TIE vITTSBU 41H VA:GTTE. PUBLISHIEH HY WHITH 6s OD MONDAY MORNING, AUG 5, 1850 DIAMOORATIOWIIIO STATE TICK LT Val C.l.M.l.cOximilon.l. JOSHUA DUNGAN; Of Backs County. NRIT W. t‘fi YUEN, Of Union Cinsay. snraial aanßflL . - II RN DENSON, Of iyagattgtOnCounry. 411itImitsanto wad Whig Nominations for Aliesheny County. to. rutrn morn, comatus. TidONIAS M. 1101711 g, Tollll=lll Banal, WINTT TIZTr - 11 /LUNAR DE a Nit. 1:= /AMES CAROTHERS,__ or OVIIII7II. to• •nnarlLt, MORO AN ROBERTSON, kqu.botgb. T. BIGHAM, Lower S. Clair. R. C. WALKER. Ombeik. JOHN .FIFFE, NPCLVSKSnVowE, AAIF-Sen. 1.1011W711N0 nrealtllee, FRANCIS C. FLANEGIN.-FlKatult• EBENFZER BOYLES, liarth Faye= .nom., WM. FLYNN, Lower SL Clair SUBV.I.II. D. N. COURTNEY, Obko. Omnibuo Bill as defeated, and there is • ou t probtbillly that the Collin:lila bill will pats la this state ol slake we await with no bale °to trent the develcpement of • few suectedini weelm, ot mouths. 11 the Booth are carnets in their tLreot I, we shall have some demeastrations scorn; but lf, as is most littey the cow, they only /mated to bluster, for effect, the whole country will quietly mule down, and we abolition° leas of slavery 4itatiiin than for many Team Ple.iettL — Tbis Is ittaily to be &mired, and we earnestly trust It will be the case. Railroad to the Parlac We an indebted to the pol imam of S. W Rob ert., Eq., fore copy of a thick and handseme pg ra pkier,tontartilog the prriceedlogs of the Cot. ~,,002 had in Pkiladelphis, In April law, an favor of a National Railroad •through the territories o' thellalted Stales,- to the Pacidc Ocean. Amorg the important matters neglected by the present Coopers, through the absorbing nature of the ala rm contest, title Is not the lent. There is a deep and anxious delve hilt by the yam majority of the people of this : Union, for the apeedpconstruction of this great work, and a confident hope was felt at the commencement of the cocoon, - that come• thing would be done to carry out their wishes— It was thorght that Coogrem would at lout, tt nothing MOM', auMori so surreys to be made, to as to ateerudit the hest practical mute. An this will ton a work of time, probably two or three pelts, there was the. greater necessity of an earl! commeneemeot. These hopes have shared the fate of those entertained by persons who looked for en improvement in the tariff bill, kg apprepri• allow for the improvement of our riven and has. bore, and for Icjinintion on various other sal ient. of public and private interest. Tete sta , s, of alt tle shows how important It Is to the prorverity of the oratory, toot this slavery roe troverny shotid be rpeeddy aetind in come way, that the natiOnal tepreseetstives may devote the, time sod energies to the advancement of the get, •rat weltsre. EXPLOSION OX TUE. LAKE Bte►ser Amerleaoevas►l Live• Lost. The telegraph, on Thureday, gave us the flni notice ol lhls diseiter. We glean the fellowins particulars from the Cleveland paper,. The diwie: took plate about one o'clock, on Wedeesday,merning last, about forty miles below Erie. The steamer Alabama fell in with the America shortly after, sad towed her into Erie. The Cleveland Herald ,la no extra, dated Wed. nesday evening, Dim o'clock,.gives the following particular. Form the Enguteer of the Alabama, which rime In at six o'clock tea evening, we learn that the Alabama fell In wi'h the America about two o'clock an hour after the teruble accident bad on. carted. As the boats came together, he rays, the pampas on board the America rushed to the other beat Like w fleck of sheep, some arid, baggage on their shoulderr, nod eetely an in • Write of eaefu- MOIL and bewilderment. toe board the America tee torte 0103 an awful rave—acaoral were .1011.1 —cud with their head• and Ira+ torn off from their b >dies, and many_ Bros drolly scalded Thome who , were able ran about begging for relief tram their wagering& . He and others poured oil over bereft!, until Ito. supply was exhaustel, and was aced to Hosted. Me_laseph SmechT, of Vatham,C inn, who as named as fatally re tided. suited hi, resi dence to oars of the passengers on the Aiabama, and unturned bun to write to his wife that his last thought was of bee. The exploaion took place in the