a. W. 'Vxivkr a >. a. qii.more, editors.
Rlooasbarg, Thursday- June 20, 1860.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
Election held Oct. 8, 1860.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
W. T.MORISON.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
EPH. BANKS.
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
J. P. BRAWLEY.
The Bribery Case.
We regret to see some of our democratic
brethren of the press sneer at the Williams
port bribery case and call it "humbug."—
We regard it no light thing when a democra
tic nomination seems inclining to the man
whose friends can raise the most money
Cara slartned when men wlttr mifite SFTtJ,-
in a fe v years, out of their wood trade
with the State, obtain the control of our Con
volitions. We regard it no light matter that
bribery should tamper with the delegates—
that tho base underlings of the money chan
gers should come and set their price upon
each delegate's head, and offer their money
for his vote as they would offer it for sheep
in the shambles. We were shocked as well
as alarmed when we saw such men as Cam
eron, Ranken, Ovenshine, Best, and a few
others of that kidney from this county, work
han'd in glove to foist their particular favor
ite on the party. The thing looked ominous
to us. We thought that just then we could
see precisely how our State debt has grown
to forty million s, and we only wished thai all
the tee-payers of the State could see the
spectacle as we then saw it.
Again, when the bribery was exposed, al
though not a word was said in convention as
to who paid the money, yet eve-y body see
med to havo an intuitive conviction as to the
source from .whence it must have come.
Even Ex-Governor Porter, who has seen
tomcwhat of politics, carelessly remarked
"Oh it'a the fellows who always do those
things."
But say the tophists, Donahue and Green
should never have touched the money. It
•was taking a bribe. We reply that the crim
inality of an aoadepends upon the motive of
the agent—the animun, as the lawyers say.
The money was taken only for the purpose
of exposure. No sooner had the bribers left
the delegates than the latter agreed that he
•who voted first should hold up money in
convention as the price of his vote. The
exposure was made in less than a half hour
from the time that the money was paid to
the delegates.
And then as to "borrowing" story. Why
Mr. Donahue is a respectable merchant
•worth, as his neighbors say, from si* to ten
thousand dollars. Again, their stay had not
been protracted more than ono day over
what they must hare expected, and what
need could they have had for SIOO each ?
Or if it was a business transaction, why was
nO note taken ? But Messrs. Green and Don.
ahue got to Philadelphia safely, even after
' they had given each this money, and did not
seem to bo ill want of funds. As to the S3O
which it was pretended that Green had pre
viously borrowed, when the proof was re
quired there was no one to father the story.
The gentleman from whom it was pretended
that the S3O had been obtained was in Con
vention when the proof was required, tmd
only remarked to those around him that
"there was a mistake, it was only sls I gave
him." To the call for testimony befote the
convention he was silent.
THE REPEAL.
We invite attention to the proceedings of
the county meeting held in this place on
last Saturday. It indicates the fe3linng of
the people in this county, and will be fol
lowed up by such preparations for the fall
campaign as cannot be mistaken by the
people of the state. The question of re- 1
peal will be the isaue in the election of
Member in Cohmbia and Montour this fall.
The principal object of the meeting held
on 1 ast Saturday was to give notice to the
people of Montour that an application will
be made to the next legislature for the re
peal of the new county law ; so that what
expenditures they make there to improvo
their public buildings will be in the face of
lull warning. It is also desired here that
persons nominated for county officers in
Montour shall be a, prised in time of the
contest to be waged for justioe, so that they
cannot hereafter claim "vested rights" in
the office to which they shall <his fall be
elected. They will accept such office with
full notice of the repeal agitation.
The meeting on last Saturday was large
although but limited notice had been given ;
and the best spirit prevailed for "repeal."
There was but one voice and one mind
in that assembly of people from all paits of
the county, and that voicd was the impera
tive demand for repeal. And now by Saint
Paul the work goes bravely on ! The watel -
\ word is given; let the people now "be only
true to themselves, and the next legislature
will be true to '.lie people. Let them not lis
ten as in 184? to the seductive strains of
blind guides but resolute and firm in the
choice of pure true and reliable men as can
didates for the Senate and House.
We beg pardon of the departed ghost of
Fraaeoilism, far not having last week said
that the Bloomshurg Herald of Freedom is
defunct. It died a natural death, "cause vy
—it couldn't help it." Wilmolism won't
rcgotate here It's a gene Caw.
