STAftOF THE NOKTH- R. XV. WEAVER, EDITOR. - ' -illoomburg, Thursday, May 23, 1851, NOTICE. The Democratic Electors of Columbia ' County pre notified to meet at the placet of • -■holding the General Elections in the several townships of the County on Saturday, the 24th iiist., between the hours of three and .• seven o'clock, in the afternoon, to elect del egates to represent each township in a coun ty Convention to meet at the Court House in Bloomsburg on Monday, the 26ih inst,, at tvrelvo o'clock noon. This call is made in • consequence of the failure by the Conven tion ot.the 12th inst., to conclude the busi uieta proposed for its action, and in order that ti full expression may be had from the Democracy ot the county on the subject of the representation of this county in the Reading and Harrisburg Democratic State Conventions. HIRAM R. KLINE, FRANKLIN McBRIDE, •JOHN KELLER, ISAAC YETI'ER, JOHN H. QUICK. Standing Committee. May 16th, 1851. Vad Accident.—On last Saturday in "rangavtlle, Mr. Phillip Keller of Light ! Street, met with a serious accident. He had been assisting in firing the cannon, and was in the act of ramming in a load when it went oir sadly tearing and mutilating both his hands. Ho xvas carried to Achenbaclt's Hotel where his xxoonde were dressed. or We invite attention to ihe advertise .men tin another column of a Cirrus and Menagerie which will be exhibited here on •Friday the 30ih day of this month. THE CONVENTION. The notice of the Democratic Standing Committee (which we print in this num ber,) for the election of Delegates on Satur day to meet in County Convention on Mon day next, it wpuld appear is rendered neceo -sary by reason both of the action and non ■ action of tho Convention which met here on the 12th of the present month. It is to bo ' hoped that the Convention of Monday ne xt -may compromise afull represen atio'i of all the townships and that it may conduct its deliberations with judgment and hamioni. cully. A full convention numbers 36 Delegates- The convention of the 12th inst. consisted of , 20 delegates only, representing 10 out of the 18 townships of the county, and all it did was to pass a resolution by a vole of 11 to 9 denouncing the standing Committee! Wheth er the convention had authority to pass such a resolution is not now material, nor wheth er, if the power be granted, it was expedi ent and proper to do so. It is sufficient to I say, that immediately upon the adoption of t he resolution the Convention broke up with, out doing anything further, and that 13 out of the 20 delegates, including all the officer?, went home. The Convention in fact simply annulled the appointments heretofore made by the Standing Committee of Senatorial and Rep resentative Delegates to the Harrisburg Ju dicial Convention, thus destroying as far as it could, the representation of this coun'y, and it did nothing mote. It is hence nec ce-tary that further action should be had in order that tho Democracy of the county shall bo represented or at least not misrepresented at Harrisburg. It is true that reran out of tho twenty dele gates some time after the Convention broke up and hat! separated, went back into tho Court House and went through some procee dings, but of course they had no authority to cct and whatever they might do, was null and void. They were a slim minority and after the separation of the- Convention they ' had no mora right to meet and act than any -other seven men in the county. We have no doubt that tho Convention of next Monday will not be actuated by personal feelings, and that it will harmoni ously and justly correct any oversight or < mistake that has been committed. Ultra Progression- We dq hope somebody will knock the moisa out of the Rochester knocking!, and unwrap the mysteries of the spiritual rap . ping. Barnum is the only man in the conn try who csuld have the business respectablo, and he thought it too transparent and be neath his notice. A parcel of cunning mountebanks have now taken charge of the trade, and they remind us of the itinerant fire eater* and painted harlequins who have .been wont to astonish .the immature minds of the juveniles. By and by xve shall have the knockers brought into our courts to in voke some spirit oT the by-gone lime lor proof as to who "feliciously, wilfully ana maliciously committed an assault and bat very on