ontrost A. 1. GERRITSON, Editor. SZOITTP.OI3II, Thursday, tiketiveiliblee 901158. DEMOVRATIC NOMINATIONS. SUPREME -JUDGE : WILLIAM'A. PORTER. PUtLADBLIfIA• CANAL COMMISSIONER,: - WATLEY FROSTIf FATZTTS CON'GRMS : X.. C. VAIL, Sinitic* Depot, [Subject to decision of Conference.] - REPRESENTATIVE: CU S:GILBERT, G;i3at Bend COMMISSIONER: IMILNIYER. warns, 'Jackson. - AUDITOR:' 'SIMEON LEWIS, Biidgewater Speciall'Notlce. 1 ",coluin persons indebted to the late firm of GM & erri Mon for ,subscription to the ifontrose Democrat are hereby forbid den settling with J. B. McCollum, or - any pqrson in whose hands be may place the ac counts. -Said accounts lave not yet been as signed to him, in -consequence of his baying refused to render value for them as agreed upon -before the firm was dissolved; any col lections which be may make will be fraudu lent, and - his receipts void, until farther notice -' be given. - A. J. GERRITSON. Montrose, April Ist, 1858: ' . Notice.—Job work, transient_ advertising, and az.z. orders from a distance; or froznatmngers —cash. Paper!' *outwit of .the county - mast be paid for in advance. _ [tf. far . Dolei FAIL to.rair TEE PURIM Al • Fir We are requested to:give notice that the Storeirof Guttenberg, Rosenbaum & Co., trill be closed on the 9th and 18thpf the present month. 44f" The Democratic Congressional Con forest for Chester and Delaware _counties have nominated Charles D. Manley,,-Esq., of Media, Delaware coon ty,as the Democratic .candidate (Cr Congress, to represent the sixth Congress sional district. „ -Nt,WSPAPER Qualloz.=This Harrieburg Patriot and Union, and Keystone, have been consolidated, and will hereafter 'be published under the title of the Patriot and Union, by 0. Barret, & Co., R. J. Haldeman, Editor. The Daily Herald has been purchased by them, and will be published in future as the Daily Patriot and Union. We wish the new enterprise all - kinds of success. - Democratic 'County Conyentlon. Pursuant to notice the Democratic County Convention of Susquehanna County assembled at the old Court House in Montrose, on Monday, Septeniber .6th, 1858;at 2 o'clock, P. M. -Thtt. Convention was called to otderf,by W. S. Haven, Chairman of the Standing Committee,' when THOS. JOHNSON,. Esq., -of Bridgewater, was selected for President, DAVW MOMAR, E.g., of 'Greif. Bend, and Da. Gm.v - is LEE; of Friendsville, Vice Presi dents, and S. W. Teusibury,. Esq-, of Lathrop, and Geii. W. Griggs, Esq., of Great Bend; Secretaries. -• . The list -of townships being called, the follosiing named persons presented their credentials and took seats as delegates : _ Annum—Hamlet Hill, John rratice. Amarovr.—Braidus Bala, Nat'matiel - West. . . AroLsar.David Buff'um,Patrick Ryan. • Baoonam—A Chamberlin,_Ami Wnincriveran.—Thos. Johnsen, N. 11 Pass- CLlFFORD.—ftaron 1-firwver;.ll S. Burdick. - Cnocosc.r.--- - Blichael Kane, Jr. Jacob Kim. ball• Driocr..—C. C. Mills, C. J. Lathrop. . DWNDAI 4 I. Edward Ores, Jas. H. Welts. FeassT Las.E.--Jamesjurrel, W. S. Harvey: 'FErEsupsvtrzE.—Calvin Leet, Jamei Meld. FEssEratt.—Titus Smith, Jr., S. D. Turrel. • , GRE,AT BEED..—David Thomas, Geo. W. thissos.—C. N. Miller, Coe Welk. ILturottn.-5. E. Carpenter, Ira Carpenter. Jacasos.—Leander Griffis, Reuben Hill. Jessur.—Zenas Smith, A. D. Lsth'rop. LErrox--Hiram White, A:4 - .` Titus. LA.TEROP.—John Wood, S. W. Teicksbug. LrnErcry.--D. 0. Terrell, Samuel Whiting. Minnt..ETows.—.l. T. Buxton. D. It. Hoyt. Merrsoss.—A. Lathrop, J. F. Ciawley, Naw Idn.roats.—Wm. C. Ward, Wm. Hard . EsE.—J. W. Granger, Geo. Harvey. SEEramx.t.E.Oliver Lsthrop,SamneliQuick. Sus u'A DEPor.--Gaylold Curtis, A. H. Jolus= - Sou._ Six.vss - o:Day, Mortimer Gaige; li i Tookeson.—Wm. Salisbury, W. S. Sampson. For Congress, B. B. Little; Esq., of Ilion tram, and-Dr2M. IL C. Vail,•of Susq'a Depot_ were named. Mr. Litt.Ws same having been irithdrawn, .1)a. VAIL was nominated by acclimation, aibiei3t to decision of the Con gressional Conference; - In relation to the office of President Judge, the -631lowingi!as offered and'adopfed . : As the election of President Judge should- . not be made a partizan or political question, and - -that, so far as possible, said office should be kept free fwm all political considerations, fecling, and bias— Resolved, That acting upon said.riewa, we will:support - at the ensuing eleotion for Presi denandge-of the 13th: Judicial District any person in whose integrity ; legal knowledge and ability we have oonfidence, 'without re gard to his . politimiliposition orxelations. •_ Representativf4 ellitit4llS S. GIL -BEST of Great - Bend was nominated by ' • . FOr Goaimiaimier, Leander Griffis of Tact son, Hamlet Hill of Atiburn, Adam Wells - of Clifford, Charles Wrighter of-Thompson, J. 0. Bullard 44 -Brooltlys, and Simeon Lewis of =II - Spinster, -were msed.. OD first ballot— GrifErreeeised: .-........ 26 votes. .IEII " 7 Well, " .......... " Wrighter "‘ 2 " Bullard " 7 " ,5 " . Bo choice. Ile naigit of Hilt and Lewis mere; rithdFawn, when LEANDlZR:Galiffijki ,of.lanitson was nominateri--made unanimous. , :F.tw gliatditor -Adams Wells ,of Clifford ind Simeoir - .Dowis of =Bridgewater; wive named. name - of Mr. Wells having been drawn, SIMEON LEWIS of Bridgewater war nominated by ai‘clamation. - For Congressional Conferees, A. Lathrop of Monttoie, Wm. C. Ward -of New -Milford , were selected. • - ", - .On motion, the above named -Choferees were, also chosen - for Judicial Confereeit. On motion, the following COMmitiee wets selected to report resolutions : R. B. Little, C. -Leot, Wm: K.'