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TO THE DEMocRATIc PARTY OF
PENNNYLYANIA.

FELLow CiTIzESs; Certain members o
the State Central Committee having met a
the Merchants Hotel in the City of Philadel
phia, on the evening of the both of Decem
Der, 1850, and, by their resolve, attempted
to charge the place and time for aholdine
the Judicial Convention, from the Borough
of Harrisburg on the second Wednesday o.
June next, TO thS d. eyading, on the
eixth Of June nexs, fdeem Il my duty to ex
press % you my CONVICTION, that this meeting
was informally called together, and that its
action is wholly void
Of the motive for this open departure from
established usage, disorganizing in its ten
dency, hazardous in its co nsequences, and
calculated to lead 10 impulations against the
prudence and forecast of those participating
in the movement, it is not my place now TO
speak prefer rather, that those who were
active in the call should satisfy you tina,
they were governed, in their course, by de-
votion 10 your interests, and not by a meek
subserviency TO ambitious men.
Whilst the regulur me slins ofthe Commit
ee on the goth of November last, came TO-
gether in pursuance of cali explicit as TO
its object, the call for the irregular meeting
of the sOth of December, concealed its pur-
pose. If the question OF separate conven-
tion and the time andpiace Of its meeting
be of any importance. 10 the Democratic par
Awhy vas the ohiAsrf 6 A. -:--~s,..i-- 49,
ting wilnneIu! ~hsl tenefit can possibly
accrue by merely changing time and place,
that is commensurate with TIE risk incurred
in attempting 10 effect that change, is an in
quiry of far more importance.
To concede to this irregular meeting the
power to annul the legitimate action of the
Genital Committee, would be to declare III at
seven of its members in any part of the
State, coming voluntarily together, should
bind the party by their determinations. Such
doctrine would be subsersive of the OBJ
jects for which the Committee was raised,
and lead to confusion and defeat.
Viewing the proceedings Of the irregular
meeting of the 30,h of December, in the
light have indicated, and holding the reg
ular meeting Of the goth of November to
have defiuitily settled both the time and
place Of -fhs nnaesins n tiao convention 10
put in nomination can.i:i-sOs rur the So.
preme ConIt oftbe State, hereby announce
that the delegates elected to that convention
will assemble in the Borough of Harrisburg,
on the second Wednesday of June nexi.
JOHN HICKMAN,
CT airman of tho Democratic State
Central Committee
West Chester, Pa, Jan. I, 1851.
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Removal Of the Body Of Stephen Girari--
City Councils having determined TO cause
the removal OF me remains or rae fnsauInro.
pist, Stephen Girard, fron tho grave yard
attached 10 the Church of the Holy Trinity,
at the corner Of Sixth and Spruce streets, to
the grounds of the Girard College for
Orphans, The matter was referred 10 The COM
missioners of the Girard Estates, for appropri
ate action. Accordingly on Friday the body
was privately exhumed and conveyed TO the
establishment of Mr.. Simon Gar.lane, under
taker, in Thirteenth street above Chestnut, in
whose custody il now is. II will remain in
this place until arrangements are made for
IFS reinteiment. We are informed that the
public authorities design to connect with this
event suitable and imposing ceremonies
and the Grand and Subordinate Lodges of
Masons will probably cooperate with them,
iii producing a grand demonstration com
memorative ofthe great virtues ofthis public
benefacior. The preparations, which, il has
been said, ale to be on a very extensive
scale, II is expected will take some consider
able time to perfect. The Masonic fraternity
have contemplated turning out in process
ION, with all the insignia belonging TO the
order. Such a display has not been wines
sed in this city for many years, and when il
will take place, it will probably be exceed
ingly handsome. A monument is 10 be plac
ed over the remains OF Mr. Grard at their
final resting place.-Puble Ledger.
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The NEwspAprR IN CH,sA-The oaicia

THE NEWSPAPER IN CHINA.--The official
paper of China has namo which means
the Pekin Gazette. It is impossible to ascer-
ain when its publication was commenced,
but II seems 10 be the oldest newspaper in
tho world Theirs is tradition that it began
under the Tsang dynasty, in the latter part Of
,ba ,en,b cen,urv !, = was originally sort
of handbill, containing oficial ,.o'iee'' po''
ed up on the walls Of the Capital and sen. ~ ~
manuscript TO provincial officers. At Can
ton it is printed for the public at large and
sold. 1t appears every other day in the form
Of pamphlet OF ten or twelve pages.
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The small Note Law.

