[From the Toronto Colonist.]
Destruction of Myers & Madigan's Circus
Tent in Canada by a Mob.
One of the most disgraceful riots that ever
occurred in this city took place on Friday last,
the circumstances of which we have taken
trouble to ascertain accurately, and they areas
follows :—Howe's managerie and Myers and
Madigan's equestrian troupe jointly exhibited
and performed in this citv. on the vacant space
near the jail, on the cveuing of Thursday and
Friday.
On Thursday uight a row occurred in a
house of ill-fame a little west of the old hospital
on King street, iu which two or three of the
circus people were concerned. Two young
men. named" Fawcet and Fraser, who, it is said,
belong to the hook and ladder company iu this
city, were seriously injured, one of them getting
his jaw broken iu two places from the blow of
a decanter. The parties who inflicted these
injuries were those concerned with the circus ;
and, consequently, the friends of the sufferers
vowed vengeance on the whole establishment.
From the inquiries we have made, we have
ascertained that the friends of Fawcete and
Fraser were busy during the whole of Friday
preparing for an attack on the circus establish
ment in the evening. Every endeavor w r as
made to collect such a force as would if
possible, overawe both the circus people and
police, aud allow the mob to do just as it pleas
ed. Symptoms of the riot were quite perceptible
during the hours of performance, but no regular
attack was made upon the premises until the
audience had departed. It was then that
some one commenced to cut the canvass with a
knife, and a most violent demonstration was
made by yells and shouts. The employees of
the circus armed themselves with such weapons
as they could lay hands upon, sallied out in a
body and made a clearance, and again returned
under the canvass. The police here, it seems
made a feeble attempt to arrest some persons,
but were prevented by the mob. About this
time we believe it was, that Joseph Bird, a
member of the hook and ladder company
received a blow of an iron bar from one of the
circus men, and had to be taken home. A
pistol shot, we understand, was also fired by
one of the party assailed. The next step of
the mob was to make an attack on one of the
wagons, which they pulled away aud tumbled
over the embankment into the bay. They theu
attacked the ticket wagon, which was smash
ed into pieces with their axes and set ou fire.
The Mayor had previously been sent for by
Mr. Yale, one of the managers of the company,
and he soon arrived on the spot and endeavored
to quell the disturbance. He advised the
circus men to lay down their weapous, and
consider themselves as prisoners, and he would
do everything iu his power to protect them ;
to which request they immediately yielded,
sitting down together in the tent. He then
expostulated with the mob outside, and entreat
ed them to desist ; but his efforts, although
successful iu one quarter, were defeated in
another. He managed, however, to rescue two
men belonging to the company, who were set
upon by the crowd, some of whom shouted
out " kill them—knock them down," Ac., and
whom he sent off in a cab to the police station.
The work of destruction still went on.
When the ticket wagon was set ou fire, some
of the mob proceeded to St. Lawrence Hall
and caused the fire alarm to be rung, which
proceeding, most likely preconcerted, had the
effect of bringing the hook and ladder wagon
and several of the engines to the ground.—
Amid demoniac yells and the darkness of the
night, relieved only by the dim light of the
burning vehicles, the hooks were applied to the
chains and ropes of the pavilion, and to the
cry of " this way, rackers," from the ring
leaders, the work of pulling down the canvass
commenced. While this part of the proceed
ings was going on, several attempts were made
to fire the tent, but the operation was not
successful until it was all pulled down, when
the wardrobe (which was new,) and every
thing that could be laid hold of, was thrown
into the fire and destroyed. After the tent
was destroyed, the mob rushed toward the
caravan of wild beasts, one of which (that of
the cameleopard) they backed towards the
flames, but the Mavorand his assistants rescued
it. His Worship finally addressed the excited
populace from the roof of one of the wagons,
pointing, pointing out to them the shameful
character of their proceedings, and after some
time they began to disperse. Myers, one of
the proprietors, who was of the party implicat
ed in the assault on Thursday evening, on
Fawcet and Fraser, is now in custody, having
been arrested at Brampton, on Saturday.
NARROW ESC ACE FROM PKATH O.V A RAIL
ROAD TRACK.— One of the most extraordinary
escapes occurred on the Anderson Branch
Railroad, in South Carolina. The rock train
jwas moving in good speed on a downward
grade, and on turning round a short curve, a
man, with his hat over his eyes was discovered
a few feet in front on the track, meeting the train.
