l)c 3cffcrsonian.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1854
OCT A protracted meeting is now in pro
gress in the M. E. Church, of this place.
The services of the Rev. Jamus Suwlu. and
Rev. James Cunningham, of the City of Phil
adelphia, have been procured, who will re
main during the present and following week
Services every evening, commencing at ?
o'clock. The public are cordially invited to
nttend.
THE ELECTIONS.
The great contest in this State shows that
the people have chosen a Whig Governor, n
Democratic Canal Commissioner, and a Dem
ocratic Supreme Judge. A large majority
of the Congressional delegation are Whigs
and of the Democrats elected several urc an
ti-Nebraska. The vote for Governor, taking
the reported majorities of the counties fron
which we have not vet heard the ofiicial vote
fi as follows:
Pollock, 196,fifil
Bid
er.
150,810
Pollock's majority, 3G,S42
The counties not included, and yet to be
hcird from, are Elk, Potter, and McKeau.
They gave Governor Bigler, in 1851, when
he had 8-105 majority in the Stale, a majori
ty of G55. They will probably now give a
email majority for Pollock.
The Prohibitory Liquor Law is defeated
the ui ajority against the law is about 2,000.
OHIO In this State the Anti-Administration
majority is estimated at 50,000 voles.
The county of Hamilton, including Cincinnati,
fives a majority of 7,000, equivalent to a
Whig gain, 6ince the last Presidential elec
tion, of 11,000. According to the Tele
graphic reports, this State has elected to
Congress, out of the twenty-one members, to
which it is entitled, at least eighteen, who
re opposed to the repeal of the Missouri
compromise.
IfcOT The following is the official vote
for. Senator in tbi, (1 0th Senatorial Dis
iric.) to wit :
Walton.
1 161
1074
508
1674
Allen.
103S
3S7
210
1392
Carbon
"QJonroo
Pike
jjtrayn9
3317
3027
2290
302
Waltou'e ninj.
Official Voto for Congress 13th District,
Packer.
12S-1
1874
3675
615
1710
Stewart.
1000
512
Garb on
3Jonroe
Northampton
PJko
"Waj'iie
3114'
1G2
1 345
9153
6133
6133
(Packer's raaj.
O70
725
Cheap Wife.
The "JIauch Chunk Gazette" informs
that a colored man in that place lately
pold his wife to another colored gemmae,
for 5. The parties interested all seemed
perfectly satisfied, tho father of the seller
declaring that it was "as much as she was
v.of." Not so. She would bring a hun
dred times as much in Kansas.
ggr A destructive fire occurred at Potts
wile on the night of the 10th iust., sup
posed to have been kindled by an incen
diary. A number of buildings were de
stroyed, including the printing office of
the Miners' Journal, which involved a loss
to the proprietor of about 810,000.
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Earnum's Autobiography.
Wc cannot better subserve the author of
the following letter than by publishing it, in
order to apprize our readers of the shortly in
tended appearance of one of the spiciest and
most interesting volumes for winter evening
Office American Museum, (
Nmv York, Oct. II, '51.
Mr. Tueo. Scuocii
Dear Sir : I am
engaged upon my Life, with no intention
of takiug it oflf, however, otherwise than
""with the pen. Having in the course of a
long chequered career had the honor of
boms one oi we proiession, i tane tne no
rty, as a whilom brother of the order of
the quill, of writing you to the ellect that,
home time in December, my autobiogra
phy will probably appear before the pub
lic and in your sanctum. Any little as
uistauco you can render in making the
fact known to your audience will be grate
fully remembered bT
Xours Truly.
P. T" I3ARNUM.
P. S. The Boston, New York and
Philadelphia publishers are after me like
,o oloud. I will advise you tho moment
I have made my selection which of tbcm
6hall publish it.
Gov. Eeeder in Kanzas
( Gov. Reedcr lauded at Fort Leaven
worth, which will be his home for the
present. He was greeted on his arrival
atfthe Fort with tho national salute, and
&ipultHo reception wd5rgixcn him,
TT. S. Senator.
The Easton Whig is out in favor of A.
E. Brown, Esq, of that place, for U. S.
Senator.
