STAR OF THE NORTH. a. w. WEAVKR, cnttba. Illoomsbtn-g, Thursday, Oct. 18, 185S- The Malice or Ki.ow.Nothinglsm- The malignity and itching spirit of rowdy ism which originated from such embodi ments as Ned Buntline finds its natural de velopment in such manifestations as the Louisville riots. From its secrecy it cannot use any means of manly defence, but must digest the veuom of its spleen in silence and bitterness. Reason and argument are not among its weapons, and its attack* are as cowardly as tbey are mean. When Know-Noihingism started in the summer of 1854 we look open and early ground against its bigotry and intolerance; and almost single-handed and alone lougtil the oampaign of last fall. In the general wrack of the political elements, Columbia County stood true to the Democratic cause and faltered not. A general vote likelier* would have saved the State to the cause of the people, and elected Bigler. She did her whole duty, and the Know-Nothings in compliment to our services bought all the vile abuse their profligate organ could heap upon us. It supported the Know-Nothing volunteers openly, as it had the year before done secretly, until it avowed its treason to the party in Jhe first issue after the election. This fall again true Democrats were nomi nated, whom we supported for nomination and election. We opposed for delegate a man who has since been seen going in and coming out of the Know-Nothing Lodge, and who before the election tried to induce men to join that party. We opposed anoth er who last fall openly supported the Know- Nothing Volunteer-. One ol the delegates whom we supported was, at our request af lat his election, nominated by the County- Convention fur Auditor, and immediately after the adjournment of the Convention the tie was set afloat that Mr. ! hillips was a Know-Nmhing. But that made no head, way, and is all swallowed now by calling him a ''good Democrat." Next it was given out that Mr. Fahringer was a Know-Nothing. But it ivaa soon found that last spring he took an open and decided ground against that party in his township when Know-Noihingism was made an issue and was defeated. So that lie fell also, and was no more heard of. The Democratic ticket was confessedly a good one, but the Buntlinites owed us a grudge because it contained no ray of aid or comfort to them. For sevenl weeks before the County Convention our columns an nounced no ntr.er candidates but those sub sequently nominated by the Convention.— We frankly told Mr. Cole from the first that we could not snpoort him under the circum stances by whiob be became a candidate.— We told him we believed him honest, but deluded and deceived by the minioifs of the Rmnr-WtrtSmg*. But the or-m if the mid night gang, which could be hired for 25 cle. ta abuse Mr. Merrtfield and throw three newspapers in the bargain, was a fit engine to be turned against us. It had very conve niently no conscientious scruples to keep it trom any dirty work. It had got neither voice in the State nor County Convention. Tbe Standing Committee had treated it with the scornful contempt which, as a Know- Nothing engine, it merited. It had truckled to the Know-Nothings, end touched them only with gentle kindness. Tbey had paid its price, and so three days bet?'® 'he elec tion (in the paper of the 6ib inst.) the'.'" *P" peered tbe following indications of a plot | which it waa hatching:— *' Democrats I Look out for little Reuben, on next Tuesday ; beware that his Know- Nothing friends do not again elect him tit . office, aa they did at the last election, for if they should, n will be the means of forward- I ing hit march to 'political distinction.' " Tbe election returns indicate bow 'its mis ters in the Lodges helped to carry oat this plot. Iu Ibis town no Democrat knew of any ticksta for us until in the afternoon one of this bob-tail fraternity who had opposed Phillips and Waller at the delega.e election and supported Freeze and Rupert gave to an honest Democrat a buuch of tickets to be voted, telling him that was the full Dem cciatk tk-iet. Up' n examination they were found to