How the Cable was Laid Mr. Field describes the feeling which pre vaded all on board the Niagara while the cable was being laid, as one of the most in tense excitement. Every man exerted himself to the utmost to achieve success in the work. Throughout the six and u half days the most perfect silence and attention pervaded the men lest a single moment of negligence should de stroy the cable. On the t lie first day after the paying out began, it was found that the j cable was being paid out at a rate which in proportion to the distance run, would if con- j tinned, defeat the enterprise. This was owing , to the fact that the cahle on the Niagara had j caused so much local attraction as to seriously j derange the compasses, rendering it impossible to steer the ship. Next day, Commander Dayman, of the Gorgon, being apprised of the ; fact, rati ahead of the Niagara steering in the j ruot direct course for Trinity Bay. This lie ! continued to do day and night until they ur- I rived, never leaving the deck except for a few j moments, and-verifying his position by repeat ed observations of the Sun, Moon and Stars. When his arduous task was accomplished, his eyes were swollen and suffused with blood from long loss of sleep and he was almost 1 prostrated fro.n the immense fatigue which he had nndergono. Without his assistance the cable would have been exhausted long before the Niagara reached land, and to his agency, therefore the success of the achievement is largely indebted. On Wednesday morning, Aug 4,at Bo'clock land appeared to the N W , about 35 miles i distant. An hour later the Againemon signal ed that she had paid out 82i> miles of cable, being precisely the same quantity as that laid from the Niagara. At 7 12 p m , Her majes ty's steamer Porcupine hove in sight, and Capt Otter, her commander, who hid for some j weeks been engaged in surveying Trinity Buy nrd the Bay of Bull's Arm, boarded the Niagara to pilot her into lite harbor. At 8 j p A. Capt. Otter rejHirted the Telegraph Sra- i 19 miles off. There bad been payed out from the Niagara 985 miles, 17 fathoms. As it fcould have periled the safety of the ! cahle to have waited for daylight before re- 1 tunning operations, the steamer was kept light on through the night. Captain Otter, who is r. skilful pilot, is also a very prudent man. An ticipatiug that the Niagara might arrive in the night he had caused boats to be stationed up I the bay, along tiic course laid out for her, and at a signal the men in them kindled blazing torches, and people along shore lighted iitige bonfires to guide the mariners on their way. j The Niagara, guided by her care.nl pilot steamed .-lowly up the bay, and at 1 I 2 o'clock on the morning ol Thursday, August sth, she came to anchor close to the shore, in seven teen fathoms of water, having succeeded in her share of the greut undertaking. She had payed out 1013 miles, and telegraphic signals' were constantly flowing through the entire length. Sir. Field landed near the Telegraph Station ; Trinity Bay, at 2 o'clock in the morning, and walked to the Station House, half a mile c'is- | taut, through the wilderness, not a person ; being visible on the beach. At the Telegraph I House he found the operators from London fast asleep, not one of them exacting that the enterprise would succeed Indeed they j had not unpacked their trunks, anticipating i that in a week or two they would be ordered j back to London; the Station House was un- ! finished, work upon it had censed, aud none of | the instruments had been prepared fur use.— j The a-tonishment of the operators, when they learned that the cable was laid, may be con- 1 ceived. At 225A. M. a signal was received from the Agamemnon stating that she had pay ed out 1.010 miles of cable Mr. Field then telegraphed to the associated Tress the glad ; tidings of success. When div hroake. the boats were all lower- ! cd and 1-300 fathoms of cable were carried j ashore. First Lieutenant James H North ; handed the shore end to Capt Hudson, who \ placed it on the bench. A procession then formed, headed by Capt.. Hudson and Mr. | North, followed by the officers of the Niagara j Captains of the Gorgon and Porcupine, their ; officers, crcwa, and the crew of the Niagara.