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WEDNESDAY, JULY IG, 1856
11A14ZE9, EDITOR
"Daily Pennsylvanian."
Tho Philadelphia Pennsylvanian can ho had
daily after the arrival of the noon train of cars,
at Reimer's Barber Shop.
The Crisis.
We have received the first number of a very
neatly printed and ably conducted Democratic
campaign paper, bearing the above tide, by
Messrs. llorKiss & BilowN,. of thipllarrisburg
Patriot 4- Union. The terms are 50 cents a
copy for the campaign. A reduction will be
made to, clubs.
Sunday School Celebration.
On Saturday next the scholars and teachers
of tho German Reformed Sunday School intend
celebrating the day in pic Me style, in Eber
bard's woods, on the banks of Trout creek. A
large attenda - nce and a still larger amount of
pleasure is anticipated. The school is attended
by about 270 scholars.
Plc Nlc.
The season for picnics and social gatherings
is now at hand. On Tuesday of last week a party
of young folks had intended to spend the day
on Gangwere's Island, but owing to the rainy
state of the weather, the idea of going there had
to be abandoned. However, as all the ladies
were well provided with " creature comforts"
for themselves and their next best friends, it
could not well be postponed, and they there•
upon repaired to Centre hall, on the Fair
Grounds, and there enjoyed themselves to their
hearts' content during the day, in all the
various ways appertaining to pic•uics, which
Major Elbow says, includejtimping ! dancing,
courting, kissing, hugging, eating, drinking,
swinging, cooking, mud dabbling and sun•
dry other things too numerous to mention end
ing in " ing." The party returned to town
in the evening well pleased with the pleasures
of the day.
A111103111,T
During the late.dry spell some of the farmers
along the route of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
sustained pretty serieusdaninges in consequence
of the sparks from the Locomotives setting lire
to the crops Alongside the track. Wo learn
that the other day the uncut wheat in a four
acre field between Bethlehem and ]'reemans
burg was set on fire in this way and entirely
destroyed. Between this place and Mauch
Chunk the sparks also set fire to several hay
fields, and in each case the entire crop was
consumed.
Accommodation Train.
The Raifroad company runs an accommoda
tion train as far as this place, during the sum
mer arrangement, every Saturday evening,
leaving Easton upon the arrival of the trains
from the cities.
The regular summer nrrangemenis, however,
aro not very satisfactory, because there is no
train to connect with the afternoon &Ails from
the cities, and consequently passengers living
beyond Easton arc compelled to stop over night
at that place. This can be avoided by leaving
the cities in the morning trains.
Good Will Elie Cu.
A stated meeting of Good Will Fire Co., No.
3, was held at their house, corner of Eighth and
Maple streets, on Friday evening last. An
election for officers for the ensuing
.pear was
held and resulted as follows :
President.—George Fry.
Vice President.—William Clem:11
Treasurer.—Charles 11. Ruhe.
Secretary. 7 -G. Tilginnan Gross.
Directors.—Valentino Neligh, E. Roth, Wm.
Clemll, Simon P. Snyder, T. H. 'Good, George
Reiter.
Satl Accident.
Mr. PETER WEAN' RR, a son or Tobias Weaver,
residing near the Saucon Chnrch, in Lower San
con township, met with a fatal accident on
Tuesday of last week. Ile was at work in a
harve.4t-fleld with a Reaping Machine', and one
of the horses becoming..unmanageable, he. en•
deavored to quiet him by patting him on the
side, when he unexpectedly gave him a kick on
one of his legs and broke it ; which caused him
to fall forward, when the horse gave him ano
ther kick. on the breast, which injured him so
severely that he died shortly thereafter. Mr.
W. was about 37 years of age, much respected
by his neighbors, and leaves a family.
Struck by Lightning.
• During the thunder storm on the night of the
3d inst., the barn of Mr. Fittnuant Ft.onEs, in
Upper Milford township, was struck by light
ning and entirely destroyed by fire, together
with his entire hay crop of the present season,
farming implements, &c. The building was
insured.
Explosion of a Fluid. Lanip.
It is surprising that we still have people
among us, who, after the repeated newspaper.
warnings, recklessly persist is following the
dangerous practice of filling up fluid or cam
tiheno
lamps while they are lighted. An acci
dent of this kind occurred in North Eighth
street on Thursday evening last. The wife of
Mr. 11. Smith, although heedlessly remonstrated
with by her husband, attempted to fill a lamp
while burning, when, as might naturally be ex-
pected, the fluid ignited and exploded, scatter
ing the blazing contents all over the room, and
burning Mrs. S. slightly. With the aid of !
some of the neighbors the• fire was soon
smothered. Such culpable practices frequently
bring about fatal results, and we trust that 1
this accident may prove a warning.to all who]
follow them.
