At all events Armand drove to the Porte du Bel Air for the thia d time on the 'affair a honor,' and the adversaries were about to be placed iu position, when a carriage drove radidly up, and a tnau leaned from it and ran up to the erottp. 'Monsieur,' said the intruder, Artnuna's u‘.lversury, yuu recognizt. me?' •I du:' "Do you know what brings me here?' 'I think I can conjecture.' •Adl's lle turned around now to Armand, and, saluting Lim I.)ith a great deal of politeness, said: •Mon,leur, Inc name is Alexandre S.—. lam nn 4,ffioer of the navy. Fifteen months Id go I was at Brest, nttaehed to a Ma ri-of-war, waiting orders for au important and prompt service. One evening, after witnessing tt performance at the theatre, I supped with some young men of the town. At the sup- per table a discussion arose, and your ad- Nersary insulted 111> atonally—he gave me em blow in the fueel We were separated, end it was decided by our seeonds that we should fight at thy:. break. I went on board say ship t..) get my acute. The captain said to me— ' -Where have you been all day? I have bunted for you everywhere, and hate been waiting fur you with the greatest impa ;deuce. I have :Tech ed orders to sail in stgstly.. Everything is ready: order the anchor to be weighed, and all sail set.' 'Captain, fur God's sake, bite me one hour ashore:' “Nut a rniiintv!” 'I told Lim oil tl,.tt hod pw,ed •"I am very .-orry fer yeu, my dear fel- Rep., and Carpenter, Dem., in which the winter. Indeed, the precautions taken seem low, but really I eannte: the orders are former contest, the legality of the election to meet every cause of difficulty heretofore V e ' sin g: "" ad uric of no deLY• You owe of the latter to the office of Prothonotary-, ! experienced, and we confidently assume e-oureelf first to duty. Veit will fielit when being befere the Judges of the Court of that our citizens will have no just grounds von return." ' Quarter Sessions. It will be remembered of complaint of the quantity of light furnish _ - The:e was no help for it; off I went. I ' that the uffieial return give Carpenter ten ed. We earnestly hope the quality may be 'Wm . ,: 'it. sour ads ersary, veld titling the netioritve he Lying the only Democrat elect kept up to the present excellent standard. eireuttietanees, and insisting that he should etl. Of course, there were ten illegal votes It is entirely unnecessary to compliment give me setiefactien on illy return. here I polled. There are always ten illegal votes our friend A. S. on his admirable manage nen. I claim prioriry over yeti.' • polled. On the principle, we suppose, that • went of the affairs of the Company, &c.— 'The gentleman is right,' added Armand'e Mr. Carpenter received these illegal votes, IWe all know to whose energetic advocacy of ndvereary. 'You :ire the first in date, sir, Mr. Martin contests his election. The con-' the cause of light we owe our present facili and it is your turn first.' ! sequence, are fearful. A host of witnesses, ties and improvements; and we all know Toe secunde on both sides took the same Carpenter and anti-Carpenter, have been . who is daily remembered in the prayers of eiew of the matter, and Armand was summoned to testify to the violation of the' old and young for his good services in this obliged to yield. 11w new parties were saered privileges of the ballot box, by them-' good cause. Although conscious of the re placed in position. In a few minutes Ar- selves and others. And a beautiful state of tiring modesty with which he shrinks from :wand's lilt er-:try fell to the ground a affairs is exhibited. Loose voting, loose re- a public notice of his public merits, we can corpse. Not long afterssards Armand mar- eeiving, louse counting, louse sca li ng, and in not refrain from congratulating him on the -tied, the Coup d'Etat was made, the Bourse fact, a general looseness of conduct on the complete success of the works, and the town became fashionable, the Pereires grew mil- part of officers and voters. We cannot be- on the possession of so public spirited a cit.- /unwires, Mires and Mill dined on plate, and lieve that any systematic fraud has been . dueling became almost extinct, even duel- : ; perpetrated with the view to elect Mr. Car- I ;us at the Porte du Bel Air. I penter, and as far as the present investige- i -- ------ -- --- -- ' M.A. Sermon, for effect, should be coin lion fines to prove illeg ality in the election, - eel, A. man once commenced thus; 'it brings to light as much to condemn on "Without ceremony, friendly( hearers, I one side as on the other. The entire vote been detected in the I drop in among you. You need preaching' of the county has been ordered to be re .is the dried herring needs rain. Tau need ' counted, errors having wetting with the blistering e blacketrap o f , introduced count it of tome of the .e. Let the firs t resu boxes lt of the contest every day gospel, and it' my duty to give as eviden ce. be what it may, we trust that the exposur e it to you. I am rooting user with that ' kind of gospel—as full as an Irishman of ! iii the ind'erablY careless mariner in which our elections are conducted, will, by its good liquor—and preach I toilet. Wee is me if I don't ise incorrigible particular effects ' ~, therepay the expense and trouble of i the investigation. Butte Mr. Carpenter and tits. I Mr. Martin are good and popular men, and, "I have a call to preach to you. Skep- I except as :i. matter of justice, either might ties need net say it was room other noise. fly duty is plain as your abominable be successful without detriment to the pub wickedness. My heart has long yearned lie good. We trust, however, that now the teer you as a shingle would vearn user the ease is fully befl:re the Judges and the tende: parts of a vicious .....choolboy. Like people. it may be thoroughly sifted, and t; lean turkey in grass hopper time, I am the candidate entitled to the office be put o !trod to par.