ST ; \R^^WJ. E. W. WEAVER K B. I. UII.MORF., EDITORS. ltlooinsburg. 1 hursilnr, Feb. 21, IHSO. Judgment nuil Passion. There i.tno use in scolding like a fish-wo man. It only disgraces and shames the cor rupt fountain of this scurrility. It can do its author no credit, real work its subject no harm. If you return scurrility for abuse, it is demeaning yoursuit to a level with your opponent. It is n saying ns sensible as it is old that two wrongs do not make a right; and another dictum of morals ns well as Christi anity enjoins it upon us to return good for evil. True, it never was meant that we should speak evil of no one, for there are base vices against which it is our highest duty to warn the unguarded and unsuspecting. We are, it ietrue, *o pull an erring fellow out of tho pit if ho has already fallen ; but tlio more sensible course is to caution him against the danger before be lias strayed into the snare. But when we speak evil it should bo with out malice, r.nd for a just cause. If our cau tion be plainly mingled with vindictiveness, it will effect but little good, and may do our own character much injury among the die criminating. An appeal to reason will do a permanent good : for it will make a lasting conviction of the understanding, if it do any thing at all. But n:t appeal to passion, by tlaug or abuse, it is a poor expedient ; and may be counteracted in a moment by an op penenfwho has moro bitter words than the first speaker. Tito judgment docs net change its temperature every moment. It does not burn itself out like passion, nor get wild like prejudice; for xvlien the judgment of a man is seriously impaired we call him a lunatic, and put a straight-jacket en hint. The judgment of man is his noblest part, and lie lias his reasoning faculties in com mon with beings of a higher order than him self, and in fact with the Creator himself. It seems to bo man's connecting link with a nobler and purer state of existence. But passion is wayward and impetuous ; like tho whirlwind, the ternpe.-t or any tiling else that ever works evil arid knows no good. Beings of a higher order than man know it not, and have never felt its curse. Man has it only in commo i with the inferior order of creation, and it scents to drag him toward ihe brute—the monster—the demon. Passloncle an d vindictive words are bad in the citizen, bad .'n the neighbor, had in the public journalist, and vprsg iu the pulpit.— We dislike to see an article in pJT'Ut which appeals only to passion—to the meapcsl ear! of man's nature. We set its author down .as one who has not tho capacity to appreciate aught good in tho man of the Almighty's creation; and who has gloated over all that is evil in human nature until he has a most contemptible opinion of his fellow man; and much too little respect for himself, to cherish his own good name, his character and integ rity. 15LOT IT Ol'T. We have not yet heard any excuse the passage of the Reading Railroad bill. A lame attempt at an apology is made by saying,that the present bond-holders have obtained them at discount from what they call for upon their fnce. But is not this rather to the shame of tho company than to its defence against just debt. It is in fact nothing but an admission that tho company is and has beetl insolvent, —that it has refused to pay its honest bonds, until its creditors, pinched by want, uere driven to sell their claims to plundering bro kers at a sacrafico. It proves that the com pany has swindled jthe simple men of toil xvho trusted it, out of more than half their hard earned wages, and that now it would not scruple to lake advantage of its own wrong, nnd profit by the depreciation of cred it, which its own base net has wrought. It t:eem3 that the company worked a fraud and thon n*ked the Legislature for credit to the amount of its cunning and villainy. But again, tho legislature would have a fino time of it, if tho members took it for their business to inquire into every contract between parlies, and only eriforco it accord ing to tho legislative opinion, as to whether there was a proper consideration. It is al ready the law that a contract without any consideration is void ; but as to the adequacy of tho consideration, no person can bo allow ed to judge but the parties themselves ; or else