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One square, D nioulhs, Six mouths, t'no year, llu.-itioss Cards fif 3 lint, per anhiim, Merchants and others advertinui; by llie year, with lav priv iltigo of iti.-'rll nj diOureul ad vertising weekly, I" f 1 KuriueM n-ii ii-t-a inserted in th W.W- I.'ol.t v. er before Marriages hii 1 Dcutli.i, Jf 1 ii CliMJ Villi LlKfor each insertion. IJif" Larger Advertisements as per ngruuiuout JOB P1UMTING, Wo have connected with our establishment, ii wol selected JOIJ OFFICE, which will enable un ti erccute, in lbo uealost stylo, ovory vuriot of Printing. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY II. B. MASSER, SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. NEW SERIES, VOL. 10, NO. 21. SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15, 1803. OLD SERIES, VOL. 23, NO. 47. AMERICAN LOCK HOSPITAL ESTAEI.ISIIKl) AS A ItEFL'liE FHOM QUACK KUY. THE QXLY PLACE WHERE A CURE C.4.V BE OBTAIXED. Dft. JOHNSTON" ban discovered thomoit Certain, Speedy and only Kfloctual Heinedy in tbo orld for all Private lii'easea. Weakness of the Hack or Limbs. Strictures. Atloction of the Kidneys and Bladder. Involuntary l'ischartfoii. Impotency. Gene ral Debility Nervousness. Ihspepsy, Languor. Low Spirits. Confusion of Mean. Palpitation of the Heart, Timidity. Tremblings. DimneiMof Sijrht or Qiddineffl. I'isenso of the Ileud. Throat, Nosi or skin. Afl'netiona of the I.iver. Luiar, .Stomach or Bowels those Torri bio Disorders wising from tho Solitary llnbits of Youth those secret and solitary practices more fatal .0 their victims tbnn the sons; ot Syrens to tbe Ma riner of Ulysses, blighting their most brilliant hopes or anticipations, rcudcriug marringo, Ac, iuipossi- Y01AH.MI1 tVpecially, who bavo become the victims of Solitary Vice, that dreadful luid destructive bubit which annually sweeps to an untimely gravo thousands of Young Men of tbe most rxallud talents and brilliant Intellect, who misdit otherwise havo entranced listen Ini; Senatiu with ihii tliundurs of eloquence or waked to ecslaty tbo living lyro, may call with full con tidauco. Married Persons, or Young Men contemplating innrriape, being aware of physical weakness, organic debility, deformities. Ac. speedily cured. J.Iuwho places himself under tbe euro of Dr. J. tnov reliiriously confide in bis honor as a jfcntlcmau, kud confidently rely upon his skill as a 1 hysiciau. j osMa.vtic r,.ii.i:sw j Imtnediately Cured, and Full Vigor Itestorod. This Distressing Ati'oction which remlers Lifo ' miserable uud niarriagn impossible is tbo penally paid by the victims of improper indulgence. Young j Iiersons are too apt to commit excesses from not t eing uware of tbo ilruadful consequences that limy j ensuv Now. who that understands tbe auliject will , pretend to deny that tbe power of proerentinn is lost t sjoner by tboei fullins; into imprtiper habits than by j the pritd'elit ' Besides heiug df'prived the plua?urcs of beallhy ofT'ipring. the ieo3t serious and destructive i pyuiploius to ooth l;ody and miiul arise. Tbe sVem ! becomes Deranged, the Physical mid Menial l'unc- j tioiis Vcakeiiel, Loss of Prooreative Power. Nervous ! J nit ability. Dyspepssa. l'ahiintion of the Heart Indigestion, t.Viistitutioind l.iebility, a U ncling of ; tbe Frame, tugh. Consumption, iteeay and Death Oliiee, Ao, V Soulli I'rs-slorlcli Strvvi l.i.It totud s:d. going from Baltimore street, a few : Uxors frxin thu coiner, Fuil not to observe name and uuii'.ber. I letters must be p:tid and cr.ntuiu a stamp. The' I, .....-.. I,:. 1 1 :.. t... i 'tM'ioi 9 i i(,ieiii'4S itaoi lo uibi'iuvi. I AViiSf: .i:iiM.vs'i; b.n tv! B1.4YW. , J"u JTcrcvry or SVuitxcoiti Drugs. j EBS. .COBEAS'I'O.'. j Member of tbo Itoynl College of Surgeons, London, j Uniduate from omi of tl:e uiodt umiueiit Colleges in I tbe I'niled States, and tbe greater iirt of whose lifo lois been spent in lbo hospitals of Loudon, Paris, ' Philadelphia and elsewhere, has cflectetl some of; tlie most astonishing cures that wero ever known ; ; many troubled with ringing in the bead and ears when asleep, real nervou.-ni-, being alnrmed at euddcu sounds. basbfiilue--s. wiih frispient blusliitig. iittciided Hometiiui'ri wi;b dcraiigcmeut of mind, were enred immediately. j 'I'AEiBC A Bi'S't 4' J I .A ES XOTICI!.! Dr. J. addii-os all thoso who bavu injured theru- 1 selvisby imprupir indulgence, and solitary habits, 1 wliib ruin both body and mind, untitling them fur . either business, study, society or marriage. Tiiukr are some of tbe sad and melancholy effects j produced by ertrly bu'iits of youth, viz: Woakne-a of ( ti.e Ba.'k and Limbs. Pains iu the Hand. Dimuees of j .iuht. Loss of Muscular Power. Palpitation of the ilenrt. Dyspepy, Nervous Dritability, Deraugi uiunt j of the Digslivo Functions, licncral Debility, Symp- ; toms of Consumption, Ac. Mentally. Thu lV'arful effects on tbe mind are ' ii. ueh to be dreaded Loss of Memory, Coul'usion of Ideas. Dei.i-ess-pii of Spirits. I'Ml-Foroboding-. Aver- : ion to S-ieicty, Si lf-fiistrust. Lovo of Soliiude, Titniuiiy. Ac are si.iuoof the evils produced. 1 TiiorsAxna of persons of all ages can now judge ' sb;tt is tho CHuse uf Ihcir declining health. lo--iug 1 their vior. l"-eoiuiug weak, pale, nervous aiel emaei.tied. ba iug asingub-ir apiiearancu about tbo. M-ves, ceugh ai,d svmpl'iius of cii.-umpiiou. Who have injured themselves l.y a certain pnetico I indulged in when alone, a habit fre'piontly bmrned from evil comr anions, or at school, the effects of which are nightly fell, even when asleep, and if not I cured renders marriage impossible, and destroys both mind ami body, should apply immediately. j What a pity tloil a young man. the hop,iof Lis ; country, the d-irling ol'bis parents, should be snatched ' fn-in all prospecis and enjoyments of life, by the : corseijiienee of deviating from the path of nature nnd iiolulgiiigiu a certain secret habit. Such persons sT, befuru coiilempliitmg I rellei'l that a sound mind and body are tho ino;'t lieeessary reijnisites to promotf ciluntihial haiiili(vss. ( Indeed without these, the journey through life be- i oomes) a weary pilgrimage; the prospect, hourly ' ilarkcus to the view; the mind becomes shadowed vi ith despair ami tilled w ith tbo melancholy rvflec- lion that the happiness of another becomes blghted i i'h io:r own. j s.B.iiE-Mwa: or i.tisati'is:.