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Aid to the Governor•. Governor Bigler has
appointed Mr. L. F. Franke, of this Borough,
as one of his Aids, With the rank of Lieuten
ant Colonel.
Mad Dogs About
We learn that on Saturday fast, a son of Mrs.
Knauss, of Hanover township, Lehigh county,
while coming from School, near Casper Moy-
Or's, on his way home, a large dog supposed to
have been mad, attadred the boy, bit one of his
ears off, and also bit him in his arm above the
elbow. The dog was followed and killed im
mediately. We would caution the public to
be on their guard for similar accidents.
Death of Mr. Searight:
A dispatch from Brownsville, announces the
death of Wm. Searight, the Democratic candi
date for Canal Commissioner, which took place
there on Thursday morning last. Mr. S. had
been ill for some time. The Demperatic State
Convention, which a , sembles on the 25th inst.,
will have to nominate a candidate in his pia t •
Potatoes
The high price for potatoes for the . last two
years, has caused a great increase in the pro•
duction of them in many parts of this State.—
Last year the crop was a failure; it however,
bore no comparison with the number.aanied
this year. Those farmers who raised IP s crop
largely last year and year before, made a great
deal of money. We have heard of single far
mers who sold in the Spring largo quantities,
ranging from 100 up to 300 bushels. They
commanded prices varying from 80 cents to SI.
Whether the immense planting of this season
will break down the price next winter re
mains to be seen.
Domocraoy of Berks
At the Democratic County Meeting held in
the city of Reading last week, and which was
largely attended, the following among other
resolutions were unanimously adopted :
Resolved—That the Democracy of Berks
county, pledged is they are, to the support of
such modifications of the present Tariff, as will
revive the great Iron interests of Pennsylvania,
and those of the laborers engaged therein, are
looking with an anxious eye,. to the action of
Congress upon this subject; and should this ses
sion close without such modification, it will be
regarded with deep modification and regret.
Resolved—That our member of CongresS,
the lion. J. Glancy Jones,. be instructed to UFO
all honorahlo means in his power to carry into
effect the wishes of the Democracy of limits
county, as exdressed in the above resolution.
Protection Benefits the Farmer.
"There is a farm in Standish, Ale., consist
ing of eiliht acres, including yards, lmildirizs,
&c., from which was gathered last fall. 1,750
bushels of apples."
Wherever the loom and the anvil take their
natural places by the side of the plow and the
harrow, we see that men obtain large crops from
small surfaces, and that both the land and its
owner become enriched. Wherever the plow
and the harrow stand alone, we See them ob
tain small crops from large surfaces, and the
owner of the land becoming poor, while tho
land itself is exhausted. We have a yield of
1,750 bushels of apples, worth probably little
less than 52,000 hem a farm of eight acres, be
ing 5250 per acre, while the farmer of Illinois
obtains from the richest land in the world, lor
ty, fifty, or sixty bushels of corn, which he sells
at 25 or 30 cents per bushel; and he too might
raise his apples, his strawberries, and the vari
ous other products of the earth that would pay
him by hundreds of dollars per acre, if he would
but aid in bringing the miter of load and the
smelter of Iron and copper ore, to the side of
himself and his fellow. citizens.
Diminution of Emigration
We learn from the . New York Journal of
Commerce, that the returns of the Commission•
ere of Emigration for.the month of July show
a diminution in the number of emigrants al l
that port below those of July, 1851, of about
20,000. It is stated that the population of Ire
land under the unprecedented drairmltieh has
taken place in the immigration to the United
States and elsewhere, but chiefly to the United
States, has been reduced from eight or nine
millions to about six millions; a reduction un
paialled in the history of modern nations.—
One of its effects has been to make it difficult
to procure labor in parts of Ireland, and to raise
the price of it in other parts. Common labor.
era a few years ago; could be had at nine pence
sterling
. a day. They now receive 'fifteen
pence, over 28 cents a day. Weavers, who
but lately earned only six shillings per week,
now readily earn twelve shillings sterling. It
is easy lo see that the now state of things must I
have marked influence on the future emigra•
Lion from Ireland.
