(EIjc Jcffcvsonian.
"-THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1858.
JSSTTKc prooccdiDgs of tbo Peoples
Uuiou Convention is given in another col
umn, to which we invite the attention o
the reader. The nominees are cniiueutly
qualified to fill the positions named.
The utmost harmony prevailed, and a
determination was manifested to give an
.overwhelming protest in October against
Knmmiinn Trhich has crept into the
administration of public affair?.
In our nest issue we will give tbo
nininns a f the nress. of the ability and
i'imiwm" . y j r -
.qualifications of the nomiuees.
Easton and Stroudsburg; Telegraph Com
r pany.
An cleotion for officers of this Corapa
by, was beld at Easton, on Tuesday las
when the following named gentlemen
were elected for the ensuing year: Pres
ddent and Treasurer. H. S. Heckman
iSbcretnry, J. L. Miugle; Directors, Sam
7uel Meliek, Wm. Wallace, John N. Stokes
Sydenham Walton, Jesse Reicbard, J. H
Heckman. E. A. Dcpew, 11. 0. Pylc, W
A. Brodhead, and David A. Depuo.
Indian War in Oregon.
The latest advices from the Pacific con
vey intelligence of the defeat of Col. Step
.toe in a battle with the Indians of Oregon.
-We may uow expect a bloody and exter
minating war with the abused Red Men
6f that Territory a war incited chiefly
by a set of desperate white ruffians who
.'expect by this means to fill ther pockets
from the U. S. treasury.
CSTlt is estimated that the bank note
circulation of tho banks throughout the
United States, on the 1st of July, was
one hundred and fifty millions of dollars,
resting on a specie basis of one hundred
millions.
v Fire at the Cape of Good Hope Loss
$500,000.
Boston, July 17. Private advices re
ceived here state that a great fire had oc
curred at Poit Elizabeth, Cape of Good
"Hope, destroying all the finest warehouses
in the place. The loss is upwards of half
a million dollars,
A Jersey Bank.
The following description of Che where
abouts and appurtenances of a bank in
Ocean Co., New Jersey, is furnished by
the Trenton Gazette. It is proper to add
that the holders of the notes of the "Bank
of Tom's Hirer" are in no danger of loss,
FuScient fund having been placed in the
State Treasury for that purpose. The
discovery of the real condition of the
bauk was made by tho Board of Bank
Cotuunsiioners, who say :
"This bauk has no banking bouse at
Tom's River; has discounted no notes;
received no deposits; aud done no business
there; that it has no officer or directors
at that place; that the only property of
the Banking Association at said place was
an empty safe; that there were no books
or papers of the Association there, except
ome hlauk books brought down from
New York on the day of the arrival of
the Bank commissioner; that no notes
bad ever been issued at TomB River, or
money left there for the redemption of
mcb note. A man, styling himself "The
Redeemer;" and who kept the hotel in the
back room of which was the sole finan
cial personification of the bank, and be
id milled to the Commissioners that he
had, with his own funds, redeemed from
one hundred to a hundred and fifty dol
lars' of the bills; but further than this.tbe
Commissioners could find nothing that had
even the sbow of a bank. The facts are,
that F. P. P. Jones & Co., brokers of
Wall street, New York, own the whole of
the stock and have only located the bank
at Tom's River because of its being easi
ly accessible; and not because of any de
eire to accommodate the citizens of that
plaoe or of Ocean couuty. The whole af
fair has been, and is, but an exoresence
on the General Bauking Law, and we arc
glad to know that the surgeon's knife, in
the bauds of our worthy Chancellor, will
boon extirpate it.
Elections.
..Between dow and the eighth of Novem
ber next, the Free estates will elect 127
of the 236 members of the next United
Statep House of Representatives, leaving
nine to be elected in March and April
next three in New Hampshire, four in
Connecticut and two in Rhode Island.-
Verniout will commcuce the e ection of
members of the next Congress September
7th, aud Maine will follow six days later
in the month. The Middle and Western
Spates will elect their 118 in October and
November. ,
Crops in Indiana.
