i|e Jptelna Critant.'
ALTOONA, PA.
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XHUKSDAY, AUGUST 19* 1858.
. S3L>W hero part los arc unknown to u*, onr rule tor adrer
t tajogu to rcqutro payment
known ptiwni. It iit thoftforo tlßclcM fbr all inch to send
nikdwrttoeownts offering to pay at tho end of throe or tix
BWItM! Who re advertisements are accompanied with the
■mnnrv whether one, live or ten dollars, we Will sire the
full benefit of cash rates.
Congressional Conference. —On
Tuesday last, jthc Union Congressional
Cpnjferces of Somerset, Cambria and Hunt
ingdon met in Johnstown, to
place injnomination a candidate for Con
gress but owing to a misunderstanding os
to the day of meeting’, Blair county was
not represented, whereupon the Confer
ence adjourned! to meet again in the. same
place, on the Sth pi* September. s
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The CdmbriaClouiit) Convention.
Thd following extract* which wc clip’
from the last number of the Johnstown
I'rihune, places one of the candidates for
the Congressional nomination in no veiy
enviable position ‘
The shameless falsehoods that were retailed,
and the corrupt means that were employed to
defeat Mr. King, -We do not care to recapitulate.
Wo.have.not the heart to-day to stir thd dirty
mess. We mil only instance sufficient to pbow
that several Relegates who were instructed to
support Mr. King in Convention, were induced,
after their arrival in JSbentburg, to violate die
wishes.of their opnstituonts, and-farther, that
Mr. King was on (Tuesday last, as he is to-day, v
the photo of -a large majority of ihe people of
Cambria.
The statement of the Tribune shows
that ; the 'delegates stood for King 25, Blair
20 andKopelirt 5, according to thcir ac
khoWlcdgod ins tractions, on the morning
of the convention, but that the name- of
Kopolin having |>eon withdrawn, his dele
gates went over to Blair, notwithstanding
three of them were "instructed to support
King-as their sccondchoicc, and also that
four of those ir struoted to support King
Went over to -jßlaix* on -first ballot, thus
giving him twenty-nine votes out of fifty.
The cause of th is violation of instructions
is not given, but is strongly hinted at.
We. have remarked that the popular voice of 1
the epunty was,and Is yet for Mr. King. We
will prove it. Thje total opposition vote of this
Connerila about 1300. Of this Mr. King’s 21
rfalcgatesj-cpreccijted about 900, and Mr. Blair’s
and Mr. Bopelip’s (including the 7 who,should
have voted for’Mij. King) about 400. 'A com
parison of the result of the delegate election
.with the returns of last Full's election will sub
stantiate those figures. * * )* *
Although Mr*-Klatr has been declared the choice
of Cambria for Congress, yet wo are much mis
taken in our estimate of the man if he urges
his claim* upon oar people with the record so
palpably against l|im as we have shown it to be.
As it is, jtbe unwiso and ungcntlemanly coarse
of fijcnds in our County has seri
ously "damaged lis chhnccs of success before
the Conference as well as his wlth
our Uniop voters. Had bo stow aloof from
oitrjoeol difficulties, and devoted bis energies to
healing tho bread. which is daily growing wider
and wider in hip ran county, he would stand
aauobbetter with >ur people to-day.
The, Tribune is the only .opposition pa
per punished it Giuubriu county, and we
presume gives hie true state of the case.
Tho editors of t hat paper wciV known to
be friendly to th i nomination of Mr. King,
but it isunreascmablc to suppose that they
would thus : cling to him and denounce his
successful competitor had he been fairly
bopteu in the convention. They arc not
men who would (intrude their private pre
ferences upon the public and denounce as
corrupt the means" employed to defeat
their candidate; if they were not such.
They are not the men we take them to be,
if they would .endanger the success
of -their party to gratify a selfish feeling.
What the result of this intriguing may be,
the decision ofjthe Conference on the Bth
•fSeptember wtli alone decide. ■
; Ladies National Equjjsxbian Con
vekxion. —-A Convention of the above
Idnd will be held at the Union Course; on
on Wednesday, September
Btih, 1858, the chief design of which is to
fcobhote a .pure'.and healthy admiration for
4hc «rt ‘o£ Equestrianism.. Three splen
did premiums are to be awarded to the
best equestrians, vie:—To the first best
competitor, a grand action piano, worth
sfrsof to the second best, a massive silver
pitcher and pair of goblets, valued at $300;
to thftthird best, a splendid' gold and en
amelled lady’s- watch, set with diamonds,
Worth over $2OO- Ladies who have been
connected with any circus or equestrian
establishment will be rigidly excluded
from competition for the premiums.
An Editor iiN C odrt.—Some months
ago J. Porter Brawley prosecuted the
edttw $f the Erie Dispatch for libeLr-r
ease was tried last week, when the
juiyjeturned of not guilty, and
orieredUie prosecutor, Bfawlcy, to pay
the costs, v .V
A J fom tke Boaurut iterald $ Wig.