_Hatch, Oliver Lathrop, and J.ll.:Mctollum. - , 'puting the absence of the Committee on retiOlutious,theConventiou selected the County Stmuling Committee• for the ensuing year, after which Dr. Vail being called upon, ad dressed the Convention.. _ ginuetrat. The following :Resolutions. were reported bi--the Committee and adopted Resolved, That we approve the Adminis• tration of James nuchanan,--11e was elected under the promise to allay. the bitterneru of sectional, strife, end to give peace to our then distracted country, and fully is his adminis tration realizing tint hope, • • Resolved, Tha t the doCtrins ',of Popular Sovereignty,as a anal settlement of the Slavery question, is the established Democratic doc trine of the day, and "under' its influence we shall have Union and Peace.. • The Delegates were then invited to pariah of supper at the Franklin Hotel, and the Convention \. adjourned. ' [The names of the. Democratic: County Committee will be published next weelc.=—En.] _ THOS. JOHNSON, President. DAVID MIOMAS, t Vice Presidents. CALVIN LE . ,r, S. W. Twwwitiuny, i Secretaries. Geo. W. Gulace, tar A correspondent of the Wellsboro' Democrat draws the following picture of the candidate of the Black Republicans for Sher iff of Tioga county " For years be has been an intemperate man, in the constant, uninterrupted habit . of using intoxicating drinks, and very, often to ekces.. It is reported that he condoled 'this campaign -thus tar much of the time under the influence of intoxication, and at all times with a bottle „in his pocket. _ , He frequently spends Iris Sabbaths in the bar roam, drinking liquor, and telling and listening to smutty and lewd stories. He seldom, if ever, visits a house of worship; and _never gives a farthing to support a religkius or benevolent cause. His influence has al ways, been against the - morals, good order and peace of the_ community in which he resides. 'Not long since he and a. few others_ of his moral stripe, attended a drunken dance at a private house, 'with lewd women, where thins were said, if not done, which a regard to common decency forbids the to make pub lie in print. And still this man besmeared all over with his debaucheries, asks a moral, I.ligious and uptight community to , sustain him; to lift him up as a worthy "ruler in high places." 7t is hoped there is enough of moral worth in the intelligent masses of Tic ga county to put -the heel of condemnation upon the political pretetrsions of all such men; that they may learn. by experience (though it cost something, it is all the better for that) that - a systematic and practical disregard of the better impulses of our nature r is no qual ificatipn for o ffi ce, and the road to polit icalTreft rment,is closed against the approach of, immortal, intemperate and incompetent From Washington. Colonel Rector bes been, instructed by the Secretary of the Interior to proceed to Floki cia, and as soon as the season will permit to take measures for the removal of, the ,Senli nolc. who are now in. ILA Fqiia.4l4.d... Secretary of War is desirous that this shall - be done ,under the superinteadence of Colonel Bectoralone,without the inter fe rence of the authorities or citizens of Florida. White a 4gs will be distributed `through the swamp., for the purpose of calling them to a cou - ocil. No military force will be employed. .The Indians wil! be removed to Arkansas, whither Billy Bowlegs and his band were transferred, should the negotations be successful. In the case ,of the ~'disroted title to the Rancho Diode Los Americanos,in „California, the Secretary of the Interior has rejected the suivey of the Surveyer General of that State, and ordereda new one to be - made. ' /g' . The Hickman Convention of Chester coutty assembled at West Chester on the 30th ult., and nominated John Hickman for Congress. Although he ind,his friends have been straining every nerve to keep up appear ances, the delegate elections were perfect failures, and ne Item than. sittees districts in the bounty were unrepresented in the con ventioa. Hickman started out with the in tention of distracting the Democratic party, andihass succeeded in sowing dissensions it mong the Republicans, who are now divided between him and a candidate oltheir own. The'.- Republicans are beconairg alarmed at the divisios of their ranks, f °winging that, nnlessit is sealed, the Democratic candidate will walk over the course without serious opposition. Foreign News. . By the arrival of the steamship FtiTton, we barb European ad vices op to the-23th day of August.: Queen Victoria continued her progress in Germany. She was received everywhere with the most extravagant dernonstrations of respect, and good will. ThiparaiTona, are making for a royal visit to Leeds on the re. turn of the Queen• from Germany. The world renowned steam line of battle ship Agamemnon, which covered herself with glory in the laying of the Atlantic Telegraph cable, -bad' ; bee, oa ftre in the docks, but forttibately sustained little damage. • There had been a collie:bps betwcert two ex cursion tiains on the' (Mord and Wolver. hatapton Railroad r invols* cheadful conse qpences. Severer persons were kilted, and a great army frightfully injured. The condition or the - Thames Myer,- the filthiness of which has excited' much remark, bad been improved to some extent. • The notorious horse 'Cruiser,' 'which was tamed by 'Mr: Darcy, is now parformoirig in a Theauteonita harvest in Great Britain are very sadifactory. The late rains caused mime delay the gathering of-the crops, but no penniuientl „ injury was done. The Universal Exhibition of ladastry at Vienna 11%& been postfOrred.... - . The treaty c,oncluded with • the-Chinet!e does not cooler-on Meshes tile right et ing. permanent diplomatic agents at. Pekin, bin theirtimsul_Gtneraltt reetlenit at Tien- Sien will be admittedi to- direct inteMourse with the Cabinet of the EMpeior. A telegraphicilispatch. .frOns : St., Potent , burg, says the Chinese Empire 'is-to he.open to fMAgners, and the left bent ofitheXmoor River is henceforth. to be the Ix:manly be. tweenTinssia.and China:, a- antics that he will conteit the' ri . gt4"or.r. Richard Barrett to a seat in the libirt,y-sixtli Congress. , r A great -Celery is constantly being re3e made,' says the ' Scranton. "Herald," with reference to thei r n Interests otpeonsyleann. Now we want to tifoli.e ougaged in the mantific(ure oft on Inkk-ei, Ifri equal chance with other mans Reuters in the country, but not to the eve*. hat will impose upon the consumitor b ' -down that othergreat in terest %Welt bas one make out coun try what it is; vi :—the Railroad Interest.