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a F. READ 111, H. FRAZIER; EDITORS
Z L 602114 CORRESPONDING EDITOR
ZONTROiE, SIISQ.
Thursdity,. July 29, 1858.
STATE - TICKET.
FE
R JUDGE O' THE SUPREME COURT,
JOHN M.- READ, 1
' . of Phitidelphii. . ' •
: 4 .701 t pexAittoonsstomt,
WILLIAM E. ,FRAZER,
of Fayette County
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Special Notice.
. Raring made arranger9ents to
,purchase a Power
Press, a•Card Press, & c., at. an expense of about
$1000; we must,aslall persons indebted to us to pay
up without delay: Please let this be considered per
sonal, and remitet once, by mall or otherwise.
; •
• E. W. Fttizirtt is our travtling
-agent, aitttorize to receive subscriptions, adyertise
ments, kc., and to copect,lnoneys for •tbe independ
ent Republican.
. ,
• rir The last of this week we,shallsremove the of-
See of the Independent Republirati to our new room
over- Hawley k. Latlicies Carriage manufactory, on
Turnpike Street, near Searle's hotel. Those having
kit:lines/pal the office: will please take notice.
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Spanish quarters:: generally prim now , In
Montrose' Toi2:l centit—that being about 'orbit they
are irorik as oh} silver, unless 'lnOt worn. -,
:gr From various causes, we have been - unable to
bestow much attention . , upon our editorial. columns
this ,reek.
• ' The very aLle speech of our Representative,
Mr.,Cltaie, against the proposition to destroy this J.
dicial District, having been r cceircd after .the .copy
for our first page was selected and partly in type,
*not appear till,ncat week.
=I
Ur We are againindebted to the editor of the
"`.American Agriculturist" for Fererti packages of
French Long White-Turrdpu-seed,- which is said to
be a very superior article. We have given the Feed
to a practical ithner, who will givelt a thOrough tri
.*l,-and report the result. In the meantime we would
again recommend our farmers- to subscribe at once
for this cicellont monthly agricultural publicatidn.
There is no better publisheiPanywhere in the world,
4 , and it is fu
and the low ificeof sl,flO per an- .
mum. •
Ur' 'Wecannot conveniently make room this
*trek for the communication we have received from
: Madison University detailing the search for and re
covery of the body of Mr. Dudley, of whose ”dfath
an accocmj was given in our coluMns..last. week..—
The body was found after h very thorough' search by
;means of spears Nritli iron handles forty feet long.
_The singular manner of Mr. Dudley's singing' and'
roosrver ms. Tibia TR - MT. TiaTaa; tea to a post
snorter examination, which resiiited in die nearly
unanimous conviction that hi death was caused by
.4mltrionary apoplexy of sudden conglistion of the
lungs, And not by drowning.
• Such a_resltit is said to bin not unfrtquent conse
quence of bathing when an exhausted Condition,
etpeCtially soon after a . fun weal 4 •
Or Two gentleman were conversing . "in one ..of
our hotels the other dar,*abOut our town: One re
marked; " A fine town you have here, and rsuppoic
good•many wealthy .families lire here r . "Oh,
!Fes, a good many ;good society,taid the like of that.".
"b.. there much 'aristocracy, here'?" "No, • rot a
great deal. A man wlu it worth three hundred dot:
lars will not let his children plaA with those .of a
man who is Worth only two hundred and fifty; that's
The Washington Republic states. thaythe
Soithern leaders are greatly dissatisfied with Fr.
Biiictutnin's • warfare on Judge Douglas, being tearful
et losing Illinois to the party, and with it their last
' foothold in the - Northwest; but the President is ob
stinate and reffises to be 'reconciled, not only from
, personal animesity against Douglas, but also because
'both are candidates fur the ,Praiidenerin• 1860, and
oidlluck feels that it is necessary to "crush out" his
mast formidable competitor for the party nomination.
`The only Republic'.an papers in. the State, so
far as we know, that opposed the recent People's
Convention at Harrisburg, were the TiosraLA:orlalor
and the Erie Constitution: The Agitator still
appears dissatisfied, being,. We believe, -the only
opposition paper, of whatever class, that 'does not
come in cheerfr9ly'tio the support of Messrs. Read
and Frazer for the .Correlltitiort, since the nomina
tions, has come out strongly in their favor. From
its editorial columns we extract the following:
The ticket as a whole is Unexceptionable ; and de
serveslite hearty support of every opponent of the
Sational Administration: When the Convention was
called, we were not inclined to treat the: movement
with any degree of favor.. But its labors , have re
stated so much more favorably than we anticipated
that-we endorse its, `ction heartily, and shall do what.
we'clin in our humble way to aid in, the siiccess of
the nominees. The State canvais is now faitly corn
mesieerVand we think that . there is littler intgerbf it
resulting disastrouslyto the cause Republicanism.
,'We doubt not that the :editor of the Agitator . is
perfectly honest and sincere in his convictions that
the Republicans should have simply 'reaffirmed-the
platform of 1856; andhe map Le correct; but since
the majority of his party, (whom he mast give the
crediOof being equally holiest,) have deeided differ
ently, that it is best", for the present, to meet -the is
sue presented by the outrageous Kansas policy of the
administration, leaving the 'settlement of the ques
tion of the power of congress over the
_Territories
to the next Presidential election, _probably be will
now - eonsidet-lt bis'duty to join with his brother4He
00X:run:min support lit our State ticket. !
ti" We see it slated in the Washita ton corres
pondence of one of the city papers, that - certain pol
iticians of ;Washington, styling themselves 44Amen
cans," b e et some of whom are offieeholders.under the ,
present administration, are laving the repei for unit-,
ing the opposition in 1860 on a platform entirely ig-
Hraaring the Slavery; question. It seems hardly credi
ble that any set of men claiming so. much acquaint
ance with tie politics of the count
,ry., as to ended:tie
President-making, maybe blind enough to suppose
ithat the great issue that .divides. the American So,
ile. MI be ignored in 'the - ne.# Presidential canvass,
Whatever other isealei may be presented. Slavery
'meet, in the nature, of things; be the chief. ' And,
since that question Must be sealed at some time,and
delay oily renders it the more contrlieatett and dan
gers:axe, the opposition - should meet it boldly and
-squarely in 1860. The Men who, in face,of the con
tinned- pro-Slarery -af„gressictirs of the Elaery
. iiropeitsur da•and the Democratic party, citunael inac.
tion on the part of the Opposition ; are really pro.
