acceptable to the struggling people of the neigh boring and distant nations—then may the judgment of the people be proclaimed, and coming genera tions admonished against my example. IMPORTANT LIFE INSURANCE CASE.—The Su preme Court has given a decision in the case of Callender us. The Keystone Life Insurance Compa ny. It is clearly decided, that any misrepresenta tion or concealment by an applicant for insurance of a fact which is material to the risk, whether made by mistake or fraud, is fatal to the policy— and that any fact which if known, would increase the risk of the premium, is material. The de fence set up by the Company was, that Callender had committed suicide, and that moreover he had misrepresented his occupation at the time of ap plying for his policy by calling himself a tarmer whereas, he was engaged in slave catching. These facts were clearly made out on the trial, and the Supreme Court affirm that such defence is a good one, and fatal to the policy. TROSE OLT) Muss.rrs.—We learn trom good au thority,.says the New York Times, that George Law, Esq., has effected a sale of a very considera ble portion of his muskets to the Turkish Govern ment, to be used in the war with Russia. They have not yet been sent, but are to be shipped in the course of a few days. Europe—War or Peace? That the peace of Europe is now hanging, as'it were, upon a hair, no one can doubt who has closely watched the Turkish question, and noticed *po sition it occupied at last advices. The Washing ton Sentine/ thinks every thing smacks of war.— Russia breathes out threatenings and slaughter. Her armies are large, and panting. for battle. Turkey on the other hand, seems 11.4 less bellicose, and not less eager for t4e encounter. It seems to be re garded as uncertain whether the Sultan, it inclined to peace, and disposed to make such concessions as would satisfy his 'powerful enemy, now has the abil ity to pursue such a course. His troops have a great hatred for Russia( They are said to desire war, and he seems to be left only to the alternative of a war with his dreaded enemy, or scarcely less fearful popular outbreaks in his own dominions. A Paris correspondent writes that there they have pretty nearly lost all hope of maintaining peace between Turkey and Russia; that they must come to blows; and that when once the combat be gins no man can say how long it will continue, or to what extent it will spread. The greatest im portance is attached to the interview between the Emperors of Russia and Austria at Olmutz. No sign can as yet be perceived of a difference of poli cy between the French and English Governments, and the Turks themselves, who are principally in terested, are of the opinion that they will continue to maintain, as they have hitherto done, one com mon action.. At the French Foreign office the opin ion is, that a collision between the Russian and Turks can not be avoided. The London Times has a letter from a military gentleman which possesses interest, as it relates to the action of the Turks in preparing for the shock. He writes : The next morning after my arrival at Schumla, I called upon his Excellency Omar Pacha who re ceived me with the greatest courtsey, and upon my expressing a desire to see the troops and defences of the place; he ordered horses for us, and sent with us an orderlyofficer and an escort of cavalry. You can form some idea of the extent of the fortifica tions when I tell you that we were from 11 o'clk in the morning until five in the afternoon riding from battery to battery, and that we even then did not visit more than half the works erected and in progress for the defense of the place. Seventeen forte are at the present moment in the course of construction. Schumla is naturally strong, occu pying the bottom of a ravine with high hills on three sides of it, upon which are strong batteries, and the entrance of this ad de sac is guarded by a cordon of field-works and batteries, occupying the circle from the base of one hill to the base of the other. Ey this you see that the place is suscepti ble of a very vigorous defense, and Omar Pacha seems to rest the whole fate of war (should there be one) upon the strength of Schumla. Besides the soldiers, he keeps more than 2,000 country people employed upon the works, who,are constantly un der his own superintendence. But why should he rely so much upon the defenses of this place ,is strange to me, as from all I could see, it would be impossible to supply the army with what it wants for its daily consumption for a very long time.— There is an abundwnce of grain everywhere. In any point of view, it is a mistake to suppose that the fate of the war would be determined in any important degree by the fate of Schumla; and Omar Pacha, in the event of the Russians crossing the Danube, will have his forces so divided that the Turkish army may be beaten in detail. The coun try will swarm with Cossacks, cutting off the sup plies of Schumla, and shutting up Omar Pacha, so as to compel him to surrender. In the meantime the main body of the Russian army may cross the Balkan and march to Adrianople. The true policy of war, I think, would have been for Omar Pacha to have concentrated the main body of his army at some central point—say Rasgrad or Bella—and thus be able able to fall upon the Russians with his en tire force. By his present dispositions, Omar Pacha could not concentrate, as far as I could judge, 50,- 000 men on any point in ten days. It is unnec essary to say what the result must be with such dispositions. There are Turkish and Russian de tachments of troops at twelve different points along the Danube, fro'm Toulcha (near Ismail) to Widdin