Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, November 11, 1858, Image 2
"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. -t-X- ----- - r T.'JT." ~ TOWANDA: Thursday Morning, November 11, 1868. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR. TKKMS— Onr Dollar per annum, invariably in advance.— Four weeks /irreious to the expiration oj a subscription, notice will lie given by a printed wrapper, und if not re newed, the paper will in all cases be stop pi d. Ci.rßKi NV The Rrjwrter will be sent to Cl'ibs at the fol lowing extremely low rates : l> copies for s."> IMI I 1". copies for... .$l2 00 10 copies far 800| 20 cofiies f0r. ... 15 00 AnVKKTrSKMKVrs— For ft square of ten line* or less. One Dollar for three or less insertions, and twenty-fid cents fur each subsequent insertion. Job-Work — Executed with accui acy and despatch, and a reasonable prices—with eras/ facility for doing Hooks, Ulanlcs, Hand-bills, Bali tickets, Ifr. Monrv may be sent by mail, at our risk—enclosed in on envelope.and properly directed, we will be responsible fur its safe delivery. 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.