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From Washington
Mr. Pennington had much troubleth his
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friends in making the Committees. He said
that had he known what he was to encoun
ter, he would not have accepted the office.
Sherman has been appointed Chairman of
Committee of Ways and Means. Grow of Penn
sylvania, Chairman of Committee on Terri
tories. Hickman, Chairman of Committee on
the Judiciary. Corwin, Chairman of Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs.
The postal appropriation bill passed by the
Senate, hangs in the House. A section abol
ishing the franking privilege, is objected to
by the Opposition. They contend that the
question should come up in a bill by itself.
A personal difficulty happened after the
adjournment of the House on Friday. As
Mr. Hickman was returning home through
the Capitol grounds he was overtaken by Mr.
Edmondson, of Virginia, who, upon reaching
hi!n, called out, and drew back his hand to
strike. Mr. Clingman, who was accidentally
passing, hastened up and seized his arm,
when Mr. Edmondson struck at Hickman
with his left hand, knocking off his hat, but
doing him no injury. The whole affair was
instantaneous, and seemed to surprise Mr.
Hickman. Mr. Breckinridge, who came up
took him away, and the scene ended. The
alledged provocation for this attack was an
insulting reflection upon Virginia, contained
in a recent speech of Mr. Hickman, in which
he charged that seventeen men and a cow
had frightened the State.
A letter writer under date of Feb. 12th,
says :
"Quite a number of Southern politicians
are declaring in favor of Judge Douglas for
the Charleston nomination ; but the Presi
dent and the extreme secessionists, who claim
to control the South, deny that he has the
slightest chance.
" On the Republican side there seems to be
a pretty rapid concentration upon Bates, of
Missouri, although General Cameron's friends
are exceedingly active and confident in his
behalf. Hon. John M. Read, also of Penn
sylvania, is spoken of as the very man for
the Opposition nomination, should there be a
difference between those more prominent in
the canvass."
Sensible and Strong
The Vermont Patriot, which is a true and
valuable supporter of Senator Douglas, al
ludes, in a recent article, to the Charleston
convention—in the course of which it says:
" One thing may be regarded as certain—the
Democracy are not going back after a candi
date. They have tried that! Besides, there
is, and no power on earth can make, but one
issue in the next Presidential campaign—
popular sovereignty. It is perfectly plain
that no man in favor of a slave code, or who
denies the exclusive right and authority of
the people of the territories to have or ex
clude slavery, as they may determine for
themselves, can ever obtain twenty electoral
votes at the north. * * 'What then ? It
is too plain to admit of a question that the
Democracy can succeed in 1830, only by an
endorsement of the Cincinnati platform, and
the nomination of a man who will carry out
its doctrines in good faith—not a man who
will take a nomination and pretend to sup
port the platform upon which he is nomina
ted, and then kick it over the day after he is
elected. The Democracy, in their candidate
for 1860, must have a representative man—
one who represents the active, living princi
ples and issues of the day, or take a man
having to carry, in addition to the ordinary
troubles of the party, the hitternesses and
animosities of the past. We have no ener
gies to waste on old prejudices, old intrigues,
or old cliques. We shall have all we can do
to succeed without carrying such weight."
The Prospects of Douglas
Horace Greeley, writing from Davenport,
lowa, makes the following prediction :
"I have been looking through and taking
notes in each of the States North-west of the
Ohio, Minnesota excepted, during the fort
night; and, though I seldom place predic
tions on record, I now make one which I
would not have credited when I left New
York. .1 predict that Stephen A. Douglas
will be nominated for President at Charles
ton, nest April, and that most of the Slave
States will give him their Electoral Votes.—
Let these foreshadings be quoted and compared
with the events."
For the benefit of Horace Greeley, and all
others, we beg leave to add: If the predic
tion of the Tribune philosopher should prove
correct—which none hut the wilfully blind
any longer doubts—the State of Pennsylva
nia may safely be put down in the Demo
cratic column for 20,000 majority! This is
no idle, unmeaning boast; it is a simple, un
varnished truth, which Greeley or any one
else can learn by a few weeks association
with the masses of the voters of this State.—
Harrisburg State Sentinel.
