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nay* comprise 17 Amerioans and Republi
cans and 52 Democrats.
The discussion was then resumed on Mr.
Johnson',* amendment, shortening tba lima
of the suspension to January, 1896.
Mr. Thorn moved a substitute, fixing the
Ist of July for resumption, which was lost.—
The vote stood—yees 33, nays 59. The Phil
adelphia delsgation voted on this proposition
as it did previously.
The members voting aye comprise 30 Re
publicans and Americans, and 3 Democrats.
The nays were 8 Americans and Republicans
and 51 Democrats.
Mr. Kauffman moved to leave the lime in
definite, and permit the next legislature to
fix the day. Lost—Yeas 34, nays 55.
The Philadelphia vote war not changed.
The political complexion of the above vote
was : Yeas—34 Republicans and Americans,
Nays—s: Americans and Republicans, and
60 Democrats.
The question now recurred on Mr. John
aor.'s amendment, fixing the third Monday
of January, 1858, which was lost—yeas 10,
nays 78.
Mr. Jenkins moved to strike out the enact
ing clause of the Senate bill, and insert House
bill No. 8.
Mr. Abrams offered an amendment requir
ing the banks to pay specie on jjbeir 85 notes.
Carried.
Also, an amendment 'he banks
from declaring divideod^^ 8 per
atier
Loet. I K-. .
The House
mk-
On
done. House
adjourned ti II
1857.
The Reluf Bill Gov
Afternoon took re
from time after
noon, till 6 o'clock of
Conference had been
agreed upou by of both
Houses.
The report was rest)', and on motion, it
was adopted. Yeas 18, nays 13, as fullows.
Yeas—Messrs. Coflsy, Ctsbb, Fraiwr, Gast
zam, Gregg, Harris, Jordan, Knox, Laubach,
Lewis, Sellers, Shuman, Son.her, Siraub,
Taggart, Wilkins, Welsh and Finney,Speak
er.—lB.
Nays.—Messrs. Brewer, Craeswell, Ely,
Evans, Feller, Flennikd| Ingram, Myer,
Scofield, Steele, Walton and Wright—l3. |
On motion the Senate adjourned, sine die,
at 10 o'clock, P. M. 1 "
HOUSE—Mr. MaorM|phtored to recon
sider the Bank Relief bill, which was defeat
ed yesterday.
The motion prevailed 'by tbe following
vote —
Yeas—Messrs. Anderson, Augustine, Bab
cock, Backus, Beck, Benson, Bishop, Brown,
Calhoun, Campbell, Cleaver, Crawford, Dock,
Ent, Eysler, Foster, Gibbony, Hamilton,
Heins, tliesund, Hoffman of
Lebanon, I)outiekd|f|HP'ibria, Intf^Ja
cobs, Kauffman, Kerr, Longaker, Manear,
Moorhead, Mumma, Pearson, Pentose, Pe
ters, Pownall, Ramsey of York, Kenmer.
Reed, Snaw, Sloan, Stevenson, Struliiers,
Thorite, Tolan, Van Vorhies, Voeghly, Wag
onseller, Warner, Williston, Winlrode, With
erow, and Wright,—6s.
Nays—Messrs. Arthur, Bower, Brandt,
Carty, Fausold, Gildea, Hmnil. Hancock,
Hoffman, Hill, of Jenkins, Johns,
Johnson, Knight, I,ebo, Liesenring, Lovett,
Mcllvain, Nichols, Momma, Manear, Rob
erta, Rapp, Smith of Centre county. Smith of
Luzerne county, Vail, Vickers, Walter, West
brook, Wharton, Y*srsley, Zimmerman, and
Getz, speaker—32.
Mr. Heine called the previous question,
which was negatived by the following vote:
Yeas 41, nays SO.
Yean— Messrs. Anderson, Arthur, Beck,
Bower, Brandt, Calhoun, Carty, Chase, Enl,
Fausold, Foster, Gildea, Ilatnel, Harper,
Hrins, Hill, Hillegas, Hoffman of Barks co ,
Jones, Jenkins, Johns, Leisenring, Lnngacre,
Lovett, Nicholson, Nnnnemacher, Pearson,
Ramsey of York county, Reamer, Hupp.,
S.nith.of Centre county, Smith of Luzerne
rounty, Tolan, Vail, Walter, Weetbrook,
Yearsley and Zimmerman—4l.
Nays—Messrs. Augustine, Babcock, Back
ns, Ball, Benson, Bishop, Brown, Campbell,
Cleaver, Crawford, Dock, Eyster, Gibboney,
Hamilton, Hancock, Hiestand, Hoffman of
Lebanon county, Housekeeper, Imbrie, Ja
cobs, Johnson, KaufTmail, Kerr, Knigltl,
Lebo, Manear, TMcCalmont, Mclvain, Moor
head, Mumma, Nichols, Penrore, Pownall,
Ramsey of Pltila., Reed, Roberts, Shaw,
Sloan, Stevenson, Struthers, Thorne, Van
Vorhlet, Viokeri, Wagensoller,
Warner, Wharton, Willister, Wimrode, With
erow, Wright— 50.
