THE HUNTINGDON GLOB A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO LOCAL AND GENERAL NE WS , H.
THE GLOB
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Wednesday, September 5, 1860.
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REGULARLY NOMINATED
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
ST]Pi-iN A. DO=.ILI,S,
OF ILLINOIS.
FOR, VICE PRESIDENT,
EBSCLI V ENKA
OF GEORGIA
DEDIOCR.ATIC STATE NOMINATION,
FOR GOVERNOR,
F3N_iY D
OF WESTMORELAND
Democratic Senatorial Candidate,
JOHN SCOTT, of Huntingdon.
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ASSEMBLY,
J. SIMPSON AFRICA, of Huntingdon
PROTHONOTARY,
DAVID CALDWELL, of Dublin.
ASSOCIATE JUDGE,
JOHN LONG, of Shirleysburg.
REGISTER AND RECORDER,
JOHN R. HURD, of Alexandria
COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
JOHN JACKSON, of Jackson township
DIRECTOR OF THE POOR
JOHN EBY, of Shirley
AUDITOR,
CHARLES C. ASH, of 13a,rree.
CORONER,
HENRY L. HARVY, of Franklin.
New Clothing, by M. Gutman & Co.
Bridge to build, by the Co. Commissioners.
D.
ifr r Watches, Jewelry and Silver Ware, by Stauffer
'Harley.
Let• the People Know I
That there remained in the National Con
vention at Baltimore, after every disorgani
zing Rebel had seceded, 436 regularly ap
pointed delegates, entitled, under the rule, to
cast 218 'votes-16 MORE than TWO
THIRDS of a Full Convention. Let them
know that, on the second ballot, STEPHEN A.
DOUGLAS, received 1811 votes of the 218, over
FORTY more than TWO-TIIIRDS of the
whole vote present. And then, to clinch all,
let them know, that the resolution declaring
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS to be the unanimous
choice of the Convention, passed without a
single dissenting voice ; so that Stephen A.
Douglas actually received 218 votes—SIX
TEEN votes more than two-thirds of a full
Convention I
Let the People know, too, that the Seceders'
Convention which nominated Breckinridge
and Lane had no authority from any constit
uency to sit at Baltimore outside of the regu
lar Convention—that it did not contain more
than eighty or ninety delegates who bad even
a shadow of authority from the people to act
—that it cast in all but 105 votes—not one
of them properly authorized, or binding on any
body—let them know this, and let them decide
which was the Regular and which was the
Disorganizers' Convention, and which of the
nominees, Douglas or Breckinridge, is enti
tled to the undivided support of the National
Democracy.
THE LAST FALSEHOOD.—The Breckinridge
press, failing to make strength for their can
didate by fair andhonorable means,now resort
to the most bold falsehoods. They now as
sert that the negative vote was not put on the
resolution making the nomination of Stephen
A. Douglas unanimous. A bolder effort to
deceive the people never was attempted by
the unprincipled men who have control of
corrupt presses. We were on the floor of the
Convention when the nomination was made
unanimous, and when the negative was put
we had our eyes upon the Pennsylvania del
egation to see if any of them would vote no.
There was not a dissenting voice from a sin
gle man of the whole delegation, and every
man was in his seat. There was not ano in
the whole Convention of 2121 votes, which
made Douglas the nominee by 81 votes more
than the two-thirds of a full Convention.—
Other gentlemen from Huntingdon were by
our side in the Convention when the nomina
tion was mado unanimous, and who will cer
tify to the correctness of our statement.
Dar The Breckinridge wing of the Demo
cratic party in Cambria county, met in con
vention last week and put in nomination a
full county ticket in opposition to the one
lately nominated by the regular Democratic
delegate County Convention. So we go.—
We are gratified that the Democratic party
of Huntingdon county act with more good
tense:
Senator.
Before going to press we expect to have
the pleasure of announcing to our readers
the nomination of a good and strong man
for Senator. One, a mnjority of the voters
of this Senatorial district can and will vote
for. Such a man will be nominated.
POSTSCRIPT.
