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Western Land Agency.
We invite attention to tie Curd of A. CAMP
DELL, published for some time in our colto*, ,
relative to his Land Agency at La.salle f
Those wishing to' purchase lamls in the West, or
have Mexican Land Wattalits Located, and those
entitled to &tatty totals under tie late Act of
Congress, would, we feel assured find it to their
interest to make Mr. CA3fPIIELL their agent. He
is a gentleman of matured judgment and excellent
business qualifications, who has always sustained
high character fur the strictest integrity. Those,
therefore, who commit their business to his hands
can do so with the utmost confidence that it will
be faithfully attended to.
Any information desired in regard to this Agen
cy, not contained in the Card, eau he had by ap
plication to Mr. JAMES MAGVIRE, Merchant, of
this borough.
REAL ESTATE.-Thusc wishing to purchase
real estate would do well to consult our advertis
ing columns. Some very raluablc property will
there be found offered for sale.
ROBBERY.-The house of James M. Sinkey,
of this vicinity, was entered on Thursday afternoon
last, and robbed of $175 75 belonging to Mr.
Sinkey, and $ll belonging to Mr. Ambrose, who
lives with Mr. Sinkey. The fondly happened to
he all absent from the house at the time. As
rogues scent to be on the increase, honest people
should keep a close watch on their property.
Treasury Report.
Mr. Corwin has sent into Congress Ms report
as Secretary of the Treasury. It is a document
of great length and decided ability. Mr. Corwin
exposes the frauds committed under the present
ad ratorent system of ditties, and argues with great
force and vigor in faror of a retorts to s7,scUi;•
duties. We Consider his Tariff argument unans
werable on fair grounds. We shall try and fur
nish an abstract of this report in our next.
CHRIBTMA9•-We WWI all our patrons, and
everybody else, Whigs, Denauerats, Free Soilers,
old and young, a " Iloppy Christmas" to-mor
row. May plenty crown your boards, owl unmix
ed happiness reign in your mansions.
ff ir The trial' of Hutchison, for the murder of
a colored man at HoWtlaysburg last summer, was
commenced in the Blair County Court on Monday
morning the 16th instant, and was not concluded
on Saturday. The defence sets up the usual plea
of insanity.
Nescepaper Postage.
The cheap Nstage bill being tattler considera
tion in Congress on Wednesday last, Mr. CASEY,
of the Union district in flits State, tbse' and said
he would vote against the whole bill trirleSs a pro-r
vision was inserted allowing the country papers to'
circulate free in the counties in which they are
published, or within thirty or forty miles of the
place of publication. This is the right talk fur
the country members. Let them defeat the whole
bill unless justice is done the country press. Mr.
Casey deserves the thanks of every comity editor
for his course, and if lie succeeds he will find he
has struck a .‘ good vein," besides the consolation
he will derive front securing justice to a meritori
ous, but as yet not fully appreciated class of his
fellow citizens. We shall expect to see the coun
try members, generally, co-operate with Mr. Ca
sey in the stand he has taken.
A TARIFF ARGUMENT.-The Southern Demo-
crate, so called, have in times past insisted that
any tax laid upon foreign importations was a tax
upon the consumer. At the present time Gore
nor FLOYD, and other distinguished Democrrats
of the South, purpose to levy a tax of ten per cent,
upon productions of the Northern States for their
breach of faith in regard to the Fugitive Slave
Law. But if their old argument was a good nor,
and a tax upon foreign productions does really fall
upon the consumer and not upon the producer, the
proposed retaliatory law will be s verification of
the homely proverb of "biting ow the nose to spite
lie face."
No ORGAN.-According to the Washington
correspondent of the North American, President
Fillmore lets expressly disclaimed having any au
thorized newspaper organ at Washington or else
where. We are hintrtily glad it is so ; for some
things that have been said by a certain Washing-,
ton print, called by the opposition the "organ of
the Administration," are not such as the Presi
dent should approve of, and we never believed he
did.
'Er Under the Box,:llY Act of Sept. 28th, 1850,
some twenty odd thousana cans ltm•c been tiled,
and about eighty each day art re:istered in the
Pension Office. The Secretary of ti.:e hiterior es
timates the whole number of applications diet will
be made under the law, et 250,000. if his esti
mate be correct, not over one-tenth nit yet filed,
and upon those tiled not a sink,de warrant ltas jtt
ed, nor will issue, as we are informed, till the lot
of January next. From this fact may be inferred 1 ,
something of the magnitude of the transaction of
the act of Congress.
oar Gov. JOHNSTON haLi iesUed his proclama
tion appointing Tuesday, 13es. 31st, for au election
to be hold iu the 1 lth Congressional 1/istriet of
this State, vacant hr the death of lion. Chester
J3at'vr.
