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THURSDAY, JULY 29, 185S.
ft?- Si?n advertisement of Dr. Sunford's
LIVER INVIGORATOR in another column
EST Soc advertisement for Agents, in
another column, beaded, "The Greatest
Biography of the Age."
The Foundry at Williamsburg, Pa.
owned by Samuel Wilson, was totally do
Proved by Ore last Friday night about
half past (en o'elock. Loss about $6,000
insured for 83,1 00.
OrThe Board of Directors of tbe
jIorris Canal and Bauking Company
have declared, a semi-annual dividend of
5 per cent, upon tho preferred stock,
payable August 3J.
Col. Forney says in The Presp:
"Standing as our party now does, with
the ban of expulsion against many of its
most influential and valuable members,
defeat is as certain as the coming night.'
$2" Some interest begins to bo felt a
mong our politician's. The last Demo
crat, gives the names of a number of gen
tlemen whoso claims will be urged for
the nomination of Representative.
Whether tbe best man will be selected,
we must wait to see.
We hero append the name?; viz:
Charlton Burnet, Theo. Brodhead,
William Carey, Charles Shoemaker,
Col. C. D. Brod head, John C. Strunfc,
Lyuford Marsh,
J. D Labar.
(jeorge L.
Slutter, Jouas Smith.
An Independant Opinion.
The editor of the Germantown Tele
grajrft, an independent paper, in speaking
of the uomiuees of our State Convention,
says: "We thiuk there can be no doubt
of Mr. Bead's election, and we presume
very few observing men in the State
doubt it, Wo predict it, indeed, with an
absolute certainty. The comparison be
tween tit 3 candidates predominates so sig
nally in his favor, that to suppose a dif
ferent result, would be a disparagement
of tbe honesty aud intelligence of tbe
Keys-ton" people"
Public Meeting.
Pursuaut to adjournosent, tbo citizen
of this place, met at the Court House on
-Friday evening la-t, and organized by
appointing Wm.K. Ilaviliand, E?q. Pres
ident, J. L. Wyckoff and Geo. II. Miller,
Vice President?, and C. M. Price, Secre
tiry. The President then stated that tbe
object of the meeting waa for tbe purpose
of taking into to consideration the best
course to pursue to get rid of tho old
Spannibb and Mexican coin, and to sub
stitute in its stead American coin.
Samuel S. Dkeiier, Esq., was called
npon, and addressed the meeting in iu
able manner. The Committee on Reso
lutions, viz: G. Auracber, Reuben Mil
ler and Wayne G. Drake, submitted the
following, which were read and adopted.
Resolved, That wo the undersigned,
will receive in our usual course of busi
ness old Spanish and Mexican coins (.sil
ver) during the time herein specified, at
the old
value, viz: SiXDencea and Shil
lings until
,
the 7th day of August next
inclusive, and Quarters until tho 15th
day of August next inclusive, and after
said
respective dates we will allow for
sixpenses and buuJtngs, only five cente
and ten cent respectively, and but 20
ecnts for old Quarters; and that from and
after the 26th day of July we will not
pay out any of said Coin.
Resolved, That James H. Stboud, be
and is hereby appointed to receive all
sums of the old Coiu wnd to get them ex
changed for new American coin, at the
Mint.
Resolved, That tbe per ccntage lost- by
Jibe, exchange of the old coiu for new, be
deducted from tbe amount etit by each
party.
Resolved., That tbe proceedings of this;
meeting be published in the newspapers)
of tbe County.
J. F. Drinkiiouse was then called u
'pon and addressed tbe meetin".
Samuel Mclick,
J. L. Wyckoff,
Lewis II. Drake,
Robert Skelton,
Samuel Ree, jr.,
C. R. Andre,
John N. Stokes,
Daniel Peters,
C. M. Price,
Jno. F. Driukhouse,
Alex'r. W. Lodcr,
J. M. Robeson,
Henry Shoemaker,
Jas. A. Pauli,
Hollins'd.&Detrick,
Philip Swartwood,
Geo. H. Miller.
