THE SPY & REGISTER. SATURDAY MORNING, Sept. 16, 1848 AGENCIES. V. B. PAL ara is duly authorized to receive subscrip tions and advertisements for thin paper, in the ernes of Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, and Bolton, and receipt therefor. P. V. Cats, Philadelphia. Jacoll .111: WESTIIASSVER, Lancaster eny. Wu -LLCM A. Paincs, Twinelling Agent. Gsosteta PstArr, No. Bit, Nassau Sweet, New York. tAlwass Tirousote, R. Cower of Baltimore and South streets, Baltimore, irr If any of our subscribers, in town, should not be served regularly with the "Spy," by our new carrier, they will please call at the office. SENATE. The members ofthe "Columbia Senate," and all persons wishing to become members are requested to meet in the second story of the Town MIL on Monday evening next, September 18th. MANY MEMBERS. Tim CAMPAIGN OPENED IN COLUMBIA.—We ha d thought that the elections this fall would pass off quietly in these parts, but from present appearances it would seem as though we were to have our full share of excitement. Oa 'Wednesday evening last the Whigs of our borough, and a delegation from Wrightsville, had a meeting in the Market Mime, which was the first with any show of enthusiasm in the present cam paign. The announcement that Thaddeus Stevens, Esq., was to address the meeting, drew quite a largo and respectable audience. Whigs, Democarts, Free Soilera, and a goodly number of the fair sex of our /borough were in attendence. After the organiza tion or the meeting, Mr. Stevens was introduced, hilt owing to a EMIT cold arid hoarseness was un able to speak over a few minutes, when he intro duced N. Ellmaker, Esq., of Lancaster, who ad dressed the meeting at some length on the Tarif and Slavery questions; which appear to be the principal questions in the present Presidential con test. After Mr. Ellmaker took his neat, the lion. James Cooper, the present Attorney General of the State, was introduced and addressed the meeting in his usual good humored and happy style. Mr. Dickey, of Lancaster, was called out, but declined making a set speech, and the meeting ad journed. =EI THE AUIIURNIAN.-A beautiful little sheet, with the abovejitle, and the motto riches from little toe-corns grow," or something of that kind ; edited and published by Andrew Shuman, has reached us, It is as pretty as it is little—and we wish it a rapid increase of growth: •••.e!,,,,, Gomay's Lanv's Boot: for October is received. It contains 72 pages of reading matter, which is as much as is contained in an ordinary sized novel, and 24 pages more than any other magazine-35 contributors and 2.5 engravings. Tux Yount's Cneincr,elegant, useful and cheap is received. D. A. Woodworth, New York, 31 Foor copies for $3 CARCO OF ORCOANS.—The ship Finland, from Liverpool, which arrived at New York on Friday, bad on 'hoard thirty.fivc orphan children, entirely destitute of means ! They were placed on board by mato persons unknown. ===l SAD Dermuocncs.—Lcticrs have been received by the steamer Hibernia, announcing the death of Mr. Y. H. Weed, of Boston, at Singapore, and of Lieut.. Dale, of N. York, rat ached to the Dead Sea expedition.. TEMPEIIANCE.—There are now eighty divisions of the Sons of Temperance in Georgia. Last On. tuber there were but seventeen. Several thousand new members have been added to the organization in that State. =I liVivrwnaci, Ho !—The Green Bay Advocate says:—Every steamer that mislies our wharves brings crowds in search of a home and lends, and every stage is crowded with passengers in search o some kind of a place for the transaction of business. S%oKE.—It hag been ascertained that the an• nual cost to the British Government, by firing salutes, is £.18,2.50, or nearly fifty dollars per day. =II ID"A letter from Berlin asserts that the Bank of England has offered to the Pruesian Government a loan of $10,000,000 (.C1,500,000 sterling) at the rate of 5 per cent, but which has been declined. 11-4 l'ho Copper Ore from Cliff Mine, Lake Supe rior, is being smelted at Pittsburg, Pa. It yield , from eighty to ninety per cent pure copper, in eddi lion to a small quantity of silver. I= rrnie new naanufacturing city of Manchester, N. IL, has now a population of 13,000, whore only twelve years ago there were hut two houses. D - Vi German thcart re is being erected in Cincin nati. The German population in that city is up wards of 20,000. .