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From the Home Journal and Citizen SulJitr.
DOOK OF CTUIOSITIKS.
BY JAMES RKCP.
Pi luting Old llnnks, AnllqnUltl !
Curiosities.
"Thou hat cruised printing to tin nsod, and
contrary tolhoKinjf, his crown, find dignity,
built paper milL"
Shiiltupmr.
The utility of printing, as fiir as regards the
progress o( truth, is counteracted hy the great
expenoe of setting type ; for 89 nil books sell
best which flatter prevailing opinion! and swp
port vested interests, and as they are printed
chiefly at the risk of traders, who print for sale
and profit, so few (very few) printed boohs con
tain the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Before the art of printing, books were of in
credihle price. From the Cth to the 13th cen
tury ninny bishops could not rend, and Kings
were scar:ely able to sign their names; and
hence the use of seals and sealing, f n the year
1171, when Louis XI. borrowed the works of
Rusis the Arabian physician, from the fuculty of
medicine in Furis, he not only dpx4ted in
pledge a cons derable quantity ol plate, hut was
obliged to procure a nobleman to j tin with him
an secutity in deed, binding himself under great
forfeiture to restore it. When any person made
a present of a book to a church or a monastery,
in which were the only libraries during several
ages, it was deemed a donative f such value,
that he offered it on the alter, pro remedia an
ime sur, in order to obtain the forgiveness of
his fins. These were the ages in which super
stition, witchcraft and priestcraft obtained so u
nitcral an ascendency. From 600 to lOOOall
learning was in the hands nf the Arab, Saras
ntc and Chinese. It is supposed by many that
the art of printing originated in China, where
it was practised before it was known in Europe.
The Remans had the possession of the art long
beiore they were conscious of the rich posses
sion. And it is a curious fact, that a well
known Italian, to whom learning owes much,
ai-'iially published a treatise on the artofroad
t a printed book, which was dedicated to the
1 1 i y 1 1 r r a ud more enlightened class of society.
Copying w,is in ancient Greece and Rome, a
productive employment, but it afterward foil
into the lianas of the monks, who copied chiefly
theology. A good copy of the Inble, on Vellum.
m ployed two years; and the works of either
ot the Fathers still more time. Jerome states,
that ho had ruined luaitelfby buying a copy of
the works of Origen.
Bo-iks were originally boards, or the inner
bsrk of trees, the word being derived from
Bench a Beech tree. The Horn-Cook, now u-
sed in -nurseries, ia a primntive hook. Tl.irk is
still used by some nations; skins are also used
for which parchment was substituted. Papyrus
an Egyptian plant, was adopted in that cotm
try, and an article of commerce, th'm plates of
brass, were also used for the church service.
The Papyrus end parchment books were com
nionly rolled on ronnd eticlts, with a ball a', each
end, end the composition began at the centre,
the outer fold being its termination ; 'hese were
tailed volumes. The outaides inscribed just as
we now letter books.
The MSS. in Ilerculaneum, consist of Fapy
rus rolled, charred and matted together by the
fire, and are about nine inches long and one,
two or three inct.es in diameter, each being a
volume or separate treatise.
Specimens of mot-t of these modes of writing
may oeecea in the liritir.li Museum. No. 3 176,
in the Sloanian library, is a Nabob's letter, on a
piece ot bark, about twe yards long, and richly
ornamented w ith gold. No. 8207, is a 'bark ol'
Mexican hierogliphics printed on bark. In the
same collection arc various species, many from
the Malabar coast and the East. The letter
writings are chiefly on leaves. Thrro are Be
vera) copies of Bibles written on palm leaves,
ftill preserved in various collection in Europe
The ancier.ts douUk, wrote; on any leaves
they found adapted to the purpose.
Among these early inventions many were
inguUrly rude, and miserable etibstituteslor
a belter material. lathe shepherd Ute they
wrote their songs with thorns and awls on
straps of leather, which thry wound round their
crooks. At the town Hall in II mover, are
kept twelve wooden bars, overlaid with bees
wax, on which are written the names own
ers of houses, but not the names of streets.
