POUR. DAYOI- LATER FROM EUROPE. The steamer Hermon. with Bremen 'dates of the Slat and Southampton of the 10th ultimo, arrived at New York on Ildnaday. The cotton want had recovered its de 'premien; and was tending upwards.— 'On the 25th a speculative demand sprung up, and 20,000 bales were sold at id. ad vance. Breilistas had also slightly ad nomad. ENOLAND.—The mercantile firm of Sinclair & Boyd, at Belfast, had stopped 'payment. Their liabilities exceed 2120,- *OO. /Courant's mother and family had at? lived is London, and would shortly leave for America. A new Austrian loan of Z 11,250,000, bearing b per cent interest, had been is sued in London. The principal feature of the political news is the address of Lord John Russell to the electors of the city of London. He announces himself a candidate for the city at the approaching election, which refutes his rumored appointment to the peer age. FRANCIL—The mission of M. mi Baca- ERRN to the Emperors of Austria and Rus sia has proved a complete failure, both of them having refused him audience. no accounts from Paris chiefly relate to speculations concerning a coalition routed against Napoleon by the Northern PoWlers during the recent visit of the Czar. A correspondent of the Lonilon Times sends the substance of notes drawn up by the Northern Powers. who do not object to Napoleon's becoming an elective em peror; the Northern Powers would demand his assurance to observe existing treaties, to keep within the present territorial lim its of France. and to explain the political doctrines of his Government. They pro. feu to look upon Napoleon only as the temporary and provisional ruler, and rec ognise the House of Bourbon as the sole legitimate dynasty of France. This de termination has occasioned great chagrin to the Bonapartiati. Fearnil Famine In Germany. -A--kmerla-the-London -new says t— "Poor Southern and Central Germany, still suffering from the recent political con vulsions, has now been visited by disease and famine:' I'ke places alluded - to in the letter are Wertemberg in Bavaria, Grand Dutchy of Baden, Nassau, and the north east part of the Dutchy of Hesse, of whieh the writer says: "In them-lemlities . whole villages are boring deserted for want of food ; their un fortunate inhabitants, who in times of con:- psratire prosperity eke out a scanty and misettble existence, have been wanting their :staple food---potatoes. In other parts trade. is standing still; of 19,000 looms, in a single province in Bavaria, al most exellisively inhabited by weavers, not half ire at full work. The people are deprived alike of the productions of nature saffi the fruits of.lndustry; and to consum mate wretchedness and despair and an ex treme dearth of provisions, whole herds of cattle and sheep are killed by a rapidly spreading disease. All feelings of human nature begin to be more and more pervert ed and convulsed. The most loathsome food, meat infested by murrain, is eagerly sought alter; in some 1111111110811 dogs have been slaughtered and ravenously devoured by a famishing population. In one case, in Wertemberg, a dog buried for some days has been dug up, and, what will scarcely appear credible, the flesh in its advanced state of decomposition has been actually made use of as food." Gee. Coombs amd Gen Scott. men. Limns Comes, of Kentucky, one of the most pliant and chivalric Whip of that gallant State—a personal and demoted friend of Henry Clay—in a most letter pp the following handsome tribute to Gen. Scorn. After enumerating some evidenoSe of Gen. Scott's addherence to the Compromise, "when it was in doubt and friend& were entree and timid," he adds : ""But be did not stop here. Messrs. Mangum, Stagy and Cabal all assert. and I personally know the fact, for I was at Washington part of the time during the debate; that he exerted alibis influence with his friends to induce them to sustain . and vote for the whole adjustment. He occupies, still, to my knowledge, exaedy the same position he then so promptly assumed. And yet he is now doubted and denouced by men who fled from the field during the beat of the battle, and hid in the rearward ditches, or consorted with the enemy.— Had he been a member of the United States Senate at the time, he would as soon have been found with the baggage train, nut of sight of danger. at Vera Crux, Cerro Gor do, Contreras, or Chepultapec, as to have abandoned his seat, or failed to record his vole. on any one of the compromise measures. Ile whould have helped to heal every bleeding wound of his country, though he had died in the patriotic eel. ' One word more. The idea that one accustomed to command all his life will be content to occupy the degrading posi tion of second fiddler to any man on earth, should he be elected President, is perfectly ridiculous. No, never. Friend and foe may rest enured that if ever he be install ed in the Chief Executive office of the na tion, he will be Captain all the time; and nothing less. Thus much I have felt to be my solemn duty to say in justice to an old brother soldier, whose body is scarred all over with wounds received in victorious battle fields for his country." I[OBBU fH AND 1118 8111 TE Koesirrn's visit to America is now draw. lag to a close. He will soon leave for England. where his children are, and where he designs to remain until the ex peered out-break upon the Continent calls him to engage in the active work of the. revolution. Messrs. Pulszky, Betheln, and Nagy will return there with him.— Mr. Hiunik. his treasurer, will either go or will remain ae financial agent to the Naw England Hungarian Committee. Messrs. Ethpinta. Lasslo, and Grechenek will not leave the United States so soon. Mr. Ka lapses has already made arrangements to establish a riding school in Boston, the kinds's& of some gentlemen of that city having famished him with the means.