watching each other across the rivar. The differ ence between the Turks and the Russians in this is that the latter have placed small bodies of troops along the river in this way, to decoy the Turks in to the trap of setting large bodies of troops to watch them. For instance, at Georgova, opposite this place, there are about 1,500 Russians, with 6,000 Turks on this side to watch them ; and so it is throughout. These Muscovites seem cunning fel lows. Not satified with the feast to which Turkey is inviting the Russian Bear, he is said to be showing his teeth at Uncle Sam, for what they are about to do toward Japan. The Weser Gazette, of Amster dam, says : • "It is stated that the Russian Government has resolved to resist the attempts of the Americans against Japan,and that the Russian squadron which recently sailed for those seas was intended for that purpose. The Russian Government has sent for Professor Siebold, who resides on the bank of the Rhine, to obtain from him every information rela tive to Japan, and on the means to be adopted to defeat the attempts of the United States. M. Sie bold is well acquainted with Japan, having resided there many years. The Dutch Government is said to be pleased with this determination of the Cabi net of St. Petersburg, as the Americans also threat en the Dutch Archipelago; and as, moreover, the English Press express themselves in favor of the Americans, and have lately begun to throw dis credit on the Dutch rule in the East Indies. Gets ITEAIB.—A new illuminating fluid called Kerosene Gas, has been brought to public notice in New York. It is made by chemical process from asphalte rock, and it is said will produce one-third more gas than can be obtained from the same weight of the best cannel coal; that it is not explo sive; that its illuminating power is twice as bril liant as ordinary coal gas; that it is a pleasant light; and that it can be manufactured by a simple process in two-thirds less time, and with less fuel and labor than coal gas. Wool) Ges.—Mr. E. R. Breisach, of Augsburg , Germany, who arrived at New York in the steam ship Washington, is the gentleman who has been spoken of by the American press as about to come to this country for the purpose of introducing his method of making gas from wood. He claims that it is a great economy of cost, and produces gas of a better quality than that yielded by the present process. It is said that the cities of Basle, in Switzerland, Heilbrun, in Wurtembtirg, and Ba renth, Bavaria, are already light with wood gas. SALE OF IMPORTED CATTLE.-A public sale of Durham short-horn cattle, imported last summer, was made on the 27th ult., by the Madison county (Ohio) Stock Importing Company. Fifteen bulls were sold at prices ranging flcfro .$3,000 to $3OO .each, bringing the handsome aggregate of $18,355; and nine cows at from $1,350 to $295; making al together $6,720. Some imported swine were also sold at the same time, at from $l6 to $2OO each, and sheep at from 35 to $ll5. What would our Lancaster county farmers say to such prices? These who buy such cattle must either have a large for tune, or be content with a small stock. THE Pony/leer, TEMPERANCE VOTE.--The fol lowing is the vote of the Temperance men in the countief in which they had a distinctive organiza tion, as far as we have obtained the official result: Philadelphia city and county, 7000 Bucks, 2100 Schuylkill, 1300 Lebanon, SOO Northumberland, 260 Montour, 600 Berke, 900 Lancaster, 3776 Lusus NATURA.E.-A woman in Bordeaux gave birth lately to a wonderful child, whose eyes are placed on the cheeks, and under each eye is a hole, which are its mouths. There is a big lip under the nose, to which two large teeth are attached , and its forehead is as round as a ball. Its legs are curved, and it has six fingers to each hand: The horrible being is alive and kicking. LITTELL'I3 LIVING AGE.—No. 491 of this Valua ble periodical contains, among its useful miscella- • ny, and interesting article from Chambers' Reposi tory, on "The Search for Sir John Franklin.”— The Age is one of the best literary publications of the day, and well worth the low p.ice ($6,00 per annum) at which it is•published. Persons desiring to subscribe for it should address LITTELL, Son & Co., publishers, Boston, Mass. - Pemigylvania'Legidatort--Session 18g. SENATE 1.- Philadelphia city—William 4. Crabb, Eli K. Price.* 2. Philadelphia county—Serous-Y. G. HAMILTON, William Goodwin, Levi Fon 3. Montgomery—Benjamin Frick. 4. Chester—Henry S. Evans. 5. Berke—William M. Heister. 16. Bucks—Howard K. Sager. 7. Lancaster and Lebanon—Enda: Kinzer, Ed ward C. _Darlington. • 8. Northumberland and Dauphin-John C. Kunkel. 9. Northampton and Lehigh- William Fry. 10. Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne—E. W. Hamlin, 11. Adams and Franklin—David Mellinger.• 12. York—Jacob S. Haldeman. 13. Cumberland and Perry—Samuel Wherry.* 14. Centre, Lycoming, Sullivan and Clinton— James W. Quiggle. 15. Blair, Cambria and Huntingdon—J. Cress well, Jr. * 16. Luzerne, Montour and Columbia—C. B. Buckalew.* . • . 17. Bradford, Susquehanna and Wyoming—Wm M. Piatt.* 18. Tioga, Potter, M'Kean, Elk, Clearfield, Jef ferson and Forest—Byron D. Hamlin. 19,. Mercer, Venango and Warren—Thomas Hoge.* 20. Erie and Crawford—James Skinner. 21. Butler, Bearer and Lawrence—John Fer guson.. • 22. Allegheny—George Darsie, Jonas R. Wein took 23. Washington and Greene—Maxwell M,Cas lin. 24. Somerset, ' Bedford and' Fulton--R. B Barnes. 25. Armstrong, Indian and Clarion—S. S. Jam ison.* 26. Juniata, Mifflin and Union—Els Slifer. 