, Ifte CIRCULATION, 2016: C. F. READ (01: 11. FRAZIER, EDITORS. • "P. E. Loom. OORREqPOSDING EDITOR X0N180811:013 0 1. .106; PA. Thuri4r,*pt!inble;: 1, 1111138. STATE' TICKET. FOR ,Tt OP TtiZ SUPRIKE - noNeJOri.N 11..itEAD, ofTbklatielphia. _ 701 t CANAL COMIIIELSIONYR, WiI?L4IIE. FRAZER ; of Fayette _ Cottntik.' COUNT=Y TOR - CONIAIESS, AGN. GALIJSIIA. A. GROW, FOR PRESIDENT .YUDGEi HON. DAVID WILIIIOTot t : • TORSZPRE.SENTATIVE ' .9 1 ' BIM:EON 'B. CITASst, or,Great 13erld.• 7ort..scamr coirmissiorsa, 12..yi -8. PAGE son, co :10111C F. " : of iiiidgewater. , keall for a nteoting : Of the. pepubli : can County . Committee wi special notices. We: hope ,overyLiontitber will 'endeavor - to he present. as matters , of imo,ttatice:hre to be considered. • • Or The aaverti.seineit of the Quaker City. Insurance Pompany, of Philadelphia— W. D. Lusk, agent, Montiose---will be found ,in this paper.- This is in old, long-established Company, and is described by , the Philadel phia papers as , prosperous, ably managed . ,and safe. . - , It will be perceived by , hii advertise. Merit, that Wm: B. Simpson, Watch Repair laas'removed his shop to Boyd & 'Webster's new building, corner of Main aid Turnpike streets. c • or The advertisement of "Sands, Na , than's, & CO'a American 'Circus and Great Elephant Exhibition," will be found in anotb , ercolu6a. - . ' , . ~ _ _ , liart The potato rot has made its appear ance.% this county---especially along the Wyalusing creek—and is doing and likely - to do great damage,to .the potato crop. The law hot weather is thought to be the cause of it, and has alai) mach injured such of the buckwheat as had escaped the frost. _ Or Mr. Henry Devine, of Auburn town ship, sias thrown frorri a horse in, Montrose, Wednesday afternoon of- last week, . , and so - severely, injured that he died abut ten o= clock that eventng. The horse took frigh4 ran upoil the side walk, Ind stopping sqdenly on; coming in contact with the fence in front bf*r. Smith's house, flung his rider foriard in such a manner that his bead and shoulder struck upon tba stone The Injured man was taken up insensible, and continued in that state till his death. He was about foriy. years of age, s sober and industrious and leaves a wife and several ,small childreS in straitened circumsislinces. 'Er The existence of it 'great , submarine teble•land, stretching from Newfoundland to lrelaud across tbe bed of4,lwAtlantic-oceart .is now considered as problematical, alt hough such a L pLi__ateu has been laid down. on thesub marine chart of,Lieut. Maury, in accordance with reported deepaea soundings mule by . Lieut. Berrytoan in 1853. Several censer.. bitve recently lod to thn conclusion that, 'ow ing to some defect in the instruments need, or to some errors in the calculations, Berryrnan's measurements are not reliable. The supposed existence ~of this table land, with a soft, smooth, and quiet surface, caused many, who might otherwise have been' skep tical, to believe that the subtierine telegraph - cable might be laid ; and it is even possible that, but for thirmistrete, the 'cable would not have been laid at all, or not for many - years. The qusuatity of-cable paid -out in . lying the Atlantic Telegraph entirely in consistent with the theory of a. ustiforui depth; - and soundings made byLiettt. Day. • mss of the British navy, In 1857, also -loth true iivery direrent, profile froth , that of ,Berrymans map—the. variations in some suntamting severallundred fathoms. t om" A- card has been published, signed' by Peter Oodper, Moses Taylor, Marshall 0. liaberta,' Ppm W. Ficki, and David Dudley Field, in, 'which they state- thatl tbey, -llnd a Mr. White since dead,-were the six individ , usle e4nsliy associated for. the formation of the Nair York, Mafia/04*A and Lon. dos Tel47Vb Company; a n d that the oichetoe which has resulted s hi the successful leyin of be Atlantic Telegraph Cable, orig. 'hated with the two last-named gentleman. lar Melba= Demei,immyr of Wyoming county Leris Dinninatal Benj. P. Carver for Cc•Mmissioner, C. Lie:aeon Treumrer, Jam a s Ropes for Auditor, and P. H. Wes ley for Ogrotter, aid lace . !lesignstad Hon. It Literiiiitheireboioe for Congress, and Cd.forlßertenntetive. itrik : NrifWye received No. I of* Moo/ Awl quarto month ly, publisbeti Mareui WO* Neer York, at 111 pa: year.- Taxa a laity glance at its neat paperweit . sane to thint-thst it merits and win receive in tattrocsive PattaKet• =2 Tun "Mutat' akilnigus..-4tere _ . aremur murs "loud and deep" in the ranks of the lo cOftwo pa*, over - the anomalous "position Web - their candidate for the most important State Office toln voted Cr in Octobet% Z fit, , , A. ronsint, for Supreme 'Nage, continnalt to ,hold - befoec thn peotite oh the'.leadbigpolitle; at questioni Of the day. Ile is a candidate on their tie Vet, to he .sure, but continues to give "ho sige by- which his , n reab qu ts maybe known. Thaideclaration :which, be made to the Conventiim that .placed hitn in nomination that he wits•regy to "stand 21m , sitVitfalibrtn" which the Convention might frame was so- absurdly noncommittal, that heefailed to satisfy any one. Since his nomi nation was thus surreptitously obtained, " keep mum"-has' been his game. Every at tempt, thus far made to "smoke him out" has entirely failed.' The feeQng among the Loco focce at this miserable " dodging" policy of their candidate is growing more apparent day by day. At Washington City, especially, is this the case. There'the Southern friends of the Administrationere damorous to know who and-what their professed party men are supporting in Pennsylvania. As an evidence .of the dissatisfaction existing - in their ranks with their own' candidate, we Ahserve.that the notorious Geo. W. Bowman, formerly