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FOR PRESIDENT,
STEPIT:IiN , DO„:"LAS,
[Subject to the decision of the Charleston Convention.]
DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATION.
FOR GOVERNOR,
F IT"D IY- 1 41 1S r l i Fil
OF WESTMORELAND.
W REA D THE -VE TV ADVER TISE.IIENTS.
Douglas at Washington
If there were any doubts of the nomination
of Douglas by the Charleston Convention,
says the Chicago Times, those doubts have
been removed by
.the open and avowed hos
tility of the Washington Constitution. That
paper reiterates, for the benefit of its six hun
dred subscriber, that Judge Douglas is un
sound and that he can not be trusted when
vital principles are at stake.
The same paper thinks there is not a word
of truth in the " rumors " that Indiana, Ohio,
Illinois, lowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minne
sota, Connecticut, and other States, have ap
pointed delegates to Charleston favorable to the
nomination of Judge Douglas. This is very
much after the style of the old sinner who
told Noah that he did not think there was
any truth in the rumor that there was a
" flood " to come ; that he did not think there
would be anything, more than a shower after
all.
The editor of the Constitution—who was
born a gentleman—will in all probability find
that Douglas will have more Southern votes
at Charleston than any other gentleman whose
name will go before that Convention. There
will very soon be heard a " rumor " from the
Pacific, which may or may not be indictive
that the Democracy of California are as " un
sound " as their brethren of lowa, Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Michigan, and. Wisconsin.
The recent attempt at Washington to patch
up a platform fur the Convention is a farce
too broad'to excite anything but a laugh.—
The delegates elected by the Democracy will,
when they meet at Charleston, adopt a plat
form for themselves. .Messrs. Bright and
Fitch arc U. S. Senators; but.. the Democracy
of Indiana did nut select them to make a plat
form ; the Democracy of that State selected
other representatives for that purpose. The
Democracy hold conventions for the purpose
of nominating candidates, and making plat
forms, and it will not do for Senators repudi
ated by their people'to undertake that busi
ness.
The Tide Becoming irresistible
The editor of the Harrisburg State Senti
net, in his paper of Saturday last says :
" During the last ten days we paid a visit to
the Federal capital and mixed considerably
with the people as \fel I as with the politi
cians from all parts of the Union, and, never
before, during an active political life of over
twenty years, did we witness so overwhelm
ing a sentiment in favor of one »tan for a high
position as has everywhere manifested itself
in behalf of Stephen A. Douglas for the Pres
idency.
The most happy augury, however, in this
connection, was to find so intense a feeling
in his favor among Southern men. During
our short stay in Washington we met with
many intelligent Southern gentlemen, from
the lips of whom we heard the declaration
over and over again that " Judge Douglas is
the choice of the People of the South, and,
were it not for a few noisy fire-eaters, who
through the boiling of the political cauldron
have, unfortunately, been thrown to the sur
face, the South would be represented at
Charleston as a unit for him." Indeed, so de_
votedly are the Southern people wedded to the
great Illinois Senator, and so thoroughly are
they imbued with the belief that his nomina
tion alone can prevent the election of a, Black
Republican, that many of them hail the re
sult of the Pennsylvania, State Convention as
a providential event, and were °static over
its deliberations.
Pennsylvania is regarded as the battle-field
in November nest. Within her borders the
great struggle is to be decided. With Doug
las and Foster a victory thrice-glorious will
electrify the heart of the nation ; with any
other man than the Senator from Illinois all
is darkness and doubt ! This is the truth
and now is the time to speak it boldly. Who
will longer dare strive to_ dash the brimming
cup of victory from the Democracy of Penn
sylvania, and the Union ?
sEg'. The Union Party Convention meets in
Baltimore on the 9th of May. It will dictate
who shall be nominated at Chicago.
ATTACIPT EXECUTIONS,
EXECUTIONS,
DEEDS,
—J. Simpson Africa, Esq., addressed a
Democratic ratification meeting at Harris
burg, on Monday evening of last week.
