THE HUNTINGDON GLOBE, A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS, &C.
THE GLOBE.
Circulation—the largest in, the county.
Lag iIVdT\BODEo P/A.,
Wednesday, November 3, 1858
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LEASES FOR MUSES, NATURALIZATION BaS,
COMMON BONDS, JUDGMENT BONDS, .
ARRANTS, FEE BILLS,
NOTES, with a waiver of the $3OO Law.
JUDGMENT NOTES, with a waiver of the $3OO Law.
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, with Teachers.
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES, for Justices of the Peace
and Dlinisters of the Gospel.
COMPLAINT, WARRANT, and COMMITMENT, in case
of Assault and Battery, and Affray.
SCIERE FACIAS, to recover amount of Judgment.
COLLF,CTORS' RECEIPTS, for State, County, School,
Borough and Township Taxes.
Printed on superior paper, and for sale at the Office of
the BILICTNTINGDON GLOBE.
BLANKS, of every description, printed to order, neatly,
at short notice, and on good Paper.
gdf' COURT commences ou next Monday,
and everybody 'interested will be in town.
We hope to have many calls.
XerPresident BUCHANAN has issued a Proc
lamation, forbidding the departure of Walk
er's unlawful expedition to Nicaragua.
FINE OYSTERS.—We had a plate of ' raw'
presented us by Mr. E. C. Summers. The
same kind (unusually large for this region,)
can be had at Mr. S.'s room, opposite Jack
son's Hotel.
Sar.CoLo - .5.1 has added to his new and splen
did stock of books and wall paper, a great
variety of fine jewelry and gold and silver
watches, all of which he offers extremely
low, to suit the times. The public will find
it to their interest to call and examine his
stock.
FAIR AT ALTOONA.—The ladies of the St.
John's Church, at Altoona, will hold a Fair
in - that place, commencing on the 11th No
vember, inst., and to continue for several
days. The proceeds to be applied to the
erection of a parsonage. Excursion tickets
will be issued at all points on the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, for the occasion.
rar` Elections took place yesterday in
New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois, for mem
bers of Congress and State Legislature. In
New York, Massachusetss, and Michigan,
Governors and State officers were also elected.
Unusual interest is felt as to the result in
New York and Illinois. We shall be slightly
disappointed if the regular Democracy are
defeated in Illinois.
.ADU LTERATED L/QU'OR.—The Legislature of
Georgia passed an act at its last session, au
thorizing the appointment of a Liquor Inspec
tor, who is to test all liquors, to ascertain
whether they contain any poisonous ingredi
ent, and if so, it is to be taken out of the
State ; or if sold by a vender who knows it
to be adulterated, the seller is to be heavily
fined.
A. similar law in every State in the Union,
would do more in removing the evil effects of
drinking, than all the Temperance laws that
ever have, or ever may be enacted.
+CHICKEN AND CABBAGE THIEVES.-Our
borough seems to be infested with thieves of
the above caption. Almost every morning
we hear of some new depredation they have
committed. Last Saturday night, the rascal
or rascals visited the hen-coop of P. McAteer,
proprietor of the "Huntingdon House," and
Jackson Corbin, and took therefrom all of
their fowls. On Sunday night, they lighted
on Mrs. Hampson's roost, and carried of all
of her chickens. On the same night, and
perhaps the same villains, robbed Dr. Miller
and Fred. Schneider of their cabbage. Can't
this be stopped ? Would it nor be a good
idea for the authorities to pay a little atten
tion to this matter, and. perhaps they will be
able to get some clue, or, perchance, capture
these bold thieves ? We hope they will see
to it at once.
P. S.—Since the above was penned, four
colored gentlemen have been arrested on the
_charge. The evidence say that they have
been living "high" for some time.
I'LL CALL AROUND AND PAY.—What
world of woe is contained in these few words
to the poor artisan or mechanic ! " I'll call
around and pay," says the rich man, to avoid
the trouble of going to the desk to get the
necessary funds, and the poor mechanic is
obliged to go home, to disappoint his work
men and all who depend upon him for their
due. It is an easy Matter to work—the only
real glory in this life, is an independent idea
of being able to sustain yourself by the labor
of your own hands, and it may easily be
imagined what crushing force there is in
"I'll call around and pay," to the laboring
man who depends upon that pay for subsis
tence. If those who could, would pay at
once, it would place hundreds and thousands
in a condition to do likewise, and prevent
much misery and distress.
