JvEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, October 25, 1849.
National School Convention.
The National Common School Co nvention, com
menced its session, in the: Athenreum Building,
Philadelphia, on Wednesday the 17th inst. Hon.
Horace - Matin, of Massachusetts, was appointed
President ' Vice Presidents Professor Joseph
Henry, of Washington City; John'Griscom, New
Jersey; Samuel Lewis, Ohio ; Dr. Alonzo Potter,
Pennsylvania; G. B. Duncan, Louisiana. Secre
taries Charles Nprtliernd, of JNtassachusetls; A.1
fred E. Wright, Philadelphia; PPembertonj.penn
syfvania; S. D. Hastings,. Wisconsin ;. Solomon
Jenner, New York.
The attendance was quite large; Massachusetts,
New Je.r4ej, Maryland, New York, Wisconsin,
Rhode Island, Delaware, Ohio, Connecticut, Iowa,
Maine, Canada arid Vermont, being: represented
A! statement of the affairs of Girard College was
made by Joseph R. Chandler, wlio gave' quite a
cheering account of the workings ofl.He institution,
and stated that so far it, had, fully realized his ex-
pectations. A resolution was offered calling upon occurred, met in the. street. Owing to some cause
the Convention, to appoint a committee of:five to or other, hard words were exchanged, and as is
prepare a memorial to Congress, asking theestab- mostly, the case, blows were also indulged in. In
lishment of a bureau in the Home: Department, for the fracas, the woman was knocked down; but no
obtaining and publishing annually, statistical in- sooner was she down, than she imbibed a new
ibrmatrort .in regard' to public education in the U. spirit, arose, picked up a stone, and with the cour
States adopted! age of a true Amazon, aimed at her husband, and
Reports Jrom all "the States , iepreserited, were hit him 'upon the top of his head' with such force,
read, giving statement's as to the success of the as touring him to the ground. Not satisfied with
Free School system. They are interesting, and this, she sought other modes of redress, and de
show that,(generally speaking, the system is in a termined upon doing 'full, justice to her subject.'
flourishing condition. The-report of the, Pennsyl- Accordingly, with a file, she went to work at his
vania delegation is as follows.-:
l Pennsylvania In this Slate the common school
system is not understood to embrace benevolent
institutions, such as Asylums for the Blind, Insane,
&c, as in other States. As;early as the year
1809, common schools were established. ' In 1819
an act was passed establishing, schools ''for the
poor' in the city iind county of Philadelphia.
These, however, by being stamped as pauper
schools, never flourished until the year 1836,
when common public schools were, establish in
such a style as to. be worthy of every man's chil
dren. Since then the progress of publid-jschools
has . been rapid and. marked: j During the past
school year one million of dollars have been spent
upon the public schools. Half of this was raised
in Philadelphia. $200,000 was appropriated by
the State, and the remaining $300,000 was levied
in the district out of Philadelphia. IrK the city
43,000 scholars go to the common schools, the
cost of each being about $6 50. In 1848, the Le
gislature passed a law by which the school system
was ;made obligatory upon every district in the
State, without a vote of acceptance, as had for
merly been the -case' ,
, ; . IVcw-JSra in Iron.
J. i 14.
There has gone into" operation at JJoone'ton, N.
J:, says, the Tribune, a Triple Chamber, the-in-
ventioniof Mr. S. S. Sailers of .Newark, into the
upper chamber of which good Iron Ore (any which
does riot turn out a great deal of slag) and Anthra-
cite Coal, pulverized and mixed, are placed, and,
fire being applied, the coal ' is consumed and the
ore melted; whereupon it is allowed to descend
into the next chamber, and thence into the next,
(but not exposed to the air at any time,) and final-
ly drawn off at the bottom, fully transformed into
Malleable (wrought) Iron or Blooms,; ready to be,
rolled or hammered as may be desired. It is as-
sertedr by the patentee ihat good' Wrought Iron,
such as would now command S4& in this market,
can be manufactured by this process at $30 per
toni 'Some very fine samples of this' Iron ore
were, on exhibition at the late Fair in New York.
' Dog Law Snit.
