THE HUNTINGDON GLOBE, A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO LOCAL AND U NERAL NEWS, &C. TIM GLOBE. Circulation—the largest in, the 'county. TITBIrUBDCKRI, I?LS,. Wednesday, September 1, 1858. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. FOR JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT, Virlll. A. PORTER, of Philadelphia. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, WESTLIAY FROST S of Fayette Co. •a I ‘1 ASSEMBLY ) bANIEL HOUTZ, of Alexandria COUNTY CONMISSIONER, JAMES HENDERSON, of Cassville. DIRECTOR OF TELE POOR, JOHN MIERLY, of Springfield. CORONER, THOMAS P. LOVE, of Huntingdon EXTRA PREMIUMS. It will be observed that the County Society—for very good reasons we suppose—have omitted in their list, pre iniumslor the best specimens of printing. Printing is an art—the art of arts—in the improvement of which, busi ness men at least, take some interest. We take as much pleasure, and pride, in executing a job of work as it should be, as other men do in their calling, and we can see no good reason why a printer should not contest for an honor. We, therefore, propose the following premiums: For the best and greatest variety of Fancy Card printing $5 00 For the best and greatest variety of Plain Card printing 5 00 For the beat and greatest variety of Blank printing, 5 00 For the best and greatest variety of Handbill and Circular printing For the best and greatest variety of Printing " " Job Office in the county The contest to be confined to the printers of the county and no part of any Card, Blank, Bill, Circular, &c., to be executed out of the county. All customer work, only, and Blanks regularly kept on hand for sale, to be entered for the premiums. Each Office contesting for the premiums, to place in the bands of a Committee like sums as above, the whole to be given to the Office receiving the awards. The Committee to be appointed by the Offices entering for the premiums—one by each Office, and the Committee to appoint one. The Committee to visit and examine work at the Offices entering, on the second day of the County Fair. New Advertisements. Grocery and other items, by S. S. Smith. ..tica- Sale of Real Estate, by David S. Ker, Trustee. ile,..Change of Schedule on the Broad Top Railroad. Additional Appointments, by the County School Superintendent. 445.- Hungarian Grass Seed, by John IL Lightner, of Shirleysburg. 45P - Auditor's Notice—Estate of Isaac Ashton, dec'd—by Theodore H. Cremer. ta- Auditor's Notice—Estate of Robert Speer, dec'd—by Theodore H. Cromer. lel_ Administrator's Notice—Estate of John Smith, deed —by Andrew Smith. tEfLL.. Notice to the Stockholders of the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Rail Road and Coal Company. '. We invite attention to the advertisement of the Mountain Female Seminary, located at Birmingham. notice to County Committee. The members of the Democratic County Committee are requested to meet at the Franklin Rouse, in the borough of Iluntingdon, on Saturday, the 11th of September, at 2 o'clock P. 51., for the purpose of filling the vacancy on the county ticket, occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Owens. JAMES GWIN, Chairman. Huntingdon, September 1, 1858. To Tax-Collectors. For the convenience of Collectors, we have just printed, and will keep constantly on hand for sale,.blank receipts for State and County, School, Borough, Township, or other taxes. 'See advertisement of Prof. Wood's Hair Restorative in another column. Air The Harrisburg Patriot and Union, and Keystone have been united. The Daily Herald has been bought out by the same es tablishment, which will commence the pub lication of a new daily paper about the first of September. SEir The Democratic and Opposition Con gressional Conferences will meet at Johns town on the Bth inst., when, we suppose, both parties will offer for nomination, their strongest and best men. It is impossible to say who is likely to receive the Democratic nomination. STEEL BLAIR., Esq., of Holli daysburg, it is thought, will receive the Op position nomination. THE KANSAS ELECTION.—The Board of Election Commissioners, constituted by the "English bill," have issued a proclamation, declaring the proposition rejected by nine thousand five hundred and twelve majority! The whole vote was thirteen thousand and eighty-eight. No fraudulent Votes were re ceived, but a few precincts were rejected on account of informalities. gerThe M'Kean County Bank, we learn by the Potter County Journal, gave up the ghost a few days ago. The cashier decamped with $71,000 of its funds, was arrested in New York, and committed in default of bail. The bills of the bank have been thrown out in New York. Mr. Kingsbury, its President, says the Journal, will secure the holders of its issue against loss, being able and willing to do so. Negro Equality. The De Kaulb County (Illinois) Sentinel (a Black Republican paper) published at Sycamore in that StQ P i is great on negro equality. Hear what the editor says in his issue of July 26th : "Our education has been such, that we have been rather in favor of the equality of the blacks ; that is , that they. should