■. A Wotd to Frienaa in Blair County. ;
v When* Uld, we -were todelfcly repressed with
the atory tjf tbOiTani ee who madb ah immense
fortune hy mindmg kis.oicn buitne*s, and, in bur
maturcr years, wo have labored to torn the les
ion then learned to account. As to the general
success of our experiment, as Mr. Toots would I
say, “it don’t signify,” but, at the hazard of j
being charged with a departure from the rule of j
our life, we venture to say a few words to our
friends in Blair County, on the state of affairs at
present existing among them. By the term
friends we include all, without regard to party
designations, who are sincerely desirous to hare
the present iniquitous policy of the National
Administration in regard to the rights and.in
terests of the people, signally remikcd at the
ballot-box. Believing that a large majority of
the voters of Blair County ore oar friends,-in
this acceptation of the word, we put it to theta
as reasonable men, can or do they expect to ac
complish our common object by keeping np:
I senseless party divisions and intestine feudal—
Bo they expect to divide and conquer? Is pride
of parfy, or tenacity of purpose, above and be
yond principle with them ? Is theindi vidua!
indulgence of a stubborn and unbehding will, a
greater luxury to them than would be a signal
triumph over a common foe ? We know we Are
safe in assuming the negative of thdse proposi
tions, and yet, to a casual observer, it would
appear as if they were all affirmatively true.
_ Americans ofßlalr County! What is the great
aim ami object you set before yourselves to be
accomplished in the coming contest? Is it not!
to secure), American Laborers and American I
Manufacturers from ruinous competition with i
the combined capital and puaper labor of £u- ;
rope V Is it not to restore American Labor and
American Manufacturers from their present
state of procuration, to the flourishing and envi
able condition they formerly enjoyed, when
stimulated and protected by American tariff ?
It is not to protect the popular will from viola
tion, and preserve the Bights of the People from
assault from trucklingpoliticians, purchascablc
knaves, and sectional fanatics ? is it not to
prevent, if possible, the Extension of Slavery
over Territory now Free ? is it not to cherish
tbe' Union of these States inviolate, and secure
their National and social advancement ? Buch,
at least, yrere the motives' inculcated by the
Americanism we were taught, and still profess.
Bo the Republicans of your County differ with
you in any one of these essential particulars ?
W« dssume they do not, else they differ with all
Republicanism os inculcated elsewhere.
Republicans of BlairCbunty! Bo you not
hold oH these great principles in common with
your friends and neighbors of the American
parly ? Is not the object of your labor, in the
words of the preamble to the Constitution, “ to
form a more perfect Union an established jus
tice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for
the common defence, promote the general wel
fare, and secure the blessings of liberty toyour-
Selrea and your posterity ?” Bo your neigh
bore 6f the American party differ with you |ih
this respect? ■ Assuredly they do not. Bo you
not, then, in reality, stand upon one common
platform ? Arc you not laboring to accomplish
the same ends ?
Americaus and Republicans of Blair County!
if this bo so, what .then divides you ? What
distracts your forces ? It cannot be that a few
designing men are keeping year ranks asunder
for their own purposes. You surely do not pre
fer to “die and make no sign,” rather tiffin
yield a mere punctillio to your brother. Will
you sacrifice piinc'plc to personal or party
pride? Surely not Gan any other result fol
low the mad course you are pursuing ? The
great interests of your individual, or rather of
our common party can be subserved only by re
turning a member to Congress who will labor
to their advancement. This we can assuredly
do by uniting the opposition forces of the Dis
trict. Without such a union wo must signollv
fail.
Men and Brethren of Blur County! will you
continue to toss the mighty interest of yoar
party—nay, of the entire country—as a shuttle
cock between the American and Republican or
ganizations, rather than yield to what most he
the better convictions of your cooler moments?
Bethink ye a moment of others, beside your-'
selves. In Huntingdon—in Crmbria—in Som
erset, union and cordiality prevail; our friends
are eager for the contest; their hopes are high;
victory is assured,~if only Blair County will do
her duty. But' what of Blair ? Ah there’s the
rub. Bethink you of (the State. Everywhere
the sound of marshalling forces is heard; the
cry is, our State ticket will be triumphantly
elected; our delegation in Congress will be in
creased ; we will not loose a single old district
if our friends, but prove true to themselves.—
What of tho 18th district? Ah! there’s trouble
in Blair. Bethink you (of the Union. The eyes
of Patriots everywhere are fixed on Pennsylva
nia—on her soil Will the great Rattle of 1660 he
fought; the fate of Freedom and of Free Labor
depends upon her. decision; the coming Con
fressloual elections will be a certain indexof
erpositionin the futuro. What is the cpndi
tion of our party in the different districts ? All
right, except in one. There ore dissentions in
Blair.