The Indianapolis (Iod.) Sentiuel thinks
that, on tbo whole, the crop of wheat iu
that State will exceed that of last year.
In Laporto county alone it is estimated
there will be a surplus of 700000 bush
els for shipment. The grass crop is fine
alb.over the State. Oats are unequal;, iu
pobqo localities an average crop, while in
thera there is almost a total failure.
The People's Union Convention.
Ffomthc llarrisburg Herald, Jitlylb, '58.
Tn Pursuance of a call issued by the
differeut chairmen of Republican, Aineri-
aud People's Stato Uommitees, a
Convention of tbo people assembled in
the hall of the Houc of Representatives,
ni TUrrisburc. on Wcduesdav. the 14tb
M V --- f
dav of July, for the purpose of nomina
U a canuiuaio jor tuuge oi iuu ou-
Court, and also a candidate for
l V m I '
(Jaiial Uomruissioner.
Two o'clock being the hour used for
meeting, tbo delegates elected assembled
in the hall of Representatives. David
Taggart. Esq.. of Northumberland, called
th (Iniivpntinn tn order, and moved tuai
the Hon. William Jcssup, of Suquehau
na county, act as president j)ro tern.
which motion was unanimously agreed to
The lion. Francis Jordan, of Bedford
aud James Jones of Lycoming, were ap
pointed secretaries pro tern
David Krause and Oscar Snyder were
appointed as doorkeepers of the Couven
tion.
Lemuel Tood. Esq , moved that a com
mitteo of seven be appointed 'Oq creden
tiaN, which was agreed to.
Sir. Williamson of Huntingdon, moved
that the secretaries proceed to read th
list of delegates, and that the gentlemen
present answer to their names, which was
agreed to.
Mr. Purvianco. from the committee to
report permanent offiocrs of the Conven
tion, reported A. ti. lleeder lor rresi
dent, assisted by a number of vieo presi
dents and s ecretaries. The report was a
dopted without debate, and Governor
Reedcr was conducted to the chair, from
whence be delivered the following ad
dress:
Gentlemen: When l Iook arounu
mo
unon tuis convention, ana see us
ranks filled with men vho have been
gain and again endorsed by the people o
our State who have been honored with
the public confidence who, in places
public trust, have repaid that confidenc
with meritorious integrity aud distinguish
cd ability whose talents and whoso pow
er have made them the leaders and the
representative men of their respective par
tics upon the great questions submitted
to, and decided by "the people, in times
gone by who have adorned and shod
lustre upon the high places they have
filled, surrounded now by younger men
full of talent and zeal and budding pow
er, destined to tell upon tho future desti
nies of our State and country I feel
most deeply impressed with the honor of
the selection which has called mo to this
positiou, aud the thrice-worn, threadbare
terms, of thankful acknowledgement seem
to be a tasteless, and inadequate return
for your partiality. I can only tender
you the sincere assurance that they fall
short of the feeling which they seek to
express.
I have alluded to the high standard of
ability and reputation which seems to
have been adopted by the people in your
selection. It is, however, uoue too
high
for the cause in which we are engaged
none too great for the dignity and honor
of the work committed to our hands. To
men whose love of country must be star
tled aud aroused by the dangers that be
set our institutions whose enlarged un
derstandings appreciate the evils that
threaten us, and the remedies to bo ap
plied I need waste no time in detail of
these.
Suffice it to say, that the very essential
doctrines of republicanism are at issue
the right of self xovernment the rule of
the majority the right of suffrage, pop
ular liberty, are all perilled, and their
ringing cry for rescue clangs upon the
car of tho patriot like a fire-bell in the
still watches of tho night. The Ameri
can people had their origin and owe their
pre-eminent national vitality and won
deful progressive power to the fact that
they are a cross grown from the purest
seed of the prominent nations of the Old
World from the picked men of Eoropes
with the largest brain, and heart, and
muscle, of all their kiud; who towered a
bove all their fellows, and did not bend
before the blast that was sweeping down
her main rights, aud wcro thus driven
from their respective bonnes to beget a
new nation in the new world to make a
new era in the history of man, before
which all the other landmarks of nation
al biography Buould fall into insignifi
cance. Norman, Celt and Saxon, Hun
garian, Sweede and Dane, the best of
their kind pure metal, proven and tried
by fire and peril and tyrranuy, loving
liberty better thau a native land covered
with oppression and disgrace struck
hands in a new league, forgot ancient
feuds, combined their respective qualities
in a vigorous and healthy fusion, and thus
made a great union party, from whoe
loins sprang the master nation of the
earth.