The Lehigh Valley Times suggests
Gen. H. D.Maxwell, and E.F.Stewart, for
the same station. In addition to the fore
going, we underttand the following nam
ed gentlemen, will be brought forward
for the U S. Senatorshin: ITon. Daniel
M. Smyscr, of Montgomery; Hon. John
C. Kunkle. of Dauphin; Hon. Thaddeus
4
Stephens, of Lancaster; Edgar Cowan,
E.SQ.45T Westmoreland; and lion. II. M.
war.
of Luzerne.
1Q3 correspondent of the New York
Herald at Greene, Chenango county, un
der date of the 5th, gives an account of
a thrilling tragedy recently enacted in
that villnge. It appears that a returned
Californian named Davis had a misunder
standing with his wife, which led to a sep
aration. Davis met his brother-in-law,
with whom his -wife resided, and after a
brief conversation, they parted, when he
drew a revolver and shot his relative in
the back, killing him instantly. He then
proceeded in search of his wife, whom he
also shot, and she expired in a short time
after. As a filing climax to this scene of
horror, the wretched man turned the
weapon upon his own breast and slew
himself.
fccTThc "Kansas Weekly Herald," i
the title of a newspaper received among
exchanges yesterday, all the way from
the "disputed Territory." It is a ncatl
printed sheet, published at Leavenworth
by Osborne & Adams. It is the fin-t
newspaper that has been cstablithcd in
the territory.
''The city of Leavenworth," where the
Herald is published, is situated about a
mile and a half below Fort Leavenworth,
is " laid out" in streets, squares, &c, and
3 growing with true rapidity and thrift.
It is destined to become a largo and im
portant place of business. It is not far
from the new city of Kick.npoo.
The following notices appear editorially:
A large number of hands are engaged
in cutting out the streets of this city.
The population of this city is as follows:
99 men, 1 woman aud no 0 babies. To-
tai iuu. iru.y a uounsmng anu prom-
i&iugiowu.
j,eavenworin was aireaay iaiKeu oi.
lue F,l,a.1 U1 Ava; r13' , , , -
nave something to fill a school house with
ocioro lue oapuai omit.
Tvi;u" . - v.
w aavcrwo inemseiTes as - Attorneys
ana ouncenors ai jjaw. a. acre is out
physician, a hotel, a steam saw mill, sev
eral dry good stores, a book store, and
drug store and other trading establish
ments. Important Hc.vs from Europe-Scbastorol
not yet Taken.
On Friday last the European steamer
Africa arrived off Sandy Hook, from
whenco we have by Telegraph a summa
ry of her news, which, in view of the last
preceding advices from the seat of war
and the speculations which they superin
duced, is rattier of an extraordinary char-
actor,
The rejoicings in England and France
over the supposed decisive viciories in the
Crimea have been suddenly checked by
the announcement that Sebastopol is not
taken ; that the report of the destruction
of the Faissian fleet is false; that the re
port of the explosion of Fort Constantino
is also false, and that the despatch pur
porting to have come froai Omeii Pacha
was a foger'.
Sebastopol. however, has been invested
by the Allies, both by land and Eea.
But it had not fallen as late as the 33th
ultimo. A despatch dated at Constanti
nople on the evening of that dajT, from
Lord Stratford de BadcliffeIo Lord
Clarendon, states that the armies had
established a basis of operations at Bala-
klava. On the morning of the 28th they
were preparing to march without delay
upon Sebastopol. The Agamemnon and
other vessels of war were at Balaklava,
where thev were discmbarkini: the bat-
tering trains.
Tho Austrian General at Odessa tele
graphs that the struggle recommenced on
the 25th and continued when tho courier
left. On the 27th the Allies wero on the
road toBaalbcck, ten miles from Sebasto
pol.
Official despatches, received by way of
Marseilles, state that babastopol was in
vested on the 27th and the second line of
defences carried. Prince Menschikofl
had fallen back with the wreck of hi
army, and was shut up in Sebastopol.
The allied land forces were in communi
cation with their fleet and commanded
tho approaches to Sebastopol.
Gen. Ostensacken and Gen. Luders
had entered the Crimea with llussian re
inforcements to the number of forty bat
talions. Omer Pasha had orders to join
the army of the Crimea.
At the battle of Alma the Allied forces
took three thousand prisoners.
The fortifications of Anapa were burnt
by the llussian garrison, who were march
ing to the scene of action.
Austria intimates that she will consid
er the Czar's prolonged refusal of tho four
conditions as a casus balli.
Potatoes.
