°*y comprise ,|7 Aoiefioane ami -Repubfi
•cansend 52'Dcneerai>
The diaeoMion wet then retained on JHr.
jobaaen't amendment, shortening tbe lime
•of (be suspension to January, IBSB.
Mr. Thorn moved substitute, fixing the
'lit of July for resumption, which wssioSt.
The votetlood—-yeas .13, naysOT. TheThil
•delphia dalagttioo voted on tbit
-at it did previously.
The -members voting aye comprise 30 Re
.publicans and Americana, and 3 Democrat!*.
The nay-aware 8 Americano and Republicans
end 51 Democrats
Air. KavSVnen-moved to leave the time in
definite, and permit the -next Legislature to
fix the day. Lost—Yeas 31, nays 56.
The Philadelphia vote war not changed.
Tli* political complexion o( (he above volt
VM : Yeas—34 Republican* and Americana
Nays—s : Americans and Republicans, SIR
-SO Democrats.
The question now Tccurrnd on Mr. 3olm
eor.'s amendment, fixing rhe third Monday
f January, 1858, which ires lost—yeas 40
nays 78.
Mr. Jenkins moved (o strike out ylie enact
ing clause of the Senate bill, and insert House
bill No. 8.
Mr. Abrame offered an amendment reejuir
ing the banks to pay specie on their $5 notes
Carried.
Also, an amendment restricting the bankr
from declaring dividends of more than 8 pet
cent, after the resumption of specie | ey merits
Loet.
The House then adjourned till in the after
noon.
On re-asserablicg nothing of importance
was done. After a short session, the House
adjourned till Monday morning.
HARRISBURG, Oct. 13, 1857.
Tht Relief Bill passed and signed by the Goo
emor—Final Adjournment.
Afternoon Session. —The Senate took re
castes from time to lime during the after
noon, till 6 o'clock, when the Committee ot
Conference reported that a bill had been
•greed upon by the Committee of both
Houses.
The report was read, and on motion, it
was adopted. Yeas 18, nays 13, as follows.
Yeas—Messrs. Coftey, Cratib, Frszer, CJnz
zam, Gregg, Harris, Jordan, Knox, I.an bach,
Lewis, Seilers, Shuman, Souther, Straub,
Taggart, Wtlkins, Welsh and Finney,Speak
er.—lß.
Nays.—Messrs. Brewer, Cresswell, Ely,
Evans, Fetter, Flenniken, Ingram, Myer,
Scofield, Steele, Walton and Wright—l3.
On motion the Senate adjourned, sine die,
•t 10 o'clock, P. M.
HOUSE—Mr. Moorhead moved to recon
sider the Bank Relief bill, which was defeat
ed yesterday.
The motion prevailed by the following
vote—
Yeas—Messrs. Anderson, Augustine, Bab
cock, Backus, Beck, Benson, Bishop, Brown,
Calhoun, Campbell, Cleaver, Crawford, Dock,
Enl, Eyster, Foster, Gibbony, Hamilton,
Heine, Hieetand, Hillegas, Hem, Hoffman of
Lebanon, Housekeeper, Imbrie, Innes, Ja
cobs, Kauffman, Kerr, Longaker, Manear,
Moorhead, Mumma, Pearson, Penrose, Pe
ters, Pownall, Ramsey of York, Reamer.
Reed, Shaw, Sloan, Stevenson, Struthers,
Thome, Tolan, Van Vorhies, Voeghly, Wag
onseller, Warner, Williston, Wintrode, With
• row, and Wright,—ss.
Nays—Messrs. Arthur, Bower, Brandt,
Carly, Fausold, Gihlea, ILnitil. Hancock,
Hoffman, Hill, of Berks, Jenkins, Johns,
Johnson, Knight, Lebo, Liesenring, I.ovelt,
Mcllvain, Nichols, Mumma, Manear, Rob
erts, Rapp, Smith of Cen:re county, Smith of
Luzerne county, Vail, Vickers, Walter, West
brook, Wharton, Yearsley, Zimmerman, and
Getz, speaker—32.
Mr. Heins called the previous question,
whioh was negatived by the following vote:
Yeas J I, nays 50.
Yea6—Messrs. Anderson, Arthur, Beck,
Bower, Brandt, Calhoun, Cany, Chase, Em,
Fausold, Foster, Gildpa, Harnel, Harper,
Heins, Hill, Hillega, HofTman of Berks co ,
Jones, Jenkins, Johns, Leisenring, Longacre,
Lovett, Nicholson, Numiemacher, Pearson,
Ramsey of York county, Reamer, Rupp,
Smith,of Centre county, Smith of Luzerne
county, Tolan, Vail, Walter, Westbrook,:
Yearsley and Zimmerman-—4l.