—John Scott, Esq., addressed a Democratic
ratification meeting at Ebensburg, on Tues
day evening of last week.
—The remains of Wm. B. Foster passed
through this place on Tuesday night of last
week, and were taken to Pittsburg, accom
panied by the President and Directors of the
P. R. R. Co., and other friends of the de
ceased.
—The plans and specifications for the new
machine shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, at llarrisburg, have been prepared,
and their construction will shortly be com
menced. One of the buildings will be three
hundred feet in circumference, and calcula
ted to hold eighty-five locomotives. The
shops, when completed, will give constant
employment to about one thousand work
men.
—Andrew G. Curtin had a warm recep
tion on his return home last week. He de
livered himself of a speech in which he ad
vised his friends to avoid personalities in the
discussion of the claims of candidates.
—II. L. Dieffenbach, Esq., editor of the
Clinton, Democrat, whose name has been
prominently mentioned in connection with
the position of State Superintendent of Com
mon Schools, in place of Mr. Hickok, whose
term will soon expire, positively declines be
ing considered a candidate for the office.
—The following is the shorest bill that has
been presented to the present Legislature :
SEC. I. Be it enacted, &c., That the Presi
dents and Professors of Colleges and teach
ers in Academies and common schools in this
Commonwealth shall not be subject to taxa
tion.
Why not . include Clergymen, Printers,
Judges, Justices of the Peace, and Consta
bles?
—Wm. W. Stewart, Esq., of Barree, now
Under Sheriff in Placer county, California,
has our thanks for a copy of Gov. Weller's
annual message.
—The Commissoners appointed to audit
and settle the expenses of the Harper's Perry,
or John Brown affair, has reported to the
Virginia Legislature that they have paid
$137,180:: that $31,103 more has been audit
ed and reported, and that $17,383 has been ex
pended by the Governor out of the civil con
tingent fund—aggregate $185,568.
—The following named gentlemen were,
on the s.th inst., re-elected Directors of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company without op
position : J. Edgar Thompson, Washington
Butcher, William R. Thompson, Josiah Ba
con, Thomas Mellon, John llulme, G. D. Ito
sengarten, Wistar Morris, G. W. Cass, (Pitts
burg,) William 11. Smith, ( Pittsburg.)
—A well-known and opulent merchant of
of Boston, Mr. George B. Richardson, com
mitted suicide on Monday last by throwing
himself into Spy Pond, at Cambridge. He
seems to have been driven to the act by the
fear of a sudden death from heart disease, to
which he thought himself subject. His af
fairs were left in a flourishing condition, and
it is asserted that his domestic relations were
of the happiest nature.
—Mr. Beardslee on the 6th inst., read in
place, in the House, "an act relating to the
publication of the laws of this Common
wealth."
The bill contains two separate ideas, viz :
1. To require notice in each county, of all in
tended applications for local legislation, to be
published only in such counties as may be
concerned. 2. To advertise all general laws
in two papers in each county under a certain
number of taxables; over a certain number,
as in Philadelphia, Lancaster, Allegheny,
&c., four papers. Also, to publish all local
laws in two papers published in the county.
The papers in which laws are published to
be selected by the people, each voter voting
for one "Public Printer," and the persons in
each county having the highest and next
higheSt number of votes are elected, (same
as the election of inspectors of elections,) the
object being to give each party one, and thus
keep it out of politics. This is a good bill
and we hope it may become a law.
—The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune, writes : "The blacklegs are
reaping a rich harvest since the members
have drawn their pay. They have cleaned
out several already of every dollar received
from the Treasury. Night before last a mem
ber from a Western State visited one of the
fashionable hells. Before morning he was
stripped of $1,860, being the entire salary
and mileage duo him, which he had drawn
the same day. lie was carried home towards
daylight in an oblivious state of intoxication.
