l.'orrepoinlcnee <>f t'ae Missouri I'ein ><*r;it.] From Kansas. The EleeJii.tt—Dha.mjilure of the Slurry l'n jmgandixfs— J m ilter llcinteiJe — I) ei trvctu vef a California Jimigraul Train. liKAViwwor.Tii, !C. June IS, 1557. The returns of Monday's election come in very slowly, but enough are received here to j show that the whole affair has proved a most i Voinpletc fizzle. The numbs r of votes polled here was 225. | The • whole number of vo:--s in this county J (which is the mo.-t populous in the State, and | could poll several thousand votes) docs not j exceed 500. J< ifcrsoii County, which has al io a large population, is said to have polled but f-0 votes. Honglas County, which includes Lawrence and Le< jompton, ttlid embraces a large and populous region in that portion of the territory, gives 175 ballots. In Franklin County it is claim-d that there arc 500 voters, but I am assured by a gentleman ju-t arrived from there, that, there lias been practically no election there. W lien he left he could only hear of about "0 votes thai had been polled in the whole county. It is believed lure, by those who have the best facilities for knowing, that .here have j not been more than fifteen hundred votes gi- ! Veil in the whole Territory. The Pro-Slavery residents are greatly discomfited, and declare that the Free-State men are a " d—d stub- i born set of peopV." A young man named A i.Ex.\xrr;; WARE, a ; native of South Carolina or Georgia, while in j charge of a claim held by another man, on j the Shawnee lands, a few miles south from i this city, was ordered off on Tuesday, by one ! Cor. AM, who professed that tile claim belonged to him. Ife referred COUAM to the man who ; employed him, and who was near hv ; out CO CAM insisted Lint lie should leave. lie stiii refused, when COUAM drew his revolver and I commenced firing. Two din's missel, but the | third took cfl'-ct in his heart, and lie died im mediately. His remains were brought here for interment Cm: AM is not yet secured, though the officers are after him. A.I). U. I'. S.—i open this letter to give you infor mation of the horrible massacre and destruc tion of an overland emigrant train to Califor nia, of which intelligence has just been rcceiv ; cd here. The train, which consisted of seventeen wa gons, when about a hundred miles west of Fort Kearney, was attacked by a party of Sioux or Cheyenne Indians, who murdered every person in it—men, women, and children —burnt the wagons, and drove off the cattle. The number of persons on the train is said to have been about twenty. STKEXC.TII or TII :: PUO-SI.AVI:KY PARTY IX KANSAS.—A comparison of the votes cast at the recent election in Kansas, wherein only the resident Pro-Slavery men took part, with t lie votes at previous contests, when droves of Missourians went over to help their nigger brcetling brethren, shows not only what the actual strength of the nigger parly is, but the extent also of the frauds that have been here tofore perpetrated. This time it was well u:i- ! rlcrstood that the Free State men would not | vote : hence another invasion of the Border- j Ruffians was unnecessary. Thev stayed t i home : and now wo know exactly wlmt the ! resident Pro Slavery force is—not over 1 500 in the whole Territory ! Of course this figure does not accord with the aggregate of the registry lists ; but as the Missourians on those list's were busy at home, and there was no pressing occasion for them to rro.-s the river, we must excuse them for not coming up to the expectations of their friends. Let it now lie remembered that, if a Pro- Slavery Constitution is formed for Kansas, it is the work of this meagre minority, backed up by STEIMI::N A. DOCOLAS and the" National Admiuisteation.— ('lie •;/<< Tt ibnnc. f From the Kansas Enterprise, Jan?: 20.] PI"T IX WESTI-OUT — Font ILM-.-KS AND A LYKIK A MO!-XT OK Pr;iin:.i:rv DKSTROYKO. — Our neighboring town was the scene, on Wed nesday evening last, of one of the most dis graceful mob.s tre hare known to occur in the upper country. From all we ran learn it appears that a fight occurred at a butcher shop, k<*pt bv a German, between a butcher's son and a citizen of the town, named Br-i'tt: This led to u father free light between the friends of tin two parties. In the evening the friends of ]J( VHK : attacked the house of the butcher, drove his family out of doors destroyed bis property, and completely demolished the pre mises. They next moved to another part of the town and destroyed three other German houses, upon what pretext we have been una ble to learn, except that the occupants were Germans. r. S. ('eft nr. At the Cifrttit Court of the 1 uited tstafes, held at this place on the 15th iust thirteen civil suits brought by Xubulon I'arker, surviving patentee of Zebulon and Austin Parker, to recover damages for an infringement 4 >f Parker's percussion ami reaction water wheel, were on the list for tri al. Without a trial the defendants in each case confessed judgement for the amount claimed, with costs. \e uudcistand that there arc a number of suits of (iic same kind still pending, unde termined, which we presume will be on llie trial list tor next September term, unless, pre viously settled. The Court adjourned on Wednesday morn ing.