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ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, with Teachers.
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES, for Justices of the Peace
and Ministers of the Gospel:
COMPLAINT, WARRANT, and COMMITMENT, in case
of Assault and Battery, and ( Affray.
SCIERE FACIAS, to recover amount of Judgment.
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ASSEMBLY,
J. SIMPSON AFRICA, of Huntingdon
GEO. W. SPEER, of Shirley
TREASURER,
JACOB MILLER, of Huntingdon
COS.I3IISSIONER,
J. W. GALBRAITH, of Shirley bor.
DIRECTOR OF THE POOR,
DAVID BARRICK, of West.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY, i
SAMUEL T. BROWN, of Huntingdon
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
ROBERT McBIRNEY, of Jackson.
AUDITOR,
N. K. COVERT, of Clay.
tar READ THE _WEIV:ADVERTESEMENTS. "'Vtl
ktir Robert B. Brown, of this place, a
practical printer, and a young man of con
siderable talent, has purchased the Browns
ville Times establishment, and will issue his
first number, the first week of September. Mr.
Brown is a sound Democrat, and will print
a good paper, and we hope he may be liber
ally patronized.
sae. In most of the counties of the . State
the "Democrats have nominated their local
tickets, and with very few exceptions, disor
ganizing resolutions, if offered at all, were
laid under-the table. This is the right spirit.
One thing at a time, if it is desirable to have
it well done. At the proper time, and in
season, the Democracy will be prepared to
name their men for the higher positions.
POLITICAL.—The people, the voters of the
county, appear to have already settled down
to the determination of filling the seymLik
fleas from the two tielt ke
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We do not wish to be understood as speaTiiing
disparagingly of the. Opposition ticket, when
we say that the ticket put in nomination by
the Democracy, is, as a whole, the best be
fore the voters of the county, and if, as has
frequently been the case, party ties fail to
control the voters, we may expect that the
several important offices will be filled to the
entire satisfaction of all who look more to
the local interests of our citizens.than to the
mere success of party.
g THE HERALD or Taunt, a new reli
gious weekly, published in the City of New
York and edited by Rev. John W. Major,
has been received at our office. Its avowed
object is to disseminate the views of the lead
ing Divines of the various Evangelical de
nominations as expressed in their sermons,
and to perpetuate a movement made last win
ter, in the City, and felt throughout the coun
try, (by means of gratuitous preaching in
the Academy of Music, and other large buil
dings,) to make the Gospel accessible to all.—
Sermons are, therefore, the great feature of
the paper, and four or five are to appear in
each number. In the copy before us are
five—two by the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon of the
Baptist Church of London, said to have been
preached to audiences of about ten thousand
persons ; one by the Rev. Dr. Bethune, of
the Reformed Dutch Church of Brooklyn N.
Y. ; one by the Rev. Dr. M'Clintock, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church of New York
City ; and one by the Rev. Lemuel Haynes,
(deceased,) formerly of the Congregational
Church of Rutland, Vt. THE HERALD OF
TRUTH is a large quarto, and is offered for
$2,00 per annum, $l,OO for 6 mos., single
copies 5 cts. It can be obtained of the News
Agents, anywhere, if application is made to
them, or where there are no News Agents,
persons wishing to subscribe, can enclose the
price, and address as follows : "HERALD OF
TRUTH," No. 130 Nassau Street, New York.
THE WOOL-GROWERS' FAlR.—This exhibi
tion opened on the 4th, at Cleveland, Ohio.—
It was a decided success in attendance and
the quantity and quality of the wool. The
number of lots on exhibition was one hundred
and forty, and the number of pounds six hun
dred thousand. Of these there were fifteen
thousand fleeces from Ohio, and three hundred
and fifty fleeces from Pennsylvania. The
housing of sheep and the careful cleaning of
fleece were urgently advocated. During a
discussion on the most important points of
consideration for dealers and manufacturers,
many useful and interesting items of infor
mation were adduced. Only 40,000,000 lbs.
a year were raised in the United States, and
86,000,000 lbs. were used in manufacturing,
making an import of nearly 50,000,000.
The repeal of duties on wool was advocated.