The whistle was instantly blown, the breaks
put down, aud the machinery reversed. On
ward went the train about 200 yards before it
stopped. The eugiueer looked behind imme
diately after passing the man, to see, as he
expected, the mangled corp.se ; but seeing
nothing of it, he turned in front again, and to
his astonishment beheld the unfortunate man
sitting on the bumper, with a stick in his
hand, kuocking the boiler to attract his at
tention.
Seeing only the upper part of his body, his
conclusion was, that he had cut him iu two,
and the man, still alive, was in a more awful
condition than if he had been killed outright.
But when the traia stopped, he was taken off
with uo other injury than slightly skinned shins,
and a small cut on the forehead. It seems
that the prongs of the cow-catcher passed
between his legs, aud threw hira on his face,
after which he scrambled up and got on the
bumper. He proved to be deaf and dumb.—
His scratches were washed, he proceeded on his
way.
FIENDISH OUTRAGE.— Syracuse, July 20.
The night express train going west on the Cen
tral Road, ran off the track at 12 o'clock last
night, about three miles west of this place, ow
ing to some vidians having misplaced a rail.—
Mr. Deyo, of Springfield, Mass, had a shoulder
broken ; Henry Stearns, the Conductor, was
badly cut and bruised about the head and face ;
Mr. Harrison, the Engineer, had an arm bro
ken ; aud a number of others were more or
less bruised, but none seriously.
The President of the New-York Central
Railroad offers a reward of $5,000 for the ap
prehension aud conviction of the perpetrators
of this outrage. The cars were not much bro
ken, and the track was sfficieutly iu order this
morning to admit of the trains ranninir as
asaal.
GOVERNOR REEDER. —We are pleased to
learn that Governor Reeder has returned to
the territory. He arrived on Saturday morn
ing last, iu excellent health and spirits, resolv
ed on sustaining the laws at whatever cost.—
The Governor did not bring his family with
him as he intended, ou account of his disap
pointment in getting suitable accomodations for
their comfort in Kansas.
A gentleman who came up the Missouri on
the same steamer with him, reports that
intelligence appeared to be ahead of them that
the Governor was on board the boat, and
crowds thronged the levee at every landing,
apparantlv to ge' a sight of his excellency.—
He was several times rudely assailed by his
enemies, but the Governor showed much
coolness in warding off their wordy thrusts.
Ou one oecassion a gentleman approached
Gov. R., and said he heard a friend at Weston,
Mo., remark, that if Gov. Reeder returned to
the territory he would gather up a company of
men, ten thousand, if necessary, and search
every part of the territory, if need he, to find
and hang him. The Governor very cordially
thanked his informant for the intelligence, and
remarked :
" Toll your friend that, whether he comes at
the head of ten hundred or ten thousand men.
it will make no difference ; 1 shall never be
mobbed ; and your friend, if he makes a
demonstration in that direction,may rest assured
that his minutes are numbered, for I will put a
ball through his head, though I know I shall
oe cut into inch pieces in ten minutes after
wards. I shall pursue my legitimate business
uninterrupted, else the invader of my rights
shall pay the forfeit."
The bold, manly course pursued by Governor
Reeder has endeared him to the American
people. It is reported that the national
administration would remove him if he did not
resign. We are confident he will not resign,
and if the administration shall remove him they
will find it tantamount to committing suicide.—
Kansas llerald of Freedom.
METHODIST PREACHER MOBBED IN MISSOURI.
—A correspondent of the Chicago Press gives
the following aceouut of a recent disgraceful
occurrence in Platte couuty, Mo., growing out
of the slavery question :
The Methodist Church North had an ap
pointment for quarterly meeting near Forley.
The presiding elder, preachers and congregation
had assembled, and concluded the morning
service, and were proceeding, when a mob of
about eighty armed men made their appearance.
The congregation, it being warm, were seated
iu the shade in front of the house, aud the
preachers were inside when a certain doctor
led the mob to the door, where the Rev. Mr.
Morris was preaching, and seized him.—
Mr. Morris drew his revolver and cocked it,
when some one caught hisarm aud took it from
him.
The mob then rushed on hira, yelling, " Hang
him ! shoot him !" Some in the congregation
interceded for him, and after a long parley,
they consented to let him go, under a pledge
to leave, and not preach any more until they
gave him permission. The rest of the preachers j
escaped during the disturbance, and the con
gregation broke up and dispersed. The
preachers were all armed with revolvers. —
They are aware of the threats daily made
against them. The mob brought, tar and
feathers and hemp along with them. The
excitement is great. These humble and pious
ministers of religion will be driven out, and
utter lawlessness prevail.