—Jjj/'omiiiif (riizi'.t/c. ?*i TTK t Crms.— Wc have conflicting ac coonts ff'm the fonntry round about Norfolk, as to the ravages of the poeaTfcil army worm. In some of the fide-wafer Counties, savs tin? Norfolk Herald, the wheat and corn, ami the pastures, have been very seriotr'r damaged amounting in a few eases to almost entire destruction. A gentleman informs us, that i 1 ruling through his'wheat-field, the sfench ari sing I rom tin* mass of dead worms was exceed ingly offensive. This will give an idea of the vast number of these destructive pests on some estates. '11)0 worms, thengh numerous through out the whole tide-water country, have done but little mischief on many plantations. K£TThe vestry of the Church of Kpinhanv, discharged I>r. lyug last summer for preach ing against slavery, have for some time past been on the look-out for an "obedient pastor." Hating failed in their efforts to secure a north ern clergyman with vSOutherir priiiciple*, tluy very properly Bent to the tSoirth f./r a tuah of tile right stamp. As might, have been antici pated, the Southern expedition was successful the ve,t,y invited ibe Rev. Win. iVm ,* * aterf tro ,< C,to 1, -Ah,'? p'v-tyr ft id he Iras aeeoptitj Hie etf| • ~ ' ■ ' ' Singular Case—Twenty-five Bays With out Food. Mr. Ellis, of Ireniiottn. Monroe county, X. V., ciit hif throat about two months since.— He ilir-'l on the 2UiLi ult. The Rochester Danor.fi f says : " We ham that Mr. Ellif. of Henrietta, died on Sunday night, shortly after o'clock. For several days previous lie appeared to de cline uure rapidly than he had done .since the first reaction from the t fleets of his dreadful wound, lie had taken little nourishment, and at times his mind appeared to lose its grasp of earthly things, and he spoke of ' wauling to go ho ne.' These wandering flights were tem poral''', hov.cvc v, and lie recognized persons readily at other times. His death was ealm ami easy, the physical powers ceasing from gradual exhaustion. ",\honl the first sickness which Mr. Ellis laid experienced, was occasioned hy a severe cold taken last winter in clearing up a new piece of land on his farm. From this he did not appear to entirely recover, his brain being apparently slightly aff ctedbyit. Hast April, lie received an oftVr for the purchase of one half the farm o:i which he resided—one of the best in that locality, about 100 acres in ex tent, with a handsome dwelling-house upon it. He accepted it. But after closing the b .rgaiu he reflected upon it a good deal, and came to the conclusion that he had parted with the land for less than its value. This Troubled him exceedingly, and deprived him of cheer fulness by day and rest by night. " On the night preceding the first of April, he was unusually disturbed, and walked the house continually. In the morning in* went •ait into the orchard near the house and cut his throat, severing the windpipe, and making a ghastly wound. His son followed him, anx ious respecting his state of mind, and found him lying upon the ground, apparently dying. The old gentleman war removed to the house ami a physician called; who ascertained that the principal veins were not severed, liut con sidered that his dcat.il inu-t, ensue within a few hours, lie continued to live, however, with out taking a particle of nourishment, for three weeks and four days, when one of the family, responding to his entreaties for food, gave him a piece of potato, which Hie was preparing for tiie tabic, lie held it in iiis mouth for a while, hut was unable, of course, to swallow it. This .seemed to satisfy his immediate crav ing, and the experiment was repeated. " A few days afterward, he said he would like to get up arid sit at tlie table with the family at dinner, and was assisted to do so.