Since the duty was taken off from wool cost
ing under 20 cents per lb., the price of home
wool has risen. Mr. Pond, a wool buyer of
Boston, gave some interesting figures. The
amount of wool required for making the cloths
worn in this country, is 200,000,000 lbs.,
which might all be the product of this coun
try. When the duty was taken off from the
wool in England and France, the result was
an increased price for home produce and an
Qularged production.
SHERIFF,
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE GLOBE.
MONMOUTII, ILL., August 18, 1859
FitIEND LEWIS :-Our harvest is over; and
the wheat crop is pronounced tolerably good;
it is of an average quality, though it is said
to yield but very poorly. There is not much
in market yet, as the prices are low, and but
few are willing to sell at the figures offered,
though a good many will be obliged to sell
for what it will bring, in order to keep the
officers from selling for them. The corn
crop promises very well at preSent, and is
very much needed, as feed of all kinds is
very scarce. The oats crop is good, but as
seed was very scarce, the crop is a small one,
and will be mostly used up before the corn is
matured.
The weather is very warm at present, and
has been for the last ten days or so. Through
July, it was cool, with the exception of the
first week or so.-
Our town has been rather quiet of late,
nothing going on, except the blackberry
business, which has been rather extensive—
the groves in this section of country are all
more or less set with blackberry bushes, and
this season they were unusually full of ber
ries. One grove adjoining town, of several
thousand acres of young timber, - is well set
with them, and for the last two weeks has
been scoured daily. I presume there has
been, at least, twenty-five bushels per day,
gathered in that one grove ; and perhaps
some days, twice that amount. There are
some groves in the county, that are not so
well attended, where the amount of berries
is said to be almost incredible. A number
of persons have gone with teams, as far as
twelve or fifteen miles from town, and camped
over night, and gathered in the forenoon of
the next day ; they generally come home
with their vessels filled, and very large sto
ries about the number to be found.
A circus was in town last Saturday; the
day was very warm, and t onsiderable of a
crowd was in from the country—but a good
many seemed to have other business on hand
than seeing the show, and I presume the
hard times were felt considerably by even the
showmen—but a good many who cannot pay
ten cents on the dollar on their old debts,
managed to raise the needful to get in the
show, and a few got enough to spare to buy
bad whiskey, sufficient to steal away what
little sense they may have had, though to the
credit of the place, be it said, there were but
few of that number to be seen.
There is but little building going on this
season, in comparison to what has been,
though there is still some going on. The city
is putting up a three story brick building, to
accommodate six schools. There is one al
ready of the same proportion in the East
Ward, this one is in the West Ward, and
when completed, will supply the place.—
There is in operation, this summer, ten pub
lic schools, besides a college, so you perceive
the interest of the rising generation is not
neglected; then we have six or seven churches,
of different denominations—regular service
every Sabbath in at least five of the churches,
beside Sabbath school in every congregation,
&c., one mission school, near the depot, on
the railroad, for such children as are connec
ted with no regular congregation. So much
religious and moral in
iur "‘ 4 77. 4 e.-L-11.s_to basiness we
trtreescreediT&Od. establishmetifs, six
eery stores, five drug stores, three clothing
stores, one or two boot and shoe stores, one
hardware store, and two book stores, on the
public square, all doing at least, a living
businesss during even the hard times, be
sides there is two or three lumber yards, and
one or two grocery and provision stores at the
depot.
There has been a large drove of Mexican
cattle shipped here on the railroad, this sum
mer, for the Eastern market—over twelve
hundred head, all nice fat cattle: But I
must close. ' J. P.
Our Neighbors
BLAIR COUNTY.—The Democrats held their
county Convention on Wednesday last, and
made the following nominations—Assembly,
W. L. Neff; Register and Recorder, Daniel
J. Woods ; County Commissioner, Robert C.
Galbraith ; Poor Director, Christian Loon;
Auditor, John M. Burket ; County Surveyor,
Wm. McDonald ; Representative delegate,
Jesse R. Crawford. Maj. Theo. Snyder was
declared ,the choice of Blair county for Sena
tor, by resolution giving him authority to ap
point his own conferees—which resolution
was carried by 25 to 16.
The officers of the Blair County Agricultu
ral Society have announced that a Fair will
come off on the sth, 6th and 7th of October
next. It is expected that it will be one of
largest ever held in the county.
A Mrs. Haggerty and child were both
burned to death, by the explosion of a fluid
lamp, on Sunday evening, 16th inst. The
family lived below Altoona,.
