64e eightnibia gpy. : ,-•••or A. M. BAMBO. Columbia, Pa. Saturday; _November 7, 1868. C011MUNIC1110:19, letters, contributions, generally of merit and intermit to the reader, will be acceptable tram friend:4 from all (-matters. VICTORY! ULYSSES S. GRANT PRESIDENT! The Republicans Carry Twenty- Four Stotex. The Democrats Carry but Six States. "LET 13% HAVE PEACES!" The Great Result. ULYSSES S. G-RANT was 011 Tuesday chosen President, and SCHUYLER COL FAX. Vice President of the United States by the largest popular majorities ever given to any candidates fur these exalted This result has been achieved I. spite of ail the power of the Federal Execu tive, and of the late slaveholding aristoc racy of the South, aided by the most gi gantic frauds in Naturalization, and by voting the same men over and over till they were dizzy. Gen. Grant is this day the choice of a decided majority of the legal voters of every State in the Union save Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware. Every State that has gone for Seymour outside of these, has been carried by co .ereion or fraud. We now look for the adoption of measures that shall effectual ly preclude a repetition of these crimes. The Contest Over—Now thr Peace. _As our figures _ foreshaqowed _ Wed nes day morning, the contest for the Presiden cy has come to a decisive close. We are heartily glad that the long turmoil of the struggle is over, and sincerely hope that the whole country may now - settle down upon a prosperous basis of peace. All good honest men, no matter what their political predilections may have been, cannot fail now to unite in the desire and effort to bring about a restoration of law, order, business, and harmonious feelings. The Round Table, a very influential inde pendent journal,of Democratic tendencies, in its issues of the 24th ult., made these philosophic remarks : "Under the circum stances—assuming, that is to say, that General Grant's election is now inevita ble---we should be very glad to see his majority a very large one. The more numerous that majority the freer will be his hands when in the Presidential chair; and as, whatever else ho may General Grant-is certainly a moderate-Minded and dispassionate man—a man that looks at things very thoroughly indeed before be makes up his mind about them—it is highly desirable, since be must be Presi dent, that the country should have the untrammelled advantage of these particu lar good qualities. Now, the stronger his constituency, the greater the confidence thus expressed in him, the more complete will be General Grant's independence." This is sensible, candid, and breathes the right spirit. Let us have an end of parti pan bitterness now for another four years at least. The business of the country and the national finances demand it. Let the combative Wendell Phillips, with his . query, "After Grant, what ?" and the. Red-Hot Mr. Pomeroy, with his sugges tions of assassination, equally subside into more placid and rational frame of mind, and cease swinging their incendiary tongues and pens. No vital political principles will perish because of the lull; but instead, the nation will have a breath ing spell of peace for the first time in eight years. Contest for United States Senator. The• Legislature of Pennsylvania being largely Republican, will gain a United States Senator in place of Buckalew. This gentleman will contest the empty Democratic nomination with Wm. A. Wal lace, the one desiring an endorsement of course in the Senate, the other wishing a recommendation to some future Democrat ic Legislature. The main contest will of course be with the Republicans, for a caucus nomination by that party is almost a sure step to an election. The candi dates named are Hon. Galusha fi. Grnw, Hon. A. G. Curtin, Wayne MacVeagh, Esq., john W, Forney, Esq., Hon. John Covode, (if defeated in his legal contest for the House of Representatives) Wm. H. Kemble, late State Transom, 'Benja min H. Brewster and A. K. Moorehead. It is not generally believed that Curtin will be a candidate,, but it is rather thought that be will be the recipient of a high foreign mission. There seem to be plenty of candidates; and the contest will soon be a warm one. 'DIE AGE OF STEEL APPILOACIIING.- Steel rails, steel boilers, steel everything, is the current talk among mechanical engineers, and leading scientific periodi cals are discussing the adoption of heavier locomotives, now rendered *possible by the increased strength of steel rails. The economy of heavy locomotives over those of lighter construction has been long Alice demonstrated. T.Etz eieurning 'statue - for the Gettys burg xiatiouai eetnetery has arrived. It represents ,the Goads= of Liberty, stands twelve feet high and sreiihs 14,000 pounds. It was modeled and .Cut in Italy by Randolph Rogers. Bnovnt hematite iron oralas been dis covered in the mountain ridge extionding from Reading to the Lbbigh - 'Willey. 'lt is thouirit_it wi l yield . -50 per ;oeot.:of sure iron. .'