A J .filtridger;estestrophal - - A gene in--Real -Life. Eltil.Ro4llllC4toE.Tr.•••- Neu , Yoh,:i The editor of the Chicago Times, having -been - ors the north silo of that city to see' a .oltd, • mete rich 'en steel- • Menet,- wa - s recently prevented from reaching, Loft frightfto, eharrietbr;!—Whil his ofti. , •e; in consequence of a steam-tug hav- Jrage at IN - :$1 - evee 1;;Ilielecotito" -- , - pasaeirrip -- tb - e - rivet-with eet-of- Lggligp'e4 - rar . wati One passenger-ear (vessils in tow; one-of which had been cast off and bault.d - injnat -west--pf-the-hridge.--kmvin7 and oneliretnan';'and a small bey are the -draw" still opera. KtiatilsOng e fand no doubt hive been drowned. witness:A . ole following scene : briefly mentioned yesterday that The vessel we have mentioned had been ttudson River Railroad, which , moored, or made fast outside of several canal y Su' riday afternoon: met with a ; bo:its : and as we stood looking at the :nen k ,. .- - " , e-iiarriati'accident, the bridge at ‘:.Spuyten Toy- upon her. ono of them approached -a female, . - c•P` 'precip itating • who had been crouched upon ,the deck. and the mail and 1 addressing her. pointed to the shore," then to • ear into -- the the bridge, and then down - towards the throng :li on Monday I ed and busy streets of- living; moving, head one passenger long Chicago. She rose, picked up a small tnashed. liar- J bundle, from which she dream forth a' coin, 'first engine, which she tendered to ,the hardy - sailor. :he fireman on I refused it, whatever it was ; and lending her a brother to the hand. helped her from the vessel to-the dock, t the time cif and from the dock' up to the bridge. Tay this ' time - a -large crowd of persons thronged the north end of where the bridge would be, if it - • and in eonteroplatinr 417 4 0, ,, 7•7i.ifie r . south:end of the bridge than runs over gave way..- It appears that large r=44 , ,,',1X1011011„ ties: , of heavy ice bad been banging the-piles all night, and injured- them rn ti'.44oolli.4';degreo that when, the engine was : ; Over the south end its heavy weight ife**clitlogive way. - . VMF - *lttOthe 'bridge gave way, the forward en ,i74loo;;L as it .went over, struck a bank about tliAw:-.tit lengt,h_ &Om the-bridge and immediate- I X yi'' 'rolled aim' and fell partly into the river. I ;.4hetender of thisengine dropped into the -k l eft# and disappeared. The rear engine also ! `'s i fia*eifintli the _Water, while its tender threw e.a sonierset. and followed the engine, altogether -from the view. ' The %,.: , ;:ilittolretglit cars followed the tender of the first * one of which entirely disappeared, and , ttl-440 miter only a • : part is to be The 'i.ll.!imiggiige car fell on top of the tender and then 4.Ai0. , d-, up and immediately. dove and stood ',4l.*eptindiculi.r in the water. . - ". .*:.% . "lte , fi rst passenger car dropped o ff the bridge 1, **?:4lo4l,tivise;striking the end' of the baggage car t at w as alit ady,in the river, and then stood ,9 ,otreetty perpeudieular.-: This car wits full .of 41'iOngers,, , all.of whom' were pitched belter **ariv-; • pasitenger ear did not run, entire :lyAkUffihti bridge-=part retied on the track and "I , 4,ltlitihg'over' the end of the bridge. 5:7! -I :4L,T . :llast car is not materially injured,. how- 4: - / stiafkPzits - twists are' all more or less broken:l", „H'.`'',#pisidtir , titrn , up. ,- :Tbti - ongineer and the fire- I' the'rear engine were both killed. The George Parigen." .The ~ f4! 4 ogifieer4 and , tirettien. , on . the forward engine i'.' , ooo4 ,l oth severely injured; Winn, scalded and and experienced railroad men, who have. ri**!iiittoy ..railioacraccidents, say this wreck ••-i-Jfititit7-sight'never before equalled in the 1 . the pilling up of cars,: engines. &c.. 1 with thirty cars had only. a few hours_ thisaccident occurred crossed over softly. Nork papers have the following. 'k :s• 'tiona9'part culars: - • °'The, search for the bodies of 'the " engineer 1 ,-. - iiiid.ilietruani ., attached to the submerged loco; was concluded at dark on Monday. The body" of 'the 'engineer, George 1 : - ..-4 1 a0georiyas - fi rst recovered. Ho, was, found-1 ~.Afrith his righi hand clasped, inid - nt4tr the 'Valve - 1 - ',';lsttlat*.engine, 4hough had been making *it,xillirt to _atop thetiain. The body was c auto- bruised, but no limbs Were • broken. f`: . ,:`,l.)eatit was occasioned by suffocation. body of the firentan,,Howard Knot, was a-low feet from that of the engineer ; and . I.:,'. 