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TKBStSDAY, MARCH 8, 1860.
unknown to mi, oar rnlefor adrer-
Uingia.to. roquircpaymen t inndvanco,or a guarantee from
kaoirp person*. Iti* therefore useless for SIX snob to eend
u» adTertUemeuUoffering to pa; at the end of threeorsix
mouths. Where advertisement* ara#ccompauied with the
money, wither one, fire or ten dollars, we will give the
drerUser tbtffdll benefit oVcash rates. ,
' 8. M. VETTEH&ILL fit CO.,
, AdrertUlng Agent*> HO Nassau street, New YoA, and
\lO State street, Boston, are the Agents tar.the AUeona
' Tribune, and th° most influential and largest’clrcnlatiiig
Newspapers in the United States and the Canadas. They
are authorised to contract for us at onr lovat rates.
Death of Wm. B. Foster.
We regret to announce tbeeuddeji death
of Wm. B. Foster, Jr., Vice President
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
which occurred in Philadelphia on- Sun
day morning last, of apoplexy 1 ,. He was
in the 54th year of his age r and leaves a
family of two' children) his-wife having
died three years since. Mr. Foster was
« native of Pittsburgh. He commenced
business- life as civil engineer, was at one
time- Canal Commissioner of our State,
■and then Cbief Civil Engineer of Penn
sylvania in constructing her State Works.
He was afterwards elected Vice Presi
dent df the Central road, a position
which he has ever since maintained, with
honor to himself, and- satisfaction to the
Company. He was an excellent and ex
perienced business man, and his practical
knowledge and administrative ability must
be attributed much of the success, and
superior reputation of the Central Road —
the most secure -and best conducted Rail
road in the United States. It will re
quire a good man to supply his place.
The Superintendent’s Office, the Shop
Ticket Office,. Despatcher’s Office,
amT the Passenger Engines on the road
have been heavily draped since Monday
morning, out of respect for the deceased.
His remains passed through4his place on
the Express train, yesterday morning, on
their way to East Liberty, in- the vicinity
of which place they were buried.
The New Arctic Exploration.—
Dr. 1.1. Hayes, Surgebn of the Kane
Arctic Exploration, hopes to be ready for
a.start in the month of May next, for
another voyage to the North Pole. Dr.
Hayes has already raised $lO,OOO, one
half of the necessary sum, from the gen-
erous contributions of his personal friends,
and hopes td secure the rest from the lib
eral public at large. To assist him in this
endeavor, the Geographical and Statisti
cal Society of New York, have appointed
va Committee of leading merchants and
: other well- known citizens (among them
Henry Grinnsl), and there are .reasons to
hope that the appeal will not be made in
vain. The special object of Dr. Hayes’
proposed expedition is to determine at
enee and forever the question of an open
Polar sea, which Lieut Morton saw, and
the existence of which would seem to be
established by a variety of circumstantial
evidence. This sea Dr. Hayes hopes to
reach'by making the principal portion of
the trip ou dog-sledges—vehicles by which
he and his associates rode over a thousand
miles on the previous expedition. \
Forty-Nine Children Drowned.—
From the Quincy (HI.) Herald , we learn
that a terrible calamity, rivalling that of
the Pemberton Mills, occurred oh Thurs
day week, .near the town of Hardin, Illi
nois, on the. Illinois river, and about twen
ty-five miles above Alton. ■ Fifty school
children, in attendance university at
that place, %ent out upon the ice to play .
The ice jgaye way, and, with one exception
to give further particulars, hut he repre
sents that the village was a scene of uni-
mourning, almost every fkmily in
It havinglost one or more Of ita .members.
f At oa Thursday n
mea were crashed to
death by tfce falling of tfcO wall- of'•Sib
• Caffiolic;)—
% in
- demolishing the boUding. To ex
jponse,Jkhey weredireotedto undermine
it might he tiupwa ny?r.
in- this wOrk the wall,
tunnn thirty foot high and two feet thiek,
Buem- ’, Nearly all the men were
Vm terrible disaster
been the result
est parsimony combined with tke most
■ culpable negligence."
ftmipowdmw qf Ott Tribeuu.
HabkwbijM, MawbAvlSCO.
o«JioiMn;.-'FoUowing the groat moVing man
oar Tnesdnyof last meek, the evenihgfound me
anseoased incomfortable quarter*#t!the house
of a certain Botch John, in (he in
Tho crowd* if ins.:#emen
dous, and oh a careful.gurrey IfoiutiS-nearly
erery promnunit Demhoratinthogtrteon hand,
and as soon as l ascertained that the supply of
lager was oaloedated for a three days* siege, I
waosatisfied Butt there 1 wouldhea ’grand har
monisationof the elements—but 1 most confess
that 1 was unprepared to see the turn affairs
took on Thursday morning. 1 would hare staked
ayear's services to the State in th e Western
Penitentiary against a men of pottage that
Witte wonld.be.the. nominee. Of eonne I al
ways was a warm and ardent friend of Henry
B. Foster, and was, therefore, not only snprised
hnt delighted at the result. At you will no
doubt giro an abstract of the proceedings of the
Convention, I refrain from going into particulars.