_Tuesday, September 4th, 2 o'clock, P. IL
We have just returned from the Conferee
Meeting held at Bedford on'last evening, and
it gives us great pleasure to announce the
unanimous nomination of Hon. John Scott
of this place, as the Democratic candidate for
Senator. Mr. Scott is well known through
out the District as one of the best men in it,
and it will not do for the people to have a
doubt of his succcess. He can and must be
elected over Samuel S. Wharton. it would
be an eternal disgrace upon every voter in
the District to permit - Wharton to defeat the
talented and upright Scott.
WITAT DOUGLAS MEN HAVE A RIGGT TO DE
MAND.—They have a right to demand of the
Electors appointed by the Reading Conven
tion, an unconditional pledge, that if elec
ted, they will cast their votes in the Elec
toral College for the nominees of the Na
tional Democratic Convention, Douglas and
Johnson. They have a right to demand of
the Electors a pledge that so long as the
names of Douglas and Johnson remain before
the Electoral College that they cast their votes
for them as the candidates of the party. The
Elector or Electors refusing to give such
pledges cannot expect and should not receive
the support of the Democratic party.
Wm. li. Welsh, chairman of the fu
sion State Executive Committee, denounces
all Democrats as traitors who refuse to assist
in disorganizing the party by opposing the
regular nominee for President—Stephen A.
Douglas. Mr. Welsh is yet a young man,
but he has the impudence of the political sin
ner of double his years. Before '6l be will
be a wiser if not a better man.
The Chambersburg Times, a large
and handsome sheet, has taken down the
names of Lincoln and Hamlin and put up
Douglas and Johnson. The conservative
feeling in the Opposition party is crushing
out Lincoln-Abolitionism. The true mon of
the country in every direction aro flocking to
the support of the " Little Giant," the man
for the times.
A correspondent from Norfolk, Va.,
writes : "Judge Douglas addressed the
largest meeting ever held in Norfolk, from
seven to ten thousand people being present,
hne. Qrpated such a reaction in
his favor here that, instead of being in a mi
nority, as he was a week ago, his friends are
now betting largely that be will poll a larger
vote in the city than Breckinridge."
BET- Autauga county, Alabama, which is
the home of Senator Fitzpatrick, has at the
late county election, gone for the Douglas
ticket by a majority of several, hundreds.—
Both the Bell and Disunion parties ran tick
ets. The neighbors and friends of the Sena
tor do not follow him in his support of the
Breckinridge ticket.
re- Lawrence Getts, editor of the Read
inv Gazette, who has been actively canvassing
Old Berks for months for the Congressional
nomination as a Broekinridge man, was de
feated two to one in the County Convention
a week ago. Berks is all right for Douglas.
Tom Florence, the big disorganizer in the
National Convention, was defeated for re
nomination to Congress in the Ist district in
Philadelphia. One by one the enemies to
the true Democracy are being set aside.
BLAIR COUNTY.—Tho County Convention
met at Hollidaysburg on the 15th—Presi
dent, R. W. Christy; secretaries, William
Forbes, IL M. M'lntosh andJ. P. Thompson.
The following county ticket was nominated :
Assembly, Col. William Jack ; Associate
Judges, Samuel isctt, Col. John Woods ;
District Attorney, Samuel T. Murray; Treas
urer, Thomas M'Farlane ; Director of the
Poor, William Wilson; County Auditor,
Robert Todd.
Archibald M'Allister was declared the
choice of the county for Congress ; when on
motion, Maj. Theo. Snyder, 0. A. Traugh
and Samuel IL Bell, were appointed con
ferees, with instructions to use all fair and
honorable means to secure his nomination.
After passing resolutions of a conciliatory
character, and taking strong grounds for our
candidate for Governor, Henry D. Foster,the
Convention adjourned with much enthusiasm
for the ticket.
BRECKINRIDGE IN THE SO GTH.-A new Doug
las journal, named the National Democrat,
has been established in Alexandria, Louisiana.