• " ' The Stock-Decoking BISISIUCMS. The New York correspondent of the Hartford ("0117-ant writes : After discus sing the matter for some time, the regu lar stock board has decided to raise the price of admission hereafter to ten thou sand dollars. lam told by the members that the open board will soon follow suit. This is but another of a series of steps undertaken by the two boards to retain all the brokerage business in their own bands. You will remember that some two months since they enacted a joint measure, punishing with expulsion any member who should enter the "Long Room." The "Long Room" was made up of outside independent brokers who did not belong to either board. They bad come to do so much business, how ever, that the boards decided that they must be crushed. So the "Long Room" as such ceased to exist and became a lob by for the board members. This increas ing the price from twenty five hundred to ten thousand dollars, will surely result in the establishment of a third board, com posed of members who will attempt to compete with the old boards, by doing business at a much lesS rate of commis sion. Fled the regular board been less severe and rigorous in the admission of members, the open board would never have been established. The same cause which led to the establishment of the lat ter, will not bring forth a third board. E 13112 A. Wife Shoots fler Husband and Chops His Head off. On Tuesday morning, the citizens of Grcen.astk akollt a mile from Dayton, Ohio, were startled by the news of a shock ing tragedy in their midst. A family named Warwick, consisting of husband; wife and six children, moved into the village a year or so ago, from Warren county. They were regarded as good citizens by their neighbors, although the husband and wife did not lire on the-' most affectionate terms. It was not sus pected, however, that their disagreement was of a very serious nature, until] Tues day morning",' when the startling word came that Elliot Warwick had been mur dered by his wife. On the reception of the report, the neighbors at epee rushed to the house, and, entering, found Warwick lying on the bed iu his night cldths, his bead hanging dOw - n over the side of the bed, - and covered with gore. Near by lay a pistol and an axe, with which the wife confessed she had committed the deed, though, as she claims, in self-defense. • About au hour after the murder had been committed, an officer arrived and arrested tlrs. Warwick, who is now in jail. Warwick was a stone mason by trade, and about forty-five years of age. The October report of the Department of Agriculture states that the increase of the wheat harvest is scarcely more than three per cent. over last year. This result has been occasioned by the diminution in the.old States of the yield per acre, which neutralizes the increase of the area of population. The, oat harvest is light, ex cept in the Western States, in Nebraska the increase heir; 21 per cent. over last year. The corn crop is To por tea as hav ing been injured by the wet weather, and later by the frost. The total product will be less than is needed for the country, but will be larger in quantity than it was in 1861, which was a very unfavorable season. Buckwheat is generally deficient in its return. Potatoes are reported as yielding a full average crop, with a defi ciency of 10 per cent. in New York and Pennsylvania,and 20 per cent. in Illinois. The cotton crop, it is stated, will be less than last year by 15 to 20 per cent., owing to the depredations of the army worm, and to the heavy rains in the Southwest. Two . of the largest sized locomotives ever built in this country, weighing forty five toes each, were recently sent West for the Pacific Railroad. They -were manufactured at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia. The locomotives are intendod for use on the mountain divis ion of the road, and are calculated to draw heavy trains up steep grades. They each have six driving wheels, four and a half feet in diameter, and the cylienders are eighteen by twenty-four inches. They are very large, each capable of carrying two thousand eight hundred gallons of water. . TILE capital of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company is $10,731,400 and the total funded debt Outstanding is $l,- 437,000. The capital'of the North Penn sylvania Railroad Company is $3,150,000, and the outstanding funded debt is esti mated at $3,292,154. 4 AT,EW YOttic.. correspondent writes that" "things are stunning in Broadway just now. The ladies are out in full bloom, with dresses trimmed with the old est colors, a bright yellow on a black ground being .considered the correct thing." 1:111: 'Miller oil-well, on Charley Run, Yenaugo county, which was tested and began flowing on Saturday, at the rate•of seventy-five barela, has increased rapidly, and is nocv yielding at th,e rate of five hundred barrels per day, The Unforthirotes, Two more unfortunates, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate, Gone to their death. Take them up tenderly, Lift thorn with care, them gingerly, SMllo(lX}iud BLAIR ! Once. Wa had a little party once, /8 which we took no pride; But ali 1 it tried to Carry Blair, And doubled up and died, The most amusing episode of to.dayje the effort by johnsOn to make up a Cabinet for Grant. He wants Grant to continue Schofield and Seward in their present po sitinns. Schofield might do, but Seward gave In hisedhosion at too late an hour to bo rewarded with boners by the • Republi cons whom he 7111100 cl go malignnntly in his Auburn speech. Ohio and X'enneyiva:- xtia will both be represented in the Cabinet, text. by ,wheu.l papnet the determined fol.. Bowe jiErty, The Crops. Washi a gto as . WANFIIHO?OX • NOV. 5, 1PX.3., Gov. Geary's Thanksgiving Proela-, nniation. ItAnnisutr.rto, October 2901.