— e to We strongly sus ct that the manufacturer:. of s lron, during e past few years , have had an- opportunity , make good dividerrd;,• and when protnp ly managed, as all kinds of business has to e, these concerns have been lin an eminently t§egree prosperous. If, how ever' the Republ- C 313 Tariff of 185'l has made any difference, by then let :the good old democratic one of '46 take its place. Below we appCnd• a statement au, Lehigh •Crane Iron *WOlks; Whose operations have 1 3 run through the ff ariff of '42 up to '5B, which shows very co lesively that thee have no reason to compl iu, and were as able to bear the burden • of tit , hard times as any other t i. company in exis once. Many other compa nies whose ope atioas have , been presided over by sagacious business men, 'can favor- ably compare st4iistics. The fact is. it, is on ly the idle nad s othful manager that has need tocry so Instil y for protection: The Lehigh I on Works commenced busi ness in May 183 , with a capital•of $lOO,OOO dieMrd into she es of 4.50 each. le 1845 - the managers a .plied for and obtained au amendment to the charter increasing the capital stock to jam sum of $200,000. This additional capital was appropriated among the then stockhcliders according to the num ber of shares thin held by them respectively. These additional shares were paid for in fail out of _the profilf or surplus earnings of the company, rerna;ping in their hands and not therefore divided into dividends to the stoCk holders. In July 1654, under authority of a seem' amendment to the charter, obtained for the purpose,' the capital was again in creased from $200,000 to - $500,000. The increase torts pea for entirely out of the sur plus earairre3 or j profits of the company. The surplus earnings , or profits after the payment of all disbursements, since 1845, amounted at the tespectivi dates below given,to the fol lowing several spins, to wit : July-I,lB4s,surplus profits were $127,047 70 July 1, 1848,. " " 249,437 52 J. 1,1849, ' " " 299,095 58 Jan. 1,1854, ' 11 " 633,680 54 July 1,1854, 't 716,542 15 July 1,1856, 11 41 338,371 03 It will thus by acs n that the first_addition al capital of 8100,000 was subtracted from the sum of 612.r1,047 70 ; tieing the surplus profit on hand the first day of J uly,lB4s,and that the entire increase of capital, amounting to $400,000, WAS taken from the surplus pr. - fits. In addition to these surplus prollts,they declared, as we lunderstand, a regular divi dend of 8 per cent. That was taken ofi'first. In six monthly, i l lom Jan. 1,•1854, to July 1854, they increased their surplus profits nearly sloo,ooo—and this en a capital of $600,000. Thi ough the. whole of the tari ff of 1846 (which: was to ruin the whole coun try,) this Company prospered and grew rich beyond all eXample. We should like to know what othir class of manufacturers,with the same wool" of capital invested, rea li zed such enormous writs.. No* and Theis. Most of our inaders will recollect the cele brated Kane leter of President Polk on flue tariff—how it !Ili abused and yilified, and its author denohnced by the "opposition" in Pennsylvania. I Well, the other day, in look ing over the re!+lutions of the recent "opposi tion" Convention, which tiet in,Flarrisburg, 'and put in nomination that eminent "free . trad... T • t — } t AIL 14........ t, .......-a .ot. - .40 - 14i'o It, I y fat ' pressed with the idea, that the language of the one relating to the tariff was not new, that we had recd it somewhere before,—and the more we pondered the more we were con vinced that it was in the Kane letter. The following is the resolution :, Resolved, Thi the revenue, necessary fora judicious and ec, nomjeal administration of the government sliniild he raised by the imposition of duties upon the foreign iinports, and is laying them, such discriminating protection should he given as will sh ore the rights of free labor and American Indus 1-37 : Now read th :following extract from the t Kane letter : j "I am in faro , of a tariff for revenue, such an one as will yield a sufficient amount in the Treasury to defray the expenses of the Govern ment economically administered. In adjusting the details of a kervenne tariff I have heretofore sanctioned such] moderate discsimitiating daties as would,produ4e ,the amount of revenue need ed, and at the same time - afford reasonaole in cidental prolectlion to our home industry."— Jane 19, 1844. The 'opposition," as they delight to" call themselves now; used to delight in styling the DemOcratic patty. ass "free traders,'" but we think it will puzzle them a little to point out -the difference between their Harrisburg reso lution and Ibis:extract from what they were wont to call "Polk's free trade letter. In deed, the two are as nigh alike as twin broth ers.—Erie Obskrver. 1 ,ar By universal consent, the, first day of Septethber was!, ielected for a general jubilee in honor of the successful completion of the Atlantic Telegiaph. The following from the Arno Yoik Daily:2%7'mq is a fair representation of the doings of the day in various places ; 'The city Of New York has. 'more than filled the expectations of the people in the celebration of! the great. event of the age. be pageant and all the appropriate decora s surpassed all conception. The multi tude which thronged the city was vast, and beyond any C omputatibn. Our military never turned bat in 'greater force, nor ap peared in more exact discipline: The nu merous civic associations were swelled with immense numbers. Hundreds of ourcitizens, manufacturers and merchants took conspico , - ous station in' The processions, with beautiful specimens of the productions of their occu pations, exhibiting a display and judicious taste excellinglany this% of the kind ever at tempted in this:city, and perhaps is the_world. The procession' was so immensely large as to have been unsiiieldfy, and - the afternoon was nearly spent before all who desired could be accomodated with stations in.the line. The entertaipments in the evening, being the fireman's torchlight procession, in which several engines were ndmirably decorated, and the display of pyrotechnics in front of the City Halt were witnessed by tens of tbotisands.' DR. Faerotux'srlcraur.