27. Westmoreland and Fayette—John M , Far. land. 28. Schuylkill—John Hendricks. fIOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Adams— Allegheny,—John S. Hamilton, John M. Porter, John J. Muse, Thomas7J.',Bingham, John B. Parka. Armstrong, Clarion and Jefferson—David T. Putney, Thomas Magee, Geo. W. Ziegler. Beaver,Butler and Lawrence—B. B. Chamber lin, W. tewart, R. B. AP Combs. Bedford, Fulton and Cambria—Wm. T. Daugh erty, Thomas Collins. Berke—Jacob Wicklein, John B. Smith, Daniel V. R. Hunter, George Shenk. Blair and Elnntingdon—Jacob L. Gwinn, James IK , Guire. Bradford—John Passmore, William E. Barton. Bucks—Evan Groan, Silas H. Beans, Luther Calvin. Carbon and Lehigh—David Laury, James R. Stru thers. Centre—Charles R. Foster. Chester—Henry T. Evans; Robert E. Monaghan William Wheeler. Clearfield, M'Kean and Elk—Aaron S. Arnold. Clinton, Lycoming and Potter—John B. Beck, George J. Eldred. Columbia and Montour—George Scott. Crawford—William H. Davis, Jesse Smith. Cumberland—David J. M'Kee, Henry G. Moser. Dauphin—Simon Sallada, George T. Hummel. Delaware—Jonathan P. Abraham. Erie—Gideon J. Ball, Humphrey A. Hills. Fayette and Westmoreland—William A. Cook, Benjamin Byerly, Abram Gallentine, William Y. Roberts. Franklin—John Rowe. Samuel Gilmore. Greene--John M. Stockdale: Indiana—Alexander AD Connell. Lancaster—John A. Hiestand, Daniel Herr, Henry Gray, C. L. Hunsecker, John Rawlins. Lebanon--John Melly. Luzerne—A. B. Dunning, Truman Atherton. Mercer, Venango and Warren—Lothrop T. Perm lee, John J. Kilgore, Robert M. DeFrance. Mifflin—Alexander Gibboney. Monroe and Pike—Abraham Edinger. Montgomery—Henry Beyer, Charles H. Palmer, Jacob Fry, Jr. Northampton— Northumberland—David B. Montgomery. Perry—Thomas Adams. Philadelphia city—William C. Patterson M. TV. Baldwtn, George H. Hart, Henry K. Strong. Philadelphia county—Thomas Manderfield, Rob ert M. Carlisle, George W. Hiller, John J. Boyd, Robert B. Knight, Isaac W. Moore, Richardson E. Wright, E. POULSON ' J. H. HURTT, BENJAMIN h. MILLER, JOSHUA S. FLETCHER; `Schuylkill—John Horn, Samuel Ripple. Somerset— Susquehanna, Schuylkill and Wyoming--Ezra B. Chase, James Deegan. Tioga--James Lowrey. Union and Juniata•- Jno. Simonton. Washington—Mathew Linn, Jehu Jackman. Wayne- Frederick M. Crane. _ _ _ York—Jacob K. Sidle, Vincent C. S. Eckert, Joseph Wilson. Democrats in Roman—Whigs in Italic—Natives in SMALL CArs—New members marked thus (5). A BRITISH VIEW OF THE QUESTIOIC—We have already published the remarks of the N. Y. Courier des Etats Unis, the French organ in this country, upon Secretary Marcy's Koszta despatch. It gives us pleasure to find that the N. Y. Albion, the organ of British sentiment in this country, also expresses its satisfaction with the course of the Administra tion upon the lame question. We particularly like the advice of the Albion that the people of the U, States will not run mad with foolish enthusiasm, when Koszta shall return. Let us treat him kindly and sympathize with his honest endeavors to sus tain a livelihood—but let no attempt be made to make a Demi-God or Hero of him. The Albion says: It was but a rapid glance that we could bestow, last week upon Mr. Marcy's, letter to Chevalier Hulsemann, and we could then only extract from it a few of the concluding paragraphs. A more careful perusal of it, however, only tends to con vince us that Mr. Mercy is entirely in the right, so far as regards the unwarrantable course of the Aus trian officials in seizing upon Martin Koszta, and Koszta's spirited release effected by Capt.lngraham. Nay, we will go still further. When first the in telligence reached this country from Smyrna, we recorded our belief that the commander of the St. Louis was justified in what he did, and that a Bri tish naval officer, under similar circumstances would have adopted a similar course. Now, in looking more leisurely into the facts of the case, we incline to think that, if a British ship-of-war had appeared bn that occasion in place of the St. Louis, and her Captain had been appealed to on behalf of the Con sul of a friendly State, the British Captain might honorably and legally have interfered, and enforced at the cannons mouth a regard for the etiquette of a neutral port. This is high ground to take; but it seems to us to be tenable in argument, and based upon reason. In the meantime; we wish that any reliance could be placed on the current rumor, that the Austrian Government has shown some common sense at the eleventh hour, and that the man in question is to be placed under the American flag and transferred to this Western soil. But it is scarcely probable that, after assuming so publicly such airs of injured innocence, Austria will thus ig nobly withdraw her pretensions. The most that can be looked for is a quiet connivance of the man's escape, as soon as the French Consul General at Smyrna is weary of playing the jailor. When this occurs, it is to be hoped that the directness of ac tion, taken both by Capt. Ingraham and Mr. Mar cy, will not be made ridiculous, by a conversion of this poor Hungarian into a hero, when he lands, some morning, in New York. Capt. Ingraham will of course have to undergo a certain amount of feting, if he be not run for the Presidency; the other sort of ovation would be simply absurd. As the whole subject has caused so much =dis cussion, we furnish our readers, elsewhere, with a summary of the Secretary •of State's letter. We have but to add that the portion of it, which touches upon the delicate questions of allegiance and nation ality, is not covered in our warm approval' of it as a whole. The profoundest jurists may take, oppo gtte sides, in the arguments that legitimately spring from such a soruce; and we have no intention at present of entering upon so wide a field. REVOLUTION IN JOURNALISM —The New York Tribune, under the head of "a revolution in jour nalism," notices two new inventions. First the manufacture of finepaperfrom straw instead of rags; by Mr. Mellier, a French . chemist: and second, an improvement in presses by a citizen of New York. It says: . "It is a printing press, which, at a moderate rate of speed, will deliver thirty thousand sheets printed on both sides in a single hour! Its movement com bines the original principles of Napier, which are applied by Hoe in his great press with some new, beautiful simple arrangements and devices of 'the inventor." GLonrous News pawl Ouro.