Huntingdon journal. (Huntingdon, Pa.) 1843-1859, January 29, 1850, Image 2
THE JOURNAL. COMO? fRINCIPLW...4UPPORTZD ET TRUTH.] iluvrrlGDoN, TUESDAY, JAN. 29 1850 TERMS: The "MINT tma nos JOURNAL" is published at the following rates, viz : $1,75 a year, if paid to advance $9...,00 if paid during the year, and if not paid until after the expiration of the The above terms to be adhered to in all case.. No subscription taken for leis than six months, and no papsr discontinued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the publisher. Mreol. CORN YN will please accept our thanks for numerous highly prized raVors. Hon S. CALvIN will also accept our thanks for Cavort tram Washington. President's Message relative to Cal- ifoinia: On our first page will be found the Message of President TAYLOR, Covering the replies to the resolutions offered in the House of Represen tatives by Mr. VRRABLF, on the last of Decem. her. Like every other paper (says the Daily Sun) emenating from the present executive it is simple, manly, concise and to use an expression which has become parliamentary, faces the tousle." The President uses his words to make himself plainly understood, not to involve and mystify his measures. This message is a mile stone in the annals of our country-it forms an era from whence we may date the commence ment of moderate measures and subdued feelings en the hitherto great vexed Territorial Ques tion. It must exercise an important influence, and have a wholesome effect upon the entire country. If the Washington Union did not un derstand the President's position NMI his an nual message, there can nose Le no mistake. for the special message, in as it were, a paraphrase of the mode of policy adverted io in the preVi- Gus and more elaborate communication. Gen. TAYLOR offers no speculations and indulges in sin hypothetical schemes, but recommends a di re:t and safe mode of settling the geographi cal controversy" which fanaticism, both from the North and South, has sprung upon ds. This admirable message coveis the enfire ground of controversy, and places air rtgiS be fore the peace of the Union, to protect fThm those convulsions, which experience has slaithi es will attend any form of legislation upon those delicate and peculiar" subjects which must be left to the people themselves to settle and quiet. There is not a patriot in the country, who will not feel relief at the noble disposition which the President has made of this matter; there is not and individual, whatever be his party associa tions, who will not in his heart feel that the “Palinurus" now at the helm of State, is a vig ilant awl trusty pilot, who will never sleep at his post. The whole subject is one of the gra vest importance, and this message shows how easily we may avoid all impending difficulties. InrHoll. Jon.v Roan, died at his residence in Carlisle, on the evening of the 19th inst., of typhus fever. The deceased was at one time Judge of the district composed of Cumberland, I Perry and Juniata. He stood high as a Judge, a Lawyer and a citizen, and his death will be generally lamented by those who enjoyed the pleasure of his acquaintance. WAIIRtNGTON'S FAREWELL ArionEss.---Mr. Clay offered a resolution in the U. S. Senate on Thursday last, to purchase the original manu script of Washington's Farewell Address, which lifter some captious objections to it, was finally passed. It will doubtless be concurred in by the House and this valuable relic be thus se cured to our National Library at Washington. The manuscript is to be cold on the 12th Feb ruary next, at the Merchant's Exchange, in Philadelphia, as a part of the effects of the late David C. Claypoole; and the proposition that it should be purchased by Congress, will meet the hearty approval of the people. PROPERTY EXEMPT ramtt The public attention, and Legislative action, is now being directed to the expediency of repeal ing all laws which give to religibus, charitable and other societies, art exeMptiOn from the pay ment of taxes. The amount exempt by special enactments, in the city and county of Philadel phia, in over eight millions of dollar s. JUDICIAL A I,OINTMENT.