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CLEARFIELD, PA., ArillL 9, 1S56.
,Koniiaeos ol the Philadelphia Convention,
' " ' rOR PRESIDENT,' ' ' ' "-.
' ' ' MILLARD FILLI.IOEE.
VICE TRESIDEST, . "
f ANDRJSW JACKSON DONNELSOI7. . ,
- Union State Nominations.
CASAI. COMMISSIONER.
THOMAS E. COC1IRAX, of York Co.:
' Arnrron oesf.ral,
. DARWIN PHELPS, of Armstrong CV
surveyor ceskrai.,
BARTHOLOMEW LA PORTE, of Eradford Co.
Wo would not be offensive to our up-6trect
neighbor. IIo lias onr respect our best wish
es lor: hia welfare, and we desire to live upon
amicable terms with him. . But ho must not
permit liimself either to pervert our language,
or misrepresent our' plainly expressed senti
ments. Neither practice is at all consistent
with that courtesy which should characterize
the intercourse of honoroble partisans, whoso
conduct 13 to be scrutinized and judged by ah
intelligent ami impartial public." Republican.
That is precisely what wc have to say to the
editor of the Republican.' We wish to have
the most kind fraternal intercourse with him ;
and we feel disposed to practice the greatest
"courtesy," exhibit the highest "respect,"
and express ourselves in a manner that is not
''offensive." The precepts of the editor of
the Republican are good ; but how does his
practice conform with them 1 ' Are his expres
sions that wc arc "endorsing an unmitigated
"and wholesale falsehood," and giving curren
cy to a "barefaced lie," either courteous, re
spectful or Yoid of ofl'encc ? Are they such as
a man, who pretends to be our "neighbor" and
''live upon amicable terms" with us, Bhould
use? We leave it to "an intelligent and im
partial public" to decide.
' "Wc are sincere in the principles we advo
cate." Republican, April 2. ;
. So, wo trust, arc wc, and in our article of
the 26th March wc endeavored to express our
honest convictions of the position occupied by
the American party in regard to "foreign in
fluence." lhe correctness of our position,
and the facts coataincd in our remarks, must
have been clearly manifest, and seem to have
disturbed tho equanimity of the editor of the
Republican to such an extent that he declares
we "grossly misrepresent" when wc "insinuate
: that the Democratic party arc not now, from
" Maine to California, opposed to tho identi
" cal description of 'foreign influence' de-
counced by Washington, Jackson and Eu
" chanan," to which wo referred in our article.
What? tho Democratic pnrty opposed to for
eign influence! Come, come, "neighbor,"
you shouldn't attempt to rob us of our "thun
der." 'And if you talk in that way the for
eigners will begin to think you have turned
American, and may call you a "bloody Know
Nothing," or by some of those "courteous"
and "respectful" terms which you apply to ns
"betimes.
. TtTNAit's Magazine for April has been re
ceived. It contains a number of highly inter
esting articles, and sustains its deserved repu
tation as a superior American magazine.
Household Words arc on our table. They
contain their usual choice -literary matter,
which alwaja afford a rich mental treat.
The School Fellow, a pleasant little jour
nal, is also at hand. It is a neatly printed mag
azine and its articles are of a rather delight
ful character.
r The Wat Matters are Working At the
flection which has just come olT in Rhode Is
land, the American and Republican candidates
for Governor, Secretary of State, and Attor
ney General, have been elected by nearly C000
majority. , There 13 no choice for Lt. Gover
nor and Treasurer. The coalition have a clear
majority in both branches of the Assembly.
The Senate stands 16 Coalition, 0 Democrats,
1 Whig, ajid five vacancies. , The House, SO
Coalition, 21 Democrats, and 13 vacancies. ,
W hat tiiey Cost. The IT. S. Ilouse of Rep
resentatives has passed the usual resolution
for tho purchaso of books tor tho Representa
tives and Senators, by a vole ol 67 to CO. The
cost of these books is about $1,500 for every
new member, which would purchase a tine li
brary of 2,000 volumes if judiciously expended.
