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.
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" 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
gratifie<M>ej#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 lon<r looked for and prov
ed for the glorions consummation this day com
memorated. It was an additional link in Du
ties that bound the Keystone and Empire
States together, and the speaker was happy to
see the punerous response of our citizens on the
occasion. It augured well for the future fra
ternal feeling that should exist between States
woven together by such inseparable t : es. We
all rejoiced at the discovery of gold in Califor
ma ; hut gold was only the standard—the re
presentive—of the " black diamond" of I'enn
Rylvanin. He said he would not speculate up
on the business importance to Eluiiro of the
event inaugurated today. But he would say,
all honor to JOHN ARXOT, who had invested
SIOO,OOO in the Junction Canal, when he knew
that neither himself nor his would ever realize
one cent—all honor to M.\Frrr, the Superin
tendent of the North-west Extension—and all
honor to DAVID SHEAKER, the Superintendent
of the Junction Canal, through whose instru
mentality this event was so flatteringly inaugu
rated.
After the conclnsion of Col. HATHAWAY'S re
marks, the boat proceeded to the basin of the
Chemung Canal, amid the most enthusiastic
shouts of the multitude.
Here H large crovul had assembled, and
while the booming of the cannon wns heard
from every side, Capt. MAY, of the boat, was
called out. lie gave au appropriate response,
when JOHN RICHARDS, Esq., of Pittston, Pa.,
was called upon, and very |wrtinently acknow
ledged the compliment to his State and to the
company. Ilis speech was received with voci
ferous cheers from the crowd.
The procession then formed, and marched to
Ilaiglit's Hotel, where each and all were con
gratulated on the auspicious event of the day.
Never have we seen the citizens of Elraira so
unanimous in their congratulatory greetings.
A Row AT WHEATLAND —Governor Wise,
Senator Douglas, John Slidell, and other dis
tinguished members of the Slave Propaganda,
have l>ee 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 alchm<in and Lewis-
I t iwa .-lurora urge Gen . Simon Cameron as L". h. s>ec&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.