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'Huntingdon, Oct. 4, 1659.
N EWS! NEWS?! NEWS ! !
NEW GOODS,
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BENJ. JACOBS has now npon his shelves a large and
full assortment of
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eornprising a very extensive assortment of
LADIES' DRESS GOODS, DRY GOODS,
READY-MADE CLOTHING, GROCERIES, HATS & CAPS,
BOOTS & SHOES, &c., &c., &c.
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Ilis stock of CLOTHING for men and boys is complete—
every article of wear will be found to be good and cheap.
Full suits sold at greatly reduced prices—panic prices—
which will be very low.
His entire stock of Goods will compare with any other
in town, and the public will do well to call and examine
before purchasing elsewhere.
As I am determined to sell my goods, bargains may be
expected, so all will do well to call.
Country Produce taken in Exchange for Goods.
BENJ. JACOBS, Cheap COrliet.
Huntingdon, Oct .4, 1859.
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MOSES STROUS,
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newed for FALL and - WINTER, and he invites all to
call and examine for themselves.
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All kinds of Country Produce taken in exchange for
Goods. MOSES STROUS.
Huntingdon, Oct. 4, 1869.
ROBT. KING,•
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Hill Street, one door west of Carnzon's Store,
Has just returned from the City with a splendid assort
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Thankful for past favors, a continuance of the same is
respectfully solicited.
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Huntingdon, Oct. 4,1859-3 m.
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CALF-SKINS AND LININGS,
LASTS AND FINDINGS.
LEVI WESTBROOK,
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children. All kinds of styles for' Ladies can be found at
his store,.and the men will not- find fault with his stock
for their, wear.
'lsis old customers and the public generally, will please
call and examine his extensive stock.
This stock of Calf-skins, Linings, Lasts and Findings,
will please all in the trade.
'' • LEVI WESTBROOK.
Huntingdon; Oct. 4,1859.
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WILLIATt LEWIS,
VOL XV.
tiett tietrg.
DEBORAH LEE.
Some one, we know not whom, has had the temerity to
parody "Annabel Lee," one of the most beautiful gems of
the whole world of poesy; but it is good, and will excuse
his "poet's license:"
'Tis a dozen or so of years ago,
Somewhere in the west countree,
That a nice girl lived, as the Hoosiers know,
By the name of Deborah Lee;
Her sister was loved by Edgar Poe,
But Deborah by me.
Now I was green and she was green
As a summer squash might be;
But we loved as warmly as others loved,
I and my Deborah Lee;
With a love that the lassos of Hoosierdom
Coveted her and me.
But somehow it happened long ago,
In the aguish west countree,
That a chill March morning gave the "shakes"
To my beautiful Deborah Lee;
And the grim Steam Doctor (curse him!) came
And bore her away from me;
The Doctor and Death—old partners they—
In the aguish 'vest countree.
The angels wanted her up in Heaven,
(But they never asked for me,)
And that is the reason, I rather guess,
In the aguish west countree,
That the cold March wind, and the Doctor and Death,
Took off my Deborah Lee—
My beautiful Deborah Lee—
From the warm sunshine and the opening flowers,
And hid her away,from me.
Our love was strong as a six-horse team,
Or the love of folks older than we—
And possibly wiser than we;
But Death, with the aid of the Doctor and Steam,
Was rather too many for me;
So he closed the peepers and stopped the breath,
Of my sweetheart, Deborah Lee;
And her form lies-cold in the prairie mold;
Silent and cold—ab, me!
The feet of the hunter shall press her grave,
And the prairie's sweet wild flowers,
In their odorous beauty around it wave, "
Through all the summer hours—
The still bright summer hours ;
And the birds shall sing on the tufted grass,
And the nectar-laden bee
With the dreamy hunt on his gauze-wings pass;
She wakes no more to me •
My own; my Deborah Lee;
Al', never more to me!
Ab, never more to mel
Though the wild birds sing, and the wild flower _ spring,
She watches no more to me.