Wallace & Co
R. S. Staples & Son. G. Hull
Francis Landers, J. A. Flagler,
M. M. Burnett, Adam S Edinger,
Ed.L. WoK. Wm. K. Haviland,
Theodore Schoch.
Eree Labor Victory in Missouri.
David Cline, Free Labor candidate for
Mayor of tbe town of Memphis, Scotland
county, Missouri, was elected over Philip
Payne, Pro-Slavery, by a large majority.
It is stated thatScotlaud county will give
a handsome majority for Free Lalor at
fcbc
August elections..
7T-I.
Opinions of the Press.
Berks awl Schuylkill Journal,
The
published at Reading, by a warm friend
of Mr. Jones, who was a candidate for
tho Supreme Judgeship, says :
"Tho delegates from this county pre
sented a candidate lor nomination for
Judge of the Supremo Court, who was
admitted to be eminent for his talent aud
position, aud who received a moat flatter
ing vote. But tho nomination did not
fall upon him, and now it becomes us to
give our hearty support to the nominee ot
the Couveutiou. This we can most cor
dially do. If fitness for the station has
anything to do with tho merits of a cau
didate, then no man of auy party can ob
ject to John .U. Read. He has every
qualification for the station to which, we
doult uot, the people will call him, a
matured intellect, long experience, high
social position, a character for integrity
which never has been impeached, and
with all this, legal abilities second to those
of no man in thu btate. tor legal kuowl
edge, critical judgment, and professional
research, John in. Head has oataulisheu
a character aud earned a positiou which
every lawyer in the State recoguiics, aud
in his hands no one will hesitate to trust
the high duties to which hc'will be called.
Aud he will be elected. Pennsylvania
will, at tho polls, show bow she appreci
ates her own interests, aud what her opin
ion is of her recreant son now at tbo head
of tbe government. Let all past differ
ences bo forgotten. The resolutions of
tbe Convention meet tho approval of ev
cry true son in Peuusylvauia. The plat
torra is broad euougu lor all to stand up-
a t.il
on who nave American nearts, wuo love
Republican principles, and who are will
ing to do battle tor the welfare of the
State."
The Philadelphia JVcivs, the organ of
the Americans, edited by Mr. Flauigan,
who was a member of the Convention and
made a speech endorsing the nominations,
says :
We place on our first page to-day a full
report of the proceedings of the People's
Convention, which was held atHarrisburg
on Wednesday last. The reader ha? already
been informed of the nominations made by
that body, and although, being a member
of it, we at no period during the balloting
voted for Mr Read, it is proper that we
should indicate to what extent, in our
judgment, tbe ticket presented by tbe
Convention, is entitled to tbe confidence
and support of the people of the State.
Mr. John M. Read, the candidate for
Jude of tbe Supreme Court,is among the
most eminent members of the Philadel
phia Bar. He is distinguihed for his
learning as well as his experience, and in
point of character is not excelled any
where. Origiually, Mr. Read was what
is called a Democrat, and is understood
to have acted with that party uutil tb
Presidential campaign of 1850. Lik
many other intelligent men who have hati
experience in that organization, he doubt
less found it to be guilty of all, and prob
ably much more of the corruption aud in
iquity which is charged upou it, and
as
every honest man will do after
ueing so
convinced he left it. He did not howcv
cr, on that occasion, take the direction
which we pursued, but at the same time
earnestly and vigorously oppo-ed the
lection ot J aines Buchanan, as one of tho
evils which should never be allowed. Since
that time Mr. Read hascoutinued to op
pose and condemn the vile conduct of Mr,
Buchanan's Administration, and Locofo
coisin generally.
As a Judge on the Bench of tbe Su
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preme oun, ne win nave no superior
and a tbe content tor that office is to be
between two gentlemen ret-ident among
us, both of whom are well known to our
citizens, there will, without doubt, be such
an expression of opinion as will teach the
so called Democratic party that a candi
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uuio nuv io jnepareu io sianu on any
piauorm is not nt to be voted for.
