STAR§TiiiMRm R. W. WEAVER, LDITOR. niooiitftbiirgy Thursday, Dec- 2ft* 1651. Dfmccralic Convention. THE Democratic Electors of Columbia county will meet at the several places of holding the general rlm-thins in their re apeciive tnwuship* on SATURDAY the 10th day of JANUARY Its..- J, between the hours of 2 and 5 o'clock P. M , tochftoso two del egates from each township, to meet in Coun ty Convention at the Court House in Blooras borg on the following MONDAY, (January 12th) for the purpose of selecting delegates to represent Colombia coanty in tho rext 4th of March Democratic State Convention. By order of the Standing Commilte, C. H. DtERLER, Chairman. V U R IST M A 8 . WE recommend each one of our readers to procure and read, upon this anniversary of one of the greatest events in the history of our race, Milton's Poem on tho Nativity, wrilUin ot lint ago of 21. We quota tho m o opeuing stanzas of the introduction. This is the mouth, and this the happy morn, Whereon the Son, ot Heaven's eternal King, Of wedded Maid, and Virgin-Mother b irn, Our great redemption from above did bring ; For to the-holy snges once did sing, That lie OUT deadly forfeit should release, Aud with his Father work us a perpetual peace. That glorious form, that light unsufibrable, And that far-beaming blaze of majesty. Wherewith ho wont at Heaven's high court ril-tablej To sit the midst of Trinal-Unity, He laid aside ; and, here with us to be, Forsook the courts of everlasting day, And chose with us a darksome house of mortal clay. The entire poem is one of the noblost and most beautiful in the English language. The fainting of Milton was as prodigious as his genius. The evidences of theological and classical knowledge nra thickly sown throughout the 241 lines of rho poem and introduction, and had Milton left no other production behind him, this would be suffi cient to establish his fatne upon an exalted eminence. The influence of the stars upon human af fairs is one of the old idens ol mankind. Such planetary influence is suggested in the 6th stanza: ''The stars in deep amaze, Bland fix'd in steadfast gaze, Bending one way their precious in fluence." A similar idea ie to be fonnd in the 9th book of Paradise Lost "bright officious lampt, Light above light*, lor thee alone, as seems ; In ihee conceit t'ring all their precious beams Of sacred influence ! llloomsbnrg Academy. WE call attention 'o the advertisement ol this school in our paper of this week. It wll be seen that the Winter Session begins on the sth of next month to continue twelve weuks. We are requested to say that on every Saturday -during the Term, there is a general review of the lessons of the week, affording to parents and others interested in lbe matter an opportunity to witness the pro gress of the several clases, and the manner in which '.he school is conducted. A class of young ladies have just com menced the study of Physiology. A new •class fn the German Language will bo or ganized at tbe commencement of the next •Terra. Persons wishing to attend to either of theso branches would do well to begin with lira term. The Benton Fend In Missouri. It is stated that sinco the rolurn of Col. Benton to Missouri the war between the Benton and Anti-Bemon portions ol tho De mocratic party in that State has broken out with renewed spirit and bitterness. Hio St. Louts Uuien, the organ of tho Benlonites, has proclaimed that there can bo no uuion Between the two parties, and publishes with commendation the proceedings ot a meet ing at which Col. Benton was nominated for Congress, and and a prelercnoe expressed for Gen. Wm. 0. Butler, foe President, and Gen. Dodge, of Wisconsin, for vice Presi -dent. "DMNILVS BUSINESS IN LONDON.— The num ber of omnibuses in the'capital of Great Britain is thrA thousand, which are said to carry not less than 300.000,000 of passen gers yearly, an amount equal to one-third of the population of the world—employing 11,- 000 men, and. working a capital of one mil lion, with au annual expenditure of At,700,- CGO, and paying to the revenue a duty of £400,000, or as much as all tho stago coach es iu tho empire contributed before the es lablishment of railways. BLUM LIVES !—On the oth inst., the anni versary of the execution of Robert Blum at Vienna, bluck_edged placards were found'pa sled in the street corners of Dresden, con- Raining the words Robert Blum licet! The giolice have cudeavoret! in vain to discover those who put them up. In Frankfort-oii-thu .Maine, on tbe same day, two black flags were found erected on au island of the river, •containing the inscription : ' 1 Blum lives— Kot juth lifts the cover from his tomb—the day for unity and freedom's fight it dawning I" IST WE have just received a copy of the San Francisco Herald dated November <s;b. We will hereafter receive this valuable doc ument regularly and will therefore be nblu to lay before our readers tho latest California news. ■ .if'' -■ CLERK or THE HorsE.