the body of William Patterson yeo man." All facts can be proved by calling •on the spirits, and a family of knockers will (become an indispensible adjunct to •very court, like a court crier; and we suppose they will lie kept at the publio cost, since their services will be decided to be pro bono publico. In the year of grace 1865 then we may expect to sec some notice like this among court proceedings: "Upon the arraignment of John Smith for (manslaughter, the Commonwealth asked for a continuance of the case to the next term for wont of soma wiqjesses who could not attend at this term. But his Honor Judge Progress decided that he could enter lain no such motion, for tho Court Knockers .w.ere in attendance, and the spirit of the de ceased might be called to the witness stand, and thus the whole facts at once brought out. He said that in these days he could allow no .delay of justice, and intimated that the counsels request in this case-should be noth ing mora than a trick to defer sentence.— Mr*. Fox was then called and commenced communication with the spirit of the de ceased, Mr. Grundy. The spirit testified !bat Mr Smith was the perron who struck I "'■v i rfr'i the blow wi.h an axe in the crowd ol las t Sifttmw y i>ighl, and that the said blow ws ( the daiise of Mr. Grundy 's death.- The coutnsel'on both sidei declined to argue the case. The court charged the jury that the case xvas clearly mace 'Out, and without leaving Urn box, ibe Fdtetmm 'reported that tho jury had agreed upon their ve'dict of guilty. Mr. Smith xvas sentenced to five hours imprisonment in the oyster cellar of the Wilmot House, the jail having had a pane of glass broken, and hence being in the opinion of the court, unfit and too dilapi dated, (at least during cold wiids.) for tho detention of n human being in this Christian age. His Honor raid he would have length ened the sentence to tan hours, but for the fact that Mr. Flnpdoodle the Court-Phrenolo gist, had upon examination decided Mr. Smith's mental organization to be of such a character that it xvas impossible for him to have avoided this transgression, which xvould otherwise have been a crime. Judge Lingo dissented from his other brethren ot the bench and thought the sentence too harsh for this age of humanity- But Judge Progress referred to a rigorous ancient statute which required imprisonment ir. such cases as this, and said the law required to be vin dicated. Judge Lingo thought the laxv re ferred to, had bccomo obsolete. But upon telegraphing the facts bl ','ne case to the Governor, His Excelk 11C y l„ ten minutes relumed a full ), ar don for Mr. Smith, and added, in t r'jbnquint dispatch, that he regretted to gee Judge Progress so trifle xvith the '.'lOerty of any citizen. Wo regret to (for xve disavow all party bit ternessl that after this Judge Progress cannot recp/.ve ten votes at the ppll next Monday; and he will hardly venture to be a candidate Rjptin next month. Notts vfrrons." Chronicles of Crime. Almost every paper which xve pick up in those days is filled with long and vivid ac counts of " Most Horrible Murders," Rob beries, Seductions, Thefts, &c., &c., ad ' nauseam. Some editors seem to hunt np all the filthy sickly chronicles of the age's de pravity, and to gloat upon them as over a feast fit for the gods. The barbarous, the tragic and the horrible alone have charms for these refined minds, and just in to the brutality of a paragraph's detail is it valuable lor the maker of morals. It must be terrible or it is no choice bit of scandat- But to this too much familiarising the mind with pictures of depravity, we cry out —cui bonol Mankind has not too good an opinion of human nature, that it must needs be lowered. Credat Jwlaeus Appeia, non ego, ■ We cannot think that it xrill improve the public morals of the young, for the chroni cles of lawlessness, depravity and vice to become as familiar to them as household words. Let us hope then that the long col' umns of sin and shame and crime, may be curtailed much, and not continually offending propriety ard virtue. Our JTable. Tlu North American Miscellany —The last number of this interesting Magazine comes to us this week, filled with useful and in teresting matter. -J* contains ft variety of articles xvhich cAnnot fail to please all.