Nutted ftpotta. L. 0. GOODRICH, ZDtTOR. 'Toyean4a,-,Pa., July; z, 11380. Republican Nita:mai Ticket. General 3 4 1118 A. GARFIELD, omo. ron vliaoassiDEirr, General' CHESTER A. ARTHUR, OPINEW-YOII.K. Republican State Ticket. JUDGE OF SUPREME, COURT, • Hon. HENRY MEN, Northampton. AUDITOR GENBEAL. Han. JOHN A. LEMON, Blair County. IT did not need a denial from Gen. Gnarr that ho ever said he would sup port Gen. HAN&CK or that he would vote for him. THE "Fraud issue" is eliminated from the canvass. It did very .well for a time, but was abandoned for the "'Union sol dier" dodge.. TEIE returning delegates from Cincin nati carried a "banner with a strange de vice,"viz a band and a ctowicig cock. Just wait 'until after the November elec tion, and yoii will wail° sickest "roos ter." • Tam Republicans of the Third district ofaansas know when they have got a good representative Land are wise enough to keep him; so they have nominated Hon: THOMAS Ryins . by acclainmation4r re-election. THE Democratic rejoicing over the nomination of General IDoscots was well explained by a hilarious , but not overwise Democrat, when he exclaimed—" Thank GOD ! we are once more 'under the flag of the talon." WREN-Genetal HAIITRANFT was a can didate for - Governor of this State,, the Democratic papers called him Hangman HARTRANFT. As they invented that dig nified title it belongs to them, and they are at liberty to apply- it to their candi date if they deem it 'appropriate. AFTER two years' probation, WRIT TAKER has . failed to . pass the . neceasary examination, and the West Point authori ties recommend that his name be dropped from the roll. If the Secretary of War, endorses the suggestion, as no doubt he Will, an:unpleasant situation will be end ed in a natural and effective manner. A LITTLE while ago, it appears to us that we beard some talk of "deposing" Senator-CAsrEnox from the Chairmanship of the - National Committee. Novi there' is some talk of "deposing " him into the place. We trust be will take the Chair manship,• because that would ensure a vigorous and sagacious conduct of the campaign, and be another guarantee, if any were needed, of success in November. COLONEL TAPPAN, who was a member of. the Indian Peace Commission in 1867, furnishes some interesting reminiscences which show that General HAscocK's.ex perience and bravery as a corp commander during the rebellion did not save him from a bad failure as an Indian fighter. His campaign against the Cheyennes in Kan sas eiast the Government •$9,000,000 and resulted in the killing of two Indians, and they 'were too old to defend themselves. TUE Norristown 'Herald says that " Lancaster, Erie, Crawford • and other districts in onr'State; in. making nomina tions for Assembly, have instructed their candidates to support Mr. Gaon for Vnited States Senator. The popularity of this distinguished Republican, his long devotion to, the principles of his party, and a disposition among the people to :secure a first-class man, make him a most 'available candidate for the position.;", TITERE is an end of the bribery trials, as all doubts as to whether the cases of GEORGE F. SafITR, D. C. CLARK, ALES ANDER MCCCICE, A..W. LEISENRING and J. K. Soor.itAkn, the alleged riot brib ers, will evertr tried were set at rest (says ri'llarriiburg dispatch) by the dis covery that the costs in all the cases have been paid, thus implying an abandon ment. The costs in the- perjury cases have also been paid, and they will not be tried. The only person in whoseoase trial can ,now be had js Lose, his costs not yet being settled. THE Republican State Convention of Maine met at Augusta Wednesday. BOIL L. A. EMERY was made Vempotary and af terwards - permanent chairman. There were 973 defegates present. Governor D. was renominated' by acclamation. The- resolutions adopted accept the plat form of the National Republican Conten tion', indorse the nominations of JAMES 4, A. GARFIELD and CHESTER A. ARTHUR, though a clause is inserted that " we had hoped for the nomination of Maine's' favorite, HOJIAMES.G. BLAINE." The resolutions also denounce the record of the fusionists as infamous. THE Pittsburg Cominereial makes the following statement, yhich is important ,if true "Colonel QCILY is not a candi date fokhe Senatorship.. Ile has been -widely spoken of in tl4t connection, but -some two montha i ago We announced au thoritatively-that he was not a candidate .for that oflice. •has recently reiterat ed that debermination i in a letter to a prominent Republican in this city, and whatever adyerse anxiety on the ono part or friendly interest on the other may have been felt in regard to the matter, it should be understood henceforth that he stands in no man's way so far as that'po sition is concerned. It is proper to re mark, in this connection, that Western Pennsylvania is justly entitlekto the next. {;Senatorship; and-there is no god reason why this claim should not be rec.ognized." TRE Eisteddfod, the great musical and literary festival of the Welch people of the coal regieris, was opened at Scranton Wednesday morning by Hon. EDWARD Jorms, of Olyphant. An extensive build ing, erected especially for the festival, was crowded with people to witness the inter esting exercises, which consisted of com positions of s literary and musical nature. The prise ; for the best alliterative po em in the Welch language, was given to the Rev. G. R. Humphreys, of New York; and many other Prizes for musical and lit erary compositions were awarded to indi viduals. Among the distinguished visi tors is attendance at the Rlateddfod are Ule Hon. ek. SLOAN and the Hon. Wm.! E. - Hone; of New York, and Rosario joNss, of Philadtidgia It was 4 9 1 1 11 0. 1 that-o°v,_ fr9rP a4 1t4 . 