I)c Scffcvsoman, . THURSDAY. OCTOBER 12, 1865. 3 Great sale of Lumber at Easton. on the 21st inst. Sec advertisement in another column. -. " JC-Sevcral droves of fine Sheep passed through this place, during last week, on thoir way to market. JBsFWc were shown by our neighbor, Pclor "Williams, Esq , a few days ago two pears, grown on a dwarf tree not two feet high, one of which weighed one pound and the other fourteen ounces. They were perfect beauties. Mr. "W. had for gotten the name of the pear. .g. S0nc of the features of the Fair was the turn-out of our friend, and whilom Brothor-Chip, Dr. E. Ilalliday, of Mil ford. His family team were neat and fast specimens of horse-flesh, and his po- ny-teara could hardly be beaten by the .result of many a days' search. It must -be comfortable after a decent from the toilsome Editorial tripod to be able to en ter upou the enjoyment of such luxuries A Comfortable Reflection. Chestnut Coal sells at the Stroudsburg Depot at 89 and Stove Coal, at S9.S0 per ton. "When it is considered that Coal costs the company at Scranton, all ready for transportation, but 1.85 per ton, it may be safely calculated that some body is making monev out of the "black dia in oud." Improvements. Mr. Johu II. Conner has commenced the erection of a neat dwelling house, on the lot recently purchased by him of Cas per Mclzgar, Esq , on Center Street. The Kev. Mr. James has also commenced 'the erection of an addition to his 'dwell ing on the same street. Getting Along Finely. The Woolen Factory building is now nearly ready for the roof. It will be ?iite an imposing structure, when finish ed ; and the hum of carols, spindles, and looms cannot fail to bring dollars to the pockets of shosc composing the Company, and prosperity to the borough. Business Change. Capt. C. II. Drake has purchased the stock of the Grocery Store recently own ed by Frederick Fable, Esq., and will continue the business at the old Stand The Captain is a liberal and enterprising coaler, and will make it the interest of consumers to deal with him. See his advertisement in another column. 6$" Among the articles exhibited at the Fair we noticed a pumpkin raised by JEsa. Drake which weighed one hundred and seventy-five pounds. The Esquire had also on exhibition the finest Egg plants and Sweet potatoes we ever saw. 31 r. Pilchard Staples also exhibited a pumpkin which weighed one hundred and thirty-three pounds. The Rev. Mr. Pitts had also some fine Egg plants on ex hibition. A lot of crook-necked squash, we never saw any to equal them, was also on exhibition, but we could not learn the exhibitor's name. Monroe County. The Election .in this County passed off quietly on Tuesday last, and there being but little excitement in regard to the State and local tickets, the vote was very light. The following named persons were elected : Charles Henry, Sheriff ; Simon Myers, Couuty Surveyor ; Henry Heller, Commissioner, Melchoir Spragle, Surveyor ; no oppo sition. Peter Gruver, Auditor; no opposition The official vote will be given in ou next issue. Victimized. Quite a number of the visitors to the Fair last week, who had not had their ver dancy rubbed off, or their eye-teeth cut were fleeced of their Green-backs, by the members of the black-leg fratemfy, who usually prowl about such places. Qnc gentleman . from Jersey, who accounts Limsclf considerable in the driving of sharp bargain, was victimized to the tune of $100. -Others were relieved of sums ranging from 85 down to 25 cents. Mr. Conrad Hamrnon, of Scranton, fell a vie tim to a Chevalier d" Industrie, who re lieved him of a pocket book containin some nine dollars. Quick Work. Simon G ruber, Esq., of Coolbaugh township, recently appointed Tax Collec tor fcr that townsh.p, got his duplicate on on the 18th day of August, aud settled it up and paid it off in full, on the 2Gth day of September. If the other collectors of the county would wqrk as rapidly how much .better our 'financial statements would appear. Esq. G ruber certainly de serves credit for his promptness. The Sixth Annual Fair. The Sixth Annual Fair of the. Monroe County Agricultural Society, which came off last week proved to be, if the reports of those who visited the fairs at Easton, at Newton, and the State Fair at Wil- liamsport can be taken as a criterian, the Fair of the season. The exhibition, in point of the number of articles, did not possibly come to those of former years; but in the quality of specimens this Fair exceeded them all, and showed most con clusively, the utility of exhibitions of the kind, as a means of inciting the ambition and drawing out the skill of those whose interest