-tae yen in es cry hiding place, in possessien. end drag your Miquitice to light. As terrible , A II.1111) CASE.-011 the afternoon of .. , a fish hawk upon a laze) . sucker di ; Thurstlnv last a woman was arrested on the .euel water, Ns ill be toy swoep,• but w lien II charge of lareeney and after an examination the tear of repent:tette LT. '-' leanlin g u p on 1 before Justice Bruner was committed to the' 1 .o cheek, as mild :is a mother to her Labe lock-up to await transmission to Lancaster. .11 I smile agaie, and p or helm as grate- I She threatened before being put into the as warm tallow WI a Mister, into your , I cellar to burn the I hall, and in a few min eieled h e , t rts . You will leant to love rites after being locked up smoke was seen ,tee then, and I shall base eati , e to remota issuieg from the door and window. The l'er gratefully c o in : granaries and your I cell Ns a., opened and the woman was dis- I el: barrels." I cos e red nearly a uflueated, yet piling the (fel t Lesoueel...—The Dublin University ! bed clothes upon the smouldering etraw higaelee say 1 which she had set lire to with a determine !s: Dictitmers English, is zomething very lif- ' thin to burn everything combustible within her reach. She was taken :igen' to the . aunt no: only from CL/111111W1 COIIOIIII4I ("like of the 'Squire and committed un the eglish, but cyst from that of ordinary additional charge of arson. Stec is just ...hum emapo,ition. Instead of about 40,000 rd there is probably nu single author in ; from the counts .jail, where she was recently s, sent by justice Welsh, fur thirty days, fur i to langua:4a from whose %Yorke, however e ,luminous, so inane a-, 10,00 words could some "'demean"' I .., eellectel. Of the -10,000 words there are ; liirnoveueer.—The Pennsylsania Rail-1 . erteinly mauy more than ono-half that are' road Company is constructing on the prop . sly employed, if they are es er empleyed at erty lately the estate of Rhoda Barber, a . ,I, on the rarest occat-ione. We should any reservoir for the supply of water to their AMERICAN At:meet:rennet —This monthly :' us be surprised to fi nd, if We counted t h em, engines and depot. The Company beeper fur December has been received. The ! v.; di how small a number of word:. We Mail- chai,e , l a front on the liver, from .John present number closes the volume, and ~ _zee.) express all that ire have to say, either Cooper, Esqr., and a right of way through me advise our agricultural friends, if they ..:th the lips or even with the pen. Our the inter% ening properly. They will erect want a good periodical, worthy of preset-. . 'lumen literary English probably hardly un or near the shere, an engine house and; vatem, to commence their subscription . .tends te 10,000 words; our common spoken engine fur forcing water into :heir reservoir, : with the January number of the Amer.: i'nglieo hardly to . - ,,eoe. and, we presume, a Water station at which lean Agriculturist. It is published by locative:it e engine tanks v. ill be filled.— Orange Judd, A. M., at ISO Water Street, o cereesSlueild n skunk read 1 1•1,..i1, ! , which • rhis re•eneir was rendered necessary Lc ' New York. Terms $l,OO a year in ad line woubl lie choose for a motto': Vt e. .site the oneertailitl: of the supply or us:act. re- , yan , cc. ceived from the Columbia Water Company. ' ' ei;eysSonie people complain that they have A 11 "." Tin :F. —tin TimlNdaSy evening ' t ro friends; but they might as well compluin I pane ef glas., was brektm in the window of ' that they have no clutter; they have simply; .f. D. I 1 rilbtli ' n Ilat Stele, and a cap stolen. worn them one Dr. Johnson said, "a man I ' Some sac that r o ue-nee'eel dies•,. The theft w as committed early ie the even should keep his friendship in repair," and beve reached their ereeee 1 hat fellers niti.l ing while the proprietor was at supper.— he epeke like a philosopher, as he was.— I have been standing oe bps heed w ben lie Ile snot ceded it getting away without , . lbw coda . cola. wou ld you eat your tome the o be eev eteen, leaving a trace for his detection. and yet keep it. would you spend your shib. iteree.) hat is the de:ere:lee between fieniry ih. " l '''''' n ''' M ut set s r ' —iVe Imo re -I lings and still hear them jingle in your I ivy f rom Leonard Sctt & Co., V 111 and a Mall in 'Jeep thought? i 1 f New pocket? would you use your friends up by ; (hr was let king end the ether is s thin- York, lef ae l,weed for Nos ember, curtain- incessant and unreasonable demands upon . u a king. . mg Janets ltepentattre.