Congress.
Hits not yet got thirty to work. The-announce
ment of the death of Mr. Hannunson, a member of
the House from Louisiana, consumed another day
on Tuesday. Although not touch of importance
has been done as yet in either branch, the move
ments in both the Senate and House begin to look
at least a little like getting rtvsl fur work.
In the Senate Mr. Casa has gut through a veso
lution calling for the correspondence between the
Government and the Austrian Minister, relative
to the diplomatic agent sent by the United States
to Hungary during the revolntionary struggle ht
that country. Mr. Britton introduced' his Pacific
Railroad Bill and made a speech in explanation (Al
its provisions. According to it a railroad, plank
road, and common road for wagons and horses,
with afoot-path for pedestrians, are to be built front
St. Louis to St. Francisco by the Federal Govern
ment. Branch roads are to connect with Simla Fe
and Oregon. A tract ofone hundrof macs wide;
containing some hundred au& fifty acres is
set aside for the purpose. To tlic s die-NA nn titlo
is to he extingaished . ; military post's taro' to lie al.
tabli,llol l atisog the litu; eat faMfs grairod to ne
tuat,ditil,a, abonol on ithst terms our despatch
'goon not date.
On Tuesday Mr. Foote presented to the Senate
the resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi,
condemnatory of his conduct on the• Compromise
fills, and said that the next election in Mis•icsippi
would show that the Legislature had gro,iy mis
taken the views of the people of the State.
In the louse, a message wits received from the
President announcing the official acceptance In•
Texas of the Ten Million indemnity, mad congrat
ulating Congress on the success arbor grout l'enre
Measure. -Mr. Meade tried vainly to get throngli
resolution lashing toward . the division of eltepub
lie lands among the• States. The Cheap Postage
Bill was the ocular of the day on last Wednesday.
The attars of the New Territories were set down
for consideration on three days in the first week of
February. A resolution was adopted inquiring into
the propriety of withdrawiugotur suituatrow fr,.ta the
Coast of Afiien.
A New Movement,
The New York Tribune says it understands that
a formidable movement is going on ,iu that city,
quite secretly for the present, and under the ens
pieies and with the direct aid of a certain clan:
or party of men, the object of which is to elnet
organization of the Free Trude Importers, Ship
pers, Agents of Foreign Manutlicturers, &c., to ac
compliA the nomination °film lion. Ilobt. J. Wal
ker, of Miss. as the next Locofoco candidate for
!she Prsethieney. 'Mc scheme is said to be suppor
ted by a subscription or orer s2Bo,ooo,—one half
of which is payable on demand, and the residue of
the sum in six months ; with the prospect that the
subsidy may he increased at New York mid alt oth
er commercial ports on both sides of the Atlantic,
to a million of dollars. This, it is thought, will
render the nomination certain. One of the means
to be used in the enterprise is di% purchase of a
%somber of Journals, which are to he devoted to
the glorification of Mr•. Walker, and the advocacy
of his peculiar chtiMs to the favor of this 'party.—
The issue to be made in the contemplated contest,
is free trade and direct taxatiou versus a tariff pro
tective of American interests, nod furnishing the
expenses of the prominent from a revenue deri
vable from import duties.
lion. RICHARD W. THONT'SON, of Indiana, and
Ilon. ALEXANDER RAMSEY, now Governor of the
Territory of Minnesota, have been appointed
Commissioners to negotiate tbr a sale of the Si
oux Indian tribe's hinds west of the Mississippi.—
FOSTER is to be secretary of the commission.
After effecting, the treaty with the Sioux, the
commissi ~,, will proceed overland across the plains
to the Selkirk settlement at Pembina, on the Rol
River of the North. They are, besides to tiegtio
ate an agreement with the Chippewa half-breeds
for the' extMgoishment of their title of occupancy
awl the tic/la:Mon of fee simple titles to their
lands.
RE-APFNAIIANCF OF TIIE CnotEnA.---The chol
era appears to have broken out almost simultane
ously in several points at the South and West.—
The New Orlrons Courier says it has broken oat
with great fatality in Gainesville, on Peail Ater;
the first time it ever appeared in pine woods. It
is also reported that the cholera mists to some ex
tent is Franklin Parish, Lottisana. the Minders'
(I,u)Bunner reports the deaths of nine negroes,
from the same disease, on the plantations in that
vicinity. At Selma, Alapirma, two persons have
died of cholera recently; and near Sammertield, in
the same State, a Mr. Glass, Mrs. King, old one
of her slaves, have been attacked with the same
milady.
