The Great Balloon Voyage.
The Watertown (N. Y.) E> former of the
6th instant contains an account of the Balloon
ascension of Mr. LA MOUNTAIN and Mr. HAD
DOCK, from Wateitowu 0:1 Thursday, toe
ult., written by the latter. They ascended at
6 33 P. M , and in six minutes were far above
the clouds. At 550 they were at least two
miles high—thermometer 34 degrees They
continued to ascend very rapidly, and at 6 10
the thermometer indicated a temperature of 18
degrees. The balloon then began to descend,
and a quantity of ballast was thrown over
At about half past seven they descended into
a valley oeara high mountain, but as the place
looked forbidding tiny threw over 30 pounds
of ballast and rose again. In about twenty
minutes they made another effort to descend,
butfouud themselves surrounded by adense wil
deniess and over a small lake. They then threw
over all their ballust but !8 pouiule, and after
getting over the wilderness, settled down by
the side of a tree to wait till morning. Much
rain fell through the night, and they became
thoroughly drenched with it. At about six
o'clock next morning they threw overboard all
their remaining ballast, blankets, shawls, &c.,
and rose again. They were rupidly driven
northward over an unbroken wilderness, and
concluded that they bad gone too far. Mr.
HADDOCK says :
"As the current was driving us still to the
north, we dare uot stay up, as we were drifting
further aud still further to that 'frozen tide'
from which we knew there was no escape. Mr.
La M. seized the valve cord and discharged
gas, aud we descended in safety by the side of
a tall spruce. We made the Atlantic fast by
her anchor, and for a momeut talked over
what we should do. We had not a mouthful
to eat ; no protection at night from the damp
ground ; were distant we knew uot how far
from habitation ; were hungry to start with ;
no earthly hope of raising a fire, and no dis
tinct idea as to where we were. We settled
in onr own minds that we were either in John
Brown's tract or in the great Canada wilder
ness—to the south, we thoaght, of the Ottawa
—and knew that a cotuse south by east would
take us out, if we had strength enough to travel
the distance. La M. stepped up to the balloon
and gave the edge of the basket a parting
shake, saying, 'Good bye, old Atlantic,' and I
fancied I could see a tear iu his honest eye
when he said it."
They then started to the south, on foot,and
after travelling about a mile and a half came to
the bank of a small creek, upon which they
found an old pork barrel with a Montreal in
spection mark upon it, from which they con
cluded they were iu Cauada. After travelling
on Friday by the unknown creek, they discov
ered au uninhabited lumber shanty, in which
they spent the uight. The uext morning they
built a raft, in the hope that could be
floated out of the wilderness, as the lumber is
floated out in the spring : but they encountered
great difficulties from the shallowness of the
waters, and from entering large lakes where
they lost the channel entirely. Thus several
weary days of suffering were passed away. Mr.
HADDOCK says :
"It had now been tour full dayssincc we we
ate a meal. x\.ll we had eaten in the mean
time was a frog apiece, four clams, and a few
wild berries, whose acid properties and bitter
taste had probably done us more harm than
good. Our strength was beginning to fail very
fast, and our systems were evidently about to
undergo an extraordinary change. I did not
permit myself to think of food—the thought
of a well-covered table would have been too
much. I thought over all of poor Strain's
sufferings on the Isthmus of Darien, where he,
too, was paddling a raft down an unknown
stream, but never believed he could stand half
the amount of suffering he did. Besides, he
had means to make a fire—we had none.
" He was upon a stream which he knew
would lead to the sea and safety—we were up
on waters whose flow we knew really nothing
of, and were as much lost as though in the
mountains of the noon. But we 'could not
give it up so,' and took fresh courage as troub
les appeared to thicken.
" Well, we turned the raft around, and
poled her back toward the place where we had
entered this last lake. We had gone about a
mile when we heard the sound of a pun,quick
ly followed by a second report. No sound
was ever so sweet to ineas that. We halloed
as loud as we could a good many times, but
could get no response. We kept our poles
going, and had gone about half a mile, when
I called La Mountain's attention to what I
thought was a smoke curling up among the
trees ou the side of a hill. My own eyesight
had begun to fail me to an extent that 1 could
not depend upon it when a long, steady gaze
was uecessary. He said it was smoke, and
that he thought jnst below it, on the bank, was
a bark canoe. In a few moments the blue
smoke rolled gently,yet unmistakably,above the
tree tops, and we felt that we were saved.—
Such a revulsion of feeling was almost too much
for us. We could hardly believe our senses
and credited anything favorable to our condi
tion with the utmost caution. Our bitter dis
appointments had taught us that lesson.