—Conelusion; Notes their good will, and still hate as many us - - - - - 'on the Isthmus of Panama; What will lie before? The idea, is preposterous; and yet 1: -M-Seme one says of a certain congrega- d o with it?—Part VI; Military Education. you complain of the fickleness of friends and' Lion. that they pray on their knees on Sum _p ee tll ; Cambria and Cuttenpolis; A Few the instability of human affection! Judge; days, and un their megeb,rs the rest of the Words from the Khyber; The Company's ! Olin of Vermont hieing asked the secret of 'week._____ _ Rej. I his political in fl uence in that State, an- . _ _ . "By rarely using it" And that's I . .reee.' 'rum says, when the , : V. tit trust a tn... Mr. Benton, in his late celebrated : ' Fed : fellow for his drink long enough for him to anti-ban the way a sensible man keeps his friends;k letter, propeees un act of Ceugress , , swallow it, he thieks credit a hells too short. imp edeg A stamp duty on all bank notes, by seldom using them. He keeps them __ and suggests the following admirable penalty i 1"6"1:113' and carefully, as lie would a prte ' Da...Jones says of an analeet unmerried fer , te v 'tel.:lima:eious old coin of gull, which he esteems n ut; female, that she is feerfelle aud wunderfelly .!nogg the penalties fir violatin g the act, I merely for its market value, mind only . uses maid.; either by issehig , reel:klieg, or passing tire' in the last emergency. —llosfoo rust. ----- -- ------ mist:11'11.01 paper., should be a disqualifica-; ltq' Why have chickens no future state? the: to retain or recite a Federal appoint- I Pfteertce's Lest —A paper stated that Beeaue they have their necks twirled Into: for the pursuit of office is so general ' "Washington is infested with a gang of des at this at this time in can- country, (fleet world in thi•. and su ardent. ' nerate scoundrels." Prentice replies—, : "'This is I that. in errnyieli; e class su large, so intlii- ' - - - - - I ential, and active ao . oin-t the uti.tamped evidently an inadvertence. Congress eleelle e .Wily is praising children like onlunt 9 ; notes. their eirenlatie . s. uould be eifeetnally I doesn't assemble. unfit the first '..gunday - in e.urse it's laudanum I.•heek ;mated. 1 December." the i1:1,W.2r Metbinl.- I , cont tlir morning air.' We pit this froin a fling maul eh , ) ntait in the perfoin , Q, ucat tsc,•k. e'ziumbia PENNSYLVANIA ;NDEPENDENT JOURNAL. COLUMBIA. PA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5. 1537 addressing gs^llev. Mr. nubbins will preach in the Presbyterian Church next Sabbath morning, services commencing at half past 10 o'clock. z.Zr The tinion Dorcas Society return '-s fur donations received and desire that a continuance of the same be es.ten ded. Old clothing will always be acceptable WAMIINGToN IAsTIT E.--We are request ed M announce that both the male and fe male departments of the abo‘e instiutiun are now open for the:reception of pupils; ap plications fur admission mast be made to the Treasurer, Mr. J. C. Pfahler, Locust OEM NL.w A :•vELTI-EuENTs.— 11. 31. North, Sooty, of Selma] 'Huard, Teacher 11 - anled; N. Bechar, ILA se and Carriage for Sale; L•'. St ouch, I).uariny :let/dotty; Samuel Evan , , Nidire; Lewis Treilcuielc, Ms/ Branch Insurance. Company; American 31e chaide4, Stauffer Harley. Watch es 1 " / f'l: COU )l of On , :, ler Sessions; Cu:uaibla L'. Q., List of La tiers. Tttr. CONTI>TEIO Lancaster has been in a ferment during the past week, the eon te , ted eleetiun ea , e between Martin, IMPROVEMENTS AT THE G.ts Woaxs.—On Wednesday lust we accompanied the Super intendent of the Columbia Gas Works, Col. A. S. Green, in a visit of inspection of the works of the Company. The improvements made here within the last few months are I such as to merit notice and commendation. To avoid the inconvenience experienced du ring last winter and spring from the defi ciency of the supply of water, a well has been sunk on the premises, and a capacious reservoir erected for the supply of the tank of the gasometer. This tank has been re cently thoroughly cleansed and cemented, and is now perfectly water-tight. The gas ! ometer itself has been put in complete re pair, and a new bench of retorts is now being built in. Sheds for keeping a winter's sup , ply of coal under cover have been erected, 1 and the entire establishment put in complete j order. The greatest improvement, however, I is the small stationary engine, used for pumping and heating purposes. From it a number of steam pipes lead into and around the purifying chamber, heating it to any I required temperature, and effectually pre venting , tne freezing up of the tanks of the ' purifiers. The steam, after its circuit of this room, is carried by a large pipe into the tank of the gasometer in the yard, the water in which it will keep above the freez ing point in the coldest weather, thus pre cluding thole vexatious curtailments of our supply of light, which distinguished the past winter and fall. The Superintendent considers the works ' in complete order, and that with the addi tional facilities now at the command of the Company, no fears need be entertained of any cessation of the supply of gas during the IMO TUE ATLANTIC MuNTIILY lon DECEMIZR —A first class American monthly has be come a ne.zessity. The contents of the for eign Magazines and