FORKIGN NEWS. AHKIVAL OF THIS 5 , STEAMSHIP AM ElitC A.. Elrrrn Hats tmlri1 tntrlllgtare. LOtM NAPOi7e0'A ACCESSION TO Til RESIDENCY. fits Inaugural address. Fit JSC E llTTjiSQDlL STATE. CHOLERA IN ENGLAND. POPE PIOBTILL IN EXILE. AFFAIRS OF ITALY. At STRIA AND HUNGARY. Boston, January 12. The steamship American arrived this morn ing from Liverpool, whence she sailed on the 30i h lilt. The following is a digest of her news. ENGLAND. Wo regret to state that the Cholera still prevails over the metropolis. In the provinces it has not made nny considerable progress, but in Scotland it teems to come with verjr alarming results. The President's message was read here villi great interest, particularly that portion of it relating to the gold of California. The interest felt fur the position of the Pope continues predominant. His Holiness still remains at Gueta from which point al kinds of iiitii'i'iios and negotiations have sprung up, conferring a great activity on this formerly unknown spot. The Provisional Government at Rome, concluded by the vote of the upper Chamber, has endeavoured by every means in it power to induce the Pope to return to the holy city. This he refuses, except on condition of dissolving the Cham bers, disbanding the National Guard, and suppressing the journals, which conditions only show that His Holiness has no real in tention to tciurn at present to the Quirinal. FRANCE. Paris, Wednesday, Dec. 2iith. The ceremony of proclaiming the Presi dent took place this day in the National As sembly. M. Mnrrust in a loud voice, though rsomewhat broken by emotion, declared Louis Napoleon President of the Republic, one and indivisible, from that day to the second Sun day of May 1552, and invited the new Presi dent to come forward and take the oaths re quired by the Constitution. Louis Napoleon advanced to the Tribune, and was sworn to remain faitful to the Re public and forward its interests in all respects He then read I lie following addrets to the Chamber in n firm voiee. Citizens Republicans The suffrages of the nation and the oath I have just taken, trace out to me my future conduct. I shall follow it as a man of honor : I shall not attempt to change, by illegal means, what all France has established. Between you and me, citi zens and representatives, there cannot be any real difference of opinion; our wishes and desires are the same. I wish, like you, to place society on a true basis, to strengthen Democratic institutions, nnd to alleviate the nurseries of that generous and intelligent people, which has just given me such strik. ing proofs of its confidence. The majority I have obtained, not only penetrates me with grntilude, but will give to the new govern- went .that moral force, without which, there is no authority. With peace and order, our country can again improve, can cure Us wounds, and bring back the men that have been misled, and calm down every passion Animated by a sincere spirit of conciliation I have called around me c;rpable and patrio tic men, who are ready to devote themselves with you to the application of the ConMilu lion, the improvement of the laws and the glory of the Republic, As a Republican gO' vornment coming into power, we owe a debt of thanks to its predecessors, where the de posits of its authority is handed over to it in tact ; and in particular, I owe it to General Cavaignac to say that his conduct has been worthy uf tho generosity of his character, and that sentiment of duty which is tho first quality of a statesman. (Hear, hear.) Wo have, citizen Representatives, a grand mission to fulfil. We have to found a Re public in which the interest of all shall be guarded by a just and firm government, which shall ba animared by a sincere desire of progress, without being reactionary or Eu topiau. Let us be tho men of the country, not the men of a party, and with the aid of God, we will at least do good if we cannot achieve great things. After tho President had concluded this brief speech. hi advanced towards Cavaig nac, and tendered him hishand. This move ment surprised tho Genera), but delighted the Assembly. Cavaignac shortly responded and shook hands cordially with the President, a inid marks of the most unequivocal satisfac tion from all sides. From the Piuaeript of Uie European Tiniea J rnAx e, Boston, Jan. 12 JO o'clock, P. M. The Ministry of President Napoleon are as follows: M. Odillon Barret, Minister of Justice, and charged with the Presidency of the Council. M. Crounyde L. Hugs, Miniler of Foreign Affairs. M. Leorde Malleville, Minister of the In terior M. Relheres, Minister of War. JJ. de Tracy, Minister of War and the Colonics. M. Tallouv, Minister of Public. Instruction and Worship. M. Leon Gucher, Miuioter of Public Works. M. Rixo. Minister of Agriculture. M. Papy Ilippolinee, 'Minister of Finance Louis Napoleon ha addressed a letter to the Electoral Committee, thaukiug