ern! gins• THE OBSERVER. lam' A householder in a Western village in filling up his census schedule under the column heeded "Where born," described one of his children as "born in the parlor," and the other "up stairs." i The Grand Jury of Dubuque Coun ty. lowa, has indicted six or eight county officers of misappropriation of public mon ey. Among them is the County Judge, formerly a Governor of the Teititory. War The trtrongest argument we have yet been advances! by the opposition press in favor of the election of Curtin awl Cam eron, is that their names begin with C.— Overwhelming, isn't it' ago- When Eli ,s Ilowe, Jr., the inventor of the first practical sewing machine, re turned from England, his funds were reduced that he worked his passage as a cook. Now he is worth millions. Mir The latest accounts Crum England shy that Queen Victoria is very well. and "has taken to hoops." What that means those versed in those trifles can best con jecture Abe One day last work a lit t le girl named Julia Daniels. in a public school in Now London, Conn., was takon with bleeding at the nose, itnd was oi.tigvii to leave and go home. Tne hemorrhage continued in spite of etibrtt, to check it. and she died the next morning. stir On Sunday morning, great excite ment was caused in the Baptist Church, Pittstown, Benitolrer County, by a man walking in the midst of the congregation stark naked. lie was led out as soon as \K.:hie, and decided to b' insane on the bject of drss.. Oar A prominent Republican lawyer in Chicago has been exp•lled from one of the churches in that city, simply I.ecau4e flaw! e diiplat•ed one of 'her unite i -ountable freak- in Ins house, by -confin ing" his wile and nna of the servant girl at the samr. time. Sat" A msn in Springfield. 111., said to he worth $6,00i . is working in the streets f that city to pay a tine 01 :10, levied up him fur being acceraory to keeping bowie of ill-hone. It will take him over :In days to square h. 3 account. The Jour ..lys he 13 the best worknxau in the gang. mir The Richmond Dapatch wyyn that iion,tespuitheiothee are becoming ao fashion able with businese men in that the factories in different parts of the :kale find it unpustuble, with their pr&ient factl ales, to till the numerous ordepi that pour in upon thew. Stir A new counterfeit on the Warren Bank of Rhode island has made its ap pearance. The note has an eagle on one of the upper corners, and the word "two," in large letters printed in red ink. air The shoemakers in Massachusetts. recently on a strike, are giving in, and going to work. It is said that they have expended in music, banners, &c., as mud, money as the advance they asked fur would amount to in a sear. Strikes don't pay g Some few evenings since, seventy one grass-widows, residing around Elkhart. Indiana, gave a ball and invited their male friends. No ladies who were not graas widows were admitted, and the fun ran high until mornig. My. The Supreme Court at Buffalo Plat Thesday confirmed the report of the referee, Charles D. Norton, Esq., in the case of the application of Mrs. Charles Barton Hill for a divorce from her husband. rhe Courier says the case has attracted considerable attention is social circles during the past year. Mr. Charles Barton Hill is known as an actor of considerable merit, m ar The Supreme Court of Vermont has recently made a decision upon a case of a novel character. A United States mail agent made a contract to resign his office, and use his influence to have anoth er person appointed in his place. In con sideration thereof the applicant for the other office gave his note to the other par ty for half a year's salary The Court de cided that the contract cannot be enforced, the transaction being virtually the sale of the office. sir A.proposition was presented in the Ohio Legislature, last, week, by response. ble parties, to lease the entire public work* of the State, for fourteen years, assume all the repair, and supervision, subject to the direction of the Board of Public Work 4. and pay the State twenty thousand dollars a year rent, the rates of toll not to exceed the toll sheet of W4B, and the privilege of navigating the canals to be open to all. gar A terrible accident occurred at Chittenden's Shaft, four miles below Hyde Park, Pa., Monday afternoon. The pumps broke while the workmen were being hoist ed up. An explosion of fire damp follow inetifteen or twenty of them were killed, and' many more seriously injured. The engine ana boiler were blown to pieces.