editor of the Bedford dazette, now Superintendent • . of the Public Printing at Washington, has recently written a letter from that•city to the - Bedford paper, in which the following sic ifi cant and pointed paragraph appears "A veutral candidate at a crisis like this will not be tolerated in the Old Keystone „State, and the sobaer and plainer-the fact is . Rnnouneed, the better. Deficit, at the pres• cut time, is ten.eild more-desirable than vic tory with candidates who don't fairly. and !squarely stand upon the National Democrat ic Platform." Thitis evidently preparing* the party for an overwhelming defeat.t-The "mum" can didate is certainly 'ilia bad way. The.above appears.to shaaow forth the,hostility•.of the Administration ,to him. • Anti-Lecompton haveinothing to do with him, and if the supporters of Ile Administration now throw.him overboard, what figures,will -enu merate-S. M. llama's majority ? „ at, ".The Sham Democracy Are resorting to very shabby electioneering tricks to save themselves froni the, defeat that stares them in the fade int Pennsylvania this Fall. They haveprinted,lwilhotit date, and are circulat ing-among the, rank and file, a pamphlet en titled, " Addiress ''of the Democratic State Central Committee to the _People of Penn sylvania ;" and on examination we find that the address is signed, "John W. *Forney, Chairman," and was issued in 11356 to pro: mote the election of 'Buchanan. When it is remembered that Col. Forney is no longer Chairman of_their •ComMittee, but on the contrary has be;en constrained by the Presi dent's falseness to his pledges and perfidious desertion of. the principles on - which he was eletted; to. ion the_ out in strong . opposition to the administrate unfairaess and trick. ery of this republication will be at 'once ap parent. . Or The P k epublicans of New York have nominated Edwin D. Morgan of New York City for - Governor; Robert:Campbell of Sten bens for Lieutenant-Governor. lliram Gard , ner'nf Niagara for Canal Cornmissioner,, and Josiah K. „Everest of Clinton for State Pris oninspator. POT. - the same offices the Americans have 'nominated Lorenzo 'Bur rows„.Natlianiel S. Benton, James R. Thotnp 'ion, and WilliatnA. Russell. •Ur We are sorry to learn that the editor of the Northern Pennsylvanian is sick. We should judge, from the character of that pa per's comments last, week on the County tick ets, tnat the editor was very sick indeed wheil-he wrote them, or else that the mean est and mo.4lsneaking. kind of an old Hunk. er had taken advantage of his illness and usurped the chair editorial., • rAr• The Tioga Agi:aior publishes a card . signed (without distinction of party) by one hundred and' forty neighbors of Mr. S. I. Power, Republican. nominee for o, SherifT of Tioga county, Who state that 'mo st. of thkm have-known Mr. Power from boyhood; and that the charges brought against him by the Tioga Demorritt, jand copied, ; with charic teriatic greed, into the Montrose Democrat of last - week,] are a ",base , slander." rer "TAIL Comma km tEIO OP CHRIST," is the title of a new work of 430 pages, by Da4id. N. Lord, for. a copy of-which we are indebted'to the publisher, Franklin Knight, 138 Nassau street, New York: it appears to be ably written. Its object, as set forth in the preface, Co present a brief state= meat of the principled:, on , which -the pro.. phetk Scriptures are to be interpreted;.to give an outline of the great scheme of God's government over the world ; to show that Christ is to come in pOrson and establish bis throne On the earth at the.introduction of the dispensatipn •' to state the great events that are to attend and follow his com ing ;. and to,indicate the point which the ac complishment of thegreat scbenie of proph ecy has reached, and theyrincipalpiedictions that are yet to'he fulfilled before his advent." .Iterblican Judicial Conference. - The Jidicial -Conferees of Bradford and Susquebantut Counties Met at Towanda. Sep tember 7th, 1858.. _ On motion, IL W. TRACY WM appointed Marmon, and FRANKLIN Fiuzza Secretary. The following Conferees were present : H. W. Tracy, B. Laporte, David gr.:miner, ludnin Holcomb,- Allen McKean, M: F. Kinney, of Bradford County, and C. F. Bead, Perrin Wells, B. H. Mulford, and Franklin Fraser, of Snaquehanna County. B. Laix t rte, Lg., nominated Hon. Davin %taros. for President , Judge of the -Thir teenth Judicial District. Ail the Conferees having voted .for . David Wilmot, - he was therefore declared uhanimisisly nominated, tif ter which the Geeing adjourned. I. W. TRACY, Chairmen, - P.,Fassint,cpSecrefary. Dastocwie Tzsraton.—The Doyles. town Democrat, a Democratic paper„ .0:s -tains the following candid paragraph : " Weltre in diittbound to say that the nominee for the Supreme Bench, John " M. Read, evety, way worthy the place he aspines to—be is amen rof fine abilities, legal learning, and anquestionable integrity. Whaebetter qualify:tams conldsany man haver' - ~• '~~ A oandidate Wanted. - - , ;The undersigned, at CommlAte appointed by. the Detuoetistio County t onVen'tlon to bunt up a candidate. , Vim for ttutlge of this itttlittia titstritti releetfully represent; tjit, 016 Convention' deemed it unadvisable to place a man in nom nation' to run aginst Judge Wilmot, as he would be so badly beat- en that before anoth year he would forget he had been a candid de, and vrollld then be tiasking for another omination. The Com : mittee: will - therefore receive sealed proposals from all who desire o-be candidates . for the said office, -between .is time and the 20th of September inst., unl.ss an arrangement sho'd concluded before that time. - he Committee's object in pursuing this l:) , co rsibi not that 'there is any hope of defeat. ing Judge Wilmot, hut