STAR OF THE NORTH.
B. W. WEAVER, EDITOR.
Bio omsburg, Thursday, May 20, 1851.
CATTAWISSA RAILROAD.
The Philadelphia capitalists are beginning
to fear that the rival cities of New York and
Baltimore are preparing to draw off much of
the Pennsylvania trade. The erection of a
direct railroad from New York into North
eastern Pennsylvania lapping off the trade
of tho Lachawanna valley is now deter
mined upon to a certaiiit); and on the south,
Baltimore is preparing to draw the business
bf tho fertile nnd wealthy counties in tho
Susquehanna valley. The coal merchants
of the Schuylkill, and the business men of
Philadelphia are, however, getting a proper
view of this subject, and see plainly that
they must finish the small link of railroad
which will connect this region with Philadel
phia. The money to complete the Caltawis.
sa Road must come mainly Irom Philadel
phia, and the aooner the outlay is made the
better for all concerned. The work, now
partly done, from the valley of the Schuyl
kill to Cuttawissa on the North Branch, when
completed and extended to Williarasport,
secures a railroad connection between Phil
adelphia and Klmira in tile State of New
York, and consequently between the former
place and the New York improvements, even
without the making of the Suubnry and
Erie or Williamsport and Erie road, hereto,
fore and still held, to bo so important and
desirable. The making of the Cattawissa
road will be but the forerunner of a road
from Williamsport to Erie, hereaftei to be
made, when the necessary amount of capi.
lal can be invested in that comparatively,
gigantic work. We are pleased to append
the following judicious and well limed article
on this subject from the Philadelphia
Ledger.
'•lliilildelpliln underlie I.akcs.
At iaet the citizens of Philadelphia seem
to have awakened to the importance, nay
the necessity of a railroad communication j
with the Lakes. It is the general sentiment i
•of tho business community llint this con
nection must be made, and therefore the
first thing to be determined is, which is the
shortest, best and cheapest route from Phil
adelphia to the Lakes! It is agreed on all
• bauds that Williamsport, on the West Branch
of the Susquehanna, rfiust be reached, be
cause from that point a comiec'.ion will be
secured with Klmira and Dunkirk, and thus
a direct communication opened from Phila
delphia to Lake Erie, without wailing for the
completion of the proposed road, two hun
dred and forty seven miles of the proposed
road, in length, from Williamsport to the city
of Erie, along the valley of the Sinnemahong,
in our own Slate. From Philadelphia Wil
liumsporl can be approached by two routes,
both of which are partly constructed. Tho
shortest of these two routes is the one on
arhich the energies of Philadelphia mer
chants should be united, because it can be
made in the quickest time and at the least
expense. To WlUiamspoit, via Harrisburg
and Suubury, the distance is two hundred
and two miles. By the valley ol the Schuyl
kHl, via Taniaqua and Cattawissa, the dis
lance is one,hundred and ninety miles. To
complete tho -connection by the formor, or
Susquehanna route, eighty six miles of new
railroad are required; whereas, to complete
the chain by the Schuylkill route, but one
link of Jbrty Jive miles will be required.—
On the Susquehanna route, which runs
parallel with the State canals, the Common
wealth has imposed a tax of three mi.'ls per
-ton per mile on all freight passing over the
road, which will amount to cents
and six mills on every toa of through freight
by lhat route.
I* On the other hand, the Cattawissa route is
•wholly.exempt from this tax on freight, for
the reason ilia! it does not run parallel with
any Slate improvement! Hence the Catta
wissa is not only the shorter route, but it is
also the cheapest route, for the exemption
from State tax is so nil?ch of a discrimina
tion in its favor.
With this fact stating PMladelphians in
the face, is it not marvellous ihat they do not
ut once raise the means to construct the
road between Cattawissa and Williamsport,
and thus finish the connection by the Schuyl
kill route? Let any one who may examine
the annexed figures, trace tho lines on the
map and he will at once see the importance
of this question to Pbiladelpnia.
SCHUYLKILL ROUTE. <
Philadelphia to Port Clinton, (Read
ing Railroad,) 78 mtios j
J'orl Clinton to Tamaqua, (Little
•Scuylkill Railroad ) 20
Taniaqua to Junction with Cattawis
sa Railroad, 12
Thence to Catlawissa 35
Cattawissa to Williamsport, 45
Philadelphia to Williamsport, 190 I
SUSaUEHANNA ROUTE.
Philadelphia to Lancaster, (State
Roud,) 70
Lancaster to Harrisburg, 37 '
Harrisburg to Dauphintown 9
Thence to Williamsport, 86
Philadelphia to Williamsport, 202 j
AVilliamsport to Elmira, 75
Philadelphia to Elmira, via Sus
quehanna Route, 277 j
Philadelphia to Elmira, via Schuyl
•kill Rome, 265
New York to Klmira, (New York
and Erie Railroad,) 283
New York to Dunkirk, (New York
and Erie Railroad,) 470
Philadelphia lo Dunkirk, via Wil
liamsport and Klmira, 452
Difference in favor of Philadelphia, 18
ty We recommend to attention the pro
ceedings of the County Convention of Mon
day last; lo be found in another column. It
comprised a pretty full representation ol the
county, and undoubtedly expressed the sen
timents of the Democracy of the county,
npon the subjects covered by its action,
CF To morrow, (Friday,) the Menagerie
and Circus of A. Turner fc Co., will exhibit
' in town. See advertisement in another col
umn.