aud duty it is to make laud which has produced one spear of grass double on its production. Everything presented for public inspection was superior in its kind; and the perfection exhibited should be au incentive to our farmers to foster the institution, as one calculated in great degree to assist in abolishing the stigma which has hitherto rested upon us, that ours is a county of hoop-poles aud bark only, and not a county which ha earned for itself the praise that it is self supporting aud agriculturally independ ent. The cereals and fruits exhibited last week demonstrate conclusively that it ueeds but well regulated skill in our far mors to make Monroe County one of the greatest producing localities in the Union. In the Fair House, there were, we re grot to say it, too many vacant spots. But in the spaces filled, whether with the evidences of Mechanical, Agricultural or Housewife skill, no one had reason to feel ashamed to have strangers to look upon what Monroe County can produce if the right kind of persuasive force be employed. In the 3Icchanieal and Man ufacturing departments, we had a fini display of Stoves by the Florey's, of Furs, Hats, Caps aud manufactured Tobacco h Pauli, of Clothing by Buster, of Wood turning by Walrath, of Watches, Jewel rv. silverware and Musical instruments by Drown & Keller, and of Yankee No tions and "Woolen Goods by an exhibitor whose name we did not learn. In housewifery we had luciou3 rolls of butter and Dutch cheese, canned Fruits, and other articles of edible virtu sufficient to make the sorrows of the jotting Editor poignant over the recollection of an emp ty larder at home. In fancy matters we had a fine display of Millinery, of Paint ings, of engravings, of pencil and mono chromatic drawings, sign painting, wall paper, and numberless little el cetera? which if not really useful, serve an hon est purpose of tempering man's stern na ture dowu to a bearable condition. In Agriculture, Fruit culture and Garden culture mammoth Pumpkins, Egg plants, Squashes, Sweet and Irish potatoes, Cab bages, Celery, Broccoli, Corn, Beets, Pears, Apples, Peaches, &c, attested that we have but to coax the soil of this our "bauncr County" to induce it to yield earth's fruits in abundance. Iu the de partment of curiosities we had Mr. Luke Brodhcad's superb collection of tale-tell ing evidences of the shifts to which the red man was put in the stone-period of his existence. The stone hatchet, and hammers, and knives, and pestles and hoes, aud arrow heads, bore interesting testimony of the manner in which the Indian pursued the chase, the war path, and the more ennobling pursuits of Ag riculture. A collection of Chinese curi osities also attracted attention. In the stables there was a very fair, thoagh not as large as it should be, dis play of horses roadsters, trotters an horses for all work. The efforts of cac on the track showed that in these we had the slow but sure coach of the farmer the fine jogger-along of the gentleman o leisure, and the "nag"'ou which the '-fast man," and the "sport" most delights to "go his pile." The display of cattle wa not what it should have been. Wh there was was good ; but it was not th best the county could afford, while i numbers tlfc display was really a reproac to the county. The same as to numbers may be said of the swine, exhibited, but in quality the exhibition was all that could be desired. A boar, eleven months old, and which would dress near on to three hundred, and a pair of shotes twelve weeks old, of the Chester White breed the property of Joseph Feuncr, Esq., o Hamilton township, attracted particular attention. A couple of famous porkers whose ownership we did not learn, were also well noted. The display of Sheep was quite large, and beautiful specimens of the several varieties most in vogue re paid the visitor for a look at tho pens. The display of Farm implements, too, was very good. On the grounds hither, yonder and all over, were scattered appliances for money making, in almost numberless stalls where the iuner-man, whether a-hungered or thirst was comforted, and about an equal number of booths, where big snakes and ittle snakes were tamed, and where bears sinrl aiv 1 i i i .iu uuivus, ana wild roaring bulls of Bashon proved the compensation tr tne dime expended in an effort to se cure a sight of the wonderful works of nature. And the flying circus was there too; and in all the glory of fiddle, drum mangle, and banjo aud taniborine, it uni- ted with the bellowing of booth men, the shriek of the yang-yang, the mournful tunes of the consumptive organ and the squeak of the hurdy-gurdy, to remind you that