From tho Pike's Peak Gold Diggings
[From the St. Sonis Republican, July 13 ]
We have before us n business letter from n
gentleman in Denver Oby. dated on the 2f)tb
•June. The writ<r, until recently, was in busi
ness in St Louis, and his name, and that o!
his correspondent, are a sufficient guaranty of
his truthfulness. He says hob it Denver C.ty
on the 21st for the m ncs. and returned to
Denver City on the 2o;h. He parsed through
Golden City oo the 25th, and cot as far > s
Mountain City.or Gregory I 's Diggings, the rich
est mines as yet found in Kansas. " There is
gold there, and ro mistake."
I slept in a miner's cabin who was from
lowa ; he has taken out of his claim over four
thousand dollars since the 13th of this mouth.
He showed me his gold— not ir, a goose quill,
but in a quart bottle and denrjohn. The bot
tle was full and the demijohn about, half full
Mr. Leopold, from Farmington, Illinois, has
taken out, commencing at the same time, over
six thousand dollars, but he runs night and
day. Both men woik nine men each. These
are considered among the best claims yet dis
covered. There are about fifteen thousand
men in the mines. About one or two thou
sand of these have paying claims, varying with
each claim, paying from three dollars to ooe
thousand dollars per day.
It is reported that Green Russell took from
his claim in one day sixteeu hundred dollars.
I am satisfied there is plt-uty of the gold dust
in the mines, but there has been no coin sent
out to buy it up ; they would gladly cxchango
it for coin, as it is more convenient in paying
oil the hands. It is very dull in this place at
present, as all have gone to the mountains.—
Gregory's Diggings are situated.forty miles
from this place, and twenty-five miles in the
mountains. We are fifteen miles from the foot
of the mountains.
fta?* A painful nccident happened on Satur
day last on the Bloounsburg Railroad, near the
Bellcvue mines. Two waduimg innocents, less
than three years old, were playing on the track
just above the curve, when a coal train glided
in sight. Paralyzed with ftar, they stood
still, one throwing its little arms about the
other's neck. They were thrown down in the
middle of the track. Had they known enough
to keep perfectly still, they might have escaped
uninjured ; but they struggled repeatedly to
rise, and were knocked down by the axles
of the passing cars. In their efforts to crawl
from beneath the moving cars they threw their
hands and arms across the rail, which singu
lar to relate, were several times saved by Mr.
John Bound and his brother, who with a
presence of mind and excellence of feeling
worthy of eternal remembrance had sprung
from the train to save them, it possible, and
stood by throwing their limbs off the track at
the imminent risk of their own. They made
a narrow escape as it was, John having his
coat sleeve cut by one of the axles. Unfor
tunately their efforts were not successful. One
of the little things lost its toes and the other
a leg, and both were considerably bruised.—
The latter has since died. The other is in a
fair way of recovering. The train was mov
ing slowly at the time, or instant death would
have followed the first blow. It is but proper
to mention that efforts on the part of the en
gineer to save the children were unsuccessfully
made by the reversal of the engine. The sud
den reaction threw the braketnen from the
cars, while the lever was forced back and tin
engine bounded forward with increased veloci
ty-
THE S.M.T BUSINESS.—Most of the rnannfac
tries are now in operation, and the quantity of
salt inspected is larger than nsnal at this
season of the rear. Should the works continue
in operation through the season the product
will exceed that of any preceding year.
The price of salt is ranch lower this season
than for several years past. This is the result
of the combination that has of iate years ex
isted among the manufacturers, and that is
now broken up. An attempt was made this
spring to renew this combinat'on, but it failed.
In the absence of any regulation, on the sub
ject, every manufacturer is at liberty to make
all the salt his block is capable of turning out.
The largest amount of salt ever marketed in
one season was the last, when the product was
about seven million bushels. There are facili
ties for the manufacture of a much larger
amount, and, if the market shall warrant it,
there may be a larger increase over the pro
duct of last season.
But the encouragement to increased produc
tion is not very great. The price is lower than
it has been for several years, while the cost of
the manufacture is not proportionately lessen
ed. Fuel is about the same as last season,
while the price of barre's thus far is considera
bly less. The cost of marketing is greater than
it Was last year, as salt is not wanted for bal
lasting to so great an extent as lust season.