enjoy all the privileges of the whites where they reside. We have had many a confab with some who are now. strong Republicans, who take the broad. ground of equality, and they the oppo site ground. We were brought up in a State where blacks were voters and we do not know of any, inconvenience resulting from it, tho' perhaps it would not work so well where the blaCks are more numerous. We have no doubt of the right of the whites to guard against 'spell an evil, if it is one. Our opin ion is, that it *could be best for all concerned to have' the colored population in a.State by themselves, but if within the jurisdiction of -the United States, we say by all means they should have the right to have their Senators and Representatives in Congress, and vote for President. With us, 'worth makes the man, and the want of it the fellow! . We have seers Many a 'nigger' that we thought much morer.of than of 4 . 0.7124 white men." The Kansas Election. We have refrained, to this time, says the Doylestown Democrat, from saying anything . about the result of the recent election in Kansas, upon the question of the acceptance or rejection of the proposition contained in the English Lecompton Bill. We have not pursued this course because we had any hesi tancy about expressing our views, but be cause we preferred to wait until the result should be more definitely known, than could be gleaned from the first telegraphic des patches. The result has not surprised us, for we were always of opinion that the Lecompton Constitution did not represent the will of the people of Kansas. This instrument, or rather the propostion upon which the people directly voted, has been decided against by a majority of at least ten thousand, and the Constitution which politicians tried hard to force upon them has been spurned with sublime con tempt. This vote is the most withering re buke that a people ever gave to those who stood between them and their constitutional rights, and we hope the lesson herein taught will be of service in all time to come. The voice of Kansas is overwhelmingly against the Lecompton Constitution, and that poor, miserable contrivance, had hardly friends enough at - the polls to act as pall-bearers and mourners. The result shows that those who took the ground that this Constitution did not express the will and wish of the people of Kansas were right, and that those who took the opposite ground were wrong—which is victory enough for us, without sounding notes of triumph over our adversaries. We are well assured that the people were deceived upon this subject, and made to believe that all Kansas was in favor of the Lecompton contrivance; and the result of this election must show them how they were imposed upon, and the facts misrepresented by politi cians. 5 00 5 00 25 00 We are amused at the present course of some of the, heretofore, furious Lecompton journals. They now proclaim it, far and loud, that the result is just as they anticipa ted, and that the people of Kansas are un- Willing to enter the Union. We would re spectfully ask these same journals, since when did they believe the people would re ject the Lecompton Constitution, and whether it was before or since they exerted all their might and main to force this same Constitu tion down upon the protesting people of Kan sas? Then they told us it was their work, and had been both made and ratified by them; but now they assure us, with equal solemnity, that they expected the people to reject it, and of course it could not have embodied their will. lVhich are we to believe? Neither can they lay the "flattering unction to their souls" that the recent vote is their decision against entering the Union at this time, for it was nothing more nor less than their ver dict against a fraud attempted to be perpe trated upon them. Lecompton is surely dead, never to be re surrected, but its rejection we fear does not settle this vexed question. The people have rendered their verdict against it in the High Court of Appeals, but this by no means re moves it from the litigation of politicians.— It is still an open question, and until Kansas shall have been admitted into the Union, it will be a bone of contention, and distract the country. The only way to settle the question forever, is to admit the Territory with any Constitution she may present, that the people ratify and approve. This will do Kansas substantial justice, and sustain our platform and the pledges of our party. Will any Democrat dare oppose her admission, when they shall demand it, with a Constitution of their own making? The New York Herald is in favor of this course: and below we pub lish a paragraph from an article which ap peared in the Richmond Enquirer a short time since, in which the same ground is taken. We would like to hear from our co temporaries upon this subject: "We are not disposed to anticipate the ac tion of the people of Kansas on this subject. But every thinking man at once recognizes the fact that the provision excluding Kansas until she shall have attained 93,000 or 120,- 000 inhabitants, furnishes no legal barrier to the immediate admission of Kansas. With out infringing a single item of the Constitu tion, the next Congress may admit the State without any reference whatever to the Eng lish Compromise. And whatever action Con gress may take on the subject should be taken with a view to the best interests of the people of the Territory, and entirely without refer ence to the sectional preferences or prejudices of different members of Congress. The man who shall oppose the admission of Kansas merely on the ground that she comes forward with a free-State Constitution, will act in dis loyalty to the spirit of the Constitution.