The " Opposition " party is being al
ready agitated in regard to the offices which
the recent elections placed at its disposal.—
The candidates named for the office of State
Treasurer, are Thomas S. Struthers, of War
ren ; B. Laporte, of Bradford ; Eli K. Slifer,
of Union ; 11. Souther, •of Elk ; and David
Taggart, of Northumberland. For Clerk of
the House of Representatives, J. W. Moor
head, of Indiana, John M. Sullivan, David
:Fleming, and Colin McCurdy, of Dauphin,
and Mr. Ray, of Philadelphia, are mentioned.
The Fair—The Tudges
[For the Huntingdon Globe.l
MR. LEWIS :-All the people of our county
aro interested in our Agricultural Society
and its Annual Fair, and it is proper they
should understand how it is conducted, as
well as what are the rights and duties of the
Judges who award the premiums, and be
stow their compliments. In our township,
we want to know, if the Judges have any
right to inquire by what process any article
on exhibition is made, and by insinuation,
leave the people to think that contributors
are trying to cheat the Society.
In the _Report of the Committee upon "Do
mestic manufactures—Eatables," as I see it
published, after complimenting the butter
makers, who did not get premiums, this sen
tence occurs:
"The two last 'mentioned exhibitors must
have a new process of making butter, for they
have no cow."
have the Committee a right to take such
liberties? And if they have, ought they not
to be compelled to speak the truth ? One of
the persons named, Mrs. Thompson Martin,
is the estimable wife of an honest and sub
stantial farmer—whose farm is as well stock
ed with good cows, as anybody's; and why
she is held up to the public as trying to get
a premium for butter, when she has no cow,
we want to know. ,We intend to lay the
subject before the Society, at its Annual
Meeting, if it is not explained.
We have examined the Report of the Corn
mttees, as published in the Globe and Ameri
can, and find that no such sentence, as given
above, appears in the Report named by
" Porter Township"—but we find it in the
Report as published in the Journal. Was it
any one of the Committee, or was it Brewster,
that took the liberty to add an offensive sen
tence to the Report, after it had been ap
proved by the Society ? Will somebody ex
plain? ' EDITOR " GLOBE:2
The Term of Judge Church.
The Easton Angus argues that the effect of
the appointment of Gaylord Church, to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of
William A. Porter, will be to exclude John
M. _Read from the Bench. - The case is thus
stated by that paper :
"The amendment to the Constitution adop
ted in 1850, provides that 'any vacancies
happening by death, resignation or other
wise, in any of the said. Courts, shall be
filled by appointment by the Governor, to
continue until the first Monday of December
succeeding the next general election.'
"January 19, 1858, John C. Knox, one of
the Judges of the Supreme Court, resigned
his office, and upon the same day, William
A. Porter was appointed by the Governor,
`HI the first Monday of December succeeding
the next general election.'
3.135.9; __ • -
signed his commission, and now Gaylord
Church is appointed by the Governor and
holds a commission, the language of which
is precisely the same. How, then, is John
M. Read to obtain his seat ?"
The same article cites the opinion of the
Supreme Court, contained in 5 Casey 518, in
relation to the term of Chief Justice Lewis,
to which those desirous of investigating this
question are referred.
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Resignation of Ron. Wm .A. Porter.
The subjoined, from the Doylestown Dem
ocrat, is almost the universal opinion of the
State press:
Below we publish the letter of the Honor
able William A. Porter, resigning his seat
upon the Supreme Bench. We have tried to
approve the course of Judge Porter, in thus
retiring from the Bench, and also to endorse
his reasons for doing so ; but this we find im
possible. The plain truth of the matter is,
we think the manner and the time of his
resignation unbecoming, and savors more of
the action of a school-boy, than that which
should characterize the conduct of a Supreme
Judge. Every man should bow with cheer
fulness to the will of the majority, and in
none is this more becoming than in those who
occupy high official stations ; but we regret
to say that the action of Judge Porter strongly
indicates pique at the result of the recent
elbetion, and shows the chagrin and disap
pointment that he really feels at his defeat.