Mr. Kauffman moved fo extend the lime
or suspeneion to February, 1858. Negatived
—yeaa 40, ngys 48. The vole stood:
Year—Messrs. Anderson, Augustine, Bab
cock, Bankns, Ball, Benron, Bishop, Brown,
Campbell, Cleaver, Crawford, Dock, Eyster,
Gibbouey, Hamilton, Hiestand, Hoffman of
Lebaoon county, Housekeeper, Imbrie, Ja
cobs, Kanffman, Kerr, McCalment, Moor
head, Mamma, Penrose, Peters, Pownall,
Reed, Shaw, Sloan, Stevenson, Struthers,
Thorne, Van Vorhies, Voeghly, Warner,
Wiflialonj Wintrode, Witherow, and Wright
—4O.
Nays—Messrs. Beck, Brar.dt, Calhoun,
Carty, Chase, En|, Fausold, Gildea, Hamel,
Hancock, Harper, Hill, Hillegaa, Hines, Hoff
roap of Berk* county, Innea, Jenkins, Johns,
Jobnaon, Knight, Lebo,Leise(trtng, lAmgwete,
Lovetl, Mollvaln, Nichola, Nicholson, Nun-
nemacher, Pearson, Ramsey of Pbile., Bara-1
eey of York county, Roberta, Smith of Cen
tre county, Smith ol I.uzerne county, Tolan, 1
Vail, Viekere, Wagonaeller, Waiter, Weet
brook, Wharton, Yearaley, Zimmerman, and
Gets, speaker.—4B.
Mr. Stevenson moved to go into commit
tee of the whole to ealend the time to the
third Monday ol next July, which prevailed
by the following vote—yeae 46, naya, 42.
Yeaa— Meaara. Anderson, Augustine,'Bab
rock, Backna, Ball, Beck, Bemon, Bishop,
Brown, Campbell, Cleaver,Crawford, Dicky,
Pocjnftgttar. Gibboney, Hamilton, Hois-
land, Hints, Hodman of Labanoq, House
keeper, Justice, Jaeobs, Kaoflmati, Kerr,
Manear, JlcCalmont, Moorhead, Mumma,
Pentose, Patera, Pownall, Rim pay of Phila
delphia, Ramsey of Yotk) Reed, Sbaw,
Sloan, Slfevenson, Struthera, Thome, Van
Vorbies, Vickers, Voeghly, Warner, Willi
•ton, Winlrode, Witherow, Wright— 48.
Nays—Messrs. Arthur, Bower, Brandt,
Carty, Calhoun, Chase, Ent, Fausold, Fos
ter, Gildea, Hamel, Hancock, Harper, Heine, I
Hiilegas, Hill, Hoffman of Batka, limes, Jen
kins, Johns, Johneonj height, I-ebo, I.eisen
ring, Longacre, Lovett, Nicholson, Nunne*
teacher, Pelrson, Roberta, Rtipp, Smith of
Centre, Smith of Luzerne. Toiao, Vail, Wag
onseller, Weatbrook, Wharton, Yearaley,
Zimmerman, Getz, Speaker—42.
The committee toae and reported progress.
Mr. Imbrie moved a proviso suspending
the law prohibiting email notea, which was
loat.
The question recurring on the final passage
of the bill, the vote etood as follows; yeae
56, nays 36.
Yeas—Messrs. Anderson, Augustine, Bac
ku, Babcock, Bccli, Bennn, Bishop, Brandt, I
Calhoun, Campbell, Crawford, Dock, But, !
Eyeter, Foster, Gibhoney, Hamilton, Heins, j
Hieatand, Hillegaa, Heir.s, Hoffman of Leb- j
anon, Housekeeper, Imbrie, Innea, Jacobs,
Kerr, Longsker, Manear, Moorhead, Mum
ma, Nicholson, Pearson. Penrose, Peters, ■
Pownall, Ramsey of Philadelphia, Ramsey ■
of York, Reamer, ReeJ, Ropp, Shaw, Sloan, I
tStevenson, Southern, Thorite, Tolan, Van
Yorhies, Voeghly, Warner, Williston, Win-1
Imde, Witherow, Wright, and Zimmerman, 11
—56.
Nays—Messrs. Arthur, Ball, Banner, Brown, ]
Carly, Chase, Cleaver, Fausold, Oildea, Ham
el, Hancock, Harper, Hill, Hoffman of Berks,
Jenkins, Johns, Johnson, Kauffman, Knight, (
.Lebo, Leisenritig, Lovett, Mc.Calmorit, Mc t
Ilvain, Nichols, Nunnemacher, Roberts, ,
Smith of Centre, Smith of Luzerne, Vail ,
Vickers, Wagonseller, Walter, Weslbrook,
Wharton, Yearaley and Getz, Speaker— 36. ,
The bill, as passed, was seol to the Senate j
for concurrence.
The Houee then took up and passed the
bill for the mechanics and operatives of cer
tain companies.
Adjourned, to await the scion of the Sen
ate, until 3 o'clock, P. M.
Afternoon Session —The house met at three
o'clock, and insisted upon its amendments.
A Committee of Conference was thereupon
ordered, and the Speaker appointed Messrs.
Longaker, Bishop, Heistand, Zimmerman
and Anderson, to confer with the committee
appointed by the Senate.
