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TUESDAY ,MOim .7.
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, KEW AqVEUDLSEJIEJVTS. .,
JLaw Notice, by ZJigthau & Murray , . . . ,
.Sundry advertisements, by, Edward Boberts.,
'BkickWiithtfig, by John A. Buck, Loretto.
.How to Make Honey, by John,J. Jacobs, IIol-
lidaysbiirg: ;' ' " ' ' ' : r';i? (: -:
i Wanted, and Take Notice; by PL Goodftlbnr,'
A!tocma.-,y ; 1 ' ',". : V; ') ' ; '.
We call the attention cf our readers "to the
Prospectus of Gleason's Pictorial,. $ .r" 1855,. in
another column ) 1 -.- ' -j
ftvWe hare 'received the Presidents Message,
Liri not in time for this weeks if sucl' Wo will lay
it before our' readers next week, It is' a very able
paper Kid la received the commendation of all
partis. ; K., , yy,.? :
?,C7:The County TreasuiVf nRirms us,tbat the
law requiring tne publication ot the names pt
those persrtis, who are verniers of merchandize,
"'keepei .of restaurants,, beer and - eating house,
wbo haceV or."Aaoe not taken, om'J license lor
the yretwiit year, was repealed by the late scadon
f,liegisLtturc.- Chir friend - iri the ' country
engaged in thofef occupations ill save' costs by
imnfcdiately paVlbg for and lifting their License.
ICJrOur; young friends, Bm nd Joe Thompson
have, arrived, home to spend :a few weeks with
thcii parenta in this "place. Theycarfy lhea-:
Ungues of h city Jife admirably,' 'considering their
1 .1 :.
, OcJ-Xext week -we will lay J before our readers a
veryablo letter On the subject of Know Nothing
ism, from the pen of a distinguished.clergyman of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, to friend who
belongs to the Catholic Church.' v'" .V' '
1,-1 ,. House of Refuge.', j.1-' ,: ;
The House of Refuge for the .Western District
of Pennsylvania, which r is located at Pittsburg ia
nearly completed, and will shortly be, opened for
the.reeeptioaof, Juvenile, Deljaquents. J This in
stitution -vill bo contlucted on " similar plan to
that located for many years at Philadelphia, and
.which has been productive of the happiest results.
Many are the, instances' w here the homeless,
tho vicious, and unfortunate ' youth lave felt'tbe
benificent influence of ,4hat institution, and" been
led to . become useful members of society. ' That
the . one about 'to be opened, at ritUburg will be
foun equally advantageous for the Western part
of the State we have no doubt,. , It was authorised
to .beerected by an Act of Assembly passed in.
ISoO.and.is now so, far completed, that h is in
tended to be put in operation in about 1 ten days,
for the purpose of establishing it upon a firm ba
sis", the Managers were authorised to raise the sum
of one hundred thousand driUars, of which we learn
that about eighty thousand have already been sub
scribed by lxjnevolent and public spiritetl individ
uals, 'and by several, of. the Counties of Western
Pennsylvania in thcir corporate capacity.
, .Oa JlonJay last Geo'.; Darsie, and J. K. Jloor
head, Esrs.jof Pittsburg arrived in town ami
brought the matter-to the notice cf our citizens.
As the Court wasm session JmlgeTayljfhjm pt
ly laid the matter before the' Grand Jury, who
itnanintMixIj recommended to the Commissioners
tp subscribe '"op1 behalf of the County the eum of
Urenif-jF.ci htiii'lrcj 3oRxrs3 . payable in five annual
pa-ments, and to' issue bonds jtheref.j lan:ing six
per cent, interest.- .r.Th Commissioners after duly
taking the matter into consideration, refused to
nuke (he subscriptioif for the presenty inasmuch
a&- they.did :not consider it would be proper, ;n
view of the present and prosjifective demands upon
the County TreasmrT.11 TKeiereasc in the amount
cf Gounty fax ' wmi'.d hate been very small had
the gnjsbr!p'f nijle, but jirobaMy '. the.
C'inniissioners thought it most prudent to defer it
at least for tlio present, anl to ascertain the views
cf the poojlc of the(Connfy. . , - . ... ;
,.'l.:.:',',.,v"1'.. ;''''
. , , Directors of tho Poor, . f . . ,
,We neglected in our, last Lue, to state, that the
Board of Directors of -the Pjobr met in tii place,
on' Monday. -.the 28th of; November, said settled
Upon the duration their ripective terms . The
following is tlie result : ' 'f ''! '
J ohnston MofiW' Esq., S ' years ; K.' Jf J'roud
foot; 2 years; Wmf OrV, 1' vcar. ' 1 V ,
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- .-.i.- . if e-, County Oilcera. V'1 ''"J"
"C.H: Milton' KolHTtsi Prcth'chotaryrelect, and
Capt. W- CPArlxAir,' Begutcr and Pecorder elect,'
liave enteral, wpw tjie ' duties' their respectiye '
Owicet. Tlie,firmfr has n.ppir.ted II. J. r.Qberts- j
uj i.is LitTJk.. e can s;in.uj- say, xnr.i iiicje gon
tlmn have th q.Ukh'iifiUi' '(uul Kriet business
hohifcs to niakn eic'ejlent ofiicersjiaad they cannot
faQ to : gi va general satidaitioii - ta till iwho may
have business to transact with them. The ap-
TwUntfrvetit of o"rr you tig friend IT. 'IT. Robf-rts. lias
j-en" general' s!Tsf?itiori, 'nd'bttc s'clertion
cduldiot havQ peiii madc.';'J. 1 n " I
Mr.B-Ii: Johnston, and his clerk, Mr. A, C.