It would have redounded much more to his
credit to have continued in the discharge of
his official duties until his commission would
have expired by limitation of law, than to
resign it almost as soon as news of defeat
reached him. The Supreme Court is now in
session at Pittsburgh, where a full bench is
necessary to the discharge of business ; but,
notwithstanding this, Judge Porter resigns
his commission, thus practically breaking up
the Court; for where there are but four
Judges present, the Court may be a tie, and
thus a decision prevented upon the most im
portant questions, We presume Judge Por
ter's private business would not have suffered '
materially in the short time his commission
had to run. His resignation compels the
Governor to appoint some one in his place,
until Judge Read can take his seat, else the
session of the Court at Pittsburgh must come
to a close ; and it may be a difficult matter
to induce a member of the bar, who is qual
ified to fill the station, to accept the appoint
ment for less than two months. Inasmuch
as the commission had been conferred upon
Judge Porter by the Governor without solici
tation, and. as a mark of 'his personal esteem
and confidence, we think it would have been
mucl: more becoming, had the Judge recip
rocated the good will of Governor Packer,
by retaining his seat until the expiration of
his commission, instead of throwing it up in
a pet. Upon the whole, the Judge's resig
nation dues him little, if any, credit.
IN BETTER CONDITION.—The Lancaster
Dispatch, speaking of the old Columbia Rail
road, says that since this important branch
of our public works has passed into the hands
of the excellent company that now has the
control of it, - it seems to be managed on a far
different scale than when under the superin
tendence of the Commonwealth. Accommo
dating agents are placed all along the route,
and the prices of freight and passage are
very reasonable. The whole arrangement of
tl►e road show the greatest prosperity.
PORTER TOWNSHIP.
Illinois Politics.
Governor Wise, of Virginia,' having been
requested to address the people of Illinois du
ring the pendency of the present exciting
canvass in that State, declines the invitation
in the subjoined letter, while taking occasion
to express his hearty sympathy with Senator
Douglas and the principles for which, as a
Democrat, he is contending under circum
stances of peculiar interest:
Ricumosn, (Va.,) October 13, 1858.
REAR Sin :—I cannot express to you the
emotions of my bosom, excited by your ap
peal to me for aid in the warm contest which
your noble Democracy is waging with Aboli
tionism. Every impulse prompts me to rush
to your side. Your position is a grand one,
and in some respects unexampled. In the
face of doubt and distrust, attempted to be
thrown upon your Democracy and the gallant
leader by . the pretext of pretenders that you
were '' aivin?and and comfort to the arch ene
my of our country's peace and safety and
our party integrity, I see you standing alone,
isolated by a tyrannical proscription, which
would, alike foolishly and wickedly, lop off
one of the most vigorous limbs of National
Democracy—the limb of glorious Illinois !
I see you, in spite of this imputation, firmly
fronting the foe, and battling to maintain
conservative nationality against embittered
and implacable sectionalism; constitutional
rights, operating proprio vigore, and every
way against all unequal and unjust Federal
or Territorial legislation,
The right of the people to govern them
selves against all force or frana.
The right of the sovereign people to look
at the "returns," and behind the "returns"
of all their representative bodies, agents,
trustees, or servants ;
The responsibility of all governors, represen
tatives, trustees, agents, and servants, to their
principles, the people who are "governed,"
and the source of all political power;
Utter opposition to the detestable doctrine
of the absolutism of conventions to prescribe
and proclaim fundamental forms of govern
ment, at their will, without submission to the
sovereign people ; a doctrine fit only for
slaves, and claimed only by legitimists and
despots of the Old World ;
Powers of any sort not expressly delegated
to any man or body of men, are expressly
" reserved to the. people ;"
No absolute or dictatorial authority in rep
resentative bodies ;
The representative principle as claiming
submission and obedience to the will of the
constituents ;
The sovereignty of the organized people,
supreme above all mere representative bodies,
Conventions, or Legislatures, to decide vote
upon, and determine what shall be their su
preme law;
Justice and equality between States and
their citizens, and between voters to elect
their agents, and representatives, and to rat
ify or reject any proposed system of Govern
ment ;
Submission to the Constitution and laws
of the Federal Union, and strict observance
of all the rights of the States, and their
citizens, but resistance to the dictation or
bribes of Congress, or any other power to
yield the inalienable right of self-gOvgrn
meat ;
Protection in the Territories and eVerv-
ty, in accordance with the rights of the
States, and with the Constitution and laws of
the Union ;
Equity and uniformity in the mode of
admitting new States, into the Union, mak
ing the same rules and ratios to apply to all
alike ;
The rejection of all compromises, condi
tions, or terms which would discriminate ie
tween forms of republican Constitutions, ad
mitting one with one number of population,
and requiring three times that number for
another form equally republican ;
The great law of settlement of the public
domain of the United States, free, equal, and
just, never to be "temporized" or "localizes"
by temporary or partial espedients, but Lobe
adjusted by permanent, uniform, and univer
sal rules of right and justice.
