Lancaster gutelligencer. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1871 DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. FOR AUDITOR GENERAL. GEN. WILLIAM McCANDLESS, OF PHILADELPHIA VOR SURVEYOR GENERAL, CAPTAIN JAMES H. COOPER, OF LAWRENCE COUNTY A FULL POLL OF THE DEMOCRATIC VOTE WILL SECURE THE ELEcTioN OF OUR STATE TICKET BY A LARGE MAJORITY. LET EVERY DEMOCRAT REMEMBER THAT, AND IMPRESS TOE 'PEUTII OF 1T UPON TEL MINDS OF 1115 NEIGHBORS. Democracy is. Federalism. The philosophical studentof the history of the various political parties in this country, since the organization of the Federal Government, has but little dif ficulty In tracing the principles enim elated by each of them to the one or the other of those systems of Governmental policy, Democracy or Federalism. And it is a fact no less curious than instruc! live, that a close analysis of the princi ples of every party that has arisen in opposition to the Democratic party, under whatever name and disguise, most conclusively demonstrates that Federalism was the leading idea and ob ject to be attained, by carrying out their principles and measures of policy to their logical conclusion. And It is alike curious and instructive, to observe that everything done to add greatness and glory to the country, was the work of the Democratic party. Every measure by which strength was added to the Na tion and the material prosperity of the people unhanced,sprang from the Demo cratic party, and was bitterly opposed by the oppofdtion. When the great mind of Thomas Jef ferson foresaw the necessity of acquiring the Territory of Louisiana, from which there has since been carved a half-dozen of the ni.,l populous and pro,permis Htutrs of the [Mon, the measure was d e o.ffillec.l by the Federalists in every scrtiou 1,1 the country, in the must un measured terms of bitterness, accom panied i threats of a dissolution of the Eldon on the part of some of the New • England f- ,, lutes. •The pulpit there, for it I inie,was converted and perverted into political rostrum, :11111 every evil which the fertile imagination of their political preachers could conceive, was predicted to belt(' the Nation in the near or distant future. Hut the good sense of the people prevailed, and the lapse of but a few years demonstrated to every one the wisdom of the measure, and left In those who opposed it no consola tion; but tilled them with shame and mortification for their .short-sighted ness. The same was the case when Florida was acquired under the adminis t ration of James Monroe. That measure was as bitterly denounced and as stub bornly resisted by the Federalists,in and out of Congress, as was the acquisition of Louisiana. Coming down to a later period, when TVX:44 was ready for an nexation to the ['Mon, this question of annexation was also most bitterly as sailed by the opponents of the Demo cratic party. The elements of Federal ism were[hell marshaled by Clay and Webster—men whose genius, learning and elo(mence, en tit led them lathe high est consideration ; but powerful as they were in debate, neither their eloquence our personal character could prevent the consummation of the annexation. And, at this (lay, every one is satisfied that the ttnnexation of Texas was prop er, and required by the hest interests of the whole country. In the progress of events, time, the great test of the wis dom of political measures, has demon strated that all the measures to which he Democratic party has given birth, Have resulted in shedding lustre upon the people as a Nation, and were neces sary to our progress and development. It is one of the proudest pages in the his tory of the Democratic party, that Its principles and measures or policy have been able to stand the lest of time; and in till the great surges of political opin ions, which necessarily exist iu till free governments, the people Intuitively re turn to the Democratic party, its the only one that can successfully adminis ter this government to meet their true wants. I Inman passions and prejudices may for a time be aroused, and blind the people to their true interests, as light of the sun may for a time be obscured by the transit across its disc of some malignant cloud, but the recu perative power of truth, like the Leen perative power of the light of tile sun, in time, dispels whatever of darkness and gloom surrounds it, and bursts forth with a more refulgent splendor. If we look back upon the history of the Democratic party, we see this idea beautifully illustrated in its whole ca reer, front tile year Ism to the present time. From the accession of Thomas Jell'er son to the Presidency, down to the ad ni,tration of John Quincy Adams, the Democratic party controlled the entire auairs of the country, and it re- Ilected its principles upon the history of the country in hues of mellowed splen dor. Then, for a short period of four years, the Government was under the administration of Federalkm, until the accession to the Presidency of General Jackson, when, mider his administra tion, and that of his successor, Martin Van Buren, the principlesof the Democ racy again shone forth in the most of splendor. In Pito, when General Harrison was elected, all at tempts to administer the government in accordance with the principles of Federalism, under his short administra tion, and that of his successor, John Tyler, only demonstrated to the Amer ican people that no party but the De mocracy can successfully administer this governirent ; and in IS4 1 James K. Polk WLlS:,eleeted, and the government was again in Demociatic hands; and his ad ministration again gave a brilliant illus tration of the genius of Democratic principles; and their adaptation to the government of the American people. The same fate awaited the administra tionsof General Taylor and :\ il Hard Fill more, a brief existence of four years, and a return by the people to the Democratic party for security in administration of lie government. The late war and its bitter passions kept alive the elements of Federalism for the past decade. But it is apparent that the country is getting weary of the misgovernment under which it is laboring, and in 157 J will again return to its former love and be controlled by the Democracy, which huts a brilliant career before it, and we pre dict, that when again in power, it will confirm its title to the confidence of the American people by es brilliant achieve loon ts in gm:eminent as any that have hitherto illustrated its history. The Democratic Editorial Association. The Democratic editors of Pennsylva nia are a body sufficiently numerous to form a powerful and influential organi zation ; and the indications now are that they will speedily be banded to gether as a body of brothers. The meet ing at Bellefonte was largely attended, but there were entirely too many ab sentees. The Democratic editors of the State ought to get together at least twice in each year, once during the Winter at Harrisburg, and once during the Sum mer at some pleasant resort in the rural districts. At both these annual meet ings pleasure can be combined with business, and the time be spent profit ably, and in such social intercourse as must be productive of good. The Asso ciation, as at present organized, is sure to prove a decided success, and no Dem ocratic editor can afford to hold aloof from it. We have no doubt that the future meetings of the Association will see the entire Democratic press of the State united together in delightful so cial re-unions. Heretofore attempts to organize such associations in this State have proved to be a failure, but the time THE LANCASTER WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, WEDNESDAY, JUNE .Z 3 ,1, 1871. has come when success is assured. Let every Democratic editor of the State forward his name to the Secretary of the Association, P. Gray Meek, of Belle fonte; and let there be no one absent who can possibly attend the next meet ing. The Grant of Subsidies by Government in Ald of Railroad COmpanlcs The grant of subsidies by the State and National Governments, in aid of private corporations, has been a subject of much solicitude to every statesman who has the true interests of the people in view, and Governor Hoffman, the enlightened Chief Magistrate of New York, by his veto within the past few days of the "Midland and Adirondack Railroad 13i115," has entitled himself to the lasting !gratitude not only of his own constituents, but of the whole peo ple of the United