The wooden manuscrijitt must have existed
before 1-133, when Hanover was first divided
into streets.
The laws of the twelve tables which the 'Ro
mans chiefly copied from the Grecian code
were, after they had been approved hy the peo
ple, engraven on brass, were melted by light
ning which struck the capitol and consumed
Ctb'ir laws: slots highly regretted by Augus
tus Of course as Broke were scarce, and the art
of reading uncommon, they were very dear.
The bequest of one at a religious house, as we
have already stated, entitled the donor to mas
6es for his soul, and they were commonly chai
ned o te their station, and mine to this day.
As specimens of the prices of books the 11'
man dr la llosc was odd for above 301 and
Horn":'' was exchanged for 200 sheep and five
quart, is of wheat; and they usually brought
douolf or truble their weight in gJlu.
The firt printed book were trifling Iiymn
ond Psalters, W'tll iniipesnf ta-nts ami hoi'".'
printed or.lv on nr. nide, ihc lews were n
back tobtrk
One ol the first was lii il bus
Pauoerum.of fnr'.r leaves, whir h rissled tn'o.
ther, made twenty. An entire IVilter wa
printed in 1157 by Fsut and Schueller ; and
bibbj ia 637 kivee, in moveable type, was
printed at Mcntz, between 1450 and 1433 ; but
the most important part of the invention (that
of the moveable types) is uncertain both as to
name and date. The first characters were Go
thick ; and Roman type was first used in 1407.
Some writers give tho invention of printing
to Guttenberg, of Miyenco ; while others as
cribe it to Faust (ofien called Dr. Fatistus,) of
the same city ; and others to Laurenco Kostcr,
of Haerlem.
Correspondence rf the Phitade'ptiia Ledger.
Washington, March 4, 48M.
There is some talk here, and I trust it will not
end in mere talk, that a motion will be made in
favor of paying Mrs Gilmer, the widow of the
late unfortunate Secretary of the Navy, a year's
salary of her husband's. Let not the qualmish
sensibility of some would-be sentimentalists, in
regard to the dead, interfere with their duty to
the living, which is of far greater importance to
their character as men and Christians. General
Harrison's widow received a year's salary out of
the national Treasury, ond yet her case was not
nearly as distressing. Mr. Gilmer was taken
hence In the pride of manhood, leaving a large,
entirely unprovided, and, let me add, destitute
family. Let those who have witnessed the hestt-
rending scene on board the Princeton, Senators j
and members of the House ofall political parties,
forget their personal and party animosities, and
join as men in doing an act of justice to a poor
woman, to whose agonizing Mi (Tarings themselves
may bear the best testimony, to an unfortunate
widow whose husband died in his country's ser-
ice, and to fbe fatherless orphans who will be
exposed to penury and want, if not generously
adopted by tlie nation.
The reason wby Mr. Nelson is pressed as Sec
retary of State, is his able State paper, published
while Charge d' Affaires to Naples. Hut Naples
is a power of the fifth, or rather fifteenth rank in
Europe, indebted for its existence to Austrian
bayonets; and a gentleman diplomatist, there
fore, may be very successful with Naples, and
not quite a match for Great Pritain. I say so,
not in disparagement of Mr. Nelson, who is a
first rate Attorney General, but merely in refer
ence to the subject matter. Mr. Nelson has had
much unmerited abuse heaped upon him during
the a hn initiation of General Jack-on, and 1
would be the last man to do him injustice now.
The Calhoun men really say that thir cham
pion has done with rresident-making and utinia-
kinc, and would be willing to accept the Secre
taryship of State for n'if7oti.7 considerations. Mr.
Hunter of Virginia, is pressed from the Navy lor
precisely the same reasons ; but I doubt wheth
er President Tyler will move in that quarter. As
far as Mr. Calhoun is concerned, no one can
doubt but that the apointment would elicit shouts
of applause throughout the nation.
Mr. Spencer, it is said, will be again nomina
ted for the oflice of Judge of the Supreme Court
of the United States. I trust it w ill be so. He
could now be confirmed without difficulty, and
the act would reflect i;reat credit on the firmness
and consistencv of the President. Mr. Spencer
came within three votes of being confirmed. Such
a case srentauily deserves reconsideration on all
sideH.
