R. W. WEAVER, CDITOR. . uioomtburt, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1897. TH neinoß. (Sea. Packsr'e majority in the State over Wilmol it about 40,000! and over the rota of Wilmol and Hazlehnrst combined, 12,000. The Hazlehurst voieisobout 28,000 and one half of it in Philadelphia. In that city Wil mot geta but out volt iu flue, and he geta no more in Northampton—ln thi* county Bigler bad a majority in 1854 of 781, and Plumer for Canal Commiaaioner in 1855, a majority ot but 652. The majority for Pierce ia 1852* *n 937. Packer* majority of 1266 over Wilmo! ia therefore a fine increaae over ma jorize* given prior 1856. In that year, Bu chanan'* majority over all was 1398, upnn a total vote polled in the county of 4380. The total vote thia year ia 3580, upon which our majority would be but 1142 if it ran in nre mm p.-r ie> ihtt whole vote, that it did laat year. That is elegant volinz—24lo to 1174 for all opposition—more than two to one, and that without much effort by us, and in spite of effort against ua. Our friends may congratulate themselves upon this great and decisive victory over the oppoaition, which is s sort of supplement to the Presidential triumph of last year, and fitly concludes the work than so well begun. The Democratic parly lives becans it de- t serves to live; because the palely and pros perity of the country depend upon its success. And at this lime, when the people arc heart ily llred of negro harangues, and of the men < who concoct them, they have given black ' Republicanism "a settler," and pronounced emphatically lor Peace, and "the good old cause," against Agitators, Demagogues and Fanaticism. Chinese Sugar Cnne. A great desf of puffing bas lately beer, done for the Chinese sugar cane, and vari ous experiments have been made to extract sugar and mnlasses from it. These all suc ceed; bul the article can evidently be raised in this country only at a disadvantage. The higher price of labor here over China would of iitefl prove an insurmountable check to its cultivation; and we predict that the enter prize will turn out a motus multisanlus fail ure. Theoretically the United Stales ssetned perfectly adapted to the raising of silk, by its toil, climate, &c., just as it does for rais ing sugar from Chinese cane. But the prac tical operation of the matter is a very differ ent thing; and then it, too late, appears that tome of the most important considerations have been left out of the calculation. 11 Yon cun try It. Our reader* will observe in our columns the advertisement of Duane Knllson, offer ing gifts in connection with books; while they sell the books at publishers' prices.— Last week we sent for three books to this es tablishment, and they came at the regular price, one accompanied with a neat gold pen and holder, another with a gentleman's breastpin, and the third with a ladies'breast pin. Whether every body will have as good lock wo cannot tell, but some kind of gift ac companies every book worth SI, according to their terms. We do not know now the •* thing is done, unless it be that the books are bought very chgpp at trade sales, which we suppose is • solution of the mystery. If you send, you will nt any rate get a book which you can select from their catalogne, ibat will be worth your money. 'lbe Agricultural Fair Lost week brought to town on the second day of i's exhibition more people than were ever gathered here before, and all o( them seemed content and satisfiied, except some who thought they had reason to expect pre miums, arid did not receive any. But thia cannot fail to be die case 011 such occasions. The principal attraction seemed to be the horse-races, which were kept up nearly all the time. The public dealt very liberally with the society tasking ile income daring the exhibi tion amount to some >4oo—a sign indicating anything else than bard limes among our far mers. * * OT Dr. John makes tip the table nl the offia iai vot of life comity for hie last paper to read from right to loft. He must have been etudying Hebrew! And, by the way, .liia statement of the vote in this Senatorial district does not give the vote of either can didate in this county correotly. Mr. Kni's vole ill Montour is also elated wrong. We are afreid our neighbor is not well enough suited with the returns to bestow much care upon their publication. OP" In Pottsville farmers come armod to tire matkel. The eoilor of the Pottsville Amertkaniaher Repubtikaner, tays, that on Monday last he met a country friend at the beef market with a loaded doobbl4 barrelled gdn lying on Ida stand. Things are really onming 10 a desperate point, when out peo pfesre Obliged to go armed 10 protect them selves from being plundered 011 the public - highway. To BE SOLD. —The Philadelphia and Sun bury Railroad will be sold at Sheriff's sale, io that eity, en the 2nd of November. The lllicola Central Railroad, the moat extensive single railway improvement in the oonatry, made en assignment on Sunday. The same day the New York aod Erie Railroad also aaeigued. Their great finanoier President, •I a salary of 925,000 a year coold not save X ——— REMXEUCIBLE HESTOIUTIO*.