them for fa or.', Lo. Tho proposition which was laid fcefore the Assembly for postponing Postal Reform has been withdrawn. It is reported that the Pope has accepted an invitation to visit Pans in May. Two old diplomatist of Louis Philips are tohave high offices. Amnmiu from Rome to-day are ty no nrani satisfactory for tho cause of order The clubs are now iu possession of the gov ernnient. Thoir hjef, Lucieu Bonaparte, :-ems resolved to destroy the temporal so- Vfiiinty of tU" ropr. TEE AXASRXCAltk SUNBURY. ATI RDAY, JANl'ARY CO, 149, It. . MAM EH, Editor mmt Proprietor. , CAItR, Eraim' ButlUhw, Third arret, oppowt lh Phihtlclphia K.lchnnrc ttrrpiiTarly authnrizfd to reeeivt ctvertiKincnia awl nibwiiptiuiit for this paper, and receipt for the anme. ' Ed?" Persons indebted to the office of the Ameri can up to April 1848, are notified to make final settlement with H. B. Master, in whose hands the books of the lata firm arc left for collection. FOR CALIFORNIA. Ou Wednesday morning last, Lieut. Wm. J. Martin and Edward M. Hall, of this place, left for Philadelphia, on their way to California. They are both young men of talent, character and respectability, who leave hoinc with all its endearments and hosts of friends, to seek their fortunes, not exactly in a land flowing with milk and honey, hut what is more exciting or stimu lating, a land where funny fountain, Woeh down their fMMn eand. It) the morning before their departure, quite a number of their friends gathered a- round the sleigh to bid them a last adieu. They intend going by sea, around Cape Horn. The voyage usually occupies from four to six months. The distance by sea is about seventeen thousand miles. Lieut. Martin, was connected with the Voltigeur Regiment and has seen some service in the valley of Mexico. Mr. Hall is quite young. That their health may be spared and their fondest hopes realised, is the sincere pray, or of all. K7" Ice. The ice on the Susquehanna, at this place is about twelve inches thick Sufficiently strong, we presume, for a team of four horses. Sleighs and sleds have been crossing for a week past. During the past week a number of our ice houses have been filled with excellent ice, an article that ought to be within the reach of every fa mily, as almost indispensable, in sickness and in health. Since the above was written, the ice has broken up. The rain and thaw, caused the river to rise about three feet on Tuesday night, and on Wednesday about noon the ice from the West Branch came down and moved the ice off the basin of the dam at this place. Some of the teams engaged in haulins. had scarcely got oil before it broke up. FORK STATISTICS. Mr. John Young, of this place, has fur nished us with the following statistics, of the Hog raising and killing business in this Borough : The number of hogs killed to Dec. 30th, 1818 is - - - " 189 Weight of Pork pounds - 81,316 Value at 5 cts. per lb. - 4,065 80 This would average the weight of hogs at 226. A number of them weighed be tween 300 and 400 lbs, and one of them 423 lb. These hogs were all killed for fa mily use and not for sale. ffj" There is a great deal ol speculation about General Taylor's cabinet, among the anxious and would-be knowing ones. The old General keeps things to himself. It is, however, pretty certain, that Mr.Crittenden will be the leading spirit of the new ad ministration. He enjoys the confidence of Gen. Taylor, to an eminent degree, and will, we think, be induced to comeintothe cabinet as Secretary of State. $y Wm. B. Reed, Esq., has been ap pointed Deputy Attorney General, for the City and County of Philadelphia. (CP There has been quite a freshet in the Schuylkill. Those who have not yet secured their ice, may find it difficult to do so, unless they take it from ponds. 15" Ges. Cass, has been nominated for the United States Senate by. the Legislature of Michigan with great unanimity. He will of course be elected. KF Our young friend Tobey, is at Har- risburg again, writing racy and interesting letters under the title of "John of York," for the Spirit of the Times. He has been highly delighted with the fine sleighing ; but which like all earthly pleasures has its concomitant ills, of which we will let friend Tobey speak for himself: 'It seems a pity to lose this fine snow, tho' most of us have taken "our time" with it for tho past two weeks. There are some splen did drives about Harrisbur. and if the coun try groceries called Hotels, would not Keep r ii.il I I I. sucn luiernauy uau utiuuis, one migni enjo them much better than now. It is sure head ache and pretty certain death to sample them to any extent. Early TnAiNiNc-rJob R. Tyson, Esq., recently delivered an excellent ad. dress at the Girard College in Philadelphia. His subject was Early Training Boy hood and Manhood." The address is high. ly spoken of by the Philadelphia Press, Mi-. Tyson is a chaste and beautiful writer, His