-Gov. Johnson has Appointed IVrn. B. McClure, Esq., as President Judge of Allegheny County, in place of Judge Patton, whose term expired on the 25th Mr. McClure is a lawyer of high reputation, and an able and zealous Whig. QT NE, & Mli.r.nn are prepared to furnish VALINTINES of every description, new watches, Jewelry &c., at their old stand. Call in and see them. O GoDEy's LADIES BOOK, for February, is before us, and is truly a capital number. As usual, it is embclished with rare engravings, and among them the portrait of GOOEY himself. We are pleased to learn that this periodical is increasing in circulation everywhere. Appointment by the Governor& Gor. Johnston has appointed A. L. Resent, Esq., of Bedford county, Secretary of the Com monwealth, in the place of the Hon. T. Haines, resigned. Mr. Russell was formerly the Dep uty Secretary of the Commonwealth. Mr. Haines was recently appointed Register of the United States Treasury, which was the cause of 'his resignation. Ties UNION .-The Nashville (Tenn.) True Whig is active in its denunciations of the dis unionists in Congress. A writer in that paper of the lit inst.,deciaret that there is not in Ten nessee one man in a thousand who favor; disu. rionionny al.are. Of tinder any possible eircum iftan,e. James Johnston, Esq. The Carlisle Herald says : a Mr. Brawley, the defeated locofoco candidate for Speaker of the Senate, it seems imagines that, it would be some consolation to his wounded feelings if Mr. Johnston's appointMent as Consul to Glasgow is rejected by the Senate , --and perhaps it might to a man of his small spiteful spliit. He has, therefore, as we learn from Harrisburg, Busied himself in procuring signatures ea a remon strance against Mr. Johnston's Confirmation. Brawley's defeat was the sMe moving cause of the circulation of this remonstrance. It was signed by some of his friends but several mem bers of his party not only refused to sign, but have friendly feelings towards Mr. Johnston. Every Whig rnembr of both Houses, together with severa•f clemot.raes, hale signed a memotial in ravel' of the confirmation'. Lieut. James Johnston not only served in the Mexican war himself, but lost two brothers who distinguished themselves in the battles with the Mexicans. Yet he has to be removed from fhe office of State Librarian, which he held the last year, td make room fora Icirofoch who never rendered any further service to the coun try than to hold a fat office. Such is the consis tency of locofocoism. It preaches one thing while it practices another. Ranks. THE DEMOCRATIC it EMBER§ or THE LEGIS LATURE AND DANIIS.-The l'en,yfransan says, '6We re:set to see some of the Democrats at Harrisburg, lending themselves in aid of Banks. 'We thought. if there wits any onething in which the Democratic party of this State was unani mous, it was in opriesition to the increase of Banks or Bank capital." Does not the Pennsylvanian know ant the 'Democratic' doctrine is to preach against banks in general, and for members to favor the crea tion cif them among their own ctinsfitsieney During election campaigns the Locofoco press, and Locofoco candidates, snake n great outcry against banks. bank-rags. &c., &c., but no soon er does the Legislature assemble, than these very batik-hating Democrats are the first to move in favor of creating new Banks, and re chartering old ones! And the editor of the Pennsylvania ..is well aware that it has always been so, natw•ithstanding tits affected surprise that the Democratic members this winter are " , lending themselves in aid of Banks." The State Printing. The Harrisburg Union says 'the triennial farce of letting the State Printirg came oft in the Hall of the House of Representatives yes terday. There *ere twenty-two bidders for this work. The English printing was let to TnEo: Pees & Co., at seven cents and six mills psi thousand ems, for composition, and seven cdttiel and Six mills per token fOr prees work; and the small remnant of German print:. ing that is now left, Was let to Puna' , Mince,' at nineteen cents and eight mills per thodsand ems for composition, and nineteen cents and eight mills per token for press work. The bills were taken at twenty-two cents and eight mills per page of 1200 ems, including the press work on two hundred copies. This allotment will certainly surprise the practical printers of the State." We confess ourselves surprised. How can the work be doneat these prices ' It would re joice us to see ddr friends of tne Telegraph elected to do the State ptinfirg at prices that would pay them for their trouble. But we regret to see them get the job at such prices as the above. They must inevitably lose by the operation. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RAILROAD.-A la borer was killed by the falling in of earth, on Mr. Murray's section, below this place a few miles, lett sleek; Free Banking; A resolution was introduced in the House by Mr. Killinger, Of Lebanon, a few days since, instructing the Committee on Banks, to inquire into the expediency of establishing a system of Free Nanking.