D nun the rihi.iec!i>hi;i North American, November U.j Homicide in Philadelphia, About ten minutes past eight o'clock last evening a shocking scene occurred in front of (Jay's Hotel, in Seventh street, above Chest nut, which lias created the greatest excitement in that neighborhood. It appears, as far as we could learn the particulars, that a young man, named Isaac C. Slinrlock, residing at 612 Poplar street, and Mr. Philip 8. Clawges, of the firm of Wilmer A" Clawges, dry goods aud notion commission merchants, doing business nt No. 139 Market, above Third st., had an altercation at this place. A warm discussion ensued, when Shuriock drew a revolver from i his coat pocket, and iired three times at Claw ges, who staggered back a few feet, exclaim ing, " My (Jod ! 1 am shot,*' and fell upon the steps of (Jay's Hotel. The wounded man was ] at once picked up and conveyed into tlie drug store at the corner, when it was fotin 1, on ex amination, that the halls or slugs had entered the lower part of his groin, indicting a wound from which it is said bv the physicians attend ing liiin, that lie cannot recover. He was al so shot in the breast and arm. II" was sub seqiicntly removed to the Pennsylvania Hos pital. Mr. Slinrlock was at once arrested by a by stander, Mr. John Lagan, and without resist ing was conveyed to the Mayor's office, where lie confessed to having committed the act. lie appeared perfectly cool and collected, and told the story of his wrongs in a manner which eli cited the sympathy of all the officers present, lie said : " I committed the act ; I fired the revolver, and I have been most foully wrong ed. This man took my wife down town, drugged lier with wine, and then seduced her. She told me so. I love mv wife us 1 love myself." 1 he prisoner was searched, and had upon his person a small amount of money and a daguer reotype of his wife. Mr. Slinrlock was employed as an account ant in the house of Wilmer & Clawges, and it is alleged that the latter has been on terms of intimacy with Hie wife of the former for some time past. From another statement made of the case, it appears that Shurloek walked deliberately u]i to Clawges, and after telling him of his wrongs, told him ho should die ; and immedi ately put his threat in execution by firing his revolver at him. Slinrlock is a young man about 28 years of ace, and is said to be of excellent character. During his arrest, he did not make the least resistance, and lie seems not in the least to re gret the offence committed. We understand further that another difficul ty existed between the two parties, Clawges having borrowed a sum of money from Shur loek and refusing to return it. The parties, about half an hour previous, in crossing with two friends, were examining some of the ac counts of the firm, and one of the friends no ticed tiiat Shurloek appeared somewhat ex cited. Clawges is about 38 years of ago, and has n wife and four children. He is a member of Rev. Mr. Chambers' Church. P. S. Mr. Clawges died the next day at the Pennsylvania Hospital. GREAT LAND SALE.—A sale is to take place on the 17th of the present month, of about 200,000 of the best lands in Kansas, lying up on-the Missouri river, at the very entrance of the territory. The sale is to be at Fort Lea venworth, tinder the direction of government, and is to be to the highest bidder for cash.— These lands have been appraised by Commis sioners at from $1,25 to £lO per acre. They must be the first to be settled in the Territory, and will probably sell at such prices as will en able the purchasers to make a very handsome profit upon them. A Trust Company has been organized in Boston, of which Amos A. Lawrence, W. D. l'ickinan and 11. 