10 - The Presidential election this veer will
take.place on Tuesday, the dth day of Novem
ber.
Grasshoppers.—A. Remarkable Phenomenon.
CATASAUQIIA, duly oth, 1850,
These insects made their appearance in this
neighborhood about a week ago and have fear
fully multiplied themselves since. They are
confined in their ravages to a certain district.
They begin to be discovered on the cast side of
Catasauqua and extend in a north-eastern di•
rection over a district about three miles in
length and about lmelf a Mile wide. The space
over which they are thus spread, is not only a
singular curiosity to behold, but` is a serious
loss to the owners of the crops. A person can
scarcely imagine what actual depredations they
work unless really seeing it. , I was out last
night to behold their labors. Almost every
thing that I beheld in the nature of grain and
herbage was completely destroyed, excepting
wheat, which they have so far not very serious
ly damaged. The rye that Ifhave seen, yet
standing, is sacked of three•fourths of its actu
al yield, and a field of cats that I beheld is
completely destroyed, at least so much that the
owner has turned it into pasture. Fields of
corn are desolated by them.. The potato patch
es that they attacked ale stripped of all exter
nal verdure saving a portion of the vines. Put
the most complete scene of desolation that I be
held was the garden of Mr. Henry Kurtz.
This I cannot describe unless telling you that
a similar view will be presented by imagining
that brumal rigor just to have Ida the same
spot in April or thereabouts, only aggravated by
the fact that, the currant bushes are not only
deprived of every leaf and all fruit, but the
bushes themsleves are about half stripped of
their cortical integument. Whether their rav
ages are equally complete over the whole dis
(del over evhich they arc spread, I have not
myself observed, but, according to what others
hare reported, it must probably be about
the snare. I have however observed that
they are about dying away ; yet there is a
sufficient quantity left amply to repay the la
bor of going and seeing. them. A. S.
fll7lbese are days characterized by a gen
eral " bobin' around." Men gather up their
small Recounts and go " "'Ain' around" after
their debtors, who adroitly go " bobin' around''
the corners ; pretty girls sick of waiting " a few
days" for a husband, now go " bobin' around"
for a beau :--everybody whistles--" bobin'
around ;" brass bands blow out--" bobin'
around ;" high fellows sing " bobin' around :"
while we go " bobin' around" for items. All
arc " bobin' around."
t4ebas!opol wurmed."
Some time since a house of bad repute was
opened in Pine Alley, by several Easton
hags," which since has somewhat appropri
ately received the name of" Sebastopol." The
other night a party of dissatisfied out-ciders
made an atsault on the " Port," and the way
they stnasl ed in windows and showered britd:a
against the doors wasn't —a sin. The place
and neighborhood is nightly mode the resort of
a pack of half-grown loafers and grey-headed
old sinners. The quarrels, fights, yells and
clamors of tho-foriner are a source of great an
noyance to the orderly citizens who reside in
die neigborbood.
'➢'he Ilan est
• Nearly all the grain has been cut in this sec
tion, and farmers arc busily engaged in ionising
one of the most bountiful crops with which our
county has ever been blessed.' While such a
munificent yield aft' rd:: them I:l4;asure, it is no
less. gratif,) Mg to us to know that the time of
exorbitant prices for provisions is at an end,
and •that we will have enough to eat and some
to spare.
The face of nature never appeared more beau
tiful and cheering . than at the present time :
and no person can walk abroad upon the teem
ing earth without being impressed with senti
ments of gratitude to the great Benefactoi for
the ample provision made for His creatures.
ncep no Impurities on Your Prernis;.s.
Our citizens at the present time - should en
deavor to keep their premises free from all
impurities, as the heat is intense, and the
earth dry ; and if the Atmosphere becomes vi
tiated health is easily affected. Therefore be
careful to keep on your premises nothing that
will taint the atmosphere, or cause annoyance
to your neighbors. No decaying animal or
vegetable matter should be permitted to remain
an instant in any building or yard. Keep your
premises clean and well purified, and you keep
infectious disease at a distance. We allude to
this matter, as we have heard complaints made
of filthy premises, during the present wick.
Neu• Counterfeits.