-u. When the misguided and imprudent votary of ; iileasnre finds that be has imbibed tho feeds ol this painful disease, it too often happuus that an ill-timed ' sense of shnme, or dread of discovery, deters him j from applying to those who, from education and ' respectability, can alone befriend him. delaying till tho constituti'imd symptoms of this horrid disease ' Make their apoarnnce. such as ulcerated sorsj throat, diseased wee. nocturnal pains in the bead I ami limbs, dimness of sight, deafness, ie-des on the thin hi. lies and arms, hlumhes on the bead, face and cxtrcmiiies, progressing Willi frightful rapidity, till at last the palate of the muutb or the bones of tbe nose fait in, and the victim of this awiul disease becomes, a horrid objecl of eommiseraliull. till death puts a period to his dreadful sufferings, by sending iiiiu to"ibnt I'li'iiscovereti Country from whence uo traveller roiiim.'' It is utttrzntriofi ftrt that thousands fall victims lo this ten ible disease, owing to tbe uuskillfulncss of i gnuraut pretenders, who, by tlie use of that 1) null if I'oisuit. Alvrriiry, ruin tho constitution and make the residue of life miserable. MfiA.X.F.StN Trii'. not your lives, or health, to the care of tbo 'iiany Fnlearued and Worthless Pretenders, destitute if knowledge, name or character, who copy Dr. lohu-toir advertisements, or Ftylo themselves, iu the newspapers, regulurly Kducntod Physicians, incapable of Curing, they keep you trilling mouth ifier month taking their filthy and poisonus com pounds, or a.-, long as the small est feu can be obtained, ind in despair, leave you with ruined health to sigh jver your gallingrlisappointment. Dr Johnston is the only Physician advertising. Jlis uredcntial or diplomas always hang in his office. His rciuidies or treatomeut are unknown to all ithers. prepared from a life spent in the great lioh lituls of Europe, the first in the country and a more xtrnsive J'ricau J'rattiet than any other I'hyeiciuu u the world, lAooitMirvr or tiii: ritr.ss The many thousands eured at this institution year flcr year, and tho numerous iuiKrtaiit Surgical Jperalioiis performed by r. Johnston, witnessed by be reporters of tho Suu," ''Clipper," and many ithcrpapors. notices of which have appeared again nd again before the public, besides his standing as . geutleman of character and responsibility, u a uflicieut guurantcu to the afflicted. SKi- inst: isr.w Kii:r.miY iti:i. Persons writing should bo particular in directing bcit letters tobis Institution, in the following uisuer lOUA M. .IOIIK'l , M. !., rf tho liallimnre Lock Hospital, Baltimore, Md. February a I, DiOaly. :i.i.jAvr akim iu visn i:. iovr is the timi: to fill your albums. IX consequence of the scarcity of change. I will sell my elegant FLXuUItAPU CAUDE DE VltilTE 'OHTHA1T.S. Milmi TorOue Uollar, ent by mail Postage paid. These enrdes are best published and ar. perm, ent. Tbev embrace all tbe principal lieueralso I Army. I resident, laMiiot. Ac Also two of the rcntcst villains uubungjf.rr. and BLALKLU AitD. Catalogue, sent on application, tfaoiple copies aeut on receipt of Ten Cent.. JOHN DAINTY, 723 EaBfC'in ft , J'biladolphi. fif tnuttf fl U'.' CH0ICE jmTJlY. a riAU rorsi. THE TWICE-WON STBEAM OP THE MISSISSIPPI. A dfscri(ivo pocui by Kdna Venn Proc tor, untitled "Tlie .Mississippi," recently np penrL'tl in tlie Independent. It U too lonj; to qtioto entire but we give a lew pns.sufs. After reciting the tliscovcriesj of Mtirquette, La Sulle and ie Soto "lloalmen bold iu song and story-' it tells ol tlio trallic whiuli dotted tlie grout river at the zenith of the nation's prosperity : "Now a nntion builds its borders; now the groat fleets hasten down With the sheaves of many It prairio, Willi tho wealth of many a town ; Ducks piled high from wanner harviut-flel Js of cot ton uud of cane Snowy bales in uvalauohes sliding swift their marls to gain, Past the sea craft, inland sailing, pastille, shifting harbor-bars. Out, across tbo Oulf, tbe ocean, under lustrous tropic stars.'' Thcu, how treason closed tho highway : "Will yo trust tbo strange recital talo that only fiend should tell .' Whun tho nation's moru was fairest, black tbe uiybt of Treason fell '. Traitors claiming all tbo S'uth-Iaiid, and tho river ouce so free, Under forts and frowning ridges, rolling, alien, to tho sea ! Freedom's banner madly trampled, and the motto Haunted high, On the Slave we found Dominion who shall dure our right deny ?' " Tbe rally or tbo uatiun followed : "Uod of Justice! bow our rally rang through all lbo startled air! Million-voiced, the North made answer, rising calm and strong from prayer! Caught lbo ride, clasped the sabre, put Uiu peu, the ploughshare by Fathers, brothers, surging southward whuu they beard tbe gathering cry, Till, from green Dukotah uplands to tlie rocky isle of Maine, Every hamlet, every city, leut its bravest to thu train Freedom s (lag abovo them wuviug, freedom's songs triumphant sung. Ne'er, i ween, to such on army, foe tltogage of bat tle flung." Our navy sprang into life ; Night and day the roaring forges shape the anchor, weld llie cliain, Bound tho ball, and cast tbo cannon, 0 their glow nhall nut bo vain ! Day and night the engines labor, bummers ring and shuttles tly, Till the avenging tied is fashioned, southward set, with colors high.'' Then tame the attack upon the Mississip pi forts and llie capture of Xcw Orleans : "Kight across tbo sandy shallows, up tbe chauuu broad and deep. Ilaik ! their cannon's judgment thunder wukostbe traitor city's sleep ! Moated Jackson, strong St. Phillip ! yo were weak and jhiwci'Icss then ; . Low must crumble wall and bastion bad ye thrice tell thousand Illell. Ye may man your casemates newly, hurl your ebouj like hellish rain, Sweep theirsbells iu liery circles, strewing all your lilies with slain. 0 such ships wuru never anchored off tho Nile or Tra- fal gar Soe ! they pass the lioom, the fortress, stoady, storm ed from bull to spar ! 