THE HUNTINGDoN GLOBIi,, DEMOCRATIC FAMILY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS, &C.
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Wednesday, August 31., 1859
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ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, with Teachers.
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ASSEMBLY
J. S.T.AIPSON AFRICA, of Huntingdon
SUERIFF,
GEO. W. SPEER, of Shirley.
- TREASURER,
JACOB MILLER, of Huntingdon.
CO.IID.;ISSIO.NER,
J. W. GALBRAITH, of Shirley bor
DIRECTOR OF THE FOOR,
DAVID BARRICK, of West
DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
SAMUEL T. BROWN, of Huntingdon
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
ROBERT McBYRNEY,• of Jackson.
AUDITOR,
N. K. COVERT, of Clay
New Advertisements.
.B:1-Read Lewis' Advertisements.
Take Notice, by Grans Miller, Sheriff.
Jlll. lianas, Shoulders and Sides, by T. P. Love.
„flai- Two Auditor's Notices, by Theo. H. Cremer.
.1 - 15•Taluable Real Estate for sale, by David S. Ker.
The Paris Mantilla and Cloak Emporium, by J. W.
Proctor & Co.
, Wik• Huntingdon County Agricultural Society Exhibi
tion, by R. McDivitt, Sec'y.
County Politics
There is no use denying the fact that upon I
a strict party vote in this county, every man 1
upon the Democratic ticket must be defeated
—then why pursue a course suggested by
some, which must bring about the very re
sults the true friends of our ticket wish to
avoid. In selecting persons to fill our county
offices, and one to fill a seat in the Legisla
ture, the voters have a more direct interest,
than they have in the selection of persons to
fill higher offices, and if they will, they can
select men who can and will, regardless of
party, give a proper attention to the interests
of the county and its citizens. Political
opinions should not at all times influence
men to disregard local interests in the pro
motion of which every good citizen should
feel a lively interest. Pblitics is right in the
right place and at the proper time, but when
exercised to defeat the best men, and conse-.
quently the best interests of the citizens of
the county, it is an evil, a curse, and as such,
it should be frowned down by good men of
all parties.
The Democratic Convention placed in nom
ination men who deserve to be elected, and
will be, if the voters of the county will but
determine to disregard party and vote for the
best men.
tEr. Several Democratic papers in this
State, have raised to their mast-head the name
of John C. Breckenridge, for President in
1860. The Pittsburgh Post, the first to name
Mr. Buchanan for re-nomination, now favors
the claims of Stephen A. Douglas. Quite a
large number of the Democratic presses in
the Union, including several in this State,
have already raised his name, and urge his
nomination.
From present appearances, the Opposition
of this State, will be almost unanimous in
the next State Convention in favor of Gen.
Simon Cameron for the Presidency. Simon
points up !
IDE"' We have recently been favored with
a pamphlet, containing a full list of the pre
miums and regulations of the State Agricul
tural Society for its ninth annual exhibition,
to be held at Philadelphia, on the 27th, 28th,
29th and 30th days of September. Hunting
don county has not been omitted in the se
lection of Judges. In glancing over the list,
we find the names of a number of our citizens
appointed on the several - committees. On
Holstein Bulls, we observe the name of David
Blair ; on Matched Horses for Carriages, A.
P. Wilson; on General Domestic articles, Hays
Hamilton ; on Vegetables, John S. Isett.
ZED" Dr. Durbin, of Cambria, was nomina
ted for Senator on Saturday last, by the Dem
ocratic Conferees of- Blair, Cambria and
Clearfield counties. Col. L. W. Hall, of Al
toona, is the Opposition candidate.
fts3?'Will the editor of the Globe be kind
enough to tell us to what wing of the party
his county ticket belongs ?—American.
It-does not belong to either wing—it be
longs to the body of the party.
VUpou what platform does your ticket
stand ?—,Tozirnal.
It stands fair and square upon an honora
ble compromise platform, free from all en
tangling political issues.
XIEFe,-.Somebody in Barree has a sour stom
ach—it is fortunate for him that there is a
physician at his command willing to relieve
him.