90rt Potion' !mkt be plonk • . Boltz of the De ~ (icratio Rapers have charged that General °ammo not only advocated the salary grab, but took the back pay himself. The facts are that he opposed the project during all its stages, and w•as among the vat firstto turn into the Treasury the amouni which was due him under the bill. a proof of this latter fact appears. fi r' m a Uttar which Assistant Secretary of the Treasury VP mg has written an inquirer, in which he says : "It appears! from the records of this office that the sum of t. 548 was de pasited to the credit of the treasurer of the United States in the name of Jatt*s A..GAnyisa.b, and on account of ' retro aativelncrease of salary,' on the 2d of April, 1573, and that this amount was covered into the Treasury by miscellane ous co vering warrant No. 704, second ;quarter, 1873, and cannot be withdrawn except by an act of Congress." THE Democratic 'National Convention which met in Cincinnati on Tuesday of last week, after rejecting the Tammany delegates from New York, on Wednesday afternoon proceeded to ballot for a candi date for President, with the following re sults : the votes' given being the number of delegates recorded for each candidate: Whole number, 738 ;.,necessary to a chOice, 492;•HANCOCK, 171 ; BAYARD, 153 k PAYNE, 81; FIELD, ; MORRISON, 64; THURMAN, ; HENDRICEN 501 ; TIL DEN, 38, and 38 scattering votes, divided among Messrs. SEYMOUR, ..?I.ICDONALD, EWING, RANDALL, 31cCLE1,41Varixr.n, JEWETT, ENGLISH, BLACK, LOVELAND, of Colorado, and LGTHROP, of Michigan. After the result of this test of strength, the Convention adjourned until Thursday morning. The morning Session soon ; produced re sults which showed that TILDEN's power to make the candidate had been frittered away. New York came up nobly, on the first ballot With her 70 votes for:RANDALL, but the Pennsylvania delegation divided between the favorite sons by giving 32 votes to HANCOCK,. and 25 to RANDALL. Before the vote was announced, State after state changed its vote, and the re sult was HaNcocs, 705 ; EIENDRICID3, 311; ,BAYARD, 2 ; TILDEN 1. ' After the Customary gush and endorse ment of the candidate, the Convention nominated WILLIAM 11. EITLIBB, of In diana, as the candidate for Nice President. THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION. To say that. the Democracy is jubi lant over the Cincinnati nominations is to feebly express the feelings of a party which escaped such a happy deliverance from the threatened and anticipated danger of a possible TM DEN,Or what was worse,,perhaps, the infliction of a RANDALL. IL - is this narrow escape from what seemed inevitable, which has aroused a sud den spurt of entliusiaSm in the Dem ocratic ranks, and given rise to wild and unreasonable hopes of success. The Democrtic party is remarkable for a display ,, fif confidence where - the're is not even the remotest possi bility of success. And now that till Cincinnati Convention did not do Lte very worst, thing that might, have been done ; that it did not put ih nomination candidates so objectiona ble as to shock even the sensibilities of the Northern - doughface and inim ical to the judgment of every patriot, seems to have been so contrary to the experience of the past and to the present, expectation of the 'masses of the Democracy, Ltia-t,they!are filled with exultation, and the sensation of having a ,that 'candidate is so new that they fancy past political offences are to be con doned, and the country will make hake to ratify the accidental action of the bewildered Cincinnati Con vention. We imagine that while there is just reason for their exultation, there is none whatever for their anticipations that the voters of the country ,are` ready to take the same view of the Situation, nor will they hasten to put the Democratic party in power be cause they present 118 their candidate even so respectable a man and such a gallant soldier' as Gen. HANCOCK. We have not one word to say against the patriotism, the courage, the ser vices of the distinguished General who had such' a promident part in leading the Uriion armies to victory and in preserving the Union against the efforts of the Confederate leaders who now place him before the people as the man best qualified to be at the head of the government they in vain sought to overthrow. It is not our desire nor shall we attempt to say one word in disparagement of Gen. HANcorx, because it would be unde served, and then the great issues that underlie the contest do not hinge up on ,Military services of any man, nor whether he is a shade more or less qualified for the high office for which he is named ; bat the great question which is to be settled at the coming election by the American people, is, whether or not they will confide the liberties and the destinies of the na tion to the keeping of the men and the party which has sought within the present generation to overthrow it ? For the election of Gen. Hexcocx means not the rewarding of a deserv ing Union General by elevating him to the highest office in the gift of the people, but it means the domination of the Democratic party - in the gov ernmtnt and the control of that goy ern' ment by the bite Confederates, because the ex-rebels are the ruling element 'in the Democratic party— mould its purposes and guide its action. That this controlling element has not changed its views or reformed its purposes the . history of the past two? years so plainly shows that he must be dull indeed who has not learned the truth that while 'there may have been an attempt at studied concealment, .Tet the cherished theo' ries of the States-rights revolution 4 ists have never been .abandoned, and will be put forward and' urged to adoption so - soon as the fear of a popular rebuke is removed. We are told that s distinguished Union soldier has been 11orninsted by the ex-re!)ele,se if that w iKt act Which IlluttrAtel their hiv. forth BEE =IN Union soldier, their regard for the Union, and their repentancelor 'the great . crimes which, within the pres ent generation, caused the loss of so many lives, so much of misery and sorrow, and an expenditure of treas ure so great that its burdens are almost unsupportable. And a rebel . General seconds the domination and pledges for his support a " Solid South!" Why should there be a solid South for the Union soldier of the Democracy when another equally "brave Union soldier is - presented, who. combines with his soldierly record, civil qualifications which pe culiarly fit hith to fill-a civil post? If the South is ready to accept and vote for. a distinguished Union General, why should there be a solid vote kir ,a Democratic .candidate 1' Are they ready to acknowledge the heinous ness of their offenses, and the justice of the Union cause? - Are they will ing to renounce the heresy of States rights, and to guarantee to every citi 'zen the protection of the National government in the enjoyment of all his rights?. Where is the evidence of any such change, or any disposi tion to live in fraternal peace and concord, guranteeing to every citizen of the United States the same liberty of speech and action enjoyed in Northern States? ... -, t - - , ::.:f:-. , ..'••.- -, A•:_-'...,;' ,- .......-: : :::;:....,.:., 5.,!,,7/.-.&,,:i::.:.7,-;:-49.514;ri.