dera, iheir eyes sparkling like dew-drops in me sun, and their gay laughter pealing format eacn iroucKsome incident. . " The ease and grace with which the mai dens of the valley propelled themselves through the water, and their familiarity with the ele ment, were truly astonishing. Sometimes they might be seen gliding along just under the sur face, without apparently moving hand or foot ; then throwing themselves on their sides, they darted through the water, revealing occasional glimpses of their forms, as in the course of their rapid progress, they shot, for an instant, partly into'the atr; at one moment they dived down deep into the waicr, and at the next they rose bounding to the surface." , The education offihese islanders, in their aquatic accomplishments, commences with their birth. Infants, but a few days old, are daily taken into .the water by their mothers, and swim long belore they can creep or walk " I am convinced," says Mr. Melville. " that it is as natural for a human being 'o swim a: it is for a duck ! And ,yct, in civilized com mttnities, how many able-bodied individuals die, like so many drowxiii.g kittens, from the oc currence of the most trivial accidents !" JEFFERS Q NLA N REPUBLICAN Thursday, July 26, 1849. STATE CONVENTION. At the last meeting of the Whig Stale Cen tral Committee held at Harrisburg, in pursu ance of public call, if was on motion, ''Resolved, That the ftiends of the National and State administrations, in Pennsylvania, be requested to meet in the several cities and counties of the State and select delegates equal in number to their representation in the State Legislature, who .shall m'eet in Convention at the Court House, in Harrisburg; at 1 1 o'clock, A: M., on THURSDAY, the 16th day of AU GUST next, for the purpose of selecting a can didate for Canal Commissioner, and to do such other business as the interest of the country may requires By oder of the Committee, ; GEORGE ERETY, Chairman pro tern. ff Last Friday afternoon quite a violent tor nado passed over the north-eastern portion of Mid dle Smithfield township, in this county, which con siderably damaged the corn and other crops. In the neighborhood of Mr. Adam Overfield's large for est and fruit trees were blown down or uprooted, and a cow house ofMr. O's 18 by 35 feet was moved about 6 inches torn the foundation. Much con sternation was caused by this wild and terrific scene. In this .place but little rain fell, and the windw.as;far from being, violent. ' ' ii Post Office Changes. she post-office at Craigs Meadows in this coun--tyj.has been removed, from the store of .Mr. Jdhn Lander, to the store of H. Peteis, & Co., at Mar shall's Creek, arid H. Peters has been appointed Post Master;, ' The post-office at Xellersville, in this county, has been discontinued, and a new one established at SnydersVille, called Snydersville'P. O., J. H. Tettierman, Post Master. a ' " ' r'- . , - Cheap U. S. Uniforms.. - "The Adjutant General of this State publishes in The Harrisburg Telegraph; a table of pricesf show ing the cqst-a't which Volunteer companies may obtain dress and undress uniforms ; according" to "the TJ. S. Army regulations. He does' this be- cause all new Yojunteer companies are required to uniform, according to the regulations of the Gen eral Governments and;he states the price of full dress for a private at $8.75, and the undress at $5 .50. -he preparations made embrace all the ;divisiojjQf land forces. ' i 'Free-Soil Celebration. A Convention of " Free-Soilers" .was held at Cleveland, Ohio ori the' 13th ins't. to celebrate the . anniversary of the passage of the ordinance of J767, which , prohibited slavery, in the territory. e north and west of the Ohio. JBej?ja win Tjappan presided ; ,-a series of resolutions was pasged. -de- iinouncing. slavery and affirming th,e Buffalo, plat form ; speeches were .made by Joshua iR. Gid- r tlings, H. Ji. Ellawortn, J. W Taylor,, John Van frBuren and others. .. . .. -,. , , Two Governors. ; Advipes from.Florida inform us that Governor o'. MosELEythe old Lqcpfoco ExecutiyestiU ho.lds rf'" t0 "s office intends doinglso till October V'next'' aTl?VerDOr TnoMAs Brown, Whigvwho was electe.djflast fall, has been, installed' and - is' the .,proper,oiIker. So that Florida is blessVd with j two Governors. This difficulty as to the length ';of the present gubernatorial term, we believe; had li its .origin in a late change of the organic law of nwihe Slate'. - - IV V SineHlar Xougeviiy, ' r