= --This resolution Was sprung upon the Hotise Ctiddenly, and a vote was taken just as suddenly. There was no time for eith er consultation or debate, and to this may be attributed the small vote on the affirmative. The question was not understood. The princirrai objection the Lcicofdcos urge against the present system of Banking is the in security of the note-holder.—To 'remedy this, they have for years bedn clamoring fcir the indi vidual liability plinciple. in several cases this has been granted. But when one Of the Banks, in whose charter this princiPle was incorpora ted, failed, no money could be sound with which to redeem the notes, and the note-holders lost every cent of it. The is the practical working of the individual liability principle. . . 'hen it is proposed now to establish a sys tem which gives perfect tecito it y to the note hUlder, they ate found to oppose it with all their might. In tither States, in which this system has been tried, it workS admirably. A bank re cently failed in Buffalo, which had been incor porated under this Free Banking System, but tho notes still rdmalned at par, and the only difference was they were redeemed at Albany, the capitol of the State, instead of Butfald. The note-holder did not lose a cent. Yet the Loco locos are the friends of the note-holders. Vile hypocrisy !—Pa. Intelligencer Appointments by Canal Commissioners. Conecrors.—Stewart Pearce, Columbia; S. S. Bigler. Harrisburg; George Smith, Beech Haven ; Stephen Wilson, Northumberland; Al. lisonDuosburg ; C. D. Eldred, Wil liamsport ; ' d. Thomas, Liverpool; S. Law s Newport; D. W. INlcCormiek, Lewistown; A. Harrison, Huntingdtin; A. A: Douglass, Hollidaysburg; E. Zeigler, Duncan's Island Bridge; J. Shoemaker, Juniata Aqueduct ; A. Stewart, Swatara Bri!ige. super'iniqurlent : 4 S..C9mpbell, Portage Sup'ervisors.--J. M. Solliday, DelasVare Di vision; Benj. Saylor, North Branch; Thos. Bennet, West Branch; H. D. Rodearmel, Sus quehannah ; J. M'Laughlin, Eastern; J. S. Miller, Juniata; J. P. Anderson, Upper Juni ata. Cargo laspactor.—G.N. Smith, Johnstown. Waighneaoters.—M. H. Horn, Easton ; Rob• oft Williams, Hollidaysburg; J. 6. Chesney, Northumberland. Insults to the Executive. But the Democrats 'oust, should and will compel the Administration to formally admit that its removals were made on political grounds, or to sustain charges against the removed by tangible proof." This is the language of the Pennsylvanian upon the resolutions of Mr. BeadbttY, of Me., to summon the Executive before the Senate by a statement of reasons for the removals he has made. The writer is very positive as to what 4, the Democrats must, shohld enti will" do, and, a leaky vessel as he is, he gives us the time and plitee of the decree. HO sags, in his letter from Washington : " Our friends of the Senate have held anoth er catictis pince that one to which I referred in a recent fetter. At the last they appointed a comblittee emisistin,g of Messrs . Davis, Brad bury, Yulee, Bright' and Butlee, to draw up res olutions laying down p platforni upon which the party in the Senate shall act this winter, with reference to the Administration. Its particu lar duty will be to report what will be done concerning 13radbury's resolution, Which, be yond all doubt will be passed." This is very cool, certainly; and' the expec tation, no doubt, is that President Taylor will consent to be insulted by a resoilition origina ting in a caucus, and instituted tO try hitt. If the Executive has clone anything impeachable in making (he appointments he has Made, the power to try him rests with the Senate. Let the thing be done decently and constitutionally. All that is necessary is that the charges should be mate pro ferma-that Senators should be put upon special oath or affirmation-Land that the Chief Justice should be called upon to preside. If two:thirds, should concur with ilr: Bradbu ry and the caucus, the EitecutiOe may be im peached. We trust that the President will an. swer this resolution', if if should be adopted by the Senate, in a manner due both to the body with whom it originated, and with a due re gard to the rights and dignity of the Executive office. We hope still more, for the credit of the Senate, that the resolution will not be adopt ed. The Constitution confers special and it/depen dent you erS Upon the Executive, and among these is the power of appointment. There is no limitaticin to the exercise of this right, ex cept such as is due to a respect for public spin ion and to the rights of individuals. The Pres ident is free to appoint whom he Will; as the Senate is free to reject such appointments, if coming within its jurisdiction of advice