Protection Repaid by Waste. ' | r I We are glad to see that the sogaf-tnx be gins to be again discussed. Theappropriation of seventy five thousand dollars fey-thfffieneft of a few sugar-planters in Louisi|fes>, who are not enterprising enough to sto(\k their owa es tates with healthy cane plants, lias letf' petjptc to inquire what is the reasou for this extraor dinary liberui.ty. We answered the question generally, the other day, by saying that tbetirficietjcy which the government is squandering its money to supply is simply the fault of the planters them selves. We propose now to dis. uss this point more thoroughly. The sugar cane in the Uni ted States has degenerated by a course of wofse than negligent planting. Our renders probably know that the carrc in our emmtry is not raised from the seed, which grows ou spikes at the end of the cane, for in our climate the season is not long enough to perfect the seed. Tilt fields, therefore, are planted with portions of the stalk, cut into proper lengths and inser ted in the soil. In our country the entire stalk does not mature ; when the winter frosts set in tlie tops are still green, and in this portion of the stalks the juices are held to be unfit for purpose of making sugar. The Louisiana plan ter, therefore, instead of taking the part of the cane which is near the root, and which has tho most vigorous and fully formed buds, plants the weak aud half-growu npper-joints of the cane, which in their turn produce weak and juicelcss plants for the next year. Thus the cane gradually degenerates until it is necessary to restock the sugar estates with plants from abroad. lii a report made in 1848 by Mr. Fleisch niann, a Gerinau, who was sent to Louisiana by Mr. Ewbank, then Commissioner of Patents, to inquire into the state of the sugur crop anil the sugar manufacture, he says : " Some use the green tops alone for plant ing. It is with cane as with all other plants— imperfect seed produces n poor plant and fruit. The planter cannot expect that plants with delicate imperfect eyes and short thin joints will produce a cane like one of vigorous growth, with perfectly well developed eyes and a great deal of juice, which supports the voting shoot till its roots are strong enough to obtaiu nour ishment from the soil. The young sprout from poor canes is less able to supjiort the in clemency of the climate, as it is more liable to disease." Again, Mr. Fleischraann states : " Some planters select for seed the oldest or poorest inform canes. This cane is of small grow tb, lias a few short joints and bad eyes, and appears to be almost a different species from the plant cane which has been raised np on well-prepared or thorough-drained soil," or after Indian corn or peas. These planters save all their finest cand for the mill, and for get that by this kind of economy they reduce their crop for the following year, and thut it will affect the sugar both in quality aud quan tity." By ratoons the reader must understand the shoots which spring lrom the roots of the cane after it has been cut. In the ftist year after its planting the stalks are called " plant cane;" the next year thb stalks are " ratoons of the first year," and the year following " ratoons of the second year." After three crops, the ground in our country is generally ploughed up and planted auew ; but in the West Indies, where the growth of the cane suffers no interruption from frost, the roots send up a rich annual growth of stalks for a dozen years or more.— This difference between the climate of the West Indies and the United States is oue rea son of the greater cheapness with which sngar is made in those islands than in Louisiana. It is an expensive process to plant a cane-field.— The product of the cane is only about five-fold. It requires the canes of twenty acres to fur nish cuttings for planting a field of a huudred acres. Prof. Deßow, in bis book on the Industrial Resources of tbe South and West, treating of the same subject, says : " About the Ist of October the planter se lects the cane intended for seed. And here, if I may be allowed, without presumption, to sav so, a general and fatal error prevails. Most planters have not the courage to sac/ if cr, as they term it, their best and finest cane for seed. Selecting the fields of the oldest ratoons, w here the plaut is sparsest and smallest, they act in direct opposition to those principles of nature which both theory and experience have established for guides in reproduction. In both the animal and vegetable systems, all agree in a general maxim, that like will produce like, lu sow ing grain iu producing