States. Within the past twenty years private corporations have had land grants made to them, to such an extent that nearly one-half of - - the public domain has thus been be stowed to private individuals, under pre tense of the grant being beneficial to the Government, in the more speedy (level o anent of the country. Specious and plausible reasons can generally be given for almost any out rage upon the vested rights of the peo ple. The General Government has in various ways given the property of the whole people away to individuals in schemes of railroad construction, with scarcely a protest from any one. The lines of road to be constructed by Gov ernment aid, were gotten up for the ex clusive benefit of the parties composing the association and holding the corpo rate franchises ; and at every session of Congre: - .s, new schemes of this charac ter are conceived, and putthrough with a shameless disregard of the rights of those to whom the public lands really belong. It is but little over a year ago, that the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in direct Opposition to the knowt»vill ol• the people, gave to a private corpora tion the privilege of taking out of the 'l•reasury of the Commonwealth about nine millions ol• dollars, in the shape aid in the construction of the fine Creek Railroad. l'he whole all ' ait • was a scheme to enrich n combi tiation of speculators at the ex pease of the taxpayers of the date; and, but for the patriotism Oil firm lICSS ol• Governor Geary, this piece of fraud and villainy would have been eon mmmated. It is, at the present thin., feared by a large majority of the people of the Cownumweatttl, that this com bi- nation of speculators may sooner or Etter succeed in their nefarious design upon the public treasury. In many sec tions of the State a watchful eye is kept upon this question, and care taken that no one shall be elected to the Legisla ture who will directly or indirectly fa vor this iniquity. The granting of State aid to cor- ',orations, of any kind, is a stretch of power u n warranted by every consideration of sound policy ; and should there be a Constitutional Con vention called In the new• future, we have no doubt that. there will be a Con stitutional inhibition against it. There are many cities and counties in this, as with as 10 our Sister States, now groaning under an overwhelming taxation, to pay debts contracted by the several municipalities in aid of rail roads devised, and run in the sole inter est of private individuals. The cities if Pittsburgh and Allegheny, and the Counties of Butler and Lawrence in this Slate, feel the effect of municipal subscriptions in aid of railroads, in a rate of taxation amounting almost to confiscation. The City of Philadelphia also, in an unguarded moment created a large indebtedness in ail of railroad corporations, which only benefit the few at the expense of the many, and which Is weighing down her citizens willi taxation fearful In volume. It Is doubtful, whether the rapid settling up of a country, which railroad facilities stimulate to an extraordinary degree, is not really more injuri ous than beneficial to a nation as popu lous as We are at the present:time. The presumption is, that there is a long future before us. IL is not yet four cen turies since the daring genius of Col umbus pierced the night of ages, and revealed to the knowledge of the civil ized world the existence of this mighty Continent ; yet, in this comparative short period in history, America has furnished au outlet Mr the over burdened and crowded populations of Europe, resulting in the building up of nationalities here as powerful as :Lily recorded on the historic page. The stream of empire still continues rolling Westward, and it becomes a grave ques tion in political economy where the overcrowded population of this country shall find all outlet three centuries hence. It has long since been demon strated that there are no new worlds to discover; and overcrowded population is its likely to become an evil here as it is in Europe and Asia. It is, therefore, the part of the highest political wisdom to keep open the fertile and I eautit'ul valleys and plains, stretching from the Mississippi to the Paci tic, fur the longest possible period, as a home for our de scendents in the distant future. The best interests of the country imperative ly demand that no more of the public domain shall ire bestowed by Congress upon greedy jobbers, who, :is Railroad Corporators, pretend to be benefiting the nation by opening up to more rapid settlement the now uncultivated plains if the far West. Much more beneficial .o the Nation will it be to permit these dains to remain uncultivated fur yen- Allies. The deluge may yet be very far distant, and people will require new mines until time is 00 more. Transported We have news to-day from France that twenty-five hundred women who Lave been found guilty of setting lire to the buildings of Paris, have been sen tenced to be transported to New Cale donia, an island in Australasia, in the South Pacific Ocean. It is an island of considerable size, and lies off the East Coast of A ustraliasia ; it has been appro riated by the French, who established a settlement there in The native population is sparse, and so iit present is the foreign. The French government has shown great wisdom in thus disposing of these female criminals; it is certainly much Letter to transport them to an uninhab ited island than to either shoot or im prison them ; and we regret that the idea did not occur to them before they destroyed the thousands of women whom they brutally butchered on the streets of Paris. Transportation to New Cale donia is a very appropriate punishment for the arson-loving French women, and one about whose justice they can make nu complaint. They will find it diffi cult in that virgin island, innocent as it is of cities, to indulge in their favorite pastime of Louse-burning; and they will have abundant opportunity to turn their surplus energies to a better use. We do not doubt that Monsieur Thiers and his colleagues propose also to trans port to New Caledonia the men of the lute " Commune," who may be found guilty of crimes which would otherwise be punished wills death. They will probably supplement this consignment of 2500 women with 2500 men, and start the colony fairly with 2500 pairs. They will have each pair married before they set out on their journey, and will assign the wives and husbands by the ancient and equitable method of the lot. With such a strait as this, New Cale donia ought soon to become one of the most populous isles of the sea. The new colonists will have abundant op portunity to put in practice their favor ite theories or Government, and to illus trate how perfect happiness is secured to all in a country where no man is richer than another, and where every thing is enjoyed iu common. Death of the Hon. Clement L. Vallan dlgham. The whole country was startled on Satutday last by the sad news of the death of Mr. Vallandigham, trona the accidental discharge of a pistol in his own hands. Clement L. Vallandigham was born in New Lisbon, Columbiana county, Ohio. He was a graduate of Jefferson College in this state, and was a class mate of Hon. Ulysses Mercur and of the Hon. It. J. Haldeman, with the former of whom he contended for a college prize. After finishing his collegiate course he was for two years principal of an academy' at Snow hill, Maryland.— In IMO lie abandoned the occupation of teacher, and commenced the study of the law in Ohio. Ile was admitted in 154•2, and at once entered ou an active career as a lawyer and a politician.— During the sessions of 151 i and 1845 he served In the Legislature of Ohio, tak ing a prominent part in its discussions. As chief editor of the Dayton Empire from 1 845 to ls In, lie exercised consider ale influence lii the politics of the State. In 1 546 he became for the first time a candidate for Congress, defeating the lion. Lewis D. Campbell, who at pres ent represents the district, lie was again elected in 1549 and in ltino. For the past twelve years the name of C. L. Val landighani leas been prowl.