It is an ably conducted journal, and strenu
ously sustains the cause of the Illinoisian.—
J. W. Parker is editor. In his salutatory
he says :
" The men are nothing—parties are noth
ing. The great question before us is, Union
or Disunion. Breckinri(lge may be a giant
in intellect, a Melanethon in purity, a Cin
einnatus in patriotic intention, yet having
lent himself to a faction whose aims aro un
holy and traitorous, no lover of his country
can support him. Ours is a common coun
try. Politically, there should be no North,
no South, no East, no West. Nor do we be
lieve that the people recognize these divisions,
either geographically or in feeling."
This has the ring of true silver. When a
spirit like this is abroad in the South, who
will despair in the Union ?
HENRY D. POSTER ON TICE SromP.—Gen.
Foster made his first speech at Somerset, on
Monday evening of last week. We take the
following notice of it from the Democrat of
that place ;
" lion. Henry D. Foster took the floor amid
the most tremendOus and deafening applause,
the audience risi to their feet and giving
him cheer after c 'When the excitement
had subsided, Gen. Foster proceeded to dis
cuss the political questions prominently be
fore the people. He deplored the unhappy.
dissensions at present existing in the Dem
ocratic party, but declared that Congress had
no right to legislate for the Territories on the
subject of slavery, because there was no such
power conferred by the Constitution ; that
they could not be left without law, and it fol
lowed that the Territorial legislature bad ab
solute control of the subject. To deny this
was to deny the right of self-government, the
basis of our freedom. He vindicated the in
dependence of the States as well as the Ter
ritories, and held that the spirit of the framers
of the Constitution could alone preserve
the Union of the States—this was a spirit of
harmony, and of brotherhood. No State
could be kept in the Union against its will ;
no right could be invaded with impunity.—
He charged that the fanaticism ofJohn Brown
was the result of abolition teachings, by
which ignorant and rash men were incited to
deeds of blood. He showed most conclusive
ly that the tendency of the doctrines of the
Republican party was to the dissolution of
the Union, and called upon all patriotic men
to unite to prevent the election of Lincoln.—
He made a strong appeal for the Union, and
its preservation and perpetuity, and hoped
that all would yield implicit obedience to the
laws—the duty of good and loyal citizens.
Gen. Foster then took up the Tariff ques
tion. He avowed himself strongly in favor
of such discriminations as would best protect
the great interests of Pennsylvania. He re
ferred to his votes in Congress as his pledge
on this subject. He doubted the sincerity of
of the great portion of the Republican party
on the Tariff, and was of the opinion that
their apparently zealous support of the Tariff
measure was for political effect. He spoke
in terms of great personal respect for Col.
Curtin, but denied that Col. Curtin had ever
given such official pledge as he had given.—
lie concluded by counseling all to deliberate
solemnly as to the course they intended to
pursue in the present crisis, and to act in
that manner which would result in the great
est good to our beloved State and Union.
Gen. Foster was greatly applauded during
the delivery of his remarks, and retired amidst
loud and long-continued cheering."
Treason ! Treason ! ! Treason ! ! !
It has alwas been our opinion that the ob
ject of W. L. Yancey and other leaders of
the bolters at Charleston, was to break up
the Democratic party for the purpose of al
lowing Lincoln to be elected, so that they
would have a good excuse for making an at
tempt to dissolve the Union. We do not say,
nor do we believe,that Mr. Breckinridge had,
or has any knowledge of Yancey & Co.'s
schemes. Ile is, doubtless, their innocent
victim. But the evidence is now clear that a
conspiracy has been framed between many
of the leading supporters of Mr. Breckin 7
ridge and the Republicans, to effect the
election of Abraham Lincoln, We are
informed on good authority, that a .§icie-cloor
arrangement exists between the Breckiaridge , i
and Lincoln Committees at Washington,
whereby they are enabled to frank such doc
uments over the country as will best suit their
dark and evil purposes. The Republican
Committee is flooding the country with
the speech of Benjamin, of Louisiana, and
the Breckinridge Committee sends its docu
ments to Republican clubs to insure their dis
tribution. Thomas B. Florence, the member
of the Breckinridge Committee for this State,
last week, sent under his own frank, a large
bundle of documents to the Bedford P. 0., di
rected to Peter 11. Shires, who is the Presi
dent of the Lincoln Club, of this place. low
far this base conspiracy extends, we do not
know, but we feel it our duty as a Democratic
editor to warn Democrats to be on their guard.