— A little clam soap, of which he was very fond, was given him, and a small portion may have found its way into his stomach—the greater part, however, oo>i out of the orifice in the neck, which never closed up entirely. Some three weeks since, Dr. lla/.duse, assisted by Dr Moore of this eitv, inserted a tube into the gullet, through which liijuids were conduct ed into the stomach ; and this nppeared to re vive his wasting strength. Dut he has never exhibited any great desire to live, and had prepared his mind for the great change, which was evidently approaching. This singular ease has appeared to call for more than usual mention, and we have accordingly stated it at some laiigth.'' Tbo Steamer Montreal Burnt eii the f>t. Lawrence River. Vt KRKC. Saturday. •'u :e 27. The steamer Montreal, one of the regular steamers running between Quebec ami Mon treal, left this port at 4 o'clock yesterday af ternoon, having on hoard between four and five hundred passengers, of whom a majority were Scotch and other emigrants recently ar rived from Knrope. Nothing unnsu.d occurred after leaving the wharf until the 31 nlrenl had reached a point (Cape Kongo) about Id or 15 miles above this city, when the wood work near the furna ces was discovered to be on fire. Almost at the very moment that the smoke was first'dis covered the flames broke forth, causing the tit most consternation amongst the crowded pas- I sciigers. The fire was first discovered at about fi o'- clock, when the steamer was nearly abreast of Cape Rouge. livery effort was made to arrest the flames, and for this purpose the engines were stopped so as to lessen the draft ; but finding it impos sible to save the steamer Captain lit noi.en or dered her to be run towards the shore, and at the same tirrfc the officers and crew exerted themselves to got out the life bo.its. The flames spread with tlie most astonishing ra pidity, and in a few seconds aftej.tLe steamer began to move forward ; the wildest confusion and despair prevailed throughout the ship, and numbers of the passengers threw themselves overboard, and were in most cases drowned. Fortunately the steamer X.ipolcon, also bound for .Montreal, was but a few miles in advance of the burning boat, and as soon as the fire was discovered, put back with ail pos sible expedition, and succeeded in rescuing from the burning wreck IJT passengers. Copt. Hi noi.en and the purser of the 3Tvil licit I were among the number of those who threw themselves into the river, and they be ing excellent swimmers, succeeded in reaching the steamer A //icier, and were saved. It is quite possible that others may have succeeded in saving themselves by swimming, but as the steamer became unmanageable when a cou sideruble distance from the land, there is no doubt but that most of those who threw them selves from the burning b< at found a watery grave. Sixteen of those saved died within a short time after they reached tlie deck of the SnjHilern, and from present information it is believed that tire total loss of life by this ter rible disaster will not fall short of from three to four hundred. The steamer AUiime arrived here, this af ternoon, with forty-five dead bodies, and an other boat is known to have recovered sixty bodies, but we have not been able to learn the names of any of those lost except Mr. I'mr.- ii's, of the extensive lumbering firm of No.n cnos.s A- Pnn.rrs, of the Three Rivers. The ATovlrtn! had on board two hnndrcd and fifty-eight immigrants, recently arrived here from Glasgow, together with several Ger man families and raftsmen and several Ameri can passengers. RkF.I'A I! ATToJtS FOIJ Ur All A XL) TIIK MoRMONS. —We understand that General Scott has been summoned to Washington by the Secre tary of War to indicate the military prepara tions necesary on the part of the government to maintain Rs supremacy in Utah, and that lie has 'submitted a report stating the number oj troops, with the equipment ami commissarat in five existing'.-niergchcy, the par ticulars ;f v/'jiflj", tibvv4-\x : r f -bi cource, La\e not ; f.in-p'rr d • " ' • *■ §nibto ilqjortcr. E. (). GOODRICH, EDITOR. TO WAN D.V: (rt)iirsiittn iUormun, ihiln 2, 1837. TERMS—Our Dollar per annum, invariably in adrunre.-- l-\,ur week* prtrions to the expiration oj a *t</wi iption notice will be given hi/ a printed irrapper, and if nut re newed, the paper wilt in all Faxes lie slopped. — 7 ' he Reporter will be sent to Clubs at the fol lowing extremely low rates : 6 copies fur.. $. 00 jl5 copies for... 51- 00 10 copies for HOO I -'0 copies for l."> 00 ADVERTISEMENTS- -/BE a square of Un lines or less. One Dollar tor three or lest insertions, and ticenty-Jivi cuds for each subsequent insertion. •LOR-WOIUC - H.recallil vi-'h nrrvrncy and despatch, and a reason Ode prices-—with evert) facility for doing Hooks, ill inks. Hand-bills, llu'l tickets, $-c. MOXKV may be sent by mail, ut our risk—enclosed in an envelope, and properly directed, we will be responsible for i I safe deli eery. roI I;OVI:KX<R, DAVID WILKSOT, cf Bradford Co. FOR O\S AI. COMMISSIONER. wai. 3VSir.KWAB.IS, cf Philadelphia. roR JOINJMS <>!