" We paddled the raft with the ends of our
poles directly across the lu"ke, near, perhaps,
three-fourths of a mile wide, and made for the
canoe. It proved to be a large one, evidently
an ludian's. Up the bank I pressed, leaving
La Mountain at the canoe to cut off a retreat
by the Indian, in case he was timid and wished
to avoid us. I came at once upon the shanties
of a lumbering wood, and from the chimney of
the furthest building a broad volume of smoke
was rising, I halloed—a noise was heard inside
and a noble-looking Indian cr.tne to the door
'Yous parlez Francois V was my eager inquiry
as I grasped his outstretched hand. ' Yes,sir
and English, too.' He drew me into the cabin
and there was the head of the party, a noble
hearted Scotchman, named Angus Cameron.
I immediately told my story —that we came in
with a balloon, were lost, and had been four
days without food, asking where we were.—
Imagine my surprise when he said we were one
hundred and fifty miles due north of Ottawa
in the dense, uninhabited forest, whose only
limit was the Arctic circle, in a word, we
were nearly 300 miles in a due north course
from Watertown, in latitude 47.
" Dinner was all ready. The party consist
ed of fonr persons—Mr. Cameron, and his as
sistant.who was also named Cameron ; LaMab
MacDongall—a half-breed—and his son Pe&u
reil. I despatched the yonng Indian for La
Mountain, who euaie in after a moment the
absolute picture of wretchedness. All that the
cabin contained was freely tendered us, and ue
began to eat. Language is inadequate to ex
press our sensations while doing so. The
clouds had all lifted from our sombre future,
and the silver liniug shone all the br.ghter for
:te de-p ,'arkn'rs ihronjh .vh: >h IJ. per?
9 \
" Here .let me state that the stream we came
down so far with our raft is called Filliman'a
creek ; the large lake we sailed around iscalled
Bostekong lake aiud drains into Bosketong
riv.r, which flows into the Catineao. Tie
Cutiuauf joins the Ottawa opposite Ottawa
City. .Mr. Camerou assured us that these
streams are so tortuous, aud in many places so
rapid, that no set of men could get a raft down
no matter how well they knew the country, nor
how much provisions they might have. He
regarded our deliverance as purely Provideu
tial, and many times remarked that we certain
!y would have perished but for seeiug this
smoke."
Under the guidance of Mr. CAMERON they
returned to the place where the balloon had
beeu left, but finding her very much torn,
concluded to abandon her. A party of
Indians then acoompnffied them out of the
wilderness, and on their return to the regions
of civilization they were treated with much
kindness.
Mr. HADCOCK concludes his narrative as
follows :
" Several general conclusions and remarks
shall terminate this narrative, already too long.
'Why did yon permit yourselves to go so far ?'
will naturally be asked. To which we can
only reply that the wind was exceedingly light
when we ascended ; that we were very soou
among the clouds, and consequently unable to
take cognizance of our course, or to judge how
fast we were travelling. Perhaps it is well
here to remark that when you are sailing in a
balloon you are utterly unconscious of motion,
unless you can see the earth. Nor can you
tell, by a compass, in which direction you are
travelling unless yon are sufficient of an astro
nomer to judge from the shifting angles form
ed by certain stars. In a word, if you cannot
see the earth, you cannot tell how last nor in
which directiou you move. This will, perhaps
explain why we unconsciously drifted off to
latitudes so remote. When we rose above the
thick masses of clouds, before sundown, we un
doubtedly struck a rapid current which carried
us northeast. It is my opinion that, after we
had travelled in this current about an hour,we
struck another current, from a variation of our
altitude, which bore us off to the northwest
When we-descended near the earth the first
time, we ought to have couie down ; but we
were unwilling to land at night in a deep wood,
even though wc knew we were not far from
habitations, and we thought it best to pick
out a better place. This was our error, and it
came very near being a fatal one to us—it
certainly was so to the Atlantic. In trying
to find onr 'hotter place' to land, we were un
consciously up longer than we supposed, and
as we were travelling in a current which swept
us off to the northward at the rate of 100
miles an hour, we soon reached a country not
pleasant nor profitable to land a balloon in "
Politics in Minnesota.
The distinguished Pennsylvania champion of
Freedom and Free Labor, Hon GALUSHA A.
Gnow, has just returned from a visit to Min
nesota The editor of the Pittsburg Com
mercial Journal, who had an interview with
him in that city, says his opinion is, that noth
ing but enormous frauds can prevent the suc
cess of ALEXANDER RAMSEV, the Republican
Gubernatorial nominee, and the election of the
Republican Congressional ticket. We. hope
the " moccasin tracks" will be watched this
time, and that the Republicans will not be
again cheated out of their certificates. Mr.