The New London Chronicle says : 'We
arc informed by an intelligent and relia
ble man, who has ju?t returned from an
extensive tour through northern and wes
tern Massachusetts, that potatoes in that
region are not only plentiful and of an ex
cellent qualitjf but cheap; that ho has
not heard a word said of a rot nor any
other diseaso since he has been gone, and
that they can be purchased at fifty cents
a bushel. Apples of the first quality are
sold at Barre aud tho adjoining towns at
one dollar a barrel, barrel and all.
Tlio Voice, of a Statesman.
Whatever may be thought of the ex
pediency of adopting all the sentiments
of Mr. Clayton concerning persons natu
ralized in this country, it is refreshing to
hear a statesman speaking out frankly
and boldly. The reason of this phenom
enon is apparent he does not want to
be president.
He has written the following letter, in
reply to one from D. R. King, of Phila
delphia, who tendered him a nomination
for President on the part of the Native
American interests, and asks him to pledge
himself to exclude citizens of foreign birth
from civil offices.
Washington, Aug. 8, 185 1
D. Rodney Kino, Esq My Dear
Slit : Protracted and severe sickness since
the receipt of your letter of the third ul
timo, has prevented mo from keeping up
my correspondence. But for this your
letter would have received an immediate
answer, .uet mo oegiu uiuu uy iupiy iug
to your priucipal question. I respond to
that by declaring frankly, that I never
was, am not now, and never shall be, a
candidate for tho Presidency. I have
seen enough of it to form a decided opin
ion, that for me, there is no position in
this country less desirable. I shall be
content with the seat in the Senate of the
United States, -which tho kind partiality
of Trieuds in my native State has assign
ed to me. Indeed, I would not exchange
it for any under the Government.
The year 1S5G must decide a momen
tous issue in this country. Are the A-
mrrifi.m noonlc nrenarcd to share with
r i r
aliens the right of governing this nation, at
the ballot box, as soon as those aliens can
make a declaration of intention? They
mnv, and often do, make such a dcclara
tion, within a week, or even a day, after
landing on our soil. Again, are the A
mcrican people prepared to share, with
aliens, every blessing and benefit confer
red upon them as American citizens, and
even to give them a share of the public
domain? By the Nebraska bill, Congress
has conferred upon them the right of vot
ing and by the Homested bill, which still
is pending, and to bo decided upon next
winter, they are to have an equal share
of the public domain, on tho same terms
with native and naturalized citizens. A-
gaiu the American people must decide
whether, other circumstances being equal,
! the nativo is or is not fairly entitled to a
preference in the distribution of honors
j offic(JS in tbc country wh,;ch gaye Mm
birth
Th of beath not per.
unt me to discuss these questions in a let
0uf notnralizatioI1 laws are unques
Itionablv defective, or our alms-houses
wouja not be filled with panpers. Ut th
13 000 u .R th(J Tjnited States,
, nnn - . , nnA pn nnn t,n,:oe
U?,UUU itlU IUI LIIILIC U 1.11.4
Ibe annals of crime have swelled as the
jails of Europe have poured their con
tents into the country, and the ielon con
vict, reeking from a murder in Europe
or who has had the fortune to escape pun
ishmeut for any other crime abroad, eas
ily gains naturalization here, by spending
a part or five years within tho limits of
the United States. Our country has be
come a Botany Bay, into which Europe
annually discharges her criminals of ev
ery description.
I have no prejudices against the hones
j foregners who coino here to seek an asy-
lum from the tyranny of rulers abroad
All my sympathies are with them, and
when thev become naturalized I will de-
fend them as American citizens, in al
their rights, as fully as, those born on the
soil. I would mculcate and practice re
lijzious toleration in its broadest sense:
but I would see to it that no man of any
sect, whose creed teaches them to deny
religious toleration to me and my country
men, should ever hold office here, or be
invested with power of any kind to per
sccute us for our religious opinions. No
potentate or power, or who holds himself
under obligations to obey the edicts of
anv such potentate or power, shall be by
my vote placed in any post or office under
the American Government. 1 would de
fond the rights of men of all religions to
the full extent to which those rights arc
guaranteed by the American Constitution.
But while 1 would advise every Amen
can citizen to defend the religious right:
of all others, even at the hazard of his
life, I would at the same time advise him
to peril his life not less freely in defence
of his own.