In other words, dead drunk and clean
plucked.
--The Board of Revenue Commissioners
of this State, completed their labors at Har
risburg and adjourned sine die, on Saturday.
the 3d inst. They have fixed the aggregate
valuation of taxable property in the State at
$569,049,995. Of this amount, $563,577,795
is subject to a tax of mills on the dollar ;
$5,290,336 to a tax of one per cent., and
$181,864 to a tax of two per cent. The fol
lowing is the valuation of the city of Phila
delphia : Property subject to a tax of 2 1 1. mills,
$164,556,282; to a tax of one per cent., $2,-
780,793 ; to a tax of two per cent., $59,650.
The aggregate increase of the valuation of
taxable property in Philadelphia, since the
assessment of the last Board, three years ago,
is $4,417,072. It will appear that Philadel
phia pays nearly one-third of the 2i- mill tax,
more than one-half of the one per cent. tax,
and one-third of the two per cent. tax.
—The Governor has nominated to the Sen
ate, Thos. H. Burrowes, Esq., of Lancaster,
Superintendent of Public Schools.
—The Republican Convention of Massa
chusetts has elected delegates to Chicago fa
vorable to Seward. This puts Banks orj_the
shelf.
—The planting in Texas is said to be either
rapidly progressing or finished, as far as re
gards corn and vegetables. In the lower and
western counties corn is already up. In Mid
dle and Eastern Texas, the ground has been
in fine condition, and has been broken up
easier and deeper than has been usual.
—Thomas Scott, late Superintendent of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, has been appointed
to the Vice Presidency of the Company, made
vacant by the decease of Wm. B. Foster.—
Enoch Lewis, late Superintendent of the
Western Division, has received the appoint
ment to the place made vacant by the promo
tion of Mr. Scott. These gentlemen have
proved themselves faithful and efficient offt
cers, and will discharge the duties of their
new appointments with a fidelity and zeal
which cannot but redound to the credit of
the Company.
—The Boston papers are filled with ac-'
counts of the alarming and fatal distemper
which has broken out among the cattle in
Massachusetts.
—A resolution in the School Board of San
dusky, Ohio, to separate white and black pu
pils has been negatived by a vote of six to
four.
—A little boy, returning from a school the
other day, discovered a large rock on the
Pennsylvania Railroad track, near Cone
maugh station, Cambria county. Judging
rightly, that if the train, then nearly due,
ran into it, the consequences would be terri
ble, the little fellow took a red cap from his
sister's head, and hurrying up the track,
commenced waving it as the train approached.
The engineer saw him, and judging that
something was wrong, pulled up just in time
to prevent that collision which the child so
much dreaded. The engineer was astonish
ed at the foresight of the boy, and had him
suitably rewarded by the company.
—The Baltimore Dispatch•, a first-class
journal, states its belief that " a large major
ity of all classes in Baltimore are in favor of
Douglas for President." It says, " this feel
ing is especially strong among the merchants,
who look to 'his election as the harbinger of
restored confidence, trade and prosperity of
the country, and the utter eradication of sec
tional, fanatical agitations."
—Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Minneso
ta have instructed their Delegates to the
Chicago Convention to vote for Senator Sew
ard as their choice for the Presidency.
—The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad have
presented a claim of eighteen thousand dol
lars fur transporting troops to Harper's Ferry
during the Brown raid. The entire expenses
of Virginia were two hundred thousand dol
lars.
—A man named Tinker, of Syracuse, N.
Y., poisoned himself, his two children, and a
valuable horse belonging to a Dr. Searles, on
the Bth inst., on account of the faithlessness
of his wife. It appears that some time last
fall Mrs. Tinker was ailing, and Dr. Searles
prescribed for her, and the result is, she aban
dons her husband and goes to reside under
the same roof with the Doctor and his wife.
The only cause assigned is jealousy.
