Canital Owning Labor.
Mr. Herschel V. Johnson was a very unfor
tunate person for Mr. Donglas to select ae his
second in command in the coming Presidential
campaign. Without much original force,with
no great popularity at the South, and almost
unknown at the North and West, his name, in
any event, could give but little strength to the
ticket. Alexander Stephens of Georgia, or
Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, arc men of
greater calibre and have a much wider reputa
tion, and if they could have iudueed to serve
with Douglas, might have brightened the pro
pects of his almost forlorn hope a little. But
Mr. Johnsoii, when his opinions shall be fully
made known and canvassed, is likely to prove
a dead weight to a cause which is already so
heavy that it drags along the ground He is
not merely a pro slavery man, holding to all
the peculiar notions of his region, but he is an
extreme pro-slavery man, who justifies the in
stitution on its merits, and who would gladly
give it an unlimited extension. Indeed, if Mr
Johnson has not been misrepresented by the
reporters of his speeches, he is so ardently in
love with the form of society which prevails at
the South, that he would apply it in other
communities. During a speech which he made
on the 17th of September, 1856, at Philadel
phia, he defended that system in this wise :
" We believe capital should own labor ; is
there any doubt that there must bo a laboring
class everywhere? In all countries and under
every form of social organization there must be
a laboring class—a class of men who get their
living by t'ae swet of their brow ; and then
there must be another class that controls aud
directs the capital of the country."
This philosophy, it will be perceived, does
not restrict the owning of the laborer by the
capitalist t.o any special class of laborers.—
Mr. Johnson does not speak of races at ali ; he
does not say that the negro workman only
should be the property of the white man of
wealth ; but he lays down a general proposi
tion which includes all classes of laborers.—
There must be, he argues,in every condition of
society, a class of laborers, a class that earn
their bread by the 6weat of their brow, and
there must be a class of capitalists ; but the
true relation between these is not the relation
which obtains in Europe and the northern
States of this Union, but the relation which
obtains on the cotton and rice plantations.—
Capital ought to own labor everywhere, to
render the services of either effective. That
is the doctrine.
It will not commend Mr. Douglas to the
laboring masses of the North, that his confed
erate entertains opinions which would reduce
them to a level with 6laves.— Eoening Post.
THE PEOPLES'STATE COMMITTEE —This Com
mittee met at Cresson on Tuesday. The at
tendance was very fu'l, and there was also a
very large number of influential and active Re
publicans present from all parts of the State.
Tho Committee, after a free and full inter
change of sentiment, agreed upon a list of ap
pointments for Colonel Curtin, embracing
nearly every county in the State ; but as tho
fierfeeting of such a list requires a little time,
t will not be published for a day or two. It
is to be regarded as certain, however, that
Colonel Curtin, accompanied by one or more of
bis active friends, will stump tho Mate thor
oughly. They will visit Luzerne county durir.g
the State Fair on the 26th anil 27th of Sep
tember.
The information given by the members cf
the Committee from all parts of the Common
wealth wa3 of the most cheering character.—
No doubt was expressed by anyone of tho cer
tainty of our triumph ; but it was determined,
notwithstanding this certainty, to make assur
ance doubly sure by an active campaign.
DEATH OF HON THOS V. How.—Hon. Tlios.
Y. How, of Auburn, died suddeuly at that
place on Sunday morning last. Mr. How,
while in the Masonic Lodge conferring the de
gree of M. E Master in the Davis 11. A.
Chapter, 011 Saturday evening, was seized with
a third attack of paralysis. Turning to a
brother officer, he requested his assistance and
partly falling into his seat, immediately be
came insensible. He was soon after conveyed
to his home, where he continued insensible un
til Sunday morning, when at 5 o'clock he ex
pired. Hr. How was well-known throughout
the State as a prominent and influential Bern
ocrat. He had filled various local offices of
honor and public trust, and served as a Rep
resentative in Congress from the Cayuga dis
trict, having been elected by a handsome ma
jority over Hon. Edward B. Morgan.
DOUGLAS STATE CONVENTION AND MASS
M NETTNG. —We have received a copy of an ad
dress just issued by II J. Huldeman, Esq.,the
Pennsylvania member of the National Demo
cratic Committee, protesting against the action
of the State Committee to unite the electoral
ticket, and calling a State Convention and
mass meeting at Harrisburg on Thursday the
26th of this month,to form a Douglas Electoral
Ticket, and open the campaign in the old Key
stone. The Convention will be followed by a
mass meeting in the evening, at which a nurn
ber of the most prominent Democrats in the
Union are expected to speak. That the Dou
glas wing of the party —the regular Demo
cratic organization—is largely in the ascen
dant in this State, there can lie no doubt, and
the indications are that the coming Conven
tion will bo a decided success both as regards
numbers and enthusiasm.
