[ From the Rochester Union.]
Child Charmed by a Snake.
Wo have heard the particulars of a won
derfnl case of snake fascination from an au
thentic' source, which \vc will briefly relate,
however much they may shock the sensibili
ties of tlie delicate portion of our readers. —
There is residing on Monroe street, near the
eastern line of the city, a worthy family liy
the name of Davis, the head of the family be
ing employed in a nursery. r. aud Mrs.
Davis have a daughter two years of age, who
lias become attached to a snake, which came
in the vard from an adjoining field a few days
since, and has become so much under the in
fluence of the reptile that it appears to think
of but little else. The snake aud the child
fr.-t met, no doubt, while the latter was at
play in the yard near the house, but just how
i-tng since, the parents do not know. One
day Mrs. Davis found the snake in the arras
of the child, and the little girl was fondling it
as she would a kitten. The mother was natu
rally much alarmed by the apparent peril iu
which she saw her child, and seized a stick to
destroy the reptile. The snake retreated,
bowed its tongue, and hissed at the mother.
The child cried, an 1 begged so hard of its
•t a rent to desist, that she allowed ttie snake to
retreat to its hiding place.
It soon became apparent that the little girl
bought of little else bat her companion, the
nake, and would return to the yard in search
of it as often as she was allowed to do so.—
Under the fascination of this reptile, the
child—a vcrr pretty little girl—has begun to
decline, and now weighs but eighteen pounds. ;
IU pectablc physicians were consulted, it is
said, aud advised that no violence be used ,
toward the snak', as it might prove fatal to I
the child. 1 low many meetings the child and
llietnakc have had, we are not positively in
f. rrned, but we infer that they have been fre- j
: nt. When they meet they rush to each
other with all the apparent emotions of friend-!
ship and attaehmen that can exist between '
two living beings. Only yesterday Mrs. Davis
came to the city with the little girl, and when j
si. returned the party left in charge of the
}i<>hs • informed her that the snake had been
more bold than n-ual, and had actually been .
i pott the steps leading to the door, awaiting :
the appearance of the child.
As to the size and variety of this reptile we |
rrc not advised. We suppose however it is
■ : c of the common brown wood snakes which
;.re re inh das harmh > ai.d which seldom
ct'niti a length of more than three feet.
This affair has attracted the attention of J
the of Mr. Davis and many have ;
urged that the child be allowed to play with !
the snake for their amusement : but this has j
1 en denied tve understand. Tht parents feel !
much alarmed and desire to remove their little
girl from the fascinating influence of the snake
without prejudice to her health and existence.
They have been told that it i dangerous to
take any sudden stop in the matter and have i
not yet done anything to avert the eoiiscqo- ;
i uces they fear.
< >ur informants arc men who are is liable
:nd who have conversed with the family and i
have seen the child referred to. They rrpre
frit the parents to be worthy people and the
• hild to le a pretty one, bright and intelligent
but evidently in declining health.
—
JS-.j 'T net lioniohi ilk J< mini states that
IDc young children ol Mr. and Mis. •!. J>.
lb why ol that place, went into the woods
©;■ Saturday i t, to pick berries, without the
consent of their parent®, and wandered about
until lost. -Not returning before evening, the
aiixiou parents, in company with ncariy luO
others, started lur tho woods and succeeded
in finding them. If seems that, after having
picked enough berries tin y thought it time to
return home, but, on turning about for that
purpose, they found themselves in a strange
] tee, aud could not find the road or any way
out. They sat down on a log to think, and
sat there a long time, finally giving up that
they were lost. Mary, the eldest said to the
others, " Let us pray to God to help us to
find our way out'' and all kneeling there by
the log, with hands uplifted, they prated for
ti liveraucc. Tiiev then took a new start,and
oou found whortleberries plenty, with which
1h: v satisfied their hunger. Tlie little ones
now commenced calling aloud the names of tlie
different members of the family ; Carrie, the
vourgest, calling repeatedly for milk, and,com
plaining of fatigue, she sat down to rest. Ida,
liie second, was tired and sleepy and would
stay there than try any longer to get out.—
Mary then stripped bark from a dead tree,laid
:t on the ground for a pillow, covering it with
leaves, and the two youngest laid down to
leep. She found that the sun had gone down
and it was getting dark, and she again knelt
down to prav for deliverance and that God
would take care of them. She had made up
Iter mind to stay there the night, knowing she
. mid not find the way out herself. She knew
the night would be long and the little one
micht wake before morning hungry, so she
filled her pocket with wintergreens to pacify
them—every few minutes during the time call
ing upon the different members of the family.
"When lonnd the two youngest were sleeping,
and the eldest, nut yet 10 years of age, was
•ano'j her knees praying.
No Fl'. jox Am.owkd. —The Washington
ics the central organ of Douglas, talks in
this vvi e about " one electoral ticket ":
'• Finding themselves driven to tlie wall,and
c rtaiu defeat awaiting them everywhere, North
and Smith, the Secessionists in some of the
S at"- crv out for a fusion with National Dem
ocracy. Upon their bended knees they cry
for that quarter now which Jefferson Davis
declared in the Senate should not be given to
the supporters of Judge Douglas. "We will
not support Douglas !" shout Yanccy and the
Di unionists. He is a traitor ! 'exclaims Gov.