it is no longer the parties, but tho assu med wisdom of the legislature, that makes 1 contracts. Upon every consideration we say, this bill is tho most flagrant and defenceless outrage upon all right that was ever conceived. The more we think of it, the more do wo feel our indignation warm within us; and wo say now that when pcoplo shull onco fairly un derstand its iniquity, the legislature of com ing years must era.re the foul slairt from tho statute-book of tho State. Lei the press not be muzzled but, faithful and fearless, speak the Right and the Truth In the people. Let the cry for " repeal" bo sounded, and echoed from mouth to mouth, until justice shall be done. RT Tins Coin .i/ation Society sent v [xf The Telegraph men are iu town digging | holes for their posts, so that thi3 enter prizo is sure to go on. It comes down thro' tho town upon tho south side of Main street, until, just below our office, it crosses tho street; and then continues on down upon the North side of the road toward Danville. We will feci like being in a new country when we shall be within talking distance of Phila delphia and New York. HF' A Philadelphia Paper of tho 13th inst. says the otiginal manuscript of Washing ton's Farewell Address was sold, last even ing, at tho Kxchaacige, for $2,300, tho Rev. Dr. BOARD.M AN being the purchaser, for a gen tleman of New York city. An original Portrait of Gen. Washington, painted for Mr. CI.AYPOLE by the la'c Jutes PEALE, about the year 1783, iu lite military costume of that period, was also bought by the same gentleman for $l5O. A volume of -'Clay pole's Daily Advertiser," containing /he Address, was purchased by Jos. A. MICKLEY forsl2. An original manuscript copy of a letter of Gen.Mtm.lN, President of Congress was bought by JOHN WILSON, for S2O. FF'i'hc Schuylkill river, at Reading, rose to such a height, on Saturday even ng and the following morning, as to over-top tho hanks. The banks of the canal were much washed, but not injured to any extent. The woikof deepening the canal at tho Union ont-let was suspended, and tho work delayed for at least a week, if not for a longer period. FROZEN TO DEATH.—A yotmg man about 17 years of age, named Wittenmyer, was found frozen lo death, on Sunday night a week, near Swinefordstown, Union county. He was intoxicated at the time. WILLIAMSPORT SEMINARY. —Mr. Daniel Re amy. of Holidaysburgh, has the building of the Williamsport Seminary, to be erected the coming summer, at $8,500. KFSt. I .ouis is said, by the papers, to bo a groat gainer by tho fire that destroyed six millions of property. The now inprove ments in streets nnd buildings having en hanced the value of the estate far more than enough to cover all the losses. To the tohintcers. A bill iot the relief of our Volunteers lias boon brought forward in tho Pennsylvania Legislature. It provides that each Captain, Lieutenant. Corporal and Private of the first and second Regiments of Pennsylvania Vol unteers, serving in Mexico during the war between that country and tho United States, shall receive the amount indebted to him by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as fol lows:—Each Captain, 85 dollars 50 cents; each first Lieutenant G6 dollars 41 cp. ; each second Lieutenant 61 dollars 56 cts. ; each first Sergeant 75 dollars 9 cts.,; each of the other Sergeants 72 dollars 24 cts.; each pri private, including musicians, 66 dollars 52 cts. A Paymaster shall be appointed, who shall give public notice that ho has opened an office in Philadelphia, for the settlement of the above claims, at which place he shall remain one calender month; arid tho Cap tains or Commanding officers of all compa nies raised at or east of Hollidaysburg, for tho above regiments, shall give to hirn mus ter roils of his company, in the same man ner as furnished to United States Paymasters; and each matt, on receiving tho saqic due to him, shall sign in person, or by lawful attor ney, tlrt> muster roll, acknowledging the re ceipt the same, which signeiure shall be wit nessed by the Captain or Commanding offi cer. lie shall then open an office for like time, in the same manner, at Pittsburg, and all captains oi commanding officers of com panies raised west of Hnliidaysburg, for said regiment, shall furnish liitn in like manner with muster rolls of their companies, which shall be paid, and witnessed in tho same manner as tlin.