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Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-11-10
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A rRIs1 STOCK OF
| Fall and Winter CoedS.
| TusT received q, EDwARD ALDES,s closhinl
y store, consisting in psss ss seavy. over Costs
Heavy nder Goats from sOe" 1880
Fancy y Cashmere Pa:.s, 20" s,1
Black Vests, $50" 7,e
Fancy s. l,50" 7,00
And many other kinds Of Ready Made Clothing too
numsrsus 20 mention tn this liss.
-AL6O-
Alanss ...on@sa, escLoras;
Double Twilie6 0etman C1eeA6
Havrls' Cashmere Black and FsseN
Velvet vestings;
Grenadier g
satin !.
Wa,,,ea
HATS AND CAPS.
RS Black SIX Hata:
AsE;s WOO, Far q;
Plush and Cloth Caps.
These goods am prepared IN cell 1T PRIcss ss Low
the same qualify can be bought slsewhere.
would Offer my thanks to old eustoms.s, but
TRUST they si:r So .os 70 .nd care
see them st any time. ask p.rtculss atte ension'
persons purchasin. At wA:te.sie, tocay geod.,.,
lieyinx can 90 bette, oy them than they can do.
0'cs.s csi sas ssss' a. A EDWARD ALDEs.s oppe m
Le Claire Row. ~ &c sepS6, lso5
lHAHM0TH STOCK OF
NEW GOODS!
At the Great Western Clothing Store.
Il. IoVVon0to4n
No. 6,IE CLAIRE ROW,
rs in receipt Of the largest and most complete stock
OF
CLOTHING. OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
ever brought this Market which has been
in the Eastern markets at greatly reduced prces and
which he will sell
Ticenty- Fiue per Cent. Cheaper
than .,ther establishment in this section Of
try. He is also in addition 10 his stock 81 CiethinE
ceiving extensive and we'll selected stock Of
Gentlemsn's Furnishing Goods
Of all styles and varieties to which he invites att
ton. His stock has been selected with great
prcssy for this Market aud the very lowest prces
In
Extent, Variety and Beauty
his stock cannot be eQuaod in this vrgon, and
FRESH FROM THE MANUFACTORY.
All he asks is thatthe public generally will e~amins
his stock before pu rchAsng elsewhere, feeling sasis
ne that those who cannot be suited In quantity, qua
lity aud price 1t the
Great Western Clothing Asuss.
cam be suted any other estabiishms nj vest Of
Chicago. h EE#r g't SIS
Aug. 81. dtf 3aI ttA
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17

A CHASTITY SPECTACLE.-It is almost incredi.
BILE to state the loss of the Russians in Sebas.
topol alone ; thousands and thousands of dead
bodies purify the air, and indeed, almost the
earth. | have been to see SebastopoI, and to
describe the state of it, is almost, and indeed.
utterly impossible ; it is a frightful den 4; the
last two bombardments have made frightfd
havoc in the town it can only be compared
to a sieve, it is so riddled with shot and shell.
The buildings look quite perfect from our bat.
teries, but once near them, we find them moth.
ing but mere shells /; nothing remains Of the
inside but confused piles of rubbish ; no stair.
case, no floors, nothing remains except an IN.
seemly mass, nor is there a single door or win.
dow to be seen in any of them. In walking
through the town, wherever you could turn,
nothing but dead bodies piled on top Of each ah
cr met the eye, and a horrM stencil salnta The
nose and what acas more shocking still, hrr
acre casks filled miM arms, legs, hands, t@sam
fingers piled regularly array in heaps.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17
Bar Indispositiou of the editor is our ex-
cuse for the non-appearance of our usual varie-
ty of editorial matter. 20 "". .a" ...-.
THE ELECTION.

MAssNHrsErTs.-Ih Massachusetts, the
Know Nothings have elected their whole tick
ct for State officers by a plurality of from ten
to fourteen thousand, Gov. Gardiner leading
his colleagues nearly FIVE thousand votes. Both
branches of the Legislature will be in the
hands of the Know Nothings. In the Tenth
congressional district, Chaffee, Know Nothing,
has been chosen to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the resignation of Mr.. Henry Morris.
MIssIssIppL.-It is reported that everything
in this State has gone Democratic that their
State ticket has been carried by five thousand
majority ;. that the whole democratic delega-
ton to congress has been elected, and that the
democrats have q majority of thirty inlthe lie
gislature. -'1"t 1' 5A' ". .'.
LoUIsIANA.-It is now ascertained that r.
c.. Wicklilfe, Democrat, is chosen Governor of
this State, and that the whole Democratic
State ticket is also elected. The COMPRESSION
al delegation will stand three Democrats and
one American.
New JERSEY ELEcTIoN.-The election in
New Jersey, for members of the legislature,
has resulted as follows Senate, democrats
II, wings ), know-nothings 8. House, 81 de-
mocrats, l6 wings, 6 know-nothings, and l
temperance man.
WIscoNsIN.-The result of the election in
this State is still in doubt-brobably Barstow,
Democrat, is elected Governor.
The Senate stands IA Republicans and II
Democrats.
The Assembly 33 Democrats and 30 Repub-
licans, as far as heard from. ..s #
MINEsoTA.-The new Territorial Legislature
just elected, will stand-In the Council, 9 De-
mocrats, and 3 Republicans in the House p
Democrats, IL Republicans, and ? Know-NO-
things.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17