A Southern View!---A Prediction
The editor of the Baltimore Dispatch, one
of the shrewdest politicians in the South, ven
tures upon the following prediction. Hear
him :—" Regarding it now as a settled fact—
or as nearly certain as any future event can
be—that Stephen A. Douglas will be the nom
inee of the Charleston Convention, and that
his election may be regarded as 7421 fait ac
compli (a thing accomplished) as soon as his
nomination shall be announced, it will not be
inappropriate to consider the effects that the
event will have upon the country.
" We are not a prophet, or the son of a
prophet, brit we think we are gifted with pres
cience sufficiently to say with confidence, that
before the contest shall be over, there will
not be one cloud of doubt, in the Southern
mind, regarding the perfect and reliable na
tionality of the principles of the candidate.—
There will be entire conviction that Southern
right, under the compact of the Constitution,
will be faithfully guarded, if he shall be cho
sen to preside in the government. And in
the North, as deep and strong an assurance
will exist, that there will be no surrender, or
tampering with, the principles of the party,
upon any false hypothesis, that any portion
of the country desires the measures of the Ad
' ministration to be conducted with reference to
any thing, but the broad, moral and political
justice, which underlie true democracy. Cor
dial and sympathetic relations will be estab
lished between the two sections of the coun
try. The black cloud of Republicanism will
sink below the horizon, leaving the political
landscape of the country radient with re
newed hopes, and smiling in the promise of
a glorious future. The country will be re
stored to its youthful vigor, enterprise and
prosperity. It will be as bright and serene
as the morning after a night disturbed by the
revelry of witches and devils ; and the arch
demons—the Helperites—the Brownites and
Sewardites who have exulted in the anticipa
ted downfall of the constitution, and the des
olations of fraternal war, will betake them
selves to the temple of Pandimonium, or re
tire to the congenial shades of Tartarus.
" These conclusions are not merely vision
ary and speculative. They are the natural
results of the just and philosophical applica
tion of the principles of our government to
the country. When our House stands upon
the rock chosen by our fathers—the rock V
the people's sovereignty and State rights—and
is built plumb up, with solid blocks of good
principles, it can never fall. It is only by
displacing the blocks or putting them in awk
wardly, and leaning the wall to one side or
the other—no matter whether it be the North
ern side or the Southern side, that makes the
danger of falling. Douglas is so precise—
(all admit it, though some are so unreasona
ble as to accuse him of a selfish motive in do
ing his work well) that his blocks are always
fair and square and put in just in the right
place. lie never sets in the wrong block.—
Some say, (his enemies) he is too cunning.—
We say he is too good and faithful a work
man. But whether a faithful or cunning
workman, or both, if he will give us a good
safe house, no wise man should scorn to live
in it.
" Believing what we have said, and with
out assuming any, spirit of prophecy, we ven
ture a prediction, founded on common sense ;
and hope it will be remembered. It is this :
Before one year shall elapse, after the nomi
nation of Douglas, the business of the coun
try, will be restored to its healthy tone, and
raise a cheerful head. Prosperity will again
overspread the land. The cities will be alive
with busy trade ; real estate will advance in
a ratio that no one can calculate. The farm
ing and planting interests will meet with en
couraging reward ; and every national inter
est, agricultural, commercial, and manufac
turing, will flourish together. Such will be
the effects of the nomination and election of
Stephen A. Douglas. So he will tarn the
winter' f our discontent into glorious sum
mer. "We are not mad but speak the words
of truth and soberness"—mark what we say."
TIORRIBLE MURDER-A Muster Killed and
Burned by his Slaves.—On Monday last Dr.
