Tie Revival of the African Slave Trade. The deliberations of Southern Conventions of late years lmve been regarded by sensible men with pretty mncli the degree and kind of iuterest that the bystanders feel iu contemplat ing miscellaneous dog-fights iu a country vil lage. No one cares who owus the dogs, nor w hat provoked the quarrel. The interest con sists simply in watching the fluctuations of the struggle, and in seeing the combatants roll over each other in the dirt ; it ceases the mo ment they are separated. But as dog-fights sometimes result iu more serious controversies nmong their owners, so these southern conven tions occasionally make a demonstration which has s mc other element besides its absurdity to attract attention. The debate on the re opening of the slave trade, which we quote in in another column, is one of this class. The Convention was composed of about one hun dred men, representing every slave state, we l>elieve, but Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri and Texas. On the second day of the session the following resolutions, offered by Mr. Bry an, of South Carolina, were reported for dis mission by the business committee, and 011 the fourth day they were passed : " Resolved, That in tho opinion of this Convention the eighth article of the treaty of Washington, ratified on the 10th of Xoveml>er, 1542, ought to he annulled, under the provision of the first clause of the eleventh article of said treaty. tirsolvrd. That a copy of the above resolution be sent by the President of this Convention, to the senators atid representatives in Congress from each State here repre sented, with the request that it be laid before the legisla tures of their respective states tor their consideration."' The vote on its adoption stood 64 to 27. The Convention had previously voted down an amendment offered by Mr. Sueed, of Tennes see, to the effect that in their opinion, it was "contrary to the settled policy of the country " to repeal the laws prohibitory of the African " slave trade.'" This declaration received but forty votes. Here we have, then, a distinct expression of n settled purpose 011 tlie part of this Conven tion, and of the people they represent, to make a revival of the African slave trade a cardinal question of southern policy. By it they pur pose to test the sonudncss of their representa tives in Congress, and whatever influence they ran exert, cither through state or national channels, is pledged to the repeal of all restric tions upon the commerce in hitman beings. The question now arises : Will this vote of the Southern Convention have any effect, and what, upon the action of our government ? It will be remembered that a resolution similar in purpose to this, was first offered about three years ago in Congress, by Senator Slidell, of Louisiana. He has for years held the most intimate political relations with Mr. Buchanan; he alone was clothed with power to define that gentleman's position on the Kansas-Nebraska bill, when it became a subject of controversy between the Penmjslcanian and the Washing ton I nion, and to him was confided the deli cate task of " arranging' for the vote of Penn sylvania at the last election. His influence, therefore, with the President was supposed to be potential. The delegates in the Southern Convention from his state were unanimously in favor of the resolution that passed. Will lie, as one of the Southern senators to whom those resolutions were addressed, feel called upon to renew his motiou next winter, aud, if so, will it become an administration measure ? At present there is every prospect of as much " sectional " work being cut out for the President in Kansas as he will be able to at tend to this year, and it is too soon to make up an issue to unite the South upon, for a Presidential nomination in 18fi0. It is not likely, therefore, that. Mr. Buchanan will choose to meddle with this subject at present. When, however, it becomes necessary again to con ciliate the South, this, unquestionably, will bo the direction from whence northern concessions will tend. It will not surprise us to find the coming crop of Presidential aspirants, who have not profited by the lessons of the past year or two, joining in full cry against all re strictions upon the African slave trade ; and we arc likewise fully prepared to expect from the ucxt National Convention of the adminis tration party, a pretty unanimous endorsement of the resolutions of the Southern Convention. There was another resolution adopted by this Southern Convention, which bears more or less directly upon the subject we have l>een treating. We refer to their recommendation