A DEMAGoGUE Observation-Disclosures John
son, in his recent Message to the Legislature
of Georgia, recommends that provision be
made for the calling of a State Convention in
case Congress refuses to admit Kansas into
the Union on account of her being a slave
holding State, in which case he advises a
disruption of The Union, but hopes the patrio-
tism of the North will avert such a calamity.
Had the Executive of any one of the Free
States recommended such a course of proce-
dure while the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise was pending in Congress, he would
have been denounced as a traitor by the Hot
spurs of the South who now sustain Gov.
johnson.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17
Appointments by Canal Commissioners

SFP~EmSTENnESTs OF MorfyE PowFR- On
the Philadelplia and Columbia Railroads. B.
Baker ; on the Allegheny Portage4R Railroad,
". NJ Callahan.
ColtErToRs.1-Easton b. TT Nieman New
AHope. IT, X. S6ifday; BrStof R. Patterson;
Philadelphia, John F. Smith Paoli, Robert
| Laffertv Parkersburg, NJ. McVeigh Ian
easter G. GarmaHy ; Columbia, IL. Light.
ner Portsmouth, Joseph Livermore Harris
burg, j. l.. Reilly =; Huntingdon, Thomas
Jackson ; Blairsville, Geo. S. Jamison ; Free
port, C. G. Snowdon !; Freeport Aqueduct,
Mary Nesbitt PItsbnrg, w NJ Stewart
Beach Haven, Peter Ent Liverpool, J.. M.
Baum Juaiata Agueduet, Samuel Rigier":
Duncan's Island Bridge Glib. Zcigler /;
Portsmouth Outlet Lock, ". Cole ;Johnstown,
D. Fulweed Hollidaysburg, J.7P. Hoover A.;
Newport, II. A. Zollinger; Northumberland,
J. Swinefprd ; Wifliamsport, j. Piattt; Dums-
burg, G.. a. Achenbaeh. .r4iGcmlo sai 10 ra:.
SUPERyIsoRs.-E astern Divis. w. Forster /;
Delaware Division, ID. Evans Susquehanna Di-
vision, j.. Diffenbach lower North Branch, G..
w Search West Branch, J.aB. MMicken
Upper Juniata, j. ID Leet Lower Western,
j.. NJ. Orr Lower Juniata, D.. Eisenbise.
Observation-Disclosures Rebt. Simp-
son Lancaster, r. King j; Columbia, j. May
err JohIHtown WeighLoc Joseph MClel-
land Johnstown Weigh Scales, John Burk-
holder Philadelphia Assistant, III. Leech;
Northumberland, w. Elliott Columbia Assis-
tan Joseph M. Watts; Beach Haven, F.
NJ Bride Portsmouth, Henry ,Yeghtmeyer. o 81
STATE Agents CoLtMBIA AND PHILADEIPHIA
RAIIRoAD-George w. Bentz, William r.
Kelly, c. C. Thompson, j.. ID. Packer, w. S:
Myler, j. Clark, o. Stuck, j. S. Royal, NJ D.
Holbrook. .g1't .Ee2 % s." 3as "-@.' d ''
CARGO ISsrEcroRs.-Bristol, D. Willard +;
Johnstewn, j. c.. Barrett Columbia, c. Car
son ; Philadelphia, Patrick Conroy. .'''
WooD INsPEcToR.-aceb Fetterly. 80
KEEPER OUTLET Lock, Co~LUMBIA.-J. S.
Roath. Ja- 'l#issn g jog ".IA. '...t
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17