. Virglkia ha a debt of $35,000,000 on her
public works, and to complete them will re
quire $100,000,000 more. Eut few if any of
her public works are now productive, and
Urge amounts are required to make them even
pay tho interest on cost of construction. .- She
is on the verge of repudiation. . . , .
The total number of convicts in the Ea&tcru
Penitentiary, on the first of January last, as
appears by tho annual report, which, is just
published, was 285, an increase of fifteen over
the previous year. .
Should there be many rafts going down the
river within a few days, our' readers need
scarcely look for a paper being issued during
the next week. ' "
THE'Governor has signed the License bill,
of which we publish an abstract on the first
rage of to-dayB paper, and is therefore a law
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J. BIDDLE GORDON, ESQ., DEC'S.
At a meeting of the. members Of the Clear
field Bar, held at the office of J. II. Larimer,
Esq., on Monday evening April lstj 1853, Jo
siah W. Smith, EsqVwas called to.thc chair,
W. A. Wallace, John L. Cuttle, Jno. F. Wea
ver, Robert Wallace, Sr., Ellis Irwin and Wil
liam Porter, Esqs.. were selected as Vice Pres
idents, and L. Jackson Crans and Thomas J.
McCullough appointod Secretaries.
. John L. CulllexEsit announced in a beauti
ful and very feeling manner, the death of James
Diddle Gordox, Esq., a member of the Clear
field Bar. IIo spoke of the sudden death ; the
circumstances attonding his short illness ; and
of his full faith itfTiis happydeparturc."" lTc
spoke of his own intimacy with him, of his
many virtues; and of his irreparable loss. ' ' -
Jltexander' liirin, Esq. followed 'him, and in
the most feeling manner alluded to his intima
cy with tho deceased ; said he had been an in
mate of his house for near three years.and that
as a gentleman Of high and honorable bearing,
and nobleness of heart, he could bear ample
testimony. IIo spoke of the deceased, his
many virtues and social qualities as long as
the emotions of his own heart would allow
him to do so. .( .
L. Jackson Crc.v, Esq. spoke at some length
of the sudden shock the community had re
ceived, and of tho high order of talent with
which the deceased was endowed. IIo made
some very appropriate remarks in application
of the mournful event to those who were liv
ing. . . .
J. B. McEnally, Esq. rose and said
Mr. President Death, when it comes, al
though wc may be admonished of its approach,
inspires terror. When the aged man, whose
limbs tremble and whose feet totter, is called
from earth, even then we are filled with awe.
But when, ono who stands by our side, in appa
rent health and with all the fond promises of
life before him, is suddenly struck down, we
arc reminded with terrible emphasis of the tin
certainty of onr days and of our own frailty
SulJon or never was I more powerfully im
pressed with this solemn truth, than upon the
announcement made this afternoon that our
professional brother, James liiddlo Gordon,
was dead. Perhaps I have known him longer
thananyoce here. My acquaintance with him
commenced over 12 years ago. It was in the
fall of 18-13 that I entered Dickinson College
at Carlisle, and joined the Junior class. Mr
Gordon was at that time a member of that
class. Wc were classmates together for near
ly two years, and graduated together in 184-3
Well do I remember those days. I recollect,
too, how differently the visions of life loomed
up in our imaginations then from what they
have boon realized since. As years steal on
us, a change change comes over the spirit of
our dreams. The fancies of youth gradually
depart, and new sontiments and new feelings
occupy their place. There were 18 in the
class, and perhaps all of them expecting loug
life. " Yet how many have already fallen before
they had more than fairly started in their ca
reer! In about three j-ears after we had sepa
rated, four out of the small class were num
bercd with the dead. Since that time I have
ceased to trace them in their several steps.
They are scattered abroad and dwell I know
not where ; nor can I say how many, now,
have ceased to live.. .
About three years ago, it devolved upon mc,
as Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the
ClearQeld Academy, to enter into some cor
respondence for tho purpose of procuring a
teacher. A letter received from a friend high
ly recommended a Mr. Gordon, of Virginia
The result was a partial engagement. The
person who had been recommended arrived,
and, to my surprise, proved to be my former
classmate. Since that time, Lis history is
known to you all. . After teaching a few montha
he resumed the practice of tho law in Clear
field. For more than two years he Las been
one of our number.
