E
and he seemed half inclined to " back out."
A few oaths ° frem the General, nerved him to
the sticking point, which was made manifest.
by his saying— . _
" I guess I'm just about as ready as I ever
will be, General—so how much do you think ,
I ought to -bet'! Don't be getting it .tew
high now; cause, you see Gineral, you . : have
to bet me two to one."
"ob, - that matters' not, my dear fellow
'
paid the General, "we Arkansas Generals
only play for amusement ; so merely to
make the game interesting, my larky, I will
try you with two thousand dollars."
"-Wall; Gineral, iti yon,• and only
for amusement, dew jest lay down them 'ar
four thousand dollars o' yourn, and ni try
and raise the half on't.
'This general accordingly laid down his four
thousand dollars on thabeat, while the Yan
kee placed the tiro thonsand dollars in corn
. panionship.
"Now, Mr. Gineral-," said Jonathan, 'jest
'hide them 'ar hands o'_ yourii, and speak
it out•plain so that I shan't make no mis
take. 1 .
The General east• his eyes towards the
landlord, winked, and placed his hands be,
bind - him; and then, in a low, distinct voice /
said—
" Open or shut 1"
The Yankee looked at, him steadily for
some moments, without rhoving a muscle Of
hiafisce, as thO'lly some \ intuition, -he 'was!
about to divine the certain position of his
hands--when, with a motion as quick as
light
ning, he drove his brawny fist slap between
the General's eyes, which laid. him_prostrate
• on the deck. ,
" Open ! by gosh !" cried the Yankee, as
• he•saw, the other's hands flying . through the
air,: at the same time snatching the' moniiy,
cramming it into his pocket, and hurlingjhe
straightened body of . the General - on the
- shore; then.giving the boat a sudden shove
by means of a pole, he and hie French com
panion, to the great dikomfitnre of their-en
emies, w4roli soon fast gliding down the
- stream. . -
. • " Fire!" roared the General, at the top-of
• his lungs, as soon as he could regain his feet
and turn to his host—" fire! I tell you—vou
• stupid fool!—blow out that infernal Yank w ee's
brains—he's not fit for dogs' meat !"
The frightened host endeavored 'to obey„
• but it was no go—the more he tried to shoot,
the more he couldn't—While to 'complete
_ their' chagrin and add 'to, their vexation, the
voice, of the Yankee, in the real nasal twang,
was heard calling out--
" I say, Gineral, . this 'ere's a putty bonSid.
arable slick game of amusement, aint it!—
Tollthat 'ar chap onile stump to blaze away
- —keep telling him so—horn gun flints are
real slick things to shoot with, ain't they
Gineral 1" •
• " Lgive it up," saidlhe General, with .an
path; that cussed- Yankee has beat
my
• game dead open and stint,' by loading - my
gu& with wooden nutmegs, and putting in a
horn flint"
" Isay, Gineral," called out the Yankee,
with a hearty laugh—placing his thumb to
.• his nose, and giving his fingers a few . extra
• flourishes—" I say, Gineral - , less give my re
spects to that nigger of Your') and don't get
to playing that dead open and shut with. a
:Yankee again ;" and he added to the flourish
of his , fingers by giving to his other' arm the
motion of a crank, and keeping time by rr.ov- '
ing hie right foot up and down as long as he
was in sight.
Untii the day of the General's death no se
verer chastisement could have been inflicted
' upon him dam- to - have &mid)? said—"horn
flints," "wooden nutmegs,' '" big Yankees,"
" French gentlethan," or " dead open and
• shut."
The Vestwatd Expansion of the United
States.
- - The disoavery of gold upon , Fi riser river,
and the new confirmation of the wide-diffu
sion of the same precious, metal throughout
Washington Territory, by settling the ques
tion of the spread of our population along
the northern rather than the southern shores
of the •Pacific, have st the same time deter
mined thakthe direction of emigration. from
the Atlantic sitipe and from the eastern val
ley of the Mississippi, shall be westward,and
not southward. These events have deter
mined that the geographical . configuration of
the United States shall remain for the pres
ent sUbstantially what it is now., We are to
expand, during this generation, at least, with
in the temperate zone, leaving the hazards
and fortunes of tropical adventure to a re
mote - posterity.
This expectation as to the future is found
ed, of course, upon the belief that the major
ity of 'the country will -not permit the politi
'Cal power of it to he wrested from them,
aruk perverted to objects hostile to their own
intereeti. - It is founded upon the belief that
the Northern, Ididdle, and Western States,
_ which contain • four-fifths of. the wealth and
effective vigor of the nation, :will take care
that the Government does notiat any rate,
act adversely to their just rights and legiti-
Mate views of expansion:
If the West, especially, is 'five to itself,
not another dollar of the publit money will
he expended upon further acquisitions from
,Mexico, only intended as such acquisitions
are to fUrnish new routes for Pacific rail
roads, to compete with the routes which the
Vest already has. 'Nor will an enormous
nun be paid for Cuba; whereby the Govern
_ -meet will be disabled from assisting in the
great and truly national work 'of connecting
• the Atlantic and Pacific by a continental
railroad.
- Whatever else may be the result of the
emigration-to Fraser river, it has exploded
the Gulfpriedexico policy, which has been
long &Influent in point of het, hut which'
• ,
was, for the, first time, openly proclaimed in
the Cincinnati platform. The year 1856 was
. the culminating epoch of that policy. It is
now declining, and, under the influence of
cent events on_the Pacific, npidly. declining.
