"The Returns."
This old Pennsylvania phrase for the elec
tion news lias an emphasis ot meaning today.
The inen who have sewn the winds are reap
ing the whirlwind now ; and those who went
forth sadly twelve months ago, saving again
the seeds of truth, are gathering in the harvest
of their hopes and toils In October Penn
sylvania and Indiana answered the appeal of
the 1 nomocracy : Witt they replied, also, to the
demands of the Administration. November
has brought the reply of Illinois and New
Jersey to the power, the money, and the pat
ronage of their servants, and their answer to
the appeal of the man w ho took tin ir stand up
on the principles of truth and righteousness,
und Ohio, New York, and Massachusetts,
through all their domain, respond in unison.—
The Stales which gave the easting vote for the
Administration have repudiated and rebuked
its breach of faith to them, and those which
voted against it ha wo added their endorsement
of the sentence, with a force that cannot I e
misunderstood. Of a hundred and twenty
Congressmen elected within the mouth, tin
even hundred express the indignation of the
jieopic against the disobedience of the Federal
officials, and their violation of principles and
pledges. A year ago, we made our election,
nt whatever risk or eo-t, to stand by the right.
Beset on all hands—"-tempted, threatened, im
portuned. without, and tortured within—the
friends, the associates, of n long political career
dissuading ns ; and affections and attachments
stronger and dearer than all commitm lit-,
and all interests, struggling against the dc< Dion
of onr better judgment. We leiok back now
to that hour of trial as Oiu, awake after a
troubled dream, remembers the horrors that as
sailed him in his hour of darkness ; and we
have the same difficulty in being reassured.
We sit here at our table in the same silence
and solitude which surrounded us in that hour
of agonizing strife, and again we realize it a'l.
Every throb, every doubt, every fear, is as
Iresh and keen as it was then. The cheers of
victory, the congratulations of friends, the con
fidence of success, that have crowded a life
time into a single day's experience, strangely
enough, seem only to revive the troubled feeling
with which we entered upon thedonbtful endea
vor which has brought ns all this rejoicing. It
was not until we had crossed our Rubicon that
we were assured that DOICI.AS was with us.—
After that again, WtsK declared his resolution
to support the great issues, and long after,
when the question was to be settled in ("on
g ress, Mo xt( ;OMfit v, Htckm a\, 11 Ask tv, Atmr A\,
and a host besides—that might be counted
upon our fingers, indeed, but not the less a host
in their strength- stood the test, tie final
test ; mid we stood buttressed by an invinci
ble band against our foes. A weary, trying,
nnxious year we have had of it. Hut it i
crowned with victory ; and why are we at this
moment more sad than iu the darkest day of
doubt and difficulty ?
This is our trouble : Through all the fresh
est, brightest years of our life we have stood
to the head ol the Administration, in a relation
so close, so true, so trusting, and so hopeful,
that we cannot look upon his great discomfiture
with composure, though it be, in part, our own
work, and commands our most earnest approval
It is painful, beyond expression, to stand over
the sacrifice which duty and patriotism demand
and be compelled to say : " Not that 1 loved
CAF.SAR less, but that I loved Rome more."—
God help ns ! Is it come to this ? Hut two
brief years ago, after a campaign that allowed
us scarce four hours out of twenty-four for
sleep, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, especially
the objects of our labor, and Illinois, relied
upon without a doubt for the support of the
man of our choice, rolled up their majorities
for him : and with emotions more than heart
could hold, we reported to him the success of
all our toils, and the fulfilment of all our hopes
and now, to-day,—though " lint yesterday,
CAESAR'S word might stand against the world;
now none so low as do him reverence !"—For
ney's Press.
IIoRRIIU.E Ext'l-OSIOX ON" THE NORTM RtVEIt.
—The little steam-propeller IVn If. Forte,
which has been employed for about a year past
in towing vessels about the harbor of New-
York, while passing np the North River, at
12 1-2 o'clock Friday, and when opposite Jay
street burst her boiW and immediately sunk.
One niau supposed to have been the engineer,
was blown a hundred feet into the air, and fell
through the forward part of the liurrican cl ck
of the steamboat Broudrruy, near the pilot
house. llis body was literally torn to frag
ments, and his brains were scattered about the
boat near the spot where he fell. Another
man, a fireman, was blown a long distance from
the boat, and was seen to fall into the wafer
between the Duarre-St. and Jay-street wharves.