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE LEATHER —By the
last arrivals trora Europe it appears that
leather has been creating an immense sensation
in the commercial world—at least RO far as
England is concerned—if we may judge from
the accounts of failures in the leather trade,
amounting to £2,000,000 sterling, or millions
of dollars, Trade generally is reported dull,
and the prospect of bad crops is not calculat
ed to encourage the hope of any immediate
improvement. It is probable that that other
brauches of business will suffer as much as the
leather trade.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIA
TION. —The next annual meeting of this associ
ation is to be held at Greensburg, on the 7lb,
Bth, and 9th of August, iu pursuance of an
invitation extended at the last meeting at
Westchester. As from one thousand to fifteen
hundred teachers are expected to be iu atten
dance, the Westmorlanders are making arraDg
mcnts to accomodate, among the families in
the town, all the female and such male teach
ers as cannot find quarters at the hotels.
JQT The venerable JOSEPH GALES, for SO
many years connected with the National In
tilligeiu.tr establish merit at Washington, died
Saturday eight io the seventy-fifth year of
hi? agt?
Rictus from all Rations.
—There are now 861 inmates of Auburn
State Prison. Three are for one year, to be executed at
the end thereof.
—The age of a young lady is now express
ed according to the present style of skirts, by saying
that eighteen springs have passed over her bead.
—The press of Virginia 6tands 34 for
Breckenridge to 5 for Douglas.
Gov. Seward is to visit Wisconsin at some
period during the campaign, to be named by the Repub j
lican State Committee, and make an addresa.
—To prevent dogs from goiug mad, put a
small portion of pounded sulphur into their drink thro
the spring. This is practiced in Europe.
The health of New Orleans continues
excellent, and there are scarcely any fears of the appear
ance of the yellow fever this season.
—Toe post mortem examination of the body
of Prince Jerome, led to the discovery of a ball which
had remained in his chest , after a duel which he fought
in his youth wit'i a brother of Marshal Davoust.
The London Times of the 22d of June
makes a prophecy of famine. The season has been not
only in England, but throughout Western Europe, un
propitious.
— A negro slave who had been whipped se
verely by his mistress, in Gilmer county. Ga., during the
night cut two of her children's throats and fled.
—Edward Murphy murdered a Mr. Rob
bins on Lake Michigan, nine years ago. He was arrested
and imprisoned, but escaped. On the 10th inst., he was
recognized as a prisoner in the Chicago Penitentiary.
—The Governor lias appointed Robert E.
Wright. Esq., of Lehigh county, Reporter of the deci
sions of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in place ot
Joseph Casey, Esq., whose term of office has expired.
—ln the inquest case of the Walton and
Matthv.ws murders, the jury, on Wednesday, brought in
a verdict of guilty of murder against Charles Jefferds.
The prisoner received the announcement with composure,
and declared that he was not guilty.
—The Wilkes-Barre Record gives accounts
of four persons bitten by worthless dogs in that Borough
—one man. Solomon Hypburger, died shortly after being
bitten—some think, partly from the effect of tho bite.
—A mad dog excitement prevails in York
j county, owing to a rabid dog having bit en & number of
i canines in tho village of Freyatown. The people are
j waging a war of extirmination against the canine race,
! a large number having already been slaughtered.
Patrick Dttrkin, an employee of the Mine
Hill Railroad Company, was killed at the planes by be
ing run over by a car —both his legs were cut off.
La3t Monday, 495 letters were mailed
from, and 338 received at the Williamsport Post Office.
Mrs. Barbara Nell, aged one hundred and
| ten years, died 9th July, at her residence, Third St. near
Poplar, Philadelphia.
Amonpfthc applicants for admission to
J Harvard University, this year, are a son of Abraham
i Lincoln, of Illinois, and one George Washington of Va.,
descended from a brother of the fir3t Piesident.
Albeit W. Hicks, the "oyster sloop
1 murderer," was executed, last Friday,on Bedbe's Island,
, in the Bay of Xcw York, in the presence of over 7,000
persons.
—lt is said that President Buchanan will
j uot make his usual trip to Bedford Springs, this year.
