S!)C STcffcvsonian. THURSDAY, JUNE 1,1854. WHIG STATE TICKET. FOR GOVERNOR. JflSi Pollock, of Northumberland I'OR CANAL COMMISSIONER. George Darsie, of Allegheny. FOR JUDGE OF TnE SUrREME COURT. Dauici Hi Smyser, of Montgomery Godey's Ladys Eook. The June number of this work has been received. It contains a large quantity of reading matter, and compares well with the best magazines in the country. Fourth of July. The anniversary of our National Inde pendence, is again fast approaching. If our citizens intend to make preparations for its proper observance, now is the time to commence. )f The Hon. Asa Packer, M. C. will j-leas-c accept our thanks for a copy of the obituary addresses delivered in the Sen ate and House of Representatives and in the Supreme Court of the United States, wi the occasion of the death of Hon. Win. . Kin?. Court. Last week was held the regular May Term of the several Courts of this Coun ty. Hon. J. Pringle Jones, of Reading, held the Courts to try causes in which Judge Porter was concerned a3 counsel. The greater part of the week was occu pied with the disposal of criminal cause:? in the Quarter Sessions, such as riot, as sault and battery, surety, of the peace, tic. Most of the causes of the civil list were continued till next term, therebeingbuttwo t i them tried. The first was John Mcrwine v-. Joseph Keller, an action of trespass fjr taking from the plaintiff five Si 00 bank notes; verdict for the plaintiff for $623 03. The other, the case of Andrew Futz, libelant, against Elizabeth Eutz, respondent, which was a libel by the hus band against the wife for divorce on the j: round of desertion. Verdict for respon drill. At a late hour on Saturday night the yurt adjourned to the 19th of June, in ant. to give persons desirous of selling Aie, Beer, c, an opportunity to obtain InviifM', as required by the late act of as-f-ciublj regulating ale and beer houses. Democrat. The Presidency. A prominent ex-member of congress, oi the National Whig school who has re- Uly returned from a tour through New Liland, reports that Bell of Tennessee, Houston of Texas, are the favorite r mdidntes, respectively, of the Whigs and D.-uiocrats of that region for the next presidency. If Mr. Bell should be nom inated, Rufus Choate or Robert C Win throp, of Massachusetts, will probably be nominated for Vice President or per haps Ogden Hoffman or George Wood of New York. Mr. Fillmore, he is informed does not wish to have his name used in c unection with the next Presidential can :iss; but will leave the field clear to all his conipetitorsfor the honor. Bank Directors. Messrs. Henry Kel kr -.t John Tindall, were by the Board e Iccted Directors of the Farmers & Me chanics Bank, in place of Drs. Field and Lachenour. A Correspondent of the Richmond Whig expresses the opinion that Samuel Hairston of Pittsylvania, Va, is the larg est (domestic) slaveholder in the world. lie is said to be the owner of between 1, 700 slaves in bis own right, with a pros pective right to about 1,000 slaves more, which are owned by his mother-in-law, he having married ber only child. Ho has now the management of them, which makes the number of his slaves reach near three thousand. They increase at the rate of near 100 every year; he has to purchase a large plantation every year to Bettle them on. A large number of his plantations are in Henry and Patrick connties, Virginia. He has large estates m N. Caroli na. His wealth is different ly estimated at from $3,000,000 to 85, 500,000, and I should think it was nearer the latter. Thomas Iron Company. At a meeting of the Thomas Iron Company, the following persons were e lccted officers and directors of said comp any : President. Peter S. Michler. Secretary and Treasurer. C. F. Ran dolph. Directors. Peter S. Michler, C. A. Luckonbach, E. Marsh, W. II. Talcott, John Drake, R. S. Ohidsey, E. A. Douglass. mt.liLJ.li EST Two trains arrived together at Rochester on Wcdncsda; consisting of sixty cars, and containing 2,000 German emigrants. Another train followed Eoon after, having 1 ,100 on board. Hon. Milo M. Djmmick, of Mouroe county, in this State, it is said has al ready been recommended, and is likely to receive, one of the prominent offices in one of the new territories to be organized under the Nebraska iniquity. Mr. Dim mick represented the Northampton Dis trict for four years in Congress, and was. last fall the Democratic candidato for President Judge of the judicial district composed of the counties of Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne, but defeated by the Hon. James M. Porter, who was brought out as a volunteer candidate,and elected by a large majority, though not a citizen of the District. Mr. Dimmick is a man of very moder ate abilities, but a clever, and, as far as we know, honest aud upright gentleman. Having been defeated last fall in tho Old Democratic Tenth Legion by his own par ty is of course rather a recommendation in his favor in the eyes of this week and imbecile Administration, and we have no doubt therefore he will be taken care of