THE BEDFORD GAZETTE.
Bedford, \ov. 6, 18.17.
B. F. Meiers & G. W. Ben lord, Editors.
DEMOCRATIC (01XT¥ MEETING
The Democrats of Bedford County, will assem
ble in Mass Meeting at the Court Hou3e,on Mon
day evening ol next Court week, to celebrate the
glorious victory achieved by the Democratic
party at the late election. Let there he a full turn
out of the gallant men who charged the ranks
of the enemy with such signal success and who
can now meet together and congratulate each
other on the triumph of the piinciples for
which they so noblv battled!
Reduction of* Terms!
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All of our present subscribers who will make
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volume, shall have a credit of 50 cents on the
next.
A SHALLOW ♦ I DODGE!"
The abolition organ in this place endeavors
to account for the late overwhelming defeat of
its party by saying that nearly the whole
Democratic vote was polled while that ot the
opposition was "more than five hundred short!
Now, as "figures will not lie," let us glance
for a moment at the arithmetic of our oppo
nents. The entire vote polled for Governor in
this county, at the late election, was 4304 ; the
entire vote polled for Canal Commissioner, one
year ago, was 4467. This shows a falling off
in the entire vote of the County of only 163 !
Again, compare the vote for President last year,
with that cast for Governor, at the last elec
tion. The entire vote in the county for Presi
dent, was 4690, from which subtract the 4304
above stated as being the vote for Governor,
and there is shown to be a deficit of only 386
voters ! Now, one half, at least, of these 386 •
votes, that were absent from the polls, are Dem- j
ocrats, as can be satisfactorily shown by refer
ence to the votes ofthe different districts. For
instance, in Cumberland Valley tp., twenty
Democrats remained at home on election day— j
in Southampton fourt een —in Middle Woodber
rv thirteen —in Juniata, Napier and other town- j
ships where there are heavy Democratic gains,
a considerable number of Democrats did not j
turn out. In this Borough, there were seven, j
or eight, of our party absent, and indeed we
know of no district in the county, where there
was a full Democratic turn-out.
How, then, can the Abolitionists "figure up" j
that the Democrats "cast nearly their entire 1
vote in the county," and that theirs "is more'j
than 500 short," when the official tables show
that the whole vote of the county is only 386
less than the highest ever cast within its present
limits, and that about one half of those 386
votes are Democratic ? We do not deny the
assertion ol the Abolitionists that their "vote is
over 500 short. " That is true, most assuredly.
Their vote is short about 270 ore;- 500.
The truth is that a large number oi the voters
whose absence from the polls they so piteously
bemoan, were out and voted —but not the Aboli
tion ticket. They gave their suffrages for VVIL
LIAM F. PACKER and the whole Democratic tick
et. This is the reason why the opposition are
"oper 500 short" in the county. Had the
whole Democratic strength been brought to
bear upon them, they would have been beaten
1000 instead of 770.
So much for this very shallow dodge of the
Abolitionists. We would advise them to "head"
in a diflerent direction, the next time. There
is a stone wall of stubborn facts against which
they must inevitably butt theirjsore sconces, if
they persist in the course which they at present
pursue in endeavoring to explain away their
humiliating defeat. Admirers of "niggers,"
beware of the figures !
A Voice from tiie Head Haters of Salt
River.
The Abolitionists are crying out most dole
fully from their moorings at the sources of
"Old Salt," saying among other things, that
magnificent promises of a railroad, a plankroad,
£cc., were made by Democrats when advocating
the claims of VVm. P. Schell for the Senator
ship. Now we call to witness every man
who attended the vartous Democratic meetings
held during the late campaign, and every read
er of the Bedford Gazette , that Mr. Schell was
never pledged, to the making of any railroad,
or plankroad, in this county, or any where
else. VVe never said that Mr. Schell, if elect
ed, could or would, make such road, or roads;
we only said that he would be able to do more
for such enterprises, than any other man in the
district. This was our argument for Mr.
