®lje Cancastct Intelligencer aso. SAHDHKSOS, BDITOE. A. BMPIIMOJ. A«»oet4t«. \ LANCASTER. PA:',. JUyE 14,1859 cmCCIiATIOS, aOOO COPIKS! ginac«n«mrPM<ntjftQO-izrzinairt. . v ' M.PmHan£&Oo. f s Aivutusure A3zhct,ll9 Hawn street, sew York, end 10 State street, Boston. B. M. Pmaranx * Co, are Agents tar TU lanauter Btfißigmzr, end the moet tnllnenttal and largest drcnla - ting Newspapeia in the United. States and the Canadas they are authorized to contract tor ns at ohr lotoext raiu DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS, w AUDITOR TJENERAL:' mOHABOSOS Is. WRIGHT, PhUadn, *'*■*' SURVEYOR GENERAL: JOHS BOWB) Primfclln. : ' THE BEPVBLiOAS COHVENTION. .The Republican State Convention met at Harrisburg on Wednesday last—David Tag* gart, of Northumberland, presiding —and placed in nomination the following candidates: Auditor General— Thomas E. Cochran, of York, (on the Bth ballot.) . , Surveyor General —William H. Keim, of Berks, (on the Ist ballot.) The following resolutions were passed- It will be seen that, although not direotly endorsing the negro amendment of their Massachusetts brethren, they have an “ awful squinting” that way, and are thrown out as a bait to catch “ American” gudgeons.' For all practical purposes—so far as the negro ques tion is concerned—the Republicans of Penn sylvania and Massachusetts stand upon the same platform. Let our German and Irish friends remember this when they come to vote at the Ootober election. Read the resolutions: We give merely an abstract, embracing the substance of them: 1. Disapproves of Executive intervention to prostrate tne will of the people, constitution ally expressed within the States or Territories, as a dangerous element of Federal power. 2. Protests against the sectional and pro slavery policy of the National administration, as at war with the rights of the people and subversive of the principles of our Government. 3. Denounces all attempts to enact a Con gressional slave code for the Territories, and affirms continued hostility to the extension of slavery over free territory. 4. Condemns the attempt to renew the slave trade and censures the Administration in conniving at the practical re-ope Ding of that traffic. 5. Favors a tariff, and considers the profess ions of the President as favoring protection as all vain, in which no reliance can be placed. 6. Condemns the reckless and profligate extravagance of the National Administration. 7. Deplores the defeat of the Homestead bill by Congress. 8. Declares that the purity and safety of the ballot-box must be preserved, and recommends the proper legislation to prevent frauds upon the naturalization laws. 9. Approves of an enactment by Congress to prevent the introduction of foreign crimi nate. Invites all parties to join in the restora tion of the Government to its original purity. 11. Approves of the course pursued by Senator Cameron and the members of Con gress'who zealously supported the protective policy and the Homestead bill, and opposed the policy of the National Administration on the Kansas question. The resolutions were unanimously adopted, and after some 6tber routine business the Convention adjourned sine die. VIRGINIA ELECTION The returns are not yet all in—at least not official. Letcher’s majority is increasing, and will probably reach 6,000. The Opposition expected to succeed. They went into the canvass as the champions of slavery—profes sing more friendship for that institution than the Democracy are supposed to entertain.— ; Mr. Goggin, their candidate for Governor, is one of the most violent pro-slavery men in all the South ; whilst candi date, Mr. Letcher, is known to hold moderate views on this head, and in some quarters was charged with leaning towards the Abolition ists. These facts, it is true, debarred the Republicans in Pennsylvania and other Northern States from any outward manifesta tions of sympathy for Goggin, during the progress of the campaign ; but it is notorious that the leaders of the party, here and else where, relied on a triumph by these means over the Democracy, and they were all ready, in case of success, to shout over it as over a purely Republican victory! They have been sadly disappointed, however. The Opposition are badly beaten in the “Old Dominion;” but “ its of no consequence,” say they. Of course not! What marvelous resignation these Republicans exhibit! However, they may keep this excellent spirit all to them selves, and we will take the victory—and a glorious triumph it is. Virginia has a Demo cratic Governor, a Democratic Legislature, and a Democratic delegation in Congress.— Whatever consolation this affords to our Re publican neighbors, they are welcome to it all. DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES. Municipal Election at Washington, The municipal election at Washington City, on Tuesday, passed off quietly, without any of those scenes which have heretofore dis graced that city. There was no serious oppo sition to the Democratic ticket. Municipal Election at New Haven, Conn. —The city election, which was held at New Haven, on the 7th inßt., was warmly contested. It resulted in the success of the Democratic candidate for Mayor by 360 ma jority. The Democrats also elected two Aider men and nine Councilmen, and the Collector, Sheriff's Clerk and Treasurer. The election at Leavenworth, Kansas, for delegates to the Constitutional Convention, resulted in favor of the Democratic candidates by 450 majority. A Good Appointment. —The new Post master at Philadelphia has appointed S. D. Anderson, Esq., his Chief Clerk. Mr. A. for the last two or three years has had the editorial department of the Pennsylvanian under his charge, and is a gentleman of de oided worth ami ability. We congratulate him on his good luck, whilst we regret his removal from the editorial chair. Great Flood.— -There was a tremendous flood in the Upper Mississippi last week.— Much damage was done to property in ware houses on the levee at St. Paul. Brooklyn, on the opposite side of the river, was entirely submerged, and the inhabitants had to aban don their dwellings to save their lives. At St. Anthony the damage to property was im mense—several hundred thousand feet of logs were swept away, and the mills greatly dam aged. Nearly all the bridges across the river are gone, and the loss of property is incalcu lable. The Mississippi was higher than it had been in many years. WG&* The President of the United States returned to Washington City, from his North Carolina trip, on Tuesday morning last, highly gratified with hiß visit, and in excellent health and spirits. He was everywhere on his route throagh the old North State received with the greatest demonstrations of respect. Reduction or Fare. —The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad have reduced the fare from Chicago to New York to $l2, Boston $l4, and Baltimore and Philadelphia $lO, The other roads leading from Chicago lo thb. East have done the same. A l ßiNk Closed.