C|e Cribm ALTOONA, PA. IHURSDAT, MAY 27.1858. IQ* Where parties ere unknown to o*, oar role lor adrer tlringls to require paynent in advance,oracnantateafitwi known panom. 1: U therefore melees for all neb toaend weadvertteements offering to pay at the end of three or six nwitla. Where advertisements are accompanied with the .•woey, whether one, fire or ten dollars, we will fin the advertiser the toll benefit of cash rates. t&T- Oar thanks are due Hon. Anson Burlingame, Wm. F. Bigler, and others, fpr valuable public documents. tmti tftiin r r rwiir Th» distinguished American Geoend, »ho« untimely demise,. at Fort Leaven* *orth, wits ; announced by telegraph last ▼nek, has been In filling health lor some years. He spent the greater part of last •anuner .at.tlie Logan IJouse, in this place, in the hope thatthepure mountain air and and a removal from the exciting scenes ; of city life would restore him .to health again. Nor were his hopes entirely-vain. Wheh he tookhis departure, late in the season, he appeared much recuperated bothin spirits and health. At the of] his death he was Common der-in-Chief bf the Utah forces, and was preparing to inarch from Fort Leavenworth. Gen Smith was bom in Philadelphia in 1798. . fie'was■* graduate of Princeton College, and was versed in the law, which he practised in New Orleans up to 1986, when ,h« volunteered his services .in the Florida war. He here, .exhibited such unmiataka ble military talent thajt, at the insjtaince of Gen. Taylor, he was raised to thecommand of a regiment of mdunted riflemen at the commencement of the Mexican war. For services at the battle of Monterey) he was breveted Brigadier General. At Centre* ras, Ghepultepec, and other actions, Gen* era! Smith' much ■ distinguished himself, being noted chiefly for cool courage and readiness. , The death of Hen.. Smith• was not un expected at Washington. The War De partment endeavored to dissuade him from claiming the .command, on account of his feeble health, and only desisted when he urged professional : consideration. which could not be disregarded. i Ji Edgar Thompson, President of the Pft.B- R. the President of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne,, & Chicago 8..8-have have tendered to the friends of Gen. Smith, the free use of their roads and cars, prop erly arranged, to convey to Philadelphia the remains of the deceased, and such per* sous as may accompany the same. s jThp. Remains of Gen. Smith were ex pected to arrive in Pittsburg yesterday and to be forwirded to Philadelphia by the Express Train this morning. The Hohnohi. Beocnt dtopatohes,from .the Talley of Salt Lake, apnponce that the Mormons arc PJSPfriftg jo vacate the Talley with the ( totmg in the White MftnptainS; and that 1 . Gol. Cummings, the new Governor of Utah, had been invited into Balt Lake City,. {That thbb true we have no reason to doubt. Brigham Young hao discovered ere .this that he cannot sne cesafolly resist the United States troops on .the open plains of the Talley ; and he now desires, by convincing a disposition down arinsi aid leave the country, to Kcut.s jositicf among the mountains wlme he can protract, the straggle and continue to harrass those who rpay bedb pooed to settle in the Valley. With an indictment for treason suspended over him, not likely that Brigham wiU suhniit > And it is not to be desired thiihe eholild. it has already cost the govennenfc an enormous sight of money to equip and send forces to that Valley, for the express purpose of driving out or' bringing into subjection the hand of out laws who were quartered there, and we think this is no time to treat with the authors of the rebellion. They should be feWtght to punishment at any cost. If they are permitted to take up their abode to j&o White Mountains it will require a standing army in Utah to hold them in check and' protect those - who emigrate thither, from the States. The 'character Mormons is too well known to ad mit of the supposition that they would live on ainieable terms with civilized people. 32ie,President is believed to be 1 in favor of bringing thc rebels to punishment at any cost, and to halve communicated hb de torminatkm to Brigham, through Col. Kaue. We hope to Jiear something more (bittito Irom thatEonniry ore long;. '-C toTifmiMi Hcrtcft hotter known as * {niter far “ Porter’s Sj^trftheTimea,’’ I wior the none de plume of “ Frank For- MSter committed suicide at his room in the Stevens’ House, Broadway, New York, one day last week, hy footing damself in the breast He was an Kngiwliiiwii bj 'birth,;and a gentleman of fine education and rare literary acquirements, and his I writings have earned for him an enviable fame. He was the author of a number of works on horses, dogs, fishes, and all kindsof sporting. The New York Obm mernoZ gives the following account of the cause and circumstances of hia deash>--. “Ht had, itappeara, for some trceka been vtrj depteesedin spirits, owing to faia sepgra tiaß fitn uf wife, to whom be bed bat e short tot been named. What caused the ttpuw Hob is not Asown, farther