Men of Blair! Con yon, will you, dare yon,
thus disappoint the' hopes of thousands, by a
tenacious adherence to mere forms, when sooh
mighty results ate at stake ? Be warned, we
pniy yon, by the lesson so lately taught in the
St. Louis district. With a majority of fofur
thousand in the district,- the Americans and Re
publicans, (as yon are preparing to do,) each
ran a ticket of their own, resulting in the suc
cess of ah Administration Lecompton Democrat.
Thus, for lack of a little conciliation and liber
ality,, the policy of Slavery Extension is appa
rently endorsed, and the cause of Free Labor
has received a staggering blow.
,We appeal to y ou, Brethren of Blair County!
to save us from defeat Make a determined ef
fort at.conciliation, and if this faUs, then, with
the true magnanimity of genuine Americans and
Republicans, yield your claims to the candidate
for ihe present, and unite with us,, as you hive
dpne upon the State ticket, on some good man,
who will faithfully represent all bur multifari
ous view and interests. •
We have no fault to find with the edi
tor of the Somerset Herald & Whig, for
advice tendered. •‘JVe are always willing
and anxious to receive advice and instruc
tion from those whose experience in po
litical affairs, render them capable of im
parting that which is salutary.. That the
editor of the Herald & Whig should feel
deeply interested in healing the breach
which he conceives to. exist between the
Americana and Republicans of this coun
ty is right and proper, blit we imagine it
is not so great as he represents it. We
acknowledge with him that the end to be
accomplished by the election of a Union
Congressman is more to he desired than
the mere triumph of party. We hear no
rumors of division in the Union ranks,
notwitstanding a few indiscreet politicians
have attempted to override everything in
the hope of carrying a particular point.
Such action, we opine, will and must re
ceive a just rebuke.
The Americans of Phut county do not
'i i \
l A*irt that there should be twb-ca)Msidates
jfot Congressin the field. Itutruie they
have presented a candidate for Domination,,
which-thjej had ih right with the
Reptflftiiftins to do, bdt it is not true that
■ they will disorganize should that candi-
I date not be nominated. All they ask is
[ that a man may be nominated ktfowtf
to- be a friend to the cause of Americanism,
who is no -.latter-day convert offering to
swallow the American platform to - obtain
a seat in Congress,. , but who is an Ameri
can- from principle, Tlje Americans of
Blair are as much opposed to tothe course
punned by the National Administration
towards'Eaniws as the Bepuhfican's, and
will not refuse to support the nominee
should he entertain Republican sentiments.
On the contrary they desire that he should
entertain them and express them freely.
It must not be expected that . a man who
Ists ever opposed, the men and measures
of the American party, can obtain the
support of that party in this county or in
the district. It would be worse than mad
ness to noniibate an ultra man of either
party. (Let a man be selected who is an
American Republican in the full accepta
tion of the term, and the Americans of
Blair will do their part toward electing
him.
We have four individual preferences,
but wo would not urge them to the detri
ment of the i peace and harmony of the
party.' We desire union and success and
to this end will sacrifice personal prefer
ences for any good man -who may be pre
sented on whom both wings of the party
can cordially unite. Best easy, friend
Scull, it will not be the American party
of Blair that will disorganize if “Fair
Flay” presides at the Conference; All
it asks can be readily granted the
sacrifice of a ! single principle entertained
by the most ultra Republican in the dis
trict
Reciprocating a Favor.
Wc feel profoundly grateful to the edi
tor of the big weakly “ pver the hill” for
the complimentary notice taken of our lit
tle enterprise, and assure him that should
we be able to obtain the sum of twenty
dollars for our influence, from any of the
political aspirants, we will endeavor to
compensate him for the puff. Seriously,,
we value his t condemnation more than his
praise, as the latter would certainly lower
us in the estimation of every respectable
citizen in the county That we have ever
published an article censuring cither po
litical party and were called upon by any
of the members thereof to jpake amends,
is false. Wc have published what we
pleased, when wff pleased, and maintained
an independence which the editor of the
big weakly dare not assert. As an evi
dence of our. independence and the falsity
of the charge in the big weakly , we would
refer the editor to the files of the Tribune
for 1856, when a few “intense” Ameri
cans, “ came down” on us. The reputa
tion of the editor of the big weakly in this
community is too scaly to render it neces
sary for us to devote much space to con-
tradicting bis assertions. An editor who
is unable to tnaintain his position in a con
troversy of his own seeking, by using gen
tlemanly language, and* is compelled to
descend to low personalities and detrac
tion, is unworthy the name, and will find
no competitors in the Tribune office.
PoLixiCAji.— W " W. Sellers, editor of
the Ftdtou Republican, has • been nomi
nated by the Union or People’s county
convention of county, for Assem
bly. A. 3L McClure, member from Frank
lin last year; has been re-nominated.