—Corporael Keefer, proprietor of the Lo
gan House, Hollidaysburg, and who served
with honor in the Mexican War, died of ma
nia a potu one day last week.
—The Maryland Legislature adjourned on
the 11th inst., at midnight. During the even
ing a difficulty occurred in the rotunda of
the capitol, between two Baltimoreans, when
one of the parties drew a pistol and shot his
antagonist.
—The Missouri Republican State Conven
tion met at St. Louis on the 10th inst., and
adopted resolutions strongly in favor of Bates
for President.
DoucLAs ! Dountas !—The cry is, every
where, Douglas ! So manfully does he bear
himself in the U. S. Senate against foes in
the Democratic party and foes outside of it—
with such statesman-like ability does he han
dle every subject which he touches—so firm
ly has he planted himself on Democratic truth
and the avowed principles of the party—so
fearless is he in his uprightness of purpose,
that he has taken by storm the public heart
of the nation, and with one accord, East, West,
North and South, the PEOPLE proclaim him to
be their choice for the Presidency. It mat
ters little now what the politicians may do—
what schemes they may resort to, what reso
lutions they adopt at Washington or else
where, the nomination is already, in effect,
made, and, as we said some time ago, the
Charleston Convention will have to ratify it,
or place the success of the party in jeopardy.
The people—like truth—are mighty and will
prevail.
GOOD FOR OLD BERKs!—One of the most
intelligent and influential Democrats of Berks
county, the Old Gibralter of the Pennsylva
nia Democracy, writes the Harrisburg State
Sentinel an enthusiastic letter, in the course,
of which he says :
" The nomination of Gen. Foster was a
God-send to us here. We are all united again.
Now, for God's sake, give us Douglas! With
Douglas and Foster we can make Old Berke
stronger than ever. The Opposition know
this; one-half of the whole of whom are fully
comnutted to the Illinois Statesman and his
platform. You know they never were Abo
litionized, but the remnant of the Glorious
Old-line Whig party. With such a ticket as
Douglas and Foster you can rely upon Berks
for over 7000 majority. Do all you can to
bring about this result."
General Poster's Nomination at His
Home.
Grand Democratic Ratcation Meeting—
Speech of General Foster.
The Greensburg Democrat brings us the
proceedings of the Democratic ratification
mooting held there—the home of Gen. Henry
D. Foster-43n the evening of his nomination
by the Reading Convention for Governor.—
The town was brilliantly illuminated, and
the Court House, where the meeting was held,
was thronged to suffocation by the neighbors
and friends of General Foster, anxious to tes
tify their gratification at the very unexpected
news. James C. Clarke, Esq.,
presided, and
a motion being made to invite General Foster
to address the assemblage, the chair, in put
ting the motion, said :
In rising to put the motion just made, I do
not know that I am called upon to make any
remarks of the meeting; every one present is
aware of its object. We have, but a few hours
since, learned that the Democratic State Con
vention, assembled in Reading, has most un
expectedly, and by acclamation, placed in
nomination, as the Democratic candidate for
Governor of the great State of Pennsylvania,
our distinguished fellow-townsman, General
Henry D. Foster ; [cheers] and we have met
here, spontaneously, as it were, to rejoice and
congratulate each other upon that nomina
tion, and to ratify by our united voices to
night the action of the Convention—a Tatifi
cation, which, although at the right time and
place, coming as it does from the grateful
hearts of the immediate friends and neigh
bors and personal acquaintances of General
Foster, is but the prelude to the greater rati
fication which will be given by the people of
Pennsylvania at the ballot-box - On the second
Tuesday of October next. [Renewed cheers.]