—The Central Bank of Pennsylvania, located at HoUidaysburg, closed its doors and refused to redeem its notes on AN UNNATURAL PARENT. The Black Republican party, says .the Doylestown Standard, since the adoption, of the two years proscription aot in Massachu setts. remind us m their, treatment of their own enactment of a young girl, who having made a misstep, becomes a mother without being made a wife. She.naturally regards the result of her criminality in the light of a disgrace, and sometimes endeavors to relieve herself of the responsibility and shame by dropping the miserable infant at the door of another; thus transferring the care of maternity from her own shoulders to those of another. The Black Republicans have been flirting with the Know-Nothings, and the result of the connection has been the birth of the illiberal and act against foreign born citizens. It proves, however, that the offspring is undeniably a clog upon the parent, and she at once drops it, and asserts that it is no child of hers. What are the facts? The following extract sets the matter at rest, and shows beyond all donbt that whoever may he the putative father, the Black Republicans are unquestionably responsible for the birth and existence of this most illiberal and odious offspring of fanati cism and religiouß bigotry—fit child of such progenitors. • “ The Legislature which recommended this amendment to the people of that State, con sisted as fallows': senate—Republicans, 37; Democrats, 3 ; Americans, 0. House—Repub licans 197; Democrats, 29 ; Americans, 10. It was carried by a two thirds vote in each House —all the Democrats voting against it. And when it came before the people it was voted for by the great mass of the Republi cans, and by them made a part of the Constitution of Massachusetts.” THE “REPUBLICAN” PARTY. This party is on the eve of a pretty general disruption. Its best supporters every where seem ready, at a fair opportunity, to desert it not only as a sinking, but as a stinking ship. Here is the latest wail we have heard. It comes with advice from the Mohawk Valley, a journal described by several of our contem poraries as a true “ American.” Hear what the editor says: “The ‘ Republican ’ party has learned by sad experience that nothing but defeat awaits them. The question arises, how is this bal ance of power, the “American” party, to be added so as to make success sure. Well, we will give our views plain and flat-footed. — First, remove from the Presidential scale every political hack that has grown fat at the public crib, and make a new clean deal, with the ‘American’ element fully developed therein, and victory is certain. The Good Book plainly tells us all not to put pew wine in old bottleß, and in this we believe most firmly. But give us new bottles and new wine, and joy and success will go hand in hand up the steps of the White House at Washington. Should the 4 Republican ’ party deem it wise and expedient to nominate for that office a man obnoxious to the ‘ American ’ element, the Democratic success is as sure as the rising and setting of the sun. He that cannot create, may destroy As it is pretty well known every where what “element” the Republicans are to Bwim iD, we may take the above as another prophesy of who is to “ float” in the coming contest. EXPENSE OF THE OVERLAND MAIL The Washington Constitution of Tuesday last, in reference to the Overland California Mail, says that the Postmaster General with a view to reduce the expenses of the Depart ment was anxious to reduce the service to a weekly instead of a semi-weekly mail. The Attorney General has decided, however, that the contract is irrevocable for six years from the 16th of September, 1858. The annual expense is $600,000, and the change proposed would have effected a saving of $150,000 per annum, but it appears that the ÜBual stipula tion, giving the head of the Department a revisory power over all contracts for delivery of mails, was omitted in that with Messrs. Butterfield & Co., and the Government has no alternative but to submit. This route, judging from its present receipts, after deducting the commissions to the postmasters, will yield to the Government an annual revenue of, probably, not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars. So, under this extraordinary action of Congress, the account between this Over land Mail Company and the Post-office De partment will stand thus at the clobo of the contract: Expenditures by the Department, three millions six hundred thousand dollars ; receipts ninety thousand dollars —showing a clear loss from the route of three millions five hundred and ten thousand dollars! ! And yet, under the crushing pressure of such a system of legislation as this, there are those who denounce this Department as mismanag ed because it is no longer self-sustaining. THE JUNE FROST The Cincinnati Gazette of Wednesday prints reports from various quarters, furnish ed by correspondents and the presß, regarding the effect of the frost of the sth of June upon the crops, and adds, “ These accounts are generally discouraging; but verbal reports obtained from farmers and others, in the city yesterday, satisfy us that the damage has been over estimated greatly. The injury to the Corn can be fully repaired by replanting, and even this will not be necessary to any considerable extent. Wheat, we believe to have escaped without material damage.— Potatoes have suffered, to the extent, perhaps, of one fourth the crop. Smaller vegetables have suffered more. Grapes are safe id this section, and the prospects for an abundant yield continue favorable. “ Farmers, we presume, will not be in a hurry to plow up their corn. In 1845, we think, a severe June frost occurred, which destroyed the corn apparently. A large proportion of the crop was replanted, bat the result proved that corn which was permit ted to stand, made a better crop than that replanted. To guard against contingencies, many farmers are planting between the rows. This will enable them to choose between the old and new growth, whichever promises best, after the effect of the frost shall be fully ascertained." PUBLIC OPINION. Public indignation meetings are being held in different parts of Ohio, to pass opinion upon the repudiation of Chief Justice Swan by the Republican State Convention, on account of his decision in the Oberlin Rescue case. The Columbus Statesman says that, by this attempt to punish a just judge for doing Mb duty, the Republican party has cut its own throat. It predicts the defeat of the Republican nominee for Judge to fill Judge Swan's place, at the coming, election. There is no question but that the action of the Convention has the disapproval of a large portion of the Republicans of Ohio, and that Booner than appear to sustain it by voting for its candidate, many of them will cast their ballots for the Democratic nominee. Affairs in Utah do not augur well for peace. There is a manifest disposition on the part of the Mormons, to rebel against the authority of the United States, and the impression is gaining strength amongst the well-informed, that strong and positive measures will have to be resorted to, to disperse the bands of Mormon.military, who now threaten Resist the entranoe of the Government troopß. Civil law has failed, and military law will have to be supreme untilbetterofder is established. Three cities, Chicago, Boston, and New York, have been the scene of forty-four murders since the Ist of January last. ww. BUCHANAN’S ADMINISTRATION. ’ The Detroit Free Press of the 19th ult., pontains a well written and comprehensive re view of the policy; and measures of President Bnchahan’s Administration,... showing that ‘ they are entitled to the applause and approval [ of the Democratic party in the Union, and j summing them up as follows: • | 1. The Administration has produced a set tlement of the Kansas question, and established j perfect order in that long distracted Territory, j 2. It has put an end to the fillibusteriDg | expeditions of Walker & Co. 3. It has put an end to the rebellion in Utah, and established order and peace in that Territory. 4* It - baa prosecuted the war against the hostile Indians with redoubled force in Wash ington Territory, and compelled them to sue for peace on its own terms. 5. It has done the same in Oregon, and i forced the Indiahß to relinquish hostilities | and sue for peace. 6. It has done the same in the war with the Indians in New Mexico, and in like man ner compelled them to sue for peace. 7. It has made a new and highly advan tageous commercial treaty with China. 