GT Mr. Geo. Piper, a respectable farmer
of Path Valley, Franklin county, committed
suicide last Friday, by hanging himself in
his bam. He was nearly sixty years of ago,
and in comfortable circumstances. No cause
is assigned for ibe act.
Stntc Conventions,
The Convention al Reading for the nomi
nation of candidates for Governor and Canal
Commissioner will be held on the 4th of
June. William-Bigler of Clearfield county,
will be nominated for Governor by an almost
unanimous vote. He is a man of much ex
perience and popularity, and can easily dis
tance the present Abolition Governor, Wil
liam F. Johnston, who will doubtless be the
Federal Candidate. It is uncertain who will
succeed in obtaining the nomination for
Canal Commissioner. The candidate will
be claimed in the West, as the vacancy in
the Board to which the new Commissioner
is chosen is that of Mr. Painter of West
moreland, who is a wosteru man. Tito can
didates iu tho west, now named for the
nomination ate Sebright, Campbell, and
Clover, Mr. Bratton of Comborland couuty,
has also been named. He would bo an
admirable nominee, being a man of high
intelligence and known integrity Our Del
egates to Reading are, Gen. W. S. Ross of
Luzerne, Senatorial Delegate, and Emanuel
Lazarus Representative Delegate.
The Convention at Harrisburg lor the
nomination of candidates for Judges of tho i
Supreme Court of Pennsylvauia will be held
on tho 11th of June. There are five judges
to be nominated. The present bench con
sists of GIBSON Chief Justice, nnd ROGERS,
COULTER, 15F.LL and CHAMBERS, Justices. —
Two only of these have been spoken of for
nomination by tho Democratic Slate Con
vention ; to wit, Gibson and Bell. O; her
names to fill up the list, have been named
in abundance ; the following Common Pleas
Judges being most prominent : LOWBIE of
Pittsburg, CAMPBELL of Philadelphia, LEWIS
of Lancaster and KIDDER of Luzerne. It is j
highly important that good nominations
should be made for this responsible position.
Our delegates to the Harrisburg Convention
will probably bo Wesley Roat Senatorial
Delegate, and Paul Leidy, (chosen by Mod
tour,) Representative Delegate.
Trouble in the Whig-wain
On last Thursday morning a call appeared
in Philadelphia for an and-Johnston Whig
meeting at tho Chinese Museum to be held
on Thursday ©voning. It was signed by
about 500 Whigs, and had for its object the
denunciation of Collector Lewis for saying
of llie Philadelphia mechanics and trades
men that though tbey were "well enough in
their sphere, they were by no me ins among the
mosl respectable and influential citizens." Hon.
Peleg B Savory, the Whig Senator from
Philadelphia county presided, nnd he cer
tainly is among the most respectable and in
fluential citizens. Resolutions were passed
denouncing Lewis, but some of Gov. John
sto I'S b'hoys got into the meeting and raised
Old Nick. Some fellows jumped on the
stand for a station to speak, but about that
time the policemen put on their badges and
put llio orators iu the station house ; because,
as these unsophisticated Charleys thought,
the fellows were no orators as Brutus is.
Next morning the gentry were brought be
fore the Mayor, and it appeared that when
one of these orators jumped on the stand
and was arrested a loaded pistol was found
on his person, lie only apologised by say
ing that it was necessary to carry "frighten
ers" in that part of the city where he lived,
owing to the bad state of society there. We
believe (lie fellow, but it seems the Mayor
did not, for Air. Kelley was bound over in
$lOOO and bail to answer an indictmont lor
carrying a deadly weapon.
The ltuilroud 1111081100.'
We select the following extracts from a
letter of a very intelligent correspondent:
'•PHILADELPHIA, May 26, 1851.
