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