' - *feibrtiffr'S Townilq, Wetlarsday,, Jai4,11;.-_. . . • Dena a rral le :Meet ing.,; . . :::: • SOP". A 11EPTI.NG of toe DenweratrOf ,134 ford county. skid be held at thAdourildouse, in this borough. on TUESDAY evelikkg.' febrrivy 3d, far the purpare•of spiTitating_deleptis tri-ihs-Dotrreti srention at Harri:burg on the 4th of Mardi WIT, to DIY ruinate-s candidate for Canal Cotnini.sioner. .:„...,. ~, Bv-order of she Standing Committee. P.LTICFLASISitrriCS.—%Ve are sorry .tv, ba again .....ititinpelled-to calf the attention of those indebted to r. 8 Goo:quet and I:..S.Goonasea Sc Sox,tbat-payment has been delayed, until forbearance ham rented to be a viitue. The mites, asumuntg, Ste., must be paid ; and 't not paid by February be put in cause F;fet,l6tieni;eresreent-of Rolltical b: gluancial State cf Europe. „. . ` l •Tlaftettinetirit of-the End” is fast approTeting thteighoat all Europe.., The germ of libetty which has . .heen Car year" last, nourished and invigorated in this 1- . oeuntry,hiM extended the jnilurnee of its moral power to the tiowc-troddeit and oppressed, and Kings are mode toacknowledge the power of subjects and feel unsafe CM* in the sacred region of Royalty. Man's independ -,encethe lofty range of his intellect—the freedom of his - mind and body-.;-though long subjugmed, and trampled upon; and enslaved, will at last free the fetters, be they tier so'strong, and stand op in God's imagewith the ooniziousiman of the high destiny for which he was in. tended. -- ! ' l l'hough'the Dark and the Middle Ages have long Yet the institutions ofthoseharliaroni times have found fora Ling space a dwelling place among the kingdoms' and monarchies • L of Europe. The elevation 'of Mankind, the possesaion of liberty, the disentbratinent of.mind from matter, and the securing of equal rights to I ra.; is there jet. 'While the amelioration of the personal liberty of subjects has in some measure taken place 4, yet the several dynasties with their pride, power 'and imperative tyrrany have in fact undergone but htte :'variation from feudal times, anti - rdvancetcl in no great measure the political, religious and social progress (tithe peeple of their kingdoms. Abstflute, tYrannical. govern ment will not do for the Nineteenth Cinturj the flame of Liberty has dispelled too much of the darkness of des . petism, arid out blessed religion, annihilated too much of ignorance, servilityand superstition of fomter times, to Permit . of the - peaceful,, willing submission of a nation, to the diciates, caprices, and opinions of one man, though he plead the right divine." It is a matter of no astonishment then, that Europe is , Ast approaching to a civil or political Kevelution. There have been forebodings of this ; dark,' stern clouds have ;overcast. which haveheen rather driven away fur a time, theriltlispelled—struggles in which the spirit of man, has • - -asserted the high. prerogatives which belong to his na ture and his destiny, and when blood has flown, spil:ed - upon the altar of Liberty and Equal Rights, to keep alive • the vestal flame which can never go out, while the Great Head is, and religion and virtue have a being upon the Earth. Among' the oppressed, starving and ignorant Population of entire Erni:pc. there is a mighty spirit at work, whose denouement will be terrible, whose elects will be lasting, and tho' it may cause a sea of blood to flow, will be of immense-rnay incalculable—benefit to ,1112. As long as the masses could be kept in the dark ness of ignorance, Princes nod Potentates were safe -but the appurtenances of knowledge are becoming too -common to permit of ignorance:—" Knowledge is'pow .er;" it leads to a conviction of our situation, and just es simation of our rights and. wrongs. Then, when the serf, and bandmen of EurtiPe are fully aware if, their aittititien, or nithei of what 'their situation might he, will they not ask of their masters a redression of the wrongs )I;4' hive so tong and so patiently labored under, and a concession of iheireiiality and sacred rights: The histo "`." • Of the proses thatman 3n his present condition will not be satisfied to live in want and penury and de . grationto keep.op the magnificence of Royalty, and lav ish treasure urn fereign.paupers, or, feel. that his life, property,and honor are the ilecessary consequents upon a King's possessions. • . • ...