The following is a list of the latest new coun-
terfeitg
Burlington Bank, Burlington, N. J.-10's,
spuriouS.—Vignette, eagle'on a shell. Altered
front genuine l's, and steamboat John Stevens
extracted from the vignette.
Bank of New Jersey, New.Brunswick-10's,
altered from l's. Vi:mette, head of Columbus.
On right cnd. a bridge, sloop, and on left
end, Arica of New Jersey,
Tradesmen's
_Bank, New Haven, Ct.-s's,
spurious. Vignette, a female holding an urn.
Citizens' Bank, Waterbury, Ct.-3's, spuri
ous. Vignette, a mechanic seated on a boiler.
Dairymen's Bank, Newport, N. Y.-s's and
10rs, altered from 2's. Vignette, loading hay.
Marine Bank,flidq, N. Y.--20's altered
from 2's.—Vignette, steanlboat and sailing ves
sel:
Bank of Danville, Danville, Pa. 10's, slung.
ous. Vignette, man and cattle. On right end
a female, and on the left, Indian woman,
117 - 1102.1. KENNETH RAYNOR,.-A long letter
from this gentleman appears in the Raleigh
Register, declining the nomination for the Vice
Presidency, tendered him by the split Conven
tion which put Corn. SroctvoN in nomination
for the Presidency. He declares that he will
support Mr. Ft 1.1.31011117.
THE LEHIGH - -R-EGIS - TER,, JULY 16, 1856.
JURY "LIW yOR AUGUSTTERM.
GRAND JURORS.—Daniel Miller, Lower
Macungy; Owen Schneider, Heidelberg; Joshua
Seiberling. Wcisenburg; Gideon Berner, Wei
senhurg; John Appel; Allentown; Henry Rein
hard, Lower Macungy; Elias Riedy, Heidelberg;
Henry Koons, Washington; Aaron It. holler,
Upper Saucon: Jacob Cooper, Upper Saucon;
Samuel Butz, South Whitehall; Ephraim Wen
ner, South Whitehall; Reuben Saeger, North
Whitehall; Samuel J. Kistler, Heidelber..; John
Ketntherer, Allentown; Peter Lentz.ilwitill;
Joel Gross, North thitehall: J amesKleckner.
Allentown: Peter th, South Whitehall; Israel
Tresler, Hanover; aniel Fry, Hanover: Peter
Romig, Lower Macungy; Jacob Wenner. Lower
Macungy; Charles Burkhalter. Upper Milford.
PETIT JURORS—Fmsr WU:K.—William
Sigfried, Salisburg; George Wetherhold, Allen
town: Reuben Danner, Lower Macnngy: John
Schaffcr, Lower Macungv: George Blank. jr.,
Upper Salmon; Charles Weirbach, Upper Stn
con; Joseph Moyer, Hanover; Abraham Neff.
North Whitehall: Gideon S,:elder, Lynn; Sam
uel Engelman, Allentown; Jonathan Smith.
Lower Macungy; Peter Reichard, Salisburg;
John Yundt, Upper Saucon; John R. Kuelmer,
North Whitehall: David Schitz, Lynn: L. Camp.
Lynn; William J. Keck, North Whitehall; Ja
cob Jacoby, Upper Saucon; Daniel Ilenninger,
South Whitehall: Stephen Kern, Washington;
Jacob 'Herter, Heidelberg; Samitel Kemmerer,
Upper Milford; Henry Ortt, Lower Milford; Ja
cob Schantz, Lower Milford; Daniel App, `oath
Whitehall: Jonas Neff, Lynn; Thrums Delbert,
Upper MaCtmgy; Jacob Remely, Washington:
Jacob:B. Hillegae, Lower Milford: Christian L.
Enouse, North Whitehall; Daniel Brobst, Lynn;
Herman Rupp. Upper Macungv: Peter Slip.
Weisenburg: Frank Schwartz. Upper Milford;
Henry Stein, Upper Macungy; Peter Newhard,
Allentown.