Reviews are so thor oughly disseminated by popular reprints of the works themselves, and through the col. wins of our host of weeklies and dailies, that a healthy appetite fur finished scholarly articles and masterly works'of fiction, such as are found in Blackwood, Household ‘fords, Fraser's and other English period icals, has been excited in our immense read ' inn public, and calls fur hutne-made suste nance. This popular want, the Atlantic Monthly seems destined, permanently we hope, to supply. This, the second number issued, sustains the fair promise of the first and offers an entertainment 'such as must meet with public approval. We cannot as we should like, review the contents in de tail, but must be content with simply ex . pressing our satisfaction with the Monthly, as a whole. We copy "Skipper Ireson's Ride," which alone would stamp a charac ter on the "Atlantic." TUE LITTI.r. PILGRI3I.—TU this juvenile tered on u new state of existence, and our monthly, edited by Grace Greenwood, ue voices shall no more unite in thanksgiving can give our most unqualified admiration until we meet around the throne to join and approbation. It is perfect in all its d e . the glad song of the redeemed. Our hearts partments. As an entertaining work for grow sad as sle think of those who have children, we do not know its equal. Its left us for the spirit land, whose places contents are wholesome: adapted to the emu- are vacant in the fireside circle. Ilut we prehension of the young, without being know that "Ile doeth all thing.; well," strained through so fine a cloth as to leave and through faith in the atonement of nothing but Wilk and water. It is by no' Jesus, rejoicing in the imputed righteous means all whey and no curd. There is ne-s of our Saviour, we look forward j o y. none of the namby-pamby twaddle so gen- fully to a re-union in Heaven. orally deemed appropriate food for babes.— Then .bould we weep for those i to i, jei t y th ile . p r a r rt .i :l L; Mechanically, the Little Pilgrim is a model. Or queue to see th a c:grures The illustrations are always excellent. The would we recall them to our earth again!" present, December, number closes the ' oh, uol Free from sin, they are no longer utile. 'We recommend our young friends to subject to its penalty, and change can never commence their subscriptions with the new enter that bright abode of which the "Lamb year. Published by Leander K. Lippincott, is the light—" 132 South Third street, Phila. Terms; fifty ' There no the mountain top, the day declining Huth never caused the twilight shade to rest, Each limb an altar to Jehovah. shining With similike brightness in the valleys blest; Our h., ed ones too dvi ell its this scene of gladness, O'er their pure spirits death can bile,. Ito a" up, Their voices utter not a tone of saduesd, In the land far away!, cents a year For Me Columbia spy. C01.17.11131A, Nov 30, 1857. To 3I tRY WOODVILLE—Am I mistaken in believing you a friend? if I am, and you are an entire stranger, will you not pardon my presumption in addressing you? I fear you have taken Trench leave of the Sm . , and think it is the duty of some one to ascertain your whereabouts, and the cause of your silence. Your friends are always glad to hear from you, and certainly if we have any talent it is our duty to employ it in the service of the Giver, and for the ben efit of our fellow•-creatures. What do you du these long winter even ing? Do you not find reading a pleasant preventive of loneliness? There arc so many good and useful books within our reach that we can have no excuse for wast our precious time in the perusal of fictitious works, which not only have a tendency to render us careless of the happiness of those around us, but also forgetful of our highest destiny. 1 consider novel-reading one of the must pernicious habits into which any one can fall, for though some minds may in tuitively grasp the pure and true in ficti tious characters, many, alas too many, receive truth and error without any effort to discern between them. And though in such works all the force of elegant rhet orical reasoning, added to the must brilliant metaphors, be brought to bear upon the sub ; jeets in order to afford them the semblance of reality, and thus render them most engros ' sing to the reader, yet if they fall short of the lofty standard to which we as Christians shouldrefer all things—even to the Word of Gudwhich is the only source of pure and un alloyed truth to which we can find access—we should feel much hesitancy about employ ing our time upon them; but if we receive and judge all things by this unfailing standard, we used fear no deception. "The days are evil," therefore let us see that we "redeem the time" that we may receive the reward of faithful servants. Se‘ eral societies have been formed in this place for the better ascertaining the real condition and supplying the wants of the the suffering poor among us. These socie ties arc under the control of very efficient managers, are in a nourishing condition and we trust much good will be effected through their instrumentality, and those who giveof their time and money freely, and as "unto } the Lord," shall not fail of a corresponding reward. But while we do all in our power } for the alleviation of