a. W. WEAVER K B. S. GIL.MORE, EDITORS. ®lg#<sbtint. Thursday, July 11. 1 s .o. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. Election held Get. 8, 1850. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONF.R, W. T.MORISON. FOR AUDITOR GENERAL, EPH. BANKS. TOR SURVEYOR GENERAL, J. P. -BRAWLEY. IDEA rH OF THE PRESIDENT. "It becomes our sad duty to-day'o record the death of President Taylor—the chief magis trate of the Union. The afflicting dispen sion will be a subject of melancholy reflec tions throughout all the land. He was a man who serCed well his country on the ten ted battle-field, and in fact spent the best part of his.life in the servico of the republic. Patriotism no man denied to him. But ho has fallen—the chief of tho nation is no. more, but like the humblest peasant has re turned to his mother earth. Mr Fillmore will bo President, and the! Senate will choose a Vice President, which, from present appearances will bo Wm. R. Kin.', of Alabama. The South will feel in! ' the atiorial council that a strong man liasj been lost to its power, and when Congress shall recover from its paralization it is likely; that the Compromise bill will immediately pass both branches, through the fears of the; .South that a worse fate may betide that, section of tho Union. Another Chapter on the Tnrifl. The tariff of 1846 is now yielding to the national treasury an annual revenue of about 842,000,000 —or more than the sum ever • biought in under any previous revenue act •of our government. This is a condition of • things that mutt be highly gratafymg to ev •ery one of our citizens, and is an instructive commentary on the doleful prophecies of Federalism. Wo know that some who do not under stand tho A. B C's., of Poliiteal Economy will reply to us that in order to raise so large a revenue, we import too mm-y goods, and that spevio must needs go >ul of the conn try to purchase these. But let us maik that such an evil as that could last only for a year or two, and would cheek i'.self. Whenever too large an amount of specie should go out of our country specie, growing scarce, would ■ raise in value, and every thing elso fall so low that goods could no longer be imported • here. Extensive importations one year will drain the country of its specie, so that we cannot pur :base fntr abroad the next. Now tho act of 1846 has been ill opera lion more than three years and a half. It has yielded a largo revenue every year, and 6teadily increased. This proves that our bu siness of international exchanges has been -conducted upon prudent and sound principles. If wo had, as a nation, purchased beyond ourmeans in 1847 or 1848, we shauld have felt a consequent falling ofl in our national revenue of 1849 and 1850, for tho miscalled balance of trade will level itself. There is one fact in this connection which shows how little General Taylor's cabinet knows about political economy. Secretary Meredith in his esiimate for tho annual re '■•ceiptsand expenditures of the government • presented tho doleful result that there would on the Ist of July be a deficit of £6,000,000 in our national f.nanees. The act ol 1846 was tho conception of Mr. Walker, and Taylor's Dayboll could cipher nuthing bui bankruptcy and ruin out of it. He believed not that any good thing could come out ol Nazareth ; and when ho found Utile diffieul ties in the working of the revenue law, his fertile fancy magnified these mole-hills into mountains. But tho prophet of evil found_ • out his error; andonthe Ist of July discov ered a suiplus in the national treasury. While Mr. Walker was in that department of state ho never once came near so wiilo of rthe mark in his calculations, but made his / estimates with inch romarkablo precision i that one might almost have doubted whether they were tho reports of what And transpired ol the foreshadowing of what was yet to come ty In his last paper Best again proposes Hon. E. B. Hubley as the next Democratic candidate for Governor, and says —"so far, all the Delegates chosen to the next State Con vention, arc understood to be in his favor." This significant disclosure comes out while the editor is commenting on the proceedings of the Dauphin county convention, where * Simon Cameron waschosed a delegate; and is hence an admission that Simon is "under-j stood to be in favor" of Mr. Hubley. This, is just what wo havo said heretofore; and, the people can now son how those who wor! ked for Hubley havo been playing into the' hands of Cameron, Best, Ovensnine & Co. and thus attempted to sell tho vote ofColum-, 'bis to the very mon who dismombered our county. EIDEE SPIT. —The Worcester, (Mass.) ITmbupt slates, that "actions have been com .menead against George Darracott, Gas Engi neer, lot uttering a slander against Henry M. Paine, calling him a humbug and cheat, atid ( asserting that the said Paiiie'a discovery was a swindling operation. Damages laid at $lO i ,000. If Mr. Paine has made the discovery, he claims, he is immeasurably above the ( /each of elander or detraction. . 