BEDFORD COUNTY.—The - following is the
People's County Ticket:
Assembly, Geo. W. Williams, Geo. G. Wal
ker ; Associate Judge, John Taylor ; County
Treasurer, Samuel J. Way; County Survey
or, James Allison ; Commissioner, John B.
Miller; Poor Director, Samuel Shafer; Au
ditor, 11. C. Lashley.
The following is the Democratic County
Ticket. - The candidate for Assembly has not
yet been nominated :
Associate Judge,
.Wm. States ; County
Treasurer, Win. Schafer ; District Attorney,
Geo. H. Spang ; County Surveyor, Sam'l Ket
terman ; Commissioner, Wm. M. Pearson ;
Poor Director, John Kemery ; Auditor, Dan
iel Fletcher.
EIGHT CHILDREN AT A BIRTH.—On the 2d
of August, Mrs. Timothy Bradley, of John
son, Trumbull county, Ohio, gave birth to
eight children—three boys and five girls.—
They are all living and are healthy, but quite
small. Mr. B.'s family is increasing fast.—
He was married six years ago to Eunice
Mowery, who weighed 273 pounds on the
day of their marriage. She has given birth
to two pair of twins, and now eight more,
making twelve children in six years. It
seems strange, but nevertheless is true, Mrs.
B. was a twin of three, her mother and fath
er both being twins, and her grandmother
the mother of five pair of twins. Mrs. B.
has named her boys after noted and distin
guished men. One after the Hon. Joshua R.
Giddings, who has given her a splendid gold
medal ; one after the Rev. Hon. Elijah
Champlin, who gave her a deed of 50 acres
of land, and the other after James Johnson,
Esq., who gave her a cow. Mr. Bradley says
it is profitable to have twins, as the neigh
bors have clothed the others ever since they
were born. Mr. B. is a poor, industrious
laborer, but says he will not part with any
of his children while he is able to work.
News Items
DEATH OF A "JACKSONIAN" HORSE.—The
editor of the Juniata. Sentinel notices the de
mise of a celebrated horse, which had attain
ed the incredible age of forty-one years. It
was the property of Mr. S. 0. Evans, of Ju
niata county, Pa. The horse was formally
in the possession of Gen. Jackson, and was
given by him to Gen. Geo. Cramer, and by
him to his son-in-law Mr. Evans.
THE CROUP.—The Journal of Health says,
"when a child is taken with croup, instantly
apply cold water—ice water if possible—sud
denly and freely to the neck and chest with a
sponge. The breathing will almost instantly
be relieved. Soon as possible, let the sufferer
drink as much as it can ; then wipe it dry,
cover it warm, and soon a queit slumber will
relieve all anxiety."
THE WISCONSIN WHEAT CROP.—The ma
wankie Wisconsin, has no doubt that the crop
of spring wheat, now harvested in that State,
is larger than in any former year. It esti
mates the amount at 14,000,000 bushels, and
allowing 4,000,000 for consumption, there
will be 10,000,000 bushels for export. The
Wisconsin, does not anticipate high prices,
but claims that the excellent quality of the
wheat will create a demand for it among mil
lers. It urges wheat raisers to clean their
wheat carefully, and advises them to send
their crops forward before December.
CONVICTION OF RAILROAD OBSTRUCTORS.—
Jeremiah Gray alias Gray Cochran, Joseph
Lytle alias Joseph Sands and John Waller
were convicted last week at Lancaster, for
placing obstructions upon the branch road
of the Harrisburg, Mt. Joy and Lancaster
Railroad. The act was committed on the 7th
of Decemder last by placing a cross-tie and
plank on the track in Marietta, and thereby
the locomotive and two cars were thrown off
the track and badly broken. After their
conviction they were immediately sentenced
to two years solitary confinement, which will
give them time to reflect upon their fiendish act.
xterA few days since, as the train was
leaving Fulton, on the Oswego road, a farmer
attempted to cross the track ahead of it, with
a wagon loaded with lumber ; and not having
the right calculation, the hind end of the
wagon was struck by the locomotive, arid the
the load, wagon and farmer were scattered
about promisculously. The train was stopped
as soon as possible, and backed up to the
spot, the witnesses expecting to find the dri
ver a corpse ; but instead of that, they found
him sitting on the fence, whiping the per
spiration from his face, and all right except
ing being terribly frightened. On seeing the
conductor and eengineer approaching him,
he exclaimed, " Boys, I guess I drove a leetle
too nigh !"