-..t:z....,:: There is no evidence of any such honorable and fraternal-disposition, and the nomination of u distinguish ed Union General, is no guarantee of any desire or purpose on the part of the Confederates to abate one single effort towards the accomplishment of the purposes which brought about the Rebellion, and which were so offensively prominent at the Extra Session of Congress. The Southern politicians are proverbially shrewd , and astute, and they usually choose the instruments to carry out their plans with sagacity. How comes it that just now they have suddenly fallen in love with :a distinguished Union General ? gertainly it is not his services in saving the Union that commiends him to their favor. It will hardly be claimed that because he was a brave soldier, and fought gal lantly to put down the Rebellion that the Confederates honor him therefor and would reward him with the Presidency? When did they be come so magnanimous, and so full of regaT h d for the boys in blue'? No suchipretension will stand thejest for a moment, and the reason for their desire to honor a Union soldier must be looked for elsewhere. The reason for the nomination of Gen: HANCOCK, and his acceptance by the rebels to the extent of pledg ing him a solid South, is their desire and determination to get into power. The Union soldier is taken to fool the North. While Gen. HANcocit's military qualities are admitted, yet he has been trained in camps and is without the education, t experience or qualifications which fit him for the Presidency.. Once inaugurated and the wily Southern politicians know that he would be as wax in their hii - nds, and could be moulded in any .shape they might desire. Whatever might be the desire of Gen. HAN COCK, as President he would be under the control of the men who nomina ted and elected him, and he would be obliged to Obey the behests of the solid South. Is there any 'reasonable hope to expect a different state of affairs, judging from the 'experience of the past, and realizing the subtle and powerful influences which would be brought to bear upon him ? The election of Gen. HANCOCK means the complete supremacy of the rebel element in the government; the undoing of all that was settled by the -War for the Union, and the retrograding of the nation, losing all that has been gained during the present generation. We cannot believe that such a Calam ity is to fall upon the nation, and certainly it will not if every Repub. , lican realizes the danger and the, necessity for increased activity, vigi lance and exertion. .EOVNTT constriEE MEETING. The Republican County Committee was called together at this place on Saturday last, and though no special ly impOrtant business was to be trans acted, every election district was rep resented. This unusual and extra ordinary interest shows tLe unani mity and cordiality with which the Chicago nominations are received, and the determination of the Repub licans not to permit the government to pass into the hands of. the Con federates. The Committeemen in at tendance all give the same account of the feeling which animates the party throughout the Country. There are no malcontents—the party is a unit, and there is a spirit manifested which will bring odt every Republican vote in . November to swell the victory which is Within our reach. But this victory is not to be gain ed without effort. The election of GARFIELD and Annum is to be made certain only by vigilance and activity. The desperation of . the Democracy knows know bounds. . 1 , Their banish ment from place and power for twenty years has increased their in tense desire to get possession of the 'government, and - they have shretidly brought to their aid the name and . service of a gallant soldier, in the hopes that his meritorious deeds might cover and efface from . the memory of the- American people the crimes and misdeeds of t the rebels, who have promised the snppoit of a solid South. A South which is to cast its electoral vote solid against a Union General, because he believed that treason should be madakilioni, and traitors inudshed._ It is to avert this daliger iti fi*Po 4ll 4: - Of &Area practical work , of the campaign. The County Couubittee has taken the initiative. • The Chairman, Capt PECK, ' is in every way ' competent, for the work,' and he is ably seconded by the members of the C6mniittee, but the eo-operation of every Republican in the County ia demanded. Let the organization be thorough, that the work may be efficiently done. ,For this purpose, there should be Clubs formed in ,every °election district. The young Republicans of the the County, are ready and anxious to begin the work. Let there be no delay. Systematic effort is what tells. 'Personal exertion is what 'is 1-equired, .and . if properly applied, we tan roll up our 4000. majority for Oi l tarr.r.n and the Union. VOCITING OUT. In successfully accomplishing the postponement of the consi‘leratiOn of the joint rule to regulate' the elec toral count, the Republicans have only scotched the snake, not killed it.. This iniquitous measure will he pressed by the. majority to it's passage, when Congress shall reassemble, un less the popular expression in No vember is so emphatic in rebuke of the Democratic scheme, and in defeat of the Democratic candidates, as to deter those who have determined to eount out the successful Republican President-elect, if any possible pre test can be invented to excuse the outrage. The MTmos.N joint rule which has been temporarily delayed, was nothing more or less than a plan to take from the electoral colleges of the States, where it properly belongs, the adjustment of questions affecting the vote of the state, and placing in of Congress, the settlement of con troverted returns. Should it be adopt ed, the Democratic majority in Con gress, will have .the power to thwart the expression of the• popular will should it be adverse to. the Demo cratic candidates, by receiving and counting returns which, ,have been Manufactured for the express pur pose of setting aside the result where it was favorable to the Republican = candidates. The lesson of Maine Should not be lost upon the people. The disgraceful attempt in the Pine tree State to reverse the judgment of the people, as expressed at the polls, upon the most trivial technicalities, shows what may be eipectedi when the defeated and desperate Democ racy shall have in their hands the counting of the electoral vote. But the voters of the.nation can prevent the consummation of this intended,wrong, by rendering such a decided Verdict in November as will