Another cause is operating to diminish the
immigration to this country. The accounts
from Australia continue of a character to lure
immigrants from the British Islands to an un
parelled extent. The latest Australian accounts
by the way of London, announce that the gen
eral estimate of the annual produce of the new
mines is equal to £7,500,000 or 637,000,000.
Touching the effect upon the shipping interest,
of Australian emigration, an English letter,
quoted by one of the Mobile papers, suggests
that very little British shipping will be found
in the Southern - Cotton trade next winter, it, as
there is every prospect, the present demand at
London and Liverpool for vessels for the Gold
Colony should continuo. There aro now about
seventy vessels Milli principal English ports
up for the Australian gold regions. It is stated .
In the English: papers, that the better class of
emigrants proceed to Auetralia; and the poorer
blassee'propeed to the United States. '
Business. Notices.
Allentown Aeademy.—Tho Fall Term of this
Institution will commence on the first of Sep!
tember next. It is at present under the super
intendence of Mr.). N. Gregory, of New York,
accompanied by very able assistants. With
the almve institution is also connected a female
department, very highly spoken of. This be
ing the second term under the care of Mr. Gre
gory, and from those who have patronized the
Institution, we are Witured that it never was in
more competent hands--For further informa
tion see card in another column.
Farm fur Sale.—We call the attention of our
readers to the splendid farm of Mr. Daniel
2roxell, in South Whitehall, offered far sale in
another part of to•days paper. The land is •of
the best (plenty, and the buildings in the best
condition. Persons wishing to purchase a
good farm will do well to examine this before
buying elsewhere.
Ewe Allen House.—This new and splendid
establishment, in the village of Weisvport, Car
bon county, is now kept by Mr: George May•
cr, ormer y n this place. Mr. M. is an expo
rienced landlord, and, ever ready to please the
traveller and sojourner. As for Mrs. ,M., she
is a perfect hostcss, the cleanliness obsefvetl
about the house, the culinary department,
the table, &c., are matters of some importance
to the travelling public and houses possessing
these qualities deserve to be well patronized.
Literary Notices
Grahams' Magazine.—This valuable periodi
cal for August, is on our table. It contains a
number of splendid engravings. The "Mem
ento," and "Contentment" are beautiful and
executed with the bust Artistic skill. Graham's
reading matter is always well selected ; it com
bines tho two most essential requisites of n
periodical—to please and to instruct. It is well
stored with good solid information for the so
ber and more practical reader, and at the same
time nothing is deficient that thO most reptance
loving could desire.
Surtains Union Magazine.—We have receiv
ed the August number of the above valuable
periodical, and are net reluctant in pronounc
ing it ono of the best numbers that the enter'
prising publishers have issued. ft is embel
lished with a nnmber_sif beautiful engravings
which contribute greatly to enhance the beauty
of the Magazine. Its contents, prose and poet
ical, emanate from the pens of the best writers
in the country.
The Pittsburg Convention
The Pittsburg Free Soil Convention have
Met, adopted their platform, nominated their
ticket for the Presidency, and adjourned, to
fight out their battle among the people. This
third party, is, therefore, fairly in the field, and
we have now to consider the influence of this
movement, tho platform and the nomination,
one way or the other, upon the general ret , ult
in November.
The platform of the patty is substantially
what was anticipated: the immediate anti to.
tat repeal el the Fugitive Slave Law—no more
slave States—no more slave territory—free
arms—cheap Tostages—intervention—the re
cognition of the black empire of Hayti, "on a
footing with the most favored cations"—arbi•
!ration in foreign disputes, instead of war—
tree soil, free speech, free labor and tree men.
Such are the substantial elentetils of the Pitts
burg platform. It will be observed that it is
intended to accommodate, not only all the
practical and available strides and shades of
abolitionism and free soil, but the land reform
ers, the illd trail al associations, so called, the
Irish, Ger Mans, FrenOt and Italians, the pro
gressive democracy, and the universal peace
party.
For the present, however, wo have to deal
with the Pittsburg Convention party, and the
probable elect of their platform and ticket up
op the Whigs and Democrats in the election.—..