G.'s report confirms what we have before heard
in regard to Minnesota being in a blaze of ex
citement. Her people, while in a Territorial
condition, could not take part in our Presiden
tial excitements, and are disposed to make up
for that by a breeze now. Quite a number of
her principal nominees and voters arc old Penn
sylvanians. Mr. Grow tells a good anecdote
of the eloquent and eccentric Tom Marshall,
of Kentucky, who was making a tour of that
State, and accidentally was present at a Ho
tel when a political discussion was being held.
The type of Democracy there represented was
of the Douglas stripe, and they had heard that
Tom Marshall was one of them. He, howev
er, utterly refused to be called out, but they
only shouted the louder, " Marshall ! Marsh
all !!" Finally Tom mounted the portico of
the hotel, and discussed political affairs in his
pleasant way. He began to give the history
j of the Missouri Compromise—warmed up and
; became even more thau himself in his eloquent
; description of the merits of that measure.—
. lie compared it to the magnificent temple of
Diana of the Ephesians. " But," says he,
" there were 'little giants' ia those days. One
of the most ambitious of these had long ad
mired this work of art—he knew he could nev
' er equal it—what do you think the little ras
i cal did ? Why, he applied a torch and burnt
it to the ground /" Tom launched off on some
other subject, but the Douglas Democracy could
not be found, when his speech was ended, to
return him thanks. The felicitous manner in
which this description was given is said to
have exceeded anything ever before heard in
that State.
ANOTHER BREACH OE PROMISE—A wretch in
the form of a man, was, a tew weeks siuce, in
troduced to a lovely and confiding girl of six
teen. lie pressed her hand and said in a thril
ling tone that he thought the receut cold
weather had rendered the ladies more lovely
than ever.' She blushed and said 'very.'
Her parents considered the thing settled, but
he basely deserted the young lady, and her
friends have instituted a suit to recover from
him damages to the amount of $6,000. The
scamp will be cautious in future, how he trifles
with the affections of youug ladies and breaks
into fragments their lovely hearts.
MAN KILLED AT HAVANA.—A man by the
name of Edward Fleming, while in the store
of Jas McMil.'en, in Havana, got into a dis
pnte with one Bradford Campbell abont some
whiskey. The dispute ended in a fight in
which Campbell kicked Fleming so severely
that he died from the injuries inflicted.
Campbell was indicted by the Grand Jury
in session at Wat kins last week. He is now
in jail at Havana.
BCROLARV AT HAVANA. —On Wednesday
night the 21st., the Depot of the Chemmig
Branch Railroad at Havana, was broken into,
aud an effort made to open the iron safe of
the U. S. Express Cornpanj. Burglars suc
ceeded in breaking the hinges of the safe, but
failed to open it. No trace of thetillains ha 9
been discovered.
KILLED.—A young man by the name of
Amoie Smith of Friendship, Allegany county,
w as suddenly struck and killed by a limb from
a falling tree, while out in company with sev
eral o'Aer young rn n n, on Momiav rvrh' hnn'
jog coon' l.tmiriL t'.rsr.
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THE ELECTION.
At this time, (Wednesday noon) we have
sufficient returns of the election held yes
terday, to show that the general apathy
has resulted in a very light vote, and a
corresponding falling off in our usual ma
jorities. The majority for the Republican
State ticket will probably be between 2000
and 2500.
Our entire County ticket in, of course,
elected, though with reduced majorities.
We are without any intelligence as to
the result in the State.
JST The Hon. DAVIDC. BKODERICK, United
States Senator from California, was killed,
Sept. 13, in a duel with Judge TEKRY, of the
Supreme Court of California. The difficulty
originated in a political quarrel. In June last
in a speech delivered at the Lecompton State
Convention, at Sacramento, Judge TERRY spoke
of Mr. BKODERICK in abusive terms, and Mr.
B. retorted with harsh epithets, uttered, not
in the pesencre of TERRY, but to his friend,one
D. W. PERLEY. The latter challenged BROD
ERICK, who refused to fight, but intimated his
willingness to meet Judge TERRY at the close
of the pending canvass. At the conclusion
of the late election Judge TF.RRY sent a chal.
lenge to Mr. BRODERICK, who accepted it. The
meeting took place near San Francisco on the
morning of the 13th of Sept. and at the first
fire Mr. 8., fell, his antagonist's ball having
pierced his lungs.