Mr I JAWRK.VCK, the clerk of the 1 iron (he / //, as
sisted by another person, immediately lowered
n boat and picked the man up. lie was badly
cut aliout the head, from which the blood
Rtreamed over his face. The extent of his
injuries wus not known, though they mast have
been ifcrious. He was conveyed to the City
Hospital, m spite of his remonstrance against
going thither. He was conscious, and stated
that he lived in the City and had friends here.
The mangled body of the dead man was carried
to the dead-house of the City Hospital.
Two large pieces of the boiler, or steam
chimney, were blown two hundred feet, ami
landed upon the Dnaiie-strcet pier, close to a
crowd of workmen, but no one was injured by
it. One piece was nearly three feet in diameter
and the other piece about half the size.
HVRNTN'G FIX in ACVUIEXTS.—A frightful ac
cident occurred in this Borough on Sunday
night, last, from the explosion of one of those
" infernal machines," called fluid lamps, by
which two persons were so severely burned
that they are now suffering terrible agony from
their injuries. The calamity took place in the
saloon of Mr. David J• Hard Mrs. Jiihmi at
tempted to light a newly filled thud lamp by
•me that was nearly burned out, and which
had become heated and tilled wiib gas, when
it exploded, setting her clothes on lire anil
bnrning her hands, neck and body in a fearful
manner. Mr, Jeremiah Jillard, brother of
David Jillard, was standing near at the time,
and he also was severely burned about the face
and hands. Both suth rori are now lying in a
very critical situation.
ANOTHER.—List evening Miss Susan Cool
baogh had one ot her hands badly burned whilo
attempting to throw a Huid lamp out of the
house, which toot; tire lrom being upaet on the
table. The covering on the table was some
what damaged by the lire. SrraiUon Republi
can.
SIXCC'LAR CHARGE AGAINST A CLERGYMAN. —
The ID'Y. Mr Smith is now on trial, at Shaw
in\ Mas. ( charged with being "a cold, dis
.gut man.
Land Warrant Titles.
Judge Block, Attorney General, lias given
un opinion of much importance in the ease ot
titles toJluml ltariants. This opinion was ut
tie solicitation of tlie Secretary of the Inte
rim-, as jo the proper construction of the act
j of .June 81, lKiB, which provides that the ti
lie to a land warrant issued after the death of
j a person who applied for it according to the
prescribed forms "shall vest in the widow, if
there lie one, and if there lie no widow, then
| in the heirs and legatees of the elaiinaints." —
In the opinion of the Attorney General—
"The heirs of a man are those persons who
are entitled by the let rei situs to lake his in
heritable real estate at the time of his death.
His legatees are those to whom he has be
-1 queatiied his personal property lv will. Heirs
sometimes mean children, in common parlance,
and the words are to be so understood in a
\ statue when a context shows that, intentii n to
have been in the mind of the legislature. Hut
1 am not aware that any reason exists here for
taking it inn sense different from that in which
! it is commonly accepted. This act of Congress
then, vests the land in the persons to whom the
claimant may have left it by will ; and if he
dies intestate, then it goes to the heirs—that
is, to the per.-ons who are entitled to claim hi
real estate by the intestate laws.
1 do not see anything in the general policy
j i f the previous laws which would justify us in
; giving tho act of lt<sB a construction not war
ranted by its plain words. It is true that all
the ae's on the same subject are to be con
strued together as in pari, ma/urio, but where
the words ut the later act differ from those of
an older o.ie the later act must prevail and
give the rule in all eases to which it applies."
Tnvivo TO Sra.r. A PTAMOXD. —The TTucyrns
(Ohio) Jonrn il relates the story of a farmer
i-t that county, who found one day a beautiful
specimen of a quartz rock, which had all the
appearance of a diamond. Tie took it to a jew
eller in Buevrus, who, bv way of a joke, told
him it was a diamond, and offered hirn ten
thousand dollars for it. The farmer supposed
it was worth more money—he had read of the
Koh-i-noor, which is prized at millions—and
refused, lie took it to Pittsburg, and anoted
jeweller there told him that he did not know
how much it was worth, but no honse in the
city was able to purchase it. This completed
his infatuation. He took it to other jewellers,
who pronounced it no diamond. Tie also took
it to Philadelphia and New York. The Jour
nal thus describes his adventures there :
Confidently he walked into Hall, Black A
Go's., the eminent jewellers, and demanded an
interview with the proprietors. It was grant
ed, and our friend was u-hered into a private
room, when he coolly turned the key in the
door, and to influence the surprise of Hall,
Black A Co., informed them that lie had in his
pocket untold wealth. Hall, Black A Go,
congratulated him, and politely requested him
to inform them what earthly interest the fact
could be to then). He answered nothing, but
slowly drew from the breast pocket of his vest,
the .-tone and asked how much it was worth
Hall. Black A Co., answered that in a country
where stone was scarce, it would be worth so
much a perch, they had really forgotten
the exact sum, but f it would be any ac
commodation they would send and inquire,and
wound up by :.-king what his business was with
them.
