cordially, as the wife of her old friend. "I have
not seen Mi. Elmer for several years; but
heard that he was married, and wished much
to meet you."
" And to see me play the dignified husband,
I snpiiose ?" rejoined lie laughing.
" No ; you used to be too good natured to
lie dignified ; and I doubt whether even mar
riage could change you."
" I saw Mr. Law ton a moment ago," said
Elmer, " and he expressed his willingness, nay
his wish, that you should breathe the fresh air
for a while."
" Iler face brightened. " Did lie ?" Certain
ly I will go, if it will afford him any pleasure."
And she accompanied us.
" Lawton was standing where we left him.
The glow of delight still illumined his wife's
face, and her eyes anxiously sought his; but
lie did not give her a look. He resumed his
conversation with me.
" How long have vou been married—may I
tuk ?"
" Four years."
" Vou have worn the yoke just twice as
long as I have. I became a Benedick two
years since." His scrutinizing gaze again
sought my face. " You look well and happy.
In days of " lang syne," you wi re subject to
occasional attacks ofcanttt-or low spirits; arc
you never thus afflicted now ?"
" Never. 1 have grown wiser."
" And yet I should have supposed that in
crease of care, perhaps of sorrow—and lie
lowered his voice—" would have augmented
the malady."
" But if additional cares bring also new
sources of happiness ?" I responded, indign
ant at his insinuation.
"And such has been your experience ?" with
another s arching glance.
"Unquestionably," was my proud reply.
" 1 wish I could say the same. To speak
truly, I am weary of life, sick of the world,
and everything in it."
" Not of everybody, 1 hope," said I, with a
stolen look at Mrs. Luwtou, who was talking
with Rupert.
" Yes, of everybody. I have learned to re
gard a hermit's life as the ne plus ultra ot feli
city."
" I saw the pale chock grow whiter >till and
the muscles of the month quiver convulsively,
and hastened to change the subject.
" Have you visited B since your return
to this country ?"
" Once only; that is, I passed through with
out stopping. I saw the house in which you
used to live and heaved a sigh to the memory
of the pleasant times we had there together
I often think of those days they were the hap
piest in my life. I love to recall each incident
Do you remember the last song you sang for
tue ? That was a sad parting to inc."
" I remembered it all but the retrospection
gave uie no pleasure. On the contrary, it fill
ed me with disgust and shame. I was displeas
ed at his familarity; but a moment's reflection
showed me that I had no right to be so. Our
former intimacy authorized it. The only won
der was that I should ever have been intimate
with him. In the hope of making the conver
sation general I turned to his lady. 1 instant
ly perceived that the quick ear of affection
had caught a least a part of our interchange
of histories. The sadness had deepened; lnit
her maimer was yet gent'e. We spoke of the
wild scenery through which wc were pas
sing.
"It is indeed magnificent," said she. " 1
can conceive of nothing more grandly.beautiful
than that view," pointing as slie spoke; and the
sunbeams play over it as if unwilling to leave
it so shrouded in the gray twilight."
" Really," said Lawton sneeringly "that last
burst of poetry partook of the grandiloquent.
Now that you fairly mounted upon your
Pegasus, favor us again. 1 will take notes of
the most "grandly beautiful" passages for the
benefit of the public."
" She blushed deeply, tears of wounded feel
ings suffused her eyes, and she was compelled
to turn aside to conceal her emotion. My
heart bled for her; I looked indignantly at the
author of this cruel and in.manly speech; but
his sarcastic smile showed that he enjoyed the
sight of the anguish his words had occasioned.
Shrinking from him as from a fiend, my eye
fell upon mv own noble husband and the two
contrasted. Indignation and pity were cxpres
sed in Rupert's countenance. He was silent;
but I read his thoughts; and when, at length
his eyes beamed on me with a look of nnttera
ble tenderness, and 1 thought how freely his
bosoin would be presented to receive a shaft
that threatened to pierce mine, I longed to
cast myself upon his breast, and, from the ful
ness of the grateful heart, thank Heaven that
I had been saved from the misery which a
union with my " first love" would have brought
upon me. As soon as we were alone, 1 learned
more of the history of the unfortunate being
who was thus, in the spring-time of lite,
doomed to sneh wretchedness.
" I have been acquainted with her from
childhood," said Mr. Elmer, " and a more
lovely character I have never seen. ~\Ye were
near neighbors for many years, and upon terms
of the closest intimacy; yet 1 never saw her
sweetness of temper disturbed, or heard her
speak an unkind word. Idolized by her par
ents and friends, she inhaled constantly an at
mosphere of affection and indulgence. Her
feelings were respected and guarded from in
jury as sacred things. Poor creature ! She
feels the change as keenly as a tender exotic
transplanted from the hothouse into the biting
air of n northern winter. I heard of her mar
riage, her friends feared an unhappy one, with
one who, it was said, had sought her for her
wealth. I knew his name, but did not dream
that it was the Lawton ofv.hose virtues I had
heard so much in B . He must indeed
be a villain to treat her as he does. There is
nothing congenial in their natures; she is a
trne hearted, loving woman, clinging even in
death-struggle of joy and hope to the object
of her devotion; lie a cold-hearted brilliant
egotist, in lore with himself, and despising the
rest of his race, except as ministers to his
pleasure. She was doubtless attracted by his
handsome person and insinuating address, and
is now suffering the penalty those must endure
who allow such petty consideration to blind
their reasou and outweigh truth and sterling
worth."
