laration for tbe lime being, end likely lo re mein o for en indefinite period in the future. Being Indian territory, end remaining auch afterward, and never opened to emigration and aettlement until a few yeara since, no question arose, or could possibly arise, tinder tbe act of 1820 until that time. When, there fore, we are told that the Missouri Compro mise remained in force far more than twenty years, we bave a statement not in accordance with the plain facta. It was never practically in force for an instant of time. Further than this, it was in darogation ol the powers of a /mure Congress!. It was an attempt to say that when legislation came lo be had for tbe territory it should be controlled in the man ner indicated. It is a familiar principle of oonatituiional law in England and America, that acta in derogation of the powers or juris diction of a future legislature bind riot. The occasion had not then arisen for legislation relating to the institutions of the Territory, for it was wholly unsettled, arid nothing then done could bind tbe CoDgresa of 1854 when it oame lo open the Territory for settlement, provide for the disposition ot the soil, and make auch arrangements as were necessary to the establishment of government and reg ulation of rights therein. Manifestly also, it was without any plain warrant in the Consti tution, and against any reasonable eoostri.o tion of that instrument. Upon this point the letter of Mr. Madison lo Robert Walsh is powerful and persuasive, if not absolutely conclusive. It was an objectionable act also, because it stood upon no logical principle of right; and because, even conceding the power in Con gress to enact it, it was an unwise exercise of lhat power. It was unwise—first, because it was a precedent for meddling with the Sla very question by Congress, involving, as that does, endless agitations and disturbance of national harmony. It was unwise also, be cause, as the event has shown, it was inca pable of accomplishing the end intended by it—the entire adjustment ol the Slavery ques tion in future. Finally, it was unwise, be cause it invaded that principle of local con trol and government, which, as we have seen, i* an essential and vital one in our system- When, therefore, in 1850, the doctrine of non-intervention by Congress was establish ed, a wise and justifiable step was taken, and one that should be rigidly maintained. It requires bill a moment's consideration tn perceive that the Missouri Act ol 1820, ad mitting, as il does, the right of Congressional action on the subject of Slavery, necessarily involves the General Government in the dis cussion and decision of numerous questions regarding that exciting and dangerous topic. The plain and simple ground upon which aland the Acts of 1850 and 1854 is, lhat Con gress shall have nothing to do with it. And it is the ground of wisdom and peace. It affords an answer full and complete to all fu ture agitations, and. lo establish it solidly, and finally is wotlh all the labor and difficulty of the pending struggle. In fact, the opponents of the Nebraska bill clearly perceive that if it is sanctioned by the publio judgment, it disposes of future agitations and deprives them of all ground on which to stand before (he country. And hence the violence and animosity with which they assail it. Hence tbe attempts made to defeat its peaceful and natural action in the territory of Kansas, and lo bting on disturbances in that quarter which abali render it unpopular. In this they have been aided by violent men in Missouri and elsewhere, and the results flowing from the action of extreme parties are to be charged upon tbe act organizing the Territory. But the good sense and judgment ofthe people of the country will defeat tbe objects of extreme men, on whioh ever side ofthe pending trou bles they may array themselves,and will insist upon and secure the faithful carrying out of the Kansas-Nebraska act in its spirit and fetter. it is Ihe inlenlion and will be the effort of tbe Democratic party to enforce tbat Act without itar or favor, and notwithstanding difficulties created for the time being by mis chievous men, they will secure their object and meet the just expectations of the coun try. • * Be it remembered, the troubles in Kansas have not arisen from the principles of tbe Aot, but from their violation, and the remedy for them consists in carrying out the Act and defeating those who are opposed to its just and thorough application. A party calling itself Republican, presents itself as our antagonist. The history of par ty names is a little curious. .The Democratic party originally styled itself the Republican parly. Its present name was given to it by its opponents, and eventually accepted by it as a sufficient and appropriate .name. Par. lies opposed to it have styled themselves Federal, National Republican, Free Soil, Ab olition, Anti-Masonic, Whig, American, and now comes a Republican organization. The term Democratic has more than once been borrowed by opposing parlies, and attached to their own, upon a supposition that there waa an advan'age in the possession of the name. Meantime nicknames have been used, but have speedily