The same reasons which drove the
Covenanters, the Puritans, the Hugenots,
and tho Lutherans from the graves of
their fathers, have compelled most of us
to turn our backs upon our old associates
in search of the popular rights and liber
ties which tyranny had driven out before
us. As we have been placed in their sit
uation, and emulated their efforts, let us
retolve to achieve their result by beget
ting the matejr party of the laud.
Yain will be this hope, however, unless
we are prepared to trample uudcr foot
all seJbuues; ail mere pride of opinion;
all the contemptible spirit of unnecessary
cavil contention. Wo must, in all things
cultivate a spirit of high honor, forbear-
i .. : i i i .
uucu, uuu iuaguauiiuiiy wuicu Buaii in
spire mutual kindness and respect; and
when we shall have submitted our work
...I 1 . s . f t .
to me juugment oi toe people, it must
bear the marks of prudent foresight and
of anxious wisdom. If sources of irri
tation and discord exist, which, without
sacrifice of principle, can be healed or a-
voided, we should be derejict in our high
est duty, and liable to the bitterest regret
if we should leave them to mar our work;
aod, if to gratify personal feelings, pride
of opinion,, or mere lore of success, we
should wantonly sow the' seeds of discord
to pprmg up hereafter aud disappoint the
hopes of patriots, we . shall well
deserve thedeep condemnation which in
evitably awaits us.
The Convention then proceeded 10 oai
ot for Supreme Judge, with tbo follow
ing result:
lsl.2d.3d.
ttrr.
13
30
3(5
22
5tFr,6nt7tfi8th 9th
Os aid Thompson 24
JolmM Read, 25
John J. Pearson, 13
23 21
ii-2 3d
10 211
2
4'J
35
34
1
1
0 0
4'J
3s
37
(i
0'
D
0
55
37
35
0
0
0'
0
58 01
45 45
I'miuic Jones,
17
11
11
7
20
10
0
0
0
21
2(1
11
0
0
0
21) 21
Joseph J. Lewis.
13- 12
0 :,0
0 0
0 0
or"
r 0 0
0 0
Gcoige layior,
Win, u Mcuiurer
Scattering,
0 0
After the ninth ballot, there
being no
choice, the. Convention took a. recess until
evening.
EVENING SESSION.
The Convention met at eight o'clock,
in pursuance of adjournment.
The Convention proceeded again to oai-
lot for a candidate for Judge of Supreme
Court, which resulted as fellows :
John M. Read roccived 65
John J. Pftjirson " 40
votes
J. P. Jones " 18 "
Mr. Read was declared duly . nomina
ted on the tenth ballot, and was unani
mously ratified.
Mr. Taggart movod that tbe Conven
tion now proceed to nominate a candidate
for Canal Commissioner, wnicn was a
rrced to. und several gentlemen were
a ' -
uominatcd. 1
Tbo Convention therefore proceeded to
ballot for Canal Commissioner, and Win
E. Frazcr was nominated on the first bal
lot.
REPORT.
This Convention representing the Prec
men of Pennsylvania who" are opposed to
the leading measures of the National Ad
ministration, most especially thooe which
seek to stiflo the voice, and ignoro the
rights of a large majority of tho citizens
of Kansas; and those which bavepro-tra-ted
tho industry of the country, and are
fast driving our Government into nation
ul bankruptcy, do hereby declare aud re
solve 1. That tbe Federal Constitution, the
sovereign rights, and uuiou of the States,
and the liberties of the people, must and
shall be preserved.