If Iliad anything to suggest, cert.iinly I would
propose Mr. Spencer for the State Department, j
That Department has been managed for some
years back by men of grrut and absorbing talent;
but as its Vrauches have multiplied, and there is
but one Secretary for the home and foreign e.
partments, to which is added the enormous branch
of the Indian Rureau and the Patent oflice, it is
desirable that in addition to a man of talents, a
thorough systematic business man should take
hold of it, to clear away the rubbish which has
collected there for the last fifteen or twenty
years. 1 know na man in the United States who
fessessos more energy, tact and administrative
experience for such a task than John C. Spencer ;
and as President Tyler's administration stands
pur txtf.Uence en its merits, and not n the ap
plause of eelfish partisans, such considerations as
I have advanced ought to weigh with him more
than the wishes of his personal friends
I" AN KLIN
Fritm the TuAic htder.
AsTiiBAdTt Ibon. Your correspondent, spea
king of Stockton's gun, attributes its defect to
the Scotch anthracite iron, of which he asserts
that it was made.
This is all a mistake. No Scotch iron is made
wild anthracite coal. Ann n is exiremeiy im-
firoble that the ''big gun" was made with anthra
cite iron.
That anthracite iron is inferior for mh pur
poses, is an assumption for which thorc is no
warrant. The quality -of the iron depends at
least chiefly on the ore, and not the fuel.
A.vrmiAX.
The MrniiF.B in Wyoming. We learn from
the Susquehanna Register, that the cirenmstan
ces elicited on the inquest held on the body of At
kinson, go to show that he met with foul play.
The wonnd, instead of indicating that it was pro
duced by the falling of a tree, corresponds exact
ly with the head of llaiiey's axe. Resides, we
understand that blood was found in other places,
and other iudications discovered to make it pro
bable he was removed from the place where kil
led, and laid whore it might ajwr as if the tree
had fallen ujiou him and felled .him to the ground
The only conceivable motive which we have
heard suggested as a probable inducement to this
dreadful crime, is the fact that Railoy's wife and
Atkinson, who were brother and sister, inherited
a property together, which was to become her
portion entirely, provided he did not marry or
should .lie without issue , and it is said he was to
havubeAii married shortly . Bradford I'orter
i
I Vrav Hako Timts. The New Yoik corres
pou 1 rit ofn Washington pap -r states that he had
jut h ard that -a shopkeeper in Broadway had
import -d several ladies' dresses, priced at one
thousand dollars each, and had no difficulty in
selling them "'
U . i -. I - 1 L -- '
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday i March 9, 1844.
fttmoeratlc JYbmf nation for fJovrrnnr
II E X H Y A. M IT II L K X B E It CI.
fjj" V. II. PaHifii. I'n. nt hi Real Enisle nnd
Goal office. No, SO I'ine Street, Philadelphia, is au
thorised to set as Agent, and lo receive and receipt
for all ninnies due thin uflice, fur subscription or ad
vertising. H7" Pr.i-V!f:i! Tver. IMJlb.,or more, nfsee
ond hand brevier type, for sale at this oflice, ut
1? ets. per lb., rash. The type are the same as
those used in our advertising columns.
d" We ore indebted toth llarrisburg Argus
extra, for the procee lings of the meeting of the
Johnson State- Ci ntral Committee, at Ilai i ishnrg.
on th; Ith inst. The meeting passed resolutions
condemning IV. Selh Salisbury, after whii'h lie
was deposed from the office of CliairiTian of the
State Committee and Strange N. Palmer elected
in his stead. The Committee adopted an address
urging the elivtion of Richard M. Joluison for
President.
CI? Orn columns as well as those of mot of
th papers, are filled with accounts of the disaster
on board the Princeton. In the death of Judge
Upshur, the President has lo-t his wisest counsel
lor and best friend, and the nation one of its most
able, honorable mid upright men.