vegetables, iu breeding animals, iu the whole reproductive system of nature, it has beeu universally es tablished as a rule, that a healthy and vigor ous offspring can be expected only from pa rents of similar constitution ; and in all cases where this principle has been acted ou with perseverance, it has not only succeeded in pre venting deterioration, but in superinducing pro gressive development. I cannot but believe that this practice of always selecting the poor est plants for seed was one of the main reasons which caused the fine variety of cane called the " Creole" to degenerate to such an extent that, in late years, it has been almost entirely ban ished from our fields. In some iustanccs the planters have pushed the " penny wise and pound foolish" system to such an extent as ac tually to reserve 110 cane for planting but the tops—that is the green upper joiuts which are cut from the plant wheu it is gathered for the mill, and which are not mature enough to af ford sugar. I am the more emboldened to make these remarks, as an experiment has shown that in this respect cane is not an an omaly in the vegetable kingdom. A friend, who is an experienced and intelligent planter, with sufficient energy of mind to break through the trammels of routine when in opposition to good sense and sound principle, thoroughly tested this plan of reserving tops for plantiug in a portion of his fields some years ago, and the result was a marked deterioration in the product." What are we to infer from these testimonies ? Simply, that here is a case of gross uuthrift and improvidence. The sugar estates were well stocked originally with healthy plants of the caue, which by a course of wasteful culture have become so degenerated that a new sup ply must be had. When Fleischmann visited Louisiana in 1848, the bad effects of the prac tice of planting the uuripe caue and the poor est ratoons were so appareut as to stare every body iu the face. The planters, however, have g >ne on for eight years longer, plantiug, in the < same thritless manner, the cane, as the Jour ml of Commerce, even while applauding the grant of money for the benefit of the planters, confesses, growing meagre and juiceless, and the plantations less and less productive. The error iu planting is declared by Professor De vtobe " geuera! but he uses fur too i mild a term iii call it au " error"—it is simply *n wbtive, the bad effects of which was wail known jrrar! ago —au übafe pfr&evered In with the full knowledge that, although by the cheap plniitiiig of worthtess canes a larger present profit might lie m ule, it would in the tad de stroy the value of their sibek Of sugar-cMie al together. The mischief has at length reached the point which was forseen long since, and uow Urn planters call ou the goveruuuiut for help to restock their estates with plants from tropical countries. A grant of money, to the amount- of seventy-live thousand dollars, for this purpose, has accordingly been smuggled through Congress. Thero was DO debate up on it, it was slipped through the two Honses so quietly as to avoid the public attention ; j and nobody ever heard of it, till one fine morn ing of last wr-k the Journal of Commerce in formed us that this act of " wise and prudent legislation"—such were its words—was about to be carried into effect, by sending the store ship Release to tle West Indies and the Cen tral Americ >n coast to buy a cargo of new canes for the sugar planters, it is only the planters who have shown any " wisdom aud prudence" in effecting the appropriation —they had the wisdom not to let the people know what they were about, and the prudence te avoid all discussion of the subject ; for, if du notice had been given of their object, and If the policy of giving money as a premium ou improvidence to those who have been the ob jects public bounty for the last thirty or forty years, had bceu fairly talked over among the people, Congress might uot have found courage to grant the appropriation.