it trusts it will in some measure, should our pregent plan prove sueeemful, weaken the Republican organiza tion, and sow digeoril in the Republican ranks. Consequently, all artications must be frbm hepublicans,—and t is des'rable that they should be in good s anding in that pbrty, IJ in that case they iuldi take friends -with them, thereby enabling fis the better to ac complish our truly Audable and praiseworthy object.. A man w o has formerly been a Whig would be p as we design to get up, as far as po-sible, a kind of straight- Whig party, after;. he. plan of CA Smith some few years stn e. To-be sure, our par ty used to have a rent , many hard things' to. say against old " IT iced States hank Whigs ;" 1 but in supportingcandidate of that faith we shall show ourselv s of a forgiving disposi tion, and may ther by attract to our stand ard some of the of followers of.the late Nick Biddle and his mo ster Bank. Strict Temp erance principles obld also be of service in drawing strength us, while it would take nothing from us, our boys well understand that any one whb rains in our ranks, what ever he may proles, Will go for free liquor. 1 And, lastly, he mist be a Know Nothing— the more degrees halms taken, the better.— We think that wonla have a tendency to add to our - strength - m than all -the viiilifica- Lions before enurnierated. Many gentlemen who have belonged to that very, respectable organization would no doubt be attracted-to our standard by speing it brother placed in so honorable a porition; white, at the same time, we should retain our full strength.— The Irish portion lof the Democratic party are too true friends of the cause to refuse to vote for any manthat should be placed up oni the ticket; an i we have no doubt that a tt.llank Whig linpw Nothing" would receive the unanimous vote of the "better citizens." Although we d,esig,n to beliberal, and open the door for'bidslas wide as possible, yet no one who has heretofore been an Abolitionist can enter the field as a competitor. In this County perhaps the - objection Might not be insurmountable, but we should at -once be cut off from all fellowship with the National Democratic paro, and thereby lose our wain chance for office besides, we have one of the kind in our own ranks, and it might look disrespectfal to Pass hind by and take one of another party, When we were afraia to run our own man. We are of the; opinion that if we succeed in obtaining a risonably fair candidate, we can make a diver,Sion Of mire than ;t hundred votes in this Codnty, and at least half that number in Bradford, as our friends there have already sta r ted a move to reorganize the old 'Whig prty ;—and we expect that any man who nine as our candidate this year, will makessuctili'start towar faith ds the true that by next year he will be , 'one of vs. As itissome+t doubtful whether we shall obtain such a men as the Committee might desire,it would state thatif there_should be n Fillmore man d in the District whose legal qualifications would at all fit him for the p'rw.. sition, he mightistand a chance; but his offer could not be accepted unless we should fail to secure a candidate who was a 'Republican" in 1856. The Commitee is desirous of doing the best thing possible for the party ; yet al most any kind o?f a man from some branch of the opposition would. be better khan not to runs man, or to run one of our own party. 1102 c. LECOMPTON WIND‘BAG, Frest. • Law:was 1141w-Pox, Sec'ry. . - • Congrulonal Conference. At a meeting of the Conferees of the 14th Congressional district, held at Towanda, Sept. 7114 1858, G. Mason, M. C. Mercer, of Bradford, D. It Lathrop and S. \ A. Wood ruff,sof Susq. county, were present. On mo tion, Col. G. MASON was called to the Chair, and D. R. lATIIROP, appointed Sec'ry. 'On motion clf M. C. Mercer, the following ratolutiona.welle unanimously adopted : Resolved, That in accordance with the Unan imously expreised wish of the counties rep resented, we piesent to the Freemen of the Fourteenth C4gressional District, fur re-e -lection, our ,pres ent distinguished Congress. man, HON. GALUSI-IA A. GROW. Resolved, Tbat his past able and fearless course merits I.. he support of every voter in the district. Resolved, That we-boldly unfurl our ban. ner to the breaze, inscribed," no extension of Slavery into Territories once Free," . and for the revision of the presint . inadequate tariff, stifficient to raise money for the expenses of goirernment, cliscrtnainating so - ps to give am ple protection to all the great industrial in terests of our 'state and nation. Reso?red, That the wickedness and hobo eility of the national administration, as evinc ed in its Kansas policy, and the unparalleled extravagance tind corruption in the collection and disbiirtement of the publics monies, merit and will receife the unqualified condemnation of the freemen of this , district. G. F. MESON, Chairman. D. It: LATxmop, Secretary. - Wd the undersigned Congressional tCon ferees on the art of Tioga County, being un able to meet he Conferees of the District at Towel:ids on he 7th inst., do hereby approve ,the 'proceedings of said Conferinco, and fully elm= txt kta adieu. Gao. W. STANTON" i V DT s Da Pm From California. By the-arrival of the Star of the West, we have the California mails of - Aug. 20, two weeks later than our previous dates. The steamer brings $1,700,000 : in gold. The Fraser Rini excitement has.coine to a and.. den "termination, and many of the runaways in the' recent stampede have returnecho their accuetomed . l i. d iggings .. The latest ,reports from the our% region announce -greet dis tress amonglthe emigrants. The scarcity of fad almost amounted to a famine. Little gold was ford, on account of the 'bight of the : water; and