George W. Wißiains, of Bedford, and
George G. Walkor, of Somerset, have been
nominated for Assembly by the Union
conference of that district.'
Evans K; [Brady, editor of the Brdok
ville Jeffersonian, has been nominated for
Assembly by the democracy of Jefferson
county. •. - :
No Fusion in New Ame
rican General Committee of New Tork
have adopted resolutions repudiating a
fusion with any other party that will not
recognize Americafi principles and nomi
nate undoubted Americans for the various
offices. What action the State Council
will take at its next-meeting, to bo held
soon, it is difficult to conjecture..
B®*. Graham’s Magazine for September
is before ns, containing a handsomely prin
ted frontispiece entitled “ The Idle Boys/’
The Fashion-plates are numerous and very
handsome. The reading matter is of the
usual style and quite entertaining. Price
$3 per annum. Watson &-Co., publishers,
Philadelphia.
Tebrible Political Front. —At the
election lasi Thursday, in Nash county,
N. C., a difficulty occurred, which result
ed m a map.named Perry killing another
named Bnmtly, after which a friend of
Brantly slew Perry.
Bteaiageii "
> On Monday lasjt, the first messages were
transmitted over j the Atlantic telegraph
wires. Every doubt about tbe success of
this gigantic enterprise muit now be bu
ried. -The following are tbe dispatches:
Ctbc«-6tatio!l. N; F. Aog, 16.—7 h <*« -Di-
Atlantic Telegraph Co. —Enrope
and America are united-by Telegraph. Glory
be to God in the Highest: on earth peace and
good will towards men. i
oUB*k*B WBSSAOK. '
, Tetie Hem. tie Fteeident of tie United State*:
Her desires to congratulate the Presi
dent Upon the successful completion of (his great
international work, in which the Qneon.has ta
ken the deepest interest
ini nuuDitt'a unt.
The President cordially reciprocates the con
gratulations- of Her [Majesty, the Queen, on the
Success of the great international enterprise ac
complished by the science, skill and indomita
ble energy of the two countries. It is a triumph
more glorious,, because more useful, thou was
ever won by the Conqnerer oh the field of bat
tle. . • v- T
May the Atlantic {Telegraph Company, nnder
the blessing of Heaven, prove .to be a bond Cf
pejrpetual peace and friendship between tbe
kindred nations, and an instrument destined by
Divine Providence to diffuse religion, civilisa
tion, liberty and law throughout the world.
In this View, will hot allthe nations of Chris
tendom spontaneously, unite in the declaration
that it shall be foijever neutral, and that its
communications shall be held sacred in the pla
ces of their destination, in the midst of hostili
ties.
Washington City, August 16th, 1858.
The greatest enthusiasm prevails in all
the cities at the joytol intelligence of the
telegraphic union of Europe and Americ a
The telegraph brings us news of illumina
tions, salutes, bonfires, fire-works, bell
ringing, &c. The Pittsburg Dispatch ex
claims, “ the great feat is accomplished—-
the continents are united —henceforth a
new era marks the progress of civilization.
“Ddep callcth unto deep—all thy waters
roll over me I” |
LATEST.
The telegraph xjeports in to-day’s (Wed
nesday’s) daily pajpers, announce that the
above message from the Queen to the
President is imperfect. It appears that
the operator at Valencia Bay, after tele
graphing that part of the Queen’s message
published above, desisted from sending it
entire to make soihe slight repairs in the
cable, and through a mistake, that part of
it received was sent South as if it consti
tuted the Whole message. The following
correct copy of the message was received
on Tuesday. The reply of the President
had not yet been transmitted, having been
withheld to ascertain whether the Presi
dent wished to add anything to it. The
President has authorized his reply to be
transmitted without change of date.
To the Honorable (he Vresident of the United
States: —Her Majesty desires to congratulate
the President upon the successful completion
of this great international work, in which the
Queen has taken the deepest interest. The
Queen is convinced that the President will join
with her in fervently hoping that the electric
3 cable, which now connects Great Britain with
the United States, will prove an additional
link between the notions, whose friendship is
founded upon their common interest and recip
rocal esteem. The Queen has much pleasure in
thus communicating with the President, aqd re
newing to him her wishes for the prosperity of
the United States. - j '
North Carolina Election.—Re
turns from Cfingman’s district show large
Democratic lossek, and the election of
Yance, American, to Congress, over Avery,
Democrat. s This is a Democratic loss of a
member of Congr jss. Ellis, Democrat, is
elected Governor, but his majority will
not be as large as f[rst supposed. The Leg
islature, it is belieyed, will be Democratic.
There are two United States Senators to
be elected.
Missouri Election.— i-The election for
Congress in Missouri'has resulted in the
choice of J. R. Barrett, Thomas L. Ander
son, James Craigi John B. Clark, John
S. Phelps, Samuel H. Woodson and J. W.
Noel, all Democrats. The same party have
carried the Legislature, to which body
only one Republ
elected.