—At .a dinner of • g th ave eForeign -Stanger, the British Minister, • England-The Stin, whose .bright beams enlighten an& tructify the remotost corners- of the earth._ 1 The French leAmbasaid'or followed , with France-14S Moo9r whose mild, steady and cheering rays are tie delight of Adroit tions, coutrollirtg ukthe darkness,and their • Dr. Fran klial then ipse,- and• with his usu a l dignity and : , . George Washington—Tian Joihua Who commanded the Sun and Moon - to stand' still --and 'they - obeyed him. RIOT ON STATEN ISLAND. DESTRUCTION OF THE HOSPITAL. The conflagration -slit Quarantine, Staten' hand, which ocoured on Wednesday night, and sehtch we4iciiitell in yesterday'sNeu Ninth proved to be far more-extensive than was at firposed. - . , ' • , . On visiting the scene. of aestructton we found that incendiaristii bad doneiis worst, and that the stately buildings,nsed es various hospitals, had been burne d to the • ground, leaving heaps of smouldering ruins as victims of wild, rpalicions vengeance. - For some -time pat the excitement occasi oned by the detentitSn at Quaratine of vessels _havintr yellow fever on board, has been quite general among the citizens of Stapleton, and numerous threats have been made against the institution, but the authorities at r Quarantine never believed Abase threats' would be car ried into execntion,as they were too bold and of too great a magnitude 'for commission. The sequel, however, has proved that the indignant residents have deeermisied upon .a removal of the Quarantine, and as a first step townstrthis object, hive destroyed neatly all that ever existed. Wo subjoin particulars as far as could be ascertained. Between 9 and 10 o'clock, on Wednesday night a crowd of two hundred armed men presented• themselves at the principal gate and -demanded admittance, which was refused. They then begun throwing stones and other missiles, and bursting open the gate proceed -ed.-toward the west wall, behind which were several crowds of men with huge square timbers on their-shoulders, and using these as battering rams soon forced breaches throtigh the Wall in seven different places. The crowd, numbering now some six to eight hundred, with torches and combhstibles, began tearing down the - fences, With, which they - set fire to .the large building on the northwestcorner of the grounds known as the small pox Hospital. The four buildings adjacent, containing yel low fever patients, were next set on fire, the icrowd rushing in and seizing the helpless in mates by the feet and shoulders carried them out, and roughly, throwing them on the ground, returned ; and after piling the mat trasses•into a heap, set fire to them. Some were seen with a blazing matrass suspended from a pole, holding them up to the window . casements of the smaller build , ings, while others, after entering and setting fire to a building, locked the doors on the in side and jumped from the windows,andstrange to say, amid this scene- of heartlessness, of open riot and arson, cheers werZr given by the infuriated assailants fur the success of their diabolical and inhUman outrages. The princi pal hotel known as the "St. Nicholas," or "Jolly Jack Tar," seeming ,to be a special object of attack, was find in five different place S, but being built of Prick, the wails re sisted. the ravages of tire and were still stand ing. The ,inteii..r w.ts entirely destroyed, in cluding the baggage -of a large number of passengers,(from ships in Quarantine), who barely escatol with their lives. - Desiiuction became general until sixteen buildings were burned,inoluding the residence of Dr. Thompson, Health Officer, whose family were summarily trdered ont.of the house after the torch was applied. All the hospitals except two were consumed. The Emigi ant Hospital' was entered and a matrass set on fire—this was fortunately discovered before much damage was dune and the build ing saved. The Harbor Police, consisting nof ten men, s. as soon as they discovercil l the flames, la, their boat and proceeded to the grounds in the hope of extinguishing them. Perceiving men in the act of applyir g trrches they made several arrests, intending to put them in irons and bring then) zo the city, when a principal leaderof the- mob repaiivd to. D. vestry r, and - Ina al iig elie;Threat that "unless the prisoners were released, every building would be burned," broke open the places• of confinement and set the men free, who im mediately returned to their work of destine -0011. There were three large coal heaps, from 50 to 100 tons in each—presenting a mass of red and white fire, which, if not soon ex tinguished; will continue to burn for two or three weeks. '‘ When weleft the Quarantine there was a general feeling or expectation that the assault would be renewed on Thursday evening, in which case the work of demolishing will be coati:deed. The place is entirely destitute of 'defense, and accessible on all sides. Instead of having separate departments for the differ eta diseasesoill are now pron3iseuonslv hudd; led together in the two remaining hospitals, where, also, are the two men who were shot one, while trying to, check 'the flames, the other in the act of applying the torch. It is impossible to find ont who were the perpetrators. The entire community hare been much incensed orlate by their conti guity to infectious diseases, and although Quarantine IMS existed on Staten Island for forty years, it seems that ihe people have.but recently resolved upon a removal.. Many farniliesicante to this city last eve ning for purpose lof safety, fearing that - the riot would be renewed and life endangered. There was.a total absence of the police regu lations, and thus will matters remain until the proper authorities shall assert flair power. - POSTSCRIPT. CONTINUATION OF THE DESTRUC -TION - OF THE QUARANTINE BU (WAN GS. ?OCR. O ' CLOAC, A. U. As we go to press the Quarantine buildings urn on fire as they were on the morning pre- A meeting of eiCzens was held at the house of Thomas Burns,and resolutions were passed to distribute twenty-five tons of coal a• mong the poor, before setting the buildings on fire. Dock, piers, and everything are suffering from the general demonstration of the citizen ineediaries. That the ftte of boat nights is the work of incendiaries is not denied or doubted. 