—A T . I'. Cost. Execution of John Michael Kamm. John Michael Kamm, who was tried and cou victed for the uiurder of John George VeiLan gruber, at the February term of our Court, and sentenced by Judge WILMUT at May term last, was executed in the jail yard of this couuty, on Friday, the 14th instaut. Till withhi a few days of the time appoint ed for his execution, he appeared to be quite unconcerned, and entertained strong hope of being pardoned or escaping in some way the execntiou to which he was doomed, lie be ing unable to speak much English, it was hard to ascertain the real foundation upon which he based his hopes. However, be did entertaiu the hope, and it was not till the workmeu com menced erecting the temporary enclosure and gallows, that he seemed to realize his true con dition. On Thursday, the day before he was oxecut ed, Rev. Mr. ERLA, a German 3&inister, visit ed him in his ceil. He has visited him several times before siuce he has leeu confined, bnt whether heretofore he (KAVIM) made any pre tensions to Faith, we are not informed. Mr. EKI.A labored earnestly with him during the day and a portion of the night, and on Thurs day afternoon the Sacrament was administer ed to him, in the presence of several citizens, he having declared that he had received full pardon of his sius, and was not afraid to die. Mr. ERLA tried at various times to have him make a confession, but he persisted in his in nocence, and vehemently dkilared that he kill ed Yritavgruber in self defence. Mr. ERLA asked him at one time why he did not consider what the consequences wonld be before he did the deed ? Ha exclaimed "O, my GOD ! how could I consider when closely pursued by a man with a large knife I" He*said be bad told the truth but people would not believe him— bnt he forgave all freely who had taken part against him, bnt thought their conclusions were wrong—he said he had made his peace with God, and was prepared and willing to die.— He asserted his innocence to the last, and died without making any further confession. During the forenoon on Friday, his cell was thronged with idle spectators who gazed npoii him apparently merely to gratify an idle curi osity. In all that crowd that surrounded liim, there was not one friend or relative to drop a sympathizing tear, or to speak a word of con solation to the unfortunate man. He was in a strange land among strangers—the subject of idle curiosity to a curious crowd. There was none beside the Minister, save two or three, who exhibited the least sympathy for him, and they were comparatively 6trangers to him. It was a heart-sickening scene. An old grey haired man, who could have but a few years more at the longest to live, weighed down with shackles, and who, in a few brief hours was doomed to die an infamous death upon the gal lows. It was a scene which would arouse sym pathy in the most stony heart, aud any man |K)Bses.sed of a spark of feeliug for suffering hu manity, could not look upon that old man (even though he be guilty of foul murder,) weeping scalding tears, his strong breast con vulsed with emotion, and sobs and groans es caping his lips, without being moved with com passion, and pitying the condition of the un fortunate being who had thus strayed from the path of rectitude and virtue—6iuned against the laws of God and man, and was now about to forfeit his own life for the highest offense known to our law—that of taking the life of a fellow-being. As we said before he was friendless. Tie had 110 friends in America, except one little daughter who is about eleven years of age, who visited him iu his cell for the last time 011 Thurs day. Their last parting can be far better im agined than described. It was of the most af feetiug character—and the agony of this scene was snch as a parent only can imagine. At about 12 o'clock "the Sheriff dispersed the crowd in the Court House, and prepara tions for the execution were made. At two o'clock r. m. he entered the cell of the unfortu nate man, and informed him that his time had come. He became considerably agitated, but soon became calm and seemed reconciled to his sad fate. He was led to the gallows and at ten minutes past two the rope was placed around his neck ; the Sheriff then informed bim that he had but fifte en minutes to live, when he exclaimed, " Too long t Too long ! Too long r —then dropped npou bis knees and uttered a ferveut prayer to Heaven. When he arose he exclaimed "Oh ! Veitangruber ! Oh ! Veitangruber ! if yon had only stayed in bed ou that fatal morning, I would not be here ! I may have committed an error, bat pray to be forgiven and that men will not be lieve me a willful murderer." He was iufurmed of his time till tbe last minute, and when that expired the connecting link between time and eternity was severed, and John Michael Kamm was suspended betweeu Heaven and earth a cold and lifeless thing 1 There was not a struggle—fur a moment the body writhed, theu the muscles relaxed, aud all was still. lii thirty minutes ho was pronounced dead by the physicians present—he was then cat down and placed in a coflin, and in the even ing was interred in the edge of the woods east of town. Truly " the way of the trausgressor i hard !" Fvtfii'in (Jo. DtnorruK orb porter. £. Q. GOODRICH, EDITOR. : (iburahan fttormnD, November 27, 135 U. TKKMS — One Dollar per annum, inrarinb/y i* udtanec.