Robbery and Singular Developments,
On Wednesday night, 27th ult., the room
of H. S. PHIXNEY of Monrocton, in Keudig's
Hotel, Middletown, was entered, his trunk
forced open, aud S3OOO in bills taken there
from, the burglars leaving SSOO in gold in the
truuk, and a considerable amount of money
which was in his pantaloons pocket, which es
caped their notice. The only clue yet discov
ered of the perpetrators of this daring affair,
is contained in the singular developments caus
ed by the occurrences stated below :
[From tbe Lancaster Times, June I.J
Thursday morning as the Express Mail
Train going west, was nearing llarrisbnrg,
and when within a mile of Bryant nndLonge
necker's furnace, it ran over two men, killing
one instantly and so badly iujuring the other
that he died soon after without having spoken
a word or giving the least signs of conscious
ness.
The accident occurred about daybreak ; tbe
two men were walking on the track in the di
rection of Ilarrisburg, on the down track, and
seeing a freight train approach, they stepped
on to the other track with their backs toward
the approaching mail train, which was withiu
fifty yards of them at the time ; the engineer
saw their danger, and blew the whistle, but
was too near upon them to avoid the accident;
the next moment the eugine struck them, the
result of which was as described. Immediate
ly upon the mail train arriving at Harrisburg,
a car was despatched containing the Coroner
and a jury and help, to bring in the mangled
bodies. On arriving at tbe scene of the acci
dent, an inquest was held, and a verdict re
turned in accordance with the above facts.—
On searching the bodies the name of one, Fitz
gerald, was discovered, as also a roll of notes
in their possession to a very large amount ;
an auger aud a chisel, as also a bunch of pick
lock keys.
On discovering the money, the coroner
thought from this and their respectable appea
rance, that it was but due to them to give
them a decent coffin ; accordingly two very
nice coffins were ordered and their remains de
posited therein, to the credit of the notes,
which, " lo and behold," on being presented at
the Bauk were declared to be all counterfeit!
At the time of the accident, two boats were
passing the spot, in different directions, on the
canai which is there in close proximity, aud
parallel with the railroad ; and the captain of
the up boat was observed to holloa to the
men, and failing to make them hear, he at
tempted to jump ashore across the other boat,
but slipping between, was badly injured ; the
boat, however, proceeded on its journey. .
Upon the arrival of the express freight
train at Middletown yesterday morning, it was
discovered that a shoe store iu that neighbor
hood had been broken open aud a quantity of
boots and shoes taken therefrom. The per
sons connected with the store imagining that
the burglars might have gone on to Harris
burg, proceeded by the Express freight to that
Borough, and on their arrival, heard of the
above mentioned accident.
When the facts of the burglary at Middle
town became known to the police, and the na
ture of the implements found on the strangers
was mentioned to the proprietors of the shoe
store, a unanimous conclusion was come to
that the unfortuuate men were the depreda
tors, and were walking to Harrisburg, after
committing the deed ; and, moreover, the anx
iety of the boatman excited suspicions that
the booty might be on board the boat that
had gone np the canal.
Accordingly two things were immediately
concluded upon, first ; to examine the premi
ses broken into, and compare the marks made
with the implements found, and on so doing
it was discovered that the chisel found in the
deceased's possession, was, undoubtedly, the
one which had been used to break ojieu the
store ; pursuit of the boat was theu determin
ed ou, and the Middlctown officers proceeded
immediately on the track, and have probably
by this time, satisfied themselves of their sus
picions. The bodies of the uufortuuatc men
were buried on Friday.
(From the Harrisburgh Herald, June Ist.)
We stated in Saturday's issue that additional
developments would be made relative to the
two men killed on the Railroad at Highspire.
The fact is now fully established that for
Gome weeks previous to the accident which
resulted in their death, these men had been re
sidents of our town, and occupied one of Mr
Colder's houses in North street, opposite the
Cotton Mill. The circnmstauces which led to
this discovery, and to the subsequent develop
ment of more important and startliug facts,
was detailed to us Saturday by our efficient
Coroner, Dr. W. Barr.
