FORKIGN NEWS.
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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.
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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.