—We understand that John Hodgson, Esq., Editor of the "Jef fersonian," Westchester, will be a candidate for Clerk of tho House of Representatives, If Hatrisburg, this winter.. NEW HOOKS. WE have placed upon our table the fol lowing new publications from the publisher, John S. Taylor, of New York "Gaussen 011 the Inspiration of the Bible." —This is a German work by Gaussett, and translated by E. Nerris Kirk. It is an inqui. ry into the Inspirations of the Scriptures, which inquiry seems to be conducted with grent learning and ability. ''Heroines of Sacred History, by Mrs. Eli za Steele."—This work la illustrated with tive fine executed ongruvings. Seven of the principal femnle characters of the Bible, and Apocryphal writing r.ro taken, and their he roism exemplified. The book is oxceeding ly in'eresling, and written in a very attrac tive form. "Lily of the Valey "—This neat little work is by lbe author of that pleasant and happily written volume, Henry ami his bear er. Being by the same author a that, is sufficient recommendation ; and from a cur sory glance a! the page of the "Lily," it ful ly sustains the reputation of its author. 'Christ and his Apostlos."—This work is illustrated with portraits of each of the A posdes. It contais beside an account of each of the Apo6ilen, the lives and harac ters of John and I'aul, contrasted by the Rev J. T. Headly, and forms altogether a very useful work. "Rambles anil Sketches, by Rev. J. T Headly."—This is a book of about 312 pa | ges, and Contains Sketches by the author while in Europe, and is decidedly a reada ble bock,'and shnuldjby all means have a place on your table. "Sacrod Scenes and Characters, by the Rev. J. T. Headly."—This work contains de- j seriptiuus of Scenes and Characters of the Bible, ami is illustrated with some fine en gravings- It is a book worth having. "Sacred Mountains, by the Rev. J. T. Headly."—This celebrated uuthor stands rc omiiient as a descriptive writer in our Litera ture, and with themes like these where the subject is in unison with his feelings & etc- j (intents, he.is truly graphic and beautiful. ' He is an author you never tire of reading. OUR TABLE. RARTAIN'S MAGAZINE, for'JJanuary, comes to us with renewed splendor. The frontis piece, "The Morning Bath," is a beautiful illustration of the power of contrast. The bright, sunny, beaming child is strikingly opposed to the swart nurso, who smiles good homoredly at the frolio one, at the same time that she appears most anxious to gel through .the task. The reading is varied and excellent—and we notice among others the name ot Reynold Coates as a con'ributor There are several embellishments (in good style. GBAIIAM'S MAGAZINE —The number for January 1852, anil which commences a new volume,- is already out, and is in all respects a superb number. It contains 112 pages ol original reading matter—the effusions of some of the master minds of tho country. G. I'. R. James, the great descriptive novel ist, will coutinuo his contributions in the vol um® now commenced. Graham promises to spare neither tune nor expense in making his ran!: among the first magazines ot the day. The embellishments of this number are excellent. Price, single copy one year S3 or two co pies for $5. Address Geo. R. Graham, No. 134 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW. —Tho Decem ber number of this valuable monthly has been received. It coittius a beautiful mez zotint olMaj. Wtu POLK, late Charge do Af fairs to Naples. The contents, as usual, are of the highest literary charicter. Personal .Appearance of Kossuth. The following pen and ink pio'ure of this illustrious man, is by Col. FULLER of the ' New York Mirror," who soys—His person al appearanoe is more pleasing and less im pressive than his portraits represent. He is rather small in stature, slight in figure, with a remarkably fine head, and still finer eye His forehead is very full, round and high : and particularly well developed in the regions of ideality and benevolence. His hair is dark and full, and his whiskers and mous tache quite conceal the expression of the mouth—an object more desirable in diplo macy than in oiatory. It is the large, mild eye and benignant smile that beams upon his brow, like sunshine on the mountain, combined with the sympathetic tones of a voice throbbing with emotion, which cap tivates and magnetizes his hearers, rxaltuig them by a soil of musical, moral, and spirit ual inspiration—tho