Mi iil.KMo iin N'ovtMim. In another
column o'T readers will find a condensed state
ment of the proceedings n! the Ith of March con
vention, brought down until Wednesday noon.
The nomination was not made until the after
noon. The vote, we are informed, stood f,7 for
Muhletiburg ; Slnink .Vi ; scattering 0. As our
first choice 'i' arepleavd that the choice ol the
convention has fallen on Mr. Mnhl nbiirg. al
though we should cheerfully have suppoited Mr.
ShiiuK, bad the convention seen lit to nominate
him. Mr. Muhlenbuig has always been emi
nently popular in this county.
ClJ" Tiik Ic K moved oll'the Susquehanna l iver,
opposite this place, in a solid body, on Tuesday
evening. An individual from this place hud
crossed about hall way over when it started. He
hurried his steps some ami reached the opposite
shore in safety.
07" Tiik Mri.Ac noi.v intelligence of the ter
rible disaster on board the steamship Princeton,
did not reach us until Saturday morning last,
after our paper had been worked otV. We im
mediately issued an extra and supplied such of
our subscribers as we could send to on that day.
On our first page will be found a full and collect
account of the whole atl'.iir, extracted fiom the
letters of the Philadelphia Ledger V W a-hington
Correspondent.
Cy" Tiik Mii.ton I.i.ix.I'.k. The editor of this
paper savs' its existence, under his control, will
cease with last week's number. We wish the
editor success in his retirement
C7 V atii or Gin. Fimck We regret toan
nounee the death of the Hon. Henry l'rick, mem
ber of Congress from this district He died at
Washington on Friday, the 1st inst , aged about
50 years. His remains were brought home on
Sunday evening last. The funeral took place on
Monday at 3 o'clock, and was attended by a large
concourse of friends and relations. (Jen. Prick
had been in feeble health for several years pat.
His many noble and generous qualities had ac
quired for him a hu ge circle of warm and sincere
friends, who sincerely regret his lots.
The remains of Gen. Prick were accompanied
from Washiuglon City, by two of his colleague
in Congress., Mr. Irwin of Centre, and Mr. Hays
of Venango. His death was announced on Mon
day last, in the House, by Mr. J. It. Ingersoll and
by Mr. Rucluinan in the Senate. Theustiul icso-
lutions were jiassed, when both Houses adjourn-
d. His disease was consumption.
An r.i.r.cTio.N for a member of Congress.
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of
Gen. l'rick, will, we presume, soon take place.
The law requires the Governor to issue his war
rant lothe Sheriff, of the counties which compose
the flietrict, as early as convenient, designating
the day on which the election must be held. The
writ must be delivered to the Sherid'at least fif
teen daysb -fore the election, who must give due
and public notice thereof, at least ten days before
the election, and also send a copy of such notice
to at h ast one of tlie inspector of each election
district. We have not yet heard wlio the candi
dates w ill be. Gen. l'rick has served about three
mouths of his time. The remainder of the pre
sent session, we presume, will last about three
months longer.
1X7 Oi a Wood Ci t, representing the deck of
the steam ship Princeton, w ill enable oht read
ers, after reading the account on our first page,
to understand more fully the position of the ditler-
cnt persons on board who were injured, and
these who were near the scene of danger It
will be seen that Messrs Gilmer, Kcnnon, Up
shur, Gardiner and Maxcy and a sailor, who
were killed, were ull standing in a cluster im
mediately opposite the section or fragment of the
gun that was blown oil'.
The cut is not quite so well executed as those
of some of our City cotomporurieg, yet it answers
the purpose fully as well, and is, withal, not a bad
specimen of pen-knife engraving.
Miss Somerville was slightly injured. A Mu
t "atto Servant of the frvsidcnt was killed.
TflE tPPEB DECK OF THE PRINCETON AT ME
f di i, ..j! .Ilk 1
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-; jr- 'it fir iy r-TTVV 1
"''-M "Hni i
fiT" The above cut explains, as nearly as can be,
time of the accident, by which it will b' seen that
were all standing in a cluster, (as it were.) on one
The position of the parties on deck will be seen
a Mr. Maxev. killed.
o Mr. i,antiner, (to.