The House (hen adjourned, to meet at 5
o'clock, but the committee not being pre
pared to report, a recess till 6 o'clock was
taken. At that time the Conference Com
mittee reported the bill, with amendments,
iucluding two new sections.
The bill was read, and the vote on its final
passage stood—yeas 65, nays 36, as follows:
Yess—Messrs. Anderson, Augustine,bab
cock, Backus, Ball, Beck, Benson, Bishop,
Brown, Campbell, Cloaver, Crawford, Dock,
Eyelet, Fouler, Gibbaaey, Hamilton, U.i.ea,
Hillegas, Hiestand, Heins, Hoffman, Lebanon,
Huusekeeper, Imbrie, Innes, Jacobs, John
son, Kauffman, Kerr, Longaker, Mallear,
Moorhead, Mumma, Pearson, Penrose, Pe
ters, Pownall, Ramsey of Phila., Ram-ey of
York, Reamer, Keed, Shaw, Sloan, Steven
son, Struthers, Thorn, Tolan, Van Vorheis,
Voeghley, Warner, Williston, Wintrode,
Witherow, Wright and Zimmerman—ss.
Nays—Messrs. Arthur, Brower, Brandt,
Calhoun, Carly, Ent, Fausold, Gildea, Ham
el, Hancock, Harper, Hill, Hoffman of Berks,
Jenkins, Johus, Knight, Lebo, Leiseuring,
Lovett, McCalmont, Mcllvain, Nichols, Nich
olson, Nunnemacher, Roberts, Ropp, Smith
i of Centre, Smith of Luzerne, Vail, Vickers,
I Wagonseller, Walter, Weatbrook, Wharton,
Yaarsley, and Getz, Speaker—-36.
The House then adjourned to meet at 8
o'clock, this evening.
[The Relief Bill, an passed by both house",
is substantially the same as reported by the
Senate Committee, and which originally pass
ed that body, with the addition of foor sec
tions, the substance of which is ss follows:
Section 8 authorizes the Collector of taxes
and tolls, &c., and the County Treasurer, to
receive, f or State phrposes, tho notes of sol
vent banks, though not specie paying.
Section 9 reserves the right of the I-egis
lature to alter, revoke or annul the charlttt of i
any Bank accepting the provision of this
act, whenever iu their opinion the same may
prove injurious to the citizens of the Com
monwealth.
Section 10 prohibits Banks and Saving
Institutions from purchasing the notes of oth
er incorporated banks, at less than par.
Section 11 prohibits the sale of Blocks,
bonds, promissory notes and other securities
thkt have been hypothecated; from being
•old for a period of six months, without the
consent of the debtor being first had.
The time fixed for the resumption is the
second Monday of April, the time as it
paseed the Senate originally.]
Evening Session —The House, while await
, ing the action of the Governor, passed the
t joint resolution for a final adjournment at 10
• o'clock.
A DIFFERENCE. —A correspondent of the
London Record notices a pleasing contrast
between tbe conduot of two distinguished
viiitors now in England. The ooe ie the
Queen of Netherlands, who, on Sunday, went
to Manchester and attempted to gain admis
sion on thst day to tbe great exhibition of (he
work* of art now held there. She, however,
failed, notwitheianding her royal claims. Tbe
other is ec officer in tbe United Stales navy, \
now in oorEmand of the Steamship Saeqao
hanna. Entering au English pott on the
Lord's day, he refrained from firing the usual
salute until Monday morning; thus showing
deserved respect to the ins'.itotions, both of
the oountry te which be belonged and that of
wlych lie was visiting.
Low PRICE OF WHEAT IN lOWA. —The lowa
City Republican Mates that farmers are offer- |
ir,g wheat iti that city for 40 cents a bushel,
end cannot find purchasers. Tbe Republican
adds: The same state of facts ie reported of
the Muscantine and other river markets, end
indeed we may sty of the markets generally
of (he Stale.
STAR OF~THE NORTH.
R. W. WEAVER, EDITOR.
Hlooinsbnrx, Wtdoesdny, Oct- 21, 1857.
THE RKLICr 111 1,1.
Which the extra legislators passed is about
such • measure el tolly and mischief as was
to be expected. In after years it mill be
ranked with the relief law of 1841, and, in
deed, it has hardly as much wisdom in is as
the sßinplaster measure. The third section
of the present law is clearly unconstitutional
in making bank notes a legal tender in pay
ment by one bank to another ol those who
paid specie on the first of September last.—
The constitution of the United Slates provides <
in its lOdt section of the first article as fol
lows :
I 11 No State shall enter into any treaty, alli
ance or confederation, grant letters of marque
and reprisal; coin money ; emit bills of cred
it ; mi'ke anything hat gold and siher coin a
tender in payment of debts, tfc."
This, of course, is in direct conflict with
the action of the legislature, who moat like
ly never looked at the Constitution of the
United Stales during their session. They
last winter decided that such wisdom as theirs
is worth a "leetle" more than that of their
"illustrious predecessors," by raising their
pay, and if tliey could hold several more ses
sions. some people might believe them.
The attempt made in another section to
legalize the payment of lolls, taxes, &c.,
with bank notes is equally unconstitutional ;
and fortunately, no department of our Stale
Government is yet so degraded as to be com
pel'ed to do its business with a currency at
five per cent, discount, ny longer than it
sees fit.