delightful and almost delirious ell'eet of true eloquence. KOSSUTH speaks at the same time to the eye, to the ear, to the intellect, and to the heart. As an orator he stands in 1110 foremost rank of all the Ciceros. As a Revolutionist and a Re former, ho has had no equal in the power he exerts upon the masses, since the days of the Prophets. Ho seems to gombiue in him self a portion of the elements of Martin Lu ther, of Peter the Hermit, of William Toll, and of our own WASHINGTON. AS a scholar, a lawyer, a politician, and a diplomiat, he may be greater than either. As a patriot, a soldier, and a statesman, we cannot rank him with the incomparable WASHINGTON. MADAM KOSSUTU, says the New York Her ald* is more like a Magyar than her distin guished husdand. She is rather smaller than he is, in proportion, but ot stronger frame. She appears to bo about the same age. She is a brunette, with a good com plexion, and fine dark, lustrous eyes. Good sense is the prevailing idea suggested by her countenance. Modesty and quietness are uUotheiu. She is plain and unostentatious in Iter dress. She is reset ved in her manner and looks like a matron worthy to be the wife of Kossuth. CT A physician advertises in the Law rence Journal, thai he will cure all manner of disease, 'without the use of Memory, Acrimony, e* Areenic, he/-' From the Ilollidaysburg Standard. The Tariff Movement, The Comity Committee, at the request of a number ol the members of the party, has called u County Convention, to meol on the I7th inst., for the purpose of expressing the opinions of the Democracy of Blair county on the subject of a modification of the Tar iff of '46, so far as the duty on iron and coal is concerned. When this subject was first broached, some two years since, we favored the propo sition so far as tho change of the duty on iron and coal, from an ad valorem to a spe cific duty, and we are still willing that this change shull be raado, if it oan be done without unsettliug the whole Tariff of '46 which we are satisfied is a more equitable tariff, and comes nearer meeting the general approbation of the whole people, than any tariff that ties preceded or will be likely to follow it. This is evidenced by the fact that the President of the United States, elevated to his high office by the suffrages of the put ty which threatened to moke the repeal of the Tariff of '46 and the waiotulioa of the Tariff of '42 their rallying cry, reefcumeude nothing farther than a "modification of tit# present Tariff, by converting ik *d valorem into a specific duty, wiser ever the article im ported is of euch a character ae to permit it ; and that euch a discrimination ehpuhl be made, iu lavor of the industrial pursuits of our own country, as to encourage home pro duction without excludiug foreign competi tion." It is farther proven by the fact that the very men who denounced the Tariff of '46 as u Free Trade and a British Tariff, are now willing to lake the protection it afforded them at its passage, and admit that it is suf ficient to sustain them against foreign com petition. That llio system of ad vuloreih duiies is the most honest and correct system, there can bo 110 doubt. There may be frauds practised under it, but these can be detected and guarded against. But the system of specific duiies, as embodied in the tariff of '42, is one stupendous legalized fraud, and that not upon the revenue, but upon the com burners. —Of course there are arliclas to which this will not apply. They are tha ex ceptions to the general rule, and of these iron and coal are the most couepicuous. 2_Th difference in value between otte ton of iron or coal and another ton is ao trifling that no gTeat injustice could be wrought by imposing a specific duty on either, and as such a duty would protect the home manu facture from the fluctuations of the foieigu market, it were well to have it, if it can be obtained, it could have bun obtained when l/te Tariff' of '46 was enacted, and nil that is now asked could then have been and would have been obtained if the Whig party, the ironmas ters, and a few Democratic politicians had no 1 thought there was more to be made by clinging to the defunct carcass of the Tariff of '42 than by voting for a Democratic Tariff, that would afford what James K Polk and the Democratic party had pledged themselves to afford —"cqwil and just protection to all the great interests of the Union, embracing AGRICULTURE, MAXLTAC TUXES, THE MECHANIC ARTS, COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION." Wo '.vera willing to allow the Whig party and their aiders and abettors an opportunity to rectify their blunder, and, as we have al ways slated, favored the project when it was