Oesqon.—The L
on the 7th, and on
joint convention to
atom Ihe elcctioi
deb. Lane and tfelaaon (Letter known as “De
lusion”) Smith. Mie failure of Congress to ad
mit Oregon into the Union . seems not to have
been anticipated, from the haste with which
they proceeded to fill these offices. No further
Indian outrages arei recorded in the Oregon pa
pers, with the exception of on attack upon a
prospecting party of miners,* none of whom,
however, were killed. The confidence of the
Oregonians in the richness of the Fraser river
mines appears to be unabated. New and rich
gold discoveries in (Oregon are also reported as
constantly taking place.
A Mubdebbu Turned Up.—Some months
since a fellow named Perry Cox was arrested
in Pittsburg, charged with attempting to out
the throat of a yoopggirljgrith whom he was on
terms of Intimacy. He was lodged in jail there,
hut daring his imprisonment it was ascertained
that he had murdeied bis with in York county,
and ho was sent*hither for trial! I Through
some means or other he made his escape from
prison, and we now hear of him haring turned
up on Frazer river, where it is stated he earns
$3O a week as a barber. '
8®- The month of August is the proper time
for setting out strawberry plants.' Now, young
masters and maidens; if you • ‘ love” the luscious
crimson fruit, don’t be' lazy or dainty-fingered,
but go to Work and make a strawberry bed,
oven if you have a j spot of ground for the pur
pose no larger than the family breakfast table.
He that plonteth not nor soweth when he might,
ought not to gather er .rcsp; “hi the sweat of
tbou cat”— strawberries as well
as “bhjd.” ; ' „■
i, ibis stated, has been
gislaturo convened at Salem
he Ifith both houses met in
tect two United States Sen
resulted in the choice of
PER AXjD SCISSORS.
IThe advices from the country regarding
the Com crop, an Very encouraging.. ’
In spite ,'of the reoentdiskstroua over
flow at the Sooth, the yield of thp sugar and
cotton crops are'arid to be very premising.
There am said to be six hundred tents
at the camp meeting' now holding at Camden,
Delaware. ■ [ .
Home statician has figured jtbe egg crop
Of the United States to be 18,250,000,000, and
at right cents a dozen to be worth $121,666,660.
'fSF The Vtic&Jferald predicts that loaded
canal boats will be propelled by! steam from
Buffalo to Albany in three days. {
An old bachelor says, that if a young
lady has a purse With two ends—jdlvpr in one
end and gold in the oher —she insure open
the gold end first . | |
Sharp—the liish “gintielnan” who Said
he'** niver know’d a man to be hit wi’ a rattle
snake but one, an’ that was tm onld woman that
got bit wi’’a copperhead.” ;j :
The Petersburg InteUigwer thinks that
the aggregate inspections of tobacco in Virginia
on the Ist. of October will, in alll probability,
reach 70,000 hogsheads; at all events, the ex
cess over last year Will be fully 10,900 hhds.
ggf* The accounts from some sections of
Virginia and North Carolina, relative to the
corn crops, are very distressing. - The eOm is
drying up, and large fields wifi (rove almost
worthless. s
VeS* Told—by a Maine editor the t a pumpkin
in that State grew so large (hat eight men'oonld
stand aronnd it. This is like th » fellow who
saw a flock of pigeons fly so low that he could
shake a stick at them.
A man who has just been! arrested for
murder in Madison county, New] York, finds,
for companions in prison, a. son, a nephew, a
brother-in-law, and a son-in-law. The son-in
law also has two brothers in durance vile.
A knitting machine has just been in
vented by a genius in Seqeca county, N. Y.
One of tho editors of the Syracuse Journal saw
the machine knit a perfect stocking! in less than
fii vo minutes.
A Magnetic Ticket for this Presidency
m 1860 is run up by the Lancaster Express,
which proposes Professor Samuel Morse as the
people’s candidate for President, aqd Cyrus W.
Field for Vice President. v
The Wytheville (Va.) Telegraph says
that Ex-President Comoqfort, of! Mexico, dined
at that place in passing through on Sunday
week, and was ousted Item the! table by the
landlord for ‘conduct unbecoming q gentleman.’
SQL, Mr Schwomp, of Hunterdon county,
N. J., says he owns a goose eighty-three years
old. He has bad the remarkable specimen of
“animated nature" himself over fifty yeqrs.qnd
knows the the early history of thp goose dates
back to revolutionary times. ; j
The most happy citation from the Biblo
yet seen in reference to the telegraph, which is
soon to girdle the globe, the Nation
al IntMigencer of Monday,—“ Their line is gone
out throughout all thu earth, and their words to
the end of the world.” Psalms xii: 4.