✓'The Florida Everglades arc about to be drain ed, so ns to bring one million of acres of fine land into nultivrition. II?Tho New Orleans Bulletin gives a flattering account of the prospects of the Cotton crop in Louisiana. The corn harvest is also said to be very abundant. rrThe New York Ikard of Health, undcr date of Saturday noon, reports three new eases of yel low fever at Staten Island, and three deaths. =az= ErNeither of the present candidates for Geyer. nor intends to give up his present office in hope of a batter 11:TOue hundred and thirty-four deaths occurred in Philadelphia last week. Of consumption 1.5; cholera infantnm 16, dec. Adults 50—children 84. 113*General Caleb Cashing is the Democratic candidate for Governor in MaiistirlinveUx. It would be amusing, if it were not dangerous, to witness the Northern and Southern aspects of the great political stars—suns, their votaries would call them—which are at present shedding their light upon this benighted people. As in the physical world, so in the politica I, the medium through which the rays are seen, Modify, wonderfully modify the light which reaches us. Indeed, not to speak ir reverently, their radiance is so refracted, so reflect ed, so every way distorted, that it is rather darkness than light—or ignisfatuus-like, a gleam "That leads to bewilder, and dazzles to We have before us Southern and Northern \Vhig and Democratic newspapers, from which we glean the following facts :—That Gen. Taylor is a friend and an opponent, besides being perfectlyindifferent, to every measure upon which the North and South are divided ; and That Gen. Casa is directly opposed to Gen. Tay lor in every thing; while Martin Van Buren is tri-angularly antipodeal to both. These are facts of absorbing interest to the friends of the different candidates ; and may of course be depended up, as we have them in print. From several sources, we clip the following items, in support of what we have written; and we in all seriousness inquire, What shall we be lieve ; what reject—or must we, lemonade fashion, average it? Fruin a call for a Taylor and Fillmore alerting at Carlisle: • Let every friend of good government—every friend of Peace, and opponent of schemes of Con. quest—every advocate of Free Soil and American Indnstry—every opponent of the One Man Vcto Power—every one who desires to sec the policy of the earlier Presidents restored, and the government brought back to old-fashioned republican simpli city—let all come to this glorious gathering!" From the Southern Ti ibune, published near the residence of Gen. Taylor.: "Millard Fillmore has distinctly disavowed the slightest wish or desire to interfere with the qucs. lion of Slavery in the United States. " Keep it also before the people, Thal Lewis Cass proclaimed in his place in the Senate, that he would have voted for the Wilmot Proviso, had it been brought forward during the session of 1816. " Keep it before the people, That the Democratic papers dare not inform their readers that Milliard Fillmore voted in favor of the first of the Atherton resolutions, which declares that Congress has no jurisdiction over the question of Slavery in the United States. Keep it also before the people, That Gen. Cass has proclaimed the monstrous opinion that the question of Slavery in the newly acquired Cerrito• ry must besettled by the people thereof; thus giv. ing to the Indians, Mestizoes, and Zamboes, and other colored inhabitants of such territory the right I and power to exclude citizens of the South from establishing themselves with their property on the soil." EUE = ..e......_.__ ZEG= Light Wanted. From the Lancaster Examiner and MI odd : Gen. Cass himself says :—" The Wilmot Provi so will not pass the Senate. It would be death to the \Vat—death to all hopes of getting an acre of territory—death to the administration, and death to the Democratic party." From the Louisville Democrat : tt Van Buren is satisfied with the purity and ex• cellence of the Buffaloes—talks of the encroach ments of the South, and goes strong for free dirt. He will not veto a bill abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia now, as he promised to do once, if it should pass Congress. He bad retired forever from public life, with a resolution to stay there unalterable—like General Taylor's resolutions. Now tic does not come forward himself—not he ; his friends have literally dragged him out, and out he'll stay. If elected lie will deport himself like a good boy—stick to the constitution like General Taylor, no doubt. The IVhig party now have two candidates, both great men in their way; and their supporters are men of the most shocking purity we ever did hear of. From the -N, Y. Evening Post : THE DRAMA.—AcT IsT. SCENE IsT. Place, United States.—Time, 1848.—Audience, the people of the United States. FREELIOI/ Vs. SLAVERY. Martin Van Buret - 1.-1 am in favor of prohibit. ing by law, the introduction of slavery into tcrrito. ry now tree. Lewis Cass.