broached two years since. The attempt was made and failed. It failed because, as wi ser heads had foreseen, so soon as an at tempt was made lo afford additional protec tion to iron and coal, it was met by the de mand for a similar favor to other interests, as greedy, if novas needy, as these 'Penn sylvania interests,' as they are cariud, to the exclusion of agriculture, which employs more men, has more capital invested, produ ces more wealth, and ministers more to that Virtue, Liberty and Independence, which is the support and pride of our glorious old Commonwealth, than all iho other interests within her borders. So we believe it will be again. "Oppor tunities lost are seldom to be regained." The golden opportunity was thrown ntvay in 18- 46, and, as in the Chamber of Deputies, the cry was heard when the attempt was made stay the revolution by the introduction of a royul infant, "if is too late I" so will it be heard when the attempt is made to levy an additional tax on iron and coal. The day for high protective Tariffs is past. President Fillmore tells us that "a high tar iff cannot be permanent." Henry Clay, as long since us 1843, declared thai "he never was in favor of what he regarded as a high Tariff, and that, in his opinion, no more rev enue should be collected than is necessary to an economical administration of tho govern, ntent"—that "there is no necessity of protec tion," and that "lie thought it best for all in terests that thero should be competition." All the advocates of protection can hope for or reasonably expect, is a Tariff for revenue, with discriminations in favor of our own in duslry, and this we have. What is a Tariff ' It is a tax —nothing more or less, except that it taxes twice—once for government on the imported articlo, and once for the home man ufacturer by increasing the price of the homo manufacture to the amount of tne du ly- The receipts for the las! fiscal year Presi dent Fillmore tells us are $52,312,979 87. Deduct die two millions ar.d odd thousands for the receipts from public lands and other sources, and we have ftliy millions of dol lars as the ainouut of tax levied upon the people of the United States by the Tariff of '46, which we are occasionally told is a Free Trade Tariff! How long has it been since a Democratic administration was overthrown by the cry of extravagance, because its ex penditures amounted lo a little more tbau half those of the present administration, to defray which near thirty millions of dollars, we were told, were wrung from the people by taxatiou I Could an amount of money equal to that raised by the revenue Tariff of '46, be raised by direct taxation without rai sing again the nry of "retrenchment ami re form 1 Is it probable that they who pa£ this tax will be likely to submit tamely to an in orevise, if it is in their power lo psevent it 1 The great Weal the Sooth, and the Sooth West ore interested in a diminution of taxa lion—in other words, of protection. Their policy i 9 Free Trade. They want the mar kets of the world for their products. And it it as tru9 of our Kepublio as of the world, that, 'Westward the star of Empire takes its way.' Tables based on the lute census show that of fourteen million* capital invested in the ma nufacture of wrought iron, over ten millions is in 'three States, whilo twelve States have no establishments of the kind. It is evident, then, that the majority of voles in Congress is more likely to be cast lor low duties and diminished taxation than for high duties and increased taxes ; and that if the Tariff of : 46 ib unsettled, tho duties it imposes will be more likely to be reduced than increased.— Wo think, therefore, that it is the policy of those interested to lot well enough alone. It is evident that the Tariff cannot be increased on revenue principles, as the revenue forlhd present year has exceeded the expenditures some ten millions of dollars, and there will be, according to the estimate of the Secreta ry of the Treasury, 820,366,443 90 in the Treasury, in June next, to meet $6,237,931 35 of public debt due in July following. The Berks county reeolutior.e apeak of put ting die duly on iron up to the revenue stan dard. Will nut the present posture of affairs require that some duties shall be put dewn to a revenue standard? And it so, what du ties shall it be 1 Will the manufacturers of cotlan oaWool agree that the lax on iron and coal thai! bo increased, while fhe duties on their productions are diminished ! Or will they not demand that all shall share a- I like in the reduction 1 And will not this seem an equitable demand t We might multiply reasons why we con sider tho present Tariff movement 'too late,' and mora likely to