Fellow-citizens of Westmoreland county, I.
most heartily congratulate you ; I congratu
late the people of Pennsylvania on this au
spicious nomination. The manner in which
it was - made, unsolicited as it was—and even
against the wishes of the recipient—assures
us that the Democratic party of the State is
again returning to the good old times of its
purity and integrity when the office sought
the man, and not the man the office ; [great
applause ;] when the only questions asked
were, is he honest ? Is he capable? The
unprecedented unanimity with which the
nomination was made, and the unbounded
enthusiasm which followed its announcement,
augers that we have but to do our duty in
the coming political contest and a, glorious
victory will follow. But I will not detain
you longer from the pleasure I know you all
anticipate, of listening to the voice of accep
tance of this highly honorable nomination
from the generous and noble hearted son and
favorite of Old Westmoreland—Gen. Foster
—himself. [Loud cheers.]
The Chairman then put the motion. It
was answered with a deafening shout for Fos
ter, and his appearing in the meeting was the
signal for long continued, and boisterous
cheering. Gen Foster spoke as follows:
Mr. President and Fellow- Citizens :—I con
fess, that a few hours ago, no man in Penn
sylvania less anticipated the action of the
Democratic State Convention, and of my fel
low-citizens here present, than myself. I
had no expectations that I would be selected
for the high and honorable position that has
been assigned me. Upon every proper and
convenient occasion, I had discouraged the
use of my name as a candidate. But the
nomination has been made and tendered to
me ina manner and with a unanimity that
precludes a declination. While I had no per
sonal desire for the nomination, it is not now
a question whether it is to my advantage and
my gain, or my disadvantage and my loss.—
I cannot but accept it, and thus accede to
what appears to be the urgent desire of my
party. That such a nomination, tendered in
such a manner, is gratifying, it would be idle
and foolish in me to deny. But while I ap
preciate the honor done me, I cannot but feel
that it is rather a compliment paid to me out
of respect for, and on account of, the noble
Democracy of Old Westmoreland. All that
I have, and all that I am, I have had from
the hands of its Democracy ; and this nomi
nation has been given to them, rather than
to me.
It •is not expected of me that upon this oc
casion I should undertake to discuss any of
the issues of the campaign. It will be a long
and an arduous contest. There will be no
child's play in the battle which is to be fought
in the fall of 1860; but to deserve as well as
to secure success, there will he required not
only the untiring energy of your candidate,
but of every individual Democrat in the State.
That Democratic principles ought to prevail,
should never for a moment be doubted. By
the principles of that party—by its measures
—measures that have made this country what
it is—l shall stand firmly. Its measures and
its principles are dear to every Democratic
heart, and upon its platform I shall surely
stand.
Great questions of public policy and of vi
tal interest are agitating the country to its
very centre. Those questions must be set
tled, and Settled upon sound, national, con
stitutional grounds. They must be settled
not for the benefit of the North—not for the
benefit of the South—not for the exclusive
benefit of any section, but for the best inter
est and the common good of- the whole coun
try.
The flattering manner in which this nomi
nation was made, compels me to accept it. I
should be false to my principles, false to my
party, false to my friends here and elsewhere,
by and through and for whom it has been
given, if I failed to accept it. I take it from
the Democratic party, and if that party goes
down, standing as it does upon principles of
justice and of right, I am content to go down
with it.
To you, my neighbors and my friends, I
can hardly find words to express my grati
tude for this spontaneous exhibition of your
friendship for me. Here, of all other places,
it falls most flatteringly upon me. You have
known me for many years, and to you I owe
all that I am. Wherever situated, and where
ever my lot may be cast in the future, my
heart shall always be turned to my present
home, where my imperfections have always
been overlooked, and a meed of praise awar
ded me far greater than my deserts.
I thank you, again, for this warm mani
festation of your kind regard, and, believe
me, I shall cherish it through all the years of
my life.
During the delivery of these remarks he
was frequently interrupted by the wildest
applause, and when he sat down the Court
House fairly shook under the cheers of the
multitude.
The. Commissioners of Allegheny county
were fined $l,OOO each on Tuesday, by the
Supreme Court, for refusing to collect the tax
to pay the interest due on the railroad bonds
guaranteed, by the county.