The conductor on the Nashua and Lowell road,
recently seized three dogs belonging to sportsmen
in the cars, the latter declining to pay for their
transportation. A. suit is. to grow out of the mat
ter, and one of the parties aggrieved threatens, say3
T Tl rU...;- r. .mnl Tl.:.,1 - I
Meanwhile, the dogs are boarded out at Lowell,
to await the result. , :
ITP The fellow. Robinson, who swindled sever-
al Eostmters bv, Warning himself u .ho
nephew of Major Hobbie, and-was at,last detected
by the Evansville postmaster, has been tried at
that' place convicted, and sentenced to the lndi-
ana Penitentiary for two years.
A Curiosity.
-A thriftyfchostnut treejn Cranston, (R. I.) may
be seen, .a few miles from this city, bearing rasp
berries' and chestnuts at'the same time. Not long
since alimbivas broken' off, thus leaving a small
hole i .he crotch of .he-tree; a raspberry plant
took root. It is now in a flourishing condition, as
green and thrifty as the tree itself, and bearing
fruit twenty leet irom . Uie ground. Providence
Journal.
Wheel'mg, ta., Oct 20, 1849. The suspension
bridge across the Ohio at this place, is now com
pleted, and, was successfully crossed in a .buggy
by Ellet, the builder, this morning., A large con
course of people from Weheljng and vicinity, as-
.M . .W ...... ClkJ I
ambled on either side of the iver to witness the -
fnst crossing of the -bridge, and manifested great
enthusiasm at the complete suVcess of the under
taking. Cannon were fired; and;every demonstra
tion of joy exhibited. '
Ewing tas once an ostler in Cincinnati, and
Meredith'was raised in his father's tan yard Rich
mond Enquirer.
Wa nresume the Enaiiirer has been reminded
of the early vocations of these gentlemen, from the
-i L-i. i " i i
dexterity with which they apply the political cur-
ry-comb and cow-hide to the backs of its friends,
Evcnins Journal.
Another Fabrication Exposed.
'A'mongtthe idle stories put in circulation by the
factious presses, with a view to disparage the Ad
ministration, is a recent and moat improbable one
that Col. Fiemont had refused, with rude disdain,
the office conferred on him by the President, of
Commissioner for determining the Mexican boun
dary. By the following letter (published in the
Republic of Friday last) from Col. Fremont, cor
dially and gracefully accepting the appointment,
the reader will perceive 'how destitute, of all foun-dation-andiof
what sheer invention the story was:
To the Hon.- J M Clayton, Secretary of State:
"I have had theihonor to receive, by tha-hands
of Mrv Beale, United States Navy.'.your letter-conferring
upon me the post of Commissioner of the
United Stales for the determination of bur boun
dary line with Mexico.
"1 feel much gratification in accepting the ap
pointment, and beg to offer, through you, to the
President my acknowledgments for the mark of
confidence bestowed upon me, and which he may
be assured is fully appreciated, &c.
" J. C. FREEMONT."
A Singular Fight.
A curious fight took place .between a man.and
woman, (husband and wife) in one of the streets
of Pottsville, one day . last week. The Journal of
that place gives the following particulars. "It ap
pears ,lhey are both addicted .to taking too much
of the 'critter' at times, and singularly enough,
they both appeared to be perambulating, and as it
neck, and filed and sawed away, with a determin-
ation to punish her recreant husband, and suc-
ceeded in inflicting serious wounds. The man, we
understand, was attended to .by a physician, who
has put all things, to rights, and by this time, he
has, no doubt, come to the conclusion, that women
are a-little more;dangerous than they look to be!
Rents, &c. iss an Francisco.
The Parker House, a building 40 feet front by
about 60 deep, rents for $110,000 yearly. At
least $60,000 of this is paid by gamblers, who
hold nearly all the second story. Adjoining it on
the right is a canvass tent, 15 by 25 feet called
" El Dorado," and occupied by gamblers, which
brings $40,000. On the opposite corner, a build
ing called the "-Miner's Bank," used by Wright
& Co., brokers, brings $75,000. It is about half
the size of our fire engine houses at home. On
the left of the Parker House, a small two story
frame building, which is just finished, has just been
taken at $80,000. The second story contains
light gaming tables, each of which pays $200 a
night. Bleeker, Van Dyke & Belden pay $40,
000 rent ; the United States Hotel, $36,000 ; the
Post Office, $7,000, and so on to the end of the
chapter. A friend of mine, who wished to find a
place for a law office, was shown a cellar in the
ground 12 feet square and six feet deep, which he
could have at $250 a month; the owner came here
about three months ago, without money enough
to pay his passage ; he is now worth $20,000.