Anerrr or En.—The scarcity of silver
coin is at present attracting a good deal of atten
tion bosh itt this country and Europe. The with
drawal of this coin from circulation has been going
on for some time in this emmtry, mar several des
criptions have become scs Kure. that a considera
bit premium is obtained liy the brokers, especially
for Mexican and Spanish dollars. We notice that
an increased coinage of gold dollars, half eagles,
and eagles, is supplying this scarcity. It is stated
that Wall street, N. V., is almost barren of the
commtallty ; half dollars are quoted at two per
cent. premium, and Mexican dollars arc at a pre
mium of five per centum.
TUE GEORGIA CONVENTION.—The Georgia
Con mutton, before its adjournment, passed a reso
lution to cause a suitable block of marble to be
prepared and sent on for the Washington Mona-
ment, with the coat of orms of the State inscribed
upon it, and beneath it these words—" Georgia
Convention, December, MO." This step was taken,
ii is said, in consequence of the conduct of Gov.
Towns, who had caused a block to be sent to
Washington with the following inscription—" The
Consiitiaion as it is--the Union as it fens." The
Union delegates also organized themselves into a
I party, which is to be called the " Constitutional
pare;," and missed a resolution recoinmend
c,,,rvention be held in June next to
paminaps a Constituf4mal Union Candidate for
Goveitpor.
Cot.. McC4l4. has artitied at Washington city'
from N ew mexmo, lmving pretty generally trav
ersed it. He gives a very untavoraidc account of
the face of the country, and the utter incapacity of
the mixed population fur it State government.
• Tu. COINAGE AT THE MINT.-WO learn that
the U. States Mint, nt Philadelphia, is coining
money at a very rapid MC, having during the last
month coined (*er tour millions of dollars, will
this month exceed five millions, and the following
month reach the large sum of six millions. The
principal part of the coinage is in gold, although
enough of silver is nulled out for the general cir
culating medium of the country, and there would
probably be no scarcity of silver coin, were it not
for the fact that it has heen commanding a premi
um fur shipment to England out California.
SOUTH CAROLINA-Secessiun.-Resqlutions•are
before the Legislature providing for the election of
delegates to a Southern esagretat, tt, draft a CM,—
stitution for a St.onehern Ciatfatleracy ; the . Om ,
gross tsvmeet thr seetnn! Monday of May next,
and its proceedings to be retitled by South Caro
lina on the fourth Monday of July, in State Con
vention, which hotly is to declare South Ciwnlina'
no-longer a member of the Union, and preeeed to
organtze• au independent government' "ow ter own
hook.?'
As , At MiCTISO SCENE.— At the hot interview
between it C011,1C11111.1 criminal and his wife, their
Lonny wee thing, just beginning to prat
tle—was playing about the cell. tier eye was
caught by the glitter of the bolts which confined
her father's legs and she cried out, in blissful igno
rance of their use, "Olt, daddy, daddy, what pret
ty things You never wore thc,c at home."—
*Many a sad thing have I seen," said the honest
jailor who tells the story, "and insuy a bitter cry
have I heard within these wall, but never one
which made me blubber like a child till then.—
The mother sir , and the poor fellow himself—oh,
sir, it was terrible.—Merdames Ledy,
A FRIEND or TIM UNION.-" Oh, don't do that
II I ant dead." The Atlanta ((la.) Republic
" the tiny of the meeting of tho secessionists
at Kingston, a revolutionary soldier retimicil told's
residence in Cobh county, on the railroad, though
his eyes wore so dint that he could not very well
see. 11e wits told. they ware trying to get op the
people to dissolve or secede front the Union.—
Whereupon, he dropped his withered flee, and
seemed to be in deep distress ti r one or two inin
utcs, after which Le rahtetl up his head, and With
a fathering voice said, "Oh, don't do that till I ant
dead!" While he uttered these words, tl:e large
tears chased each other down his way-worn cheeks.
lie was told that a great number of men would try
to prevent them, to which lie replied, "Don't let
them do that till I tun dead !"
SINGULAR Arriorr TO COMMIT SUB./E.-The
Philadelphia bully .Stio states that on Friday 'nor
fling last, an Irish aunt nomad Kensington, while
crazy front hard drinking attempted to commit sui
cide in quite a novel manner, which was by swal
lowing a quarter of a pound of gun powder, mid
then attempting to swallow a coal of lire in order
to blow himself into eternity. The coal stuck fast
in his throat, and hutitt the parts so badly that his
speech was destroyed. his recovery is hopeless.
LINGUAL ATTAINMENTS OF AFIIICANS.-It
has been stated by the Rev. .John Clark, formerly
a missionary in Fernando Po, Africa, that there
were at Fernandina persons belonging to fifty dif
ferent tribes, who were so well acquainted with
the English language as to assist in translating
the Bible into their respective tongues. It is also
said that the Scriptures must be rendered into at
least two hundred languages before all the tribes
of Africa will be able to read them in that which
is peculiar to each.