the Indians were a- constant annoyance tp the miners. No douht, how. ever, wisfelt as to the 'richness of the Fraser Niier min d-4 and 8-new' attack of the gold fever wps,anticipated. - Business in Califor- Ilik • Letter Nit atk ota ft veer. The folfAlit, leNr freim„one of the earli ist salljersTol . this county now living, who has for . many.. years past resided near Lodz port, N.'Y,, was received . in".vcsponse ter - a copy of the Erpuldi caw bent to ltim by toe. • containing the proceed ingiiiifthe Old Settle' Festival'in JUnc last: ThOugh seventy-five years of age, and blind for some years past as he says, he has a retentive and particular memory, as this letterArciated by him Will . •at test. Believing its publication Will hohigli• ly intereqing to here and,there an old t•tir:" vivor among the first settlers who knew him. I‘ . take the liberty of niaking this •un of i 4 premising that aithough , lis hunting `exoloits may seem marvelous to the mass of the present generation, Do one familiar with the •abundam-e of wild game which the wilib:rne,ss hereabouts contained halt a century. ago, and especially' none aceptainted with JoxivritAx SAIhN-1113 skill and Success as a hunter, and rectitude as a Man, will question the truth of his story. J. 'W. CILMIAN. CAMtilitc,\llignra Co.. N. Y., 1 Airy.`loth, 1858. s f FltiEND'i AMES —I hare neglectrd Writing to you until the present time to acknoWledge your kindness in sending nae the 1 1 / 4 lontrose paper. lam (low seventy-fiat, pearl of age. and have. been entirely blind for theltst Years, from cataracts and my health is nut very good otherA wire, is still but her health poor, .and she is quite feel;le. We live lived together tirty.(me year 4. I saw by Charles Miner's letter publi,bed in the lailependrat Rrpubtitan of June 10th. that he Made a small, mistake in his htete- . . ments eoneerning- the early settlers of Jlop. h o ti o m, nhieh I shill pri,hiblv ex - Plain .in the enure of my letter. Ny father, .Toslam Sabin, was born_ - in Duchess county. N. 1., served during the Revolution as Captain 1m : der Washington in the army. and at the close of the war, settlbd in Rensselaer county, N. Y.. apd received :in appointment for Ju.tiee. (at that tune the Governor made the appoint ments for Ju,tices of. the Prace.) Wins I had arrived at the age of nine years,' lie rent• ed his,firm in Z-nsselaer county. end moved on to the left hank of the beautiful &wine• henna. in (Hsi-T-0 county, one mile above Wattles's Perry—remained there seven years, rtecomulatiqf property rapidly,—thon came Ezekiel • Hyde from Connecticut, a 'shrewd Yankee and land Speculator, and by holding out strong inducements for getting. land very cheep under the Connecticut title, succeeded in gettieg my father; with many of his neighbors, viz : Whipple, Grills, Tap-' per, Lathr6p, and others that settled on the Wy a lu.:ing, to I remove ' ti) . 1110 Beech Woods. My father settled its Hophottom and au!da out the improvements of Macnamarra, in stead of Clot. Chapniari having done so: , as stated in MiN , r's 446'4.. Ile,, Capt. Chap man, bought out one PA/1)1118(m, half - a mile from the Maenamarra place. Aqdrew Tea. cy, Esq., bought out Coonrod. In the Spring of the'year 3800 Capt. Bartlett Hind?, in company with another man, came five, miles through the woods to (*rind their nvek four in number, clew from 'the blacksmith's shop, on my father's,Nova Seotia_grind.stone, pre pfiratory to cutting the first trees for a road front Great Bend to -Acre Montrose now stands: - As Capt. Hinds had taken the pro caution to get the PentisylVania title to his land, lie was soon suspected by the Yankees of complaining of them under the" Intrusion Act," for which they deterrnimid to mob him. Accordingly they purchased a note -of his, sued it. tT;ok him fluirteen miles front home_ for trial before Eluire Boss, on the W.y...ilu-' sing creek, at a late hour in the day, thug making it necessary fur hint to remain over night. In the evening the howe in whieh he lodized was surroUnded by the mob, ".hp fOreibly enterd and took him front the house; pot him on a hor,ie and took hint two mils to a place where thi'y had prepared his efligy for burning. -vhieh they dill before his faco, informing him that if be compfained of theni for the-riot, they would serve hint thus. at the satne time applying the torch to 'the im age. While the image - was -burning nt its height, he was by force pushed open the flaming Mass, by a hieh treat Ment he sustain ed some injury. Diming these prodeeding , one of the' : bystanders was heard to exchttm, that " If he had his rifle there, he would hoot hin t then." . Fourteen ofs the mob 'woke of. terwards arrested, and tried in Wilkesbarre for riot, and during the progress of the .trial befl)re Judge Bush, Bartlett Hinds was called as the first \vitness, After' making a state-' ment of the facts, the Judge asked hint; what: they shin they did this for • to which he re. )lied," They said that I had coMPlained of them under2the t Intrusion Act;' but. God know s , and this Court knows that I never complained of a man." This was, undoubt edly the truth of the mutter, anti was recel v. ed as -such by all parties concerned, and by 1 the et-ot:lenity et large. The rioters were fined $25 each, mid costs, .and impri-oared three months in the Ciunty jail. ' My father became so disheartened aftef losing his property, through the means of the Connecticut land speculation, .that after about four years' residence in- Ilopbottom, be re• turned to his old home in Rensselaer county, N. Y., where he spent the remainder of his days - in tranquillity, (about seventeen years.) 