0 such men were never marshaled on the deck for siege or slaughter TLiuk how sank lbo bold Yaruna, hcru-froightod, 'nealh the water ! Forts are silenced, lleots are vanquished, shot nor U lino Call bear tlicln down ; Now, to lioi aloiio the glory ! safe they como before the town, 0, the foe by tent and fireside learned full well what Treason means, Vheii thu cannon, wrathful, deadly, lined the w harves of New Orluaus ; M'bcn tbey heard tbo rapturous music, caught the crews' victorious cheer, As again, on dome uud fortross, rose the old flag, uimtiug clear ; Saw the pule, buwildered army flee in terror Dud dis may ; Now, to Omi alone be glory, 'twas a proud and joyful day!" 0 Then Yicksbur fell, and Tort Hudson capitulated, and so "From Traitor's grasp for ever was tho Mississippi won. By the wave or iu tbo woodland sluiubor still, 0 Duatiucn bold ! Seaward dow n, through loyal levels, rolls tho lllver. as of old ! Hulls the Biver. swift, resistless, scorningbounds and fnrts and foes, Undivided fiom the Pusses to Itasi'a's lone repose Hark ! a murmur of thanksgiving ! all its waves in music How Uaiisomed banks lean o'er to listen joyous w inds barinonious blow ! On Its breast, in grauder plenty, through the ages yet unborn, Shall still Hoat the teeming harvests fairest cotton, gulden ooru Cities gleam and orchards blossom; woodmen open to the sun Leugues of low land, breadths of forest, w bero its tri bute rivers run. Till a freoaud buppy people 011 tho valley rich uud wide. From the springs of grout Missouri far to Alleghany's side ; While above them, nil unclouded, duno with war and envious jars. Brighter through thu circling ages thino tho glorious Stripes and Slurs!" MISCELLANEOUS. The M'oiiIoi-fuI I'roprrllpn of I'lar iirH. CVUIOta CALfTLATIONB. Though flcjuri'9 constitute a universal language anions thu civilized nations of the earth, and maintain such an exalted char acter for honesty uud truth that it lias passed into u proverb that '"figures never lie"; yet they are treated us tlie mere slaves of calcu lation, without any regard for that respect and consideration to which their lieeuliar qualities entitle them. To rescue them from tho degradation of being looked upon as mere conveniences, let us we if they are not possessed of certain intrinsic properties which, shall excite our wonder and admira tion. Few people havo a clear conception of even "a million of dollars," which wo hear expressed on every side, wherever the cost of this "cruel war" is under discussion. Let us make a very simple mental calcula tion, uud see if we are not astonished at the result. Mr. Longworth, who recently died at Cincinnati, wus said to bo worth fifteen millions of dollars. How many days would it take to count that sum, at tho rate of fifty dollars a ininuto, working steadily teu Lours each day t NVuilo soma are guessiug four or five days, another a week, unother two weeks or a month, the operation may be carried on mentally by saying fifteen millions divided by fifty jives three hun dred thousand minutes, divided by sixty gives tivo thousand hours, divided by ten ives five hundred days I An answer which is sure to strike your guesseri with amaze ment; a remaikablu iuntauce of the dif ference between guessing nnd thiuking. Thu powers of the human understanding are licjntd. Ttt intrtasc v'f t'urci has r.c limits. Our knowledge of number, there fore, must necessarily bo limited. Jlut, like every other subject, the more we study and think about it the more wc shall know. A distinguished philosopher, to whom the world is indebted for some of the grandest truths of science, has said that w ithout any extraordinary endowment of mind, by think ing long and deeply on his Mibject, point alter point .gradually unfolded itself to his mental vision, until he was able to com prehend the mighty laws which control the universe. Tho child who hai learned to count as far as three, has an idea of that number; but the number thirteen is quite beyond his compreheusion. The .savage gets along very well with his arithmetic so lung as he is not required to go beyond the numera tion of his lingers and toes ; but any greater number quite bewilders his imagination, ami, in despair, he refers to the hairs of the head, the leaves of the forest or the sands on the seashore, to express his overwhelming sense of its magnitude. Kvery joung stu dent of history has laughed at the extreme simplicity and ignorance of the Indian whom Powhatan sent to Knglnnd to see tho country and find out how many people were there. As soon as the shores of Kngland were reached, thu "poor Indian'' procured a long stick uud oomiue'nt'ed to cut a notch on it for every one he saw . Of course he wits soon obliged to stop. On his return Powhatan, among many questions, asked how ninny peoplo he had . seen f "Count the stars in the kky," was the reply, "the leaves on the trees, or the j sands ou the shore, for such is the number of the Knglisii.'' Perhaps this untutored j child of the forest was not so very far astray j alter all ; for the stars iu both licmi -pluTi s , visible to the naked eve do nut exceed the number of ten thousand. The hairs of '.he head and the leaves of the trees may be easily counted, and the sands on the sea shore are by no means innumerable. row i:u oi' tvi'iii;i:s. The enlightened man may have a clear understanding of thousands, and even mill ions, but much beyond that he can form no disliuct idea. A simple example, and one easily solved, will illustrate the observation. If nil the vast bodies of water that cover nearly three-fourths of the whole surface of the globe were emptied, drop by drop, into one grand reservoir, the whole number of drops could be written by the two words "eighteen cptillions," and expressed in figures by annexing twcntv-fnur cyphers to the number 13 (1 8.000,000,000, Otiu.OOO, 000,000,000). Man might as well attempt to explore the bounds ot eternity as to lonii any rational idea of the units embodied in the expression above; for Although the aggregate of drops is indicated by figures in the space of only one inch and ii half of ordinary print, yet if each particular drop were noted by a separate stroke like the figure 1, it would form a line of marks sullicientlv long to wind muud the sun six thousand billions of tunes ! Now observe, if you please, tho