Nays—Messrs. Augustine, Babcock, Back- j
us, Ball, Benson, Bishop, Brown, Campbell,
Cleaver, Crawlord, Duck, Eyster, Gibboney,
Hamilton, Hancock, Hiestand, HofTman of
Lebanon county, Housekeeper, Imbrie, Ja
cobs, Johnson, Kauffman, Kerr, Knight,
Lebo, Manear, McCalraon', Mclvain, Moor- '
head, Mumma, Nichols, Penrose, Pownall,
Ramsey of Phils., Reed, Roberts, Shaw, [
Sloan, Stevenson, Struthers, Thome, Van
Vorhies, Vickers, Voeghly, Wagenseller, i
Warner, Wharton, Wiilister, Wintrode, With- j
erow, Wright—so.
Mr. Kauffman moved to rxtend the time
of suspension to February, 1853. Negatived
—yeas 40, nays 48. The vote stood:
Year—Messrs. Anderson, Augustine, Bab
cock, Backus, Ball, Benson, Bishop, Brown,
Campbell, Cleaver, Crawford, Dock, Eyster,
Gibboney, Hamilton, Hiestand, Hoffman of
Lebanon county, Housekeeper, Imbrie, Ja
cobs, Kauffman, Kerr, McCalment, Moor
head, Mumma, Penrose, Peters, Pownall,
Read, Shaw, Sloan, Stevenson, Struthers,
"Thome, Van Vorhies, Voeghly, Warner,
Williston, Wintrode, Wilherow, and Wright
—4O.
Nays—Mewn. Berk, Brar.dt, Calhoun,
Carly, Chase, Ent, Fsusold, Gildea, Hamrl,
Hancock, Harper, Hill, Hillegas, Hinea, Hoff
man of Berks county, I ones, Jenkins, Johns,
Johnson, Knight, Lebo, Leisetiring, Longacre,
Loveit, Mclleain, Nichols, Nicholson, Non
nemacher, Pearson, Ham*e> of Phils., Rara
•ey of York county, Roberts, Smith of Cen
tre connty. Smith ol Luzerne county, Tolan,
Vail, Yickers, Wagonseller, Walter, West
brook, Wharton, Yearsley, Zimmerman, and
Gets, speaker.—4B.
Mr. Stevenson moved logo into commit
tee of the whole to extend the time to the
third Monday of next July, which prevailed
by the fallowing vote—yeas 48, nays, 42.
Yeas—Messrs. Anderson, Augustine, Bab
cock, Backus, Bali, Beck, Benson, Bishop,
Brown, Campbell, Cleaver, Crawford, Dicky,
Duck Fysiar, Oihboney, Hamilton, Heis-
lend, Hides, -Jdo/iman of Lebanon, House
keeper, Justice, Jacobs, Kau/fman, .-Kerr,
Ma near, McCdlmont, Moovfcead, IHurmna,
Pentose, Ptttert, Pownill, Ramsey ef -Phila
delphia, Ramsey of York, Reed, IShaw,
Sloan, Stevenson, Siruthera, Thorne, Van
Vorhies, Vickert, Voeghly, Warner, Willi
ston, AYinlrode, Witherow, Wright—46.
Nays—Messrs. Arthur, Bower, Brandt,
Carty, Calhoun, Chase, Ent, Fauiold, Fou
ler, Gihlea, Hair,el, Hancock, Harper, Heins,
Hillegas, Hill, Hoffman of Berks, Innes, Jen
kins, Johns, Johnson, T.eiafht, Lebo, Leisen
ring, Longaorp, Lovett, Nicholson, Nunne- J
maeber, J'ekeon, Roberts, Rupp, Smith of j
Centre, Smith of-Luzerne, Tolan, Vail, Wag
onseller, West brook, Wharton, Yearsley,
Zimmerman, Gatz, Speaker—42.
The committee rose and reported progress.
Mr. fmbrie moved a proviso suspending !
tbe Jaw prohibiting email motes, which was j
lost.
The question recurring on fbe linal passage
of tbo bill, the vote stood as follows; yeas
56, nays 36.
leas—Alessrs. Anderson, Augustine, Bac
kus, Bebcock, Beck, Benson, Bishop, Brandt,
Cslhoun, Campbell, Crawford, Dock, Knl,
Eysler, Foster, Gibboney, Hamilton, Heins,
Hiestantl, Hillegas, Heir.s, Hoffman of Leb
anon, Housekeeper, Itnbrie, Innes, Jacobs,
Kerr, Longaker, Alanear, Moorhead, Mum- |
ma, Nicholson, Pearson. Penrose, Peters,
Pownall, Ramsey of Philadelphia, Ramsev ;
of Yoik, Reamer, Reed. Rupp, Shaw, Sloan, j
Stevenson, Sirulhers, Thorne, Tolan, Van I
Vorhies, Voeghly, Warner, Williston, Win- (
Irode, Witherow, Wright, and Zimmerman, i
—56.