The new county of Fullqu, cut out of
Bedford, will have about 1500 laxabies.
ll Comes from Every Quarter. (
Mr, Darid Evans, a Democratic member
of the laat legislature from Montgomery co.,
has published a defence of his vote for the
apportionment bill in reply to Mr. Porter, of
Northampton, and in speaking ot Beet and
Montour county he says :
"Therefore, such being truly the case, it
behooved the democratic members to be on
the look out in time, and one feature of events
was to prevent the passage of the bill erect
ing Montonr county, which being the body
and soul of the democracy and whigism f
the said Speaker of the Senate, so elected
by the whigs. The Montour county bill was
passed at an early period in the Sei ate, and
came into the Houso. At that time the said
member from Northampton, proclaimed that
the Montour county bill should not pass un
til the apportionment bill was passed and
signed by the Governor. Tne same being
considered the proper course by myself and
others, and calculated so to remain : but in
the course of events the momberfrom North
ampton was called to pload a pase in court
at Bloomsburg, from or near Danville, and
on his return his tales as to tho passage of
the Montour county bill were much changed,
and then urged tho passage of the bill.—
Therefore, through the influence of the said
member, and a few others of the democratic
party who wont with the whigs, except five,
who, holding views beyond that of passing
such disgraceful acts as Montour county for
party purposes. Whereas said bill could ne
ver have received more than twenty votes in
the House if party measures had not made it
an object of the kiud. The saith Northamp
ton member well knows that the passage of
the Montour county bill left Speaker Best, of
the Senate, at liberty to pay his debt of bar
gain and sale to the whig party, of which he
could not otherwise have done Then it be
came necessary to be watchful of mere than
Best, and the Senate alone. The talents of
the member from Northampton, as an able
lawyer, is not to be doubted—but the lack of
precaution and care, without forethought of
mini, makes htm an uncertain and doubt
ful leader in the democrat::: ranks."
Mr. Evans no doubt act6d honestly in his
vote fot the appropriation bill, and he is not
the only member who was driven by circum
stances to vote against his convictions of
right. It was notorious at fiarrisburg that
Best declared if the Democrats were not sat
isfied with the apportionment bill as it pass
ed, they should have a worse one. The ses
sion had been protracted until many mem
bers were threatened with indignation meet
ings at homo if they did not pass some kind
of an apportionment bill and end the session.
It was known thgt Best had sold himself to
the whig* on the apportionment bill, and no
democrat had any hope in that direction.—
In the Senate then no decent bill for tho De
mocrats could pass ; and hence a vote in
the House was enly a choice of evils. It
was with this view that Mr. Evans and a few
other democrats voted for the bill. Ho, for
[ example, is an honest and radical democrat,
and this vote of his must therefore be taken
cum griltto. It orory JumooMt hod Leon A.
upright a3 Evans in refusing to pass the Mon
tour bill, Best would never have acquired the
influence which he exercised for mischief
on the apportionment bill. We say this r.ol
to defend a vote given for the apportionment
bill as it passed, but to do justice to the mo.
tivesof a man honest, though he may have
i been mistaken.
Mmrod Strickland Esq.
This gentleman one of the prominent can
didates for Canal Commissioner, before the
Williamsport Convention, in the last Chester
County Democrat, of which he is the editor,
thus modostly and characteristically speaks
of himself:
The writer cannot conclude without ten
dering his heartfelt thanks to the large num
ber of delegates from the Eastern, Western,
Northern, Southern and central portions of
tho State, who favored his nomination for
the office of Canal Commissioner; and
trusts that he will ever gratefully appreciate
their efforts in his behalf. To have received
the support of such men, representing con
stituencies noted for their zealous devotion to
Democratic principles, is an endorsement of
which any man might justly boast, and is a
cheering encouragement for us to continue
faithful in the path which we have hereto
fore pursued—firmly supporting what we be
lieve to be right, fearlessly opposing what
we believe to be wrong. And while wo
thus speak of these, we can assuro those
who had other favorites, and felt it their duty
to, and did operate honorably and fairly a
gainst us that their course has left upon our
mind nothing of personal unkindness or po
litical animosity. They but exercised a
right which we claim for ourself, and cheer
fully accord to every Democrat.