4 7lricitu its position,. was evident that bad ., ',, ,itttkmpted to enter the tender, his back being .';'tuttied, to the fire-box, and his face toward the the train. .One of his legs wits broken. , Two .gold watches were found upon the boll- C,Jefit end a singular fact is connected with them. - litipthtitue-pieties had ;continued to run—one ilb, 4 u'ulock, ',Monday , morning, and thed • :until 9 o'clock.. Only, two persons. were , ' killed. Seven„wOre, wounded and scalded, ' I twkrdangel ou sly. A-_scene more complete destruction we, "'5 .. - ,ltaire'neVer witnessed. The appearance of the ';‘tatreck was nearly as bad as that of the New :.:-.lltiven ttaiu at the time of the Norwalk cams ,-;:trOphe; . • Ifheffiridge overSpuyten Tuyvil creek i 5,650 :feet in length.' It is constructed entirely upon pfikaVifild, ir doable truck is laid upon it, The 1 _.-4OlitieurittptifillAttlNSl: is Attributed to the fain had,...scouinulatal in :; , ',Aluatitities, at this paint; was,forced up at the , tune of the high waterin such a Way as to it'll track, and disturb, the adjustment of the I *Us upon which the rails rested. •Pal ing again at low water (which "at this - point occurs at about:seven o'clock) the sills . .failed to strike the lops of the piles, and." the -° track remained suspended only by the' tension of the - rails.. The weight yf tho engines was ullicient to break , treble support, and :nothing could :mire .them from destruction. I AU.. tetnion, of the comparatively small - injury to the first engine is found in the fact that its - forwarttwheels had passed safely to -the oppo anuside, before'the heavier Weight of its driv inetitheels broke doWn the bridge, by coming offirectlY uponthe.,Weakened portion.—The sec ond fell at once into the gap, . and I went entirely out of sight.' The 'broken rail entered the boiler of the first engine. peuetra 4injo four sheets of iron, and causing the escape or the steam: • 1 FSMALE 144toism.—One of the New York papers giving an account of the accident on the Hudson River Railroad says : Mr. Dewey. an:old resident_of Poughlteep- Illi4:WaSin the second car. with his daughter. buried_beueath the ruins. while the <laughter escaped almost uninjured. tier first ught was to assist her father, and with a 4strength almost superhuman she engaged in ;1 , v'.l.! i • • nte.lcouid_by t • in at sag Lake street.-They are '.doubtless as ' his election will afford very general satisfaction. t . Jesse D. B right as their tirst choice for the happy us their bereavements, relieved only by . e' -Phi/a. Inquirer. the consciousness of duty faithfully perternied, Presidency, before the next Notional Colwell -_ .__ _ ___ _ __________ can permit. that while the suffering of that fatht r and mother may be faintly known from .I a7*The following witty paragraph is worthy lion. _ the story of the daughter, what must have, - of the "guy and incomparable" Hollidaysburg &mei: ov AN EAtcrutz , AKE -It is stated that been ;he mental agony of that. other daughter, i Standard, from which we clip it: Winchester, Va., experienced several shocks unkindly banished irOtAl her mother's side, and Cm:GRESS. -No Speaker--no organization- i of nn earthquake on Wednesday morning week, illiven out into the world without a lather's Know Nothing ! at the early hour of 3 o'clock. The shocks. blessing? What must have been her grief _ . _. _________________— LONDON TUE Gal.:ATE:sr OTT.--London iB' when her letters, written from a prosperous Foes maim AT SEA-THIRTY LIVES LOST.---. sonic half dozen in number, the Republican of gamy the greatest city in the world, and far sus- ! ei.y, from the house of her wealthy and kind that town says, were distinct and the reports New York, Jan. 10:h.-The ship St. Dennis, poises all thej,ret.t cities of antiquity. Ac- , 1421 , ;hand, telling them of her success, and of were so.loud as to awaken a number of persons ccirifre ~. to tiiiihon, the popttlAtion . Zr . iiii 6 Tt In the birth o f fer child ren, were unn oticed aid hence .for - Havre - foundered - at - sea - on - she -- sth, . . . cs,in different parts of the town and in the coun- Borae 111 the height of its umagastiruct:, was tinansuered? She must hate felt indeed that when the captain, second mate, three cabin - - . --- - : Nineveh /8 tstiuta Led. to have hail the hearts of that:father and niuther A ller tits- -.,th try around. At one house the inmates ran out k STRONG TEAM.