One of the common soldiers at the battle of San
Pasquale is now among Jhe millionaires of this
place, with an income of $50,000 monthly ! A no-
ted firm has loaned out $110,000 at ten per cent,
a month ! (think of that Wall street) and could
easily dispose of double the araountjn the same
way way. A citizen of San Fjrancisco died insol-
vent last fall, to the amount of $40,000. His ad-
ministrators were delayed in settling his affairs,
and his real estate advanced so rapidly in value
meantime, that after his debts were paid, his heirs
have a yearly income of $40,000. These facts
are indubitably attested. Every one believes
them, yet hearingMhem talked of daily, as matters
of course; one at first cannot help feeling as if he
had been eating of the "insane root."
One Week Eater.
The. steamer .Niagara arrived at Halifax on the
I7th inst., bringing English dates to the 6th of Oc-
inho. ?nct Tho fVii o f ? t o m Krrtll rti t hv (Vio 'MJ.irr-
ara, and tho only one which we have room to re-
fer to, renders a Oeneral .Jburopean War highly
probable, ihe liibunesays:
The Ottoman r'orte, with the support of France,
.ft".?W
san. xCgatior, at Constantinople has thereupon
ci6sed its doors and is preparing to go home.
After this comes war. inglandjand France have
made themselves parties to the provication ; how
then, can they escape participating jn the conse
quences ? The war, if it comes must be a gene
ral, one ; that cannot be helped.
New York papers brought a dollar a piece at
San- Francisco at the last dates Mr. Fitz who
arrived there in the Panama having sold 1500
t ZZSZZ.
The. war of the Benton and anti-Benlon factions
conunpe to grow nouer ana nouer. is io go
on as it has commenced until the election nert
August, we do not know whaUs to become of it.
Each party is sanguine of being able to beat the
other, and they are putting iinf.their prettiest licks.
The Whigs seem to enjoy it, with intense satisfac
tion. They are perfectly indifferent about the end,
so that very little is left of either of them. Wher
ever we can, hear from, they stand outside of the
i t f .
g Thfs ju thJejt position
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St. Louis Repub.
-- At a wedding in Albany the other day, the
bride's cake excited general admiration. It cost
$100, and was a beautiful temple nine feet high,
of the Grecian and Italian style of architecture.
Miss Susan Felt, of Syracuse, Y. Y., rece ntly
eave birth to five living infantsall of whom are
cave birth
hkelv to do well. IThe father of these children at
once consented to marry Susan, and a handsome
sum was subscribed for a " fit out" for tho family,
H d s FeU afaout that tjme , The
mother of five children and the wife of a doating
husband all in a day ! Oh ! My !
Penn'a. IiegisIaliire---Scssion 1,850.
SENATE. W$
The following-is a complete list of .the new Sen
atenew members marked witlra (?) ; Locos' in
Roman, Whigs in Italics:
1. Philadelphia City Benjamin Mathias, W. A.
Crib.
2. Philadelphia county Thomas S. Fernon
Thomas H Forsyth, Pelog J5 Savery.
3. Montgomery Joshua Y Jones (Loco gain)
4. Chester and Delaware H. Jones Brooke.
5. J3erks Henry A Muhlenberg
G. Bucks Benjamin Malbne
7. Lancaster and Lebanon Jos. Konigmache);,
Daniel Stine
8. Monroe, Carbon, Schuylkill and Pike Chas.
Frailey . .
9. Northampton and Lehigh Conrad Shimer
(Locofoco gain)
10. Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming-r-Fran-cis
Bi Streeter.