— The Democrat who shall follow a similar narrow and vicious policy, must disregard the faith solemnly pledged by the party to which he belongs. And the Southern man who acts in accordance with such dictates of bad faith will offer to the adversaries of South ern rights the best possible pretext and pre cedent for disastrous retaliation." Tags.—Every day we live, says an ex change, we are more than ever convinced that nine-tenths of the misfortunes which attend humanity are self-inflicted. People jump off railroad ears while in motion ; go bathing in deep water when they cannot swim ; imbibe spirituous liquors and meet with accidents ; expose themselves regardless of prudence, and suffer all manner of most evil conse quences, which a little forethought in most cases, would have averted. People know very well that a violation of the common law involves a. penalty, and yet utterly ignore the fact that Nature is still more inexorable than the Legislature, and visits with corres ponding punishments upon every transgres sion of her laws. The Opposition and the Tariff. It is conceded that the Tariff of 1846 pro duced abundant revenue to meet all the wants of the National Government, while at the same time it afforded incidental protection to our manufacturers in a just and resonable degree. The capitalists who invested their money were protected, the working man was protected, and the consumer was protected from the monopoly created by unjust and un wise governmental interference with the laws of supply and demand. But this party has at all times clamored for protection and was not content to let this Tariff alone. They were not content to see the Iron and Coal interests of the State prospering marvelously under the Tariff of 1846. They must have an• issue of some sort upon the Tariff, and hence they inaugurated the scheme of modi fying the Tariff of 1846, which was consum mated during the XXXIVth Congress. But this movement was directly in the face of their old theory of protection. They did -not increase the duties, which, according to their arguments, is the only way of protecting American industry, but they actually lowered them, and at the present time made large ad ditions to the free list. This, it must be borne in mind, was accomplished by a House of Representatives in which the Opposition majority was very large, the vote standing 128 Opposition to 72 Democrats. The Com mittee of Ways and Means, of which Hon. Lewis D. Campbell, a prominent Black Re publican member from Ohio, was .Chairman, reported a bill for reducing the Tariff of 1846 to the House, and in his speech on that oc casion he thus talks of Pennsylvania and her interests, and the necessity of withdrawing the Tariff question from party politics : "I am very glad that the gentleman from Kentucky is willing to take this feature of the bill, because Kentucky has a growing Iron interest, as Ohio has; and I believe that that great interest may well afford a reduc tion of duty in order to have stability and permanency, and in order to have the ques tion withdrawn from the party politics of the times and placed on a firm and staple basis. Besides, the adjustment will relieve that in terest from the dangers of having past duties refunded on railroad iron, and the admission of it free of duty, in the future. "Again, I believe that, if this question were settled, taken as I said, from the arena of party politics, and placed upon the basis reported by the Committee of Conference as a finality, Pennsylvania will, before many years roll around, reap a rich harvest from the bill ; if Pennsylvania will cling to herald policy, which sees no other interest than . her iron and coal, and prevent the passage of this bill, upon the shoulders of Pennsylva nia must rest the responsibility, not mine." The main point in this speech of the leader of the opposition, Mr. Campbell, is, that lit totally ignores all the idea of a protective tariff, nay, that it even repudiates the Mea sure of incidental protection afforded by .the Tariff of 1846, and says that the iron interest "may well afford a reduction of duty in .or der to have stability and permanency, and in order to have the question withdrawn from party politics." This was the position taken by the Opposition in 1857. They then repu diated the protective theory, and argued in favor of withdrawing the tariff question from politics. They then reduced the duty on Iron, and threatened Pennsylvania, if she did not accept the reduction at once, they would vote for the admission of railroad iron free of duty in the future. Nearly the whole