Their platform, though not exaggerated as it
was supposed it might be, is still radical enough
for the conscientious adherants of the anti•sla
very societies. It is strikingly similar, in its
general plan, to the Buffalo platform of 18.18.
The Mammoth Cave.
In ono of Mr. Willis' recent letters to the
"Home Journal," we find the following para
graph, relative to the original purchase, and
the amount paid, for . the Mammoth Cave in
Kentucky : •
Col. Crogan, to whose family it belongs was
a resident of Louisville. He went 'to Europe
some thirty years ago, and as an American,
found himself frequently questioned of the
wonders of thn Mammoth Cave—a place he
had never visited, and of which, at home,
though living within ninety miles of it he had
heard very little. He went there immediately
on his return, and the idea struck him to put.
chase and make it a family inheritance. In
fifteen minutes bargaining, he bought it for
slo,ooo—though, shortly after, he was offered
$lOO,OOO for his purchase. In his will, lie tied
it up in such a way, that it must remain in
his family for two generations, thus appending
its celibrity to his name. There are nineteen
hundred acres in the estate—three square
miles above the ground—thouglt the cave prob••
ably runs under the property of a groat num.
ber of land owners. For fear of those who•
might dig down and establish an entrance to
the cave on their own property—(a man's
farm extending:up to the zenith and down the
•nadit)—great "Tigll;(nee is exercised to prevent
such subterraneriOlveys and Measurements
as would enable thinii to sink a shaft with any
certainty. The cave extends ten •or twelve ,
miles in several directions, and there is proba
bly
many a backwoodman sitting in .his log
hut within ten miles of the cave, quite uncon
scious that the most fashionable ladies of Eu
rope and America aro walking without leave,
under hie corn and potatoes !
Anecdote of Henry Clay
A few years since a friend gave us the fol.
'lowing account of a very interesting passage at
arms, of which ho was an eye witness, between
Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun, when the
latter was Vico President, and the presiding
officer of the Senate, of which Henry Clay was
at that tittle a member. It occurred during
one of the many famous tariff controversies in
which they engaged during their senatorial ca.
reers. Clay had the floor : his audience had
become a little wearied with the statistical and
- - comewhat siccous argument he had been pur
suing, and failed to bestow the attention to
which he was accustomed, when he occupied
the floor. •
Ile discovered this as soon as any one, but
it was not his way to talk long to an inntien
live audience. Ile paused a moment, long
enough to attract the attention of the Senators,
while he vet) , deliberately drew his snit fl•box
from his pocket, opened it, took from it (Jain!•
ty a pinch, and replaced it in his pocket. fie
then proceeded very. slowly, as felloWs:
Chty—(snuffing) "I was happy to perceive,
:14 r—Presid ent,_(snn fl)._thati nAlui_re m ark s_thaL
have fallen from the chair (snufl) nothing has
been said against the constitutionality, of the
twin'," laying great emphasis on the word con
stitutionality, and taking a long snuff at the
close.
rollionn—(Speaking with vehemancc) "If
the gentleman from Kentucky reit:" to any
thing that has fallen from the chair, the chair
begs to inform the gentleman from Kentucky
that he thinks the tariff is decidedly unconsti
tutional."
Clay— " Alas! then sir, I am reminded of
what within these walls I would gladly forget ;
the mutability of all human opinion. It was
to 1810, I think, sir—it was in 1816, the chair
was the most eloquent champion of principles
far different trom those it is now pleased to
profess."
Calhoun—( Much excited) "The chair begs
to inform the gentleman front Kentucky that
the constitutionality of the tariff was not dis
enseed in 18IG."
Clay—"True,'' said Mr. Clay, stretching up
to his full height, and raising his voice till it
rang through every arch in the capitol, at the
same time directing his fiery gaze at the Vice-
President, 'True, sir, the constitutionality of
the tariff w•as not discussed in 1816, for at that
time DO statesman could be found reckless
enough to peril his reputation by disputing it.
—Erciiing Post.