Nays—Me-srs. Arthur, Ball, Benuer. Brown,
Carly, Chase, Cleaver, Fausold, Gtldea, Ham
el, Hancock, Harper, Hill, Hoffman of Berks,
Jenkins, Johns, Johnson, Kuuffman, Knight,
Lebo, Leisenring, Lovell, McCalmont, Mc
llvain, Nichols, Niirinemacher, Roberts,
Smith of Centre, Smith of Luzerne, Vail
j Vickera, Wagonaeller, Walter, VVestbrook,
Wharton, Yearsley and Get/, Speaker—36.
The bill, as pnaaed, was sent to the Senate
for concurrence.
The House then took up and passed the
, bill for the mechanics and operatives of cer- !
| tain companies.
Adjourned, to await the action of the Sen
ale, 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 ihcn adjourned, lo meet at 5
o'clock, but the committee not being pre
pared to report, a recess till 6 o'clock was
taken. At that timo the Conference Com
mittee reported the bill, with amendments,
including two new sections.
The bill was read, and the vote on its final
passage stood—yeas 55, nays 36, as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Anderson, Augustine, Bab
cock, Backus, Bull, Beck, Benson, Bishop,
Brown, Campbell, Cleaver, Crawford, Dock,
Kyster, Foster, Gibboney, Hamilton, Hines,
Hdlegns, H lasts tut, lluine, llofTmau, Lebanon.
Housekeeper. Imbrie, Innes, Jacobs, John
son, Kanffinari, Kerr, Longaker, Mancar,
Moorhead, Momma, Pearson, Penro-e, Pe
ters, Pownall, Ramsey o( Phtla., Ramsey ol
V ork, Reamer, Reed, Sliaw, Sloan, Steven
| son, Struthers, Thorn, Tolan, Van Vorheis,
I Voeghley, Warner, Williston, Wintrode,
I Wilherow, Wright and Zimmerman—ss.
j Nays—Messrs. Arthur, Brow-er, Brandt,
j Calhoun, Carty, Em, Fausold, Gildea, Ham
j el ( Hancock, Harper, Hill,Hoffman of Berks,
j Jenkins, Johns, Knight, Lebo, Leisenring,
I Lovett, McCalmont, Mcllvain, Nichols, Nielt
j olson, Nunnemacher, Roberts, Rupp, Smith
j of Centre, Smith of Luzerne, Vail, Vickers,
| Wagonseller, Waller, Westbrook, Wharton,
j Yearsley, and Getz, Speaker—36.
! The House then adjourned to meet at 8
| o'clock, this evening.
I [The Relief Bill, as passed by both house',
is subsiamially the same as reported by the
Senate Committee, snd which originally pass
ed that body, with the addition of four sec
lions, the substance of which is as follows:
Section 8 authorizes the Collector of taxes
j and tolls, &c., and the County Treasurer, to
receive, 'or Stale purposes, the notes of sol
vent banks, though not specie paying.
Section 9 reserves the right of the Legis I
latuie to alter, revoke or annul the chartet of
any Bank accepting the provision of this
act, whenever in their opinion the same may ,
prove injurious to the citizens of the Com- .
monwealth.
Section 10 prohibits Banks and Saving j
Institutions from purchasing the notes of oth
er incorporated banks, at lees than par.
Section 11 prohibits the sale of stocks,
bonds, promissory notes and other securities i
that have been hypothecated, from being
sold for a period of six months, without the !
consent of the debtor being first bad.
The time fixed for the resumption is the |
second Monday of April, the same as it i
passed the Senate originally.]
Evening Session —The House, while await- ,
ing the action of the Governor, passed the
joint resolution for a final adjournment at 10 ,
o'clock. i
A DIFFERENCE. —A correspondent of the
London Record notices a pleasing contrast
between the conduct of two distinguished
visitors now in England. The one is the
Queen of Netherlands, who, on Sunday, went
to Manchester and attempted to gtm admis
sion on that day to the great exhibition of the
works of art now held there. She, however,
failed, notwithstanding her royal claims. The
other is ac officer in the United States navy,
now in command of (he steamship Susque
hanna. Entering an English port on the
Lord's day, he refrained from firing the usosl
salute until Monday morning : thus showiug
deserved respect to the ins'itutiona, both of
the country to which he belonged and that of
which he was visiting.
Low PRICI OF WHEAT IN IOWA.— The lowa
City Republican states that farmers are offer
ing wheat in that city for 40 cm* a bushel,
aoi cannot find purchasers. The Republican
adds : The same state of facta is reported of
(be Masc&ntine and other river markets, and
indeed we may aay of the markets generally
of !he State
STAB OF THE NORTH.
R. W. WEAVER, CDiTOR.
| lliofiiiihlmr", \\ * dift suny, Oct. 21 , 185*7.
| 1 HE BELIEF HILL
Which the extra legislature passed is about
I such a measure ol folly and mischief as was
|to be expected. In after years ft will be
ranked with the relief law of 1841, and, In-
I deed, it has hardly as much wisdom in it as
| the shinplaster measure. The third section
of the present law is clearly unconstitutional
in making bank notes a legal tender in pay-
i ment by one bank to another of tltose who
paid specie on the first of September last.—
, The constitution of the United Stales provides
I in its 10ih sectiou of the first article aa fol
| lows:
' "No Slate shall enter into any treaty, alli
ance or confederation, grant letters of marque
and reprisal; coin money : emit bills of cred
it moke onv'fiisg bid pnM and silver coin a
tender iu payment of debts, ifc."
