The Atlantic Telegraph. eogagesd.aD.'. ihe Atlantic ■Tci-Braph appear unanimous in ihe opinioa fW ihe insulation of the cable has become in j ll red by being suspended upon some’project ing point of a s'eep bank, and thus gradually injured by i's own weight., The soundings taken a few hundred miles from the Irish roust show that a bank or steep range exists, the highest and lowest points rf which are eight miles apart.showing a difference in ele vation of 7.300 feel. But no one can form an idea of the nature of the ground in this intervening space of eight miles—whether the sides of the submarine mountain be bro ken by ravines or precipitous cliffs, or tvheher it he a gent le slope. This spot which is 300 miles from Vuleptia end of the cable, is sup : posed to be the ono where the insulation of the cable h is been injured. We copy the following extract from an of ficial siutement daied Valenlia, September 'l3, wherein this idea is set forth as being the prevalent one among the electricians ; "it ntusi always remain a matier of doubt, however, whether the falling offin the strain nit the speed of the cable was observable at all until the top of the bank had been reached, and had this been the case, it is quite pos sible that the cable may have remained sus pended upon.some projecting points on the sleep, and its insulation soon become grad ually injured by its own weight. This is of course but a probable conjecture, based upon the facta above stared. But at the same time it is'itnpossible to account in any other way for the cable having become damaged since its submersion.” The Crystal Palace Burnt. Nkw Yokk, Oct. s—The Crystal Palace was totally destroyed by fire this afternoon. Owing to the combustible nature of ihe con in'*, the fl unes spread rapidly, enveloping the enure building, and rendering all efforts to *»my their ’progress unsuccessful. The an ouhl hiir of the American Institute was in full blast, and the building was filled with v aluable articles, all of which were consumed. The conflagration was a magnificent sight, and was seen for many miles distant. The total loss is unknown—probably over half a million of dollars—but a small portion of which was insured. New York, Oct. s.—The fire atthe Crys tal Palace broke out in the lumber room, which was filled with empty boxes and a large <pian ity of old lumber. It is believed the tire was the work of an incendiarv. Attemtrij Suicide.— John McGinnis, a State Prison convict, attempted to commit suicide at Columbus a few days ago. He inflicted several deep gashes in the left side of his neck with a knife, and afterwards dashed his head against the wall in order 10 produce a concussion of the brain. He failed to kill himself, and an examination by medical men led to the discovery that one of the wounds opened an aperture lt> the cavity of the chest, through which it was probable the knife usod had accidentally slipped from the hand of McGinnis iuft> his chest, L)rs. Hamilton, Thompson, Patterson and bihers concluded to perform a surgical operation.— The Fad savs Chloroform was administered, a piece of the sixth rib, about three and a half inches in length, sawed out, a hand inserted, which diew from the cavity of the chest and near >h» hear), n dull, ugly looking knife, about three and a half or four inches in length.— There was no handle to it—only an iron shank, about one inch in length. The lung was considerable lacerated from the knife coining in contact with it. As to the'probability of the prisoner’s re. covery, physicians tell us that had the knife been left in the body, death would have been the inevitable result ere long, and even now that it had been removed, there is only a hope. Throughout the entire interview with the physicians, which lasted about three hours, the prisoner remeined quite calm.— The operation of Dr. Hamilton was quick l» and dexterously performed, and we trust that the result will be successful in saving ihe unfortunate man’s life. . Afraid of Him. — [l is well know that Bigler is afraid to meet Forney. Indeed nothing causes him to get weak in the knees quicker than to learn of his being at hand. Bigler was to speak in Clarion on Court week ; it was reported also, thal, Forney would answer him. When Bigler reached Brookvilte, en route for Clarion, he got out of the stage to speak to a few friends. — “Was he going to Clarion that night?” “Yes, going on." Did you hear that Forney is to be there?’’ “Forney?” almost shrie ked the ex-Governor, and his trepidation grew intense. “Forney, did you say ? Dri ver hand out my baggage, I will not goon to night.” He was hurried into a private room, his nerves were strengthened with a dose of eau de pie, and in a short lime, the tremors hud left his body and Ihe suppliant hinges of the knees grew gradually stronger next day, under cover of an. escort, he slipped into (own —bu’, poor fellow, the terrible fright of ihe previous day had almost un manned him and he made but a poor show before the few locofooos who had gathered to hear him —Clarion Banner. Qdeer Lawsuit. —At the iale session of (lie Montour county Court came up ihe Com. vs. Elizabeth lingerer and Christian lingerer. Indicted for obtaining goods under false pre tense. Verdict,‘"guilty” as to Christian On gerer and “not guilty" as to Elizabeth lin gerer. Christian lingerer was sentenced to pay a fine of SiB,oo, and to six months im prisonment in the County jail. The circum stances of thisjcase were as fallows: Defts. had carried on a lave correspondence between Christ Moyer, the prosecutor, and a young lady of Milton, the latter being unconscious of the whole affair. They adroitly managed, in the course of seven months, to fleece the confiding lover out of several hundred dol lars hy means of forged love letters, until Moyer at last got tired of this courting by proxy, and, smelling a rat, brought suit, which lerroinatejl as above. The wotnaa was cleared on the ground that she received her share in Union county, where action will be brought against her hereafter. —Danville Democrat. THE AGITATOR. iff- H. Cobb r ]jliolot*A Proprietor WELLSBOROUGH, FA. Thursday Morn Trig, Ocf. 14, 1858. * m * be addressed to the Editor to insure attention. We cannot publish anonymous communications. See New Advertisement.*. We are requested lo say that Mr. C, S. Haqer will not open his Singing School in this place until the 31 st in?t. j s Our airknowJcdgmenfsare due tor a basket of Zinc Pumpkin Sprect apples presented by E. T. Bentley, Esq., of Tioga. Mr. B. had some choice varieties of Fruit on exhibition at the Fair, lo our brief notice of ibe Fair last week, wc no ticed a Thresher & Cleaner as cxhib.ted and opera ted by Mr. B. Austin. The Machine belonged to Mr. D. P. Roberts of this borough. Mr. Roberts is agent for the sale oi Emery's Thresher & Cleaner. Mr. J. Olmstead is now traveling in this county as an agent for the sale of Hill's Spring Die Patent ScU-sclftng Mill Dogs. We have seen a Model of this Improvement, and should judge, from the sim plicity of construction and certainty of operation, that they must come info general use. Mr. O. in forms os that he is having some of these Mill-Dogs manufactured at (he Weilsboro and Tioga Foundries. Du. J. Macintosh, will recite his scrio-comico satirical poem on * Nopohon le Grand/at the Court House this evening. The Doctor possesses a gen crous fund of wit and has the reputation of making an evening’s entertainment *• fit for n king.” It will not be necessary to urge those who last night listened to his admirable lecture on Burns, and his Poetry, to attend 10-nighl. By all means go and hear him. The Harmoniums. —This Troupe paid our village a second visit during the Fair and gave three Con certs in the Court House to fine audiences. The Harmoniums bid fair to rank with the first Musi cians in the country. Prof. Fox, the leader of the Troupe, is a talented artist and is"possessed of a voice of great breadth and compass. The.* l Mock ing Bird,” as sung by Prof. Rogers, is one of the finest pieces we ever hoard. Prof. Rogers is a so prano of the first water, fairly exceeding in volume, compass and richness of lone any female voice with which we arc acquainted. Miss Louise has a well disciplined voice, is a fine alto and guitarist. The Troupe will travel in the South during the coming winter. Wc give them our best wishes for success. are enabled to give the following scanty re turns of Tuesday's struggle, touching a few of the candidates. Wc hoped to get the vote of Mr. Grow but have not been able to do so, Mr. Parkhorsl, who appears as Mr. Grow’s opponent, was put on the ticket without hjs knowledge and consent: MAJORITIES. Sheriff, Ongreiw. Sup. Judge, Power, Bailey, Grow, Read, Charleston, 15 222 173 Delmar, 155 210 191 Lawrence, town and Boro, 161 Wellsboro, - 40 72 65 Tioga, 175 Farmington, 53 Middlebury, 61 Covington, town and Boro, 20 Nelson, 15 Richmond and Mansfield, 63 Chatham, 95 Deerfield, 7 Rutland, 30 Morris, 29 Blosp, 38 1 Sullivan, 103 Knoxville, 27 The Result.