• Slavery, and will find their proper place as eamii,fol
foriers of the Sham Democracy, „instead .of kaderi
if its •opplments.
ti‘
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ECEI
Vir The Lurerne, triticsioin organ of The Vham
Democracy,,e - laims that the Peeples Convention
n at
Ilarrisburg, "hale been'trying to crawl upon our
Democratic Platform, -having cribbed a tariff plank
font the Demoeratie.crecd, in terms nearly as we
hag expounded it iri . the lsesertte Union—revenue
the object, and protection ihe incident:"'and adds,
"as they have now openly schnclwledged the correct
ness of our position, and seenx - dispoled to embrace
the wholcsome .„. sciatitnents of the: Denfocnttie party
in relation to a sernue tariff, *by not come over
manfully and support our candidates"
Very good, as far as it goes. If we' are agreed
about a tariff, let us find howrwe :stand with refer
ence to the Kansas Poliey,of the- Administration.—
Perhaps it will be discovered that that is the great
question
. at issue between Mt Before we can. come
over and support your candidates: . we shall want to
know whether they are in favorta£ having 'Congress
And The President tom; upon the people of a Tenk
tory a State Constitution which they have rejected at
the ballot-box. Please let us know how your candi
dates stand on Lecompton, and theta„ we'll let you
know Whether. we Will come over and support them.
TAT FARM; A:Pocerr MANtAL OF PRACTICAL Aunt
_ CrLTERS t OR HOW' TO COLTITATE ALL TR& FILM
CROPS.—Embracing an Az' position of the Nature
• and Action.of Soils and Manures ; the Princi
plea of Rotation in Cropping; 'Directions for Ir
rigation, Draining, Subsoilinsr, Fencing, Plant
ing Hedges, etc ; bescriptions if Improved Agri
cult:unit Implements ; instructions'en the Curti-
rate on- of the various Paris - Craps ;' How to Plant
~and Cultivate Orchards, etc. With a most valua
ble Essay on Farm-Management. By the author
of "floe to Behave," "Hole to do Business,"
"The Garden," etc. New York: Fowlers and
s s
11 ells,. LPrire, pmstpaid, in payer; 31t
, cents ; :in muslin, 50 cents.] . __ _ •
. To the readers of "The'Garden" it ii necessary
only to say that this excelleht little farm-book is by
the name author, and is fully equal in value to that
,r.ll
pppular manual. It treats in a clear, concise, and
Matter-of-filet way of both the theorsvnd the prac
tice of ag"riculture. It tells you how to cultivate all
the conlmon field cropi,'and, what is better, gives
you the principles Which ‘nderlie , all the practical
operations of cultivation, so that you can use and
modify. any practical directions given, with •a full un
derstanding of -what you are • about: It gives not
'only-the "how" but the "why" of fir Ming. The
-knowledge which one will get from it may make' a
difference of hundreds of dollars in a farmer's' in
come in a single sesSen. No farmer, and especially
o young fariner, can well afford to be without the
information it contains!. The essay on-farm manage
i meat, by J. J. Thomas, here reprinted by the per
mission of the author. is alone well worth the. price ,
.f the hook 4 It is adapted to all - classes of people
who are interested in rural affairs, and to til.seetions
-of the country. .
' The series of four "'Mural hand-Books",to which
this belongsz-" The House," 4 The Garden," "The
From,"and IDornestle Animals"—will be furnished
to subscribers ordering . them all at the same time for
C. . Address , Fowuta & Wttas,
' 30S Broadway,..New York.
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WTORTNG ; Irs ITLTIORT, STIRRING Tsrtpvcrn, AND
• Romantic ,tirenfures. By George Perk, D. D.,
With Illustrations. Nee-York: Harper and
Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Squoie. 1858, '
We have received from the author a copy of Or
abOve work, which we find •exceedingly interesting,
and written in a very agreeable style. We publish
on our first page 'extracts from a long
_review of the
book, giving some interesting information concerning
'Wyoming Talley.
Dr. Peck is well known in the literary worl3 as an
able writer ; and his book is favorably. received by
the critics, and is, we believe, meeting -with good
.FrUCCCSS Throughout the country. The early history
of our County was identiAed with that of Ltizerne,
and our people, naturally feeling a deep interest / in
all that pertains to the early. history of this region,
peruse with peculiar interest the romantic adven
tare:s narrated in this-book. d
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u_agr tor meeting of nenohn....„
Cotnmlttee, m mmtner column.
Atlantic Telegraph Failure
, We have intelligence by the ". North Star" -
of the coinplete fibre of the most gigantic
enterprise of the age. The second attempt
to lay a telegraphic cable beneath the. Atlan
tic and bring the two continents into intimat#
communication has resulted' disastrously.—
The cable parted a thousand miles from thc
lri.h oast; and the expedition was then nec
essarily abandoned. The Niagara and her•
tender, the Gorgon, had reached Queenstown
on the sth inst. The other vessels engaged
in the enterprise had Sot yet returned. The
failure will undoubtedly ttirminate all cflorts
in this direction for the -present. Still the
money expended has not been wasted. A
vast amount of scientific information has been
gained which twillbe of service in future sub-.
marine telegraphic enterprises. There are
other routes for such a line in the North At
lantic, which some eminent savans . consider
more feasible than that selected for the_proj
eet which has just failed.
'We have later infOHnation, this afternoon,
which consists of itdispatch froirr4ueenstown
which intimates a further — prosecUtion of the
experiment. There is yet a gcod stretch of
summer and fall weather favorable.for the at
tempt.—ifarrisburg Telegraph.