FOREIGN NEW. —The steamer Canada, ar
rived at New York on Saturday. The polit
ical news is embodied in various rumors and
reports from Paris respecting the settlement
of Italian affairs. On the one had it is assert
ed, on the authority of the Loudon Herald,
that a definitive treaty of peace between France
and Austria will speedily be signed, but that
no formal treaty will be concluded between
Austria and Sardinia. On the other hand,
the Paris ratrie states that a Congress for
the settlement of Italian affairs will be held
at Brussels, under the Presidency of the King
of the Belgiaus, and that the Archduke MAY
IMILIAN' is about to be appointed Governor-
General of Venetia, with extraordinary pow
ers.
TIDINGS OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. —The he
roic patience of Lady FRANKLIN has at last
been rewarded. The Fvx, which she sent to
the Artie regions last year, has returned, bring
ing precise intelligence of the death of SIR
JOHN FRANKLIN, with positive information as
to the fate of the ships which he commanded.
Sir JOHN, it seems, died on the 11th of June,
184T, and a record of the Expedition to the
25th of April, 1843—nearly a year later—had
been discovered. The ships Erebus and Ter
ror had been abandoned iu the ice three days
previously, and their crews had started for the
coast. The intelligence has no special impor
tance to the world—but it possesses a melan
choly iuterest,as giving precision and certainty
to what was already known to be the fact.
By later news from California we learn
that the United States troops on San Juan
Island are busily engaged iu fortifying their
posision. General HARNEY, has written a
letter to Gqv. DOUGLASS, intimating doubts of
his sincerity, and expressing a determination
to maiutaiu the position which he has taken
at all hazards.
REPUBLICANISM IN VIRGINIA. —It appeals
that an out-and-out Republican has been elec
ted to represent the Wheeling District, in the
Senate of the Old Dominion. The discovery
of this fact has caused much excitement among
slave dealers and politicians, who are in a quan
dary to know what to do with such a " rare
bird." Some suggest the expediency of get
ting him to resign, and that failing, to forcibly
expel him from his seat, for holding opinions
likely to gndanger " the future growth of the
negro crop."
THF. WATCHWORD. —They arc forraiDg " Irre
pressible conflict clubs " in the State of New
York. That is a capital idea. The slave
trading Democracy shonld be made as familiar
and tired of that phrase as the British were of
Yankee Doodle. A paper is soon to be start
ed called " The Irrepressible Conflict" If well
conducted, we predict for it a great run.
LAGER BEER BREWERY BURNED. —At ten
o'clock last Sunday night a fire broke out in
the extensive lager beer brewery of Albert
Speyers, called the Lion Brewery, situated be
tween 107 th and 106 th streets and Eighth and
Tenth avenues, New York. The whole of the
buildings were destroyed, together with their
contents. The estimated loss amount to about
$250,000 —insured for $145,000 in city com
nai''*? Tfie y'frirj f Rr<* 'q •yns'nit
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
SHIPMENTS of Coal by the Barclay Kail
Road and Coal Company
Previous* Shipments 21.500 tens.
For week ending October 8 ... 082 •*
Amount for the season 22,882 tons.
PENSION DRAWN BY FRAUD. —Some years
since a Revolutionary Pensioner named Manhart died
in Van Etten, Chwmiug County, leaving a wife, who soon
married again, thereby loe:ng bcr claim to the pension.
One James Van Etten, formerly a prominent citizen of
that town, devised a plan to secure the pension by get
ting Mrs. French—Manhart's widow—to swear that she
remained un-married. Van Etten took the larger share
of the money for the reward of his perjury and villany.
pie fraud was recently detected and Van Etteu is now
in jail awaiting a trial.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.—A man by the
name of WM. PERKINS was run over and killed by the
Night Express, about a mile and a half east of Wells
burg, a few morniugs since. Mr. Perkius was walking
on the track in a western direction. Seeing a train com
ing towurd him he stepped from the track he was on to
the other, when the Express coming up frm the east at
the same moment struck him and killed him instantly.
fta?* It is found impossible to prepare the
llcporu of Premiums awarded at the Fair, in time for
this issue. The List will be completed this week, and
placed in the hands ot B. S. RTSSELL Esq., who will pay
the premiums upon application of those entitled to the
same. The list will be published in full next week.
MR. E. O. GOODRICH— Editor Reporter—
Dear Sir : I am not in the habit of taking notice of
Newapaper articles, there is, however, an article in the
Htrald of laat week which I have thought prudent to
notice, t rritten by the real Editor of that sheet, at whose
will the entire Democracy of this county mutt succumb—
although hia name docs not stand before the public as
such—purporting so give the proceedings of the Repub
lican Conference, which among other things states that
I Bent Col. LEE to Wnmiing county for the purpose of
exercising Improper influences upon Mr. HARDING, one
of the Conferees of that Connty, to vote for Mr. MVEU,
and also, the writer states that he speaks knowingly
when he says that a roll of Bank bills was put into the
pocket of Mr. Ross, hy a man in the support of MYKR.