— A. Palmer k Co., publishers. Terms 63. The Monthly Law Magazine. —We have received uumbers 5 and 6 of this valuable work, very neatly printed, and containing the following articles : Nuture and Method of Legal Studies, completed; Law Reform in Massachusetts; Inaugural Address of Hon. A. Cnralhers ; Recent' American De cisions; Notices -of Nexv Laxv Books, &c , &c. It is a xvork of rare merit and should be in tho possession of every lawyer. Glen son's Pictorial Drawing Room Com panion for this week, is a rich number con taining poetry, tales, miscellaneous matter, &c., &c., and is beautifully illustrated with a number of fine engravings, among which is a likeness of Jenny Lind and Giovanna Belletli, Gen. Scoti, &., kc. Progress of Aristocracy. • The progression of these days it qot at all of the republican order, it xvould seem. The titled fashionables of the lyiglish court pro pose to have ranks of nobility established in Canada, and a Vice Royal Court at Montreal with the Prince of Wales at the head.— Counts, Viscounts and Marquises will then be sxvarmiug thiok and full along the line; and be within the reach of every Yankee's romantic daughter. Mr. Whitney, the celebrated Railroad man has lately gone to England, and thereupon a splendid and costly book comes from tire London press, entitled " Britain Redeemed and Canada Preserved," xvhich proposes to extend the broad belt of England in the tern petate zone around the world" bv the erec tion of a railroad through Canada to the Pacific. It looks to making Canada a coun try of importance—a part of the British Empire worthy of a throne and a court, whose Windsor would be at Niagara. * Another mark which the spirit of aristoc racy libb made in these days is the resolution of a London Club excluding from commu uion such American officers as had soiled their hands by conducting cargoes of Indus try to the Worldls Fair. On this side of the water we have Ihe issue of a nexv book at New York, entitled, "An American Hand-book of Heraldry," with tbe crests, pedigrees, and arms of what the author calls the "first families" of the' land, and lull directions for crests, mottoes and liveries. All Snobdom is thrown into convulsions, and Willis says the book "goes like hot cakes." The daughters of green grooers, lemon-pealers, orangemen and money changers crowd thick and fast around the publisher's shop tp get an early copy of the "precious, deai book," and already each one imagines herself a Dutchess or a Count. | ess. OF" Dr. W. H. Boy'le has tdken charge of the editorial department of tbe "Chambers burg Sentinel, and bids fair still further to in crease its efficiency as an orthodox Demo cratic Journal. — I Daguerreotypes in Oil after a nexv method 11 has been commenced in New York j wmmmmm- - ■ -"■ . "mi t Opening of the Great Exhibition. - i On Thursday, the Ist of May, the Great > Exhibition of'the Industry of all Nations in ' the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, was open ' ed with tfkuch ceremony, by the Queen in 1 Sta'e. Thirty thousand persons we re plea -1 ent, and notwithstanding the immense mul f titude, the ceremonies went off without ac > cident or mishap. Up to the previous eve f ning the Crystal Palace was a scene of busy 1 life, but the immense mass of contributions 1 was finally arranged, the rubbish wholly " cleared away, and the building, presented a > most magnificent appearance. 1 On Thursday morning the doors were • opened at an early hour, a very strong po -1 lice force being on the giound to prevent disorder or confusion. The multitude of ex hibitors and ticket holders began to pour in and quietly and without confusion, i^ o k ( ) le 1 places assigned to them. By b dl f pasl e | ev . ; en o'clock the multitude wan admitted, and 1 then the doors were closeu to visiters until I after the visit oT the C.u&en. | The Royal Commissioners assembled then in front bf the platform in the transept, which hsfi been erected for the Queen. At 12 o'clock a flourish of trumpsts announced the approach of Her Majesty, who entered by the North entrance, attended by the Royal family, the Prince of Prussia and other ' guests from foreign Courts. As she eqlered II an immense choir occupying the north gal ' lery of the transept, Bang God save the ' Quean, in Which many of thq spectators, 5 joined. Sir George Smart superintended this part of the musical services, j The formal coremonies and delivery