by them. It seems rather queer to us, however, that probable appointments for these territories should be announced e ven before the Nebraska iniquity is fully consummated by having the President's signature affixed to the bill. Those un charitably di-posed will be very apt to su-pect that Mr. Dimmick's appointment was part of the consideration which pur chased some of the votes of the Penusvl vania delegation for the bill. Perhaps the Hon. Asa Packer, the representative from Dimmick's district, can Ihrow some light upon the subject. Or is mum the word with him? Daily News. .0. The Appropriaton EilL We have not been able as yet to get a sight at the. General Appropriation Bill, but we have gathered the main features of it from the Harrisburg papers. It con- tains a section appointing rs. stricx la.nd, of Che--ter, John Stroiim, of Lan caster, aud John N. Purviance, of But ler, Commissioners to examine into the correctness of the claims against the Com monwealth, for debts alleged to be due on the Poitago Railroad. The aggregate amount of money appro priated by the bill, is about S5,500,000, to' which mu.-.tbc added a claim bill of not less than 50,000. It increases the salar ies of the Judges of the Supreme Court $200 each, but makes no alteration in the salaries of the District Judges throughout the State. The Governors salary, after the expiration of the term of the preseut Executive, is to be $0500. The appro priation of $1500 to the Scott Legion of; Philadelphia, for the erection of amonu-j mcnt, was retained in the bill, as insisted upon by the House. The section, added in the Senate, re quiring the immediate cancellation of the relief note", was disagreed to by the House, and striken from the bill by the Committee of conference, except so far as it repeals the proviso to the 0?th Sectiou of the Appropriation bill of last year. Tho operation of this will be to apply the whole finking fund to the cancellation of the relief notes, instead of permitting any portion to be invested in State stocks, as authorized bythis proviso to the 98th Sec tion. We cannot now say how much the in debtedness of the Stale must be increased by this bill, but it cannot fall short of a million. It will be remembered that the Appropriation bill of last year "anticipa ted the revenues," as Gov. Bigler mod estly says when he has to make a Joan, and this year, with no increased resources we have five and a half millions ap propriated again. How the money is to be raised, or where it is to come from, un less supplied by loans, is more than we can imagine, for the revenue of Abe State will not furnish it. We may therefore make up our minds at once to swell the funded debt of the State, for whether it is funded now or left like the Dutchman's milk, "lying all around loose," is a matter of no great consequence it is none the less a debt that our ordinary revenue can not liquidate under the existing order of things. However, the people are likely to dispose of the Public Works and Mr. Bigler some lime this season, and we may then begin to see daylight through our present financial gloom. Chambers burg Whig. JIT J- Jenkons lloss, Esq., recently the Native American Candidate for Con gress in the Bucks County District, was appointed by President Pierce a Consul to Sicily. He is said to be a Whig and Free soiler also, but that he is not now, and never was a Democrat. The Hon. Geo. B. Barrett, of Clearfield, was, on the 8th inst., on mo tion of the Hon. Caleb Cushing, Attorney. General, admitted to practice as an at torney in the Supreme Court of the Uni ted States. To fix Carpets on Floors. The labor that housekeepers have eve ry spring and fall, of taking out'and put ting in tacks when they raise their car pets for dusting, should have suggested a much more convenient aad simple plan for effecting the job. In some plaecs small rings are fastened into the floor. The edges of the carpet, or the binding, have hooks sewed or otherwise fastened in, , and the rings serve as eyes to these hooks. All the labor required in taking carpets up, or putting them down, is to hitch these hooks to the rings or unhitch them. There is no noise of hammering, no nails required, aud the job is a work of but a few minutes. Senatorial Changes. The terms of the followiug Senators ex pire the prosenfc year, and the vacancies, must be filled at the next election: Wm. A. Crabb, Philadelphia city, Samuel G. Hamilton, Philadelphia count. IIcnry S. Evans, Chester and Dela ware Edward C. Darlington. Lancaster. -Ezaias Kinzer. do John C. Kunkle, Dauphin. E. W. Hamlin, Wayne, Pike, &o. Maxwell McCaslin, Washington and Green, II. B. Barnes, Somerset and Bedford. Eli Slifer, Union, Juniata and Mifflin. John McFairland, Westmoreland and Favcttc. Whigs Tho Nebraska bill passed the House at Washington by a vote of 113 a gainst 100. Therefore, the Missouri Compromise is now repealed, slavery es tablished in the Territory, and if it is ev er hereafter to become Free Soil, slavery must be abolished. WJT A vein of copper ore, said to yield GO per cent, of