If we were the strongest Breckinridge man
in the county, treason like this would make
us a friend of Mr. Douglas. We refer to
this matter more in sorrow than in anger, for
surely we have fallen upon evil times, when
our own friends are striving to destroy us.—
Bedford Gazette.
Honorable" Tribute
It is pleasant to occasionally meet with an
honorable and manly tribute from an oppo
nent to the virtues and ability of the man
whom you support. An honest and frank
confession emanating from a recognized re
sponsible source, has weight and its due
amount of influence. To Senator Douglas,
since his nomination, testamonials innumer
able from prominent men, have been gladly
tendered. His pre-eminent worth, states
manship, and ability have been accorded by
men with whom he has been contending for
years. Tho Lion. J. M. 'Harris, a leadinc ,
and influential old line Whig, of Maryland,'
but a warm supporter of Bell and Everett, in
a speech at Washington a few days since,
paid the following honorable tribute to Judge
Douglas :
"I do not understand why, in God's name,
it is that the Southern Democracy have so
suddenly discovered that Stephen A. Douglas
is a traitor, and a leper, and all that, to the
interests of the South. Why, I recollect in
the last Congress that Southern Senators and
Southern representatives told me that Mr.
Douglas was the only Democrat that ought to
be nominated or could be elected. I recol
lect that only one year ago some of these
Southern Democrats who are now loudest in
his condemnation were ;among the warmest
and fastest of his personal friends and politi
cal adherents; and I have no hesitation in
saying, as my conviction and belief, that
Stephen A. Douglas does not harbor the first
shade of a shadow of feeling inimical to the
continued unity of these Southern States.—
I believe him to be a firm and fast friend of
the Union, and while I repudiate utterly and
entirely what I deem to be those dangerous
political party heresies, I look upon him with
personal admiration. I have seen him in
yonder Senate chamber, hounded to the death
by the Southern Democrats. I have seen
him vexed by the venerable incumbent of the
White louse. I have seen the heads of his
political friends cut off by the flashing blade
of the guillotine, because they chose to be his
political friends against the wishes of James
Buchanan ; and I have seen him present a
spectacle that, no matter who presents it, will
always challenge and receive my personal
admiration—the spectacle of a bravo man
standing up in the face of great obstacles,
and fighting his battle with manliness and
Spirit."
-- I . ' I ' I .:Y.ANCEY 7 S CALCULATION.-Mr. Yancey,
,:::
in ~i , . !...i: • speeeh the other day at Huntsville,
said :
".The contest in 1856 was barely won by a
united Democracy. We are now divided—
have only 229 vote; the whole Southern
States, with Oregon and California, divided
between Breckinridge, Bell, and Douglas.".
Thus we see (says the Vicksburg, Miss.,
Citizen) that the leader of the Breckinridge
party, the man who played the part in the
disruption of the Democracy at Charleston
and Baltimore, now proclaims that very
disruption as evidence that the Democracy
will be defeated and Lincoln elected in No
vember, exulting and chuckling all the while
in the undisguised idea that this result will
and must rend the Union in twain. lie
thinks ho sees at last, only a little way in fu
ture, the consummation of the measure in
which his whole heart has been bound up
for years; and his soul revels and riots:in
fiendish joy.
Gerrit Smith in the Field.
The Abolition National Convention met
here yesterday, and nominated the following
ticket: ,
For President of the United States—Ger
rit Smith, of New York.
For Vice President—Samuel M'Farland,
of Pennsylvania.
For Electors at large—Frederick Douglas
and Chas. Hammond.
Douglas in Richmond
RicratoND, Sept. I.—Mr. Douglas was well
received on his arrival in this city, last even
ing. He was escorted to the St. Charles Ho
tel, and addressed an assembly in Capitol
Square. He reiterated the doctrine of non
intervention in the strongest s.ense.
A BIG Gus.—Hon. John Letcher, Gover
nor of Virginia, has recently declared for
Douglas and Johnson. Douglas speeches in
Virginia have completely routed Breckin
ridge's forces in that State.