Yet oft in the bush of the still, dim night,
A vision of beauty I see,
Gliding soft to my bedside, a phantom of light,
Dear, beautiful Deborah Lee—
My bride that was to be;
And I wake to grieve that the Doctor and Death
And the cold March wind should stop the breath
Of my darling Deborah Lee—
Adorable Deborah Leo;
That the angels should want her up in Heaven
Before they wanted me.
a s set ert Starr.
LUKE FLAIR'S ENCOUNTER WITH
A PACK OF WOLVES.
"God have mercy on us !" This exclama
tion was not more sudden and startlingly ut
tered, and sent the chills creeping from the
leaping heart in pricking sensations over the
skin.
It was the first time I had ever noticed
such a tremor in the old, squatter's tones, or
a manner - which indicated that he ever felt
fear. It was something unusual, and with
my own young. pulse quickened, I watched
the old man by the dim light of the fire.
I had known Luke Blair—" Old Luke," as
he was called—for ten years, and yet knew
nothing of his history. There was a mystery
about him which none ever penetrated, and
an eccentricity of manner which gave his
movements a peculiar interest to his rough
but true-hearted comrades. He spent his
time in the woods, and never brought in any
thing but wolves' scalps. There was a fierce
burning look in his eyes as he flung them
upon the ground, and he would sit for hours
after one of his excursions with his head
bowed between his bands.
As unsocial as was the squatter, Ile was
respected by all who had come in contact'
with him. He was brave to madness, and
yet as cool in danger as in his camp. Nor
was there anything rough in his manner; on
the contrary, there was -an easy bearing,
which—almost elegance—bespoke a day of
education and refinement.. And when he did
speak, his language -was well chosen. -
. Blair had other qualifications which won
the respect of the hardy spirits around him.
He was six feet in height, broad-shouldered,
full-chested, and form erect, and his limbs
_were models of symmetry and strength ;
hair and beard had'grown unshorn since we
had known him, and were thickly sprinkled
with gray. But the forehead, though darkly
bronzed and deeply seamed, was almost mas
'sive, and the head
. of, faultless mould. .. The
eyes were dark, lustrous, and, in excitement,
of peculiar and fascinating power. Around
his neck' was some sacred token, which no
eye bad seen, and which he guarded with a
jealous care,
There was something about the old Man—,
his commanding presence,. his bravery, and
his, lonely habits and sad manner—which
won my young heart, and I watched every.
opportunity, of manifesting .my regard: I
- had engaged him to guide me to the Missis
sippi, by way of Prairie.
.: For .several days we' threaded the dense
forests which intervened, and under great
difficulties. !The snow ; had fallen to an un
usual deptb, the gold wad intense, and ran- .
Apred more, intolerable by the ,fierce wind
from , ihe prairie waste.
.We were warmly.
dressed, but there was times when the weary
frame • began to feel the -dreary influence, of
the sleep which steals so fatally over the
-senses.
On the night in question, we had iarned
•
,
.
aside to seek the shelter of a grove of small
timber, and to find fuel for our fire. We had
faced the blinding storm all day, and could
hardly keep sufficiently awake to kindle the
fire and secure wood for the night. We had
just accomplished this when the hunter made
the exclamation at the head of our story. I
was awake at once, and the blood, tinged
through my chilled veins, for I knew that
Luke Blair would not speak so without a
cause.
"Hark!"
The word was but a whisper, but had a
terrible distinctness. His hand had involun
tarily sought his rifle, and his head turned
towards the woods. I heard nothing but the
wild roar of the storm as it swept by.
" There 'tis again I The devils are on our
track !" and he clutched his knife handle
with a steady grasp, and breathed hardly
through his thin nostrils.
I heard the noise this time, which had at
tracted his attention before, swelling as the
storm lulled, an instant, into a wild protrac
ted howl, as from a thousand famished
throats, clear, dismal, and wailing with that
fearful tone which startles the boldest, even
at their firesides. Blair turned, and as our
eyes met, be slowly whispered :
" A pack of hungry wolves ! God have
mercy upon us I"
A. sickening sensation went like a flash to
the heart, and then came burning thoughts
of home, and again the chills, as I thought
of the shelterless prairie and blinding snow.
