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.%OETTYBBuit,G, PA.
MONDAt MORSINCi, MAY 7; 1855.
'Moss Ifeft.spr and Hon. Wu R.
Kviep_arti spin, entitled to our thanks for
Legssiiitive - o(nd o:ingressions! favors.
o:9"'Anietectioti - for Preside!assd six Diree•
tons of the liatuwer, Brawls „Railroad, will be
btl4l - mt 4ltt'liith inst..
Cc7l.lon. Mows LONGSTACTII died_ recently
lit his residence , in _Montgomery county. Ile
was't prominent Demeeratia politician—hav
ing held the office of Associate Judge and Ca
nal Commissioner,„ and been the Democratic
candidate foe Go'vernor in 1848 - against Gov.
Jontistgric.
?Both batches of the Legislature have
readied ,adjourn to-morrow.
ID - The Senate, on Sionday. on motion of
31014LINGEtt, piast:d finally the House bill
for Ate , relief or PHOISTINTet Loma. widow of an
old soldier.
The House, on Tuesday; passed finally an
'mkt° :annul the marriage contract between
Wit. Wurs and ELIZA, -
4fie - Hoube, on Thursday, Mr. Me
;
CLiests resented the memorial of Mary Mag
dafirutpiison, widow of a soldier of the Indian
lwat, 'for; relief ; Wen a metrorial from Marga
ret Moore, widow of a Revolutionary soldier,
for = relief.
J" The bill for the sale of the, main line of
thelublie works of this State passed a second
reading in the Senate on Thursday. it had
prelfousli passed the-House. The minimum
rice is fixed at 4142,500,000.
BV"The lipw*, in considering the General
Appropriation bill. adopted a section autheriz
ingthe School Directorsof the several counties
to - meet in Convention on the first Monday in
Jule. to decide, whether they will longer con
tinue the offictotCounty Superintendent.
o:7"The joint committee appointed to hives
tigate the charges of bribery made in the Leg
islature, touching the election for U. S. Sena.
tor, - reported on Friday week, exonerating the
'egislature from the charges, and also the sev
eral candidates for Senator, with the exception'
of Dr.: Jayne ? ' he #eport and testimony are
quite' 'voluminous. Senators Browne and Jor
dan do not concur with the majority of the
committee in exonerating Gen. Cameron, and
desiretheitestimony of certain witnesses to be
published.. without expressing an opinion as to
its bearing.
B2,,Mte 'Penniylvania Legislature has passed
the - bill repealing the- charter of-the Erie and
Northeast Railroad company,and it only wants
s6e signature of the Governor to become a law.
STATZ TATNAIIO EIOSPITAL, AT UARRISOURG.
Of this institotignali Pennsylvanians may well
feel_ honestly proud.'. There is none in the
countvy, better adapted to the treatment of the
insane; no matter of, what degree, than this--
and ,ttnne more efficiently tnanaged. -Drs.
Culiaras and DuiVrrr deserve great praise for
the faithful and 'successful manner in which
they have discharged their peculiarly trying
duties. The:expenses have been considerable,
it is Arne, but nothing else could reaaonably
have been .expected from the indifferent work
- upon the butding firstlnt up, though admira
blyplanned; Repairs were soon 'necessary. and
may continue to be for some time to come ; but
under the present management they are bound
to he well and econondeally done. The ex
terior, as, well as the interior arrangements,
terciblY strike the visitor for their beauty
andadaptedness, and we are quite safe in pre
dicting for the spot 'a world-wide renown. not
only in usefulness, but also in its ornamental
and other attractive features. The' institution
should be fostered by the State authorities
with a liberal hand.
CALIIDONIAOAD SPRING. —We learn from
the chambersburg papers, that the Caledonia
Cold. Spring Company have mule extensive
additions and improvements to their premisa
for the better accommodation of their guests
during_ the ensuing season, - which commences
on the: lfith of June. They have secured as
Manager Gunton W. hicer.si.LAN, Esq., of
Gettysburg, a gentleman well and favorably
known to the t r a veling public as pioprietor of
the Franklin Rotel, and who brings to his new
position undoubted qualifications for a satis
factory discharge of its duties.
rnbe April number of Blackwootra Edin
buret. Magazine, reprinted by LKONIIIO3 arc
& Co., 79 'Fulton street, entrance 54 Gold
street, New York. is on our table. Its con
tent.areofa high Order, as usual. Price $3 a
year.