SErliNn —John Liehtenwalner. Upper
Maeungy: Jonas German:Heidelberg: Jona , : S.
firobist a Lynn: I lermnn S. Fetter, Hanover: Da
vid Toinbler, Catasnwm: Samuel KuiWei., Han
over: George Meitzler, I la tower: James Jacoby,
entasauqua: John liar, Ulmer Macuney: Josiah
Scherer, South Whitehall: Nathan Metzger, Al
lentown: Daniel Crdtz, Lynn: Jtettlien ‘Penner,
South Whitehall; John ClrifLth, Weiscnburg:
Ephraim Allentown: Joseph Wittman,
Upper Simeon: jaeob Moser. jr., Lynn: Charles
li. Weaver, t - r per Sauilon: Peter Michael. Low
er Maetingy: Joseph Miller, Upper Macting,y:
Isaac Hartman, Upper Sancon: Gideon Maths,
South Whitehall: bavid Schall, Upper Maeungy:
George Brong, South Whitehall; Daniel Ger
man; Heidelberg. Jonathan Rumfeld, Upper
San eon: John L. Hainan. Allentown: Abraham
Blank. Upper Saneon: Charles Brauss, Allen
town: Ephraim Guth, South Whitehall: Charles
Foster, Upper Milford: James Troxel, South
Whitthall: George Friedrich, Catasatiqua: John
Voglit, Upper Milford: Robert Überly, llano
ver; Reuben Reinhard, Salishurg.
lthuntn, M . a Crazy Woman.
As a freight (lain passed through the Lehigh
Gap Ott Saturday afternoon last, the Engineer
discovered a woman coming from amongst the
brush wood along the road end before the train
could be stopped she threw herself lengthways
between the tracks, and the entire train passed
over her without doing her any harm—a piece
of wood attached to one of the cars only touch
ed her slightly. The Engineer was almost par.
alysed, and felt certain that the woman was
killed. The train however was stopped, and
the woman unit jured. She was well all over
and upon approael::..,; tier slit. commenced run
ning, an . 1 sAcceedra iu making her escaped
It so happened that the locomotive uied had uo
Cow Catcher—being the only one without it on
the road, and this saved the woman's life.—
i' all, y Ines.
Sumner At•sault.
The ease of Preston S. Brooks for the assault I
upon Senator i*lnnier, was called up on Tues
day, morning; bef ,re the Jtidge of the Criminal
Court at Washington. A large number of
spectators were present, including Senator
Boller and other members of Congress.
The District Attorney read a correspondence
between himself and Mr. Sumner to show that
he had used doe diligence, though unsuccess
fully, to obtain the presence of Mr. Sumner,
who' had expressed himself to have no desire to
take part in the proceedings and left the city.
The testimony of WM. L. Leader, who caused
the arrest of Mr. Brooks after the assault ; J.
W. Simonton, Mr. Keitt, Senators Foster,
Pearce and Toombs, were all submitted.
At the instance of Mr. Linton, counsel for
the accused, extracts were read front "Mr. Sum
ner's speech, reflecting upon South' Carolina
and Mr. Butler, in mitigation of the ollfmcc.
Doctors Boyle,. and Lindsley, and Senator
Benjamin were examined, the last expressing
his opinion, front what Ito saw of Mr. Sumner's
notes, that the speech had been printed before
delivery
Mr. Brooks made a short speech, regretting
Mr. Stnner's absence. Ile had hoped to have
the benefit of interrogating him concerning his
testimony before the House Conmdtt'ee. He
took the ground that there are some offmces
for which the law affords no adequate remedy',
and said that while he had a heart to feel and
a hand to strike, lie would redress the wrongs
of his political mother from the effort to cover•
her with obloquy and dishonor. Ilis property
might be squandered, his life endangered, but
ho would be true to her who bore him. Ile
bowed to the majesty of the law, and would so
receive his sentence.
Judge Crawford said that, as the matter
might perhaps at that moment be the subject
of investigation at another place, (meaning the
llohse of Representatives,) he would forbear
comment on the testimony, and pronounce the
judgment of the Court—which was that Mr.
Brooks pay a tine of f;;;390. The fine being
paid, Mr. Brooks retired with his friends.
•11 - ) -- A Novsr. CIIALLENGII.—CoIoneI
the owner of the great Australian bear now on
exhibition at Chicago, formerly travelling with.
Dan Rice's Circus, offers a very novel challenge
to all gentlemen of the turf. It is no less
than to run his bear against any horse that can
be produced, and for any amount that may be
agreed upon.
(r - A bear belonging to the Circus Company
of Rivers & Derious escaped from his cage at.
