THE LEHIGH REGISTER. ALLENTOWN. PA. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1859. IPETIIII.O. HUBER & JOHN H. OLIVER, EDITORS AND PROPRINTORS TO ADVERTISERS. THE "LEHIGH REGISTER" HAS A LARGER CIRCULATION BY SEVERAL HUNDRED THAN ANY OTHER ENGLISH PAPER IN THE COUNTY 6 soft REMOVAL .129 SHE OFFICE OF Etc Yetigt ge g ista Has been removed to the room on the second story of the new building now occupied by Neligh & Breinig'a Clothing Store, " LION HALL," second door above the German Reformed Church. The Result in our County. Our party have reason to be proud of what they have accomplished in our county at the recent election, and the Democracy have reason - to be-dismayed-in view of - the future. At last fall's election, it was alleg ed, that the success of the opposition in the county on the , congressional election was owing to a want of effort on_the part of the Democratic party, and to a failure on the part of the voters to turn out. This fall's election, it was boasted, would show a dif ferent. result. A majority of five or six hun dred was confidently expected. To accom plish this result no effort was spared.-- Meetings were held in every nook and corn er of the county. Lecomptonites and Anti- Lecomptonites, to save the spoils, present ed an undivided front. Money was at band in abundance. If candidates had no mon ey, others could tuivance money for them. Never was a greater effort made to bring out the full vote of the party. The effort to-bring_out_the Note_was_successful. The votes polled, although the loss of the Dem ocratic State Ticket was conceded 'in ad vance, to save the county ticket, fell but two hundred short of the mamense_poll at the Presidential election of 1856. Then it must be borne in mind, that the floating vote, scat-' tered in 1856 along the rail-roads then in process of completion, had gone. And yet with this tremendous effort, and this un paralleled exertion to simply elect a county ticket, what was the result? The Demo matte State Ticket has a majority, slightly exceeding two hundred in the county, whilst the Opposition succeeded in electing a Recorder, County Commissioner, and one Assemblyman, and the democratic candi date for' County Treasurer is elected by a majority of nineteen votes. The Opposi tion went into the struggle knowing that the Democracy would spare no effort, and weighed down by the gloomy impression, that there would be a large democratic ma jority in the county. Well may democratic leaders exclaim, as did Wellington after the battle of Waterloo; " Another such victo ry, and we are undone." We are satisfied now, as the pages . of this paper proclaimed before the election, that if every Republi can' had voted on last election day, the op position State Ticket would have had a.ma jority in the county, and the whole county ticket would have been elected. Catasau qua, Heidelberg and Washington gave un exampled majorites. Other parts of the county did well, but there are districts in the county, in which the opposition might have done better. 'Let us in the future take warning by the past, and inspired by past success, let the friends of good and pure government buckle on their armor for the great battle of 1860, and let that contest show, that Lehigh county, together with the whole nation, must be redeemed from Dem ocratic misrule. The EleaUon in Pennsylvania. The Opposition State Ticket, Thomas E. Cochran for Auditer General, and Gen. N. H. Keim for Surveyor' General, has been elected by a majority of about twenty thou sand. The Opposition have alio carried fen out of the eleven new Senators to be elect= ed, and sixty-four out of the one hundred members of the lower branch of the 7Aesis -I:ltute: The following official majorities have been reported :, Auditor General. Sjur. General. COCHRAN. Wilton?. KM. BOWL Philadelphia, 29.526 26.366 20 698 26.203 Dauphin, 3.331 2 217 3.284 2.277 Lancaster, 7.602 3 433 7.598 8.453 Cumberland, s 2 921 3 224 2.932 3,234 Montgomery, 4,535 5 056 4.572 5.026 Berke, 6.241 7.544 6 551 7.208 Schuylkill. 4 879 4.534 4 906 4.469 Chcster, • 5 666 4 042 5.055 4,046 Luzerne, 5.071 5.936 5.102 5,834 Union, 1,303. 840 1.875 824 Centre. 2.446 2,28 2 242 2.288 Northumberland, 1.602 1.11.648 2 167 Montour, 584 1 154 518 1 142 Perry, 2 060 2 063 2 059 2.051 Clinton, 1,220 1 600 1 285 IPO Columbia, 1.055 1.782 1.070 1,808 Westmoreland, 3 803 4.163 3 780 4 162 Huntingdon, 2.264 1.171 2 288 1 778 Franklin, 8.692 3.267 3 552 8 393 Lehigh, 3.617 3.856 3,822 3,842 Majorities reported unofficial : .OPPOOTTION MAJORII7II3,- Beaver, 550 ; Alla. ghany, 3000; Lebanon, 600; Snyder, 500; Blair, 950 ; Susquehanna, 700. DEMOCRATIC hiAJORMIO3.—York, 250 ; Car. bon 100: Berks. 1200; Bedford, 150 ; Per. ry. 50 : Fulton. 