&LIPS/L—There was an eclipse of
the ;norm on Tuesday night, which was visi
ble throughout this country and partially in
Europe and Africa,
TALL WUKAT.-A late Hernando (Miss.) pa
-per--saysi-4•Wbest-itcktux-Tiigh, arid corii
corning up. It is already putty well up, too."
There corn in ptatit4.4 in March, and wheat
harvested-in May.
WITHOIiaIIrAILS.- - Twenty-nine menthe ra ofa
Know Nothing Lodge in Ilenrico county, Va.,
have piiiilished a card azinouningth e i r
a•itL
dtaarsl front the Order.
Coin Oct.—The "Daily American Times."
Know Nothing paper starietlit Nev York a
month ago. halotivert:_np the giloAt.."
o:7Gen„ Wm. 0. Butler. of Ky., tiedines the
democratic nomination far Cong , rA, anti de
nmsoices SR a 411rvier. a renun. thBll, Ju m a ul any
astaimalky nith tb li. S. '4.
Destructive Fire.
On Saturday evening last, about nine o- Clock, the extensive ittick stabling- of t a ro.
W. McCuti.t.arr,-neat the Diamond, Was dis
covered by on- fire, and .so rapid was the
progress of the &tooting element, that hefom
the flames Could checked, that and the sta
bles of Messts..l. B. Mellneeson and R. G.
Mcettymtv were entirety conkumed. No fire
that Itas ever heretofore occurred in ibis place
wits of so threatening character. It was only
by the most timely and energetic efforts that
the extensive' stabling of H. D. Woact.tta
-was saved. With its* destruotion must inev
itably have gone an - almost incalculable
amount of property. As it was, the most an
`sparing efforts °Lour citizens were called
quto_requi4ition tofia ve quite a number of real -
&flees, the roofs of which had caught from .
burning shingles carried by the wind 'to ,the
di4tance of several squares. Many houses on
rind in the vicinity.of the Diamond, and up
Baltimore street, had several times taken fire
on' the roofs. The County Building was in
considerable danger, the roof having taken fire
in three or four places. But thinks to a fear
less determination to save property, the de
struction was confined to the three buildings
first mentioned: We cannot conjecture the
probable loss. Mr . .Mcelellan is insured for
$5OO in the Petry County Conipany.
Aga general thing, our citizens worked
with - commendable skill and 'energy on the
occasion, and all have reason to be thankful
that the destruction is not•worse.„ . We found
a number of ladies, too, against the advice of
the sterner sex. and at the risk of lwalth, ten.
tiering valuable assistance. They deserve
great praise. '
That the fire was the work of somedastard
ly incendiary, there seems to be no doubt, and
nothing should be left undone to ferret out the
guilty wretch:
. o::rDuring the progress of the fire, the
stable in the occupancy of Mr. 1':L1 H. ORNT
LEV being considered in danger, his mare was
turned loose, and be has no: since heard of her
whereabouts. Any information in reference
to her ,will he 'suitably rewarded by him.
She is a dark brown, with two white,feet, and
about six years old, and had on a halter when
turned loose.
Otrllle roof of. VVAnartres Foundry took
fire on Saturday, about noon, threatening seti
ous consequences, but by the prompt exertions
of our citizens, the flainee were extinguished
without doing witch damage.
Departure of Mr. and Mrs, Wilson.
Rev..DAVID WILSON and Lady left this place
on Tuesday morning last, for Liberia, whither
they go to resume their missionary labors
which failing health compelled them- to aban
don fur a little time. They will sail from New
York between the 10th and 15th. On Sunday
evening last, religions exercises having refer
ence to their departure. took place in the Pres
byterian church, which were of s deeply inter
esting and affecting character. The addresses,
delivered' by Rev. Mr. Wilson, Dr. - Baughcr
and Rev. Mr. Johnston, were very appropriate,
and calculated to induce, in some measure, -a
proper appreciation on the part of our people,
of the services and self-sacrificing spirit of the
esteemed missionaries who, have thus volun
tarily and cheerfully abandoned the comforts
and pleasures of home and friends to resume
- their laborious duties in a foreign land. -The
sympathies ani well-wishes of our community
will-follow theni, and we are sure a lively lain
terest will ever be felt in the success of their
14bors.—Slar.
.