that Southern legislatures should pass laws exempting " property " to the extent of one slave from attachment for debt. This is one of the natural results of the recent elections in .Missouri, and the colonization movement in Virginia, which have forced uion the slave holders the necessity of strengthening them selves by connecting a peculiar privilege with the possession of slave property. —Evening Post. Keep it Before the People. That IIKNKY S. MOTT, Canal Commissioner, Cium.KS R. RIV.KAI.EW, Chairman of the De mocratic State Central Committee, and others of the same ilk, plundered the Treasury of soooo ! KEEP IT BE FORK THE PEOPLE, that .JACOB FRY, Auditor General, and HEN RY 6. M.VGRAW, State Treasurer, both Demo crats, connived at the fraud and paid the mo ney out of the Treasury, in direct violation of late! KEEP IT BEFOItE THE PEOPLE, that it they desire to protect the Treasury from plunder, and save themselves from oner ous taxation , they must elect honest, public of ficers to guard the treasure of the Common wealth, aud protect it against the leeches who have been sticking to it and sucking its life blood for venrs past. KEEP* IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE, that the leaders of the Democratic party, from PACKKK down, are a gang of STATE PLUN DERERS, who hare swindled the Common wealth out of millions of money, wrung fro.u the sweat and toil of the honest taxpayer, and will continue their dejeedatious upon the Trea sury so long as they are placed iu high posi tion and entrusted with power ! A EKY BAH F VIM RE. —Among tlie failures ot the present season most to be deplored, af ter the Atlantic Telegraph failure, is that of the Delaware pearl i crop. Peaches are among the principal solaces of Autumn, and to be de prived of one of our accustomed luxuries at a season like this, puts one's philosophy to the test. There are peaches in the market and at every street corner ; but they are poor, starveling looking things, and dear at that. I ne reports from Delaware, whence we derive our chief supplies, are that the peach crop is a total failure, though they are said to be abun dant in Jersey. We shall have loads of the i!'-hei<iii* lniit, but it ril! not be in .such abun d i .oe, nor o good and cheap as in ordinary Ec .'.sons.— .V. Y. Timer. (Correspondence of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin) Mobbing the Presiding Elder of the East ern District, Philadelphia Conference. New Castle. Monday, Aug. 24- At the close of the Camp-meeting for Greens boro Circuit, Caroline county, Md., held at Boousboro and which closed a few days ago, there was witnessed one of the greatest Pro-sla crv outracres which has ever occured in the State of Maryland. At many meetings of this kind it is usual at the close of the meeting for till members of the Church (Methodist Epis copal) to march around the ground, inside of the circle formed by the tents, and sing some hymn appropriate to the parting of those who have been worshipper* together in the tented grove for the week or more of the meetings continuance. Ordiparily the colored people formed iu inarching order, and defiled into line immedi ately after the whites ; but in some localities, least offense should lie takeu by the outsiders, the colored people marched around by them selves, and after the procession of the whites had takeu place. To eoncilitate the Pro-sla ery sentiment iu the locality the latter plau was adopted by the prudent dignitary who had charge of the interests of the meeting. Rev. Win. McCombs, the Presiding Elder placed himself at the head of the procession of the colored members of the Methodist Episco pal Church, which was made up of slaves and free people of color ; when a mob of more 00 persons, led 011 by an ex-dignitary of the county, entered the circle and came up immedi ately abreast the procession. The leader of the mob forbade MeCombs to take another step at his peril, and threatening him with the vcngeauce of the mob should he dare to advance. The Presiding Elder, intimidated by threats of personal violence, and fearing bloodshed and a general melee, quit his place in the proces sion, and the mob was triumphant on the ground made as sacred by the laws of Mary laud as is the inside of a Church. A magistrate ou the ground, and an officia ting member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was applied to, we learu, for a writ to arrest the leader of the mob. This pro cess was denied the Presiding Elder ; and he found to his chagrin, and iu contradiction of the former repeated asservatious in regard to Methodism in the slaveholding Territories of the Philadelphia