100; Warne. 800: Northamp. ton. 1200: Monroe, 1200 ; Cambria, 500 BLfflin, 50. Samna= CotiNTY:—From later in telligence it appears that one Democrat has been elected to the Assembly from Schuyl- kill, Mr. Schell, one of the Opposition can didates, being defeated by Mr. Maurer.— The Misers' Journal says it was done by the clandestine circulation among the em ployees of the Mine Hill Rail Road Com pany of tickets with Sahall's name scratch ed. A meeting on the subject is to be held un Mondhy waning. ANOTHER REPUBLICAN VICTORY ' IN PENNSYLVANIA. TEE STATE SENATE many& DALT OPPOSITION: In the Lower Sense the Democracy a Corporals Guard. PRESIDENT BUCHANAN ONCE MORE REPUDIATED AT HOME. THE DEMOCRACY DOOMED FOR 1860. Above all - Little Lehigh has done better vrrnal Limas Boum) To Do METTER STILL =MIT razz. In this number of the Register our read ers will read with pleasure of the over whelming victory of the Opposition in Pennsylvania. The State Ticket has .a handsome majority. Both branches of the Legislature are overwhelmingly Opposition. The majorities in the old Democratic strong holds have been greatly reduced. Old Lan caster county. the home of President Bu chanan, gives its accustomed majority of four thousand. Lancaster city, always Dem ocratic heretofore, and which in 1856 gave President Buchanan a majority of at least five or six hundred,-now -gives the Opposition State Ticket a majority of three hundred. Old Berke, which in 1856 gave a majority of seven thousand, now gives but twelie hun dred. The Opposition throughout the State have reason to rejoice and particularly have we of Little Lehigh ample reason to be glad. The Democracy cannot say, that no effort was spared, and yet the result is such, as guarantees Republican ascendancy next fall. All that we could desire, to complete the overthrow of the Democratic party in ' the county, is to have a few more renegades from our party in the Democratic ranks, and the ruin of the party is complete.— But the party has lost its ascendancy in the county and this it's candid leaders must be willing to acknowledge. The. Result in the State. Tlfe defeat of the Democracy in - thi - T - Stfit6 this fall is equalled only by the' crushing and overwhelming one of last fall. The op position have elected ten out of the eleven Senators to be-elected hnd - have sixty-lbur to thirty-four e Democratio members of the Lower House. The — majority on the State Ticket, some twenty thousand; is no evi dence of the extent of opposition suprem acy in the State. In the Opposition strong holds but a slight vote was polled, as no ne cessity was felt for a general turn-out.— There was, however, such a turn-out in all parts of the State, as to insure a general vic tory in almost all parts of the State. The results of the victory may well inspire eve: ry Republican with patriotic jy. The su premacy in the Legislature insures the elec tion of an opposition State Treasurer. The supremacy in the Senate is such, that next fall's election cannot fail to leave that body under the control of the opposition.— With proper management nest fall's elec tion cannot fail to return, a Legislature, which in 1861 will elect and return a Uni ted States Senator, more capable and fit and truer to the interests of our State, than that present imbecile incumbent, who for several years past has disgraced the State. The voice of Pennsylvania will be re-echoed in the elections of New Jersey and New York States. The Free States now present an un broken front from the Atlantic to the Pa cific, save Oregon and California alone, the former of which at the recent Congressional election was won by the Democracy by a ma jority of less than thirty, supposed to have been brought about by fraud, and the latter of which promises to be reclaimed in 1860. With Stjtes sure for their candidates, suffi cient to elect a- President, the opposition advance into the contest of 1860 with good prospects of success. In their hands the Government of the country will once more be diverted from disgraceful efforts to reopen the slave-trade, to acquire, slave territory by robbery and fillibustering, and will be turn ed to the more patriotic task of building up the mercantile and manuflicturing interests of the country by the revision of the tariff, and the construction of a Pacific Rail-road. Never was a better opportunity afforded for an able and patriotic President to reflect credit and honor upon himself and hie country, than after the disgraceful adminis trations of Presidents Pierce and Buehan an. lOWA ELMION.—The returns received so far, show ( about the same vote as given two 3 ears since, when Governor Lowe, (Re publican) was lected by 2000 majority.