Saratoga, and showed fight, when the keeper
thrust an iron bar down his throat—ending the
contest, Wnd it is thought the life of the bear
also. •
KANSAS
The bill forthe admission of Kansas to the
Union passed the Senate on Wedn 4 esday by a
vote of thirty-three to twelve. This measure
provides for the appointment of five commis
sioners to ascertain who are the true legal vo
ters of the territory, and to make a regiStry of
them. Every resident in Kansas on July 4th,
is to be a voter, and all ;who absented them
selves front it in consequence of disturbances
which have occurred there, are also to be regis
tered as voters, provided they return before
October. No persons except those who arc
thus registered are to be allowed to vote in the
territory, and all frauds or interference with the
rights of voters are to be punished severely.
All the test acts of Kansas are nullified, and
freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and
the right to bear arms guaranteed. Still fur
ther; if possible, to paid against all frauds,
the day of the election in Kansas is the same
day as that fixed for the Presidential election
throughout the Union, and if necessary the U.
S. Army is to be called out to enforce order and
justice at the polls. At the election to be thus
held, delegates are chosen to form a State Con
stitution, preparatory to the admission of Kan
sas into the Union.
Subsequently, the House reconsidered and
paSsed what is called the Topeka bill, by two
or three majority, and sent it to the Senate.
The Senate thereupon considered the House bill,
amended it by substituting Mr. Douglas' bill fir
the Topeka bill to the House again, as an
amendment. - What the House will now do is
uncertain. Some think neither of these bills
are likely to become a law,—that that of the
House will not be acceptable to the House,
while that of the House will not be aoceptable
to the Senate.
Harvest Prespccts In Europe.
It appears now to be very generally conceded
that the supply of breadstuffl; in Europe will
again exhibit a marked deficiency. Tu the
principal grain growing departments of Prance.
the promise of an abundant harvest has been
frustrated by the fearful inundations, which
have not only destroyed the growing crops. but
reduced to the extreme of poverty vast numbers
of people. From the ports on the Baltic and
the Black sea, owing principally to the drain
of the war upon the farming stock and vehicles
used for carrying produce to market, it is anti
cipated that the surplus of grain for export will
be light.
In Germany and Sweden, a long continued
drought has prevailed almost without cessation
since early spring. In Scotland, in the north
ern Islands, and all along the coast of Norway,
similar causes have led to the conclusion, that
a general ditninutibn of supplies prevails, even
in those portions of Europe which arc usually
regarded as the granaries of England and the
Continent.
r7Reaping and Mowing Machines are at
tracting much attention just now, in the Agri
cultural districts of the Northern States, as the
harvests are getting ready for them. In New
Jersey, the farmers arc now gathering in their
rye crops, which are generally good, so far as
we have seen. There"nppears to he a serious dif
fercnce of opinion respecting the merits of tl:e
various mechanical contrivancts fur reaping
and mowing, and the result is frequent trials in
the field, in the season when the crops are ripe.
The most important of these we have noticed,
occurred on the f.l6th of June, at Richmond,
Indiana, under the direction of the Indiana
State, Agricultural Society, and continued for
three days. A large gathering of farmers from
almost every portion of the State witnessed the
trial, in which about twenty five single and
combined machines entered for competition, in
eluding several new ones. One day was devn
' ted to the trial of reapers, and another to the
mowers. Manny's combined machine received
the first premium of fifty dollars. Mann &
Sons' machine took the first premium of fifty
dollars as a reaper. Atkins' self-raker also
took a second premium as a reaper. Ball's
Ohio mower, took the second premium of thir
ty dollars as a mower. These trials are useful.
not merely in enabling the farmers to discrimi
nate as to the value of the machines, but •also
to enable the inventors to perceive their defects
as compared with others, and to study out re
medial devices.—Ex.
Pennsylvania Presidential Votes.
We publish below the official returns of the
votes for the candidates fur the Presidency in
this Stale, commencing with the election of Gem
JACKSON in 1823.
1828. JACKSON, 101,652. ADAMS, 50,845.
JACIT.SON'S majority, 50.804.
1832. JACKSON, 90;475. Wm; 66,716
,JACKSON'* majority, 24,267.
1836. VAN BUItEN, 91,475. HAnmsoN, 57,-
111. VAN I.3raux's majority, 4,364.
. 1840. V.tx 143,675. HARRIsox,
144,018. Ilimuiso;es majority, 348.
1841. POLK, 167,53(3. CLAY . , 161,204. Bia•
NEI' 3,123. POLK'S majority over CLAY 6,332
—over both CLAY and BIItNEY 3.200.
1818. CASs, 172,748. TArLon, 186,188.
VAx Ilurtm:, 11,207. T.trunt'4 mejority over
CAss, 13,440. TAYLOR'S mnjority over both
Cass and VAN-BUREN, 2,233.