" He little thought that he was describing
what would have been iny fate, hud my ardent
wishes once been granted.
" I have not told you this trne story, my
dear girl, only to amuse you. I have noticed
in you a love ot the romantic, a longing after
sentimental adventure,and a distaste for every
thing commonplace, which make me tremble
for your future happiness. Believe one, who
tells you upon the strength of her own expe
rience, that no uuioa can be happy that is not
rounded—obuoxious as is the phrase I must
use it once more—" prudential motives."
News from all Nations.
—Last Sunday uight the Rectory of the
Episcopal Church at West Chester. Pa., was entered and
robbed of a gold watch, a pair of gold spectacles, nix sil
ver teaspoons, four gold shirt studs, and a pair of sleeve
buttons: belonging to the Kev. Win. Newton.
A detective officer from Chicago, 111., fell
asleep while travelling over the Alton Railroad, a few
days since, and some light fingered fellow actually stole
his boots.
—The duty on tobacco in one year, in the
United Kingdom, is said to he £5,201,104. In London
alone, the doty received was X'.M 7J
—The Blount and I><: Riveire scandal has
had another termination,as we learn, from the Savannah
Daily News, of the 7th inst, received last night. The
•' C<nint" was to leave that day, for New York,to obtain
a divorce from the wife whom he has abandoned, in order
that he may become the legal husband of the lioness of
Mobile.
—£2 bills on the Exchange Bank of Grecn
i ville. 11. 1., have tnade their appearance. The bills are
well executed. The vignette shows a railroad train ; two
i females are on the right hand side of the hill, and two on
; the left. The bust of a man. with the word "Two"' across
| it, is at the bottom of the bill.
—ln reply to Mrs. Julia Branch's resolu
tion in the Vermont Free Convention, that " the tnatri
| monial contract deprives woman of her legitimate labor,"
! the Nashville Banner wickedly retorts : This isa slight
I mistake : it is only by marrying that women come to teg
i ilimale labor."
—A clerk in the Philadelphia Post Office,
I named Edward B. Dewecs, was arrested on Saturday
week, on a ebargc of portioning a number of valuable let
ters trom the mails. He was held to bail in s'.',ooo for
his appearance at the I". S. District Court to answer the
i charge.
—The "Fillmore Americans" had a meeting
; in Boston on Tuesday evening. There were 7.7 persons
present, including reporters. One of the speakers re
joiced that, by their action in \74. they secured the elec
tion of James Buchanan!
—The father-in-law of the Rev. Ilenry
Harnett, the colored clergyman who was killed at the late
j railroad accident at Saquiot Creek, has received from the
Central Railroad Comaany the sum of i'J.noo.
—The Natter's Bank, Bethel, Conn., was
robbed on Saturday night of (£O,OOO, chiefly in its own
bills. The officers caution the public against taking the
bills at present.
The hirgc and costly residence of Win B.
i Sax ton, together with all tb R barns and outbuildings,
: situate in Sheffield, Mass., was totally destroyed by tire
on Sunday night. The house was insured fur $2,700.
Governor Powell and Major MeCnlloch,
the Utah Peace Commissioners, arrived at St. Louis, on
the Bth, and proceeded to t :e East by the next morning
train.
—From the present indications, it is supprs
; cd that the Paraguay expedition will sail about the Ist
i of October.
j —Orange Stout, father of Ira Stout, the
U .che.-tcr murderer, died in Pennsylvania the other
' day.
—At the election, las* Thursday, in Nash
I county, X. C., a difficulty occurred, which resulted in a
man named Perry killing another named Brantly, after
! which a friend of Brantly slew Perry.
—Col. A. K M'Clnrc and W. W. Sellers
j have been nominated for Assembly by the conferees of
the Franklin and Fultondi.-trict .representing the People's
party.
—Three hogs died in Georgia from eating a
urnnken man's vomit. The strychnine in the liquor kill
ed them.
—Mr. Peter Simmons, of the town of Biff
Flats, died very suddenly on Monday from drinking very
! copiously of cold water while over heated.
—There are still remaining on board the
Niagara over eighty miles of orean cable, which will be
■ re-shipped to England trom New York. All the machin
ery lor paying out the cable i* left standing as it was used,
! and will not be removed until after the Niagara reaches
New York.
! —Eleven eases of sun-stroke occurred at St.
Louis on Tuesday, seven of which resulted in death. The
heat was intense, ranging during the afternoon ar.d
evening from 104 to 05.
