THE HUNTINGDON GLOBE, A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS, &C, THE GLOB t~~~`~ll~~'~~3~fl ~~~ Wednesday, October 17, 1860: LANDS ! BLANKS ! BLANKS ! 1...0 - STABLE'S SALES,I ATTACIPT EXECUTIONS. ATTACHMENTS, EXECUTIONS, SUMMONS, DEEDS, SUBITENAS, MORTGAGES. SCHOOL ORDERS, JUDGMENT NOT ES. LEASES FOR HOUSES, NATURALIZATION WKS. COMMON BONDS, JUDGMENT BONDS, WARRANTS, FEE BILLS, NOTES, a'ith a waiver of the SOU Law. JUDGMENT NOTES. with a waiver of the $3OO Law. ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, with Teachers. MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES, for Justices of the Peace and Ministers of the Gospel. COMPLAINT, WARRANT, and COMMITMENT, in case tAseanlt and Battery, and Affray. SCIERE FACIAS, to recover amount of Judgment. COLLECTORS' RECEIPTS, for State, County, School, orough and Towns - hip Taxes. Printed on superior paper, and for sale at the Oflice or the HUNTINGDON GLOIDK. BLANKS, of every description, printed to order, neatly, at short notice, and on good Paper. REGULARLY NOMINATED DEMOCRATIC TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT, STEPEN A. DiUGLAS, OF ILLINOIS. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, IiERSCH V jOHNSJN, Or GEORGIA. Lei-READ THE XEi AEFERTISEVEXTS. gtII . Proclamations, by Sheriff Watson. tar Register's Notice, by Henry Glazier. Let the People Know ! ! That there remained in the National Con vention at Baltimore, after every disorgani zing Rebel had seceded, 436 regularly ap pointed delegates, entitled, under the rule, to cast 218 votes-16 MORE than TWO THIRDS of a Full Convention. Let them know that, on the second ballot, SzErnEN A. DOUGLAS, received 1811 votes of the 21S, over FORTY more than TWO-THIRDS of the whole vote present. And then, to clinch all, let them know, that the resolution declaring STEPHEN A. DotTawks to be the unanimous choice of the Convention, passed without a single dissenting voice ; so that Stephen A. Douglas actually received 218 votes—SIX TEEN votes more than two-thirds of a full Convention I Let the People know, too, that the Seceders, Convention which nominated Breckinridge and Lane bad no authority from any constit uency to sit at Baltimore outside of the regu lar Convention—that it did not contain more than eighty or ninety delegates who had even a shadow of authority from the people to act —that it cast in all but 105 votes—not one of them properly authorized, or binding on any. body—let them know this, and let them decide which was the Regular and which was the Disorganizers' Convention, and which of the nominees, Douglas or Breckin ridge, is entitled to the undivided support of the National Democracy. POLITICS.--The Douglas State Executive Committee met at Harrisburg on Thursday night last, and resolved to recommend to all Douglas Democrats throughout the State, to vote in November, the straight Douglas Elec toral ticket, as formed at Harrisburg. The Bell-Everett State Committee also met at Harrisburg on Thursday night, and re solved to recommend a straight vote on their Electoral Ticket. The Welsh State Executive Committee, met at the City Democratic Club Room, in Reading on Friday last, and rescinded almost unanimously their resolutions made in July at Philadelphia, as also their August Cresson resolutions, and recommending that all Dem ocrats vote the Electoral Ticket made by the Reading Convention. A resolution offered in the latter Committee by Isaac Leech, of Philadelphia, to bring about a fusion of all the parties opposed to the election of Lineuln, was voted down—as was also a resolution offered by Mr. Carrigan, of Philadelphia, for a fusion with the Bell- Everett party. Had the action of the Welsh Committee at Philadelphia in July, and at Cresson in August, been rescinded previous to the late election, we have no doubt the re sult in the State would have been different from what it is. The action of the Welsh Committee refusing to recognize Douglas as the regular Democratic nominee is now wiped out, leaving the Reading Electoral Ticket pledged (by the action of the Con vention that made it) to the support of Stephen A. Douglas and Herschel V. John son, as the regular nominees of the National Democratic Convention. As a friend and supporter of Stephen A. Douglas, we now claim the Reading Electoral Ticket, as stand ing pledged in all honor, if elected, to cast its solid vote for Douglas and Johnson,— and claiming it so pledged, we shall give it our support, The Douglas Executive Committee will meet again in Philadelphia on Thursday next, when we suppose the straight Douglas Elec toral Ticket will be withdrawn. 