REPUBLICAN COMPILER.
GETTYSBURG, PA.
MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1856.
Wor President,
..I!AMIS - BUCHANAN,
(OP • PatincenviittA;) -
- (llsbjeeeto the deeisia of the Natiosel Commingle.)
Canal Commissioner,
•
GEORGI SCOTT
t
(or COLI7IIIIIA. COUNTY.).
Auditor General, '
- • - JACOB . FRY .1
R• - •
• • Or yowraoirenr 'courrir.)
Surveyor General,
TIMOTHY IVES,
(OF POTTER COUNTY.)
2/110118 Legislature wi9 adjourn to•nior.
ioxr.
- o:tP"Tbe Frederick Citizen appeared last
week in a n enlarged and improved form—the
enlargement being necessary to accommodate
its inemasieg advertising patronage. it gives
us pleasure to chronicle the fact that the efforts
olMesars. Watrenstss do Nome, in the publi.
cation of a first rate Democratic newspaper,
arejo substantially appreciated. - t/'
Sarin the Uoi:ed States Senate, on Wed.
nesday, the bill proposing to remove from cif.
e.silatiCa the 111118110 Mexican end Spanish
coin, es . tabiushing their value in receipt of gov
ernment dues. and . providing for the coinage of
a new description of cents, was passed.
sera call, signed by a large number of
Haines, has been published at Cincinnati, for
a meeting to nominate Idr. Buchanan for the
Presidency.
, ` Ats meeting of the Democrats of Frank
litr tornsty; held lir Chambersbutg, On Monday
Nill, Esq., -presiding-4. M.
Cooper, boob Kegerreis and George W.Torns
were split:tinted Congressional Conferees,
with instructions to support the nomination of
Witiort Rett.t.v. Esq.; and John Rowe, Chas.
Gibbe'rted John ,Gyler, Senatorial, Conferees,
iustructed supped . the nomination of Gimes.
W.llitewitte, Esq. Resolutions were adopted
euderiing the principles of the Nebraska
.--jirOPitrlY denouncing Know Nothingism,—
And. in favor Mr. Bucisigsn for the Presidency.
tISTINOUIingD ADDIT4ONB TO Tat DEfelo•
„
PARTre—Amtingst the. present mem
hervof the Housed Representatives who were
elected as' Whigs. and who have since united
thetneelvesceldially with the Democratic par
ty; stir Alex'. H. Stepheit arid Martin .1. raw.
ford, of
_iGecrgta ; &WI Carothers and ir
dCia of Missouri . * Alb.. G. Talboit
andiJosbui,Jewett. of Kentucky; Thomas' L.
elingman. of North Carolina; Thos. F. Bow.
ie.-of-Maryland !_and_Altters G. Watkinsolf_
Timaesace.
air The Jersey City Sentinel says Comma.
dorti-SioCiton iswill shortly be brought before
the American people,as their candidate for the
Presidency,' without geographical or partizan
4 tinctions." That's right. Commodore ; you
bilve`as good a right to "go in" as "Live Oak"
George or:"Mariposa"' Freemont
Slirilishop O'Reilly, who wai supposed to
have been on board the missing strainer Pa
cific, is safe, and came in the steamer Cam
bria.
.o::rAt an . election for_ Directors o
Northern Central Railroad Company, held- at
Ral.vert Station; in the city of Baltimore, on
Saturday week,the tollowing named gentlemen
were selected to serve for the ensuing year:—
'William H. Keighler, Simon Cameron, John
Herr Pianos White, Eli Lewis; William D.
Miller, William H. Brune. genus Barnum.
Robert IC %wrest, Loyd N. Rogers, W illiam
,E: Mayhew, William F. Packer.
HUSBAND AND Vtims.—The Legislature of
Mies of tho husband for the debts of the wife,
and to-define the liabilities; of prOperty reeeiv.
ed through the wife for the debts of the hus
band existing at the time of marriage. It pro•-
sides that 'thereafter, when persons interwar•
ry, the husband shall, not be liable for the debts
of the wile further than the property received
through the wife will satisfy, and that the
property received by the husband through the
wife shall in no case be liable for the debts,
defaults, Or contracts of the husband existing
at the time of marriage." Several other States
have looked into and secured women's rights
in this important particular.
Loss OF SPICCULATORS.—The Louisville
Courier states that speculators in corn on the
Wabash have sustained great losses the prey.
en;. season; 40 and 43 cents have b•-en paid
for. corn. *ad it is now selling for In cents•
The crop is unusually large. and utiles.; there
*holtld be an extra demand, of which there is
s►o prospect, it must go down gtill more.
OrSnow in the Yew mountains, in Arm
ginia, itsaid to be still from three to four feet
4grStrawberries were served at one of the
Xiew York Hotels on Wednesday fait. They
were grown under glass near Boston.
