I conversed, (and tcoirercd with hun
dreds,) spoke of the People's party as a
great conservative mocemcnt towards the
inauguration of an enlarged and nation
al hstcm of policy, in tupport of which,
all patriotio nud Union loving meu may
cordially unite without respect to previ
ous party tie. or sectional consideration.
True the issue ol the late elections in
volves a most decided rebuke to the Ad
mini?! ration and iti followers, lor their
our-e on the Kan-as question a rebuke
which was richly deserved, and which 1
was delighted to see administered. This
whole Kansas lu-iucss, from its incep
tion in the repeal of the Missouri com
promise, down to the passage of the Jung
Ink bill, I have ever regarded as a delu
tiou and a cheat, ani have no pronounced
it. It hoisted the 'dood gates of agitation
on a difturbin question, which patriot."
had hoped was put to rct it hi .-own
broadca-t the seeds of disaffection and
scetioual discord bit ween the north ami
the south. It has for years rubordiuated
all questions of public poiioy to one of sec
tioual strife and defiance. Its author
flowed the wind, an! he is now deserved-
v reafintr the whilwind. I fear we have
not witnessed all its evils yet. A an A
fnorican citizen and friend of the Union.
I was oppesud to it in its origin; as a
fouthern man I deplored it, because of
the evils I foresaw and foretold it would
entail on tho south. In regard to the in
stitution of slavery, I consider the strength
and security of the south- to cousin not
in nny abstract dogmas touching tho mo
ral aspect of the question: or, which a cer
tain i-chool of southern politician unwise
ly and without authority tendered, an is
sue to the nothern mind but iu the great
principle of representative government to
which I adverted in the early portion of
thia letter, viz: That the States are v
creigu in the regulation of their internal
police and domestic relatiou; and that
tnis sovereignty finds its expression iu the
legally recorded voice of a majority.
These principles, the very sheet-anchor ol
southern security, were violated in the at
tempt to force Kansas iuto the Union with
a cou-titutiou which not only her people
had never approved, but which, it could
uot be ignored, they wire violently op
posed to. What a dangerous position for
the south! What an insecure guarantee
lor the protection of the intitutiou of sla
very to say nothing of the iuju-tiee and
moral wrong involved in the perpetration
of such a fraud. And in ihu reign of ter
ror which party proscription has installed
wver public opinion in the touth thoae
who lo.ed their native land too well to be
willing to see it placed in a false position,
have beu reviled and stigmatised as false
to its interests and traitors to its cause:
The south was deluded into playing
this game for au increase of political
ftrcutb, and has lost it. But it is in,
moral power and pre.-tige (it is with sor
row 1 am compelled to admit il) that the
south has lo-t most. Paitiziu counsel,
for paitizan cuds, have forced the south
into a position where she is made to seem
to be the az-'ressor. 1 hose wno were in
struaicntal in placing her into this por
tion, and is foi ciug her to fight thii battle
iroia a point strateDetic:iliy so weak,
where ail haa been lost, have done her
more vital injury, have inflicted a-severer
wound upon her, have more crippled her
mercies lor future effort, thau ail the ul
tra measures of all tue uitra auti-slavery
meu iu au out of Congress aiuje this con
test arose.
But after all it must be admitted, upon
a calm and dispassionate review ol the
whole history ol the difficulty, that the
jsouth has been more sinned against than
Muninff. The south did not ask for the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise, which
was the opeuiug of this Pandora's box ol
mischief. It was tendered and carried
unier the pretence of a boon, by parti
zan schemers from the notth to accom
plish ambitious and ceitish aims. The
south unfortunately ac:cpted it not u
najjimously, but against the solemn pro
tests of thousands of her truest and most
devoted sons aud a Grecian hor.-e it has
proven to our Troy, indeed. Public o
pinion iu the south never demanded or
justified the forcing of a constitution on
the people of Kausas agaiust their wishes
as was attempted iu the Senate bill or
of securing its adoption by cajolery and
bribery, as was attempted by the Eng
lish bill the worst measure, if possible,
of the two. They were party measures,
both sustained and advocated by south
ern partizans, who assumed to reflect a
factitious public opinion aided and en
couraged by their party allies of the
north. And as evidence incontestiblc of
the utter hollow-beartedncss aud duplici
ty of these northern party allies nearly
all of them, including the author of the
English bill itself, have, on appearing be
fore their constituents, repudiated their
own work, which they pretended to sup
port as a finality; and signified their read
iness to trke the back track. In the
xlame of truth, of justice, of honor, how
long is tho south to be cajoled, deceived,
cheated by these hollow professions of
devotion to her rights! How long is this
everlasting agitation of slarery to be kepi
up for party purposes?