Auuual Conference, that the Methodist people were untrue to Anti-Slavery Methodism, or at least had not the courage to support their Church official when the in terests and rights of the colored people were in question. We are not the lovers of strife and blood shed, yet we can only think of the position of Mr. MeCombs as one representing, on this occasion, the whole interests of Anti-Slavery Methodism on the Peuinsula, and deeply re gret that right and the prestigs of a powerful Church 011 the right side, should have been surrendered. A Monster Reptile. A correspondent of the Abington Democrat, writing from Walnut Hill, Lee county, Va., who is, as the Democrat assures its readers, "a gentleman in whom implicit confidence may be placed," gives the following account of the killing of a monster reptile in llarlan county, Ky. He says : "About three weeks ago five men wentont to gather whortleberries in the mountainous part of Harlan county Kentucky, and in their trav els came to a small branch at the foot of a steep ridge, where they discovered a smooth beaten path, or rather slide, that led from the branch up the ridge. Curiosity tempting them to know its meaning, they followed the trail to the top of the ridge, where, to their astonishment, they found an acre of ground perfectly smooth aud destitute of vegetation, near the centre of which they discovered a small sink or cave, large enough to admit a salt barrel. " They concluded to drop in a few stones, and presently their ears were saluted with a loud, rumbling sound, accompanied with a rat tliug noise ; and an enormous serpent made its appearance, blowing and spreading his head, and his forked tongue protruded. The men were struck with wonder and affright, and suddenly the atmosphere was filled with a smell so nauseating that three of the five men were taken very sick ; the other two discovering the condition of their companions, dragged them away from that abode of death. About ten feet of the snake had, to their judgmeut, made its ap|>earnnce, when they hurried home and told what they had seen to their neighbors. " The next day were mouuted some ten of the hardy mountaineers, armed with rifles, de termined to i estroy the monster. On approach ing within one hundred yards of the dwelling of his snakeship, their horses suddenly became restive, and neither kindness nor force could make them go any nearer. The men dismount ed, and hitching their horses, proceeded on foot with rifles cocked, to the mouth of the cave. They hurled in three or four large stones, aud fell back some fifteeu steps, when the same noise was heard as heard before, and out came the dreaded reptile, ready as his looks indicated, to crush the intruders. "About the same length of the suake had appeared from the hole, when eight or ten bul lets went through his head, aud, as the mon ster died he crept crawling out, until twenty feet of that huge boa lay motionless ou the ground. It was a rattlesnake with twenty eight rattles—the first was four inches in diam eter, the rest decreasing in sibe to the last.— \\ ith difficulty the men dragged him hom,', and his skin can now be seen by the curious in Har. lau county." (Correspondence of the Missouri Democrat.) Acquittal of Gov. Robinson. LAWKENOE, Friday morning, Aug. 21. Gov. ROBINSON was acquitted yesterday forenoon. The jury were out nint hours. There was an animated debate in the jury-room. At first, I learn, they stood ten for a verdict of guilty, to two tor an acquittal. They were Pro-Slavery men. The judge had distinctly charged them that, if they found that the prisoner, at any time, had assumed to be Governor of the State of Kansas, they most find him guilty. The de feuse had always admitted this fact. The two jurors, however, did not accept such instructions. They refused to believe iu the existence of a State in this port of the country. They came out, alter they had dis cussed the question some time, and asked that the question be reopened for further evidence on that point. This request was refused. At It o'clock, therefore, they returned a ver dict of not guilty. JACOB IUS E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR. ~TOWA.TSX>A: (2Tl]ucssan XRorninn, September 3. 1857. 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LEWIS, of Chester Co JAMES VEECH, of Tayette County. DELEGATE ELECTIONS. Saturday next, is the day appointed for tlic delegate meetings and we desire to make a last appeal to the Republican electors to at tend. We trust they will do so, not to ad vance the interests of any particular favorite, but to take such action as they may deem best calculated to advance the good of the cause. No true Republican, who is animated by a love for our principles, will sink the welfare of that party in personal predilectious. It is falsely pi oclaimed by our opponents that the Republican party is an organization for the distribution of the offices. Let us disprove this calumny, by treating the offices as if they were sccoudary to the advancement of our principles, and the prosperity of our party.