— ( Each taking hold of the cable, they inarched np from the beach to the telegraph station i house, a distance of a half a mile, where they deposited the end of the cable. Capt. Hud- ; sou theu offered prayer aud a few remarks ap propriate to the occasion, when the ceremony of landing terminated. The officers and crews then returned to their respective boats, reach- i ing their vessels at 6 o'clock in the morning, i The Gorgon and Porcupine carried the Aineri- ; can flag at the fore, and the Niagara the I'ug-j lish flag at the fore, and the Telegraph flag at ' the inizzi'i). The Agamemnon telegraphed t i r. M , on | the same day, { Thursday, August 5,) that Mr hid landed her run'of Ihe oibU. O'l the an-j nonncement of this fact the Gorgon fired a salute of twenty-one guns, and her crew mount-1 ing the rigging, gave three hearty cheers, which were as hearth returned from Niagara. All hands went below to rest from their; labors. In conversation with Mr Field, we learn that the reason why signals and not words were sent through the cable as it was being laid is that on the previous attempt the Clerks indulged in irrelevant conversation, which dis tracted their attention from duty at a time when the slightest obstruction might be fatal to the work. The Directors therefore ordered that signals only should be sent through the cable from ship to ship. Both vessels had Greenwich time, and the electric current play ed to and fro between theui for ten minutes each way. The signals showed that on the first day the speed of the Agamemnon slightly exceed ed that of the Niagara, but on the succeeding days thev went at the same rate, there never being more than twenty miles difference be tween them. When the cablo was landed at both end.-, Mr. Field applied his tongue to the cud, and received the cheering information that the insolation was perfect in a shockjthat nearly threw him over. The reason why mes sages were not transmitted earlier, was the fact that all the apparatus at both ends was new and untried, aud required a great deal of care and skill to adjust. Mr. Field states that there is not the slight est doubt that the cable is an entire success, as great or greater than -its most sanguine friends had looked forward to. By the Persia, yesterday, he wrote to the Directors to prepare another cable at once, as it was evident that the present one, which will in a short time, he believes, transmit messages as rapidly as an aerial line, will be entirely insufficient for the business which will flow to it. Until the Ist of September the line will be elos'd to all messages save those from the Governments of Gr°.t Britain and the United States. News from all Nations. —Some miners recently attempted to dis possess Col. Fremont, by threats anil force,of some of his property. He, however, stood to his legal rights,and the ! Sheriff and Gov. Wefler came to the spot, disarmed the rioters and re-tored peace Fremont's bearing was most i linn, but mild and determined. —Tom Corwin, the Wagon Boy of Ohio, formerly Whig Governor and Member of the U.S. Cabinet, i is nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the 7tl district, and has taken the stump. It means something when .-.noli veterans re enter the ranks. Foreign new.s render certain the suppres -1 sion of the Mutiny again-t the British rule in Indiu, they i being victorious in every battle. —The Pruzer River Gold -mines are now denounced as a cruel delusion, and thoumnus who rushed there are paying enormous prices for the coarsest food, I or—starving. | —We learn that the Erie Railroad Compa -1 nv have sold out their Express business on the road and its branches, to the U. 8. Express Co. The transfer took place the first of this month. About 10 o'clock Tuesday night a new tenant house upon the farm of Mr. John V. Woodward, near William-port, was destroyed by fire—the work of an inceudiary. —lt is estimated that the recent accident on the Erie road will cost that corporation i 100,000. —Thomas Lloyd, formerly of Danvilb, Fa., was acoidently shot in Canada a short time ago. He was on a shooting excursion and was killed by a premature dis charge of a gun in his own hands. The N. \\ & E. R R. Company are at present engaged in filling up the deep ravine spanned bv the Cascade bridge, the highest on the line of the road. Mr. B Ten Broeck's horse Orianda came off victorious at the Goodwood races. Orianda led from start to finish, and won easily by two lengths. —We learn that a young lady from Huwley, named Mis- (jueen. was fatally injured by the cars, wink on her way from home to Scrauton last week to attend the feathers* State Convention. Amputation of the in jured limb was resorted to, a- the only hopes of saving tier life, but in vain. She died in a short time, despite every assistance. —The next State Fair is to be held at PittsburgTrom September 2- to October 1. inclusive. —Philadelphia will soon have six steam fire engines in active service. They are infinitely su perior to the old style hand engine. —Gen. Pierce and lady are now in theSouth of France, on their way to Paris. The distinguished traveler will be the guest of the American Minister there, Mr. Mason. —The