-e at Philadelphia. The blank muster roils shall be furnished by the Pay master to Ihe captains or commanders o f companies. Tlio legal heirs of persons tie. ceased, who have been honorably dischar ged. or who have died duting tlieir term of service in tiie above regiments, shall bo en titled to ihe sums such persons would have received if living. Penalties nre also provi ded in tho bill for enforcing the duties of the Paymaster, &c. Explosion of n lluniting. A singular imposition lias boon practiced upon the good people of Rochester, by some fun loving ladies. By means not exactly known, they produced certain mysterious I sounds, which resembled the noiso caused by bringing suddenly in contact two hard sub stances. The wise men of Rochester, for a long time, failed to exposo the trick, and in the moan linto tl.o deceivers extended their operations. By means of tho 'jknockings," their dupes imagined they held communica tion with the world of spirits—conversations were held .with departed wives, &c., and the future world was fully described, and descri bed, 100, in a manner not exactly like that of the Bible. Tins was done by means of a '•knocking alphabet," a certain number ol knocks designating A, 15, Ac. Committee after committee was appointed to investigate the mystery —tho knockings were in and a bout the ladies—the doctor "sounded" their lungs, to ascertain whether ventriloquism was not at the bottom of the deception—but the committees and the physicians became believers in the reality of the spiritual com munications; and sorao began to fear that the.' wofihl witness the advent of a new re ligion winch would rival that of Joe Smith. But in the mt'u'd ol 'he almost triumph of the lovers of the marvelous, ? very materialastic committee took the stre'j ecl ' ialu '- ' ' lo young ladies, in conjunction vvith whom the noises were produced, were place,'. 1 ' u ? on a table, and their feet held fast, which sJ lrl " censed the communicating spirits that they refused to spell a single word. A similar ef fect resulted from tying'a band around that portion of tho ladies' dresses corresponding with the inexpressibles of gentlemen. The committee being composed of gentlemen, could not proceed in extremis in thoir investi gation.*; but they were satisfied that had the ladies been cljse.'j' examined by a jury of matrons, the matter would tuI VR been more fully explained. At any rate, the knocli.'ogs have ceased, and the latest spiritual humbug 1 of the day is exploded. The Democratic State Convention Will riot be held on the 19th of Juno, ns an- i nouuecd last week, but will U held at YVil-i liamsport, as originally appointed, on Wed- ; nesday, the 29th of May next Tho Com mittce, having reconsidered the vote fixing j the time in June, in defercnco, we learn, to I the farming interests of the country. HIT HIM AGAIN ! —Tiro Washington corres pondent of the Washington (I'a.) Common- I wealth, a Whig print, in speaking of the ap- | pointment of Kiel S. Brown as Minister to j Russia, and Mr. Milliard to Prussia, waxes { wroth in this wise—' 1 say that at such times I as these, such a man ought not to bo nppoin- ! ted to any place whatever!!" ** "I wish I to be plain, ami therefore say that such fanat icism as this is disgraceful to any adminis tration that practises it." A Gigantic Business. —There is in Boston a j tailoring establishment that employs 3.000 j operatives iti making garments, has branches in every section of tho country, and whoso sales amount to more than half a million an- j nually. Two expresses are constantly em- | ployed in carrying goods to tho retail custo- I tners. Oak IJjhil, Boston, is tho name of this large and liMnshiag clothing house. It has risen to its present position by furnishing ! goods at a small profit. A largo amount of money is said to have been made in Baltimore, by tho recent spec ulation in coffee. One merchant is said to have cleared $50,000, whilst others have made proportiouably largo amounts. Us?" There are about 60,000 Germans res j idenl in New York, and in the United States. 