—The Whigs have been routed "horse, foot, and dragoons." We re joice with our Democratic friends in Ohio on the occasion of this splendid triumph. A telegraphic despatch informs us that Mr. Medill the Democrat ic candidate for Governor, has forty thousand ma jority; and there is a large majority of Democrats in the Legislature. This glorious victory is attri butable to the fact that the; Democratic party in dignantly resisted all alliance with isms—particu larly freesoilism.—Washington Sentinel. CITY AND COUNTY ITEMS y' The operatives at the Lancaster Cotton Fac tories resumed work on Wednesday last. They now labor but 10i hours per day, instead of 13 hours as under the old arrangement. ' A Goon Arrourrarsar.—The President has ap pointed Mrs. Aiwara . A. S. Monzawata., P. M. at Co lumbia, vice A. P. Moderwell, Esq., her husband, deceased. 1177 The new Board of County Commissioners, organized on Monday week. Philip Geist, Esq., the lately elected member, was sworn in and took his seat, Samuel Fry, Esq, retiring. Christian Hess, the senior member, was elected President, David G. Eshleman, Solicitor, and Peter G. Eblr man, Clerk. IQ The widely and justly celebrated Madame SONTAG will give a Concert at Fulton Hall, -this evening. She will be assisted on the occasion by several distinguished artistes. All who appreciate musical talent of the highest order should not tail to atti nd.- There were will be no reserved seats, and tickets have been paced at the uniform rate of $1 each. fj7- Information is wanted of Barbara Heck, who left Columbia in March last, since which time Nothing has been heard of her. it is supposed she went to Philadelphia. Shp is about 28 years of age and is subject to aberration of mind. Any infor mation respecting her will be thankfully received by her mother, Nancy Heck, residing in Columbia. MILIT1111" VISIT.—On Thursday evening last, the Independent Artillerists, Capt. Trimble, and the National Guards, Capt,lrvin, of West Chester, paid a visitto our City. They were received at the cars and escorted to their quarters by the Buchanan Rifle.— On Friday, they were reviewed in Centre Square by Maj. Gen. Ford, after which they passed thro' our streets and made quite a creditable display.— Through the course of the day they visited the Lancaster County Prison and other attractive places in town, and in the evening were handsome ly entertained by the Buchanan Rifle at Leaman's Hotel. They left for home on Saturday morning, all ap pearing pleased with their visit. itr The Buchanan Rifles, Captain John Som mer, of this city, left on Wednesday, 12th inst., on a pleasure excursion to Reading. They returned on Saturday evening delighted with their trip, and speak in the highest terms of the hospitality with which they were greeted by the military and citi zens generally of old Berks. Judging from the tone of the Reading press and the favorable notice itgives of them, they must have left behind an enviable reputation for skill, gentlemanly deportment, and all those characteristics which should mark the citizen soldier. We append a notice, from the Ga zette & Democrat: The Buchanan Rifle's of Lancaster, arrived here on Wednesday evening, and were escorted to their quarters at Honsum's Hotel, by the Reading Rifles and Ringgold Artillery. They are thirty-twostrong rank and file; which is however not the full corn pa,. y. some of the men have not been able to join in ilir• excursion. They wear dark blue !rock coats, light blue pants and blue caps, all trimmed with ;tie rr.triirr as now worn by the Rifle corps 111 OW 0. S sirrvice. Tiler" appear :owe is :rood. and , In•r, an r e•.‘er'llellt iv ,!rill lhi T10t ,,,,, y 1 11 , nilit,,ry visitors et terul...l A.-4[lclllifind by invitation of 16e l'~rtn~~iner of A rianerrneirts. They were rit.rirrr rile eselll l 01 0 ( . 011101111er of tie Reading . Hifir-s. accompanied try tire Rides hand. In the eve rlinll,l They were ell'eltaillell by a splendid 'collation at the I,ldele e of Major H.. A. Muir to which the officers oh the Reading Volunteer Battal ion were also'invited. 'Yesterday morning they had a street parade; and fn the evening were very hos pitably received and entertained by the Mayor of our city, at his residence, in South Filth street.— They also visited, with a Committee of the Rifles the Prison, Cotton Factory, Rolling Mill, and other places worthy of a stranger's notice. Last night a supper was given them, by the officers of the Reading Battalion. at Biirto's Hotel WATCIIME3.-41/C 1 , 110'.5 Int! 15 a list of the Watchmen appointed by the Mayor for the-ensu ing season, commencing November 1, and ending April 1, 1854, together with the location of their boxes, &c. south East Ward. Lincoln Beck, Box at E. S. Hubley's corner Erederick•Kitch, " Mrs. Slaymaker's Henry Deitrich, " Philip Snyder's " North East Ward. Frederick Dean. Box at J. Fondersmith's cor. George Lorentz, " Jacob Smeltz's " William Lambert," Dr. J. L. Atlee's " North West Ward. Benjamin Kautz, Box at John Eaveling's cor William Weaver, " George Musser's " John M'Guire, " H. Blickenederfer's South West Ward. William Sheets, Box at F. Remley's corner. Michael Shay, " Jacob Buch'e ‘! John Hoover, D. Lebkichler's " The above are good appointments, sober, faith ful and honest men.