8. B. ROW. EfHTOR AND PBOpniETGIi..
CI.EAKFIEI.D,PA.t51AIvCII2I,1380.
1 ' ' FOR PnTISIDEXT. ,
GEN. SIMON GAMES OX.1'.' '
Sabjcct to the decision of the Chicago Convention.
ran GOVEiixo::.
IIOX. ANDliEW G. CURTIX.
theib own TEsmioirr.
Judging him from the statements of bis own
supporters, remarks the Lancaster Union, 31 r.
Foster, the "Democratic' candidate ior Gov
ernor, must be entirely destitute of any defi
nite principles, and the most double-faced
ian that ever was presented for the suffrages
of the people Mr. Lewis C. Cassid y, a Phil
adelphia lawyer, ousted from the District At
torneyship because he received the return of
election through fraudulent votes cast in 18jo,
p.nd who proclaimed himself to be a "politi
cian," being called upon to speak in the Con
vention after the nomination, after declaring
that he knew Gen. Foster wtll, aid of Lira :
"lie is bound to no particular issue; he is
"connected with no particular set of people
Lecompton and Anti-Lecompton men may
"stand up and look him in the eye." This cer
tainly presents the candidate in the light of a
man who has no independence of opinion cr
action, but seeks to make lair weather with
men of different views by making his declara
tions accord with the notions of the persons
with whom he may be in contact at the tin.e.
The same ambidextrous advocate made his
i
candidate occupy a position, yet more eq'ilv.
ocal and unreliable it possible, by going on to j
hay : "The people of all sections of this great
'Commonwealth, protectionists and olhencise,
'may stand up in October, and say here is our
"man." Xow that a man can be both Le
compton atiil Anti-Lecompton Protectionist
ur,d Free-trade at one and the same time,
involves an irreconcilability which it wonkl
puzzle the astuteness and recklessness of a
Philadelphia lawyer and politician to explain.
Honest, straight-forward citizens and voters
cannot be led to support a candidate who at
tempts, like the clown in a circus, to ride two
horses at once with their heads Tainted in op
posite directions. Such a pertormcr must in
evitably fall to the ground. After presenting
Lis candidate in this ridiculous attitude, Mr.
Cassiday went on to say to the Convention :
"If you want to see the embodiment of Bcmo
ticrctic mA, look upon this Henry I). Foster.'.'
It is well he 'qualifies the word "truth" with
the adjective "Democratic." Thnt is a vrry
different article from the "truth which is re
cognized among men as being the t euuine ar
ticle. It is spurious and deceptive. It pal
ters with the people in a double sense. It was
exhibited in the Kane letter of 1811 the final
ity of the compromise of 1839, in 18-32 the
false pretense of leaving the people of the ter
ritories to decide the question of slavery lor
themselves, in 18-30. It now takes the four,
as embodied in Gen. Foster, of both Lecomp
tonism and Anti-Lcccmptonism Protection
nnd Free-trade and brazenly nsks the people
to trust it in this double aspect. "The De
mocracy" has so often succeeded by practi
cing a political fraud, that they now boldly a
vow it, and think they can still impose npon
the people !
ii
Evroi'E. The steamer Circassian, which ar
rived at St. Johns nn the 13th, brought some
rather important news. The speech ot .Napo
leon to his legislative lacqueys clearly presa
ges trouble at hand. While forbidding the
formal annexation of Tuscany to the Sardinia
Kingdom, in notorious defiance of the fervent
wishes of the Tuscans and of nearly all Italy,
Napoleon plumply avows his determination to
clutch Savoy as the recompense of his sacrifi
ces to the cause of Italian liberation. France,
it will le remembered, is, according t her
Emperor, the only nation capable of making
sacrifices for an idea. It seems that the idea
of 180'J was Savoy. Of coarse, this manifesto
bodes war. It will embarrass the Palmcrstmi
Ministry of Great Britain, and may not impos
sibly topple them over, in spite of their recent
triumph on the Budget. There seems to be
no Imperial pretence that Savoy desires to be
French, or that Piedmont consents to be thus
amputated. It is Franco alone tha. : j. Xapo
leon that demands the transfer. It will not
bo made without a Jeep and wide agitation.
"Occasional," writing from Washington to
Forney's Press, says that a rumor, which he is
disposed to believe after thorough inquiry, is
in circulation there, to the cS'ect that the Ad
ministration has advised and will support the
secession of the Sonthcrn delegates from the
Charleston Convention should Douglas be
nominated. ; A Cabinet Jlinistcr is said ti
have stated to a distinguished Xot thei n Dem
ocrat two or three days ago, that this scheme
was arranged, nr.d he did not hesitate to add
that it was very far from improbable that tha
South would take possession of the Union
Constitutional Convention, which is to assem
ble at Baltimore on the 9th of May, in order to
array the Southern people against Doughs,
should he succeed in overcoming Ms oppo
nents' at the National Convention, l'ou need
not be surprised if this project is carried out.
That it is in contemplation I do not doubt.
A LrvEtT Pr.ACF. At White Plains, New--York,
recently i seven burglaries were com
mitted in one night. Nino persons have been
.arrested for ei'gnglnjrfn this sort of business.