be for Nicholson, Former, Cole, Cool, Masters and Weaver. A gentleman who bas left the Know-Nothing Lodge in forms us that this fellow who dealt out these tickets is a full member of that order, and lhat he last spring raised a contest in the Lodge to be its candidate for Overseer of the Poor. The blood and battle grew so hot that he afterward proposed to have his an tagonist indicted for selling liquor iu viola tion of the Buckalew Law. The same spirit of narrow malice a few years ago attempted to play a like game upon Mr. Detrill, and the representatives l lhat clan were voted out of the late Demo cratic Coonly Convention when they tried to represent the honest Democrats of Green wood. In like spirit the Know-Nothings of .Northumberland County last fall voted for Mr. Youngman the sterling and radical edi tor of tho Bunbury Gazette for Auditor. At PottcvilLe last week, after the Know-Noth-' ings found .themselves defeated, tbey held a riotous public meeting which was addressed by J. H. Campbell, the Know-Nothing Con gressman elect, and Hubert M. Palmer, Flsq., a Democratic ICoow-Npthing of the Bob-tail kind- These rioteis then wont to Mortimer's Tavern, full of revenge and there broke up a Democratic meeting. A detachment of Ihe Know-Noibinga than marched to the dwell ing of Col. STRAUS, their manly and viotorioua antagonist in the campaign, and in kia ab sence, and that of shy male piotector, bis family was assaulted meat wickedly, by the kinging of nbaceno songs, and the hideous noise of savage jells- From Louisville to Pottaville the spirit of Ned Buntline leads these fellows, and tow dyiam it rampant among them. No wonder skat all decent men leave them The only wonder ie that any such were eves entrap ped into the den. "What will Ihey aay at Vianna I" mused the vain Austrian peasant a* ha muddied a little rivulet among the mountains that slope toward the Danube. In like feeling these men think themselves smart, and believe they accomplish wonders. The poor fool who confessed to the paternity of this plot in his paper of three days before the election thought i: so smart that he could not keep it secret. He asked himself, "what will they say in Vienna?" while honest minded peo ple see in it only spleen and malice that is too weak and cowardly to find any other means of revenge. It only proves that our blows have hit the mark; and is tribute and testimony to the justice and truth of our re buke to these midnight conspirators. The Jacobin Club is enraged by the shots we have poured into the piratical craft, and is only using the little life it has left fur a few desperate plunges, Christianizing the Turks. The war ot the great western powers aeainst Russia, although, it has made sad inrnands on the treasuries of England and France, ami sent, probably, 150,000 English and French soldiers out of die wotli. 1 , maimed in battle or wasted by disease—has, nevertheless, not been without it* benefit*. Among its most benign influences, may be reckoned that of christianizing the followers of the Prophet.— We have the authority of Americt's greatest poet, Bryant, for saying "that the Mahome dsns are fast becoming Kuropeanized. They are becoming coreltteof the marriage vote, beat their wire* ami children, associate with infi dels, and in fact, are gelling to be very good Christiana." These are certainly, very strong symptoms of Christianity, as we see it in Eu rope and America; and if the Turks would only put on " tights," slander their neighbors, and take to drinking whiskey, we think they might safely be admitted into fellowship with some of the modern professing christians.