COL FOIINEY AT -WEST Cnisrm—On the
evening of Thursday last, John W. Forney
addressed a public meeting in West Chester,
on the subject, of " - Politics." His special
mission there was to plead the cause of John
Hickman, but he took advantage of the oc
casion to define his. own position on some
suhjeats much more clearly than he has yet
done through the columns of his paper. Re
ferring to the treacherous course bf the Pres.
ident in regard to Kansas 'affairs, and the ap
pbintment of Walker and Stanton; and to
his own course in that collnyction, Mr. For
ney.. said •
-
"In November, 1857, Walker and. Stan
ton found they had been deserted. Things
at Washington tookEit change. The pledges
made to them were forgotten. They were
surrounded in Kansas by an infuriated peo
ple, and opposed by an administration with
seventy millions of patronage. The result
was that, Walker resigned, and that Stanton
was turned out with ignotiiiny. 'The Speak
er challenged the annals-of political or Indi
vidual turpitude for a parallel to'this. He
.-had been Mr. Buchanan's friend; wag his
fiend now; but if he had been his own fa
ther—a twin-brother—born two at a birth—
hp would hive opposed him...
Mr. Forney said his course had been charg.
CA to disappointment. These men should
hush their. false and' calumnious tongue.—
There has not been a day, nor an hour, hi
which the speaker, if he had been base enough
to unman himself, would not have been glad
ly received at Washington—promoted, ep
auletted, and rewarded as a general. He
would hare rejoiced to difend - Buchanati, but
he could not meet white men. of Chester and
Lancastervounties ' and say he lied in 1856.
I have been ostracised ; because I .dtired to be
an honest nian—not by. the masses, but by
the party organization.,
JAMESIt CLAT.-Mr: Forney, in his West
Chester address, stated that Mr. Buchanan
himself; prepared a portion of the speech
rich James B. Clay delivered, on - sevey r al
occasions in Pennsylvania , in the last Presi
dential campaign. This ttlack the unworthy
'• son of a gallant sire," in a still more - degrad•
ed position. It was bad enoughin him to op.
pose his futhei's political friends,'with9ut be
coming' the mere mouth piece of his father's
personal
,enemy. How James Buchanan
must have desik:ed this degenerate son, ev
en when ,he was availing himielf of his on
gracious services!
llon. John M. Bead
The high legal standing and eminent abili
ties of the People's anti-Lecompton candidate
'fur Supriime Judge, , -JoiM M. Read, a-Phila
delphia, has drawn from the putzlie, irrespect
ive of patty; the tu o st flattering testimony.—
The popularity of the nomination is
,already
evident among the people, and it promises to
spread until not the ghost afar chance remains
for the stiecess'of, his opponent. As manifeSt
ing the Prevailing sentiment - iii rehttion to
Mr. Read, we make sthe following extracts
from Papers-published in Philadelphia—all
ofthem entirely outside of the organization
of the opposition.
-The Eiciiing Bullelin of Thursday last, in
reviewing the Convention and its 'acts, says.:
"-Bon. John M. Road is one' of the most
eminent:members of the Philadelphia bar,
and a gentleman whose learning, experience
and- other qualities are such as would do-hon
or to any tribunal. jle was originally a
Democrat, and was United 4 States
,Distriet
Attorney for tbis,distriet during the adiiiinis
tration of President Van Buren. That office
has never .been better filled than it wits'dur
ing his terni of service. He.was afterwards
nominated by-President Tyler for Judge of
he Supreme Court of the United States;
but
the nomination was not soled on by the Se
nate, and on the accession of President Polk,
it Was withdrawn and-Jtidge Grier was nom
inated. In selecting Mr. Read as their can
didate,-the Convention was-6111pm rry leg out
the determination to name no outs" who Was
not amply fitted to add di g nity to the chief
judicial- tribunal of the S tate. Mr. Read's
zealous co-operation with the opposition, in
1856 and 1857, might alone have recommend
ed him to the convention and entitled him to
its favorable consideration. But we aro in
clined to think that the-fact of hiS perfect fit
ness fur -the office, as a lawyer of learning,
experience and spotless integrity, were the
chief reasons for his selection."
The Press: (anti-Lecompton Democrat) of
Thursday last, saysl:-.- . .
"The-nominee of the Opposifion State
Convention for Supreme Judge, Hon. John
M. Read, of this city, V 4 a lawyer of the high
est character; and a citizen of unbletilished
reputation.' We do not think that his party
could have made a better nomination.'. •
The Sunday Dispatch an independent
'paper, with HetoocraticArendencies, says :
" The State Convention of the`.People's'
party have done a ;vis'e- thing nominating
John M., Read Jullge of the Supreme
Court. -An undeeptionable candidate was
wanted to prsferly contest the
,canvass with
William A. Porter"; and Mr. Read is fitly
chosen.; 'A comparison of the tlieritti of the
two men, will put Mr. Read far ahead in ev
ery particular. As a lawyer he has a ripe
,experience,-liaving been admitted to the bar
before Mr. Porter was -born. His judgment
is sound, and his intellect brilliant. As an
Original thinker, there are few at-the bar who
exeeedrhim. He has . always been devoted
to his profession, and has never suffered his
experience to grow rusty - by idleness. Calm
and deliberatiye in his nature, he has always
verified his opinions b study and reflection,
Mr. Read atands betbre the people free from,
the unfavorable influences which accomplish
0_ the:nomination of Mr. Porter. It was not
obtained by any lOw bargaining, or, by the
efliwts,ofwmiserable spin of petty politi
cian... • No pkdges were given.upon his be
hairy) the &rect that he was. willing to:adopt
ANY, of all opinions, to -gain the nomination.
Mr. React is-no any-platforni candidate, and
does not promise to he all things to, all men.
The nominationhas been honorably awarded,
to him, at no sacrifice of principle or unwor
thy concession. The people of the State msx:
cnoooe lietween -an independent man
like Mr.li'ead, and a trickster like . Mr. Por
:cc, It needs the services oi'some g ood rna
themptician to calculate by how many thou
sand votes the latter will be defeated."
The Sunday Transcript, which generally
favors. Democratic measures in political mat
ters. SaVS
"Mr.allead is a gentleman of spotless in-.
tegrity, extensive reputation, and unsullied
honor. He is asentleman of the' old school.'