15. Storer are Trustees, which proposes to receive money for investment in these lands. They will either sell shares at SIOO each, or take money to be invested di rectly for the owners. Although the accounts first received will be applied to the purchase of these lands on the 17th, funds can be used to equal advantage during the whole winter, and interest is allowed from the date of re ceipt. Joseph Lvnian, Esq., Boston, is the Treasurer. DANGER OK WEARING HOOKS IN A HIGH Wixn. During the wind on Saturday after noon, and while the dust was circulating so thick th t no one could sec more than tlie length of an eyelash in front, a lady, dressed in the most elegant style, in coming round cue of the corners, was lifted off her feet by the force of the wind acting on the great expanse of surface which she presented to it. The wind unfortunately did not set her down in the same position in which she was before being taken up, but turning her gently on one side, it laid her endwise on the sidewalk, where she com menced a series of astonishing gyrations, roll ing over and over on the hoops of the skirts, and exhibiting a species of locomotion which is not yet generally appreciated, and which may come into fashion with high winds ami large circlets of light material. As the lady thus rolled over and over, several persons were knocked down and passed over by the lady aud the hoops, without ever knowing that anything had bent them. Fortunately for the lady, the dust and the astonishment of the people out of doors permitted but a few to witness this new method of getting along in a stiff breeze, arid keeping up full sail at the same time. As we came around a corner, we found the lady wedged between a lamp post and a hydrant, and immediately assisted her to an upright in stead of a recumbent position.— Detroit Ad vertiser. A CHAVTER OK ACCIDENTS.—A young man employed a day or two in this office, named Oscar M'Kclvy, while returning from Hyde Park 011 Wednesday night of last week, fell from the end of the Hail road Fridge to the ground, a distance of thirty feet. At first it was supposed that his injuries were of such a nature as to result in his death, but at the pre sent time, under judicious medical treatment and careful nursing, there is hope of his reco very. A stranger was smothered to death at the Furnaces last Wednesday morning, lie had ventured into one of the arches which vent the Furnace, and probably became so soou prostrated with the deadly gas that lie was unable to get out. Death of course was in evitable. There was a collision of the Passenger and L ravel Trains at Lehigh Summit last Friday, caused by a turned switch. One of the engines wa> badly damaged, but no one hurt.'—St fan ' 11 Itrjui 1/liC't it. Violent Hurricane in IllinaiB —Singular Effects of the Storm [l-'r mi the Quiney Whig, October 2ft.] On Friday afternoon last, a wind storm fell with pitiless fury upon the neighborhood re siding about four utiles east of the city on the i ohl railroad track. The cloud from which the wind came was funnel shaped and black as midnight, and went whirling aud revolving through the air after the fashion of an old time whirlwind, spreading devastation and ruin j along its path. The storm fell with great fti- ; rv upon the premises of Simon Lauglilin. It ; tore the roof from his dwelling and scattered : the shingles along its track for miles—burst out one of the sides of the house—blew down his carriage-house, and the last that was seen of his carriage it was some three thousand feet high in the air, traveling as a land vehicle ne ver traveled before. It is yet missing. On the place of Henry Kemp, which ad joins tint of Mr. Laughlin, the oat-stacks were leveled and the sheafs scattered over the fields ih all directions. The corn-stalks were torn and twisted up by the roots, and the whole field was shorn as smooth as if a reaper had : been over it. At Mr. John Powell's place, large bearing apple-trees were torn up by the roots. The fencing for miles along the path < f the storm was entirely swept away. The large pond of water on the railroad track near Hen ry Kemp's farm, covering an area of about two acres, was entirely scooped out—scarcely a drop was left. It was remarked by those who were watching the cloud, that instantly after passing the pond, its color changed from inky black to pure white. This region has not been visited with so deso lating a storm for many years. There was no destruction of life that we have heard of. TERRIBLE TORNADO—THE VILLAGE OK LIT TLETON DESTROYED. —We learn from the Peo ria Illinois Transcript that on Friday after noon, the 24th ult., a most destructive tornado passed over the northern portion of Schuyler county, in this state, and in its course com pletely prostrated the nourishing village of Littleton. The place contained over 100 hou ses, besides barns and out houses, all of which were destroyed or so much damaged as to be useless. Among other buildings were two churches, one a wood and the other a brick edifice. Some idea of the force of ti gale may be obtained from the fact that of the walls of the brick church, no part was left | standing which exceeded four feet in height.