'While reflecting .upon these scenes of my youthful daysony mind involuntarily revert; to some- of the wilder and mdre exciting scenes enjoyed by me in hunting game, with which the wilderness - in that country at tlnit time was so bountifully supplied.. -At that time I was sixteen years of age,' and lived with my - fatler in,a house about halt a mile from Joseph Chaptnan's, where inthose days there stoo a yertote ,willow tree near the foot of the hit - tiring my four year' residence in this pit e I destroyed .five panthers,_ a c number • bears, ' some seven or eight wolves, ~ and at c le. st two hundred - deer.' On - one of my hunti g excursions, I discovered, about two-thirds of the distance up . -the • mountain southeast froM the• willow tree, a pile of leavesssotne Mel or three feet high, and upon examination found they • cent:dud a dintri buck, which- 1 1 sopposed bad - been placed 1 there by a panther,. I took off his skin nri4 owered the body again as I found it as near ly as I could. I loaded-LmusketWith . elev en buck shot, 'and set it fur the panther just . at dark, and had left it only about five min uteswhen I heard the report-of the gun,'nnd upon returning toile spot, found the pan ther delid not to exceed nine rods from the place where he"received hie" wound. Every. shot had, taken effect. lie rrieasnred nine teet in length; from the nese •to ' the end of his, tail. On another occasion , Just' before dark My younger brother, who had been out, after the cows, came running to the house' and told Me. that a couple 'of bucks weret standing at a certain point about two hund: red rods east, of the house; whereupon 1- took my gun, already charged„and with, my brother hasten 4 towards the place pointed out by him: lie 'placed moat a - lioint..ho tloughtthey Would be likely to pass,. and said he would drive" them4Opie in five min, Ines,. Which heidid, When within • about three rods'of ine, coming ,dirOtly towards me, I spoke ; - they stopped, and I fired.-: They both. tell—otte . acrose4haother— I laid „ . down my gun and hastened to the pinoOrith all possible dispatch to cut their throats,. which -1 sneceeded in doing ; not, bitwOrer, anti! the first had regained his feet;e 7 the Nat' cat with the. !toile was niedtiWbile the deer was standing, which severed: the large vein' ill his neck, and the blood came against hand with great force. The other lay quiet. until 1 could . attend to his case . at my leisure, two buck shot having entered has neck- and, mashed the. bore. ' Upon examination it was flitted that the first-mentioned deer WAS only touched by one shot, and that cut about half tits size from one e.f the knobs of his hollt neer the'lljad. While upon a hunting exeur: sion about two hundred 'rods north of _the sous(', ,on the hilt, 1 discOvered 'a bear coming directly towards me.. 1 allowed him . to ap proach within sixteen .feet before 1 fired,—the charge, a ball and nine buck shot, took effect in his heart, and killed ham. instantly. On another occasion my brother and I went up to the north pond, about one mile from the house, to shoot deer by torchlight from a ca noe. Soon after dark, wo beard the deer in the pond. We-moved towards them dare •full, and when within twelve rods, I fired and .killed three the first shot ; and before morning I killed fbur more, melting seven deer With five shots, and had them all home in tin- morning. • • NaW, lek weary yotir patience with . hunting stories, will draw to a close.— Please remember me to your fiilks, also - to Lsquite Ileynatbrd, fsaite Post, David-Post, Coernd Hinds, Ezekiel.Grilli;, John . ..Griffis, and others. lie kind enuughp-write me-a letter'm hen you receive this, and oblige - I= For the Independent Repute Utah. Rough & Ready Election. Morritoss, Sept, 7, 185E4' The "1.." were out in full force last night, to deeiths who fill the offices for the • en •uin_~ term, We donet n”te a full attendance aramitt ter of surprise, for there me two thing" to Firin g ; th,...boys" together on election - night. that prompt spirit which makes them over ready utit:n wanted ; the Other, the fact tinit all " election of a firers,'-' bate, by, cus tom, reeeivod the emphatic interpretation• of r u n election to oysters. quorum present, .as ,the " lan' directs," Alte polls were elletted, ancithe balloting corn mowed. flie.frsend.i of favorite candidates. wi re active, while the canlidutes themselves kent very cool, Some anxious and some In d4erent, some who wanted office and some who Intl not. The hour being up,`he polls were closed, the voting done, the counting and all gathered-round to seethe fun. \For Foreman, there were other candidates, bpi, as by common consent, nobody was voi. ~,r:uld of course nobody elected, but E. Fordham, who had served:us in that ca. rte ity so Icing and so faithfully. The result was hailed with cheers as hearty as they were loud. Fur First assistant, there were several candidates who had just claim: upon'the of tieo, but the count turned in favor of Charles Neale, oho, 11:iving served his time among N e w York Fireoten; was thought well quali fied to act as "Foreman of the Hose," where the First Assistant properly .belongs. , • For Seaoind Assistant, C. W. Mott came in nicely`ahead, though there were several candidates, short and wide, who might easily Lave been elected had they only received vut vs enough. Z - For Seen:Wry, there were competitors in ainiudartee, all seeming. ready to show thorn selves " right on the goose"-quill, But a Benjotnite strong, And a gallant " ONve way to the Lion, kght tttat was freo L. L. Lyons was *lured duly elected— wh;ch %% a-, r, ceived with one cheer; which would doubtlsris hire bBC/1 followed by mote, bad not tc:e emotions uC some been too big for nttccanev. For Tre carer, Owl" horse tailor" alone W'11.;,3 LOittitthNia, Gi/Lev was the only ntan known in the canvas; the harness maker got th.:! vutes, and G. .V. Furdham wmi uaanij 111,,asi . For Pipemart, the list was well filled and the contest warm, bal, all were cool and com posed when A. P. Ksieler was declared Ist l'iNmtm.llnd F. A. case 2d Pipeman. For 'Wardens, thole were several trust c. rtiiv candidates t.ti the ticket—S. H. Sayre, W. H. Jessup', W.