DEAR SIR :—The lace of Philadelphia so
lohj turned to the west is now gladdened
with a smile at the prospect of u certain a n d
speedy completion of the Pennsylvania Cen
tral Rail Boad. She now looks to '.ho North
and ere long' an iron arm will be stretched
out to greet yi/u. # # # #
1 decidedly prefet the Schuylkill to the Susque
hanna route, from Philadelphin lo Williams
port. Now a few words as to the project of a
road up t-Uc Susqitehsnna to Williams
port, to be made.by Baltimore. The mer
chants of Philadelphia cat more than com
pete with those ol Baltimore. Withoutasteam
marine no city can realize all the advantages
of even the most complete system of rail
ways. Philadelphia is now establishing a
complete and permanent steain connection
with Europe. The disadvantages which
sailing vessels sometimes encounter from
ho.ad winds in the Delaware are overcome
by B,'eaui power. By roeaus of ice boat
the ha.'bor of Philadelphia is kept open
throughout the winter. The distance from
Philadelplt^ lo l 'ie sea is only haff the dis
tance fromlvalumore to the sea. Besides,
it will some Uoy be the policy and pride of
Virginia to builu' "P die city of Norfolk
Baltimore can never become the rival of
Philadelphia. Tho rivals of Philadelphia
are Now York and Boston, or the North and
East, Baltimore ivill find rivals on her
South Look at the haibors of Norfolk,
Charleston and Savannah ! lake your map
and trace the lines of rail road made, and to
be made, stretching wes.l ro tho basin of the
Mississippi. Consider the time .when each
ot those cities shall have stt'aui communi
cation with Europe. It is not W 1 be suppo
sed that the southern cities will alway* B remain
dependant 011 northerncitiesibr their so^P'' 88
of imported goods. Reflect a moment on
the increase of tho west in population and
resources—ou the yearly inciease of its
commercial transactions with the sea board,
—in coiinociion with the geographical ad
vantages possessed by other southern cities
over Baltimore; and do you not eae in the
future an eclipse of tha glory of the mon
umental city ? Philadelphia with one foot on
! Lake Erie, the other ou ihe Ohio, aud her
' head on the Delaware, will hold in her
hands the trade of ihe Susquehanna, and
even if a portion be diverted for a time ;n
other directions, she will regain it. * *
Yours truly.
GW The seventeen year Locusts, as wo
notice by various exchanges, have made
their appoaratico in Philadelphia, Lancaster,
York ami various other placos. In a few
days more, it is said ilioy will appear in
. great numbers.
Democratic County Convention.
In pursuance of a call of the Democratic-
Standing Committee of Columbia county Del
egates from the severs 1 townships of the coun
ty met at the Court Houso in Bloomsburg on
Monday May 26th, 1851.
The Convention organized by choosing
the following officers:
WM. J. IKELER, Prest.
|
The following Delegates were admitted to
seats in the Convention
Bloom —C. R. Buckulew, Peter Ent.
Heaver —Joel Bredbenner, Joseph Shuman
Benton —William Cole.
Centre —Jacob Hagenbuch, Dan'l Neyhard.
Fishingcreek —A. W. Kline, George Mack
Greenwood —Perry Smith, Elijah Albertson.
Hemlock.— Franklin Mcßrido, Samuel
Schroch.
Jackson —Frederick Knouse, Iram Dorr.
Montour —Samuel Lazarus, John Deiterick.
Ml. Pleasant —Wm. J. Ikeler, John Loro.
Madison —lsaac Shoemaker, Daniel Meri
cle.
Maine —C. F. Mann.
Orange —Alfred Howell, John Snyder.
Roaringcreek —Benj. Snyder, Michael Fet
terofT.
After a statement of the object of the Con
vention, lion. Geo. Mack offered the follow
ing Resolutions which were on motion sev
erally read, considered and unanimously
adopted.
RESOLUTIONS.
1 That the choice by Luzerne county of
Gen. William S. Ross as Senatorial Delegate
to the Reading Convention is concurred in
and confirmed by this county.
2. That the choice of Emanuel Lazarus
as Representative Delegate to the Reading
Convention, by the Convention of this coun
ty held in September last, was a judicious
selection, and having been made prior to the
organization of Moulour county is valid
without further uction on the subject.
3. That the appointment by the Standing
Cotafiu'tee during the past winter of Wesley
Roat as SoHAtoriaTDolr?gate to the Harrisburg
judicial Convention, which appointment has
been concurred in by J.uzc.\ n o county, is
hereby approved and confirmed as lite choice
of this County.
4 That the Representative Delegate to the
Harrisburg Convention is conceded to Mon
tour county, and while the preference of this
county is for Hon. S. Oaks heretofore ap
pointed by the Standing Committee, we
concur in whatever choice may be made by
Montour.
5 Tlmt thero may be no room for dispute or
difficulty upon the subject of the representa
tion of this Senatorial District, l'eter Kntand
Hugh Mcßride are hereby appointed Sena
torial Conferees to meet other Conferees of
the district, if desired, at Berwick on Satur
day next at noon, upon the question of Sen
atorial Conferees to Reading and Ilarrisburg.
6 That our Senatorial and Representative
Delegates in the Ilarrisburg Convention are
hereby instructed to support the nomination
of Hon. Luther Kidder and Hon. James Camp*
bell for Judges of the Supremo Court.
7 That the proceedings of seven delegates
to the Convention of the 12th instant, who
subsequent to the dispersion of the Conven
tion met and selected conferees to meet at
Cattawissa, and the proceedings of the
pretended conferences held in consequence on
Saturday last, were wholly irregular and un
UUltlOli/.Cil, and against tho vriohoo an-l juJy
menl of the Democracy of this county.
8 That in order to avoid difficulties here
after in party action in this county and that
nominations may be made in pursuance of
well defined rules and usages, C. R. Bucka
lew, Geo. Mack and Franklin Mcßride are
appointed to prepare a code of such rules
and usages to be laid before tho next county
Convention for consideration, and, (if ap
proved,) adoption, for the regulation of
nominations in luture.
9 That in common with our political
friends throughout the State we rejoice in
tho certainly of the harmonious nomination
at Reading of that honest and popular Dem
ocrat, WILLIAM BIUI.F.K for Governor, —and
at the clear prospect of his triumphant elec
tion in October next.