Now, Sir, that gentleman in making the above state
ments, asserts that which is without the foundation of
truth. Col. LEK Ido not know, having never to my
knowledge spoken to him upon any subject in my life.—
And having heard the story as to Mr. Ross, during the
ihterva! between the two meetings of the conference, 1
sought when there the second time an interview with
him upon that subject, and he then informed me, that
the story so far as it implicated the friends of MY EH, was
untrue. J.H.WEBB.
Two EDITORS GONE. —In Coudersport, on
the 22d ult., Mr. HUG a YOUNG, Editor of the Tioga Agi
tator was married to Miss L. A. BUTTER WORTH, of the
former place.
And on the 2Sth ult., Mr. THOMAS S. CHASE. Editor of
the Potter Journal was married to Miss IDA BUTTERWOHTU
of Coudersport.
The two young ladies implicated in the above noted
transactions are neices of Judge WILMOT. We tender
to our brethren who have thus rashly ventured upon the
" stormy sea of matrimony," our sincere and heart-felt
congratulations, and wish them all the felicity attainable
" under the circumstances."
fca?"" The "Choral Union Association," of
eastern Bradford, will hold their third annual Musical
Convention, at Stevensville, commencing on tlie Ist of
November. Prof. G. B. LOOMIS, of New York has been
engaged to conduct the exercises, which, together with
the other arrangements, must render this session both
entertaining and profitable. The whole is to conclude
with a Grand Concert on Friday evening the 4th. which
we have no doubt will be a musical treat rarely to he
met with.
Prof. LOOMIS has already attained considerable reputa
tion in this section as a musical leader, and will doubtless
make this occasion one of interest and profit.
COLLECTIONS FOR THE MOUNT VERNON FUND
in Bradford County, continued :
Amount previously reported < $163 50
Received from Mrx. A. Dewing, of Warren :
Miss Sarah T. Curtis, Pbila $3 00
Mrs. J. C. Manning, Warren, 1 00
" E. Tallniadge, " 1 00
" S. Marnner, " 1 00
Miss Emma Cooper, " 100
Received from Miss Clara //. Stevens, of Athens :
Mrs. J. E. Canfield, Athens, $1 00
" N. C. Harris, " 1 00
Miss Sarah Wheelock, " 1 00
" Clara 11. Stevens, " 1 00
Total $174 60
The next monthly report will be made about the last
of November. Mrs. C. L. WARD,
/anii/ Manager.
Two cr three of the days of the Sulli
van Connty Court, says the Democrat, were occupied In
the trial of ISAAC BONES aud HENRY WARNER, charged
with driving cattle from the North Mountain to which
we have heretofore alluded. The case was ably conduct
ed byfattorneys on both sides, and was submitted to the
Jury on Saturday morning, which, at about 12 o'clock in
the evening brought a verdict of " not guilty.'" This re
sult must be particularly gratifying to Mr. SONKS and his
family, as Mr. S. has heretofore sustained a high reputa
tion for honesty. We are glad that he is able to prove
himself innocent of the disgraceful crime of which he
stood charged.
When Court adjourned in the evening, the Judge or
dered the Jury that when a verdict was agreed upon,
they should ring the bell. According, abont 12 o'clock
the bell was rung and the Judge aud lawyers, together
with a crowd of spectators repaired to the Court House
to hear the verdict. The Judge ordered the Sheriff to
bring the prisoner, Warner, into Court. The Sheriff went
to the cell for the purpose of bringing Warner forth .when
lo! the cell door had been unlocked, and Mr, Warner had
left for parts unknown. By means of a key which he
had manufactured.he made his escape about an hour be
fore the Jury, by their verdict would have liberated him.
He has not since been heard from.
BRADFORD COUNTY FAIR. —The sixth exhi
bition of the Bradford County Agricultural Society, held
at this place on Thursday and Friday last, was attended
by a large concourse of people, and in every respect was
successful, beyond the most sanguine expectation of its
managers. The weather was delightful, and those in at
tendance highly pleased with the arrangements and dis
play.