fe!;Tfeii?Lona Intelligencer says, i despjves vs.?e1 n as an extraordinary circumstance that, at -q.V,:u.n.eca Pf Mrs- Madison, ,pn Monday, were .H.,:Prefttlwopfherpld f;iends who were both 'pres ent at he carriage with Mr. Todd sixty years &itago,Xifld the latter of whom was ' also present at wcherisecond marriage Avitri Mr. Madison. Weal ,iiludeaothe; venerable Mrs. .Elizabeth L'eel-widow .tf0i fvicnartfiajAd jeej sg., olV-irginiaand An 4').nony,Mwi$,,.gsq., Pennsylvania.! a- v . Progress f of the Cholera. NewsYork. t Cases.; Deaths. Phila. .Cincinnati. Cases. ;Dedihs. Deaths, July 17, TI03 sr 3C 20 36 30 .38 78 76 53 49 31 29 .34 31 22.: 22 20 14 12 ,30 - 110 59 43 32 36 it l?,v 106 19, 87 20, 83 21, 91 22, 75 U CI CI cc - 23, wd-tat - Buffalo. -July lGth, 89 cases, 21 deaths,; 17th, 21 cases, 8 deaths ; ISili, 39 cases, 13 deaths. ' Pittsburg. July 16th, 11 cases, 1 death ; 17th, 12 cases, 8 deaths ; 20thj 5 cases, 1 death.) , St. Louis. Week ending 15th July, 716 deaths. Baltimore. yAlmshouse, to July 18th, 50 cases and 27 deaths. No cases reported in the city. July I9tn, Atmsnouse, 13 cases, 4 deatns ; autn, 6 cases and 4 deaths." ' Brooklyn. July ; 17th, 10 cases, '5 deaths. Albany. :J'uly i7th, 17 cases, 5 deaths; l8thl, 13 cases, 1 death : 20th, 8 cases, 4 deaths. Tqledot Ohio. July 18ih, 15 deaths in 24 hours. LiCliigli Coal, aid lYavigatiou Com pany. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company an nounce that books are open at the office of the Company, and will remain open until the first day of November .next, (unless the required stock is sooner subscribed) for subscription to the capital slock of the Company, not to: exceed in amount 15,000 shares, no subscriptions, however, to be binding unless ten thousand shares are subscribed. The object of this subscription is the absorption of the back interest on the common loans, some $750,000 or rather the conversion of the back in terest on the common loan in money, and ft is be lieved, at no distant day, make a dividend on the stock. There are few works that promise a more profitable future than this. It is not only deriving annually increasing revenues from its works, but it owns immense coal fields, favorably located, which it is believed must gradually appreciate and 'pay immensely. The shares, the par, of which are $50, are now quoted at 28 1-2 a 29, and the cer tificates of interest, with one hundred dollars of which two shares of stock may be bought, are sel ling at 52 a 58, shares and certificates being of about the same, market value. A few days since there were over 27,000 tons of coal sent to market over the Lehigh works, and the amount would have ex ceeded 30,000 tons but for the fact that business one day was mainly suspended, -the workmen be ing in attendance on the- funeral of one of their. fellow laborers. - .-. A curious experiment was recently tried in Russia with some murderers: They were placed without knowing it, in four beds where four-persons had died of the cholera. They did not take the disease. They were then told they were to sleep in beds where some persons had, died of malignant cholera, but the beds were, in fact, new, and had not been used at all. Nevertheless, three of them died of the disease within four hours. We state this upon the authority of the London Medical Times. - minesota. There are three papers,published in the territo ry, all Whig, and all very ably conducted. The Whig government officers are all very popular, as is also the late delegate, Mr. M. H. Sibley, who is a Whig, and who, it is said, will be one of the U. S. Senators when the territory' becomes a State. The fourth of July was celebrated for the first time at St. Paul's in grand style, by a proces- sion, m which the authontied joined, Governor and all. St. Paul's is a.fur trading post, and is 'al most constantly visited by Indians from far and near. What Next? Dr. J. F. Wright, of Greenfield, Ohio, has in vented a machine to print the names of subscri bers in newspapers, by which eighteen hundred papers can be directed in an hour with great ac- curacy, it is to be patented.