confusion was not all expended upon Babel, but that a moiety thereof was then and there present. And last, but not least, but contrary to the wishes and efforts of all interested in the success of the Fair, Chevalier's d'ln dustric and black-legs were there, as many of the visitors whose pockets, iu the course of each day, rendered a beggarly account of everything, except emptiness, as an evidence of the skill of those plying these disreputable arts. It is to be hoped that in future Fairs the efforts of the police force of the society to ferret out and arrest these classes of exhibitors on their own hook, will be so successful as to amount to a perfect prohibition of the exercise of their nefarious vocations. The displays on the course were all fine; and in fact everything connected with the fair, passed off so profitably and so pleas antly as to make the many thousands who were present hope for even more in the Fairs yet to come. Too much credit cannot be awarded to the management, and especially to the indefatigable Secretary, Dr. A. LI. Jack son, for the fine manner in which the ex hibition was conducted, and for the smoothness and pleasantness with which everything passed off. Thieves About. Some thief or thieves, on Friday eve- niug last entered the cellar of Mr. Ack erman, near the uptwown mill, eat up a large number of cakes and pies, and car ried off a nice bos of honey which had been presented to Mr. A., by some friends who visited the fair. Mr. Ackerman had no particular objections to the party's eating the cakes and pies, if they were hungry, but he thiuks it was hoggish in them to steal the honey before he had a taste of it. We have heard of another gentleman who last some twenty-one spring chickens, about three weeks ago. Personal. Prig. Gen. Selfridgc, the recently ap pointed Assessor for the 11th Pcvcnuc District, and E T. Foster, Collector, paid our Borough a visit on Wednesday and Thursdav. The General served his coun try faithfully during the war, and carries on his person scarred evidences of his bravery. Mr. Foster has been the effi- cicnt collector since the establishment ol the Revenue Laws. Both were waited , , c j uul41Uv.,o wi uui uuua. County Sunday School Convention. . iun. tjuitcih,: rcrmic me to use a II. I I 1 - I corner of your sheet, to call the attention of Sunday school teachers and others, to the County Meeting of the friends of Sun day Schools, to Le held in Stroudsburg, on Monday next. These mcetiugs have been held, with great advantage to the cause. in other counties, and it is believed will result in increased interest in Sabbath ocnooi instruction in our uounty, it gen- orfillr nttnnilml Kt- t linen intnricfnrl in f 1, ie o l 1 n t j ."v "j ...um..MK,uiu i.. no work. Certainly whatever is practicable, ought to be done, to secure the diffusion of correct religious knowledge and a true religious experience, among the children anuyouui 01 our iana ; ana pernaps no agency is more important than the bun- t t day School for effecting these results. Come then, friends of this good cause, and rally around the Sunday School ban ncr, and let us endeavor, by mutual coun sel, to assist and encourage each other in our labor of love. The meeting will com raencc at 10 A. M., on Monday, Oct. lGth, and is expected to be an occasion or much interest. P The S lections. The returns from Pennsylvania and Uhio indicate the triumph of the Union party in both StatC3. The vote was light. In Philadelphia, Mr. McMichal,- Union candidate for Mayor, falls far behind Henry's former vote, and only secures his election by a small majority. Con sidering that Philadelphia is essentially a Union city, we can only account for this Ios by a local disaffection toward Mr. McMichael, against whom the Trades U- n ions and otiier bodies combined. As Pmladelphia generally controls the State, majority is estimated at twenty thousand the strong Union counties polling a light vote. In Newark, at the Charter election, Unionists carried the day by a largely increased vote. This gives m hope for New-Jersey and the Constitu tional Amendment Sentence of Champ Ferguson He is to be Hanged October 20 Calmness of the Accused. Nashville, Monday, Oct. 9, 1865. The papers in the case of Champ Fer guson, which were forwarded to Wash- no-tnn fn- ,nn,.n,.,l i x- " "4 i"v'"'' uu w-uay. t 1 , T , two uu cm r . ' " lus cell, by Col. Shaffer, the Command- xm; ocuiyut-i; was rcau to lierirusoii. m ant ol the nost, which was ., . , , langcd by thc neck until he be dead, on lllab lie DC I the 20th of October next, betwo lours or 10 a. m. and 2 p. ni. i.i . i . i jL'ergusou recoivca mo announcement of his execution with apparent uncon cern. JNot a niUSelG Ot his faen mnvml lie was taken out riding this afternoon oy ins guards, lie is in apparont good health, and to all outward appearances regardless of his fate. Boots and shoes to the value of SI .200.