of . speeches, took place as announced, and a ' prayer was then pronounced by the Arch bishop of Canterbury. The Hallelujah cho rus ot Handel's Messiah was then perform ed, under the direction of Sir Hsttry Tishop. , The Royal procession then moved round . the building, Mr. Paxton, the architect la ■ king the lead. As the Queen passed, the I multitude rose and received her with cheers. I Tho eight great organs In the building suc . ceisively struck up with fine music as Her i Majesty passed them, who, after returning . to the platform, announced tne Exhibition r opened, which was communicated to the i public by a flourish of trumpets and a na i tional salute from guns at such a distance as t not to endanger tho glass hoirab. The Queen . and suite then departed, and the door was i again opened. Outride of the Crystal Palace the crowd i was immense, and the lines of carriages i unprecedented. They were kept in good order by the police. TOE MOUNTAIN SECTION or THE PENNSYL VANIA RAILROAD is to be put tinder contract immediately, between Ailona and Pringle's 'Point, 25 mHes. Proposals will be received from the 9th to tho 12th of June next, at Johnstown and Summit, for the grading and masonry. The road within this distance will cross the Allegheny Mountain, encountering some of the heaviest grading.offered in this country. In addition to a number of exten sive cuttings, embarkments and culverts, there will be oue tunnel 1,200 yards in length at the summit of the mountain, and another of 200 yards through Pringle's Point. The Pittsburg Gazette in communicating these facts, says by the first of July, then, the grand work of levelling the Allegheny Mountain will be fairly commenced, EH'J when it is finished, there will no longer be any obstruction from this cause, between the waters of the Ohio and the Delaware, and Philadelphia will be brought within fifteen hours of pleasant riding of Pittsburg. By that time, also, we 6hall have a continuous railroad highway to the Mississippi, and most probably to Chicago. Who can esti mate the effect ol this vast line of travel opening up between the East and the West, and bringing the extremities of our vast country into a mere neigtiborhood distance. THE REMAINS -or GEK. Woqpii.—A reso- , lution was adopted in the Board of Alderman last evening, appointing a Special Commit tee to select a site in one of the eemetaries for the remains of the lamented General Worth, and that the Committee confer with relatives of selection. Also> instructing the Committee to procure a design (or a monu ment to be placed over the over the remains of this distinguished officer.— N. Y. Courier. MAIL ROBBERY.' —The pouches dispatched from the New York city post office for Auburn and Syracuse were cut open on the steamboat on Sunday night, and the Auburn pouch rifled of all the letter packages ex cept one from Cincinnati, Ohio. THE NATIONAL WASHINUTON MONUMENT The whole estimated cost of the monument is 81,250,000, of which only about 8150,000 has yet been collected. The work upon the monument ia, rapidly progressing. The structure is now eighty feet in height, and will reach one hundred and fifty feet by the coming autumn. If adequate funds are promptly supplied, the shaft, it is thought will Ire carried to its destined altitude of five hundred and sixteen feet in eight years from'' the present time. AMERICAN NEWsrAratts.—Mr. Poore, wish ing to form a perfect coilection of American newspapers for the City Library of Paris, re quests a copy of every daily jonrnal publish ed on the 4th of July, 1851—and of the next published number of every' semi-weekly and weekly journal, directed to the "Ameri can Sentinel, Boston, Massachusetts." A Toua TO THE NORTH. —President FiH more, accompanied by Hon. Daniel Web ster, Secretary of State ; Mr. Conrad, Secre tary of War; Mr. Graham, of tho Navy ; Mr. Crittenden, Attorney General, and Wm. Hall, P. M. General, left Washiugton City at 7 o'clock on Monday morning for Baltimore, i on their way to New York, to attend the opening of the New York ami Erie Railroad, j on Wednesday. Thoy were well received at Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia, Bur lington, and other towns on the way. 17* A down east editor advises his read- i ers, if they wish to have teeth inserted to go i and steal fruit where a watch dog is on his |i guard. j