--Milwauftie Senti nel. The Doctor should now turn his attention to some process by which every subscriber will be made to pay for his paper. Such a discovery 'would tender him not only rich for life, but, what is of more consequence, the idol of the press. ' Albany Journal. A New Outlet for Yankee Produce The Boston Times tells of a shipment from Chailestori (Mass.) of large 'quantities of boiled lofosters, packed in fee; preparing to be snipped for Barbadoes. This is certainly a new feature in trade, and shows unequivocally that the loss of a home market is no obstacle to the delermina- lion to do business which every Yankee seems to it inherit, and jexertthe more, energetically the great er the. obstructions pjaced in his path. , Ohio Sheetings. ' r. -. A cotton Mill, the first established in Northern Ohio, has recently been pur in operation at" San dusky. The main building is a hundred and thir ty feet in length, and contains 'machinery for the manufacture of 2,000 yards of sheeting per day. At present, it turns .out eight hundred yards of heavy sheeting, equal, says a aper published at tliat place, to the very best rpanufac'tured in New England. The water is supplied by springs, arqund which athapdspme little village, under the classic harqe of Castilfa, has grown up within a few months. 1 ' f ' . r ! . t " ; Ooer Seven Tpris of aws)--The Laws1 of the last session of the Pennsylvania Legislature; 5600 copies, weigh oyer, seven tons and a lialf. If these laWS ntv nnt valnoUla if urill oortiinln n. be for want of. weight'.' Celebration of the Fourth of July at ; ; Fayette Spiugs, Pa. ., Tha President, of the day, on behalf of the com pany, offered the following toast : . , f ; 1 The Hon. A. Stewart The champion of Amer ican Industry. His speeches in behalf ofthe tar iff more than any thing else contributed to secure our late Whig victory by securing the vote of the Keystone StateforGeneral Taylor... . After this toast, Mr. S. being loudly called for. rose and said : ' He had promised his physician last fall not to make another speeclf for a year. He had not yet broken that pledge, nor would he do it now. But - U - 1. fit. N 1 " in returning his thanks for the compliment con veyed irt the toast juit 'offered, he must be permit ted to say, that although the vote of Pennsylvania had secured the Whig victory last fall, yet it was not attributable to' any humble effort of his. It was owingto higher causes1. It was produced by the repeal of the tariff of 1842, and the passage of the tariff of 1846, substituting for the specific du ties the ruinous and universally rejected system of ad valorems, enabling foreign importers, by under valuations, to defraud the revenue, and drive out ot iheir own markets the honest American mer chants. But what was still worse, it ruined Amer ican enterprise and labor by taking away protec tion when it was most wanted, and giving'i.t when it was not wanted at all. If foreign iron, for in stance, fell to $20 per ton, thereby stopping every American hammer, then the present duty of 30 per cent ad valorem fell to $6 per ton, no protec tion at all; but if iron abroad rose to $60 when it could not be imported, then the duty rose to $18, and became absolutely prohibitory. Besides, the duty, rising and falling with the price, occasioned ruinous fluctuations; $26' forliron at one time, $78 at another just the reverse ofthe British " slid ing scale," which raised the duty as the price fell, and reduced it as it rose, thus keeping the price in the home market always steady and uniform. General Taylor, he understood, was for restoring the specific duties, which, 'under existing circum stances, was perhaps all that could be expected.. Moderation was the true policy ; he. had no doubt it would be the true, policy Both parties in their zeal had doubtless pushed matters to the extremes, and the true "course was now to reject what was wrongr and adopt what was right, from both, sides. Internal improvements, of a national character ought to be promoted as far as the means of the general government will justify, and the object first in national importance was thegTeci Central Railroad to the Pacific. With, a view to this ob ject, retrenchment and economy should be studied and practised. The army and navy alone now absorb nearly two thirds of the entire revenue. The expenditures of the navy were increased dur ing the last administration from about three; to up wards of eleven millions of dollars a year. This cannot and' will not be-tolerated by a taxpaying people who are always ready and willing to fight their own battles and bear all necessary burdens. Let Gen. Taylor carry out the principles and policy proclaimed in his letters published before the election and sanctioned by the popular voice, and he will be triumphantly sustained. Let him adopt good and moderate measures and