An ENGLISH SeuADRoN FOR CrBA-The
Hants Telegraph, an English paper of the 10Th
ult.. has the following announcement 80 81.
1.-The Powerful, "a, Captain Massey, is or
dered to Jamaica ; and the CORVALLIS, 80,
Captain Wellesley :; Pembroke, 60, Captain
Seymour, ~(screws,) and Rosamond, 60, paddle,
Commander Crofton, are to go to Bermuda
1t is rumored that this movement is in conse-
quencc of the American government having re-
Piled to some communication made to them by
the British government on the subject of Cuba
in a tone insulting to this country in the high
est possible degree" 1aa ut Il - !
The same paper states that two other ships
of war have also been ordered to the North
American coast. We also see it stated, on
other authority, that the. discussion about Gu
ba has recently revived in a most sbelligerent
shape between Mr.. Buchanan, our Minister to
London, and Lord PalmerSton, the British
Premier. Both statements, however, so far as
they relate to trouble between the two coun-
tries in relation to Cuba, are of a doubtful
character. s.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17

Coal VEIN on FIRa.-Tic rare phenomenon
of a coal vein on fire is now to be sen at Bea-
yer Meadow, in this State. The fire origina-
ted from the outside dirt-heap, and thence COM
municated to the vein, filling the subterraneous
avenues of the mine with sulphur, and render
ing its abandonment necessary until the fire
can be arrested and eXtinguished. This, how
ever, is a very difficult and expensive process,
but is usually accomplished by walling up all
the air currents and heading off with clay
the progress of the fire, and then injecting the
mine with steam. A fire in a coal vein pre-
vailed in the vicinity of Tamaqua for several
years, and, no doubt, consumed tens of thou
sands of tons of coal before it could be extingu-
ished, which was finally accomplished a few
weeks ago.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17

CASE OIL HYDRorHoBIA.-Mr. Stephen Lee
died near Peekskill, n. Y, on Wednesday, the
10th ultimo, of ~hydrophobia. 1t appears he
was bitten on the little finger by a small dog,
in May last, but thought little of it until the
LIST inst, when his finger became painful. This
he attributed to rheumatism, until he went to
a pail of water for a drink. The moment the
water touched his lips a sudden convulsive and
jerking movement of his throat and chest threw
his hand from his mouth. Surprised at such
a strange act he again carried the cup to his
mouth, and the same violent throe ensued.-
He made the third attempt, and with the same
result. 1t then, for the first time, struck him
that he had the hydrophobia. He immediate
ly sent for some of his friends who did all they
could to relieve him, but the symptoms con-
tlnued to grow more severe, and in o few days
he died, retaining his senses and a calm dispo-
Sition to the last.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17

GaF@ The friends of Hon. GEORGE NJ. Dali
LAS, held a large meeting in Philadelphia last
week, in which they presented him in a forci-
bic manner as a candidate for the next Presi-
The reasons assigned why he should have the
highest Office in the gift of the people of the
United States are various, amongst them is the
casting vote he gave for the Tariff of 1916.
In this connection, VIC may as we'll men,
ton that the friends of PIERCE have held meet
lngS in Massachusetts, and elsewhere urging his
denomination and reelection to the Presiden-
cy. BENJAMIN F. PARMLEE has been elected q
Delegate from one Of the Massachusetts Con
gresSiOnal Districts to the Cincinnati Conven-
ton, and is instructed to go for PIERCE. The
President thus starts in the lead, but will he
be able to keep it ?
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17

WHEAT IN ENGLAND.-An able writer in the
Mark Lane Express of October Sth, reviews in a
lengthy article, the state of the crops, and par.
t~icularly of the supply of wheat in Europe.
The concluding paragraph, which we quote,
gives us in brief the conclusion to which he
arrives. He says .
at will be seen by the above that l antici.
pate higher prices for wheat and | do not
hesitate to say that if we wish to staye of
much higher prices in the next summer, the
sooner we advance so as to insure q foreign
supply the better for whilst our prices are
behind those of France and Germany, that
supply will inevitably be intercepted before it
reaches our Shores"
The same paper states that the merchants
of Goprewitch have petitioned England and
France to permit the export of grain from the
Sea of Azoff, in neutral vessels and under the
protection of the allied flag.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17

FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN ENGLASD.-Some
French refugees, exiled by Louis Napoleon, re-
siding OH the Island of Jersey, recently took oc-
casion to speak bitterly of the Emperor's
treachery to France, with no very compliment
tary remarks upon the Queen, for her visit to
Paris. An Indignation meeting was held, and
the refugees were threatened with Lynch law,
unless they left the Island, which they imme.
diately did. The London Times threatens
that if they undertake further to disseminate
their Red Republican sentiments, they will
be driven out of the Kingdom. The free
press of England prosecuting a few half-starv.
ed refugees for the expression of their opin-
'ons! The "border %ruffians' on orr Yves
tern frontiers never did anything quite so con-
temptible as that.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17