A good crop at the West will create a demand
for it for that purpose during the fuli.— From
the Syracuse Standard, July 1.
ftn?" The circumstances attending the death
of Judge Bnrnside of Beilefonte are these :
" He had been sitting at the door in the even
ing, when his nephew, Harvey Mann,drove
up in a buggy with his mother, (a sister of
Judge Bnrnside,) who had come to pay them a
visit. The horse was a new one, and after Mrs.
Mann had got out the Judges lid to his nephew
that ho believed that he would get in and take
a short drive with him. He got in, and young
Mann was about following him, when he si pped
and, touching the horse, started him. The
veins, which had been lying loose, fell and the
horse dashed rapidly down a steep stony street
He made a short turn at a corner at the foot
of the hill and threw the Judge out. Ho fell
violently on his head. Tiie blood gashed
from every feature, and when he was picked
up he was dying. In two or three minutes
from the time he left his door, full of life, health
and spirits, he was carried back a bleeding
corpse."
The papers have already announced the
discovery of a great cave at Bethlehem, in this
State The extensive cavity has been visited
by hundreds of people, some of whom went in
with lights, and explored its dim recesses.—
There are two passages, one of them one hun
dred feet long by ten to twelve feet high. The
bottom is rough with loose 'tones, and danger
ous. Further explorations will be made.
&ay The fool Blondin thrilled an audience
at the Metropolitan Theatre, Buffalo, on Satur
day night, by carrying a man of the name of
Smith upon his shoulders up a tight rope ex
tending from the back of the stage totiie third
tier. Several tvuies he prttendccl to lasc his
foatin*, but beast ttud burden got back safely
to the stage.
FORGIVING AND FORGETTING. —We are credi-
I bly informed from various sources the Hon.
Daniel E. Sickles lias become entirely recon
ciled with his wife, and is now living with her
in marital relations as before the death of the
late Philip Burton Key. We are also assured
that in taking this remarkable step, Mr. Sickles
has alienated himself from most if net all of
those personal and political friends who devot
edly adhered to him during his recent imprison
ment ana trial.
—-The reconciliation between Mr. and Mrs.
Sickles was consummated, as we arc informed,
while Mr. S. was residing at the house of a
friend on the Bloomingdale Road, about half
a mile from the former house of Mr. S-. which
for some tine past Mrs. Sickles has occupied,
either alone or with some of the members of
iter own family. The suspicions of his host
were excited by the repeated absence of Mr.
S. at unusual hours ; and when he came in
very early one morning he was interrogated
bv the host and another friend who was pres
ent, and on liis positively denying their right
to question him, and refusing to give an ex
planation they shook hands with him for the
last time and he withdrew. It is said that he
has since addressed letters to his former inti
mate associates, notifying them formally of the
resumption of conjugal relations between him
self and Mrs. Sickles.— N. Y. Daily Tribune.
The jury in the case of ihe late massacre
on the Michigan Southern Railroad have ren
dered a verdict, entirely exonerating the Com
pany from blame. Such information has be
come too commonplace to excite either wonder
or indignation. A passenger has furnished
some additional and harrowing particulars of
the accident. He writes :
" The first thing that arrested my attention
on entering the car that I had left was that
I was standing on a pile of dead bodies. One
man I thought alive and gazing into my face.
I turned the lamp around, and the glazed eve
of death told me that all was over. A lady
had her arm clasped around his neck, with a
frightful wound in her head, her feet caught
and crushed iu the wheels of the car. At
their fcot lay a beautiful boy, with his Irnd
severed from his body as close as it could have
been done by the guillotine. Some were just
in the pangs of death. Others, caught and
crushed by the falling limbers, begged nie to
kill them and put them out of their misery.—
There was a lady going to meet her husband,
with her daughter, six years old, and a babe
at her breast. The mothor and little girl were
killed The mother had clasped the babe in
such a manner that it was unhurt. Theground
was strewed with heads, arms, legs, and dead
bodies. I saw several with their backs broken
and their lower limbs paralyzed, writhing
in the sand. Some of them would clutch me
as I passed with a grasp from which it was
almost impossible to free myself. Several
beautiful boys and girls were taken from the
water and laid upon the bank. They were
drowned, but looked beautiful in death. Others
were crashed between the wheels, with their
faces and hands upturned in a supplicating
manner. I passed a woman who " begged me
to find her children." She was crying, "Oh !