Opposition in Congress united in the effort by which the Tariff of 1846 was prostrated, and that of 1857 inaugurated in its place. Senators Seward, Wilson, and all the master spirits of the Opposition, gave their consent to this scheme by which the manufacturers of the Eastern States were to be favored. They had no words of pathetic expostulation then over the breaking down of the protective system. It was free Wool and free Iron, with Lawrence, Stone & Co., to foot the bill, and this was the basis of Black Republican action on the tariff in 1357, when they bad the whole control of the House of Representa tives. If they were in favor of protection, why did they desert it in 1857 ? They are not , hence the whole movement in that direc tion, is a mere pretence. It is protection when it suits a political purpose. It is free trade when that will best suit their dishonest ends.---So says an exchange, and so say we. Returned Mormons at Nebraska City. On the 28th of July a large number of the company of 200 Mormons who received pass ports and protection from Gov. Cumming last May, reached Nebraska City on their return to the States. They left Salt Lake City on the 14th of May, and spent twenty days at Port Kearney. They were under the care of Captain Smith. The Nebraska City News "We are informed by one of their number, who has resided at Salt Lake City during the last four years, that there are large numbers in the city and throughout the Territory, who have for along time manifestsd great anxiety to leave the country, but have been compell ed by Brigham Young and his satelities to remain. They express great gratitude -to Gov. Cumming, and the Government of the United States, for their deliverance. They represent the times as being very hard in Utah. Men are paid very low wages, and are robbed and plundered of their scanty earnings by those in authority ; when em ployed upon public works are fed upon dry bread, and when complainibg of their hard fare are told by Young, Kimball, and other Mormon leaders, that there are plenty of streams of water in the vicinity. The most abject and slavish servitude is prevalent among the lower classes. Thousands who came out in hand-carts, would be glad to re turn in wheelbarrows. DiZ.- See advertisement of Dr. Sanford's Liver Invigorator in another column. 'KO af-14 1 J+ OOK Lei OlLAre, KO MouxT UNION, August 30, 1858. DEAR GLOBE :—This is the season of Camp- Meetings. In the different portions of the country, the people are leaving their quiet homes, and betaking themselves to "Nature's Church," the lovely grove, to engage, for a brief time, in worshipping that God, who "tempers the wind to the shorn lamb" and orders all things well. The meeting in progress near this place, has thus far, been numerously attended, not withstanding the •unpropitiousness of the weather. The sermon of Sabbath morning was preached by Rev. Mr. Buckingham, for merly of your town, from the words, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life." The discourse was eloquent, fervent, of rare merit, and forcibly delivered. The appointment for the afternoon was filled by Rev. A. H. Bar nitz, whose sermon was based upon the beautiful text, "Lead me to the rock that is higher than I." This exclamation is truly poetical; for "poetry is but the eloquence of truth." The warmth and animation with which the speaker treated it, were thrilling and interesting. The camp-ground is a mile and a half distant from this place ; it is a silent, secluded spot—probably never visited except upon occasions like the present:— There is something of romance about the " tinted grove," vocal with the voices of many hearts united in prayer and praise. From audible demonstrations on Saturday evening, one would be inclined to think that there had been too much imbibing of the " pure vernacular." The meeting will continue until Thursday morning. The Presiding Elder is expected this evening. There is promise of much good being done. Yours, Pleasant Grove Camp-Meeting. [For the Huntingdon Globe.] Having attended the Pleasant Grove camp meeting, as a tent-holder, and being on the ground during the entire meeting, thus hav ing an opportunity to mark the result of the passing of the cars of the Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad, I feel it not at all im proper, in justice to those engaged in the meetings, both preachers and people, and also to those concerned in the running of the trains, both officers and operators, that the following statements be made: In the first place it may be remarked; that the course pursued by the superintendent, in company with the other officers of the road, was, so far at least as could be observed, most gentlemanly, indicating a willingness to ac commodate and oblige. In the next place, the course pursued by the• conductors•of the trains, could but im press the minds of the observant and think ing, that as gentlemen, they purposed, as far as possible, to prevent any interruption of the meeting by the passing and repassing of the trains; and further, that the conductor of the passenger train, not only did everything he could to accommodate, but did