1 tyThe proceedings of the Sabbath School Celebration at Fox' School House, in Catta wissa township, came too late for insertion this week We will publish in our next. ! Taxes of Columbia County for ISSOt The following table shows the amount of county and state-tax levied in each town ship of Columbia County for 1850, and also the names of the Collectors for 1850. COUNTY STATE James M'Dowell Anthony 435 35 436 68 Chris. Shuman Beaver 229 97 213 02 Hugh M 1 Bride 11 Creek 900 35 870 03 B. K. Hartmau Bloom " 1611 79 1 172 57 Casper Ithan Cttawis. 522 41 494 30 gßenj. Miller Canter 646 04 676 35 g.lohu Robison Derrv 488 17 484 65 JJohn Reynolds Dan.'Bor. 1587 54 1444 82 AM. M'Henry F. Creek 408 46 396 13 JtMoses Hnwer Frarklin 488 19 479 44 ■Samuel M'Carty Greenwood 511 29 494 98 gSamuel Olil Hemlock 621 17 596 84 (jjohn Savago Jackson 118 79 116 37 SFred M'Bride I.imerfne 773 14 782 23 SR. Montgomery Liberty 570 06 543 96 SJJnnns Mourer Mahoning 590 79 554 46 raWm. Roberts Montour 573 72 561 19 |C. H. Hess Mifflin 527 04 512 69 |lsaac Yettet Main 283 82 273 05 ?Wm. Howell Ml. Pleasant 231 36 223 67 jPeler Heiman Orange 448 82 <oe! 90 jjJonas Faringer R. Creea 942 55 885 51 IS. Anplemnu Sugarloaf 584 19 347 52 xJacob Sidler Valley 482 27 462 83 gJoseph Sheep Madison 772 49 778 12 U TOTAL 15149 27 14510 69. THE FOURTH OF JULY. - Efl The national holiday passed off very qui jfctly in Bloomsburg, and thera were no 6eri- Potis explosions of cannons, nor accidents, to (ilife ainllimb. Hearts may have been lost Hin the merriment of the pleasant pic tiics, EJfor every otta who participated has cdm gpltmenls to pay tho occasion. In tho svo- Hning there was a Inrrc and reunion, at Bra jaily's "Exchange," and another at Dojblcr's jffAincricaii House. S At Orangevillo there was a livoliy, time ; j&and tho fourth was plainly visible, as tho al ts manac makers say. Tho Columbia Artil 'crist from Light Street wore on parade, and made a very respec'able appearance. k TOLLS At REACH HAVEN. COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, 1 Beach Haven, July Ist, 1850. j Messrs Weaver & Gilmore:—Gentlemen : Tho amount of Tolls received at this offiice for June, 819,571 76 A int. per last report, 32,400 90 851,972 66 Yours respectfully, GEO. SMITH. [By the above, it appears that receipts lof lolls, for June, this year, are about 85,000 higher this year than last ] COUNTER FMTS. Counterfeiting has become, quite a business in these days. A number of spurious 810 Northumberland Bank notes have lately been put into circulation by somo srnmpe. j Tho counterfeits are a good inflation of the genuine, and ea I only be d!eetod by obser ving that they are (Tinted ru darker paper and of a litde courser engraving. Those circulated in this latitude aro of the data of November 1810. IFJAA ACCIDENT. — On yesterday morning, \vq regret to learn, the cars on tho Company's jgroailroad just below town passed over Mr George Krenmer, crushing his log most hor ribly ; so that it is feared the limb have to be amputated. We are told that he attempt ed to get on the coal car while it was in mil lion, and slipping, fell beneath the wheels. He is an industrious man, and the accident will be a most serious ealamuity to his de pendent family. CW Fowler's "Phrenological Journal" for July is a rich and spicy number of that ex cellent periodical, amply fulfilling its prom is ;s ro readers and justifying the wide popu larity which it has acquired. It opens with a description of the character of Andrew- Jackson, with a good engraving of his strong- Ily-marked physiognomy. The articles on ■'Temperaments" and "Copious Breathing," present many curious fact*, well worthy the attention both of tho physiologist and the invalid, while a good "Fourth of July" ora tion wiih little common place and no bom bast is contained within the compass of two pages. (New-York: Fowler & Wells.) ry 'The Water 1 ure Journal," (July.) has a new frontispiece which is certainly far mnro attractive than the lancets, pill boxes, blisters, deaths heads and cross bones of the regular prolessiou, presenting a strong temp tation to every man to "throw physic to tho dogs," and seek the fountain of health in the host and purest of Na'uro's elements. The reading matter in this number, from a well-known pens is of a high or der. (New-York : Fowler & Wells ) THE STUDENT. —The July number of this valuable publicnliun moro than confirms our good opinion of the work. It is designed to furnish new reading to scholars and young people generally, and would ptove a novel, interesting and instructive visiter to every school TermsSl per annum. Fowler and Wells, New York. TY SARTAIN for August is already receiv ed First among the embellishmeeta are '•The Discovery" ai d ''The Rabbit on tho wall," tho fotmcr.a good mezzotinto bySam oel Sartain, the