- neatly before the country, and as a rep resentative from the State of Ohio, in the Congress of the United States, lie will long be remembered, for the bold and fearless manner in which he de- mutinied the usurpations of the Admin istration (0' President Lincoln, in the prosecution and conduct of the late war. Ilia courage and eliamence, uni ted to the power with which he mar shaled his arguments, produced a pro found impression upon the public mind, and the Republican leaders calm , to the conclusion that the only way to answer his arguments was to exile hi 111 from his President I.incoln accordingly. •ued his military order, directing his rest and trial by .11111 . 111 art ial. liis ly ~11'ence con,ir.ted in uttering those great fundamental truths upon which :di free governments rest. As the Ob ject was 11, get rid of hint and the effect of his influence upon Ilw public Li, convieliou had been arranged in ad vance by the selection of It court of in- irk• t carry out the I.lc,ire:i of thelte I ,Üblil . . lll Il'ailers, awl he \vas u•cording y found guilty and setiteneed to he sent ',will beyond the lines of the I,etteral )f all the out rage, upon the rights and libert - lesof the citizen committed by the Administration of I‘lr, Lincoln, this \%•as perhaps the most flagrant. It was conceived and purpc.ei.• executed by the Administration, upon full delibera tion in Cabinet meeting, in direct viola tion of the Constitution, which each member or the Cabinet from the Presi dent down haul sworn to support and uaintain. Ohio wa,4 a State in the Un iou; her courts, both Federal and State were open, and in the full and uudis turbolp,sse,sion of their civil and crini inttl ity (acute agains the laws of either the State or the .>", a lion could littee been tried according 1, the laws or the laud. No military exi gency existed requiring the exercise u law. It was a Muhl, Open ank :ellant setting aside of the Constitution :LI rights or the citizen, and must have been done with lull knowledge of its being in violation of the Constitution. So clearly was Mr. Vallandigham satis fied or the wrong done his: that lie bold ly returned again to his home upon the first op p ortunity; and so thoroughly had this outrage upon him aroused the slumbering patriotism or the Country, that the Administration of Mr. Lincoln was urrabl to repeat the experiment of 111, SCPllild arrest. Ittr. Vallandigham was a. ripe mdiolar, addicted to literature; and was imbued with all the Ii :truing of all the clas,ics In all tittle. The paid, history of the world, Itudii,lied to him in the councils of sutte,,,teh, the titeditatimts of phitos eptter,, the ehthh,,ht,t, iir tlrator, and the inspiration of piieti4, thii,e unfailing :sources of Lilt ttiet of argument, which his higiical mind arrayed with such Mower as to render him one of the ablest advocates of cmistitillimini liberty iii his Ile hail scarcer — attained the meridian f life, and had lie lived, lii. lalent~, acquircinimts‘rtitild have dvance I him to a front rani: anion the statesmen of he country. In mi. vale he \vas a model gentleman— genial and cordial in his manners, a kind friend, a good husbanil and father, and a good citizen. . When the political asperities which grelv out of his bold and heroic defences of Constitutional freedom shall have passed stray, and men shall view the pall in the calm, dispa.ssionate light of li o , e teho have been most bitter in denunciation of Clement Laird Vallanilighain, will admit that they did him great injustice. OfikT-HunOng One of the saddest exhibitions of the weakness ,of humanity, is developed in our free government and manifested by the universal desire for office. In acoun ly like this, where from the overwhelm ing majority of one party a nomination is equivalent to au election, it is a sad commentary otl human nature to wit ness crowds of hungry candidates for (Alice traveling over every section oldie county like mendicants, begging the votes or the people for themselves at the primary elections. Fortunately, Mr the Democracy ; the large majority against it in th is county savesits members from this shameful practice. Front the highest to the lowest positions in the gift of the Re publican party, candidates are seen ca joling and begging for votes. Even the Judiciary, a position which every right thinking man views as one that should not lie drawn into the dirty pool of par tizan politics, is sought for with the same shameless pertinacity, as the smallest and most petty position of Inure emolument. 'rids is also a sad commen tary upon the times, in which we live. There was a period when the position of a Judge of the Court was looked upon as one out to be sought for; "toil that placr should se, the man, and I,t Uic man Nn• plane" Rut it appears this wise n axi in is entirely lost sight of by the greedy horde now seeking the posi tion of President Judge of this Judicial District. In the not very distant past it was also believed, that no one who had the character and ability to matte a competent .fudge of the Court, would be wanting in modesty, which is one of the brightest ornaments of the judicial posi tion. Of like character is the canvassing of the county for the position of the Legis lature. Whoever heard, until within the past few years, of candidates for the Legislature making pilgrimages into the different sections of the county, begging the votes of the people at the primary elections. There was a time when this, too, was considered an office of honor, and those who by character and qualifications were deemed fit for the position, were far above begging the votes of the people for a nomina tion. Is there any wonder that corruption is believed to be more universal now than formerly? When greedy candi dates for office manifest such anxiety, is it any wonder that the votes of the needy can be procured by the use of money at the primary elections ? It is doubtful whether the holding of an office is of any benefit, pecuniary or otherwise, to any man. The time lost in seeking the office, the money ex pended in procuring it, and the annoy ance for life, of calls for money for party purposes, must over-balance the present advantages of all office-holding. The evils resulting from the inordi nate desire fur office-holding, and the corruption to which it necessarily leads, is felt by the whole community, in the extortionate fees charged for all official services. Every man who leaves an estate when he dies, must expect to have it tolled by way of illegal fees in passing through the process of settlement in the Register's and Orphans' Court. Every unfortunate suitor who has business in the Civil or Criminal Court, must pay tribute In the shape of illegal and ex tortionate fees, to those who succeed in getting office. If a petty assault and battery, or any other small misdemeanor is committed, springing out of the frai'- ties incident to human nature, and the offence can he subdivided into half a dozen, it is certain to be done, not ftr the purpose of subserving the ends of justice, but to swell the fees of the Dis trict Attorney and the Clerks of the Court. Possibly the people themselves are at fault in permitting themselves to be thus :plundered with impunity. If there was a determination on the part of the public, to hold persons in official positions to the legal fees, provid ed by the statutes of the Common wea'lth, this disgraceful scramble for office would be checked, and some of the incentives to corruption taken away. We have thrown out these suggestions, not with the expectation that they will be of any avail at the present time, inas much as our party friends have no con trol over the matter. But there are thous ands of men in the Republican party who contemn the practice of office-beg ging and corruption in office as much we do, and it rests with them to correct an evil which is alike repulsive to good morals as it is to the proper dignity of Centralization ne of the 'narked fenturesof the pres cut age, is the telidem.y tOwards cen tralization, in business as well as In government. Within a few years past a few leading railroad lines, leading from the Eastern sea-board to the \Vest, have gradually absorbed, and made part of themselves, all the loyal roads that could be made instrumental in adding to their business. In Pennsylvania, the Penn'a. Central, the Reading, and the Lehigh Valley Railroads now control thu entire railroad interests of this State, as well as many through the Western and Southern Status and in New Jersey. The same is the ease in New York. 