I do not undertake to enter into the
subject how far foreigners, who are nat
uralized in this country, should be per
mitted to hold office. . You will find that
you can lay down no general rule upon
the subject, to which there will not nec
essarilv be exceptions. It is sufficient
for my purpose, standing, as I do, with
out the power to confer offices upon others,
to say that, in my judgement, a native
American citizen, under equal circum
stances of qualifications and merit, i3 bet
ter entitled to the honors and offices of
the country than a foreigner, whether nat
uralized or not.
And now, seeking no office from you
or your friends, or anybody else, I have
tho honor to subscribe myself,
Very sincerely and respectfully, your
friend,
JOHN M. CLAYTON.
D. Rodney King, Esq, Philadelphia.
A Bloomer in Trouble-Northampton
" County Fair.
E'astOn, Pa., 19. A Miss Bradley
w.as to have made a balloon ascension
here on Tuesday, but as it rained, the
ascension was postponed until yesterday.
Some boys, however, managed to cut a
holo in the balloon, and tho lady was a
gain disapp6inted. Miss B. dresses in
the Bloomer fashion, and is followed by
crowds whenever she makes her appear
ance. Yesterday she had to get tho po
lice to take her to the hotel.
The Northampton County "Fair at Naz-
arath closes to-day. It has been largely
attended, and the show is excellent, em
bracing Shanghai chickens, superior sheep
j nnd fine cattle.
loss of the Steamer Arctic
jgSTThe New-York papers of last week
were in good part filled with various de
tails of the disastrous wreck of the steam
er Arctic, from which, we compile the
following :
The Arctic on her homeward passage,
when within 05 miles of Cape Race, at
noon on the 27th of September, while
running in a very thick log, Was struck
on the starboard bow, about sixty fel t a-
b aft the cutwater, by an iron steamer,
which mado three large holes in tne snip,
two below the water, one of which was
about five and a half feet in length and
one or one and a half feet wide, leaving
the whole cutwater and steam of the iron
steamer clean through the Arctic's side.
So dense was the fog that the vessel
could not be seen a minute before the
collision. The wheel was put hard to
starboard, the engine stopped instantly,
aud backed at full speed until clear of
the other steamer, which occupied a cou
ple of minutes.
The carpenter was then lowered down
over the vessel's side, and pillows and
matrasses passed down to him, to try if
possible to force them in; but the leek
was found to be so far below the water
line that they could not be got in, and eve
ry exertion to stop the leek proved una
vailing. Capt. Luce then ordered the ship's head
to be kept for land, which bore N. W. by
W. By this time they had lost sight of
the Chief Ofaccr s boat, and tho other
steamer, which it was supposed had sunk.
She had not been on her course more
than four or five minutes before she ran
over a boat and crew belonging to the
other vessel, all of whom perished, with
the exception of one who caught hold of a
rope which was thrown to him. Directly
the boat was seen, orders were given to
stop the engine, which the Chief Engineer
said could not be done, as the ship was
fast sinking.
In about thirty minutes all the lower
Grcs were out. aud at least three feet of
water in the ship fore aud aft. By this
tune the contusion among the passengers
was vcrv ereat. but thev used all efforts
to assist in keeping the deck pumps go
ing. and in lightening the ship forward
for the purpose of endeavoring to get at
the leakirom the inside, which was tound
to be useless
Some idea of the extent of the leak may
be formed when we state that in a little
more than four hours, notwithstaud the
efforts of two bilge injections, each throw
ing out a body of water as big as a bar
rel, four steam pumps of six-inch bore,
and four hand-pumps on deck of a lik
caliber, this mighty vessel
of 3,000
tuns
filled and suuk.
The Arctic, it seems, had six boats.
The chief officer, Mr. Courier, with the
boatswain and three sailors, took one to
them to aid the iron steamer, betore it
was known that the Arctic was injured
on returning, the boat could not be hoist
ed, and so tar as we learn has not since
been heard from. Mr. Baahlam, the sec
ond officer, afterwards took one of the
other boats on the starboard side, and
picked up eighteen or twenty persons who
jumped overboard on seeing it lowered
he also fell in with another boat which
had been lowered on the other side ful
of persons, part of whom were transferred
to his boat. Ihese two boats, one con
toining nineteen and the other twenty-six
persons, forty-five in all, were landed nea
Cape Race and the names of the survivor
are known. A fourth boat had been low
ercd for the purpose of constructing a raft
and was cut looso from the ship : he
thirly-tivo passengers were picked up by
the ship Huron, and part taken to Cjuc
bee, and part, including Mr. Burns, sen
to N. York by the Lebanon.