— Who after this will dare in doubt the civ ilizing influences of the allied armies in thf East? Georgia Election. Returns from 93 of the 113 counties in the State give Johnson, Democratic candidate for Governor, 8 010 plurality over Andrews, and 3,029 over both Andrews snd Overby. The ! Congressional delegation will probably stand : 8 Democrats to 2 Know Nothing", though ( one of the Utter, Mr. Foster, claims a major- i ity of only 13 votes. Assuming that tie is ; elected, the delegation Irom Georgia in the next House of Representatives wilt stand as follows:—lst district, J. L. Steward ; 2d, J. M. Crawford; 3d, R. P. Trippe; 4th, Hiram Warner; sth, J. H. Lumnkin; 6th, Howell Cobb; 7th, N. G. Foster; Bth, A. H. Stephens. Ohio Heel ion. The Ohio eleeiion has resulted in the tri umph of the Abolitionists There were three tickets in the field, Democratic. Know Noth ing, and Abolition. Returns from eitiy-two counties give Chase, for Governor, 10,000 majority. There are thirty-seven counties to hear from. Chase's election seems to be be yond doubt. Georgia Flection. The returns from 93 counties in Georgia give Johnson, Dem., for Governor, majorities footing up 13.756, and Andrews, American, 5237. The election nf Crawford secures six Democratic members of Congress. Representative Vote. The following is the volKftor Representa tive in this district. Columbia, Montour. MONTGOMCIT 1615 894 STALSY 1032 483 583 411 j '583 Mostoommt's majority, ®94 Valuable Maps. Those who wish to gel correct ideas as to the present conditions of aflauJ ' n '' ,o Cri mea, and everything relating to the present war in Western Europe, can do to in about' ten minutes by consulting two of the Mapt published by A. H. Jocelytt of N. Y., and ad vertised in another culumn. The last one on that list can be seen at this office, and con tains a great deal to interest and instruct. Ntwtpnper Union.—Vim. B. Wiley, Esq , has sold the " Lancastrian " newspaper to Capt. George Sanderson, of the Lancaster "Intelligencer," by whom the two papes will be united, and published under the name of "The Intelligencer and Lancastetian."— Success to the union. Adjutant Ginxraf.. —The Supreme Court have refused a mandarus to compel the State Treasurer*# pay AdjuiantGeneral Bow man's salary, on the ground that he had not filed the bond required by law. Tbey also decided that Gen. Power waa not legally ij commissioned. Prcsident Picrcc has not purchased a tes idenccTin Maryland, aa reported. It would seem to be a gratuitous act, considering that the people have given him a residence, at Washington, rent free, till March 1857. 13T An enumeration ol the inhabitants of Boaton has just been taken, and it exhibits a population ol 162,629. Iu 1850 the popula tion was 138,788. tW The government of Holland has re pealed its tonnage duties, which places the [ ports of that country on the mos* favored footing towards the American produce trdde. OP* The Free-Soilersof Kansas, have nom inated ex-Gov. Reeder, for Congress. The election is to be held on the second Monday of October. 17 Mr. Thornton has just opened a new lot of oheap and good Goods to which he •invites the attention of all who want bar gains. f —— OT In Locust township Kirober Cleaver r bad 16 vote# and Paasmore Williamson 2 ■ roles for Canal Commissioner. TUB ELECTION. In lha City and County of Philadelphia the Democrat* have elected the Sheriff, Reg ister, County Senator, and thirteen of the fif teen Representatives, the other two are Amer ican*. Plumer, the Democratic candidate for Canal Commissioner, has 2300 major i'y- In York county, Wm. H. Welsh, Dem., and the entire Democratic ticket is elected by a large majoriry. The majority in Chester county for Nich olson, for Canal Commissioner, will proba bly be 600. The Democratic majority on the Assembly ticket will be about 500. C. M. Slraub, Dem., is elected to the State Senate, in Schuylkill county. The whole regular Democratic ticket is elected. fn Monroe county the Democratic ticket has about 1400 majority. George R. Bar nelt is elected President Judge of the dis trict composed of the counties of Monroe, Carbon and Wayne. In Northampton County, J. A. Innes and Jesse Pearson, Democrats, arc elected to the Assembly Irom this county, and Joseph Lau hack to the Senate in Lehigh and Northump ton. The whole Democratic ticket is elecl j ed in litis county by 900 majority. In Way tin county the whole Democratic ticket is elected by a considerable majority. Tlte whole Democratic ticket is elected in Lehigh county, by about 700 majority. The majority for