—Tn Boston, on Saturday morning, n man
! laboring under delirium tremens was found liang'ng hy
i bis hands to the eaves of a three atcry house in Clifford
; Place.
| —Dr Thomas Butts, of Southampton, Vs.,
who died last week, has directed in his will that all bis
servants, 105 in number, shall be freed.
—John Tyler has been heard from. lie
thinks the election either of Bell, Lincoln or Douglas
would be fatal to the Union.
| —Owing to tho extreme dronght, the entire
: wheat crop of Kansas has proved to be a failure. The
loss casts a gloom over the Territory. A correspondent
i of the Lawrence Republican informs that in his opinion
; there is not one family in twenty, south of the Kansas
• valley, in which n pound of flour can be found, or where
' any is likely to be seen for a year to come.
—On Thursday last, an elderly man named
Guinuip, a citizen of Meadville, and a man named Crock
er. engaged in a street fight, when the latter wa= shot in
the breast by the former, with a pistol. The hall entered
the cavity of the chest, and it is feared that death will
ensue. Guinnip surrendered himself, and gave hail in
i},ooo to answer at Court.
--All the German pre c s in Indiana, except
one. arc for Lincoln, three of tbern having abandoned
the Democratic doctrine and embraced Republicanism.
Mr. M. Cults, father in-law of Mr Dmisr
las, and Second Auditor of the Treasury, is at present io
Boston. Attempts to secure his removal are rumored.
Gov. Wise will not take any active part
in the canvass until the Virginia State Democratic Con
vention shall have acted. Cautious as well as wise.
Nineteen papers in the Stale of Illinois,
eleven of them in Egypt, which have never before espous
ed Republicanism, have hoisted the Lincoln and Ilamlin
flag
—Judge Petit, of Indiana, writes to his
son in Lafayette conceding the election of Lincoln by
the people. The Judge is a sensible man.
—The English Astronomers estimate the
length of the tail of the Comet, now visible, at about
twenty-two million miles.
—An English paper 83ys that " General
Dred Scott commands the United States Army." We
don't wonder at the above mistake. They have good rea
son to " Dred " old Lundy's Lane over there.
—Charles Owens, a clerk in the post office
at Utica. X. V., was arrested last Thursday, on a charge
of robbing the mails, and several letters, were found upon
his person. He was committed for trial.
Mrs. Myers, residing in lUyne township,
Indiana county, Pa., went iu the woods, a few days ago,
to gather a plant known to botanists as pipsissiwa, but
gathered some poisonous plant instead, and having made
a decoction of it, she drank it und died soon after.
—The Ohio State Journal says that the
split in the Democracy of that State is past surgery, and
that the rival factions exhibit toward each other a vio
lence. a vindictivenesa. and a heartiness of hate, without
a parallel in ordinary parti an warfare.
—The St. Paul Minncsotian says that when
all of the Democratic papers in Minnesota have taken
their position they w ill stand eleven for Breckinridge
and Lane, and four for Douglas and Johnsen.
—For BOme days past a comet has been vis
ible at Sacramento, a little above the horizon, in the
northwest. The misty state of the weather prevented
its being 9een at San Francisco.
—A large jollification meeting was held at
San Francisco on the evening of the 28th nit., to rejoice
over the defeat of the Santillan land claim by the deci
sion of the Supreme Court, and the overthrow of the
Peter Smith title.
—The Chicago Press amd Tribune says that
on Saturday morning thoae earliest at the Court Eonse
found a man with the worst form of small pox, lying in
the vestibule He stated that he had been ill some days,
and being turned away from hi* boarding house, had
crawled there during the night
§rabforti ( ilf porta.
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FOR PRESIDENT,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, of Illinois.
FOR VICE PRSIDKNT,
HANNIBAL HAMLIN, of Maine.
FOR GOVERNOR,
AND'W G. CURTIN, of Centre Co.
THE METEOR. About ten o'clock, Friday
evening, a very brilliant meteor was observed
in the north-west, which passed over near the
zenith and proceeded rapidly in a south-east
direction. At its first appearance, it resem
bled a large globe of fire, which in its course
left a long train of light, surrounded by bril
liant coruscations, like a gigantio Roman can
dle. The train of light was whitish in color,
fringed by the most delicate rainbow hues.—
Its course was in the south east direction.occn
pying perhaps two minutes in passing until its
final disappearance. After the lapse of ten
minutes, r. loud report was distinctly beard
like distant cannon or thunder. Most persons
who observed it whether sitting within or out
side of their houses, were suddenly alarmed by
the brilliant light, as if the house must have
suddenly taken fire, and rushed out to have
their fears at once quieted, by the sight of the
glowing meteor in the sky. Where it struck
the earth, we have been unable to learn, but if
heard from, will likely prove similar in charac
ter to thoso which have descended in the
Western Slates during ♦he present season.