The seventh section contains the false prin
ciple of openly levying a bonus for justice. It
is the doctrine of the old highwayman of ro
mance, who look from the rich and gave to
the poor, paying himself liberally for his ser
vices. If this measure is just, the banks and
the people are entitled to it without money
and without price; for it is to that end that
leg islation is established. If the measure be
wrong it ought not to have passed for any
ptice. This is really holding up the prerog
ative of legislation to the highest bidder; just
as the same body, along with the Main Line
tried to sell the prerogative of taxation.
It is fortunate that a Democratic Legisla
ture can, at any rale in January, blot the act
out of existence.
CP 1 We clip the following from a Philadel
phia letter: " There is a great deal of gold
ir. the hands of individuals, 82,000,000 hav
ing been drawn from the banks last week,
and thus we do not feel, as yet, the inconve
nience of the suspension, as much as might
be supposed. This gold will find its way to
New York if we remain suspended. The
market people to-day would take nothing but
aottl and etlvae, thrxiuh they were assured the
banks would redeem the notes.
IE Ari English firm have expressed their
readiness to undertake to lay the Atlantic
cable for a slated price, with the aid of the
Government vessels, taking all the tisk. They
engage that the cable shall be laid from Ire
land to Newfoundland by June or July next,
or they will claim no recompense, and they
will pay to the company ths entire cost of
the cable. In the eveut of the cable being
laid before June, the stipulated price to be
increased at so much per month for each
month gained.
SALE or FACTORY STOCE.— The 3672 shares
of S.ock in Lancaster Cotton Mill, No. 2,
owned by David Lougenecker, were sold by
Sheriff Martin on Monday last at one cent per
•hate—the par value being 850. Tbey were
purchased by Fatnum&Co., ol Philadelphia,
heavy judgment creditor* of Longeoecker.
There is a mortgage loan of 8100,000 on the
Mill, so that Longenecker's right, title and
interest brought only 836 72.
Tue Lancaster Examiner, in noticing this
sale, remarks "that but a few months since,
it is said, Lougenecker boasted Ibat he own
ed one Of the handsomest country seats in
Pennsylvania Rnd the finest cotton mill iu the
Union, —now the one has passed into the
hands of an honest 'hutobur' of our city, and
the other into the possession of a party who
lose heavily by the failure of the great finan
cier of the defunct Lancaster Bank.
tW The following ielha whole vole polled |
throughout the connty upon the four amend
ments to the constitution:
Ist. 2nd. 3rd. 4lh.
For Amendment, 2390 2144 2222 2233
Against Amendment, 44 75 63 63
ACRICVLTURAI. FAIR —We hope everybody
will attend this "institution" at our plaoe this
week. If every person brings something as
a contribution eacb one can go away wiser
and batter at the end of the exhibition.
BT One of the partners in a prominent
' Phiitdelphia firm that lately suspended, kept
two carrisget, 5 light riding wegone, 4 fast
horses, 2 dogs, 2 coachmen and five servant
girls. Is it a wonder snch men fall 1
FOR CONGRESS, Panl Leidy, the Democrat
ic candidate, has a majority in every county
in this diatriot.
13T The whole Democretio ticket ie elect
ed in Luzerne county by about two thousand
majority.
*- I —tV""
aw Cbarlea Stahl baa removed bia book
bindery opposite tbe Post Office.
CT-The workmen are now engaged in
'putting up the Town Clock into the Coorl-
House belfry.
THOMAS CRAIG, jr.—This gentleman baa
been eleeted Senator in tbe Senatorial Dia
triot composed of Wayne, Pike, Mooroe and
Carbon by a handsome democratic majority.
Or An ex-member of the Massachusetts
Legislature baa bean sentenced to the Statu
prison for three years, for forgery.
COLUMBIA COUNTY ELECTION RETDHNS-OFFICMCtOCTOBER 18, 1857.
[ 18®T,] Governor. Judgu of the Supreme Court, Comal Cbntm's- Qmgrets. Senator, Legin'aMpt. Proth'iy. Keg fy Bee Canm'r. Ire. | Auditor.
——————— ' ' "*"*" / ■ " i " >l ■ \ I ><— ■ jfc —V <r'' •-%'/ — \ r-" ' 1 —\ r~ — r* ■■ — s
TOWNSHIPS | 1 ||| || | | J, | i Jf 1. .* g<{il iS
s!E ,? 'S' B 'w :<i - w asW E&ttWw9 B ' ?
COUNTY. | [} If; f { .f | I J | J ? f I ff f : f j f If | ? {
BLOOM lflie! 179 11 204] 204 179 170 1, 1 190 17" 1 200 176 195 177 201 198 178 182|181 188 228 15L 187 190 209 1 192 178
BENTON. .. . 104, 24 108; 103 22 22 104 23 103 22 104 22 9g 98 20 20 89 *23 110 12 104 46 108 102 16
BEAVER, .. . 118] 4 118 118 117 114 116 117 117 119 4 121 115 118 110
BRIARCREEK. 178 115 162 162 118 118 168 121 165 116 169 113 166 153 116 183 170 99 125 157 157 109 166] 168 114
CATAWISSA. . 79i 86 75 75 76 76 9 9 74 77 70 87 76 74 76 75 74 75 95 60 100 55 •81 66 86 71 45
CENTRE. .. . 120; 53 122 122 58 68 117 59 J 121 60 121 52 120 121 66 66 121 47 118 51 64 96 87 102 71
CONYNGHAM 30 4 32l 82 32 2 32 32 32 32 34 32 32 32 82 i
FISHINGCRBEK 184 25 181] 18) 24: 24 184 23 183 25 180 24 178 176 24 24 112 84 188 18 1451 49 179 178 181
FRANKLIN. . . 41 38 42 1 41 35 35 42 34 43 33 43 32] 42 42 84 83 46 27 43 24 87| 29 42 4lj 1!