. 'AN kw; Lstrrrutut.--Dr. John Sehermit
doah .O'Brien, a half-breed of the Oneida tribe
of Indians, ioa-years 'of age, lectured at Au
burn, N. Y., recently. The Advertiser says
he is .the only remaining soldier of General
Sullivan's army, which penetrated the wilder
ness as far as Mount Morris, in Genesse coun
ty, in 1775, fighting the hostile Indians.
A FAMINE IN thennutA.—Tt is stated that in
Polk county. Ga.. there is such a scarcity of
provisions that many of the families in the
neighborhood are almost starving. The same
is the case in Floyd county. where a public
• • aeen called to adopt measures of
.relief. The partial &Hares of grain cropsfor
a year or two, the,inerease of the prices of pro-
visions, and the stoppage of many grist mills,
are noted among the causes of this distress.
No PLACR FOR A POOR NA S . .— Flottr is sell
ing at Montreal at $l4 per barrel, and at Que.
bee it commands twelve and thirteen dollars.
At - Quebec butter is quoted at 40 cents, beef
at 15 a 20 cents per pound, and perk at $25
per bbl. Labor commands 2s. currency, or
forly cents per day !
. A Conn- Dasss.—The Empress of the
French has presented to the Empress of Austria
a lace dress valued at about $40,000. The
pattern was designed by the French Empress
herself. It will be exhibited at the Paris ex
hibition.
Mona Gow.—Tlie Star of the West arrived
at New York on Wednesday, with $300,000
in gold and 500 passengers from California.
IMMENSE LIMP OF COPPER.--It is stated that
a lump of copper ore, weighing about two , thou
sand pounds, and containing prokably fifty per
cent. of copper, was taken from the Wild Cat
mines, in Carroll county, Va., a few days ago.
('The issuing of the Warrants under the
Bounty Land Law of the last session, cann o t
be commenced before the first of June next. and
not as early as that period. if by any mischance
the engravings for them, or the preparation of
the paper, be delayed.
It_reapt.. G. K. Lewis. one of the celebrated
Mier prisoners, who saved Isis life by 41tAwing
a white bean. war lately killed in Texas, by a
man named Farrington.
tr - The F,inperor of the French has offered
I.(1(311 guineas. open to Grrat Britain and fee
_ land. fora perfect broke charger for the F.:rt
pie•zs. 11 - ho is sue going to charge—the Rus
,
bLZ
Know Nothingism Going Down.
ryTtie election fin. City Tri.asiret, Coin
miasfoner and !Councils, in Philadelphia, took
place on Tuesday, and the result exhibits a
' areat change in popular sentiment fiinee last
:June. Then Judge Conrad,the K. N. candi
date "for Mayor, had nearly 9,000 majority--
now the run is so close that the official returns
only will decide. The Pennsylvanian is of
opinion, that, with a fair count, the Know
Nothing city candidates' are;deteated, and that
a inajority of Councils are anti-EnoW Nothing,.
.. ! ---Since 'writing. the 'above we observe that'
the return judges have met, and deolased Mor
ton, K. N., Treasurer, by - 422 majority, rind
Hill, K. N., Conituis9ioner, by 136 majority.
The Pennsylvanian is convinced that a major
ity boa been ehblined by these gentlemen since
they were (Vented on Tuesday last. Fraud-of
the blackest ebaracier has, been practiced, and
a severe investigation no doubt be had.
At the election . held in Lancaster city, on
-Tuesday last,
o fur twelve School Directors, the
Know Nothings were badly beaten. The fol.
lowing.is the average vote.:
, Anti-Know Nothing, - - 710
Know Nothing, • 580
Majority, 130
And this after one of the hardest contested
elections of the kind _ever held in that city.
Last year the Know Nothings carried the
.School Board by over. Goo majority. But the
people have had a surfeit of - the proscriptive
Order, and old Lancaster is herself again.
The Democrats _defeated.,_the___Know-Noth
ings at the municipal election at Indianapolis,
Ind., on Tuesday.
AL,LTtIOTT TN MICHIGAN.—A n extract from
letter from Michigan, dated 17th ult., says :
"Our township electiOns.through the' State are
just over, and they indicate a fur better state
of things than we could anticipate. They ex
hibit the most decisive triumph on the part - of
the Democracy. The State is reclea regen
erated, disenthral led . We knew the unnatural
union and the dangerous and anti-republican
doctrines to which our temporary defeat was
owing. could-not last long, and that the sober
second thought would come: 1 ehas come, and
Michigan stands erect,"
13: - We have just read the speech of Co1 ; 111oR;
RISON, delivered in the Illinois Senate, some
time ago, in the debate upon resolutions
strutting their Representatives at Washing
ton to use all their influence in opposing the
repeal of the Naturalization laws. It is a
highly creditable effort, and we regret that we
have not now available space sufficient to
print it, tor it is very lengthy. Among other
good things which struck us as we glanced
over it, was the following :
"Our possessionS - in the Pacific, the grnsp
ing nature of our Countrymen, the restlessness
of the American character. all tend to a great
struggle before — long for the mastery of the
seas, and the extension of our dominion to the
islands of the ocean ; then England is the
power to oppose us ; she is moving in the
same orbit, and the collision is to be with her.
