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    End of the Utah War.
WASHINGTON", .Tune 10.—The President to
day transmitted to Congress a message enclos
ing a copy of a despatch from Governor Cutn
rniMg, dated Mav 2, received at the State De
partment yesterday. From this the President
guvs there is reason to believe that our difficu
lties with Utah have terminated and the laws :
nre restored. He congratulates Congress on j
this auspicious event; exprcssess the opinion
that there will be no occasion to tnake the ap
propriation for three regiments of vo'unteers
recently authorized for the purpose o'' quelling |
the disturbances in Utah and for the protce- ,
tion of the emigrant trains and supplies, and j
eavs that Texas can be defended by regular |
troops now within her limits. The President
ie the more gratified because tbc events in Utah
will afford some relief to the treasury, and not
require a loan and additions' taxation of the
people.
In a letter toSecetary Cass, Governor Cam
ming says that lie left the camp on the oth of
April cn route to Salt Lake City, accompanied
by Col. Kane as his guide and two servants.
In passing through the settlements lie was
greeted with such rospectiful attention as was
due to the representative of the Executive
authority of the United States in the'territory. !
Near Warm Spring at the line dividing Great i
Salt Lake from Davis county, he was honored
with a formal and respectful reception by many
gentlemen, including the Mayor and municipal j
officers of that city, and by tliein escorted to j
lodgings previously prepared for him, the I
Mayor occupying a seat at his side in his car
riage.
Ex-Gov. Young paid him a visit of ceremony j
as soon as he was sufficiently recovered.of the
fatigue of Ins journey to receive company. In j
subsequent interview Young evinced a will j
ingnc.is to afford him every facility lie might
require for the efficient performance of his
Administrative duties. Young's course in this
respect, Governor Cumming fancied, met with j
the approval of the majority of the Salt Luke
community.
The territorial seal with other property was j
tendered Governor Cumming by Win. 11
Hooper, late acting secretary of the territory.
Tiio records and library remain unimpaired.
Governor Cumming entered on the perform
ance of his official duty with profound regret,
when he learned that agent Hart was charged
with having incited to acts of hostility the j
Indians in Yinta valley. The information
came from Hooper. Governor Cumming hopes
that Hart can vindicate himself from the char
ges, yet thinks they demand an investigation.
Gov. Cumuling had informed General Johns
ton that lie should probably be compelled to
make a requisition upon him for a sufficient
force to cha-tise the Indians.
At every point Governor Cummihg was roc- j
Ogniscd as the Governor of Utah, and received ;
with a military salute. He invited responses
to his speech, and several spoke, referring in
excited tones to the murder of Joseph Smith,
to the services rendered by the Mormon bat-:
talion in the Mexican war, anil recapitulating
long chapters of their wrongs. The tumult
fearfully increased as they progressed, but an
appeal from Young restored calmness. Several |
afterwards expressed regret for their beha
vior.
Governor Cumming proceeds to describe
the exodus of the Mormons, saying the people j
including the iuhaditantsof Salt Like in the
northern part of the territory arc leaving.— :
The roads everywhere are filled with wagons
loaded with provisions and household furniture !
W omen and children, often without shoes or '
liats, are driving their flocks they know not i
where, seeming not only contented but cheer
ful. It is the will of the Lord, they say, and ;
they rejoice to change the comforts of home
for the trials of the wilderness.
There were illuminations in his honor.— i
Having heard numerous complaints. Governor
C'umming caused a public notice to be posted
pignifying his readiness to relieve those deemed
themselves aggrieved by being illegally res
trained'of their liberty, and a>suring protection j
to all persons. He keeps his office open atall
hours of the day and night, and registered
fifty-six men, thirty-three women and seventy
one children, as desirous of his protection, ami j
evincing a disposition of proceeding to the 1
United States. A large majority of these
people were of English birth, and were prom- '
iscd assistance to remove. Governor Camming
pays his visit to the Tabernacle will never be
forgotten. There were between three and four
thousand persons assembled for the purpose of
public worship and there was a most pro.outid
silence when lie appeared. Brigham Young
introduced him by name as Governor of Utah
and lie (Gumming) addressed tliein for half an
hour, telling them his purpose to uphold tlie
constitution and the laws, and that he would
expect their obedience to lawful authority, at
the same time assuring them of his determina
tion to administer equal and exact justice, &e.