The Western politicians who haveoommitted
• themselvei to it, will Oud . themselves strand
ed by thrawift, reflux of the tide. It, is not
the great imsinessOf the United-States, with
a million and a half of square of unoc
cupied Western territory within the temper
- ate zone, to be offering the price of kingdoms
fiir 'sisals. in the West Indies. This may be
for the 'interest of Gen. (ass, of Judge
Douglas; or of Mr: Bright, but it is' rot for
. - the intersat.of Chicago, or St. Louis, or St.
. • Paul. The reign of a dynasty, which, con
. - ,ccetrates its hopes . and ambjtion upon the
Gulf of Mexico, can -only he continued thro'
an indifference of the majority of the. noun
try to their own interests, which bas no par
.:allel..in. the history. of uninkind.= Washing
fon 14epOlio. , .
sTlas Assist.—We subjoin two• or
. three4.lquarit scraps from Prentice:
.; =A Washington correapondent of the New
TOrk Expreal calls the officers of the Gov
iernment "Treasury_ Buzzards." A pretty
large proportion of ithem belong to ,differ
. ent/sPecies of birds's . Mane a one of them is
‘s-aeueris t .
e'"Washiugton correspondent of the Bal
timore: Patriot. "advises _ James- B. Clay to
" cast out:of his eye." No doubt
lie woOld, if he - ixiOld Sell it for walking canes.
Anotber `Democratic paper 'has
• 'jtlA di Viiessee It was a small pots
. to e :and probably- its disease was - the; potato,
•
~^.
=I
ME
he Wetie,oo)l iteptlblieqq.
1826.
C. F. READ & If. H. •FRAZIER, EDITORS
F. E. LOOMIS. CORRESPOYDINGEDIToi
MONTROSE. SIISIa. CO., PA.
Thursday, August 20, ISn.
STATE , TICKET:
•
FOR JUDGE OF TEE SUPREME.COCKY,
HON. JOHN M. 'READ,
of Philadelphia. .
FAH CANAL COMMISSIONER,
HON. ..WILLIAM E. FRAZER,
of Fayette county.
COUNTY TICKET.
1!E=101
FOR cosonss,
, HON. GALUSHA-A.,GROW,
Putiect to decision of Congressional Con
TOR PRESIDENT JTDOF.,
HON. DAYIII WILIAM%
(Subject to deelbion of Judicial Conference.]
SOR REPRFSENTATIVE.
SIMEON B.CIIASE,
of Great Bend
FOR' COUNTY commissioNsa,
LEVI S. PAGE, '
of Susquehanna Depot. -
-FOR COUNTY AUDITOR. '
JOAN F. DEANS.
of Bridgewater.
jar — 'ft; want of room we are unable,
this week, to say more of the Republican
County Coniention held here last Monday,
than that it was fully attended and enthusiast:
icy and that it nominated good and able men
for the offices to be filled at our-October-elm-
tton.. .
The spirit manifested at the Mass Meeting
in the evening;—when, in addition to a great
speech by Mr. Groir, brief but stirring ad
dresses were made by Judges Jessup anti
Wilmot,—showed ; that the old fires of Free
Soil Republicanism burn - brightly as ever
anion; the free hills of Susquehona.
Or By a notice in another column, it
will be seen that Judge Wilmot is to deliver
the address the opening , of the Normal
School at this - place, on the 30th inst.
After the notice was put in type we learn
ed that the opening exercises are to bo held
in the Presbyterian Church, to commence at
2 o'clock p. m.
"Court Week" - has brought a crowd
of 'visitors to our new office—some to .pay
the Printer, and some to see the new- Power
Press. We arc "silways glad to have our
friends call on us.
IS
ltar William E Frazer, - our nominee or
Canal Commissioner, has accepted the nomin
ation,_in a brief letter to Hon. A. H. Reeder,
Chairman of the Convention that nominated' I
him.
igr The adverti '-s , ent of J. Iligginboth
am, watch-repairer, &c.; 'ill be found in an
Other column. We beliesie he has the repu
tation of a skillful workman.
rjr• Among the sufferers by the storms
thit have recently visited this part of ithe
country, is Mr. Henry C. dertholf, of Jessup
township, in this county. On Tuesday,Aug
ust l'ith, during a violent thunder storm, ac
companied with hail and high wind, one half
of, the roof of his house was 'blown off, and
the othir half fell in ; hid barn, thirty by for
ty feet, full of hay and grain, was bln
down .and completely, torn to pieces ; is
smol:e•houie was carried some thirty f et,
and crushed to pieces ; and his corn crib and
a shed .attached to his eowhouse, (which . last
was alone left uninjured,) were also blown
down. Besides the loss -of his buildings,
Mr. Bertholf bad an eight-acre field of oats
beaten down by the hail and much injured
hia'corn and buckwheat were somewhat dam
aged; and a pear tree, two peach trees,. and
1 several apple trees, were blown over. His
loss must be about $5OO.
Mr. Charles Risley, in the sameneighbor.
hood, had a pair of steers killed by lightning
in the same storm; and David Shay, John
Bedell, and Levi Cooper had some fences
blown down.
61" Belle Plaine, Minnesota—a new
town comprising in its - population a consider
able 4umber of Susquehanna county boys—
must.take the premium fur large hailstones.
Tice Enquirer of that place, of August sth,
states that some of the hailstones that fell
during a
_storm on the preceding _ Friday,
were-over a foot in circumference, acd none,
which fell near Mr.-J. L. Peck,-(formerly of
Stistrebanna county.) while be was riding
through thts' timber,' measured eighteen
inches, dter being Tzarried two miles to Belle
Or A friend in Janesville; Wis., informs,
us that the Central Bank, at that place, tho'
dfscredited by Imlay's Bank . lVote Reporter,
is one of the best and Safest Banks in . \Vis
camain. Hu says it is the Central Bank at
thatTlice_which is notin iced credit. We,
observe that the mistake is corrected in late
issues'of the,Reporfri.