.
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Mr. Upshur, do.
Mr. Ketuion, do.
Mr Gilmer, do.
A Sailor, do.
Th.; Cabin.
The three circles represents 1h" masts. The sniiill u hite spots, group v of p-isous.
The big gnu was fifteen feet lone. had a bore or month twelve inelies in dium-ter required
charge ot thirty pounds of powder, and carried a kill of two I dred and thirty pounds weilit. Tbe
tun Usell weighed ten Ions, l lie I'nnceton, it
her upper deck.
C.7" Tnr. Di ami of Mr Upshur and Mr. Gil
mer ha caused two vacancies in the Cabinet, for
which there are already a number of aspirants
Mr. Calhoun has been talked of to fill the pkiec
of Mr Upshur, Secretary of State.
C7" Tna Pnrtia.T. it is said, has offered the
oflice of Secretary of State to John C. Calhoun,
of South Carolina, and that of Secretary of the
Navy to Win. C. Hives, of Va It is not known
whether Mr. Calhoiin will accej the appoint
ment. Someof his best friends svy he will.
L.T A t Minn of papers have found fault with
the style and manner of the Coi respondent o( the
Philadelphia Ledger, in his acemmt of the calami
ty on board the Princeton. His statement is
lunch the best that we have seen, and although
minute in its details, has proved to be correct in
all its impel t.mt pai t :cul.n .
(Zj Tm: Win-; Coiivi ntion ne t at Harri-bnrg
on the Ith inst . and nominated (,',u Vaikle. of
A Meebetiy. n the 'J .'d ballot, as their candidate
tor Governor.
The vot stoo l M.nUeOs. Irvine -: S Guil
ford Caral Commissioner. V. 1! Reed and John
Strohui dedegates to the Raltimore Convention.
CT" A Wa-hiiigtou col respondent of the N. Y.
Cotnmerci.il wi ites :
l have seen the shrouiled boilii-s. Ivinu ill the
ra-t room. The countenance of Mr. Gilmer is lit
tle changed. When taken up there was a pleasing
smile on his lips Mr. Gardiner appeared little
altered. Mr. Upshur's face, and also that of Cap
tain Kcnnon, could not he recognized.
Among the mysteries of this melancholy affair,
1 have seen a riugof value, and a rich purse, pick
ed upon the deck, which cannot be traced to
their owners. The purse was found in a pocket,
which had been evident ly blown otf from some
one dress Its contents were gold, silver and
pap r The articles cannot be traced to either
ol the Mill'erers No one is known to he missing "
A Correspondent ol the Raltimore Situ says
' Having enteied the east room at a moment
when ileal ly every one had retired to some of the
rooms adjoining and in immediate connection
with it. 1 stepped aside to give a moment to re
flection Presently, a tall, slim form was fern
stepping slowly along from one of the parlors
He proceeded to the colfins of Messrs Upshur and
(Miner, there he halted; he wrung his hands in
an agony of grief, and the tears flowed freely
down bis manly checks. That mourner was
H nrijA M'.r His tears reflected honor upon
his heart There was profound silence through
out the spacious room "
The Washington correspondent of the N Y
Express says :
"Commodore Kcnnon, for sometime the officer
in command of the Navy Yard of this city, and
among whom and by all respected as the olliccr
and beloved as the citizen, has left a large fami
ly, to mourn his loss He ha I recently married
a great-grand daughter of Madam Washington,
Miss Britannia Wellington Peter.
Mr. Maxcy, one of our oldest and most respec
table citizens, has also left a wife and daughter
to suffer from his sudden and painful death.
Col. Gardiner, of New Yoi k, was una visit to
our city, accompanied by his two daughters, who
were also on board the Princeton ut the time ol
the accident.'
