' - *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 '