SENATE.
Thursday, Jan. 12, 1834.
Mr. Piet presented a resolution that the Sen.
ate proceed, on Monday next, at 3 o'clock, to
the chamber of the House, to elect a State
Treasurer. Adopted.
Mr. Ferguson submitted a resolution with a
lengthy preamble, instructing our Senators and
Representatives in Congress to press the odor).
tion of the act favorable to the gaming of the
soldiers of the war of 1812 one hundred and
sixty acres of land.
Mr. Crabb presented a resolution, directing
the Speaker to take charge of all private bills
which are called up in the Senate, calling them
up and regulating the mode of calling them up.
The hour of 12 having arrived, the time fix
ed for the drawing of the committee relative to
the contested seat, Foulkrod asked to he ex
cused from having his name placed in the box.
Agreed to.
Mr. Kunkel announce J. S. Roberts as the
counsel for Mr. Strokes.
During the drawing, seventeen members
were challenged. The committee consists of
Messrs. Price, Buckalew, Mellinger, McFar
land, E. W. Hamlin. Jamison, B. D. Hamlin.
They were all qualified by the Speaker.
The following nominations were made for
Treasurer:—Asa Dimmock, John Strohm, W.
Goodwin, J. G. Jones, John Rudder, Joseph
Baily, George Anderson, N. P. Hubbard, I.
Hugus, Israel Painter, J. M. Bickel and Adam
IVhitenberger.
A communication was received from F. W.
Hughes, Attorney General; in reference to cer
tain law suits.
A communication was read from the Presi
dent of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, with a
statement of his accounts.
Mr. Hamilton, from the Conimittee on Es
tates and Escheats, reported a bill for the sale
of certain real estate, with a negative recomen
dation.
Mr. McFarland submitted a report from the
Committee on Public Buildings, appointing
Chambers C. Mullin Superintendent of Public
Buildings.
Mr. McClintock, from the Railroad Commit
tee, reported an act incorporating the Mount
Washington Inclined Plane. Also, the North
Lebanon Plank road—which passed finally.
Mr. Barnes, from the Committee on Pen.
sions, submitted joint rules, governing the.
Committee.
Mr. Quiggle, from the Committee on Rail.
roads, reported a bill regulatiug the gauge on
the railroads at Erie.
Mr. Goodwin, from the same Committee, re
ported a bill incorporating the Lewisburg and
Centre Spruce Creek Railroad Company.
Mr. Shfer from the same Committee, sub
mitted a supplement to the Susquehanna Rail
road COmpany.
The following bills were reported in place:
Mr. Goodwin a supplement to the acts in re
ference to the Health laws of Philadelphia.
Mr. Buckalew several bills of a local charm.
Mr. Darsie a supplement to the act incor
porating the Pittsburg and Connellsville Rail
road Company.
Mr. Hamlin submitted a resolution for a
Committee to open the returns of the election
for Surveyor and Auditor General. Adopted.
Adjourned.
HOCSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Speaker laid before the House an ab•
ttract of the affairs of the Lehigh Valley Rail
road.
Numerous petititions of a local character
were presented and referred.
The Clerk from the Senate was introduced,
and informed the House that the Senate had
adopted the revised rules. Laid on the table.
The Speaker announced that the hour had
arrived for the consideration of the contested
elections.
Mr. Simpson, one of the contestants, announ
ced that lie appeared in his own right and for
Mr. Roberts.
Mr. Carlisle, ono of the members whose seats
lire contested, announced that he appeared for
- himself and colleague.
After considerable debate, Mr. Heistand mov
ed flint the House proceed to the appointment
of a Committee.
Mr. Davis moved to amend by declaring that
the petition was invalid, in consequence of its
being joint instead of two separate petitions.
The amendment finally prevailed, and the
House adjourned.
. . .
The Rotund of the Capitol has been con
verted into a most agreeable resort for mem
-hers and strangers, by the use of two of the
Chilsom furnaces, similar to those used in
warming the House.
SENATE.
Friday, Jan. 13, 1853.
Messrs. McClintock, McFarland and Mellin
ger presented petitions of a local character.
Messrs. moister, Foulkrocl, Goodwin, Quig
gle, 'McClintock and Buckalew, from various
Committees, reported a number of local bills.
Mr. Dursie, from the Committee of Finance,
reported a resolution providing for paying . the
expenses of the visit of the Maryland Legisla
ture.
Several unimportant bills were read in place.
Mr. Kinzer moved to reconsider the vote on
the adoption of the incorporation. of the North
Lebanon Railroad. Adopted.
Mr. Kinzer moved to amend by giving the
Company power to mortgage. Adopted. The
vote on the veto message of the Governor on
the bill stood yeas 3, nays 29.
The resolution changing the hour of the
meeting of the Senate from 11 to 10 o'clock
was aded.
Mr. Hamlin offered a resolution to the effect
that, if the House concur, the Joint Committee
on Printing be authorized to contract with
Messrs. Omit St Co., for the printing of a daily
record or with others who may present a cheap
er or better offer.
On motion of Mr. Kunkel, the words "cheap
er or better" were stricken out, and a provi
sion was inserter that the cost should not ex
ceed $2OOO. Adopted.
The bill relative to the Librarian was called
officer,u l t provides sueett o forthe the
confirmation
a
on
fir f n p a o t i i r o . t ri m n y t
the said
erno r , and 'Lis continuance in office live years.
Mr. Darsie moved to amend by striking
out five years and inserting three. Adjourn
ed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
On motion, the following nominations were
brought before the House for the office of State
Treasurer:—J. M. Bickel, Joseph Bailey, John
Strohm , Geo. Sandersom, J. G. Jones, J. R.
Struthers John Weightly, Win. Brindle, L.
Burke, d. J. Ball, W. Laird, George Scott. J.
McCandless, J. B. Guthrie, Wm. Mcilvaine,
M. Carlin.
Mr. Poulson submitted a resolution to pro.
.ceed to select the Special Committee on the
contested seats. On motion,this was amended
to the effect that the House meet for the pur
pose at 3 o'clock. Adopted.