Maintaining these and the like principles' I
deem them to be the aim of the struggle of
the devoted Democracy in this signal contest;
and so understanding them, I glory in their
declaration and defence. I would sacrifice
much, and go far to uphold your arms in this
battle. I would most gladly visit your peo
ple, address them, and invoke them to stand
fast by the standard of their faith and free
dom, and never to let go the truths for wir'..th
they contend, for they are vital, and cardinal,
and essential, and can never be yielded with
out yielding liberty itself. But, sir, I am
like a tied man, bound to my duties here ;
and if my office would allow me to leave it, I
could not depart from the bedside of illness
in iny family, which would probably recall
me before I could reach Illinois ; and
own state of health admonishes me that I
ought not to undertake a campaign as ardu
ous as that you propose. I know what - the
labors of the stump are, and am not yet done
suffering bodily from my efforts for Democ
racy in 1855. For these reasons I cannot
obey your call ; but, permit to add, fight on !
fight on ! fight on ! Never yield but in
death or victory! And oh that I wls un
bound, and could do more than look en,
throbbing with every pulse of your glorious
struggle—with its every blow and breath-7-
cheered with its hopes and chafed by itiP
doubts. You have my prayers, and I ad'
yours, truly, HENRY A. WISE.
Hon. JOUN Moon; Chairman, &c.
TREMENDOUS PILES or GOLD.—The bullion
in the Bank of France, now stands at about
$120,000,000—a far higher sum than vas
ever before held by that establishment, and
more than $9,000,000 in excess of the largest
total ever collected in the Bank of Englandi l
At the commencement of the present yeari7,
the Bank of France held less than $50,000,t
000, and the influx in nine months has there•
fore been $70,000,000. At the Bank of
England, the total at the beginning of the;
year, was $53,000,000, and it is now more
than $05,000,000. The highest sum it ever;
possessed was $111,000,000, in July, 1852,
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.—On Friday week, f(!
young girl named Ann Joyce, was run over.
by A train upon the Illinois Central track,
the following strange manner: She wak
walking upon the bridge, between the depot,
and the Round House, Chicago, and espied
the train approaching when it was too late tot
get out of the way. She immediately drop-I'
pcd down, hanging over the water, with one
hand upon the rail. The train came on, and
completely severed hor hand from her arm,.
the poor girl falling in the water. She was;
rescued, and conveyed to her friends upon=
the north side.