The nominee of tho Convention for Ca
nal L-ommiShioner, William E. Frazer, is
a resident ot layette county. Until with
n a year he was a Senator from the West-
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uiuii-iauu auu jL'uyeiio .LMSiriCt, &t
sucb gave abundant evidence of his fit
ness to occupy any position to which he
may be called by his fellow-oitizens. Mr
F., in politics, is an American, havin
formerly acted with the Whig party. '
Tbo Philadelphia Inquirer, an influen
tial and conservative priut. regards th
selection for Supreme Jude as "eminent
ly judicious." It says :
Mr. Read is a ripe, expeiienced
aud
thorough lawyer, and he posseeses evory
quanuuauou ior me uminguishod and re
responsible station for which he has beeu
named. His character is without spot or
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uiemmu, uis miegrity is unquestionable,
and he may be supported with entire con-
hdence by all who desire to see tbe bi"h
est tribunal in the State occupied bv In
dividuala of couccdcd ability, firmness.
aecision, purity and independence. Judre
Jhompson had warm fuends in the Con
. .
venlion, as be deserved to have. But
they have yielded their preferences in tbe
most graceful manuer, aud acted through
out with entire magnanimity.
lbe candidate for Canal Commission
er, m. E. Frazer, was adopted as almct
by acclamation. He received on the first
ballot umety-nine votes. This, also, may
be regarded as a happy choice, aud one
oaicuiaied to aliord very general satisfac
tion. he ticket is an excelleut one. and
with union aud barmouy in the ranks of
the Opposition, it will not only be elec-
i.eu, uui me majority win extend to thou
sands.
The Philadelphia North American also
gives a most cordial endorsement to tbe
nomination of Mr. Read, from which we
take the following extracts
"Ibis result of a contest whiob has
been regarded with a great deal of inter
est, is a decided compliment to Philadel
phia from the interior of the State, for
which our people ought to feel a sense of
obligation. Before tbe Convention met
we were somewhat apprehensive that Phi
adelphia would ayain receive the cold
shoulder, judging from the sinister tone
ot some of our newspaper cotomporaries
of the interior.. That the delegates from i
tbe rest of tbe State did not entertain any
of this small jealousy of tho city is evin
ced by tbo generous manuer in which
thoy come forward to eustaiu a city can
didate against such strong men of their
own as Judge Pearson, Pringlo Jones,
Lewis, aud Agnow. We are very glad
of this, not alone on account of the actu
al favor conceded, but also'becauso it
shows that the city and the couutry are
one aud undivided that they work har
moniously' iu the great movements to
whose issue so many auxious minds are
now directed. This is as it should be,
aud as wo hope it may be hereafter,
whether tbe candidate be taken from tbe
town or country. Let a conciliatory feel
ing of mutual esteem aud confidence be
maintained, and all will move on pros
perously toward the grand result.
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The nomination of J. M. Real places
before tbe public one of the most compe
tent persons evor offered as a candidate
for the Supreme bench a roan of unim
peachable integrity, judicial cast of mind,
of long experience, and deeply skilled in
the law. There ought be no doubt about
tbe election of sucb a man, and wo trust
there can be none. He deserves, at least
the hoarty support of'the people among
whom he has lived so long anderned hi
reputation. They should give him their
suffrages irrespective of party ties, aud
thus testify their appreciation for true
worth. Unless this be done, our good
city will have but little credit abroad for
independence or discrimination, and will
with a poor grace ask nominations here
after at the hands of the men of the State.
There aro no excuses to be made for John
M. Read. lie is with us in sentiment, as
ho has long boon, Jrom a sincere and dis
interested 'de notion to tlie cardinal 2)rinci
plcs of protection, not less than to tbe free
institutions under which his own Com
monwealth has thriven so woudrously."
Tho Sun bury American, the leading
Democratic paper of Northumberland Co.,
says, "As. a profound aud well read law
yer, Mr. Read has probably no superior
in the State, and is highly respeoted for
his moral worth and integrity of charac
ter." Forney's Tress tho Democratic Anti
Lccompton organ, has the following brief,
though piguificant paragraph :
"The nominee of tbe Opposition State
Convention for Supreme Judge, lion.