—l will veto any law prohibiting slavery in territories now free. Gen. Taylor.—l says nothing on that subject. I keeps mum. The Yankees guess I'm for freedom. The slave.holders reckon I'm for slavery; but as I have myself only 300 slaves, I let them reckon and guess." But we might fill the Spy with contradictory re. porta, from papers advocating the same candi. dates, in different sections. Would that some pa. per with a circulation like that of the Ledger, would take up and expose these shameful tricks of the demagogue vote.seekers ; and would that some man whom the whole people should know, would offer himself as a candidate. Tthen would a vote like that which elected our Washington, tell to the knaves and libellers who rule and direct the politi. cal manoeuvres of this counyry, that the people aro always right—always to be trusted." In one of the rooms of the Smithsonian Inati lute is to be erected the philosophical machinery presented to the Institution by Dr. Hare, of Phila delphia, and worth 8.15,000. The chemical lecture room, above has a groined ceiling, is heavily rib bed, and with foliage at the intersections of the ribs. The cloister has pillars, heavily capped with every variety of foliage. The window glass, in the shape of the diamond, fine crown, was imported from England. The inner doors are of Georgia pine, varnished ; the outer arc bronzefi, ornament. ed with Norman hinges and shields. The west wing, which is nearly completed, is highly orna mented, bat of a heavier and more substantial struc ture than the east. The most distinguished fea tura Is the aspic, a semicircular projection, with vaulted roof and pillars. Faom FORT Cumns.—The St. Louis Republican of the Ist inst., publishes the following news from the upper Missouri :—From Fort Childs, on the Upper Missouri, we have information to within a few dap. The battalion of troops there were in good health, although the small pox had prevailed among them to a limited extent. Of five cases, one was fatal—William Turner, of "Company E," bar. ing died from this cause. The storehouses and officers' quarters were nearly completed, but as the troops were anxiously expecting their discharge from the army, they had almost ceased to labor upon the works. Captain Van Vlict, U. S. Quar termaster, was making every exertgin to have the buildings completed at an early day. The location i s sa id not to be a very favorable one. Address of Col. Confer at the Reception of Lient. Cochran and hits Men. I am honored by your fellow citizens, brave vol. unteers, with the pleasing duty of welcoming you to your homes again, from the fields on which you have covered yourselves with so much glory and imperishable renown—have done so much honor to the good old State of Pennsylvania, and to your country. We witnessed your departure from among us, for the scat of Air; and many a sin cere and ardent wish was expressed, many a heart felt prayer was offered up, that the " God of Bat tles" would watch over and protect you :---and while we in all sincerity lament—deeply lament— the loss of those of your brave companions in arms, who perished on the field of battle, we may rejoice to know that they were not found wanting —that they proved themselves " good men and true," and that they fell battling fur the sake and in honor of their country. It may not be in our power to mark the spot on which they fell, nor erect monuments of marble to perpetuate their memories, but their names are deeply engraven up on our hearts, and will adorn the brightest pages of their nation's history. Your disinterested patri otism—the privations you have endured—the toils and hardships you have undergone, cannot but awaken ''within our breasts the liveliest sense of gratitude and profound admiration ; and the reports of the glorious battles in which you were engaged, will be to Pennsylvania, to our gallant little bor. 'ought, our own Columbia, a source of the highest and most enduring pride. I may allude at this time to one of those heroic spirits who was among the first to lay down his life in the contest—en old friend and' school mate. We all knew and loved our friend—the lamented and heroic Cochran, who is no more. Ile was noble, he was brave, he was generous, he was the very Roelof chivalry, and honor. We deplore his premature death : we con. dole and sympathize with his relations: and we will remember and endeavor to emulate his virtues. The monument within view—that massive column which surmounts his grave, tells sileutly and im pressively, the passers-by of his memorable death, at. the bead of his gallant command and against vindictive and overpowering numbers, on the blood stained