— Strange as it may seem, but four persons were seriously hurt and one killed. The man who was most seriously hurt, was in a fair way to recover when last heard from. A contribution was made by the citizens of Macomb of $l5O, and, we presume, other towns have also furnished means to the sufferers.— As a matter of course, nothing was saved.— Beds, bedding, clothing, provisions, everything was scattered to the four winds. Such a storm is seldom experienced, and we remember of j none so destructive as this, since that which passed over Canton, Fulton eouuty, many years 1 ago- CASE OK SOMNAMBILISM.—A Pittsburg jour nal gives the following account of a case of somnambulism which occurred at the residence of a gentleman near that city : " Hearing footsteps upon the stairs about midnight, and suspecting burglars might be about the premises, the gentleman rose from his bed and took down a double barreled gun, with which in his hand he proceeded to the door opening into the hall. Reaching the door, he applied his ear to the key hole and heard what lie thought a rustling of garments upon the stairs. Hastily drawing a chair to the door, he stepped npon it and inserted the gun through the t ran son. Just then the thought ' occurred to him that it might be his daughter, who sometime previously was addicted to walk ing in het sleep. Passing out into the hall with the gun still in his hand, to be used in I ease circumstances warranted it, he found the | apartment entirely vacant, and, lighting a a lamp, he then ascended the stairs. Imagine ; his surprise and terror on looking out of the ' chamber windows to see among the branches of a tall tree which grew there, his daughter, ; dressed in her night habiliments and scem- I ingly utterly unconscious of her perilous posi | tion. Without uttering a word or making a ' sound calculated to frighten her he stepped ■ out of the window himself and, winding one ; arm tightly about the waist of the sleeping t girl, he with great exertion managed to regain the hall with his precious burden. The sur ! prise of the young lady when she awoke and l was informed of her perilous adventure, can ; be better imagined than described. OIIIIJ) BCIUKI) ALIVK — SINGCI-AB TENACITY 1 OK LIKE.—OiI Wednesday morning, a young woman, about 18 years of age, boarding with j a widow in Wyle's Court, gave birth to a fc | male child, and without informing any one in | the house, it is alleged, buried it in a pile of I ashes in the cellar, abont 12 o'clock the same I day. The occupant of the house had emplov i ed a man that day to remove the ashes, and 1 about 3 o'clock that afternoon, while engaged jin this work, found the child buried about a j foot beneath the surface. It was wrapped up in a skirt, and had a i stocking tied around its neck, on removing i which it was discovered that the child still | breathed, though it hud been under the ashes for nearly three hours. It wus taken in charge ; by the lady of the house, and a physician sent for, and yesterday morning it was thought the , child would live. The young woman is still at the house in charge of an officer, she being too . unwell to be removed.— Philadelphia Ledger, \ Xav. 7. • THE CI'RTAIX LIKTKI>.—A correspondent of the New Oilcans Delta, thus foreshadows the ; Democratic plau for the future : ! "We have just passed, or soon will, through a terrible crisis. There was danger, say what you may. The South wants now security for the future, and she must have it. There is now ! no excuse—we are in power. Exteusiou of slavery is the testing crucible. The South de mands an equality in the Federal Senate ; | hence, the first step is to admit Kansas as a , Slave State, an offset to Culiforuiu—this equi librium never, hereafter, to be disturbed ; for every Free State, one Slave State ; the prin | ciples of the Nebraska Kansas bill, so far as ; they touch slavery or non-slavery, never to be repealed." 