" Again ! the black devils are on our
tracks !" As Blair spoke he laid his hand
upon my arm, and with an expression of sad
ness which I never shall forget, looked me
steadily in the eye. There was a tremor- of
the lip which I had never seen before. It
was not fear, I knew that, but some terrible
remembrance or presentiment which came
over him with irresistible power.
" The hour has come! I knew it would—
have felt it for days. I do not fear death,
but it is horrible to be hunted down in such
a spot as this, and be torn by infernal
devils."
His breath came thick and hissing through
his clenched teeth, and his chest heaved with
intense emotion.
" Here," said . he, lifting the soiled string
over his head, and taking a locket attached
to it in his band, " is the shadow of one you
never knew, but the original was once the
light of my young life, and came with me to
this territory when the world was bright with
hope. I left her in the cabin, one day, and.
went to my work as usual. She crossed the
valley, and came where I was working.--- . ,,
Wishing to-fell the trbe I Was at work upon,
I urged her to cross the log over the creek
before dark, and I would immediately follow
.her. She had not been gone but a little time,
when there burst up between me and our
cabin that long, freezing sound, the howl of
a wolf. It was answered as if from a thous
and throats, up and down the valley, until
one wild, startling, unearthly howl swelled
on the still evening air. God, how that howl
went to the soul! I reeled in utter weak
ness, a moment, but soon rallied, and with
the speed and energy of despair, rushed down
the path. I had reached the stream, and
was, upon the old trunk thrown across, when
another and different sound reached my ears.
It seemed that my brain would burn into
ashes under the fiery heat, and my heart
burst from my bosom. That was the cry of
my wife—a clear, wailing shriek of mental
agony."
Blair dropped his head and thrust his
fingers into his ears, as if that terrible sound
was again ringing through the forest. A
moment, and he hurriedly resumed :
" I remember no more until the morning
broke, and the sun smiled through the trees
upon the terrible scene. It was horrible !
The ground was torn and stained with dark
spots, where pools of blood had sunk away.
Seven long black bodies lay around gashed
by the axe, some of them glaring fiercely as
they fell, their tongues thrust out, and the
white fangs gleaming fearfully in their open
jaws. The axe itself lay within reach, red
with blood its entire length. My own arms
were also stained, and still damp. But, God
of mercy ! a worse sight than all this met my
gaze of returning consciousness. Tightly-in
my arms I was holding the head of my wife,
her form bare, and limbs torn into shreds.
*
The old
.man sobbed convulsively, and
wrung his hands until it seemed that the blood
would start from his fingers.
" Coming !"
Again, and nearer than before, the dismal
howl rose above the storm. The camp fire
burned dimly in the blinding storm of snow,
and a sense of loneliness and terror came
over the spirit darker than the sky overhead.
" Here, take this." said Blair, as he handed
me the' locket, " and if you survive, carry it
to ---, New York, and I will thank you.
Boy, lam not afraid to 'die. Death will be
rest, and. I "shall see Maria. We must take
to 'the tree:- It Is freeze, "'or death' by the
wolves. Quick, boy.l Good bye."
I felt the hot tears drop on my hand as the
old man 'pressed his quivering lips upon it,
and then pushed on towards the trees..
We
We had.need to be quick, for we had hardly
reached the branches, when a score of long,
gloomy' shadOws shot . out of the surrounding
darkness, and sent 'up a yell which went to
the heart colder than the breath of the Win
try blast: They paid but little attention to
the dint fire, and scenting their prey gather
ed in a shadoWy circle beneath us.
'" Lash yourself fast, boy, and commend
your sell' to Gbd, for you will freeze, and bet
ter to . rot 'on the oak than to be torn by the
devils." ;
" It's of :no use," be continued, es .I sug
gested that the sound of our gums might reach
the inmates of the cabin, "they would not
hear 'ern in the storm, and besides, I swear
by the living Ciod, that I wl.ll, akm,d some them
,to h—Al before I die," •
Weir commenced his deadjy.work, arid as .
one of the wolves fell the others fought and
snarled, and. gnashed their teeth over the
horrid feast., Their teeth sounded like the.
smiting of stsel, upon steel. Still they howled
more fiercely as the slaughter went on.
HUNTINGDON, PA., DECEMBER 14, 1859.