— The following are Republican majorities for the State ticket. Louisa county, 50 major ity ; Henry county, 7001 Jefferson, 150. The following counties gave Democratic majorities: Dubuque about 100 j Des Moines 250 majority. *&The Easton Argus indulges in the following sensible and philosophical remarks over the democratic defeat.in the State : From We scattering returns received, it is evident that the Opposition have carried their State ticket, but by a largely reduced majori ty over last year. " Blessed are they who ex pent nothing," &o. 2:7•Lehigh has done better. The People's candidate for Commissioner and Director of the Poor. as well as the candidates for AsseVy, are supposed to be elected. The Locofoco can didate for Sheriff is elected by a majority of less than one hundred. The Loco candidates for . County Treasurer and Recorder also just man• seed to save themselves from defeat. Lehigh, like Berks, used to be set down as certain for Locofocoism, under all circumstances, but it is so no longer.—Berks and Schuylkill Journal. DIMPATCII. —Horace Greeley reached home during the night of the 26th. Last spring he promised to deliver an agricultural address in Wyoming county on the 28th, " if he was alive." To keep his promise, he took the cars immediately on his landing—not even taking time to visit his family ! He delivered his promised address at the appointed hour ! This was characteristic of the man. It was listened to by 3,000 or 5,000 and was of course able and had a practical object in. view. I. 7 11 • I OCTO I tinipi J - • Communicated. Nona Wnrranst.t., Oor. 14th, 1859. Massas. Enrroas,Daving observed for ti long time the unjust course of the Democrat's party, I deem it not impertinent, for me, to express a few ideas on the obserarations, I have made. We may perhaps not only call it an unjust. bet very justly a deceivable course.— To explain why we may call it a deceivable course, is in my opinion not very Just acquaint yourself with their Journals, is sued during the week previous to the election. and you will have a clear conception of their deceptions and Ws-representations. Never in my life, since I bfrve attained the age, in which I am capable of judging what is right and wrong. have I seen such dark, offensive, and abomniable falsification in print as in the dem ocratic jounals previous to the election. One had printed in large letters on the third page of his journal •• nothing but politics this week;" but after looking over the paper for some time. I found to my neat astonishment, that the man had been sadly mistaken in his assertion : because his paper contained not a particle of politics, hot instead was filled with pomposity and falsi fi cation. After he had wasted considerable space in his journal with facts, non compos mentos, he turned desperately upon the card of our honest candidate, and di ' vided those two hundred dollars, designed for the public good, among the citizens of Lehigh, and concluded that three cents should be the I price of a vote. Why this was one of the great. -est-absurdities w ever-heard-olitran - enlightened country: Yet not only those papers, that ap peared during . the - week previous to the elec tion, but also those that appeared during the whole political campaign, proclaimed such gross falsiflca.ioni.- 'Thus after - the Elitors of their different purnals had hoodwinked, and de luded the people all they could. the election day finally dawned upon us ; and some of the dem ocrats from afar, conscious of the danger that encompassed them, repaired hither, (to North Whitehall) to uphold those principles, Which their journals had promulgated from week to week, thinking that a personal intercourse would make a harder impression on the minds of the citizens, than a printed one ; but our citizens, also conscious of their evil design, re. sisted their flattering influences, and voted for liberty, and economy. Thus amid all these misrepresentations, and falsifications, we have gained a glot sous victory over the sons of prodi gality. OBSERVER A - Ihrilling case of somnambulism occur. red in Detroit on the night of the 25th ult. A female form wee seen on the top of a building. walking to and fro on a narrow ridge-board which covered the apex of the roof, approach-_ ing to the extreme ends of the board. The house was a high one, and -a misstep would have been instant death. A chimney stood di rectly-in the middle of the roof, around which she passed with ease. placing one hand upon the top, and walking down the sloping roof to get around. Once in this spectral walk she paused° at the edge- of the roof and looked straight ahead. The body of the walker, at time 5, went forward in such a way that rho upper portion hung over the abyss, while the fingers reached out, until there was no further reaching, and they clutched again with a quick convulsive snatch. and were withdrawn.