latter a happily conceived line engraving by Scrz after a design of Wilkie. Tho reading matter is good, as Sartain always has. The September num ber of this Magazine will contain a portrait of Fredriky Bremer. HARVEST. —The bountiful favors of Ceres are now gathered by the hardy husbandman from hill and plain. The children of toil are now reaping an abundant harvest of nature's good things, and can this year lay up aplen tiful supply of provisions for need. The Farmtr's life is truly a most happy one. He can bo contentod under his own vine and lig-tr e, and there shall be none to make him afraid. He is truly a monarch, for the earth ministers to his wants and nev 'er rebels. He is the most indepccdent of all men; for his industry can always coin him wealth, and it is to him that the rest of tho world looks for its sustenance. Correspondent< of the Star. MUNCT, July 1, 1850. Messrs. Weaver If Gilmorc : Gentlemen—As a looker on in Vienna I am disposed to note some of the matters and things which passed at Hnrrisbnrg during the last session of tho Legislature, and do sim ple justice to some of the actors in that dra ma. In tho first place allow me to say that legislation is not now conducted according to the moral and spirit that characterized it some thirty years ago. O noj Money, it is very much fearad, has something to do with its deliberations ! Don't start at such a sugges. tion. Yes, gentlemen, tho writer verily be lieves, that money and extraneous applian ces have more to do with many of ','ne most important measures of legislation than intrin sic merit. Witness the completion of the N. Branch Canal—a measure called for and de manded by the vital interests of tho peoplo of iho North and in Btrict harmony with the financial interests of the State—as calculated to secure more revenue to our treasury than any other link in the chain of our public im provements, which came near failing, by the intrigues of the Whig party to defeat it, in order to manufacture false political capital to use in the ensuing fall election; whrle branch Railroads, caleu atcd to divert tonnage from our State works, and consequently dry up the souraes of revenue ; Banks of doubtful character, and with all the vices of the old corrupt system embraced in their new char ters ; together with a most unequal, unfair, and gerrymandering apportionment bill, which in its provisions, in many instances, gave al most a double representation to particular & favored districts, while it disfranchised whole communities in others, which were suspected of sound radical democracy ; found ready favor and vigorous support. An honest pur pose, it would seem, did not possess the at tributes of atlraeiion, especially with the whigs and some eight or ten professed dem ocrats of rather easy virtue, I had almost [ forgot tho striking instance of the Montour county bill—a bill which before an impar tial and enlightened body of men, would not have been sustained a moment, found shelter and countenance and a most disreputable support when backed up by the agents and officers of iho D B There \%ere nevertheless a most rcspecta ble minority of itreproachabie and unap proachable democrats in that strange, com pound-body. But they were unfortunately in a minority. It is, I know, invidious to particularize where so many deserve com mendation and who could not be approached with the lately developed appliances ; but there is one individual whoso course under all the circumstances, was so commendable that, tho wrier believes, all who knew him in his legislative capacity, will join in their approbation of it The writer means Jere miah Black, of Tioga. Mr. Black has no pretensions to literature, which in a man of shallow capacity, too often sots jjofT fjeblo thought ith a false glitter. Like tin that throws a falso and offensive ray at a distance —convoying a vastly grantor conception of its importance than traced toi' source, iv will bear, ilul he possessed attributes of v stly more value in the character of a man, 11c possessed heart and honor ; and a dis crimination vastly superior to others (who could flaunt a little book knowledge in many cases grossly misapplied.) and which ena bled him to pursue through the mazes of le gislative operations a sound and consistent course. Ho read the coustitution with an in tegrity of purposo that enabled him to draw just conclusions and airivo at a just interpre tation ; so seldom met with among the legal frat roily—who, usually instructed by the old veterans of English la v, as derived to them through the commentaries of the great pet of the English aristocracy, seek first how tho safe and healthy principles laid down in our Republican constitution, can be effectu ally eluded or perverted by false intcrprc'a tions. It is this rotten part of a lawyer's ed ucation, in this country, that so peculiarly unfits that class for impartial and healthy le gislation. Black's purpose