NEW AND INTERESTING BOOKS.—See adver
tisement headed Parisian Pickings. Either
of the books can be bad at Lewis' Book Store.
County Committee.
SASeI. T. BrtowN, Chairman, 'Huntingdon
David Black, Huntingdon.
A. L. Grin),
A. J. Fee, Henderson.
John Campbell, Brady.
J. C. Dialer, Mt. Union.
Jacob 11. Miller, Union.
Dr. N. J. McKinnon, Shirleysburg.
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D. ilcGarvey, Shirley.
D. J. Logan, Cromwell.
McGinley Neely, Dublin.
Jonathan Hockenberry, Tell.
John Mierly, Springfield.
Richard Madden, Clay.
John S. Gehrett, Cass.
Edw. McHugh, Carbon. •
David Hamilton, Tod.
Jackson Enyeart, Hopewell.
Henry Barrick, Penn.
John lTandevander .Esq., Walker.
Henry Isenberg, Juniata.
Nicholas Isenberg, Alexandria.
R. C. McGill,
D. B. Mong:Warriorsrnark.
Adam Leppert, Porter.
Maj. Geo. Dare, Franklin.
Joseph Isenberg, Morris.
G. W. Owen, Birmingham.
Capt. Joseph Johnson, Petersburg.
Henry Davis, West.
Henry Holtzapple, West.
John Hirst, Barree.
John Jackson, Jackson.
Robert Wilson, Oneida.
The State Debt---A Cheering Prospect.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin correct
ly says :
" The treasury of the commonwealth adver
tises for a quarter of a million of dollars worth
of Pennsylvania fives. The diminution of
the State debt progresses quietly and steadi
ly at the rate of about one_million dollars per
annum. The interest is paid regularly, with
out borrowing or the slightest financial diffi
culty, and we mention the fact to remind our
readers of the beneficial effect of the sale of
the public works, about which interested par
ties raised such a clamor. In getting rid of
these public works the commonwealth threw
off the heaviest load it had ever been called
on to bear."
After the payment of the August interest
on the State debt, this year, there remained
in the treasury of the State half a million of
solid dollars, towards extinguishing the debt
itself—a rare circumstance for Pennsylvania,
speaking well for the management of her re
sources, and auguring well for her future,
unless she fall into bad bands. The public
will readily see by this flattering state of the
public treasury bow much reliance is to be
placed in the clamor about the sale of the
public works. If it would have been better
for the State to have retained possesston of
the public works, bow is it that while she still
had possession of them, and before the intro
duction of railways had so largely cut off their
business and depreciated their value, she was
often compelled to borrow money to pay the
interest on her public debt? and why is it that
she is now, without them, not only able to
pay that interest, but to have half a mil_
lion surplus upon which to advertise for the
redemption of the bonds which have hereto
fore required the payment of that interest?—
Political jugglers may prate, to suit their own
evil purposes, against the sale of the canals ;
I but the dollars in the public treasury will
speak the truth—truth which no distortion
can efface. Very. truly does the Bulletin say,
and the present condition of treasury prove,
that in getting rid of the public works the
commonwealth threw off a great load. In ad
dition to the already visible good results
achieved by the sale of the canals, she has
secured the completion of one of the greatest
public improvements of the country, through
which a great proportion of Vast trade of
the lakes will be secured to her citizens, new
country within her own borders will be opened
up to improvement, and the value of proper
ty in hitherto uncultivated regions so in
creased as to measurably lighten the public
burdens of other parts of the State, and mate
rially add to the present gratifying condition
of the public treasury. We repeat, juggling
politicians may, to suit their own disreputa
ble ends, prate against the sale of the canals,
but the dollars in the State treasury will tell
the truth—and so loudly, too, that political
tricksters will not long be able to deceive even
a small portion of the public.—Lyconzing
Gazette.
LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE
MY DEAR GLOBE.—lfaving visited the Lick
Ridges on Saturday last, and knowing your
propensity for spreading the news broadcast
over the land, like certain old women's tongues
I wet of, I will give you a short history of what
I saw and heard there, that you may herald
it all through the country, as there are not
very many sections of ft, that you do not visit
weekly. I would say to my country friends
that there was
"A chief among ye takin' notes,
An' Stith he'll prent 'cm,"
just as they come into my head, and as fol
lows :
At about half past nine o'clock, in compa
ny with several others, I started fur the
Ridges, to attend a celebration given by the
Young Men's Temperance Association, of
that place. We arrived at the grounds about
eleven o'clock. We being somewhat late,
the programme of the day had commenced be
fore we reached the place, and Mr. Solomon
Silknitter, one of the orators of the day, was
addressing the audience in a clear and elo
quent manner, showing the evils of intem
perance in every shape and form. Mr. David
Hare, followed Mr. Silknitter in a few well
timed remarks. A song was sung by a com
pany of young ladies and gentlemen, belong
ing to the Association, which was very ap
propriate, and showed conclusively, that the
Ridges are Ilard to beat in the way of vocal
'music. They sustained fully, their reputa
tion as good singers. A. W. Benedict, Esq.,
of this place, was then called upon to address
the assembly. Mr. B. responded in his usual
happy style, occasionally telling one of his old
fashioned anecdotes, for which he is noted,
and anon pointing out the necessary evils
which arise from the use of intoxicating:bev
erages, and after holding the audience spell
bound, as it were, for over half an hour, be
took his seat, amidst the deafening.ap
plause of the crowd. Mr. Benedict is one of
most humorous speakers Huntingdon can
boast of. He is perfectly at home on the
stand, and whenever he opens his mouth, he
never fails to command attention. May his
kind increase. Next in order, was a temper
ance song, by the Continentals, of this place.
They acquitted themselves in their usual
happy way, adding largely to the occasion.
It now being one o'clock, the necessary ar
rangements were made for dinner. The la
dies, God bless them, were not long in pre
paring the table. With smiling countenances
and willing hands, they set about the work in
good earnest, and in about five minutes all
was ready, and we were invited to partake
of a repast never excelled in that nec' o' tim
ber. The table groaned under the load of
good things. We never before presented
ourself' at a table so tastefully arranged, and
where so many good things were set before
us. The table was about one hundred feet
long, and from one end to the other, was literal
ly crammed, jammed, and heaped up with the
necessaries of life. I thought of you very
often, Mr. Editor, while surrounded on every
side with the good things. I imagined I
could see you devouring all around you, for
I am aware that Editors and printers do not
often get much more than herring bones and
such like ; however, I did ample justice for
both. After the ladies were served, another
table was set for the crowd generally, which
was equal in every respect to the first. After
all were served, there was enough left to feed
a hundred more, bad they been present.—
After the table was cleared off, the Associa
tion was again called to order, and the Rev.
Mr. Barnitz, of York, Pa., and brother to
the Rev. Barnitz, of the Meth )(list church, of
this place, was called upon to address the
Association, which he did, in an eloquent and
forcible manner. Mr. Barnitz is a student
at the PennsylVania College, and his speech
indicated that he is a young man of no ordi
nary talent. We learn that he is a Lutheran
and intends entering the ministry of that
persuasion. We wish him success in his
calling. Next was read the Constitution and
By-laws of the Association, by the Secretary.
The Continentals then sang another song ;
while they were doing so, an opportunity
was given to those who wished to sign the
pledge to do so, and we are informed 'quite
a number availed themselves of the invita
tion. Some toasts were then read by one of
the members, which were very good and ap
propriate. A fife and drum enlivened the
occasion at intervals. The programme be
ing exhausted, and all being satisfied with
the sports of the day, at four o'clock we re
paired to our homes, feeling none the worse
fur having spent the day at a Temperance
Celebration. We never were in an assembly
before where quietness and order were so
strictly observed. •
CORRESPONDENCE OP THE GLOBE.