Schell—this is the promise we made in his be
half—and for the fulfillment of this promise we
stand responsible. Mr. Schell will do ail he
can for "that railroad," and that is all his Demo
cratic friend* promised he would do. The Ab
lition organ in this place is evidently frying to
make a little party capital of that railroad busi
ness; but, as its articles are at present written
at the head waters of Salt River, which region
has beep so long in possession of the opposition,
that lying has become the principal virtue of
the inhabitants, it is unnecessary to say a word
more in reference to the subject.
[£F""The vote in Pennsylvania for Governor,
in 1857, compared with that for President in
1856, stands as follows .
Buchanan, 230,500 Packer, 188,863
Fremont, 147,447 Wilmot, 146,14'
Fillmore, 82,229 Hazlehurst, 28,160
Hence it will he seen that nearly the whole
"Republican" vote of the State was polled for
Wilmot, whilst ovei 41,000 Democrats did not
go to the election. And yet Gen. Packer has
nearlv 43,000 of a majority over Wilmot !
ALFRED B- M'CALMONT, ESQ.
The above named gentleman is spoken of by a
number of Democratic journals in the Western
part of the State, as a suitable person to fill the
office of Attorney General in the Cabinet of
Governor Packer. We have no personal ac
quaintance with Mr. M'Calmont, but know him
by reputation as a sound lawyer, an eloquent
orator and an unflinching Democrat. The
Pittsburg Post speaks of him as follows :
Mr. M'Calmont is a gentleman of thorough
education, having graduated at Dickinson Col
lege, (an institution to whose training we owe
a Buchanan, a Gibson, a Witkins, a M'Clure
and numerous other brignt lights in law, politics
and literature,) several years ago with high
credit to himself, and satisfaction to his friends.
He has for a number of ypars been a success
ful practitioner at this Bar, and has achieved
for himself an enviable reputation, as a sound
thorough-bred lawyer. He is at present, the
worthy Prolhonotary of the Supreme Court for
this district, and his eminent qualifications pe
culiarly designate him for the seat of Attorney
General.
His political course has bpen of the Jack
sonian stamp —firm, undeviating and resistless,
as well as efficient and untiring in his labors for
Democratic men and measures.
Mr. M'Calmont has never bepn an office seek
er, trying: to "turn up" year after year, and
firing: a t the flock of offices only to see them fly
awav into the hands of the less ostentatious and
more deserving*: he is just the reverse ol this,
and his backwardness in this particular has been
the theme of solicitude on the part of his friends.
It is time that merit should receive its reward.
The laborer is worthy of his hire. An opportu
nity is presented to bestow the desert upon a
faithful and meritorious Democrat and citizen
of the West, and we trust soon to hear of the
judicious selection of Alfred B. M'Calmont for
Attorney General of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
The Hermitage, the Old Residence of Geu
eral Jackson.
The Nashville Union, in noticing the rumor
that Congress will not accept the gift ofthe Her
mitage from the State of Tennessee, upon condi
tion that a military school is established there,
says :
"If, then, Congress at the approaching session
should decline the gift of the State, we trust the
Legislature will follow the recommendation of
the Governor. In his late message, Governor
Johnson suggests that the Hermitage be set apart
as the residence of the future Governors of Ten
nessee. The recommendation is eminently pro
per and appropiate. We have now no Execu
tive Mansion, and the salary is not sufficient to
permit a Governor of limited private fortune
to bring his family to Nashville. The distance
from the city is not too great, and, besides, no
Chief Magistrate of Tennessee residing at the
Hermitage could ever prove unfaithful to the
high trust reposed in him. The glorious tradi
-1 tions around him would make mim true to him
self and the country. Let the future Govern
ors ofTennessee, then, reside at the Hermitage.
There are a thousand things there to remind one
of his character, his history his opinions, and
his deeds. Nor were those opinions of more
value then than at this moment. Had the coun
try followed his wise counsels we would not
have been cursed by a brood of pestilent and
corrupt banks."
More Trouble in Kansas.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—A private despatch
! from Law rence, K. T., says that Governor Walk
er and Secretary Stanton were obliged to have
Lecornpton on account of the threats of the
ultras, and are now at Benicia. Sheriff* Walk
i er, with a posse of his men, is with tire Gov
ernor. A special messenger was sent to Colonel
Snmner's command. A document was circula
! ted in Lawrence, inviting Walker to that place,
; and pledging the protection of its citizens.