— The form was motionless a moment and then commenced its walk again, continuing as far as the middle of the roof, when it turned toward the rear of the house, and moving down the slope of the roof, was lost to sight. She descended through a skylight to her own room, and was found sitting on the bed, wide awake, and in a state bordering on distraction. She had no knowledge of the occurrence, but bad been awakened by the noise of her employer entering the house, and found herself standing in the middle of her room, in the condition de• scribed. The girl had been suffering from a brain fever, from 'which she is gradually re covering. MARCO OF AN ARISE OF SQUIRRELS —About ten days ago, says the St. Louis Express. a tremendous drove of gray squirrels, numbering hundreds of thousands, suddenly made their appearance on the Meratuac. covering the trees and waters like a pall. Thousands of them were afterwards found dead in the river and on the ground. They crossed the Mississippi at that point, and worked their way down the river, until they reach( d Cape Girardeau, crossing the river at that point in countless myriaes. The citizens turned out en masse and killed them by hundreds. Every tree and bush in that vicinity swarmed with them until night, when they all disappeared, and have not been heard of since. Their route was marked as by a devastating storm. Trees were gird led and fields destroyed. Old French settlers predict a very severe winter, as it was noticed in 1834 and '52 that immense droves of squir rels suddenly made their appearance, followed by intensely severe weather. Two BROTHERS KILL EACH OTIIRR.-A hori ble shooting affray occurred in Jones county, Georgia, a few miles from Macon, a few days ago, resulting in the death of two individuals.. It seems that for-somn tithe past w deadly feud has raged between two . brothers, named re spectively John and Augustus Roberts. The subject of the quarrel was a small piece of land which'eich claimed to own. Happening to meet, a few days ago, on the public road, one of them made some insulting remarks, whereupon the other drew a pistol from his breast-pocket, and shot him. As the wounded man fell, he also drew a pistol and shot his brother in the breast, killing him almost in stantly. Though some twenty persons were near them at the time, the affray, wits so sud den that no one had time to interfOrek and be ,fore the terrified spectators coulettfake any movement whatever, the brothers were stark and cold in death. o:7•About two weelyeeigo, Mr. John Elder, of Fredericksburg, Va., had an undersea for a bed filled with straw by a negro man.— It was brought home and placed under a feather bed, which was slept on by a daughter of Mr. E. The young lady complained on a number of occasions of having her slumbers dis- turbed by distinct thumps from underneath, hut examinations revealed nothing. On Thursday morning, while Miss E. was sitting down stairs, facing the steps whieh. led up to her room, she was startled by a curious noise, and looking up discovered a moccasin snake descending, blowing and hissing in a style pa culler to the reptile. An examination of the up-stairs premises was made at once, when a hole was discovered in the under aacking, and on ripping the bed open, the full lengthnskin of a snake was found at the hole,' which his snakeship had shed. (04.auer's Artesian Well had reached a depth of 1230 feet last evening. The horing is still through very hard quartz rock, which ren, dare a frequent renewal of the drills necessary, and consequently wakes the process slower than before. A small increase in the quantity of wateris perceptible. 11 - ? John Wise, the great toronaut, has made, during his • life, two hundred. and thirty •four balloon voyages.. • Tns BRODIIIIHntAntIitY Dust-Putt. PAR& UNMAN! Cincinnati, Oct.. 10.—The Ban Frandsen Times. of thel.4oo says t "In us cordance with thwanticipation. the expected duel between Messrs. Broderick and Terry took place yesterday morning. in a small val ley ten miles from Merced Lake. The parties went out of town , the night previous, and pass. ed the night in separate localities. At aquar ter past six o'clock Broderick and Terry ar rived on the ground, attended by their seconds and physicians. Hon. J. 0. McKibben and Mr. Coulter acting for Senator Broderick. and Messrs. Calhoun, Benham and Thomas Hays for Judge Terry. On descending from their carriages the par ties seemed to be in the best of spirits, neither appearing anxious or nervous as to the result. About half an hour was occupied in the pre liminary arrangements. Ten peoes.were mark ed off, and the princjpals