He was listened to respectfully.
Their ultimate destination was not fixed on.
Going south seemed to be sufficient to designate
the place ; but from private remarks of Young
in the Tabernacle Governor Cumiuing thinks
they arc going to Sotiora.
Young, Kimball, and most of the influential
men had left their commodious houses to swell
the ranks of the emigrants.
The masses everywhere announced to Gov
ernor Cumiuing that torch will be applied to
every house indiscriminately through the
country as soon as the troops attempt to cross
the mountains, and that although their people
were scattered, they would take every means
to rally them.
Gov. Cntnming says that some of the Mor
mons are yet in arms and speaks of the mischief
they arc capable of rendering as guerrillas.
The way for the emigrants to the Pacific
was open.
Gov. Camming would leave for the south
on the 3d of May. He says that lie will res
train all the proceedings of the military for the
present, and until he shall receive additional
instructions from the President.
BRITISH OITRAGES IN WASHINGTON Pocirrv.
A correspondent from Washington, writes :
Mrs. Douglas evidently shares in Iter husband's
indignation at the British Outrages, and is re
ported to have r fused to receive Lady Na
pier. tlie British minister's wife, when the lat
ter called a few days since at the Illinois Sena
tor's residence Senator Toombs, of Georgia,
has got his back up, and commenced hostili
ties lv refusing to attend Napier's last party,
to which lie was courteously invited.
TREASURER OF THE MINT.—It is announced
that the Hon. Pivtrt. STURGEON- |, a .s resigned
the office of the Treasurer of the United States
Mint in Philadelphia, and that the President
has appointed TL Hon. JAMES M WALTON, of
Moutoo countv to 111jiu-itiou.
The Re-election of Senator Hie.
The announcement of the almost nnnnimott
re-election, by the New Hampshire Legisla
ture, of Jolm P. Hale to the United States
Senate, accords so entirely with public expec
tation and public wishes as to occasion but
little remark.
Although the names of several worthy com
petitors were presented for the office, it was
obvious that the selection of any other suc
cessor would have been regarded, both inside
und outside of the Republican party as a po
litical blunder. Mr. Hale has served in both
Houses of Conines.!, and during the ten years
of senatorial life which lie lias nearly finished,
he has rendered distinguished and efficient ser
vice to liis constituency, and to the cause of
free labor and free territory, attaining a po
siiiou of usefulness and honor peculiar to him
self.
The main significance of Mr. Hale's re-elec
tion is the recognition it gives to the principle
of retaining those officers whose public course
has proved eminently acceptable to their con
stituents. By a perversion of the doctrine of
rotation in office, it lias been too much the
custom of the northern states to dismiss their
servants just at the time when their experience
has cabled them to discharge their duties
with the greatest .success and efficiency.
Without objecting to the reasonable en
forcement of this rule of rotation, we cannot
but think that the rewarding of eminent tidd
ly and service by repeated manifestations of
popular confidence, would tend equally to the
benefit of the electors, and to an improvement
in the character of their representatives. A
large part of the triumphs of the South in the
struggle for sectional domination, is due to
the parliamentary skill, acquired during a long
lease of official responsibilities, of her Con
gressmen. George \V. Jones, of Tennessee,
Letcher, of Virginia, Cobb, of Georgia, are \
not superior in natural capacity to some of
their Congressional peers from the .North,
whom they so rcudily surpass or circumvent.
Their superiority is but the necessary effect of
the system of making the term of Representa
tive service a term during goo 1 behavior. Jt
may be advantageous to derive instruction
from an opponent, and if the North expects to !
cope successfully with the scctionalists of the j
South, in the contest fur its constitutional
rights, ii must, to some extent, imitate their
victorious tactics. N.
We are, therefore, gratified to observe that
the Republicans of the legislature, in noruinat- j
ing Mr. Hale, emphasized the act by rejecting i
a resolution offered by Mr. Clement March,
approving the commonly received doctrine of ,
rotation in office. They have recognized a
principle which is auspicious of their future
ascendency.— /hening Pout.