How the Baltimore Election was Man-
One of the judges of the recent Baltimore
election, named Ballard, publishes a letter in
the Baltimore Sun, giving a history of what
he saw on election day. Any doubts that
may have been raised as to the fraudulent
character of the election, are entirely put to
rest by the testimony of this witness. He
'says that before the hour for opening the
polls, a crowd of men and boys congregated
about the window, openly asserting that no
one should vote who did not vote the Swann
ticket. Gentlemen of known respectability
and standing, who were suspected of an in
tention to vote otherwise, were rudely thrust
from the polls. Men and boys voted as often
as they pleased ; and the officers permitted
tickets to be taken from supposed electors
within hacks and omnibusses, and handed
by third parties into the ballot-box; and in
nearly every case, two or three times as many
votes were handed in as there were persons
in the hacks. Those who offered to vote
tickets not marked on the back, were not
permitted to vote at all, while other favored
individuals stepped up with a properly mark
ed ticket in each hand and deposited them
both in the box. Mr. Ballard says that he
left the window early in the day, determined
to have nothing to do with the election as a
judge, but he remained a spectator of the
proceedings. From a seat in the - back part
of the room where the election officers sat,
he witnessed a continued repetition of voting
by the same persons, until their faces became
as familiar as the sun. From votes taken at
the time, he confidently affirms that one per
son voted in that ward from eighty to one
hundred times, and that his ballot was re
ceived as often as offered. From an intimate
knowledge of the people of the ward, he is
confident that not more than one thousand
legal votes were polled, although the returns
showed nearly thirty-two hundred. To sus
tain this assertidn, he went to the trouble of
canvassing, since the election, and in six
blocks containing about 120 voters, found
that one hundred did vote, showing how large
the illegal poll must have been.
This testimony adds to the general weight
of fact, going to show that the government
of Baltimore is in the hands of lawless and
reckless partizans, and that they have been
aided and abetted by the authorities who
should have restrained them. An election
law that admits of such gross corruption,
certainly needs amendment. If a register of
the names of all persons voting was kept and
preserved, similar to that of Pennsylvania,
it would be easy to detect and expose these
wholesale frauds upon the ballot-box.--Pa
triot t Union.
Joni VAN BUREN has one great advantage
over most professional politicans—he is not
an office hunter. Whatever his political
whims, he cannot be accused of bidding for
profitable places. So when he appears upon
the political stage, there is always something
free and forcible in his performances. The
other night John addressed a Democratic
meeting at Tammany Hall, and said a great
runny good things. He was particularly so
licitous in his inquiries after Fremont in the
following remarks :
"Who was the hero of the great campaign
0'66 wlio l hn made laZif
disting
uished as an explorer, who had made reason
able contributions to science, and bad acquir
ed a respectable position among scientific
men. Two years ago—not so mach in fact
—a year ago last November, this whole coun
try rang with paeans to that young man, and
anybody would have supposed that he would
certainly have been elected President, if not
then at least at the next campaign. Where
is he now? Not what are his principles—
not what is his position ; but where is his
body ? Hardly a man knows ; and if an ac
cident should befall him, it would be weeks
before the account of it would reach the pub
lic Pr•ess."
Improvement of Ireland
Liverpool papers notice the cessation this
year of the great influx of Irish laborers who
annually cross the Channel to engage in the
English harvest, and argue therefrom, the
improved condition of the Irish peasantry,
who can now be more profitably occupied in
the culture of their own farms, or those of
their neighbors, than in seeking work else
where. In commenting on this fact, the Liv
erpool Northern Times says
There are harvest fields in their own land,
at their own doors, which they are called
upon to reap ; and the cultivators of these
fields are now in a situation to afford them
such wages for their labor as to render it
quite unnecessary, and altogether undesira
ble, to look for work elsewhere. Surely,
then, there must already have been affected
a very marked and substantial amelioration
of the condition of Ireland. These are
among the unmistakeable signs and assuran
ces of such an amelioration. Not that we
did not know it already—by common report.
There have been evidences of it, from time
to time, of late, in various shapes. It is no
news, we are well aware to be telling, at
this time of day, of the improvement of Ire
land. But such a further proof of it as we
have now been adducing and animadverting
upon, is interesting and important notwith
standing—not only as presenting a specific
attestation of such improvement, but also as
illustrating, very satisfactorily, the way in
which it works.
The annual returns of Trish agricultural
statistics, of which an abstract appeared in
our columns a few days since, bore ample
testimony to the same gratifying fact.
SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY.—Terrible Accident.
On last Saturday a week, while the Opposi
tion were firing guns in •Montrose to cele
brate the result of the late election, the gun,
(a four-pounder) went off while the gunners
were driving home the charge. The gun was
in charge of Col. Spicer, Crawford and Da
vid Titus of Harfort. The Cu!. was some
what injured, while the Titus brothers were
terribly mangled. Crawford died about
midnight, David survives with the loss of an
arm, and other injuries. The deceased was
41 years of age, and leaves a wife and four
children. The surviving brother has two or
three children. Both are highly respected
citizens, and the sad occurrence has made a
deep impression upon the community. Be
ing absent at the time and not wishing to
cast a reflection upon any one concerned, we
forbear commenting upon the cause or result.