selection by the city councils, to de liver the address, u a high though not an undeserved compliment to his literary abil ities. rXT-Tiie Qi AKEii Citv. Will our friends send us the second number of their inter. esting paper. SUNBURY AMERICAN AND SHAM OKI N THE At VALOREM llYSTEM. A i much has been said in regard to some democratic member from thii state, who have been charged with having become the advocates of the tariff of 1846, we have thought proper to lay before our readeri the following extract from the speech of the Hon. James Thompson of the Erie dis trict. Mr. Thompson, it will be seen Is Hot in favor of Mr. Walker's a J valortm sys tem. His views on this subject, correspond with our own, and are accordance with those of the great man ofthe people. Now, sir, what followed 1 The tariff of 1846. Sir, (said he.) I opposed this mea sure, earnestly and with all my might. It was a radical change a new principle one that 1 thought wrong, and which, " in many particular, I still think wrong. And now, sir, 1 go for tho modification of it ; a change to suit the wants and interests of the country. I am not weUded to dates the bill of the 30th August, 1843 nor to the identical one of August, some date, of 1846. I subscribe to the principle of progress and reform. What might have been right in 1842, may have become wrong in 1846 and 1848. Em pires have fallen down; dynasties become extinct; policy had changed; revolution in everything had taken place, altering the com merce, the trade, and manufactures of almost every country in the world. A change in some in many things, became, as neces sary to us. Wisdom would, and he thought did, dictate that we should change our sys tems only so far as the changes in times re quired them. This was his doctrine. Not withstanding his objections to the tariff of 1846, and that of most of his colleagues, the tariff of 1846 was passed. The objection to tho new system was great. The doctrine of a tariff for revenue, discriminating for pro tection, seemed to be universally held. This was a doctrine that all seemed to go for : pro tection as an incident to revenue. This is all we wanted, he said. But the act ol 1846 discriminated against protection. It opera ted badly, when most needed for protection as well as revenue. Look nt its operation : take, for example, iron. And he instanced this article, as he was most familiar with it He put it as an example. We will suppose, at the time of the passage of that act, that pig metal was selling for $30 per ton; the thirty per cent, on that would be a duty of S9. This was a high duty more than was wanted; but to the example: When the price of iron abroad came down to $18 per ton, thirty per cent, was S5 40 duty; a loss ol $3 60 cents revenue, as well as $12 cheap er by way of competition. But if it came down to $9 and he believed it had at one time then the duty was $2 70 per ton, and a reduction of $21 per ton in the price, to fa cilitate competition. Thus, sir, you lost $6 30 revenue per ton, and $21 protection, if you choose. It discriminated against labor when products were abundant abroad and cheap. We thus become losers of revcnuej without a shauow of a shade ot protection. Now, sir, what is the remedy for all this 1 It is plain. Specific duties modeiate speci fic duties moderate, not inconsistent with revenue. Take iron again as an example, fix a price for it, say $20 or $25 per ton ; calculate it at $20, if you please ; say thirty per cent, on this valuation ; this w ould be six dollars. Now, sir, when it would become abundant abroad, and should come in at nine dollars, (the valuation per ton,) you would still get your six dollars on tho ton; and the more that should come in, (the evidence of superabundance, and want of market abroad,) the more revenue there would accrue to the country. Let this be the system in regard to tho great articles of manufacture and pro- duce of the country. Specific duties would give stability. Our affairs would not be made to fluctuate, nor our revenue either. Mr. C. J Ingefisoll inquired, if his col- league did not consider specific duties neces sary on liquors, wines and brandies 1 Mr. Thompson said he did not know he could not answer he did not deal in these articles. Mr. C. J. Imgersoll. You will, if you con sider tho interest of your country Mr. Thompson said he could not charge his colleague, for whom he had the highest re gard, with any want of consistency, not in the least. But it seemed to him to be within is recollection, that bis colleague, at the last session of Congress, proposed a reduc. tion of duties on liquors to fifteen per cent. Mr. Ingcrsoll. I proposed it for there ought, no doubt, to be a reduction, but it ought to be a reduction to specific duties; they are a good deal better than your ad va lo reins. Mr. Thompson said he was opposed to ad valorems a universally applied. He thought it a