There was one trait in his character more
prominent, perhaps, than any other. Ifo was
frank and open, lie despised trickery and de
ceit. To his f riends ho was generous and free,
and towards all men without disguise.
For a man so young and employed ia his
professional business, he certainly must rank
high as a scholar. . As a student, ho loved the
languages, and his ability to learn them was of
the highest order. Latin aud Greek he learn
ed with ease. ' Besides his own native tongue,
he spoko French and German with fluency,
and, it is said, had acquired a good knowledge
of Italian. No man in this county, and but
fewinthc Statewere his equals in this respect.
He had talent, too, that needed only appli
cation to enable him to take a high position in
his profession. IIo entered on practice here
as a stranger, with nothing to aid him but his
own native abilities. .. But he succeeded well ;
at least a3 well as any man could have expected
to do under the same circumstances.
But time would fail to recount all. lie is
dead. His earthly remains will soon repose
in the tomb, whither we must all, in due time,
follow Lira. Truly wc may say, how quickly
WC fall and how soon we aro forgotten? 1
Hon. G." R. Barrett, who was present, rose
and said : . . -
Mr. President : Though less acquainted and
less intimate with the deceased than many who
are present, 1 esteem it a privilege to add an
humble tribute to his memory ! This is a sad
and mournful occasion to 113 all.' No heart
can feci the weight of oppression more than
my own. Death has again done its work in
our midst. One of the members of our Bar
has been called from the shor03 of time and
has gone to join tho multitude that throng the
courts, above. With but a few hours warning,
the hand of sickness was laid tipon him so vi
olently: that his constitution gave way and bo
sank into the arms of death. It is nearly nine
years since our ranks have been thus broken!
In that time Providence has watched over ns
with peculiar care. While men were falling
all round us, death invaded not the circle ol
our profession. Were we from-thia cause,
resting in fancied security, and was it neces
sary that this sudden shock fehould be visited
upon us, to warn us of the uncertainty of hu
man life ? To teach us that we stand upon an
awful: and fearful precipice, even the yery
Verge of the grave T I trust not, and yet we
know that euch a visitation is for some wise
end. The troubles and trials of life to our de
ceased friend are over, lie has made the
journey, and gone to reap his reward ! ' ."
It seems to be a part of our professional life,"
to be constantly engaged in the strifes incident
to men and business ; but hovfoften we are ad
monished not to let an interest for our clients
interfere with our personal, relations, to each
other.' Engagal in the j pursuit of a highly
honorable calling, our first object should bo to
'dighiff'ihat calling; "by cultivating the kindest
relations towards our brethren. .If, at times
wc are led into intemperate feeling, by com
mendable zeal, for the cause entrusted to.our
management, let Us strive never to indulge in
personal assaults upon our brother. Feelings
of animosity should never be allowed to lurk
within our bosom for a single moment, after
the excitement of the occasion has passed by.
The melancholy occurrence of this day, should
again forcibly-remind us of this duty. Death
is the .lot of all men, and we, ono and all, in
God's good time, must obey the summons.
. This morning beamed .upon us with more
than usual effulgence S This first day of April
seemed to promise the opening of spring, and
the return of genial summer. -When wc all
felt a buoyancy of spirit and lightness- of heart,
rendered more so by the welcome season, tow
little did we expect that sorrow and sadness
would so soon take tho place ;of such feelings!
That ere the sun should go down, we would
bo called to the bedside of a dying Brother,
and bid to witness the flight of his immortal
soul from its earthly tenement to realms of c
tcrnal bliss ! And yet such has been God's
will. ... - ,
. James Biddle Goanos, Esq., a member of
our bar is no more ! His tongue is silenced in
death ! In the prime of life, only having fair
ly entered upon its journey, ho has been sud
denly stricken down ! This morning he walked
our streets as umial in apparently good health,
exchanging friendly salutations with his neigh
bors, and perhaps enjoying as high hopes for
the future as arty of us. This evening he
"sleeps the sleep of death." How sudden !
Ilew stattling ! ! What a warning to us all ! ! !