- 000 were manufactured at Lynn, Mass, last month, which is an increase over any previ ous mouth. For The Jeffcrsonian. An able and most seasonable sermon on the subject of Education, was preached by the Rev. W. J. Paxtok, of the Methodist Church, on Sunday last, on the occasion of taking the annual collection for Colleges and other institutions of learning, conncctad with the Church. The text was taken frrom ix chap. Proverbs, 9th and 10th verses. The speaker commenced by showing the uni versal necessity of education in all the de partments of life. "The wood chopper as well as the lawyer needed education, different in kind, it is true, but nevertheless, education. Our peculiar form of government rendered universal education indispensable. In a monarchy, where all political power is cen tered in a single head, it is generally thought sufficient if that head alone is educated; but in a republic like ours, where all power is inherent in the people, and officers are but instruments to execute the popular will, ed ucation must be general, or the government will be weak and unstable. He then pro ceeded to show that nearly all knowledge is acquired, and not original or intuitive; that man at his birth possesses less intuitive knowledge than any other creature. The babe must be first taught to seek its nourish ment, which is not the case with irrational creatures. The speaker rather agreed with Locke, that the human mind in its infancy is a tabula rasa upon which time must write its experience, than with Plato, who taught that ideas were innate and existed in ihe soul before its union with the body. In this connection he put to flight the ignis fatuus of a genius, by showing that through toil and labor alone all great men had acqaircd their learning. I3ut mere human learning, unm spirea by religion is dangerous, it is a power, it 13 true, but it. is a power that kills and destroys, not one that can make alive and build up. There is no such thing as genuine education oj morality apart from religion. The Church of Christ has, in all ages, done much for learning. The only shimmer of light thrown across the cha os of the dark ages came from the torch of learning faithfully kept burning by some pious monk in his cloister. We might sup pose m the logical development of our varie euucanonai systems, tne common ttcnool ex isted first, and the College last; but histor ically, the reverse is true. Our free system of education is the offspring: of our higher institutions of learning, organized and sup ported by the Church. Human learning owes nearly everj thing to the Church of Christ. As the rain and sun shine, and eve ry perfect gift come from above, so did ou Christian Colleges send down the hcalthfu dew of their blessings upon our Common bcnool system. Long before George Wo! put his name to that paper which gave to his state a tree pystem or education, Penn sylvania had her higher institutions of learn ing upheld and supported by the Church And that system was established not throug: ihe clamors of popular want, but throug the influence of our Colleges and the me educated therein. The Methodist Churc has schools enough. The duty of the hou is to preserve and improve those already cs tahlished. Ihe annual contributions tall f: short of this. A cheering sgn of Ihe times is that rich men are becoming more libera Ahfs? men are becoming alive to their duty ana tne rusty copper ot sordid interest whic nrcssed unon t ie r pvrs s iftPl . , , , The sermon was eloquent and earnest throughout, and id to be hoped that it is but one of many on the same sumc subject i store for us. The mental, moral, and phys. ical cmicution of the voting1, is a solemn du ty imposed upon us, and its faithful discharge demands our utmost attention. X. A Pardon for a Pistol. A few days ago a very interesting seen cook piace at tne usual crowueu recep tion of the President. Annlicants wem I . . rr approaching Mr. Johnson, each with hi I r. I - n , i t case, reauy ; aiier onciiy stating wnicli and a record beinir made of it b'v thn nri 7ate secretary, way was made for others In the line was Mr. Hanks, an nntm-nrJs ing young merchant of New York, and his friend Mr. Kervan. of Petersburg ' r?j leadmir mi ler. who annlied for nnrdnn coming as he did within the twenty-thou sand dollars or thirteenth clause of th amnesty proclamation. As soon as th President saw Mr. Eanks he