11. Bradford and Tioga-r-John W Guernsey
12. Lycoming, Clinton, Centre, and Sullivan
Wm. F. Packer. (Locofoco gain)
13. Luzerne and Columbia YBest.
14. Northumberland and Dauphin R M Frick.
15. Cumberland and Perry R C Sterrett.
16. TVlifilin, Juniata and Union- Cunningham
17. York Henry Fulton (Loco gain)
18. Franklin and Adams W R Sadler.
19. Huntingdon, Bedford and BlaiuAlex. King
20. Armstrong, Cambria, Indiana and Ulearneia
Augustus Drum
21. Westmoreland and Somerset Isaac Hugus
22. Fayette and Green Maxwell M'Caslin
23. Washington G V 'Lawrence
24. Allegheney and Butler--? George Darsie,
William, H Haslett
25. Beaver and Mercer David SankeV
26. Crawford and Venango J Porter Brawley.
27. Erie John H Walker
28. Warren. Jefferson. Clarion. M'Kean and
Elk Timothy Ives . , . , (
Total Locofbcos , ' '17
Whigs- - ' 16
Locofoco majority ,. 1'
HOUSE OF-REPRESENTATIVES
Adams- DanicJ M Smyser
Allegheny-Jonas R. M'Clintock, Wm.1 Fspey,
John Miller, R C Walker
Armstrong John S Rhey v
Bradford-Chas Stockwell, Joseph C Powell
Bedford-John Cessna. Samuel Robinson
Beaver--JWm Allison, William Smith
Berks-Daniel Zerbey, Wm. Shaffner; Alex. S.
Feather, John C Evans
Blair-Charles E Ktnkead
Butler-2) H B Brower
Bucks- .4 Williams, James Flowers, Edward
Nichleson '
Crawford Benj B Davidson Anson Leonard
Centre and Clearfield-John B- Meek, Wm. J.
Hemphill
Chester-Dat J. Bent, John Acker, John A.
Bower '
Columbial?e7ya?mji P Forlney ''-' '
Cumberland-Henry Church, Thos C Scouller
Cambria William A Smith
Delaware --James J Lewis
Dauphin John B Rutherford, Thomas Duncan
Erie-James C Reid, Lcffert Hart
Franklin-William Baker, John McLean
Fayette-James P Downer, Joseph E Griffin
Green Lewis Roberts
Huntingdoniluu55 K Cornyn
Indiana-- William Evans
Jefferson, Carion and Venango-John S M'Cal
mont, John Hastings
Lebanon-oA W Ktllinger
Lehigh and Carbon-RKlotz, Samuel Marx
Luzerne-J N Conyngham, Andrew Beaumont
Lancaster Andrew Wade, Lewis Hurford, Ro
bert Baldwin, Jacob Nessly, A Scott Ewing
Lycoming, Clinton and Potter-Wm. Brindle,
William Dunn
Mifflin-Alexander Cibboney
, Montgomery-Daniel Evans, Wm. T Morrison,
William Henry
Mercer John Hoge, Morris Leech
Wnrthiimhprlnnrt.-Jnhn B Packer
Northampton and Monroe Jas. M. Poiter, Mi
chael Meyers, John A) Morris
Perry-David Steward
Philadelphia chy-Thomas C Steele, George II
Hart, Charles O'Neill, Jesse li. Burden, Lreig
Biddle
Philadelphia county-Thomas K Finletler, Fay
ette Pierson, Jos C Molloy, Washington J Jack
son, Richard Simpson, William H bouder, Henry
liuplet, bylvester Undland
Schuylkill-McAoas Zones, William J Dobbins
Somerset-iTenry Little
Susquehanna and Wyoming Sidney B Wells,
Ezekiel Mowry
Tioga-Jeremiah Black
Washington-Jonathan D Leet, Thomas Watson
Westmoreland-Harrison P Laird, John F M'Cul-
loch, Joseph Guffev
Warren, M'Kean and Elk-Glenn W Scofield
Wayne and Pike-Thomas R Grier
Union and Juniata-Eli Shfer. John McLaughlin
York -Edmund Trone, Jacobs Haldeman, Alex
ander C M'Curdv
Surely there never was a time when so many
happy couples were desirous of severing the sil
ken bands of matrimony. The Butler case in
Philadelphia has its rival in the quiet city of New
London, where a couple by the name of Holland
each applied to be divorced from the other, and
were gratified. In this city we'heard of a curious
application to a Judge to decide upon the rival
claims of two married ladies to the person of one
happy man. One of the cliamants admitted she
was, miurmauy marneu in an easier n oiaie, ana
agreed to relinquish her claim for the sum of $5,
000. The price was paid, and the husband mar
ried a very wealthy lady of this city about a year
ago. The first wife now renews her offer, to be
obedient if taken back, to which the second wife
replies that, that wedding was' no wedding, and
the husband produces the bill of salerdf the lady's
right and title to be obedient and buxom at bed
and board. jV. Y. Era.