—Captain Beale's expedition to construct a
j wagon road from Fort Smith to the Colorado under the
j recent act of Congress, has been organized, lie will ue
1 the camels on this service.
—Thomas Chauncey lias been arrested at
l East Boston on the charge of murdering Thomas Mc
I Dcrmott.
j —A terrific storm, attended with loss of
. life, passed over Blair county, Pa., on Tuesday evening.
—Attorney-General Black, lias been suffer
ing from illness during the past few days at Washing
tin.
j —President Buchanan was expected to ar
; rive in Washington on Saturday from Bedford Springs.
Archbishop Walsh died nt Halifax on
Wednesday night. He was fifty-four years old.
Mrs. Chndwiek, wife of Geo. Chadwick,
i residing in Peek-hill Hollow, on Wednesday morning cut
; "IT her arm between the elbow and wrist. For some time
-he had been partially deranged from her religions cx
citement, and had boon heard frequently using the words
•' if thy right hand offend thee cut it off."
B.iriinm, it is said, is engaged to give !1
series of lectures the ensuing winter in London, on
•' Humbug, Money Getting, and Money Losing," three
' subjects that he has perhaps studied more intently than
' any man living, and likely t become highly popular.
—Charles I>. Eldrcd is out in the Lvcoming
i -
l?azette with a spicy communication, in which he han
dles the Canal Democracy without gloves, and gives the
Governor a dig under the fifth rib.
j —During a severe thunder storm about elev
ven o'clock on Wednesday evening of last week, a large
; barn belonging to R. M. Hanna, opposite Lock Haven,
| was struck by lightning aud entirely consumed.
About seven weeks since, a malignant
I tumor appeared on the jaw of Harrison Bartholomew, a
j young man. residing near Milton. He went to Philadel-
I pliia for tlie purpose of having it removed. The opera
i tion was performed in fifteen minutes; but the uufortu
| nate man died on the following Thursday. His remains
| were brought home and interred.
—The fashionables of Philadelphia no lon-
I ger wear hoops to any extent. They arc worn so as to lie
i perceptible, which gives them a neat and grace
j fut form Large hoops are now only worn by the under
I crust.
—A foolish girl of 20 married one of the
I Sioux Chiefs, recently, at Washington. When she reach
j ed his princely wigwam, she found it a mud hovel occu
j [lied by two other wives! She burst into tears, but sbe
was too proud to return home.
—ln Indiana, the Republicans and Doug
las Democrats seem inclined generally to unite in oppo
sition to the Pro-Slavery English Democracy.
—Sidney Breese, formerly in the U. S. Se
nate, is the Buchanan candidate for U. S. Senator for Illi
nios, in opposition to Judge Douglas.
—They have formed a Wyoming Historical
and Geological Society at Wilkesßarre—Win. P. Miner.
Corresponding Secretary.
—Col. John Lord Butler, diet! in Wilkes
Barre, Pa.£ou the Ith iu-t. aged i7.;
I^rabfortlUportn:.
u. GOODRICH, EDITOB.
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REPUBLICAN COUNTY
COX VENTION Tlio Republican i
County Committee having met on
the '2<l inst., it was resolved" to call ft Rcput lican County .
Convention to Vie com posed of two delegates from eaeii
Election District, to he held in the Court House, at To- :
wanda. on MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBERS. ls">8, 1
fir tin' purpose of nominating a Republican Co. Ticket.
They have also appointed a Vigilance Committee in
each election District, whose duty it shall be to call pri
mary meetings of the Republican t lectors in each elec
tion district, for the purpose of electing delegates to said
County Convention. The Committees of Vigilance are 1
requested to confer together ami call the primary meet- :
ings on Saturday the 4th day of September next.lietween
the hours of and (>, I'. >l.. or at such other hour as tnav
lie convenient, and at the usual place of holding such
elections.
K. I). GOODRICH, ERASTCS WOLCOTT,
I!. L VPORTE. D. BAII.EV.
D. I.IEI.EV . CHESTER THOMAS,
M. F. KINNEY, MM. M. CHAFFEE.
COMMITTEES OF VIGILANCE.
Athens twp—S. \V. Park. John Griffin, 1). F. ' lark. j
\thens bum—N. C. Harris, A. It. Spalding, C C. Ilrooks.
Asylum—Edmund Morton. J. M. Wilson, D. H. Corhin.
Albany—James Wilcox, Daniel Kellogg, J. Sterigere. !
Armenia—Robert Mason, jr., Nathan Sherwood, Ah ml
Ripley.
Burlington—Chan. Knapp, D. M. Alexander, W.Spencer. ;
Burlington boro—Philander Long, Hovt Ballard, G. C. j
Hill.
Burlington West—Thomas Blackweli, Ed. Eooinis, Ste
pheu 11. Stiles.
Canton —Oliver Wilson. M. 11. Case. E. J. Andrews.
Columbia—George Ftirman. J C. M'Kcan, I). Eilley.