Hum that some wo man had made mischief between them, aa is alleged in a letter from the deceased. “Yesterday Mr. Herbert, sent for his Mend. Mr. Antfaon, and requested him to remain with him as long as poaaibie. ss he was lonely and depressed. He told Mr. Anthon that he in tended to qommit suicide, and had the matter all arranged. He first thought of committing the act dree the grave of his first wife, in the joemeteiy at Newark, but altered his intention tin that respect,. . | Mr. Anthon remained with him. sitting Up jWith him v tijU 2P. M., tryingdo pewail upon him not to commit the rash act, but he seemed determined. While they were in Mr. Herbert’s parlor, together, at the shore mentioned hoar, (Mr. Herbert retired (apparently for a moment) to the bed room .adjoining, when Mr. Anthon heard the discharge of a pistol. 1 “In another moment Mr Herbert came reel ing out of itjie room, exclaiming, ‘I told you 1 jwould do it,’ and fell upon the floor. The charge haring mitered his breast and paaacd through his tongs, he died in a few minutes of Jjtemorrhage. . He left letters addressed to the preoe,to theCproncr, and to Mr. Antbou.” Editorial life. ■H There is so puch truth in Bie follow ing, from the pen. of Capt Maryatt, that we must be allowed to quote it. But few readers ever think of die laJ»or and care devolving upon an editor, .especially if he makes any pretentions towards keep ing up with the times, and who feels his responsibility. The Captain says: \ “I know tow a periodical Will bear down one’s existence. In itself it appears nothing: the labor is hot manifest; nor is it in the labor, it is the coutura&l attention it. requires. Yonr life becomes, as it were, the publication. One day's paper is no sooner corrected and printed, than on comes another.. It is tbe atone of Sisy yphns, an endless repetition of toil, and con stant weight upon the intellect and spirits, de manding all the exertions of your at the same time that yon are compelled to the severest drudgery. To write for a papier is very well, but to edit one is-to condemn your self to slavery.”- This is true to' the letter, and the ex perience oft every man who ,has ever bad anything to do with newspapers will fully substantiate it. Let any who desires , to test the truth of these remarks, take a bundle of papers and sit down to select and write articles for a newspaper. One triad, we think, will be sufficient to con vince them of, the responsibility of the task. And yet, if an editor does not tell his readers all that everybody else says and does,, and.a gOod .deal more, he is considered a “ poor excuse.” ’ Iy : ■ The Atlantic Monthly foe June. —This excellent publication which has won its way so rapidly into public favor, and may - justlyshe styled the best periodi cal in the Union, is already on our table. It contains no lovesick noyeletts, ‘ and may, therefore, bo unpopular with that class of readers, but it, is filled with the best articles from the pens of the ablest men in the country —Historians and States men—and b consequently popular with those who desire substantial and instruc tive reading. “ The Catacombs of Rome,” and “ The Autocrat of the Breakfast Ta ble,” which have . run* through several numbers,-and are still continued, are alone worth the subscriptioijl price. Price $3 per annum. Philip, Sampson & Co., Bos ton. • ' Fusaas MmuoKa.-— The Sandusky RegitUr af ih» morning, 2<Wi, isftraisfaed with the fol lowing account' of a murder perpetrated in Townsend. The account says :* . ' _ that Jimo' Jtiaes, a cousin of iMuu June, an old grudge against the latteTf .and having prepared himself for revenge by constructing an infernal machine with powder and some other material, and arming himself with a revolver and knife, called at Jane’s house Tuesday morning, at" an early hoar, saying as became in; ‘June, I am in time to take break fast-Witb' you,’ He was invited to do so, and sat .down to the table as coolly os if on a friend ly visit.' After the meal was done, and Jane’s workmen had left, he rose and locked the door, putting the “key in his pocket, and drawing his revolver, said, ‘June, I have come litre to com mit a murder , and am going to do it.’ As ho said this he presented and snapped his revolver, which missed fire. June then seized him, and a tremendous scuffle ensued between June, aided by bis wife,, and the miscreant; the lat ter by this time cutting right and left with a sharp knife. Mrs, J., perceiving that her hus band was being cut piece-meal, quit her hold, burst through the pannelof the door and shout ed ‘murder.’ On the arrival of the neighbors aroused by her cries, it was found that the murderer had succeeded in disembowling June, who died in a few hours.” The news from Illinois and Indiana is, that those States arc pretty much drowned out. The prairies are full of water. The constant ■and heavy rains have beaten down thegr&in, and rendered corn planting impossible. Ohio is little better off tSf" In a communication to the Legislature of California, Got. Weller 1 edited. «fe1;25,-QOO ;*e» destroyed every Quarter at atom 'XmASn SCISSORS. ' Bunsmi* Pa,,-May22,1858. J lute storms in the W«st. . tfmn Bonroas:—Topse It tOSBi a long KSt, Good—Mr*. Haines & Costlej’s icecream, time mm I last wrote to you, although but; : t&m. The “Permsjlrahia House, 7 ' at tatter two wwkakar* elapsed. it may seem to be «m, on the P. K, B. Is offered for sale, bat nshorttme, nerertheSwa, when wecon- - tßk. 9* * *“ eider that hate taken place. t the peg, Catch it now ? . _ . 