8. It has made a new and advantageous treaty with Japan. 9. It has obtained a most important diplo matic victory overEogland.by extorting from her an abandonment of the long assumed right to search American vessels. 10. It has established an overland mail to California and the Pacifio coast. 11. It has admitted two new free States into the Union, and thus secured a large ex tension of the field for “ free* labor.” 12. It has sent a naval expedition to Para guay, and obtained an apology for insults to. the American flag, indemnity for injuries re ceived, and grants of new commercial privil eges and rights of navigation. 13. It has paid off more than nine millions of public debt, at a time of pressure in the. money market and general embarrassment in the business of the country that is without a parallel in our history. 14. It has reduced the expenses of the government from eighty-one millions to less than seventy millions, and will soon have •them graduated to a scale of about fifty mil lions. 15. It is engaged in the negotiation of a' treaty with England for the settlement of the difficulties and disputes that have arisen under the Clayton Bulwer treaty, with every pros pect of success. 16. It is engaged in the negotiation of a treaty with Nicaragua, for the right of transit of American citizens and property across the Isthmus, and for the payment of American olaims, with encouraging prospects of suocess. Such is the record. Now why is ; not tiffs an Administration that the whole Democratic party of the Union can rally around and bus tain and encourage? RECEPTION OF PRESIDENT BUCHAN AN AT RALEIGH. President Buchanan arrived at Raleigh, N. C., on the 2d June, and was weloomed by the Hon. D. M. Barringer. He responded as follows: Fellow citizens of North Carolina : I cannot fail while gratitude is an emotion of the heart, to recollect this reception from North Carolina. My public life has been a long one, and I have been engaged in many political battles, and they are now rewarded by your smiles of approval. . I am glad to be here in the capital of North Carolina, which you have rightly named Ra leigh, thus aiding in perpetuating that great name. He fell a victim to a weak and pusil lanimous tyrant; but, thank God, nothing of that kind can occur here ; no such injustice can be perpetrated in this land of liberty. You North Carolinians were great rebels dur ing the revolution, and very troublesome to Lord Cornwallis, one of her Majesty’s officers. He used to say that you rose in his rear as fast as he passed you, and that he could never claim that he was master of any ground in North Carolina, save that which his army stood upon. You first raised the flag of resistance to Great Britain in the western region of your State, and you have done better since—you have stood by it. And you will continue to do so as long as your young men preserve the virtues of Macon and Nash and Caswell. You have scattered patriots throughout the United States, who, wherever they may be located, have always given their fellow-men a good opinion of the Old North State.” It has become fashionable now-a-days to discuss the value of the Union. It was not fashionable twenty years ago. It was not every transitory evil that leads us to a division of the Union. Let the friends of a separation of the Union succeed, and the cause of civil and religious liberty throughout the world will receive a death-blow. . My friends have spoken of the war progressing in Europe, in which kings are endeavoring to overthrow dynasties, and generals to win new glories, while the poor people, who are really the suffering, are not thought of. This spectacle ought to teach us the value of our institutions. Here, you are to day a body of sovereigns, who have elected me your executive—not your ruler—whose acts are to be jealously watched and accounted for, besides some acts of which he is not guilty. Though the sun of my political life is grow ing dim, I shall never cease to refer vividly and with grateful emotions to this reception from the Old North State. [Loud cheers.] THE GRAIN TRADE The grain market was unsettled again, all day yesterday. The. bulls made the most desperate attempts to put up prices, predica ting their efforts on the rumors of the effects of heavy frosts on the growing whe.at; but it was up hill work, and did not amount to anything. Scarcely 40,000 bus. wheat sold, at $1 50 for No. 1 red winter, $1 09al 11 for standard spring, closing at $1 09, and $1 OOal 01 for No. 2 spring. The news from New York was too discouraging to be success fully resisted (a decline of ten cents ou flour and. four cents on wheat), and hence the result. Corn was firm, but not active. The sales hardly exceeded 25,000 bus. at 69a70c. for No. 1 railroad corn in store, and 72a73c. for the best canal corn on board. Flour came down 50c. on Monday, and, if it remains there, will be more active, of which there are already indications. It will be seen by our weekly report of the markets, in another column, that the receipts of grain during the last week have amounted to 498,000 bus., the shipments to 365,550 bus., and that there is still in store here a million and a half of bushels, namely, 1,507,- 870 bus. This is more than twice as much as we had on hand at this time last year. — Chicago Times of Thursday. Important to Young Men. —Our New York correspondent informs us that he has known Dr. DeLaney (whose advertisement is in our paper of this week,) for several years, and that his representations may be relied on. He is an old practitioner, who has made this department of medicine a speciality, and who has met with the confidence and success he deserves. Death op Joseph Yeager. —We regret to announce the death of Joseph Yeager, Presi dent of the and Lancaster Rail road, which occurred on Thursday, at his residence in Philadelphia, in the 67th year of his age. Mr. Yeager was a man of great energy and very active habits. He has -long occupied a prominent and influential position in the com munity, and was esteemed for his clear judg ment and general business knowledge. He has been for some years President of the Harris burg and Lancaster Railroad, and had previously filled various positions of trnst and honor. He served in the war of 1812, as a volunteer, and was an enthusiastic admirer of the institutions of his country. Hie funeral took place on yesterday. Good News. —lt is stated that the peach crop in the vicinity of CeciltoD, Cecil county, Md., bids fair to be the most extensive ever raised in that section. The. trees, in some iDStances, are so full that, had there been no frost at all, they could not have sustained the weight of the fruit. The light frost of the spring is therefore considered to have proved beneficial rather than otherwise. Coal exists in eighty one of the conn ties of Illinois, and over- a hundred mines are now worked in thirty-eight different counties. CITY AND COUNTY AFFAIRS Whitsuntide —The Fairs, Bal£oon Ascen noH, Ac.