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Washington telegraph., 1855-10-31

CALIFORNIA ELECTIoN.-In another col
unin We publish ther esult Of the recent cleo
tion in California. johnson. the American
candidate for Governor, has been elected by
more than 1000 majority over Bigler, his
opponent. The Senate stands Il Ameri-
cans to Is Anti. and the House of Repre-
sentatives 81 Americans to 20 An;i-Ameri-
cans
Washington telegraph., 1855-10-31

Solomon Smith, charged with the murder
of William L. Smith, his own father, in
April last was tried at Paris, Kentucky;
few days ago, and found guilty.
Washington telegraph., 1855-10-31
THE TELEGRAPH.
WASN'T GTON:
" WEDNESDAY,, OCT. ::: 81. 1855.

THE WEArHER-On Thursday morning
last we had killing frost. and ice nearly
quarter of an inch thick. Since then the
weather has been dy and pleasant. and our
planting friends are making good use Of it
picking out their crops.
Washington telegraph., 1855-10-31

The amendment of the constitution of
Connecticut, recently adopted by the people
Of that State. requires that every voter shall
be able to read the constitution.
Washington telegraph., 1855-10-31

The Buffalo Commercial saws that during
eighteen hours of Saturday night and Sun
day morning week, $50, 100 bushels of
grain, and 10.07S barrels of -four arrived
at that po.t. Si1ty-two thousand barrels of
-four arrived during the week.
Washington telegraph., 1855-10-31

g The numerous Democratic meetings
which are being held throughout Arkansas
attest the alarm ans! CONSERVATION which
Sam" has caused among the leaders of that
party. Never before were such strenuous
excrtions made to maintain the integrity of
the party-never before has the lash been
50 unsparingly applied. Government Off
cials, both Stale and national, have been
called into requisition. and no matter wbeth-
er the business Of the government is neglect
ed or not, they must assist in these grand
demonstrations
The inroads of Sam upon the party are so
paipable that the security in which the lead
ers formerly rested has been sadly disturb
ed Sans forays have been SO frequent,
and his captives so numerous in this State
that something has to be done to stop them.
But Gentlemen officials. We labor in vain
Sam IS on the side Of the American people
lie tells them that they are more capable
Of ruling and governing themselves than
foreigners. aud those who hold allegiance
to foreign despots, and the people believe
Sam, for SAM is the people. All your ana
themas are vain-his course, ike the Ea-
gle's, is onward and upward-he has mis-
sion to perform, and will know 30 weari
ness until it is done. 1t is to preserve and
cherish The constitution under which we
have lived and grown great and prosper
Ous nation to protect this glorious Union
from the evil machinatiobs of enemies with
in as well as without; and to teach foreign
emissaries that Americans can, and will
rule America.
Washington telegraph., 1855-10-31

KILLED BY LIGHrNINc.-We learn from
the Democrat. of yesterday, that DR.. Il.
K. BURTON. for short time resident OF
this place. was killed by lightning, on the
20th inst. a. Magnolia. Columbia county
He was passing from his Office to the resi-
dencc of Mr.. EDWARDS at the time. and held
in his hand large stee! triangle and a
small bell the bell was melted by the elcc-
trio fluid. DR.. B. was native Of Cumber-
land county. Kentucky. whence lie euisra-
ted to Texas.
Washington telegraph., 1855-10-31
The "Dear Foreigners at work

Bu6alo, Oct. Is.
There is trouble on the Brentford Rail
road body of armed Irish tore down
the bridge and will not allow the train to
pass.
Washington telegraph., 1855-10-31
o r e G. O X .


Dates from Oregon are to the 18th ult.
The Oregon Argus contains letter with
the following paragraph:
The Indians have brought in the report
that the Blackfeet Indians have killed Gov.
Stevens and company The report is very
generally credited in this region
The report is also credited in Northern
Oregon
Lieut.. Dryer, who arrived at Dallcs on
the lst Of September, reports the command
under Major Haller within a few days
march of the Dalles, all returning in good
health
Opinions seem 10 differ very much in re-
gard to the richness Of the Colville mines.
The stories Of $50 and $50 per day are now
no longer told by the papers Of that vicinity
but the most confident set earnings at So or
So.
Washington telegraph., 1855-10-31

We have on our table the November
number Of this medical quarterly. and again
take pleasure in recommending it to our
medical friends. 1t deseryedly stands at
the head of all the medical publications of
the United States, and ranks inferior to
none Of the best European publications.
Price So per annum.
Washington telegraph., 1855-10-31

Col KINNEY has been chosen Governor
Of San Jnan
Washington telegraph., 1855-10-31

The New York Evening Post mentions
that the hectolitre of grain in France is
equivalent TO % gallons, cons equently the
reported seven millions of hectoltres Of
wheat deficient in the crops Of France is
equal to 1920, 600 bushels.
Washington telegraph., 1855-10-31
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
E'sae Elections.