" Business," lie gasped, " why to sell this
diamond." They told liirti tlint they had no
desire to invest in that peculiar style of dia
monds, and without attempting to conceal their
merriment, Isnved him out. At Tiffany's, and
and all the leading houses in that line of trade,
he met with the same success, and finally de
termincd that the jewellers of New York, Phil
adelphia and Pittsburg, were in league to
swindle him out of his diamond ; and so he
deterinuu-d to go to Europe with it, and among
the brokers of L mdon and Paris find a market
for it. 1 Jut fortunately, just as lie was on the
point of embarking, lie met with a merchant
from Buevrus why knew him, and who finally
succeeded in inducing hirn to forego his Eu
i ropean tour for the time being, at least, and
i brought lum to his family. He still believes
the stone to be a diamond, and will, 110 doubt,
| start upon another wild goose chase to dispose
of it.
Cm.. FREMONT has succeeded in one of his
suits in ('alitornia. The Altn California lias
the following :
" Fremont ocmißenced an action against a
corporation called the .Merced .Miuiinr Compa
ny, and Smyth Clark and .John Vandewater,
for a forcible entry upon " the upper drift of
a shaft of a certain mine, called the Josephine
Vein," in Mariposa county. The jury render
ed a verdict of guilty as to Cark and Ynnde
water. and not guilty as to the corporation.—
Ju Igmcnt was rendered upon the verdict award
ing pos>cssinu to plaintiff, and a writ, of resti
tu'ion issued, which was placed in the hands of
defendant for execution. This process the
Sheriff refused to execute. The judge, on ap
plication of plaintiff', awarded a preemptorv
mandamus against the officer, and lrom this
order an appeal is taken. The court say,there
being no error in the record, the judgment is
affirmed."
Tint LAST SNAKE STORY. —The Sandusky
(Ohio) Ufsristfi has heard from "a most reli
able correspondent, a story of H snake which
had lived for 17 years in a man's stomach, and
after being treated to every form of eject
ment known to the law of medicine, was finally
starred out. This may be true, but we think
j there is some mistake about the loealitv of the
"sarpint," and that instead of occupying the
inun's stomach, the snake must have been in
the correspondent's hut when he wrote the let
ter to the Jirgislcr
Wnm.FCSAR.K POISONTVO. —On Wednesday,
27 th, ult., all the boarders, 2 J in number, at
Caspar Muhiinnn's boat ding liouse in St.Louis,
M ~ were attacked with symptoms of poison
ing. A physician was called in, who, by nsp
of proper medicines, prevented any fatal con
sequences'. The food was then analyzed, and
the soup and salt were found to contain a large
quantity of arsenions acid. Suspicion rests
upon a boarder who had departed the same
morning, after a quarrel with the landlord.
Srsi'inov or Fori. PI.AY. —A few days
| since, Wm. Jenkins, a farmer, residing in Ucd
lUinister twp, Bucks county, Pa., died with
symptoms indicating the action of poison, and
: a post mortem examination was held by direc
tion of the coroner, which tended to stengthen
i the suspicion entertained. The stomach and
its contents were spnt to Professor Itodgefs of
Philadelphia, ai.e ..... inquest adjourned till
the report of his analysis'. The widow of the
I deceased Was committed to Doylestowu jail, to
i await the result.
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Thursday Morning, November 11, 1868.
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THE LATE ELECTION.
On Tuesday week, six more States added
their unqualified condemnation to the rebuke
already administered to Mr. Buchanan's ad
ministration. The overthrow of the National
Administration has been signal and conclusive.
In every Northern State which has yet spoken
the issue has been fairly and squarely made up,
and the people have littered their detestation
of the unwise and unpatriotic policy of Mr.
Buchanan.
In New York, the Republican State Ticket
has beeu elected by a majority of upwards of
20.0UU, with a legislature largely Republican,
and a delegation in Congress which stands 29
anti-Lecoinpton, to 4 Leeomptonites.
I>i*t. nist.