—Nearly every street and avenue in oar city were crowded yesterday by people front all parts of this and adjoining counties. The hotels,'’ restaurants, Ao, were j.TnfnaH “chock full” all day. Besides the tiro Fairs, we had any quantity of “side shows”to draw the. “tin” from the pockets of crowds. For instance, the “Mam-. moth Infant weighiog 200 lbs.,” “Glass Blowers” “II Horses,” the man, (minus sleeves In Ms coat, and a voice , with considerable of a nasal twang,) with the “chicken to i walk like a soldier,” “cat with two tails,” queer specimens ; of the canine race, Ac. Whit Monday Is a great and pe collar institution, and to see it celebrated in all its “ancient glory” strangers from a distance should visit Lancaster. Tbs Uobccuitdsal Fair—The First Annual Fair of the ‘Horticultural, Agricultural and Mechanics* Institute” opened yesterday at Fulton Hall—“the whole of that large structure being occupied. We paid a visit to the Hall late on Saturday evening, and from the preparations then made we are satisfied that it will be the most successful exhibi tion ever beld in this city. The mechanical and horticul tural display exceed anything ever witnessed here before. The gorgeous paintings, profusely hung around the walls, the works of several otour own dty amateur artists, are truly worth a visit At the time we went .to press it is impossible for us to give more than a passing notice of the exhibition. It is enough at the present writing (Monday morning) to say that large crowds are wending their way from all quarters of the city to Fulton Hall. We shall notice the exhibition more fully, in our next issue. Keffer’s Orchestra furnishes the music daring the continuance of the Fair. The Hoesx Exhibition.—The first exhibition of horses by the Lancaster County Agricultural and Mechanical So ciety commenced yesterday at the Society’s grounds, on Oollege Avenue, and will close this evening. From the preparations which have been made, we doubt not it will be the most successful exhibition of the kind ever held in the State. The exhibition is largely attended. The Fenci bW Band is famishing the music. We shall visit the exhibition to-day and give onr impressions next week. J? The Balloon Ascxnhion.— The world-renowned iEronaut,'' John Wise, Esq., has kindly consented, at the request of the Horticultural, Agricultural and Mechanics' Institute, . to make an ascension, from Centre Square, this afternoon between the hours of 1 and 5 o’clock, in his new Balloon, “Smithsonian,” made for the Smithsonian Institute at ' Washington. The Fencibles will act as a guard In the Square to-day. Mr. Wise leaves here tomorrow for St. Louis to make his grafld aerial voyage from that city to the Atlantic sea board. If each a vast undertaking can be accomplished, ’ Mr. Wise is just the man to accomplish it. He is the most daring, scientific and distinguished JSronaut living. The . kind wishes of all onr citizens are extended to him on his. - voyage. ' . City Councils—The Cost of Repairing the New Basin. —At a meeting of the City Connells, on Tuesday evening last, the Water Committee reported the New Reservoir finished, and that the entire cost for super- labor, materials, Ac., amounted to- $431,39. — The Committee expressed the confident belief that the leak Is effectually stopped, and that, if there should be no other weak place in the bottom where a leak may occur hereafter, of which they have no cause of apprehension, the Basin may now be considered as permanently repaired. The City Texasury. —The finances of the city are in a healthy condition. The monthly report of the City Treas urer, Mr. Jackson, made to Councils, shows that the bal ance in his bands amounted to $7,158.72. Water Rents.— The receipts from Water Rents, for City purposes, to the sth of Jane, amounted to $5,840.15. Fire Companies. —Connells, at the same meeting, made an extra appropriation of $5OO to the “Friendship” for the purchase of new hose, and the same amonnt to the “Wash, ington” to aid in paying the debt of their new Engine House. A petition from the “Humane” for $6OO, to enable them to purchase a new Fire Engine, was referred to the Engine and Hose Committee. The Chairman of the Finance Committee, Mr. Zahm, informed Councils that City Bonds to the amount of $2,600 were cancelled on the 13th of April, and $3,300 in the month of February—also a note of $9OO temporary loan redeemed. ' Military Parade. —On yesterday afternoon week the Fencibles, Capt. Duchkan commanding, paraded Id summer uniform, and with pretty foil ranks, numbering some 45 muskets. They were accompanied by their splendid Band. After the parade they held the election for officers at their Armory, which resulted in the re-election of the present efficient officers. The Jackson Rifles,- Capt. Hamb right commanding paraded at 6 o’clock the same evening. There were over 80 men in the ranks. Capt. H. (than whom a braver or truer soldier never unsheathed a sword) can boast of having the finest-looking and best disciplined Rifle corps in the State. His endeavors to bring the Jackson Rifles to their present highly-flourishing and enviable oondition been ably seconded by Lieuts. Cox, Reese and McElroy. The Military Election. —The Military Election for this Brigade took place on yesterday week, and resulted in the unanimous election of the following officers, viz: Brigadier General—Bartram A. Schaeffer, City. Colonel of Regiment—Daniel Here, Columbia. Major of Regiment—Henry.Shirk, New Holland. The contest for Lieutenant Colonel was close between Owen Hopple, of this city, and O. H. Brady, of Mount Joy, and resulted in the election of the former by a small majority. The Brigade Inspectorship was the bone of contention— there being three candidates, and the friends of each exert ing themselves to the utmost. Subjoined are the official returns, from which it will be seen that Lieut. Benjamin F. Cox, of the Jackson Rides, is the fortunate candidate, by a majority of nineteen votes over the next highest: Cox. Locher. Amweg. Lancaster Fencibles, 1 44 2 Jackson Rifles, 69 6 2 Jones Artillery, (Safe Harbor,) 9 12 22 Manheim Rifles, 42 1 1 Earl Infantry. (New Holland,) 2 32 4 Washington Rifles, (Mt. Joy,) O 10 30 Maytown Infantry, a 4 26 The following are the company officers elected, for a list of which we are indebted to the courtesy of our friend. Col. William S. Amweg, Brigade Inspector: Lancaster Fencibles—Captain John H. Duchman; Ist Lieutenant, Emlen Franklin; 2d do., Michael H. Locher; 2d 2d do., James P. Dysart. Jackson Rifles—Captain, Henry A. Hambright; Ist Lieu tenant, Benjamin F. Cox; 2d do., John Reese; 2d 2d do., Samuel H. Reynolds. Manheim Rifles—Captain, Frederick Ensminger; Ist Lieutenant, Abraham Stauffer; 2d do., Andrew J. Eby; 2d 2d do., A. H. Reist. Washington Rifles, (Mount Joy)—Captain, Levi D. Gal lagher; Ist Lieutenant, Andrew Egenrode; 2d do., George Drabenstaht. Earl infantry, (New Holland)—Captain, Isaac Hull; Ist Lieutenant, William Sbeaffer; 2d do., John Winger. Maytown Infantry—John F. Gephart; Ist Lieutenant, H. S. Haines; 2d do., H. A. Haines. Jones Light Artillery, (Safe Harbor) —Captain, William P. Jones; Ist Lieutenant—Thomas McEibhln ; 2d do., G. H. Hess; 2d 2d do., David Warfel. An Alleged Accomplice of Simpson Ar rested. —John Simpson, the young man arrested and com mitted to Prison on a charge of arson in attempting to fire Keys’ Provision Store, in Centre Square, made a full con fession od Tuesday last, in which he implicated another young man, named John B. Lebkichler, as being an ac complice. Lebklchler was arrested on Wednesday evening and had a hearing before the Mayor on Thursday after, noon, which resulted in his being held to bail in the sum $l,OOO to answer the charge of argon at the August Term of the Quarter Sessions’ Court. O. J. Dickey, E6q., District Attorney, appeared tor the Commonwealth, and Ehlen Franklin and Edward Reilly, Esqrs., for the Defendant. Simpson gave the following testimony, before the Mayor, at Lebkichleris hearing: We met that night (May 25th) about 11 or half-past 11 o’clock at Shultz Reese’s, where we drank pretty freely ; we came around to Keys’ corner about a quarter to 12 o’clock to get a box of cigars; we found the cigars could not be got; we proposed to set fire to it—that is, Lebkichler and me; we had nothing to do it with; we went to the Union Hose House and opened it, and got some, rags, oil and matches; we then came back to where there was a pane out of the window, and lit the rags and pnt them in the cellar at Keys’ shop; we then went np East King street to Lime, up Lime to Chesnut; stayed up there until abont 