fnfck ~~ ■ #— — W. WEAVER Thursday, August 8, IBSO. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. Flection held Oct. 8, 1830. FOR CANAL (O>I.MISSIONF.II, W. T.MORI SON. FOR AUDITOR GENERAL, EPII. BANKS. FOR SL'RVKVOR CRN*KRAI., J. P. BRAWLEY. Democratic County Conrcntiou. The Dcmocralic citizens of Columbia county are requested lo meet at the places ol holding the general elections lor their res pective townships on Saturday the 31st day of August next, between the "hours of 2 &. '(> 0 clock. P. .VI., lo elect two persons as Del egates, to represent them in a Democratic Convention lo be held in the Court House in Bloomshurg on the following Monday tho 2d day of September, at 12 o'clock M.. to nom inate candidates lor the several offices. The Convention will also at the same time choose Delegates to the next Demo cratic Slate Stale Convenlio.t to bo held at Reading. By Order of lite Standing Committee. 1.. B. IU'I'EUT i Chairman. A PARALLEL. 1 One of the most heartless display sof pol itical feeling wo ever heard of took place lien 'Robert Peel was on his death-bed. A weal thy farmer of Suffolk county caused the bells of tho parish of Bores St. Maty to ling a merry peal. In another place a landhol der sent the oner round with the news '-that 'the farmers' enemy" was at the point of flealh— Exchange Paper. The corn laws of England arc based upon the samo principle as the miscalled "Amer ican system.'' Tho farmers there arc the iprotected class, and constitute Ihe ruling pow er of the country. All other interests arc made subservient to them; aifd tho hardy toilsinan of tho manufactory must live and die the slave of indigence and tax. The •doctrine of tho protectionists there is that legislation must tnako the busines of the far mer profitable—that his success does not depend upon his industry or economy—that •the price of an article does not depend upon the demand for it in tho community, but that legislation must crcato a demand—that it is lor the law, rather than for energy and 'prudence, to overcome tho obstacles to suc cess in business. Just like it is tho heresy of the manufacturers here. Manufactories must be started, whether the wants of the community call for them or not. They must be propelled by tho legislature if there is nothing else under tho sun to encourage them. Tho manufacturing interest must be prstecled, though every other one should languish and fail. The lords ol the loom must be patnpeied, though the poor child of labor who cams riches for him should be in want of bread. Tire case is just parallel, with that of tho English farmer. And then the English /and-Lord, like his American, prototype, creates panics. . lie cries for the corn-law as American protec tionists cry for tariff. He denounces Sir Rob ert Peel while living, and insults his mem ory when dead. Ho follows him with a hue and cry to the gtave, and then laughs over his ashes with a fiendish glee. When the down-trodden and oppressed of Ireland stretch out their emaciated bauds to the world for bread, and cry to heaven for .help, he says, ''it is for me to fix the pricejof grain, and the foreigners shall not inipoft, even though half the kingdom starve. Let the govcrniiienlpi'oto/ me, and I will lake care ol tho poor." THE PITTSTON GAZET+E is a new Whig pn per published by GEO. M. IIICIIAIIT and 11. S. PuiLirs at Pulsion in Luzerne county. It presents to a very respectable appearance, and betokens that industry and energy which will make it prosper. Mit. KICIIART is from this county and we lake pleasure in com mending him in all things but his politics to the patronage and confidence of the Luzerne , people. 'Harper's New Monthly M"gasine for Au gust is a most interesting publication. It contains the choicest selections f(om the En glish Reviews and is in itsolf a complete vaile mecum &f current literature. It is also the cheapest Magazine published in this country, containing 114 clearly printed dou ble column pages to the number for S3 per annum. The work has already a circulation ■ of 111,000 copies. EST WE learn from the Laneastcrian that the ikrrisburg Telegraph has been indulging iu some wild freaks of imagination upon • sur article of o few woeks ago headed "A .nothej Chapter on the Tariff." The "Tele graph" shield have reached us that week, -at least, if it commented on our article. At other times we do not feel its loss. Wo shall be pleased to reply to tho article if it -is sent us, for the tarilf is a subject which Steven grows old, and which wo are always .ready todiscuse. ,17 The powder mill of Elijah Hammer Mtd Michael Seltzor of St Clair in Sohuyl kiU county, was blown up on Monday of la-tweek, for the fifth time within the past few years th|£ it is in operation. Five lives