1 We have been absent for several days and returned too late to offer any remarks this week upon the result in our local poli tics. •We shall have something to say upon the subject hereafter. As we do not intend to go up Salt River, we want our friends to furnish us with the needful, our own, to keep us kicking. Da , - We will give the official vote of the State in our next issue. COUNTING THEIR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY ARE HATcsEn.—There are already ten candi dates named in this place for the Post Office. Slightly previous. "Wait a little while good friends, Old Abe has a few million rails to split before he can attend to such trilling af fairs. Ile doubtless will give you all an office, but then you shouldn't hurry the old chap so much. GREAT CROP or APPLES.—The apple crop is so abundant that the Eastern growers are at a loss to know what to do with their fruit. The Boston Courier, speaking of the immense yield, says The land is full of apples. Every orchard has produced an abundance. It has been a year of great plenty, and if apples would on ly keep as grain keeps, we should have enough of this year's product to supply us through seven years of apple famine. But unfortunately they perish with the year in which they were grown, and the question is an important one with farmers, what - shall we do with the apples ? They can't be mark eted, a fourth of them. The markets are glut ted. Many farmers: are glad to take a dol lar a barrel fur picked trait. Thousands of barrels can be bought at that rate in the im mediate vicinity of Boston. Fifty cents a bushel, at retail, would secure sales of more than four times the average annual sales of the last ten years, and doubtless the price will come down to that. [OFFICIAL.] ELECTION RETURNS OF HUNTING DON COUNTY FOR 1860. Brady, 94 69 90 73 Cass, 114 39 114 39 Barree, 90 162 80 168 Clay, 115 70 114 69 Cromwell, 143 98 142 99 Dublin, 101 74 102 75 Franklin, 198 110 198 109 Juniata, 36 34 37 29 Jackson, 173 98 173 99 Morris, 97 65 96 66 Oneida, 63 18 61 20 Penn, 137 55 136 55 Porter, , 221 94 216 99 Petersburg, 87 84 86 85 Birmingham, 26 15 26 12 Shirley, 154 123 158 120 Springfield, 103. 26 103 26 Tell, 61 117 62 115 Tod, 96 47 95 48 Hopewell, 126 33 125 36 Henderson, 46 45 44 48 Huntingdon, 203 185 194 185 Carbon, 87 132 87 131 Walker, 48 83 51 77 West, 78 70 76 72 Warriorsmark, 179 76 180 77 Mount Union, 73 45 74 44 Union, 121 47 122 45 3070 2114 3042 2121 Majorities—Curtin, 956. Blair, 821. Brady, 85 73 86 77 Cuss, 109 43 106 46 Barree, 58 183 69 177 . Clay, 104 81 104 80 Cromwell. 107 131 134 105 Dublin, 96 80 108 68 Franklin, 157 140 169 130 Juniata, 39 31 15 52 Jackson, 161 110 169 103 Morris, 78 73 94 67 Oneida, 58 23 37 43 Penn, 135 54 129 61 Porte'', 181 130 206 107 Petenburg, 91 78 85 84 Birmingham, 11 30 25 14 Shirley, 138 136 136 142 Springfield, 98 29 104 26 Tell, 57 121 78 99 Tod, 96 47 95 , 47 Hopewell, 133 15 117 39 Henderson, 41 49 37 54 Huntingdon; 170 214 126 255 Carbon, 84 135 81 137 Walker, West, Warriorsmark, • 179 72 175 80 Mount Union, 71 47 64 49 Union, 126 41 111 58 2781 2322 2767 2376 Majorities—Wharton, 459. Blair, 391. As. Judge. Prothonotary. --A -.—• ....4 C-4 - t=l - .4 0 5 1:3 CD 4. t:, t 4 0 • 0 t, t m l 'Z. t-1 0 .P Pa P Sr' CR ...51 Brady, 90 72 87 73 Cass, 108 44 111 40 Barree 77 171 65 184 Clay, 120 G 2 103 79 Crom well, 133 102 124 117 Dublin, Franklin, 194 110 177 131 Juniata, 28 36 27 42 Jackson, 168 101 155 117 Morris, Oneida, 60 20 30 51 Penn, 138 53 123 65 Porter, 206 104 177 133 Petersburg, 81 88 80 89 Birmingham, 24 14 20 19 Shirley, 161 112 128 145 Springfield, 75 32 99 30 Tell, 55 121 49 126 Tod, 06 46 06 47 Hopewell, 119 37 121 37 Henderson, 46 45 38 51 Huntingdon, 168 206 140 238 Carbon, 83 133 86 134 Walker, 36 88 26 100 West,- 67 81 76 71 Warriormark, 176 78 175 77 Mount Union, 72 44 68 48 Union, -116 49 100 67 2872 2208 2655 2472 Majorities—Leas, 564. Wagoner, 1.03. Governor. Congress e ----- " --• e ---4------ • r"' • C:i t:=l P a I ~-1 ed 0 G 0 Er t. co lT , -3 Vii' • t :: El tcl = co .3 Senate. Assembly. ~............, Cl 2 c-a P 0 ...s t• cil 0 .4 4:, CD .