1. Luther C. Carter, IS. Clark lLCoelirane,
2. J. Haui|<li'cy, 19. J. H. Grahasiie,
2. Daniel E. Sickles, 111. Ilusfue Cnnlilillg,
•t. Thomas J. Ha>r, 21. R. H. Piicll,
A, William 11. Muclay, 22. M. !.. Lee,
I!. John Cochrane, 23. Charles It. Hoard.
7. (idirp' Itrijijc, 24. C. 11. Scdewh-k.
8. Horare K. Clark, 25. Mstrtin Butterlirld,
9. J. 11. llaokin, 28. E. It. I'ottlo,
10. Clias. 11. \'uit WjVk, 27. Alfred Well.*,
11. William S. Den von, ?8. Win. Irvine,
12. til as. L. Ikalc, [:J. A. Ely.
l:t. Ahram It Olio. 10. Augustus Fr;ink.
14. John If. Reynolds, 111. Silas M.
l.i. James It. Mi'Keati, 22. E. <i. S|>, milling,
lii. G. W. l'almrr, 23. It. E. Fcuton,
17. F. E. Spinner,
I/rnmptnn, (Italic.) <
Auti-Ltxoinpton, (Roman.) 20
IN the IXth District JOHN B. TIASKIN is
elected by a small majority, it will be seen
that outside of the city of New York, not a
single member of Congress, is returned favora
ble to the policy of the Administration.
In Illinois it is reported that the Republi
can State ticket has been elected by about
5000 majority. The Congressional delegation
stands as before, 4 Republicans to 5 Douglas
Democrats. It is generally conceded that
Douglas has carried a majority of the legisla
ture which will probably stand nearly as fol
lows:
Donghts. Ih'p. Doubtful.
Senate 14 la 1
House 38 34 3
Total hi 44 4
The vote for the Administration candidates
is only 3,000 iti a poll of 240,000.
Returns from the Second and Third Con
gressional Districts in Wisconsin, as far as
heard from, show a probability of the election
of the Republican candidates. The Demo
cratic candidate in the Third was ahead, with
five counties to hear from, which at the last
election gave a Republican majority of more
than sufficient to overcome the difference. I.
C. WASIIUIRNK is the candidate in the Second,
and was so far ahead as to render his elecrion
certain.
In Michigan, the whole Rcpuobcun State
ticket is elected by from six to ten thousand
majority. The State Senate will probably
-tand twenty-two Republicans to ten Demo
crats, and the House forty-six Republicans to
thirty-three Democrats—a majority of twenty
five 011 joint ballot. The Congressional dele
gation is not jet decided.
In New Jersey, the Administration has sus
tained a total defeat. All the Opposition
candidates fir Congress are elected, the Ad
ministration losing three members. The live
Opposition members elected, arc NIXON in the
First District ; STRATTUN in the Second ;
ADRIAN in the Third; Kn;<;s, (who beats llcv-
LER, ) iii the Fourth, and PENNINGTON, (who
b nits WORTEXDVKE,) in the Fifth. All the
Opposition Assemblymen are elected, which
makes an Opposition majority in the Legisla
ture, and defeats WRIGHT for United States
Senator.
The full returns from Massachusetts show
that BANKS has a plurality of over twenty
eight thousand, and that the whole Republi
can State ticket is elected, with all the Re
publican Members of Congress and a Republi
can majority in the Legislature.
In Delaware, the Administration candidates
for Governor and member of Congress are
elected by reduced majorities.
ATHENS EXCHANGE. —This hotel has passed
into the possession of TJ J. S. SLOAN, who
has thoroughly repaired and refurnished it, and
it is now one of the best kept and most com
fortable hotels in the county. We arlvise all
travelers to give the " Exchange" a call, as
they will find there au attentive and obliging
hast, good fare, and reasonable charges.
11. PHINNET; JR. has removed to No.
3, Patton's Block, and has filled up with a
large and well-selected stock of JXCW Goods,
which he is offering at astonishingly low rates.
Amongst his stock are the latest and most
fashionable styles of Ilats, to suit the Quaker
or adorn the dandy.
feer Governor Wise hns written a very
strong letter in favor of re-election of Senator
Douglas. A letter from Senator Crittenden,
warmly praising Douglas for his course last
winter, is also published.