GREENWOOD 113 113 113 118 116 116 112 114 111 121 111] 113 111 111 116 116 110 116 111 116 86 140 112 m! u*
HEMLOCK. . . 126 38 127] 127 37 37 125 87 130 84 182 33 124 126 88 38 126 86; 129 88 122. 42 125 124| 86
JACKSON .. • 75 6 74 74 4 4 74 4 74 4 75 3 73 73 4 4 66 10 77 2 75] 4 73 74 4!
LOCUST. ... 170 76 1 173 173 72 72 1 1 172 72 1 171 74 160 67] 155 161 67 67 180 45; 185 67 169 52 |3B 163 6|
MAINE. .• . . 86 2 84 84 I 1 84 2 84 3 88] 1 85 85 2 2 72 16 84 1 88 74 ail
MADISON.... 135 48 7 134 134 39 39 8 8 132 38 8 139 35 138 38' 132 132 40 89 138 41 126 83 111 66 126 1211 8
MIFFLIN. . . 155 20 154 154 26 26 153 28 154 1 28 156 24 155 155 27 27 161 28 162 29 164 27 163 14l| 88
Ml. PLEASANT 69 47 66 66 46 45 62 44 63 ! 45 66] 42 63 63 60 50 61 51 74 36 44 70 66 63 1 39
MONTOUR. . . 37 20 36 35 27 27 36' 29 35 1 26 39 2l! 86 36 25 25 41 21 38 24 40 21 88 36] 18
ORANGE. ... 131 39 130 130 30 36 126' 30 13l| 38' 130* 30 127 130 88 88 108 55 134 28 124 41 131 126 34
PINE 49 25 46 46 24 24 46* 25 48 1 24 45 26 42 42 25 25 61 21 50 23 27 45 44 41 24
ROARINOCREEK 41 27 42 42 23 23 41! 22 4l! 28 42' 21 38 38 18 18 61 10 54 10 42 12 81 39! 16
SCOTT.". .. .• 89 132 88 88 128 128 87 125 90 125 89 119 105 98 H3 113 93 119 97 116 88 127 85 84 1 120
SUGARLOAF.. 9} 6 ~ 92 02 6 5 98 6 ! . 92 5' 92 5 87 92 6 5l 89 6 1 92 5 92 5 92 92! 6 1
TOTAL, 24101144 30 2307 2397 10951095 10 1928671098 20 2400 1108 2405 1037 2864 3355 1070 1091 23ti4 11132465 980at78 IJ 97 2293 8267 971
A NoiedjCouoiy.
Litchfield county, Connecticut, it ie said,
bag been the birth place of thirteen U. S. Sen
ator*; it hag given bir'h to twenty-two repre
eentativeg in (Congress. It has also been the
birth piace of nine Judges of the Superior
Court in the State oi New York, and of at
leaet fifteen Judges of the higher courta in
other State, ten Presidents anil eight Profba
eore of college*. In 1831, the Vice President
of the United States, and one-eighth of the
U. S. Senators, were either natives of or were
educated in Litchfield county. In 1850, one
seventh of tho whole number of the U. S.
Senators was found to have been educated
in that county. The list contains the names
of a large nnmber of individuals of still
gicater distinction lit rrou dvidtrtmemt of
life.
WON'T STAND IT ANT LONGER. —Gerrit Smith
who pledged one thousand dollars per month
to the Kansas fund during the Fremont cam
paign, has concluded that be has bled enough.
He gives notice that he has drawn his purse
strings and that any extent of shrieking will
not make him give another dollar. At a par
ti-colored convention held at Syracuse on
Wednesday of last week, Mr. Smith presid
ing, the question of finance came up, when
Mr. S., according to the Courier's report,
said: "He had done 'bleeding' to tho society.
It had cbsl him now over five thousand dol
lars, whereas the society had only raised
31,500. Hesaidilwa* 'riding a free horse
to death,'and he would-no longer stand it;
that be had got note after cote discounted
last fair lor me pcTeo-u W* taking funds for
Kansas, end he didn't know where it had.
gone, and he didn't see that the society was
any better for it. He said, in conclusion, he
had done. The society most help themselves;
that ha was tired, disgusted, and needed
sleep, and, if there was no other question
before the house, he would declare the con
vention adj mrned sine die."