1851 Ptaitcg; 198,583. ScOry, 170,153
HALE, 8,580. Meow!, 1,670. Plancn's ma
jority over SCOTT, 10,100 7 —aver all, 9,150.
rrjr- The Public Ledger publishes the follow
ing surmise as to the action of opposition to
Buchanan in this State:—" It is said to he the
intention of the friends of Mr. Fillmore in Penn
sylvania, and the friends of Mr. Fremont, each
to have an electoral ticket, but that the same
names will be upon both tickets, and will be so
arranged by transposition, that the tickets cast
by the respective friends of the two candidates
will be known ono from the other. Then
whichever ticket has the most votes the candi
date for whom it is cast will receive the electo
ral vote of the whole. This is expected, will
unite the Whole opposition .to Mr. Buchanan,
without dividing the vote."
RAIISAB
The St. Louis Democrat of Thursday furnish
es the following particulars of the murder of!
Mr. Gray, ,the United States Indian Agent :
On the 21st inst., Mr. Wm. Gray, an Indian
Agent, was' attacked about two miles from
- Westport, by parties unknown, and murdered.
He was accompanied by his son. As they pass-
ed along the road they were overtaken by ;
three men on horseback who spoke to them and I
passed on. In a short time these men returned,
and commenced a conversation with them, ask
ing them to drink. The young man declined
saying that he never drank anything, but the!
Gather tonic a glass with them. Ono of the I
party asked Gray what part of the country he I
was from, and on being told from Michigan,'
observed. I believe you are a d—d freesoiler,'
and immediately blazed away at him. The!
.old man was unarmed, but clenched his assail-
ant and got away his bowie knife from him. I
Upon this the other two fired upon him and his!
son. Gray received five shotlwounds, the last
shot lodging in his right eye. The son was also
severely wounded in the thigh. The elder Gray
soon expired, and an inquest was held on his
body, which was carried into Westport( We
have this narrative on the authority.of a gentle
man
who helped to convey the corpse into
Westport.
7'Tun PohyricAT. PAnsoN Rimunno.—The
following Resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed at a special meeting of the Vestry of the
Epiphany, Philadelphia, held on Monday even
ing:
/?esolred. That the members of the Vestry
have learned with deep and sincere regret that
the Recto• of this Church has deemed it his du •
ty to select the Lord's day, and the pulpit of
this Church as the time and place for the dis
emission of sectional politics, end while desiring
to entertain and express nothing inconsistent
with the highest respect fn• a gentlman hold
ing, so sacred and important an all;e, they feel
it a solemn obligation to declare their disappro
bation of the substitution of such themes for
the simple preaching of Jesus Christ and Ilium
crucified as the hope ofa ruined world.
/?esoirc,/, That we most respectfully but
firmly protest against any repetition of such
like sermons as that preached on, the evening
of Sunday, the 10th instant.
flThe report of the Kansas committee is
said to occupy over 3000 pieces of fouls-cap pa
per. Most of the evidence was taken in pub
lic, but some of the witnesses were heard in
secret. A correspondent of the Tribune, writ
ing from 'Washington, says :
The most important. piece of testimony ob
tained by the liar as Commission was not re
ferred to in the majority report, inasmuch as
it may ho answered by another witness. I re
fer to Gov. Reeder's testimony, which discloses
some rich interviews had with the President of
the United States, who is the other witness al
luded to above. A copy of that portion of the
(;evernOr's testimony relating to the President
has burn forFarded to the latter, who has not
yet replied.
01 , •rua: Sl:A.—The New
York papers furnish a list of marine disasters
from January Ist to July Ist, 1856, from which
we compile the following: There were totally
lost, vessel and cargo, 22 ships, worth 52,03H,-
000; 11 barks, worth ,:-..'01.6,000 ; 17 brigs,
worth 5`225,000; 27 schooners, worth $333,-
000: and 2 steamers, worth &50,000. There
are besides a great many vessels of all classes
missing, the value of which, together with the
amount of known damage to 213 others, in hull,
spars and cargoes, will amount to the sum of
$12,597,500, which, with the value of the to;
tally lost; will make a grand total of $15,890,-
500 for the first half of 185 G.
[a — lfallotray's Ointment and Pills, the best
Remedies in the Union for Diseases of the Skin.