AMERICANS TRIUNPHANT!!
The news from California is very inter-
esting. The State election has resulted IN
2 complete victory for the american Par
fy! The San Francisco Chronicle, Of the
10th nit, in its summary of news for the
fortnight, says:
The great subject of interest during the
last fortnight has been the result of the eec-
ton for State aud county officers, held on
the 9th inst The whole Know Nothing
State ticket is elected, though r. NJ. Ander-
son. candidate for Lieutenant Governor and
Hugh G. Murray. candidate for Supreme
Justice, have succeeded by only small ma
jorites- The other candidates have from 3
to 5000 majorities. The State officers elect
arc
Gorernor-J. Neely johnson.
Lieutenant Gouernor- N Ander-
Justice Supreme Court-(Long Term)
Hugh c. Murray.
Justice Sup. Court (Short term) David
S. Terry
Controuey-Geo NJ Whitman.
ITeaS1Ter-Henry Bates.
Auorncy-W. G. Wallace.
.Surreyor-J A Brewster.
State Printer-Jas Allen.
The returns, says the Placer Times Of the
19ih ult,, establish beyond doubt the de-
feat of the entire Democratic State ticket
by majorities ranging from eight hundred to
FIVE thousand. The Know Nothings will
have a large majority in both branches Of
the next Legislature, and claim the right to
elect two q. S. Senator'S
The total number of votes cast in San
Francisco was I2,724.
\ vote upon the Prohbitory Liquor Law
was taken at the election but the returns
are not all in. The vote was light and was
nearly equally divided SO far as heard
from the majority is against the law The
election passed off as peaceably as election
days generally do in the State
On the morning Of the 18th ult., the Nj.
caragua steamship Uncle Sam, arrived from
San Juan de. Sud, with the appalling re,
port that out of $50 passengers 100 had
died of cholera, and there were twenty ca
ses Of persons sick, who were taken to the
hospital, and of whom seven have since
died. The passengers assert that instead
of 100 there were more than 200 deaths O.,
board.
y conlagration took place in Weaver
vile, Trinity county, on the 7th inst, an,
the consequences were the dstruction of 81
houses and loss Of $500, 900
There was great conhagration in tn,
to~n Of Grass Valley on the 4th inst 800
buildings were destroyed. Loss estimated
| at $3.50. 900.
Washington telegraph., 1855-10-31

The american Journal Of Medical SCI
eaaces-Blanchard 3- Lea. Publishers,
PHikadelnlaia
The Empire County argus., 1855-04-28
Post Office Notice.

TIME Post Office at Coloma hereafter will be open
Sundays, between the hours of 10 o'clock, A M. and
NJ and ON all Others days from O'Clock in the morn
ing until Z o'clock in the evening.
r. F. DAVIS, Asst P. NJ.
The Empire County argus., 1855-04-28
BLANKS.

JUSTICES BLANKS, EXECUTIONS, WRITS OF
- Attachment, Summons. Affidavit and Subpoena Blanks,
constantly hand and for sale at the ARGUS OFFICE
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-09-01
Instruction in the Mathematics.

I. e. SULIOT, a native of Paris, and q graduate
of the University of Glasgow, intends teaching
the elements of Mathematics. from Geometry to
the Diferential and Integral Calculus, with their
applications to Surveying, the Laws of Forces and
Of Planetary Motion-Classics and French. in the
High School of franklin. Portage Co., conducted
by the Principal, MIR. PEcQuzrr, and his sister, the
Superintendent of tn. Female Department, who
taught there last year, with great success, all the
branches of an English Education, Music, &c.
Wishing to give their pupils increased facilities
and a wider range of subjects, they have proposed
to L. Z. SULIoT to join his labors with theirs.
4. E.. SULIoT does not include Algebra in his
list. 1t will still be taught by Miss PEsoUETT, a
superior teacher of that indispensable complement
of an arithmetical course.
These classes, open to young people of both
sexes, white oI colored, begin on the 10Th Of August.
The terms will not exceed those Of similar estab-
llshmonts. No pains will be spared to encourage
the efforts of the pupils after self-improvement,
especially of those wishing to fit themselves for
teachers.
Franklin is II miles from Etrlvillc station, on
the Pittsburgh & Cleveland Railway. Board can
be had on reasonable terms in respectable families,
As to his competency, 7. Il. SULIor has high
testimonials, covering 30 yeaIs of his professional
life, and can confidently appeal to many of the
best known citizens of Salem, or to any of hi.
pupils. With regard to the school, he can only
say, that, for his own sake. he would not have
connected himself with it had he not been satisfied
of its superior merit.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-09-01
EXTRAORDINARY RISE AND FALL OF
WATER.

