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' The»\ahiM -,were foul* yitji groat oare. of,the best:
• '■material* inefßrrdepartiaeat, iutder ,th% inspection’ of;
'' aij officer in the .ynitwl State* rNavjw.TbojL*** about
! . -ySyi&i tuna burthen, ilia 'dimensions,of 4hft.WASHING
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- brlersof (i) tjicW, and lofetit «tnik«; boiler*!
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fiwt elau, $7S| third dnfe/firand'frttV eo&tfjt&f
SSO. All experienced
*tew» u : J’orfpelght or pafteta Apply'te'l QHSf BotiS*
UmJmmmolvWA.YTWtir Ybtk city bUtfSpfc
; > only jogolyed for |ia«i>gfrr-'’‘-'*‘ - , ! *;-,*>'
FB ANCEiIBM-i,5
-*- N«ir yorltind Havre 81 Ip; Company,i-TPfc&
«,»«: swmmwjx' «Aoo;irS&)it£r:
Fnx,TON 1 ';S,«»:Si;;
.will leave JwfXiSf'
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JWldft, ®psuri*#-Aug. 22 &rtgo, Saturday, Jan.? D*
«a§E^s»**r-- : vm
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1858. . 1868. -f
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do, : •'‘Feb;# I 'do. Feb. 10
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w/gwatssssSm
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-fl cSA&LBSWf :
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: I^ikgiut *t‘ A. dterner/;'. .
• ! sUitoen i BCHARY&
j’STßadtS JOHNS/ «▼«¥ *PdeW*y »na Saturday* < >1 '•- , |
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efrttra&g this Line art ; •*. ■ 1
The BALTIC; Capi.Joaeph.Ooms lock.- i
- James (;, y 5
, H ?s£e«-BhlWb Webechlmllt by contact, expressly for
- Government settee; .eyerypare has been taken in their
as a!iolntheirebginer,to ensure strength
u'jjiA speed, and thoir-aceousmodstienif for passengers art
-unequalled-for-eleganca and; comfort. !
Price of passage from New York to Liverpool, jn first
’ e*bin j 3180; In second do., stßf, from; Liverpool toNe w
York, 30,aad30gajnea.l7 Ntf berths secured unlesa'paid
■ Thoshlbs'of ! thU lice'have improvedtrater-tjght
- balk wadi, Y'V"' ' ’**;T 1
• »»•* nt*OQuwts*to* ffAttpw. - - ' t
, '.jraok.uvjniFooi.'.
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*‘BatUrilay,' July 4; 1 185 T 'Wednesday'July . 8,1857
. .Saturday, July 18, . 1857 Wednesday, July J», 185 T
• fgatiutttyfAtigP 1, ‘ 1857 Wednesday,'Atfg. 5, -1857
Saturday, Aug. 16, „ 1857 Wednesday/Aug.lS, 1857
> Saturday, Sept? 13,' '1857 Wednesd&yigept. 2,, 1857
' Saturday, Bopt. 26,- ’ .1857 Wednesday. gepi.3&,.‘3B« r j7
OctMO, 1857 WodnegdAyl-Oet. 14, 1857
■ Saturday, Oct. 24 1657 Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1857
Not'.’ 7, 5 ' 1857 Wednesday Novil!, 1857
Saturday. Nov, 21,, . 1657 Wednesday, Nov. 28, 1857
,:IJfftatday,'Deo. ft; ’ 1857 Wednesday, Bee.. 0,1857
. ' • .’''-'''T.'.Wednesday, 8e0.’23, 1857
t ti'-for freight . V r ’
. JSDW ABD Jvi'OGiitlNß,’ Noi'6B ‘Wall street,- N. Yv
-BBSOWfffSHIPLEY'dc 00.,'Lirerpool.;'
- STEPHEN KJ3NNASD k GOVStiT Austin'Friars
,
B.g; WAJNWBJGIITA 004 'r/ "’I
- ThAdkneraof theseihlps wUinotbeadtonatablefor
gold, silver. bullion, Bpecie,jewoLry.p.*'.edoaa,atoceaor
unleai ' ibttißofaadhigv ■ therefor," and
the vatne thereof expressed therein'.;, aul-tf I
't J ' JBrafls iinll CQliniitals. /' j
BROWJf,rrCHEMIST
X\_ . AND DBUGGIBT; north-eastcerner FIFTH and
.jOHXSTNU.T Street*, Philadelphia,vjiole-Hancfactarer
ESSENCE. qP. tf AMAIOA TGINGEBi
"which is recognised and prescribed bythAMedical Par
•enlty, and -has become! the Skodard FAMILY MBDI-
‘ a olNli of the United States, '/t*. i txt-_ . >■■■ t*;* ]
. .This Eseenco.la a preparation of .unusual excellence.
" JJuriug the flummer months, no.-fialiyor' traveller
should, s#• without it. $ of the bowels, in
: nahsea/and particularly In seasickness, it U.an active
',«d safetM.f ell as,a pleasant and efficient remedy, i
'* OAUTION.—PerwBs desiEingao; article: that can't*
-relied upon, prepared solely from pure JAMAICA* GIN
GER,’ should be particular to ask' for, 4 ‘ BrotrnU Ei-
Jamaica G}nger,t , :whlch:ii warranted to bp
it Is represented, ana U prepared only byBREDE
-SICE 'BJROwK. mod for sale at hu- Drug and Chemical
' gtort, 'north-east-' corner of FIPTH an* CHESTNUT
Streets, Philadelj^ua} and by all' theyespectable Drug
gista and Apothecaries in. the P. HtaAea. ■ 'taul-8m
HASTDEOISt . BATON DRUG STORE,
EIORTS lil PhlWflphu;, D.
h. BT4OSHOUSS*'TT«pzieK>r. ; /'ASvstK-6a htsd the
cholM.t ZttUItHcIDBUOB, MSBtOINM, PSJUTtT
MEBV, ! • ■
P.tfiat - Bllrer Bod. W»t«> TeuiMn
kwp* the wetet .t 23 hti Bytapt .nd Oreim. ere
acknowledged by all u heln# tha ricneit in th. city , ,
. aol-lm f”- ,r V ■% V- :•
(Sa& jßjcttttea.
A RCHERj WARNER/ '& CO.,
iv MilmfactafeVa it OAS ALIEBS, BKA(«B.T8, PKN
,JJ)ANTB,IJTWN«3,aodaII klaiaofiOA»«>4 IAMP
%ottK/'anUNBOiES.; &c., no: m ohsstnd*
l Jts«t i ®i«a4elE!il».' AECREBj WABHKE fc CO,Ho.
*ffl BROAPWAT,; New Xork. . BuUtoga : Btted with
Oa« Pipe!, and all kind* ofkltedog anjrepatrlng of
ata Work.; „ ■■' .. . aul-lm* ,
ffiomttusaidtt
rjANDY & BRENNEHicOMMISsioN
. JjL aIEBCHAKTS aadPoklera'lßVorelta]anaAme
. Hcaa HAKDWARE and CUTLERY, Hoai S, 3B an 4 27
r-NorthTPIPTH street, Bast side r above Conunerce.atreet,
'WWefphfa. „ aul-tf:
jpfHARLES TETE, COMMISSION MER
, aWaCHANT and Importer "of HAVANa begars,
. (NftW)lBB,Wainatatrtet. Seconfl story, / ;adl.ly
SUBSCRIBERS
their frieudg and the trade M & erl
_ ally that they.have made arrangements for one of thMr
Tor ice ftnd Genoan
From'm&nv years’ experience, the permanent reii*
denceHn- Baris of- two of the Drm. and hh abundant
eapitaJj they can offer unhsual facilities for THE FUR
OHASn ON COMMISSION in'any of the European
' m»rl«tBfoi'slilpnientdlreQt; ' r < '- =■ 1 - " '\
', They ar'ealsu prepaid to'reeejve orders from samples
ter Kowera frctu their estedslvd and well
, known 'td'. be -direct,
either • -
; feIYTHA CO.. Importers,
KH factureb;otbel t f®
NUT. B|eey l hh6^ r «vlrfli;; i ;|l
•i"
VOL. I-NO. 20.
[«*' ®ni&e in J3t)ilaif?lpl)ta.
■ lor the, benefit s»f, $ tipngei* cod . others who mar de
aire to Tlslt 'any ot oar public. imUtutions. tre publish
the <tauex4a llat, '.#.“•
'ppBi.tori.Aoes op msßirzKf.
i- Academy ofMturic,' (Operatic, >' corner r of Broad' and
Locust streets.^
. .ArchStreet,Theatre,.Arch, above 6th street, j i
' 5 Parkinson Chestnut', above Tenth.
• Natte&alTbeatre end Circus,' Walnut, shore Eighth.'
, Sasdford>s.Opera-House,(Bthlotddh.) Eleventh, beldw
Market,. ( _ , v ..„ wry,
ghreet Thoatre, northeast corner Ninth and
ThomeoTs Varieties,-‘Fifth and Obesihut. *
V 'cThomae’s.Opera House, Arch, below Seventh! - i
- .. AETs asn 6ai«»o<Br
■ of .Natural Sciences, corner of Broad and
George .streets. • r. ;
-Academy of Pine Arts, Chestnut, above Tenth. 1
. ’ 4 ArtUta* Pond HalllOheetnut, aboye Tenth*
r Franklin Institute, Kb. 0 South Beventh street,
r.-a/:-. - ’ i -
side of -Schuylkill, opposite ‘ South
' AltuihbnSe nmbt&s')j*Wa'|nttt street,-above ThirdJ
for'thVßiiiiiteyment of Poor Women, No.
•Stt.Greett-atreet* 3.v*i*M* ** j» • - * • - ‘ , !
Children,' N9.V88 North.Seventh'
Wfclipd Asyluioj Race, near Twentieth street.' |
TsCbrlsiObarch Hospitni.-No. SCherrystreet. > ..
ttGl&jlofpttal, Nineteenth ntia? Coates, '• ! 1
Hall. No. 163 Cherry street. • *'*-'* ■ j
: Dispensary, Fifth, below Chestnut street. > ,
i digitate Society for.the Belief Snd‘ Eitapltiymenfcof the
,'Jfjjardiftns ,of‘flltS' 6&> North Seventh
* No. 68()utli. Seventh streetv \ ■
JA Wnao tot Friendless Children,' Buttonwood street.