worn out, the vul gar memory of which it is not necessary to re vive. Speaking historically, our* is the Republi can or Democratic party, ar.il ie ordinarily known by the latter term. It haa never had occaaion to change its name for the purpose of aucceae or to hide ita i.ansgreesiona; but it* earlieal and appropriate name haa now been boarowed by opposing intereata to re place namea that have worn out or become odious, and it is writhir. upon the banner of e fresh organization, formed of old and well known materials. That organization pronounoed ita creed in Philadelphia in some dozen resolutions, which have been eulogized for profundity rnd literary excellence. This is net a convenient occasion for dissecting them. Doubtless that dnty will be often and adequately performed by others; but one fact ie obvious, that notwithstanding allusion to the Pacific Railroad and Harbor Improve ments, the Republican platform consists ol a ■ingle plank, and that painted black enough lor ell necessary purposes. What results would follow the success of the Republicans! Their vote most be got exclusively from the Northern States, end opon direct gronnda of llNlility to (be South. Ona of two things, in the event of their success, mutt certainly happen ; they must speedily he turned out of power, or they will break tha Union in pieces. That such party could administer the general government for any considerable period is impossible, unless all experience and the laws which regulate human action are false. It is plain that there are men who are willing there should be a division uf the Union. Some see in such result their own elevation, while others are content ilia', it should occur as the price of tha graificalinii ol their passions. It is idla to answer, that purposes at present avowed by the Republi can leaders atop short ql the ooint where dis solution would be provoked. The purposes javowed and intimated do go lo that point, /and if they did not, those concerned in this movement, encouraged by success, would press forward until ihey reached it. William Cobett has well said, "that agita tion when once on foot is seldom limited ro the accomplishment ol its original object. ' — Nor is the power of ejecting such an organ lizaiion from power, before irreparable mis chief is done, lo be counted on as certain.— Success would consolidate its power and give :t large means of influence which might run der it irresistible in retaining what it had won. Meantime, the more moderate mem bers of the new organization be hur ried on by the course of events, to lengths they did not originally contemplate,and con trolled by the passions whioh a continued contest would engender, would be found working Willi others lo produce the most de plorable results. A National patty only can administer the government and hold the country together. It cannot be held together by force, and, perhaps, ought not to continue together when force becomes necessary. The seizure of the Territories for the use of one section exclusively; the abolition ol servile labor in the District of Columbia ; the formation of Arsenals, Dock-vards and other places owned by :he United States, ir.to pla ces of refuge for absconding and ebdncted slaves; the stopping of all transportation of slaves along our coasts, ftom one point to another; the prohibition of their transport from one Stale ;o another ; the nullification or repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law, so that es caped dteiolen slaves, shall in no case be re turned, with the proper State laws to punish severely those who pursue them, are leading and avowed objects with men holding con trolling positions in the Republican nrganiua lion. But these mad and dangerous experi ments upon the temper and interests ol the Southern States, can nevet reach their con summarion under our preseut Union. That Union will end before such objects are an oomplished, and end in the attempt lo accmn plieh them by the ambitious, rude, and un teasoning hands cnguged in the work. The Democratic party has put down SPc tionalism more than once, and it will do it again. Iti has always been against it, and is against it at this moment. It put down Hart ford Convention Federalism, which was a sectional movement. It frowned upon Rnd finally adjusted the slavery agitation of 1830. which was headed by Rufus King, the leader of the opposite party. Unfortunately an er -for was mflWHt one reamm of that adjust ment which the same parly has subsequently corrected. It was against nullification, and put it down under the lead of General Jack, son, with the cooperation of Union men in the ranks of the opposition. It contributed the main body of votes which carried the Compromise Acts of 1850, fidentical ir. prin ciple with the Nebraska act of 1854,) and carried them against extreme sectional men North and Soujh. And it now stands where it has ever stood, in favor of equal and exact justice to all sections without regard to their location or the particular question involved, and also fot the Union, by keeping up just and friendly relations between all parts of the country. In no contingency does it intend to "let the Union slide," or to nullity