John M. Read, of this city, is a lawyer
of tho highest character, and a oitizen of
unblemished reputation. We do not
think his party could have mado a better
nomination."
The Erie Observer published by a Le
compton Democrat, at preseut Post Mas
ter of the city of Erie, remarks, "We are
free to .-ay, it is the best nomination they
could have made. Iudeed we do not re
coiled of tho managers of that party ev
er doing so sensible a thing before. He
is a good lawyer, an able aud accomplish
ed man, and if he should by any possi
bility be elected, will cast no discredit
upoQ tbe Bench.'
How Did he Get It.
A Democratic member of Congress,
from a certain district in Pennsylvania,
presented the other day, 4,000 of Rus
sell & Major's paper to be cashed. Russell
& Major have the contract for furnishing
certain supplies for the Utah army. It is
understood in well informed private cir
cles at Washington, that the coutract was
given them at an enormous price, with the
understanding that a portion of tbe prof
its was to go iuto the "private contingent
fund" of the AdmiuUsration, to be used
for sundry party purposes among others
to secure the passage of the "English
Bill." The M. 0. at ove referred to, vo
ted for that bill. Our readers, especially
those familiar with commercial transac
tions, oan iuferentially connect these inci
dents, and account for this M. C. having
mat paper as easily as they oan add 2
and 2. It would be barder to say bow
it came that be offered it so near home
t ii. .
uuiesa you can to miuu tue old aaym
that " Murder will out." Grcensbitrz
Herald.
Perhaps "tbe papjr lay in his way, and
ho
IOUUU It. ijeCOmDton valcn !iTnfnr
io nave Dcen purcbased at various prices
S4000 was probably the minimum, and on
ly paid to those unsophisticated members
who were not familiar with the price cur
rent.
What should tbe American people think
f tj :.i i i , .
vi a a icpiuuuui wno uas so little respeot
ior iuo omce ue occupies as to enirae in
SUCb a Work I Tho man wbn nnnnnioa
iuo seai once niied by Vashin2t0ij filch
ing the money of tbe Govornmcnt, and
k. l
orioing men scut to represent tho neonlo
i r . II
10 vote ior a despotic measnrfl. u anni.
man entitled to any respect from the
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people be rules over 1 By a fraud he
stolo into the office of President, and by
vurrupwou ne rules. uavty ixcws.
The Watertown fWis.) Democrat savs:
"We are now in the midst nf tlmf. ,rrnf.
est of Providential mercies and earthly
benefits an abundant h
far tbo season has been highly favorable
ior gatbenng and securing cropa. Th
weatner uas been cool, clear and steady
. . w
uo storms nave come to damage the
newly cut grain, or put back tho work in
tue broad and golden fields. Laborers
are numerous and easily hired at rsnn.
able wages. All looWwell for a glori
ous 'harvest home "
The Fat Men's Celebration. Pur
suant to previous notion tha ni.;nni
-w 111 jgiiiui
Fallstaff, of Mansfield, 0., and vicinity,
joined the procession on the 5th. "all in
body." There were fifty of them. The
lightest man in the company weighed 200.
The Captain, J. Eminace. of Mannfinld'
weighed 248, and was fifty years of 0q!
u ueaviest man in tbe Company was
rf M:i.n i r J hi"
xix,teii, or iuansbnld, who weigh
5, he acted as Surgeon. Tbe
heaviest man was Dr. Chandler, who
weighs 290, who was First Lieutenant.
OT Tin is beinjr used insfnn.i Ac
Ml up teeth, and is said to.bn hnti, a
durable, aa wcJl as cheajjer.
From the Ncio York Tiibune.