RAILROAD EMBEZZLEMENTS.—The Harris
burg State Sentinel of Sept. Ist says:—For the
last few days the most exaggerated accounts
have been in circulation in this city in regard
to serious loss sustained by the Pennsylvania
railroad company by the dishonesty of some
of their employees. It gives us pleasure to
state that the loss sustained by the company
is not quite so serious as madam rumor has
made it. The defaulting employees have se
cured to the company almost every cent that
has been taken by them, and the timely dis
covery of the present peculation has secured
the company from further loss of the same
sort, by showing the necessity of adopting
new guards and checks. The means adopt
ed by the officers of the Company during the
past three months, were so complete •in all
the details as to enable them to understand
fully the operations of all employees that were
suspected. A general examination has taken
place in the last few days in this city, Phila
delphia, Pittsburg and other places, resulting
in the recovery of cash, stocks, property, &c.,
to a considerable amount, being the invest
ments of the proceeds of ticket agents and oth
ers, and by them resold, and the daily appro
priations from cash collections by conductors.
A number of the conductors and several agents
"bare been discharged. With the examples
made, and the rigid system now adopted for
' examination of accounts, those now in the
service will no doubt render faithful reports,
and lead an honest, upright life for the future.
.It is supposed that the evil, in a few years,
would have grown to be a serious matter to
the revenues of the company, and is therefore
a matter of congratulation that the whole
scheme was discovered, and has been so com
pletely checked for the future.
A HORRIBLE CASE. —The Tyrone Sear of
Aug. 29th, details a horrible case of debauch
ery on the part of a woman in Ironsville, in
Blair county, and her consequent neglect of
her child, some three weeks old. A few days
since, while she was lying on the porch in
front of her house, in a beastly state of intox
ication, some neighbors were attracted by the
cries of the infant and on going into the
house, found it lying on the floor covered with
filth, and so emaciated as to scarcely have
the semblance of a human being. Its limbs
were not thicker than the finger of a man,
and its hands and feet resembled the claws
of an animal, whilst its face was fairly dis
torted with the pangs of hunger it was suf
fering. The child was taken up and cared
for by some of the humane neighbors, and a
physician summoned; who was of the opinion
that it was so far reduced by actual starva
tion as to leave little hope of its recovery.—
The inhuman mother, whose name is Biddy
Creeley, (her husband, Dennis Creely, is now
in jail on the charge of threatening the lives
of his neighbors,) was arrested immediately
and committed to jail on the charge of wil
fully and cruelly neglecting and abandoning
her child. She richly deserves a term in the
penitentiary.
M. Jobard, a French savant, has as
tonished the scientific world. Tie has dis
covered a way of suspending animation, and
also of bringing the dead back to life. Tie
professes to be able to restore a drowned
man after two days' immersion, and a frozen
subject after ten years' " oblivion." Provid
ed a culprit's neck be not broken, he can be
brought back to life after hanging a whole
day. M. Jobard, with great sympathy for
the " ills which flesh. are heir to," suggests
that medical men should immediately make
themselves acquainted with the secret of his
invention, so that the poor and unfortunate
might be suspended till better times come
abroad, and the victims of thwarted love
may enjoy the forgetfulness of a prolonged
catalepsy. A commission has been named
to examine M. Jobard's system of suspending
animation.
PULLING HIS EYES OUT. —A rag-picker
in:Memphis, while walking about the wharf;
was seized in a fit of insanity, and made a
most vigorous attempt to pull both his eyes
out. Running his fingers into his eyes, he
endeavored to pull the balls from their sock
ets, and before discovered actually succeeded
in tearing away a portion of his left eye.—
He was discovered, however, and four men
found it difficult to prevent him from carry
ing out his determination, nor did they suc
ceed until they had bound him fast with
cords.—Memphis Enquirer.
CIIANGE.—The Times, of Chambersburg,
formerly published by Frey and Foltz, has
been purchased by Wm. Kennedy and Jacob
Zellars, Esqrs. This paper heretofore has
supported Lincoln and Hamlin, but, in future,
we learn, it will be used in the support of
Douglas and Johnson. The Editorial column
will be under the control of Mr. Kennedy.