Then, Sir, the accumulated wrongs of Ireland
are tine avenged : thenTher acts of Parliament,
which have forbidden education to the son of
an Irish Catholic, disqualified him from voting,
prohibited him from testifying in corn t. taking
yearly .a tenth of his substance to support a
clergy he despised, and promulgate a faith he
disbelieved, are to nerve the Irish arm de
fence dour dominion and nationality. 'Man
ifest destiny' admonishes me that the outrages
upon Ireland are to be avenged in America,
And the countrymen, of Montgomery, and our
own gallant soldier and statesman, are to be
the avengers." •
I'he Col. concludes thus :
‘ , l his secret [Know Nothing society, which,
as a Protestant. I believe will be impotent
against the the Catholic religion, may in time
direct its eflorts against some unpopular branch
of the great Protestant family, which, wanting
Y.
The owner, in the meanwhile, advertised the
horse. •The thief seeing the advertisement,
stole the horse from the individual to whim he
' had sold him, took him back to Westmoreland
and very coolly claimed the reward of $2O.
Before it was paid. however, the second owner
came on in pursuit of the thief, but he man
/ aged to escape, and has not yet been arrested.
IlAsi.srr, Esq., has retired from
the Butler County irlhq, and is succeeded by
W. B. Lk:mos, who has changed the name of
the paper to The Butler American and Star of
Leberly—a title certainly broad enough to em
brace Know Nothingisin in all its ramifications.
KNOW NOTHINGISXI ENnousEn.—The London
limes devotes an article to Know Nothingistu
in the United States, discussing its doctrines
and /viol ng, to the conclusion that "If these are
the established rinci ales or the Know Nothin.
party., we cannot but regard them with con,
siderahle sympathy." The Times may be very
good authority on the politics of the old world.
but its ‘ l lBl}iriptithy" is rather crushing to a
political party here.
1. 0 - Two- Democratic - papers- - in Alabama.
the States nights Deataciat and the Slate Senti
nel, are for Goy. Fitzpatrick for'next President.
CC7l:llc Adrian (Mich.) Watchtower states
that a tape-worm has been taken from the in
testines of a woman, ninety feel lung! Very
i1..^7, - 'rhe citizens of St. Paul, Minnesota, are
arrang,ing for a grand celebration on the 4th of
1./n Monday last, Samuel Johnson was July.
semiencol by the l'onrt or Lnitcasler cnuut
long woman.
IA; hevog fur the murder of 111txbcLL plutha4.
Latest
,from Europe.
The Vienna. Conference Broken Up—Peneg
- Prospects at an End—Active Donshar4lnten.t of
Sehastopfil Resumed— Decline in tirendstuffs.
The steamer Atlantic arrived at New York
on Friday. with one' week's later news from
Europe. - The Vienna Catiferenee has been
broken up,attd Russia has rejected the demands
of the Allies.' The boutbardment.of Sebasto
pol was actively resumed on the 9th, but the
damage done to the walls during the day was
generally
. repaired by the ,Russians at night.
The fire of the Russians into the allies was
also effective, and the last rumor stated, that
the bombardment Of .the city had been sus
pended in consequence of the v velt loss of
life on both sides. It. was . thought' that the
allies would soon inske an assault, and bloody
fiebting was anticipated. On the night of the
1311), the Russians were twice dislodged from
a strongly fortified position, which remained in
the hands of the French.
The Emperor Napoleon, accompanied by
the Empress, has been a week. in England,
'and immensely glorified. was ruitioied,
but doubted, that England assents to Louis
Napoleon taking command of the allied
army in the Crimea.
Wheat and flour have slightly declined—
corn has slightly advanced.
LAROF. HAULS OF SIFIAD.-It Li stated in the
Hartford (MO Republican that nine thous
and shad were taken at one haul at Hoke's
shore, Havre-de•Grace, on Tuesday last ; and
at -Vandiver's _shore, eight thousand--were
caught.