Mobile Advertiser states that at Greenville, Miss., a family of seven fell victims to the •• milk sickness.'' Milk was a daily article of food in tin family, and they ignorantly continued the u-e of it after the cows bad bccu attacked by the prevailing disease,and died. —An old Italian Razor Grinder committed suicide last week, by hanging himself to a stake, ou the J farm of Daniel Frazier in Montour county. If soine of; the strolling " organ grinders" who infest the county i would depart to some other locality, the community would ! suffer no loss. A man who was tired of waiting for the Queen's Messages perpetrates the rollowing : " Why is a cow like a baby " Because one drinks water aud makes milk, nnd the other" doesn't. —We hear apprehensions expressed, lest news coming along the Atlantic Telegrap wires,through 2,000 miles of salt water, will not be freak when it gets here. —The editor of the Columbia (Pa.) Spy. having recently alleged that a terrible and fatal disease was ravaging York, Pa., has been arrested for libel, oa j complaiut of some of the citizens of the latter place. 1 —John Armstrong has been sent to prison i at Newark. New Jersey, fur fifteen days for stealing an umbrella. —The Teachers' National Association, in se-oion last week in Cinciualti, adjourned to meet next ' year in Washington. —The St. Louis Rcpiibfic/in says that Pre- ' sident Buchanan is expected to visit that city during the j Agricultural Pair, which is to be heid there in Septem- \ ber. —The family of Mr. James Mnnsgrore, of Stillwater. Wis . were poisoned a few days since by eat ; ing mush rooms, or toad-stools, resulting in the death of two of the children—aged seven and ten years. The pa rentH will probably recover from the effects of the poi son. —Hon. William Strom*, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, has been elected by the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Yale College, as the orator at the next annual commencement. I —The Yellow Fever is very fatal in New ! Orleans this summer, and 306 died of it in one week— ! Some cases have occurred in New York and I'hiladel ; pbia. —The wine, brandy, cigars and tobacco im ■ ported into the United States last year, cost $11,034,866. i —The Kaston Express is out for Professor Morse for President, and Cyrus W. Field for Vice Prosi ! dent, on the •• People's Ticket." A few years ago Pro ! fessor Morse was a democratic candidate for Congress in j New York, but was defeated by a republican. —The M'Kcan county Bank, we learn by j the Potter county Journal, gave up its ghost a few d3ys ; ago. The cashier decamped with $71,6 )0 of its funds, | was arrested in XPW York and committed in default of hail. The bilN of the bank have l>een thrown out in New ' York, Mr, Kingsbury, its president, says the Journal, i w ill secure the holders of its issue against loss, being able and willing to do so. —We learn that a severe thunder storm passed over tbe lower section of York county, on Toe.-- ' Jay Dight, lasting three or four hours, during which a ; large quantity of rain fell, much to the relief of the corn ! crop and vegetation generally. —On Thursday lust a collision occurred at Oxford Furnace, X. J., between a coal train and an en i gine, in which a Mr. Henry Earnest, of Raniseyburg.N.J. I had both I"gs broken, besides sustaining other injuries, j He died Irota the effects the same evening. —Some months ago J. Porter Brawley pros j ecu ted the editor ot the Uric Dispatch for libel. The case ■ was ti i< J !a->t week, when live jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and ordered the prosecutor, Brawley, to pay ! the costs. —The Michigan Republican State Conven tion met at Detroit Wednesday, and nominated Moses Wisner for Governor ; E. B. Fairchild, for Lieutenant. Governor ; and Nelson G. label, for Secretary of State, —The United States Mint in Philadelphia, was robbed, on Wednesday, of about S2OO in gold, which was taken from a cabinet by means offalse keys, by two respectably-dressed men who had called to visit thcMiut The suspected parties are under arrest. —Win. Gratt, of Wareham, Va., has been sentenced to six months imprisonment at hard labor for kissing a young lady against her will. i —Margaret Fox "ne of the original " spirit ! rappers" or " toe-crackers" has joined the Roman Catho lic Church—So, it Is stated, has Mr. Bright, the Loco Foco Slave-holding U. S, Senator from Indiana, elected j by frauds aud trickery. I _(Jen. Cass, it i stated, will soon leave ' Washington., for a brief v i*ii l<> Htonington, Conn. §riii)forVßc|)orbr. E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR. TOWANDA : Thursday Morning, August 26, 1358. r Kit MS — One Dollar per annum, invariably in advance.