and consent." We do not mean en much as to question the propYiety of a call for speCitic in dividual charges, Where they have been pub licly made, as we do the abstrdct fight Of the Executive to make theseappointnlents upon fa litical or any other grounds. This is dot a riot question. it was discuss ed in the ConVention which framed the Consti tution, and has been debated many times since. We lidieVe, however, the opinion has usually been against the right to call the President to account for his exercise of the appointing ptivi er. We would be among the lasi persond to de. , fend the Executive in an abuse of power, eith er in himself or by any infringement upori r Le gislative right. The country has already suf fered so much from Executive usuriraiidn, and as mush too, from the abuse of power in regard to appointments, that we had rather err upon the side of the Senate than upon that of the President ; but when we see a move of this sort made upon political grounds merely, and with a View of embarrassing The President, and originating also with a party who originated the whole system of Proscription, and have exer cised it from first to last most unsparingly, we feel bound to speak of it as it deserves to be spoken of, and that with unmeasured edndem nation.—Lancaster V. 141.071. DEMOCRACY IN 01110. -The late Locofoco State Convention at Columbus went its length against all bunks and in favor of Iliad Money exclusively, in favor of a new Constitution, Elamettead Exemption, " a more liberal sys tem of diSposing of the public lands," which is explained to mean selling them "in limited quantities at a price to cover the cost of sur veying," &c., and Opposed in principle to Sla very, so that " they tvitl at all times feel it to be their duty to use all power, clearly given by the terms of the National compact, to prevent its increase, to mitigate and finally to eradicate the evil." But resolutions in favor of the Wil mot Proviso were vo'.ed down—Yeas 94, Nays 174 ; and a resdlution approving of Senator Al len's vote in favdr of the proviso was stricken out, by 172 votes to 90. Such is the " Democ racy" to which Senator Chase has annexed him self, vbhile Messrs. Giddings, hoot apd compa ny play steadily into his hands: A resolution approving generally Senator Allen's course, with no reference to Slavery, and "deploring his absence front the Senate"—that is, the elec tion of Chase in his stearlwas paSsed by ac clamation. The proceedings affecting Slavery were very tempestuous, and the Convention adjourned in a hubbub. STumeEu', PnovriET.-- , A woilld be prophet, ddven South, said lately, in one of his sermons, that, he was sent to redeem the world and all things therein. Whereupon a native pulled out twit five dollar bill's of a broken bank, and asked him to fotk over the specie far them. 07" The Presbyterian church at San Fran. cisco, (California) pays its pastor a salary of $lO,OOO per annum. A clown in one of the Theatres at the same place receives a salary of $12,000. MELANCHOLY Dust.-The N. 0. Picayune learns from a passenger from Red River, that an affair of honor took place at Shreveport on or about the 20th ult., between the lion. D. Hester formerly a representative from Caddo parish, and Dr. Green of Stiteveport, In Which both parties were killed. Q 9 One of the courts of Alabama has been trying to solve for the last fortnight, the birth and parentage of a little darkey, who has fallen heir to quite an estate. Like Mango Park, they are endeavoring to discover the source of the Niger," but whether they will succeed is still problematical. Pa. Legislature. A great deal of time of the Senate was taken up last week in the discussion of the proposed amendment to the Constitution, by which the election of Judges is to be made by the people. In order to put off the evil day," and by de laying, kill the amendment, Mr. Mctssms, the Democratic Senator from Greene, offered a string of resolutions, on Monday week, fefeiring to the Judiciary committee, and Instructing that committee to change its terms (a change which is equivalent to killing it) and to inquire into the propriety of making half a dozen other al terations in the Constitution, so as to provide Inc biennial, instead of annual sessions of the Legislature—for the election of a Lieutenant Governor, and other matte]. which agitated his mighty mind. This effort to shabb off the amendment was opposed by Mr. Dansiz, who, although he opposed the election of Judges last year, intimated that he might vote for it now, and was at all events determinded to show the amendment fair play. On the 23d. the resolu tions were taken