He possesses remarkable dignity of character
and bearing. 4ie is a lawyer of longstanding
and first rate position at the bar. His large
legal learning, his habitual application to the
science and erudition of his profession, his
strong and logical mind, and his extensive
experience qualify him amply for the Su
preme Bench. He is at the farthest riTneve
from a politician. Even' on the rare occa
sions when be has taken the stump, his
speeches were forensic arguments. It is, in
deed, refreshin ,, b to have the privilege of vot
ing -for as good t oman and as great a lawyer
as John M. Read. • He will be elected by a
heavy majority. Philadelphia will eert+sinly
take Pleasure in helping to raise one of her
worthiest sons to the Supreme Bench of .the
State; and the - State at large At ill emulate
the example off Philadelphia. • The only per
son who wanted to be
_Canal -Commissioner,
was Mr. Frazer of Fayette, and so he got the
tiomination by general consent. Mr. Frazer
is a worthy, fractical business gent leman,.ca
pable of all the duties - of the post. He was
an old line Whig and since then
. he has been
an American. His nomination will add ma
terially to the success of the apposition."
l3ooxs or ACCOUNT.—No thrifty husinpss
man neglects to keep an account of his lex
expenditures, and. if he finds the figtires en
larging from year to year, the fact makes
en impression upon ills mind, if not 4i
change in his habits. The same course should
be pursurd by a nation. Comparisons may
be odious, but they are often salutary. Fdr
example, it is not pleasant, though it - should
prfove, profitable, for us to know that the
General Government has spent
_more than
twiceris much money last year as it did sev.
en years af.,,0.
The following tablei exhibits the annual
expenditures during the: last ten ykrs, includ
ing the Administrations of Taylor, Fillmore,
Pierce and - Buchanan :
1849—General'. Tayfoi• $46,798,667,82
1850—Fillmore 42,506,892,11
1851—Fillmore • 40,504,422,12
1852—Filknore 36,552,080,37
1853—Pierce • 43,544,202,82
1854,Piprce 51,018,249,60
5[; 4 56,365,393,00
1855--Pierce
1856—Pierce • 60,172,401,64
1857—Buchanan • ...64,878,828,85
1858—Buchanan .81,000,000,00
There is every prospect that the present
administration will, upon its retirement,
leave a legacy- of oneliundred millions of na
tional debt. So much for the
` loud proles
sidiis of economy which characterized Mr;
Buchanan's inaugural address.
RARET's CAREEN. BROCOOT TO Alsi END.—
Mr. Rareis cared' has unexpectedly been
stopped. He had cleared ome £15,000 'to
£20,000 by his horse-taming secret, when
suddenly Routledge, the cheap publisher, got
hold of a pamphlet published by the horse
tamer in America, and printed it. It - con
tains, in a small compass all the art of horse
tambig, and the subscribers, who had, bound
themselves not to divulge the see.ret,under a
penalty of .£5OO, became furious, and Mr.
lliirey had to release them from their pledge,
in aietter in the Titnei.
it. IS proposed to reach the Fitzer
tker gold regions by the Mississippi and the
Red tint- of the North, with a portage •of
126 miles,
The Ground Tier Movedi
When Senator Hammond, of .South Caro
lina, declared that the laboring clas‘es arc
the mud-sills of society;" he simply gave
contemptuous expression to a' sentiment uni
versally -entertained by slaveholders, and
generally prevalent at the,South. Labor in
all slaveholding countries is necessarily con
sidered dishonorable, for it is there perform
ed by the most degraded class. Hence,' Mr.
Hammond considers - that, all labours, even
the respectable and intelligent, -mechanics of
the North, are the " mud-sills" of society, the
lower strata in thq social system, between
whom and lordly.rbemoc?als, like Mr. Hain
inond, there is, in his opinion, nh infinite dis
tance. Members of this . tower clas.%are by
no means to come between the4ind and'his
nobility. Row, indeed, could the owner and
master of a thousand slaves endure to have
" greasy mechanics" approach his sphere of
life?' How could he tolcuto any OstarriptiOn
of equal political rights on the part of such
canaille! The idea is ',absurd. The man
who owns carpenters,end masons, and black
smiths, enjoying the same political rights
which' he is eaereiking. - Hence, Mr. Ham
mond and other Southern aristocratic Demo-
crats are found in the Halls .of Congress do- nee of Modern Geography, as an instrument
flouncing all laboring nien,-ithile as well as n the hands of the Educator'{ .
black, as being but the `untud-siJls of society," 9th. What is the present state - of the ad
and, in ' common wkll - Atiggers, having no enco of History, as an instrument in the hands
rights which the higher glasses are bound to i f The Educator?
respect. e•- 10111. Is-the provision in the 41st section
But, as is usually the ase, when a term of f the School
. taw, giving County, - Superin•
reproach is sought to be contemptuously fi x- endents s •the power ... to annul teachers' certifi
ed upon ti worthy clays of the people, the at ates. at ten days notice; upon his own mere
tempt rebounds, and but strikes the hard notion, without any assigned cause affecting
that deals the blow' Mr. Ha s mmond has ut- he capacity, integrity or good morals urthe
tercd words' viiiich he cannot recall. The 'Cacher,—an arbitrary enrietment,—not in
term is accepted as a gage of battle in the larmony with the genius of our institutions,
war against sham Democracy, and thousands +nd does it demand repeal or amendMent 7
of the young, vigoi-ons, intelligent, and. high. Members who expect to be present are
`spirited tnechabres and laboiers of the North arnestlY requested to examine these Sub- .
=ay, and of. the Soufh, too—will, in the ects, with .a, view tosvaltds discussing. their
next campaign, enroll themselves in " MUD writs, in a Manner that will be both profita-
SILL CLUBS," whose downright and well
directed blows shall beat the very life out of
that sham Democracy. The movement has
commenced in California, and will roll from
th Pacific to the Atlantic shores. The
Ovum! Tier is nacTed
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BIGLER AND FREE KANSAS.—" Occasional,"
the - Washington correspondent of the Phil
adelphia Prkss, furnishes that paper. with the
following reminiscence of Bigler, the dough-
Face and 4ecomptunlie :
Max ell MeCaslin, of your State, the same
you wrote about some months ago in
,your
letter from Washington, has written a notice
of Senator Bigler's course in Kansas, a part
of which I am allowed to _copy. • Colonel
AlcCaslin is now in Kansas, and was .turned
out of office, you know, because tie opposed
Lecomptori. He says :
. "The writer 'Was present at the Kansas
land sales, in Kansa4, in June of 1857, and
heard Governor Walker and Secretary Stan
ton, and others; address an assemblage of
people numhering over a thousand ; heard
Governor Walker in his speech admonish thp
people in the most convincing manner, to a
peaceable and lawful settlement of their troo'h
les 4 the balloi-box. He pledged hie verac:
ity as an honorable man that they
should he,,protected, and- should have a fair
vote upon their Constitution—and I heard
him quote the Precedent and a united Cabi-‘
net as his authority for making the pledges.