— These are all the particulars ascertained. Our beloved House of Representa tives at Washington were in great trouble about the rules the other day, and several new ones were proposed for adoption. Mr. Etheridge, of Tennessee, said a good thing when he remarked "that he thought it not so important to have the rules as to observe what they had." For instance, said he, "what good will rules do, when a member rises and alludes to his friend on the other aide of the House as 'die Honorable d—d ras cal from so and " It brought down the whole house and galleries in uproarious laughter. jar Owen titenley, the recognised King of a roving band of roving Gipsies in Ohio, died recently at Madison, Indiana, and his remains were taken to Dayton, where they are to be interred next week with great ceremonies. Marne t Owen, a Gipsy Queen, was buried at. Dayton, some two years ago, and the King is now to be deposited by her side. Roving bands of this singular people are gathering at Dayton from all directions to participate in the funeral cer emonies, which are expected to be of a curious and imposing character, becoming the interment of deceased royalty. giir The Governor of Wisconsin has dis banded a militia company, because the captain of it had expressed an opinion that, if the State authorities and those of the Federal Government should come into collision with each other, he would con ceive it to be his duty to support the au thority of the Federal Government. If, in the Governor's opinion, the mandates of the United States Supreme Court were not constitutional, he would undoubtedlT ex pect the militia of the State to help him to resist their enforcement. What isth is but nullification! Mir A most distressing calamity, says the Pittsburgh CAnnude, occurred in Clari on county on Monday night. It appears that shortly after the fatally of Mr. Wil liam Rhoads, a farmer residing in Knox township, had retired to rest, the dwelling WiLb discovered to be on fire. Mr. Rhoads was absent at the time, and his wife, hav ing been awakened by the heat, rushed out of the house and called upon her children. who slept up. stairs, to follow. Finding they made no reply, she hurled stones through the window of the apartment in which they slept, in hopes that she might in this way bring them to a sense of their peril. The poor woman's e+rts, however, mkt with no response. and her four sons, ode of them almost full grown, who occu pied the room, perished in the dames. It is supposed that at the time she left the house the smoke had become so dense up stairs is to suffocate the boys in their beds —otherwise bermes would have alarmed them. Besides the boys up stairs she had five little ones, who slept on the first floor, to take care of, and, though she periled her own life td effect it, shesuoceeded in bringing them in safety from the burning building. The occurrence caused much distress to the people of the neighborhood, and the deepest sympathy for the bereaved parents was marutetted. I. SL JAN, Editor. TERMS al 50 piat YEAS IN AthAN('N SA T I'IIDA Y. MARCH al. Lew. DENLOCIL&TIC NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR HENRY D. FOSTER, Or WESTMORELAND CO THERE IS NO CHANGE Doubtless with us our readers have no ticed the fact that no matter what mntro verwy may arrise between our own Govern ment and a foreign power, and no matter how clearly truth, and justice. and honor, may be upon our l side„theopponents of the Demo-ratic party, under whatever name they array themselves, invariably take sides ag.tinst their own government and in favor of our enemies. Tills was inast clearly illustrated in the war wit Mexico, and it is about to be re-illustrated in the contro versy, and verbal), war, which is ahout to ensue, growing out of the recent affair in the Gulf. Already we find Republie in journ:tl. and Republican oratots, prepar ing to tulas their pipes in accordance with the past history ()lute "opposition." In view of this fact a may tint be amiss, in orJer tl"it our read,r4 may understand t 11.