-PERSEVERE.-
" My gun is wet, and will not go," I heard
Blair mutter with a curse. "Damn 'em, I'll
try them with the axe."
My wildly uttered warning was too late,
for, as it swelled above the sounds below,
With unnatural strength Blair leaped down
with a shout of rage and defiance, and with
his axe and knife fought the pack face to face.
I grew sick at heart as I watched with
burning eye-balls the struggle through the
darkness. I could see the black forms swarm
ing around the trunk, where Blair had back
ed up. After the first howl of joy, as itseom
ed to me, when Blair jumped down, the wolves
were less noisy, and apparently more wary,
for they seemed to realize that they had an
enemy to deal with. I madly called to him,
and muttered curses, as I tried to untie the
thongs with which I had lashed myself to the
trunk.
" Ha, ha! glorious sport here, boy; another
devil the less ?" and his maniac laugh and
shout came up scarcely less startling than
those of the wolves around him. I knew
that he was mad.
I could hear the vice-like jaws close con
stantly around Blair, and now and then his
axe sink with a heavy, crunching sound into
Some skull, and then all grew more dim ; a.
delicious feeling of happiness crept over me ;
the sounds of the strife below died out, and
sweet dreams stole over me like the Summer's
breath. The reports of our rifles had reach
the cabin, which, as I afterwards learned,
was not twenty rods from where we camped.
The inmates, numbering some fourteen, by
the addition of emigrants who had stopped
in the storm, came out with dogs and guns,
and reached the spot but a moment too late.
Blair had lodged his axe so deeply in the
- head of a wolf that the corners remained fast,
and the others tore him down. They were
literally shot down with their fangs holding
to the torn flesh, and hkwarm blood jetting
over their shaggy skins. The mangled body
was snatched from them, and I cut down from
the tree and carried to the cabin.
I was all Winter recovering from my in
juries. The awakening from that dream of
death was a terrible awakening, and I suffer
ed more than pen can describe.
Blair was buried on the edge of the prai
rie, and when I left in the Spring the early
flowers were already springing upon his grave.
The old man rests sweetly under the wide
shadow of the old oak.
I carried the locket to its destination. The
sister clutched it eagerly, and thanked me,
though her heart almost broke under the
stroke. I remained in,New York through the
„Summer, and in the Autumn the sister re
turned with me to Prairie, -and we built
our cabin within sight of the brother's grave.
The oak is now dead and splintered with an
undergrowth, whose vines shut out the light
of day, and guarded it even from the footfall
of man or beast. Last week our dog brought
out a skull, with the wide gash of an axe hit
through the top. Quietly, and without the
knowledge of my wife, I went and tossed the
momento into the thickest growth of the place.
—Daily Wisconsin.
aftisteliantous tins.
The Virginia Legislature---Message of
THE HARPER'S FERRY AFFAIR. FULLY AND FREE-
Both Houses of the Legislature of Vir
ginia were organized at Richmond yesterday.
The Governor's Message reviews the Har
per's Ferry affair at great length. It speaks
of the spirit of fanaticism and one idea of
Abolitionists, which has seemed to madden
whole masses of one entire section of the
country ; which enters into religion, educa
tion, politics, and prayers, Courts of Justice,
and Legislatures ; which has trained up three
generations in moral and social habits of ha
tred to the masters of African slave® in the
United States, but turns not upon slavery
elsewhere; which has sent comfort and coun
sellors, and would have sent rescue, to assas
sins, robbers, murderers and traitors, whom
it has sent to felons' graves. Unless the nu- '
merical majority will cease to violate the con
federate faith, and cease to disturb our peace,
to destroy our lives and property, and to de
prive us of all protection and redress, under
the perverted forms and distorted workings
of the. Union, we must take up arms. The
issue is too essential to be compromised any
more. We cannot stand such insults and.
outrages as those committed at Harper's Fer
ry, without suffering what is even worse than
the death of our citizens—without suffering
dishonor—the death of a State I
Tie not to be denied that we have many
sound and sincere friends in the non-slave
holding States ; but the conservative elements
are passive, whilst the fanatical are active.