THE HARVEST IN THE WEST. —From all that
we can gather by our exchanges it is generally
considered that the grain prospects are most
flattering throughout the whoie West, and the
hope is entertained that the aggregate pro
duction will vastly exceed that of any former
year. About one-eighth more land will be
under cultivation this year than last, while the
quantity in corn and potatoes that lines the
roadsides and covers the hills, which had
been suffered to run wild before, is very large.
From every part of Illinois we hear one
expression of gratulation at the abundance
which the season has thus far brought the
farmers in their wheat and hay, and at the
promise which corn and all other kinds of grain
arc giving. Ten days of fine sunshine seems
to hare been sent purposely to ripen the
wheat and hay, and give chance to harvest the
crops ; and then has followed refreshing rains
to soak the parched earth and revive the droop
ing corn and oats. In our own state the yield
will be great. From certain portions we now
and then hear a faint lamentation of the rav
ages of the weevil, the fly, chintz bug and other
depredating insects aiid worms, but in most of
these cases the loss is confined to a narrow
locality.— St. Louis Demorrat.
ABUNDANCE OF APPLES. —Whatever may be
said of the destruction of peaches and the
failure of other crops, one thing is quite sure,
and that is, that we are to have the most
beautiful crop of apples ever gathered in
Western New York. The orchards in the city
and vicinity, so far as we have observed, are
literally laden with fruit. From what we can
learn it is probable that apples will be so plenty
the coming fall that the inferior sorts will not
be gathered at all. The Prohibitory law puts
an end to the sale of cider, hence it will be
useless to manufacture it. We need not
expect to see Eastern men, and fruit speculators,
buying the products of all the orchards about,
long before the apples are ready to gather in
the fall ; they will not dare invest this year,
aud if they do, wc need not fear that they will
carry all away to distant markets.— Rochester
Union.
THE ILLINOIS STATE CONVENTION* OF THE
KNOW-XOTHINGS had its session at Chicago on
the 10th instant. The principal business be
fore them was the approval or disapproval of
the action of their delegates at Philadelphia.
A very strenous effort was made to secure the
adoption of the Philadelphia platform, but it
was defeated by a large majority. A series of
resolutions was adopted, deuouueingthe repeal
of the Missouri Compromise, and declaring
that in all future political contests they would
require from their candidates distinct aud
unequivocal pledges upon this subject. They
also assert the power of Congress to legislate
ou the subject of Slavery iu the Territories and
the District of Columbia.
ROBBING THE MAIL. —A dispatch from Read
ing, Pa., July iy, says : Authur Hughes, the
especial ageut of the Post Office Departmeut,
arrived here this afternoon with Adam Smith,
of Clark Post Office, iu Richmond, Northamp
ton couuty, charged with robbing the mails.—
Smith confessed to taking one letter contain-.
; lag S4OO, mailed at Stroudsborg," for the
Eastern Bank.
SrabforVEeporttr.
E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
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DEMOCRATIC STANDING COMMITTEE.
The members of the Democratic Standing
Committee are requested to meet at the Ward
House, in this borough, on Tuesday, August
7th, 1855, at 2 o'clock, I*. M. The atten
dance of each member is requested. The fol
lowing named gentlemen compose said commit
tee :— E. (). GOODRICH, CHESTER THOMAS, 11.
S. SALSBURY, FRANCIS HOMET, F. ORWAN, Mi
ni M ERRILL, HENRY GIBBS, JOHN IIOWLEK,
EUGENE KEKLEK.
THE PHILADELPHIA SLAVE CASE.—A some
what novel case has come up in the U. S. Court
at Philadelphia. Mr. JOHN 11. WHEELER left
Washington on the 18th, under an order from
Government to embark at New-York for Nica
ragua, to which country lie is the accredited
Minister of this Republic. He had with him
three colored persons, a woman and two boys,
whom lie styled his servants. The party reach
ed Philadelphia, and went on board a boat
which was just starting for New-York. While
the boat was lying in the river, a gentleman
named WILLIAMSON went aboard, and having
been told that the colored people desired to be
free, he approached the woman, asking her" if
she knew her rights—if she knew that by law
she was free ?" The diplomatist objected to
these proceedings on the part of Mr. William
son, and stoutly declared that the colored lady
did not desire freedom, though she asserted
the contrary. While the dispute was going on,
several colored men came aboard, took the wo
man aud her two sons, and conveyed them from
the boat; since which we believe they have
not been heard from. Thereupon Mr. Wheeler
applied to Judge Kane for a writ of habeas
corpus, directing Mr. Williamson to bring in
the bodies of the three rescued persons. Mr.