—The Wheeling Intent- UMW° passenpers and part of the crewirty in all l - 1660,VU0 :.aud Dr. Medhurst supposes that the ter and brothers, must. have been hardened of their rooms under the belief that the build- gencer states that the Baltimore and Ohio peOttlation of Pekin is about 2.000,0011. The against her. 14e will say _no more. Th at -were lost. ---- ------ - ing was about to fall : and four-miles north- ' Railroad train which arrived there on Tuesday pogielition of Cordon. according lo "event six- scene mi ill live in our memory while we can DiteAnere AN:un-:N.1%-On the 17th ultitno, we'st of town the children in a certain family , required the force of thirteen locomotives for tiiticiii,:stuomits tel.-S(40,000-444,7 - 22 tiavitig re.member the holy love of father, mother, and Lee.i'ltddett to it during the last ten ytais.-- i kindred. - the house of Mr. Beaker, near Everisburg,Tenn., were with ilititnalty persuaded to return to bed, i the passage froth Baltimore to Wheeling. The 1 ',['he cielastis shows that it costains 307.7::2 iu- - was burned down, and Mr. 8., his wife and . IhibiteitViind 16,389 uniuhabited house's. GitEAT ADVANCE IN) TAB PRICE OF LANT) . .— k LIBERA I. SALARY.- - The firlst -- Presbyterian road is now clear and the trains running rego_ ,1,1%--A-r-ti,-puiti i vg_41.44 _,,,,0 1 a_lii4___fia_w_iu,4l, e __two daughters perished in- the flames. church of-New- Orleans ...lave madeto--- , ....._,.._ - - ~.1 / 4 . --- .VoThe -ruin .tuarkets thrixigtiolit France couHLy of ataUt" . U. % . a--f-tuALr Fredeticksburg, i -7 1 - 17.sual_Kiiiipp,_thelast _survivor 'of Wash- the Rev. Dr. N. L Rice, of St. Loins, 3lissou- ' i" . " -- The total number of prosecutions vi ib l iva a •; 4 , 10 ,6 0 4, en l Asz y AD ri f iclijAAD. I.,DA, te. - DI. * -‘I4OMIV, a Pctam.yi vanta. - ttirlsl - 5725ii. • - larly. - --- tesr - s rrup. -i- a t. .id . ~,,..„, int..,,,,,,-,-,-,-41.-c-iciit-A-s---iniirt7tniz--"larur--a-trout-niuo-LuuLlth- ri :nine their aster ington!s_Life Guard, died at Newburgb,N. p „ with tl vottliso of Boston tor violation of the liquor law. in 1855, - puuti.aiaa., iaxiia..b.:l4/44+4.11.4.4.1. -'_ aillev. atoi .:;,01). - -- ' 1., un 4,lie 10th inst., aged 3D years. .._ . I was elghty-four, and u.it a smote couvtction. ^ 4 .--. .-.-- v . • . . . . . _....._ citing others to the most untiring ellOrts. --salast , had the satisfaction of rescuing her - father. but so , unnitudful of herself had she beett,as hardly to know that she had frozen - both of her feet so badly that auiputatiou of soiiuet of the -toes will be neces,iary. Where I do the records oftbe battle field exhibit were daircittiticourage thou was diriplae.d - by this he- Poie birl f- =I ger of Wells, .vetel V bruised of the aroall had in charge notwithstantl sl to leave his rs seven hours 'titer. No in like this has .the new faces. and the representatives of the various classes there assembled, we had al most forgotten the incident we have related. Our attention was called from a vain endeavor to discover some hope of a cessation of tugs going up and down. and schooners and brigs. pulling in - and out, by hearing a most audible -sob from some one near us. It was not the sob of childhood, caused by some sudden change from gayety to grief; it was the sob of some maturer breast, tilled with a .sense of loneliness anddespair. it reached other ears than ours. A lady, dressed in a manner which bespoke a wealth 'that could gratify taste and elegance, and who. like ourselves. was detained at that place, stood near, accompanied by three chi!• dren, whose desire to get to the extreme 'edge of the platform she with difficulty repressed. With a'woman's tenderness her heart recog nized the stifled ebullition of sorrow, and ap proaching the' person front whom it came, who was none other than the woman we had just seen land front the-vessel. sire quietly, and in that soft, sweet voice of woman, which none -can resist. inquired if she stood in need, or was she ill, or was - her sorrow such that she could not be relieved 2 .A portion of the railing mar us was . viahLtufaiow aids that, and almost at our side. these two women came to converse. The stranger was a fair. handsome girl, of . about seventeen years ; neatly. but coarsely dressed, with shoes not only well worn, but heavy, and Unsuited - us much -for her sex as for the season. The poor girl, in honest sim plicity, and with an earnestness which despair alone could impart, related her history, unin terrupted by a single observation from her companion, but often accompanied by the tears of both. We have not space for it at length, but we will give it. changing its order just .enough to enable us to