field of Reseca de la Patina. While we grieve his loss, we have reason to rejoice that he died so nobly: and also that he has found so worthy a successor in his stalwart brother, who more fortunate, though not less daring, is now with us and amongst us. With no less feelings of pride can we speak of that Waterloo defeat, Baena Vista, in which Co. lumbia was so nobly represented by one of her gal. lant sons, now with us, and who exhibits evidence of not having left that glorious field without wounds and scars—honorable scars. As near and familiar to us arc the cities and towns and mountains and forts from the port ' , of Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico, as those of our own free land. Who can forget the bombardment of Vera Cruz— the rapid and successful passage of the National Bridge—the storming, of the heights of Cerro Gordo, and the triumphant entrance of the magnificent city of Puebla !—Contreras, Choral:lose°, and El Moliuodel Rey! the sealing of the walls of the once int. pregnatlo Chapultepec, and the breaking the gates of San Cosine—and last, the battle of Mexico. Under our republican form of government, every man in the cause of his country, feels an equal responsibility. To the private soldier, then, are we under as many obligations, and do we feel as deeply indebted, as to the field General. If they plan, it is the private who carries the plan into ex ecution. The war with Mexico has fairly tested the Volunteer system—the reselt of which has been to increase eßefidence at home, and command awe and respect abroad. It has carried terror to the hearts of Emperors, Kings, and Princes, and we may rely upon it, they will be wary before they will quarrel with us. The heroes of the Revolution received their re. ward: and you, too, will receive yours, if not in some substantial manner, at least in the good opin ion of your friends, year neighbors and your coun try. " Glory is the reward of such patriotism as you have displayed : and those who deserve it—as you most eminently do—acorn all meaner views." The real price of your services is immortality : and posterity will pay it." Allow me again to bid you welcome, a hearty welcome—to tender you the hospitalities of this, your native town ; and after this meeting shall have dispersed—tell, if your well known modesty will permit—to your friends, the story of your suf ferings—of the scenes of joy and sorrow through which you have passed—of the thoughts of home which you experienced while far away: and let the eyes of beauty and loveliness shine a heartier wel come than words will enable me to express. Lieut, Cochran's Reply. Friends and Fellow-townsmen : --How much gratification it gives me to meet you once again, I have not language to 'express. With me, on this occasion, you perceive the remnant of the gal lant band of soldiers who, some eighteen months ago, left their homes to fight the battles of their country far away in the sunny South against a strange people and in an inhospitable climate. They arc men of very few words; but they are men of deeds, and what they do they do, and do it well.—They have desired me to express in a few sentences the deep sense of gratitude which they will ever entertain for the manner in which they have been received at their homes, by those who know them best and who seem, by this demonstra tion, to have appreciated their services. If there is anything to repay us for our toils and sufferings, it is such a reception as the warm hearts and kind spirits of the people of this beautiful town have this day given us. We have come home, worn and wearied by the fatigues of the most extraordinary campaign which the page of history records; but we come home feeling that we have been fortunate participants in it, and that, from the manner in which you have received us, that we must have done our whole duty—for who but the people can best judge of that fact? Bdrwe are not all here who went away—the bullets of the enemy and the diseases incident to the climate of Mexico, and which almost decimated the army, have fearfully thinned our ranks, and some of the best of our lit. tle band are now sleeping the " sleep which knows i no waking" in the "land of sun and flowers," I thousands of miles from those whom they loved eel well. The bones of hundreds and thousands of 1 ' our gallant American soldiers are bleaching on the sandy shores of Vera. Cruz—are whitening the hill tops of Cerro Gordo, and are scattered broad. cast throughout the valley of Mexico and along the national Road; and on the other line—the north ern line of invasion—the dead are also there. The battlefield and the hospital have made fearful havoc among the