2. That we prote.t against the Kan
sas policy of the National Administration
as at war with tbe rights of the people,
and subversive of the principles of our
Govern iccut.
3. That the reckless and. profligate
extravagance of tbo National Adminis
tration, cau.-ing a necessity for continued
loans, without any means provided for
their payment, gives evidence of a want
of that ability and integrity which should
characterize the Government of a free
people, and unless checked will lead to in
evitable bankruptcy.
4. That the purity and safety of the
ballot-bos arc to be preserved at all haz
zards, and that all frauds upon the natur
alization laws, which have been so much
resorted to, to promote the success of the
party we oppose, ou-rht to be counteract
ed by wholesome and proper legislation.
o. That this Convention do most
heartily approve of and endor-e the
course pursued by our able and distin
guished Senator in Congress, the Hon.
Simon Cameron, as well as that of those
Representatives from this State who have
steadfastly opposed the tyranical policy
of the Natioual Administration in their
attempts fo impose upon the people of
Kansas, by fraud and force, a Slavery
Constitution, iu opposition to the known
and oft expressed sentiments of the free
men of tho. Territory.
6. That the National Administration
during all the late long session of Con
gress, evinces an entiro disregard of the
great industrial interests of tbe country,
and indulged in a most wasteful and lav
ish expenditure of the public money.
7. Resolved, That the revenue neces
sary for a judicious and economical ad
ministration of the Government should
be raised by the imposition of duties on
foreign imports, and in laying them such
discriminating protection should be given
as will secure the right- of free labor and
Amerioan industry.
8. That, in presenting John M. Read
to the people of Pennsylvania as a candi
date for Judge of the Supreme Court, we
recognize tbe man, scholar, and jurist,
eminently qualified to fill and adorn the
place.
9. That Wm. E. Frazcr is well and
favorably known to the people of Penn
sylvania as an ablo - and correct busi
ness man, aod .peculiarly qualified to dis
charge all tho duties pertaining tothe'of
fice of Canal Commissioner.
10. That we approve of the enactment
of proper laws to protect us from the in-
& i a. e t .
iroaucuon or loreigu criminals in our
midst, by returning tbem at onoc to pla
ces from whence they have "been shipped
to our shores.
The report of the Committee was unan
imously adopted.
Messrs. Flauigan and M'Michael were
severally called upon and addressed tbe
Convention in an able manner.
Mr. M'Michael moved that the Presi
dent of the Convention bo requested to
inform the nominees of their selection,
which was agreed to.
mi . I i r ..
jue inaoKs oi tue uonvention were
tendered to the officers of the Convention.
At near 12 o'olook the Convention ad
journed. Tho examination of Gen. Lane at Law
rence on the charge of murder, has re
sulted in bis acquittal. In noticing the
p. mi . t ,t -r i
iaci, j.w jueuvemcorm JLseager, a paper
unfriendly to Lano, says: "The Court
were unanimous in their opinion; and we
feel fully justified in saying that the evi
dence adduced for and agaiust the pris
oner warranted them in arriving at the
conclusion they did."
Geo. Lane was subsequently, at bis
own request, bound over to answer any
chaige that might be brought against biui
by the Grand Jury.
Simple Remedy. In order to get rid
of the smell of oily paint, put a handful
of bay in a pail water, and let it stand in
a room newly painted,
fjT See advertisement of Dr. Sanford's
LIVER INVIGORATOR in another column.
THE ERIE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
EnU- Details by. MaiL
Froni tlie JScto York Times, of July Yi .
The moat serious accident that has ev
er occurred on the Erie Railroad hap
pened to the Express tram (which leaves
Jersey City at 5.30 p. m.) on Thursday
sis, miles. east from Port Jervis, at about
0 o'clock, p. m. The tram consisted of a
locomotive, sjx passenger cars and one
baggage crate. There were about iou
persona on the train. They bad just
stopped at Turners corner, where passen-
gers take tea, and tnen proceeaea west
. t
ward at the rate or about ao nines au
hour. On approaohing a place known as
"Shinn Hollow" where theroad is straight.