or de nounce any provision of the Constitution which may run counter to the prejudices and passions of a generation who conceive they have grown wiser than their fathers. The call for the eflbria of good men, and otler a rich reward to them in national security, and the advancement of the public interests. Over the face of the political wa ters "the imprisoned winds are let loose," and the waves of fanaticism, threatening the vessel of Slate with destruction, dash madly onward before them. VVe need at this junc ture n firm hand upon the helm, skill in com mand, and courage and discipline among the crew. We gel these, or the promise of these from Cincinnati. Already the skies brighten, subordination and concord re-appear, our ship will speadily right herself and dashing from her proud sides the waves that beset her, will move forward gallantly upon her voyage of centuries. "Sail on, 0 ship ofSlate, Sail on, O Union, strong arid great! Humanity with all its (ears, With all the hopes of loiure years- Is hanging breathless on thy late ! Sail on! nor fear to breast the sea, Our hearts—our hopes—are all with thee! Cooking without Fire.— Mr. W. W Albro has given several exhibitions in Philadel phia, of a patented contrivance for cooking without fire. The apparatus consists of a tin vessel in which sits another dish, with two or three inches between them at the bottom, the space being designed for ma king coffee and tea. Above this is placed a layer of quick lime, and on the top of the lime is fixed a tin tray in which is placed the beef or other articles to bo cook ed. The water is then poured in upon the lime through a funnel, and falls in a shower upon the lime. This generates the heat, which continues from one hall to one hour, according to the quantity of lime used. The inventor claims for it, that it will cook as quick as any stove, and at a cost of a quar ter of a cent for each time used. Serioui Cause for Suicide.— The Boston Timet has the following:-—Louis M. Monta gue, a promising young man, has suddenly disappeared from his home in Charleston, and it is supposed he has committed sui cide by drowning. He received a letter by the steamship Atlantic, to the effect that he was an heir to a fortune of $lO,OOO, by a diseased relative in France. OP THE NORTH. H. W. WEAVER, EDITOR It looms lung. \% tlfe-d't), July 10, 1850 DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDENT, JAMES BUCHANAN, UF PENNSYLVANIA. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, JOHN C. B' ECKINRIDGE, OF KENTUCY. CANAL COMMISSIONER, GEORGE BCOTT, of Columbia County. AUDITOR GENERAL, JACOB FRT, Jr., of Montgomery Co. AV A NT El) AT TIT IS~O FFICET An active intelligent boy ns an apprentice to the printing business. One of 17 or 18 years ilesiruhle A I*ARTY OF (INK ll)KA. A political party cannot live upon any one idea, much less upon one which profeases only to bo a temporary measure and not a lasiiug principle nf political economy. The •ant and raving ahout Kansas is silly in con nection with the Presidential campaign, be cause Kansas will he a Slate before the next President takes his seal. There are two prop ositions now in Congrpss fo' that pnrpose— one to admit as n Slate immediately with the Ttipeka constitution—the other to have a S'ate constitution formed early next winter, in which event the State would be admitted at the next session of the present Congress, and before the 4<h of March. For one or the other ot these propositions every man in Congress is committed. So there is no need for any agitation ahont Kansas, and the Re public in party is based upon this single idea. If it were possib.e that it could gel into pow er, it would find nothing to do, for all would already be dune. And if it had the government in its hands the party would be powerless to change a single measure of the present policy. It could only agitate and disturb. We have seen this lully exemplified in the present Congress. There is a Republican majority in the House, and yet no effort has been made to restore the Mi-sonri cinnprninisp, winch was one of the things promised to he done when thai Congress begged ils pow er from the people. Indeed il was such mer. a- Dsyinn. ihe Republican candidate InrVtce Pre-idcnl. w tin ea( ago prevented the ex tendon u> litis Mt-sonri Comprnmise line tn pie Pacific, when patriotic men like Buchan an aud D iugla>s desired to give rest 10 the country upon a subject which had danger ously dislurbe I die public mind. As 10 die Topeka constitution—it was formed by a o!a-s, and not by the whole citizens of Kansas. It was formed by the Flee Slate men alone In si.cli a convection as our political padies hold in the Stales to nominate candidates and define parly creeds. It was fnrmed in defiance of tbe legally con stituted officers of Kansas, and therefore in defianoe of Congress and Ihe General Gov ernment. The call for that Convention at Topeka was not issued by any legal officer under the Siale or national Government, nor was it in pursuance ol any law. The dele gates were elected by such as it pleased the officers oI Ihe election to have vole; and neither officers nor voters were under any lia bilities fot frauds