The Jeffersonian. (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, January 19, 1860, Image 2

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THTJUSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1860.
A deep gloom bas suddenly fallen
on the people of this community. The
llfv J G Tuomas, the Mcthodi-t Epis
copal Minister of this place, died about 1
o'clock, this (Wednesday) after noou,
ged 30 years 2 month and 9 days.
Mr. Thomas appeared to be as well a;
usual, up to a few minutes before bis deab
He rode out, on horseback, in the fore
noon, as was his custom, tie eat rather
a hearty dinner, and i-oon after went ur
stairs, when he stooped to mako fire,
blood vessel on his lungs or treaehea
bur&tcd, from the effects of which he died
within ten minutes.
In the midrt of life wo are, indeed, in
death. He was a man whom none knew
but to biyhlv resneet and esteem, and
none was more highly and kindly regar
ded by all christian sects, than he.
The loss of him wo all deeply lament
He wa- indeed an e-timalle christian
and none could meet him in the discharge
of his ministerial duties, without being
impressed with the high cause which he
ably represented, eloquently advocated
and forcibly illu-trated in lis daily walk
Death is always a messenger of sadness,
and doubly so wheu his subject is a per
con arouud whom our affections are en
twined. The widow bas lo.-t a kind, affection
ate, and exemplary husband; and the or
phans a good, worthy and iudulent fa
ther. But none have been taught more
thoroughly than they, that there is a
buaud for the widow and a father for
the fatherless, who ever abidetb with
tbem.
He was a man of no ordinary literary
acquirement, and as regards talent, maj
be clas-ed with the Or at.
The body will be taken to North East,
Maryland, for iuterment.
StUOUDSBURG, January 13, 1660.
At a meeting of the official members
of the Strouudsburg M E Church, con
vened upon the occasion of the udden
removal of the Rev. J. C. Thomas, by
death, passed the following Resolutions :
1st Resolved, That we deeply sympa
thize with the Mstcr THOMAS and family,
in the great and sore loss su-tain d in the
sudden removal, by a wise Providence, o
their beloved husband and father.
2d Resolved, That tho widow and
family ol our deceased Pa-tor, shall have
our cofctsuued sy rupalLiea and prayeis.
3d Resolved, That while we shall en
deader cheerfully to subu it to the provi
dence of God, we canuot but feci that we
have su-tained an irr parable loss, in the
budden removal of our beloved PaSTOR.
irom us.
4tb Resolved, That, a copy of the b
bove be tendered to Mater Tbomas, aud
also, that a copy be sent to the presses of
our Town, for publication.
Signed in behalf of the official mem
bers of the Church.
REUBEN OWEN,
Chairman pro tern.
It. S. Staples, Sec'y.
Easton papers please copy.
American Stock Journal
We have tbe first Number for 1S60.
It oouteuts commends it to the attcotiou
of every farmer and stock-grower, as it is
devoted to the improvement ef domestic
animals. It in published monthly at 25
Park Row, New York, at one dollar per
year: and each number contains 3'J large
octavopages, hands otuely illu-trated. Tbe
enTaviugs of the Improved Kentucky
Sbeek and other animals, in tbe number
before us, are well worth the subscription
price.
Pennsylvania Almanac for 1P60, has
in addition to tbe usual matters, Lists of
tbe Post-Master and Post Offices in the
State. County Officers, times of Courts,
laouic Lodges, Rate- ot Po-tage, His
tory of tbe State, it Officers, I. O of O.
P. Lodges, List aud length of railroad iu
Pa., and a vaiiety of other useful and en
tertaioiug matter.
07-We have some doubts whether tbe
democratic prescs of tho South, which
are full of trea-on and disuniou, fairly
represent the true sentiments of tbe peo
pie of that section. The Lexington Ga
zeUe, a Virginia paper, emphatically de
nies that trea-on is generally counte
nn the sunnv side of Mason &
THroa's Line. It tars that "the rcat
heart of the Southern yeomanry is iD bar
mony with tbe Uuion, and they would re
coil froul disunion as tbey would (rom
the horrors of pestilence." It dares the
nolitical rusglcra V? ho are crying disuniou.
effect, for tbe
oment tbey do, it declares, "their di-u
Dion carcasses will forthwith be seen
daQlinf between heaven and earth.''