A STRAPPED JOUR.—A few days since, a
tall and slender individual, genteelly but
plainly dressed, called at our office during our
absence. After looking around, the oldest
apprentice asked him if he had learned the
business? He said he had, which confirmed
said apprentice in his opinion that, notwith
standing his well-to-do appearance, he was a
strapped jour. The stranger, however, on
leaving, slipped a gold coin into the hands of
the youngest apprentice, which dispelled the
idea of his being " hard up." We shortly
air m et Gam. cmincerrin • ( In O.A= Q•kiVetjaN-' l :7
, s 3 t tinning ifs at home, said he had calieu at
our printing office. The rest was told us by
the boys, who had, by this time, learned the
character of the "strapped journeyman."—
Sunbury American.
FRENCH INVASION OF ENGLAND.—The New
York Post is ridiculing English fears of
French invasion ; even if invaded by Louis
Napoleon, the editor argues the British Lion
has nothing to apprehend. "An invasion,
indeed, would be a great calamity; the ex
posure of a commerce worth three hundred
millions of pounds sterling a year to the haz
ards of war would alone be a great calamity ;
but the wooden walls of England are as nu
merous and impenetrable as they were in
the days of the elder Napoleon ; the military
resources of England are more formidable,
and the yeomen of England; in the case of
an invasion, would be invincible by any that
the continent could send against them, pro
vided that army could be landed, which it
demonstrably could not be."
SOMNAMBULISM.—TWO little boys of Peters
burg, Va., had been missed from their beds
upon several occasions, and were confronted
by their father with the charge of roaming
about at night, which they denied. The mat
ter was covered in deepest mystery, till one
night last week, the father resolved watching
their actions : The little fellows unsuspec
tedly fell asleep, but the watch was kept up.
Presently they arose and without dressing
left the house, walked through the street to
the river and accross the dam, all the time
pursued by their father ; after getting over
the dam, they bent their way- to the bridge
and returned to their beds. This strange
conduct has been in existence, it is thought,
for a long time. They profess perfect ignor
ance of their walks, as was shown the other
night, when they returned home and were
awakened.
THE CLAYS IN KENTIICKY.—Since the death
of the immortal " Harry of the West," the
influence of the Clays has been sadly on the
wane in Kentucky. Indeed there seems to be
but one of the name, the Hon. James B. Clay,
favorite son of the great Commoner, who,
since the decease of has illustrious parent has
become a Democrat, whose character com
bines, in an eminent degree any of the pop
ular elements of his noble sire. Thomas
Henry Clay, another son, was at the recent
election successful as a candidate for the Leg
islature, but he is a gentleman of quite ordi
nary intellectual capacity, and of very limited
popularity. A relative of his, Brutus J.
Clay, a son of Cassius M. Clay, was less for
tunate, hiving been defeated for the State,
Senate, after a most exciting canvass. Bru
tus, like Thomas H., was the candidate of
the Opposition, and by his defeat the Demo
crats gained a Senator in a district where
they have not elected one for many years.
CURE FOR Ihnnopnome.—Mr. Renatus
Bachmann writes to the Albany Evening
Journal as follows :
"In perusing this morning's paper, l ob
served a case of hydrophobia, which tus far
has been a stumbling block for physicians to
overcome. I feel in duty bound, gentlemen,
as I am in possession of an infallible remedy
for that most-to-be lamented disease, here to
make it public especially when attended with
scarcely any expense, hoping those afflicted
will make timely use of it:
"REClPE.—Dissolve a pint of common table
salt in a pint of boiling water, scarify the
part affected freely, then apply the salt water
with a cloth as warm as the patient can bear
it, repeat the same for at least an hour.
"The same recipe has been successfully
applied for the bite of rattlesnakes. I hope
thus to be instrumental in saving human life."
Letter from Senator Douglas.
The following letter from Senator Douglas
appears in the Richmond Enquirer of the 11th
instant. Like every other letter written by
this distinguished Statesman, this one is bold
affd manly, and meets the questions of which
it treats, in a spirit which will command the
approbation of every patriot in the land. It
is addressed to L. Peyton, Esq., of Staunton,
Virginia :
WAsniNcroN, August 2, 1859.