or perjuries at the election. The bill which lias passed ihe Senate pro poses lo enroll the actual citizens of Kansak with all the cure and guards that Ihe law can furnish; and then to supply these citizens with the machinery by which to form a Stale constitution. Il imposes no conditions as to Ihe character or provisions of that constilu tioiT; but in this respect is based upon the idea of the original act of Congress for those territories—that the people of ihe territories shall make their municipal laws: Dlekiunon eemlaniy. This excellent Institution is fav.rably known lo our people and liberally patronized, We have just received a Catalogue, by which we find tha< 25 of the set olars in ihe Semi nary are from this county. Rev. Thomas Bowman, D. D., is die Principal of Ihe Fao ulty, assisted hy ten male and female teach ere. The summary ol the Seminary is as follows:. Classical Department, HI Higher English Department, 136 Common English, 107 Preparatory Department, 67 Total, 419 rnmp Meeting. A camp meeting for die Blnomsburg Cir cuit of the M F-. Church, will be held nn the old Camp Ground, in Mount Pleasant, com mencing on Friday, the 15th of August, 1856, IO which ihe members of neighboring Circuits and Siaiions, and Ihe public gener ly, are respßctlully invited to altend. IV We publish to day Mr. Bnckalew's speech delivered ai Towanda on the Fourth of July. It is a dignified and tnnughtful pro due.ion equal to his best, and as such will be read with interest. Among a lew typographical errors in the speech, ihere is one maierially affecting the sense in ihe sixth column of our fir-t page not far from the lop. The sentence in ques tion when correctly primed ahould read rfs follows: "Since the thirteen colonics after a com mon struggle and urged by common inter ests and necessities united together, we have gone on step by step toward the west, removing from our path the jurisdiction of other governments and the wigwams of savage tribes, until the feet of our brethren press the golden sands of the Pacific, and from ports opening to the setting sun com merce commences to hold intercourse with the oldest countries of ihe earth and the for mer seats of opulence and power." "SM" GETTING VRSCTIOUS.— GeneraI Sam. Houston, of Texes, was Haltered with the idea of being the Know-Nothing candidate for Preeident until he was seduced into that party. He baa now seen the folly of tbe movement and will not eupport Fillmore. I The' True Clvlllmer. !l is told of a lite miseionaffr to Turkey, that. finding bin converts proicribed, in their rHiliona as business men, by the anthoriliei of the church which they had left, he bor rowed ten thousand dollars, bought a floor mill, and engaged in the making of bread, in order to give employment to his neo phytes. The bread he manufactured proved so much superior to that sold at Constanlino p'e—for it wgi there that he sought l.is market—that, beloSe long, be had so a demand lor it as to give a livelihood to nearly all his converts. When the Eastern war broke out, and the British troops landed at Scutari, good bread could not, at first be had lor the soldiers. In this emergency, the missionary stepped forward and offered to contract to furnish bread to }he English Hie tender was accepted and a contract signed. The Sultan, finding what good bread was made for the British army, sent for the bakers who supplied his own, and compelled them to imitate the missionary. In the two years of the war, the mill, thus begun to feed a few converts, earned thou sands of dollars, which have been worthily dedicated, we believe, to building school houses in Turkey. The same Missionary, visiting the bar racks at Scutari, found the soldiers dying there by hundreds, and so little care taken ol them —this was before Miss Nightingale's arrival—that thair linen often remained un changed for weeks. He found also that the refuse clothes were cast into a separate apartment, where they lay festering, rotting anil tainting the atmosphere. He asked why this was. The British authorities an swered that they could get nobodv to wash the clothes, for fear of infection. He offered immediately to undertake the job. But the prejudice of the Turks proved greater then even he, who hed lived among them for eighteen years, had been led to expect. They cried out, when they saw the olothee, '-The plague, the plegue," and refused to work.— In this crisis, he invented a rude washing machine, which he fixed on the side of a running stream, so that the articles might be partially washed, without the intervention of hand latjnr. After this there was no tliffi cully. The labnr-si.ving washing machine of the issionary is still in use at Scutari, and will probably remain so, while there is washing to be done, even though tb.p original necessity for it has passed away. A man, who <inea acla like these, is a true civilizer. Progress never goes backwards- A people, who have once practically seen .even the rudest improvements on the imple ments they have used, are not apt to return to their old, clumsy way of acting. To teach even a few how to make better bread than before, or hnw to save labor and avoid infec tion in washing, -is sowing