The Annual Harvest of any country,1
but especially of one so largely cbmmer
oialj so deeply indebted, and so prepon
derantly agricultural as ours, is a snb
joct of the deepest general interest. Not
merely are good crops essential to the
adjustment of balances between tbe farm
ing rogiyus and the seaports, but tbey as
sure activity and thrift to railways, to
canals, &c, while laying a foundation for
a healthy future trade. A failure of
crops in other countries, other districts,
or oven on other farms, may seem advan
tageous to tbe nation, section or cultiva
tor who escapes such disaster; but this i
a narrow, suorc-siguteu view, ana tue
prosperity of all best accords with and
promotes the truo iuterest of each. And,
as we aro now past midsummer, the ex
isting promise of the ensuing Harvest
may be regarded as affording tolerably
safe grounds of estimate. From a large
mass of local statements furnished by the
correspondence and reports of our own
and other journals, we compile the fol
lowing summary:
Grass has yielded largely in 1859,
throughout tho United States and tbe
Canadas. There are of course local ex
ceptions; but we cannot be mistaken in
our conclusion .tbat tberc will bo more
Butter, Cheeso and Beef made this year,
and more Hay cured, than ever before on
this continent. Tbe consequences of this
abundance aro already exhibited in our
markets.
Rye has yielded fairly in the average.
As to Wheat, we have the most conmict
i"ng accounts, eveu from adjoining locali
ties. From oue county in almost any
Wheat growing State, we are positively
assured tbat the insect ("generally the
midge, not the weevil) has taken uearly
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me wnoic, or uiai tusl uas reuueeu tue
crop one half; while from the next we
have assurances of a fair average yield
It is impossible to reconcile these contra
dictory bulletins. Our final conclusion
is that tbe loss is serious, especially in Ill
inois, Iowa, Virginia and this State, and
that the average yield of the whole coun
try ner acre will be below tbat of la&t
year; but we think there was a larger a
rea sown for thi-? year's harvest than ev
er before, and that there will bo at least
as much threshed out as ever before.
Tbat this year's growth of utrcw h extra
ordinary , no oue appears to doubt.
Oats are and will be poor. In some
localities, even tbe straw is short and
light; from no quarter do we hear of a
heavy yield of grain. Ru-t prevails ex
tensively, especially in Hliuois and ad
joining States, while the cold, wet Spring
prevcuted duo preparation of tbe ground
or seasonable aowiug. We estimate tin
year's product of this graiu at little more
thau half a erop.
As to Indian Corn, we have conflicting
accounts. Throughout this State aud
New England, New Jersey and Penn
sylvania, there will be more Corn bar
eted this year thau ever before; and we
believe it will be so throughout tbe South
mi 1 t 1 1 .
xuougn may was rcrnariiauy cold and
rainy, postponing plautiu to a late da
often rotting the seed first planted, an av
erac
area was nevertheless
20t
in, and
the intensely hot weather of tbe week sue
cceding June 10th brought the plant for
ward with wonderful rapidity. In thi
vicinity, on Long Island, iu New Jersey
-1 . ll ii 1 a .1 11 -n
auu generally mrougisoui uie om Dree
States, we havo had just about rain e
nough for six weeks past, and it has fal
leu very opportunely-, so tbat Corn ha
nothing to do but grow, and it has done
that with a will. Probably tbe crop is a
week later than u-"ual we thiuk not more
but it never before looked so rough and
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oiauit at mis season. J. wo montus more
to frost, with an average dispensation o
sun and rain, would insure the largest
Corn crop ever grown in the East. Hal
that term would probably suffice for tbe
South. In the West, the case is differ
ent, mainly because m ucb of the best Corn
land was flooaed just after it was or ju$t
when it should havo been plautod, so that
a smaller area thau usual was planted
and much of this entirely too late. With
hot, genial weather, aud no frost till Oc
tober (aud the prairie breezes are admi
rable protectors from frost), there may
yet Do a full crop in the great Coru-grow
ing valleys of the Sciota, Missouri. Wa
bash, Illinois, Des Moines, &c, but we
anticipate the lightest yield per aore for
many years. Yet at tbe worst we shal
have a surplus to export either as Grain,
Moal or Meat.
Cotton, though lato, seems to be dointr
weh aud to promise a fair average yield
But it is too early yet to speak of this
plant with confidence.
Cane is of course still furtber back.
We do not hear much from tbe Sorghum
of this year's growth, which leads us to
apprehend that it came up badly and is
not looking well. It is a slow aud feeble
plant at the start, but groat at growing af
ter it has become knee-high. We doubt,
however, its
maturing
its soed north of
Lincinnati aud Washington this year
while the stalk is uot sweet when cut ha.