Like mosi other democratic measures, this
law, since it has been subjected to the Test of
practical operation, has proved the wisdom
Of its adoption. Throughout the State with
tho exception of one or two of the northern
frontier counties, the opposition to il which
was SO virulent at first, has almost entirely
ceased. Even the whig press have failed, of
late, 10 designate it as the "iniquiious loco
ioco act" 1t bas done all that was expected
of it: It has driven out of the State near two
millions of the worthless currency Of our
neighborng States, the exodus of which has
been marked by the crash of the rotten in
slitutions which had heretofore manufacture
ed and spread their deprociated paper over
the country, with perfect .impunity. The
failure of the Maryland banks attest this fact.
And if our peighbors in the counties of Pot
ter, Tioga, and Bradford have obeyed the
law in good faith, and as good citizenship
would Direct it will have been the means
Of averting a calamity, in the recent failure
of the bank of Corning, which would other
wise have visited them with peculiar severi-
ty. Add, to this dispersion Of the rags, the
fac, that through this laws operation their
place hasbsen supplied with silver and gold,
and that, too, at time when silver coin is
in great demand in all parts of the world,
and its increasing public favor may be in
part accounted for. Our farmers now re-.
ceive Tor their produce or give for their ne
A~--~-:~-, ---.-L--1-.-i rs~...r,;ss.do, tte HaTu
cash. The longer the law exists the less OBJ
lection there will be to its enforcement. and
the more popular it will become in every
part of the commonwealth.
We hope 10 see the Legislature, this win.
fer, put down its foot upon all attempts 10
repeal this truly democratic measure.-Ly-
coming Gazette.
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From the Harrisburg Keystone.
The Tariff In Pennsylvania.

We have noticed with surprise and regret,
a disposition manifested in certain quarters
10 discontinue hostility 10 the pernicious
Wing principle Of protection, and to concede
that the Democracy have been wrong in
battling against il. I. is fresh in our recol-
lection, that when insiructing resolutions
were offered the Legislature last winter, in
favor of increasing the duty oniron and coal
ttey were met with united voice of CON-
demnation by the entire Democratic press Of
the state; and yet some of the papers
which then opposed that movement, have
since abandoned the position at that time
assumed with the national Democracy, and
have fully endorsed the principle of the
repudiated resolutions. Such unsteadiness
is holly ineAplicable. We can see neilh-
er wisdom nor profriety in retracting steps
which have been firmly planted upon solid
and mmovable ground; nor do those who
have thus left the onward marching ranks of
the enlightened Democracy, offer any other
reason for their return, than that it is wise
aid proper 10 rescue the subject of prolec-
ton from the strife of party, and Elevate it
into an abstract priaciple for all men to con-
template and decide upon, independent of
political connexions.
There can be no doubt but this is wrong,
and il is probable that those who have Civ
en- this unfortunate inlimation, have done so
Ylihout refiecIion. and in comniianne with.
the wishes of interested clamorers. No
principle more clearly marks the distinc-
ton between the two great national parties
than that OF protection Il is the offspring Of
the same corporation spirit which has ever
aoiuaied capital in its incessam clamours
for exclusive grivileges and class legislation.
II is also marked by the old Characteristic of
basipg its claims to favour upon false preten-
ces--i, pretends warm attachment 10 the
interests of iabsr, while its real object is TO
increase in power and accumulation by
robbing labor.
The course of the national democracy is
right on this subject, and the revenue princi.
pie the only true one in adjusting taxes
upon imports, as long as that system of sus.
tanning the governmen. is allowed to prevail.
On this platform the democratic party has
taken its stand. There should he no falier.
fus m rusrarurTR II, II rests upon sound
principles which endure always, and viii be
strengthened annually as IFS truthful lness and
propriety become more generally understood.
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HEART.REsDlsG CAsE.-During the tremen-
dous storm on Monday afternoon, poor
woman, who resides about two miles from
this city, on the Shaker Road, started for The
town for the purpose of buying small bill
of groceries. Having effected her purcha-
ses, she left for home, the storm still raging
more violently. She continued her progress
till within few rods of her home and her
little children, when she became SO embed.
ded in snow drift that she froze TO death
Her husband, who is laborer connected
with the Troy Turnpike, went homo about
night fall, when he found his children hall
perished and crying for their mothers alb.
sence. She leaves family Of nine children
Albany Kniekerboeker.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-01-09