RAINSBURG, Aug. 20, 1850
MR. EDITOR :—After a short absence from
your town, I have concluded to write a com
munication, for your valuable paper. In
_company with several of my friends, I left
Huntingdon on the fourth of August, for the
purpose of attending Allegheny Seminary,
which is beautifully located in the borough
of Rainsburg, Bedford Co., Pa. We arrived
here on the evening of the same day, and
found the school in the most flourishing con
dition.
This institution, under the care of Prof. E.
J. Osborne, assisted by a number of compe
tent teachers, bids fair to become one of the
first in the State•—and if I may judge from
the large number of students now in atten
dance, it will surpass the expectations of its
warmest admirers. Situated as it is in a
valley surrounded on all sides by picturesque
mountains ; it keeps the mind free from al
lurements of vice, whilst the physical consti
tution is carefully guarded by the cool and
bracing country air. Indeed, I know of no
place, where there are so many advantages
thrown around the student.
Politics appears to be a dead letter in this
part of the State, and very little interest ap
pears to be manifested in the coming cam
paign. The Democracy seem to be united,
and will, no doubt, triumphantly elect their
whole ticket at the coming election. So mote
it be.
Permit me, in behalf of the members of
the Bentonian Society, to tender you our
humble, and sincere thanks for the numbers
of the Globe which you were so kind to send
us. Ido assure you, they are highly appre
ciated. Nothing more at present.
Yours, Sr,c., J. A. L.
A &Lin MAN.—The Urbana Citizen, speak
ing of Robert McFarland, Esq., of that city,
now in his 85th year, says he has lived there
fifty-four years. He saw Washington in 1793.
Made the first bridle that ever was made in
Springfield. Never gave a note or went se
curity. Never paid interest. Never sued
any person, or was sued. He never chewed
tobacco or smoked a cigar. He never drank
a dram of whisky in his life ; and he was the
first class-leader in Urbana. He preached
from appointments one year in advance, six
teen times at Robinson's, in Harrison town
ship, and has another appointment there a
year ahead.
The Financial State of the Country---
Necessity to Move the Crops Immedi
ately.
Since the conclusion of the peace of Villa
franca, grain and provisions have fallen con
siderably, to the great disappointnieut of our
farmers, who calculated upon• high prices,
this year, as a certainty. It is reported that
a strong indisposition to sell is evinced, in
consequence, by the western farmers, not
withstanding their being sadly in need of
money. Aided by the local banks, many of
them seem determined to hold on to their
crops, speculating upon an advance. Under
these circumstances, the question of great im
portance, not alone to the farmer, but to the
country at large. Excessive importation of
foreign fabrics, having taken place, and the
farmer's produce being one of the principal
means wherewith to meet our liabilities, gen
eral calamity would ensue from any consid
able portion of that staple remaining, in our
hands, to be sold, perhaps, next spring, at a
still greater depreciation, or not at all. Let
us examine, therefore, whether the probabili
ties are in favor of a rise or fall of produce.
From the chief grain-growing regions of
the old world, the crops have been reported
as excellent. Even from France, which in bad
and indifferent years is obliged to import
breadstuffs, we hear that her harvest is abun
dant, and that there will be a surplus. From
Germany, which has never ceased to be a
grain exporting country, similar accounts
have reached us ; so from Russia, the Turkish
Empire, Hungary, etc. The harvest gener
ally in Europe having been satisfactory, and
there being no prospects of a disturbance of
the peace for one year at all events, it is a
fair presumption that the supply in the Eng
lish market will be unusually large. But
there are other influences affecting the mar
ket value of produce. Considering that the
exportation of breadstuffs is but a small frac
tion of our home consumption ; that, for in
stance, of' 150,000,000 bushels of wheat annu
ally produced in this country, we export only
from 20,000,000 to 30,000,000 bushels, in the
natural shape and in that of flour, it may be
conceived that the financial condition of this
country must have much to do with the rise
or fallof grain. When money is plenty, grain
of course will be comparatively high, and vice
versa. Now money is anything but plenty,
at present, and there are no prospects that it
will be for some time to come. New York
alone imported durine.. '' the six months from
January to August foreign goods to the
amount of $158,000,000, which is $7,000,000
above that of the excessive imports during
the same period of the year of revulsion, 18-
57. Most of these goods have been sold short
ly after their arrival at auction, or on short
credit. Of the dry goods imported into New
York, nearly the entire amount was thrown
on the market. There were entered at the
port to the amount of $82,107,678, thrown on
the market to the amount of $82,035,660.
