ailp g_elegrapb. H Friday Afternoon, February 1, 1661. LOST.—To-day, the weigh-beam connected with a patent weigh-cart. The finder will be snitably rewarded by leaving it at this office. Tan UNION PRAYER MEWING will be held in the Presbyterian Church, corner of Market Square, to-morrow afternoon, commencing at four o'clock, as usual. Farmer Gaoomuss,-.-We call attention to tEe advertisement of W. L Tairsvrox, in. another column. All in vgsnt of good groceries should give him a call. FATAL RAILROAD A CCJDENT.-A young man, named Miller Smith, a brakeman on a freight train on the Pennsylvania Railroad, was cut completely in twain, a few days since, by fall ing upon the track and being run over. I=CI=EI TEE SOCIABLES give a gran& soiree at Ex change Hall to-night, which will be a gay and pleasant affair. Strangers who. wish to pass an evening enjoyably, should drop in among the "Sociables," whtre they will find a large num ber of ,handsome young ladies ready and will ing to mingle with them in the giddy mazes of the dance. Tickets may be had at the door. I===l CHITROEI DEDICATION. —The IleW Methodist church at Fisherville, in this county, will be dedicated ou Sunday the 17th of February. Rev. Dr. Bishop, of this city, is 'announced to preach the dedication sermon, and other distinguished clergymen will , participate in the ceremonies incident to the occasion. The edifice is a neat and substantial one, every way creditable to the taste of the builders and the liberality of the congregation. Tas ARRIVAL or Tom Things to- day, and his appearance on the streets in his miniature carriage, created quite a sensation in juvenile circles. The General held his first levee this afternoon, which was largeiy attended. He will appear again to-night, and we 103 k for a crowded house. All parents shoUld gratify their children with a sight of this diminutive specimen of humanity. Two levees will be held to-morrow, afternoon and evening. DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVINTION.---The Demo cratic State Committee met here S estarday, and called a State Convention, to be held at Har risburg on the 21st of February. Resolutions were adopted declaring that the Confederation is dissolved, and that it must be re-constructed on Democratic principles. The call for the Convention denounces the Republicans, but expresses no condemnation of the seceding States. There was not a full attendance of the committe. A MEMBBH OF THE LEGISLATURE TREED FOR AB• DUcrrion.—A rather exciting case was disposed of in Huntingdon last week. Brice X. Blair, a member of the State Legislature, was put on trial, charged with having conspired with. others to abduct a - young lady named Maggie Scott, the disappearance of whom, some weeks ago, was noticed at the time in our columns. The jury, after a patient and lengthy investi gation of the entire affair, brought in a verdict of not guilty, but directed the defendant to foot the costs. The accused is yet to be tried, at the April term, for abduction, and an attempt to procure abortion. An unpleasant position, truly, for a Legislator. EiV ( VAGI323 OP DIPTNERIA. —Mr. John Frederick Stine, of Susquehanna township, in this county, recently lost four children in the space of eight days, victims of diptheria or putrid sore throat. Mr. Henry Myers, of Cumberland township, Adams county, followed six children to the grave Ittbin a few days, all victims of the same disease: Three of them died within eight hours, and Were all buried at one time! Hun dreds of homes in various sections of the State have been desolated the present winter by this terrible scourge, aptly styled the "demon of the nursery." A number of persons, old and young, in our own city, are afflicted with sore threat, but the disease is not attended with the fatality which marks its progress elsewhere.— We presume this is mainly awing to the skill our physicians. RISLIGIOUS RIWIVAL Msxriaos.—We learts that very interesting revival meetings are in pro gress at Millersburg end Dauphin. The altars are nightly crowded with penitents, anxiously inquiring, "what shall we do to be saved?" In both villages the Methodists have gained large accessions of now members, and the good work still goes on. A revival meeting is about to be commenced in the Methodist church at Middletown, under the pastoral charge of Bev. Wm. B. Gregg, formerly of this city. The meetings in this city and Wormleysbnrg, com menced several weeks ago, continue in success• In' progress. There seems to be a general wa king up among our Methodist friends, and a de_ termination on their part to save souls, whether the Union Is saved or not. May, they reap a rich spiritual harvest. Om EXCITEMSNT IN BEAN/61 COUNTY. —The oil excitement has reached Beaver county, and seems to take precedence of everything else there now. In Green township some twenty companies have been formed, and work will be commenced at once. Hookstown is in a blaze of excitement. Freedom has been all aglow for some timer Rochester gives evident signs of being bored. New Brighton, forgetful alike ' of her car factory and her great water power, goes off in the pursuit of oil. And last, though not least, steady old Beaver is actually getting excited—in fact Beaver county is to be thorough ly perforated. At Old Brighton the Hazen farm has been purchased and , a well com menced, but as yet they have to be content with surface indications. In Rochester there is one verylarge well in operation and several others in expectation. On Lacock's run there are four—on Dutchman's run one—on Crow's run one or two, which are yielding great quantities —at Iriditstry 7 lffve or six—at 134,11's Ferry about a dozen, for one of which the legatee has just refused forty thousand.dollars. THE WORKINGMEN'S COMMITTEE-INTERVIEW WITH THE .GOVERNOR VISIT TO TILE LEGISLATURE —Paissamrma as Muumuu, ao.