Smith, of Virginia. He L no better than
Line -In, says Benjamin and his supporters are
'gamblers and trick-dors,' re-echoes Dickinson
of New York. Aud yet the national Demo
cracy, with their candidate denounced, their
platform repudiated and their organization
stigmatised as the ' half way hose to abolition,'
arc called upon to form a union with the Sece
issmnists. A uniou with Disnnionists—a union
with traitors alike to the Democracy and the
Constitution ! Never never. Let the cost be
what it may, under no circumstances will we
strike our Hag. No, we will not lower it even
an inch, to >uit all the Disnnionists iu the land.
Wc are for no quarter—no quarter to the Dis
nnionists, and no quarter to the Administra
tion which upholds them. To falter now would
be treason —treason to the gallant Democracy
of the North treason to Stephen A. Douglas
aud Herschcl V. Johnson, treason to the na
tional Democrats of the South, who stand bv
tlie flag of the country, and strike for its Co
n ; and, worse than all, treason to the
be r hopes of the country and the best interests
if the people*"
Rictus from all Jlatlons.
There are now in store in the U. S. Ar
senal, at Springfield, Mass., one hundred aud sixty
thousand guns.
The little item for printing for the last
session of Congress, amounts to about s>oo,ooo.
The New York Illustrated News states
that Mayor Wood is soon to he married to Miss Gcor
giaiina Crean, sister to Mrs. James Gordon Bennett".
A club has been formed in New York
numbering over forty members, with the intention of
paying a visit to Isaac Y. Fowler, at Havana, sometime
in August.
The average of five hundred thousand
lbs. of butter is computed to be consumed weekly in the
city of New York, one-fifth of it only being good, aud a
great deal of the rest being intolerable.
A ramor having been circulated that
Sara Houston, of Texas, was about to Withdraw in fa
vor of Bell, replies that such is not the fact. He says
he shall run as an independent candidate for the Presi
dency " anyhow." lie will be sure to get the electoral
vote of Texas.
- At the Breckinridge meeting in New
York the other evening, Daniel S. Dickinson said that
when the New England and North western delegates at
Baltimore promised their States to Douglas, that pledge
was made " subject to a slight incumbrance, held by one
Abraham Lincoln
By the death last week of the mother of
Judge Douglas* first wife, who wa3 a Miss Martin, of
North Carolina, his two boys, his only children, come
1 into possession of a large fortune. The Judge has been
! sent for by his connections in North Carolina, and after
his New England tour will probably visit the old North
: State.
It is said that the census returns from
the city of Baltimore w 11 show the population to be
about i3o ,ooo—an increase of 61,000 over 1850.
) The capital invested in the coal lands of
Pennsylvania is said to be nearly $321,000,000. The
canals and slack water connected with the anthracite
j coal trade measure 815 miles in length, and cost 10,000,-
000.
Hcenan lias signed a contract, whereby
for $25,000 he w ill give sparring exhibitions for three
months, and his first exhibition will be given in New
| York.
The exodus from Ireland continues, thus
far, at as great a ratio as in 1859. The population of
the country is now 533,000 less than it was in 1850, when
the last census was taken.
A correspondent of the New York Tri
bune says: " Gerritt Smith is in more perfect health
; than lor many years pu.-t. 1 have never seen him so
vigorous, both iu mind and body.*'
The Republicans of Crawford and Erie
■ ' rmntie* have determined to hold a Mass Convention at
] Eric on the 10th of September. It will he a router.
The authorities of Washington, D C.,
' "tvt :efu-i d to allow the Republicans t > raise a libei ty
i >le in that city. Slavery poles arc in order there.
Hon. Richard Brodhead, formerly IT. S.
Senator, is a candidate for Congress in the old Tenth
| legion, subject to the decision of the nominating Con
! vent ion.
An editor named Harbaugh was recent
ly driven out of Lexington, Mo., for daring to hoist the
names of Lincoln aud Hamlin. '• Hail Columbia, happy
land !"
The attempt at fusion in New Jersey
has only led to confusion. Three State Conventions
were held of which one nominated a fusion electoral
ticket for Breckinridge, Douglas, and Bell, while one of
the others n. mutated a clean Douglas ticket, and the
other a clean Bell ticket.
Ex-President Fierce has written a let
ter to r.. F. llaliet, in wnich he expresses a preference
for Breckinridge and Lane, hut hopes something may be
done to prevent the success ol the Republicans.
The Raited States Agricultural Fair
wdi be held this year at Cincinnati, commencing on the
12th of September. The premium list amounts to 20,-
000. No cattle will he received for exhibition oil ac
count of the cattle disease.
The Philadelphia dog catchers have kill
ed SOO dogs this season.
Mrs. Burdell Cunningham was married
in San Francisco on the 16th of June last. The Golden
Era, which publishes the announcement, does not give
the name of the happy individual who has persuaded
her to" change her local habitation and her nasnc.*'
lion. C. L. 5 ullandighanv, member of
the present Congress from the State of Ohio, has been
re nominated.
—I n the second district of Pennsylvania,
Henry M. Fuller has been nominated for Congress by
Constitutional Union men. The same party has placed
J. B. Robinson in nomination as a candidate from the
Fourth district of this State.
—There are reports of a tornado, in Kan
was, destroying a number of houses and severely injuring
many ot the inhabitants of that Territory.
—Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson is in Baltimore
listening to the music of serenades, making speeches, and
saving the Union generally.
—The chronic Indian wars are still annoy
ing us. A despatch from Laavenworth. Kansas, states
that Lieutenant Stewart, of the army, had an engage
menu with a party of Ciowas on the 11th of July. Two
of them were killed and sixteen taken prisoners. Many
outrages are reported as having been committed in Kan
-1 sis by tribes of hostile Indians.
—The census returns now indicate an in
crease since 1850 sufficient to bring the population of
1 Ohio up to at least 3,000,000.
1 —The new suspension bridge at Wheeling
will cost about $37,000. The first bridge cost about
$250,000.
—ln Texas, some lands gave twenty-seven
bnshrla to the acre at the last harvest. The average is
twenty bushels, aud is considered a fair yield in such a
season of drought as the present.
i —The artesian well at Colnmbns, Ohio,
I has reached the depth of 2,158 feet. The auger is now
■ passing through a hard, gray sandstone.
—lt is said that Chang and Eng, the Si
amese twins, differ iu politics. Both are veteran demo
crats, but Chang is now for Breckinridge, aud Eng for
Douglas.
—1 he drought in Rhode Island continues,
( and has become a serious affair to many of the small
nulls, which are entirely stopped. Whole factory vil
lages are out of work.
—The Indiana county papers state that
Mrs. Harbaugh, residing in Blackllrk township, lias at
tained her 104 th year : and although unable to walk, is
still in the possession of her faculties.
A child two years old was recently, in
Philadelphia, frightened to death by a monkey.
—American drills are superior, in Chinese
I estimation, to British cloths of the same description,
and the market for them is steadily increasing.
—The Salem (Mass.) Register says that
four shark*, upwards of five and a half feet in length,
have been captured within a tew days, in Forest river,
above the lead mills.
—ln Oharlestown, Mass., the authorities
have decided, by the casting vote of the Mayor, to pro
hibit the running of horse cars on Sunday.
§rai)forirlif)]ortfr.
E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
r rOAVANDA :
Thursday Morning, August 9, 1860.
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Blanks, Hand-bills, Ball tickets, fyc.
FOR PRESIDENT,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, of Illinois,
FOR VICE PR? 1 DENT,
HANNIBAL HAMLIN, of Maine.
FOR GOVERNOR,
AND'W G, CURTIN, of Centre Co,
We invite the attention of our read
ers to the able speech of Hon. JOHN' HICK
MAN, delivered at Philadelphia, which is pub
lished on our outside. It is one of the most
; searching reviews of DOUGLAS' course we have
| seen during the canvass, and exposes the hy
pocrisy of the " Little Giaut" in a plain and
I fearless manner.
THE METEOR OK FRlDAY. —Scientific obser
vers at Yale, Union and Troy Universities
variously compute the height of the meteor
above the Earth at from 50 to 80 miles. Its
speed, relative to the Earth, is computed to
have been from five to eleven miles per second.
Its course was in the same direction as that of
the Earth, which, so to speak, it overtook and
• passed. This would make its absolute velocity
in space somewhere between 90,000 and 180,-
000 miles an hour, it was seen, as far as we
; can yet learn,"throughout the whole cf Lower
I Canada.
A DIFFERENCE IN lIREEDING win II MUST
HAVE A CAUSE ; WHAT IS IT ."—.Mr. DOUGLAS
is receiving marked attention in five of the
New England states, and is everywhere treat
ed with all the respect due to his official sta
| tiou. Mr. JOHNSON, his associate on the
Presidential ticket, is grossly insulted when
i he attempts to speak in his native state, at
the South, and even Georgians hang him in
effigy !
(HR- An official dispatch from Col. LEE to
the War Department represents everything
qniet on the Texas frontier. Even rumors as
I to CORTINAS or his men, or of robbers from
i ■
r the Mexican side of the river, have ceased
It is not thought necessary ionger to expose
to the diseases incident to that region at this
season, more troops than may be actually re
ijuisite.
JJ©* As far as heard from, the census re
ports of leading Pennsylvania towns stand
. i thus :
Philadelphia, population, 650,000 ; Lancas
ter, 20,000 ; Harrisburg, 14,862; Scranton,
12,000 ; York. 10,000 ; Easton, 10,000 ; Al-
I lentown, 8,0-47. Pittsburg, Reading, Eire,
i Williarasport, Pottsvill and Norristown, have
not yet been beard from. The population of
! Wilkes-Barre borough is 4,200, the township
2,789, making together 6,989.
The census of Lykenxtown reports the popu
j lation at 1,077 ; of Wiconisco and its sur
: ronndiugs about 1,000.
, I The suburbs of Pittsburg seem to have in
-1 creased in population very fast. The Birraing
; ham and South Pittsburg are computed by
j the present census to have ten thousand in
habitants, more than quadruple that of the
last census. The other boroughs are rapidly
increasing in extent and population, and pro-
perty is fast rising in value. The population
of the second Ward, Allegheny, is 5,625. In
ISSO it was 3, 555—an increase of over 2,000,
, or about 60 per cent.