marvellous power of value which tlie cyphers or "noughts" insignificant by themselves give to tho significant figures 18. Tlie young reader will be surprised to huru that the use of the cypher to determine the value of any particular figure, which is now prac tised by every school boy, was unknown to the ancients. Therefore, among the Ulceus and Uonians, and other nations of antiquity, arithmetical operations were exceedingly tedious and dillicult. They had to reckon with little pebbles, shells, or beads, Used lis counters, to transact the ordinary business of life. Even the great Cicero, iu his oration for IJoscius, the actor, in order to express UOO.OUO, hud to make iieo of the very awk ward and cumbrous notation, (cki.i.d (cel.).).) t roi.i.u) which may udmitofthc very liberal translation : Three c's, one I, three inverted c's; three t's, one I. three i 's inverted; three t's, one I, three c's upside down. How very odd this looks in the year of our Lord muciti.xim lsii:i '. Many very curious and interesting things might be said concerning thu history of numerical characters used in ancient and modern times; but, not to prolong this article, they must bo reserved for some future occasion. cVltlOrS CAI.Ct.l.ATIOSS. Tho simple interes of one e. nt, at C per cent per annum, from the commencement of tho Christian era to the close of the present year 1H03, would be but the trilling sum of 11 dollms, 17 cents aud 8 mills; but if tho same principal, at tho same rale and time, had been allowed to accumulate at compound interest, it would require the enormous number of 8 1,840 billious of globes of solid gold, each equal to tho earth fn magnitude, to pay the iutcrest; and if the sum were equally divided among tho in habitants of the earth, now estimated to be onu thousand millions, every man, woman and child would receive 84,810 golden worlds for an inheritance. Were ull these globes placed side by side in a direct line, it would take lightning itself, that can ginllo the earth in tho wink of an eye, 73,000 years to travel trom end to cud. And, if a Parrott gun w ere discharged at one extremity while a man was stationed at tho other light travelling 102,000 miles in a second; tho initial velocity of a cannon ball being about 1,500 feet per second, and in this case supposed to cuntintio ut tho same rate; and sound moving through thu atmosphere 1,120 feet in a second be w ould see the llash after waiting 110,000 years; the ball would reach him in 74 billions of years; but he would not hear the report till tho end of one thousand millions of centuries. Again, if all these masses of gold were fused into ono prodigious ball, having the sun for its centre, it would reach out into space, iu all directions, ono thou sand seven hundred and thirty-two millions of miles, almost reaching the orbit of Herschel or I'rantis; anil, if tho interest were continued till the end of tho present century, it would entirely till up the solar system, and even encroach live hundred millions of miles on tho domains of tho void beyond tho planet Neptune, whoo orbit, ut the distance of two thousand eight hundred and fifty million of miles from the sun, encircles our wholo system of worlds. The present system ot figures is called thu Arabic method, but it should be more properly termed tho Indian method, becauso it hud its origin among the Hiudoos of Iediu, from whom the Arabs leurucd it ; aud they, in turn, carried the art into fpuiu, whore they practised it during their long occupation of that country. The publication of their astronomical tables in the form of almanacs was the principal means of gradually spreading it abroad among tbe surrounding uatiotu; but so slow was tho progress that it was not generally established until about the middle vl tat sixteenth oenturv. ltMolu(luiM o" the t'nion Nute t'oiiTs-ntlou. PtTTHUCItrl, AllgUSt, 5 EVENING SESSION. Messrs. Todd, Maxwell, Darlington, A. W. Taylor and Dickey, tho committee on reso lution, reported the following series : The loyal men of Pennsylvania, in Con vention assembled, disclaiming all piirtiznn ship, and knowing no cause but that of thu country, declare tor themselves ami their constituents : Eirst, Their indexible purpose to maintain by every necessary ell'ort, service and sacri fice, the National Union, as the first, highest most solemn nnd most overshadow ing of all political duties. Second, That the rebellion which threat ens the existence of the I'nion was without cause, was conceived in wickedness, organ ized iu perjury, and developed by reckless violence, is stained with every crime, and detestable in object, and infernal in purpose and must be suppressed by the people of thu United States at tho destruction of whose liberties and the overthrow of those free in stitutions it is injuriously aimed. That in this momentous contest there are and can be but two parties onu which firmly sus tains the constituted authorities of the na tion iu enforcing all the laws thereof, and in protecting the principle upon which tho (lovernmciit rests, and is therefore at once the parly of law, of liberty, aud patriotism; he other w Inch cripples the constituted au thorities of tlie nation in enforcing the laws, securing its salty and preserving its life, uud is therefore the parent of mobs, tho uicinv of order, and a participant in tteason the class whose detestable practices give aid and comfort to the common enemy, but as con fessed at Kichuiond, light up these days of rebel darkness and disaster, aud stimulate them to renewed uud desperate eliorts to recruit their armies, and to whom in part is this day justly chargeable whatever of vi tality the rebellion preserves, and whatever calamity nnd aiilietioti the further protrac tion of the contest may involve. IJul for Northern sympathizers with Southern trea son and the hopes which their treasonable existence inspires, tho rebellion would have sunk under tint staggering blows dealt it at Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Port Hud son. Jundvid, That wholly without sympathy fof the men w ho hnveinade this war against a free Kepublicaii government, or for a sys tem of human bondage, in whose interest it was instigated, or cause of despotic princi ples to w hich it is devoted, this Convention declares ull engaged therein, while so en gaged, to be worthy only of our patriotic hatred; and, iu like spirit, wo dnonnco as doubly recreant, and base those residents of loyal States who tolerate this treason, and would altiliate with armed traitors, and again surrender our government uud liber ties to their keeping. 