—The youngest son of. Mr. Edward Wright, of
Aberdeen, Mississippi, had the misfortune to
be afficted with a most malignant disease of
the skin, Which rendered the child's life ono of
misery and slit - tering. As the mother had tried
every remedy likely to benefit hint, without re
ceiving the desired result, she became ultimate
ly worn out with trouble and anxiety in the
matter, and was lamenting, the same to a friend,
who recommended Holloway's Ointment and
Pills, which the mother commenced using, and
by persevering with the same for six weeks, the
child was completely cured.
ri..Picir.oxs.—Wild pigeons arc gregarious
in the extreme. They roost in masses so great
that large forest trees are broken down, and
hundreds of acres of ground covered with bro
ken timber to such an extent that a 'horseman
cannot get through the woods. Their nesting
places are equally remarkable. Every possible
tree and spot on a tree where a nest can be
formed is occupied, and the nests are often built
so slightly that eggs and young tumble to the
ground, where hogs fatten on such food. We
see it stated that a pigeon nesting place is now
in full blast in Ontario county, New York, thir
ty miles north of Utica.
s":l7i'•When the burning heaffi of Summer scorch the
frinne and fever the Blood, when the Liver becomes
torpid, the billions - secretions deranged, a general dis
inclination to activity and a total lack of energy
prostrate the system, then look out for a serious spell
of illness. Almost every one in the heeoit. Summer
feels more or less of these symptoms; and in order to
ward off these effects, so sure to ffillow in their train,
at once resort to Carter's Spanish-Mixture. the great
Purifier of thin m.o. It is well knOwn if the Blood
is Pure, no Contagious Epidemic or Milieus - Disease
can take hold of the system, and no medicine known
is nfl powerfully efficacious in purifying the Blood as
this deservedly popular remedy. The largmnumber
of cures of the worst Blood Diseases, Scrolida, Fever
and Ague, Rheumatism, Syphilis, and others of like
nature, and the large number of testimonials from
some of the most respectable and widely known names
in the country, is the beat evidence of its medicinal.
virtues. We would advice our friends to give it a
speedy trial. •
Ir7 . TEN MILES WITHIN AN HOlTS.—Grinnell,
the pedestrian, run ten miles in llfty-eight min
utes, on Friday last. The race took place at
New Bedford, and is considered a good one in
view of the fact that the thermometer was 95 in
the shade when he run.
4!
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11:7RAISthE THE SAFE FROKTITESTEAMEE I
LAtintri.—A Sceni.—A sub-marina
diver from DI U() has at lastsucceeded in rais
ing the safe of the American Express Com
pany, which was.lost when the steamer,Allan-
tie was sunk off Long Point in 1852. It will
be recollected that this steamer was instantly .
sunk by collision with -a propeller, and.that
large number of passengers were last; The
diver was protected by copper armor, and was .
under water forty minutes, during which time
he had seine strange adventures,. The upper
deck of the steamer lies- one hundred and six
ty feet under water, and far below where there
is any current or motion. Everything, there
fore, is exactly as it first went down. When
the diver alighted upon • the deck, he was sa- •
hued by a beautiful lady, whose clothing was
well arranged, sod her hair elegantly dressed.
As he approached her, the motion of the wa
ter caused an oscillation of the head, as ifgraccw ,
fully bowing to him. She was standing erect..Qt
with one hand grasping the rigging. Around
lay the bodies of several others, as if sleeping,
Children holding their friends by their hands,
and mothers with their babes in their staid
were there. In the cabin the furniture was
still untouched by decay And to all appearance
had just been, arranged by some careful and
tasteful hand. [We think the diver is trying
his hand at romancing. It is difficult to be
lieve that after four years submersion bodies
were still undecaycd.]
In the office ho Ibuntl the safe, and was
cii
shied to move it with case, and took it upon
deck, where the grappling irons were fastened t
on-- and the prize brought safely to the light.
1. - pon opening the safe, it displayad its con
tents in a period slate of preservation. There
was in the sale :E43000 in gold, $35000 in bills
of the Covernment Stock Batik, and a large
amount of bills on other banks, amounting in
all to about $36,000. The papers were unin
jured, except that they smelled very strongly
of decayed human bodies, as if it had laid for
ninny years in a coffin with their owner.
(If course all this money goes to the persons
interested in this wonderful adventure.
The Detroit Free Preis, says : " The new
bills we are told, are comparatively uninjured
by their long imprisonment and exposure to
dampne3s, but the old ones aro quite injured
and tit need, whether so much as to prevent
their identification and redemption, we have
not ,learned. • There aro several thousand dol
lars on the exploded tiovtrinnent Stock Bank
of Ann Arbor, included in the amount rucov
ered:"—Detroit ddrutiser, June 28.