The Next State Senate
The following districts elect Senators the
ensuing fall under the new Apportionment
Bill :
Philadelphia County, 1
Bradford, Susquehanna and Wyoming, 1
Luzerne. Columbia and Montour, 1
Cumberland and Perry. 1
Venango, Mercer and Warren,' 1
Armstrong, Indiana and Clarion, 1
Phiadelphia City, 1
Adams and Franklin, 1
lllair, Cambria and Huntingdon, t
Alleghany, 1
Butler, Beaver and Lawrence, 1
• 11
The number of Senators holding over <s 22
—of whom 11 are Democrat* and 11 Whig*.
Of the districts electing this fall, the first six
above named will undoubtedly be Demo
cratic, the other five Whig*—thus securing
the Senate next winter to the Democrats by
a majority of one.
C 7* There ore about three hundred acres
of land ia Berke county, Pa., devoted exclu
sively fo the culture of the grape.
QP* Near 600 aouls have been hurried in
to enternity by the explosion and burning of
■learners in this country within the last five
months
Great Repeal Meeting
lii pursuance of public notice a large num
ber of the citizens of Columbia county met
at the Court House in Bloomsburg, on Satur
day, June 15, to express their sentiments up
on the division of Columbia county. On
motion, the following persona wero chosen
officers of the meeting:
President,
Hon. GEORGE H WILLITB.
Vice Presidents,
Teter Kline, of Franklin,
Daniel Keller, of Roaringcreek,
Dr. G W Lolt, of Orange,
Daniel Zarr. of Franklin,
Stephen Raidy, of Caltawissa,
Jonas Hnj man, of Greenwood,
Daniel Pursel, of Hemlock,
Win J Ikeler, of Mount Pleasant,
Samuel Aehettbach, of Orange,
James Allen, of Madison,
Benj P Fortner, of Franklin,
James Patterson, of Greenwood,
lram Derr, of Jackson,
Samuel Lazarus, of Montour.
Secretaries,
Elijah G Ricketts,
Robert F Clark.
It was then resolved that a committee of
twelve be appointed by the President to re
port the sense of this meeting on the subject
of the new county. The President appointed
'EC Thomson Esq., Reuben Knittle, A R
Jacoby, E Mendenhall, D Reinboldt, Col W
R Kline, H C M'C.uly, lleimon Übour, Jno
M'Rey no'.ds, Isaac M'Bride, J Sweasy, John
Achenbach.
C. R. Bjckatew, Esq., was then called upon
to address the meeting, and ho spoke upon
the mischievous tendency of a division, both
as affecting the people of the old and new
county. He proceeded to show that either
county could scarcely itself sustain a county
organization, and that Columbia wi'hout a
division is already quite small enough Tor
the convenience of its people. He also ar
gued the practicability of repealing the law
erpcting Montour county.
E. C. Thomson, Esq., from the Committee
on the new,county, made the following
REPORT
The Committee nppoinled on the subject
of the new county report :—That the act erec
ting the same is, in their judgement, unpar
ralifllled in character and in the circumstan
ces attending its passage.
Columbia county entire, is one of the small
counties of the Stale, and yet a new county
is cut wholly from its territory ! A direct
line drawn from the eastern point of the new
county, in Roaring Creek, south of the river,
to the eastern point of the same in Madison,
north of the river, would cut about through
Bloomsburg, the present county scat. The
distance to the west line of the county, from
Bloomsburg, will be but 44 miles. The
whole county is left but 17 miles wide by
the river road ! The northern and southera
parts of the county, back from the river, are
comparatively sterile and broken, not admit
ting of dense settlement in future. Such is
the condition in which Columbia is left by
the act! Its people with a fragment of a
county and increased taxes, have good reason
to protest ugsint the iujustioe to which they
have been subjected for no fault whatever,
except that they confided too readily in the
pledged honor of one, wlios i approaches and
promises they should have spurned.