12% o’clock; we then went to Barnltz’s Hotel and took a drink; about that time there were two trains of cars came along, and Barnltz asked ns whether we were going away; Lebkichler said no, we were waiting for two friends; we went over to the railroad, and sat down on the corner at Hopple’s, when Lebkichler said there is your brother-in law ; I looked and saw him get out of the emigrant train 'going to Baltimore; we came across to Bamitz’s; he (Bar □itz) was setting np; Barnitz asked me whether the tw,o trains had come; Lebkichler said no. We then came down to Keys’ cellar the second time; that was about 2 o’clock, and a little after we looked into Keys’ cellar and found the Are had gone out; we then went to the Union Hose House and got a stick and some rags, and made the rags soaking wet with oil; went back to the cellar, lit them and threw them In, and waited about five minutes to see whether they would bum; we then went down South Queen street about half a square; came hack and looked in the cellar; Lebkichler asked me if It was burning; I said yes; Leb kichler said let us go down to the.hose house; I objected, as I said we would be seen coming out; we started to go to the hose house, but parted before we got there; I then went and sat on a box In front of my brother-in-law's store; that was abont 3 o’clock in the morning; I did not see Leb kichler again until I met himut Haber’s abont 6% o’clock in the morning; Lebkichler had the key of the hose house in his possession; cannot say whether it was his or not. In answer to a qaestion, where he went to after wards, witness replied: I came np Centre Square and went to the Bank; I met the watchman at Hubley’sStore; after I met the watchman I went down East King street towards the Lancaster County Bank; I saw a man leaning against the watch-box; he said something to me in Dutch; I thought he said “go to h—III hit him back of the head, and he went up the alley toward Orange street; I took out a small one-bladed knife and cut the side of the door, and opened the watch-box; I went in and saw three pistols; I took them around to the market house and hid them under a bench; I t?ld another story about this to Mr. Cadwell; I told a story about two Baltimoreans to shield Lebkichler; I accused two fellows by the name of Frank Elder and William Sntton; I did not write it down or sign my name to it; that confession was a lie; we went to Bhultz Reese’s between 7 and 8 o’clock; Ido not know what time I met Lebkichler that evening; I cannot recollect whether we went to Reese’s together or not; went np stairs in the hose house; we got the rags in the front part of the house, near a box in the passage way that leads np stairs; we tied the rags on a stick, set Are to them, and threw them into the cellar. —The statement or confession of Bimpaon, made to Mr. Cadwell, the Prison Keeper, is substantially the same as the above testimony taken on oath before the Mayor. Change in the Mails. —A change in the time of conveying the mails between this place and Luj caster, and Lebanon, has been effected within the past week. The noon and through line has been discontinued, and the mails are now carried by the accommodation hack to Lancaster, leaving here every morning and returning in the evening. The mail between th ja place and Lebanon is now conveyed in a one-horse vehicle, leaving here In the morning and returning the same evening. It continues to run daily. —Manheim Sentinel. Toothache. —This disease can be oured by p£. Keyser’b Toothache Rehedt, prepared by him. In Pttti bnrg,Pa., which is pat in bottles and sold at 25 cents each. It is an excellent medicine, when dilute}, for spongy and tender gums, and is worth ten times its price to ml wfe* need it Bold here by C. A. Helnitsh. . ", ‘Old Rye.” want a supply of the pare staff, and no admixture, should patronize Lxn W. Geoff's establishment, No. 63 N. Queen street, opposite the Franklin House. He manufactures the - whiskey.himself and warrants it to: be what it is labeled.' We are oftjadge of the article odreels(we mein' the JtmtqrO' but, judging from the smell of three bottles sent us by our kind Mend, Rocx afield, (a retired brother ofthe caaft,) Superintendent of the we hare no doubt it is a first-rate artide of pure, unadulterated rye whiskey, ahd ean heartily recommend it to all our readers. A Boy Drowned. —On Tuesday evening last a boy named Geo. W. Fisher, fifteen years of age, accident ly drowned while bathing In the Conestoga. Jacob Dorwart a young residing io Middle street, saw that the. boy got beyond his depth, and was in danger of drowning, ana,- although at some distance off, he hastened to the spot and, without waiting to undress, bravely plunged into the water,-determined, If possible, ti> safe him; but he was too late, the boy haring sunk for the third time before Dor wart could reach him. He was the son of Mrs, Harriet Fisher, a poor widow, residing in Mulberry street. Regular Habits. —The health of the human body depends in agreat measure on -habits of regularity and careful protection from the sodden changes of temper* store incident to our climate. Wet feet or a' sudden blast hare produced an obstruction that has frequently laid the system under a contribution from which it has neTer re corered. Theae|are the seeds which .bring around a cough or cold, which, unless early and carefully attended to, end in consumption, from which few recover. The cough or cold is always cured by a bottle or two .of Dr. Keysets Pectoral Congh Syrup, and sometimes even! the latter disease, but very rarely by-inythlng. It will always ease the complaint however, and, os it costs a mere trifle, it should be tried. It will sorely never do an? harm. Sold by C. A. Heinitßh, Lancaster. r One of the Boston Republican papers says that it was “naturalised Irishmen” whom the Massachusetts proscriptive amendment is designed to effeot Such an explanation is worthy of the party which could adopt this oppressive measure. Alarmed at its conse quences, and fearful that if some plausible explanation is not made, the German Republi cans of the North West will tlesert the Republican party, they are; now assured that Irishmen alone were aimed at. The amend ment of course baß no such special application. It affects all foreigners, whether German, Irish, French, Italians, or men of any other country. The proscriptive principle is odious, no matter upon what class of men it may fall the heaviest. The declaration that it was intended to apply particularly to Irishmen, will only excite scorn and contempt for those who oan advance euch a paltry excuse. If s\ich was /really the intention of the Republicans of Massachusetts, they exhibit a narrower bigotry than if the amendment was aimed at all foreigners without distinction of nationality. There might be a reasonable argument advanced why foreigners should be compelled to reside in the State two years after naturali zation, before being allowed the privilege of voting, but no possible excuse oan be given for the petty persecution of requiring Irish men to conform to this provision, while Germans are exempt from it. The confession that Irishmen alone were aimed at, makes the conduct of Massachusetts doubly detestable. This excuse is worse than the original offence, and its object is too apparent to be deceptive. As Irishmen are generally Demo crats, nothing is to be lost by persecuting them, but as many Germans have been induced to act with the Republican party, it is advis able that their wrath should be mollified. We are much mistaken if thiß lame excuse will answer the purpose. The. Germans cannot be blind to the faot that when a disability is imposed upon naturalized citizens, the men of one nation are as much affected as those of another, and their views are not so confined as to be willing to countenance persecution because in the locality of Massachusetts it may fall heaviest upon Irishmen. The Repub lican party are responsible for the Massachu setts amendment, and no special pleading can remove this responsibility or lighten the odium of a measure abhorrent to liberal principles. —Harrisburg Patriot. A Heroic Woman —Desperate Fight.