—Although we have delayed the publication of our paper one day, we are unable lo give a very lull report of the result of Tuesday’s election. Enough is known, however, lo indicate the election of the entire Republican ticket by good majorities. Owing lo the desperate efforts made lo defeat a part of the county ticket, the majorities for it do not indicate the parly strength. The vole for Gnow will beat show the strength of the parly, and it must serve as an index to the sentiment of the Republican masses. But the strife on Sheriff has so completely occupied the public mind that we are unable lo estimate Mr. Gsow’s vote from the scanty returns received. His majority in Charleston, Del mar and Wellsboro is upward of 500. -This is 100 less than his majority in 1850. He will holdup still belter in the other districts. For Power, Wellsboro held up to the estimates of the canvassers made on Monday. Del mar gains 50 on the estimate. Charleston falls off 80 from the estimate given us on Monday; but there is ample cause for this falling off from Power, outside o Mr. Bailey's popularity. We now know pretty well that tongues and hearts do not ‘necessarily wag to. gethcr. We direct attention to the IGI majority for Mr. Power in his own township and to the 175 majority for that gentleman in Tioga. We consider it a very good endorsement of Simeon I. Power. His major ily in the county will be, from present appearances, about 800. Full particulars next week. 'The Reign of Filth. There was a Reign of Excess, a Reign of Cru elty and a Reign of Terror; the annals of those reigns occupy an important place in the world's his. lory. The Reign of Filth began in the'year 1855, under the auspices of the mia-callcd democratic parly, and would seem (o have reached the mcridi an of its dirtiness during the campaign just ended* When, in 1854, the repeal of the Missouri Com promise alienated the more intelligent masses of the Democratic party from that organization, wc prophesied that the future warfare of tbaLorganiza. lion would be characterized by such fraud, falsehood and unmitigated filth as should eclipse everything of the kind on record in the history of American politics. It is hardly necessary tossy that that pre diction has been fulfilled and even exceeded, up to the present time. What new inventions may be sought out in the coming time by (hat party, (he coming lime must reveal; it is beyond the utmost stretch of mortal forethought. No mind with de. cent proclivities can project itself far enough into the regions of Indecency and Mendacity to take an observation. When men adopt the rule—“ AU is fair in jwZi ricsf*—they lay off the dignity of manhood and put on the garb of the convict and must be dealt with as moral and social outlaws; for the supposi lion seemingly entertained by not a few, that a man may be a villain politically and honorable in the so cial and business relations of life, is absurd. Docs not the integrity of a Government depend upon the integrity of the rulers? and where the people rule, most not the inlegrilyof the government depend upon Uie integrity of the jpeepfe ? Can a people be came politically depraved and take nothing from their moral and social stature 7 We deny that such a thing is possible. Common sense rejects the pos. ■‘bilily of such concord between Christ and Belial. THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR. (ruth must become a l moia! | outcast ere he cancel the part of o political rascal. Shmv us a tneOHalion in politics and we will* show you a. roan who will not scruple to lie in every other relation of fife when it is for hisintercst to do so and he can do it solely,. .It is a mistake to suppose that the choos ing of rulers can be reduced to a contest into which a roan can go as an unmitigated liar and come out with even a breech-cloth of true respectability. It is about time that society set about protecting itself from the misrepresentation it suffersat the hands of soch members. No matter where the' ban tails—it roust strike them from its rolls, or itself become ut terly demoralized. The moral bone and sinew of the Democratic parly departed when that party went over, hook and line, bob sad sinker, to.the Slave Power. It lias made no effort since that day which has not reeked with 61th—such as to corrupt the atmosphere and breed moral pestilence. It.is to the avowed leaders of that parly, rather than to their dupes, that this contemptible warfare is to be charged. It has been said that the leaders of (hat party, from James Bu chanan up to the smallest trickster, would stoop to anything. To us their conduct presents itself in a somewhat different light. Wc very much fear that there is no pessibfc human action below the level which they inhabit; and that, therefore, the neces sity for in their case does not exist. However base means were resorted to by tha Mu. lallo Democracy in the campaign of IBSG, that cam paign furoUlied no parallels, in the matter of false, hood and detraction, to (he deeds of that party in the campaign just ended. Look at the studied at tempts Id drag Mr. Power down to the miry level where the fuglemen of James Buchanan grovel. Mr. Power was a