KANSAS—TUB AFFRAY HETWEEN LANE AND
JENKINS. —Sr. Louts, June T.—A Leavenworth
despatch, dated the btli inst., says that the de- i
tails of the affray at Lawrence, between Gen. j
Jim Lane and .Mr. Jenkins, arc received. Roth i
Gen. Lane and Mr. Jenkins were living on aj
claim which both contested. The former en- |
closed an acre on which was a well, and which i
was used by both parties in common. Gen j
Lane recently locked the well and fenced it up, ;
and forbade Mr Jenkins access to it. Mr.
Jenkins declared that he would have the water
at all hazards, when Gen. Lane threatened to
shoot him if he made a forcible entry on his
premises. On Thursday afternoon Mr. Jenk
ins, accompanied by four of his friends, well
armed, cut down Geu. Lane's fence and pro
ceeded towards the well, when Gen. Lane
warned them not to advance or he would shoot.
Disregarding his threat, Mr. Jenkins, with his
party, advanced, when Gen. L ine tired, killmg
Mr. Jenkins instantly. One of the Jenkins
party immediately returned the lire shooting
L me in the leg.inflieting awouiid which confine?,
him to his bod. Gen. Lane had been arrested
ami was to undergo his examination to-day.—
Much excitement existed in consequence of the
uff.iir. Mr. Jenkins was held in high estima
tion, niid his death is deeply deplored. A man
named William Welles is in custody at Law
rence, charged with participating in the outrage
in Lynn county.
FAIR WARNING.—The Springfield (111.) —
Stale Ihstiler, of a late date, holds the follow
! ing language :
Mr. J. Glaney Jones A* Co. mu<t " call off
their dogs," or every cur of the pack will have
j his hide stretched on the fence in less than
i two mouths. The Illinois Democracy know
! their rights. They have cared for themselves
[ heretofore, and, they think, have contributed
: .something to tlie maintenance of the party of
nation, and they will brook no outside inter
ference with their home organization, come
■ from whence it may. If mediocre men cannot
1 cope with Stephen A Douglas in his laudable
aspirations and his course as u Democrat, that
j is the misfortune of the former, but when they
seek to break up a great State organization
: like the Illinois Democracy, that they tn iy
i punch one of its number who is too much for
; them, intellectually, and in the popular heart,
i they undertake a job that will extend in its
i ramifications without the area sought to be
punished. Without the sanction of the outside
i influence we have alluded to, the petty disor-
I ganizer* who hold government place in this
j Stiite would be unworthy of a moment's
, thought. With it, they may be entitled to,
and will receive, that attention that may damn
themselves and their masters. Will Mr. Jehu
j Giaucy Jones, and those who are using him,
make a note of these facts ?
THE Exracrr.n DUEL SETTLED.—WASHING
TON, June 7.—The Harris and Hughs difficul
ty is settled. Harris is exceeding cool, and in
choosing weapons, as the challenged party,call
■cd for " muskets at ten paces." William
I'olk, brother of President Polk, was his se
cond. Mr. Hughes it is understood to have
j retracted the language " in the order in which
I it occurred," which provoked the severe reply
•of Harris. The latter is understood to be a
: dead shot with his chosen weapon, which he
handled with decided effect in most of the bat
: ties of the Mexican war.
STOUT'S WRIT or ERROR.—The Roch. Union
learns that the main point on which the writ
i of error in the case of Stout is granted is that
j testimony was admitted on the trial, which
j proved.anotlier felony tnnn that for which the
prisoner was indicted. It was shown by the
1 testimony that he was guilty of incest with
his sister, and that is of course a high offense,
for which lie was not indicted. When the
i testimony was introduced by the District At
torney, and objected to by counsel for the
| defence, it was urged upon the Court by the
former, that it was necessary, and simply for
the purpose of showing the relation Stout held
towards Mr. Liltlc> and the motives for the
crime.
SraWortßeportfr.
E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
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A UNION CONVENTION.