with a steep embankment, some forty feet
in denth. on ono side, the locomotive
struck a broken rail, which it jumped,
carrying along the, crate and the first four
nassencer cars. 1 be two rear cars, uow
ever, were thrown from the. rail, and, af-
for hoiiitr drawn over the sleenera for
some, distance, the coupling broke, which
nonnnnted these two cars with the rest of
ihe train, and they were both thrown o
ver the embaukment. The rearsar turn
ed two or three times completely over,
while the other made but, one turn and
a half, remaining bottom up. The last
oar was torn to fragments, one of the
hmiw iron trucks oassine through the
-"j - - - -- ; i o -J
bottom, and crushing to death several o
those within. All the deaths occurred in
this car. whilo in this, as well as the oth
er, a lar,ge number were seriously injured
A number had their limbs broken: and
were pierced by splinters and frag
ments of tbe wreck. bix persons were
found to have been killed, viz : three men
one woman, (colored) and two childreu
Two or three wero living last
whose injuries are so Bcrious
thought they cannot recover.
evening
that it is
For over an hour a scene of the wildest
confusion prevailed around the spot. Al
the lights having been extinguished, the
surrounding darkness added to the hor
ror of their situation. While some la
bored iudustriou-ly to extricate those who
were buried beneath the wreck, others
niled portions of the fragmeuts together
aud made bonfires to give- light, aud oth
era brought water from a spring near by
to revive those who were fainting from
pain and the loss of blood. As soou
as
possible after the full cxteut of the disas
ter was Known, tne locomotive, Willi one
car was despatched to Port Jervis to bring
assistance, and m about an hour (Us
m ) it returned, having from four to five
physicians, with such medicines and res
toratives as were at hand, and a number
of citizens, who promptly came down
to
offer their assistance. Ry this time al
the liviug, but injured persons, were pla
ccd in the remaining cars; those most se
riously hurt reclining upon double scats
and the dead being laid in one one of the
cars together. The train reached Port
Jervis about midnight, but the news c
the disaster had been circulated amon
tho citizens, who rose, lighted their hous
os, and made every arrangement to
ceive and care lor tue wounded passcn
gers. The following is a list of the killed
and wounded, carefully prepared from the
reports brought us from several quarters
and from statements of passengers, which
in tne details ot tbe disaster agree with
our account of the statements published
below. It will be seen by tbe latest in
telligence from our reporters at Port Jer
vis, th.at the number of the injured is not
so great as given below, from which it is
to be hoped that several of tbem were less
seriously hurt than was at first supposed
List of the Dead and "Wounded.
KILLED.
1. Harvey Wood, Wellsborough,
ga Co., Pa.
2. A. Robortson, New York City.
Tio
3. A child of Mr. and Mrs. Turner
No. 230 Ninth avenue, New York City.
4. A man, name unknown.
5. Mrs. Ray, (colored) Iiinghampton.
6. A child of Mrs. Brown, of Water
bury, Conn.
INJURED AT THE FOWLER, HOUSE PORT
JERVIS.
1. Mrs. Turner. Ninth avenue, N. Y
Husband docs business in Brooklyn.
2. A child of Mrs. Turner, slightly in
juroa.
3, Charles J, Burdell, N. J., slightly
injured.
4. Morton Brown, Waterburv, Conn
ankle broken.
5. William Norton, lawyer. No. G2
William street N.Y.bruiscd, not seriously
o. Uol. Li. liny, JN. Urleans, ribs broken
7. ife of Col. Lay, slightly injured
8. A child of Col. Lay, slightly injured
0. C. Barrett, Cleveland, Ohio, thigh
broken.
10. Adam Ray, (colored,) Biogbamp
too, N. Y., husband of Mrs. Ray, who is
killed.
11. Mrs.Crosby, Steuben county, N. Y
eiigutiy injured.
J 2. Child of Mrs. Crosby, do.
13. Emil Haas, firm of E. Haas & Co
No. 50 Broad st., N. Y., Blightly iujurcd
14. Mr. Baker, Buffalo, slight injured
15. Augustus F. Bays, lawyer, No. 45
V:u: i i tvt tr.-!- . . .