-.... rip V. ''S 92 n 0 0 m t:Ci 'Z. <1 ...4 :. e. `.%•• r. , .3 83 30 79 70 77 71 84 75 Reg. & Rec. Co. Comiss'er C c c> ~ c c ' a c-4 • z til , 0 z zr• r:t -.1 El CI CP ••••• 0 S:I4S . E r g • •-1 Fi 1:3 "on GO ... Brady, 91 69 91 72 Cass, 112 41 115 38 Barree, 68 178 84 164 Clay, 108 74 111 73 Cromwell, 142 '99 134 97 Dublin, 99 78 99 76 Franklin, 198 107 192 113 Juniata, 35 31 38 30 Jackson, 171 100 173 97 Morris, 84 72 96 65 Oneida, 20 58 - 38 22 Penn, 136 55 ' 137 54 Porter, 146 168 212 97 Petersburg, 80 89 87 83 Birmingham, 18 17 22 16 Shirley, 153 124 152 122 Springfield, 101 27 102 -26 Tell, 58 115 59 114 Tod, 96 47 97 46 Hopewell, ' 120 35 122 33 Henderson, 45 44 44 47 Huntingdon, 161 210 175 196 Carbon, 85 135 86 134 Walker, 38 84 44 83 West, 74 71 75 72 Warriorsmark, 172 79 174 74 Mount Union, 72 46 70 47 Union, 117 48 121 47 2800 2301 2970 2138 Majorities—Womelsdorf, 599. Cummins, 832. D. of Poor. Aud'r. Cor'r. _A____, ~.._,.....„ al c-4 0 tt r.-6: o S D.- Ct = .Z 0 `7"" t 4 • tf 171 ;:•'. 1 ca . •:° 74. a us .7 Z s 14 3 'a . cn Brady, 77 86 94 64 95 66 Cass, 114 39 115 38 115 38 Barree, 74 171 50 198 70 171 Clay, 110 75 112 71 111 71 Cromwell, 134 104 .1.44 98 142 97 Dublin, 91 83 100 76 101 75 Franklin, 193 112 195 111 186 132 Juniata, 13 47 59 7 30 36 Jackson, 172 99 171- 97 134 99 Morris, 94 68 97 64 92 67 Oneida, 65 16 28 47 64 17 Penn, 136 51 168 22 131 56 Porter, 201 101 214 95 208 93 Petersburg, 85 85 83 85 98 73 Birmingham, 25 14 25 13 22 .14 Shirley, 126 150 151 123 153 122 Springfield, 100 30 103 25 103 26 Tell, 51 123 61 114 61 114 Tod, 96 46 100 41 96 46 Hopewell, 121 35 126 31 118 35 llenderson, 47 45 61 29 46 44 Huntingdon, 198 173 276 100 188 167 Carbon, 87 133 90 130 85 12S Walker, 73 58 76 52 43 81 West, 74 73 - 75 71 78 :.69 Warriorsmark, 176 79 174 75 177 75 Mount Union, 56 63 72 49 72 46 Union, 117 49 128 37 120 45 2915 2208 3148 1959 2940 2103 Majorities—Peightal, 707. Fisher, 1.1 ; 89. Neff, 837. Democrats in SMALL CAPS, Opposition. in roman. 'The States of Indiana and Ohio have gone Republican by large majorities. Cur tin's majority in this State, will be over 32,- 000. This is a lesson to those Democrats who refused to support their own ticket. Deserved Compliment The Pittsburg Dispatch, a liberal Republi can paper, speaks of Governor Packer as fol lows : "Governor Packer has been frequently and most unjustly assailed for an abuse of the pardoning power, and we believe similar charges have been brought against nearly ev ery Governor of our State. Few, who have not witnesbed such effort, can have any idea of the pertinacious manner in which a Gover nor is appealed to, or the variety of frivolous grounds upon which the mass of such appli cations are based—and such is the peculiari ty of almost every case, that it seems an im possibility for the executive officer of a State to frame general rules of action on the sub ject to which a majority of pardons granted would not be found exceptions in practice.— The Legislature cannot in any way restrict or regulate the pardoning power, the exercise of which is confined solely to the Governor ; they cannot even require that applications shall be first published in the proper county, notice be given to the prosecutor and district attorney, and that the Governor shall act sole ly on depositions taken on due notice—all which are required in New York—but they may and should require that the State De partment should once a month publish, at Harrisburg and in the proper countyrall par dons granted, and the reasons assigned by the Governor therefor. "As to Governor Packer, we know that he has been careful in the exercise of the power alluded to—as much so, at least, as any of his predecessors—except, perhaps, Governor Pol lock. True, he has been imposed upon, as others have been, by letters from 'distinguish ed politicians,' and good, easy men, who can not say 'no' to the requests of friends of pris oners--and who have not the firmness or hon esty to defend the Governor when he grants pardons on their own application. Scarce any application is made, but is based upon letters, few of the writers of which would swear to what (upon the representations of others) they recklessly write." Letter from. son. John J. Crittenden on the Coming Elections. DOUGLAS HIS SECOND CHOICE. LOUISVILLE, Oct. 4.