- v,fjpM SUSQVJEHANNA CO. Correspondence of the North Pennsylvanian. MONTROSE, June 29th 1850. WIEN FORNEY, Esq., Editor North Penn sylvanian—Sir:—The Board of commirsion ers, composed of Messrs. WRIGHT of Doyles town, and BUCKALEW, of Bloomsburg, ap pointed by the last Legislature to investigate the concerns of the defucct Susquehanna County Bank, are now in session at this place. I have no doubt a searching and through investigation may be relied on. The commissioners bring with them a reputa tion for talents and integrity, and I can bear witness to their courteous and gentlemanly deportment, "and their manifestation of a resolute ane determined 'will to ferret out and expose villany, let it strike where it may. Several witnesses, viz: C. L. WARD, Esq.,, Col, JOHN F. MEANS and Col. D. M. BULL, from your county, were summoned here by the Board. All of them have been exam ined. COLMBAMS, who bus held notes for. some years, having been deposited with him lor safe keeping by Col. KELLUM, after he had resigned the cashiership of that capital less concern as a precious relic, the stock notes amounting to upwards of $62,000, was produced by him and copies taken of the same. In these developments we have a speci men of Banking, or in other words, (for I care not how you may attempt to translate it by strigent application of individual liability clauses, or other desirable remedies,) legal swindling corporate bodies. It has been well and truthfully said that Banks have no souls. This little text should be stereotyped and impressed on the mind of every Demo crat throught the length and breadth of the State. The Democracy have warred in and out of the Legislature, against these fraudu lent corporate privileges. Tho facts which have been brought to light by this investi gation, prove conclusively and as clear as noon day, that the Democratic party has work yet to perioral. I hope to see the Report of this Commit tee when made, extensively published, as I have no doubt it will be by the next Legis lature. Speculations and frauds are being constantly imposed upon the hard-fisted and working millions, by the Bank who live on the substanco and earnings of our honest people. That "good may come of evil," I hope to see the names of every in dividual who has paiticipated in these Ban king frauds held up to the gaze of an insul ted and injured community. Counterfeits. The Letrisburg Chronicle describes the new counterfeits on the Bank of Northumber land thus:— "In the v igne tte o LtM %!n ui ne notes the white block dtkuiJmm of the left hand horse is plain anu the counterfeits is scarcely same difference is observable in the of tho rait road cars on the bottom note. The flourish ofer the end of the word "Northumberland" at the top and left of the note just touches the upper engraved margin of the genuine notes, but runs one fourth of an inch above on the counterfeit ." GT Rather Serious Joking —ln Lowell, (IU.) a tappy couple were recently married, and in the evening the rowdies of the neigh- Dorhood collected and cherivaried the peityi' firing guns, pistols, and making all manner, of hideous sounds ; at length cake were han ded round to the outsiders—each cakes con taining a portion of tartar emetic. The con sequence was that the music of sheep and. oow bells were soon changed for what can be better imagined than described.— Cin. Com. CHARACTERSTIC. —It is stated that, pievious to the last words of General Taylor, "I am prepared to meet death," &c., he said to one of the Physician ; " You havs fought a good battle, but you cannot make a stand Remaras ef General CIH In (he Senate on the death of General Tay lor, July 10th 1850. Again, during the present session, hae a warning voice cem* front the tomb, laying to all of us "Be ye also ready/' Iwo of our colleague! have fallen in the midst of their labor, and we have followed litem to the narrow house where all must lio. In life we are in death.* This lesson, which accompanies us from the cradle to the grave, is among those mer ciful dispensation*/jf Providence which teach us how the things around us, and how soon they must be abandoned for an existence with, no hope but that which is held out by the gospel of our Savi our. And now another solemn warning is heard, and this time it will carry mourning to the hearts of twenty millions of people. Impressively has it said and repeated "that a great man has fallen in our Israel." In the Providence of God, the Chief Mag istrate of the Republic, to whom his fell JW citizens had confided the high executive du ties o f the country, has been suddenly taken from us, ripe, indeed, in years and in hon ors, and but the ether day in the full poss ession of wealth, and with the promise of years of faithful and patriotic services before him. The statesman occupying as proud a position as this wotld offers to human hopes, has been struck down in a crisis which de manded all his firflkqesi and wisdom.