HoGs.-The Louisville Journal reports ID
other large sale of 90 900 head from the O"N
by a porkhouse owner, at $6,-taken CF1
English packer. The Madison (la.) bIn@
of Monday says, that at the Mammoth ..J
slaughter house, in that place, there are sysa
and under contract, eighteen thousand Ta p.J
ges of cooperage, three thousand baF[Fs v
kanawha salt, and a heavy quantity OF InA
pool salt. Purchases of Hogs have been l'''
to the number of thirty-one thousand Ae'a
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17

ERIE RAnRoAD.-The whole number of cars
and locomotives on this road is 3,l6S, which,
if coupled together in one train, weuld reach a
distance of twenty-one miles, and be able to
carry l50, 1000 persons in one day from New
York to Lake Erie. The Company has in it's
employ not less than 5000 persons, whose paw
per month is 1925, OOO, or 81, 500, 600. The
number of miles from Jersey City to Dunkirk
is 459 !; and is run over by evening express
trains in sixteen hours. The Company has in
its service six printing presses, which are con-
stantly at work printing tickets that are never
used but once, blanks, &c.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17
Another Railroad Massacre

THE Hayem Express Train Bloasn og u.
Traekby The High W1nd-Two Pe,,
KiAsd and a large number Wounded
Asthe Albany Express train on the Harlem
Railroad, which left Chatham Four Cornsrs = !.
5 30 last evening, in charge of Mr.. Rob-
White, conductor, was about midway betwaas
Copake and Boston Corners, an elevation u
some IS feet above The level ground. tbe sa,;oa
train, with the exception of the engine and tmn
der, was suddenly precipitated down The ~
bankment, by q violent gust of wind land;sr
up side down, with their load of human fig
snugly secured within. The train consistoJn !.
the engine, tender, baggage car, and tb,oa
passenger cars.
The scene which followed the disaster NH,
was greatly added to by the extreme darknOll
of the night, beggars description. OnaIl s;daS
were heard the ~waiiings and calls of tbe g.
jured and dying for assistance, which il wao
rendered the more difficult of giving nv snoh
as were fortunate to escape from the ruins mn
injured, from the fact that every lamn on tha
! train had either been demolished or blown w. Wv
leaving the entire scene enShrouded in ~.
blackness of midnight. WY
Mr.. White, the conductor, with nronn,no..
dispatched the engine to Millerton, about :
miles distant, the nearest station for cars and
assistance, and Immediately sat abont With
such assistance as he could procure in extricat.
ing the passengers from the ruins. II va,
found on removing them that two were alreodv
dead, and several others frightfully ipinraj
and a large number more or less bruised and
disabled.
Immediately OF the return ofthe engine with
cars and assistance, the dead, wounded and m.
injured passengers were placed therein, and
the train started for this city where it arrived
at 5 1-2 O'Clock this morning leaving such Of the
passengers as resided on the line at their homes
The names of the dead are
Mr.. R%athbone, q paper manufacturer at Bos.
ton Corners. Body sent home.
Mr.. GeylOrd, brakeman of the train. Re-.
mains brought to this city.
Mr.. Nottingham, Superintendent of the Road
and his assistant. Mr.. Campbell, on hearing Of
the occurrence, this morning, started impe.
diatily for the scene.
We understand that the injured are doing a.,
well as could be expected under the circuu.
stances.
The accident was purely beyond the control
of human agency, consequently no blame can
possibly be attached to any one. An accident
of this kind, to our recollection, has never be-
fore occurred ON any railroad in this country
". Y. Express, Non. Is.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17
To EDWARD CRAyDALL.

~ aFs~ -.LaG HN es.. rIN sffHFF .-E HH --EH ...
bar Sir William Wordsworth, Secretary of
State for the Colonies, died on the 22d ultimo,
of a low gastric fever. His age was As. Sir
William Wordsworth is the last of his race, and
with his death the baronetcy expires. .1a
Another effort is about being made to in
duce Gov. Pollock to pardon DIR. Beale, who
has been in prison more than q year.
DIR. Kane, the Arctic Explorer, is in New
York, where he has made arrangements with
an artist who is now engaged in the prepare
ticn Of the maps, charts, plates, &C., for his
own report, and for the use of Mr.. Grinnell.
Mr.. Buchanan will return home by the way
of the West Indies, and expects to be in New
York about the 1st Of January. e..
Majors Delafeld and Murdoch, and Capt.
Mcclellan, of the United States Army, had ar
rived at the allied camp in the Crimea.
Gov. Merriwether, of New Mexico, is on q
visit to Kentucky. a-..
The Bardstown (Ky.) Gazette says that the
health of Hon. Linn Boyd is still very bad.
The New York Times contradicts it's state.
ment about the anticipated marriage of DR..
Kane.
Judge Douglas was sick at Terre Haul, Ind.
ON the 3Ist nit. aa
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17