1 CASSIUS M. CI.AY, in a speech at Chicago, a fe\v days since, declared, from his own obser vation, that white men cun and do labor in the cotton fields, and that in Texas there is a Ger man settlement, where they they produce one third more from an .acre of eott<>it than the 1 slaves do. Sratiforli importer. E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR. TOWANDA : £l]tirsbaD fllormnn, Xoucmbcr 13, 185 U. Tntxs— Oat Dollar per annum, invariably fit ndtumrr.—- Fottr week* previous to the expiration of a subscription, notice will be given bu a printed wrapper, and if not re newed, the paper will hi all cotes be stopped. CLUBBING — The Reporter will be sent to Clubs at the fol loxoing extremely low rates : 6 copies for $5 00 jls copies for sl2 00 10 copies for, 8 00 [ 20 cojnts for 15 00 A nvKIiTiSKMF.NTS — For a square of ten lines or less, One Dollar for three or less insertions, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion. JOB-WOKK — Executed with aeeuracxj and despatch, and a reasonable prices—with every facility for doing Rooks, Blanks, Hand bills, Ball tickets, fyc. MONEY may be sent by mail, at our risk—enclosed in an envelope, and properly directed, we will be responsible for its safe delivery. THE ELECTION. We nre without definite returns from Penn- j j sylvauia, as regards the votes in the several J counties. We make the majority for BUCHAN- J AN about 20,000. The straight FILLMORE vote \ will exceed that number, leaving BUCHANAN in a minority iu his own State. The fusion vote • is largely iu favor of FREMONT. We give below our table of electoral votes, ; which we believe is correct. Illinois was for ! some days reported for FKKMONT, but it is cou- I ceeded for BUCHANAN by a small majority.— The Republican State Ticket is however elec ted by 12,000 majority. These results have been brought about as in this State, by the Fillmore men. Teunessee, Lousiana and Florida have also ; been reported as doubtful, but they are now considered as certain for BUCHANAN by large majorities. ELECTORAL VOTES. Buchanan. Fillmore. Fremomt Maine .. 8 Vermont .. 5 j New Hampshire .. 5 ; Connecticut .. 6 Rhode Island .. 4 j Massachusetts .. 13 ! Sew York .. 35 | Maryland S ! Pennsylvania 27 j Delaware 3 | Ohio .. 23 j South Carolina 8 , Georgia 10 Alabama 0 Mississippi 7 j Xortlj Carolina 10 Virginia 15 : Missouri 9 Arkansas A Texas 4 Illinois 11 Indiana 13 Michigan .. 6 j lowa .. i Wisconsin .. 6 ! Kentucky 12 j Florida 3 i Tennessee 12 j California 4 i New Jersey 7 [ Louisiana 4 174 8 114 ! . NEW-YORK. —The majority of Fremont over Buchanan is now up to 75,000, and is likely to go a trifle higher yet. Over Fillmore. Fre mont has now 130,000, and is likely to increase it a little. King's majority over Parker for Governor will certainly exceed 50.000. Over Brooks, it is at least 100,000. The rest, of the Republican State Ticket runs a little bet ter than King. The Legislature stands 80 Republican, 30 Buchanan and 8 K. N. i j * | RHODE ISLAND COMPLETE. —The complete I vote is now published and summed up as fol -1 lows : FREMONT. Been AX AN. FILLMORE. Providence C 0.... ,6,903 4,432. .331 Newport Co. 1,258 750 659 I Kent Co 1,260 566 15 Washington C 0... .1,443 495 452 Bristol Co 603 337 218 11,467 6,6X0 1,675 The clear majority for Fremont in the State is 3,142 ; over Buehanan, 4,817 ; over Fill more, 9,822. CONNECTICUT. —FuII returns from this State : show the following result : Fremont. 37,098 Buchanan 30,932 Fillmore 2,129 MARYLAND.—FuII returns from Maryland j show the following result : j Fillmore 35,407 Buchanan 27,158 j Fillmore's majority 8,269 n . The Presidential Electors chosen on Tuesday last, will be called by the Governors of the several States to meet in each State capitol, on the first Wednesday of December, and east their vote, aud choose a messenger to carry it sealed to Washington. On the second Wednesday of February, the returns will be counted by Congress and declared. SMALL NOTES IN TENNESSEE. —In accordance j with the law of the last legislature, on aud af ter September 1, 1856, the issuance or circula tion of small notes of a less denomination than $5, by any bank except the Bank of Teunes ; see, is made au indictable offense, punishable : by a fine of uot less than SSOO, nor more than j