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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.
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[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.