— Let us discountenance the scramble for place, which would introduce into our organization trickery and corruption, and climb to office if n -eds be, over the ruins of the party. The offiees belong to the people —they are not the property of those who aspire to fill them.— Let the people call upon those they desire to occupy office, and assert their right to make a free choice, without interference or dictation. Let thera frown upon all attempts to forestall their action ; and upon everything that is not straight-forward and manly. The first requisite for a clean ticket is a full attendance at the primary meetings. The popular voice can make itself heard, if it will but make the proper exertion. We enjoin up on our friends to be at the delegate elections, and above all to exercise prudence, liberality, and avoid that contention which is calculated to work to the disadvantage of the cause. Foreign News. —The America arrived Ilal- | ifax Friday, from Liverpool ou the loth, brings bad news from the Atlantic Telegraph Expe dition. The. Cable parted from the Niagara on the afternoon of Tuesday , 11 th, in consequence of a sudden check while in process of paying out. — The telegraphic despatch from Halifax states ; that "as the engineer thought the Cable was running out in too great a proportion to the speed of the ship, he considered it necessary to direct the brakes to be applied more firmly— when unfortunately, the Cable parted at some distance from the stern of the ship. The speed of the Niagara at the time of the acci dent, was about four knots. The Leopard was immediately despatched to Portsmouth to re port the disaster, and the Cyclops was to fol low with despatches for Valentin, The Niag ara and and Agamemnon, with nearly two thousand miles of the Cable still on board, re mained near the scene of accident, and a se ries of importaut deep-water experiments were to lie instituted before their return, in order to furnish reliable information to the Directors of the Company. It is reported that about one hundred miles of the three hundred lost are suuk in water over two miles in depth.— At the conclusion of the experiments, the whole fleet was to sail for Portsmouth. A meeting of the Board of Directors had been called for the 15th, to consider the propriety of resuming the enterprise this season. The news from India by this arrival is high ly important. The Overland Mail had arriv ed, with intelligence of great moment. The mutiny among the native troops is still spread ing. Delhi had not fallen, up to the 27tb of June. The rebels in possession of the city had made several desperate sorties, that were re pulsed on each occasion with immeuse slaugh ter. The cholera had broken out in Delhi, and the city was filled with sick and wounded.— Reinforcements were arriving at the British camp, and the beseiging force, at last accounts amounted to 8,000 Europeaus and 5,000 Se povs—in all, 13,000 men. The panic in Cal cutta was subsiding. SUSQUEHAXNA COL'XTY. —The Republican Convention of Susquehanna, met on the 24th ult., and placed in nomination the following ticket : • Representative —SlMFOX B CHASE. Sheriff —JOHX YOUNG. Prothonotory—Qr B. R. WADE. Register Sf Recorder —CHAßl.ES NEAI.. Comm.issio-ner — O RAXG E M OTT. Treasurer —CHAUXCEY W. MOTT. Auditor — GEOßGE T. FRAZIKR. Coroner —JOSlAH BLACKMAX. We recognize amongst the above uames, some that we know as the eonsistent aud re liable frieuds of Freedom, aud learn that the whole ticket is in every respect a good oue.-- PANIC IN NEW-YORK. —During the last ten days a great momentary panic has existed in New-York, caused by the suspension of the Ohio Life and Trust Company, involving other parties and causing the stoppage of several prominent stock-gamblers. JOHN THOMPSON, the well known uncurrent money dealer, was one of the first to suspend. His failure is sup posed to be a bad one, as he has been arrest ed, and his property attached. Mr. THOMPSON was the redeeming agent of the Waverly Dank, in which he was also a a stockholder. It was feared that the Bank would be a heavy loser, but we understand that he has secured the Bank, so that the loss will be but small. The notes of the Rhode Island Central, TivertOD, and Farmer's Bank, of