rny dear family ! oh, my six children !" Botli
of her legs were crushed off below the knee.—
She lived ten or fifteen minutes. I afterwards
assisted in taking two of her children from the
wreck, dead. Two more fine boys of hers were
found—ore withdiis leg cut off; the other had
lost an arm, and both were living svheu I left." ;
NEW AND P ROSPF.ROUS S -Tri.EME.VT. HAM
monton on the Camden and Atlantic Railroad,
is a flourishing village settled chiefly by New
Englanders, who wish to escape their frosty
climate, and by persons from the West, who
are engaged in the grape culture. One year
ago the settlement commenced, and since then
has a population of fifteen hundred. They have
built abut three hundred houses, opened four
stores, several hotels, one steam saw and plan
ing mill, and one water power saw and plan- :
ing mill, with schools, churches, and brick
yards. They liayc set out since, forty vineyards,
and in short, established a settlement, which
from the respectability of the settlers, isdestin
ed to become one of the most important and
influential places in the State of New Jersey.
Grape grown rs are of tiie opinion that the strip
of land between the Little and the Great Egg
Harbor rivers is the best for the vine, owing
to both soil and climate, of any that has been
found in the country. From the extent they
arc entering into business, a supply of pure
and unadulterated wines may soon be expected.
They who have raised crops at Hammonton re
present that the soil is very productive. It is
not surprising that the place should increase so
rapidly, when it is considered the advantages
it presents over the West in health, climate
and markets. Crops are secure from frosts,
that blighting enemy that robs the farmer of
the North of so much of his labor and profit.
—From the Pennsylvania inquirer. .
IteiU On Tuesday last the cowcatcher of a
train on the Danbury (Conn.) Railroad, while
passing through a deep cut, caine in contact
with a lady dressed after the fashion, and her
hoops and other standing rigging were carried
away iu a twinkling. The fair creature is said
to have presented a fine epitome of Butler's
"Nothing to Wear" just alter that.
We learn from the Geneva Gazette I hat
while a young man, aged twenty years, was
dipping slop from a distillery vat in the town
of Phelps, Ontario county, on the 2d inst., he
slipped and lost his balance, and fell head fore
most into the scalding liquid, turning a com
plete sumersault. He was immediately stripj>ed
of his clothing, the skin from his body down
wards coming off with his clothes, lie ling
ered until Wednesday when death put an end
to his sufferings.
The students of Amherst College were
so enraptured by their recent chess victory
over the men of Williams College, that a
car was chartered, which two hundred of them
drew out to meet the conquering heroes, and
banners floated in the breeze, the air was rent
with cheers, bells were rung, and boufires blaz
ed.
MEEAOCHOEY ACCIDENT.—A horrible acci
dent occurred at Tannery in Blooming Grove,
Pike oo , on the 2d inst., resulting in the death
of Solomon W. Decker. On Saturday morn
ing, about 10 o'clock, while at work in the
Tannery, Mr. Decker was caught in the ma
chinery and so badly crushed,that he died in the
afternoon, about 4 o'clock.
SS-U" Governor Packer has appointed Hon.
James Gamble, former member of Cougrtss
trout the Centre district, presiding judge, in
place of Hon James Bnrnstda deceased
' sr;Morlr Bepovter.
E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
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CANAL DAMAGES.
The organ of the Buchanan Administration
at this place, has been endeavoring, from its
first issue, to make political capital out of the
| fact that damages have been sustained by per-
I sons along the line of the North Branch Canal,
'■ by reason of the location and construction of
that improvement. This reprehensible course
is full of evil to those most interested, aud
should be frowned upon by every person who
j feels that he has sustained injury, and has a
j just claim for remuneration from the Canal Co.