About nine o'clock, A.. NJ, Wednesday, the
water in the canal was observed to rise quite fast.
This continued until ten o'clock, when the water
reached the height Of ii fl, 2 ms, rs determined
by the guage at tae upper lock gate. There was
a slight breeze from the n. W. at the tin,e.0 This
was about eight inches above its usual level. The
water remained at this point for the space Of about
ten minutes, then fell to "a height of about Is feet,
ut which point 1t again commenced rising, reach.
ing IL IT. q in. At ii o'clock the water again
commenced falling gradually. until at IL o ,l5ch it
had fallen to the height OF 10 II. 8 ins., from which
point It rose and fell alternately until 4 O'Clock.
when It assumed it's usual level. When the water
was III It. D ms. the wind changed from tho north
west to the southeast. which, though hardly per-
eepnbie here, was plainly shown by the direction
IN which the clouds were moving. The water did
not vary in depth above the rapids during this
time.
The cause Of this extraordinary phenomenon il
unknown to us, but was probably caused by winds
above. We are compelled by this fact to believe
a story which u gentleman long resident ut the
saul tells us vt an occurrence which happencd a
number of years ago, but which was much more
extraordinary in its manifestations. The aceount
is substantially as follows:
In tho summer Of 1887 an extraordinary retro
cession Of waters took place at the rapids. Tn,
phenomenon occurred about noon. The day wa,
clear, but cloudy. The water retired suddenly
leaving the bed of the river bare. except for III,
distance OF twenty rods, where the channel is deem
est, and remained SO for the space of an hour. '
A number Of persons went on. and caught fsl
u thu Toc!s forre1 by he des sassiorsiu Tho roct1
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-09-01
from the povsr trus) carea'sss
A wAR.CHANT.

Thousands and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF mortals-
Targets for slaughter, rush to deaths portals!
Cohort Tn cohort, advancing, advancing
Infantry steadily--cavalry prancing-
Death round the eerried ranks merrily dancing!
Danish all thoughts Of home-think but Of glory !
Hope that We may become famous in storyl.
Wife of your bosom. father and mother.
Children and sweethearts. sister and brother
Forgct-and all feelings Of tenderness smother
Onward there-onward onward and steadily
List to your chiefs command. readily. readily!
Quick. march and forward shoulder arms halt,
there
Ground your arms, warriors wait the assault
there
Look to your weapons we'll see there's no fault
there
Pause for an instant true courage is lowly
In spirit, enkindling thoughts which are holy
Kneel to your Maker, then oGor a prayer to
The Monarch Of battles, and solcmnly swear to
Conquer-or welcome the death you are heir to
Hark the shrill t%rumpet's blast signals for battle
Hundreds of brazen throats roar the dosth-rattle
Wounded, in agony, mangled and CORY,
The dead and the dying. youthful and hoary-
is they fell let them lie--bathed in their glory !
Widows, now husbnndless, weeping at home there
Children now fathcrless, over the foam there,
Brothers and sisters, there, muse on words spoken
Many a British hearth torn up and broken!
Woe to the strife sender ! woe for this token.
God send the Prince Of Peace once more on cart
here
Gran. that this tumult ccase-grant that the deartl
here,
OF right and of justice, may soon be supplied US
Trust in thy Providence ever abide US
Charity, gOlden-hued, blesscdly guide US
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-09-01