Itey According to the returns already re
ceived at the Census Bureau at Washington,
the crops in all the Northern and Northwes
- tern States are immensely heavy this year. In
f Pennsylvania they are represented to he ncai -
ly if not quite double those of last year, and
' in other States they will probably be corres
pondingly heavy. This fully coincides with
( 1 what we have been led to expect from the ac
, 1 counts which have reached us from other
i ' sources. The census returns, however, come
! in very slowly, and it will probably be some
i I time before we shall he aide to learn the fall
' j extent of our agricultural prosperity, although
■ Superintendent KENNEDY manifests a com
" I mendable desire to satisfy the public curiosity
r on the subject at the earliest possible moment.
IfctY" A dispatch from New Orleans informs
I us that a large flouring mill at Austin, Texas,
was burned on the 26th of July, involving a
loss of $lOO,OO0 —the work of an incendiary ;
and that a negro had been caught in the act
3 of setting fire to a building in Georgetown,
who confessed that he had been incited by
j Abolitionists to burn the town.
e The New York correspondent of The
t Philadelphia- Press says there is no truth in
the report that some of the personal frieuds
t of Isaac Y. Fowler propose to visit him at
• Havana in October. The same writer says
' that George Sanders and ex-Governor Wal-
ker did indeed think of establishing a daily
, Douglas paper, but that the expense deterred
them from going on.
| LOCAL AND GENERAL.
i a©"- REPUBLICAN COUNTY COX
i VENTIO.V.—The Republican County Committee having
met at Towamia. on the 2th ult., it wai resolved to eail
a Republican County Convention, to be Composed of two
j delegates trout each election district, to be bald in the
| Court House, at Towauda boro' on M()N D.Ct' evening,
j September 3,1 -kill. And it Was further
Resolved, That the delegates from the districts afore-
I said, assemble at Mercnr'a Hall, in said Borough, at 3
i o'clock, p. in., for the purpose of perfecting an organiza
tion ot said Convention, and a list of tho delegates, then
; to adjourn to the Court House in the evening, to put in
. | nomination a ticket.
, | They have also appointed a Vigilance Committee in
. each election district, whose duty it shall be to tall pri
mary meetings of the Republican electors in each election
district for the purpose of electing delegates to said
' | County Convention. The Committees of Vigilance are
- requested to conltr together and call the primary meet
ings on SATURDAY the Ist day of September next be
tween the hours of 4 and 7, p. nr., at the usual place of
holding such elections, or at some other convenient place
r to be designated bv them.
1 ' JAMES H. WEBB,
URIAH TERRY,
, C. P. NICHOLS,
, EDWARD CRANDALt,
LORENZO GRINNELL,
A. G. BROWN.
H.S.BALSBURY,
J.B.INGHAM,
July 28, 1860. JOHN GRIFFIN,
Armenia —James Mason, Nathan Sherman, Choral
Welder.
Athens tup. -George Birchard, G. N. Walker, John F.
Ovenehirc.
Athens boro. —3. N, Evans, 11. A. Phelps, D. F. Park.
Albany —J. P. Lewis, J. Vanloot), Daniel Kellogg.
A tylum— Charles Kelluni, Richard E. Gil be. t, Daniel
Hollon.
Burlington —Harrison Dodd, Roswell Lutfier, Reuben
C. Haight.
Burlington west—P. B. Pratt, Wirr A*dwav, E. Loomis.
boro.— P. Whitehead, A. Morley, M. Long.
Canton Lewis Wheat, J. A. Rogers, C. G. Manlev.
Columbia— Justus Watkiris, P. P. Peck ham. Aiden
Keyes.
Franklin— George Beardsley, Nelson Gilbert, Jehial
Green'.
| Granville —Sylvester Taylor, Wm. Bunyon, A. Barnes.
I Herrick —A. R. Brown, C. A. Squires, J. J. Anderson.
lx Roy —R. R. Palmer, J. J. Vuntieet, Bradford Mi Kee.
! Litchfield David McKinney, Cyrus Bloodgood, Mlto
Merrill.
Monroe twp.—-J. W. Irvine, Charles Wells, Kam'l Cole.
horo —Lyman Blackmail, Joseph Hornet,
George P. Tracy.
Orwell —lsaac Lyon, Zebulon Frisbie, Robert McKee.
Overton— Orlando Ileverly, Daniel Ilevcrly, jr., James
j Mnlvneux.
Pike— 3. H. Marsh, D. M. Bailey, M. H. Codding.
Home —Preceptor Forbes, J. A. Moody. Orson Rickey.
I Ridgbery -William Stevens, Isaac Baldwin, James
Hammond.
, Springfield— Joel Adams, Theodore Wilder, Chester
Ilarkiiees
1 Smithfiefyl —John W. Phelps. Israel Phillips, T. A. Sc-
I ward.
| South Creek— A H Thompson, Joseph Dunham, Pliilo
Passett. jr.
' Shesheqitrn - John Randall, George Smith, William J.
: Lent.
Standing Stone E L Grc :g, George A. Stevens, Geo.
. Vanness, jr.
Sylvanta boro. —E. G. Tracy, L. E. Shattr.ck, Orrin
! Fin in in.
Terry Jonathan Buttles, Shnbel Bowman. J F Dodge.
Troy tp. — I. '1 Loomis. L P Williams, I (' Porter.
" boro —William Barto, Henry S. Leonard, William
Morgan.