His body is with us, but it is cold and inani
mate. His immortal soul has silently winged
its way to a "brighter and better world."
What an impressive lesson ! How loudly it
calls to us, "be yc also ready." How plainly
wc are admonished to live as Brothers ; to be
kind, generous, forbearing aud forgiving to
wards each othor, so that when it falls to our
lot to pass the gate of death, we shall be able
to die, as , we trust our lamented friend did,
"at peace with all mankind," and in tha hepe
of a happy resurrection. ' If wo have i(f.li to
forgive, wc should ever remember, that wc
have much to bo forgiven for. It may cost us
a struggle for the time being, but it will save
us many a pang of regret in the last hour of
our tribulation : in the agonies of death !
The deceased was far irom his home and rel
atives, a circumstance which has rfdded much
to the solemnity of the occasion, but which
only served to draw us the more closely to him.
When no kindred hand was present to minis
ter to his wants; to sympathise with him in
his afflictions; to smooth his pillow and to
soothe his sufferings, how pleasant for a fra
ternal brotherhood to perform that duty ! It
will be a comfort for his aged parent and rela
tives to know, that in their absence Lis dying
couch was surrounded by a largo circle of de
voted friends in whoso arms ho expired, and
who would have saved him from tho embrace
of death if care and human skill could have
done it. God's will was otherwise, and he
with meekness and abiding laith bowed his
head to the unalterable decree.
Wm.Jl. Wallace, Esq. spoke of his intimacy
with tho deceased, in the social relations of
life, as well as in professional business ; said
that he was gifted with a high order of talent,
and that his professional intercourse was of
that high minded and dignified character that
no ono could take exceptions to it.; While he
always maintained the interests of his clients
with energy, firmness and groat ability, he did
it with dignity and courtesy. It afforded him
unfeigned pleasure to add this tribute to hia
memory. . : .-
J. B. McEnally, Esq., presented the follow
ing resolutions, which were unanimously a
doptcd : ' '
Resolved, That in the death of James Biddlc
Gordon, Esq., tho Bar has lost an able and ac
complished advocate and the community an
esteemed and worthy citizen. r
Resolved, That wc deeply sympathize with
tho father and relatives of the deceased, and
hereby tender them our mutual sympathies in
their bereavement.
Resolved, That the members of the Clearfield
Bar, in respect for the memory of the deceas
ed, wear crape upon the left arm for the period
of thirty days. . . . : c
' Resolved, That Hon. Alox. Irvin, John L.
Cuttle and Jas. II. Larimer, Esq's., be a cora
mitteo to convey the body of the deceased to
his family at .Reading, Pa., 'and Ashley M.
Hills, John F. Weaver and Elmer S. Dun ly he
a committee to make all necessary arrange
ments. . .. . : . -.. ;
Resolved, That tho proceedings of this meet
ing be published ami a copy of the same be
transmitted to the family of the deceased.
- . : Josiah W. Smith, Prest.
L.' Jackson Crans,- ;-','
. Thos. J. McCullough, f,cys-. ... , ;
Appallihq Fire. Intelligence re'eeived'at
Charleston from Knoxsvillc, Tenn., stales that
the town of Scvierville, in that State, was'al-
most entirely destroyed by fire on Tuesday
week. 1 It originated in the house of Mr. Dug-!
gan, Sheriff of that county, and involved the
destruction of the jail court hoiiseV store
houses in fact, the whole village, with the ex
ception of three or four buildings. " Thc'only
person in the jail was a man recently commit- I
ted, and he was burned to death? "
THE CENTRAL A1IEBICAN VTAE.
' , Simultaneously with 'the news oiV'-Peace to
the Crimea comes that of War in . Central
America, and the former was not more import
ant to Europe than the latter must be to the
American hemisphere. The governthent of
Costa Rica,' which. : is the contiguous State to
Nicaragua on the south, : refused . to receive
CoirSchlessingcr, the commissioner from Gen.
Walker, escorted him out of the country, and
declared war against Nicaragua. With great
decision Gen', w. puE Ins"To'rces'ln"the Held,"
now,amounting to about 1C00 men, and vas at
Virgin Bay thi very Evening th declaration
of war was announced. Costa Rica has about
800 regular troops ami a militia of -noine iiGOd.-.