, TS0T7EL2 III TEE "WICST All.
"nc Democracy have been making them
selves very happy since tte nomination ot Fos
ter by the Reading Convention, with the idea
that that great body had harmonized the dis
cordant elements and given them a chance of
success. But it seems that they have been
bnilding their hopes upon a sandy foundation,
for already a bugle blast of discord resounds
throughout the State in the shape of a mani
festo from no less a personage than Kobert Ty
ler, Esq., e f -Chairman of the Democratic State
fommittec ! in reply to an invitation to address
a ratification meeting in Philadelphia, to this
effect:
lu several of the resolutions adopted by
theConvention I fully concur; but 1 repudiate
and refuse to accept the resolutions as a whole,
and deny that they constitute a sound Democrat-,
ic platform, or that they reflect the opinions
of a majority of the Democratic party of Penn
sylvania.' The only platform on this subject
any sound Democrat can recognize, is that
presented by James Buchanan, the wise, in
corruptible and fearless statesman, in his Sil
liinan letter, and various oSlcial declarations
touching this question, and by the wise, tear
less and incorruptible Judges of the Supreme
Court when interpreting the Constitution of
the United States, in thu'u enlightened judg
ment, in the Dred Scott, case. This is the
doctrine to which, in my humble position, 1
will always inflexibly adhere.. This is the
doctrine which I believe a large majority of
the delegation chosen to represent this State
in the National Convention, headed by such
sterling Democrats as Baker, Bigler, Daw-
son and Plainer, will maintain with the most
unfaltering determination. It is the doctrine
of common sei.se and the Constitution ; and it
is the doctrine which will be embodied un
questionably, in the Charleston platform." .
This shows up the faithless, farcical cnarac
ter of the Reading Convection, and that its
platform is onty intended to gull Pennsylva
nians, lor the leaders of the party sustain the
doctrine enunciated by Mr. Tyler. In it Anti-Lecompton
men can read their doom, as the
Charleston Convention will construct a plat
form w hich will set aside that of the Heading
Convention. The latter will do to ruu on in
Pennsylvania, but they must Have a very dif
ferent concern lor the South. Tha truth is,
that, regarding their prospects as gloomy be
yond all precedent, and seeing "deleat" writ
tea plainly o:i the walls of tlu palace of De
mocracy, the wire-workers of that party are
now playing a desperate part, with the hope of
averting thsir overthrow and destruction.
Bishop' Ames, a well known and highly es
teemed Methodist divine, while on hs way to
Kansas, for the purpose of opening the con
ference of that district, was induced by some
friends to stop for a day in Jefferson City, the
stat of Government of the State of Missouri,
and deliver a sermon. A resolution granting
the use of the hall of the House of Ilepreseu
tatives for that purpose was ottered and adopt
ed, alter some discussion, by u vote o 40 to
41. Subsequently a motion was made to re
consider the vote, an 1 on this a debate ensued
which displayed more ignorance, fanaticism
and vulgarity than has ever been recorded of
any Northern legislative body. After the
Bishop was denounced as a "Black Kepuoli
can," an "abolitionist," a person who "preach
ed with a torch in cue hand and a Bowie-knife
in the other," and the Methodist Church north
was described as "believing that a slave-holder
was a barbarian and a savage," the House
agreed to re-consider, and the resolution was
liually defeated by a vote of CI toGl. It is
proper to remark that Bishop Ames has never
been charged before with entertaining ultra
sentiments on the Slavery question, nor of
preaching in the manner described by the
proslavery lanatics at Jeffoisou City.
Mr. Foster at Home. The Greensburg
(Westmoreland) Herald, touches up the vain
boasting of the loeofooo organs in regard to
Mr. Foster's heme popularity, in the following
lively way :
"It won't do, and we sa? to everybody who
wants to be placed on the record rijrht, not to
be "sheered." As in 18-36 with James Bu
rhnnnn. Mr. Foster is now nothing but a plat
form of boards and timber. There are great
principles at stake ; those who have backbone
w:ll stand up to them. The game of brag
ought not, cannot, p.nd will not afiect anything.
Mr. Foster will not run 100 votes ahead of hhs
ticket in this county, no matter how "clever
lie is." Two yoars ag j he ld. his ticket 27G
votes, 9 of which" 'were in this county alone,
and which everybody know3 was produced by
dissatisfaction and personal heartburnings in
our own party. There is none of this now.
We aro a unit, and enthusiastic in support of
our State platform nnd it3 nominee, Andr ?
G. Cnrtin, who, upon the stump, will prove v
bo ibmdantly able to defend our principles,
an! more than a match for Mr. Foster."
The Washington correspondent of the Bos
ten Traveler, in his last letter, alludes a3 fol
lows to the case of Mr. Hyatt : "Mr. Mason's
resolutions were passed by a vote of 44 to 10 ;
and, singular t-.s it may appear, . Toom' s was
found voting with Sumner, Wade and W son.
Mr. Hyatt was then conducted to jail, and -&-ced
in close custody; and though suffering
from the combined effects of illness and the
nervous excitement consequent upon his posi
tion, was debarred the visits T his friends.