7 ca *^* a> *“* ™* . * ■ft. Why ia a dandy like a «mson-*take 1 we amt aeeeassrily come to the conclusion Because he*s a bit of a bock. - that we can not measure everything hj days excellent paper—« Portert Spirit andaighta. ,;|.' ■ of the Times.” ‘'Since writing to yon, thare paid a somewhat abrupt viist to Blair county, and its political tiatttWßt ia still haantiwg me. Whilst there I met some highly valued friends, and I b>j be excused fornying that I found no change in them. Tins l am aware ean not alwaysbe said* for there seems to be implanted in'humanity tions to the role moat only find application to those who areindeed *f trae and tried.” I risitedmy old home at Springfield Furnace, where l eas met with: smiles and welcomes-that cheered my heart. What associations thronged 'my mind and clustered ground my heart when I passed the old school-boose, it would, be Vain to endeavor to teU. ; Bat they are gone, gone to join the miliums that hare gone before. - Martinsbnrg was thej town I sought, and without an apology for town, or any other, it is the most'pleasant in Blair county.— Do yon: say But its streets are not elegantly pared—that its architecture is not grand ? Yon will remember they do nht enter pleasure as ingredients. In the hearts and not the houses do we look for that email portion of Heaven that Infinite goodness allows to linger; upon earth. ■■ ' ' On Monday, 24th an event will take place, which, in Importance, fur exceeds all the £oUtical conventions yon- may get up, and be |of a thousand times more benefit than all the •“shrieks” that were evsr ottered for “bleed ing Kansas.” I refer to ;the opening of the “Normal School.” Great praise is due t,o Su perintendent Dean for his isfforts to get up this school- During the past jright or nine months, his energies have been directed to the accom plishment of this object,-'and it depends upon the teachers of Blair county to say whether hid labor shall have been spent in vain. Lot those who croak about the uselessness of the County Superintendent, and the; salary he gets, look upon the increased value pf the public schools under his care, and the amount of labor he has bestowed upon them, and then. forever hold their peace. I swing my bat three times three for the County Snperihtendency and Superin tendent Dean. Having a little extra time on Monday, I visi ted, in company with Mr. Dean, the schools of Professor Miller, (formerly of Williamsburg,) Messrs. Feudal and Mitci|ell and Miss Hoover. The first is the “High School” 6f Hollidays borg, end is under the'cm of Use bat teacher in the country. The schools were all in a prosper ous condition, and the teachers certainly well qualified for their offices, i Success attend them. In Altoona I visited Mr. Ewing’s “Select School,” and. although I remained but a short time, Pformed an exalted! Opinion of that gen tleman. Next I visited : the school taught by my old friend. Miss Hate G winn. Kate under stands her business and knjows how to attend to it Go and see how obedient her pupils are, and how much they love her. This will speak better for her than I can. And what do ycu think I should do next ? why nothing else than stumble in upon “Stans,” whom 1 found, shireunded by a family (not his own) of scholars, &nd I believe that he is doing his duty. I also had the pleasure of meeting my late antagonist, “ Mac.” May his pathway be strewn with flowers. I you still have some thieving in your town. The attacks are; certainly very bold. Should the villains ever bib found oat, no pun ishment would be too severe. In my wanderings I jhave crossed and re crossed the great (?) Notth-Western Railroad, and as often as I see jit I cannot resist the thought that the management of it has' been one of the Qiost unscrupulous systems of fraud and violation of confidence, ever known in Pennsyl vania. The people of this seolibn feel that they hare been, in a great measure, robbed of their substance. And Ido notjwonder at it. I have leaned that the Directors who live in this place have become so' disgusted with the lpeanne£s and subterfuges of those in the east, that they cannot meet with themjfcith the least degree of satisfaction: .tis probable that the people of Philadelphia wruld to hear from their $700,000 worth cf. N. W. B E-ism. Prom the general feeling hereabouts, 1 am' inclined to think that some of those who have been inter ested h) the management of this road would do well nptto makethemselv ai acquainted through Western Pennsylvania. 