j The attempt to mix this question of Canal
| Damages with polities, i r use it for personal
, aud selfish ends, is dishonest and demagogical,
| come from w hat source it may, because a sound
and healthy state of public sentiment every
where prevails, and the man or men who put
themselves prominently forward as the cham
pions of the claimants, are influenced by selfish
motives, aud would sacrifice the interests of
those they arc so zealous to advocate, if there
j by they could advance their own schemes of
; political aggrandizement. The feeling is uui
i versal, as far as we can judge, that the time
1 has coine when those who have submitted in
' patience to the damage caused to their proper
j ty by the construction of the North Branch
i Canal, should be liberally recompensed, without
i delay or hindrance. There may be an honest
: difference rf opinion as to the manner in which
; this result shall be arrived at, but no disinter
ested or candid man will for a moment claim
; that the method should not be one by which
the rights of all the parties will be protected
Our Senator has been the target for many
of the most virulent of the attacks of the Bu
chanan organ, in which a studied attempt has
been made to place him in a false position, by
misrepresentation, and wholesale charges, un
supported by a show of evidence. While we
have no desire to enter upon his defence, we
cannot but feel that these are a part of the re
gular Lecompton tactics, proceeding from per
sonal spleen or partisan malice, engendered by
tlie fact that he has been a bold and able de
fender of the Republican faith. Their only
effect is to commend him to tlie confidence aud
respect of every true Republican.
We have noticed, with much regret, articles
in that paper, counselling an unlawful and dan
gerous course of conduct, which if literally car- j
ried out by tlie people along the Canal, would
destroy that improvement. If intended as
braggadocin, to attract notice, we consider it
out of place and reckless. If proceeding from
the reputed editor of that paper, they could be
accounted for from the fact that he is a stran
j ger here, and ignorant of the long struggle and
strenuous exertion by which the completion of!
tlie North Branch has been secured. For up
wards of thirty years the people of this section
iiave been laboring to effect tlie consummation
of this project for connecting the public itn- i
provementsof Pennsylvania with those of New
York, thereby opening a channel to market for
our minerals and agricultural productions.—
They have watched with anxiety the progres
sive steps of its slow development, alternating
between hope and fear. They have met in
conventions, they have petitioned, and sent men
to the Legislature, to urge the great impor
tance of the work. Now that it is completed,
and the long anticipated " boatman's horn,''
in reality awakens the echoes of our hills, is
there any reason why the advantages and utility
of the work should be depreciated ? Is it anv
the less of public importance than when its
early completion was matter of general and
great anxiety? If the public interest was not
strangely misplaced, it should now be a source
of congratulation that the time has arrived to
wards which our fathers looked with so much
anxiety—that the North Branch is slowly but
surely showing that it is to be of immense ad
vantage to the country through which it pas
ses. Setting aside ali questions of sale, dama
ges, etc., let us rejoice that we are enjoying the
benefits of an improvement to se ure which the
citizens of the North have spent so much time
and money.
But the most dangerous and dishonest advice
which has been volunteered by the Lecompton
organ, is giveu in the issue of last week, the
substance of which is contained in the follow
ing paragraphs :
'• We look with suspicion upon the whole proceeding,
and do now advise our people,who are interested, to avoid
the snare set for them. Keep away from this one sided
tribunal—do not submit a single case to them for action
There must be latent justice and fairness enough in some
i subsequent Legislature to give you just such a remedy
at law. as is common throughout the State—for why
should not the North Branch Canal Company be amena
ble to those whom they damage, under a law, similar to
that which obliges the Williamsport and Elmira Rail
Road Co. or the Barclay Rail Road and Coal Company,
to answer to our citizens, in our Courts, before a jury of
the country.
" There is no reason, under Heaven, why a special law
should have been enacted in the case of the North Branch
Canal Company unless the purpose is to shield their in
terest at the sacrifice of the just claims of the people in
terested, to have a fair adjudication of their claims. A
long time has elapsed since your farms were dug up—
your enclosures thrown open. Your lands have !>een flood
ed for some years, and you justly feel anxious to know
whether you can recover any part of the damage you have
sustained. Now we propose that you employ connsel
have a diagram made of your farms, showing how the
Canal passes throughjthem—get the proof of good citizens
who know what yonr damage is, and nubmit it to the
Legislature Lrt th T s be done hy every man on the line.
Tlie people of the State are tiolden to you, and the Canal
Company i* holden to the State. Whatever amount of
damage the Legislature fixes hy law, as justly due in each
case, the Company is obliged to pay."