MY DEAR Sin:—You do me more than jus
tice in your kind letter, for which accept my
thanks, in assuming that I do not concur
with the Administration in their views re
specting the rights of naturalized citizens, as
defined in the Le Clerc letter, which, it is
proper to observe, have been since materially
modified.
Under our Constitution there can be no
just distinction between the right of native
born and naturalized citizens to claim the
protection of our Government at home and
abroad. Unless. naturalization releases the
person naturalized from all obligations which
he owed to his native country, by virtue of
his allegiance, it leaves him in the sad pre
dicament of owing allegiance to two coun
tries, without receiving protection fromeither
—a dilemma jn which no American citizen
should ever be placed.
Neither have you misapprehended my opin
ions in respect to the African slave trade.—
That question seriously disturbed the harmo
ny of the Convention which framed, the Fed
eral Constitution. Upon it the delegates di
vided into two parties, under circumstances
which, for a time; rendered harmonious ac
tion hopeless. The one demanded the instant
and unconditional prohibition of the African
slave trade on moral and religious grounds,
while the other insisted that it was a legiti
mate commerce, involving no other consider
tion than a sound public policy which each
State ought to be permitted to determine
for itself, so long as it was sanctioned by its
own laws. Each party stood firmly and reso
lutely by its own position until both became
convinced that this vexed question would
break up the Convention, destroy the Federal
Union, blot out the glories of the Revolution,
and throw away all its blessings, unless some
fair, and just compromise could be formed
on the common ground of such mutual con
cessions as were indispensable to the pre
servation of their liberties, union, and inde
pendence.
Such a compromise was affected and incor
porated into the Constitution, by which it
was understood that the African slave trade
might continue as a legitimate commerce in
those States whose laws sanctioned it until
the year 1808, from and after which time
Congress might and would prohibit it forever,
throughout the dominion and limits of the
United States, and pass all laws which might
become necessary t) make such prohibition
effectual. The harmony of the Convention
was restored, and the Union saved by this
compromise, without which the Constitution
could never have been made.
I stand firmly by this compromise, and by
all the other compromises of the Constitution,
and shall use my . best efforts to carry each
and all of „them into faithful exe . c . ,L)4ion, in
the sense and With - the understanding in '
which they were originally adopted. In ac
cordance with this compromise, I am irrecon
cilably opposed to the revival of the Africarr
slave trade, in any form, and under any cir
cumstances.
I am, with great respect, yours truly,
S. A. DOUGLAS.
The New Counterfeit on the Harrisburg
Bank.
A specimen of the counterfeit five dollar
bill on the Harisburg Bank, quite recently
put in circulation, has been shown us. In a
general sense, it is pretty well executed, and
at first sight, calculated to deceive. The en
graving is a little darker and heavier, and
presents rather a lithographic aspect. The
original is a very fine specimen of steel en
graving. The best way to discover the genu
ine from the counterfeit is in the signatures
of the President and Cashier. In the coun
terfeit, the filling up of the names is misera
bly done. The writing is stiff and bad : par
ticularly is this the case in that of the Cash
ier. The signature of A. W. Wier, in the
original, is a most exquisite specimen of
penmanship, and very difficult to imitate.--
That of the President, Mr. Wm. M. Kerr, in
the original, is likewise good ; it is bold, and
written in a smooth, free style. Any one at
all acquainted with the signature of Mr. Wier,
can instantly detect the counterfeit. The
central large figure 5 is heavier than the
genuine. The smoke from the chimney on
the left at the letter E is very dark. The
cattle and female figures on the right end are
coarse. There are two horizontal flourishes
above and a little to the left of the letter C,
and directly under the letter G in llarris
burg. These flourishes are small, but in the
counterfeit have been entirely omitted, hav
ing, no doubt, been overlooked by the engra
ver. The back ground of the Capitol build
ing, in the bad bill, is dark and dingy.—
There is a close resemblance in the paper
upon which both bills are printed. The
counterfeit, however, is not as good as the
genuine, being of a more flimsy texture.—
The genuine notes have a beautiful, clear,
and bright appearance.—Harrisburg State
Sentinel.
The Sia2Trade.