The new county created by the act, must
also be a burthen to its citizens. Its size,
form, and location, would almost appear in
tended to caricature the new county mania
in the state, and render ridiculous the innu
merable projects for cutting up counties in
order to multiply offices and build up the
prosperity of border towns. Other new coun
ty projects may have merit, but this is cal
culated to turn into broad latce (to all but the
sufferers,) the whole system of erecting new
counties. No county in the state, new or old.
is, at the same time, equally small in territo
ly and limited in population. In fact the re
mark will hold good as to both the fragmonts
into which Columbia is cut, that they cannot
reasonably support independent county or
ganizations, aid that the time will never ar
rivo when a dense population make
amends for limited territory. It is otherwise
with counties recently erected elsewhere in
the State, where a large or considerable terri
tory, yet unoccupied, invites future settle
ment and cultivation. The new county is in
the shape of a wasp—but 7 miles wide in
the middle, on the north bank of the ri"er,
and 44 miles on the southern. At the south
end of Franklin it is but 4 miles in width.—
The citizens of Roaring Creek, included in
the new county, must now pass through Col
umbia or Northumberland to got to the new
county seat. The county seats of the new
and old counties will be but 10 miles from
each other. Danville ,will be upon the bor
der of the new county, and Bloomsburg upon
the border of the old !
The act imposes upon the people of the
present county the sjpport of two county or
ganizations instead of one, and of four addi
tional townships. The consequent iuorease
of county and township offices, is not only
unnecessary, but a serious and permanent
burthen upon the people. The line of the
new county cuts Madison township into 3
pieoes ; oppressively divides Hemlock and
Montour, and sunders Roaringoreek in a
manner which spite alone must have dicta
ted The fragment of the last named town
ship, left in Columbia, is scarcely able to or
ganize as a township, and has its plaoe of e
lections fixed a mile and a half distant in the
other county.
Such arc some of the facts in relation to
the division of the county.
And all this wrong and injury has been
done against the will of the people, and in
defiance of its injunctions.
The circumstances attending the passage
of the act through the Legislature were un
exampled. It is a plain case of the passage
of • bill against the judgments of a large ma.
jority of the Legislature. The people of the
whole State were spectators of a scene as
humiliating as it was unprecedented. The
session was prolonged, and legislation upon
the apportionment suspended, because one
man, against the will of those who elected
him, and against his own pledges, had deter
mined to destroy the county that had warm
ed him into life and given hint power to be
tray her! Circumstances had given hie vote
value, and it was openly put in the market
for purchase. A wearied legislator* event
ually yielded its scruples, Columbia was sa
crificed, an apportionment passed, and an
adjournment effected.
It is not to be doubted, that the votes foi
''Montour" were reluc&ntly given, under the
pressure of circumstances beyond the con
trol of members, and that a subsequent le
gislature will be ready to undo what was
conceived, under the circumstances, to be
unavoidabable although wrong. To the next
legis'ature it will become the people to ap
peal, with a confidence proportioned to the
justice of their cause, for a repeal of the act
erecting Montour county. Never was an act
of a local character mare unjust, injurious &
causeless. Never was one passed under cir
cumstances more humiliating to the just
pride of a citizen of the State,*interested in
the purity, independence and fairness of le
gislation. To strike it ftom the statute book
will be to extend justice to the people, and
vindicate legislation from reproach.
The Committee will add—that they have
no doubt that the repeal of the Montour act
is altogether just, expedient and practicable ;
and they recommend the adoption of the fol
lowing resolutions :
Resolved , That the people, through their
Representatives, will apply to the next legis
lature to repeaV tlje act eractuig ''Montour"
Resolved, That all expenditures and move
ments toward the organization of ''Montour"
county, will be made against the protest of
the people, and with full notice of the abovo
stated application to the Legislature.
Resolved, That we recommend to all our
fellow citizens opposed to the new county to
unite in voting for members ol the Legisla
ture in favor of Repeal. Their rights will in
this way be most surely vindicated and secu
red.
Resolved, That the President ot this meet
ing appoint a committee of seVen who shall
have power to call future meetings, and take
•such other steps as may be necessary to se
cure the objects of this meeting, and that
said committee shall have power to appoint
Committees of Vigilance in the different
townships.
The Report with the accompanying Reso
lutions were unanimously adopted.
The Committee under the fourth resolution
appointed by the cha'r, are Wm McKelvy.
Emanuel Lazarus, Daniel Keller, Dr Geo W
Lott, John F Derr, George Hughes and Har
man Labour.
B. P. Fortnee, was then called upon to
state to the meeting the circumstances amen
ding the passage of the Montour Bill, vrhich
he did in a fair and forcible manner. He
explained how its defeat would have been
certain if it had not been for the Apportion
ment bill. He showed how Best held the
apportionment b'll in his power, and how he
had sold his vote on that bill .to secure the
passage of "Montour county." Mr. F. said
that those who voted for Montour county did
so reluctantly. Many of them repented of
that vote after they had given it, and quite a
number assured him that the bill could and
must be repealed next winter.