— Mr. Lank, will find employment as an engineer. and Mr. Cliechenelt will find some occupatioa at which he min earn a livioi...-Ifeee Fork Tribune. The *hies ot Philadelphia ara plow. M ImaW a tetra mot* to ntilp the iholtilitodul of Unit Wheal eimmaidion. %WM pow as do The Fruit* of Eminence. Eminence had become fatal to demo cratic aspirants for the Presidency. It may now be regarded as the settled policy of the demoiratic party. that it will take no man as its stantlarthbearer vrhose long careerof public service has gained him a national reputation, and whosi political life is a guarantee of the principles he will represent and the policy he will pursue. There is evidently "a good time com ing" for the democratic party. It has progressed until it has nearly got back to the situation ofJaelt Cada's poky (as de scribed by Shakespear ;) and at the next National Convention we may expect to see the claims of the several candidates examined somewhat in this fashion : Smith. The clerk of Chatham he can write and read, and cast accounts. Cade. 0 monstrous ! Smith. We took him setting of boys' copies. Cade. Here'. a 'alien ! Smith. H'ss a book in his pocket, with red letters in't. Ctak. Nay, then he is a conjurer. Diek. Nay, he can make obligations, and write court-hand. Cade. I am sorry fort: the man is a proper man, on mine honor ; unless I find him guilty. he shall not dut.—Come hither, 0 ; sirra , I must examine thee. What is thy nam 1 erk. Emmanuel. Dick. They used to write it on the top of letters : Twill go hard with you. Cade. Let me alone :—Dost thou Ufa to write thy name 2 or haat thou a mark to thyself, like an honest plain-dealing man f t Ckrk. Sir, I thank God, I have been en well brought up, that I can write my name. AIL Ile* bath confeaaed ; away with him; he'a a villain, and a traitor. Cade. Away with him. I say : hang him with pen nail inkhorn about his neck.—"Shakerpear's King Henry VI. wet INS From Mexico We find in the New Orleans Picayune of the 30ili ultimo the subjoined items of late intelligence from Mexico : The Trail d' Union of the 12th instant says that the Chambers of Deputies, con sidering the Tehuantepec grant to Garay as abolished or annulled, has authorized the GOvernment to take such other meas ures as it may deem convenient or neces sary fur the opening of travel over the Isth mus of Tehuantepec. • A report (ruin the minister of War to Congress says that the Republic is threat ened on all sides : from Tehuantepec ; from lower California, which has been in vaded by a party of adventurers ; front Sonora, where an expedition is expected from adventurers and savages; from Chi huahua.; where a revolotiat of breaking out, headed by the'Governot ; from Tamaulipas, which is menaced by adventurers who have again united on the other side ol the Rio Grande; from Yuca tan, where it will he necessary to suspend the operations against the Indians for want of funds ; and in the interior, which is verging towards anarchy. A pretty pic ture this Several cases of cholera are recorded in the West and Smith-west. It has broken out at Cario, on the Mississippi, where one steamer was obliged to leave twenty passengers sick with it, nine of whom had died at the last dates. Three or four citi zens of the town had also f;llen victims, among them the Postmaster. The people were all leaving the place. The same disease had, at last accounts, increaaed so Much at the frontier town of St. Joseph, Mo., that the citizens were under great ap prehensions of an epidemic. The Califor nia emigrants had nearly all departed fur the plains. The Cincinnati Atlas of the 6th inst. says. "several cases of decided cholera have occurred at the Commercial Hospital. and in private practice. all of which are traceable to t h e rivet for their origin ; and so far as is known there has been no ease originating here. The num ber of cholera patients at the hospital, up to tresterday noon had been six, two of which had terminated fatally." GENERAL Scorr.—The Ypsilanti Sen tinel relates the fallowing anecdote nt the gallant old soldier, w!iich WAS recently communicated to that paper by a soldier who served in the Flotida war: The troops had made a weary march through the day, and selected a place for their bivouac during the night. A party was detailed to clear the ground, and erect a temporary shelter for tho commander in-chief, who had not yet reached the front. Shortly after the work had eo►nmenced, he arrived, and riding up to the winking par ty, inquired what they were doing. Ho was informed by the leader, and replied : ••Well, cease work, and return to your company. I card participate in the priva tions of my men. I will nut have a weary soldier perlorin a moment's unnecessary labor for my convenience." On the danaV i sod of the everglade. under the opeu sky, the gallant old chief slept with his faithful soldiers, and their warm hearted gratitude is the rich - reward of his kind cousideratirm: ••I am a Demo:tat," said our informant, •'but rwant to vote for General Scott for President." Edciistairricat..