Towauda twp J. M. Swartwood, G. P. M won, B. P.
Bowman,
Towanda Xnrth ,1.0 Frost, William A. Bliivter, F.
Watts.
Towanda boro. —E. Overton, ir., Charles Passage, S.
W. Alvord.
Tuscarora — Hiram Taylor, A. J. Silvara, Henry B.
Ac k ley.
Ulster— George W N ! chols, Guv Tracy, Amos Pettis.
li'iiidham Benjamin Kuykdodall, liiram Sherry, C
Washburn.
Il'armi Nathan Young, jr.. Miles Prim e,P Davies.
Il'yalusing —Almon I uller, John V Biles, George W
i Jackson.
II r//s Horace Dunning, J Sbepard, L V,' Knapp.
Il'yox D P Woodbnrn. U C Shores. Elliott Whitney.
Il'itmut I) H Corbin. M M Moody, J W Ingham.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT. — A.N. BULI.ARD,
Esq.. of Montr--.*, has received the appointment ol
County Superintendent of Schools of Susquehanna
■ County, for the term made vacant by the death of Mr.
! TEWK-PILY.
V*
CAMI* MEETING. —The Wyuliir-ing District
; camp Meeting tor this year, will be held on the saute
' ground as last year, near Leßaysville, Bradford Co.,
Pa., to commence on the evening of Wednesday. Au
| gust 22d, 1-00. Those who desire boards or other turn
i ber, will write to Rev. E. F. ROBERTS, LeßaysVille, in
| time say two weeks before the meeting. An ample
hoarding tent will be upon the ground. The groVe is
! beautiful, the water good, abundant, and convenient.
G. H. Bl AKK.-LKE, R. VANVALKENBIKO,
K. W. BRKCKKNRIHOE, J. K. PECK,
V. P. IRIBKRTS, Committet.
COT,. CURTIN'S APPOINTMENTS —The foilow
j ing appointments have been made by Col. ANDREW G.
j CfKTiN, the People's candidate for Governor, to address
! the citizens Other appointments will be announced
| hereafter
New Bloom field, Perry Co., Monday, Aug. <f.
i Wifliamsport, Lycoming Co., Tuesday, Aug. 7.
| Danville. Montour Co., Wednesday, August s.
Hloomshnrc, Columbia Co., Thursday, August
Carbomlale, Luzerne Co., Saturday, A-ugust IK
Honesdale, Wayne Co , Monday, August 13.
Btroudsburg, Monroe Co., Tuesday, August 14
Manch Chunk, Carbon Co., Wednesday, August 15.
| At lentown, Lehigh Co., Thursday, Anguet 16.
! Bethlehem, Northampton Co., Monday. August 20.
Easton,Northampton Co., Tuesday, August 21.
It is expected that Mr. CURTIS will visit this County
I previous to the October election. Due notice will of
; course be given of the fitne and place of his meetings.
THE CROPS OF TIOGA COUNTY, N. Y.—For
the past two weeks we have visited some ot the most
I important parts of this county, and are happy to say,
that we hear only one story of the crops. They are ex
cellent. The only crop of which there is any doubt ex
. pressed, is the corn, which is a little backward", though
rapidly coming up to time in full luxuriance. An early
frost might do some damage to it, though that is not
probable. Early apples are already coming into our
market in large quantities, and very large and free from
worms. The only part of Tioga county from which
doleful news comes is from that destroyed by the terri
ble hail.— Owego limes.
i HON. A. B. DICKINSON is ENGAGED to
. liver the address at the Fair of the Fottef County Ag
, ricoltural Society, to be held at Coudersport in October
i next.
FIRE AT NEWARK. —We learn from the
Owego Times that the steam Saw Mill of ALBERT WIL-
I j LIAMS, of Newark, was destroyed by fire on Raturday
night last. The building, machinery and' lumber des
troyed, were valued at $l5OO or $2OOO. No insurance.
Mr. WILLIAMS does not believe it was the work of an in
eendiary.
I MR. EDITOR —On Thursday evening, June
28th, in accordance with a previous call, the Republicans
of Litchfield township met at the Centre School House,
* , for the purpose of forming a Republican Cltib. The
j meeting was called to order, and SII.AS B. CARMER made
t temporary Chairman and ASA MORSE, Secretary. Appro
priate resolutions were passed to carry the object of the
' , meeting iuto effect, and a committee appointed to report
r permanent officers for the Club, who made the following
| report :
For President— Rev. J. W. HEWIT.
„ I Vice-Presidents— lIorsTON MCKINNEY, WM. CAMPBELL
Recording Secretary— SlLAS B. CAKMEK.
1 Treasurer —ROßEßT SANDERS.
5 Corresponding Committee- ASA MORSE, WM. K. WAL
I KER, S. EVANS.
Executive Committee— WM. 11. MORSE, JOHN H. MC
? KINNEY, JOSEPH PARK.
After which a Committee was appointed to report ap
j propriate resolutions at anr next meeting. Meeting
then adjourned to meet at this place on Saturday even
ing, July "th.
