Interesting from China. Tie Bo .ton Traveller has the following ex tract of a letter from China, which gives a ru th'-r novel resume of tlic present condition of affairs in China. The writer advises, at the conclusion, that the Imperial GoTcrjinihe#t"wiH most probably finally crush the insurrection. — Ho aiso states that Mr. M'LEAN, the American Plenipotentiary, is coming home tor instructions from his Government, relative to a new treaty ■with China. • " We would now advise that the visit of the English and American Ministers to the Peiho having resulted in nothing more than exchange of eourtesies with the Chinese, and tho Manda rins having evinced no inteutiou of extending their relations with Western nations, Mr. M'- LEAN leaves by this mail for Europe, having concluded that he must consult with his own Government, and, if possible, devise some new plan of diplomatic negotiations for the re newal aud revision of our treaty relations with China. The rebels at the North having lost ground at many points, and the ladrones that are over running the Southern provinces hrviug forced the better class of people to give their support to the Mandarins, it would appear nearly cer tain that any future negotiation by Western nations must be with the present Imperial Go vernment. The city of Canton having been threatened by the ladrones, and the Mandarin tlects hav ing been engaged during the past week within three miles of its walls, the Governor has been induced, after long and earnest demands from the better class of people, to apply to the for eign powers for assistance; audit will doubtless lie grautcd for the protection of the port in ac cordance with treaty stipulations; but without great concessions on the part of the Mandarins, no further co-operation will be afforded by for eigners. So far from the present authorities hero mak ing important* concessions, we deem it highly probable that any slight advantage gained by the Mandarins against the pirates at this junc ture, would give them confidence, and their correspondence with foreign officials again as sume a tone that would put an end to any co operation. ' The Imperial Commissioner having applied to Western powers for protection against his own people, is a measure brought to pass only by a most critical state of affairs here; mean while. the language of his application was most guarded, and the measure differing directly and positively from the policy of the present govern ment as evinced at the Peiho interview, we may safely say the negotiations are likely to be most unsatisfactory. The only advantage that may be gained, the qnestiou being a local one, would be the open ing of the City of Canton, aud that we deem of little consideration in comparison with the importance that has been attached to it. The trade of Canton is entirely destroyed for the coming six months, and as 110 foreign co operation is asked or could be granted, except fr the immediate protection of the city, the province is likely to continue in its present dis turbed state i'or a year to come." CURIOUS SCENE IN A'KNOW NOTHING COUN CIL. —-Moses Eames, a member of the Legisla ture of New York, publishes a letter describing his reception in a Know Nothing Council in Syracuse, after votiug for Win. H. Seward, for United States Senator: Mr. Barker iuformed the Grand Council, that I would make explanations in relation to mv vote cast at the hiot election. While I was proceeding to do so, one of the members asked me for whom I voted for United States Sena tor ? When I replied, William H. Seward.— It created a great excitement in all parts of the hall. Some twenty or thirty, more vehement than the rest, rushed forward to the platform, hissing, stamping their feet, gnashing their teeth, extending their arms with clenched fists, crying out, with countenances flushed with ex citement, "Traitor," " Perjurer," " Liar," " Vil lain.'' and other epithets, accompanied by the exclamation, "hustle him out," "down stairs with him," " throw him out of tho window," Ac.. A*c. By this, time, the meeting was in a complete uproar. The presiding officer could not con trol those present, and declaired the meeting adjourned for one hour. There was theu a general rush for the platform where I was standing. Some of the foremost seized my col lar, but, by the exertions of a few personal friends, I was saved from further violence, by being, with great haste escorted down a private stair-way, while others closed the doors and kept back the mob. When I reached the street, Mr. Barker advised me to go to my ho tel, and not to show myself about the place, but to leave the city in the first conveyance.