— The Madison (Ind.) Courier , of Tuesday last, relates thff following incident. Some of our police may take some interest in the case: We learn that the house of Mr. Kendall, who lives with a sonUn-law and daughter in Trimble county, Kentucky, a few miles baok of Milton, was entered one night last week by two men with blackened faces. It is known that Mr. Kendall, who is eighty-four years of age, has a large sum of money in gold and silver coin, which he keeps secreted on the premises. The burglars broke down the door with a fence rail, captured and tied the son-in-law. The daughter, made fight, and successfully. She caught the thumb of one of the villains in her teeth and held it there until he was compelled to call for the assistance of his confederate. The woman received rough usage, but she managed to tear the shirt off one of them and to give the alarm by blowing a horn, whioh brought, the neighbors to her aid. Taylor Roberts—who, it will be remember ed, was tried a short time since for the murder of young Conway, and acquitted— was suspected and arrested, but discharged for want of sufficient evidence to bind him over to court. The piece of shirt torn from the burglar was marked “ T. Roberts,” and a silk handkerchief was found which was also marked “ T. Rtfberts.” 128 109 Roberts was subsequently arrested in Cincinnati under the assumed name of Estill, but, as the facts we have detailed above were unknown to the officers, he escaped again.— A torn shirt, bloody, which corresponds to the remains left on Kendall’s premises, was found in Estill's (alias Roberts’) trunk by the Cincinnati officers. THE EDITORS’ BOOK TABLE “OLD MORTALITY”—one of the best of all Sir Walter Scott’s Novels—has just been Issued from the press by T. B. Peterson A Brothers, Philadelphia. Price only 25 cents. THE PENNSYLVANIA SOHOOL JOURNAL, for June, is issued. It contains some valuable articles bearing on common school education, and .is, in every respect, an interesting number. ACADIA; OR, A MONTH WITH THE BLUE NOSES. By Frederick S. Cozzens, author of “ Sparrowgrass Paper.” We are indebted to Messrs. Derby & Jackson, (N. Y.) the Publishers, for a copy of this excellent and entertaining book af 329 pages. 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EVANS, Publisher. •_ • 43d Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.' * jg?* Immense swarms of mfljdo **"'*"* i. * —Those of uur readers who A FALTRT EXCUSE 1 439 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa. whoppers have [From Correspondence of-the London Times.] the BATTLE OF HOHTEBELLO' Turin, May 21st— At 11 o’clock yesterday 15,000 Austrians, under the orders of General Zobel; were seen to move towards the Pied moiitese positions of Montebello, whioh were occupied, by 800Sardinianhorsemen y supported bytwo fcatteries. The Austrians were march ingin ecsetonj, then right wing bent in the direction ofßrandozso, their left flank, supported by'a large artillery, on Casona, whilst tbeir columns of attack of the centre advanced, by Piazale, towards our lines of Montebello. As soon as General Forey was roused by roll after roll of musketry on the left, and by the sharp report of Austrian and Piedmontese guns, he marched with the second brigade pf his division in the direction of Montebello to support the Piedmontese cavalry, whioh by this time hod already advanced to meet the enemy. The battle of Montebello scarcely admits of description. It was a series of dreadful deeds of daring, hand to hand fights, of sanguinary encounters, of desperate charges and assaults. The shells and ballets of the Austrians burst so thickly among oar troops that our centre, already engaged, was obliged to f&H back on the right of our lines, retiring from Monte hello, protected by a ravine filled with brush wood, which descended towards the main road of Voghera. As General Beuret led on his men to snpport our centre, it was observed that a body of the enemy had gained the top of a hilly gronnd behind the French division on the right. A deadly volley was ponied into them, and, protected by the fire, both Piedmontese and French came out from the ravine and went boldly to meet the enemy. The effect of the new French guns, carrying their bullets to a distanoe of more than two English miles, was so great that the centre of the Austrians was soon obliged to fall baok on ; and Montebello was again occupied by our men. By this time the third and fourth brigades of General Forey's division had reached the scene of aotion. This distinguished officer had left in snpport of a small band of the national guard—who, by the bye, fought bravely—his first brigade, sending an orderly officer of his staff to Marshal B&raguay d’Hilliers, asking support, if need be. Having thus given his orders, he came on with his Zouaves at the pas~ de charge. One battalion of Chasseurs irOrleans rushed by, “the light of battle on their faces.” It was accompanied by two battalions of the lino, commanded by Duchef and Laoretelle. The shock was terrible. Laoretelle fell dead from \la horse, Major Duchef fell dead after him; our men still advanced a la bayonette. An Austrian colonel and 200 Croats were made prisoners. Assailed in front by the French— broken by the impetubsity of the charge of the Sardinian Monferrato light horsemeo, led by the brave Colonel Morelli—attacked on the right by the second brigade, and by our artillery all along the line—the Austrians began to retire, after a struggle of six hours. At five o'clock, P. M., they were driven pell mell down the hills towards Str&della on one side, and towards Casatisma on the other, leaving mounds of dead behind them. We had won the day. The Austrians were therefore unable to force our positions, though they were 15,000 strong, with a powerful artillery, thus out-numbering us by 6,000 men. Forey's division numbered scarcely 8,000 fighting men, and was supported by 900 Sardinian horses. You must not forget that this brave cavalry, led by young Colonel De Sonnaz, sustained for an hour the first shock of the enemy, thus giving time to the French to come up. The last charge made by the Sardinians was fatal to Colonel Morelli, who fell mortally from his horse. Besides this loss we have to deplore 200 dead and 300 wounded. Amongst the last the names of Colonels Griot, Leßßarre, Deßellefonds, Dusmeuil, and Major Ferussal, all French superior offioers, are to be noticed. General Forey and the Sardinian cavalry colonel, Sonnaz, behaved nobly.. It is impossible to ascertain the sustained by the enemy, because the official report has not yet arrived in Turin. According to the accounts of my informant, the Austrians have lost 1,500 men, dead and wounded, to say the least. It has been noticed that their men could not stand the impetuosity of the Zouaves' and Chasseurs' bayonets and of Sardinian swords. As Boon as they were assaulted by the deadly weapons they were always driven pell mell from their positions, and the village of Montebello was thus taken and retaken thrice daring the action. I make no pretension whatever to send you a correct description of the battle. As I have already said, this brilliant exploit admits of no des cription ; it is only a sketch that I present to your readers. later foreign news ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER AFRICA Highly Interesting Details. New York, June 9 The royal mail steamship Africa arrived here this morning. She left Liverpool on the 28th ult. Her dates are not so late as those furnished by the Arago at St. Johns, but she brings interesting details of the news, and her commercial intelligence is important.