INCIDENT AT a PARIS OPERA.-A French paper
has the following account OF an incident which oc-
CURED ut one OF the opera houses in Paris:
"A few evenings since, Mt the opera, o box in the
first row was observed To he empty, through the en-
tire house, with this exception, was crowded to ex-
cess. Two spectators who had not seats to their
liking, went 10 the door Of this box, but could not
obtain admission. The auureuSe or woman who
lad charge Of opening and shutting the box doors,
Insisted that the box only held five, aud that the
five were already within.
The gentlemen regained their seats, fully deter
mined to lay their complaint before the Chief de
%controle. With this view they begged those around
them to observe that the box was empty.
Perfectly empty" cried all, unanimously.
But all At once. as they were gazing, what was
their terror at beholding a ichite hand, apparently
detached from any body, moving along the edge OF
the box, and holding an ivory opera glass. This
hand, isolated and fitting about in the darkness,
produced a terrible effect. The two gentlemen,
pale with surprise and terror, remained immovable
and speechleSs. Presently other white hands
made their appearance, one OF them holding a
white handkerchief, and gong through the motions
as if wiping a forehead.
The house was but dimly lighted at the time
which aided in the terror and in the delusion. Al
last those near the mysterious box raised their
occupants Of the box were five negroes, completely
dressed in black, with their coats but.oued up, and
elegantly gluved in white. Hidden by the darkness
they had remained invisible, amid the retired shades
of their lodge" or open bIx.-HI me- Journal.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-09-01

EXTRACTS,

Those writer's who never 60 further into a sub
ject than is compatible with what they say indis-
pntahly clear to man, woman aud child. may be
the lights of this age. but they will not BIO the
lights of another.
Women are inclined to fall in love with priests
and physicians, because of the help and comfort
they derive from both in perilous moral and phys.
ical maladies. They believe in the pre- ence of
real pity. real sympathy, where the tone and look
of each have become merely habitual and oonven-
tional-l may say professional. Ga the other
hand, women are inclined to fall in love with
criminals and miserable men, out Of the pity,
which in our sex 10 akin to love, and out Of the
power of bestowing comfort or love. So, in the
first instance, they love from gratitude or faith in
the last from compassion or hope.
"Men of all countries, says Sir James Mackin-
t1sh, appear to be more alike in their best quail.
ties than the pride Of civilization would DO willing
to allow"
Religion, in q general sense, is properly the
comprehension and acknowledgment Of unseen
spiritual power and the souls allegiance to it;
and Christianity, in its particular sense. is the
comprehension and appreciation of the personal
character Of Christ, and the hearts allegiance to
that.
where the %question is of a great deal of good
to ensue from a small injustice, men must pursue
the things which are Just in the present, and leave
the future to Divine Providence" This SO simple
rule Of right is seldom attended to as a rule OF
life till we are placed in some strait in which it is
forced upon us.
Fear either as a principle or a motive, is tho be-
ginning of all evil.
Joanna Baltic had a great admiration Of Ma
cauley's Roman Ballads. But" said some one
edo you really account them as poetry p She
replied, They are poetry if the sounds of the
trumpet be music"
All my own experience teaches mo the contemp
of cunning, not the for. The phrase " %profoun,
cunning" has always seemed to me a contradiction
in terms. ( never knew a cunning mind which
was not either shallow, or on some point diseased
People dissemble sometimes, who yet hate dissem
bling, but a cunning mind" emphatically delight
in its own cunning. and is tie ready prey of Gun
ming. That pleasure in deceiving, and aptness t
be deceived" usually go together, was one Of tn
" Use sayings of the wisest of men.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-09-01
FROM INC Ielogthfhs
THE NEW SIAMESE TWINS.

Who has not heard Of the famous twins
That rule DER the mighty realm Of the Westi
The world points its finger at them, and grns
To see them standing breast to breast,
Bound in close communion,
By that strange ligament called "the Union"
North has a frame robust and strong
Puny and pale is his brother South
North helps the stricken thing along.
Putting food to its little mouth
And for tho weakling's feeble veins.
Blood from his own strong heart he drains.
Yet with the wall Of a peevish child,
The little one to tho strong Of limb.
Utters his imprecations wild,
Bidding him yield to his foolisS whim
vowing else-a vow most vain
lie will sever tho bond that binds the twain.
As il little South could afford to part
With the life but for which its own life would
die
As if the North could not bear the smart
Aud staunch the wound of the, sundercd tie
And be freed from the body, diseased, half dead,
Which sorely binders its own free tread.
Yet the retted child. with his insolcnt airs,
Is the plague of his stronger bother's life;
If his will is crossed no threatens and swcars,
Aud vainly flashes his little toy knifei
Strange that the feeble imp of spite
Should bully the stons when his cause is right.
Sure such n strange monstrosity
Ger a realm so fair shall not always range.
Union like this cannot always be,
Sudden and swift there will come a change -
Lol there's a new thing under the sun
They that were two before are ONE.
Stouter of frame and longer Of limb,
With a stronger heayt and larger brain,
Walketh a giant stern and grim,
Over tho realm where ruled the twain
The two are onc-all strifes are ended,
Bodies and souls in one life blended,
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The return of tho water was sudden, and present
ed an imposing spectacle. They came down like
an immense surge, and those who had intentionally
wandered into the river bed had bircly time to
escape being overwhelmed. One of ths number
had taken a sturgeon and determined 10 save his
prize, but the burden caused him to move much
slower than tho rest, and he was obliged to throw
the FISH away and cling to one of the boulders in
order to escape being carried off into the river
below. lie staid thsre until the water resumed
It's usual aspect, when he was taken of in a
canoe.
The rapids presented nearly the same appear
ance on the 18th. with the exception perhaps that
they were not quite ms dry as represented in the
above account. The bed Of the liver was nearly
dry between the islands and the canal. the huge
boulders which had been 80 long concealed show
ing their water-worn shapes plainly to view. The
difference between the highest and lowest stage of
water in the canal was three feet five inches.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-09-01
THE EARTH THAT WE WALK ON.