do harm than good to the | interests it is intended to serve. A >vord as to the political part of the movement and we shell close this already long article. We hope that thoee who participate in the > proceedings ol this Convention will remem ber the injury that was done to the Demo cratic party in 1844, and since, by the en dorsement of the condemned Tariff of '42 by members of the parly who expected there by to make political capital; and avoid their error. They will remember, we hope, that, idolized as that Tariff was by the Whigs, who threatened to make its restoration and the repeal of the "British Tariff of '46," as they dolighted ta call it, their war ery, in this, the third year ot a Whig administration they have got no farther than to ask a slight modification of the Tariff of '46, while that of '42 has become an obsolete idea and now "finds none so low Jo do it reverence." Wo hope, 100, that they will remember that the Democratic party have, on diver occasions, by their authorized delegates, expressed their sentiments and opinions on the Tariff question, and laid down their platform, en which all the members of the parly have hitherto stood ; and that they may not run counter these principles ignorantiy, we here insert the declaractions of the delegates of the party in National and State Conventions arse moled In 1848, the National Platform of the de mocratic party, as will ba seen by reference tc the proceedings of the National Conven tion, declared: "That Justice and souud Policy forbid the Federal (loverument to foster one branch of industry to the detriment of another or to cherish the interests of one portioa to the in jury of another portion of our common coun try." Again— "That no more revenue ought to be raised than is required to defray the necessaty ex penses of the government, anil the gradual but certain extinguishment of the debt crea ted by the prosecution of a just ard necessa. ry war." And again— "That the fruits of the great political tri umph of 1844, which elected James K. Polk and George M. Dallas, President and Vice ' President of the United States, have fulfilled I tho hope ol tho democracy o! the Union—in ] defeating of the declared purposes of their opponents to a National Bar.k—in preventing the coirupt and unconditional distribution of the land proceeds from the common treasury ol the Union for local purposes—in protect ing the currency and labor of the country fiom the ruinous fluctuations, and, guarding the money of the people for the use of the people, by the establishment of the Consti tutional Treasury—in tho noble impulse giv eu to Free Trade, by the repeal of the tariff of '42, and the creation ol the more equal, honest and productive tariff of '46—and, that it would be a fatal error to weaken the bonds of political organization, by which these great reforms have been achieved. The doctrine here avowed has been re penlcdly endorsed by the democracy of Penn sylvania, and other states since '4B. It was expressly recognized by tho State convention of 1850, and that of 1851, which nominated Col. Biuler fully sustained it, by the adoption of the following resolution : Resolved , That in tho matter of levying du ties on foreign imports by the General Gov ernment, wo are in favor ol the reciprocal exchange of our products with the other na tions of tho earth, in consonance with the enlighled spirit of the age—recognizing clearly the practice of the government to maintain and preserve in fnll vigor and safe ty all the great industrial pursuits of tho country." If a Convention of the Democracy of Blair county can successfully controvert the correctness of the principles here laid down, they have the right to do so, for every plank al a Democratic platform should be a true plank. If they can, in accordance with those principles, ask and obtain an increase of du ties on coal and iron—both or either—with out settling the whole Tariff question, we are quits willing they should do it, and shall rejoice in the increased prosperity to those interests that may follow their success. We desire to see every branch of iudusiry pros per, honest labor rewarded, und capital re vested in productive industry receive fair re turns; bvt we do not believe that it is within the ability nor tb province of government permanently to benefit the business of indi viduals,"arid thai the iron business will only be permanently prosperous when thoee en gaged in it rely for success on their own cap- I ilal, intelligence, skill, and economy, instead of the efforts of Legislators, Politicians, County, Slate, or even National Conventions. Arrival of (be Europa at Halifax. lIIGHL Y IMPORTANT FROM FRANCE. THE CRIHIS ARRIVED. The