uittinOon Nurnal.
The Black Democracy, Morth and South, East Oreely, the veritable Horace, has arrived a
and West, are its a complete state of disinteg• the Diggings; and the first return moil brings a
ration. Whey no longer have any common statement over his signature, which is chiefly
platform of principles uprn which to stand. composed of thrice told stories and exagera
While the spoils remained to be divided, there ted accounts. Though evidently no 'stranger'
was at least one bond of union among them ; to speculators, he has been clearly ' taken in'
put the patronage is all distributed, the term by them in the most approved style. He has
for which it is to be enjoyed is rapidly running passed under their leadership from one sluice to
out, and the result is a general state of rest• another, the profits of which they estimate for
lessness and want of harmony. The leading his individual benefit at from 10 cents to 5510
demagoguesin the different sections have each
a hobby upon which they hope to reconstrtict
the party and ride into power. We have had
"finality," and yet there is no end to their
wrangliugs and subdivisions. The Cincinnati
platform is torn to shreds and tatters. A large
section of the party which co•opernted in the
election of Mr. Buchanan now expectorate
upon that platform, and denounce it as a dis
graceful surrenderof Southern rights. Another
clam attempt to prevert it into an open avowal
of popular sovereignty; while a third are con
' tent to receive it for what it was intended to be,
viz: a riddle, a puzzle, which politicians in the
various sections are at liberty to construe as
Northern !slid Southern Presidents.
they please.
WII. BREWSTER,.
Editor.
Wednesday Morning, Tidy 6, 1859
PEOPLE'S STATE TICKET.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL:
THOMAS E. COCHRAN,
OF YORK COtTNTY.
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL
GEN. wiLLIAN H. ILEIM,
" When Mr. Buchanan's term ends, eleven
" years will have elapsed since the office of
" President has been held by a Southern man." ,
This is the expression of most of the Southern
Democratic journals. It may not be amiss to
add to the above, that since the foundation of
the government, Southern men have occupied
the Presidential chair fortymine years, and
Northern men at the close of Mr. Buchanan's
term, but tweutyfour years, And we may add
further, that all the Democratic Presidents from
Northern States have been "Northern inmi
with Southern principles I" The South has
held the reins of government for almost three
fourths of the time we have had an existence
as a republic.
Proscription of Foreigners.
We do not wish to be understood as looking
with any degree of favor upon the provisions of
the Amendment to the Constitution of Massa
chusetts, recently passed by the Legislature of
that State. We consider it a tyrannical meas
ure, unjust in its provisions, and uncalled for
by any exigency of the times; nevertheless as
the Administration papers aro making much
ado about this matter, and seeking to make the
Republican party of Pennsylvania responsible
for the action of the Legislative body of a
sister State, it may be well for us to take a
glance at the position occupied by the Democ
racy, upon this question involving momentous
into ests to the naturalized citizen. The rec
ord of that party is not one which justifies or
warrants an agitation of the question. Demo
crats seem to forget that the State of South
Carolina—a State that never swerves in its de
votion to the Democratic cause—three years
ago adopted a law in reference to naturalize
tion,precisely similar. Indeed, if we are not
mistaken, the Massachusetts amendment is al
most a literal copy of the South Carolina en
actment.
But this is not the only case that should
shut the mouths of democrats in regard tc pro
scription. Not many years ago, a Conven
tion was choose in New Hampshire to revise
and amend the constitution of that State. The
Democracy had the control of that body by a
decided majority, and although a strong me
mortal came in from all parts of the State ask.
iug that the clauses which denied the right of
suffrage to Catholics should be stricken out—
although the Whig members exerted them
selves to have the restriction removed, the
Democratic majority voted to retain it, and to
deny to every Catholic, either native or foreign
born, the right of voting in New Hampshire !
Here was proscription, ;tot only on account
of birth-place, but on account of r yhi g ious be.
ief, and that to by the very party that i:nw
cries out against the Massachusetts antead
went. So far then as State legislation in re
gard to foreigners is concerned the Republi.
cans and Democrats may at least play quits.
But let us see what sort of a record our
Democratic friends have upon this question
in a national point of view. Who does not re
member the action of the Democratic majority
in the United States Senate, in the case of the
Act authorizing the people of Minnesota to
focal a State constitution, preparatory to ad
mission into the Union? In that instance,
two-thirds of the Democratic members voted
to deprive persons of foreign birth, then resi•
dent in Minnesota, of the right of suffrage,
which, under previous acts of Congress and
the Territorial Legislature, they had already
enjoyed. This is certainly a greater outrage
upon tha rights of foreigners than the Massa
chusetts enactment, for it in no way interferes
with the rights of suffrage enjoyed by those
now resident in the State, but only proscribes
a new rule for those comitng hereafter; where•
as, the attempt of a Democratic United States
Senate was to rob foreign residents of Minne
sota of a right already vested. With this rec
ord staring our Democratic friends in the face,
we think it hardly becomes them to make com
plaint against the Republican party of the
nation because of the action of the State of
Massachusetts.
Our State Ticket.