•• rue SOPKEMK CHERT, JOSEPH J. SEW*S, cf Chester Co JA2IIES VEHCK, of Fayette County. THE REPUBLICAN CO. or 11ra.1t..r.l sire re t<> lnpi-t at 111- W.ml HOIIMV in the ll'iiM'.ijili ot T'lvvaii"! i. oil JIO.NI'.VV, tilt' 2oth Ih.\ oi" Ji'l.Y, l'-57. at I o'l l'u k. i'. M. A full atte'iilaiii-o of the nipinl or< is rrqmvtotl. it i or i> el toyiia-iilcr the propriety oftixinp the liifH'tinjrs Hi'i'uuuty ('Uivcytious hereafter, upon the atternuou of - >:> ie il .y jii i'ii't > September Court. I'll,, follow in t named of soi compose i.l Cmiiinittff: i*!\ s -i-s M' is' ;r. Star ',q* Squires, A. I. F"—. W. S. Maker, 11 uiiiaii M. Ili'acli. li. W. Tracy, A. <•. Matthews, t. 11. ['arsons, .lanes M. IV It. June 25.1*57. I'bYSSHS Ml'ißt TR, Chairman. JGf-tY" The licjjortcr will not lie issued next week. The recurrence of the anniversary of our National Independence, makes a very ap propriate occasion for suspending labor for a few days, in conformity with almost universal custom. The next number will be dated July 10th. The present season has been remarka ble for the large quautity of rain which has fallen. The "rainy term," has continued its duration until the present time, and there is no immediate prospect of its discontinuance.— There has not been a week since the spring break-up, that the Susquehanna has not been swollen bank-full. At the present writing, there is a heavy freshet, and the water still rising. It is somewhat remarkable that the water mostly comes from the Chemung. Upon that stream and its tributaries, much damage must be done by the repeated and extraordi nary freshets. As a cousequcnee of the condition of the rivers, it is impossible to prosecute the work upon the injured dams. It is now rendered almost certain that the season will be far spent before the Canals will be navigable—a bitter disappointment to the friends of the North Branch, who had confidently calculated upon seeing it this summer in the full tide of success —and also a source of loss to the coal opera tors ar.d to the Commonwealth. The damage to the Chemung Canal, however, is much more serious than at first supposed and will proba bly cause a delay of some weeks before repair ed, which would render the North Branch use less, even if in good condition. f>i:.X!Koan COUNTY AR.MOI I.TUK.U, SOCIETY. —Tiie following named gentleman have been appointed and will act as judges on Early F. uit and Vegetables,and will report at the next An nual Fair of the Bradford County Society, on all specimens presented to them for competi tion or exhibition : Allen McKean, Miller Fox, Gen. Win. l'atton, Joseph Powell, and J. 1). Montanye. Specimens of Early Fruit and Vegetables will be received at any time at Ihc office of W. C. Bogart in the Boro' of Towanda where the Judges will meet for examination. At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Bradford County Agricultural Society, held pursuant to notice on the 21th inst., the following gentlemen were appointed Executive Committee for the present year: E. W. Hide, J. C. Bidgway, Jonathan Stephens, Tits MAIN- LINE. —The decision of the Su preme Court, on ihe application for an injunc tion, to' prevent the sale of the Main Line of tho Public Works, was delivered by Chief Justice licwis on Tuesday. It is one of the most important decisions, in principle, as well as in the magnitude of interests involved, that, has ever come before the Court. The effect of the decision of tho Court is, that the Pennsylvania I'ail road Company may purchase the Line, if it chooses, on the same terms as any other bidder, but in doing so it will not be relieved from the payment of ton nage or any other kind of taxation. This decision gave the Pennsylvania Bail road Company tho right to bid upon the work upon equal footing with others, and at the sale on Wednesday, 25th ult., the Main Line was knocked down to that Company for $7,500,- 000, that being the only bid. BX-, The Georgia Democratic State Conven j tion met at MiHedgevillc, cn Wednesday.