LEMUEL TODD, Esq., who sicrns himself as
Chairman of an " American Republican Com
mittee," hus withdrawn the call, which we pub
lished. for a State Convention, and now unites
with the People's Committee of Superinten
dence of Philadelphia City. 11. UKECIIKR
SWOOPS, Chairman of the American State
Committee, and W\c. It. THOMAS, Chairman of
the Republican State Committee, in recom
mending a Convention to be held at Harris
burg, on Wednesday, the 14th day of July,
I*sß, to nominate candidates for Canal Com
missioner and Judge of the Supreme Court.
The course marked out by the action of
these Committees, is so palpable, judicious ami
correct, that we wonder at the late appearance
of the recommendation —for the mnl-adininis
tration of public affairs by the general govern
ment has become so grievous and intolerable,
that he who puts an obstacle iu the way of its
political overthrow, is worse than a traitor.—
['lie great object to lie attained, this fall, is a
rebuke of an Administration which lias falsi
fied its pledges, covered us with national dis
honor, and brought bankruptcy upon the Trea
sury. In those days of official profligacy, par
ty names are not worth stickling for, and mi
nor questions are of no consequence.
The following carefully prepared and sensi
ble article from the Susquehanna Republican,
so exactly expresses our sentiments in regard
to the present position of parties, ami our fu
ture course of action, that we adopt its senti
ments as our own, giving them a cordial ap
proval :
" 111 Pennsylvania there are three parties
opposing the national Administration, the Re
publican, the American, and the Douglas De
mocracy ; and it is proposed to unite thec in
to one party. Several reliable R publican pa
pers do not favor this project. They fear the
arrangement would necessarily involve a sac
rifice of principle. The Americans and the
Douglas Democrats believe that the Constitu
tion does not give to Congress the right to
exclude Slavery from flic Territories. On the
contrary, Republicans believe that, under the
Constitution, it is not only the right but the
duty of Congress so to exclude Slavery. Here
is a fundamental principle dividing the par
ties. Republicans cannot and will not recede
from their position. Tliev not only deny the
validity of the Dred Scott decision, but they
also deny the principle upon which it is based.
It will lie useless to ask the Republican party
to join any organization, or to take any posi
tion, that will require them to give up the
principle that Slavery is sectional—the crea
ture of State laws.
Many of the Republican papers are in favor
of standing upon the platform of 185 r ). They
know the principles to be correct, and they be
lieve the platform good enough and strong
enough for another campaign. We, too, be
lieve those principles to be correct ; but it ap
pears to us, if we stand upon that platform,
without addition or modification, we must close
our eyes to some unpleasant truths. We must
make ourselves ignorant of the fact that—ac
cording to the party which now administers
the government, and practically—Slavery is
already established in the territories, and per
suade ourselves to believe that a slave cannot
exist outside of the slave States. We must
teach ourselves to forget, that the one great
question now before the American people is,
llow can Slavery be driven out of Kansas?
Shall we wait for Congress to accomplish
it? It will be a long term of years before
the V. S. Senate can be so much changed
I-'veil if it could be done by a Republican Presi
dent and Congress elected in 18(50, it would
then be too late. Slavery, under the foster
ing care of the federal government for three
entire years, would become so fastened upon
the people of Kansas that it could only be re
moved by the slow and tedious process of eman
cipation. The proper remedy would be the
I". S. Supreme Court, but its Drcd Scott de
cision, although not final nor binding, is suffi
cient to convince every one that it is worse
than useless to seek redress from it. We are
hoping that Kansas will reject the Lecompton
Constitution. If she does, she must remain a
territory so long as James Buchanan is Presi
dent. llow, then, is she to rid herself of Sla
very, which has been fastened upon her by the
general government, against the wishes of a
large majority of her actual citizens ? She
has no other remedy than herself. She must
look to her territorial legislature for relief.
We see no possible way by which Slavery can
now be driven out of Kansas, except by the
action of her own legislature.
The question will not be settled with the
admission of Kansas ; for what is said of Kan
sas is true of all the Territories. Taking ad
vantage of the decisions of the Supreme Court
and the acts o! Congress, the Sonth are pu-fi
ing their slaves oat Into all the territories.—
The darlimz scheme of the President is the
formation and admission of slave States. In
all his territorial appointments he has a sin
gle eye to the extension of Slavery. The his
tory of Kansas teaches us how much can be
done by the national administration to foster
and propagate its favorite institution. If we
look, for Q moment, at what James Buchanan I
has been able to accomplish in a little more
than one year, we shall not hesitate to throw
every obstacle in his way, and prevent an en- .
tire subversion of the rights of free lubor. If
he could uccomplisb so much iu one year, what
uiav he not do in three years more ?