Horrible Barbarities Committed in Cal
ifornia. °'
Tho San Francisco correspendent of the
New York Herald writes :
THE PITT RIVER INDIAN WAR—HORRIBLE
BARBARITY.—The correspondence and papers
in connection with the hostilities carried on
against several tribes of Indians in the North
ern part of the State by a party of volunteers
under General Kibbe have been laid before
the Legislature. A claim for $BO,OOO has
been presented as the cost of the service.—
The conduct of the whites was most barbar
ous. Hundreds of Indians—men, women and
children—were slaughtered in cold blood by
one party, called the Pitt River Rangers.—
They attacked a rancheria at night, and nev
er paused until about five hundred Indians,
of all ages and both sexes, lay dead on the
ground.
The statements of United States officers
and some stock owners, who had their cattle
stations in the neighborhood of the Indians,
go to show that the Indians were peaceable
and well-disposed up to the advent of the vol
unteers and border-men, and had treated the
few whites among them well, although they
had the power, if they were so disposed, to
destroy them and appropriate their stock.—
One statement is made, on the authority of
an officer of the United States Army, which
should be forthwith investigated. Lieuten
ant Dillon reports that Thomas lienly, accom
panied by some of his people, in August last,
proceeded to Eel River and captured a few
Indians that resided there in huts. Mr.
lienly, it seems, did not charge these people
with any thing. Ile only considered they
were too near him, and might steal. One of
the Indians was unable to walk. Henly shot
him, or ordered him to be shot. He excuses
himself on the ground that the man looked
like a bad Indian.
The public indignation is very great against
these villain volunteers, not one of whom was
killed during the so-called campaign. It is
high time that the United States should do
something to protect from wholesale slaughter
the unfortunate Indians of California. The
wars against them invariably got up for spec
ulative purposes.
Stephen A. Douglas
The American Democrat, published at Car
lisle, says :
"The indications are that the Little Gi
ant' will receive the nomination for Presi
dent at Charleston. Of the instructed dele
gates, Judge Douglas has a greater number
than all others combined, and it is well un
derstood that a large number of those who
are uninstructed will support him. The ac
tion of the recent Convention at'Reading will
go very far towards bringing about this re
sult. Whilst the delegates from this State
will go to Charleston without instructions,
and whilst it is well known that a majority
of them are opposed to Mr. Douglas, it is
equally well known that a portion of the del
egates will support him. This was not an
ticipated, as it was generally conceded that
Pennsylvania would instruct for some one of
the other candidates. We can cheerfully
support either of the gentlemen who have
been named for the Presidency, by the De
mocracy of the various sections of the coun
try, but we are free to confess that we look
upon Stephen A. Douglas, as the most avail
able, and the man eminently fitted to lead
the Democratic hosts against the Black Re
publican column."
The Reaction at the South
" Cleveland," the far-famed Washington
correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer,
writing to that paper under date of Tuesday
last, says:
" The reaction in favor of Douglas is stead
ily going on all over the South. Every day
brings in some fresh and powerful allies.—
The latest accession is Judge Thomas W.
Thomas, of Georgia, the right-hand man, in
days past, of Howell Cobb, and one of the
first men in that State.
" He declared the other day in a public
speech that Douglas was his choice over all
other men for President, for three reasons :
First, he is honest, bold and consistent; sec
ondly, he is sound, capable and experienced;
thirdly, he is the only man that could be elec
ted.
" Delegates to the Charleston Convention
are pouring into the city from different sec
tions of the country, evidently for the pur
pose of taking soundings and ascertaining
the chances of the various Presidential can
didates. The irresistible conclusion the most
of them arrive at is, that with no other man
than Douglas is victory at all certain. Many
of them go away well satisfied that it is Doug
las or defeat."