"ulliny retire wkb I the best wishes of al whqiave.
had business j to transact, with them, ,They Loth,
return jta the praotc the. law Thfnr oDk
may bo. found at .tj.e private; residence of .Mr.lL'
Li Jolmston, immediately opposite the Court
House. '
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-.: Tad Suow Sterm ,- ' -t
Oii last Friday morning wc .were viaitad with a
heavy snow storm, and it is still sn6wing and"
blowing up k tlie- iofgoiitg -to-press. The
snow iinitScient to Wake excellent sleig'litng.
The winda driftel the snow fi ve feet deep in some
places, but the general 'depth is seven inches. '
. Hour U selling in this piece, at $12.00 per bar-'
rel, Hay $20 and $24 per ton,;Kutterfc18 and 20
cents per pJunl,Fotatoes $t per bushel, and otHer
marketing iu proportion. -
Court Proceedings.
f.The following are , the oalyAcase3 disposed J
of iip to ihVtime 6f going to press. -V' ',.. '
Commonwealth "J 'Indictment for AssauK
' vs.; '. and liaxtcry. , J'tc -iin
tfilliam EafoY. 1 Jury called ? and Eworo
wlo find the . de fondant guilty in nxumcr and I
torm as lie stands muictea. jjcc om, sen-
fenced to paya fine of, S10... and two "weeks
imprisonment.
Coiiu'aanwciiliIiL"i JIniliehient,for3iep4ig ?
. V3 a Tippling llonscu l)ec.
" TTugir nolTen,. " j-lth, defendaut pleads
not guilty, Jury called. nE-a sworn, who find
the defendant guilty. Beuteuccd to pay a fine
of $'20, and fiopts vW--.-- -.
cnmiQnwealth Indictment for Larce
y ' ' .' vs." 1 f ny. Dec. 5th, defendant
' Jos. Xiirhtwine. V nlcada not iruiltv. . Jury
called and sw' h who find defendant guilty in
manner and tor'ji a? he stands indicted.
manner and tor ji a? he stands indicted
"; Ciiiiiiouwoulth .' Indictment .for
'.vs. ' Vny. Dec. Cth, Ji;
John jr'Jauly, ) led iind sworn, w
the def. n hr f;uiltyv ' i jr-
"; Ciiiiiiou-.voulth ) Indictment .for Larcc-
Jnry cal-
who nd
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Pr". C Sheraiun .
Assumpsit.
Dec. 5th.
' , vs. .,
Rltn-.T, Shaffer &'
. ?iurray. ; ....
'rests. .. , .
Jury . called , and worn,
f who . find for the Plain
tiff,' 97 damages ,-and
- , ' r ' . Malicious-aiischiet
Thueo or four boyS on; Tujfelny bight couhl not
pass the Oyster Saloon of IVederkk Isenberg, with
out breaking las oyster ir'gn . This is not 'the first
time these youths have 'been guilty of similar acts,
and if their parents do not check them ln timej,
they mtiy end their lives iri-solitary confinement.
It is but seldom that acts of this kind are rcrpe:
trated' in our borough, and W hope this will be
the last one ; our Young America generally bear
excellent characters. - ;. ; .- t .' . : , ;
- ? Dr. eal's Case., . , , I i
'-rWor Learn .fioni our Philadelphia exchongfeii
that l)r- Be:tliwio as convicted of violating the
person of iliss Hiidge in hi office, has-been sen
tenced to four years and six months imprisonment
in thej County prison. The Dr., previous to re
ceiving 'his sentence, read an address to the Courts
strongly protesting his. innocence, and reflecting
severely, upon the conduct of the District Attorj
nt-y and Jury. ' 1 1. t, ( -;!T - j
i . ' f .1 ' Tie Home Journal. ' j ' f
Tlie first number -of the new series of this pop
ular Journal will be issued on the first of January.
Besides their "usual amount of -ordinary news, lit
erary criticisms,' pleasant miscellany, 5rc., it is to"
havte a department devoted to the "news and gos
sip of New York Society." Thera will also be a
new series of .articles from Yrilli.s, 'entirely differ
ent from any of his previous productions. To alt
who are seeking a paper of the above character
wc say, by all , means choose the Homo Journal.'
Published at $2. a 3 ear, by Morris fcWiUis, 10?
.Fulton st., Few York. : ; . .- ; . :
Farm Journal.