The former are fast diminishing, whilst the
latter are increasing in numbers and force.
With regard to the insurgents, the message
says : 'Tis mockery to call them monomani
acs. The leader himself spurned the Plea,
and it was not put in upon the trials. They
were prompted by the evil spirits of ineendi
arism, which demoralized numerous hosts be
hind them who now sympathize them with
out
,themselves incurring the risk of their
crimes, and no wonder they now' sympathize
with
_their deeds before the, world. These
men hired them-:--even to madness—and that
John Brown despised the hypocritical cant of
their:pretence that he was insane., The' exe
cution of our laws was necessary to warn fu
ture victims not again to be tools of this sym-.
pathy. We have friends or we have not, in
the States whence these invaders came. They
must now be not only concertive, but,active,
to prevent invaders coming. - It was impossi
ble for so much sympathy to exist without
exciting bad men to action of rescue or re
venge. On this reasoning, be acted. Us bad
been compelled by- the apprehension of a most
unparalleled border war to place the State in
as full a panoply of military defence as if a
foreign enemy had invaded the United States.
Indeed, one of the most irritating features of
this predatory war is, that it :has its seat in
the. British. provinces, which furnish asylums •
to our fugitives and sends them and their
hired outlaws upon us, from depots and ren-
Governor Wise.
LY DISCUSSED.
Editor and Proprietor.
dezvous in bordering States. There is no
danger from our State or colored people. The
slaves taken refused to take arms, and the
first killed was a respectable free negro while
running from the " philanthropists," who
came to liberate the black race.
In closing the message the Governor says :
We must rely upon ourselves and fight for
peace—we must organize and arm—we must
demand of each State what position she means
to maintain in the future with respect to sla
very, and Provisional Constitutions, the laws
of the United States, and the provisions of
our State laws for its protection in our feder
al relations, and to be governed according to
the manner in which the demand is answered.
We are in arms!
With regard to the reports and rumors of
organized conspiracies, the Governor says
they were from so many sources, so simulta
neous, or far apart, from persons so unlike in
evidences of education, that they could be
from no conspiracy to hoax. But he relied
not so much upon them as upon the earnest,
continued and general appeal of the sympa
thizers with the crimes of the insurgents.
Let us defend our own position or yield it
at once, or let us have action and resolve on
a definite settlement. No more temporizing
the Constitution—no more compromise.
The other convicts await execution. They
will - be executed, unless the General Assem
bly orders otherwise. This will meet the
open invasion, but acts only on the individu
al convicts and does not settle the question of
our peace and protection in the future.
It remains only for me to offer myself—all
that I am and all that I have, to the Common
wealth, whenever she may order me or mine
in her service, when the term of my present
office closes.
The second message makes detailed recom
mendations, and alludes to State matters gen
erally.
The Hurricane in Illinois.
BY AN EYE WITNESS.
On Friday, the 25th of November, at about
5 o'clock 30 minutes P. M. one of those des
tructive tornados with which the Western
country is occasionally visited, swept with
terrible and devastating fury over the north
ern and central portions of Illinois, taking in
its fell swoop portions of the city of Chicago,
and the towns of Dwight, Odell, Pontiac and
Springfield. But in no one town was the
destruction of property so great and human
life so imperiled as in the town of Pontiac.
Livingston county, which occupies a location
in the State of Illinois that is rather north of
central, or about ,94 mils, south of Chicago,
and nearly 95 miles north of Springfield, on
the Chicago, Alton and St. Louis Railroad.