The Associated Press correspondent at St.
| Louis, in reference to the above despatch, tele
graphs as follows :
"We have no such intelligence here, and
, nothing like it has passed through the telegraph
office in this city to-day. The despatch has
i internal evidence of being a hoax. Governor
. Walker has troops at Lecornpton for the protec
tion of the Constitutional Convention : and it he
: had not, he would scarcely demand it of an
I officer who has not been in command in Kansas
I for several months, and who for some time
; past has been under arrest. I saw a letter
from Secretary Stanton to-night, dated Leconp
: ton, October 28, and it irakes no mention of any
I difficulty."
WHAT WILL THE OPPOSITION DO NOW?—
Since Black Republicanism has gone the way
of Know Nothingism and been completely
wiped out, the question arises what will the
Opposition do now? Full of devices and
subterfuges thpy will no doubt rally their
scattered forces, at least by the time the Presi
dential election comes round, under some new
name and upon some new platform. Let them
come in whatever shape they mav, the Demo
cracy are ready to meet and overthrow them.
We hear in some quarter that the old whig
party is to be rp-organized and re-constructed,
in others that the American party is to be
galvanized into new life. The tariff is talked of
by some of the opposition as an issue likefv
to be prominent in a future campaign, and what
is perfectly in keeping with opposition incon
sistency many of those who have just voted for
David Wilmot, a notorious freetrader, for Gov
ernor, are now clamoring for a high protective
tariff. The United States Bank is advocated bv
those of the opposition who are deeply tinctured
with old federalism. The Democracy will
wait until the opposition arrange all their plans
for future operations, and then they will rally
under their old flag and overthrow any kind of
an organization that may be raised up against
them. Everlasting honor to the old, staid, firm,
patriotic, lion hearted, unconquerable Democ
racy.
—The United States frigate Congress left
Spezzia on the 7th rnst.
LITERARY MELANGE-
We shall devote this department of the da
ztiit to occasional review s of new books,
als, &c., and to the re-publication of such s' ay
literary waifs as we shall deem worthy of [re
servation in our columns. Owing to otler
pressing duties connected with our office of eJ
itor, we ma)' not be able to make this a contin
uous feature in our paper ; nevertheless, ve
shall endeavor to give our readers as much of
it as our taste may prescribe and our opportuni
ties permit.
—As we write, the smoky haze of incepti'e
(if it prove not deceptive) Indian Summer
spreads its blue vapors over the hills. That mcst
pleasant of all seasons is evidently at hand, aid
we shall soon breathe its "dreamy air" aid
bask in its cheerful sunlight. Poets have oltrn
essayed the description of this "charming efi
sode in the melancholy story of the deciiniig
year," but we have never met with anythiog
on the subject, in prose, or poetry, that exceeds
the solemn grandeur, the sombre beauty, ol the
poern subjoined.
TIIE CLOSING SCENE.
BY THOMAS BUCHANAN BEAD.
Within the sober realm ol leafless trees.
The russet year inhaled the dreatnv air,
Like some tanned rea/ier in his hour of ease,
When all the fields are lying brouni and bare.
The gray barn*, looking from their hazy hills,
O'er the dim waters widening in the vales,
Sent down the air a greeting to the, mills,
On the drill thunder of alternate flails.
All sights were mellowed attd all sounds subdued,
The hills seemed further, and the streams sang low:
As in a dream the distant wood marl hew'd,
Jits winter log, with many a muffled blow.
Th' embattled forests, erewhile armed in gold,
Their banners bright with every martial hue,
Now stood, like some ;-ad beaten host of old,
Withdrawn afar in Time's remotest blue.
On slumbrous wings the vulture tried his flight;
The dove scarce heard his sighing mate's complaint;
And like a star slow, drowning in the light,
The village rhiirch-vane seemed to pale and faint.
The sentinel cock upon the hillside crew ;
Crew thrice, and all was stiller than before—
Silent till some replying warder blew
His alien horn, and then was heard no more.