THE Texas BOENDAIM-The President on
the 16th inst„ sent to the two flumes of Congress
a message informing them officially of the accep
tance by Texas of the boundary propositions, em
braced in the act of Congress of the 9th september
last. In further pursuance of the same act, he has
also issued a proclamation declaring the net in full
force and operation. Thus has this question, once
so threatening and difficult, been finally and antis . -
factorily adjusted.
DECIDEDLY THE LATEST.---DlDilig n snow
dorm in Pittsburg last week, a inan was seen wen
ling his way through the flakes, with a pair of
white pants on. He is related, probably, to the
individual who prefers a snow-bank to a feather
eiENATOII Ewiao, OF 01110. -hl the Ohio Leg
islature, at Columbus, on the 12th Met., a motion
was made in the House to appoint a special com
mittee to inquire by what authority Mr. Ewing
held his seat in the Senate of the United States,
but it fikiled.
Gr In Boston, on Thanksgiving doy, a fondly
were attacked by distressing illness, after partaking
of a large chicken pie, which had been baked in at
yellow earthen dish. The dish is supposed to have
caused the sickness.
a - I believe there is no coiner sorrow than
sorrowing for the dead. If the past he unaltera-
Ide, and the future inexorable, then is lamentation
over the bier vanity itself; but in truth we mourn
not for the dead, but ter the dead, and fist our
selves. And this, too, is vain—a weakoessof our
stature, to be indulged in only so for as it sanctities
and improves us, to he mastered when it would
e nfeeble our minds or prostrate our energies, 1
like not the custom of the Hebrews, who honored
their dead with unhinge. I would prefer to strug
gle for the composure of feelings that will permit
the to recur wish pleasure to all the endearing re
collections vs 111,11 restore to me my friend, unal
loyed with gloom and repining. There are few to
whom time does not at length bring this tranquil
lity—he is the wisest who ran reach it soonest. I
skill ler death rob me of as little as I can. If he
take the body that I loved, I shall not suffer him
to mar my spirit's intercourse with that Of the de
parted—with that I shall hold converse in my
lonely rambles, and in the watches of the night.
I will cling to all the endearing and enduring me
mories that make it oftentimes sweeter to think
upon the dead than to commune with the living.—
Dublin University Mitgazine.
SOUTH CAROLINA FORTIFTING.—In the South
Carolina House of Representatives, on the 6th
instant, the resolution of Mr. hard Middleton,
authorizing the committee on military ntlitirs to in
(pike into the expediency of fortifying Beaufort,
Georgetown and St. Joliu's Island, was adopted,
Go it, geese !
From the New York Tribune.
The Question of Industrial Inde
pendence in 1.8611.
That our Country is now, in a state of profound
peace, bountifid harvests, rapidly increasing popu
lation and production, running steadily and heavi
ly in debt, is a fact which ought never to be for
gotten until a fact it shall cense to he. True, we
are making Railroads somewhat rapidly, but Eng
land, with a smaller effective population than ours,
and much heavier internal burdens on her indus
try, made hers still more rapidly, yet does not owe
other nations a dollar for them. On the contrary,
nearly every other nation on earth that coin sourly
be trusted, (and some which cannot) are to-day
largely her debtors, and some of them heemning
still more deeply so—ours, for example. Yes,
with every internal element of production, every
reason for paying our present heavy debts instead
of running up new scores, we are running, behind
hand: of the rate of some Forty or Filly. Millions
per ?miim! Wu want Iron for Railroads; mid
we have the oro and the fuel in abundance , and of
every desirable totality; we have an abundance of •
skill and. energy, now idle lout eager to be emplov
ed in Iron making ; and yet the, roads note mak
ing alcreSs Ourown ore awl cunt-10f , h4 nut ironed
into Gruat IDrituiu, because her long experience
in and virtual monopoly of Iron nt.•.ki,:g, the pro
fits on our trade and on her monopoly of the
world's most lucrative fabrication and commerce,
enable her to sell a very inferior quality (dhoti at
11 low price and kindlyaecommodate its with ten to
twenty yours' credit on a good share of the pur
chase-money. All this goes on very smanhlv—
for all but our taboret, who are detiuttifed of - the
work and wages belonging to them by this cheap
buying itt England—but what •is to he the end of
it? Forty Millions a year fur every twenty-five
years (a short life-time) amounts to bne Thous
and Million Dolfars, to say nothing of the interest.
meantime swerning. The interest on that Thon.4-
and Millions must be soon Sixty Millions a Year.
If we cannot now pay our way by Forty M
what shall we do when the anuaaf interest of our
Foreign Debt Anil be Sixty Millions per annum?