The December number of this Journararrived
in due time, as well as all the f jrmer numbers. It
is devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture and Rural
Economy." ' We take jileasuce in recommending
this work to the Cambria county farmers ; it is
an excellent work, and no one should lwithont
it, whether a tiller of tho soil or not. -. It (5b pub
lished by J. W. Mcrideth & Co., at the lew' price
of one dollar per year.
-f'.i. j 'TI; Drunken Women.
Tlie Johnstown Echo; says, We saw but one
drunken woman on Thanksgiving day in this an
cient liorough" but docs not p-ive the number of
drunken men'. ' Ebensburg could not afford one
drunken man, much less a drunken Woman: We
are a law abiding and church going people
A Kew Movement..
. A number of young men in Jolmstown ,havc
formed themselves into a Thespian isociety, and
have made their arrangements for procuring scen
ery, wardrobe; &c. They intend making their
first appearance on Christrnas eve. ! We will cer
tainly iky them a visit. ' ! .
Middletcwii: Bank. '' '
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George Smnllcr was chosen President of
the Bank at an election held .by the directors
on Monday last. Mr. b. is a mancf property,
and we nave no douot that his business quaa
fications and energy of character, which' he
possesses in an eminentdegree, will be of great
advantage to the institution..
We take occasion to say, in this connection,
that the rumored failure of the bank -is all
moonshine.- It originated in.' Philadelphia,
in a very silly way, and co on who undor
"stands the management and means of the bank
will pay the least attention toiC It is as
sound, as any other Tnoneyed institutioii in the
commonwealth, and when it fails wemay look
out lor a general crash;- llamsliurg Onion,
iwi, .HU. . .... fl,-.;,.. ....... .. . j ;
The London correspondent. of thQ
Y. Times, concludes a letter of the ,17tH ult.,
as follows zY' -1' - n;'A
. I told.you, long ao,. that Scbast'opoT is no
ilonger a fortress1, but only a very strong posi
tion, ana sumect to camtualatiori. and to bp
defended step by step. , Tou can see that the
English papers are arrived now at that same
;.eoriclnsion. ' And ; now I will tell cu to bo
preparedor the -re-emLnrhment of the espe
ditioii. '' If ' we should hear of a third great
virtory like the two first, a cry of indignation
and anxiety will break' forth all overthis coun
try, and I have, not the least doubt that the
advice io' recall the armies will be given from
differ ent quarters! I 'have the most positive
and highly respectable information hat Lord
Raglan t' iV favor of giving vp, fur this
yrar tfttt siege, 'and that he wrote home td
that eiTect, remarking that retreat will become
a ipostion ot safety vnle$s he should, in the
next fortn-ight," be reinforced by. considerable:
numbers of all arms. And if you examine
j the cold, cheerless, short-worded bulletins "of
Canroberf , jt-ou may think him to be of no very
jdiiTerfB opinion. The most that, in niy opin
jioivcan ' and will i perhaps be done, and tht
only for military " honor's sake, is to storm;
ctrttte pie 'eoute, the south side of Sevastopol,
,and tiicn destroying what can be destroyed,
.leave the north for next Spring. NextSpring!
jThia is the term also of the Emperor of .Austria.'-
He .will .-not remain . inactive, longer
than 31 ay. He will be shooting out with tho
hedges so he thinks ; ' at all events so ' he says
in an autograph letter to Napoleoa.l :
V'I .CONGKESSIOHALi --.
Washing tq$, Dec. 4. i&nafe--The Sen-,
ate was called 40 order at half-past twelve o'clock-
thirty-seven members were present.
. i Tie Secretary read a letter frosu .Mr. Ack-
in, dated Piatt City, Mo., Nov. 11th. sta-
tins, that
as he could not be present at "Wash
are the: third week in December,' he
inrton before
v: T,.t Bo IWhlent of th Senate
v. utLn 4t .tni. nnd the
IIonrJ-ewi8 Gass be-chosen. -President jro
tempore for to-day." Agreed to.
- Mr. Cass took the 'chair,, and returned
thanks!, acknowledging; his incompetency to
preside over the fcnate. ; . ; - ' . . . N-
The uiiual committee was appointed to wait
on lhe President,' which consisted of Messrs.
Mason. Dodee, of Iowa, and Toucey..; " ' . ;
3Ir. Hamlin moved that the daily hour 01
mectins'be' twelve o clock. Agreed to. : -
At ten minutes after two o'clock the Mes-
saze was received from the- President," by his
Secretary," Sidney ebster, and read, and the
niessaaes and i documents were ordered to bo
printed,' and also 10,000 additional copies.
.'lue benate uien aajournea. ;
11 JToitae The House ws called to 'order at
twelve. oTelocki '7 The' roll was called, and one
hundred and' ninety-seven: answered to their
names. ..-'.'' "" '
Mr! Charles I. Lewis, orVirrinia, was elec-'
ted and Mr. Goodwra, cf ?icw lork, and Mr
15riitow,' ol IventncKy, were sworn in as new
members! r , ' -
TB6 nsuaT committee was appointed to wait
on the Present. ' ' - ' "
- The speaker called atfenfibn to the fact that
on the last day of the former Jicssion the Pres
ident sent m a veto of the luver and 'Harbor
Bill, but there then being no quorum the mes-
sae was not' then read; v .i ' . '
The message- was ordered -to be printed on
motion of Mr. Clingman, and its further cori-r
eideratioh postponed untd Wednesday.' .
