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