—There is so little known definitely of those
singular phenomena, and there nro so many
conflicting theories respecting their nature,
that we can only speculate in regard to this
one, and leave scientific men to fiurnish the
public with correct information in regard to
it. It seems to have been simultaneously
visible in this vicinity, in New Jersey, at New
York and along the coast of Connecticut. It
is impossible to tell, at this time, just where it
commenced its flight, but probably at a great
distance to the west. When seen at New
York it had separated into two distinct heads
appearing liut two wedges of brilliant flame,
out following the other base foremost,resemb
ling a sloop's liy, as well defined in Iront as the
sun, and in length about eight times the sun's
diameter, and leaving a string of brilliant
beads 30 or 40 degrees in length, which grad
ually r uded away until nothing remained but
two balls of the body of the meteor. There is
considerable difference of opinion in regard to
its height, some putting it half a mile, and
others at only five hundred feet ; of course,on
observer would be ensiiy deceived upou that
point. The sound resembling distant thunder,
beard some ten minutes after its passing a
given point, led some observers into the error
of supposing that the meteor bad struck the
earth, and that the noise was caused by the
concussion. We are of the opinion that the
meteor was a very large one—much larger than
commonly supposed by those who saw it—and
that the sound was a continuous one, produc
ed by the tremendous velocity of so large a
body through the atmosphere, and by the re
peated explosions along its passage At the
distance it was supposed it would be sever
al minutes before the sound would reach the
earth, —leading to the belief that the meteor
had struck the earth at a short distance from
where it was last seen. Undoubtedly, scien
tific men will shortly furnish the public with
some interesting theories in regard to it, and
possibly some mrolites may be picked up. In
the course of the few days we will probably be
able to furnish our readers with some definite
information in regard to the whole matter.
getr* Advices from the Pike's Peak gold
region to the lGth inst., have been received.
The severe drouth which prevailed during the
latter part of June and first of July had been
relieved by frequent showers of rain, much to
the joy of the agriculturists. New gold de
posits are reported as having been discovered
on the west slope of the Rooge, a hundred
miles west of the California Gulch, from which
lumps of marvelous richness and value had
been takeu. The reports, however, laek con
firmation. The United States troops from
Camp Floyd in Utah destined for Arizona,had
passed through Denver City. Busiuess is re
ported dull.
Bop A Washington despatch says that the
Breckinridge National Executive Committee
have made arrangments for printing 500,000
copies of President Buchanan's late speech at
Washington Disunion ratification meeting. As
a consequence, there is much activity among
the trunkmakers.
correspondent of the Columbus (Ga.)
Times of the 6th inst., mentions that a mob as
sembled at Gaseeta, Ala., ou tbe 4th of July,
and proceeded to jail for the purpose of hang
ing M. S. Doolittle, charged with the murder
of the two brothers Helms. The prisoner, in
an agony of terror, took a razor and cat his
throat
UNION ELECTORAL TICKETS. —The "compro
mise" scheme of the Breckinridge men is by no
means n new one. It was tried thoroughly in
1856, in this State, and was an utter failure.
The Fremont men proposed to the Eillmore
men.to put the name of John C. Fremont at
the head of the electoral ticket to be voted
for by the Fremont men, and that of Millard
Fillmore at the head of the same ticket to be
voted by the Fillmore men ; the vote for each
to be the basis for casting the votes of the
electors, pro rata, if chosen.
This was a fair proposition, and received the
assent of a large number of Fillmore men, in
cluded a portion of the Fillmore State Com
mittee, and tickets were accordingly printed,
pursuant to this arrangement, and sent all
over the State.—But the bulk of the Fillmore
men would have none of it. They were carried
to the trough, but nothing could compel them
to drink. They pers : sted in voting for Fill
more, straight, and the perfect fairness of the
proposition had uo effect upon them what
ever.
The fuuny part of the affair is,however,that
the Democrats were shocked at such an arrange
ment. They made a great ado over it and de
nounced it in all possible ways. They thought
it very wicked, then ; but now it is all right.
Circumstances alter cases.
Whet) a party is united it needs no such
scheme as this to render it effective ;and when
it is broken into fragments, nothing of the
kind will serve to re unite it. If it were ca
pable of effecting such a compromise, a split
could not possibly take place ; and the motive
which leads one faction of a party to separate
from another is always, of necessity, strong
enough to keep them effict'vely apart so long
as the cause of division lasts.