took their positions. The seconds divested them or their outside coats, white collars and other articles which might present prominent targets t also of their watches, and the coin in their pockets. One of the seconds then read eland the Ode duello, which 'occupied a short time. Mr. Cloultour then addressed the two geptlemen, saying that he wished it to be understood that he should count one, Iwo, after the word fire • after which he Would say stop; no shot to be Bred after that. During this time, the principals maintained their positions, and listened with composure to these details. JUdge Terry stood with his bead thrown slightly back, looking toward his an tagonist. Each held his pistol in his hand. pointed to the ground, and each was dressed in black clothes and wore a slouched Senator Broderick stood erect. , but with - bW head rather down. The positions of the two were,somewhat different. judge Terry mein tamped that of a practical Zuelliat, presenting only the edge of his person and keeping his left hand and shoulder well behind tum.— Broderick, on the contrary, though at first,as suming a position somewhat similar to that of Jude Terry, seemed to prefer a careless and less constrained one, and gradually presented more of his body to the fire of his opponent. He held his pistol rather awkwardly, and seem ing to feel this himself, he once or twice turn ed the wrist of his pistol arm to the right with his left band, as though endeavoring to coin ply with some prescribed directions previously 9 given him. From that time he did not raise _his_eyea_nntiLithe_word_was_ given to fire. His right foot getting a fractibn beyond the line, Mr. MeEibben replaced it. The bearing of Judge Terry, though he as slimed a more practiced and motionless ltd. tude --was-not one jot more-that of - an - iroii. - nerved man than was that of Mr. Broderick. At a quarter before seven Mr. Coulter _pro nounced the words " Are you ready I" 'Ready !" responded Mr. Terry, and "ready!" was uttered by Mr. Broderick. Immediately after the words fire ! one—two —were pronounced, in moderately quick time, Mr. Brode ick raised his pistol, and had scarely br ht it to an angle of forty•five de lis Frees fro its downward position, when, ow ing to th delicacy of the hair-trigger, it was discharged, the ball entering the ground four paces in advance of him. Terry fired a few seconds later, taking de liberate aim. There was a perceptible inter val in the two reports. At that instant Brod erick was observed to clasp his left hand to his right breast, when it was seen that he was wounded. He reeled slowly to the left, and beLre his seconds could reach him he fell to the ground, his right leg doubling under him and his hand still grasping his weapon. Terry upon discharging his pistol folded his arms, holding his weapon, which was still smoking. in , his hand, but did not move from his position. Broderick's seconds ran to his aid, and Dr. Lecher commenced to staunch the wound with lint. The bullet entered just for. ward of the nipple, and lodged, as is supposed, under the left arm: The wounded maa was soon after borne into town in his carriage.— Previous to this Terry and his friends lett the field, drove rapidly into town, started at once from North Beach, (where a boat was in wait ing,) and proceeded to Oakland. At that place they took a private conveyance to Bene cia, and from thence an overland conveyance to Sacramento. Mr. Broderick was taken to the house of Mr. Leonidas Haskell. at Block Point, where he was visited during the , day by hundreds of his friends. He was Witt) speak during the af ternoon, but owing to the wound in his lunge, his articulation was , indistinct and frequently unintelligible. . _ A correspondent of the Cincinnati Times says, " at fifteen minutes past nine o'clock this morning (the 16th) Mr. Broderick breathed his last. Gloom and sorrow pervade the whole community—flags displayed•at halr mast, with the • Union' down—places of business are clos ed, and all the public buildings and even priv ate houses are dressed in mourning." FLORA TRIIPLID Al CINCINNATI. —The Uincin mai Enquirer of October Bth describes the heat of Flora 'lremple, at the Pitt in that city, when 'she made a mile in 2.21 i. The Engutrer Says : " When we arrived on the ground, a great num ber of persons had already assembled, and be fore the horses were ready as many as 4000 or 5000 people were on the track. On the third and last heat Flora and Ike Cook parsed the stand at a spanking pace, the horse a little in advance. The first half mile was made in 1.09 i, which. among the " knowing ones," created considerable excitement,'and no little uneasiness among those who had bet against 5.25 and causing some fear when she merely skipped on the third quarter, but caught at once, and rushed onward like the wind, the horse closely in her rear, but losing as they neared home, which was reached by the mare in the extraordinary time of 2.21; timed by eight watches. The horse, who was but three lengths behind, proved himself a worthy com petitor even of Flora Temple." Stu Jour; FRANILIN.