•••Tiaer conditire of the' sses in England is better known than, peihsps, the sit tion of any other part of oboe-Old World.' . There, m agnificence flaunts daily while penury and want, ragged misery and starvingdes iitidicin dairy-clamor for the pittance that but prolongs their lives and sufferings: This was in the pahadeet days of England's pride and glory. Nom, even honest itidettly goes begging, for her manufactures are paralyzed, gind.heroperatiye. without the means of livingend strip- I pad OA prospect of suiPirt fin. themselves: and families. Financial gloom :has overshadowed the Kingdom, and added to. this, is the certainty that want and destitution *Ube Made more hideous in 'the failure of the 'crops, idJ ttie:eonseqttent scarcity and high price of the lames ce HP. • Noe'ren it be forgotten that they hive taint and suftVred, tmlitip up the magnificence of Roy. fifty; and to build' and foster in. pride, power and pre iiiMption, in their midst an antagonistic principle, which ~ tro • " laughs at their nealamity;,ind mocks whens their fns (nnietli. " For this too, have their children, gone into the sliughter-factories of England to debase, con. *fact and enervate their natures, and become victims to that ,mighty spirit of monopoly, in the tenderness of youth; young in the years of life, but aged to decrepi• tude, toil, misery and suffering, and the total abandon. ment of all those joyous hopes which make youth a time of so much happiness. These are already demanding some little alleviation of their suffering; some attention to the wrongs they tease so long and patiently suffered and- groaned under, untilloriesrance is , volutes a virtue. • l'Anatiort is knew-king it the doors * dime Parliament, rksininding the grant orrights, Privileges and possessions tibia juitioiehOuld have long since - a Warded. Caiitherehe a donbt, that the crisis is not only ap proaching, ;but is near at hand, in Britian? It may, by concession and compromise be delayed for a 'time, but ehimately the equality,of man will be asserted and must be fully aivardwLl The spirit which is at work will be satnGed Only: With afulf redress of the wrongs andf. su , fricings which so ma ny generations, have. suffered t; and if PlizrAFt 1 1 °1 r " mailltaitts ha.attlendency; it will be* strange anomaly jail:* history, of It may is as WO intsipen wow. btei; foe - though" chaos come .sgaits:liest withefa—theargh with inweby,eonw fusion and bloat—wilt be derived somesystemof iivitakw went, which will allesir — actire, the possession of equal nihta and item civiF, relighius,' arid plilitiCallgefiaings 'Elagos'eTroell!-' . 'Tise;tattiniai4 ware' lka'ssia hive dcaisied tfie ties4t-hat molt despotic awntry. Amu 4-i cr i d4 l 6,4lt 4Pll;c4tillF, Savings 11"4:'0 of fdince atorristairing a peas, MO. and Dutch and Bch, rolighwasdiffra*, in Garman are keptalsolsy.pfirgikipartiatans: es are h 1 P0 1 , 3 • 4 :Pgag 42 ‘ ll4 , rlKi g t 4 l ° 4 - u tk P 3 1 , 11 okif*.!;;tifilpela tro d ss l ta4 b gatofilts. eakrtvOtot %minimal? Fa his ohliirc*' "Ould he' isstNiserinziag thi- "mama ktwiss lisdAro: swim to What de "theism:time idEuruistipr a so Eparass rasa— •LLra . • • rinttb ','Skttlflwf distillate auw.ihat - theurbge Sionarchial structure of Europe is rotten to the core, and contains within itself the elements, of speedy dissolution. W fi ateselim:ftite may Will bnt'aild.tww,etiertgth . toper ieptitiac, add ueivicolieths to the oneerdinarch.hf j.iberty l , , 1 &•; , Thia haatamore direct Und forcible bearing upon the gird question; whieti is \stow being agitated weirs thireentatry a\nf ourtimusatlaiitie - itumdamgasis dint, than many imagine—we allude to Oregon—to which, wo may advert tit ippTefutpte,pqicJ.._: Maesas.•Entroda :—While sojourning at Washing ton City during the Holliday', an incident Occurred on New- Year's day. at:a-convivial party at the room" of Col. Slambauch, which was too . rich to be lost.: Among the guests of the Colonel numbered ireveral Western Chem: tee Indians. most of shuns are educated - and gentleman ly is their bearing-at each turn of the sparkling wine, while the Cuinpany were surrounding the festive board each in his turn was called on for a sentimenL Mr. M'- Coy, one of the Indians. alluded to. gave the following earcastic and cutting rebuke to the sew party recently sprung into exiinence • . ..Gentlemen," I give you the. miscarried "Native American Party"—They stole our Lands, we hupe they will not steal our name." This toast is characteristic of the shrewd Indian—in tended, libel' two edged tool,to mat both ways.: January 12, Isl 6. B. ACCRINTAL DEATH or TLIMEI-SEC)SETAIIIT OF TIM CWiIIOIiWIA,LTHe—The Pittsburg papers ramtion the death Of Es-Ser.retary. Meek:neiunder the following elf curnitancee. On Thursday 'night be was out late, and in passing to his room ire his' boarding-house in the dark, be fell down a back stairs, 'not used in the Winter season, and it is supporcd broke his neck by thelall. Ho was not di:towered:until Saturday morning, about It o'clock, when he was found doubled up, his head :hrnt forward on his breast. • He was a man of good education and.fine talents, and . most respectably e‘Mneeted, and leaves aramily at Carlisle hi, mourn his untimely ditath. OrNM/TISIIIP.-•-Mt;:W. W. Kinney proposes open. ing a Writing School io this Borough. thus'nffording an excellent opportunity 'for such as wish to improve . their " hand write," to do so. We have examined specimens of Mr. K's skill, and pronounce them of the 'highest or der, both as regards taste i 9 the design, and beauty of execution. Covontse,—The proceedings in Congress afford but little variety. The Oregon question vial continues the absorbing topid,nnd nothing con be done - until that is li•pentztrwith. In the Senate the Mat teibas been post paned, as will be seen from the proceedings. Scsroartea.