sosmed to be in all cases, to arrive at justice and fair conclu sions. The lawyers in too many cases act as retained counsel for particular interests a gainst the common welfare. Few men can go through with the routine of a legal educa tion and come out unbiassed by its anti-re publican and aristocratic tendencies—for the legal course in this country, to our s°-~ame, is through the rubbish of British barbarism— Gothic feudalism and all the jesuitica! subtle lics of ecclesiastical arrogance and pious fraud which distinguishes the ecclesiastical history of England. True, there are some admirable traces of the ancient Roman juris prudence discernable through voluminous & barbarous übshrditief—but not enough to compensate for the labor and hazards ot the undertaking. A man of strong discrimina ting intellect would make a much more safe and more consisten constitutional American lawyer, who had never read Blackstone's commentaries, or (ho barbarous tomes of Coke, Bracton Littleton, or Sleirnhook, but merely by taking the American constitution and common sense as his guides and impar tial and philosophical thought as his inter preter. P-LEBS. THE WEBSTER CASE. —Tho confession of Prof. Webster bo found on our first page, nd presents a truly sickening chapter in the dark history of human nutare. Let every one read it, and shuddering pray "lead us not into temptation." - The exten uating points are very improbable, and this makes .t all the more horrible, to think that a man should dare to go down to the grave with a lie on his lips. FUOM CALIFORNIA— We are pleased to hear from our young friend JOHN D. PETKIKEN "ormerly of this place, and ltow upon the Yu ba river in California engaged in hunting gold, lie is in good spirits and is gathering gold to the value of from sl6 to $25 pur day. The Columbia Spy has again made its appearance after.an absence of several weeks. The Spy was burnt at the recent disastrous fire in that place. Its appearance is beauti ful, as usual. Ilotts on Taylor. Who has not ticard of head-him-or-die- Bolts—Hon. John M. Botts, of Richmond, Va. —especially ihat whig has not! While a member of Congress the whigs nsod to "swear by him indeed, since tho mem orable night, when he slept, or rather lay a wake with Capt. Tyler, giving hiin "caudle lectures" from thiT'blowing out of the can dle to the rising o?the San," as to his duties as the surviving parinor of the lirrn of "Tip pecanoe and Tyler too,'' his name has been household words ■ in the "great whig" family. HQ swallowed Tnylor, as every body remembers, after much hesitation and, as ho expressed himself, as a man would a very nauseous dose of medicine. But it ap pears that the longer the dose has remained on his stomach the more unpalitable it has bocom", and ho lias at last thrown up tho "Gnlplin," notwithstanding tho "faculty" unremitting in their prescriptions. The Boston Post says: "At Powhatan court house, Va., on the 15th, a grand barbacue was given to Hon. John M. Bolts, who made a speech two hours long, which is roported to ha ve been one of bis best efforts. He came out decidedly for the Senate-compromise bill ar,d came down upon the President and his "plan" in a way that was greatly applauded. The General, he said, had grossly violated his pledges HI (he Allison letter not to inter fere with the wishes of the people as expres seJ through their representatives. Ho had openly electioneered on the public squares against the compromise, had ridiculed the "omnibus bill, ''and removed his friend Bul litt from tho Republic for supporting it—Bul litt the reputed author of the Allison letter.— "He lias," continued Air Bolts, "two public presses pensioned to oppose it. He denoun ces its authors, and has done what no other President ever did, in writing a letter to a portion of Air. Duer's constituents, thinking them lor approving of the plan known as the President'*." Mr. Bolls read the President's letter to Ak. Coolidge in proof of this charge. He then blew up the cabinet for the Galphin swindle, and blatned the President, who had been repeatedly urged by distinguished whigs to get rid of them In fine, Botts s ya that T'aylorism has used up the whig party. AnM-War Whigs. The late Whig Convention repudiated JOHN STROHM, because of his open hostility to the Afexican War 5 yet that same Convention nominated JOSHUA DUNGAN, of Bucks county, for Canal Commissioner,, who according to tho Doylestown ' 'lndependent Democrat," was a noisy opponent of that war. There ar< many patriots even among the Whigs, who will never lend their supoort to any man capable or taking side against the coun try, asdij the anti-war Whigs who exb'erted the Mexicans to greet our bra";. Volunteers with bloody hands and hospital graves. The Anthracite Rnnu. Tho Poltsville Emporium says:—Our frtan.U af again give ' Ullcw tllUt they will apply to tho Legislature at its next session, ''for a Charter of a Bank of Discount