We have no terms sufficiently strong to
properly stigmatize this advice. It is worse
tlmu infamous. It is a heartless trifling with
the interests of claimants. If regarded it will
jeopardize the most just demands. The law
providing for the sale of the Public \\ orks,
says, (see pamphlet laws, 1858, page 419): —
SEC- 7 That any and all claims for damages or other
demands agaiust tne Commonwealth, by individuals or
companies, in relation to the location, construction, re
pair, management or use of any of the divisions of canal
sijld under the provisions of this act, shall, if established,
be paid by the proper purchaser of the line or division, the
amount to be ascertained and payment thereof made as
the Legislature may direct ; but IU any case the purcha
ser shall have notice, and an opportunity to be heard
against the allowance of said demand.
When the public works passed out of the
hands of the Commonwealth, there was no
means by which claimants for damages, could
obtain a remedy. To meet the requirements
of those who had suffered damages, the Leg
islature of last wiuter passed a law, (as they
were directed and outhoiized by the section
above quoted) providing for the asses.ment
and recovery of damages upon the North
Branch and Wyoming Canals. We do not
know, nor will we say, that the law was such
iu one as was due to the claimants. If we
are not misinformed, however, the bill, before
it was introduced, met the sanction of geutle
raen who were at Harrisburg, specially to rep
resent those aggrieved.
Now the Legislature having passed a law,
providing for the assessment and recovery of
damages what would be the condition of the
claimant who neglected or refused to comply
with its provisions? lie would be met at the
door of the Legislature with the fact that he
had failed to appear before the tribunal provi
ded by that body to adjust his grievances, and
it would be taken as evidence that his claim
was untenable. And if the Legislature would
listen for a moment to his request, he would
find that for one obstacle presented by the law,
a thousand would beset him in the Legislature.
The delays of the law are vexatious euough,
but they are speedy in their operation com
pared with the slow and doubtful process of
procuring legislation to satisfy a demand for
damages. The farmer who goes to the Legis
lature with a claim of a few hundred dollars,
will find that at best it will take more time
and money to succeed, than if he was iu the
Common Pleas
Tlie man who'gave this advice, we venture to
say, would not pursue the course indicated, it
he had a claim for damage®, nor do we believe
any one would be foolish enough to accept
such ill-advised and reckless counsel. The
Commissioners appointed by the Courts will
soon enter upon the discharge of their duties.
We believe they are fair and competent men.
We do not believe any advice is necessary to
satisfy every claimant to have his pap;r on file
before the lirst of August. The procedure
may be a tedious one—hut it is the method
provided by law, and infinitely better than
trusting to the Legislature, where a horde of
hungry borers pounce upon every one present
ing a claim, and before it can be passed, man
age to absorb the whole amount.
The object for which this advice is intended
is apparent enough in the next paragraph of
the article from which we have already quoted:
"We are sincere in giving this advice. We know that
such a course will bring the matter tairiy before the Leg
i-latnre, and we believe that no man will dare to offer
him-elt as a candidate for the office of Representative
who will not satisfy ihc people that he will not fairly rep
resent theru, and see even-handed justice meted out to
those whose representative he wishes to become.''
It proceeds either from a professional borer,
or more likely, from some one who would be
glad to get up an excitement by which he
could ride into the Legislature. It shows a
willingness to trifle with the interests of those
whom he is pretending to serve, which should
satisfy tlieui of his dishonesty and duplicity.
POLITICS IN* OREGON. —The Oregon Legisla
ture adjourned without electing a United States
Senator in place of Delusion Smith, whose term
expired on the 4th of March last. The Le
gislature consists of forty-three Locofocos and
seven Republicans, and Smith secured the
caucus nomination by a vote of twenty-two to
twenty-one ; but the twenty-one refused to
submit and voted with the Republicans against
going into an election. The Governor says he
will not call a special session, and there will
therefore be a vacancy until the next Legisla
ture is chosen, which will be next year. The
Legislature then chosen will have the election
of both Senators in its hands, as Lane's term
expires 18G1. The defeat of Smith is consid
ered also a defeat of Lane, as the latter used
all his influence to secure Smith's success.
THE KANSAS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION,
which met at Wyandot on the sth June,show
ed a strong Republican majority. The attempt
to introduce two Democratic delegates from the
new country of Wyandot, was urged with con
siderable pertinacity by the Leavenworth dele
gation, but proved unsuccessful up to the se
cond day of the Convention. The appointment
of fifteen committees, to consider the subjects
before the Convention was ordered. Gov.
MED ARY was in attendance at the Convention
but took no active part in the proceedings.