SYRACUSE, Aug. 30.
Clippings from Our Exchanges
Ili Accounts from Japan state that a city
of ten thousand inhabitants was swallowed
up by an earthquake, in June last.
XPEr The oldest inhabitant in Blair county
is Mrs. Myers, who resides in Antis township,
and who has reached the green old age of 103
years.
rpa.. The Atlanta (Ga.) Confederacy, a
Douglas paper, says that the man who says
that Georgia will go for Breckinridge is a fit
subject for the insane asylum.
xe—Among the curiosities discovered by
the census takers is a pretty little girl of fif
teen, in the southern part of Monson, New
York, who has a husband one hundred and
seven years of age.
There are published in the United
States and Canada nearly 3000 newspapers.
More than one-half are weeklies ; the remain
der are divided between semi-weeklies, tri
weeklies, and dailies.
ia,PRAYING FOR R.trzr.—Vi r e learn from
the Mobile Mercury that a meeting was held
lately in the northern part of Rankin county,
Alabama, to pray for rain.
RAILROAD SURVEY.—The Tyrone and Clear
field R. R. Co. are now surveying the route
from their junction with the Lock Haven road
to this place. We learn that they intend
pushing their work to a rapid completion.—
Tyrone Slur, Aug. 20.
ge— Amos Kendall, the best Post Master
General we have had for twenty years, and
Gen. Jackson's best editor and his chosen
Biographer, has come out for Douglas- He
says he has always been a Democrat and a
Union Man, in favor of regular nominations,
and is too old now to change his course by
supporting the Seceders.
le—There will be a meeting of the millers
and distillers of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, New
York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky
and Missouri at the Ohio White Sulphur
Springs, on the 30th inst., for the purpose of
consulting together, and to adopt such meas
ures as would seem beneficial to their inter
ests. .
Ifte2LJ.. young boy died in Newlmryport a
few days since from internal inflamation, and
a post mortem examination proved that he
had swallowed the hull of an oat or some
grain, which lodging in the intestines had
gathered matter which caused death. But a
short time before he had swallowed a cent,
from which no evil resulted.
A PORTLAND PAPER says that Gen. Tom
Thumb is to take a wife from that city, not
only "one of Portland's fairest daughters,"
but "the handsome and accomplished daugh
ter of one of our oldest and most esteemed
citizens." She is said to he very "pretty, be
low the ordinary height, and heiress to quite
a large estate."
A few days since, David nel per, while
engaged in threshing with a machine, in
South Huntingdon township, Westmoreland
county, was caught in the tumbling shaft,
and before he could extricate himself, had
every particle of clothing, save his haots,torn
to pieces, but being a stout, muscular man,
braced himself in such a position as to pre
vent the occurrence.
ItEl. Some days ago a man named Horton
was killed by his own son in Clay county,
Indiana, in a quarrel about a pistol which
the father desired to take from his son, to
prevent his killing somebody with it. The
parricide was lodged in jail; and in the same
jail were three of his brothers—one of them
confined for theft, and the other two for ob
structing legal process. Four brothers in
jail at the same time for different offences is
a special not often witnessed.
DIED rnom Joy.—A man named Patrick
Hennesy died from excessive joy, at Johns
town, a few days since. The father of the
deceased suddenly arrived in Johnstown from
Ireland, and his son was so overcome by the
intelligence that ere he met his parent he fell
down and expired. He was a worthy young
man, and his death is deeply regretted by
all who knew him.
THERE is now growiii; - ; in the gardens of
Moorsend, near Cheltenham, England, an ex
traordinary white rose tree, thirty feet in
height. It is a perfect picture, and,ls estima
ted to have between 18,000 to 20,000 blos
soms upon it, being literally smothered in
bloom, besides having thrown off a whole
heap of petals, which lie in a cluster around
it, and present the appearance of a bed of
snow.
