Ilniinimrte'a Opinion of Chela!, A foreign Journal lately paulfsltcit a com er nation related by Count dc Moatln.loii, the faith ful friend of the Emperor Napoleon. Without being resK)nsii)le for the truth of this conversa tion m reported, I will copy it literally; anil, it may really have been uttered by the Emperor. ItiV'sPTves to be read wflh attention. "I know men,1 said Napoleon, 'mid I telly-mi that Jesus is not a man ! The religion of (.'lirist is a mystery w hich subsist by its own force, ir.id proceeds from a mind which is not a human mind. Wo find in it a marked in dividual, which orginatcd a train of words rrr.d notions unknown before. Jesus borrowed n s- ! thing from our knowledge. I (o exhibited in; himself, a perfect example of his precepts Jo- ! us is not a philosopher, forhis proofs are mira cle ; and from the first, his disciples adored him. la fact, learning and philosophy are of no use for salvation ; and Jesus came into the world, to reveal the mysteries of Heaven, and the laws of the Spirit. "Alexander, Cresar, Charlemagne, and my tclf, founded empires ; but, on what founiliition did we rest the creations of our genius! Upon) force. Jesus Christ alone founded his empire j upon love: and, to this hour, millions of men I would die fur him. ; "It was not a day, or a buttle, that achieved j the triumph of tho Christian religion in ike ; world. No: it was a long war, a 'Contest for , three centuries, begun iy the apostles, then I cwiuweu ny me iioou oi u-nristtan generations, j Intliis war, if all the Kings and potentates of; the earth wereon one side ; on the other, I see j noarmy butt mysterious force, sonic men scat- tered here and tiiere in all parts of the world, j tnd who tia-ve no otlier rallying point than aj rominon faith in the mysteries of the cross. 1 die before my time, and my body will be ,'iven back to the earth, to become food for the worms. Such is the futefhim wlio has been raj led tlie grait NoAton, Wlmf un abyss be tweou my deep misery and the eternal king- ilom id' Christ which is proclaimed, loved, and ndured, and which is extending over the whole earth ? Call you this dying ! Is it not living ra ther ! Tire death of Chi id is tlie death of (J, j" Napoleon stopped at the last words; but (leu. !... l l.: ....l.. .1., . i l . t.i ifumi iiwhiTiK iiu rviiiv, mu Jjiiunrior uuoei: n l v ' l I If you do not perceive Vhut Jesus Christ is (.rod, ! ' I Id id wrong to appoint you tleneral. a 1 1 j i If this language was really utteted by Xopo- I lw m, it lorms a fine chapter in defence of Chris- tianity for which we are indebted to the great warrsx of modern times nom. tts. Genuine or feigned, the above nre grand views, and worthy of a grcatrnind. A. C. A'ote on the Ccnmi. J jfe and DrcATTt of tjih Sk.xks. We find the following interesting calculations and notes on the recent census of the United States, in u lute Cineinatu paper. It is t-tatcd that there occurs, between lo and 23, one death in '21 1 ; , between 2-J end 33, one death in ; between j 113 and 45, one death in Hi ; between 15 and ; 55, 0110 death in 51 ; between 55 and 05, one death in 31; between (5 and 75, one death in I'd; between 75 and 85, one death in Y2 between 85 and 95, one death in 1TJ; be tween y. and 105, one dcalli in 1 Hi. j The above shows a Vess projKrtion ofdcallis j Lttvvccji 15 and 25, in prnHirtioti to tluse be- j tween Swtd 15, than Uie bills of mortality gen- ! crully bhow. I From the age of 35, the proportional number ; of deiths continually increase, until at the age of KKJ but few remain. The hn-t census thowts 75t persons above the age of It 10. Notwith standing the great number ol those who die young, yet more than two hundred thousand white poisons in the U. Statcsre lat the age of seventy. The laws of Life and Mortality between tbe sexes are very remarkable. They may be sta led (bus: 1. In the present condition of the white pop ulation in tire United Ntates, the number o: fe males born pcrannuu; is about twelve thuiis.