— Four weeks previous to the expiration of a subscription. notice will be given by a printed wrapper, and if not re newed, the paper will in all cases be stopped. Cl.CBT*i— The Reporter will be sent to dubs at the fol lowing extremely low rates : 6 cay* foy.t -$5. 09 115 copies for,.. .t 12 09 10 copies for 8 00 | 20 copies for 15 00 AIIVKKTIUKHESTP— For a square of ten lines or le's, One IHlUsr for three or less insertions, and twenty-Jive crnlh Jbr each subsequent insertion. JOTI-K out--Executed with accuracy and desnatch, and a , t.asnnaUe prices—wiVi every facility for auing Books, Jlmiks, Hand-bills, Ball tickets, frc. >1 NTV may be sent by mail, at our risk -enclosed in on envelope. and prqperly directed, we will be responsible fir its safe dtlietry. " Tnt GLORIOUS WILMOT DISTRICT !" is the fheme of encomiastic remarks by the Repub f licans of every State. She is poiutcd to with pride by the friends of Freedom everywhere. Her 9,138 majority for FREMONT, is quoted as displaying the integrity and intelligence of her people, and demonstrating the affection and respect they bear for the man, by whose name the district is distinguished all over the Union. There has not been a campaign within the last ten years, in which WILMOT was not made the issue aud the-target for all the missiles unscru pulous, virulent enemies could hurl at his head. They have pursued him with fiendish maligni ty, with all sorts of dirty meannesses, as if his overthrow was all they desired to effect.— Whether a eaudidate or not—whether active in the political field, or entirely inattentive— the same tactics have been resorted to by the dough-facc tribe who disgrace our politics. If they wished to defeat a candidate, they slan dered WILMOT —if they sought to carry a mea sure, they hastened to propagate the lica they had concocted concerning WILMOT. In the midst of defeat they have cursed WILMOT- —in the exultation of victory, WILMOT* has been to them as Mordecai sitting at the king's gate. The culmination of the ribald obscenity, of the fabricated falsehoods, of the despicable as saults upon public and private character, has occurred during the past Presidential canvass. The climax has beeu reached at last. The prince of blackguard-, SCHNABEL, has relieved the smaller dogs from their accustomed howl, and taken up the cry for the total extinction of the inevitable WILMOT. What was before simply the inuendoes of discontented and baf fled ambition, nnder the master-hand of the West Branch blackguard, blossomed into the ripened fruits of educated scurrility and prac ticed defamation. SCHNABEL " stumped the district," to extinguish WILMOT —his mouth fill ed with the foulest abuse, and his pocket with affidavits. Laboring under a singular delusion, be imagined that WILMOT was a candidate for some high place, aud he sought to persuade oor people not to vote for him. This hallu cination made him oblivious of state and coun ty liucs. lie electioneered against him, with equal vehemence aud iudecency, as well iu the State of New-York as Pennsylvania—in the Southern part of the State as iu the 14th Con gressional district. The result, if Mr. WILMOT chase to give it a personal application, is one of which he might indeed be proud. To him it must certainly be gratifying as a vindication of his character from the aspersions of his traducers ; a verdict sought by his enemies and demanded by them alone. Rut as on former occasions, the free men of this district have rallied to abundantly testify their confidence in him, so uow they have spokeu at the polls their devotion to the principles which he has so often and ably pro mulgated. The verdict is a satisfactory one to the friends of Freedom, and crushing and overwhelming to the Border-lluffian allies. It embitters their exultation in the midst of vic tory. The leaders feel that they have no claims upon the incoming Administration, and instead of rejoicing over the election of BCCH AX AN, they are moodily and billorly contem plating the glorious triumph of Freedom in this District. A politician with 4655 majori ty against him in the county where he resides, has not much claim on the ' power* that be,' and will not receive a great deal of consideration. It demonstrates a vast amount of negative in fluence not much sought after by politicians. We advise the expectants in this county,when they approach the footstool of power, beseech ing for office, to hand up with their credentials the official vote of the county for President. They won't ueed any other