— I Resolutions were passed indorsing the Cinein* ! nati Platform and denouncing Gov. WALKKK'S . policy in Kansas. -Much difficulty was expe rienced in selecting a candidate for Governor —twentr-one unsuccessful bailotings having been had. At last, on the twenty-second bal lot, one of the candidates having withdrawn, Mr. I/tMrKis received 171> votes, and Mr. XiAMAit 1?? and a Coimhittee of Conference was appointed to dcvlst; meaus to heal differ ences. • S FROM CAI.HORNIA. —The United States mail steamship Illinois, with $1,832,808 in treasure and the California mail of June 5, urfived at New York on Saturday evening. The news from California is not of an im portant character. Preparations were being made for canvassing the State for the elections which will take place in September. The Democratic Convention was to have been held on the 14th inst.., and the most prominent Gubernatorial candidate of the party was be lieved to the Ex-Senator JOHN B. W KI.I.ER. — We do not lind the name of any Republican candidate hicntioncd. A nbriiirrittittn by the Republicans will, at any rate, Ix 3 a mere for mality. A defalcation, variously estimated at from $lOO,OOO to $500,000 had occurred at the United States Rrnnch Mint. Rumor — for as yet it is nothing more—points to Col. IIAU.VS7.TUY, inciter ami refiner, as the party to blame, lie lias made over all his property to be held in trust against any deficiency that may be proved against him. It seems to be clearly established that, Owing to badly-con structed chimneys and Hues, the waste in the .Mint has been immense. The trial of the no torious Nun MCGOWAN, as an accessory to the murder of JAMES KINO, late editor of the San Francisco Jhtllctiv, hss resulted, as every one expected, iu a verdict of "Not guilty." Late advices from Souora fully confirm the information, previously received, concerning the destruction of Cn.vuii and his party at Ca vorea. Further and very interesting particu lars are also given of the movement of other branches of that ill-fated expedition. There was some excitement in California, ami there were rumors of another contemplated invasion of .Mexico to revenge the deaths of Col. CRACIS and his associates, but it is not believed that any will be found sufficiently reckless to put such threats into execution. From Great Salt Lake we learn that seri ous dissensions have risen among the Mormons and that there was some probability of a col lision between the contending factions. BHIU HAM YOLNG is reported to have gone north ward in search of favorable localities for new settlements. Parties of Missionaries continue to be sent out, and over a hundred had started for the Eastern States. The polygamists in the Mormon settlement of San Bernardino had been ordered to remove with their wives to Salt Lake, in order that the'peculiar institu tion may be strengthened by the union of those who have adopted it. fisatf" The Republicans of Maine held a large and spirited State Convention at Bangor on Thursday, and nominated Lor M. MORIMU., of Augusta, for Governor. Mr. MURIUM, acted, up to the promulgation of the Cincinnati Hat form, with the so-called Democratic party.— lie is an aide, upright, and popular man, will poll a large vote. Resolutions were adopted admonishing the Free States to more jealousy of their rights ; advising stronger vindication of State sovereignty ; pointing to the Supreme Court DRRU SCOTT decision and the Democrat ic party as threatening to liberty and popular rule ; declaring in favor of all Federal officers, as far as practicable, being elected by popular vote, and concluding with recommending a withdrawal of the liquor question from poli tics. Addresses were then delivered by the Don. lIANNIIUI. 11AMI.IV, the Hon. ISRAEI. WASIIURNX, Jr., the Hon. SAMI*I:I. FKSSKNPKV, and others. The Republicans of Maine are entirely united, in high spirits, ami have bright prospects of success. CODEY'S LADY'S BOOK. —The puncuality with which Godey always attends'to the press is indeed worthy of all praise. Since we have been connected with printing offices, a period of IT years, we have not, to tho best of our knowledge, missed a single number. The Magazine for July is truly excellent. It eon tains 100 pages, 50 Engravings, and 00 Con tributors. The Fashion Plate contains 1 Fig ures, more than has ever before given in a single fashion plate in America—and is one that comes in a suitable season for all mo thers as it contains a Childrens' Fashions, beautifully colored. UTAH. —CoI Camming has accepted the Governorship of Utah, and is about to pro ceed to the Territory with his family. He will be accompanied, probably, by other offi cers, executive and judicial, 'and a considera ble body of troops is to be sent out to aid in enforcing the laws. The military part of the expedition is said to have been planned under the direction of Gen. Scott. "PR.EADFIT. ACCIDENT AT THE BAITIMOBE MINE. —I nil ten acres of the old mines work ed by the Baltimore company, fell in yesterday about noon, injuring a number of workmen.