Republicans have contended most strenuous- j
ly that Slavery ought not to be permitted to i
go into the territories ; but now a new question ,
presents itslf. Slavery has become established ,
in the territories, by the action of the general j
government. That government cannot be 1
changed for many years. Three years is us i
soon as it will be possible to change the Ex- '
ceutive, and many more must pass before a
change can be effected in the I'. S. Senate.—
What then is the duty of the KepuMieau party
in this unpleasant position of affairs ? Their
clear, plain, and imperative duty is lv endorse
the action of their representatives in Congress, i
Yielding to the necessities of the case, tlicy
voted for the Crittenden-Montgomery amend
ment. Politicians, like other men, must con
form to the circumstances under which they find ]
themselves placed. No particular rule can
govern them in a general course of action.—
Our representatives sustained the Crittenden
amendment, although its principle is not in ac
cordance with the platform of 1856 • and the
whole country approves their course. They
yield not one foot of ground, and gate up not
one principle, so the party can endorse that
action without compromising their position in
the least.
Slavery being in the Territories, the general
question is, shall the actual settlers have the '
right to legislate it out ?
The federal government having forced Sla
very upon Kansas again-t the wishes of a
large majority of her actual settlers, the par
ticular question presents itself, " Have the
people of Kansas the right to say they will
not have Slavery ?" They have that right,
most unquestionably. Republicans ought to
claim that right for them ; Americans claim
the light for them, and so do Douglas Dem- j
ocrnts.
Here, then, is a basis of union for the three
parties, or rather is a principle which the three ;
parties can support together at the polls, as '
their representatives did in Congress.
Is it inconsistent for Republicans to claim
this right for the people of the Territories ?
No. It in consistent for Republicans to oppose
the Died Scott decision in every way and
under all circumstances. By that decision the
Constitution is made to protect Slavery in the
Territories, and it would be unconstitutional
for Congress or the people to exclude it.—
Therefore, when Republicans claim the right
to exclude Slavery from the Territories, by
any power whatever, they are still opposing !
the Democratic principle that the Constitution
protects Slavery wherever the Constitution is
recognized.
We say, let the Convention which is about
to meet at Harrisburg endorse the vote of
our Representatives in Congress upon the
Crittenden-Montgomery amendment. Let them
endorse it most emphatically ; and then we
shall have a basis upon which all the oppo
nents of the administration can unite to over
throw the most corrupt and infamous adminis
tration that ever cursed a free government."
THE NEW AMERICAN CVCI.OIWMA. —Messrs.
D. ARPI.F.To.N ic Co. publishers, Nos. 840 and
848 Broadway, New York, have commenced
the publication of a new cyclopaedia, the first
two numbers of which have been issued, and
which when completed will fill a want long ex
isting for a convenient and reliable book of
reference for every day life.
Hie New American Cyclopaedia is popular
without being superficial, learned but not pe
dantic, comprehensive but sufficiently detailed,
free from personal pique, and party prejudice,
fresh and yet accurate. It is a complete state
ment of all that is known upon everv import
ant subject within the scope of human intelli
gence. Every article in it has been specially
written for its pages by men who arc autliori
ties upon the subject of which tliey speak.
They are required to bring the subject up to
the present moment ; to state just how it
1 stands now. All the statistical information is
from the latest reports ; the geographical ac
counts keep pace with the last explorations ;
historical matters include the freshest just
views ; the biographical notices not onlv
speak of the dead, but also of the living, and
of the living up to within the last half year.
And the work is cheap: three dollars a vol
ume ; and each volume contains more we
have carefully computed the contents of both
—more than the whole six volumes of Ban
croft's history, which are sold at two dollars a
volume, making in all twelve dollars. Everv
family ought to possess a copy of the New
Cyclopaedia. It is a library in itself. Let
I each man save twenty-five cents per week, and
by the time the work is complete lie can not
only own the fifteen volumes, but also a band
some book-case to keep tbem in.