pure copper, has been dis covered in Salisbury township, Bucks County. Effects of Cold Weather. On a bitter cold day, a gentleman standing at a pic ture store suddenly felt some one at his pocket, As there was but one person near him, he instantly turnrd, and looking him full in tho face, said, ''Sir, your hand was in my pocket." "Was it sir?" calmly re plied the other, ,I really beg your par don, if it wa.J; but the -weather is so very cold, one is clad to net his hand anv where." Nebraska. rew persons nave any idea of the extent of thid territory. Its boundary is three thousands miles in length; its area five hundred thousand square miles, and it will form twelve A States, each as large as Ohio. EgyA Washington depatch says : "It is a well established fact that an extraor dinary impetus has been given to the Cu ban filibustering operations by the agi tation of the Black Warrior difficulty, and there is a small doubt that George Law's Grapeshot is holding herself, and the muskets she has on board, in readiness for them." A Most Foul and Horrible Murder. Mrs. McBrayer, Esq., of Anderson county, Ky., was murdered a few nights ago. according to the Frankfort Yeoman under the following circumstances: "After Mr. and Mrs. McBrayer had re tired to rest, a man entered their room with an axe, and, approaching the bed passed his hand over her face in order to be sure of the right one, which awoke her. Being satisfied that it was her, he com menced cutting with bis axe, first striking her breast and arm3 in many places; he then, with several strokes, severed one ol her legs entirely off, Mr. McBrayor, being awakened by the noise, reached out hi& hand to protect his wife, and received a blow, cutting his hand in two. The in carnate fiend, thinking he had killed her, commenced striking about at random o vcr the bed, with the hellish intention to hill the youngest child, who was in bed with them, but not finding it, he went to the lounge in the room where slept their other child, and aimed a blow at its head, but only cut the baok of its neck. He then went out, leaving the bloody axe at the door. Mrs. McBrayer had life c nough left to tell who, as well as she could see in the darkness, had committed the horrible deed. From her statement her stepson has been arrested and put in jail to await his trial." Hovel Manner of Suicide. As the Easton train was approaching the Catharine street depot, at Elizabeth town, on Friday afternoon last, a German stepped before the locomotive when it was but its length from him, drew his cap o ver his eyes, faced the locomotive, inclin ed his head forward, and the train passed over him, cutting him into fragmeuts.- Those who had seen him previous to the rash act, say that ho was not intoxicated, so far as they could discern, but appeared to be in a state of despondency. His name and place of residence could not be ascertained. Easton Angus. JSJ-Dr. Fennor, of New Orleans, has published a history of tho Epidemic Yel low Fever in that city, from which it ap pears that in 1853, there was an aggre gate of 15,858 cases and 5,613 deaths, or a loss of 35 per cent. It is remarkable that the lowest mortality, 5 per cent.,was in the Girls' House of Refuge, (the Boys' House of Refuge, with exactly the same number of cases, being 28 per cent), ex cept in the Lunatic Asylum, vh,ere there was none at all, The Easton Conspiracy Case. To the Editor of The N. Y. Tribune. Sir: The public mind in Easton is still agitated on tho subject of the great Conspiracy Case, and the newspapers are full of thfi details of the trial. It seems that Dr. Field and Dr.-Laucbenour were both physicians in full practice, and wel known in the community. The last named irentleman' has been a resident of the county about 25 years; during which long period he has sustained the character 0 a faithful, hard working man, extremely exact and honorable in money matters and altogether above suspicion in every respect; and he seems never to have been charged with that kind of pride or osten tation which sometimes leads weak men into extravagance and crime. There seems to have been considerable excite ment during the trial, and there was ap parently a prevailing idea that tho de fendants would escape because they were rich. There was no doubt a floating 1m prcssion that the case was the cause of the poor against the rich; though it seems that the parties concerned m the prose cution were quite as wealthy and as wel able to spend money on the trial as any of the defendants. Many people here aro beginning to reflect on this fact while many others remember that the only wit ness of importance was this James 11 Stevensou; and that his oath alone was put against the good charaoter of the oth er parties; for without him there was no evidence at all. The consequence is au evident commencement of doubt and ques tion in the community as to the credit to be given to this man who is, no doubt, the most accomplished villain in the State, and, perhaps, in the United States. Hi villany and adroitness were sufficiently plain on