— Frantz Klinghnimnef, a German, died soon after he was taken home. No one was work ing where the roof fell, but the air forced through the mines by the descent of such a mass of rock and slate, prostrated the workman in another part of the mine, making a wreck of cars on the eailroad truck. Mr. Gray, and Mr. F. Landniesscr, who superintends the mines, were together near the fall and were thrown violently down and in velopcd in a cloud of flying coal dirt. They were severely but not fatally hurt. A narrow passage has been opened from the Black Dia mond mines across the Millard lot to the old mines and through this drift the air was forced with greatest violence, and the men most in jured were in it. The cars on the track were scattered and Klinghanimer was caught under them, his head cnt, arm broken, bowels cut Cpcit and leg broken, so that he lived but a short time. Michael Corcoran, had his scalp torn off, aud is so injured it is thought lie cannot live. The lamps of fifty workman in the old work ing were extinguished. John Reiser was hurt badly. llow maijy arc slightly, injured wc have not learned.— Withs-Ua/rx Turns. [Fr mi tlic- X ton il Intelligencer of Ji n - 22J.] Great Thunder and Bail Storm at Washington. A thunder-storm from the westward broke updri this city yesterday afternoon, at about a Quarter of three o'clock, which will be remem bered for long years by all who witnessed it. A r-Tbnd, black and portentious had gathered in the west over the Virginia hills, in which frequent and fierce streaks of lightning, fol lowed by sharp rattling thunder; displayed themselves. The cloud, as exhibited long elec trical flashes followed in a second or two by peals of angry thunder. There eaine a brisk refreshing breeze from the west, which blew for about ten minutes, and towards the last, with a very slight sprinkling of rain and here and there a hail-stoue, which lasted only two or three minutes. This was succeeded by a furious-blast, bringing a visitation of rain and hail, or rather lumps of ice, many of which ap proached an inch in diameter, and some near ly double the size, altogether unparalleled in our experience. For several minutes not only fruit and other trees, but the very houses themselves seemed in danger of destruction, and when the storm happily slackened the earth was covered with ice pebbles about the average size of marbles and leaves and branch es of trees, and where ever there was a fence standing across the direction of the storm may have been seen a row of hailstones per haps a couple or three inches in depth. The drains and sewers were suddenly full, and pmred out their swollen contents with unwon ted vigor. The fruit trees within the range of the storm—which we l ore was not. vert wide —must have been swept of seven e'ghts of their burdens ; it is indeed pitiable to see the ground strewed with the hopes of the year. Of c. urse the destruction of glass, wherever it was exposed to the storm, was inevitable ; so that there will be a greater consumption of the ar ticle within a week than has probably ever oc cured in any week before since Washington was a city. Since the foregoing was written we have discovered that the range of the storm was happily narrow, the worst of it appearing to have passed along the ridge on which the Ob servatory and the President's house arc situa ted. Whilst Mi Corcoran'* green house suf fered hut slightly, the President's two green houses were so nearly destroyed that they will require to be re-glazed all over. Mr. Henry Douglas's grecti-house at the corner of Fif teenth street, will cost some hundreds of dol lars to repair. We shall not attempt to par ticularize damages done to windows of private dwellings ; they are legion. So fierce was the storm that some people began to believe that the comet had come at last sure enough. THE END OF THE UNITED STATES BANK.— Last week all the old books, paper, drafts, checks, letters, Ac., that had been preserved on file as vouchers in the long course of the immense business of the United States Bank were sold in a heap in Philadelphia, and pur chased by u paper maker to be reground and manufactured into new stock. The whole mass weighed over forty tons. Ten tons of this vast amount is of correspondences-auto graph letters of the first statesmen, politicians, and financial men of this and other countries. Drafts upon the lloriis. inuis for hundreds of thousands of dollars, certificates of stock trans ferred to the leading baidiers in Europe, checks and drafts from Cabinet oflicers, Senators, Congressmen, editors of new spapers, k\, all lie scattered ready for the important transforma tion into clean unsullied, white paper. This huge mass of books and papers strikes the vis itor witli astonishment. A faint idea may be formed of the colossal character of the institu tion which at one time occupied so important a part in tie history 01 the country. What, a vast