broadcast the seeds of a future civilization. All the wheat in the world has come, we are told, from s tew grains that ripened, ages ago, on the table-land nf Central Asia. Whether this he true, or not, it is certain that the milllions ol horses, who now swarm on the plains of South America, have sprung from animals [ turned loose bar the early navigators. Mis sionaries have often been corttidered use less, and probably they do not always pro duce apparent effects commensurate with their cost, but when a missionary goes forth, in the way this one did in Turkey, introdu cing material civilization, side by side with ! the spiritual and moral influence of Christi anity, he cannot but do good. It is the trne way to spread civilization— PhiUi. Ledger. The Religions Belter of Col- Fremont. The effort of Fremont and hi 9 friends to repudiate all connection with the Catholic Church, is one of those contemptible tricks which, while they degrade all who take part in them, excite the ridicule and dis gust of all npright and liberal minds. The eagerness to get rid of the suspicion of be ing a Catholic, although the fact that Fre mont WM wnisd lay K Catholic clergyman, is dictated by the shallow purpose of catch ing voters of those very Know-Nothings whose support some of Fremont's friends aflect to repudiate! What a shameful and shameless dilemma! What a traffic of re ligious sentiments for political ends! The religious sentiments of Col. Fremont would have remained as sacred from dis cussion, as his birth and his breeding, so far as we are concerned; but when an at tempt is made to make them* an article of commerce, we shall investigate his claims to sincerity and truth. And we say, that his present attitude as I to his religious belief, is a double insult—it insults the Protestant and the Catholic; the first, by bidding for his vote on the bold pretence of belonging to his sect or congre gation; the last by cutting loose from him as if he were a pestilence. General Scott made a historical failure by attempting to coax a distinct class of citi zens. They deserted or denounced him by crowds. Colonel Fremont will repel all classes in attempting to purchase support for himself by an awkward appeal to supposed religious p rej udice. — Pennsylvania!!. State Elections —On the first Monday in August, elections will be held in ihe States of Kentucky. Arkansas, Texas. Mi-souri and Iowa; and on the first Thursday of August, in North Carolina and Tennessee. On the first Monday of October, in Georgia and Flor ida, and on the second Tuesday of October, in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. The Presidential election ta held in all the Slates on the tame day—Tuesday, the 4lb of No vember. (*" The triel ol Preston S. Brooks for an assault upon Mr. Sumner,look place at Wash ington, on the Bth inst. The Court sentenced Brooks to pay a fine of >3OO, Mr. Sumner did not appear. ijr Both Houses of Congress have passed, by two-thirds, the three bills for the improve ment of the mouth nf the Mississippi, the St. Clair Flats, and (be St. Mary's River. These bills had been vetoed by the President. WWe will next week publish the able end manly letter of Wm. B. Reed Esq., of Philadelphia to the "Old Line Whigs." The late Tremble at the QaeeoM Levee The London Morning Star, of June 27th, gives the following correct version of the in cident of wbioh the London Times gives such an exaggerated account- We will now piesent a a sober record ol what really did occur at her Majesty's levee on Wednesday. Mr. Dallas departed from lbs American Legation House to present himself before the Queen in the most ortho dox and lull dress suit, including sword bg his side, white neckerchief, and fanciful hat. Ha hud received authority from his govern ment to conform, in such mailers, entirely to the usage of this country ; and he believ ed, in his own conscience, that it was only wise and respectful to the highest lady in ; England that such established ceremony should be observed. He was accompanied in his carriage by a gentleman of high mili tary education and standing in the United States, who coveted the honor of being pre sented to the Queen, and the antecedent ar rangement had boen made for his presenta tion in the diplomatic circle. This gentle man, known to ourselves as of the kindest and most gentle manners, and to whom the ' public have been indebted for information that has appeared in lite correspondence de partment of our journal, was dressed, not as the Times tauntingly represents in yellow vest and froek coat, but with dress coat, white vest, and military stock—entirely in all respects as he would have been had he presented himself to his Commander in- Chief at home. It did not occur to him or to the Americon Minister (hat there could be any possible objection to such a suit, and both were moat anxious to conform to every stale court requirement as a matterof duty as well as of form. However, the Master of Cere monies, Sir Edward Cust, perceived that the American gentleman had come without & cocked hat and sword, and with a military cravat ilia 1 could not have been white : and in the most courteous and forbearing way, he made