WILLT NEXT member or the New
York legislature has been arrested on a charge
of illegal voting at the mayor's election in
Mbany.
: Columbia avenue, Was totally demolished. It eigh, has recently been testing, with signal
DAMAGES AWARDFD.—Mr. Thomas Martin, was unoccupied. success, the practicability of .inanufaetsring
a printer. from Baltimore, - who some time ' There were a large number of other build
wrapping paper from file ordinary broom straw.
since started a newspaper at Lock Haven, Pa-, lugs which were either unroofed or otherwise
particularly 'adapted to the
I to advocate the rause - of the A-merican party, ; damaged.
1 has recovered $lO3 33 damages from Mr. 1 RECAPITULATION. use
e r
o f strength ,
grocers
i a t
n i d s
Pearce, a member of Contrress from that d is- l Dwellings damaged 22.1; dwellings destroy-
. . ,_ j flirt
_I js_alle(!ed dia. lur;le p_roliti3es were ed_s,..;_chor hes 6tuagell_6;_ lumber , - y.ar,
---- r - --7 - .... P. •-•
Arms ?tench government had become thetest vote—by 120 inn grit ! , liar WEATHER.—At Rio der Janeiro,•on the made to Mr. Martin to leave Baltimore and damaged 11 ; glue manufactories damaged 3; olic clergyman, of Lambertville. N. .1. - , w as
. ! 26th of rehruary. the weather was excessive. start the paper; that Mr. Pearce 'figured con- machine shops damaged :2; carpenter shops ' killed in attempting - to - jump - from the - down
others.
greatly alarmed 'at the cattle murrain. which i The first raft of lumber down the Suit- ••ly hot and rainy. and great fear, were enter- , spicuously in said promises, and that said damaged 3 ; chair ma:tit:at:tory damaged 1: train as it appioacbed the Lambertville station,
gale stid ,to be *media; #1) over the coati- ii i fieh_arina this seaport posed Harrisburg on . tained that the city would be ieviiiitei-try th e promises were never fulfilled ; and hence the nursery damaged 1-; dye hnti,e de.troyerl 1; • - •
sprat. = - .7 , - I unday, , cholera. - , I suit, which was decided by arbitration. . boiler roanutuctOry destroyed 1 ; stables. de- a few days ago.
.
Writ je stated that a gentleman in Boston
Aeries . the past winter had 6700 of trees dip
Democratic' Elaine and Democratic Th.-
_ umrqus. •
The elections thus far of 1856 have telnti
noted most auspiciously for the Democratic
parti. Eyery State, county, * or municipal
election whi6h , has been held has shown
either a lirge Democratic gain, or a full, com
plete, and overwhelming Democratic triumph.
According to a despatch from New Haven,
the vote for Governor in Connecticut is as
follows:
Ingham (Democrat) 32,620
Minor- (K now Nothing) 25.934
Wells (Black Republican) 6.815
Rockwell (Whig) 1,223
The Democra tic candidate, it wilt thus be
seen, lacks a few hundred votes of a.majoriiy
over all his competitors—the combined vote'of
Minor, Wells, end Rockwell only amounting
to $3,972. Ile Democratic gains in Connee.
ticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island will
exceed twenty thousand votest
But it is not alone to New England, (re
marks the Washington Union,) that our gains
and triumphs have been confined. The result
of the recent county elections in Tennesse, it
will be recollected. far exceeded the most san
guine expectations of our friends. The recent
elections in Kentucky indicate a great reaction
in that State in favor of the Democratic party.
The local elections in Ind iana,lllinois. M ichi.
gan, Wisconsin. and Missouri have proved to
be equally encouraging. In Ohio, where a
heavy fusion majority still" remains to be over
come, the Democracy do not appear to be at
all discouraged ; and, as an evidence of the
spiFit which now actuates the - Democratic
journalists of that State, we make room for
the following article from the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, announcing the result of the municipal
election held in that city •on the preceding day ;
'eNow, in the name of the 'American eagle'
and 'Ned Buntline,' where are those 'Ameri
cans' that were to 'rule America' in the city of
Cleveland one year ago! In the name of
George Hampden and Horace Greeley, where
are those 'shrieks for liberty' that have been '
ringing in our ears, Calling on the worshippers
of ebony to rouse! and put down the•'horder
ruffians' inhabiting these liherty•loving pre.
cinets W here is Jim Medill and his ILenven
worth baby I' Nebraalca 11111 has devoured
them all. The returns of yesterday's election.
show this.
ocThe Nebraska Democracy of this city put
in nomination a straight-out 'Nebraska - ticket,
avowed and known as such. .The opposition
rallied under the same-.anti-Nebraska banner
as last year, and attempted to gull the people
and achieve a victory under the guise of a
►peojle's ticket.' MI the opposition papers
ware down on the Democratic nominees. -
'called upon the Democracy to stand by their
guns, that this.was the,opening broadside for
the presidential campaign. They did so. and
the result' is .that we have elected the entire
Democratic city ticket by an average_ majority
of four hundred_ votes !