— Having no other business to attend to, I took the advice aud left Syracuse in the first train. Governor Pollock's Appointments. The following are the appointments for Phil adelphia, by Gov. PoLLock: GEORGE R. GRAHAM, Habor Master. ABRAHAM MYERS, Scaler of weights and Measures for the old city of Philadelphia. SAMUEL D. ABBOTT, Scaler of Weights and Measures for the old County. MM. D. BAKER. Bark Inspector. HENRY PLEASANTS, Lazaretta Physician. HOWARD TAYLOR, of Chester County, Port Physician. JACOB PEPPER, of Delaware County, Quar antine Master. J. W. T. M'AUSTER, Health Office. JOSEPH E. HARXED, Master Warden. ANDREW M'LEAN, Keeper of the Powder Magazine. STEPHEN MILLER, of Dauphin County, Flour luspcetor. JOHN W. COWELI., of Bncks County, and JonN 11. SELTZF.B, of Berks County, Whiskey Inspectors. Taos. E. POLLOCK, Grain Measurer. GEORGE METZGEK, Butter and Lard Inspec tor. JOHN I. AUSTIN, of Northumberland, Lum ber luspcctor. WILLIAM A. Orr, Salted Beef and Pork In spector. ISAAC B. GARRIGUF.?, Marble Measurer. All the above appointees are residents of J Philadelphia, except those otherwise stated. An elephant, valued at $50,000, died \ of sea sickness, on its way from Calcutta to j Boston, at which latter point the vessel had just arrived. It is said his sufferings were in proportion to his size, which proves that Shakes peare, among other accomplishments, was no physiologist, for he distinctly declares that a pigmy " feels a pang as great as when a giant cLe# " or something very similar i n l§mbforb|Uporter. r. o. COOL men, EM TOR. TOWAXDA: SatcrUan Xilornmn, -febrnarn 24, 1855. POLITICAL PARTIES. It nerds uo unusual amount of discrimination to perceive that the two great political parties into which the country has been divided /or years past, are fast becoming obsolete—old landmarks obliterated, and party lines broken down. The machinery which once controlled and moved the masses, has lost it power. New issues have arisen, overwhelming and extin guishing the effete and settled questions that have hitherto separated the voters, and the ties of party have become as ropes of sand. The two parties which have been"arrayed in oppo sition to each other, advocating different sides of political questions—but each equally anxious for the prosperity of the country—have had a distinctive existence for a period of time unu sual in our political history. From the earliest period of our existence as a government, dif ferences of opinion have existed in regard to matters of public policy, which have originated parties, and awakened strife, often of the most ardent character, and too often bordering upon bitterness and asperity, engendering acrimony aud ill-will, until the decision of the people set tled the controversy, or time demonstrated the wisdom of the one side or the other. When questious of policy or principle became settled or obsolete, then there no longer existed necessity uor room for antagonism, and parties resolved themselves back to their original ele ment, the people ; while a few years sufficed to obliterate all traces of the animosities aroused in the zeal of discussion and party action. Ordinarily, these distinctive party appella tions and separate organizations were in exist ence but a few years, and when questions be came settled, the actors stood upon common ground, and were ready to ' fuse' in support of new doctrines, or separate in opposition, as might be ; —but more lately, the machinery of parties has been perfected, and their j>ower strengthened and their existence prolonged be yond their natural term of existence. The two parties which have existed for such an unusual length of time under the designation of WHIG and DEMOCRATIC, owe their prolongation to a combination of political questious of great na tional interest, and of rare recurrence. It is unusual indeed for any one party to have the advocacy and settlement of such a number of important political principles, as has fallen to the democratic party. It has, during its ex istence, eombatted such an array of errors, and established so many correct doctriues, that it is not surprising that its very name has become revered, aud that so many of its gallant vete rans cling to it in respect for the memory of the past. The democratic party has been emphatically the