state it. briefly. She, said that she was born in Boston ; she had no brother or sister now ; she remembered that she had a sister, the oldest. whose name was Lizzie ; that sister, years ago, against. her father's will, hadinarried, and with her hus bandy having been banished her father's sight, bad gone off, and had nut been heard of since —no dotibt wag dead. At the time of her sis ter's marriage her parents were - wealthy ; the pride which drove away Lizzie had brought silent regrets, and- after a while came melan choly complainings by the mother sighing for the embraCe of her first-born. These st.on led to anger and critninations at, home and dissipa tion by - the father abroad. Losses catite upon them, and at last, gathering the few worldly goods they possessed, they left the proud city of their birth. and settled five years ago upon land purchased of the government in Wiscon sin., Her brothers, some older and sonic .youtte-r-4-han herself, one by one drooped.aed died ; and soon the mother, calling in agony upon her long exiled daughter. joined her buys in a happier clime.' None were now left but the fattier of this poor girl. !le too was hunt bled mid stricken by the slow but certain dis ease, which lights up the cheek, and fires the eye with the brilliancy of health, even when its victim-is on the confines of eternity. he would sit and tell to his surviving child the acts of - winning, love and sacrificing devotion which made' his Lizzie the very object of his' life. He would talk of her sweet smiles and her happy -disposition until memory would lead him to the hour when lie bid her to de part, and not let him see her face again. decline was rapid, and this lone child saw the first flowers which the warmth of spring had called from 'the soil'of her mother's grave dis turbed, uprooted and thrown aside, that his ashes might mingle with those of the mother of his children. At his death he charged her to pay olf, as far as she might be able, the debts incurred to procure the Lecessaries of life. Thu land, which, for want of culture, had not increased in value, was sold, and left her but n few dot:. furs. 'l'i►ese sbe_.expended in renring some boards to mark the spot where she had seen buried, one after another, her beloved kindred. She had heard of Chicago. She had heard that in this city there were offices where stran gers wishing einployment could find work.— had on foot traveled many miles, until she reached Milwaukee, and thence by the kind ness of a poor sailor, who had seen her day af ter day on the dock, watching the steamers depart, had inquired and ascertained that she wished to come hither, but had not the money. He brought her to Chicago on his own vessel, and had told her that by crossing the bridge she could find one of those places where situ ations were given to worthy applicants. Suds was her story. She had mentioned no name except that of father, mother, and the endearing appellations of brother George, Wil lie. &c. Both of the women were crying bit terly. The fashionably dressed holy turned her face towards the river, that her tears, at such a crowded and unusual place, might not be observed. She requested us to take her two boys--George and Willie, she called them— by the hand, to keep them from danger, and then putting her hand nround_the neck of, the poor, - friendless, wandering orphan stranger, said'—"You are my own sister. I stn Lizzie !" These two beings, children of the same pa rents, how different have been their paths, and how deep their suilerings! We have seen • er her in ”Lizzie's" crirriatze driv►n_ c • wasting REPUBLICAN COMPILER. MONDAY MORNING, JAN. 21, 1856. EXTRA COPIP:s.—We have printed a number of extra copies of this issue of the Compiler, presuming that persons not subscribers would desire to preserve the valuable matter given on the first page. No SPEAKER YET.:—The Muse of Represen tatives at Washington is still without a Speak- without any material change. U. S. SsNAToa.--=On Monday Ex.-Gov. Wu. . LIAM BIGLER was elected to represent this State in the Senate of the United States, vice the Hon. JAMES COOPKR, whose term expired on the 4th of March last. He received 84 votes. Gov. Bigler was at one time a journeyman printer, and is now elevated to one of the most distinguished deliberative bodies in the world. lle has•the ability and industry - to represent his constituents faithfully and energetically— honestly and manfully will he' discharge the trust conkled iii hiM. STATE TIWASEREE.