—The Methodiet Epis copal General Conference. which had been in session in Boston for some weeks pre vious,a joursied on the. first instant;to meet at leilianapolis in.;1056. The long contested question concerning pewed Churches has been definitely set tled, so that it is now at the option of a uta jority of any and every cuogregatiou to decide as to whether the pow system or the first seat system shall prevail in their respective Churches, and whether the sexes shall sit apart or not. This was determined by a majority Lof 160. The proposition for a lay deleption in the An nual and General Conference was rejected by a very large majority. The General Assembly (Old School.) of the Presbyterian Church closed its ses sion at Charleston. S. C.. on Saturday week. The pelt sestina will be held at Philadelphia. The N. tons General Assembly adjourn ed at Waithingtotk.. on Monday night a week. GEL PIX ILLTTLXO.—The Wash ington Republic learns from Gan. Scott's eid reports during the Mexican war thattien. Franklin Pielce was in the bat tles of Contreras, Chnrubusoo. Moho* del key, near Chapultepec, near Bolin, and at Garita de Bolin. THE STIR AND BANNBL CIETTYSIBUIN. Friday Eveniag, Jane 11, 185 t. FOR PRESIDENT, WINFIELD SCOTT. VIM PRESIDENT, 1 JAMES C. JONES. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, JACOB HOFFMAN, (Berks) ICrOne of the handsomest Coaches. that we have seen for some time is that owned by Mr. JouN L. TATE, of the "Eagle Eta tel," which, we believe, is to be used in connection with his Livery establishment. For convenience; beauty and easy riding, it will compare with anything of the kind we have hitherto seen. It was built we believe, by Mr. PERRY J. TATE, of this place. p•Tho Chambersburg Whig thinks that our exceptions to the doings of the Franklin County Whig Convention were not well founded. It may be that we have misapprehended the position of our friends across the mountain as indicated by the published proceedings of their Convention. We had thought the instructions to the Conferees indicated a foregone conclusion to have a Franklin county man or nothing, and so thought others, and hence our ex pression of regret over what appeared to be an injudicious and unwise claim of right to dictate to the remaining counties of the district. We are glad, however, to be set right by the Whig, which assures us that although her Coliferees may warmly press the claims of their candidate, "Franklin has not said that she must have the man if Whig harmony is to be preserved, nor. would she justify any County in taking such a position." There can be nothing exceptionable in that. We rather approve the spirit which such a position evinces.— An earnest expression of preference for a favorite candidate is not only "not crimi nal" ..but very creditable, and, when join ed to a determination to regard the suc cess of the cause paramount to personal predilections, it must lead to trintnpli. The abuse of Gen. Scott. or_7'The increasing certainty of Gen. Scores nomination by the Whig Nation al Convention, and the consequcut alarm of the opposition, is already causing them to c • !wen tTate upon the war-worn Hero the combined assaults of pop-gun orators, pensioned scribblers, and broken doWn of fice-seeking demagogues. Stripling editors, who, while Gen. SCOTT was gallantly breast ing the tide of War, amid the thick est of the carnage on our bloodiest battle fields—were nulling and puking in their nurses' arms, have commenced the dirty work of writing down the gallant old Chief tain. The flood-gates of partizan abuse are already being opened, through which are to pour forth the sluices of foul-mouth ed slander and vituperation, with a view to the furtherance of Lorofocoiam. Thus they wrote down the gallant and gifted CLAY, over whose dying couch they arc now shedding their crocodile tears. The same game was attempted to be played with 11/autisoN and Tmon, bat with a different result. The affections of the A merican people naturally entwine them selves closely around the Chieftains who have borne the standards of the Republic over victorious fields and blended their own glory with that of their Country ; and they will not stand by and see those Chieftains maligned and insulted by partizar scrib blers and bar-room demagogues. These assaults always recoil, as they ought, upon the alma Hants. It WM! so with JACKSON —it WHS 60 with HARRISON—it was so with Tavunt—and it cannot be otherwise with the gallant Chieftain of Niagara, Bridgewater, Cerro Gorda, Moline del Rey, Churabusco, Chapultapec, and Mexico— whose body, as has been well remarked, "is scarred all over with wounds received on victorious battle-fields for his country !" And so may it ever be I CONGRESS.—The politicians in Con gress being now somewhat relieved, by reas on of the Loco nominations, of tho anxious state of excitement under which they have labored for some time, on Monday showed some disposition to go to work in an un pretending business-like way, and prompt ly passed several bills. It has occurred to them that suoh a thing as an adjournment ought to take place some time or other—.. and the House has fixed upon the 18th of August for that purpose—a period that is quite far enough off, we should think. NC?The Baltimore nominations seem to be well received in different portions of the Union—the Fretreoil wing of the party a lone being disposed to hold back. Gen. Cass was announced to address a ratifica tion meeting at.Washiegton on' Wednes day. At New York, among the speakers announced at a similar meeting we notice the name of John Van Buren. Despatchee from Baltimore and Philadelphia represent the feeling to be adverse to the nominees, the Cass and Buchanan men feeling sore over the sacrifice of their fitvorites. ifirA calitOtons fire visited Montreal on the 7th'ino., which laid in ashes an im mango number of buildings in the most business portion of the oity. The fire com menced about Biz in the morning in a car penter shop. The total loss is 'variously estimated at from one million to one mil lion five hundred thousand dollars. 