party ot' the Country, of equal rights, of justice and morality. It has triumphantly de monstrated and established what BENTON calls the demos 'crateos —the right and ability of the people to govern. Originating in the axiom of the capacity of the people for self-government, it has sought, successfully, to mould the legisla tion of the country in consonance with that grand idea—combatting the illiberal policy that would circumscribe the privileges and preroga tives of the masses, and declares that toleration and equality would be dangerous to the existence of peace and order, and to the stability of our institutions. Through that tremendous conflict with the monster Bank—the reverses aud final success which attended the Independent Trea sury—through the establishing of a Revenue Tariff, and a Strict Construction of the Consti tution—the banuers of the Democracy have been borne by gallant and faithful hearts, until the just aud liberal principles thereon embla zoned have become triumphant, and are estab lished as the settled policy of the country. During the political contests which have agi tated the country wlnl° mooted questions were unsettled and eombatted, the Democracy have rallied to the support of the candidates present ed, almost mechanically. We cau only vote for our principles by voting for men who are the embodiment of those principles, and pledged to carry them out. So long as great principles are to be sustained the people care but little who are the candidates, or how they are brought before them for their suffrages. Having no political ambition themselves, the great mass of the voters are indifferent upon whom the honors are bestowed, nence, the admirable workings of the machiuery of party organiza tions. Tlie Democracy, deeply imbned with the justice of their priuciples, have for years, followed their leaders, until those leaders have become infatuated with the idea, that party or ganization was created for their especial bene fit and their personal aggrandizement. This has been the great error of politicians—an error which has swept the Whig party out of exis tence, and severed and broken up the Democ racy into as many fragments as there are States. Mistaking devotion to principle on the part of the people as a blind unthinking subservien cy to party, for years an attempt has been mak iug to engraft into the creed of both the great political parties of the day new and extraordi -1 nary doctrines. Particularly has this been the case with the democratic party. The attempt has been made, through its potency to fasten still more strongly upon the couutry the chains of human bondage, to extend its area and per petuate its power. Forgetting the wise and solemnly-uttered testimony of the founders of our faith repudiating the expressed and record Ed opinions and judgment of the framers of the Constitution—men endowed with rare sagaci ty, prudenca and foresight, and yet fresh from the struggles of the Revolution—in these days of statesmanship and political acumen, is at tempted to be interpolated into the democratic platform strange and damnable doctrines, and new and outrageous tests of party fealty are imposed. And this too, nnder the pretence of respect for the Constitution and its Compromi ses! as though the framers of that sacred in strument knew less of what they were doing than the profound expounders of the present day, with their new lights! Emboldened by the success which has attend ed each new move towards sectionaliziug the democratic party, its leaders have pushed far ther and farther towards the consummation of the scheme. Party ties were strong indeed, as " acquiescence''in outrage and treachery suffi ciently proved. But it has only been because people were deceived by specious pretexts, aud lulled into security by professions of friendship for our uatioual interests. The act which en croached upon the domain of Freedom, which repealed a Compromise of Thirty-four years staudiug, which gave up the fertile plains of Nebraska and Kansas to the designs of the slavery extensionists, violating a sacred Na tional compact, and exhibiting a spectacle of National insincerity aud bad faith, developed at once the plaus of the leaders and aroused public sentiment. From that day, the demo cratic party, as a national party, ceased to ex ist. Upon it falls the heaviest weight of guilt and obloquy of that nefarious transaction. A Democratic Congress perpetrated and a Demo cratic President sanctioned the