2,000,000, LF" One evening a lady said to a small witj"—'Come, tell us a lively anecdote.' The | poor fellow was mule tho rest of the evening ' Ccrre'pondencc cf the Star. from Philadelphia. PririLACA.. Feb. 13, JBSQ. Though I have nothing to write of either ; a grave or gay "character, 1 will string woids '■together just as they occur to me, and when 1 the sheet js full endeavor to find out their 1 meaning and connection. This may strike i you as not exactly the best mode of writing ■ a good letter, and yet the Poet Young in- ■ forms us it is the way in which the vast ma jority of books are written. There is a lady in New York with a heri table horn of several jpclws in length pro jecting from her f'.rohead,.about-which there is considerable said at present. The growth of horns front the human head is a singular circumstance indeed, and yet there have been many examples of it. John Russell, j Esq., in his tour through Germany iu the years 1820-21-22. paid a visit to Uliimeil ! bach, the celebrated Physiologist in Gotting- I en, who showed him three horns an I gave ! him tin.- following account of them :—"ft'eo j theso horns. They were onen worn by a i woman. She happened to fall and break Iter j head, from the wound sprouted this long | horn. It continued to grow for thirty years, j and then she cast: it dropped oil', and in its place came a second one; but it did not grow !so long, and dropped olftoo. Then this third r one, all on the same spot; but the poor wo | man died while the third was growing, ami 1 ! had it cut from the corpse." Russell sWs that j •■they were iitterally three genuine horns.— | The last two are short, thick and nearly | straight, but the first is about 10 inches long, j and completely twisted, like the horn of a | ram. It is round and rough, of a brownish | color, and fully half an inch in diameter at | the root. All three arc hollow, at least at the j base. The termination is blunt and rounded. ; Other instances of the satnd thing have been known, but always in women : and Blumen . bach says it has been ascertained by chemi. 1 cal analysis, that such horns have a grca'.cr ! affinity in their compisition with the horns of j the Rhinoceros than with those of any other | auitnal." | I thought it right to refer to the fact that j blows on the head may occasion the growth i of horns on ladies' heads so that they may i be careful, lest, being thrown from a sleigh, they may get their heath cracked in the oven- I ing, and awake next morning with a horn 10 \ inches long peeping from under their sunny { looks. " i St. Valentino's day is over with all its fun. There was nothing like the number of Yal- I entities this winter that there was last, but they wero much more expensive and showy, j Jewelry to the value of hundreds of dollars i was enclosed in some of them. Few satiri ! cal ones were sent, and, from the reform ! which the old Saint is introducing, perhaps next waiter nothing but gold, diamonds and | articles of kindred value will be considered : Valentines at all. j 1 stepped into a room on Walnut street a i few evenings ago, to listen to tho discussion i of a question of no practical bearing at all by a debating society. The question was— | '• Which, exercises the greatest influence over 1 the mind of man, Superstition or Ambition." | Now a more puerile, frothy debate you nev jcr heard. The brilliant gas light was tho ! only light thrown on the subject. * | The debating clubs of the "Star of the ' XOrlh' never selected a more soulless qucs | lion, or handled it with less spirit. Tho room | was filled and everything was in good taste i except tho debate. Ono compared Ambition I to a self-feeding hid lamp, which burnt fee bly at first, but by its own heat furnished in creased fuel, till finally it blazed out beauti fully, splendidly, gloriously ! A most ludic- I u pis compare oil, similar, though inferior, to Ithat cclet.,:. ,ed linc . of '*t"lebrus, in which lie compares the su " ,0 :l bo.!" ( ' lob ster. Ih A NEW Fine p.