Wm. Croxton, a highly intelligent citizen of
Essex county, Va., bad occasion to correct a
servant woman for some offence, but did so
in a mild and gentle manner. This fact en
raged a negro man, who vowed to have re
venge, but at the time gave his master no in
timation o . F his intention. On Wednesday
last, whilst one of the servants was engaged
in grinding a cutting knife, Dr. Croxton walk
ed to where he was, and whilst looking on,
without suspecting danger, another servant
stepped behind him, gave him a violent blow
upon the back of the head, which felled him
to the ground, and then dispatched him.—
.The two then dragged him behind the barn,
and kindling a fire placed his body on it and
burned it. They next cut the skirts of the
saddle upon his riding horse and then turned
the horse loose, expecting to create the im
pression that he had been attacked on the
road and murdered. When the doctor was
missing, his friends instituted a search for
him, and in the pile of ashes near the barn
discovered two or three of his fingers and a
portion of one of his feet. The murder has
caused great excitement in the neighborhood
in which it was committed.—Richmond Dis
patch.
Z-Z.- The old soldiers of Pittsburgh and
Philadelphia are making arrangements to
send large delegations to the State Conven
tion to be held in Harrisburg on the 22d of
this month. From the present indications
the convention will be the most numerously
attended of any yet held. Two papers have
been established—one in Cincinnati and the
other in Philadelphia—devoted to the cause.
There organs claim that the old soldiers hold
the balance of power politically, and appeal
to them to exercise it in such a way as to
elect a President pledged to their interests.
The Pa. R. R. and Canal.
We clip the following information from the
annual report of the Company:
The following condensed statement exhib
its the results of the operations of your Road
for the year 1859.
Earnings of the Company from the busi
ness of the Road:
From Passengers, $1,420,912 43
" 13. 8. Mails, 74,483 00
" Expresses, 75,120 00
" Freights, 3,656,111 15
" Miscel's sources, 135,723 63
$5,362,355 21
Expenses of operating the Road were :
Cost of Conducting Transporta
tion, $1,333,041 00
Cost of Motive Power, 804,076 92
" Maintenance of Road, 671.100 19
44 Cars, 190.278 34
" General Expenses, 72.241 70
$3,130,738 15
Nett earnings of the Road, $2,231,617 06
The earnings of the road as compared with
those of the preceding year, give an increase
of :'':5'177,02.4 53.
The earnings of the Canals owned by the
Company, for the year 1859, were:
From the Eastern Division, $152,871 ZS
" Juniata Divisions, 26,824 49
C 0 Western Divisions, 15,514 04
" ' Miscellaneous receipts, 2,339 62
$197,549 38
The expenses of maintaining the Canals for
the same period, were as follows :
For repairs, renewals and enlarge
ment, $140,105 07
For superintendence, collectors,
lock tenders, weiglimasters, sta
tionery, etc., 35,347 31
$175,455 3S
Leaving nett earnings of the Canals,
The increase in the Canal revenues over
1859 was $189442 30, and the increased ex
penditures were $51,394 06, embracing the
sum of $24,294 79 expended in the re-erec
tion of a bridge over the Susquehanna river,
at Clark's Ferry, which had been blown down
by a severe storm, and also an expenditure
of about $B,OOO incurred for steam towage,
rendered necessary in consequence of the de
struction of the bridge. The remaining por
tion of the increase of expenses was incurred
in deepening and enlarging the capacity of
the Eastern Division of the Canal.
The amount of coal transported on the Ca
nals of the Company, during the year 1859,
was 515,366 tons, being an increase over the
preceding year of 104,634 tons, and the
amount of lumber transported was increased
from 95,770,453 feet in 1858, to 120,0Z4,675
feet in 1859, giving an average increase of
tonnage of about twenty-five per cent. The
gross revenue of the Canals was not, howev
er, increased in the same ratio as the ton
nage, owing to a reduction of the tolls ren
dered necessary in order to retain this traffic
in its customary channel.
The enlargement of the Susquehanna and
Wyomino•.Canals, which it is understood will
be affected before the opening of navigation
in the ensuing spring, will so reduce the cost
of transportation on the whole line as to al
low a restoration of the tolls to their former
limit. It has been the policy of this Compa
ny (contrary to public expectation) to culti
vate the trade upon their Canals, and devel
op the resources of the region of country
contiguous to them, in order, if possible, to
render them productive property. _
These Canals were received from the Com
monwealth in a very dilapidated condition ;
the prism of the canal being so reduced as to
scarcely afford more than a depth of three
feet of water throughout. The condition of
these works rendered it impracticable for
those engaged in transportation on them to
contend successfully with the railways for
the traffic of the country traversed, and the
consequence was, at the time the Company
received possession of them, their trade was
gradually declining.