This, of course, is in direct conflict wiih
he action of the legisla'ure, who meat like
ly never looked at the Constitution of the I
United Slates during their session. They
, last winter decided ihat such wisdom as theirs
, is worth a "leeile" more than that of their
j '-illustrious predecessors," by raising their
pay, and if they could hold several more ses
sions, some people might believe them.
The attempt made in another section to
legalize the payment of lolls, taxes, &e.,
with bank notes is equally unconstitutional ;
and foriunalelj, no dupatlment of our Stale
Government is yet so degraded as tn be com
pel'ed to do its business witli a currency at
live per cent, discount, any longer than it |
sees fit.
The seventlt 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 took from the rich aid gave to
the poor, paying himself liberally for hii ser
vices. If mis measure is just, the banks and
I the people are entitled to it without money
and without price; for it is to that end that
legislation 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 Lice
tried to sell the prerogative of taxation.
It is fortunate that a Democratic Legisla
ture can, at any rate in January, blot the act
out of existence.
fV We clip the following from a Philadel
phia letter: " There is a great deal of gold
ir. the hands of individuals, $2,000,000 hav
ing been drawn ftom 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
gold and silver,though they were assured the
banks would redeem the notes.
GP*An English firm have expressed their
readiness lo undertake to lay the Atlantic
cable for a slated price, with the aid of the
Government vessels, taking all the risk. 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 the entire cost of
the cable. In the event of the cable being
laid before June, the stipulated price lo be
increased at so much per month for each
month gained.
SALE OF FACTOR? STOCK.— 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 ceiit per
shate—the par value being SSO. They were
purchased by Farnum&Co., ol Philadelphia,
heavy judgment creditors of Lonsetieeker
There is a mortgage loan of SIOO,OOO on the
Mill, so thai Lougenecker's right, title and
interest brought only $36 72.
Tne Lancaster Examiner, in noticing this
sale, remarks "that but a few months since,
it is said, Lougenecker boasted that he own
ed one of the handsomest country seats in
Pennsylvania and the finest cotton mill in the
Union, —now the one has passed into the
hands of an honest 'butcher' 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.
IJT" The following is the whole vole polled
throughout the county upon the four amend
ments to the constitution :
Ist. 2nd. 3rd. 4th.
For Amendment, 2390 2144 2222 2233
Against Amendment, 44 75 63 63
ACRIRVLTI'RAL FAIR —We hope everybody
will attend this "insiitution"at our place this
week. If every person brings something as
a contribution each one can go away wiser
and better at the end of the exhibition.
BP* One of the partners in a prominent
Philadelphia firm that lately suspended, kept
two carriages, 5 light riding wagons, 4 fast
horses, 2 dogs, 2 coachmen and five servant
girls. Is it a wonder 6uch men fail !
FOR CONGRESS, Paul Leidy, the Democrat
ic candidate, has a majority in every county
in this district.
EW The whole Democratic ticket is elect
ed io Lozerne county by about two thousand
majority.
VT Charles Siahl has removed his book
bindery opposite (he Post Office.
17* The workmen are now engaged in
putting np the Town Clock into the Coort-
House belfry.
THOMAS CRAIG, 4r.—This gentleman baa
been elected Senior in the Senatorial Dis
trict composed of Wayoe, Pike, Monroe and
Carbon by a handsome democratic majority.
BP" An ex-member of the Massachusetts
Legislators has been sentenced to the State
prison for three years, for forgery.
• I COLUMBIA CQPim ELECTION RETURNS—OFFICIAL—OCTOBER 18, 1857.
, 11-SffTJ Governor. Judget-of the Supreme Court, Canal Cbmm's. Senator. Legislature. Proth'ay. Jieg & ißec Conm'r. 1 7 rr. | Auditor.