The writer also at the '.me !bee heard Gov
e'rnor Bigler in his public speech,exhart the .
people to iwnjide in every promise which' the
Governor mode them ; that they should be
faithiiilly tarried out; 'that lie would lie
k I . 0 1 70 a• ; irk t nn) (V • j z pp that i! 'rine
done? Indeed, the people had to infer from
Big hr's expressions that he had been sent
out by the,Pre,ident to "assure the people of
.Kansas that they should ha;e a fair vott on
their Constitution." .
The man who wrote the above was Speak
er of the Senate of Pennsylvania for two suc
cessive terms, and was a most eminent Detn
oerat all tits life. I leave Senator Bigler to
this,high authority
Two Boys 31171113ERED DT TIIEiR FATHER.
-A. most shocking affair occurred in Maine
village, in this county. about sixteen miles
from Binghamton, on Friday afternoon, the
lath irst. Oliver Howard, a man ahorit
years old, murdered two' of his children by
cutting their throats with a razor. Tho cir
cumstances of this lamentable occurrence, as
near as-we can learn, are as follows: Oliver
Howard,. the murderer, lives in the village
of Maine—has a wife and Tour children—
two girls and-two boys: His--wife's mother
had been staying a few dayri at his hOuse,
and the day previous to the murder, his wife
and wife's mother went on a visit to the
house of the latter taking with them the two
youngest children, the girls ; leaving the two
boys,"one„aged six, the other four, vat home.
About four o'clock on Friday afternoon,
Howard left the tannery of Mr. Sanford,
where he worked, Nent to his house, and re
turned. soon after to the tannery. Not long
after it was discovered that the two. little
boys had been murdered—their. throats be
ing cut with a razor. Howard was immedi
ately arrested and taken before W. East.
man, Esq., a Justice of the Peace in- that
town, for examination. The prisoner admit
ted th'at he committed the double murder,
and waived an examination. Tho murderer
was brought to Binghamton last Friday,
dight, and lodged in jail.
No renson . was assigned by the prisoner,
we are informed, for the act, when he was ar
rested. Now that he is injail for, the horrid
crime, he says that , ho was in fear of the
Lord, and thought that he was commanded
by the Lord to kill his two boys. We think
that. thisis a mere dodge to escape punish
ment on the ground of insanity, and that in
stead of having any communication from the
Lord, he was instigated by the Devil and his
own bad passions-to commit this most devil
ish .erinie.
Howard formerly tended French's Mill
on-Castle Creek i .and SpragueMill near
Port Crane. He also worked at Col. Lewis'
Mill, in Binghamton, some seven years ago.
—Binghamton. Rep.
, ANOTHER TRAITOR.-A most interesting
1 and important paper was lately reafi before
the New York Historical Society, by the Li
brarian, Mr. George H. Moore, which prove O,
we understand, beyond question, that Gen.
Lee' of the RevolutiOn`was a bold and well
nigh successful conspirator against Washing.
iom and the - liberties of his country. The
matter is left no longer
. in doubt, and that
which.has seemed strange, and. doubtful in
his condition is fully explained. ' This is new
matter added to our Revolutionary History,
and it seems a pity that Irving could no
have had the irdvantage.of, it.' would hale
. illuminated many a page of his life of Wash
ington With anew light. It niu-k give him
a painful consciobsness.of the incompleteness
of his work. it is in time, however, for
Bancfoft, oven which fact he is doubtless al..
ready rejoicing. The paper of Mr. Moore,
should be given to the public. We' know
nothing in the historical line which would be
more eagerly read. - Lee is now " damned"'
with Arnold " tx3 everlasting fame"--Spring.
field Rep;
tar Advices from Utah to July 3d, state
that the Saints have all returned to their hous
es, the civil officials arc installed; and all is
peace and'quief. .
Pennsylvanlit Etitte-Teachers' Alswatlon.
The mid:Le - annual meeting pf this body
will : be held -at Scranton, Luzerne
,County,
commencing on Tuesday, the 10th of August,
and'eontintte in session three or four days; .
In addition to, the reading of a few reports,
the following questions will be offered for
discussion: •
Ist. What, should, be the order of studies
to be prosecuted in our Primary' Schools?
2d. Are there any defects in the Common
•S'ehools—if any, what are they, and how are,
they to be remedied I.
3d: Ought the principle of emulation to be
appealed to as a-motive,in Education?
4th. 1 [ow' can the labors of this Associa
tion be made available, to . the adiancement
and improvement of our Common Schools ?
sth. What, effect on . Education has the
present great, number • of Text .and School
Books in our country ?
6th. What is the present state of the' sci-..
enec of A?ithinetie, as 'a branch of Educa
tion!
7th. 'What is the present state of the sei-
Mee of English Grammar, as a .branch of
Education ? -
Bth. What is the present state of the sei-
ble and interesting to the Association.
It is not expecteedi . that ell the topics here
suggested, can, or will be discussed at this
meeting—nor that they will be .brought for
ward in the, order as published:
Upon such as may arise, short, pungent,
and well directed remarks Kill be "very 'ac
ceptable.
The inaugural addresses of the President,
J. F. Stoddard, anq a lecumje from the Hon.
Horace Mann, will be attracting features of
this !netting.
Arrangements will .be made with the 'dif
ferent Railroad companies for a reduction of
fare.
The citizens of Scranton have generOusly
proffered free entertainment to the female
themhers of the Association,—and- as fiir as
pt'issible will extend the same to male mem
bers.
Newspapers over the State are requested
to copy this call, or '3therwise notice in such
a manner as may be thought best to arrest
the attention of the teachers in their several
localities.
B. M. limn,
SAM U ' L FINDLEY, .
J. L. RICILARDSON., 1. Ex. COM.
WILLIAM ROBERT ; I . . -,..
J. T. VA LENiINE, ' J
.Tho Executive Committee will meet at the
Wyoming House, on the evening preceding
the meeting - of the AssoCiation. .