It appears that on Friday afternoon, a fe
male called at the office of the Coroner, and
asked him of he knew the men who had beeu
killed on the Railroad. She seemed to be in
great distress, shed tears freely, and said she
feared than one of them was her husband. iShe
handed the Coroner a daguerreotype likeness
and requested to know if it resembled either of
the dead men. Without waiting for a reply,
she asked if their clothing had been preserved
and if so whether she could see it. The Cor
oner at once submitted the clothing to her in
spection, and the moment she saw it she be
came excessively agitated, and exclaimed
"that is poor George's and that is poor Char
ley's 1" —and immediately sank into a chair
and fainted. After a short time the woman
recovered, when she made a secoud examina
tion of the clothing and identified every arti
cle. She conversed very freely with the Cor
oner in regard to herself—stated that one of
the men was her husband, and his name Wil
liams—that she was from Turbetville, North
umberland county, in this State, aud that she
had been living with her husband and his com
panion in North street, opposite the cotton
mill. Coroner Barr, satisfied from previous
developments that the dead men had been
counterfeiters and burglars, and that the wo
man knew more than she chose to disclose, de
termined to search the house ; and immediate
ly after the woman's departure he called in
officer Newman, and the two visited the house
for that purpose. During the process of the
search they fonud a quantity of mills aud met
al drills and files, punches and ladles, a varie
ty of other acids, saws and chisels, augers, and
a variety of other implements used for coun
terfeiting and burglariouspurposes—also a lot
of unfinished counterfeit coin. The discover
ies made fully established the fact that the
business of counterfeiting had been carried on
extensively in the house.
A lady who resides in the same block in
formed the Coroner that whilst he was engag
ed searching tbe upper rooms, the womau
previously alluded to carried out a quantity
of metal of some kind, and other articles, and
threw them into the privy. Numerous inter
esting documents were discovered, containing
the names of individuals evideutly members of
regularly organized gang of counterfeiters and
burglars aud horse thieves, extending from the
city of Philadelphia all over our State, and to
Nebraska aud California. It was also discov
cred by an examination of the documents that
the man known here as Vickroy, was no less
distinguished a personage thau the widely
known Horse Tamer and Traiuer, G. W. Dries
bach, ot Cherokee county, Texas, alias Geo.
Vickroy, Douglass, &c. This fellow it is sup
posed, was oue of the ring-leaders of the gang
above alluded to. The other man, the wo
man claimed as her hnsband—she said his
name was Williams, and that he had never
assumed any other. But papers found-during
the search showed that his name (or oue of
his names) was George liussel.
It will be recollected that the names of Doug
lass and Russel occurred frequently in the pa
pers and letters found upon persons of these
two men. Various other pa|ers aud letters
are in possession of the Coroucr,which will no
doubt soon lead to further and more startling
developments, aud the implication of certain
parties in this couuty and the counties of Ly
coming, Northumberland, Columbia aud Mon
tour. The woman (Mrs. Williams as she call
ed herself,) left very suddenly and unexpectedly
on Friday evening, in the train for Philadel
phia. Just before getting into the omnibus,
she was seen to raise one of the stair steps,
take out a quantity of something resembling
coin, and hurriedly thrust it into her trunk.
When informed of this fact the Coroner has
tened in pursuit of the woman, but the cars
were gone and the bird had flown 1 On Snt
turday morning he telegraphed to the Phila
delphia authorities, stated the circumstances
described the woman, and suggested the seiz
ure and search of her trunk. U hat the re
sult was we have not learned.
MONTHLY REPORT OF A POSTMASTER. —The
following letter was received a few days ago
by President BUCHANAN, as a monthly re{K)rt
from a j>ost office in the west : .
CRAWFORD CO., MO., April 20, 1857. —Mr.
BUCHANAN— Dear Sir: Mr. is the Post
master at this place and he is gone out West,
and has been gone for three or four weeks,
and lie has no deputy here, but 1 have been
opening the mails and attending to it since he
has been gone, as he left the key with me, and
the Postmaster told me that I must make a
report at the end of every month, and did not
tell me who I was to write to but I suppose it
is you we should make our reports, as we are
all citizens of the Government of which you
are now President. If you are not the right
one to receive the report, please drop me a
few lines, letting me know who I am to report
to, and I will write again.