—Ia Verdiers ville, Orange county, Va., a little girl, deaf and dumb and puny, lias lately had the typ hoid fever, and when she recovered,. ber epeeo b and hearing ware restored. di s i n h; r; nt: r uk n *. The following are the offioial returns of our Congreasiooal, Senatorial and Represents • live Districts. CONGRESS: f Deidy, Thompson. Columbia, 2410 1108 Montour, 1057' 645 Luzerne, 5169 . , 9677 Wyoming, 1200 Total, -9836 6294 <294 3542 majority. SENATE Bnrkalew. Bound. Columbia, 2405 1037 Montour, 1069 538 Northumberland, 2807 11 Snyder, 970 1022 Total, 7251 2608 2608 4643 majority. Tickets were not circulated lor Bound in Northumberland, which will account fur the absence ol votes (or him in that county. REPRESENTATIVES. Em. Smith. Brower. Meicalf. Columbia, 2364 . 2365 1070 1091 Montour, 1069 1070 572 574 Sullivan, 524 354 126 368 Wyoming, 1174 live 832 828 5131 4968 1600 1861 1600 1861 3531 3107 Abomtior.—The Ez Rev. Henry C. Wright in a letter to the Boston Liberator, dated Smyrna, Uhe'nango county, New York, Sun day, Sept. 27ih,saya among other things of the same sort,—"Treason, rebellion agninst the American Union, moral, social, political and religious treason, is the one paramount duty of tne Northern Slates, at this hour.— The man who sustains the American Union, and becomes or continues a part of i', be lieving it to be the ally and bulwirk of sla very, is a trpiiorio liberty and humanity, the deadly enemy of bis kind." RESUMING WORK.—Tlia Alleiitown Demo crat says that operations are aboat |o be re surned at many of the iron works in Lnliigli county, which had suspended a few weeks ago. The Thornas Iron Company and the Crane Company, it is said, will both contin ue their furnaces in blast during the winter. The Alleiitown Iron Company are going on uninterruptedly. This will afford employ ment to many a man along the Lehigh who would otherwise base an idle dreary winter belore him. THE Rhode Island Ranks have fifteen dol lars ol pi per circulation to one of specie; the New Hampshire banks thirteen ; the Connec ticut nine; Maine, Vermont and Massachu setts four and a half; and those of New York only three. Of the sixty millions of specie ir. the banks of the United Slates, about one third is in the banks of the cities of New York, New Orleans and Boston. Rhode Is land has ninety-eight banks and eighly-aev en towns. The Detroit Free Press of Saturday, lOll), states that a young lady passed through that city on the day previous, who was said to be Miss Augusta Cunninfham, of N. Y.— Sl.e arrived on the Plymouth Kock from Buffalo, and passed on over the Michigan Centra) Railroad to Chicago. Her appear ance attracted a large crowd on the dock, as soon aa it was noised around who she was. She was on a business trip. CAN A MINISTER MAURY A DIVORCED WO MAN.—-Rev. Mr. Shields, of lows, having been silenced by the Presbyterian of Des Moines, for marrying a unman who had been divorced by the laws™ lowit appealed to the Synod, and bis appeal was sustained. The Synod expresses its opinion that the ac tion of the Presbyterian WHS correct in form, end suggested by a laudable zeal in the ser vice of the church ; and, although reinstating Mr. Shields, does not approve of hie marriage. MAYOR WOOD bas been re-nominated by the Democracy of New York. WILLIAM CARPENTER, a democrat, has been elected Prothonolary ol Lancaster County. THE State Senate will be largely democrat ic—more ao than it bas been for years. Judge BELL, the democratic candidate, is elected Senator in the Cheater and Delaware District. (JEN. PACKER will have a larger majority than has been given to a governor of Penn sylvania in many years. ~~ To make times good, rifpcctable (?) people must work more, spend leas, and mind tbeir own business. General JACKSON once told a man who came to