'* r \
The opposition Conferees ij)f the Seven
teenth District, composed of Adams, Bedford,
Franklin, Fulton and Juniata Copjnties, met at
Chambcrsburg, % on Tuesday, and; jin the fourth
ballot nominated Edward M’PherSon, Esq., of
Adams, as tbeir candidate for Congress.
B@» Some English farmers have discarded
the ordinary scythes in their mowing Ahia year
for an implement in all respects the same, ex
cept that it is fifteen inches shorteij. It is sta
ted that the result is a saving of lono-third in
the labor. H
The mail carrier, between Elder’s Ridge
and Indiana, Pa., (named Henderson) was ar
rested last week and committed to | jail on sus
picion of having at sundry times
mail bags anjj purloined *
money. r
figy A wedding came off in Now Bedford re
cently between a colored gentleman and a white
lady who is respectably The groom
has white blood flowing in his veins, and claims
no less a personage than the President of the
United States, whoso name he bears, as his pa
ternal ancestor. —New Bedford Spa niard. ’
\ S&“ Bids have just been opened for cleaning
the. streets of Cincinnati for the years 1858-59.
Thirty-seven bids were made. The lowest offer
fori cleaning all the streets was $2<1,000; others
ranged from $28,500 up to $42,C0|0 per. annum.
Thie expense of cleaning all of them lost year,
by contract with three persons, .was $38,000.
fiSV" The Atlantic Telegraph, after it reaches'
Trinity Bay, is connected with land and subma
rine telegraph for over a thousand [miles before
it reaches the United States. ' At jone place it
runs for four hundred miles through a wilder
ness difficult to reach, and whored it is exposed
to continued accidents and interruptions. .
Governor Packer and fiiiiaily am now
settled comfortably in the Executive mansion
purchased by the Legislature fori the residence
of our Governors. The’building iq a very tasty
and well-finished 1 one, situated iusecond street,
immediately above the site of the late Presby
terian ohurob, in Harrisburg. {
- l@!»The Bombay Geographical Society an
nounce ,IA their proceedings that- they have re
ceived a Specimen of the walking {loaf from Ja
va, with eggs and young; and, wfiit seems more
curious still, a walking flower, described as a
creature with a white body,. pjnk spotsond
crimson border. ' | '
A verdant young man entered a fancy
store in a city, lately,; while the lady proprietor
was arranging a lot of perfumery. | She inquired
of him if be would not like to have some musk
bags to put in hie drawers. After an examina
tion of the article, he told the young lady that
ho did not wear drapers, and wadted to know if
it wouldn’t do to wear them in Ids pantaloons.
SS&“ The tunnel to convey the water from
Barnhart’s creek to the BeodingiWatcr Compa
ny’s reservoir is completed. The workmen of
both sides met on Friday of lasi week free to
fiace in the bowels of the earth; [and daylight
streamed through the bill from [either side.—
Hie tunnel is 1066 feet long, and was nearly all
eat through solid rook.
■ Destruction of Hucklebemes.—-Mr. J.
U. Freeman, of Clarion County, has met with a
serious loss by fire. 1 Ho had twenty-five acres
of “ grafted huckleberries,” whiWi he had con
tracted to deliver in Philadelphia, at $9 per
bashel, and bad sent forward 300 bushels, when
a devastating fire swept ruthlessly! over his land,
destroying Ms crop.
SQuTho Administration organs remain mam
as oysters concerning the news from Kansas.
The Washington’ Union and Philadelphia P«in
tyltania do not seem to be aware that there was
an election in Kansas on the first Monday in
tins month. They do not know what to say
and say nothing. They must squeal presently’
They are in a tight place as pigs under a gate.
Is the Kansas question settled t• | . ' *
A Malicious Scoundrel.—A fiend in human
shape entered the pastor field of Mr. James
Lodcr, in Spring Township, on! Friday night
last, and stabbed a borse belonging to Mr
Loder, valued at about one hundred and seventy!
five dinars. The horse was found dead in the
field on Saturday morning. We ! are informed
that a difficulty existed between Mr. L and
tiv° negrocs by the names of Chaftos 1 Green and
Henry Williams, both of whom have been ar
rested on sußpicion and commitcd to jail for
trial.— JJelk/onie Watchman, > ”
Hard Fiohtwo Westers Mexico Aorf*
vsts letter, published la the N. 0. True DeW
under datcaf July 9th, from Maiaalllo,
the west coast of Mexico, about three hundred
miles north of Acapulbo, and not very distant
from Colima, says: “ A most desperate battle
wasfough on the 2d inst, near Colima, betw een
the Federal troops and tho Church forces;
presume there is nothing on record in tho his
tory of the wars of this country which can com
pare with it, for tho Church army lost eight hun
dred killed, and three hundred deserted in a
body, making their whole loss 1,100 men in the
space of four hours. The Federal party lost
but few men. , -
“I am confident the Liberal or Federal party
will succeed, but it is becoming a desperate
straggle, for it is the last hope of the Chnreh
party. If they fail, as they must, it will entire
ly destroy their influence in Mexico. The vic
torious entitled “ the army of the West,"
was levied by and under command of General
Alvarez, quite as well known by his. sonbriqnet
of “ tho Old King.” A report has reached ns
of an important engagement near QudaUdsra, in
the State of Xalisco.”