Met on the 7th, according to appointment. The com
mittec on resolutions being called, they reported the
following resolution :
Rrxolerd. That we indorse the principles laid down in
the Republican platform adopted l<y the Republican Na
tional Convention at Chi< ago,and also the nomination
; of AHRAIIAM LINCOLN tor President and HKNNIBAL HAM
i LIA for Vice President of the United States, and A. (J,
CCBTIN for Governor of Pennsylvania, and that we will
use every honorable means to secure the triumph ol
those principles and the election of our candidates.
Speeches by the chair and others being made, the
meeting then adjourned to meet at this place on Satur
day evening, July 21st. SILAS B. CARMKR,
Secretary,
BS&" 'The City Journal , n, new daily, issued
from the office of the Philadelphia State Journal, has
recently made its appearance in the field of news, litera
ture, and politics, us a candidate for support. It is neat
ly printed, ably edited, and Republican in politics. R.
G. ORWJG , Kditor.
fir-iy" The Pennsylvania Guardian, just is
sued at Phcenlxville, Pa., by J. H. PCLESTOX, formerly
of Pittston, has been received. It is as fine a looking
country paper as we hare on our exchange list, it
raises the standard of Republicanism, and, of course,
has our bcsf Wishes lor success.
W F.STAR'S BAI.AM OK WII.D CHERRY. —We
call the attention of our readers to the advertisement ol
Wistaria Balsam of Wild Cherry in another column, and
assure them they can find no better remedy for coughs,
colds, asthma, bronchial affections, or any disease of the
throat or lungs.
In August, 1858, an estimable friend of ours returned
from a visit in the country much emaciated, and laboring
under a severe cough, which had made such rapid inroad.-
upon her constitution that we felt something must be
done at once, of elie would become a victim of consump
tion. Having known the beneficial results which have
occurred 1 from the use of Wistar's Balsam, we made pur
chase of s one for her, and arc happy to say that before
she had taken the contents of one bottle ber cough had
i entirely left her, and she is now in the enjoyment of ex
j cellent health.— Olive Branch.
Itaj- Shipments of Coal from Townnda by
the Barclay R. R. ft Coal Company. Navigation cp&ned
May 7th, 1860.
Shipments for the week ending Aug. 4,.. .1145 tons.
PreViouk Shipments, 14423 "
Amount for the beason 15568 "
Amount for same period last year, 13817 "
Increase 1750 "
ANOTHER METEOR.— ON Monday evening l ,
at about 7J o'clock, a meteor, somewhat resembling the
late one which lias attracted so ranch attention, was ob
served in the south-west, pairing in a north-westerly di
rection, throngh the heavens until it passed from view.
When it made its appearance, H was single, but present
ly separated, one portion following the other at a short
distance. A* K w.is yet light when seeit.il appearance
was not so brilliant as tlm previous one.
During the thunder rforni of Saturday
1 morning, a cow belonging to MORGAN WATERS, in Bur
lington township, was killed by lightning. The cow
was in the midst of a group of cattle, none of whom were
injured except the one killed.
C-jy~ The Pic N:e at IJuttonwoOd (trove,
to which invitations were given for Saturday last Ins
lieen postponed until Thur.-day, the 9th inst.
By order of Committee.
t-faT'Tlio Tlrnsox BROTHERS snn<v ut the
the Court House, at this place, last eveningto a large and
respectable audience. Their programme—consisting of
a variety of Solon, Duos, Trios and Quartets. Vocal and
Inst rum en fa I, original am? selected—wits w-ll executed
giving general satisfaction. They sing again this eveu
| ing with a change of programme. Go and hear them:
Pursuant to public notice, n mooting
of the citizens of Towanda was held at the Court House
on Saturday evening, August -tth.fo take measures for
enlarging and otherwise improving the Cemetery. On
motion of (i. F. MASON the meeting organized by elect
ing J. I>. MONTANYE as Chairman, and B. S. RCSSELI
Secretary. The foilowfug resolution offered by C. L.
W ARI>. was unanimously adopted :
Brsolved. That a committee of live citizens be appoint -
ed by tlie Chairman to inquire as to the rights <f the
public in the Cemetery Grounds, and also to ascertain
and report whether suitable additions to the present can
be had. or whether a lievr location is ntore desirable, and
to report a plan for a more complete organization for
Cemetery purposes, and to report thereon to an afljonrn
l ed" meeting of lire citizens.
I The chair appointed Messrs. C. L. WARP, -J. F. MEANS,
G. F. MASON, WM. ELWE/L and DAVID ( ASH, said com
mittee.
On motion, the foregoing proceedings were ordered to
lie published in the several papers and tlie meeting ad
join ned, subject to the call of the Cli Airman of tSe said
Committee. J. D. MONTANYE,
Attest: B. S. HfrasELL, See'y. Chairman.
JHF* The Pony Express, which arrived at
St. Joseph, Mo., on M unlay night, brought
advices front San Francisco to the J9th July,
Oregon and Washington to the 13th, and
British Columbia to the 14th. The nomina
tions of DOUGLAS and JOFTN'SOV, AND BRECK
INRIDGE and LANE, had been received in Cali
foruia by the respective wings of the Democ
racy with the usual demonstrations of appro
val, salutes having been fired by each in all
the principal towns of the State. It is con
sidered certain that two electoral tickets will
be nominated. A Douglas ratification meet
ing was to be held in San Francisco ou the
evening of the F9th. A statement of the
operations of 1 the Mint fcr the past yeai
shows the gold coinage to have been $11,909,
000, and silver coiuage $509,000. Fur
ther discoveries of silver mines are reporter
neur Owen's Lake, on the eastern slope o
the mountains, about two hundred miles be
iow Washoe. Discoveries of gold are alsc
aunounced in Oregon and British Columbia
—the former on the tributaries of the Dei
Chartes liiver, and the latter in Okonagot
and Inseuelld Counties. Indian troubles an
reported in the whole Pacific region.