—The Com mittee of Thirty-three Workingmen, appointed by the recent convention in Philadelphia,'ar rived here yesterday at noon, on their return from Washington, and proceeded to the Bueh ler House, where quarters had previously been secured for them We have seldom met with a finer looking or more intelligent body of men on any occasion. Each member of the delega tion wore a badge of black silk, having upon it a figure representing the Goddess of Liberty standing upon a rock. On the rock was the word "Constitution," and above the bead of the figure, "Union." , On the bottom of the badge were the words, " Workingmen's Com mittee of Philadelphia." During the afternoon the - 6114ns were waited upon at their quarters bye number of the mechanics of our city, and a full and free interchange of sentiment took place relative to the duty of Workingrnenin a crisis like the present. At four o'clock the the members of the visiting delegation were escorted to the Executive Department in the Capitol, where Mr. Anson, a member of the Legislature from Philadelphia, formally intro duced them to His Excellency Governor CURTIN, who welcomed them in a brief and appropriate address as follows:,, • • GENTLEMEN :-I am very happy to see you, and am harpy at all times to see gentlemen who represent the material interests of the State, especially those who come directly from the great metropolis of the State. I have ever entertained a high appreciation of all measures directed to the development of the wealth . of the State; to the advancement and prosperity of the material interests of the State ; but those looking to the protection of the labor of the. State I have dver'considered as foremost of all in furthering the progress, power and happi ness of the people. In such times as these, when trade is prostrated, our currency derang ed, and unhappy differences are dividing this great country, it is proper that Pennsylvania should assume her proper place in the sister hood of States, and that her conservative sen timent should be fully understood. The Le gislature of Pennsylvania has signalized 'tenon servative sentiment to the people of this State by the recent action of that body ; and we may all sincerelyheme that when Pennsylvania comes to be represented in a body of distinguished men, gathered from all parts of the nation, who are bent upon conciliation and a restore tion of fraternal feeling, upon the safety and protection of the integrity of the Government, that the result may prove au era in the history of Pennsylvania. I repeat to you again, gen tlemen, that I am happy to see you. 4I approve of your mission and of your designs. I under stand your visit to Harrisburg to be for the purpose of representing the workingmen of the city of Philadelphia—as such I welcome you to the Capital of the State. Mr. T. B. Nionorsorr, on behalf of the dele gation, replied to the Governor in a somewhat lengthy, able and patriotic speech, -explanatory of their mission to Washington and Harrisburg, and heartily thanking the Governor for his cordial welcome and friendly sentiments. Mr. Nrcnorsort spoke substantially as follows : Govsaxou :—On behalf of the Committee of Thirty-three, appointed at the Workingmen's mass meeting, held in Philadelphia, allow me to tender to you our heart-felt acknowledge ment for the very handsome manner in,which you have received us, and the sentiments you have expressed. We are truly, sir, what we represent ourselves to be, representatives of the workingmen of the city of Philadelphia. At the first convention lately held, none were ad mitted, except those who had been duly elected by their fellow workmen as representatives Of some branch' of industry, upon the floor of that convention. In that body various resolutions were proposed and considered, and after consid. erable discussion and some amendments, a series of resolutions were adopted which the workingmen of Philadelphia thobght, if carried out, would be calculated to arrest the fearful calamity that now seems to be spreading through the land, and bring back - once more !the reign of peace and happiness within our borders. This Committee, sir, was authorized to proceed to Washington and confer with the Senators from Pennsylvania, and with the Rep resentatives froth the Congressional districts of Philadelphia. They have performed that mis sion ; they ,have urged upon those Sena tors and Representatives the adoption of the resolutions which have been presented to the country by the distingnished and venerable Statesman from Kentucky, as the basis of a plan of settlement and final adjudication of the unhappy sectional strife that is now spreading through our land ; they urged uTon those who represent the people of Pennsylvania in that body that if they could not conscientiously give their adherence and support.to those proposi tions, they would, at least, go so far as to accede to our wishes, and what we believed to be the wishes of