1 Qo Wednesday lut a colored woman commit ted suicide at this plaeej,. bytumbUng herself into the Conemaugh Birci. Cause, I believe, is unknown. •„ ’ V." The military of this place are making exten sire preparations for the entertainment of their visitors at the encunpmont. I would like to see the Logan Eifles and t|he Altoona Guards in attendance. TgeyTMuld bertainlj- bare a good time. The people of thisjplace are generous, clever and sociable, and always endeavor to rebdef strangers comfortable. But I suppose I had t’" brakes”- for the present, by expressing my regret bid farewell to the “Ji God-speed in his nevrlife. Mr. Dent, find, in Altoont in the patrol uisofthe “-ffrih PniMh Potito.—XinWhißcnbedbn the mils of acellm Newgate, in 1821, /by the .much la mented John Vartte, a short time prior to his execution, for what the English laws deemed a <apiW offence, viz.; “Forgciy.” Much effort was used to .save him—but of no avail He was a fine, young and educated man: “Thon guilty wretch whom justice ra.il. To hroatbe within theie dreary wall., “ .. ' ' Know guilty man this very cell. May he to thee the porch of hell; Miycrime confessed, by G6d fbrgiren, StyEfcrious change—it leads to hoaTefi. w ' Here is a change. In another cell an wp f 08 . quorate scamp wrote as follows; ' / : - ; SlTcttehMhe’»!^tpjwhf n " ; ’ ’ litter Trhistle “down 1 will thcrefbredoae Mutt Ur. Allison has itmae.” I vlab him | Ms j cor new friend, i a bajppj home,: sad p#” staunch friends. ALPHA. Sg)U Very general—Accounts of robberies in different porta of tho country. |g* Cabbage—-a plant that Is toj popular among tailors with lajge familiea. Legialatare of Oregon, at its last session, divorced siityeouple. The man. who. conned an wvestigation says it isn't half so good as an affectionate gu-L have been opened to receive scription to r the stock. of the Bedford Railroad. I®* The. boom, at Lock Haven, trad cut a few nights since, ami about 7,000 logs let out ggy* Books speak* to our minds, friends to our hearts, heaven to our souls, and all else to our ears. ( K&. An impostor with a false wooden leg is taking the rounds of the interior towns in this State. . Look ont for him. |@* The bar of Leavenworth, Kansas, now numbers over 100 members, and it is said to possess much legal talent gSyThe Whig announces Maj. J. D. Leet, as a candidate for nomination, by the Demo cratic party, for Congress. fgjf* Sure as shooting—the defeat of the American and Republican tickets' without a union. S&” Where twenty persons have stomachs but one has brains; hence, brewers grow-rich, while printers remain poor. Numerous—appeals from publishers of country Newspapers to delinquent subscribers. Oura receive none. ttiT' Col T. C. MacDowell of Hollidaysburjg it is thought will be elected President of the Central- Bank. ‘ ' |@* The State Canals were formerly trans ferred: to the Banbury & Erie Railroad, on the 19th ipst., by Gov. Packer. 19* William Williams, convicted of the mur der of Daniel Hendricks, was executed at Har risburg on the 21 st lust. Mr. once wrote in a hotel visitor’s book, Lis initials “A. S.’- Some wag wrote underneath, “Two-thirds of the truth.” A person looking at some skeletons the other day, asked a young doctor present where he got them. We raised them,” was the reply. Green, son of Gen. T. J. Green, late of Texas, recently married Miss Ellery, daughter of Mr. G’s lady by the former husband. Her wealth is estimated at $10,000,000. Lemuel Todd, Chairman of the Union State Committee, has issued a call for a State convention, to be held at Harrisburg, on the Bth of July. B©»Cios8 —A Hollidaytburg chap at Ma bie & Crosby’s Circus for not exhibiting in that “one horse ” town, and because the agent didn't give him a free ticket BQk» A young man iu New York advertised for a wife. In less than two hours, we are told, eighteen married men sent iu word that he might have theirs. *€BU Waked up the Mifflin folks—The Lew istown Democrat's report that the P. R. R. Co. intend removing their machine shops from Pat terson to Lewistown. a®- The letting pf the Sunbury and Erie Bail road from Williamsport to Farrpndsvlile, will take place in Lock Haven, on the second of June. ' is currenlly reported ia literary cir cles that Caesar, when asked by Brutus how many eggs be had eaten at breakfast, answered, “£t tu; Brute." t&“ Michael T-racy, a conductor on one of the through freight trains from Patterson to Columbia, had his band badly crushed a few days since, while engaged in coupling his train. Judge Taylor gave notice at the last court that be would hereafter fine all witnesses who were not present when their names were called. Do you know who I am ?” said a po lice officer to a fellow whom he seixed by the throat. “Not exactly, sir, but X reckon yon are the inalignant m coUarer !”