temporal suffering, let } the eternal interests of those fur whom we labor be ever first in our estimation ; and while we clothe the naked, feed the hun gry, and comfort the distressed, let us improte every opportunity for speaking "a word in belS011 " to those with whom we conic iu contact. The seed thus sown upon hearts rendered sensitive by affliction, might be productive of a rich harvest to the glory of Him whose followers we pro- Jess to be. And were a true estimate ' placed upon individual responsibility, } could an acti%e faith rend the veil which shrouds eternity from our view, and our } friend, and neighbors be seen hastening to their final destination of joy or woe, we would have quicker apprehensions of our duty. and of the magnitude of a 01's importance. Then, indeed, we would fly to re}:eue sinners as "brands from the burning." Thank.giving day has come and gone, and the many household bands that day united hale again been separated, some of them m meet no more an unbroken family. Many who a few years since gathered with us around the festive board, were not with us this year—they have en• Ma. BENTON ON SI! EL Non:S.—l do not expiate upon the evils of small paper money, they are palpable to every obsen er, and only require enumeration: 1. It dies away all hard money of equal denominations; fur, in a competition be tween two currencies, the meanest is always the conqueror and chases the other out of the field. 2. It is the great source of the crime of counterfeiting; for the mass of the counter feits consists of small notes. 3. It demoralizes the community; for people, not being willing to lose a note for which they lime given value, instead of burning it when rejected by a knowing one as counterfeit, put it back in the pock et and offer it again to an ignorant person, who receives it, and who goes through the same process when rejected in his hands. 4. Small notes make the panics and bring on the runs which break down good banks; for these small notes being in the hands of the masses, when they get alarm ed, they assemble in thousands at the doors of the institution which issued the notes, demand the money, break the banks, and propagate the alarm which they them selves feel until it becomes general; for nothing is more contagions than a monied panic, nor anything more unmanageable. 3. It pillages the poor and the ignorant; fur story base note, every ono that is counter- fait, or on a broken bank, or on a Lauk Chat never existed, ulthough it will run fur a while, mast stup somewhere; au.: when it does, is sure to stop in the hands of the poor and uninformed, upon that class least able to bear the loss, who have no advantage from tanks while in operation, and who bear the loss when they stop. 0. It excites to swindling; for knaves, with nothing but brass for their capital, and that in their faces instead of their coffers, arc induced to set up manufactories of small paper, to be sent abroad and sunk upon the hands of those among whom it is scattered; all that is so sunk being clear gains to the manufacturer. 7. It induces and even compels people to be wasteful of their money; fur such is the natural, honest and just contempt and dis trust of small notes, that he or she that re ceives one, hurries off to lay it out for some thing not needed, while a piece of gold of the same amount would be valued and cher ished, and laid by and added to, until enough accumulated to make a purchase of something needed and useful. 8. It subjects the payer to be worsted in change; for giving paper in payment, he must receive the change in other paper, and fur this purpose, the meanest, most ragged, dirty and worthless will always be picked out and shoved upon him. In short, such are the evils, the crimes, the demoralization, and cheating of small paper money, that all nations, except the United States, place it in the category of a criminal agent, and suppress it accordingly. The steamship Northern Light, at New York, from Aspinwall, brings advices from California to the sth instant, and $1,750,000 in gold. When the news of the disastrous wreck of the steamer Central America, with the loss of so many lives, and so much gold, was received at San Francisco, a general gloom pervaded the city, the courts ad journed, and public meetings were held to denounce the steamship company for em ploying such a vessel as the old George Law in the service. Subsequent accounts from Carson Valley materially diminish the Indian depredations. Additional accounts from the Plains confirm the suspected com plicity of the Mormons in the late massacre of emigrant trains, and the California news , papers assert that in that State alone an efficient army could be raised to proceed against the Utah rebels. As soon as ad vices were received in San Francisco that Sather & Church's drafts hae been protested in New York, a run upon their establish ment commenced, and they were eventually compelled to close. Several attachments had been sued out against them, and sev eral other banking firms were also afflicted with a run, though none of them closed.