The Homestead BIi--The Homestead bill
before Congress provides for giving to ever
head of family, who is citizen of the
United States, one hundred and sixty acres OF
land out of the public domain. The Rspub-
lie, though not opposing the bill, suggests a
doubt Of lis proprieiy, and one effect of the
law will be 20 destroy any advantages that
might have been expected by our soldiers
from the Bounty Land Law of last session.
No head of family would pay the soldier
anything for his warrant or his land if he
could get his one hundred and sixty acres
for nothing
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Another Coma,-Mr. Bond, of The Astrom

Another Coma.-Mr. Bond, of the Astromi.
cal Observatory at Harvard University, has
discovered another comet, making the cleo
enth frs, seen a, Cambridge, before any in.
formation thereof had reached this country.
The comet was so faint that it could not be
seen through four feet telescope, It ap-
peared like very faint nebulosiiy, whose
right ascension was 22h. 3aam., and its
south declinaton a deg. 36 min. II is sup.
posed TO be the same as that seen By NJ.
Faye, Nov. 22d, is43, as the calculations of
Nicolai and Leverrier assigned to it period
of 27l7.6s days, with an eccenirici,y Of
0.55596 and an inclination of its orbi, TO
the ecliptic of / deg. 80 min. 81 sec.
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THE SENATOR QUESTION:.

Every true Democrat is anxions that his
political representatives at Harrisburg should
make choice Of a man for United States
Senator whose election would be like
crediiable 10 The party and an honor TO the
state. Pennsylvania should bo able TO send
sno, a inere politician, but Ia statesman to the
highest Legislative council of the natio n.
From such a stale there should go a man Of
such commanding mind and dignity that his
counsel would be like oil upon The troubled
waters Of these times. lie should be- able
TO give rest to the political commot;on of
these troublesome times. And Lial should
be permanent and not morbid rest of the
great public questions of these days. II
should not be . mere lethargy to be follow
cd BY more fitful fever of excltemen,.-st
should not be tho mere depression and ex-
Raustion which follows feyerish state Of
tho body poltic--it should not be only
temporary euam- OF ,sopuesious, ooughl BY
bad and baneful votes; but it should be
recurrence to the fundamental principles of
our political faith, and theso should be pul
forth by a man trusting 10 them aud devoted
Ito their success.
Men long and actively engaged in the
details and turm0.ls Of political life, are 100
apt to trust TO temporary expedieuts and
not few fall 10 regard politics as mere
game in which every pe'ty trick ia jusiifia-
BILE as means 10 gain ssme assumed i'm.
po1ant end.
Hon. George w. Woodward IS a man who
is not politician Of tricks, management
and expsdients; buta ssaiesman Of eminen,
talents, and with full intelligence of all po-
li,icai questions He has never managed
himself into Political eminence, but his
friends are those who respect his ability
and the stations he has filed were g,pen to
him because he was known 10 haxa -haanl
well fiiteJ Tor '.iem and lot because be
sleclionesred TO get them. They were the
tributes to Lis manifest mental and moral
merits, end not the trophies of political per-
thu acity and recklessness. Though most
meanly treated in 1915, he never deineaned
himself TO .ome down from the bench into
i. The arena Of petiy politics TO chastise pot
house politicians in spirit OF malice and
passion. lie has held bu, few officers, and
these all be honored
In a political poia: Of view Judge Wood
wards election would be most fortunate for
,he. Daraocralio party. 1t would vindicate
e. tho party organization and party usage.
Every Democratic member of the legisla-
lure, by voting for Judge Woodward, can
clear himself of every impptation OF break
lug party discipline. Here is man who
stands above every thing like fictions spir-
it, and whose election will be full Demo-
cratic victory. He sa man who has not
aneddled in the little details of securing del
/. eaates, conventions and nominations for any
particular set of msn; and whose whole en-
,ergies would hence be devoted 10 the prirei-
pies rather than the men Of his party and 10
all his political kindred alike. He is a man
whose whole political character is Identified
With strict adherence TO party discipline,
aud a vote for hiuI will be vote for party
usage and organization.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-01-09