appoint good men and true without regard to party true to him and true to' his measures. To appoint or keep in office men opposed to him and his meas ures would not be suicidal but violative ofthe pop ular will expressed by his election. It never was done and never will be done by any administra tion none but enemies demand, and none but simpletons expect it. There never was a time' when union and har mony were more imperiously demanded than at present, when the influence of our example has given an impulse to the ball 'of revolution which is destined to roll over and crush every vestige of arbitrary and despotic power in Europe. Then shall our eyes be gladdened on beholding free. fnstitutions and constitutional liberty, the legiti mate fruits of our own glorious revolution shed ding their benefits and blessings over the nations of the earth. But while the friends of freedom have every where our sympathies and our pray ers, the only and the best aid we can give them is to raise higher and present in its brightest and most attractive form for their imitation, the glori ous example of a government and a people peace ful and prosperous, happy and free. In conclusion allow me to offer a sentiment : Protection and Improvements, Economy and Retrenchment, Moderation and Justice, Harmony at home and- Peace abroad -The true American policy ; let it be carried out by the present nation al administration, and Pennsylvania will be among the foremost to sustain it. liocofoco Abuses xppsed. A newly appointed Postmaster in. an important town jn .Indiana, writes to, a friend, at Washing ton as follows : " When I came into office 1 found not less than 500 documents, sent ;by our 'late M. C, all laid carefully aside. Some 100 copies of the life of Gen. Taylor laid away, and numerous other pub lic documents at least two canvass bags full ; and strange to say, no five of them were Demor cratic documents,; all Whig,, and franked by . This,jand other .matters which I found in the office,, convinced me that all the villiany which man, could conceive was systematically carried on by the office-holders." Destruction of the Wheat Crop, h) Qhio.-Vhe Ohio papers state that in that State the destruction of the wheat'crop, by';riist"an('r fly (fecT wearie) Is terrible; Thousands 'upon thousandsv'of acres, are not worth .cuttingr-wholeifields remain untouched by scythe or sickle, Flour now sells in Liverpool at 24a25s. perbbl" At thisprice it yields theNew.Xrshipper a lit-, tie over $3 9Q per bbi., at a fair 9reight' This Liverpool grain market was the only one that Mr. Walker could see, and he assured.his Democratic friends of the west that it must absorb all the sur plus product of their fertile lands. After they have paid freight and charges to the sea board, and get $3 90 per bbl. for their fiourabey will not. have much left for investment at home. Cost of Rational Defence. - The war expenses of Great Britain for 1849-50 are calculated m the Chancellor of the Exche qiier's budget, at 880,000,000 over and abovethe many millions paid from the revenues of India.-t- This is a time of profound peace. TBe' estimate for the fighting navy is $35,000,000 ; for the drmy 35,500,000 ;' for the ordinance $13,000, and so on. No wonder there is much poverty where 80 millions have to be paid, a large share ofitto keep Ireland miserable. K? "Fears have been entertained by many that ,in case of the adoption of the amendment to the Constitution, providing for the election of Judges by vihe people, that political feelings may have their influence in the proceedings of Courts. For our part we think there is little danger of'a change for the worse in this respect. Persons have been. selected for judges whose only claims were the services they had rendered the party, and whose merits consisted solely in being orthodox in their political faith. Judges were selected entirely from one. political party, till in most of the Courts of the State, all of the Judges belonged to the same party. As a specimen of the influence of politics upon the bench we will state that the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia appointed sixteen, standing auditors for one year, to whom the whole business of auditing accounts was en trusted. Of these, three were Whigs and thirteen loco-focos. A change has since been made, and five persons were added to the list, all of them loco-focos. Now this could not have been the result of accident. Nor, if it was design, could it have been dictated by a desire to promote the pub lic good. No one will pretend that the loco-focos of Philadelphia are more competent or trust-worthy than the Whigs. 