and deposits, to be located in the Borough of Tamaqua, Schuylkill county, to be called The "Anthracite Bank," with a capital of iwo hundred and fifty thousand dollars, with the privilege of increasing it to five hundred ' thousand dol ars." It is certain that the business ofTamaqua, already large, is rapidly increasing, anil we have no doubt that a bank located there would be of material advantage to its busi ness men. DYING OF JOY. A New York letter in the Philadelphia In quirer says: "A death from sudden and un expected joy occurred here yesterday. A poor Gorman emigrant who left the home of his fathers and all the associations of a long life, to seek the new world with the view of bettering his fortune, actually was unable to bear the shock of seeing a well beloved brother. The moment his eye fell on his countenance, his frame was convulsed— he swooned with joy—sunk and died. The fond and devoted had ceased to beat, and its possessor had at last found quietude in that place where the wicked cease from troub ling and where the weary are at rest." The Last of the Theatre. The front walls of the Park Theatre in New York have been levelled to the ground, and in a short space of time, new and ele gnnt stores will rise upon the ruins of tho old temple of the muse?.. Muslins and calicoes will soon be vended upon the very floor where Kean, Cooper, and their cotempora ries chained the people with the readings of the greet author whose statue rested over the portal. Perhaps pork and beans, veal pie and tapioca-both-kinds, will be vended ;n the basement, codl'.ver oil bottled in the fifth story, and pill boxes manufactured in the sixth. Alas! Poor Yorick ! LTCOMLNG COUNTT MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY. —By a published statement of the affairs of the Company, it appears that the amount of property insured by it is $20,771,- 029,.04, on 18,672. The losses by fire during tho last year, en ding June 9, 1850, amounted to $52,359.44, among which wo notice in Columbiacounty: —David Masters, S2OOO ; E. Si J. Hicks, $12.- 12; Simon Dreifuss, $13.18; Caleb Apple man, SOOO ; John Vanblaragram, $160; Da vid H. llissol, $lO9-.91; James Simington, $2007; Joseph Stackliouse, 10; and Jo nas Huyman, $3908. The actual state of tho Company's funds show a deficit, on Juno 10, 1850, of SI7.J 481.20, to cover which assessment No. 10 on premium notes, will realize $32,500, lea ving a balance of $1'2,01 .80 in the Treasu ry, after depucting S3OOO for collecting ass essment and exonerations. EF" Gen. Bickle, the State Treasurer, paid the July interest on the S ate debt, on Moc* day last, atjhe Bank of Pennsylvania. CF The York Bank has declared a div dendof four per cent, for the last six months From the Fennsylvanian. IOWA CONTESTED SEAT. Among the revelations which have been made, growirg out of the contested seat in Congress, from lowa, it appears that the whole Mormon vote was thrown for the Whig claimant, by the adviso of OHSON HYDE, their "bell-wether;" that Orson wan ted a printing press, and Fitz ifenry Warren sympathizing with him in his emergency, gave the Mormon Elder a lellor of intro duction to Truman Smith, iit Washington, who was at the head of the Whig General C ommitlec. Orson went on to Washington, and his mission seems to have been blessed —for not long afterwards, as he testifieds, he "effected a loan of $800," to enable him to disseminate his new doctrines in lowa, but whether his letter to Truman Smith was tho cause of his success he "did n't know I" At all events, the following order on the Mor mons, was given into the hands of Fitz Warren by Hyde. Hear the fellow's epis tle "Burlington, lowa, July 8, 1848. Dear Friends and Brethren:— It has seemed good unto .me, vour brother and companion in tribulation, and counsellor in the Church of God, to advise ana request you to cast your votes, at tho ensuing elec tion, in favor of the Whig candidates for of fice. This letter is placed in the hands of Col. F. H. Warren, who will give you, or cause lite same to he done, all necessary in formation, how and when to act. A due respect o 4 ' our prosperity as a peo ple, and for the prosperity of the country at large, has influenced me to give you the a hove counsel, and with it I give you the assurance of my hearty good will, and an interest in my prayers, "that Heaven's blessing may rest upon you here, and that His glory may be your reward 'where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest.' Your brother in Christ, ORSON HYDE." It is well known that the Mormons im plicitly obey their leaders, and they most faithfully followed their "brother in Christ" with SBOO in his pocket, on the occasion. How much this whole transaction is like the bargain and sale between the Natives and Whigs of this city and couhty. The Free Boilers naturally voted to exclude the man from his seat in Congress, whom the Mor mons opposed. Parties of a single idea