Where erst the jay within the elm's tall crest
Made garrulous trouble round her unfledged young;
And where the oriole hr/ttg her swaying nest
tly every Irght wind like a censer swung ;
Where sang the noisy masons of the eaves,
The busy swallows eirehttg ever near,
Foreboding as the rustic mind believes,
An early harvest and a plenteous year;
Where every bird which charmed the vernal feast,
| Shook the sweet slumber from its wings at morn,
To warn the reapers of the rosy east,
All now was songless empty and forlorn.
Alone, from out the stubble piped the quail,
And croaked the crow, through ail the dreary gloom.
Alone the pheasant drumming in the vale,
I •
Made echo to the distant cottage loom.
There was no bud, no bloom upon the bowers:
The spiders wove their thin shrouds night by night,'
I The thistle-down, the only ghost of flowers,
Sailed slowly by—passed noiseless out of sight.
i Amid all this—in this most cheerless air,
And where the woodbine sheds ajrorr the porch
j Its crimson leaves, as if the year stood there,
Firing the floor with his inverted torch, —
i Amid all this, the centre of the scene
'l'be white haired matron, with monotonous tread
■ Plied the swift wheel, and with her joyless mien,
Sat like a Fate, and walrhed the flying thread.
■ She had known sorrow. He hail walked with her,
Oft supped, arid broke with hei the ashen crust,
And, in the dead leaves, still she heard the .stir
Of his black mantle trailing in the dust.
While yet her cheek was bright with summer bloom,
Her country summoned, and she gave her all,
i And twice war bowed to her his sable plume;
Re-gave the swords to rest upon the wall.
| Re-gave the swords—but not the hand that drew
And struck for liberty the dying blow;
Nor him, who to his sire and country true,
Fell 'mid the ranks of the invading foe.
Long but not loud, the droning wheel went on
Like the tow murmurs of a hive at noon;
I Long but not loud the memory of the gone,
Breathed through her lip-*, a sail and tremulous tune.
| At ' ast 'he thread was snapped, her head was bow'd;
Lite dropped the distaff through his hands serene;
: And loving neighbors smoothed her careful shroud;
While Death and Winter closed the Autumn scene.
We have italicized those passages in this
poem which seem to us peculiarly striking.—
The whole allegory is a masterpiece of poetic,
art. Its beauty consists rather in quiet, but for
cible similes, in the simple sublimity of human
experience, than in the extravagance ofmeta
phor, or the lofty flights of imagination. Iri
other words, its beauty is the beauty nf truth.—
Nothing can be more truely poetic, because
nothing can be truer of nature, than the lines,
"The thistledown, the only ghost of flowers,
Sailed slowly by, passed noiseless out of sight!"
A writer in the London Htheneum, pronoun
ced the "Closing Scene," on its first publication,
equal to Cray's immortal Elegy, which was,
indeed bestowing upon it exalted praise. We
cannot go quite so far, but we do say and be
lieve that the theme allegorized in this poem
has never been more beautifully treated by any
living American poet.
Til II IIAGIZI\|;§.
GRAHAM'S ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. Phila
delphia, Watson & Co.
The November number ol this well establish
ed monthly is before us. It is filled with in
teresting and instructive reading and is beauti
fully embellished with fine engravings. It con
tains ninety-six pagpsof reading matter, sixteen
of which are taken up by the "Editor's Easy
1 .ilk, the most attractive feature of the whole
book. CHAS. G. LELAND, author of the Knicker
bocker Magazine's "Mace Sloper" sketches, is
the editor of this work. Mr. Leland is a ripe
scholar and a polished writer. His department
in "Graham," is conducted by a master hand.
Among the contributors to Ihis magazine, we
remark the great American dramatist GEORGE I
11. BOKER, author of the "Betrothal," "Calay- j
nos," "The Vision of the Goblet," &c.. JOHN G.
SAXE, the Green Mountain Poet and Wit, also
contributes occasionally to its pages.
EMERSON'S MAGAZINE AND PUTNAM'S MONTH
LY.—New York. J. M. Emerson &. Co.