recognized him, asked him his business, and hearing that it was to ask a pardon for Mr. Ker van, lie tooic a note ot it, and told him smilingly, he would hear from him in the morning. The r6ason why the Prcsi dent recognized the young New Yorkc is best explained by the following short narrative : In April of 1801, af'cr the Senate o the United States had adiourned. Mr Banks was going from Washington to the bouth, on the railroad running by Gor donsvillc and Petersburg. At his side was a very pleasant person, who con versed freely on the different tonics o the hour, and finally asked him to change a W.oU gold piece, which he did. When the cars stopped at Gordonsvillc there was a great and excited crowd assembled They at once demanded, and sent some of their number into the train, to see at tne S1"e of aks rose, and was walking to the platform to show himself. when the engineer started the train aud dashed off at his best speed. Ilia com panion was Andrew Johnson ! As he took.his seat, Mr. Banks asked him where he was going. lie said "To my home a uiuuuviuu, xeiiuessuc. "i am glad we got off from those gentlemen, Governor," said Banks. "I am sorry," said Johnson; "I wanted to tell them what I thought of secession." Mr. Banks then nsknd thn Governor if he was armed. The reply was in tne negative ; when the New aiiuu uuu ui ma UI1C revolvers t0 thc Tenenssee Senator, and thnv soon ' .. -j Hum wurus parteu to meet a tew davs a'o : r V-i r-i , V , r. i . i . .' . fcUU 1 icaiuuuuai mansion. jiaiiKS lias h,c irnlil l .1 rm.. fa" y iu 1,1113 uav. JLIJU next morning he was sent for. and as thc Pres ident met him he said, "I have often thought of you, Mr. Banks. You gave me a pistol that might have saved my life. 1 now givo your friend. Kervan. a pardon to start him in business." Passenger furo on Southern rivers is 10 cents per mile. Tho Regular Army will hereafter consistnf OU.00U men. The receipts from Internal Revenue. yesterday, amounted to $679,813 11. Crime in Philadelphia.' Three Murders within twenty-four hours. Shooting and Strangling. Philadelphia, Saturday, Oct 7, 18G5 Three murders have been committed Eince 0 o'clock last evening. Bernard F. Kane, aged 19 years, was shot by Edward Simons, in the southern part of the city, and a member ot the 24th U. S Colored Regiment killed another in the cars near Havre de Grace. The regiment has just passed up Chestnut-st. with the as sassin under guard. Burglars were secreted in White's Dental Depot, Arch-st this morning at G o'clock, when the store was opend by a boy. The burglars seized and strangled him to death with a rope, and escaped with a portion of their plunder which they had piled up ready for removal. The victim in the Arah-st. murder was a colored man aged 40 years, instead of a boy. The burglars took from him the key of the safe, and plunderd it of $2,500 in notes. Crime Increasing. Yesterday morning Spencer Jackson was held in 81200 bail by Alderman To land, upon the charge of stabbing a wo man. The affair happened in Callowhill street, above Sixth. Jackson made a plunge at the woman with a penknife, and throwing up her arm she received the wound on that member. lie then rushed across the street to the market, seized a butcher's knife and was coming back, when he was arrested and locked up. The rapid increase of crime in Phila delphia should prompt the police to great vigilance. Yesterday morning Henry Whit cman was committed by Recorder JCncu, to an swer the charge of horse-stealing, he stole a horse on Friday night last from George Hall, at ilcstonvillc, thc animal being taken out of a field where he was turned out to pasture. He drove the horse to the city, and placed it at thc William Pcnn stables for sale, where it was recovered by Officers l)c Haven, of the Reserve Corps, and the thief arrested. Yesterday morning Whiteman made an attempt to escape as he was being brought from his cell to the police van. He broke from the officer and ran, but had only proceeded a few yards when he slipped and fell, and was recaptured. On Sunday evening Andrew Dcvine was arrested at Second and Chesnut streets for assault and battery. Ou the way to thc Station Mouse he attempted to staboflicer Carney with an oyster knife. Yesterday moruiug he was held in five hundred dollars bail by Alderman Butler. Yesterday morning a man giving the name of Win Curtin, was arraigned be fore Alderman Godbou, charged with assault and batter and attempted robbery. It is alleged Curtin went into the con lectionery store of Mrs. Flym, at Second aud Arch streets, on Sunday night, and grabbed Mrs. rlym by the throat, aud struck her brother a violent blow over