B. M. 1i ERR,
Chairman Er. Conn.
Pittslnrrg, ,Tune 21, 1.8.55.
From Europe the steamship Ameri
ca brings three days hater intell l igence.' There
is no news of the Agamemnon Or her tender,
In the House of Corontrms the intim, but- \vas_
read a third-time and iiassed. In the House
of Lords•the Jew bill, so amended as 'to -pre
vent Jews from exercising, eccicsiastictil pat
ronage, passed in committee. "The New Cal
edonia bill which has been published in our
corn -inns, was debated in -the Cominons and
read a second time. The Government had_
given notice of an intention to remove the
squadron from the Cuban waters. The new
French Minister of the Interior had ,. permit
ted a hundred and twenty exiles to return ;
home. There were rumors concerning the bu
siness done at th•-Conference now sitting at
Paris,'and of a proposed meeting of Napole,
on and Victoria'at the naval review at Cher
bourg, but nothing definite was known. A
Madrid report states that Gen. O'Donnell is
shortly to dissolve the Cortes e and that he in
tendkto reorganize the army - . !t is said that
an expedition against Mexico is fitting out in
Spain. Consols closed at 95 1-8 to 95 1-2.
Tribune, July 24. -
r From Europe we have unusually in
teresting intelligence by the steamship Indi
an, which arrived at Queben'on Saturday af
ternoon. On the 12th inst. the Agamednon
arrived at Queenstown, and it was at, once de
termined to start on the 17th fora final at,
tempt to lay the cable, twenty-five hondred
miles of which were still on board the two
ships. It seems that the break occurred just
below the stern of the after she
had paid out onefiundred and forty-six miles
of cable, and when tilwrsirain'is supposed to
have been light. The bill permitting the el:
ection of Jews to Parliament, as amended,
passed the Ilouse of Lords. A resolution,
declaring the practice of visiting or searching
foreign vessels for the, purpose of sti ppressing
the slave-trade inexpedient, met with the op
'position of the Government. Mr. Fitzgerald
stated that the eslabliihment of a commiss
ion to look into the - free.labor system had
been proposed to France, and that Gen. Cass
had expressed his entire willingnes4 to accede
' to any p'opel',plan for verifying 'the nation
ality of vesseli. The explosion of two fire.
works manufactories in London had injured
one hundred persons. Sir Allan MCNnb, is,
according to rumor, - to be the first Governor
of New-Caledonia—the Frazer River prov..
bee. The London Times' is again out in fa,
vpr of the annexation of Cuba to the United
States. In anotheE article it ridicules Queen
Victoria's visit to-Cherbourg, which she will
make, according to official 2announcements,
on the 4th of August. Paris letters report a
change, for the better in commercial affairs.
There were rumors of another conspiracy in.
• France. The budget of Cuba showed a stir
plus of a hundred. million reals. The Mo
hammedans in Jiddah had massacred all.the
Christians in the place upon whom thercould
lay hands, including the English and-French
Consuls, whose residences were plundered.—
The English Government had ordered-i three
ships of war to the spot.' There is later news
Troth hulls and China, but nothing Of special
importance. The cotton market was dull.
and showed a slight decline. Consols closed'
at 95 1-B.—New York Tribune, July 26. •
SENsnn.E.—Among the resolutions passed
by the Republican Convention in Armstrong
-county, th&following strikes us as being the
most sensible:
,
Resolved, That neither candi d ates for, nom
ination, nor their friends, are to be allowed
to canvass the county—and all , violating the
rule to forfeit claim to nominatiothr
This rule should be invariably adopted, as
it is the only means of placing good; bound,
sensible and mannerly citizens on an equal
footing with that elassof office.beggars, who
infestsall parties, whose only recommenda
tion is their capability for boring themielvei
- or their filen& into office.--Ifairisburg Tel
traph.
I -:-AVOMPEND
Gdmi
ist and po6t, is named
ator from South Carotiff!
,NV the leter-§ 'like 'a .sewing
'machtnel .it u 1 Yea.: Why, be
cause it makes needles need/ear. •
...4 Cineitipatt is new the largest horse
market in the [,juiced `Wes, and during one.
week lately, forty.thou-and dollar worth of
horses were sold at th various stables.
The average of fife in England ex
ceeds, that of France b - eleven years, not
withstanding the more favorable
. climsteul
France. - May trot this arise front the fact
that the "first comma draent with promise"
is better kept itt ]ngh 14? • •
.... It is generally opposed that the val
ue of foreign coins is fi :ad by taw,' but such•
is not the case.. The ,oins of -fbre:gn coun
tries are not, a legal to der. in the payment
of debts, though they re takep at, their valu
ation at the Mint.
.. Gov. Packer, s signed the follow
ing-death wartants-: John Lutz, Allegheny
county, to "be executed October Ist;
Hach John Clarke, Montour minty, to be ex
ecuted September 24th ; Mary-Twiggs, Mon-.
tour county, to be exOeuted•October 22d.
The Washington 'Union says that
"the Administration has its hands full." The
Louisville Journal says that one would sup-
pose lrotn the Tc_ry avid disappearance of
the public money from the National Treasu
ry, that the Administration and all its . oflicers
have their hands-full.
.. A young lady in Lancaster, Pa:, hay.
ing,fallen in -love, has twice taken laudanum
to kill herself because her sentiments are' nut
reciprocated.; Foolish girl ! 'She' ought to
pick her flint and try her shot at Cupid again.
Who has not been disappointed ?_ '
The Democrats of Scltulkill county
have made a.bad "split" of it—by!"l dividing
into two factions, caelrof which claims to be
the party," and denounces the otherAs dis
organizers. They have called separate coun
ty contentions and delegate Elections.
: The Sfracuse l Joarrtaf,wiphing
the editor ofthe Albany Knickerbocker that
he lies. avoids that vulgarity by the severer
method of a spiritual reference, and assures
the Albany man that "heia perfectly well
aware thdt he is guilty the .sin' fbr which.
Ananias was struck doWn . 'by an ,`indignant
Deity,".