SIO,OOO. THANKSGIVING DAY. —Ohio joins with twelve ' other States in designating the 20th of No vember as thanksgiving day. The Governor of Delaware, it appears, has not designated the 13th, as has been stated, nor any other day yet. He will, doubtless, name the 20th. The Governor of Massachusetts has named the 27th, and lie is the first one, therefore, to set apart a day different from the one desig nated by all the other States so far. 1 JUDGE BVRRELL'S SUCCESSOR. —THOMAS S. ; CUNNINGHAM, Esq., of Beaver, Pa., has been : appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Kansas, in place of Hon. J. M. Bun- I REI.L, deceased. #frinl#Btt uf Cirtmtj, j November 4, 1866. •SiJ&Jlcdsrlf . —KB a: 2 DISTRICTS. r. 9 :•/ ?;• i I Athens township, lUO 155 194 19S-V 13 Athens Borough 74 45 69 4 Xil Armenia 66 ] 71 3 Albany ; 140 *7 1 Wilmot 40 61! 51 71'^.. 6017 20421696912314 71 *#"The Fillmore Union tirket received in the county 30 votes, included in the Fremont column. Gerrit Smith had C.votes iu Herriek and 1 vote in Asylum. POUTER'S SPIRIT or THE TIMES. —This is the title of a handsome weekly of sixteen pages, of which that veteran editor, WILLIAM T. PORTER, formerly of the Xeic York Spirit of the Times, and George Wilkes, have recently commenced the publication at New York City. The new paper is intended to be " a chronicle of the turf, agriculture, field sjmrts, literature and the stage." The editor has a wide-spread reputation among those for whose tastes he caters, for wit humor, and originality. He has an extensive corps of contributors, and gets up a very spicy and interesting paper, which can be obtained of the publishers at No. 346 and 348 Broadway, New York, at $3,00 a year in advance. THE SCALPEL. —Dr. EDWARD 11. DIXON whose famous Quarterly, The Scalpel , lias made his name familiar on both sides of the Alantic, commenced on the Ist inst./the publication of a Quarto Monthly of the same name. It is published at $1 a year, in advance ; Subscri bers must address the editor, box 3121 New York City. Dr. DIXON says, in bringing the Scalpel be fore the public in its new form, that he is "go j ing to stump the Union for it," and lie an | nonnees himself us " the independent candidate I for the Medical President of the United States.' | The editor's well-known power and originality ! as a writer on medical subjects, will no doubt give the Scalpel in its present popular form an extensive circulation. THE PENNSYLVANIA FARM JOURNAL.—Penn sylvania can now boast one of the very best agricultural periodicals in the country. The ! Farm Journal , edited by D. A. Wells, and A. j M. Spangler, and published by Samuel Eiulin | k eo. N. E. corner of 7th and Market Sts., Philadelphia, at one dollar per annum in ad vance. We intend to quote frequently from the Farm Journal for the benefit of the read ers of the Reporter, but hope nevertheles that the farmers of Bradford will give the Journal a large patronage. They will find that jieriod ical practical and instructive. DEATH OF THE HON. JOHN M. CLAYTON. — A telegraphic despatch, yesterday, announced the death of the Hon. John M. Clayton, at Dover. Mr. Clayton's name is familiar in the political history of his country for a life of honorable service and for distinguished talent. He was elected to represent his native State, Delaware, for three different terms in the U. 8. Senate, the last of which does not expire till 1859. He was General Taylor's Secretary of State, and assisted Sir Henry Bulwer in framing the famous Nicaraguan treaty which caused so much discussion. By the death of Mr. Clay ton, the new Democratic Legislature of Dela ware will have a second United States Sena tor to elect. >&" Gov. POLLOCK, on the 6th inst., signed the following acts of the last Legislature : An Act relating to Banks, Savings, Trust aud Insurance Companies ; an act allowing bills of exception aud writs of error in criminal cases ; a supplement to the act regnlating proceedings in Courts of Justice aud for other purposes, approved 6th May, 1844. Prrn.ic DEBT OK VIRGINIA. —It appears by an official statement of the condition of the public debt of Virginia on the 30th of Sep tember last, that the actual nmouut is $26,- 914,949. The debt was reduced $10,200 and increased during the past year $2,184,670- The