deter those who are now contempla ting it front its furthilit prosecution. They can give such positive majori ties for GARFIELD and ARTHUR as will not allow of any excuse for set• ting aside or changing the vote of any Northern 'State. This -will he the safest and wisest, ] and towards this result every Republican should bend his efforts until the polls close on the 2d day of November. That it is the purpose of the Democracy to invent some' pretext .for setting aside the will of the people is abun dantly shown in their declarations and in their threats to . inaugurate their candidite. In their desperate desire to get control of the .government they will not hesitate to re-enact the shameful and fraudulent Maine proceedings, and having a majority in both branches s of the National Legislature, have the power to subvert the popular will, if the people are so cowardly as to per mit it. But the expression in Novem ber.Ciin be so'emphatic that even the Democratic leaders will be awed and stayed in their Mesal and revolution ary designs. SIUDGE POLAND, who was chairman of the credit 3fobiliCr Committee,. iu a re cent letter to the Vermont Republican Convention, gives the following good tes timonj+• for GARFIELD. The Judge writes : "I only desire to have an opportunity to express to the bonvention and to Repub licans' everywheie my entire approval• of the nominations made at Chicago. Prat ably no man in Vermont knows General GARFIELD more intimately than myself. He was in. Congress during the whole of my the years' service, and for eight years we stood together in the House, and ever on terms of, friendship and intimacy. Of his eminent ability, power in debate and untiring devotion _to public service, I need not speak. His long service and leading position in Congress have made them known 'to all the people of the country who take .any interest in public affairs. But our political opponents affect to question his personal integrity and pu rity of character, and to ham their emu lations upon the evidence taken before, and report of a Mmmittee of Congress, of which I was chairman, known as the Credit Mobilier Committee. Now I desire to sarto the Convention, and to *all who may feel any interest In my opinion of General GARFIELD, that nothing appeared befote that committee, or which appears in their report, or any other matter or thing which ever. came to my knowledge in regard to him, ever led me to - doubt his personal integrity. I believe bins to be a thoroughly upright and honest man, and one who would be so 'under all Circum stances and against any temptation. The use. that is being.made of my name and of the report of the committee which was drawn by me, in -my opinion, makes it proper for me to express my personal judgment as to the character of the than." Tin National Republican League of Philadelphia, has endorsed the nomina tions of the Convention at Chicago in an address to the independent voters. This states that there should ~be no hesitation by the - independent voters in supporting GlAartztro and /Limon, tie friends o good government having every reason to be satisfied with the nominations. It says that the Democracy, with strange inconsistency, have adopted the expedl - of nominating , a man whose only training bad been that of the army, and -whose reputation • ( 0 0101711illitiwi) is WI item mem= his.: unfitness Li the Mithsitia pcdtion te' width bilkallhut . wors'.#l!!4litaktharlf -101.011WHOPM0114,10rThalkh _ Si'`Y' , 4 ence; as the "solid south reqsiirtm the aid of but two northern States to give the Democracy a majority in the. electoral college. The majority of thejeepublk can candidates :in the ;Stets?" mast be io buge that the Demositracy smitlnd no fore, text to have it set aside.- It is, states thi siddresii, of high importanoe that SlG publiCan Execiitive should be sappOrted by a Republican Rouse- of Retsresenta. tivvs. And it closes with a strong appeal to the independent voters to support the . Republican electoral ticket. PHILADELPHIA LETTER. PniairmurniA, June 5, 1860, Speaking about the weather—a topic you know, which never—(welli hardly ever)—is tou9hed_ upon, still when the theimometer gets up to 97 0 in the shade, there, is something extraordinary in the conduct of the mercury, _.and perspiring humanity may be allowed an exclamation that it is "hot," and perhaps it might be 'excusable to prefix the announcement with the' adjective which somebody ac cused Beecher of using—though Ingersoll says there is no hotter place than * sometimes know, yet as he may be mis-' taken, it is well we should• be reconciled, even if the thermometer hasn't capacity to record the vaulting ambition of the mercury. Tour country readers don't know anything about a "heated term " 'when spent amongst the bricks and mor tar of a city. The air becomes raritled and heated till it is like a furnace blast. The pavements are almost 'like the' hot plates over which the early martyrs were required to trtad. ' "There is no vitality in the air to be -breathed, and the nights bring no relief. The 'unfortunate , eitizens seek relief in the open air; arid the fami ly clusters upon the door-stepa, orif more fortunate, hastens to the Park to got a breath of pure, invigorating air.. Those , who can afford it, flee to the mountains or to the sea-shore. The mechanic and the working-man joins the: excursion of his church, society- or association, and goes on an excursion to Atlantic City or to some of the numerous 'places so cheap and accessible. So the torrid term is wor ried awn,' until the cooler breezes of Sep -tember come with their. welcome refresh-• cuing.. Don't envy the stay-at-home in the city during the dog-days, for his life, is not a happy one. ,The clubs which went to Cincinnati came home on Friday night, and their re turn was made the occasion of a display which was intended to show the joy co the party in their escape from Tilden and Randall. The prominent feature in the 'procession was Daniel Dougherty, whose burning eloquence at Cincinnati is sup posed.to have 'brought about the nomina tion of Hancock. The brilliant orator has been, deeplyimpressed with a pro found feeling that for years ho has =not been appreciated as ho deserved. cOnEC quently,tie has tried all parties, will:c.f:be same unsatisfactory result. He has struck a political bonanza. "The cup of his satis faction must be full. He is now the War wick of the Democratic party. He divides the post of honor with Randall and Mc- Mullen. When Hancock' becomes Presi dent his transcendent abilities and his dis tinguished services will be recognized and rewarded. But it will be ari awfully long time to wait before that event occurs. The Democrats will be united in the City this fall, and that means repeating, bal lot-box stuffing, and all the rascality Mc- Mullin and his gang are capable - of doings but the Republican party is well organiz ed and efficient, and will do. 