Williamson responded to the writ, by averring
tlint the bodies mentioned therein had not been
in his custody at any time, and were not now.
At the hearing before the Judge, Wheeler's
attorney moved that Mr. Williamson be held
for contempt in making a false return, and also
to answer to a charge of wilful perjury. The
Judge passed over the motion for contempt,
but required Mr. Williamson to give bail the
charge of perjury.
THE MAIN LINJ: NOT SOLD..— The main line
of the Pennsylvania improvements was offered
for sale at the Merchants' Exchange on Tues
day last. Gov POLLOCK, Secretary of State
CURTIM, Attorney-General FRANKLIN, and the
Commissioners appointed in pursuance of the
Act of the Legislature were present. Mr. MY
ERS, the auctioneer, stated the terms of the
sale, and that no bid less than seven and a half
millions could be received. One hundred thou
sand dollars iu available funds would be re
quired from the purchaser at once. The auc
tioneer then proposed fifteen millions and de
scended to eight millions, thence to seven and
a half millions, without receiving a single bid.
xVfter dwelling.some time the sale was adjourn
ed sine die.
THE HARVEST.— For a week past, the wea
ther has been exceedingly unfavorable for the
operations of the Farmers, rain having fallen
every day during that time. Much of the
grain has been cut, and lies in the fields, in
great danger of " growing." Indeed, we hear
already that some fields of wheat have sprout
ed. Considerable damage will be occasioned,
but we trust it will be confined to wheat sown
very early.
We understand that a severe storm passed
over the upper part of Ulster, on Wednesday
last, prostrating the grain aud corn, aud doing
considerable damage.
Gov. REEDER. —A despatch from Washing
ton states that the Administration are now in
possession of documents, that places Governor
REF.DER in a highly satisfactory position, and
that he will not be removed. It is said that
REEDER has Commissioner MANYPENNY in close
quarters, and demands his removal.
The Pro-Slavery Legislature had rejected
the Free-Soilers choseu at the second election,
and adopted the laws of Missouri iu gross.—
Gov. REEDER had in turn repudiated the Le
gislature, and refused to follow them to Shaw
nee Mission.
IMPORTED LIQUOR UNDER THE MICHIGAN PRO
HIBITORY LAW. —The Detroit Free Press says
that on Wednesday, Thomas Gallagher was
tried before a justice for a violation of the
prohibitory liquor law, in selling a glass of<
brandy. The case was tried by jury. It was
proved that the liquor sold, had been imported
by Mr. Gallagher. The Jury brought iu a
verdict of not guilty—declaring that the law
does uot prohibit the selling of imported liquor
iu any quantity, cask, bottle, single driuk or
otherwise.
OUTRAGE AT BINGHAMTON. —Last Saturday
night, says the Republican , of the 24th inst.,
our village was deeply disgraced, and our citi
zens outraged by acts of malicious injury, which
promptly call for the most marked rebuke aud
punishment. The private residences of Messrs.
H. E. Pratt, A. Olds, C. M. Scott and L.
Brainard, were disfigured and injured, the fronts
of the bouses, fences, Ac., besmeared with tar
and a liquid resembling ink, and the beautiful
and valuable trees iu front of the houses
girdled, so as probably to destroy them. It
appears, also, that the premises of Dr. Hand
were visited for a like fiendish purpose, but his
large dog on the front stoop warned the depre
dators that "discretion was the better part of
valor." We learn that Mrs. 11. overheard one
boy telling another, that he heard a man say
that they intended to serve Dr. Hand the same
way, but were afraid of his dog. The fronts
of the stores of Messrs. Pratt and Scott were
also disfigured by ink, Ac. The persons whose
property has been thus trespassed upon, are
supposed to be prominent members of the Car
sou League, and conspicuously active in com
plaining of violations of the Prohibitory Law,
and enforcing its observance.