-—The conqueror upon many a battle field has fought his last fight, ttd been vanquished— the soldier who had passed unharmed through many a bloody fray, has fallen be fore the shall of the great destroyer. How truly we all—the mighty and lowly—des cend to the tomb together, and together are covered with the cold clod of the valley, and thus pass away the honors and the cares ofe life. The moment is too solemn and impressive for labored addresses—thoughts, not words, are the ttibute it demands History will do justice to the deceased patriot. He will lire in the memory of his countrymen, as he lived in their hearts and affections. His ac tive life was spent in thj; service, and in 1 i.iose scenes of perii and exertions, and of exposure, which is the lot of the American soldier to meet, and which he meets without a murmur. Faithful to his duty, lead him where it may—in life or in death—his splen did military exploits have placed him a mong the great captains of the age, and will be an imperishable monumer.t of his own name, and of the glory of his country. They carry us back for similar examples of des perate struggles to the early ages of the world—to the combats whioh history has re corded, and which in eqality of numbers yielded to the exertions of skill and valor- But I need not recur to them. Are they not written in burning characters upon the heart of every American, strong in the con fidence of his countrymen ? He was called to the Chief Magistracy at a period of great difficulty, more portentous indeed than any we have ever experienced . and now he has been called by providence from his high functions, with his mission un fulfilled, leaving us to mourn his loss and honor his memory-Jlis own words, spoken - with equal truth andsincerity, constitute his highest eulogy "I am not afraid to die," said the dying patriot, "I have HOIK my du ty," The integrity of his motives was nei ther assailed or assailable. He had hoped through life, a long and active one, neither meriting nor meeting reproachand in his last hour, this conviction of the honest dis charge of his duty was present to console him, even when the things of this life were fust fading away. Let us only hope that this afllictii.g dis pensation of Providence may not be without its salutary influence upon the American people, and upon the Representatives. It comes in the midst of a stormy agitation, threatening the most disastrous consequen ces to our country, and to the great cause of self-government through the world. It is a solemn appeal, sMujAciald be solemnly heard and heeded Hie death—whose loss we mourn—will not be in vain, if it tends to subdue the feelings that have been excited, and to prepare the various sections of our country for a mutual spirit of forbearance, whicb shall insure the safetj of all, by the zealous co-operation of all We could offer no more appropriate and durable tribnte to departed worth than Inch a sacrifice ol con flicting views, upon the altar of our common country. In life and ia death he would e quaily have devoted himself to her service and her safety. Ma. KINO —Mr Secretary, it is not my de sign, after the eloquent tributes that have been paid to the memory of the deceased President of the United States, to add but a few words to what has already iallen from the honorable gentleogy. It was my for tune to have been personally and intimately acquainted with the distinguished individual who has been called away from among us, for mote than five and thirty years past. My nfedons with him during that period were character as enabled me to form, a correct estimate of the man, and to appreciate, as I did, most highly, his man y estimable qualities; and I can in all the rulatkms of life, he so bore himself as to command die respect of his acquaintance, the ardent regards of his friends, and the de voted attaohment of his counttymen. As a man, he was surpassed by none in honesty of purpose. He was without guile as a soldier^—all know, and none more than t, that he has won lliirels that .wonld have graced the brow of the first soldier of Europe or America. It was ray f rtune, c etialors, to be in Europe at the the news reached tjie ajllant General of our To'rces in the Rio Gralkfe, the late President - of the United States, was surrounded by an overwhelming force. 41 • He commanded a small, but gallant band. —Every American hear) beat with anxioty and fear. We telt as Americans should feel, that a reverse then would oast in some de gree, a cloud over the country of our birth. When the news reached us that the gallant General of that little band had marched from his position—regardfei# pf the danger—had retraced hia footstep* and conquered the foe at Resaca de la Palina-—uo man was away from hi* country, in land, could have felt what we qj^S^Wiean citizens lelt at thoae tidings. Senators, the gal antry of that raau was appreci||p46 not only by his countrymen, but was felMm ap preciated by the first military men in Eu rope. The living hero of the age, the great Duke of Wellington, declared, as Napoleon had d iclared of him, "General Taylor is a Gen eral indeed." I, therefore, Senators, am