-13. Deans, and S. H. Mulford receivinpthe highest number of votes were deelared•e,lected. Faithful John, the hearty and Stout, wag chosen-Porter witho4 opposition. • Act Ist of the evening's drama being clos ed, nil expressed a willingness to participate in Act 2d, whereupon t the Foreman, in behalf Of the officers elect, invited the company to the Saloon to partake of refreshments,march. int:On-regular order singing to the tune of "Ho.ea-f-kink" "Ten w 3 Dot in mPurnful numbers The Fireman's rife is but itiream, That 'Os nought tp wake from slumbers - When the fir6i;pt midnight. gleam," they arrived at their destination, and With a Crashi with a awash," With a dattli onward, Into ':lloteti Saloon," Rushed the half hundred. The pen cannot• depict the lively scene which followed. Stentorian lungs • shoutid, "John, John, dons," and ever and anon the startling tune of *i Pop goes the—been*" gricted.the•enr—semis tat. Alter a pleasan c t hour the Company adjourned, unanimously voting they had had a good time. Long live " Number Otte." g A seething speech b 4; Col. rorne), exposing some of. the iniquities of Aft 13u chanan's administration, appears in our pa per this week. After readint it, our eubscri: hers may do much good by lending ilio pa. .. per to their Democratic neighbors, tliat-•the latter may see What a Democrat who , un derstands the movements of the ,leaders, nr.d , I, who has been proscribed for manly laherende to the platferm laid down by his party in , - 1856, may have to say . in defence of his own course and in condemnation of that of the administration.- " • • - • This speech ' baiting eaused,the adminis For (Ao-liid T aideat Re P 4l `""" station papers to come dOw'n on ..wei '.' I. Forney Accidents. • - with their heaviest thunder, he responds by Ryan,' Sept. 11,1858. ' - - publishing the following Cerd - , in the Press: Magda. Eorrons:---It seems that,the so- ' Prom binge. . a A COAX—When I spoke to the electors _lle' stimmship Vanderbilt arrived here at eident which happened in- your town last - at Tarrytown, New York, 1 did E tc. upon the 11 o'clock last evening 'with advices from Vednesliay, resulting in the death - of Mr. De vn ,, , is not the duly one we are under the deliberate expectation that from the iitvßgni. Europe to the Ist inst., four days later than . tent calumniator and convict of the New ~,,r last. Queen Victoria had returned from painful necessity of recording. ' York Herald ; down to the pensioners of tilt! Germany. Twelve ships bad had-returned wrecked On Thursday last, Mr. GorgeSlootim, re !bile en. _ Washington- Union, I would be, abundantly ' on..the English coast within a week. A dim sidiiim in the western part of Rash; eaget r i in drawing flax outinto the- meadow, tie dn ee d Mid tniaormsentel ." 'Adminls-- I • pitch from Baron Gros, 'giving the particle tell out Of the wagon, knocking him louse- tration whi c h 'I savistid, not inconsiderably; Lars (.''. the treaty with China, itpublished in hea l s. I believe his son had hold bf thelinee, t ° elevate to the Pmiee which it ' - hes basely-th c Afonileur. . It states that thelawsaiaitist abused, haS not hesitated to Make an honest and ho was throwing out the bundles of flax. Clirktitinity are to be;reVoked, that mission differehee of opinion the pretext pro when the horses started very suddenly, pitch- aries arc_to be admitted to the whole Da seripflon extending to my. business slid - to - pire; and that a Chinese Envoy ii-to be sent ing the father headlong td the pound. He my most intimate reletioni ; end .-I urn-_ not to Paris. The treaties were completed on - was soon carried to his house, Where he ,suf surprised at the 'spirit which my remarks at the 2841 - t of May and the 13th of June. The Kred theJnest. - _exeruciating pains until his Tarrytown have treated in that quarter. 4- trail death, 16 o'clock, Friday evening: - frbin Bombay, of which a summer}` This tit to state that I s y a hall calmlwait the ' Anotbor accident took place at Meslioppen was received 1)y telegraph, contain nothing either Wednesday s n out accumulation, of all the accusations:of the eetewOrthy. The amnesty, purporting to 12 o'clock. W bile Air: Floyd• Kellogg was Administration and its agents whn, i -it ins ' have been issued by the Governor; General, _passieg over the bridge at that place, • 'tae of 'Men way, and in my ow:,11 good time , l' wait turns out an entire fabrication. Hatf•tedoz prove all that I have : written and spoken 'as orrsons-in-law ot the Sultari ) have been placed the iron rods gave nay and precipitated man, o the gross betrayal ef a great - principle and horses,'end wagon into ; the water , twenty on the retired list. Th new Grand Adteirat ,Illy:. K el l ogg wan not i n j ure d asomn pledgeond still ihrthe.r establiih - in place of Otte or themeis Mohammed Kib feet below. the justite and' strength • • of the much, but one of his horses was instantly ,P o sitin or; riAli, Pasha, and the new ' President of the killed, and his wagon crushed into hundreds Tux - PRIM and of myself. • 1 Gtiluell, Mohammed Ruclidi Pasha. --Wig . "J: ec , le of piedes. , - The inhabitants Were greatly sun= : ' •• _. " •••"- (lAN r.-'' 1 1 - ork, Tribune, Stptenibet ' 13a.