—The Democratic caucus at Harrisburg, on Friday evening, nominated Henry S. I.llngraw for State Treasurer on the tirst ballot, he having .ieCeived 40 out of 79 votes; Hamlin 13, Goodwin 7, McClintock 7, scattering 12. Election to-worrow. ri - The Philadelphia... Pennsylvanian has been authoriied by Ex-Gov. William Blgler .losay_that the telegraphic despatch announ cing his \ nomination for the United States Sen ate to be - a triumph of Gen. Pierce and a de featrof James Buchanan in Pennsylvania for the Presidency is incorrect. Senator Bigler has been `and is now the devoted and active friend of , Mr. Buchanan, and will sustain him for the 'Presidency. . Isl'Ams;—The Republican Journal , of Belfast,_ a strong paper among . the Democrats, has rais ed the standard ofJa tnes Buchanan as its candi date for President, subject to the decision of the Democratic national convention. BRoTnKus•—lion; Samuel Wells, Governor elect of Maine, 'awl John S. Wells, Democratic candidate for Governor of NeW llampshii•e, fire brothers. Another brother was formerly - Lieut. Governor of Illinois. ANOTHER, 11:3:NUNCIATION: untidy pow er can prevent, Kentncky from being Demo cratic in 1856. Day after day, and every . day, some one of the leading spirits of the opposi tion gives in his adhesion to the Democratic faith and withdraws from the motley party into which the old Whig "phalanx has been merged by their ltaderi. The last instance of the kind is the withdl'awal of lion. Henry G. Bibb, of Todd county, who in a public speech lately took his stand 'on the I)enioer4,tie plat form and pledged eternal fidelity to its prin ciples. THE Gounn: 11. tvEsT. —The mail steamer Gulden Age, Which.left. San Francisco on the sth ult. via Panama, had On beard 51.726.505 in gold. The Sierra Nevada, which left at the same tine, via San Juan, had on board $4,35.- 131. Total in the-two steamers &2,161,606. "Tug llot,t.r-Tass INN."—Is not Dtettsxs inimitable as a writer of Christmas Smiles ? In ouPlumible judgmelt, there is none to excell him. We have just finished a glance at his last, "The Holly-Tree Inn, in seven chapters," and a more pleasant hour's diversion we have never had limn a production of like character. It is published by T. B. Pormisos. 102 Ches nut street, Philadelphia. who will send copies of it, to any one, by mail, free of postage, on receipt of cents. • ---- ",tl friend communicates an article urging the re-nomination of President PIERCE. Our position is now what it has long been, a pre- ference for the no•tiination• of Hun. JAMES Bu- CIIANAN. of Pennsylvania. But others have the snipe right to prefer which we exercise. :. ,-- Th? great quest ion of war or peace in Europe is still undecided. Peace prospects , arc not brighter. as Russia raises obstacles.— IThe Czar's reply to the ultimatum of the Western powers had not been received, but was expected by the 18th inst. CoLnksr.—Prof. Caswell, of Brown University, Providence, R. 1., who keeps an accurate record, of the weather, says that Wednesday week was the coldest day in that city for 40 years. U. S. SENATOR.. -Our advices from Harris burg announce the election of the Hon. Win. ' Bigler to the U. S. Senate. Mr. Bigler is a Detuocrat, but be is a gentleman of talent, character, and experience in public affairs, and GETTYSBURG, PA. - __ _ __Legislative. Mr. ROBINSON has read in his place in the House, a further supplement to the charter of the Gettysburg 'Railroad Company, to author. .ize the issue of 7 per cent. bonds,-rd to strike out from the supplement granting the ~ Tape, ' — Thir - proxiscurrakingricAcipoint of termination. Referred to committee. On Monday, the two HouseS met in joint convention, to elect a United States Senator, and upon the first ballot, William Bigler had 82 votes, Edward Joy Morris 43, and John C. Flenniken 1. Dr. - MELLINGER is chairman of the Commit tee on Election Districts, and is also : on the Cimimittees on Education and to Compare Mr. Irwin has read in his place in the House, a bill to increase the pay of jurors and wit nesses. Bills have been introduced in the House, to abolish the office of County Superintendent Large numbers of petitions for the repeal of the Restraining Liquor Law from all parts of the State are being presented. The House, on Tuesday, took up the bill for the repeal of said law. It contained but,• one section, unconditionally repealing the law of the last session, and in effect renewing the old license system: The bill was passed thr . ough committee - of-the—who - NT - by --general—consen t and came up on second