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COUNTY- B : : of; ; : ; r s. S ; S * . : : * : : : • : £ : S ;
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BLOOM 198 179 11 204 204 179 1 179 ] 1 198 17" I 200 175 195 177 201 198 178 182 181 188 228 151 187 190 209 ! 192 178
BENTON... . 104 24 10.3 103 22' 22 104 23 103 22 104 22 9* 98 20 20 69 23 110 12 104 10 103 102 i$
BEAVER.,. . U8 4 118; IIP 117 114 n6 m ij 7 119 4 121 115 118 110
BRIAttCREEK. 173:115 162 162 1 lS| 118 158 121 105 no 109 113 166 153 116 133 170 99 126 157 157 109 155 168 114
OATAWISSA. . 79 86 7 75 76 76 j 76 9 9 74 77 7(1 87 76 74 76 75 74 75| 95 66.100 55 81 56 80 71 45
CENTRE. .. . 120| 58 - 122. 122 58 58 117 59 j| 121 60 121 52, 120 121 56 56' 12l| 47 118 51 64 00 87 102 71
CONYNGHAM 30| 4 32i 32/ | 82 2 32 132 j 32 32 341 32 32 32 32
FISHINGCREEK 184 25 181 18' 24 24 184 23 183 25 1 180 24 178 178 24 24 112 84 183 18 145 49 179 173 18
FRANKLIN... 41 38 42 41 35! 35 42 84! 43 33 48 32, 42 42 34 33 46 27 43 24 37) 29 42 41 1;
GREENWOOD 113 113 113 116 116 116 112 114 llli 1211 111 113 111 m 116 110 110 116. 11l 116 86 140 112 111 116
HEMLOCK. . 126 38 127| 127 37 37 125 37 130 34 132 33 124 125 38 38 126 36 1 129 33 122 42 125 124 35*
JACKSON .. • 75 5 74; 74 4 4 74 4i 74 4 75 3 73 73 4 4 65 10| 77 2 75; 4 73 74 1 4;
LOCUST. ... 170 76 1 173 173 72 72 1 1 172 72 1 171 74 ; 166 67 155 161 07 67 180 45 185 57 169 52 133 163 51
j MAINE. .• . . 86 2 jB4 84 I 1 84 2 84 3 88 1 85 86 2 2 72 16 84 1 83 74 81l j
[MADISON.,.. 136 48 7 134 134 39 39 g g 132 38 8 139 35' 138 38 132! 132 40 39 138 41 j 128 33 111 66 125 121 l 8
MIFFLIN. . . 155 29 154 154 26 20 153, 28 154 ! 28,' 150 24 155 155 27 27 151 28 152 29 154 27 153 141 ail
Mi. PLEASANT 69 47 66, 00 45 45 62 44 63' 45 00 1 42 63 1 63 50 50 61 511 74 30 44 70 06 63 38
MONTOUR. . . 37 29 35 35 27 27 36! 29j 35 : 26 39! 211 3fii 36 25 25 41 21: 38 24 40 21 39 36 18)
ORANGE. .. . 131 39 130 130 36 36 126, 36| 131 38* 130 30 127 130 38 38 108 55 134 28 124 41 131 126 341
PINE 49' 25 46 46 24 24 45 2s! 48 24' 45 26 42! 42 25 25 51 21! 50 28 27 45 44 411 24|
ROARINOCREEK 42 42 2 3 2 3 41 22* 41 1 28' 42' 21 38! 38 16 18 51 10 54 10 42 12 31 3o! 16!
SCOTT 89)132 88 88 128 128 87 125! 90 125 80 119 105 ! 08 113 113 93 110,' 97 115 88j 127 85 84 120 !
SUPARLOAF. ■ 92) 5 92 92 5 5 02 5 92 5 92' 5 87! 92 5 5l 80 0 92 5 921 5 92 92! 5'
Totm.. 241U 1144 30 2397 2397 lU'JSIOOS 19 1923071098 20 2400 1108 2405 1037 2364"2355
A Nott'dfConaly.
Litchfield county, Connecticut, it is said,
lias been the birth place of thirteen U. S. Sen
ators; it has given bir'h to twenty-two repre
siMilalivea infCongress. It has also been the
birth piace of nine Judges of the Superior
Court in the State of New York, and of at
least fifteen Judges of the higher courts in
other State, ten Presidents and eight Profes.
sors of colleges. In 1831, the Vice President
of the United Slates, uud one-eighth of the
U. S. Senators, were either natives of or were
educated in Litchfipld county. In 1850, one
seventh of tho whole number of the U. S.
Senators was found to have been educated
in that county. The lil contains the names
of a large number of individuals of still
gteater distinction in various departments of
life.
WON'T STAND IT ANV LONGER.—Gerrit Smith
who pledged one thousand dollars per month
to the Kansas fund during the Fremont cam
paign, has concluded that he has bled enough.
Ho 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 Itekl 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,
eaid: "He had done 'bleeding' lo tho society.
It had cost him now over five thousand dol
lars, whereas the society had only raised
J 1,500. Hesaiditwas 'riding a free horse
lo death,' nnd he would no longer stand it;
that he had got note after note discounted
last fall lorilte purpose of raising funds for
Kansas, and he didn't know where it had
gone, and he didn't see that lhe society was
any heller foi it. He said, in conclusion, he
had done. Tho societf must help themselves;
that he was tired, /disgusted, and needed
sleep, and, if there was no other question
before the house, he would declare the con
vention adj turned sine die."