ANOTHER ScrENrITrc WONDER pEPsIN.
the True Digestive Fluid, or Gastric Juice A
great Dyspepsia Curer, prepared from Rem
ct, or the fourth Stomach Of the OK, after
direction Of Baron Lebig, the great Physi-
illogical Chemist, by J. s. Houghton, NJ. b,
No. II North Eighth Street, Philadelphia,
Pa. This Isl truly. wonderful remedy for
Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Liver Com
plaint Constipation, and Debility, curing
alter Natures own method, by Natures own
agent, the Gastric Juice. Soc Advertisement
in another column.
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A Dows EAST RoMANcE.--The following
incident has Just been communicated TO us
from source in which we place implicit
confidence.
In the year 1914, Mr.. Thurston, of Pow.
nal, was married to young lady of that
place, with whom he lived for two or three
9 lrs, aud then went to the British Provin.
ces where, short time after, it was repor-
Ted that he was executed for trespass upon
the Kings timter lands. A year or two af-
ter this report,became current, and which
was supposed by Mrs. T. 10 be true, she
married second time with Mr.. Lowell,
with whom she lives until his death, which
occurred few years since.
Since that time nothing has occurred to
occasion doubt of the truth of the rumor
respecting her first husband, until few days
since, a person called upon her and stated
that her first husband had recently died in
Hudson, N. Y, having been injured by a
fall from his carriage, and offered her $50 for
an assignment of her right in his property.
This she very wisely refused to do. The
next day, another man called and offered
$3.50, which she likewise dec lined An in
quiry was instituted, and we understand the
result is that fortune of some $4,000 will
probably fall into her hands. Thruston left
some eight or nine children by a second
marriage; but as this, in the eye of the law,
was illegal, she remains the solo hair
Lsuiston Falls Journal.
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RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATEs-The
total number OF miles of railroad in opera.
ton in the United States, at the beginning of
the present year, was S797, which cost TO
build them, 1886, ASS, ,O7s. In New York,
the number of miles of railroad in opera.
ton is 1902, at a cost of s55.2o2, ,o6o. Penn
sylvania OFT miles, at cost of s35, ,4ol ,osa.
New Jersey 259 miles, costing SO 225. 600.
In en ,bs Nov E"eiAaa States -she%A-.-,e-a
2644 miles, costing sse ,s4e, 4so.
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A new democratic paper has made its ap.
pearance in Bradford county, at Towanda,
called the North Branch Democrat. Geo. San
ddee..son Esq. the new Senator elect, is the Ed
itor ass,.ss..ed BY FraSeis Smith, Esq. H. L.
Shaw is the publisher. us Gpite probable
that this will be more durable enterprise
thar was the establishment of the North
Pennsyluanian al the same place, by Vein
Fomey.
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The repairs Of the Schuylkill Navigation
works will be all completed in a substantial
manner by the opening of navigation, the
Pousvile Journal says. The number and
capacity of boats will be so increased as to
enable them 10 carry 800, 600 tons Of coal to
Philadelphia and other accessible points the
present year. The expenses, il is slated,
will be not over 1000, being less than
one half the cost at first anticipated for the
repairs.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-01-09

FIRE.-We learn that the dwelling house
OF Mr. Furd in Fairmount township, Luz
Co. was destroyed by fire on one day of last
week. Three small children were left alone
in the house for moment, while the moih
ell went to neighbor's on an errand, and
they commenced playing with the fire
when one of them ran under the bed with an
ignited torch and the whole house was soon
in flames. The children were rescued from
The fire by the daring and bravery of boy
WHO rushed into The burning pile TO save life
None OF the furniture was saved.
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OFFICIAL
OF the Special Election.
Br,shin's majority

ILLNESS OF JUICE ANTHoNY.--It was pub.
licly noted that Judge Anthony was too UNI
we'll 10 attend ghe Courts of Menlour and
Sullivan counties. For several days past he
has been reported quite seriously i'll, TO the
ragrets of bis many friends. Judge Wilson
of he Union district supplies his place at the
Northumberland court, but we have not yet
head of any one 10 fill the place for the
January Term of this county. We anlici.
pate but a very short term.
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DIED.