,
tarns Atlantic Monthly, like the At
lantie Telegraph, iS bound t toga ahealMl -
September number of the niagazine thows
no diminution of power in that moat extern
plished eleCtrieisn who flashes - the inignitis
of thought and wit and pathos around " th
brealifuat table," nor in the other distinguied literitry men whose pens .adorn its pag e
Suicess to best of " i,c!§top potiorr"- 1
theAihnit;r Monthly, -t
• EPUBLIQAN
COU COnventioni
..,The Del gatesfrom the several townships
assembled.. t the oldCMfrt llouse,. on Mon.
Augti.t 23d,'at.2 o'clock, p. m., and Ore
ganized the Convention by calling P. Lines,
of
Montro -, to the Chair, and electing W.
T. Case, of Gibson, *Vice President, and .G.
Z. liimock, Secretary;
• Being d ily organized, the Convention pro.
seeded im ediately to put in nomination
candidates for Congress, for Judge, fir Rep
resentativ for Commissioner, and for Audi-
ngrCs, Hon. G. A. Gaow was
by acclamation.
dge, Han. DAvin Wn...moT vas
For C
nominate
For
by acclamation.
presentative, Hon. S. It. Chase of
d, o‘. G: Hempstead of Brooklyn, -
edy of Springville, John F. Deans
• water, and Geo. T. Frazier of Oak.
le nominated. -
nominat , k
For fl
Great Be'
Abel Cas
of
land,
tion of Hiram P. Kimball, of Apo.
Convention decided to elect iiva
aeon, th
voce.
Sterling of Brooklyn moved the
IMO
followin
ed, That Mr. Clise, -in his course
! esentative from - this District;—has
ho• plaudit, Well dons, good and
i ervant,,
-Resol
as Rep
earned t , i
faithful -
Reso ,
bred, That-we feel. bound to adhere to
usages of tho party, that no mem
!l.-be returned a third term.
the pur l
her bhlil"
W. Crandall, of Liberty, •rnoved
Convention proceed to an bornedi
isideratiqn of resolutions.. The
was seconded.
$,
Mr.
that th
ate co
motion
N. Brooks, of Ararat, moved that
lutiotis be laid on the table indefinite
ho res
Chair decided that the latter motion
be first entertained. On parliament.
.ge, the motion," to lie on the table"
vileged questiOil, and takes precedence
Luestitm before the house.]
Thk)
should
ary us,
is a pr:
of the
The
olutiu
Convention then decided that the res
s should lie on the table by a vote o
32 to 6 2 '
.
Tho Convention
ch en proceeded to vote
for Representative.!
1 S. B. Chase received 38 votes.
0. G. Hempstead " 3 " ; • -
• Abel Cassedy "10 "
j John F.-Deans " 2 " . .
4.. t. eo. T. Frazier " 3 "
i-
Mr. Chase having received a majority of
all thb votes, the Chair decided thilt ho Was
duly
( nominated.
sr- On motion of J. Sterling of,Brooklyn, the
Comjeation made the nomination unanimous.
F4r Commissioner, L. S. Page of Susque
hanna, R. T. Ashley of Brooklyn, John W..
H.raciford of Now Milford, Samuel Wil
liam of Ararat, Albert Truesdell of Liber
ty, I. C. Stewart of Clifl;od, R. A. Webb
of 1 armony, Nelson French of 'Joel:son,
and I. S. Davis of Auburn, Wore nominated.
. T e following were the ballots:
lst, 2d. 3d. 4th. sth. Gth.
L. . Page, 8' 11 18 28 24 28
R. T. Ashley, 5 ; 5 withdrawn.
Sai'l Williams, 4 5. withdrawn.
.1: 1 1V. Bradford, 2 withdrawn.
N.l7rt Truesdell,l3 14 15 with. 5
.
en a 2B ma:orit: s of
I. C ;S S . t .p ew: g a e rt, ha l v 4 ing 1 r 4 0 :23 v
qe son French, 2 .withdrawn.
1. . Webb, 6 5 withdrawn.
I. . Davis, 3 2 withdrawn.
II be votes, was declared nominated. The
)ovention then made the nomination unani-
For Auditor—
John F.. Deans received 40 votes. , .
Wm: Wheelock " 1 "
Alanson Lung it
9 • ;
John F. Deans was declared nominated.
Zi DiMock moved that when this Con.
ntion adjourns, it-adjourn to meet at the
ac Court House at 7 o'clock this evening.
ution was carried.
G. W. Crandall movedlthat the Conven
t n elect County Committee. Motion ear•
ri d. `Nicholas Dubois, D. D. Warner, L.
A. Smith, L P. Baker, G. T. Frazier, W. T.
Case, G. B. Eldred, 0. Mutt, jr., W. A.
ossmon, J. P. Cogswell, and Nv French,
ere elected.
G. Z. Dimock moved that the Chair ap
pktnt a committee on resolutioip to report
t? the Convention at the evening, session.—
(. Z:Dimock, F. P. Hollister, Ansel Gay,
1
.T. Ashley, W. T. Case, J. T. Cameron,
nd Albert Truesdell, were appointed.
lOn motion-of G. Z. Dimock it was
- Resolved, That Hon. C. F. Read, Albert
cha.mberlin„ - F'ranklin Fraser, and S. H.
Mulford -be Judicial Conferees, to meet the
conferees of this Judicial District at Towan
a, Tuesday, Sept. 7th, 1858. ..