. ...
fore its ripe. Tbo late, wet Snrin fmv
iuis piann no lair cuanco this year, while
last season was even loss favorable. One
of our old-fasbioned dear, hot summers
wuii nine or no rain from the middle of
Julv to the first of ntomkur n.,J.l
to develop the properties of Sorghum.
Vnfnt
.vowwi.d nciu imueiy ntauiou ana have
so far dono well. Wo hear of verv littln
rot. more IS now n. nrnnr.nnf nf n tt..
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largo average crop.
I'wfwascxtensiyelybliffhtedbv tho cold
rains and winds of Mav. Cherries wn
few; Peaches promise very little; of Apples,
there will not be more thau half an aver
age yield, though tho averaeo has been
seriously lowered of late years. We ad-
viso larmera wno have Apples that can
be dried to send very few to tho eider.
mill this year.
hrom Minnesota and Kansas., wo have
especially cheering accounts of the grow
ing Crops. These have hitherto been
buyers of Food: they will nrobablv. Prow
their own this year, thu allowing Wis
consin, Iowa and Missouri to increase
their shipments to the eeabord. On the
whole, thorefore, though our letters from
Iowa indicate a light harvest, we believe
the West will spare as much Food as last
year, while tho ueed of tbe East will be
considerably diminished by tho produc
tiveness of her farms and tbo stagnation
of her manufacturers. So we shall have
at least as muoh of this vear's produce to
send abroad as we had of last year's.
Later from. Utah
St. Louis, Monday, July 26, 1858.
By the arrival cf tbe steamer D. A.
January at Booneville, we h-ve Leaven
worth dates of the 22d inst. Mr. Liv
mgstou, an old trader on the plains, ar
rived there last night from Salt Lake Ci
ty with dates of Juno 30. Tho army
bad marched from the capitol for Cedar
Valley, 40 miles below. Brigbain Young
and the heads of tho Mormon Church had
returucd to tbe City, and tbe people were
following them en masse. All was quiet
in tbe Valley. Some of tho returned
teamsters are circulating a report of rich
gold deporits in the vicinity of St. Ve
rain's Fort. These statements do not re
ceive full credit in tbe absouco of infor
mation from the authentic sources.
Dispatches from St. Josephs, dated the
22d inst., per tbo steamer D. A. January,
state tbat advices from Salt Lake City to
July 3, have been received. Tbe Mor
mons bad all returned to the city and
tboir homes in the different parts of the
Territory. Gen. Johnson bad passed
through tho city with hi- forces, and en
camped thirty milos on the other side of
it. No troops were iu the city. Tbe
Government officers had been duly in
stalled in their various offices, and were
preparing for the proper discharge of their
duties. Brigham loung was auxious to
be tried on tbe charge of treasou, but in
sisted that the Jury should consist of
Mormons only.
Accident on the Lshig-h Valley Rail
Road. Ou Wednesday last, about half past 7
o'clock, as the locomotive ''Lehigh" was
crossing tbe bridge over tbe "Little Le
high" nt Allentown, several of tbe car?
got off the track and displaced tbe tim
bers so tbat the eantern span of tbe struc
ture gavo way, precipitating the loco
motive and tender into the stream, and
instantly killing tho Engineer Joel Fields,
and the fireman William Lan-h. J. I
Kinscy, Jas. Donnelly the Conducter,
and a brakesman were on the eu 'iuc. but
escaped with slight injury.
Tbe running of tbe coal and freight
trains will be interrupted for a day or
two, in consequence, but the passenger
trains will make their regular trips as u
sual. A Plan for the Suppression of Dueling-.
The Vicksburg Whig proposes a new
plau for the suppression of duelling,
which, if it obtains, will now, hereafter
and forever, put an end to the burning of
gunpowder between gentlemen at ten pa
ces. The arrangement proposes that,
when a difficulty occurs between two gen
tlemen, the matter shall be referred to a
Court of honor, who shall settle it or de
cide whether it is necessary to fight or
not. In case of the court deciding in fa
vor of a fight, tbe parties to be compelled
to fire until one is killed, and then tbe
other to be
arrested and hung for iaur-
der.