—The Bulletin of this evening publishes a letter from Hon. John J. Crittenden to his friends in New Albany, In diana, in reply to their request of him to make a speech defining their duty as Indian ians in the present crisis. Mr. Crittenden declines speaking, but writes as follows: " If I were a voter in the State of Indiana, and believed there was no probability that Mr. Bell could carry the State by its popular vote, then I would unhesitatingly give my vote to Mr. Douglas ; and I should do so, thinking that thereby I performed my duty as a true Union man, and rendered both to my country and to Bell and Everett, the can didates of my choice, the best service that cir cumstances permitted to do," ONE OF NAPOLEON'S OLD SOLDIERS MUR DERED FOR ma MONEY.—The bodies of an old man named George Hank and his wife, resi ding near Marin, Ind., were, a few mornings ago, found amid the ruins of . their dwelling, which had been consumed during the night. The Shelbyville Banner says: An inquest over the remains of the-bodies revealed the horrible fact that the old people were the victims of a most diabolical and cold-blooded murder. The old man was to tally consumed, but the upper part of the body of his wife was covered under a large quantity of brick from the chimney, which protected that portion of her body from the fire. Her throat was found to be cut, her chest cloven open in two places with a sharp instrument, and her skull broken in. An axe and hatchet, with the handles burned off, were found near the bodies, and there were evidences of a severe struggle. They were known to be in possession of a considerable sum of money, all of which the assassins se cured, except about $355 which was conceal ed among the wheat on the loft, in a tin cof fee-pot, and which remained covered up and was preserved. The perpetrators were doubt less aware that these people had money, and after securing it set the house on fire to de stroy the evidences of the foul and atrocious deed. Mr. Hauk was a German by birth, served seven years in Bonaparte's army, was in Spain under Marshal Ney, fought battles in Italy, and traversed the whole continent of Europe, to MOSCOW as an infantry soldier.— He was about 79 years of age, and his wife but a few years younger. ATTEMPEED RIOT .AT CARLISLE.—The Vol unteer says that on Saturday evening last, about fki o'clock, a party of forty U. S. sol diers from ~the Carlisle Garrison, paraded in town in a body, each man having a club or a stone in his' ha4d. They halted in front of the jail, and demanded the presence of the " officer in charge of the building." Sheriff McCartney appeared befor:9 -them, informed them who be was, and asked them what they wanted. They made no direct reply but sev eral of them commenced to abuse the Sheriff, and threatened to storm the prison. By this time a number of citizens had collected, and the Sheriff summoned them' to assist him in dispersing the mob. No sooner said than done. The citizens rushed upon the soldiers and for a time brick-bats and stones could be seen flying in all directions. The soldiers took to their heels, but several were dropp9d during their flight. The citizens follow them to the Garrison lane, and in a short time the soldiers were safe in the Garrison. It appears the soldiers were under the im pression that one of their comrades had been arrested and confined in prison, and they had determined to release him. It was a mis take—no soldier was in prison at that time. Should any of their number ever commit a breach of the'peace, however, and be sent to prison, all the soldiers at the Garrison will not be able to take him out, and we advise them not to make the attempt. We have no un kind feeling for the soldiers, but we tell them, in all kindness, that when they visit town, they must behave themselves. " A word to the wise," &c. TEE NEW FALL BONNETS. —The New York. 