storehouse these papers would be for in dividual histories ; and perchance they would illustrate some unexplained passages in the h stcry of the political j artics of the day. A Fn: lIT BETWKEX THE CANDIDATES FOR GOV ERNOR IN TE.WF.SF.K. —A personal reeonttr BC tween J. G. Harris, Democrat, and Robert Hatton, Know Xothing, rival < ai.diila es for Coven or of Tennessee, on the occasion of their discussion at Fayettevillc last week, it is thus described by the Naslitille Banner: —"Gen. Harris led in the discussion ; Col. Hatton fol lowed, and had spoken about twenty five min utes ot his alloted haif hour. He proceeded to pronounce the doctrine of alien suffrage in famous and ruinous to the country. General Harris desired to know if he intended his re marks as personal. Col. Hatton noticed the interuption by distinctly and clearly repeating what he had said—denouncing the doctrine a-; Infamous, Ac. General Harris hereupon ad vanced suddenly upon Colonel Hatton, and they both went off the platform together.— Home said Harris pushed Hatton off and jump ed after him—some said Hatton pulled Harris after him. A scuffle ensued on the ground. The crowd rushed in and separated the com batants, and Colonel Hatton resumed the stand and finished his speech." AV AI.MGATOR CATGUT IN- CONVN-CTI TT.— Wc learn by the Wilmington Journal that an Irishman, while fishing in a small stream in Hebron, a few days since, eanght a strange customer, lie saw a large body moving to wards him in the water, the like of which he had never seen. At first the Hibernian thought it was the " old nn" himself, and was about to take to his heels, hut summoning fresh courage, arming himself with a big stone he awaited the enemy, which soon made its appearance on the bank in hostile attitude. After pelting it with stones, the man drew a large knife, which he fortunately had in his possession, and thus completed the victory. The "divil" proved to he an alligator six feet long the skin of which is now in the possession of Mr. Alison Wood worth, of Columbia. It is a mystery how the animal got in that region. The Journal thinks he escaped from n Menag erie that visited vicinity a short time since. ANOTHER SPIUKR BITE.—A blacksmith in Newton Cuper Falls, named Stanly, while at work, a few days since, felt what he supposed was the bite of a mosquito upon his arm, and being very busy, did not give any attention to it for several minutes, but finally noticed thst it was a small spider, its body not being larger than a pin-head, which he crushed and thought nothing of it. In about half an hour the part became painful, began to swell and turned nearly black. He immediately rubbed the wound with talk suit very thoroughly, till the swelling subsided in n great measure," and af terwards applied ponltiecs of bruised catnip, when the spread of the poison was checked } but a spot around the wound, the size of a man's hand, is now a mass of filled with maljtcr, the effect of t'>c poisou. PERILOUS BALLOON* ASCF.XSIOX The ~ navt Dropped info Loire. Erie. —()n Thursih uiorninor a mau, whose name we cannot imme diately ascertain, ascended from Erie in ah loon, with the intention of crossing over Canada. He had made about sixty miles f| f his journey, and had reached within six mj].-'- of (Jrand Hirer on the Canada side when tin' wind veered rbnud blew liirn down the lake an.} toward the American shore. When about twenty wiles distant from Loug Point he saw the propeller Marie Stuarr, and let out tiie gas in order that he might board the projxjller The unlucky aeronaut was soon immersed u r to his middle in the water, from which position he was rescued by the boat of the Marie Stuart. The balloon was made fast to tiie boat, that it might be towed to the proj>t-Il t . r and preserved, but the "machine" begun (o fill ngnirtj and the wind freshening, the tion of the boat and the balloon was and the sailors finding themselves flying through the water at the tail of the new fangled etui-- er. The ropes were quickly cut, and the l> a . loon soon scudded out of sight. The propeller took the a ronaut to Detroit, from which point iie sent a letter by the City of Cleveland his friends iu Erie, aimoancing his arrira!,— Del nul Adv. JOHN* T)EAN* AOATX. —The famous coach man, who ran away with Miss Mariana IV tranilla Boker, a few months since, has been lost sight ot completely, in consequence of more recent excitements. The lust the public heard of him was that he had gone down somewhere in the < o iiTv t > < omj lete his education, under the stipulation not to return or try to see hi; wife for a twelve month. Mrs. Dean, mean while —so the Sunday Courier .says—remained at officer