Mr. Hamilton reported an act providing for
the more effectual punnishment of crimes, here
tofore punishable by death.
Mr. Roberts, from the Select Committee on
the aubjeet, reported the resolution against the
removal of the Mint from Philadelphia. Adel,.
ted.
Mr. Ball introduced a bill to regulate the
width of the Railroad gauges in Erie County.
After the reading of several other uuiropor•
taut bills in place; the Rouse adjourned until
3 o'clock.
At 3 o'clock the House rooperied.
Mr. Poulsou's resolution relative to selecting
a Committee on the contested seats, was con
sidered and adopted. Yeas 22; nays 21.
The Hour of 12 o'clock tomorrow is fixed
for the selecting of the Committee.
The Speaker lair: before the House the an
nual report of the State Treasurer.
Messrs. Struthers, Fenton and Stewart were
appointed a Committee to open.the returns of
she Auditor and Surveyor General. Adjourn
ed.
SENATE.
Saturday, Jan. 14, 1854.
The Speaker presented the annual report of
the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. Or.
tiered to bo printed.
Reports of Committees.—Mr. Goodwin, ftom
a Select Committee to whom was referred a bill
relating to the Health Law of Philadelphia,
reported the same as committed.
Mr. Hiester, from the special committee to
whom was referred the message of the Cover
nor to apportion the several subjects contained
therein to their appropriate Committees, repor
ted accordingly.
Mr. Evans moved that the Committee to
whom was referred the subject of the sale of the
State Works be discharged, and that the same
be referred to a special Committee of five.
Considerable discussion arose, in which
Messrs. Buckalew, Darsie, Kunkel, Evans,
Hiester, and Haldeman participated, and the
question was determined in the affirmative, by
a vote of 17 yeas and 13 ones.
Bills Read in Place.—Mr. Darsie read in
place and presented to the Chair an Act to an
nul the charter of Franklin Canal Company.
Referred to Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Skinner, an Act to authorize the Com
missioners of Erie County to borrow money.—
Referred to Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Crabb from the Select Committee com
posed of Senators of the City and County of
Philadelphia, reported a bill vacating a certain
talev in the city of Philadelphia, as committed.
Mr. McClintock moved that the joint resolu
tion froin the House in relation to the removal
of the U. S. Mint from Philadelphia to the City
of New York, be referred to a special Commit.
tee of five. Agreed to.
Mr. Cresswell moved that the Committee on
Finance be disdharged from the farther con
sideration of the joint resolution authorizing
the purchase of Sutherland's Legislative Manu
al for the use of the members.
On motion, the Senate considered the reso
lution in Committee of the Whole, and repor•
ted the same without amendments.
Upon the second reading, Mr. Buckalew
moved to amend by striking out the words "pe
riod of five years,' and inserting the words
"the present session." Adreed to.
On the uestion, the rules were suspended,
the bill read a third time by its title, and pass
ed.
On motion of Mr. Price, the Senate went in
to Committee of the Whole and took up the
bill consolidating the City of Philadelphia, Mr.
Haldeman in the Chair. The reading of the
bill was dispensed with and the Committee re
ported the same to the Senate without amend.
meet.
On motion of Mr. Price, the Senate then
proceeded to the second reading and consider
ation of the bill, during whieh a motion to
postpone was carried, and the Senate adjourn.
ed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House met at 11 o'clock.
A communication was read from the Corn.
missioners of Spring Garden, enclosing a series
of resolutions, urging upon the Legislature the
early passage of the 'sill to consolidate the City
and County of Philadelphia.
Mr. M'Combs offered a joint resolution ask.
ing the United States government to extend
the revolutionary pension system to the sold.
iers of the Into war, and their widows; and also
to grant to all soldiers 160 acres of the public
lands; and instructing our Senators and Repre
sentatives to lay the matter before Congress.—
Laid on the table.
Mr. Bigham offered a resolution that the
hour of meeting of the House hereafter be 10
o'clock until otherwise ordered. Agreed to.
Mr. Ball, read a bili in place,. entitled "Au
act to annul the charter of the Franklin Canal
Company.
The hour of 12 having arrived, the House
pioceeded to the selection of a committee to
investigate the case of the contested election
of R. M. Carlisle.
Mr. Carlisle acted for himself in the matter
of challenging. Mr. Roberts officiated for Mr.
Simpson.
On the first trial Messrs. Patterson and Gib
boney were the only parties unchallenged.—
There having been only fourteen names left in
the ballot•box, instead of fifteen, the trial was
declared null; and on the second trial, 'the fol.
lowing gentlemen were chosen: Messrs. Bald
win, Gibbony, Patterson, Delfrance, Knight,
Kilgore, Crane, Hippie rind Fry. It was mov
ed that the committee in the case of Robert
Carlisle,' be allowed a clerk. Agreed to, and
the committee was sworn.
Mr. Chamberlain moved that the House now
proceed to choose a committee to investigate
the case of Thomas Manderfield. Withdrawn.
Mr. Poulson Moved that the choosing of a
committee in the case of Thomas Manderfield
be set for Tuesday at 11 o'clock; which was
agreed to. Adjourned.
Abstract of the Post Master General's
Report.