COURTESIES OF RUSSIA TOWARDS AMERICAN
OFFICERS. —The statement that the three
officers of the American army despatched to
the Crimea by the President, for the purpose
of improvements in the military sciences, have
beeu refused the necessary sanction of the
Russian (lovernmeut, having first been refused
by the French Emperor, is, the Washington
Union says, a fabrication. A private letter
to the editor of that paper says that the
three officers alluded to, (Major Delafield,
Captain Mordecai, and Captain McClellan,)
had been received with distinguished honor by
the representatives of the Czar Alexander, so
far as they had advanced at last accounts. On
their arrival at Berlin, they were welcomed aud
entertained by the Russian Minister in the
most cordial manner ; and when they reached
Warsaw, Prince Paskiewitch greeted them
with splendid hospitality, lie gave them a
grand review of the troops, and ordered the
engineer officers to show them the fortifications,
Ac. They had been offered a choiee between
an invitation from the Emperor, first, to visit
the Russiau capital St. Petersburgh, or to be
expressed to the Crimea. They accepted the
first, and have arrived at St. Petersburgh, and,
doubtless, have received, before this time such
facilities for the prosecution of ther object as
the Emperor only can give.
THE MALAKOEF TOWER.—A correspondent
of the Boston Post says this Tower must be
considered one of the most wonderful achieve
ments of modern energy. During the suspen
sion of arms for the burial of the dead, after
the battle of the 18th of June, the English and
French Engineers had an opportunity, for the
first time, of examining thoroughly the con
struction of its works. They describe the tra
verses as wonderful—fully eighteen feet in
height—and the mass of earth which has been
raised to give solidity to the work, to be like
the huge embankment of a railway. When it
is remembered that this enormous extension of
the fortifications of Sebastopol was. begun at
the close of the winter, and that it has been
completed in spite of the fire of a powerful ene
my, and of the rocky nature of the soil, the re
sult docs the highest honor to the skill, daring
and industry of the garrison.
HARVESTING —The Germantown Telegraph
says :—We never had more desirable weather
for harvesting the hay and grain crops than
that with which we have been visited during
the last ten days. The hay will all be secured
the present week, as well as a large portion of
the grain. The oat stalks are also beginning
to wear a straw color, and it will be cut imme
diately after the wheat and rye are out of the
way. By the first of August, as a general rule,
the oats in this region all removed from
the ground."
MR THE HARVEST IN NEW-JERSEY is almost
universally good. In some sections where the
wheat is short, the rye and other grain is ex
cellent. We hear of farmers who did not raise
grain enough last year to supply their own
wants who will have a surplus of a thousand
bushels this year.
Iu South Jersey there is a great, crop of
peaches on the trees, but very few in the nortli
part of the State.
ANOTHER INSURANCE FAILURE. —The Albany
Atlas says that the N. Y. Mutual Insurance
Company, of Johnstown, N. Y., has failed,and
J. J. Whitehouse, of that city, has been ap
pointed Receiver. This company was organized
under the general insurance law of 1849, and
privileged to issue both mutual and stock poli
cies, has done a wide and extended business
throughout the State, also many "Western
States. Their business has of late been most
ly among farmers, who are furnished with term
policies for three and five years.
YIOLATION OF THE NEUTRALITY LAWS. —The
persons arrested ir Buffalo, N. Y., for violating
the neutrality laws, have been fully committed
in default of $3,000 bail.
Couut Ragenski and three others on trial in
Boston, for a violation of the neutrality laws,
have been acquitted. The testimony failed to
convict them of personally enlisting men for the
British array.
CROOKS HOUSE, BATH, N. Y.—This house,
kept by Messrs. HARRIS, we can with pleasure
recommend to the patronage of our readers
visiting the lovely village of Bath. They will
receive from the proprietors every attention,
and find the accommodations in every respect
superior.
FCJR LORD RAOUH, whose death iu the Cri-'
mea was announced iu the foreign news receiv
ed by the Arago, was perhaps the most dis
tinguished General in the English service. lie
was in the 68th year of his age. lie was
known as Lord Fitzroy James Henry Somerset
till 1852, when he was created Baron Raglan.