►This is, indeed. glory enough for one day.
Fusionism and Know Nothingisin have run
their race in Cleveland. Councilmen and
constables must seek some-other bobby for the
future. The Black Republican ruffians who
hung Douglas in effigy on the public square
one year ago are themselves now dangling in
the air.... . .
"6 'There is a tide in the aftiirs of men.'
"DEMOCRATS, be firm ! Relax not'your or
nization !. Keep the enemy always in your
siOn ! This is presidential year, 'and this is
its glorious beginning. There is nOi:a weird
in the city we cannot carry at the next election
hy_the_p_rnper exertion. The cit • - is rotaxin 4
democratic, and so will be the whole country
in November next !"
The result of the recent looal elections in
the Empire State?encourages the hope that in
the pending contest New York will not be lost
to the Democracy through a want of union and.
harmony among our own political friends.—
Speaking of the Victory achieved by the D e .
inoeracy of Albany on Wednesday last, the
Argus of that city says :
."We confess that we are proud of the re
sult. it is a demonstration of the spirit, thl
unity, and the invincible strength of the De
mocracy of Albany. and a manifestation of
their power everywhere." -
MO
Municipal Municipal Elections.
lir " TEE WORK GOES BRAVELY ON ! !!,!_cii
TacNTorr. N. J. April 15.—Joseph Wood,
Dem,. was elected- Mayor'of - this-ci tyytster
day by 230 majority. The whole Democratic
ticket, with one exception, that of school so.
perintendent, was elected by about the same
majority.
HARTFORD, Conn., April 14.—The Demo.
crass have carried the city of Hartford by 538
majority on Mayor, an, t ey cam• our o tie
six wards, electing, by large majorities, their
Aldermen and Councilmen.
Roam, N. Y., April 02—Our charter eke
tion wait held yesterday. The Know-Noth
ings and RepeliTitansfusecton a candidate for
President, and on some other officers. The
Democrats—Hards and Softs—united cordial
ly on a ticket. The result was that the Dem
ocratic candidate for President received 200
majority. The whole Democratic ticket, both
for genera) and ward oflicera, except one
Trustee, was elected.
Last Thursday week, there was an election
in Springfield, Illinois, for municipal officers.
—lt was warmly contested, and resulted in the
success of the Democratic nominees for every
office. The Register claims to have elected
the whole city ticket, the Aldermen in the Ist,
2d and sth Wards, and the election of an old
line Whig in the 3d. The Register charges
that the opposition was composed of a fusion
of Know Nothings and Republicans, and . says
that the old line Whigs assisted in the victory.
The municipal electiottat Davenport, lowa,
has resulted in favor of the Democrats by 144
maktrity,
A; the charter election held in Xenosha,ll
- on the 2nd inst., the whole Democratic
IH:et was successful by 100 majority.
On the 7th, there was an election held in
indianapo lis, Indiana. for municipal officers,
which resulted in the success of the whole
ffeinocratic ticket 17 / 300 majority.
At a recent election held In Chillicothe,
where in 1851 the K. N's. had a majori
ity of 200, the Democrats succeeded in elect.
,Sow Differently They Treat_Thent
I , no•doubt, be news to. many of the
Kilo* Nothings to know the different man
tier in which the leaders treat members... This'
difference Is neither more nor • less than comma
-piling some members to swear, and - taking
others law full communion one simple pledge.
We knniv of cages where Mee who refused. to„
take the oaths, were admitted' upon their
pledges to do as others were required to sweat.
—Greensburg Democrat.
wirThe doings of the Know ''Nothings
here are just as dark and decePtiver'ite 'they
are in old Westmoreland. Although' .tbeir
leaders are endeavoring to , create the' impres
sion that, in this State, at least, the oaths, and
grips, and secrecy of every sort, are abolished ,
it is VERY CERTAIN that such things are still
practised, and in our very midst. Nut two
weeks ago, at a street corner, in this town,
eight persons were sworn into the order, by
several of its stool-pigeons—and the fact is , net
unknown to some of the very men who pre
tend to deny all secrecy, oaths and grips iifthe
order. Comment neednot be adde..
The Nebraska Bill Becoming Popular.
The opposition papers are beginning to con
fess what, indeed, the election shows, that
the mass of the people are settling down to
the conclusion that the principle of the Ne
braska Bill is right, and must prevail in future.
The •Washington correspondent of the Cin
cinnati Times. a paper originally, opposed to
the Nebraska Bill, makes the following very
frank admission
WASHINGTON, March 24, 1856.