also arrange the landing and reception of passengers, from time to time, so as to.prevent confusion, disturbance, or noise, and by his most gen tlemanly and skilful management, avoided any disturbance or annoyance of the meet ing; and at the same time made it most pleasant for gentleman and ladies passing to and from the meeting. Again, it may be said, that the entire de meanor of the persons employed on the trains, so far as observable, was, from time to time, gentlemanly, and respectful ; hence, from that source no annoyance of the meeting. In speaking of the meeting, it may be said, the congregations, from time to time in at tendance, were most orderly and respectful ; speaking highly in favor of the neighborhood, in company with those attending from a dis tance. The accommodations were ample and comfortable, and everything done for the most pleasant accommodation of the people, that could, under the circumstances, be done.— The meeting was a most pleasant one through out; the attendance good; the preaching ex cellent, and the success such, as to call for gratitude on the part of the Church. Having expressed the foregoing views, which can but be admitted the truth in the case; allow me to add, that in my humble judgment, contiguity to a railroad does not necessarily interfere with, or interrupt the progress of a camp-meeting in the least, con sequently, I would say, if a camp-meeting for this charge be held the next year, seek some place contiguous to the railroad, both for accommodation, diminishing expense, and causing quiet and success in the progress thereof. A TENT-HOLDER. Temperance Celebration. [For the Huntingdon Globe.] Mn. EDITOR :—ln this age of demijohns, when the black banner of Prince Alcohol might very appropriately be unfurled on the dome of every prison, poor house, and grog shop, I have thought a short account of a temperance celebration might be interesting to some, at least, who have not yet bowed the knee to Baal. On the 14th ult., at 10 o'clock A. M., the "Young Men's Temperance Association" as sembled at the " Unity" church, in Hender son township, where a large concourse of people were already collected under the na tional flag, and were listening to the soul thrilling music of a military band, The members of tho association—now num bering over one hundred and thirty—were formed in procession by the attentive Mar shal of the day—Mr. James Porter. The procession, greatly enlarged by those who came to participate in the pitusnres of the day, then marched, with =isle in front, to a beautiful grove, on the farm of Mr. George Hetrick, where a stand and seats had been previously erected. The exorcises of the day were then opened with prayer for the promotion of the good cause, by one of the speakers. Mr. James Miller then gave a well-prepared compendium of the rise and progress of the Association. J. D. Brown, in behalf of the young ladies of the Asso ciation, presented, in an appropriate style, to the society, a, beautiful banner. Mr. J. A. Brown received it in the name of the As sociation, and, in his remarks, paid the ladies a compliment for the good will they thus manifested toward the advocates of temper ance. J. D. Brown, being called upon, re sponded in an earnest appeal to the youth ; showing them the folly and danger of ac quiring intemperate habits, and proving con clusively, that the common use of intoxica ting drinks, is in direct opposition to the whole tenor of the Sciptures. At the close of his address, the meeting adjourned until the afternoon, to partake of a plentiful and very excellent dinner, which the ladies then spread on a table erected for the occasion. When all had shared to tlieir satisfaction, in the "creature comforts," quiet was again restored, and Mr. David Hare was called for. He made an appropriate address on the benefits resulting from associated effort in a good cause. Mr. J. A. Brown then read a number of " toasts," which had been pre pared by members of the Society. Mr. Abel Corbin, next made some pointed remarks on the subject of temperance. I had almost for gotten to say, that the ladies entertained us during the intervals between the speaking, with several good old temperance songs. The day being far spent, the assembly was dismissed, and all retired from the grove, well-pleased with the "Temperance Celebra tion." REPORTER. MILTON. As our farmers are all interested in the grain crop, we publish the following esti mate of it in the Northwestern States for the present year, from the Prairie _Farmer. If the falling off should be as great as here es timated we must look for a considerable ad vance in price: "After a careful examination of the whole subject, we have come to this conclusion:— That of the whole crop of 1858 Illinois will not export more than six million bushels— perhaps far less; that lowa will export less than one million bushels—perhaps less than half a million ; that Wisconsin will export not more than three-fifths as much as of the crop of 1857 ; that Indiana will export in about the same proportion as Wisconsin ; and that there will be a falling off in Ohio of at least three millions of bushels. Bear