Death of a Miser. The Picayune, says, that an
old miser, a planter, died at Attakapas,, lately, who
was worth, in money, land, and negroes, at least
$200,000. He had his coffin made, before his
death, of rough, unhewed planks, in which were
found, after his death, some two or three thousand
dollars in gold. Secreted in the ceiling of the house
was found $45,000 in gold, and in an, iron chest,
also a very large amount in gold and paper.
Pictures on "Glass.
The Philadelphia North American has been fa
vored by the Messrs. Langenheim with a view of
numerous pictures of the photograph kind true
sun pictures executed on glass. This is a new
art, the invention of the Messrs.. Langenheim,
and the results they have obtained are equally
surprising and beautiful. There are portraits, land
scape vie ws, copies of daguerreotypes, 4c, ex
hibiting the powers of the new method, which ad
mits of numerous useful and important applications.
The Telegraph Office at Easton received
$60 for tolls during the first day,
Snow fell lo the depth oflwo incheg at Tem
ple, N. H., on the 7th inst.
a Tfate foJvCaualCorauiissioner. ..
The following'is the' vote; for Canal Commis
sioner in this State. Where the figures are car
ried out.in deiail,?the. returns arevpfficial.
" r Gamble. Fuller
Allegheny 5103 6226
Adams 1246 1545
Armstrong 200
Berks 6827
Beaver ' ! J 1884
Bucks 4657
2877
1875
4432
2524
Bedford. ; ffU0'' ! 2579
Blair,
Butler,
Bradford
1310
1730
2092
2687
1375 '
756
4238 j
2093 '
2909
2423
'2483 ;
185t .
2172
St
Cambria
t
1 '1128
490
. . 2558
1.696.
2204
9.40
'670
526
r,2788
r'1743
r
'2503
2113
:: 3097
Carbon
Chester Centre
Cumberland
Columbia. '
Crawford, .
Clarion
Clinton
Clearfield
I
10Q1 ,'
' ' 891
; 2108 '
131 i
' 1 100 -5
1369:
' 2645
. .2666
.!! f.. v. ; ' ;.,
. ,o700
.1330
1230
1099
. ' 870 '
.;n7'88'
422'4 '
,!I 2594
-2130
3149
.1067 .
. 1303
M 2618
t ",.1309..
. ,5081
riro
2932
1 18f4'
1419
4602
14680
1 655i ,
r -5"46
,3551
964
330
2073 .,.
1681"
1820
1028
4097
450
:' '972
650
. 706
4035
Dauphin
Delaware"
Elk .
Erie
Fayette !.
Franklin '
Forest (new)j
Greene
Huntingdon (
Indiana
Juniata
Jefferson
Lebanon '
Lancaster
-(1787
1729
929
463
2378
7123'
2317
1524'
I .2578 i
1989.
1031
3698
22T51
1111
927
7386
11-714--
119
282
. 3478.
2141
149
1361
1183
2431
511
2377
!784
766
3359
Lycoming
IT
Luzerne
Lawrence (new):
Monroe
Mercer
Mifflin
Montgomery, l
M'Kean
Northampton '
Northumberland
Perry
Philadelphia city
Philadelphia cb.
Pike
Potter i ' . .
Schuylkill, . ..- ,
Somerset r
Sullivan
Susquehanna
Tioga
Union
Venango
Westmoreland '
Washington "" '"
Warren '
Wayne ' ' -v
Wyoming;. : ? !
York
Total, 136,174 124,637
Kimber Cleaver, the Native. American Can
didas, received the following vole : Phila.
city and county, ,2,513 ; Montgomery, 82 ;
Berks, 2 ; Dauphin, 45 ; Allegheny, 423 ;
Northumberland, 62.
From the Public Ledger.