starboard boil- ! er, the second from tho ontaide—blowier the for- ward end of it entirely at, taming the loiter deck upside down, raising the apper deck some foot feet, and making the centre of the boat aperfeer wreck. ' No doubt some of the paesengen jumped aver b:aed in the confusion, end one we. wen In the water. It is wonderful that the tom did not Li ten after the explosion—in fact ehe La reported to Gate beat en aro after being towed to Erso. H. B. DV. El , of this city, we, on b wed the America, but fortunately wan unhurt intre a slight lajury to one °lbis hand.. When the Alabama lett Erie, eight of the twilled were dead, and probably as many mare will not recover. In this matter there ham been crow carelesanra. Sorb oedemas cannot rear without it, and lea lice, and the safety of 11l r tea velil g poSlle, demand that the cause this expiation be &ace:tattled, and those 'la fault bold miaow:dile. We anti indebted to the peritonea. of Mr. Na than Dzming, of 9,ath Bloornricid, Piekaway eattoty, 0, for the following L/ft OP PllllOlll-1 , 101100. W. H. Brunet, N. 'l.—not badly welded, bands Jeremiah Conner, with and 5 children—badly scalded. bfoLaughlin;Firecnan—died in an hour. H. Brace; colored welter—iota to pieces by the oilman. Wm. Lleas, head crxik--hadly scalded. Richard Retake, Whittiy,Oar.ada—lradly scald ed. Luther Kinney, Washinvon, Macomb county. Klett badly aceldc3. lonia Sianeldr. ihrham. Po—mortally. /awl Clancellor.Ereman—died la an bow. Patrick Watch, Fireman—mill die. An a/ french roman, shoo dealer In N. York. badly. • Amhlbald3dnsey, stecraga putonyer, Mich.— . J F L,ilor,Clocinoab•—•3oi - D I;traciona•—face sod bands Pawlet' Howley, dect patsenker--74ands and Nee *cabled.: D E.. Terry, Norwalk, (1.--.ll•ad Injured by • . Win.Terry.-misiiicr— no doubt drowned. Bridget We;lob, B tdalo—brdlv wedded. Jacob D odi slightly eronided . Michael 114[e:qv, Fireman—nor die. greaser—inisiting. Denali Winen, deck pasiengor--ndly scald ed. _ James Morphs, Irish dick hood—bridir scalded Tnoi. Parcel!, Ftremon--hady rorsiArd. Colored cook, name not knowc--qlshtly soild . • Tto depraved wretchni who have been Pill' c ol Sluiesiaripa properly wrecked in all skip Eliztbani,ti rim Island, N. Y.. ire in • ( sir way of ine e nek yin. exemplary punishment. The Col; lee° , "I'Llis port ofNeW York, by .1 well devised plan, has a°eesedtdln discoserlog the names 'era 12mbet of lb° "Ms. The Express mys that not less Mae ad them passing its rospeetahleahm lreesnaamisad, and against this number there is P r.C •I4IiCS Whi2b will send them to the Penitently,. 1.4.. peraon~. reside at Fire islatd. Ealebodlle, sad ter - ten miles along the shore.; _ • Is one toms were (bend lirea lb e . o f wool, in another 40 bars of soap, in sanest h.° 17 ales., le soother quantity of silk. ta me .. • oit, auothcr flasks of, oil, lashes,. barr e ls of All this cane from the wreck of the p. 3. sad some of the goals had been carnal e. 41, :r" the wrath Some miaow: articles were the possession of reepectable farmer, and nye. 4 anon of ooe wanes was Mond • draw sopee e m to base belonged to the Countess Orson, and Owe e an ressmis to suppose that this &taws not a. ly takeo from hoe body when drowned, hat tai Its awok e had been plundered of the jewels which rt antalaid. Sane of the clothing of the Mar. ekteadte, - and of tier child, nod some of the cloth• tag of:Horace Sumner. were found, as also the Rouble rant of • child—all of vellum are to pose sessioa alba oiSeem. It is due td the fairer sex to say, the: sesnaly, they - seemed shocked at the condubt of their husbands, etas, Whets, booth. an and friends,: who hod be ,oget home lase fruits of plunder and mistral:re. In one house bowrver.- women ureic found braid,o; the rich straw into hate, and 'these bed half completed tkaieltrork. la another instance even the ship'. aninpet &abet% stolen and it was spear. cat that ' , ted half the teal beak manifested by Wks food plates to save the life and property as flora or to commit acts of robbery, that mites iva fl rrty ROO taro Ws, Intrid, Papa li4TAIIIIINCITON. 12 ""*P 5 4 4 * 40 4 ;11 /4 11r8 i 3804 P L - • "•.