.i*Miwon!ofiall, Chestnifc,abdves«Vebth street; 1 .1 ..
i Sprlng Garden street. *1 *
#*!«?•
£ HaU,- Blxth’Snifnaitjwi l> i
£g£ F TB°. fy ‘dorS.-E. corner BfMdand Spring Gar*
pgCfJ. den'strtdttf.".,. <
*&i.- Do. j °- * ■do; • Tenth’and ‘ _
yDo;- ;/do. Thirdandßrovmstreets. J J
T-’Oo. -Bidgs Boad'.Ttetbw Wallace. *
Hospital, Pine trtreot:between Eigh b
Ninth. . , -y T : -.j 1
gSPeangylvanlalnstituteforthelna traction ofthe Blind,
pftfarSaceand Twentieth street,* ' ' .
Socioty for* Alleviating.the Miseries M
afablic,Prisons, Sixth agd AAelfifci strews*' - 1
Training gehooßor Idiot!* and Feeble*
adinded Children, School Monde lAhe, Germantown,
pteeNA.l62 i ..rr ** k ■ i • ■
Oyphaipi’jAjyimtt, northeast cer.High
jebnthandCnorry' ' *;,c ] , ;
K .Preston Bctreat, Hamilton, .new.Tiwntieth street, j -
Providence Society,
bvTJnion f '^W. pf
wenth street*.. , .. . , _ ~ j
WWtftlh I *’ -rer—e, between fy ,
Uift'W’lft.flSfplWj B rdat ittrart; ; between * Hntrtta*-
ATpnUCS. .... ..■! I. : .
“ n.spitei for Dlwuesaf thGOJiost;B.'W.
4fi,i %4t>;vro»io-'JWu.Dmas.f ' i. '
Ctutem JloiiMi OliMjMßt jtreot, aboreikmrth, — 1 (
" 2?J r Uoei and I ;
,; ; Clt/COBtKm«r'.Offlo«; Glnirtf 'BMOSSiia »lorT. I ;
of Cit, Property, oßW,'Glnutd Bank,
' Offipe, Fifth,’ below Walnut.. 1
Cfflee, .Southwest corner!
WbAsi Pairmonat on the Schuyi-
K.9fe”fTfP^Bß»gi»g l eCfflee,Fifth,above Ohestnut. 1;
: Seventh. < 1
■ °f Above Arch street;
House of and WilUam. , i
Health OSco,o«rMroAratatfiMSanSom;< ( »
House of Oorrefetie^'_ „
«treet! ne^volpltaJ7,,<^?^'^^ T Sou^ti
dhMb.it
tia ttie
Msideiii tielot*
aSs*.,o.gM„Wi>- 83T Votik siwet, tha EI-'
’ ■’ 1 V.i-t ob l-nr !'
siwcicW
rnSßSgWPSiS’.iri. i b flf j •
O»llowhiu, ne.r Eighth
VlMiiigjmm, Third, Walnnt ,ii.
‘^«*Wd^atAndLMe.rlcet;4.lißcl, j
So. 8 B.Bor«ath itreot.' • -
ElooliSStJ® 1 * I[Uit!lijti ,i *" <, * f *° a Broul aijd'
t fa££* l>6 iM VO Shad»maxon
: rjPubUc.High School, 9, B. and Green?
(fteMtcK V.Tf ?.-X iV* • •” • -'7 *■ r 1 VI
iSptlblteiNormd St&oolf Sergejcik'abovfi Ninth.; '* i
- Ntt. 3 : State'Bose,eiA J '
fUhdted States''M3ntr«)ber of and ifiibiper
pnitcd States Arsenal, Gray’s Ferry Road, near Fede
ral •traejty-t? gt C
Naral_A«ylum, on the Schnylklll, near South street.
Unfed States Army and Clothing Equipage. comer of
Twelfth '* ' !
- Olllee, corner of
Twelftband Girard streets. , ; .. *
L S ~''**!> '■ OOLtIOIS. *
- College of Pharmacy, Zaue street, store Seventh.
XSoleotic Medical College,'Haines street, weit of Sixth,
•> Girard GollegUvßldge road and College Avenue. j
, HomoeopathicMedlcai College, Filbert street, shore
Eleventh.'" , , ,
‘ JeffersobWedlcAl QoUege,Tenth street, belowfioorge.
- Medicallnstitute. Locust, above Eleventh’gtrcet,
~ .Polytechnic, College, corner Market-find West Penn
Square. ......
‘ ( Pennsylvania Medical College, Ninth street, below
‘locußt. " ; ’ \
- Philadelphia' MediOal College, 1 Fifth street, below
■Walnut*..,
v Female Medical .College, 229 Arch street. ■
’ University or Pennsylvania, Ninth' street, between
•Market and Chestnut; 1 , .
• { University of Free Medicine and' Popular Knowledge,
Nfl,W Arch street.'. * r - ■
. . <, : LOOA.TIQST OS {JOUSTS.
• 'United States Circuit and District Courts, No. 24
‘Fifth street, below Chestnut.'
c,Supremo Court of Pennsylvania, Fifth and Chestnut
.streets.
Court of Common Picas, Independence Hall.
' District Courts, [Nos.', X azul 2, corner of Sixth and
Chestnut streets.
Court of Quarter Session!,' corner of Sixth and Cheat
not street*.
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.
American Baptist' Publication Society, No. 118 Arch
street. 1 - i
, American and Foreign Christian Unirfn, No. 144 Ghent,
nut street..,.
American Sunday School Union, No- 316 Chestnut
Btreet.'
‘ American Tract Society, now No. 039 Chestnut.
Meuonist, Crown street, below C&UowhUl street.
Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bible Society, corner
of Seventh and Walnut totals. /
/ Presbyterian. Board of Publication, No. 26$ Choatnnt
,street.,,-. • * .•. 4■ . ■*
/ Presbyterian Publication House, No. 133$ Chestnut
.street;rv, • . • '
- / Young Men's Ohrißtian Association, No. 162 Chestnut
street* ,
Philadelphia Bible, Tract, and Periodical Office <T.
H. Stockton’s,) Np. 636 Arch street, first house below
•SUrth atreet, northside, • .
'Staoeller’s ©tti&e.
,' ; v i . -.RAILBOAD LINES.
Penna. Central R it.—Depot, Eleventh and Market.
7 AvMi) Hail Traill fdr Pittsburgh and the West.
-12A5 P. M., Past-Line for Pittsburgh and the West.
2.30P-* M.,for Harrisburg sad Columbia.
IMP. M./Accommodation Train for Lancaster.
UP. M., Express Mall for Pittsburgh and the West.
' Reading Railroad— -Depot, Broad and Tine.
7.80 A. M.j Express Train for Pottsville, Williamsport,
- ‘ i Elmiri and Niagara Falls.
3.80 P. M. f as above (Night Express Train.)
:t 'UiJrm&dk I&us.
1 A. M., fromHenaington, viajersey City.
• 3 A* KL; from Camden, Accommodation Train.
.7 A, Mm from Camden, via JerseyOity, Mail.
10 A, M., from Walnut street wharf, via Jersey city.
2P..M. ida Camden and Amboy, Express.
BP. via Camden, Accommodation Train.
6 P. M., via Camden and Jersey Oity, Mail.
6PiM., viaOamdenand.Amboy, Accommodation.
. . Cp»n«ca'ne Lines. ■
6 A.M., from Walnut street-wnarf, for Belridere,Easton,
Water Gap, Scranton, Ac.
6A. M.; for freehold. . - . - < ,
7 A; M.f fovMonnt Holly,-from Walnut street wharf,
'2 p, M.j for freehold.- ;• , . ?:
330 P. M., for Mount Holly, Bristol, Trenton, Ac.
3 P. M., for Palmyra, Burlington, Bordentown; Ac.
4P.M.,fQcßelyidere,Easton; Ac.,fromWalnut street
•- * wharf, ; •' ’<
,6,P.M<i. for HouhtHolly,Burlington, Ac.
i Bdltimort;Jl> jß.—Depot, Broad and Prime.
BA. M; r for Baltimore, Wilmington, New Castle, Mid'
. '- . • dletowh; Dover, and Beaford.'
* P• M., for Baltimore, Wilmington; and New Castle.
436 P.M., for Wilmington, New Castle, Middletown,
Dover, and Seaford. . • »
?, P n l h f l r^! r Hfl lto > rast Freight.
»* »!’ and Wilmington.
■ffe 1 * ?• #—Depot, front and Willow,
f'li) i ! ri " et hl e bein, Easton, Mauch Chunk, Ac.
?J‘> J or 5 0 /i*?£” ra » Accommodation.
B -, e * Easton,,Mattch .Chunk, Ac.
t h Doyiestown Accommodation.
6.35 F.M.; for Gtrvn6dd ; Accommodation
„ JP?' f k«l*c A,• Vlw street wharf.
7.80 A. M., for Atlantic City.,
10.45 A/M.yfor Hatfdonfleld.
4 P,M., for Atlantic City.
4.45 P. M.; for Haddonfleld. '
Fqr W estehester.
By Columbia R, E. end Westchester Branch. .
' from Market street,' south side j above Eighteenth.
Leave Philadelphia 7 A. 31., and 4P. M.
’ “ r 'Westchester,6.3o A.M.‘,aad3P.il.
" OX 80XDAY8
Leave Philadelphia 7 A: M.
' u 1 ’ Westchester 3P; M. '
Westchester Direct Railroad, open to Pennelton, Grubbs
Bridge.
From northeast Eighteenth and Market streets.
I/cate Philadelphia 0, and 9A. M., 2.4, and 6P. M.
- y /Pennelton. Gruhbs Bridge. 7,8, and 11 A. M, and
< '• , ., . .
On Saturdays last train from Pennelton at 7 A. M.
r k; , On. Bdnoats
Philadelphia 8 A. M. abd 2 P, 11..
fenneltpn Qu a.lf. and 6P. M.
Germantown f Norristown it. Jl, —Depot. 2th and
Green.
9, and 11 A. M.; aadB« 4:46, 0.45, and 11.16 P.M.,
- *
5 A_. 8 P. M.; fof Downiogtown.
6,8, 9,10, and 11.30 A. M., and 2,4, 6,8, and 9‘ .
.: 4 M. for Oheatnnt Hill - ; ’
-f, a, 1j 8; 9f. wao, aodll-aoj A. M., and 1,2, 8.10,4, 6,
t. i/ - ;9*7;B>9^andU-*B9i»,<id. J for Ctermantown..
Ofutnt folk#M. il.-rLeate Philadelphia BA. M. and
-• /3Pi'Jll’- ‘ -
A. M.andlP. Jl. .
0OES1U;
idIIBST,
t S.BoP.U.^]Uehud^H^rtoß^in > Boi4nit6ifa l from
ftlO *St Uyto A. lAr L and. 4 p!k;y tor 'Tawny, Burling. >
p up, 'r. -ton:and : Briatol,'fwnnlVftlntrt &tr6ot whan,
( Boafon; and KenneWe, f or Capo
"-Et vi* ' May, firttpier beloVSprdW it refit; .* - •
W.7.8G A, IT.-, and 2, a, and OPt M., John A.: Warner
iw? 7;> ‘giuid ,Thcfln&a iAv.Mofgan, forßristol, Bur
lington, &c. — 4
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- MONDAY, AUGUST 24,. 1857. ‘
THEJSLAJVD OF FORMOSA.