—lnland Daily. 117 - The following exhibits the arrangements for visiting the public schools for the month of Oct. 1853. YIDS? DIVISION. Male High School. Reporting Members. Davis, Preston & Higbee. 5 A. W. Russel. Female High School. Drysdale, Miss Musser & Gill B. F. Shenk. Primary Male School. Miss Reed, & Miss Crom-Rf Moderwell, well, Rev. J. Crunabaugb Female Primary School J. Wise, Mrs. Sullivan & Miss Brooks M. D. Holbrook SECOND DIVISION. Secondary Male School. Twining, Mrs. Mailey & White 5 C. Gillespie Secondary Female School. Miss A. E. Eberman, A. Smith & Miller A. H. Hood, Esq Primary Male School. i J. G. Clarkson, Miss Hassard & Miss Mayer, SJ. H. Reigart. Primary Female School. Mrs. Moore & Miss H. Crom- H. Stoek, well, J. C. Van Camp, African School.—Miss Voight, }I. N. Ellmaker. THIRD DIVISION. Secondary Male School. A. Rowe, Miss O'Do'nnell & Dil ler. H. A. Wade. Secondary Female School. Miss Russel, S. Smith & Ma gee. • • John Zimmerman Primary Male School. Wm. Mathiot, Mr. Nourse, Miss Gillespie & Dr. H. Carpenter, Miss Steigerwalt, A. Slaymaker, Primary Female School. F. J. Kramph,:, Miss Hoffmeier, C. E. Eberman J. Metzger, and Mrs. Reinstein. P. M'Conomy. FOURTH DITISION. Primary Male, Miss Sampson, John Bear, " " Miss Wenger, W. Whiteside. " Female, Miss Boyd, C. M. Howell, " " Mrs. Gottee, H. Rotharmel. " Male, Miss Benner, N. Lightner, " " Miss Everts, H. B. Swarr, " Female, Miss Eielaholtz, A. L. Hayes, " " Miss Walker, N. A. Keyes. THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE ACCOMPLISHED AT LAST.-A brief statement in the foreign news, by the Asia, announces that one of the vessels of the British Arctic Expedition had passed through Beh ring's into Davis' Straits. This fact shows the al complishment of the long sought Northwest Pas sage, through the Arctic Sea, and solves a problem which British navigators have for many years been endeavoring to unravel, and the attempt at which has probably been the cause of the loss of Sir John Franklin and his daring associates.,Capt. McClure who sends the intelligence to the British Admiral ty, sailed in December, 1849, in search of Franklin in the Investigator. This vessel wintered in pack for three winters, without sustaining any loss of crew or any injury. Inhabitants had len discov ered further northward than known previously.--- They were friendly. Large quantities of pure cop per were discovered. • Ili" Nine men were drowned at Philadelphia, in the Delaware, opposite Dock Street Wharf, on Sat urday week. They were engaged in removing the dirt from the wharf for the purpose of widening the dock, and had loaded the scows, which were to be towed over to Camden, to fill up a wharf there. The men were on the loaded scows; and soon after starting, the waves caused by the steam tow boat swamped them and they went down, carrying the men with them, who did not rise again. The river was dragged, but the bodies could notbe found.— The names of the men were Francis Daily, Mich ael McGuigan, David Hasset, John Powers, Philip Sculbp, Patrick O'Donahue, Timothy O'Brien, and twci others, names unknown—all married except one. Mr Snow fell to the depth of about three or four inches in this city yesterday. overnor'B Proclamation. PENNSYLVANIA, 01.: In the name and by the authority of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania, WILLIAM &start, Gov ernor of the .said Commonwealth. A PROCLAMATION. [L. S.]—Fellow Citizens—A merciful and benifi cent Providence has blessed our country during the year that has just passed. His exceeding goodness calls for an earnest roanifestation of our gratitude as a people. A firm belief in the existence of God, and a just conception of the perfections of His nature—of His attributes of infinite wisdom and power—ot His boundless munificence and mercy, lie at the founda tion of true religion, and constitute the basis of that righteousness that exalteth a nation. An humble acknowledgement of dependence on the overruling care of 'that God who measureth the ocean in the hollow of his hand,' whose will controls the destiny of nations, and who yet conde scends to feed the fowls of the air and clothe the lilies of the field, is an act of homage eminently be coming a people so peculiarly favored es we have been. The blessings of peace have distinguished the cloSing year. With the entire family of States our relations are amicable, and give promise of a bright future. Our free institutions of government have been perpetuated, and religious and political lib- erty vouchsafed to the people. The cause' of education, morality and religion have been steadily on the advance; the arts and sciences have gained additional perfection, and all the great interests of the people, physical and moral, have flourished. In our own Commonwealth, the merciful care and boundless gooodness of Providence have been most strikingly manifested. We are under special obligations for His benificence and mercy. The people have not only been spared the affiictions of I the plague and pestilence, but they have been bles- 1 sed with an abundance of the choicest productions of the earth. The seasons have passed in their reg ular order. Winter and Spring and summer have come and gone, and Autumn is now ; 'seed time and harvest' we have had, and the husbandman has rejoiced in the rich rewards of his toil. The val leys and hills and plains have given of their abun dance, to make glad the hearts of the people. The desolations of famine, which at present seem to threaten some of the nations of the eastern con tinent, as do the d-vastations of war, have thus far been turned from this people, by the strong arm of His power. 