THE POSITION OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDI
DATES. —The Baltimore Patriot gives the fol
lowing brief statement of the views of the di
fferent Presidential candidates on the question
ofSlavi-rv in the Territories :
"JOHN* BKI.L is in favor of the rigtit of the
slaveholder, under the Constitution, to settle
in the territories with his slaves, and against
the intervention by Congress with that right,
except so far as to protect him ro the exercise
of his rights, if assailed."
" Mr. LINCOLN denies the right of the slave
holder, under the Constitution, to settle in the
Territories with his slaves, and is avowedly in
favor of Congressional intervention to exclude
Slavery from the Territories."
Judge DOUGLAS concedes the right of the
slaveholder, under the Constitution, to carry
his slaves into the Territories, hut is opposed
to Congressional intervention with that right
in nnv way whatever, leaving it. to the dispo
sition of the sovereign people of the Territor
ies."
" Mr. BRECKTSRinoF. claims the constitutional
right of the slaveholders to carry his slaves
into any Territory of the Union, and there to
hold thorn, in spite of any Territorial legisla
tion the contrary, end is n> favor ot protecting
this right now, hy the direct intervention of
Congress through the enactment of a Slave
Code."
Mr. JOHN 13. GOUGU has been in Great Brit,
ain nearly three years, and expects to return
to this country during the coming August
The London Record, says that he has deliver
ed 75 of his power ful addresses in the provinces
14 iil Exeter Hall, and 10 in theatres, halls
and chapels in Landon, during the past year.
In the provinces it is estimated that over 14,-
000 have listened to his arguments and appeals
and over 4,000 have signed the pledge of total
abstinence ; while in London he had addressed
upwards of 30,000 persons, and 1,600 names
have been added to the pledge-book at the
close of the meeting, besides large numbers
afterwards This is the result of one year's la
bor and does not exceed that of the two pre
ceding years. A few days since he delivered
five addresses in Exeter Hall, London, in one
week, to very crowded audiences, making in
all 92 lectures 1 e has given in that place. He
has already accepted more than 200 invita
tions to lecture in America after his return.—
Ilis health holds remarkably good under these
repeated exertions, and he declares him>elf de
termined to battle against the evil, intemper
ance, as long as he shall live.
SAD ACCIDENT AT GENOA. —The Auburn
Adrertiser says two sons of Lucas Hoe, of
Genoa, Cayuga county,aged 12 and 14 respec
tively, were allowed to use a mower alone
On Friday last, while working it, they stop
ped to pull up some daises, the youngest boy
being before the maehine, when the horses
started. The mower struck the boys foot,cut
ting it off at the instep. A painful lesson to
exercise great caution in the working of those
useful machines.
CIVIL WAR rx SYRIA. —The New York Post
hns a letter from Beirut, detailing the horrors
of a civil war r.ow raging in Syria. The Drnses
aided by the Turks, Moslems, Arabs and others
have simultaneously attacked and massacred
the uative Christians. Their villages have been
burned, and every violence that barbarians
could invent has been visited npon them. It ap
pears that the war is the result of a long and
violent animosity, and that, unless interrupted,
it will be one of extermination to one party or
the other.
A dispatch from Van Buren, Ark.,
announces an accident to the Overland mnil
coach, which was expected to delay the arrival
about thirty honrs. The horses ran away in
mountain pass of the Choctaw Nation, com
pletely wrecking the ceacb, killing one person
and wGonding several others
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
MF.ETINO OF TBE COUNTY COMMITTEE. —Tbe
members of tbe Republican County Committee are re
quested to meet in the Court House, In Towunda Borough
ou Saturday, July 28, 18C0, at 1 o'clock, p m. A full
attendaucc is requested.
The following named persons compose said Commit
tee James H. Webb, Uriah Terry, C. F. Nichols, Ed
ward Crandnll, Lorenzo Grinnell, A. G. Brown, H. S.
Salsbury, J. B. Ingham, John Griffin.
JAMES 11. WEBB, Chairman.
Shipments of Coal from Towanda by
the Barclay It. R. A Coal Company. Navigation opened
May 7th, 1860.
Shipments tor the week ending July 21,... 1063 tons.
Previous Shipments, 12169 "
Amount for the season 13232 "
Amount for same period last year 11628 "
Increase, ICO4
(£7=-We regret to learn from the Eltnira
papers that the wife of Maj. WM. M. GKEGO, died at that
place on the 17tb inst., in the 31st year of her age.