The Plough, Loom and .thwil.—We have al
ready received from the publishers the August
number of the Plough, the Loom, and the Aa•
vil. It continues to be what its title indicates,
the great expbunder of the Agricultural and
Manuliwturing interests of our country. Its
purpose is to keep the reader advised of all real
ly new and valuable discoveries and im move
m onus iu the Mildew ems and animals employ
ed iii agriculture and in the process and princi
ples of husbandry and all its varionS branches.
County AlcelinAr.—The Democratic County
Meeting will come 01l on Saturday next, the
21st of August, at the house of Samuel Avi l es,
iu Kuhnsville, Macungy.township. This will
be the opening of the Fall campaign.
Arrest of an Expert Counterfeiter.
On Monday last, Capt. Bennett, and officers
Belding and Moser, and High Constable Hague
of Pittsburg, proceeded to a spot about fifteen
miles from Danville, in Montour county, and
there made a descent upon a nest of connier•
loiters, succeeded in arresting the roaster spir
it of the tribe, Dr. Gabler : and capturing the
presses, plates, notes and paper. When the
officers approached the house, Mrs. Geliner
gave a signal, and the counterfeiters got out of
the windows and fled in different directions to
the mountains. At the time of their surpriAt,
they were making counterfeit two dollar notes
on the Harrisburg Batik. Dr. Goldner was pur
sued by officer Moser, who fired random shots
at him, and finding that he would trot serrem
der, took good aim and shot him in the should
er. Ile staggered anti fell in the road, about
four hundred yards from alehouse. Ile fought
desperately before he gave up, said that he
was going to die from his wounds, and thought
that it was a pity to meet death at a time he
was trot prepared for it. He is 28 years of ago
The officers took him to Danville, and he was
committed to prison in default of 53000 bail to
answer. The preSses were also left.at Dan
ville, but the tools, notes, paper, chetn 'cal prep
'mations, &c., were brought to this city. The
officers had the good luck to recover in the
neighborhood of the scene of operations, two
or three steel and copper plates; one, that of a
counterfeit five on the Merchants' and Manu
facturers Bank at Pittsburg; another, a twenty
dollar copper plate. The latter was an alter
ation froth the exploded Millington Bank to
the Cape May Bank ; anti it was being again
altered to a Rhode Island Bank. Otto or 1710r0
of the recovered plates were originally genn
ine, and had been stolen.
It is to he regretted that the accomplices of
the Doctor escaped, but this is no fault of the
officers. Tho plot for the surprise and arrest
was arranged by Mayor Gilpin, who has had
the matter in hand for several month , .. We
might state in this place that the wound of Dr.
Gentler, though painful, is not considered mor
,tal.—Philo. Sun.
Productive Cow.—Mr. Chalkley Harvey, near
Chadd's Ford, has a valuable cow, and has po
litely furnished the following statistics: On • the
Ist of November, 1851, she had a calf—the third
week in November, she made, on pasture alone,
11 pounds of butter, and gave 26 quarts of milk;
(pasture short.) After milking seven and a
half months, she-snade 8} pounds of butter, and
has averaged daily over 22 quarts at the poorest
time. She is of the Durham stock, and was rail.
ed by Paschall Morris, near West Chester, who
sold herwhen a calf. She will be in profit again
la less than a month.—Del. Republicim. •
The Indian Missions at L'Anse.
Twelve miles of hard tugging at the oar, thru'
a heavy thunder storm and drenching rain,
brought us to the Methodist 'mission, where we
received a cordial welcome and shelter under
the ever hospitable roof of the Missionary, Rev.
N. Barnum. This mission is beautifully situa
ted, three miles from the head of the bay on the
side. Directly opposi:e, three miles distant, is
the Catholic Mission, both looking 'like small
villages from the water.
.The ground rises up
gradually from the bay, presenting utmost at,
tractive sites for country residences, and the In
dian houses on either side show to good advan•
Cage. Each mission had its church arid a nuni.
her of comfortable buildings.