The whole number of post offices in the 'Uni
ted States at the close of the last official year-
June 30th, 1853, was twenty-two thousand three
hundred and twenty; of this number, two hun
dred and fifty-five are of the highest class, the
post-masters of which are appointed by the
President. At the present date, Ist December,
1853, the total number of post offices is twenty.
two thousand six hundred and eighty-eight.—
During the past year, commencing first of July,
1852, one thousand eight hundred and ninety
eight post offices were established, four hundred
and seventy-nine were discontinued, and there
were appointed to office during the said year,
besides the eighteen hundred and ninety-eight
post-masters to the newly established offices
aforesaid, thirty-eight hundred and fifty upon
resignation, two hundred and twenty-five upon
death, one hundred and eighty-two upon change
of site, ninety-one where the postmaster had
moved away, and tweirty-three hundred and
twenty-one on removal of prior incumbents, be
ing eight thousand live hundred postmasters
appointed during the year ending
30th June,
1853. At the close of the fiscal year ending
on the 30th day of Juno last, there were in op
eration within the United States six thousand
six hundred and ninety-two mail routes; their
aggregate length was two hundred and seven
teen thousand seven hundred and forty-three
miles, and five tuousand five hundred and eigh
ty-three contractors were employed thereon.—
The annual transportation of the mails on those
routes was sixty-one million eight hundred and
ninety-two thousand five hundred and forty-two
miles; the annual cost thereof was four million
four hundred and ninety-five thousand nine hen.
deed and sixty-eight dollars, being about seven
costa two mills per mile. Of these sixty-one
million eight hundred and ninety-two thousand
miles of annual transportation, twelve million
nine hundred and eighty-six thousand seven
hundred and five miles are required to be per
formed on railroads, at a cost of one million six
hundred and one thousand three hundred and
twenty-nine dollars, being about twelve cents
three mills per mile. Six million six hundred
and eighty-five thousand and sixty-five miles in
steam boats, at a cost of six hundred and thir
ty-two thousand three hundred and sixty-eight
dollars; being about nine cents four mills per
mile. Twenty-one million three hundred and
thirty thousand three hundred and twenty six
miles in conches, at a cost of one million two
hundred and six thousand nine hundred and
fitly-eight dollars; being about five cents six
mills per mile. And twenty million eight hun
dred and ninety thousand four hundred and
forty-six miles in modes not specified, at a cost
of one million fifty-five thousand three hundred
and thirteen dollars; being about five cents per
mile.
The expenditures of the department, during
the late fiscal year, were seven million nine
hundred and eighty-two thousand seven hum
dred and fifty.eight dollars. The gross revenue
from all sources was five million nine hundred
and forty thousand seven hundred and twenty
four dollars. It appears from the ihregoing
statemeat, that the gross revenue of the year
ending June, 30th, 1854, falls short of expendi
tures m the sum of two million forty-two thou.
sand and thirty-one dollen. Fifteen hundred
and seventy-one thousand dollars of this defici-
ency were supplied by balance on the Auditor's
books, on July Ist, 1852. and appropriations to
supply delicienCies of upwards of one million
dollars, leaving 'lve hundred and forty-sic thou•
sand dollars to he provided by Congress for
the set, icc of the year eliding Juno 30th, 1853..
HUNTINGDON JOURNAL.
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Wednesday Horning, Jan. 18, 1854.
S. L. GLASGOW, Editor.
CIRCULATION 1000.
itet. Hon. John M'Culloch, M. C., James
Maguire and James L. Gwin, Esqrs., of Penna.
Legislature, have our thanks for continued
public favors.
110. The attention of our readers is called to
a communication in the Journal this week, over
the signature of a "Teacher." It is well writ•
ten, and reflects credit on its author.
Star During our recent visit to Harrisburg,
we put up at Col. ;Sanders', than whom, we
think, no cleverer man lives. When the new
Hotel building is fully completed, part of which
he now occupies; it will be one of the largest
and most tasety public houses in the place.—
Among the acquaintances fa made whilst
we sojourned there, were Alex. McConnell, Esq.,
the member from Indiana county, formerly a
resident of this place; and Col. A. &Mamas,
of Somerset, a candidate for nomination to
Congress, next fall, in this District. They are
both very clever men, and sound Whigs. Mr.
McConnell is a candidate for Canal Commis
sioner on the Whig side of the House—we have
no doubt he would make an efficient officer.
:Er We take great pleasure in calling at
tention to the Advertisement of Messrs. Edward
Lambert & Cu., of this city, whose advertise
ment will be found iu our paper of to-day. The
senior of this firm wits for many years at the
head of one of the most extensive Jobbing
Houses of Philadelphia, and for the lust four
years in this city, where he removed for the
purpose of being able to give the numerous pa
trons of the house all the advantages that were
to be gained by being located in the Central
Commercial Metropolis of the Union; and thus
far the effort has been crowned with unprece
dented success. We bespeak for them a con
tinued success, as their efforts to please and
low prices deserve it.—(Exem,stmt.)
Mir We publish this week the proceedings
of the Legislature, from the commencement of
the Session up to Monday last; part of which
will be found on the first page. We do this
to enable those of our readers who take no oth
er passer in which the proceedings are publish
ed, to form an opinion of what their Represen
tatives are doing at Harrisburg.
It is said the general appearance of the
Members this winter indicates a more than
usual degree of intelligence, and that the ma
jority are believed to be honest and industrious
men. We hope they are, and will speedily at
tend to the interests of their constituents and
adjourn. The people want wholesome legisla
tion and short sessions.
Thal. The guage question et Erie, Pa., has
not yet been settled. Gov. Bigler, on the 6th
inst., issued, a proclatnotion to the Mayor of the '
city of Erie, and to the Sheriff of the county,
authorizing them to enforce obedience to the
laws of the State, and of the United States—
suppress riot—and to protect the property of
the Franklin Canal Company. We are of opin
ion, judging from the information we have re
ceived on the subject, that the citizens of Erie
have been made to suffer unjustly, through in
congruous legislation last winter at Harrisburg.
We think they are right, in resisting monopo
lies, when it is manifest their tendency is ruin
ous to their interests.
One Hundred and Seventy Lives Lost.
By the arrival of the barque Three Bells,
and the packet ship Lucy Thompson, at New
York, on the 17th and 14th inst., respectively,
intelligence has at last been received from the
wreck of the steamship San Francisco. One
hundred and seventy passengers, including a
number of government officers and soldiers,
sunk into the jaws of death, and were rocked
into an eternal sleep by, the roaring, swelling
The steamer was caught in the gale of the
night of the 24th of December last, and din.
bled. Soon after, a heavy sea swept the decks,
washing overboard, and involving in immedi
ate death the above number of lives. The
wreck drifted about until January sth, when
she was falren in with at lat. 38 deg. long. 59
deg., by the ship Three Bells, from Glasgow,
the barque Kilby, for Boston, and the ship An
tarctic, for Liverpool, which vessels took off the
crew and the remaining passengers.