M iiuuui oiieui, now x oru, not dangerous
id. a. Uoguet, (No. 04 East Twenty
eigutn st., iNew loifc, siigbtly injured.
AT THE DELAWARE HOUSE, FORT JERVIS
17 John E.White, No.127 Beekmcn st
New York, badly iujurcd, but thought to
uo recovering.
18. Bridget Gray, Brookly, slightly.
19. Mrs, Seavaus, No. 62 Pacifio stree
Brooklyn, slightly iujurcd.
2U to 24. Four children of Mrs Seav
ans and a nurse slightly injured.
25. Professor Isaac Lewis Peet. of the
Deaf and Dumb Institute, New York city
.1! lit 1
sngutiy iujurcd.
29. Wife of Professor Peet slightly.
27. Philo. Paddock, (niutojCbautauqe
county, New York, slightly.
28. Miss Eastman, (nuite,) Chautauqe
county, N. Y., slightly.
29. E. W. Gill, Mullee's Fort, Fairfield
county, Ohio, badly hurt, but recovering
INJURED SLIOHTLY, MOST OF WHOM HAVE
LEFT FOR THErR HOMES'.
30i D. Seeley, Elmira, (firm of'-Sealcy,
W alkens & Shearman )
31. John W. Beala, Boston.,
32. S. Dunham, Wappello, Louha co.,
owa.
33. John Arnott, Elmiraf Director of
Erie Kailroad.
34. James Sands, New lork,
35. Mr. Brown, Tioga Valley N. Y.
36. Mrs. Brown, wife of above.-
37. Wm. Rose, No. 283 Third st., N. Y.
38 John Wayland,his friends in Toron
to. . .,.
39. Nathaniel Barnes, (mate) Sparta,
Romo, N. Y.
40. C. F. Riddle, Newark, N. J.
41. L. F. Howell, Meadville, Pa.
42. P. P. Schwartz, Utica, Licking
county, Uuio.
43. Miss J. L.Hill. Portland, Uhau-
auque, co.', N. Y.
44. Michael Conkling, Jacksonville,!!!
45. George Sylvan, Woodstock, Canada
West.
46. Ira Bush. Plattsbnrg, Steuben
county, IN. I.
47. Henry Smith, residence unknown
48. Miss Newman, No. 62 Pacifio st.
Brooklyn.
49. Adonai Barry, (mute,; JJoat and
Dumb Institute.
50. 0. C. Murray, Narrowsburg, N. J
51. Rev. Edmund B. Palmer, No. 18
Poplar street, Boston.
52. William Wallace Farnum, Port
Jervis; New York. ,:
53. Mr. John Scofield, No. 178 Frank
lio street, New York.
54. Emma Roe, No. 178 Frauklia st.
N. Y.
Mrs. Scofield, whose statement we pub
lih elsewhere, savs that Mr. John E
White, who is classed amongst the injur
ed, died before she left.
Mrs. Rav, (colored) who was killed
hud been on a visit to her daughter iu
- w
Newark. Her body was brought to Jer
sptf Citv last evening, and from there ta
j J - o'
ken to the residence of her daughter.
Tho wife and child of Mr. Peet, men
tioned as among the injured passengers
were the family of Prof. Isaac Peet, Vice
Principal of the Institution for the Da
and Dumb in this city. A bey escapes
with slight injuries. Prof. Peet was
in
charge of-a number of pupils of the Insti
tution, who were returning to their homes
at tbe West to spend tbe Summer vaoa
tion. Mr. Peet himself appeared to hav
escaped injury.
Tho nuDils of the Deaf aud Dumb In
stitution, who are reported as slightly in
jured, are Mr. Philo R. Paddock, Mis
Mastman and Miss Velona Barry. The
ounils. to the number of 100, left Oue
Hundred and Ffty-sccond street, Thur
dav eveuin?. in the steamboat Hero, ana
took the cars (such as were bound Wet
at Piermout.
Mr. John W. Beals. of Boston, who
was. leported as injured, is a son of Mr
Reals, one of tbe proprietors of tho Bos
tou Post. He returned to this city yes
terday morning.