The town of Pontiac proper contains a pop
ulation of about eleven hundred inhabitants,
and is the county seat of Livingston county ;
and although but a young town, scarcely five
years of age, or rather five years since it was
known and seen as a town, yet it has grown
with such rapidity during the past year as
to justly entitle it to an honorable mention
in connection with its much elder neighbors
on the same route of railroad. There are
many tine buildings, both public and private;
in the town, prominent among which was the
large two story brick Court House that was
erected at a cost exceeding $14,000, and is
yet in its third year. It was this building
that suffered so severely in this storm, of
which it is our purpose to describe. As was
stated before, at about 30 minutes past 5
o'clock, P. M., heavy clouds were looming
up with great rapidity in the southwestern
sky, and but few minutes elapsed until the
whole face of the heavens seemed to be cov
ered with them, and as they flitted to and fro
they grew darker and blacker at every com
mingling, until finally it appeared as though
the light of day had suddenly been engulphed
in the thicker darkness of stormy night.—
Soon an awful rumbling, roaring sound fell
upon the ear, reminding the listener of that
peculiar noise that results from the falling of
the distant cateract or the far off booming of
heavy artillery. Accompanying this came
in frightful concert the wind's shrill whistle
around the eaves and through the open tow
ers of the larger buildings ; and then as if to
add confusion to fright, and danger to terror,
the storm gathering all its powers together,
and combining its strength swept through
the timber that skirts the banks of the Ver
million, tearing up the largest trees and
hurling them aside, as though they were
straws. Branch after branch, and trunk af
ter trunk of various large trees were thrown
in different directions in the air, and after
twirling majestically, there for a few seconds,
came to the earth with such a descending
force as to penetrate the ground to the depth
of two or three feet. The tornado rolled 'on
in its north-eastern course, passing over Pon
tiac, unroofing the steam plaining mill, tear
ing down buildings all along its track, and
catching the large court house in its course,
raised the heavy tower high up in the air,
then rending it in ten thousand pieces scat
tered it far and wide over the adjoining squares.'
The roof of the building was taken up by the'
whirlwind and spread in thousands of pieces
all around the square, sending the shingles
and broken timbers through the different
store windows on the north and northeastern
sides of the public square. Tho heavy brick
walls, unable to stand the gale, were partially
torn down and hurled with such force as to
pass through the ceiling and heavy oaken
floors of the building. After the Court House
was unroofed and - completely racked,- the
power of the storm had passed, carrying its
fury in its track, desolating property and de
molishing buildings ; and scarcely had the
heavy gale passed when 'the cry of distress
came .from all quarters. Now an alarm of
fire, then a cry for aid to extricate persons
from the fallen buildings. We pressed our,
way to the various scenes of distress. . At
one place we found a family of five persons
that had just emerged from the wreck of a
two story frame building, unscarred and un
hurt, yet badly frightened.
The main part of the building a three-sto
ry frame:and containing a sick man in bed,
was 'carried a distance of forty feet frona its
foundation and located very comfortably in a
reverse position from that which it previous
ly occupied. At another place we found a
large two-story frame building, that was not
yet quite finished, that was torn down and
scattered far and wide, leaving it almost an
uncertainty as to whether any portion of the
timbers can be used again. At another place
we found a two-story dwelling—the largest
of the three mentioned—that had been com
pletely crushed down, covering up four of
the inmates, three ladies and one little boy ;
the latter and two of the former were extri
cated very easily, when it was found, they
bad received but little injury. The remain
ing lady was crushed down in a sitting pos
ture, and when relieved from her most ap
palling position, it was discovered that she
was very seriously injured. She was imme
diately carried to a neighboring dwelling and
physicians summoned, who report favorable
to her recovery.
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At other places we found smaller buildings,
shops, dwelling houses, barns, &c., either
blown and scattered arolnd or else unroofed,
and carried from their foundations to distan
ces ranging from fifteen to fifty feet. We
counted some thirty-five chimneys that had
been blown down and scattered far and near,
in the different portions of the town, and from
our estimate we conclude that the loss to
Pontiac alone will not fall short of nine thous
and dollars, whilst that of the county will be
much greater.
The next day, succeeding the storm, was
perfectly calm, and the sun came out in its
splendor. The excitement having somewhat
subsided, various incidents were related by
different persons concerning one another that
may not be out of place to mention' in this
connection.
One individual asserted that the cause of
the storm originated from the fact of the coun
ty having lately gone Republican, and that
Providence was dissatisfied with the result,
hence the Court house was demolished. An
other stated that Old Ossawattomie Brown
bad commenced an insurrection in Illinois,
in order to rid our State of the Free Negro
Prohibition Act, that graces our statute.—
Another remarked that not a member of the
Democratic party had been in the least in
jured by the storm, either in property or per
son, which was conclusive of the approbation
of the party by the Ruler of the Universe.