recommendation. They might, however, put in a few words about " annihilating WILMOT I" HORRIBLE ACCIDENT AT BEKGEN HILL, N. J—A dreadful accident occurred ou Saturday afternoon, at the tunnel which is being cut through Bergen Hill, on the line of the New- York and Erie Railroad, two miles from New- York. A shaft has been sunk at this point 1 5 feet in depth, for the purpose of clearing the tuunel from the rfe&ri* and letting the work men down. For this purpose, a large tub, at tached to a rope, is used. On Saturday, Eve of the laborers got in the tub, and wheu it was lowered about five feet from the surface, the rope broke and the whole party were dashed to the bottom of the shaft. Three were in stantly killed, a fourth fatally injured, and the fifth very seriously. The latter were taken to the New-York Hospital. CONGRESS.— The members of Congress are assetnbliug at W ashiugton, preparatory to the opening of the secoud session of the present Congress, which will be on next Monday week, the 2d prox. PRESTON KINO. We observe by the remarks of the Rcpub- ■ iicin papers of Xew-lFork, that PRESTO* KING J wiß be elected with almost entire unanimity as | U. S. Senator from that State. We shall be gratifieej#nd expression at this reselt, and it will demonstrate to the country in the most emphatic manner the devotion of the Republi- j cans of the Empire State to the principles of ; Freedom. During the momentous struggles of the past, in victory or in defeat, PKKSTON KING has been one of the moat zealous and reliable advocates of the cause of Freedom. When prominent Frec-soilers in the State of Xew-York, succumb ed before the influences of the slave Power and proved faithless to their principles, he ha- - been as true as the needle to the pole, i.evcr wavering, never doubting, but with his abiding confidence in the ultimate success of correct principles, encouraging the faint-hearted, and giving renewed confidence even to the bold. It will lie a proud dnv to the proud Empire State when PRKSTON* KING takes his seat as her Senator. The friend of Fredom in the most distant state, will feel a glow of exulta tion, anJ a certainty that the cause of HUMAN RIGHTS will not be neglected or betrayed while he occupies that position. The Republican? of the nation join iu the desire that the State of New-York will do itself the high honor of electing him to that elevated place. LANCASTER BANK SUSPENDER. —In conse quence of a run made on the Lancaster Rank, and the refusal of the Philadelphia banks to receive its notes, that institution eloped its doors on the 18th in t. Note holders are r.d vised not to sacrifice the same, as the assets are supposed to be iufiiciout to meet the circu lUJUOU and deposits. The ca"se of the ruu and consequent suspen sion of the Bank, was a feeling of Insecurity engendered iu the monetary circles by the bad management of the coucern, a large amount of the funds of the bank being locked up in the Sunbory and Eric Railroad, the Shamokin coal region, and other unsuccessful speculations, crippling the bank, and weakening public con fidence. The capital stock, it is supposed, will be totally sunk—but as the stock holders ure individually liable, the notes, in time, may be redeemed. POST-OFFICE AFFAIRS.— The Postmaster Ge neral has ordered the following changes in Bradford County : Establish a post office at Leonard Hollow, and appoint EIIOS Hubbard postmaster. The office is located between Springfield and Troy, and will accommodate a large settlement in and aronnd that vicinity. Appoint Duniel A. Gillet postmaster at Beut ley Creek, vice Benjamin F. Buck. DELAWARE U. S. SENATOR. —Hi Excellency, Gov. Casey, has appointed Joseph P. Coine gvs, Esq., of Dover, to fill the vacancy occa- sioned by the death of the Hon. John M. Clay ton. Oef The following article from the AsAa ta bula (Ohio) Sentinel, contains a great deal more truth than poetry—the force of which every Republican cannot avoid feeling : PEXXSYI.VANIA. —This State was lost to the Republicans by sheer mismanagement Those who assumed the responsibility of engineering the Republican party in the union project, have proved themselves as sublime a set of as ses as the sun ever shone upou. They are ut terly unfit to conduct a spelling match in a log school house. They have thrust themselves forward to obstruct success; and have done nothing but mischief at every step they took They commenced the campaign under a full sense of their own weakness, but charging it upon their party. They had no confidence in principles, and supposed they must fool the people into the support of their plans ; but lacking the