7u.seic-, That Abraham Lincoln, Presi dent of the United States, applause by the discharge of his must urdiius duties in the dark days of ciil war, has won for himself the alVcction and regard of the whole Ame rican people ; and always bearing himself clear in his high oilice, lias maintained the integrity of the Union, and kept our honor untarnished throughout the world, up. plause and to him, this administration, its principal, and its policy we give our hearti est approval, and pledge our earnest and enthusiastic support. Loud applause. 7(.s"ci, That the amendments proposed to the Constitution in giving to our soldiers in the field the right of sull'rage, merit our hearty approval, ami will receive our united support ; and that we recommend conven tions ol loyal men throughout the State to pledge all candidates for the Legislature to vote tor it. i'.Wi',., That we tender to the gallant sons of Pennsylvania now in the armies and navies of the lleptiblio the thanks of u grate ful people, for their unselfish and heroic valor; that we mourn for those who have scaled with their blood their devotion to their country, and will cherish their memo ries tenderly and fondly; while to the glorious survivors we give assurance that the last dollar and the last life shall beu'ivcii to reinforce them, until the old tlag llouta iu final victory, Applause. ,' (,, That Governor C'urtin, by tho effective support he has given the Federal Government in the prosecution of tho war, and his vigilant care for our soldiers, alike in the field, in camp and in hospital, has gained for Pennsylvania proud and fore most pre-eminence among tho loyal States, and entitled himself to tlie thank's of all her loyal citizens, and in placing him again in nomination the Convention but gave expres sion to tho spontaneous wishes of the people of the Commoiiwcalih ho has served so well. Vie present for their suffrages the patriotic statesman, who is aliko tho friend of tho soldier aud the favorite of the peoplo. Ap plause. Itftfdrol, That in the nomination of Judge Agnew, we present an accomplished jurist, a pure patriotic and a loyal citizen, who w ill adorn the highest judicial tribunal of tho Commonwealth, andgive additional security to the rights of persons and property. Dr. llcighold, of Jslfersou county, offered as ati amendment the following : 7iY'V(i, That tho bold aud determined stand taken by llotj, E. M. Stanton, Secre tary of War, iu summarily arresting traitors and thieves, wherever "found, merits our commendation, and that iu seizing any dis loyal person, wo pledge him our hearty co-operation in the task which ho has befoto him. AViiv Hons Eat Asmks, Ac. Mr. Meehi, of Tip Tree Hull, England, has discovered that pigs, when shut up to fatten, are very fond of cinders, and improve in condition by eating a certain portion of them every day. Some persons are tillable to utcount for this singular propensity in sw ine. Poul try are very fond of egg shells, lime, stuitl &c, and it is well known thesu substances ure necessary in order to form the shells of eggs, nnd to furnish mulcrial fur thu bones of fow ls. Now, it is reasonable to sunposo that swine cat ashes uud cinders for the purpose of supplying thu material for their bones, and this singular instinct in animals so low in tho scale of intelligence, is truly wonder ful, for ashes contain the ingredicDts w hich are necessary to form bones, viz: carbonate and sulphate of lime and magne.ia, clay, si lica gelutiuizod and made soluble by the lire. When hogs are at large, they take in clay and silica w ith their food, and eat bones and roots, which contain the necessary ingredi ents; but w lieu they are pent up, they en deavor to supply tho materials necessary for keeping up their frames by deuouring ab.o sn.1 tiudcaa. Let thira bavs plenty ot thrm. 1'rlliirul A Hair in itn i:nglNla It ail wiij- 4 'nr. From the London Olobo. Tho railway companies aro sometimes as sailed unjustly, and called to account for of fences they have no pow er to prevent. I5ut ono of their special shortcomings has just been almost radically illustrated on the North Western line. Two trnvcler.", ti Mr. M'Mean and a Mr. Warland, took seats in a second class carriage by tho Friday night express from Liverpool to London. In tho same compartment were a moody-looking Irishman and an elderly woman. Tho Irish man sat by one window, tho woman near tho other, u:td the two men between. Until tho train passed -Illetchly the sedato passen gers was hardly noticed by the others. It is true that ho had bow and again talked to himself somewhat fiercely, aud seemed to be threatening an invisible foe. Mr. McLean and Mr. Worland glanced at him, and then continued in friendly chat. Now it so hap pened that tlm man had been insane, ami was rapidly growing insane again. A wild notion was fast acquiring the strength of a fixed idea. The two men in familiar chat, were thieves planning how they could rob him, and he wits resolving to bo first in the field. There was some method in his mad ness, for he postponed tho execution of his jirojeet until the train had fairly started Oil its last run to Loudon. As soon as it had left llletchley tho maniac drew a knife and stabbed Mr. Worland in the head. He drew back his arm to repeat the stroke, when Mr. McLean, who seem ) to have had his wits about him, knocked him back uto his seat. Springing up, the niauiic fade, another dash at the now insensible Worland, but here ho was again met by McLean, who gripped his throat and his armed hand, and a close com bat begun. All thu time the train flew ra pidly through the country. The woman, sitting near llieiither window, had done all she could to alarm the driver by wasting her screams on Hie morning air, and now lay inseusiblu from the effect of terror. The madman drew the blade of his knife through the fingers of