him to complain ol hard times, ''go home and talk leas, spend less and work more." WAt the suspension in 1837, in New York at 13 per cent, premium—but it is now sold as low as 1 per cenl. I3T An original minaiureof Napnleon, said to be one of the only three in existance, is advertised for sale by the executors of the late Andrew Stevenson, of Virginia. IRON settees are being made to replace the pews in Henry Wird Beecber's church, at Brooklyn. THE proprietors of the Girard House have reduced the prico of board from 82,50 to 82 per day. OT There is more eilk. eonsumed in the United States than in any other conntry on the globe. Last ylfr there was imported into this country and oonsumed here 832,- 883,013. tW A yoqng man named While, who at tended a wedding party in Lancaster county, Pa., last Thursday, drank too much and was found dead ou the premises next morning. OT The population of California ia estima ted to be 400,000 of whom 100,000 are Chi nese, and 100,000 native Califoruiana and European immigrants, leasing 200,000 Amer icana. There are 200 Poiestaot clergymen of all denominations, or one miniater to eve ry 1000 of the Americas population. 't he Mime Debt- The pnblio mind has been so engrossed more pressing topics, (bat comparilively lit tle baa been said or thoDght of the amend* menis to the. Constitution submitted to the Constitution submitted to the people in the election a day or two ago. Asa general rule, h is trae thai little ie gaiaed to the peo ple by much tinkering of the Constitution. But all will feel the importance of any mea sure that can effectually restrain the Stale from the possibility of ever again having another State debt. As to tbe question of the best way of get ting rid of its present obligations, dial need not here be discussed. The great objection to a Stale debt may, in part, be thought lo apply to the complicated mechanism o( a sinking fund, bul only in part. It cannot be counted that all publio funds, no mailer lo whom committed, ore the greateat source of corruption imaginable. It is a potrid carcass Ihat draws the eagles together. It is always dangerous for even the best men to fainil erize themrelvsM with handling and negntia- . ting large sunn of money not their own. On - \ ly men of great mercantile intellert and skill ] can be trusted is such matters, and ihese see at once a thousand openings by which such money can be turned to private advantage, while no one has sufficient personal interest in looking after such funds, to see ihat they are managed with lie most implicit honor and fidelity. The recent embezzlement of the Stute funds in Ohio amply illustrates this point. Then, 100, the Slate patronage which pub lic works tnd extensive accounts confer, is a constant source of corruption. If a vote on any money has to pass the Legislature, not a few of the members will seek how it can be made to turn to their personal advantage. If an ofHoer is to be elected to manage these funds, the one question with many is, how he can serve them in return. In some States which borrowed money largely to go into the banking business, the members of the Legislature contrived to elect such bank offi cers as would discount their notes wi'h men of straw for security. Millions were thus squandered before the banks was slopped. The only Legitimate nl.jects ol a government are much fewer and simpler than are com monly supposed, and the more closely S'aes confine themselves 10 these, the greater will be their prosperity. The chief object of gov ernment is aimply to defend the weak from the aggressions of the strong, by maintaining the equal right of all. It is not for s govern ment to make itself into a bank, or canal, or railroad company, or all combined, any more than it is to assist one sect of religion lo es tablish itself at the expense of all others. But its aim should be simply lo remove all obstructions, and allow every grand and use ful institution to develops itself and grow freely by its own inherent energies unmo lested. Whatever really tends to promote the interests of the community will have this kind of vitality of its own. But whatever has not got this self-sustaining power is not wanted by the community at that stage of its existence. Improvements that will not pay lor themselves under private companies, whetaself-interest watches against fraudu lent anil extravagant expenditure are certain to be only sources of debt and disaster, where paid for not of the public purse. No