—Notes purporting to be issued by the 'Farmers Bank of Harrisburg,' Pa., are in circulation in the west. There is 110 such concern. FC According to Senator Benton, Texas i has a gulf frontier of nearly 1000 miles, a j circumference of about live thousand miles, i and a surface of three hundred and fifty thon- ! sand square miles. She is large enough to make seven States of the first class; and yet she is now demanding to bo made larger. Mr. Benton's bill proposes to reduce her at once with her consent, into a Slate of about 150,000 sqare miles, and eventually into two Slates of about 75,000 square miles cacli. ON DIT. —It is positively staled, iu a des patch to the Tribune, that Mr. Joseph R. In gersoll, of Pennsylvania, has been decided upon as Minister to Prussia. Also, that a foreign appointment will be tendered to Mr. T Butler King. LAWYERS IN NEW YORK. —There are 1200 lawyers ill New York oily, 500- of whom have, it is said, a paying practice. The number in the State, by tho census of 1845, was 3,519 —at present, it probably exceeds 3,700. I tr Mr. James Lenox, of New York, was "the gentleman at a distance," for whom Rev' Dr. Boardman purchased the MS. of Washington's Farewell address. Price $2- 300. THE Georgia House of Assembly have passed a bill reorganizing tho Congiessioual Districts of that Stato. The Whigs at one time withdrew, and left the House without a quorum. A few, however, returned, and the bill was passed BILLY BOWLEGS, the Seminole Chief, and his party, have agreed to emigrate from Flo rida as soon as they collet together, on the government terms. Kach warrior is to ro ceive before he goes, $500; each woman & child, $100; Billy Bowlegs about 510,000, and three Sub-chiefs SSOOO each. Also to be guaranteed ono year's rations on arriving iu Aikansas. The whole expense will reach upwards of $200,000, Inconstancy falls oil'ere it begins. For the Star of the North. C H A It I T V . BY SECRETAIRE. "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have notehnty. 1 an>be come as sounding brass, or a tinkling c.ym bal.'V- Scripture. The chapter of which this verso forms a part, and is the beginning, is one of the most bcautitul in the Ne# Testament. The eulo gium there pronounced upon charity, ys in the finest strain gfr the Apostle's eloquence, and the subject is well worthy of his most unlimited commendation. In this chapter is taught, what is so often forgotten, or is nev er known, to wit:—that the mere giving of goods is not charity. Foi soys Paul, "Though 1 bestow all ray goods to h. rd the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profileth me nothing." Charity does not, therefore, consist in the giving of alms, nor in an ostentatious, philanthropic display, but iu kindtic.-'s of heart, in sympathy of feeling, in opposition to evil speaking; for the Apos tle says, "Charity sufiTercth long and is kind," and that it "Ihinketh no ceil." What erroneous notions people have of what constitutes charity, the very essence of which, 1 think, is that a supremely christian disposition, isto belie vo the very best of every one. Is it not the soul of charily, to put the best possible construction upon all his ac tions? You cannot tell the motive; you know not what prompted the act; and there is no charity in giving with the hand, and con demning in tho heart. True charity has its seat in the heart, not in the pocket—it consists in thinking kindly, not in giving alms. I would not, however, bo thought to object to tho.practice of reliev ing distress—far from it. It is the fruit of the tree that flourisheth within, giving an earnest of your charitable feelings; but as people j may give without charity, so many have charily, who do not give. "Charity never j failcth," though the pocket should be empty, tho cruse dry, and tho board bare. There is nothing gives more pleasure to the human heart, than tho habit of thinking well of all men. It throws around it, a con tinual sunshine. This habit contains within it, every thing calculated to make a man at peace with himself aed tho rest of mankind. It is superior to all other feelings, for says St. Paul, in the last verse of tho chapter from which I quoted : "And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charily." t SIP Senator Houston.— It is said that j Senator Houston will start for Texas this | week, to meet tho attacks that are being I made on him at homo relative to tho slaver j y question. His speech in Senate did not j give satisfaction to the southern Senators. 