— There was nothing important from the seat of war, beyond the battle of Montebello. The Austrians profesß satisfaction at the result of the battle. Gen. Gyulai reports that his loss was 290 killed, 718 wounded and 283 missing. He says the French force numbered 40,000, but they abstained from all pursuit. Count Stadion, commander of the Austrian forces, was wounded during the battle.— Some of the French authorities still assert that there was not much over four thousand French engaged in the battle. Other esti mates place the number at twelve thousand. There were popular risings in some parts of Parma in favor of the Sardinian cause. A vague rumor bad obtained circulation, via Vienna, that Gortzhakoff, the Russian foreign minister, had resigned, because the Emperor refused to carry out his engagements with France. In England the Derby ministers had issued a strong appeal to their parliamentary sup porters for their early attendance to meet the opposition movement. The Empress Eugenie had received and ad dressed the members of the great bodies of State. She said Bhe placed full dependence upon the patriotism of the deputies and upon the support of the entire nation which, during the absence of the chosen chief, would never be found .wanting to a woman and her child. The speech was loudly cheered. The Paris Bourse was firm and advancing. It dosed at 61f 55c. The war excitement was high in Southern Germany. It was expected that Kossuth would go to Genoa in about a week—with the full concurrence of Napoleon and the King of Sardinia, to concoct plans with Klapka and others to overthrow the Austrian power in Hungary. The new King of Naples, Francis, had been acknowledged by telegraph by nearly all the powers, and the army had swotn its allegiance. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. A Fruitless Attempt to Cross the Po.— A despatch from the Emperor, received yesterday at the Tuileries, announced that at five o’clock in the morning the whole French army, (140,000 men,] headed by his Majesty himself, as commanding the centre, Baraguay d'Hilliers the right wing, and MaoMahon the left, was to make one vast determined effort to croSB the Po, near Valenza. The day was passed in the greatest and most natural anxi ety at the different ministers, an anxiety reflected on the Bourse, in spite of the determined efforts made to keep the suspense a profound secret, and affeotihg the funds without any apparent reason excepting to the initiated. At ten omock last night another des patoh arrived, merely containing a few words not indicative of success i “ The oannon is still roaring, and nothing yet is done; the enemy has appeared in suoh tremendous force on the opposite hank, that every effort hitherto made to oonstructour bridges has been useless.” This despatch has not been made public yet, nor will it be, most likely, until Borne decided success is obtained and the landing is effeoted. To the general opinion expressed by civilians that the army must cross the Po, and that if it does not succeedin doing so to-day it surely tomorrow, military men shake their heads andj look grave, and hint that if the French be-repulsed now, the attempt must be given up, fbrthe Austrians will, of oourse, b§ reinforced, repair, the losses they may sustain, while the French have not the same means at their disposal. The .fact of a whole day, from five in the morning till teri-at night, being Bpent in fruitless endeavors to -oross a swollen and rapid river under the heavy fire Wthe enemy’s artillery, tells its own tale, and is. ST. LOUIS GOaRESPOIDEHOB. Awful Tragedy—Assassination and Murder of Joseph Charless—The Murderer in JaU —Terrible EacUement— >Almost Summary Punishment— lo,ooo People Qmgregatcd around, the Jail—Military called out—Speeches of Citizens —Death of Mr. Charless—CbrxmePs inquest, de., de.— Breads of Promise Ossa— sloo,ooo Damages!—From Pike's Aal*. Our dtyon Fridsy morning last «u thrown Into In tense excitement, by the anal nation of Mr. Joseph at the hands of Joseph W. Thornton. Mr. Charlies was walking down Market stmt, from his residence to his place of businenon Mein, about nine o'clock, when he was met by Thornton,who deliberately and without any word, drew a revolver and shot his victim twice. The first fire felled him to the ground, and the second after he was down. One ofthe balls took effect In the left side, passing upward and to the right, penetrating through the abdominal carity, and going entirely through the body, and the other taking effect In the back. - The wounded man crept Into a store, at the front of whioh the occurrence took place, and ex claiming that he was shot. t A gentleman standing by seized Thornton,.and a consid • arable struggle ensued before the weapon was wrested from his hands. As might have been expected, a large con course of people was soon attracted to the spot. Several physicians were soon in attendance, and the wounds in flicted were pronounced fhtaL The murderer was taken to the police office, and from the large crowd gathering, it was deemed necessary for the safety ofthe prisoner, to have him forthwith taken to the county jail, to whioh he was followed by of whom not knowing the cause of the arrest, and those who did, not knowing the extent of the wounds inflicted upon Mr. Charless, he was therefore allowed to pass to the Jail unmolested. The relatives and friends of the dying man were sent for, and In a few minutes many of them arrived, among whom was his devoted and loving wife. After sometime elapsed, he rallied and spoke to those around him. He ex pressed a desire to see Thornton, his assassin and murderer, and seemed to be satisfied of his approaching end, and desired, so it is said, that no summary punishment should be visited upon Thornton. He gave some directions with regard to his family, and then in a firm tone said, “ Heaven elect me,” when he became too weak to say more. The family were overpowered with grief and consternation; for but an hour or two before he laft his home nnd family in health, with hope and joy kindling his beloved face, and tbeir grief can better be Imagined than described. At two o’clock be was still living, when he was conveyed to his residence. Reports of the terrible affair were soon spread through out the entire cits, and when the actual fac*s were known excitement and confusion, creating almost apanlc, ensued. Not one man in a thousand but what cried for vengeance, and it was not long before hundreds and thousands repair ed to the jail, aud in less than an hour the street* In the vicinity were completely blockaded. The police wero promptly on the groand. We noticed in the crowd many of our most respectable citizens, who are seldom, if ever, found in such assemblages, and with flashing eyes and firmly set teeth, gave strong indications of their approba tion of the popular method of punishment. All that was needed at this crisis, was two or three resolute leaden, to have seized the body of Thurnton from the hands of/ his keepers, and lynched him on the spot. Bat there wob no leader —none who wished to inenr the responsibility, for there might have been still more blgody work. It was not the mere fact of taking Theraton out and hanging him on the first tree, that caused the delay, bat In accomplishing which, the lives of fifty others might have been sacrificed. But the better sense prevailed, and no one was willing to violate the peace and order of the city by instigating mob rule. When some three or four thousaud excited and indig nant citizens had congregated, one of them suggested the propriety of appointing a