—The dilapidated stnte of the sleighing, was very much improved by another fall of snow on Fri. day night last, rendering it almost as good as formerly. 'truly, we have teen fortunate, in having sleighing for so long and interrupted a period. CANAL C032)115%10] Iql.—The new Canal Commis. .ioneylaxas Bons, entered upon the duties of his oillee.on the 13th inst., W. D. Forma jr., was duly elected Preaident of the board, and D. Mitchell jt., Sec rete* How. Geo. Fou.tn, haa.,again taken the editorial chain ;we wish him in-his tunes as one of the editors of the Montrose Democrat, mach success, and a moder. •ate-share of mils, tribulation and ditrmulties appertain -Mg unto his vocati.m. Not RsCitTim.—The letter of our Harrisburg cones pondent was not received this week. The business transact ed' has not, however, been of much importance to our readers; and we shall see the omission remedied hensaf. ter.. N. B. Ca:ca.—The stockholders of the North Branch dund mei On the 14th inst. We have no anthentic in tlomition ; a rumor; is however,in circulation, that the matter tai been'etwandoned, ind . the instalmerit refunded. firsTrTnisscreitaJ—The prelent incumbent, J. R. Snowden and 'Nei. Middlcsworth have been nominated in the Senate fur State Treasurer. The election took pluelast Monday. IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.-.....q/Tißal of the S. Marys—lnsult tothe.thnerican Minister. —The U. S. ship St. Merv's. which carried Mr. Slidell; the American Minister. to Mexico, returned to Pensacola on the 2d instant, in ten days from Vera Cruz. with important &patch es for Government. A letter in the Mobile Re gister. dated• Pensacola. Jan. 3. says': Up to the time I write trio one from shore had hoarded her, but several had come ashore from her. She is understood to bring large despatehes from our government. Those who came from her renort (and.the report is credit eil)that our Minister was badly received by the Mexican Government. and was in fact in sulted. Another version of the story is, that he was not received and recognized as such at all. Both reports. hoWever, resolve themselves pretty , much into' the same thing. 'This state ment has created no little excitement here, and if true..as I have but little doubt one or the other is, it ie.expected that the entire Gulf Squadron will shortly appear before Vera Cruz. It is believed here that this is another fro of British intrigue and British diplomacy. so. it doubtless looks to a deClaration of war by that g overnment against us : The U. S. brig of war Somers sailed from Pensacola on the morning of the 20th ult.. with despatches from the Government at Washing. ton for our Minister at Mexico. A court martial is about to assemble at Pen sacola for the trial of Lieut. Russ. of the Fal mouth, on charges preferred against him by Midshipman W. Wilkinson. • The Washington Union of Monday denies that any message or despatches had"been re ceived by Government recently from Mevico. BLOWN Ur.—Last week, the Millerite Tab. ernacle at A kron, ' Ohio, was-found much chat tered—the pulpit end entirely blown down. the north sule thrown out and flanging ‘oray the corners-the-roof stariekl; and thevindows In fragments. - Some supposed it to be caused by the explOsion of a gas which had been genera ted there for sortie tinati;• but the fragmenis'of a'kes, found upon' the premises•liree 1. more Probable solution-of the'cituse.- How came it there? -is a question more , easily asked - than answered. - The keg had • tmett'placed just in froiti of the Ther Bible wairfound .ly unharmetfon the ilesk.-A-Cineinitati Timu. Ole` ;ink' A a mix° Isctaciiie eohatant: id:oc thither floor of WOW of `Can: vele is' the ieOreitetitatitiit in theirei. front of the ClerVi dee.t. - of i• the long' atid the' ehilit of it"'fretif illitioie.'wbeeeverl,Wenitierth ai it Mr: Dieigleat stand up:thete tepid* anti hold a , rivata emiersatieo...lelitierfie4o4 l o'4 o . , Mr: Wentmiu*ii suitooiettto be Jfilfief eq{3iid Ir. Douglaiefieefeeffoui,: in height, - they ire "said' to be eViily bleier is their way; • - '"' " . . . . ltritaroftatietfSbigfront Euhipt 2 : • .-- . The Oen d left Liverpool on the 6th of De .,eember, in compote with ilic.packet ship V.it: giiiiith . CePtaitollern, and'has ,been 'on the c:own for titeyst ten - days. .;, , - -- I 'A, ,Tliii Lowe.' sailed front Havrel2th inerieni.: ;ber, iiiid t hrings Leindon demi; to 10th, w i 'iid.,ll; I ."."vre. ica'llay;:tif leafing. , 'r,- ~..-_. :! 's. " __ .. These packeti have brought important ru mors respecting changes in the commercial po licy of- the governmented Greer Britein..