We are glad to see the unanimity and zeal
with which the opposition press throughout the
State respond to the nominations of Cochran
and Kelm. Every paper enlisted in the caus e
of opposition to the national administration
has not only spoken favorably of them but has
entered warmly and enthusiastically into their
support; and papers occupying a neutral or
independent position, hare also awarded them
a cordial endorsement.
But although the State Convention did well
in the selection of thia ticket, halm.; to have
achieved an even greater success in its plat.
form, which has given unlimited satisfaction
to every branch of the opposition throughout
the State. It is everywhere greeted with a
hearty approval: and out aide of the State it is
spoken of Lifi forming the framework of the
platform to be adopted in 1860. Altogether
the evidences are cheering that we shall, under
this banner and with these candidates, carry
the &ate triumphantly and 5o panache way for
the great popular triumph in 186 n,
The Wrangling .‘ Democracy?,
In the Soutb,"we have a party of interven.
tionists, headed by Governor Wise, of Virginia.
They insist that Congress is bound to pass laws
for the protection of Slavery in the Territories,
and many of them are ready to dissolve
the Union if their demand is not complied
with.
At the centre, we have a party represented
by the Administration, which insists on non
intervention
by Congress for the protection of
Slavery ; because, as they say, the Constitution,
us interpreted by the Deed Scott derision, has
rendered intervention unnecessary. They I
pledge the administration to the most active
intervention for the enforcement of judicial de.
cisione, as well as in the distribution of its pat.
ronage; but they insist that Congressional legis•
lotion is unnecessary.
Mr. Douglas represents a third class, who
claim to be in favor of popular sovereignty,
but who stultify themselves by admitting the
authority of the Supreme Court in the Dyed
Scott decision. He insists that the people of
the Territories may keep out Slavery by "tin
friendly legislation." Many of his Northern
sympathizers go further, and claim that the
Territories may abolish or exclude Slavery.—
This is the position of the " popular sovereign.
ty " party it, Maine, in Pennsylvania, and wo
believe in Ohio.
The war between these factions is particu.
larly warm at this time, and threatens to result
in a general brook-down at the Charleston Con•
vention. If the Northern popular sovereignty.
men talk to that body as they do at home, it
will be impossible to hold the party together;
but the atmosphere of Charleston is portico.
larly unfriendly to the utterance of free senti
ments ; and we shall be greatly surprised if the
delegates from Maine, for instance, are found
reiterating the phrase "Negro Despotism," by
way of designating the Dred Scottites and
Protectionists. Under the scorching rays of a
Southern sun, their patriotic ardor in behalf of
freedom will have oozed out long before they
reacts the latitude of the Palmetto State,
We have observed with unalloyed pleasure
those dissensions among the Black Democraeyi
and it is an interesting feature in the dispute,
that the factions are daily diverging farther as•
sunder. The Southerners are broaching new
theories of Pro• Slavery ultraism, and swearing
by them with unwonted fervor; while the North
erners, who seem to have found at last the im
practicability of satisfying the demands of
the South, are beginingto talk more like free
men than they have done for years past.
No Peace !
The notion is put forth that an the Austrians
have been beaten and have lost Milan, peace
ay now be made by the intervention chiefly of
130glanfl and Prussia. The class of persons who
eatertait; this idea are those who believed war
impossible ant ;! hostilities had actually begun.
We thi n k th e i r p resett i Qtney oven more ground
less than their former one.
In the first place, Napoleon canizot tuzike
peace until he has got more glory. Ono vie•
tory does not sufficiently establish his reputa
tion. Ills political standing equally requires
that the object should be achieved with which
he began the war. Ho must have the Austri
ans out of Italy, or prove that he is unequal to
the enterprise, before ho will be ready to talk ol
Peace.
The Austrians also are not yet in a situation
to entertain that subject. They have lost a
battle, but they still have a great army, and by
this time must have more troops in Italy than
their opponents can muster. Besides, Austria
is the most obstinate Power in the world She
would not, we may be sore of it, now make a
treaty ceding even the west of Lombardy, to say
nothing of evacuating the Italian peninsula.—
To bring her to that point, not oun defeat, but
the destruction of her army will be necessary;
and from that consummation we are yet some :
what remote.
Nor is there any likelihood that England and
Prussii. will intervene to compel the conclusion
of a peace. Prussia, on one hand, is restrained
by Russia; and England is now about to pass
from the hands of a Government whose sympa•
thies are with the Austrians into the hands of
one whose sympathies will bo with Napolo•
on 111.
We conclude that the Jay of peace has not
yet dawned. Neither France nor Austria is
yet in a position to settle the quarrel; and cir•
curnstances render it altogether improbable
that England and Prussia should interfere.
The census of the United States shows
that we have two millions and a half of farm.
are, one hundred thousand merchants, sixty.
four thousand mvions, and nearly two hut,
deed thousand carpenters. We have fourteen
thousand bakers to make our bread; twenty.
four thousand lawyers to set us by the cars;
forty thousand doctors to "kill or cure;" and
fifteen hundred editors to keep this motley mass
in order by the power of public opinion con
trolled and manufactured through the press.
*Or Five parties were divorced in Pittsburg
on Saturday. Divorce suite are there a very
iwportant item of (laud hueiornt.