From the lips of Capt. Luce (says the
Tribune.) wc learn that at a very early
period after the collision tho firemen and
crew, more especially the former, threw off
their allegiance to discipline, and looked
out for their own safety. The boats on
board the ship would, if properly stowed
have saved 300 persons ; but the bruta
seiusnuess ot tue crew turust tho majori
ty of that number out to die. In the first
boat that was lowered for the purpose of
saving passengers were several ladies, the
only one of whom Capt. Luce remembers
by name, is Miss Smith, a daughter of
Mr. G. G. Smith, of N. Y. City. Except
in this boat, uo other ladies wero saved.
All of the families on board gathered on
the quarter-deck, and after the first shod
of terror, became comparatively calm and
collected. In the only boat that remain
ed, the largest life boat on deck, Captain
Luce placed Mrs. Collins and her family,
tho Brown family and many other ladies;
and but for the unfortunate necessity that
this boat was required to assist in the
construction of tho raft, they would un
doubtedly have been saved. The passen
gers, when all hope was past, gathered
upon the quarter deck : but instead of
exhibiting external signs of terror and de
spair, they nearly all assumed a cheerful
ness that beautifully bespoke the sublime
power oi mind over matter. Ere they
departed for that long and dark journey
they bade each other farewell; and yet
not fareiucll, but a kind and gentle "good
night," that spoke of the sublimo hope of
soon greeting each other with a bright
"good morning" before the gates of Par
adise
At length, with a sough of agony and a
wail that pierced tho heavens, the trreat
in it. i .
uuu reeiea to and iro, and settled down
beneath tho dark waters, leaving their
boiling surt covered with a dense mass of
struggling, drowning humanity, grasping
at tno wrocK ot matter that floated around
them.
The Arctic suuk at half nast 4 o'clook.
Captain Luce heroically remained at his
post to the last moment. When the shin
went down he went with her. And yet
he was providentially saved. Wo mnkn
tho following extract from his account of
the loss of his ship and of his own preser
vation :
" I soon found mvsolf nn th
after, a brief struggle with ray own help-
ess ouua in my arms, when L again found
myself impelled downwards to a great
depth, and before I reached the surface
a 2d time, had nearly perished, and lost
hold of my child, -as i ag"" w
iu erf of the water, a most awful
IU Lilt -J " " " , -I If
and
i f-onrHno- scene prcsenieu itseii
over two hundred men, ivo-
frt mv viftW
,npn nnd children Struggling lugeiuer u-
midst pieces of wreck of every kind, cal
ling on each other for help, and iinplor-
to assist them. Such an appal
ling scene may God preserve mo from ev
er witnessing again.
I was m the act of trying to save my
child when a portion of the paddle-box
came rushing up edgewise, just grazing
my head, falling with its -whole weight
. i i iii i .11
upon tne uead or my cunu. ivnotncri
moment I beheld him lifeless in the wa
ter. I succeeded in getting on to the top
of tho paddle-box, in company with elev
en others ; one, however, soon left for an
other piece, finding that it could not sup
port so many. Others remained until
they were one by one relieved by death.
We stood in water at a temperature ot
45 deg.. uo to our knees, and frequently
the sea broke directly over us. We soon
separated from our friends on other parts
of the wreck, had passed the nighht, each
one of us expecting every hour would be
our last.
" At last the wished for morning came,
surrounding us with a dense fog not a
living soul to be seen but our own party
t-. T.l f
seven men Dcing icit. in tue course oi
the morning we saw some water casks
and other things belonging to our ship,
but nothing that wc could get to afford us
anv relief.
" Our raft was rapidly settling, as it
absorbed the water
" About, nnnn Mr. S. M. Woodruff, of
New-York was relieved by death. All
the others now began to suffer severely
for want of water, except Mr. Geo. F. Al
len and myself. In that respect we were
very much favored, although we had not
a drop on the raft. I he day continued
foggy, except just at noon, as near as we
could judge, wc had a clear horizon for
about halt an hour, and nothing eoulu be
seen but water and sky. Night came on
thick and dreary, with our minds made
up that neither of us would again see the
light of another day. Very soon three
more of our party were relieved by death,
leaving Mr. Allen, a young man and my
self. Feeling myself getting exhausted,
I now sat down for the first time, about
eight o'clock in tho evening on a trunk,
which provideutially had been found on
the wreck, in this way I slept a little
throughout the night, and became some
what refreshed.