On motion,
Resolved, Thattho proceedings of this meet
ing be published in the papers of the county
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
THE POOR DEVIL.
Best is very ill-tempered in his last paper.
Has he really become sensitive to shame in
these latter days ? If so, much as wo des
pise the traitor, wo must be allowed to pity
him for the agony he endures. It will be
observed that he has rot ono word to say in
his defence, and merly grvos vent to the
writhings of his lascerated spirit. If he
should ever attempt a defence, we shall at
tend to it. For this week, the proceedings
of the repeal meeting will be enough for
him.
lA(K.
After the Ist of August next wo can not
receive Notes under $5 of any Bank out of
Pennsylvania Relief notes are not prohib
ited from circulation by the new law.
Subscribers at a distance are desired to
notice this, and to remit us Penn'a money
if possible, at once. Our own citizens will
do well to work off all their foreign money
as fast as possible to the Cities, as it is the
intention of business men and officers to
ENFORCE THE LAW, hard tho' it be.
THE CANDIDATES.
We are pleased to see that the Democrat
ic press of the State is unanimous in its
praise of the candidates nominated by the
Williamsport convention. This is the right
spirit, and betokens a joyous victory for the
fall elections.
Tolls at Columbia.
Mr. Pearce has furnished us with the fol
lowing statement of the amount of tolls re
ceived at his office for the month of May :
From Canal, $ 17,139 63
" Railroad, 16,147 18
" Lock, 2,413 00
" Trucks, 1,429 15
" Fines, 5 00
37,133 96
Am't previously reported, 98,475 35
Total, $135,609 31
Total increase, $ 11,651 98
July.
WE are requested to say that the Mer
chant's and Drugist's of Bloomsburg have
determined to close their Stores on the ap
proaching Fourth.
VW We appreciate the many compliments
bestowed upon our report of the proceed
ings of the Williamsport convention, and
are pleased to find it gave light to some who
have hitherto been in darkness. We toil
cheerfully when our labors result in good to
the great oause oi the people.
CF" Pocket Cooking Stove.— Mr. Saver, late
presiding genius over the cookeries of the far
famed Reformed Club, London, has brought
forward an invention—a cooking stove, with
! all its belongings, sufficiently small to be
' carried in the pockot; a first rate thing for a
I pic-nic party.
STATE CENTRAL COHMITTE.
The members composing the DEMOCRATIC
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE, [appointed at
Williamsport for the ensuing year, will meet
at MCKIBBINS' Merchants' Hotel, in the City
of Philadelphia, ON Thursday evening, the
11th of July next at 8 o'clock, for the pur
pose of organizing the Committee.
Jno. HICKMAN,
Chairman.
West Chester, Pa., June 11,1850.
mysterious Voting.
It appeals that the Democrats are fre
quently cheated in their choice for officers
when they send delegates to the stale con
vention. The following paragraphs will ex
plain this game in two counties.
The Chambersburg Valley Spirit says :
''The Democratic State Convention nom
inated the candidates whose names are giv
en under our head to-day. We know all
the nominees by reputation, and regard them
as good men and available candidates. The
democracy of Franklin county will learn
with surprise, and perhaps a little indigna
tion, that their voto was given to the Cam
eron pet for Canal Commissioaer. Hap
pily, he was r.ot successful."
To this the Carlisle Volunteer adds the fol
lowing :
"The Democracyof this county, we opine,
have tha -ame causa of complaint, tho Del
egates elected by our County Convention
having supported Mr. HUBLEY through near
ly all the balloiings. Although no instruc
tions wore given our Delegates, tho name of
Mr. HUBLEY was mentioned with disappto
baiion in the County Convention ; and one
of the Delegates, at least there pledged him
self not to vote for him. We verily believe
Mr. HUBLKT could not have received a half
dozen of votes in that Convention, and yet
in the iace of this state of facts, the Dele
gates ftom this county supported him to the
utmost, theteby confirming ajkthe suspicion
that were at the time entertaimed on that
subject."
WASHINGTON RAIL ROAD.
This road is now completed. Last week
cars, loaded with coal, passed over the road
from Pittston, all the way through, without
let or hindrance.
We undeistand that enterprising company
has contracted with other coal operalots at
Pittston, for several thousand tons of Coal
per week, during the season. The com
pany purchase the coal with a view to send
it by the way of the Rail Road to market.