Upon the Eastern Division the depth of
water has been increased to a minimum of
five feet, and the other divisions of the works,
where any trade of importance was to be ac
commodated, have been restored to their ori
ginal capacity. No portion of these Canals,
except the Eastern Division, (of 46 miles in
length) is self-sustaining; but it is hoped that
the Juniata Division, as far west as Hunting
don, may ultimately be made to produce some
net revenue.
The management of the entire line of ca
nals has been placed under Thomas T. Wier
man, Esq., civil engineer, who has conducted
the affairs in this branch of the Company's
service with commendable judgmentand econ
omy.
From Pike's Peak.
Great Excitement at Denver City—Resistance
of the Citizens to the "lumping" of Claims
—Hostile Measures of the " Junipers "
The City Threatened with Destruction—
Serious Results Apprehended—Riot at Au
rora.
Leavenworth, Kansas, February 10.—The
Pike's Peak express arrived this afternoon
with dates to the 3d inst., and $3,000 in gold
dust.
The outward-hound express was delayed
fifty-two hours by heavy snows, which fell
to the depth of fifteen inches between the
Big and Little Blue rivers.
Great excitement prevailed at Denver City,
on account of a party attempting to claim
possession of several claims within the city
limits, by the system of "jumping." The
"Jumpers" commenced the erection of a
building, and when warned to desist by the
town committee. the Jumping company de
clared it to be their determination to hold
the claims at all hazards, and their rifles were
levelled upon the committee. The latter, af
ter holding a council, withdrew, but during
the night a party proceeded to the claims and
destroyed the improvements without moles
tation.
On the day following the Jumpers retalia
ted, by firing upon Mr. R. B. Bradford, the
agent of the express company, who however,
escaped unhurt. An attempt was also made
to shoot R. E. Whitesett, the secretary of the
town committee.
Owing to threats having been made to fire
the city, the streets were patrolled by armed
bodies of citizens during the ensuing night,
but no outbreak occurred.
It was the prevailing belief that the claim
controversy would lead to serious results.
The citizens of Aurora having taken meas
ures to suppress the petty robberies, which
had become alarmingly prevalent, several
collisions occurred between the citizens and
the implicated parties.
Es-Sheriff Middaugh was fired upon while
entering the street from the house of one of
the desperadoes.
A company of the military assembled who
preserved quiet during the night. And on
the next day four of the most offensive of the
rioters were ordered to leave within five hours
ander the penalty of being hung, which re
quest they complied with.
John C. Calhoun's Dream.
A correspondent of the Mississippi Whig
has cut from an anonymous pamphlet an ac
count of a dream of Mr. Calhoun, about the
time of the stormy sectional agitation which
preceded the adoption of the Compromise
measures of 1850 :
Mr. Calhoun, it seems, was drawing up a
plan for the dissolution of the Union, when,
late at night, being very much exhausted, he
fell asleep and had the following dream, as
related by himself.
" At a late hour last night, as I was sitting
in my room writing, I was surprised at the
unceremonious entrance of a visitor, who
came in and took a seat opposite me.
" I was more annoyed, as I had given strict
orders to the servants that I should on no
account be disturbed.
" The manner in which he entered—per
fectly self-possessed—taking a seat opposite
me—without a word, no salutation—no apol
ogy—as though my room and all within it
belonged to him, excited in me as much sur
prise as indignation. As I raised my head
to look at him over the top of my shaded
lamp, I discovered that he was wrapped in a
thin cloak, which completely hid his features
from my view; and, as I raised my head he
spoke:
" 'What are you writing, Senator from South
Carolina ?" I did not think of his imperti
nence at first, but answered him involuntari
ly—' I am drawing up a plan for the dissolu
tion of the American Union I' To this the
intruder replied in the coldest manner possi
ble :
" 'Senator from South Carolina, will you
allow me to look at your right hand?'"