= - _Th. triumph of the anti.corn law league, and the prospect of Parliament repeiling the corn laws; as announced by the London:pmee.. have crea ted much excitement abroad, end much interest in this quarter) -Thehitelligenee thus tintoitifl= . ceilby the Times was Eontradieted - by thriliiie'; don Standard; considered the - best - advised in the movements of the guiernment.. The Tunes since has Witlitleiwn its statements. with the important qualification that the English minis= try had changed its views'. erel, that the ports would not be opened : net Journal, of De cember 10, says that it has reason to heliCie that in a day or two the Privy Coutmil will re- Move all doubts iu relation to the repeal of, all the Corn Lawe . ,, - ' The next n , eiiby'the meamship Hibernia will probably ettle these contradictory 'state ments, as well as bring ,us important inielli . genee as to the reception of the PresideeCs Message. This itew,a is loOkeil kir with more interest : than anY.irbieh has,. come from EU rope fora Jong while. It Will, in' all. -Prettba bility; not reach this country ;before Wednes day or Thursday. . . ' The HO:impiety sailing day was the 4th in stant', but'as IlMi'ditedeinie on SthillaY, she did not leave - 'until' the next-day-, the sth instant. 'Allowing her seventeen days, she cannot reach Roston befttre the 23d instant, Thursday next. 'From the arrangethents inatle, the news will be expressed through in a much shorter time ttrin usual, say fifteen hours from Bueton. 'lt may. however. come . sooner i; the vessel has a fa vorableyassage.—Puldic I.edker- _ PREPARATION roe WAR —Additional baize. ries are being erected at Sheerness, Ports. month, Plyinotli, Pembroke, and, other places on the coasts of the island. A great number of traversing platforms. 16 Vet long. to be fli ed by pivots to the amsoriry of the einhravores. are in progress of construction at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich: and some idea, may be formed of the quantity of work now performed in the carriage departmeht i where about five or six years ago only . ahnu( 100 bands were employed in that branch, there are now be tween 350 and 'a6o men er t p'oyed. aided hi many new improveinente in machinery, equal to the work of a great number, of hands. The contractors for timber for the Royal Ar senal have not been able to supply the extra demand for seasoned timber. in consequence ofthe great and Unanticipated o wimp ion, rid the dock yards have been had recourse to:— Numbers of large guns have been forwarded to Jersey and other exposed 'islands. and to time Cape of Good Hope and Other colonial posses shins, and the greatest activity prevails to stretigthen;every, place at home and abroad, for securing them iuthe event of being attack ed. A number of the block ships. heavily armed will soon he ready .`sir their respective stations, and add greatly to the defence of the coast. . The Liverpool Mail, in speaking or the fa mine in Great Britian:, Rays : It is as We tipatvd. and it is delightful to record the fart. that the moristri with which the na lion was threatened; has hogiin to der.mr its insolent and mendacious authors. Every post brings brings the eheiringintelligebre that. the potame failure, the distemper, are fallacies' not engendered by , the heart—fearful (Slselionds. invented for a sordid and dishonest' purpose." The disease among cattle has 'again broken out in South Lancashire, and many farmers have lost the greater portion of their stock.— The present disease appeare to be a violent af fection of the lunge, and in many cases it is quite inc'twable. Sheep. on the other hand, are doing rem arkahly well. . . THE ALLEGED PADIEE 1N TRELAND.—The market in Dublin on Wednesday. was better supp . .ed wi:h potatoes, which sold at'lower pri ces, than on any day for a week past. The prOvincial market notes represent a greater de cline in the price of all kiiMs of grain, but pow toes are sonic what in .advance,-they, have not, however. approached the high quotations in the Dublin lists.. At the last Limerndi, market, cup potatoes were only 2id..to 3tl;per stune ; white lad. per stone. At Nenagh, the prices wereexactly the same as Limerick. The Adlowing is an cannel from a letter dated Sligo. Nov. 1845 : ..Hav ing spent a good deal of my 'time sinee, came ttY to Ireland in rambling over the coun _snipe shooting, I have made limy husineSi to inquire at 'eevry potand field respecting the crops ; and my own opinion is Feryidifretent from the ge-• neral one, inasmuch as I do not' think—at pre: sent at least—that there is just ground for the alarm universally expres sed, y reasons : for this are: Ist. There is avery much larger Sur face of ground 'sown w i th potatoes than' ever there used to be, as it - has maw begun to be So Much the custom to fatten pigs and cattle upon them fin the English market; 2d. That there has been a very much larger 'produce this year than has been ever kriown before. ' I That the disease exists in the ground and' al so in the pits, there \no doubt ; bat there is another circumstance I did not mention, that the wheat. barley and oat crops are the best ever known—in short. the farmers' words are that it is the most productive year ever known." The cotton market is rather firmer than On the sailing of the Acadia. The corn market has declined. The news from Algeria shows that the French make little progress in the subjugation of Abdel Raker. - Her Majesty's government have issued orderti for 42,000 sets of accoutrements for the: militia of the'English counties,' the whole to be ready on the Ist of M'arcit next; • The various. -clerks Of the itibdivisioniy , throughout England bare likewise received orders to certify to government the dates of their repective appointments.' ' • ' i'ne'' CORN LivVs.