. fiSfßev. Theodore Parker said in a recent sermon that you couldn’t transport a lady or a barrel of flour from New York to Boston with out springing a hoop. T l®“ “Is your master at home ?” “No Sir, he’s out.” “Is your mistress at home?” “No Sir, she’s out.” “Then I’ll step in and sit down by the fire.” “ That’s out too Sir.” I®“ A dutchman being called upon for a toast, said, “ Here ish to the heroes who fit, pleed and died at'the battle of Punker Hill— of whom I am one.” Drank standing. We learn from the Carlisle Democrat of last week that Mr. John Allen, of North Mid dleton township, in that county, has a field of Clover out in “/uH bloom" BSUUse for a Devil —As a sailor saw a lot of policy and lottery-office holders going to prison be was heard t# remark: “If the devil don’t catch them fellows, we might as wqll have no devil.” .!• At Mantilla, township of Mariposa, N.', T., lives Sn animal named John Keith The creature a few weeks since, ate, swallowed, or devoured, seven dozen and four ra>r eggs, shell and all, in less than 24 boors. . ,l®»An exchange has discovered that Scot tische is a corruption of the words “ Scotch Itch,” and that the famous dance owes its oame to a person afflicted with the plague aforesaid. Awful i Wm. M. Beeten, Esq., who has occupied for several years, the position of Cashier of the Carlisle Deposit Bank, in consequence of ill health, has resigned |»ls situation in that insti tution. Mr N. C. Mnsselman has been elected to fill his place. 4 .Fo »re pleased to learn that a splendid silver tea service is about to be presented to the estimable lady of our old friend and first in structor in the “ art preservative of all arts,” sCoL A. K. McClure, as a tribute to him for Ids ln effecting too sale of the Public Works. ■ 9SL> We notice that the trustees of the Agri cultural Society of Hillsborough county, N. H., tore placed on the committee on darning and pfltekmg, John H. Fateh, Joseph Patch, Timothy Pa<<A, abdHdwird Patch, all of dimwit towns. If this mnta patched up Committee, we should like to see one. m ’ v r .Mf? She ought.to be a recent description of a new counterfeit, an exchMee paperways that, on «»the right end is a f2e W 1 * W©;don’t dispute the fact, but colder the female lost to shame, to ap pear in public with such a disiepdtablc charao ter * •••"-> •. jijsr; Homored—Harpy, the Ameri (M tuner, pses a:file of Seeches to subdue the refractory animals pot under his charge After reading about a quar- SSknifofaSl! B*tres in, ph>mi- Terriffe Mora* attfce Wfcßts|r The gale of Thursday evening was, in (WP# portions of the State, of unprecedented w lenee. It covered* large extent of tomtapr, and everywfaepe ibr track is marked with plan-, fnl damage to property, and, perhaps, as far ther intelligence Will, show,, loss of life. ;It •cents to have crossed the Mississippi near Oqnawka, and tit'have "extended eastward, at .least as Cor as-McLeancounty, were wo hearof gome of its dtSastroas effects. In the west there was ranch hail accompanying the wind, and everywhere a great f&JI/or rain. We bear ; that at Lexington, on the fine of the St. Louis, Alton and Chicago Road, the storm was ternffo. In a letter below we are told of Its freaks with the up-train, and an informant at our elbow says that nearly every house m the village was unroofed or blown down. The air was lamed with the wreck which was made; the heavens weroblack with clouds which were poorinwont destruction, and more thanone who was tniie felt that the end of all things was at hand.; | If Lexington has escaped without - great lossaf j life, the fact’ is most wonderful ofalL x We learn from apassenger on the train from St. Louis, that great damage was done by ithe tornado at the junction of the Peoria and Oqnawka roads with the St. Louis, Alton and Chicago Railroads. Both station booses were unroofed, five or six empty freight cars Were blown from the track, dwelling houses were] un roofed, moved bodily twenty or thirty entirely demolished, and yet, amid all this wide spread disaster, he could learn of no one se verely injured. i I From one of our citizens, who was in Peoria at the time, we learn the following particulars of the ravages of the great storm at that place. The hurricane struck the city at about five o’clock in the evening. In the twinkling of an eye;' fifteen or twenty booses' were unroofed,' every church apii*e in tho city blown three canal boats loaded with lumber sunk, and the steamer Olin, with twenty-one passengers on board, made a complete wreck, her cabin being blown entirely away. And what seams realty miraculous, is the fact that but one life was lost in all this furious disorganization] of matter and utter demolition of structures, j It is said that a little child was lest from off .tfce wrecked steamer. The lumber in tbe yards liras blown all over the city, the gas lamps werojall blown down, and the signs were sent flying in every direction; windows and gable cuds were smashed in, wholo trains of cars were blown off the track, and the-beautiful college buildjing upon the blnff utterly demolished. Our inform ant was obliged to take refuge in the Court House Square, to avoid the general destruction which threated the city, and to escape the dy ing signs, boards, boxes, and other missties with which the air was filled. The storm was severe along tha Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. At