'Kt does not require a very sapient judg•
ment to forsee that the Nebraska Bill is Tait
becoming, and will suon. be, a popular rnea:
sure. The feeling in and out of Congress,
the signs of the times in every, State; is ample
evidence of this fact; and it is perfectly clear
that agitation upon this subject is only kept
up by" strenuous efforts, forced and unhealthy.
I feel, con fi dent that a resolution in favor of
the restoration of the Missouri Compromise
would not command in this Ilousea respecta
ble vote. Another evidence is the change of
feeling toward Mr. Dough's, •so abundantly
manifested throughout the country, by intelli
gent and rational.men, to Mimi the Nebraska
Bill has lost its terrors. 'rho people are rapid
ly enuting-to their senses again; and, noting
that neither ruin or desolation _shucks our
country, as was predicted ; that, Mr. Douglas,
in the language of the p,reat,;Daitiel, , `still
lives;' that, upon a Amber , second; thought, the
Nebraska Dill benefits the.Norilefaryisonre than
the South; that demagogues are :making capi
tal for their own aggranuizement; that.fhe over
whelming influence of the North ? ius.,wealtlf,
its industry, its tireless entmprige, renders
.slavery in Kansas perfectly ii.ipossitile - ; noting
all these self-evident lath, the people, 1 cond
dently beiieve, are looking upon the Kansas-
Nebraska Bill in smote deliberate and reason-.
able manner."'
Peace in Europe!!
Four Days Later from Europe.
Treaty If Peace Signed=—Great Rejoicing in
Frame and England.—.Nut/sing of Me Pacific
..—Breadatuis Steady.
New Yong, April 17.—The Collins steani
er Baltic arrived here . ahout noon, bringing
Liverpool dates in-the morning of the '29, ult.,•
four days later than the Cambria.
On Sunday, the 30th ult.., the Treaty of
Peace was finally signed at Piiria.
' Up to the departure of the Baltic the - fate of
the steamer Pacific was still unknown.
The conclusion of :wave was announced in
Paris and London by salvos of artillery. Par
is was illuminated ; and in England the
h tacit--het I s-pealetlAoyousl-y—i-whonnr—of—th
event.-- - -Three or four weeks willelapse before
the final ratifications are exchanged. The de
tails of the adjustments have been referred to a
commission.
The Paris correspondent of the - London
Times says a council of the Ministers was
held in the Tuitleries on Saturday at o'.
clock, and remained in session till o'clock
on Simday. The Emperor presided, and gave
his last instructions. Count Walewski re
turned to his official residence to receive the
Plenipotentiaries, who came. at 12i o'clock.
After the treaty was read ovet they proceed
ed to sign it. The moment the signatures
were completed a signal was given and the
cannon proclaimed the news, Bulletins an
nouncing the fact were posted thoughout the
city
On Monday the Lord Mayor' of -London
made an official proolarnatidn of Peace from
the portico of the Mansion House, and after
wards at tLe_Exchange—___The loser and park
guns fired a salute and flags Were generall y
displayed in the city and on the shipping. In
other cities similar displays were made, but
nut much enthusiasm was shown.
Breadßtuff4 nre generally unchanged, and
the market buoyant.
Further from California.
More Gold CuminLf—Defeat if a Portion of
Walker's .irrny by the asta Rican
NEW Orii.sAss,April 15.—The steamer En►-
pire City, from Havana, has arrived, bringing
the California-mails of the 20th, for ilifseity,
transferred from the California steamer. The
New York steamer has upwards of $1,400,000
in gold on board. _ _
The Aspinwall Courier of the sth inst., says
that Col. Schlessinger (of Walker's army.)
with four hundred Nicaraguan troops, was de
feated near San Jose, the Capital 9(Costa Ri
ca, by five hundred Costa Ricans under Pres
ident Mora.
The Courier also stateq that twenty Ameri
cans were taken pr;soners and shot.
The Steamship Osprey was burnt at Kings
ton on the .efith ult.
(neon) DRCPATCII•]
The Defeat of Col. Sehlessinger Contra-
NEW ORLEANS, April 16.—The agent of the
Nicaragua government publishes a card this
afternoon in which he denounces the story of
CM. Sehlessinger's defeat as a filsellood, and
says that an account lied been received et head
quarters that- Gol. &Wessinger had only 250
men attacked by nearly 3,000 Costa Ricans,
when they retreated to San Juan.
[SPF.CIAL DISPATCH.]
New ORLEANS, April 15.—The defeated ar
my was under Colonel &Wessinger, the
Hungarian—of the Kossuth artily in his native
country—und who was cne of the unfortunate
Lopez expedition to Cuba. With other fey
eianers not shot at that time, as were the Amer
icans. he was sent to Spain, and finally par
doned.—Some twenty of his men.were taken
and shot by the Costa Ricans. Their names
are not given.