Observing from the accounts published in
your paper, and also others, that many deaths
had taken place from dysentery, I feel it my
duty to give the public a simple prescriptign,
which 1 have used on board my ship lor pas
sengers and seamen, in the many voyages to
Calcutta, Madias, Canton and in after voyages
to New-Orleans.'which I assure I never knew
to fail in making a complete cure.
It is only to drink a teacup full of West India
molasses, (say Trinidad,) for a full grown per
son, reducing the quantity as to age. It is not
an unpleasant dose. 1 have seldom had to re
peat the dose a second time.
A few days since I met with a gentleman, a
captain in the army, just returned from Mexico,
to whom I had spoken of it in Washington two
years since. He mentioned to me how fortu
nate it was I had given him the prescription.
It had been used in his regiment with great
success, and saved the life of many a poor fel
low. I hope, some persons afflicted will try it
and make report for the general benefit.
N. J. P.
The Washington County Hunt.
We learn from the Washington Reporter of
the 17th, that a number of citizens of that coun
ly recently organized for the purpose of a grand
hunt, dividing into two parties, one under Capt.
Bausman of the Reporter, aid the other under
Capt. Bryaon. It was agreed that the party
beaten should pay for a supptir for the whole,
and this honor, by accident, fell upon our wor
thy colemporary. The game counted and by
the terms of the agreement, nono was lo be ro
ceived after nine o'clock -wa by Capt. Baus
man 1 ,067, giving Capt. Bryson a majority of
zuo, jjui minutes alter nine, uapt. tfaus-
raan arrived with 455 pieces, which, could ihey
haye been counted, would have given hrni a
;majority of 249. The Reporter "says :
i his was certainly the greatest Hunt that
has ever taken place in this country, and .ex
cited intense interest in both town and country.
The whole: amount of the different kinds of
game killed, as counted by the Committee,
was : Squirrels, 1,593 ; Patridges, 21; Pig-
eons, 15; MawKs, p; Uwis b ; Crows, 5;
Coons, 26 ; Ground-hoga, 4 Pheasants, 19 :
Ducks, 2; Opossums, 134; Rabbits, 23;-rma-
kjng a tota of 2,340. Add lo ibis Captain
Bausraan's excluded game, 455. and we have a
grand total 2,795. In the. excluded game of
uapt. Bausman, mere were 316 squirrels; '9
Coons; 12 Opossums ; 4 Pheasants : 2 Rab
bits ; with sundry other eame.
0
A Curious Fact
The whole population of ihe United States
could be compressed into the space of one rails
square, and each individual be allowed suffi
cient room io breathe in, Fifteen inches
square would suffice for ibis. There are 1760
yards in a mile, which multiplied, gives 63,360
inches and this product divided by fifteen, the
amount of space occupied by each individual,
would place 4224 of them in a row to extend
the length of a mile; and the same number of
rows io complete a square mile would conse
quently! number 17,842,576.
,1 A. Pennsylvania.
j While the Whigs of Pennsylvania generally
have behaved. miserably at the recent Election,
there are some Counties which have done no
bly. In Armstrong, Bedford, Columbia, Lu
zerne, and Westmoreland, the usual Loco-Foco
majorities have been handsomely reduced.
Chester has given an unusual Whig, jpajority.
Crawford has elected one Whig and one Free
Soil member in place of Loco-Focos. Brad
ford has elected one Whig, for the first time in
many years. Butler has gone Whig, Jast year
Loco. Bucks, last year all wrong, has how
chosen a Whig' Senator and two ouf orthree
Representatives, feuthe mdstrbnliiatamig
gle was made in old Northampton, almost al
ways good for 1,000 Loco-Foco, but where
Alex. E. Brown, the able and energetic
Whig candidate for Senator, is beaten only 12Q,
and in the District (Northampton and Lehigh)
only about 300. A like effort in Lehigh would
have secured a Whig Senate, and. saved the
State from being districted as badly as possi
ble this winter for many years to come. But
rogrets are .now idle: ,
Whoever supposes that the late Election
in Pennsylvania indicates hostility on her part
to the Whig National Administration,, is de
ceived. Forty thousand' Whigr and only
twenty thousand Loco-Focos did- not take
enough interest in the immediarresults of this
Election to go to the Polls. It will not always
be BO' Tribune.