reading. • Mr. Phelps moved an amendment, making it unlawful to sell, liquor or admixture of wine or malt liquors in qiiiintities less .than five gal lons,'except . by- innkeepers regularly licensed, and pioviding penalties for any violation: The whole subject was debated up to the ad journment, upon a motion to recommit to the Committee on Vice and Immorality. ' On Thu'rsday, in the Senate, Mr. Wilkins, from the on Vice and Immorality, reported deal the restraining Liquor Law, pa. list session, and substitut ing a sygtetn of tavern licenses. , In the House, same day. the bill to repeal the Liquor . Law; was debated until the hour of a6journment. [a - The Bellefonte Watchman thus refers to Rev. John J. Pearce, whose trickery in Con gress was recently exposed by a Know Noth ing colleague in that body, Mr. Millward : His CongressionaLassociates, after the evi dence they already have had; both of the ve racity and honesty of John J. Pearce, will not be astonished to learn that at home he is re garded with but little faVor, and among the 1 substantial men of this district, it is difficult 1 for him to command• even common respect. Although occupying an itnportunt position, he is merely one of those waifs which have. been carried into a prominent place by the stream of Know-Nothingism that a year ago deluged the co-nary—and the 'honest voters who sup• ported him, now turn with disgust from the man who has so basely deceived-and disgraced them. During the canvass, Ins opponent, that gallant and firm Democrat, Allison White, not only convicted him of various falsehoods, but proved him utteily unlit for the duties of a representative, and the sequel demonstrates that Pearce himself sustains the conviction. Dintoen,tru; (JAucus.— Washington, Jan. 14. In the Democratic caucus-held to-night at the callitol several members manifested a disposi tion to break the phalanx, but this. was prompt ly and vigorously opposed by many. One who was present says that never before has such a determination been manifested to stand by Richardson and the platform. THS PONTRY OP CONGRESS. —Some inspired poet, getting tired of the prosaic telegraph des patches of Congressional proceedings, has put the matter in a new form, which will •answer the doings of that body a mouth hence as well as HOW : Banks n hundred and five; Banks a hundred and 'Seven ; . Banks a oundred and one ; Wants a hundred and 'leven. Pennington fiver and three ; Richardson seventy-two; Fuller thirty. Dear rue'. When 'ii the trouble be through ?" Jr LACKED PATatortsm.—The thorough fail ure of the Know-Nothing party, says the Rich mond Enquirer, to establish what could in any sense be called a national party, and impossi bility of the Black Republican party carrying their infamous sectional schemes, give d clear indication that the people will, in the next election, turn to the safe guidance of the Demo cratic party. The patriotic and devoted union of the Democracy of Congress must exert a powerful moral influence on the mind, and en sure success. „ 11 . ESTAIOILFJAND COUNTY ALL RIGIIT.—The Democratic Committee 'of Coriespondence of Westmoreland county, according to uniform custom, met on the 31st of December, 1855, in Greensburg, and appointed Robert Given, Wil liam Ross and E. J. Keenan, F:sqs., Delegates to tbe ensuing State Con vebtion. with unani mous instructions to support from ••first to last,” the lion. Jt►tnes Buchanan for the Presi dency. • INDIANA FOR BRIGHT. —lt is stated that reso- 1 lotions have been adopted in nearly every county in Indiana, where Democratic Conven save been meld, recommendinT the Uou. Ohio K. N. Convention. The Know Nothing State Convention ot,Ohio ! recently in session at elkumbits, elected Ford.: - and Spooner, two old office-hunters,, as dele tes-to-the-Philadelphia. Contention,- acid_ r - commended' that hereafter “purerk -Inierieon !_nomiructisitisishoolinade_forftesident and Vice President of the United States, and for ' Slate and local,officers." This is-hardiy kir towards' the old-line Whigs. whose help the Know Nothings are so anxious to secure.— They are required to cultivate an intimate ac quaintance with "Sam," under penalty of ex elusion from National, State and local offices! They may help to elect "pure Americans'," but they must not look for even the poor coin ph, ment of a nomination for a local office, till their . names are written in -Sam's" book of "pure Aniericans" by the light of a dark lantern Valky INDICATIVE.