-iud than the males. Tins (kteriiiiiii's of it selfthut Polygamy is not a natural condition of man, and that the laws of nature and 1 elision arc tho saiue that one man thai) be the hu baud ut one woman 2. At twenty years of age the females exceed the males. This proves that between hirtli 11 nd twenty, the mortality among the boys has been much greater thun that among the I. From twenty to forty, the men again much eiced the women, which shows hnt this is the period of greatest mortality aiming wo men. 4. From forty to seventy, the difli rencc ru pklly diuiin it-lies, the femuli s, as in the em ly part of life, gaining 011 the mules. T'.iik t-huws, that this is the pral uf .rcat it danger and exposure to men 'l.c h'ast to women. 5. From seventy onward, the winmi ii;' number the men. This shows, miirlu-u I . that relative speaking in rnmpuriNuu w itli no n. the healthiest period uf female Lie is the '! of it. Absolutely, however, 110 period, tn cither M'jt, is so healthy as that of youth, the boaan- ihni ,c would not be taken that King and ing period of laiylioad und girlbiasl. Pitman (the i flieera charged with lire arrest) 'l'he above deductions of statistical tables cor- wire cowards, and rniif not take him. He n'spond with cvcry-clay ubsc rvations on hu- w as very pr.il'uscof oalhs cursing every thing inun life. , that did nut micll uf Mormonisin. At the . c--oerd to jKH-uliar liazardis in j r-oiiclutmui uf his speech, be comtuisaioned two e long run, tar the hundred and fifty Ministers to travel through er, and risk, in out the country, mid preach the tiipel ni ne active peri- 1 at rut-ting them lo exhort all converts lomirule I to Nativoo. Warsaw Hi) Signal. A Veteran Tnr, A seaman named Jnni WoimsMiR, aged " ventv . n, who h i licen in ttie service nearly for ty five years, received hi discharge reccn ly under very honor ib'e rirrumst inccs. Ho 1 cloncd lo the crew ol the North Carolina, dipt. GarooRT, anil bad been ntged by the dipt tin to t ike bis dts chaige. an. I he ahuill'd into thn Navy Asylum, ut Philadelphia, where ho would I c well I iken rare uf in h "'(I nge. Hut no the Houndary question was not tin n FPttlp.l, the old veteran was not disposed l.i leave ill'- service while there was any pro-peel uf a war. The New York Herald, which Mates t'iree pttuicul am, goes nrt to My i Soon nf.cr it h id been announced that Loid Ashbu ton, bad concluded the tiraty actinia; the bounda y qucs'ion, tho old veteran made applica tion .) dipt. Gregory for hi discharge, nn J iiduiH ni ii into t ie Asylum, saying, "that now the boun il.iry qiimtion was icttled. I thought I might well g-t, ai:d bes des, you Itnmv Captain," said he, 'if any th ng turns up, I can come luck again." ('aj lain Gregory accordingly nude the requisite icprrscntation lo the Navy Department, staling Old Wolfoiidcii's long service and exemplary char acter, to he read to the cew, when Ins discharge was given him : Nvt Die iht:it. Vtb Sept, iiiLir, ISI2. i Sin : In discharciiii! von friim ihe Navy to ihc Uiii- ,oJ llrt(.a h1i irw ,0 Jmir admission into the NlVj, A(i)vlm n.ila.l. I rtia.. ..flow the ,,,,, IMlity , ,,., ttiihout expr-s-ing my ai.pto ,aijon 0f vnr ronduct while in the K-ivice of your coUnlrv you iave u,, m-orted to the l.p .rt- j ,,., na a ,ns, fX,.nii.iirv man, nlwavs pr.m.ut in j i.yinP the owlets of your ellVers. faithful in the ,,r.,frmaCP of yuur duties, m.d citiwl.rti!y xact in lieeprng your woril Such conduit, while it is honorable to you. Khould he hell up to the txamj'lr of your fellow seamen ; I therefore di'cct that this letter he read in the presence of tie officers and crew of the U.S. ship North Carolinn, and thai yon he honorably discharged from the service. And I wish jou all iho coinfurl and happiness in your old ne, which your g.iod conduct socially eutitles you u. I am, rci-pccl fully, Vour ohcJic ut servant, A. P. Ul'SHEH. Mr, John Wuivk.mikn. Seaman, 1'. S. Ship North Carolina, N. Voik. $ , f iii-i,- I M linni-& K-r I illicit llnit-u ltlu .l.if.i.1..,l iti a c ... r , casT wlfere n alien a life estate fn bis ife s pro- i. i r pcrtv Wis exposed to ale, on nn execution in f ivor (lf onp of ,,,, rUiitarll aKfU nuM ,io , .... . rf. ..... in