The sudden death of William B. Foster was
received here yesterday with deep regret. Few
men living had more friends, and it seems tome
that ;the Pennsylvania Bail Bond Company will
have some difficulty in finding a successor with
the practicable ability Mr: Foster possessed.—
The Bepot here, and the this end
of the Road' are draped in mourning.
The- Appropriation hiH ha* been reported in
thO' Bouse, an A foots Up os follows:
Governor andheada of Department, $lB,OOO
Expenses State Dep’t, 6,950
“ Auditor Qen’l Dop’t, , 9,090
“ Surveyor Gen’l Dep't, 9,650
“ School Dep’t, 6,460
“ Treasury'Department, 6,600:
Attorney General’s clerk, 800'
Legislature, 150,000
Distributing the Laws, 700
Printing, 80,000
Water and Gas, 2,600
Contingent Fund, 8,000
Supreme Court, 21,200
District Court of Philadelphia, 16,800
Courts in Allegheny, 10,200
Coarts of Pleas in Commonw’lth, 55,000
Associate Judges, 25,000
Inrerest o.u Debt, 1,960,000
Guaranty Interest, 8,517
Common Schools, 280,000
Pensions, 108,000
Eastern Penitentiary, 12,806
Western Penitential?,■ 10,150
Phila..House of Refuge,
Pittsburg House of Refuge,
State Lunatic Hospital,
Western Hospital, Pittsburg,
Hospital for the Blind,
Hospital for Deaf and Dumb,
School, for ldiotic Children,
Miscellaneous,
' \ •- ■ *
This is less than it was last year, bat I pre
sume that amendments to it in the House and
Senate both, will swell it op to what it was last
year.
. The bill exempting from sale for debt the
house of a man of family, providing it does not
exceed in value $l,OOO, was.discussed and post
poned for two weeks, on Saturday lost. I ait
not wtihoat hope that this bill will ultimately
;V< -iv
- ' ' S^iit:
LETTER FEOM
pass. I---
The following is the bill in relation to the
taxation of Brokers, which has been discussed
at great: length, and is still pending in the
House
“An Act to Increan (he Sinking Fund.
Sec. 1. That any individual or co-partnership
who aro now, or may hereafter be, licensed to
transact business as a bill and exchange broker
or brokers shall furnish to the^.treasurer of the
city or county wherein he, she or they reside .or
do business, every three months, beginning
with April first, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty, a statement setting forth the amount of
cash capital upon which he, she or'they are do
ing business as Brokers, the name, place of resi
dence, and place of business of .such individual;
or, if a co-partnership, the name of the firm, its
place of business, and the names and places of
residence of each of its members, and the amount |
actually paid in and on hand in money,- for the
use of said business, and the aggregate amount
of business they do; which statement shall be
verified by eath or Affirmation before a judge,
alderman, or justice-of the peace; any change
of membership of said co-partnership or firm
which may take place shall be immediately com
munieated to said treasurer by a certificate sign
; ed by all the partners, which statement shall be
filed and preserved in the office of the said city
or county treasurer.
Seo. 2. That each individual or co-partner
ship, haying a license to do business as a bill
broker dr brokers, under this act, shall pay to
the treasurer of the proper city or county, for
the use of the Commonwealth, two per centum
per annum on cash dollar of cash capital paid
in, and five mills per dollar upon the aggregate
of business which is exhibited in said statement,
which shall be in addition to the sum now re
quired for such license and the taxes now au
thorised to be levied for the use of the Common
wealth. Provided, That the said taxes, thus
collected, shall be paid into the sinking fund,
and bgrlrithfully applied to the liquidation of
the Stott debt.”
Yesterday .the supplement to the Mount Joy
Savings Institution, passed the Senate finally,,
and is now in the hands of the Governor, who
will no doubt veto it, to prove his .consistency.
The bUI transforms the institution into a bank
of issue—such as we have enough of at present
for allpraotical purposes,
Thp £hiladelpbians are getting rampant upon
the of .removing the Capitol, and 1 have
no doubt that such an object will be eventually
accomplished,because the city is growing at a
greater ratio than the country. Messrs,
mead, BaUean and others offer ,4he State twelve
acres of land whereon to. erect.the Capitol, ; in
ease of removal. The ground is in the 2dth
Ward, west of the Schuylkill; slightly out of the
dty,bnt 'then it must be .remembered that the
gentlemen own a City Passenger. Bailway from
' thd proposed site to the heart of the city. A
withln a WheeL - ’ •
The revised Penal Code was taken dp in the
tt-day, and progressed to the 61st sec
tion. It will take some days to get through with
it. The House was engaged on small private
bills. The appropriation Ifill W*® recommitted
to-day, and will no doubt comeoutoonaiderably
enlarged. Yours, s I*C)GAN.