—The' uniertaiaty as 'to what' the intention s of Mi 'liters are respecting the , Corn laws, appears to aye cbeckedell air cntlition in the inactivity Which has foi iter'eral day. eharacier iced the . English inarkets has to:day 'extended itself to ili&e,for VOreign !Stocks and Shasba. —Globe. - , ' ' . - ' . 'Tome Geeierio.—The Pt4yole of the 30th olt....enve of thiettlletrinentT . --lu , lie GniTeat h is herfleilto . the West After two uoeueeessf4l attetopts:tdeiontitit - eitit' eitti.; he his_ 'hAnielleineeget iit . raegeni-T Wild' shit be otil it :ct - 1140 ':itisipiteareirii h it' his . misdeeds be !Hri*iiitill . tuiba the iiidyt cut.` 'Proceedings vl thefetn'aateslatitt. • lls s ultisnyttg, buttery, 13; Ppd. . • ;SatraTte.-r.The.Atinual states _jot of the Au ditor Getteralit Initigitikent copy of Mike's Etephiring Oxpeilition was . presented to"the', Se. bate fur the . use of the 'Library, bY the , Seiretary of 'CoruirionWealiti. special cornmitiee to -take . thalle of sus much of the Governor's Message as refers to the was appointed. as follows :—Sterigete, Gibbons, Black, gain ' , end Ciisoo~' - . - Prernous. 7 -In favor of a railroad from Har rill:l64oU Pittsburgh, in any quantity, were pre sented. -One in favor of-givingto the people the right to ilecide,rballot who, shall sell ardent Vbe-proceeditigs of Councils of ,Pitts. burg, thanking the Legislature , for. aid rendered them in their distress. In favor of a new coon.. ty to be called helicon. • - • • Mr.:Sullitfan. from the Judiciary, reported a bill more effectually to enforce erimiu I' court judgments. • , Ilones.—Mr._. Webb submitted resolution instructing the committee e and Immoral. Urns inquire into the exited* ney of reporting a 'bill to allow any citizen of ennsylvania to sell ardent epirits i on paying for, the privilege. - Mr. , Cochran read in place a supplement to the charter of. the Columbia Bank and Bridge Company-by-Mr. Pomeroy. of Franklin, one relating to constable's fees. . Annual Statement, from. the Auditor General of the condition , of the Banks of the Common, wealth. . HARRISUURO• Jan. 160840 Tax on Coal.—Mr; Rill of. Montgomery. offered a resolution directing the Committet• on Wept and Means to inquire into the expe diency of reportiug • a hill to lay a tax of ten cents per bushel on anthracite coal, and four 'milk per bushel on bituminous' coal, or such other rate of tax as policy may dictate. Mr. Magellan opposed the motion as unjust to the coal interest. Mr: Burrell suggested that it would be better to name no sum or rate of tax. and Mr. Yiol let made a motion so to amend. which was lost. P • Mr.' Magehan then moved the indefinite postponement - of the subject. Mr. Hill (of M.) advocated his motion and Mr. Mag,ehan re joined. declaring that he would, on every cm casioni speak out 'agaimt such an outrage upon the people in the coal dstricts, until' he was overwhelmed by numbers. Mr. nutlet followed and advocatedthe tax. ing of coal.'and want into a rehearsal of facts connected with ilia coal interests, to show that property of immense value was taxed only as wild land. The tag was mainly and wrongly upon the farmer— r it should rest equally on the coal interest. Mr. !High:lm hoped the friends of the coal interest of Pennsylvania would not attempt to meet the issue on a vote of inquiry, but if the Committee 'should take the responsibility of reporting a hill to tax coal. it could then he re sisted on equal grounds. He entreated the House to allow it to go to the committee, and hoped the motion to postpone indefinitely Wobld he withdrawn. ' Mr. 'Magelian here withdrew his motion to postpone indefinitely. Mr. Burnsideadvaeated the passage of the re solution of inquiry. and depreeteil Vie refer. ferenee made to proceedings expected in Con gress. ' ,Mr. Hill (of M.) deelinegl withdrawing his resolution. He it sired to tax overgrown capi talists for the Iwo lit of the farming interests. Mr. Burrell. in order to get the matter in a fairer matter lief-re th' H ,11..3r. moved as a substitute, "That the r•-p , -ri of the Stave Tren surer he referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, with intructions to consider and report on the suggestions therein containettfor increasing the revenue, and increasing the itch lie debt (tithe Commenwealth." . ' The amendment was aoreed to, and the re solution as amended adopted. Standing Committees :—llonse of Representailies Ways and Means—Burrell. Burnside. I%ler rifield, Trego, Gray, Nicholson and Hallowell Judiciary—Burnside. Eldred, Kunkle. Big ham, G win, Hilly, Euue, Knox and Galliiway. Claims —A rnunroitg. Murphy, Larkin. C I ark M'Cruid. Ives and Fernon. .diriceillure—Power. Cross, ' Pomeroy. (Mercer,) Chesnut, Rupert, Snyder and Mor rison. Pensions and GratrtitgesJames, Funston Mathias, M'Abee, Fassett; Welelland, (Frank lin.) Domestic Illanufactares—Tniart, %Vads