Public opinion in the north, as express
ed turougu tne pre;a and in primar)
meeting, ungenerously and unjustly hold
the south, as a section, responsible for all
this. 1 heir denunciations are often burl
ed at tlic south tho cant pbra-o of "tb
slave power" is frequently oppiied to us
without discrimination, and tho south, a
a section, held accountable for tho repeal
of the Missouri Compromise for all the
wrongs perpetrated in Kansas for the
increasing agitation of tho question ol
slavery. This, I repeat, is unfair, unkind
uutruc. It is not the South, but the
self-styled democratic psrty, that bascotn
raitted these wrongs. It is not the "slave
power," but the self-styled democratic
power, that keeps the two sections of the
Union embroiled on this question of slave
ry. It is not the pcoplo of the south, but
tho self-styled democratic party of the
south, that keeps op the slavery agitation
fcy party concert, and for party ends.
if' I understand the scopcand design
of the People's party whilst it rebukes
Mr. Buchanan and his party adherents for
their courso on the Kansas question, and
tolerates pcrfoct freedom of opinion on
all subjects it proposes to ignore all ul
tra and violent views ou the subject ol
slavery: to repudiate the leadership and
control of men of one idea, who wish to"
subordinate all tho great questions of our
national policy to the sole issue of slave
ry; end to resist all platforms that are too
nar.ow, or too sectional for all conserva
tive friends of the Union to stand ou,
whether they bo from the- north or the
south, the east or the west. As such, my
heart is in the cause;, and I welcome it as
the harbinger, of our country's deliver
ance from impending ruin. I regard its
lite glorious achievements as but the
marshalling of the conservative forces,
pr paratory to the gnat Presidential cou
test to ho decided iu 1500.
I know not what practical aid the advo
catas of National Harmony, and the
friends of the Union in the south, who
are opposed to the present corrupt and
despotic Administration, may be able to
contribute. But if it were oertaiu that
.-ingle electoral vote could not bo relied
ou iu a single southern State, ftill it will
he uone the less necessary to organize a
strong minority party in every State in
the South! And why? Because of the
moral strength and support they may
biing to the Executive to be chosen b
the People's party, aud the Administra
tion of the government under his auspices
Because for them wo may, and probably
shall, have the battle of The Union to
fight, iu case tho party now in power are
deprived of the spoils of office. No mat
ter who may be the standard bearer of
the People's party in . 1860 no matter
whether he be from one section or anoth
er, he will certainly be denounced
throughout the south by the party now in
power, as "a abolitionist,'1 just as Gen.
Uarrison was in 184U as Mr. Clay was
iu 1S44 as Gen Taylor was in 1S48
as Gen. Seott was in 1852 as Mr. Fill
more was in 1850. And I consider it
just as certain t hat, in caso of the elec
tion of the People s candidate, the flag of
disunion will be raised by a portion of the
Locofoeo party throughout the entire
south. When they present that issue,
under tho flag of the Union we will meet
them, and under that flag wo will whip
them. This battle wo may have to fight
on southern ground, and uuder tho influ
ence of southern opinion. In order that
we may be enabled to do this successful
ly, let our northern friends bear in mind
that we must have conservative ground
on which to stand, conservative principles
to rally our forces around. In other
words, if t he People's party of the north
. r i
is a conservative party, as I unuerstoou
it to be if it is national in its aims and
objects if it discourages sectional strife,
aud recognizes and contends for the har
mony of interests of the various portions
of our confederacy I hazzard nothing iu
aing that the conservative meu of the
south will struggle to put in power, and
will preserve aud defend the Union under
its administration.