11~1`Mr. Crutor's health, u stated by a Washington letter, is daily ainlcing. He has during the past leek been threatened With an attack of dysentery. The Democratic Nominees. The long agony is over. The Baltimore Conrilition,,aftor five days of hard labor, has brought forth, and the child's name is —Pines ! The thing was accomplished on Saturday afternoon on the 49th ballot, after the Convention had spdnt days in • fruitlesa efforts to nominate one of the lead ing candidates, and at a moment, when, it is said, there was imminent danger of the Convention breaking up in a row. Indeed a motion had already been made by one of the delegates that the Convention adjourn sine die, and that each State support such candidate as it chose. Why Mr. PIERCE —who possesses no salient points to make him an available candidate, and who must have been utterly unknown to ninety-nine out of every hundred of his party—why ho should have been selected by the Convention as a suitable incumbent for the Presidential office, it will be difficult for any member of his party to explain, except it be for the reason already stated, viz : that the Convention was unable to unite upon any other man, and found it to be im possible to continue balloting much longer without producing a "regular row," if not an entire breaking up of the Democratic organization. In his nomination, it has been well remarked by a contemporary, "the arbitrary and aristocratic princi ple that the minority, and not the majori ty, have a right to govern and control the Democratic party, is emphatically recogniz ed and endorsed. Net a singlt vote was cast for Mr. Pierce until the fourteenth ballot when ho received one, nor was there again a vote given for him on the succeed ing ballots until tho thirty-fifth, when ho received fifteen votes, and the next there were thirty east for him. On the follow ing nine ballots he received each time twenty-nine votes; the next forty-four, nextfort,y-nine, next fifty-five, and then on the forty-ninth, two hundred and eighty three. Thus has mediocrity triumphed; by the skillful management of the minori ty of the Convention, in forcing upon the majority a rule, which is not only anti democratic in its character, but practically, serves as a leveller oftho standard of Presi dential qualifications, and, virtually, ostra cises every member of the Democratic par ty from the Presidential chair who has brains enough to establish for himself a reputation for Statesmanship, and to ren der himself sufficiently popular with his party to become prominent as a candidate for the Presidency." BUT WHO IS FRANKLIN PIERCE ?—is the question upon the lips of every body, save the few fortunate ones whore close at tention to past political history has made his name in sonic degree familiar to them. It is a question, however, readily answer ed, as the details of Lis public life are very meagre and arc characterterized but by few untelable points. Ile nails from the "Gran ite State," ' being burn at Hillsborough, New I lam psh i re, some 47 years ago. Iris father, Benjamin Pierce, was once Gover nor of that State. lie studied law, was whnitted to the Bar, was sent to the Legis lature at au early age, and subsequently to Congress. After serving in the U. S. Sen ate a few years, he resigned his seat to pur sue his profession, after which be contin ued in private life until 1847, when Pres ident Polk tendered a Brigadier General's commission in the Mexican war, which he accepted. His connection with the War is thus sketched by the Philadelphia Sun day Despaich, a neutral paper : In the month of July, 1847. Gen. Pierce arrived at Vera Cruz. The American army was then at Puebla. It was determined that Gen. Pierce should take command of some of the new regiments which had lately arrived from the United States.— Col. Mclntosh had marched some time before, and being beset by a strong force of guerillas Gen. Catlwalader, with about six hundred men, set out from Vera Cruz, and formed a junction with Mclntosh, and fought the way through to Gen. Scott's forces. Gen. Pillow set out from Very Crux a few days after this, with one thousand men, and on the 19th of July, Gen, Pierce took up the line of march with nearly three thousand men. He met but with little opposition in his way. At Plan del Rio he found the bridge broken down, and cut a road for the troops, whereby they forded the stream. He joined Gen. Scott in safely, and with the reinforcements thus brought, the General-in-Chief determined to move upon the city of Mexico. On the first day at Contreras, the horse upon which General Pierce was mounted stumbled and fell among the rocks, throw ing the General among them, and injuring him severely. His brigade was then tak en charge of by Colonel Ransom. The brigade of General Pierce seized the ran cho of Padierna, and were in good position for the next day's work. Upon the fol lowing morning, whilst the actions at l i Churubusco, Contreras, Antonia and Te du Pont were in full contest, Shields and Pierce's brigades were subjected in the field to a murderous fire from seven thou sand Mexican trooops, under the command of Santa Anna. General Pierce was unable to be present, and the two brigades were commanded by General Shields. They finally put the troops engaged against them to flight, making the fifth American vic tory achieved upon that glorious dayei-- In the subsequent operations of Molino del .Rey, and the Garita de Bolen, the brigade of General Pierce took no active part, ex cept to corer the American forces which withdrew from Molina del Bey, after that hard contested and fruitless victory. The military career of Gen. Pierce of fers no particularly striking