Tbe Easton Times says that the net
profits of the Warren Foundry and Ma
chine Shop, for the month of June a
niyuuted to the snug sum of 85,000. The
directors, by way of exposing their
gratification at this result, treated their
hands oaio 80 in number to a ban
quet at their establishment on the 2nd
inst., and made each man a preseut of
gold dollar.
uovernor summing icstines to Having
i rt . . ,
observed a wagon, on the road, from
Salt Lake City to Provo, which was drawn
by pigs harnessed to the tongue by an in
geuions combination of straps and cords.
In it was seated a fat man, who excited
bis team oveu into a trot, by tbo aid of a
blacksuako whip.
The Old School Presbyterian Church
of the U. S. reports in 1858, 33 Synods,
150 Presbyteries, 3,324 churches, 2,724
preachers, 109 churches organized and
2b dissolved, 121 ministers licensed and
60 deceased, 20,792 members on cxamin
ation, making a total of 250,335 commu
nicants, nnd 5,170 adult and 13,084 in
fant baptisms reported.
A SHOWER or JbLiES. A recent num
ber of tho St. Loui.i Democrat says ;
Oo tho down trip of the steamer Editor
in the Illinois, tho other night, at 9 o'-
clok, a shower, or stream of the Mormon
or Shad fly poured upon her decks to the
dopth of six inches, and it was a very
difficult mattor to shovel them overboard.
They were so numerous as to put out the
watchman s lightjina envelope everything
in midnight darkness. The trees along
tho shore look as if borne down by these
short-lived inseots. The visitatiou is said
to prognosticate a sickly season.
J8SFThe Coal transportations over the
Dolaware, Lackawanna and Westorn
railroad South, for the week ending July
17th amounted to 13,933 tons, being an
increase of 0,073 tons over the correspon
ding week last year. Tbe coal shipped
south mainly nasses over tho N. J. Cen-
tral R. H. to Elizabeth, and this increase
shows a corresponding increase in the
businesa of tbe N. J. Central E. 11. for
hat week.
A few nights ago tho lightning struck
in several places in Washington City.
It didn't strike tho Treasury buildirm
reasury buildinir
however, lhere was no metal there to
attract tho electric fluid. Louisville Jour.
The Journal' ia mistaken. There is
more steal about the Treasury buildhiir
than any other in the federal oitv. Phil
JYeivsi
The Atlantio Telegraph is & failure.
HoW th Money is Squandered.
It will be recollected by most of our readers
what vast Burns of money were constantly
drawn from the State Treasury to construct
and keep in operation the nesv Portage Rail
road, a useless affair throughout. Since this
branch of the State improvements has come
into possession of the Pensylvania Railroad
Company, tbe Portage road has been disman
tled ; the rails have been removed, the cross
ties will soon be taken up, and nothing but
the graded bed of the road will remain to tell
where il has been. A correspondent of the
Sunday Dispatch says ;
"The history of this Portairc road is a
chronicle of frauds and impositions upon the
tax-paycre of this Commonwealth, which can
never be lully unraveled. It was built after"
the Pennsylvania Railroad was in full opera
tion, ostensibly to compete with the latter,
but really as a errand political job. The
minutes of some of our Legislatures will tell
how much everything was overcharged; how
Canal Commissioners v6re supposed to have
been implicated id tbe corruption, and how
contractors got immensely rich by obtaining
pay lor what they never furnished. It was
the creat teat at which the politicians of
Cambria county and Blair sucked until the
treasury was exhausted. Two millions of
dollars were added to the permanent Slate
debt by the construction of thia road, now
dismantled, and likelv to be forever disused-'
Crab Eggs Hatchig- in a Boy's Stomach,
The 'local' of tbe Johnstown Echo is
responsible for the toughest yarn we have
read this season. It i as follows : "A
boy 1 0 or 12 years old, was rcceutly found
exhausted lying on tbe towpath near
Johnstown. IIo appeared to be. in a dy
ing condition, and a physician was imme
diately sent for, who promptly adminis
tered a powerful purgative. In due time
the medicine had tbe desired effect, and
brought from tho boy a double handful cf
youitg crabs real bona fide river or brook
crabs, with claws, legs, broad tails sod
all. The mother of the boy explained
the circumstance by stating tbat her sou
was iu the habit of spendiug much of bis
time iu the water, and that while diving
he bad twallowed a nest of crab eggsr
which bad batched in his stomach."