not surprised that the enthusiastic spirit of the American people led them to support such a man, whose prtriotism, whose devotion to his country, whose gallantry and whose suc cessful! services on the field must have en deared him to the hearts of all. As a man, I have said that he was honest of pupose. His patriotism—his devotion to the constitu tion of his country,under which he cherished these free institutions, I have never ques tioned. I think I knew him well, and 1 be lieve that there was no man more patriotic; if errors were committed I shall draw the curtain over them—no longer wonld I feel justified in holding him up to the public gaze, even if they had been ten times as glaring as they are. Ths country has reason to deplore the death of a great man, and, I must be permitted to add, a pood man. He has gone from among us, and the afiliotive event has been appealed to to cultivate and cherish kind relations. I trust in God that these kind relations will be cherished, and that we shall this day vow on the altar of ourcountry, to discard all bickering and strife, all sectional dissentions, and live and die as Americans should, in support of the Union. RIOT AT'^HAZLETON.— On ths 4th, at about noon, a desperate riot occured at Hazleton. The particulars as near as we could get them, are briefly these : A party of men who were intoxicated, cume into collision with a party of citizens, at the Hotel of Lewis Davenport, Eea. assailants drove thj c l t ize nl ) imo the houw/ wltn . the exceptions of one or two whom they caught and beat in a most dreadful manner; after which they made another at tack upon the house, and commenced knocking in the windows. The inmates, after making several unsuccessful attempts to drive them off, commenced using fire arms, and discharged several rounds into the crowd, wounding one man in the shoulder, another in the leg. Another man had his skull fractured by a blow from an axe han dle. The military very fortunately were pa rading at the time the riot commenced, who soon arrived at the scene of action, and suc ceeded in arresting the leaders, which ended the riot— Carbon Democrat' From the Clinton Democrat ty The papers of the North Branch are hard down upon Ex-Speaker Best.—There is a graveyard scent about that name, an indi cation that corruption has work— The worm, tot£-the gnawing worm of con science has died, and has no more unrelent ing pangs. Best! —it seems to us to sound like the monosyllable epitaph of a once liv ing political character How deep in oblo quy ! how buried in political disgrace, the man that dug his own grave!— But it is wrong to insult the ashes even of him who perished by a suicidal hand.—Therefore, friends, forbear! Tread lightly, cast no stone, hurl no reproaches, but let him rest, whom, truly, no "sound shall ever awaken to glory." A Campaign is to be commenced against the Indians of Texas, between the Rio Grande and the Neuces. The force to be employed will consist of all the disposable dragoons of mounted infantry at Forts Mc intosh, Inge, Merrill and Lincoln—together wilh the companies of Texan rangers com manded by Captains Ford, Grumbles and Wallace ; tho whole to be under the orders of Brevet Lieutenant Col. Hardee, 2d dra goons. Some of the Southern organs think that this movement on the Texas frontier, has • double object—not only to chastise the Indians, but to operate against Texas in fa vor of New Mexico. THE SIAMESE TWINS DEAD.— The Paris Journal des Debats announces the death, in England, of the famous Siamese Twins. The Debats states, that according to the London Medical Times, the two brothers died of Marasmus. A postmortem examination proved what has been constantly supposed by the faculty, viz : that the two cavities of the abdomen communicated by means of the hollow ligament which united them, and that the livers of the twins were connected by a mem brane girdle about half an ineh thick.' A SLANDERER ANSWERED.—C arIyIe in his late slanderous publication, alluding to our Country says :—"What great human soul, what great thought, what great noble thing that one could worship or loyalty admire, has yet been produced i" To which a pa per replies: "What great human sou 11" Washington. "What great thought 1" lib erty. "What great noble thing!"—A home for the homeless. Bread for the starring. Protection for the oppresred. We do not know that these are things which sycophants could worship, or loyalty admire; bat the fame of the first, the sacredness of the second, and tfye uncircumscribed extent of the third, are what freemen admito and in tend tq derend. W Gen. Tnykr't JFboidy.