At Peoples Convention, held in North
ampton County, the delegates were unan
imously instructed to support Andrew li
Header for Governor.
ennsylvama Legislature.
Ilarrisburg. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 1860
The resolutions relative to the non-or-
jjauization of Congress, and attributing it
to the National Administration, also in
dorsing the members of Congress from
Pennsylvania, passed the House this eve
niut, a- tbey came irom the oeuate, oy
Yeas, 59; Nay-, 31.
The Committee on the Contested Elco
tion in the Sixteenth Representative Dis
trict of Philadelphia, where the seat ol
Col Thomas W Duffield is contested by
Dr. Wiley, decided to open the ballot
boxen and recount the votes. The re
count elect-' Dr Wiley by 1 majority
The Committeo will, on Tuesday next,
report in favor of the right of Dr. W iley
to his scat.
Election of V. S. Senator.
Chicago, Tuesday, Jan. 17, lPfiO
The Legislature of Iowa yestejrday re
elected James Harlan United State Sen
ator. The vote stood 73 for Harlan to
fjvi for A. C. Dodge. .
At a "Union" meeting held in Wilkes
barre recently. Hendrick B Wright de
dared that if be mut go to Heaven witl;
Weudel! Philips he did not wish to goat
ail. If Col. Wright do not speedily re
pent and reform, wo presume he will be
excused from tfoirnr to that desirable
G3 U
State.
John Sherman, the Republican candi
date for Speaker of the House of lie pre
.-entativn-. is one of the most moderate
aud conservative men in the ranks of hi
party. He is very far from bein as ul
tra in his notions as tbe Disunion
Democrccy repra-ent him. He ha
been in Convress several years: and
while he has taken an active part in tb
diacu-sion of legislative topics, he ha
made but one sp eech on tbe subjeot o
slavery, tbe whole tone of which was re
snentfnl and concilatorv towards those
who view the in-titufion from a southern
stand Doiut. Mr. Sherman has devoteu
himself mainly to the study and illm-tra
tion of the great material questions anec
ting industry, commerce, finance and the
administration of the General govern
mcnt. His speeches on those subjects
(says a contemporary,). have deservedly-
attracted attentiou through the country
and given him a position among the ri
-ins statesmen of the times. Yet this is
the man who is daily denounced as ultra
who never rai-ed bis voice on the Slavery
issue, except to deprecate fantaci-m, and
who never gave
exception.
a vote which is open to
A Bright Idea
Mr. Mason, of Va., one of the Demo
critic leaders in tbe U States Senate
made a speech, tbe other day, bitterly
denunciitory of the white laborers of the
2orth, and particularly of such a art
employed as coachman, footmen, ect., wbo
are mostly of Irish birth. He wound up
by proposing to give a new nomenclature
to tbe Northern States by calling then.
"Servile," as a setoff tor tbe term "Slave,"
applied to the Southern States. He pro
nounced all tbe white la orers of th
North "servile' the subject servants ot
those who employed them, and extolled
uejjro-laborers as being every way snpe
rior to them. We were a little astonished
to read such a tirade from a leaeing Dem
oorat, because tbe class of men thus de
nounced as ase and servile, constitute
the great bulk of the Democratic voter.
in the North. Mr. Ma-on is, we believe,
an aspirant for the Pre-ideney, and may
hereafter have occai-ion to regret hi
wholesale unification of tbe free white la
borers of the North.