shrewdness to fool anybody them selves, they handed over the job to the Fill more men, who very promptly cheated them out of their own wits A more ridiculous con trivance than the union or fusion project of Pennsylvania, never was enacted by men out side a mad house ; and the eff>cts"of it now stare them in the face, as they did every intel ligent politician frem the time it was conceiv ed till the election burst the contemptible bub ble. The Republicans will never succeed till they rid themselves of the whole batch of trading and dickering politicians, who are al ternately pig or puppy whenever themselves for sale, and varying between goose and jackass when the tyry to sell ont others. They should be scouted at once, and new men invited to take the lead, who are willing te trnstthe peo ple and rely upon truth and fair dealing. We cannot think or speak patiently of the miserable work made in Pennsylvania. It lost us the State, and doubtless the president, by its influence upon other States. We do not, cannot, and will not forgive them. They de serve no indulgence or excusing ; and the Re publicans of that State will not be true to themselves till they totally discard every man who goes into the political field with the idea of getting help from some fragment of a party or some euemy of the cause. When a great and eternal principle is at issue, trust no man who doubts the priuciple. Such men would try to prop the throne of Ileaven with bass wood poles. They will defeat any party that ought to succeed. Kick them out. INTELLIGENT VOTERS. — In 18 counties of sou- j theru Illinois, forming a large part of what; is familiarly known as "Egypt"—the land of darkness—there are 11,186 males over 21 years of age who can neither read nor write. 1 These counties give Buchanan over 10,000 ; majority. Of course. The ignorant and de graded are just the men to be made tools of by such demagogues as Douglas. It seems to I us but natural aud right that such fellows should vote the democratic ticket. A party that thrives on passion and prejudice ought to succeed best where the people are the most ig norant. Take up the ceusus of any State, ami find a county in which there are large numbers ' of adults who caunot read or write, then turn to the election returns, and yon will find that that county gives a large majority for Buchan an. The majority, too. will be found propor tioned to the sum total of such voters. Susquehanna County. (Fro* the Montrose Republican, Nov. The BepubScen meeting on Monday evedfrg fast, was held in the Court House, and, con sidering tbe stotmy state of the weather, rcry well attended. Hon. G. A. Crew made one of his hest speeches, in the course of wmeh he reviewed the history of the slavery qnes j tiou in th'ia epuutrjr —illustrated the effect of ; free and slave institutions, by pointing but flte I difference iu the growth and prosperity of free and slave States—proved that the Democratic i party in this District till recently held the same ! opinions on the slavery question that himself held and still referred to the cheer j ing prospects for the future of the parly of ! freedom in the United States. The room was adorned with some appro | priate devices, exhibiting the Republican ma i jorities in the Wrlmot district, the Republican candidates for 1860, " Fremont and Dayton," i Ac. The ceremony of presenting the I'rize Ban ner from the ladies of Montrose to Lenox twp. the home of Hon. Q. A. (Jrow, (for the lar gest gain in the Republican vote since Octo ber) took place in the Court House at Mon trose, on Tuesday evening, Nov. 18th, and was au occasion of much interest. A large num ber of persons, including many ladies, were in attendance. The Banner is a very beantifu! one, trimmed and ornamented with ninch taste. On one side is the inscription, " The old Liber ty Tree—let it Qrntt" and on the other, — " Presented l>y the Ladies of Montrose to the Banner Township, Lenox, 18f>6."' The ladies hnd selected Wm. If. Jessup, Esq., to present the banner iu their behalf, and accordingly Mr. Jessup appeared on the stand and read some appropriate verses prepared by another for the occasion, and presented the banner to Hon. G. A. GKOW, who expressed the pleasure the occasion afforded him, and al luded to the efforts of SCHXAISEL aud CHASE in Lenox, aud the glorious result in that tow n. The meeting was also addressed by Hon. D. WIUIOT, B. S. BENTLEY and Elder A. S. POST. Reception at Elmira. [From the fcimira Daily Gazette. Nor. 17.] Monday was a gala day for Elmira—a day pregnant with interest to the town, and to Western New-York and Northern Pennsylva nia. The North