•
A--Coma Rican army. numbering about 3,-
000. is said to hwabout to enter •N journalist.
An entire rout of Walker's troops wa: antici
pated.
'file nrwe from California is unimportant.
The Indian troubles in Oregon continue.
dieted.
LOCAL ITEMS.
, COLLEGE EX ERCIISRS;—The exereiges
connected with the close of the Winter Sees ion
of College and 4etnitiary,took place during the
put week, large audiences bting generally
in attendance. . .
Rev. CHAS. WEST THOMPION'S Atidress - be
fore the Bible Society of the College_ and'
Seminary, on Monday, evening, fully sustaitieo
the-reputation of the learned ana eloquent
speaker, and was admired by all who heard it.
The Addreas before the Littman Associs.
lion, on Tuesday afternoon, by Dr. F - . G.
6►ttro, of Philadelphia, was also a pviduction
of much merit, evincing a high degree of in•
telleetual ability and eultivatio in die speaker.
The effott is lauded on all side and well it
may, as such treats are rarely afforded.
On Tuesday evening, the Annual Junior
Exhibition took place. the folloWing members
of tits ass participating
60Ciigosit "—C.F. Ho& M erstown Pa.•
"Washington's .. Monument"—G. J. Weaver,
Gettysburg, Pa.; "Eminence . of_ Position"--
C. D. Ulery, Donegal, Pa.; "Man equal to his
Destiny"—J, W. Early, Palmyra, Pa.; "John
Randolph of Roanalte"—Ce. F. Shaffer, Ger
man Settlement, Va. ; Independence of
Thought"--.LA. Earnest, Hutnmelstown,Pa.;
"Associations of St. Helena"—C. L. Keedy,
Rohresville. Md.; "The Wreck of the Mind"
—H. L. 'laugher, Clari- Hill,-Pa.;-"God-iii-
Ilistory"--L. A. Bikle, Smithilburg,
,Md.;'
"True Patriotism"—Li. M. Gilbert, Philadek
phia, Pa:; "Die Offenbaring Gottes in ter
Natur"—F. C. H. Lampe, Bremen, Germany;
"Mind in Action"—.l. M. Hughes, Smiths
burg, Md.; "Grandiloquence"— A. L. Guss,
Patterson, Pa.; "Responsibility of the Ameri
can Scholar"—H. R. Fleck, Laurelsville, Pa.;
"Eloquence the offspring of Emergency"—J.
R. Dimmi Money, Pa. •
Messrs. L. A. Gotwald, Aaronsburg, Pa.,
S. C.s Walker," - Lancaster, Pa., and D. P.
Forney, Hanover, Pa.. members of the class,
were excused.
The speaking was interspersed with music
by the Waynesboro' Cornet Lland, adding in
no small dee„,reelo the interest of the exercises.
Rev.. Dr. SMIAIEFFECR delivered, his Inaugural
Address on Wednesday morning. We need
not say that it was highly satisfactory.
COMMRNCED.—Messrs. DOFFER &
DAVIS, of Baltimore, Sub-Contractors on the
Gettysburg Railroad, have commenced opera._
'ions on-sections four and five, running from
Red- . Hill "to New Oxford. Some eight 07 ten
Horses and Carts were placed on these sec
tions by Mr. Wm. WHITE, on Monday last.
The work is going rapidly on.
MIRE . ..Yrs.—On the night of the 10th inst. -
the windows in the, Methodist Ep'.seoPal
Church-in Fairfield were broken, the window
shutters destroyed, &c. Some husks of corn
and dried grass, partially consumed by fire,
.were found in the building next morning,
leadinkto the supposition that an attempt was
made to fire the building. Warrants were 4-
sued on Wednesday last by Esq. BRINGSIAN,
of this place, against certain suspected parties.
Three (Lewis ,'Laughlin, James Saunders,
and George House,) were arrested on the
rrants-a-nd-rom-m-it-ted-ta-answ-elthe-charg • •
of riot and arson.
ACCID ENT.—On Thursday afternoon,
as Mr. VALENTINE FRITZ. residing near Cash
town, was delivering some potatoes at the
store of Fahnestock Brothers, in this place,
the horse started off at full speed with the
wagon, throwing Mr. F. down, and the wagon
passing over his body,' broke one of his ribs,
and otherwise bruised him. He was carried
'into Messrs. Fahnestock's residence, until
evening, when he was taken home, suffering
'a good deal from his injuries. The horse was
caught without doing further damage.
S. OF T.—The Grand Division of the Sons
of Temperance meets in this place on Wednes
day_next,_ln the evening there will be an
address, delivered in M'conaughy's Hall, by
the Grand Scribe, WM. NICHOLSON, Esq.