—Tidings of this long lost navigator have at last been received. We learn from England that the steamer Fox, sent by Lady Franklin to the Arctic regicrns in search of the traces of Sir John Franklin's es pedetion, had returned to England, having been ,completely successful. At Point William, on the north-west coast of King William's Island, a record was found dated April 25th, 1848, signed .by ()apts. ()rosier and Fits James.— The record says the Erebus and Terror were abandoned three days previously in the ice, and that the survivors, in all amouritinp .to 105, were proceeding to Greet Fish RlTltis Eir John Franklin had died June 11th. 1848 ,an 'the total deaths to date had been nine officers and fifteen men. A MILLIONAIRE DEOBASED.—LemueI Show els, Esq., of Worcester county, Md., died on the 4th instant. He is said to have been the wealthiest man in the county, and worth a million dollars. O 7•A German woman in Milwaukee is the mother of twenty four children, nineteen of whom are now living. She is under 6G years of age.. LOCAL AFFAIRS. The prooeeds of the Nazareth Pair mounted to about $lBOO. (I:7•The second number of the Allentonian will appear on Saturday, October 29th. (17• We were requested to state that the first premium on Statuary Was awarded to Geozaz Juana of Allentown, his name was omitted in the report. AOOIDENT.—On Friday last Joseph Paul, a boatman of our Borough was kicked by a mule near Wheeler's lock along the Lehigh. and his leg considerably bruised. He is now at home in the Borough and doing well. 1071tev. J. L. Sagebeer will preach in the Baptist Hail over Wieman's Store every Lord's day afternoon at 3 o'clock. and in the evening at 7 o'clock until further notice. Public, prayer meeting at the same piece every Thursday evening. The public are red peetfully invited. • LEGISLATURE—OFFICIAL.—The follow. ing is the official vote for members of the Legis• tore in this District': Lehigh Carbon. Total. Kistler. .3855 1576 6430 .Wititersteen,. 6183 Eisenbard, 3614 1586 • 5200 Long,_ 8798 1577 6375 TROTTING HORSE FAIR.—By advertise ment_in_another_column,- it-will-be-seen-that Messrs Rusted and Floyd hive secured the use of the Allentown Fair Grounds on Nov. let next for the purpose of holding a trotting horse fair. The occasion will doubtless be one of considerable interest, and will serve to draw together a large concourse of people.. For particulars see advertisement: A CHANCE FOR SPORTSMEN.—On Sat• urday next at 1 o'clock P. M., sportsmen will have an opportunity of trying their skill at the Public House of Mr. Reuben Meyer, near Wheeler's Lock in Hanover township. The tail of a hog, weighing about one hundred and twenty five pounds, will be shaved and greas ed, and the person so fortunate as to succeed in catching the animal by the tail, can hate it -- aa a prize. SUNDAY SCHOOL CELEBRATION. —The Sabbath School of the German Lutheran Church of our Borough, under the charge of Rev. Wm. G. Mennig. on SibWh last celebrated the first Anniversary_, since the arrival of the new Pastor. An address was delivered by Rev. J. H. Wendt. in connexion with other ap propriate exercices. The School is in a pros perous condition, and now numbers ab out six hundred Seholars. POTATOES ROTTING.—We have heard complaints of the rot affecting the late potatoes in this vicinity, but apprehend that the loss to the crop is but trifling, and that only those re maining in the ground during the recent heavy rains. are affected. Those first taken up, are, we believe, perfectly sound. A sale of infect ed potatoes was made in our market, recently. which have since rotted more or less in the hands of purchasers. ASSOCIATE PASTOR. Rev. Joseph Dobbs has been elected by the Consistory of the Brit German Reformed Church of our Bo roughVfakistant Pastor of the congregation, to serve lirionnexion with his father Rev. i. S. Dobbs. The new associate Pastor is a gradu ade of Franklin and Marshall College, student thereof at the Theologibal Seminary at Mei , cersbnrg. He is a person of fine talents and commences. life with bright prospects in the future. TIIE GREAT EASTERN.—At a late• meet ing held by the stockholders of this " modern ark" was discussed the propriety of running her to and from an American port, it beim; urg ei that not a sufficient amount of return freight could be procured. ~./lince it has been suggest. ed that the great situamer be freighted with paints and colors from the American Paint and Color Works, Allentown Pa., we have no doubt but that she will honor America with s visit. PILGRIMS PROGRESS.