Last night Judge Conway was refused admit,
tance to his cell, as was also Judge Amy who
is present, as his next of kin. Efforts are,
however, being made this morning to procure
lor Mr. Hyatt such privileges at least as are
allowed to the worst of criminals, but which
have been so far deuied him."
The Cleveland riaindeater says that the a
gent deputed to visit Charleston and engage
quarters lor the Ohio delegation, has returned
and made his report. A hall large cnonsrh to
accommodate the delegations from the West,
as an assembly room has been enguced for
5200 par day for ten days $2,000 : board and
lodainjr for tho forty-six Ohio delesates at 5
per day $2,C00. This may be considered
rather steep, but it is the necessary result of
forcing a large crowd to quarter upon a will
town. Gray adds that to save yellow. fever,
pestilence and famine at Charleston, he would
recommend, as a sanitary measure, the nomi
nation of Den gl as on the first ballot.' This
would save hot weather, hotel bills and the
Union, all at the same time. -
"'Occasional," writes to The Prcts that Mr.
Guthrie ot Kentucky, is said to be in league
with Gen. Cashing of Massachusrtts, and oth
ers, including some of the politicians of Penn
sylvania, to put Jefierson Davis of Mississippi,
forward, and the. latter is .evidently not igno
rant of this plan, inasmuch as it is evident
that he his been playing a crafty game to se
cure the aid and comfort of the Administra
trution and its officials on and after tho 23d of
April coming... Mr. Davis has lately become
one of the most conservative of men. He has
dropped his military tone, and row takes
pride and pleasure in delivering the most con
ciliatory and patriotic arguments . whenever
the occasion is presented to him.. . ,. ; ,,.
' The Democracy of Louisiana tiave resolved.
Lin State Convention, to sustain their brethren
of.An'nniii md Mi?s?ssippl in insisting on the
adoption .substantially) of a slave-code plat
form'by the Charleston Convention, and in
instructing their delegates to withdraw 5f their
efforts to that end aro unsuccessful.
TEISTY-SIZTH C0KG2E3S.
March 12. A long debate took place in the
Seuate to-day on the case of Thaddens t; Mt.
The case is regard d in Washington as a hum
beg, inasmuch as it is well understood that he
knows nothing whatever about Harper's Fer
ry or the fdans ot old John Brown. He oilers
to answer, if the Senate will only say -."he
needn't unless he has a mind to." . The Sen
ate, by a vote of 44 to 10, decided that he must
answer without conditions or go to jail. In
the House, Mr. Morrill of Vermont moved to
suspend the rults to enable him to introduce
a tariff bill, which aims to afford incidental
protection to our languishing manufacturing
aud mechanical industry, while replenishing
the Federal Treasury. The motion failed, the
vote standing yeas 102, -nays ;C3 not. two
lftirds,e which is necessary ior,a suspension of
the rules. The yeas contain 82 llepublieans,
12 South . Americans, , 1 North American, u
Anti-Lecompton Democrats and 2 Buchanan
Democrats. The naj-s, with :two exceptions,
are Northern and Southern Democrats. This
is a significant vote, and .should open the eyes
of too friends of domestic manufactures and
mechanic arts throughout the ceuutiy. The
Homestead Bill passed the House by the de
cisive vote of 114 yeas to Co nays., Of the
yeas, 84 are llepublicans, 23 Buchanan Demo
ci'&tsr G Anti-Lecompton Democrats, (ju.'y
one is Irom a slave State, Craig of Missouri.
Of the Go nays, all are from the slave States,
except one. The substance of the bill is, that
any person who is the head of a family, or 21
years or more ot aire, may enter one ouarter
; section of laud, subject to pre-emption, and at
tlio expiration or five years, it then a citizen,
shall be entitled to a patent on payment of
S1U.. Mr. Covode's Investigating Committee
is a source of trouble to several high cfHeials.
March 13. After the reading of several
communications, the Homestead Bill was an
nounced as the special order, but was postpo
ned till Thursday. In the House, the bill in
viting proposals for carrying the Pacific and
Atlantic mails was passed. Also a bill' to es
tablish mail routes iu Kansas. Mr. Kellogg,
of Illinois, spoke two hours to-day on the pro
posed coalition of Mr. Greely and the Repub
licans wth Mr. Douglas during the progress
of the Lecompton contest, but when Mr. Col
fax was called upon to rehears? the interview
between Greely and Doii-bs, it r.ppears that
nothing relative to the Sunatotia! question b:id
Ikjcii said, an.l Mr. Kellogg failed to establish
the trath of. his assertions. .
Maucii. 14. The Texas Ilegiment proposi
tion at last got through the Senate to day. If
it should become a law it would cost the coun
tiy a million of dollars a year for the protec
tion of the Texas frontier, and when once be
gun will probably o on indefinitely. In the
House, Mr. Curry of Ala., made a speech, in
which he went the whole figure on the slavery
question,demanding that slave-holders should
be allowed to carry their slaves into the States
as well as the Territories, and denounced Mr.
Douglas as too bitter a pill for ths South to
swallow.