Flaeh of these establishments has a semi•cir
cular clearing, and fine fields of grass, oats, pn•
tames and turnips:" Many of the
vale small pieces of land foe their own use, and
they gena.rally pay more attention to agriculture
here than any where else on the Lake. Their
houses are generally neat and conveniently fur•
nishcd, and they have comfort, and even luxu
ries, that thousands in our cities might well
envy,
Under tlit enlightming-influen-ce-of—tlre-Gos
pel, preached and taught them in their own na
tive language, as well as from the advantages of
schools, these Indian communities have advan
ced, in a few years, from a wild state of barhar•
ism to that of civilized life. Situated in this
quiet, remote region, they have, as a general
thing, been beyond the vices and temptations of
their more favored brethren, the whites. They
occupy lands not required by, our white settlers,
and we know of no situation more favorable for
their advancement in the arts of civilization.—
And still from this quiet, secluded retreat the
Red men must be driven by heartless Govern,
ment. The policy of our Government toward
the Indians has generally been generous and hu
mane, but when carried out in practice, it has
been warped to the vilest purposes that &gen•
crate humanity is capable of inventing. When
the Chippewas of Lake Superior sold their lands
to the Government, it was stipulated that their
annuities should be paid to them at La Pointe, a
place convenient for the great majorities of their
bands; and that they should be allowed to re
main in the places they then occupied, until the
lands should be actually required by the whites
for settlement. Such was the understanding of
the Indians and of the few Whites present at the
making of the treaty. They were alseto be
furnished with farmers' and mechanics' and cer
rain implements of husbandry, that they might
he taught those'arts that were absolutely neces.
vary to enable them to support themselves in the :
new order of things that was fast surrounding
them. The policy of the Government was Ito,
mane.
The conditions of these bands of Chippewas
scattered about in the nooks and corners of Lake
Superior, has been rapidly improving under this
fostering care of Government—more fortunate
than many of their more southern brothers, their
lands have not been needed, and they have been
left in the quiet possession of their ancient homes.
At the Anse, and other places on the lake, the
Indians had commenced buying, with their an
nuities small farms with a view of permanent
settlement. Their children were being educated,
and they were surrounding, themselves with a
thousand comforts that were unknown to their
old roving life ; when about two years ago, an
order was issued from the Indian Department for
the removal of their Agency from La Pointe to
Sandy Lake on the Mississippi, and as a conse
quence the Indians were to follow or to lose their
annuities. At the same time the offices of Gov-
ernment farmer, carpenter and blacksmith were
abolished on the lake, and they were denied the
use, all at once, of the Government farming and
mechanical utensils.
The Indians protested against this breach of
good faith on the part of the Government, and pe
tition after petition went from the Indians and
the whites along the lake fur a reconsideration
of the unjust and unwise order; but all as yet to
I no purpose. 'The Agency was rernoved at an
immense and useless expense of the Govern
ment—the Indians from the Anstrand other pia•.
ces would not give up their homessand their pri
vileges for the mere pittance that the Govern•
ment doled out to them in the shape of annuities,
and for two years they have received little or
nothing from the annual payments pledged to
them by their Great Father. Without entering
further into the particulate of this miserable af.
fair, we take the liberty to say that the practice
I of the Government of late toward the Indians has
been directly opposed to its long established po!• ,
icy. An awful wrong has been committed, and 1
the Government should see to it, that this foul
stain on our national name be forthwith remove
ed. Let the Government inquire into the cause
()Cliffs orde'r for their removal, and inquire who
is beneficed' by. this. justice ; let the acts of her
Agents be fully and thoroughly scanned, till it is
seen'at whose door lies the blame for this dis
graceful proceeding.
Although the Indians need their annuities for
the. purpose of buying Ironies and educating their
children, the great majotity of them will sooner
loose them than remove to the Mississippi. If
the Government wishes to exterminate them out
right, she should force them into this removal,
but if it still be her policy to elevaie their con
dition,' to do what will be for their present and
their everlasting welfare, this order for their re•
moval will yet be reconsidered, and a more hu
mane course be adopted. Many of the Indians
at this place read and write their own and some
of thernthe English language.• Father Baraga,
of the Catholic Mission, has recently published .
a grammar of the nOtchipwe Language," a work
of 570 pages, which is likely to be of service in
the study of their language. Ile is now enga•
ged at a Lexicon, which, like the Grammar, will
be the most extensive ever published in the Chip.
pewit language. The first part is now ready for
the press and contains 1,041 manuscript pages;
he has done considerable at the second part, and
thinks he will have it ready for publication in a
yenr from this time.—Lake Supers sor
rreotn. Perry, of the Mississippi, is promis.
ed a hospitable reception open his arrival at St.