Nicholson, for Canal Commissioner, in Frtnklin county w;ill be fiom 700 to 800. In Carbon County, the whole Democra'ic ticket is supposed to le elected by a email majority. Jn Fayette County the American Assem bly ticket ie elected. The vote for Canal Commissioner ie close. Ihe majority for Plumer in Cnmbeiland county, ia about 100, The Democratic As semblymen and county officers are elected by majorities ranging fro.tt 100 to 300. The returns from Bucks county give a Democratic gain over lal year, of 1250 The Democratic majority in the county will be about 1000. The Demociatio majority in Berks county is about 4000 The vote for Canal Commissioner in Mont gomerv County stands:—Plumer, Dem., 50 13 ; Nicholson, Fusion, 3300 ; Plumer's tna joniy, 1713, with one township to hear from, which will increase the majority for Plumer 100. Thomas P. Knox, Dem.. is elected to the Senate by 800 majority, and the whole As-embly ticket by about the same vole. — N. Jacoby, Dem., is elected Associate Judge by 400 majority. Ttie result of the election in Delaw-aie county Assembly— C. D. Manly, Dem., 1578 ; F. G. Hinkson, Whig, 850 ; L. Mil ler, Republican and Temperance, 580 ; D. B- Stacy, K. N., 374. The whole Democrat ic ticket is elected by majorities ranging from 200 to 700. The Republican movement in this county defeated the Whig ticket by ta king of a portion of the party, and causing the principal part of the liquor vote and that of the operatives on our factories to be given to the Democratic candidates, particularly for the Assembly. The vote lor Canal Commissioner, as far as received, in Dauphin Cottnty, aland*—Ni cholson, 2432 ; I'iumer, with five townships to hear from, which will increase the Know Nothing majority 200. Wright and Mumma, the K. N. Assemblymen, are elected by 300 majority. The whole Kriow- Nolhing ticket is elected. The entire Democratic ticket is elected beyond doubt, in Allegheny county. Pat lerson, for ShetifT, has 300 majority, and the balance of the ticket about 800 majority. The returns of Huntingdon county, as far as beard from, indicate a majority of 500 for Nicholson. The whole American ticket i elected. Itrturu of the Knoe 4 xpcUltion. New YORK, Oct. ll.—The propeller Arctie and the bark Release, of the expedition fit -ted out to search for Commander Kane, of the missing Arctic Expedition, returned this evening, having Commander Kane and his party on board. The propeller and bark made Jhetr way north in Smith's Sound up to lat. 76.30, when they were etopped by the ice. Workih" wy shoie, they discovered an ludian viand learned from the inhab itants that Dr. Kane " *>• P a ">- hd B°''* South. They then returned J® Ditf-o • Island wltero they found Dr. Kane and tu? exu'fdi tioniste. | Dr. Kaue had pushed his vessel, the Res cue, as lar north as lat. 81, where she was frozen iu. He remained by her all winter, sending to the Indian village fur provisions. In the spring, the party abandoned the ship, and made their way southward iu sledges to Upper Navtk, from whence they were con veyed in a Danish vessel to 'he Island of Dis co, and wherelhey were found by the search ing expedition. Three of Dr. Kane's party have died—C Alsen, carpenter; Pierce Schubert,cook; and Jefferson Baker, seamen. lU# remainder are more or less frost-bitten. The lust winter was unusually severe in j the Arctio regions, and many of the natives I perished from exposure and starvation. No traces whatever were discovered of Sir John Franklin's party. On the 4th ol September, the bark Release narrowly escaped shipwreck. Coming in contact with an iceberg, she stove her bul warks and had her boats carried away. The Union, koto Havre, spoke the Arctic, this morning, sixty miles east of Sandy Hook, and annomiced her arrival. Arrival of Ihe Northern Light Mxw YOR<, Oct. 14.