In part payment of the above debts of $158,-
000,000, $44,000,000 were sent in specie,
while only $21,000,000 in gold was received
from California from January to August.—
Our liabilities are, therefore, still some $140,-
000,000 on that account, to which are to be
added, the supplies which may yet be requir
ed from abroad for the second half of this
year, and the interests on American bonds
held by Europeans, amounting to about $25,-
000,000 or $30,000,000, according to other
estimates.
Our resources to meet these liabilities are
the produce of the South, cotton, tobacco, etc.;
the produce of the North, grain and provis
ions ; the produce of California, gold. As
suming that the produce of the South will
fetch tolerably good prices, grain and provis
ions will have to be sold low, and judging
from the statistics of California gold, the con
signments of it during the second half of this
year will be greatly below those of the first,
as may be seen from the following compari
son :
Impts of California gold
from Jan. to August: 1857. 1858. 1859.
$23,106,000 $29,884,000 $24116,000
Impts of California gold
from Aug. to the end
of December: $15,815,000 $14,139,000
The prospects, therefore, are a continued
drain of specie, a diminished importation of
California gold, financial embarrassment, and
tightness in the money market. Under these
circumstances, it is not alone of the •highest
consequence for the country, that the produce
of both North and South should be moved as
soon as possible, to meet our liabilities and
check the drain of specie, but especially is it
the interest of the Western farmer not to hold
on to his staple, but to sell. For the time his
grain lies in his garrets he loses the interests
of the capital invested in its production, with
out there being any reasonable prospects of
an adequate advance, but much risk of hav
ing to sell at a still lower rate later, and some
risk of not being able to sell at all. Better
have the cash in his hands, for which he may
find lucrative employment. It is certain that
money will be high, and all other things, of
course, in proportion cheap.—Pennsylvanian.
Ex REPORTER
We learn from Cincinnati that early on
Wednesday morning, a young man named
Thomas De Marbais, .a clerk in a drug store
in that city, shot his wife and then shot him
self. It appears from letters found upon the
person of the husband, that the desperate act
was induced by jealousy of his wife, and per
haps also business reverses. The injuries of
both are serious. De Marbais is a French
man. His wife is-a native of Texas. They
are both young and intelligent, and the wife
a handsome and interesting woman. The
parties came to Cincinnati from the East, and
De Marbais obtained a situation as prescrip
tion clerk in a drug store, at $l2OO a year.—
He was a regular medical graduate. He
proved a very efficient clerk, and gave entire
satisfaction ; it also appears that he had been
banished from France for some crime not yet
known to the public, but' clerk in another
store learned something of hillthistory at the
East, and told it to his employer, which led
to his discharge. Being unable to support
his wife, and his persecutor following him
with the story of his antecedents wherever
he sought employment, he became depr6sed.
He subsequently discovered his wife to be
untrue. This made him still more desperate,
and he resolved to kill her and himself. He
sought her- on Tuesday night at an assigna
tion house. They went out together, and she
expressed a desire that they should die to
gether, and according to arrangements thus
made, she bared her breast, and he shot her,
the ball entering over the left nipple. He
then shot himself in the head. He has com
municated, in confidence, to his physician a
full history of his life. The parties were
warmly attached to each other, and business
disappointments led to the sad occurrence.—
Much sympathy is felt for the unfortunate
couple, and great indignation towards the in
dividual who has persecuted them. This
person occupied a prominent position in a
leading drug store.