John. .
GLEANINGS
t' The New York Courier and Enquirer
calls the Free Soil Convention an assemblage of
' , three hundred open and avowed traitors in earn-
estrcouncil."
rff — The Southern Press, published at Wash.
ington, has been finally suspended for want of
funds.
["Gen. Scott was burnt in effigy at Delphi,
on Thursday night last. What do his old sol
diers think of that I It is all right. Go ahead,
gentlemen.—Lafllyeffe la.) Journal.
U.3'llon. Robert U. Winthrop declines being
a candidate for Governor of Massachusetts.
I'Vlion.Robert Ilanioul,Jr., hat insured his
life for 510,009.
rg - The Lduisiana Convention stands politi
cally-85 NVltigs and 46 Democrats.
LP — l'lte Democrat says that a great deal of
bogus money is circulated in tho Louisville
market.
I7Alr. John Moore, a revolutionary soldier,
aged one hundred and one years, died in Mem
phis, Tenn., on the 30th ult:
la — rhe vessels on the lakes arc hoisting the
flags nt the mast head, on which is inscribed
°Scott and Graham—River and Harbor Improve.
ments." Men engaged in navigating our great
inland seas know their friends.
EV : The Presidential election takes place thi
year on theiecond day of November.
' suithlc at Niagara. —A correspondent of the
Springfield Republican gives the following ac^
count of the recovery of the body of Miss Skin.
ner, who committed suicide by jumping into
the Niagara River just above the Falls :
"She had divested herodf of all her cloths, and
t a letter was left, saying the people would neVer
see her again. I regarded this report as one of
thousand Roorbacks, manufactured to order in
such places, for the purpose of putting money
into the purses of the people around. Rut this
proved to be no fiction, for in the pretence of an
hundred people she was fished fur in the eddy
&rise by Table Rock, for a full hotir; yesterday
' morning. During this hour, the sight was hor.
rible to behold, the body appearing to 'be tossed
up by some invisible power below, discovering
to the crowd her head and shoulders, with her
long tresses streaming around them, while again
it was drawtt under from sight. She soon ap.
peared with her limbs up, or some other portion
of her body, and after describing some few mom
etary gyrations, to be tossed, again and again,
like a cork out of the water. Ropes were thrown
a long time with nooses, but she eluded all such
etThrts, for by the time ropes were thrown for
her, she was tinder water and distant two rods
from the shore, where boats cannot live an in.
stint. Finally, she was thrown at by a sturgeon
spear, and brought to the shore. She was terri
bly mangled, nor would she be recognized by
any who had known her.
value ty - Pritii.--Tho following from Henry E.
French, E•q., of Exeter, N. 11., shows the in
come which may be obtained from a fruit or-
MIMI
"To show by facts and not by theories merely
the advantage of raising fruit, I will state what
' has been the value of the crop or a single or.
chard. Mr. Joseph Robinson, of Chester, N. H.,
has an orchard of less than two acres, which
produced a crop of fruit in 1817, for which he
was offered snuo, on the trees ; in 1819 a crop
which sold for Sfl O ; and lam year, he was of..
fered )415 for the fruit on the trees, and dentin,
e 1 the offer. His orchard has been long in full
bearing, and bids fair to last for a generation to
come. His fruit has been sold in the neighbor
ing markets for from one to three dollars per
barrel. From his own account I am satisfied
that the average net income of that orchard for
the period of ten years past has been more than
three hundred dollars a yearihe interest of five
thousand dollars. A gentleman in Hampton, in
this State, sold the fruit of four acrea•of land, last
season for i9OO, and the year befog he received
$llOO for the fruit of the same orchonrd.—Bridge.
lon Chronicle.