deed. It has become heterodoxy to doubt the Democracy of Slavery. The National Democratic party was dissolv ed by repeal of the Missouri Compromise—but its disentegration has been gradually but cer tainly going on, since it has been made to pan der to the interests of slavery. That mighty Power, whose interests are so compact and gi gantic, has stealthily but surely corrupted the leaders of that party, and has succeeded in di verting its organization from its true and legiti mate purposes. It lias been made subservient to the interests of the slaveholder, and is no longer a national, but a sectional party. It has been prostituted aud corrupted. It is 110 long er the party of liberal principles, of freedom, of equality, of justice and truth, but the party of human bondage, of narrow and circumscrib ed ideas, the adjunct of a powerful oligarchy. If successful, it would be potent only for evil— its triumphs would increase and deepen the stain upon our national purity, would reward public treachery, and subvert the spirit and genius of our free institutions, making us a mockery and a by-word. Such we say, would be the inevitable result, should the democratic party become the ally aud the tool of slavery. But, thank God, that day has not yet arrived. As powerful us that name is, it is not sufficient to excuse the basest intentions and the most treacherous designs.— As deeply as it is revered, it is not potent enough to cloak the perpetration of wrong.— The late overthrow of corrupt leaders has de monstrated this. The demos kraleos principle is asserting itself. We have 110 fears for the result. Animated by the same spirit which iias guided us through past conflicts, aud directed by the same principles for which we have al ways contended, we shall await the purifica tion of the democratic party from the discord ant and foreign element which has brought up on it, deservidlv, so many disasters. Defeat may be necessary to purge it, but we have the consolation of knowiug that its reverses will result in serious loss only to the dishonest lead ders who have made traffic of the integrity of the people. Despite the many kind things we have said of our daft friend, ANDY HOPKINS, lie con tinues implacably surly and snappish. We spoke of his new way of convicting public men of inconsistency, and he turns about and calls us all kind of severe names. He invariably ends his notices of us by saying we are too small game upon which to waste ammunition. The knowledge that we can address ANDY, elevates us considerably, aud his responses arc quite flat tering to our vanity. We are afraid that this Senatorial contest will finish ANDY. We are certain that his mo dicum of brains will never suffice to carry him safely through the tremendous excitement into which he has worked himself. The quicker his friends put him under medical treatment, have his head shaved and blistered, and con fine him in an ice house, the more probability there will be of his passing the climax in safety. VETO OF THE SPOLIATION BILL.— The Presi dent has sent into the House a long and able veto of the French Spoliation bill. According to the President's view of the facts, the United States Government have already discharged their duty towards such of their citizens as may have been at any time aggrieved by acts of the French Government, and France has honora bly discharged herself of all obligations in the premises towards the United States. There is nothing further, therefore, required of either government. The facts aud the reasons for this conclusion are clearly set forth. It is said the Message is founded upon SILAS WRIGHT'S argu ment against these claims. The President could not go to a better source for sound statesman like views and just public policy. SILAS WRIGHT was a clear, comprehensive statesman, and would not have opposed any measure which had pub lic justice to recommend it. The message was-taken up in the House on Monday, and the vote on its passage was 113 yeas, to 86 nays. This of course defeated the bill UNITED STATES SENATOR. Wc have already informed our readers of the result of the attempt to elect a U. S. Sen ator on Tuesday week, and we publish below the I balloting, and the vote on the motion to ad journ. The Speaker and members of the Senate be ing introduced into the Hall of the House of Representatives, the Legislature resolved it self into a convention for the purpose of elect ing a Senator in the Congress of the United States, to