'cite New York Central and the Erie Railroads, own and con trol the whole of the railroads of that State, as well as many others in the Vestern and Eastern States, which are übservient to thew in the trade and raffle from the East to the West. And is not only in the business of the ship- ent of produce that these mammoth )rporations have centralized, consoli tted and monopolized the capital and rrying-trade of the country, but they tvealsoem hark ed in the busin es of coal- mining, as subservient to that of carry ing the product of the mines to market. Within a short time the great railroads of Pennsylvania will own the entire amount of productive coal-land in the moon wealth. Power has ever bee' dangerous when concentrated, and when avarice becomes the controlling motive of its conduct, there is no limit to its use In grinding down and crush ing out the substance of the people, to satisfy its inordinate greed for gain.— Coal Is one of the prime necessities of No class cr condition of life is exempt from its use; and the entire control of the coal-mines, and coal-lands of the Stale, by a fete• mammoth molop- Mies, is fraught with danger to the peo ple. Competition is the great lever in business, which keeps all its channels in a healthy circulation ; and whenever there is no competition, and a business becomes a monopoly, the few who con trol it make use of their power to enrich themselve.4 upon the public necessities. Side side with this centralization of capital business, on the part of the great railroads of the C'onnnon- Nvealth, slall:s that other still inure dan gerous power whirl' these l'ornorations possess; of ~,ntroiling the liovernment I the Ftnli•, I() the detrimunt of the a..ople, either by using their intluent it electing their satellites to the Legi. L•ttute, iir failing in this, to use their money in corrupting the riiresenta tives of the people. Nothing has been so potential in leading to the corruption or our Legislature as the powerful Itto uied interests of corporations. In the early history of the State such a thing :is corruption on the part of a member of the Legislature NV:IS uul:noa•u. Not that men were then wore honest than now. 1111111:111 11:allIV is ever identical. There is as much honesty among the people now as there ever was. lint in the days of honest legislators, there Nvere no powerful monied interests, in the shape Of centralized monopolies, to tempt the virtues of the people's Rep r,sentatives. It was only after the Cominonwealth had entered upon her system Of public improvements, that a field was opened for jobbers and plan dereN of the public; treasury. It Was then only that the public miud Was startled, at the suppressed in sinuations that some members of the Legislature could be influenced in their votes by money. What was then felt by the public as a thing too horrid for belief is note univnsally known, and looked upon by many as very proper Not that currap- Those familiar and prudent conduct. Lion is a new thing with the history of the old World are fa miliar with a history of corruptions in govern men ts of every form. Sir Robert Walpole, whose keen knowledge of human nature enabled him so long to maintain his position at the head of the British Nation, said at the conclusion of Lis lung experience as a statesman and politician, that " every man has his How potential for evil is, there fore, this tendency to centralization of capital in the great carrying corporations of the country, and their grasping at the entire control of the coal-fields, which, as a supply of fuel fl u • all future time, subjects the peo ple, in the use of this necessary of life, to be dependent upon the will alone of a monopoly ! It is for the people them 'selves IA) say whether they will thus al low a power to grow up behind the throne, greater than the throne itself.— f it be desired, that fuel should be gov erned in price by the law of supply and demand which, in a healthy trade, con trols the price of all commodities iu the markets of the world, then the sover eign power of the state should, by legis tion, prohibit her coal-fields from be coming a monopoly in the hands of cen tralized capital. It may even now be too late for the consummation of this boon to the people; for we fear that the monied power of these corporations, and the influence they can exert upon the Legislature, is already too potential to enable the public to be protected from the grasping avarice of these combina tions of capital. MB Weathersfield (Texas) Times of June 111th, publishes a letter from Fort Sill, Indian 'Territory, to Governor Davis, asserting that nearly all the In dians of that agency and the Cheyennes of another, have gone on the warpath," and predicting the most extensive In dian raids on the Texan frontier yet known. The Apaches are also reported to be gathering on the border. General Sherman has ordered additional forces to be posted along the border. An "ex tra official" letter from Fort Sill reports that at an interview between Generals Sherman, Morrow and Grierson, and Agent Tatum, it was conclusively shown that the Indians of that reservation had gone to war against the people of Texas. The letter further reports that General Sherman declared that he would recom , mend that the Indians, having so fre ' quently broken their treaty, should be declared outlaws by the Government and treated as such. It is stated that Frederick Douglass has resigned his position as member of the Council of tho District of Columbia. =EC= They have a man In Chambersburg who is mean enough to steal spoiled mkekerel. The whole number of rafts run out of Red Bank, 'Clarion county, this year reached 1,690. We learn from the Connellsville Mon itor that Mr. Wm. A. Baker was drown ed near that place a few days since. A little boy two years of age, son of Henry Gresher, of Reading, had his leg broken on Thursday afternoon, by a fall from a chicken-coop. A Westmoreland editor says of a con temporary, that he weighs only about an ounce, as lie rarely contains more than 16 drams. A fellow living near Lock Haven wanted to butcher a calf last Sunday a week ago. His wife and daughters ob jected, whereupon he came very near butchering them. Female suffrage was indulged In at the Republican primary election In Titusville last week. Mrs. Charles U. Brett walked up to the polls and depos ited her vote with her husband. On Wednesday of last week, at James town, Pa., Jacob Moyer, formerly of Sharon, was run over by the cars. One of his arms was cut (Aland he 14 , 11.4 other wise severely injured. His hurts may prove fatal. James llaas, carpenter, employed by Eisenhower, Fink & Co., Reading, fell from a scaflbld at the new church ut Bowers' Station, where he was working, a distance of about twenty-live feet, and received very serious injuries. We learn from the Indiana Dcnio , rat that a boy named Robert H. Lytle, step son of Mr. Wm. Boothia, of Homer, and a son of David Lytle, deed, was accidentally drowned on Thursday eve ning, the Ist inst., in the creek near that dace. Mr. Jesse lirodbeck, near Jeirerson, York county, committed suicide on 'Thursday morning, by hanging himself in his barn. No cause can he assigned for the act, as Mr. H. is said to be well provided with this world'; goods, and was highly respected. Some two weeks ago a little son of Rev. N, G. Miller, of Kittanning, aged about four years, lell and broke his arm, and last week lie fell and broke his other arm. The little sufferer is getting along as well as could be expected, but Lis afflictions would try the patience of one much older. John Ream, a German, aged about 25 years, a porter in the employ of the Messrs. Plaltzgroll, in whose employ lie was for a long time, committed suicide by drowning himself in the dam Of Mr. David Centeers mill, in Manchester township, York county-, on Monday evening last. In Reading, on Thu,rsday, Reisinger Bushower, Daniel En , el, and Frani: tirant, were arrested and' held to bail in the sum of $l,OOO each, to answer the =l2 that died the day before. The mare was poisoned to enable lir:till's horse to win a race against her. Two :freight trains collided on the Erie Railroad, near Alden Station, on Sunday morning. Both locomotives and a number of cars were smashed, and one of the engineers badly injured. It is said that the collision was caused by one of the trains having no signul On Friday last a son of William Roth rock, ticket agent at Millerstown, Perry county, was run over by a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train and killed. He had been on the track with his father and becoming confused ran right into the jaws of death. The boy was about seven years old. The Lycoming Standard, of the 14th inst., introduces a historical sketch of the celebrated battle of Hohenlinden, by Informing the public that Shanty town is situated at the mouth of Quen ishachshachk I Creek, in Lycoming county. 