Please pardon me, gentlemen, for this
long and rambling letter. I feel so deep
an interest in a movement that promises
to deliver the country from its prcscut
unfortunate and perilous condition, that 1
could not refrain from expressing my
views of its missiou, and my hopes for its
success.
I am with great respect,
Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
K. Rayner.
Messrs. Wra. McClees, Jo-eph Pyle,
Samuel F. Betts, Committee, Wilming
ton, Del.
Information Wanted.
Leonard Allen a respectable mechanic,
formerly of this village, aud for the last
six or eight months a rcsideut of Fricuds
ville, Susque hanna Co., Pa., left his home
and family about the 13th of September,
on a bu 'mess visit to Towanda, Owcgo,
aud the country adjacent, since which time
he has not been beard of. His wife and
family arc much distressed at his absence,
thinking that some serious calaa;ity mu-t
happened him, or that he is laid up with
sickness iu some remote and secluded
place, from whence he cannot communi
cate with them. A line from him if liv
ing, or from any other person having seen
him, or knowing where he is, will be
gratefully received by his afflicted family
lie is a Tinman and sheet-iron worker.
by trade, and had a few of hia tools with
him when he left homo.
Printers and Editors of Newspapers
wni be doing an act of kindness by in
serting this notice. Address Abbey AI-.
len, or U. Carraalt, Lricndsvillo. Mont
rose Republican.
Burning Pluid Accidents:
A frightful accident occurred in this
Borough on Sunday night last, from the
explosion of one of those "infernal ma
chines," called fluid lamps, by which two
persons were so severely burned that they
are now suffering terrible agony from
iludr injuries. The calamity took place
in the saloon of Mr. David Jillard. Mrs.
Jtllard attempted to light a newly filled
nuid lamp by one that was nearly burn
ed out, and which had become heated and
filled with gas, when it exploded, setting
her clothes on fire aud burning her hands
neck aud body in a fearful manner. Mr.
Jeremiah Jillard, brother of David Jil
lard, was standiug near at the time, and
he also was severely burned about tbe
face aud hands. Both sufferers are now
lying in a very critical situation.
Another. Last evening Miss Susan
Coolbaugh had one of her hands badly
burned while attempting to throw a fluid
lamp out of the house, which took fire
from being upset on the table. The cov
ering on the lable was somewhat d amaged
by the fire. Scranton Rep. Nov. 4.
Dividends. Tho Easton Bank has
declared a dividend of 5 ner cent the
Farmers'and Mechanics' of 4per cent,
the Catosauqua Bank 4 pcrynt'and tbe
Mauch Chunk Bunk.of.4terfcenfc.
Sl)c Jcffcrsonian.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1858.
Dedication.
By Divine permission the new Metho
dist Episcopal Chuch, in Poplar Valley,
will be dedicated to tho worship of Al
mighty God, with appropriate ceremonies
on Sabbath, November 14th, 1858. Rev
S. Higgins, of Philadelphia, Rev. A. E
Ballard of N. J., Rev. J. J. Jones and
Rev. G. W. Maclaugblin, are expected to
be present and take part in the exercises.
REUBEN OWEN,
Preacher in Charge.
Thanksgiving Sermon.
We have been requested to state that
tho Rev. J. E. Miller, will preach at the
M. E. Church, in this Borough, on Thurs
day, the 18th in?t., at 10 o'olook, A. M.
gg- Snow fell in tho Beaehwoods and
and also at Scranton, on Tuesday eve
ning last.
BSTIn Town. Gen. Simon Cameron
U. S. Senator elect from this State, was
in Stroudsburg, on Friday last.
We would call attention to the adver
tisement of Mr. Kctterer, in another col
unin. Mr. Kctterer, the efficient l.cade
of tho Stroudsburg Cornet Band, we know
to be a first class performer on tho Vio
lin; and his charges for instruction on
that Houl-stirring instrument are extreme
ly moderate. All who are desirous
becoming good violinists, now have a fine
opportunity for so doin;j. Success to the
Professor.