supply the place of Hon. James Cooper, whose term of service will expire on the 4th of March next. The Speaker of the Senate presided over the Convention. The fol , lowing ballotings were had : FIRST BALLOT. Messrs. Crabb, Crcsswell, Frazier, Fry, Hai denian, Hendricks, Killiuger, Sellers, Shaman, Allegood, Barry, Boa I, Bowman, Caldwell, Car lisle, Clover, Crawford, Criswell, Cummings, (Phila. Co.) Cummins, (Somerset,) Donaldson, ! Eyst.er, Fearon, Fletcher, Foster, Frailey, Free, 1 Gross, Guy, Ilaines, Hubbs, King, Kirkpat i rick, K repps, Lane, Leas, M'Conkey, M'Con f nell, Mengle, Morrison, Muse, North, Palmer, i Resse llitteiihou.se, Butter, Sherer, Smith, (Al- I legheny,) Smith, (Blair,) Steel, Stehley, Stur devantj Waterhouse, Weddell, Wood, \ orkes, ; Ziegler, Strong— Sjieaker —sß, votes for Siniou Cameron. Messrs. Browne, Goodwin, Hamlin, Hoge, Jaminson, M'Clintoek, Piatt, Quiggle, Sager, Walton, Wherry, Heister, Baker, Bush, Christ, Craig, Daughertv, Dunning, Edingcr, Fry, Johnson, M'Clean, Maxwell, Orr, Sallade, Stockdale, Thompson, and Wright—2B, voted for Charles It. Buekalew". Messrs. Darsie, Frick, Chamberlin, Price, Skinner, Powell, Ross and Witiner—B, voted for Thomas Williams. Messrs. Ferguson, Flenniken, Ball, Frank lin, Ilerr, Lewis aud M'Cullough—7, voted for James Veech. M essrs. Avery, Baldwin, Downing, Ilolcomb, Laporte, Lathrop, Lott, M'Cahnout aud Wick ershatu—9, voted for David Wilmot. Messrs. Foust, Harrison, llodgson, Taggart, Litiderman, M'Combs, Megill, Pennypacker, • Simpson. Smith, (Phila. City,) Stewart—ll, j voted for J. Pringle Jones. Mr. Buekalew, voted for Jeremiah S. Black. Mr. Bergstresser, voted for O. 11. Tiffany. Messrs. Gwinn, aud Thome, voted for Thos. H. Baird. Mr. Jordan, votod for John C. Kunkel. Mr. Lowe, voted for George Chambers. Messrs. Muddoek, and Morris voted for 11. M. Fuller. Mr. C raig voted for Smith Fuller. Mr. Chamberlain, offered a resolution that Convention adjourn to meet again this day three weeks, which was disagreed to—yeas GO ; nays GO. On motion a second ballot was had the raem- I bers voting as before, excepting the vote of I SALI.AI>E, of Berks, which was given for CAME ! HON'. Mr. TAGGART moved to adjourn for two ! weeks from this day. Oa motion the yeas and j J I nays were called, and were yeas GG, nays G2 : YEAS —Messrs. Browne, Crabb, Darsie, Fcr j guson, Flenniken, Frick, Hamlin, Hendricks, I .Jordan, Lewis, Mellingcr, Price, Sager, Skin ! Ncr, Taggart, Walton, Wherrv, Averv, Baker, I Baldwin, Ball, Bergstresser, Bush, Ohaniberlin, ! Craig, Downing, Edingcr. Fearon, Foust, Fry, ' Franklin, Gwinn, Harrison, Hcrr, Hodgson, ; Ilolcomb, Hubbs, Laporte, Lathrop, Liuder ' man, Lott, Lowe, M'Cahnont, M'Clean,. Mc • Combs, M'Cnllongli, Maddock, Maxwell, Mc- I gill, Mengle, Morris, Orr, Page, Palmer, Pen nypacker, Powell, Ros?, Simpson, Smith. (Phil adelphia city)Stcel, Stewart, Stockdale,Thome, Wickersham, Witmer, Wright. NATS —Messrs. Creswell, Frazer, Fry, Good win, Ilaldeman, Hoge, M'Clintoek, Piatt, ! Quiggle, Sellers, Shunian, Heister, Allegood, Barry, Boil, Bowman, Caldwell, Carlisle, Clo ver, Christ, Crawford, Criswell, Cummings, (Phila. Co.) Cummins, (Somerset.) Daughertv, Donaldson, Dunning, Evster, Fletcher, Foster, Frailey. .Free, Gross, Guy, Ilaines, Johnson, King, Kirkpatriek, K repps, Lane, Leas, Mc- Conkey, M'Connel, Morrison, Muse, North, Reese, Rittenhouse, Butter, Sallade, Sherer, Smith, (Allegheny,) Smith, (Blair,) Stehley, Sturdcvant, Thompson, Waterhouse, Weddell, Wood, Yorkes, Zeigler, Strong. The Convention then adjourned. The adjournment of the Convention at this time is regarded by some as a virtual defeat of CAMERON. The Patriot exultingly proclaims that CAMERON is doomed! We do not see, however, how any one else can be elected.— His opponents are agreed upon nothing else, except opposition to him. There is no proba bility of their uniting upon any candidate, and the most they can do will be to adjourn the Convention from tinie to time and thus pre vent an election. We shall'see. —This Senatorial contest is developing some queer coalitions. The Patriot is denouncing Messrs. CRESWELL and FRY, of the Senate, and FRAILEY and SALLADE, of the House, for betray ing the Democratic party, and violating their pledges in voting for CAMERON. It says "there is a suspicion afloat that some of these were not actuated in their course by the purest mo tives." The Pennsylvania n is denouncing men who have formerly been opposed to