In tbe saae supercillioua spirit Sena
tor Brown, of Mississippi, another leading
democrat, in tbe course of a recent speech,
tells the Northern free white laborer-,
that their condition would be improved
by changing situatiens with the negro
slaves at tbe South, who, he says, "occu
py a higher position morally, socially, and
physically, than any other laborers on the
globe!" If the po-itioo of the slave be
higher, that of tbe tree laborer must be
lower. How do the laboring men of th
north like this sort of Demootatio doc
trinel
Ijfbe shipments of coal from tb
different coal region- in Pennsylvania.
except the western part ot the fetate a-
mouuted last year to Mven million eight
huo-ired and four thou-oud tons, which,
at three dollars and fitty cents per ton iu
the Philadelphia market, would make it
value over twenty seven millions of dol
lars. Adding about six millions of tou
more for the western part of the State,
and tbo value of tbe entire supply will
uot be far short of thirty five million of
dollarB. Thisjs pretty fair for a single
product of the State.
Apple Crop of Niagara County, U. Y.
The Lockport Advertiser places the
number of barrels chipped at two hundred
thousand. The average price per barrel
is put at $1.50, which would make the
value of the amount sent away S300.000
Adding the quantity ot apples dried and
marketed, together with tbe amount old
for domestic use, tbe Advertiser estimate
the value of tbe Niagara county apple
crop tho present year at half a million of
dollars.
Cold Weather in Texas.
T- a .
bast mouth was tbe severest ever
known there. Snow fell several inches in
depth, and ice .formed iu tbe streams.
Tbe tbormonietcr was down to eleven de
grees. Four men have perished by cold
in this catintrv one black' and three
white men. The destruction of stock ha
bcen very great. In tbe first norther, 2d
and 3d, hogs and Bheep perished in great
numbers. On tbe prairies nearlo whole
Socks have died.
During tbe year ,159, 6eventy-mne
thousand three hundred and twenty two.
(79, 22) emigrants arrived in New York
THE LAWRENCE CATASTROPHE.
Further Particulars.
Lawrence, Mss, Jan. 11.
At the time of the falling of tho mills
there were 600 operatives in the building.
The factory employed 050 operatives, dui
a portiou bad gone to supper, lue nun
ding was five stories high, 280 feet long.
nd seventy feet wide, witn a wing hu
feet square Containing 2.UUU sptnaies.
The dead and miSHtug numocr iin, a
large proportion of whom were young
girls, many ol them being tne main sup-
port of their families. 1 he nre was con
tinued to the rums of too remnerton
Mills. The surrounding property is uti-
iniured. The dead number 115, and the
wounded 1R5. borne ot tne latter win
t . . -II
lie. but bv far the larger part may ?ur
vive th. ir iniuries. The loss is estimated
at S600.000.
rim bmldini? caught fire, those
imitriaoued beneath tbe ruins could be
...n nnrl onnversed with. Drinks and
refreshments were in some instances pas
ed to tbem.
When the fire spread over the ruins
and they found escape bopelesB, they bid
a.iieu to tbeir friends, and in several ca
ses gave directions as to the disposition
of their bodies. In oue part of the build
inc a hole w battered through tho wall
and through it could be seen three young
women, who said they were not at ail in
im-fid Ono of them thrust her arm
through the small aperture and begged
tn ha drawn through it; but before the
" c?
hole could be made large enough, the
flames drove the men away, and tho pris
ouers perished in the flames.
A hundred and fifty long passenger
ars, crowded to excels, arrived here to
dav. But the railroads did not alone
contribute to the number of our visitors
Every kind of vehicle in the surrounding
towns was brought into use. During the
forenoon, a large force were busily en
'aged in removing the rubbisb. Quite i
number of bodies were got out, and two
ner-ons were taKen oui aue.
1 . 1 r
A strong force of canvassers went from
house to house, thereby ascertaining ot
ever? family what perions were wounded
missinir or safe. This summing ud -hows
162 persons missing. It embraces al
known as killed, and those of whom no
tidings have been obtained by those wbo
made the investigation.
Fifty two persons are yet immolated in
the brick, mortar, &c, and a hundred ann
thirty dead bodies have been removed to
tbe Citv Hall, or delivered to their
friends.
BREAKING OUT OF THE FIRE.