Maecii 15. After postponing action on the
Homestead bill, the time of the Senate was
taken up with ti e Kentucky Cana! measure ;
and. the House spent f'c day in acting on the
report of the Committer to amend the rules.
The report and bill or Mr. Nelson of Tennes
see on polygamy affixes pains and penalties for
the practice of polygamy in any of the Terri
tories. It will conio up for action in a few
days, when wo may look tor squirming among
the Democrats. Its passage can only be pre
vented by filiibustering. '
Maucii 10 In the Senate the Nicangtm
treaty was rejected. The ground of rejection
was the stipulation that our Government
should send troops to Nicaragua, whenever
required to protect tlieTrausit route. The
House tvas busy on its rules, which are .so a
mended that Die transaction of business will
be much facilitated. All the Appropriation
biiis have been reported to the House, and on
Monday the taiifT bill vas to have been sub
mitted. - .'
A Tfucibm:- Affliction. A man by th
name of los-.s M'Carty, in Jay county, Ind.,
some tine u October doped with a young
woman of the neighborhood, leaving his wife
and his eight children totally unprovided for
and dependant upon themselves for support.
The mother was almost heart-broken by this
cruel desertion ot her husband; but she was
doomed to trials still more severe. Soon af
ter ii.s .departure, ner eldest ciina, jstner z.v
eliiie, aged 10 years, was attacked, with the
putrid sdre throat, a malignant lorm of the
scarlet fever, and after a few days of intense
suffering breathed her last. Jonas, an inter
esting little boy of five summers, was next at
tacked with the same disease, which soon ac
complished its work, aud he was buried beside
bis sister. Next followed Moses Wilson, the
eldest boy. aged twelve years, who died on the
evening of November 27th, and the next mor
ning Sarah Jane, aged nine years, died also.
On the 8th of December, the youngest child,
in its second year, was carried off by the same
disease ; and on the 23th little John died also.
An IsQCiar of liu-oaTANCE. Mr. Covodo'
resolution ot inquiry into the general execu
tive management of stlairs. will give point
and pertinence to the President's "celebrated
letter to Pittsburgh, in which he deprecated
the modern practice of sending money out
from Washington to carry the elections. Xo
doubt the President would himself hesitate to
'peach on his associates in the conduct of the
party and the government, and therefore he
ought to be thankful that these abuses can be
blown up without his personal agency, beyond
the writing of that letter, and perhaps a brief
examination by the committee. The commit
tee will ttart the investigation by an inquiry
as to the uuount of money spent in Pennsyl
vania to. carry the last Congressional election.
This causes certain prominent Democrats no
little solicitude and nneasiness.
The Louisville Journal rematks in reference
to the paltry attempt of Senator Douglas, oa
the floor of tho Senate, to create the impres
sion that the shoe-makers' strike in Xew Eng
laud was the result of the withdraw! ot the
Southern custom, says : These strikes are
tho strongest evidence against that assumption,
for labor r-C' er attempts to coerce higher wa
ges from ospital unless the times are trisk.
If the orders for manufacture have fallen off,
the strikers v.-culd be playing into the hands
of their employers by quitting work when they
can be dispensed with profitably." ;
A Sharp Traxsactiox. An Exchange pa
per states that a fellow in Venango county,
profited in the following manner by the "oil
excitement" now prevailing '-so extensively ia
the Western and Northwestern part of Penn
sylvania. He bored a hole in his land,potired
a barrel of oil in it, and then called his neigh
bors to see the large yield.' The result was
that he sold his land tor S2.000 in cash, pock
eted the money, oiled his boots and "alid."
' The People's Party held an immense ratifi
cation meeting iu Philadelphia on last Satur
day evening, which was addressed bv Hon.
David Taggart. Col. Curtin, Tom Cor'win aud
others. , .11-3,000 people are supposed to have
been present. '
. ' - - - -!-:' -'; -:
Thomas Scott, late Superintendent of the
Peunsvlvania Railroad, has been nmioimod
to the Vice Presidency of the Company.
He
wui mane a superior omcer.
PENNSYL7AIITA ITEII3.
- PaEFARKD FOa THE "EAFTSMAX'S JOtBNAL."
( 1'obk County. Jackson -township and its
vicinity, it appears, is iufested by a. gang ed
scoundrels and eatlawsl A number of daring
robberies and attempts at arson have lately
been commitred in that community. On tbo
8tU inst., whilst Mr. Benj. K earner and his
family were from home attending his brother's
sale, on an adjoining farm, his dwelling was
entered and robbed of two proinissary notes
one of SiOOandthe other ol 30 and money
to the amount of Si or S5- The scoundrels
set fire to the building at different places and
fled. The fire was fortunately discovered by
some person passing along the road, who gave
the alarm, and a large number of people being
in attendance at tha sale alluded t6,' they suc
ceeded in subduing the, flames before they had
made much progress. Tho house and furni
ture, however, were-, considerably damaged in
putting out the fire. ... On the 2Pt"n ult.,the
dwelling of Mr. Geo. Eyster.in West Manches
ter, was also entered in tbo absence of the
family, and robbed of u sum of money and
some other; articles, and tt.o ; doors, w indows,
&c.,brukou to pieced. . . On the same night,
the store and post olace, kept by Mr. Henry
Boose, in Jackson township, wrs broken into
aud robbed of Sio in money, nnd souio tiven
iv letters in ti.c post-oifcce wera torn open,
but rothTng of value was found in them, v . .