Putnam's Alonthfy was, a few years ago,
considered the organ of American intellect.—
It numbered among its contributors the standard
writers of the country. Unfortunately, howev
er it was made the mouth-piece of a coterie of
hare-brained political fanatics who. month after
month, distilled upon i's pages the somnific
essence of their poppy brains. The result was
that Putnam was drugged to death by the end
less disquisitions of these wise philosophers.—
He has however been brought to life a
gain bv the proprietors of that excellent month
ly, "Emerson's Magazine," and having found a
sensible partner, he gives goodl v promise of bet
ter things. The consolidated work, Emerson
I . .
and Putnam, is decidedly a good hook, and will,
doubtless, soon be the rival of that prince of the
monthlies, "Harper's Magazine." The October
number, the first issue under the new arrange
i ment, is a model, both in neatness of print and
: binding, and in literary contents. It contains
i 112 pages.
Gov Packer's Inauguration-
The Harrisburg Herald states that arrange
! ments are now in progress for a grand milita
| rv and fireman's parade there, on the occasion
|ot Gen. Packer's inauguration. Several first
class fire companies from Philadelphia have
j signified their intention of being present, and
jwe have no doubt companies from all the
neighboring towns will be in attendance. A
military company and a band from Williams
l port will escort the Governor elect to the cap
;ito I, and an effort will be made to secure the
attendance of a large number of volunteer
companies Irorn other [daces.
Kriifurky.
The Legislature of Kentucky will meet in
i December, and the Democracy having the ma
ijorityon joint ballot, will be able to electa
! United Slates Senator. The name of the Hon.
: Linn Boyd is mentioned among th- most prorni
j nent. His capacity, experience, and pnritv of
i life justly entitles him to that distinguished po
; sition. We hope he may be selected to repre
sent that gallant State.
CIRCULATION OF DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPERS.
—DUTY OK POSTMASTERS. — We take the fol
lowing well timed remarks from the Albany
Httas and Hrgus, and commend them to the
| attention of postmasters in Pennsylvania par
| ticularly, who have been sadly remiss in exten
ding the circulation of their own journals :
" Postmasters are not bound by law to aid
the circulation of any newspaper, and it is their
, duty to furnish the accommodations of the mail
i service to all. But they are indebted f jr their
j offices to the political party, to which they
j belong. Their duty to that party—simple
! good faith to their political associates—requires
that they should not labor in behalf of the prin
! ciples of the enemy and engage in their dissem
; ination. Nay, more, common honesty requires
| that they should, so far as they reasonably can,
J reciprocate the kindness of th* party which has
i conferred office upon them, by aiding in up
| holding its principles and perfecting its organi
: zation and contributing to its success. In no way
I can this so conveniently and efficiently he done
by them, as by extending the circulation oi
Democratic newspapers.
"There is not a postmaster at the smallest
country hamlet who cannot by a small amount
:of labor and little tact, increase the circulation
' nf Democratic newspapers in his neighborhood.
Where postmasters refuse to recognize their ob
| ligation to their political friends to do this ,and
1 especially where they engage in circulating
Black Republican newspapers, it is perfectly
fair, na vit is the duty of self-preservation, fi>r
the Democratic patty to dispense with their
| services and bestow their offices upon those
j who have a more correct appreciation of polili
j cal duties.
"More than this, these post-office appoint
ments, so long as it is agreed they are political
i ones, should be in efficient hands. They should
jbe bestowed upon those who have thedisposi
: tion and the skill to aid and strengthen the
party in the locality, and where they are now
in the hands which fail to accomplish this end,
changes should unhesitatingly be made. On no
other principle of distributing political patron
age can a party be sustained. In the case of
Postmasters, a pretty good index of their politi
cal efficiency is afforded by the number ol Dem
ocratic newspapers circulated through their
respective offices.
WHAT DOES IT COST TO VISIT EUROPE?