"How will Alabama go ?" is a ques
tion we are .asked by correspondents - almost
every day, says the Selma Sentinel. Why,
there is no more doubt about Alabama going
for Douglas and Johnson than there is of the
election taking place. In 1856 there wore
75,291 votes cast for President, 46,739 for
Buchanan and 28,552 for Fillmore. .As the
indications are now, Douglas will receive
36,000, Bell 22,000, Breckinridge about 17,-
000.—Appeal.
SUDDEN AND SINGULAR DEATH.-A physi
cian named Friedlander died at his residence
in Chicago, 111., last week, after a most dis
tressing illness, caused, as was believed, from
being bitten in the face by a fly that had
brought poison communicated from the car
cass of a poisoned dog. No medical remedies
availed any thing, and so fearful were the
effects of the disease that a few hours after
the breath had left his body the friends were
forced to hurry his remains into the ground.
STARS AT NOON-DAY.—Tho New Haven Pal
ladium says quite an excitement prevailed in
that city on Monday, caused by the discovery
that a bright star was visible high in the
heavens and comparatively near the sun, be
tween 11 and 1 o'clock. The New Haven
people all became star-gazers, and in every
street there were people pointing out the phe
nomenon. It was very plainly seen, when
once the eye had the right direction, and was
so bright as to astonish everybody. It was
seen at an elevation of 40 to 50 degrees, and
in a southeast direction.
A PENNSYLVANIAN KILLED BY A GRIZZLY
BEAR.—The San Francisco Bulletin, gives an
account of a Mr. Woodward,of Pennsylvania,
who was killed in California on the 25th of
June, by a grizzly bear. Having, in his
rambles, come upon the track of the bear,
he followed him up and fired, but failed to
dispatch the beast; whereupon the bear
threw him to the ground and chewed his
head and face nearly to pieces, he being left
entirely blind. In that most horrible condi
tion he wandered for about three-quarters of
a mile at times walking, and at times tum
bling and rolling down the rough rocks, un
til, through exhaustion, he laid down and
died. In that state he was found four days
after being missed.
fte- They are pretty severe on newspaper
thieves in Philadelphia. In the Court of
Quarter Sessions last week, Judge Ludlow
sentenced a young man to an imprisonment
of three months in the County Prison, for
stealing two newspapers—worth 3 cents each.
Now, this proves it is a sin to sleal newspa
pers. What should be done with persons
who have taken, a paper for each week for
years and never paid anything for them ?
A "RESPECTABLE FAMILY."—The family of
Caleb and Ellice Benedict, of. Fairfield coun
ty, Conn., consists of 15 children, 94 grand
children, and 2G great grandchildren—in all
137 persons, 119 of whom aro living. The
combined ages of Mrs. Benedict and her 14,
children, who are still living, is 797 years.—
Mrs. Benedict is 77 years of age, enjoys the
best health, is likely to live a number of years,
and to see the fifth generation, as her oldest
great grandchild is now a girl of 16 years old.
PENNSYLVANIA OIL DISCOVERIES. - New
discoveries are daily made in the oil regions
of Pennsylvania. A well has recently been
opened at Fideout, from which were taken
fifteen barrels of oil in twenty-two minutes.—
The great trouble at pressent appears to be
the inability to obtain a sufficient number of
barrels to supply the demand. There is no
doubt but that a very large business.will re
sult from these oil discoveries in Western
Pennsylvania. As a burning fluid there is
nothing superior to this oil. Already the
price gf it has gone up in Europe, and new
fields of demand are continually opening.
,g.z(' l s A correspondent of the New York
Tribune, writing from Pike's Peak, says:—
A farmer banker from Leavenworth is now
in the mines, engaged in selling pies. fld
was a deacon in one of the churches in East
ern Kansas—here he retails whiskey on Sun
day. Last year, on the Republican route, I
encountered an ex-Cincinnati lawyer and an
actress from the New York Bowery Theatte,
united in bonds matrimonial, and englged
in keeping a stage station on the Great
Plains, 400 miles from civilization.