'Phis important fact has per haps escaped the notice of sonic histori ans and geographers. On Thursday afternoon, Henry Pow er, between twenty-live 'and thirty years old, was drowned in the river at the island opposite New Cumberland. His body was recovered shortly after ward. The supposition is that he fell into the water while under the influence of an epileptic lit, a disease to which he had been subject. Nicholas Diener, of Reading, between sixty and seventy years of age, a car penter, employed in the car-shops of the Reading Railroad, while returning home from work on Thursday afternoon, at tempted to cross the track just above the outer station, when he was struck in the back by the pusher engine, produc ing an injury front which he is not ex pected to recover. Bernard ...11'th'eth, a supposed nom, between 2 and 3 o'clock yesterday. morning Jumped from a third-story E=lB=M=El polite the Lebanon Valley depot, Har risburg, and Alice no traces of him have been found. The supposition is that in his descent he struck a shed in the rear of the house, which broke the force of the dangerous leap. A son of Mr. A. LangdDll, of Harri s u rg, aged about four years, yesterday afternoon fell from a flat roof at his father's residence, Second, near ('ran berry alley, into a barrel partially tilled with ashes and strange to relate suffered no injuries. He hind been sliding on the railing surrounding the roof and lost his balance. The fall wa between twenty nee and thirty feet. 13=1E9= The French Government has appoint ed Jules Ferry Minister to Washington, in place of Mr. Treilhard. Air American huly advertises for a laundress who will be willing to take her pay in lessons on the guitar. Cullen's saw-mill and tub factory, at Anaka, Minnesota, was struck by light ning on Fr,day, and destroyed. Loss, $3:3,000. The National Fulton County Bank, at Gloversville, New York, was robbed on Saturday afternoon of Lauds annuli] L ing to over $30,000. Two trains collided yesterday on the Manchester and Lawrence Railroad at Londonderry, Mass. Four passengers were slightly injured. Two houses were blown down by a storm at Union Hill, N. J., on Sunday evening, and two daughters of August Freeman were dangerously injured. C. Levin was shot dead at Hayward, Cal., on Sunday, by a German known as " Frank." "An old quarrel" is as signed as the cause. Louis E. Johnson, son of Him. Rev. Johnson, has been re-appointed U. S. Marshal for South Carolina; and S. S. Fry has been re-instated as Internal Revenue Supervisor of Kentucky. Bernard J. Mc(luinness, aged 20. re siding at Cambridge, Mass., was killed last Saturday, in an affray, while re. turtling from a picnic. Henry Muller, Frank I). Gardner and Richard Gar vin have been arrested for the homicide. The billiard match between Cyrille Dion, of New York, and Melvin Foster, of Connecticut, for the diamond cue and sloon, was played yesterday, It was won by Dion, in the blot inning, he having made 1500 points to Foster's Mb. Dion's highest rut was ltin, Foster's, Ur,. August Puff was drowned by the up setting of a boat at Chicago, on Sunday afternoon. At Chicago, the same even ing, an unknown man hired a small boat, rowed out into the Lake and was seen to juinp overboard after appearing as if in prayer. Three passenger ears were thrown from the track of the (brand Trunk Railway by a broken rail, near Na pause, Canada, on Sunday morning. The ears were turned over and rolled down an embankment. Twelve per sons were injured, three of them se verely. A few Sundays since a Dunkard preacher went into the Universalist church in Westfield, Ohio, mistaking it for the Itaptist church, and went to preaching to the assembled congrega tion. lie did not discover his mistake until near the close of his sermon, when he was acquainted of the fact by one of his brethern, who had been anx iously searching for him. The Univer salist preacher was in the congregation and appreciated the joke fully. A meeting of citizens was held in the Board of Trude Rooms at Cincinnati, yesterday, to express sorrow for the death of Vallandigham. Dr. J. S. Vatt ler presided, and Hon. W. S. Groesbeck made a short address ; after which ap propriate resolutions were adopted and a committee appointed to arrange for the funeral. At Dayton, Ohio, where Mr. Vallandigham is to ne interred .to-day, the Courts have adjourned as a mark of respect. The estate of deceased is esti mated at thirty to forty thousand dol -1 lars, clear of lucumbrance. HON. HENRY P. Ross was last week nominated by the Democratic conferees of Bucks and Montgomery counties as President Judge of the Seventh Judicial District. Mr. Ross has presided over the Courts of Montgomery county for some time, to the entire satisfaction of the whole people, and his transfer to a wider field of judicial action will be received with approbation and delight. His election. by a large majority is a fixed fact. Democratic Editorial Convention. BELLEFONTE, Juno 13, 1871. The Democratic Editorial Convention which mot here to-day was largely attend ed, notwithstanding the fact that members went direct to Williamsport, where there is to be a reunion, to-morrow, of the body with the State Editorial Associatign. The ride from Lancaster to Bellefonte, over the Pennsylvania Railroad to Tyrone, at the foot of the Allegheny Mountains, and thence via the Bald Eagle Valley Road to this place, is ono of the most pleasant in the United States. Ascending the Susque hanna from Harrisburgh to Duncannon, you see a passenger train on the Northern Central running on the opposite shore par allel with the one in which you are so rout fortably seated. Just above Duncannon the Pennsylvania Central leaves the Sus quehanna for the narrow valley of the " Blue Juniata." As you wind along its banks a panorama of unsurpassed beauty Is continuously unrolled. Here the river winds through verdant meadows, then its banks are hemmed in by precipitous cliffs, yonder fields of luxuriant grain wave in the wind, and here a village nestles in a picturesque nook, or a country town clus ters on the plain at the base of rolling hills• The banks of the river aro adorned with trees of that peculiarly soft and pliable character which grow in moist situations. Here spreading elms reach out their long, litho arms over the water,and their swaying birches shake their finger-like foliage in the wind. The wild grape, now just in , blossom, gives forth the most delirious perfume; the alders spread out their broad clusters of wax-like flowers; and, as you ascend to where the river becomes a mere babbling brook, the ktdmia and the rho dodendron till the dark hemlock shade' , with the light of their beauteous blossoms. Frotn Tyrone to Beth-finite the route lies down tire Bald Eagle ('reek, and passes for a considerable portion the route through at wild and picturesque mountain region. As the forest openings reveal the creek to you in all the beauty of a mountain trout stream, your fingers twitch instinctively with the desire to Cast a fly in some of the inviting nooks and :circling eddies of which you catch a passing glimpse, and it is with profound regret that you learn that the speckled beauties have been driven front what Was once a favourite haunt. Bellefonte is a romantic and beautiful town, eentaining about ;Leen inhabitants, It is surrounded by mountains, and has but one outlet into the,great world trade —namely, the Bald Eagle Valley Railroad, a ',ranch of the Penns)) vania Central, which runs from Tyrone to Look Hav en, making eonneetions at the former with the Central, and at the latter with the Philadelphia and Erie. It is the county-seat 4,1 Centre, and is beautified with minty elegant public and private buildings. There are three line large hotels here, the " Bush" the " Brokerholf " and the " Ear man," besides others of lesser note. The Bush House is nine of the largest Hotels in the State, is handsomely furnished throughout, and is well kept. The present proprietor, Mr. Frank McChtio, seems to understand his business, and is 0 polite and stceommdating host. The other hotels, we believe, are also managed well, There are likewise three first-class bank ing institutions here, one of w h irl is ()Wil ed princquilly by Major \V. E. Reynolds, brother of Samuel 11. iteynmod., Keg., of our city. Major Reynolds is n Mall of great business tact and a gentleman of taste and culture. lie lives in a very huLdsome residence, elegantly furnished, Lot is un married. This Met I beg leave to call the attention of lady-readers to, generally-- The First National Bank is presided over by Mr. ' , Alward Humes, with John P. Harris, as cashier, and the Centre County Bank, by Mr. Henry Brokerholl, with J. Dunlap Shugert as cashier. Each of these banks do a heavy business, and each is regarded as altogether reliable and trustworthy. The glass manufactory at this point is one of the best in the country, and turns out glass that is not excelled anywhere.