• rrec eta "Mexican Trouble!' and not form r - roncous opinions batse•t upon flippant ar t,cle... in "opposition . ' journals, to briefly state the history of the caseovhen each man may reason intelligently for himself. Mex ico is a sistet republic. Our government. on i.uflh•ient ()Mirk, rrrognizi s J uarez as its execut iv e heal. Miramon desires, by force of arm-, to overthrow Juarez, and eons( um, hint,elt and his friend, the gov ernment 4,f th it rountry He prepares to attack Vera Cruz, where Juarez, driven by ;tress of untoward clicum , tances, has tals en reluge Ile menaces AnlCl ietill citizens and American property in Vera Cruz, and our minister notifies him that American ships and arms will protect, as a sanctuary, the American dag. He procurus a couple of steamers, by Spanish assistance, trans and arms them at Havana. aLd has them dispatched belligerently tl Vera Cruz.— They refuse, as they approach, to hoist a ;Lig, to exhibit their nationality. They are pronounced pirates by the legitimate (Ju arez) Mexican government. A war•veasel refusing to Bout a national flag, under such circumstances, tt a pirate by the law of na tions. The commander of the American fleet sends a boat to ascertain if these armed steamers are pirates or not. This boat is fired Into. This, also, Is piracy by the law of nations. The American commander thereupon engages and conquers the two piratical steamers, arms and crew, makes prisoners of all, and sends them to New Orleans. Thai', the plain story. Our gov ernment says the American commander did right. We say so too. Spain has com promised herself by thus countenancing a bod)t of fillibusters on the Mexican sover eignty, and Miramon, - satisfied that he has "put his foot in it" in attempting to insult the American flag, has abandone i fl Vera Crux, been forsaken by his followers in Mexico, and buried himself in merited ob scurity Still ho tinds aid and comfort " among the '• oppo-itton " in this country, hence we say there 14 1 1r , change. .1 Stsst eta .—The legislature of New York has done one sensible and humane thing. It has passed a law bestowing on married ladies the exclusive possession of their own earnings. This should be hailed with delight by all who love an act of public Justice. It isoneof the ''women's rights" we have always advocated ; for, if there be one act of oppression more intolerable than another, it is that which upholds a drunk en, worthless vagabond, in his power to Plunder the mother of his children of the food she has industriously collected to put into their little mouths. There is not a sublimer sight in the world than that of a noble-hearted, patient, active woman, qui etly enduring the wrongs heaped upon her head by a brutal taskmaster, loving him fondly through all his faults, forgiving him for all his outrages. and toiling (lay and night to support the pledges of an afitsotion now obliterated, on one side, almost from remembrance. But theJsublimity ceases when she is also asked to submit herself and her ofspring to plunder on the part of a heartless man who has forfeited every moral right to be recognised as a husband —when she is asked to famish herself and her little ones to supply him with the means of indulgence. We record this act of humanity and justice on the part of the Legislature of our sister Suite with satis faction. It is a movement in the right di rection, which we hope to see followed in every other State. 11=1 ft., The Crawford Journa/inaists that the Reading Convention did not produce a re union of the Democracy, and as evidence of the truth of its position refers us to a "letter of Mr ROBERT TYLER, late chairman "of the Democratic State Central Commit tee, who pronounces the apparatio,4or "catching vote.? put together at Readifg a "miserable milk-and-water affair unworthy ••of the stmng-stomached Demociacy he "belongs to;' In all this broad State the Journal has found Om man who kicks up his heels at the action of the Reading Con vention, whereat it is very much rejoiced and proclaims aloud that harmony dn.