Qales vburg it was terrible. The engine house of the Railroad Company and two churches just com pleted, were blown down, and a number of dwelling houses were unroofed. Three cars standing on the track were blown off and turn ed upside down. Tbe amount of the damagO at Galesbunrh is estimated at $lO,OOO. No lives lo s t. ‘ !; The steam mills were rained at Oquawka and ten houses unroofed, besides other damage done. Damages estimated at from $lO,OOO to $l-5,000. So far os ascertained, no lives were lost. I : At Galva a large two story dwelling house was rendered a complete ruin*; a portion! of Mr. Babcock’s dwelling was'also blown down. Nearly all the ont-bonses in the village were upset. The wind carried large boxes, lumber, barrels, ko., into the air, as if they were papier. A large church was moved from its foundation about a foot! The storm raged hardest between six and seven o’clock. At Meudora the storm was also furious, bud' when in progress the railroad engine house caught fire and was consumed, together vrith the locomotive Rocket. —Chicago Tribune. ji Two Millions or Tons or Silver.— The ocean bolds dissolved two millions of tonsJof silver. To three French chemists the discovery is due. They took two gallons of water from the coast of St Mary, a few leagues from land, and analyzed if in two ways. A portion of the water they acted upon by the usual teat for ver, and the presence of the precious metal was clearly ascertained. The remainder of the water they evaporated, and the salt they oh tained they boiled with lead. This gave them a button of impure lead, which they subjected to what is termed cupellation. This grand word denotes a very simple process. The button is placed in a tiny saucer made of lime, and; ia submitted to a heat sufficient to melt lead, but not high enough to "affect the silver, should shy fce present. The lead soon begins to melt, and as it melts it ia sucked up by tbe porous saueEr, or cupel; grows smaller and smaller until ho lead remains, and in its .place is a little speck, far brighter than the boiling lead. The cupel is then taken off tbe .fire, and as. it cods, |b® red hot spark cools too, and yon have a honhe opsthic globule of silver, very much like one! of those small pills that druggists delude smokers into buying to take away the smell of . the ito bacco. The operation is very simple, and •is the ordinary mode of procuring silver from the ore. Analyses are being made in this way every day at the mint. When toe presence of silver is doubtful, the work is most exciting', j English ore was so tested the other daw, add sure enough, after a few minutes watching, shone forth a bright speck about toe slab Of a pin’s head. The ore proved a rich one, Andhe shall most likely soon hear more of it. —Leitvre Eourt. . i'4 , Sokkbodt’s Dead.— There’s crape on door; somebody’s dead. Yes, within hhstollen another chip from the block of humanity,lffid the axe-man. Death, is swinging hiaweapoa for another blow. There, the bell Is tolHng somebody’s dead, slow rolls the sounds, biid how they resound, teaching clear into toe heart of the thoughtful 1 The coffin maker Is a coffin; somebody’s dead. The ’ btautifhlly polished bok must scon moulder and rot ;%e worms will crawl oyer it, worms, toe only wit nesses of mortality drooping away, departing from shape and substance. There goesHtoe somebody’s dead. Ah. toa£s the-list nde and the passenger will hot come bade, toe Stay away is eternal. Somdwdy’sdead all toe time; mankind are dying; and earth is'biur producer and consumer, and will tie no crape upon toe door, and no black in mourning tor our toss. While we are dyihg, she smiles, xi|d “®Bbe» and dances torward in her perpebjlal , An o,d >*dy residing at Concord, Ohio, by the name of Guthrie, eame to her death some ten days ago, from Sating leaves of the pie p|ant for “greens." Aphyaician was called *?» l>0 * WM dJShle to counteract the effects of 'She died in a few boors after par- of the greens. Who can explain why it is that the leaves of the rhubarb are poisonohs, d^7 hen •»»«>, while the stems df them jpre patritious and harmless ? N. J. EzctUior gives anaccqnntpf acurious freak of nature, inthe f three different kinds of TPod—white oak, maple and hickoiy-all iogethep in the most perfect manner— tfae lo « h »d the appearance pf °” ly *»*«*« eff the |4i W«d Uw sttwge wwlgwnation b# dkcoreaf A Tadto of Termr. A very singular saidrather * m bu nead/ appeared in aViennajounut.lt appear* tint aa a fanner of Orsinovlnear tStk city, was Utelyre turning bomefirtna market, be stopped at a roadside public boose, and im prudently showed the inn-keeper a large «nm which he bad received. In the night the Inn keeper, Skmed with a poignard, stele into the farmer’s chamber and prepared to stab him, bnt the farmer, who from the man's manner at supper, conceived suspicions of foal play, bad thrown biinseif on the bed fully dressed,'with not going to sleep, and being a powerful ■« be wrested the poignard from the other, sad using it against bim r laid him dead at his feet. A few