[With reibrenoe lathe report that therioh and
■ important island of Formosa was to bo taken pos
session of for America, and held until the,Chinese )
pay up thociauMofAmerioancitisehs.tlioinqairy j
arises, “ W|wfc,^the, history aud : vrhatara the re
sources oftbAs upon which, it ; is )
said, we are to place on? flag?” Wo copy the sub*
■joined highly'interesting hcoount from Lieuton
ant,Habersham’s “Narrative of ; the North Pa
',#> jjjxj&nrißg returned from
ita brfeiee around the world about -*his timelast
' , ‘ ! ' *
’■ “ I will ’say/ndthinff'more about 'Foriflofea
,‘for Jhe ’ prasept/ 'W6 loft its ,shores /aboilf ns
W) 1 as . we’ were upon out,.arrival, :.and. it
WOs i 'aot'’4htU our sedond visit that wo picked up
frrforthatioh now exists upon the files of
thV J In regard to‘ It.
KOiltmk (the port of tho island of Formosa) for
Hong-Kong, we kept along the oast coast of the
tflahd, in the vain search for a reported harbor.
Thera whs nothing to bo seen but an* iron-bound
ooast wfth range after range of lofly mountains
lifting themselves above tho heavy, sun that broke
aldng the. entire beach. v< One dayitfe thought wo
had aisebverod it : we saw a-bead (he smoko of dis*
tantvillagM rising back of a'blgHfc in the coast
which looked Yory mnoh like; a harbor;, but, upEri
ftpproachingit, we found \ wh,
'however,, lowered a boat and atteippW to land,
bnifcthe surf hue breaking so furiouaM that it wmiM
have been madness to have entered' it Resides,
by/paked and exolted sav
ages, who ,iif, wM genCroliy reported were oanni
bals, and\intd .Whose company wb should conse
quently have pidfetfed being thrown witty reliable
arms in our hands.' The two conviots, whom tho
captain had taken in the boat to interpret in case
8: ablo to land, cocaine so frightened at
jpearanoo of those reported man-eat*
f went on their knees to him, protest
the steward, that the Wanders had
flteir nob h\ ryrncn,that if he
same by him
’sOTbjv; finding It impossible to paps
C .bbat 1 tetorned on board, and. wo
1 aw^yfo/Sohg-Kong.’’ # *‘”Andnow, he
-sfbrtT ttitfn to my journal for a few pages in regard
Experience white coasting around this island,
let 'tne enlighten the reader as much ks possible in
fegard to itfrom othersources. The Encyclopedia
Erlttanhica sayß: , .
‘ “ ‘The Ddteb at an early period established a set
tlement on this island. In 1626 the viceroy of tho
Philippine Islands sent an expedition, against For
ni<fe4,'With a vieyr 1 of expelling the Dutch, .It was
l imStteo^fh)l < .About the middle of.tho seven
fteVnttycentury itr affofdod a retreat'to twenty or
Ohipese frdm tho fury pf the Tnr
conquest'.;:, I/;'. 1 In 1653, a conspiraoy of tho
against the Dutch was discovered andsup-
; 1 {iresKd;nnd. Bpott , atothi? > ;Cbxingaj r tha goremor
,cf iho m”arilunej4)hlhetie s pr^riuieh‘br'-Tembhfahg 1
'applied for permission to retire to the island, which
was refused "by the’Dutch governor; on which ho
fitted out an expedition, consisting of six hundred
vessels, and made himsolf master of tho town of
Formosa and the adjacent country. The Dutch
were then ellowed to embark and leave the island.
V,. .’.Coxinga afterward engaged in a war with
the Chinese and Dutch, In which he was defeated
and slain. Cut they were' unable to take posses
sion of the island, whioh was bravely defended by
the posterity of Coxinga; and it was not till tho
Soar 1683 that tho island was voluntarily surren
ered by the reigning prinoo to tho Emperor of
China. ... In 1805, through tho weakness of tho
Chinese Government, tho Ladrono pirates bad ac
quired possession of a great part or the southwest
coast.’ '
• Tho Encyclopaedia Americana says: “ Tho
Island is about two hundred and forty miles in
length from north to south, and sixty from east to
west in its broadest part, but greatly contracted at
each oxtromity. That parfcoftho island whtoh the
Chinese possess presents oxtensivo andfortilo plains,
watered by a great numborof rivulets thatfailfroin
the eastern mountains. Its air id pure aud whole
some, and tho earth produces in abundance corn,
rioo, and most other kinds of grain Most of tho
India fruits are found here—such as oranges,
bananas, pine-apples, guavas, cocbanuts—and part
of thoßo or Kutope, particularly poaches, apricots,
figs, grapes, ohostnuts, pomegranates, wutormclons,
'Ac. toducco, sugar, poppor, oamphor, and oinna
mon, are also common- The capital of Formosa is
Taiouan—a name which tho Coinoso givo to tho
wholo island.’
“In addition to the forogoing extraots from
standard authority, wo havo a most marvellous
account of this island from the pen of Mauritius
Augustus, Count de Bcnyowaky, a Polish refugee
from Siberian oxilo, who visited its cast const, in
1790, in a small armed vessel containing about one
hundred men. Tho account by this nobleman is
interesting in tho extreme, but unfortunately he
is guilty of ono gross and palpable falsehood,
which neoossarily throws a shade of distrust on his
entire narrative. He spoaks ‘of anchoring in several
fine harbors.on the east coast ; whoroas we of tho
Hancook searohod ln_ vain for any suoh place of
refago along that entire shore. On the north and
west coasts tnoy are quite plentiful.
“ After anchoring In one of these ‘ fine harbors,'
the Count goes on to give us an idea of tho people
who received him: thoy were Indians, savages,
and very fierce—so much so that thoy soon at*
tempted the murder of a party that had visited
their village/ ‘He now killed a great raauy of
them, got up his anchor, and went to an adjoining
harbor, where he was most graciously received for
having slain so many of their enemies of the placo
they hod just left. Hero ho fell in with a prince,
who persuaded him into an alliance against ano
ther prince, and thns they fought for some time.
Finally, he drags himself from tho island, much to
the distress of the prince his ally, who loads him
down with gold and silver. It is impossible to
read the Count’s narrative and say wbat ho did
see. He was evidently a blood-relative of tho Mun
chausen family.
“ And now* having shown wbat others say in re
gard to Formosa, let us return to tho ‘ ola John,’
whom wo left at anchor under shelter of its west
coast, at the close of a stormy day. Hero is what
my journal says in regard to our arrival, and to
what we saw and did upon tho following days:
“ ‘Wo could see nothing that night save an ex
tensive stretch of white sand-beach baoked by a
sloping green, in the rear of whioh we imagined wo
saw a village slumbering under the deepening
: shadows of a high range of mountains. But this
villago existed, many said, only in tho vivid imagi
nations of a few, and it was not until darkness had
become sufficiently dense to refleot its many lights,
that the foot was generally admitted. The next
morning, however, we had a most refreshing view
spread out before us—green slopes and waving
fields of grain, broken bore and there by extensive
tracts of table-land, over which we could sea tho
oattlo roving in their lazy sonroh for the moreten
der mouthfuls of tjio abundant grass.' * * #
“ ‘During thomgbt tho galofortunately abated,
and tho next morning ‘ bust-proof and his master,
several others of tho mess, and myself, ventured
into our best-pulling boat and struck out boldly
for the beaob. It was a hard and wot pull; but
something over three-quarters of an hour sufficed to
cross the stormy half mile that separated us, and,
as the keel grated with wclcuino harshness on the
sand, we felt ourselves onco moro on shore. Whut
if the boat was half full of w&tor, and we like half
drownod rats? wo were still on shore.
“< We landed upon this strange and crowded
beach without fear, simply from tho fact that,
while yet somo distance off, wo had readily
recognised tho natives as Chineso, and, al
though they were all armed with either tho
xuatohlock or bow and arrow, wo know too
much of their race to anticipate violence. This
crowd, whioh received us in a moot noisy manner,
was composod of'men, women, and children—tho
males of almost every age bolng armod. Wo had
taken tho precaution to bring one of our Chineso
mess-boys with us; but, their languago boing
neither the Mandarin, Canton, or Bhanghm dialect,
he at first found great difficulty in making himself
understood. After a while, howovor, by the aid of
the few words common to each, and a fearful
amount of violent pantomime on our part, wo suc
ceeded in exchanging idoas with tolerablofrocdom.
“ ‘ From all that we could learn from them in ttys
way, it seems that they oxiatin u state of perpetual
warfare with their savage neighbors of the east
poast, The Island being very narrow there, the lat
ter find no difficulty in crossing the mountain ridge,
which, like a huge back-bone, divides tho two terri
tories, capturing cattle, making prisoners, burning
isolated habitations, and then retreating into thoir
mountain-fas tii£Bses,_ where they are novorfollowed
by thpir unwarlike victim?.. Thus wo always found
the latter' armed' with sword, matohlook, or. bow
and arrow, and confining themselves Strictly. to
their fields and pasture-grounds.' whenever we
ovincod & disposition to ascend thobushy sides of the
neighboring hills, they booame groatly alarmed,
caught hold., Of our olothes, throw themselves
in our paths, and made signs to .us that our
throats would he certainly cut and we roasted for
supper by,bad men,who wore very strong and fierce,
and who wore largo rings in their ears. We did
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1857.
not know what to make of all this at first; .btyt
Hartman, who had wandered off by himself in
search' of snipe, rejoined us shortly- before dark,
and opened our, eyes. . (
u ‘Having.unconsciously wandered over the low
land and ascended a neighboring elevation, he.had
Footed himself upon a fragment of rooty, amfcwas
admiring tho view which opened before him, whpn
his oar suddenly caught a sound as of some animal •
making its way cautiously through the bushes* ;
He turned and saw a .party, of, three.,
whom bo had no difficulty in recognising as / bid,
men who wore largo rings’in tboir ears/' ’ i
“ £ Here was a fix for ourinnocentsportsmah? .
must either retire with an imaginary tail between,'
his] logs, or face boldly tho unlooked-for danger/'
Fortunately, he was a man of nerve; End was moife* T
over armed with a shot gnn, bowie knife, and ra* ■
volvor. Choosing, therefore, the latter alternative,
he aroso with a great air of non-fthe-iap-oy (as, I
onee heard tho word pronounced by an American >
who had been to Paris), and advanced- to Iho ne^r?.