At this moment, with our granaries tilled to
overflowing awl our hills covered with sheep and
cattle, one-haft' the works intended for Iron mak
ing are standing idle and going to wreck, because
• our People are induced, through the sorceries of a
perverted Commerce, to prefer European Metals
and Fabrics to those produced at home, under the
tidal delusion that the former are cheaper. But
;no man ever did or eon buy an wide chmp.
which his own boys ought to have mit4e, soul
which they will stand. idle its detimlr of
tsutkhe ,
It is our 0-arm est conviction that this Canary is
to-door One Thousand Millions poorer, and very
far biltind in art, skill, industry and comfort, than
what it would have been by this time had the Tar
illof 1828 stood unmodified till 110, 111111 we
but enjoyed twenty-live years of adevatc, thor
oughly efficient Protection to Homo Industry, we
believe that on most articles we could 'grind to
almlish Duties altogether and enter into the freest
competition with every nation in the world. That
it would be desirable to do so, we 411, not 'Minn;
We regard it only in the light of praeticald!ity.—
But we manage to half protect and then expose
our immature enterprise to the competition of full
grown, effluent, mihtle and deterinMetl rivals, and
in the unequal struggle tints invited our
turcrs got() the wttlf, Then come glutted mark
ets Jim labor and for many descriptions of ren
ducts; themr ult.,ws distress, stagnation and
bankruptcy, until the people are transiently arous
ed and impelled to sock a change of policy. A
partial, baiting;, lesitating change is awarded;
the People sink to sleep agaio ; and a few years
restore the reign of the old delusions. llow long
shall it continuo altos?
We c,thititte that the actual Foreign cost of the
Metals nud Fabrics imported front Europe during
the year now closing was certainly not less than
Eighty :\ I illions of Dollars, of which at least Sev
enty Millions 'night have been produced in our
own Conygry by an espeaditure of Lal.te eo larg
o. than alts required for their production in Eu
rope. If this he the tLet, then We have utterly
lo.st—as much as if we had thrown SO much value
into the ocean—the Leavy cost of impaling; these
Metals and Fabrics, and of exporting one Etc more
bulky Produce sold abroad to pay for them. The
average cost of collecting awl transporting our
Free Labor Agricultural Mature to Europe is
not less than half its net product—and that Would
nearly be navel by winning. the Artisans and Op-
erati , :es who fabri . eate our imported Cloths and
Metals from the establishments in wllicll they work
and round whieh they about half live in Europe,
taut nattmtlizing therm sal their arts on our owe;
soil. 'Then an infinity of articles of sponstan
eons growth or easy production would find mark
ets which now arc not produced or lett to rot
where they grew fot want of purchase's. Then
fhrtns and plantations now exhausted by success
ive harvests of Wheat or Cotton, would be rem'.
cared and fertilized by the more various and thor
ough culture which convenient markets arc tour
' ally co: tain to itwite. Tliewltidustry with u hun
dred avocations open to it on every side; would
find incitements to and rewards for fidelity and ex
cellence, such as tire now scarcely known. Then
would our Nation become truly independent, pity
ing olf debts, public and private, and exchanging
freely and bountifidly its surplus products fin.
those which other climes and soils produce, but
ours do not, and thus maintaining a prosperous
Trade without warring upon and depressing
Home Industry.
Jenny Lind and the Children.
One of the most interesting scenes occurred at
the Front street Theatre on Saturday morning
ever witnessed in Baltimore. At 3 o'clock Friday
afternoon, Mayor Jerome addressed a note toJen
.ny Lind, stating the excitement among the chil
i dren of the public schools, and asking her if she
would not afford them an opportunity to see and
hear her. She immediately replied that she would
ho most happy to meet them at 10 o'clock this mor
ning at the Front street Theatre, and at that hour
not less than 6000 girls were assembled within its
walls. A fall orchestra was in attendamce, and
she sang them several of her best pieces, to their
great delight. Her heart, however, was with the
boys, about 6,000 of whom were waiting outside,
and she hastily dismissed the girls to make room
for them.
As soon as the Theatre was cleared, they rush
ed in with happy hearts; and, on the fair song
stress making her appearance, they greeted her
with enthusiastic cheers, for which she thanked
them most kindly. After order was restored, she
sang •`llome, Sweet Homo" for them; and after a
piece from the orchestra, she cause forward and ad
dressed the children. She said it afforded her
gratification to contribute to their pleasure, and
asked them what they would have her sing. Some
of them cried out one song, and sonic another un
til four were called. She then pleasantly addres
sed them, and remarked that, as they seemed divi
ded, Ow would sing them all, provided they would
sing for her afterwards. This was received wills
great enthusiasm ; and she proceeded to sing "I
know that my Redeemer lino 's," followed by the
"Bird Song," the "Flute Song," and the "Moun
taineer's Song," the first of whirls she repeated.—
The boys then sang for her "Hail Columbia,"
and the "Star Spangled Banner," very finely, and
she clapped them most heartily, waiving her hand
kerchief ever her heal.—After giving her three
hearty cheers, the boys were dismissed and the per
formance was over. She seemed sa much delight
ed as they wore.—Lancaster Examintr.
geott Meeting.