brave and gallant spirits who rushed to the standard of their country, when she called. Those who have died on the red battle. ground, amid the roar of artillery—the rattle of the musketry, and the cheer of victory, are as im mortal as history can make their honored names; but, oh ! those who died of disease—in the loath. some hospitals—of untold sufferings—have no monuments of glory erected to their names. When they were scorched with fever or racked with pain, no kind mother, devoted sister, affect ionate father, or attentive brother had they to smooth their pathway. to the grave. They died in the arms of their brother soldiers, who—a baud of brothers as we were—took all care of them. I have seen such attentions to the wants of their sick brethren by the bravo soldiers, and such friend. ships formed, as must have made the very angels rejoice. Those who died of sickness in that far ce land deserve to boVansed with those who died on the battle field, or who have once more come to their homes. "They did not full in eager strife Upon a well.fought field— Not from the red wound poured their life, Where cowering focmon yield. The Arch-angels' pall was slowly cast Above each pallid brow, Dot firm and steadfast to the last, They sleep securely now." Nearly one year ago we entered the ancient city of the Aztecs. On the naorningof the 14th ofSeptem. her, scarcely six thousand of us took from the boast. ing Mexicans their beautiful city, and marched in to their main Plaza. In the language of the brave old General who accomplished the work—the chi valrous Scott—: "Thank God for the victory and glory to that gallant little army." Such an army, —old regulars, new regulars, and volunteers—al low me to say, the world never saw. A braver set of men never aboulderd arms, I verily believe, and, take them as they were (some bad spirits among them, of course,) the world " never will look upon their like again." Through the fields and forts of Contreras, Churubusco, Moline del Rey, Chapofte pee, and the gates of San Cosme, and St. Belin, we fought our way to the City, and to an honora ble peace. But all who went to that war helped to conquer the city. The glory does not belong solely to us, who were in the battles of the basin of Mex ico. They commenced, who fought at Palo Alto, to take the city ; and Monterey, and Buena Vista, and Cerro Gordo, and all the rent, paved the way for us to the "Halls of the Montezuma s." We were fortunate who were at the "heel of the hunt," and who. were in at the death," but yet all who went to that sunny land, in the far-off South, de serve to be considered as the second conquerors of Mexico. The dead, also, are among those conquer. ors, and although the green chappural waves above their heads, and the wild flowers perfume the at. mosphere, and the gay birds sing their matin and their noonday songs, and warble their vesper roundelays above their much regretted graves, the world will honor them as heroes and the pages of history gain lustre from their glorious names. I have nothing more to add. It will afford me pleasure to converse with you all on this most fruitful theme, and we shall—and we all will— be ever ready to do an, Allow me to assure you, sir, that the beautiful language with which you have greeted us has sunk deep in our heart; and that with the gratitude we feel for all the kindness of our friends you will ever be associated. == BROOKLYN IN Runvs.—Brooklyn has been visited by a terrible fire which has laid in ruins the oldest and most contra! part of the city. The space burnt covers an area of some fifteen acres, upon which stood over two hundeed dwellings and stores. The fire, which was occasioned by the explosion of a spirit lamp, broke out about eleven o'clock on Saturday night, in a store near the junction of Hen ry and Fulton streets. There being little or no water at hand, the flames swept South and East, crossing 111iddah„ Cranberry and Orange streets, on both sides of Henry, and burning out eight squares to Washington street, leaving a block of eight houses on the corner of Pineapple and Henry, and a portion of the houses petween Orange and Sands streets on the East, so that there was no staying theall devouring clement till it had reached the wider streets of Pineapple and Washington, which mark its blackened boun daries. The flames raged with the greatest fury until 8 o'clock on Snnday morning, when they were finally extinguished by blowing up several houses on Concord street. Among the most valuable buildings are three churches, Universalist. corner of Fulton and Pine apple streets, Mr. Thayer, pastor; the Baptist church, corner of Nassau and Liberty, and the Methodist E. Church, in Sands street, the oldest Methodist church in Brooklyn, of which nothing but the bare walls remain. The value of property destroyed is variously es timated at from one to two millions of dollars. The crowd on the Fulton Ferry Bridge • was so great that it gave way, and many were precipitated into the warer. One fireman was drowned, and others were severely injured. Edward Crowley, of Company M, was run over and instantly killed. The Post Once with part of Saturday's mail, was destroyed. A Mr. Kirley and a child were killed by a wall falling upon them. Anotheo child had his legs awfully crushed by an engine running over them. Tug Parrrtcroa. Ummuct.t.s.