The New Cyclopaedia will be completed in
13 volumes, royal Bvo. ; $3 per volume, in
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rocco ; $4 50 half Russia extra.
ftaT The rains on Friday and Saturday last
created quite a freshet in the river. We do
not hear, however, of any great damage being
done to the Canal.
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Cunard steamship Asia arrived at New
York, Sunday morning, with three days' later
news from Europe. Details of the recent ag
gressions on our commerce by British cruisers
iu the Gulf had been received in England, but
the London journals do not make any edito
rial comments on the subject. Parliament re
assembled on the 28th, but its proceedings oo
that day were of an unimportant character.
It is reported that the Conference Committee
of the Lords and Commons have agreed to Ihe
principle of the right of Jews to scats iu Par
liament. BARON ROTCHSCHILD will therefore
take his seat in the House of Commons/The
Niagara and Agemmnon were lying off Ply
mouth, and it was expected that they would
start on the Atlantic Telegraph Experimen
tal trip about the 29th of Mar. The second
meeting of the Paris Conference took place on
the 2d of May, but nothing was known of the
proceedings. Nothing new has transpired rela
tive to the pending trouble between England
and Naples. There is a disposition on the
part of the latter to refer the matter to Aus
tria as an arbitrator, but this course will cer- !
lainly fie rejected by England. Newspapers j
from China assert that Lord ELGIN had de- j
; clared himself ready to employ force to pene- I
irate the empire to Pckiu itself. Corrcspon
| deuce from India states the campaign into the j
; Rohilcund had already commenced. The rebel?-
were as determined as ever, and a long guer- ,
rill alight was expected. The British comman- j
! der is urgent for more reinforcements.
! 3
&a5-Tlie Ohio River and its tributaries are
'iu a very swollen condition, from the heavy
: rains which have visited the section of the
i country through which they flow. Great
damage has been done by the overflow of
water,and still more is expected,as the streams
at last accounts, were yet rising. The
track of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
; has been washed away, west of Cincinnati, and
I other loads are more or less injured. McPlier- j
I seutown, on the Miami River, was completely
; inundated on Saturday. The storm was also J
very severe in Batimore on Saturday. The
flood at Jones' Falls was very great, and the
streets at the lower end of the city were com
pletely flooded. The damage was very con
siderable, and included not less than twenty
turnpike bridges on the Falls and the vicinity.
j ILLINOIS. —The Buchanan State Convention
met at Springfield on the 9th inst. Hon.
JOHN DOUGHERTY, of Union Comity, who
! presided, was put in nomination fir the office
'of State Treasurer, and Ex-Governor REY
, NOLDS received the nomination for the Super
intendency of Public Instruction. No com
promise with the Douglas wing of the party
could effected. The resolutions deprecate
Slavery agitation, indorse the Cincinnati
platform, denounce DOUGLAS for " overweening
conceit," pitch into the Republican party, and
censure the " outrages" committed by the
British upon American commerce.
! Intelligence received from Utah by war of
California brings a variety of interesting items
concerning the movements of the Mormons.
The report was current that the Saints had
commenced the evacuation of the Territory,
acting under the orders of BRIGIIAM YOUNG,
who had removed, with the Council of Twelve,
to Provo City. The Descret X-irs has dis
continued the publication of the discourses of
the elders, has reduced its size one-half, and
furnishes no information of Mormon move
ments.
£&" The next meeting of the Bradford
County Teachers' Association will be held at
Granville Corners, some time in September.—
;G. I>. MONTAXYE, Esq., is to deliver the nd-
J dress. G. D. SCOTT and J. T. PRATT, were ap
pointed to declaim, and Miss HELEN M. CAK
, TER aud MARY A. BOWEN, to read essays.
,
WM. B. ANDERSON, Esq., formerly for a num
ber of years a representative iu the State Leg
| islature from Perry county, and afterwards a
State Senator from Perry and Cumberland
; counties, died at his residence in Aaronsburg,
j Perry county, on Wednesday of last week.