common drunkard and otherwise a notoriously immoral man, as they boldly charged. To bolster up this charge what evidence did they bring forward ? Not a man of standing and re spectability could be brought to certify to anything upon which such a sweeping charge could be based. When a man becomes notoriously immoral it is not difficult to procure unimpeachable witnesses to sub stantiate the charge. No evidence of the moral de- Unquency of Mr. Power has been produced; and the public is left to infer that no such evidence existed, or exists. One of the individuals who has been secretly very industrious in the dirty work of de traction, assured us, early in the campaign,that Mr. Power was a man of respectability and a good citi zen ; and this man was a neighbor of Mr. Power— a neighbor in the geographical sense of the word, we wLh to be understood, but a backbiter in fact. Next, wc have the last kick of the fuglemen in their attempt to prove the letter from Rev. Win. Manning to Mr. Samuel Chapman, a forgery . The evidence brought forward to prove that M.r. Man ning did not write the letter, reminds us of the de fence of the Irishman charged with stealing an ax •’ The plaintiff produced three men who swore that they saw the accused lake the ax. Pal scouted the idea that he could be convicted on such evidence 5 11 Bejabers! yer honor,” said he, addressing the Court; “ an* it’s raesdf as kin fetch a hoonderd “ meji to swear that they didn't see me take it /” Now, every man who lent his name to the declara tion of unbelief in the genuineness of that letter, did so cither honestly or dishonestly. If honestly, then they intended to impute a lack of common sense and common veracity to Mr. Chapman; be cause some of them knew, and all might have known that Mr. Chapman claimed to hate received from Mr, Mannings the published letter. And wc do not know any disinterested person who supposes that any of the individuals pretending to doubt (he authenticity of that Idler, really had any doubls of llic kind. One certificate in Hie lot is signed by Aastln La. Ihrop, C. Osman and J. 11. Sallcrly. Mr. Osman lias since made a written retraction of all llie essen tial allegations in that certificate, declaring that he was misled. But the signers of that precious doc ument also certify that they are “ members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Lawrenccville.” Now, Mr. Austin Lathrop is not a member of the M. E. Church ol Lawrenccville, or anywhere else as actual members of that Church declare. It up pears that that individual was taken on probation, and that he has yet to come up to the requirements which entitle persons to membership in that relig ions body. Were we to hazard an opinion it would be that he has not materially increased hia chances for an earthly graduation from the ‘‘probationary" state, by his ofiiciousness in ibis matter. But we hope to lay bare some of the outrageous frauds perpetrated by certain soi-disant respectable men during the campaign just ended. It is our in* teniion to use just so much severity as may, in our judgment, seem necessary; and if private individu* als choose !p make public statements and thus ren der their acts public properly, of course they have nobody to blame but themselves. There is something fearful in the tidings of a great ship, freighted with the precious lives of six , hundred human beings, sailing out to sea and re- 1 turning no more to port. Eighteen years ago, the • steamship President sailed away from port and was heard ofno more. Later, the City of Glasgow sailed | away from Philadelphia for Europo and perished ( with passengors und crew. Later, the Pacific left, New York with four hundred souls on board, and is [ supposed to have perished among the icebergs off live Banks of Newfoundland. No survivor was ev-1 er picked up with tidings of these gallant ships I— j they perished, whether by fire or storm, no man j knowelh I Men say ol them that they sailed away i and came not back again; such is the written his-1 lory of those missing ships! I It is but a few days since our exchanges teemed j with the harrowing details ol* the burning ot the Austria in the tnid-Allanlic, attended with the sac. rificc of more than 500 precious lives. From the | lips of survivors we learn much to disgust the gen. crous soul with human nature in the hour of peril. | The cowardly conduct of the officers of that ill-fa. ted ship, the inhuman selfishness of the strong in trampling down and abandoning the weak—all this I disgusts the generous soul. True, men little know I what they will do in extreme peril. The love of life is a ruling passion ; men march up to the can non's mouth uu&hrinUingly, but not in calm, sober frame of mind. Id marked