winth.Ritler. Pomeroy, (Franklin) Doty Niteh ell and Thomas, (Chester.) • lecounts—Conner, Stetler, Price, Bird, Don aldson and Brunt'. ' Education--ITrego. Sietler. Johnston, For M'Farland, ,Shuman and lionghner. Vice and immorniity-Funston, M'Curdy Buyer, Witson, Ladley, Jacobs and Hoffman Ilfilitia System—Rider, Wrest. Burns Ladley; •W orrell; Galloway and Hilands. Election n ts, Worman, Hay maker, M'Curley. Keller, Mtt ' on and Owen Banks—Samuels. Pullet. Hilands Kline, Barber and Steel. Estates and Escheats—Magehan, Bracken• ridge. Earthsletnew, Van HWY, Matthias, Edie and Knox. Rauh and Bridges—Stewart. "(Lycominff. Start. Thomas, '(Susquehanna,) Bachman, Wit son. Levan and Bentz. • Local Appropriations—Tice, Boyer, Price &rouse, Donaldeon. Croas and Larkin. Corporations—Campbell. Cochran, Webb MTarland, Bird and Robinson. Lands—Hallowell Worrell, Means,Baasler Rupert,-Clark and Bartholomew. - ' Compare Bills—Bright, EmM, Shuman, Van Huff and Jacobs. Printing-..-Barber. Cochran,. and Murphy. Librory—Gray. Webs and Hineline. Inland Navigation—Merrifield. Eldred. For. nth, Piollet, Bighorn, Patterson. (Huntingdon ) Raley; Hill, (Fayette .) Hill. ( Westmoreland') Power., Bright. Nicholson and Mints. • Retrenchment and Reform—Hill. (Mont. gomery.)Kline; Boughper. Edie, Conner, Means and M'Curdy. i . • - Boasistsci -N E ere ten• Pin ey fitted Op on the ice in St. Louis : The surface of thd ice irtheille; and a etinple of Posts are sunk through....and a sheet of strong canvass I 1 • • etretehefi hetween them to stop•the • belts, just before:which the pins are'set. . , gsivinnosne...-4 very senstble quaking of the earth oecitrred•st Memphis: Tenn:. on the evening of the 14d tilt., starling people to their feet, andlrightning. ; the agitation wee 'adentnpanied • iith n• roar or !Mottling noise. and apparently proceeded front n North-Wef; lefty. direction; ' laste.tl ,Ootzt half a,ininute. PicitfelhigS ttie-19111--Contrei%. (Connipo ndenceot the N. Y. Morning • WAstuNwrot; Jan. 11 . 2;480.i • . . , Oregon debate has beer Ito - stilt:m(llf in the - Semaie to the'lfith of February. ' 'pending qUestionti on that sttlject gt6ivt } rtit the satneldity, !Elie motion to totitptinewlia 'aiade'fiy)Mr. Allen, who•Alesired the , 27M in, slant to.be the day fixed. Mr. Hay itiod pro, poseo-week later, that Senators .mtglit.have ume.to consult Stiththeir constituents-. Westeott suggested a still later 9ek..-tintt the Texas Senators might be here to vote: Mr. Calhoun sustained the postponement; liketdide Mr..-Archer. y Who, sustained his opiniiiiis by urging that the mare this question remained un.: der the.eentrol and discretionof.Congreas.the better it would be for the country. He said 'after they - had decided the question,ne#s might be wafted , from the other aide of. the Atlantic slicising how - inconsiderate had. been their ac don. if they should now dispose of it. He therefore was of opinion that tt should. be kept under iheir control till very near the dose of Congresi. Mr. Hannagan'e resolutions were also post poned to the day fixed for the consideration of Mr. Allen's. • ' . • The. national 41efences are to be greatly in creased,if a bill reported by Mr:Fairfield should .beimme - a law. -Thin Senator, on behalf of the Committee on Naval affairs, in answer to a res. °lotion of enquiry; adopted byithe Senate, in relation to the state Of the navy, reported a bill which provides for the building. equipping and employment on thi'naval service of ten • Steam ships or vessels of war, to be constructed of iron. if racticable, stud three of them to he of the class of frigates, five to h e s t oo ps of wa y. and two of a smallerelass; . It also authorizes the President to complete - all the frigates and sloops of war now upon -tee stocks, and ves sels in ordinary. .and to make provision - fur the supplies; and appropriate five:Millions six hundred • and twenty-five thousand doilarttfor these .purposes. The bill was read twice and committed. In the House of Representatives. about an hour was devoted to the reception of petitiOns of which an immense number was presented by Mr. Adana. The House then resolved it self into Committeesof the whole on the state of the Union, and resumed the consideration of the joint resolution heretofore teportud from the Committe on Foreign Affairs, for giiing 12 months' notice of the termination of the joint occupancy of Qregon . The speakers to day were Mr. Tombs, and Mr. Hamlin. Air. Douglas then caused his bill on this subject', which. was the special order for to-morrow to be re-committed tothe Committee on Territo ries. The cause assigned was. that it would obstruct the present debate if it were not put out the way. [Correspondence of the Pennsylvanian.] WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. IP. 1846. After the r;onstderation of Executive busi ness the Senate adjourned - Beady the entire session of the House was consumed in the reeeption and • disposal of res olutions; among which were One 'dieted by Mr. Ashman, instructitor the Committee on the J udiciary to inquire into the