up in the Senate with the fol lowing result. Mr. King's amendment to Mr. M'Caslin's res. Infion was lost—iund then Mr. McCaslin's res. oiutions were lost—and then the question re. solving itself upon the original amendment to flue Constitution, other amendments were offer. ed by Messrs. King and Drum, and finally - a res• olution, by Mr. King, that the consideration of flue whole be postponed, which was lost. Other amendments were offered by Messrs. King, Drum and Conyngham, which were all lost. The original bill, or amendment to the con stiution, as passed last session, then passed d second reading by ayes 28 to nays 3. It is now beyond the reach of amendments. In the S'enate on the 19th, Mr. Walket te ported that the proposition to divide the State into one hundred seperate representative dis tricts is unconstitutional, and asked to be dis charged from the further consideration of the subjecf: Postponed, and Ordered to be printed. Mr. Forsyth offered the following resolution: . . Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be requested to examine the present laws imposing taxes upon real and personal property in this Comainnweatth; and if expedient, report a re• vision of the same, in such a manner as will remedy the cause of complaint. The resolution was adopted, with the amend ment offered by Mr. Lawrence, as follows: And also to inquire into the expediency of changing the present mode of collecting taxes in the State so as to cOnfdrm to the system 110 w adopted in the State of Ohici. Mr. Konnigmacher offered the following res olution, which was adopted : Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be instructed to inquire into the expediency of repealing all laws exempting certain poperiy from taxation. Senate then went into Corisideraticht of bill al lowing compensation fo Auditor General and State Treasurer as Commissioners of the inter nal improvement fund, which was finally passed. . _ _ In the House Mr. Allison offered the follow ing tesolation, Which WAS adopted : Resoteedi that the Committee of Ways and Weans be requested to inquire into the expedt ency of repealing so much of the act creating a Sinking Fund, as relates to the taxing of bow ling saloons. Mr. Acker offered a similaf resolution, rela tive to pistol galleries, panoramas, exhiLtions, &c. On the 21st, the two houses, in convention, proceeded to elect a State Treasurer. There was but one ballot. The vote stood—Bickel 74--Gideon J. Ball, Whig, 50. On the 22d, the two Houses held a joint ses• sion for the purpose of awarding the public printing to the lowest bidder. Mr. Fenn re received the English printing, and Mr. Weber the German printing. In the House, Mr. Conyngharn offered the following resolution, which was adopted : Relayed, That the Canal Commissioners be request,' to furnish to this House, as soon as in their power so to do, a list of all the lots, tracts and pieces of land belonging to this Common wealth, situated upon the lines of canals and railroads, which are not now used for any ne cessary purpose connected with said Public Works. Anti-Laud Itlo nopoly. The following petition was handed to us by a respectable and intelligent farmer df coun ty, and we insert it for the purpose of making his 'views generally known, and givingthe people generally an opportunity to discuss the idea ad vanced. To the Senate and House of Representatives, !II General Aysenillp met We, your memorialists, citizens cf Hunting don county, would beg leave to suggest to your honorable body the propriety of passing a law, or, if the present constitution will :Mt admit you to do so, we would usk your honorable body to amend the same so as to accomplish the end, and submit it to the people for ratification, viz : To abolish the landed monopoly of Pennsyl vania and reduce the actual amount owned to about two hundred acres; and to establish a homestead of about fifty acres, with home hold property and farming Utensils, or what your honorable body may in your wisdom think best: Your memorialists do not Wish your lion oruble body to think that they contemplate the I idea of your giving any class of citizens property or taking froth any ; only to amend the COnsti tutton, so that in a tieribd of twenty years, to carry out that purpose. Your memorialists con sider the landed monopoly, as it ebists in Penn sylvania, unjust and unholy, hating nd founda tion to stand upon but the assumption of arbi trary power, growing out of the barbarous usa ges of antiquity, and is inimical and detrimen tal to our free and enlightened institutions.