THREE PERSONS DROWNED. —Ou SUNDAY of-,
tcruoon last, a boat containing three cplored
persons, Henry Carter , of this place, Henry
Johnson, formerly of Binghamtou, and Rich
aid IVUIi/ims, of Elmira, was drawn over the
dam at this place, and all were drowned. —
The party were in a small boat, rowing across
the river, jnst above the dam, which when the
water is low, is a place of safety, but the prcs
ent rise in the river makes the current strong
and rapid. It is supposed that they were care
lessly uliowing the boat to approach too near
the comb of the dam, supposing that they
could easily overcome the current. The boat
plunged stern first down the apron of the dam,
breaking it, and precipitating the occupants in
the rough water; they were carried a short dis
tance IH?1OW, where they obtained a temporary
foothold upon a bar, but were borne away be
fore help could reach them, and all found a
watery grave.
Young Carter, was a son of John Carter
of this place, an industrious and well-behaved
young man, and generally respected by onr cit
j izens. The other two were strangers, and had
been here but u few days. The body of Car
ter was recovered 011 Monday by dragging ;
hut all efforts to find the others have been 1111
availing.
THE NEXT CONGRESS. —The Washington
i Union publishes a table of the elections so far
as they were given, for the Thirty-sixth Con
gress, and shows that 34 Democrats, 13 Anti-
Lceompton Democrats, and 104 Republicans
have been elected. If the Democrats should
elect men of their own h. cury Southern dis
trict now represented by Americans, they
would still have but a hundred and hrelre— a
minority of the House. The admission of Or
egon would give another member, but there
would still be but a hundred aud thirteen of
the hundred and nineteen necessary for a ma
jority. It supposes, however, that the Demo
crats will have but one hundred and ten out
of two hundred and thirty-six or seven. Nei
ther branch of the opposition will have control
of that body, for there will be but one hun
dred und eleven Republicans, twelve Anti-Le
comptou Democrats, and say four or five Sou
thern Americans. In other words, the com
plexion of the House will be very similar to
that of the session of 185 ">-50, which was sig
nalized by long and excited strugle for the or
ganization of that body.
Ax IMPORTANT DECISION. —The Supreme
Court has decided the question between the
he Sunbury A Eric Railroad Company and the
Canal Commissioners, (in which was involved
the constitutionality of the act of the legisla
ture in authorizing the sale of the State Works)
in favor of the Rnilroad Company. This is an
important decision, and affects several very
prominent companies of this and neighboring
: States.
Governor of New York hasselect
the 18th of November as day of thanksgiving,
and the Governor of New Hampshire, and
several other Governors, have selected the 25th
of November for a similar purpose.
Mrs. LITTI.ES, now in State Prison for the
murder of her husband at Rochester, bus made
a confession, and denies the statements of her
| brother IRA, lately published, which implicated
! other parties.
Shipments of Coal from Towauda by
tlie Barclay R. R A Coal Co.
Shipments for the werk emling N'ov. 6 84.24 tons.
Previous shipments since July 14 14.2*4J tons.
Amount for the season 15,128
CST" Gov. WAI.KER was in New Orleans on
the 28th, but was to return to Mobile on the
29th. It is supposed that lie will be a passen
ger on a vessel that will leave Mobile for San
Juan del Norte, OT the 14th inst.
t&" Hon. T. GLAXCY JONES has resigned
his seat in Congress, to enter upon the official
duties of the high position to which lie has been
appointed by Hie President. His letter of re
signation to the Governor is dated the Ist
instant.
ISAAC HOLLAND, late Doorkeeper of the
United States Senate, w bodied at Washington
ou Monday, was the father o." SHALT HOL
LAND, the gallant youth who perished 011 the
ill-fated steamer Arctic.
General Walker does not like the Presi
dent's proclamation again.' his projected inva
sion of Nicaragua, and lie is now in Washing
ton attempting to obtain its withdrawal or
modification. He declares his readiness to sail
for Nicaragua immediate!}' and expresses his
determination to do so, whether the President
accedes to his wishes or not, and to run the
chances of arrest or detention by the United
States or British naval forces. In this con
nection it is well to correct a report cow going
the rounds, that the British Minister had noti
fied our Government that Nicaragua will have
the assistance of the English in preventing
Walker's landing. No such notice ha been
given, and will not be, except with the addi
tional understanding that, the English forces
will be first tended. The p"~ cding then will
come within the provisions of international law
and cannot be objected to.
A most outrageous murder was committed
in Baltimore, Friday uight. A police officer
named Bentou, about a month since, was killed
by a notorious rowdy named Gambril, because
he was the chief witness against the latter's
brother on a charge of incendiarism. Anoth
er police officer named Itigdon was the princi
pal witness for the prosecution in the trial of
Gambrill, who was yesterday convicted of mur
der in the first degree. Last night Rigdoti
was shot dead in his own house, iu the midst
of his family, by another of the gang to which
Gambrill belonged, uamed Corre. The great
est excitement prevails in regard to the affair,
and the murderer stands a chance to be lynch
ed.