Jftzp- Luter advices from the Pike's Peak
i region are received by the arrival of the ex
press at St. Joseph, which brought upwards
of $12,000 in gold dust. A number of quartz
mills are now at work at the mines, some
with considerable success, realizing from $lOO
|to $125 per day. Some of the miniug claims
have turned out very rich. Crime of all
' grades, however, is reported as prevailing.
gtjy- The steamship Karnak, from Nassau,
N. P., on the 30th of July, arrived at New
York on Thursday. She brings intelligence
of the capture of a slaver in the vicinity, witl
360 Africans ou board—the number witl
which the vessel started from the coast having
beeu 400. The captain and mate of the slavei
were not found, and her nationality is nol
stated. The Kariutk brings shipping iatelli
gence of iuterest. Turks lalaud advices o
July 7 represent salt to be slow of sale.
fcaX" Mr. Wilson, an aeronaut, was pre
paring for a balloon ascension on Saturdavaf
ternoon from lfarrisburg, Pa. lie was seat
ed in the netting, adjusting his apparatus,
when, by some mischance, the balloon went
ofT, taking him with it, but having no car or
ballast of any sort. It rose to a great height
and the excitement and anxiety ot those oii
the earth were extreme. It turned out, how
ever, that the mronaut succeeded in getting
control of his machine, und, though his p
tion was for some time fearfully perilous, he
made a landing in Clarion County, near But
ler, sustaining no material injury himself, hut
losing his balloon, which escaped from hiin
when he reached the earth. He was chasinz
it at the latest accounts. 6
THE JAPANESE TREATY.— This treaty, as rat
ified, has been published. Its provisions are
substantially as they have been heretofore
given. It uiithorizps the residence of a dipl u .
matic agent of the United States at Yeddo
and of consular agents at other ports, and of
similar Japanese officials at Washington and
our Commercial cities. The ports opened to us
are Simoda, llakooadi, Kauagawa, Nagasaki
Nee-egta and Iliugo. These constitute the
principal ports of the empire. In all these
American citizens may freely reside, lease
ground and purchase buildings, on the condi
tion that no fortress or military building is to
be put up, and the Japanese authorities may
at all times inspect their contents. In Yeddo
and Osaca they wdl lie permitted to reside,but
particular quarters will be nssigued thern, as
may be arranged between the agents of the
respective Governments. The trade is unro
stricted, except that the import of opium and
the export of rice and wheat are prohibited.
The object of this is to prevent the Japs from
getting the race tie intoxication and to keep
the home supply of the principal articles of
sustenance fully equal to the demand. Ml
foreign coin will be current as soon as its pre
cise value can he ascertained and adjusted to
ihat o! the native coin. Americans in Japan
nrs to be allowed a fiee exercise of their reli
gion. and lor that purpose to erect, places of
worship, w iiich will be under the complete pro
tection of the law ; but they most not injure
the J a panose temples, nor interfere with the
ceremonies, nor offer instflt of any kind to
their gods TiieJ.ipine.se are authorized to
purchase or construct sliips-ofwar in our ports
and to engage aHo the services of American
scientific n?eri and artisans for their own pur
poses. In case he is niqdied to, the Presi
dent is to act n.e med.ulor between Japan anl
other Powers.
iirtu flNferrttffstems.
Two Valuable Tarms for Sale.
i CniATEI) in Wysnj, Bradford County
jK. Pa., Ml* A rsiarier miles from the YilHge of T-i
I wan, foiium;,!/ ntventjr acres c.i-h. under a good
1 STATE ol cuhivati •!). The building- consist of two fram
; EN uwebiugs, tI.VF good tiaras. grtnery, apple orchs-d
plum, pear, peach and cherry tree*. Ac., all <>l WHICH
WIU 1M- .-old at a bargain. Vorlurtlier parteml ir* EU MIRE
of • HE.-TI KR pfsTftCE, Jiving near the .da E
WYSOX, Aug. 6, I86(r.
DRIb6B J/Btt'lNO -Sealed proposali
IJ will u received near the 11-UK- of Thorn Manltv
jin Cat ton on TUESDAY, A 11 1860, MTIL 1 o'clock
ip- HI., t'-r tlt** tiuHditg and OMPLCTING a Bridge ACMES
Towanda Greek, near tlr.it place. S;e- '• I -atoms (or the
; same may BE SEEN ut Che H MSE of C. 8- BeHard, un-1 T
M. W .it. AND IL the <'muii-vo ,„R'- Office, lor 'JM days
previous TO said letting .
!'. DECKER,
P. 11. H'.TK,
V/. A. THOMAS.
| Co;rnii*ioneri> Offi.-e, J iL-M, l-'. i. Corn'r*.