in mind, we offer these as very high estimates. A contin uance of bad weather may reduce the amount for export to almost nothing. At present the quantity is wasting at the rate of many thou sand bushels per day. How much old wheat there is yet in the country, we do not know, but the quantity is certainly less than com mercial papers estimate it. The corn crop will somewhat affect the price of wheat, but there is no possibility of its being an average yield per inhabitants in Illinois or lowa. The President at the Relay Eouse Familiar as our people are generally with the unostentatious habits of the chief officers of our government, one cannot witness them, with a knowledge of the pomp and show of royalty to invite the contrast, without invol untarily indulging it. On Saturday last President Buchanan arrived at the Relay House, or Washington Junction as it is more properly called, en route for Washington City. There was a rumor abroad that he was to ar rive, and thuvisitors had consequently group ed about the house when the train came along. We soon perceived the President coming from the cars to the platform, looking hearty, but thoroughly travel soiled, smiling and cheerful. By his side, and evidently, offering with gentlemanly deference the cour tesy of attention, was a rather rough looking individual, whom we took for a conductor or brakesman—the gentleinan will excuse our blundering in such a matter—but upon in quiry we were informed was Sir Wm. Gore Ousley. On passing into the bar-room the President threw of his coat and his white neckcloth, carelessly pitching them over a chair, opened his short collar, and tucked up his sleeves for a wash, conveniences for this purpose be ing in the apartment. At the time however, both basins were occupied by two young men, neither of whom seemed to be aware that the President was about. He watched patiently sometime, when some one spoke and invited him up stairs. He declined, however, quiet ly remarking that he would " wait for his turn." And as soon as the basins were va cated he "took his turn" in a jolly good wash in the public bar-room. This done, he seem ed rather perplexed about the arrangement of his neck-cloth, and seemed likely to tie his nose and mouth up in it. Somebody just then offered assistance, and the President was briefly equipped. At this time a person who had come into the room, sung out pretty near to him, "Look here, I thought the old Pros. was to be here to-day—." The speech was cut short by a nudge, while a momentary comical expres sion passed across the face of that same "old Pres! ' A cigar was handed to him by a friend ; he took a good, satisfying drink of— not "old rye," which he is said to affect, when dry—but ice water, had barely fired up the cigar, when the bell rung, and "all aboard" summoned the Chief Magistrate of the United States to his seat in the cars, and away they went to Washington. We took our admiration of this scene of re publican simplicity quietly with us into the cars for 'Baltimore, and mused with some complacency over the sterling honor of being an Anaeripan citizen.—Bal. Sun. METIMISTS IN NEW ENcLAND.—From the minutes of the several Conferences in the New England States, it appears that there are in round numbers one hundred thousand members of the Methodist Church in New England, and the increase of the past year is about ten thousand, including those on proba tion. The Grain Crop of 1858 A Noble Boy—An Example to Imitate. The Memphis Appeal relates the following very interesting incident in the history and adventures of a boy, one of tile norbleut of his kind: Some weeks ago,. on Island Twenty-Six,.tif the river, the father and mother of a family" of eight small Children,. Whose names were' Williams, died at nearly the same time, of . one of the fatal fevers, whi'ch' SD frequently; make havoc among the poptifatiinkei 4 low and unhealthy districts( The eldest of the peer orptans war gloir Thomas Williams, twelve years of ' tige;- but so weakly from ague and its attendarti ing that he does not look so old as tha, The others were graduated by small intervals id little more than infancy in the youngest.-. 75 The island was no place for the helpless ba- , bies, and the only relatives they had in the' world lived in Eastern Tennessee, at Sweet Water, thirty miles from Chattanoga, WO' hundred miles from this city. To these rela tives Thomas resolved to go, and tell his story of sorrow. The neighbors undertook the care of the little ones, and stepping on board the Falls City, when it stopped to wood, the' boy made the clerk acquainted with the state of the orphan family. That gentleman not only gave him a passage to this city, but a letter of introduction, which obtained for him the kind hospitalitiei of the Worsham House, and a free passage on the Charleston railroad to the end of his journey, which was given him by the generosity of Mr. Ayres. The little fellow found his relations. They were not rich in money, but they proinised to raise the family if they were brought. to them. The young hero then set off to bring to their new home his seven little brothers and sisters. He passed again