were lost by this last explosion, and about .300 pounds of powder destroyed. X3f. Rev. DAVID J. WALLER, the pastor of tho Presbyterian Churclt of this place has resigned his charge of the congregation here; the resignation to date from the first of Oc tober next. i lutcrual Improvements. Tho hill upon tho subjoct of internal Im provements which is now before tho House of Congress makes appropriations to 81 ob jects and grants 92,087,000 00 for clearing out rivers and harbors, removing sand shoils, making surveys. &e. This is lo bo the beginning of profligacy and extrava g.mco. This sum will no sooner bo granted, •ban a new swami of greedy speculators will flock around Congress, to beseige it with their importunities. An appropriation of two milliiKts of dollars will only sharpen the appetites of Ihe plunderers. Thoy prowl about the Capital, bankrupt in character and f'-rtune ; degraded in the respect of honest men, and desperate for any emergency. They live upon what they can extort from tho public treasury. They grow rich upon the fat contracts which they obtain by their influenco upon members. Mr. Fillmore will lend his influence lo pass this bill, and will then sign it. General Jackson fearlessly vetoed such an iniquitous project, and Mr Folk also stood up to vindi cate the great cause of the people. Put 'ho new President— quantum mulatas ah illo ! lie is a caricature of Jackson's and Polk's devotion lo the republic. Bnt under Ihe ad ministration of a profligate man like Mr. Webster, we should think economy anil pru deuce a mirae e. At this rato of expending tho people's money we shall no doubt soon bo told that there is an urgent necessity for a change in our tariff law, to bring into lite treasury at. increase of revenue. The "protective sys tem'' is a natural and inseparable adjunct lo this policy of sqandering the public funds. A SUGGESTION IN KINDNESS. Wo regret to see tho appearance of dif ficulty in the Senatorial District composed now -of Bradford, Wyoming and Susque hanna counties. Conferees front these conn tics met last week lo fix the basis of repre sentation in tho conferee conventions which arc lo be hereafter held in ihc district. Tho members from Bradford insisted that the number of conferees to which each county shall hereafter he entitled shall be ill propor tion lo tho itslaxiiMes, its population, or its Democratic vote. The members from Wy oming and Susquehanna insisted that each eottnty should I#; entitled lo an equal num ber of conferees. The representatives from Bradfoid county withdrcw, and the other delegates then adopted their own proposition. Now we dislike lo interfere in theso mat ters, but it just scents to us that as a peace maker we can make a proposition which shall be fair and Democratic. The true doc trine is that the Democratic vote should be the basis of ropreseutatiou in a Democratic conference. For this purpose let the vote at the last preceding presidential election be taken. If it is agreed that each county shall have one conferee for every 1000 Democrat ic votes ami an tuhlitioual conferee for an excess of more than 500 votes over this re lio, the result would bo that Wyoming with its lft>2 votes for t'afcs would have on con feree, Bradford with its 1889 qotes for Cass two conferees, and Susquehanna with its 25- 02 votes for Cass three conferees. Of those who in Btadford voted to defeat the Democratic candidate for President could not expect lo be represented in Democratic con ference. Such a settlement as we propose would make it the interest of each county to give a true vote in 1852 for the Presidential candidate of the national Democracy. Important Decision. Tho tax'imposers of this state have been compelled to search on the earth agd in tho earth, in water and under the water lor ob jects of taxation to pay the interest on the heavy state debt of Pennsylvania. These subjects of taxation have become "100 *lU tncrous to mention," as the ai'ySiiisements say; and in 1816 an act of the legislature made a sweeping classification for this pur pose, and one so very indefinite that it may be strained in its construction to include al most every thing. Under the tlth section of this act a case lately came before the Su preme Court to lest whether a miller is com pelled to take out lieenso for hauling about and selling tho Hour which he manufac tures. The defendant, Bertoletle, a citizen of Rcrks county, was tho owner of a flour nttd grist mill, with a farm thereto attached. He raised grain oil his farm, and also bought grain. He took tolls for grain ground, for customers at his mill. Ho manufactured into flour the grain raised as well as bought. Sold tho flour BO manufactured to his cus tomers, not only at his mill, but he sent it to