About 9 o'clock a fir broke out from
the engine room at tbe South end of the
building, and soon spread over the whole
ruin. 1 be scene now vas bcart-sicken
n?. Conscious of the torturing death
which awaited tbe unfortunate whosj suf
ferins had not been euded by death, the
bvstauders were unable to afford them
any relief. A few more bodies were got
out, but only a few, after the flames had
bb un to rage. 1 he groans ot sunerers
causeo! indescribable anguish id the heart
ot all arouud, and to them were added
the frantic appeals of some who knew they
were gazing on tbe Junerai pue 01 reia
tives and friends, to whoca 00 suocor was
nohlft. An alarm was sounded, the
firemen nromnlr manned tbe machine
nd made everv effort to extinguish th
r
flames. But the copious streams of wa
ter dashed over tbe hissing ruing could
only prolong tbe miseriesof those beneath
On my last visit to the place (! o clock)
the fire had not been entirely extinguish
ed, thougn tbe work of excavation had
hi en resumed.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF AN OVERSEER.
Anions the sufferers in tbe rum at the
time the firo broke out was Maurice Pal
mer, an overseer. He was much beloved
by bis friends, and while the digging was
joing on bis voice wns recognized. He
wa- nearly reached when the flames broke
out lie implored ni tnenos 10 save mm
quickly or be should die. Tbey struggled
to reach him, but the names swept around
theui. He was confined and could cot
resist tbem. As tho beat of tbe fire be-
tan to be felt bis horrible death seemed
inevitable. He w able to move one
baud and drew bis knife, saying be should
commit suicide rather than burn to death
His rescuers pre-sed on, ut his hope of
aid gave out. and be drew the kuifc a-
rross bis throat Soon after they sucoee
ded in removing him, and bis self iuflio
ted wouid was found not to be danger
... . 1 rr 1 I
ous, nut he had suncrea severe eieruai
injuries which rendered his recovery im-
poi-ible. He expired shortly after from
the effects of the injuries received by bis
fall, and bis sufferings while immured
within tbe fallen walls.
THE SCENE AT THE CITY HALL.
The ball of tbe city government buil
ding wa used as a hospital for such ot
the wounded as it was deemed neoesary
to convey tbither. Mattresses lined the
hall on three of its sides, and on them
were stretched mangled bodies and otb
era not dangerously iujured butsufferiug
irom paiuiul wouuds. A large numner
of physicians were in attendance. Some
of the sufferers were groaning in agony,
some were wild with delirium in the last
moment, others quietly breathed their last
or bore their sufferings in silence. Lvo
ry oue of tbe wounded here bad a leg or
an arm broken To one unacquainted
with tbe scenes of tbe dead-house or the
hospital the spectacle was sickening, hor
rible. A Urge room on one corner of tbe
hall bad been set apart as a depository
lor the bodies ol tbe dead, and this was
literally covered jivith mangled corpses
Young men. and those past tbo muridan
ot life, women and young girls, lay here,
a gbaatly sight to behold.
STATEMENT OF ONE OF THE RESCUED
John Ward, one of tbe operatives in
the oarding room, in tbe second story.
was miraculously saved, with bis wife,
who worked near him in the same room.
Ho describes his escape as follows :
"I was in tho carding room, with the
second overseer, lighting up. It was 5 or
m r ft t
ten minutes oetore nve o clock, and we
had got bujjfew burners lighted when I
suddenly heard a noise; it sounded like a
on thunder crash over my bead, and
ooking up, I saw the shafting coaiug
down upon us all over the room. I could
not account for it, and was therelore ter
rified. I stood nailed to the spot, and
did not seem to have power to move, al
though I knew the building was coming
uDon nie: then I heard the overseer shout.
and I tr'cd to jump out 01 me ruouisn,
but pomcthing struck me and I was
thrown senseless 1 did not remain so
ong, but when I came to I found myself
.urTed in tbe rubbish, and did not expect
to get out alive. I wa- all covered over
with blood from my wounds on my lace.
P finally crawled up and got out to the
top aud found a lot of ruins hanging over
me which came near ending my ine, uui
I succeeded in getting cut. I passed by
a dead girl on my way and two other
a angled before I got out. When I wa."
first knocked down I fell beneath a larg
grinding stone, which was stroug enough
to uphold the weight above, and this sa
ved 0)7 life. When I tell under tbe stone
I saw tbe walls over me all falling, and
tbe floor giving way all around ine.