REPORT AT THE END OF APRIL. —The wea
ther is cold for the season—provisions scarce
and very high—but notwithstanding all that,
we have regular mails once a week, good
health, and, the people of this country arc uni
versally pleased with your Administration ;
this is all I know that would interest you ; if
there is anything omitted in my last rejiort,
please let me know. My best respects to you
and Mrs. Buchanan.
frif The President lias again selected a man
for the Governorship of Utah, whose name is
officially concealed until it shall be known
whether he will accept the appointment. It
is deemed probable that Col. Camming would
have accepted the appointment had it been
tendered. The frequency to the refusals to
occupy this office appear to have made them
fashionable, and we shall not at be surprised
if this new seleclion of the President will be
as summarily treated as were the others.—
Hence the caution to conceal the name from
the newspaper reporters. When a Governor
has been obtained, attention will be directed
to procuring two new Judges at Utah to fill
vacancies, and also a United States Marshal
and a Superintendent of Indian Affairs. The
Govemorjiimself will have to act as Superiuteu
dent of Mormon Affairs. A report was cur
rently believed in Washington last cveniug
that lion. P. F. Thomas, ex-Governor of Mary
land, is the person whom the Governorship
of Utah is now tendered, and that he will ac
cept.
LANDLORD'S DUTlES. —Before annoucing the
licences granted by the Court on Wednesday
morning, says the llarrisburgh Daily Tc/e
--grrph, Judge Pearson proceeded to make
some preparatory remarks, explaining the du
ties of laudlords. He stated that they were
bound to accommodate all persons who asked
for it, so long as they had room ; that it made
difference if the applicant was a person of mis
trustful appearance—taverns were regarded
by the law as places of accommodation of trav
elers, and their proprietors had no right to
turn them away, no matter whether they
thought them able to pay for their lodgings
or not. His Honor said that this was clearly
the object of the law, and no license would
hereafter be granted where it was known that
this part of the landlord's duty had not been
complied with. These remarks created no
little excitement among the tavern keepers
present, many whom expressed themselves in
objectional terms against the view taken by
the Judge. If this be the true intent of the
law—and it doubtless is—there has a wide
diversion of it here ofore.
ARROINTMEXTS BY THE PRESIDENT.—"WiI
liam A. Richardson, of Illinois, Governor of
the Territory of Nebraska, in place of Mark
W. Izard, the present incumbent.
Joseph A. Wright, of Indiana, envoy Ex
traordinary and Minister Pleniupoteutiary of
the United States at the Court of his majes
ty the King of Prussia, in place of Peter I).
Vroom, of New Jersey, recalled at his own re
quest.
Henry C. Murphy, of New York, Minister
Resident of the United States at the Court of
his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, in
place of Auguste Belmont, of New York, re
called at his own request.
Isaac R. Diller, of Illinois, Consul of the
United States at Bremen, in the place of Win.
Hildebrand, the present incumbent.
William Thomson, of New York, Consul of
the United States at Southampton, (England,)
in place of Joseph R. Croskey, resigned.
Gabriel G. Fleurot, of New York, Consul
of the United States at Bordeaux, (France,)
to fill an existing vacancy.— Union.
In the Abbingdon District of Virngia,
Hopkins, the Democrat nominee for Congress
has been beaten by Martin, Distribution Dem
ocrat. In all the other districts the regular
Democratic nominees have been elected.
i]raiifortilf))orkr.
E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
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Gov. WALKER'S INAUGURAL. —A brief synop
sis of Gov. Walker's Inaugural Address to the
people of Kansas is telegraphed from St.
Louis.
It is a long, conciliatory and persuasive
document. It recognizes all Territorial en
actments, and says all constitutional lawsshull
be executed. It urges all parties to partici
pate in the election, and believes the Conven
tion will form a Constitution which will suit
the people, and does not believe that Congress
will reject it.
It earnestly impresses the necessity of re
moving the Slavery agitation from the Ilalls
of Cougrcss and Presidential elections, and
says Slavery will ultimately be determined by
the law of climate. It is this law now operat
ing for and against Slavery in Kansas. In
the event that Slavery does not exist in Kan
sas, it says she has constitutional duties to her
sister States, especially to Missouri, and trusts
the Constitution will contain clauses forever
securing to that State all constitutional guar
antees, both by Federal and State authority,
and supremacy within her own limits by the
authority of the Supreme Court of the United
States. It says that if this question is decid
cd peacefully, he sees for Kansas an immediate
career of sure progress and prosperity, unsur
passed by history ; but thut if violence, injus
tice and fraud reigns, history may be compel
led to record the fact that Kausas was the
grave of the American Uniou.