A writer in Blackwood says a portion of the
troops arc armed with Minio rifles, there is a
good provision of artillery, and numbers of
Germans in the country, many of them in the
employment of the Government, to whom it is
stated to bo indebted for an effective state of
military preparation. We hear, too, by tho
steamer Illinois, that the British frigate Pres
ident, which had come down the coast with
silver to Panama, immediately upon her arri
val at that port, hastancd back to Punta Arenas
the seaport of CostaRica on the Pacific, in or
der to defend the country Against an incursion
of Walker, which was expected by. the author
ities. A French frigate was at tho same port,
with the purpose of acting with tho British
force against Walker; besides which the Brit
ish war steamer Eurydicc was at San Juan on
the 25th ult. .Will Walker be successful I is
now the question . lie has tried to maintain
pacific relations with his neighbors, and having
been invited to Nicaragua by the Democratic
party there, he is no filibuster,. and Costa Rica
has declared war upon him. . The news of this
outbreak w ill soon summon thousands to his
aid from California andNew Orleans, like the
cross of fire among the clans of the Highlands;
those States, which have refused the olive
branch Vill be overthrown by the sword, and
a Central American Confederation will be es
tablished, where the Anglo-Saxon clement will
be dominant. . . . ' .
We observe that Major Ileiss has reached
the American Minister, Mr. Wheeler, with des
patches , from our government, aud all who
know Major U., and are aware of his deep
sympathy with Walker, will argue that he car
ried something encouraging to him. An en
voy, with pacific assurances from San Salvador
had reached him also. . Under these circum
stances, we believe that Gen. Walker will be
successful, unless France and England should
interfere with him. And if they do, the cause
of Nicaragua will become the quarrel of the
LTnitedStates, for the maintenance of the Mon
roe doctrine of non-intervention by European
nations in the affairs of this continent., It is
necessary for our securiiy that the Isthmian
States should be in friendly hands, or the tran
sit to California and our Pacific territories may
bc cut off. Should Walker fail, our commerce
will be at the mercy of the Indians aud mixed
races, who have so long made that fair portion
of earth a disgraceful anarchy. This cannot
be permitted, and as a natural consequence,
the destiny of Walker, the "manifest destiny"
of Central America, and the safety of our ter
ritorial connections, arc all unavoidably inter
mingled. Phil'a. Sun.
" A Storm Ahead. The Pennsytranian copies
a paragrajdi from the Washington Union, in re
lation to the departure of Mr. Buchanan from
England, and makes thi3 bitter comment :
" We suspect that tho fact announced in the
above paragraph is true, although wo do not
consider tho Union very good authority, just
now, for anything that ivlates to Mr. Buchan
an. A more disreputable attempt to deceive
its readers could not have boen enacted by the
Union, than the suppression of the resolutions
in favor of Mr. Buchanan, passed at some of
the recent meetings in Virginia. Tho Berke
ley proceedings, published in tho Union, were
greatly mutilated, and as they appeared, were
a frauil upon the Democracy of the land. The
resolution in favor of Mr. Buchanan was left
out of tho body of the proceedings. Such
morality can have but few admirers, even a
mong'scurvy politicians.' " '
It would seem from the foregoing that the
friends of Buchanan and Pierce are not likely
to have a very harmonious time ia the Cincin
nati Convention, nnd that the conversion of the
Unioh, the official mouth-pieco of the party,
into an electioneering organ devoting all its
influence to securing the succession for Mr.
Buchanan, is already strongly resented. .
The Courts of Illinois have for decision tho
most perplexing question that ever puzzled the
braiu of a Judge. The question is, what con
stitutes "Democracy. ?" The question origi
nated thus: A Democrat at Alton subscribed
S25 to sustain a Democratic paper, but after
wards refused to pay his subscription because
the editor's views of Democracy did not coin
cide with his own.. The editor sued for the
money. Several prominent Democrats were
called to tho stand,, but the testimony as to
what Democracy is was decidedly incongruous
and conflicting. When the question has gone
through all the courts, we shall let our readers
know the result. Here there is no difficulty
in solving such an enigma, as whoever swears
by' the Pennsylvania Canal and Portage Rail
road is considered sound. Lcuistoic Gat.