pnilw,n: . ,,u .,. , T f at ion uf law, or in anyway exc-pt by purrhiitr. The case, having In en laker, to the Supieme Couil, now in session in our City, wi I soon l decided. T Oechiiiai will lie i.f vast importance to those who hold Toifity, which lliey have oMained from f. reigners, who from irectec'l or concienl cfU cru ples, have not been naturalized, where lire latter ac quired it ly ojiciaii. n of law. How will this o-iti', in case the Supreme Couil miution the deci-inn in Col. Sen i m i lkt's easel "an , foreigner and an olllcer in the Uritndi rv ice, be even tenant ly tin courti.i of his wife's inin.ense estate 1 i'iM burg Chranlck Hi. . - j Wnnir. Wii.i.bamk T.uletoo jodnmcnt j and set aside (Xecu'ion. DiTeinlant in M ircb last 1 gave an ngri I'lrieiil for iudgmeiit. a nf March 1-1,1 ilh stay of execution mini June 1st ; the Hgr.e- ment toil lo be filled till June. lieloie June difend.int died. After June 1st pl iiuiitV filed the aj;reim nt, tusrrttrd Ibe names of lie 1 xecutoi, and issued execution. Ti n Court lit hi that ihe judgment was rightly euiered iis but (he txecu'ion hd for Want of a s-ire facias. A St Louis edilor Ibus notices the receipt of a I nei l of apple of the second crop. Mr. (i. W.Sullivan has sent us a basket ofap pb produced upon his firm at Owen's Station, in 'bis county, which are some of Ihe second crop of ; ibis year's growth. They are entirely ripe, of e 1 ry gwnl flavor, and some of them quite large. Mr. S, says lite trees bloomed v rv early in the spring ; 1 and in the last (if June ami first of July, he galtu r ' ed a line rrop from them. Snrce then, tlm tree i have naiu blmaued, ami ihe fiuit riK'iied; ihoub the flavor is net so g od 1.8 1I1.1I of the firi-t crop ; but the tre e are io.ua ly full. Mr. EniKiii : 'J'be following reeisc fir the ' manufacture uf Aitifreial Ice made live ot in l.ijidun liir Ihe purH.-e of skatingv at all sea- sons is irom ttie lmium ivopcriory 01 .vns ' nnd may prove intereeling to the readers of the 1 Trau.-Tripl : , -V'lt 1 N-f chrystali.ed alum, crusbed into Kiwdor, in a copper vessi l ; and, when in ' a lhp'id state add, for color, three quarters o! un ounce i sulphate ut copper, ami to rentier tlie c-oiiiisiMtmii .imre sitppery, 1 lb. ol liog s bird. Pmir the mixture, alter it has rightly cooled, f. ll...r iioi.ln uir.tiirl.l bv boino envi'rt'il ,.r... - - - .-0.---v b , v itli lead or zinc." j Tuis .-(il-t.ince is said to answer perfi ctly lor 1 .-kaimir iniil utVuriU an upimitunity tor an in- Mji.r.itu'g in-door umu-euieut. n. lliistm Trunin ijd. .f.r Sm h'k Win ki:ai;il is It is now re 11. 1 d to a rt rUiiiity, tliat iSmilh is in Nuuvoo. ( 0. uday last, be uddreesed a large crowd i.i' I. bill.iwcrs in that city, on the subject i.f the l ite attempt to arrest him. Ho stuted THE AMERICAN. Saturday, ffc!. 1, !H12, Ittuxocratlc Ticket for ,Vbrtlnnnbcrland County, SKSATOB, Jesse '. lloitoii. aSKMLT, J-.tcob Cacitiiiaif. siif.Hii r, 1V1K .llowrcr. cnwniTM, Onirics Hrmrr, nioTHOMnTAKT, Krc. S:miui'I B. Jordan. Itl.UISTt.a, lllcoaillll, KIT. I'd nun! Y. Itriglif. TOM MISSION KB, I rat 1I Itluitz aiinro. William II. liasr. (Xj- We refer our readers to a number of commu nications in this weeks paper, upon ibe subject uf Ibe approaching election, and the claims of Ihe dif. ft.,M.t candidates I elmo the pen, I jT It havini; Iteen slated in rtie l.it Sunbuty (Hielle, ihatt". V. llegins Esq. is a candidate fur the Senate, fpan-l the ticket, we aTe m1i nrrd to say tli-d he is no, but will rupport the candidate ; l. unlimited t v the confines. fjr- We call the attention i.f our democratic fiends lo ihc ticket, as it now appea s in our pi jxt, the last odition, corrected and revi-ed liy the arjthors, the conferees. Copies will be delivered free gratis to every democratic voter in tho district on the si rood Tuesday of October next. cry The Ladies Hook for Oct iber is out, and conVah'S seviral rxcilleiit 1 ngrav ings. A'e have not nad the ronten's, t ut obseive anion? Ihe ron Irilnitois the name of Miss S. ilgew ii k, M iss Leslie and other among our iosl popolsr wril rs. QTj'Tbe