* PRODUCE COMINe FORWARD.—Among the
produce which arrived at New York on Thurs
day, via the Hudson and the Erie Railroad,
were 8.145 barrels of flour, 520 packages of
butter and 500 hogs.
137 - Potatoes are selling in Boston at 75 cents
a bushel. They sold nt $2 25 in Philadelphia
a few weeks ago, but are now down to $1 25.
THE CROPS IN FLORIDA.-A Florida paper
says the corn in that State is in tassel, and
that vegetation is very forward. It notices a
bunch of lettuce measuring six feet in circum
ference.
PRICE OF POTATOES.--It. appears that pota
toes are comingdown to a fair price in almost
every direction. One dollar a bushel is.,now the
price in Cincinnati. A large lot on the way
to that city has, been stopped in Cleveland on
account of the sudden decline in price.
CoLumina, Pa., May 3.-The . steam .saw
mill of Messrs. Small & Sons, in Wrightsville;
was burned this evening. The fire was still
raging at nine o'clock.
DitHADPUL ACCIDENT.-A • man residing in
Baltiinore, named John Schaeffer, met with a
terrible accillent last week. He was caught
between a moveable platform and a stattonary
platform, which crushed his person almost flat,
within a space of about three inches. He
lived a day after, and has left a wife and one
child.
TUK CHINESE RFIBEL CiitsP.—A. letter from
Shanghai says that the chief of the rebels
treats all visitors in a princAy style, and par
ticularly the Americans. Ile speaks English
quite well. Some of the officers of the United
States ship John Hancock visited him on their
first arrival, but have been ordered since not
to do so.
A FIRST-RATE NOTICE-OF A KNOW-NOTTING
LF,atst.ATtnts.—The Albany correspondent of
the New York Mirror indulges in the follow
ing complimentary strain-4_l
- one is glad that the Legislature is
adjourned. It was by all odds the most cor
rupt, shameless, and time-serving concern
that has dishonored us for many years. I can
`ply say, that if they had been as courageous
'ley were wicked, New York would have
I a ruined
.city. Nothing but absolute
of consequences killed the police, Broad-,
and other pet schemes. which it is pretty
in had been bargained for in advance, and
the majority was willing enough to press
ugh. Your safety lay in their pusillanimi
~ottheii. honesty."
17ERE DOES TILE MONEY Go ?—We under
{ it costs St to become a know-nothing.
}re does the money got It is not a char
e Then the money must be
)priated to political purposes—Hal. Rep.
course it is. it is mainly used, we pre
., in paying know-nothing agents for de
ig unsuspecting men into the Lodges.
price paid per head is believed to be ten
it: CONNECT-11' ELECTION.—In publish
'says the Albany Argus) the official re
. of the Connecticut election — ,the National
ntelligencer gives prominence to the fact that
the majority against the democrats is 8,8(4
votes. True; and the majority against the
whirr candidate is just forty-six thousand three
hundred and seven.
Brigham Young has published a mani
festo, in which he indicates that Mormon poli
cy in Utah will not yield to the United States,
or any other authority.
Ea" Mrs. Partington says she has noticed that
whether flour was dear or cheap, she had inva
riably to pay the same sum of money for half a
dollar's worth.
:There is said to be hut one Lutheran
church in New England. The single preacher
of that faith resides in Boston.
Irj - George Keefer and B. Madden were hung
for murder at Fort Wayne, Indiana, on the
27th ultimo.
0:7.k. severe drought prevails at New Or
leans ; only one rain since the 19th of March.
-- 11 -6- Tli - eboiinfirland applicants now number
113,000, and still coming in.
rj - Gen. Washington, the Father of his
Country, warned his fellow citizens repeatedly
against the evils of Secret Political Societies.
speech at Paducah, Ky., against the Know-
Nothings.
Piinronmixck.—The California legis
lature is about fixing, the fee for tying the nup
tial knot at 82. This will bring the luxury of
a legal marriage within every one's weans.
strawlierriec tui cucumber:4, raised
its-‘l4...,:iclitiscits, are sillinz in Bo.tou.
The Cuban Question. Ho ! for the West !
.