SPECIE IN THE UNITED STATES.—It is com
puted upon reliable aullorily, that there is
now in 'he United States the sum of at least
three hundred millions of dollars in specie,
equal to about twelve ibllars for each man,
woman and child. Unti. recently the bank
circulation WBs computet at about one hun
dred and ninety iniiliorisof dollars. At pres
ent it must be less, and l may fairly be esti
mated that there is about two dollars ot spe
cie for every dollar of batk circulation. Such
a proportion between coin and its paper
representative has perha|s never existed be
fore since the formation of the government,
but unfortunately the specie, abundant as it
is iu comparison with the bank circulation,
has now to uphold a feaful amount of prom
ises to pay in the ahap> of railroad bonds,
Stale bonds, and City londs of every de
scription which the ingenuity of man could
invent.— True American.
The Earthquake at Pent.—A letter, dated
Puira, (a city in Pern) /ug.3o, says:
At 7 o'clock, on the 2mh, the most severe
shock of an earthquake ever remembered,
was felt here, which has done damage to the
amount of 5500,000. Thi shock lasted about
a minute and forty secords, and every house
in the town lias sufferei more or less. Tbe
police have had one hundred and twenty
two houses taken down that were in a dan
gerous state, and a number of churches have
been completely destroyed. The damage
done ia estimated at S!00,000. The river of
Puria, which had been dry, suddenly rose ;
in other places tbe ground opened and jets of
dark colored water were ejected. There is
no record of any similar phenomena having
taken placo. At the effect of tbe earth
quake was lese severely felt.
(7* Illinois, this seaatn, will produce two
hundred and eighty tnilpoa bushels of grain,
more than ten bushels lor every man, wo
man and child in the 'United States. This
will knock the corn Exchange speculators
into the middle of next year.
fc# 1 " John M. Genin, the celebrated New
York batter, has also iean obliged to sus
pend. He has been doing a very large bu
siness, his sales amounting to some 8800,000
a year. I
HOTEL PRICES COWRIE DOWN—The pro
prietor of one of the I&w York hotels an
nounces that the price of hotel board is re
duced from 52 50 per day to $?.
MISSISSIPPI.—The entire Democratic State
Ticket and tbe five Democratic candidates
for Congress in Mississippi are undoubtedly
elected.
Iritis stated that there are cow two car
goes of sugar in Georgetown, D. C., on which
tbe losa, in consequence of the reduced
prices, is 540,000.
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.
GLORIOUS DEMOCRATIC TRIUMPH!
Black Republicanism Nowhere I
Democratic Governor, Democratic
Canal Commissioner, Democratic Su
preme Judges, and a Democratic
Legislature by Immense Majorities! J
The election on Tuesday last has resulted
in an overwhelming victory to the Demo
cratic pariy. We have carried everything
before us, and left scarcely a vestige of the
Black Republican party remaining in the old
Keystone Slate. 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
Hacker and the rest of the Democratic Slate
ticket is likely to reach forty or fifty thousand,
and in each branch of the Legislature, the
Democrats have probably elected two thirds
of the membets.
We subjoin a table of the majorities for
Governor, offioial and reported, as far as hey
could be obtained up to the hour of going to
pres9:
MAJORITIES FOR PACKER OVER WILMOT.
Berks, *5,792 Bucks, 1,000
Clinton, 400 Lycoming, 1,500
Cambria, I 200 Lehigh, 1,000
Northampton, 3 000 Montour, 600
Philadelphia, *17,748 Columbia, *1,246
Perry, 400 Snyder, 100
Centre, 700 Montgomery, 2,000
Kedtord, 600 Carbon, 600
Cumberland, 400 Schuylkill, 3 000
Luzerne, 1.500 Westmoreland, 800
Yotk, 2.000
Dauphin, 300 Total, 48,266
WILMOT OVER PACKER.
Allegheny, 1,500 Indiana, 1,000
Lancaster, 1,200 Delaware, 100
Susquehanna, 700
Total, 4,500 I
* Official. Packer's majority so lar, 43,766
Where Does the .Honey go I
A particolored Convention met at Syra
cuse, N. Y., oo the 29th till., consisting of
colored and white politicians of the Gerrill
Smith and Fremont school, at which the for
mer gentleman figured. Afterdiscussing the
policy of compensated emancipation, in
which Mr. Smith favored and Fred. Douglas
opposed the plan, the question of finance
came up, and this elicited a discussion, in
which the philanthropist ol Pcierboro' stated
that he had paid money for Kansas until he
was tired, and ho did not kr.ow where it had
gone, or what good it had done. He said ha
had done 'bleeding' to the Society. It had
cost him now over 85,000, whereas the Soci
ety had only raised 81,500. He said it was
'riding the tree horse lo death,' and he would
no longer stand it; that he bad got note after
note discounted last fall for the purpose of
raising funds for Kansas, and he did'nt know
where it had gone, and he didn't see that the
Society was any better for it. Hesaid in con
clusion, he had done. The Society must help
themselves, that he was tired, disgusted and
needed sleep, and if there was no other ques
tion before the house, he would declare the
Convention adjourned sine die.