— This institution is now operated by Mr Jacob V. Thomas, and gives employment to a large number of hands. There are also several planing mills and foundries in the plat, trot just, beyond the limits of the borough aro the celebrated Den-works of the Messrs. Valentine, and, further on, the far-famed axe manufactory of Mr. Harvey Mann. We have and tone , however, to particolarlze further. There are three papers pal lhiuvl here, tho irolchilqll, the IHlrfonte Mpilhhean,and 771, I'lw. Worl, —a monthly. The fortwer paper is pith- United by H. Gray Meek, Esq., the plucky member or the late Legislature from Centro county. who, printing establishment is one of the line,t we have ever seen. Mr. Meek is highly isipular with his home folks, and will 111,tildil SS be returnedto the LegiSiaLlll . o. the is all able ;mil fearless eilitor,and urv,tirteinis:.cutlinnan. 'l'holh publiorn is edited by rid. \V. \V. Brown, a clever, social gentleman, and a man of considerable brains. lirio.vn is the original of the famous applo•dun;pting story, which, however, I have not time 10111 here. 'rho other paper, the religious journal, is pub lished by Mr. H. A. Kinsliie. Bellefonte received its mane riailn a beautiful spring of clea r relit water, which supplies the town, and which is really worth seeing. It gushes out of the ground in bubbles, and is always clear and cold as ice. It is said that the great French minis ter, Talleyrand, during his visit to this country, once cantetiere and spent several weeks, and the natural chair or seat that Ito occupied, near this spring, is still point ed out to strangers. There ought to he largo manufactories here of all kinds, 'rho water-power is magnificent, aml could lie so eivsily Capitalists night here find highly profita ble investments for 'stoney. D. E. Bush, Esq., has probably dune more for Bellefonte than any other single man in it. Ile has put up many of its finest buildings, and is an active, enter prising gentleman ; the mammoth hotel at which I all stopping is called after and owned by Spring ('reek, which flows through the town of Bellefonte and furnishes such su perior water power, is full of tine trout, but the speckled beauties in it are capricious, and they can only be lured Irmo their na tive element by the uvtst cunning wiles of artistic anglers. Throughout the surround ing tuuuntaiuv are numerous smaller brooks, inn which the true ,Xf1(1,0) abound. Yesterday, P. Gray Meek, Esti., the energetic editor of the 11",nichninn, in company with Cyrus Alexander, I url,, and Nlessrs. Jeremiah It. Butts ;Ind Frederick Jarrett, inane an excursion to Laurel Run, where tiny captured nearly three hundred trout. True it is that most of them were small, but mountain 1.1,11 i rail totter airtirti to he small than any other lisp in the world. tither parties have been casting tiles in like ly places, and the result is that the larder of the Bush lloni,e Inns in its recesses laid away 0111 ice, ililoost as licautinnl in death as in life, nom: than enough trout to feed all the hungry editors and their friends. A trout supper is t}.e order for this oivening, and iL promises to le IL very enjoyable at'- fair. A meeting of the ASsia . iall , al Was at, 11 o'clock in the large ball-room of the Bush House, which is in all respects one of the best and ill the State. Between thirty and forty Dem ocratic newspapers were found to be repre sented. i in ralliitg the Convention to or der, Col. Jacob Ziegler,' of the Butler Hrold, or " Cork .1,w01i," as he is famil iarly termed, stated the circumstances under Which the Association had been formed, and the objects it hail in view. The Constitution adOpted at the Harrisburg meeting. of the Associati•in was read by I'. Gray Meek, Seer-wary of the Association, and such editors as had not signed the Constitution did so. H. 1,. Ditlonbaugh, of the Bloomsburg 0,/u,/du/en, :nosed that all the Democratic editors of the State be declared to be members of the Association. This motion, after being amended so as to include only edi tors who might notify the Secretary of the Association of their desire to become mem bers, wan adopted. The proposition to de clare all editors of the State members of the Association excited a spirited discus sion which was participated in by James B.Sansow, of the Indiana Democrat; Col. Charles J. Biddle, of the Philadelphia Age; W. P. Furey, of the Mauch Chunk ThlleS Andrew Hopkins, of the Lycoming Stand ard; IL G. Smith, of the Lancaster Intelli gencer ; the President of the Association, and others. The feeling seemed to be that none should be considered members who did not voluntarily comply with certain stated requirements and formalities. The resolution as finally adopted read as fol lows: Resolved, That the editors of Democratic newspapers in Pennsylvania, who shall notify the secretary, previous to the next annual meeting of this Association, and pledge themselves to attend the annual meetings, shall be deemed de facto mem bers; and that such editors as signify their willingness to become members be request ed to authorize the Secretary to sign their names to the Constitution. A summons to dinner interrupted the course of business, and the motion to ad journ until 2} o'clock P. M., was not met by a single dissenting voice, which fact led us to infer that few editors aro dyspeptics, or lacking In an honest appetite. I=l The Convention met pursuant to ad journment at: o'clock, P. M. The election of officers being In 'order, Messrs. henry L. Ditrenbaugh, Jacob Ziegler, and Charles J. Biddle were put in nomination for Pres ident. Messrs. Ziegler and Biddle having declined, Mr. Dilienbaugh was elected by acclamation, and on being conducted to the chair, made a brief and appropriate speech, which was received with applause. The following additional officers were elected : Vice President.—Charles J. Biddle, of the Age. Recording Secretary.—W. I'. Furey, of the Mauch Chunk Timex. =EMI Corresponding Secretary of the Lancaster _lntellqp•nocr Treasurer.—John W. Rohrer, of the Kit• tuning Armin..!. Executive Committee.—John W. Brown, of the Ilarrishurg Patrit, Aug. Duncan, of the rhambermhurg I .ypirit and Henry A. Mel'ik o, of the Cambria Freeman. 011 motion of J. Traynor K jug, a com mittee of three was appointed to draft By- Laws for the government of the Association. The following gentlemen were 113111i...1 by the Chair: .1. Traynor King, of the Fat, Quarters; J. B. Sansom, of the Indiana Thneerat, and D. W. Moore, of the Altoona Run. tin motion, the thankstif the :lks,ociatien were tendered to the retiring officers of the Ahsociatien for the efficient manner in which they discharged their duties. The place fur holding the next Slimmer totingeoting,ni Uto Ash,,ciatioti rowing up for a spirited discussion, Eric wa, se ated, mid it WaS detcrinined that Juno multi he di° tinw and Eric tho plan• fir oltlikr, the next titininier inucting cif the Associathat. 'rho hour of I o'clm.k, I'. M., at tt hich the mail-train leaven hire, la.ing at hand, 1 must c1,”.0 f,,• the prt , etitt , rrst] too again. 11, It. S. Ad JOU rgiment of the Demoeratie Chi( I oll”M rOi I On' 01 Ise Sln I Assoelttlion. W I 1.1 51,111,1, JllllO i I, 1 , 71. 