Thcman whose wife caught » package
of $250 in money from it out of
the railroad car window, thhdsuig it tobaoco:
which he intended to take out, was aiawyOJr,®^
«x]>fD^
: WfrouuAu Ixtastioiok. —The LondfoFfemt
cial ISt/ormer publishes a commutilbi|tion ftbfe
“ a gentleman of station and higbfCharabter,” iti
relation to the treatment of infintpanperain
one jpf the London workhouse, the statements of
which are too horrible lor beKef. .The writer
etatoasafact,which I a» : prepared to
pT«b by creditable witnesses before a Committee
of ;die Honeo of Commons, that in the united
pMuhesof St George, Bloomsbury and St. Giles,
fhr|fhicb Ifam rated, that there is not one in
state; felivhig memory of . an infant surviving
the sreatmont in this workhouse. There are now
in this workhouse between 80 and 90 infants;
aadiaccording toall experience, notone of these
this timenext year, lathis
tb.be wondered at t Certainly not, by those who
knoti the treatment to which these poor inno
cents are doomed. One wretched pauper woman
has: the charge of .all the poor victims of this
brutal system, Their food is thecoarseat work
honse bread, soaked with boiling water, tinged
with, what is called milk. With this, as they lie
in rows, they are staffed until they die, as of
course they very soon do j or very soon there
woiijtd he no rooms to lay them orfl im They
are looming in every hoar of the’day and night,
and aa they come they go.- Nobody knows—
nobody cares. We are a small 1 body in bur par
ish, who have been trying af long time to be al
lowed to provide a paid aad proper nurse for this
: awful duty. We have 1 asked to provide only one
paid nurse, but even this the boapi of guardians
have refused, and still refuse. Can any one
v doimC that these infants are so treated to be
'made away with ? It is a notorious fact, to be
proved by undoubted evidence, that it is a com
mon; practice, to give these infants the dregs of
workhouse .porter, and the scraps of the work
horse salted pork. What con this be for but to
hasten their departure ? And what is this but
murder ?”
Sew Post Office Stamps. —A new Post Office
Stomp bos been invented by a gentleman in the
city of Philadelphia, which is calculated to meet
a public wont that has long been felt. The pe
culiarity of the new patent stamp is this:—it
leaves its impression not only on the envelope
enclosing a letter, but upon every fold of the
letter itself. This is effected by means of a steel
die, tho letters and figures upon whicn are form
ed by a series of fine points, which pierce the
envelope audits contents in such a manner as to
impart, ineffaceablp, the name of the post-office
and date upon which the letter is mailed. Since
the introduction of envelopes, much in
convenience has been suffered from the want of
such an invention.
In numerous instances, as every business man
knows, letters containing orders are received in
which the name of the post-town and the date
are -entirely omitted, and upon which the post
mark has been so imperfectly impressed aa to be
unintelligible. For this reason post dates on
envelopes aro not received in court evidence and
very properly so, from the fact that wrong en
velopes could be easily substituted to make out
a case. With the steel-pointed stamp, however,
alt these disadvantages are effectively obviatdd.
25.000
15.000
20.000
80,000
22.000
23,000
5.000
5.000
A New Institution. —The Detroit papers no
tice a new establishment just opened in that city
Tor the purpose of enabling fugitive slaves in
Canada to return to theii masters. The agent
who has undertaken this charitable enterprise is
evidently in earnest. He states that he “ has
such investigations in Canada, especially
at Chatham and other place? where Africans
most congregate, as satisfy him that large num
bers of them are anxious and ready to return to
their masters at the South if they only had the
means,” and he proposes to furnish them with
transportation tickets and to send them in com
pany with an agent, looking to theirmasters for
remuneration for his benevolence. His office is
inf Desnoyers’ block in Detroit. The man’s
name is Brown, and his advertisement makes
the following statements: V Arrangements en
tered into yrith parties will be guaranteed be
yoncT question as strict fulfillment Of all obliga
tions. Parties desirous of returning can com
municate with the undersigned, either personally
or by letter,”
2,808 317
Caught in Hrs Own Trap.— ln Kittanning, a
few nights since, three persons confined in the
County jail, becoming tired of the sedentary life
Iml;by the inmates of the institution, determin
ed to leave, to which end, as is usual in such
cables, they dug a hole through the arch-work
towards the cellar, through which two of them
made their exit, but the third being more cor
pulent than the others, stuck in the hole, where
he was found next morning, handsomely trap
ped in his own invention, and considerably fa
tigued from the position in which he had placed
himself. He made no further effort to leave,
'that being a matter of small consequence, as he
can dig out almost any night, the weather be
ing favorable.