rea dily fraterniza. From the Pittsburg Post. The attempt or. the part of some corrunt and unprincipled men to bribe a couple fl Tejegates in the late Democratic Slate Con vention, is a prolific theme for the Feder' or Galphin press to descant upon. \Ve ar e perfectly willing that tho G?J, p hinites shall appropriate to 'hC-mss'ives all the capital they can possibly mate out of that disgraceful transaction. Not a single Democratic paper in tho State will defend tho scoundrelly acts of Ovenshino at.d Kankin ; and tho opinion of the Conservative press, that echoes with the praise of Simon Cameron, is of no weight with the pure, honest and incorruptible Dem ocracy of the State. Tho S2O bills on tho Hnnlc of Middletown, that were so tempting ly exhibited by Ovenshine and Rankin, clearly point to the real author of tho at tempted bribery. We would not burn his fingers, while he could find cat's paws to do tho work for him. Mo is too cunning for that. Wo there f oro contend that the disgrace of the bribery transaction attaches quite as much to tho Federal party as to the Demo cracy. Simon Cameron is now, and always has been, a special pet of tho Federalists. The Representatives of that party aided by a few TRAITORS from tho Democracy, sent Simon Cameron to the United States Althoug he occasio'nhlly voted with the democracy in that body, he al wapl advocated High Tariffs, Banks, and other schemes of monopoly and oppression, and was considered a good Federal Whig by the regular Democracy of the country. Cameron (it is said) is now endeavoring to get back into the U. S. Senate. He never will be elected by Democratic votes. That is certain. His only hope is to bargain with his dear friends, the Whigs, as heretofore, and then get a few creatures s>ho attach themselves, like lecces, to the Democratic patty,—who would be willing to betray their constituents, and barter their principles, for the sake of a loan from the Middletown Bank, —to declino supporting the caucus nominee. Wo speak plaisly on this subject, Tho time* require plain talk. Towards Simon Cameron, personally, we have not the slightest ill will, But if ho was the best friend we had in this world, we could not avoid opposing him, when we know that his elevati n would prostrate Democratic principles. And herein we differ from tho Whigs. That party will placo any man in power, it matters not how corrupt, unprinci pled, or incompetent he may be, provided by so doing they can defeat the Democra cy. Simon Cameron may be a clever man, a good neighbor, and an enterprising citixen, but we unhesitatingly declare in enr opinion he has no more claims to the name of Dem ocrat than Gov. Johnston, Moses Hampton, Deacon While, or the gentleman on the Ex change Bank ticket. Let the Democraes of Pennsylvania, at their primary elections, meet this question boldly and fairly. let them be careful to o lcct no man as a Delegate to tho County or State Convention who it even suspected of being favorable to Cameroiiian Federalism. And above all things, they should nominate candidates for the Legislature,, who will pledge themselves in writing to volo for the caucus nominee for U. S. Senior—men whose votes could not bo bought by the Middletown Bank or ten thousand swindling Banks at the back of it. Let the Camerous and the Bests, the O venshines and the liankins, and all such cor. rupt politicians, go over to the Federal Gal phin party, where their hearts are. a:d the Democracy will then become pure. For every man of that clique of trimmers we lose, at loast an hundred honest radicals will break off the Whigs and join our ranks. The population of Massachusetts, by the State Census, just taken, is aboat 950,000 persons • TWO WEEKS I.ATEK FROM CALI FORNIA. ARRIVAL OF TIIE PHILADELPHIA. •2,500,000 In (.old. NEW YORK, J,Q^7 — 10 P.M. Tho splendid steamship' ISiiladelphia ar rived here al 8J o'clock tli is evenirg, with two weeks larer news from California. The Philadelphia Brings dates frow San Francisco lo the Ist of Juno, and two mil lion and a half dollar $ in gold —two million being on freight, and five hundred thousand in the hands of passengers. The Georgia left Chagres on the 26th cf June, thirty-four hours ahead of the Phila delphia. The barque Lucy F.llen, of Boston, from Chagrcs, capsized on the night of the 25th ull., and was lost. The gone al nows from California posses ses but little interest. The miners continue to obtain large quan tities of go d. No further disturbances have taken place between the whites and Indians. The late destructive fire at San Francisco was tho work ot incendiaries. There had been no arrivals ol vessels at San Francisco from tho southern States. SAN FRANCISCO, June I.