'The pestilence that walketh in darkness, and the destruction that wasteth at noon day'—whose ravages have sorely afflicted the citizens of sur rour.ding States—have not been permitted to invade our favored Commonwealth. It has pleased a mer ciful Providence to restrain the hand of the destroy er, and to bestow on Pennsylvania a season of health and unalloyed properity. These manifold blessings are in the gift of God, and to Him our grateful acknowledgements should be devoutly made. Under the solemn conviction of duty, and in conformity _With the wishes of many good citizens, 1, William Bigler, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,do hereby appoint Thursday, the 24th day of November next, as a day ot. general thanksgiving and praise throughout the State, and earnestly implore the people that setting aside till worldly pursuits on that day, they unite in offering thanks to Almighty God for his past goodness and mercy, and beseech him for ■ continnance of his blessings. _ _ Given under my hand, and the Great Seal of the State nt Harrisburg, this seventeenth day of Oc tober, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, and ofthe Commonwealth the seNnty-eighth. By the Governor : C. A. BLACK, Secretary of the Commonwealth. October-19, 1853. MAJOR Ronsivr A. EaTmv.—The subject of this notice, died in this village, on the morning of the sth instant, of inflammation of the brain, in the 42d year of his age. Mhjor Eaton was born on the 2d of July, A. D. 1812, in Lancaster county, Pa. He learned the profession of printing in the office of the Lancaster Intelligencer. He removed to Alabama in 1836, and located at Bellefonte, Jackson county. At that place he established the North ..ellabama Star, which he conducted with marked zeal and ability. In 1836, he removed to the city of Tuscaloosa, when, jointly with Samuel A. Hale, Isq., he conducted the Flag of the Union, for several years, then the leading democratic journal in the State; and at the same time published The Southern, a monthly peri odical, devoted to Southern Literature. In 1842, he returned to Bellefonte, and established the Jack son County Democrat; but in the winter of the same year he went back, to Tuscaloosa, and established the Gazette. From 1841 to 1849, he was often employed in printing the Supreme Court Reports, and wan elected State Printer by the Legislature, five successive terms. He was elected Mayor of the City, which office be resigned. April, 1849, he moved to this place, and established the West .Ala bamian. Deep thought and sound sense always characterized his leading articles in this paper.— He frequently set his editorials in type without hav ing written copy. The press had not a better or neater workman in the State. In his death, our community has sustained a great loss. No one had a more unblemished repu tation for uniform integrity and uprightness of con duct in all the relations of life. He was an ami able man. It is said that no one has ever spoke aught against him; and still more, that he was never heard to speak evil of any one. He was em phatically "An Honest Man, the Noblest Work of God," and as such, was unanimously esteemed.— His political foes, (he had no personal ones,) even in the heat of party excitement, always accorded to him honesty of purpose. But this bereavement will be most deeply felt by his wife and children; for he was truly a fond and devoted husband and father. May that same di vine grace which guided him calmly through the conflicts of life, and which sustained him in death, be the unfailing portion and consolation of the wid ow and fatherless children.—Carrollton (Ala.) .d/a bamian. Etogur.sr DESCHIPTION.—The following ex tract from an address of Meagher recently delivei ed in N. York, is truly eloquent in its description of the present state of Europe. How impossible, remarks a cotemporary, for a soul, not stirred and even tried in fire, to conceive and utter such things as these ! ' " Austria—the whole German family—tongue tied, the Rhine stagnant in her bed; Poland, still the Niobe of nations, and her estate and children cut up and parcelled out among the robbers ; Hun gary, with the knife at her proud and beauteous neck; Italy, locked within her sculptured sepulchre, and a profane soldiery keeping watch upon it; France, grimacing in a masquerade, the glare of which binds men to crimes of which it is the sense less and the reckless carnival ; Ireland, her people decaying and disappearing taster than the ruins, even, which a ruthless civilization has yet left standing on the soil; where—where can the eye that scans the history of this day turn with joy— without grief, without vengeance, without despair —unless it be to this great commonwealth, the power, the progress, the immensity of which are mapped out in those mighty waters of the west, from which I came but yesterday." HANDSOME Erratum/G.—We have been shown a wood artipuving, executed by Mr. Edward Clark son, q elphia, formerly of this city, which represtft tie operation of Mr. Samuel Jenkins Seed Platter. The engraving is about eight inches square and represents the Grain Drill complete, with a pair of real Conestoga horses attached, driv en by a boy who has his hat raised and is rejoicing in the victory achieved by Mr. Jenkins's valuable Patented Invention. It is one of the most merito rious wood engravings we ever saw, and exhibits the talent of a real Artist. SHOCKING SIIICIDB IN A RAILROAD CAIL.