Wickford, Rhode Island ; the Hancock Batik, of Maine ; Warren Bank, Pennsylvania ; Wooster Bank, Conn. ; and Bank of Kanawha, Va , are thrown out, there being 110 arrangements made for their redemption. At latest accounts, the panic had subsided, and the market had resumed a quiet feeling. These failures amongst the stock gamblers are really of r:o account, except as they serve to create excitement and instability amongst ca pitalists. REPUBLICAN* NOMINATIONS IN IOWA. —The Republican Stato Convention of lowa met at lowa City on the 19th ult. Oil the third bal lot, General R. P. Lowe, of Lee county, was nomiuated for Governor, and Oran Faville, of Mitchell county, Lieutenant-Governor. Gen. Lowe resides at Keokuk, and has been Judge of the First District Court of the state for the past five years. The lowa City Republican says, " with these nominations we cannot fail to achieve a glorious victory." THS MORMON ALPHABET. —The new " Dese ret Alphabet " is completed, and a font of Pi ca type has been cast in St. Louis. Specimens of the type are published in the St. Louis Democrat, but are of course unintelligible to Gentiles. The type-founders have supplied the Mormons with moulds aud other appara tus for re-casting their old metal, so that the Deseref fVews will probably hereafter be a pro found mystery, at least in part, to all but the initiated. The new characters aie forty-one in number, and bear a striking resemblance to those of the Ethiopic alphabet. INSTRUCTING DELEGATES. —The following is a copy of the instructions given by the Re publican voters of Gibson township, Susque hanna county, to their delegates to the County Convention. They strike us as eminently ju dicious, and as embodying principles of action worthy the consideration of aH,earuest suppor ters of Republican principles : Resolved, That office is the right of no man. It is an ought to be regarded only as a necessity of civil society, simply and solely as the means of administering government; and that candi dates should be selected entirely with a view to their individual fitness of houesty and capabili ty, and to the promotion of great principles and measures of public policy and improve ment. Resolved, That we are opposed to the sys tem of bargain and sale, to the packings of Conventions, and every attempt of whatever kind to embarrass, falsify, or forestall the free, fair, and spontaneous expression of the public mind in relation to the selection of candidates for County offices ; and that, at the present time, especially, the harmony of the Republi can party and the promotion of its principles are with us considerations of vastly paramount importance. Therefore, Leso/red, That the delegates from the township of Gibson, to the County Convention, to be held at Montrose, on the 24th inst., be instructed, and they are hereby instructed to govern their action in said Con vention by the principles embodied in the fore going resolutions. Terrific Haii, Storm in* the Vai.i.kv of the Hoestamc, X. V. —About five o'clock on Sunday afternoon, 23d inst., Morminsville was visited by a most terrific hail storm, accompan ied with thunder and lightning. Though the hail did not fall for more than ten minutes, it came with stick violence as to smash hundreds of window lights, and to completely ruin the tobacco crop, which was more than unusually promising. The damage thus done must amount to many thousand dollars. The stones were perfectly round, of a milkish whiteness most of them of the size of a bullet, but many were seen as large as a lien's egg. They were Very hard, so that a heavy blow was needed to crush them. Altogether the storm was the most severe that the inhabitants of the neigh borhood remember. Accounts are constantly coming in of damage done wherever the hail fell ; and though it did not cover an era of more than ten miles in width, yet a great amount of property must hate been destroyed, Many had placed their sole dependence on the tobacco crop, but this terrific visitation has left them destitute. A WESTERN* CORNFIELD. —To give our Fast' em readers an idea of the product of some of the Western cornfields, we mention the fact that Joseph Hayes, an old farmer in Lawrence burgh, Indiana, soid 30,000 bushels of corn last week for 80 cents per bushel, and live cents additional for hauling it to the point of deliv ery in that place. It was almost wholly the crop of 1850, though a small part of it was left over from the previous year's crop. It produced the snug sum of $'25,500, and was raised on the famous Miami Bottoms, be tween Lawrenecburgh and Elizabethtown that for half a century have turned out enormous