On the 21st nit., the dwelling of Mr. Abraham
Linebaiich, iathe same township, was also
entered in the; absence of the family, and
robbed of some nino or; ten dollars. .". . On
the bth, Samuel Slirom; en figtnl. citizen of
York, was injured near Ashlani by tailing un
der a gravel car. of which he was brakesman,
so that he died shortly alter.
Cexthe Cocntv. A serious affray is said to j
have occurred a few weeks since, in the- neirh-
borbood of the Loop, oel ween a Mr. Kline
and a Mr. Jordan, li qpe:rs that' Mr. Jor
dan sold a piece of land to Mr. Kline, promis
ing, as is alleged, to allow the latter the right
of way through his lands. The refusal of this
part of the engagement so exasperated the
latter, that lie called at the house ol Jordan,
when a personal conflict ensued, and Kline,
picking nn ; stick of woed.do tlr Mr. Jordan
several blows upon the head, indicting deep
and serious wounds, which caused insensibili
ty for some time, nnd the injured man has
been in a critical condiiion over since. . . .
Hon James Aiaeiivjntis, whilst attending tho
Democratic Convention at Reading on the '29t h
tilt., was ' ralile-d "f $1:1(1 y one of : gang of
Philadelphia pickpockets. . . . Petty robber
ies are of Jrequer.t occurrence in around Pine
Grovo Mills, cellars, smoke-huises and corn
cribs bidug entered and such articles taken
tLe'iefrom as suited the thieves.
Iswasa Cot-XT Y. The b lies of the five
unfortunate pcrsots drowned in the Coue
mangh.had at last datas not been found. ... A
young m?.n named James Crate, of B'airsville,
hiid his foot badly injured by sittempting to
jump tn a freight sraiu v.t the intersection, on
Friday the 21 instant. . . . Messrs. A!f. Bell,
Stewart, James Dickey and two brothers nam
ed Smith, all citizens of this county, left
Indiana, borough for the far west during hist
week . . . On Tuesday of last week, Mr. John
Lemon fell a distance of some fifteen feet,
from a scaffold attached to the new school
honse in Indiana, and was slightly injured by
the fall. . . . Fight sheep,' belonging to Mr.
James Thompson, .f White towriahip, were
killed ' on the night of the 5th instant, by a
pack of hungry hounds which are permitted
to prowl around the country. . . .Quito an ex
citement is prevailing among the advocates of
temperance at the present time, and meetings
are being held and speeches delivered all over
tiie coimty.
Jr.i FKHsex Cocxtv. Ceo. Keller.in pnssing
recently over Clark's dam, in Brock way vi He,
on a raft, wss thrown off the rait, snr) . had his
left shoulder dislocated. . . .On the 6th inst.,
I'usseli Felt, in trimming an oar-stem, at
Feinian's miii in Suyder township, cut a se
vere gash in bis knee by the glancing of the
axe. . . . James txeist, son of Daniel Geisr,
of Gebttown, whilst hauling logs up in to the
sawmill, had his hand caught between the
rope and horizontal, shaft of tho bull-wheel,
aiid belore he could extricate himself, was
trice, carried over the wheel, and injured him
severely. ... Mr. John Priudle, of Suydi;r
township, on going to his work, on the Cth
inst., was attacked by congestion of the brain,
mid v.as discovered iu the woods some distar.ee
l'rotii the road by a pe-rson passing uloug.
Coli'mbia Couxtt Mr. Lewis Gttkin, of
Cuttawissa, died on the Sd inst., of injuries re
ceived a few days before, on the Kailroad. . . .
John Workheiser.Sr., of Briar creek township,
was killed on the 5th inst., by a lall from a
wason . . . A, man named Solomon Swank
met his death while felling a tree near Main
ville. It accidentally cauirht him, throwing
him down and in some way striking his head,
smashing out his brains, causing instant death.
He leaves seven children. . ; . The Lutheran
protracted meeting in Bloomsburg is increas
ing in interest. Over 23 persons have profess
ed conversion. . . . The German Reform con
gregation of Bloomsburg is taking steps for
the building of a now church edifice.
Mifflix Cocxty. Mr. Close of Kishacoquil
las valley, lately set .trap for a lox, but on
examining it found he had ' caught u skunk.
Throwing it to one side. he set the tr;q again.
An eagle of. large size, soaring above, made a
dash at the inglorious animal, and lighting on
thetrap was caught. . . . The dwelling of'Kev.
II. Baker.in Lewistown,was entered oa Thurs
day evening the 8th inst., by some thieving
scoundrel, but the doors leading into the par
lor being , locked he mads his way into the
paltry. He was discovered, probably before
ho had committed any depredation, said esca
ped in the darkness.
Clixtox Cocnty. The Lock Haven Watch
man of- the loth of March te".:-? Uio following
incredible story Some two months ago, Mr.