Mit. Cu i!i.i:s Ariiisn s Dams, of the city of
New York, was on board the U. S. steamer I'nnce
ton at the time of the explosion. In a letter to
the New York Express, he says
"1 was standing ut the time about ten feet from
anil behind Captain Stockton, w ho tired the uun
1 owe my escape entirely to the accidental cir
cuuistance of having clamberoil up an inner rig
ging, with a lady. (Mrs. Wcthered, of Raltimore,)
a few feet ubove the deck, and every thing In
ving on deck below us was killed or wounded
she was sputtered all over with blood; our hats
were blown oil; but the only injury I received
was a slight contusion on the upper lip. I saw
Stockton fire the gun, and then for a few seconds
all was darkuess to me and the fust scene pre
sented was the devastation in tiie group directly
under me."
Wm. Strickland, Esq of Philadelphia, was al
so on board the Princeton, and a spectator of the
heart rending scene. In a letter to his family
he says
"If I had been one foot more to the right or left,
I should have bet n killed. Captain Stockton had
all his hair burnt off, and was otherwise, though
slightly injured. I was immediately behind him
while he was explaining the construction of the
lock of the gun, when he ordered her to be fired,
and the first sensation which I had was that I Witt
prostrated on the deck, my hat blown nearly a-midkliips.''
TIME OF THE EXPLOSION OF THE M BIG GO."
i ", i iiiTrisiTiiijiiniiiftlSr:juijf..L,cir.ir
the position of till the principal parties at the
the five distinguished persons who were killed
side of the gun, distant but 8 or 10 feet.
by the following references:
k (
m
Mr. Wilkms.
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Mr. Ronton.
Mr. Duvis.
Mrs W, tl.ere.l
A Sailor.
M
iss ninerv
ille
will bo seen, curried also 1 j small r g
t',l"s " '
'CT? The Wilkesbarre Advocate, in copying
theniticle liom our paper in relation to a liar
vesting Machine in Michigan, described by Mr.
A. Y. Mooitv.. says "eautliH be so.'" There is
not the Inast doubt about the truth of the state,
ment. That part of the letter was directed to
us. and those U ho are acquainted with the writer.
Mr. Moore, -will not qiestioii his vcuwity.
LVT' Tin: Noti s of the West Rianch RanV are
now redeemed in specie. We- are glud to hear
this. It can now be of some benefit to the suc
tion of country in which it is located
The llarrisburg papers say that not more than
about s. nun of the Noi tl.ampton Relief Notes
have been redeemed at the Treasui y. The a
mount which the bank was authorised to issue,
was about VMMinll. According tothis statement
these notes are piols'ihly as g.vod as anv other
I
CT" The correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledger of Varch the 1th -ays :
I'o-day 1 have to communicate the most me
lancholy intelligence ol the sickness ot tlie Pre
sident The exeitetin lit of the hist fuW days;
the accident of the hor-es of his own cariiage
nnmim: away at tremendous speed; the boring
for office of a never-diminishing crowd of hunsry
applicants for ollice ; 1 be intrigues for the acant
offices of Secretary of State and Secretary of the
Nav y. commenced over the scarcely cold bodies
of the victims of tin1 l ite melancholy catastro
phe ; all this, taken together, has shaken the
constitution of the President, and eivcii him a fe
ver, under which he is now laboring
He is severely, but not dangerously ill. and, it
is hoped, will be able to rest for a few days from
the excitement and fatigues to w hich he has been
exposed almost from the first moment of his ad
ministration.'' Qf T" Cam Ihon plane stocks have been invented
in Philadelphia.
ZS ' Wool i Asm sure said to be excellent, w hen
applied to the roots of poach tiecs to destroy
w oi ms.
vor. tui: .oiinn iv.
JnKER (IF 1'OM.RESS.
Mr Urn i on .--A s an election tnu-1 soon take
place to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death
of Gen Frick, permit me to recommend to the
Democracy of this distrii t. HENRY C EYF.R.
Esq , of Uninncounty As Union county seems
entitled to the member, I would like to see her
put forward one of her best and most popular
men vi r.yer, wc know, enjoys mis mvunc
tion at home, and I feel confident that in this
county as well as the whole district, he would
receive the unanimous support of the whole de
mocratic party His nomination wo aid ensure
success ar.d put down a!l opposition.