Mr. Ward found his wife at tbe City
Hall where she had been conveyed after
bcine extricated. Neither were much
injured.
OTHER INCIDENTS.
A citizen who risked his own life in an
attempt to save the operatives from the
burning pile, worked bis way into au in
ner apartment, and, looking through a
hole iu the wall, saw two men and a wo
man walking to and fro, apparently en
tirely uuhurt. He reached through, and
took them by the band, and proceeded
with vigorous blows to make a hole in the
partition. A moment too soon the flame
sprung up where he stood. A flood of
water poured in upon it, blinded him, and
he rushed from the place, warned by tbe
engineer, and narrowly escaped with his
life. It is feared that many who bad es
caped tbe bruising blows of the falling
uias were reserved only for the more ter
rible death by fire.
Miss Olive Bridges, who worked in the
fifth story, seized the hoisting chain of the
elevator and went safely down fivo sto
ries to the ground and escaped from th
building without injury. Through the
whole uigbtsbe was at the City Hall, pa-sing
like an Angel of Mercy among the
couches of the sufferers, aut icipating
every wa"t, relieving pain as far as she
was able to do so, and breathing words of
consolation and comfort to tho wounded
and dying.
Before tbe building caught fire a num
ber of those imprisoned beueath its ruins
could be seen and conversed with, and
drinks and refreshments in some instan
ces were passed to them. When the fire
spread over the ruius, and they found e
cape hopeless, thoy bid adieu to ther friends
and in several instances gave direction
as to what disposition should be made ot
their effects. 9
DEAD AND WOUNDED.
The latest list of the killed and woun
ded is as follows :
Dead,, 99
Missing
107
Total dead
Badly wounded
Slightly wounded
20 G
109
199
Total killed and wounded 514
The subscriptions in aid of the suffer
ers amcuut to o?er 15,000.
From tbe Fremont (Ohio) Journal.
High Water Unparalleled Hood.
On Friday, Gth, tbe weather modera
ted, and during tho night ram set
in
which continued for about twelve hour
During Saturday and Sunday the snow
went off fast. .Larue streams ot water
were pouring into tbe river from a tbou
sand directions. About dark, luesday
evening, rain commenced tailing, which
continued until about 4 o'clock of Wed
nesdav morninir. At 4 o'clock the ice iu
the Sauduskey river began to nreak ui,
aud move down. The whole Sandusky
j
bottom for three miles above Fremout is
inundated, and for a mile in width the
ice in groat block-, some thirty or forty
feet square, and ten to fi'teen in thicknesss
is piled and wedged in. in such quantities
that nothing less than a July sun cat
have anv effect unon it. Farmers on the
bottom have lot fences, out-buildings
wood, lumber, corn in tbe .-bock, hay
hogs, sheep, cattle, &c, to a large amont
lho sum of loss in the aggregate will l e
many thousands of dollars. In the pres
cut state of excitement of course nothing
definite can be known. Mr. Seamen aud
Oapt. Thompson have each lost about a
thousand bushels of corn, lbe bandu
ky County Agricultural Society's Fair
Grounds have been seriously damaged
Isaac Sharp bas lost a large quantity
of lumber, sand, ashes, two cows and
some hojs. David June has mot with
severe losas by tbe breaking in of the eas
side wall of his foundery and mactiin
-hop, and the carrying away of pattern
flasks, &o The loss of Mr. Morehou
at his pork-packing establishment will be
quite large. I here aro probably hlty
families who have been damaged from
ten to a hundred dollars, on whom tbi
will be exceedingly severe.