—The steamship Nor thern Ligbl.Capt. E. L. Tinklepaugh, arrived last evening from San Juan, with California j dates to Sept. 26, 436 passengers, and $461,- 528 on freight. Tbe Know Netbinge have carried the State —Johnson having been elected by a large majority. Col. Kinney has resigned the Governor ship of San Juan, and another meeting has called, the English Consul having assured him that tbe English government would rec ognize him if elected. Col. Walket is still at San Juan delSur, re oruitng from the passengers. Ho has fought no battle* siuoe tbe last date from Nioarau gue. COLUMBIA COUNTY OFFICIAL-OCTOBER 9, 1855. Comm'r Assembly Sheriff. Treasurer Comm'r. Aud.3yrs Aud.! yr. j-3 S" ir ? w > jEF 2 f F £ jj? * 5 5 = !523K?p9552 I axx 2 * a • R. ■ S E * 5 2 3 1 BUtl. St J5wS —Owi , >-i i,!,< s ? ? Sss?asCggf - 3 SBS-y IHWDI poiiriu. A BRIDGE OF ICE TROM GREENLAND TO THE CONTINENT. AIV OPEN SEA FOUND. The reiurn of Dr. Kane and party from their visit to the Arctic Seas is a gratifying termination of an adventurous undertaking of more than ordinary peril. The expedition started in May, 1853, and had not been board ol since July of the aame year. The Expedition succeeded in crossing Melville Bay, and reaching the headland of Smith's Sour.d, as early aa the 61 li of August, 1853. Finding the ice to the North com pletely impenetrable, they were forced to at tempt a temporary passage along the coast, where the rapid tides, running at the rate of four miles an hour, with a rise and fall of six teen feet, had worn a temporary opening.— Previous to taking this step, which involved great risk—which was, in fact, equal to a sacrifice of the brig in which Dr. Kane was—- a Francis metallic life-boat, with a ens he of provisions, was concealed as a means of re treat. Ths penetration of the pack-ice was atten ded by many obstacles. The vessel ground ed with every tide, and but lor her extreme strength she would net have been able to sustain the abneks. She was several times on her beam ends, and once on hre from the < upsetting of the stores. Soma idea ol (his peculiar navigation may be formed by a knowledge of the fact of ber losing her jibboom, best bower anchor and ; bulwarks, besides about 600 fathoms of wrap- ' ping line. They were cheered, however, by a small daily progress; and by the 10th o 1 September, 1853, tbey had succeeded in gaming the northern face of Greenland, at a point never reached before. Here the young ice froze around the ves sel, and compelled them to seek a winter ! asylum, in which they experienced a degree of cold much below any previous registra tion. Whiskey froze in November, amlf'rfour months in the year the mercury was solid daily. The mean annual temperature was five de grees below zero. This is the greatest de gree of cold evrr experienced by man, and their winter quarters were nearer the Pole than ever before occupied. The scurvy was easily controlled, but the most fearful, as well as the most novel fea ture of the winter was a tetanus, or lockjaw, , wlych defied all treatment, ft carried uway fifty-seven of the best Esquimaux sledge 1 dogs, and was altogether a frightful scourge. I THE SEARCH. The operations of search were commenc- ! ed as early as March—the first parties under | the personal charge Dr. Kane, crossing the 1 ice at a temperature of fifty-seven degrees he low zero. The loss of their dogs obliged : them, as an only alternative, to adopt this (ravel. Many of the party were frost-bitten, 1 and underwent an amputation of their toes.- It was by means of these efforts that the Ex- j pedition succeeded in bringing back its re- ; sulrs. The parties were in the field as late ' as the 10th of July, only ceasing from labor I when the winter's darkness rendered it irn- j possible to travel. m | THE GEOGRAPHICAL RESULTS Or THE XXPKDI- i TION. Greenland has been followed by Or. Kane, j and surveyed, with a coast line towards the Atlantic, fronting due North, until a slupen- j dons glacier checked their progress. This ; .mass of ice rose in lofty grandeur to a height of five hundred feet, abutting into the sea.