—Govertior Geary has issued the following 'proclama tion : Unto God, our Creator, we are indebted for life and all its blessings. It, therefore, becomes us at all times to render unto Him the homage of grateful hearts; and in the performance of our sacred duties, to set apart special periods to "enter into His gates with thanksgiving an a into His Courts with praise." For this purpose, and in ac cordance with an established custom, I have designated Thursday, the 26th day of November next ; until recommend that the people of this Commonwealth on that day refrain from their usual avocations and pursuits, and assemble at their chosen places of worship, to "praise the name of God and magnify him with thanksgiving;" devoutly to acknowledge their dependence, and lay upon His altars the cheerful otfer i❑gs of grateful hearts. Let us thank Him with Christian humil ity for health and prosperity; abundant har vests the protection of commerce, and ad vancement of scientific, mechanical and manufacturing interests; our progress in education, morality, virtue and social order; the increase of our material wealth; exemption from pestilence and contagious diseases, and the destructive influences of war ; for having blessed us as a people and a nation, and opened before us the bright est prospects for the future; and for till other blessings,, both temporal and spirit ual. ' With sure reliance upon Divine favor let us pray for the forgiveness of our sins, making public confession of our depen dence, that we may continue worthy of Els parental love and protecting care ; that our civil and religious liberties and .political rights may remain unimpaired; that we may remember with gratitude our coun try's brave defenders, and cherish with sympathy their widows and orphan chil dren; and that our paths through life may bo directed by the example and -instruc tions of the Redeemer, who died that we might enjoy the blessings which temporar ily flow therefrom, and eternal life in the world to come. The Vote in renteiylvanisi. We have carefully prepared the following, table, which will show the majority for either party in the several counties of the State, as far as hoard from: Adams Allegheny. ..S.rmstrong Beaver Bedford Berks Blair Bucks Butler Cambria Cameron Carbon ' Centre Chester Clarion. Clearfield Ulu 0n... Columba Crawford! reti1212212 WiLr(, E 11:......... . lime te... Formqt... Franklin Fulton.... Greene.... _ _ Jinn tingdon 1,050 • Indiana 2,6i10 ' Jetlerson J un lain Lancater 7,300 I=M Lebanon Lehigh Luzerne Lyeoming McKean Mercer Mllllln Monroe Montgomery • Montour Northampton Northumberland Perry Philadelphia Pike Potter Schuylkill Snyder Somerset. Sullivan Susquehanna 1 :3,,6W 600 17121011 800 Venango Warren Washington Wayne 1585 Westmoreland Wyoming York, Republican Pyramid. 01110. lOWA. MAINE. o.4risA.s. .ouzcsalim- INDIANA. FLORIDA. VERMONT. ItifffSSC.DUria. MICHIGAN. WISCONSIN. NEBRASKA. TENNESSEE. MINNESOTA. CALIFORNIA. NEW JERSEY. CONNECTICIPT: PENNSYLVANIA. RHODE. ISLAND. WEST VIRGINIA. MASSACHUSETTS. NEW HAMPSHIRE. SOUTH CAROLINA. WE have somewhere road the statement of premiums paid out in lyear by a firstclass Life Insurance Company. It was a sugges tive and interesting table. There were per sons in all classes of life, and from every part of the country: There was the poor man' whose scanty earnings only permit ted him to pay for a policy of five hundred dollars. Well death came to hirn,ancl, in stead of the Almshouse for his little ones, there was something with which to clothe the babes and send thp eldest boy to school,. There was the seamstress who had eavpd enough to insure a thousand dollars for the poor old mother. She dropped into the grave—faded by bard work, we presume, but she left something behind to lighten the dark and declining days of the one she most dearly loved. There was the young busi ness man who took a little portion of his profits and secured an insurance of $lO,OOO. The speedy messenger called him in the be ginning of his career, but enough was , behind to enable his family to live plainly and comfortably. This table was the record of well-recompensed prudence. No human foresight can avoid business disaster, at times, nor postpone the hour of death. When we see bow easy it is for evey man to put away something against a rainy day, we feel that it is almost criminal to neglect it, Especially is this so, when we have a eompany like tbp Tcational Life-Insurance Company, whose adyerl.isomen - i 0 Oslo where published. Hero Is a company WO a-millits of dollars paid-up capital, Its directors are men of national - reputation for integrity, and honor. It presents every feature of the best insurance companies, itogether with new features which we find nno other company. Reader, for a little over four cents a day you can insure your wife and children the payment of a thous and dollars, if you should die. in a month. Tiet your days be long or short, you have xto right to neglect this precaution. A Siiig4;ai; fnici4put : Ottr attention has been directed to the following singular inal4grit ckf tllfl late war, which is as rem:lo..lo) . ly Strange as 4 is said to be true;