The wholo upper part of the town cast
of Front straet, and all on the river south
of the turnpiko is inundated; somo por
tions slightly, others from two to five feet
in depth. Families who went to bed on
Tuesday night without the slightest idea
of such a rise of water, found themselves
entirely surrounded on Wednesday mor
ninjr, and some with two or three feet of
water in their dwellings, 40 or 50 familie
having to be taken out in boats. The ice
packed in above tbe railroad bridge and
turned the current of the flood on tbe
plankroad and down Front street. In
front of the paoking house the water vras
four or five feet deep, and an irresistible
current sweeps under the plankroad
bridge.-
During the whole of Wednesday it was
thought the Railroad liridco would be
swept away by tho vast body of ice and wa
ter nressin? at?ainst it. A tram of cars
. .i lfJv.L Iv j-i 1
loadta-wun rauroau Tron wan piaucuuu iuu
hridee to keep it down. Almost the whole
. . . I .
of the east side of the river is inundated,
1 1 . .1 . .! U:ll . .... I
ijrom the orioge to ine 1001 or me uui iur
pike was covered with water from om to ed to leave tne otnie in ten days, or bo
three fert deep. Upward of thirty fami .forcibly expelled, because, like the Qua
ies were taken out in t oats from their kers rn N. Carolina, they refused to hold
dwellings which were wholly surrounded
and many having from six to eigteen iuch-
es water on their floors. On '1 hursday
mornin tbe water seems to be abating.
We bone tbe worst is past. bo tr we
have not beard ot any persons losing rueir
J ' i I
. i r .i. r I
lives, though one man u was m tu
would die from fatigue and exposure in
the water.
Strange Occurrence at a Funeral.
rpv,m tho Chicano Times. Januarp I a
ry r.i... Kitiirronee! han-
. I
vine ui iuo nuutgoi r
, . .1.- r..-o! nf M;. hfP
peneu jeMTujr , V.V
Guthrie, who was accidentally killed the
uav nrevious on
the iNorthwesteru
way. which we have ever been called up
. l 'PI... fn.i.ilt, nt Mr. frlltll
u.j .rr,.,.,nn.,ts
L .ommd.tion of lb. friends of
.L. j i .ur1 A' I a nr.
n,l a nnmerons as
-mi.i. nf n,n.rU were nre.ent when
the undertader, Mr. lierry, arrived with
the hearse. About tbe same time, another
carriage, containing a woman richly
fahionably dressed wasdriventothe door
The woman
aliehtcd
and entered the
louse. To tne astonisnmeui oi iu a
m .t . . I a f 1 .
.Pll.rilU in Bit OI WUUIU sue wan a iuuji
stran"er, she greeted tbe children o(
Guthrie as her own, and tbey in turn ad
dressed ber as their mother, manifesting
tho greatest joy, mingled with surprise at
eein her. The wife, on the other hand.
was ooniounueo. one Knew uui wuai
f Ol . I -. . . 1. . n
. - n nw nr nnr r f a r iti n u fit i ii i kii iiiitii ilmu
. m. i r t r 1,1
appearance of one who claimed
also to bo the wife of the deceased, and
- -Hrlr-H hv hi. children at
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their father in due legal form, and in the
ul confidence that his first wite was
dead. Tbis supposition being now oer
thrown by tho sudden appearance of one
claiming to be that deceased wife, tbe
other wife began to upbraid the children
for not telling her that their mother wa
iving. Tho real mother, (for such the
tranger was,) assurei ber that the chil
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' I
as
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their father, had reason to beiieve her
id. She had deserted h-r hu-band in
dead
the city of St. Louis, where thoy lived.
and shortly afterward cau-ed an an
uouui-emeut of her death to be published
in tbe newspapers of that city. Rut she
was not dead. L-aviug St Louis, she
bad lived in Chicago, not knowing that
ex a i m; i. j t.
infrt vpstrn 7 mnrninj. nie tinn
j.-.--, . . T 7 .
coma io reciciiui uui inuuicu, uuu iu uc
. . 1 . L. I . . I . J n . H A
told for the last time on earth, the form
of their father.