On motion it was
Resolved , That tho proceedings of this
Convention be published in the Democratic
papers of the county.
On motion the Convention then adjourned .
(Signed by the Officers.)
IMFORIANT FROM CUBA. —The New York
Sun, of Monday, contains the substance of a
letter from Tort l'rincipe, dated May 4th,
addressed to a Cuban gentleman in that city,
who vouches for its truth and correctness.
Nine of the most eminent, talented and
wealthy citizens of tho place were arrestad
before day, and taken under close guard to
the dungeons of Moro, in Havana. Their
names are Joseph R. Betancourt, lawyer;
Ferdinand Betancourt, lawyer; Manuel
Atango, lawyer; Joaquin Rivera, lawyer;
Francisco Varona, planter ; Francisco V. Ba
tista, planter; Francis Querada, planter; and
Salvador Gisnero, planter. The pretence
under which they were arrested is, that they
were engaged in the revolutionarp movment,
now on foot in the island. The arrests were
made by order of the Captain General to
Senur Leimerich, the Governor. The officers
are also in pursuit of Senor Soli'ario, of
Cunaquez, Sonor Auguatin, Joseph Castillo
and others. The correspondent of the Sun
represents the excitement as intense, and
thinks that the outrage will arouse the whole
population to a sense of their danger and the
necessity of resistance to the Spanish despo
tism which now rules only to oppress and
ruin them.
Who Is the Greatest Slaveholder.
j We say Great Britain, with all her stilled
i sympathy for Freedom ; with all her noisy
j professious against servitude. She holds
millions upon millions in Slavery. Her
t'aves re of many kinds; —the slaves of
Dan'; thtf slaves of her Factories; the slaves
of her MinCS; the perishing slaves of her
Cities; the crushed slaves of her Colonies;
crouching slaves of her Military Establish*
ment 1 And all these—her slaves—are
white men, womC n > aol i children. Think
of it, ye who have b.een jnisled by British
professions.— Penn.
TIIF. MICHIGAN DESPARADOES.—THE trial of
the men charged with the recent outrages
and orirnes on the Michigan Cental Rail
road, camo up on the Jsth inst. at Detroit.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to ob
tain a change of venue, in consoquence of
the excilemeut about the case in Wayne
! county. Finally, the trial was postponed
[ until Monday, the 20th inst.
The Great Methodist Church Case.
This case was opened on Miftday morning
in the United States District Conrf, a' New
York, before Judges Nelson and Beits. The
court room was crowded, and soveral Meth
odist clergymen wor9present. The follow
ing is an accurate, though brief statement of
the case .-
The Rev. Francis Harding, a slaveholder
of the Stile of Virginia, was suspendad by
the Baltimore Conference, which was held
about a year previous to the General Confer
nee of 1844, for his Connection wiih slavery •
The action of this body was afterwards
confirmed by the General Conference, which
also suspended Bishop Andrew from the
performance, of his official duties, because
of his holding slaves whom he had obtain
ed possession of by marriage, and of his re
fusal to liberate them.
In consequence of the course taken by
the Genoral Conferenoe, the southern dele
gates declarod that a continuod agitation of
this subject would compel the.-n either to
abandon the slave Stales or separate from
the north.
The southern delegates afterwards agreed
upon what was called a plan of separation,
and a southern convention, held on their re
turn home, resolved to establish a separate
organization; but the northern conference,
which had possession of tho funds, refused
to give any share of them to that division of
the church, which now became known as
the South Methodist Church.
After this refusal, southern commissioners
were appointed by the General Conference
(South) to institute this suit for the recovery
of their proportion of between seven and
eight hundred thousand dollars, claimed by
them as part owners of the general fund
previous to the separation, and which is at
present invosted in tho Methodist book estab
lishments of Ohio, New York, and the char
itable fund of Philadelphia.
The counsels employed on the part of the
plaintiffs are Mr. D. Lord and Reverdy John
son, and fot the defendant Messrs. George
Wood and Uufus Choate. Mr. Thomas
Ewing has also been retained as counsel for
thb defendants in a similar suit against the
branch JcW-hodist Concern of Cincinnati.
The Hon. Danit! Webster is engaged for the
plaintiffs, but was no' present.
Mr. Lord opened the case recapitulating
all die facts bearing on the slaie °f '' lo case,
and, in referring to the slaves owned ty Rev
Mr. Harding and Bishop Andrews, remaiksd
that they could not by tho laws of Maryland
and Georgia, in which they respectively liv
ed, manumit them. The Express says :
One of them held by Bishop Andrews had
been devised with directions that she should
be sent to Liberia, but she would not go, and
the bishop, although nomin ally her owner,
exercised 110 acts of ownership over her, and
she went where she pleased. Mr. L. made
remarks in relation to the facts.
Mr. Johnson, (a son of the Hon. Reverdy
Johnson, we believe,) read a portion of the
answer, and Mr. E. L. 1' anchor, concluded
the reading of the same. The readiug of
the application was dispensed with.