A considerable amount of money has been
contributed by our citizens for the relief of
the sufferers.--Il(ontrose Democrat.
aged.
Horrible Tragedy in New York
At a late hour on Tuesday night, Oct. 2Gth,
a more horrible tragedy was enactad in New
York city than we have ever had occasion to
record. The New York Times gives the fol
lowing account of it
Francis A. Gouldy, aged 19 years, attempt
ed, at his father's house, No. 217 West Thir
teenth street, between Eighth and Ninth av
enues, to murder his father, mother, two
brothers and two servant girls, and termina
ted the terrific scene by effectually blowing
out his own brains. Although the wounds
inflicted on his father, brothers, and one of
the servant girls, are of such a fearful nature
as to preclude any hope of their recovery,
none of them had expired at the time of our
going to press.
Young Gouldy entered Showler's lager
beer and oyster saloon, between Twenty
eighth and Twenty-ninth streets, Eighth av
enue, about nine o'clock on Tuesday night.—
He was accompanied by a lad thirteen or
fourteen years old. They partook of oyster
stews, but drank no liquor. Gouldy was in
the habit of frequenting this saloon, but for
a long time past had drank no intoxicating
liquor. On Tuesday nig4t, he left this sa
loon a little after 91 o'cl&k, in a perfectly
sober state. 'While there, he remarked that
he had had a dispute with his father about
money. From the fact that he reached home
about twenty minutes before 10 o'clock, and
that the distance from the saloon to his fath
er's house is not over five minutes' walk, he
could not have stopped at any place on the
way. lle rang the door bell, his father hav
ing refused him a niglatzkey. The door was
opened by his father, who was awaiting his
arrival. Immediately on his entrance, the
old gentleman charged him with abstracting
a Saving's Bank book from his private desk,
and procuring money thereon, representing
the act to be as bad as a direct robbery.—
The young man replied that as the account
with the bank was open in his name, he had
a right to take the book. Soon after young
Gonldv retired.
It would seem that he proceeded to his
room in the rear of the house, on the third
floor, and, in a cool and collected manner,
changed his dress, removing his coat, vest,
and cravat, hanging his watch on a nail by
the side of a mirror, taking off his boots, and
oven removing the sleeve-links of his shirt.—
Then taking a hatchet in his hand he descend
ed the stairs in his stockings, without boots,
or slippers, entering the sitting-room where
his father was just turning off the gas, and
dealt him a blow on the head, fracturing his
skull, and striking therefrom a portion of the
bone from the temple, three inches long, and
two and a half inches in width. Mr. Gouldy
fell, and the blood issuing from the fearful
wound, made a large and deep pool upon
the floor.
Mrs. Gouldy, who had just gone to bed,
heard the heavy fall, and was in act of rais
ing herself to listen, when the son entered
her room exclaiming, "Mother—oh, mother I"
Instantly he seized her hand, and dealt her a
severe blow upon the head with the hatchet,
which deluged her face with blood. She
screamed and sprang from the bed, when
the young fellow repeated the blows until
she was rendered senseless. lie then repair
ed to the hall bed-room, where his two broth
ers, Nathaniel and Charles, aged 13 and 0
years were sleeping in the same bed. He
_ittraletlz t thp firthth pr tho,Ramit,trelanon,
cutting fromthe neau ofthe eldest a piece or
bone two inches long and nearly an inch
wide. The younger was not severely injured,
but his skull was fractured, and pieces of the
bone chipped away.