committee to enter the jail, and ascertain whether the prisoner was still there—it having been rumored that he had beon taken to Jefferson Barracks. This Committee at once proceeded to the door of the jail and demanded admission, which was granted by the Jailor. In the course of a half hour, the chairman of said committee, Dr. Spalding, was seen upon the top of the jail yard wall, and addressed the multitude. The speech was received with considerable disapproba tion by the exasperated and Indignant crowd. By this time the police had taken possession of the promises, and excitement run high. The masses were moving to and fro and an attack was momentarily expected, wheo, fortunate for the peace of the city, to 6ay nothing of the life of the assassin, Mr. Chas. D. Drake, brother-in-law of Mr. Joseph Charless, made his appearance In the crowd, and In a few moments gained an elevated position, when he also ad dressed the crowd, counselling Eubmlsslon to‘the law. This speech was alßo received with man; tokens of dis approbation, but it had the desired effect. The crowd con tinued in undimiulshed numbers throughout the whole day. At about S o’clock lu tho afternoon,it was announ ced that Mr. Charless had expired, aod the excitement and indignation was again renewed with redoubled exaspera tion. This, however, was i ncorrcct. Night was drawing Dear,and Jndge “Lynch” seemed determined on the blood of the prisoner. The Sheriff there fore called upon Col. Pritchard to order out the military for the purpose of protecting the jail. The demand was promptly complied with, and in a short time the military were on the ground. Two companies were ordered to the Inside of the jail yard, and the others wore stationed in the streets in the vicinity of the jail. There were many of the military who refused to take up arms—all, we might say every man of them, sympathized with the crowd, and disliked to be called upon to protect the murderer from the hands of a justly indignant people. The crowd hooted aud hissed the military wherever they were to he^. - After Ban-down, and after all the business places were closed, not less than 10,000 people were congregated In tho streets in the the County Jail, when men and boys began to carry boacds'and rails from an adjacent lnmber yard to the jail—to be used as battering rams. But the police took possession of this lumber, and arrestod sev. eral for riotous conduct, and for making these arrests they were rewarded with curses and showers of stones.— Up to midnight a stream of people was running from Mr. Oharless’ residence to the jail, expecting every moment to hear of his death, which seemed to hare been'the Intend ed signal of attack. As the late hoars came along, the in dignant masses became less and less, and at three o’clock the crowd had dispersed, leaving the military and the police in possession of the premises. The cause of this assassination Is briefly this; In 1855 Mr. Oharless was President of the Btato Bank of Missouri, and Thornton Book Keoper of the Boatmen's Saving In stitution. The latter Institution was robbed of $19,000 in paper money and gold. Thornton was suspected of the theft, bat their suspicions of him were kept secret. Some time after he either left or was dismissed from the Bank, and was subsequently accused, arrested and indited for the robbery. Hs did not come to trial until May, 1858, when he was acquitted by a Jury, notwithstanding every one of the jory, and those conversant with the facts, believed him guilty, bat for the want of sufficient proof they had to ac quit him. Sometime after he left the Institution,he commenced making deposits at the State Bank in sums of $l2O to $340 at a time. The Bank suspected that the mon ey being deposited by him was the stolen money, and watched his movements closely. He would deposlte one day sl2o—sloo of the supposed stolen money, and the next day check ont $75, when he would again deposits $3OO and upwards, the major portion was the stolen money. The tellers in the Bank commenced'marWnp the notes, and soon (band oat the game he was playing.— On his trial, Mr. Oharless, as President of the Bank, and being cognizant of what was going on by the tellers and the Board, gave In his evidence to the above effect. Since that time Oharless and Thornton have frequently met In the street, bnt we believe never exchanged words, and now, when the commanity had almost forgotten the affair, this nun Thornton meets Mr. Oharless in the street, tjnd in broad day light shoots him down. Jos. W. Thornton Is an unmarried man and in his 3sttj year. Jos. Charless was a well known, much respected and highly esteemed citizen, and has been in business here for over thirty years, and was in his 56th year. On Saturday morning, after extreme agony, at 8 o’clock, Mr. Charless breathed bis last, and a gloom pervaded t Y whole city. * After the death of Mr. Jos. Charless, a Coroner's inquest was held over the body. His funeral will take place to day from the Second Presbyterian Church, and the re mains will be interred in the family vault at Bellefontatne Cemetery. The great trial of Miss Effle Carztang vs. Henry Shaw, for breach of promise of marriage, and which has been occupying the attention of the Court of Common Pleas for nearly the entire week, has corps to i} conclnslon. Mr. Shaw Is a very wealthy man about 60 years of age, and Minn Carztang, a maiden of about 35 years. The damages laid by Miss Effle were $lOO,OOO, and, strange as it may seem, the Jory awarded her the fall amount, to the surprise and astonishment of everybody. We do not believe there Is another Instance on record in which so large a sum has beenJcoDßider&d necessary to soothe the anguish of a lady fair! We think the jory in this case has overstepped all precedent, in believing that because the defendant was wealthy he should be robbed! It is one of the most outra geous verdicts ever rendered In a Coart where justice'is expected te be fonnd. Tbe verdict and the men composing the jury are ridiculed, and well they might be. Of coarse, Mr. Shaw will carry the case to a higher tribunal, and there is bat little doubt of Its reversion. If Miss Effle could, at a very early period, come in possession of this handsome fortune, which she so adroitly maoaged to ac quire, she may find some one to marry her for it! She Is ■iifco high in figures, both In years and damages, and tbe probability is she will have to remain a fingU lady until the latter is made a certainty! The verdict of thia cele brated jury has created considerable gossip. It is discussed at the breakfbst table, dissected at dinner, and digested at snpperl Our latest advices from Pike’s Peak say that thlogs look very unfavorable, both as tegards the gold deposits and agricultural resources of the country. No gold worth speaking of has yet been discovered, and it is the prevail ing opinion that the mines are a failure. Nearly allof the cabins in Denver City and Auraria are vacant. There were no business transactions In either place, and provis lons were nearly exhausted. The miners are striking for tbe mountains in the pursuit of game. There are about 1000 on the way back to the States, and about as many tn route for the mines. A number of men have died on the way, of starvation, and the suffering at Pikes' Peak and Cherry Creek is represented as terrible. . .Tours, OLD GUARD. Paris, May 25. ggy According to the prayisions of an act of tjie last of this State,-persons wbo inay desire to heve theip peines piiangeti, oan do 60 by applying to the Court ofuom mon Eleas. V.’V"'. ’ lIP* The' md oi - Henry 8i Oonnjipfo Missis sippi, ran off two weeks ago with his father’s 1 second wife. The yonng "son of a gun” has not been heard of since. St. Louis, Jane 6,1869.
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