'A Yaskek Captain, bound for Liverpool, lost
his wife on the voyage and embalmed the bodv
in the oil of cinnamon found among the cargo.
He was rather astonished on' his arrival at
port to find that tho oil he had used was worth
S4.500. He could not nav the bill.' and n
thrown into prison, tjut he was ultimately're-
Ieased through the influence of Baring & Bro
thers, tyid will have an idea hereafter of the
essential oils. JJ ;-'-
So terrible has been the effect of the cold
and snow on the mountains, west of us. that
the deer have become so weak from starvation
that they have been captured in numbers by
individuals who have them confiued in their
stables, lor the purpose of saving their lives.
Mr. William Glotfelty has nine in confinement,
and so tame have they become that they will
reaftiiy eat from the hand, Cumberland (Ml.)
El'kofeax Xews.The Asia brings do news
.whatever of thxnissing Pacific, andall parties,
even the mast sanguine, must now set . her
dowri as lost. - Mosf probably, as was the case
with the' President and thetCity of Glasgow,
no relic of her will ever be found. , "- "
The European intelligence is unusually bar
ren of interest! Tho Peace- Conference at
Paris have, virtnallyvcencluded their labors,
and we may regard the pacification as com
plete for. the present. Of the terms on which
thcTscttlcmcnt accomplished -we -iiaTe -no
clear account as yet. From all appearances
they will be much more favorable to Russia
than the world in general has expected. The
rejoicrngs at thlirtli f the French Imperial ,
baby continue vociferous at Paris, not unuiiu
glcd w ith evideuces. of a deep under-current
of hostility to the Napoleonic dynasty. Bona
parte has granted an amuesty to the Republi
can exiles, allowic; them to come back on pro
mising to be loj'al ti his (.Jovcrnruent and
to obey the laws. Three Genorals, namely
Caurobert, Bosquet and.Raudon have been
promoted to the rauk of Marshal. In England
the great event is the confirmation of the Prin
cess Royal, who will presently be married to
the heir of the Prussian throne. The forge
ries and frauds of John Sadlcir prove, to be
even more monstrous than has been supposed.
Mr. Dallas has arrived at London . and taken
posession of his mission, amid general good
feeling. There ia no indication of the course
which the British Ministry will take with re
gard to the recall of Mr. Crainpton and the of
fending Consuls; though Cran:pton is sharply
admonished by the Press for his neglect in not
deliveiiug Lord Clarendon's arbitration dis
patch to Mr. Marcy. From Turkey we hear of
nothius but difficulties in the way of the new
reforms on the one hand, and of Western fi
nancial speculations at Constantinople on the
other. From. India we have at last' the final
proclamation of the British authorities depo
sing the King of Oude, and annexing his
country to the British Empire. . .
Theglortaxd shame of Rome. Under this
head tho New York Express points attention
to the fact that the "Sisters of Mercy" in that
city are soliciting contributions to support the
orphans under their charge, while the "Insti
tute of Mercy" is a Roman Catholic establish
ment, under the special patronage of the Most
Rrverend Archbishop Hughes whose prince
ly revenues and landed estates in that State
(Provence) have now for him the distinction
of "the modern Wolsey." While these poor
Sisters of Mercy are thus asking alms for the
danghters of poverty, and the sick,ind tbe
dying under thair care, this hnmble, self-sac
rificing disciple of nim who on earth "had
not where to lay his head," is hot ashamed to
announce, in his official organ, that upwards of
nine thousand dollars has been raised already
to send over to the Pope, to build an Ameri
can College at Rome! This College, we are
told, will be the "crowning glory" of the Cath
olic Churc'i in America. Heaven have mer
cy on the "sick and dying" Heaven take care
of the poor girls for it is clear the modern
Wolset will not. "ThonsanJs for Rome, but
not ono cent for New York," is his motto.