Durell—L'lysses Moody. Reuben Delong. R. Gilbert.
Franklin—Nelson Gilbert, Matthew Marshall, Joseph
Spalding. j
Granville—Win. Bnnvan, Valentine Saxton. B. F. Taylor.
Ileriick—Geo. W. Elliott, Ezekiel Carr. OrellanaStevens. ;
I.eßoy—J. G. Hammond, It. Stone. M.K. Wooster.
Litchiield-Milo Merrill,Stephen M Kinney. A. F.Camp- ,
ten.
Monroe tp—C. M. Brown. L. Kellogg, F/eeman Sweet. |
Monroe bo,—A. Muliati, S. S. IJinman, E. F. Young.
Orwell—Wm. P. Pay son, Josiah Newell, A. W. Alger.
Overton—Wm. Waltraan, Jaincs Ifcvarly, G. Hottcstine. ;
Pike—l>. M. B.iily, O. W. Northrop, Win. B. Stevens.
Rome—Perceptor Forbes, Lawrence Vought. D. Strope. '
Ridgbury---1". T. Covell. Reulien F. Squires, H. Owens.
Shesheqnin—o. 11. Ames, 1). F. Morton. G. W. Blackmail. |
Smithliekl— E. G. Darfey. M. Bullock, Newton Wood.
South t'reek—A. 11. Thompson, Lewis Fassett, John F. !
Giliett.
Springfield—S. I). Harkness, Joel Adam o . E. D. Wilder.
Standing Stone—Wm. Kingsley,Stephen Vought,George (
A. Stephens.
Sylvania bo —Curtis Merrit, Peleg Peck, jr., O. Fnrntan. j
Towanda bo—J. V. Geiger. George Britton J. H. Kevins. '
Towanda tp.— Lorenzo Bowman,H. C. Fox,Ha-rv Dot ker. '
Tow.uula North—E. Rutty, Francis Granger, Wm. 11.
Foster.
Troy bo -William Morgan, Dudley I.ong. 11. Pomeroy.
Troy tp—Howard Spalding, Reuben Stiles, John M'Kean. 1
Suscarora—E. C. Wells, Ferris Acklcy, A. F. Keency. i
I'lster—Thomas Mather, Geo. Nichols. S. N. Havens.
Warren—ll. Dickenson. Miles Prince, James Cooper.
Wells—laireii/.o Grlnnell, 11. Mosher, Nathan Phelps.
Windham—Geo. C. Carner, W. P. Kinyon, 11. Koyce.
Wilmot—J. L. Jones, J. H. Tyrrell, Jonathan Buttles.
Wyalusing—C. W. Hollcnback. J icoh Biles, Jas. Fee.
Wysox—l. P. Spalding, J. B. Smith, John B. Ilines.
THE ISSUE TENDERED BY THE ADMINIS
TRATION.
The Washington Union loses no time in ten
dering the Republicans nn isuefor the approach,
iug Congressional elections, which we venture
to say the Republicans will not be backward
in accepting. Speaking of the administration,
that print says in substance—that Kansas hav
ing rejected the constitution and bribe tender
ed her by Congress, must now remain a terri
tory until her population shall nearly double,
that is, until she lias over 90,000 inhabitants.
We think we do not mistake the very unani
mous sentiment of the Republican party, (says
the Evening Eosf,) when we say that it will
insist upon the admission of Kansas to the
L nion as soon as the people make a formal ap
plication, under a Republican constitution of
their adoption. Upon that question we are
ready to go to the country at once. If there
were people enough in the territory to make a
state under the Border-Ruffian constitution
framed at Lecompton, there are more than
enough to make a state under a Republican
constitution, such as the people of Kansas
themselves would frame. If it was the dictate
of patriotism, as the Union affirms, to over
look the question of numbers, when there was
a chance of giving the control of the new state
to the administration, it is the dictate of a far
j more exalted patriotism to overlook the qoes
: lion of numbers when there is a chance of the
: people being permitted to govern themselves.
! The Union closes with a statement which is
j incorrect. " There are no well grounded griev
ances," it says, " in remaining under territorial
j " forms, and this seems to be the judgment
I" of the Kansas people. They have decided
" thus to remain, and as they have at length
" come to realize that peace is better than re
; •' bellion, we trust they will now wait till their
| "numbers call for a change of government."
The people of Kansas have not decided to
| remain under territorial institutions ; they
have decided that they will not become a state
! except upon equality with other states. They
1 prefer remaining a territory until they can be
; admitted under a constitution that suits them.
And until the Union can show that a prefer
! once for a constitution that suits them, is evi
: deuce of indisposition to enter the Union,it has
no right to say that the people of Kansas have
decided to remain under territorial institutions.
No. The people cf Kansas, over and over
again, have asked admission as a state, and the
only reason they are not now a state is that
they are unwilling to submit to the dishonor
able conditions which the slavery cxtensionists
have sought to impose upon them.