tho city of Reading and other places by his team from week to week through the year and sold it by the hundred weight to hiscus. lomerS. The Suprmiie Court decided that ho is compelled to take out and pay for a li cense to do this business. This taxing the very bread we cat is about as bad as the British system of taxing every thing, from tho swuddling-cloth of the cradle to the shroud of tho grave. Still, under the act of Assembly the decision was ns doubt correct. W Tate, by an ill-natured falsehood of last week, attempts apain to pick a Quarrel with us. But he shall not be gratified. We have too much regard for the union, harmo ny and success of the Democratic party, and pro ardently desire the triumph of the re peal Question, to play into the handß of the enemy by a mischievous and useless quar rel. We have never electioneered for Felty Best's or Simon Cameron's candidate for Canal '.Commissioner, and shall continue now, as heretofore, true against the division of the county; and ready to sncraflce all personal feeling to avert disaster and defeat from the local question in which are sodeep ly involved the interests of those who have generously patronized s, and with whom all our sympathies and feelings are indenli fied. IF The translation from the German upon our first pago to-day will be found interest ing and instructive. A Lecture from the Pcnnnylvnuian. We regret to seo some pretenifed Demo cratic papers of the stale attempting to puff Mr. Given the editor of the Mercer Press I'qp hi? defence of Simon Cameron's ttltoson to the Democratic party. They do not givo his Cam ronism and Wilmolism as the reason fot their sickly laudation, but it is very ap parent what spirit moves them. They dare neither puff nor defend Cameron ; but Mr Given defends him, and they puff Mr. Given. The Pcnnsylvitmiin, with the usual fine dis crimination and fidelity of Mr. Forney, ex plains how he of the Mercer Press might fare, if tho Camoronian disorganization which he preaches wero practised in his own ense. It explains how he who stabs at the organization of a party, has no right af terward to invoke tlrat organization for his own protection. As this article speaks our sentiments, we apponed it for tho attentive perusal of every true Democrat; and hope that its castigalior. may prove profitable to the erring ones of the editorial fraternity. '"The editor of the Mercer Press , who is himself a candidate for Congress, in the Mercer district, has undertaken to justify the | course of CAMXROS and WILMQT, and to take those to account who contend that tho first should not be returned to the Ik. S. Senate, ami that the second has forfeited nil claim to the name of a Democrat. Tl<p propriety of the discussion of the merits of theso gentle men, is manifest; for the one is unmistako. ably in the field by his friends for tho Sen ato, and the other looks forward to bo re turned to Congress from the Xllth district. It is the duly, then, of the Democratic press to sound tho alarm. To fail in this duly, is to perpetrate a wrong upon the people; and to evade it, is only a more censurable way of proving recreant to a plain trust. If the argument of the editor of tho Mer cer/Ven were brought homo to himself, he would bo painfully convinced of its true character. His justification of trie disorgani zing course of General CAMERON, who was elected by pledges to Whigs and Natives, a gainst the regular Democratic candidate for Senate; and his apology for WILMOT, who went against C.\ss afler being pledged to go for him; who used his Proviso to prolract the war, and who finally arrayed himself a fininst the Democrats in the last House of Representatives in Congtess ; both justifica tion and apology can be, and may bo, used against himself, should ho get the nomina tion ol the Conference for Congress. In deed, this justification and this apology may have the very effect ol producing discord and disorganization in the district in which he is a candidate; for if tno logic of the Mercer Press is true, then its editor, or any other Democrat, may have a unanimous nomination, and bo opposed by a volunteer, professing lo be a Democrat, in the face of pledges to the contrary, and who may bo e lected by a majority purchased by corrup tion and deceit. If the samo doctrine is fol lowed out, the attempt of such a man, after his successful treason, to g el back into pow er, is nojt to be denounced for fear of divi ding tho party ! Wo wish no such sad ex perience to the gallant Democracy of the Mercer district. They have had troubles eiieugh and to spare: and wo hope they may be harmonized upon a candidate who will unite all sections of the party. But this result is not to be produced by apologizing for and defending two of the