'good work and rbll up the usual majority. The army worm whose appearance cre ated such an excitement amongst the farmers of Delaware and Chester counties is said to be rapidly disappearing, with out having caused the anticipated dam age. The birds have done their part in extirpating the pest. The crops are now so far advanced as o he out of danger. • Captain Paul Boynton, who on Thurs day started on .a voyage to Fortescue Beach in his life-saving suit, arrived in the ship channel directly opposite the beach Saturday morning, but was driven twelve miles back by the tide. Having lost his anchor he was at the mercy of the waves, which continued to drift' him city ward until picked up by the steamer Charlotte Vanderbilt. Captain Boynton had been in the water fOrty-six consecu tive hourii and five minutes. When lifted upon' the steamer he was asleep. 'His face is blistered from the heat of the sun, and he reportshaving experienced some difficulty avoiding a number of sharks -in the bay. About twenty-five of the living descend ants ofllenry Jennings met at Ninth and Callowhill streets Friday; morning, and formed a branch of the general associa tion composed of descendants of Humph rey Jennings, who died leaving a large estate. , The property thel heirs are very anxious to get. The annual meeting of the general association will be held at Camden on July 9th. Professor Hiram G. Sparks, editor and publisher of the Polylir}gualJclurnal at New York city, died at the Continental Hotel, on Sunday, the 20th instant. His body was interred at the Woodla ds Cenf etery. - • The presidents of the varion anthra cite coal caruineand producing compa nies have decided to continue the present plan governing the operations of the trade. Work will, therefore, be carried on at the mines on three alternate days of each week during the month of July. This plan l was opposed 13.1 , the Philadel phia and Reading Railioad Company, and the.individual operators iff the Schuylkill region. The New York companies ap proved tbeTroposal. A young man visited the shoe store of Mrs. Dean, Allegheny avenue and Fisher street, on Tuesday after on, and endeav ored to sell a lady a paciage of 'station ery. When she stated she did not desire it he thrust it under her nose, and as it contained a drug of strong anesthetic properties she became insensible: He then rifled the drawer and stole a number of pairs of shoes. The Second General Council of the Presbyterian Alliance will begin in this city en 23d of Septemher and continue until the 3d of October. The churches eligible to admission are those holding to the supreme authority of the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments in mat. tars of faith and morals, and whose creed is in harmony with the consensus of the . Refornied Confessions. _ The crown of William Penn's hats which / is to adorn his thirty-six foot stat ue surmounting the lofty tower of the new Public Buildings, will be just 535 feet from the pavement. This is higher than any other tower yet constructed. Trinity steeple In . New York city, which seems so imposing with its height of . gB4 feet, shrinks into insign ifi cance in com parison with the lofty spire which ' is, in= tended to be the crowning glory of perin *Pam The highest towers 'which have yet been constructed an those, of the Co logni Cathedral; , which have I '4. Pree - e - lat height of 5U - feet 11 Inchon, or „10 *et : 1 inch below X! , I ) ol l 4 !Polediiiktt '4l l 1001001*".-049$1000,00:10-04 flubbed, and aim at in ultimate altitude 0r576 festaud 9 inches, the Penn-square tower may never enjoy the disthmtbm of being the highest in, the world: ANOTHER STEAMBOAT HORROR 1 -Fifty Lives Destroyedll_ The steamer Seawanh - aka, a v!aa senger boat; plying between New York, Sand's. Point and Roslyn, was burned to the water's edge, On Mont day afternoon, and it is believed that about fifty li.vea were lost. It seems that the steamer took tire at 4.30 o'clock while off Randall's Island, East river. The fire was caused by an explosion in the engine room, and the mid4le of the steamboat was soon in 'flam e p. Pilot Charles Smith re mained at his post until he was near ly burned to death and succeeded in beaching'the vessel on the sunken Meadow adjoining the ishoid.- Many persons sprang overboard and were drowned, many others in the stern of the vessel could not get oft and were burned, to death. Of several , hun dred persons supposed to be on board fifty are believed to have perished. The bodies of about thirty defull per suns were recovered. Ainong the persons of promineace known to be on board were Charles A. Dana, editor of the Sun ; S. L. M. Barlow, of the World, and . R. 11. Rochester, of the Western Union Telegraph' Company, all of whom , were saved. The vessel was burned to the water's edge and will be a total loss. The steamer Granite State rescued thir teen passengers and the Osseo a large number, who were taken to College Point. I - A passenger who was on the burn ing steamer says that there were ,350 passengers on board. 411 went well until the steamer had passed Hell Gate, when the fire alarm rang. out and flames were discovered bursting through the pilot-house. The officers and crew assured the passengers that there was no danger, and the boat was headed for Randall's 'lsland. She grounded on a bar 200 feet from the shore. Those of the • passengers unprovided with life-preservers were saved by clinging to the guards,-pad dles, and, other portiops of the steamer. , THE POLITICAL SITUATION The foll Owing review 'of the polit- ical field, in connection with HAN . . COCK'S candidacy, shows Oat* the feelinglp at the National Capital, state(some of the strong deficiences which will militate against him— and the probabilities that the Solid South would control him if elected. It is.a calm and reliable statement of the situation, as given by the special correspondent of the Philadelphia Press: - WASIIINGTOY, June 27. Time enough has elapsed . since the Cincin nati convention to, think, it over. Republicans generally are of the opinion that Hancock's nomination is as strong a one as the • convention could have made. almost everybody else seriously talked of had a doubt ful war record, and experience has shown • that, no man whose position during the Rebellion was doubtful can be elected president. General Hancock thus escapes one weakness which would have attached to Bay ardvor Seymour, or more than one other of his rivals. But, while freely admitting Hancock's excellent war recor•Litepublicans believe that its streagth IE4 fully counterbalanced by the weakness Of his candidacy as that of a Man absolutely without, training in civil life. Nobody doubts . the gratitude of the . Nation to.