— Your memorialists disclaim the idea of dictating to your honorable body, but will here take the liberty of stating their Views of the law to be passed to effect the purpose, hoping that your honorable body, in your enlightened wisdom, will dispose of it to the best interests of your cOristitifents, by passing the law so that it would take effect in twenty yeats, that no man could hold more than two hundred acres. Your me morialists do not think it would injure the sale of real property, and each man in that time could dispose of his surplus, and by so doing would hold all that he could have a natural right for. A house belonging to the Hon. Daniel Web- ster, in Marshfield, Mass., was destroyed by fire on the 3d inst Loss $l2OO ; no insurance. FROM WASHINGTON. Nothing of general importance has yet trans• pired in Congress. The Slavery question is about being fairly opened up in the Senate. Gen. Cass, occupied the Senate for two days du ring the past week, in the delivery of a speech on the Wilmot Proviso. This speech is said to possess twednfortunate characteristics—great length and great dullness. The General re-af firms the doctrine of his Nicholson Letter, and announces his determination to resign his seat in the Senate, should fhe Wilmot Pr.:Arlo come before th'at body for action. In the House the President's Califoynia Message has been under discussion. On Thursday last both Houses ad journed over till Monday. The following let ter to the "Daily NeWs" expfains the finalities which actuate the opposifiiin in Congress. WASHINGTON, 21st. San., 1856. There probably never was a tine in the peace able history of the cciuntry, when its prospects depended more upon the action of Congress than at the present, or when the prospects of any fa vorable action was more distant. Eight weeks have been consumed, and still the HouSe is not organized. Faction has- rioted with a 'liege rein, and unscrupulous and bitter have been the assaults of the opposition. It became evident soon after the election of Gen. Taylor, that the party which had been so long in power, anti which had grown so corrupt, would not resign without a struggle, nor rest until its strecgth should be exhausted. Its leaders knew Gen. Taylor to be on honest man, and hence they felt that honest weapons could not be success fully directed against him. No sooner did he come into power than the Locofoco party began to form coalitions at the south with pro-slavery men, and at ;he north with anti-slavery men, representing, first in one section that General Taylor was opposed to southern institutions, and in the other that he would support them to the last. Nor did they stop here. Tl.e Union gone out that " whatever face the future might wear, the administration of Gen. Taylor must be opposed td its bitter end." In other words, the meaning of the Union was, that the govern ment belonged to the Locofoco party, and that it must be recovered, without regard to the means employed. It is upon this declared prin ciple that the opposition have acted since the assembfing of Congress. They mean to bring the government into contempt by the course which they have pursued, and by embarrassing the prosperity of the country, make the admin istration so odious that the people will discard it. They have no other object in view. All the great measures contended for by the people must wait the interests of a few leaders. Ap propriations necessary to carry on the govern ment must be withheld. The debt incurred by the administration of Mr. Polk must be made to hang like On incubus around the neck of Gen. Taylor and the. Whig party. If these unworthy plans of the opposition did not exist, Congress would haVe been organized within two hours af ter it assembled, and the public business would haVe proceeded harmoniously in its natural channel. The opposition do not stop here, however. They, have commenced a systematic attack upon the President in both houses of Congress. They refuse to confirm appointments. They call for the reasons of temovals in the face of dishones ty and incapacity on the part of their friends. They refuse a single committee favorable to the Administration. They neglect all recommenda tions from executive sources in relation to the condition and requitenients of the country. They sow the seeds of sectional discord and say -.