Greely. on the Gold It'flings.
per day. It is quite potable that the ten cent
pond this estimate is true. Nothing, indeed,
is more probable. He says : ' Some forty or
fifty sluices commenced are not yet in operation.'
Nobody's skepticism need strain at this, Daub•
In the number of sluices, ' not yet in operation,'
well/ be a homeopathic dose.
'The gold,' he says further,' is estimated as
worth $2O per ounce; which, for gold colected
by quicksilver,' he naively adds, ' is certainly a
high valuation.' He thinks there may be
hundreds of ravines it: these mountains as rich
in gold as that in which we write,' hut appends
an important consideration, that none ' have
been discovered.' Too bad I The 'facts' which
he further adduces are no more reliable than
those which have been spread over the country
broadcast for the last few months. They are
all second hand, are pretty much alike and they
rest wholly on the assertions of interested
peculators, for their reliability. When a sue•
easeful Pike's Peak digger reports himself this
side of Leavenworth, that there will be sulfi•
cient time to commence believing. Un i I
then, we must bo excused. We gladly append,
however, the close of this statement, which is
the most sensible p rt of the whole, and runs
thus : " We beg the press generally to unite
I with us in warning the whole people against
another rash to these mines, as ill advised as
I that of last spring —a rush sure to be followed
like that by a stampede, but one far more des.
tractive of property and life."
A True Picture.
"Facts are stubborn things." and even the
Locofocu journals find them so stubborn occn•
atonally that the " murder will out." For in
stance, the Charleston, South Carolina, Ifercu
ry, about the ablest Locormio journal in the
South, holds forth as follows in an article about
its own party—or the party which South Caro
lina acts as a bob tail for. Speaking or the
present Administration, that paper says
"Its promises have been broken
"Its pledges slisreganled, and
''lts protessions falsified.
. . .
''To 'conclude the whole matter, Natio:nil
Democracy is cotrupt, vacillating, and lidse ;
it wears the garb of sanctity, that its hideous
deformities may be concealed ; it woos but to
ruin, and wins but to deceive."
Poor "Old Buck I". The South kicks him
about like old shoes
Atlantic Cable Projects
There are three projects for an Atlantic
telegraph cable now under consideration in
London. One, the old company, connected
with the unsuccessful attempt last year, wishes
a government guarantee for twenty five years,
to the amount of 2;00,000, or $3,000,000.
The government is not disposed to give any
guarantee, except on condition that it shall
commence when the cable has been success,.
fully laid,and to subsist while it is capable of
being consecutively worked for thirty days at
the rate of one hundred words per hour. There
are two other rival companies to this old one
both of which propose to take the risk upon
themselves, and ask no government aid.—
' These are unincumbered by debt, whirls the
old company is not, and they are about to try
telegraph cables of cheap construction. The
capital of one of these is to be £300,000, and
is already half suiscribed. The Lond in Times
thinks the old company will not succeed in
raising the money.
Letters of Acceptance from Itlessrs
Cochran and Rion.
YORK. Juice 18th. 1859.
To John S. Pomeroy, Joseph Garret:ton and
,T. H. Seltzer, Esos., Committee of People's
Vale Concenitrn:—
GENTLEMEN:-I have thin day received your
letter dated the 16th inst., in which you advise
me of my nomination as a candidate for the
office of Auditor General by the State Conven
~;cp which met at Harrisburg on the sth inst.
I be' le:leei through you, to express the
gon fi c . 6 , w . n composed that Convention tiny
grateful acktm' w i e d,oments for this proof of
their confidence, and in aocePting the ttemlee
tion which they have conie."redi
take occasion
to avow my earnest ngre • mem : wtth them
their declarations of principles aii.: 1 ., 1 "
their
expressions of opinion on measures of im: 1 2' 1 .
policy. Should the people of the State ratify
the nomination of the Convention by a major
ity of their suffrages, I shall labor so to die.
charge the consequent official duties which
will devolve upon me that my political friends
shall not be disappointed in the selection which
they have made of a candidate, and the public
interests shall suffer no detriment front having
been entrusted to my care.
I am, Gentlemen. Very Respectfully,
Your Friend and Obedient Servant,
THOMAS 11, COCHRAN.
READI., June 20th, 11359.
GESTLEMENt-1 received your favor of the
17th inst., conveying to me the official notifca•
thin of my unanimous nomination for the or
flte of Surveyor General by the People's Con-
vention, assembled at Harrisburg on the Bth
of June. I thank you for this evidence of
you' regard as the representative of the pet•
ale and the high honor conferred upon me, as
the twin Mandand bearer in a cause which calls
forth our warmest aspirations. The good teel
ing and unanimity of purpose evinced by the
Convention, are at once favorable auguries
and a true reflex of the popular sentiment It
behooves us, as advocates of {MIAMI progress,
to give our unfaltering support to the princi
ples enunciated by the Convention. many of
which I sustained by my voice and voter in the
Halls of Congress, and all of which 1 approve.
Let the motto be, "The Union of all good
men for the good of the Union," to insure a
glorious and lasting victory.