The Savannah (Ga.) News of the 22d of
July, speaking of the feeling in that State in
regard to the Slave Trade, makes the follow
ing emphatic statement. The editor says :
" Nothing is truer than that there does ex
ist in Georgia an earnest, wide-spread, and
rapidly increasing agitation for the repeal of
the law prohibiting the slave trade. Candi
dates and leading men of both parties have
alluded to the subject' and declared them
selves in favor of the unconditional repeal of
the State and Federal laws which brand the
slave trade as piracy. The agitation in favor
of repeal is confined to no political party or
class of our citizens, but- is fast becoming the
popular sentiment of the Southern people ;
and the sooner our Northern fellow-citizens
are convinced of the fact and make up their
minds to accede to our just demand, the bet
ter for the peace and prosperity of our Union."
THE CHINESE IN CALIFORNIA.--The Chinese
have a temple in San Francisco which cost
$20,000, and have imported an idol from
China at a cost of $30,000. It is the image
of a man who figured in China 300 years ago,
and was a great statesman and warrior, as
one said, " like your Washington." The
only efforts in California to christainize the
Chinese, are by the Methodists, at Sacramen
to. The law prohibiting Chinamen from
corning to the State is pronounced unconsti
tutional, and their number, now 600,000, is
rapidly increasing.
M. Blondin. at Niagara Falls
ills Great Feat of Carrying a Marc Across
on His Shoulders Accomplished.
[From the Buffalo Courier of Thursday.]
Probably the largest crowd that has ever
assembled at Niagara Falls was present there
yesterday to witess Mons. Blondin cross
the Niagara river upon his rope carrying a
man upon his shoulders.
About half-past 4 o'clock M. Blondin en
tered the enclosure and proceeded to the end
of the rope on the American side. His ap
pearance was the signal for a general cheer
ing which was responded to from the other
side of the river. He was dressed as on for
mer occasions in silk tights, bare headed and
on his feet rough dressed buckskin shoes.—
In a few minutes after his arrival he ascen
ded the rope with his balancing pole, and
started to cross the river alone. Before leav
ing he tied a pad of papers around his waist.
After proceeding about 100 feet he stopped,
swung one foot and then the other, and then
walking along fifteen or twenty feet, stopped
and stood upon his head—his head resting
on the balancing pole which lay across
the rope, the ends supported upon the guy
ropes.
He then ran along the rope stood upon his
head, sat down, turned somersets backwards,
forwards, and proceeded to the middle of the
river where there are no guys. He here laid
down on the rope on his back at full length
—stood on his head—laid his balancing pole
across the rope and stood upon it with one
foot and balancing it with the other foot ; his
hands lying by his side. He then passed
along the rope to where the guys on the Can
ada side were fastened, and laid down on his
balancing pole. He now returned with his
body suspended beneath the rope, running
along with his hands and feet as an ape to
the middle of the rope, between the guys.—
He here went through with all the feats at
tempted by tight rope performers, such as
hanging by one foot, then the other, and by
one hand, then dropping his body down full
length below the rope, then whirling round,
resting his breast as if in the act of swim
ming. He hung by both arms and then
passed his body between his arms and the
rope, and in fact performed all the feats ever
performed by the most agile tight rope per
formers. lie then returned to where his bal
ancing pole was, took it up, and crossed to
the Canada bank, stopping several times to
turn somersets, stand upon his head, upon
one foot, and to lay down upon the rope.—
Upon his reaching the Canada shore he was
received with tremendous cheers from the
crowd, and the locomotives on the bridge,
and on both sides of the river responded with
their whistles.
M. Blondin occupied something over half
an hour in crossing, most of the time being
spent in his performances on the rope. He
remained upon the Canada side to rest and
refresh himself some fifteen or twenty min
utes, and again appeared upon the rope.—
This time he had his agent, Mr. Henry Col
cord, a man weighing about 136 pounds, upon
his back, and his balancing pole in his hands.
He proceeded down the rope very slowly and
cautiously, as if feeling every step, until he
was about 100 feet from the Canada side,
when Dlr. Colcord dismounted and stood
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three or four minutes, when Mr. Colcord
again mounted, and Mr. Blondin proceeded,
still walking very slowly and stopping occa
sionally to balance himself. They stopped
five times in crossing,and each time Mr. Col
cord dismounted, and again resumed his po
sition. He had his arms around M. Blondin's
neck and his legs resting on the balancing
pole. He was in his shirt sleeves and wore
a straw hat. About twenty-two minutes
were occupied in accomplishing the first
half of the rope, and the balance in twenty
minutes, making 42 minutes from bank - to
bank.