Very few of the passengers who sus
tained no serious injury have returned.
They proceeded on their journey west
ward this morning. Three persons re
turned to New York by the firet train to
day. Mr. Thompson tho conductor, slates
that tha brakes had been applied to ar
rest the speed, when a shock was experi
enced which affected the whole train.1
He looked out and saw that two cars
were missing. The rear car ran off first,
dragging the other with it, and the two,
when they stopped, were fifty feet a
part. The passengers killed were all iu
the last car.
Mr. John E. White, No. 127 Bleeker
street, supposed to be fatally injured, is
considered in a fair way of recovery.
His little daughter sat beside him at the
time, and was not hurt. The other woun
ded are doing well, and will probably re
cover. Tbe Coroner's inquest was in session
this morning, and it was expected would
be concluded at one o'clock.
It is supposed that the rail was broken
by tho weight of the cngiue, and that it
did not get out of place till tho rear car
had come tothe spot; otherwise tho slaugh
ter would, it is thought, have been greater.
Mr. Wm. Rose of this city, who was
on the traio, states that the cars were go
ing at tho rate of fifty miles an hour.
Ho became satisfied, from tbe motion that
tbe cars couid not be kept on tbe track
at suoh speed; and consequently took his
position upon an open freight car, in mo
mentary expectation of an uccident, aud
resolved to jump. When tbe accident oc
curred, he leaped off and was considera
bly bruised, but not dangerouily hurt.
The jury summoned by the Coroner to
investigate tho recent disaster on tbe E
rie Railroad has rendered a verdict ex
onerating the Railroad Company and the
officers in charge of the truin from all
blame, attributing the sad occurrence to
the breaking of tbo rail.
General Quitman Dead.
General Quitman died at his residence
near Natchez, on Saturdav morning, of
the disease which he contracted at the
National Hotel last fall. He was born in
the State of New York, but when quite a
youth emigrated to Mistissippi, which
State ho has served in many important
positions, being a Representative iu Con
gress at tho time of his death, Whou the
war with Mexico broke out ho volunteer
ed to fight the battles of his country, and
served with distinguished abilitv until
peace was declared. His death will be
universally regretted throughout the coun
try. He sleeps his last sleep, he lms fought his
last battle,
No sound shall awake him to glory again.
Cooling; Booms, in Summer.
Tho Scientific American tells, in the
following paragraph, how a room may be
cooled in warm weathert One of tbo
mo3t simple mothods, and at the same
timo tho cheapest means of artificially
lowering tho temperature of the room, is
to wet a cloth of any size, tho larger tbe
bettor, and suspend it in the placo you
want cooled; let tbo room be well ventila
ted, and the tcmperaturo will sink from
ten to tw.oqty degroes in less than half an
hour.
Mr. Buckalew-His Report Hi8 Reward
We ask our readers to read again the
following extract from the editorial pub
lished in our paper oi March 19th, on Mr.
Buckalew's pro-slavery report:
"Let Mr. Backalew wnto the history
of tbo Pennsylvania Constitution, what
that to do with tbe Constitution of
Kansas! The man who will pretend to
say that the one bears any resemblance
o the other the one in which tbe peo
ple were consulted, the other in which tbe
people wero ignored the one formed'bf
delegates rcularlv nhoson. the ntherf .
written at Washington and ta bo enfor
ced by Federal bayonets the one accep
table to tho people who arc to livo under
it, the other a very stench in their nos-
trils, a thing they utterly abhor must bo
either a fool or a knave, or perhaps be is-
only a politician, looking out for that in
significant person sometimes called 'arfC7'
And then let them read the following
announcement in all tho Locofoco papers'
of a three months later date ::
''Our distinguished Senator, MnBuxt-'
alew, has been appointed Minister tc E-
quador, with the snug littlo salary of
S7.500."
Put this and that together, and tbeo
say, reader, if you are bold enough to do
it, that we are noprophet or,thatwc can
not fathom as wcH ns the next man tho
motive that sways our modern politician
and tell when it U, that a consideration.
cither promised or expected, gives color
ing to tho sentiments of a set serving pub
lic scrvaut.