Mr. Lord here stated that Bishop Bascom
having died since the bringing of the suit,
he had obtained a consent from the defen
dants to substitute the name of the Rev.
Wm. A Smith as one of tho plaintifls, and
on order of the Court making such substitu
tion was accordingly made.
Mr. Lord commenced his argument, and
had not finished reading the authorities up
on which his argument is to be founded
when we left.
The New York Express says of tho com
plaint and answer in this case above referred
to :
The complaint states that the church is a
voluntary institution and unincorporated. B
consists of 7 bishops, 4828 preachers—and
in bishops, ministers and members, under
the organization in the Unite# States, 1,190,-
960- Of those about 639,0C0 belong to the
North and 465,000 to the Church South.
The answer denies that there was any ne
cessity for division in 1844, and that said
separation was unconstitutional and void,
agreeably to the paramount rules of the
church, and made without authority of the
general conference in 1844.
THK AMERICAN CONTRIBUTORS TO TIIF.
WORLD'S hxiu.—Mr. Riddle says in a letter
to the National Intelligencer, that though the
United States have not done the best they
could, yet they have done well.
"Our contributions are national, charac
teristic and unique. They are abundant
enough to give some idea of our resources,
ingenious enough to show our skill; and su
perior enough in quality to prove our capa
bilities. Wo have a better machine any
mechanic being tho judge—than stands with
in the building. We have a clearer con
ception of the graceful in vehicles than
every other nation here. We are greatly
beyond even England in Agricultural im
plements. VVe can lay one sample of our
cutlery by the side of Sheffield's thousand
specimens, and carry of! the palm. France
has not sent a chandelier; Norway and
Sweden have not contributed a bushel of
wheat; the Indies have not furnished a bar
rel of rice; London has not displayed a
paporhanging, or chemicals, or specimens of
bookbinder)-, or dentists' work, or hats, or
needlework or harness, that will compare
with those we display upon our counters.—
Our pianos will be unsurpassed. Wo have
scores of barrels of flour altogether un
equalled. VVe have carpenters tools in
abundant variety, far before other nations.
And in the productions of our soil, in Indian
corn, and cotton, and tobacco, and all the
finest grains, wo stand whero we ought.
E7The Chrystal Palace covers more than
eighteen acres of ground; it is 1,851 feet
in lenth, and 456 feet in extreme width, and
is capable of containing 10,000 visiters, af
fording a frontage lor the exhibition of goods
of more than ten miles.
ty Snow fell in Ilazleton, Luzerne Co.,
on tho sth inst., to the depth of eighteen
inches, making ftno sleighing. Pleasant
weather for May parties,
1 lie Cattawiiaa Conferences* |
The following proceedings of certain per
sons resident in this county, who, without
authority, met Conferees from Montour and
attempted to regulate the representation of
this Senatorial and Representative District in
the Slate Conventions shortly to be held,
have bee'.n handed to us for publication. We
publish th£se proceedings for information
merely, that the pa M U' of these transactions
may be fully comprth.etfded in this county ;
and not upon the ground 'hey possess
any force or authority whatsoever. Among
the Democrats of this county, niu®
every ten repudiate, condemn and deepuS"
the whole proceeding by which half a doz
en men have irregularly and impudently
attempted to disfranchise this county, arid
deprive it of any representation in the Hur
risburg Convention.
Senatorial Conferee Meeting.
Pursuant to notice, the Democratic Senato
rial Conferees from Columbia, Solomon Hel
win, and I. S. Monroe; and on the part of
Montour, Cept. Thomas Brandon, and Wil
liam C. Johnston, (Luzerne not being rep.
resented) met at the house of Jacob Dyer,
in Cattawissa, on Saturday, May 24th 1851,
for the purpose of choosing Delegates to
represent the 16th Senatorial District in the
Democratic Convention, to bo held in Read
ing, J ine 4th, for the purpose of nominating
Governor and Canal Commission ; and also
to the Harrisburg Convention, to nominate
five Judges for the Supreme Bench. I
On motion
Solomon Helwig was called to the chair,
and Wm. C Johnston, chosen Sect'y.
William C. Johnston, produced a deputa
tion from E. Winchester, agreeably to the
power confered on E. Winchester by tho
Democratic Convention of Montour, held
Feb. 17, 1851, in case of inability to attend.
I. S. Monroe, was deputed by William
Furry, and took his seat.
On motion
Resolve: f, That we fully concur in the
nomination made by Luzerne County, of
Wm S. Ross, to represent the 16th Senato
rial District in the Reading Convention, on
the 4th of June, to nominate Governor, and
Canal Commissioner.
On motion
Resolved, That as Columbia County had
the Senatorial Delegate to the Williamsport
Convention in 1850, to nominate Canal Com
missioner, and it is conceded to Luzerne this
year in tho Reading Convention, to nominate
Governor and Canal Commissioner; it is
equitable and proper to concede the Senato
rial Delegate to the Harrisburg Convention,
!o nominate supreme Judges to Montour.
On motion
Rsaoked, That E. 11. Baldy, Esq., be the
Dele<*ate to represent the 16tl. Senatorial
District in the Harrisburg Convention, to
nominate Judges for ih® Supreme Bench of
Pennsylvania.