On motion of P. Lines the Convehtion sp
irited Dr. G. Z. Dimock and D. R. Ls
hrop Congressional Conferees to meet the
uferees of this Congressional District at
owanda,.Sept. 7th, 1858. _
The Delegates received a special invitation
(from the nominees to- take supper at 14
IScarles hotel,' at 51 o'clock. Adjourned. , -
Evening Settaioll.—The Delegates mem.
bled at the new Court 'House atl
and the Convention was opened by very ap.'
propriate remarks from Hon. Wm. • Jessup.-
Before closing, the Judge gave an account of
his action as delegate to the State Convention,
passing bigh encomiums upon his. friend,Hon.
John 81. Read, the candidate fbr Supreme
Judge, during which the Convention by fre
tquent plaudits gave evidence of their entire
satisfaction with the doings of the State Con
' vention. -
G. Z. Dimoek, Chairman of the Commit
tee on Resolutions, read the following, which
Were unanimously adopted :
This Convention representing a largo ma
jority of the Freemetrof Sussuehantia Coun
ty, resolves,
1. That we remain now, as we ever have
be,en, :unalterably opposed to the extension
of Slavery. - -
. .
: 2. That .we reaffirm and , approve the prin•
eiples and doctrines embodied , And set forth
in the National - Republican Platform-of 1850.
3. That we, record the itttaipt of the
Na
tional Administration ta impose and 'fasten
a Slai•ery COnatitutiOrt upon' the people of
Kanstisoagainsi their coment, - no a out
rage,groiss- upon the rifihts of freemen, and as s ub.
co.sive of the principles of freigoiernment.
.. _ _
4. That We regard with especial contempt gether. His furniture generally consists of '
the effort of. die - National Administration a box Cr two, which an to: - sWer
f k
the double par
bribe the people of accept a pro-
and
pose of chairs store-house for his "-best .
%siert Conatitution;ae. effort to accomplish - -. -. ‘
.
.b‘fritud and `corruption what it failed to as clotbes,"•lfbiOnive any.. His bedstead is
coteplish ayloree,`sirdstiotence •• • most commiSiily made - by - nailing otsc strips
'-:' 5. That'the reakleisf and.. extravagant eic• to post* andtailing . lieross shakes, irtirlace of
. _
penditOres of leoiararnienkby which the coas a ro4ie.:•!.Tllen- - )lisf: tick: - filled !With:prairie
tents of 'tin' - oeeifiowing treasury have been
g rass, a and a blanket of two, Com p lete him
squandered, and' the nation forced to borro w
•
roosting place His table is a board resting i
money ta meet its continued extravagances. _ - •
—evince not only a want of honesty and in
tegrity on the, part of the officers of govern- the true style of bashing, on 'which ho stets
ment, but also evince an utter inability hi s tip plate, and, drawing his box up to Iris
to Manage public affairs properly and 'P d . !" stove, if he has one , or to one corner ofthe
ciously. . • .
1 room,whtel ra:devoted to culinary operations,
6. That in the Hon. John M. Read, the
with his eam
candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court, ' k
p : ettle raised on two atones, be
We-recognize a good Republican, and an able i can cook his "slap-jack s" and eat them as
,
'jurist, who is eminently qualified for the of. !last as cooked, to his -heart's content.- Thus
flee for which be - ls named. he dwells for a period of from one to three
7. That ,we are well pleased with the nein- . years Before he can pre-empt. It is true he
ination of Wm.- E. Frazer for Canal Cams may lalxir under some disadvantages—may
missioner, and we shallgive him or cordial
miss the blisy fingers of a mother or sister,
support. :
Who were wont to look after and care for his
8. - That it gives us pleasure again ' and I
again to express our entire - 'approval of the I comfort; but yob must acknowledge that he
able, fearless, and efficient public services of can have everything his own way—none. to
our Representative is -Congress, the Hon. I a sk him of his goings out or comin g s in—
G. A. Grow,—that in presenting him a f i fth
and he imagines he is the -happiest of men:
time for a nomination to Congress we do not -
But when he awakes somemorni ng and finds
disregard - did - claims of other counties corn- .
posing this Congressional. District, bat we himself 'sick, unable. to crawl out, he begins
do have - regard to the essential services which to think being an old bachelor and' living a
May- be rendered to the interests of freer:ken, hermit is not just exactly the thing after all.
i
in the present peculiar emergencies, by the
But he is in for it now, and he hopes some
courage, ability, and long Congressional'ex
perietice of Mr.. Grow. . body-will turn up, just to bring a poor fel-
Resolved, That we hairs entire confidence low a drink of fresh water. So he. curls
in the H o n. DAVID Wismar as a man of un- down and waits for occurrences, resolving in
sullied integrity, an ,upriffit, able, and fearless his own mind not to get caught in such a fix
Judge, and as such, we recommend hinr to again. Sonre ono may happen along in the
the Electors of this Judicial district. course of twenty-four hours—antis maybe
Resolved, That the attempt made, by the
leaders of the Black Denrcicracy to abolish not for a
is now and then a young week.
this Judicial district, and thereby deprive the There • man that
Electors thereof, of the right to elect their I comes West with the •laudable purpose of
own President Judge, was a specimen of securing a home, and then returning for his
the kind of popular sovereignty - that the pee-, sweetheart. But it too often. happens that
- ple of Kansas have just repudiated, and upon
the returning is postponed, year after year,
which the Electors of this Judicial district will
set their seal of reprobation- on the second - and the fair damsel becomes discouraged
Tuesday of October next• and accepts of some other offer. Or he may
- Resolved, That the Hon. S. B. Cruse in .forget his troth, or think he can hardly afford
his course as Representative from this dis- to go so far and spend enough to build him
trier, has earned the plaudit " well done, geZal a
comfortable house, when he can get a
and faithful servant'? and we most cheerfully
houstiOrper here. ''§o he takes - to• his wig
recommend him a third time to the suffrages
warn sonic half-breed Potawattornie or Caw,
of the people. -1
Resolved, That our other candidates Levi -
S. Page and John F. Deans are good and
settles down for life.