The Elections.
New York has gone Republican b
over 15,000 majority. Not a single Bu
cuauan member or Uoogress lias oeen
elected out of New York City. The ofB
cial canvass in Mr. Haskin's district i
not yet completed, but so far, the indica
Hons arc that he will havo 4 majority.
The Buchanan Democracy arc making
a desperate effort to count him out of hi
seat, but we have hopes that they will be
foiled in their efforts.
New Jersey has elected the whole five
Anti Lecompton Congressmen.
In Delaware, W7hilcley, the Adminis
tration caudidate is only elected by 77
majority.
Michigan has gone Republican by 8,
000 or 10,000.
T 1- 1 1 H T
iowa nas gone ivepunucan. iuassa
chusetts has gone Republican. The Le
oomptonites are overthrown in Minnesota
Illinois gives a small majority for the
Republican?, but tbe Legislature will be
Douglas Dem. and return Douglas to the
U. S. Senate. Even in this Buchanan
is defeated, as he desired to destroy Doug
las, so we hardly know whether to laugh:
or cry at the news. This is the result o
Districting the State. The lower portion
of Illinois is settled from the South, and
and with less population than the north
which is 8ettlod by Northern and Eastern
men, h so managed as to elect Douglas
men to the Legislature while Lincoln's
friends are thought to have a popular ma
jority in the btate.
Minnesota Election.
The whole of tbo State has not been
beard from officially. There is a mem
ber of the House in doubt in the Blue
Earth District, and another in tbe Brown
and Nicollet District. Aside from these,
the Republicans havo elected 49 members
of the House, and the' Democrats of all
shades, regular and irregular, 29, with
'two members doubtful. In tbe Senate.
the Republicans have 18 members, and
the Democrata, 17, besides Eli Robeson,
Independent Democrat, and Joe Rolette,
who is on his own hook. Counting these
two with the regular Democracy, and the
latter have one majority in the Senate.
Un the joint ballot of tbe House tbe Re
publican majority will be 17, and may be
in ? qu, ra m nn.nln in 4. U 1 L T '- -1
turo had 10 majority on join ballofr-
Minnesota is Republican to the core, iu
spite of election frauds, now, hencefor
ward and forever. Minncsotiant Oct.29
Iowa.
For the first time in its history every
ueparimcut ot tho State of Iowa is Re
publican, with a clean Representation in
both Houses of Congress. Grimes, already
mueiuu, lading ine piace ol dones in tho
United States Senate after tho 4th of
March.
CS?" The Easton Argus says tho report
mat jamcs a. Walton, Esq., has appoint
ed his brother Edward II. Walton, to a
clerkship in tho Philadelphia Mint, is in
correct. The Supreme Judge question has been
put at rest by Governor Packer, who has
issued a proclamation declaring the elec
tion of John M. Read to that post, for
fifteen years from the first Monday of De
cember. Wo presume this will end the
quibbling efforts of the office-leeches to
crowd Mr. Read from the seat to whioh
he has beenlpvated by the peopje. ;
The Democratic Column.
Our bereaved Loco Foco neighbors have
not tho heart to continue the publication of
that beautiful "Democratic Column" which,
previous to the October election, gave them
so much satisfaction. The New York Tri
bune has com'e their relief,-aricl presents the
following form.
Thus far, eighteen States have chosen
Members of the next House of Representa
tives, with the following result;
1850-
-1S5S-
States. llueh. Anti-llu. IJuch. Anli-Bu.
Maine,
Massachusetts,
Vermont,
New York
New Jersey,
Pennsylvania,
Ohio,
Indiana,
Illinois,
Michigan
Wisconsin,
Town,
California,
Delaware,
South Carolina,
Florida,
Missouri,
Arkansas,
Total, so far,
66
11 11
g r y
12 21 4 29
3 2 5
15 10 ; 4 21
9 12 i ,(i 15
6 5 3 8
5 4 4
4 1 3
. 3 12
" 2 2
2 2
11
6 6
1 1
4 3 7
2 2
60 86 36 111
Opposition ahead in '50, 20. Now, 7a.