A MANLY ACT —Just as the Boston ex
press train of Saturday was leaving the Bridge
port depot, a girl, 8 years of age, and daught
er of Mrs. Maitinee, fell between two cars up
on one of the rails, while attempting to pass
from one car to another. Mr. Wm. H. Clapp,
of Hiram, Ohio, saw her fall, and at the im
minent peril of his life jumped down between
the cars, caught the child with one hand, and
with the other clung to the car until the train
was stopped. The child was uninjured, ex
cept some slight bruises received in falling.—
Mr. Clapp was severely, though, it is believed,
not dangerously, bruised.
A NEW COUNTERFEIT. —Very dangerous coun
terfeit Five dollar bills on the Lock Haven
Bank, at Lock Haven, Pa., are in circnlation.
The counterfeit is a perfect fac simile of the
ilftos from all iiatfons.
—The Richmond Enquirer learns that the
Hon. John Lttchcr is in a very dangerous condition from
an attack of erysipelas, a disease to which, lor aonae
tine hack, he has been subject, but which now is more
formidable than usual. Mr. Letcber ia at his home at
Lexington.
—The Bridgeport Advertiser understands
that Mr. P. T. Barnum iutends to improve Ernat Bridge
port by setting out shade treea along the highway. Mr.
Barnum has advertised tor one thousand treea to enable
him to carry out his plans.
—A lady came near losing her life by a sin
gular accident, in Louisville, while riding in a buggy. j
One eud of a scarf, which she wore around her shoulders,
blew off, and was caught in the spokes of one of the rap
idly revolving wheels of tbe vehicle, and wound up in
such a manner as to draw her neck down to the wheel,
choking her severely.
—The Equinoctial storm of Sept. "spiled"
a great many Agricultural Fair*. The Dauphin county
folks " stuck it out'' a few days, but finally adjourned un
til the middle of October, hoping it would clear off by
that time.
—John Henry Kimball, who was worth
$200,000 in well secu ed real estate in 1850, is now in
jail as a vagrant—a victim of wine, women and the gam
ing table.
—One James Snyder who stabbed a man in
Baltimore, tbe wound resulting fatally, has been arrested
in Cattawisea.
—lt is said Blondin is " played out" at the
Falls, and no longer attracts a crowd. The boats which
used to go to tbe exhibition from Toronto, Buffalo, frc.,
with hundreds on board, can now only muster a dozen or
so of passengers.
—The " Americans" of New York State
have signalized the utter want of any principle by adopt
ing half of the Republican ticket, and half the Demo
cratic. A " half and half" thing, sold out cheap as it
could, claiming the " balance of power."
—Among the competitors for the prize to
the best steam Plow, at the Chicago State Agricultural
Fair, was one invented by James Waters, who,like Fawkes
is a Pennsylvanian.
—According to an official return of the
Austrian Government just 'published, the total loss of the
army in Italy, in killed, wounded and prisoners, was 1461
officers and 48,500 men.
A well known scientific writer, informs ns
that the next deluge will certainly not take place for
6300 years, which will be tolerably satisfactory for the
present generation.
—Colonel John Miller, a highly-respected
citizen of Reading, and formerly representative from
Berks county in the State Legislature, died suddenly Fri
day morning, of apoplexy.
—At the late election in San Francisco 10,-
889 votes were polled.
—A breach of promise of marriage in Cal
ifornia is a serious affair. A bad fellow, named Nichol
as Mathewsou, recently neglected to consummate his oft
repeated vows to Elizabeth Hildebrand, and Miss Eliza
beth demands $20,000 from the naughty Nicholas, as a
salve for her lacerated heart.
—The Ship Yivid Light, about to sail from
Boston, Mass., for Alexandria, Egypt, will take out four
teen railroad cars for the railroad in Egypt.
—The bondholders who purchased the North
western railroad are endeavoring to make arrangements
by which the Central lUil Road Company will lay bold
ol and purchase tbe work.
—The new Presbyterian Church at Hnr
risburg is nearly completed. The spire is now being
; raised, and will be tbe highest in Pennsylvania, outside
of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
—An arrival from Gonaives brings advices
from Hayti to September 17. The conspiracy which had
been discovered simultaneously with the recent shooting
of the President's daughter had been suppressed after a
large number of arrests had been made. A visit from
the President was looked for at Gonaives.
—The Filibusters who recently attempted to
escape from New-Orleans, under the guidance of Gen.
WALKER, were captured Tuesday at the Southwest Pass,
by the United States Marshal. The surrendered without
resistance.
—That was a singular forgery committed
last week, way down ia Maine. Benjamin Kimball, a
lawyer, was charged with forging a deposition—signa
tures of deponent and magistrate— by which the lawyer
obtained a divorce from his own wife.
—The Opposition of Northampton county
held a Convention at Nazareth, on the first of October,
and unanimously adopted resolutions recommending An
drew H. Reeder for Governor.