- not prevail in our ranks. We itu ';ose the Journal has heard the flu:llo 4 .A r adage, that "one swallow does not make a Spring ;" and the is a pertinent, if not quite as old, that one Tyler does not make a di vision. Robert's daddy tried it with the old Whig party, and faded; and Robert him self will come no nearer with the Demoe raty. a But th e jo,,ra a t says the recent munici pal election in Reading will furnish us 'Ssomecouunents" on this boasted re-union. S o it dues, and "we thank thee, Jew, for that word." 'Let us look at it. Last year the Journals party elected their Mayor in Reading, by 944 majority. This year they have only 135. Is akw of 809 votes a gr, untpt P Last year, the Opposition elected their Treasurer by 780 to This year he has only 152. Is a toss of 6•LB votes a tnumpli P In view of this result, it strkes us that if the Reading election proves any thing, it proves just what we have asserted —that the party is united and strong. Is the ✓oarnal satisfied ? Tin RaAsoN para• graph, from the Harrisburg correspondent of the Philadelphia I, , dger, explains itself. The nature of the Sunbury and Elie bill 120 W before the Legislasure our readers doubtless all know. It is briefly this. The company tinds itself embarrassed he Sta te has an interest in the final success of . the company of three and a half million.. tire city of Philadelphia of two Lrie City and county of half . a million, and oth er communities along the line nearly as much more. The company has gone to the Legislature, 'and nays, in substance, when our road is finished it will be ample to secure every creditor ; by the bill last winter you are the first creditor, but crowd us to the wall as you now hate a rich to do, and even your three million.. and a half will be lost ; but giro us time, and make your claim .econd, and we ran raise money to finish our work, and ever the Commonwealth included, will he feud in full. end to show that the favor they ask will not endanger a dollar of the debt the company owes the State. but the contrary, will secure its ultitnit, p. - 13 meat, principle and interest, thy) . time when completed would have to pay t;le .it terest and debt of about '53,11.10.00. ult, net earnings of the Penn•iy It'., n 'entr.il amounted. last yeti% t0''.2,231,1117, heiti per cent. on $37,193.753. fhe 11,0 ..Art: lugs of the New York and Erie road si•ii w rit - ed, ever since it w,is otiose(, w i th tip) „it ception of one single year only, to'l.tlerVi being 6 per cent. on $17,776.''.61; this exhibit the relict asked lOr woul.l a business man as a reasonable pro, mosition aid one would think would be granted at once , but now steps up 12,1. Ct ISo and through his ho+nin friend-, Fis.EY M.'CLURS, in the Senate, throw of.st-ici., in the way. Millions of !linnet is If - mop m dizm•ml and all for what 'f The annexed I aragraph throws some light upoti ilia bug not enough. There is a motive m ire signifi cant which may see the light limireat to • In the meantime, let friends of "(Lindy An dy," who have their all tin sled in tilos en terprise, read the mlluvring. "The prospects at present of the p of the Sunbury and Erie Itailromml btil sae ' not very encouraging. A p ,, ithcal /kw been thrown into the q'l esto 144,rh th"..A• to &q/eat the bal. It is said that it . (:)rtc the Republican eandidato fur (." Miry Au persona/ immfitience agatn,it e s pa, sa , € professing to futoor r the appr• ken "son that, f a RepUblkan Leg ifeature u , -C. Yes (0 the demands of time Conpuny, Ge enfavorebie to his prwpects. Che tt mends mmf the bill allege that this intlueuce i s to bear against it, and are much ann nerd thereat. It is questionable whedo•r Curtin will better himself by iii..