moments after be hoard stones thrown at the window, and a voice/which he recognized as the Innkeeper’s son said, “ The grave is ready I This proved to him that the father and son bad planned his marker, and to avoid de tection, bad intended burying the dead body at once, lie thereupon wrapped the body ,in the sheet and let it down from a window, he then ran jto tha gendarmerie and stated what had oceumd. Three gehdarmies immediately ac companied him to the house, and found the young man busily engaged in shovelling earth in to the grave. “What are you burying?" said they. “ Obly a horse which has just died.” “Yon are mistaken,” 'replied one of them, jumping into the grave, and raising the corpse. “ Look!” and he* held up a lantern to the Ikee of the' deceased. “Good God!” cried th* young man, thunderstruck. “II Is my briber!” fie wae then arrested, and at once confessed all. N Ixcsxdiaxy Clock. —The Akron (Ohio) Bea con gives the following description of aainftr- Ual machine found in a warehouse in thatvil lage, on removing:a stock of implements, A., large box was discovered, -which from itsafate and appearance excited the saspietotf of'the finder, and he plunged it into the eaoai before opening it The box was found to contain the running works of a brass dock, so adjusted and fixed that a revelation of the stem would draw a bunch of friction matches, connected with a train of tissue paper and fine shavings, over the, tube of a lamp wick. An ojrater can. cut and‘fitted, with a leather top, and filled with camphene, was placed under the clock, be ing the lamp to flmtish tlm'blase. -The can was enclosed in-a large box, which contained combustibles. A bottle of- camphene was near, tod soma quarto of Motion maitoto adjoeted and the lamp lighted, the clock wowk] have ran several boon, (according, as it was wound up,) and graduallydrawn toe-matches into the blase, when the combustion would have been Instanttoebus.; There eto be'no possible doubt that the whole contrivance was for the purpose of incendiarism, but tha ulte rior motive is a mystery; Istkekstixg sxoM Utah. —Washington City* - May 23.—The Union publishes a: tetter from Fort Britiger, April 10th, stating oir the author* ity of Ur. Gilbert, formerly merchant.of Salt Lake City, that Gov. Gumming and GoLi Kane were met by him in Echo Canon, forty-fir a miles this side of salt Lake, oh the 17th of ApriL About twenty Mormons accompanied him. On his way to Salt Lake City from Cali fornia, Mr. Gilbert met large numbers of wag ons heavily loaded on the way, it is supposed to the White Mountains, near the borders of Sew Mexico. Nearly onejmndred Wagons were leaving the city daily, and, so tor aa the women and children were concerned, the city was nearly depopulated. It is supposedltbat a large portion of .them are secreted oh the (Sty Creek, above Salt Lake, in the mountains, where'it is known that they have largeiaches of provisions. In conversation with pßSgham Young, he was told that if the army Wouldj give him time he would leave, but othycwlto-h*. would send them to bell across, riots. •• respondent addsr we are awaiting news from Gov. Cnmmlng wilh much interest apd anxiety. His early return, to camp is not locked for by many, as he took with him large supplies. Jcdob 'Shaw’s Decision.— The; effect of Judge Show’s decision, which allows any. one in Massachusetts ,to destroy spirituous liquors as a nuisancg, has teen to -excite ronurilera to retaliation. A shameful outrage was petrated in the iown of WestSilnstefv by ome> drunken rowdies* who u broke into' the Orthodox Church,, tibd the bell-rope into knots, took the pulpit. Bible, obscenely be smeared it, and laid it bn the door steps .of the pastor’s residence. They broke into a ’paint shop of two friends of temperance, and ponred out .the varnish and oU upon the floor.. They went to the premises of a Lauding temperance man, and cut down, beautiful trees, and they also girdled ■ quite A number of pear trees of another temperance man*” * The Richmond (Va.) Whig says that Richmond can boast of haring within its’ limits, the largest-flooring mill in the world. The su perstructure rests open a solid foundation of granite, the base of Which is seventeen ‘and a half feet thick. The average thickness jof the brick walls, forming the first fear stories, is three feet two inches. The great mill U twelve stories in bright, fronts ninety-six feet/and is one hundred and ‘ sixty-five feet deep. Each floor contains about 14,560 feet; including the two floors in the roof, the total would b* about 155,0(K i square feet—or rather more than three and,a lalf acres. A Sisisos Disease. —A singular disease '■i* made its appearance at Jefferson City. Mo.