AN ELECTION for a Major General of the
Fourth - DivisimAlT - M7T - co • •
ties of York and Adams, to fill the vacancy oc-
STABLE, will be held ou the 3d of May. next.
COURT.—The April term of Court corn
mences to•da p.
ri me Ica ues ions.
Nc. s.—There is a circular field of such
size, that if the diameter he increased one rod,
its contents will thereby he increased one acre,
What is the diameter of the field ?
No. '6.—There is a certain right angled tri
angle, whose base is to its perpendicular, as
4 is to 3, and whose perimeter is 24 feet.—
What is its area ?
No. 7.—What two ambers are as 2 to 3,
to each of which if 4 be added, the sutus will
be as 5 to 7
Last Week's Questions.
ANSWER To No. 3.—Length 17 rods—
bfradth 13 rods.
No. 4.-15 feet.
WATERMELONS IN __MAacn.--Byron seemed
to think it absurd to look for •`roses in De
cember, ice in June." and certainly water
melons in March are an anomnly. Dui at the
last meeting of the Farmers' Club of the Me
chanics Institute, d watermelon, 16 days from
Gen. Walker's Republic, was exhibited.—
The taste of the fruit was pronounced delici
ous, and_the opinion was expressed that we
might have watermelons the year round, by
imporlin;,• theiti from Nicaragua during the
winter season
Over 200. [louses Unsold—Several Buildings
Crwthed lo theGriound—Loon over $lOO,OOO--;
The'Philidelphia papers of Monday are hur
dencd With details of the lerrific and destruc
tive tornado', which passel over that city on
I Saturday night, shortly before ten o'clock. It
,rdevasied a vast amount if valaahle 'property,
and caused .anic do "confusion on all sides:A.lm
tornado commenced in Pittsburg on Sit - Cr:Jay
afternoon. at 3 o'clock, and pursued a course
east by southeast until it reached Philadelphia.
The gri meat amount of ruin in the latter city,:
was at the north end, in Sixteenth, Seventeenth,
Highteen,ilt. Nineteenth and Twentieth wards, '
arid the Pennsylvanian says:
In these the hurricane was most terrific, I
spreading dismay among-the stoutest hearts,
and affriAting every one in its course.. We
have never witries.ed•ic..,ne.4 of greater terror ,
than took place on that ()ee sier'. when women
and children were running from their shatter
ed dwelling's in seek 'shelter among 'their
neighbors and friends, and screaming. and
weeping as they went along, and others almost
fainting with . fright. The number of houses
• I• 7 I t I n fa I
short of two hundred, among which are five
churches. one public school house, Sutton &
Co's. extensive boiler works. and numerous
other buildings. The loss by this terrific vis
itation is estimated at over one hundred thous
and dollars in real estate alone. while the dam
ages to stock. furniture. &c.. will swell the
aggregate snitch beyond this figure. ".
We annex the following from among the
The roofs of three houses Nos. 424.425 and
pie -street-bel ow—Oxturd.-in-th e Seven
teenth ward, were torn completely off and. car
riled with great violence against the north end
of ilarrison's,row, directly opposite, crushing
in the lower story, breaking the furniture and
sprriading terror on all sides. The rear of the
roof of the latter-house was also carried off and
the building was otherwise injured. The first
three houses were owned by Mr. Joseph Tay•
lot, a gentleman well known to most of our
citizens.
St. Luke's Lutheran Church, in Fourth
street, below Thompson, a new and very bean
tiful edifice, was also unroofed. The massive
roof was lifted some twenty - feet upwards in the
air; when it•broke in twain, -- one portion falling
into the church, crushing a new and excellent
organ, and the other bring carried across the
yard adjoining the building on the north to the
tops of the dwellings in the vicinity. The
loss to the church I .)y this visitation will prob
ably reach tit : 3,ooo.- The crackling of the tim
bers was beard,ror squares around, and, togoth,
er with the howling of the wind, spread gen.
eral alarm among the residents of the neigh
borhood. The "OW Brick" church at Marl
liorough and 'Queen streets, was completely
unroofed and otherwise ilamaoed.
The roof of the Rev. Mr. Lyon's' Tresbyte
rian churelt,,, on the' Frankford road above
Franklin avenue, was entirely carried off, and
in its course broke the windows and side of a
frame building adjoining on the south, and
broke or demolished a large amount of proper
ty
in the vicinity. A portion of the westga
hie end of this structure was blown upon the
altar, breaking the pulpit and' furniture to a
considerable extent. Damage $4,000.
The rear ot.a brick building, on Shackamax
on avenue, awned by
Robert Laughlin. and a frame dwelling adjoin
ing. both of which were occupied by Mr.