one has any sufficient interest to watch in these ca ses. and Ihete must even be a thousand sour ces of leakage, extravagance and defalca tion. Nor is there any source of public gain thai private iiidiviilualscannoi secure. Even in the free school system it will be found to prosper best exactly in proportion as the as sistance afforded by the Stale is so conferred a lo stimulate the citizens of each ptecinet or township to cherish education earnestly among themselves. In absolute governments, everything is un dertaken hy the State power, from the sale of tobacco to the construction of a railway, But under such a system, the people invariably lose their interest on such things and their enterprise of spirit. If there is a religion es tablished by law. all duties are performed in a hireling and per functionary manner, and that universal self culture of iti religi ons spirit dies out—although upon the uni versality of this hangs ihe life of nations. So if government taxes the people to construct railroads or canals, the people will leave these things to ttie government, and lose the energy and enterprise so necessary to carry these works on successfully. Low PRICE OF WHEAT IN lOWA - —The lowa City Republican males that fanners are offer ing wheat in the city for forly cents a bushel, and cannot find purchasers. The Republi can adds : "The same state of facts is repor ted of lII* Muscatine and other river markets, and indeed we say of the markets generally of Ihe slate." POOR COMFOHT FOR OUR COUSINS.— The steamer Arabia, which left last Thursday for Liverpool, look out 102 passengers and fifteen hundred dollars in specie! and bad news enough to sink a man of war. Rot John Bull must grin and bear it, as we have done. THE LAST FINANCIAL PANIC.— The last great financial revulsion was begun in '37, with the suepension of the United States Bank and ended in 1840. the very one that began ihe war. Within those years 30,000 houses broke and took Ihe benefit of the bankrupt law of 1811. Tbeirdvbts amounted to 8400 000,000—their asset* to almost nothing. tWA Wisconsin correspondent of the Ro chester Union slates that, in going from Prai rie du Chieo to La Croose, a few days ago, a singular scene was presented on the steam boat. At one end of the iocg saloon a cler gyman was preaching to a small crowd gath ered around him; in the middle, gambling was in busy progress; and at the other extre mity of the saloon there waa music aud dan oing! GOOD OUT or Evil—The panto ban had one good result, at all events. The Convention which was to meet at Cleveland on the 26ib for the purpose of dissolving 'the Union, has been postponed on acoount of the financial difficulties of the country. Whether tbey feard they would be anable to raise money to carry out their eeleuae of dissolution, or to pay their Railioad fare, we are out in formed The Itfmill In Kansas. During the exciteijant attending our own jSlate elerion and llf financial troubles, the ' public almost lost sifjt'be lact that a peace able and qniet election has at last been held in Kansas and that flat ideation has resulted in favor of what thff Black Republicans call " freedom." Mr. TARKOTT, the free stale candidate, el<# 136 leet, and the average depth ol the cut tkill be 49 feet. The fiver Cha gres yields an ample supply of water for the canal si sll seasons ol 'he year. The summit level will be supplied by a leeder about 24 miles long, which will lap the river Chagres about 21 miles above the town of Cruoes, where the level of the river is about 185 feel above mean tide, and about 35 feet Rbove the summit level. The cost of this CHttal, including the requisite hart,or improve, menis at each end, will not exceed $80,000,- 000. tarriio superiority of American inventive genius, not only over that of our English pro genitors, but indeed of all other nations has become too tangible to bo Uip*ia,L U w notorious at the World's Fair in London, that the American's far outstripped all others in the useful inventions which they supplied. We beat the English in vessels, railroads, and manufactures by power. We are beating them in the scientific arts of Chemistry and Medicine, as we have long beat the rest of mankind. A new sud practical proof of this assertion is shown in the fact that the princi pal remain,,,, n f ihe aided armies of the East are furnished from the laboratory ol our own countryman- Dr. J. C. Avis of Lowell is fill ing orders for imrnence quantities of his Cher ry Pectoral and Cathartic Pills, for both the land gad - sea forces in Turkey. His medi cines have been tried and approved by ihosa in powhr who have found them (he most re liable which they could procure for the exi gencies in whioh they are to be employed. N. Y. City Times. THE VALUE OF SVEClE.