He was the eighth son of the fifth Duke of
Beaufort, born in 1788, ami entered the Bri
tish Army in 1804 as Cornet in a Dragoon Re
giment. In eousequeuce of his high birth he
was rapidly promoted, and in eight years had
paised through the various ranks up to that of
Colonel, which appointment was given him in
1812. lie early joined the staff of the Duke
of Wellington, to whom he became Secretary,
and accompanied him in all his important en
gagements. Immediately after the peace of
1814, he became Secretary to the British Em
bassy at Paris, hut shortly after returned, and
married Lady Emily Pole, niece of Welling
ton. He was with the latter some months af
terwards, at the battle of Waterloo, where he
lost his right arm. lie was made Major-Gen
eral in 1825, Lieutenant-General in 1838, and
Field Marshal in 1854. lie was highly re
spected and honored wherever he was known,
and it is intimated that his death was hastened
by anxiety of mind in consequence of the want
of being properly sustained by his government
in the Crimea, and the manner in which his
want of success was condemned by the English
Parliament and press.
THE HARVKST. —For the past ten days our
Farmers have been actively engaged iu cutting
and gathering their Wheat crop. Every man
who could work, took the cradle in hand and
went to work. Providence has favored thciu
with good weather, a warm sun and cooling
breezes. We have taken the trouble to make
enquiry in regard to the condition and extent
of the crops, and it gives us pleasure to state
that 110 better yield lias been seen iu this coun
ty in ten years. We have before us several
speciments of early and late Wheat that were
brought from different parts of the county and
we never saw better, anywhere. The heads
are full and heavy and the kernels round and
plump. Here and there the weevil has caused
some injury, but to no great extent. The Rye
looks fine and there is a super-abundance of it.
There is at least one-third more Oats and one
third more Potatoes growing in this county,
than were ever raised in any one previous year
and the crop will be immense. The poor La
borers and Mechanics, who have hard work to
" make both ends meet" since the spring of
1854, may now joyfully siug "there's a good
time coming, boys."— Boston Sentinel.
KANSAS LEGISLATURE—MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR
REEDER.— Kansas City, July 16.—The mess
age of Gov. Reeder has been submitted to the
Legislature, just assembled. The Governor
contends for the right of the people to settle
their own affairs, uninfluenced by other States,
and says the Territorial Legislature may act
on the question of slavery to a limited extent,
and temporarily regulate it. He directs
attention to the definition of the boundaries of
the counties and districts, and the qualifications
of voters, and recommends the enactment of a
stringent liquor law, on account of the Indians.
He thinks a light tax only will be required ;
contends that pre-emptions may be taxed, and
recommends the immediate establishment of
the seat of government. He announces the
population of the Territory to be 3,383 females,
and 5,133 males.
The Legislature passed a bill fixing the
Shawnee Mission as the temporary seat of
government. This bill the Governor vetoed,
but it was subsequently passed by the Legisla
ture over the veto. The Legislature then
adjourned to meet at the Shawnee Mission.
THE PROPS IN PENNSYLVANIA. —Our exchange
papers throughout the State speak favorably
of the large crops. In Lancaster county, the
wheat crop has been harvested and is " very
fine," " oats heavier than fur four years,"
potatoes abundant and corn promising.—
Chester county, the wheat has been housed
without damage, grass good and abundant.—
Crawford county, all kind of crops good.—
Butler county, some damage done the wheat by
the weevil, but more than an average crop.—
TLiie corn, oats, and potatoes look fine, and from
all accounts the yield will be much larger than
for many years past. A good deal of grass
has been cut during the past week, and consid
erable hay made. Rye heavy. Franklin
county, wheat secured in a fine condition,
quality of grain very line. Tioga, crops
promise abundance, corn an average yield.—
Berks, the harvest of hay and grain nearly
secured and good. As far as we have heard
from, nearly all the. crops are up to the average
and some considerably above it, and prices
receding generally.— Ledger.
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW IN WISCONSIN.—
B. S. Garland, of Missouri, the owner of the
fugitive slave who was rescued from jail in Mil
waukee, in March last, by a body of men act
ing under the leadership of S. M. Booth, sued
Booth for $1,600, the value of his slave, and
ha s recently obtained a verdict for that amount
of damages. Booth was convicted on a crimi
nal trial for having aided in the rescue, and
was sentenced to a line and imprisonment, but
was released on a writ of habeas corpus by the
Supreme Court of the State. The suit for
damages will probably be carried up to this
same Supreme Court, on appeal. The Court
took the ground that the fugitive slave law, un
der which the prosecution was had, was uncon
stitutional.