— The Inquirer of that city give* the following account pf ite symptoms “ Thai nofertahste patiept, as soon as the word abolitionist is xMn ti oned in his bearing, begins to swear, jimp, kick, liop. skip, rear, charge, tear, cavort, short, rip, tumble, sneeze, cough, spit, whoop, stutter, squeal, howl, moan, groan, bellow, bewail, la rnent, despond, turn polo, look savage. frotli at the month, his eyes, stamp his feet ohou the ground, wheel round and round, fall dofiv get Up • again; and then does all that over ■gvi" 0, bornble!” \ The h°“hB thrown under (he carriage, or napoleon, in Pans, were entered at the Ca u a new machine : f6r the generation of gas, and the inspectors abosiderted Uiem of so little value that -they charged no' *&'%* tI,CD ?' °n ini charged them witlr •» • v* ll ® v hich he carried frbmtbn don in hia satchel in damp paper. He dried it ° f a ,tove > with a watch In one hand moment to be blown into eternity by its ex- F " e on] y °{ bombs wew used of eighteen made, and the anxious inquiry at Pa* ns is : tcAere are the other thirteen f : The Lockport Courier says a younjrlad, ®|eyens, who Jives on Oberinbt ag *’ * ne day week before last, got mto difficulty with a neighbor’s boy. which Sh£b Cd e n - \ iS being threatened with am»V Jiti? S 0 Jiim that he ran himself to r^ th * thit he ran from Lockport to Johnaton a Creek, thirteen miles, withOutstop* canf^ an li tha ii., he tiiere Bl °pt iQ * barn,and fihtcold. The next day he ran to Boohea* short time WaS taken sict « «* died uU t J-^ 10 Cincinnati Gazette notices * new 'SJrfthrtnTft b ® ,oir » wrtw'npteißt ***• St&SriL ul g faithful and punctual office in which he has discharged tl neat office he any rccommem which hp is nominated, we in»n can present stronger da agieeablp opd obliging gentle energy, perseverance and rc | for • proper discharge of (he : There ma|y be as good men other parties, but none bettci Mr. Jones, the nominee fo lent of the beat citizens of on tin nhighldegree .the respect all. Shohll he be elected, w [charge his duty with fidelit tbs interests of the county. The rest of the nominees [bat we bear testimony only < [know pertonally. In regard [we must be allowed to expre bnto consideration the distr jibe opposition to the admini. Khis county. With a union of ißepnblican parties, their elec [tain; but in the event of thcr [tinot orgtoisstipns, the Adn ‘will, we tiipk, oyry the day. to be seenjtrhat action the lie; at their Conveg|lpn, which tnr union be affeotSCut all, it wil throagh tne exertions of *bthc: now pretend to control tjso A publican parties, men f\osc o to bs “rule or-ruin,” and win tagOUistiofeel ings toward eac do towards their common oppe oenttip party. Tiut...LobAL Reposiee,—l! —untiring; nothing daunts 1 labor, worries him. The Ln noticing this singular individt ntiSo whibh Don Quixotte child's pljsy compared with t h*t| oauejd upon to sorinouut will intrude into will mingis in mobs, follow into Into! hospitals ; and iu sesius saady to tolfow a stej I nexf world, if the breath ba before Kejbas procured a “ tuy expel him from a public get your proceedings torougl roay diivejhim out of town, a nlshthe paper with all you b| gone. He knows the! “ ins Ueoffioes,[ho Is familiar wii [ dts at a little table, or he ml crown cf mis hat; he worn mantis entrance there, be s questions, Ihe bores, until h< ends. Injhis endeavors to I Ilf all toe news of the dny. In ' np «rx'iten|t in which an indiv propensitito has figured con thtopby tons the %sk of *• pantoed,” or a taste of a Streetnorner; but his pen-si deepertotU the raw-hide, an remembered longer than the In many Instances his infer . through a perverted channel Vot have tljie time or opportn - rest information, neyertbelei - censured acc< glowing qf orator scholars, ail Wfftte the dry cl< occnmnoej, art rcc ble pencil,: and Ufc. a manner "hls.taetg diacrimiaation. the honors/or much of the tends the higher department: keeps Upon his humble way,« duty, which can hardly boil w|ho are acquainted - j_ ■ CotTXTSkmT MoXET.—Thi eat flooded with counterfeit i seriptlon—jnotes, silver and hassfair share of it, and w< have consjeientious scruple: ■ bogusbillej or coin to be ali receiving j|t. We have kecu citocns, and admit that wc beat deceived by them, so w te4 Time and continued 1 ; wiU show! what they are and individual will find himself p them that he wants unless : and refused by all to. whom While change was so scarce, [ ed like silver or gold, or a nomination, was eagerly cl w that Was known to be bogi m question.) 'lt is not so now. i gloselv insi H tite wlso’l &c. , ri:-~ :001m ill i Cocsxr COJJVK! enn County Convention assei burg on Thursday last, and lowing ticket;— Jjtiinbiy —Jacob Burley u < Skwiff— James Funk, of A I^Aonotarjf—' Joseph Balt burg. Truuurtr — John Lmgnfelt C<mr*i** iomr —E. M. Joue Corontr~~ William Fox, jfajiitarmmJ acob Nicodemus foot Director —John B. Ri ! personally, we aie acqiud pf the gentlemen named o; *Jt; Messrs. Funk and Jonc to- Funk is the present €c ty, and sis such has acquired ~ Thk F^oit.— We arc pl« oae of oar country subscribe this- section of tbo country Wteh inJwred by tho frost a cipated. IHo states that p ta»«l tcQoaniug farms, are f vhiob do not appear to bo ®»C ftuii of young apple tr ti somewhat injured, tww, gives proviso of a i«U»ne appear to ' «»»« W H tut i c*rfy one*. ' . 1 >
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