SOM NAM UUI.ISM —A F ATHK.It WALKS INTO THE |
RIVER WITH A CHILD IN HIS ARMS. —One of the I
most awful results of sleep-walking of which
we have heard for a long time, transpired at
the Upper Ferry Landing during the night
preceding yesterday. Friday evening a farmer,
named John Bray, from Indiana, who was
moving to tome point on the Missouri river,
with his wife, father-in-law, and four children,
came in on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad.
Being in straightened circumstances the family
obtained permission to stop for the night in a
small room on the ferry dock at the foot of
Carr street. Between twelve and one o'clock
in the night Bray arose, in his sleep, and taking
his youngest child, aged three years, in his
arms, actually walked from the room and into
the water. The piteous wailing cries of the
child, and the loud calls of the father for help
soon drew a number of persons to the melancho
ly scene from adjacent places on the levee.—
The frantic grief of the family partook of the
incoherence and wildness of the manioc, and is
described to be of the most heart rending des
cription. Before ingenuity could resolve on
any means of rescuing the drowning objects
Ootli had sunk to be seen no more alive. We
have rarely been culled on to record a more
appalling casualty.— Si. Louis Intel.
A Convention of the Slaveholders of the
' Castern shore of Maryland assembled atCain
| bridge, in that state, on Wednesday, to take
| into consideration the subject of the protection
j of Slave property, and counteracting the op
-1 orations of the Abolitionists and their emissa
ries. Addresses were made by several promi
nent slaveholders, and resolutions were reported
that Free Xegroisin and Slavery are incoinpat
-1 ible with x-aeh other, and should not be per
mitted longer to exist in their present relations,
and calling a General Convention of tlie State,
j to meet in Baltimore, in June next, to devise
some system to be presented to the Legisla
' tlire of Maryland for the better regulation of
! the negro population of the State. A com
mittee was appointed to draft an address to the
people, setting forth the grievances under which
the Slaveholders of the Eastern Shore labor.
The Convention was still in session ut lust
| accounts.
WRECK AND LOSS OK LlKE. —Capt.Charles
| Chessel with Mr. Henry Kimbcr, mate, and
j four seamen of the British .bark Claude, of
: Slioreham, England, arrived ut Xew York on
Wednesday, on board the Loudon packet ship
Isaac Bell, Capt. Edward Jhonston, by whose
timely and humane efforts they were rescued
from the wreck of the above-named bark, on
the 3J of October, after they hud been ding
ing a day and a night to the rigging. The
Claude having sprung a leak during a heavy
gale on the 2>th, it was found impossible, after
three days and three nights of hard pumping
to keep the ship free. On the 29th, the Capt.,
with his wife and all the crew, retreated to the
main top, but the vessel shortly afterwards
capsized, and the wife of the captain with
seven of the officers and crew, were drowned.
On the 3Utli, ult., the survivors were rescued
C ASTON, I'a., X"vemt>er 4, ISSS.
MK. KmTOB :—I have just closed an unit discussion
with S. \V. U.I)F.X.or the Methodist Episcopal Church,
upon the mode and subjects of Baptism. and hare la-en so
much strengthened iu the conviction of the correctness
of tike position occupied hy the Baptists in this contro
versy upon the above subject, that I have decided to make
the following proposition to our paedo-Uaptist friends, I
iit-fi the privilege of doing so through your paper :
Belli ving that the practice of baptizing infants, and of
pouring and sprinkling adults, lias no authority in the
Holy Scriptures ; 1 challenge theni to defend this prac
tice in public debate, under such circumstances as .shall
he Hcceptihle to both parties.
This challenge is most respectfully given to any respec
table pacdo-il.iptist clergyman in this county or out of it.
Bv theirs most respectfully,
< HAKI.KS M 'DOUG ALL.
I'. S. A response is respectfully solicited.
PARKIIUUST NOT A CANDIDATE. —We find in
the Tioga Agitator a letter from Joel Park
hurst in which he says:—
" The use of my name as a candidate for
Congress in this District was entirely without
my knowledge or consent I know of no such
organization as a Whit; Party" iu the State
of Pennsylvania ; but do not shrink from an
acknowledgement that I belonged to that or
der so long as it existed. I now claim inern
bership iu the Republican ranks, fully endors
ing the Philadelphia platform as established
in 'O6. Iu the llepubliacn party I know no
democrat, no whig, as such ; comprehending as
it does, what of democracy, held by Jefferson
in his time, was desirable. I have no quarrel
with the Republican party, and before I can
be made the candidate of any other, as an in
strument to disorganize our ranks, I chooso to
be consulted."