- s prised ; us a number of teams,heavily - toed- ' - ThFT • - ' ,-_, - ' - -------- - r pg- eto cia _vote. fur ..sovery or of; • 'o - i5 - r - Goy R tc hardson of Nebraska, iss ed, had passed aver the bridge the preceding- 'North Carolina - Ellis;-- •D- ' ' ' • " -- eq - • • ' ' Grate givesthe einocraCe i resigned, and will 'stump ties . tate of 111 , _day. J. Y. c candlilitt Losioritl Qf 16,247. : - , I aois fur Doas3 . lla., , " When on the air, in lurid glare, The flames' dread crimson Vows; • , With eager haste to join the fray, They meet and dare the ftre king'. might; S' Arid over blaeli and threatening They onward fly-where danger calls,. • And bravely struggliig win the fight. 'Yes, far along we'll roll the .ong To.Fireinen true, and ever brave, And loud end long, the praise prolong (if those who conquer but to-save." MYIN=Men MM _ . _ Wyoming Conn - ty ienblioan ConventiOm The Delegates elected to the Repnbliean 'Convention, met at the Coart House oil Tues 7 day August ; 31085.1.EL.' ' . The entivention• being temporarily organ lud, the following Delegateapreivotecttheir er*lentiahtiend took their seats in -the'. Cun l : vention Braintrim—B. Wakeman; J. B. Edwards. Clinton—U. V. Mice, James Frear. Exeter—Morehouse Smith. • Harding; S. Dana. Falls—C. W. Brink. • , Lemon—Joseph.Ely; D. B. Avery. - Forkiton—J..A.:AShunft, John ChtiMplii: Mehoopany—Becj. loss, _W. W. mi ner . • Meshoppen—S. D. Potter, 11. S. .Edstell. Monroe—W. D. Frear,.C.- Harding. - . NicholsortLewis Billings, M. Sisk.. • Narthmorelead—J. to: ':Gallap, Mitrtin Brunges. • • . Tunkhannoek—Denj. Nevman, - E. Whee.' . lock. Tunkhannock Township—NCvi•rrian D. A. Bard well. , • • • Washington—Gee.-Jenkins, Cbs's Wind ham—aarloif Fasiett,Richard Brun ges. After the call of the Delegates, the, Con• vention was permanently organiied by elect ing C W. BRINK, President, U. V. , M.tCE and J.l3.,Eiiwxans, Secretaries; On motion the Convention proceeded to nominate Count officers. For Count v Com missioner, Z. S. Reynolds, Jesse - 11 - arding,' and E. Pedrick, were nominated, and . upon the second ballot, Ziba &Reynolds, of Clin ton; having'the . highest number of votes, his nomination mils-made unanimous. • For county Tqasurer, Isaac B. Grithani, of Eaton, was nominated unanimously. • For Coroner, 11. H. Atkinson, of Washing"- ton. was. unanimously nominated. For Representative, A. .Hine, Elishti Sharp, Willard Jackson, and T.. were nominated, and upon balloting, ' , Alfred Hine had the highest. number of vote.; and on motion his nomination was made J ON AVIAN SABIN. moos:.. . D. A. Bardiell and Benjamin Newman, were appointed Representative Conferees. For °lngress, Davis Alton, G. W. Scran ton, B. Wakeman, Wiljiatn !Turley; and R. Nelson; were rminitiated. Davis Alton having the highest number of votes, on the first ballot,. was declared duly _nominated, Ind his - nt minition made unanimons. U. Y. Maarand Alfred Hine, were elect ed Congressional Conferees. - On motion, Resolved that the proceedings be. published: On motion; adjourned: _ • (Signed by the Officers:) r" The Repuhlicans of Bradf . )rd eoun• ty have nominated John Passmore fur Assn. elate Judge, Thomas Smead and 0. P. Kinney for Representatives, Perky 11. Buck for County Commissioner,. and Robert Ma son for Auditor. The-following aro among the resolutiens which were adopted by their County Con vention : _Resolved, That the attempt to . annihilate this Judicial District; which was originated by corrupt and ambitimis men in this coon. ty, deservee and has received the condem nation of enlightened men of all patties.- Such attempts show the recklessness of parti san warfare, and adinonish us in renewed vigilance in defence of our rights., Resolved, That the men who have pers.ist end); slandered the lion. David NVilniot, are unworthy of public confidence, and are harmless for evil - where they are known.--..- Although assailed in public and in private, the character of Judge Wilmot remains un impaired, fur honor and integrity as - a man. and as .a Judge. His legal abilities, his in dustry, and his impartiality ha%e been proved by experience, and his continued services are demanded by the people. Resolved,-That the course of 'our Ilepre sentatiye in C,ongress, Hon. Galusha A. Grow. Merits a renewed expression - of our appro bation • be has proved himself true to the cause of freedom, and fearless in defence of Northern rights, ,We_pledge . to him our cor dial support. The Republican ticket, from Grow to county Auditor, stands truly on a 13epub• limn platform, opposed to the spread of Slavery and to the wicked Administration of James B'uchanatt'ii' it, is' khe platform 'on which Republicans fought the fight of 1.554 and as eery vote for Fretnont was a vote for free men and free soil and emery vote for Buchanan a Vote for Slavery, so .every- vote -for ihe ticket at the head of this' paper will be counted -a vote for Freedom-,,as an ex , premien of political sentiment in Tioga coun ty—and every vote for the' opposing candi dates-will be counted an endorsement of'the Administration of Buchanan, as well as ofits infamous -Kansas poliey,' its truckling Attb servieney to the South and its prostitution of patronage to the consummation .of• ontra ges Which are rendering this Republic a byes word on 'the lips of_ nations. Every man. therefore, will go to the ballot-hox. with hi , eyes , open abd so vote. 'Making the cam paign upon this issue' we have no fears for the result, because Right`is invincible and, the masses will be true to their • convictions! of pelitieif duty', regardleis of the speekitts.: wheedling of political ,enenties.