Miltonian never fails to attack C. W. 1L K ins, w hen an epportu. i y oilers. The parly needs no l etter evidence of Mr. Hegim.' democracy, than the fact, that den. Fiick, the editor of Ihe most n i-k'e fedcial prii.tin ibrr sect on of conn Iry, never fails toupjio.se him. Mr. Forsyth is perfeillv welcome tolii-support, and il would lie probably, unpr itefulon the part ofthe tienetal, not to support Mr. Fors) th, inasmuch as Mr, Forsyth voted in favor uf him, sgain-l the regularly nomi nated candidate at ihe last election. XjThe llariisburg Signal lis lieen enlaiged and improved. That Signal fires a pretty loud gun. fr"y' The harvest in England is the best they 1 buve hud in 1st years. 'I be Knplish predict bet ter linn s f r thems'ves, us Wi I. as f 11 ibis country, iueonse.piei.ee thir.of, , . '! Some lm k ate lb s frae 1 lid lo end "AnJ onie great lie are never penned," (Tj-The editor of the (Jarette did riof tcrlfu the sivianl line of ibis couplet, when l.c published in bis la-l pnpi r the iiV under the e iption uf "C. 11', llrn'mi aga'nrt Ihe tirkit." Every sl.iti m- nl con. laiued m it is rrroneons, and made wiihmit Ibe least shadow ol foundation. Hureafer the readers ofthe (l.nette will know, if they do not already, how liille reliance is lobe placed in that veracious , fl eet. Mr. Hit; ins ha always expressed hisde termination not to be a raudida'e if the conferees made a noniinilion, of any other person. Senatorial Nmniiuilinn. In our iwolast numbers, we eipussed an ardent desire that the conferees for this Sen a' or i d district, would soon sacrifice their personal and Hectinnul j predi'ectioiia upon Ibe nlmr ef the common weal, and, by ri rifeniiig together, agree UHn a compe lent person, to be placed in nomination as the demoe atie can lidale for Senator. Thi expecta tion has been re ili.nl in the nomination ofJtst C. Hobtom, Esq. of this county, whose litimal and conciliatory manner, strong practical good sense, these offices, baa heretofore been a fai'bful ami elfi. and firm democratic pri uiples, eaimot f .il lo as- j rient ollieer, and bis abilities, exjierrence and o suage nil the little ssiierities that have, for a short j Mining disposition peculiarly fit him for the station lime, troubled the complacency of Ihe party in this j 0 which he has lieen nominated by ihc Democratic district, and prevrn'ed an earlier nomination. , convention. He is very generally known through The nominalion is well received on Ihc eastern j 0ul the county, and is diservedly a favorite with side of the river, mid the ftiends of regular . liomi- tie people. Their confniiiiee in bint will be ex. , ,tina are already prep iring to carry out the usa- (., uf the dem ariatic paity, ty a reivent ruppotl 1 of the ticket. We have no doubt, our editorial brother of ihe 0J "'e in.inci v-oori in 1 uiiau. ipuia, mi.ue Ledtfer will respond 10 the nomination with a loud ' JU ''. s'f""J ' J J"". following de Illt. j cision was made in relation to special bail : I '-Si-miil IUit. liefore ihe enacting ol tke R'flllar XoillillilliOllS. late act abolishing impii iienl for debt, nd ar. The conferee, at Willi imsport. having made a 't ol the person of a defendant oil civil process, regular noniinilion for the office of Senator, wc nomeiou. defendant weie arrested and held to ect ti see all who acknowledge their vdidity, bail on pr.icess anUiiij out of the District Courl ol c. ming out aid. nlty in support of Jesse C. Horton. this city A week since we noticed an application who is now fairly . though unexpectedly, b. fore the m .de lo lite courl lo direct an t xoi.eraetur to tie n ne,.n'.. ,l,e democratic, candidate f.r Senator, tered in .cveral case al.ke in principal where This liom n ition was vo'uul tri'y tendered to Mr. Hon m, by Ihe conferees, and in becoming a candi- j for their appearance. On Saturday the couil gave date for the office, he only responds to the r ill of their decision in t ie above ca es, against dUcharg those who had been s. leelcJ 10 fix upon a c audi- I ing the bud, and said Ih d the bail had the same dale for the office. Mr. H.nton is therefore