Those saved from the wreck have all landed
at New York, save a few who died previous to
the Bth inst., and those who went to Liverpool
on the Antarctic.
Court Proceedings.
Commonweala vs John Keller.—lndictment,
Assault. The Grand Jury returned not a True
Bill, and the prosecutor, Reuben Wright, pay
the costs of prosecution. Sentenced accord-
ingly.
C'onnonwealth vs. John Ripple.—lndict.
ment for negligently and wilfully driving a
stage coach against John Swoope. True Bill.
Deft. plead not guilty. Verdict Guilty.—
Sentenced to pay a fine of WM and costs of
prosecution ; and undergo an imprisonment in
the County Jail of 24 hours.
Commonwealth vs. Dr. J. M. Irvin.—lndict.
mont, Assault and Battery. True Bill. Deft.
pleads not guilty. Verdict Guilty. Sentenced
to pay a fine of $5,00, and costs.
CONSUL FORESTI.-The Lenoa correspondent
of the Newark Advertiser, says the government
at Turin has declined to recognize Mr. Forest'
as U. S. Consul in this city. It is alledged that
he was concerned in the Italian movement in
New York last Spring against the Sardinian
government in the matter of the refugees sent
there by its frigate San Giovanni, which is held
to be just cause for offence. It is, moreover,
said that Mr. F. is implicated with the friends
of M. Mazzini and others in their hostile move
ments against the present authorities or consti
tution of this country. These things probably
have constrained the Cabinet at Turin to excl.
rise the reserved rights of nations in such op
pointments, though the offence is intended to
that at Washington. The second officer of the
Foreign office at Turin, was recently, and for
some years the Sardinian Minister at Washing
ton, and the stand taken in relation to the op
pointment is doubtless the result of his obser
vation in the United States.
Our Methodist friends realized a hand.
some revenue front their fair last week..
The Governor's Message.
Gov. Bigler is made to put the Cost face up+
on the finances of the State; and hod we nut
given some little attention to Locofbco arith
metic in our day, we should throw up our het
and hum for the 'good day' just nt hand.—
He demonstrates that he could have paid off
some two millions of debt, had not the extraor
dinary expenditures been so heavy. How in.
tensely profund the suggestion I What an im
measurable amount of good the sagacious Exc.
cutive could have clone for the tax-ridden peo
ple of Pennsylvania, had not the expenses
swallowed up the whole revenue of the govern
ment, and a little more i How very like an
election next fall the vast prospective financial
improvements soun4; and if His Excellency
can only succeed in his master effort to shield
himself from the gathering storm, the great ob.
ject of this imperfect representation of our
Stnte finances shall have been accomplished.
"It will readily be perceived therefore," re-
marks our profound Executive, "that should
the appropriations hereafter be confined strict.
ly to the ordinary expenses of the government,
we shall have an annual surplus revenue ex
ceeding one million of dollars, applicable to the
funded debt." Yes, if they should be "confin
ed strictly," &c., there can be no doubt as to
the correctness of the Governor's conclusion;
but if they shouldn't be "confined" so "strict
ly," where will we land a year hence ? What
hope have we that the appropriations can be
confined to the proper limits, when every year
adds to the amount of money wrung from the
treasury ? Did Gov. Bigler think of the ap.
propriations of last winter when lie penned the
foregoing promise to the tax-payers of Penn
sylvania? Did he forget that he signed a bill
appropriating over FM AND A HALF MILLIONS
—an amount unprecedented in our history?—
Did he forget that the same bill provided for
an increase of the debt, and for a loan a year
ahead Or does he presume upon the crcduli•
ty of the people, and flatter himself that his
official sanction to a statement designed for
political effect, can shelter hint from the indig•
nation his profligacy has aroused? We *nit
fur an explanation.
The sale of the Public Works is the next
most important topic of the message; and we
need hardly tell our readers that he is hostile
to the proposed reform. Much as he endeav
ors to evade the vital points in the issue, and
earnestly as he lends himself to hide the hide
ous deformities of the present system of man
agement on our Improvements, be cannot ven
ture to give the system a sweeping endorse-
meat. He insists that the Public Works shall
not be sold and why ? Not because they are
paying non•—not because they have ever paid;
but because he hopes they can be made to pay!
We like a sanguine temperament, but the man
who can take Gov. Bigler's own reasoning, and
cherish the opinion that our Improvements are
likely to become profitple, is either sanguine
beyond reason, or crazy beyond remedy. He
is, to use his own language, "entirely sanguine
that with the necessary change in the system of
management, the Public Improvements can be
made to yield a very handsome revenue to the
treasury." But when, how, or by whom is the
"necessary change" to be made? We have
been trying to effect it for thirty odd years, and,
the same stereotyped story of prospective re
venue has been flung into our teeth by Locofo
co Executives annually; but no "change" has
been accomplished yet, unless, intleedove count
the steady "change" of increased indebtedness.
But this is not all, and Gov. Bigler knows bet-
ter than we can tell him that hc gives an unfair
statement of the operations on our Public
Works. Ho cannot be ignorant of the 'het
that that there is not less than one million, and
probably three or five millions of floating debt
contracted for our Improvements that does not
meet the public eye. This system of withhold-
ing a certain portion of the expenditures on
our Public Works in order to bring them with-
in sight orthe revenue, has been practised for
some years, as the Reports of the Auditor Gen-
eral testify; and we ask in all sincerity that a
true statement of the condition of our Improve-
ments be made to the people before they tire
asked to retain then, in.the hands of the State.
When it is considered that every effort to make
our Public Works profitable has only involved
us more, do we ask too much when we demand
that the system shall be probed to tho bottom,
and its running sore of profligacy be exposed
to the public view? Or must an oppressed
people be silenced with the edict of an Execu•
tive, whose party's highest hopes hang on the
Public Improvements, and content themselves
with his unsupported opinion that they will ul
timately pay? Let the candid reader prepare
to answer the question.