The Slates which have not yet chosen
Members to the next House are represented
in the present House as follows:
Stales. Anti-Duuhaaan. Uunhanaii.
New Hampshire,
Rhode Island,
Connecticut,
Minnesota,
Georgia,
Kentucky,
Tennessee,
Mississippi,
Alabama,
Louisiana,
Texas,
Maryland,
Virginia,
North Carolina,
3
2
2
2
2
3
2
6
8
7
5
7
3
o
3
13
7
3
1
Total,
19
05
If there be any inaccuracies in this, we
hope that Mr. Buchanan's onmns will hasten
to rectity them. Some of tho Anli-Lecomp
ton UHiiicierats nrn like the darkies wr.
"hard to count anywhere."
The People have Spoken.
The people of Massachusetts, New
Jersey, Michigan and Wiseousin, follow
ing the example of tho old Keystone State
have spoken in a voice that vill make the
"Usurpers at Washington" shake in their
shoes, lhey have made clean work of u
in all these States, electiug complete Re
puDltcan delegations to uonress, ant
leaving not a solitary Democrat to iudi
cate that sueh a party has an existence
1 he Hepuolicans ot iew lork came as
near to this mark as possible for outside
of ihe city there is not a Democrat elec
ted to Congress, while Morgan carries the
State by over twenty thousand majority
.Such a magnificent political triumph was
never before achieved by any party in this
country! I here has been a cenera
smashing up of party machinery, and the
principal operator at Washington lies
crushed beneath tbe ruins. We may now
safely proclaim that tub next House of
Congress will be Anti-Democratic
When the news began to roll into Wash
ington over tne electric wires, it is saia
that a kind of auxious meeting was con
vened at the White House, Parson Jone.
officiating. Theexercues commenced by
.-inging the following hymn, to the tune
of "Old Hundred," which was a great fa
vorite with Jehu before he abandoned the
pulpit for politics :
"Ibirk from the tombs, a doleful sound,
Our ears attend the cry ;
Lecompton men come view the ground,
Where you must shortly lie.
H-rrisbug Tdcgnqtfi.
United States Aimy.
The present military force of the Uui-
tcd States consists of nineteen regimen
of the line, composed of tbe followiu"
corps : Five regiments of cavaly, four re
giments of artillery, ten of infantry, ma
king a grand aggregate of thirteen thous
and rank and file of all arm?. This lit
tle army covers an area of over two mil
lions of square miles, being two thirds
the area of all Europe. There are elev
en hundred commissioned officers, iuclu
ding one hundred medical officers, eic ht
hundred and fifty of whom graduated at
the iMilitary Academy, and two hundred
and Dfty civil appointments. The nativ
; t f 1 1 - " r t i i
ity ui uiose. omecra is as iouows : ljorn tn
the United States 1.060. Irnl and 14
brance 8, England 6, Germany 3, Scot
land 2, Autrial, Italy 1, Poland 1.
Spain 1, Cuba 1. Turkey 1, at Bea 3.
Ihe militia force of the United States is
computed at 3,000,000 effective men.
The Grain Trade of Chicago.
Daring the last week there has boon
received at Ohicago 15,231 barrels of
St
flour, 98.594 bushels of wheat. 53.860
bushels of corn, 12,638 bushels of oats,
and 4,366 bushels of barley; makinc 2 11 -
033 bushels of grain. The total reoeints
of the season are now 449.573 hnprrl n(
flour, 9,199,040 bushels of wheat. 8.408 .
- f vio Kit
400 bushols of corn, 1,849,437 bushels of
oats, and 115,800 barley; making a erand
total of nearly twenty-two millions of
bushels of grain, namely, 21,820,548
bunhels. The shipments during the last
week havo been 11,474 barrels of flour,
190,592 bushels of wheat. 101.893 bush-'
ela of corn, and 11 ,143 bushels of barley:
making 375998 bushels of grain. The
total shipments of tho season are now
359,610 barrels of flour, 8,292.208 bush-
els of wheat, 7,450,847 bushels of corn,
1,524,434 bushels of oats, and, 114,049
bushels of barley; making a grand total
of over nineteen millions of bushels of
grain, namely, 19,185,589 bushels. Chi.
cago Times, November '2d.