11 is said that wlrerr the firemen offered -their services, they' were met, by one -of the high officials with a pistol at the breast, The work of deatrudtioti seeins to be corn• plete t and' themajority of the cititens partici pate,in. The Seventh Regiment, who Aare: been notified to- Loki' themielses readiaess' for twig emergency in the cave, bare not been called upon up to the hour of our notice. The presumption is, therefore,'t bat the destroyers have all in their own way. The quarantine buildings 'are no more. Such` is the power of an excited populace. Oil Thursday night, as we announced in a proscrig for yesterday's News, the , rabble at Staten Island' made another systematic attack upon the public buildings at Staten Island and succeeded itt red ucingto ashes ererytlii rigs the , shape of an Aiylum far - the poor and' distressed' creatures Whes - seek onr shrives in distressed' state:' At T 'o'clock, - small squads of men could be seeti;-torches in hand,- carrying bunches' of hay and' - other light Material; making their way toward the doomed premises. ' • - Upon reaching thei' block of -- raitittag(w, oc eupied by the Dbctorl's Ithatmen at the west ()ad of the enclosure, fronting on the' main street hey were, first entered. Everythtirt° aboutithe houses of a light, or combustiffle • nature was-row piled together and the torch applied. •Thejife not , spreading. sufficiently mpid -to -suit their Murderous propensities, -eampliene watt brought into requisition 4 11 holes being- ktiockert through vaoons parta'of the flooring to yentilatfbn, the mob g oon had the saitifactioti of enjoying the crack ling flame as it burst forth with all its ter rible fury. • , • The crowd-next attacked the *house of Dr. the Depot) , Health Offirer. This gentlemen bad taken, the precaution to re move his furniture during the afternoon. The front-doer resisted theirefforts for some time, but finally yielding, shutters were torn from the windows, and with- the' aretstanee of a goodly quantity of strait a fire ivas soon ig- . nited on the front piazza, and'S'n a-sbort time communicated to the wood work overhead, and at the same time'others applying the match to the upper atorrei, the whole of this splendid cottage was soon in a blaze. The coolness exhibited in these proceedings was most remarkable, no attempt whatever being made at concealment. The house of Dr. Bisset was the next point of attack. The principal torch-hearer being in the act of applying his devastating instru ment, the cry run along the crowd to "save,' ! the furniture." The mob then entered the rouse and brought out a small table and a chair, when their gigantic efforts ceased— the bells then rung—the firemen came, but instead of making an effort to stop the de stroying element, netually assisted 'in the work of destruction, by throwing everything flammable they- could lay hands on, into it. The work of degtruction did not stop here, for the mob made a charge on the large hos pital occupied principally by the female pa tients,and after taking out the sick they fired the building in several placercwhich was soon enveloped in flames. A smart breeze. was blowing it the time, and the bright red flames shot :forth on the mid-night air, pre senting a truly sublime spectacle. For an hour the fire'raged fearfully, while the crowd yelled and hooted like madmen. In front of the large female hospital on the grass, there were lying this morning fifty patients with the yellow , fever, hardly able to lift their heads from the ground, while all a round them were strewed baggage of all kinds in confusioe and disorder. The patients were also exposed to !tie scorching rays.of the sun, which was ex ofemely hot in the morning, and notwith standing a nurse was in attendance,she cosld not,alleviate a moiety of their wants. A large number have been sent to Hard's Is land. The remainder number forty, °the greater portion - of whorii are in a convalticent state: Four aro in adangerous state, and one not expected to recover. The assistant engineer of the steamer Philacirlphh, who was !aken to the Marine 1113;pital this ue:k, died last night about ten o'clock, and was laying in a covered sedan in the yard.. The body . was taken away at noon, and will be interred h.y the Commissioners. Large crowds of spectators from this city vi,ited the scene of destruction this morning, but none were allowed to enter. All the trees ou the ground are more or less killed by the heat of the fire, and the gardens and walks strewed with broken pieces of furniture: No person, it seems, living in that neigh borhood, appears to know who rued the building, and it is very difficult to obtain a statement from them. Some two hundred, however, are known, an() will probably be arrested dutirig the week.—N. T. "Daily Yews." 1=11==1:=1=1=1 WyostiNo Cocan-.