SPECIE IN THE UNITED STATES.—II is com
puted upon reliable authority, that there is
now in the United Stale* the sura of at least
three hundred millions of dollars in specie,
equal to about twelve dollars for each man,
womar. and child. Until recently the bank
circulation was computed at about one hun
dred and ninety millions of dollars. At pres
ent it must be less, and it may fairly be esti
mated that there is about two dollars oi spe
cie for every ilqMaiftt link circulation. Such
a proportion between coin and its paper
representative has perhaps never existed be
fore since the formation of the government,
but unfortunately the specie-, abundant as it
is in comparison with the bank circulation,
has now to uphold a fearful amount of prom
ises to pay in the shape of railroad bonds,
Slate bonds, and City bonds of every de
scription which the ingenuity of man could
invent.— True Aqiti i;w.
The Earthquake at Peru.—A letter, dated
Pairs, (a city in Peru) Aug.3o, say*:
Ai 7 o'clock, on the 20th, the most severe
shock of an earthquake ever remembered,
was felt here, which has done damage to the*
amount of (500,0(0. The shock lasted tboul
a minute and forty seconds, and every hoose
in the town has suffered more or less. The
police have bed one hundred and twenty
two houses taken that were in a Aad
genius state, and a number of chgrches have
been completely destroyed. The damage
done ia estimated at (100,000. The river of
Purie, which bad been dry, suddenly roee;
in otber places ftie ground opened and jeta of
dark colored water were ejected. There i*
no rooord of any similar phenomena having
taken placo. At Psile, the effect of the earth
quake waa leu aeverely felt.
(7 Illinois, thia lesson, will produce two
hundred and eighty million bushels of grain,
more than tso bushel* for every man, wo
man and child in Ibe United State*. This
will knock tba cent Exchange speculators
into the middle of next year.
(7 John M. Genin, the celebrated New
York hatter, Jha* alio been obliged to sua
pend. He hat been doing * very large bu
einess, hit aulas unouoliug to aome (800,000
a year.
HOTEL PBICES CO MI NO DOWN.— The pro
prietor of one of the New York hotel* an
nouncer that the price of hotel board is re
duced from 82 50 per day to (2.
MISSISSIPPI.— Tbe entire Demooratie State
Tieket and the five Demoeratio candidates
for Congread in Mississippi are undoubtedly
sleeted. ■' [
17* It is stated that there urn now tiro car
go** of aagar in Georgetown, D.C., on wbicli
the loss, in consequence of Ibe red need
price*, t* (40,000.
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.
GLORIOUS DEMOCRATIC TRIUMPH!
Bfaclt Republicanism Nowhere!
A Democratic Governor, Democratic
Canal Commissioner, Democratic Su
preme Judge*, and a Democratic
Legislature by Immense Majorities! !
The election on Tuesday last baa resulted
in an overwhelming victory to the Demo
cratic party. We have carried everything
before us, and left sosreely a vestige of the
Black Republican party remaining in the old
Keystone State. The returns come in so
completely one sided, that all interest in the
details is swallowed up in the magnitude of
the grand result. The majority for General
Haoker and the rest of the Democratic State
ticket ia !ikely to reach forty or XRylhnusand,
and in each branch of the Legislature, the
Democrats have probably elected two thirds
of the memben.
We anbjoin a table of the majorities for
Governor, offloial and reported,as far aa they
could be obtained up to the hour of going to
press:
MAJORITIES FOR PACKER OVER WILMOT.
Bucks, 1,000
Lycoming, 1.500
Lehigh, 1,000
Montour, 600
Columbia, *;,246
Snyder, 100
Montgomery, 2,000
Carbon, 600
Schuylkill, • 3,000
Westmoreland, 800
Total, 48,266
ER PACKER.
Indians, 1,000
Delaware, 100
Total, 4,500
Berks, *5,792 I
Clinton, 400 I
Cambria, 1,200 I
Northampton, 3 000 I
Philadelphia, *17,748 <
Perry, 400!
Centre, 700 I
Bedford, 6001
Cumberland, 400:
Luzerne, 1,500 1
York, 2,000
Daupbio, '3OO
WILMOT ofE
Allegheny, 1,5001
Lancaster, 1,200
Susquehanna, 700
* Official. Packer's majority so lar, 43,766
Where Hoes the Money got
A parti colored Convention met at Syra
cuse, N. Y., on the 29th ult., consisting of
oolorod and white politicians of the Gerritt
Smith and Fremont school, at which the for
mer gentleman figured. Alter discussing the
policy of compensated emancipation, in
which Mr. Smith favored and Fred. Douglas
opposed the plan, the question of finance
came up, and thia elicited a discussion, in
which the philanthropist ol Pelerboro' staled
that he had paid money for Kansas until he
was tired, and he did not know where it bad
gone, or what good it had doua. Ha said ha
bad done 'bleeding' to the Society. It had
coat him now over (5,000, whereas the Soci
ety bad only raised (1.500. He said it was
'riding the free horse to death,' and he would
no longer aland it; that ha bad got note after
note discounted last fall for the purpose of
raising funds for Kansas, and he did'nl know
whera it had gODe, and he didn't aee that the
Society wis any batter for it. Heaaid in con
clusion, he bid done. The Society must help
themselves, that ha waa tireJ, disgusted and
needed sleep, and if thare was no other ques
tion before the house, be would declare the
Convention adjourned tine die.