cm- I power lo aire.l their piincipal now as they ha I pre phatically the candidate of the pirly, and will no vious lo die passage ofthe new law, which dc doiibt 1 elected by the three th msvnd democrat c I cluiea that tioptraiti shall heu af i r be nested or in ijmity, w hieh this d.a'rict cm poll in favor of the rigular nominal ion. We shall now see, whether those who have boas led so much ol their democratic attachment-, will kuppoit ihe irgulaily n JimnateJ can JiJaie, David N. Lnkr. This grntleman, in bis publication nITering him self as a eandiJate fur the SherifTs office, says that he had IT delegates in h'r favor, but by some miattn!(Tttunilhig received hut 15 vo'es in tho convention, and hence be attempts to induce the people to believe that be too was cheated nut of a nominatiofi. Tho facl is, that Like had hut M dele gate instructed in his favor out of the UI, and the seven addilinnal votes which he got wcie ob tained by a bargain which ho and other made, to the injury and defeat of othereamlid ites ; and A Tvaathe cau-e of the confusion whicli look p!C'i in the formation of the ticket, and thn dtasatis fiction still existing as to pait uf the ticket, bat not ihal pait of it which he and hi-i fiends are oppos ing. And now Mr. Luke has the impudence to complain because he did not reap the fruits of his corrupt bargain. Veinly he must have a hard cheek to ask the Democracy of ihe county lo sup port him under such circumstance. He was in strumerital in defeating the nomination of candi date who were undoubtedly the choice of the county, mid the rotitemp'ible Larguin and mlt of himself and his friends on, 'lit to receive the con demnation of every Democrat. It is lime that thi bartering away of ihe people's rghts by their dele, gates this corruption in Ibe formrfion f the ticket, should be ended, or our party o'gauir. iti in will l! entiicly destroyed. That SongNtiT. The Whigs, in the political campaign of 1810, professed lo discover Ihe gr at vhtue nf mu-ic in politics, and sa'uted our ears like a eolonv of frogs in a pond. Our rolmilver candidate for Sheriff, D. .V Lake, is following this Whig example, and indeed has somewhat improved upon it. He is Invelling tbr.ch the county, not only singing h;mself, but tvarhing tilhrrs tu ling. W hethei he sings Whig snugs or not we are not informed ; but his mu-ic is no doubt suited to tho purpose. How ever, if David was as sweet a sinner as the Psuhn rut of Israel, lie could not come it over tbe De mocracy of old No thnmlierland to that tuiif. The days ore gone by when a man might sins himself into office. The Democrat are still sick of ihe dreadful Whig cronkiugs ol 1810, and even ihe poor hijis pow nenuiis whin the grand cbotus of " 7'ijM ami V'y" grates unwelcome upon their ears, fiom the prrtvok:lig tbroat of some rear i ng I.ocufoco. David will giow very hoarse on tl.esic lid Tuii'oy of Oil bir, aid fn.d tl.a' hi, schulais bad forgot ihe tune. Major lluurtT. This penliem.in will be elected Sherifl'hy an overwhelming majority. He is mid lubtedly the choice of Ihe Democracy of ibe county. They w ill give him an unanimous v . te, and 111 .ny Whistoo, knowing bis word), will go in his favor. The German townships have never had a Sheriff chosen from among litem, and they now crfer us an hon est and capable (ii nn hi, one who w i I m iku a fai h ful and obliging ollieei and the other townships ought to, and will give him a hearty and ftrin mp put I. A Vuor Kxiiis;1, Mr. Oyster, the volunteer candidate fir I gi-ter and Recorder, pictends that he wascheatid out of a nomination, and gives this as an excuse for running up.iiri.