Pursuant to n public notice, the friends of Gen.
SCOTT in Lehigh county, met at the (!ourt Hoese
in Allentown, on TtipSll:l3. the 3d inst., and nomi
nated him ns their candidate for the office of Chief
Magistrate of this great Republic: The meeting
was large and enthusiastic, and atteltded by citi
zens from all parts of the County. Morton Me
;Michael, Esq., from Philadelphia, wan present by
invitation, and addressed the meeting in a very ,
able and eloquent manner. A series of spirited
and eloquent resolutions were adopted, from which
we extract the following:
Resoir(d, That Gen. SCOTT, by till' fle,,tion of.
more than forty vents to the service of his Comm
try, has desorvemi well of that Gountry's sons—the
bloody fields of Chippewa, Ltitaly's Lane. Niaga
ra, where the myrmidons of England. till then
deemed invineilmie, were driven in confusion from
the tight, are brilliant and startling toStintonials of
the services of the. American Hero. The, !done
should in.mre him the fervent gratitude, the en
thnsiastie support of all true patriots. In recent
days the capture of Vera ('ruz—the glorious tri
umphs of Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Cimeruhus
Molino del Hey, and lastly the crowning victory
of Mexico are trumpet tommed witnesses, that the
prowl's( of the hero law not felled, and that the
transcendent abilities with which he is gifted have
not been weakened. Never! never' will time bon,
est yeatnanry of the Country forget the victories
or the victor.
itesniecd, 'not although he has hitherto Leen
neglected by the would be leaders (4* the party,
and has nothing to hope from the support or assis
tance of mere politicians, whose envy is only
egnalled by their fear of him ; although attempt
after attempt has Imen made I, contemptible
cliques, and yet inure voottonplikle t o
mortify mill degrade liim ; although the land of
puaer has ethleaeored even in the ini(l4 of his
glorious e.o.mr to chill Isis trimanplis and darken
iliac'; yet still \ViNcti:i.t, SceerT has count-
less, firm and enthusiastic friends among the rooks
°trim American imople t the dicier, the, mechan
ic, the lahorer, the suns of toil throughout the
land, tht• soldiers who fought anal bled ;miler his
command will rally to his support, whenever and
wherever his sta n dard nary be raised, and will give
to his enemies, more than it llexiean defeat.
iliso!reff, That we view with mmtterahle eon
demnittiorr the proceedings of the fanatics of the
North mil the 81)1till, who, to gratify their selfish
purposea would tEssolve our glorious r•ontedernrp,
the fair inheritance hop - wattled to ns hr• the heroes
of the revolution ; that ennsriuns of * hit love for
theg.'ithin, we hereby pledge ourselves and rail
upon the hottest - eimilitiry or the rifillitry—iipim
all trite patriots—upon all friends of tt
• lust and
of the Government—
K .. an of the lUtti•in, to unite with its in
all him, t and lionoralile efiiirts to elevate to tlw
l'residential chair for the ensuing. term, the peo
ple's eatiliiime, NN'tNrii LI) St•orr, the 'General
who has spoilt his life for his Country in the tent
ed field with the glorious stars and stripes alone
IVith him for our leader, the Union, the
Constitution and Laws thr our motto, hr which
we will stand or thll, success will certainly ermn
our efforts.
firstderd, That we call upon the friends of Gen.
SCOTT, tliniughout the State and the l'ilion, to
assemble in comity meetings tool to express their
opinion in his favor, a n d to nominate him for the
next Presidency, and to eu-operate with us in us
ing all honorable and thir means to elect him to
that high aml important station.
"A Cat in the Meal Tub.'"
The Locofoe° State Central Committee hit ttl.en
the expedient, some time since, of holding n sep,
rate State Convention for the nomination of
cur ,Judges of the Supreme Court. The
Netext wnt that the nominations might to be re-
Moved t'ions the influence of intriem mg politicians,
of which, the whole world, ns well as the State
Committee, knows Locofoco State Conventions in
Pent isy vania always contain a liberal supply. To
show that the whole movement is a mere trick to
peceive the public, it is only necessary to advert to
the fact that the State Committee afore said have
called their Judiciary Convention to hr held at
Harrisburg, ono week after their Gel ernational
Convention at Heading, and while the Sum eme
Court will lie in session at Harrishurg—thus g:ving
the Judges a chance to he present and electioneer
for a nomination—and with the certainty almost
that all the Hole;, ates of the one convention will he
delegates of the other, with the exception of a few
intriguers who are excluded from the Heading Coll
veution, but will manage to get into the Judiciary
Convention: See if the election in Backs County
of Delegates to the second Convention, does not
verify a part of this prediction.