CAMERON, but who have, this winter, been endeavoring to aid in his election. In this category it names, Is- R.EL PAINTER, JAMES BLRNS, WM. T. MORRISON and REAH FRAZER. Gen. ROUMFORT, it says " is also engaged in the same disgraceful busi ness, and thinks he is very cunning in deceiv ing his friends aud the public as to his real po sition." It puts their names on record for fu ture use, and particularly " makes a note of' a gentleman who resides on the West Branch of the Susquehanna river, and who is an aspirant for the Chair of State, at the hands of the Democratic party. It will not write his name ! at length, but promises " to remember his dis- ! interested services when the proper time ar- 1 rives." The Pennsylvanian also makes the following j astounding revelation, which it heads " Trea son to the Constitution !" " What we now say in reference to Cameron's treasonable schemes against the Constitution of the Union, we pledge our words for its ac- ■ curacy. The member from Allegheny county, (Mr. Kirkpatriek,) is a rabid Know-Nothing and Abolitionist. He was apprehensive of Cameron's souudness upon both those points, and before he could be brought iuto his sup port, determined on addressing Cameron a long letter, containing nine or ten interrogatories touching both subjects, bit more particularly abvlitianism. Cameron answered his letter in full, and avowed the most ultra abolitionist aud native sentiments. The followiug arc a few of the declarations solemnly announced un der his own baud and seal:—lst. A repeal of the compromise measures of 1850. 2d. Eter nal hostility to any more slave States, on any terms. 3d. An entire repeal of the natural ization laws. This letter was to be used in the caucus, or was for private inspection, as might be deemed most prudent. The latter course was pursued.'' FOREIGN NEWS. —Since our last issue, the steamship Asia has arrived, with one week's later iutellegence. The point of sjiecial inter est is the defeat and resignation of the Aber deen Ministry, which was officially announced in Parliament on the Ist inst., at which time Lord Derby stated that he had been invited by the Queen to form a ministry, but that he could not do it. Auother and an importent feature of the news in the defeat of the propo sition of Austria, iu the Germanic Diet, to mo bilize the federal army, and the adoption of the proposal of Prussia to place the contingent force only on war footing. These measures caused a decline in the funds, and much specu lation as to the course Austria would pursue under these circumstances. Prussia has assum ed a more energetic attitude. The latest des patches from Berlin state that portions of the army had been ordered to advance into Saxo ny and Silieia, and an application on the part of the French government to permit the pas sage of a force through Prussian territory was peremptorily refused. Prussia has signified to the Western Powers that she entirely accords with the result of the conference at Vienna, and that the admission of a representative to its deliberations is indispensable to her adhe sion to any treaty that may be made. The in telligence from the Crimea is unimportant. The French number 68,000, and additional rein forcements were 011 their way. Gen. Canrob ert has offered to assume the charge of all the the offensive .operations. The British appear to be completely paralyzed. A change in the Turkish ministry was expected. The commer cial news by this arrival is somewhat unfavor able. Cotton and breadstuffs were dull, with a slight decline in price. THE COLLINS' STEAMERS. —The House of Re j presentatives on Monday in Committee of the Whole, adopted the amendment of Mr. Olds i appropriating $868,000 to the Collins' line for the transportation of the mails from New York | to Liverpool and back, and to repeal the pro- I viso in the deficiency bill of July, 1862, re quiring the Secretary of the Navy to give no i tiee for terminating the arrangement for the ' additional allowance for the transportation of the United States mail between those two ' ports in the Collins' line of steamers, provided that Collins k Co. build another steamship for that service within two years after the passage I of the act. ♦ I PROXVNCIAMENTO AGAINST THE U. S.