This interesting question is thus, satisfactorily
answered by a correspondent of th** Boston
Post:
"This is a question that I am asked not un
frequently, and something may be said in an
swer that will be of advantage to the inexperi
enced traveller. Weie Ito state that I spent
ten or flirty thousand dollars during my first
visit to Europe and it was nearer the latter sum
| than the former it would he really saying no-
I thing definite, so I w ill tell you what may he
done. Stay-at-home people often have some
very singular ideas of the expenses of foreign
travel. lam not writing for the information
of beggar, robbers or gamblers, but lor those who
take money enough with thern to pay all their
expenses, personal and otherwise. During my
last visit to Europe, I visited England, France,
Belgium, Holland, Germany, Switzerland,
northern Italy and Sardinia, and was gone from
home about 100 days. When I have been
asked what it cost me, I have sometimes asked
my questioner to " guess" the amount. The
sum named has been usually $2,000 or $'2,500
jlt was about one fifth of the latter sum to wit;
j five hundred, and tlie very same scem-s can lie
I visited now for one-half that sum, and travel
respectably. Money being usually an impor
tant consideration, we wish, in travel, as in
other investments, to get as much value as
possible for our dollars. I believe travelers
usually do not get more than one-half what
they might. If a man wishes to become well
acquainted with the English people at home
or any other people in their domestic and
social relations, and their political condition,
he must stay awhile, making his home with
them."
Virginia land warrants, for two hundred
acres each, are now being bought by some of
the shoemakers in New England, at one dollar
an acre, payable in shoes.
Brevities.
—A Seba^t'po ccrresp nJent of the Boston
Courier says that the former inhabitants of that
ruined city are constantly returning in trans-!
ports and steamers, ami that already the place !
has a population of upward of twelve thousand. ,
Before the siege tlie population was 60,000.
—The Pacific Sentinel says that an Indian >
named Pedro died at Santa Cruz, on the 7th of
September, aged 130 years.
—The Western Exchange Bank of Nebraska
ha I a circulation of $139,000 at the time of
its suspension, none of which is likely to he re
deemed.
—"Times are irr.pr iving, and men are'getting
on thejr legs again,'' said a New York gentle
man to his friend. "How so ?" "Why, those
who used to ride down in their carriages now
walk."
A fellow, in Brooklyn, N. Y., has been
compelled to pay $l5O damages, to a woman,
for spitting in her lace. Served him right.
A detachment of two hundred soldiers pas
ed through Harrisburg on Saturday from Car
lisle, on their way to f tab Territory.
Hon. Jan es B. King, a prominent citizen
of Ohio, of Virginia birth, died a few days ago.
Mrs. Anne Benderhaefel was burned to
death by a camphene lamp in Chicago, on
Sunday.
—John Riley was killed in an affray with
Amos Smith, in Charleston, S. C-,on Saturday.
—There was ice on ponds in the vicinity of
Athens, Ca., on the 21st in s t.
Hon. G. A. Simmons, ex-member of Cot -
gress, died oil Wednesday last, at Keenseviile
N. Y.
—The Jhnerican Engineer, as the result of
scientific calculations and protracted experience
says the salest seat is in the middle of the last
car but one.
—Hon. J. F. Farnsworth, member of Con
gress e|.-ct f orn Chicago, is sinking fast, and no
hope is now entertainel of his recovery.
Several distinguished Ameiican officers are
now in H ashington, it is said, endeavoring to
get into the British service in India.
Mr. E. R. Merry, a well-known citizen ot
Fairfax county, Ya. was among the lost Pdsseu
i gers of the steamer Central America.
Mr. Simeon Draper has concluded, after
consultation, to accept the post of police
Commissioner of New York.
—The amount of specie in the United Sta
tes is estimated at about $300,000,000, equal to
sl'2 iti coin for every man, woman and child
in t e country.
—Among the Mormons, boys of ten and
twelve yea is of age, are enrolled in military
| bands, called the "Hope of Israel."
Some of the apple trees in Norfolk are
said to he bearing a second crop this season.
—The mercy of man is to be just; the justice
of woman is to be merciful.
A Kansas paper asserts that a Free State
will soon he formed out of Northern Texas.
—The St. Louis Herald says; " The streets
; are full of idle men, mechanics, clerks and labor
ers, who lias e been thrown out of employment
j in consequ-nce of the recent troubles iri the
i money market.
—A member ofthe Lazy Society was com
! plained of for running. His defence was, that
he was going down hill, and it was more labor
ito walk than run. Complaint dismissed with
expenses.
—Thirty-one Jiishmen left Hartford, Conn,
one day last week, on their return to Ireland to
live, thinking their chances better in the old
| country.