The assassin next proceeded to the hall of
the third floor, where the two servant girls,
who bad heard the noise, had come from
their room to listen. He immediately at
tacked them with the hatchet, dealing them
frightful blows on the head. One of them
wrested the weapon from his grasp,but he recov
ered it, and struck her to the floor, by a pow
erful blow. his sister Mary, hearing the
struggle and screams of the servants, opened
the door of her room, and saw the girls cov
ered with blood, but did not recognize her
brother. Supposing him to be a burglar,
she retreated into the room, locked the door,
threw open the window, and shouted for the
police. Some officers of the Ward (the
Twentieth) hearing her cries, hurried to the
spot, forced open the door, and were spec
tators of such a scene of horror as they had
never before witnessed. The father lay upon
the floor entirely unconscious, his face and
head covered with blood. The mother was
insensible in the next room, and also deluged
in blood. In the hall bed-room, the little
boys were in a similar condition. Ascending
the stairs, they found the servant girls ly
ing in a pool of gore, entirely unconscious,
while in his own chamber, the wretched
young man was stretched upon the floor, wal
lowing in his own blood, having committed
suicide by shooting himself in the head with
a pistol. His brains were scattered about
the floor, and his right hand still grasped
the pistol, two barrels of which were still
heavily loaded. When the officers entered he
was not quite dead. He gave a few convul
sive gasps, uttering no word, and expired.—
Doctors Harmon, Sewall, and others, living
in the neighborhood wore called in, and ren
dered all the assistance in their power.
The wound which the suicide inflicted on
himself was on the right side of the head.—
A pool of blood, two feet in diameter, lay
thick and moist around his head. His coat was
thrown carelessly on a chair; his vest was
hanging on a bedstead ; his watch was hung
on a nail ; his cravat thrown on the floor ;
one boot was standing by his side, the other
thrown under a table by the window, and
the stockings on his feet were soaked with
blood, showing that before he fell he must
have trodden in his own gore. A more terri
ble sight than the corpse exhibited yesterday,
even those who have "supped on horrors,"
have rarely seen.
NEW :YORK, October 30.
This morning, all the sufferers in the
Gouldy family, including the two domestics,
were reported to be in about the same condi
tion as they were yesterday. It is still be
lieved that Mr. Gouldy, his son Nathaniel,
and the servant girl Joanna Murphy, will
die; and that the other injured persons will
recover, though there is danger of a fatal re
sult even in their cases, if inflamation should
set in.
Hoops vs. lioLlNEss.—The resolution of
the Miami Conference of the Church of the
United Brethern, declaring the wearing of
crinoline incompatible with a true Christain's
profession, seems to be rigidly enforced by
the authorities of that denomination. At 'a
Camp meeting of the United Brethern Church
recently held near West Baltimore, Mont
gomery county, Ohio, Bishop Russel forbade
any one with hoops on, to partake of the sac
rament, affirming that they would not be wel
come at the table of the Lord.
PENNSYLVANIA, SS:.
In the name and by the authority' of Me Com
-1.---,--, monwealth of Penmylavnia, Wil
l.. S. liana F. Packer, Governor of the
•---,--, said COM77lonwealth,.
A PROCLAMATION
FELLOW CITIZENS :—The goodness of God
to us as a people, calls for our public ac- -
knewledgment, and our grateful praise.- -
The past and the present are crowded WWI'
His blessings. Nothing has occurred fo im
peril the principles of civil and religious lib
erty, upon which our Government is based;
or to interfere with its harmonious operations
in all its departments. We are at peace with
all foreign nations, and the noise of violence
is unheard within our borders. While all;
enjoy perfect freedom of opinion, the genial
influences of our free institutions, and the
mild spirit of our holy religion, are more and
more uniting us in one brotherhood. Our
educational institutions are diffusing inteffi--
gence among the masses of our citizens, in- -
clueing a higher appreciation of their privri--
leges, and a deeper sense of their obliga
tions. Though in some localities the pesti
lence has prevailed, our country at large has
enjoyed unusual health, and we are blessed
with an abundance of all the necessaries,
and the comforts of life. Our industrial
pursuits are fast recovering from the torpor
induced by the recent financial embarrass
ments ; confidence is being restored, and
business is resuming its wonted activity.—
Mercies crown all our relations in life, and
the hopes of a glorious immortality wait to
cheer and bless every heart.
Prompted by my own convictions of duty,
and in conformity with the expressed wishes
of many of my fellow-citizens, I, William
F. Packer, Governor of the Commonweeth
of Pennsylvania, Do hereby appoint Thum
day, the Eighteenth Day of November next,
to be observed as a day of general 2'hank:7-
giving and Prayer, and recommend to all our
people, that setting aside on that day all
worldly pursuits, they assemble in their i re
spective places of worship, and unite n.of
fering thanks to God for His goodness, all
' ploring His gracious forgiveness, and the
continuance of His mercies. And 'while our
hearts throb with gratitude to God for his
unumbered blessings, let a liberal charity be
extended to all upon whom have been laid
the burdens of misfortune and want.