For some secouds before the American
shore was reached the crowd gathered round
the end of the rope, became very noisy, and
a good deal of excitement prevailed, and
when he reached the staging on this side
safely, the vast crowd shouted with the great
est enthusiasm.
On reaching the landing M. Blondin was
much flushed, and appeared very much fa
tigued, while Mr. Colcord was pale, but did
not betray any signs of fear. It was about
half past six o'clock when he reached this
side, and the trains which had been detained
and were ready ; started immediately for their
several destinations with probably five thous
and persons.
Disgraceful Lawlessness in Baltimore
[From the Baltimore Sun, August 18.]
At the primary election held on the even
ing of Tuesday last, in the Seventh Ward,
there was a scene of confusion and riot, from
the beginning to the end. There were two
tickets to be voted for, and as soon as the
room was opened a fight began. Matters
were then quieted for a short time, when a
a rush was made for the ballot-box, which
was seized and thrown out of the window.—
At that time an attack was made on Wm.
11. Pearce by Thomas Burgess and John
Spole, and another party twice snapped a
revolver at the head of Wm. E. Beale, the
present member of the first branch of the
City Council. Burgess was soon after ar
rested by officer Durkee, of the eastern po
lice, and committed to jail for trial by Justice
Jolly. Yesterday morning Sprole was ar
rested and taken before the same magistrate,
when William McKinley and W. Hickman
entered his bail for $lOOO for his appearance
for trial for the Criminal Court. While the
fight was going on at the engine house, the
greatest consternation prevailed in the neigh
borhood. Wives and mothers ran thither in
search of their husbands and sons, and them
selves entered the house to persuade their
husbands and sons from the place. Joseph
Vallee tried to restore order but was dragged
from the table, and but for the aid afforded
by some of his friends would have been se
verely boat.
After the election bad been closed the vic
torious party formed into processionand par
aded the Ward with drums, fifes, tin pans,
and yelling vociferously. They then marched
to the Sixth Ward, and going down Gay
street from Monument, made an attack on
the house of Richard W. Pryor, on McElder
ry street. This point was reached a few
minutes before twelve o'clock, and as soon
as the corner of McElderry street was reached
the house of Pryor was assailed with shots
from pistols and muskets, and with stones.—
One of the missiles struck Mr. P. on the
head, without, however, doing any serious
harm. The firing alarmed Mrs. J. Donohue,
who was sitting in her parlor on the second
floor of the house, at the south-east corner of
MeElderry and Aisquith streets, near the
window, for the purpose of giving air to a
sick child, who called to her son James, a
lad of about fourteen or fifteen years of age,
and who Was lying asleep on the' floor, to'
close the window shutter.-
The boy got up and approached the win
dow, but before he reached it was pierced by
three balls. A fourth ball lodged in the shut
ter, tearing off splinters, "which struck Mrs,
D. in the face. She at once remarked to her
son that she was shot and the lad ran down
stairs and told his father that both his moth ,
er and himself were shot. Dr. 61 artm an was
sent for, and an . examination proved that Mrs:
Donohue had not been hurt. But her sou
was not so fortunate.' Two balls entered his
right arm, one just below and the other just
above the elbow, and passed entirely through,.
inflicting painful, but not dangerous wounds,.
The third ball entered the right side of the
forehead, immediately above the temple bone'
and glancing on the skull, lodged about taco'
inches back from the point where it entered..
The ball was extracted yesterday afternoon'
by Drs. Hartman and Bradford, and he is in
a fair way to recover, should inflammation
not intervene.
How many balls were fired into the house
of Mr. Donohue was not known, but besides
the three which took effect upon the person
of his son, one lodged in the window shutter,
and another, passed through the parlor and
through a closet door at the extreme corner
of the room, and was found on one of the
shelves. Three balls were found besides that
left in the hand of the lad. After the attack
on the house of Pryor and the firing in the
house of Mr. Donohue, the police officers
sprung their rattles, but the whole party
moved off and no arrests were made. While
the procession 'was going up Gay street, an
attack was made with a slung shot on a young
man named Bush, at the Bel-Air market. He
was knocked down, but having been recog
nized by one of the attacking party, no fur
ther violence was visited on him. He was
removed to the house of his brother-in-law,
on Gay street, near Forrest, where he received
proper attention.