— j It undoubtedly is the only obstacle to the in- j sularity of Greenland—or in other words, the only barrier between Greenland and the At lantic. It ie, however, an effectual barrier to all future explorations. This glacier, in spite of the difficulties of falling bergs, was fol lowed out to sea, the party rafting tnemselvos acrosa open water spaces upon masses of ice. Ift this way thev succeeded in travel ing eighty miles along its base, ami traced it ! into a new northern land. (This glacier is, ! we believe, the largest discovered by any I navigator.) THE HEW LAND. This new land, thus cemented to Green land, by prottuding ice, is named Washing ton. The large bay which intervenes be tween it and Greenland, bears, we under stand, the name of Mr. George Peabody, one of the projectors of the Expedition. This icy connection of the Old and New Worlds is a feature of singular and romantio interest. The range of the sledge journeys may be understood from the faet thai the entire cir cuit of Smith's Sound lias been effected, and its shores completely charted. THE OPEN POLAR SEA. But the real discovery of ihe expedition is the Open Polar Sea. The channel leading to ' these waters was entirely free Irom ice, and j this feature was rendered more remaikable j by the existence of a zone or solid belt of i ice, extending more than one hundred and twenty-five miles(o the southward. (This sea verifies the views of Dr. Kane, as ex pressed to the Geographical Society before his departure.) The lashing of the surf against this frozen beach of ice was, we are assured, impressive beyond description. Saveral gen tlemen with whom we have conversed, speak of it with wonder and admiration. An area of three thousand square miles was seen, entirely free from ice. This channel has been named after Hon. John P. Kenne dy, late Secretary of the Nsvy, under whose auspices lbs expedition was taken. The land to the north and west of this channel has been charted as high as 82 dec. 30 mm. n w the nearest land lo the Pole yet discovered. It bears the nme of Mr. Henry Grinnell, the founder of the expedition whioh beats his name. THE WINTER OF 1834—'55 The extreme severity of (he previoos sea son made evident that the bt'g could not be liberated before the winter set in. She was fast imprisoned in the centre of a isrge field of ice. The provisions, although abundant, were not calculated to resist sourvy, and the fuel, owing to ihe emergencies of winter, was deficient in quantity. Under these try ing circumstances Dr. Kaoe. with a parly of volunteers, on an attempt to reach the mouth of Lancaster Sound in hopes of meeting the I English expeditions, end thns giving relief to his associates, passee in an open boat I Baffin's travel, riding out a heavy gale.—S They found an uninterrupted barrier of ice,V extending in one great horse-shos from Jones'® to Murchison's Sounds, and were forced, af ter various escapes, to return to the brig, During the winter that ensued, they ted the habits of the Esquimaux, •raw walrus meal, and surrounding selves with walls of moss. In spite precautions, the scurvy advanced progress; but by the aid of a single dogs, Dr. Kane succeeded in effecting a com munication with the Esquimaux, seventy miles tQ the southward, (the coldest drive according to the doctor, that be ever had.)— By the system of mutual assistance, the Ex pedition exchanged meat with the Esqui maux, and by organizing n hunt, relieved their parly. At one time; every mn of ths Expedition, except Dr. Kaue sod Mr. Bon sell, were confined to their bunks with scur vy. Dr. Kane had to cook, cut ice. &c., and j Mr. Bonsell had to do other menial service. By Providential interference, the party es ! caped without a single death. ESCAPE TO TIIV SOUTH. The great belt of ice made it clear that no reliel expedition from the south could reach the party in timo to prevent their imprison mentfora third winter, which, with their deficiency of fuel, would have proved most disastrous, if not fatal. Under these circum stances, Dr. Kane wisely determined to ab andon his brig, and attempt to descend to | the south by a combination of boats and sledges. In accordance with this view they left the brig on the 17th of May—the temperature at thai time being 5 degreos below zero.