John Johnson of this place, had the rniddie
finger of his right hand amputated close to
the lower joint joining the hand. , The wound
soon healed over, and almost ; immediately a
new ringer commenced growing Irom thestiuup
of the old one, and six months from the time
the finger was amputated Mr. Johnson had a
new and full grown one iu its place, with the
exception of the nail, which is just commenc
ing to Shoot OUt. ; vx,-.. : -' .
Westobelaxt Cocsty. On the 2Sth ult.,
Conrad Henry, Sr., of Derrv . townshio. whilst
endeavoring to get on his i , slipied and
fell, by the. upsetting of a troi.gh on which he
was standing, cutting his head in several pla
ces, and otherwise seriously injuring him. . . .
On Monday, the oth inst., while John Knhns,
of Unity ton nship, -was tearing down an old
lmilding,a rafter fell striking htm on the head.,
and causing a fracture of bis skull.
- Lebaxox Colxty. A: "nice young man"
was arrested at M3;erstown, the other day, for
passing counterfeit money, taken to Lebanon
and committed to prison for trial. ; He was a
stranger in that region, and succeeded in
'shoving" a considerable quintity of the bo
gus paper money before his arrest. :
' Direct information was laid before the Demo
cratic CoTigi'cif..-i! Committee at Washington
on Friday nigiu, to the clfect that every .mil
who registered his name at the Charleston ho
tels during the. sitting of the Convention,
would be charged $7 per day. An ordinaiy
parior ii nd chamber will cost 50 daily. This
will keep tu-ny persons away irom CItarlcctoa.
CHIITZ5E DELICACIES.
The ilcngiKong correspondent of the Xew
Yolk Mercury writes Yon have often heard
iio doubt, of the high regard in w hich rats and
puppies are held by the Chinese, and you may
have ,'read something as to the magnitude of
te trade which has grown ont of the prevail
ing appetite for these luxuries; but very few
f your readers, perhaps, have bad occular
demonstration, as f have had, of the wide ex
tent of the prevailing rat and dog consuming
custom. Being recently in Canton, after cxt
ploring other points of interest, 1 paid a visit
to Hat street, which derives its name from the
many restaurants in which nothing but rats
are served up, and the many shops where rats
only are sold. They were exposed tor sale in
every style alive, dried, smoked, etc., and
the shop-keepers informed us that they were
"very good," as perhaps they were to those
Who could appreciate them. In a dog restau
rant, visited in our rounds, we lound in a
front room several' tables snrrounde'd by Chi
nese, who were regaling themselves upon dog.
served in a variety of styles. I took a seat
at one ot the tables, and a dish of stew.-d dog
was promptly placed before me. It looked
inviting, and its odor was not bad, but I did
not venture to partake. In a small cup upon
the same table were tho eyes of a cat, which
is ho:e a very delicate and expensive dish, but
the sight of them to any but a Chinese, is not
to le regarded as tending to t-harpen the anpc-
me. in iue uaciv room win Lamooo cases.
irT " ""?,r T i' ' "r iirr"
supposed to be the most delicate, and command
- j . -. . ..it-
the highest price,. A person desiring to feast
upon dog; has merely to step into a ivstauram
and select a dog or puppy, according to his
taste, which will at once !e cooked in what
ever style he prefers. I believe there is a
work upon China, which denies that the Chi
nese eat either rats, cats or dogs but the mis
take is a very bald one. I have teen do?s ex
posed for sale in the markets of Hong Kong,
and in the same city have seen the people eilt
both rats and do;.
A gambler known 'as Mountain Jack per
formed nn extraordinary feat of physical
strength a few nights ago, in the bar-mom of
the St. Charles Hotel, New Orletns, where a
large j.umber of tha carnival revelers had as
sembled., A drunken f'e i I nv. dressed in In
dian costume, rode a hor.io into the bar-room,
and dismounted to take a drink, and while at
the bar another drunken follow elinied info tie
saddle. Mountain Jack, as his name indicates,
is a giant in size, six feet seven inches high,
finely propa tioned.ar.d possessed of enormous
strerjgth.even beyond Lis colossal proportions,
Ile was at the time on a sj ree, and a fam-y
sei.:mK uun, ue stooped over the horse, placed
his right arm around his belly just behind his
tore-legs, and lifted the animal oil his legs,
rider and all, and thruw them ;ieaviiy upon
the floor, with a shock that jarjed the whole
house. On finding himself down, the horse re
fused to get up, ;ui the giant iigain laid iio'.l
f him and set him upon his pins, iu order to
release the bruised and helpless riiler.who had
fallen partly under the heaM, and who eoi s';d
ered himself lucky to esenpe without broken
bones. Later in the day Jack got to throwing
tumblers promiscuously, and was arrested by
the united efforts of iibout twenty men.