Ife®- Mr. E. A. SMITH, whose injury by fal
ling from the tender of a locomotive on the
N. Y. & E. 11. R., we noticed week before
last, died from the injuries received on Mon
day, Ist instaut. llis remains were brought
to this place for interment. The accident was
caused by the engineer starting the train while
Mr. SMITH was in the act of reaching the hose
at the water-tank for the purpose of taking
water. The sudden start threw him off his
balance, and in jumping upon the wood in the
tender, he struck upon a round stick which
precipitated him before the wheels of the ten
der two of which passed over his legs, break
ing and crushing them badly. The brake also
caused a severe wound iu the back. We be
lieve that no blame is attached to the engineer.
TEGR Judge LEAVITT, of Cincinnati, issued
a writ of habeas corpus for the U. S. officers
in jail iu Clark county, for assault upon the
Sheriff of that county, and the prisoners were
brought to that city. The examination com
menced on Monday, but was adjourned for the
production of affidavits by either party. It is
probable the prisoners will be discharged by
Judge LEAVITT, but this will not prevent their
indictmeut by the Grand Jury of Clark coun
ty, and their arrest for trial.
fiaT-The Inaugural of Governor HAILE, of
New Hampshire, who was inaugurated Thurs
day, is a truly Republican document. Indus
try, education, and the agricultural interests
of the State are considered. It states that
liquor law has been attended with the most
favorable results. Increased banking capital
is opposed, the DRED SCOTT decision protested
against, and rendering pecuniary aid to the
Free-State settlers in Kansas suggested—
Much benefit is anticipated to result from this
Republican State Government.
Bigy-The National American Convention, at
Louisville, adjourned sine die at a late hour
on Wednesday night. ERASTUS BROOKS, the
editor of the New York Express, offered a se
ries of resolutions intended to convey the sense
of the Convention on the various prominent
subjects now agitating the public mind. Dur
the discussion ou the resolutions, a most im
portant assertion was made by a prominent
delegate from Missouri, to the effect that the
people of that State generally acknowledge
that Kansas must be a Free State.
FIRE AT THE WESTERN PENITENTIARY.—Tues
day about 11 o'clock, a fire broke out in the
Western Penitentiary, at Allegheny City.—
The upper floor wa9 damaged, causing a loss
of about SIOOO. None of the prisouers es
caped. The fire originated in the flue at the
roof of the building.
THE GOVERNORSHIP OF UTAH. —It is current
ly reported that ex-Governor Philip Frank
Thomas has been offered, and will accept the
Governership of Utah.
AMERICAN* FIZZLE. —The straight American
Convention held at Lancaster on the 3d was
a miserable failure. But nine counties were
represented. The following ticket was placed
in nomination :
Governor, ISAAC HAZLEHURST, of Philadel
phia , Supreme Court, JACOB BROOM, of Phila
delphia ; JOSEPH E. BRADY, of Allegheny ;
Canal Commissioner, Mr. Linderman, of Berks,
Gov. Geary's name was not presented to the
Convention, he having sent a despatch declin
ing a nomination for Governor.
An election has recently been held in Min
nesota for Delegates to the Constitutional
Convention, and the returns from the south
ern portion of the Territory indicate a Repub
lican majority. The prospect that the new
Constitution of that territory, prior to its ad
mission as a state into the Union, will be im
bued with the genuine spirit of Republicanism
is as highly gratifying as tbo anticipation that
a State, new-born and uncontaminated by
strong partisan passions, will be added to the
strongholds of the Republican party.
a regular meeting of NAIAD FIRE
COMPANY, NO. 2, on Saturday evening last,
the following officers were elected for the en
suing six months :
Foreman —J. BILL MEANS.
Is/ Ass I ! —CHARLES MERCUR.
2 d Ass't —CHARLES 11. ALLEN*.