&aS"" News from Utah states that Brigham,
\oung, Orson Hyde, and Ilebcr Kimball, the
grand high priests of Mormonism, have retnrn
ed to Salt Lake City. This being the case, it
is likely their example will be followed by the
lesser lights of the church. i
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. —The delay in
the reception of the Queen's message rin the
ocean telegraph, and rumors that the opera
tors wore unable to puss messages over the
wires, have given rise to apprehensions that
the enterprise, after all, was likely to prove a
failure. Some explanation is given in the [urni
groplis we publish in another column. It a|4-
pcars that messages arc freely passed from this
side to the Irish oast, but there is a failure
in receiving replies. Signals are however con
stantly and freely passing to and fro. This
; balk is undoubtedly occasioned by some por
tion of the machinery, which when discovered
j will be speedily rectified. We see nothing in
| the circumstance to excite doubts, but that the
I line will soon be in working order.
THE TEN MILLION LOAN. —The bids for the
loan of Ten Millions were opened at Washing
ton by the Secretary of the Treasury, on the
9th instant. The amount bid was large and
competition active and spirited, the lowest be
ing at par and the highest a fraction ever sev
en per cent, premium. Five millions of the
loan was awarded at five per cent, advance,
and the balance at four and a half per cent.
It is remarkable that within one year after the
great financial revulsion, there is so much com
petition for the privilege of lending money to
the government at five per cent, interest, and
that a premium of five per cent, should be
given therefor. Lenders seem to be averse to
I speculation, preferring security at low rates of
interest, to the insecurity that attends ventures
after large profits.
air The detectives of Chicago have arrest
ed Ceo. Loop, a fugitive from justice from Eh
mira, Chemung county, N. Y., who had eluded
the officers for fifteen months. Loop was tri
ed and convicted in Chemung county about
two years ago of tlie crime of highway robbe
ry, but appealed to the Supreme Court, and
gave bail in the sum of two thousand dollars,
and remained in Elmira until May, 1857, when
he took leg bail, and nothing was heard of him
until recently. The officer found him fishing
aud asked : "What luck, have you got a bite?"
, " No?" was the laconic reply. " Well," says
Captain Bradley, " I think I have a nibble,"
and suiting the action to the word, sprung the
i' darbies" 011 him.
RELIGIOUS. —The consecration of the Rev.
I)r. BOWMAN, Assistant Bishop of Pennsylva
nia, will take place in Christ Church, Phila
delphia, on Wednesday, the 25th inst., It is
understood that Bishop KEMPF.R, of Wisconsin,
• will preside, assisted by Bishop POTTER, of
New York, Bishop LEE, of Delaware, and
Assistant Bishop WILLIAMS, of Connecticut,
with probably another Bishop, not yet nomi
nated. The canons of the Church require but
three to be present, but it is usual to nomin
ate five, in case any of them should be unex
pectedly prevented from attending.
DISASTROUS FIRE AT NIAGARA FALLS.—A
fire broke out on Thursday, at noon, in the rag
room of the Niagara Falls Paper Mill,on Bath
Island. The fire was caused by the explosion
j of the boiler in the engine room, which threw
ofT the entire roof, spreading the fire in all di
rections. The loss 011 the building and machin
ery is reported at SIOO,OOO. and the insurance
lat about $65,000. The premises were owned
by L. C. Woodruff, of Dansville, N. Y.
1 An Irishman named WM. WIGSTEIM, in
! Springfield township, was burned in his barn,
several days since. When the neighbors eara'e
|to the fire, he was discovered through the
I flames in erect position, seated upon the barn-
I sill, though it was impossible to reach him. It
is supposed that in a state of intoxication, he
endeavored to light his pipe with a match, and
communicated fire to the straw in the barn, aud
j being unable to save himself perished.
JteaS'*" The Democracy is having n lively time
1 in some of the Congressional districts of the
lower part of the State. In JOHN HICKMAN'S
the janissaries of the Administration arc en
deavoring to hunt him down, and the County
meetings and Conventions in Chester and
Delaware have split, one portion re-nominat
ing HICKMAN —the Lecomptouites nominating
C. D. MAXLEV.
Governor Packer and family are now
settled comfortably in the Executive mansion,
purchased by the Legislature for the residence
of our Governors. The building is a tasty and
well-finished one, situated in Second st., imme
diately above the site of the late Presbyterian
church, iu Harrisburg.
BENJAMIN SMEAR, a practical printer, and
: veteran editor, having been connected with the
press for upwards of half a century, died at
Bath, N. Y., 011 Sunday week, aged eighty
three years.
MISSOURI. —Returns from all the districts of
Missouri show that the whole seven districts
, have elected Buchananite democrats to Con
gress, by very large majorities.
&3T*The Steam Saw-mill of GEO.C.HILL, in
Burlington township, was destroyed by fire on
i Saturday evening, Bth inst. The loss is heavy
autl without insurance.
Big- We are pained to learn that the yellow
fever is 011 the increase in New Orleans. On
I Tuesday last there were thirty-five deaths, and
on the following day forty-three.