'It was the political feelings. of the Judges that induced such a selection. Norristown Herald and Free Press. HTaines of Distinguished Persons Re cently Deceased. The following distinguished persons have died in this country and Europe, within a very short space of time : James K. Polk, ex-president of the United States. General Edmund P; Gaines, of the United States Army. Gen. W. J. Worth, ofthe United States Army. Colonel James Duncan, of the United States Army. ' ' John Wilson, the well-known vocalist. Marshall Bugeaud, ofthe French Army. Geri. S. W. Kearney, of the United States Ar my. Charles Albert, ex-King of Sardinia. Madame Recamier, leader of fashion in Napo leon's time.. Madame Catalini, the celebrated vocalist. Madame Cavaignac, mother of General Cavaig- nac. Lady Blessington, a literary lady and celebrated leader of Fashion in England. The City of JLawrence. A correspondent of the New Jersey Advocate, gives the following account ofthe City of Law rence, and its magic and unparallelled growth : " In 1845 a company of capitalists in Boston made a purchase of some '300 acres of land about twelve miles above Lowell, on the Merrimac river, as .a site for a new manufacturing town. The next year, or three years ago, operations were commenced. The land occupied as a sheep pas ture, and a poor one at that only two or three farm houses being in existence in an area of miles. Just three years ago capital laid the foundation of Lawrence. .Observe what I found there to-day. The incorporated manufacturing capital in oper ation there is six and a half millions, and sustains a population already of from 10 to 12,0002 They are furnished with water power from an immense dam costing. $250,000, and is in itself one ofthe most splendid pieces of masonary in this country running from the canal, one mile long and from sixty to 100 wide, and twelve feet deep. A word or two ot the town proper. It is laid out in broad and regular streets the sides planted with trees. A handsome park of 18 acres occu pies the centre of the town There are now over 1000 dwellings, many of them elegant residences. Nine religious societies are organized several of them having erected handsome church edifices. A large and commodious Town Hall is just com pleting, at the cost of $60,000; A Bank is in successful operation with a capital of $250,000. Also a savings Bank and an Insurance Company. Three large and well conducted newspapers are published here. Gas' works have been erected at a cost of $30, 000, with which the town will be lighted. A se wer also runs through the place for the length of half a mile, of solid masonry, high enough for a man to walk in it erect for the whole distance, and into this, branch sewers run from every street. A public library has been formed, which already numbers 8000 volumes. Three railroads now run into this place and two more will be completed this fall; opening communication with the commer cial emporiums in every point of the campass." Smuggling. The New Orleans Bulletin of the 21st ult., says : The last seizure we heard of, was 30,000 French snails, brought over as an ar ticle of food, and we understand they are in great demand here, though in the present instance, if they are to go through a regular legal process be fore they can be sold, we fear the gormands will be irhther disappointed, in thefr expectations of ieaa ting on fresh snails. . . P. i ' ' ' v - - , , Monster Company. The srock in trade of the Hudson's Bay Company is $2,000,000. The profits are ofien half a million a year. They sell a, (gun which cost $0, for skins worth S1G. 'A pint of rum worth 8 cents, is sola for $7 75, ;r Arrival ml the Caledonia. W:Ch- Steamship Caledonia, with dales fr Paris to the 5th and London to the 6th arrived at Halifax. ' has The Caledonia has 46 passengers forBosin exclusive ofthe 18'of the 42 survivors 0fih' ill-fated barque Charles Bartleit, of PlymoJ Mass., which, on Wednesday, the 27ih w run down by the steamer Europa and sunt ' three minutes, with 134 passengers and crew The catastrophe occurred during a den fog, and although the boats of the Europa we instantly lowered, and every possible assistant rendered, only 42 out ofthe 176 souls Wer saved. France ANrJRfrME. On the1 30th ult., Constituent Assembly of Ro.mey- finding,, further resistance to the