Yours, very truly,
W. H. KEIM.
To John S. Pomeroz, Joseph Garrets. and
John H. Seltzer, &stirs., Committee.
fpirdbomebody accounts for western hospi
tality by saying that where houses are so far
apart as in that part of the country, stranger
is as welcome as a newspaper, and - is common
ly used as one. The looniest he arrives, he is
"put in press," and, what is more, kept there
till all the news that has happened for the last
six months is thoroughly squeezed out of him.
and bottled up tor future use A man that
tells a good murder story could travel from
one end of Indiana to the other without ex•
rens,
Letter from the " Crimean » Rue- Terrible Railroad Accident.
sell —Rattle of Magenta.—ltems of CUUIAGO, Tuesday, June 28, 1859.
Interest. An accident secured on the Michigan South.
Thin celebrated correspondent of the London ern Railroad last night, near South Bend, Ind.
Times boo furnished a full nod graphic no. The stream where it took place is naturally a
count of the late battle, from which we glean small rivulet, but was much swollen by the
a few interesting items. He describes the crit• heavy rains the previous Afternoon and even•
ice! position of the advanced lines, which had leg, and the flood of wood which passed down
secured an important petition, while they were probable clicked the culvert, converting the en•
waiting for support. He writes thus It was bankrnent into a slam, and the great weight of
one o'clock almost, and yet the gallant little wa t er , w ith th e concussion of t h e erees i, t ra i n ,
band was without support from anywhere.— ' caused the culvert to give way and the train to
The enemy prepared to take the offensive on ' be thrown from the track.
his side, and to regain the lost position. New There were about 130 persons on the train.
battalions, brought up by the railway, the whir 33 persons were taken from the ruins dead, and
tle of which was heard, began to advance to the 80 or 60 others wounded.
attack of the position. To abandon the posi.The train was running between 10 and 20
tion so dearly bought would not only have been ! miles an hour. The train going west passed
to acknowledge defeat, but likewise to make over the embankment safely three hours before
the regaining of it in front almost impossible. the accident.
The enemy would have had time to blow up : SOUTH BEND, Indiana, Juno 28.—A little
the bridge and thus make the position almost before midnight, the night express train from
impregnable, and the time thus allowed would Chicago to Toledo, when between South Bend
have enabled him to bring up a large part of and Mishawalca, paesiug over the enbankinent
his army to defend this position. spanning a ravine, at the base of which is a
Everything then bade the two regiments, culvert, the enbankment soddenly gave way,
which at t hebegitinitig hind num be re d not more I and the whole train was pr,ipitated into the
perhaps than 1,500 to 1,600 defenders, each, : mein, which was followed with a perfect torreut
to hold .t as long as a man remained. And !of water.
they did it, too, like teen, against all the teas. I The engine was literally buried in the ray
ses the enemy could bring against them. On i ne in quicksand and mud, and the tender, bag.
they came, but uselessly, for their ranks being I age and express car. and two eeemid class
thinned from the - rifles of the Z on e,. and . cars, were shattered almost into kindling wood
Grenadiers the
_y were attacked at the point of. and piled on top of the engine. The tw.• first
the bayonet and driven back, leaving hundrede i class pas•tenger cars, followed, and were torn
on the field. The vineyards in front of the to pieces and carried down the swain, while
houses, the two roads, and the form-yard to the the sleeping car, although making the leap
right of them, were even to•dav, after massesl with the rest, was less injured.
have beer. buried; Rill of their corpses. In vain The stream is naturally but a rivulet, but
were all the attempts; not only did the two was swollen by the extraordinary rains of the
regiments succeed in keeping their position, previous afternoon and evening. Flood wood
but they even advanced several times in pursuit, probably checked the culvert. converting the
and in order to oncotinthr the new masses. enbanktuent into a dam, and the - great weight
This state of things lasted until 2 P. 51.. but of water with the concussion of the crossing
the time was-drawing near when, in spite of train, caused the sad calamity.
their heroic efforts, the little band would scarce- The body of another unknown man wan
ly have been able to go on much longer. It found this afternme, two or three feet below
had terrific losses, their ammunition was be- the surface of the ground. This makes 38
ginning, to NI, and their strength too, after bodies which have been found, end it is pre.
two hours of gigantic fight against ever in• sullied that others are buried in thequick•
creasing odds. At this moment a cloud of eands, or have been carried down the stream.
dust behind the road showed the advance of I The remains of the unrecognized dead were
the long looked for help. and the brigade Pi- buried yesterday at Milwaukee, and the fu•
card of the division Renault was seen adv.. I neral was attended by a large number of eiti•
eing. These forces carried everything before tens,
them, and forced the Austrians to so precipi
tate a retreat that above 5;000 prisoners,
among them 73 officers, remained in the hands
of the allies. The fosses on either side are
supposed to be about 7,000 hors de combat,
without the prisoners of war. From the nuni•
her of dead and wounded 1 saw. I dolt% think
there is much exaggeration in this
I spoke with an Austrian field officer who
tank a prominent part in the aetent, was wound
ed and titken prisoner, lb says the Austria. ,
had no idea .if an attack un their right flank
from Turbign. Li.geueral, daring the whole
campaign the grant difficulty they had to con•
tend with was want of intel igence of the move
ment of the allies. Neither money nor threats
could induce tke country people to divulge
anything, while, on the other side, such was
the vigilance of the allies that spies were al
most of MI use, Thus it carte that they never
could make out where the chief force of the
allies wile, and how far they had advanced
with their preparations. This explains like.