his own testimony, and, as the first excitement of the trial is dying away, there are symptoms, I think, of a consid erable change in public opinion on tin whole subject; but time will by degrees develop the sober second thoughts of the people, whatever these may be. Ibi Stevenson was a dark haired blacked whiskered fellow, gentlemanly and stu dent like, with rather a sinister pair of eyes peering behind his gold spectacles, slow and heavy in talk, and rather timid and awkward in manner, but very push ing and not easily abashed, lie came hero about two years ago, and was a stu dent in Dr. Green's office; and, with this introduction, ho contrived to force him self into a great many families, and he never failed to boast or his great intimacy with any man who so much as nodded to him in the street. It is impossible to imagine how many plans ne may have concocted against the citizens upon whom he fastened himself in this way. He was also very pious, went to church, was a communicant and made speeches in favor of religion. I learn that the defendants offered to prove at the trial that he was actually convicted once before, and served out his time for a conspiracy in an ad joining county; and since the trial, other -startling reports have come out respecting his former career and his wonderful fore sight and skill in villainous combinations These and other alleged facts are ex citing a good deal of attention among people hero and doubts as to the truth fulness of suoh a chaaacter, and of course as to the real guilt of the convicted par ties are increasing daily in the public mind. lours, &c, w. Eastos, May 18, 1854. ,0. Depredations on the United States Stint Disclosed. Within the last few days evidence has come to light that extensive abstractions from the funds on deposite at the Phila delphia United States Mint have taken place, and of such a character as to in volve the reputation of an heretofore up right and irreproachable citizen. Upon the chief weigh-clerk of the Mint, Mr. J. Engle Negus, devolves the responsible duty of receiving, weighing, and describ ing the bullion deposited, and of giving a receipt for the same before it is melted. Of course its value cannot be ascertained until it has undergone the melting pro cess and all impurities and foreign sub stances have been removed. Between the times of depositing and of melting, therefore, an opportunity was afforded to an evil-disposed person, unless he was properly guarded, to abstractfrom thebul lion committed to his care. The chief-weigh clerk was noticed by one of his assistants to be frequently in the vault, (which he entered by means of a duplicate key,) for which there was no occasion, but his os tensible object might have been to secure curious specimcps for preservation. At length suspicion became so confirmed that another clerk in the office, and final ly a superior officer, was communicated with on the subject. The evidence of wrong afforded seemed incredible ; but the next step taken to elicit the truth was conclusive in its results. Upon the ar rival of tho last California steamer, at which time, as is invariably tho case, great quantities of bullion are forwarded Iroin New York to Philadelphia by the various express companies, &c.,"the treas urer arranged, after the chief weigh-clerk had made his deposites for the day and weighed the same, to repeat the process of weighing, and a deficit amounting to 81,400 was disclosed. Tho guilty per- son, aiter Deing iniormcu oi tho facts, im mediately confessed his crime, acknowl edging that his depredations had been continued for six months past, and that lie nau taken altogether 814,000; but of fered to make immediato restitution, which ho was able to do, as he was pos sessed of considerable property. This fact, in connexion with his previous char acter, mak-os the present offence tho more inexplicable. The offender took passage for Europe at the earliest opportunity, and sailod in the Washington last Satur day. Journal of Commerce. GSTT-ho Crystal Palace on Thursday afterndon was the theatre of a wedding. Tho groom was Mr. Merrit Smith, of Mount Washington, Ma?s ; the bridge Miss Elizabeth Dignoan, of Stuyvesant Falls, New York. The ceremony took place in the picture gallery. Boston Kiot. Fugitive Slave Case and Riot in Bosion The Master arrested and held to bail- Attempt to rescue tlte fugitive. United States Officer Shot. The Boston Mili tary ordered Out. The Rioters Ar raigned. On Friday last a colored man by the name of Anthony Burns, alleged to be a fugitive slave from Alexandria, Virginia, was arrested and lodged in prison at Boston. Chas. F. Suttle, the claimant, was arrested the same day for an attempt to kidnap a citizen of Massachusetts, and was held to bail. On Friday evening a meeting was called at Faneuil Hall, where demonstrations and speches were made expressive of their indignation at the bold attempt that had been made to capture one of their citizens. The most promi nent of the speakers were Rev. Theodore Parker and Wendell Phillips, Esq. The crowd dispersed