In Miflinville, on The 18Th ult., SaRAh
JANE, daughter of Mr.. John Keller, aged
year, months and IL days,
In Mifflin tp.,.. ..on the II inst, ABaAHAx
Hess, aged about 10 years.
In Black creek township Luzenne county.
on the 2ith 'ult, MIR. GEoRcE SHRLIrfAMEn.
aged rs years, months and Ii days.
Atthe residence Of her son.in.law, will
lam Moore in Valley township, on Salux
day tho 2lst OF December, 1850, Mrs. HAM
NAH SEcuLER, widow,of the late John Sech-
Ter, Of Mahoning, aged 60 years and 9
months.
In Roaringcfeek township, Pom Thursday,
January I'd, Mrs Catharine Mensch, widow
Of the lale Adam Mensch. seg
twcading papers please eeps,l
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M
We ananouncsd last week that the Elev-
.enth Congressional D,stric. was redeemed
from Congressional Misrepresentation, and
/. now the official returns comfim our assu.
lance, aod render i absolutely certain that
we have Democratic memher from this
district. The fdilewing are the official ma
jori,ies for John Brisbin Esq, the Democrat.
10 nominee.
Columbia 2tS
Wyoming i9i {
Montour 5I5
752
SLuzssac gives : majority for Dana, volun'
teer Democrat but we have not ys, learn
ed the ofiioisi number We are told itis .
bout $50.
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Telegraph Under Water.--Thero are three
lines of submarine telegraph wires in work.
ing order under the Hudson River, four un-
der the Connecticut, two under the Della
ware, and eight under the Harlem river. ALI
coated with gutia percha. And one, on
o'Reilly's line, under the river at Chicago.
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COPPER MrNEs.-The amount of copper, in
the rough, which was sent down Lake Su-
perior, in the year 1850, is estimated at
1850, 900 ions. About 1000 operatives will
be employed the coming winter.
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GoLp AND SILvER.--A London paper states
that Ait has been determined by the French
Ministry, apparently in view of the appre-
hended depreciation off gold in relation 10 sill
yer, to propose to the Assembly an immedi-
ate abolition of the law making gold, equal
ly with silver, a legal tender.
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It was Chapman, the Philadelphia sur
geon, who rang the bell and said that good
thing at the expense of Norton, the player
on the trumpet, who, with his back to the
chimney, was spreading himself and cover.
ing the hearth, to the exclusion of the com.
pany-"Waiter, I say, take that blO,eer from
the fire,
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TnEsrArE LEeIsLAruRE


Commenced It's annual session at Harris.
burg on last Tuesday. The preparatory
cancuses of the two parties in the House
were held on Monday. The Democratic
coucus was full, and among other partici.
pants was Mr.. Joseph Brown the Indepen-
dent Democratic member Of Northampton
who was elected against the regular Demo-
cratic nominee. The vote for Speaker stood
as follows:
John Cessna of Bedford az
John S. Rhey of Armstrong IL
Scattering
And so Mr.. Cessna is TO be tie Sneaker
he is gentleman of talent and ability. and
a'rue and radical democrat The Wing
members detersnined 10 vote for George H.
Hart OF Philadelphia for Speaker, and for
the following other officers =
clerk--Danicl Fleming,
oergeah..ai Ams--John Seckrist,
coor keepor-Jacob M. Jones.
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A BIo Book lin ,he course Of sermon
preached at Boston, on Thursday, Professor
Park stated that all the sermons delivered in
the land in the course Of a year, would make
10000, 900 large octave pages.
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GRAHAm's MAeAz1NE.-The February
number is alresdyon hard and beiokehs that
an American Magazine in these days can be
such a thing of magnifcence as would pass
for an English annual.
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n The Harrisburg Keystone and Demo-
eratse Union are 10 = poblished twice a
week. as usual, during the ensuing session
Of the Legislature.-Terms So each, during
the session--ot So per annum including the
session.
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Uss OF ALLieAroRs--In Florida alligators
are now extensively killed for their oil and
hides--the rough skin on their belly is tan.
ned aud uaed for saddles. An inexaustible
supply is annually produced
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v Among the on dts of these days we
hear that Judge Kidder of the Schuylkill dis
trict has resigned his Judgeship, and that
Governor Johnston has appointed or is about
to appoint Joshua w. Comfy Esq, of Dan.
vile TO the vacancy.