and Tho young woman that cannot brave' the
capable men, worthy the entire coufidence of dutigers of the West, with her husband, had
the people. • better remain in, her father'S household, and
Mr. GROW then came forward and was re. live and die an old maid. The fact of it is,
ceivod With applause. He made a long and ' Messrs. Editors, there are ever so many
able speech, a digest of which we hope to promising young,`• men out here, going to
give next week. - • nothing,
merely from the lack of a some-
Ile was followed by Hors. DAVID WIL MA:IT
' thing to give them energy. If they had the
who thanked the Convention
..; with- l i g ht sincere of the countenance that should have
emotion for the renewed expression of their
been theirs, to shine upon them, we should
confidence, continued for so many years, see a different state of things from what new
through so many severe trials and hard strum
.exists. I should th ink some grea t philan
glen. His remarks were short but expressive.
, thropist might sec our need, and gather up a
The Convention then adjourned. - cargo of fair damsels, and ship on to as. I
, - --......-40-.....---
think it would be a safe investment now, as
Court Proceedings.
' ' FIRST WEEK.;-011 motion of MT. Waller, the wars are over, and Lecompton is dis-
Ira .Vad4in Esq. was sworn Sand admitted to posed of. -
'spractice as an attorney and counsellor at law • The soil of Kansas is ouch that it will
in ,
the several Courts of Susquehanna county. stand the drouth better than any land I ever
Commonwealth ex re. vs:. Orson Hall.—
saw before ; and the continued rains of this
Habeas Corpus. Court direct•that the child
season prove - it to be remarkable for produc
' reniainin the custody of Orson Hall, and
Chat said Hall E i v e bonds in the sum of *5OO, ing when it rains most of the time. In Illi
fto indemnify 'Edward Cornwall against the nois and Indiana, farnieri were put back very
support of said child. • much by the rains in the Spring—cornfields
Commonwealth vs. Charles Ragan. in
all afloat—could not platit, till-, very lide.--sf
1 dietment, Assault and Battery. Jury failed
-Here, we can plow in lass than a week after
to agree, and were discharged by the Court - .
Commonwealth vs. Jonas Rivenburg s _ In- it rains. I have planted corn the next 'day
dielment, Selling Liquor on Sunday. De - after 'a
rain, and found the land sufficiently
fendant pleads guilty, dry to ensure its - corning. The 'corn Crop
Commonweal y
th vs. John Tke. Surety -
will be very good here this season. Pots.
of the Peace. Court discharge the defendant
. and order each of the parties is pay his own toes looked rather slim for a time, after the
costs. s - bug attacked them ; but the bugs were very
Commonwealth vs. Geo. Ws Griggs. Id- short lived, and the potatoes overcame their
dietniebt, Fornication and Bastardy. Mary bad looks ; and now if tbeyf do not, rot,' I .
E. !dillies, prosecutrix. Jury failed to
think there will be an abundance. Some of '
agree, and were discharged by the Court.
Commonwealth vs. Jbhn M. Myers.: In- the early planted have commenced rotting,
dictment, Keeping Tippling House. Defend- but we hOpe it will not be a general thing.
ant pleads guilty, and Court sentence him to It seems that Winter wheat does much bet
pay a fine of ten dollars and costs. ter than Spring Sowing, as almost all -ol the
Commonwealth vs. Geo. W. Roberts and
Coe Roberts. Indictment, Assault and Bat- late Spring wheat rusted so badly as to make
tery. Verdict guilty. Court sentence de- it nearly worthless. Buckwheat does well
fendants to pay a fine of *2O to the Common- },ere. It can be sowed _un'the Winter grain
wealth and costs of prosecution, and stand
fields by merely burning
off the i'ubble, and
committed till sentence be complied wish. -
in, as we harvest our wheat before
Commonwealth vs. Win. Regan. Indict-' harrowing
it is time to BOW buckwheat.
ment, Assault and Battery. Perry G. An
t
gell, prosecutor. Verdict guilty. Court • I think there will .be more sickness here
sentence defendant to pay a find of one do's than usual this fall, owing to so much rain.
lar, and stand committed till sentence be The season, so far,has been remarkably cool
complied with. _ for this climate. But for a few - days past
ConimonWealth vs. Amass Wilcox and
we have begun to experience a little ineon-
Martin Wilcox. Indictment, Assault and
_Battery. Geo. W. Bennett, prosecutor.— venience from the excessive heat.
Verdict not guilty, and that defendants pay
the costs. .
: S. Scott ys. Davis D. Scott. Libel for
'Divorce: Divorce decreed by.: the Court,
August, 19., 1858. - ' - ,
Elizabeth Hoy vs. Thomas IlOy. Libel
for Divorce. Divorce decreed by the Court.
Commonwealth vs. Samuel Roberts.—
Surety of the Peace. Court discharge -de
fendant,'and direct prosecutor, Seth Any, to
pay the.costs.
In the matter of the incorporation of the
Borough of Little Meadows—Grand Jury
approve of the incorporation of. said Borough.
Alma Barnes vs. J. W. Barnes. Libel
for Divorce. - Court decree a divorce from
'he bonds of matrimony.
1
For the Independent Republican,
Life in Kansas—Crop_Prospeets, itc..
TOPMEA, K. T., Au g . 2, 1858.