- its de fenders, but this sentiment.doevnot inure to Hancock's especial advant age; for Garfield was no lesS gallant a soldier. The country is going to elect a president, and between two soldicys it will, inquire which promi ses to make the better Executive. To Merely state the case is to expose tho fatal weakness of Hancock as a candidate against a man like Gar. field. The one has served all his lifd in the army and never filled a 'civil office ; the other has for nearly twen ry years served in the National Cdn gress, where he has pushed his way to the front as a man thoroughly familiar with. the science of crovern ment and admirably qualified for the wider field which the presidency will open before him. Hancock is a brave soldier; Garfield is a brave soldier and a trained statesman as Well. There can hardly be much doubt as to lhow the country will•dccide be tween them. Moreover, though a better man than his party,. Hancock will inevita bly be weakened ai ,a .candidate by the fact that he is and must be the representative of the. Democracy. Untrained civil life, he must nec essarily, if elected, - fall back upon the leaders. of his party for counsel at every step. However well-meaning he may be, he must be true to the men who supported. hiin, and nobody can seriously question that his Ad- Ministration,- if he should ever •be called to frrne one, would faithfully represent his•pparty. If he sheiuld be elected it -would be the solid South that would have chiefly brought it about, and his record in the South west during the clays of reconstruc tion shows that he would be favora bly disposed and that section. Union soldiVethough be was, the country will see that his chief sup port comes from the ex-Confederates, and will conclude that the ex-Con federates are likely to rbe altogether influential. with lim. It is this fact which will keep from Hancock tens of thousands of votes which he might otherwise get. There are plenty of Republicans all over the North who served under Iloncock during the war, and who would like nothing better than an opportunity to vote for him as a Republican candidate for president, but when these men reflect that the election of Hancock, as he is now presented, means noth ing more nor less than the installa tion of the Democratic party, it is safe to predict - that very_few of them will cast their ballots for hin2.l—in short, a review of the situation shows no reason to expect_ that Hancock will. draw any considerable niunber of votes from the Republican party, and the shrewdest Republican lead ers here do not worry over this claim of the Democrats. As for the Deniocrats, they all profess to be quite satisfied with Hancock's- nomination. Some of them are a &A deal troubled, how ever, lest he may lose votes on ac count of his connection , with the exe cution of Airs. Sumstt. Many prom inent Democrats like Wade Hampton have always opposed the idea of gancoek's candldacyon this ground. It was : not that they believed that he did :anything- else, than his duty,in the . inetteei but they knew the rreJn. •gt:l, l ,* igoThASlOreigli:N9lo whit form so large an elementof ;the Democratic party, and theyrilintred that the threats which la.& _been muttered against him ever 'shuts might he put into execution if: he , should be nominated: It is of nouns too early as yet - to'fotsi any intelli gent opinion as to how much effect this affair will have, but it is easy to see that leading Democrats are woir -ried about it. - The general expectation is that the campaign,_ be .a warm and exciting one, especially ,in its earlY stages in Maine, Ohio and Indiana. The canvass in the Pine Tree State, whose 'election early in Sepiember will be the "first gun," is to be'a very hot ore. The coalitionists were encouraged by the defeat of Blaine at Chicago, for they would practi cally have given up the fight if he had been nominated, and they will work desperately; but the besi-in formed. Republicans feel no _appre hension as to the result. The' Ohio Republican's say they will follow up the victory in October, and their In diana brethren will make a topefel fight. Some credulous Democrats talk about Hancock's l earriring Penn sylvania, but few people who haven't entirely lost their heads expect to see the Keystone State giving a ma jority 'for a,candidate on a free-trade platform. STATE NEWS. —Ono Lancasterrnau has erected 22, 000 telegraph poles within a year. —A man named Renck, of Meadville, bas been ssrinldlng Pittsburg merchants. —lt costs $6.25 to shoot a fire cracker or light fireworks of any Cud In Reading. —A gr eat deal of oft is going to waste around Titusville, owing to leakage of the pipes. —Lawn tennis tournaments are now the popular modes of recreation in the rural districts. • —Shenandoah wags howling wilderness twenty years ago but expects a good showing in the COASIIS. „ —A. yearling owe, in Washington coun ty, )Irlled at on, shearlog fourteen pounds and a half of wool. -;-Retutns already made indicate that the population of Penusylvanta will aggregate near ly 5.000 000. - —The Panhandle railroad is building a new bridge over the Monongahela to facilitate/in. creasing Ul ' —A valuable vein Of Copper ore has ty. , rn discovered near tfartstown, Crawford county, on the farm of J. J. IfoCos. • • —A railroad _brakeman some days ago fell from the Pan Handle rallriwid bridge ,at Pitta burg, a distance of fifty feet, lighting o a stone pile. He was taken to the hospital and Is recover ing. —Senator Cooper's Media American classifies the Republican candidates for the Legis lature In Allegheny, county as ten for - Quay. flee for Glow , while seven favor an Allegheny county candidate. —lion. .T.l. Metzger, delegate to the Cleo concention, returned to Williamsport Satuulay ecenttig, He was escorted to the court house square, where Le was welcomed by lion., It. It. Allen. is stated in-an Altoona paper' that six gentlemen residing at Cherrytree; Indiana count v. propose to build. at their own expense, the section of a proposed railroad between that Tillage and Carrolitown, Cambria county. —The gauge on the Atlantic and Great Wertern railroad branch from Corry to Bradford was changed from broad to compromise on Wed- Oesday, and for twenty-four hours the oil metropo lis was shut off front the world on that side. - —McMillan, the.cashier of the Scr4nton Trust Company and Saving's Bank that suspended some din ago, who Is under bonds to make good his defalcation, has returned to that city. It Is ex pected that his friends will make up the amount embezzled. • —Two young women of West Fairview, a villago episkilte Harrisburg, while walking...over the railroad bridge which spans the creek at the east end of the town,- were struck by a train and knocked oft the bridge to the rucks beneath, a dis tance of fifty feet. 