Bayard Taylor, only son of the late Pres
' ident fay lor, is t fie democratic candidate for
tlie senate of Louisiana in the St. Charles dis
trict.
There were 55 fires in Philadelphia du
ring the months ol July, August and Septem
ber. Loss $71,715. Insurance 59,425.
—I he esiate of tlie late Ex-Governor
j Sprague, of Rhode Island, amounted to over six
| millions of dollars.
Senator Hunter, of Va., is out in a letter
denying a tumor that he was opposed to Mr.
j Buchanan's Administration.
—Jt is said that tlie seat of Mr. Rutherford,
ol the Dauphin district, in the State Senate,
will he contested by Mr. Jlaldeman, on the
! ground of fraudulent voting on the part of the
j Black Republicans.
—A letter addressed to "the Church ol'God,"
at Portland, Me., some years ago, was returned
to the General Post Office with the endorse
ment, "Misdirected —we have nothing but sec-
I tariau Churches m this place."
I tie Harrisburg Herald savs, operations
I along (lie entire line of the Lebanon Valley
■ Railroad, have been suspended.
—Gov. Johnson, of Tenn., reports the pur
chase for the State ot the Hermitage, and its
tender to the federal government.
—As the storm which bruises the flower
nourishes the tree, so absence, which starves
a weak affection, strengthens a strong one.
—The young fellow whose girl told him she
didn't want him any longer, wears a fifty-six
pound weight in his hat to prevent him from
grow ing any longer.
—There are thirty thousand operatives and
working-men, ol various kinds without em
ployment, in the city and vicinity of Phila
delphia.
A meeting of the Emperors Napoleon
and Francis Joseph is considered as not at ail
improbably. The King of Prussia is very
anxious that such an interview should take
place.
Since the financial pressure commenced
the notes of no less than ninety-three banks in
the United States have been discredited.
—1 he lowa City Republican states that
farmers are offering wheat in that city for
forty cents a bushel, and cannot find pur
chasers.
—The contractors on the Lock Haven and
Tyrone Railroad have suspended operations,
for the present, and discharged their work
men.
—Some of the Western papers have placed
theii money columns in mourning, by inverting
the column "rules," and putting a"o obituary
head at the top.
THE KANSAS POLICY OF THE ADMIN
ISTRATION.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—1t is now ascertain
ed on specific inquiry, that the report which
was last night prevalent in unusually reliable
and well informed circles, of the iniention on
the part of the Administratien to remove Gov.
Walker and Secretary Stanton, is without the
least foundation : nor is there any reason to
believe that either intend to resign. The last
dates from either have only come down to the
10th of October.
THE EMPRESS ECCEXIE.— She is as sweet
and gentle a lady as ever it was our fortune to
look upon. None of her jiortraits do her justice
a point greatly in fur favor, for we remember
hearing Sir H> nry Raehnrn sav," No woman's
face is worth anything if it can be put upon
canvas'—meaning that variety and transitori
ness of expression Were the finest parts offemale
beauty. Even m feature she is statuesque
ami regular:" hut 'twas na her bonny blue e' e
was my ruin;" it was the soft, feminine gra
ciousness of look and motion: the retiring, yet
self-possessed manner with which she acknow
ledged the sincere and hearty reception of the
spectators—and to us—
("Land of my si-e S ' what mortal hand
Shall e'er untie tlie filial hand
That hinds me to thy rugged strand?")
she had an indefinable charm—powerless per
haps, on the hearts of French, or even English.
She was the exact representative of"the vellow
haired lassie" we read of in Burns' aono-. a
refined Scottish expression about her mouth
winning and humorous, completed the effect.—
Blackwood.
THE CAUSE OF IT —The primary cause of
the present financialjJisaster which is now af
flicting the country in its pecuniary relation is
the abuse ofthe credit system, which has crea
ted immense individual, corporate, and State
debts. Every few years this bubble of a credit
system explodes, bringing ruin and disaster in
its train. Our hanks of issue are the main
spokes in the wheel ofthe credit svst-m. They
keep it up and prevent the business of the coun
tty from being done on a sound paying basis.