-A letterfrotu Washington City, pu lc -in e ew 'or era •. o day, says, • that "judging from the feeling among members of the Dernocratic Committee, which assembled on the Bth to fix the time for holding the National Convention, 'Old Buck' is in the ascendant. Eighteen out of the twen ty-six were BUCIIANAIsI men, Senator SLIDELL heading the list." A COSTLY SPKAKEIL —The Speaker to be chosen-phis Congress, estitualcd_ by _the cost_of_ . choosing him, will be likely to prove themost valuable man in the nation. He has cost the United States treasury, la -far, about $120,- 000, and how .much more time only can tell. What amount of service can -he perform that will repay this expenditure ? 17A Contrast—The organization of a Dem ocratic Legislature in Pennsylvania, compared with the Know Nothing Congress in Wash ington. DIVORCE AND MARRIAGE. —A Mrs. Lucinda Thompson recently obtained a bill of. divorce from her husband, in Crawford county (0.) Common Pleas, at BP. M. At 10,o'clock, he same evening, she was married to a Mr. 01- cott,iallte,,,presence of the court 0d bar. EcLiPsgs VHS YEAR.-1 11 11M'"Vri wo eclipses of the Snn. and two of the Moon, this year. A total eclipse of the Sun will take place on the sth of April, and an annular eclipse on the 18th of September, both'invisi blehere. There will be a partial eclipse of the Moon on the 20th of April, which will be visible early in the, morning.; and a similar eclipse on the 13th of October, also v isible, in the evening. A NIMIT'S LODGING LINDER A SNOW BANK. —Sheep and- ether (fuadrupeds have been known to dive for a. considerable time under snow banks, but since the travels of Munchau- - sen probably no event has taken place like one which occurred in this city dining : the late storm. On Sunday afternoon men were clear ing off the sidewalk near Hoe's foundry, when, after digging away a bank of near!y ten feet, much to their asionishment, they came across a knight of the bottle,-who had th_e_even,!_ ing previous taken lodgings on the walk. His breath had made a chamber in the snow, and when discovered he was sleeping with as much composure - as if in a feather bed. But a slight touch of the shovel was sufficient to render hint conscious of his whereabouts.—S. YUrli Courier. WHEN TO WEAR INDIA RUBBERS.—We have noticed that many persons wear India rubber overshoes in cold dry . weather, -to keep their feet warm. This is an injurious and prac tice. India rubber shoes are very comfortable and valuable for covering the feet during wet. sloppy weather, but they should never be worn on any other occasion—their sole use should be to keep out water. They should, therefore, be, put off whenever the wearer enters a house, and be worn as little as possible, because they are air-tight, and both ietain and restrain the perspiration of the feet. The air cannot be ex cluded from them, or from any other portion of the body for any length of time, without sensibly affecting the health. It is our opin ion that no habit tends more to good health than clean feet and clean dry stockings, so as to allow the free perspiration of the nether ex tremities. —.Sci. A SPLENDID FEAT.—On Sunday, as a runa way horse, with the detached shafts of a sleigh dangling at his heels,, was speeding down Broadway at a tremendous pace, a Mad ison avenue omnibus sleigh turned into Broad way from Bleecker street, directly in the path of the frightened animal. Go around it. he could not, and to check his speed in time to prevent collision was equally impossible, and it. seemed almost inevitable that injury to the life and limbs of the crowded passengers wotrid ensue, when lo ! the noble animal, without checking his speed, plunged forward, and with one tre mendous leap, threw himself and the shafts clean and clear over the sleigh, passengers and all, Wittiout the slightest injury to any one. On landing on the other side he slipped,---and was laid floundering or. his hawk. lie soon recovered his legs, however, and pursued the uneven tenor of his way. When the number ortiiirsons In the sleigh is consizlered; ttrere being twelve ladies -and fifteen gentlemen, it seems miraculous that no one was hurt. —N . Y. Sun. MAMMOTH LOVE LETTEIL-A Nev England gentleman in California, who corresponds with a young lady of thi • , sent to his friend a letter, which an ived in the mails of the George Law, on the 28th ult., and which comprises one hundred and forty-six pages of letter paper ! —Fall River-News. WWI dil RA HADA D M E.ETING. —Before going an ,';an fo , President and Directors of thet R — ads on = o~crday last. tlie - AnnuarMe - ellit aJ Stockhollers was-held—Hon. S. R. Rtisset.t. Fresidentiand-R.G.7-31f.,Cucxar,Esq.,Secretary. Last year's Board made , report of the progress of the enterprise. pendit.; : , the consideration of which the followi.