Mr. Dallas acquainted with the char acter of his instructions. Mr. Dallas, with equal good feeling, and free from all excite ment, observed that he could scarcely pass on to the presence of the Queen and leave his friend behind him. aid it was immedi ately arranged that both should retire. There was no ill feeling on either side, and no ap pearance of such a thing. The American gen tleman felt he had made a mistake in not properly inquiring into the nature of court ar rangements. and the Master of the Ceremo nies appeared to bo very much grieved that his duty required hi-n to interfere. The matter then came, we have been told", to the ears of the Queen, and if it had been thought advisable to carry out her wish there is no doubt a special messenger would have been dispatched to the American Embassy, desi ring Mr Dallas and his friend at once to ap pear before her Majesty, no matter in what aeire, and receive from her own lips an ex pression of regret (hat the arrangements of the Palace should have mnde it necessary for Sir Etlward Cnst to Interfere with their ap proach. To say that Mr. Dallas was in a pel, or to declaie that the English monarch was insulted, is only a piece of that raving ghsurdity which such an organ as the Times newspaper alone can perpetrate, and we should not think it our duty to take notice of it were it not from a deep and sincete con viction that the Times helps greatly to form public opinion in England, and is regarded by the Americans as an expression of Eng lish sentiment. After all, the affair thus magnified into such serious proportions, was a mere inci dent of the day involving nothing beyond a little idle gossip at the clubs, and entire meaningless, except as an indication of the force of habit and custom. The Forrest Divorce Case. The New York Sunday Alia* makes some explanations regarding the recent decisions in this case. It says Mr. Forrest's applica tion for a new trial was denied, though "a reference tree been mule with regent to ali mony. On the trial before Chief Justioe Oakly, the Judge found all tho issues in fa vor of Mrs. Forrest, with an alimony of $3,000 and all the costs and her counsel lees. The counsel for Mrs Forrest appeal ed from the decree with regard to mony, inasmuch as it deprived her of all right of dower, on the decease of Edwin Forrest, or all interest in any regl estate he might acquire, provided her alimony was paid. This appeal the Court allowed, and reversed the decision therein made by the Chief Justice. There seems to be a deter mination on the part of those who have the power, to persecute Mr. Forrest to the last extremity He has but one resort left for justice—the Court of Appeals. We believe that the plaintiff in this suit signified her in tention to let it go by default, if a new trial were ordered. Her.life, since the rendition of the verdict in hor favor, has been suclt as to inspire suspicion, and many circum stances have transpired to show that her conduct has not been such as virtuous peo ple care to endorse. All things considered, there was not a shadow of jurtice in denying the motion for a new trial, although there may be plenty of law to sustain the oppres sive proceeding." Litter front Nicaragua. Nxw YORK, July 14.—'The steamar Oriza ba ariveil this evening with over 400 passen gers and $B5 000 in specie. The Orizaba connected with the Sierra Ne vada, which was detained at San Franoisco until the 21st, in order to receive on board persons banished by the Vigilance Commit tee. Eleven persona were shipped during the night, priot to her sailing, under a strong guard. Alexander E. Brown Esq., of Easton, one of the ablest Old Line Whigs ot Penn sylvania, has enlisted in the cause of Bu chanan and Breckinridge. He is widely known in the State, and has been heretofore mentioned ae the Whig, candidate for U. S. Senator. ,, BT" The proposed Amendments to the Constitution, published by authority in an other column, should reoeive attention. If approved by the next Legislature they will then be submitted to a popular vote for ap proval or rejection. Two Weeks Later from California. NKW ORLEANS, July 12.—'The steamship Daniel Webster, from Aspinwall, arrived to day, bringing dates from the San Francisco to the 20lh of June. The Steamship George Late, for New York, would lake 0700,000 in treasure, and the despatches from the Commissioner relative to the Isthmus difficulty. There was no diminution in the excite ment at San Francisco, but it was rather on the increase. Few had responded to '.he proclamation of Governor Johnson. The Committee on the other hand, were receiving recruits by thou sands. The Committee had 6000 stand of arms and thirty pieces of cannon. Their force is divided into six regiments. Strong breastworks have been constructed in front of the Committee's rooms, an alarm bell erected upon the building, and several pieces of cannon placed upor. the adjacent roots, so as to command all the approaches to their quarters. Gov. Johnson had gathered together a few hundred men, with whom he proceeded to Benicia, with a view of getting arms and ammunition from the Arsenal, but General Wool refused to deliver them. The Governor's forces are