— Favorah:e accounts had been received from the milling districts. The government of Nicaragua has de clared war against Costa Rica, on account of the exorbitant pretentious of the latter. The Maysville Inquirer says of the Honey Lake war: "Mr. Henry Spence, who arrived a day or two since from the American Valley. as sures us that the Indian story from lloney Lake is a false alarm; that the whole diffi culty originated by the Indians stealing a few potatoes. The Indians were all Iris en hack by the settlers some distance, and they feared a return and an attack, bat that nothiog of the kind occured: and that no families left the valley on account of the anticipated attack,'' The Supreme Court of Tennessee, in ses sion at Knoxville, has decided that betting on an election held out of the State is not indictable in Tennessee. Betting un the result of an election in Kentucky, for in ! stance, is nut an offence against the laws of Ten nessee. nolk imosequi has been entered in the ease of the officers of the steamships Gal veston and Opelousas, which vessels lately came in collision so disastrously in the Gulf. The steamer Allegheny, from Pittsburg, bound for New Orleans, struck a snag near Quarantine Island, in the Mississippi river, and sunk in seventeen feet water, drowning one man and a child. The grasshoppers which made such ray. ages in the wheat fields of Minnesota the past season, left in August without deposit ing their eggs, and there is no appearance of their return. The New York Canal Board are talking of reopening the canals, in consequence of the return of mild weather. A letter from Toronto, dated November 28th announces the reconstruction of the Canadian cabinet, the dissolution of the Provincial Parliament, and the issue of a writ fur a new election. The municipal election in New 'York city has resulted in the success of Daniel F. Tie man, the independent candidate fur Mayor, by a majority of 2446. The New York municipal election has resulted in the choice of ten democratic and seven opposition Alderman, and sevcrteen democratic and seven opposition Councilmen. T. M. Reed, late Treasurer of El Dorado county, California, has closed up his ac counts a defaulter to the extent of $lB,OOO. Ills sureties are good fur it. MABEL LYNN Three of the slave vessels recently cap tured and taken into Havana, are said to have been built with Boston and Portland capital, and when captured, Eastern people were on board as officers and part of the crews. Another of the vessels had been owned by parties in Massachusetts, Maine and New York, and was sold with the knowl edge that she was intended fur the slave trade. One had 4GO Africans oar board, and another I.IG. The statement that Brigham Young has formally declared the :independence of Utah, is a striking commentary upon his designs. The statement is that Brigham Young had declared in the temple that hence forth Utah was a separate and independent territory, and owed nu obedience or allegi ance to any form or laws but those of their own enactment, and called upon the people to stand together and support him in main taining the cause of God and the church. The St. Paul Minnesotian gives the details of the vote fur ercnernor in that State, ac cording to the latest advice; from which we leurn that, on regular and proper returns, Items of News Ramsey receives 18,554, Sibley 17,038, and that there are bogus returns from eight un organized counties and one precinct giving 1173 votes fur Sibley, and not one for Ram sey. if these arc all accepted by the state canvassers as legal, they elect Sibley by 557 majority. The Minnesotiau contends that Mr. Ramsey had a clear majority of 1200 and perhaps 2000, of all the legal votes, and that if none but correct returns be counted, the Republicans have carried the whole State ticket, Legislature and three members of Congress. From the Milwaukie News [Democrat] of-the 25th. we learn that the result of the late election in Wisconsin has, at length been ascertained. The Republicans have elected the Governor and Prison Inspec tor; and in the Legislature there is a small Republican majority on joint ballot. The Democrats elected all the State offi cers with the exception of Governor and Inspector. An account of the eruptions of the volcano Amoe, in one of the Sanquir Islands, near Borneo, has been furnished by the Dutch resident at Manado. There were two sepa rate eruptions, one on the 2d of March and the other on the l7th. The emission of lava, stones and ashes was so great as to obscure the sun, and produce total darkness. A violent hurricane and lightning accompa nied the eruption. A whole village was destroyed, beside an immense amount of growing rice. Nearly three thousand per sons were killed. EXBIE9 By way of Cape Race we have the Ful ton's advices from Europe. The money market was !inner, the demand for discounts less pressing; consols advanced, and the good effects of the bank relief visible everywhere in England, but heavy failures continued to occur both there and in France. The Bank of France was discounting liberally, and an nounced its intention to extend its issues.— A panic had occurred in the English Bread stuffs market, and prices were declining.