Mr. Dawson introduced the Homestead Hill
in lieu of the' one returned from the Senate
last' session.; :.:u-:--x I t
Mr. Ingersoll offered a resolution, which
lies over, requesting the President to commu
nicate to the House, any eorrespondence with
the Prench government relative to the refusal
to allow the Minister to Spahrto- pass through
hranoe. . i --. " - ; - ' -.-
' Mr. Jones, of iennessee, from a joint com
mittee-appointed to wait on' the Presidebt; re-!
ported that they had performed that duty, and
that the .President would at once communi
eate his message. '- " . t "
Mr. Heady intrcluced a bill extending the
Bounty Land Laws. . ' .. t f .
Mr. Waldbridge offered a resolution wliich
lies over, instructing the committee on .Ways
and .Means to brmg m a bill removing: the
present duty on ' foreign coal.
Mr- Sollera asked leave to offer a resolution
that .the President inform the r House if not
compatable with the public interest, what was
the obiect or objects of the meetings ef confer
enceof American Ministers at Ostend, and
whether the said conference was m obedience
to instructions of tho Secretary of State and
what has Deentne result 01.1t.
Objections were made. . .
The President's message was received and
referred to- a Committee of the Whole on the
State of the Union ; 20,000 extra copies were
oruereu 10 pe pnniea. , . r
The House then adjourned. ,
Acstract of the Secretary cf the Treasnry'i
WAsnixGToy, Dec. 4.
, The Secretary of the" Treasury, in his an
nual report, states the receipts of the fisca'
year ending "the 30th of June, 185 L from ali
sources, to be $73,549,705, which, with the
balance in the treasury on the 1st of July
j.ouo, l,v-i-,ov, give a toiai lor tne year
of $95,402,597. The, expenditures for the
year have been S75,6o4.5d0, Icayinjr a bal
ance in the treasury on the 1st of July of
The receipts for the quarter ending Sept
30th, 1854; are 21, 521, 302. "- f-
X The estimates for tire remaining three auar-
ters of the fiscal year are 12,500,000. The
amount of public debt outstanding on the 1st
of July was 47,130,500. 1 '
' The Secretary anticipates a falling off iu the
Customs owing to the, Ileciprochy; Treaty
and short crops. " "
The tonnage of the United States exhibfts
an increase for the year of 395,892 tons.
; The imports for the year are 26,321,319
in exeess of the exports. - - . a
" The following state of the Pevenuc induces
the Secretary again to "call the attention of
Congress to the propriety of reducing the rev
enue from customs;; n.fc recommends but
three rates of duty,; 100, 40 and 25 per cent,
in place ' of the eight schedules at present in
use. The recommendation for the repeal of
the. fishing bounties arc renewed.. Tie sub
ject of drawback duties 1 on refined suar is
also recommended to the consideration of "Con-
gross. . . ;. .'. ,. : . ".. ; . , ; :
, The Secretary gives a'statcnient of the cur
rency which nrakes the total amount of gold
and silver coin in circulation on the SOthiseD-
jtbmber, 1854, at $241,000,000, against which,
there is a tQtal bank 'circulation of Ss204.689.-
209:; , He expresses ill opposition to the cir
culai6n' of notes of small denominations.
. He " recommends . the continuance of the
Qoast Spryey, and c'aHs br further ayl in pro
tecting life from shipwreck on the coasts, and
suggests whether the law' should not -provide
greater, security in'tlic' cohstructioii !6f ' steanx'
puj-seiiger vessyis,. or leave them as , now, to
tho ship owners. """'J'1, , ' ..' ''
" In view of the recfenY frauds by Collectors
of .the Customs at Cleveland, Oswego,i&c.,J'
he calWfor eu'eh additional legislation as may
be deemed necessary. :
The balance of the report refers mainly to
the-Mint "operations and the operations of the
various departments of 'the Treasury! ; '
The Body, of Six John Franklin fonnd by :
-- : . ; Dr. Kane. J
- Tho Lake Superior Mining News, of '.Nov j
9, contains the following 'By private let
ters we learn ' 'that tho bodies of Sir John
Franklin apdhis men have been found "by
Dr. Kane's party, frozen, perfectly preserved.
In our last number we gave the report of the
intel2igence"derived from some of tho Esqui
maux Indians, of the discovery of some of the
silver used by Franklin's expedition, '. and
marked with his initials; The later reports
is. of tho discovery of the bodies, and from our
authority we have the right to believe it to
be true." ; The editor makes 110 mention of
the soured or information, nor of "the direc
tion whence it came. .. "..--
The, Unfinished Business of Congress.