Reason If the College in Rome is built the
reward is to be a Cardinal's hat, and the Cardi
nal's hat may lead one day to the tiara. A
Most Rev. Archbishop, with his eyes longing
for that prize, cannot be expected to devote
his revenues, or his sympathies, to the poor,
the sick and the dying at home. The godless
"Americans," the "insect" Know-Nothings,
the heretical Piotestants, must take care of
them in the "Institution of Mercy." just as
they are taken care of in the public Alms
houses. Terrible Sickxess is Odessa. A letter in
the "Ocsterreichische Zeitung," dated Odessa,
February 29, states that a terrible complaint
prevails in that city, and it is particularly vio
lent among the troops. Above 20,000 are now
in the hospitals, aud thousands havo already
died. In ono week 12 military physicians and
four medical men ia private practice died.
Among them aro two Ameiic-ms, who were a
bout to return home. The typhus has commit
ted terrible .ravages in the whole of Southern
Russia, and particularly in those places which
are near the theatre of war. Bakshiserai, Sim
pheropol, Kherson, and Nicholaicff arc almost
empty. ' It is 'estimated that .this pestilence
has already carried off 100,000 men. It is grad
ually spreading over Bessarabia. .,
A Kansas Want. A correspondent of the
nnisdale Gazette, after mentioning rifles and
some other things which, he says, are not want
ed in Kansas, states a Teal necessity ar follows?
4A young Missourian came to my office yes
terday on business, having left his claim, about
one hundred miles west, a few days " since,
where he had been living about four months.
He said, among other thiugs, 'there are pleuty
of men up there, but I have not seen a woman
for four months. There is an Illinois man np
there who has got a woman's dress, and carries
it around ' for a show, charging one dollar a
sight, and is getting rich at itj "
AsotherVeteb an G6xe. Commodore Con
ner, one of the veteran patriots, whose' chival
ric bravery added lustre lo the American Na
vy in the war of 1812, has paid the debt of na
ture. He had been ia the service about forty
five years about half of which was In the ac
tive service: He entered the Navy in 1800,
and wis on boari the Hornet during her en
gagement with the Penguin in 1814, where he
was wounded, and from whence he carried to
his 'grave a ballin his body. . "
A N ew FmrEE.i The New Jersey Kail
road Company have opened a complaint book.
The book is open at all hours, at the office in
Jersey city, for the entry of all canscs of dis
satisfaction or complaints of any kind, which
the company engage promptly and thoroughly
to investigate and redress, if made by respon
sible persons A like course will be taken if
the complaints be communicated ' to the offi
cers of the companv, w ith the name of the par
ty aggrieved. - -;-!-.
, -, GLEANINGS.
Pbcssia possesses 25,000 teachers, or cbocl
masters. , 'h --
There are 11,000 barrels of flour in store in
Quincy, Illinois.
Th crop of maple sugar this yes it esti
mated at $3,000,000. v
There are fourteen female pbyslcias v
practicing in Boston. -
"Liberty or death," as the rat said l.ea
bis tail was caught in the trap. -.
The Wool clip of Washington co., last year
was 2,948,921 pboqdsj worth $l,185,S93.i
Tna fellow who slept under the "cover of
night, says that he came very-near freerinj.
Ustrce. The report that Er-GOv: Bigler,
of California, has been nominated as Minister
to Sweden.
The Dubnqne 'Tribune? says that fivs hun
dred good mechanics will be wanted ia that
cify the coming season. .: ... r - -
Martin Koszta. has married a rich, widow ia
Chicago, Illinois, and settled himself on a farm
for which he paid $9,000.
Col. A. K.M'Clcbe hag been appointed Su
perintendent of the Erie and North East Rail
road, in place of Joseph Casey, resigned.
A letter from Hon. James Buchanan says,
that h will leave tor the United States, in the
steamer Arago, advertised to sail from Havre,
tor New York, on the 9th of April. -
A Coroner's jnry in Columbns, Georgia,
lately held an inquest over the dead body of a
slave child of eight years, and returned that
it came to its death by blows inflicted by it
mistress, Mrs. Elizabeth Clayton. . .