— Four tot rkx precious to the expiration of a subscription, notice will be given by a printed wrapper, and if not re newed, the paper will in all cases be slopped. CLUBBING— The Reporter will be sent to Clubs at the fol lowing extremely low rates : 6 copies for $5 00 jls copies for sl2 00 10 copies for 8 00 | 20 copies for 15 00 AnvKKTISKMKNTS— For a square of ten lines or less. One Dollar for three or less insertions, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion. JOB-WORK — Executed with accurani and despatch, and a reasonable prices—with every facility for doing Rooks, Blanks, Hand-bills, Ball tickets, fyc. MOVKY may be sent by mail, at our risk—enclosed in an envelope, and properly directed, we will be responsible for its safe delivery. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. —The steamship Arabia arrived at New York, Saturday, from Liverpool, which place she left oil the -Ith. The British frigate Agamemiion arrived at Yalentia on the morning of the sth inst., and the successful laying of the cable sent up the telegraph shares in one day from £'3so to £BSO A breach of continuity occurred in the cable on the evening of the day that the Niagara and Agamemnon parted company in mid ocenn, which lasted an hour and a half. The Aga memnon was stopped and the injury repaired, though not until the hopes of holding on to the cable had been abandoned. On Friday the 30th nit., encountered a gale, against which the ship, under full steam, could hardly make headway. The three succeeding days he gale continued with violent squalls, the seat running tremendously high, and no one expect ing the cable to hold from one moment to another. On Wednesday, the weather moder ated, the shallow water was gained, and all went well till the Agamemnon anchored in Dow las Bay. The German papers state that the Queen of England's visit to Berlin is to arrange the question of the Regency, with a view to protect the interests ot her daughter. The Emperor and Empress of France were re ceived with great enthusiasm on their way to Cherbourg. The Queen of England and the Emperor met on Thursday, ou board the Bretagne. Tl* weather was magnificent and the fetes were carried out according to the programme. The King of Holland was I about to abdicate. It was rumored that the Sultan was about the employ Abd El Kader, to allay the religious excitement of the Moslems. Relations between l'ersia and Eng land had been reestablished. ftaJ- A carpet bag, containing SOO,OOO in bills of tlic Hatters' 15 ink, of Bethel, was left in a very mysterious manner on Tuesday morn-; iug at '.be resideuoe of Captain Walling, (of the Detective Police,) in Seeon I-avenue, New York. No clue has been obtained as to the perpetrators of the robbery. The individual who left the carpet-bag wore a slouched hat, and was evidently a good deal disguised. The amount stolen from the B ink, it will be re membered, was SBO,OOO, of which sum $75,- 000 were issues of that institution, $0,300 in gold, and the balance bills of other banks, drafts and certificates of deposit. A reward of, $5,000 has been offered for the recovery of the j money. Ever since the robbery, Captain Wall imr and several offi-ers of his squad have been industriously at work endeavoring to ferret out the robbers, and they do not despair of being eventually successful. THE CANAL COMMISSIONERS WAKED IT. — We learn from the Philadelphia papers that 1 the Canal Commissioners met in that city last week, and adopted the following resolutions : " Whereas, since the passage of the act of April, IS.VS, authorizing the sale of the canals belonging to the Com monwealth, to the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company, suggestions have frequently been made to the Board <>f Canal Commissioners, by citizens from different parts of the State, that the law is unconstitutional, and that it was a duty which the Board owed to the people of the State to test before the highest Court of the Common i wealth the correctness of these suggestions : " And, whereas, the written opinion of the Hon. C. R. Buckalew, who had been consulted upon the subject, has just lie-en laid before the Board, which opinion is adverse to the constitutionality of the law, therefore, Resolved. That the President ot the Boa d consult with tiie Hon. Jeremiah S. Black, and Wm. L. Hirst, Esq., and that if they concur in the opinion given by Mr. ltucka icw, they are hereby requested to commence the proper proceedings iu the Supreme Court without delay." THE ATI.ANTIC TELEGRAPH. —'The N.Y. Tim's i of Saturday says :—" The Atlantic Telegraph was yesterday in good working order. .Mr. FIELD received two dispatches—one from A