ATTENTION ! SI.AVE-IIUNT IN AMERICA ! !—-
" Two or three days since, a gentleman of the
parish, in hunting runaway negroes, came upon
a camp of them in the swamp on Cat Island.
He succeeded in arresting two of them, but
the third made fight, and upon being shot in
the shoulders fled to a sluice, where dogs succeed
ed in drowning him before assistance could
arrive."— St. Francisville. La. Chronicle.
There are but few countries in the world
where such noble game can be found. And it
has this peculiarity, also : There is no season
when it is not lawful to pursue it! — Albany
Eve. Journal.
T SATIRE BY A SUICIDE.—A man in Jamcsville,
New York, addicted to intemperance, commit
ted suicide, by drowning, last week, having first
written an account of his self-destruction and
sealed it in a Champagne bottle, which he set
afloat in the river. It was labelled bis " last
dying will and testameut," and told his friends
where they would find his body. Poor fellow!
an empty bottle and a drowned body were the
very natural " effects" of his course of life, and
the only property left for him to bestow. The
legacy should prove profitable, at least as an
example, for the satire has a moral iu it that
needs no additional illnsfration.
A BURGLAR SHOT.— Buffalo, July 18 M
learn from Erie that a store in that place w
entered, on Monday night, by a burglar who
in the course of his ojierations, awoke two
young men who were sleeping in the store one
of whom took a rifle and ordered the burid
—who had just got outside the door to
but paying no attention to the request
persisting in Ins attempt to escape, he Wa
shot in the neck. Upon an examination t! *•
wounded man was discovered to be a carpenter
who has heretofore been considered a respect'
able citizen. It is now supposed that he Lth
person who has committed several of the recent
burglaries which have taken place at Erie X
It is impossible for him to survive.
SAD ACCIDENT ON THE ERIE ROAD.— ON
Wednesday urnming, 18th iust., about 7 oV|,„k
as the Dnnkirk Express going west approached
Howell's Depot, the locomotive ran over •
wagon that was crossing the track, containing
a man and woman. The woman, Mrs. I) uv id
Wheat, was instantly killed. The nian Mr
Amsby Ma pes, is very severely injured, and as
lie is an old man, nearly 70 years of uge his
recovery is extremely doubtful. They both re
side at Mount Hope, Orange County. The un
fortunate old gentleman is partly deaf, and did
not hear the whistle, which soutided loi." and
loud before the collision.
SINGULAR CAUSE OF sun 11, e .—Last Saturday
a man named George Shank, who lived as host
ler with Dr. Oelig, in Waynesboro', Penna
hung himself. The only cause assigned was
grief for the death of a favorite horse of the
Doctor's named " Fox," during whose sickness
Shank was heard to say, " When Fox dies I
want to die, too." After the animal's death
when removing its halter, he remarked, '• this
halter will do me a service some day. " ami
verified the remark by ending his own life
witli it.
PPENTICE ON STRING FELLOW. —The Louisville
Journal says :
A correspondent wishes to publish a defence
of Gen Stringfellow, the border ruffian, who
headed the Missouri invasion of Kansas. Our
opinion of Stringfellow is, that if he had bi 3
deserts, he would be a strung fellow.
J. N. T. Tucker, the insane editor, who
killed his son Vincent, at Brooklyn, in August
last, escaped from the State lunatic asylum at
Utica, (where he had been consigned by order
of Judge Moore,) on Wednesday last.
CHOLERA IN CONNECTICUT. —There were three
cases of regular Asiatic cholera reported last
Monday in Portland, and one at Middletowa
on Tuesday.
The Markets, July 25,
The flour market has an downward tendenor,
and prices have declined since our last issue.
The prices we quote are New York wholesale
rates. Western flour, *7 62 to $8 50 ; State
$8 87 to sll 50 for extra Genesee. Canadi
an is lower, ranging from $8 87 to $0 50.
Southern white and mixed Wheat brings
from $1 70 to $2 39. Rve quiet at $1 11
Oats are better ; sales at 58 and 61 cents.—
Corn is nmch depressed and is lower : sales at
90 to 91c for Western mixed, 97c for Southern
yellow, and 96c for Round do.
Pork is firm, at sl9 75 for new Mess, and
sl6 85 fer new Prime.
Towanda Market-Wholesale Prices,
[('orrivtt '1 weekly L,y K. T. FOX, Dealer in I'mvisi IN'ati'i
Groceries XO. 1. Brick How. who will PAY C.l>L,at the
prices fixed, for the articles in this lid :]'
Flour, (retail price,) bbl. . sll on ft.