—A man named Jackson walked a hundred
and fifteen hours, without sleep or rest, at Williamsport
week before last. He commenced walking in the parlors
at thp Kagle Hotel, on Tuesday morniDg at 4 o'clock, and
continued walking until Saturday night at 11 o'clock
The Gazette says he did not appear very much fatigued
for one having traveled for so long a time without rest.
—The trial of R. S. Macdonald, who shot
Virginia Stewart at the Brandreth House in New York,
has been postponed till the first Monday in December.
—The Public House owned by John A.
Shaut, in Avoca, was entirely consumed by fire, on* Sat
urday night last. The barns and other buildings were
saved with great exertion.
—Mayor Weaver of Pittsburgh, has posi
tively prohibited the running of cars npon the city rail
roads on Sunday. An extended correspondence has la
ken place between the mayor, the citizens and the com
panies, and the result is that the Sunday t ravel is forbid
den.
The Vermont State Journal snvs : " Every
month has been marked by front, and a drouth, severer
than any known for many years, prevailed through the
Summer. But under the influence of the rains of last
week the grass has started vigorously, and strawberries
are blooming the second time this season.
—The man, Wm. Folton, who recently kill
ed his child in Detroit, while firing a gun at his wife, has
been found guilty of morder In the second degree. The
Jury recommended him to mercy.
—The Mayor of Rochester has officially
prohibited any farther exhibitions of rope-walking at the
Falls of the Gennese. DE LAVE will be compelled to
beat up new quarters.
—The Rome Sentinel is some on big stories.
Its last is to the effect that the other day Mr. M. K. West,
of Vienna, was riding in a buggy leading a colt behind it,
when suddenly the colt jumped clean over Mr. W\, and
landed by the Hide of the horse in the harness! Nobody
was hurt.
—The whole number of votes in the Charles
ton Democratic Convention will be 606, of which 404, or
two-thirds will be necessary for the choice of a Presiden
tial candidate.
—A arious plans for redncing the number of
dead letters in the different Post Offices are being consid
ered by the Post Office Department, with a view of adopt
ing the most efficient method.
—A man in Philadelphia on Friday night
was ferociously attacked in the street by a woman armed
with a razor. She inflicted a serious gash in his neck.—
It is 9npposedshe mistook him for another person.
—A tavern-keeper in Harrisbug, Pa., has
been arretted and held for trial, at the suit of widow,
whose husband had died from the effects of drinking to
excess at the tavern of the defendant. A civil suit for
•uL ■ will .!•* to ii.-titi." d.
A VOLCANO IN ORECON. —The Oregonian of
August 20th bays: "On Wednesday l Ui> t
(August 17tb) the atmosphere became exceed
ingly hot about mid-day. In the afternoon
the heavens presented a singular appearance;
dark, silvery coudensed clouds hung over the
top of Mt. flood until evening. An occasio&l
flash of fire conld be distinctly seen rolling up.
On Thursday night the fire itas plainly seen by
every one whose attention conld be called to
the subject. Yesterday (19th) the moontaio
was closely examined by those who hare re
cently returned from a visit to its summit
when by the naked eye or a glass, it was seen
that a large mass of tbe northwest side had
disappeared, and that the immense quantity of
snow which, two weeks ago, covered the south
side had disappeared. The dense cloud of
steam and smoke constantly rising over and
above its summit, together with tbe entire
change in appearance heretofore, convinces us
that Mt. Hood is now in a state of eruption
which has broken out with iu a few days.
S&r Tbe Austin (Texas) State Gazette, of
the 23d nit., favors us with an extra, giving
an account of the killing of Major R S.
Neighbors, late United States Indian agent
for Texas. The Gazette gathers its informa
tion from a memorandum forwarded oo the
stage way bill bv Capt. J. M. Smith, of the
Waco House: "On Wednesday, tbe 14th
inst, while Major R. S. Neighbors was cross
ing from his hotel, at Belknap, to the old gar
rison, he was intercepted by Messrs. Murphy
and Cornet. The former asked Major N. if
he had reported that he (Murphy) and cer
taid others had, themselves, stolen certain hor
ses, charged to have been stolen by the Indi
ans. Major N. said "No, I never did," and
was in the act of explanation, when young
Cornet shot him. He exclaimed 'Oh Lord !'
and tell dead. Cornet, at last dates, was at
Murphy's and not arrested.