y MAN SWALLOWING HIS OWN HEAp.-The
Amcr'cdm JonrnaI Of Medical Science, contains
the following from the pen of D. j. Duegan,
an American Surgeon at Sebrstopol "a
seaman knocked down by a fragment of NOR
tar of shell, was picked up dead. The head
was apparently swept from his shoulders, but
disentangling his clothes, which were tightly
damned around the injured part, the head was
found driven downward into the chest, carry
ing with it a great portion of blue shirt and
red comforter. A small tuft of hair alone
was visible at the bottom of a deep cavity.
1t was q regular intussuSsception.'
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17

B9~There is q statute in Indiana which pre-.
vents the testimony of a negro being received
in the Courts. This liability, which has often
been complained Of for injustice, %justnow gives
the prescribed class the monopoly of the car
rying trade in liquor in that State. As the!
cannot be made witnesses the liquor dealers
are not afraid to sell to them, and they are
very generally employed to effect the exchange
between the seller and consumer of the prOht
bited article.-T0led0 Rep.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17

RAILROAD AccIDENr.-The Express, going
west, on the n. Y. & Err. r., 10th inst when
crossing Wyncoop Creek, Chemung, met with
an accident by the breaking of a rail, throw
ing four cars from the track-breaking the
seats and severely bruising several of the pas
scngers. Cars were sent down from Elmira to
convey the passengers on-so they were delay
ed about one hour. A rottenness in a tic was
the cause of the rail breaking.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17

SUsorEHANSA BASK.-The Montrose Demo.
oat says We notice that a suit has been com
menced against VIM. l.. Post, t. p. st. John,
Ansel st. John, Leonard Searle, Daniel Searle
F, B. Chandler, Charles Avery, C. Goddard
C.. L, Ward, and c.. c. Halsey, for the redemp,
ton of the notes of the late Bank of Susaue-
hanna County. Latham Gardner, plaintiff
n. Newton, Attorney.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17

DEATH OF a MURDEREss.-Elisabcth Harker.
who had been confined in the Jail at Hunting
don since the fall of 1923, under sentence of
death for the murder of her husband and sister,
by poison, died there a few days ago. She was
s~ixty-fve years of age when she committed
these murders, and in consideration of her sex,
and extreme age Governor Bigler humanely
withheld her death warrant, and she was al
lowed to drag out a life ofremorse and wretch
edness, until called by Providence to her final
account.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17

Bag The famous racing mare, Fashion
was at the Hartford Depot, Hartford, t. 10
an hour or so on the 3lst ult. She attrsc'a
a crowd of critics and admirers and FN
looked upon with something of the respect ON
feels for a gallant old soldier who has SlO'1
true pluck.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17

Bag Thu Death Warrant of Jacob Arm
bruster, convicted and sentenced in the Bucks
County Court, for the murder of his wife.
was received from the Governor on Monday
of last week. 1t fixes Friday, the 18th of
FEBRUARY next, as the day of execution. The
hardened wretch betrayed no emotion when
the warrant was read and explained to him,
but simply remarked that "many an innocent
man had@bcen hung in Pennsylvania"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17

THE Pacific RAILROAD ACCIDExr.-We
have at length a full report of the dead and
wounded by the late awful disaster on the st.
Louis Pacific Railway and the totals are,
dead 80, wounded 20, or 100 in all, This is
the worst railroad accident which probably
has ever occurred in this country.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17

MARYLAND E~LEcT1oS.-The returns of the
election in Maryland show the election of one
Democrat and four Americans, and one indie
pendant Wing to Congress. The Legislature,
which has a United States Senator to elect,
in place of Gov. Pratt, and also q State Treasu.
rcr, is largely American.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17

PLAYING WITH HOT GOALS The Charleston
Mercury says: eve have had enough of this
Glorious Union" A thoroughly organised
Dis"ni0n Party is the disideratum, and until
such be formed at the South, all time devoted
to political discussion will be time wasted."-
This is what we call fanaticism of a kind which
the most ultra abolitionist never dreamed of
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17

CHILD BURNED To DEArH.-On the evening
of the 18th inst, a little girl aged five YEAR
daughter of Samuel Burroughs of Alstead, n
Fl. was so severely burned by her clothes tak
ing fire, that she died before morning, le
child's mother who is in delicate health was %
overcome by this sudden calamity as to b
bereft of her senses, and now lies in q W!
precariouS condition.