GIVEN under my hand, and the GREAT SEAL
of the State, at Harrisburg, this twenty
eighth day pf October, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-eight, and of the Commonwealth, the
eighty-third.
BY TILE GOVERNOR :
WM. M. IHESTEIi,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
HOW TO EQUIP FOR A KANSAS TRIP.-A
traveler in Kansas, who has evidently "bush
whacked" before, for lie talks like an old
western pioneer, or a modern gold-miner,
thus advises all who intend making a Kan
sas tour :
"My advice to all travelers is to take along
a small sack of cooked provisions, a good
bottle of brandy to mix with the water, for it
is so different—sometimes freestone, some
times limestone, brook, branch, creek, river
and spring—that you'll have thunder and
;s t-rronty-four _ hours, with
out it. Also, a buffalo robe or big blanket,
with a box of matches, and with your gun,
get your meat, camp out, have a little bag of
ground coffee and a tin cup ; with these you
can travel from Jericho to Jerusalem, and
avoid the taverns and other annoyances,
otherwise encountered traveling in new coun
tries. Boil or fry your meat on the coals,
use bark for a plate; if you have flour, make
up the dough in a piece of bark, off a tree,
twist it round a bending stick, stick one end
in the ground, while the dough end hangs
over the fire ; when one side is baked, turn
the other- to the fire until baked, and you
have a sweet biscuit. A little bag will carry
along all the articles necessary to be used,
and you can squat down anywhere, at any
time, turn out your team to grass, and be
come, in reality, "a squatter sovereign."
Another Wheelbarrow Man.
In 1840, a gold adventurer left Kansas City
for the California diggings, whose whole out
fit was transported in a wheelbarrow. lle
beat the ox trains through !
The Kansas City Jourflal of Commerce.
has found another wheelbarrow man. -It
states that A. 0. McGrew, of Pittsburgh, Pa..
left Kansas City on the 16th ult., solitary
and alone, for Pike Peak diggings, taking
his provisions, blankets, pick and shovel, gun
and ammunition, in a wheelbarrow ! When
he left Pittsburgh, he had just five cents in
money, and no outfit save what he had on his
back. Mr. Pitkins, hardware dealer of Kan
sas City, who has known McGrew for some
years, filled his wheelbarrow with an outfit,
and Mac started on his solitary pilgrimage
of six hundred miles, through an uninhabi
ted country, save with Indians and buffaloes,
determined to fill his single wheeled coach
with shining dust as soon as anybody. In
passing a train before reaching Westport,
McGrew was offered a place in the company,
but returned thanks for the proffered kind
ness, adding that he could not consistently
accept the offer, as he was in great haste.
and feared that he might be delayed, and
perhaps caught in the snow, if he traveled
with oxen !
The Recent Accident on the Pennayi-
vania Railroad.
The details of a recent accident on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, at Johnstown, a few
days since, on account of the destruction of
a bridge, are given by a contemporary. The
locomotive and four coal cars fell a distance
of thirty feet into the creek. The engineer,
fireman and conductor were on the locomo
tive at the time, and their escape from seri•
ous injuries, if not instant death, is the most
remarkable we have ever recorded. James
Smith, the engineer, made his way to the top
of the first car, from whence he was thrown,
by the force of the accident, a distance of
several feet, lighting upon one of the piers of
the bridge, and sustaining but slight injuries.
Charles O'Donnell, the fireman, and Darnel
Ilendricks; the conductor, were carried over
the bridge, and mired up with the wreck be
low. The former received but a few slight
bruises about the body and arms, and after
being almost drowned, managed to erawl
forth, and make his way to the shore. The
latter was not so fortunate, being taken from
the wreck with one arm broken and badly
bruised, and several other injuries, though
slight, about his head and body. A German ,
who was working his passage on the train,
was also considerably wounded about the
head, and had his jaw -bone fractured.