Tb Chatauque Democrat learns that
Judge Chamberlain, of Randolph, recently re
ceived a package from some place iu Pennsylva
nia, by mail. The package looked as though
it might have coutained miniature likenesses,
but upon removing the outside wrapper, the
Judge became suspicious of a certain string
that seemed to be connected with the contents
of the package. He called iu a neighbor, and
the package was carefully opened, Hnd found
to contain two pistols loaded with powder and
ball, capped and cocked, the string communi
cating with the triggers.
ON TRIAL FOR MLRDCR.— Three young men,
named M-'Donell, Bain and Kelly, aged respect
ively 16, 18, and 20 years, are on trial in
Burlington, Yt., for the murder of John T.
McKeeu.
STARTLING COINCIDENCE.— WhiIe Rev. S. B
West, of Paiuesville, Ohio, was preaching be
fore the Grand River Association, last Wed
nesday evening, and at the momeut while he
was illustrating a truth, by a startling allusion
to a burning dwelling, the flames were actually
■ consuming the dwelling of an aged couple,who
were sittiug thrilled with tire eloqaent words
of the preacher. Comfort Wetmore and wife
; had early in the evening left their home in the
I care of two little girls, aged about eleven
years, one an adopted child of tbe old people,
the other a grandchild who was on a visit to
her grandparents. As they neared their house,
after the evening service, tbey discovered the
house to be on fire, aud soon fonud the adopt
ed child badly burned, but not fatally. She
had crawled ont at the window, aud vainly en
treated her companions to follow ; but frighten
ed out of her reason, she took refuge under
the bed and perished. She was soon drawn
out with hooks, ber bead and limbs naostly con
sumed.
At the M. E. Parsonage in Towanda, the Bth inst., by
Rev. S. Nichols. Mr. GEORGE R. EGLKSTON.to Miss
MARY ANN SULLIVAN, both of Lister.
DIED,
In Conneant. Crawford County. Pa., Monday, Sept. 19, of
heart disease, Mrs. JULIETTE, widow of the late C
D. Godard, and daughter of Plyrrn and Lticv Phelps, of
West Burlington, Bradford county, in her 2Mb year.
In this village, on ithe 20th olf., Capt. TIMOTHY
DEN, of Monroe township, aged 89 years and seven
months.
Capt. ALPF.JI was one of the pioneer settlers of northern
Pennsylvania ; emigrating from Massachusetts, and fix
ing his home in these sylvan wilds in December of the
i year 1800. His axe cut the road for the teams as he ap
proached the place which be had selected for a home.—
He grappled manfully with tbe incouveniencesof frontier
life, and the wild beasts of the mountains, and the forests
alike stood ont of his way, and the earth and his mechan
ical industry were compelled to yield him a support. He
has lived until all the original surroundings have changed
while he gazed upon them—the village, the church, the
I railroad, and all the accompaniments of thrift, now cc
! cupy tbe cities upon which he gazed, in tbeir original
attire. The red man has gone to his imaginary hunting
ground, the sturdy pioneer has fallen a martyr to his pri
vations and hardships ; and two generations have passed
away from this western home, leaving a patriarch to tell
us of events that were well nigh a century agone ; and
'. thus to stand as a connecting link, associating us with
; niep and events of quite another era of time. The aged
oak has finally fallen and the connecting link is broken
and forever gone. Bowed with age and with locks
whitened by the frosts of many winters, the sluggish
stream is stayed and the weary wheels of life have ceased
to move. Panoplied by a life of rich experience, and fed
by fruitful thought and meditation, and nerved for the
event, by leng and careful observation, he wrapped
around him the mantle of his christian faith, and sat
down to await the day of his appointed time as quietly
as the infant reposing in the arms of maternrl affection.
He has gone on that long journey. Verily, "As the
1 waters fall from the sea, and the flood decayeth and
drieth np ; so man lietli down and riseth not, till tho
1 heavens be no more." COM.
' At Indiantown, Bureau county, 111., Sept. 11, SIMON
KINNEY, Esq., aged 75 years and 15 days.
After a severe and protracted illness, he quietly passed
away to that spirit world in which he was a strong be
liever. He was the first born white child on the waters
of the Susquehanna, between Wyoming and the head of
that river. Vt the age of 23 he left his native place (She
shequin) and read law with Sbepard, of Aurora,
N. Y„ and soon after the orgauiaation ot Bradford, mo\
ed to Towanda, where he practiced law for a series of
years, and was twice elected a meml>er of the Pennsyl
vania T.egislature. With him, P. Cash, Hon. D. Wllmot,
and others read law ; and after leaving for the far west,
he settled in Illinois, where he identified himself with
her interests, and was one of the founders of her State
Government. There, as here, they latneu! the loss ot so
t.tu a fi lend I FE J tcii*.\* t „ xnait.