"lie arose, and as he did so the cloak fell,
and I beheld—GßEAT GOD ! GENTLEMEN ! I
BEHELD THE FORM OF GEORGE WASHINGTON !
$22,097 00
" As though I had no power to resist, I ex
tended my right hand, I felt a strange chill
pervade me at his touch—he grasped it and
held it to the light, thus affording me full
time to examine every feature of his face,
and particularly of his person. It was the
face of Washington, and he was dressed in
the uniform of the Revolution. After hold
ing my hand for a moment, looking steadily
at me, he said, in a quiet way:
" And with this right hand, Senator from
South Carolina, you would sign your name
to a paper declaring the Union dissolved ?'
" Yes,' said I, `if a certain contingency
arises I will.' Just at this moment a black
blotch appeared on the back of my hand; I
seem to see it even now What is that ?'
cried lin alarm, why is that black spot on
my hand!'
" That,' said he, dropping my hand, is
the mark by which Benedict Arnold is known
in the next world I'
"Lie said no more, but drew from beneath
his cloak an object which he placed upon the
table, on the very paper which I had been
writing. The object, gentlemen, was a skel
eton!
" There,' said he, with emphasis, there
are the bones of Isaac Hayne, who was hung
by the British in Charleston. He gave his
life to establish the Union. And when you
sign your name to a declaration of dissolu
tion, you may as well have the bones of Isaac
Mayne before you. lie was a South Caroli
nian, and so are you; but no blotch was on
his hand.'
" With these words he left the room. I
started from the contact with the dead man's
bones and awoke ! Orerworn by labor I had
fallen asleep and been dreaming."
Many other instances might be recited to
show that some of the most important events
to man that have occurred since order was
brought forth from chaos, and the Almighty
rolled the planets from his palm and set the
spheres in motion, have been more or less
connected with dreams. May not this dream
of Calhoun's have a happy influence on the
perpetuity of our glorious and happy Union.
Capture of an American Slaver with a
Cargo of Negroes.
[From the Boston Journal, February 7.]
Captain Matthews, of the ship Alarm, ar
rived at this port to-day, from Calcutta, re
ports having left at St. Helena, December 27,
the American barque Orilla, of New York,
Captain Morgan, which vessel had been cap
tured by the British steamer Pluto, while
engaged in the slave trade. When the ves
sel was brought into port she had on board
eight hundred and seventy-one negroes, of
which number sixty-eight were women, one
hundred and twenty-seven girls, two hundred
and seventy-three men, three hundred and
ninety-six boys, and seven, sex unknown.—
Before the vessel arrived, one hundred and
fifty had died, which would make the total
number taken on board when she left the
coast of Africa, ten hundred and twenty
three. Among those who died were sixty
boys, forty men, eight women, twenty-four
girls, and twenty others, sex unknown.
The slaver, after her arrival at St. nelena,,
was delivered up to the United States steamer
Mystic. The Mystic reached that port on the
21st of December, from St. Paul de Loan do,
officers and crew all well. The slaver would
probably be sent home for adjudication.
The captain and first and second officers of
the Orion were in prison at St. Helena when
the Alarm sailed. They had been delivered
into the custody of the United States steamer
Mystic, and would be brought to this coun
try for trial. The captain of the slaver ap
peared disposed to make a clean breast of
the whole affair.
The slaves remained on board the Orion
when the Alarm left St. Helena.
The Orion is 449 tons, and was built at
Newcastle, Maine, in 1846.
THRILLING ADVENTURE-A Party Carried
Ofd' Upon the Ice.—On Monday last, a party
of gentlemen visited the bay for the purpose
of seeing the Indians, and others to fish for
trout. About two o'clock, some of the party
observed a s.ngular motion of the ice. It
appeared that there was a strong current in
the water, but an examination disclosed the
fact that the ice upon which they were stand
ing had parted between them and the shore,
and that they were rapidly floating into Lake
Huron. They at once put their horses in
motion to find some point where they could
get to the main land, but could find no such
place. In the meantime they were going
very rapidly, the wind blowing a gale from
the shore.