mistaken policy in every point of sight. He was in favor of leasonable specific duties, but opposed to minimums. Mr. Grbely begged the gentleman from Pennsylvania to tell him how he could have specific duties and not minimums t Mr. Thompson. There was a ditterence between them, he thought so thought the framers ofthe tariff act of 1842 They fixed by law an artificial value, without any regard to its real value, and assessed a duty equal to its whole value in some cases, without any regard to supply, demand, market, or any thing else. Voices, i ou are wrong. Mr. Thompson. I am not wrong, 1 think. Tho act of 1842 contained specific duties and minimums, not as a consequence of spe cific duties, but as a consequence of the ad valorem system. Without critically inquir ing into that branch of the matter, he had not taken the terms as convertible. At all events, these minimums, to a greater extent than anything else, oveitbrew the tariff of 1842. Mh. Thompson proceeded. He wanted specific duties, moderate and reasonable. Those fluctuations that contingencies produ ced abroad, he wanted to avoid ; and he only wanted thi when any part of our industry was of the kind to be injuriously affected by foreign revulsions, Let us have system, uni form, that will not run up prices to-day, and depress them to-morrow, by the accidency of want uf demand in other countries. The Democratic doctrine was a tariff for revenue, with incidental protection; and it can bo ar rived at by no other process than by the im position of dpecifie duties. He, for one, ask id no "protection for protection." This, he conceived and believed was exploded. And be was glad it was so. But these extreme and radcal changes he Was opposed to. Their suddenness is objectionable. That the change from specific duties to ad valorems and very radical at that have effected, to some ex tent, the politics of tho State he had the hon or in part to represent, he did not doubt; but 10 what extent, he was unwilling to say.--Many agencies were at work lo defeat the Democracy of the old Keystone. This was one of them, nnd contributed, to some extent, to produce the result. Mileage op Members op Congress. Mr. Greely's expose of the fraudulent charge of mileage in Congress, has created as much buzzing as an attack on a hive of bees. The following is one of the last scenes. Members may well laugh when they can do so at our expense: The amendments relativo to mileage were next considered. Mr. Morse contented that if a distinction was to be made it should be made in favor of those who resided at the greatest distance from the seat of government. Mr. Murphy What is the expense of the journey from New Orleans to Washington t Mr. Morse One hundred dollars. May I now ask the gentleman what is the expense of the journey fioin New York to Washington. Mr. Murphy It is ten dollars, and 1 get ninety dollars for mileage. Mr. Morse My expenses are on hundred dollars, and I get two thousand ! The House convulsed with laughter. After some further remarks, the committee rose, and the House adjourned. THE CALIFORNIA MIMES. We have leceived a copy of the extia "Crescent" of New Orleans of the 1st instauti exhibiting a map of "the gold region of Cali fornia, from an original survey," and a geo graphical and topographical description of the country, accompanied by an original letter from a highly intelligent, to his brother in artillery, stationed iu California, to his bro ther in New Orleans. We content ourselves with the following interesting extracts: "The water iu- this gully was dried up, with ihe exception of a few pools and holes. 1 asked one of the Californians to let us satis fy our curiosty by washing a little of his earth which lay at the edge of asmail pond or poo nnd which he had brought from the gully a little higher up, where it was found quite rich. He, of course, assented, and led us the way to his cradle. He brought the earth in an Indian basket, holding little less than a peck, and as he threw the earth on the cradle top, I dashed on the water, and Capt. S. rocked the cradle. Our friend (the Californian) as eager to see the result as ourselves, himself scraped out the black sand and gold, and se veral gathered around him to see how much there was. He was kind enough to show us the gold when he had cleaned it, and the guesses as to its quantity varied from half to two ounces. There was probably moie than an ounce of pure gold taken from the earth as it had been hauled from the hill-side, in less than half an hour ; and on a second visit which 1 had occasion to make, and in which I learned some of the diliicullics and profits of gold hunting, I was satisfied that in many perhaps hundreds of canadaslike this, several miles long, the earth is rich to excess, and will give many years' work to form twenty to fifty thousand hands, who can each reckon upon two ounces of pure gold per day while