The National Intelligencer gives the follow
ing list of bills that passed one IIou3e during
the last session, and will immediately come
up for consideration : i- , '
The homestead bill, which is now before
tho House with Mr. IlunterV substitute as
an amendment. '
The Texas debt bill, as passed by the Sen-
iWU. r- - T'.'" - - - " - 1
The Senate'vbilt to provide payment "for
French spoliations prior to 1800.
J he oceau - mail: eteanjer bill, - with thet
amendment of the nouso directing notice oJ
be civen of tlie termination of the contract.
The bill to establish a mail lino to Shanghai"
by way cf the Sandwich Islands. ' " u '.
t The bill establishing the Hamsaymad route
from New Orleans by way of "Vera' Cruz to
a.oapulco. n- ' . -. ...; .'
The bill to establish a subterranean line cf
telegraph to the Pacific v .1
; 1 he bill to provide a weekly mail to Cali
ornia. 1'.- yi .: 1:
Tho till to increase the' rates of postage and
require prepayment of letters.: -hh 'A
X ho benate hill to provider for : halt-pay ta
revolutionary ofiieers or their legal represents
atives.' '.''; ? ' ' .' T1
Tho bill to extend the benefits of the boun
ty land system - to ' tho officers arid : Boldicrs,
seamen, fo., of the war of 1812. : f
Various bills granting -lands for the con
struction cf railroads; and- - ' 'rJ .5 - : :
Mr. Dennett's land bill granting lands
equally to the several Stat3 to aid ia the 'coa--struction
of railr6ads and for '-the'-' support ' of
schools. - ' : ' .:; ' y r .jytu-ti ' ";.:
-t.'t Qualification of Jcrors. r' '
In a criminal case now on trial In the UhU
ted State Circuit Court, Chief Justice Taney
has. decided the following , to . be the proper!
qualifications for a juror to try the issue
' ' If the juror has ; formed an opinion that
the 'prisoners are cruilty,- ' and cntcrtain's that
opinion now, wuuoui waning 10 near tac les
timohy, theri he is incompetent: ;-Butif from
reading the newspapers or hearing' reports be
has impressions on his' riiind unfavorable id
the prisoners, but has rio opinion or prejudice
which will prevent him' from doing impartial
justice when he hears the "te'stl liiony,' then "he
is conipetect ' ' " -;
. This is common sense. Every person must
from necessity, form his opinions or impres-
sions irom sucn eviaence as 11c is in possession
of, but no intelligent and impartial mind will
hold to such opinions in spite of facts; so that
there is nothing in such previous Impressions,
to interfere with correct conclusions when all'
the material facts are presented. ;
1 .'. The Late Storm. . . . ,'. ; , ; ' ;
Tho storm of Sunday was' very severe at the
East, and throughout Northern and Western
New York the enow fell in many sections to
the depth of three feet. At 'Albany, on
Monday afternoon it had snowed uninterrupt
edly for SO hours, and the roads were com
pletely blocked up. 1 here was two-and-a-
half feet of snow on the .Eastern division of
the Erie llailroad, and the freight trains
abandoned their trips. - Ihe morning train
from Dunkirk had only reached Owego, at ' 5
P M., - on Monday.: Ihe morning tram
from New' York for Boston, had only reached
New Haven at 7 P. M., Monday evening by
the aid of seven engines. The storm on the
Hudson was Very severe, and a 'number of
boats and barges were sunk. .-. he steamers
Adrian, Meneely and Troy, front , AlbaDy,
were sunk two miles south of ltondout, as were
also several other boats, the names of which
are not known. . The barges Ohio and .Mon
roe were suuk near the same place, and four
or five boats driven ashore. - :',;
; The gale at the East was unprecedented in
violeuce. The House Line, cast of .South
bridge," ConnI, is torn entirely from the poles
for a distance of over ten miles , At Boston
numerous vessels -were driven ashore, and
amonjr them the T. P Perkins, from Phila
delphia for Boston, laden with coal. At
Portland the snow drifted terribly, and the
the shipping in the harbor suffered severely.
At Bangor several vessels were driven ashoro
The Ejistern and .Western morning trains,
between Rochester and Buffalo, came in col
lision in consequence of the heavy snow fall
ing. . Therq were three locomotives attached
to the Western train, and two to the Eastern,
the cars were badly smashed, and two cf tlie
locomotives thrown of the track., . Both trains
were out of time. A. JX: Argus, JCov Q.
v- American Trade with Australia. 1 i
' In' a late commercial circular, issued by a
respectable mercantile firm in Melbourne,
Australia, we find the following important ad
mission : ' A -Tun k.'..: v
5 . For the fifteeh months of our residence in
this Colony, 100 "American vessels have' come
to our port, with 125,000 tons of merchandise,'
valued at 15,000,000, -while the total value
of merchandise received at this port cannot
fall short of 100,000,000 and this for b pop
ulatiori'of from 224,000 to 250,000 to con
sume."" " ' - ' "' -'- '
The same circular ' adds : " We still think
this market offers inducements tiour friends
of the United StateB." What other induce
ments, save those of positive pecuniary loss
we leave for others better versed in mercantile
matters than we profess to be to 'determine.