—A series of die• courses will be delivered on successive Sabbath evenings Presbyterian Church of this place, by the pastor Rev. B. Judkins ott some of the characters and incidents in " Bunyan's PilOttOs Progress." The 'first of these die slxtivnets Is to be given on next Sabbath even ing, Ekginning, with the life and character of the "mxunortal dreimer." As it is expected that these discourses will be made very inter eating, it ite fondly bored that a large attend ante will be"givin by the public which is here by very tespectfully invited. LOSS OP SHEEP.-On Tuesday evening of lattt week iliWtetn of the sheep belonging to Mr. Solomon primmer of Snuth Wbilettagi township, kept in a field over night, weir)lr. ed by dogs. The perpetrators of the mischief are unknown. This is the second time within a very recent period thit serious depredations of the same kind have been committed on the premises of Mr. Griesemer. Our readers may recollect that not long since, a number of sheep in a drove, stopping with Mr. Oriesmere over night, were attacked and killed in the same manner. PMl's**. Kinross: Having seen an article in the . Allentogn Democrat of last week, head. ed Fire Companiel arW•Fires4.464.,eit the arti cle is a misrepresentation or.entilireinen, I feel it my dilly as a member of the Shove . body to give you a true statement of the fire, which moaned on Saturday evening Oct., 9th. which I suppose, lithe one the Editor 'alluded to. As soon as the alarm was given, our Engine left the house and in. less.than.five minutes it was at the fire manned by no lei* than;3o able bodied men. After we bad fastened oar hose to the fire plug, we foaStEthat there was no 1 water, so we stood there - it lea*. one quarter'. of an hour,• before water was It hiqll. - Now I would like to know who is- blame, whether i rli 2 the Firemen or the Wateii . . y : but as the Editor of' the Demo*" AM ' r it was. our holt. I will take the two le to 4Cform him, that the majority of the citizens of Allentown are with us and dank we have dorie our duty nobly and faithallly. As for drill, I do not believe, there are.many fire companies outside of the cities, that' can surpass the Good Will Fire Company in a regular drill. - For the ben efit o f the Editor of the Democrat I have been .. requested to inform him, if be wishes to see drilling, to call around at the Good Will En gine • House any Monday evening, where the boys say they will put him through, or per chance if he should happen to know a little more then they, they say, they are always Willing to take a little bit of advice, providing it comes from the right source. By inserting the above in your valuable columns, you will oblige a member of the EIOOD WILL. • • 0711 r. L. C. Voorhees lam bisen appointed Assistant Superintendent oldie Zest Pennell. ?swig Railroad. - THIPT.—On Wednesday morning of tun week Henry Rioherer, a butcher left one bun. dred dollars at the Washington ' Hotel of our Borough in charge of its landlord, Mr. Henry Bachman, with inntruotione to hand the money over to Mr. Shelly, who would call for it due.• ing the day. The money Was placed in a. drawer of the bar under lock and key in prem• once of Mr. Charles Bauman, the barkeeper and Mr. Iticherer. This took place in the morning about sir o'clock. When Mr. Shelly came for the money toward noon, Mr. Bach' man went to the drawer and found that the money was gone. A. prosecution has been in. stituted *gaunt Mr. Bauman as the person guilty of the theft. As the affair is Highly to undergo an investigation in Court. we forbmr saying anything as to the probabilities of the guilt of parties, supposed to be implicated. (Communlcated.) THE LEOTHRE SEASON.—The time of the year for ptipular Lectu'res 15 at hand and the ifrst note of preparation is already giiren bY the publication through the newspapers of • long list of professional lecturers. The leatere may now be classed among our established rer an! institutions. To a large extent it hag takerf the place of convivtat clubs, barroom gather. , ins and the timelonorefl debating societietrt The - existence of this sobiarelement should be , recognised by all who are desirous to promote' the welfare of society. Much is gained from the platform tlZht id never gained from the printed pages. In the -lecture we have-the-liring'inactlei—the - warm personality. The sympathy that imparts to , conversation its exquisite Charm—the eleetrid current of humanity infused from the eye bright with the glow of a high enthusiasm or the witching beam of denial hunior. from' the