Resolved, That the proceedings be signed
by the officers, and published in the Dem
ocratic papers ol the District.
SOLOMON HELWIG, Chairman.
WM. C. JOHNSTON, Secretary.
Representative Conferee Meeting.
Pursuant to notice, the Democratic Rep
resentative Conferees from Columbia county,
J. G. Freeze and ; on the part of I
Montour, W. S. Davis and Cor. Clackner,
met at the house ot J. Dyer, in Cattawissa,
on the 24th of May, 1851, to select a Rep
resentative Delegate to the Reading Conven
tion, to nominate a Governor, and Canal
Commissioner; and a delegate to the Har
risburg Judicial Convention, to nominate
Judges for the Supreme Bench.
On motion Cornelius Clackner was called
to the Chair, and J. G. Freeze, chosen Sec
retary.
W. S. Davis produced a Deputation from
Daniel Frazor, as empowered by a resolution
of the Convention, and took his seat in the
Conference accordingly.
On motion,
Resolved, That we fully concur in the
nomination ot Emanuel Lafcarus as made
by Columbia County, in County Convention,
as Representative Delegate to the Reading
Convention, to nominate a Governor and
Canal Commissioner.
Resolved, That Paul I.eidv, be the Repre
sentative Delegate to the Harrisburg Judi
cial Convention, as made by County Con
vention of Montour, to nominate Judges of
the Suflreme Court.
Resolved, That the proceeding be signed
by the officers, and published in all the
Democratic papers of the District.
CORNELIUS CLACKNER, Prest.
J. G. FREEZE, Sec'ry.
ARREST OF COUNTERFEITERS.—On Saturday
evening last, the Sheriff of Susquehanna
county, Pa , arrested Benjamin Ayleworth,
J. H. Brown, James McDonald and son, Lew
is Winters, and Gilbert Callon, oa a charge
of being counterfeiters. In default of bail,
they were committed to the Montrose jail.
Callon was arrested ou the Erie Ram going
oastward, and on searching him there was
found on his person a six-barrel revolver,
and gambling apparatus of every descrip
tion—a pack of cards, three thimble rings,
loaded dice, &c. These jockies, it is said,
had made Ellsworth's their head-quarters
for some time past. The officers found on
their persons plates for counterfeiting notes
of the Putnam county, Duchess county, and
John Hancock Banks, which they compared
with bills passed by the gang. It is suppo
sed that many more are implicated ; one
who was to have been arrested, was too
nimblo for the officers.— Port Jervis (iV. Y)
Union.
ARREST OF REVOLUTIONISTS IN CUBA. — A
letter dated at St. Jago da Cuba, May 7, to
the Savannah News, in speaking of the recent
arrests, says :
"l'fpera were taken which discovered a
plot to commence insurrection while on fto
grand parade, and the insurgent had taken
measures to capture the head-quarters of the
city, and to secure the landing of Garibaldi
with 3000 men. At the same time Lopez
would have effected a landing in some part
of Havana. The judge, after having conclu
ded the proceedings, sentenced to death
four, and to porpetual confinement three of
the principal officers ; and to ten year' hard
labor a sergeant of the garrison and two pri
vates. The traitor who betrayed them wns
released. Thissentence has been approved
by the Captain General at Havana."
ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Gov. Johnslen has
appointed Thomas E. Franklin, Esq., of
Lancaster, Attorney General of the Common
wealth, in place of C. Darragh, Esq., resign
ed.
From the Mantapmery Watchman.
The Shank Monumeut.
i This Monument is rapidly approaching
| completion. During a trip to Philadelphia
i a few days since, we took ocoasion to call
upon the builder, Thomas Margrave, Esq.,
and were greatly gratified to find a determi
nation on his part, to make the Monument
one of the handsomest, we think, in Penn
sylvania. Although not yet finished, the
work shows great artistic skill in those em
ployed upon it. We shall defer a full de
scription of the Monument until it is finish
ed, excepting that the whole is mounted by
.a large Eagle, manufactured for the World's
Fan" - 1 * L° n< l° n > which exceeds any thing of
the kinti ce over beheld. Tho following
are the incrv'. ions direclud i lhat in EnB
- by the Comttifi-' 6 ® and tlie Gerraaa
Gov. Shunk in l.ts lasi The following
is the English :
Erected by the citizens of Pennsylvania,
July 4, A. D., 1851,
As a Testi rnonial
of their high regard
for the public character and sorvices,
and private worth
FRANCIS R. SHUNK,
Governor of Pennsylvania,
Born atTrappe, Pa., 7th Aug., A. D., 1788,
Died a#Hurrisburg, Pa., 20th ol July, A. D.,
1848.
An affectionate son, brother, husband, parent
A sincere and constant friend :
A self educated and patriotic statesman,
A virtuous, humane and upright man.
Who exhibited tne benuty of the Christian
Character in his life, and the triumph
Of the Christian's faith in his death.
The German :
Zum Gedacln'ns
Dor hier ruhenden gebeine des weiland
verstorbenen
Franz Rahn Shunk.