wr Amid all tbe disasters that are upon
ns, tbe markets of the world, whiob were
opened to oor farmer* and planters, by the
"tariff of 1846," are not closed. If our bread
stuffs and oouon ware penned in and thrown
upon a home market exclusively, as tha pro
tective laiiff policy would have it, where
would we be now t If the millione upon
millibna, which these products of our soil
bring in, had been cut off from ua by the tar
tffitea of 1846, the crista would not bave been
deferred to Ihia year of onr r.ord 1857. The
ertsh has come, not because of the tariff of
1846, but it baa come, after being warded off
for yeara by the Demoeratio polioy, in epite
of that polioy. Any tariff, however bigb you
may fix it—however near you may bring it.
to a prohibitory point—map be rendered nu
gatory by the augmentation or fiotitioue cap
ital, whioh ia aad baa been our ooootry's
bane. The loweet possible revenue tariff,
which is what we go for, woold be abund
antly protective, if it were backed by aocb a
reform of our banking aystam as would bring
the circulation of our banks down as nearly
i practicable to ejapeeml beets. We aboeld
then buy and tell or. equal term* with all tha
world.—York Oautte.
nr The Georgia elections earns off on the
s<h inst., and resulted in the triumph of the
Democrats. J.£. Brown was ekseMd Gov
ernor by it,060 majority, and the whole Coo
gremiooel delegation ia Demoeratio.
The Bank* and Iks Relief into -The North
American soys that tbe Banke of Philadelphia
will accept the provision* of tbe Relief Act
passed by the Stele Legislature.
Pennsylvania Leflslatnre—lBsB.
The State Legislature, for the next session,
will probably stand as follows:
SF.NATK.
I. Dist.—Philadelphia—Harlan Ingram, R.
L. Wiight, Samuel J. Randall,* Isaac N. Mar
selis,* Democrats.
11. Dist.—Chester and Delaware—Thoe. S.
Bell, * D.
111. Dist.—Montgomery—Thos. P.Knox,D.
IV. Dist.—Bucks—Jonathan Ely, D.
V. Dist.—Lehigh and Northampton—Jos.
Lsubach, D.
VI. Dial.—Berks—John C. Evans, D.
VII. Dial—Schuylkill—C.M. Siraub, D.
VIII. Dist.—Carbon, Monroe, Pike and
Wayne—Thomas Craig, Jr., * D.
IX. Dial.—Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyo
ming and Snllivan— E- Reed Myer, Opp.
X. Dist.—Lozerne—G. P. Steele, D.
XI. Dist. Tiog*, Potter, M'Kean and War.
ren— Henry Souther, Opp.
XII. Dist.—Clinton, Lycoming, Centte and
Uoion— Andrew Gregg, Opp.
XIII. Dist.—Snyder, Northumberland, Co
lumbia and Montour, Chas. R. Buckalew,*D|
XIV. Dial.—Cumberland, Perry, Juniata
and Mifflin—Henry Feller,* D.
XV. Dial. Dauphin and Lebanon—R. J.
Haldeman,* D., I probably elected )
XVI. Dist.—Lancaster— Bartiam A. Shaffer,
* Opp., W. B. Marshall,* Opp.
XVII. Diet —York—Wm. H. Welsh, D.
XVIII. Dial.—Adams, Franklin and Fultou
—Ceo. VV. Brewer, D.
A'lX. Dist.—Somerset, Bedford and Hunt
ington-William P. Scbell* D., (probably
elected.)
XX. Dial.—Bla : r, Cambra and Clearfield—
John Cresswell, Jr., D.
XXI Dist.—lndiana and Armstrong— T.J.
Coffey, Opp.
XXil. Dist.—Westmoreland and Fayette—
Jacob Toorney,* D.
XXIII. Dist.—Washington and Greene—G.
W. Miller* D.
XXIV. Dist—Allegheny—Win. Wilkine,
D., Edward D. Gazsnm, Opp.
XXV. Diet.—Beaver and Butler— John R.
Harrie, Opp.
XXVI. Dist.—Lawrence, Mercer and Ve
nango—(Two opposition Senators.)
XXVII. Dist.—Erie and Crawford— D. A.
Finney, Opp.
XXVIII Dist.—Clarion, Jeffersop, Forest and
Elk— G. W. Scofteld, Opp.
RECAPITULATION.
Dem. Opp.
Old members, IS 8
New member*, V 4
21 12
Opposition Senators in Italic. Newly elect
ed marked with s *
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Dem. Opp.
Total, 73 27
aeCSPITCLATIOM.
Dem. Opp.
Senate, 21 12
Honse, 73 27
94 39
Democratic majority on joint ballot, 55.
A block not Depressed.
Amid all the fears of Capitalists, remarks
an exobange, the fall of brokers, the decline
of Stale securities end the general depression
ol stocks, there ie one slock the panic cannot
shake. Uoole Sam's fecurities are aa good
to-day as they were a month age. His fi-
nanoial agent, the Secretary of the Treasury,
offers to parebaae in at tiz per cent, (lock*of
the United State* at 118—or at aizteen per
oent. premium—and to bring holders to hie
terms, he threatens that he will pay only
fonrteen per eent. premium after the Ist of
November. No one is afraid of Unole Sam
breaking dowo or anspending specie pay
ment, while be keeps bis owneash in his big
"Sub-Treasury" chests.