—The novelty of the "protector" consists chiefly in the adoption of a screw handle, which when removed from the stick literally locks up the umbrella and renders it use. less. The principle of appropriation hitherto so liberally indulged is thus entirely prevented, for all that the real owner has to do to secure his proper ty is to pocket the small handle. The invention is one of unusual interest. GLOOM' Pfunrseza.—A letter in the Washing- I tonginion, dated London, Ailing 18th, and said to be from a gentleman who is a close observer, has the following gloomy forebodings:—" The spirit of discontent and rebellion is wide-spread and deep: yet confined, I think, to the lowest class of the pop ulation. In Ireland, law and order still rule—but with martial hands. All parties agree that some thing is wanting; and Parliament is about ballad journ &session remarkable for having done nothing, when more was demanded of it than the oldest remember among preceding sessions for fifty years. \I have no doubt the demonstrations of the rabble hold the middle classes in check, otherwise there would be different results. The immediate future looks dark and threatening. Serious distress exists all over the land. The potato blight is again an. nounced ; great solicitude is felt for the grain crop, as we have had thirty days' rain. The cholera is approaching with firm and rapid strides, and is ex pected before winter. All these facts paralyze speculation, and intimidate merchants and manu facturcrs, and winter is but three months off:" =1: FIRE IN POTTSVILLE.—The most destructive fire that ever visited this flourishing town, occurred on the night and morning of the 10th and 11th inst. Thilocality comprises the neighborhood of Rail Road and Centre streets, Ca/lowhi.l/ and Market streets, and the loss estimated at 8100,000. The sufferers are: Daniel Aurange,Geo. Mason, Pat rick Fogarty, Patrick Curry, Thomas Howard, Fox & Brother, F. Fpting, W. 11.11111, Foster & Daley, Joseph Weaver, T. Pollock, Mr. Mill, F. W. Nagle, Mr. Leib, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Hotfinan, Thom as Foster, Glenn & Stine, and numerous small frames. It is supposed to be Ike work of an incen diary. WALL Srrurer.—A writer in the tribune is ser ving up " New York in slices." Among his de. scriptions is one of Wall street, the great money centre of the Union, the appearance of which, after three o'clock, he thus describes:—"But hark The clock strikes three. As if by magic, the bus. tle and confusion which but now ran through the street, ceases, arid the whole neighborhood rapidly subsides into the calm of Sabbath. Stillness re-as. sorts her empire. Wall street is locked up and gone home for the day. The omnibuses in Broad way expand with their double fares—many even mount the step, preferring the chance of being thrown off, or rubbed oiragainst a cab, or splashed deplorably :and the whole living scene disa ppears— leaving nothing but the gray stone walls and ir. regular pavements, and innumerable tin signs, of all that which was so lately noisy and lively Wa!l street." Horton vo AN AMERLCXN AUTHOIL.—We under. stand, says the New York Couricr, the Prussian Minister nt Washington, Baron GEROLT, ban lately received from the King of Prussia the g oad me. dal of science," which he has by command of the King forwarded to Mr. Downing, of Newburgh, the well known Itortietilttirot writer, as a mark of the estimation in which his works on Pomology, Landscape Gardening and Architecture are held in Germany. Mr. Downing's work on Fruit Trees has reached the ninth edition in this coun try, and is about to be translated and republished in Germany. His work on Landscape Gardening had lately been pronounced by Professor Lindley, of London, superior on the whole to ony European treatise on the subject,-on admission front an Err glish critic of high reputation not a little gratifih ing to American taste. = THE GRAPH IN TEICAB.