Signs if Mr Thurs.— The signs of the times
clearly indicate that some of the natives in Penn•
sylvania, will not support Scott for the Presiden
cy. As the Catholic's generally go contrary to
the natives, it is to be presunied Gen. Scott will
obtain a larger Catholic vote, than is generally
thrown fur the Whig candidate. The result of
the election in Pennsylvania, depends consider
ably upon-the votes of these classes of voters.
An Elephant Buthi»g.—The Cleveland Plain
Dealer says, tliat on Sunday afternoon the huge
elephant, Tippoo Saib, belonging to the menage
rie, was led down to the lake to bath. His tna=
jesty walked into the water under Stockley's
Pier, attained a good depth, and floundered about
with the greatest delight. His freaks were wit.
nessed by a large body of people, whom the ex..
traordinary scene had gathered together on the
banks, the railroad, and piers.
Rapid inerease.—The enumeration of the in
habitants of the city of Davenport, lowa, just
completed by the county Assessor, shows a pop
ulation of upwards of 3400. At the United Stales
census of 1850 the same town only numbered
1700 inhabitants. Thus the population has dou
bled in the short period of two years. Pew towns
even at the West, can show so rapid en increase.
The soil and climate of lowa prove very attrac
tive to emigrants.
filinistcr to Grrat Britain.—We learn that Mr.
Lawrence, our Minister to Great Britain, has, at
his 'own urgent solicitation, been recalled, and
that the President has nominated Joseph R. In
gersol, of Pennsylvania, to that mission. This
seems to be a compliment not only duo to the
ability and high character of Mr.' Inge rsol, re,
marks the Intelligencer, but also very justly due
to Pennsylvania, as this State has at present no
full mission nor Member of the Cabinet, Mr. Mc.
ICennan having,as it will be recollected, resigned
his place as Secretary of the Interior, on account
of ill health. •
Mr. Lawrence has been a very popular Min.
ister abroad, but it cannot be doubted , that his
place will be fullY supplied , by Mr. Ingersoll, who
is a gentlemen of accomplished manners, and
has had much experience in public affairs.
,Slave Decision in Texas
A casettes been decided.in the District Court
fonthe county of Bexar, iit Texas, which, if con
firmed in the Supreme Court, will operate, it is
said, to declare several thousand of blacks free,
who have been held heretofore a.; slaves. A
slave woman was carried from the United States
to Austin's Colony, in Texas, in 1828. 'Slavery
was not recognized by the laws of Mexico at that
time. The constitution of Coahuila and Texas
was proclaimed early in 1828, and the woman,
the subject of snit, daughter of the original slave,.
was horn on the Brazos, about the middle of
1827. When :he constitution of 1836 was adopt
ed by the Republic of Texas, slavery was estab
lished, and the mother slave was of the class
enumerated in that constitution as slaves. The
daughter,,having been born in the country, was
not included by the provision's of the constitution.
In a suit, involving the question of the free
dom of this girl, it has been decided that the con- .
dition of blacks in the country during the °xis..
tence of the Mexican law was that of freedom,,
and that the act of sovereign poWei in remand-.
ing them to the original condition of slaves,.
which they Itch! when imported from the Uniterl 3
States, did not effect their offspring born in the
country, bWiitlT - e - Uqiii - ol — i - Tif — the consult]
of the Republic, who are consequently free,
Election Returns
hues.—This Slate has thrown a complete poli
tical somerset. Reliable advices from loWa leave
no doubt of the triumphant success of the Whigs
in that State. Both Whig members of Congress
are elected, and the Whig majority of the popu
lar vote, it is believed will reach fifteen hundred.
The Legislature, it is stated, is also Whig, which
secures a NVltig United Slates Senator in the
place of the Hon. George W. Jones, whose term
of service will expire on the .30.' of March next.
Mis. , ottri.—The returns throughout this State
show a very favorable result to the Whigs. In
the first Congressional District Hon. Thomas H.