.... The St. Louis Democrat, by compar
ing the flee and slave population of several
counties, shows the tendency of free emigra
tion to drive slavery out of Missouri. .There
are mere than thirty counties in which slave
ry is fast disappearing; and it is pot a little
remarkable that many) of them - are in the
middle and southern sections—the border
ruffian portions tfif the State), . - •
Leavitt . , in his charge to the
Jury in the case of Connolly,. at Cincinnati !
said that." Christian charity was not within
the meaning or intent of the Fugitive Slave
- ,Law, and it would riot,-there tore, answer as
a defense for violating the law." Thisis an
admission which shows the intlimous nature
of that law in a clearer liztit than any of its
enernic's have ever depicted it.
.... "'Uncle Tom's Cabin" has received
the appms al of the Pope as an ultra Roman
g!tholic novel. An-ingenuous, but not vt.ry
probable alteration has been made in t.be
!Whin version, by which Uncle Tom is rep
resented as receiving punishment and. death
on account , f his adherence to the dogma of
the immaculate conception.
lion. 11Ftdoleus Stevrns, it is state
is to he the Republican candi4afe.for n
gress from LAncastei - ...'elptint - y. 'Thad sis
capable of standing among the giants, and. if
he gets to WaThington, will make some of
the fiery Southern Union-dissolveis"shake
in their e shoes." The North wants more men
of Mr.'St4vens' calibre.. and metal ui Con
.-
gress.
Judge 'McClure, of Pittsburgh,
. _
charging a jury in. a lottery case, spike •of , a
1..
statistical saran down East, who had careful:.
' ly noted down the number of persons struck
by lightning in one year, and compared it
with those Who'bad drawn prizes in lotteries
during the same period, arri% ing at the :con
clusion thitt three persona were strut by
lightning to one who had drawn a prize. .
•.... g . .poted medical journal—" Hall . ,s
Journal of Heal t h"—recom mend s all persons
N isiting the country to take with them a bot
tle of spirits of hartshorn, as in case of being
bitten or stung, by any poisonous 'animal or
insect, the immediate freOtpplication of the
alkali as a wash to the part bitten, gik - es
kin
stant, perfect, and permanent relic. , the bite
of a mad dog
,not excepted. Str g ashes
and- water are also said to be - al rem dy. ,
:...'The writer saw a very simple exper
iment tried on a railroad car, one hot daTre
cently,the
_result of which,if generally known,
II greatly con4uce to the comfort of vas vi
ers, t 17, A palm lent fan placed against the
windowsill, lotting it project two-third's of
the way out of the Window,. will force into
the car a constant, and in, proportion to the
speed ef the train, a strong current of air,. I
recommend •ottr traveling readers to • try it,
if they wiA to be comfortable;
.. Frank Blair, of the St Louis,
District, is meeting his opponents 'before the
people, each making an hour's. speech at each,
appointment. The victory, in every.instanee,
has been with Blair, -who takes bold anti
slavery ground. ,The canvass,, so far, has
been most gratifying to the cause of free la
hor. Th people seem to be Nviike tO their
true interests, and will, undoubtedly, give a
larger vote for the Free Labor ticket than
et er before.
. That Gulf Fleet or ours . which was
to " blow the -British Nay 'Ant of water,"
appears to hal e been-a remarkable collection
of ofd hulks.- The Arctic's machinery -tireke
&own on her way. out. The Water Witch
did not get there till the dispute was all set
tled. The Colorade - Was sent out with jso
much grass and so many oysters on her bot
tom as to spoil her sailing, and now, ber hold
proves to be so foul And 'filthy that the crew
have to be put ashore to save then) from the
Yellow Fever ! .
.... "Square Run Valley," in Lawrence
county, appears to be attaining quite a repu
tation for its " twins" and "triplets." The
Pittsburg Chronicle says, there are now liv
ing in it four families whose farms adjoin
each other, three of whom have had - triplets,
and the other family hqd twins, making elev
en children in all! One of'the families has
!fad sixteen children, and they ate by no
means an aged couple yet; while the num
bers the others have had we did not learn,
but it is fair to presume that the'•four
could count at.lenst forty or fifty children.
. .
.... General' Quitman died, at his resi
dence near Natchez, on Saturday:Joy 17. of
the disease which, he contracted at the Na
tional Hotel 130,4411. - Ire was born in the
State'of - New York, but when quite a
_youth
emigrated to Mississippi, which State has
served in man r important positions, being-a
Representative in Congress at the time of his.
dett.h. -'When.the war with Mexico broke
out he volunteered to fight the battles of hi,
country, and served: with distinguished
ty until
. peri& -was declaredt Hie death/wilt
be universally regretted' throughodt, tic
-country.
''':'. Mike 'Murray, a NeW York Alder:.
.
mar, died' on Monday - last. ', H e was an'
Irishman': who kept a rurrishop,' thrptigh
whielthe-tzide his entrance into the Dem o ..
cratie party, and finally became an Alderm an.
.: :. The novelist, G. P. R. Janes, is the
author of one hundred and ' eighty eight i
re.•...
unies; and. as he is now only fifty . eigh t
years old, ho will in all -probability have
made Some- I -progress in his third hundred be-'
fore he shall have ceased to write.
.... The Massachusetts Medical Society
offers a prize of $lOO for the best dissee ts .
lion adjudged worthy of a prize on the fol
lowing theme, viz:- "To what direction o f .
the lungs does bronchitis give origin ?" hi,
open to physicians of all sconntries.
• . 7 .'. The Antiliteoin.pien' Democrats of
Indinna, unlike those pi Illinois, 'tinitin g
with the Repubtietini of iii4-state , in one
grand phalanx to:overthrow the . ro-Slavery
party, led on by English; Vole , Niblnek,
Hughes, Gregg, - Fitch, and Br At.. The
present prospect is 'that a clean . opposition
delegation will be -elected to Coin re4s,
.6,
~... The lohg talked . i: debar
Parson Brownlow, editor - of 'tit
tiliq, and the Rev.' Abram . Paj
gregational Minister,.and the . edi
ti-slavery paper, published, in
Courtland county, N. Y., styled'
Rejormer,\ is announced to come
day, the 7tb of September nest,
of Philadelphia.
--- ....
Theis an old. lady' no living in*
the town of Blooming Grove,-Or: pge county,
New York, by the.parire of Di. na Brooks.
.She is one hundred and; fourteen 'years' old,
and yet intelligent and'aetive, an walks hull
a mile to church every' Sa.b.bat She was
thirty-two years old when the D claft - itioh of
: Independence , was made. We litfve that
Mrs. Broeilts is the oldest persO how living
in the United States. • .