--The Lavaca Herald mentions that Captain Hutch engrafted a species of the "English grape" on a vigorous vine of the Mustang kind, and such was the life and vigor in. fused into the young graft. by the parent stem, that in the course of une season it entirely covered a large oak tree, around whose trunk the wild vile had been accustomed to cling for support. The young vine bore the first season, remarks the Her ald, at the lowest calculation, 600 bunches of grapes. IL= NEW SPARK ARRESTER,—Mr. James Cunning• ham, of Cannontiburg, Penn., has lately secured a patent for a very novel mode of destroying and arresting sparks that issue from the smoke pipes of locomotives and steamboats or other engines. The sparks are forced through a perpetual shower in a perforated spray trough, by a double fan or blower. The water is supplied by a cistern to a revolving bucket operated by a wheel. INTERRSTING FACTS.-A bell rung under the wit. ter returns a tone as distinct as Wrung in the air. Stop one car with the finger. and press the other to the end of a long slick ur piece of deal wood, and if a watch be hcid at the other end of the wood, ticking will be heard, be the wood or stick ever so long. Tic a poker on the middle of a strip of flannel two or three feet long, and press your thumbs or fingers into your ears, while you swing the poker against an iron fender, and you will hear a sound like that of a heavy church bell, These experiments prove that water, wood and flannel are good conductors of Round, for the bound of the bell, the watch, awl the fender pass through the water, and along the deal, end flannel to the car. It must be observed, that a body in the act of sounding is in a state of vibration, which it coin. municates to the surrounding air—the undula tion■ of the sound affect the car, and excite in us the sense of sound. Sound of all kinds, it is as certained, travels at the rate of 1.5 miles in a. minute; the softest whisper travels as fast as the most tremenduous thunder. The knowledge of this fact has been applied to the measurement of dials noes. Suppose a ship in distress fire a gun, the light of which is seen on shore, or by another vessel, 20 seconds before a report is heard, it is known to be at a distance of twenty times 1142 feet, or Mae more than four and a half miles. Again if I see a vivid flash of ligbining. and in two seconds hear a tremenduoas clap of thunder. I know that the thunder cloud is not more than 760 yards from the place where I ani.. and I should in. stantly retire from an exposed situation. General Scott publishes an order, in which he assumes command of the Eastern Divisioit of the Army, lately assigned to him by General Orders Nu. 49. His Head Quarters will be at New York. General Gaines is assigned to the command of De partments Nos. 3 and 4, Head Quarters, Baltimore; and General Wool to command of Departments 1 and 2, Head garters, Albany. ACQUITTAL. Or L01:118A BRIZOND.—The trial of this woman for murdering Pierre D. Dremottd, at his business office in Nassau street, in July, restated in her acquittal last night. Little additional eat. dance to that published at the time of the murder was given.—The Court seems to have charged fa vorably to the prisoner, who, it was proved was married to the deceased, letters addressed by him to her in that character, and the marriage certificate, being produced in Court—N. Y. Coln. Ado. 41:1)e Markets. Retail Lumber Target. COLUMBIA, Friday 5ept.:15,1848. In feria Cull Boards and Grub Plank, 8 8 00 Culling .. 11 00 2d Common " • 16 00 let Common " 22 00 Pannell iS 30 00 Hemlock " Scantling, 9 00 Pine Scantling, from 14 to 18 00 Plaster Lath, 2to 225 Shingles, ' - gtol4 GO Columbia Retail Provision ildarbet. Flour, $5 00 a 5 50 Wheel,l 10 a 1 20 Rye, 66 a 69 Corn, 44 a 46 Oats, 28 a 31 Hams, 8 a 10 Dried Beef, . 121 a 14 Butter, 15 a 184 Eggs, 10 a 121 Potatoes, 35 a 37 Beef, G a 8 Veal, 5 a •64 PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 15, 1848 Flour—ss 75 a 5 87 for good old stock Pcnna end Western, and $6 00 for good fresh ground; Rye !lour $3 87h a 4 00 ; Corn meal $2 75 a 2 87h. Groin—Wheat $1 20 a 1 23 for good Penn; Rye 70 a 71 for Penn ; Corn 68 a 70 fur yellow Penn. Iron—Penns Pigs 23 a 27 per ton for Anthracite, and $25 a3O for Forge and Foundry Metal. Bar ?ran ranges from $7O to 75, and Blooms $55 to 70. Lumber—The supplies are increasing. Cargo sales of Yellow Pine Boards at $l5 a 16 per M.; Susquehanna ,$ll a 15; Hemlock Joists, $7 a 7 all Scantling $7 a 8. Laths—Are in fair demand, with sales of 150,- 000 Eastern at $1 20 a 1 25 par hI. - BALTIMORE Sept. 15,1848 The floor market at the close was firm, after an active demand at easier rates; sales at $5 50. Sales of white wheat at $1 16 a 1 