—The Democratic Con vention of this county met on the 3d 01 Au gust, and placed in nomination for Congress,. lion. Lunt.; subject to the decision of the Conferees from the other Counties of the District. The best feeling•prevailed, and the party vote in Wyoming will be fully up to the highest mark. The following resolutions were adopted : Rcsoire,d, 1h it we are oppostd to all sec tional controversy, and as citizens of Penn sylvania, we know neither North or South— but the entire Union—and know no doctrine upon the subjectV slavery other than that. to be found in the solemn guarantees of the Con stitution and the laws of the land. . Resolved, That in James Buchanan, Presi dent of the fruited States, we have the man of our first choice, in whose opinions- and policy as an old fashion() National Democrat we have confidence, and that we believe he has at heart the great interests of our, con fedracv of States. - Resolved, That it is with gratification.we hare witnessed the virtual disappearance of Ale Kansas question fiom the arena of politcs and halls of Congress, leaving the people of that Territory free to arrange' their own po litical affairs, and to dispose of all other clues. tiona to meet their own views, which should be satisfactory to all parties, either North or South. Resolved,., That we maintain as heretofore the old fashioned Democratic doctrine of a a revenue tariff with a proper discriMination for protection, which in our judgment should be so arranged as to carefully guard the coal and iron interests'of this State, and to pro mo:a manufacturing and the labor of the country. Resolved, That we heartily andorse the nomination of Wm. A. Porter, our candidate for 'Supreme Judge and know him to be eminently well qualified for the bench,.and pledge Min the full democratic vote of this county. Resolved, That in Watley Frost, our can didate fur Canal Commissioner, we have a self-made man who has by the dint - of indos try and great energy arose to his present honorable position, and around such men ire rally with delight. Resolved, That the late sect of the General Assembly transfering the Public Works to the. Sunbury 4k, Erie Railroad Company; meets our Most unqualified disapprobation; and we trust that it will hereafter serve as a*warn ing‘to the people of Petinsylvaniti, to be care ful in the selection of conscientious and trust worthy men for high places of trust. Resolved, That -we are decidedly opposed to a repeal of the " tonage tax," looking upon it. as-a part of a contract, made between the State of Peuusylvania and the Pennsylvania Ceutral.itailroad Company, which the latter is in duty bound to fulfil, as a relinquishment of the -same-would cause increased taxation to the people. • • Resolved, That we disapprove of the aetion of those members of the last Legislature who voted for ao increase of pay. PROVENDER FOR THE BLACK REFUEILICANIL --As Kansas is now pretty well exhausted and refuses to bleed any longer, as it is iniposai- . ble any, more to get up a ilansible shriek Over the cause of suffering freedom -in Kansas,. the. Black ReptibliCans are preparing to take, hold of the slaver and those three hundred Afri , 'Cans carried into . Charleeton; and =stir up - the' case into a thundering agitation. I/rad:Scott, br a slow doach;'hut a whole ship 16ad ; of nig gen, fre s h from Congo,and landed ton, is quite another Herald , . Attar. kdutobmati think s .ponet:t.T . . de' best polic - y; "but it . wan 'incipf ~*taw' „,. por, AMakked Contrast. We confees to A lingering love for Douglas, I natirithstanding his attempt last winter to bitepk doWnAhhAernocratic party and build up that ;iris ancient enemies. Indeed, ‘ , .3 think; had be, when be returned to allowed thtt`'3" dead 'past to bury . the, d'eit'd Pi*," RodAltrown his great talent iitto„the couteat :with an unselfish . deterrninatinn• . bent the enemies of the party, instead of his own enemiesi we could have cheerfully over looked even the record of his brief season of madness. But sorry are" we to say that t he has not deemed it either duo to his own rep utation; or that of the party ho has so long served, to pursue this course. We looked. for his Chicago speech with anxiety, and We read most of it with pleasure;,wo.have watch-_ ed his course also in the canvass.thus tar with interest, and While we acknotidedge that there is much to admirq.in the way lie is Contend ing for his own personal suCCeas s we are bound to say his assaults upon the President partake snore of the character of 'Madness thait digni• ly. :There Was certainly noluse'o( hi s trav ersing the State, making the air ring with his assaults and complaints against the President, and against the policy to which the Demo cratic party stands committed as to Kansas. We.turn from 'the scene, with mortification and apprehension. To . behold As talented and poWerfal statesman, who .ought to have been the right hand supporter of . the Presi dent7-who might have been,hut for this de parttire from the correct, path, the President's successor,—to behold him thus trilling with his whole history—his,own past and Lis own future,—madly throwin g away his party oh ligations—intoxicated b y the deceitful praises of his worst enemies—playing openly into the bands of those who, a few years since, burned him in effigy in every Northern cit'y and-denounced him from every fanatical pul pit—is to look, upon the most remarkable spectacle of folly and fatuity that hair ever appeared. in American politics. We turn to a more pleasing subject. In Kentucky, as, able a statesman as Douglas, and. a truer and better ohs, with a more hopeful future has spoken a graceful and eloquent address, which goes home to the very hearts of the Democ racy. John C. Dreckinridge manfully defends what Stephen A. Douglas, in his passion and, vanity, so / impotently assails. The,gallant young Kentuckian, already so high in the affections of the American people, could .not - have appealed to his countrymen at a more fitting time, or in a fairer contrast to rival. Ile vindicates with unanswerable argument the original.,pnlicy of admitting the State of Kansas at-once, without qualiti catiou, reservation or proviso—a measure which would have stilled further agitation and dug the grave of faction—a measure which Stephen A. Douglas defeated! Let us hope that when a Democratic Adrninistiation Li assailed by a Douglas, it may alWays have a Breckinridge to defend and vindicate it !