SGF" A terrific hail-storm passed over a por
tion of Tioga county, N. Y-, on Monday the 16th inst.,
which was very destructive in the towns of West Newark
and Candor. The Owego Times says : •• Over a space
of nearly five miles square it has left literally nothing to
be harvested. On tbe farm of JOHN F. BROWN every
thing is destroyed. The hay crop, even, is completely
battered to pieces. The hail stones were like bails of
pop corn, whole masses, frozen together, and flat, round,
square or irregular, tkinr.!ng the trees, killing the towls,
and destroying every thing exposed to their action.
We have heard still worse news of the terribly destruc
tive hail-storm in West Newark, on Monday last. The
grain is utterly destroyed, being beaten into the ground.
The cattle fled, bellowing, from the fields in terror, while
the bl ws trom the hail stones raised quite large lumps
on their backs. All the windows looking north in that
region of country are an utter smash. Two hundred
lights were broken in one farm house—that of R. D.
MEAD, and his neighbors, as far as he could learn, north
of him.are as bad, and the sane south, for about a mile,
where it appears to have eased ofl". Mr MEAD describes
the storm as the most terrific he ever saw."
DEDICATION or THF. REPUBLICAN* WIGWAM AT
OWKUO —Tuesday, 16th- inst., was a jubilant day for the
Republicans of Owego and Tioga county. The new Wig
wam, just erected on tiie East side of Lake street, in
Owego, measuring 48 by 80 feet, was appropriately dedi
cated. Tbe Wigwam is capable of holding 2000 persons,
and has all the necessary accommodations—gas fixtures,
raised seats, scats for Band Ac., Ac. All entering pass
under a tine portrait of the Father of his Country*. I*be
dedication was performed by Judge CULVER, of Brooklyn,
in an appropriate manner. Hon. DAVID WILMOT ad
dressed the people in the afternoon, and in the evening
speeches were made by Judge CULVER and Hon ALFRED
WELLS. The exercises r. ere interspersed with singing
by the Owego Glee Club, who performed their part in
the nost admirable manner, w inning pmises from all.
The Wigwam was crowded—soo persona not being able
to get in. A brill ant torch light procession in the even
ing wound up the doiags of the day.
THE FUNCTION CANAL —We learn that this
institution'is now in a prosperous condi? on, and paring
very well—at least to the boatmen. The cltch and its
appurtenances arc in excellent repair, and there has been
plenty of freight, with good prices, throughout the sea
son. This state of things is encouraging. The increased
revenues to the Chemung Canal are mainly derived iruin
the business oh the Junction.— ElmUa Press.
A STRANGE BI:A<-T.—Mr. SKELDK.V MEAT HAII,
of Jessnp, Susquehanna county, owns a call which is con
sidered quite a curiosity. It is a question among those
who h. ve seen it whether it most resembles an elephant
or a buffalo. It is small—weighing only lbs. at about
eight weeks old—has a very short neck, only three inches
from the point of the shoulder to the ear—no dewlap—
hunchback—only one dewclaw on each foot—hair unusu
ally long— roan—rye like a pig—short earti—and all to
getber a queer looking beast.
SPECIAL MAIL AGENT — No appointment,
we believe, has been made in the place of Col. XOKTIJ.
lately* removed from the office of Special Mail Agent ;
but learn that D. M. Butt, of Towanda, Special Mai!
Agent for Southern Xew Ycrit und Northern Pennsylva
nia, will act in his place for the present. His office is in
this village. —Elmira Press.
6©" The Raspberry Fes'ival of the Naiad's
was the most brilliant one of the season—and the pro
ceeds were equally* satisfactory.
At a special meeting of Naiad Fire Co. Xo. 2, the fol
lowing resolutions were adopted
Resolved, That we tender to t use present our thanks
for their liberality, and we will endeavor in the hour of
trial—(which we trust is far distant) —by our deeds to
express our gratitude.
Resolved, That the Ladies, whose contributions and
labors aided so greatly to I lie success of our Festival,
will ever live in our remembrance, as having placed upon
us a debt of gratitude we can never discharge.
Retr.lved. That the Towanda Brass Band . are entitled
to our thanks for the excellent music furnished on the
occasion, which added so much to the enjoyment and
pleasure of the Festival.