Dak Rick akd his Hobsb Excelsior.— The
reported death of this hone is nntrae. Re
cently, at Waukegan, ID., a man rose np in the
audience and told Dan he would bet him $lOO
that he oonld not make his hone jump from
the platfbrm he was descending. Dan stopped
the horse in his descent, and told the man to
come forward with his $100; they were five
minutes arranging the matter. Then Dan turn
ed around and told, the horse to jump. The
horse ho sooner heard the command, than he
wheeled and jumped off, sinking up to his knees
in the black mud which the ring was composed
of. The sinking of his legs in tho mud canoed
him to Dill over; he gave a groan, but was soon
np on his feet again. Dan says he has perform
ed with him ever since, and has seen nothing to
show that he is hurt in the least. He returned
the money to the Sncker, telling him that he
had more money than he knew what to do with,
and he did not want his money. The man re
tired amid the jeers of the' audience and, cheers
for Dan Bioe.
Thk Qeasshoppse PLAOUE.—Whctt we stated
last week on the authority of a fr*»»d that a
farmer. lost a; crop of buckwheat by Isaripg the
bar* doien, we thought hyperbole was exhausted;
but we were told .the past week that at some
points on the Chester Valley Railroad, the
swarms of these inaeeto falling upon the rails
hate so oiled the wheels as to very seriously
impede the speed of some of the trains; and the
quantities caught up and killedon the
of the locomotives have been prodigious. In
crossing the Great Valley a few days since, we
saw pannels of fence that it would, hate been
difficult to find a space unoccupied as large os \
shilling piece. In some places they have seri
ously attacked the corn, and we saw them eat
ing into the husks on the ears They appear
to have a decided fancy for the sunshine, and
late in the.'; day perch upon the sunny side of
the fence alone, looking, for all the world, like
swarming bees. —iformtowa .Republican.
Cool, but not Com foetablk John Flaani
gan, a watchman on board the steamer Empire
State, of the Fall river, fine, while tbe boat was
lying at the wharf of New York One day lost
week, desiring to take a nap in d, cool place,
disposed himself on a plank inside the house of
cue of the side wheels. \Vheu he awoke the
steamer hod started on her daily trip, and the
wheel was throwing water all over him. To
make the matter worse, the door of the 1 Wheel
house had been locked, and the noice of the
splashing water prevented his cries for help
from being heard. All night he had to remain
in that position, half famished with hunger,
dripping wet with the coldest of water, and
hoarse with shouting for and was
not relieved until arriving at Fall river. He
jeill hardly choose a like position for a comfort
able nap a second time. ; I, .
recent arrest of a fitaa in Ohio,
named King, charged with making spurious
coin, boa led to the arrest of another in Phila
delphia, calling himself Krippa, and; the finding
of a fetter addressed to him, containing a re
mittance from Bradford comity, Pennsylvania,
with an oder for counterfeit mditey. This
letter was couched in terms whioh leave no
doubt of the character. The writer says that
he has a number of first-lass, reliable men en
gaged in Circulating the spurious money, and
reprehends the course of some operators, who
dispose of it to boys and careless persons.-
His agents, says the writer, are postmasters,
store keepers and lawyob, men of character and
and influence, who dm 'use the money in their
buisiness without causing suspicion. l The fetter
also contained other important information.
Ltkch Law is Vthaisu— At Dayton, Vir
ginia, on the 2d inst., a man by the name of
Uallory had drank tod freely of whisky, and
got very chivalrous. He attached several
citizens with the intention, as he said, to “see
their heart’s blood,” but the people were too
fast for him. They took him to the mill dam
and gave him a ducking, after Which thy painted
him. xHo Was, then- let loose, when ho again
commenced his depredations. 110 was again
seized and taken to the dam, and cooled off.
He was home, where' he whipped
his wife, and abused everybody. Tho crowd
had gathered in the street iu frontof hU house,
and he threw a rock among them. They then
stoned his house, riddling tho windows, doors
and roof. He then quieted down, and rested
until morning.
Within a radius of twenty-five miles of
Cincinnati it 13 computed that there are 2,500
S acres of ground devoted to the culture of grapes.
In favorable the average of wine pec
acre is two hundred gallons, equal to five hun
dred thousand gallons as the whole crop for the
section described, worth, fresh from the press,
$500,000. Tho failure of the grape crop is,
therefore, a serious loss to tho cultivators and
wo regret to see, by a communication in the
Cincinnati Gazette , that to tho general loss of
tho fruit crop of apples, peaches, &c., in Ohio,
this season, that of the grape is to be added.