We see that a portion of the more candid and
hottest ()film Locofbco press condemn in plain terms
this ruse oftheir State Central Cummittee.—lineks
Co.
A 'l'nAOieat. AFFAIIL-In May last, n returned
Califfirnian, by the name of Johnson, of Bangor, l
on hit way to Bath, Me., in the steamboat, left'
abort $5,000 of wild upon the wharf at Belfast,
mdlich tnts found and returned to him, and . he pro- .
veeiled home with, apparently, a light heart.
On Friday last, however, the fortunate Mr. John
son was m•rested by an officer from New York, on
a requisition from the Governor of - California, for
robbery and murder of a man in Calitiwnia, sonic
time last winter or spring. The must horrible pint
of the affitir is, that two innocent persons were ac
cased as the murderers, convicted and hung, while
Johnson was in tho State. Some recent develop
ments, however, came out, connecting him with
the nutrdm•, which left no doubt as to hi , guilt, and
caused his arrest.
l Jenny LintPs concert at Washington was
a brilliant atlitir—the President and tinnily, Henry
Clay, Daniel Webster, General Scott, Attorney
General Crittenden, and other distinguished per
sonages, being present. The appearance of the
President was greeted by cordial and enthusiastic
cheering, as was also that of Messrs. Clay, Web
ster and Crittenden. When lien. Scott entered
the Hall he was greeted with repeated cheering,
which scented quite to surprise the veteran toad
gallant soldier. lie timed about, on reaching his
seat, and bowed to the assembly, amidst loud
hurriths.
Jenny Lind spent Tuesday evening at the Presi
dent's Mansion, with the President and family, by
special invitation. She also visited the two Houses
of Congress, and attracted much attention, as do
all her movements.
•
air" How dreadfully that cigar smells!'' ex
claimed Ca,hing to a companion i "why, it is an
awful smelling thing."
" Oh, no, it's nut the cigar that smells," was the
reply.
" What is it then?" inpuired Cushing.
" Why it's your nose thin smells, of course—
that's n•hnt noses arc made for."
Cushing didn't speak for live years.
The Bounty:Latid Law.
We learn from the' Pension office that, in an.
swer. to tariotts inquiries relative to the Bounty
Land Act of September 28, 1850, decisions have
been made as follows :
1. That where the service has been rendered by
substitute ' he is the person entitled to the bene
fit, manot his employer.
2. That the widow of n soldier who has render
--
et' the service required by the law, is entitled to
bounty land, though ,he may have teen married
muml times, iw allhough her !Herrings: to the of.
tieer or cc ii have taken place after he left
the service; but not 0 widow Minn the law pass
ell, the lamclit of the act inures to t h e minor ail
--
siren of the deceased soldier.
3. That no person who has received or is rail
tied to bounty land limier n prior hiss' is entitled to'
the benefit of the act of the :igth of September,
1650.
4. That no rolstier is entitled to more thameno
warrant multo t4tis net, allthouted lie inity have
Served several' (twills; hat where a soldier 1101
served several terms, he will ret•eiv, a warrant fur
the greatest quantity of land to w kelt tl.e several
terms .m. 11.1 0 ,041 will entitlo hint.
5. in 1111 ca,en where any Fcrrion•ofthe marine
corps in d:1. Several cc,us IVATred the act of
the 28th of September, 1830, were mabodied with.
the army in the field, tutu performed service an
portion of the line of the at the marines Who.
flu Served, if they served the time required be law,.
And were lionorobly discharged, .are entitled to
land. Nu seaman, nor any other person belong
ing to tl:e navy proper, in entitled to land. And
no teamster or artificer in entitled to hunk Per
sons who were engaged in the removal of tin
Cherokees from Ceurgia in 1836, or in removing,
!Intim', at any time, are unit entitled to land.