'rho lieni,,,ratk Ediwriai Association, at Bellefonte, continued its business session untils o'clock yesterday afternoon. Among other things done was the aMmtion of the following resolution: licsotrot, 'Chat the Democrat ie State Con vention deserves eminent credit bm having conferred the nominations, for Auditor and surveyor -General, upon men or undoubt ed capacity, integrity and general fitness for the positions they have been nominated to 1111. At 5 o'clock the Association adjourn, d, and the editors and ladies present were taken in charge by the citizens, and driven to the top or Nittany Mountain, along one of the most picturesque roads hi the State . the route leading up Spring Crock, and through a deep mountain gorge. From the top of the mountain one of the most beautiful valleys in the Slate, Penn lay exposed to view. The sight elicited outbursts of delight from all present, and especially from the ladies of the party. At nine o'clock the editors and a large 111.11111,Ur of OW most prominent. CEA/MILS it the town sat down to the trout slipper which was gotten up in elegant style. The trout were cooked will, artistic skill, and the MUM was spread with all that was cal culated to tempt the appetite, After earl, editor had disposed of numerous trout and a considerable quantity of other :mhstan- Lials, the cloth was removed, and the regu lar toasts being in order, a list of appropri ate sentiments were read and appropriately responded to. The DOllH,eratie editors at Bellefonte adjourned almost in a body to tl' ill iamtsport. Ott E STATE AsNU 4 I AIMS. The State Association met ill this city to day, more than a hundred representatives of the press being:present. An excursion up the river to the !wows in three sinall steamboats Was two or the beats be ing almost tilled by ladies and their con sorts, those gentlemen who hail no ladies being crowded into the larger of the three boats. Theexcursion WO, It cmg., the distance run 'wing some eight miles. At 11l o'clOck in the 111,eldlig ni s the Assoeiillioll Wes hell in t h e Academy of Music. :\ tapir Per kins weleo u n•d the editors to the city ill all appropriate speech, which was re sponded to by 11. tl. Smith, the President of the ASSOeI:WiOII. An essay on newspa pers was read by .1. 1.. Itingwalt, and a pomp written by It. Brainard was very eireCtiVely read by Eugene 11. Munclay. The meeting adjourned to meet at dinner at the I lerdi,: Ilnuso at S o'clock, when two hundred guests sat clown to a sumptuous repast. Alter the solids had Lunn duly discussed, the following toasts wore read and responded to: 1. Th, , sll° -it.•spond. to by 11. L. Ditlenbangb, ISlootn,borg rIMBIZZ :2.. The l'iry of 11"illiatusport to 1,, .Ithlgo .annul Linn, of illiYnisport. 1. The Pressor l'enn , ylvan t.ll by iil,ll. 11. S. " 1 C ord," \Vest Chester. 4, ()lir Miningantl Interests Itespffinleil t“ by Jacob Zeigler, 5. otir Guests--Itt,imildo , l bs David Nuar, 6 ' Try, .1 relltllll . . G. 'lllO Itailroad and Commerical Inter ests of our State —l{..,pontletl b, by Stephen N. NVinslow, "Coe m 111, 1,111 1,os! and Philadelphia. 7. Womati—ltespontled to lIV Z. Is. born, .Jersey Pity "./m , N.. 1. raper - I{o}llPl . lol,-1{ , 51.11411 . 11 ti by Thomas 1%1. l'olemam 9. The Art of Printing—Responded to by J. L. Rinizwalt, "Er, ni,ly 7', I Phil adelphia. 10. Our Association—Responded to I y henry T. Darlington, Ducks county, " Tn-inorrow morning at o'cl..ck the Association Lakes the train Northward for Watkins' (demi and other points of interest. The excursion sin far has proved ;t com plete tilleuess. Exeal slot. of the re t 111• 3 .11,1.141 State Editorial A•tsorlittitot. The excursion of the State Editorial As sociation from \Villianisport to NVutkins' Glen proved to be full of enjoyment to all who participated in it. The steamboat ride on the Sumpuilianna nn the morning of the I-Ith, the meeting at ()item House in the alterneon, and the banquet and hop at the Herdic. lionise in the even ing made the editors and their wives tie tiiminted with each other ; and, when the crowd gathered on the platform at SeVell o . eleek the next morning to take the 11,, pleasant salutations were exchanged be tween many who had never Int t beltre, and t.vho, hitt lor ibis excursion, ,ould, in all likelihood, tier, have known eaell The NOllllol'll Idadroad wa.s lihoral in its arrangement, and throe new Wel ele gantly furnished ear, wet,' attached to the regular morning. train For the use of the excursionists. Over a hundred ellitorsand over sixty of their wires and dallghterti started with the excursion front port. The Mali front Willinntsport lo the town of Watkins runs through an interesting and picturei , titic region. Thu scenery along I.y vowing creek is beautifully diversified,— The stream was iince noti4l Mr trout, and the tspeckle beauties are still to be found in it. In some places you can look from the windows of the cars down a steep bank and see them playing about in the still, clear pools twenty Or fifty feet below you. Along the bank of the stream the laurel grows, and the birch, that most feminine of trees, craves its graceful and tapering arms in the breeze. Further back green meadows lie level to the sky, while on gently rolling uplands the grain, just as suming the golden tints of an unusually early harvest, gives a lair represen tation of the fruitfulness of " Old Ly coming." After skirting the border of Tioga fur a few miles, the mute of the excursionists lay through the large county of Bradford,from the southern line to the boundary of New York. There was nothing to mark the spot where the terri tory of the Keystone State ended and that of the Empire State began. If the excur sionists had been granted time they would have piled up a mound of stone, or atleast have set up a finger-board to mark the spot. Entering the State of New York, our route way through the fertile Chemung Valley, in which the beautiful and growing city of Elmira is located. 'The road skirts the edge of the city, and there are extensive car-shops for the use ef the Company estab lished here. There is much excellent pas ture-land in this section, and the farmers have devoted much of their attention to the products of the dairy. About noon the excursionists reached the town of Watkins, which is advantage- ously located at the southern point of Sen eca Lake, one of the most beautiful sheets of navigable water in the world. On arriv ing at the depot we wore met by a commit tee of the citizens and conducted at once to the mouth of "The Glen," carriages being provided for such of the ladies as chose to use them, though most preferred the short walk through the town. It is a very pretty place, the capital of Schuyler county, has about 3,500 population, numbers of whom aro wealthy, and not a few of whom live in very handsome rcsldences,situated so as to command a view of the lake and the varied landscape which charms every eye that looks upon it. 'rho streets are wide and handsomely shaded. There are a number of very comfortable hotels in Watkins, and they aro very well kept, but there is ample room for a Ii rot-class building capable of accotnmodating several hundred people. It is needed now and must become a ne cessity very soon. We know 11,, place in the United States When, capital invested ill a first-class hotel, would bo more sure to pay as at this point. "The Glen" is a narrow chasm, cut deep into a towering mountain off Clioniung shale. Thousands of wears ago, Aga s siz says twenty thousand, nand it is well to be exalt ; some rude convulsion of nature cracked the many layers of roEls which lie horiz o ntally upon each other, and when the shock subsided they settled apart, leav ing a long, dark rift fall of debris; lint a stream of water, w - hich is periodically swollen to a torrent by the mulling of snows and the ran iir rains, gradually washed away the broken fragments, and by a slow process,the opening so unattrac tive at first was transformed into a stieves. shin of deep, dark p o ols , and bright and Clashing water-falls. The sunlight penetra ted the recesses,and nature kindly supplied tote seeds fif all the mosses, lichens, ferns, doss era, shrubs and trees which Iffyr moist and shady haunts. Here a huge hemlock finds set - 111 . 0 S 11111101( on t h e !IWO of )1 barren and perpendicular i fill, and its roots, which strike deffp.into the hidden lissitres,suppffid the towering trunk against the rude shocks of NViitter's w likll , l, hterlll. , ; there a 01111' elings lovingly to the decay ing tree, which was grect, ;111,1 igta,t, when first clasped by its twist tendril , 1 4;4,, :11141 lichen, always kept fresh by perpetual moisture, cos,' which ,1114/1t be unsightly, and lend t h e additional charm of color to till' graceful ness ill the drapery which they so aluitid • antly supply. lo these rec,•ss,fs the kneel blooms, foul the tiny bluff !fagot inedifft spreads out its trultrak. lictal, A Iter thou sands iir years of labor, directed by uner ring wisdom. nature has :ionic of w hat via . 1/11t, only a MIVIC in till , 110 , 11W:till 0,10 of till , uwst 111,11111111 all] at•II, ill Lill' It'cMild 6u ILI ly lM att,mpt to dr.