A T'- n-u:LK MiitrixG For some time pas
a honao ot iil-fanie hns annoyed the citizens of
a village on the Li- of the Cleveland nnd Co
lumbus railroad, and it was determined that
the house should be broken up. Or. 'i'hrrsday
night the Marshal ofthe village ma le u .lesceut
upon the house, took the inmates i.:l, custody,
and yesterday morning they were ta..er before
a mai irt.) for examination. There were
three giris among the prisoners, r.nd as the
eye of tb- magistrate fell upon one of them,
he turned deathly pale and hastily adjourned
the court. Among those wre-tched and aban
doned girls, he recognized t!iu once fair fea
tures ot his own daughter. Several years be
fore, while attending a female seminary in an
Eastern State, she had doped with a worthless
feilcivv, Knd her father had never heard of or
seen lu-r iiutil that terrible morumg. Desert
ed by her hiisinuid, sho adopted a lii" of pros
titution, and wandered to the west. Her fath
er, unknown to her, moved also to. the West,
and settled in the village ubov.-j alluded to
Clcccljul.riaiudealer, JIarchlf.
Tut Sabbath is CY'sia Tho editor of tiivj
Columbia Sou:!: Carolinian, writing f or.i Trin
idad do Cul -, says: "In business rntters.
there seems to be no diiTerence between Sun
days RTi.t other days the stores aro all open
and tln-igs hawked about the street as dining
the week. Sunday is the groat day for n-nuse"
inert bull-fights and coelj-fighfs and balls I e
ir given othat day. Passing by tha theatre
last evening, on retuning from" a wahi, an
immense crowd induced an inquiry into the
cause of it, when we found that there was a
dignity bill of colored, folks going on. A
man standing at the door had just communica
ted information that the house was lull, and
no more could bo admitted. At these balls
th2 colored ladies vie with their better?, tho'
not recognizing them as snch.and dress in the
extreme of fashion. The colored gents huvu
equal pretentions and their style of dress is a
prominent feature in the picture."
Woese thax a Savark. V ciso has just
come to light in Cleveland which creates some
excitement there. A man named Graves, at
tempted to starve his mother, an aged and in
firm woman, and had almost succeeded in ac
complishing his wicked design, when the
neighbors interfered, and had the poor woman
properly 'cared for. When found she was re
duced to a skeleton and covered ever with
sores. She had nothing to eat ior socio time
before, and devoured an orange thai was h::r.d
ed her as ravenously as if she wei.iawihl
beast. In certain Indian tribes, the aged are
knocked on the head with a club, and us they
grow old, they expect it ; but that in a Chris
tian land a son should bo found starving his
ow-n mother to death, is a thing too horrible to
think of calmly. lie is a, libel upon humanity.
Dates from Mexico to the 7th invt. are re
ceived. Alvarez had ordered. Gen. Wheat to
Vera Crux to command the foreign forces
there, and Miramott was not. expected to attack
that city. Carvajal, with 2,000 men, had not
only cut otf Miramon's comcHtnication with a
thousand of his troops, hut also his communi
cation with the capital. , Miramon was lef t
short of provisions, and depended i:pcn the
Havana expedition for supplies. Alvarado
was blockaded by the Liberals, and since tha
departure of Mr. McLane, the British, Spanish
and French Ministers had been pressing a
proposition for a compromise between Juarez
and Miramon. It is said that American influ
ence was declining in Mexico. Commander
Jarvis had warned Miramon r rtinst iutcrferin"
with Americans. : "'',
Mrs. Francis D.' Gage of Missouri, formerly
of Ohio, might claim the nomination of Pres"
ident. nnder the authority of Mr. Beecher,
"having brought up six nnruly boys,'-" whose
aggregate height would form ii column thirty
six feet high, in honor c.f their mother, who
will all vote the Republican ticket in 1800,
with but one exception, and he has not yet at
tained his majority. Not one of them smokes
or chews tobacco, or stimulates the inner man
wun intoxicating beverages. Mrs. Ga"e
nhso the mother ed two daughters.
is !
NEWS VARIETY.
A Ladyafteb a UrsBAXD. An engagement
was enforced in the town of Yates, the present
week, in rather a peculiar, if not an entirely a
groeable manner. One Daniel J. Houseman
removed to Michigan from Yates some four or
five years since. While residing in Michigan
his wife died. Subsequently he became ac
quainted with a young lady is that State, and
it is said made an arrangement of marriage
with her. Be that as it may, he returned to
Yates last fall and has since resided there.
Last week tho Medina stage carried a ladv
passenger to Yates, who took quarters at
Chamberlain's hotel. She soon sent for House
man. He obeyed the summons, and almost
immediately after his entrance Into the room
w as accosted by the lady, who asked it he was
willing to perform his engagement. Atth0.
same time she drew a six-barrelled revolver,
and, pointing it at him, stated that she would'
give him the contents if lie refused. Under
the inspiration of the six shooter, added to
the charms of the young lady, Houseman ad
mitted that he was willing.. The instrument
of death was immediately lowered, and the
couple were soon on their way to the residence
of the father ol Houseman. What then trans,
pired was not known to our informant. House
man is about 35 years of age. The lady, whose
name is not given, is considerably yeunger.
The matter caused much interest in that town.