most thorough disorganizes in our State. at a moment, too when they are both again .demanding favor at the hands of the people." A merited Compliment. We ate pleased to learn that on last Sat urday tho citizens of Orangeville gave a public dinner, to Mr. B. F. Hayhurst and the hands of his new foundry. Some sixty per sons participated in tho tt[lu paitook of lite "UlTipiuona repast provided by Mr Brewer. Every thing passed off in the best style, und with the most friendly feel ings. After the cloth was removed toasts were drank complimentary to the new en terprise of Mr. Hayhurst, and to the mechan ical skill of Mr. L. H. Maus of this place, who erected the fine engine for the new fundry. • Tho good citizens of Orangeville are doing themselves grent credit in the appreciation which they bestow upon the new business enterprise anieng them. The foundry is an accession to their town, and its proprietors, under such auspices as those of last Satur day, must prosper. TUB BAI.TI.HOIE OMO. —This is the leading musical publication of the country, and is indispensable to those who desiro to keep booked up in tho popular music of these changing limes. It is published monthly by W. C. Peters, Baltimore, at 51,50 per annum Wo invite attention to the proceedings of the Roaring creok repeal meeting. The peo ple are moving in this matter and the war is carried into Africa, when the citizens of Montour county itself protest against divis ion und urge repeal. Who wishes to learn Phonography ? the system ot short-hand writing by which speeches are reported,accurately. Let such send at once to Andrews St Boyle, New A'ork, for the Phonographic Class-Book and Phonographic Reader. From these the art of correct reporting can soon be learned, and the books erst only 624 cents. Copies can be soen at our office. 17 General complaints are raado of tho non delivery of the Pamphlet Lows of the last session. It is now the second week in August and the public are not yet in pos session ol the acts of the last Legislature. ii 137 None of thq County bridges upon Fishing Creek were destroyed or injured by the late flood, the bridges recently erected upon that stream being substantially built, and the flood upon it not being as violent as that which a few years since produced such extensive injury. Repeal Sleeting In pursuance of public notice a 'meeting of tho citizens of Koarjiigcreek and the ad joining townships war held at the public house of D. Reinbold in Numidia, on Satur day afternoon, August 3d. Tho meeting was organized by lie appointment of the following officers. DANIK.L KKF^ffßTrcsidcnt, Jacob R Hower, Haines Fox, Iteuben Fah ringerEsq., Henry Metz, Judah Cherrington, Thomas Thomas, Win Myers, Osborne Wil liams, Oliver Evens, Peter Keller, John Hogelatul, John Snyder, Potor Miller and Simon Hine Vice Presidents'. Samuel MArs, H C M'Cauley and Ahiram Keller Secretaries. The meeting was addressed by several persons, and of these Benjamin P. Fortner Esq., gave a detailed history of the division bill, and explained the barter and sale of Best's vote in the Senate. The following resolutions were then unan imously adopted. Resolved, That we arc determined to se cure the repeal of the unjust division bill erecting Montour county, and will use every honorable and fair means for that purpose. Resolved, That we will this fall vote for no man as a member of tho legislature who shall not be known to us as a true and reli able advocato ofjepeal, and that forhischar acter we will not trust to pledges or prom ises. Resolved, That the manner in which the new county line divides Roaringcreek town ship is unjust to the tax-payers of the por tion proposed to be left in Columbia, ma king a township to consist of only about 80 taxables, with a range of roads most expen sive to be kept in repair,' and which have been an onerous burthen thus far even upon the whole township as it existed. On motion, the meeting then adjourned. NEW CHURCHES. —Tho Primitive Metho dists or Ranters will erect a new church this fall, upon Third Street at the foot of Iron Street in this town. The Baptists havo also a subscription in circulation for building a church in Blooms burg, for thoir denomination. They expect to get the building up this fall. EF* THE real property advertised to-day in another column offers a fine opportunity to purchasers. Sale on Monday of court week. __________ REASONS FOR DECLINING A CABINET PLACE' —lt is understood, says the New York Cour ier, that reasons of a pecuniary nature in duced Mr. Bales to decline a seat in the Cabinet. He has a large family, most of them young, and Would be compelled to re sign a lucrative practice. The salary of a member of the Cabinet is S6OOO per year, but the receptions, parties. See., which