'Commercial Advertiser thus describes some of , the ' coming bonnets :' Among the bonnets are to be some of the finest description of velvet that can be made. The ground work of one that we have seen is composed of white, uncut velvet, ornamented by fruit of gold and black color, with rich purple velvet leaves. The front 'trimmings are composed of moss roses and blonde, with strings of white and gold. Another style is composed of purple uncut velvet, ornamented with point lace, purple velvet grapes with gold stem, stars with connecting chains of gold, &c. Another is an evening bonnet of c - herry-colored velvet and ioint lace - ith _ rot ~ maribout plumes fastened with gold pins, the front trimmings are composed of maribout plumes and blonde. Still another is a cha peau cle visite, and is made of purple and black velvet, with curling ostrich plumes, the front trimming composed of velvet flowers and blonde lace. Another is a very rich ar ticle, and is formed of pink uncut velvet and ostrich feathers, the latter looking as if they were carelessly thrown upon the bonnet, and there rested. This style has ornaments.— The front trimmings are moss roses and blonde. We need scarcely tell our lady readers that the scoop' or coal scuttle' hat has entirely vanished, and the style of the new fashions is a neat, small bonnet, suitable to almost any feathers adding beauty to the beautiful, dignity to the queenlike, and improving the appearance of all. PROCLAMATION FROM THE POSTAL DEPART MENT.—We publish the following important regulation for the information of the public as well as postmasters. It interests every citizen in the United States : POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, 1 October 8, 1860. Whereas by an act of 3d March, 1855, the postage upon all letters, except such as aro entitled to pass free, between places in the United States, is required to be prepaid ; and whereas the Department, through courte sy, has hitherto, at considerable labor and expense, notified the parties addressed, in all instances in which the writers failed to pre pay, that their letters would be forwarded on receiving the postage due thereon ; and whereas, instead of diminishing, the number of such lellers continues to increase, thus showing that the omission to prepay is inten tional ; it is, therefore, ordered that from and after the first day of November, 1860, all such unpaid letters be sent to the Dead-letter Office, to be disposed of in like manner as other dead-letters. J. }lola, Postmaster General. LATE STORM AT NEW ORLEANS.-.-The New Orleans papers of the 6th bring additional particulars of the damage and loss of life from the late tornado and flood. At Grand Terre, the inhabitants were compelled to abandon their dwellings and seek refuge in the fort. The government buildings adjoin ing the fort were demolished. At Baton Rouge eighteen coal boats, belonging to the company that owned the yard opposite Baton Rouge, were sunk, and the Mason Mining Company lost three of their boats in the same manner. The loss of both companies amounts to nearly 150,000 barrels coal. Several steamboats were sunk, and a number of sugar houses along the coast destroyed. The back section of New Orleans continued flooded on the sth. At least eighty or one hundred families are in a state of destitution by the flood, and the houses and property to be counted as destroyed will greatly swell the list of disasters by this calamitous storm. Clippings from Our Exchanges. ' Se'. Nearly sixty locomotives are on order at the vvp,rks of a single firm in Philadelphia. :dr J. Edgar Thompson has resigned the Presidency of the Southern Pacific R. It. Co. A movement has been made to build a line of telegraph from Alexandria to War renton, Va. Iliel.. On Saturday last the remains of Mr. Ingram, one of the Lady Elgin victims, were shipped from