" About an hour hefore daylight now
Friday, the 29th we saw a vessel's light
near to us. We all three of us exerted
ourselves to the utmost of our strength in
hailiug her, until wc became quite exhaust
ed. In about a quarter of an hour the light
disappeared to the east of us. Soon af
ter daylight a bark hove in sight to the
northwest, the fog having lightened a lit
tle steering apparently for us ; but in
a short time she seemed to have changed
her course and again wc were doomed to
disappointment; yet I felt hope that some
of our fellow sufferers may have been seen
and rescued by them.
. "Shortly after we had given up all
hopes of being rescued by the bark, a
ship was discovered to the east of us,
steering directly for us. We now watch
ed her with the most intense anxiety-as
she approached. The wind changing,
caused her to alter ber course several
points. About noon they fortunately dis
covered a man on a raft near them, and
succeeded in saving him by tho second
mate jumping over the side, and making
fa rope fast around him, when he was got
on board safely, ibis man saved proved
to be a Frenchman, who was a passenger
on board the steamer which we came in
collision with.
" He informed the captain that others
were near on pieces of the wreok ; and,
going aloft, he saw us and three others.
Wc were the first to which the boat was
sent, and safely taken on board about 3
P. M. The next was Mr. James Smith,
of Mississippi, second class passenger.
lhe others saved were five of our firemen.
The ship proved to be the Cambria, frou
Glasgow, bound to Montreal, Capt. 'John
ilusse 11.
Captain Luce reached Montreal in safe
ty, and on Monday last arrived at hi:
residence in Yonkers, by railroad. Thous
ands turned out to greet him at all the
cities through which ho passed; and when
he alighted at lonkers his neighbors and
menus iiterauy tooK mm in tneir arms
n Ti". it ii .
and bore him like a conqueror to his
dwelling.
Tho whole number of souls on board
tho Arctio, passengers and crew, was 390.
Of these between 80 and 90 are saved.
over 300 to be set down among
the lost. Nearly all the persons saved
belonged to the crew. Not more than 15
or 20 passengers escaped.
1 ho value of tho Arctic was about
8540,000. The ship and cargo were in
sured principally in Europe.
lhe vessel which came in collision with
the Arctic, was the French steam pro
peller Vesta. She arrived at St. Sohn's
(JS c wfoundland) on the 30th of September,
three days after the collision, in a shat
tered condition. Her bows aud fore
mast were damaged to a very groat ex
tent, lhe pasengers and crew on the
two boats which left the steamer and
mado Broad Cove, were at Newfoundland
with tho Vesta, and Boveral of the pas
sengers talked with the French oaotain
and saw his vessel. He saved no one
rom the Arctic, but had ono of his boats
run down by her, while she was making
the circuit round him after the accident.
From the circumstance that Capt. Luce
steamed round him, to giye assistance, he
supposed that tho Arctio was not serioua-
y damaged, and when she loft him, his
mpression was she had made directly for
New-York. Otherwise the Vesta could
and would havo remained by her. The
bow of the Vesta was terrifically dama
ged ; indeod, literally stovo in, and leay-
ng a rout ot thirty feet. But tho com
partment or bulkhead saved her, and the
rench captain told our informant that
his vessel could have lived four or five
days, if necessary, before putting into
port for repairs. . In 'other -words, ..ho
could have taken off every' sdYtl on board
the Arctic and landed them safely at
Halifax or even Boston.
From the Muncy Luminary.
Congratulatory .Visit.
Lloyd's Brass Band, accompanied by a
delegation of citizens of our Borough,
Hughcsville and Muncy Creek, on Wed
nesday evening last paid a flying. visit to
Milton, for tho purpose of congratulating
Judge Pollock upon the result of the lato
election. Quite a large and enthusiastic
concourse of the people of Milton'grected
the arrival of tho visitors at Huff's Hotel,
when a neat and excellent supper waa
furnished on short notice by the Captain.
At 8 o'clock the company reparied to.tho
residence of Judge Pollock where, after
the performance of a piece by the Band,
they were received by the Governor elect
in a chaste and appropriate address.