Mistaken Vengeance of a Mob.— At Keo
kuk, lowa, about ten days since, a disgraceful
outrage was perpetrated upon a Mrs. Tier. A
'Company of self constituted Regulators went to
the house disguised, broke into it, took the wo
man out, marched her off in her night clothes,
through the snow for a half a mile, and beat
her uptjl what covering she had on was stained
with blbod, in order to make her confess that
she knew who set fire to a neighbor’s barn, and
left her to crawl home with frozen feet in the
best way she could to her helpless children, and
afterwards sent her and them oat of the county.
It afterwards transpired that she knew nothing
about the matter.
1 A Dissolute Conobessman. —The Washing
ton correspondent of the Cincinnati OazelU says
that a member of Congress from one of the
Northwestern States, who the other day drew
pay and mileage to the amount of $2,800, went
in ;the evening to a gambling hell. Here be
drank, and as he drank he played. “Lhck”
t?aa against-him, and when the grey dawn stole
through the windows, his $2,800 had gone into
the man of the “ tiger.”' He was so drunk too,
that he could bo got home only by stratagem.—
He was made to believe that he hod been chal
lenged, and was led away to prepare for the
Meeting at Blandesburg.
: A Powerful Temperance Lecture. —Mrs.
Rush, of Champaign county Ohio, has recovered
ss,ooo of Peter Dawson for the loss of her foot,
u brief the case is this: Dawson sold liquor to
tpe husband of the plaintiff; and the husband
under its influence' made an assault upon his
Wife. and so injured her foot that amputation
necessary. She Drought suit, under* “An
gdt to provide against the evils resulting from
tiie sale of intoxicating liquors in the State of
Ohioand the jury rendered said verdict.
| i 1@” John Short, the burglar, who broke oat
of the Newport Jail, B. 1., about a week, since,
has written a letter to the Mayor of that city.—
letter, is dated, at Newport, and says that
i“'he has taken the job of rebuilding the Pem
berton mills, at Lawrence, and will be obliged
to absent himself from that city for Bomb time
iin consequence. JOn his return he will take a
Contract forrepoiring the Newport : Jail, as, in
opinion, itls not of! tal&ment'security for
jthe incarceration of prisoners.”
’ ,I®* Judge Jjeonard, of the New Jersey Ba*
jpnme CoarVon Friday, grantedW attachment
jftgainßtßucH property aaL Col. JohnC.Fremont
:4ayh&vein that Statej' Ifrriodon
|fwjdieTent of a houee"ln
Street, at_the salt at Darnel irCanleyi
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Democratic Stale Convention.
'C ; This Convention met "last W edncsday at Read
ing., Xbenf was a fell representation of Dele
gates, and-an immense crowd of outsiders. At
11 o’elook the Convpntioa was terapotarily or
ganised by electing Geo. R. Smith, of Cambria,
chairman, with a number of secretaries.;' The
list of Delegates was called over j sevefel dis
tricts wore represented by two sett of Delegates,
whose seates were disputed, and created consi
derable confusion. After, they had got through
with 1 the disputed seats, Wm. H. Welshi Cf York
county, was elected President of the Conven
tion.
On taking-the chair, Mr. Welsh addressed-the
Convention in a speech .of some length. He
tfaanked-the Convention for tho honor conferred
upon him, and pledged himself to perform the
duties of the office with fairness, strictness and
impartiality. Ho invoked concord, harmony
and union in their-deliberations —without which
the proceedings would be marked tilth discord
and dimatjw. The fate of the Democratic party
is in the hands of the Convention—on its ac
tions the fate of the party for weal or
for wo. aU personal asperities be forgot
ten —all party differences banished. Let the
dead bury the dead—let all keep step to the
Union and the Constitution —if we fall, lotus
fall with the flag of the country around us, and
oar last expiring cry bo for the Union and tho
Constitution!
Mr. Welsh concluded his remarks amid deaf
ening shouts of applauser, which were long con
tinued.
The Convention went into nomination for
Governor. The Convention then prboeSded to
a vote, which resulted os follows:
FIRST H ALLOT.
Whole number of votes,
Necessary to a choice,
Wit tie.
Sanderson,
Fry,
Shindel,
Strickland,
Hopkins,
Wright,
Cresswell,
Foster, 4
Messrs. Cresswell and Shindel were with
drawn.
■ECONO BALLOT.
Necessary to a choice,
Wm. H. Wittie,
Jacob Fry, Jr.,
Sanderson, t
Hopkins,
Wright,
Strickland,
Foster,
There being no election, a third ballot was
taken. <.
Mr. Johnston re-nominated Henry D. Foster,
and advocated bis nomination.
The President ruled that he could not be re
nominated, but that he could be voted for.
TYlttie,
Fry,
Strickland,
Sanderson,
Hopkins,
Wright,
Foster,
There being no election, Dietrich, of Lycom
ing, now rose and in a loud emphatic voice
moved that Henry D. Foster, of Westmoreland,
be nominated by acclamation.