wise the vague incertitude which puzzled all
Europe so much. They had nothing to go up
on, and were obliged to feel their way about
like blind men—first toward Turin and then
towards the Pi/ tiOd beyond it. The result was,
that while they complained of the ridiculous
inactivity of the allies, these aster conceutra.
ted their forces tin the left of their line, and the
Austrians knew only where the danger threat•
ened when he saw the allies enter Novara, and
appear ou the : Ticino. Then it was too late.
They letir, indeed. their positions as fast as
they eintkl,' evacuated #lortara, and abandoned
the l'it line ; but they could 11Q longer concen•
trate their army in time to defend the line of
the Tirinio and keep the allies out of Lombar
dy. They brought up in all haste whatever
they could collets, and posted it at Magenta
and the canal, which forme a second and al•
most more formidable line of defence than the
Ticino itself. But, althoueh they exerted
thenisAves to their utmost, and although they
almost killed their soldiers with marching, they
could only bring up a portion of the Ist, ad, 3d
and 7th Co ps dg Aratie. How great this par
thin was it is impossible to say with certainty;
it is estimated here at 100,000 men, and cer
tainly from the number of egiments which tore
represented among the prisoners, one would
i
be nclined to think that from 70,000 to 80,•
000 melt must have beut lit the neighborhood
of Magenta.
That it was a splendid and decisive victory
there can be not the slightest doubt. The col
ors of two Austrian regiments were taken, and
three guns on this side. This stnall number
of guns is explained by the circumstance that
the Austrians could bring them little more
than their adversaries into play and when they
did, it was done very cautiously, as if they had
foreseen accident. The best proof of the great
ness of the victory has been tit the result —that
the Austrians abandoned Milan the some
night, leaving 100,000 lire in silver and ?OHIO
stand of urine in the citadel. Their retreat was
au per cipitate that they did not even take time
to destroy the railway or to carry off the materi
al it, the next morning the Milanese sent up a
aiu to Magenta, which happens to be the last
towsrds the Ticino, to fetch the wound
ed. The e ,„ O of their army retreated towards
Abbiate GrassO, in :be direction of Lodi. They
left, likewise, the lit" re" Pavia sod Piscon.n,
which becomes untenable now that the allies
are ut
ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—An occur.
reuce which has given rise to a good deal of
excitement, took place, a few days since, in
Oxford township, Chester county. A young
lady —a white woman, respectfully connected—
was living iu a far,pcv ii family as a domestic.
A intifitto was employed on the (arm a labor.
er. The two became enamored of each other
and resolved to marry. The party to whom
they applied to perform the ceremony, how.
ever, declined. Before the marriage was of
feeted the girls paren:s were informed of the
roodition of things. They were horror strick•
en and overwhelmed with shame. No time
was lost. and every effort was made to dissuade
the deluded girl to forego her purpose. Her
bather also remonstrated with her, as only a
brother CAD. All efforts, however, to induce
her to give up her swarthy lover were unavail•
ing. They only made her cling 10 him closer.
The matter became noised about the t.eighhor
hood, and u disposition was manifested to
lynch the black fellow. This came to the ears
of the infatuated girl. She met the dusky fel
low.—Their purpose was at once taken, they
determined to elope together, and did so.—
They disappeared from the neighborhood about
ten days ago, and have not since been heard
from. it is supposed they have pone West.
The girl's parents are almost distracted.— Vit.
.age Record.
Comma ELEcyttm.-13esnles the Virginia
election. jau over, the following have yet to oc
cur :—On ht. Monday of August, in Alabama,
Kentucky and Texas ; on Ist Thursday of Au
gust, in Tennessee; on 2d Thursday of Au•
Rust, in N. Carolina; un Ist Monday of Oct..
iu Gelrgia and 'Mississippi ; on 3d Tuesday
of Oct., in Minnesota; on Ist Monday (7th) of
Nov., in Louisa.; and on let Wednesday of
Nov.. (2d) in Meryleni.
A Fool Hardy Feat,
NIAGARA FALLS, July I, 10 A. M.