crops, without any apparaut abatement of fer tility. MISSOURI. —STEWART ELECTED BY FOUR HUN DRED MAJORITY. —\\ e can barely announce this result, which is certain, though the full official returns are not yet in. Doukin and Ripley are yet to hear from officially. It is said that even Dunkin gives a majority for STEWART, but allowing that it gives 50 for ROLLINS, STEW ART is still 400 ahead. The Coalition is de feated. The Democratic party is victorious. St. Lewis Le:adtr t 2(iM. Mr. Wilmot's Progress. WILMOT'S RECEPTION IN THE WEST. —We have advices from the West, stating that im mense crowds turned out to hear Judge WIL MOT at Somerset, Greensburg and Washington. The largest meetings held at this point Were not larger. As we predicted, the people are turning out in vast masses to hear him. His name all through the west is a tower of strength. No pther name in the State hassodeepa hoid upon the popular heart of that region. Let the East and centre but respond to the voice of the North and West, and his triumph will not only be great, it will be i^guificeut.— I'hila. Times. MK. WILMOT'S PHILADELPHIA SPEECH.— Great have been the effects produced in Phil adelphia by Mr. Wilmot's speech, made here receutly. Many of the most influential of the old old line Whigs were in attendance, and expressed themselves highly gratified at the sensible and Statesmanlike views of that dis tinguished gentleman. It reminded them of the good old days of Clay and Webster, when people went public meetings for the purpose of receiving instruction, and not be disgusted at the incoherent ravings of some miserable mountebank, who had the gift of talking by the hour, and saying nothing. Mr. Wilmot's exposition of his famous Pro viso was a master-piece, and convinced all who heard him that he is indeed one of the giant statesmen of the country. After the conclu sion of his speech many come to the conclusion that the Democratic State Committee might be well called a prudential Committee, from the fact of their positively forbidding General Packer to discuss the political topics of the of the day with Mr. Wilmot, The only good that we can conceive would have arisen from General Packer's presence at the public meetings, would have been to per form an interlude, so as to afford Mr. Wilmot a resting place.— Phila. Sun. JRDOE Wi I.MOT'S ADDRESS. —Lafayette Hall was crowded to its utmost capacity last even ing—hundreds failing to obtain admission —to hear the address of Hon. David Wilmot, the Republican candidate for Governor. He is a handsome, portly looking man, with an in tellectual head and face, but was evidently suf fering much inconvenience from a cold and hoarseness. His speech was plain and cogent —his facts and arguments presented with a clearness and occasional playfulness. He sketch ed the history of Southern encroachment and Northern submission —the action of Congress and Northern Legislators in his famous Pro viso—the steady yielding up of the position then taken by the Northern politicians of all parties, &c. His exhibition of the real cause of the preponderance of the slave power in the Government was very clear and logical. He closed with a brief sketch of the Kansas difficulties—showing what a brief sketch of the history of that struggle, hitherto and now, from the first usurpation of the Missouri inva ders aud the bogus Legislature elected by them, the Government had sustained the wrong-doers, and from the very fact of its determination to uphold the laws of that legislature by force, if necessary, the Free State party were certain ly precluded from a fair election, and with the present apportionment and the required pav meut of the Bogus taxes as decided by Judge Cato, they were bound hand and foot. He spoke at considerable length, though evidently not in good physical condition of doing justice to himself. The committee have "cut out'' too much labor for one man.— Pittsburg Dispatch, Saturday. SHEEP SPECULATION-. —An Eastern sheep drover came into this State a few davs ago, and picked up a fine drove drove of "several hundred sheep in Macomb County for the Eas tern market. In passing through the town of I tica, a farmer's flock to the number of over 60 were careless enough to " mix in," without the conseut of their owner, with the drove bound for this city. The drover being in a hurry to reach this city by a certain time, to secure passage on board an Eastern boat to Buffalo, did uot think it advisable to stop to separate the volunteers from the " regular," supposing they might separate themselves, rather than go away from home, and among strangers. They did not, however, and the fanner, their owner, soon found out what was going on, and following up, overtook them just as they were entering the city. lie inti mated rather plainly to the drover that his conduct might subject him to suspicion of sheep stealing, and that he had better settle the matter, before leaving the State. The drover saw how the matter stood, and coin cided with the farmer's idea, lie was ready to buy the volunteer sheep ! The farmer set his price for some of the choice ones, as high as $25 each, lie sold the whole flock, took his money and returned home, while the dro ver went East, thinking some flocks of sheep were deuced dear out iu Michigan.