artArnie.---What order will the reader take
on the following ? Isn't it boyish ? Ima
gine the chap—a three-year old, bare-headed
and bare-footed :
The other day a boy came tearing round a
corner with his rags fluttering in the ‘vind,
his face smeared with molasses, and a shingle
flourishing in his hand, while he was shout
ing to another boy, about the size of a pepper
box who stood nearly a quarter of a mile
clown the street :"0 Bill, Bill, Bill get as
m a ny boys as you can, and as many shingles
as ever you can, and come up the street round
the corner as fast as ever you can, for there's
a big hogsit of lasses busted on the pavement
—busted all to smash V'
BAROMETERS FOR EVERYBODY.—In several
large farm-houses in Lancashire, they use
the following as a weather indicator. A
leech is put into a glass bottle full of water,
the latter being renewed every one or two
(lays, If the clay is to be wet, the leech lies
close at the bottom of the bottle ; if the day
is to be showery, it occupies a place at about
the centre (upwards) of the bottle, but if the
day is to be fine, the creeping thing lies on
the surface of the water. A gentleman in
this town (Buffalo) informs me that he has
tried for the last seven months, and finds it
worked accurately correct ; ten times more
so, ho says than any glass patent, or other
wise.—B ifflizto 4c -tweak of Aug. 30.
CURE FOR IN-GROWING NMI.S.-It is stated
by a correspondent, that cauterization by
but tallow is an immediate cure fur in-grow
ing nails. He says : I put a small piece of
tallow in a spoon, and heated it over a lamp
until it became very hot, and dropped two or
three drops between the nail :;ind granalatiuns.
The effect is almost magical. Pain and ten
derness are at once relieved, and in a few
days the granulations all go, leaving the
diseased parts dry and destitute of all feel
ing, and the edge of the nail exposed so as
to admit of being pared away without any
inconvenience. I have tried the plan re
peatedly since, with the most - satisfactory re
sults. The operation causes little if any pain,
if the tallow is properly heated.
POISONED PAPER.—The Philadelphia inqui
rer mentions the ease of a young lady in that
city, who for years had a painful and loath
some disease which threatened to be fatal.—
Suspecting accumulative poison, her food and
drink were frequently analyzed, without de
tecting any. At last it was discovered that
the paper on the walls of her room was col
ored green with the aid of arsenic ; and that
the vapor from this was the cause of her ill
ness. This important scientific development
in relation to green paper was made known
years ago in France, and has been published
everywhere ; yet many of our citizens still
persist in its use, regardless of its poisonous
attributes, when the Upas breath is not more
deadly in its effect.
DROWNED.—The West Chester Republican
of the 29th, says : Jesse Hatfield, aged about
13 years,
son of Samuel Hatfield of Hunting
don co., Pa., and grand-son of Samuel Hat=
field, of West Cain township, Chester county,
was drowned in the dam at Hatfield's rolling
mill in West Cain township, on the afternoon
of Thursday last. He was amusing himself
with a little skiff about the breast of the darn
and was not seen after 3 o'clock. in the even
ing search was commenced and his hat was
found in the darn. The water was then
dragged along the breast of the dam and the
body soon rocovered, but life was extinct.—
His father was telegraphed to and came on
next morning. He took the remains to
tingdon for interment.
A DARING ROBBERY.—A robbery, which,
has never had its parallel in this section
of the country, was committed at the houso
of Mr. Jason Kirk, near Lumber City, in
Clearfield county, on Saturday afternoon
last. Mr. Kirk was at Lumber City, and his
son Isaac was absent, plowing, leaving no one
in the house but a girl about 15 years of age,
and a boy of 14. About four o'clock, a tall,
slim man, with sandy whiskers, and wearing
a black coat and pantaloons, and a high black
hat, came to the house and informed the chil
dren that the cattle were in the corn, and to
hurry and put them out. They ran imme
diately to the corn-field, and in the meantime
he broke open several chests and succeeded in
getting $3OO in silver and between $lOOO
and $l2OO in gold ! The old gentleman re
turned just as the children got back breath
less from the corn-field. The robber bad put
down the fence and turned the cattle into the
field in order to get the children away. His
ruse was completely successful, and up to
this time they have no traces of him or the
money. He had been seen previously prowl
ing about the country in company with a
short, thick-set man, iwho is doubtless an ea
complice.—Tyrond Star, Aug. 29.