—There is no par ticular chango tonotice in tho markets. Lum* ber, by the cargo, assorted, 340; American planed, $50a60. Bricks com . and high pricos, but the sup ply is good. Candles are declining. Coal is in good demand. Coffee is scarce. Clothing, dry goods, and drugs dull, and stocks large. IMPORTANT DECISION. The last Harrisbttrg Telegraph contains the following sjt.opsis of a decision in a cu rious "Will Case," by the Supreme Court, now in session : Long vs. Zook Error to Bedford. In this •case the testator made his mark—scrivener attached the wrong name to it—Jacob Long instead of David Long. The will dated in IS-14. Testator died in 1348. The Court below rejected the will. Gibson C. J. Under the act of 1833, this execution would be imperfect; that act al lowing the name of the testator to be written by another. But this is not tho came of Lie testator.—The right to make wills is a positive, not natural right; and tho direct ions of the statute must be followed. But the act of 1848, when a mark is mailt", it dispensee with the name, as an* essential part of the signature, as it does with the mark, when the name is written by another by his direction. The imperfect mark, as it could not corroberato, ought to weaken i:. True, a name is an index to the mark, but does not conclusively point to tho marks man ; ho may b? individuated by proof ali unde. Had the act of 1848 said nothing a bout the name, the mark without a labol at tached to ii-& the name is no more than a label—would have satisfied the statute, and nothing else would have done it. As we have the testator's true and proper mark, tho attachment of a false and improper label to it, is a surplusage which never vitiates. Iho mistake of the sciiviner in affixing such a label, cannot avoid that which was perfect without it. The fallacy is in supposing that the name under the statute governs the mark, when there is one, instead of being govern ed by it. The name affixed by the scriviner may intimate a falsehood ; but tho mark, ■hen it is made by the testator, never.— ■he latter when proved to bo genuine, may satisfy the statute ; the former, without the testator's authority, cannot. This will was made before the act of 1848, but the death was after it—and the will, con trary to tho opinion of the Court below, is ruled it. Judgment reversed. King, for plaintiff in error; Cox, contra. IT'S BOU.NO TO COME. The way Mr. Sec retory Crawford hangs on to his post in the Cabinet since the exposure of the Galphin fraud, shows pretty clearly that he imagines that there is good picking yet in Uncle Sam's Treasury. His removal or retirement is demanded by the universal sentiment of the country, and Whig orators in Congress have bitterly denounced him. But he hangs on. What little money remains is "bound to come" in case the Second Washington retains him in his present position. He skins the people after the fashion of the Hoosier bar ber who was; erforming the opperation of shavir.g a customer with a dull razor. "Stop," said the victim, "that won't do." "What is the matter hoss?" "That razor pulls." "Well, no matter for dat, sah. I( the han dle of the razor don't break, the haird ij bound to come off." —Detroit Free Press. PRETTY GOOD. —A willy Correspondent of the Richmond Enquirer informs the editor that he has a claim for furnishing material to build > Orth's ark and says that he intends to employ Secretary Ctawford to present the claim to Mr. Meredith, and get it allowed on the Galphinio principal; and will only ask the interest without principle, in considera tion of its being a rather antiquated debt. HT During the three months ending June 30th, there were received from Europe at the Now York Post ollico, 287,048 letter", from &alifornia 95,311. Sent to Europe, 346,572 ; to California, 108,991; making with other ship letters, a grand total of 886,925 passed through the foreign department of the office in three months. KOSSUTH.— The New York Tribune learns from Count Dembinski that Kossuth intends coming to America, as soon as he is permit ted to leae Turkey ; and that forty of the one hundred Polish refugees who lately ar rived at Southampton are now on their way here—the others obtained employment ia England THE GALI'UINS. The correspondent ot the Public Lodger records the defeat of the Galphitis in Con gress as follows: •'WASHINOTON, July 7, 1850. The opposition have hnd a great triumph in the mnttcr tho Galphin claims. The resolution of exculpation, submitted by Mr. Toombs, weie voted down by an immense majority, and a vole of censure passed on Mr. Crawford, as well atM* l 'h® President, Mr. Meredith and Mr. Jmnnn. The vote implying censure to the President was even greater than that censuring the Cabinet Mm ister, (it being a majority of five inatead of three.) and must be considered a test vote. A good m ny members refused lo vote, but looked on complaisamly as the administra tion was whipped. Toombs and Stephens, of Georgia, voted for Crawford, with some of the kid glove Nullifiers of the Nonh, ('ycleped Democrats.) but when they saw so many Northern Whigs deserting their friend, and so many other Whigs looking on