ho is forced to give make the offico far from lu ?rative. A Lino of Mail Stages has been establish ed from Independence, Mo., to Santa Fo, to run monthly- The stages are so construct ed tfiat they catffio used as boats for ferry ing the streams. Eight men guard the mail, who are provided with firearms capable of firing one hundred and thirty-six shots with out stopping to load. nr The female operatives of the Lancas ter Cotton Factory No. 2, have addressed a note to the Lancasterian, staling they again commenced work, but at a reduction of 20 per cent, on their former prices, "lhey also wish to know vhether the reduction applies to tho salaried officers as well as to them selves. The Lancasterian cannot answer the inquiry^ "When toiling millions work to fill, The wealthy coffers strong; When hands are crushed thai work and There mus* he something wrong." Gov. QUITMSK, of Mississippi, indicted in Louisiana for participation in tho Cuban Ex pedition, does not know whether or not to yield to a requisition upon himself for the delivery of himself to the Governor of Lou isianna to be tried for the offence. He has constitutional scruples about the business, which, under the circumstances, it will prob ably tako some time to remove. CP" The Or.eida Conference or the Meth odist Episcopal Church met at Honosdale, Pa., on the24th ult., Bishop Waugh presi ding. The session will probably continue till Wednesdoy of this week. About 200 ministers are in attendance, chiefly from Northern Pennsylania, and Southern Penn sylvania, and Southern and Central New York. CT Toe sustained by the Schuyl kill Canal wHI bo repaired, tho Pottsville Journal says, by the 10th of August—a por tiou of the work will be in operation sooner. Many of tho boatmen iiave an tiered severe ly by the loss of their boats, and the opera tors also by the loss of coal. iw A New Boston Notion. —battlefield, the principal witness in the Parkman murder case, has been offered the sum of SSOOO, to travel six months with an exhibition of a couple of full length wax figures of the late Dr. Parkman and Professor Webster The MattcA Chunk Gazette states the relay ing of the Beaver Meadow Railroad with i ron rails, will be finished during tho present week, when the place of shipment will bo as formerly, at East Mauch Chunk. The Cincinnatians, when their water is 100, thick with mud, as is frequontly the case aro in the habit of filtering it through a cane bottomed chair. After that it sits well on tho stomach! Gov. Hubbard, of Maine, has been unan imously re-nominated by the Democratic members of the Legislature. A meeting haa been held in Georgia de nouncing Clay's Compromise as a "base concession." Green, the reformed gambler, is abbot to attempt the suppression of gambling in New York city by means of an association of which he is to be executive agent. He is to employ a kind of secret police or spy sys tem to note the visiters. This precious vol unteer scheme for lessening tho duties of the proper public officers will bo likely to do more mischi4Hk)Mo£ l l. In the hands of unprincipled meTi IT may be made the means of cxt orting hush from the visiters of such places. safe mode of suppressing unlawful piactises is for the proper public officers to do it themselves, and that public opinion should be sufficient ly strong and sound to compel them to the task. If gambling is a violation of law, there is a legal remedy which public magistrates know how to enforce. All supernumerary aid only afford additional excuses to neglect ful magistrates to losson their own exertions. It may be wise policy to set a thief to catch a thief, but a gambler, however reformed, is not exactly the person to commence a moral crusade against gambling. MR. WISE AND HIS BALLOON. —At Lancas ter, on Saturday last, Mr. John Wise, the Ae ronaut, attracted a vast crowd to see his bal loon ascend, in which himself, his wife and children, his sistsr, ar.d one of his friends, had secured seats for the voyage. Previous to the hour of ascension, numbers were let up on trial trips into the air in the balloon, which was not then fully inflated, by means of a chord some five hundred feet long. Two dollars was freely paid for those trips by each passenger. A storm came up very suddenly about three o'clock, and Mr. Wise was anxious to leave in oider to get a start of the tempest, but was resisted by his friends. Shortly after the wind became very high, and before means could be taken to prevent it, the balloon was rent asunder, and tho whole of the day's sport spoiled. We learn that the intrepid voyageur will make another attempt in about two weeks from Saturday last. The body of the deceased infant of tho Queen of Spain had been embalmed and was to bo placed