The carrying from that place such an a
mount of coal, in addition to the amount
that will be sent to market by canal, will
show a great increase o( business at Pittston
over that of any previous year. The in
crease of|business at that place is showing its
effect in promoting the rapid growth of the
village, whose dimensions are so fast stretch
ing out, as to occasion a thought that the
time may come when P.ttston and Wilkes-
Barre will be united by, and be the ex
tremes of one continued town or city. Clus
tcrs cf houses are reared at Bloomingdale, a
few miles this side of Pittston, and at other
points, showing the progress of improve
ment, wherever coal mines are extensively
worked.— Wilkesbarre Advocate.
ry The Jackson Democrat publishes the
resul of a special election held in that por
tion of Bedford county, to be set off into a
new county called "Fulton," to determine
the propriety of the Division. The vote for
the county is 680—against 324 ; further re
turns, it is supposed, will reduce this major
ity 150 votes. Montour and Fulton are the
new counties formed by the Legislature at
its last session. With moderate legislative
activity we shall soon have as many coun
ties ir. Pen nsylvania as they have in Virgin
ia, with a smaller territory to form them out
of.— Pennsylvanian.
The Berks county "Gold Mine" turns out
to be something else, nearly as valuable; for
we gather from a paragraph in the Schnelpost
a paper published at Hamburg, in Berks
county, that an agent of a Company in New
York, recently visited the mine, the proper
ty of Mr. Focht, of Windsor township, for
the purpose of negotiating for its purchase
Aftera careful examiuation of the "placer,''
he offered SIOOO for each acre through
which it extended; but Mr. Fociit refused
to sell, determining to. work the mine him
self. According to public rumor, the mine
contains very little gold, but an abundance
of the purest silver.— Pennsylvanian.
FT Choice tracts of the finest soil, adap
ted to the growth of the "sugar cane," can
be purchased in Texas from $3 to $5 per
acre. Cotton lands can be purchased at
from fifty cents to two dollars per acre.
CF" By a recent order to the officers of
the French Navy, mustachios and tufs are
forbidden ; the hair of the head is not to be
worn below the collar of tho coat, and whis
kers are limited in their length.
QT The Paris National says "that M.
Thiers, after seventeen years marriage, is
about to become a father, and that he and
his lady are to visit Italy for the purpose of
having the child baptized by his Holiness."
Georgey, who is accused of having be
trayed the Hungarian cause, is now living at
Hugerfret in great comfort, keeping his car
riage, and employing his whole time in
cherrfical studies.
HP The King of Spain will give a dinner
to all tho pocr of Madrid on the day of the
Queen's confinement.
HP Napoleon's favorite residence at Foo
tenbleau is to be converted into a cavalry
school.
CF" 'Jenny Lind chewing Tobacco" is
! the latest notion in Virginia.
Aa EveaUc with the Cplrlts.
The New York Tiibuue gives a long ac
count of an interriew with the famous Ro
chester Ladies, on Thursday evening, at the
rooms ot Dr. R. W.Griswohl,—Messrs. Fen
nimore Too par, Bryant, Bancroft, Willis,
Tucketman, Dr. HaiVks, Dr. Praneis, and
other distinguished gentlemen being pres
ent. The "spirits" were variously invoked
during the evening, and the responsive mp
pings appear to have been ocoasioDly apt
and satisfactory. The deportment of tne fe
males is commended by the writer, from
whioh we derive this specimen of the en
tertainment :
"The evenining is now far advanced, and
it was r.ot thought desirable to continue the
colloquies any furthor. At the suggestion of
several gentlemen, the ladies removed from
the sofa, where they had sat during the eve
ning, and remained standing in another part
of the rcom. ; The knocking* were now
heard on the doors, at both ends of the room,
producing a vibration on the pannels which
was felt by every one who touched them.
Different gentlemen stood on the outside and
the inside of the door at the same time,
when loud knocking were heard ov the
opposite side from where they stood. The
ladies were at such a distance from the door
in both cases, as to lend no countenance to
the idea that were produced by
any direct communication with them.—
They now went into a parlor, under the
room in which the party waa held, accom
panied by several gentlemen, and the souuda
were produced with grea. distinctness, caus
ing sensible vibrations in the sofa, and appa
rently coming Irom a thick hearth-rug bofore
the fireplace, as well as from other quarters
of the room.