Quebec to England. gEr The Belvidere Hotel, a place of pop ular resort, near Pittsburg, Pa., was destroy ed by fire last week. Elder Kimball, one of the leading Mormon saints, recently had born to him in one night, no less than fourteen children. var. The western grain crop is so large, that it is supposed the railroads will be busy all winter bringing it east. gap A steam wagon has been constructed at St. Paul, Minnesota, to run in the trade between that place and the Indian agencies. Vir It is stated that more than 700,000 volumes of Washington Irving's works have been sold within the past eleven years. Aar Recbrandt Peale, the celebrated ar tist, and author of the The Court of Death,' died in Philadelphia, on the 4th inst., at the age of 82 years. Xtia.. Louis Napoleon's agent was at the Springfield (Mass.) horse show, and bought a horse for his imperial employer. The price paid was $1,200. ISS.. It is said that a fine lady in N. York has ordered a dress, to be worn at the Ren frew ball, which will cost three thousand dollars. rtS,.. It is said that there is such a tremen dous crop of oats in Cumberland county, 111., that they are selling them for ten cents a bushel. REDUCTION 01' THE STATE DEBT.-GOV. Pack er has issued his proclamation, announcing the payment of $602,264,36 of the public debt of the Commonwealth. VD-Judge Jessup, of Pennsylvania, had his pocket picked of two thousand dollars, on the 6th inst., while traveling between Jersey City and Newark. VD-.1: 1 r. William Feasal, formerly a prac tising physician of Hannibal, 1110., was bit ten by a spider on the end of his great toe, on the 14th of September, from the effects of which ho died on the 20th. The first cargo of - new Malaga fruit has just arrived at Boston. It consisted of 9,000 boxes, 1610 half boxes, 600 quarter boxes rasins, besides a qtyintity of figs, lem ons, &c. INV.. In Ohio, last year, 42,000 sheep, val ued at $77,170 were killed by dogs. Adding to this loss the injuries upon animals that did not die, the damage is. reckoned at $102,308. ker. The Cheraw (S. C.) Gazette gives cur rency to a painful rumor to the effect that a wedding party of forty-eight persons were poisoned near Cokesbury, in that State, a few days since, of whom forty are dead. At the recent State election in Maine, Mr. Ralph Farnham, now the sole survivor of the battle of Bunker Hill, walked six miles to cast his vote. He has voted at every Presidential election since the adoption of the Constitution. He was 18 years old when he enlisted, and is now 104 years old. He was. on guard when Burgoyne surrendered. FRENCH ECCENTRICITY.—An instance of ex traordinary eccentricity was afforded recent ly at Lecure, near Havre: A cap was seen in the water, with a string•of corks around it, and a label, upon which was written, "Pull the string ;lam at the end of it." The string was pulled, and sure enough, there was the late writer of the' label, with a paper, detail ing the cause of his having made away with himself, carefully corked up.in a. bottle in his pocket, with his name and address, Franccii. Foliot, of Vandrimare. ger•By a careful examination of the geog raphy of the world, it has been ascertained that the great artesian bore at Columbus, Ohio, will on passing through to the opposite side of the globe come out exactly fifteen miles from the great China wall on the China side, and about 250 miles from Pekin. This is a discovery of importance, and must vastly en courage the citizens of Columbus. If they do not succeed in obtaining water, they intend, we are told, to pass a telegraph wire through, so as to bring Columbus in direct communi cation with the Celestial Empire. S3IASHING OF A LINCOLN POLE—RATHER Om- INOUS.—When Mr. Douglas arrived at Erie the other day, the Republicans had erected a long pole near the depot that they intended should confront Douglas the moment he land ed, and they thought it would be a big thing on him. But when the shrill whistle of the locomotive drawing the Little Giant's train broke upon the ears of the Republicans, their pole began to stagger like a drunken man, and when the train Move fairly in sight, it broke in two places, falling with a crash to the ground. This is strictly true.