DEATH OF Runs CIIOATE. —The death of
this famous lawyer and statesmen of Massachu
setts, is announced by a private dispatch from
Halifax. Mr. Choate sailed a month since for
Europe to regain his health, but did not pro
ceed further thau Halifax, where he has since
remained quite feeble. He passed a comforta
ble day Tuesday, and died at 2 o'clock on
Wednesday morning, from affection of the
heart.
®3t*lt is said that Governor Foote has
again withdrawn from the Congreasional can
vas in the Vickaborg district of Miesiv-ippl.
LOCAL AM) GENERAL.
t
! fiejT The following flattering remarks are
from the IVavtrhj Adcocute: —LlN-TA HOSE COMPANY of
I Towanda, composed of a uoble lot ot fine looking young
men, with their splendid carriage beautifully mounted
and decorated, and accompanied by Dirriocn's brass
| taud, appeared in our streets on the morning of the
I Fourth in martial order. They made a grand appearance
in their " flannel," with banners unfurled, as they whirled
their Hose carriage to the Depot, to take the cars f-.r
Bingbamton, whither they were going to celebrate the
Fourth, as the guests of Fountain Hose Co., of that place.
The Binghamton Democrat contains a long notice of
the visit ol Lin-ta Hose to that place, from which we ex
tract the following paragraph :—" A more gentlemanly
set of young men never visited our village than those of
the Lin-ta Hose. They were devoid of ail rowdyism, all
driiiking and carousing, whether in or out of the ranks,
and the citizens of Towanda may well be pioud of them."
ATLANTIC MONTHLY. —TIie July number of
the Atlantic is a further guarantee of the established
character of the work. A monthly issuing such numbers
as this need fear no change in the breeze of popular favor.
The contents are of the highest liteiary character, aud
may claim judicious variety as their combined merit.—
The magazine avoids too much heavy matter, yet never
descends to trash. It is well balanced aud enjoys a month
ly increasing popularity warranted by its worth.
PETERSON'S DETECTOR.—Another batch of new counter
feits. Peter.on's Detector for July describes 73 new ones
issued since June Ist. Peterson's valuable publication
keeps pace with these fraudulent issues, aud its subscri
bers need never be taken in by bogus currency.
THE GREET REPUBLIC.—This magazine commences a
new volume with the same popular features which it has
aimed at from the commencement. A paper on Valparaiso
presents a striking picture of South American society and
manners by a recent traveler on the Pacific (toast.. " Scv
en Years in ye Western Land" relates the experience of
a tourist and resident in the valley of the Mississippi
Several stories, sketches, poems, and nriseellanies, com
plete the contents of the number, which is embellished,
with a profusion of engravings.
ma?~ Hon. VAN IIENSALAER RICHMOND, State
Kngineer and Purveyor, accompanied by Mr. Cn.n, his
Assistant, visited our Village on Wednesday last, (says
the Owego Gazette,') remaining over night at Ike Ahwa
ga, where lie was called upon l>y many of our citizens.—
His business was to examine and prepare for the Survey
of the route for the proposed extension of the Chenango
Canal to the Pennsylvania line ; and on Thursday morn
ing he proceeded down the river, accompanied by Mr.
OKRIN TRUMAN Hon. THOMAS FAKRINOTON, ex
tending his trip as far as Towanda, aud thence to the
Barclay Coal Fields, returning oa Saturday aud leaving
immediately for Albany.
"■ E. 11. YAUGHAN, of Wyalusing, an
nounces himself in our advertising columns, as a candi
date for County Treasurer. A very sensible and appro
j priate way of recommending one's self to the notice of
! the people.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT LITTLE GENESEE. —We
learn from the Weli.sville Ft te Press that ou Sunday last
a most melancholy and fatal accident occurred at Little
Genesee,Allegany County, which resulted In the immedi
ate death of a young maa named ALBERT HOWE, formerly
of Nelson, Tioga County, Pa, HOWE and another young
man were engaged in felling a tree, when it unexpectedly
gave way, the butt of it striking HOWE on the head, kill
ing him instantly. The unfortunate young man was
about twenty-one years of age.