— A ' letter from Santa Fe mentions a report that I the Mexicans in the Mesilla Valley have haul ed down the United States flag, and raised the Mexican national tri-color. It is rather a dear bargain if after honestly paying for this terri tory we have got to fight to keep it from Mex ican filibusters. The fight will, however, not be of very long duration, for our people are not accustomed to such political vagaries as prouunciamentos, having no military loafers | hanging about with nothing to do and no ' means to live unless they raise an insurrection. They will come down on such Mexican diver sions in away that will astonish the natives. RAY* THE PACIFIC RAILROAD BILL passed the Senate Tuesday, by a vote of 24 to 21. It provides for three routes—a Northern, Central and Southern. During the debate, Mr. GKYER j said the three roads would cost from three to four hundred millions of dollars. The railroads of the United States now use annually 380,000 tons of iron, of which 100,000 tons are manu factured in the United States. The roads now in course of construction w ill soon make the amount consumed annually 450,000 tons, ex clusive of the roads projected by this bill.— Where is all this iron to come from ? EXCITEMENT IN CCBA. —Latest accounts from Cuba represent the Island as in a state of great excitement from fear of fillibustering expedi tions. New militia companies are forming, and the whole island is declared in a state of siege and the ports in a state of blockade. A Proclamation has been made ordering the enlistment of all volunteers between the ages of 18 and 50 capable of bearing arms. THE BEALF.CA.SE. —The Harrisburg lTrrald says the most strenuous efforts have been made for the pardon of Dr. BEAT.E, but that after a full hearing of the case, Gov. POLLOCK positive ly refused to grant a pardon. TERRITU.E ACCIDENT. —On Saturday, Janua ry 20th, a young daughter of Mr. Lucas Smith, a miller at Painted Post, was killed in the fol lowing manner: She had been riding upon the ! " carriage" in the saw mill, as children fre quently do for amusement, and as it was run back, she undertook to get off and stepped in to an opening for the escape of the saw dust, falling upon the balance wheel below, and was instantly drawn into a small space between that and the adjacent timbers. One limb was torn off and floated into the creek below; the other limb broken iu several places and the bo dy completely crashed. She was eight vears of age, and is represented to have been a child of more than ordinary promise.— Corning Jouriul ITEMS OF NEWS, —Ohio i& estimated to contain a coal field tqnal in extent to 12,300 square miles, or one-third of th e surface of the surface of the State. The amount of coal now dug in this State, is estimated at nearly 21,000 ,000 bushels. —The Trumbull (Ohio) Democrat remarks that the farmers in that region of the country say that tie wheat crop sowed last fall looks exceedingly well a t the present time, and the prospect of a good crop L> cx-*i ingly flattering. —The friends of the Sunbury and Erie Rail Road Company in Philadelphia, appear to be entirely M . tisfied with the selection of ex-Governor Bigler as it p re . ,-ident. —The untiring advocate's of Women's rights —Mrs. Ernestine L. Rose and Miss Susan B. Anthony, are discussing at Albany the subject of the right of women to vote. —Mr. S. D. lugram, who was elected Coun ty Superintendent of Dauphin county, last fall, was taken to the Insane Asylum, a few days since. He was an esti- Enable gentleman, and much sympathy is manifested for his misfortune. —The Parisian Jews have introduced organs into their synagogues, and the Greeks have done the same. This is an innovation upon old customs. —Nine hundred barrels of snails were ex ported from Switzerland for foreign consumption, in <>- j tober and November last. What are they wanted for? —lii Vincennes, Indiana, a gang of miscre ants have wantonly defaced many of the tombstones in the vicinity of that place. —The women who mobbed a groggery, and destroyed S2OO worth of liquor, at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio .have all lteeu discharged. It is said that the ladies were most of them young, and all pretty! No wonder they were dis charged. —The Maine Law has passed the Indiana Legislature, and is now a law. The rejoicing at the event, at Indianapolis, was very great. —Mr. Phillips, the American, who was ar rested and imprisoned in Switzerland, having been mis taken for M.tzzini, claims an indemnity from that Govern ment of $.",000 for arbitrary and inhuman treatment, and his claim has been recognized by the American legation. —" Calico Parties" are all the fashion now, at Buffalo, and other cities