expediency of diminishing the patronage of the President. One by Mr. Retlibun, that the heads of De. ()ailments. in connexion with their re• port; to Convess. •tliall communicate a Itst of 311 the e!erks and other persons empLoy,ed ilud - rin, and affixing to the name ..f sari, the state or territory of winch he was a resident at the time of appoititr.:eut. One by Mr. Owen. that the Committee on Public Buildings inquire; into the expediency of adding to the present Capitol a new hall for the House orßepresentatives, and to convert the present into a Library, • and the present Li brary to a Supreme Court room. One 1-v Mr. C. J. Ingersoll. that the Secre tary of the Treasury he directed to report to the House a plan for the safe keeping anti dis horsing of the public money, as suggested by the President in his message. A series of resolutions by Mr. Andrew Ken nedy expressing an opinion that the offices in the Executive departments should be distribut ed arming the congressional districts of the sev eral States, and their terms of office limited to eight years . ; also, that the whole of these or& cent should he classes, so that one fourth of the incumbents should go out • of office at the end of each two years. The Oregon question was not reached to-clay. :his being understood in advance. Over sixty members were alisent, it was saiti, preparing themselves for this question. It is contemplat ed that over one hundred speeches on -this sub ject areyet in embryo among the members of thi House. As there cannot be expected an aver age of over two of these a day, we may calcu late the' sulijeet'will not he disposed of in less than two months. unless some measure ti adopted to choke -off smote of the members sn severely attacked with the disease, 7 dept in classic, parlance, cacoethes loguends. WASHINGTON. Jan: 15111, 1846 The present session nl Congress will be one of unusual " interest aid importance, judxing from the number of topir4 of national Interest which have already hf•en introduced into the Iwo Houses. Few of these have yet been defi nitely acted upon. The settlement of our dd . . ficulties with Great Britain on thr'Oregon ques tion, the adjustment of the Tariff. the re-enact of-the Independent Treasury Law, appropria !foils for the defences of the Territory and the protection of Oregon, the question of foreign in terference in the political affairs of the independ ent nations of the American continent, which will again he tWought forward •in the House, and the many other tmpics embraced in the very able message of the, President, . will keep the public mind constantly excited until the middle of Sum-- Hier. M r.lWalker •is busily:, arranging the details of the neiv'tariff, and it is now believed tht a more liberal sietem of reverie will receive • the sanction of both Houses of Congress. , There are now in : Waiifitigton a riumber of subordinate effirersof the Customs, front the different At lantic citiee.'eallecltither,Jtis ifaid;to aid iii the labors . of 'the 'Seim/ail of :the Treaeoty:,ami probably'allo to elig . hten the Senate in certain matters cnitheeto ~with the noniinationg now pending •hilnie that honorable body. The Democratic Senators who-esterday vot ed with. Mr. , Calhoun, against the resolutiop's of Mi. Allen. you will , perceive were -Meseta.. Chalmers, of Slissis.iippi c Haywood. of North Carolina; lileThiffie.. of Smith . Carolina, end Walcott,- of Florida-23 Whigs and 5 Demo crats. ,This may be considered the -relative strength, at this:time, of the -war and peace par tiesin the,Senatel hoc! believe: that stone 'of the Whigs yin vote for giving the. " notiee". tbalthe cessarily involve the reentry in war. course of the,Seitate will be greatly - h l g a , ii is by the tone of the British end :Sri* Ministry •on the Presidvnf i sage. Should the tune be pacilit..a carpi be offered. ur a re-opening of the negot tic proposid. the action of the Senate Aril ably buthilayed, and the whole Subje ct mutely brought before diem by the, treaty l puwet- his the prevailing belief here, I et, that nroresty ,whietrshOuld have-1 01 sis the 49th.degree . of north latitude. can the sanction of a constitntiotird grajority• Senate. The Oregon ' tinestilin was again under sion in the House, and Messrs Gentr:, nesst.e, Iledinger, of Virginia, and. Mns , Louisiana, addressed Act-- Committee Whole. Distressing Accident at the Carbondale It becomes our painful duty, to rem of the most distressing and beart•rendir dcnis • that ever has occurred in this w Alio peg kid of recollection have taken some pains to get: tits iron lats, as near as may be. under' the i excitement which the pccideht has occa WAs gather them from a gentleman who; here (ruin Carbondale last evening. On Monday the 12th hist., an iminem of eiate, about seven Wee in extent, fr the roof of one of the mines of the DI and Makin Canal Company. at Cart upon the workmen below. - The spo the slate' lell was nearly a mile from of the !nine. Three perspne were to seriously injured, one of whom, a boy, di. / &ion after the accident, the others, bope riß entertained of their