- Mr. Florence's Seat Contested.
Philadelphia, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1859.
Mr. Ryan the, People's candidate in
st District, served to-day the legal no
tice on Mr. Ploronee, contesting, his right
to n seat in Congress. Mr. Jiyai claims
450 majority. j, .-. .
The Wheelbarrow Bet Outdone.
The Batavia Herald of Wednesday has
the following:
"Harry Wilber and Mr. Hasoall of tbe
fisst part, and Thomas Yates of tho sec
ond part, in the heat and ardor of the po
litical confidence, yesterday, they had of
the succes of their candidates Morgan
and Parker unitedly staked the strength
of their confidence in the following wa
ge ri The patties of the first part were to
give their check ou the Bank of Genesee
for the sum of 850, as wager first; and
the said parties of the first part were to
draw a two-horse wagon load of unhusk
cd corn iuto Ellicot Hall, iu tho evening
of yesterday, am!, with tbe party of the
reeond part, were to hu?k it out during
the evening; aud if the parties' first afore
said caudidate (Parker) loses his election
in the State, the said first parties should
forfeit or yield to the second party the S50
wajrer. and wheel in a wheelbarrow all of
said husked corn, with their own bauds,
to the bouse of the said secoud party, as
wager second. Aud so, vice versa, lleuce,
we may now expect soon to see Har
ry, with his colleague, to the music of
Gardner's band, wheeling our friend ihom
as some corn for bis pigs.
"Since committing the above to tjpe,
Harry and Ilascall, like uheelbarrow
veterans, have begun rolling the com up
to Thomas, led on by Gardner's Band,
playing lirot 'Pop Goes tho" Weasel,' and
ending up with 'Yankee Doodle,' loud e-
nough to burst their drum heads and split
their files."
Race Between a Man and a Horse.
Last Thursday there was a race be
tween a Mr. Adams, and the horse Hector,
owned in North Adams, on the agricultu
ral grounds in this town; the horse to trot
one mile and 400 yard, and the man to
walk half a iniie. best two in three. Ihe
first heat was wou by the man, who came
in about ten rods ahead. Time 3:16.
The second heat was won by the horce
by about tho Fame distance. Time 3:20.
The third heat vas won bv tbe men in
3:10, nearly distancing tire hore. North
ainpton (Mass.) Gazette and Courier.
An Honest Confession.
A Demo.cratio editor in Tennessee
makes the followieg frank avowal :
fx Ittl .
iemocrccyis pi ogres-ire. nat was
Democracy in Jefferson's time, is not
Democracy at the present day. What
was Democracy iu General Jackson's day,
is uot Democracy now. And, indeed,
what was Democracy ten years ago, is not
Democracy to day. Democracy is pro
gressive. Very true. On the slavery question,
more than any other, is .Democracy pro
gressive. We all remember that ten or
twelve years since the Democracy of the
North were almost in a tody committed
in favor of the Wilmot Proviso, which
prohibited slavery in the Territories.
Now, the leading feature of "Diiiocracy"
is that it exacts a population of uinety
thrce thousand as a rcauisite for tho ad
mission of a Territory under a free Con
stitution, while it is willing aud anxious
to admit the same Territory, 'with slavery,
with only thirty-five thousand? Democ
racy is progressive S
,13,,
"Wonderful Swimming-.
The Hawaiian (H. I) Advertiser says
that on the 10th of August a schoouer
plying between the island?, with eight
natives and three foreigners on board, up
stt. . The natives picked up the foreigu
ers, put them on the bottom of the vessels
and then started to swin to the neares
i .. .1 nr, ? it , . mi
lanu -jyu.cn vuues uistani. l ney swam
during tbe remainder of that niht
through the following day aud night, and
on Ihursday six out of tbe eight landet
Niihau, an old man and astrippling hav
ing proved unequal to the task.
iGSyApplication has recently been madi
to the Court for the appointment of :
Trustee to take chargo of the property o
the venerable Col. Thomas McKeen, on
the ground that he is incompetent, from
old ago, to manage his own estate. Col.