—Behold the works of the Administration! The people may inquire in vain whether con gress will pass any tariff laWs, any river or har bor bill, or settle the vexed question of slavery and boundary. It is upon the excitement which the agitatioh of these questions produce, that the localeco party exists. The administratior. would settle them all in a week if it had the poWer. Gen. Taylor has no' pUrposes to accomplish by erptivacatidrti He Is not obliged to say that "circumstances" prevent him from doing this or that. He is ready to sign a tariff bill, or a river and harbor bill, the moment they are pass ed and if the plan ofa government excluding Sla very from California is ready, he will sign that. Whatever Congress may do, or whatever it may refuse to do, Gen. Taylor will stand by the Constitution, and uphold it to the full extent of the powers conferred tiptin For thc Journal, kale Convention, Mn. CLARK :-A Stare Convention was held in Huntingdon, on the evening of the 15th inst., —at least I took it to be a State Convention— as the Commonwealth was never more fully represented. All the mud-bosses, lock-tenders, timber agents—all were out from Donelly's Dam to the Mifflin county line. The Canal Commissioner that is to be, was called to the chair. The House fairly organized, on motion, the gentleman who figured so conspicuously in the last Convention for the powers that be, was ananimciusly elected a delegate Lathe Harris burg Convention. After which a lock-tender strew from his breeches pocket a resolution ap- , pointing i committee to prepare resolittions for the meeting, and also to elect Conferees: This seemed to some present rather a strong niece to come from the canal. It was remarked by a delegate that if they intended to do up all the business of the Convention in that way, there Was Douse in remaining, and a motion was made and seconded to adj.., The President, how ever, sitting in judgment in his own case, was determined not to give it up so,” and hence refused to put s.tch a question until the verdict was made knoWn. The chairman on the com mittee also made an appeal to the suppliant homes, &e 4; who sustained him with one ac cord. The committee, accordingly, in compli ance with the lock-tender's resolution, reported that the president of the meeting be the next rondtdate for Canal Commissioner ! And that the chairman of the committee be recommended for Senatorial Delegate to the Harrisburg Con vention. Alter this tremendous outpouring of the popular will, the Convention adjourned sine By giving the above description of the late State Convention, in Huntingdon, a place in your columns, you will oblige a patron who happened to be a A LOOKER ON HUNGARIAN REFUGEES.—A meeting of the citizens of New Orleans was held on the fah inst., Ihr the purpose of welcoming the linnga rian Refugees who have recently landed there, and also to devise measures for their assistence. A special committee of ten from each munici pality was appointed td collect funds for the lat ter purpose. Tae U. S. ARMY IN CALIVORNIA•—WC learn says the Express, from a person who has been for the last three years connected with the detachment of the U. S. Army in California, that soldiers for some time past have been en tirely contented, and that desertion has ceased. Every effort has been made to render them comfortable, and they have but little induce ment to envy the condition of the miners. V"' Among the Post offices established last week, is one named .4 Ko4.iierh," in Cherokee county, Oa. School Convention. A highly interesting convention of the friends of Education, assembled at Harrisburg, on the 16th inst., and continued in session for two days. It was a body distinguished for the character and intelligence of its members. Most of the counties were represented. Several measures were commended to the attention of the Legislature and people. The establishment of an education department, with a State Superintendent of Common Schools, Was strongly enforced upon the Legislature. The formation of County Associations of Teachers,- Directors and Others; for the purpose of produ cing association of effort in improving the mod. of teaching, of comparing ideas respecting the beat and most ecohomical manner of carrying out a general system of Education, was also rec ommended to tiie several counties' of the Corn. monwcalth. The Hon. James M. Pinter, of Norfhatripicin' county, presided over the Convention, and its deliberations were closed with a very able and' eloquent address in favor of Education, in which' he returned thanks for the honot cohferVece upon him. Able addresses were made during' the Conventioh by Hon: Joel B. Sutherland,. Judge Kelly, Etiok, Ctirinhighen and various' other gentlemen. Ex-Governor Porter, Mesas.. Haines, Burrows and Miller, present or former Superintendents of Common Schools, iwere present in the Convention. The Harrisburg Union says; that vatioue committees were appointed to report upon the different sdhjeets to'be brabght to the consid eration of the convention; and after the report.