The Union has a !ring editorial, shOwing that Persons about to start for the Weld ought to
the President, who is said to tte indignant at scan the various Railroad routes before start- •
ing, and make choice of those roads which will
the conduct of the Cuban officials towards our carry them - to their destine' ion in the shortest
merchant ships and citizens, i$ doing_ every • time and at the smallest expense. St. Louis
thing he can to protect our rights. and to de- is the great point in thelVest. From that - city
mend reparation for the injuries inflicted. The steamboats aud all other conveyances start out
authority -of the President, however. is limited daily in every direction. The best and qaiek
est way to get to St. Louis from Pennsylvania.
is to take the Ohio and Pennnlrania Railroad
al Pillisburg and go on to Crestiine ; then lake-
the Bellefoniaine and Indiana awl
sweep through Indianapolis (the twaritifiit
capital of-Indiana) to Chicago, and at the lat
ter place lake the t hieago, lilton and Si. Louie.
Rai/rood. By this route you can. travel frOnt , ..
Chambersburg to Indianapolis, about 700)
mires. in 31 hours ; and thence to- St. :
via Chicago, a distance of- perhaps 50fr miles,.
in about 20 hours; making the w hoPe: reti
rfroni-Chambersburg - to—St - Lonise=somo - 1200 1
miles--in a littk , over two thys.-7-•-/rat. Spirit.
by the constitution, to the strict observance of
the letter and spirit of which and his oath of
office he will strictly adhere. The Union adds ;
"It is scarcely necessary to remark that as-,'
the late occurrences in the neighborhood of
Cuba have caused the President to send a naval ,
force there, the inference is conclusive---that j
the object is to prevent a repetition of such oc
currences. and to punish them if their repeti
tion is attempted.—These acts are regarded by
the Executive as violations of international law
and indignities to our flag.and aggressions-up
on our rights and obstructions to our commerce,
which cannot and will not be tolerated. Com
modore 'McCauley . will raise - no questions of
naval etiquette in connection with the exorcise
of the right of visitation or examination of our
vessels by Spanish war ships. His business
is to know that our Government repudiates all
controversy as to the existence of such right,
whether it be ,sought to cover it under the
terms of. 'bringing to' or 'firing over; or any
one of the naval phrases which are so learned
ly investigated in some of the newspapers, or
whether it is asserted. openly and boldly as an
existino• b Spanish right., He does not go there
with alexicographerin his hand to enter into
philological disquisitions with SpaniSh officers,
but to say to them : You claim no right of
search, visitation. or examination, of any ves
sel rightfully bearing our hag upon the high
seas. under any guise or Pretext, in my pres
ence or-w ith in _my-reach ; if-you attempt it,- the
act will be done at your peril."
As to the probabilities of war, the Union
says:
"We do, not pretend to conjecture whether a
hostile collision will or will not result from the
execution of the orders of Commodore McCau
ley. That matter is with the Spanish official.s
and their Government. They now know the
.position of our Government on the question,
and they have the issue of peace or war in their
hands. If they persist in their career of ag
gressions. war is inevitable, and war by their
own act and upon their own responsibility."
TAXING FARMERS.—The Legislature has a
bill before -it providing an office for some pub
-lie patriot who wishes to live at the public ex
pense. It is a, bill to require an inspection of
the guano brought to -Philadelphia, and the in
-spector is to be paid by a tax on the article of
one dollar a ton. The amount imported is
about 20,000 tons annually, which will put
in — the inspector's pocket $20,000 for what'
should not cost over $lOOO.
Tim Amectioir.—At Masontown, Fayette
county, there is a Baptist congregation of be
tween three and fotir hundred members We
are informed by a well known and creditable
citizen of the place, about two weeks' since,
near two hundred of the members left the con
gregation because the pastor was found to
be a Know-Nothing.— True Democrat.
RELTMOUS INTOLERANCE.—The New York
Journal of Comm( rc • aptly says :
•'Persecution ti ropinion's - sake, especially
in religious matters, has always helped to
propagate the tenets which it was designed to
suppress.. In some parts of the country know
nothingism' has become little else than a par
tisan array against Romanism—proscriptive
and intolerant. As a consequence, we •see
sympathy springing up in behalf of the - class
thus injured in the very quarter where it would
have been least expected. . This is shown by
recent occurrences in Massachtisetts."
SENTENCED.-SOlOllllOll Snyder and James
Jackson. convicted at Harrisburg of, attempting
to kidnap a colored boyc'twere sentenced by
Judge Pearson on Saturday, week. The sen
tence was that each pay a tine of $l,OOO, and
undergo an imprisonment of six years at hard
labor.