I ir "lil M ' 'I The SoNlli Carolina Convention. The secessionists sf South Carolina, after a session Of several days, adjourned sine die on the Bth inst., having firsT Adopted an Ad dress and' Resolution* strongly in favor of se ceding from the Union at sortie future, but indefinite period, either with the coopera tion of the other Southern States, or "solita ry, and alor.e." We append a copy of the Resolutions, together with an abstract of the Address, in order that our readers may see that there are other ibola and fanatics in the United the Northern Abolition - 1. Resolved, That in lift opinion oi this meeting, the State South darolina caunot submit to the Wrongs and aggressions which have be',, perpetrated by the Federal Gov oWiment and the Northern States, without dishonor and ruin; and that it is necessaiy , to relieve herself therefrom, whether with or without the co-operation of other Southern States. 2. Resolved, That concert of action with one or moro of our sister States of the South, whether through the proposed Southern Congress, or in any other manner, is an ob ject worth many sacrifices, but not the sacri fice involved In submission. 3. Resolved , That we hold the right of Se- I cession to be essential to the sovereignty and freedom of the States of this Confederacy; and thnl the'denial of that righ would fur nish to an injured State the strongest addi tional cause for its-exercise. I 4. Resolved, That this meeting looks with confidence and hope to the Convention of the People, to exert tho sovereign power of 1 the State in defence of ita rights, at the ear 'i liesl paiirnhln pariadand in the moss ef fectual manner ; and to the Legislature, to adopt the most speedy and effectual mea sure towards the same end. The Address, in Rubslanee, regards the present position ot the Southern States as degraded and ruinous. The manifest ten dency and design of the systematic aggres sions suffered by the South for yeais past, is the subversion of slavery, and these mea sures were being steadily pushed forward to Theaccomplishment of thai end. The ground is broadly taken that ftiere is no safety for the South in the present Union. South Carolina (says the address) has here tofore desired to follow the other Southern f States, and not to lead ; but forced at last to act for herself, she has made up her* mind that she will not longersubmil to Northern aggression.—Still, however, she is willing to adopt the action of any other State likely to promote the end in view. The right of ■secession is regarded as guar antied by the Constitution, and its denial by the Geueral Government is a sufficient cause for reNf*taire. It were better to be conquer ed than to yield without a struggle. Any Slate has a fight to secede without molesta tion. It is hoped, however, that the necessity of separate action by South Carolina may be avoided, ami that other means may he de vised by a Congress of Southern Slates. If not, South Carolina will go alone, at some future time. DYI.NO DECLARATIONS—-CURIOCS DECISION OP A JUDGE. —From an Article in the Wash ington (Wilkes county) Gazette, we jearn ■that Judge Baxter of the Northern Circuit Court of Georgia, has recently decided that the dying declarations ol a man cannot be given in evidence on a trial for murder. This is an important decision, and overturns the common law, as understood and hereto fore administered. The point was presented on the triul of Lovel for the murder of Bell, in the county of WarrCn, ar.d was argued by Messrs. Toombs, Cone and Pottle, for the Prisoner, and Solicitor Woemi, Gartrull and • Dawson, for the State. It was contended by the prisoner's counsel that the 6th article of I the Constitution of the United S'.sles glTaratW tees to every man accused of a crime the right "to be confronted with the witnesses against him," &c. To admit the dying de clarations of the deceased, it was furthei contended, was a virtual denial of this right, and the court so believing ruled out the testimony. The prisoner was discharged. BARN BURNT.