—: Eriepbsercer. lIMP. Correttikopdence of the Riebroond Enquiret Shooting of a Bank President. ,FINCASTLE, Aug: 27; 1858 , MESSRS. &mons : Yesterday our town took its ttand.among Places of note. , It was exal ted to this position by, a very grave occurrence in high life. Mr. 11. M. Bowyer of this Ai ciuitp walked coolly into the Fincastle Far mers' Bank and shot its President, Mr. James McDowell, Sr., inflicting three wounds, two of wlfich are thought .4.0 be serious, and.may prove fatal. After the shooting Mr. Bowyer walked across the street and (10[14 surren dered hiiwelf and pistol into the custody of a peace officer, who, it is said, permitted him to depart to his home. in the - custody and - keeping of Capt. C. it, , ,),,kinridge, 51r.J.3ow yer remaikins. that he would be ready tole turn w'henever called fur. But little excite,- meat prevails, The thing. seems to be talked 'of as.rt matter looked fur tq'ttaany. This affair will, of course undergo a legal, investigatiiim, in which developments will Wl', made - well calculated to produce ettensive; elcilensent. • Mr. Bowyer is, in all respects, one of our, best citizens--remarkahly gentle-and courte ous in his intercourse with his neighbors, and peaceful in his cottwebi. These known traits of character in Mr. Bowyer incest tire occur rence with as interest entirely different from ordinary shooting affairs. On whr . tt\ particu lar fac.t and evidence Mr. Bowyer may rely forjustification is- not known to the public;, but all who know the man will look for de velopments which will leave no doubt_ of his entire justification. BOTETOURT. • FINCASTLE, Aug,. 28, 1858 . Tothe Editors of the Enquirer.. Masses. Eorroass: I wrote you yesterday, informing you of the shooting of Mr. James McDowell, Sir., President 'of the Farmers' Bank of Fincastls, by Mr. IL M. Bowyer of this vicinity. - Mr. McDowell died to-day, of his wounds, about-3 o'clock. An examining court was held also to-day, which committed' Mr. B. for trial before the Circuit Court.— The toriunony before the examining court went to show that Mr. McDowell had redticed a weak-minded daughter 'of Mr.' Bowyer's from her home, and furnished her with a war bill and Money to go North, where he would meet s od provide for her comfort, that he had urged her to this course on the - ground that he had learned that sonNis one intendei to write an anonymous letter to her father, acquainting Mai with their intimacy, Sm., and that if her father found it out he would probably kill her. - That five of Mr. Bowyer's servants had frequently carried notes from Mr. M. to -Miss 8., that Mr. M. had - been' frequently seen prowling ahout the premisei of Mr. B: late of evenings, and that Miss B. bad been seen on the same evenings sauntering - in the same directions; that Miss 13. did leave home, and was found by her brother, who went in pur su;t, in - the City of Baltimore, in a suspicious house. Mr. McDowell also left home a - few days after Miss B. left, and was absent some time. Mr. Bowyer 'brought , his daughter from Baltimore, and placed her in charge of Dr. Stribbliti,g of the Western Lunatic -Asy lum, after which the occurrences .nariated itr my note of yesterday took piece. THE OREGON'SENATORS Eteci.—General Joseph Lane, one of tare new Oregot. Senators, is_ too well known to require any raitiee. lie is an able,'sound and suitable man - for the place. Of the other Senator the RoChister Union has the following " It will be Been by repots front Oregon, that Delazon Smith has , been erected tithed States Senator frora the acre. State. • Mr. Smith was once and for some - time a resident of this city. We - think . he tett' here since 1840,abOut Which time . he conducted . a dal *ier called the - Westertateratd. Previously ly; he publitibedifor a year or tiro, an infidel paper called - the Yeti Yordi Watchman, and he used to' lecture ter the - "-Free Inqrirrers" QP Sander. S'orin after ' this city he WAS - Converted tir Ctrriatiatity, and, was at 'One time sr preariber of °the Gaspel at the West.- a leatieailin - of ' oonsiderabte iibtlit +; aritirWe' were assured bycitii , etta 'of Oregon stibitifiline since' that he , was ler irr that Territoryerid tie sent to thaStaitate When- the ., :State shottlib:he'.organ- ' ' Rebellipklnl.EamOstiittir„'outirty.. The Lannastei:Wiantiaer,lbicazan of the more coriserrative ofAheOpposition in that 'Bounty, a paper that'll:is led more that one ' , successful esimpaigtt against Thad deus Stevens, refuses to endorse his nomina tion, and is evidently'preparing to oppose his eleetiOn. The editor, alleges that the dele gates were parried by fiatid, and adds: That fo&or Ave ['flared Democrats, minors, and otteririse improper persons, who _voted at the detegate elections, did, in di', ct, settle the ticket which was formed at the late county con vention, is an assertion which admits of Mathe matical demonstration. It is foceach and every voter, in view ,of these facts, to say for himself how song these practices ate to be adquicEeed In, and to what extent he chooses to be bound by them: • , In view.of these figts, the Examiner thinks the nominitionk of the contention have no binding force beyond the merits of the nom:. nees .Thenitielves; and after alleging that government attention to the industrial pur suits of the county, is fast becoming a toes. of bread and .butter, this significant passage occurs. The italics are our own,.buk thereis no mistaking at whom they are directed: • - The voters will now be untrammeled by party considerations in the choice of a person to repre. sent !heat in the national councils. They can support the man they deem] best fitted in all requisites which go to make' a desirable repre. aentative,-or most likely secure ! that friendly re. gaid from the reprisentaticis of other States which is necessary to obtain legislation that will revive the drooping