and towns in that direction, the proceeds, as in New York, to lie given to the poor. —M iss Harriet A. Underwood is missing from Forty Fort, Luzerne county,and her friends are fear ful she lias been foully dealt with. It is some weeks since she disappeared. —A Washington correspondent of the Wil liamsport Press states that Col. Johij Forsyth Carter has " experienced another streak of luck, by which he realizes a handsome sum." —The Jersey Shore Xetcs Letter notices the death of " Catty"' or James Smith, at au advanced age He was a black man of Herculean strength, that paper al leging as a fact that i:i one of his river trips he carried a weight of fourteen hundred pounds of iron from the beach to the wharf. —Three men from Lycoming county, named Leonard Vangarden, Era-stus Eggleseonand John Mengas, have lieen arrested and lodged in jail at Philadelphia, for counterfeiting. —Each of the ten inch shells thrown by the Allies in the seige of Sebastopol, costs, it is said, £3s— about J —During the year 1854, no fewer than 73,- 097 persons died in London, out of a population of two | millions and a half. I —Mrs. Sinclair (late Forrest) has been pre j sented with a'.diamond necklace, worth S3OOO, bv some of i her admirers in Han Fruntisco. I —The Harrisbnrg Te!egraj)k has placed at ; the head of its columns the name of Hon. James Pollock, us a candidate for the next Presidency. —lt is stated that Gen. Shields declines run ning for Congress in the district vacated by Lyman Trum bull, Senator elect. —The Legislature of lowa adjourned on the ■ 26th tilt. Tliey passed a law submitting the question •' a j Constitutional Convention to the people; a prohibitory I Liquor law was also passed, which is likewise to be sub j mitted to the people. —Mr. George W. Curtis, in a late lecture j at New York, spoke of those pious people who clasp their j hands so tight iu prayer tiiat they could not open thea ; when the contribution box came round. —Hartford was a tolerably healthy city un til the liquor law was enacted in Connecticut. Since the iaw went into operation, spirits to Vhe amount of SII,OOO have been sold there, for medicinal purposes, withiu four mouths. —A negro witness at Detroit, lately stated j that he had been blessed with five wives and forty-eight children, of whom twenty-eight still live, all boys but one. In the Counties ou the Missouri river, ad joining Kansas, land is worth from ten to fifty dollars so acre. —One of the Texas papers remarks, " that at the recent sitting of the Court at San Autonia, thirteen gentlemen were assigned places in the Penitentiary." —Green peas, corn, fresh turnips aud straw berries, are among the regular fares at the hotels in Flori da. Great country, that! —lt is stated by a late writer in the Boston (Mass.) Transcript, that nearly a million of dollars has accumulated in the Treasury of Harvard University. —Mr. Barton, editor of the Concord (N.H.) Reporter, dropped dead ou Saturday last, from disease of the heart. —The Lock Ilaven Watchman, an Ameri can paper, just started, has placed at the head of its co lumns the name of Sam Houston, of Texas, xs its choice for President, and that of James Pollock for Vice Presi dent. —The annual statement of the business of railroads in Massachusetts shows an increase during the last year of 509,162 passengers compared with the previ ous year, and 204,979 tons of freight. It is stated that the small-pox has niadf its appearance among the U. S. troops at the Jeffer-o Barracks. FATAL ACCIDENT TO SKATERS.— We learn front Philadelphia papers that on Saturday afternoon last, its large crowds were skating on the Schuylkill river above Fairinount, the ice broke, aud Mr. Earle S. Shinn, druggist at the northeast corner of Broad and Spruce streets, and a Miss. Russell, his wife's sister, were drowned. Mr. S. was skating and pushing Miss Russel on a sled before him, as is the custom. A very large number of porsons saw the accident but were unable to render any assistance. CARD FROM SENATOR SHlELDS. —Washington, Feb. 16.—The Intelligencer, of this morniug publishes a note from Senator Shields, stating that Judge Douglas, and his other colleagues in the House, all exerted themselves to pro mote his re-election, and are as much disap pointed at the result as himself. The Union charges the Intelligencer with an effort to breed ill blood between General Shields and Judge Douglas, by the recent pub lication.
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