Assembly Dissolved by the President. PARIS IN A STATE OF SIEGE. HALIFAX, N. S., Dee. 20. The steamship Europa from Liverpool, with dates to the 6th December, arrived this forenoon, baring experienced a constant succession of heavy gales from lite West She lott a man during the pas sage. She brings intelligence of the arrival of the long dreaded crisis in France. The steamship Canada arrived at Liver pool on the 2d instant, after a rough and boisterous passage. The steamship Baltic arrived it Liverpool on Thursday, the 4th inst. TIIE CRISI3 IN FRANCE. The affairs of France have reached the long dreaded crisis. The coup d'etat has been made. On the first inst, the President, Louis Na poleon, seized tho reins of Government, dis solved the Assembly by proclamation, de clared the city of Paris in a state of siege, arrested, the leaders of the opposition, and appealed to the people. The preparations on the part of the Pres ident for this movement were perfected with consumale skill and-, secrecy. Every thing was consummated before tho Assembly had the least idea of the President's iatenlion. During Monday night an entire new Min istry was formed. At daylight on Tuesday morning the Pres ident's proclamation was found posted eve rywhere throughout the city, in which ho or dered the dispersion of the Assembly, the restoration of universal suffrage, and also proposing a new system of Government. He proposes the instant election, by the people ; and army, of a President, to hold his office, fatten years, and to be supported by a Cotmeil of State and two Homos of the Leg islature. Pending the election, tire Execu tive power is to remain in the hands of the President/ The election is to take place during the present month, and tho President promises to bow to the will of the people. He says he has biren forced into his present attitude. It is certain that Thiers, Changarriier, and others of the opponents of tho President, had i decided to demand his arrest and impeach ment on the 2d inst., and were almost iu the act of moving in the matter, when they and their principal friends were urrested and conveyed to Vinceunes, where they are closely confined. Whenever the members of tho Assembly have attempted to meet officially they have been ordered to disperse, and arrested if they refused. Two hundred members had been arrested. Many had subsequently been released ; but all tho leaders of tho opposition were in pris on. Three hundred of the members of the As sembly areeaid to have given in their adhe sion to tho President, ind telegraphic de spatches from the Departments state that the President's demonstration has been hailed with the utmost enthusiasm. Subsequently, however,t hese reports were centradicted, and on the strength of such contradiction, numerous baricades were e rected in different quarters of Paris, but were speedily broken down by the troops. At one of them two members of the Assembly, occupy ing prominent places among the pop ulace, were killed in the conflict. Ou Tuesday a section of the Assembly | continued to meet, and decreed the depoei [ lion of the President, and his impeachment for high treason The meeting, however, was dispersod by the troops. The decree of the President is ridiculed cn all Hands. Trooys have been placed in the houses of i ex-officers of Assembly, who were exempt ed fton; t'rrest, among oilier M. Dtipiu. The full rigor of martial law had been pro claimed against all persons concerned in e recting barricades, or who may be found Jat them, and a large number had been shot. Up to Thursday night the complete suc cess of tho President seemed certain. Tho adviees from London on Friday do not materially vary the prospect, but new elements were constantly arising. Tho Georgia's outward passeugers, cargo, marls, tea., went from Chagros to Gatua by the new railroad, and har homeward freight, &.C., came by the same route. K9" In Boston 'once on a time,' tho fol lowing orithologicel marriage look place, which set the whole neighborhood all in a flutter. —Miss J/en rielta Peacock was espous ed to Mr. llobbm Sparrow, by the Rev. Mr. Daw, the bridesman being Mr. Philip Hawk, and the bridesmaid Miss Lmi-ins. ty The maiden wept, and I said, 'why weepest thou maiden 1' She answered not; neither did she speak, but sobbed exceed ingly, it I again asked, 'why weepest thou. 1 ' —when she said, 'What's that to you 1 tnuul your own business.' cr A wit is not easily silenced. M. Sad hir, the Viennese humorist, demanded, on his trial, whether il Was treasonable to re peat the Lord's Prayer, for the wards 'deliv er us from evil,' might be construed into a prayer to get rid of the Government! 