Utah Peace Commissioners, Messrs.
Powell and McCulloch, have arrived in Wash
ington. Their representations of the condition
of affairs in the Territory do not vary from
' what has been published.
MEXICO. from Mexico, to the 27tli
of July, presages the speedy downfall of Zu-
LOAGA. The Constitutionalists are triumphant
at every point ; Guanajuato, Guadalajara and
Zacatecas have been conquered ; and Presi
dent ZULOACA is preparing to defend the Capi
tal, where, befoft long, the final battle must
be fought. VIDACHKI is again in the field, and
be will not probably leave it until peace has
been restored.
fta y Since the breaking out of hostilities
with the Indians in Washington Territory no.
thing has been heard at the Indian Bureau of
its agents there. They have either been very
neglectful of their duty or they have been dealt
foully with. It is feared that the latter is the
case.
fay The returns of the election in Kansas,
which begin to come in with some degree of
accuracy, indicate a majority of 10,000 to 12,-
000 against the English bill. A number of
precincts remain to be heard from.
6&- On Saturday last the Columbia water
works, ut Columbia, Pa., were sold at public
sale for $15,350, and purchased by Col. Sam'l
Shocb, cashier ot the Columbia Bank, whose
.intention, we understand, is to form a company.
The works could not have fallen into better
hands.
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.
THE ARRANGF.MF.NT3 FOR WORKING THE CABLE —
PROBABLE CAL'SE OF TIIF. DEI.AV.
TRINITY HAY, (X. F.) Friday, Aug 13.
All the arrangements for working the cable
are confided exclusively to the assistants of
Professor WHITEHOUSE, the Electrician-iri-chief
of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, and as
all their operations are conducted privately,
and they decline to give any information be
yond the fact that signals are successfully and
constantly passing through the cable from the
Telegraph office here to the Telegraph office
at Valencia Bay, Ireland, all rumors repre
senting a different state of things are unfound
ed. Although it is not known, except to the
Electricians immediately connected with the
cable, what progress is being made in working
Professor WHITEHOUSE'S recording instruments,
we hazard little in saying that it has as yet
been found impossible to work them success
fully. No doubt, however, is entertained that
the Hughes invention, when ready, will over
come all difficulties.
ST. Jon.vs, (X. F.) Friday, Aug. 13.
To the repeated inquiries which were made
every hour through the day as to the condition
of the cable and the probabilities about the
reception of the Queen's message, we arc
unable to return any other answer than that
the cable remains all right—the electrical
signals passing through its whole length satis
factorily: that the electricians have not yet con
cluded their arrangements for putting their re
cording. instruments into operatiou.
THE LINE WORKING ONE WAY BUT NOT THF. OTHER.
TRINITT DAY. X. F,. Sunday, Aug. 14.
.
To the Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company Ntw
i York :
The cause of our not transmitting and re
ceiving intelligence through, is that the instru
ments require a great deal of care and adjust
ing iu getting them ready. I am doing this
as fast as it is possible. Von should not look
upon the Cable as an ordinary short telegraph
line that can be worked through directly. The
Cable has been successfully laid and telegraph
ic signals are passed through it at onr pleasure
but we have encountered many little difficulties
which it requires time and many experiments
to entirely overcome, but we sec no reason
to doubt that we shall be able within a few
days to surmount all difficulties. I will send
1 yon the earliest intimation of the probable time
when the Queen's Message may be expected.
DE SAXTY.
[XOTE.' In addition to the above, we have
seen a private despatch from a reliable gentle
; mas at St. Johns, who is in a position to
I obtain the earliest and most correct unofficial
intelligence concerning the cable, which states
that the instruments at Trinity Bay record
with a good degree of success the eoinmunica
; tions from tho electricians at the Valentin
, office, but that owing to some as yet unex
plained cause, it lias been impossible to send
that or any other intelligence to the operators
at Valentin. This is a state of things which
often occurs upon the land lines, i. e , one office
, can receive correctly from a distant operator,
and yet be unable to send a word in return ;
and the difficulty, sooner or latter, is found to
| be in the battery, its connections, or the in-
I struments, and there is no reason to doubt
that the present difficulty in working the cable
will, as soon as the electricians can compare
notes, be entirely overcome. Rep.]
DOUBLE MURDER IN GOSHEN, X. Y.— A
double murder was committed in Goshen, Or
ange county, X. \ , Tuesday cveuiug, under
i the following circumstances :
It seems that Mr. Charier W. Reeves,farm
cr in the viciuity of the above named place,
had in his employ a young girl, a German,as a
; domestic. Xot long since, during the haying
season, Mr. It. came to Xew Y'ork City audi en
gaged a young man, also a German, named
Sanders, to work for him during the Summer.
In a short time Sanders fell desperately in love
with the aforesaid girl, but his affection was
I either treated with contempt, or, at all events,
! not reciprocated.