the eye, at the same time making a. des peraie grao tor uie monev urawer. ue was unsuccessful! in his attempt, and was" arresteu by an officer who was attracted to the spot. Thc accused was committed in default of bail. Thomas Knipc was arrested on Satur day night upon the charge of passing counterfeit currency, lie offered some of thc bogus paper at a tavern at Frout and Girard avenue, and when arrested had no less than 2o in counterfeit twenty-five cent notes. He was committed for trial by Alderman Shoemaker. The murder of two brothers, named Sides, at a tavern on Third street, below Girard avenue, on the 3d of July last, i still remembered. The same house came near being the scene of almost a similai tragedy early on Sunday morning. Jvm ma Sides, the wife of one of the murder ed men, now keeps the place. A man named George Baisly went there shortly after twelve o'clock in the morning, it is alleged, and drew a pistol and fired at Emma Sides. Thc aim was not good, and thc shot was harmless. Baisley wa.s arrested. After a hearing, before Alder man Shoemaker, he was committed, default of 2000 bail, to auswer. m Petroleum. The actual product of oil in Pennsylvania is set down at 3,500,000 barrels of crude oil for thc year 1805. and worth, taking an av ernge of prices, 824,000,000 at thc mouth ofj thc wells, ihe pr'Ccssof refining increases its value to over $00,000,000, or half as much as the wheat crop. The consumption of this newly discovered illuminator and lubricator is increased very rapidly, both at home and abroad. In 1362, Europe consumed 10,000, 000 of gallons ; in 1SG4, the importation had increased three hundred per cent. 30,000,- UUU gallions being consumed there, and in 1800 it is estimated thnt 00,000,000 will be required. There is a brisk market for it the world over Asia, South American, and iuu ismnus oi uic sea an can ior it. i ne best authorities on the subject consider eigh teen months the life ot an oil well. Some last longer than this, but thc great majority give out before they arc a year old. But experience shows that oil may be struck and good yields obtained in close proximity to exhausted wells- Some wells that refuse. under the most vigorous pumping, to yield a oarrei more, are made productive fcv boring them deeper. The deepest wells in opera tion are but 500 to GOO feet. Scientific men contend that the greatest oil deposits underlie the earth's surface from 1.000, to 1.- 200 feet. Considerable oil is produced in Canida and West Virginia, but thc product is sniajl compared with that ot Tennsylva nina. OO" The Wirz trial still drags its slow ength along in Washington, its business being greatly impeded by the persistant rrogance of the prisoners counsel. The evi- dence lately adduced by thc Uovernment is tnlly confirmatory of the barbarities prac ticed nt Andersonville, as detailed by thc first witnesses. Some testimony for the de fence has been taken. On Friday, a man who said ho was a friend of Ben, Wood, tes- ifled that the prison-pen under command of Wnz was a first-rate place, nnd that tho U- ion prisonerss had good treatment. iorty thousand graves enforce thc argument on the other side. More Gold. It has been reported to the General Land Office, that extensive gold iscoveries have been made on the northern shores of the west end of Laka Superior, in 10 Northeastern Land District of Minnesota, which arc attracting general attention. IHOK THE OIL EEGIOtfS A Four-Thousand Barrel Well on Fir - "uiuamwu .nam-jans near fit Hole Pit Hole, Monday, Oct. 9, 1865 The most destructive conflagration that ever took place in the oil regions occur red here abont 1 o'clock this niornin which fortunately terminated without loSS Of life. Tim Innl-o f k 1 . flowing well on Pit TTnU u "Grant containing 4,000 barrels of oil, caught fire, spreading destruction iff all rn.nnttAnli N 1. . .1 . 1 - ----- -vwv. uuwicKs and en gine-houses ou the following leases, wertf destroyed : Nos. Ifj, 17, 18, 1!),. 