— They crossed a belt of ice 81 miles in diam eter, dragging their beats behind them, and carrying four sick comrades, by meant of H dog sledge. After a travel of 316 miles, with 31 days of conslnul exposure, they reached Cape Alexander and ernbatked in open wa ter. Their guns supplied them with animal food—no provisions being carried into the boats except powdered breadstuff* and tal low. [Tallow, says the Doctor, is • verr good thing.] From Cape Alexander they travelled to the southward, sometimes OTer ice, sometimes through water,shooting eider duck and seal, and collecting enough eigs to keep the party in good condition. At Cape Fork they burned up their spire boats and sledges for fuel, and left th%coast. Stri king nut into the open sea of Melville Bay, they then steered for lite north Danish settle ments of Greenland. Here they providen tially landed on the Bth of August, in vigor ous health, after their travel of 1300 miles, and eighty one days of constant exposure. LEAVING Till COAST—FALLING IN WITH II ART fTRIN's EXPIDITION. From Opemiv'k, the largest ol these set tlements, they took passage ill a Danirh sail ing vessel lor England. By great good for tune, Ihcy touched at Disc, where they were met by Capt. HarlsteinV Expedition. This last searching expedition had found the ice of Smith's sound still unbroken, but having communicated with the Esquimaux, had heard rd the departure of Dr. Kane, and bad retraced their steps. TUB SKMATR. I. District composed of the city of Phila delphia— Eli K. Price, 1856; I I'm. A. Crabbi, 18.7. 11. District composec of the county of Phil adelptiia—Harlan log-am,* 1858; Henry U. Pratt, 1855; Nalh. B. Browne, 1857. 111. District composed of the county Montgomery—Thomas P. Knox,* 1858. IV. District composed of tho counties of Chester and Delaware— John J. Lewis, 1857. V. District composed of the county of Berks —John C F.vans,* 1858. VI. District composed of the county of Bucks—Jonathan C. Ely,* 1858. VII. District computed of the counties of Lancaster and Lebanon— Jacob G. Shuman, 1857, /. W. Kilhnger, 1857. VIII. District composed of the counties of Northumberland and Dauphin— David Tag. gart. 1857. IX. District composed of the counties of Northampton and Lehigh—Joseph Laubaob,* 1858. X. District composed of the counties of Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayrt'e—James H. Walton, 1857. XL District composed of the counties ol Adams and Franklin— Davtrf Melhngtr, 1856. XII. District composed of the county of York—Wm. H. Welsh,* 1858. XIII. District composed of the counties of Cumberland and Perry—Samuel Wherry, 1856. XIV. District composed of the counties of Centre, Lycoming, Sullivan and C'inton— A. J Gregg. 1858. XV. District oompojed of the coanlies of Blair, Cambria and Huntingdon—John Cress well, jr., f1!56. XVI. District composed of the counties of Luzerne, Montour and Columbia—Chas. R. Buckalew, 1856. XVII. District composed of the counties of Bradford, Susquehanna,and Wyoming—Wm. M Piatt, 1856. XVIII. District composed of the counties of Tioga, Potter, M'Kean, Elk, Clearfield, Jefferson and Forest—Byron D. Hamlin,* 1858. XIX. District composed of the counties of Mercer, Venango and Warren—Thos. Huge, 1856. XX. District composed of the counties of \ Erie and Crawford—(No returns.) XXI. Distriot composed of the aounties of Beaver, Butler and Lawrence— John tergu son, 1856. XXII. District composed of the oounliesof Allegheny—William Wilkins,* 1858; Joifts R. M'Clintock, 1856. XXIII. Distriot composed of the counties of Washington and Greene— John C. Flennt ken 1857. XXIV. Distriot composed of the counties of Somerset, Bedford and Ftjlloti— Francis Jor dan. 1857. XXV. Distriot composed of the counties of Armstrong. Indiana and Clarion—Saraaet 8. Jamison, 1856. xxyi. District composed of the counties of ' lumatta, Mifflin and Union— James M. Settm, 1857. XXVII. District composed of the counttoo • of Fsyette and Westmoreland— IFm. E.h*A xer. 1857. , r -■ XXVIII. District composed of the cbunjy, of Schuylkill—Christian M. Straub,* lfisf. ■ * New Senators, und re-elected. The data* indicate when the taruie expire. Demoorata in Roman typo. Whigs and Know Nothings iu Jfa&. .