—The Governor issues his usual broadside
against Banks, of course; but as he means
nothing by it, it demands no controversy.—
There aro other points of the message worthy
of attention, but we shall wait for a more eon
venient season.
The Next Presidency.
A Washington correspondent of the K. Fink
Tribune, under date of January Ist, says of the
next Presidency:—"The Whigs are a unit.—
There never was more perfect harmony. Whig
Presidential candidates are springing up in
abundance already. The Tennessee Legisla
ture have a resolution before them recommen.
ding John Bell. He is a good man and an
able nine. The South has not a more merito•
dolts one. The movement is reckoned to be
a hit at Gov. Jones, who is also prominent for
the same position. Mr. Crittenden has many
friends—Madame C. has many more. The
Into Attorney-General has strengthened his
position by his matrimonial alliance. Another
man has been named, whom, perhaps, you
have not thought of. This is Mr. Botts, of
Virginia. John M. Clayton looms up among
the crowd of competitors high and strong.—
And last, though not least, James A. Pearce
of Maryland, is to be named. Mr. Pearce is
one of the ablest and best men in the Senate,
and no man would make a better President.—
We have a powerful predilection in favor of
Mr. Pearce and John Bell."
CALIFORNIA C. S. SENATOlL—Considerable
excitement exists throughout California in re
gard to the election of a United States Senator
to succeed Senator G win, whose term expires
in 1855. By one wing of the party it is prop
sed to hold the election this winter, whilst the
opposition desire a postponement until 1835.
The friends of Hon. David Broderick desire
the election to be heM by the Legislature,
which was to convene on the 2d of January,
they being certain of electing him.
SSP Hon Jefferson Davis, now a member
of Pierce's Cabinet, has been elected C..State.l
Senator by the LegiJature of
Congress.
This body has not done much yet of general
interest. Gen. Cuss and Hon. Jun. M. Clayton
have been discussing again the Clayton-Bul
wer Trenty f in which, it is generally conceded,
Cam has come oat at the little end of the horn.
The guage question, at Erie, is also eliciting
some attention. The following resolution wan
submitted, a ti.w days since, in reference to the
matter, by Mr. Catopbell, of Ohio:
Resolved, That the Fatident be respectfully
requested to inform this Hunse what informa
tion, if any, has been received it. the Post Of-
Gee Department in relation to obstructions to
the transportation of the Mails of the United
States on the route between Buffalo, New York,
and Cleveland, Ohio, through the town of Erie,
in the State of Pennsylvania; and what meas
ures have been taken, if ally, by the Executive
to secure the uninterrupted transportation of
the mails upon said route.
Very sensible Remarks. _ .
The following paragraphs we clip from the
editorial of one of our exchanges, which .we
think peculiarly applicable to the present ern.
It contains truths that cannot be denied—
truths that come directly home to the feelings
and understanding—and we ask our readers
to give them a careful perusal and bestow a
little reflei:tion on them:—
Politicians itre too apt to deceive themselves
into the belief that they hold a balance of pow
er, and that the particular clique or organiza.
tion to which they arc attached is the only true
exponent of the public will. A. more errone
ous doctrine was never entertained. The world,
with all its vast machinery, its hopes and its
fears will continue to exist, improve and multi
ply, notwithstanding their voice and influence
are less potential than they could desire. This
is indeed "a great country!" If we cast our
eye in any direction, we shall find ample proof
of the truism; and the further we go, and the
more comprehensive our vision, the more fully
we shall realize its certainty. It is true that all
communities are made up of individuals; at
the same time each human being is but a po
litical atom, differpig it may be from some oth
er atom or particle composing the whole. The
general voice, however, governs in this country,
and not a special few, and this the would-he
leaders, or prominent men, whom fortuitous
circumstances have thrown into places of re
sponsibility, should learn and appreciate, We
live in a republic of opinion, not of cliques; in
an age of intellectual progress, not of antiqua
ted notions and exploded theories. The "slow
coaches" who would assume to lead and con
trol us, seem to forget that this is a railroad age,
and that their pretentious are no longer tolera
ted.
The day of small men has come, though their
influence is gone; the giants who formerly were
selected to till responsible situations have, alas!
passed away. But this does not argne that
there is an interregnum in the sway ot Popular
Opinion, and those who imagine that clamor
can now influence the public mind instead of
legitimate argument addressed to the judge-
ment of the people, have studied the history of
our country, with but little profit. The true
patriot can have no affiliation with flictions,
which have no higher objects in view than the
possession of tho spoils. Politics reduced to
this level or standard are contemptible, and
unworthy of pursuit by honorable men. The
flag of the buccaneer usurps the place of the
stars and stripes, and the greed of plunder in
durates the heart to the earnest calls of the
country for rest from agitation and excitement.
Georgia Politicians in a Snarl.
Of all the States in the Union that of Geor
gia is the most whimsical, unsettled, and in
comprehensible in her politics. Her politi
cians seem never to be at rest, and never hap
pier than when engaged in exciting controver
ems. But two years ago, Howell Cobb was
elected Governor, as the Union candidate, by
an overwhelming majority over Gov. McDon
ald, the Secession candidate. This year the
same Howell Cobb took the stump in favor of
Govertfor Johnson, an avowed secessionist, and
by his active co-operation secured Johnson's
election by a bare majority of MO, and a large
majority of members to the Legislature of the
same political stripe as the Governor. That
accomplished; and the secessionists safely in
power, Howell Cobb sought from them, us an
appreciation of his services, the election of the
U. S. Senator, but instead of meeting these ex
pectations, they pitched him overboard, and
nominated Gov. McDonald whom he two years
ago defeated for Governor. Such has been
the reward he has received from them for his
treachery to the Union party of that State.—
Richly has he merited it. _
We cannot exult over the success of a Die
unionist, as McDonald ie,nor can we sympathize
with Cobb in his defeat, Ho deserves the
treatment under which he now writhes. He
has stooped to conquer, and has been spurned
by those whom he served. His vaulting ambi
tion overleaped itsell: He has tumbled down
among the dead men, and has no ono to blame
but hiinself. Had he been true to the Union
Whigs, us they were true to him in 1850, and
followed where they lead, he would probably
have been the United States Senator. But
the scene does not end here. Though the Se
cessionists nominated:McDonald, they defeated
his election. This was done by the Senate re•
fusing to go into an election for Senator--
Since then a meeting of the Union members of
the Legislature was held in the Senate cham
ber, Mr. Lambeth, the Union Democratic Sena
tor from Floyd county presiding. Addresses
were made by Whigs and Democrats, and, the
Resolutions of the Georgia Convention of 1850,
and of the Union Convention of the present
year, which nominated Mr. Jenkins, were re
affirmed, with the following addenda, which
contain the substance of the resolutions offered
in the Senate and in the House, by Messrs.