It seems that, in a new country, with a popur;
lation not much larger than that of, tho.,eity
of Baltimore, j where to a .certain extent the
luxuries of life are -almost unknown, and jts,
necossaries . not.ba. universal use, . the imports
during fifteen months have reached the enor
mous sum of one hundred millions. At this
ratio the imports of the United States for the
game time would have reached the fabulous
sum of eight tho usand million of flollors ! II
this statementof the imports of Australia docs
not exhibit the spirit of speculation under its
wildest and most fatal type, then the laws of
trade are mere bugbears to ' deter the timid
from entering- into the golden field cf gain!
If the figures of this Melbourne circular are
correct, it would require all the products of the
mines, the fields, and tho forests of Australia
in payment for the importations j-a f-tate of
things which would! result in immediate and
universal bankruptcy and ruin- '-As ..such a
state of things doos not exist in Australia, the
inference is legitimate that, although ; the
goods imported into that colony .for fifteen
months may be valued at 100,000,000, they
sold for a much less sum., .Where or by whom
the loss was sustained the circular, beforo us
does not state lTJoft. Union. "" ' "l
SUMfnAFLY OF. NEWS.
tH?John M. Sullivan Esq. of . Butler county,
lias been selected as Deputy Secretary of thi
Common wealth'. jJle "served for several years as
Clerk of -the "Senate, -V' " ' . ,' V . --'
C-A New York stock-broker has been arrested
on a charge'of defrauding tlie Lafayette Mineral
Compauv iu .Peuasylvauia, tt the aruount of
$15,000, hi their bonds.
CO'Icrccr county has no representative proper
in the House of Ileprebeiitatives.
flO-The Washington National Monument is
progressing -slowly," only twelve - men "being at"
work on it. . Cauae-twaiat.of fundsl J ': : .roi
r , - ,
Ccj-The Natiom!' Ccmvention of Know--Noth
ings are to meet ia'Phladelphia citf next May-,
the anniversary of the Ivative nots, for the pur
)ot,: of nominating a President, ,
& II( nry A. Wide (Deni.), has been nominat
ed for Governor of Virginia. Vii. . -5 .'
C-A large public meeting was held at Cincin
nati on the 2d hist., to take ' ineasures to rehih t
the- j'iiyintnt 0 unjust taxes asesscd by tlie State
Auditor.
-)c?-By tlier "arrival, of theDlack Warrior, we
karn, that a cargo' of negroes had ' been landed
from a Spanish vessel Oh the south side of tlie
Island of Cuba. ' . . - .
, ,11ie'rrOntie.r flour Sliljs, at -Clack ' Rock
werei tolally dest joyed by fire on the nigl4 of the
lstinst.;vith alt their contents," including J5,00Q
bushels of grain, and 8,000 'bbls'. -of. flour; Tho
propeller International,' lying at the dock,' tok
fire and was burned to the waters edge. The
mills were fully insured.
,, 03-The "citizens' of Boston . liavo" .contributed
$270090 tho present year for public charitiee... t;
&3-Lucy Stone received seven votes in: the Vor-!
m6nt' Legislature for tho office of Brigadier Gene
ral inrthe m'ihtia of that State. - " "' 1
CCJ-Thc jlwo- last steamers , from, California,
brought in gold an aggregate of $2,205,000. :"
tiyOn tlie night of Wednesday last, the office
of the Georgia I'ailroad Depot, at Augusta, was
broken into and robbed of $8000 ki cash, and
several thousand dollars in bank notei ' ; ?:-.!
CBy a recent order from Washington the en
listment of foreigners in-the Marine corps, now
stationed at the Charlestown . Navy Yard, is to
ceawe 1 It is believed that the eanie order has ,
boon sent to' all out military posts.
C3"Te J'Jdge of Probate at Cincinnati, during
the last eleven months, issued 32G0 marriage li
censes, making an average iS .227 per moath. '
: CG-TLe Supreme Court of. the United States
organized at Washington 011 Motiday, . .
j3-lTie fcteTun:-r Sally West recently struck a
snag in the MisMs-iippi, andsunk.' - ' ' '
ICThe BlackvWarrior, on her way from New
Orleans, has $11,300 in specie. The Nautilus is
announced at New Orleans from Brazos with
$155,000 in specie. " ' "
&j-The entire vote of California at the recent
election, was 84,(104. ... , v . ,
U-Bcwton has just sent back 150 paupers froru
the different Institutions of tlo State. All but
29 return of their own freo will, the balance have
beeo sentenced to be returned One, of those who
goes back is an old man who has been in this
country for thirty-six years, and who has raised a
family oud buried them all in America.
; C9Tbe.New Orleans Ddta .has received tidings
of the death of Mr. IU E. Gatton, of Virginia, U
S. consul at Mazatlan. . ... '
CO-Gen. Taez, ex-Presider.t of Venezuela, has
returned to New Orleans from a visit to Santa
Anna. ' ' ' ' " , j '
Cv John L-Nrris baa tocn convicted of murd
er in the second degree, in St. Mary's, county,.
Md., for killing his slave, and sentenced to the,
jieiiiteiitiary for five years and seven months.