The Election in California.
A correspondent of the Boston' Times girea
the. following. account ofjbV way the election
was conducted in the diggings. : , -
On the day appointed we were encamped
six miles below our present location. During
the hot part of the day, the season 'of the siesta,
a young, intelligent-looking man, came into the
camp on a mule and invited us all to turn out
and go to the polls. We had been in the
country but a few days, and knew very little
of its local politics, but decided upon: following
the young man to the Big Bar, where the elec
tion was to be held, and there-gather what in
formation we could. Off we went by the mule
path, over hill and ravine, craggy rocks, and
through thorny chapparal, until we came to the
Bar. Tho place of meeting was' a store-tenr,
and here we met about twenty miners. We
arranged ourselves along on a log under the
edge of the ten't and waited the progress of
events.
Directly our guide took off his hat and nom
inated a moderator for the meeting, then three
inspectors and a clerk, all of whom were cho
sen without a dissenting voice. At the request
of one of our patty, he then slated the object
of the election, and at the same time informed
us that the first name on the prepared ballot
for delegates to the Convention was his own.
One of the prominent questions in the election
was an expression as to whether slavery shall
be allowed in California. The Candidate,
though a Louisianian, was opposed out and out
to the introduction of slavery here, and so we
all voted for him. For myself, I was of the
opinion oi an old mountaineer, who, leaning
against the tent pole, harangued the crowd, that
in a country where every white man made a
slave of himself, there was no use in keeping
niggers, l deposited my ballot in an old can
dle box in accordance with this opinion.
The Population of the World.
Nine hundred and sixty millions of human
beings are supposed to be on the earth ; of
which Europe is said to contain 153,000,000 ;
Africa 156,000,000; Asia 500,000,000; Amer
ica 150,000,000, aTid the islands in the Pacific
7,000,000. If divided into thirty equal parts,
five of them will be Christians, six Mahome
tans, one part Jews and eight Pagans. Chris
tians are, numerous in Europe and America,
some in the south of Asia, Africa, and the
south-east of Europe. Pagans abound in Afri
ca, and in the interior of America, some in Asia,
and a small number in the north of Europe.
The Democrats are the most reliable parly
in ihe country. Union.
JTj Exactly, ihey lie and re-lie from one
year's end to another. Commonwealth.
The Belvidere Delaware Railroad Company
advertise to receive subscriptions, payable after
the work is commenced above the point on the
line of tho road designated by the subscriber
for said stock. The people on the line of the
road are of course deeply interested in the pro
ject. The social and commercial benefits of
railway facilities hsve been strikingly illustra
ted wherever they exist. The small village of
Whiiehouse, in Hunterdon Co., is said lo have
become the Centre of a heavy trade since the
Somerville and Easton road has: been extend
ed to it. The produce; of the rich country bpr
dering on the Delaware beyond, now finds a
convenient depot there, and is Jhence brought
to tho sea-board. Whan th road is coraplotcd
to Easton, a large part of that poilion of Penn
sylvania, which has hitherto gone to Philadel
phia, will probably be diverted through New
Jersey to New York.
The influence of railroads is made apparent
by a recent estimate of the personal and real
estate of the two cities of Boston and New
York. It is found that the former is indebted,
for her recent rapid growth, to her superior en
terprise in railroads. The valuation of real
and personal estaio in New Yor,,at the com
mencement of the present year $254,193527,
which, compared with that of 1840 exhibits an
increase of only $1,350,373; while that of Bos
ton shows 'an increase of $73,097,400 during
the same interval. In 1840, the woalth of
Boston, in real estate amounted to $94,631,600
while at the present time il is estimated at
$167,728,000. Newark Adv.
lew Work, from Mr. Calhoun.
The N. Y. Enquirer understands that Hon.
John C. Galhoun has devoted the past summer
.to the preparation of a treaties on the Elemen
tary Principles of Government and the Consti
tution oi'.iha United States ; and. that it is so
nearly, complete that he expects to prepare it
for publication in his leisure hours during th&
comlns1 session of Coneress. 'It will probably
be published by ihe Harpers1 in connection
wiih an edition of bis Speeches, Reports, c.,
which discuss Constitutional questions. The
work cannot fail to be one of marked intersst
and value.