without aiding them, they "'got mad" and came down on tho President, which acconnts for his vote of censure being larger than that of Mr. Crawford's. The opposition are in high spirits, and the supporters of the ad ministration submit with great mortification. To-morrow the notion to reconsider, pending which the Houso adjourned, will come op; but from all I can learn, the administration will be subjected to still greater mortification. Not only will tho vote of censure be con firmed, but other re/oluliot s passed, inviting Mr. Crawford to leave the Cabinet, which he has disgraced, and refund the money to the Treasury. It is expected that Mr. Craw 'or;! will resign on Tuesday morning, while others believo he may hold on in contempt for the decision of the House ; but the latter is rather doubtful. Mr. Crawford cannot now affect to despise the tribunal ho l *.s himself invoked to judge his cause; he can not now, after having calltd on the House to examine ihe matter, plead :o the jurisdiction. Nor can he say he was pronounced guilty by a strict party vote, when so many Whigs helped lo condemn him. Retirement under such circumstances is perhaps the most ap propriate thing, though I doubt much wheth er, even if he be invited by a vote of the House to do so, he will hand over his fee of one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars— ho must retain something to cheer him in his retirement, and to compensate him for tho loss of personal friends." The correspondent of the Pennsylvaniait describes the following rich scene as having occurred at the White House on the 6th. "It is said to day, that last night a curious scene occurred between Crawford and Err ing, at the White Houso, C. accusing E. having conspired with Shenck, and the im mediate confidants of Meredith and Rcver dy Johnson-, in the Hous •, to ruin htm (C.;J the President in the meanwhile sitting by with his mouth open, and that eternal vacant stare fixed on ltis countenance. If this story is true, Crawford told General Taylor that ho had nothing to upbraid him with, aR God Almighty had denied him ordinary appre hension to such an extent as to make him ab solutely irresponsible for the mischief hi* stolidity was effecting. Crawford's friends are furious, as well they mar be, after tho developmor.'.'of theboht and rascally con spiracy to rui" him, to which the rest of 'be Cabinet, and three-fourths of tho Whig par ty of the Houso, wore parties. There is but a single opinion among tho Democrats on this point, viz : that Crawford is far loss blame-worthy in this matter, than either tho President, Meredith or Johnson. He receiv ed that for which they knew he was strug gling, as but his due, when he entered the Cabinet. They, to give it to him, have set law, constitution, precedent, and even shame at defiance. On the whole, they are in a nice condition. Their friends denounced Crawford (in Schenck's censuring resolu tion,) for being little better than a thief p. while his (C.'s) friends, in the House, de nounced the President, Meredith and John son, for I eing the real rogues—in voting to su tain Jacob Thompson's amendment, cen surin., them in broad and vehement terms." Hon. FPIIRAIM BANKS. —In a recent journey through the centre of the State, we havo beon very much struck with the wide-spread poplarity of this gentleman. The highoct integrity, thu most consistent devotion to tko Democratic cause, united with grca. busi ness capacity, will unite to make hint or e c. the most accomplished and efficient pbii officers of the day. The esfirret-ania whtch he is held throughout the 5' a a, wi I ro . for him a majority worthy of his high arts-- erts.— Ptnnsylvanuin. COM. VS. J. G. MlLLS.— Judge Coulter, de livered an opinion in the Supreme Court yes terday, reversing the judgment of the court below in the seduction case, and directing • new trial, on the ground of want of jurisdic tion at the time of trial below. The case was tried at an adjourned court of Quarter Sessions, which the acts of assembly do not authoiize. The other two cases are not disposed of Hairisburg Telegraph. CT A SLIGHT MISTAKE. —A Fort I.afami® letter giving an account of the great emigra tion now sweeping over the plains to Cali fornia, says:—"The Indians begin to lalk of. emigrating to the East, as they do not be lieve tbat many moro whites can bo left in that portion of the country." A NOVEL VOYAGE —Mr. Wise is construct ing two balloons for the purpose of testing whether tho air may not be navigated in any direction, and whether Europe may not be reached, aerially, in shorter time than by steamships. An aerial trip to Loudon indog doys would bo Jeeidedly pleasant. M Mettermch, the veteran Austrian ab solutist, was at the last account at Paris, preaching a crusade against democracy.- He is anxious that the European Governments shall return to the state they wens two yean
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