Pope and Irwin, of Wilkes:-
6. That we are ready and willing to co-oper
ate heartily with all men, North and South,
who agree with us in the foregoing announce
ment of national principles, and that we invite
them, irrespective of localities and of party af
filiations, to unite with us in the formation do,
National Organization to carry out these prin
ciples; and that Daniel S. Dickinson, and his
friends in New York, have our warm sympathy
in their struggle to establish national princi
ples against the false policy of the Administra
tion, which is seeking, to combine men of hos
tile principles by the mere power of public pat
ronage.
5. That we, us members of the Georgia Le
gislature, belonging to the Union Republican
party, are willing to co-operate with any politi
cal organization upon the principles Ilerem an.
nouncod.
POTOMAC FISIINACESOti).-Dr. B. E. Me-
Murtrie, (formerly of this place.) has sold to
M. P. O'Hern, of Baltimore, and Col. J. W.
Geary, of this State, for $lOO,OOO, his whole
property a few miles below Harper's Ferry, op
posite the Point of Rocks, on the Virginia side
of the Potomac. The property embraces Po
tomac Furnace, a large quantity of iron ore
land, about 600 acres of woodland and ten
acres on the Maryland side and at number of
buildings. They are said to intend erecting
new furnaces, forges, a foundry and rolling
mills.
SW The Rhode Island Whig State Conven.
tion met at Providence on Thursday last, and
nominated Wm. B. Hoppiu for Governor. He
is also the Temperance candidate.
pay -Judge M'Lain, of the U. S. Supreme
Court, recently delivered a lecture at Cincinna
ti, before the Young Mens' Mercantile i 15806
ation, in which he severely denounced "Young
America," and politicians generally..
IML.The Huntingdon l'peshytery taut ye.
terdn at this place..
Meeting of the Co. Temperance League.
In pursuance of public notice. a very large
and enthusiastic meeting of the League ranee•
ned nt the Court. House on Wednesday even•
ing, the Ilth instant.
The President brine- took the Clink, and
called the meeting to erd.•r, on motion. Jos:;
WILLIAMSON and 11. N. McAt.Ltsvcit.
addressed the meeting, in a.very forcible and
eloquent manner, upon the evils resulting, to
society, from the use as a beverage, of that
which intoxicates, and upon the many and nil.
merous advantages and blessings that would
result to the same, by the passage and ado!).
tion of a law by the Legislature, prohibiting its
sale, by the citizens of our great nod glorious
Commonwealth. On motion.
Resolved, That for the promotion and site•
e.;?ss of the great question of Reform, in which
we are non• engaged. it is necessary, and we
recommend to the friends of the cause. in each
township and boro7gb, to hold meetings on
Tuesday the 24th insta
r the meetings of the
League, will be held on the Teusday evening,
of each Court of Quarter Sessions.
Racked, That the following namedventle•
men be and hereby are appointed delegates to
represent the League, and the 'sentiments of
the people of the County, upon the momentous
question of Prohibition, in the State Temper.
ante Convention, to be held in Harrisburg, on
the 26th and 27th inst.
LIST OF DELEGATES TO Tun STATE TEMPERANCE
CONTENTION TO DE 11111,D IN HARRISBURG, ON
THE 26TH AM/ 27TH DAYS OF JAN., A. D. 1854.
HUNTINGDON Bonocon.—William P. Orbi.
son, Esq.. J. Simpson Africa, James Steel,
Esq., John Williamson, Esq., Henry Glazier,
John Marks, David Black, Thomas L. States,
Job Morris, Wm. Africa, Jacob Fockler, Math.
F. Campbell, Esq., Theo. H. Creamer, Esq.,
S. L. Glasgow, Esq., A. S. Harrison, Alex.
Port, Esq., Dr. R. A. Miller. G. W. Garrettson.
J. G. Miles, Esq., Henry W. Miller, Joseph
Mifflin Esq., John Scott,. Esq., Geo. W. Gla.
tier,Janice Gwin, Col. John A. Doyle,
John Read, David Malurtrie, A. W. Benedict,
Esq., James 'Maguire, John W. Mattern, Hon.
Geo. Taylor, Robert King and N. C. Decker.
CROMWELL TOWNSTIIP.—John P. Dunn,
Thos. T. Cromwell, Daniel Teague, Esq., Geo.
Sipes, Thos. E. Orbison, James Harper, Win.
M. Chileoat, R. B. Wigton, Maj. Samuel Cald
well.
CASE TOWNSUIP.—Riad. Read, Oen. Geo.
W. Speer, Rev. Ralph Pierce, Ralph Crotslar,
Elias Wilson, James Henderson, Isaac Smite.
HENDERSON TowssuiP.—Maj. James Port•
er, David Thompson, Esq., James Boggs, Esq.
MORRIS 'NW'S:STEM—MarteI L. Ritts, Sam
uel Miliken, Nathaniel Lytle, Esq., Jona. J.
Cunningham. Geo. H. Steiner, Samuel P. Wel.
lace, John Whitney, Patrick Boyles.
PENN Tows:intr.—A. G. Neff, Dr. J, P.