State is the owner of a large amount of bank and internal improvement stocks, some of the latter unproductive. FIRE AND LOSS OK NINE LIVES. —The honse of a man named PERKINS, situated about two miles from Kirkwood, near Binghajnton, N. Y., was consumed by fire last Saturday evening. Perkins, his wife and seven children, perished in the flames. FATAL RAILROAD ADCIDKNT. — On Friday evening a telegraphic operator, named Charles Osborne, was run over and instantly killed by a freight train, at Clevclaud, Ohio. APPOINTMENTS BY QO VEENOH POLLOCK. The Governor has appointed ROBERT T. CON RAD Associate Judge of the Court of Common riess of Philadelphia, from the Ist of Decem ber next, vice Win. D. Kelley, resigned. • On Saturday last the Governor appointed Cnpt. ENOCH Ti RLF.Y, Harbor Master, for the port of Philadelphia, from the 15th inst., vice ; Geo. R. Graham, resigned. | NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY. — Another 'link of this road, eutendiug from Rridge|ort, i opposite llarrisburg, to Millersburg, Pa., a distance of twenty-six miles, is now reported as completed and ready for delivery. A loco motive and train of cars, containing the Presi dent and Directors of the Company, jmssed over the line from Millersburg to Dauphin, a few days' ago, and found every thing satisfac tory. That portion of the work Ijctweeu the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge ami Bridgeport, will be finished in a few days, so that in the course of six weeks cars will be running regu larly from the I A ken's Valley Coal Fields to Baltimore. The work between Millersburg and Trevortou is in such a state of foiward ness as to secure its completion by the first of Jannary. The last ten miles between Trevor ton and Sutibury will be put under contract by the first of next mouth. So that the en tire line may be completed by the first of June next. KANSAS. —Governor GEARY had, at the last accounts, arrested some do/.cu or more free State men in the southern portion of the ter ritory, on charges of having participated in the recent disturbances near Ossawattotnie. He was invited there by the free State men to pro tect them from the robberies and outrages com mitted by Southerners The Governor escap ed the resj>onsibilify of making these arrests himself, by having the U. S. Marshal with him ; and while the Governor soothed the set tlers by soft words, the Marshal was cruising about making arrests. Not a single pro-dave ry man has yet been arrested. It is a remarka ble state of peace they have in Kansas. SINGII.AR WAGER. —Major Benj. Perley Poore, a man weighing 200 pounds, wheeled a wheelbarrow, containing a barrel of apples, from Newburyport, to Boston, a distance of of thirty-six miles, last week, in fulfilment of a wager he had foolishly made before the elec tion that Fillmore would beat Fremont in Mas sachusetts. On his arrival in Boston with the apple, lie was received by a concourse of ten thousaud persons, and mounting the barrel he made a speech. ILLINOIS LAND SAI.ES. —The land sales of the Illinois Central road, in October, reached , $009,800, against $441,490 in October last i year. Every purchase this October has been by an actual settler, whereas last year tl e | company sold considerable parcels to sperula i tors. The receipts of October will be about $300,000, the balance being on credit. The company have just advanced the price of all their lands north of Mcndota $5 per acre. IMPORTANT DECISION. —It is stated the Sec : retary of the Interior has decided against the j ruling of the late Conmiissio.ier of Pensions 1 making a discrimination between the volunteer 1 and regular service. The soldiers of either j service are, therefore, equally entitled toboun ity land. A large number of claims that have j been suspended pending the decision of this ! question will now be satisfied, * THE TOTAL VOTE of New York State, unofn ; cially reported, is—Fremont, 255,8% ; Bu- I chanau, 110,844 ; Fillmore, 113,316. Fre i mont over Buchanan, 75,052 ; Fremont over | Fillmore, 132,580 ; Buchanan over Fillmore, j 57,528. Majority in the State against Frc : mont, 58,204. B. K IXGSBIRY A SON have received a large stock of goods for the Fall and Winter trade, the particulars of which may be ascer tained from