—Buffalo Republic. RAILROAD WAR IN THE WEST.—The com petition between the several railroad and steamboat lines, says the Chicago Democrat, connecting this city with St. Paul, Minneso ta, has again culminated in an open war.— Rates of fare were yesterday put down to the absurd figure of five dollars and a, half for first class passage from Chicago to St. Paul, which is less than a cent a mile, while from St. Paul to Chicago the passenger can make his own terms, being taken for three dollars, or for nothing, as he chooses. The st:,amers charge nothing from St. Paul to Dunleith, or to the other railroad termini on the river. In such a fight as this the longest purse gener ally wins ; but the victory, when gained, gen erally costs more than it comes to. Is TEM SUN GROWING DARK AND COLD?-- There are now more spots on the sun than have been seen for many years ; some of these are visible through a smoked glass to the na ked eye. Several stars—some of them of great brilliancy, which from their ascertain ed distance, must have been as large as our sun—have totally disappeared from the sky ; and the question has been raised among as tronomers, whether the light and heat of the sun are gradually fading away. As this would be accompanied by the destruction of all the plants and animals on the earth, it is rather an interesting question: The sun's light and heat are diminished by the dark spots at the present time about 1 per cent.— Scientific American. How WALKER WAS SHOT.—An Havana. correspondent of the Herald writes :—Walk-- er, it appears, was not permitted •to have any communication with his followers previous• to his execution. He marched from his cell. to the place of execution with a steady step, and 'unshaken mein. A chair had been plac ed for him with his back toward the Castle. Having taken his seat, he was blindfolded.• Three soldiers stepped forward to within twenty -feet of him, and discharged their muskets. The balls entered his body, and he leaned a little forward; but it being ob served that he was not dead, a fourth soldier• mercifully advanced so close to the suffering• man that the muzzle of the musket almost touched his forehead," and being there dis, ch).rged, scattered his-brains and skull to the, winds. OVER-WORKED WOMEN. —An over-worked woman is always a sad sight—sadder a great-- deal than an overworked man, because slie is. so much more fertile in capacities of suffering than a man. She has so many varieties of headache—sometimes as if Jael were driving. the nail that killed Sisera into her temples— sometimes letting her work with half her brain, while the other half throbs as if it would geto pieces—sometimes tightening round the brows as if her cap-band were Luke's iron crown—and then her neuralgias, and her back-aches, and her fits of depression, in which she thinks she is nothing, and less than nothing, and these paroxysms which men speak slightingly of as hysterical—convul sions, that. is all, only not commonly fatal ones—so many trials which belong to her fine and mobile structure, that she is always. entitled to pity, when she is placed in condi tions which develop her nervous tendencies. Dr. 0. W. Holmes. N,';F A PERILOUS RIDE. —The New York Tribune of a late date says : "On Thursday night, shortly after 10. o'clock as the Philadelphia train arrived nt the Jersey City depot, it was discovered that two little boys bad secured a free ride from Newark by stowing themselves away on the cross-pieces of the brakes, under the body of a car, to which they must necessarily have clung with considerable tenacity to maintain, their position. One of the little fellows nar rowly escaped being killed by running out from under the car while they were entering• the depot. The other boy being larger, was found snugly wedged between the cross•piece of the brakes and the bottom of the ear, from. which he was extricated without having sus tained any injury further than an uncomfor table squeezing. The youths, aged respec tively 9 and 10 years, are residents of New ark, and come up to pay a short visit to New York, fur what purpose they were not inclin ed to state. DEA= OF A TENNESSEE lIERMIT.