contrast with the craven conduct of lire officers of the Austria, stands the noble velf-sac rihee of Capt. Herndon, who went down with the ill-starred Central America. Of the many moral heroes who stood nobly by that ship until the last hope died out, he shines pre-eminent. His name' will be remembered when those of the world’s cel ebrated butchers shall he forgotten. Self urged no paramount claims upon him in that fearful hour. As culm and collected as if sailing over a summer sea, that gallant man stood upon the wheel-house of the doomed ship, giving his orders with a calmness and confidence which imparted strength and morel heroism to the men under his command; and la the last moment he remained’ oblivions to Self—remem bering in the last and most terrible moment the dear ones at home- All honor to the noble Herndon —the world is enriched in his death, since he be queathed to the living the grandest example of mor al heroism on the page ol to-day’s history. | A Bos Found with a Crazy Man.—Mr. J. S ua/from Gaines concerning u bdyi found in the woexis hr thrown, Lycoming county, in company with a crazy person, as follows: “While in Brown, Lycoming county, last Friday, [Mr. Walrous writes on the 5Ui- Ed.] I-received the following information which, 1 think should be made public r "Fora number of days' a (pan,-having with’ him ‘a little boy six or'seven years old, Gao been seen camping out in Ibe woods, with no visible means of suppmt except corn and apples, obtained clandestinely. From the cruelties lo which he sub jected the boy, the people supposed the man to be crazy. A number of the citizens proceeded to the camp and rescued the boy, who can be found at the house of L. Tomes, Esq,, at the mouth of Tomes’ Run, Brown township. The boy gives his name ae “Jackson” and thinks he is from Armenia, in Brad ford county, or Sullivan, Tioga county. When res cued he seemed nearly famished end was very glad to gel away. lie said (hey had been wandering about for a long lime. The man gave his name as 44 Joe Baxler.” Yours truly, Tub Elective Fkakcuisb.—l( is an un questionable fact, that qne-third of our legal voters care too litlle about their right of suf frage to exercise it. They stay at home on election day, and thus allow o'hers to rule (hem. Yet the same men would fight to the death in defence of what they thus neglect. It is estimated that the ac'.uaf number entitled to vote in this State at the present time exceeds 700,000. The total vole of Novem ber, 1857, was 410,206 —less by 264,098 than the whole number Who were they that staid away from the polls? Not thb dissipated, reckless, arid venal. Such were all on the spot —they always are. They all voted at least once. Rain or shine, they perform their dvty. Business never keeps them from election. Bad roods have no ter rors for them. They vote early and vole often, and would be ready every month, if their country should need their patriotic ser vices so frequently. On the other hand, the stay-at-home citizens are usually the very men who should always vote. They are the* sort of people who do not live by politics, and do not seek office. Let them not grumble when mailers go wrong. Rather let them blame their own neglect. There is every probabili y ihnt at least 200.000 voters will remain away from the ballot-box at the ap pioaching election,—JV, Y. Times How Bogus Coin is Made. —The mule mi from which Bogus Coin is manufactured, and which forms so perfect an imitation of the genuine ns to require a practical eye to detect the difference, is composed of fine tin and nickel—the latter ingredient' serving to harden and give the ringing sound. The moulds are shaped'dike bullet moulds, wiih two parts that open and shut together like sheets. At one extremity a mould is made, composed of plaster of Paris in a plastic stale, in a sufficient breadth to admit the insertion of several genuine coins, whicn are placed between the two sides and shut to gether. After the plaster of Paris has suf ficiently hardened, the mould is opened, leav. ing both sides of the coin distinctly impress ed on the two arms of the mould. The melted composition is then run through an orfice, and after cooling is taken out and galvanized. The cost of grain tin, one of the ingredients, is fifty cents per pound, making the cost of bogus coin about ftlteeu cents on the dollar. Sagacity of a Dog. —On Monday morn ing last Mr. John Snow, ihe stage driver between Monlgelier nnd Chelsea, left Chelsea (where he resides) fur Montpelier, to return to Washington to s’op for the night. A child of his being very sick when he left home, he requested his wife to attach a note to the collar of his dog, informing him of the child, and to dispatch the dog at 10 o'clock in