— Nothing shows more clearly the comparative soundness of the finances of the country at this lime, than the fact that the price of gold has already fallen from about six to one and two per cent. In some cases in New York, the gold drawn in large sums from Ihe banks, has been already deposited again—there being no sale for it, at a price worthy Ihe mention. The rate of exchange stili continues against Europe, and specie is flowing in upon us.— The last steamer from California, it will be noticed, also broagh' over a million and a half in specie. In 1837, the rale of exchange with Europe was heavily against us, aud coin waa shipped out of the country by the millions. The more Ihe present distress is looked into, the more it seems to differ from a great financial revulsion, reaching down to the basis of things. The foundations of the great fabric of trade seem as sound and strong as ever. Everything betokens fair weather not very far ahead. CTGRAIN AT CHICAOO.— It is slated that there is no less than 25 000,000 bushels ol grain in stole in Chicago, but uot more than 1,000,800 will be brought forward previous to the olosing of the csnal*, for want of mo ney to send it on. The Kuropciiu New*. The dates by the Kuropa, is lolhe 10th inet. There is nothing new or starlling from India. The London Moining Chronicle pro fesses to have good authority for staling that steps have been taken for proclaiming Queen Victoria Queen of Kindoslon. Thie move ment, if attempted, will be an open altack upon ihe Kasi India Company, and its an nouncement has therefore created sotne in terest in London. ease In Ireland a proclamation has been issued by ihe authorities extending tbe limits oi die proclaimed district around Belfast, informa tion having been received that the people instead of delivering up the arms were con cealing outside the original limit#, so that they would be available in case of fresh dis turbances. WHO WANTS MONEY?— Uncle Sam has go! a plenty, and is uuxious to get rid of it. He offers from six to sixteen per cent, premium for his own six per cent, slock, and will pay for it in specie.— Exchange. All, yes ; all well enough. But, "first catch your fish," as Mrs. Glass advises ttiose who want to follow her recipe for cooking trout. First get hold of the slock, if you can. It is not guile an plenty in the market as railroad stacks, and those who own it don't appear to be tempted by the bait of 6 lo 16 per cent, premium offered for its redemption. Uncle Sam's credit ia so good, that everybody is glad to trust him.— Reading Gazette. WILMOT'S DISTRICT.—Among the gratify iua f tho election ]nst past is that of the vote in Wilmot's District which has large ly fallen off from the Fremont's vole last fall. In Susquehanna county, his majority ia only $BO5, which last lull Fremont had over 1300. Some of the county ticket runs as low as 539. It would thus seem that the people there are returning to their reason and probably falling back to their ancient party fidelity. It will be but a little while before a while man will be as good as a ne gro in the Wilrnol District. Low BtaTti AND IRON FORTUNE.—Hon. An drew Johnson, who has just been elected lo the U. S. Senate from Tennessee, to succeed Hon. James C. Jones, presents in liia own per son one of the most remarkable examples of what proper ambition may attain under Re publican institutions. His origin was very obscure, and of educational advantages in early life he had none. A f ter he married, I his wife taught him his teller, and while be prosecuted his calling as a journeyman tailor, to support his family,.he acquired the simp lest rudiments of education. But advancing step by step, reading with avidity, srudying closely, and striving constantly to improve j h s condition, he has at last attained one of the most eminent positions in the gift of his countrymen. It will be remembered he served iu the U. S. House of Representatives several years ago. Asa legislator he was I indubious and practical, ra.her than brilliant; but wielded a powerful influence in the de liberations of the body. His faults probably consist in excessive patlizanshtp, and that tendency to illiberality in the public expendi tures which oftentimes under the name of "economy," is disastrous to the interests of the country. In the higher and broader rphere lo which he is now elevated, these faults may be modified suil softened ; but in any event, Mr. Johnson can hardly fail to he a most useful and laborious public servant. THE VICISSITUDES CF COMMERCE.