Xot long since, Mr. R. engaged another
man to assist him, and he, too, was smitten by
j the charms of his fair f el!ow servant, and in
this case suit was laid with success. Of course,
this rendered both parties obnoxious to San
-1 ders, and was the cause of the murder. Last
night at 10 o'elock or thereabouts, he went to
the house of Mr. R and finding the parties to
gether delioerately shot them both, instantly
killing the man, and inflicting a mortal ivonnd
on the girl. Immediately after the commission
|of the murder, Sanders fled,and at last accouuts
! had not been taken.
The girl was not yet dead at 7 this A. M.,
bnt could not possibly survive. She made an
affidavit to the above facts last night. San
ders is a German, as are all three of the par
ties concerned ; is about 5 feet 8 inches high,
brown hair and florid complexion. He passed
through the villages of Chester and Turner's
early this morning.
A telegraphic dispatch was sent this morn
ing to the Police head quarters of this City,
asking the Police to look out for the murder
er. Captain Walling dispatched'
the railroad stations and steamhon i ,0 B
but at 12 M. to-day he had not Cr -'■
THE QUEEN^M^^fitP
The Message of Queen VICTORIA ... Kri
rait ted to President BUCHANAN M o li( i A L
ing, and hi answer returned Tuesday' rr ] r ''"B|J:
We ore indebted to the kindness 0 f
for a copy, received mX.Y. &p f I^.
THE QUEEN'S MESSAGE. B*
To the President of the United Statu, IIVV H'"- 1 '
Her Mnje-ty desires to congratulate the 'T® I
the successful completion of this great intern.*,
in which she has taken the deepest intere.t " :i1
The Queen is convinced that the President
with her in fervently hoping that the K!.-- t r t ( : ■ R,:
now connects Orent Britain with the Unite,'].
prove an additional link between the nations*/ 1 1
ship is founded upon their common inter/,
cal esteem.
The Queen has much pleasure in thin rem, ■
with the President, and renewing to him ker
the prosperity of the United States, " ' • I
PRESIDENT BUCHANAN'S EEPLY
To Her Majesty, the Queen of Great Britain
The President cordially reciprocates the ~
tions of Her Majesty, the Queen, upon th<- n> / r '
great international enterprise, accomplished :
ence, skill and indomitable energy of the t* ,7 "
It is a triumph more glorious, because | 4r , St >
mankind than was ever won by conquest r.„
May the Atlantic Telegraph under the Me..;, IS| ~
vtn prove to be a bond of perpetual |,t,
between the kindred nations, and an iiistruran; '
)>y Divine Providence to diffuse Religion V] "' H ll
Liberty and laiw throughout tile world. '
In this view will not all the nations of (hp •
unite in the declaration that it shall be footer'.""''
and that its communications shall be held s;u ~ "y ■
the midst of hostilities '!
JAMES
[From Forney's '• Press']
SENATOR BIGLF.R IN AUGUST,
liam Bigler, the recreant Senator from
sylvania, is now ostracising from the Dei
ic party Douglas, Wise, Walker,
all who oppose the Lecompton Cons'.;;./]
His denunciation of Stanton, tve uikkr.-: a
is particularly severe, fuller these ■B r(
stances,there is an obvious proprietvinprii - i
the following extract from a letter of tfc;]]
Senator Bigler to Secretary Stantou
Clearfield, Pa , August 14, 185":
" Make my special regards t)
Walker, and say to hint TIUT HE HAS -
POPULAR HEART WITH HIM THROUGHOUT r-i
ENTIRE COUNTRY ; EXCEPT THE EXTREMEB - IK!
Should his programme succeed, HE WILL H. I I
THE ENVIABLE PROMINENCE OK ANY lie; ivy.
NATION. The Administration it n little w
t/w knees,and winces under the Sju'htr* tkuv.,-
but they must stand up to the work."
*be held oil Be'ntley Creek, in tin- t
ltidgimry, in the grove of DANIEL DEtt'EY.E
commence on TUESDAY, the :Jlt day of A
to continue through the week, and over tb : i ■
Sunday. All are respectfully invited to attend.
>Lbf hold a wcting in tin- grove iir.i- Mr. < AT'T
PTEKCE'S, in PIKE, tiie Fourth SUNDAY in Ai >i I
(2'2d), 18US. HN Q
fF&S— A CAMP MEET IM; will 1* h/un !~ '
kjjs& Hill, to commence the 31-t inst. ami ai „1
tiie following Sttndny. Persons coming fr.ni a I
hail better bring cloth tent- with them. Tent r>!
l>e fiirni.-hed on tiie ground. Pa-.tiiritig I aid v.j-
Xo huckstering will lie allowed within to is, .-
s rilied bv law. A boarding tent will tie nn the gial E (
to furnfsh all who desire. By order of Committer
At the house of the bride's father, in Ath-ns. I - •:
ISoH. by Kev. E. F. Kibort-i. Mr. ISA AC .V. DE
of Eliuira, X. Y'., to Miss MAKY HI"TAN, ui Atb :
Also, by the same. August 10th lv'iS, at the h ' ■ H
bride's father In St (tiding Stone.Mr JAMES DAYT •
of Home. Pa., to Mrs. RUTH VAN XESS, of the ts
named place.