— Detroit Advertiser. FIRE IX HARRISBURG. —Two PERSON'S BAD LY BURNED. —On Tuesday morning, about 3 o'clock, the canal boat E. (I. James, of Wil liamspoi't, laden with coal, canght fire at Har risburg, Pa., and the cabin was burned. Two colored men sleeping in it were so badly burn ed that they cannot possibly sutvive. The whole skin about the thickness of a fnbber shoe peeled off from one of the poor fellow's feet, toes and all complete. Their hands and faces were burned dreadfully, and they pre sented a horrible spectacle of human suffering, from which death alone can relieve them. Col. Thomas Ilite and other citizens of Jef ferson County, Ya., set free eighty of their slaves on Thursday last. The Colonel, as agent of the owners, accompanied them to Middleburgh, Pa., when handing each individ ual S4O in money, and equipping them all with sufficient clothing, they were set at liber ty. W HAT WE DRINK. —The spurious wines of Oporto, recently seized by the Portugese go vernment, were made of molasses, alcohol and some coloring sobstance. Thousands of pipes of this mixture have boon sent to Knglaud, to the Continent and elsewhere. The wine late ly confiscated in Paris was made of water, alum and elder-berries. teg* Mine of silver and lead has been dis covered in Fayette township, Juniata countv, Pa., which promises to yield a very rich har vest ; one pound of the ore containing as high 1-12 ounces of silver and nine ounces of lead. teg* A man named Charles Allison laid his neck upon the N. Y. Railroad track last Wed nesday while suffering from the delirium tre mens, and his head was severed from his bodv by the first train. ' Highway Robbery. Miss Julia A. Curtis was robbed on th road leading from Scranton to Petersburg | a V Thursday uioruing between the hours of and nine. Miss Curtis is a school teacher, an was proceeding to her school, when she overtaken by a brute of a man, thrown upo tbe ground, grappled by the throat and rob. bed of her gold watch, chain, locket and pi B She bravely resented the insult, and did n o > give up her jewelry until the scoundrel chok-'s her so that she was not able to utter a single audible sound. He tore the jewelry from [, er in the most hratal manner, thcu made his es cape* She ran to the house with her hair all down over her face, and her eyes glaring fright, presenting a spectacle never to be f or . gotteu by those who first saw her. In half an hour from this time the villiaa was ca."er!v pursued by the people of Scranton and several of the citizens but to no effect. So great the excitement and indignation, that, had the guilty one been taken at that time, there would have been danger of his being summari ly punished by the citizeus, without trial by judge or jury. A man uamed John McDon ald, upon whom suspicion rested, was secure] in Pittston on Saturday, and brought to this place, and when seen by Miss Chrtis was in. stantiy recognized as the robber. He wa< therefore sent to Wilksebarre and locked up to await his trial — Scranton Republican. THE WORLD'S FAIR OF AIX NATIONS.—AMON 2 the noticeable thing on exhibition at the tal Palace, we saw the contributions of Xcw PiUs, from the Laboratory of DH. J. 0. AVER, the author of the. tvidely knotvn and raluwj Cherry Pectoral. As it is against the express regulations of the Palace to admit any quack medicines, this fact shows that his remedies are not placed in that category by the authori ties. Indeed we hare before knowD that his Pectoral was highly appreciated by scientific men, who have seen lately tnat his Pills arc held in great estimation by those deeply learn ed in the healing Reformer, Mats. CHINESE SUGAR CANE. —Mr. Philo Brainard, of Windham, Bradford County, Pa, left a: our office the other day, a stalk of the Chi nese Sugar Cane, from a small patch growinj upon his farm. This stalk, which is a fair spe cimen of the average of the patch, measures nine feet and seven inches in height, and bears a perfect resemblance to the Indian Corn, ex cept that it is minus the ears. It is said that 500,000 acres of laud have been planted with this Sugar Cane in the United States the present season.