M Lean, and thrust with it wildly. Worland had now regained his senses, and he ut once entered into the com bal, getting behind the madman, and throw ing him down. The maniac's yells were louder than thoso of the women, "they were continuous, but neither guard nor" driver heard them. Aud so I ho tragedy continued one long act, n raving maniac held down by the two men, ull covered with blood, light ed by a dim lamp and the grey dawn. For forty long miles this scene lasted, seen by none except those engaged in the strife, until a ticket collector, hastily opening the door, saw the two gashed and haggered men bending over the exhausted madman on the blood stained lloor. Since the French police found the body of a murderer judge in n railroad carriage nothiug so terrible lias oc curred. Of course thu madman, for he must have been mad, wus taken before a magis trate, and there he gave, as a reason for his conduct, the explanation we havo already mentioned he thought the two men were about to rob him. Ho turns out to be an Irish schoolmaster, Michael Lyons by name, coming to London ou a mixed journey of business and pleasure. It is said that he" had been confined in an asylum for a year, and of course every inquiry will bo made into his past lifo and character. Hut whether Lyons be mad or not, the share of the rail way company in the transaction is thu same They made it possible for the man to hold to his hand the lives of two fellow creatures for about an hour. McLean and Worland might have got away had they been assailed at night in a dark wood. In a railway car riage they were penned up with a homicidal mania, and could neither get help nor get away. Lyons might havo struck a faair blow at first, and hail ho done so killing Worlan he woulu probably havo succeeded iu killing McLean. Tho railway arrange ments had provided that no help should come, and heavy responsibility rests upon tho directors. It is true that there is no cause for general alarm. Yet w ho knows that ho may not travel a long journey with some ono liable to outbursts of madness t The remedy in this case, lis iu thac of lire, is to enable the passenger to communicate with the guard, or the guard to have run off the traiu. It is niunstroifs that, from no fault of their owu, her Majesty's subjects should be shut up for hours with murderers, thieves, ravishcrs, or madiueu. The remedy should bo upplied, if not then voluntarily, then by Act of Parliament. Rich Ministkhs in Nkw Yokk. A New York correspondent of tho lioston Post, in tho course of a gossipping letter to that journal, touches on tho subject of "rich ministers" in Gotham. At tho head of the list the writer places, us of course, Arch bishop Hughes, whose private property (ho says) amounts to the snug little sum of a round million dollars. He is the millionaire minister par ivl!ait-n. In the Lutheran Church there is a Kev. J. W. Heisenhaiuer, who is reckoned is reckoned worth $050,000 and whose secular hours aro for tho most part occupied iu forging "tho silken chain that bimis two williug hearts." Thousands of couples matrimonially inclined have, by his aid, reached tho consummation devoutly wished. His residence, in Fourteenth street is litterally besieged by tho crowds who desire to exchange the true lover's knot tot that Gordian knot which uothing but death cau cut. Amoug ho Dutch Reformed cler gymen, Rev. A. U. Van Nest ranks us tho richest. This gentleman has one or two hundred thousand dollurs now, aud "has a goodly heritage" in prospect of half a mil lion lUure wheu his wciiilhy father reaches tho shinning shore. Rev. Dr. Hardenburgh, of tho same denomination, is estimated worth a hundred thousand dollars. Tho Presby teriaus, perhaps, havo more rich ministers th an any other dcnouiiuatiou. At the head of tho list tho Nestor of tho Church in this city stands Dr. Spring, durum rem r.tlnlts noincn who is easily worth a hundred thou sand dollars, ami whose young and interest ing bride is set down us having three nun thousand dollars more. Rev. Cr. Adams no ono thinks of estimating ut less than oue hundred thousand dollars. Rev, Dr. Potts and Rov Dr. Phillips each are worth fifty thousand, and several others of thu Presby terian clergy ure equally ablo to keep the wolf from the door. Bishop Janes, of tho Methodist Church, possesses treasures on earth to tho vuluo of oue hundred thousand dollars, and so docs Rer. James Floy, tho Iiolitician in that denomination. Rov. Dr. Iagauy is worthy about thirty thousand dollars. Among the Raptists, Rev. Doctors Dow ling uud Sonuncrs ure set down at thir ty thousand apiece, and Rev. rJ. X. Corey ut about twenty thousand dollui's. Rev. Mr. LWccher and Doctor R. S. Storres, of Brook lyn, owu flue rceidcuces, and are called worth t.vtnr'-f.ve or thirty thoursatl rach. i m: iichiiti:.'i:i i'isoki'iht Tho Slaveholders' Confederacy, if not Ut terly "played out," is manifestly' ami rapid ly approaching that natural eo'nsiuumalion. Everything we hear from it betokens ex haustion, impotence, despair. .Icfi'.'s recent levy en masse brings very few conscripts to his camps, while desertions therefrom occur by brigades. The KciitucUiun and Tcnnc senns who have retreated after every pitched battle fought in their respective States for tho last eighteen months, and now find themselves lleeing before Koseerans in Geor gia uud Alabama, cannot be duped by idle gasconade; they know that their respective States aro lost to the Rebellion, and they revolt at the propect of another year of hard ship, privation and slaughter now that hope has departed. The forces of Johnston uud Peinberton, beaten in a dozen fights without exception, hunted out ot Vicksburg and Mississippi, with tho loss of two-thirds of their number and nearly all their artillery and munitions, know that they are beaten routed pulverized; no lying bulletins or windy General Orders can cheat them with regard to a fact whereof they have had such ample ami palpable demonstration. They havo had enough of the ravages and desola tions of civil war, and sigh for a return to the ways of industry and peace. It is somewhat different with Lee's army, yet not essentially so. Tho army can Btill fight, and, acting on the defensive in u strong