Their situation was very dangerous, both
as regards the danger of the breaking up of
the ice upon which they were, and the severe
cold ; great excitement existed at Bay City
amongst the inhabitants generally, and many
plans for their relief were talked of and can
vassed. They floated some fourteen miles,
when one end of the ice fortunately grounded
on Squaw Point. They made a rush for the
shore, after first getting off their horses and
sleighs. The ice was much broken, and they
had to travel some distance over separate
cakes to reach the shore.—East Saginaw
Courier, Feb. S.
Terrible Storm of Wind
The storm on Thursday night last, of which
we had but a small share, was very destruc
tive in some of the eastern cities and through
the country. The Philadelphia Press of Sat
urday morning, says:
" The twenty-four hours just numbered
have witnessed one of the most furious and
obstinate gales of wind that have been known
in Pennsylvania for many years. On Thurs
day afternoon the weather which had been
warm and genial became gradually keen and
cold. The gutters froze, and on the high
ways wherever water was accumulated, was
formed a coating of hard and deceptive ice.—
With evening came a most glorious scene—
the stars shining with a clear and crystaline
delight; the dark and heavy clouds, few and
far between, tumbled along the azure avenue
of heaven, and the beautiful moon, just sink
ing from its fullness, never smiled more lov
ingly upon a sleeping world. As the night
grew on the wind grew more and more drea
ry, and the sky clearer and colder. At last,
about midnight, its velocity and force reached
the maximum. The scene was one of terri
ble sublimity. The deep howl of the breeze,
the echoing chords of rattling signs, croaking
chimneys, and houses swaying to and fro, the
vast clouds of dust that swept up from the
unfrozen crevices of uncleaned streets, and,
over all and beyond all, the clearness and
beauty of the heavens formed, by its singular
contrast, its union of the lovely and the ter
rible, a scene of true and natural magnifi
cence.
He was a brave and bold man who could
have paced the streets of this city of Phila
delphia during the prevalence of that terri
ble storm without shrinking before the "ele
mental war." He was a cold and heartless
man who could have looked forth upon that
scene and not felt how weak he was in the
hands of Him in whose hands the winds were
held, and who could not have wept for the
travelers out upon the sea, rocking at the
mercy of the contending waves and winds.
To come from fancy to fact, from shadow
to substance, the effects of this storm are in
calculable. The telegraph brings us tidings
of its doings from all parts of the country,
and we have no doubt that, out upon the
ocean, the loss to shipping will be terrible.—
In the city, the most serious result of the
storm, so far as we have heard, was in the
partial destruction of the new retort house
at the gas works, at Point Breeze. The build
ing, which was very large, was unroofed, and
two men, named James Hart and William
McLane, who were at work in it, were
killed."
The New York Express of Friday evening,
says: --
" About ten o'clock on Thursday night, the
wind which had previously been from the
south-west with very pleasant weather, shif
ted to the west, and then to the north-west, ac
companied by a slight rain and some snow.
During the night the wind blew heavily from
the north-west, and towards daylight the
weather cleared off very cold, the mercury
falling ten degrees in a little over two hours.
At daylight the wind increased to a perfect
hurricane, blowing with great violence, with
out abatement up to noon.
A great deal of damage has been done all
over this city and Brooklyn, and among the
shipping on the rivers. Trees, sign -boards,
chimnies, and in some eases roofs of houses,
and steeples, have been blown away, and ter
rible havoc has been made of loose shutters
and awnings. Experienced boatmen say that
they have not for years known so fierce a gale
on the rivers and bay.
Sound and Sensible
The Mining Record, published at Pottsville,
and edited by Win. B. Sipes, Esq., in the
course of a very able editorial, in which the
editor urges the nomination of Mr. Wilte for
Governor, makes the following sensible re
marks: "The Democratic party of Pennsyl
vania has been weakened and paralyzed by
the misrepresentations of its unscrupulous
enemies, aided by the machinations of false
friends in its own ranks. But its paralysis
is only temporary, and it can, with judicious
management, be elevated to the proud posi
tion it held in the days of Jackson. To ac
complish this we must cease temporizing, and
return fairly and squarely to the Jeffersonian
platform. We must cut loose from the leader
ship of mere individuals, no matter who they
are, or how exalted they may be, and act up
to our ancient motto of "principles not men."