washing. To fasten this conviction upon any one in this country is not difficult now it was, some months since ; but gold has fallen from sixteen dollars the ounce to eight ; and several at the mines were selling, from neces sity, for six dollars the ounce. I rode from one end to the other of the main valley,in the dry diggings, and question ed almost every man there and they all, without a single exception, weiethen making from two ounces to two hundred dollors per day, when they chose to work. It is a fact, which only the only ocular proof I had con vinced me of, that for many miles of wild and dreary space, watered by nearly all the eas tern tributaries of the Sacramento, a traveller can get off his horse in the bed of any moua tain stream, where the hills on either side are of gravelly red clay, and the slate creeps out in the bed of the gully, and there, in an hour's washing, he is sure to get some gold sometimes a vial, sometimes two, three, or ten dollars worth. But the gold is scattered in all the hills of clavey and slaty formation ; and the geologi cal features of the country, I am told by those most intimate with them, are nearly he same from Dyes' place lat. 40 to the Motcumenes about lat. 37, and from tho com mencement ofthe hills 56 miles from the n ver to the biz or main range of the snowy mountain, about eight miles further east. I think the Californias for gold is founded both uuder the enterprising, gold loving Yankees will exnort from six to ten millions of gold annually at less than ten years. . - It was estimated by the most intelligent: over two hundred thousand dollars had been taken out when I was there, three months af ter it was made public, and by the small va. grant and vagabound population of California I will not repeat any ofthe hundred stories 1 heard of men who had found many pound in a day, and others setting into rich spot and killing their horses, rniher than risk be ina followed back and bringing out arobas ol gold, Sic; but on my second trip up the mines 1 was riding down the mam dry digging, and a teamster, who had stopped his team and and stood looking, with whip in hand at a chap busy picking at a niche or pocket in the rock, called out to me, "Just come here, cap tain, and look at this man picking out the gold!" I turned my horse to the spot, and sure enough he was picking out ofthe cre-ice in the slate across which the water had pitch ed in winter to a bed some few feet below, lhe gold and earth in lumps, and had his left hand full when I saw him. I mean he was picking out of an open hole in the rook, as fast as you can pick the kernel out ol a lot of well-cracked shell-barks. I have since seen the teamster, in town ; he is back here after his family and for supplies; and he tells me that in less than half an hour the man got be tween five and six ounces of pure gold ; they told me also that this wss no vry extraordi nary pickimr. JOURNAL. (From tho Phila. Ledger. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. Washington, Jan. IS, 1849 Senate. Owing to the inclement state of weather, considerable difficulty was experi enced to-day in obtaining a quorum. The bill to settle titles, and claims to lands in Ne w Mexico and California, and pre-emption rights, was next taken up. Mr. Benton made a long and very able speech against the system embraced in this bill. ' The bill provides for the sale of the miner al lands by the acre, including the gold lands of California. Mr. Benton said that he was opposed to this that he wanted no special laws for the recently discovered gold lands. They should be free to all free to the whole people of the whole country. The selling of gold lands by driblets, he said, could not fail to have a most pernicious tendency. They should be disposed of under the general sys tem of land laws. The mania for gold hunting, which had developed itself in all parts of tho country, he denounced as demoralizing and injurious to society in the extreme. No class of socie ty appeared to be safe from the infection. The old and young the married and single the rich and poor lawyers, doctors, mer chants, mechanics and laborers all had caught the contagion, and had abandoned, or were about abandoning, their homes and their business for the purpose of realizing, as they believed, a rapid fortune in the gold lands of California. The effect of a disease so general could not fail to tell powerfully upon the industrial interests of the country, for who would be content to labor for a bare pittance, or even for a modeiate competence, when the prospect was held out of reaping a harvest of gold in a few weekser months ut least ? Mr. B. said that if ho had tho power, he would extirpate these lands, and concluded his remarks by moving to recommit the bill to the committee on Public Lands, with instructions to inquire into the expediency of substituting the bill Irawn by himself for the one now under con sideration. Mr. Dix introduced a bill abolishing the franking privilege. A motion to lav the same on the table was decided in the negative. A call for the previous question was then made. Lost. The bill goes on the calendar. On motion, the House adjourned. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. Harrisburg, Jan. IS, 1849. Senate. Petitions Presented. By Messrs. Streeter and Overfield several from citizens of Pennsylvania, that the Banks may be al lowed lo issue small notes. By Messrs. Boas and Crabb several for the incoroporation of a Bank at Allcntown. Mr. Matthias, from the Committee on Cor porations, to wh eh was referred the bill lo in corporate the Pottsville and Danville Tele graph Company, reported the same, with sundry amendments. Mr. Crabb, from the Committee on Bank, lo which was referred the joint resolution of ferred by Mr. McCaslin on Friday last in re lation to a investigation into the affairs of those Banks asking to be re-chartered, made a report unanimously recommending that each branch of tho Legislature should act as it might deem fit. On motion of Mr. Johnson, the further con sideration of the report was postponed till to morrow. Bills in Place. By Mr. Best, to erect a new county out of parts of Luzerne, to be called Lackawana. By Mr. Konigmacher, to equalize the cur rency of this Commonwealth. Mr. Frick read in place a supplement to the act to incorporate the Williams Valley Railroad and Mining Company. Mr. Foisyth offered a resolution requesting the Committee on Election Districts to inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill, au thorizing the people of the different townships of the Commonwealth, to change the place of holding their elections, which was adopted. Mr. Brawley offered a resolution that the Committee on Finance be requested to inquire into the expediency of authorizing lhe State Treasurer to negotiate a loan of S500.000, to h annlipil to lhe redemption of the Relief Notes issued under the authoiity of the Act of May, 1844 ; which was adopted. IThehourofl2 having, arrived, the Spea ker and members proceeded in a body to the Hall of the House of Representatives, for the purpose of acting in Convention with the " . . .. .. .v. .1....: r . members ol tne nouse in inu ckhwu i Stale Treasurer Election of fctate Tre aturcr. The Speaker and members of the Senate were introduced at 12 o'clock into the Rep resentative Hall, and the Convention proceed ed to vote for State Treasurer. On the first ballot Gideon J. Ball (Whig) had 63 votes. Arnold Plumer, (Dem.) 60 " Thomas D Grover, (N. A ) 6 " 129 No choice. The Convention went into a second ballot, with precisely the same result. Mr. Laird, of Westmoreland, moved that when the Convention adjourns it will adjourn to meet on Wednesday, at 12 o'clock, which was lost, aud a third ballot taken, which re sulted as before, in no choice the Native Americans, with Mr. Savery, of the Senate, voting for Mr. Grover. On the fourth ballot the vote stood Gideon J. Ball, 64 Arnold Plumer, 60 Thos. D. Grover, 6 No choice. Mr. Savery on thi ballot vo ted for Mr. Ball. The fifth ballot was then taken, which re sulted in tho election of Mr. Ball by the fol lowing vote : Gideon J. Ball, 65 Arnold Plumer, 59 Thomus D. Grover, 5 Mr. Ball voting for himself. Mr. Carl, (Dem ) voted for Mr. Grover, and Messrs, Savery and N. Thorn voting for Mr. Ball. Adjourned. A gun has been invented at Ulica which will fire twenty-six discharges by one loading. l ANAL COMMISSIONER. A meeting was held at the Court House in this place on Friday evening the 12th inst., in relation to our next Canal Com. missioner. Wm. M. Auten Esq., of Chilis quaque presided, assisted by John Leader of Jackson and J. Hofla Esq., of Upper Ma- tionoy. J. u VVol finger of Milton, and Edward Oyster of Sunbury, Secretaries. The object of the meeting having been slated by the Hon. Geo. C. Welker, the following resolutions were reported by Abraham Shipman Esq., of Augusta, chair. man of the Committee : Resolved, That we have full confidence in thn principles and integrity of the Democra tic party, and that with a selection of proper candidates, the next contest will re-establish Ihe ascendency of democracy in Pennsylvania. Resolved, That the recent defeat of the de mocratic party, in Pennsylvania and through out the Union, was brought about by a com bination of circumstances, which, although producing temporary defeat, will only serve to unite us more firmly hereafter. Resolved, That the Nonh-Eastcrn part of Pennsylvania, is justly entitled to the next Canal Commissioner, and that we therefore re commend for that ollice Edward Y. Bright, as the first choice of this county, and as our second choice Col. Henry C. Eyer, of Union county, who are not only strong men of the party, but well qualified for the duties of the office. Resolved, That these proceedings be