James May, were seriously damaged by the
timbers from the lane! church. • The !ast nam
ed house,was crushed completely to the ground
and the furniture therein was wholly destroy.
ed. Mr. May, six children and an elderly la
dy who resides in the family of Mr. May, were
in the house at the. time of its demolition. and
rnade,a narrow escape from, death. Mr. May
had his leg and shoulder badly bruised by the
falling ruins, and the children were most mir
aculously saved. The son of the above named
g_e_ralarnart,ageLahauf—tigltt aiLltis_
face and forehead badly cut, and, with two of
his sisters, was.saved from being crushed by
a portion of a chair which was broken by the
masses of timber thrown upon it. The legs
and arms of the'other children were consider
ably
lacerated, and and sides of. the old
lady were bruised in a most serious manner.
She is now confined to her bed. Mrs. May
was also injured about the forehead and face
by the pieces of wood which flew in all direc
tions.
The brick church at Queen and Marlborough
streets, has its roof torn off.' Damage about
$3,000.
The Webster Public,School House was also
unroofed. Damage $2,000. Mr. Conn's
dwelling adjoining was considerably injured
b the timbers of the school house.
The Dutch Presbyterian church in Howard
street. above Phoenix, was completely unroof
ed and the west gable end blown in. The
interior of this edifice is hadl damn ed b the
mass of bricks which fell therein:
The Methodist church in' Eleventh street,
above. Jefferson, - was completely 'unroofed, but
not otherwise injured.
The most complete scene of destruction is
Th. I-. • '.l. I
Messrs. Sutton & Co., on the wharf. The
boiler shop—a frame structure 150 feet long
y t eet wide— ias een eve es - to t it
ground. During Saturday; no less than a hun
dred men were employed beneath it. The
building -cost about $5,000, excllsive of the
machinery, which is supposed to he not much
damaged. Not less than 50 dwellings in this
section were unroofed.
For the Compiler
Copa ono ay , r,. . Situate' on ew
Third street, above Oxford, was carried off,
and three private houses on the same street,
above, were also wholly unroofed.
James Ritchie's hot house at the north-west
corner of Washington and Oxford streets was
almost wholly demolished, and a number of
valuable plants and flowers;' it is feared, com
pletely ruined.
The machine shop of W. P. Uhlinger, in
Cadwallader street, above Oxford, was almost
entirely demolished, together with some small
houses adjoining, which were struck by the
flying timbers.
The roof of No. 20 Vest street was carried
away by the gale, without the knowledge_of
the occupants, who were asleep at the time of
the occurrence.
Shaffer's chair factory, in Farmers street
below West, was blown down completely and
is a total -wreck. A large and valuable stock
is materially damaged by this accident.
The three story brick stable of Geo. M. Hill,
city commissioner, on Jackson street, near
Palmer, was blown almost entirely down, three
horses being buried in the ruins. One of the
animals was completely buried ; but yester
day morning, when he was taken out, - it was
found that he was not scratched or injured in
any manner.
• call
The Tornado at Philadelphia.
Narrow, Evape feu in heath.
LIST OF TNN INJURED BUILDINGS.
The roof of the Sanctuary Methodist E
_ .
stroyed 3.; di - triaged 1 ; whitint
mmufaetory destroyed - 1; slaughter-hous e de
stroyed t ; railroad depotq damaged 2—total
-265. Total damage over $100,000: Number
of persons inured 9.
Another account gays fifteen persons were
injured. • • •
At Wiafehestei; Po.. the tornado was very
destructive in that vicinity, de - Stroyine and
damaging larric tiornberlot dwellintts, barns,
&e.—Thi3llNScopsi—OrsOnagi- at that place
Was unroofed. Mrs. Rebecca Smith - had het
skull fractured in tons..query.< or a Ftiatler
idowin4. against whiclt Site twarkattOhrpting
to el/tsp.
et.eVICI.AND. April 14 . .--The storm on SMuro.
day-night wav very severely felt here.
Cleveland nod Plaitburg Railroad was much'
injured„and_in_tlte---city-a-clitarcli -and -fifteen
houses -were demolished. 'At Alliatnee one
matt is . reported to have been killed. A large
number of trees were lilavve down Bernag the
railroad track between'Salitan and Dantascu9,
soinewhat impedintr travel.
We have learned that l'our spanker the York .
Furnace bridge were carried away and ctinvid..•
enable damage done to the Columbia bridge.
- CONSOLATION. FOR THZ SOFFERINO.—There
is no little consolation' in the thought that,
however the impostor_ may flourish for a season,
he cannot long continue to °elude mankind.
• How many men contrive to acqUire a brief and
flashy reputation. and then sink into disrepute
and oblivion ! • 'Dint is especially true of the
pretenders to medical 'skill, who, in an age
when diseases, abound, seek to inveigle them
selv_esinto the confidence of tile public, and
to impose upon it with their notions nostrums.