feature,— There is no doubt but that he was a brave and excellent officer, bat he had not the opportunity of distinguishing himself. This sketeh seems to be drawn by a pen favorable to Mr. Prim% but it is nit doubtedly correct in ite ' main statements. It tallies with the official records of the war—Gen. Boott, in his official amount. of the actions in the valley of Mexico, re. porting that tierces brigade was under Shields, senior brigadier, Pierce himself h‘ring been disabled by "the hurt the evening before." Scott seems to have had a kind regard for hint and speaks of him as the "gallant Pierce." The editor of the Wilmington (Del.) Republican, who served in Mexico under the command of Gen. Prznon, says : saw some service in the galley,.but open ly avowing himself, after his arrival In the city of Mexico, incompetent end insufficient for the re spousibilities of the important appointment of Srigatlier General, he resigned, and returned to the United &ems. He was always a great favor ite of Gen. Scott's, and we have every reason to believe the feeling was reciprocal." Such is the military career of General Pierce. His political history is scarcely more definitely marked. His votes in Congress uniformly found him arrayed a gainst appropriations.for Harbor and River improvements and against all appropria tions of public lands to aid in the construc tion of Railroads, &e.,—voting in many in stances against Bills which were support ed by Buchanan, Wright, Calhoun and Grundy, and which were signed and ap proved by President Jackson. His most elaborate speech in the Senate was against the bill for the releif of tla widow of the lamented Harrison in 1840. Since Gen. Pierce's retirement from the Senate, but little is known of his political views, save that he has acted with the "Old Hunker" Division or his party.— How his nomination will be relished by the devoted friends of Cass, Buchanan, Douglass, and other leading candidates, re mains to be seen. Of course there will be an acquiese nee in the nomination; but whether the nominee will receive that warm, enthusiastic support which either of the others named might have enlisted, is doubtful, to say the least. Tho nomination for President having been effected, the Convention did up the balance of its business with considerable ra pidity. Hon. Wm. R. KIWI, U. S. Sena tor from Alabama, was nominted for the Vice Presidency without difficulty, and a series of resolution adopted, similar to the platform of 1848. The next thing in order, now is for the Whig Convention to trot out the nags who are to dispute the course upon which the Democracy have already entered. With SCOTT & JONES, we can easily distance anything that may be entered for the race. "Eclipse will be first—and the rest no where !" Votes In the Locotbco Convention. The following is a recapitulation of all the votes taken for a nominee for Presi dent in the late Locofoco National Con- .: ro tO ti r, go = ti et '"o T 9 i g 8 r. .c. a : a. :i ~• -r, .2 , :1 ,: r. P %I Rh" t. - 0 - = - _ E. - g i ? = - 1 ; 67 - 1 116 93 20 27 2 8 13 3 8 a 118 95 23 27 1 6 13 3 1 3 119 94 21 26 1 7 13 3 1 3 4 115 89 33 26 I 7 13 3 2 5 114 68 34 26 1 8 13 3 1 6 114 88 34 25 1 8 13 3 1 7 113 88 34 26 1 9 13 3 1 8 113 88 34 26 1 9 13 3 1 9 112 87 39 27 1 8 13 1 10 lil 86 40 27 1 s 14 II 101 87 50 27 1 8 13 1 12 98 88 51 27 1 0 11 1 13 98 88 51 26 1 10 13 14 99 87 61 26 1 10 13 15 99 87 61 26 1 10 13 16 99 87 51 26 1 10 13 17 90 87 50 26 1 11 13 1 16 96 85 56 25 I 11 13 19 89 85 63 25 1 10 13 1 20 81 92 64 26 1 10 :3 1 21 6U 102 64 26 13 9 13 22 43 104 77 20 15 9 13 23 37 104 78 27 19 6 13 I 24 33 103 80 26 23 9 13 1 25 34 101 79 28 24 10 13 1 26 33 101 80 26 24 10 13 27 32 98 85 26 24 9 13 28 28 96 88 26 25 II 13 29 27 98 91 26 25 12 13 1 30 33 91 92 26 20 12 1,3 31 65 83 92 26 Is 8 1 32 93 74 80 26 1 ti 1 33 123 72 60 25 1 6 1 1 34 130 49 53 33 1 5 16 35 131 39 52 44 1 5 I 15 36 122 28 43 58 1 5 1 30 37 120 28 34 70 1 6 1 29 38 107 28 39 84 1 5 1 29 39 106 28 33 85 1 5 1 29 40 107 27 33 85 1 5 1 29 41 107 27 33 85 1 5 1 29 42 101 27 33 91 1 5 1 29 43 101 27 33 91 1 5 1 29 44 101 27 36 91 1 5 1 29 45 98 27 32 97 1 b 1 29 46 78 28 32 98 1 5 1 44 47 75 28 93 95 I 5 1 49 48 72 28 33 89 1 6 1 55 3 49 2 2 1 1 282 AN INVITATION.—The Committee appointed by the Whig City Convention of Baltimore, has issued an address to the Whigs of the Union, inviting thorn to send largo and numerous delegations to the Na tional Convention, and pledging the hospi tality of the city to all corners. A Whig of the Right Stripe. 100'.11on. JAMES C. Jorms, of Tennes see, whose nomination for the Vice Presi dency on the Whig ticket is generally and warmly urged, closes a recent letter to a friend in Nashville with the following man ly sentiment : "I seek no new alliances—no new affiliations— ! am still a Whig. The old Whig party, is good enough for me. I want no third party com posed of fragments torn from other parties, bound together by no bond, united by no creed or code of principles—no principal of adhesion but that of a name. I repeat that the Whig party is good enough for me. I have ever thought it a Union party. I believe in its principles—ant content to abide its fortunes--em ready to follow it through gloom to glory or the gran." A Naw IDEA lit Acnarmumnut.