prosperity of Pettnsyliania. . Further on the editor uses language still more explicit; where he says: Our Democratic friends of the city have al. ready given us one ticket.. On this day two weeks the Democrath of the -whole e, unty will meet for the purpose of forming a second ticket. Cf.mmon rumor forshadows the selection by them of a gentleman from 'the country, as a candidate for Congress, whoso well settled po litical views are those to which thek popular \heart of the Old "Guard has in former nritrs enthimias. tically responded. After the nominees are all in the field, it will be for each voter tb weigh fai:ly and calmly the merits and demerits of them all, to consider the probable influence for good or evil of their electionl upon the moral and material welfare of the country, and then to cast his ballot as en enlightened conscience shall dictate. We are not -'without hope that the *pie of Lancaster county will ,rise up, and with one accord spin') Thaddeus Stereni, when we see the leading organ of the Opposition treat his nomination with such evident disgust.— Patriot (17 Union. - . The Kainias Gold nines. The Republican publishes a private letter to_regentleruan in this city,giving an account" of the newly discovered gold diggins on , the South Platte River., The writer of the letter exitied the country' for several miles ardund, add expresses the opinion that five or six dollars per day caul b., obtained by several hundred men, without further dif, . _ co veries. ACTIO% . OF SUGAR ON Tilt TEETII.—M. La rez, of France, in the coarse of his inveitiga- Cons on the Teeth, has arrived -at the follow ing, conclusions: First, that refitted sugar, from either cane or beets, is injurious to healthy= teeth, either by immediate contact with these organs., or by the gas developed owing to its stoppage in the stomach; sec ond, that if a tooth is macerated in a- satura ted solution of sugar, it is so much altered in the chemical compositintu that it becomes gelatinous, and its ElnamelModification is due, not to free acid, but to a 'tendency of sugar. to combine with the calcareous basis of the tooth. • THE lICIA - 0.! BAY COMPA N Y.—The Hudson Bay Company cousibts of about, two hundred and forty inemhants, whoclairn a monopoly over four millions of square miles, inhabited by fifty nations or tribes. The charter was granted lty Charles •I, in 1760, when the , country so ceded was claimed by France,and is, if that claim was good,; no more valid in law . ; than if the "Merry Monarch" had made a f a-ent to Fiance or Italy, and tile secip ients of his bounty now claimed the sovereign-. ty over these countries. This is generally ad mitted, and the only reason why the Corn pany'gsdaitn has never been disputed has been,that the territory was not needed by the human family, and it was thought that _the only use that could be made was the Great Fur CoMpany. Of late iyears, however, as the pioneers: of n civilitien pushed .farther westward, the discm'ery Was made that large 'portions of this region are rich in - agricultural. - capabilities and mining Wealth, and that it has been the. policy of the Hudson Bay Com pany to conceal front the public. all know ledge of the country, and; utterly unmindful of national' interests, to use it in.the selfish spirit of .monopoly, with ; the sole desire of accumulating large profi.a. IR9\ CITY COALMERCIA-L COLLEGE, Prrrs nunctr, PA.—Number of students attending this Institution is now 300 1 —more than tre , We at any similar school in the country. It is a model, well furnished countir*-bottse of four large halls 20x40, 23x80, 22x70, 43x80 feet, and is conducted by a Faculty of four teen exprienecd teachers and Flractical busi* ness men. The- course of study tieing the most thorough and practical—Tetchers,of writing ALWAYS obtaining the Medals here, also in eastern and western cities—Low pri ces of board and tuition—Hearthiest citv•iit the Union—Success of its gradtrates—ikst location for gaining - situations-causes this to he the largest Conutercial School in the Union, making it' the most desirable College fOr business men in any part of the country. For Circular an Specimens of Writing, address F. W. JENKINS, Pittsburgh,'' Pa.-- Pittsburgh gazette.. The Hammonton, Vander ; a , news paper, devoted to'Literatare and Avgrict4ture, also setting forth full accounts of the new settle ment of Hammonten,in-New Jersey, can be enb scribed for at only .tto ete.,•per annum. Inclose postage stamptf int the amount. Ad. dress to Editor of the Farmer; llamMontrn, At lantic Co., New Jeriley. Those wishing cheap hunt of the . .beat quality, in ono of the healthiest and most delightful climates, in the Union, ,see athertiaement of Hammonton Lands. [sep.l-3m Plosving iflatch. The plowing match will take place at' . Ditnock Four Corners, Thursday, Sept. mid 1858, on the ground of Mason Tingley.. BQTETOttiT: Provisions will be made forAbe;accommo dation -of Competitors and Judgeir. Teams to start at . 2 o'clock. COMMITTEE of ARRAIMENENT—E. B. Gates, I. 1" . . galter, , Lyman Blakeslee. • JunoEs—Abel Cassidy, Jacob Wallace, Hyde Crocker. A. BALDWIN', F. 1 0 ,11; Wiu.raus, • ' Com S. F. CARMALT. Faro Lauds for sale 25 miles from Plidadelpliidby, Railroad in the State of New iersey. Soil amongst the best for Agricultural putpost.s being it good lo'im soil, with a clay 'bbottom.- The land -ii a large tract; divided into small farms and hundreds from all parts of the country are now settlingand building. The crops can be seen growing. Terms from $l5 to $2O per acre, payable within four-vears.b k y instalments. To visit the place—Leave Vine Street Wharf at .PhiiiilelPhia at 7.50;41. ni.;by Railroad for Ham. Mouton; Or "Address L Byrnes, by hitter. 813 - 0 fill advertisement Iditirkithereolemn. [sep.l=-3m. *IX wailtimtlei'etalgrate to a miiAfeltmate, •:i~od soil, and - lino market, sec advertAeMeat•of !lambMitofi Londe. • - St. Louis, Sept. 1, 1858
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