We confess that, years ego, When' 'we first
hearts of the universal celebrity of Professor
Hott,owav, we distrusted his lofty eleirns,'
and arrogated to ourselves a superiority of ills.
nernment which • would not allow him to en
trap our judgment,. 'Most heartily do' we org
his pardon for the unjust imputation. A care
ful study of his system convinced us that-we
were indeed mistaken, and
. that ihe'werld, to
do .him justice, should' immediately; as it un
doubtedly will hereafter, rank him _foremost
among its benefactors. He has solved the
*mystery of human diseases. and proved that
all medical treetinent, from the time Of Hun-
Ter., has been based upon false premises.—
J eriNER did not effect a greater revolution in the
method of dealing with the small-pole. 1. 1 111.
Dr. FloixowAy has done in the ordinary medi
cal routine of the present day.
The human blood is not a,mere contra•
ing through the veins antl , arteries, and per.
taking of the mere finalities of otherAttids,-,-,
it is—startling as the statement may srem-r
ALIVE. It- is. in plain words. "the life if
man." AU physiological- diseases.,such as.
indigestion, deranged kidneys, liver.. heart..
lungs, stomach, all impure secretions, in, the
large majority, of epidetnie and endemic dis
eases have their origin, or, at least their ex
citing cause in the impure state of the blend..
Cleanse that and keep it cleansed, and no
sickness can prostrate, or even assail the sys
tem. This splendid discovery has given a
lustre - to Professor HoktowAy's name, trans
cending the renown of heroes end statesmen.
We do not wonder at the great fame he has
acquired in' Europe. Asia, A fries and Australia.
We rejoice that he has
. visited rkir oWn corn
try and opened an establishment in New. York,
which will be a very 'PEAIPL E or HEALTH
to our citizens. His PI I.LS &¢l NTM ENT
are the most wonderful sa natives which science
and skill have yet pri:Auced.:-4 1 X.T.'SUnday
'Times.. . .
* The Virginia Celebration of Clay's Birth-
The Richmond papers bring no accounts of
the enthuidastic celehration.on Satorday week
of the 79th annitrenary Of the:bittir of Henry,
Cli,with appropriate ceremonies, at the Stash
Cottage,•Hanover.courity, ire . ,; ! the 194 of his
nativity. A special train left at 3
P. M., and about 300 persons, including dis
tinguished gentlemen from Washington, were
present, accompanied •by the; Marine Band.
Edwin Robinson, Esq., President of the Fted
ericksburg Ratlroad ComOny, presided at the
dinner, assisted by Hon. John M. Botts. T h e
Despatch says :
On the introduction of the •regular towns,
responses to them were drawn successively
from Messrs. Caleb Cushing, 11. S. Attorney
- General ; Hon. J. M. gotts, Senator Ratter,
Mr. 'Cadwallader, M. C., of Ph.; Senators
Crittenden, Douglas. - . Tones; of Tenn.;
o it es et-1 awa-;-M A-t--
to r ney , and Mr. Sydney Webster, private sec
retary of the Preeident. The speeches were
all eloquent, and elicited :he most e n ti t osi a tic
applause.
Mr. Botts performed the ceremony of chris
tening the village where this 1„ rand celebration
occurred. and which has been heretofore known
as the "Slash Cottage," with the name of "AA
/and.'"
•
A MAN:UNLAWFULLY Ilvso.—A mart rianied
Franklin was sentenced to be bun? in Walker
county, Alit., a few days since. The day
previous, however, the governor granted. a re
prieve and dispatched it by express to the
sheriff, who received it on the next morning,
examined it,' and said that as it was not a
sealed paper, it might possibly be a forgery,
and he would not obey it, and accordingly ex
ecuted Franklin at the set time.
DEATH FROM TlttriligLl NO A 1/001'.-A. boy 8 ,
years old. anat . ed . knincii Mage — s, diel is
Philadelphia last week from the effects a 8 be
ing struck on the knee with an iron' hoop
which he had been running on the sidewalk.
The hoop came against a man named Lyons,
who lacked it, when it 'track deceased and
caused him to fall. Inflammation of the knee
and affection of the chest ensued and caused
death.
stir The British government sent ou: on
the 25th ult., an expedition consisting of two
steam vessels of war to search for the unfortu-
nate steamer Pacific.
AN APPEAL MAID OF KOSSUTH:M. KOft"
suth is said he in straitened circumstances,
and Mr. Walter Savage Landor has proposed
to open a subscription in London, for his re
lief. He hinds the list with LID.
IBenedict,
rietor of a saper tniil near Ral-
FATAL ACCIDENT. — Rev. Mr. Jago, 71 Catb-
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