..... The people of New Orleans have in
itiated an important movement, by : circillat•
ing a memorial -to Congress asking for an
act to putti`sh people who deliberately retain.
letters.taken from the Post Office 'by mis
take, or who.get possession a those helohg:
ing to others through a similarity of tame.
The memorial cites cases where great dam--
age has resulted by tlii4 Ibuse ... , rprivilege,
There is ni.,.1,t a city in the country, perhaps,
in which we -do not find duplicated names
.Without number, md those who.- are so un
fortunate as to bear a nine common to oth
ers are sometimes greatly. annoyed by the
- loss ofietters or delay in returning •theni to
the Post' Office after . .they have been taken
out by mistake. A penalty' is required to
',enforce the return of all' such letters.
. Sena tor Wilson has written a letter
....
to the Evening Post, showing thatAhe state•
inents ola Washington corresp,yndent of Like
St.. L nis - Republican, in relation to - his (Wil
son's) 'difficulty with Senator:Gwin, are false.
The Senator concludes his letter as follows: .
" When I declined Mr. •Gtviigs' challenge, I
did suppose he would assault me at sight,
and I was not unprepared to meet it.: I did
not deem physical courage so rare a thing or
'so exalted a quality as to lead me to impute
any want of it to him, bti,t I did not suppose!
he was foolhardy enough to attempt upon.
me what this letter writer designates ' anoti t .',
er caning affair.' Silica I-helped to mph the.
.blood off my eolleagice,.in May,lBFX, 1 have.
had an itrilia that is would not 'be quite
.safe
Tor anyon - e to try upon me ' a caning airlir,'
I shall.contiline, I tWink, to in i dulgedleit idea
sme time long en." ' 1
Gen. Seth - Clover.. Indian wet . in
Kansas is opposed-to the Ltieompteri swindler
The Clarion, a.. Banner. says a few rief
days in the Te P rritory of Kamias 'hits induced
him to chang e his views on this subject. He
was a rabidßu'ehanan.LecOmpton man, but,
like th irony
,Democrats who ha've gone be.
1 fore him to the Territory, the scenes which
.1 he witnessed lave brought a.'cjiange .which
OP NEWS.
I re° Simms, the novel
, r_ United States See-
DilTif OF WILLIAM T,• PORT£R—ThI9
morning Williair..T. Porter, long known as
the editor of the Spirit of the Times, and of
various - sporting pliklications, died in this
city. lifr. POrter after leaving the Spirit or
Me Timek in which he bad gained a wida
reputation, established a year or tivo since a-
new periOdical entitled Porter's, Spirit, of
which he was editor nt.thetime of his death.
He was a man of much cleverness (is a writer,
in his department, and of a highly social and'
convivial temper: His loss will be Widely
regretted in sporting citicleS. }Es health had
- previously been impaired. He Was' fifty-sit
years . of age, and was born in Vermont.—N.
Y. Eve. Post, 19.
- MON II NI,E NT TO THE PI Wii.11.51
Monument is to be erectetl• to the, Pilgrim
Fatliers at Ply tlimuth--cost from $30b,000
to $.100,000. - It Kill he built of gfartite..ls3:
. feet high, 80 fee.e at the 1,1v4e, witti?sitting ft:l
ures front 28 to 170 feet high. It• i 4 to I
cdmpleted in 12 yearS from August, ISai.:
Thirty-six thousand dollars have been*suli-' ,
scribed, principally .in Massachusetts. The
Society for building the monument have:pur:
chased all the estates immediately 'round the
veritable.;rock, and also a site fur the menu
tnent„ embracing ten acres of land, command
ing a view of the harbor and the local:ty—ut
the rock.
PIMUL.—The Legislature of Tixas, at its
last session, passed the fiAlowiiif.ract - "Be
it enacted by the Legislature of Texas, ;
That
the sum -of ,t 18000 be,appropriated' - for pur
chasing and putting up additional machinery
in the state Penitemiary—Provided, That
no port of the some shall be expended in th!
State-of •Afassachusetts, nor for machinery
manufaetured;in said State We presume
that when the people of Massachusetts hear
of this bit of pitiful spite on the part of thi
Tann slave-drirrs they will feel bad.:
•
11 1 411.1. SA!
. 11arlisburg l'eleyrapA
refuses publish a,,romatunication from a .
correspondent ; recommending a candidata,. tl,
for office, and accompanies the refusal .
. the following very appropriate remarks : .
'" We feel disposed tla oblige' any 'a/nu .
friends, political (*.otherwise ;brit
not lend our colurims or influcpc'e, f an} •
man's political:interests who I,,4oo,l{entiriOut=
to patronize a journal of hisqn y, although .
both 'wealth) , and ainbitiotia:- There is to z :
great a disposition ,on rt' of .politicians
to make of journals / 7 ttig-tottes to polit
;cal favor, witliohes ought of the - patron ,
age which is (i)•ehersry to give poWer to the
I. inflnence 'they i tnifeke.; indeed, nine-ten: l A
of ilws(i. Iho
,glide into posithin on ihithraces
of ltulitfcsfio it through rho influence of their
lotailjoy.rnals' to which they hare scarcely,
in -
.4010 bitted the pittance A year's st war-i: _
.They seem to think it :is a duty which
journal owes to army individual c o nstitut• •
ing a . party„ to further their elaitne, wallow. •
a thhught of the reciprocal iddigationa
. the assumed 'position of each imposes," .
the strongest argument at home failed' to
produce.—E.rchangc.
—.The effect of a yisit tto Nansas..upon
the-viewi of men who .are a4uated by prin...
ciple solely, has in every instance been pfa .
cisely similar to the experieribe of Gen. Cloy.
er. Even G( t y. Denver is said to be hostile
to the Lecosninon swindle ;...and_ we. would
venture a half hundred of "old newspipers"
that Buchanan himself , if he were to make an
excursion thrOugh the Territory would . corns
back an anti-Blielptnarr-anti.Lecompton Dem
ocrat.—Eustonitin.
U
between
Knoxville
ne, ..a Con
or of ati an.
GPaa vide,
he _Central
ffon 'tocs
in the "city