est, a tail, fine-looking follow, who rested uponjhij, /
bow and fixed his gaze ouriouriy uponhira, . Haity-’
man says that ho whistled with considerable sup* 5
cess portions of a popular air as hethu6went,iiB|ii
wore, into the lion's mouth, butnever before fqlt
meh a lopging to bo safely oh the.distant decks pf
the much-abused / old John.* Ho, sotm. joined this
princely-looking spvage, and as the.others drear
Hear ho madq a oareful but hurried of theur
personal appearance, exchanged Mexican dollar
for tho bow. and arrow of one of theinj evidently
agpinst the,will,,of the surprised owner/and thte .
leisurely rotraoqd his way until on intervening .
clump of trees enahlod him with safety to upqn
his legs to do thbir duty. It is heedless to remark
that tho vocal muslo and the airof‘non-sHd-thh-oV
expired iupaoh other’s arms at this poinu Horan
for a mile or inoro bofore evincing' the
ouriosity to know if'he was followed//- /fc - - ;| r
“ -He desovibed th&m as being pf-large stature, fine,
, forms, ohePk/oonoSr^Wa^,
jaws, coarse black hair reaching,to.thp, s.boiUdeH!,
and boasting nq clothing save the shoro and.alighv,:
oottdn j oloth over the : rntichhkc
our North l American- Indian* 1 , he No
wonder that such a mlwrablaraoe tw the Gblnefc
should bold them in dread-i in fact, the only wop
dor 1C that they have tb.o courage, to rsmaift on the :
snmE-tsland. I suppose fbkt our' ihnoconfe 'spcir^^
man id'tho first-member hf eiviHgatibhVno bad
a close these roputed.cannibals sineovßen
yowsky„tho. Polish Count, cmlsod along their shel
terless shores in 1700, since whioh tlmo. they ha|e
boon more out of tho world evefi thhn tho Japa
nese. These bhw‘ and ahows
are now,in tho collection of the expedition.: •*
“ ‘More than once, however, impeUpd by ongex
i cessivC curiosity'to learn more of' thesp
pebplo,' did’we attempt to land; bxclUsg*
j. uttempta at ahoxe-gomg l fcevor paiUeip&t&i in.
I, Upon one of occasions we enteted. upon the
dangerous trial with two .of our,bess>boated-'bhtt
upon neatly halng tho inner ono, withal who wepe
in her, wo wisely returned on board.'
than ono near view of tho savages, honWeri beam
their voioes, and . answered their signs ;> but all
this only inoreased our desiro to know,more of
■liidm, for now we saw that they were' •yoritabie
•rod men; and what were red mendolhgoh the
island of Formosa ? ! 'dr/$ ’' .}
‘From what I could sec over the distanoewbioh
separated our boat* from v tho crowded bofob* I
found the previous description of our
sportsman’ substantiated by my owti cyEg 'aqd
those of others. ( Wo saw an exoittiUttffa of4Uie~
looking men and women, coppQrroqtored v arid pok
sesdea of the slightest possible amount preipyttogi
the former boasting only a doth tie’d >roimd the
head; while tho latter bad btit a
that scorned to gathor around tho' thrb»t; arid ‘exV
tended no farther than, the knee.. the men
were armed witb bow and arrow, others with ves'y
aeryipoabU-iuqklng matehlooka i the-:women he(d
varicuis arrictes ip their hands, probably for birter.
fthd, a» we -pulled away after our narrow: escape,
they qvineed their sorrow and to trade oy
loud, erioa t aqd the most.,violent.igesturea.;' Oifr.
Chinese boy had almost fainted Dpomwlghtastnein-*'
nor boat backed into tho surf in tho attempt toland;
he cddld only tremble and ery out,*,Deyoafc sign! v
dey eat man ! 1 His friends on the other ride had
evidently impressed him with that unpleasant
national characteristic, and henoe hi* fright •whan
apparently about to be rolled. helplessly to. their
feet by a boiling surf. . .. ./ j'
“ ‘Thoaamo day upon whioh.we made tbts.our lait
attempt to land among them, we steamEd along up
their coast, keeping as close as wax ,prudeatirin'
fact, oloaer—and examining with ourglaasea M far'
back as wo could see. In this way wo
but apparently comfortable stone .hoilSfl*<naatls--
kept grounds—(That looked like irdttftti. gardeqs.
and green Holds—all bping <OhWe,
prloonore who had not yet been eaten, ’ we
told on the othor side I or rather we were tpld ttjltf
their frlonds, wheti captured, were it irtek’
until neoded for onlinary. . . to,
“ *We wore Surprised at this air’of comfort twoOng
half-nnkod savages, and ooutd not but wonder how
they couid haro built suob nice-looking
til we finally conoluded their, priaonert: had been
mado to turn thoir hands to masonry aawellas gaK
donlog.- Thus ended our socond anil last visit m
Formosa.”’ ‘
,l ‘ i
Fall oJ a BulliUßg.-U. S. Tpkttct.
Honse in Ruins*—Pestracttea •! I,6QU’ Bail*
rela cl.WhHkey. ‘••
flrroiqthe plfwlnnati r Gatette.of Sata>d*y.j
'Dast eVenlng'ftbout half paat- reVen b’Moeit/ the
extensive four story brick houso, owned ana.no
cupied by Gharlos Bodman, situated oh the south
ride of Front street, between Walnut and Vine,
fell in with a troraondous orash under tho pressure
of nearly sixteen hundred barrels of raw whiskey,
owned and stored in tjie 2d, 3d, and 4th stories of
this building by C&lvty Fletohor, Esq
This building won now, and had booh completed
only about six weeks. Itwas thirty-three fwmront,
and sixty feet in depth, and four stories high. The
building was oreotod by Caspar Deist. On the
west ride was an eight foot alley, ‘and on the oast
a three foot passage extending tho whole length
of the building. A Gorman, named Meyer, em
ployed in the buildingi says that nearly .sixteen
hundred barrols of whiskey bod boon raised up,
and piled two tier deep on the second, third, am
fourth stories, tho weight of whioh has crushed out
the side wails and precipitated tho four storioa In(o
a oonfusotl mass of ruins in tho collar. Tho first
floor of tho building was occupied by its owpeV,
Mr. Hodman, who had several tons of tobacco in it.
Tho east wall foil against a two-story briok houio
owned by J. A. Skiflj and occupied by Win. John
ston ; nearly tho entire side of this houso is forced
in, roudering it untenantable. TUo west woll foil
ugainBt a threo-story houso owned by Wm. Resor,
and occupied by Harney Brinkormnn. The wall
of this houso is also injured. A stable contain
ing four horses in the rear of this dwoliing was also
dmuagod and two horses budly injured; ono of
them will probably die. Tho horses are owued by
Honn&n Bockhimer. The front wall fell out into
the stroot, and tho roar wall against tho north end
of T. W. Oliver’s rectifying establishment, bury
ing up tho ongino and boiler of this houso. Tho.
engiuoor bad roft tho ongino only amomont before.
Tho entire loss by this accident will probably roaoli
$20,000.
The Proposed Suit for the Recovery of the Chi
cago Depot Grounds of the Illinois Central
Railroad.
Our readers will rooolloct (says the Chicago
Saturday Evening Chronotype) that some two
months ago it was announced in the papers that
a suit was about to be commenced in this oity, by
Geo. C. Bates, Esq., of Detroit, against tho Illinois
Control Rnilroal, for the land on which their pas
aor and freight depots iu this oity are situated.
suit was said to rival inimportonoethoGaiues
suit in Hew Orleans, or the Lamantour oase in
San Franoisoo. Since tho first announcement littlo
has been said about it, oxoept that Interested
parties have given the impression that there is
nothing In it but assumption, and that no man
would do insane enough to bring suit on such a
claim.
In the meanwhile the olaimant has been quietly
pursuing his own course. Knowing that the title
to property worth a million and'a half of money
could not be acquired without a protraoted lawsuit,
and that it would be an exporunont with a com
pany worth $30,000,000, Mr. Bates has proceeded to
get the written opinion of the ablest land lawyers of
the United States. Among them are George Wood,
of Hew, York, whom lawyers understand to be at
the head of tho bar in coses analogous to this
Theodore Romevn has also given a written
opinion, and so has John A. Toloott, of Buffalo,
Judge Campbell, of tho Supreme Court of Michigan,
and Daniel Goodwin of tho samo court. In addition
to those, Judge Bullivnn, of New Hampshire, has
given an elaborate opinion, and all oonour in the
opinion that the titlo is boyond a preudventurt in
George C. Bates, and not in the Illinois Central
Railroad Company. Notice has already been
served by Mr. Batos on the president of tbo Illi
nois Central Railroad Company, to make no more
improvements, for tho land Is not thoirs, and no
consideration will be allowed by tbo real ownor
for such improvements. In the meanwhile tho
matter is loft in abeyance till the 21st of this
month, to allow the parties now in possession to
examine into tho .merits of Bates's claim, after
whioh it is said to bo the intention to institute
suit immediately.
The Shrewsbury Mystery.
[From theNewaik (N. J.) Advertiser.]
Tho Coroner’s investigation Into the oause of tho
death of Margnrofc Dale was concluded on Friday
evening. From testimony oKcltod th*.. doy, it
appoars that Mr. and Mrs. Conover wore in the
habit of box ng and pulling Margaret around and
treating hor in a cruel manner, and that tho doc
tor had on one or two occasions while on the ex
cursion, previous to her death, whipped hor with a
stick and kicked her with his boot. The dootor’s
oldest son. & lad 17 or 18 years old, testified that
he never know till aftor hor douth that aho was a
rolativo of his, and that thoy treated hor only os a
servant. Tho family appeared to despise and ill
treat her on account of nor weakness of intellect.
The following is the vordict: Wo find that de
ceased came to her death by some diseaso of the
lungs and brain, and that hor death hue probably
boon hastened by unkind and cruel treatment ut
tho hands of Mr. und Mrs. Conover, and wo fur
ther find that Mr. and Mrs. Conovor, by treat ng
said decoascd in tho manner aforesaid, have vio
lated ail laws of society and humanity, and that, in
the opinion of thoiury, theconduotof Mr. Conovor
is in tho highost degree censurable for the unkind
manner in which ho interred, exhumed, and re- 1
interred tho body. _
A Sad Cask.—Win. S. Wash, aged sixty-five
years, and a man of family, lately oonvietod at
Ribhmoud, Va., of forging land warrants, was on
Thursday sentenced to tho. penitentiary for two
years iu one oaso, and to jail for two months in
each of two other oases, and to pay a flue of $59.