% -:',ution was adopted:: IP.sidved. T 1 i it is the sense of the Stock holders of the Gettysh.trg Rail Road Company, that the g 7• ng of sa; ! road should be extend ed westward . - - •: mnect with the graded bed of 0 ,, extension of the Penn syl% and that the rails should he la'-' ', • , •art3 as f:: as the intersection of -tre ; a:-1 that the board of Di rect_ - Lruete i stake such action as — 4:ra ;nary U .!:trry out these•views. gives t< ,'ms of the contract Tamot ' IRWIN. the same as ounced Irlie grading and bridg- EWA wit her nr. F co' ' • SE CO? t 0:, ci:»t TI. • that ,~..,;~- $l3 , tr 11 Zi o, 0... ':Deil , t;ting the 8105,000, cost ,Of gra•l;- . ,• .dging. the Company will have a ty-,,,; oti: ~, over $25,600 towards losses in collee.,:s ~- stack, damages, &c. TkaL l,it 'holders along the proposed line of the R4.4;1 .. ,ve been generally , liberal in re leasing ~ -fight of way, and - wi . th a few per sons -. '•h are extravagant in their demands there j,, , t ,rill a prospect of effecting a satisfac tory complotnise. The report further states that "the prospects for the entire completion of the Road within .! 18 months are very flattering. A great and responsible task devolves upon the Board about to be elected, and if the plans which have been commenced - are faithfully and impartially ex ecuted during the ensuing year, success may safely be predicted. Without judicious, ful, and economical minia'gemeut, the pr of the work will be greatly retarded. .'We are most ardent in our hopes, and commend to all' the friends of the -enterprise cone-•rt of action, and a speedy completion the weak will crown their efforts." I►le report was unanimously adopted. RAILROAD ELECTION.—The following gc-::• . were, on Monday last, unaninously elected officers of the Gettysburg Radroad Company for the ensuing year: President—RoavarrCuanT. Direclors —Abraham lirise; of P. Frederick Diehl, George Throne, Josiah Benner, Thad deus Stevens; George W. McClellan, David Wills, John L. Tate, William Douglass, David McCreary, Joseph W. Hendrix, Jacob Forney. Tl-e Board is the same as last year, except Hon.- JAMES Wti.soN and Maj. Jour musszt.- MAN, both of whom, we are advised, declined • a re-election. Messrs. HENDRIX and FORNEY were substituted for them. A MEETING of the Directors of the Rs& road is called for Wednesday next, at at the office of D. WILLS; Esq. LITTLESTOWN RAILROAD. —We are in formed that the subscriptions to the propor Railroad from Littlestown to Ilanov ainouqi to $20,009, the entire belt. , b.;. 1 I r, Frd F; t: th, • • • ME 7JUU t... the 11 14 are tri R(Sr. a, ez ~ Pt) EIE County now for the Prison, Bridges, &c., bavi been lip idate<l.—Sentinel. •! -- IVN(. F. IvALTim, Esq., Register and Ite , • ...a, has ap anted DANIEL PLANK.. Esq., the late . Register, his Deputy for the remain ing two years of his term. and has removed to the , !uuntry. From the experience of Mr. Pr-% sg., and his attentive, obliging deportment, the ! odic may rest confident that the duties of office will be performed to general satis faction.—Sentinel. AUCTIONEER.—J. Abbottstown, requests us to say that he has recovered from his late illness, and is ready to attend to the Crying of Sties as heretofore. BRIDGE.—The new Bridge across the Sus quehanna -river at York Furnace, about 15 miles below Columbia, is now open for travel. The State road from Gettysburg to the Buck tavern, in Lancaster county, runs over this EZZI SA l).-- - ;-On the 21st ult., Benjamin Kurtz, only son of Rev. A. R. Height, of Bloomfield, Perry county. and grandson of Ur. John Slentz, of this borough, aged 4 years and 4 days,.was so badly scalded by the upsetting of a small vessel of boiling water, that he died therefrom in one week afar. - 1"/ON'T - FORGETAW - Arldress - orDr.11.tits- DLN, at the Court-house, to-morrow, at 1 o'clock. • • W alrtrei 1 . 1% LI I appt.. •i - IS r . for 8105.000—the f teivi - ; '..z85,000 in cash, and stock. superstructure to with iron estimated at $7O per actors taking one-half in 7 per - , , and receiving the balance in cash. grading and bridging provides nt. on the estimates-15 percent.••-" r cent. in stock—be retained as - , the fulfilment of the contract. abscriptions amount to over • ;achiding the $20,000 by the .coa- =I RANK EIZII
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