— The Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Bank had failed. BEE By the arrival of the steamship America, at Halifax, we have three days later news from Europe. The financial crisis still ra ges in England, and there is a probability of another advance in the bank rate. More heavy failures had occurred. The pressure upon the Bank of England for discounts con tinued undiminished. One large firm in , the American trade received an advance from the bank of one million sterling. The stop page of the Wolverhampton Bank has caused numerous failures in the iron districts.— Still the money market was easier, and con fidence being gradually recovered. The steamer Leipsic had been employed by the Atlantic Telegraph Campany in recovering that portion of the cable which was sub merged (ff the coast of Ireland.. The inshore cable and 53 miles of the ocean wire were recovered, when, during the prevalence of heavy sea, the wire parted. All attempts to recover the remainder have been postponed till the spring. The submerged wire bears no appearence of injury, and the whole of the recovered cable can be used again. A CANDID Dricox.—Deacon M. was an honest old codger, a kind, obliging neigh bor, and a good church-going Christain, be lieving in the Presbyterian creed to the ful lest extent; but alackaday! this pillar of the church was, at times, a little "shaky"—in fact, the deacon would, occasionally, get exceedingly "mellow"; and almost every Sunday at dinner he would indulge in his favorite cider-brandy to such an extent that it was with some little difficulty he reached his pew, which was in the broad aisle, near the pulpit, and between the minister's and the village 'squire's. One Sunday morning the parson told his flock that he should preach a sermon to them in the afternoon, touching many glaring sins that he grieved to sec so conspicious among them; and that he hoped that they would listen attentively, and not flinch if he should happen to be so severe. The afternoon came, and the house Iwas full; everybody turned out to hear their neighbors "dressed down" by the minister, who, after well opening his sermon, com meneed upon the transgressors in a loud I voice, with the question—" Where is the , drunkard?" A solemn pause succeeded this inquiry; when up rose Deacon M., with his face radiant from copious draughts of Ihis favorite drink at his noontide meal, and steadying himself as well as he could by the pew rail, looked up to the parson and ! replied in a pilling and tremulous voice— " "Here I ant." Of course, a consternation amongst the congregation was the result' 'of the honest deacon's response; how , ever, the parson went on with his re-1 marks as he had written them, commenting severely upon the drunkard, and winding up by warning him to forsake at once such ; evil habits if he would seek salvation and " flee the coming wrath. The deacon then made a bow and seated himself again.— , "And now," out spoke the preacher-man in his loudest tones, "where is the hypo crite?" A pause—but no one responded.-1 Eyes were turned upon this and that man; but the most glances seemed directed to the 'squire's pew. and indeed the parson seemed to squint hard in that direction. The dea con saw where the shaft was leveled, or where it should be aimed, and rising once more, leaned over his pew rail to the 'squire, whom he tapped on the shoulder, and thus addressed:—Come, 'squire, why don't you get up; I did, when Ile called on me." , —Boston Post. ra.."How did you like that clam song?" asked an old lady of her daughter, as they stepped with the crowd out into the open air after a populor concert. "Clam song!" exclaimed the young lady in astonishment. "Why, what du you refer to, mother?" "Why, the first one he sung!" "Oh! you mean 'Shells of Ocean,' don't you, mother?" "Well, yes," said the old lady, "I do think that was it; it was something about clams any way, and you know I like clams so well! Didn't you like it;" Buck Bryant =I Scene at Chatham during the SegßiOlt of the Circuit Court, in the case of Commonwealth Cassadg, on the charge of malicious stabbing. The venire being impaneled, and the jury solemnly charged by the clerk, the Commonwealth's Attorney called in sup port of the indiztment the witness Buck Bryant, who being solemnly sworn to tell the truth testified as follows: Question by Commonwealth's Attorney. Tell all you know about the cutting of the prosecutor by CassaLly, the prizioner at the bar. Answer. Well gentleman, it was election day—'twas a dark, cloudy, wet sort of driz zly day; and says I to my old woman I be lieve I'll go down to Ringgold and 'posit my vote. And says my old woman to me, well Buck, as it is a sort of dark cloudy web sort of a drizzly day, says she, had'nt you better take your untbrill. Says Ito the old woman, I spect I had better take the urn-- brill. So I took the umbrill and advanced down to towards Ringgold and when I got down thar, Mr. Cole corned and says be, uncle Buck have you seed any thing of old neighbor Harris? Says he he's got my urn brill. (The witness was here interrupted by the Court and told to confine himself to the actual fray between the prisoner and Cole, the prosecutor. In answer to which the witness remarked in a tone of indignant remonstrance: Well now Mr. Judge you hold on fur I am sworn to tell the truth, and lam gwine to tell it my own way.) Well as I was a going on to say, 'twas on elec tion day. Buchanan and Filmo was a run ning for the Icg,islature and, says I to my old woman ,old woman, says I, I b'levo I'll go down to Ringgold and 'posit my vote.