+ril the twiny wieithirs tru SalV in our ex ple 4if \Vatklll ' s 1;11 . 11. Pelle tried it is :in iirtiels. :mil ith ull hi. Skin of 1.1.1 lII` tallt•d 1 eon% an 3 l hulk iili a of illy wiin sec hes 55 kWh the e , nltautly rl1:u11; inc puuur:uuu lork•sulits to the oyr. I•'ruui litu time the expl, rrr vnters the yawning cnccni liiS` issues a stream of the noe.t pellucid water until the ItainhoNv Falls itro 1.,t. :ad the Itii•L are tired Mid Hifi lip. Nah! with v.Lrieds•, oue object of Leanly' after litiler Cow-dandy claims ;II! (lumen., Nvaterfails of Nvonderal beauty, ;ul.l many dark load, deep in 1•11,1 sills, int" which iL uutkes the I tail dizzy ; I lairti are cascades an I tor rent, and aroma ;tad tin il , all thee, tower walls of ruck Willi llLiul;With verdure which in illspiised iu such It of drapery 11.11t1 dissiratitin its only the in imitable inuni of intture could arrange. would take Imur,,f“rl,lll' trailled (AO (II marl c~i~ ”I'such st cionplvl tapntal picture oI an) . ”I Lhu vic‘N a cif tar bur:4 upon tho ono :ato alio! her. Ito tcho hits IIeVCI . It tlwlrtr , l In mai:van 11111113 , i:1 of such 1111.111,' Loos s not 1111‘8 little the eye takes in when limed in tile ordinary way. AL the Itainhiiw 111118, %viler°, ;thou! four iu the anlinllllllll, SaW the sail !lila ke through the gorge anil form a radiant how ill a •.r , tai dra" ‘shi,•l‘ lii, hlI iran th, r. 11.11 all overhanging Chit, LVI• calllal all artist llorchod In IL tiarriilv ledge of risk. There he sat ilatiently day alter with easel isilialir 111111, studying the fall heywitt an seen thriiiii.rdi the veil. \\ * o sera:Wiled where he \vie, nil had at lii, picture and IL 111111' Thal with 111111. the I.ll'l Ilril Im 58:15 !tainting Iw +v ill a 'Argil \S'lllOl, 8/11110/11111 informed is to re.- veive 10'1011 dollarmi About Intlf-sray up "The i len" a 11111111 li..tel, capable of people, has ,been erected, and Lore nu excellent repa , t was proparcil. le whiell the I'M:111,h MINIS ItWI a C,Plllllllill, eitit.ens if Watkins not dutch. All CX1•1•III•III, article nl sparkling l'ala‘vha wino is nhillu in this part ut Nets' York, the grape growing on the banks nil the small lakes to a perfection net known in ordinary In•.ttinus. 'rho Valle) Wino U1,11.1,11l supply fnr the diuuc r, nml it tens pri, 11 , ,111.•1 . 11 1.N1•0)11`11t, the tables were sot in the halt,ny, which over-looked "The r,10n," :ind the picture presented was one d rare licatity. "The Wen' has Imp.; been I: timvil to the inhabitatit, round aLenct, Lit only within the past. six lllll4'll !Mb- Ilt. littelitilon. In Is, a lawyer In 15ra416,r,11,11111.y, [lll r1.11, , cd the prnperty un which "The Wen - is brined, and with great htly, 1.X1,011,11. saki ouzel convenient patly..;iinl...trmig,...tairways have Lees cnnstrilete.l, by which the most /leli eatu lady is enal.led tic expl.,ro the re..e.o..es if this great natural wonder critic intense sntis tactics athl wills -nt any extrahr.liintry fatigue. The place must beveling a great public res,rt, and the time is 110 t tar when lin erne will think nit gning tin Niagara withnut taking a look at Watkins' Glen. After dinner a further ex plorathan of "The (den was made, and the excursionists were again entertained by the eitlatms of Wat kins at 11110 of the principal In.tels. Atter tea the wind° tarty went nn I..mard a i,lll - steamer and tol: a ride seine 1_ miles up Seneca Lake. The trip was a de• 111410.1111 nue, awl W,LY greatly u,j-yt -1, especially Ly the ladies nit the party. :scat tered all uy, r the lake were multitudes ul shining lish, shaped like a herring, about six inch e s long. They are i,”tinutn•eil liy Agassiz who, fresh water ale,, V a rinins them rclan we inn the spczolai nn sat ,lantnt yns Lasl n 1)11 the return 1, PYrIIr,InniSL %%I'llll ,, Ili v 311,i 01:1.'1% 111,111111,! ;It 111111 i 111,1,11 all rx trn tram tont Spring , . ii•S‘.l I as ing Le, II .1 v , t the water, that I 1.11 I 1.(1 , 11 , ,; I‘l,l, NI, IN ter It. eritiC, nil tight i.iopeits and erected a very deo h , a , I, st hich I..apalde t• , llll , rLably scon , 1:11 hundred guests. It is 110 W kept, h% Mess,. 5.•!C lip and ItArry, formerly ot the Continental. Tie, spro,g was Ii erally pAtronizeit last. 54,1,011, aliti the t4-amolly or tie— who tried 010 Wilt, is that it affords relief in titinierons Ills. eases. Quite a large !mother el the phy sicians (Jr the 511111' were present when the editorial excursion arrived, having r(J1110 up after tile adjournment of the Convention at Williatio.port. An elegant 1113,11, r was served, alter v. hi, 1, a nieuting Edi torial.\ ssm•iation was held in a grove, and resolutions thanking . , various per-this In whom the excursion,ts Felt Indebted were adopted. Some of the party left on the 7 o't•loek train east, but the thajority remain ed to participate in the hop w hich took place i 3, the evening . . At midnight. 'liners left on the eastern-hound train, but agooth ly number tarried until .Saturday morning win to all departed for their homes. In all respect+, this first excursion of the Pennsylvania State Editorial AsrOCiaLioll was a complete success, and future meet ings of the kind will 110 doubt bo attended by nearly all the editors tor the State, with their wives and daughters. Thu ladies gave tone, character, life and animation to the party. Without them it would have been dull, uninteresting and unprontable. The editors of this State have wives oI whom they may well be proud, and it is sel dom, indeed, that so (inlay ladies of cul ture and refinement are collected together in ono body. Not the slightest incident occurred to mar the pleasure of the issia shun, nothing to excite the slightest regret in the mind of any ono of the many who wore present. This was only the begin ning of annual exeursions by the editors of the State, which will make them ac quainted with each other, and give them a better knowledge of the State and of its vast resources. Those gatherings will do good in many ways, and thorn is no doub' that they will ho very numerously attend ed hereafter. All who were present will he sure to go again, and certain to urge others to do likewise. tFor tho Intelligeucer. Stale itentill Society of Pennitylvnnln lisyry.otuno, J unu 16. This body eonvened at the Springs Ho tel, Gettysburg, uu Tuesday , last, I:ith at 10 o'clock A. M., the President, Dr. J. McCalla, of Lancaster, !n the chair. Min utes read and approved. The majority of the Board or Censers being absent, the bil lowing members were on motion appoint ed to till the vaeaney, via: Drs. Win. Niel:- e Amer and M. 11. NN'ellb, of Lancaster, nd \V. 11. Scholl, of Reading. 'rho ere entials of deirmites from the local associa inis throughout the State were given into he hands of the Censors. Alter examining aid credentials the Censors reported the Mowing gentlemen Mly accredited from the respeclirt , s..cielivs :tamed : Drs. ( 1 . 14..Ansart, .1. u. TVIIII , IeL. NI. fierce, W. NI. Nlartin, ll,•rri:k, .1. B. II times, I. 1 , . 1.111.1 t and A. It. It01:1.11,, Innu the Lakt , I.:rit. Dellt.tl A.sm•lation ; .1. NI. Barret, Susquehanna; S. 11. Uuil❑n J, .1. W. M.,11il and .1. \\•. Asll,•rchailip, fr.. 111 I.ellant , ll Valley: J. 11, 1.1,,5er and II Chandlur, 11,1111010 PitiNhllrgil S4,l•ll'ly I. S. 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Nt 11111111111. S I I A 1t11 , ,R, .1111111 Hall I‘ll..llj.,ln•cr - NV., had lilt. plea ,,tire ut 1:11 . 1`illlg iu Rait,llarbor ye.terilay morning, Messrs. A ihtlkffily I.velder, esim Esq., Sam. 11. Price, t'aptiiiii Ilarry mid Inge. :3 ger, scum came here on a fishing excursion. 'l'lley procured . he services the over ready' Itouben Sou rbeer, who rigged his little craft, and soon these gentlemen wore Mild- ing over the Susquehanna to the remains of the old date, Where they were safely landed. They at once opened a charge on the tinny tribe, and were quite successful in capturing a large quantity of various In bids and sizes, such as rockfish, sunfish, cat fish, perch, chubs, eels, &v. They remain ed on the river until lifter three o'clock, having provided themselves with an iibun dance of good things, to which we did am ple justice. I say we, as, being very loud of fishing, I accepted their kind invitation and accompanied them. We have now' what the fishermen term a " run of rock fish," and they can be caught iu any quanti ties. Work on [ho railroad is going ahem! , very rapidly; a large force of men have be-
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