AN ELEVATED RAILROAD. —In Chili,a branch
of the Cnpiapo Railroad between Pubcllou and
Chanarlciilc, passes over the Atncama moun
tains, at an elevation higher than any other
railroad in the world. On the 3d of August
part of this railroad was opened, and a loco
motinve ascended to the tcrminns at an eleva
tion of 1140 feet above the level of the sea.—
This altitude i> s.bon* TOftrt feet greater
the highest point of the Vienna and Trieste
Railroad, In the Austrian Alps. The highest
elevation of the railroad which passes through
the Blue Ridge, in Virginia, is 2700 feet. 1740
feet less than the highest point on the Uopiapo
j Railroad.
| THEM CAMEI.S.- —The Secretary of War is
thoroughly satisfied of the great usefulness of
these animals, and their superiority for army
service in the wilds of the interior over both
horse and mule. The opinion is confirmed, too, I
I))' the experiments already made, especially
those by Lieut. Beale, who has used thetn in
crossing the plains of Xew McxiCw, and travel
ing over (he mountains, and found them entire
ly eapab'e of enduring the climate, and of
being employed to great advantage.
GONE P-ACK AGAIN.— A correspondent of
the Xew 5 ork Herald , writing from Xew Zea
land, under date of July Otli, states that the
interesting colony of Piteairn's Island, the de
scendants of the mutineers of the Bounty,
whom the British Government recently put iu
possession of Xorfolk Island, had become dis
satisfied with that place, and had returned to
their old residence on Pitcairu's Island.
SUICIDE. —James Hope, of Upper St. Clair,
Aileghnny countv, Pa., having been convicted
and fined $5OO and costs, iu a slander suit,
hung himself to a tree near his residence, on
Monday morning He was about fifty years
of age, und the father of 12 ehildreu.
SAD CASTALITY. —On Saturday, Mrs. W. L. 1
Gold, of Allegheny City, IV, administered a'
dose of laudanum in mistake for paregoric to 1
her twin children, from the effects of which it
is feared they cannot recover.
I A BcitiiLAß C.vrcHT v, ITII A y. i
few nights ago a lawyer's office inCKi.
entered I* nkwrglnr, erild 7"""
valuable article* of clothiii" but l' Se,era l
hurry of exit, dropped a pair of | )oo ,' ?
yard. Ihe police detective, who w a ,i tl|f
to catch the burglar, tied a fish line In
i the boots, the other end pa,si„-> , ?° ne ° f
■ hole into the office. lie then ent 1
through the blind and commenced fig,; B
!M*W, Irait.
without so much as a nibble,he wa*avvnri
I a vigorous bite, and springing out ft f , b J
j collared a felVv trying to carry off the®.'
He admitted las gailt, and was commit
i default of bail. to
i
TITE " Confidence" GAME REVIVE
! cording to the Buffalo (X.Y.) Cmmer.S
the Xevvark (X.J.) Advertiser, an aC coti
ed swindler, calling himself " General s "
! Proper," had recently been victimizing
! nocent folks of those cities. In the r,
j place he bought a " Lake Shore YilvT*
*37,000, and an adjoining for j •/
beside diddling the brokers who
per," out of a few " cool thousands" ' v
I Newark, however, his operations were i t
J extensive, only reaching a few hundred
in borrowed money. One "Jersey kHv"'
heard to say: " if he was a swindler he w .*'
! gentleman, as he never disputed the ~r ; '
any article which he designed to purchj'
ANOTHER HORRIBLE MENDER. We *pe
I the Cincinnati papers that a most brnh! m'!
j der was comm tted in that city on Sit-i
-eveniug, in a house of ill fame. 'Puree v ■
men visited the house early in the eveniu'r a .
jin a very short time after entering niiir ; - '
one of the iuru ites in a inost fi nolish mv
I The name of the murderer is Charles Cook
of a wealthy and highly respected citizen, a
j like young Gouldy, had plenty of monev r
1 his command, and was idle, and lienee t! -
sue The Cincinnati Cuntmrrcid says ;
" Young Cook is about tweuty fire years
; age, and although he has beeu furnished '
a liberal education, he has uever profited bv'
but, on the itMilrnrv, he is said to hare
itively r !V-.-! attempting any descrijitioa of
employment which might place him iu an in.
dependent und honorable position, p Wl .
i uaturiil that he siioiihl fall into evil comiians
and this was another source of anxiety t' u a '.i
parents and family."