Mons. Blondin performed his hazardous feat
on this day of walking across the river on a
tight rope in the presence of from five to ten
thousand spectators. He walked rapidly and
firmly, as it' he had been on a bridge, until he
chose to stop to indulge in some gymnastic
evolutions fur a few minutes. Ile balanced
himself on one leg, sat down, and laid down
on the rope at full length, then, recovering
himself, he walked to the middle of the river,
where he again stopped to accomplish yet an
other feat not down in the bill. Here, stand
ing on the rope, with as much indifference as
if it was a solid.platform, he deliberately low
ered a small line to tie little steamboat, the
“Mall of the Mist," that had stormed out to
that point; to the line was attached a bottle of
wino by the captain of the boat, and the bottle
being drawn up by the adveatturer, he opened
it, and, making a comprehensive bow to both
crowds ou the sides of the river, he drank the
health of all present; then throwing the bottle
into the river he walked on, stopping no more
until he rea ched the Canada shore. He was
exactly nineteen minutes cross ng the river. in
cluding stops On his arrival on the Canada
shore he won cheered vociforously. Ile waited
here about half an hour, when be prepared to
return. At 6:42 he stepped on the rop • to
commence his return passage. He rested but
once, lying down on the rope for two minutes
and accomplishing the return trip in eight min
utes,
As soon as he reached the shore, the cheers
and shouting were almost deafening. M. Blue.
din, having been permitted an instant fur re•
fteshment, was seized by the enthusiastic crowd
and placed on their shoulders and borne about
in triumph. He was then placed inn carriage
and escorted through all the principal streets
of the village, the crowd throngin p him on all
sides. and cheering in the wildest manner.
He did not appear vetiy much exhausted, and
manifested no more fear of nervousness than
any ungymnastic novice would at eating his
breakiltst. He announces his determination
to repeat his feat it intervals during the Sum
mer.
Thus was successfully accomplished one of
the most damp and useless feats that even
this fast age has over witnessed.
gerAt Pittsburg, about nine o'clock on Fri
day evening last, policeman Richard Jones
killed his wife by stabbing her several times
and then shouting her, mutilating the body in a
shocking manner. He immediatelysurrendered
himself to the police authorities, alleging that.
he committed the deed while she was in the act
of adultery with a butcher na.t ed Mentzer. It is
said that Mentzer was also shut, and had fallen
into the river, the affair having taken place on
tho upper Mcnong..hela bridge. Rumors are
afloat that Mentzer was se .n this morning,
but they lark confirmation. Mr. Jones' wtk
had been n notorious prostitute, under the :mune
of Mary Delany, and had served a two years'
intprisoutuent in the State prison fur stabbing a
man.. Mr. Jones has highly respectable con.
nec.ion,
ISA`Dr. G. B. Winship, of Roxbury. a young
physician, 25 years old. and weighing 143
pounds, is believed, by many persons who
have examined into the question, to be the
strongest mun alive. He C. raise a barrel of
t i . ;.:_tr from the floor to hiss boulder • can raise
himacir" with either little finger till his chin is
half a foot ahoy° !t; can raise 200 with either
little finger; can put ttp a dumb bell of 141
pounds; exercises daily with dumb bells weigh.
ing 100 pounds each, which i;:." can raise al•
ternately above his head ; can, hit with his
bands 926 pounds, dead "weight, without the
aid of straps or belts of any kind. Tapham,
the strong 'non of England, could only raise
000 pounds in the same way ; and the celebra.
tel Belgian giant could only lift 900. With
straps it is supposed a person could lift nearly
four tim sas much as by his hands alone. if
this is so Dr. W. can lift at least' ,500 pounds.
Dr. W. is a thorough gymnast ; and when he
graduated at Cambridge five years ago, he was
without a competitor. —Salem Observer
Afar From our sanctum window, remarks
the editor of the Ribrazkian, we can behold
the emigration as it passes, both westward and
eastward. When the emigrants go out, nearly
every ono has a motto painted or written on
the cover of the wagon. When they become
discouraged, and turn back,they usually change
these devices. One day, when the tide was set.
ling strongest towards the east, and scores of
wagons were passing every hour, we amused
ourselves a few minutes reading the various
mottos on the wagon covers. On several were
written "Sweet home ;" on some "Seen the
Elephant;" on the other the significant "D--d
humbug;" while not a few were labelled "On
a buffalo hunt." One that went through here
a few days before with the inscription "Bound
for Pike's Peak if the cattle hold out," return
ed marked " The cattle failed."
DIED. —At hie redidettee, on the 24th ult.,
in the 57th year of his age, Jon Mottalsom,
au old and respected eit 4 zen of Shirley town•
ehip.
Pen, Paste and Sa3sors.
- 0 — .
yam- Queen Victoria is again associated rency, an infallible detector, published by Wm.
with anxieties more than ordinary "interest. Cousland A Co., New York, at 25 etc. per num.
ing." her. It will contain fur similes of the notes of
!all bunks, and should be in the possession of
SerEleven English ericketplayers are corn.
ing to this country, in September next, to play everybody.
against cricketers of the United States and /far The first another of the first Tuinnat—
Canada. Inew b series—of the Scientific American, has
LEWIS C. LEVIN, SO well known to the politi• a r c :, r s ti e l i 4 r t r e m n o ts a t a b v e njull u e l a ren a :G..
cal world, is now in the Insane Asylum at mutter. We hope our friends subscribe for
Philadelphia, and it is feared he is. thin w " k •
firmed lunatic.
ANNOUNCE M ENTS.
‘Ser The agent of a French house was in
Newark, N. J., last week, endeavoring to con
tract with some of the shoo manulactureri to
furnish 800,000 pair of shoes for the French
army.