03-The prospects, it is said, are that, Kenr.cfJi
Itaynor, cf North Carolina,, will b tho Know
Nothing candidate for the Presidency
C3r"John Mitchell has written, a' letter to a
Know-Nothing acquaintance in which he gives it
as his opinion that our naturalization laws re
quire a change, but at . the same time be de
nounces the proposition to prevent . naturalized
citizens from holding office. ": , , , : .
CCf-Tlic schooner Chas. Edmoadston.of Cliarlos
tm, Johnson, master, sailed, from Bramlywine,
Del., on tlie 23d of August last, for Santa Cruz,
since wlrich.no tidings have been heard of her.
It is feared she may have been lost in the heavy
gale of last September. "", .'"
Qcj-The rcycr.ue of the Lland of Cuba fur the
past month has increased $40,827 over that of the
same period last year. ' . .. .. ' .,
C5-1hc Natchez.papers publish a rumor that
tho National Council of Know -Nothings at Cin
cinnati, have . nominated Millard Fillmore for
President. ; - ' ;.i ". A . ',
CTilrs. Barnctt an actress at the People's
Theatre in St.' Louis, hal two of her ribs broken,
and it is feared that her skull ' was fractured, by
"jho ailing on her of a bcene', while performing at
the Tlieatre on tiie night of the 21st ult. "'
Loss of Spiscib. Ou,the 2d ult.,. a boat' that
was transporting , specie on board the" English
steamer off Vera Cruz, was capsized, with the loss
of $70,000. ' , . '.. ,, r , ' . " .. ., . ,
1 Cottos During tlie forty-eight hours eialiug
Nov. 25th, upwards of 11,000: bales of cotton ar
rived at .New Orleans. , i; v . .. : .1.
Oc-A letter from London; to tho New York
Times, Vays that Lord Iiaglan is in favor of giviug
up'j for this year,' the siege, ; and that he wrote
home to that effect, remarking that retreat will
become si1 .question: of Wirty unless he should, in
the next fortnight, be reinforced by considerable
humberis of .all arms. , ' ' ;
CTAd vices from Pnerto Cabello announce the
re-tle.tipn , of Gen. Jose Mouagas to the, Presi
dency. , ; --
At our last dates, the effective forcei of the
Allies in infantry before Sevastopol amounted to
15,000 British,36,000 French, and 11,000 Turks.
The artillery-men wore much worn ont byhicess
ant toil. They were compelled to labor twelve
hoiiTs out of the, twenty-fouy in the trenches, in
stead of the usual eight. . '' . :
- Cf-A private letter rum Dulhu, Ireland, says
that the British Government are making prepara
tions" to ballot for 6oldiers in that city, and
throughout tho provincial towns.- -- ' "' '
State: Central Cornmittce.
f
A meeting of the Democratic State Central
Committee will 4e held at the Merchant' Hotel,
Philadelphia, on Tuesday, the 20th of December
1854, at 4 o'clock, P. M.
The Chairman has received various letters from
prominent and influential citizens f the State,
expressing a desire to have a State Convention,
fur the purpose of re-organizing the Democratic
party on a more permanent basis, consolidating it
against the secret and insidious assaults that ha v
for a time impaired its usefulness and efficiency iu
nnw,.m. .lit I-,!!,- 1 1 Tl . ) 1 f-l I TlTH n ! Tl ! Anil (a Vimrlo.
it impi'gnaUc iiv the future against the approachr
es of the various and dangerous isms, vagaries
and headl.Aigiatv kins of 'the clay. "As the,eoiiii
tutionul, truly cons;rvatie,hw.fcurical ndpatrioU
ic party f tlie country, the Democracy have a
great' mission to fulfil, and niust not "prove recre
ant in a jtriod of arirerity, to i tlie high trust
confided to their care - The friends of liberty, of
the rightsof men, wherever tley . may have been
born, of religious toleration,' and tho opponents' of
a connexion between Qiurcli and State, corrupt,
meretricious and '.wanton.1 as such connexion haa
alway s proved t9 bo, the opponents of all religi
ous tests in determining tlie .rights of Citizens or
their qualifications Tjr office or public trust, among
thyse who have heretofore differed with us on
miuor. points, are now ready and anxious to' co
operate with the Democratic party at tlie first
favpraV4c opjortunity, in maintaining the integri
ty of the Constitution formed by the patriots.. of
the Involution, the Fathers of' the liepublic. ,
It is deemed advisal le that the contemplated
Statf Convention 1 called selely for thq purposes,
already named, so that its action be' not embar
rassi?d by any oilier business 'and that It should
be com osed of the nw-tt tried, steadfast, enlight
ened and iiithuuitial rden iii our ranks, that its
voice in favor of the great fundamental principle
of the Democratic creed shall peak with autlx
rity, and ius-firecorfi Jcnco and respect imong all
classes of teur pej' .