CHEAP IUMEIIR.
I A/ I (II W 1 FT. SK A SOX ED WHITE ■
1 * ■' " " PJXI-: SAMP..E LUMBER . ■
quality, suitaldc for Fencing, Barn Board-, at." •'
ting tip for Building purposes, will be sold <'HEV; 1 H
Cash, Farmer's Produce,or in payment foriwal :: •
from the Mill to the Elmir.t and U'il! am-;> r: Do: -
Qnmviße Steam Mill. August 18,18S8.
11CEXSES. —Notice i hereby eiven.'
-J the following named per.-ons ha\e tiled in the '
of the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Scs-iun-, the r
tions for license under the exi-tiiig laws of this C y
wealth, and their several applications * ill Uln-aci - '
the Judges of the Court of Quarter S. s-i ins. on M •:
the fitli day of September next, at 2 o'clock iatbece H p
noon of said day :
FOR A TAVERN :
Ezra Ilolcomb Caitnn ■
ALLEN M'KKAN', Clerk.
Clerk's Office, August 16,1858. W
F.. OVKRTON. JH o. n. SONTINTI
OVKUTOX A- MOXTAXVE, ATTORTFYS if
I.A ll'—Office in Uniou Block, formerly occupa-.■ H
J AS. JIACFAKI.AXK.
SCI EXT I FIG AMEHICAN H
teen begins September 11, lrik.
MECHANICS, INVENTORS. M I
AND FARMERS. 4?.]
THE SCIENTIFIC AMKKH AN has now rea<-hed it-' ' .
teenth A"er, and will enter upon a New \ ulnmc *
llth of September. It i> the only weekly put! >t: - J
the kind now issued in this country and it ln- ave:' 1
tensive circulation in a)! the States of the l'nin.
not. as some might suppose from its title, a d y..i""-* H
work on technical science ; on the contrary. t
with the great events gi.lng on in the seientiti-'. ir." -
cal aud industrial worlds, as to please and iit-struct
oue. If the Mechanic or Artizan kin- t kn' * "
machine in use, or lu>w to make any substance c'- . I
in his business—if tiie Housewife wishes to get'
tor making a good color, Ac.,—if tiie Invent >r * ; -so
know what is going on in the way of Impr ver-at---
tiie Manufacturer wishes to keep jmsted with the i |ir
and to employ the best facilities in his business-- ■■
Man of Leisure and Study wishes to keep liim-c Kg l
ar with the progress made iu the chemical lab cC ,
in the construction of tciegraphs, steatn-h:)'--"'G
reapers, mowers, and a thousand other m. lii"c- a: ' \
pliances. hoth of peace and War—all the _
IIE found in the SCIENTIFIC AMEKIC AN. and :• ...
They are here iirescnteil in a reliable and
form, adapted to the comprehesion of minds unlwr -
the higher branches of sneiice and art.
TERMS,—One copy. One Year. $2 : One t" ]]
Months, fl ; Five Copies. Six Months. SI : T*"". 1 .. ...
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Copies, Twelve Months $22 ; Twenty topic*-
Months, $2", in advance.
Specimen copies sent gratuitously fr ia-r fr,K ' : ', ] ■ •
crn and Western money, or postage Stamps, tJ*'-
subacrintions. .-•]?■
T Letters should be directed to A 1,1
Fulton-Street, Xew York.
Si' Messrs. Mtinn A Co.. are extensively rn- -
procuring patents for new invrntioiis.and
ventors, without cha.-ge, iu regard to the novels " '
improyeiacnte. iG*
si-ii.i-x-'r sci ioob ■
Tor Young Ladies. , I
MISS MARY E. CBUBBUCK would■
notice that she will open a Select Sche 'i
Indies and Misses, in the room formerly occupi™ ■ I
•Miss HANSONS, to commence on MOXDAJ . J -
A limited number only will be taken,and
ters herself that from long experience in jt
will be enabled to do justice to the scholars
her care.
TERMS, TER QRAKTFK OK )4 .
First Class —To include the eieuw'.tary Eaga^ l ■
Branches.
Second Class —To include the more advanced E n ' q
lish branches, with Mathematics and Latin.
Third Class —To incliuie Mathematics Moral ana
Mental Philosophy, Ithetoric, Botany, Ac.,w u tt
l atin. f jajtte B
Musie —lnstjucMon ot> the Piano, with <)•' "•.
mint per quarter, slo ; French, per term, r-B® 1
ing $3, extra. 'iKont^ 1 *
W true tions in Vocal Music will be given •
charge. witb' H
Each nupil will Ije expected to provide n f '
desk and chair. a,-hivl
W Any information in reference to tba • '
le obtaini d by applying to H. s vitreur"
T",mds, A')go-t"ll.