Benton, Independent Democrat elected over erg-
Democrat and Whig.
Second Diericl.--A I ['red W. Lamb, Democrat,
over Gilchrist Porter, 11Thig.
Third Disbid.—John C. Miller, Whig, over
James S. Green, Democrat.
Fourth District—Mordecia Oliver, Whig; over
Austin A. King, Deitiotrat.
Fifth Dishict —John S. Phelps, Democrat, over
John C. Price, Whig.
North C.'arolina.=ln this Sate Reid, Democrat
is re - elected Governor, over Kerr, Whig, by an
increased majority. In 1850 his majority was
2700—he has thus far gained 861 votes with
nine counties to hear limn. In the Legislature
the Whigs have two majority on joint ballot.—
Last year the Democrats had 15 majority.
Death of a Cratenarian.—A colored man named
Jacob Butler, who had arrived at 1112 adva'need
age of 105 years, died in Baltimore, on Thurs•
day last, at the residence of his son, Henry D.
Butler. The venerable deceased was in the rev.
olutionary war, and acted with great courage
and bravery. lie had often waited upon Wash
ington, in the capacity of servant ; he had six
teen children; only four of whom arc now living
Minnis.—The ailjdurned .`State Convention br
the Independent Democrats will he held at Mil.
on Glove, Putnam county, Aug. 25, fur the nom.
ination of Presidential Electors.
Jim,. George Witllhorn, a Democratic constitu.
Unroll Union member of the Senate of GeOrgia,
representing the district composed of 'Alit rty and
Bryan counties, has written a letter announcing
himself in favor of the election of Gen. Scott.
Influence Vibe Moon upon the Wenther.—A Par
is astronomer has published the results of twen
ty years obseryations upon the influence of the
moon upon the weather. From the new moon
to the first quarter it rained (during the period
of twenty years embraced in the calculation,)
761 days, from the first quarter to the full moon
in the last quarter, it rained 816 days ; from the
WI moon to to the last quarter it rained 761 days,
days ; and from the last quarter to the new rnrn•t
it rained 69:1 days, and during her decrease on.
ly 1457—a difference of 152 days. This differ
ence is more likely to have been accidcnial than
the result of any natural cause, and the conclu"
sion which we derive from the statement is, that
the moon has no influence upon the weather.
A Congress to Regulate the Cain.—Several
ropean powers , have accepted the proposition of
the English Government to convoke a Congress
at London, in iirtlcr to conic to an agreement re
sp..oting. the 'regulating the coin. France, Den
mark, Sweden, Spain and Portugal have been.
specially nominated. The invitations have beet)
alteriorly addressed to the States of Germany.—
The Congress will not, commence its delibera
tions till the month of November next; mean,
while a statistical bureau will be established. for
the purpose of making necessary preparations.
illonfreatThe Montreal Investigating Com
mittee estimate the luss by the late fire at $2,
000,000. It has been determined to apply to the
Government for a loan of $BOO,OOO to enable the
poor proprietors of lots to rebuilt, for the re.payr
ment of Mild' the city, in its.cnrporate,capaci•
ty, will be responsible—the buildings to be ei
ther of stone or brick. For the present use of
those who have no home, the committee have
issued proposals for the erection of three Sheds,
to be of wood, filled in with brick, each 240 feet
long.
High. Prices in Oregon.—A letter recently re.
ceived from a gentleman residing at Oregon
ty, represents that the gold mines in the eouthern
part of the Territory of Oiegon keep the prices
of every thing up to those of California. The
millers were, at the date of the letter, offering $2.
per bushel for wheat; and for flour the price V7Ol
$l6 per barrel; for oats, $1 25 per bushel; for
hams, 373 cents per.pnund. Labor of all hinds
was,high , and scarce, and the deputy surveyors
were paying from 70 to $lOO per month for each
man they employed. Goods, the letter says, are
higher in Oregon than in California, as most of
the merchants in the first mentioned territory;
•get their sUpplies tn the latter; and. the cog of
living in the Atlantic States, it is thought,is only
about one third of what it is in Oregon wt . t. 4,1;
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