from the Hall and made an attempt to icscue Burns, by breaking open the Court House doors. Clubs, pis tols, guns and other deadly weapons were freely used, and one James Bachcldcr, who had been employed as a United States officer, was shot dead. The officers finally succeeded in quell ing the riot and kept Burns in safe cus tody. Burns had his hearing on Satur day morning. During the trial but few persons were admitted into the Court House and a military guard was kept standing in the vicinity. Parker and Phillips made application to the Mayor to station a body of Police about their residences to protect them from a mob of Irishmen, who had assembled to avenge the death of Bach elder. Those gentlemen are denounced by several citizens of Boston as being the cause, through their inflammatory speech es, of the death of this unfortunate young man. The recent passage of the infamous Nebraska Bill, has no doubt, been the oc casion of the bold attempt of the freedom loving citizens of Boston, to infringe and wholly disregard the laws of the United States. BSsT'The ladies of Maysville, Ky., re cently presented a pair of pantaloons to Miss Lucy Stone in due form. Miss Lucy accepted the pants, but says she would have done so with a much better will if they only had a man in them. . British "Consols." . As many persons do not understand what is meant by " consols," which are always a prominent article in the English money quotations, we give the following definition from the Banker's Magazine " They are three per cent. English stock, which had its origin in tho act of the British Parliament, consolidating (hence the name) several separate govern ment stocks called in the act " consolida ted annuities," and commonly quoted for brevity, "consols. 7 fVhen the consolida tion took place, the principal of the sev eral funds thus merged amounted to 0 127,821, but, by the funding of addition al aud subsequnt loans and parts of loans into this stock, it mounted, on the 5th of January, 1836, to 355,709,228. Since that period only one loan has been raised that for compensation to West India planters in the emancipation of slaves- 22,000,000 and a few millions have been paid off. Tho total in January, 1848, was 317,824,081 English debt, and 0,194,874 Irish debt, out of a total debt of 772,401,851 sterling. The stock, from its amount and the immense number of its holders, is more sensitive to its financial influence than any other, and is, therefore the favorite stock of the operation of speculators and jobbers. Its dividends are payable semi-annually." Excitement and Lynch Law in Arkansas. The citizens of Crittenden county, Ark., have recently been much excited against a desperate gang of outlaws in that coun ty, and a few days ago an affray occur red in which a Dr. Dewitt, son-in-law of J. Abels, one of the alleged offenders, was shot dead by R. P. Tallcy, in self defence. Soon after a meeting of one hundred citizens took place, and proceed ed to the house of Abels to tear it down, but desisted through the entreaties of his family, who promised to leave the county. Ihey were subsequently informed that the house would be cannonaded the next day if they did not leave. A public meeting was then held, and resolutions adopted notifying Abels to leave the coun ty by the 13th instant, and giving nine others until the 15th to leave, or else a bide tho consequences. ' ' tm 4 ! 1111 1 .11- They have some queer jurymen in Iowa. V few days sinoe an old toper died rather suddenly the Coroner, in consequence, held an inquest listened to the testimo ny of a physician and was about tender ing a verdict "water on the brain," when Mr. Slccom Peplodis "rizw to object. "Mr. Coroner, I hare known the de ceased for ten mortal years, and I know he never scon a sober moment in all that time. To say that such a man can die of 'water on the brain,' is therefore darn ed nonsense. Cause why! IIo never took any into his system, The true ver dict, Mr. Coroner, should be gin, oorn whiskey rum or brandy the brain; but as I cannot gc.t such a verdict, T am willing to split the difference compromise and bring in a verdict as follows: 'Died from the effects of brandy and water on the braiir" The compromise was agreed to, and the verdict is part and parcel of the recorded doings of Iowa.' 1 C-Wo learn from the Norristown Register, thatD.ennis McFadden was com mitted to lail at that place on lyriday week- charged with stopping the U. S. Mail on tho route from the Blue Bell to Philadel phia, with intent to kill the driver, Wil liam Acuff. Also, that a drover named John Hendricks was robbod at the Spring house tavern, on the night of tho 17th ult, of money to the amount of $177, by Rich ard Sinclair, who was subsequently ar rested and put in prison at Norristown. to await his trial, JO3 Dech, Field and Lachenour, re cently convicted at Easton of a Conspira cy, publish a card through the pnpera of that place, solemnly avowing their innocence. A?tti-Nebaska Fceleng in Connecticut. Hartfod, May 26. The church holla tolled for one hour at sunset