PIPEVMN —E. O. GILLISPIE.
Secretary —JESSE A. WILSON*.
T'rcusurcr —OSCAß A. BLACK.
LATER FROM SAI.T LAKE.— The Leaxemcorth
Herald learns from Mr. Williams, wlio left
Salt Lake on April 15th, that there was great
excitement at that place. Brigbam Young
was carrying things with a high hand, and
driving the Gentiles away. Judge Stiles, the
U. S. Marshal, and the Surveyor General with
his family and a large number of emigrants
had beeu obliged to leave the Territory.
HGI*. Hon. JOSEPH WILUAMS, of lowa, has
been appointed Associate Justice of the Su
preme Court of Kansas, aud CALVIN* F. BURNS
United States Attorney for the Eastern Dis
trict of Missouri.
Wilmot, the Republican candi
date for Governor in Pennsylvania, has issued
a very able address to the people of that State
on the issue now before the country. He is
politically and mentically one of the strongest
men in that State, greatly superior to any man
they have had as Chief Magistrate since tin
days of McKean aud Snyder. He has the
ability of the former aud tirmucss of the lat
ter,
In his antecedents and from honest convic
tion, Judge Wilmot is a decided democratic
republican, and ten years since was one of the
most influential leaders of the democratic par
ty in that Commonwealth. Being a firm
State rights man, he has opposed the exten
tion and nationalizing of slavery, and the de
mocracy of northern Pennsylvania have stood
with him by their own principles, the old Jack
son forces through the whole region giving
large majorities for Fremont in the late presi
dential election. These are strong and favora
ble indications for the Republican cause in the
Pennsylvania, and in making Wilmot their
candidate they have displayed wisdom and sa
gacity. The election of no other man would
give greater satisfaction to the Republicans of
the whole country.— Conn. I'ress.
6®°* A young girl liviug in Pottsville, Pa.,
rose at night to open her chamber window,
and while iu the act her hand slipped and pass
ed through a pane of glass, whereby an artery
was cut at the wrist. She was not aware of
the extent of the injury until she felt the warm
blood streaming over her, when she opened
door of her room and called for help. She
soon fainted from the loss of blood, but by
prompt measures on the part of the family, aud
the efforts of a physician, her life was saved.
KILLED.— The Wellsboro Agitator learns
that a mau was killed at Blossburgh on
Monday morning, by the accidental deseut of
ajcar on the plane at thaPplace. The di aught
rope parted when the car shot down the plane
with fearful volocity for about a hundred feet,
where it left the track and crushed the unfor
tunate man to death instantly.
1&5&- When Macheon, the Greek Physician
was slain, Homer said of him, " a good Phy
sician is worth as much as a whole army."
Then a good medicine like Ayer's Cathartic
Piles, is worth a great deal more, because it
cures as well, works wider aud lasts longer.
The circle of the best Physician's labor must
be narrow, while such a remedy is available
to all—can be had by every body, and is
worth having.
A young man, named Cyrus Harmes,
was caught in the machinery of the Eden Pa
per Mill, near Lancaster, Pa., on Wednesday
nfternoon last, and was so shockingly mangled
that he died about midnight.
NEW WHEAT. —At Augusta, Georgia, on
the 30th of May, samples of new wheat, raised
near that city, were exhibited, and it is said,
looked exceedingly fine, although not dry
enough for the mill. The wheat crop of Geor
gia will be very heavj'. Harvest has already
commenced.
The report that $96,000 had been
subscribed to buy a plantation for ex-Presi
dent Pierce is contradicted by the Vicksburgh
papers. Nothing of the kind, they say, has
beeu done.
jftaT It is 'stated that Gen. Walker's rea
sons for visiting Washington, as understood
in the fdlibuster circles at New Orleans, are
to see the President and members of the Cab
inet, to defend his course in Nicaragua, and
to learn if the Administration sustains Cap
tain Davis in assisting the Costa llicans of
ridding him from the country.
On Saturday morning the Postmaster Gen
eral, opened the bids for carrying the over
and California Mail—some thirteen or four
teen in number. No decision will probably be
made ou them for two weeks yet.
Senator Wilson on Kansas.