1 HT A LONG TRAIN' A train came in j over tho Erio Railroad yesterday' containing j fortynine eight wheel cars, all fully loaded j with produce, &c. The train was a third of j a mile iu length, and is probably the longest I train ever drawn over" a merchandize road, j Among ihe loading were 200 fat cattle,(4oo j or 500 sheep, and any number of live and i dead hogs, flour, whiskey, &e. The busi ness of this road when it reaches the lake i will only bo limited by its capacity for doing it.—iV. Y. Tribune. TW MR. CLINGMAN, in a late speech, said a hundred thousand dollars, worth of slaves run away from tho Stato of Delaware every year. Ono of the United States Senators from Delaware says half of the sum mention ed would bo sufficient to purchaso all the slaves in the State. j CyThc articles in Sartain's Magazine for - '••rch ar e yvuit il- Such articles as those on""Ttio Hungarian War and its consequen ccs," "Reading for P err plexed Student," and the poetry by Mrs..' ourncy, F.dilh May and Graco Greenwood, are the ornaments of American literature, and have tho healthiest tendency in tho im provement of intellect and morals. A flill has passed the lower House of the Virginia Legislature, appropriating $30,000 annually for the removal of free negroes from the State and sending them to Africa. . One hundred and sixty-four negroes, lib erated by tlie late Jacob Wood, of Georgia have arrived at Savannah, and will sail in a few days for Liberia. MAIL ROBBERY. —Another mail robbery has been committed, says the Sunbury A merican, on the route from Muncy, via Dan vill, to Philadelphia. A letter containing SSOO, mailed at Muncy for Philadelphia, is missing. An Agent of the Post Office De partment has been on the lino for several days, trying to ferret out the robber, but as yet has been unsuccesstul. l~fF The Potlsvillo Journal of the 2Gth ult. says, that the woman residing in West Branch Valley, who gave birth to four chil dren sixieen months ago presented her hus band with three more last week, making seven children in the space of sixteen months! Ftra in Northumberland comity. —On Wed nesday night the storo of Mr. Reuben Kel ler, on the Isle of Quo, with an extensive and valuable slock of merchandise, was to tally consumed, t*y The Councils of New york aro mov ing in favour of a United Slates mint in that city. It is stated that the survey of the Isth mus of Panama, by Col. Hughes, cost $50,- 000, tho' the strictest economyjwas practiced. Cofl'ee.—There were brought to this country last year, from Rio alone, 250,000 bags of cofl'ee which valued at sl7 per bag, amount to St, 174,000. There aro nine persons in liio jail at Ciu- j cintiaii charged with murder. PENNSYLVANIA I.KGISIiTUnE. HAUHISEURG, February 12th 1850. IN TCE SENATE. —Tde bill erecting l!ie New County of Montour, out of parts Of Cqjmn bia county, passed Cominiltc of t'lo wjiolp with an amendment including, a part of Roaring Creek township in the new comity. • Feb. 13th. The bill came np 0:1 second reading when tho ayes and nays woro requited by Mr. Muhlenberg and Mr Frick. and were as fol lows : AYES, Messrs; —Brawley, Crabb,. Cuning hantj Frailey, lluslelt, Ives, King, Konirig macTier, Lawrence. Malone. Matthias, Sud ler, Saokey, Savory, Walker and BEST, Sj>e iter —l6. NAYS, Messrs :—Daisic, Drum, Forsylhe, Frick, Fulton, Guernsey Jones, Muhlenberg, Packer, Shinier, Stiuo and Streeter-—l2. A motion was then made to suspend the rule and proceed to the third reading of the bill, which was lost Veas 12 nays 16. Feb. 13th. SENATE. —Mr Savory, a petition of citi zens of Luzerr.e, praying to be annexed to Columbia Co. The bill for new county Mouiour under I discussion when Sonata adjourned. HOUSE. —Mr Smyscr offered a resolution, j authorizing the Joint Library Committee to I - ell various pictures ami pictu-e frames, now lying in the closets of Library, at public sale, and that the proceeds thereof be appropria ted to the purchase of books. Adopted. The Election of Judges. —The amendment to the Constitution was again called tip. Mr Finleltcr having the floor, who was followed by Mr Packer, Mr Schofield and Mr O'Neil, j the latter gentleman, in a maiden speech, | evincing a talent in argument of 110 ordinary character. Thedi-cussion was continued tip to the adjournment". Feb. 18111. SENATE —Mr Packer petition from citizens of Lycoming county, in favor of the rechnr ter of tho West Branch Bank; also from cit izens of Huntingdon county, for the passag" of a law prohibiting the hunting of deer with hounds 111 said county. | Mr Darsie, for repeal of the three hundred j dollar exemption law. | The bill providing for the erection of now j county "Montour," out of parts of Colum bia county, was taken up oif final reading i and passed—ayes 15—nays 11. The vote was as follows : AYES —Messrs. Brawley, Brooke. OWNING. ham, Frailey, Ihslelt, Ives. King, Konigmi cher. Lawrence, Maloiie. Matthias. Severn, titer rett. Waller, BEST—IS. NAYS—Messrs. Darsie. Drum. Fernon,For syth, Frick, Fulton. Guernsey, Hugos, Jone.