—it is stated that Mrs Taylor and her family will accept the hospitalities of Mrs. Maiidith, and, upon her invitation, take up their abode there temporarily, after the funeral obsequies. Mr. Fillmore will probably enter the Presi dential mansion early next week. TV Hon. Thomas Ress ami Hon. James X. McLanahan of Washington city have our thanks for their friendly remembrance. Mr. Fillmore's Oytsioar ea Mavsty. The following letters were written by Mr. Fillmore during the Preeideiitinl canvass c 4 1848. They will be read with intnmtt new, since upon Mr. Fillmore, as President of the United Stales, will devolve most important action on the general subject te which they relate:— Ltrrca TO MR. riLLMotz. MOBILE, 80th August, 1848. Dear Sir :—I will thank you to publish the encloeed letter in the JAelinr. - Before I left Washington, I saw that the Southern Democratic papers were asserting recklessly, and, as I believed, without the slightest foundation, that Mr. Fillmore was an aboli tionist. bim a letter on that sub ject, and received the reply now eent to you. Though this charge is made with bold ness in the South, I will venture to affirm that no respectable man of either party in the North would endorse it. Upon this sub ject no man is sounder than Mr. Fillmore, and between him and Gen. Cass an advanta geous comparison could be made. Respectfully, your ob't serv't, JOHN FATLE. MR. riLLMORE's REPLY. ALBANY, July 31, 1848. HON. JOHN GATLE— Dear Sir >-l have your letter of the ISth inst., but my pfficial duties have been so pressing that I hav • been compelled to neglect my private corres pondents. I had also determined to write no letters for publication bearing upon the con test in the approaching canvass. But as you desire some information for your own satis faction, in regard to the oharges brought a gainst me from the South on the slave ques tion, I have concluded to state briefly my position. While I was in Congress, there was much agitation on the right of petition. My votes will doubtless be found rejmded uniformly in favor of it. The rulel acted was, that every citizen ble petition to the body dflKl tution, had the power to the prayer ot it, tfaafbtitled W therefore the pelfffon ought ved and considered. If right ble, the prayer of it should be if wrong and unreasonable, it should bTTe nied. I think all my vote.', whether on the reception of petitions or on the considera tion of resolutions, will be founu consistent with this rule. I have none of my Congressional docu ments here, they being at my former resi dence in Buffalo, nor have I access to any papers or memoranda to refresh my recollec tion, but I think at some time, while in Con gress, I took occasion to state in substance my views on the subject of Slavery in 4be States. Whether the remarks were repeat ed or not, lam unable to say, but the sub- stance was that I regarded slavery as an evil, but one with which the National Govern ment had nothing to do. That, by the Con stitution of the United States, the rhole pow er over that question was vested in the sev era! States where {he institutions were tolera ted. If they regarded it as a blessing, they had a Constitutional right to enjoy it, and if they regarded it as an evil, they had the power, and knew best how to apply the remedy. I did not conceive that Congress had any power over it, or was in any way resronsible for its continuance in the severs' States where it existed. I have entertained no other sentiments on this subject since I examiqgd h sufficiently to form an opinion,, and I doubt not that all my acts, public and private, will be found in accordance with this view. I have the honor to be your ob't serv't. MILLARD FILLMOBC. LETTER FROM MR. FILLMORE OK SLAVE TRADE BETWEEN THE STATES. ALBANT, Sept. 13, 1848. Dtar Sir.—l returned this morning from the West, and have yours of the 10th, in which yon say that it has been charged in the Richmond Enquirer that I hold it to be within the power of Congress to interfere with or break off, the transportation, removal or disposal of persons held as slaves, from one slaveholding State to anotner. 1 am not aware that this question has ev er been discussed in Congress, or was ever presented for the consideration of the Su preme Court of the United States before 18* 41. In that year the celebrated case from Mississippi was decided, and Mr. Justice McLean gave an elaborate opinion on point, in whicn the Chief Justice He came to the conclusion that the const IW tional power over this matter was vested in the several States and not in Congreas. So far as my knowledge extends, this opinion car ried conviction to every unprejudiced mind, and the question was considered settled At any rate this was my own opinion then, and I have seen no cause to change it since. Should I do so, I shall not hesitate to declare it. You will therefore perceive that you did me no injustice in representing to yonr friend that there were my aentiments. 1 write in haste, amid the pressuie of offi cial duties, but remain truly yours. MILLARD FILLMORE. _F—- Mas. FILLMORE.