The motion was responded to by tremendous
cheering
The wildest confusion prevailed. Every man
was on bis feet bellowing to the full extent of
his lungs.
After a long interval some little order was re
stored and the President put the motion.
It was responded to by a unanimous “ yell.”
The confusion was wilder, if possible, than ever.
The President declared Mr. Foster as having
been nominated'for Governor, by acclamation.
This announcement was received with great
applause.
The confusion still continued, notwithstand
ing the efforts of the Chairman to preserve
order.
When order was somewhat restored, a del
egate moved that a vote be taken viva voce , in
order to re-affirm and thus permanently secure
Mr. Foster’s nomination. This was agreed to.
On the vote being taken, every delegate
answered the name of “ Henry D. Foster.”
The President again declared Mr. Foster as
unanimously nominated.
: This announcement was responded to with
the wildest acclamation.
Terrible Tbagbdy. —A terrible affair occur
red in Franklin County, Ya., on the 25th ult.,
resulting in the death of three' brothers, and
mortally wounding another person. The par
ties met at a store to toke depositions to be used
in a suit now pending for a divorce. A ques
tion propounded by Captain Witcher, so exas
perated Mr. James Clement, the defendant in
the suit, that he resorted to the use of his pistol
for. an answer, but fired to quickly to make sure
of his aim. Capt. Witcher returned the fire,
and killed the husband of his grand-daughter on
the spot, the ball striking in the forehead.—
Ralph Clement, rushing to his brother’s aid,
shat-ed the same fate, from the discharge of a
pistol in the same hands which bad sped the
messenger of death with suck unerring certainty
to the brain of his brother James. Johnson
Clement, another brother, fired at Mr. John
Archer Smith, a grand-son of Mr. Witcher, who
was present, and brother to Mis. Yictoria Cle
ment, severely wounding him in the shoulder.
The wounded man then rushed upon Johnson
Clement with a bowie knife, and made a fatal
thrust into his bowels, the unfortunate victim
falling dead on the spot. The other party, to
the affray, engage 1 on the Witcher side, was a
Mr. Samuel Swanson, Jr., also a devoted grand
son of Mr. Witcher. Mr. S. was wounded, but
will recover. Mr. Smith, the brother of Mrs.
Clement, it is thought will die of the severe
wound received in the shoulder.
Badly Sold. — A little affair happened the
other day Which is too good to bo lost. Mr. A.
called on one of opr farmers, and asked him the
price of oats, and was informed that they were
worth 85 cents per bushel. He agreed to pay
40 cents on condition that he should bo gprmit
ted to tramp them in the half bushel. To se
cure the bargain he paid for twelve bushels, and
the next day took bis wagon and went after
them. The farmer filled the half bushel, after
which Mr. A. got in and gave them a most
vigorous tramping, contracting" their proportions
considerably. The farmer thereupon emptied
the oats into the bag without ‘ filling up the
measure. Mr. A. raved, but it was no use, the
farmer bad complied with his part of the agree
ment, and as ah evidence, told Mr. A. after be
had measured the oats, he might tramp them
all day. —‘Jereey Shore Republican.
A Bdbqlab.’b Tool Ches*.—An important;
arrest and seizure of burglar’s tools, has lately
occurred in Baltimore, Md., and is said to be
one .of the largest assortments of “ cracksmen’s?’
implements ever secured. The inventory of ar
ticles names small vicss, dark lanterns, a frame
used' for drilling purposes, bits and wards of
keys of all sizes, patterns of wards and keys,
wrenches, nippers, pryers, three boxes of black
wax for impressions,' twohundred keys' bf ill
sixes and desoripfions', various pipes for the use'
of powder to blow open saws, jimmies,
bilges, and a variety of.'other articles the use
of which is kno*n to the initiated. A number
of keys ware; ladled withthp names of: the
owittesjof stores'to which they had beeriUtted.'
TBIED BALLOT.
The WroaK Ifogro.
The following humorous fllnstrntloii of the
Ethiopian characteristic of Sanford, wo copy
from a Georgia paper, bttt originally appeared
in one of A# Richmond papers :- r*yfPSS!B
recent successful engajrtmentof Santoros grew
Philadelphia Nigger Opera Troupe, at Kdnnond,
Va., theetty was fuuNof fftraugeib from thw
country, : : -iiwst, was one Mr.
Charles from ~<ph nf the central, conn-;
ties of thi SMe. Me* L. belonged, ofeonrso,
to one of the r * P. P. and was a Tory sensi
ble man at homo, and much thought of by his
neighbors. He was, hdwerer, mneh set in his ]
way, and when ho ones jbok a notion, however
wrong, it was next to (impossible to set him
right He owned quite! a number of slaves, one
of whom had recently absconded to parts un
known. The lost darkfc was one of great valne,
not only on account of his intelligence, bat also
for his honesty. -
It so happened that while in Richmond on the'
oesaston referred toi Mr. Loxley went with a*
friend to while away aahour at Sanford’s exhi
bition. " They reached the place, paid their fare,
and were quietly seated Awaiting the appear
ance of the troupe—which at length came out,
took their places and the performance began.—
In looking around, his friend Saw Loxley appa
rently under much excitement, ha the 1 act of
rising, with an earnest look towards the sjtago.