recovery, ~The boy l a, ,died, was riding a horse at the thee of the as culent, and is supposed to have : been killed 1 4 'the force oldie air rushing towards the mouth o f the mine; the horse was also killed. Th, other two persons who were, taken out via attio i,tjured by the rushing of , the air.. Ah tj , one Want:red and fifty men who were at we, mining, some distance from the place of,ih ! accident. escaped. but horrible: to relate. FIE TEEN PERSONS, who were at work prop: ping up the mines. were either crushed insuov ty, or are walied in without, any hope•ofbeinl rescued, as it will take weeks to 'remove the immense mass of elate which has fallen in; at.d if yet alive, will be compelled to die met die mosthorrible of all deaths, that of dance .tion! W e have been furnished with the names of die missing persons—fourteen of whom have families—they are as follows:_ Anthony. Welsh. Mark. Brennan, Clines, Patrick Mitchell. ,Patriek Leonard, Ilenry More. James McGath. Michel PAL Henry Derney. John Farrell, Patrick Willer, Peter Crawley', John Honey. .Bmjamin hams. and a Son of widow •Hrennin. We are informed upnt, good authority, tha this accident will not retard the operation t( the cowpony. P. S. Since the above was in type. we lean that Mr. John Hosey, has made his way out, having by his .own exertions due his an through the fallen . slate with his hands any, otter having been incarcerated about 48 holm. "flu• (2arbou El air I)rmucral furms.hro the W. Inw iug pars tcularo . iu rettitton to ibis chsireseing art-ideal t. The No. I mines had been ..wotking" (i.e, the pillars had been groanina, or (lariat& un der weight td the mountain that rested upon thew.) for soiree days, but as the phenomenon wile. ten Crew, 'Halm!!! serious was apprehend• ell from it. The effect of such workings" gener.dly inconsiderable. extending hut a few yards anti producing no tither danger er Own• sentence. than that what is occasioned by the til t pieces of slate, of which even there it generally sufficient warning, io enable unto escape from its reach. . • On. 'Monday morning Of the present week. Mr. Clarkson, the mining Engineer, went into the wines. before the hour of commenCing ask to exan.ine their condition. 'Though all seem. ed quiet, to increase the safety, some addition. al props with iroofings were ordered to be pin up. The workmen hail been but a shmition in the mines, when a heavy cloud 'of smoke, and dust, were seen rushing out of the Ml:laths of that and the adjoining mine, attended with a current of air sufficient to remove cars, Inge stones &c.. with its force. Workmen, that were then entering, were raised from,theirkel and thrown violently . . bac.kwards against pillars and other objects, many of them receiving te• sere wounds. • • A driver, Patrick Clark. had his horse in. scantly killed.- and he was thrown so riolentlr against the cars, as to break several bones,and calla his' death on next day. Hugh , Fiirpat. rid: kull John M'Kale were severely 'hart in the Caine manner. Dennis Farrell. was near ly killed by stores lathing upon him. His brother to relieve him raw for an iron bar, and has not been seen since—he has probably per. 'shed. Mr. F. was afterwards extricated from the stones hr two other men. and placed against die side of the mine. ivliere heing o holly dial. Oct!. lie was left. while they ran for their lines, oosn-under the falling-mass. He was after• qartle hrought,mit by Mr. Dryden. Assign% Engineer. though at great peril to himselE-- Mr. Hi yilen deserves great credit for his cow , ageous and enertretir efrirts to save those who were involved in this calamity. • • Texas Paormortosts.-.-The editor of the Galveston News, who has recently travelled through that portion. of Texas bordering on the coast between Galveston and Matagorda. el• tending from 50 to 400 miles interior, and le' eluding histin's Bayou, Oyster Creek. the Brazes. Bernard, Old Cancy,;Beach Creek and the Colorado, says that the cotton crop in the greater part of that region is, much superior to any he ever sow in the. (Jutted States,-and he believes will yield from 1500 to 400 pounds to the acre. The sugar crop,". be says. nerw genertilly. made. 1 have seen but two or three sugar .plantations, and,opon these the yield is very little - short of,looo pounds to the acre. beT.ides the usual proportion of molasses' Mr. Sweeney. on the Bernard. has about sew et:AY erre* in cane,. and, has.already-made near ly that , number of hogsheads of sugarderide d. lit superior to, the ordinary New Orleans gal' hies some.of it will probably be exhibited the .Galveston -market, anti will speak for 4 * self." ..,ei ' Ws-iiivri. tecii.s,A... ,youth. " med . Dow er. resitf,ngitiLivingstosit county. N. l . a week or rwri eince. ftdl head:first into a well , het of thirty-fiye feet; lighting 'dwelt. water being only' fotir feit deep. be bawit'l -10414. for help. and. ilia rescued without the least iippaterit jojurv.. , . , . 311=11USIL - tir dß= .41CV3Irffigt i , And cll kinds of G RAJIV; Wanted at this teee o,r '
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