'loth were seriously Injured, one, It Is. suppeauti, fatally.. —some portions of Schuylkill county have been visited by swarnis.of seventeen-year lo custs. Their visitation Is pr.trty.well over now, but the trees In many places took .s If litre had run through their boughs. so thickly are they hung with dead leaves, the result of toeustatings.• —A very lively hailstorm passed over a section of Schuylkill county on Monday night. It m wed In a narrow ,. p ,th and was accompanied by torrents of rata. .Many ~f the hanotones were as large as waltiOns, and they fell Its great quantities at short late . rvab,. Citositlerable damage was done to fruit and grain. —A. tire broke out Friday afternoon in the.Wescott House at Tat p"rt, a Mile :north of Bradford. Pa., and thirty-one Milldams were des troyed. Including the Welsh IlLon.e. Post-oflice, Tuna Valley lions , and Oil Ex.-bane.; All the buildings were light frame, and the town being without water supply. the only manner In which the,fire could be tdopp.d was to tear down buildings. Thedoss will aggregate ,Thornas McCaffrey was broright be tent the M n or of t.i.!ranti n upon a • charge of as vaulting Henry Iteinmetisnyder -with a knife dor. tog a row tot nunday evening and inflicting aslight wound to complainant's side.' The fracas began upon a bridge In the Second ward, near thetity limits. McCaffrey was bend over In the sum of you to await the result of Rieumensnyder's In juries. GENERAL NEWS. —3lurtaugli—McMahon, a moulder, Troy, N. Y., was fatally sun-smock Friday. —The census of Coin mhos, Ohio, shows a population of 61,337, a galu of 29,063 In ten years. —ln PhilaoelphiA on Friday, Patrick Hayes, for killlt o his wife, was found guilty of murder In the first degree. —The steamer, with the obelisk on board, touched at Gibraltar Friday, but galled dur ing the day for the United Stites. —A bill in the English 'House of Lords, legallzing,marriage with a decessed wlfe's sister, was rejected, by a vote of 101 to 90.. —General !latch has - arrived at Santa Fe to consult General Pope in rerereirce to the Apachee campaign. More tro,ps are needed. • - I -Tx-Seeretury•Belknap is just now ex ceedlugly popular with tho Democratic organs. lie regards lien. Garfield as a very corrupt win: —Charles Atheron, a son :of Congress man Atherton. of Columbus; Oblo, is missing. He lett r note saying be intended committing suicide. • —A Man named John Young,pf Syra cuse, W 33 'found dead near - the Gulf bridge, at Lit tle Falls. Ile was killed while attempting to board a freight train. —The drouth in northern New ..lergey is more serious than any ever experienced there so early In the season. Tito,crops are suffering and the supply of water Is very scant. —John Promoter, a potter, was found on the commons In Mlllham, New Jersey. on Sat. unlay, overcome with the heat. He was carried Into a house %hero he died soon after.- —Charles O'Connor, at New Orleans, bad hts hand torn off and arm badly fractured, by the premature discharge of a cannon, fired In hon or of Hancock and English. - , - . —Letters from the West to the mem bers of thti New York Exchange, speak In most glowing t.erins relative to the who it harvest. which is said to be the largest and finest ever raised in the country. —The following from . the American team of riflemen, have been selected to shoot to the International contest Dallymount, Ireland on Tues• day next. itathbune, Brown, Scott, 'Farrow, Clark and Fisher. —The .directors of the Valley Railroad, which is to extend from Portsmouth. Ohio, to Ash land, held's meeting at Columbus, and let the con tract f)r building the road, the construction to commence at once. —The fifth ann nal conference Of Be lievers for Biblo Stady is In session at CliftOn Springs, N. Y. About 250 ministers, evangelists and Christian worker*, representing the various religions denominations in the United States. —Saturday morning, a westward 'bound freight train on the 3latietta and Cincinnati, tall road left the track near Martinsville, Ohio,' and Wm. Macber„ the-engineer, and John Trich. fire man, were killed. The trains were delayed four hours. —A. special .despatch` to the Chicago Times from Burlington, 134 says the river at that t o te lt i l l t e. l . 3 now e sr x - r t t n o il i osz e ide da a n n in d t e od d a , T ri ro . T y elg e t flood cannot be approximated. The whnk country In thattnelghbonhood la under water, and the crops are completely gashed out. • . • Thursdaynight,' at Woodsdale, six miles north of Hamilton, Ohlo, the Large paper mill of the Woodsdale Paper Company, owned by Chatfield & Woods, Wilson. Henklo &Co t , William Becket, D. W. McClurg and Fred. Augsbeiger, was e,ntlrely destroyed by fire/ The lost Is estima ted at Glo.000; Insurance, .35,0b0., • ' —ln Campbell county, Ga., on Thurs day tones - cuing men going along the road were de ed upon by revenue anklets. Two ranand escap ed. The other two were shot; one of them sae Instantly killed and the other dangerously wound . ed: There Is much excitement among the citizens over the outrage. —Coroner C. S. Woodruff, a prominent hamceopathic physician of Troy. died Saturday af ternoon from an overdose of mandrake, taken to relieve pains. Mrs. Woodruff Is Ignorant of the death of her husband, haring left Troy on'an ex cursion to Overlook Mountain. In the Catskill., and Is beyond telegraphic communication.: • —Joseph Newby, for yearn _a clerk in the Tact °Mee station in New York, was arrested by Special Agent !Marren.' for robbing the mall, and, waiving an examination, was locked up by Commisaioner Shields In Ludlow Street Jail* de faMt of te.,000. Light :letters containing Money, addressed try Uppen t tn, doltig businemi ott WNW way, were found in. prisoner's pocket. . No Hosprria, - I•lsanzio.