On asking what waatvjie; matter, t. implied, I
“ That fellow withthotamborineismy Josh.*’
His friend thoughthe 'frasmistaken, and tried
to convince him of his ;i error-—but
would do; he was ;etr|dn. that the rugger was
his Josh, and have h|in 'ho would before ho
slept. The most Bis frijend could do was to pre
vail upon him to allow?! the performance to go
on till its close. Just (before the termination,
however, Loxley wept ;j>ut and returned with a
I warrant And proper oiscera to execute it, and
when the curtain fell the posse rushed upon the
stage, seized Sanford,; . And before he had time
to wash off the burnt pork, had him properly
handcuffed and secured. Sanford did nqt show
the least alarm, confident that he could soon
wash out the dork insinuation that he was “ my
Josh.” When Loxley called him 44 Josh,” San
ford, for his own reason, always answered
• 4 massa,” and in the 1 ?; peculiar way of doing
which made L. yet sure that he had found
bis boy. After Sanford had asked permission
to bring his Mother clothes" in a handle, they
went to the Alderman’ll' office, where Mr. Lox
ley made a solemn oath that the man was his
slave 44 Josh.” He knew him by his general
appearance, and he know him by his voice.—
Upon such positive evidence, and considering
the respectable character of the claimant, the
Alderman had but one; course, and poor San
ford was handed over to 44 durance vile.”
Of course those acquainted with the renowned
performer, richly enjoyed each turn the farce
took, and were on tip-toe awaiting the denoa
meut, and of course they followed him as he de
murely walked handcuffed aside of his master,
to the hotel Arriving there, Sanford said,
44 Massa Charles, please let me wash do dust out
out of my eyes, and take, off dese good close.”
Loxley agreed to this, but would not permit him
to go oat of his sight. Water was procured,
and Sanford had scarcely commenced his ablu
tions, ere the bystanders raised such a shout of
laughter at Loxley’s'; expense, as was never
beard before in the 44 01 d Dominion.” Sanford
was metamorphosed in an instant. Bis color,
Voice, gait and-demeaiipr were all changed in a
twinkle, and from an. old greasy negro he came
out a finished gentleman, as everybody knows
him to be. ..
But poor Loxley, perjured, disappointed, mor
tified, the laughing stpek of the whole company,
he retired amid the jeers of the spectators, and
in the morning deft before day for home,4o be
laughed at till the end, of Jugidays.
Sandford having had removed,
was compelled to treat all' around for having
been the hero of so. good a joke. He was im
mediately surroundediby a host of friends, and
the transaction becoming quickly known through
the city, the next evening, and us long as he re
mained there, the rush to his performances was
of the most gratifying and satisfactory charac
ter. It might be truly said, those handcuffs
were to him bracelets; of gold, and be left the
city with several good reason for being satisfied
with his experience in: Virginia, and the peculiar
institution of the suqny South.
136
Beauty bt Weigh?.— Among the Hottentots,
a woman is beautiful in proportion to her
weight. A man takes a wife there as we take a
pig here—by her pro'portions. A girl of some
two hundred weight Is a fair creature. One of
two and a half is lovely. One of three hundred
weight is perfectly adorable. We guess some
such idea must also prevail down in Maine, or
they would not growbucli -enormous females as
we see advertise for husbands in the Belfast
Journal. Miss Eupjhemia, 19 years, weighing
238 pounds; Miss Rose, 18 years, weighing 243
pounds, are in quest’; of purchasers. Whoever
gets them will get etioagb for bis money. Bat,
as Sidney Smith used to say of a stout lady of
his acquaintance, no: man could expect to mar
ry such a creature dll at once. He would have
to marry her by installments a litt|a at a time.
It would be the only'way to get around; such a
beauty! '
SPECIAL NOTICES.
CAN EPILEPSY BN CUBED t
We think the following-letter from a respectable Citizen
of Mississippi will answer the .question, and remove’ all
doubts from every unbiased mind :
! | i! • Qxexaoa, Miss., Jane 5,1856.