MACKAY, Esq., Superintendent at Trinity Buy, and the other from Mr. DE SANTY, Chief Elec trician—announcing this gratifying fact. Mr. DE SANTY says that a very explicit message was sent yesterday morning to Mr. Mel VEX, agent of the Cunard steamship's line in Liver pool, relative to the damage sustained by the steamship J Europa iu her collision with the Arabia. Mr. FIELD also received from Yalen tin a dispatch from G. SEWARD, Esq , iu be half of the Directors on the other side, con gratulating him on the successful issue of the enterprise. This iast dispatch was in answer to one transmitted by Mr. FIELD on Wednes day. JjggT A most destructive fire occurred at ' Rochester. N. Y., ou Wednesday night. Five blocks and twenty stores were destroyed.— Celebrating the laying of the Atlantic cable has been an expensive affair to Rochester ; this being the second disastrous confhigaration which has resulted from the display of fire works on the occasion. yellow fever iu New Orleans still continues to increase. The number of deaths by the fever for the week ending on the 15th inst. was 286, showing an increase of 140 over the previous week STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. EDITOR REPORTER :—Tiie annual meeting ol the Pennsylvania State Teachers' Association, was held at Seranton, Luzerne County, week before last, commencing on Tuesday the 10th, ,and continuing u;J Ti tarsi lay evening. The members of the Association were wel comed to the pleasant borough of Seranton, ' and the hospitable homes of its citizens, by a , short, but appropriate and eloquent address from Hon. GEO. SANDERSON. The attendance was unusually large, there j being between six and seven hundred teachers and friends of education present. The whole proceedings were marked with that friendship and kindly feefing tint should ever character ize the doings of a body of teachers. The sub jects for discussion, were thoroughly examined and rigidly analyzed by the several speakers, i The proceedings were not intermixed by at tempts to force " woman's rights " upon tlve action of the Association, as has been the case with a s'tnilar organization in an adjoining State. Great credit is due to the president, Prof JOHN F. STODDARD, for the fairness and promptitude with which he discharged the du ties of his office. All were greatly disappointed, that Hon. HORACE MANN was not on the ground to fulfil the appointment made for him. The gentle man who made the arrangement not being present, no one appeared to know why Mr. M VNN was advertized, or why he did not come. Addresses were delivered by the President, Mr LEWIS, of Chester, Dr. BURROUGHS, Hon. 11. C. HICKOK, Judge JKSSUP and C. It. Co- HURN. An essay was also read by a young la dy from Wayne, whose name we did not learn. On the afternoon of Thursday, the Associa tion, by invitation, proceeded to Hyde Park, a village about two miles from Seranton, for the purpose of dedicating the new brick school house, which the enterprising citizens of the borough have ju>t completed for a graded school. The house was crowded long before the time for the exercises to commence, and hundreds wept away, not being able to find a place to stand where they could hear. Addresses were made by Hon. E. 1> CHASE, of Wilkesbarre, the State Superintendent, the editor of the School Journal, and Prof. WICK ERSHAM, of Lancaster. The Seranton Band lacing present, enlivened the proceedings with several well selected and skillfully executed pieces of music. If some of our friends in the villages of this county would have been present, and examin ed that building, and a similar one in Seran ton, and noted their solid, substantial architec ture, their exterior beauty, and the superior convenience of the internal arrangements, and then compared them with the school houses in some of the villages of our county, I think they would not have felt flattered by the com parison. The people of that section of La zcrue are taking hold of the graded school fea ture of our system, and they know how to prize its superiority over ail other systems. Would that some of our boroughs would do the same. Let one good, thoroughly graded school be put in successful operation and be sustained one year, and there need be no fears for the result ; others would be started in spite of all opposition. The last session on Thursday evening was a sort of social gathering, where each speaker tried to make himself especially witty and agreeable. The Association finally adjourned at ten o'clock on the evening of the 12lh, to meet next August at West Chester, Chester Co. A'l appeared pleased, and the pleasant associations there formed will be long remem bered. The people of Seranton took especial pains to make the stay of the teachers among them pleasant. Females were entertained gratuit ously at private houses, and males at greatly reduced fare at the public houses.. Mr. RICH ARDSON, the County Superintendent, and Mr. JKNKS, the Secretary of the board of directors of Seranton, are entitled to the hearty thanks of all concerned, for the liberal and perfect arrangements made to accommodate all. fcaf At the late session of the Evst Gene see Conference of the M. K. Church, the fol. lowing appointments were made for this por tion of their work : TKOY DISTRICT —S. \Y. ALOES, P. E. Troy—Dexter E. Clanp. i Towanda—N. A. 