Ashcom, A. Sheridan Ennis, David H. Camp.
bell, J. A. Fink, Win. J. Geisinger, Steil.
ley, Geo. A. Smith, Dr. John H. Wintrode,
Samuel Ker, E. A. Funkier. -
SHIRLEY TOWNSHIP.---Wm. Lens, Samuel H.
Bell, Samuel MeVitty, Esq., Capt. J. G. Gal
braith, Prot Hugh J. Campbell, John Long,
Jno. Clarke, Jno. Brewster, Alaze S. Harrison.
TELL. TOIVNSIIIP.—AIex. C. Blair, Col. J.
Snoss, James McNeal, Joshua Price, William
Clayton, James Gifford, Geo. NVilson.
UNION TOWNSIIIP.-Thiel Smith, Simeon
Wright, Geo. Hazzard, Phil. Kuala., Col. J.
Donaldson.
WARRIOINNIARE Towxstur.—Beni. F. Pat
ton, Esq., Abednego Stevens, Rev. G
eo. Guyer,
Samuel Ralston, Richard Wills, Dr. Daniel
Bates, Rev. W. L. Spottswood, A. Hutchinson.
ALEXANDRIA BORolloll.—Jobn Porter, Esq.,
Jeremy Wilson, J. H. Kennedy, Israel Graflius,
Esq., David Henderson, George C. Bucher,
John G. Ste Wart, William Moore, Jas. Dean,
Wm. M. Philips, Rev. Geo. Elliott, D. Fleming.
CLAY TOWNSIIIP.—Richard Ashman.
BAnnnn Towxsu rr.—O..Tuckson, Dr. James
Hirst, L. T. Wilson, John Smith, Jos. Gibbouy.
BRADY Towxstur.—L. G. Kessler. Capt.
C. Watson, Peter F. Kessler, John A. Camp
bell, Isaac Wolverton.
1111011:M11AM 130ROVC n.—Nntban W. C; reen.
John Owens, Rap, Louis Palmer, John K.
MeCahan, Samuel Nowlin. Rev. Thos. Ward,
Rev. I. W. Ward.
Drntas Towssnir.—James Cree, B. Blair,
Esq., Wm. ;McLean, Wm. A. Hudson, Win.
Harper, Isaac Taylor, John Appleby, Dr. J. A.
Shade, Henry Robinson, Thos. Teague.
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.—Jacob H. halt. D.
Stewart, Esq.. Henry L. Harvey, Jun. S. I,ett,
John Lyon, Esq., IL Hamilton. Samuel Wig
ton, Esq., Samuel Matters, J. W. Mallen,
Hon. Johnathan McWilliams.
JACKSON Towxsntr.—Wm. B. Smith, lbs.
icry Oaks, John Smith, J. M. Leech.
PORTER TOWSSIIIP.—Jas. Martin, Robert A.
Laird, John T. Whittaker, David F. Tusssy,
Benj. Isenbnrg, Henry Graftius, Louis Knode,
James McElroy, Andrew Anderson, Jas. Allen,
Dorsey Green, Jun. Martin. Daniel Shively,
Jas. Fleming, Gun. S. Miles Green.
SPRINGVII:I.II TOWNSIIIP.-13011Cdirt Stevens,
Henry T. Stains, Jacob Baker, Jacob Bucker.
WEST TOWNSIIIP.-JuMCS Murphy, David
Miller. Abraham Cresswell, Wm. B. Miller, Jo
seph M. Stevens, Samuel Thompson, Abraham
Renner, Maj. Wm. Moore, Henry Davis, John
Thompson.
WALKER Towxsno.—John Vandevander,
Esq., Jos. Douglass, Jns. Moore, Mon. J. Ker.
Resolved, That we recommend to others
throughout the county, who feel an interest in
the success of this great measure, to attend said
convention, in addition to those named in the
foregoing list of delegates.
Resolved, That the thanks of the League,
are hereby tendered to the Speakers, for their
able, interesting and effective addresses, on the
occasion.
On motion, The present officers of the League
were unanimously reelected for the ensuing
year.
On motion, The thanks of the League were
returned to the officers for the faithful and effi.
cient manner in which they respectively have
performed their duties during the past year.
On motion adjourned.
JOHN PORTER, Pres.
ISRAEL. GRAFFIrS,
V. P.
AND °TIERS,
W. P. brbisnn,
James Maguire, } Seeys.
W.
J. Matters, JJ
Iffi g .. At a meeting of •the HuNTlxanox CO.
MEDICAL. SOCIETY, held at Huntingdon on
Tuesday the 10th of January, 1854, the follow.
ing preamble and resolutions were unanimous.
ly adopted:
Whereas, It has pleased Divine Providence
to remove from among us, the venerable Dr.
MORDECAI MASSEY, one of onr most res•
peeled and valuable members, therefore
Resolved, That we offer to the surviving re
latives and friends of the deceased, our sincere
and heartfelt sympathy sunder their trying be
reavement.
Resolved, That a copy of the above, signed
by the officers, be transmitted to the finally of
s t. c H.
y l . VINTRODE, Prot.
the deceased, and published in the county pa.
pers.
11. K. NEFF,
Wir The House of Refuge for Western
Pennsylvania, located at Pettsburg, is fast ap.
preaching completion.wThe Commonwealth
contributed $20,000 toward it, the county of
Allegheny $lO,OOO, the county Fayette $2500,
the county of Beaver $2500, and private lath.
viduals $13,624 50. An application will be
made to the State Legislature for a ftirther hp.
propriation.
War Hon, Henry A. Blahlenberg, member
of Congress from Berke county, died a few•
days since, at Washington City.. The vacancy
a ill ha, c to be supplied by a si,,..ial'eleeti6a.
MUCH IN LITTLE,
..„ .„..
Auuther destructive fivo has ocetnied itt
New York,
urgamehta oflou proic nothing
but their
' He that quamli with the imperfrution4
of men censures God.
0- Honesty sometimes keeps a man from
growing rich; and civility from being witty.
f 3 There is only on loofoco in the Slots.
Senate of Massachusetts. 'Democracy' there
can't be par.