flushed cheek. - It is this that gym' the lecturer his influence over the, public mind and hecuree to him the liveliest attention. In connection with these remarks we are happy to inform the citizens of our borough that a number of eminent speakers are already engaged to lecture here during the season. Among the names of those engaged we find. T. H. Stockton, D.D.. late Chaplain tO Con= gress, who will deliver his famous lecture on Liberty. Franklin Moore, A. M., of Philadelphi who' willaeliver tiffs popullecture on the F tura Race of America. J. L Heysinger, A.M., late of Minnesota, bo , is'engaged to deliver a very interesting lecture on_Mii_n_eata and the North West Indians._ J. Walker Jackson. A. M.. the great preacher' of the west and the-Spurgeon of America is also engaged. The course will consist of eight lectures a the tck et will be sold at the extremely lo price of $1 for the course. The proceeds aft r the expenses are paid will be given for tt benefit of the M. E. Church of this place. We hope that this literary festival will appreciated and nobly sustained by the corn munity. The enterprise is certainly worthy .° the sympathy and patronage of all who wish , \ to promote the best interests of Society. KAPPA. EXPENSE OF GAS IN CITIEI.—The North ' American concludes an articles on the" Cost of Gas." with the following remarks: " It will strike every one that the cost ofgas in this country is disproportionately large a* compared with English cities. It is proven in the calculations submitted to this Glasgow meeting. that if no interest is paid on capital wasted in the crudities of first oonatruction of works. gas may be furnished at less than fifty cents the thousand feet. All the great works constructed there as well as here, are thus 'e cumbered with unprofitably spent capiist;\ which must be earned by the current use of gas, , unless old works are wholly abandoned, and a strong point against the purchase by that city of the company works at Glasgow. is made on the ground that the public are entitled to the earliest possible release from burdens un' wisely incurred, and that such burdens a ld not be itiyide a perpetual charge for the rut ' e. "We here pay nearly double th • est price paid for gas, as the following parison will show. Philadelphia, per 1,009 cubic feet, $2.25 New York, 2.50' London, 97 Paris, dI 1.29 Manchester, 1.00 Glasgow, 44 1.21 • Liverpool. a 91 ' 4, It is obvious that we might improve tfie condition of our gas supply. and reduce the very heavy bills our large cities pay for it. without devising any new gas to bum ; but if any means whatever can be employed to' light us at half the rates we now pad firr indispensible necessity, let us have light upon it, and have light cheap." THE PROPHETIC EIARRIENCE of DANIEL Was. STICH. -Ai far back as 1845 Daniel Webster. in speaking of the rapid progress of events in, itmUnited States, said. prophecy kindling in ttid, blase of his rhetoric, I look forward ice • the period when the people of the Pacific State* will raise a standard for themselves as they ought to do ; and when they will inscribe npon its folds the sensible admonition to all men to go • buy AbOr garments at the Brown Stone Olothingataof Rockhill & Nos. 603' and.6os Choking street, above Sixth, in Phil adelphia V' Kete4it, Pousine.—Leatemoorth, October lift Ilhellegolalicem State donventioevuot at 'hi* and nominated' a full ticket; hems by Charles T. ItObinsou ibr Governor;; J. F-Aetellbr.l.lentesant Governor; ant' iti CenteY*Cqttgrees. The proceeding oftle . Cenveution were harmonious. Mr. Robinsonk who is also the Governor elect under tbs Tepee ka Constitution, wu nominated en the era ballot. The election of State officers will take pine iq December. ,(1:7• I A lady came near losing her life by s singular accident in Louisville, while riding la a buggy. One end of a scarf, which she wore , around her shoulders, blew °Maudvnutallg in the spokes of one of the rapidly revol wheels of the vehicle, and wound op in a manner as to draw her nook down to the wheel, choking her severely. ikutnixru.Donwrs.—Eichuylkill county gives for the People's ticket from two to three Mtn. dnid majority. Fisher , (Opposition,) has ama jority over Keiw, (Democrat) for Thstriot At torney, of about 800. Reim is a goo of Gen George M. Reim, of this city. . Tun Onto Eutoriow.—Clevekmd. Oct, 12. The Republican majority for the State ticket is about 17,000. The Senate will be oompoesti of 25 Republicans and 10 Democrats, and the Reese of 84 Republicans and *Democrats. INDIANA ELMMON.—lndianapotis, Oct. 12. The returns u yet received are only for the county officers, which show a slight Repnbll can gen.
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