^ Pei?"' While the people and the induitry d.ilopeor4 coo getting ntiouitBiidei the tedetiettiktr.the aliment would appear io be doing, in a mere mon ey point of view, well by u. I bare not the - means of ascertaining with my degree of accuricY the Precise receipts of macula, from casuals during the year which has just closed, but I have learned enough to Indicate that they will amount to,if they du not rxstsiderably exceed, forty millions of du!' tars. This is apparently nlarge timount,but is ye• ally a less than might. have been expected under the Tariff of 1842, as any just and fair comparison will demonstrate. to fact 1 have always heed ready to take that most wisely framed and heneti• cent act, as the best revenue measure which has ever been adopted, and far superior even ut this respect to the TarilioflB4ll. If the political rep. Cation of President Filleacee depended alone el.n the share which be hod in preparing and carrying through the law of 1842, be would be honorably dminguisited among the greatest statesmen of his During the first quarter of the past fiscal year the income was not tar froth $ 11,500, 000 , I e.ticante that of the accord at 55,000,003, and the two last are known to have produced about' 620,000,000. Thew amounts are exclusive of about 52,500,000 which may be fairly estimated as the reeeipm of the ports in California and Oregon. I showed, last Decentber,that the receipts at San Francisco, were at thereto of nearly 5200,000 per month, and its commerce, as well as that of Oregon, has vastly inereesedimee. It issaid that during the latter hall of the year, the expenses of collection were so for reduced by Mr. Meredith, as to be brought far within the rate of Walker's, a most preceding administrations. 13nt I must not go into a dissertation upon finance, during this exceedingly warm weather. As the son declines towards the tropics, I shall take the liberty to impure upon the patience of your readers amne. thing in the figurative style, to wit,tables of prices, of interests, production, wages, sad getiatioislekP. sitions in general. dram.. q. 31. Datot of the Compromlao_Sk•teb of the Psi:weeding. thereon Ills Ma boort • On of contltot, of triumph to Noce, tad of moaning to other!. The Compre miNe Bill, ultra itaTery question, witiott has, Itt one ihipe or another, been ander coulderafico fully five mouths, tu beat - maimed and mutilated and finally defeated. The favorable symptom. of yesterday have proved entunly Innen and deceptive, and the wbote project bas been over• whelmed in hreutediable destruction 1 will give you ■ bnel damn of the manner in which ties result wu attained, and If it has been rendered nape:goons, by previons telegraphic id tieu, IL Will al court° be NE , ted• In the zinminit, Mr. Jefferson Pali. delivered a (anon. sad mon ialinamaiory apeeeh, Insult in throughout diannion and revolution. This apecels was tnimlnated against Norm' motion t strike out the clause tf the bill prohibiting the ter ritorial government proposed to be established un- der the bill, hum legislating upon shivery for o lUM6II. This motion, to the general surprise o .those who favored the Omnibus plan of adjust sand, prevailed by the large vote of 32 to 20— ,Welve mei 'Sty. TOL; WU& meat blow to the btli, in fact, almost deciaive agates% it. The whole body of Southern Senators, but Ewing. Walker, and Whitcomb, voted to the ISrmative, and Southern Whigs united wth them. lam inclined to think that we mutt antalder the bill lost from th a 1400Dellt,11111MI it decided pillte.l l / 1 1 WOOL= taciugairtet, which v e.e Wore to doubt. Then Mr. Pearce dealt the prcpm a blow iwhich cettamly was mortal, if the other bad not been. Thin was a motioa to rescind, to substance, Dawson', amendment, carried ye:ate:day, except lug New Mexico, east of ht.° Grande, from the operations of the blll, and to insert instead • clause ponponing the Wbcll subject of terntorial governments caul Much am, l£sl. Ur. Pester, made • very decided speech - , to the eXcet thin he u.t proscribe Me Mar Mexientrs, sod neo7 ti en • suitable got ailment in etillncoin to the threats of Texas, even though the WI were lost in conseque nee. Mr. Benton also made aloe', able, and sarcastic speech, ID favor of the wneudrnete, which sounded much the requiem of tree Compromise. To the utter consternation of the friends of the bid, POMO'. 