McKeen is nearly 100 years of ag and
is the possessor of a largo amouut of real
aud personal property. We believe Judge
Porter has been ucting as his agent for
sometime, lho Jury has been sitting
daily, in the Court House, muco Ihursday
lat, and a large amount of te-tiaiony has
been taken in the case. Jbaston Agus.
Mews from Utah.
Leavenworth. Nov. 4 via Boone
VILI.e, Nov. 7. The Utah mail arrived
on S.unday. Heavy snow storms are re
ported at Deer Creel?, which had render
ed the roads quite impassable for wagons.
Ihe mail was paoked on mules, from the
iig uiuc, that stream being too hih to
ford. The rain etorms which have pre
vailed throughout that section for the pa&t
two weeks extended eighty-fivo miles west
of Fort Kearney, and passengers by tbe
mail trains were being loft behind.
No summary of news is furnished from
Salt Lake City.
'Ihe District Court of Utah had ad
journed till the firskMonday in November
A Gigantic Bank Fraud.
New'York, November 9. In criminal
prosecution it has been discovered that
the New England Bank, of Fairmouut,
Maine, has i3sued an immense amount of
notes, upwards of 850,000 worth being
circulated by Wall stroet brokers during
the past week. Tho Tribune says there
IS no SUOU liank in ovistnnon. and the
whole thing is said to bo a fraud from
first to last. Brokers havo been furnish
ed with it, and have passed it off in large
and small quantities, as their business
demanded. Tho whole western country
is said to be flooded with the stuff, and
the calculation is that the projectors of
the fraud have iued about $500,000,
Building at Cincinnattl During
the year ending in May last, there worn
erected in Cincinnati, proper, 501 new
buildings, valued at SI, 233.085. exolmivo
oi .loo erected in tbo adjoining townships,
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iim viimcu HPfM ma. -
The Philadelphia Banks.
The new Union Bank of Philadelohis
has elected its directors, and is aboattd
go into operation. Most of the city banns
declared their semi-annual dividends last
week. The Mechanics', Southwark, Ken
sington, Western and Commercial bank,
declared 5 per cent, dividends; the far
mers and Mechanics , Manufacturers sod
Mechanics', and Tradesmen's banks, four
per cent.; the Commercial, vjonsoiidation,
Penn Township, Com mon wealth, and City
banks, three per cent., and the Girard
three and a half per cent.
To. Destroy Bugs.
Bugs cannot stand hot alum water.
Take two pounds of alum, bruise itand
reduce it nearly to powder; dissolve it in
three quarts of boiling water, letting it
remain in a warm placo till the alum iff
dissolved. The alum water is to bo ap
plied hot, by means of a brush, to every
joint and crevice. xrush the crevices in
tbe floor of the Fkirting-board if they are
suspected places; whitewash the ceiling,
putting in plenty of alum, and. there will
be an cud to their dropping from thence.
Country Gentleman.
Resignation. ;
Glancy Jones has at length resigned
his seat as Representative in Congress
from Berks couuty, in order to enter u
pon the duties of his new situation. It is
probable that a warrant will be issued at
once for the election of another person to
fill the vacant seat until the 4th of March-;
at which time the term of Mujor Schwart
commcuces.
)Xj The Gouldy family, particulars of
the attack on whom by a ton were pub
lished last week, are improving, and
hopes are now entertained of the recove
ry of all.. Mr. Gouldy was on Monday
quite easy. The servant girls aro al.-o
much improved. Johanna Murphy waa
able to converse with her friends tor a
short time.
f
Since 1850, the time occupied by stea
mers crosi-iug the Atlantic between New
York and Liverpool is shortened two
day-. The amount of fuel consumed in
the voyage so shortened as twice that for
merly required by the steamers who took
the longer time. f
XTew York Markets.
Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1658.