Tragic Affair in. Cincinnati
News Items
DEATH FROM THE BITE OF A TURTLE.—The
Middleboro' (Mass.) Gazette gives the partic
ulars of a painful death of a boy in Plympton,
in consequence of a bite on the finger from a
turtle. The symptoms were the same as hy
drophobia. Not long after the bite, the lad
became feverish, and after the finger had been
lanced black spots appeared on the other
hand, and paroxysms followed, in which the
sufferer would snag and bite at whatever
came in his - way, after the manner of a turtle.
WILL 'WHISKEY EXPLODE ?—The Louisville
Democrat gives an account of the spontaneous
bursting of a barrel of whiskey at the estab
lishment of Chenworth Sc, Co:, of that city,
in which the barrel was riven to fragments
by the force of the explosion. Two or three
similar disasters have, as we are informed,
occurred in Cincinnati, since the commence
ment of the warm weather. Such accidents,
dangerous as they are to human life, are cal
culated to provoke an inquiry as to their
cause. The phenomenon is,. so far as we re
member, unprecedented ; and it is a question
of some moment whether we are hereafter
to include whiskey in the list of those art`
cies that are liable to go off of themselves.
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—We learn from a
Mechanicsburg paper, that a fatal accident
occurred near that place on Saturday evening
last, by which a young man named Henry
Musselman, aged about twenty-two years, re
siding on the Cumberland Valley Railroad,
near the village of Kingston, lost his life.—
Mr. M. was thrown from a colt, which he
was riding, and his foot becoming fast in the
stirrup, he was dragged thus by the animal
a distance of a mile, breaking one of his legs
and otherwise so seriously injuring and mu
tilating his head and body as to cause death
in about an hour thereafter. The deceased
at the time of the accident, was on his way
to visit a lady to whom he was to have been
married in the course of a few weeks.—Har
risburg Daily Telegraph.
KILLED MS WIFE WITII A STONE.—Daniel
Steele, who is respected as a hard-working
and frugal farmer, near Paterson, New Jer
sey, on the 29th ult., killed his wife in a
strange but accidental manner. The hogs
were in the corn, and Mr. Steele and his
daughter were racing them out—the daugh
ter handing stones to her father to throw at
the intruders. Mrs. Steele saw there was
difficulty in expelling the hogs, and running
to the fence, near which some of the swine
were approaching, she proceeded to let down
the bars. Mr. Steele hearing the bars, with
excitement seized a large stone, which his
daugher had picked up, and quickly threw it
in the direction of the noise at the fence, un
der the impression that it proceeded from the
hogs, which lie could
.not see through the
weeds or high corn. The missile struck the
unfortunate wife on the temple, from the ef
fects of which blow she fell to the ground in
an insensible state. The force of the blow
on the temple had been so great that it had lit
erally driven out the eye. She lived only a
few hqurs.
ATTEMPTING TO FLY.—The Madison Jour
nal relates the following incident :
Two or three weeks since a man named
Whiting, living near Sun Prairie, in this
county, got religion so bad that he was too
pure fur the prairie, and accordingly at
tempted to come to Madison, or sonic other
religious place. He was to pure to travel
like a mortal, and having faith that he could
fly to his destination, he attempted the experi
ment. He procured an umbrella, and climbed
to the topmost branches of a tree in the skirts
of a timber. After hoisting his umbrella,
he jumped from the tree, and began to kick
and squabble, thereby thinking to propel
himself through the air. La Mountain or
Wise did not work harder than our hero, but,
alas! for .human calculations, instead of go
ing ahead, he quickly descended to the
ground, holding on to the umbrella for dear
life.. He at last - reached terra firma in a
sound state, and has now made up his mind
that faith is a good thing, but should not be
taken in too large doses.
A Swim port LIFE.—A correspondent of the
Richmond (Va.) Dispatch, writing from Nor
folk, states that on Tuesday of last week,
Capt. John Doughty was washed from the
deck of his sloop, about 5 o'clock in the morn
ing, when about five miles at sea, off Smith's
Island. The sea was running very high at
the time, and being unable to regain his ves
sel, he swam towards the shore and attemp
ted to land ; the breakers, however, preven
ted his doing so, and he then swam around
the southern end of the island, where he made
a second attempt; this failed also, and after
having passed four miles along the beach, he
was taken by a current and washed inside
the capes ; here he was picked up by Capt.