Branch Extension was fully opened—an event long expected, and as long delayed. lake Klroiriuus, we all felt an inter est in the glorious consummation of an enter prise, so essential to the business interests of Elmira and the surrounding country. At two o'clock, in response to au extra issued from this office, a large concourse of citizens of this village assembled ou Lake street, opposite Height's Hotel, and, preceded by \Y sncr'o Band, proceeded to the Junction Canal, just below Tuthiii's Mill, whtre the Tonaicauda, under the command of Capt. A. MAY —the first boat through since the completion of the North Branch Extension, was lying. The as semblage of the citiz.ens was greeted with the roar of the camion, both from the shore and on board, and the shouts of u delighted populace. All who obtained a place on board the boat, were accommodated with a deck passage, and started on the lirst trip from the North Branch Extension. Unalloyed jollity anJ enthusiasm pervaded the masses ou board the boat, until it arrived at the Clinton street Lock, when Co!. HATHA WAY was spontaneously called for, and respond ed in a few brief hut pertinent remarks. He said tluG, on account of the inclemency of the weather he should make lio speech, and hoped that, if he did commit that indiscretion, none would he green enough to listen to him. He said that this was an auspicious day for Elmi ra—one that we had lonee at Wheatland. It is understood that Mr. Buchanan's constitutional timidity prevented him from acceding to the imperious suggestions, or rather demands, of Wise. The immense majorities cast against him in the North have made so deep an impression as to cause him to shrink from the extreme mea sures they propose to him. This hesitation has excited the ire of his Virginia snper-aris tocratic Highness, the illustrious and immacu late Wise. Slidell, more courtly, but not the less dangerous, strove to attain the same end. Even backed by Douglas, they could not ex tort a negative or an affirmative from the Pres ident elect. They succeeded in frightening him j very much, but this very effect produced such extreme nervousness, that all will, courage aud resolution had departed from him. This five-thousand-dollarsi-per-nigtrer Mr. Wise, thereupon flew into a tremendous pas sion, refusing to eat a Thanksgiving dinner at Wheatland. He and Slidell evidently prefer Virginia corn-cake and bacon to Pennsylvania I buckwheat and turkey—l'hUtidctyhi-i TV ?-*. 1 **VS ITEMS. pwciMMtio, fw,! ®* in ff is th vote of v jH?t,jffthc n-cm Presidential flee ?° fA T ; Buchauan. 10,577 ; Fillmore, & * re m>nt, 33.. —The Louisville Courier has _ ScatU!nn? ,5 - att Qifi counties tn Kentucky, except tifr* n * m ap's majority i 7501. Burh*n —The Harrifibnrg Union mention T T renreQete, of the Heading Gazette, a, a eonspU ilidate for Speaker of the Houae of Represent""* ll " Pennsylvania. of , —The several departments at Washing ! are engaged in preparing the annual reporter Cc 2? and it is said that the Pieaidaot'a Kes-w** ig tll * • •of executive delilieration. i fr A (ire at Throe Rivers, Canada, hat dec I troyed about fifty buildings including on. Ulf ti v | nee* part of the town. U tU bn't —The Land Office baa ordered that the land ; sale in Kansas on the 17U, -hall be slopped f tD „,, , j appear aa bidder*. ' diatom — l The failure of the Waster Bank Usairi j to have been cwuaed by the a* of it. mean, hv lrrMl>ft I —naves, the Missouri ruffian, who n, order j ed In cold blood a Tree State man named Buffum in K ! sas. during the last Miwwnri .nvasion. ha* bten'rrl a jon bail. Governor Geary immediatelv ordered hi! r , ; rest, whereupon b escaped to Missouri. TV c.ov j threatened to hold Slarihal Donaldson rce Vl) | ls iUe frrT ! recapture. ' —Tliree Aroeriean steamboats are now nari- I sating tbr river. Da Plata and T*ru, in o ßt | lAmfri ' j They were introduced by Mr. E. A. Hopkins,an A wrieai' | and have now been running regularly and snccrf ß i| T ' | under the American flag. for more than a vear. —On the 9th of September, the town of j Roaario, in the Argentine Confederation, suffered from * j fearful hurricane, which caused much damage i ntht j urb, and much injury to upwards of twenty >.