over the railroad to this city; the Philadelphia was going up the river; he went on board and informed Capt. Marshall of his situation. * * * The kind captain not only gave him a passage to the island, but told him to have all ready to bring the little ones under his protection on boar with him at the return of the boat from St. Louis, and, whether it was night or day, the boat would stop for them. Accord ingly, on the down trip, the Philadelphia took on the eight little orphans. Their con dition was distressing in the extreme. Not one of them was free from sickness, and Thomas was suffering from ague and fever— prostrated with it, we were going to say— but the gallant little fellow was not made of the stuff that submits to piostration. He was bright, ready, active, and thoughtful, at tending with unwearying care to the wants and wafflings of the sick, helpless, little ones. * * * * * * * * On Monday last Mr. H. M. Worsham was on board the Philadelphia, when Captain Marshall invited him to look at some pets he had, and stretched on mattresses lay the troupe of sick little ones, their wants care fully attended to, for there was not an officer, not a cabin boy on the boat that was not do ing his best to show kindness to those who might be called God's little ones, for He was their sole father, and wonderfully He "tem pered the wind to the shorn lambs." Mr. Worsham immediately recognized his former guest, and at once set to work to facilitate his further progress. He saw Mr. Ayres, of the railroad, and showed him a letter with which the boy had been furnished; that gentleman gave directions that the whole should have a passage on the road to their journey's end. Burning of the Illinois Penitentiary.. The most severe fire that has visited Alton for many years, occurred last night, within the penitentiary walls. At about dusk, and some fifteen minutes after the convicts had retired from the yards and shops, fire was discovered bursting out in two or three places from a room in the building near the gate, designated for the drying house for the coop erage. In an instant, as it were, the flames spread through the room and to the adjoining rooms of a large long building with cooperage stuff, machinery, &c., so that the fire was beyond all control ere the firemen got fairly at work upon it. Their efforts were then directed to saving the adjoining buildings, our readers being generally aware that several large build ings, comprising different branches of busi ness, are grouped together within the prison walls, with alleys or roads between them. The fire by this time presented a grand and fearful sight. The combustibles made an immense blaze, the glare beaming over the city, the river and the hill-tops, making all as light as day. Thus, for several hours, from eight until one o'clock, the firemen and citizens toiled at the engines, until they were quite exhausted, and, the flames being toler ably well under, many retired to their homes. But a vast pile of stares, some 300,000, had taken fire, and was not to be subdued. It commenced burning afresh. A new alarm was given, guns fired, bells rung, and drums beat, and the citizens and firemen again as sembled and, went to work. Long before this, however, the city military was called out, about forty men of the Yager company, with loaded arms, to aid preventing a rebel lion among the four hundred prisoners, A portion of the Yagers mounted the walls and guarded other weak points, and also stood sentry over about 100 short term and best disposed of the convicts, the latter being set to work on the engines, &c., which were again brought within the walls. The heat and smoke now enveloped the main prison build ing, in which the prisoners were locked up for the night, causing such an intense heat that the convicts began to call loudly for de liverance. The main cell building was not ignited, but the" upper floors and tiers of cells became so heated and full of smoke that the convicts of them were turned into the halls of the lower stories, where the heat and smoke was less intense. They were very fearful of being burnt alive. No escapes were effected. The loss is about one-third of the buildings of the prison, valued, with their contents, at betweep i $25,000 and $30,000.-4411021, paper. lair For a number of years there have been connected with many of the churches in Richmond, Va., Sunday Schools for the oral instruction of colored children in scrip tural or denominational doctrines. Recent ly, however, complaints have been made against some of them, and as they were not strictly legal, the Mayor of that city, on Sun day, caused the arrest ofnearly one hundred colored phildren found in attendance at a School in the Lehigh-street Baptist African Church. They were, however, soon released, but the Tfrhig says the Mayor held an inter view with the Rev. T. Lindsay, the pastor, and-informed him of his purpose to summon the pastor and trustees of the church before him at an early day, to show cause why they should not be dealt with according to law, for permitting an unlawful assemblage_in the church,
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