to-day on ac count of the passage of the Nebraska bill. The First Fruit of War. A letter from the llov. Wm. G. Shauf fler, of Constantinople, draws a melan' choly picture of tho distress which the Eastern war has already occasioned a mong the poorer classes of Constantino ple. He says that there is no commerce, no business going on, but little money to be seen, aud thousands of human beings are dying of hunger, thirst, nakedness and disease. Rats and mice are eaten by many to allay the cravings of hunger, and people who but a few months since were comparatively rich in worldly goods, now beg for bread. - W Post-Office Decisions. In answer to inquiries, the proper officer in the Post office Department decides that there is nothing in the laws or post-ofiice regula tions that forbid?, justices of the peace being post-masters. It is also dscided that post-masters cannot deliver lotters from their respective offices which may be addressed deliverable from other offi ces. jj&'Dr. Golsod, of Autaugaville, has shown the editor of the Mercury a won derful chicken, which is thus described by the Doctor : It has four legs, four wings, and a part of two vertebral columns joining at the beginning of the cervical vertebra?. It has only one alimentary canal; and appears to have no other bony connecton than the one alreday mention ed, and by its clavicles. These apparent ly pass from the scaplse of one part to that of the other one on each side. On the whole, it has the appearance of two chickens with their abdomens and chest3 in contact, with the exception of having only one head. fiSTRev. G. W. McPhail, pastor of tho Presbyterian Church at Fredericksburg Va., has accepted a call to Easton, Pa. The Hew Hope Delaware Bridge Again. We learn from the Doylestown Intelli gencer, that there is some error in stating that the party that purchased this work had forfeited it; and that it had reverted to the Receivers. It is said they have paid upon the purchase more money than the sum named, and that their failure to .make the last payment due had- not caused a forfeiture. A Wisconsin paper saya that a resident of that state (probably a Yankee by birth), has built in the town of Menosha a singu lar looking craft one hundred feet long containing a cabin for the residence of the proprietor and his family, and also a large Pottery manufactory, with a full set of machinery for grinding clay and man ufacturing earthen ware. The machinery is propelled by a wind mill which is ele vated above deck. The proprietor de signs when the navigable season commen ces to descend the Wisconsin and Missis sippi river in his ark, stopping whenever night overtakes him, exhibiting the man ner of manufacturing the article and sell ing his wares to the benighted inhabitants of the region. He anticipates a profitable as well as an agreeable trip. From Washington. Washington, May 2G. Tho Houso will on Wednesday next, take a recess until Monday week, the 5th of Juno. A war message is expected from the Presi dent immediately after the recess. It is the general opinion that onr affairs with- Spain are approaching a crisis. The Star says that tho Hon. Milo M. Dimmick, of Pa., will probably be ap pointed to an official position in ono of tho new territories. Fall of Catfish. The Norfolk Argus states that a curi ous phenomenon attended the hail storm in that city ou Tuesday night of last week. Quantities of catfidh, somo moasurmc a. foot in length, fell in different sections of the city, and some of the fields were lit erally strewed with them. Hundreds were picked up in tho morning. This (3ays the Argus) is no piscatorial fabri cation, but a fact which is attested by hundreds of citizens. Important News from Mexico. Santa Anna has been defeated by Al varez in the mountains near Acapulco,, and is now on hi3 way back to Mexico. Alvarez enclosed tho Mexican dictator in a defile, and killed and captured all his men. Alvarez has been completely rout ed, has lost all his men, aud is now a fu gitive. Important, if True. A statement is put forth to tho effeoC that a company of capitalists has been lOrmcd, with ex-Governor Johnson at tho head, which will bid SI 1,000,000 for tho Main Line. It is also, stated that tho Camden and Amboy Company will give 12,000,000. What truth there may ba in this statement, wo are not prepared to say. A Mr. Edmonson, in McCraken coun ty, Ky., last week, on sitting down to breakfast discovering tho biscuit of an un usual color, called his cook and requested her to eat ono of them, which she did ve ry reluctantly, and died in fifteen min utes afterwards from the effects of tho poison she intendod for her master and mistress. Jis" The Free Democratic State Con vention assembled on the 24th ult., about 40 Delegates wero present, E. D. Gazzan of Pittsburg was chosen President. On the first ballot, the Convention nominated David Pitts of Chester for Governor, Geo. R. Riddle qf Allegheny for Canal Com-: missionor, Wm. M. Stephenson of Mercer, for Supreme Judge. i 4 i 1
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