20,- 21 22, and 23, on the "Hoemdcr Farm,"' and Nos, 2, 4, and 5, on the "Morey Farm, ' covering a surface of five acres. Thc total loss will reach 8150,000; All of the oil belonged to- the owners of the land interest and the United State Petroleum Company of New-York. The tanks, building and property bo--longed tothe owners of thc working in tcrest in the well, and was insured far $28,000 in the Associated Company of New lTork. Highway robberies in this section artf becoming of almost daily occurrence ' Thc scenes of operation arc on the road leading to Titusville or Shaffer and tho r parties are so numerons and bold that it is not safe to travel the roads alone. Y'esterday Mr. Rockford of Jamestown, N. Y., while on his way to Shaffer's wjitf waylaid and robbed of 51,500 and a go&d watch, and left for dead. He it alive butt not likely to reeoTer. Garroting is of almost nightly occur rence here, making it unsafe to ba out af ter dark. Those doing business here arc now or ganizing thotnsclye.1 into a Vigilaneo Committee for their own proUction, and if any of thc parties are caught Lynch law will take its cour.tc and no mercy bo shown. LA Til It The fire at Grant WcH was extinguish ed about noon. Thc loss will not exeuc $100,000. Mr. Bat?ford, who was waylaid and robbed on Saturday, if still alire and soma hopci are now entertained of his recov ery. o- The triennial convention of thy Epiacopal etirch. including thc Bishops and clerical ami 'aydiputies, assembled in Philadelphia on Thursday, and will doubtless continue in session for a considerable time. The Epi cspal Church was the last religiouB organiza tion that was severed by the war, and it warf not till the rebel States had become an an tagonistic millitary power, that the Southern branch seceded and formed a separate orgin-iz-ttion. It is highly probable that this kp c;ssion wdl not be recognized by thc conven tion, und that thc seceders will be again re ccvied into fellowship. The proceedings during the opening of the sessiou laFt week, seemed to indic-ite this course. TheBiVliopH of North Carolina and Arkansas took part in the proceedings on Thursday, and several from other lately seceded States wcr expec ted to arrive. The Epi-copal church has al ways been strong in the South, and thi con vention can do much toward establishing good feeling between the two sections. A Tall Week's Work. E. II. Quick of this township (from Sept, 25 to Oct. 1) shot and trapped the following "varmints" and feathered tribe, to wit : 4 Bears, 1 Baccoon, 1 White Rabbit, 1 Mukrat, 0 Pigeons, 1 Pheasant. In thc meantime Quick done four days work cutting corn aud on the roads. If this week's work and hunting can be beat, we would like to hear from the m:tn that docs it. J. K. Blooming Grove, Oct. 3, 'Go. Ea-jlc.Milford, Pa. Outlaws arc committing great depreda tions in Northern Alabama. Those known as Tom Clark's band recently visited tlio premises of John S. Wilson near Florence, tortured him to death with fire in a vain effort to extort money, and aluo killed the overseer, Wilson's wife and two daughters. Four nt tho ruffians were killed by troops that mir- sued them. This is thc same gan? for whose capture Gen. Hood once offered a To ward. Thc act of Congress authorizing the Ten Forty loan fixed the limit at $2(j(),0(i0 0G0, but the Secretary of ihe Treasury, finding that it interfered with the taking of the fivo per cent. loan, discontinued it when $173, 000,000 were issued. The remaining 27, 000,000 will probably soon be put upon the market. Additional intelligence from Ireland State thnt thc Fenian excitement increases, nnd grave apprehensions are entertained. It i reported that men in the English nrmy arc boastingof their connection with tlieFenianif and the signs of disaffection in the army cause thc England papers to demand thw rigid enforcement of discipline. Frars are entertained that soldiers from the United States will be landed on the coast of Irelanjf, and a rcportj had gained credence that a body of disbanded United Srates soldiera had already landed near Galway. The recurrence of so many profitable fairs throughout theeounty is a sign of thc return ing health and usefulness of peace. In half a dozen fairs the reciptg have averaged not less then $1 0,000 or 812,00, and New York and Illinois much more. Tho start "iven to manufactures promises much benefit to both East and West, as we note establishment of 'wool factories in Illinois, and lurge wool salcr amounting to 2,000,000 pounds, in Boston, .Tift i . To ehow thc gigantic scale on which the war supplies were obtained, there remains on hand in one item 1,500,000 pairs of new shoes. The Qnatcrmaater's Department have already sold 89,000 horses and mules, which produced upwards of $6,000,000. A large whalo was shot near Surrey, Maine, last week. Ho swam between two small reefs and could not back out again. A farmer near by, hering the noise, went to the shore with his gun, and immediately "struck ile." It is estimated that the tobacco crop in the valley of Connecticut this year will be equal to the value of six millions of dollars ! Large quantities of Connecticut 6eed are exported to Cuba, t o be returned in the shape of fine fresh Havanas, and thc export to Germany ia also very large.
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