—The steward on board a United States steamer, in the gulf, has produced several crops of excellent potatoekby the following mode of cultivation : "Ile procured,* common 'crockery orate.' a bundle of straw, and a few eyes of the potato.. and went tg work farming it on board ship! The prodess for oulilvating them is this : Fill your crate with alternate layers of straw and the eyes of the potato. commencing at the bottom with a layer of about six inches in depth of straw. and then a layer of the eyes—the, eyes being placed about two incihee apart Over the surface of the straw—then another layer Of straw on the top. Keep' the straw always moist. and in about • two months you will have a bout $l4 worth of sound, good potatoes of the 'first water.'" Komauth'e mother and Altera have arri in England. • Tribute to Gen. Scott. igahe following tribute to the charac ter of Gen. Scott is the more interesting as . being a voluntary offering to merit, by a great and good man, at a time and on an occasion originating in a higher motive than under the disturbing influences of party spirit. It may be found• in the fifth 'volume of W. E. Channing's published works, in his preface to his Lecture on War, deliver ed in the year 1838 : "Much also is due to the beneficent influence of Gen. Scott. To this distinguished man belongs the rare honor of uniting with military energy and daring, the spirit of a philanthropist. His exploits in the field, which placed him in the first rank of soldiers, have been ob scured by the purer and more lasting glory of a pacificator, and a friend of mankind. In the whole history of the intercourse of civilized communities, we doubt whether a brighter page can be found than that which records his agency in the removal of the Cherokees. As far as the wrongs done to this rare can he atoned for, Gen. Scott has made the expiation. In his re cent mission to the disturbed borders of our country he has succeeded, not so much by policy as by the nobleness and gener osity of his character, by moral influence, by the earnest conviction with which he has enforced on all; with whom he had to do, the obligations of patriotism, justice, humanity and tel It would not 'be easy to find among us a man who Ills won a purer fame ; and I would do some thing, no matter how little, to hasten the time when the spirit of Christian human ity shall be accounted an essential attrib ute and the brightest ornament in a pub lic man." How GEN. PIERCE WAS INFORMED OF tua NOMINATION.—A Boston paper, re ferring to the nomination of Gem l'ierce for the Presidency, says: "•IVhen the news of the nomination reached this city, Gen. Pierce was on a visit to Mount Auburn, with his wife.— Isaac 0. Barnes, ex-United States Marshal, an old and personal friend of Gen. Pierce. immediately started out post haste to com municate the pleasing intelligence to him. Meeting the General near the bronze sta tue of Bowditch. he said, •Frank, who do you suppose has got the nomination P Pierce—Wan% say, presume it is General Cass.' Barnes—•No sir. It is no other person than yourself!' •Impossihle, Col. Barnes ! It cannot be,' said Pierce.— Tact, Frank, a fact! here's a paper con taining the despatches from Balitmore.'— The party then rode into town together, and Gen. Pierce received the congratula tions of his friends at the Tremont House, during the afternoon and evening." In the late Lehigh county court the case of Mahlon Luther, vs., Dr. 11. Helfrich, for malpractice, was tried. It was alleged by plaintiff that he lull from his horse, and dislocated his elbow, and that the defend-' ant who is a practical physician was call ed in to attend loin, and that he improper ly treated his arm, by which improper treatment he lost the use thereof. The defence contended that owing to the pecu liar circumstances it was impossible to tell the nature of the wound, find therefore that the defendant was not to blame. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plain tiff for 1500 damages with six cents costs. GEN. PlEacr.'s Seitemse.—lt is slated that when the telegraph'• intelligence came to Gen. Pierce at the Tremont House in Boston on Saturday—where he was with his lady at the time—of his nomination (or the Presidency, a gentleman congrat ulated him, to whom he replied :—•Sir, you could not congratulate a more sur prised man." He was called upon that afternoon by large numbers of citizens, In avoid which he left the city at night, and Monday went to his home at concord, N. Hampshire. CIIMSE EMIGRATION To CALIFORNIA— Since the Ist of January, 1852, 20 vessels, conveying 7537 Chinese emigrants, have been despatched front !long Kong, Macao, Whampoa. On the 17th of 31areli, the vessels yet to sail numbered 31, to convey 9270 passengers. This makes a total of gone and going of 16,807 ; and, taking the average passage money at forty dollars per head, amounts to 675,289 dollars. CHOLERA IN CINCINNATI.—SeveraI Ca ses of Choleralhave occurred at the hos pital in Cincinnati, and some in private practice, but the disease is not deemed ep idemic, but rather as originating on the river. Two cases have proved fatal in the hospital. KILLED ay LIGHTNING.—SEITMEI Hark er was killed by lightning in Montgomery county, Pa., on Thursday last. James McLenny was also killed by lightning , in Sampson county, N. C., on the 27tIvult. They were both in a field at work at the time. DEATH OF POSTMASTER GENERAL HALL'S SON.—BosTos, June B.—intelligence has been received here of the death of Freder ick Hall, only son of the Postmaster-Gen eral. He died last night, after a brief ill ness, at Andover, in this State. His fath er being apprised of his eon's extreme ill ness, left Washington on Saturday last, and reached Andover only in time to wit ness his lain hours on earth. 'l'sl death of this young man is peculiarly afflicting to his parents, as he was an only son. DISTRIMINO ACCIDENT.