The appearance of the stranger indi
catcd that she was one ot that numerour
class of abandoned women who sail alon
our sidewalks and at'.act tbe gaze of Ii
eentious men by the gaudy trappings of
their trade
It may be well supposed that ''a scene'
followed the announcement of ber rcla
tion to the deceased in the funeral a.
scmblage. 1 he mends who had coni.ro
gated to pay the last rights to the dead.
suddeulv changed their minds aud refus-
d to follow the hearse to tbe rcmete
a
ry. l hey also deoiareu mat tue wn -nc
rift i f . . i r y i
whom tbey had supposed to betbe only
wife) should not do .-o. Tbe stranger of-
ferred to pay the carriage expenses ot
tbe family, but the friends would not per
mit it. In the midst of considerable con
fusion, the stranncr invited the three chil
dren into her carriage. Tbey obeyed
and the rarriage was driven away, lbe
hearse left the house shortly afterwards.
bearing tbe remains of the decea-ed, t ut
not a single mourner to follow it. On
arriving at the cemetery it was rejoined
by tbe carriage containing the new found
mother and her children, who with tbe
exton and undertaker, alone witnessed
it- burial. 1 hen the children were con
vrjyed by their mother to a new home
where we know not, and would that wc
could suppose it to be a bettor one than
that from which tbey were so strangely
and unexpectedly taken.
CSTA public dinner was given to Flon.
Bailey Peyton of 1 enneaiee, at the Acad
eray of Music. Philadelphia, on Saturday
last, by invitation of sundry citizens who
desired to testify respect for honest tal
ent and patriotism o! the South Hon J
, Crittenden, Kentucky, Hon. J. 1
Nelson, Tenn , Hon. J A. Gilmore, I
u., lion. .Mr. maynaru, icnn., lion, iur
Conrad, Louisiana, and many other dis-
.-ii .i . rni
nniruisueci I'enneux n were present. J ue
Southern chivalry, unfotunatel) mouuted
the eternal slavery hobby, and the meet
ing broke up in a row. Wine in, wisdom
out.
BSrLate English papors give tho par
ticulars of a mo-t extraordinary elope
uient in the city of London, the panic
being the wife of Mr J. H. Gurney Mem
ber of Parliament, and a domestic ser
vaut in Gurney's household. Proceed
ings for a divorce have been instituted on
the part of tho husband. Tbe frail lady
is possessed of a fortune in her own right
of over two millions of dollars, and hence
esteems herself rich enough to set at de
Ganoe the ordinary rules of social moral
ity.
8SfAn a:ent soliciting subscription
to Fleetwood s "Life of Christ, was re
oently tarred and feathered in Alabama
and a gentleman wbo had lived eleven
years in tho Stnte, and married there,
was compelled to leave, because he would
not play the flute in the procession.
HjThe bills for tbe expenses of tne himself at tbe battles of Palo Alto and
late military demonstrations in Virginia Raaoa de la Palma. tho taking of Mpn
bpgin to came in. That for transporting terey, the siege of Vera. Cruz, and tho
the troops and supplies on the railroads battle of Cerro Gordo, died in New York
amounts to $U5f000. on Sunday,
wnotesate Uutrage.
A fm rtaa LM atnnn I . '
icn tuw a lueciiog was neld
in Madison county, Hy., at which it was
. . . r w
re - olved that a number of families livrW
T... A - I . 4l. nnnnt. .1 I 1 "
ui ucio, ,u iu wuuvj, boouiu oe warn-
slaves themselves, or to admit that it vsra
ngnt ror others to do so. These people
are mostly native- ot the State, have al-
ways been quiet and industrious, and
had Duiit a Onurcn and an Academy e-
j -ii
iuoicu a eieam saw mm. improved ocYet'
I i . -r -r
ovuu u. i?ee was
tocir clergyman, while their Academy,
which was one of the best in the State,
and bad numerous scholars, uiany of tbem
children of slaveholders, was under the
managuuiuu. oi ioo iter iur. Hoger.
K.,in. Ihna It .1
"- juiuauy uounea mat
. t t- i ...
lDeJ mu-1 ,eave 1UB,r nomes, tor opinion's
sak,, the little community held a meeting
J ' n,e"'Dg;
nor or tne otate. mat tunctionarv. with
a cowardice that 13 incredible, renl r!
.... . ... .
"bclter "ne lane: but promised tbem te
purity while t.km their departure, audi
tuat ,,K',r property should he protected.