'Do yon ever see any of (he papular nov els V said a city dams to a country couoiu 'No, ma'am, but plenty of poplar trees. 0T "What branch of education do you have chiefly in your school v 'Mostly wil low branch, sir. WL'HiSSIW^W^'.-Oil—H-- i'itM ANAC! Iff :S$S ®JB HSISSQ PSI;: !§§ Iff | j 11| gj •*f#S Jam J 2 3 &&**• TOT 4567 8 9 10 &*; II 12 13 14 19 10 17 *-:4#3 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 FGFFIJI 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 &*• FEB. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 -:+&* 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 20 21 SSJLKS ££*S| 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 I MAR. 1 2 3 4 5 6 ! 7 8 9 10- 11 12 13 ! 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No 9. 1 The area in square mites of the vast in land country drained by Lake Krie, and by the lakes Huron, Michigan and Superior, whose waters flow into it from the west, is equal to the territory of the fourteen Atlan- Ua Stales from Maine in South Carolina, both inclusive. The trade of this mighty re gion has evar poured, in streams of wealth, I into the laps of New York and Boston, till, ai this day, they rank as the chief commercial cities of the Republic. Philadelphia has never reached out her arm to grasp a share of this treasure, although she stands in clo ser proximity to it than either of her rivals. It is nearer in an air line from the south shore of Lake Krie to Philadelphia than 10 the city of New York, while the features of the phys | ical formation of the earth are such in tho ' dividing ritlges, water courses and valleys, that the route through Pemisj lvauia must for ever remain unrivalled both in distance ami grade. From the city of Krie, the best har bor on the lake, to the city of New York, the distance via the lake shore and New York and Krie Railroad is 515 miles. From Philadelphia to Krie, via Williumsport, 427 0. Difference in favor of Philadelphia, 88 " Is il not manifest ihert that i r this advan tage in miles lio added to the advantages en joyed by Philadelphia in the excellence and variety of her manufacturers, she can at least divide the lake market with her neigh bor, aud baeume the railroad carrier between I that region and the sea t But besides those golden considerations, tho proposed railroad will develope the resources of a garden por lion of Pennsylvania, bring into agriculture tuo tens of thousands cr arable acres, causa the peopling of an almost literal wilderness, aud thus, while enriching the State, at the same tittle establish and realize a profitable j local trade. It is a singular fact that Philadelphia has no railroad communication extending in a northern direction, so far oven as the centre of the State ! All tho railroads diverging from Philadelphia run south of a line, drawn from east to west, through the middle of Pennsylvania. Tho Central road, running to tho Ohio river, with its IlemplielJ branch to Wheeling, is at no point nearer that fif teen miles of tho middle Tamaqna, whore tho railroads now terminate, are both south of that line. Tho first communication be tween tho seaboard and tho West, which was by turnpike, was located in the southern oounties, aud hence followed the early set tlement and improvement of thoso counties. Tho main line of the State works run through a tier of conntios, south of the geo graphical centro of the Commonwealth, and tieuce settlements and improvements multi plied in that locality. Thus, while there are a Turnpike, a Cans! and a Railroad running east and west through the southern half of the State, there is not, in the whole northern half, one good common road running the en tire distance between the Susquehanna and Allegheny rivers ! There are no means now open of ingress and regiess to and from the summit ocontry about the head-waters of the West-Branch aud the tributaries of the Alleghany river, and, consequently, the most of the land is urimproved and the population few in num bers. This state of facts is owing to lite policy which has been pursued, and does not arise from any difference in the quality of the land north anil south of the centre |ine; for, while somo of the valleys in the - -- W. L'_UJU.-S southern section perhaps excel irt richness and fertility of roil any of the northern Val leys, yet the southern ridges and mountain slopes sre so sterile and barren; as compar ed with the natural sotl of the highlands in the nsrth, that the average productiveness of the two sections is abuni the same. By the census of 1850, the population of Pennsylvania is 9,311 788 The area of Pennsylvania in equate miles i 3 47,010 Population in the Southern half of the Slate, . 