FI7'NEWSPA PERS IN THE Won:lL—The fol
lowing is supposed to be the number of news
papers in the world :—lo in Austria : 14 in
Africa ; 24 in Spain : 26 in Portugal ; 30 in
Asia ; 65 in Belgium ; 85 in Denmark ; 50 in
Russia and Poland ; :350 in the Germania
States ; 500 in Great Britain and It eland ; and
1,000 in the United States ; or four times as
many as all other nations.
EXTRACT REASH raw' SH.K.—As
soon alter the injury as possible, hold the part
firmly, and with a clean, soft, white cloth, or
an old canibrie handkerchief rub the spot brisk
ly, changing the position of the handkerchief
liequently, and in a minute or two the spot
will disappear, On silks which fray easily,
this plan oill be unsuitiible.
117Tua MosTu . or JULY derives its name
from the Latin word " Julius," which was first
given it by Mark Antony, in honor of Julius
Crcsnr, who was born therein. It was pre
viously called Quinfilui, being the fifth month,
according to the old Roman Calendar.
I' 2 On Monday evening last, a gentleman
named ( ieorge Vansant, at the head of Sassafras
river. Nun county, 11d. , was instantly killed
by a runaway negro u hom he was attempting
to arrest. Ile was in pursuit of the negro, and
about to sieze him, when he drew a knife, and
with a single dash nem ly severed his hzad from.
his body, killing him
- instantly : the negro es
caped.
Itsmxmasuisu.—ln cases of acci
dental poisoning, a spoonful of mustard mixed
in a tumbler of warm water, and drank imme
diately, is said to be a safe and certain remedy.
n Cl-To HEN I) ER A 31 PcnrErrt.r . palatabfo
is - certainly a great tvlettited towards the eradication '
of disease; because thorn can be no doubt that,"ono
great cause of protraeted illness is thu natural reluct
ance w e hav e to a wallow medicine conform:o;lY to
lhq directions of tho Physician. Various experi
ment... are therefore resorted to by the medical Practi.:
!Muer in order to disgui-e the tastu of his prescrip
tion. Itecour s m is generally had, in aunt to
them articles or loud which the patient is must ?end
of, and which ore commonly lit hand. The conse
quence is, he loathes the sight of them ever after- ‘ ..
words. Now, CLICK I'INEWS struAnCOATltll
VEtiIiTAHLE PILLS, remedies this objection en
tirely. The medicine is on completely enshrouded by
the coating of sager, that OM Pill may be. sufferettto
remain in the mouth o considerable length of time
without inducing any symptom of nausea or disgust.:
Their euratii c properties ore chielly confined to com
plaints whi c h impurities of tlio blood.
llenee hay slribe at the root of tll.7ease. and the relief
they afford cannot be otherwise than permanent anti
effectual. They place nature in the very position alto
occupied nt our birth. They dentist) the bowels, ptt
rify the blood, promote the insensible perspiration,
and restore a healthy action to tho heart, the liver,
tool the lungs. Their virtues aro so positive and cer
tain iu.restering health, that the proprietor binds him
self Co return the money paid for them 'in all sues
where they do not give general satisfaction.
The Pills may be had of storekeepers itt every
City, Town, Village or Waco in the 'United States.
try-BALLOO.- ASCENSION.—CharIes E. Wise,
son of Mr. John Wise, of Lancaster made
Balloon Ascension, on the 4th inst., from the .
common, near the city of Boston, iri the-pre
sence of his father, and about ono hundred
thousand spectators. He Made a very beauti
ful ascension, and, after sailing about 14 miles,
he descended to the earth again; all safe-and
sound.
13. FAST PRINTING.—Tho Philadelphia. Le
dger is provided with facilities for the most rap
hl printing in the world, being able, by . the aid
of two eight . cylinder Hoe's presses, to turn
out 16,000 sheets per hour, printed on both
sides.
6:7-The trial of Baker for the murder of Wm
Poole will, it is said, take place at Iludson„..N
Y., early in December next.
113 The Boston Courier, an old lino Whig
Paper, has come out in favor of James Buchan
an for the Presidency.
fla'David Zueflly's wife; of Louisville, has
just given birth to two girls and two boys all
at once.
0:7 - Every pound of cochineal contains . , seven
ty thousand insects, boiled to death.
07'New wheat has been sold at Nashville,
Tenn., at 75 cti. per bushel. _