A CLERGYMAN Klux:D.—The Rev. Charles
H. Halsey, rector of Christ Church in New
York, while on a visit to a new building ad
joining the
,on
House, in that city; on
Wednesday, accidentally fell - from the fourth
story, through an opening, to the ground, a
distance of 60 feet. He never spoke after the
fall, and died in a half hour. He was a son
in-law of President King, of Columbia Col
lege. • •
&TIMM-Mr. Christian Stoler, a bachelor,
living with his brother, Mr. John Stoler, near
Mt. Ifope, in Quincy tovvnship; Franklin coun
ty, shot himself on Monday morning last. the
ball passing through his head and causing in
stant Oath. The deceased had been partially
deranged for the last 25 years, and had at
tempted the destruction of his life years ago by
hanging. A Jury of Inquest was held over the
body and a verdict rendered in accordance
with the above statement.
SOMEBODY WANTED TO TAKE SEBASTOPOL.-
The English people despair of their old fogy
generals in the Crimea taking Sebastopol, and
the London Times suggests that if 'Americans
can show a way to take Sebastopol, England
will be ready to learn and give them credit for
the lesson. This is regularly inviting propo
sals, and we have no doubt that a contract
could be made in the United States which
would ensure the accomplishment of the job.
fl 'One of our Western villages passed an
ordinance forbidding taverns to sell liquor on
the Sabbath to any except travellers. The
next Sunday, every other man in town was
seen walking around with a vial ice in one hand,
and two saddle-bags in the other. Ingenious
people.
.11:1 - When a man has a great deal of fault to
find with a newspaper which he never fails to
read, it is a sure stn that he has not paid for
it. People seldom find fault with their owns
property.
GEORGIA GOLD.—Twenty-six hands em
:iloyed in a gold mine in Columbia county,
Ga., recently procured in nine working days
$1,650 worth of gold from surface'ore, some
of which had been thrown aside fur fifteen
years.
Ono FF.LLOWS CELEBRATION.—There is to he
a g rand Odd Felbws procession in New Or
leans on Thursday, 26th inst., to celebrate the
thirty-sixth anniversary of the introduction of
Odd Fellowship into the United States.-
6:7At YorkvilleoltN. C.,,a man who had
gone own into awe ,Ras inrie. up y t e
stone curbing falling - on him. He was dug out
very slightly injured, after he had been in the
well twenty-six hours.
(n . "..5. diamond has been found near Man
chester. Virginia. which is valued at $4,0U0.
It weighs 43 carats. --
fjy man named John Lutz was found mur
dered in Lancaster - county. Pa., a few days
ago. His son-in-law is under arrest.
.13:70ne of the Havana papers. like the Lon
don Times, is pleased at the Know-Nothing
1/10VellIellt in the United States.
frYTwelve divorces were lately Granted by
the supreme Court,of Connecticut,
[a — The heat t, like the veins, bleeds most To BE HusG.—William Franklin Carr hate
readily when warm. been sentenced to be hung nn the 25th instant,
'Lies are hiltless swords, which cut the for the murder of his own father, in Holmes
hands that wield. thew. county, Mo., on Liao ii Ch of September la.st.
Great Fires.
A fire broke, out b! Roston on Friday week.
About three acres were burnt over, and a vast
amount of property destroyed. The shipping
in the wharf took fire and several" ships were
burnt. ,The entire let* is estimated at one
million of dollars.
AKRON, Ohio, May L—A fire broke ont last
night about two o'clock, in the back part of
Lane & Co.'s clothing-store, which destroyed
it entirely, with the hotel of Van Evers & Son,
the hat store of Frank Adams, the jewelry
store of Mr..Tollnum, IL FL Weston's saloon,
the toy store of C. Wiebezahn, and the leather
and finding-store of Giasssr & Co. Loss very
heavy. Mr. A. Malcom, the firm of Lane '&
Co., and a stranger at the hotel, barely escaped
with life, having become stifled by the smoke.
BUFFALO, May . 2.—A large fire, occurred at
Cairo, a. few days since, -- destroying three
stores and a large wharf boat. The inmates
of the buildings and of the boat hid hardly
time to escape with their lives, and it is sup
posed that a boy was burned on board the
wharf boat. The loss is estimated at $25,000,
of which about half was insured. The gener
al belief is that the fires were the work of an,
incendiary.
On the 26th ult.. the extensive brewery of
George Lauer, at Pottsville, was entirely de
stroyed by fire. Loss estimated at $25,000,
on which there,was an insure* of $lO,OOO.