- were made, and a full discuisicin had upon the different topics, the Convention adopted reports and revolutions, embracitig the folloiving pto• posed changes in our School' system : Ist. That a department of education be es tablished, the head of which shall devote himself' exclusively to the important subject, visiting the various School districts occasionally, by way of stimulating those in charge of them to' greater exertions in the cause of education. 2(1. That a State Common School Journal be established, as a means of communication be tween the department and the schools, school' directors and teachers. 3d. That two Normal schools be establisher} ' for the preparation of Teachers to impart knowl edge to the youths of the Coinmonvrealth, in the most improved manner. 4th. That it be recommended to the various school distric's to form associations of direct ors and teachers, for the purpose of meeting and consulting in regard to the best means of imparting instruction and advancing the cause of education. sth. That it be recommended to the differ ent districts to appoint County Superintend ents. nth. That a uniformity of school books be recommended in the different counties. These were the principal recommendations of the Convention, and we trust they will re• ceive the favorable consideration of the Legie !attire at an early day. it Was acknowledged by every one in the Convention, that our school system was not iYt foriot to that of any other State in the Union, and alI that was wanted was to give it efficacy, and carry it but according to the design of its founders, with such improvements as were sug gested by the experience of the age. The Mormon Delegate. The editor of fhe Cleveland Herald, gives from personal acquaintance the following ac count of Mr. Babbitt, the Mormon delegate to Congress from Deseret "We were boys to gether, and in addition to poverty, young Bab bitt had to struggle under the degradation of an intemperate lathe!, Naturally bright, intelli• gent and active ; when approaching manhood he entered into the Mormon excitement, at the time Kirtland was the Promised Land, acid Rigdon the poptilar advocate of the Divine mis sion of the Prciphet Strath. His early advanta ges had only been those of this then new cofin try, but then in order to defend Mormonistn, so unpopular with all other creeds, study, investi gation, reflection, and argument were necessary. The young convert soon became a zealous talk er, next an exhorter, and then a popular preach er of the doctrines of the Golden Bible. He united his fortunes with the persecuted Mor mons, and became eminent with theta for his real, his talents and sound judgment. When driven from Xauvoo, Mrs Babbitt "stuck hi■ stake" with his people in the Great Basin ; and now claims a seat in Congress as a delegate from Deseret. Year COUNTY COAL.-D. V. Friedeman, of Columbia, Pa., and Mr: IL Longenecker, of Lancaster, have discotered and opened different veins of anthracite and bituminous coal, about font miles from the bciroUgh of York, which, it is said, promise an abundant yield: 137* At the recent election in Wisconsin, the people decided by a small majority, to allow of universal suffrage, without distinction of color. Difficuliy has occurred in the george town (D. C.) College, and sixty students have withdrawt, in consequence of an obnoxious profesSor being retained. Council Diertetwrv..—There is a serious difficulty existing in the Fifth Presbyterian church, Pittsburgh. It has heretofore belonged to the new school, but on Wednesday last, after great confusion and disorder, decided by a vote of 88 to 31, to go over to the old school of the Ohio Presbytery, the ladies and gentlemen who were commurticants all toting. It is said to be a singular fact that a large majority of the vo ters were ladies SOUTHERN CONVENTION.-The Florida Sen tinel, one of the beet papers in that State, comes out strongly against the Southern Convention which is proposed to be holden in Nashville, Tenn., in June next, and to which Mississippi and South Carolina have already chosen dele gates. D:7" The Philadelphia Inquirer says that since January Ist.. 1810, there have been de posited at the mint in thiladelphia, $6,000,000 of Culifonnia gold. In the year 1847, there was 510 deposits of gold for coinage ; in the month of December ISIS, there was 545 deposits. TOBACCO TRADE. -The Cincinnati Gazette says that the value of the chewing tobacco sold in that market, amounts to more than a half mil lion of dollar. annually. A vast extent of coun try is supplied from that city. _ _