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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.