— The barn of Mr. Jacob Sidier, of VallA- township, was struck by lightning on last Sunday afternoon, and to tally consumed!y fire, with all its contents, in lite short parVl of half an hour. There were Jretween tw\and three hundrerh bush els of about the same quantity of com destroyed in the bam, together with some hay and other grain. The buildiug was insured in the Lycoming Mutual Fire Insurance Company. A son of Mr, Sidier, who was standing near tho barn at the lime it was struok, was severely stunned, and carried away senseless. VVe are glad to learn, however, that he is rapidly recovering. I Danville Democrat. PRICES OP LODGINGS IN dreams of lodging-house keepers are begin '(ring to be made public. Of these a notable specimen will suflioe. A gentleman in Ed inburgh reported to have applied, a tow days since, to a London lodging house keep er, to learn the terms for a residence ot four teen days for himself and wife. In reply, informed, that for a bed-room and sitting soAffftr-a fortnight from tho Ist of May, the charge would be £3l 10s., bonus to be paid dotvo to secure the bargain, £5 5.; service, £2 ; total, £3B 15s. The Scotsman m which this instanoo of metropolitan rapa city is recorded, proceeds to characterize the demand as monstrous and extortionate. CSPT. LYNCH, of the United States Navy, has it appears from a report lately read be fore the Geographical Society of Paris with fegard to the most important geographical discoveries made ia the year 1848, been presented with two silver medals for his ex ploration of the Jordan and tho Dead Sea. ADDISON eayv I never knew a man of a general favorite with women ; some singularity ia his behaviour, some him ridiculous among men lias recommended him to the other sex COL. IV. FORNEY is, the Harrisburg Union says, to bo the Democratic candidate for Clerk of the House of Representatives at Washington, at the ensuing session of Con gress. OP* A broker in Wail street got stuck tho other day with a 8100 countorfeit note in this way. A beautiful lady-iike woman called and asked to have it changed ioto small ' notes. The broker lells his own story: "I was looking mora at the woman than to my businoss." Pretty good. ! i From the Luzerne Democrat. r TUB CONTESTED ELECTION CASE. ' Below we give further extracts from the testimony in the Contested election case, at ( Danville, before the lion. VV. S. Jayne, from the notes of evidence taken by Hon. John Brisbin. j The testimony is that of Peter Kratz and , Po'er Haun, who were the two Gertnans spoken of whb were prosecuted foi illegal , voting, hy Gallbailh (Whig) clerk of the Commissioners of Montour County. Peter Kratz sworn. } Quertion—Did you vote in this Borough art' t the last October eleetiou for Congress I i Answer. Yes, Theodore Garretson gsve - me my tickets, I went to the Court House ' and handed them to Mr. Kitchen and gave r in my name. i Q. How long have you been in the United States. 1 A. Two year*. Q.* What ceuotry did you come from ? A. Prussia. ' - ■ Q. Did you tell Garrison you had no right to vote 7 A. I told him I bad no right to' Vote, Gar . rison said I must go and vote, that all the - Germans must vote. ■ Cross-Examined—Q. Was it in' December last you voted ? r A. It was Blb October f Q Did you Toad the ticket you voted'? A. No sir. ' Q- Do you know for what officersyt>u vo . ted! A. No,i cannot tell. 1 Q. Can you tell whether you -voted for 1 anybody for Cbngress ? A. No, thai I cannot ssy. i 'ln Chief—-Q Can you read English? A. No. 1 Q Did you vote the bunch of tickets Gar ( rison -gave you I A. I voted all Garrison gave me. -Cross Examined—Q. Do you mean when ' "you say thot you cannot read English, Jhat you cannot make out the words, or that you do not understand the languugo when you read it! A. 1 can make out English words, but cannot understand what they mean. Q Did you and Garrison speak German or English at the time you of? A. It was English, he does not speak Ger man. Q Did you at that time understand the English language very imperfocily? A: It Was so. Peter Haun, sworn. Q. Did you vote in this Borough at the last October election ? A. At five o'clock we all quit work went down to the Rolling Mill office—the Com pany's Office—and our tickets were given to us, we went to the Court House and gave them in at the window. Q How long have you been in the Unfiled States ? A. A year and a half. Q. How many of you went to the office to gether and got your tickets, and went togeth er to the Polls ? A There was maqy there and got their tickets and came over to ihe Court House. Cross Examined—Q. Was it last Decem ber vou voted at the Court House ? A No. -Q Can you say for whom you voted