It was Mr. B.?s influence, no doubtr
that gave the vote of this Congressional
district to the Lccomptoo swindle, and
then to the infamous English bribe, ('
slave State and five millions," or "a freo
State and nothing
slave
State with
forty thousand voters," or "a free Stato
with a hundred thousand and he has got
his reward. But poor Leidy, we fear,
has been left iu the luroh his reward i
yet to come, and if it comes from the peo
ple, he will discover, ere the autumn is
gone, that he has made a bargain, worse
than E"au made, "he has sold bis politi
cal birthright for less than a mess of pot
age." Danville Democrat.
A Devil Incarnate.
A wretob named Arnold murder
ed his wife near Jersao-inc, Ky., Ia?t
week under circumstances of horrid bru
tality. She had left him for his cruel
treatment, and instituted a suit for di
voree and alimony against him. Ho
watched her one day a she went with an
other lady to pick strawberries, and fol
lowed her, demanding that tho suit should
be withdrawn. He then threateucd to
kill her, and drew a revolver, when the
other woman fled and hid herself near
by, where she could observe the parties.
Horror stricken she promised to live with
him again. lie replied by telling her sho
was lying, immediately fired at her, th
ball grazing her temple. Sho instantly
sprang to him and begged for mercy. Ho
refused. She then appealed to him to pray
for her murderer. The boon was granted,
and a brief time spent in prayer for her
husband, her ehildreu aud herself. Arnold
then grasped her with ooc arm, inexora
ble to all her supplication? of mercy, fired
at her three times, each ball taking effect
in the head. The face was frightfully dis
figured by the wounds and powder from
the pistol. Not content with this tbe in
carnate fiend mutilated, her person with a
knife, and then piling brush upon it left
the scene. Meanwhile, tbe woman who
fled, told the story, and Arnold was pur
sued and arrested at his mother's bouse
the act of writing his will.
Disease among Horses.
Several horses have died thepast month
from affection of the head, caused by a
secretion of matter which finally filled up
the passage of the throat so as to prevent
swallowing either food or water. The
disease is one that bailies the skill of the
best furriers, and the books are consulted
in vain for a remedy. We have beard of
but one horse recovering which was af
fected with this disease. Within tbe pat
month George W. Mouscly and George
Lodge, of Brandywine Hundred, have
each lost a horse from this disease; Jas.
Morrow, of this city, lost ono, aud Jame
Clcanden, of New Castle Hundred, bis
pair of carriage horses. Delaware Rej).
The last rumor is that the illustrious
John Calhoun of Kansas, is indignant at J
his removal from the office of Surveyor
General, and is about to print certain mys
terious documents received from distin
guished gentlemen in favor of the doc
trine of popular sovereignty. It is stated
that he will also show that while he i
supposed to bavo been the prime mover
in the desertion of Governor Walker, bo
has simply been used to pull tho chest
uuts out of the fire. Press.
BSTA man iu Ohio lately cut
mulberry tree aud split it, and
A txrt
in
heart ot it found a black snake. From
tbe growth of the timber it is supposed
that it had been there some fifteen years.
The r-nake was six feet iu length, blind,
aud had no uso of itself, except its head,
The Washiugtou Union says that "the
administration has its hands full." Ono
would supposo from the very rapid disap
pearance of tho public money from tho
Natioual Treasury that tho administra
tion and all its officers have their hands
full. Louisville Journal.
CST Gov. Packer, of this State, on
Thursday, issued tho death warrants of
tho following persons : John Lutz, Alle
gheny county, to be executed October 1st;
William John Clark, Montour county, to
be executed September 24th; Mary
Twigga, Montour County,, to bo executed
October 22d.
Adjourned Court.
AN Adjourned Court will be held at
tbo Court House, in tbo Borough o
Stroudsburg, on Suturday, tbo 7th day of
August next, at 1 0 o'clock in tbe forenoon
By order of tbo Court.
JQnN EDINGER, ClerL.