‘,e roent, as he incurs the enmity of ail those who are extremely anx.ous Jur ti,e ,:itine thate passage 01 tee bill. to pr,•,..1 v, Company troth bankruptee...iii i sm- too completion of the road. rime kill, private calendar of the LiJuse. att I wish b.' reached this evening or to-morrow M In conclusion. to show how this tieneee bag with the interests of Cie See,• b; tee Curtin and friends, for poi ecel en P. is viewed in Philadelphia we C. qi' G I , t ~1,, -ing additional p tragraph from -y article in the Lefg+r of tlic To-day, it is expected, the b,ll for the relief of the Sunbury and Erie R. eh ca-I Company, will be up betole the •,reri...te,--- The concurrence& that bud), consimle,l of the first importance to the northern sec tion of the State, which will be opened to the sea-board by the cornpletatim ot the road, and which can only be completed by the relief afforded in the House bill, It is also of vital importance to the city of Phil adelphia, which-has a large 111Lere , i. 111 the work, and which is valueless in its present unfinished condition. To the Common wealth, which holds three an 1 a halm mil lions of the Company's bonds, and which. are of little or no value until the road is in actual working its entire length, the de •ireci aid solicited becomes a matter of m m mentous interest. That there tumid oxi-t any doubt us to the propriety •mt the relief asked has been to eve: y one rime a matter of much surprise, rho eine is not asked to give anything, n•mr re quired to surrender any privilege of v duo that it now possesses. All that the ou pany now requires is perinmssion Ilona too Commonwealth to go on and finish t lie road This desirable end cannot be rescheml b u t by the sale of the Compan'. Lends, arid they cannot be sold until the State agrees to separate the seven millions inortgege hen into first and second securities. f h., done, the work will rapidly proceed to completion. We do not stop to argte• the cotnmercial and many collateral ad% antag -es confidently expected to result teen the construction of a railway dire,•t from that, city to Lake Erie, nor have we anything to say here of the policy oh exchanging the Canals of the State for this proposed gigan tic line of road. These are points that Ile not enter into the present issue. The C.,• teals are gone and can never again be the property of the Commonwealt ven w..re it desirable to have them beck. It .- now simply a question. •'Hew can the I '011 1 : 1)011 . wealth most further its interests of three and a half millions of (Dollars in time Sun bury and Etie Railroad r else t, for eign from the real matter in hand. It is apparent to the commonest observation that the ) Site's bonds are woi•thless, so long as the rr is unfinished, anal the longer it is allowed to remelt unpraxllietiae, interest all the time increasing. til , less likely are its rwrenuei ever to Oily interest on its cost s The sooner, th'-_•refore. ih mt the work is completed time toner may the Commonwealth get interest on its bondls. and to the extent of the payment will the Treasury be relieved. Thls Company hae given assurance of a determination to com plete the rued in the shortest po.sible time by the energy with which the work hae been forced ahead, and by the relief asked, promises its completion in another seasoe With everything to gain b; prompt ece ra.e-en xt : and all to lobe by delay why sh bets hesitate? _ ComNr.c.rict-r Et.Ecriov.—Tl l A Connecticut for Governor, wt.! . ot h er sr, to °fikera' takes place ar.. ifonday next. Col. 817110171 t, a g ai tlnt soldier in the Mexican 7Par .."....L late Minister to Russia, is the oemocratie candidate ; and it really looks. at this distance, as if the Demo :^iry aided by the Conservatives of the Rr would carry the election. They are con , lucting the canvass with spirit, and they have al readyascertitined that large soc*ssions hive been made to their mike Both parties are, however, workitig vigorously, and the contest promises. at leam, to be very close. The discussion s em brace national questions almost excl u The Republic.ins tire denying that they are Abolitioni , t , .li. q eritas orJohn Brotvnites. The I), , uici.icy respond, and bring forward the proofs to show that tine tendency of Republican teaching is tes Abolitionism and violence Gen. Cushitag, and other prominent an.i eloquent Democrats, enforce this and oth er points, with characteristic earnestness. tar Seward put in his bid the other (lay for the Chicago nomination. whirli favorably received by his partizanq. Tv counteract this, Bates has now put in hi.; bid. All that Bates has to do is to ery r a d. ictdiem only half as loud as Seward cried conservatism, and he will take all the wind otta of lased', and gain the