V ♦
TERRIBLE OCCURENCE. —Seih II Biiirps of
Troy borough was committed to jail on Tuesday lasl by
Justice Kendall, for killing an adopted child uamid
BKJAVIS CLARK. Unices, who IS a man ot intemperate
habits, on Tuesday morning with a razor nearly seveitd
the chi'.ds head from its body, and then made a desperate
attempt at his own iife. cutting the windpipe and making
a horrible wound. The child was about 4 years old,and
the awful deed is the worse unaccountable, as ZSKIGOS had
always* manifested great affection for him.
LOWELL AND W ARXER'S COMMERCIAL COLLEGE
BINGUAMTON.— This College, by the enterprise, energy
and ability of its Proprietors, has become one of the fixed
and most valuable institutions in Blngharrttnti.
Its FACULTY are unsurpassed in their ability and fit
ness, and in their zealous devotion to their respective De
partments.
Its COURSE of Commercial Studies, as already appears,
cannot be excelled in its extent and thoroughness, em
bracing all the branches of a Commercial Education, ne
cessary to make a finished, practical BUSINESS MAN.
Its LOCATION, in the centre of a village pre eminent for
its beauty, bealthfulness, accessibility and general attrac
tions, is unrivalled.
In fine, its facilities, as a first-class Commercial College,
are superior to those of any institution of the kind in the
whole country.
Established on a sound and permanent basis, surround
ed with all the inducements which any institution can
present, it now invites the young and industrious FAR
MER. the aspiring CLERK, the ambitious LABORER, in any
honest pursuit, the " gentleman of elegant leisure, to
devote a few mouths within its pleasant walls in laying
the foundation of that practical, every day education,
without which a mingler in the throng of human lite,
whatever may be his other accomplishments or ad.van
tages, has but little security, usefulness or real enjoy
ment.
The Proprietors of this College have just procured for
their graduating pupils the mo6t elegant, comprehensive
and tasteful DII*LOMA which we have ever ncen.
It is a beautiful and finished engraving, which the bu
siness graduate will find not only " useful," but " orna
mental."
At i's head, in the centre, is a life-like gronpe graphi
cally representing Professors LOWELL, WARNER and RANK,
IN— Professor L. standing, and in the act of presenting a
Diploma to a graduate, who is also standing. Professors
W and It arc In a sitting posture, witnes?!-g the cere
mony. On either side are several appropriate figures
emblems and designs. The body of the Diploma is en
graved after the bold, distinct and beautiful style of
Penmanship so suscessfully taught in the College. But
we do not profess to describe the Diploma. We only
glance imperfectly at some of its prominent features.
This beautiful Diploma is the workmanship of the ex
perienced and celebrated Artist, WM. HCHCCHMA.N.
A SINGULAR SURGICAL FACT —The N. Y
Evevivg Pest relates the case of a lad four
teen years old, who was fatally injured by a
revolving cireular saw in a work shop in that
city, on the 11th inst. lie was clearing away
the sawdust beneath the saw, when, by some
accident, lie fell, and the saw entered his skuK
about four inches above and two inches poste
rior to the margin of the ear, traversing the
skull forward to the roots of the nose, pene
trating the brain to the depth of about two
and a half inches The probe of its own
weight dropped into the substance of the brain
more than two inches. lie was taken to the
Hospital, where he survived until Saturday tb e
14th, suffering no pain, was very cheerful, and
speaking lightly of his injuries On Saturday
however, mortification set in, followed by par
alysis, and lie died on Sunday morning. It j g
pronounced the most remarkable case of long
evity, after fatal injury, on record.
ALBERT \Y. HICKS.— The pirate and mur
derer, WRS executed on Friday last at Bedloeg
Island, near New York, for piracy and mur
der. lie has made a confession, and a terrible
confession it is. It appears he has beert en
gaged in the murder of nearly a hundred indi
viduals. lie was hi rn at Foster, R J., in
1820—of Catholic parents, ran away from
home at 15 years of age and stole a package
of goods from Norwich—was caught, but final
ly escaped and went on hoard of a whaler in
which he reached the I'acifie Coast. Ilia life
is a series of murders and robberies, and if he
but tells Ihe truth, as the " Oyster Sloop
Murder" for which he was hung, gives good
procf, he was one of the most remarkable mur
derers on record.
PLEU RO"- PN FX M A VlA— This feaiful disease
among the cattle has been tAitrre ifs appear
ance in tln v lower end of Montgomery coun'v
and several cows have died of it. One farmer
lost three fine animals and others have lost one
and two. The disease as it has appeared hero
is not so fatal as reported from other sections
—more than one half recovering Som of th?
diseased cattle it is said were slaugh'erwl in
i Philadelphia, ntnb one in part ciilar too sir'; to
be removed, was kindly felled nrnf the kef re
moved to the shambles, to satiff the appcites
of carnivorous Philadelphia Dovfrsloien Peer
ocra!.