— -President Fillmore, in 1826, married Abigail, the daughter of the flev. Lemuel Power*,. She will, no doubt, hereafter preside at the White House. The President has two children, a son, twenty one yeaia of ago, who is a lawyer in Bo Ha lf, and a daughter, eighteen years of age, e teacher in one of the public schools of tho same oily. Destructive Fire nt Jeaesvtlle. HAZLETON, July 14. About one-half of the village of Jeansvide, near this place, waa destroyed by Are on Sat urday afternoon. President Taylor baa left a widow, a daughter, (Mm. Bliss,) sad a sen, still quite a young man. FOURTH or JOLT TOAST— 1 "Our Bachelors —eaflew trunks in n garden of roiee. Each dwelling ia to them a suggestion ; each bird's naet a standing admonition." Rata ftMnl Ths Dsmerratic M| Central Committee mat, on Tbmday evening, at the > enchants' Hotel, in thie aily, John Hickman, Esq,, in the Chair, end adjourned, after appointing the following Committee of flee to prepare aa athliMt : Vr. Hickman, of West Cbe< ter, Chairman, Dr. T. J. P. Stokee, of Phils' dtiphia. Mr. John Kolp, fjuieaster, Hon. Lu that Reiljr, and Asa Dimmock, Esq, Hanis burg. The following is the raeolution Committee: 4 Reeohed, That the Chairman and Secrets' Zof the State Central Committee, and John dp, Esq., of Lancaster, Col. Asa Dim miek and Dr. Luther Riley, of Daaphin, be a sub-committee, to dsstributs such informs' tion as may bo deemed necessary to produce an effective organisation of the Democratic party throughout the State, and the Chair man of the Stale Central Committee is au thorized to call meetings of the Committee at such times and places as he may deem expedient. Resolved, That the nbova sub-committee have power to issue editresses. Adjourned. JOHN HICKMAN, Chairman. T. J. P. STOKES, Secretary. Tammany Hall, in Now York, was shrou ded in mourning for tho decease of the Pres ident. Commualealleu of the President's Death to Congress. ,s'■ Washington, July 10,1850. Tetlow citizens of Ike Senate and Haute bereivement, and assur ing you penetrated no heart with deeper mine, it remains for me to say that I propose this day, at 12 o'clock, in the Hall of the House of Representatives, in Ihe presence of botb Houses of Congress, to take the oath prescribed by the Constitution, te enable me to enter on the execution of the office event has devolved on me. MILLARD FTCLMORE. Resignation of the Cabinet. • Washington, July 11. The old Cabinet officers res ignation yesterday, but will cuutinuo to Jis- MHjprge the duties of their respective offices for a few days, until Mr Fill more has selec ted the members of the new Cabinet It seems to be well understood tbat none of tho old office.-s will be retained, and speculation is rife as to the new appointments. — ■■ Tke Fate rat Obeeqaies of the late Presi dent. WASHINGTON July, 12. The remains of the late President were JjpOiitW in tfoto, in thn Aul -nun 'Win Jjsmoon, upon a magnificent catafalque of black velvet trimmed with white satin and silver lace. The body was encased in a leaden coffin, enclosed in one o< mahogany, with silver decorations. The late President's countenance remains unchanged; he lies as if in calm .sleep. Immense crowds have vis ited it throughout the day and taken a last look at the old hero. Washington Reports abeot the Cabinet. WASHINGTON, July 15. Hon. Daniel Webster is said to have ac cepted the post of Secretary of State. * Hon. James A. Pearce, of Maryland, takes the Navy Department. An amendment to the Compromise bill will be offered in the Senate by Jr. Doug las to-morrow, introducing the line of 84 de greps north latitude—that line having been agreed on by the friends of Union, although not in a formal, lull caucus. WASHINGTON, July 13. A Union Caucus, of members of Congress, of all parties, favorable to tho Union, was held to-day. The South agree to the line of 34 deg. N. tat., as the boundary of New Mex ico; all below that line to go to Texas. Texas agrees to this, Mr. Clay agrees to it, the North agrees to it, and President Kilt more is content with it. So this question bids fair to be settled to the satisfation of all parties. A preposition was entertained in the Cau cus, to divide California by the same linp, and at the present time (13 o'clock M.) the preposition is still under discussion, with a. prospect of its being carried. There is a rumor current new that Mr Webster will give place to Mr. WintVop the Cabinet. [ Messrs. Clay, Webster and Vinton are (lie President's counsellors an the formation of the new Cabinet. They have been with him nearly all Hay. It is now stated on the autfirity of Mr. Clay, that Mr. Fillmore woulu have voted for the Compromise Bill. HoAcc Greeley is talked of for the De partment of the Interior, in the Cabinet. General Soon arrived in this city this mor ning. He comes to attend tho funeral of General Taylor;and to auperintend the tary arrangement by the occasion. ™ WASHINGTON, July 15. The President has informed the Cabinet that their resignation wonld he eeoepted. Mrs. Taylor and family are at Secretary Merit!ith's. Mr. Fillmore is still at Will asd'a. There a talk of a recess of Coo grace for a month or two after paaoing the original Gel phinresolution, or Wilmot's substitute. Such a Map wtH meat strong opposition. ——►— : OPTbe British rteemer Europe, at Jersey City, displayed her flags with craps stream are at half-mast, on Saturday, and ft red sixty | six minors gum at noon.