It was also stated that one of the assistants
in the Circuit Clerk's office took shelter in
the safe during the storm, and pulling from
his pocket the miniature of the " girl he loved
best," solemnly kissed it, remarking that be
was embracing the last opportunity he would
ever have to see the " dear one" again on
earth. It was also told that one of the prom
inent leaders of the Republican party actual
ly got down upon his knees and solemnly
pledged to Providence that if the Lord would
only spare his person and property this time, he
would vote for the Charleston nomineein 1860.
But to conclude, we may seriously remark
that in this dispensation of Providence all
have a great reason to be thankful that no
serious accidents occurred to life and limb,
and that our people have had no occasion, to
lament the loss of any of our oitizens by
death, for which mercy each and every one
should feel grateful and prayerful.
New Metal---An Important Discovery.
A new metal has recently been discovered
which will take the place of gold and silver
in .the arts, as respects both value and utility.
If these objects can be gained by this metal,
or have been,-as it is averred, it may Well be
classed as a startling discovery, which is des
tined to work a revolution in finance and the
manufactures in which the :precious metals
are now used. The New' York News thus
discourses upon the discovery.:
One of the startling discoveries of the age
has just been made, and its effect upon the
commercial affairs cannot be foretold. We
allude to the late discovery in the process of
making or smelting of a new metal called
the Byrne ore, or Byrne metal, which has
been named after the inventor. The new
metal is of such a nature that either an imi
tation of gold and silver can be produced
which would defy detection, by more than
nine-tenths of the dealers in wares, manu
factured of pure gold and silver. The most
astonishing part of the new discovery, is that
of its being so valuable as to be used in the
manufacture of every article in which gold
and silver can be used.
This metal is being used now in the manu
facture of watch-cases, rings, pencils, spoons,
forks, heads for canes, tooth-picks, pens, ta
ble-sets, chandeliers, and in fact every thing
in which gold and silver have been used
heretofore; and when it is understood that
this metal was sold in the manufactured state
for $2 an ounce, the immense revolution
which it is destined to produce in the com
mercial world can be partially conceived.—
Its weight and general appearance are pre
cisely like that of gold and silver, thus making
it without the equal of those metals in the
manufacture of everything else but money,
which use is made certain, because it will
not change its appearance by use any more
than gold or silver will, and not so much
when alloy to any great extent is used.
We say that this is a startling discovery.
We call it a startling discovery because it
will, in a great measure, dispense with the
use of gold and silver in the manufacture of
jewelry and other articles in which these
precious metals have been heretofore used,
in consequence of which the supply of these
metals wilt be greatly augmented, the result
of which will be to increase their use in coin
age ; and a corresponding increase in the
volume of money in the channels of trade,
which must advance the prices of all kinds
of merchandise in like ratio.
When we can buy service of plate made of
a metal, which respresents gold in every par
ticular but its value for $2 an ounce,_ while
wrought gold is worth $lB an ounce, it is
easy to perceive that a great revolution is
about to take place in this great branch of
trade. In the silver ware the difference of
price is not so great. A lot' of silver spoons
which costs now $6, can be bought, made of
this metal, and which will represent the sil
ver in every particular but . their valve, for
$2 the set. For our part we must say that
this is the most astounding,development that
the world has ever known as regards its'com
mercial arrangements. It surpasses the rail.
road and telegraph invention beyond a.doubt,
and, may end in revolutionising our, whole
syStern of money exchanges.
"If the process now invented is Susceptible
of improvement, which we do not doubt but
it is, we_may yet succeed in making gold so
like the pure article as to preclude its .use as
a circulatingmedium,. thus compelling us to
'resort to some other metal which possesses a
greater intrinsic value. Platina la the only
metal now known to possess a superior value,
but as this resembles silver so ,mach,, it can
not be considered a suitable metal for the
purposes' of coinage. •
The matter -is - of such- great importance
that - it requires the immediate 'attentien
leading minds, so that something may-be de
vised to avert; if piissible, the mighty result
which'will undoubtedly follow after the gen
eral use of this new and. really extraordinary
metal,