DOUGLAS IN CALIFORNIA.—Recent informa
tion of a reliable nature from California is
most gratifying to the friends of Senator
Douglas. The very best assurances have been
given that California will be represented in
the Charleston Convention by a full Douglas
Delegation. The Democracy of the Golden
State are unitedly and enthusiastically in fa
vor of the Illinois Giant.
Senator Latham, the young and gifted suc
cessor of the lamented Broderick, has just
arrived at Washington, and now occupies his
sent in the Senate. He is bitterly opposed to
Gwinn ; and while he will give his support
to the Administration, in an interview with
Mr. Buchanan, he is reported to have told
him frankly that he was the personal and po
litical friend of Judge Douglas. So we go.
PARACIDE IN JACKSON COUNTY, OIIIO.—The
Jackson, Ohio, Standard, furnishes the par
ticulars of a shocking murder committed in
that county on the night of the 13th instant.
The victim was Daniel Winchell, an old resi
dent of Jackson township, and the assassins
were one of his sons, his son-in-law and
nephew. As he was about entering his door,
one of the above parties knocked him down,
one of the accomplices seized him, and car
ried him a short distance from the house, cut
his throat with a knife, and then held him
over a hole already dug in the ground for the
reception of his blood. His body was then
tied up in a sheet and thrown into a neigh
boring creek, where it was found by some of
the neighbors. A little son of the decased,
gave the information which led to the discov
ery of the above facts. The murderers are
now in jail.
A WOMAN - VOTER.—Much amusement was
created at the polls of the 3d Ward yester
day, by an attempt to carry "Woman's rights"
into active exercise. The wife of a voter,
who was confined to bed by illness, appeared
and demanded to cast her husband's vote.—
Upon a refusal, she became quite irrate, and
in reply to the jeers of some of the crowd,
seized a brickbat and for a while cleared the
front of the polls. She was at length quieted
and conducted away.—Alex. Gaz.
Extraordinary Affair at a Lunatic Asy-
luna in Ohio
A Lunatic Cuts a Hole in the Floor with
False Teeth, Picks a Lock with a Pin, Cuts
Out a Window-sash and Shutter with a
Ring, and Escapes.
[From the Cleveland (Ohio,) Herald, March fi.]
Among the inmates of the Northern Ohio
Lunatic Asylum is a person named Wheedon,
once a highly respectable citizen in good cir
cumstances, and said to have been a member
of the former coal firm_ of I. C. Pendleton
& Co. He has been in the asylum for some
time.
For some time past he has manifested a
a strong disposition to escape, and the utmost
care and vigilance has been exercised to frus
trate his designs, but not always with suc
cess. Before being placed in his sleeping
room at night, he has been always stripped
and carefully examined to prevent the se
creting of any instrument, and all his clothes
but his shirt, pantaloons and stockings taken
away. In spite of these precautions, he has
succeeded three times within a few days in
escaping from his room.
About two weeks since he took a set of false
teeth out of his mouth, and by constant work
contrived with them to saw a hole through
the floor of his chamber, making a hole suf
ficient to admit of his dropping through into
another part of the house, and thus escaping,
He was traced and caught at the house of Mr.
Pendleton, on Euclid street.
A few days since he secreted a pin, and
with that exceedingly unlikely instrument he
managed to pick the lock of his dam., and es
caped into the hall, where he was fortunate
ly arrested. He then stated that a pin was
of more value than ten thousand dollars when
he wished to escape from a room.
Last Saturday night he was carefully ex
amined, as usual, before being placed in his
room, but succeeded in secreting a small brass
ring, split at one part, in his hair. On being
locked up for the night, he set to work, and
with the ring he cut through the window sash
and shutter, so as to enable - Mtn to remove
them from the window. He then took the
coverlid of the bed, and tore it into strips,
with which he made a rope reaching nearly
to the ground, a distance of some twenty-five
or thirty feet. Some of the cotton batting
with which the coverlid was wadded, he
placed in his stockings to protect his feet, as
he had no shoes. Then dressing himself in
shirt, trowsers and stockings, he slid down
the rope and escaped.