It is thought also thafc- a political calm is the
proper time to begin tin great work. In this
way we will hr,w our love fr the gTeat principle) .
we maintain, by.asseiulling. when tliere, is not
scramble for place or pvwer, but at a. time when
thg public ciiiid is Jiot 'excite and prejudiced by.
the bitterness "ettc'nding on ap'p'niac.hnig election'
when oiir own Cou'ir-ils will not be distracted
by Hvk.1 interests ami pornonal aspiratkma. " :
n.e members of the Committee will therefore
appreciate tie importance of a general attendance,
and it in hoiKx! .-will be . punctual 111 meeting t
the time and place apoiuti, and that the Denv
ocratio papera of tl; St3te will give this notice
an early and general publicity. , :- ...,;..
, ,. l J- ELLIS BONUAM, Chairman.
Carlisle, Nov. 22, 154 ,.' . , . .
Later from the Pacific
Since the repulse of the Allied fleet atPet
ropolowski, the movements of tho' respective
vessels have become a matter, of interest. -r-The
greater portion of the combined squadV
ron now lie at anchor in our harborl i They'
comprise II. B.. M. frigates President and -
Vique, sloop of war Amphitrite and steamer;
Virago, and the French frigate s Forto nd
Eurydice. They are acconipauied by theirt
prize, tho Bussian ' ship Sitka II. B. M. -Discovery
ship Plover is also in port. ? ' : . -.
The French brig of w ar Obligado, which
constituted a portion of the squadron - in its
attack ' upon Pefrolowski, sailed from this
port on' Saturday last, for Guayamas, to make
inquiry into the circumstances attending the
death of Count de llaousstt Boulbon. The"
brig Henry William, which arrived on Mon
day night from Sydney, reported a heavy
cannonade outside the Heads, resembling a -,
sea fight; and last night there was a' flying
report through the city, said to hare been
brought by a pilot boat, to the effect that the
Obngado had encountered a Kussin frigtto.
The report, however, needs confirmation. 5
In addition to the vessels above enumera-'
ted, her Britauic Majesty's sloop-of-war Trin-1
ccnialee, and the French corvette L'artemisc,
from the Sandwich Islands, arrived witlun a
few days. The whereabouts of the Bossian.
frigateDiana.is not known, although itispre,--suuied
the is cruising somewhere in our wi-.
ters, perhaps no great distance from sonio of;
her antagonists. The Bu.sian frigate Au-.
rora auu sh-op-of-w ar Diana were hft by the.
allies at l'etrepolowski, but where they may
now be is a matter of speculation.
.. The United States steam frigate Susquc-.
hauua was reported at the Sandwich Islands,
and is hourly expected in, our harbor, she hay-,
iug put into Honolulu merely for a supply of
ccal. The steam frigato- Mississippi, -was to,
have left Hong Kong three days after the.
Susquehanna, and may also be houjly expect-,
ed. The United States sloops of war St..
Marys and Portsmouth were at Honolulu, oa.
the 20th of October, and - will probably pay
us a visit in the winter. The English .and,
French squadrous, it L understood, will. wiu-
tor at Montcray. ' ' ., .
Her Britauic Majesty's frigate Amphitritei
arriveel at San Francisco oa tey, Gth, sixteen,
days from Honolulu. 4, ! .- .'. ,fij
Since tho arrival of the British frigates iti
our harbor, five marines and seamen have de
serted from the Presideut and .Pique. Their
names ard Charles Bulley, Isaac Dove, James
Williams James Tavey, llobert Elder, and
Peter Wilson, (attached to the Piqvw For
the ajipreheneion of .Wilson, a reward of $25
is oiiered, and for the others 15. Tho
French fleet has not surfer cd as yet by deser
tion. ' ; .. .A- . ... .
The following is the report of Capt. Spenco,
of the brig Henry William, - alluded to
above: ' .' " : i,v "
Bkio Hespv WrttiAM, lNo. a, i
Lat. 3S N
Lon. 130 20 V. -1 - j
This day, at 10 o clock, iv. ?L.,
we wero
much surprised at hearing a very heavy can-;
nonadin" at some distance. It being -
It
11 fcEy
weather at . the time, : we could not ; Eee any
vessel near us, at least, as far ' as the eye
could extend. . I should fancy by the three
first shocks that they were broadsides', ' for it
caused our vessel to shake similar to a' .volca
nic eruption. They were. then followed by
some twenty or thirty single guns,, aa near as
we could judge from the distance, and lastly;
there were two others fired similar' to .minute
guns .. ." ","'' ,, '
Important Hews for the Ehareholder ia Pexham't
Third Gift Enterprise. r
It will be seen by reference .to advertisement iu
our paper of to-daj that the Coiumittej appoin
ted by tho ShireholdiTS at their last meeting,
haye issued a call for a final meeting oi aU int.
csted, to get their instructions in refereice to tbii
distribution, of tho Gift property. ? We ae pleased
to find ' the matter so near a consurnmafion, and
hope that Mr. Perharu will rceiive thepatromign
he so well deserves for the liberality and energy,
displayed in getting up and prosecuting this stu
pendous tuiterprise. Orders for tickets should be
sent in Immediately. .There ar4 fortunes in ro
8Crvo for somebody. - ; ? ; .