tr Amid all the disasters that are upon
us, the markets of the world, which were
opened to our farmers and planters, by the
"taiiff of 1846," are not closed. If our bread
stuffs and cotton were penned in and thrown
upon a home market exclusively, as the pro
tective taiiff policy would have it, where
would we be now 1 If the millions upon
millions, which these products of our soil
bring in, had been cut of! from us by the tar
iffites of 1846, the crisis would not have been
deferred to this year of our Lord 1857. The
crash has come, not because of the tariff of
1846, but it has come, after being warded off
for years by the Democratic policy, in spite
of that policy. Any tariff, however high yon
may fix it—however near you may bring it
to a prohibitory point—may be rendered nu
gatory by the augmentation of fictitious cap
ital, which is and has been our country's
bane. The lowest possible revenue tariff,
which is what we go for, would be abund
antly protective, if it were backed by such a
reform of our banking system as would bring
tbe circulation of our banks down as nearly
as practicable to a.special basis. We should
then buy and sell or. equal terms with all the
world.— York Gazette.
0T Tbe Georgia elections came ofT on the
sth inet., and resulted in the triumph of the
Democrats. J. C. Brown was elected Gov
ernor by 12,000 majority, and the whole Con
gressional delegation is Democratic.
The Bankt and Ike Relief lau. —The North
American says (hat tbe Banks of Philadelphia
will accept the provisions of tbe Relief Act
passed by the State Legislature.
Pennsylvania I.cgtsluturc-1858.
The State Legislature, for the next session,
will probably stand as follows :
SENATE.
I. Dist.— Philadelphia—Harlan Ingram, H.
L. Wright, Samuel J. Randall,* Isaac N. Mar
selis,* Democrats.
11. Dist.—Chester and Delaware—Tiros. S.
Bell, # D.
111. Dist.—Montgomery—The*. P. Kit ox,D.
IV. Dist.—Bucks—Jonathan Ely, D.
V. Dist.—Lehigh and Northampton—Joe.
Laubach, D. ■,
VI. Dist.—Berks—John C. Evans, I).
VII. Dial—Schuylkill—(3. M. Straub, D.
VIII. Diet.—Carbon, Monroe, Pike and
Wayne—Thomas Craig, Jr., * D.
IX. Dist.—Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyo
ming and Sullivan— E. Reed Myer, Opp.
X. Dist.—Luzerne—G. P. Steele, D.
XI. Dist. Tioga, Potter, M'Kean and War.
ren— Henry Souther, Opp.
XII. Dist.—Clinton, Lycoming, Centre and
Union— Andrew Gregg, Opp.
XIII. Dist.—Snyder, Northumberland, Co
lumbia and Montour, Chns. R. Buckalew,*D{
XIV. Dist.—Cumberland, Perry, Juniata
and Mifflin—Henry Feller,* D.
XV. Dist. Dauphin and Lebanon—R. J.
Haldeman,* D., f probably elected )
XVI. Dist.—Lancaster— Haitram A. Shajjer,
* Opp., IF. H. Marshall,* Opp.
XVII. Dist.—York—Wm. H. Welsh, D.
XVIII. Dial.—Adams, Franklin and Fulton
—Geo. W. Brewer, D.
A'lX. Dist.—-Somerset, Bedford and Hunt
ington—William P. Schell,* D., (probably
elected.)
XX. Dist.—Bla'r, Cambra and Clearfield—
John Cresswell, Jr., D.
XXI Dist.—lndiana and Armstrong—T. J.
Coffey, Opo.
XXII. Dist.—Westmoreland and Fayette—
Jacob Tourney,* D.
XXIII. Dist.—Washington and Greene—G.
W. Miller* D.
XXIV. Dist.—Allegheny—Win. \Vi!ktns |
D., Edward D. Gazztm. Opp.
XXV. Disi.— Beaver and Butler— John R.
Harris, Opp.
XXVI. Dist.—Lawrence, Mercer and Ve
nango—(Two opposition Senators.)
XXVII. Disi.—Erie and Crawford— D. A,
Finney, Opp.
XXVIII Dist —Clarion, Jefferson, Forest and
Elk— (I. IV. Scofield, Opp.
K KCAPITU I.ATIO N.
Dent. Opp.
Old members, 13 8
New members, 8 4
21 12
Opposition Senators in Italic. Newly elect
ed marked with a *
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Dem. Opp.
Total, 73 27
RECAPITULATION.
Dem. Opp.
Senate, 21 12
House, 73 27
94 39
Democratic majority on joint ballot, 55.
A Stock not Depressed.
Amid all the fears of Capitalists, remarks
an exchange, the fall of brokers, the decline
of Stale securities and the general depression
ol stocks, there is one stock the panic oannot
shake. Uncle Sam's securities are as good
to-day as tney were a month ago. Hie fi
nancial agent, the Secretary of (he Treasury,
offers to purchase in at six per cent, stocks of
the United States at 116—or at sixteen per
cent, premium—and to bring holders to his
terms, he threatens that he will pay only
foarteen per cent, premium after the Ist of
November. No one is afraid of Uncle Sam
breaking down or suspending specie pay
ment, while he keeps his own cash io bis big
"Sub-Treasury" chests.