the evening in search of his master. At about 11 o’clock, Mr. Snow heardMhe dog at the door of his room in Washington, and upon his collar was the note informing him that his child was much better. The dog had traveled about ten miles; and with remarka ble precision went directly to the room in whi< h his master slept, if “Tasso” isn’t a “carrier dove,” he is surely entitled to credit as a carrier dog—more expeditious than the Atlantic telegraph, without bvteries or wires. , — Montpelier, {Yt ) Journal. Singular Accident. —The Hartford Press, in describing a game of wicket, gives the P flowing remarkable incident: “Mr. Jabez Alvord had buckled a strap tightly around his right arm above the elbow, to prevent his arm from becoming lamed wherv throwing in the bull. Soon a large throw became necessary, but ns the effort wtfs made, a crack, short and distinct as that of a pistol, was heard across the playground, nnd (he young man's arm fell powerless at his side, the ball describing a short curve beyond. On an immediate examination of the arm by Doctors Phelps and Steele, who were upon the ground, it was found that the bone was broken short off, just above the point where the strap was placed. Rf-markable Accident. —Mrs. Marshall of Tulldhatches County; Miss,, a lady some what advanced in years and very corpulent (her usual weight'is 200 pounds,) went out in her carriage a few days since to call upon a friend, and on her return to her home was esugh' in a violent storm. A large tree was blown down and fell directly across her car riage, belween her and the driver, literally smashing the body of the caniage to atoms, and yet neither she nor the driver was in jured. The steps, which were of iron, and folded up inside.lhe carriage, protected her feet from being crushed beneaih the log. The fright threw Mrs. Marshall into a severe spell of sickness, and had a very singular effect of-lurning her head quite gray. Cool Rascalitv. —ln Cincinnati, a few days since, two sharpers accosted a counlry man, slopping at one of the hotels, and stal ing lhat they were dpleciives, declared that he was suspected of dealing in counterfeit money. The ruralist asserted his entire in nocence ; but they said that they would search him, and loqk him into a private room, where they found SIOB in good money. One went to consult a detector concerning the bank notes, and remained away so long that his companion also departed in search of the delayer. Of course neither returned, and the rural and unsophisticated fellow learned 100 late that he was victimized. socvt«»onocttc*, Iwcltcj - feona York. ■‘OiiISKANY FaIIS, Oneida Co., > n. y. Oct. sth iefss^JA Editor Agitator : A word ifrom Cen. trail New; York might call to mind in some ‘of your readers, iheir old homes ;j for J (race in your County, the plain marks of lineage from York Slate and “Yankee Land.” This is a pleasant village on the Chenango Canal —a beautiful and cultured valley spreads away southward, dotted with neat farmhouses. Green hills swell upon either side with good farms among^lhem—much region. “Manifest destiny” points to stock growing and dairying ns with you, although bop raising and tobacco occupy attention here. I was in Wellsboro last I came there, who I am, how I left, is strictly between you and me.' 1 belong tot the human race—that must satisfy the people. Suffice it to say that one day I took stage and.left, found myself in Corning, and soon whistling ajong the Conhocton IValley for Rochester—one of (he pleasantest railroad routes in our land, and soon afien was west ward bound “by rail,” as the English say. to Buffalo. This swift j ravel one a sort of “hurrygraph” of ifie country. Field and forest, mountain and yalmyi stately mansion and sweetly quiet rural tiome, seem to whirl by in a mad wild dance lo,the fierce music of theclangof car wheels and scream of locomotives. But you get there■ —that’s the main point. 1 'f 1 spent two hours in Buffalo on the wharves. I’m not a dealer in grain or but the stir of business the motiodof vessels, the vast machinery of commence, are at tractive and interesting, as peoplp of human skill, and energy, and foresight, i J. S. Watrous, * I have seen more stir and rusti, and busi ness men talked of dull limes ; yet the swarm of canal boats; the crowd of sloops, schoon ers, propellers, and steamers ; | showed .how the grain of West, the goods and merchan dise of the Hast are still moving to and fro, I went down the lake shore twenty miles by rail, with a landscape on one [side and a iroterscape on the other, to! Evans; and thence some ten miles in a good, honest, sure and-slow-going, wagon to Collins. Com mend me to the wagon if you;wftsh to see— ns for going its convenient enough to travel