FLOUR AND MEAL. The sales arc
21,000 bbls., mainly State brands, at 4
aS4 30 for superfine State; 84 5UaS4 75
for extra do. aud low grades of Western
txtra; 85 3Gb$o 40 for Gripping brands
of round-hoop extra Ohio; 85 59aS0 50
for trade brands do.; 5 40aS7 75 for ex
tra biands Gcnetsee, and $5 40aS 50
for St. Louis brands. Rye Flour is in
moderate demand and is toady; sales of
100 bbls. at 63 25a84. Corn Meal is
heavy; sales of 650 bbls. at 84aS4 05 for
Jency, and $4 25 for Brandy wine- the
latter rate for nOO bbls.
GRAIN Wheatthe sales are 7,200
bush, mixed Western, part Southern Illi
nois, at 81 18; 13,400 bush. Red Indiana
and Ohio, at 81 li?a$l 19. Rye is quiet
at 70a75c. Oats are in fair demand, and
are .-teady at the close; sales of State a
47a50 ; We.-tern aud Canada at51a535C.
Corn is bi tter and in fair demand for the
trade and for the East; sales of 37,600
bush, at 76aS0c. for Western mixed, the
latter rate for very good Red new; 66c.
for Jcr-ey YcIIoh; 9Uc. for Southern do;
85c. for White do., and 81c. for Straw
colored. PROVISIONS Pork sales of 1 ,240
bbls. at $15 75 for Prime Mes; 817 5a
817 37 for Mess; SIS 75 for Cii-ar: SI6
65 for Thin Mess, and Slli 75 for Prime,
and small lots at 814. and Rumps at 814.
Bfcfllams are in fiir rrquo-t; sales of
340 bbls. at $14 for State, and 815 for
Vermont and Western. Cut Meats aro
quiet and irregular. Dressed Hogs are
in demand at 7c for heavy corn-fed; soft
are dull. Butter in in fair demand ,at. 14
a 18c. for Ohio, and 14a22o. for State-
Cheese is saleable at
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From the N Y. Dispatch.
PRIZE CORRESFOTVm-R-KrfTE y
The affidavit of Mr. Wilson, given below,
must silence scepticism with regard' to the
honesty of some lottery proprietors. -This
gentleman has vernried the adage, "better
be born lucky than rich :' .
Augusta, Ga. Oct. 4th, 1S53. 5
Wit. It. Wilson, Esq. No. 493 Peail st. N. Y.
De,ir Sir: Allow us to congratulaievoTi
on your good fortune, in drawing the whole
of the second capital prize of 22,300 in our
lottery scheme of Sept. 11th, last. 4
As we do not use the names of prize, hol
ders without special permission, we huve to
usk a u tin rity to do so in your case. -
Wo more pirticularly desire your consent
at this time, because there has been a.reccht
attempt to injure our firm. 4
Very resyectlully yours, "
SAMUEL SWAN & GO: -4
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New York, Oct. 8lh,1659;
Messrs. Sam'l Swan &. Co., Augusta, Gaat
Gents z Yours of the 4th insf. is just're!-
Ccived. I most cheerfully give you permis
sion to use my name, and hope it inaybe of
advantage to vour concern.
I consider 1 owe you this in consideration.
of the promptness with which you havc.paid.
Very truly yours, &c. ,
WM. R. WILSON-
n No. 493, PearlWeet"
1 . o. 1 herewith enclose vou mv nffldnvltl
which you can publish if you think proper? '
" 1 ' t
The ununrsijined. Wm. R. Wiunw. nfdQa
Pearl street, in the city of New York; beintr
sworn, deposes and says: That he was. the
uoiuer ot the whole ticket numbers 19. .14.
51 in Sam'l Swan & Co's lottery scheme
of Sept. 11th, lust; and thni by reasonfof tho
drawinir. tlm wniil tiL-p hof.f.nn !.:; j.r .1
e " .i.uim; UlllIWUU IU
the whole of the second capital prize of 22
300, which prize has been fully and prompt
ly puiu- uj, mo sum manajrersv f h
W. R. WILSON. '
Sworn before mo, this 8th October, 858;
.AUGUSTUS J UUOVVNK,
Commissioner ot Deeds
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