position, it cottltl doubtless give a good account of itself. In the conscious ness that it is better led and more skillfully handled than its antagonist has ever yet been, it has an important clement of cohe sion and strength. I!nt it is ragged, ill shod, badly fed, long unpaid, and labors under the depressing consciousness that it has done its best without avail. It never fought better than at Gettysburg, where it was massed and impelled with Lee's conceded ability, where it Inula decided advantage iu ti e first encounter, and fought in the flill flush (if that initial victory through the two following days. Human' nature could do no more; and when it abandoned its severely wounded on that blood-soaked, wreck-strewn field, and turned its face in full retreat to the Potomac and the Rapidan, it virtually left the fortunes and tho hopes of tho Confederacy in ruins behind it. Dis tant partisans may maunder ami pettifog to their heart's content ; but the Army of Vir ginia knows that it invaded the loyal States with full intent to crush the Army of the Potomac and capture Baltimore and Wash ington, and that its return, minus a third of its numbers, most of its ammunition, and with tho Union cavalry harrnssing its rear, was a disaster froui which tho Rebel cause can hardly recover. It has recently been re cuforced so us to swell itsnunictic.il strength nearly to that with which it broke up from Fredericksburg; but its real strengtli is im mensely diminished. Forty thousand men added to it to-morrow would not enable it to tight another battle nearly so good as that it fought at Gettysburg. We hold, then, that the Rebellion is at I its last gasp, unless it can receive some new infusion of vitality from abroad. And Eu ropean intervention being all but boneless, a Copperhead insurrection to defeat the Draft is now its last chance, Wo havo reason to believe that insurrection is now being plot ted iu this city, and that it will signalize its first outbreak by systematic and wide-spread contlagration. We apprehend that the con spiracy is strengthened by delay in enforc ing the Dr. ft, though we would not have the Government proceed with that until thoroughly prepared ; but thu moment the schedules aro ready, let the Draft proceed, and let us know tiio worst that Northern treason has in store for us. Let the Rebels see just how much this treason avails them, and make their calculations accordingly. Let us have Three Hundred Thousand fresh men in the field, with Copperhead disloyal ty probed to the core, and nothing but 'tho worst generalship on our side can protract the life of the Rebellion beyond Christmas. Energy in the Government, and patriotism evinced by the loyal Millions, ought to give us substantial peace evea earlier than this. V. 1'. Tribune. Italian Iloney-Ilccis. When the bees were first introduced into this country I regarded thetu more of a humbug than an improved species of honey bee, and uo doubt but others havo como to the sauio conclusions. But after duo con sideration and.cxperiiuenu for the past threo years, I have become fully couviuced of their superiority over thu native bee. They seem to bo a very tough, hardy bee, w ill stand the cold or northern winters belter, collect honey much faster, work earlier in the morn ing uud later at night than our native kind. The queens aro more prolific, and will brood much faster than tho common species. They will collect honey from some species of flow ers which other bees pass by. Their pro boscis seems to bo a trillo longer, and being stronger aud more active, they will frequent ly teur tho anthers of flowers open to obtain the sweets, w hich tho common bee will nev ro'do, and, us has been frequently alleged, will collect honey from tho smaller species of red clover. Their size is governed by the size of tho cells where they aro reared. If comb of other UW make is Used, they will bo ubout tho same size as our common bets. But if they uro allowed to build their own brood comb, they will bo considerably larger. By careful management I find that they are much less liable to sting than tho old kind. Bee-keepers who uro not thoroughly acquainted with thu nature of bees would do well to use u fumigatiou pipe, which will render uuy swarm perfectly man ageablc iu less than teu seconds. They can even be shook out of tho hive, uud uot u beo w ill re sent it. They fcottn to differ very materially iu color, us well us in the shape of their body, from thu common kind. Their bodies scum to be somewhat longer, aud taper to uear a point. Thu workers uro all marked by a serious gold bands, encircling their bodies just under tho wings, Tho drone uro not so strongly marked. Tho w orkers resemble tho uommou yellow wasp quite us much as they do thu common kind of bees, Thu queens vary iu color some of them aro a dark brow n, others are quite light, approach-1 iug to uear a gold color; but the prognuy of a dark queen bear thu mark quite us pluiu us a light colored olio. In regard to their moral habits I cannot speak very favorably, unless it is for the robbery of our common stocks. In that ca pacity they will excel auything I have ever seen. Being very smart and uctivc, they will make their way into any common hive and got a loud of houey, and make their escape unharmed. They w ill have a full hive, whether it is a good honey season or not, sad I have frequently had them fill two hues by j. lacing out ou th top of the ollur. I would adviso all persons who engage iu their culture to muku tho cntraneo to tho hive containing tho native species very snia',1 to prevent being robbed by llieni. The en trance of the Italian swarms should also bo contracted, to prevent, their robbing neigh boring apiaries. The Italians are not so lia ble to rob their own species. Amateurs just commencing the culture of bees would bo greatly benefit led by purchasing some good treatise upon their nature and habits. K. P. KiDiu.ii, Practical Agriculturist, Burling ton, Yt.