Conkling, after having been swimming eight
hours; and carried into Alexandria, from which
place he came to Norfolk, and proceeded to
his residence in Northampton county, where
it was generally supposed that he was drowned.
He must have swam nearly 15 miles, and
that with his clothes on except his boots,
which lie pull„ed off in the water. When
rescued lie was nearly exhausted, and must
have drowned in a few minutes.
An Awful Retribution
Some time last spring a company of Pike's
Peakers left Grayville, Illinois, for the Kan
sas gold regions. While traveling through
the Indian country on their way out, one of
the company, a young man of desperate char
acter, from the vicinity of Grayville, named
Haynes, declared his determination to shoot
the first Indian he met ; and, unhappily,
during the day, they overtook on the prairie,
a defenceless squaw,- when he, in mere wick
ed wantonness, levelled his gun and shot her
dead.
His companions were horror stricken at
the blood-thirsty deed, but felt that they had
no power to punish him. The tribe to which
the squaw belonged was not far distant when
the deed was perpetrated. They discovered
her lifeless body, and saw at once the man
ner of her death. They pursued the Illinois
Pike's Peakers, and in a few hours overtook
them, and demanded to know who had com
mitted the murder.
The company of five or six Pike's Peakers
found themselves surrounded by nearly two
hundred enraged Indians, who threatened to
immolate the whole party if they did not point
out and give up the murderer. To save their
own lives, they gave up Haynes to their ven
geance. He was taken by the Indians to a
distance, while his companions tarried on
their route to see what would be his fate.—
After awhile the Indians returned, with their
victim literally flayed alive. They had skin
ned him from head to foot. The wretched
being was still alive when brought back to
his companions. He lived in agony long
enough to tell how he had been tortured, but
was soon released by death from unspeakable
sufferings.—Se. Louis Democrat.
A Mother's Love
We clip the following from a late Easton
paper. It is an affecting incident, showing
the deep and abiding sentiment of a mother's
love in a light to strike a sympathetic chord
in every human breast. The article was fur
nished by a correspondent. The writer
says :
" A scene was witnessed in our Court
House yesterday which was well calculated
to touch the tenderest chord in every feeling
heart. A poor unfortunate young girl, some
fifteen years of age, was charged with having
stolen some money, The first witness intro
duced, testified in a very clear, cool and busi
ness-like manner as to the guilt of the girl.
At the close of his testimony it appeared that
it was his own daughter against whom he was
testifying, and that she • had robbed her own
father'. The second witness brought to the
was a woman. The counsel told her
to take the book, and was about to swear her,
when she remarked, I cannot swear.'—
' Why can you not ?' said the attorney. She
replied, can't swear against my own child.'
I looked around and saw many an eye filled
with a tear, and many a heart throbbing with
sympathy for that distressed mother. It was
her own erring child, but still her child.—
The wrong conduct of the one had not,
could not break the links of affection which
fastens a mother's heart to her loved ones.—
What a beautiful exhibition did this scene
present, of a mother's invincible love, and
what a useful lesson may every child learn of
the strength and depth of that love which
controls the heart and is ever ready to mani
fest itself in the acts of an over faithful, ever
loving mother. Let every son and daughter
labor to lighten the burdens, smooth the path
way, and render pleasant and happy the
closing - days of her who is honored with hav
ing the sweetest, truest, loveliest name in our
English tongue—MOTELER."
Whilst the character of that loving mother
stands out in the beauty and loveliness of a,
seraph, how black and repulsive is not that
of the heartless father, who for the sake of a
few paltry dollars, would blast for ever the
reputation of his tender, erring child, and in
carcerate her in the gloomy cell of a public
prison ! Shame on the unmitigated wretch.
He is a libel upon mankind.
" Oh! for a whip in every honest hand,
To lash the rascal naked through the world!"