-,-Tioga , . . - FuneTat - Obsequi - es ottecompton.. , t 1 The-last sad rites were paid to'tbe - dacesw• cd Lecompttin t at the sccient city 'of 'Oxford, on the , 243: inst.; 'with imposing ceremonies, i .accotnpanied-by a grand civic and military 'processsan,lind a large 4.43ncoursa of moum• ingfriends. ' The following was the 'ORDER OP PROCESSION t United States troops. employed in Kansas. . Chal.ktin-, : -Preacher of the:...llarp of a- Thou- sand Strings. , Corpse and Pallinearers. . Crittenden: _. •• Seward. - 17onglas, 'Bell • . - ' - _ It. 7i-fai,b , all. , H. W. Davis. L. 1): Campbell. F. P. Blair. • ' Buchanan and hia Cabinet, and-Bill English, J. 5 Chief ISfouiners:_ Jl,lth Calhoun And Jrick -Henderson. lierobars.of the Liie6tripton Copstitutional . . Gin vention. Govc.,rnor4, F. J. 'Marshaltand Georis Wash. ingtonArnith. State Officers' and !Members of the Ullala ` tare under, Leeompton.. A (me-horse buggy, containing all the voters in filvor " Proposition Accepted"— buggy not quita full. • Senator Bigler, in appropriate character. nernhet:s of Congress and Postmaster*. Ireury Clay Pate, Stringfellola, Davy Atehi.- . son, and Sheriff Jones. Surviving iTerees of hickory Point, Black Jack, Law,rence, Blanton's Bridge, _ and Or.ftwatomie. Small ifry officOlolders and expeetants Two diousand of iho voters of Oxford. Citizens and People. -rhe ceremonies at thegrave were. impos ing and solemn. Whilethe ocirpse, was be' I ing lowered' into the tomb, the congregation sang those melancholy lines, by . Watts, tri "Old Grimes 13 dyad, that good ad man, ,••• We ne'er shall see him-more.. . • Three volleys we tie then fired over the grave, by the military and the surviving he. Puts.. Then came the solemn words, "earth to ,earth, ashes to ashes; and dust .to dist ;1! and the grave was closed. • The congregation thenfrepaired to a shady place, where the Reverend Harp discouried a funeral sermon, !taking for his tut arpor., tion of, the prose poetry ofjob E wherein it is rilateil that " the .whangdoodla mourneth."- His allusions and figures were ;effecting and 'heautiftil, and the • intonations' of his, voice were well suited to-the_occasiten. com. *pared. the President to, the whabgdoodlrt, and Lecompton to his:first born. The President mourns for his firstborn ; therefore,* was alluded to by Job, whenhe said,-" the wining doodle anourneth . tor his first born." . He, al so likened Buchanan unto Job. 'He called every. vote ; against Lecompton -a. sore boil w ilk which Buchanan was afflicted,- and the Tree State paity was the.Di3vil, who_ inflict ed the sores upon . him. He-likewise corti ,pared Buchanan to a virgin, who .was over shadowed by a spirit, (of evilj.and brought forth Lecompton ; that wicked men in ,Cep gress sought to slay it, and-for safety sent It afar GIT to the plains of Kansan. But wicked men there slew it; and, therefore; "the - whangdoodle mourneth for his first horn." • During the delivery of this greeting. dis. Course, the entire congregation' were moved to tears. All retired from the 'Melancholy spot, deeply impressed with the fact, that-the days of Lecompton were " few and full of • tremble, Ile came up like a sparrowgrass, was cut down like a hoppergrass, and died like a Jack ass l"—White Cloud Chief. Iffesirrs..Corwhi and Chase. ' A, great Republican meeting at Columbus, Ohio, August 31, was addressed by (among others) Hon. Thottlas Corwin' and Governor -Chase. Mr. Corwin said : - • " Telt. believed in the full -power of Con gress ricer the Territories. Did not believe in squatter sovereightY. Nobody'ever doubt ed the power of Congress over the Territo, ries, tilt somebody wanted ;to be President • in IS4B—and when an ambitious and con siderate' old gentleman wrote the Nicholson , letter. Hu thought he had got up a plan by' - spiel) he could ride North and SOuth,to,o- For his.owu. part, ns a matterof private belief, and -not apart of his confession of faith as a Republican, he thought when i State -• stilas ready to come in, and had, power from • Con! , resS to make a Constitution, they might - ordain' that Slavery might or might nut, ex ist, and Congress was bound to grant them this power. But this was no part of the Ro-, publican platform, and he did not think 'the question would ever arise. No Territory would ever apply for admission with a Con stitution - authorizing or establishing Slavery. " . Spoke of the threats of dissolution of the- Union. • They were all bosh.- .11e bakseen the Union dissolved three -tittles in one ses sion of Congress. - There were a few mad-cap men at the South who - 'would be 'willing if they had the power to dissolve the anion'. But were thcre no - ropes for such - traitors t" Oiivernor Chase said : Indeed, fellow-citizens, as_to the .practi. issde,of the day•and of the hour—the on ly is-otte ;which ought to determine the psi': tion of honest men arte) •sincere patriots, whatground of difference is there among • .earnest opponents of the present ,National Administration'? 1, as a Republican, insist :that_Slaveiy ought not to be permitted to': ex.ist: in an%erritory of the Republic. [Gov. dn•win k -- cTbat's my doctrine.'] As a Re._ publican, take.square issue with' the .Drea• Scott detision, , and whereas the majority • of the. Supreme Court assert in that cue that Siavery exists,under the Constitution every lhhere within thejurisdictional limits of the United States, except where proitibikd -by State law, I renew here,with equal 'Confidence, the declaration made substantially at Phila. • d(lphia, that Slavery tan xist under the'. Constitution newhere within jurisdictional limits of the United Stet*, e cept where es taidished by State. law. I win. That's the old doctrine. I have always held that] It ls,the doctrine of the Censtitution as it was understood by the men-who adopted it. It is our doctrine of to-day, d we will stand - by it." 0 A`C Caner CSPeC wad foss: nicer V fur . je tng 1 epu be 11 s erg I lEM ' utt 1 le 1 orn ins k iall art, c u ho ut 'err I 1 1
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