19, and red wheat $1 10 a 1 12; oats 33 a 35. Prrresuia, Sept. 35,1848 The flour market is firm, with good Eastern and home demand. Sales at $4 62} a 4 75. Wheat commands 75 to 80 cents; yellow corn 31; oats 19c. Rye is lower, and barley is heavy and inactive. DAD DREATII, a disagreeable taste in the mouth and many other unpleasant symptoms, ate always the result of indigestion. When the food, instead of being properly dissolved, remains In the stomach until It be comes inn manner petrified, a deleterious fluid, called Septic Acid, is generated In the stomach% which, mixing with the tluld of the mouth, is certain nor only to giveht lia.ll breath, but Is also the trite cause oP wasting of the gums, a deposit of tartar, and decayed teeth. Wright's Indian Vegetable Pine nor only cleanse the stomach and bowelstif all bilious and putrid humors, and panty the blood, but they also restore• the digestive or gans to a healthy toile; and are thereltire certain to rev. move a bad breath, and prevent a premature decay of the teeth. BEWARE OF COCNTRIIFIEITS A:CD Imr:Axmxs.--Ilemeni her. that the original and cruPy genuine Indian 'Vegetable Pills have the written signature of WILLIAM WRIGHT on the top label of each box. 117 - The gezetune fur sale by PRY & SPANGLER, who are the only ainhothed Agents for Col bin. Also, by agents nilvestised iu another column. Principal Office, lila, Race Street, Philadelphia. .—Mr. Seth - W. Porde,— A Voice from Vermont Dear Sir r—l hereby oertify that one year ago lain June, I was violently attacked with a cold and cough, with a lame side and staunch, and was not free from a cough during that sunnier, In December following my cough Increased tone alarming extent.sn that during that w in ler 1 lest about thirty-five pouralsof flesh, and physicians With wham I advised, could give me too relief. It was thought by all that I should never recover. As my good (brume would hare it, in March following, after suffer ing exceedingly through the winter. I heard of the bene ficial elff.cts of Winter's Unlearn of Wild Cherry, by way of a friend who bad received the greatest benefit by the min of the article, arid was induced by Ylm to make n trial of it myself, and no words cart express my obliga tions to that friend far thus recommending this snide to hie , ari d at th e critical moment, he did, for I had not LE ken but one bottle , before I was completely cured, and from !hat day to this have not been troubled w ith a cough. I can cheerfully recommend it to all.as being a remedy of great value, hoping ethers may be induced to try It, and thin become convinced of its merits, and perhaps saved front the fatal grasp of consumption. FREEMAN NOYER. renahr like, Orange Go., Vt.. Not. 25, 1845. For sale by SI Vll W. FOWLS, General Agent, 1.38, Washington Street. Boston; Ash?, Fot sale by R. WmuAtts, Front Street Columbia, Pa Dr. Swaynes Coatroinn. SYRUP OP WILD CHERRY AN IMPORTANT LETTER Read the following letter from Wm. Shaw, a respecta ble Druggist in Wilmington, N. C., a gentleman of un doubted veracity, itt whose word the moat implicit confi dence may he placed, another proof of the superiority of Dn. SWAYYE'H CDMPOUND SIRUP OF WILD CHERRY. in curing Coughs. Colds, Commatertos. Asthma, Bronchitis, Liver Complaint, Spitting Blood, and all diseases of the Lungs and Breast. Wzmnxirrox, N. C., Jan. 5, 1846. DR. SWAYNE—DEAR Sin:—You will please send me twelve dozen, or more, as you see fit, of your Sync,. or WILD Camay. From sides to-day. I have but a half do zen on band ; the safes are rapidly increasing and will, I have no doubt, continue to do so. An acquaintance of mine called a few days ago to say he would give me a certificate of its good effects. Ile is from the country, and a ininister in the Methodist Church. Shortly after obtaining the agency, I prevailed upon him to try n bottle though 1 doubted whether any benefit would be derived. for he, as well as myself, thought his ease was confirmed l'7.olisuiiiption; in fact every symptom was indicative.— Shortly after, he wrote to me to send him four or five bot tles more. De came to town last week. I will quote his own language: " Sir," said lie, "1 ant a new man, and I consider it n duty I owe to the public, to tell what Dr. Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry bus done for me." I will publish his certificate. and as he as generally known rill over nor unction, I expect good results from it. With every feeling of respect, yours truly. WM. MAW. Letters such as the above are tinily received from all pans of the country, but we publish this as one of the many proofs of its efficacy. 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