The appearance of Judge Pollck was
greeted by three spotaneous, hearty-
cheers by the crowd assembled in. tho'
street, and all appeared eager to grasp the
hand of ono who had so nobly borne tho
People's standard through the late politi
cal contest. Although tho address was
altogether impromptu, and unexpectedly
called forth, yet wc think we havo never
listened to one of a similar nature breath
ing more lofty and patriotic sentiments,
or more generous and noble" reference to
the victory achieved, and the opposition
vanquished. We can no more than hast
ily refer to several of the remarks of tho
Judge. He said he congratulated thoso
who now appeared before him, and tho
peoplo of Pennsylvania upon the result
of yesterday, achieved by them the Peo
ple. We had just come out of a civil
contest, peculiar in its prosecution and its
results, to our own laud and her glorious
institutions. The people of Pennsylva
nia, exercising the right to decide upon
great and momentous principles involved
iu the late election, had given an expres
sion of their sentiments through the 'ballot-box,'
and a majority had declared'
himself to be their choice. It was not the
mmi who tho peoplts chose or rejected,
but the principles which they advocatcd
and suttained. He wished it to be re
membered, that, although he was now
and had been identified with the Whi"-rar-
ty, yet he did not claim his election as a
Whig victory, nor did h?3 Whig friends
deem it such, but that it was emphatical
ly a victory of the People over the advo
cates of principles which they could not
sanction or support. To all, alike,. Whigs
and Democrats, the victory was to be as
cribed as the result of their own hands. In
speaking of Gov; Bigler he said, in sub
stance : 'In reference to my opponent in
the canvass, I am proud to call Gov.
Bigler my personal friend. We have
been since the commencement of the con
test, and are now on terms of intimate
and pleasant personal friendshrp, no mat
ter how widely we may differ in our po
3
litical views and opinions. jNo act ot
mine shall wantonly disturb that rela
tionship.' He said he had been charged with be
ing proscriptive in his religious opinion.
So far from being so, be acknowledged
no right in one man to dictate to another
what should uot be his belief of mode of
worship. Holding religion as a sacred
thing and claiming the privilege of wor
shiping God according to the dictates of
his own conscience, he granted the same
right to every living being. Believing
the constitution of our country sufficient
to guard and protect the rights and priv
ileges of all, he desired that all might re
ceive the benefits of its wise provisions as
a common blessing. He paid an eloquent
tribute to the intelligence and patriotism
of the people iu their repudiation of tho
iniquitous Nebraska bill, and tho attempt
to perpetuate the came of Slaver in our
land by Congressional legislation, and said
that freemen everywhere revolted at the
idea of extending and perpetuating op
pression, and that in the trial hour, the
people, true to their own instincts and the
lessons taught by their fathers, would be
fouud on the side of Liberty. In con
clusion he thauked the people of Lycom
ing county for the renewed expression of
their regard, attested by a majority in
his favor in the strong-hold of the oppo
sition and the presence of the delegation
before him. After the address the comp
any partook of refreshments, prepared in
strict accordance with the principles of
'Prohibition and at 9 o'clock, left for
home, highly pleased with the ceremonies
of the occasion.
Rumorad Discovery of the Remains of
Sir John Franklin.
A despatch from Dr. McRae, dated at
York Factory on the 4th of August, ha
been received by tho Governor of the
Hudson Bay Territory, narrating the dis
covery of the remains of Sir John Frank
lin and his unfortunate company. It is
stated that they were starved to death in
the spring of 1650, to the northwest of
Fox River.
How sadly will thi3 news fall upon tho
hearts of tho whole British nation and of
humanity everywhere ! The memory of
the gallant Admiral and his heroic wifo
will be cherished alike in after years, and
live in perennial freshnoss. What scienco
has lost in his death cannot now be esti
mated, but what the world has gained in
a sublimo example can be more easily
appreciated.
.
Bears in Canada. It is stated by a
that the bears driven from the woods and
back placea by want of food have bean
unusually numerous in the open fields.
unc larmer lost twenty-mno cattlo, car-,
ried off by them, and others havo suffered
in like manner, although not to such an
extent. A. crusade against these marau
ders was made and about a dozen were
shot.
Thanksgiving Day. The Govornor-
of Maryland has issued his proclamation
appointing Thursday, tho twenty-thirAf
day of November next, as a day of public
Thanksgiving and Prayer.