A correspondent of the Boston Iltrald
states that the lust difficulty that occurred
between Mr. T. B. Lawrence and his wife,
and which led to all the subsequent tin.
pleasant circumstances of the affair, was the
refusal on the part of the lady to attend in a
proper rostumo, a splendid party given to
Ihetn by Mr. Abbott Lawrence, on the occa
sion of their marriage. Tho lady at first
positively refused to go at all, and when pre
vailed on. attended in a common calico morn
ing wrapper. This the husband looked on as
a wanton insult offered to his relations, aa
the party was given to introduce the bride to
the friends of the family.
Highly Important from Havana. i
NEW ORLEANS, June 15, 1850.
We have received intelligence from Ha
vana as late as the 10th inst., and are happy
to state that tho Spanish government had
yielded to the representions of our Consul,
aided by other American authorities, and, af
ter passing through the forms of a trial, had lib
erated the American prisoners, who were free to
return to the United States
THE WESTERN TRAVEL. —The whole dis
tance between Philadelphia and Cincinnati
is now accomplished in three days and six
hours, via the Central Railroad to Pittsburg,
by steamboat from thence to Wheeling, and
thence to Cincinnati mostly by railroad.
This is tolerably quick time, but when the
Central Road shall be completed it will be
I done still quicker.
"We do not know who Mr. Green and Mr
Donohue are, and have never heard of
them before—nor do we wish to hear of
them again, at least in a Democratic Con
vention." Sunbury American.
"Anyting bite you dera Hsinrich."—
Wilkesbarre Farmer.
A "MANIFEST DESTINY" MAN. —Walter
Savogu Laudor publishes an article in the
London Ex am' tier, in which he predicts that
the United States will proceed in annexing
foreign States and establishing in them the
English language and laws, until the Union
will embrace all fraternities and climates!
Canada and Cuba can come on as soon as
convenient. The Sandwich Islanders will
have to grow more aecuktomed to the use of
breeches before they can be admitted.
The New Comet is faintly .vifible to tha
naked eye in the Constellation Ursa Major,
it will continue to approach the earth until
the middle of July, when it will attain its
minimum distance from us of about thirty
eight millions of miles, or leas than one half
of its present distanco. As it is also ap
proaching the Sun, it will become five or
six times brighter than it is now.
tST I.a Patrin announces that a miracu
lous girdle, which is alleged to havo been
worn by the Virgin and which is one of the
precious relics of the Cathedral of Tortosa,
has been sent to Madrid, to be placed near
the Queen of Spain, in her approaching ac
couchement ; and it ii for the present, de
posited on the altar of the Chapel Royal
E7* Barnum, it is said, having been en
couraged in procuring Jenny Lind's appear
ance in this country, is now making great
efforts to bring Queen Victoria and the ba
bies next year.
j
tW Pennsylvania.—Hon. T. M. McKen
nan is announced as a candidate for the
Whig nomination to Congress from ths 'dis
trict composed of Washington and Bearer
oounties if. this State.
Or United States Senator—lt is stale J that
Edmund Burke is a candidate fot the United
States Senate, from New Hampshire.
"Why are you malancholly V said the
Duke of Marlborough to a soldier after the
battle of Blenheim. "I am thinking replied
the man," "how muoh blood I have shed for
a sixpence."
The following is a good phrase, descript
ive ol an energetic character: "Cromwell
did not wait to strike until the iron was hit,
hit made it hot by striking
TstrlMe Pl—sSes oa tab Erie.
Burning of the Steamer Two or Three
Hundred Livte Led-
BIIITILO, June 17.
The fine steamer, Griffith, Capt. Roby,
while oa her way up to the Lake, look fire
about five o'clock this morning, when about
twenty miles below Cleveland, and was
burned to the water'a edge.
The mate, who swam ashore from the'
burning boat fortielp. has reached Cleveland,
and reports that only thirty of those on bowrd
were saved, and these hsid to swim ashore,
there being no vessel near to render assist
ance.
Capt, Roby, his wife and ohild, wars a
mongst the lost.
It is reported that there were two or three
hundred persona on board, most of whom
wero emigrants on their way to the West
If this is a correct estimate, the number of
the lost may probably exceed two hundred.
The scenes on the burning wreck are da
scribed as having been agonizing in the ex
treme.