AUGUSTA
Rkthkx. -ii.mi-.mt in Ohio. I h- Retrenchment
, , , i. i .i
Rill has become a law. It reduces the pa v ol
1
ollieers general one half. M nib -r.of the I.e-
gislalurc receive V,' P'-r day ; Governor, 1,(mmi
per annum; Secretary of State, f-ioo ; State Au-
ditor, 7W; Ti.-asurer.S7.iO; Auditor's Chief
Clerk, t"ti); Judges of the Supreme Couit.
1,IUM) each ; President Judges of the Ciicuits,
$7 '10 each; Associate Judges, per day each;
County Commission.-! and County Auditor, CJ
per day each ; County Treasurer not over ji'iUO ;
Sheriirs not over S7"( ; Clciks of Couits not o
Ver S7U0 ; Deputies to do. II0U ; and no other
State or County officer over V2 per day Each
Sheriff, Auditor, Recorder, orCb-tk, to keep a
sworn account ofall his receipts of fees, and to
pay into the State or County Treasury ull the ex
cess over the sunn, above stipulated. Tax Sales
to be advertised in the County imper that will
do the job cheapest. Hamilton County, iuclu- !
ding Cincinnati, is exempted from these rcdiic- j
t ions of the fees of county ollieers
The New Y'ork Tribune says "Wc believe
we violate no rule of propriety in repea
ting the current report that President Tyler
is about to marry the cider Miss Gardiner, daugh
ter of David Gardiner, Esq. who was killed at
the great calamity on board the Princeton."
Silver SrooNS. Some of the colored domes
tics of the "White House" were before a magis
trate in Washington, for ttealing some silver
spoons from the President's table, belonging to
the United States. Nothing is suid in regard to
those "gold spoons" of Mr Ogle-
Arrested on Sisricion A nun, named
Barney Nixon, was arrested on Monday evening.
on the charge of robbing the house Lewis
Bremer, and committed for a further hcariiq,' by
Alderman Rrajcr.
man by the name of Lukcn. 13 miles above
I"
arrirburg, has b?n arrested for cownUTfeilins
fhiJ.LeJ
DEMOCRATIC
STAT H C O V K X T I O X .
The delegates chosen to represent the differ
ent counties of Pennsylvania in a Democrat ic
State Convention, for the nomination of a candi
date for Governor, Canal Commissioner, dele
gates to Ihe Raltimore National Convention, elec
tors for President and Vice President, fcc, con
vened in the Court House at Harrislmrg, on Mon
day, March -I, IS 1 1.
The Convention was called to order at 11 o'
clock A. M., on motion of Messrs. Fraier of
Lancaster, and Lowry of Craw ford, by the ap
pointment nf the following feinwrnrt officers :
JAMES C. MARSHALL. Esq. of Erie. Chair
man. Da mii Ft i.woon of Westmoreland, and Gen.
Gkori.f. W. Rowman of Itedford. Secretaries.
The names of the del-gates were then called
over in alphabetical order.
Mr Ki!f.wsti:r of Philadelphia moved that the
; chairman appoint a committee of seven. ,,r the
purpose of hearing the evidence on the contested
! seats and report the facts to the convention in
j writing
! Mr Fi: (Zi ti of Lanca ter moveil to amend, as
follows -That the contested delegates be heard
at the liar of th" convention, and that the conven
tion then decide upon their respective claims. "'
The yeas and nays w.-re culled on the amend
ment, and wore y. as CI, nays fi.'l. The amend
ment h.n ing been rejected, the original resolu
tion was adopted without division.
The Chairman anmmnreil the followiinj com
mittee -.
Rcnjamin IT Rrewst-r. P-ah Frnz-r. G. A. Ir
vine. II R. Wiinht, Tiniethy Ices RobeitLove,
C. D. l'.ldred.
On motion of Mr Wright a committee to no
minate officers forth- pisrmaneut organization of
the Convention was appointed. !n the afler
ikioii the Convention was addressed by Mi ssrs.
G.u.tin.uTii, Low ii v and Wit. mot. inculcating a
spirit of concession andliarmony, whatever their
own predilections miht be.