A Man Killed by a Rooster
The Newport (Perry Co., Pa.) Gazette, of
the 25th inst., says :
About three weeks since, Henry Black, of this
place, undertook to sever the head of a hen,
when he was attacked by a rooster, which
spurred Mr. Black on the hand into an ar
tery. The wound being deemed very slight,
was not noticed until it became painful, when
healing remedies were immediately applied.
The sore was healed, -or:partly so, and Mr.
B. considered himself able to resume his la
bors again. On the 13th inst., while Mr.
B. was in company with one or two citizens,
he was suddenly attacked with intense pain,
accompanied by a sickening sensation at the
heart, and he would have fallen, but for the
timely aid rendered him by the citizens, who
supported him to his home, where a scene of
suffering commenced that it were impossible
to describe. He continued to grow worse
until the Tuesday following, when his pain
became so great that his shriek , : were heard
at the distance of 400 yards. At this date a
remarkable occurrence took place, which,
though to the general reader, may appear in
credible, is fully verified by many who went
to witness it. He drew his entire frame to
gether as though to gain strength for the act,
and his voice broke forth like the crowing of
a rooster. This was repeated from time to
time, and such was the similarity of voices,
that outside listeners, (for all couldn't gain
admission,) asserted their belief that it was
a rooster. During Mr. B's illness he had the
.best medical attendance, but withal the suf
ferer seemed destined to die from- the effects
of what was at first considered a trifle. • Af
ter four days of indescribable suffering, he
died on Thursday last. Mr. Black leaves a
-widow and four orphan children to mourn
his death.
'TIE LOSSES IN TIIE LATE WAR.—The De
bats publishes a table showing the respective
losses of the allied armies and the Austrians
in the different combats and battles - which
took place during the campaign in Italy :
"At Motebello : allies, 7,000 engaged,
850 killed and wounded ; Austria, 13,000
engaged, 1,150 killed 'and woundild, and 150
killed and wounded, and 150 taken pris
oners. Palestro : allies, 21,000 engaged,
14,000 killed and wounded ; Austrians, 24,-
000 engaged, 2,100 . killed and wounded, 950
taken prisoners and 6 pieces of cannon.—
Magenta and Turbigo French, 55,000 en
gaged, 4,400 killed and wounded, 200 pris
oners, and 1 cannon ; Austrians, 75,000 en
gaged, 13,000 killed and wounded, 700 pris
oners, and 4 cannon. Melegnano : French,
10,000 engaged, 900 killed and wounded ;
Austrians, 18,000 engaged, 1,400 killed and
wounded, 900 prisoners. Solferino : Allies,
143,000 engaged, 16,800 killed and wounded,
850 prisoners; Austrians, 170,000 engaged,
21,000 killed and wounded, 7,000 prisoners,
and 30 cannon.
" According to this statement, the total
loss in killed and wounded of the allies was
24,350, and of the Austrians 38,650, making
a difference against the latter of 14,300. The
number of French taken prisoners was only
300, while the Austrians lost 16,000. The
French took 40 pieces of cannon, and the
Austrians only 1."
THE SEA SERPENT- The Monster Caught.
—The Yarmouth (Mass.) Register says that
the far-famed sea serpent has lately visited
that port, and was chased up a narrow creek
and caught. He turned out to be a horse
mackerel, measuring over eight feet in length
and weighing 316 pounds. The Register
says :—lt is the opinion of experienced fish
ermen that this is the fish which has given
rise to the belief in a sea serpent. When it
is running at its ordinary speed in search of
prey it moves along just under the surface of
the water, producing a wave which rises up
in a series of corrugations for about one hun
dred feet in a straight line, before it falls off
into the ordinary spreading wave produced
by a body moving through the water. This
appearance in moderato weather so closely
resembles that of a huge serpent moving over
the surface of the water that it is difficult,
even for those accustomed to the appearance,
to realize that it is nothing but a wave, and
it is not strange that when seen for the first
time, it should strike the beholder with terror.
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