1,748,191 " " Northern 548,994 Excess 111 the Southern half, 1,174,599 Populilion persq. mile through out the.State, 10 " " South of centre line, 74 " North of centre line, |j 1 he general average, therefore, is one hun dred per cent, mure than the average in the North, and 1110 average in me South is fifty per cent, more than the general average over the whole State. Between the average of the North and the average of the South, the latter exceeds the former tvro hundred per (Slit. If Northern Pennsylvania wero as popu lous as Southern Pennsylvania, i(, aggre gate won hi swell the figures lo 3,480,384 Populatiou of the State of New York, census of 1850, 3,097,095 Excess in rennsylvaniajby litis estimate, 389,289 1 hese figures may serve to suggest 10 the comprehensive reader how vastly Philadel phia and the State will bo benefitted by tins proposed lake road, which would in a fear years have its brunches radiating and traver sing the length and breadih ol the northern counties. West of the Susquehanna il wil run thrc.Uj h a'boU ol country eighty miles wide, aud wilt never have a rival 1 inning parallel with it nearer than the Pennsylvania Railroad on the south, and the New York and Krie Railroad on the north. The local business of the country through which tha road will pass will alone sustain the enter prise, aud when to this isaddvd the through travel and transportation which will pase li ver it lo ami from the luke, it will not only pay Phi'.idelphiana full dividends upon their subscriptions to its capital stock, but it will also bring to our city a class of customers from [he lakes, whose trade now turns iuto more northen channels. Every citizen should feel an interest in this grand project to connect Philadelphia with the lakes; the permanent prosperity of tne city can only be secured by enlarging the market lo be supplied by the products of its manufactures aud mechanic arts; without railroads, customers from a distance cauuot be induced to come here ; hence, every pwn er of real estate, every merchant, trader, me chanic and laborer in this community, is di rectly concerned in having an iruu commu nication reaching from the Delaware tolnska Erie. Let them show that they wro aw-ske lo tins truth, by their personal attendance at the Town Meeting, to be bold in the Chines* Museum 011 the evening of 2d January, 18- 52. Eminent gentlemen from the interior of the State will be there 10 demonstrate what the work is intended to accomplish. They should receive a cordial greeting, for they are sons cf Pennsylvania, of which it is out boast .hat this is the chief city. flcxr. Boston Manlclpal Election. Boston, Doc. 17 —Tho sacond lilsl tu e ect a Mayor, lo day, resulted in no choice. Seaver, Whig, received 3,976 totes : Smitf, Native, 2,C73 ; and Thoxter, Dent., 1.238. There is uo choice for throe Aldermen. Two Whig Councilinon were elected' A S IOCKI.NO SCICIDK. —Mr Amos Mxthe, of Rockiitle, R. 1, commit'ed ruicide last Sunday week, in a most shocking manner. It appears that he had been sufl". ring from insanity for some timo past, and had but lately relumed from tho Asylum. O.i Sun day he wen! in'o his barn, h-apeil the hay around him, and then set it on fire, thus bur ning himsi If to death. It was not discover ed until the barn was to badly burned that it was impossible to save hitn. TV A young man, named Chapman, has been arrested at Pittsburg on the charge of robbing tho m..il. fc#~ They are making arrangements in New York for n monster temperance ban quet, lo take p!a:e in February next. A LARGE PIG. —CoI. M. W. Jackson, at Berwick, has a fat pig of extraordinary size now weighing one thousand and eighty pounds. MARRIED. _ On the tß:h inst., by the Rev. William J. E_e ,Mi. HENIIV OTEINER, of Main township, to' Miss LVINA MICHAEL, of Mitliiu township. On Tuesday tLe 16111 inst, by the Rev. S. Stine, Rev. ALBERT IIAKTMAN, of the Balti more Annual Conference, to Miss EKUVBETII JANE EVANS, second daughter of Jacob ami Hannah Evans of Greeuwt.oJ. On the bth inst., by the Rev. George Boas leu, the Rev. J. J. A. MORGAN, of Berwick, Pa., and Miss MART AMANDA, oldest daugh ter of the Rev. George Uoastea, ol Philadel phia. Also at tie samo time and place, by tho same, the Rev. WILLIAM M. WHITEHEAD, of Olney, and Miss ELEANOR J. youngest daugh (cr of the Rov. Geoige Beuston. DIED. At the residence of George Santllo, in West Hemlock, suddenly, 011 Tuesday eve ning las, JOHN NEIN, aged about 50 years. At the resiJence of Mr. Edward Finney, in Danville, or. Sunday niijht, the Utli inst., WILLIAM MAHXNY, aged 78 years 2 month* and 3 dnje. On the 9ih ins.. in Pi. Thorn** township ; Mrs. ELIZABETH STARR, aged 62 yeaii, 10 mouths, and 17 diy*. *
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