An attempt was made by some scoun
drel, on the 2d inst., to burn the office of the
Sutibury American. A large quantity of pa
per which had been stowed away in one of the
' upper rooms of the building was discovered to
be on fire, and discovered in time to save the
. building from destruction.
A Pioneer and Historical Festival
i came off at Montrose, on Wednesday last.—
The Oration was delivered by R.R.Little,Esq.,
and B. S. Bently, Esq., presented the poem,
i We understand the attendance was large, and
that the proceedings were quite interesting.—
1 The next annual meeting will be held at
Wilkesßarre.
Boston was visited by a destructive
fire on Saturday night, involving a loss of
I from $150,000 to $200,000. Corinthian Hall
• was among the buildings destroyed, from which
the fire burst through iu a westerly direction
to Theatre-alley. The principal occupants of
i the buildings destroyed were dry-goods dealers.
GODFY'S LADY'S BOOK for Jnly is already
1 upon our table, and freighted with more than
s its usual cargo of embellishments and literary
j matter. The Book continues to maintain its
1 position as the favorite of the Ladies, and dc
serves all the popularity it has attained.
'I The difficulty between Senators Gwix
' J and \\ ILSON was, on Saturday night, amicably
I adjusted bv the intervention of miittnl friend®
News from all Nation* '
—Gen. J. Pinkey Henderson, V S I
from Texas, died in Washington City, last H
mirnptlon. lie was born In Sorth Carolina****'*
participated actively in the Texas Soolu *"* H
first Otrremor of the Slate. " ' 1 <-.M|
-—The Delaware & Hudson Canal
Machine Shops, and several surrounding ■
are informed, were destroyed by fire on Ti *
lan. The light was plainly seen front SenitfJ
—One hundred and seven iiersor*, * I
mitted as members into the Presbyterwc
Scrauton, on Sunday morning last.
—According to a recent statement ' I
Moran, the expenditures of the Erie ILil It
iujj the hut six iaoutlw, have exceeded tIL
SIOO,OOI. "S^BB
—An attempt was made to break •
moltin Bunk by the presentation at its count ''l
$27,000 of its paper for payment. This
as it was, was promptly paid. ' ll
—A partially successful attempt ton •
Boom at Lock Haven by a p.rty ~f rat n !,
Williuiusport. Twelve or thirteen of the par' 'I
ed have ijeeu arrested hy Sherifl'li'Uhec aud
arid held to bail to answer for their *'*■
at the September Court. ''
—A child four years old, named K
came to its death in I'ottsville last week. fro.- I
tion. During tire absence of its parents, it
ly got hold <rf a bottleol liquor.
VESSEL STRUCK nr Lronrxtw, _Q I
I 23d ult., the main-mast of the seh<M>uer I>a '^^B
j troit. bound for Chicago, was struck by ligbt n *,.
| one of the sailors, John Code, who lud been ''l
I reef the topsails, was instantly killed. Tb ■
j split into slivers. ' V
J —An attempt is to be made to recm?B
• million and a half of dollars that went down 'I
| tral America, although she is unk in water
j eights of a tnile deep, and in a spot that aiaett
| from the nearest land.
—The winter grain crops, East, \Ye<t \.
• and South, are represented as looking unusual , ■ M
| —C. 11. Shepard, Esq., has been sppj
| Cashier pro U-ra. of the Waverlr Bank, iu plac- '- ■I
I Fairchild, Eq., resigued.
—A young man bv the name of By*„^B
while washing in l,e .Susquehanna river uu-iH
| opium. Wyoming county, in company with L:,fr! !l
brother, uecidwitlv got into the stream where.: * . I
his head, and 1 eing unable to swim, was dnmned>
they succeeded iu rescuing him.
[;B
Heavy rain storms have occnrred in V
eiuri. At St. Joscjdts tle flood WA-MO greatthit - B
were carried away, and t>arns and their contest i
troyed.
—A serious explosion occurred oa hii-j I
iat the town of Burn*. Mass., causing the th-tr, B
three powder mills, and resulting in I,** of life a. B
of the employes attached to the works.