Vigilance Committee in Kansas---One
Man Hung and Three Wounded.
The Leaven iorth Herald, of the 10th inst.,
says :—"We learn from a reliable source that
a vigilance committee has been organized at
Atchison for the purpose of ridding that coun
try of a band of horse thieves, and that a man
named Nelson, formerly of this city, was
hung at that place yesterday. They also at
tacked a party of horse thieves near Elwood,
who turned upon them, wounded three, one
it is feared mortally.
The Leavenworth Times states that the
whole of that Teiritory is infested with or
ganized bands of horse thieves and cut throats,
who have their headquarters in remote and
obscure portions of the Territory, while
their spies and agents are sent in every com
munity. The Times adds :
The operations of these bands are based
upon the information of spies and agents,
who are purposely sent to every community.
All the booty secured, or the profits derived
from its disposition, with a per tentage de
ducted in behalf of - the rogues who secure it,
is put into a general fund and used to advance
the ends of villainy on a still larger scale.—
The absence of any thorough organized gov
ern men t, or police system, of telegraphs or
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long years tne citizens ut
been subjected to systematic losses and des
poliations. It has become so at length that
a man is unsafe in leaving his house for a
moment. The thieves are ever on the alert,
ready to seize every opportunity. Once
mounted and on the prairies, pursuit is al
most useless, and capture next to impossible.
During the last year hundreds of horses have
thus been stolen and never been heard of.—
A gentleman hitches his horse, pays a short
visit and comes out to find his animal gone.
A farmer steps into a store to make some pur
chases, and when he comes out his horse has
disappeared. Houses have been broken open,
citizens waylaid, money and goods stolen,
farm and farm-houses plundered, and yet
there were neither prosecutions nor convic
tions. The law seemed entirely inadequate
to answer the ends of justice. Goaded by
their losses, and such reflections, large num
bers of prominent and intelligent citizens
have joined au organization which has grown
terrible in power and bloody in its judgments.
There is no need to particularize what has
occurred. Though cognizant, in the main, of
what has been done, we have no desire to
make public what few, unacquainted with
all the circumstances, would justify, and what
perhaps would grate upon the public mind.
Raised from the Dead---Curious Case
A curious case occurred last week at Rome,
in this county. Mrs. Peters, wife of a Ger
man of that name, after a short illness, was
supposed to have died. Her husband made
immediate arrangements for her funeral, hav
ing procured a coffin in this city. On placing
her body in the coffin a general perspiration
was observed throughout the skin, which was
reported to the husband, with the suggestion
that the burial be deferred in the hope of re
animation. To this the husband objected,
and had her interred the same day, (Satur
day.) After the burial services were over,
some relatives of the supposed deceased, who
reside in this city, arrived at Rome to attend
the funeral, which had already taken place,
and hearing of the circumstances caused the
body, which then had been four hours in the
grave, to be disinterred, when, to their sur
prise and joy, they found signs of life still
remaining. Restoratives being administered,
Mrs. Peters gradually recovered, was taken
by her friends to this city and is now well.—
We are informed that sbe refuses to again
live with her husband. The circumstances
connected with the affair are strange indeed,
and should undergo investigation.— Colzem
bus (Ohio) Fact.
HEARING WITH TEE TEETH.—Lay a watch
upon a table, glass side downward, then
stand so far from it that you cannot in any
ordinary way hear the ticking. Now place
one end of a small stick, say about six feet
long, upon the back of the watch, and grip
the teeth to the other; with the fingers close.
each ear to exclude all external noise, the?
beat of the watch will then be as audible as
if placed against the ear. All other sounds
can be conveyed in the same manner, n o map
ter how long the stick be : for instance, if
one end be put upon a pianoforte in a. sitting
room fronting a garden, and the stick be
thirty feet long, extending outside the win
dow on to a lawn, if the instrument be ever
so lightly played, the tune will be instantly
distinguished by any person applying the•
teeth to the opposite end of the stick. Again ,
if a light bar of iron, or any other metal, be
suspended by a thick string held between the
teeth, and then struck with any hard sub
stance, the sound will appear greater than.
by hearing with the ears.—Presbyterian.