A crisis 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 eight or ten millions
of dollars, placed on deposit, United States
securities would not stand so high. There
would, in all probability, be a grand burst
up, and Uncle Sam would get gloriously
swindled.— South Side Democrat.
OHIO ELECTION. —Ohio voted last Tuesday,
the tame day with Pennsylvania. Returns
have been received from sixty-two counties,
which show a Democratic gain of 10,561
votes on the Fremont vote of last year, and
the Democrats claim the election of Henry
B. Payne, their candidate for Governor by a
small majority over Chase, Republican. The
result ia still somewhat doubtful, but we
think the Democrats have triumphed. T*e
Legislature is Democratic in both branches
VW The Abolitionists ol have
nominated a NEGRO for Secretary of State
| Ihe Kurlhqtiuke Ht si. ■.nuK—lncldenti in
lonnectlon with It.
Ftotn the St. Louis Evening News, of last
Thursday, we copy the following account of
an earthquake in that vicinity :
About twenty minutes past 4 o'clock this
morning, a rather severe shock of an earth
quake was experienced at St. Louis, as also
in the surrounding vicinities, likewise for
many miles on the Illinois side. Toward*
midnight of yesterday a moisture began to
pervade the atmosphere, and finally some
what ol a dew was formed. This did not in
crease in density until about 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, unlit
about twenty minutes past four, when (to give
the words of officer McMeans and u fellow
officer, who were sitting in Third street, be
tween Poplar and Plum, in a doorway) they
heard aloud, rumbling noise. Thpy jumped
up, and had scarcely reached their feel before
they were amazed at the shaking of the
ground beneath their feel so that they could
scarcely stand.
The windows of the houses on both side#
of the street chattered lou Jly in their frames,
the blinds flaw open, and out popped the
heads of scores of people in their night dresses
who occupied the houses. A great number
run oi l of the houses, alarmed at the oscilla
tion of their beds, windows and furniture in
their rooms, and the cry of an "earthquake"
soon broke the silence that otherwise reigned
at this early hour of the morning. We may
state that the evidences just narrated were
experienced by the people all over the city.
Upon comparing all the accounts together, it
is apparent that the shock proceeded from the
southwest and so travelled along. Parlies
describe it a coming up Irom the river west,
from which poiut it was fell most severely.
At Merrimac, and all point* below the river
it was very acutely lelt. Persona coming in
from there stale that at the time of the shock,
the noise resembled atone moment the rum
bling induced by steam endeavoring to es
cape through a muffled apparatus, and at an
other as though vehicles, heavily laden, with
muffled wheels, were being drawn with ex
press speed over a cobble stone road. The
latter sound was heard in this city.
At Merrintac it was pitch dark at the lime,
and the people were very much alarmed ai d
ran out of the houses. There was likewise
a strong smell of sulphur, and it is said upon
good authority that a sulpheric meteojio ball
rolled about the streets in this city, leaving
wherever it went a most unpleasant smell.
In consequence of the early hour of the morn
ing, very little was known of what the outside
effects were; but in regard to the inside one*
they are visible in many parts. Plaster has
fallen from the ceilings, locked doors were
unlocked and thrown open, bricks knocked
down, beds and furniture displaced. The
Missouri Hotel, and many buildings in the
vicinity, are described by some of the board'
ers to have rocked very nearly like a cradle,
and a large number of them quickly arose
from their beds in alarm. Heads were pop
ped out of the windows, and many persona
went into the street.
Feur mtlea north from here, just before the
shock, it was very dark. About eight min
utes after the first shock, came the second
shock, which was felt all over the city, but
was not so strong as the first, although very
perceptible, when the moon shone out ae
bright as ever. This a very strange phenom
ena to be accounted for; how it is that while
the stock is in progress, a darkness so pecu
liar should prevail, and that no sooner bad
the shock been felt, than it quickly disap
pears, and gives way to the silvery path of
the moon's rays. It is very certain that there
were two shocks ; the first is stated by old
citizens of St. Louis to have been more se
vere than any other which has occurred since
1811, when the great earthquake which de
stroyed Carraccas, and other cities in Central
America, extended itself as near to St. Louia
as New Madrid, where the property waa all
destroyed and a large number of lives loaf.
Tbat earthquake also did considerable dam
age to St. Lonis.
A HARD HIT AT TH* CORRUPTIOHISTI.—Sen
ator Pogh, of Ohio, in a speech the other
day, gave the Black 'Republicans' a hard
blow. He said "tbey never had but one
United States House of Representatives, and
even in that one the last two weeks of the
session were spent in quarreling among them
selves as to who should be expelled for obtaining
theshosl plunder."
t3T Three more men were picked up from
the crew of the Central America, after float
ing nearly eight days, and enduring iodes
cnbable sufferings. Nine of their compan
ions perished before thoy were found