-v M Caslin, Muhleuburg, Packer, Shinier, and Stinc— l4. HOUSE. —Mr Zerby, remonstrance against the erection of any new county out of parts ol Berks; also, petition for an alteration in the School Laws S C Evans, for payment of backstauding school appropriation to the non-accepting School Districts. | Mr Feather petition for repeal of the three hundred dollar Exemption Law of last ses sion, remonstrance against the new county, "I'enn." Mr Powell, for tho abolition of taxes 0:1 money, judgraeut-, bonds, and oilier evi dence of debts, except for state and county purposes; also, for a General Banking Law: also, for the appointment of a Supervisor, to keep in good order the channel of tho Sus quehanna River. Stockwcll, remonstrance against any di vision of Bradford County. David, petition for the passage a Free Ban king Law. . Church, for repeal of the f-300 Exemp tion Law ; also, for recharter of the Harris burg Bank. Mr Rutherford, for incorporation of tho Central Bank of Pennsylvania, at llarris burg. Mr Griffin, foj closing tha canals on the Sabbatti Day; for the incorporation of a Bank a * Cniontown, Fayette County. Iv*- Eva."" 1 ' or c ' os '"3 Bte leeks or canals 011 the Sabbslh Day. Mr Steel, eighty-gme pm'"" s ' favor of new county, "Montour/* A new Standing Committee was anpoin." ed in the House on Saturday, 011 "Counties, " ' consisting of Messrs. Lewis, Smith (Cam bria,) Steel, Jackson, Kcattior, Former, Williams. Feb. 191 SENATE. —Mr. Cunningham, petition front of Huntingdon county, to abolish land monopolies in the Coirtfhonweallh, and to secure each persou fifty acres of land. HOUSE. —The bill erecting a new county of Monongahela, out of parts of Washington, Fayette, Allegheny and Westmoreland cos., was taken up and considered. Tho question being taken oil its final passage, was lost.— Ayes 10, Nays 18. GRAHAM'S MAGAZINE for March is a gem of a unmbcr. It has two fine mezzolinto pla tes, and other creditable embelishments. Though it does not make as much noise as somo of the other periodicals, it is not a whit behind them in its merits. Graham's tribute to the character of tho lamented Ed gar A. I'oe, is most honorable and just. Prof. Webster's 7ftjA—The Boston Tians cript sups that George Bcmis, Esq., has been engaged to assist Attorney General Clifford, for the Government, oil the trial of Prof. J. W. Webster, which is assigned to commence on Tuesday, lflth of March. KF" A Poll-parrot easo is being tried in New Orleans, and occasioniong a great sen sation. The bird talks several languages, and swears like a "journeyman tinman." Two wealthy parties claim it, and such acon test. fy The largest subscription to tho fund for tho construction of a church in Califor nia, was given by a gambling house, viz: 85000. . .* ty By a typographical error 111 one of our exchanges, we learn that two cows xvero cut into calves by the railroad train. A Sen: ibto Article. Wo commend tho following ItieJ utlivlo from the New llaven Register, to tho con sidera'ion of those busy meddling funulics who arc eternally interfering with the affairs of their neighbors. 