Er wurder geboren in der Trappe, Montgom
ery county, Pennsylvania, den 7 ten
August, injahre nnsers Hern' 1788.
Er Starb den 20ten juli, 1848.
Im alter von 59 jahren, 11 monaten, 18 tacren,
Ich weiss dass mein erloser lebt.—Hiob
Cap. 19, vers. 25.
This Monument, as we have stated in an
other number, is to be erected on the ap
proach ing Fourth of July. The foundation
thereof having already been laid, the Com
mittee of Arrangements are busily engaged
in their duties, and are happy to announce,
that upon the occasion of the erection, an
address will be delivered by Hon. George
W. Woodward, of Wilkesbarre, Pa. ■
An Adjourned Meeting of the Stockhold
ers of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Com
pany was held at the building of the Read
ing Railroad Company, No. 73 South Vourth
street, in the city of Philadelphia, on Satur
day, the 24th of May, of which the Hon.
John K. Kane was appointed chairman and
S. V. Merrick, Esq., Secretery.
The minutes of the meeting held the 22d
instant having been read and approved, tho
proceedings of a meeting held at St. Mary s
Elk county, on the subject of this road,
were thereupon read, and the sentiments
thereof concurred in.
The meeting was then eloquently addres
sed on rhe importance of this roed to Phila
delphia by Joseph V. James, Esq., of War
ren county, the Hon. Judge Woodward, of
Luzerne county, and Albert Kelly, Esq , of
Ohio. On motion it was
Resolve J, That the stockholders do here
by accep "a further supplement to an act
entitled An Act to incorpotate the Suubury
and Erie, and Pittsburg and Susquehanna
Railroad Company," passed by the Legisla
ture of Pennsylvania, February 12th, 184' i,
in relation to iho time of commencing the
road and its location, &c. : and also,
Resolved, That the stockholders do here
by accapt "a further supplemont to an Act
to incorporate the Sanbury and Erie, and
Pittsburg and Susquehanna Railroad Compa
ny," passed by the Legislature of Pennsyl
vania, March 14th, 1846, in relation to the
election of a President and Managers of
this Company; and do hereby approve of
and confirm the call for the said election.
The Chairman then announced that in
consequence of the absence of Wm. B.
Reed, Esq., Algernon S Roberts, Esq., had
been appointed judge of election in his
place, to act wi'.h Robert Morris, Esq.
The Judges having been duly qualified, as
required by the Charter, the polls were
opened, and the election having been held,
the Judges reported the following gentlemen
as having been unanimously elected to serve
till the next annual election.
President—Daniel L. Milter, Jr., of Ph.la
delphia. Managers—John J. Ridgeway, Jo
seph B. Myers, John K. Kane, Fiaticis N.
Buck, William D- Kelley' Samuel J. Reeves,
William B. Reed, of Philadelphia ; Robert
L. Flemming, of Clinton county; William
A. Irvine, of Warren county ; James L. Gil
lis, of Elk county; James Miles, John Gal
braith, ot Erie county.
A PETRIFIED CORPSE IN WISCONSIN —The
Fond dn Lac Journal relates the following
extraordinary case of rapid petrification. "On
the 20lh of Augus, 1817, Mrs. Phelps, wife
of our informant, P. Phelps, died and
was buried at Oak Grove, in Dodge county.
On the tlth of April, inst., sho was taken up
to be removed to Strong's Landing. The
coffin was found to be very heavy, and the
body to retain its features and proportions
After its removal to Strong's Landing a dis
lance of forty five miles, the body was ex.
amined and lound to be wholly petrified—
converted to a substance resembling a light
colored stone. Upon triul, edge tools mado
no more impression upon the body with
metal, a hollow ringing, sound was produced.
The .disease by which she came to her death
was chill fever and dropsy, and when the
body was buried it was very much swolfen.
The ground in which she had been buried
was a yellowish loam, oud the body lay
J about three feet above the lime rock.
A LUCKY MAN. —The barkeeper ol the
steamer Webster, lately destroyed by fire,
who was reported drowned, was found on n
pile of drift wood and picked up with as he
sitppposod, only the clothes on his back He
was unable to swim, but preferring the water
to fire, he jumped overboard, and fortunate
ly floated to the drift wood. After reaching
New Orleans, as we learn from the Pica
ynno, he found himself the fortunate holder
of the ticket which drew tho 912 000 prize
in the Havano lottery. This was making a
pile very unexpectedly.
nioorasbnrg Lyceum.
Messrs. Presidents:
Being solicited by the unanimous vote of
the society for a copy of an essay presented
by me to the BloomeburgLyceum, May 16th.
I transmit the same which is at your disposal.
A B. RUNYAN.