--The Pittsburg Post of the 17th inst. says : A passenger in the eastern cars attempted to commit suicide on Friday evening last, in the express train coming west. He was going west to purchase land, and was accompanied by his lady and two children; he seemed to be in excellent spirits during the journey until the train neared Greensburg, when he sudden ly drew a knife from his pocket, and plunged it re peatedly into his body: He was seized by his wife, who was sitting alongside of him. and with the as sistance of some of the passengers, secured until he reached Greensbuigh, where he was carried into a a house, and medical aid procured. He expired shortly after he was taken from the cars. His name is Faulkner. He was a man of considerable wealth as upwards of $6,000 were taken from his person after the occurrence, and given over to his lady. EXCURSION TO BArrxxons.—The Agricultural Fair and the exhibition of the Mechanics' Institute will be held at Baltimore on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week; and in order to accommodate the large number of persons who will doubtless visit the exhibition from York, Dauphin and Lancaster counties, the Baltimore andSusque henna Railroad Company will issue excursion tick ets, to be good during the week. The fare from Columbia to Baltimore, and back, including a ticket to visit the fair at Baltimore, will be only $2,75. Mownsumt, Oct. 19 GovEntwee ELECTION IN VERMONT.—The Legia lame voted to-day for Governor. On joint ballot the vote stood; Fairbank, Whig, 100; Robinson, Dem., 97 i Bainbridge, Free Soil, 38, SUPREME COURT, PITTSBURG, Oct. 3, 1853. Shares of bank stock are not subject to taxation for County Imposes. Allegheny County Error to District Court 6 vs of Allegheny County. JOHN' SUORNBERGER. There is no necessity_fir stating the facts of this case. OPINION Br Loren's, J.—The question here is, are shares of bank stock subject to taxation for county pur poses? By the tax law of 1844, § 32, 'shares of stock in any bank' are made taxable for 'State and county purposes,' and § 33 prescribes the measure of the State tax and the mode of collecting it. But all this was changed by the law of 1850 regula ting banks. By its section 21 the tax on dividends is considerably increased, and by section 26 a di rect tax is added on the stock itself, with a proviso that the stock shall not be subject to taxation for any other purpose; and this provision remains in the supplementary law of 1852, Pamph. L., p. 443, which repeals this direct tax; and the result is that the 21 section of the act of 1850 is the only rule for taxing bank stock, and it is not taxable for county purposes. We cannot appreciate the dis tinction that would make the shares in the, hands of the owners liable, while the capital stock is ex pressly exempt. And we can see reasons that justify the exemp tion of bank stock from all other than State / taxes. The State needs this source of revenue for its own, purposes, and it may not suit to leave it open to general taxation. Moreover, banks are not allow ed to deal with their money as they please and to fix their own rates of discount, and with such restrictions on them it might not be just to impose upon them the same burdens that can well be borne by the wealth, that is unrestricted in the mode of its employment. Besides this, the burden of such taxation is very unequal, most of it esca ping taxation by favoritism, concealment or care lessness. Judgment affirmed Woman's RIGUTS—A CONCESSION.—We remem ber to have read in the newspapers some time since that the Governor of Missouri had recommended to the Legislature of that State the enactment 'of a law to the effect that no endorsement of a note or other assumption of the debt of another person, by a married man, should be held valid unless the wile of such married man had at the tune of the trans action assented to and united in the contract; and, if we err not in our recollection, a bill of this tenor was drawn up and introduced to one of the branches of the Legislature. If so, however, we presume it did not prevail, or we should have heard more of it. But, in our opinion, it should have prevailed, and such a law should exist in every State of this Union. Few men can acquire wealth without the concurrence, counsels and help of their wives; few men edit retain wealth without the thou ghtful adaptation on the part of their wives, of the expen ses of living to the rate of their income. ' and wealth is as often inherited by the wife as by t he husband. These reasons should in common justice entitle her to a voice in any transaction putting in jeopardy the means of support upon which her husband, her children and herself are dependant. But such a check, or necessity for delay, will al ways prove salutary. It will preserve many a man from the commission of ill considered actions, and invest the power of refusal in one who cannot be influenced by the sudden convivial or other emo tions of which the artful and dishonest are ever pre pared to take advantage. 'I will consult my wife about it,' is an expression that excites the derision of a certain class of men; but we never knew a man to act uniformly; upon this principle whose affairs did not go well. A gentleman in this city, whose fortunes have been exceedingly varied, once said to us, have often decided upon important transac tions in defiance of the judgment of ; niy wife; but never without loss." Such married men as oppose the present recom mendation should obtain divorces as early as pos sible. It is an ill assorted match where a husband cannot take his wife into his counsels in matters of this nature. If she lack judgment and discretion, or a true regard for his weltare, she is unworthyot him and should not be his wile. If he, on the other hand, desires to rule her destiny, and to put her in peril of penury and want, without her knowledge, be is a tyrant whose power to inflict wrong, should be abridged. And the unmarried man who op poses this proposition thereby evinces an estimate of woman that should forever exclude him' trom her respect and confidence.