4 CAHT). 3. H .City respectfully informs
1 il the ■ -itizen* ot Towunda and vicinity, nnd tlie pub
lic generally that HE LIS commenced the TAILORING
| HU-uie-S, n this place. Stopover Me-sr-. Montanye A
Co.. store where he will make to order all the various
kir.de ol gent- garments in all the ite.-t approved fash-
I n. am? warrant bciu to fit. (.'CITING Dme ON short
noti-A*. A -hare of jniliJic patfionage respectiully solicit
ed. Aug 1, 1860.
J?£ECt TOR'S NOTICE-—Notice ishere-
JLJ by, given, that nil p r-ons indebted to the e
tate ot JAL'.F/. TI'MKI.NS, late of Shb*H<?quin twp. de
; ceased, are hereby reque-ted to make payment without
delay, and all persons having claims against said estate,
I will present them dulv authenticated tor settlement.
BENJAMIN FORBES,
NATHAN" BANTER.
' July Sft, IKOO. Executors.
WAkKMWS CORNET BAND,
LACEYVILLE, PA.
1 >rv.J V. WAKEN! AN", LA-ader. and conipriiing num-
I ) her of good mn-i' ians. anno M to the public that
; fiiey ere prepared to'fui nish imisic for Parades, Extur- I
| sions. Balls, Ac., on reasonable terms. Address.
Ijicryville,Julv 17,18T0. BEN'J. E. WAKEMAN*.
S YEAST COMPOUND
NO e*rns# for having poor Bread, nor for borrowing
Yea-t. when you can buy a first rate aitiele, and enough
for one cent tor a large Baking at
jy26 FOX'S.
A^AUTlOX.—Wlicrcns my wife I'OLL\
I YJ has left my bed and board without any just cause,
this is therefore to forbid all per-ons harboring or trust
ing her on my nreo'uit, as 1 will pay UU dents of her con
trading after this date.
JOSHUA BAYI.Y, Jr.
North Towanda, July 5, 1860.
VI YKR'S MI I.L nt SiiL'.ir t.'uvk is doing
1 all the W <: k that is hr ight to it promptly, having
the Steam P•r N. -=" 'CSSFUL operaß we cani a.ure
all who cho T-E to -'ice us their patron ige. that they can
rely upon having their work well FF
! ToWanda July 18, 1860.
Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry.
This remcdv has long BEEN cherished by the communi-
TY FURITS remarkable efficacy in relieving, healing and j
curing the m '-t obstinate, painful and long standing J
rase- of Cough. Cold, Influenza, SORE Throat. Bronchitis. |
Whooping Cough, Croup, A-thuia, Inflammathon of the
■ Lnngs ; while even Consumption it-elf has yielded to iu
MAGTC influence when all other means have failed. Its .
1 whole historv proves that the past has pn.dnced no T
f remedy of equal value, US a cure lof the numerous and
dangerous pulmonary affections wnieh prevail all over
the land.
RF\D THE FOLLOWING LETTER FROM A HIGH
LY RESPECTABLE GENTLEMAN':
LIMESTONE. Montour T'o. PA., Oct. 22. 1858.
This is to cei tify tiiat 1W US pronounced by several phy,
I picians as conMirtptive, and had all the symptoms ot the I
disease in its worst form, such as coughing, severe pat j
' in the chest, shortness of breath, night sweats, and ex I
• treme weakness and lassitude in my whole system. MY |
1 fnmdv nearly all having died of the disease. I had givea 1
lup all hope of recovery, as nothing gave me relief; B" 1 1
through the persuasion of a frieud 1 was induced to try I
Dr. WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY. THE 1
first B-ittle reliev ed me considerably, and the third bnttk |
I cured iue entirely. 1 NOW feel as WE las ever I did in my j
' life, and am able to follow my occupation as farmer * J |
; fully as any one.
L also had a sister in a more advanced state of the dis
ease, having been confined to h.-r bed for over a yearaau |
pronounced beyond hope by our best physicians. SHE
I alsi was entirely cured by the Wild Cherry, but it D
; quired six or eight bottles, and she still take.- it occasion
: ally as a preventive, being naturally weak chested.
i would sincerelv urge all who are similarly afflicted to
try Dr. I Vittar's Balsam of H'Ud Cherry, as lam satis- J
tied that but for your own valuable remedy iny -ester AN J
myself would not now be living. 1 will cheerfully® l , |
ewer any one who may address me on the subject AS -
state our eases more fully. '1
JACOB MILLER-
Caution to Purchasers. -The only genuine WISTKRSBJ- ||
1 sam has the trritten signature of "1. Bi-rrs and to-
I j printed one of the Proprietors on the outer wrapi' Eß •
' all other is vile and worthless. . i|
1 J Prepared by SETH W. FOWLE A CO., Boston, M L
for sale bv PATTON Si PAVNE and Dr. H C I'OKTKH.
■ wanda -, the Drug Store, Smitlifield ; JOHN M ITUKS- _ F
' Rter; <■ A PERKINS. Athens ; J F IJONG A SONS. I> iri ■ -
; ton ;D N NEWTON, Monroeton ; Dl> PAUKHI KST. G ■
1 Roy; LOCKWOOH.V BENEDICT, Alba ; GI'KKNSEY A ; ■
r 1 ELL. Troy ; J W WOODBIRN k Co.: Rome; b N I
i SON. Orwell; DAD M BAILEY, LEUAVSVILLE, an •
I dealers everywhere,