pub lished in the democratic papers in this coun ty, and the Harrisburg Union and Keystoue. H. B. Masser, Esq., was called on to ad dress the meeting after which the meeting adjourned. FIRE ANOTHER WARNING. A fire occurred in this rtlace on Tuesday evening last, a little after 10 o'clock, in the Store room of Mr. Gro. Leebrick, which damaged nearly his whole stock of goods, and entirely consumed a portion of the shelves and their contents. Had the fire been discovered a few minutes later it would have burned down the store, and might have consumed a large portion of the town, as there are a number of frame building adjoin ing, and several frame stables in the rear of the premises. As it was, tho fire was soon extinguished by the timely assistance of our towns peoplet nnd the building rescued from destruction. The goods and store-house are insured in the Lycoming Mutual Fire Insur ance Company. The origin of the fire is a mystery, as it seems to have commenced in a corner remote from the stove. It is pre sumed to have been caused by friction match es that may have been cairied about by rats or mice, ot which there was an unusual quantity about the premises. Danville Dem. OrrtcAL Vote for Governor. The fol lowing is the official vote for Governor, as announced in Convention of both houses of the Legislature, on Friday : For Wm. F. Johnston, 168,522 For Morris Longstreth, 168,255 Johnston's plurality, Scattering, Johnston's majority, 279 72 225 ENERGY. One of the most remarkable instances of the success which attends well applied energy and perseverance, is exhibited in the case of Dr. Davip Jayne. of Philadelphia, with whose advertisements the readers of the Register are familiar. The Doctor, after spending many years of his life in practice and a care ful investigation of the origin aud character of diseases, applied himself to the prepara tion of remedies, and the excellence of his compounds is attested by the grateful thanks of thousnnds, who hive proved the benefits of his skill and scientific knowledge. Hisare not mere quack nostrums, but preparations resulting from long and careful study, and as they serve, in an eminent degree, the good purposes for which they were intended, suc cess has followed the proprietor's enterprise and labors. His establishment is now one of the largest in the United States, and besides furnishing every city, town, and township in the country with his invaluable medicinesi he ships, annually, immense quantities to foreign lands. Iu the prosecution of his plans for bringing his specifies to the notice of the whole peo ple, Dr. Jayne has issued a Family Almanac, containing certificates and testimonials of the highest character. We see it stated in the Germantown Telegraph, that "last year, one million of the Almanacs were published for 1848, and all distributed. This year, the de. mand for 1849 is so great, that two power presses, driven by steam, are running day and night, with a double set of hands, and unable to meet the demands of the public for the Almanacs. Indeed, Messrs. Stavelt & M'Calla, who do the press-work, have found it necessary, to meet the wants of the pub lisher, to' obtain a third power press! Tteo millions and a half copies will be required for 1849, consuming from twelve to fifteen thou sand reams of paper, and incurring an ex pense, at the very small rate of two cents each copy, and we cannot see how they can be furnished at so low a price of fifty tkou sand dollars ! This is wonderful, exhibiting, as it does, one of the most remarkable instan ces of enterprise on record. But it must be remembered that this large sum, which is a fortune of itself, is entirely given away the whole two millions and a half of Almanacs are gratitously given to merchants, storekeepers, families aud in Ji viduals, with a view to their general gratui tous distribution throughout the United States. , The position of Dr. Jayns is au enviable one achieved by his own unaided energy, industry, and enterprise drawing largely from an extensive knowledge of medical ju risprudence and he now stands at the head of the discoveries of medicines for "the mil lion," which have not only been pronounced to be unequalled as remedies, for the diseases severally set apart by the proprietor, &o., but destined to confer upon this human family incalculable benefits in the form of restored health and prolonged existence. Norrirtottn R-iit r. THE PUBLIC WORKS. REPORT Of THE CANAL COMMISSIONERS. We are indebted to our attentive Harris burg correspondent, says the Pennsylvania for the following exhibit of the condition of our public works the expenditures and re ceipts for the past year-and the improve. contemplated Tor the year ensuing. The revenues for the year that has just ex t-T v "Ttai by the accident to the Freeport Aqueduct, but the report is T. r , ' ne W" carried into effect : The Canal Commissioners' report forhe fiscal year ending November 30 1848, will'' exhibit a statement showing the total arose receipts on all the linmt f ment for the year to be - r improve- S 1,553,344 00 Total expenses, (for re pairs, motive power, ) , Net receipts over expenses, Deduct salaries and ex penses of the office of Canal Commissioners. 