The Dirpatch says:
“ He acknowledged his participation in the crime
of forgery, but declared that ho had been led into
it by others, and when he heard his doom, seemed
to regret thatthepunishmentwasnot death rather
than a felon’s cell. • Boon after leaving the oourt
room he was conveyed, to th e State * sprmn, and on
getting sight of the gloomy looking abode shed
tears profusolV.' For himself, he said, ho oared
but little, as no would soon bo called henoe to as
suror before another judge, but tho disgrace that
would attaoh to his name, and the stigma that he
had brought upon hU family, were suoh heart
erushing weights that he preferred to meet death
than to live under them a day longer.
CORRESPONDENCE.
: FROM HARRISBURG.
[CoprjtapooJence of The Pres*.]
j,, . Habrisbubo, Aug. 21, 1867.;
Since the “ Union” Convention assembled hero,
.andplaced in nomination a ticket, our town hns
ibeeii in a shite of fermentation. Many prominent
moihbitMof thV opposition party —men, who had
hurtehedfor 86m and sung peans to Sainbo'a year
ago~-ope‘c3y oxpr6ssed their dissatisfaction attjie
puffiued by that Convention. The causo of
opposition to was that It contained
too Aljoittfoniamj and that the American wing
of the party opposing Democracy, which is numeri
cally muoh streogor than its Republican ally, had
■been cheated out of ite just proportion of the can*
diddled.- Every day soouied to add to this intense
-American feelifigj and it was soon a fixed, fact that
'profiesped' to be a “Union” wasjrealiy, no
'ditfeh at ajir ’ V ,
ijfhq American Sentinel, a paper professing to
be .the organ of Dauphin county Americanism
whjlp it bfid favor of tho union movement,
refused to place- the namo of Mr. Rutherford, the
nomifiee for’ : Senator, at its head with tho re
matador-of tho ticket. This looked ominous of
'something, and' the Democrats silently'waited to
see what tho mountain in labor would bring forth.
, , This susponee was ended by tho ap
a jarge-aized poster, which roads us
foltoyiS.: 1 .,.,. ;
Aftwricatts of Dauphin■ comity!
Arouse! Arottsf! Stand by youa country and its
-ponstitution—-pfteriflh tlicm as you cherish the
memory of yra^nington!
J_.' u Tho Jmae&gned, native-born .citizens of the
Uflltoa Statekl believing that the proper time has
arrived at which to check, in this county, tho ar
\rtkance and preshmptiou of the so-called Repub-
Ifeln,: but Teal Abolition party, respectfully re
..optßinend that: the Americans who arc in favor of
~smerioan& ttdUg America, in oaoh township,
•ward, and borough, send delegates to an American
Convention to asomble at Harrisburg, on Tuesday,
the Ist day of, September, 1857, then to noininato
"suitable persons as candidates for the various
offices of the county and senatorial district, on
whom the whole American vote of tho county and
district oan be concentrated. ”
This hand-bill is sigued by two hundred *and
"&J?toen voters, 1 among whom are many of our best
'khown find most.substantial citizens, and, as might
bC thought, its appearance caused no little stir in the
.ranks of Ahq: boatful Republicans. Tho course
.marked out in? this dooumont will doubtless be
pursued, and the people of tho Stato may expect
to bear some s astonishing intelligence from this
county between IMb and tho reception of the official
returns. ] v
K The Demoorah(havo a good ticket, and they are
'Satisfied wlth‘iU‘ Personally, tho gentlemen who
.compose it are popular, aud the party is in a
Wealthy cpndltiog. IVe have every reason to look
/orvraxd to a gratifying result this fall, and
friends at a distance must not be astonishod if we
.break the shaoklei which have long bound us, and
take our positiod Among the sucoossful Democracy
Cf the Keystone State.
j ' From present indications, Colonel Haldeman,our
Candidate for will give the opposition a
doal of trouble, and may overthrow them in their
; Strongholds of Dauphin and Lebanon. He is very
popular with thfi-masses—his Democracy is above
suspicion, and his,energy is most untiring. Ho is
-certainly an excellent candidate, and will lead the
masses who love tho Union as it is, through a glori
ous fight. • r
Mr. Hazelhurst has been visiting some of tho re
mote' villages in this county, and his friends are
very aotlve. The' Wilmot men turn pale at their
display of energy and industry. Paxtox.
CLEA&FIELD COUNTV*
(Correspondence of.Um Press.]
CtiRAUFiEI.n, PA., August 20,1857,
Tho Democrats of Clearfield county hold their
aunual county meeting lost night. The old court
house was fillod tp overflowing. Tho best feeling
prevails among the Democracy of this county, and
this was plainly manifested last night. B. I).
Hall, Esq., acted ap president, sustained by a full
board of vice presidents and secretaries. Senator
■Bigler, although still fooblo from his late indispo
sition, addressed his fellow-citizens in support of
the election of Gen. Pookor, and in defonoo of tho
measures of the National Administration. Gov.
B. was followed,by Ira C. Mitchell,Esq., of Bolle
fonte,and Dr. T. Jeff. Boyer, tho nominee of this
Assembly. The addresses were all iu
wifl, anfjt were listened to with marked
Lwael-TesW Esq.,
from the committee appointed for that purpose*
road a scries of excellent resolutions, (a copy of.
which I herewith enclose) which were unanimous
ly adopted.
The following is tho county ticket: for Assem
bly, T. Jeff. Boyer; County Commissioner, Goorgo
Brlard; County Treasurer, John MoPherson;
Couuty Auditor, Aaron 0. Tate.
Tho following arothc resolutions:
Rtsolved, That tho progress of time and oxpe
rienoo still continuo lo strengthen our confidonoo in
the faith of tho National Democratic party, as
emipoiated at Cincinnati in May, 1856, and as now
being illustrated through the Administiation of
James Buchanan.
Resolved, That as Pennsylvanians, we have
noticed with pleasure and exultant pride the noble
bearing of tho first son of the Keystone State who
haa filled the presidential chair; that so far wo
rocognise in the presidential career of Mr. Buchanan
tho Homo sterling integrity, commanding ability,
untiring dovotiou to his duties, and tho same con*
servutivo and reasonable policy which have mark'd
hla eareor in all other public stations. These quali
ties and habits are in themselves a sufficient assu
rance to the pooplo that during his term tho coun
try will bo blessed with an emoiont and wise ad
ministration of publio affairs.
Resolved, That wo approve of tho polioy of tho
National Administration and Governor walker
touohing the affairs of Kansas Territory; that wo
hold it to be indispensable to tho stability of our
froe institutions that tho laws should be maintained
In that Territory as overy whore else, and that we
heartily approvo tho policy of submitting tho Con
stitution and slavery question to a direot vote of
the bona fide inhabitants of tho Territory before
presenting the new Stato for admission into tho
Union; that, in our opinion, the organic law of tho
Territory, tho sontimonts of tho Cincinnati plat
form, as also Mr. Buohanan’s loiter accepting the
nomination for President, have pledged the na
tional Democratic party to this polioy.
Resolved , That os the decision of the Supremo
Court of tho United States, in the cose or Dretl
Scott, has Settled the question that the establish
ment of tho Missouri Compromise was an unconsti
tutional act, and also that Congress has no power
to legislate on tho subject of slavery in the Terri
tories, we oan see neither sense nor renson, much
less love of country, in the continued olamor of tho
Block Republican press against tho repeal of that
aot, nor in their senseless menaces as to what they
will do when they get into power. If their party does
not intend to conform to the Constitution and laws,
lot them deolare thoir treason and take the conse
quences, or cease to clamor about questions that
have been solemnly settled by the highest tribunals
in the land.
Resolved , That we willoxtond to ourStato ticket
our zealous and undivided support, because wo re
cognise In the individuals composing it all tho pre
requisites necessary to assure to the people an
efficient and faithful porformanco of all the official
duties with which it is proposed to invest them.
Resolved , That our candidate for Governor,
General Win. F. Packor, is known to us as a states
man of large experience in State affairs, and a
citizen of high order of talonts, of enlarged, liberal,
and conservative views, and possessing all the ac
complishments of tho gentleman.
Resolved , That Nimrod Strickland, Jas. Thomp
son, and Wm. 11. Strong aro gontlomon eminently
worthy and competent to fill too respective stations
for which they nave been presoutoq.
Resolved, That tho latoulaok Republican Con
vention aasomblod at Harrisburg, in presenting the
name of David Wilmot for Uoveronr, has exempli
fied its capacity to solect tho man, of alt tho aspi
rants before ft, the least convorsant with Stuto
affairs, and tho least likely to receive tho votes of
the people; and, as the Supremo Court of tho
United States has spiked David's big guns —tho
Missouri Compromise and his own proviso—wo
think ho proula do woll to retire until Darius Bul
lock’s term as judge expires.
Resolved, That Senator Bigler, in his new and
elovated position, has shown himself wuithy of the
confidence of tho Democratic party—being ovor
faithful to principle and to duty; and, should his
health permit, wo anticipate lor him a career of
gfeat usefulness to his constituents and to tho coun
try utlargo.
Resolved, That tho tickot selected by the Do
moeraoy of Clearfield county, at their primary
elections on Saturday last, will receive our cordial
support.
After the reading of tho foregoing Resolutions, on
motion, they wore unanimously adopted, and re
quested to bo published.
THE CANVASS IN LOUISIANA.
[Oorreßpomleuco of The Press.]
New Oiileamh, August 14,1857.
BniTon Prkss : A correspondent from Now Or
leans would naturally fail in interesting the mass
of tho readors of your exoolient paper. Tho local
news would loso ite Interest on account of thu dis
tance which separates the oities. If the weather
is hot or yellow fover in our midst, the telegraph
would forestall tho regular mails. If wo have
riots, rows, and fires, their interest is confined to
the looality. £f ladies horsewhip gentlemen in tho
streets, the affuir is forgotten long before it could
reach you.. As to politics, wo havo nono in the
oity. We used to havo si xor soven thousand Demo
crats, but brass-knuckles, bludgeons, and bowie
knives have so thinned our ranks that there are
only about 2,500 left. These, howover, are so per
versely -Democratic, that you can’t beat it out,
although some have had sufficient hangings to take
the ooneelt out of them; but they are incurable;
they vsill vote the Democratic ticket at any election.
The country la, however, safe and sound, and this
fall will show a larger Domooratlc vote than ovor.
Mllcb Taylor will bo returned by a largely in
creased majority; Democrats and Whigs will rally
around him to a man. He is firm, talented, an<J
unflinching, and bis constituents appreciate him.