Pork, do " 21 00 24 00
Wheat. .. F' bushel,.... 1 .iu (A. 1 T.i
Buckwheat, " .. ft
Oats, .... 44 ft,
Corn, " L 12 ft.
Rye " S7L fit 1 00
Potatoes, " ... ft.
Beans, " ... 150 ft 200
Dried Apples " .... lid FT 1 T.i
Butter IT, 12 ft H
Cheese " 6 (ft 1"
IJ.nus and Shoulders, " 9 (<T L'A
Dried Peaches " .... I'.' ft F
Dried Berries " .... 12 ft W
EGGS •. .ftdozen,.... ft D
Married,
At Greenwood, on the 4th instant, by Rev. .Tame- MAV
liatn. GEORGE W. STAGE to LCCISDA XOHTHRII 1 . HTB
of Monroe.
In Smithfleld. July 4th. HV W. R. Barton. Rsq.. MR M A
FKOST to Miss HARRIET BROWN, both of Sinithlieli I
By the Rev. J. G. Rabin, at Pottersville, July 3d. MR.'
11. SVI'HKR, of Hooper's Valley, X*. V., tu Jliss M. A |
Prime, of Orwell.
By the same, at tlie same time and place. Mr. A-'
HOTCUKISS to Miss E. 11. PRIME, both of Orwell.
In Monroeton, Monday, July 23d. by H. S. Salslmry. E- J
Mr. AI.BEKT CONKLI.V te Miss MARGARET HEWV.WB
Orwell.
FRANKLIN FIRE CO. X'O.L.— The meml*"* (
..V-—■OF Franklia Fire Company are notified T
AJSFIGFCJAI'T the Engine house, on Saturday evening, A.
GL ST 4th. at tiA- o'clock.
By order of the Foreman,
July 12. X. T. POGART, Secretary
W* NAIAD FIRE CO., NO. 2.—The member- EL3* J
Company are notified to meet at the Kwrine iloiw- 1 '
Saturday, August 4, ISii, at T>s o'clock, P. M.
By order nf the Foreman.
July 12. CHARLES MERCUR, SECRET^
& MASONIC.— The regular meetings of I A',-A
No. 10s, A. Y. M., are held every
JLJT T nesday, on or preceding the full ini-ON. at
/ XR \M.; and on each secoqfl Wednesday theret'
at Masonic Hall, over J. Kingsbery'S store, A- follows-
August Sth, at 8, P. M. October. 24th, at 3FA
August. ... 22d, 3, " November... 7th,
September, ,sth 8. " November. .. 21st, 3
September. 1 htli 3, " DOI-emUr . ATH, 1} "
October ... .2d 8, " December. .. .LTH. 3
All brethren in good standing are iuvited TO AT 1 """
H. R. A. UNION CHAPTER, No. Hit, holds its RIGF
meetings at the same place, Thursday on orheforette -
moon. Meeting for August on the IILD dav.
E. H. MASON. SECRETARY
TF. MADILL, M. D., PHYSICIi]
• A.XI) SURUEOX— Office at his residend-
Wviox, Pa. AT J„I V
co-paTtu7rshipheJ
tofore existing lietween the SUBSCRIBERS i- H|
dissolved by mutual consent. All debts due V
be paid to Isaac L. I.aMoreux. I. I- '• AMUBT... 1
Towanda, July 20, 1855. H. L. LA-MOIID- .
SS'ISAAC 1- LAMOKEUX respectfully INFORMSTLIEP^|
that he will continue to carrv on the Foundry
the old stand, where all kinds of work In hi* M* ''.
done with neatness and on short notice. All •
debted to the late firm of I. L. A II- I- LIM"RE"X * .„ H|
((nested to call and settle their accounts BV NOTE "•, >
wise forthwith, or he will be under the paint ll ' ®
of employing official agents to close up said cone ■
JUST RECEIVED, another lot of |
nice DRIED BEEF, also first rate 'U ?
July 12.J855._ JGA^
FRESH BAKED CRACKERS, RECG 4
every week, at juueU
PROCKERY & jf
VJ aaanrtmanCat . |
RIROCERI ES.—A largo, Stock tost
—consisting of Kngare, Tea, Coffte.
of eupurior qnality for
Marct J5,1&5&. MUJLTDN KIM" |