Dr. Seth & Bance, Baltimore, Md. —Dear Sir: I take great
pleasure in relating a cam of Spasms or fits, cured by your
invaluable Pills. My brother, J. J. Ligon, has long been
afflicted with this awful; disease. He was first, attacked
while quite young. Ha would have one or two spasms at
one attack at first; but ag ho grew older they seemed to in
crease likewise. Up to tijotlme ho commenced taking your
Pills, he had them very, often and quite severe, prostratjng
him body and mind. Hw mind had suffered seriously; but
now, lam happy to say,[he is'cured of those fits.' He has
enjoyed fine health for |be IoM five months. His mind has
also returned to Its original sprightllueaa. All this l take
great pleasure in communicating, as it may be the paeans
of directing others to the remedy that will cure them.—
Yours rcspedtfiilly, • , W. P. LIGON.-
No person who is snflerlngfrom Pits or Spasms, should
neglect sending to Ur. Hance, after this, for a supply of his
inestimable medicine. His prices are as follows: one box
$3; two $5; twelve matt floe, on the receipt of
a remittance. Address Ba»p 3. Haso*, 108 Baltimore SL,
Baltimore, Md. .'I '
Chills and I i Chills and Fever I
, One of the greatest remedies that has ever been laid he
fore'the public,* for aridAgue/and 'which'have re
ceived the highest encomiums from theiprees sod the peo
ple, is SB. CKt.BBRAtSP BITXBBB-
Who would endure the; &t£hres arising from this terrible
disease, when it om boAoeasily curedl Whowould(wdnre
sleepless nights, burning fevers and Icy chills alternately,
when a remedy can bo uhtidned for a trifle 1 And yet
how man linger but a painful existence nnd«r this
deadly blight, and do nothing but gulp down guinino until
~it becomes ap common their daily meals, and yet they
arenotrelieved. Nohd; but the foolish and weak would
hesitate toprocme these;.voluble Bitters, and save them
selves intense agony. Ssd by druggists and dealers, every
where. advertisement in another colnmn.
TOOTHACHE. j
Tbto disease can bo cgred by Dr. Keytaft TooUuxeht ib*
byhlmin Pittsburg, Pa., which b pnt : up
in boidesaud sold at S 6 cents - each. It b sn oxoeUent
medicine, when diluted,' for spongy and tender gams, and
b worth ten times its ptiee to alt who need'it. SddhW*
by 6. VllKeiileri Druggist.!
iltoonjb dh*. ]$ 18S9;-^tau
DE, HOOrLANIVS
GERMAN BITTERS,
AXD '
v DB. AOOFLi9D>S BALSAMIC
CORDIAL,
Tba groat Umdnrd miditmu* of tfe pmm
age, hoot acqwirodtkoir gnat popularity mL
through y ton o/ trial. Unbounded tOUtfOo.
, tion.it rtndmd by ihtmtnaUoatu; oni
people hav* pronounced them worthy. ■,
liter Cee»lslai Byipepile, Jaeifle.
Debility of tfee Karroos
Disease* of Ike Dliqi,
and alt ditto*** anting from a diwrdwod
ttnr or mahuttofth*tfomaeh mat (hgutm*
organt, art tpotiUyandptraununOy *ur*d v.
Ida OEBMAN JUTTBBS.
The BaTaemto Cordial haiacquind a
rtpuiaiiim turpamng that if any tmOarftt.
paradon ottmU It'will curt, without tan,
tk* moti tiaer* andjong-ttanding
Cough, Cold, or Hoamnau, Brtmehitia, la.
daSW Croup, Paotuaoni*, Zaaipint
Ooasuaptioa,
and kat ptrfomod th* mott oHonithmg mu
,a*ar haotm of
Confirmed Consumption.'
A few doit* mill alto at onct duck add
mtrt tht matt ttvtrt Diarrhea* pro(May
from Goto is th> Bowuu.
| Thu* medicine* art prepared by Dr. C. M.
Jackuou & Co., No. 418 Arc* Strut,
dtlphia, Pa., and ora told by druggiiU and
dealer* m medicine* everywhere, at 7b r emd
ptr botilt. Tha eignature of Qi. M. Jacxioi
will 6a on the ouieide wrapper of taek Hilt.
ln the Almanac publithed annually by U<
proprietor*, called Etuutbodt’i
you will find tutimony and eomnundatoiy
notieu from all parti of th* country. TKm
Almanac* art given away by allour agent*.
Ua. For Mis, In Altoona, by A. Bomb »nd Q w
Kes&Ur, and by all Druggists. [nisy 14/54-iy '
No Family should bo without Them.
Wo (peak of M'Lane's Liver Pills, prepared by rumlac
Bros., Pittsburgh, Pa, which bare become an indisjwna
bio Family Medicine. The frightful symptoms which arise
from a diseased liver manifest themselves, mare or less, in
every family; dyspepsia, sick headache, obstruction of ths
menses, ague amt fever, pains in the side, with dry, bicb
ing cough, ars all the results of hepatitic dorangemml
and for these Dr. M’Lane’s Pills are a sovereign nasdy.
They have Dover boon known to tail, and they should bs
kept at all times by families. -
Bisections.—Take two or three going to bed, every se
cond or third night. If they do not purge two or Hum
times by next morning, tiko one or two more. Aitiylu
brtakfatt should invariably folio# their use.