We must select as our champions candidates
who are fearless and firm in the advocacy of
every Democratic doctrine—men who have
the ability to command the respect of both
friends and foes—men who have not wander
ed after strange political gods, but who are
as firm and unyielding in their love for De
mocracy as our own giant hills. With such
candidates, and pursuing such a course, our
triumph over the combined elements of a fac
tious, sectional and bigoted opposition would
be certain and complete."
HORRIBLE DEATIL-MISS Bettie C. Berke
ley, daughter of Langdon Berkeley, Esq., of
Hanover county, Va., met a horrible death
on the 4th inst. The Petersburg Press says :
It appears that Miss Berkeley was in the
room standing close to the fire, having on a
hooped skirt, and stooped down to remove a
smoothing iron off the fire, and turned round
to deposit it on the floor, which act caused
her skirt to expand and project in the rear
directly over the blazing fire, and it was in
stantly inflamed, and all the rest of the com
bustible materials of her wearing apparel
were set in a blaze in an instant, Herscreams
brought to her assistance some of the mem
bers of the household, who immediately threw
her on the bed and wrapped her in a blanket,
but their efforts proved unavailing, as she
was roasted to a crisp in a few minutes.—
Miss Berkeley was a lovely girl of sixteen
summers.
ALL FOR DOUGLAS.—The Louisville Demo
crat, of a recent date, has the following item,
showing that wherever you may go, you find
the crowd for Douglas :
"A convention of professional gentlemen,
wholly unconnected with politics, recently
met at Memphis. This convention was com
posed of forty-two members, representing
nearly every State in the South. Their reg
ular business over, they took the vote among
themselves, and it was found that of the for
ty-two, forty-one were in favor of the nomi
nation and election of Hon. Stephen A. Doug
las to the next Presidency."
Gov. Lowe has brought suit, in the
name of the State of lowa, against the State
of Pennsylvania, for charging tonnage duty
on the freight that passes over the Pennsyl
vania Central Railroad.
gdrs' A Harrisburg letter writer, says :
" Douglas stock is above par and rising. A
couple of weeks ago the Administration men
here in Pennsylvania were hot for John C.
Breckinridge, but since his ultra Southern
speech at Frankfort, Ky., they have conclu
ded he would travel badly in the Keystone
State. I speak within the bounds of truth
when I say that two-thirds of the Democrats
who visit the State capital are openly or se
cretly for Douglas. A Buchanan office-hol
der, and a delegate to the Reading Conven
tion, told me this morning that he would
likely vote for Breckinridge from prudential
motives, but that there was no use denying
the fact that the " Little Giant" was the man
to nominate. He is one of a hundred whom
I have heard speak, within a week, in the
same strain. If Stephen A. Douglas was
placed upon the ticket, and upon the Cincin
nati platform unabridged and unaltered, he
could carry Pennsylvania like a breeze."
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of Missouri will answer the question, and remove all
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BREWERY FOR SALE.-
The subscriber wishes to sell his interest in the
Alexandria Brewery, established for many years, and now
doing a good business. It has better facilities for brewing
than any other between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
For further information, address the subscriber at Alex
andria. Huntingdon county, Pa,
Feb. S, 1860
STRAY HEIFER.-
Came to the residence of the subscriber in Tod
township, near Cook's mill. in the month of August, 1858,
a black and %%line heifer. probably one year old last spring.
The owner is requested to come forward. prove property,
pay charges and take her away, otherwise she will be dis
posed of according to law.
Feb. 8, 1880
THE BANKING HOUSE & PIRM
OF BELL, GARRETTVN & CO., at Huntingdon,
Pa.. at present and since 6th January, 1860, is composed
of James M. Bell. of Hollidaysburg, Pa., and James Gwin,
William Dorris, Jr., Thomas Fisher, Wm. P. Orbison,
John Scott and George W. Garrettson, the previously ex
iNting firm having been ended on the 6th January, 1860,
according to the terms of the articles of association.