THE FIRE i.N AN ENGLISH COAL Pit —Further
particulars respecting the fire at Page Kail
Colliery have been published There were it
now appears, 85 men and boy.- iu the work
and the overman, Kellot, who was killed in
descending the shaft, made SO. Ten of the
unfortunate workmen were suffocated bv the
smoke. The 70 survivors were re-wd i'a th*
i course of Friday, the Ist inst. Of that lumber
there are alout 40 who will continue to retire
, i medical attendance, but none of them arc in
such a state as to excite any fears for their
recovery, with perhaps one exception. Tlioy
are not in any way hurt externally, and or':v
suffer from the collapse caused hy siiffntation
jThe fire is ascertained to have been confined to
the shaft, the working not being injured ar.v
further than by extra accumulation of water,'
JIDOE DOWLAS'S SLAVES. —The Chicago
Press and Tribune says :
. | "We betray no confidences when we say
that Mr. Slide!! wheu this city, declared that
the condition of these slaves was a disgrace ta
their owner : thai they were badly fed, bilk
clothed, a nil txcesitdy over worked ! "
RELIC OF A FORMER W oßi.it. —The Waco.
(Texas) Detnocral states that the citizens*
Sumpter, Trinity county, while digging # veil
on the square, after having gone some 23 feet
through a soft limestoue rock, came to a inn.*
of pine timber, hewn out six by twenty im-he
sqnnre, bearing visible marks of the club ati
broadaxe. Four feet below this piece of tim
ber, through the soft rock, they struck a ;ouu
tuiu of excellent water.
THREATENED LYNCH LAW. —The hone of
Wm. C. Ely, of Clyde, X" Y., was entered
Monday morning, and robbed of a quantity of
( ! silver plate. Mr. Ely surprised the thieve-a
the act of robbery, and a desperate fight CM
' ed, iu which Mr. E. was badly injured Tat
robbers then made their escape, and the eft
zens have turned out to look for them, with the
• avowed purpose of shooting or hangingthea
I if caught.
UOIUUULK RAILROAD ACCIDENT.— On Friday
last Henry Beck, au employee on the lLrr.v
burg (Pa.) Railroad, while drawing a c-ap
ling bolt on a moving train near Wolf.- W;
( tiou, fell on the track, and was dragged -iv
rods. His neck and one arm were broken,y
his body frightfully crushed and mangled. IP
; death was of course instantaneous
SncwK IN Cot nr.—A few days since, a
was decided in Columbus, Indiana, agn^ l
William Mewlierter, an old and well known
citizen, the jury stating that the defendant ha
il) hand, unaccounted for, over 819,909. M ' v
horter instantly drew a pistol, and placing '•
at Ids breast shot himself dead.
UNEXTKCTED RETURN. — The son of aefe'
of Xew Bedford, Mass., who had gone to -<o
ten years ago, and had not been heard o: -> :i1 "
returned unexpectedly last Thur-day. lh * UJ
t long beeu uiourmd as dead.
THE GRAND LODGE of Masons of Mas-* n
setts have passed resolutions signifying ,;ii
intention to recommend to subordinate
P.ut cs"!i " t d*cr contribute one dollar tovs
the purchase of Mount Vernon.
1 AXOTII JONES PROVIDED FOR. —UitbtajM"
L. Jones, son of Hon. J. (ilaucy Joucs,of D'
has beeu ajqxiiuted private secretary to ti">
uiauder Ridgclty, of thesteauicr AtalaiißL 0 "'
ot the lleet ordered upou the expeditw u '
Paraguuy.
Captain HORACE BELT, released fnwi
prisonm9ht in Brandenburg, Ky.,ha*a r '
at his home in X T ewAlbany. A large coi)-' 1 "'.
of citizens assembled to greet him, took
to the theatre, and called him oat for a sp' ol
tSt Great excitfliueut prevails at I 1" :®
liiinois, iu consequence of the failure >'t
banking house of Curtiss & Co.
threutciia to destroy the banking lR )lliC
the private residences of the lueinbcrs oi
lirui.
THAT ENEMY OE MANKIND, Consti'"^
riit be cored, but it is far better to I l,(
the cruel disease from fastening lt^' f J ".h js
system, by the timely use of a remedy * iK
Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry
ftiy Buy none unless it has the " J
i uattire of " /. Putts " on the wrapper.