-A. distressing acfident occurred at a training at Strouds burg, Pa., on Monday week, caused by a premature discharge of a cannon. Wil liam P. Hinton, engaged in ramming a cartridge, was so schockingly mangled that he died the same evening. George Wash• ington, another of the cannoneers, had his lett arm carried away, and was severely burned. ROBERT G. Scow of Virginia has prov ed as deadly a marksman as his renowned relative, Capt. Martin Scott of glorious memory. At the first crack of his the thirteen candidates for President who answered affirmatively . his demand for a Pledge to veto any serious modifications of the Fugitive Slave Law, have dropped dead at his feet. The Baltimore Convention has spent 'a week in burying their lifeless and odorous remains. The Presidential nomination has fallen lin one of the two (Pierce and Butler) from whom he receiv ed no inswer—at least, none in season to to publish them prior to the nomination. Parreauna, Jane 7.—Two men were killed at Steubenville, Ohio, on Saturday *Amnon, by the premature &chine of *cannon, while loading for a salute in honor of the nomination of Pierce. COICKI73I7CATIONIL commucsTso. County Commissioner. MICHRS. EDITOR,.—The near approach of the County Convention naturally leads the voters of the several townships to look around for "good men & true" to till the var ious offices, for which nominations arc to be made. Although I have noticed sever al communications in your paper referring to the Congressional and Legislative nom inations, 1 have observed no reference to the office of County Commissioner—an office which I have always looked upon as one of the most responsible in the gift of the voters of the County, and to discharge the duties of which competent, reliable and trust-worthy men should always bo select ed. Aside from the amount of business necessarily transpiring in the Commission ers' office, requiring intelligence, firmness, and economy at the hands of those to whom that business is entrusted—it is all important, in order to secure just and e qual taxations throughout the County, that the Commissioner should have a correct knowledge of the valuation of hind in tho different townships. Hence the propriety, aside from other reasons, which has uni formly been recognized in making selec tions for this office, to divide Commissioners era over the County so as to give each sec tion a fair representation. Now, my ob ject, gentlemen, in troubling you with this note is to suggest to the Whig Convention, which is to assemble on Monday next, the name of JOHN MICKLEY, Jr., of this township, as a suitable candidate for the office of which I have been speaking. I need say nothing as to his qualifications for the post—he is well known, and no one can present better claims in every respect. The two Commissioners who will remain in the Board, represent the Eastern and Southern sections of this County, leaving the entire West and North West unrepre resented, from Union township clear round to Latimore—comprising full two-thirds of the County. I take it for granted that the Convention will, as a mailer of course, give the new Commissioner to the Western or North Western portion of the County— and in such a case, llamiltonban pre sents her candidate—a "gond man and true"—.and asks for his nomination. Fairfield, Juno 5, 1552.. X. commrxicATED RS. BUEHLER :—.ls the Whig County Convention will he called on to nominate a candidate for Commissioner to suecoed :%Itij. Muss LEMAN , 1111 a as the can didate will necessarily be taken from the Western side of the county, (the two re maining Commissioners being from the Easter and Southern seetions,) 1 take the liberty of suggesting the name of JAM ES J. WILLS, Esq., of Menallen town ship, as a gentleman peculiarly well quali fied for a faithful and intelligentdischnrgo of the duties of the office of County Com missioner. A better man cannot be nam ed—nor one more devoted to the further ance of Whig principles than he. Ilis nomination would gratify the Wh4s of MENALLEN. COMMUNICATED MESSRS. EDITORS :—Let me suggest to the Whigs of Adams County the name of . It. G. MeCREA 1", Esq., of Gettysburg, as a candidate for the Legislature. Amply qualified—of acknowledged ability—a true Whig, and perfect gentleman—he would make a useful, energetic, and creditable Representative. Why not uutuivatlt him Freedom tp., June 9, 1852. 13. COMMUNICATED M VISAS. HURDLER :—The campaign of 1852 is fast approaching. It will be but a little more than four months until it shall have been decided who will represent Adams county in the lAigislature. There seems to be some little diversity of opinion as to who our candidate should be, aml this difference of opinion is natural. There are many excellent men in the Whig ranks every way worthy of the nomination. IT:se - loeting, however, we should not only take a luau of good qualifications—one that possesses Inlela of a high order, purity of motives, and sound reliable Whig princi ples—but one who will meet with the least opposition in the Whig ranks. In this view, I regard HENRY SPAULDEsaI as the most popular candidate the Whigs can present to the people of Adams coun ty. Mr. Spaulding's claims are strong.— Ile was the highest of the unsuccessful (=Mates before the last Convention. As to Mr. ELLts, named by your correspon dent "Conowago," I will bow to him as my political and personal friend, a man every way worthy and competent to 1111 the post. could support hint cheerfully and cordial ly. But SPAULDING first—.lolls C. ELLts next. CITIZEN. MESSRS. EDITORS:-I notice the names of several gentlemen in connection with the Legislature named in the County pa pers. I have no objection to any of these. gentlemen and shall cheerfully support either of them at the proper time. But is not Dr. MELLINGER, our late Repre sentative, entitled to the nomination this year. Custom, if not courtesy, gives a two years term to members who prove themselves acceptable, The Doctor has proved himself a trusty and attentive Rep resentative. Why then, should the rule be broken through in his ease ? HAMPTON. Wino NONINATIONS.