They are always willing to offer | oa ' (ls ~ n()
cilities to speculators and wild-cat business me n
to operate with, and it is through their assis
tance that the buisness o| the country is disar
ranged. He shall always have tlmse financial
crises until we curtail, if we do not a lolish, the
credit system.— Cincinnati Enquirer.
NEW ELECTRIC LIGHT. —In a letter to
editor of the Paris Cosmos, Professor Tvridall
says, "Mr. Faraday, I arn happy to say, is quite
well ; he has made known to me a new appli
cation of magnetic electricity—the electricity
generated by electromagnetic machines, it
consists in the production of electric licrht.
which is truly splendid, and which can he
immediately employed for illuminating light
houses." n °
I AILI'HES .AND SUSPENSIONS. — A summary of
the failures and suspensions in this country
since the Ist of August makes the whole num
ber 952, ol which 44-8 were in .New York, 85 in
Pennsylvania, 120 in Massachusetts, 40 in Ohio,
• in Kentucky, 3 in Indiana, 2 in Washington
City, 5 in Minnesota, 45 in Illinois, 6 in Mary
land, 21 in lowa, 23 in Michigan, 18 in Mis
souri, 28 in New Jeisey, 5 iii Rhode Island,
24 in Wisconsin, and 58 in other States. Th~
total liabilities ol all these are estimated at
$99,000,000.
WASHINGTON - , November 2.—Gov. Walker,
ol Kansas, a few days ago, addressed a letter to
the President, asking for leave of absence for a
month. The President has granted his request,
and he was to leave on the first of November
for Washington. He will not be removed, nei
ther will he resign.
C " BAI:N CM, the serene highness of hum
bugs, is again on his legs ! The Slum ford ,id
rooife announces "with pleasure the probable
fact that to-day he is a tit her man than he was
before his connection with the Jerome Clock
Company. It is said that he has bought all the
claims against himself, lor from five to tiventv
fiv cents on the dollar, with the exception of
$15,000 held in and about Danbury, which he
will probably have to pay in full. The whole
of the vast property assigned by him for the
benefit of his creditors has again passed into his
hands, and he is now refurnishing and refitting
Iranistan in good style for his future permanent
residence. We. know of nobody who will be
very sorry to hear this news. Barnum is api in
ter by trade, not a clockmaker.
A SAD RETURN.—A lady passed through
the city last evening from Chicago to her home,
in the vicinity ot New York, now desolate by
the sudden loss of her husband. They were at
the Tremont House in Chicago the night of the
fire, and he, from curiosity, went to it, and
when there, was crushed under a falling wall.
So mutilated was he, that it was only by some
remnants oi his clothing that the agonized wife
could recognize him. who but a moment before
was in full vigor ol manhood. Their money
was with him, and was, we understand, destroy
ed. I lie widow, almost heart broken, meets
with active kindness from all. The Railroad
men pass her free, and others ate also attentive.
Cleveland Review.
BURIED TREASURE COMING TO LIGHT. —The
Peninsula (Del.) . \'ews says:—"The people of
the lower part of Sussex, continue to pickup
silver coins along the coast. A friend informs
us that, according to the best information he
can collect, there have been from eight to nine
thousand dollars collected altogether. The coin
dates as far down as 1718, and is in circula
tion all over Baltimore Hundred. The prevail
ing opinion is, that it is the money which was
buried hyGibbs and YValmslev, the two notori
ous pirates, who, after conviction, confessed
that they buried money in tile sand in that
neighborhood."
LATER FROM MEXICO. —The New York pa
pers publish this morning, copious details of
news from Mexico, down to the 2lst ult. The
intelligence is the most important that lias been
received from that republic for a long time.
The demand of Comonfori upon Congress lor
extraordinary power, the extensive land
schemes in Senora, Durango and Tehuantepec,
the revolutionary movements on the frontiers,
and the general disorganization and disruption
of the republic—socially, politically and finan
cially—are fully set forth.
GEN. PACKER AT HOME.— Gen. Packer's
official majority in Lycoming county is 1191.
Last October the Democratic majority was39ti.
In Williamsport, his residence, he ran about 200
votes ahead of the party vote last fall.
—Jacob Aldrich died suddenly at YV ilining
ton, Del., on Tuesday.