COL. 81;;;TON'S FOIC A RAILROAD TO
THE PACIFIC is again la•fore Congress. The bill
is nearly the saute as the former One introduced by
hint to accomplish the same ohjeet. The plan
embraces a system of Parallel roads adapted to
dillerent moth, of travc•l and transportation; rani
a margin tbr lines of electro-telegraphic wires, one
common road and one railroad to be immediately
opened 111111 constructed. A district of territory
one hundred miles aide front the 'Western fron
tier of Missouri to the Pacific Deena, is to be set
apart for thin: purpose, with the revenue from lands
mot eit,tonis in California, Oregon, New Mexico
and Utah, so fur as not retlotirctl fur expenditures
therein, reserved for opening connanuneaticus with
time vomit:ie.<. A branch road to be made to
Santa Fe, and n branch to tl:e ride-water region
of the Colatithia river, and another to the city of
Nnit Lake, for e:trli of fifty miles breadth
of territory is to be set apart. The. Presient is
authorized to extinguish the Indian title on theso
111101 s, and it is further provided that donations of
land shall be granted to each head of a funtiky I r
single 1111111 over eighteen years of age, who shall
Settle on these lands within twelve months after
the title is extinguished. 'three hundred' thous
and dollars me appropriated to defray expenses of
collecting information and extinguishing the In
dian title. The plan is a gigantic one, and wheth
:
er .s practicable at present or not, the expendi
ture of the money asked in collecting' information
and making surveys of the country, will add muck
lo the infonnution already possessed of the new
torritorks. Money expended for this object costa
not probably be hotter nppropriated.—ltSger-
VALLI:JO-TIM CAPITAL OF CALIFOUNIA.-
The tltlu•hild.. are eclipsed lay a native Califor
nian. M. I'.. Vallejo, a dcs,entlant of the old
Spanish settlers of California, last winter submitted
a proposition to the Legislature of that State, to
the tiallowing effect: He has laid out n city on a
tract of laud on the Bay of San French co, lying
route twenty-live miles above the city of that
mime, and proposes to the :tare, if they will es
tablish ttt Vallejo the seat of government perma
nently, to gi,e to the commonwealth 156 acres of
laud, divided into necessary hats a n d grounds for
the government buildings, university, charitable
institutions, &r. And, furthermore, he propose.,
to expend, in the erection of route twenty-rive dif
ferent public buildings, including some $123,000
Ifor e State house, an aggregate of $370,000, to be
1 1 I aid v.r w:thin two vear, The Static Le p .
ture turned the prttpu . sition over to the poop: for
their iledi,ion ; and, as we urn informed, they
Lave aceepteal it in their clectital by a large ma
jority. \l'a intaler,tutail farther, that Gen. Thom
as .1. t ;recta, au' California, and lion. N. J. Walk
er, laic Secretary of the Treast o now at the Irv
,ing House in this city, ere associated with Vallejo
in tliis enterprise, making the necessary arrange
ments 11u• eattcring into the fulfillment of the con
tract. 'rho arrangements is all clear gain to this
State ; bat With the prospect of making Vallejo
the groat eunimercial centre of California, it is nut
likely to proven lusiug business to the other sidh.
1t is oillv in Ca lifonlia such things can be done.—
.V. Y. /bruit/.
Ont:AT Discovunv.—The cave recently di,
covered near Madison Wiewmsin, is supposed to
extwal under the greater part of Dove awl lowa
mimic, An exploring party lately passed lien
days in examining it.
They passed user and among large masses
which proved to be lead ore of tine quality,spread
ing over an extent or three miles. They found
also tine copper ore, and eleven pounds of natiso
silver. Crystals, stalatites, incrustations, &c.,
were abundant, and water-tails and it lake, which
was explored is a canoe, awl found to be thirty
,et. 'l:a deep.
ThauDErLDinAnTEn;—Tha Min Orleans Re,,.-
pine of the 11th inst. learns from a passenger C.o
board the ship Yaw Witt. front Chogres, that the
barque Emily, front San Francisco to Itealejo ami
Panama, was lost on the Pacific roast on. the 20th
September last. Out of nearly 200 persons on
board.only two were j one a passenger and
the other one of the officers of the vessel. No
name, given. We shall probably learn more of
tills by the Cherokee noa• clue.
D !wt. CA Lam rr v.—A child of Mrs. Breed•
in;:, living in Lancaster, near Reed street, met
with an awful accident on Wednesday morning.--
The mother had Nand some boiling water into a
tub, iweparatory to washing; and stout into the
yard for water, heaving an infant, thirteen months
old, crawling shout the door in charge of on older
dal. Before she returned, the infant had go; up
by the tub and fallen into the scalding wat.J.--..
Tlie little innocent survived several hours but ft.
nally death reheived it from its sufferings.
'NEGROES IN SOUTH CAROI.INA.-011
in the Smith Carolina legislature, the eoinit:it,
on colored population reported a bill to ins ,are
the penalty for circulating abolition . pamplileis in
the State. They also reported iinfarorabl.l ou
that ',art of the Coroner's Alessage which ruom
mends the removal of free negroes from the Sot,
The committee thought such it course contrury to
the policy of the State, and that the carrying into
effect of such a measure would involve too rosay
dinical