—Baltimore Clipper. THE CURRENT F.excuaNs.—We are not among those who believe that the existing stringency in the money market is likely to injure men who have done a sound business. Here and there those whose operations have extended over almost all creation, dabbling in everything and upon any terms, for the sake of obtaining the reputation of being very extensively engaged in trade, will-tum ble over, tripping up cich other's heels as they go. But, as we have before explained, the country at large has not indulged in an extended credit busi ness of late yearn. So, only those who are em phatically speculators, will fall. The policy pur sued by the Secretary of the Treasury, in carrying out the law of Congress making it his duty to re deem a portionof the stocks of the United States is evidently doing much to prevent crisis " from af fecting sound business men; as it scatters far and wide millions of the public money, which, other wise, could not be lawfully taken out of the Gov ernment's strong-box at this time, it matters not how tight the money market might be. While a small portion of the funds thus takeil from the Treasury goes abroad, in exchange for evidences of the indebtedness of this Government held by foreigners, by far the greater portion go into the hands of oar own fellow citizens, whose business necessities induce them to, give up their stocks.-- Millions on millions have thus, of late, been added to the active capital of busines r!en needing mon ey, and to the Very great ultimate advantage of the Government's finances. We perceive, by-the-by, that the New York Herald uses the fact, that this money has been paid out tor the strange purpose of creating the impression that this very policy.is aiding to increase, rather than to relieve the em barrassment hanging over business men. No ref utation of this absurd notion is necessary, in view of the fact, thatere it undertook the hopeless task of shouting the-Cabinet out of their places, it com plained as loudly as any other journal of the com mercial cities against the accumulation of money in the nation's , coffers, urging the Government to find some means to scatter it abroad.—Washington Star. Facial SART& Fs.—Letters received from Santa Fe announces that lieut. F. K. Aubrey, of the Pa cific Railroad Exploring Expedition, reached Santa Fe on tee 14th ult. H crossed the Sierra Nevada at Tegon Pass on the 12th of July, and struck the Rio Del Norte at Silerratta. The route, he says, had no obstruction of either a rail or wagon road. He also reports having found gold at the crossing of the Colorado, and other places. Also silver-and copper in abundance. The Indians were very nu merous and very hostile. They fought and resisted the garty for thirty days. Nearly all were wound ed, and Aubrey received, at different times, eight wounds. The fighting was chiefly' with the Ga rotes. One tribe of Indians who were met 200 miles west of Soune, had gold bullets for their guns. Gen. Lane, it was thought, would get a certifi cate of his election as a delegate to Congreess from New Mexico. Gallegos is said to have three hun dred majority, but the vote of San Miguel county would be rejected as illegal. Fort Atkinson has been entirely abandoned and everything removed to Fort Reilly, leaving the road from Council Grove to Fort Union entirely unprotected, so that Indian depredations were ex pected. A MUSICAL CONVENTION will be held at Harris burg, Pa., during the second week in November next. Several eminent professors and vocalists from Boston are expected to be present. - . The object of the Convention seems to be to arouse a more general taste for music among the people of the interior of the State, to disseminate information with regard to the most approved meth ode of acquiring musical knowedge and skill, and to direct the attention of our interior population to the improvements of their musical taste. The con vention will terminate in a grand concert. These conventions are of frequent occurrence at the east ward, and are said to be effectual instruments in accomplishing the object above stated. There can be no doobt that we have made great progress of late years in such matters; and the increasing in terest felt in the subject, is shown by these conven tions, of wi.ich the one above alluded to is not the first in Pennsylvania. ACCIDENT.-A son of James H. Hunter ' of the borough of Columbia, was run over on Thursclay afternoon last, by a locomotive, which took off en tirely one of his legs, and the other was found so badly injured that amputation proved necessary.— He was taking a ride upon the Cow Catcher of the engine as it was backed to town from the depot,. and either jumped or was by some means thrown from his position upon the track, and hence the ac cident. The father of the boy lost one of his legs a few months ago while on a train °fears upon the Bal timore and Susquehanna Railroad. WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 ATn or Gszr. Canns.—lntelligence has been received here that Brevet Brigadier Gen. Thomas Childs, of the Army, died at Tampa Bay, Florida, of yellow fever, on the Bth inst.
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