A Mr. Allmax, at Gallatin. Va, blew up his
house and store, killing himself and severely
injuring his wife, by .accidentally dropping a
lighted cigar into a keg of powder' which he
was passing. The accident occurred on the
21st of March. ' '
. The Montreal Advertiser says that some idea
of the snow in that region may be formed from
the fact that there are drifts in the neighbor
hood of the "Milo End" 23 feet high on level
land, actual measurement. A warm rain would
creat a disastrous flood there.
Destitution is Texas. So shocking is the
condition of the roads between Indianola and
the Gulf coast of Texas, tiat flour was worth
twenty-five dollars a barrel at the latent advi
ces, and at some other places in that section
it could not be bought at all.
At Dexter, Me., recently, the floor of the
Town Hall gave way during an excited, elec
tion of town officers, and two hundred and fifty
persons were precipitated into the room and
cellar below, and no one was killed or serious
ly wounded, though some appeared to be bad
ly maimed.
FARLtAE.VTART Wit. A resolution offered
by Sir Edward Lytton Bnlwer, in the British
Ilouse of Commons, was designated by Lord
PaImrston as Much Ado About Nothing."
Thundering cheers folio wed the reminder given
to the Premier by Bulwer, that "Mnch Ado
About Nothing" follows, in chronological or
der, after the "Comedy of Errors."
A Shoemaker received a note from a lady
to whom he was particularly attached, request
ing him to make her a pair of shoes, and not
knowing exectly the style she required, he
dispatched a written missive to her, asking her
whether she would like them "Wrovnd or Esq.
ToaJ." The fair one, indignant at this rich
specimen of oithography, replied, "Kneetlier.'"
, The number of bills which Governor Wins
ton, of Alabama, has regarded it his duty to
yeto, has obtained for him the name of the
"Vtto Governor." lie has recently, vetoed
two bills that purport to incorporate villages,
but which contain "not a sentence to be fonnd
going to incorporate either of them." The
only point in the acts is the regulation of the
sale of liquor.
Is N. Carolina, within six miles of Greens
boro,' Rev. John B. Marsh reports a family
who had never heard any person pry or pi each,
had never seen a Bible,, or heard of Jesus !
Throughout "the Pines," w here every body
is engaged in . making turpentine, he fonnd
similar specimens of heathenism ; not one half
the population according to his estimate, Lav
ing ever seen a Bible.
- The demolition of the Irving House, in N.
York, has been commenced. Its central front
is to be replaced with marble, and several ele
gant stores fitted up. . It is stated that the
Messrs. Dclinonico refused $100,000 for their
lease of one wing of this building. The Ir
ving House was built in 1848, and was then
thought too far up town. : Now, it is too fr
down for a hotel. . ..
Ihllcway's Ointment and Pills, certain Rein
dies for Rheumatism. nenry Foot, aged 52,
of Natchez, Mississippi, was a severe snfTerer
from this complaint, nnd tried a number of re
puted remedies, hoping they would benefit
him, but be became so bad at last; as to be en
tirely confined to his bed, and he was unable
to move hand ot foot. While he was in thia
horriblo condition, a friend brought Lim a
quantity of Holloway's Ointment and Tills,
which he immediately commenced to use, he
soon found himself gradually improved by
them, and by persevering with them for eleven
wpeksj he was tntirely cured, and has sinco
enjoyed the Lost of health. ". .
Mail Robberies. A regular system of mail
robberies seems to have leen p.lanned and put
into successful execution between St. L0U13
and the castoru cities. The St. Louis papers
learn from the iostmaster that the mails made
up for Boston on the 26th January, the mail of
the 27th of the same month for Washington.
and the niaiof the 7th March for Philadel
phia, are all missinj and have fallen into the
hamls of tho robbers. These mails contained
money, and large, amounts of drafts, and it
seems strange mat tney should be stolen, as
from the moment thev leave the St. T.nnii
post office they aro in the charge of agents,
who are employed for the special purpose of
t;uaiuuig una eaieiy delivering these mails, ana
ir ttiose containing money, which aro known
by the brass locks, are missing; they ought to
know wnai iwcomcs ol thera. '
. January 23,'lSiS. -' -'
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