'V IV\Y. Wei I-.borough—.John Jemlomon. Mansfield—Richard 1.. Stillwell. Maiusburg—J. H. Buss. laiwreneeville and Tioga —T. Nichols. I Charleston — Olva Davidson. East Smitbfield—ltcuben Drake. Ulster and Athens—-Geo. W. Coolbaugb. Jackson — John Hutehins. IS.yalsock— Charles J. French. Monroeton—Win. Armstrong. Freiiehtown Austin. Leonard Hollow—Daniel Clark. B.irlingtun—Ralph I). Brooks. Canton Henry T. Avery. Kuuxville—Elisha Sweet, j Chatham—John Powell. DROWNED.—Z. HICKS, connected with Judge Yates, in the Milling Business in Athens, Township, Pa , about one mile from Waverly, was drowned last Wednesday afternoon. He was iu company with a number of hands to work on the Dam, a short distance from the 1 Mill, and during the heavy wind he lost his hat and while attempting to regain it he got into deep water, and before he could be res cued met with the above sad fate. He leaves a large family to mourn bis untimely loss. — IMLAY'S BANK NOTE REPORTER, a new work, is upon our table. Its appearance is favora ble, and judging from a hasty examination, we have no doubt it will be found a useful and valuable work. It is published weekly, semi inonthiy and monthly—subscription price,week ly, $2,00, semimonthly, $1,25, monthly 75cts. per annum, by Chas. G. linlay, No. 112 South 3d St., Philadelphia. Mr. Gitow lias been spending the lust few weeks, at the watering places, recuperat ing after the labors of la/t winter. We no tice that his presence always creates a sensa tion amongst the fashionables. A correspon dent of the New York Times writing from tlr* White Mountains, relates the following inci dent : 'The lion of la.*t night vm* Honorable GAI.C SHA A GROW, the |>rowess of whose single fist upon an extraordinary emergency last W inter, knocked KIETT'S wind out of hi in, and left cm bodied chivalry quivering Tike n jelly on the floor of Congress, while still innocent of con tact. MR. GROW has been recuperating for some time at the watering places ami among the mountains. The ladies and the clergy have vied which should most make it a triumphal march. There was- a great fluttering of lace and illusion opon Mr. GROWS arrival liere with a brilliant beauty under his protection, and the fluttering was quite alarming when the Indies, rushing to the register, found the lady wus written down, in the Pennsylvania Member's own hand, as Mrs GROW. Was the chase up, then ? was tiie lion caged at last '! and who was the happy woman ? It was all tl/e topic for full an hour—it displaced even the arrange merits for the next day's excursions. Should they coine in to tea trailing arms, vanquished and outdone, or was tlere still an open field ! At last, a man armed with authority from a curious crowd of agitated dimitv, inarched ITJ to Mr. GROW and inquired whether he should congratulate him as a married and sensible man. So it caine out that Mr. GROW waa happy in the possession of a brother who was a sensible man, and a man of taste —and that he, was still a bachelor. He bore the batteries which followed, and which brought sundry others to quick capitulation ; nobly, at least, he manag ed to Gaul off for repairs without openly strik ing the llag." jßfciy- On Wednesday of Inst week, the barn of Mr. Avery Ft ink, on his farm near Jones's Lake, about a mile northeast of Montrose, was struck by lightning and burned, together with a large quantity of hay and grain which it contained. A boy who was in the upper part of the barn at the time, escaped uninjur ed; and a yoke of oxen attached to a wagon on the barn floor, ran out unharmed. Tiie fire seemed to burst out simultaneously all over the roof and the destruction of the building was very rapid. We learn that one-half of the hay and urain belonged to Mr. Frink, and one-half to Mr. Estus, a tenant residing on the farm. The loss must be severely felt by both. jfejy- A riot occurred recently at P ivenport, lowa, in consequence of the refusal of bankers there to redeem the notes of llie Florence Hank of Nebraska, which they have put in circula tion. An attack was made on the Hank of Cook A Sargent, and