Stir It is said that Judge Douglas takes the
same ground against the letter of Gen, Cass in
regard to the protection of naturalized citizens
that has been assumed by the liberal press
throughout the country.
liftr' During the past week all the Catholic
children hare been withdrawn from the Union
School of Johnstown and placed in a couple of
parochlial schools recently opened tinder the
direct control of the priesthood.
Ai" In Vermont the factions of the De,noc.
racy are engaged in a fierce contest. The Ad
ministration party are facetiously dubbed 'cow
boys,' and the Dcuglasites rejoice in the en•
phonious appellation of 'stump tails.'
The great balloon voyage of Mr. Wise
has been made. The whole distance traveled
is 1,150 mileal be started at 5:40 P. M. an Fri.
day from gt. Louis, and landed nt Henderson,
Jefferson County, at 2:20 Saturday P.lll.
Rte' The Democr:• tie Standard at Doyle.
town, under the bead of "Going! Going! I
Gone ! I I " announces the appointment by Gov.
Packer of Dr. Retineday as Notary Public for
()darer° Dank, and A. Proomall, Notary
Public for Cheater, Deleware county, and adds:
they ere good Republicans."
LaaT Woneo.—The sun shone brilliantly in
to the room where Humboldt died, and it is re
ported that his last words, to his niece, were:
"Wei herrn eh diese Strablen; sie scheinen dio
Drde zum Himmel zu rufen I (tlow glorious
these rays: I oy scam to call earth to Ilea,
46ir An old man who said Manama was Jc•
sus, entered the Mechanics' and Farmers'
Bank at Albany, N. Y., on Monday last, and
demanded $lO,OOO, which he claims was justly
due him, having been stolen from under Ming.
nra Falls, in 1809, and threatening, if the inon•
ey seas not immediately forthcoming to mill
upon the Wire British army to get it at the
point of the bayonet. Be Was insane.
SO' A telegram from St. Louis contains
glowing tales of the Pike's Peak mines nod mi•
ners. But more convincing than nny in the
statement that gold dust to the value of SOO
has reached St. Louis. A trifling amount, to
be sure, but it goes further to prove that there
is gold in the mountains, in however mull
quantities, than do all the reports which cease
by the same express that brought the little treas
ure.
A LO'Gr SENTENCE.—Levi Long, postmaster
at Pleasent Union, Somerset county, who was
convicted at the present term of the United
States District Court, for stealing a gold dol
lar from the mail, was sentenced by Judge
McCandless, to fifteen years in the western
Penitentiary - , -the motion for a new trial hay.
ing been ovetruled. The prisoner is perhaps
over fifty years of age, and hitherto his reputa.
tion has been that of an honest, upright citi
zen.
Ift9..The State Dem °untie Convention of
Maine yesterday nominated thu Hun. Menus.
seh H. Smith, the Administration candidate,
over Mr. E. K. Stna, t, the Douglas Candidate.
The resolutions adopted, however, favor the
Popular Sovereignty doctrines of the Little
Giant, protest against the passage of is Slave
Code for the Territories and against the re
opening of the Slave-Trade, and endorse the
Administration qualifiedly. The delegation
chosen to the Charleston Convention is said to
be half Administration and half Auti-Adminis
tration.
War The People's party of Blair comity met
in C nvention at Hollidaysburg on Tuesday
and nominated a first-rate ticket. Jacob Bur
ley was nominated for re-election to the Leg
islature, and Col. L. W, Hall was declared the
choice of the Convention for State Senator,
and granted the privilege of choosing his own
conferees. The vote for Senator stood: for
Hall, 42; for Seth R. McCune, 4. A resolu
tion wasadopted declaring Simon Cameron to
be the choice of the Convention for President,
and recommending Samuel Calvin fur the
Gubernatorial chair.
rier The Placerville (Cal.) Observer, thus
accounts for the sudden death of one of the
Digger tribe, who recently departed from the
land of acorns and grasshoppers for the :spirit.
(and pf.Diggprdow
Perished thus the luckless Digger.
Perished, too, from drinking whisky;
Strychnine whisky, sharp as lightning,
Ruin blue and Minnie ride—
Knock.'em•stitr and flaming red•eye—
Such as kill 'em at the counter,
Forty rods or any distance.
Perished thus the wretched Injun,
By imbibing strychnine whisky,
Sold by some confounded bummer,
At a bit a glass, or cheaper,
Strychnine whisky—whisky strychnine.
OVA BOOK TABLE.
THE GENESEE FARME.—The July number
of this valuable agricultural journal has been
received. As usual it abounds with practical
information interesting and useful to every
one who cultivates the soil. There are over
eighty articles in this number, on agricultural
and horticultural subjects, heel los a number
of valuable domestic receipts, written expressly
for the Farmer by experienced housewives.
Published by Joseph thirds, Albany N. Y
at 50 cents a year.
lafar The July 'number of the American Ag•
ricuburist, 18 before us, with its variety of in•
teresting matter, which will be of sterling val.
ue to the farmer. Published in New York, by
Orange Judd, A. K. at 1 per 111111t1111.
SW We have received a copy of ffeweVe
Encyclopedia of American 13:A . Note Cur.
Slat Candidates wishing their names an.
?Jounced through the columns of the" Journal,"
must invariably couple such order with the usu.
al fee—one dollar.