fast at limes but I’m not so tired of (his fair earth but that 1 like to see it as I journey. The road led through a rolling country where people are doing well and' dairying, but with a snil not equal to Tioga Cn.urity. Indeed your farmers have a region almost unequalled for that business. _ [ | The marks of Quaker influence are visi ble in Collins—thiift, kindliness, social en joyment, and intelligence. : f- ' On Sunday I was in a beautiful grove, where pome ISQO persons mei in a “Pro gressive Friends’’ meeting—simply I should say, a gathering where any one^ 1 could freely express his or her own views and convictions on questions of a moral or religious nature. It was a most orderly and respectable assem blage, and ihe speakers acted.h decorum and propneiy. Nobody beingjasked to ac* cepi what did not seem true lojihem, saved nil trouble or effort to reconcile, opinions, aoraeffmc?s quite unlike, from different speak* ers, but which, however varying, were heard with candid attention. ! | ' The next week I Jeft there and was in Rochester; leaving (here was in Utica. To start for a place is to be there you know—-if cars keep on track that is. • | I like Utica. It has an air of quiet, safe, substantial prosperity, and wealth. Little of the squalid filth and poverty/that so sadly contrasts with (he gorgeous show* of most cities. j j The private dwellings of its iVeakhier citi zens are spacious, quieily elegant, embow ered in trees and flowers. | 1 The “Uiica Convention,”] of which so much has been said, was in 1 session. I at tended most of the time. In fact, to be frank, 1 went (here partly for that ptirpose, partly for business. I I should be free from accepting all said there as true, but much was Inie and excel lent, the audieqees were large;ahd‘ intelligent, embracing many of the people of the city, of well-established repute, addf many from far away. J The newspapers kept as far from thu truth as language would allow in; most of (heir reports and the press abroad cn-ugbl up their statements, so that sentiments iwere so per verted that a person reading a report of what he said would “scarce know his own child,” nothing is gained by this/ Let us have fair reports of all conventions and jbe error wilt die out of itself, the truth live. \ “Free Jove,” which was reported as the chief lopic commended, was hoi approved by a single person who spoke, but repudiated by several. As for the usefulness of such conventions each must judged ljul if any no tice is given them let us have ! lHe fair truth. After leaving Utica, I heard Gerritt Smith give a political address to hisHownsmen in Peterboro. } t You know he is slumping,lh|e Slate as in dependent candidate lor Governor, allows and invites questions from all present, and is op posed to the caucus system. • 1 He is a commanding and niost agreeable speaker. On this occasion the questions were clear, searching and wijll put, the re plies ready, frank and able. {Some of his views I liked much, others I could not accept, but he is a noble man. I was much inter ested ana liked the plan. Bui just think of it .' what a predicament would some politi cians we know of be in to allow questions ? They would actually be driven toward honesty— most sore compulsion ! In closing let me call ailenljon to the (act that l am quite like the Editor of that pow erful journal in England which stands at the head of all journals in the Old World—the London Times. He is incogtiito — unknown save to the select few—so an* I, with which self-ennobling statement I sign l myself. Two cenuirea ago not one in one hundred wore stockings. Fifty years! ago not one boy in a thousand was allowed/lo run at Jar<re at night. Fifty years ago hot-one girl in a thousand made a waiting-maid of, her mom d'-rfi I W ° j rrul | im f’ rovemcn f in tl'L won- ©ommumcattons. For ttra AriujT- Common Schools, Eigminatiobs Will take place as follows- Lawrenceville, jg ’ Tioga, •< lg ' Mansfield, ■ » 20 Coyingion, ■■ oj' Charleston, Darlt Settlement, « 22' Beechers island, “ 25' Jackson, Miller Town, “ 25, Roseville, •• 27. Gray’s Valley, “ 29 Union, Spencer School House, “ 29] Blockhouse, - Bloss, Delmar, at |Wellsboro, House School House, . Osceola, ■ Union Academy, “5&8. Brookfield, Pjank School House, “ g ' Westfield, Clymer, Sabinsville, Furmantown Schopl House “ 11 Middlebury, Poller School House" 12, Chatham, Treat School House, “ 13. Examinations commence at 9 o'clock. None admitted after 10 o’clock. There will be no private examinations. Teachers who refuse to come forward at the advertised .limes must forego the pleasure of teaching (he coming winter. There are some who, conscious of their incompetency, willful); stay away from examination, but still matt applications