the residence of Mr. Cook, with brii kbats and stones. The out break was suppressed temporarily by calling out the military, but broke out again, and the hankers were compelled to commence the re demption of the currency. The difficulty was not entirely settled at last accounts. s$- A serious tire occurred near Strouds burg, Pa., on Thursday night, which destroyed White's tannery. The loss is estimated at $25,000, on which there is an insurance of SIO,OOO. A Poo BLOWING a MAX'S BRAINS OUT Yesterday morning, a little before ti o'clock. S. J. John, furniture dealer, 23 East Fourth street, residing near College Hill, arose, and opening the front door and seeing a hawk Hv ing about, the barn, he called a servant girl, the only person about the house, to bring him his gun, which she did. Having asked her if it was loaded, she said she thought not, when ' e requested her to go to his room and get a box of percussion caps. During the girl's absence he raised the hammer of the gun and was about to blow in the barrel, when a favor ite dog came bounding towan I Mr. J , his paws striking the trigger just as the weapon was raised to his face. The gun, which was loaded, with a cap on the tube, was discharged the shot tearing off a portion of his skull and dashing out his brains. The domestic screamed, and the various members of the family sprung from their couches, and rushed agonizingly to the horrid scene. The husband ami father lay dead upon the fl-ior, his head and shoulders being across the threshold ; the blood was streaming from Ins mangled face and head, and clotted masses of brain were drop ping in splotches from the ceiling to the floor. The fatal charge tore away part of the left side of ' is face, striking under the eyebrow, took a some what oblique direction backward and perforated the skull, carrying with it almost every particle of brains iu the brain pan. Ihel ft side of the upper Hp and tiie left nostril were also burned by the ignited powder into a crisp. He must have been kil led so suddenly and quickly as to have been unconscious of the least pain, or even of the cause of his destruction.—[ Cincinnati Com mcrictl Aug. 10. TIIK NORTH BRANCH CANAL AND THE COAL TRADE. —The successful working of the North I Branch Canal is now a fixed fact, and we no i tice with pleasure that coal is being shipped by boat to western New York quite briskly. Tiie Canal, we understand, is in the most per i feet order, and we know the managers too well to suppose for a moment that they will allow it to tail, it energy and perseverance can main i tain it. This settled, it seems to us the true | policy of flu co;iI operators along the line of | Canal, is tc< push coal north as rapidly as pos sible, and take advantage of this long wished for avenue to market. We have no doubt, at ; the low rates of toll which the company have i adopted, the whole western part of the State 1 of New 5 ork can be supplied at a lower figure Iby this than any other route. It lias been sug gested, that should it not meet with a ready sale, it can be stocked in large quantities at Elmira, Geneva, Montezuma, Rochester and Bull.do, and when once stocked, there would be no difficulty in negotiating money sufficient to pay tolls uud 'ransportation, payable when the coal is sold—and there is no doubt lint it would meet with a ready sale before Spring Our coal will command a sale in any market where it is known. Is it not for the interest of our coal operators and capitalists to send their coal north over thccaim! ? -Lw;. Uu'mu In Bed with a \v frequently heard of snakes visitj n . l, 1,a b of their sometimes having bee n fo'i7r <~!' 1 under beds, but we do not reer-©ji*c t Lug heard of as remai kable T '*'• uwfal death from a snake as lis,. f/.ii ' rc,Dl M In ted* to us hj T. W. Wu whn r, when it octmvd. About five week children of .Mr. Jacob Schell livTT' '* ,J three and a half miles west of Wad';'' one aged nine the other four y.- Un 'j 1 '" weary from the excessive heat | a \- ]'" the bed shortly after dinner, and"*,.''* 1 ' ° J asleep. Sometime during the after,' ** Schell and our informant, who liar]" 7' work in the field were compelled to 7 14 house for shelter from a heavy sho> r ' t* had scarcely entered when Mr* 8 v tt . ■ place some of the covering which h;a! 1 * misplaced,when the horrible yight met i the head of a huge rattlesnake project7"* l between the two children, and its 77 close proximilty to theirs. Mr s ' course much frightened, and there isn7" * doubt but that it would have terminals7' 1 ty to at leat one of the children, lm,) been for the providential arrival of t! 7 men who with more presence of mind , ''' removed then/ from either side of the '. • the same time; without alarming the thus nndouhtedly suvhig theiT li Te? %. snakeship was then nna-remoniotßlj di>- ed. It proved to be a very large'ooe ! six rattles in its tail. I low he <'ot mystery.