—.—
COUNTY TREASURER--
V We are authorized to announce the name
of WM. J. OEISINGER, as a candidate for
the office of County Treasurer, subject to the
decision of the American Republican County
Convention. [July 6, 1859.—"'
COUNTY TREASURER--
We are authorized to announce the name
of J. H. KENNEDY, as a candidate for the
office of County Treasurer, nuhject to the de
cision of the People's County Convention.
July 6th, 1859.—*
Q HERIFFAtTY--
We are anthorized to announce the num
of TEIOM ‘S H. RULING, of Mt. Union, as
a candidate for the office of Sheriff, subject to
the decision of the American Republican Con.
[July 6, 1859,4.
WE are authorized to an
pounce the name of JOHN A.NASH of
Huntingdon, as a candidate for County Treas.
aver, at the ensuing general election, subject
to the decision of the People's County Conven.
June 29, 1859,-.
COUNTY TREASURER
-2o the American Republican Baty of
Ifuntingdan County : At the request of no•
mcrous friends in different portions of the coon.
Iv, and with a somewhat flattering assurance of
success, I have been induced to announce my•
self as a candidate for tho office of Contay
Treasurer, at the coming Convention. If, in
the opinion of my fellow.citizens composing
said Convention, my humble claims, qualifies.
tinny, and circumstances be deemed worthy of
emisideration and of sufficient importance to
entitle mo to a nomination, the far r will be
thanlcfully received, and in the event of an elec.
tion, I shall endeavor to discharge the duties of
the office with fidelity and to the best of my
abilities. R. McDIVITT.
June 29, 18.59.—*
WE are authorized to an ,
flounce the n nine ofJA MES BRICKM
no a candidate for County Treasurer, subject
to the action of the American Republican Coon.
fy Con vention. June 29, 2859,,
Epilepsy, ter Falling Fits.
We believe we cannot do our readers a morn
import:tut service, than by again calling their
attention to tliat most remarkable preparation,.
discovered by Dr. Seth S. Hattce, of Baltimore
Md., which possesses the power of alleviating
and coring that horrid visitation of mear--4-
ilepsy, or Falling Fits. In recomarendhig this
preparation to our readers, we do eo with a cob.
viction that we are not degradi our columns
to puff a common patent me dicine, but arc
placing before them a discovery, which, if fat.
ly known ' would probably du more to alleviate
human su ffering, than any invention of modern
times. Dr. Hance, in asking us to notice 116
preparation favorably in our editorial &pert
inent, has seta us for perusal a number of let•
tern front persons who have used his ['ills, and
have been cured thereby. All of them speak
in the most crateful and eulogistic terms.—
One great advantage this medicine possesses
in the fact, that it ran be transported through
the mails, thereby affording every one at: op
portunity of dealing directly with the inventor,
and also precluding all possibility of being
imposed on by a counterfeit or spurious intim.
that. Dr. Hance pays the postage un all his
Pills to any part of the country, and will for
ward them by return of mail, on the receipt of
a remittance. His prices are as follows: One
boo, $2; two do., $ 5 ; twelve do., $24. All or
tiers fur the medicine should be addressed to
SETH S. llsxce, 1013 Baltimore street, Haiti.
I more, Md.
st&-Much has been said of the Eastern Ed.
culapins' labors for the sick; not one half has
yet hen told of the indomitable persevere'sco
of this singular man. Imbued with the con
viction that Scrofula is the parent of disease,
he has been years engaged in searching the
hounderies of the earth, for its antidote. With
vast labor has canvassed the products of sea
and land, through both continents, until lit,
has discovered that combination of remedials
which expurges this human rot and corruption
from thesystem. This new invention we now
offer its our columns under the name of AIM'S
SARSAPARILLA, although its virtues are front
substances tar snore active and effectual than
Sarsaparilla.-3/ercantde Journal.
Air Gen. Sam. Houston has accepted Ow
nomination for Govornor of an Independent
convention in Texas. A very few months have
passed since the General, in apathetic speech,
took his final leave of politics.
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS
PIIILAVELPHIA JULY, 5, 1859.
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" Fat. " " 7 00(s17.50
" T 76t0 8 00
Rye Flour and Corn Meal
Wheat—red, per bushel,
" White "
Rye
Core
Cate
CI
1 5001 60
1 600)1 70
85
$5 501
per 64 pounds
$l,BO to 200
$1 :0
loversee
Tiruoth3 seed,
Flax, per bushel
New Advertisements
20.00.
For $2O I will teach practically Grecian, Ital
ian and Oriental Painting, and also a new ineth•
od of Perspective Drawing. Or for $5 any one
style of the above named arts. Or I will send
printed Directions for the four styles on the re.
ceipt of $l, with complete instructions in mix
ing the colors to paint figures and landscapes
in Grecian, Itulian and Oriental Painting.—
These three varieties are executed in Oil Col
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The method of Perspective Drawing is easi
-1 learned, and enables us to sketch accurately
from nature without the tedious rules of Linear.
Copies forwarded immediately on the receipt
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North Bridgewater, Mass.
July oth, 1859.4 t.