in the royal chapel. A mong the measurs employed to preserve the lifo of tho Prince were poultices, baths ol ether, inflation by the hollows, and finally the placing of the body in tho warm skin of a sheep, which was killed in the royal cham ber. 117' Important Legal Decision In the Dis trict Court of Alleghany county, Pennsylva nia, Judge Lowrio lias recently decided that a building coramitteo may sue or collect a subscription made for building a church. W. Chambers, one of the building committee himself, was sued in tho name of the other members of tho committee, and judgment was rendered against iiim. Pittston Bridge. —The contract for building a bridge across the Susquehanna at I'ittston, Luzerne county, has been taken by- Messrs .Trescott & Hurlbut, who have been prosecuting the work in a spirited and ener getic manner. The abutments are already finished, and the piers are being reared. Laborers are now scarce in the country not an idle hand is to be picked up in Schuyl kill county. Between the increased de mand lor agr owing to the wet sea sons, and the urgent works on canals breaks everywhere, there is employment for all. This is the case, we are assured, thronghout the State. The increased crops require • ' large additional amount of As lon as this is thq j. ase th ?:3 , g no excuse f or even "1? ILost;idle to be without employment. AN IMPORTANT DECISION. —Monday, in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia, Judge King delivered the first opinion, under the new law, in reference to the rights of mar ried women over tho property possesed by them. By this decision, a wife has not only the absolute control over her own property while living, but may dispose of it as she pleases, by will, at the death, without regard to the husband's courtesy. CORWIN AS A FINANCIER. —The Hollidays burg Standard thinks the following extiact from Corwin's Mexican speech, of February, 1847, constituted his claim, in Mr. Fillmore's eyes, to be regarded as financier enough for the Treasury Department: "While the American President can command the army, thank Heaven I can command the PURSK. While the President, under the penalty of death, can command yonr officers to proceed, lean tcU them to COME BACK, or the President may SUPPI.Y them as he may. He shall have NO TVHOSfrom me, in the prosecution of a War which I cannot approve/ W Carlysle, an English author, asking, "what thing to admire has America ever done," has been fitly answered thus: "She has producod a girl, deaf, dumb and blind, who, with her own hands, did sewing e nougli to send a barrel of flour to somo of your starving countrymen, sir?" EW If tho girls will kiss, let them perform the ceremony as if they loved it. Don't let them sneak about the thing as if they were purloining cheese, nor drop their heads "like lilies o'er pressed with rain." On tho con trary, they should do it with an appetite, and when they "let go," should give riso to a re port that will make the old folks think some body is firing pistols around the house. t?" Washington Adams Jefferson, Madi son, Monroe, and Taylor, left the Presiden cy, each in his 6Glh year. Had John Q Ad ams been elected for a second term, he would have done so, 100. Polk and Van Buren younger, Jackson and Harrison older. LV The Lawrence Case Settled by our Ghost.— Why this diMrce ? Because my friend Kentucky's raws are so inhuman, They won't allow a free white man j To marry with a colored woman.—Boston Post. ACTORS AND ACTRESSES IN SOCIETY —The following is from the pen of N. P. Willis, who was recently cowskinned by Forrest, charged with keeping too late home with Mrs. Forrest: "That tho society of actors and actresses is the most entertaining and agrceablb of all society, is generally admitted. That men of rank and of high official standing in Eu rope. frequent it-shemsdves, with no impu•* tatiou on their moral character, but do not al low their wives to frequent it, is also under stood. That it is the wit, playfulness of thought and manner, disregard of burthen some etiquette, quaint mixture of the dra matic with the common placo impulsive ness anil frankness— and not the immorality— of the class, which makes its charm, is, wo fancy, what every ono will allcw as well. But where these fascinating qualities exist without Ihe immorality, as they do in many cases, is it not a pity, (in a dull world like this,) that so charming a creature should be lost to tho best society of ladies and gentle men ? Should American wives avoid the society of actors and actresses, (because Marchionesses and Baronesses do.) and let their husbands enjoy its fascination, (asMar qusses and barons do,) without them'? Would it not act powerfully on the moral character of the profossion, if actors anil ac. tresses were excluded from society only on the same grounds with other people, and welcomed gladly to circlee they could so en liven and embellish, as long as they were as good repute as other people ?