WOOL —The wool market has been pretty
active, hereabouts ; the last lots have been taken at from
forty-live to forty eight cents per pound. Mr. John Lar
rowe of Cohocton sold his. a clip of some 2,600 lbs., for
forty-seven and a half, and we think we have heard of
one or two lots that have went at forty eight. Buyers,
however, are not quite as sharp as they were, and it is
possible that the market has attained its highest figure—
Bath Courier, 13fA inst.
flksY* Sheriff Billinjs, left at our office a few
days since, (savs the Tunkhannock Democrat .) some
specimens of AntbraeUe coal, from a vein recently dis
covered on the lands of Oakley and Bacon, near Pierre
ville, Nicholson township, this county. The specimens
furnished us, seem to be composed of stratus of coal and
-late. Not much examination lias as jet been made to
learn to what extent it abounds there, but sufficient to
establish the fact that coal exists, at least in sinull quan
tities, in that region of country.
mzf- GABRIEL SAYRE, a wealthy and respect
ed citizen of Waverly committed suicide on Friday even
ing. Ist inst., by opening with a TAZ >r the blood vessels
of the anq, He was 63 years of age, and is supposed to
have been suffering under a temporary fit of insanity, as
no other cause is known for tlie rash act.
REV. ELISHA BIBBINS, agjod 65 years,
of Illinois, and a member of the Wyoming Conference,
died suddenly at the residence of Dr. PECK, in Scranton,
on the Gth inst. He died while sitting in his chair, hav
ing just written a letter to his wife, who was temporarily
sojourning in Orwell. Ilis remains were carried to the
latter place, and his funeral attended ou Saturday, Dr.
PECK officiating. He was universally beloved and respect
ed.
ANOTHER IMPORTED I\STMASTER. - The Great
Mogul of the Democracy of Bradford, canie over from
Wysox, the other day, and issued his edict that the Post
Office here, must be given to the publishers of the Herald,
to aid in sustaining that concern The announcement
caused considerable fluttering, and some signs of rebel
lion, but they were quickly put down. We obsdrve in
the last Herald the announcement that GKORGE A. Cn.VSE
has been appointed Post Master at this place nee H. B.
MCKF.AN resigned.
In parting with Mr. M'KKAN as Post Ma-tor, we take
pleasure in bearing testimony to the uniform courtesy and
despatch witli which the duties of the office have been
performed, under his administration.
attention of Farmers is directed to
the advertisement of the Tioga Point Agricultural Works
iu another column.
SHIPMENTS of Coal by the Barclay Rail
Riad and Coal Company :
Previous Shipments 9,467 tons.
For week ending July 16 1,206 "
Amount for the season 10,673 tons.
SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY. —On the Fourth,
Jesse Dean, who resided near " Jones's Lake " in Bridge
water, committed suicide by hanging himself. He had
been a drinking man lor many years, and was under the
influence of liquor at the time of his death. On the morn
ing of the Fourth, he came to Montrose and got his bot
tle filled, and then returned home. Soon after,he invited
a neighbor to go to the barn and drink with him, remark
ing that that was the last time they would ever drink to
gether. As he had never intimated a thought of self
destruction, this remark did not excite any attention.
But towards noon his wife observed, as he was goiug out ,
of the house, that he had a piece of rope concealed in his !
breast pocket or in his vest. She then for the first time j
suspected something wrong, and followed him to the bam
and persuaded him to return to the house. Soon after,
he told her he would go to a neighbor's, and would be
back in about an hour. His wife watched him past the
barn, and then set about getting dinner. Soon the thought
occurred to her tiiat he had deceived her and returned to
the barn. She called in the assistance of one or two
neighbors, who went to the barn and found the door fast
ened, end on looking through a crack discovered him
I anglng. They bon-t open the door and <-ut liim down,
but al! attempts at restoration were ineffectual, although
he appeared to gasp slightly,once or twice, after being cut
dowu.
The dwelling-fcouac of P. V. Duun, in Harford, wag
destroyed by lire, ©u Weduesday morning, the Gth inat.
! No insurance.
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J PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL JOURNAL, for
July is on our table, containing its usual variety of moat
excellent instructive matter lor teachers and other friends
I ot Education. The Journal is the official organ of the
School Department, and hence it should 1* in the hands
j of each Director in the County. Thu July number rAtm .
mencea the nevr volume and the present affords a favora
ble opportunity for subscribing.