Woman is al the been of tone from birth to
manhood; and in it, from manhood to the
grave. _ . .
fir Prejudice is opinion without judgment,
or judgment pronounced before testimony id
heard,
IS" What men want ia, not talent, it is par.
pose; In other words, not the power to achieve,
but the will to labor.
WI-Joseph Bailey, locofueo of Perry Coun•
ty, has been elected Stale Treasurer, by hid
party vote in the Legislature.
It has been very beautifully said, that
"the veil which covers the face of Futurity is
woven by the hand of Mercy."
In ten counties of Pennsylvania there
are 263 Iron works, and over 1 T,000,000 of fix•
ed capital employed in the manufacture.
Cr Geo. Stroop, editor of the Periy Pemo•
Crai, 11141 at the time, one of the Associate
Judges of Perry County, died at Bloomfield, on
the 12th inst.
(Er lion. .T. J. Crittenden has been again
returned to the U. S. Seutate, by the Legisla
ture of Kentucky. This is glorious news to the
Whigs of the Union.
Cr llon, Emory Washburn . (Whig) has
been elected Governor of the State of Massa
chusetts, by the Legislature. W. C. Plunkett
(Whig) Lieut. Governor.
Ne... lion. Willie P. Mangum, Into U. S. Sen
ator from North Carolina, has been recommen
ded as the Whig Candidate for Governor of
that State.
Gen. Geo. Cadwallader—o correspondent of
the Washington County Commonwealth strong
ly urges the nomination of. Gen. Cadwallader
as the Whig Candidate for Governor.
IVA. Our Baptist friends in this borough
commenced a Series of meetings, on lost Satur•
day and continued them over Sabbath. They
have a handsome little church here, and is wo
believe well attended.
Fr A golden rule for a young lady is, to
converse always with your female friends as if
a gentleman were of the party; and with young
men, ns if your female companions were pros•
Pt I relo(Re of Muiral Vernon—the New York
Assembly has unanimously passed a resolution
requesting the Senators and Representatives
in Congress limn that State to vote for the pur
chase of Mount Vernon.
re.• The Boston Post says: "There are thir
teen thousand marriageable girls now in the
factories of Lowell." It is pleasant to know,
that is this world of misery, that there are thir•
teen thousand mess yet to be happy.
Viir Gem Cass's speech in the Senate, on
the Clayton and Bulwer treaty, is considered
unfair; and open to severe criticises. in reply
to a question by Mr. Clayton, be admitted that
Lord Clarendon's letter does concede that the
treaty excludes Great Brittain from the pretec•
torate. This concedes the whole question.
Stir Soule, our Minister to the Court of
Spain, a. short time since, fought a duel with
Turgot, the French Minister. Young Soule.%
son of the Minister, fought one toil h the Duke
of Alba, about the same time. Must be a fight
ing family.
Fur Lim Journal.
Mr. Enrront—Two communications lately
appeared in the Journal signed "An Old Far
mer," the objcet. of which it appears is to provtr
that our Colleges, Academies, and Seminaries,
are useless; and that .•Young Atnerica" instead
of making progress is really on the retrograde.
Permit me to notice briefly some of the views
expressed by your correspondent. He disap
proves of the innovations which have been
made en old customs and habits!. Doubtless
the evils he millions exist to some extent, but
he makes a great mistake in attributing them
to the progress of education, for those improp
er customs and fashions which he deprecates
are as prevalent among the illiterate part of
the community ns among the intelligent. The
young gentleman who has only an imperfect
knowledge of the elementary branches of eau•
cation can wear a high shirt collar, smoke 1
' "three center," and spend time in idleness
equal to a collge graduate; and the farmer's
daughter who can scarcely write her own name
is just as reedy to wear her bonnet on her
shoulder. instead of her head, or adopt any
other fotAish fashion, as is the young lady who
has been educated at a boarding school. Those
higher branches, toswhielt he objects, have no
tendency to snake young men indolent, or
adopt a profession unsuited to their capacities:
on the contrary, they discipline and expand
their minds and qualify them for discharging
the important duties which devolve upon them
as citizens of a nation, in which the people
make the laws and the highest offices of res
ponsibility, and trust open to all ranks of soci
ety. Without entering 4nto an extended argu
ment to prove their practical influence, I will
merely state that Algebra and Geometry are of
great use to machinists and architects, and
Philosophy by explaining the laws which gov
ern the elements that surround us, must be of•
practical utility to men of all occupations. I
think it is a well demonstrated fact that some
of our young farmers by the aid of Chemistry
in understanding the nature of the soil and in
the application of manures have raised twenty,
thirty, and forty bushels of grain to the acre,
and have become wealthy on land which their
fathers did not raise ten bushels to the ocre,.
and barely obtained a subsistence. Probably
Ihe will call this living by their wits. His oft ,
jecting to farmers sending their children front.
home to be educated is very inconsistent, for
why have our farmers sent their children to
these Academies? Simply because in nearly
all our school districts are to be found just such
men no this "Old Farmer," • who are steadily
opposing the progress of common school ed.
cation. They are continually grumbling about
their taxes. That old story is ever on their .
lips. "We have made a living withoub odhea
tion and our children can do the same." They
aro always willing to employ an incompetent
teacher at low wages in preference to one who
is competent to teach at a liberal compensation.
Hence many of our farmers seeing that their
children must grow up in ignorance, if they re
mained at home, have at considerable expense
educated them at Academies. To compel mon
to educate their children in this way and then
ridicule them for so doing, is adding inaull
injury. How would the policy recommended
by your correspondent . effect us as a nation?—
Strike down our Academies and - Colleges, con
fine the grade of instruction in our common
schools to the elementary branches—let the.
great object of our ambition be the acquisition
of wealth, and who does not foresee that in a
short time we would become the prey of design
ing poliliciaaa, nod that soon, like Spain and
Mexico, we would rank as a weak and
imhc
elle nation. Who would not rather see our no
hie institutions of learning go on spreading
light and knowledge over the lend, and our
common schools progressing until a good eau
cation will be the eommon birthright of the
children of free and happy A meriea ?
CUR