•!, ,1 ! port j —At I'awtuxet, Wakulla Co, Florida, the vote, for President were cast directly for B-tehawa ml j Fillmore, and not for the Electors ; Buchanan l,*d 7 a d Fillmore 29. Tht H'aLuUa Tim,, presumrs that th, votes will be rejected, a presumption which G i well founded. ' • -We icarn from Tht Ablcrilk (S. C ) h dependent Pre,* that the negroes ..n the estate of the late Hon. Geo. McDuffie, numbering about 510. tuve been sold to a wealthy Western planter Tor fm.noo, being an arc. rage of near s7*> each. It was stipulated in the enletbat they shall not be separated. —The election of Bissell in Illinois secures to every Free State iu the I'nioii an Anti-Nebraska <; o *. ernnr excepting Indiana and California. Thi, U thiug for a young party to boost of, aad indicates what earnest action con accomplish. —The Lock Ilavcn If alchmec&tnr from this Ftate. The Ibrold of Frttdem, bv Geo. Brown, has re-appeared at Lawrence iu Kao*as. afterix 1 months' stoppage from Border It iffianUm. Long may it j speak ! —The dead body of Mr. Jous MASTERS, of Madison township, Columbia county, was found in the woods mi Saturday la.t, the 9th instant. It appears that the deceiutd had left his home eometwo werke since, and wandered a boot four miles into the woods, belonging to j William LicuiuliUm .f Pino township, and perisiied. Jno. | F. Fowler. K*j.. summoned a Jury who hehi an inquest ) in the body of the said Masters, and rfpirted that the i deceased —who was partially deranged—came to lib-death j by cold and starvation. i —The Official returns in Connecticut give j Fremont 42,700 : Buchanan. 31,!K>3 ; Fillmore, 2,6!!. j Fremont over Buchanan, 7,705 , Fremont OUT all, j,- | 090. i —The steamer Marion, which went in search | of the|Lyonm>i*. put in at Holme*' Hole yerterdsy. bv ; ing seen nothing of the wreck or the hosts. She spoke i three vessels, n >ne of which crave any light upon the sub : ject. The Mari >u will make another cruise southward o! j Nantucket. —The Lexinpton Gazette stu'es that the I Natural Bridge property, in Rockbridge county. Virginia. • including the botl and one hundred acres ot . .nd ar rud j it, has been aio'.dto Mr. SheSield for J12.000. —John E. Govran. Esq., of Boston, has en | tered into a contract with liie Bus.tan government t* • raise the fifty-two war vessels strnl* in the uariior of Sr' ; oastopoi before and dnring tbe setge. —The Prohibitory liquor law in Delaware jis to ire repealed. The Democrats made it sa issue, iri | have carried the State by about 20<*) majority. : —III Baltimore, there were 214 vote* pell j ed for Fremont, most of whom are understood to lu*o ! been Germans. ! —As the three hundred South Carolinian i wore returning home from Kansas, after the late share election, they stopped at Liberty. 111., kwgeoooghtottar down a national flag that tbey thought belonged to the Fiemontern, but when they heard it was a Fillmore hag they made suitable apologies. They then made for Fremont men, threatening to take them across the river to an island, and treat them as they were in the hv bit of treating such men in Kansas. —lu a case of sudden death recently, ;n ; Warren county, (Miss.) a coroner's inqoeit heul,* - ! the verdict was that " the deceased died l.y the win i Gid, or some other disease unknown to the jury, i —Every one of the three A\ ashburnes is re elected to the next Congress, lsrai! in Maine by 500f I CadwalLader C. in Wisconsin by i'Xtr ; and fclthu u- 3 i lllinow by 11.551 majority. —Bripham Youtip ttirns all the arvumfßb | for slavery to th aennt of polygamy, soil talks abc-> i his peculiar institution, defends it by scripture, sr. ■ rl i tols its virtues iu much the saiue way that our So--> | brethren defeud and extol slavery. D* further ; South by declaring that if polygamy i* not t(> ' rr ' i,nl | will go out of the Union ; but we do not notice tc* l i demands its forcible extension. —The Peoria, Illinois, pa]*rs say that the milk sickness is prevailing to an alarming extent .n— 1 Mackinaw Bottoms, about ten mile* Ironi I chin, one hundred head of cattle died in one week fro® disea- e ; one farmer lost forty fine cattle. It is *t.!i | r " tag, aud the people dare not touch or taste uwa'- butter iu the whole region. The disease always appearance in places where its causes exist, iu sca-""- extrcme drouth. —The Wyoming County Mirror notic?^^ the arrest in Wyoming and Genesee counties 01 counterfeiters named Ellingwood, L.ine 3nd w • u - large amount of the spurious stuff was found parties. And they were lockrd up to await cxa.n- 113 A white man who was lately taken up . a mob in Arkansas, on suspicion of enticing bell ion, received one thousand lashes, —The latest accounts received froir Mormon* at the Salt Lake, say that. ' n the destruction of the crops, repeatedly b> .V 3" j[t and drought, many of the recent ffliiigrauv. becoming discouraged and returning ag nu t " 1 —The Vermont Legislature ha" the bfn providing for the givitiß of f-'O.Oi'O 0 ' fund* for the aid of the Free State party iR forte-two tniioritv.