— Says my old woman to me, says she, Buck as it is a sort of a dark cloudy rainy damp drizzly sort of a day, had'nt you better take your umbrill, says she? Says I to the old woman, says I, I spect I had better take my umbrill, and advanced towards Ringgold till I orris thar. Well the first thing I did when I got thar was to take a drink of Bu chanan whiskey which was monstrous good, and says I to myself, says I, old hoes, you feel better now, dont you? And while I was advancing around Mr. Cole he come to me; says he, Uncle Buck, says he, have you seen anything of old neighbor Harris? Says I, fur why? Says he, the old cock's got my u m bri 11. Arter a while I posited my vote, and then Mr. Cole was tighter than I ever seed him. And so we advanced along till we got to whar the road and path forked and Mr. Colo and me tuck the path, as any other gentle men would and arter advancing, awhile we arriv to old neighbor Harris a satin on a log with the umbrill on his arm, and 'bout that time Elijah Cassady (the prisoner) , corned up and we advanced on till we arriv at Elijahs house, Elijah is my neffew and likewise nay son-in-law—he married nay darter Jane which is next to my darter Sal -1 ly. Arter we had advanced to Elijah's house we stood in the yard awhile, a jawing, and presently two somebody's rid up on a puss, which was Johnston before, and Whitfield Cassady behind, Whitfield and Khali Cassady being the same. Elijah and Biala is brothers, both born in the nat'ral way like anybody else's brothers, no gals between 'can, and both of 'cm is about the same age, especially Mall, which ..ar the youngest. Khali war drunk, and he and Mr. Cole got to cussing one another about pulitis, and I advanced in the house whir was Elijah's wife, which is my darter Jane, which ismext to my darter Sally. Well, arter jawing awhile with 'ern, my little neffew says he to me, says he, Uncle Buck, let's go home, Says I, good pop, so we pegged on together, and I heard somebody a calling me, but never atteationed 'cm nor advanced back. Well, I got home and was a eating my supper, and Elijah, which is my gen-in-law, and married my darter Jane, which is next to my darter Sally, ar rived, and says he to me, Uncle Buck, says he, I've killed a man. Says I, the mischief you have. And this is all I know about the stabbing, because I rant tliar. DiEir How should a husband speak to a scolding wife? "My dear I love thee still." frj."'We roll attention to Prof. Wood's "Itair Re. folvenn.ancat. Without doubt the tidy rratetly that cats re.nture 11111 hairto its pristine quality, and hm given univer4al •-att.litettoot The Professor 1111 4 thr te.tionnotatk of hundred,. of cases cured by this re.torattve, and we fan cordially recortt. toryd it In all whn need 10 u-c dna valuable prepara uon.—Clotrinnati Doily Sun. - ligioterty' a Ointment and Pella — lmpurities of the blood are ofien developed in disgusting eruptions, ulcers, tumors, scrofulous gores. boils, and other ex ternal MD . .. ins. For all the distressing and danger ous complaints, flolluway • s Ointment is literally a lie:sling balsam It neutralizes the materies morbi or geed. or da,o, , ea ii. the exienor secretions, and dis. pets the 111111111111111 , 1011. Nature dors 11w rest. The experience of every humnu being who has :ested the ethetwy of the Ointment is the mune. It has never SVhen the internal organs are alone affected. UN 111 Irvrr complaint, dyspepsia, rind irregclanties of the howeln. a few doses of the Dille afford certain and permanent relief. December 5, l', i 7. PHYSICIANS USE THE WILD CHERRY. Exeter, Me , Sept 30. This ceriifier dint I have recommended the tile of Wisiaris lia , saM of Wild Cherry for ilpiensea of the wogs, for two }ears push, and Many loolilen, to toy knowledge. have Leen used by iny p.dientii, all with benefiriut results, In two en-es, where it writ linnigfit confirmed con•umpitou had taken place, the Wild Cherry eireCled u eure. E. I.IOY DEN, at Exeter Corner. Dr. Frelcigh. of Sungernes. N. Y., says he cured Liver Complaint of four year•' *tending, that would not yield ho the usual remedies, Abraham St.illinnit. M. I). of Doundliroolc. N. •ays it i.i the best medicine for consumption in every %loge. that lie has ever known. None genuine milers pigned I. BUTTS on the wrapper. [Dec 5, '57. 1000 DOLLARS REWARD will be paid for any 51eiliciiie that will ex,/ PRATT & BUTCHER'S. 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Every one hi. own sales man.—]ones & Co., of the Crescent One Price Cloth• ing rimre," No. :Nu Alorket street, above tlixth, Phil— adelphia. iii aildstion to having the liirge•t, moot va ried yid fashio n able stock of clothing in Philadelphia, made expre,ily for retail sale.. have constituted every one kin own •ale4man, by having marked in figure,. on each article, the Ter) lOWCI•I price it can be •olil (or, so they cannot possibly vary—all must buy alike. The goods are all well sponged and prepared and great pan, taken with the making. PO that all Call buy with the lull asattrance of getting a good article at the very lowest price. Remember the Crescent, Ake!. above Sixth, N o. VISO ONNS cO. Jume 13, 1337-ly
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