/Inns. Enrrons :—Very few at the East
realize what it is to go to Kansas and pre
empt a claim. Let me enlighten you slight
ly-on the subject.. You are well aware that
almost e.very Eastern community has a
sur
plus of bachelors, who are useless at home,
and consequently can well be spared. Let
us follow one to K. T. After his arrival
here he generally spends several days " hunt-1
lug a claim." When, he, has selected orin
that suits him exactly, he preceeds''to erect
himself a habitation. Various and novel
are the atyles of architecture wh ich
are. fol
lowed. Onefashion into set up poles—not
exactly wigwam style, but in shape like the
steep roof of ,a hotnie--!and then cover with
brush and sod. Another isAhe common log
cabin ; and then we have a peculiar kind of
lumber here,—cotton wood, which, witen'ex
posedste the sun, warps and twists into all
sorts of shapes. You can imagine what kind
of a stopping place a cabin built of such lum
cher, roofed with the same, and minus a floor,
would be. to tarry in. , To such a habito4rt
does the.baehdor betake himself; and there,
with his juF'of molasses and sack of four or
meal, he manages to keep soul and body to.
Fat the independent Republican.
EDITORS :—Recently, while so
jOurning for a few days with friends hr
neighboring State, I was shoWn some (to me)
new kind of fruit. Being a Yankee, of course
1 was asked •to guess what kind of fruit it.
was. Now, the fruit in question grew upon
some small bushes in one cornea tt of the gar
den, and wi.s nearly as large as our common
cherries. .But kltnew the shining clusters
before me were not-, cherries ; for in my
youth 1 bad mounted too many tall trees at
_the risk of shins and head t to suppose, even;
that they might.grow upon such, little bush
es. Well, the more I looked the more :I be-.
came puzzled. Becomingsdesperate, I asked
if they Were goOd
. to eat. "Try," said a
friend at my elbow. Carefully I picked one,
and tasted. What was my astonishment at
finding Dion currants. Not the little maw.
'ny things which are in almost everybody's
garden, but rich, ripe, luscious fruit, such as
would please the taste of the most fastidiOus..
This fruit, while it possesses all. the •goad
qualities of out common currant,is so much
larger as to make it desirable from pectini-•
ary motives alone that it thould supersede
our smaller fruit, and it will. I hope the
people of this county will not be behind 1u
the improvement of so desirable a luxury,
eipecially Where it can be accomplished ata
very. trifling . cost. I hope some one,engaged
in introducing fruit into this county not
forget the "cherry currant'." -Seeing is be
lieving; and lam satisfied . ' that when :our:
farmers and gardeners become acquainted
with'the improved currant, they will at 2. once ,
pull up root and boinchlher" old institution,"
and we shall hear no more from it forever..
- .C. T..'
- ler TIN filteritr of Lesvenv•:Ortli,-Kankas,
advertises thikale of a yoke; Of'oxenoind
negro boy sixteen ietirs' ilp,et I
--_,
.Ffn • the Independent Republican
• Painful Accident.
On the 19th•of July two young and bernl 7 .
tiful iiirls,lifiss.Ellen Q K
tap, daughter of M ,
WelltngtoirT. , .Case, late U.-, , resident!Pf La.
Or* Suok Ctioind Misalloielliitia g6rsoi4
daughter of Mr: Corm* a citizeuef the town
,of Waterloo, Blickhawk : Co., ,-iowi4 were
drowned in ' the Ceder River, opposite the
town above mentioned. The facts of whieg i
are briefly as follows : A large number
. of
ladies and gentlemen were s haKing a pleasant
ride upon the river. Mr.- Arthur A. Spicer,
son of-Col.Spicer, of this county, and the
deceased vary standing upon the river's bank,
spectators of the scene, when a young man
came up with a boat and invited, them to
take-n rider \ Mr. •Spicei declined, as he was
just recovering - from recent illness. The
young ladies consented, and they. Were soon
upon the water with the rest of the company,
full of joy and animation. After sailing for
some time the boat struck upon a snag,capsiz
ed,and all within were plunged into the deep,
swift current. Boats soon came to their as.,
sistance, the young man was saved,- but the
ladies sank to rise no more. -
But the most painful of-atremains yet to
be told. Ellen Case was to have-been mar.
ried to Mr. Spicer in, a -short time. The
marriage had been postponed on account 4
his having a severe attack of the fever, which :
came near proving fatal. Over him she had
-watched with the tenderest of human .3ympae
thy, with all the deep feeling of woman's
i purest alrection. What must then have - been
the agonizing eineltions of the heart of him
who, standing upon the bank of the Cedar,
saw -that ang el girl—his all—swept by the
river's dark waters from; his arms forever.
. The writer of this was well acquainted
with the Jeeeased. - Her good qualities en
deared her to all. She was a beautiful . and• ,
k
affectionate girl, and so youn only sweet
sixteen, when thus called to n 4 her untime
ly end, we could not. forbearTenning these
few lines as a trilmte to the merits and the
virtues of the departed.
Pennsylvania Politics.
We find the fallowing corresprdenee pul?-
shed in the Philadelphia Pre* Mr. P.dad,
the Peop:e's Candidate for Supreme Judge,
it will be. perceived, is free to express, his
views upon questions of national interest, en
dorsing unequivocally the platform of the
party whose nominee he -is :
Bead's` Letter of Acceptance for_ Su-
preme Judge.
EAsrox, Pa., Aug. 16, 1858.
EDITOR OF THE PiLEISS : Pear Sir :— / -1 here
with send you for publication , Mr. ! ( Road's
letter,laccepting- the nominaticin for Judge of
the Supreme Court, and I hope soon to send
you that'of Mr. Fraoi, for Canal Commis
sioner, which htii doubtless been delayed by
the accidents of the.mail.
I also send you the names of the State
Coinmittee appointed in accordance with the
resolution of the People's_ Convention. For
general convenience I have . ascertained and
given the post office address of each 'inectiber.