French arms w0uj be in vain, ceased hostilities and virtually 80N rendered the Eternal City 10 the besieger On the 15th instant an official notification made to the French Legislative Assembly in consequence ofthe arrangement eniered between Gen. Outlinot and tha Roman trium virate, the gates of Paola Ported and Si. pa erazio had been thrown open to the French troops, who were- adopting measures for immediate occupation of Rome, which ou!d take place with perfect quietness and order This communication produced a deep sensj. lion in the Chamber. Total Loss of the. Bank ChathaN-at Sea. The pilot boat Mary Ann, boardedoa Friday, off Montauk, the ship Corea, from gew fast, with the captain and crew of he brfc Catham, of New York, lost at sea, with tW(J hundred and foriy-four steerage passengers 0, board. Broke Jail. r 'pi i i r.i - : un l nursuay lasi seven oi uie wnauiierjcon. fined in our jail, knowing that August tW was near at hand, concluded to leave ibeirqm,-. ters and look4 out for new and healthier lodg ings during these cholera limes. The Sheriff had been in the jail about half an nour before the escape when all was right. The ntison ers not expecting another vfait within an hour immediately went to work with the hicbrjr handle ot a shovel and a common table koi!er and with such tools in less than half an hour had a hole made in the wall through which seven of them escaped. Pursuit was made, but they had loo. much the start and were con- sequently not overtaken. Sheriff Hillman and his deputy, started about 12 o'clock on ihe fol lowing night for the Somerville Railroad, think ing that as they had gone 10 New Jersey, ihej would probably try to get into the New York.1 dens, where safety would be more certain. They found nothing of them, nor has anything been heard, of them since. Escapes from our county jail have become so common, that it is no longer a terror to eu doers. Persons in want of lodging and food, will commit some imprisonabie offence for the mere purpose of being taken up and supported at the expense of the County, and when ib time for trial apptoaches thev verv unceremo niously take up their lazy and well-fattened carcasses and walk off to commit new depredi- tions on socity. The old jail is so entirely insuflicifinlik the utmost care and vigilance cannot kp prisoners there who may wish to escape; for nothing more than ordinary shrewdness is wa& ted to breakthrough any part ol it. Wins and Journal 0 Revenue from tlie Public Work. It appears from a comparative statementof recipts of canal and railroad tolls on the Sm Works this year and last, thai the aggtegau amount of tolls, collected to the 1st July, 1313, was $733,001 52, and up to the 1st July, they amounted to $798,370 49, showiing u increase in the present year, over the last, of $65,368 90. Last year., the gross amount re ceived, to the 1st of December, was $1,553, 344. If the receipts of the remaining part of lb present year should only equal those of year, the grosss amount of the year will k $1,618,712 90. Health op New Orleans. The New Or leans Bulletin of July 3d says the health' the city is decidedly improving, and, but for few sporadic cases of cholera, would compi" favorably, if it did not surpass, any city in il cquniry for health. From a statistical clari fication ofthe deaths during the last two months it shows that the total number was fourteca hundred and eighty-seven, of which sevenhso dred and seventy-six were by cholera. The Ruling Passion. The Lancaster & arainer says ,:A recent case of suicide in tlltJ county affords a striking instance of"tlwBj ling passion strong in death." The dece was of tery economical habits, and having 4 cided to remove himself from this world n means of gunpowder, to save the expense uulub piaiiu iio taut uua ui iutu, ji the barrel wnh wire, bored a touch-hol0 i: I discharged it with a friction match. Curious Prediction and FulfhmenT' Col; Sam; Medary, Editor of the ChwStc' ' man. while striving to eammon the Whigs' " -v I fall, to get them to vote for Cas's or Van Bur he did sot much care whifch. so Ions as did not count on the Whig side, regular!; Pj turn nnt lh wnmt nrt nf a TincO-FoCO-. The prediction has just been made g05 of the office of U. S. Marshal- for the Dis'fl gq Foco." Poughkecpsie Eagle. The Market cramittft of Pilttburg. H eYnflllfld 'thn-irn irRm!ftAlnra frnrro lha 11)3'"'! ! ...w ..w. . houses during the pre?aIpce'of tjie cfcoler3.
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