RKV. JOHN DOHERTV, in charge of the Cath
olic Church at this place, leaves soon to take charge of
St . John's Church. Honesdale. Mr. D. leaves behind him
many friends, who extend their beat wishes for hia health
and hap mess.
9J~ We are requested to state that Mr. DOHKUTV hav
ing effected a private sale of hia Household effecta, there
will be no public sale.
The official declaration of the Admin
istration, with regard to rights of naturalized
citizens, has been made public. The State
Department had addressed a dispatch to tLe
American Minister at Berlin in relation to
the case of a naturalized citizen of the United
States, a native of Hanover, who, upon his re
turn, was compelled to perform military service
in the Hanoverian army. The instructions to
the American Minister are definite. Our Go
vernment refuses to recognizes the right of any
foreign Power to punish any naturalized citi
zen of the United States for misdemeanors
which were not complete at the moment of his
expatriation ; so complete that he might have
tried and punished therefor at the time of his
departure. With this single exception, a na
turalized citizen returning to his native country,
returns as an American citizen, and as such is
placed under the protection of our laws. With
respect to the requirement of future military
service, our Government deuies the right to
imyose such service upon the expatriated sub
ject after he shall have become naturalized as
a citizen of the United States. It is added
tiiat any infringement of these regulations will
involve the offeudiug nation in serious difficul
ties with the United States.
FOREIGN NEWS. —The North German Lloyds
I screw-steamship Weser, which was to have
sailed from Southampton on the 30th ult., but
which was detained by an accideut to her pro
peller, left that port on the 4th inst., and arriv
ed at New Yoik at a late hour Friday night,
making the passage in about eleven days aud
i a half. The advices are two days later than
those by the Canada, and embody a telegraphic
! summary of events at the sent of war subsequ
ent to the battle of Solferino. There had been
no more fighting, and no movement of special
importance seems to have been made on either
side. The most noticeable feature of the news
i is the French official report of the engagement
of the '24lb ult., which we find in the London
papers of the 4th iifst. There is no change to
notice iu the English markets. Consols, ou
the day of the li eser's sailing, were quoted at
93 38. A rumor prevailed in London, and
was telegraphed to Southampton, that the
American clipper ship Dreadnought had beeu
spoken off the coast,having crossed the Atlantic
iu the extraordinary time of nine days.
HARVEST PROSPECTS —The wheat harvest of
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky,
Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Missouri,
Illinois and Indiana, is reported unusually good
ill quantity and quality and secured in good
order. Michigan, lowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Canada, aud New York will have full average
cops of winter and spring wheat, judging from
the reported prospects. No serious injury from
insect or rust is stated in any quarter. And
Ohio, where there lias been more croaking
than elsewhere, will have a wheat crop of somo
three millions bushels more thau was ever bc
i fore raised in the State.
A singular suicide lias recently oecurred
in Armstrong .County of this State. A young
lady, named Sarah Kells, nil amiable, beauti
ful and interesting girl, who was engaged to
married to an estimable young gentleman,hung
herself by a rope in the uppper part of the
house. Before committing the act, she was
observed to look at the family likenesses and
kiss the baby. No reason is assigned for the
sad termination of a young and promising life.
It was one of the " tragedies of the heart."
SALES OF NEW WHEAT. —The Chicago Press
notices the first sale of new wheat in that mar
ket on Wednesday last. It was a beautiful
Mediterranean Red Wheat, and weighed sixty
pounds to the measured bushel—grown in Per
ry county, 111. It was sold at $1,52 per bush
el on track, for milling.
Monnt Vernon will soon pass into the
possession of Mr. Everett and the ladies.—
Various repairs have been commenced on the
premises, the tools used being those which
General Washington imported from England
during his lifetime.
Wa&- A sixty-four pound army gun burst at
the Washington Navy-yard, while the gunner's
crew were engaged in battery practice, and
two men, named JAMES 11. WILSON and WIL
LIAM NOKES, were killed, their heads being
blown off, and their bodies being thrown to a
considerable distance. Eight other persons
were severely wounded.
L. w SCHOOL. —Our attention has been call
ed to a circular announcing the proposed estab
lishment of Pennsylvania Law School at Lewis
burg, Union County, in this State. The loca
tion is central, accessible, in a pleasant and
healthy district ; aud it may not be invidious
to suggest that facilities of elevating the stan
dard of the legal and general attainments of
tb* profession deserve "neoorogetnept