- (ottnfry 1intl"n:m. itet'cpiloii orJ'ii. Liikiiii nt (Some. Di qt otSK. 111., July 31. Major Genera! Logan arrived hero this morning, and was met at tho depot by a large concourse of citizens. Tho committee bade him welcoinu as an honored sou of llliuois, and admired of all loyal men. In n speech which he rtiado at Carbondulo yesterday. Gen. Logan said he had no dispo sition to discuss politics, for he was not, a politician, and thanked God for it. Ib only wanted to consider what was for thu good of the country. When war was over wo can ask who is thy villain. Now tho house is on fire, and we must put it out.- -Ho showed wiio began the War. That tho President was forced at every step to take tho measures he had, and jet bouej ciicd "unconstitutional." Wo fought the Mexicans, because th-y mtido wur on the government, and if that war was constitutional why was not this '. Ho ridiculed the seutimentaiism of thoso who objected to tho war because it was against our brethcrn. He was no apologist, for the President, but ho would stand by him in all his efforts to put down the rebel lion, eveu if ho sent elephants south to tram ple them down, All the exigencies of a war like tins could not bo enforced nnd provided for by tho Constitution. Tho President was empowered to raise armies, and that was sullicient. If this war is un constitutional, then Jell'. Davis must be right, lie defended and explained the Conscrip tion act, aud deuounccd tho New York rioters. If tho leaders were hung to the first trees there would have been no mob. Jic had "ecu men smile when wo were w hipped ami frown like angry clouds when wc were vie torious ; but he expected that they all would do themselves but justice not to die traitor on occount of the infamy they would bring on their families. We must be for our coin" try right or wrong. A man who is not for this government would hate heaven, if 1m lived in it, and showed how ridiculous wa.s tho "peace" cry, and said the only way to peace was to soundly thrash the rebels ..and they would como back as humble as need be; and this whipping they would get u sure as God was in heaven. He spoke of tho condition of the govern ment at the time of tho breaking out of tho rebellion. Its armies were nearly all shipped south. With this disadvantage, what tutc cess had not been achieved ? With regard to tho emancipation proclamation, ho said if the rebels wanted their niggers let them stop fighting. If the proclamation wa, wrong let them lay dowu their arms and appeal to the courts. If tho question wa. left to the women and children of Mis.sissip pi and Louisiana, they would say they wanted no moru negroes, for tho rebel uriny had demoralized thcin, and ours had mad'n them no better. The institution would ln worthless, whether they gained their iude pendeneo or not. Ho spoke three hours, completely carrying his audience with him, and many times) affecting them to tears by his manly and hearty defence of our bravo soldiers. At, the closn of the met tiug three rousing clu-ers were given for the Union and three for Lo gan, and a series or Union resolutions went passed. About threo thousand persons w ere, present. Ax Incident ok tup Nr.w Yokk Uiot. "Mother! they may kill tho bodv, but thev cannot touch, the soul !" was the lauguago used by poor Abraham Franklin, as lie w as borne from the presence of his mother by the barbarous mob on tho morning of tho 14th ult. This young man aged, 'twenty three, had been an invalid for about two vears, und was a confirmed consumptive. When the mob broke into tlie houu they found him in bod. They bore him into tho street, and there although ho had nm raised a finger against them, indeed was not ablo to do so, they beat him to death, hanged him to a lamp post, cut his pantaloons" off at tho knees, cut bits of flesh out of his legs, and afterwards set Uro to him ! All this-, win done beneath tho eyes of his widowed mother. Such an exhibition of bloodthirsti ness is without a parallel in tho historv of crimo. Patrick Butler and Georgo Glass, both Irishmen, the latter fifty-thico years of ago, havo been arrested for thu tuurdur of Mr. Frunklin. -Ainlo Afrifnn. PitoviuKNTiAi.. At the destruction of Cnllao, in 1747 no more than onu of tho inhabitants was saved, and he by a provi dence tho most extraordinary. This iuhu was on tho fort that overlooked tho harbor, going to strike the flag when he perceived tho sea retreat to a great distance, and then, swelling mountain high, it returned with great violence. The peoplo rail from their houses in terror uud confusiou ; ho heard a cry ittimnre rise from all parts of the city, nnd immediately all w as silent ; the sea had entirely overwhelmed it, aud buried it for ever iu its bosom ; but tho same wave that destroyed it, drove u little boat by the phn o where he stood, into which ho threw him self uud wus saved. l!ow To Ihv t?H tiir Cokw. W'bon (ho corn I, in guod condition tor Dating, tbo grains bein;; luliv grown, boll a quantity ol oars jui ouourIi tu cook lbo starch, aud lot lliciu cool a few houra. na, iben shell or out oil' tho grains an I sproad litem in lbo sou till dried. Tlio best way to dry lbo corn is lo uail a ieioe of clotb of very upon texiuro on it Iruiuo, wliicb if two fcot wide and five loot l uh'.iH buolacouvonicntsizotohauilla. if lbo, jruUra-i Ibiuly uiu Ibis clolb it will drr qnicslv, Kiihoul souring 1 1 should be covered wnhaouicoof moduli., notunrf to koen o8 lbo llios. Another parson cives tboloilooiug directions for dr)iiij swet ooru s soon as lbo ooru Is til for tbo table, husk and inroad lbo cars, in au opeu ovcu. or aouio quickly diyuij placo. hemho kerui-ls luoscu shell lbo corn, or shell soon as you can. ibeu sprua uia.u a clolb to dry iu tho sun, or ou vr lu waiai oven: stir otlcu tbat It may dry quic kly, and uot overbear It inoro roacmblos tbo und.icd by lu bclo wbole, is sweeter, and ic.aius more of lis natural flavor bv drying faster. Wholly dried, exisjse it to tbe wind bvturniuS it aWiy lvln uiall lu u 1.1s ; itsv ,u.i Wows on ail tlio unwboleaonio wbile obatl '' Auotber plau has boon highly recommended, au 1 a macbine uueuusl lo fa. ,1,,,.,, ,he upcrulin. is to bora uul tbo puh of the oob. ami iLuioiupleielv dry lb. .oru au lb. oob, ai.J ks. p it tboi, till i,lllu,'t lfox. Jami-sU. Clay, ..bo. .mo. month nK' Ki bis borne iu Kentucky ami ut u. tbe rA,utU , ! syuipatbiri-r with tbe rebelliuu. u m,w at I ells, ou tbe I aaadu side. wUte U , , llie la-l ta.eiut iicuu,.ii,u