Thomas Giles Davidson will be re-elected in despite
of all the efforts made to defeat him. Afaotious
opposition is arrayed against him in his district, by
a fow ambitious men of his own party, and they
boast that they will beat him; but “tho people”
have tokon a hand- in the matter, and have de
termined to arbitrate it themselves. If the malice
of a handfull of aspiring men in the third district
should, by any aceidont, lose us the district and
select a Know-Nothing instead of Davidson, it
would be the political death of more than one gen
tleman who has received favors.at the hands of the
Democracy. In any event, they are doomed. Da
vidson will be triumphant and you may reßt assured
that you will see in the noxt Congress the impos
ing and honorable white head of Davidson also
that “eternal crutch ” Saudidge, with4,6oo in his
distrlot, has nothing to fear. In the first distriof
tho chances are different. Eustis is opposed by
Villerie. They are both creoles, both young, and
both remarkably clever. Eustis has the Know-
Nothing organization to back him—Villerie has
the-Democratlo party. Take brass knuoklos out of
the oontest and Villerie would beat him. Tho en
tire faoo of matters may bo ohanged before Novem
ber—and it would not astonish me if suoh should
be the case, Union loving, conservative Louisiana,
with her negroes, her aotton. bales, her sugars and
molasses, stands firm to tho President. When she
voted for him and nobody else on every ballot at
Cincinnati, she believed him to be the man for tho
.occasion. She did not follow Mississippi, Alabama,
and Georgia, in “ kicking before she was spurred”
on the Walker Kansas affair, but waited for fur*
ther developments. She had notforgotten the efforts
of R. J. Walkor in acquiring slave territory by the
annexation of Texas; she had not forgottenbia
brilliant administration of the Treasury Depart
ment during tho Mexican war. She has an abid
ing faith in James Buchanan, and no State in tljo
Union will stick to the great Pennsylvanian with
more pertinacity than Louisiana. She knows he is
right, and will be right. She knows that he will
stand by his pledges and by the Democratic plat
form. The most intense sticklers for Southern
rights here are tho intense Americans, with a
small, very small, sprinkle of secessionists. The
most condemnatory print of Mr. Buchanan and
his Kansas policy is the Crescent, which is the
organ of the Americans; the next is the Delta.
They each have signally failed in arousing the
people to the. peril which threatens them. The
merchant attends to his profits, the mechanic to
his shop, and the planter to hi 3 crop. Health
abounds, wealth and prosperity is at hand. The
utmost confidence is placed iu Mr. Buchanan and
his Cabinet, and, as far as Louisiana 1b concerned,
there is nothing to fear. Baxasa.
AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC CONVENTION
[Correspondence of The Press.]
Montreal, Aag. 19,1857.
On the aftornoon of Monday last there was a fine
military parade here, on the occasion of presenting
the King of Sardinia’s medal to one private and
two officers who served with distinction in the Cri
mean war. Or. Haro gave a private exhibition of
bis machine, operated by a little red-hoadod “me
dium,” who seems to understand his part very
well, but no one was convinced of the spiritual na
ture of the communications. One gentleman was
told the Christian name of his grandmothor cor
rectly, but the assertion that she had no middle
numo was incorrect. In the Scientific Convention
on Monday—
“ Sub-section of ethnology, statistics, 4*c.—Pro
fessor Ilalileman being in the chair, Professor
Charles Whittlesey read a paper on tho anoient
mining operations of Lake Superior. After de
scribing the geography of tho copper region of
Lake Superior, ho said that throughout the country
indications appoarod of mining operations carried
on by an anoient people, The works of these
people wero mere open mines, liko quarries,
never descending more than about thirty foet be
low the surface. These mines had a peculiarity
whioh distinguished them from all othors, that the
metal was to and in pure masses. These masses
tho anoient minors seemed unnblo to deal with,
and they appeared merely to hnve sought for
pieces of copper, porhapg of two pounds’ weight,
which they hammered out cold. They seemed not
to hare known anything of the art of smelting,
though that discovery seemed tho simplest thing m
tho world, since they made use of fire to soften tho
stone, and so to separate the ore When they got
a large mass they used stone hammers to break off
the projections. They had no meaus of raising the
very large masses, nor had they any way of clear
ing out the water from the bottom. It seemed that
tho miners had been accustomed constantly to
throw back the rubbish into the mine, bo that there
were now Ho traces on the surface. These works
'extended through one hundred or one hundred and
fifty mines, on tho wrath side.&fLake Superior.
Sometimes thore were cavities of thirty (eeCas
large as that room; in other cases they made ex
cavations in tho biufis, whioh were now occupied
by porcupines, bears, Ac.
The stonp hammers employed were nothing but
boulders of green stone or trap, having a groove
round thorn, into whioh a barythe was twisted.
Some had no suoh grove, and tho mode of swinging
them was unknown. Wooden shovels were also
employed, and spear heads with a socket. Thero
wore, besides, tools like knives und chisels, all inado
of copper. Timber had also been found with hatchet
marks on them. From these marks he judged that
the pcoplo who worked those mines had a connec
tion with tho ancient Mexicans, known as Toltccs
or Astocs. It appoarod from the works of Squier
and Davis on the Mounds of Ohio, that in thoso
places thero had been found tools which would
have mode marks like those noticed on the timber
found in the Superior mining region. Again, the
connection between these inhabitants of Ohio and
the miners of Lake Superior Boomed to bo established
from this faob—that in the Lake Superior mines
alone were to be found pure copper, having spooks
of pure silver in them. Now, the tools ftund in
Ohio wore found to contain these specks of silver,
and it was ovident that these tools had been
hammered out cold, because, if they had been
melted, tho silvor specks would have disap
peared. Then tho Spaniards on their arrival
Jouml tho Mexicans in occupations of fortifica
tions, mounds, and pyramids very muoh like
thoso of Ohio. In this way it appeared to him
that a connection was traced between the people
of Mexico and tho miners of Luke Superior, iie
considered from a comparison of the trees found
upon the tope of the trenches, and of the extent of
tho works, with the difficulties which tho miners
must have had in working them, that it must have
been 1,200 years since the mines were abandoned,
aud 500 more during which they were occupied.
His impression was that the miners resided in a
warm country, and came to work these minos in
tho summer time, taking their produce home in the
winter."
The column ereoted here to Nelson, in 1808, is in
a dilapidated condition. The bus reliefs cannot be
made out, nor the inscriptions read, on account of
the unsuitabloness of the stone used in iU construc
tion. It is ornamented by a statue of Nelson, much
too small for the column, whilst at the base of tho
shaft a large orooodile, typical of the Nilo, displays
its form in white marble. Tho convent of the
‘•gray nuns" is muoh visited by curious strangers.
Besides the nuns, many decrepit nRd superannuated
people of both sexes are maintained in comfort,
und a considerable number of orphan boys and
girls aro educated, the girls bmng taught sewing
and similar useful arts. The bell in the cathedral
is also visited, being considered the largest in the
country, and weighing 24,789 pounds, whilst tho
bell-tower affords an excellent view of the city and
adjacent country.
Amerioan ourrenoy is so much used here, that
in about a month it will be tho legal currenoy.
when all accounts will bo kopt in dollars and oents.
I have [been informed,}that tho exports of eggs
from this market to New York and Boston amount
to thirty barrels a day, each barrel containing
about eighty dozen. Good wood is worth from four
to six dollars a cord hero in summer, and (on ac
count of obstructions from snow) from eight to ten
dollars in winter. Anthracite ranges from eight
to twelve dollars a ton.
STATE POLITICS,
SdBQVehan.vah Coi'NTY.—The Democratic Coun
ty Convention mot at Montrosoon Monday the 17th
inst., at 2 o’clock, P. M., and organized by electing
Isaac Reokhow, Esq., of Goat Bond, president, and
Dr. Calvin Loet, ot Friends* illc, and General A.
Carponter, of llarford, vice presidents. C. C.
Mills, of Dlinook, nnd J. B. MoColl im, of Montrose,
wore cboson secretaries,
O. S. Gilbert wns chosen ns a undulate for tho
House of Representatives.
Among the resolutions passed wero tho following:
Resolved, That in the dear and vigorous Ad
ministration of James Buchanan, our hopes aro
fulfilled—and this gives anothor proof that Demo
cratic rule alono will secure Freedom; for His
tory will write it, as an alarming peril, that, in the
crisis of 1856, an oath-bound conspiracy ogainstro-
Ugious liberty and constitutional order came so
near oonsummatiug its treason, by electing to the
chair of Washington, Jefferson, and Jackson, a
man void of administrative experience, nml of
spotted houor. Hanpily, howover, tho American
pcoplo then banished from the natiou tho acrimony
und violenoo of slavery agitation; aud localised it
in thoso siuglo States and Territories where tbo
question of its introduction or übolition might arise.
So that Pennsylvania has no political duty or right
touching slavery, suvo tho negative one of con
tinuing those barriers that exclude it from her soil.
What a long breath of relief our tired country
draws, as, for tho first time, she reposes under tho
quiet shadow of “popular sovereignty!"
Resolved, That the nomination of Gen. Wm. F.
Packor for Governor, Nimrod Strickland for Ca
nal Commissioner, and William Strong and James
Thompson for Judges of the Supreme Court, are
Buoh as couunond themselves to the cordial en
dorsement and support of every Pennsylvanian,
whose election will redound to the credit and honor
of our good old GommonweaUh.
POST OFFICE MATTERS.
Pennsylvania.— Route 8,865. Bollefonte by
Walker* Howard and Beeeh Creek to Mill Hall,
three additional weekly trips are ordered, making
the mail facilities daily except Sunday- The post
master at Stmbury’is authorized to engage a mes
senger to oouvey the Southern and Western mails,
by route 8,290 from a convenient point on the canal
to hisofiioe daily, except Sunday.
- A man named Finney, from Lancaster, Fa,,
wos run over and killed by the cars ne&r. Wheeling,
last Friday. *
TWO CENTS.
THE EXECUTION OF M’KIM.
In The Press of Saturday we gave a brief ac
count of the execution, on Friday, at Hollidays
burg, of McKim for the murder of Norcross. There
was supposed to be nearly four thousand strangers
in Hollidaysburg, all eager to gratify a morbid ap
petite in seeing an unfortunate fellow being launch*
ed into eternity Mr. Post, tho sheriff, conformed
to the requirements of the law almost to the letter,
and consequently but very few persons were ad
mitted inside of the jail yard.