— Oicego Gaz. MAP.KKTS—NEW YORK, Aug. 29.—Flour has materially declined, prices ranging at s> a 5,20 for common to choice superfine State ; and 6a0,40 for common to choice superfine Western. Western is a good figure lower, sales of inferior qualities being made at $1,05 a51,20 per bushel, and the best Southern red and white at si,soal,To. Corn 84a 86 ; oats 40a48e. for Jersej, and 58a63 for State and Western. Butter 15a19 for Ohio, and 19a22 for ordinary to good State. Cheese OalOc. Mr. McCormick, the inventor of the reaper, has offered to give $2,000 per year toward ß the support of a Presbyterian Church at Chi cago, if they will secure Rev. I)r. Rice, of St. Louis, as Pastor, The object of this move ment is said to be to counteract the Auti-Sla very tendencies of the Church. Mr. Fafaday has made known a new appli cation of magneto-electricity—the electricity generated by electro machines. It consists in the production of electric light which can b€ immediately employed for ligbt-housees. teg* A letter in the South Carolinian from London alluding to Senator Sumner, who is now in England has this very important intel igence : " It gives me real pleasure to kuow that Mr. Dallas repudiates him utterly. I as sert. this of my own knowledge," teg* On Friday Rev. J. C. Fletcher, the mi thor of Brazil and the Brazilians, while bath ing near Leak's Island, >lc., was thrown with great force by the surf against the rocks, anl was only saved from drowning by the timely assistance of an English gentleman. teg* In consequence of high price of cotton and the low price of goods, it is said that 6000 cotton looms hare already been stopped in New England, and that many more will follow suit as fast as the yarn runs out. To the Republicans of Bradford County- GENTLEMEN :—Allow me to offer myself as a candidal for the office of Crfritity CcrfEtnissioner, subject to the <fc cision of the Republican County Contention, to be held at this place, Monday evening, Sept. 7, 1857. And I Would furtbertnore Very much obliged, ifyo Would present tut nSttse as a candidate to the favorable consideration of your delegates, and should 1 be so fortu nate as to receive the nomination at their hands, and hap pen to get votes enough to secure niv election. I shall en deavor to discharge the duties pertaining to the ofit* with fidelity, Yours respectfully, "A. P. JfOXTAXYE, Towanda, Aug. in. 18.57. _ PERRY'S VlCTOßY.—Thursday a*"Aii&k. 1857, the Tenth of September, let U" there will be a partv at the WASHBURN HOUSE, Ulster Pa. Our motto, " Try to please those that like good or der. Music, Canham's Band. Bill, $2 50. S. F. WASHBURN. PropHetor._ DELEGATE ELECTIONS.—NOTIcf! is here LliEsT by given to the Republican Electors of the bore of Towanda, that an election bt ballot, will take place at the Grand J iry Room, on SATURDAY, Sept. 5,1857.be- tween the hours of 4 and 7 o'clock, P. M., for the purpose of electing two Delegates to represent said horo. in 'he Republican County Convention which is to assemble at the Court House, on Monday evening, September 7, Hi,, for the purpose of putting in nomination a County T' l '*' et, to he supported by the Republican electors of Brad ford county, at the ensuing general election. J.V.GEIGER, LEWIS BULL. CEO. BRITTOX. August 13,1857. Vigilance Committee. New York & Erie R.R., Waverly Station Commencing Monday, June 15, 1857, Trains will leave WAVERLY at about the following hours: GOING WEST. 1 GOING EAST. Dunkirk A Buff' Exp 320 P.M [Cincinnati Exp •> 73 AX Night Express 347 A.M Night Express 12 a, r.M Mail < UP.JI Chicago Express.. 647 A M Emigrant 443 r.Mi Steamboat Exp 21, rx Accommodation... .7 55 A.M Stock Express 4-- a m Freight, No. 1 12 10 P.M| Accommodation 73, r.* Freight, N0.3 9 35 AJifFreight. No. 3 1 30 rx Freight, N0.5 2 10 A.M I Freight, 50. 4 Elmira. Canandaigua & Niagara Falls RB. Takes effect May 25,1857. ELMIRA STATION. GOIMG WLTFT. I ARKIVE. Niagara Express.. .4 30 A.M|N.Y. A Phil. Exp. llaflra Evening Wav Exp .4 15 p.* Net York Fxp 12 -JO rX Freight 700 A-M'Stock Express 10 4o rx Connecting at Elmira with the principal trains (east and west) on the N. Y. A E- R.R.. nnd at the Suspenf l ' Bridge with the Creat Western, forming au expedition route for Western travellers. W. O. LAPHAM. Superintendent.^ WIhWN<TI( K. The <|iintia of Pamphlet Uiwjj} Bradford co„ for 1857. have been receiw are ready for distribution to those entitled to rev* itheni. A. M'KEAN, Prothouotarv- I I'rot's. Office, Aug 18,1857.
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