Gentlemen:
This is a day of natural wonders. The
field of science is becoming more and more
enlarged, and deeper, and richer beantiee
are unfolding themselves to our view. An
other half century may cause a future gen
eration to exceed us as much in knowledge,
as we have exceeded the past. Who is wil
ling in this enlightened day amidst the num
berless privileges which are afforded to ua,
to remain as far behind the aext generation
in knowledge as our predecessors are be
hind vs. They are excusable. But should
we be I They were excluded from the vast
resources which are now opened for the Jn
tellectual advancement of the world and
compelled to devote the greater part of their
lime to obtain the sustenance of life, and
' procure that from which we are deriving so
muolt happiness. Go'tell them of the mag
netic telegraph; the rapidity with whioh if
acts, and its beneficial results, and many of
them will look upprt you as being supernat
ural or as possessing a rpirit of divination-
Are you willing to be as ignorant o r the ad
vancement of science for the next half cen
tury as they are of the present order 1 Go
then and enjoy your ignorance. Weaken
and sicken your powers by auch pleasures
as may be acquired from novels and obscene
books, from the frivolity of the tavern chit
chat and games of chance, aud you may be
loft equally as low in the estimation of men
of the next half-century. But if desirons of
becoming wise, seize the present moments
as they fiv, and make them tell upon your
moral character your advancement in knowl
edge and your future usefulness and influ
ence upon society. Haste to the great foun
tain whence flow all our comforts. Drink
deeply of the perennial water. It is nutri
tous in its nature ; salutary in its efTects, aqd
its whole tendency is to renovate your intel
lectual powers and raise you to that sphere
in which God intends you to act. What is
man without mind ? an I what is mind with
out cultivation. Man without mind would
be but a beast, and the mind uncultivated but
a den for all manner of vice. Or as a
certain author tells us "like the marble in
' tho quarry in which is seen no inherent
beauties until the skill of the polisher brings
them out;" or like a piece of uncultivated
land which is filled with all manner of wild
wood and excluded from the genial rays
of the summer sun. What is the condition
of the rude and uncivilized minds who are
excluded from the light of science and reli
gion ? Alas! wretched indeed. Their works
of architecture, the cultivatiou and produce
of their soil; their forms of worship, and
mode of government, their knowledge of
the supreme laws, and relation to each oth
er ; all go to prove the miseries of tho de
praved mind But is it not even more mis*
erable for any person dwelling under the
light of science to make himself a heathen
in maimors and principle by neglecting to
improve the powers given him,'and thereby
render himself obnoxious to the contempt
and opprobrium which may be heaped upon
him by the great. There are few persons
but what feel strong reproof's when they
contemplate the manner in whiclt the mo
menta of Milton, Franklin and Washington
wero spent in order that they might unfold
hidden treasures and beauties and elevate
man to the station we now find him. Have
they completed this work 1 or have they
handed down the key of knowledge to us.
Can we not unlock mysteries as well as tbeyl
Or are there no tnore mysteries to be unfold
ed that we may thus spend our time in idle
ness ? or are the mysteries 100 deep for com
mon tnituls to o're 7
Nothing so deep but search will find il out.
W. Dx. M., Secretary. ••
WILD MAN OF TM WOODS —A gigantic
man of the woods has been discovered in
Green co., Arkansas, and a parly has been
organized to endeavor to catch hint. When
last seen he was pursuing a herd of cattle,
who were flying in a state of great alarm, as
if pursued by a dreadful enemy. On seeing
the party who discovered him he looked at
them deliberately for a short time, turned
and ran away with great speed, leaping
from twelve to fourteen feet at a time. His
foot prints measured thirleon inches each.
He was of gigantic stature, the dody being
covered with hair, and the head with long
locks that fairly enveloped his neck and
shoulders.
MARRIED.
On the 22d iust., by the Rev. George Par
son, Mr. CLARK MENSCH, of Bloomsburg, to
Miss HANNAH HILL, of Muncy.
On the 18th inst., by the Rev. Wm. Ster
ling, Mr. WM. J. BEST, of Indiana, and Miss
MATILDA HEIVJ.EV, of Williamsport.
On Thursday last, by Rev. P. B. Marr,
JOHN B. PACKER, of Sunbury, to Miss MART
CAMERON, of Lewisburg.
In Monrocton. Bradford County, on Thurs
day the loth inst., by the Rev. Julius Foster,
Mr. GKORUK D.JACKSON, of Cherry, Sttllivnii
Co., to Miss BEKNICB WOODRUFF, of the for
mer place.
By the Rev. P. S. Tobias, on the 21 inst,
Mr. THOMAS COLE, to Miss CATHARINE MAU
LER, both of Cooper township, Montour
County.
On Thursday the Bth inst., by the Rev J.
P. Hudson, Mr. JOHN COUKSON, of Hughs
ville, and.Miss JANE MART BORROWS, of
Montoursville.
died! ~
In Deny lp., Montour county, on the 7th
of May, Mr. JOHN CARR, aged 33 years, 2
mouths and 3 days.
In Limestone, on Tuesday last, Mrs. WAO
NER, wife of Mr. Jacob Wagtier.
In Limestone, on Tuesday last, Mis
ELIZABETH UPDECRAFF, wife of Mr. Thomas
UpilegrafT.
In Danville,, on Thursday, JONATHAN GAS
KINS, at an advanced age.
At the residence o f her son-in-law, Cor
nelius Barns, in Middletown, Delaware
county, on the'2lth ult, Mre. CHARM v
WHITE, aged 108 years.
In Landtsburg, Perry county, on the 7th
ult., RICHARD BECKER, aged 102 years arid
3 days.