On Thursday, Miss McKim, accompanied by her
married sister. Mrs. Bragg, from Trenton, vmted
the condemned felon in his cell, and passed some
time in conversation and prayer with their unfortu
nate brqther. The strongest appeals were made to
induce him to make a confession—make some atone
ment if guilty of the terrible crime of which be
had been convicted, and one whioh bad inflicted, &
blow upon his family,* relatives, and friends, from
the stigiha of which they never could recover. The
prayer of the younger sister is represented as hiv
ing been most earnest and pathetic, and no living
kindred could have dope more for an erriug though
hardened Wfetch, than those sisters upon tuts pain
ful occasion. They,left him, for the last time on
earth, weeping hittprlyhe maintaining the same
stoical protestationsef innocence.
At half-past ten o’clock on Friday morning, the
prisoner’s irons were knocked off and Hie shroud
was put on him, after which the prisoner knelt
down, ana a long and fervent prayer was made by
the Rev. Mr. McClean. . .
advisers, the Rev. Dr. Jnnkin, of
HoUidaysbnrg, and the Rev. 0. O. MeClean, ;of
Huntington, were with MoKim early in ihe moan
ing, and remained until after the execution. The
latter gentleman wascalledinat the prisoner’s own
request. •. j
A Catholic Priest having called on McKim with
the view to offer his services, was rathervibniptlv re
fused an interview this ntdrning. The primmer
handed him a hook which he had left, toldh&ribe
did not.desire it, and.bade him adieu. J • !
At a qudrtcr of 11 o’clock the prisoner was bronsrpt
down to the jail yard,.and immediately ascended the
scaffold with a firm and unfaltering step. He wore
a long white muslin shroud, and his coffin,'a very
neat walnut one, was placed in full view.
The following persons were present in the yard:
Sheriff George Port; Deputy Sheriff John McClure;
Physician, Dr. H. T. Coffey; District Attorney
Hammond; Special Deputies, Goorge McDonough,
John Charles, Dr. A. J. Landis, James Fink ;
Watchmen, B. B. Rorabuchor and S. Cuny.
The jurors were John R. MoFarlane, Charles B.
McCiea, George W. Sellete, Joseph Robeson, Mar
tin Runyan, i»dw. McGraw, Stephen Hammond.
George w. Reed, JosophJones, Dr. D. S. Hays, A.
C. McCartney, John A. Lemon.
In addition to the above, there were three- re
porters of the press from Philadelphia, three from
Pittsburgh, three from Hollidaysburg, and one from
Chester.
THE EXECUTION —THE PRISONER'S SPEXCH.
The rope being adjusted by the Sheriff and bis
deputies, the Rev Dr. Jnnkin announced that Mc-
Kim wished to address the people present. The
condemned felon then turned around, faced the
people in the yard, and in a loud voice spoke as
follows:
Well, my friends and fellow-citizens, I stand be
fore your eyes a dying man, but I contend I am in
nooent of tho murder of Samuel Townsend Nor
cross, or any human being. Before you all I say
that men came here from tho West, and swore
away my life. They took the Holy Bible from the
honorable Court, and swore to tell thb truth, but
told everything else, as ray soul will be launched
into eternity—as lam a dying man.
The first of these men was Mr. Atiix. Tes, fel
low-citizens of the United States, as I am a dying
man—l do not expect you to believe it—this Attix,
fellow-citizens, came here into court before the
honorable Judges, and there took the Holy Bible
and swore to tell the truth, and I contend that he
told anything but what was the truth. He said
that I was at his office with Samuel. Townsend Nor
oross, but, fellow-citizens, I was never there with
Noroross. He said that I told Norcross to take
nothing but American gold coin. I was never in
his office in my life, as lam a dying man. He also
said that he asked me if I his agent. He never
spoke to mo, as lam a dying man; bat I freely for
give him for the injury he nas done mo, my loving
wife and child, my brother, and my fonr sisters. I
contend that he is ono of my mnrdorors, who,*by
his false evidence, succeeded in getting this rope
about my neck. When he was in court he looked
in my faoo and told these infamous lies. He told
fellow-citizens, everything but tho truth. But lit
tle did he think that he must answer for it before
a higher tribunal—not a common court, but before
God, Almighty in heaven. If he does not repent
he will be damned. Now may God Almighty have
mercy upon bis soul. I freely forgive him.
The other man was Mr. Eaton, from Dunleith.
He said I shaved Norcross with a razor produced
in Court, with which, it is said, I killed Noroross
I nover shaved Norcross in my life, neither was i
my razor they had. My razor is at Long Pond—
at least I left it there I never shaved myself
while there (meaning Dunleith,) or anywhere,
until IwaS’token to the prison.' May God Al
mighty have mercy on him.
Rumbold said here that there was not much .the
matter irith Norcross, but there he said that he vm
adyinginan, ae a man now in this yard (Mrcßaton„.
Postmaster Dunleith.) knows. ~He node to the'
depot inthe wagon with the' trunks, and did not
walk up with Mr. Eaton. He was not able to walk,
as sworn by Eaton, whioh was a positive falsehoo 1. ,
Another gentleman was hero from some mills
down the country—l don’t remember his name—
the sled man. I never saw him, or rode upon his
sled or on any body’s. I hope I may never zee the
kingdom of Heaven if ever I rode on his sled, or
any sled, after I* left Altoona until I got on the
other side.of Williamsport, when I rode on a sled
with the landlord. Every word that man spoke
was- a falsehood—not a word of truth; but may God
Almighty ble&s him; may he be prepared to go to
Heaven; but he can't unless he repents, or any of
them. I tell yon as a true American they are not
raon; thoy have no hearts or priocipies of men.
and are no Christians. But I forgive them at!. I
am here an innocent man. I care not what the
world saya. I tell you as a dying man, my fellow
citizens of the United States, I would rather die
than trample upon the laws of any country. The
rope is around my neck, and there is my coffin, but
I never murdered Norcross. I HOPE I hayxever
see God ip I did ! I know this is solemn talk, bat
I know that I am Innocent. It is a disgraceful
death, but if all the innocent blood that has been
shed were drawn into a pool, it would be enough to
drown the false-heartea men who swore false.
Fellow-citizens, there wero meo who came in here
aud swore to lies that they might get something
from Biair county. What would your opinion be
of suoh men who wonld swear link after link to
take your life away ? Can you say they are Chris
tians, or true-hearted Americans f May God Al
mighty have mercy on them! They are my mur
derers ! They are tho men who got the rope about
my neck—they are tho murderers, and not me.
A gentleman from Altoona came here to the
and said MoKim took breakfast with him.
This is not so, as I can prove to his teeth, by arson
now on the scaffold. I never was at Fleck’s, fellow
citizens. I got my breakfast at a gentleman’s who
scornod the idea of coming into the court-house and
• wearing my life away. [Here he gave an accurate
description of Kearney and Kearney's house, where
he said be breakfasted on the morning of the mur
dor.j May God .Almighty bless him aud save him!
But he can’t bo saved without he repents, lie
knows that he is one of my murderers.
lam & true American oiticen, and will not haul
down my bolors—l would rather prefer death. I
am an innocent man and do not fear death I
will surrender to what is right, but will never sur
render to what is wrong. I am going to be launched
into etornity, and must go to heaven or to hell, if I
am guilty. I am going home to sweet Josus. lam
sure I am going to heaven. I am standing here
an innocent map. I know, fellow-citizens, you do
not believe this, according to the evidence *iu the
court, and I do not blame you, but I will contend
for my rights.
I was born in Chester county, near forty-eight
mile stone, on the Philadelphia and Lancaster turn
pike, on the farm of Joseph Paxton. I don't deny
my county, though there are those here from it. It
was at that house my mother gave birth to me,
though it were better she never had. I never done
nothing to fetoh me here; those who swore fal?e
stand <marged before God my murderers. Ain’t I
got a right to speak ? I say nothing, as a dying
man, hut what is true. I know that I cannot con
vince you of my innocence, but that does not make
it so. I don’t stand before the eyes of God a mur
derer.
I tell you as a dying man, fellow-citizens, that I
did not murder Samuel Townsend Noroross, neither
do I know how he camo by his death-
Fellow-citizens, I am ft true American, and have
fought and bled for my country, and was wounded
iu the United States army. I have pressed for
ward with the flag of my country to the muzzles
of cannon, among bayonets, and have carried the
flag of triumph. Now I am here to die a dishon
orable death. But I know I am not a murderer. I
have beun a dragoon in the United States service,
and was wounded. T do not boost of that, but it is
a dishonorable death I am about to meet. I was
a privato, but was promoted to sergeant major. I
havo been with Generals Scott and Harney and
Lieutenant Jenklns. They all know me, and know
that I am an honorable man, and would not cut a
man’s throat with a razor, or boat out bis brains
with a club.
As a dying man, with a coffin before him—know
ing that I will go to hell if I lie—l say I bolieve in
my Bible. My aged mother taught mo to read it,
and to believe in it. I always prayed. You know
how sho feels. Sho knows I was ono who never
would give way to wrong. God don’t calluponmc
to oonfess, and tbo roaaon why is, because I am not
guilty. I ain’t tbo mnrderor of Samuel Townsend
Norcross, neither do I know how ho camo to his
death. Bccauso tho world is down on me, is that
any reason why I should confess to a murder I
uevor committed ?
I curu nothing for tho world—l care not what tho
world says; I disregard all. It is inyonndid be
lief that some person else will yet suffer for tho
murder of Norcross, for I bold that murder will not
lay. Mark mo, Mr. Hammond, you will some day
find out my innocence.
I go In for hanging a murderer, but not an inno
cont man. I repeat to you that tbo witnesses came
in and swore against rao as if I was a song.^
The prisoner then went on exonerating big coun
sel, who he said had done their duty; also, the jury,
judge, and officers. Ho continued*.
I olame no man sworn to do his duty. I would
ask no man to do wrong, if it cost me my life.
I have been here three months chained, and a
part of tbo time handcuffed. Don’t blame any
tody but myself, and you all know tho reason why:
for trying to cut my bobbles,
Here he spokq ot handcuffs on his being so
tight as to make his arms bleed. He then spoke
in kind farms of those who visited him In his cell,
and prayed for him. He spoke of Dr, Jenkins and
Rev. Mr, MoClaln discharging their duty, saying;
’ “They came here and prayed for me Like Chris*
ti«n men, and have beeu the instigation of saving
toycoul from hell."
He next spoke of the Methodists, and the'kind
ness Shown him by thtfpeopie of Hotildaysburg, aud
called upon God to bless them all.
I want you to think I am pleading the truth., I
am not like the witnesses; they had no ropes
around their necks, ready to be launched into
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heaven or hell, or they tover would have swore,
my life away. * • • *•
I have been charged with more crimes. I have
seen it in the papers. I am supposed to be the
murderer of two more men. They never said any
thing about that until I was in chains but God
Almighty will havo zomething to say about it. Ha
knows that I never killed a man. I hope never
to see the Kingdom of Heaven if ever I killed a
man. I am also charged with stealing horns.