Respectfully yQurs, A. 11. REEDER.
ACCEPTANCE OF NOMINATION BY /OLIN M. READ.
PLIILAELPIIIA, July 27, 185 S.
DEAR SIR:-1 Ateeived; this morning,
your letter of the 24th lost., informing me
of my unanimous nomination by the P&ople's
Convention, assembled at Harrisburg„ the
office of• Judge of the Supreme Court, and
enclosing a copy of the resolutions raised
by that body, which I have read with great
care. I cordially approve of the sentiments
of general policy expressed in them, and ac
cept, with _great diffidence, the nomination
thus tendered file. If elected, I can only
promise. so far as hiy abilig will permit, an
'impartial' and faithful discharge .of the duties
of this high judicial office.
I am, very respecifully and truly yours,
- JOHN. M. READ.
Hon. Reeder, President, or the Con
vention, Easton, Pa:
State Central Cominittee.—H. M. Fuller,
Philadelphia; Charles A. Close, Philadel
phia ; Wm. B. Mann, Philadelphia;
Millward,Philadelphia ; James J. Creigh,
West Chester; John S. Brown, Doylesitown ;
Henry King, Allentoivn ; Isaac Eckhart,
Reading;, - Robert M. Palmer, Pottsville ;
Charles Albright, Much ChUnk ; A. K.
Peckham, Tunkhannock ; Henry M. Hoyt,
Wiikesbarre ; John_ McPherson, Warren ;
W. P. J. Pinter, Money ; George A. Frick.
Danville ; Lemuel Todd, Carlisle ; Johf
Wood, Conshohocken ; J. Wollower, Har
risburg ; A. S. Henderson, Lancaster ; Oli
ver J. Dickey, Lancaster; David E. Small,
York; A. K. McClure, Chambersburg; Da
vid McMurrie, Huntingdon ; Alexander Mul
len. Ebensburg ; Darwin Thelps, Kittaning;
Edgar Cowan, Greensburg ; Wm. McKen
nan, Washington ; Thomas •M. Marshall,
Pittsburg; Robert B. Carnachan, Birming
ham ; John N. Purviance, Butler ; Win. M.
Stephenson, Mercer ; Alfred Huidekopper,
Meadville Phillip Clover, Strattonville.
Its HAS HEARD Bihaving had
enough of nasty water and mutton, -has left
Be'dfut d Springs. It is said that he -hits heaid
the news febM Kansas, and that instead of his
celebrated Lecompton remedy being a 'care,
it will produce a breaking lout-the disease in
the, next Congress worse Than ever. Poor
J. B. ! never has aPre-ident received such a
rebuke. , Here is an unholy measure, to 'se
cure which the whole power, plunder, and '1
patronage of the. Government were staked, I
which was only carried through Congress, by
corruption exceeding anything which ~disgrac
es our annals ; and, after all this humilia
tion comes; the worst in the utter defeat of
the expedient at the hand 4 of the people Who
were to be . tyrannized over.' There is noth
ing like it in all precedent. , if At, Buchan
sin. recognized the English ,doctrbie in cases
where a Government measure 'is defeated,
himself, with , his whole pack of office holders,
would resign, and turn , over poWer to some
body competent to manage it according to
the true doctrines , of Denaocracy.—Suliclup
Dispatch. •
•
CLTRI YOR VIZ nARD Tosint.—The scrib
blers for the Democratic press throughout
the country seem to have full faith in the if.
fleecy 'of the free trade policy to secure for
us prosperity in the future. 'The shalloS.vueis
and falsity of-many of their arguments deil
Amy_ all confidence in their prbfessions. If
the free trade party really believe in all the
trash they utter, and that the establishment
of .their,doctrines-would benefit the conntry;
nay don't they - do it _They are the ruling
party, arid under their government we tho'd
experience nothing but-blessings and benefits,
instead. of the grinding depressibn that now
Ideal eyery
. departtherit `of business.
The Douglai Democracy of Sdhuyt
kill, who ore greatly .in thikmajority over the
-Lecoinptcmites, have:norninated ,, J6seph
Cake fcir Congress and Michael Cochrane for
the State Senate. Mr.', Cochrane, -who weir
ninnibated by 'ade.bonation,. is: the man who;
inalimoved - by.the general , adminimratios
aftiir,helitul be :appointed - post-inneter
Pottsville, betimes he dared to preside at,
Democratic meeting Which:endorsed the do
I trine that the. people ',should pveric -,them
selves. This is a, fiiirset-oli.' One ea
makes 'the 'telt the other .the protest. On i
takes the caea from the man • the other.pro
. poses to take the man frOm tt; ofrtim”— , nrc'
in:/ , Alike& ' .
Queen's Message in F
TRINITY BAT, August 17, 185 P!
- The Qtieen's message through .a nm
was not completed till five 'o'clock this
big—here is the correct copy ot'thei
Message
E LONDON, August 16, lB
o the Honorable the President of , the
Her Majesty desires to congratulat e
President upon the successful compleno 3
this great international work, in- which
Queen has taken. the• deepest interest.
Queen is convinced that the President
join with her in fervently hoping that
electrical cable which now connects
Britain with the Uuited States, gill pro
additional link between the nations
friendship is founded upon their comm ,
terest end reciprocal esteem. The
has much pleasure in thus cominuni,
with the President arid-renewing to hi m
wishes for the prosperity of thetnited'
From. the London Tired City Orr -
_ The Atlantic Telegraph.