Senator WILSON, of Massachusetts, reached
New-York on Thursday, in less than five days
froni Kansas. The Tribune says be reports
Kansas the most magnificent country on which
lie ever gazed—fertile, accessible, and with
just that happy diversity of slope and glade
calculated to carry off the water readily, with
out creating impediments to travel. The sea
son is very late there, and, though the grass
is now starting finely, the cattle are still thin
and weak. The same is true of those coming
iu from lowa. General WILSON traveled ex ;
tensively iu the Territory, and rejoiced to see
the evidences everywhere present of rapid set
tlement and growth, to which the main draw
back is the general madness of land specula
tion. " Lots " and "claims" are held (uud
often sold) at prices which seem exorbitant to
the phlegmatic observer from the East, pre
saging disappointment, and not improbably a
crash. Just thiuk of SIO,OOO being asked for
a building-lot in a city not yet four years old!
Of course, meu have a right to value theif
property as they see fit ; but when this leads
| them to neglect the ways of plodding, daily
| labor, and leave unplowed the fertile acres
which they ought to till, but mean to sell, the
deplorable consequences may justify an expres
sion at least of regret.
General WILSON does not underrate the dif
ficulties and perplexities, the suares and pit
falls, which environ the Free-State men, grow-
I ing out of the Border-Ruffian fraud and usur
pation of March 30, 1855, and the support
since accorded thereto by the Federal Govern
ment, but he is confident that their cautious
but steadfast fidelity to principle must ulti
mately be crowned with success. He thinks
; that, whatever a few hot heads may insist on,
; the wily leaders of the Pro-Slavery party iu
1 Kansas must by this time be satisfied that it
|is no longer possible to make her a bona fide
slave State—that the only result of earnestly
persisting in that game will be to make her
a more zealous and determined Free State. —
Hence he judges that those leaders, after in
dulging the slave-breeding interest by a great
show of upholding the bogus Territorial au
thorities, and protecting their farce of a Con
| stitutional Convention, will quietly tnru their
; attention to their second-best project—that of
making Kansas a Pro-Slavery Free-State of
the California pattern. But the Free-State
men are strong enough, with proper concert
and organization, to defeat this scheme also
| and render their State uot only free herself,
I Gut a watch-tower and fortress of Freedom for
all.
ORIGIN OF TIIF. HOMICIDE OF ELDER PRATT.
—C- G. AA'ard, city missionary of St. Louis,
writes to the Republican the particulars of the
conversion to Mormouism of the wife of Hec
tor McLean, who the other day killed Elder
Pratt. McLean and his wife, and a friend,
happened one day, when residing in San Fran
cisco, step in to hear a Mormon missionary
who was preaching near their house. They
had started to go to the church where they
had been accustomed to attend, hut the streets
were muddy, and they heard the Mormon.—
To the surprise of all, Mis McLean was high
ly pleased with tne discourse. Such was the
first scene of the tragedy, the catastrophe of
which was the fall of Elder Pratt by the pis
tol bullet of her husband.
DISCHARGED.—JAMES HENRY, who was ar
rested at PIER'S Hotel, in Coming, ou suspi
cion of having in his possession a span of sto
len horses, and also for aiding the escape of
RL'I.OFF from the Ithaca Jail, has been exam
ined at Ithaca and discharged. The only evi
dence which seemed to implicate him, or con
nect the team and buggy with the escape of
RCLOFF, was the testimony of several witnes
ses, who saw the team standing on Lake st.,
Ithaca, on the evening of the sth i nst__J.bc
night of RI LOFF'S
was left at Corning the next morning by 8 o'-
clock ; and that the team was very sweaty
and seemed tired, and the buggy, &c., covered
with mud. The horses are still held by Sher
iff I VES as stolen property, though they have
not yet been identified.
MCRDER. —DanieI Hendricks, iu company
with a man named Williams, left Lykenstown,
Dauphin county, Pa., three weeks ago to cross
the mountain to Gratztown. He was not seen
afterwards until Monday last, when his dead
body was found on the mountain. As AA'il
liams had been seen with a watch which be
longed to the deceased he was immediately ar
rested. He declares that he purchased the
watch from Hendricks.