at that election or for what officers f A No, I voted (he tickets that were given me. Q Can you reud English ? A. No. In Chief— Q. How long had you been at work in the Rolling Mill at this lime ? A. I have been working there seven months. Q. How old are jou ? A. Twenty eight. Q. What country did you come from ? A. Germany. Q. Did you vote the same day Peter KralZ did ? • . A. Yes, I he becomes discouraged, humiliated, and j feels no sense of petsonal consequence, It is j thee ha becomes careless, indifferent, reck less, disorderly and criminal. Most of the •dissipation and crime of the land spring from this source. It follows, therefore, that the wholo com- . mnnity is interested in the Emancipation of Labor from Servitude, and in the Self-Em ployment of the people. The toiler hitnsell ia, of course, most deeply interested in this ; or, at least; he would be did be appreciate his condition and feel within an impulse toward a higher life. If he would be a man a hero, and grow wiser as he grows older— if he would Cnerish noble thoughts and lofty aspirations,—he must seek to employ him self, and become thoroughly his own master. If he be animated in the least degree by these sentiments, he witl eudeavot to rule himself in alt things, to provido himself with work, to place himself where he can breathe t its freedom and act at all times aooording to j his own will. K It is true that mauy, from ignorance and ; servilo habits, are so much depressed that it I ' is impossible for thetn to control their own | i lives, but must work under the direction ofl I the Employer. But those should be treated ( i as Wards or grown up eons whom a kiud • and intelligent father Would improve arid as- i sist in every possible mode. The necessity ! i and obligation of this has already been en-1 forced. But because some are necessarily depen- j dent and servile, it docs not follow that phil- 1 anthropista should hold their peace on the ! ] question of Self-Employment, or that the ! laborers themselves should not confer togeth-! ( er and agitate this subject. If they never re- ' | fleet upon and discuss the matter, their con- i dition will never be improved. If they rest 1 t quietly ami yield all power to their Employ- I ers, they give their assent to to the maxim of. old Conservatism, that "if government i takes care of the rich, the rich will take care of the poor," and thus they must con tinue subject to their power. , Mental developement cannot be 100 highly I exalted as the "master-key" to ail improve ment. The condition of society is but an e outward manifestation of the character of \ the public mind, and as the latter is elevated, virtue and plenty, peace and happiness will f abound. What next? Why, if the dependant 0 classes would improve their condition in any tespoct, ihev must first improve th-ir own ~ 1 7 JUU heads and hearts. Labor cannot be indepen dent) nor receive what ft prod noes, until there be a real upward lency of the general mir.d. The toiler most begin by purifying himself, and strengtheuidg his own under standing. Ha must oease wasting his time in . follies, and devote his leisure to all the means of true developement. He must save i that money which he often wastes on the evanescent and frivolous, and expend it in the great work of advancing his own man ■ hood. He must struggle against the humili ating influences under which he is employed and prova his equality with his master by emulating and surpassing him in all that is good and great. Merisl endowment and moral oulture, a thinking intellect and aa aspiring soul, will command respect in spite of oil impediments. Mind is more potent , than all other influences, and must ever con quer where it is nobly endowed. Let, then, every Laborer being now in the reform of himself, and when he becomes prepared fbr complete independence, he will inevitably i acquire and enjoy it The Xibtiny and Sofijhekanna Railroab. This great project ia meeting With the most flattering manifestations of favor, nfit only along the line of the proposed rbute, but in different sections of the state. A writer in the Argtts remarks: "As perma nent and valuable stock, there can be noth ing superior to it in the stale in railroad stocks, not even excepting the tJiiea and Schenectady, calculating that at the present advance, and the Albany and Susquehanna 'to par. There can be no parallel or rivalry- It passes through a district ot country of great fertility ■ abounding in products that would seek a market, through -this channel. " Its sources 'Of income -are varied.