a. W. WEAVER K B. S. GIL.MORE, EDITORS. ®lg#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 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