The Electoral Vote or IB6o.—The elector
al vote for 1856, consisted of two hundred and
vo * es - The admission of Minnesota
will increase that number to three hundred, and
should Kansas and Oregon bo admitted, the en
tire vote will bo three hundred and six, requi
ring one hundred and fifty-four for a choice of
President. Of these three hundred and six,
there will be one hundred and twenty from the
slaveholding States, and one hundred and eigh
ty-six from the non-slaveholding States.
I®“ The immense profits made in the Afri
can slave trade may be inferred from the ease
of the tjrig R. B. Lawton, which recently landed
180 negroes in Cuba, out of 600 taken oh board
on the East coast of Africa; the rcst having
died, together with the captain, mate and all
but two of the crow. The amount received for
the 180 was said to have paid the expenses of
the voyage and, the cost of the vessel, which, as
is usually the case, was burned.
The Drv Goods Trade— The N, Y. Evening
Post says the Dry Goods Trade is gradually be
coming more active, and the market generally
looks something like old times. The dealers
say that their collections are much freer, and
as customers pay up they feel more willing to
extend the usual accommodations. The com
mission houses’ are well -stocked with a good
variety of seasonable style?.
Jpflte
tOCA
UNION CA
Wqftdborry Circun
will
iSirore, mldw.
commen
SSan Thursday,
anptajtett and people
Mg ssd members of
glgg eordially
gpd pnriioipote in the
GEO. BERI
BAM’L A.
. JOHN H. C
July *l, 1858.
I fa* Lvsab Oit-
IjjMjs are bound to c
[be evident to every
fslks to examine th<
I which will accrue froi
[light which it affords.
Lent made by Dr. C.
whioh fully demonstr
[compared with candle
| A Lamp filh
Lnd allowed to burn f<
Uf that time the oil wn
jand it was found that
[consumed. Thou, if
[lO4 onnqes, or 1 pint,
Rf this be so. one gn
[which is equal to 20 d
[for 120 days. At $1
[bo a little over one fif
uj hours for one cent.
| Mr. John Shocmakc
Lhosed right for tli
|)U in the counties of ]
■entire, Huntingdon, D
an 4 has cstnhlisl
Lis store.
Thu Punuc Scuoi
teachers and nppHcan
[n this plsoe, came off
louse, on Thursday
hirty persons present
f On Friday oveqjfig ft
rectors met aud made
uent of teachers for tit
for the ensuing term
Bast Wauo—No. 1. Jo
" 2. M
« 8. Mi
' ; - Miss h
Vmt .Wauo—No, 1. M
“ 2. m
« 8. M
, Miss I
Min Benedict has po
ifferedher, end there nu
fhtoh will be announce
Thu Gamp Mkktisu
which commences to-u
iwoco this place and I
to be-welt attended by
rerent charges. The r
Railroad, between Hunt
;o excursion rates, toget
imily of the camp to tlx
sonveniencea in point o(
lino of eating nnd sice
place and Uullidaysbur{
bn a train which will ru
three time a day, will i
it least attend who wot
felled to stay Sway.
i RCGtMBBTAt. Omcm
be appointments of tin
kra for the Ist Regime
Cth-Divisien P. U. M.:
Dr. R. W. Christy, Su
flajor; Dr. John t’eay.
ne rank of Captain ; Ct
idrocate with the rank
p.Oaterloch, Adjutant:
pental Quarter Master,
Ueutentunt. Non-Con
Knzo D. White, Sergoae
jhindel, Drum Major.
! By order of
Lie i
j. C. OsTEBLOU, Adju
I IXPOETAST ISFOnM.ITI
Icen issued by tho Supe
plvdnia Railroad to tin
kr September Ist, passe
Its to and -from all regu
|t one-half cent per mil
be charged in tho cars
engtrs will promote the
r Te sixteen per cent, bj
■ts before taking seats i
[ Especial Notice,—Tl
mo been troubled wi
proncbical or Throat Di
this season of tho year,
pottle of a very agreeable
Syrup,” prepared b
Wholesale Druggist, 140
which is as much s
tostrums with which U
Ine medicine can be to
r Q. W. Kessler’s.
Diad.— Wm. C. Knox
>lojred iii our office a sh(
stacked with hcnnorrag
n 8 acro#a the street in
tondent’s Office, di
* 8 brother, in Perrjsvil
' aa doymorning last.
«»orrsge on the mo;
in a few minutes.
Camp Meeting Bir
iold a Gamp Meeting, ce
he 10th day of Septcmb
rote a short distance al
Railroad Station at Tyrt
hnndance of excellent
Ministers and people of
•f all other churches of
)or hood, arc respectfully
c 2
t. 3
rn
■i
C. B. Suppeb. —The b
IICB connected with tbo I
Friday evening last,
*ho were in attendano
t,TCr fthing which could
Applied in abundance.
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