The liivor Pills may also be seed where purging is tins,
ply necessary. As an anti-billions purgative, they an In
ferior to none. And in doses of two or three, they give is
tonishing relief to sick, headache; also In slight derange
moats of the stor&ach.
ffg- Purchasers will he careful to ask for DR. MX AS if i
CELEBRATED VERMIFUGE, manufactured by FUM
ING BROS., of Pittsburgh, Pa. There are other nils
purporting to be litror Pills, now before the public. Dr.
Sl’Lane's genuine Liver Pills, also hie celebrated Vermi
fuge, can now be had at all respectable drug stores. Noes
genuine without the signature of FLEMING 81108.
Sold by druggists and dealers everywhure.
IMPORTANT TO FEMALES.
DR. CHEESEMAN’3 PILLS,
The combination of ingrediedts in these Pills an the re
sult of a long and extensive practice. They Sre mQd Id
their operation, and certain in correcting all Irregulsrttlei
Painful Menstruations, removing all obstructions, whether
from cold oi otherwise, headache, pain In'the side, paiplta-
tion of the heart, whites, ail nervoas affections, hysteties,
fatigue, pain iu tho back, and Ac n disturbed sleep,
which arise from interruption of nature.
‘ DU. CHEESBMAN’S PILLS
was the commencement of a new era in the trentmsst of
those irregularities and obstructions which bavecotuipml
so many thousands of the young, the beautiful, tndthsbs
loved to a premature grave. No female can ogjoy gowl
health nnless she is regular, and whenever an obstruction
takes place the general health begins to decline.
DR. CITEESEMAN’S PILLS
are the most effectual remedy ever known for all complaint*
peculiar to li males. To all cldsses they are inclinable, is
ducing, with certainty, periodical regularity. They sr»
knownto thousands, who have used.them at different ps-
Hods, throughout the country, having tho sanction of soot
of the most cnvwtil Physicians in America.
Explicit directions, stating when, and vien Ouythmld
not be used, with each Box,— the Price One DoOor ««t
Boac, containing 4o Pitts.
A valuable Pamphlet, to be had free, of the Agsnls-
Pills sent T>y mail, promptly, by enclosing price to ths 0 re
era! Agent. Sold by Druggists generally,
"B. B. HUICHINQS, annul Asm,
114 Broadway, He* tort
Sold in Altootia by Q. W. Kessler; in Hollidnydmrg bf
Qco. A.jacobs. [Dec. B,IBW-1J-
MOTHERS I MOTHERSI! x
Ton are all nurses, in one sense of She word, yet enn yon
determine and treat tHo diseases of yonr chCdrenlor c*a
you notcall in a physician whon they are aiilngl
then the-aid Dr. Baton brings yoa inbisDirnstajConsa 1 -
He in a regnlar physician, and frsm much experisnee In “
fanfilo Complaints, has compounded this preparation—
out paregoric or opiate of any kind—so as to ben sure
to year suffering little ones In all the ills attending
teething; and for cohgha, or cronp, or convulsions, snd
for Sommer Complaints, it is a certain ettre.
it With perfect confidence, that Dr. Eaton's In
Cordial conld never hare attained the celebrity tt
tho United States, if it were not the very best sited*
Infantile Complaints-tUat is put op. It is £»*t snpsn—•
all others, ■ ■ .
Dr. BRONSON’S BLOOD FOOD, advertked w?
Cordial, Irthe most invalaaWe necessity to every
well as every unmarried lady. Bay it and read ths _
'enveloping the hbttle, and you wfil get thepertfc •
mation you require. jß#-See advertisement
A. Bondi, Altoona.
MEXiCASf^STAIfG
Itawonderfrd affects add consequent
no article in thohlrtory of the Uattria Mvb&i
red the nine patronage, tu subjected to th* l ***
of aevera and different testa, andmet with
as the Ktutaag Liniment It Juts justly been tavch
naoea for all external Wounds, Cuts, BweUin *^ >rJ
Bruises, or Kr options on Man or Beast
loins of surprising Tirtue that Physicians are
prescribe It, and from some remarkable cults®
and Diilorted Shtumatic catti, it has
much attention from the first scientific y,iii»a
No fiunily can afford to he without a bottl*®*
Hnstang Liniment in the house. Btwait V ,
The genuine is sold by respectable dealers
world. BAKNKS * PARK, Proprietor, »e
ffgu" Oa that tax ara of an innocent ,
made into parchment, and -written on to the
man!" quotli 81iak»peare. Be might aim |i
the raining of men’s forms by the ua® oo .
which SoSm ungracious tailora butcher »P t»
trrmxtbe wool grown by these samehaml wir iy
see the perfection of tbe-ari of working »P• ti*
and welt, and so as to tot off to the h«t “
farms of Its wearers, call at the Bn^ s a-t a«t Btt
Hall ofßockhill * Wilson, Nto, «03and «» CS >a
shore Sixth,' ffhila. and examine fteir, rtoea *
far gratia and ‘
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