THE GRAIN PROSPECT. —The croaking about
short crops and the graiu being winter killed,
has, under the influeucc of seasonable showers
and warm sunshine, giving place to more fa
vorable reports of the growing grain. In Illi
nois, where everything was rniued a month or
so ago, there is the promise of an excellent
crop. In Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, there
will be a larger crop of wheat harvested the
coming harvest than ever before. Iu Tenne
see there is a very large crop. In the South,
with the exception of Virgnia, where the crop
is poor, there is an excellent promise, and the
indications are that both the cereal and fruit
crops of the country,will be most abundant. In
Delaware there will be great peach crops this
season.
TIIF. NKWRCRGH MYSTERY. —There has been
another curious phase in the mysterious case
which has occurred at Newburgh, New York.
On Monday, before the Coroner's Inquest,
Catharine Ashbcll, wife of the uegro Brown,
who testified to her identity with that of the
corpse, appeared in Conrt, to the great amaze
ment of the jury and spectators present. This
is the second time during the investigation that
the murdered womau—or the one supposed to
be murdered—has presented herself in Court,
and astonished those who believed in her death.
The case was closed, and the jury returned a
verdict that an unknown woman had been
murdered by unknown persons.
The citizens of AVilliamsport, Pa., who
started to found a AVilliamsport in Kansas,
have returned. They did not like the Bor
der Ruflian powers they encountered.
Porter Davenport, a son of Stephen Daven
port, of Union township, Luzerne county, was
killed by a falling beam from his barn.
Some graceless scamps robbed the Sun
day school box of the English Lutheran Church
AVilliamsport, hut fouud very little cash.
It is stated that Geo. Peabody, the Lon
dou bauker, has been to Danville, Montour
county, and purchased the old Liberty Fur
nace.
I™ ' Kroa the Uni(a> of Tuertay i
jTtoHiot in Washington, D . C .
* CIV ELECTION YESTERDAY— R ((N . IVR
fn f^ v^M E N KILLED AND Wo
ED lie ctizeus of Washington were callTl
npoilestrday to elect members of the two
boaitofjonncils and other municipal officers
and Ithi place of their being allowed a free
and ft ejerciseof the privileges of the elec
tiveAncise, armed gangs of bullies and des
pcri >es iere imported from Baltimore with
the 5w ( intimidating all from voting for
the ti k ow nothing candidates through the
per sivdinfluence of bludireons, slung-shots
pist an| bowit knives. Tlnf SlaT of iast
eve r, if its amount of yesterday's bioodv
pro< ;difgs, says i J
A naof hirtd ruffians and bullies, pin-,
uglii aid oth(r worthies from Baltimoro
wen ip*ted by the know-nothings to take'
vioh pdsessioD ot tlve polls, and armed with
revo rs,billies jffd slung-shots, to prevent
our i citizens from depositing their votes
In le int prcfinct of the Fourth Ward
this ripg a g'tieral fight occurred, in which
sever hmdred uen and boys were engaged
indisnkately. It seems that some forty or
fifty Miglies *u>e down from Baltimore
this ifc-aig to issist our citizens in the elec
tiou ttdL ACei floating arouud for some
time (ttjut effecting anythiug of note, tbej
pitched on the Fourth Ward first precinct
as beiiif e most eligible scene for their opera
tions. long line of voters were standing in
the stre extending for some distance from
the poll nd composed principally of anti
kuow-nc ng votws. The pings, assisted by
several ;e squids of chuukers and rip raps
of our o city, eldeavored to break into this
line by (jading, Vut not succeeding iu this
they lefie scenejof action to concert more
hostile i sures.
After short tike they returned, largely i
reiuforci in innbers, and with revolvers,
stones, I ies, mclbats, &e., they made a con
certed ijpaugl'Anhon the voters. A terrible
scene nr ensue In winch the entire crowd
particijijcd. Skies and pistols were readily
discharil, and len were trampled to the
earth, llten, staped on, and severely woun
ded. -iong tlfc injured was 11. B. Owens,
Fourth Tard cakissioner, who had his wrist
badly slktered ?la pistol ball. A KlopfK
spent.il in his forehead, wi
stunnedjiim, buralicted no serious iuji/
Captainpoddar was, with several offk 1 -
on the glpkid, a.Vhe captain did good ser
vice with hk lomrrns and hcavv fis-fs in quell
ing the tfl'riy. e was severely struck sever
al times, bp gotff without any serious dam
age. |
Several a the lgleaders were arrested and
taken to tl gui-house ; among others a
young man y tliitnie of Johnson.