4f these tr.en could but realize the fact, that all out of their own im mediate class thought as the Register does, that these attack upon the South were mean and dastardly, they might po-Rib'y be induce ed to mind their own business, and let us alone ? " We should like die Uartford Courant to tell us what would the I.egislatuae of Con necticut say to a constant stream of Resolu tions from Southern blales,. intermeddling . ami advising about our factory system, the over-workrng of operatives, and against let ting out tho support of State paupers, at auc tion, to the lowest bidder! Would such tilings be any more improper than our re solving against tho domestic institutions of Georgia? Not a whit. Is it not enough that wo are rid of the curse of slavery, and that wo vote again,s it, when we can do so legiti mately. but that we must pursue a system of Legislative taunts, and official impudences, to the faces of those Slates where Slavery is tolerated! It is all wrong—mean. We care not how strong a majority may bo. in favor of such annoyances, that does not make tho practice tight, and it ought bo discontinued." Tho Coal 7'raiic. A considerable stir is being made at this time about the new tno.le proposed fortrans porlbig coal from Schuylkill County to Phila delphia, by water, vitalised in cast iron tubes of wide diameter. The fall, being COO feet in 50 mile?, is considered sufficient, and the coal I cing loss than one-third heavier than w.ucr, ii is thought t' at two-thirds water and one-third coal will be the right proportion.— It is demoiWat-'d d.r.t 18,(.00 tons can bo passed daily throu h a single tube vf threo feet diameter, at a cost of 55 cents per ton. This may give .you a smile. But less likoiy things have s weeded, and capitalists are ready to embark in 'I if experiments, about to Ic made, prove successull. A Bill of Abominations. —' The minority committee of the !!ou.-e of Representative.-', at Harrisburg. have reported a bill to appor tion the Representation of the State. It is one of .the most iniquitous schemes to give the Federa I party a majority in both branches we have ever heard, cf. It is a-pbrfect Ger ymander; and it is have hopes of its passage by the aid of tho votes of some tiuitor Democrats like VALENTINE BEST. Maryland Constiiilutiooal Convention. Baltimore, Feb. 10. A bill was passed to-day. in llio House ot Delegates ol the State of Maryland, to take tho popular vote on the propriety of calling a convention, for the'purpose of amending the Constitution of the State. Georgia Congressional Flection. Baltimore, Feb. 16. The returns from eleven counties in Geor gia. give Jackson, (Dcm.) a majority of TO. lie is doubtless elected. Visit of (tea. Taylor to Richmond. Richmond, Feb. 16. The papers state that General Taylor w ill vis:' this city on the 23d of 1 cbruary, ins!., to participate in the celebration of the third anniversary of the Battle of Buena Vis'.a. L tods under Water —Chief Justiro Greene of New Jersey, decided on Thursday, in tho case of Foulhmayd vs. C'ane, that the right to lands below ordinary high water mark, was in tbo people ot tho State of New Jer sey. fr?" At a late court, a man and his wife brought cross action, each charging theothei with assault and battery. On investigation, it appeared that the husband had pushed, the door against his wife, and that the wife in return had pushed the door against hei husband. A gentleman at the bar remark | „ * iliut be could see no impropriety in the ' and a** Wife a-doringeach other. IRISH EVIDENCE.—KAI'J was brought NP before the judge, and interrogated as fid 10 ivi : "What passed between you and rbe pris oner?" said the judge to the witness. "Oh.' then, pleas your worship. 1 sees Mike a top of the garden wall-. Pat," says lie, "what," says I, "there," says he, "hush,' says I; "and'that's all I know about it, please your worship." CF'Congress has don# nothing the' pest week but talk about the slavery question Last Monday the whole day and the night until 12 o'clock was spent in calling the yeas and nays upon unimportant questions, in or der to kill time, and choke off Mr. Doty's resolution to admit California as a State. Bonis or no Bonis. —Tho Wisconsin As sembly have ordered the bill, submitting tho question ot banks or no banks to the people, to bo engrossed for a third reading, hy a vote of 30 ayes to 27 nays. O/wuu's Law Journal. —This a new legal journal of merit, and of interest to the pro fession. his published weekly in Philadel phia, in quarto form, at $2 per aunum Female Doctors. —Two young ladies, Miss Almira Fraim and Miss Mary Ward, have become regular students in the medical de partment of the Memphis Institute. np" Tin, in large quantifies, is now impor ted into England from China Jo? The Danville Bank coinmonced oper ations last Tuesday. Corrfmodore Turner, a vaval officer of considerable distinction, died at Philadelphia 011 the 4th inM.