our advertising columns. Jtegr Mr. E. B. PARKER, of Jersey Shore, Lycoming county, has been appointed County Superintendent of Common Schools, in place of J. W. BARRETT, resigned. Gov. WISE. —A few weeks since, in conver sation witlv a northern gentleman on the polit ical state of the country, he stated the position of affairs thus :—" We have no fear of nor thern abolitionists. We can take care of thrm. But what we have to fear is an insurrection among ourselves." " What !'' said the other, " alt insurrection of the blncks " No," said the Governor, " but of the poor whites." This remark he explained by saying that he should not be surprised if a bill were introduced into the next Legislature of Virginia to restrict the slaves from learning the mechanical arts, with design to restore these trades to the poor whites. DISGORGING A LIZARD. —Last week, John Mitchell of the town of Chemung was taken with a fit of vomiting, and finally disgorged from his stomach a lizard near nine inches long ! He had drank several potations of whiskey, together with three quarts of milk that day, and it is supposed that the lizard got drunk on milk punch—hence his getting so high as to come out of his lodgments. The lizard is supposed to have been swallowed some four years since, as about that time Mr. Mitchel inhaled something while watching at a "deer lick," which has caused a slight de bility of the stomach ever since.— Elmira Gaz. HORRIBLE MI RDER AND ROBBERY.— On Thurs day morning the dead bod'es of Peter Naugh- I ton and his wife were found in the kitchen of i their residence, in the town of Dudley, Mass., | shockingly disfigured from blows with an axe and a flat iron. Mr. Nanghton's bank book is missing, and every effort is making to ob tain a clue to the perpetrators of this dreadful murder. A Dxdttifftl Scene. The London papers by the Canadian . Quebec, furuiakthe following purlieu!-,;, "J the fatal accident at the Music Hull y Gardens, while the Rev. Mr. preaching : Before the service commenced theentlm ; . within, and even without, the biiildi,,,, w """ tense. After the preacher had proceeds f" some minutes, on a sudden the hysterical *,• and subsequent fainting of a female in 11,7* 7 lery to the left of Mr. S , and at the fam eud of ti* building, occasioned u conn™, '" T Presently, tlic ~e.,ple tl ,e " Fire V— (there really Inn) smell of fire a few minutes previously -J .i called out " The building ! the buildii,!' falling !"and then, from above, in the er-.n . • l! * in the hall, and from all sides,' rose a vollev' r screams and shrieks, which were follow.-d | terrific rush to the doors. '• a The preacher paused in terror. View i from the orchestra, the body of the hall sen tod a scene of dire confusion and a'nJT] excitement. Fortunately, from tl„- |j, >)r , ing encumbered by seats a moment's obsn' 0 " tion was given to the ru*h. Thai inomm saved the lives of many who would have l„ " overwhelmed in tremendous on-. t toward t " door, and gave time lor more tranquil^,.' 0 tion. The preacher, recovering himself. i, np ' fr>r( „i silence, assured the people of safety, and w i, l the shrieks and screams still resounded and terrible groans were beginning to be heard set up a hymn, which, at first loudly cliaim-d from the orchestra, soon spread itself over the troubled congregation in the body of the lull who now seeing the roof still above them and the galleries still crowded with listeners, terror stricken, yet eagerly hanging upon the'preaele er's words, thus encmirnged, joined in the hvnm Not so in tin.- galleries. There a rnsh'wnV made to the circular-stair case on the ri-dit side facing the entrance. Down this a stream of frightened men, women and children poiir cd, rushing on in terror and impelled from he hind by crowds in still greater alann. Tun ing upon the stairs of the ocond gallery a slight curve is made by the balustrades. There unfortunately, from the OTerwhclming pressure the mahogany handrail broke, and the halio trades gave way, one after the other for about three yards. Urged by the crowd above, those below fell over the sides, down the well staircase, to the stone llonr beneath. The first who tumbled over was a well dress ed woman, who struck upon her head and died without a groan ; the second, another re spectably dressed female, who ft 11 screaiiiiii" in agony, with a child clasped in Jn-r arms'; then came another woman, then two men, and others followed. Meantime, the crowd from the end of the hall below Were rushing round the passage, forcing their way outwards over tiie dead and dying. The groans and screams were such as might lie fancied of Paudeuioniuin. THE CKII.IJSG OF THE NEW Horse OF REPRE SENTATIVES.