camped near the oily. Six more rogues had been banished by the Committee, and numerous arrests con tinue to be made. On the receipt of the Governor's procla mation, nearly all the principal towns of the interior held enthusiastic meetings,endorsing the action of the Committee, and in many cases forming organizations to assist the Committee in carrying out their measures. Crimes and casualties are numerous. No iuterest whatever attaches to political matters. The reports from the mines ore highly fa vorable, as also are the agricultural pros pects. IMPORTANT FROM NICARAGUA. Gen. Wm. Walker was elected President of Nicaragua on the 24th June. Ex-President Rivas, accompanied by his Minister of War, left Ltfon on the 12th of Jane, and afterwards appeared at Chir.eqda go, where he collected a force of 600 natives. He called in.the outposts, and then ordered ihe American troops to evacuate Leon, which order was obeyed, and Rivas look possession of the place wiih 120 men. President Walker has issued a proclama tion declaring Rivas and his parly traitors. Most of ihe officers of the former Cabinet stand by Ger.. Walker. A strong revolution against the Govern ment has broken oat ir. Nicaragua, headed by the party .which opposed the invasion of Nicaragua. fe'xtiaordlunry Imposturo Exploded! AN IMPORTANT QUESTION SETTLED! Innumerable efforts have been made by mathematicians to square the circle, ft is now admitted by rational men that no such I thing is possible. A question of the same sort, nearly, is often propounded which, for the moment, may puzzle a man of slow wit, but which is eventually seen to be incapable" of solution, likewise. It is this: What would be tho consequence of an irresistible body coming in contact with an immovable one? Very little consideration is required to enable one to discern that this is a contradiction in terms. The closest approximation to a cate gorical answer that we ever heard of has been given by an eminent pathologist, Prof. Holloway, who has proved beyond all ques tion that his extraoidinary Pills and Ointment aie irresistible in their effect* on diseases which, under every other treatment were ab solutely immovable. This is no empty boast. It Is true. We court disproof. His medi cines, we say, are the greatest remedial agents that scientific genius ever invented. I "Pshaw," some contemptible professional I starveling, or disappointed eharlatan may ex claim, "what is it all but quackery!" Ignor ant, or unthinking people may be found to re-eobo the charge. But stop, friends. You do not bear in mind that this very cry of "quack-quack-quackery," which is as fre quently raised against the true thing as the false, savors itself of the greatest quackery. Besides an imposition cannot last forever. If Holloway's Medicines are an imposture they are Ihe most gigantic one that ever darkened civilization. It they are an imposture they have effected more good to humanity than thousanJa of ostentatiously benevolent va rieties. -If they are an imposture no other imposture has ever originated like them, for they are the result of the most profound physilogical investigation and pathological skill. If they are au imposture then it ie an imposture which the world has been thank ful for. The most -rninent medical men of the age have testified to their unparalleled effects as ssnative agents. Princes and Po tentates have borne voluntary testimony to their virtues. Nobles of nature's making— as well as nobles of man's thinking—have alike acknowledged in terms of deserved en logy their extraordinary powers. There is scarcely a newspaper throughout the world, whion has not willingly made tliself the me dium of communicating lo the public the as tounding cures whioh these medicines have effected. In our country they have attained lo a patronage, Ihe extent of which is per baps without precedent when (heecompara tively brief period o( their introduction is ta ken into account. Prof. Holloway oan pro duce almost countless numbers of written acknowledgments (from every clime and in every language) of their efficacy, forwarded to him urasked. Who then is this impostor? Let us siale a lew facts of greater interest. * It is of paramount importance to preserve the blood in a healihy condition, because the blood, is the vital fluid, that is Ike princi pie of life, and when it is affected the whole organization is affected likewise. Holloway's Pills clear the blood of all impurities and iuduce a healthy condition of body. His Ointment acts in harmony with the Pills, when it is applied to external soree. Both invariably lead to this result. Wens sunn n corpote sano, 'a sound mind in aiouud body.' —Sunday Courier. Philadelphia Markets. Flour and Meal. —The Flour market is very quiet, Willi limited slock and ligbt receipt*. The demand is less active Bnd the only trans actions are for home consumption at S6 76 e $7 for common and good brands. Rye flour ie firm at S3 50. Corn Meal is very dull sales of Pennsylvania at S2 874 per bbl. Grain. —Prime Wheat it in moderate de mand. Sales of 2000 bushels fair and good Penn'a red at Si 35 a 1 58 and white at from SI 50 to 1 75. Rye is in demand, and has advanced to 76 cents. The market is bare of Corn, and it is wanted at 63 cents, afloat.