1t may surprise some readers to learn that all
the earths-clay, flint, chalk, &C., are nothing
more than the rust Of metals; that Mt one time,
during the age Of this world, they were all shining
brilliant metals. biologists speak of the earth,
as being hundreds Of thousands Of years old. All
their philosophy is based upon mechanical science;
the formation of strata, the upheaving of noun
tains, the burying Of forests, have been attributed
to some great cJnvulsiU.l" that is, to some sha-
king together Of the earth's crust. Whether this
great age OF the world be true or not, it is very
certain. that before any Of these events could have
taken place, the formation ot each of the earths
must have been the work of ages; otherwise the
metals, OF which their base consists, cueld not
have been 40 completely rusted as to assume an
earthly texture. To understand this, we must
leave the mechanical, that is, the geological theory
and enter upon the primary or chemical theory.
Combinations took place then as now the metal
lie bases, by mere contact with the atmosphere or
water, passed into oxyds, as the chemists calls
them, or earths, as expressed in daily CONVERSE :
ton. Chemists thus recognize something like
forty different kinds of these oxyds or earthly bod
les. some being very scarce, and others AS plenti-
iul. BY the mereSt touch Of air, some of the me-
tIllc bases of these earths instantly pass into the
rusty or earthly state, some, by contact with water
are so energetic that they burst into flame.
By this process of reasoning, we come to the
conclusion that the earth is one mass or globe OF
mixed metals, OF which the mere crust has become
rustcd, or Ut earthly form the outer rind, as ii
were, preventing any rapid combination taking
place with the metallic surface, five or six mile S
below the face of the dry land. Eruptions from
volcanoes are probably produced by the sea getting
down to the metallic surface, through some assure
in the earth's crust decomposition Of the water
then takes place-ire, flame and steam, causing
an eruption. It-would be an instructive lesson to
man to quarry into the earth's crust to the depth
Of ten or twelve miles.-Scientifc american.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-09-01
SPRING TRADEl!
FRESH ARRIVAL OF NEW STYLE HATS AND cars.
AARON BRADFIELD,


WISHES to call the attention of Merchants.
StorekeeperS and Retail Buyers to his large assort-
ment of
SPRING AND SUMMER HATS AND CAPsl
lie having charge of the Branch Store, in Salem.
of ~LlGIITFOOT d SMEDLEY, Uaiiers Of Phila-
dolphin, and will Wholesale at the same, if not
on better terms, than can be sold in the East.
Their Stock consists Of Fashionable Silk or Mole
skin. Otter, Beaver, Russia. Fur, Panama, Legborn,
Braid, China, Seaweed, and Palmleaf. together with
tl kinds Of Soft Saxony, Wool and Fur Hats, and
Cloth Caps of every variety, and Friends plain Fur,
Moleskin, Silk, Otter, Beaver, Russia, Brush, and
u variety of Mems and Childreu's Fancy Hats and
Caps.
We receive, every week, by express. direct from
the Manufacturers, n additions to our stock. consist
ing of the latest styles of Spring and Summer
wear. of all kinds, qualities and forms desirable.
which will be disposed Of on terms that cannot
fail to suit purchasers. Call and examine our
stock.
L~IGITFOOT & SMEDLEY'S
WHOLESALE AND RETEiL branch.
Care Of A. BRADFIEID, agent.
One door east of Chessman & Wright's, Main st.
Salem, April II. 1855.