—£uf!ieient progrts.- has been made with the ceiling of the House of Representa tives in the new south wing of the Capitol, to give an idea of its surpassing gorgeoumess— In the northeast angle the massive and elabor ate drop pieces, of the form of huge inverted pine apples, have been finished and set in their places ; portions of tlietn an 1 the cornice have been painted also, and adjoining parts of the i ceiling frescoed ; the whole producing an effect j that can lie equalled, we suppose, nowhere else on this continent, and excelled scarcely any where in the world. These large and most 1 elaborate drops, with the surrounding foliage ! and ornaments, are made of papier-mache, and, in case of receiving injury from any cause, can at any time be sjiecdily restored. Whilst the work of ornamentation is thus progressing in the ceiling of the hall of the House, there is no idleness in the new commit tee rooms. Several of them are paved with the tieautiful encaustic tiles, and are ready for | frescoing ; others are undergoing that process. ! and so exquisitely beautiful in taste and finish is this work that every visiter pours forth, up ; on witnessing it, utterances of mingled astou | ishuicnt and delight. ! In the north wing to be occupied by the | Senate and its officers, several committee rooms ' are finished, and some arc well advanced to ! wards completion. One tiuw in hand is for ! the use ol the Naval Committee of the Senate, and its ceiling and walls are being most luste •' faily and fittingly frescoed and painted. Nep tune, Amplitude, the Tritons, and all the gui-s and goddesses of the deep, find spirited repre sentations somewhere on the walls of this un iqiK* room ; pamielings are taken up with na val pictures ami exploits perl >rined under the ' American flag. When finished, this room, | with its match for the Military Committee, ' will be among the chief attractions of the luagnificeut apartments the country is pioviu ing for the use of her legislative agentsiu the Capitol.— -Xutt- mil Intelligencer. Ci Rioi-s WOLF TRAD.— The Hartford Times of Saturday says :—-A very ingenious and ap parently effectual contrivance i'or catching and killing wolves, foxes, Ac., lias been invented by Frederic Rendu*, of Ibis city, a workman at Colt's pistol factory. It is small ami <'"m paet, being hardly ten inches long, ami it work* with much strength and precision. Two steel prongs, fitting into a close steel iron case, sre provided with four barbed i oint*. upon 'J' the bait is fixed. The little thing is cotnph"- ed by two small steel tubes or pistol birr"*, running lengthwise with the ease on eit.fr 1 side, mid provided with cones for pcrcnsMon caps. When the animal seizes the m>af, I'D P" * out the two prongs upon wliieli it i* fasten'*', and in doing so opens them by a power, n spring, thus fo ring his jaws wide apart a'" holding them firmly bv the cruel barbed points while at the same instant both pistol barn* are simultaneously discharged down hi* throat . It finishes him completely. Even without 11 pistol sliots, no wolf could well getaway. 1 those I Kl rived points in his jaws. An es|" rl ment tried on a dog succeeded adinirafib - The inventor goes to Canada with his trap, 1 sell it in that v.olf-swarming region. HOGS AND PORK. —The Cincinnati / • rent of the 29th ult., reports that contrnfl for 30,000 hogs have been closed intliat q'i'r ter, chiefly at fiafv l-4e. net, for early delivery The packing season there will soon , '" ir "" rmt . The same paper reports sales of mess pot' ■ sl7 per bbJ, while at th.e same periodic.* * * pork was held at twenty dollars. . We hear of no movement in hogs ><>' i 1 ing purposes among our packers. j vailing price among holders is l> I-J l '- l'ork is freely offered at sl7 |K*r bin. •' shoulders are dull at 6 l-2c ; clear *" • 7 I-2c.. and bairtrcd hams at 1" cents-