- Oats are in steady demand at 37 cts. per bush el. Seeds. —Cloverseed continues scarce; last sales at >7 50 a 6 37 per 64 lbs. In Timothy and Flsxseed nothing doing. Whiskey is scarce—sales of barrels at 23 cents, and.drnrige at 32 cts. Hon. Kenneth Raynor declines the' nomination for the Vice Presidency, tendered liirn by the split Convention wbieh put Com. Stockton in nomination for the Presidency He declares that he will support Mr. Fill more. • XV It is said that Ihe renegade Democrats who have been working for the Know-Noth ings these two years for nothing, will have their wages reduced if they don't wore hard enough lo prevent the election of Buchanan. They mast stand up to the rack ten cents or no ten cents. EST It is the opinion of many sagacious persons that some men who left the Demo cratic party two years ago, in order lo get nominated for office by the Know-Nothings, have done a good deal of dirty political work at less than ten cents a day ! AGAIFTATAA B On last Friday, in Bloomsburg, by Rev. Mr. Newell, Mr. A. H. STONE, of Bradford county, and Miss LOUISA FAUNCE of Dauphin county, Pa. On the sth inst., in Bloomsburg, by Rev. D.J. Waller, Mr. JOHN TURNER, and Miss REBECCA HARTMAN, both of Espy, Col. Co. ~ a>aigi&q 7 In Canada West, on the nth tilt., Mrs. MARV P. MILLS, wife of Jacobs Mills, of Madison township, Columbia county. List of Letters Remaining • In the Post Office, at Caitawissa, for the s*e ond quarter ending June 30th, 1856. Bresland James 2 John H. G. Bret-land Jas. & John Keane James ship Bresland John Melick W. I. Disman Joseph McCormick Mary Donohoes Malhew Pnjo Paul M. Eggerl Jacob ship Wormian Nosh Persons calling for any of the above letters will please say they are adver.ised. CASPER RAHN, P. M. July 9ih. 1866. Kxccutor's -Notice. IVOTICK is hereby given thai letters testa ; ■-* mentary upon the estate of Wesley Boat J late of Hemlock township, Columbia county, i deceased, have been granted to the nnder : signed residing tu Bloomsburg. All persona I indebted to Ihe said es'ate are requested lo make payment without delay, and those having accounts against Ihe estate lo preseot them lor settlement lo WILLIAM NEAL, . Executor. Bloomsburg, Jnlv 19, 1856-6. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that the under signed appointed by the Orphan's Court of Columbia county, Auditor to distnbu'e the balance in Ihe hands of John Robison and Isaiah Melick, Administrators of William Mclutire, late of Scott township, Colombia county, deceased, to and among the persons legally entitled thereto, will discharge the duties of that appointment at the office of Robert F. Clark, Esq., in Bloomsburg, on FRIDAY the Isih day of August nextgpt 10 o'clock, A. M., when and whera all persons interested in said fund are hereby notified to attend. WM. G. HURLEY, Auditor. Bloomsburg, July 15, 1856. The Democratic Champion and Standard Bearer. THE LIFE OF BUCHANAN. AUTHENTIC EDITION. 'I7HE undersigned will publish, Julv 20lh * THE LIFE ANB PUBLIC SERVICES OF JAMES BUCHANAN, OF PENN SYLVANIA, candidate of the Democratic Party for President of the United States. Late Minister lo England, and former ly Minister to Russia, Senator and Representative in Congress, and Sec retary of Stale: INCLUDING THE MOST IMPORTANT OF HIS STATE PAPERS, BIT R. €r. HORTOM, Literary Editor of the New York Day-Book BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THE CONTENTS: Birth, College Life, Studying Law, Eleotion of Legislature, Volunteer in tho war of IBLT, Defend of Baltimore, Election to Congress, Speech against the Bankrupt Bill, Defence of Gen. Jackson, Speech on the Judicial? System, Mission to Panama. Naturalisation Laws, Eleciion of Gen. Jackson, Mr. Buchsn an's Great Speech on the Impeachment of Judge Peck, Ten Years in Congress, Opposi tion to Sectionalism, Defence of the Freedom of the Piess, Mission to Russia, Election to the Senate, Executive Patronage, Mr. Gley and Mr. Buchanan, Relatione with France. Admisalon of Arkansaa and Michigan, Mr. Buchanan's Greet Speech on the Expunging Resolution. Interfeieuce in Elections. Speech on Independent Treasury Bill, Reply lo John Davie, On IbnMcLeod Case, On the United * Htalos Bank, Oregon Correspondence, while Secretary of Stele under Mr. Polk, Mexican War Correspondence, Mission lo Nomination for President, dec. drc. The ebovo work has been written by a gen tleman well qualified by hie literary attain'- menta, and hie long connection with the Dem ocratic presa. He waa furnished personally by the distinguished subject of the memoir with many of the datea and facta of his early life, and from authorised friends of Mr- Buchanan has been supplied with materials inaccessible to other parties. The proof sheets have been submitted to authorized friends. It can there fore bo called without reserve. THE AUTHENTIC AND AUTHORIZED EDITION. I he price at re'ail is One Dollar. The book makes a handsome ISmo. volume of 439 pages, neatly bound in cloth, and-is im bellished with an accurate Portrait on Bteel, from an Ambrotype by Brady. Engraved by Buttre. 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