— Peoria Union. ° **** Mu.itart Encampment. —The site for'T Susquehanna," comprising about one i 77 and thirty acres, has beeu located ootl.7 of Hon. Robt. c. Grier, about a mile *77 this borough. Tiic ground selected is a lj!e by the general high-way to Jersey and by Railroad. The Committee uf ar-,** have secured special cars to run from W ' sport to the ground during the time of tj-?v campmeut, ly which passengers can be there or back in two minutes. There *7"'" Commissary's tent for the accommodati®*,! sol iers and people generally, wUich u, under the immediate direction of the U,;j7 sary General, J. Ilvninn Fulraw. 1t*,,,7 brace a post oflice, where letters dreiteV", soldiers and persons attending the uieut can be got and also mailed as in * regular post office, a victualing deptr. barber shoj), etc., etc. The location 7 beautiful one, and systematically laid ont u arranged by competent engineers.-—lf v fori (rtizeJ'.e DELEGATE ELECTION. IMIt ItejiiiWi ;.n \ Icr- tx, s . |a B r"' are n-q >••. it brand Jury Boom. <>: i S.VTI'KDA V . sKl'TK'ttihi: , i 4 o'clock, I', XI., lor tl.e purple of cL-. ta.,. :* gates 11 represent said It >r<>" iu the C">uuty r Wc to be held Monday Evening, Sept. t;, 1 J- V. GEIGER. GEO. BiiiTT i\' J H. Xh'Y!\> V i£, I I®. flVa* EDUCATIONAL l , liJU Av.ojiati.ia wdl hold it- ( nrtrrlv v.... g Taj i r- C'Tuer*. :u the t >w:i .if Grinnlle. ,i Fr:t day id \ .*. to continue through the week, and over th Sunday. All are respectfully invited to :te:..i pg*py GROVE MEETING.— The Universal r tLSf hold a meeting in the grove ue.ir Mr. t'.ITL KIEKCE-S, ill I'IKE, the Fourth SUNDAYIi. Al ■" (2ld), lst;s. ■Hgy A CAMP MEETI vG m tIW Hill, t > eoinmeu. t the ISlst uud .. the 101 l itviug Sunday. I'ers ns . .niing tr >.;; a •'. had letter tiring i loth tents with Own. Tent •T --lie furnished on the ground. Pasturing found r> No huckstering will be allowed within the i/ri'F scribed by law. A boarding tent will be on the (M to furnish all who desire. By order of f.unir.ittee liw ¥@©i?t FALL TRADE! 118 s t t ! JF* aC W "P ' JOSEPH KINOSBERY, TWO DOORS BELOW PUBLIC SQUARE. ' I LYKES pleasure in informing lbs customer- A public generally that lie is now prepared I MDST ELEGANT AND ATTRACTiVt STOCKS AUTUmiM GOODS! EVER EXHIBITED IX THIS BOROUGH Constant additions of desirable articles will be ms •* no pains will be spared to keep up an a-orta: - Goods, which for beauty, variety ami cLes; - CANNOT BE SURPASSES Special attention is invited to the depart®**' READY MADE CI.OIIIN In which may lie found every variety of kept by houses who devote themselves ex hwv .' • J branch of trade. Towanda, August 20, Is", v. CHE AP LUKIEER. 400.(XK)£ESf? quality, suitable tor Fencing. Barn B.MTII-- '.".'K-.- : t ling up for Building purposes, will be - ■ ', :i a Ka>h, Fanner's Produce, or iu puyiueot for haul'" ' from the Mill to the Eluiira and Wii amq W. H. PHILIP Granville Steam Mill, August 16,1®55. r ICENSES.—Notice is bereby g IJ th follow ing named persons ha 1 , e fii' ■ ,n # of the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Ses-i --tion tor license under the exi ting .jw- of wealth, and their severalap|i!iv'tttions n il : • l ' ', the Judges of the Court of Quarter S. s ' the 6th day of September next, at 2 o dock -a noun of said day : fOR V TAVERN : , ~iJ Ezra Holcomb Canto®'" ALLEN M KKAN.v-' 1 Clerk's OPje. August 16. Is'.s. K. u\ otroM, .ik ' Overton a montanvk. * I.J ll*— Office ia Union Block, f inner. v 0 • J as. Macparlanb. SELECT SOI U> ()T - Tor Youn? Ladies. .. Miss MARY K. CBUBBUCK . MrH u ;; : . cV; notice that she will open a Sele i >■ ll ■ " j Ladies atd Misses, in the room foriiHTlv Miss Hansons, to coaaincoceou MONDAi . , A limited nuintier only will be taken. an.l 1 " # ters herself that from long ex|ierieiie<- in **" will lie ejabled Ui do justice to tlic scholar* - 1 her care. TKKMS. PKR QI ARTF.K OF 14 "" K ,! Jl Fir*/ C7n—To include Uve eleuiCJ.tary h.C- r *' p 4 Branches. , .SVcoiuf / v.(*—To include the more adv.m'f' ■' p * lish Wuiehes. with Mathematics anil j ' ,l "- , Third Clas* — To include Mathematics "'"* l , Mental Philosophy, Rlietoric, Botany, Au- Litis. ' -Muaic— instrncrien on the Piano, w . j i"' 1 me-nt per quarter, ilO ; French, per teruu -- 1 ' ing 6.1, extra. . -qbe*" 5 Instructions in Vocal Xlnsic will be go eu charge. hen' ff 12 Each pupil will be expected to proud® " ■ drs!, and c'h.iii. I ter Any imormation in reference to t® y < . i be obtiijed by applying to H. >■ Mc-ir 0 ' Tor audi, XitgttM IT. lko s -