—Wo sug gest a compromise in this matter, as very good material for an Americanism. A MONSTER DIVIDEND. —The Pacific mail Steamship Company, of which Messrs. How land & Aspinwall are tho representatives, have declared a dividend of fifty per cent., — their first dividend. The Journal of Com merce states that this company started with a capital not exceeding 5600,000. It ghas since purchased the steamships Unicorn, Tcnnesseo, Cherokee, and Philadelphia, for which there must have been paid all of §700,000. This fact, considered in connex ion with the dividend above mentioned, will afford some idea of tho profits of the busi ness. The North Curollua I. ;on. WASHINGTON, August s.—By a despatch just received from Nortli Carolina, by a member of the House, 1 learn that the Dem ocrats have gained 2,500 volos in the coun ties hoard from in North Carolina. Heed, Democrat, is certaiily elected Governor. Tho Democrats have gained six members for the Legislature. Tho Legislature will doubtless be Democratic. The Cnbiict. WASHINGTON, August s.—Mr. Henry S. Grierhas declined tho Secretaryship of the Interior. Ho prefers, no doubt, coming to the Sen alp. Nj Secretary of War yet. Uon. Scott answers admirably ad interim. THE COMMISSIONER OP PATENTS. —A corres pondent ol the New York Tribune intimates that Mr. Ewbauk will probably be removed from the office of CoiHmissionor of Pateuts and that Dr. Lee. of Georgia, the well known agriculturalist, will be appointed to the va cant office. HAZLETON COAI."WORKS BURNED.—A de spatch received in Trenton, N. J., on Sun day, slates that the sugar-loaf the coal chutes, breakers, mechanic's shops, saw mill were all burnt on Sunday morning. These works belonged to the Diamoud Coal Company, and were one mile from Hazleton. The business of the ! Company will, it is supposed, be suspended for the season, andfwilt cause a further re duction of the supply of coal from that re gion. The Compromise Bill was defeated in tho Senate on Wednesday of last week by stri king all from tho bill except what relates to Utah. This proposition prevailed by a vole of 34 to 25. The bill has bees revived, however, and President Fillmore has sent a message to Congress in which he takes ultra Whig ground in defiunco of the rights of Texas. Democratic State Central Committee The members of the Democratic Slate Central Committee are respectfully requesj ted to assemble at MCKIBBEN'S Merchants' Hotel, Fourth near Arch street, on MONDAY EVENING, August 21. 1850, at 8 o'clock. JOHN HICKMAN, Chairman. BAD SIGN— The sheriff of Schuylkill coun ty has advertised property of 30 persons for sale among them several large property holders—Enos W.M'Ginnes, Howel Fisher, and Kobert Morris. ty Sir Henry Bulwer, the British Minister, says his own government will be delighted to leain that Daniel Webster has been selec ted as Secretary of State. Not a doubt of it. SULLIVAN COUNTY,— The Commissioiters to locate the County seat for Sullivan Coun ty, attended to that duty last week, and fixed upon Laporte as the County seat. The Telegraph.— The Hon. J. M. Porter, of Easlon, was last week elected President of the Philadelphia and Wilkosbarre Telegraph Company, in placo of G. H. Hart, Esq. re signed. The Bank of Northumberland, we under stand, is about to issue ten dollar tiolos from a new plato, in order to defeat the circula of the counterfeits which have latterly made their appearance. SERIOUS LOSS. —The loss of properly by tho late storm and freshet in Lancaster county a lone is estimated atone million of dollars . :—. A quantity of unripe poaches were hawk ed about the streets of Now York, on the 2d inst at two quart.- lor a penny! Fatal Singe Accident. j An accident occurred to the passengers ! coming from Harrisburg in the stage or open ' wagon which has been running between the | Junction and Northumberland, since the high water, about threo o'clock, on Thursday morning, at Northumbulund. The wagoit being Heavily laden, there being eleven pas' stingers in it, the bridge over the basin, a lit 'ile north of the West Branch bridge, in the town of Northumberland, gave way, precip itating horses, wagon, and passengers in the water. One of the passengers by the name of Jones, from the neighborhood of Harris burg, was killed. He was found in Iho wa ter under the wagon. It iB supposed that some of the timbers of the bridge struck him and killed him, or stunned him so com pletely that he could not help himself out of the water. Another of the passengers hail several of his ribs broken ; and the rest were more or loss injured. Two of the stage horses were drownded, The bridge has been in a bad condition lor several years, and wo have been told that the council of Northumberland, often urged its repair by the cana! officers, but it was rever attended | to. Mr. Jones, we have been informed, was a 1 poor man, about sixty years of age, and was on his way to Danville in search of employ ment.