—A few months since the partner of a commercial I house in this city was taken to a lunatic as | s> Intra, utterly deranged, as was said, by his I unparaHed prosperity in business. During : the year previous his firm had cleared $l,- : 000,000 He died in the assylum, and bis i own estate was vained at $2,500,000, all in vested in the concern of which he was a partner. The firm itself failed the otherday, and is now said to be utterly insolvent. One item ol the assets of the deceased's estate was a thousand shares of the Illinois Central ; railroad stock, which was selling si the time of bis decease at $llO a share, and was worth, after paying up the instalments, $BOO - The same property eold yesterday at public sale at $50,000. All this occurred within eighteen months —the prosperity, the insanity, the decease I and the insolvency.— Post. "WHAT IS A TON Chief Justice Lewis, of this Slate, has given an opinion deciding that the law of Pennsylvania making 2000 pounds a ton was constitutional, (bat although ihe (Jetted States Constitution had given Con gress the power to regulate weights and mea sures, making a uniform law throughout the United States, yet, until they did exercise the power, each State had jurisdiction over the subject within her own borders. Thus Judge Grlei'* decision that nothing less than 2240 pounds could form 100, is overset. A NKWTERRITORY A movement has late ly been made by the inhabitants of Carson Valloy, for the formation ol a new territory of the United Stales, out of part of Utah and New Mexico. The white population of the proposed territory is about seven thousand, the country is rich in mineral wealth, and cap.ible of producing grain in abundance.— The new territory is to be called the "Terri tory of Carson. ANOTHER ASTEROID. —By the English pa pers which arrived yesterday, we learn that on the 15th of September, Dr. R. Luther, at Bilk, near Dusseldorf, discovered a new planet, of the eleventh magnitude, the fifth seen in 1857, and the 47ih now known to ex ist between Mars and Jupiter. It was stated in the Washington Union of the sth October, that on the preceding evening, Mr. Fergu son, of the National Observatory, discovered yet another planet, also of the eleventh magnitude, which, if hitherto unknown, will be the forty-eighth of the Asteroids. The size, however, ofihese planets is very small the diameter of the largest being supposed to be but forty miles, and of the smallest only four 1 t3T Hazlehurat, the Straight-out condidalo for Governor, received 71 voiea in Montour county. rcnnairlvunia I.efUlature--1858. The State Legislature, for the next session, will probably stand as follows: SENATE. I. Diet.—Philadelphia—Harlan logram, R. L. Wright, Samuel J. Randall,* Isaae N. Mar selis,* Democrats. 11. Diet.—Chester and Delaware—The*. S. Bell, * D. 111. Dist.—Montgomery—Tho*. P.Knox,D. IV. Dist.—Bucks—Jonathan Ely, D. V. Dish—Lehigh and Northampton—Jos. Lanbacb, D. VI. Dial.—Berks—John C. Evans, D. VII. Dist—Schuylkill—C. M. Straub, D. VIII. Diet.—Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne—Thomas Craig, Jr., * D. IX. Dist.—Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyo ming and Sullivan—J?. Reed My er, Opp. X Dial.—Luzerne—G. P. Steele, D. XI. Dist. Tioga, Potter, M'Kean and War. ren— Henry Souther, Opp. XII. Dist. —Clinton, Lycoming, Centre and Union— Andrew Gregg Opp. XIII. Dist.—Snyder, Northumberland, Co lumbia and Montour, Chas. R. Buckalew,*D. XIV. Die l - —Cumberland, Perry, Juniata and Mifflin—Henry Fetter,* D. XV. Dist. Dauphin and Lebanon—J. B. Rutherford, * opposition. XVI. Dist.—Lancaster— Barham A. Shajjer, * Opp., IF. li Marshall .* Opp. XVIL Dist —York—Wm. H. Welsh, D. XVIII. Dist.—Adams, Franklin and Fulton —Geo. W. Brewer, D. XIX. Dist —Somerset, Bedlord and Hunt ington—William P. Schell,* D., XX. Dist.—Bla : r, Cambra and Clearfield— John Ctesswell, Jr., D. XXI Dist.—lndiana and Armstrong— T.J. Coffey, Opp. XXII. Dist.—Westmoreland and Fayette— Jacob Turoey,* D. XXIII. Dist.—Washington and Greene—G. W. Miller,* D. XXIV. Diet—Allegheny—YVm. Wilkms, 1 D., Edward D. Gazznm, Opp. XXV. Dist.