131011011 to strike cat prevailed--syes 33, nocs ''a • and It was at once perceived that Bradbury's proposition for • joint commission to settle ibis boundary dispute, most also be revocsidered sod lost, and so the bill hut R. a cons, goatee. The countenaticu of its •ti. 1 vacates gave rad evidence, of their caosclouri , tittle, or at least their lean, the, all woo ben. From this to .he d tall, I shall sia:piy glee a eat. .love at be maman sad tee v.des. Mr. litio moved the indefinite postponement tJ ke bat. ReJeetad—?7to 32. Mr. Douglass moved to emend, by requiring the eommissios to report to the President before the 15th.of Dane:ober next. and to provide that the right, at the parries abould remain the same as note Oran the (dither legislation of Cor6reas— Lost 7-21 to 33 Mr. Torrey again mover) the indefinite pos4 pouemeot of 'Loot by 29 to 30, one ma jority, the Woggle narrowing down. Mr. Underwcod moved to strike out eomething from the remeinder of Pesree'e amendment so as to Improve it, which was lost—ayes 25,, nays 32. Yoke Wen made the drat absolutely decisive motion of the day, which was to strike out the provision for njoint commission to settle the boons dory. Bradbury'. nmendment and this prim ailed by the teat vote of 20 to 29. It has been known for two weeks, at least, that without this feature the bill could hot pam, and therefore it was now iacootertably expiring: — Mr, Chase moved again the tridentate pow. ponement of the bill—lost 2910 29. A motion to adjourn teas oat-14 to 42. Peerce's motion to Insert the latter pool of tils amendment, (postponing the termoriel govern meets until Much 4tb,1451 was loat-25 to 29. Then the bill coo pined nothing at an relative to New Mexico. That passenger, therefore, had en tirely left the emeibes. Mr. Walker moved to strike out all concerning Deseret, that Is all remaining but Calieirnia. Doe via moved to amend the amendment by including New Mexico with De' emt or Minh, and retaining the whole. Loot-22 to 31, and then Walker's amendment fen-21 to 33. A motion to sOj taco was lost-14 to 32. Mr. Phelps moved indefinite postponement of the bill. Lost-29 to 27 111 r.Atchlson moved to styli e out all rtlottag to Ca/forrois. leaving nothing hut U ah end the 121 m mons. Lett by the tie vote of 29 to 22 Mr. Sebastian movetito limit California South by 36 deg. 30 min., Lost-23 to 27, Mr. Winthrop moved to reconsider the vote on Mr. Atchison's motion to strike Celifornia out of the bill. Ile •aid he was ardently to favor of the admission of Celiforrus, but the imaging it depend. ant open the manures of the some bill, was to direct and culpable-violation of the high consiims tional right of a member of Congress to peon pada. mein separately upon each distinct gnernion of 1 , legislation brought before him. This motion pre veiled-33 to 2d—seven majority. Mr. Clemens moved the Indefinite postpones mein of the bill. Lett-20 to 3j. Mr.• Winthrop then renewed the motion CIA,. chiaon la strike oat ali concerning Caldbrola, and this time It prevailed-91 to Zr—nine majority.— The preview' motions' had been directed to the Miliaria odfrom the trunk the members, its hands, legs, and arms; thus to strike mit California, we. the extraction of the heath Nothing was left of that ceteray reared fabric but the contemptible corner appropriated to Uteb nod its Mormon sets I tiers. Mr. Dawson moved an adjournment, hoping that they might come together in the morning re. solved to retrace their steps, and yet tone° bill. The appeal lean in vain. Beebe said he meant to show hia magandmity and good natore, by saving the only remainiag passenger in the lumbering ye- Mete which had just bean deserted piece meal tir the Senate. He 'twisted upon sitting here and Prising this remnant of the affair to night. dd. internee% was rcrused--tyon 22, clays 33. 33 'eslaaa moved to amend the S miners booed.. 47 ' 4 likb by toting latitude 32 deg. , Gl. Davie °: '''l l ‘etartecid by adopting 20 deg. 30 mi. It „fated " th eclose vole or 20 to 2'7,—Cow and Haa n 4 .4 1 4, and Dieltinson and &organ/ ""41 " " te r esir Minx: dui Campromien Toe lino of 31 I^g, then carried. Me. Ewing navvea,„„ ' apart,. Lost. The