It is impossible as yet to ascertain the
cause of this disaster, or to give any further
particulars. It is the grea'est calamity that
has occurred on Lake Erie, since the de
struction by fire of the steamer Erie, eome<
years sgo.
A Cowhiding la New Terk.
A telegraphic despatch, dated New York,
June 17th, to the Fenntyhanian, states that
"Mr. FORREST meeting Mr. N. P. Witus,
face to face, this afternoon, in the centre of
Washingtou Square, the most fashionable
part of the town, knocked him down and
horse-whipped him most soundly, with a
cowhide." lie richly deserved this at the
i hands of a man whom he has so much vali
| tied and abused.
—ee -
Fire In Culembln.
LANCASTER, June 17.—A very destructive
fire broke mt this morning, at Columbia, in
this county. Some thirty or forty buildings,
situated westward of the railroad depot, from
the bridge to the Green Tree Hotel, were en
tirely destroyed. Ihe car house and the
office of the Columbia Spy. were reduced to
ashes. (Mr. Gilbert Brown, the proprietor
of the Spy, is now in this city. He is a
young inan, and the loss will fall heavily
upon liiin. We are glad to learn, however,
that Mr. Brown is entirely insured.]
There are at lsatt thirty families thrown
out of house and home by this calamity.
It is estimated that tha loaa will not fall
short of $50,000 to $60,000.
A number of fire companies hare left
this city, to aid in abating the further pro
gress of tho raging element.— Pennsylrmun.
MURDER AT MIN ERST ILLS. —Oa Wednesday
morning of last week, Evan Jones and Will
iam Kdtrards, were arrested and carried be
fore Charles W.Taylor, Esq., in the borough
of Minersville, charged with the murder of
William Walt, who was severely beaten and
bruised on the night previous, and died du
ring that day. There was no direct evidence
against the accused except the dying declar
ations of Watt, which were in the strongest
and roost positive terms. It eppeared in ev
idence, that on Tuesday evening, Griffith-
Gwin and the deceased went to the of
the latter, when'a difficulty occurred between
him and hia wi'o ; she cried murder! which
alarmed the neighbors, and the accused in
terfered, but soon left, and returned to their
homes. Afterwards Gwin and Watt left audi
procceced to the house of the former, new
which, as he stated before the inquest, bo
left the deceased, and proceeded downtown,
and on his relnru in half an hour, ha found
Watt at his house weltering in hit blood.
Jones and Edwards were committed to take
their trial for the murder.— PoiltvMt Empon
u m.
OHIO COM VENTIOM —The Ohio State Con
vention have resolved that the Legislature
shall meet only every two years. They
have also determined to fix the Senatorial
term at two, instead of four yean—being
the same length as|lhatof the Represent aires
and to place the eligibility of Senators and
Representatives, as regards age, upon tha
same footing—tho age of 25 being Adopted.
rT Girls in 4/wsofa.*-A correspondent of
the Minesota Pioneer, writing from Fort
Gaines, says that he had just seen a pile of
snakes, forty fire in number which had been
killed by two )oung girls of that place. The
girls went out mossing, but it turned out to
be a snaking expedition, and Ihoy want to
know whether any other section of the coun
try can produce exactly such heroines.
rr Franklin and Marshall CoOtga—At a
public meeting which was held in Lancas
ter, Pa., on the sth inat, a committee to eo
licit'iubecriptiou to the college to the amount
of $25,000. On the opening of the bookey
one gentleman headed the Net to the amount
of 91,000, and several other* followed with
subscriptions of each.
A POLITICAL Jwts .A olerk in the War
Department died a few daya ago, and aouae
anxioua and expectant Whiga thought they
would lake time by the firelock to mootn
raend a candidate. They called immediate
ly upon the Secretary and after stating theie
business apologized for calling so aoon after
the clerk's death. The Secretary blandly ae
snred the gentlman that no apology was ne
cessary for so early a call, for the vataney
isai already filled.—Ledger.
Tha Opening of the Mummy, at Boston,
haa been dramatized. Another theatre in
that city haa a piece founded on the eama',%.
vent, called "Taken in and done for."
The farmertin this region are already pee
paring for haymaking. There will be an
abundant yield of hay, and the grain erops
have not looked better for many years past
Tha Treasurer's notice in to-days paper
will be found of sspscisl interest to tax-pap
ets f ths oeuuty.