Tue Chops in Bucks County, Pa.
The harvest with the exception of oats ia
nearly gathered into the barns in Bucks
couuty, Pa., .ays tbe Doylestowu Demo
crat. The wheat is a fair average crop,
and the farmers have bad a favorable
time to get it in. Neither Hessian fly
nor weevil has troubled it. Tbe bay crop
is heavy, and i- mostly been got io .safely.
Oats are ripening fast, and will be fit to
cut in a few day3. Corn is coming on
finely, and, should the weather prove fa
vorable, and frost not come too early, an
average crop, and probably a little more,
maybe expected. Potatoes are doing
very well. From prosent indications, ail
the necessarie.i of life will be abundant.
Important to Milliners.
The fall fashions for bouuets, we learD
from the city papers, provide artificial
fruits as a substitute for flowers. Tha
latter will pass entirely out of use. In
stead of roes, Johnuy jump-ups and daf-fy-dowe
dillief, tbe bonuets of our belles
will be graced with clusters of artificial
currantJ, fox grapes, cherries and other
fruits done up in glas of the least poss
ible thickness. A city cotemporary who
has seen a specimen of the new bonnet,
says it is a unique affair, and resembles
a cabbage leaf trimmed with tomatoes.
The price is cheap only thirty dollars.
Young gentlemen contemplating matrimo
ny wilP'please notice.
The number of Iu Jiaas in the Canadi
an Provinces, as far as could be ascer
tained by a special Commissioner appoin
ted to Indian Affairs, was about 85J0 io
tbe Easteru and 11,500 in tbe Western;
showing a total of nearly 20,000, exclu
sive cf wandering tribes to tho Nortb,of
whom no correct information could be
procured. A majority of the tribes aro
steadily, though lowly, increasing in
numbers, aud in nearly allsome approach
es to civilization have been made.
0O The Democrats of Schuylkill county
have made a bad "plii" of it by dividing
iuto two factions, each of which claims to be
"the party," and denounces the others as
disorganizers. They have called separate
county conventions, delegate elections, &c.
The Opposition are likely to have an easy
victory.
Robbing tub Mails. Edmund P. Dewet?;
a clerk in the Philadelphia Post Office; was
arrested last week, on a chargejof purloining'
and rifling letters. He had a hearing before
the United States Commissioner, and was
held to answer the ch irge. lie has since
made a confession.
OCT It must be interesting and pleasant to
the Democratic iron workers of Pennsylvania
to learn that the extensive contract tor iron
pipe for the Washington Water Works baa
been given to a company in Glasgow;
Scotland.
Railroad Dividend. The Camden and
Amboy Railroad Company has just, made a
semi-annual dividend of five per cent.
There were 118,990 Emigrants left
Germany during 1857, being a consider
able increase on '55 and '56, but a de
crease ou '53 aud '54. The total eminra-
tion for ten years was 1,187,088 being an
annual average of 118,708.
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The Warran Journal announces the
death on the 14th inst., of John Stuart,
i-ij , oi mat place lor many years cash
ier of tho Belvidere Bank. He was .69'
years of age.
Cincinnatti is now the largest horse,
market in the Uuited States, nud during
odd wcok lately, forty thousand dollars
worth of horses wero sold at the various'
stables:
Thoro aro seven huudredoolls in tha"
Ohio Penitentiary, and rx hundred and
nmety-uino convicts, leaving only one celU
vaoant.
An exchungo says he never saw but
one ghost and that was tho ghost of a sin
ner who diod without paying for hi pa
per. 'Twas horrible to look unotu