/Huntingdon, Feb. S, 1860.-3 t
STORE ROOM TO RENT AND FIX
TURES FOR SALE.—The undersigned offers
rent his Store Room in Market Square—it having Cas and
other conveniences connected.
Ile offers for sale his entire Stock and Fixtures at re
duced prices.
Any person desiring a good situation for business, can
have an opportunity of getting one by calling on the sub
scriber on the pieinises.
MI 12 tingdom Feb. S, ISGO.
W.,.
H
A.TC ES, JEWELRY AND SiL
VER.-WAKE.
l'Ve would respectfully inform our friends, Apa
trons and the public generally, that we have now
in
Store and offer Wholesale & Retail, at the low
est Cash Prices, a large and very choice stock of • ...tb--
Watches. Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware, of every variety
and style.
Every description of Diamond T14,r7,- and other Jewelry
made to order, at short notice. .e' - - Al/goods warranted
to be as represented.
N. B.—Particular attention given to the Repairing of
Watches and Jewelry, of every description.
STAUFFER. S.; HARLEY,
No. 622 MARKET street, South Side, PntrAVA.
Feb. 8,1860-31 n.
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BLEEDING HEARTS AND SMASHED GIZZARDS!
A RUSH
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VALENTINES
FROM ONE CENT TO TWO DOLLARS!
CALL EARLY
while the assortment is full!
A DWELLING HOUSE for RENT.
The two story dwelling on Railroad street, one
door east of Jacksont Hotel, now occupied by C. Schnei
der, is for rent. Inquire of Henry Leister, at Broad Top
House.
Huntingdon, Feb. 1, 1860.*
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.-
The undersigned appointed to distribute the mon
ey in the hands of John C. Watson, Sheriff. arising from
the sale of the real estate of James Entrekin, will attend
to the duties of his appointment at his office in the bor
ough of Huntingdon, on Tuesday, the 2Sth of February,
1800, at 10 o'clock, A. M., at which time and place all per
sons haring claims upon said fund, are required to pre
sent the same to the Auditor or be debarred from coming
in on said fund. A. W. BENEDICT,
Huntingdon, Feb.l, 1560.--4. t. Auditor.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.-
The undersigned appointed to distribute the mon •
ey in the hands of David Blair, Esq.. and James Bricker,
assignees of David H. Foster, (being the balance as appears
by the Auditor's Report, &c.,) will attend to the duties of
his appointment at his office in the borough of Hunting
don, on Wednesday. the 29th of February, 1860, at 10
o'clock, A. M., at which time and place. all persons having
claims upon said fund are required to present the same to
the Auditor or be debarred from coming in on said fund.
A. W. BEN EDICT,
Auditor.
Huntingdon, Fob. 1, 1860.—it
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.-
The undersigned appointed to distribute the men-.
ey in the hands of Wm. B. Zeigler, assignee of James 4lc
William A. Saxton, trading as J. & W. Saxton, (being the
balance as appears by the account, &c..) will attend to the
duties of his appointment, - at his office, in the borough of
Iluntingdon, on Wednesday the 29th of February, at I
o'clock, P. M., at which time and place all persons hexing
claims upon said fund are required to present the same to
the Auditor or bo debarred from coming in on said fund.'
A. W. BENEDICT,
Auditor.
Huntingdon, Feb. 1,1860.-4 t
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.-
The undersigned appointed to distribute the bal
ance in the hands of Jane Wilson, Administratrix of Sam-
uel Henry, late of Barre° township, deed, will attend to
the duties of his appointment at his office, in the borough
of Huntingdon, on Tuesday, the 28th of February, at one
o'clock, P. M., at which time and place all persons having
claims upon said fund, are required to present the same to,
the Auditor, or be debarred from coming in on said fund.
A. W. BENEDICT * Auditor.
Feb. 1, 1800-I.t
MMEI
F. CONNER
WILSON EDWARDS
T. P. LOVE