Striking across the country to the Eight
mile Lock, he then took the tow-path of the ca
nal, and walked down to University Heights,
vi here he arrived yesterday -afternoon. The
officers of the asylum on his track came on
him yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. He was
very quiet when arrested, and spoke freely of
his escape, and made no resistance to being
taken Lack to the asylum. We question
whether this series of extraordinary escapes
can be well matched.
Dreadful Affair in Arkansas---Two Men,
and a Woman Hung by Lynch Law
[From the Memphis Appeal, March 3(1.]
In Crittenden county, Arkansas, not far•
from Marion, and eight or ten miles from this
city, lived a man named Robinson and his
wife. On last Tuesday night but one, Feb
ruary 21, no one being in the dwelling but
Robinson and his wife, just as he was re
tiring for the night, a shot fired by some per
son outside came crashing through the win
dow—it was well aimed, and the unfortunate
man fell before his wife a corpse. Who could
have done so hellish a deed was a mystery..
Strong excitement arose in the neighborhood,
and Robinson being a favorite with his neigh
bors, a determination was expressed that jus
tice should be done. Investigation led to the
discovery of suspicious conduct- on the part
of the wife of the murdered man. So dark
and damning were the indications of her
guilt, that she was arrested and placed in
jail on Friday of last week. The wretched
woman, overcome with horror and fear,
sought to save herself by denouncing others,
and made a full confession.
She stated that she had formed an intima
cy with a man whose name our correspon
dent has omitted to give us, and wished to
marry him, and for one hundred dollars she
hired his brother to do the deed of death by
which she might be set free from her hus
band. Ile performed his fatal task only too
well. On Wednesday the two men implica
ted were arrested and placed in custody.—
Day before yesterday, the exasperated people
dragged the criminals from the jail to the
woods, and there hung them until they were
dead. The woman was reserved, but was to
be hung yesterday, as the populace were de
termined that all who were concerned in the
assassination of Robinson should cumber
earth no longer.
NEW POST OFFICE STAMP.-A new post of
fice stamp has been invented by a gentleman
in the city of Philadelphia, which is calcula
ted to meet a public want that has long been
felt. The peculiarity of the new patent
stamp is this: It leaves its impression not
only on the envelope enclosing a letter, but
upon every fold of the letter itself. This is
effected by means of a steel die, the letters
and figures upon which are formed by a se
ries of fine points, which pierce the envelope
and its contents in such a manner as to im
part, ineffaceably, the name of the post office
and date upon which the letter is mailed.—
Since the general introduction of envelopes,
much inconvenience has been suffered from
the want of such an invention.
In numerous instances, as every business
man knows, letters containing orders are re
ceived in which the name of the post-town
and the date are entirely omitted, and upon
which the post-mark has been so imperfectly
impressed as to be unintelligible. For this
reason post dates on envelopes are not re
ceived in court evidence, and very properly
so, from the fact that wrong envelopes could
be easily substituted to make out a ease..-,-
With the steel-pointed stamp, however, all
these disadvantages are effectively obviated.
UNITED STATES AND Mexico.—lf the signs
of the times are not deceptive, we are on the
eve of another rupture with Mexico—which,
if it should occur, would result in the subju
gation and retention of that splendid coun
try. The condition of things as they at pres
ent exist in Mexico cannot long be endured
even by the citizens of that unhappy State.
War even now exists on the Rio Grande be
tween the United States troops and the wan
dering bands of Cortinas—and Gov. Houston
of Texas, has distinctly informed the Federal
Government that unless it will put forth its
strong arm to suppress disturbances there, he
will take the field himself at the head of the
Texas militia, and fight it out on his own hook,
This is, at present, decidedly the most inter
esting feature in our federal relations, and
we await the result with anxiety.—Harris!
burg State Sentinel. '