Fellow-citizens, I never stole a horse, or any
thing, exeept fruit, and there are few who
havo not done that. Never, as lam a dying
man ; did I steal anything but fruit. Ain't ft
hard for a man to be accused when he is chained
m prison and can’t defend himself? I lore my
fellow-man, bat I care not for what thej say
when false. lam not the man lam represented to
“ e - J die without a tear, for I have nothing
t° n L r ’ k, f God. I have made my election sure.
In Christ I have placed my trust, and when Heave
this scaffold, I eh all go home to .heaven, and hop*
to meet my God, my aged father, who has gone
befpre me, my mother, wife, child, sisfers and
brothers. What care I for this death? My friends
•care, for thpyhavenotastain upontheifcharacter.
It is not my fault, God Almighty knows.
He then made some allusion to his attempt to
commit suicide, and said he was instigated to do it
by the dyvil, but was glad he did not accomplish
it, for then he should havo been a murderer in
deed and gone to hell.
He thnu concluded by saying—
” McKim will soon oe launched into etsntity,
and his soul will go to heaven."
A portion of Scripture was then read by Dr. Jun.
kin, ahd'the hymn beginning with '
• “ Prepare me, gracious God
'Who cow stands before thy face,'’
was sung, in which the prisoner joined. A prayer
-was then made by Dr. Jnnkin, after which the
clergy, his counsel, the officers, and others took
leave of him ;Tjbe rope waa re-adjusted by the
Sheriff, and thehap placed over his face.
After McKim had concluded his extraordinary
speech,’nothnCi word of which any one present be
lieved, the reverend gentlemen stated that it had
been msde sblefy on Ms own responsibility, and
without itbeir sanction.' They nod previously
.Tfarnod him to avoid mentioning namey, and to
say as little as possible while on the scaffeld.
The Rev. Dr. Jnnkin. previons to Uklsg hit
farewell of the prisoner, asked him if he MSI
maintained that his statements as made from the
scaffold were correct, and whether be wsa
of the crime for- which he had beon comdemned to
death, to whioh McKim replied in a loud voice:
“ Gentlemen, I am innocent of the murder of
Samuel Townsend Norcnra. Standing an the very
pinnacle of death, one stroke launching me into
eternity, I proclaim that I die innocent, v A
fixed like me, on the verge of death, won’t yox
believe? I am a man who believes in the Bible,
and know that if I die with a lie on my tongot I
will go to hell, and be punished forever In burning
brimstone. I die innocent of the murder of Sam
uel Townsend Norcross. God Almighty bless my
dear wife, beloved ehild. aged mother, dearitatore,
and brother.' God bless’you all.”
The Sheriff then bade him farewell, and descended
from the scaffold. MeKfai said:—“Wait a mo
ment, Sheriff." and quickly exclaimed, “Now,
Sheriff, quick!" and at 32 minutes after 12 o’elock,
the drop fell, and David Stringer hfoNim was
launched into eternity.
There was no struggling evident of the body cf
moment. ' The neck was not broken; his death wax
caused by suffocation, which occupied some
minutes. He remained hanging ten minutes after
life became extinct, when the body was out down,
placed inthe coffin, and in consequence of do re
lative or friend being present to take charge of th*
same, it was conveyed to the burial ground of
the Foot Home Farm, or. in other words, Potter’s
Field, where it was properly interred for the pre
sent.
In a silent conversation with the Bev. Dr. Jnnkin,
(now in this feity,) he desired that his bodv might
not be exposed to public gaze, neither did kewizh
his coffin exposed to the sun! This request was
strictly complied with, although there was great
anxiety to see his remains.
GENERAL NEWS.
We learn from the Ottawa (Canada) Citizen
of the Isth instant, that Mr. Alexander Simpson,
a fanner agedforty-threc, residing in the township
of Grattan, county of Renfrew, on the line of ihe
Opeonga road, eighteen miles from Renfrew, was
murdered in his own house on the 6th lust* by
three ruffians, who also killed Mrs. Noble, her two
daughters, and a young man named Bceeie, who
were attracted to the boose by their criec. As In
quest was held on the body of Hr. Simpson, buz
without discovering any evidence as to the iden
tity of the murderers.
On Monday afternoon last, during a sodden
storm at Lctaisville, the steamer W. A. Eaves was
struck by lightning. The electric fluid ttruhk the
hurricane deck just over the centre of the ladles’
cabin, shattering a chandelier into a thousand
fragments, upsetting four ladies who were in the
cabin, knocking the chairs and tables'about, and
making every soul on board think that the boat
■ had .exploded bet boilers. The lightohu was se
vivid that the passengers were - blinded for soma
time, many of them tMnkiog ihe bd&twase&relqped
estimated young men, formerly of
; Qatamuv Charles Schcenhals and Aug. Hoynk,
were killed by lightning’ on Saturday, the ISth
tnsi., at Alden. Hardin county, lowa. Thty'were
sitting in their store at the time of the soeidcat,
which was also, as wo learn, completely shattered
and destroyed. Such wee the temfic power of the
lightning that a large iron safe,which was in iha
building at the time, was entirely molted, and
presented the appearance of a piece of molten iron.
John H. Str&use, one of the proprietors of
the Cincinnati Daily Com »n<rc7a/newspaper,died,
at his private residence in that city, on Friday
morning, after a brief illness. Hr. S. had been a
number of years engaged upon the Com-moreial
as book-keeper and cashier. 'He had served in the
Mexican war, in Col. Mitchell’s Regiment of Ohio
Volunteers, being an officer in Capt. J. B. Arm
strong’s company of Cincinnati Washington Cadets,
and had distinguished himself at the battle of
Monterey.
On Saturday evening Peter Westfall, a man
of very intemperate habits, was committed to tho
Schoharie jail for assault and battery, occupying a
cell with another prisoner. During the night he
committed suicide by twisting a ’ towel around his
neck. Sunday afternoon. Westfall’s wife arrayed
in mourping, and with a countenance more smiting
than mournful, forced her way throagh the crowd
about the jail, and after contemplating the sad
scene presented to her gaze, coolly remarked: “He
was an ugly devil.’’
Mr. Henry Clay Blakeslee, & freight clerk
for the Chicago and Milwakee railroad, aged 25
years, threw himself, in a fit of somnambulism, from,
the window of his room iu the fourth story of the
Metropolitan Hotel in Chicago, and alighted upon
the roof of the kitchen, twenty-five or thirty feet
below, breaking his back and expiring immedi
ately. The parents of the deceased reside in New
Haven, Conn., and he has also a brother living in
Erie, Pa.
The Connells villi Rails oad is now fin
ished, with a single track from Tartle Creek sta
tion, on the Pennsylvania road, to Concellsville,
in Fayette conntv. Pa.—a distance of sixty miles.
By arrangements with the Pennsylvania road ita
trains start from Pittsburg, and aro transferred to
the Coanellsvillb road at Britton's. Two passen
ger trains each way, and the necessary freight
trains now constitute the business.
The August term of the Washington (Pa.)
County Court will Commence on Monday next and
continue for one week. A number of important
trials ere expected to come up, among wiuoh we
may mention the following: William Jones, Jr.,
for the mnrder of Samuel H. White ; John C&rr,
for the murder of John Bistle.
A new post office is established at Ebvell,
Bradford county, Pa., and Warren a Griffis ap
pointed postmaster. Directly on the route from
Shunk to Sugar Run—At Ariel, Wayne county,
Pa., Joel Jones is appointed postmaster, in place
of Daniel Evarts, resigned.
Gen. Jacob Barnitz, an honored citizen of
Vork, Pa., died on the 18th instant, aged nearly
70 years. Jonathan Jesup, Esq., another respected
oitizen of the same place, and a leading member of
the Society of Friends, died on the Ifith instant.
Ho was over 80 years of ago.
George Weirtle, a German, residing at
Schuylkill Haven. Pa., committed suicide by jump
ing into tho canal, in front of his house, ou Satur
day, the 15th inst. His wife saw him make the
fatal plunge, but was under the impression that he
was bathing. No cause is assigned tor the rash act.
On Saturday last, Thomas Victory, while, ft
is thought, in an intoxicated condition, laid down
oa the track of the Reading Railroad, near
Schuylkill Haven, was run over by & train and cut
in two. He leaves a wife and family.
A convict in the State penitentiary at Alton,
Illinois, named William Williams, attempted to
make his escape on Monday night by scaling tho
walls. Ho was discovered hy one of the guards,
who fired at and shot him dead.
A Canadian author of note, M. Michael Bi
baud, died at Montreal lost week, after a long ill
ness, at tbo advanced age of seventy-fire years.
M. Bibaud was born on the 20th January, 11T2, at
Cote des Neiges, near Montreal.
Senator Rusk, whose melancholy death was
recently recorded, was the son of a very poor Irish
emigrant, who, when he c3me to this country, set
tled in South Carolina on land belonging to John
C. Calhoun. Ho was a stone-cutter by trade.
Jacob Boardinan, an industrious blacksmith,
residing at New Castle, Schuylkill ooontv, Pa.,
wu& accidentally shot by a companion while out
gunning, a fow days since. Tho unfortunate man
leaves a wife and seven children.
Edward Mylott, an assistant under Sydney
S. Lyon, Esq., geological surveyor, of Kentucky,
was drowned on Tuesday last, in an attempt to crow
the falls at Louisville.
' In 1840 Chicago was a smart little town at
the head of Lake Michigan, with 4854 inhabitants.
Iu seventeen years it has doubled its population
txeenty-threc times .’
A sale of $lB,OOO worth of mules was mad*
in Lynchburg, Va., Tuesday, at from $145 to $l5O
per head.
A fight took place in Portsmouth, Ya., Tne*»
day night, in which Mrs. Coleman, ono of thoocQt*
batants, was killed by a blow with a bottle
The Treasury Extension.
The Washington Inulligtncer states that the
first of the heavy granite pilasters, brought tier®
by the barkantine Horace Beale for the Treartir
extension, was, on Monday afternoon, transported
from the river side near the Georgetown C&nal
basin to near its destined place on Fifteenth street.
It was drawn on heavy trucks with two pair* of
wheels, fore .and middle, six Inches wide on Urv,
and a rear pair nine inches wide. This stone
weighs twenty-nice tons, and is thirtj-two feet
long. The pillars yet to come are forty-five feet
long, and weigh each fifty-one tons. The draw
ing power was oxen, ten in number, and (he timq
'gcupied only three and ft half howl.