1,067,394 31 485,949 62 5,143 26 8480,806 36 The gross receipts of the year 1848 are less than those of 1847 by 28,234 87. The cost of ordinary and extraordinary re pairs and breaches amounts to $661,720 18. The extraordinary repairs amount to 3ll,. 796 56, but the greater part of this sum was expended for repairs of breaches made by the floods of October, November and Decern ber of 1847, and is not chargeable to the cur rent expenses of the past year. The amount paid for repairing damages by floods of 1847 is 9326,545 37. The table of tolls collected, if compared with those of 1847, will show an increase on coal of 813,965; on iron 24,595, and a de crease on Hour and grain of $54,719. On the Philadelphia aud Columbia Rail, road there are 4 1 locomotive engines, many of them old and of small capacity, and the report will recommend the sate of those of light capacity, and the purchase of new ones, with all Ihe modern improvements, and of greater power, to supply their place. The report will recommend the construc tion of the route to avoid tho Schuylkill In clined Plane, proposed by Mr. W. Milnor Roberts, and surveyed by him under the act ot last session. The route commences about one mile from the plane, runs dowd the east side of George's run, by way of Harding's tavern, to the Per manent Bridge. The cost of the route, if extended to Mar ket and Broad street, including damages, is estimated at 5361,000. It is believed that the Schuylkill viaduct aiid the road from the Plane to Broad street, could be sold for $200,000. The annual expense of the plane is six per cent, on S450.000. The tonage transported over the Portage Railroad is 368,019, 418 lbs. an increase over 1847, of 20,262,118 lbs. The relaying of the tracks on this road with T rails will be recommended. It will also urge the completion of the re servoir on the western side ofthe Allegheny mountains. The amount required for keeping all the lines in order for the year 1849, for motive power, pay of Canal Commissioners, repairing breaches, &c, &c, (after deducting 822.000, balance now in the treasury,) is estimated at $808,117. The receipts for 1849 are estimated at SI,- 700,000. The report is able and lucid, and if it doea not show as favorable a result of the opera tions on our State improvements as might have been anticipated prior to the fiscal year 1848; yet in view of the expense accruing from the disastrous floods of 1847, and the burning of lhe Freeport Aqueduct, the report affords matter of congratulation that the nett receipts from the Public Works are no less, and that the different lines are in as good condition as at present. EIMTINS A WEEKLY PAPER. The majority of readers seem to think that nothing can be more easy or pleasant than to edit a paper, but of all the different employ ments by which men make their bread and butter, there is none, we believe, that so taxes Ihe mind, temper, and flesh, as that of editing a paper. There is none that requires a nicer tact, a sounder judgment, a more con stant application, a quicker wit, or a kinder heart. A churlish temper could never suc ceed as an editor ; nor a narrow-minded man, nor an ignorant one, nor a hasty one, nor an unforgiving one. An editor must of neces sity turn himself in-i(Je out to the public ; he cannot be a hypocrite any more than a hus band can be a hypocrite to his wife. He must expose himself in all that he does, aa much iu selecting the thoughts of othejs, aa in publishing his own, and the better way for him in the outset is to begin fiankly, to save himself from after contradictions and morti fications. Whoever succeeds tolerably well as an editor, is something more than an ordi nary man, let his contemporaries say or think of him as they will. Holden's Magaxin. Prom the Philadelphia Led or, TELKOUAIMUC NEWS. Stramrr Emplro StaU Rrr4. New York, Jan. 14. The splendid steamer Empire State, of the New York and Boston line, via Fall River, I bit nil-lit la ihe water's edce So sudden was the fire that it was found im possible to save any thing. The boat waa valued at $150,000 insured for $100,000. IWath of Cal. Crag- Baltimoie, Jan. 13. A despatch received here annouueea the death of Col. Croghan, Inspector General of the Army, and a distinguished officer ofthe war of 1812. It is believed that the Presi dent will appoint Col. Duncan in his place. t kolrra met lllawro. Baltimore, Jan. 14. A case of Cholera is reported to have oc curred at the Relay House, twelve miles from this city, on the Washington railroad, er yesterday.
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