-t the Democratic Ticket. J'lu'ie weie but f nir dilegaresiu the conventi.ai instruct ed for Mi. Oysier, and three of llnse l ft him alter the first ballot ; so dial he did not stand the least chance of a nominalion, ai.d has 110 foundation for saving that he was chested out of u nomination. The fact is, Mr. Oyster h .s lie. 11 in the county but few yeais, and is very little kuuwn, and of cour-c does not possess the confidence ol the pe iple. He, to be sure, writes a good hand, and les:des this, he has no merit thai should give him any claim t ihe otfice, except thai he could live a great deal ta tier with than without it , and if thi- forms a cl iiin great many more worthier men than he i ought to I elected to the olfice. These volunteer candidate ire the mean by which ihe Whig exjs?cl to break down the Demo cratic parly in this county. They jmfets to I DemociaU, but only for the sake of ollice, and ae willing to k'ltd themselves to destioy the parly, if ihey cau'i gel an ollice. Let every Democrat il'rck h tlie ticket the whole ticket : and hereafter we wiH not be lioubled with lhee disappointed volunteer candidates. Register ami Kcrordrr. Edward V. llright, the Democratic candidate for j hdnted in his t k-ciion over his volunteer opponent ,j g triumphaiil maj.irity. I - ! dcfendsuW had been artested and given peviul ha held to lad on m v civil prociss issuing out of the Courts i f ibis C. inmonweuhh, cVc. The icori of which was l-cau- a person arrest. j on a i,MI piece, col' Id not l said lo tie arrc,i, J ,,n pnx-es i tuiiig oul of any couit ol thi comniouwculth." The Qtirstion Srttlrd. fXj'The following extract from the Extra of the Lytiiming (lazettc, give a history of the proceed ings of the conferee at their last meeting. We hope that all excitement upon thi important sub ject is now ended, and that all who subscribe to democratic cieeds, will emula'c each other in up porting the regular nomination. We heard yest -id.iy that Mr. Forsyth intended to take the field against Mr. Horton, but we are rejoiced to learn, Ibis morning, that a nights reflec tion upon the subject ha revived his democratic affections, and determined him lo bow in submission to the authority which placed Mr. Horton in nomi nation. It i right that thi couise should te a dopted, particularly in Mr. Forsyth's rise, whose friends continued his n ime before the conferee to the end of their tsbnrs. Having cooght Ihc advantage of a regular nomi nation with so much pertinacity, Mr. Forsyth should lie the la.t to run as a volunteer, in oppo sition lo the regularly nominated candidate. Op position to the licVei would not only terminate in his defeat, hut tuiu his political standing forever. "WiMMDtt, Sept. 2H. I!nr.iLn NotijiiTis Th Dkmuciiact Tni'K To ion iscikit i suriKs. The democratic c.mfcrees of the Senatorial di-tricl. Composed of Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, and Northumberland counties, met yesterday morning in ibis borough, fir the third tiin ', for the p lrp.isj uf u mi iualing eandiJate fn the Statu Senate. On the 24 ill balloting, the vote stood as fal lows : lm Jn.i (I. Ibinioi, fi Full Wlll.1 AH FollSTTft, 3 Whereupon Ikssk C. Hoaro. of Northumber land, was declared the rrgitarti nnminatid demo cratic candidate fur & nntr,fir this district. The convention passed a resolution, with great j bis claim confirmed by g ivcrnment, lo whit i unanimity, to support the nom'natioii and to u-e known as Walker' Point. It i valued at $ 100, every fair and honorable means to ensure the sue- ! 000. cess of the candidate. : Tlrere were in Cincinnati in 1810, 14.1 C3 Gcr A committv was appointed to prepare an address ' mans ; in the county neirly 25,000. It is estima lubesu' mitt d to the democratic citizens of thisdis-J 'ed there aie upwards ol 50,000 Germans in Phil trict. The address will appear in the next numlier edc.lphia. ofthe Lycoming (iaz'tle. Also, the proceed uig., 'l'he number of deabls in New York last in lull, ofthe Convention. week was 179; 30 men, 21 women, 61 boys and In our last paper we alluded to the unavoidable ; gills, delay in nuking the nomination ; and coiilident- MV.irr fftfiimr.r.Tot thnlwo days pre- ly predicted that a nomination would bo made ibis j vious lo the sailing of 111 vessel fr im Liverpool, week. The result h is shown th d our piediclioug ,he was oprn to the public. The nes for admii bve U; 11 veiilied. The tic'-et is now complete s, amounted to over 100. and we call upon tvtry democrat to rally in its sup ' port." i The rrollionolary. There is no opposing candidate to Samuel