—Sunhtry Gazelle. Disasters n ttie banes—Aggregate toss el Life. The committee appointed by the citizens of Clereland, Ohio, to consider the causes of steamboat accidents on tho Lakes, have made their report, from which we gather tho following facts: "From 1830 to 1850 there were seven ex plosions on tho Lakes, by which 111 lives were lost; during the period between 1836 arid 1850 eleven steamboats were destroyed, by fire, causing a loss of 801 lives ; from 1840 to 1850, a period of ten years, there were thirty-ono collisions by steamers, by which 62 persons were killed The loss of life on tho Lakes during the last ton years, lrom explosion, fire, and collision, amounted to 977. Tho committee was unanimous in their adoption of a memorial to Congress setting forth the defects in tho present sys tem ol Lake steam navigation, and in re commending the passage of a law embrac ing suitable remedies." PHOEESSOU WEBSTER AND SITCIDE. —Tho- Boston correspondent of the New York Trib une, says : Professor Webster is in remarkable good health, is constant in his devotions, and ap pears liko a man who realises the awful and ignominous fate which awaits him. Ho is allowed Iho usual articles in his ccjl that ho had before Iho decision.—l mention this be cause some have thought it a matter of sur prise that he-should bo allowed a knife and' fork, glass ware, &c., they being impressed with Ihe idea that ho would commit suieid t. He once said, when spoken to upon ttiat subject—'•/ am too much of a christian to com mit suicide" We shall see. Bots run high that ho will never bo hung—that ho will takt his own life. Others are as equally as fierce in bottling that ha will be hung. Prof. Webster is according to the jail ro coid, in the 551h year of Ins ago, and is five feet two inches and one-eigth in height. APPOINTMENT.— General A. L. Roum fort of this County, was yesterday unani mously appointed by the Board of Canal Commissioners, Superintcndant of the Mo tive Power on tho Columbia Railroad, in j place of Col. Wm. English,'"resigned. Gen | oral Uoumfort is a radical democrat of the I true Jeffersonian stamp, and his appoint i me "t 'dl give universal satisfaction to the | Democracy of this section, and will reflect credit on the appointing power. We feel ' certain that the interest of the State, and tho ! gratification and the benefit of the public j will be advanced bj this most excellent ap • pointmont which takes effect on the first of ; September.— Spirit of the Times. I ELECTION OF JUDGES.— It appears from re cent disclosures, that an organized attempt to prevent the consummation of this mea sure, is now on foot A circular dictating the minutim of a secret movement, has late ly been issued from this city, signed by Gar rick Mallery and C. Ingersoll. It advises tho appointment of two delegates—a Whig and a Democrat—from each county, who are to meet in a general convention for the pur pose of co-operation and efficient action. We imagine that the people are too wide a wake for the success of any schemes. It, is well enough, however, to be warned in season.— Times. CF" The body of a female child between three and four years old, was found among the willows bordering the river, a short dis tance below this place alter the sobsklanca of the lalo flood. The child was drownded in the Mehoopany creek, about forty miles above, and the body had floated this long distance. Its parents hearing of the recov ery of tho body, wo loam came after it, anil took it home for burial. Wo hear varirtns rumors of the bodies of a number of men being found in tho river above this place, but cannot trace them to any authentic sourcp. WUkestmrre Farmer. TIIE MINKRSVII.LE BULLETIN —Mr. George Wynkoop, has issued a prospectus for a Weekly paper to be published in the Bor ough of Minersvitle, Schuylkill county. It is to be impartial in politics, and as far as pos siblo to bo made a "Family Newspaper. ' We wish the new enterprise abundant suc cess. SMALL NOTES.— It should be borne in miml that the law prohibiting the circulation of all Bank notes of a less denomination than 85, except the Relief No'es of the State, under a severe penalty, takes effect on the 21st inst Up to that time we will receive Small notes of all Solvent Bai.ks for SubbCfipiion ordobtrt due this Oflioe
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