—.The Whigs of Dauphin county, Pa., met in Convention at Harrisburg, on Tuesday, and Homing ted James Fox for Congress ; Jacob Lan die: and James Freeland for the Assem bly ; Stephen Miller for Prothonotory ; David Brindle for Register ; Isaac Mumma for Commissioner; and Philip . ,Hoffman for Director. KILLED BY LIGHTNING.4II-011110301111., four boys took refuge under a tree in Dauphin county, Pa., during a thunder storm, when the tree was struck by light ning, and two of them instantly killed.— Their npmes were Samuel J. Fiimy, In his 18th year, and Jas. S. Finney. In )li B 12th year. The ether two wale (milder ably injured. BATIII, Me., June 9th.—The special e lection for a member of Congress, in .this, the 3d District of Maine, has resulted in the successor Hon. kilo Need, Whig, by 000 majority. Thi! a Whig gain. VIOLIIIIT 8101111.-4. severe thunder storm, accompanied by hail, posed over Montgomery intent'', Pa., on yesterday a week. Two h ogees and four men were struck by lightning i and one offthe me killed. Hail stones as large as hen's eg s, fell, and destroyed:hundreds of pane* of window glass, besides playjng sad b you whit the crops. COMVIVNICAT I RD HTDROP0011•••••41,91111G1 CA/Mr.-The Oswego Journal of Thursday, after allud ing to the course of a raid dog which te cently passed through kulton, and other places, biting everything that came in its way - -especially two young men in the town of Schroepel—states that one of these named Perry, aged about 27 years, evi_ denced unmistakable signs of hydrophobia on Wednesday morning, and in a few hour. was raving madly under the influ ence of that horrible disease. At times, when the violence of his spasms is some what abated, and lie !a comparatively calm, he implores of the by-standers to kill him immediately or give him something by which he clan destroy himself, so great is his dread of the return of these spasms and the torment which they bring upon him. When he first became convinced that this horrible disease had fastened it. sell upon him, he begged of his medical attendant to ..bleed him to death," in order that he might escape the dreadful suffer'. in; which hydrophobia inflicts upon its victim. The multiplying evdience of danger from dogs on the approach of warm weather. should lead to prompt measures to secure the community against calamities like the above. There are hundreds of dogs prowling about the city, and if their owners will not confine or muzzle them, they should be attended to in a summary manner. IMPORTANT DactstoN.—Among the de cisions by the Supreme Court of Pennsyl . vania, sitting at Harrisburg, is the folio w ing : The declarations of an insolvent husband cannot, under any circumstances, be evidence for the wife as to her owner ship of property. When property is claimed by a married woman, she must show by evidence which does not admit a a reasonable doubt, either that she owned it at the time of the marriage; or acquired it afterwards by gift, bequest or purchase. If the husband could create title to personal property in the wife by merely saying it is hers, no creditor would be safe for a single moment. It is not easy to conceive how a higher premium (or dishonesty could be offered. The relation of husband and wife is so intimate, and the identity of their interests so absolute that even the MI lb of either is not and ought not to be taken in favor of the other. .A multi for isori, the naked declaration should be re jected. SPIRITVAL SETTLEMENT IN VIRGINIA.- A colony of sixty persons, gathered from Northampton, }lass., Brooklyn and Au burn, N. Y., all firm believers in what is termed the Spiritual Philosophy, (announ ced by A. J. Davis, el at.) have purchased 9,000 acres of land, in a splemled location, about forty miles from the head of steam boat navigation on the Kanawha, and fifty miles front Charleston, Va., upon which they have settled. They do not have a community of property, but each man is steward of his own substance—"maintain ing unity of faith in the bonds of peace." 'Some of them are said to be men of wealth and education, and all pretend to receive spiritual and temporal advice from the spirit world, although they do not consol er directions front ail source Infallible, but submit every "commanieatinti" to the test of reason. Ono of their number, Rev. '. 1.. Barris, is about to issue a newspa per. They have a poet office, store, tav ern and several nulls. SCEN6 lit Cdotrt.—A Inwyer in one of the Western States hail a dog that was a great favorite, and was in the habit of 'Mending court with hint. One (lay the dug took it into his head to ascend the bench, and annoyed the judge •ery 11111Cli, by running between his leg's. The judge. in great rage, gave liitu a •iolent lack that sent 111111 yelping 3Crusm the court house. The lawyer, much incensed at She unceremonious matinee in which his favorite was treated. called to him— p, c • here! There take that," said lie,tivin him another kick."did I not always tell you to keep out of bad com pany t•• WANT OF A MAINIC LAW.-TO New York an Irish woman, wife ofJohn Bread 4in, died on Friday afternoon. from injur ies inflicted by her husband, who was at the time excited by intemperance. The unfortunate woman exhibited a dreadful picture, her fare and body beim! beaten by the boots of her husband, who knocked her ahiwn and inflicted severe injuries. Both husband and wile appear, from the evt