Vr. l'i:i:sTi lt. ! heh.ilfof the committee ap
pointed In invest igate tlie contested seats, ma le
report of tin; documentary evidence in r-Ijtion
thereto.
Mr I.nwi.v moved that the rase ,,f the Schuvl
kill county cont".-ted delesateslie now disposedof
Mr Fi! Flt moved to amend so as In take up
all the contested seats in their alph -tical order.
The am ndinent of 'r Ft: .v.n w.i rejected by
a vote ol il'l nays to n I yeas, and the resrdul ion of
Mr. I.iiwky a lopled by a vote ol i. l eas to 'il
tin .
Hon. Gi.mo.i: Ru and Vktiui. Cm nut
were then uiHiiiiiiintisli admitted to seats.
On Tu-sd.iy morning, the ,1th. the Committee
reported the tollrtwing officers.
President: Hon J m-oii Fh v ; Vice Presidents
William F. Coplan. Alexander Johnston, Genrg
V .Gilh 'it, lion John Galluuith, David Wilmotl
ih-iii v Welsh. Geu U II Hammond, ("leu. Cm.;
rail Shinier, Gulbia tli A Irv ine ; Secretaries
Francis L Rowin.in. Franklin Yaiisuitt. J. 1Y.
Hoover, John II. Diuiock
S. Mi l I. M v i i;s Esq , was admitted as the S-m.1-
ti
riivil delegate Horn Schuvlkil'.: Carbon, Monro.;
and Pike
Sam t I I. KuKt!. Esq , was admitted as the Sena
torial delgat- from Reaver and Monroe
Geo D.u in Row i n and Tumns Ron: weie
admitted as the representative delegates from
Reaver.
On motion, both the claimants from Perry and
I Ciiuibeihiud. Mr Ander-on and Mi Mutecr were
rejected us were also Mr l.aei n-ey him .Mr l io
lett. ol Tioga and Rradford
On Wednesday morning the f'.th Mr Hemp
hill, of Chester, offered a preamble and resolu
tion, to take up a third mmi " which was disa
greed toby a vote of i1 to "
Resolutions were then offered to admit the Sen
ators from Bradfoid and Tioga and Cumberland
and Perry to fill the vacancies in these two dis-;
trict.s j
Mr Kr.r.n of Mercer raiset: ;r.e following po:r.t
: ot oruet
"Upon a resolution off-red by Mr. Fn.vnn,
present nor the a indication of the members ol
)' . , - , , V. v i i , ,
t Cniuher nnd sml t'eirv. titlerm' a delegate to
I . , . M i. Convention, to which Mr.
' WltiiillT offered an amendment. The point of
i order is hat an original document, petition, or
j application, cannot be amended by the conven-
lion."
The President sustained the point of order and
d. cided the motion of Mr. Wright to he out of
order.
Mr Wrtii.it r appealed from this division, and
alter a lengthy discussion the decision of the
Chair was reversed yeas ."is., nays 72.
The question then recurred on Mr Wright a
meuduieut, when,
Mr M.mi moved to postpone the resolution
and the amendment, for the purpose of proceed
ing to make nominations for Governor.
I After a lengthy discussion Mr Gii.morf. move.lj
I to adjourn, which was disagreed to. yeas 35, nay
Ul.
The motion to postpone for the purpose of pro-
ceeding to make nominations, was agreed to. yeas
O'J nays 6'.'
The Convention then adjourned until half past
three o'clock
Cm ILTY to a IIorsk Mr Alfred William,
ofPoutiuC, Michigan, recently Hotted his horse,
attached to a four wheeled vehicle, from Royal
Oak to Detroit, a distance of twelve miles, in
forty-three minutes.
Torek; Grain A wrir,.r in the London
Globe contends that three millions quarters of
foreign jram be required before harvest.
Joha ''T.'ii can have it we would as leave pay
him in flour as any thing else.
English Wtvrs A lady in London named
biuyden, has lately been made defendant in an
action uf ejectment The princijul count in tho
declaration was for throwing her hubunl out i.vf
Uiti w iadow.