The bui ingsa the neighborhood were
damaged, tedosand windows being bro
ken iu o:i ill 533 In the skirmish Mr.
George D peuocceived a severe blow in
the face.
At the flit prenfct of the Fourth Ward
the officers <d alljltheir power to prevent
the riot, pin ngtlntelves between the bellig
erents and ts vot} in the line with Capt.
Gochiard at the idid, who demanded the
peace when ley isled on en masse, and with
an impctuo-i y whhpothing short of a mil
itary force ((ild h/eiwithstood ; and, although
the police f> rht they were forced
to abandon! le hello the possession of these
hired miser at ts.
Our Balmrre vjiirs were, about 11 ('clock
good enoup to p.yV visit to the Second
Ward weaag the kw nothing ticke. as a
badge, audihoutiiig r "Dixon," as a rillying
cry.
In a fewninntcs t sir inevitable revolts
were out, ai some t rty or forty shots tyro
fired, iu quk succes in, iu the neighborhood
of Eleventhtreet at the avep."C
John Ouzel,>'as jot in the knee. Aboct
this time soi of te "solid men" of the ward,
were secu ctygingfrom their residences arm
ed with uiut(, asf they had some notion oi|
going upon, junnig expedition. The plug
uglies seeml o tlnk the Second AN ard air.
was gettingimlubous, they left in a bodyJ
probably whthe tsigu of "regulating" sonip
of the otheyecincs. J
After onodock a noisy crowd of boys
and men paol up ennsylvania aveuue from
the directioof the fifth Ward, dragging af
ter them a mil brs gun. Where they got
it we are uibie to ly, but it was said they
intended tosc it tc defend themselves. Im
mediately ter tw companies of United
States marbs, conuanded by Capt. lyler,
went to thelity HU, and reported for ser
vice to the iayor.
At noont becoie. evident that nothing
short of rnilaiy iuttposition could save the
city from aliot uniersal riot. A letter was
addressed bylA'or Nlagruder to the Presi
dent of the I/nld Sates, asking for a com
pany of oder to maiutain the peace
of the city jhe aquest was immediately
complied witll A\s> continue our extracts
from the Star 1 '
Skortly afteJ o'dock, P. M., the marines
(two companies 10 jn all) arrived on the
ground, first pkiuctof the Fourth AA ard,
under charge oiapt I Tyler, and accompanied
by Ifayor Magtter. The opposition had iu
the oean time, pound a brass cannon, ane— ■>
statioued it at |c Jiorlhern market house,
whick they madthcir lupd quarters.
After the Mar hid tddressed the crowd,
stating that tbelldieis (vcre brought solely
to maintain tie iblicpeace of the city, which
had been fligiitly violated, the marines
moved upon fie mrkc house to take possess
ion of the camonpmitt every species of tauut
and approbiua, e&linjfinally in the possesso'
of thccannonSringpisls at the marines.
latter, howevr, moveateadily on, seized the
cannon, and len, tluewariiing having been
given, replie&o the jtol shots upou them by
a volley of bas.
The plug ulies tlip scattered, tiring shots,
as they did sfroin liiud corners.
After the aoke rttrcdeo away, the terri
ble sight was resent! of four or five persons
in the agonic.of de;b, and several ot era
fearfully wouied. |
We give bow as jcurate a list of the kill
ed and w ouudl as wcould obtain :
Killeil. —F.d. De<as, a clerk in the, Land
Office : Mr. Ulison constable ; Archibald
Dalrymple, oßaltioore, brakesman ou the
Washington Iranch Railroad : George
Elfresh ; Rcting, co>red, of (ieor^ ...
Ramy Neal.hlored, ftriuerly waiter of AA alk
cr & Schadc . ~
W r <mrferf-Soraers saddler probably mo -
tally ; Sam 1 Caslidy shot m the head , toh
AVm F. AVion, shot hrough the shoulder ,
James AVrijl, of Anne A rundal county Md
shot iu theTgh ; C'hirlcs Spencer, suot m