I). J rd in, Esq., the democratic cmd date for this of fice, A more capable, f.ithlul and ublig ng gentle man has never fi led the office, and ihe unanimity with which be will he el.ct.tl, altcls how high the 1 ! .n op!., estima-c bis services. Il was the cardm .1 ( j principle of the democia y of the olden lime, that j the (eiip'e should not dispen e with ihe services of, a trrcd.h.nist n 1 c.i able si rv ml ; an I we are gl id J to see in this instance, th d this principle is cominti ; ... .. - again into vogue. I fie nil ice is I ips the most important in the county, and requires capacity and ; experimee to petform its duties properly. j j rry The follow ing letter, addressed to ilia editor j of the Lycoming Gazette, is fiom the I!ev. W. S. j Hall ofthe Uapist Church, in relation lo the o , pinion id-Judge Lewi, which we published in out ' naiier of last week. It is a subject which affords a I , . , .1 wide field for discussion. J he pruuused revn w 1 ' i will be auxi iuIy looked for : : J "III.iiwick, r-epi. im;. Col. J. F. CBTKa . Drr S,r 1. 1st e- j veiling, a fiend pi iced in rny h oid a copy of your , exci llent Gazette, of the 17 h inst., containing the nii'niion of Judun Lewis, accoinoan ied I v some nrc- , , e 1 . .l.i fatjy rcmaiks of y ur own, in what you term the ... c ., . , ... .. , T 1 "Kev, W.S. Halls O.i.e. ilh most ol your i - . 1 1 v.i 1 1 . 1 views on he subject. 1 a n tiuh'v nleascd. and ; cannot refrain from expressing my firm belief, that they have at hist convinced the public mind that 1 there are two sides to this rase, if they have not wholly demolished the unique, illegal, unconstitu tional, and anti-republican dogmas of his honor. Uut it is not my puijwme, at this time, to expose his nume.ous false premises, nor to hold up to pub lie view what I believe to Is a perversion of the t.hiiriodi nriiirifilftd nf S.ith ihn humnn arid divine 1 1 1 . law. It is simply lo announce lo you, anil, through your o!itenes, to com nunica e to tho public, in the same channel In whicli the opinion appeared, that ir. alkHit two or thiee wea-ks from this time leiusiiow ensaaid in the mote imiiorlant duties of conducting a deenlv inlerrstinc nrotracted meet ing in IScrwick the whole sulj-rt will be dispas sionately reviewed, and laid before the publ.-c in its naked simplicity. ' I respectful'y ask a place for this brief note in your popular journal, and subscribe my -elf. Truly Your Friend, W. S. HALL." ------ "Gen. Jackson l.uving laconic involved in his pecuniary allairs a irlmrl tune since, F. P. in i 1. . .-.i ! 1 1 1 llluir, editor ul the tilol.-, cm being made ac- ejiiainted with the lucl, iiiun(!mtely placed at Ins disposal Un lhvut,and didtarx. The loan wa accepted bv (ii u. Jackson, and wag sulri- cient to extrica'te bun from bis dilliculties." The bett commentvy Jpon Ihe honesty and integrity of the old Hero, is the fact Ihal he retired from the Piesidency a much poorer ma 1 (ban when he entered upon the dut.es of that respnm-i- I j i, oflice. The conduct of Mr. Ulair is hom,rah'e ,,, his character, and shows th il he i not au ungra' . ful fr end. Hail fien. Jackson '-. en so d .p0d, be could have an.as.ed c.u.iJ.nMi,e VfljUll jur;ng'hi4 term of ollice, b. . re.lfeJ i embarrad Cir. cuwaiaiicc', 'An I jnPil mill' Ihe niible-t woik of (iod H Lieu). Wilkes, commander of ihe Eiploiiin? Ex. peditiou, has been found guilty by the Court Mar tial, and sentenced lo I publicly reprimand. J by the svcteUry of ihe Navy. MISCELLm. Editorial, Condensed and Selected. In some parts of Russia, the conveyance of th'tf mail is performed Iry reindeers, and in Siberia dogs are employed for that purpose A half bushel of ruperim peaches were cold at Uiwton for $7, while ordinary peaches were selling at f 1,5(1, Sever d numbers of the Petersburg (Va ) Intelfi genc r, of the 22d inst., were printed on paper made form the leaves of morus rmiliicaufis. Counterfeit Half Eagle arc in circulation. Wc should be glad lo see almost any kind in this quar ter. We learn from the Pittsburg Oazettc, that tlw litownsville Iron Works, which were recently bur ned