A orisis like the present, proves the wis
dom and security of the Sub-Treasury sys
tem. If the banks were now in debt to the
Government for some sight or ten millions
of dollars, placed on deposit, United States
securities would not stand so bigb. There
would, in all probability, be a grand burst
up, and Unole Sam would get gloriously
swindled.— South Sid* Dtmocrat.
OHIO ELECTION. —Ohio voted last Tuesday,
the same day with Pennsylvania. Returns
have been received from sixty-two ooendea,
which show a Democratic gain of 10, Ml
votes on the Fremont vote of last year, and
the Democrats claim the election- of Hecry
B. Payne, their candidate for Governor by a
small majority over Chase, Repoblioan- The
result is still somewhat donbtfal, bat we
think the Democrats base triumphed. The
Legisleture la Democratic in both branches.
OF* The Abolitionists ol Nsw York have
nominated a NEGRO for Secretary of Slate-
I he Earthqunke at St. Loan- Incident* id
loaaectloo with It.
Fiom the St. Louis Evening New*, of leal
Thursday, we copy the following account of
an earthquake in that vicinity :
About twenty minutes past 4 o'clock (hi*
morning, a rather severe shock of en earth'
quake was experienced at St. Louis, as also
in the surroondtng vicinities, likewise for
many miles on the Illinois side. Towards
midnight of yesterday a moisture legan to
pervade the atmosphere, and finally some*
what of a dew was formed. This did not in
crease in density until aboqt half past two
o'clock in the morning, when a fog began to
gather over the city and superseded the dew.
It grew gradually thicker and thicker,'until
about twenty minutes ptsi four, when (to give
the word* of officer McMeans and a fellow
officer, who were silting in Third street, be
tween Poplar and Plom, in a doorway) they
heard a loud", rumbling noisa. They jumped
up, and bad scarcely reached their feet before
they were amazed at the shaking of the
ground beneath their feel so that the/ could
acarceiy stand.
The windows of the houses on both sidea
of the street chattered loudly in their frames,
the blinds flaw open, and out popped the
heads of scores of people in their night dreaeee
who occupied the houses. A great number
run out of the houaes, alarmed at the oscilla
tion of their beds, windows and furniture in
their rooms, and the cry of en "earthquake"
soon broke the silence that olterwise reigrted
at this early hour of the morning. We may
state that the evidences just narrated were
experienced by the people ell over the city.
, Upon comparing all tjie accounts together, it
is apparent that the shock proceeded from the
sout hwe.'t and so travelled along. Parlies
describe it as coming up Irora the river west,
(rom which point it wts felt most severely.
At Merrimar, and all points below the river
it was very acutely felt. Persons coming in
from there stale that at the lime of the shock,
the noise resembled at one moment the rum
bling induced by steam endeavoring to ee
cape through a muffled apparatus, and at an
| other aa though vehicles, heavily laden, with
muffled wheals, were being drawn with ex
} press speed over e cobble stone road. The
latter soond was beard in this city.
At Merrintsc it was pilch dark at the lima, -
and the people were very much alarmed and
ran onl of the booses. There was likewise •
a etrong smell of sulphor, and it is said upon
good authority that a solpherio meteoric bad
rolled aboot the streets in ibis city, leaving
wherever it went a most onpleesant smell.
In consequence of the early hoar of the morn
i ing, very little was known of what the oo'.stde
effects were; hot in regard to the inside ones
tbey are visible in many parts. Plaster has
fallen from the ceilings, locked doors were
unlocked and thrown open, brick* knocked
down, beds and fnrnitnre displaced. The
Missouri Hotel, and many buildings in the
vicinity, are described by some of lb* board
ers to have rocked very nearly like a cradle,
and a large number of them quickly arosw
from their beds in alarm. Heads ware pop
ped out of the windowe, and many peieone
went into the street.
Fonr mile* north from here, josl before ihe
shock, it was very dark. About eight min
utes after the first shock, came the second
shock, whioh was felt all over the city, bot
was not so strong as the first, although very
perceptible, when Ike moon shone nut at
bright as ever. This a very strange phenom
ena to be accounted for; bow it it that while
the etock is in progress, a darkness so pecu
liar should prevail, and that no fooner had
the shock been felt, thin it quickly disap
pears, and givaa way to the silvery path of
tne moon's rays. It is very certain that there
were two shocks; the first is stated by oM
citizenaof St. Louie to have been more se
vere than any other which has occurred since
1811, when the great earthquake which de
stroyed Carraocas, end other cities in Central
America, extended itself as near to St. Lottie
as New Madrid, where Ihe property was til
destroyed and a large number of lives los*.
That earthquake also did considarsble dam
age to St. Louis.
A HARD HIT AT THE CoRROPTtOMISTS.—SCR -
alar Pagh, of Ohio, in a speech the other
day, gave ibe Black 'Republican*' a hard
blow. He said "they never had but one
United States House of Representatives, aad
even in that one the last two weeks of ike
tession were spent in quarreling among them
selves as to trio thtmld b* rxptiUd for oitatatsg
th* mo*i phmdtr,"
Vr Three more men were picked up frern
the crew of Ibe Central Amerioa, after float
ing nearly eight days, and enduring indes
cribable suffering). Nine of their compan
ions perished before they were found, i