Nk* WHICAT.—The ilo ComTHrrri.il of ]
Tuesday say-*, the first consignment ot new j
wheat this season was received Wy Sherwood 1
Si Co., per propeller Euphrates, on Tuesday— *j
three htmdred hnshels of white Kentucky— •!
The entire lot was tX 'ee'ling'y fine, the l*err? •
beiiij; large nod well filled. It was purchased
by C. J. Ilitl Son, of Rochester, at sl,ss
per bushel.
#3?* An important circular is a*icM to be
issued by the roSfmaster-Oeneral, for the bet
ter regulation of the affairs of the Department.
I'ostage-stamps, and not money, must in nil
cases be used for prepayment, and the use of
the fating Stathp in canceling is prohibited
More care is to lie exercised both in postmark I
ing letter's am* in' Cunreling stamps.
T" The friends of Douglas in Maryland
have issued a call for the State Convention to
be held on the lGth of A'ugnkt, to present as
electoral ticket pledged to support Dough
and Johnson for the Presidency and Vice Pre
deuey, under any and every condition.
iirte SRibrrtDnnrnts.
WAKDi L\'S COMET IMl>, j
LACEYVILLE,. FA.
BEXJ. E. WAKEMAX. Leader, and comprising a nnri-1
her of gwod musicians, announce to the public that ■
tliey ere prepared to turui.-h music tor Parades. Excur- I
sious, Balls, Ac., on reasonable terms. Address.
Laceyville, July 17.18 M). BEXJ. E. I
OTR A I TON'S YEAST COM POUND-
O Xo excuse for having poor Bread, uor lor borrowing \
\ ea.-t, when you can buy a first rale ailicle, and enough i
lor one ceut lor a large Baking at
j.v? FOX'S.
HAMBURG CHEESE.— lhe finest audi
must desirable Cheese in market, for sale at
FOXV A
CIAME to the enclosure of the subscriber ||
J in Warren tuwnshi >, Bradford county, Pa., on UJ H
tub of June, live creatures, supposed to be one yearo'c
—being 3 steers and 2 heifers, — I jet black steer ; 1 p'< | J
red steer, line lack, soine while under belly ; 1 briuoi- { ;
steer with a while star lh his forehead ; 1 red heiier, ah- fl
r red heifer with brindle cast, with white under belly, i
Warren, July 16, lstid. VV.M. C. BOWEX-JH
MYEIV'S MILL at Sugar Cietk is dowgfl
all the work that is brought to it promptly, bavin-'j 1
tlie steam Power in success!ul operation, we can assure §
all who choose lo give us their patronage, that they eat .J
rely upon having their work well done, aud with dispute. 5 J
Try us. M VLB, FROST A Co. J
Tuwauda duly IS, IS6O. W
C^AUTION. — Whereas my wife POLL! jJ
J has left my bed and board without any just ew® H
this is therefore to turbid all per-ous barooriug or trust fll
ing her on my accouut, as I will pay no debts of hereon jjS
tract:ng after this date.
JOSHUA BAYLY.Jr. ■
North To wan da. July 5, 1860. H
FISH! riSHfTriSH!!! 1
r fHE best assortment in Pennsylvania. Consisting;l a
X Mackerel, Trout. White Fish, Blue Pish, M
Codfish, Pickled and Smoked Herring. Smoked HnliW' fl
Ac. Ac., on baud, and to be sold cheap, by 3
Towanda, June 10, 18tj0. C. B. |a
FRUIT! FRUIT!!
ORANGES", Lemons, Figs, Raisins. Prunes. CHr® I
Zante Currants. For sale, wholesale and retail. - J
Towanda, June 10. lsfiO. C- B. PA TI jfl
CHEESE. —A finsjmicle of Cheese al#*/ 1 ®
on baud and for sale, wholesale and retail, by
C. K. PATfjb. ■
/COFFEES, TEAS AND i-PICES-T^J
beet in Town. C. B. H
IPINE DAIRY SALT-Lirge and WW l ' fl
sa.ks of ABhton Salt A new lot of Syracuse - '■ ®
Just arrived and for sale cheap. C. B. PAii__> t
Q|f|A BARRELS SALT, at L 1
jUU TRACY A MOORED g|
MACKEREL and Mackinaw Trout, 131
whole, half uud quarter barrcK at _ moorE C I