—No -palatial hospital needed for Hop Bitters patients, !Pr huir 4 alaried talented Puffers, to tell what nip Bitters do or Caret as tiler tsll their awastat-by etr,.00047-OD4 014.1 1 111000.0**10,11. -,- - • - -\~ _ TOWANDA MARKETS. REPORTEDDY STEVENS & LONG. • Oenertldealers In• ;Groceries and Produce, corner Main and Nue Streets. :WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, IMO. PATII O IO. itiLLING ' Flour Tier bb) 18 24 8 00 Flour per sack o'4 50 (4 2 00 Corn Meal per 100... ' 41 40 - 4% 41 #' . - - Chop Feed ' 4it 40 Wheat, per bush—. 31 20 (a ft 25 f 1.30 Corn (al 56 66 65 Bye . _ ~.... 70 (a . (a 75 Oath . ' • . _4O ta (a 45 Buckwheat . 45 ©5O (a 55 (.over Seed '. '' 45 00 45 , 5 40 Timothy, western,.. 0 .„- -- e 3 00 Beaus, 62 lbs, .., It 00 ( 125• t 20 0 150 Pork. mesa 0 bbl. $l5 00 ® 17 00 Baits - .*.,. • 50 / 2 S Lard 0 08 0 - 10 Butter, tubs _0 16 17 0 18 Rolls 1 0 15 0 LlB Eggs. trash . ' ® 13 0 , [l4 Cheese' . l... (4 ,16 Potatoes. per bush.. - 25 I, ' 04 207 Dried appleii • u 5 • 04 (4) +,OB Beeswax • 20 (d. 22 . 24 . CORRECTED BY CEO. A: DAYTON Hides ' - - 05 (4 OfM. • Veal akina 50 (d) fl 30 • Deacon Skins 40 0 65 Sheep Pelts el 00 (4 2 50 COPIRECTip lIT U. DAV,IDOW k pRO. ,Hides 1,!. OS a 0635 Veal Skins.... t 75 a el 25 Deacon Skins 40 (4 CO Sheep Pelts , el 00 @ 2 25 4gricultural Machinery! R. M. Welles, Towanda, Pa., IMPROVED FARMING IMPLE MENTS AND MICIIINERY. WIRAD TRUE CHILLED PLOWS, Gale Chilled Plows, Best Reversible Plows, Adgate and Enterprise Churn Powers, Corn Shellers, Farm Wagons, Platform Wagons, Buggies, Feed Cutters, Grain Drills, ACECITLVERIZING 1311,E80W AND CLOD El Bullard's Hay Tedder's, Leader and Gale Wheel Rakes, Tompkins County. Improved Cultivators, Mowing Machines, • Reapers, Plow duikys, Sprout's Hay Elevators and Harpoon Liquid Paints. :mixed ready for the brush. of best brands. XX STAR HYDRAULIC CEMENT, &c.. &c. eau and see my stook or send for circulars and prices. Office In C. P. Welle 99• Cent Store. Warehouse directly In rear of same In the alley. R. 31. WELLES. Towanda, March 11, MO CHAS. JOHNSON & CO.'S Foundry & Machine Shops, We claim to make the BEST CIRCULAR SAW MILLS SHINGLE MILLS-LATH MILLS ' Parnell's Improved Pend Cutter, Stroud's Keystone Fire Shrinker, Griswold's Boss Water Wheels, Ward's Patent Buckwheat cleaner, &c., &c. &c. &C. Made to order. Repairing of all kinds done' on abort notice. Satisfaction 'guaranteed. AIEO, Polishing and Fluting Irons The beat In the world. Agents wanted. Towanda, April 16.1880 JAMES McCABE CORNER MAIN it BRIDGE-STS. Zeadquarters FOR CHOICE GROOEEIES. CASH PAID FOR , • BUTTER, EGGS, Ace. GOODS SOLD AT THE LOWEST LIVING RATES JAV I 4 - Afil.dWs, ..1/4 INSURANCE Your house may never burn.; you must surely die. It is wise to provide against the ehances of fire; it is neces sary to provide against the certainty of death. A fire policy may never becoine a claim ; the maturity of a life policy is only a question of time; yet many a business man seeks after the former, and seeks to avoid the latter. He insures his stock of goods to improve his credit and,,, and protect his creditors, yet neglects to in'sure for the protection of pis family. He loves the 4atter most, but business habits have taught him prudence in the ' former case, while want of thought has made him neglectfulln the latter. The Mutual Life Insurance Company of N: Y. ISSUED DURING_THE YEAR 1879 • . • , OVER TWELVE THOUSAD POLICIES .•, . AND PAID DURING SAME PERIOD ) 1 - , ... ;.." Over FOURT E EN MILLION nollari,.;to Policifiolders. FPM. S. VINCENT,. TOWANDA. Wholesale and 'total! dealer In CBUSZEB„ Forks. TOWANDA, PENN'A In the market. * ENCINO) AND BOILERS manufacturers of and dealers In 'JOHNSON'S PATENT CHAS. JOHNSON & CO. Has removed to making It his _~ ...:.'_fix. Vow Japerflomestfil H. DijitMAlA, E 3211 1 Eallt Water St., -Elmira, N.Y. Ist • : Floor "- • IVRY GOODS 24 Floor, ' • ifILLMERY 3d Floor CARPETS 4th & SHAWLS Upper-Boors sceessiblo bs elevitor. //4-A visit of inspection is respectfully solicited E DWARD .WILIJAMS, PRACTICAL PLUMB R & GIS FITTER. PleFe of business, a few doots north of Post.°Mee. Plumbing, Gas Fitting. Repairing Pumps of sa kinds, and all kinds of Gearing promptly attended!. to. All wanting work In his line should gire.him a call. " Dec. 4. 1879. INSURANCE! C. S. Russp.L, Agent, J; FIRE, LIFE, AND . ACCIDENT Issued on the wait reasonable terms. None _but reliable companiSs represented. Loses adjusted and paid tnre. Towsndi, 1879 HEN RI MERCZ~ R, A_l7llliA CITE VSD CORNER PA RE AND RIVER STRELTSi TOW A NDA, Coal screened, and delivered to an'y part'of the Borough. A LI. ORDERS MOST BR ACCOMPANIED BY TILE CASII. 11. 3IERCUIt, Towanda,Dee. I, 1579 THE OLD MARBLE YARD . , •• . • ' STILL IN OPERATION. • The undersigned having purchased the MAR YARD of the late GEORGE MCCABE, de sires to Inform the - public that having employed eiperlencid men, he ts' prepared to do all kinds of werk la the line of MONUMENTS, HEAD STONES, '• • MANTLES and • SHELVES, • • In the very best manner and at lowest rates. Persons desiring anything in the Marble line are invited to call and examine work'. And Save agents' I commission : , • ' ' JAMP,S McCARE. Towanda, IS. 211 tr NEAT' YEAR Krill,* E. D. RUPIDELL, .Would respectfully at pounce that he is continuing the Market business at the old stand of Mullock Minden, and will at all times keep a full supply of F, R E S It • • • OYST=ERS Constantly on hand: country dealers supplied at 4 elty rates. FRESH & SALT MEATS, ' GARDEN 'VEGETABLES, • • • - FRUITS, &c. aiir All Gaols dellviired Free of Charge. E. D. EUNDELL. • Towanda, Pa. N0v.27, 1879, MEAT MARKET!' • . - 'BEIDLEMANIS BLOCK, BRIDGE STREET, FRESH AND SALT MEATS, DRIED BEEF, FISH, POULTRY, GARDEN VEGETABLES AND BEERIER pc Srir ; All goods delivered free of chetze. - MYERIg D&VOE. • Towanda, Pa., May 8. 1879 • NEW ARRANGEMEN IT .COAL BUSIN SS. Ka le n tre n eo ll ll ll'kAT g "la !" f"3211 AT THE FOOT OF PINE STREET, NEAR THE COURT HOUSE, Invites the patronage of Ids old friends and the piddle suer/01y. I shall keep a. asecatanent of all sizes,. • prrrwroN, irtianun SOCH _ta A u s e_ AND LOTO AND SHALL SILL AT 1 • .LOWEST PRICES FOR. CA Sir. - • NATHAN' TIDU ' 3lo ll*"4Titri !ITN; .; ; IMI District. Agent, glusiness tarbs. " ToW?,Ni)A, PA POLICIES DEALER IN SULLIVAN ANTHRACITE O A. x_, MYER &DEVOE Located In Keep on hand. THEIR SEASON. kc II