Terrible Tragedy in Wisconsin
On the night of the 23d ultimo, according to
the. Chicago Tribune, a respectable citizen of
Beloit, Wisconsin, was awakened by the
screams of his wife, who saw a man in the
house. The husband, as he sprang from
bed, was fired upon by the intruder, who mis
sed his aim. The husband then snatched up
his own musket, tired, and the intruder fell
'dead. Both the occupants thereupon tied to
the house of a neighbor, told what had oc
curred, and, in company with several persons,
returned, when the father and mother were hor
rified to recognize in the mangled body of the
dead vobber their own sun! It appears he
had descended from his own loom by means of
a rope ladder, and entered .the room, where he
was shot, through a window. The house had
previously been robbed, very mysterionsiy,,of
two gold watches'.
`AroNomarta. Esciare FROM DEATIL-A few
days ago; during a thunder storm, the lightning
struck the chimney of the dwelling of Ira Skil
lings, near Oswego, N. Y. descending the
stove-pipe to the stove and thence diffused it
self in every direction, passing out through the
floor and on one side of the house. tlr. Skil
lings was then thrown down senseleis upon
the floor, his clothes torn in tatters on one side,
and the right side of his body severely burned
and paralyzed. A little girl. who was in the
room, apparently was hot injnied : but what is
ai mom, incredible, she was thrown down and
the boots which she had on were torn apart
around • the ankle, and the foot of the boots
forced off from her feet with the stocking and
thrown 'some six feet distant, leaving the boot
legs entire, and bricks were thrown some
eighteen rods distant ; the floor was torn up in
several places, and one side of the house was
lunch shattered.
FAMONA FALL.—The English papers by
the St. Louis bring accounts of the disreputa
ble disappearance of the Hon. F. Villiers. Hon.
Francis Villiers has disappeared frOm England.
leaving a debt of a million of dollars, most of
which his young friends and noblemen are
responsible for. This appears to be the ab
sorbing theme in the fashionable world of Lon
don, and has superseded the Crimea in the
mouths of LSOdoners. The Honorable gentle
man is the fourth son of the - Earl of Jersey,
and has held many high and responsible offices..
He was :Master of the Horse under the admin
istration of Sir Robert Peel. His mother is
the acknowledged leader of fashion in London,
and her graceless son, at this moment, is a -
member of the House of Commons. It is said
he becathe involved by the betting ring. He
has been known to have lost and won on sin
gle races $lOO,OOO.
(U'On• Friday afternoon week. Perry county
was visited by one of the most destructive
storms of wind, rain„and hail that has prob
ably occurred during the last thirty years..
Fences were prostrate, and scattered in all
directions in some places. The spire sur
mounting the dome of the Court House, was
quite perceptibly bent towards the east. At
the Juniata Furnace the ravages of the storm
are seen on every hand. The wheel-house,
bridge house, coal house, carpenter shop, office
and store room, and the large, substantial
barn, were all blown down. Of the barn,
which was well constructed, the only thing
remainino• b in its former position is the foun
dation of stone. A large number of trees were
prostrated.
HARD QURSTIONS.—The Allies and the Rus
sions recently allowed each other an armis
tice to bury their dead. The officers and sol
diers of the respective combatants mingled
with each other. smoked cigars and cracked ..
jokes, the Russians jocosely asking when the
Allies intended to take Sebastopol, and what
time they expected to leave. As soon as the
armistice was over the parties went to work
again cannonading each other fiercely.
THE CINCINNATI ELECTION.—The miserable
attempt of the know nothings of Cincinnati to
defeat the popular . will by fraud, riot. and
bloodshed, has resulted in a complete failure.
The new city government, which is thoroughly
4e3llocratic, has been organized and is now in
uno • osed o,eration. The new mayor, Mr.
Faran, has announce , in is inaugural a 'e•
termination to enforce all the city ordinances.
A Vallomors REPTILE.—We were shown
yeAtrday by Mr. Harris. engineer of the steam
er Welaka. the rattles taken from a rattlesnake
recently killed by Mr. M. Hayne, of May port,
Florithe,-on—an-hdand—near—the—triouth of SL
John's river. The bunch or cluster was 84
inches in length, and the number of - rattles
thirty-five, besides the button al the end of the
tail. As the first rattle does not appear until
the .fourth year, his snake-ship must have been
thirty-nine years old. Who would like to en
counter such a monster in a cane brake ?
Savatinah Republican.
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