The Atlantic Telegraph Shares of 1 .,
each, which were yesterday offered at .s
immediately advanced tins morning, e
ceipt of-the - telegram of success, to a Tel
quotation of £6OO to £BOO. . Later .:
day it was found that holders were ex ,
ly firm, and:the final price was £BBO te
The first through message from New y
now awaited with the utmost Intereo,
most petsons connected with the Am,
trade, are sanguine of the permanent in ;
it will give-to the tommercial inure;,,:,
the two countries i _and the ecAmonly e
'also effect by frequently preventing th,.
-itlesa shipment backward and fcwar
goods or specie. As the Niagara iaailt.-
ed to be in Trinity Bay ; Newfourenatd,
connection with New York will- most t'.
be established With - great dispatch.
The land telegraph through Newfon:,-
runs from St. ola) s, skirting Trinity
to Cape Ray, on the other side of :hail
thence there is a cable to Aahpee Bay,
ton Island, which connects with thc
through Nova Scotia and New Bra,.
and the United States' system down tr,;!
Orleans. The working of the land l- , .i
about 250 miles across Newfbundlat,i
not hitherto been . quite satisfactery,l.:
nswers ordinary purposes, and ' thenci
,Intention ultimately to avoid it, by re
a submarine cable from. Plac4titia I
Cape Breton. The financial and gener
sition of the Atlantic Telegraph Cor
now appears to be as follows : Their
nal paid-up capital was £350.000, an:
has since been increased to £456,000,
ditionel £31,000 having been raised a
time back, and - .£75,000 'in shares hav;rg
created to be handed over in pay Me::
the exclusive eirivileges assigned to ti.
pany immediately on the succesgful et
Lion of the undertaking.;
Although the amount to participate i
dividend is £456.000, the capital aetya.
ecived 'is £381,040. Out Of this the t
for the entire cabi has b• en • paid; ce:
otherApenses, and a , small ma' bale
still in hand applicable to the curren t
It is understood that the only adding:.
itid now intended to be-raised is the
sum that will bring the total to ea
and which is required for the statiot
that retfiain to be established. The t
concessions of the company 'give thee
clusiv,'fight for '5O. years .as regar
Newfoundland oast and the shores cf
rador and Prince Edward's Island, aw;
ty-five years asyegards Breton Island.,
have also a 'similar privilege f 3 r 2:i
from the State Of Maine.
From the respeetiveOovernments
Britain and the United States the tat
tamed are a payment of £14,000 per
from each for the transmission of di - 6
•sages for fifty years, until the de
amount to six per cent. on the origins!
tal. of £30,000, after which each Got
to pay £lO,OOO a year, such psyni,
he dependent on the efficient working
line. Previously-to the failure at tie
expedition, which sailed on the 4th ti
ust, 1857, and lost 383 miles of cal,
£lOOO shares touched about £ll5O , r:
and the lowest point has been £30.0.
having been Rade at that price since'
tempt last June, when there was
tional less of 480 -miles. On the prf
easion it appears that nearly . 500 ii,;
ble remained, the totel paid- out' -fr.
, two ships having been only 2022 at ,
in
QUEEN - VICTORIA AND TEEM NEC
Some of the press under a mis.appr ,
are taking Queen Victoria to task..l ,,
neglect to give, the President hi.,
of His Excellency." During the cet
of 1787, which formed the eonstitut ,
United States, some of the ineinberi
e 4 the title of " and oh ,
Of Excellency. " The convection ,
rejected these additions, and reivht
the - official appellation should he
dent of the United States, " the m 6..!:
and signtfieant of till possible titles:
' Victoria, therefore; did giye.hini
. title. .
RESULTS 07 TIIE STORI ' L — The - sO ci,
that visited this county on WednefAi:
noon of last week; left ita mark in
places.
, kr Mt. Pleasant Township
,the
struck a barn,filled with hay, the pro
Mrs. Wheeler, set it on fire, and in,
the Fain, and:the aid of neighboni, it:
contents : were. Wholly' destroyed. I:
load of hay :.vas on a wagon in . the b,
the fire war, so sudden and the lion , :
so fiercely that the wagon could - not
edl and with many other 'articles
in the - barn, was also btirned.
dstinutted at $.700. No insursnee.
Our borough did not esca pe
- the electric strokes.. Mr. Anibros , :
had a valuable cow killed in his ps:;•
not over half a
m..e
from town. Tr::
nine or ten more cows in the•lot at r:
but they all appeared to haveesesp i
ant. harm.,
Thi lightning Also. struck a pino
the. sidehill opposite the borough;
coming at ttle nearer still, ps, , -0 1, !"
electric rods of .the Episeopsi
ct
Wayne Co. Herd?, August 19.
Lsdrs• SUPERIOR , SILVER. —The
Tribune has several • beautiful spec
'silver ore taken out of the Like
mines. One of-the speciitiens is
mass of snowy quartz, thickly Vi
silver. Another is-compiised id sili ,
* 0 to 'speak; resting in I mass of tIS
per. The other -is a beautiful i
frex.dlrcun the quartz, and exhile
white pure oree,iff shape it resort
of the, 10 , 1 1ill'e varieties of seise ,
now , tlifiiie --the. manufacturer's
L toucheilifi perfect enough for the ~.
i' of ivaiielor other-article of silver c
weight'Vehout-siz ounces, and iii.
high - as cenfd he. The silver ore 01
,pgy Penininia la justly bei.sLinuieg to
a' large share of attention. ,
- -
- 141,7"31rojusnin Franßim, wh., ll's.:
'lightning from 'thy clollds ,
\.,
m0m.., -,110 barite NSell it - Va . i 4. h the ii.`
di) the work of Rout, and t) ru ,, ,
lite-of - the A tistitio eliblo tsiTri''''''.
gi'' ',
Maalachinietta too , . • Priod , lui
d
floattm, Morse iti Charles:ton, l'sii
kat& - • - • .
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