Bortholfs house. John, however, not being of a studious turn of mind it is rem resented, found it rather dull studying gram iner down among the Loug Islanders" and sighed to return. So he took a run up to t> city and suddenly appeared to the fair a>nl constant lady-love. The Courier adds : " She being a true hearted and high-minded lady, was ratln-r shocked by her husband lack of honor in not keeping his parole. She positively refused to have anything to say tj him, and commanded hint to return and kee: lns engagement, or she would never see hit! again. lie went, but unwillingly ; and if h;. should have the stupidity to break his wor.l again, he will have to mo back to his old oc cupation as a gentleman's coachman, and givel up all hopes of being the husband of a lewlc hearted and high-mi ided lady, such as tlij infatuated I'ctrauiUa has thus far proved btr-1 self." DYING CONCESSIONS. —The Toledo lilad- • remarking upon the recent execution of Ivetor J. M. Ward in that city, quotes the remark of Dr. Pond, an eminent physician of Hal: more, who said that fifty years experience ail the bedsides of the sick and dying had taugt: I him that the most deceptive moments of man's whole life are those in which he lingr 011 the very boundary between life and cleat! and the words spoken, reflect the prevailttrl motives of their lives ; and moralizes then | as follow* : " People are very apt to think, when criminal denies his guilt on the gallows - view of such awful circumstances, that lie inn he innocent. But the history of criminal la: shows that nothingjis more erroneous than sue! an opinion ; and the dying speech of War in contrast with his written confession, gc* still further to show how little dependence or lie placed on a man whose life is one evert ing duplicity. 11 Ward told the truth on tt scaffold, he lied repeatedly before. li'liet the truth in his confession lie lied on u scafiuld. Whichever dilemma, we take, then suit will go to show that the view of ccru. death does not make men honest."' JrnoE Domt.AS DENOUNCED BY TTIS PA" ZANS. —The Chicago Democrat says that r largest Buchanan meeting that has even ; been held at Freeport, Illinois, was heldt the 1 'th instant, The object of the call * to comment on the course of Judge Donj in adopting one policy for the city of Clues, and another for the country. Chicago adopted the rotation policy, and ousted err incumbent. In the country, in order to ilos responsiblity, be has generally appointed r incumbents. The Freeport Buchanan ff would not stand this, aus called an iuihr tion meeting. They denounced Judge IN las in the severest terms. Among the den " eiators was Col. James Mitchell, for net" twenty years an active ami reliable demo? until last fall. POISON OK a WHOLE FAMILY BY SLAVED The family of Edward Gill, of Chester* County, Ya., have for a month past sulfa from a mysterious sickness. The Peterbu: states that about a month ago one Mr. G.'s little children died, and that sn quently himself, wife, and live children taken sick, and another child died. Ab' number of,physicians were summoned, and instituting a search -they found in the dot* meat of the cook and two other slaves a <|r titv of the carbonate of lead and sugar of r both slow hot deadly poisons, which wretches, no doubt, had been from day to mixing with the food of the unsuspecting ily, ns it was Dot until Saturday last that! i Were supposed to be suffering from pv Two of the children are still lying in a prr riouscondition. The slaves arc in jail. Judge Trumbull, while in Spring 111, last week, was awaited UIKIII by a nu? ; of the leading gentleman of that city, for ] purpose of inviting him to deliver a public j dress upon the political qnestions of that i at any time that might suit his convenience j Owing to previous engagements, Judge 'lf j hull was nnable to comply with the reqnovj that time, but announced his willingness 1 address the people on the 29th insf. T!i<T| lie may look for a thorough exposition ot 1 specious fallacies contained in the late spel of Judge Douglas at the same place. " Wilmot is an agitator and disorganirer."— vanian. Well, for once yon have ottered tire tr', ne has agitated the Democratic party of State very much for the last three years,' disorganized them in Tioga, Bradford. Sn lmnna, I'otter. and McKean. He will gunizc you still more hi October next. COL. BENTON SrrroßTixc THE KXR IST CANDIDATE. —Col. Benton writes • Washington to a gentleman in Missouri, as between Rollins and Stewart, the o|>p < candidates for governor, he shall support former. Mr. Rollins is theanti-adiniuWr' candidate, adopted by the emancipation 1
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