Ul,der tbe8C circumstances, they bad
n0 resource, to escape the fury of an or-
fD,"d m.ob. on their
homes and leave their property tothe
N lh n
moveu 10 oiuciuuuii iu a nouy, and aro
still there, bopiog that a reaction in their
favor will soon tako place in the publio
entiment of Madison county, which will
. i . . . t
allow them to return and occupy their
own lauds and tenements. A Cincinnati
paper thiuks their hopes, in this particular
arc well founded, because Ktntueky can
not well afford to drive such meritoriou
citizens from ber borders it is certainly
not a light matter to drive out of a stato
. i iiioii ronn ntinn &rnnm n w.Tinuti imnrnua
ai.Z " ':
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m-iers or me uosp.j, ano wno give
I w r rr Atmnn linn t rtr 1 n r rr rx n v l
"ueuu aainsi no law who mase no war
upon society and who merely hold that
r j j
come to an end in God's own good time.
1 be doctrines whioh those expatriated
citizen-, hold are simply those which
Wa-hin:ton, Jefferson, Randolph, Mason,
and other Revolutionary patriot- profe-s-
i i i i mi
eu. uui ine nmu- are uuangeu. x ne
tolerant spirit of 1770 has been superse-
a worse than
J
nU-UlllllUl-.'UUII'lll,OUU llCUWWUiUISUVCliU,
. r . r
t,ie n,rht. of property, and security from
A ... i fin. n n 1 1 - . . n M l.nnnnn. tt.nnli
personal violence, are an nuni-Ujpmousiy
ignored in order to sustain the institution
of African slavery an in-titution which
is a withering ourse wheresoever it exists,
but which, with all its great and palpable
evils tbe Demojratio party, with a strange
infatuation, vehemently insi-ts should be
M lt 'uuuu o?ur uu our lei rii-urica, uuu
bo
o
.hnll wn
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A plot to assassinate the Sultan of Tur-
Uey has Dcen didcoverod ana. put down.
Fourteen pupils, about 15 years old, iu
the Naval bebool at Constantinople, im
plicated in the affair, were tied up in
acks with a 30 pound shot at their feet,
aod thrown into tbe Rosphorus.
E. C. PYLE'S
New Year's Greeting- to his Eriends and.
Matrons, lor ibbU.
Patrons and friends, another year
11ns run its hnsty round,
Mai y and int'resting, the scenes"'
Which in its course were found.
Turmoil and faction, in some parts
Of this our beautious world,
Aroused lbe fears of men, lest kings
Should from their seats be hurled.
Debates on Slavery, Pro and Con,
Like agitated waves
Ot ocean, dug Tor some brave souls,
Deep, and untimely graves,
(Of freedom's fire, the spark is lit ;
Though years may pass away
E'er from it we shall sec emerge,
A bright and sparkling ray,
Yet it will burn; and from our land
For aye, will the foul slam
Bo purged, that for so long has cast
A shadow on her name.)
In Legislative Halls, where mad
With reason, might have sought
For mortals pure and high, amour,
Intrigue, and murder, have been taught
By some; w hile noble souls have mourned;
That crime should thus disgrace,
As il has done, so terribly,
Our Nation's highest place.
Strongc contrasts. Eighteen Fifty-nine
As all preced'ng time,
Presented daily to our view;
Good, virtue, vice, and crime,
Followed each other in its course
Had no desire for change
Been witne-sed in our goodly town,
'Twould sure be passing strange.
The strifes and competition, which.
E'er mark improvement's race,
Were realized in full by us;
But we have not the space
To mention all, so will select
That, which is all the while,
The engrossing topic of discourse !
We mean the store of Pyle.
in it is offered to the gaze
Of all, a splendid lot
Ol men's attire for winter wear;
Nor must it be forgot,
That prices are made to suit the times;
This, with the unequalled style,
Of fit and work, have made the famer
Of Miu R. C. PYLE ! L
A splendid stock of over coat which
will be sold at cost to make room for
Spring operation, at Pyle'a store opposite
the old Easton Bank.
Lieut G. W. My who distinguished