for a school but I am happy It say that the number of Directors foolisg enough to hire them is small. There are two examination days at Union Academy, the first is for those who have not beettei. amined by me, the other for those who have. Teachers will please provide themselves with pen. ink, and paper as usual. All persons interested in schools are invited to attend those examinations. N. L. Reynolds, Co. Supt, Tlic Kansas Gold Mines. From the St. Louis Republican, Oct. 5. Our reference a few days since lo the gold diggings reported to exist in the region of Pike’s Peak was in full view of the several accounts that have reached us through a va riety of channels. The general, tenor of us that there was good reason for believing these mines lo be highly productive. Ther certainly indicate that such is tha belief of almost all the residents on our frontier and the territories west of us ; and, with the op portunities these have of judging as to the credibility of the reports from ihe mining region, it is hardly to be supposed that they have been deceived. It may fairly be argued that the excitement now pervading the people on our Western borders can be distinguished from those groundless excitements which have in two or three noted insttfhees led off the miners in California on a }‘wild-goosa chase.” In the instances referred lo the rush was immediate upon a few vague stories, (hs authors of which could scarcely be traced. But the existence of the diggings in the Pike's Peak country is vouched for by great num bers of persons*jvho profess to speak from personal knowledge, and who are themselves vouched for as truthful men by those who ought lo know them best. Different'parties have come in from lime lo time, all bringing the same favorable reports. Some of those who have come fn iniendfo return immedi ately after refitting. ~ We allude again to this subject, because/ among the latest accounts from the mines some of the reports are unfavorable. Ons statement, alteady published by us Lexington paper, denounces the stories of these diggings as sheer humbug, and another paper in that neighborhood promises to pub lish a particular statement from a party of explorers who went out from Ray County last Spring and have just returned, thot oughly satisfied, it is said, that the mines will not pay. It is certain, we believe, that,w Tar, the amount of gold' dust brought front these diggins is inconsiderable. It is, ho»' ever, but fair.to add that, together with these adverse rumors, we have accounts quite at encouraging as any that have preceded then). Upon the whole, we as yet see no reasoa to change the opinion we have already pressed in regard to the prospects held out by these alleged discoveries. There is nothin} to deter young and robust men from a Win ter's slay even nowin the Pike’s Peak re gion. In the valley of that region the d* mate is not so inclement, nor means of shelter so wanting, as to occasion anv fear that parlies of robust young men wintering there would be exposed to ex'raordinary hardship* There would be more concern for the an'm*' l belonging to these parlies than for thettwi ’hough in the -smaller and more sheHered valleys, mules and horses may be wintered through without much, if any, loss. But, as already advised by us, thoss wftf are inclined' to seek fortune in these miHESi would do well to postpone their visit till oetf year. Prudence, in view of the hazards oi a journey across the plains at this advanced season, suggests that, with the increased means of information which will be furnished them, parlies can judge much better how far the prospects warrant their going l * all. Mormon Women Leaving lhntt.-~A young man named Herben Brandon, recent* ly from Utah, informs._the Jefferson City (Missouri) Examiner, that several Mornw ll trains had lefi Fori Scott on their way to Ib 3 Slates, Two of the trains, numbering 1b 163 hundred, were chiefly women, English aoo Scotch, and the principal topic of their con* versalion throughout, was the absurdity 01 Mormanism and its principles. They "' elB ail unanimous in theft denunciation of C rI o‘ Aam Young and his apostles, and talked c his assassination by the Mormans as a surs event.- They have -alf(without excepiw become disgusted with Mormanism atw rB - it, and expressed their determina tion from henceforth to. use all their efiort* for the to'al annihilation of Mormonis®-'" They express their desire to return wt"® native countries, and would, if they b a “' means to do so, in order that they m'S® instrumental in saving others from l ' ie , llll jj s l ful influences of Mormonism, A speeay solution of (his corrupt community t» P dieted. Nov. i, “ a, “ 10.
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