down, have been rebuilt, and are now in suc cessful operation. The same paper state that the Birmingham Iron Woikswill commence operations this week. At Cincinnati, on the tfith instant, Fbur was selling irt the Canal at ?'2,08 a 2,70 per birrel. The Sangani Journal state that Joe Smith anJ O. 1. Itockwell are now outliws, they having esca ped from the officers of Justice. Ctmrictinn. In Pike County, Indiana, Noah I "chamP was, a few days since, convicted ofthe muider of (ieo. Micklebury on Ihe 17th of July, 1H10, and sentenced to lie hanged on the 7th of Octoler. After the murder, be fled lo Texas, but was pursued and brought back about a year af ter. The fturglar who recently robbed the jewelry shop of Mr. Joseph S. (jilpin, of Maysville, of a bout three thousand d dlars' worth if watches, &c, has been c 104(11. His name is John H ut. i (Jen. Walker of Minw mkie, has lecenlly had Despatch. An order fir goods from a Ne.T Yoik house, oil a house in Shelfield, Eng., sent out ly the Great Western, fulfilled by the retuin ofthe steamer: thegmds were received in thirty-seven days from the date of the 1. 1 er. The Wiskonson Whig state that it is contem pi ited to sirtk two shafts in the mines at Mineral I If .,., I. V kAfl 1 .. . . . . i mm """"l"". " ' 'u ,1:C 'l"'"" ' rfwn to lire uevrer bodies of mineral supposed to exist in Ihe mineral region, A rnplu t cn a small scale has established him self at Uuff.lo, and will dou btl.n soon collect 1 liever. He speaks in this wise : "Uulfalo will be . . , . . al.l . f li1a1l Uurnl Ifll.ou tlie iuiii 01 January, in i, ii 11 oVlock in the mnning. Take notice. Given un der my seal. J. Koburd. T. IV. n',i'f . We deeply regret t pm Mf of ,he Southern Liter jry MeilfienR( r on , vii, ,0 -ew York, has sus uinp(, B !irB,y,ic stroUe ,h may mike him an ii vaiJ U ,un.,nce of his life. , .,.., , !-. 1 r. Shor ing off this Mortal Cud. esterday afte " " .. . noon, savs the New Orleans Hulk-tin, a youi . , . , . , . Ij.1v iihi siiinrw hi'iii 111 the lower end olOau street, discharged a pistol loaded wilh buck-h I into her own bosom. Reason unrequited love. A vety considerable amount of Euiopean Goo have recently arrived in New Yoik which will returned without beinr landed; this is in con , u ' uuence of the Tariff. It is to be legretted, tl ,v ... anv los or inconvenience should accrue to mdivi. ' als, but it is no seiious .a to the country. It is said that the M irqut of Westminster gi to each of his cruid d lughters, lately marr i 100,000. A prolific vein of gold, extending nearly te miles, has laen disrovervd near the Day of Feancisro, in Vjiju-r Culiforiiia. Mr. Webstei' cairiage ha been shipped to I , ton, Phis may tie a sign, that he must follow I Hard lo Hrat. Two young men, by the ni j of Wilsel and Cha.lderd in, in Ihe city of A I : laid sixteen hundred reet of (1 Hiring, in seven b I and a half. Heat it if you can. - i A W . belonging to the Messrs. nurs, of Jones' H'olT Sumter Co, Ala , was 1 milled to the Jail of that County, on a char' having bung her own child, a gi'l about 12 old. The Indian Sjmrts Consisting of a gan bull between the Seneca and Tuscaroras, the UulfdoCorn., cime olfon Thursday last. ' f,ire , large number of spectators, who hid ass ! notwithstanding the rain. In loth g' ! , , , ,. played, the Seneca won Ibe feather, 1 1 J The Cat-kill mountain, it il said, Vas co , l;jih mow I isl week, j Sirawla-rrie ofthe second growth and exa j fl'vor, were plentiful in ihe.Cinciniii...', mw. j week, at 10 lo 121 cent ier quart. lttl.TI'.OHK NtRKKT. (hfire nft'e DatriMuat Aniv'4., Sep. J'li'lUU. Sale ef Oily Mills l; ur the exit nl of 1 500 bid, at ? t 23 ca.h. The is now vary hjit, and holder generally ar w i ling lo sell at the same rale. Theie la no Susquehanna Flour in maikei (ill A IN'. Wheats are scarce and wanted the leceul advance in pi ice is fully maim We quote g .qJ lo prime MJ. reds at fcOcU iufeiior to good at .0 a ttO cts. Thero ha tv IV11111, Wheal it market, WHISKEY We quota hhd. at S'ict hll at 2d cts. with a very limited demand.
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