inside track of the Convention. THE Griot AV VOTE IN THE NEXT ELT' TION --1 t is not long since tLe republican pre-, were * loud in th defence of the two y e.t r amendment, cd*edbyltiesachusettQ. Ail kind of charges mire node agsunst the Asmocracy !bribing tiibinuch under the influence of forilignink and courting the tercegn rote. Nothing was ton .evere tbese black republaum journal. In-z a y. h ut . now a, the election draws near tie.c all are mightily concerned about the "German Vote. - The Washington correspowlent of the New York Post, a leading Republican paper. mourns in. this manner. It : 4 quite a common thing among the political managers of the •Teriple . 6 Party" to overlook the German vote, in making ea/culatein4. The (lerin in Re publican element 111 the large mei• and leMn , v,ry largo and we entinot ittiorrl to 1 , 1 , 4. it /t rrtl , l l %.r grtes ^ Oerm. emm. ow ' chrr man wh.) haj been tnfrit.mnai tc.; ••Ki,pe....V4h,n41.rm." Tho /ice man Republicans Want an oringinal. iv al Republican They will vein cordially ,iimicirt Seward. or D•kyt4)ll. riICV will work entlitt- , i.t.-ti- Pallc tor i, genuine Republican, hut wiyi It :1 ean.ll , iatPat t l h xtion%am aitii Aineriram.ni. It', 0./ ti rote ~t fiern. Hie Litter aro hrnie•tly and ezirne-4:v tle- former fire who tight for whoever psys host• and who can not b.' dr•pended on even if thevagree t..act tviih nR These Ride door politicians ar.• clarn.ring for tho nomination of Raft.. .ill , / Lict u n olf ought to 31%fike Rimpicion of th o truo friends of Republicanism. Trot— A 4 a reply n rIA' to the long nrticle rol.tto. tc, Senator and pu,ition ri , l iw , 2 to submit tho Icl - -.port po,rtigniph trom the .! Neu—. a F th,• n - imo of .Indy tin dying at Itt , tuu t Ilex,' tor G , vel Do r , OvE.ll.sn.nl.—••••• , lna of Mr. Sevrarl's frletoi, appear to t o PCer`-siVel) L. cati, , 'A no. t ikp h;s recent 9...Pc:A ut tla• SoilfllC` fl. Its. but port-t ut qw•ting Ir••In In, li , whe•ter ,pe e ch, e•.pnceruitt2 tft« trrrpr4- 1 1,1, Tins , fitti,o 'I:. Iwo= anseta m "on s.prito•lik p nl in ill- pert oi Mr I 1;no,oll lie -liould ilftv•-• 4114411.-r 11.1j1i, t.) h t.SYlikitnl !L.% t _tt, I all utli , r •p•-•-eltet• Art , l cieciar/t:on• r•i,ana.n. lierk:mt••te mIP, eh so••• int-onsi.Atent with tlo• •pntinionts c nt , 11,411 to t 11,3 F•ipp-eit. ar. Itoreby w.oon.lite-nriHy re pealed ' Aro :tap brethren -a.1•13,:d?" RATELLa FAINT 1101'1.5 cu e 9. ter Jefe-saa,a,, -ay- Ca •tmt's hopos of an election to the Guhernatonal chair of Pennsvlraw..t are cc rtamlv n4Nte , of the br.vht—t We. !eirn fr W ,sli.n.:tj,n that uff)::3 are inaking thele to rue f...;11•1, h_o }J;11 to 011 I , Uti}et. .OM, extra Is th• , fate: lust to him Po- I tu have been Started by Nfr. C•itt.ii himself, has created nu little sensat , un in the Abolition rank' 'Fite cact that Mr. Curtin Lae opPn lv it4i - • erted th It the - i 110111. - 11A. .11 4)! M: S 1%.1.r.1 it Cli:• %%0111 I telanzer ,nm nse , lnt: atnon: , the of the -tr reprea,..ihtoe.mtitet" ttP‘rh,..oom to tittlik 0./a. C.lrttn I-. on titr otle•r hand, rather a It, hir .11 r , e at . y Var• Are 119 t • tli ttz z- .1.211 . ,1- Setts? boubt,eas our Abuittton irientis will inciartantly rtspotri, "So: . ISut let it, ,t.t. At a recent mectin t iPmnl, , h:trit.r‘ ar. i titchori, Lynn, it t,!.ltt:+ti that ono girl had to run s -ktwing. machino for six cants an hour. Prlncely vr a g„ l , in(lt- t yl! .in4l vet 111:‘ is 'in in c. , n, - ..orpr, it.. 01 the ,tr.ltt• Wi..it • tutti;ll M.44-ti 4n I aould t‘,rk a tread-will seventeen hour, a da% for a .14,11 a: We ,ee. a stated thAt h spec4,l rtv-wing of tilts r ,mm.l - tht• Ch:i rtn..l9, t. r , T0at , ..1. the •Iraft of a bill rrstonn2 r!,:i !fie !Ail; rvice tirt.!lied in P , o•trna,..er 11,,i t . ,ou- lilort , ' P t ,j ')!..111!,h;r0 the la-t the (en c .. A I ,- 1.1:1, to in; eondit,on Oh the 3.1 of i.‘[.‘reli, I"3`..l„ind the hill r,a9 tln mou-ly a;:reed to. and ordered to bp p.)rte.l to the Hone, \V. hop" It will Ly r e- hon V.. 11 ,• a D , Tuorratir plc r ,1 rng,ic.• ont , uu '.3en: for k. Its column, aa•11.0 tlp th. pOilk of Pre .W•nt Btn in another, I ti,z !tun \or to tho no), t and in nine ( . ..ISl'. flilt o ftr.n, you w