— First: The travel from the east and great west—its termination toing at Hinghamlcft —will there meet the New York It Erie and other roads. Passengers can be taken from Albany to Binghamton, and vice versa, ih | the space of three to four hobrt, frOrft Bing hamton, to the centre of New York city in eight or nine hours by railroad. This being the case, with lbs low grade and straight lines, it is easy to judge what course the travel will take west of Binghamton, des tined for New York. "To the cities ef Boston and Naw York, ' ; this Tend wilt open a new mibe of wealth, and Albanyfertd"its neighborhood Will come' in for n liberal shaft?. " Second : The way travel, if nothing else, would support the road and pay good divi dends. It would peas through a district of great fertility, and take to market the sur plus product* of a hardy, virtuous and in telligent population of 200,000; people enough to form a respectable Stare; and with this oudet, each being )he stimulant to industry and the bringing tit o r rfew acres for cnlrivation with improved husbandry, the present products would in all probability be doubled. Third ferfd last, far the present, in regard to 'coal, the great source of tvfestfh and prosper ity when cheaply obtained. The road would open a direct avenue to the inexhaustible cifel beds of Pennsylvania. It ia calculated that coal from these bedv&efald be tanded in Albany $3 per ton, the price at the beds being only 60 cents. Should this be tbO case, the transportation of coal ulone would support the roaJ, for tho district to be sup- • plied with this, which is extensive along tho line to Albany, north, cast and south to a certain extent. Let these considerations be thought of by tbe citizens of Albany and its vicinity, and the districts on the line of the contemplated road, and if found to be cor rect, aside from all considerations, they must, we think, look upon an investment in this road as most promising."— Albany Ex \ prut. j The Yirgina Convention has settled the j "basis" question, which has been so much | the subject of contenton in the Slate Con vention for revising the Constitution. It has adopted the plan proposed by the Comprom ise Committee. By Ibis plan, the Western section Of the Stute will have t majority of Jburimn in the House of Delegates, and the Eastern section a majority of ten in the Sen ate, giving the West a ibnJority 'of four oil joint tmttot. It also provides that in the year 1865, in ease the General Assembly shall uol be able to agiee as to the principle of representation on which a reappointment will be made, the question shall be decided by life qualified voters of the State. This proposition WIM adopted by a majority of seven vfltds. • . . The 'Objects of the uew Reghtration Law which goes into effect the first of July next, are to pe , elu no evidence of the marriago birth and death of inhabitants ef this Com monwealth, and to gather important sanitary tacts affecting the physical welfare of tho human race. RAILSOAD CONVENTION.— The convention for the purpose of conatruoling a railroad from Pittsburg via the Allegheny river, to in tersect with tho New York and Erie Road will be held at' Warren, on the sth of June next. All the counties intersected will ho represented. MARRIED. In Huntington. Luzerne county, on the sth inrt, byJumet Layoock, E-q., Mr. A. CLANK LAVCUCK, to Miss CLARA A- MILLARD, ill of Huntington. On tho same, by the same, Dr. P. B. HICK", of Salem, Luzerne county, to M as MAKY M. DODSON, of Huntington. On tho same, by the samo, Mr. B. ROOMS, to Miss PKRMKLLA M CAICRTV, all of HNU. tington. On the same, by the same, Mr. JOHN FUL LER, to Miss SUSAN LONG, all of Huntiigton. DIED. In Derry lp., Montour county on the 7th of Mar, Mr. JOHN CARR, aged 33 yqars, 2 mouths and 3 days. A On the Ist inat., ef consumption, in Madi • son tp., Montour county, MRS. Wnifri.c wife ol Uaao Whipple, aged about 27 years, At the city of David, Province of Chiriqui New Grenada, on the 10th day of April last of Billious fever, Mr. A. B. SHIIMAN, Mer chant, late of Philadelphia and foimerly of Berwick, Columbia county, aged about to years. • / v*; 7- *•' HP--.