—The VUlngt Record states that s
daughter of Patrick McCoy, of West Chester.war- I
ly injured on Saturday last, by a game eock. la. B
en came out of a yard aud attacked her, dr.vug ; Jf B
into tiie neckol the child just below the ear, I
an) inch deep, and inflicting a wound on the f I
which was cat to tle skull gtud several other wooabi, 9
the face.
—We have been told by a gentleman !■; ; J
Trevorton that mining operations have 'oeeu rwi> B
that region with great a-tivity, and on as krgnij j
as previous to tire late suspension of mining.
—On Sunday, 16 ult : "Afireotmr B
i mar the axe factory of Ilarvv Mann. Ik-Ik-fontc,*'. > B
j suited in fhe destruction of a large fr.mv huill .i;, . B
to Mr. Mann, but was at the time in the m
| three families who sußered very severely by t: .x |j
Itioa. It originated through some defect of the i.e. B
—The Leavenworth Times announces ts I
j the notorious Judge Lecompte intends to resign ii w PI
i on the Supreme Bench of Kansas.
—A difficulty has occurred between j 1
N't w York :nI Eric anil New York Central Ft.. . I
panics, about the right of the tn.k at the Ritaar- I
ins. One company lias placed a freight train op '■) I
make good it-s entire claim, while the otbtr tL.v&si* 9
| take possession of it by force of arms.
—The movement of the t'.vo remaining:' I
■nvius of troop, of the I tali exoplition from L\r T " I
i.s delayed on account of the protracted wot weatiir
—Tlie New Orleans Vigilance Comwis- g
has broken up its camp and disbanded, and thema J I
authorities had writs issued for high trea-o&. ni" I
arre-ting all concerned in tin* movement. wlicaiatMt"
intervened and stopped further arrests.
—lii South Carolina and Georgia tlicj r
rejoicing orer luscious cherries pears and aprs t
ton was also in bloom in (teorgia on the Jd iat
—The hog cholera has again made its
pearanee in Kentucky. Tennessee and Arkansas, asi'
animals are dying by hundreds.
—ln Loiiisatm there are fifteen thousi
square miles <>f fertile, alluvia! soil which lie >• * ■
water mark, and require to be protected by arki-* 4
bankmentw.
—lt is said that Walker, the filibuster
certainly preparing a third expedition against
His followers in the South make no sis ret eftb' '
and the Administration has received otbria! c
of the tact from the head-quarters ol the 11*.vetDMt
—The ventilating apparatus in thenc*>
of the House of Representatives doe- n
even temperature, and the sunlight pom i:.d"*■
the close glass roof makes the hall very urn n. fat •
a warm day.
—lii thoroughly removing the earth it
burial place of Ethan Allen in Burlington en T
for laying the foundation of the proposed manJ"*"
bone- of Ktliau Allen were found dire t!v iieneatii '■■■
of the old tombstone. They were boxed up aaJ rf '" /
red beneath the foundation.
—The pleasure yatch, Prairie Flower, '•
sunk in the harb >r of Boston, Wednesday Tl * *
of seven persons who wore on board have been K
Captain Brown and several others are still wb-'i
.
Dr. Reese's Aledieal Gazette say s
since the enormous swindle and njurderous tr.uk
ed milk has been so thoroughly exposed, we niaj ■ '
a signal diminution in the mortality of infamy* ll9l "
hood, which has reached a gigantic extent.
—lntelligence has been received from
mander Rodgers, in command of the Water V : ■
at Key West, that a British vessel hnd !>cen sen'
suit of the Styx, with instruction- to desist fr"W
search of American vessels. It is also state! tl'.a'- ■
fleers who have committed the late outrages h>'
acted under new instructions, but those of H'
—The reported grold mines in lo ff4 - 1'"
to be mostly a moonshine.
—Gold exists in considerable qna' !t '" f
Kansas, near the Rocky Mountains.
—Mavor Ticmau's agent Serge Mil b
mill J**
has broken up a numl>er more of Lottery " 1
ling concerns, located in the New England SU<'
L
—Within three weeks past about d in "
etons have been exhumed at the oldl'otter -' " • .<
Forty-eight, Forty-nineth and Fiftieth
and Lexington avenues. New York, at
tween f JOO and S3OO, and removed to w '' *
w-Tk i still gainer forward.