—The Minnville (Tenn.) lsrew Era announces the. death on the 23d ult. of Daniel West, the well! known hermit of the mountains, at the age of seventy-eight. He had lived for a number of years in the hollow of a large American pop lar tree, in the opening of which be had fit ted a rude door. In the centre of this hol low he would build his fire in winter and for cooking his plain meals. This hollow also. served as his sleeping apartment, and it ie said he slept in a sitting posture, reclining against the wall of his house. Adjoining or near to this tree he had a rude shed which he used as a workshop, where he manufactured chairs, boxes, cider mills &e. He was a, North Carolinian by birth, and was a soldier iu the war of 1812. He was at the Mobilo, station when the battle of New Orleans was, fought, and heard the booming of the guns when his old General was whipping the Brit ish. FREAKS OF A MANIAC—ire .Escapes from a Lunatic Asylum, Marries a Rich Widow. and Buys a Block of Buildings.--About year since a gentleman in the interior of Wisconsin became insane and was sent the Lunatic Asylum at Madison in that State. He was a physician by profession, and was a gentleman of superior cultivation and of re-. markably prepossessing appearance. was about 30 years old. Some six weeks, ago ho escaped from the Asylum and went. to Chicago. There he encountered an old, friend, who loaned him quite a sum of money,. having no suspicion of his insanity. With, this money he supplied himself with new and elegant clothing, and started for Laporte, In diana, a thrifty village on the line of the. Michigan Southern Railroad. He remained, there long enough to win the affections of a young and wealthy widow, and was married to her. During the brief courtship he exhib ited no indications of lunacy, but shortly after• his marriage he commenced conducting him-. self in a manner which startled his wife and her friends. Among the many fancies he believed he was a sheep, and insisted upon crawling around on his hands and feet, bleat ing in the most absurd manner. Ho would then fancy himself a rattlesnake, and make frantic attempts to bite the members of his. household. The unhappy lady, at length, worn out with watching him and endeavor ing to restore his reason, made preparations. to send him to the Asylum at Indianapolis.. But, as is frequently the case, insanity shar pened his wits, and he adroitly escaped. We: next hear of him in Syracuse, N. Y., where be actually purchased a block of buildings. The. necessary papers were made out, and he was. to call next day with the money. He was to. pay an outrageous sum for the property, and it is said the parties with whom he made the• bargain chuckled vastly over the propitious winds that had blown them so profitable and fresh a subject. But they saw no more of him. The lunati,c started westward. At Buffalo he bargained for an immense amount of corn, to be delivered in New York city, and. then proceeded to Cleveland. He arrived here last week, and endeavored to negotiate. for some real estate on Kinsman street, but he talked so absurdly that the parties with whom he had interviews refused to treat with. him. Meanwhile his friends, and particularly his wife in Wisconsin (for he has a wife and two children in that State,) were making every effort to ascertain his whereabouts.—. They traced him to Syracuse, and from There to this city. His brother arrived here oil Saturday morning last, but found that tho lunatic had left on the previous evening's. train for the West. Ire followed on Saturday morning. At Toledo he learned that he had gone west on the Michigan Southern train, and he perseveringly continued the chase., At Adrian he found and captured him, a!?,(1, took him home. When not in his rabid fits few would dis— cover the unfortunate man's true condition. He would make very absurd propositions and offer exorbitant sums of money for property that hit his fancy, but he would do so in sa candid and captivating a manner as to, in most cases, disarm suspicion.—Cleveland' Plain Dealer, Sept. 27.
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