—Beaver and Butler— John R. Harris , Opp. XXVI. Dist.—Lawrence, Mercer and Ve nango—(Two opposition Senators.) XXVII. Dist.—Erie and Crawford— D. A. Finney , Opp. XXVIII Dist—Clarion, Jefferson, Forest and Elk— G. IF. Sco/Uld, Opp. RECAPITULATION. Dem. Onpo. Holding over, 13 8 Now members, 8 4 Total, 21 12 It has been many years since the Demo crats have had eo large a majority in the Senate of Pennsylvania ae they will have at the next session. And our representatives in that body ate not only numerous, but among the new as well as the Old Democrat ic members, there are a number of gentle men ol very fine talents. HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES. The probable complexion of Ibe House of Representatives is as follows: Dem. Oppo. Philadelphia city, 4 Philadelphia county, 13 Delaware, ] Chester, 3 Montgomery, 3 Bucks, 2 Northampton. 2 Lehigh arid Carbon, 2 Monroe and Pike, I Wayne, 1 _ | Luzerne, 3 Susquehanna, I Brut! lord, . 2 Wyoming and Sullivan | „ Columbia and Montour ) * Lycoming and Cliotou, 2 Centre, I Mifhin, 1 Union, Snyder, Juniata, 2 Northumberland, 1 Schuylkill, 3 Dauphin, 1 1 Lebanon, 1 Berks, 3 Lancaster, —■ 4 Vork, 2 Cumberland and Perry 2 Adams, 1 Franklin and Fulton, I 1 Bedford and Somerset, 2 prob. Huntingdon, 1 Blair, I Cambria, 1 Indiana, 1 Armstrong aud Weslm'd. 3 Fayette, 1 Green, 1 Washington, 2 Allegheny, 1 4 Beaver and Lawrence, 2 Butler, 2 Mercer and Venangd, 2 Clarion and Fores'., I Jefferson and Clearfield ) „ Elk and McKean, j 1 ~~ Crawford and Warren, 2 Erie, 2 Potter and Tioga, 2 Total, 69 31 RECAPITULATION. Dem. Opp. Senate, 21 !2 House, 69 31 90 ' 43 DgmuciMU majority on joint ballot, 47. SOME or THE BEAUTIES or BARKING.—The following rich revelations are furnished by a correspondent of the St. Louii Republican: "In conclusion, 1 will depict for you an Illinois bank. A frame house, a counter so high that you can baraly lay your wrist on the ahaip edges of it, and so narrow that but or.e man can approach at a time. The spe cie scoop hangs high up, like the lawe of Ne ro, but unlike them, covered with cobwebs. Your check is conceded in deadly silence. You bear some fumbling behind a green screen. A package of shin plasters, as thick as a bu)l,s horn, and twenty-five ceulsin sil ver, are handed you for your inconsiderable check. The bundle is lightly laced,the notes are inside, to that, with the other inconveni ences, you can hardly count them. You open the bundle and sift out the tinkhams, almond trees, and Wiscnneins, ami you are peremptorily told, 'No use in assorting; that is all you can get ' You say: ' Please, then, return my cbeck.' Answer : 'Your check is already cancelled.' This is the return made you by the best of them for gold advanced on grain. Had the grain gone down, you would have had it, but, having gone up, they return you such •hinplaatere'.for.'yoor 1 advances in gold, or stand suit. Ilie fnie >6f flmtiiri who Votcdjfor of ihe Slnln Line- Kot lire least gratifying feature in the re ■suit of the election is the rebuke received by the party and tho individual mtuibbre that passed the iniquitous bill for the sal* of the Mala Line. The Opposition with scarcely an exception espoused the bIH ah a good card that would tell upon .the elee | tion. This bill we strenuously opposed while distinctly declaring that opposition to I an unconstitutional bill, did not mean oppo j sition to a sale upon fair terms;* and wa | cheerfully acquiesced in the decision of the Supreme Court, which gave the Pennsylva nia Railroad possession, expressing an earnest desire that it would redound 10 the benefit of all concerned. But how the Re publicans bartered away the soverignty of the Slate for a trivial consideration, how the Supremo Court was compelled 10 interpose its authority between a venal Legislature and the offended law, is fresh in the recol lection of everybody. It seems that the voters of tho State kept the tnatter fresh in ! their memories when they came to cast | their auffrages at the late election. Not only | has the party that boastfully took the credit | and ihe responsibility of this bill, been de feated most signally, but the instances of : individual retribution are too marked and | decided to escape notice. I In looking over the vote on the final pas i sage of the hill for fife sale of the Main Line, wo see that tho following named Democrats voted with the Opposition, aud by tfieir voles secured the passage of the bill, via ; Messrs. Backus, Campbell, Handcock, John son, Lebo, Manear, Maugle, Tolan, Vail and Wagonseller. None of these members hava been re-elected. Of the Democrats who voted against thw measure a very fair proportion have been returned to the next House of Representa tives. Messrs. Arthur, Calhoun, Longaker, Nunnemacher, Ramsey, Philadelphia, Geo. N. Smith, VVestbrouk and Wharton, all vo ted against the bill from first to last, and have been re-elected by largely increased majorities, and there are probably several others whose names we are unable to re call. We are not aware of the defeat of a single man who opposed the bill, and who was a candidate for re-election. Wbea look at tlie ranks of the appo sition we nee a very different record. The popular verdict of condemnation has strick en down eome of those who were foremost in engineering that measure through the House—the leaders who did the deed with a swagger, as if they held the destinies of the State in their hands, and were sure of an approving constituency to back them.— Messrs. Bishop, Dock and Thorne of Phila delphia, Dickey, Penrose and Vickers of Chester, and Cleaver of Delaware were alt candidates for re election—all resided in district were the opposition have hereto fore had a majority, and have all been large ly defeated. 01 all the members who voted for the passage of the bdl for the sale of the Main Line but 2 or three have been relum ed to the next house. There ia something retributive in this.— It is a lesson that these rocreant member* can read to their own profit. It is an exam ple to warn others against incurring their fate. Whatever opinion the people may hold on tho abstract question of a sale of the public works, it is very clear that they are not in favor of sel'ing the power of tho State to levy taxes for a price, nor to barter State sovereignty for a paltry consideration. We have now done with this subject and the past.— Harrishurg Patriot. How I'.'oglaod expect* lo reconquer ludla. The London Times begins lo appreciate the magnitude ol the wotk which has been catved out for the English governmenr in India, and now admit* that the revolted pro vince* will have to be reconquered at greater expense than that ai which they were ac quired. „ "The Bengal army is no more. A hun dred thousand men ate lost to ns, and lh greater part are in arms agaitM ua That noble body of born and bred aolJters, by the aid of which we have conquered and annex ed so many rich territories and warlike tribes, and which dissipated in a few days the dark cloud from the Punjab, lo which onr Europe an neighbors had long pointed with expect ancy, ia now sternly bent on numbering Englaid in the long list of ila conquests. "If it were ever true that the native army was the whole, or nearly the whole, of our strength io India, then our empire would in deed be now in its last hour. But Ibe world will shortly find tbey must give us credit for other resources and a stronger hold upon In dia then this one has proved lo be. It it now ■aid ■# hava lo oonqusr India. That ex presses the very nature of the task, though only half of it, for we have to reconquer India organized, disciplined, trained, armed, provisioned, fortified, -emboldened by our selves. It is a task far greater than that which offered itself to us a century ago. We can only now succeed by the extraordinary prowwas ot the British soldier making up for the most fearful odds; and even that would now he utterly unavailing, but lor another means equally tlx subject of invidious skep ticism. We could noi now march t,500 miles right through India with a handful of men, opposed everywhere by a magnificent army of our own creation, and with every advantage of possession, unless we enjoyed Ibe confidence and good will of the native population. When we resume our position there, will our neighbors, who now tell u candidly how we have recovered it f It can only be done by vitlues which mutt then be ooncpeded to us, with whatever reluctance. We must be a nation of soldiers; and, what is more, we must have the qualities for at taching to us those less powerful nations whom the fortune of war throws upon oar hands." Low Psicc ov WHEAT I> lOWA.—The lowa City Republican states that termer* are offer ing wheat in that city for 40 oems a bushel, snd cannot fii.d. purchasers. The Republi can adds.—The same state of facts t* repor ted of the Muscanline and other river roar- kels, and indeed we may (ay of lie tiiatkr.a ' getiraiiy of the State.