An Extraordinary Family

We are indebted to our fellow-citizon H. W. Eooers. Eaq., who was present at the celebration roforrod to, for the following paragraph, which, we imagine, can not be easily beatón : At the cclobration of tho one-hundredth anniversary of thefirst Bettloment of the TJpper Susquehanna VaHey, at Sidney Plains, N. Y., on the 13th day of June last, tho ropresontatires of fivo gonerations of ono family were present and standing side by sido in tho ordor of their ages, and were rapturously appluuded by tho audionce. It was an extraordinary feature in this oxhibition that oach goneration was ropreHOutated by a male, and he tho first-born of his goneration : Cooko St. John, aged 99 ; T. 8. St. John, aged 75 : Williana St. John, aged 50 ; George St. John, aged 2(i ; and Benjamin St. John aged 5. All aro resideiils of tho samo town and villago, and live within a circuit of half a mile, and aro in vigorou3 health. Tho Patriaron of tho family addressed a few words to tho audience, sayiug that ho had buon a working man all his days, and strongly commcnding tha young who heard him, if they would livo long, to follow his exampiL. In Dtis funeroal oration pronouuced at tho opening of the Eepublioan Courity C onvention jesterday, - we judgod it was a funoreal oratioii by the solemn countenances of the mourners, dologatos -we mean, - tho Ilon. J. Webster Childs rung tho clianges upon tho loyaHy, aecomplishments, and oapacity of the Eepublioan party, and characterizi.d tho opposition as compo3ed of all scuthern robels, all northern sympithizers with rubela, and suoh Republicana as tho party is not willing to trust longor : inoluding, of course, SüJINEB, Schuuz, Trumbctll, Tii'To.v, Fenton. " Our Blaik," andhundreds moro of the wheel-horsas of the party in the days of its glory. And that was all the littly spench araounted to, the same doloful old tune on tho same " old harp of a thousand stringa." If o wonder he was applaudod when he closud, and thtit not 8 suiile of approval was ranifested during the -lugubrious performance. At THE Republican County Conventicn hold in this city yosterday, Hon. J. WhBSTEB OhïLDB temporarily prended, and E. D. KlNXZ offioiatid as tompoiary Seoretllry. The permanent officera were : l'rchident -Hon. Samuel Post. iiecre'ary - joax ir. -UAVRexce. Tho following delegates wero electod : To the Stato Convention, to be held at Lansing, Wedncfiday noxt, July 31st - II. S. Dean, Chas. Shier, T. D. Lañe, Rcuben Kempf, J. "W. Childs, and B. R. Porter. To the Congressional Convention, tobe held August lóth- A. W. Chase, D. B. Groen, Samuel Post, A. D. Crane, W. R. "Waláron, S. T. Whittnker, Lyuifin S. Wood, fm. H. Dell, and M. C. JSdwards. - Sovoral towns wero not representod, and tho asserubled delegates seoniud to " mourn absent friende." Capl'. George P. Sanfobd, heretofore a Rcpublican, has purohasad au interest iu the Lansing Democrat, ehanged tho ñamo to Juurnil, and hoisted tho ñames of Gheei.f.y and BnoSrx. The Journal premisas to do good work in the campaign. - The Docatur ntpu6Hcan has come out for GllEELEY nnd BeO'WTí. PROF. Estabrook, principal of the Stute Normal School, made a spoooh at tho Republican Cotinty Convontion torday, the substanca of which was that he was not yet ret;dy to " clusp hands across tho blocx" . chasra." - "Uuclc "SdreV also spoke, but fuiled to got otï his old eulogy of Oov. Blair - " üur Blaih." A COLLISIOX ocourred on the New York Central Kailroad at Pittsford a few milps east of Koche5tür, on Friday last, in whioh sevoral persons wero killed, E. B. Smith, a well known oitizon of Detroit, senior ineniber of the firm of E. B. Siuiii & Co., bookseller and stationers, being one. Mr. Bmith was a few days less than 33 years old.