Whole Family PorsoxEn. The citizens of
I ?-.cfvl. ?p m.
i I.MviniT a ri;l(l HO"-,.rrMfllronf lat.!- .
e r-. .. . ...... .j . vyuc uaj
thra week, says the Chicago Press of the 10th,
a gentleman whose name we have not learned
went to a drug store to get some poison for
the purpose of exterminating a part of the ca
nine community, and while there purchased
some chewing gum for his children. He put
both packages in his pocket and returned
home. By mistake he gave the wrong pack,
age to Lis children, and baited the dogs with
the gum, in consequence of which the former
very soon died. Xot long after, his wife alsu
expired from the effect of a small portion of
the supposed gum, and the man himself took
dangerously lit he having taken a taste of tbo
poison under the same mistake. It is also
sl?ted that the child of another man has i-c.-h
poisoned in the town by eating a soda crmker
1 repared for a dog.
The Little Hero. Last week we uoticed
ti e exploits of a little boy named Jloey, ju
signaling and preventing a freight train ou
tip- Pennsylvania Kailroad from running into
a i.nge rock which had fallen on tho track. Wts
now Jearn from the Mountain Kcha. that, at th
j age or five vears
senco of his pan
during the temporary ab.
parents, he rescued his little sis.
:e-. rnen an infant in the cradle, from a horti
lie death, by seizing her in bis arms and
rushing from the building in which they then
resided, and which by some means had taken
ffre and was entirely destroyed. If this !o
true, and our iufonnant claims to have ob
t ii :e l it from the father of Hie boy, it is an
additional evidence of the fact that the lad in
(hm'smoii has the true elements ot manhood iu
his composition, and if life is spdied to him,
i ixMinil to make a mark in the world that
time cannot soon obliterate.
Fkmilk Dictation- is Coxgres. During
the progress of the balloting for Sjeaker, i7i
the House of Representatives, many ludicri.m
scenes transpired. One in particular excited
a good deal of mirth. As Birksdale was ur
ging all the opposition elemeuts to unite on
M 'demand, a hdy in one ot the front seat-
in tiie gallery was observed to become verv
much exaited. She coughed, made signs and
by otiier means attempted to attract the atten
tion of a member below. sot succeeding she
leaned far over the balcony, and in an audible
whisper exclaimed, "David, .David, chang
your vote, yon booby !" The honorable mem
ber looked up. recognized his better half, col
ored, hesitated, stammered and then instantly
changed his seat. A small, delicate list was
shnken at him from the gallery, amid the suit
pressed mirth of the spectators.
The will of John G. Boker, the father-in-law
of. John Dean, the, coachman, who eloped
with "his own Mary Ann" about three years
ago, was offered for probate in the Surrogate's
Court. The testator leaves all his property,
consisting of a considerable amount of real
and personal estate, to his wife, to Ik devided
afU'i.er death into four parts, which are to
bj di-tributed among four of his children.
Oiio ciause cuts "Mary Ann" oil, however,
from the share she was to have had when the
testament was framed the deceased even men
tioning his desire to have her name entirely
obliterated from his will. The citation is re
turnable on the 28th of next mouth.
Upwards of forty human skeletons were
lately found in afield atLacelle sur Loire,
France, and it has been determined by the
authorities that they are those of persons who
have been murdered. They have accordingly
caused the owner of the field to be arrested
and lodged in the prison of Cosue. This man,
whoso name is Guillot, 48 years of ge, pro
tests that he cannot tell how the skeletons
came into the field. He possesses, it Is said,
between 90:000f., 100,000., and ho will be re
quired to explain how he obtained that sum.
The local journals add that the man's sister
committed suicide some years ago.
Reverse of Fortcxe The St. Louis Re
publican relates the following : Kate Le
count, once one of tfce most handsomest wo
men in St. Louis, and some years ago worth
Sr.0,000, lately applied for admission to the
county poor house. Five years since a man,
by the rams of Wilson, married her, or a
least sh3 supposed she was married to him,
but it seems that the nmriage was a fraud,
and he in some way got hold of her property,
SiUi.c.kTed it and left her destitute. This
v.;i3 flu- Lcginnig of miserv.
irCW ADVEETISEMENTS.
Ad reri srhieHUort tip with targe type or out of ustuil
s:yla i.v.Y le charged double price for space n'ceiipietl '.
CAX.TTIOX. The public are hereby caution
ed rgainst meddling with or bujing 4 head
ot :n.rsi.j, 4 milch cows, 1 3-year old Bull. 1 2-year
old heilfer 4 l-yearold heiffers. 3 spring calve,
a bead of hogs, 1 Threshing machine, 2 Plow 2
harrowe, I cultivator and 2 w!ons in the posc
JiV" f,f,l0ma3 White, in Karthans townohip,
C earteli county, as the same belong to me.
Mnrch 21, lS60.-pd. JAMES WHITE
liKOVISIOM AND GROCERY STORE.
.1.1 be undersigned keeps constantly n hand
a. his slore room in Philipsbarg. Centre eonntr
full stock of Flour. Hams. Shoulders Sides. Cof
fee, Tea, Sugar. Ktce, Molasses, Ac. Also, Li
quors of nil kinds, Tobacco. Segars, Snuff, Ac; ail
of which he offers to purchasers on the usst ad
vantageous terms. Give him a call, and try his
arUclwV 01 ,o- ROBERT LLOYD.
Tl8rcb 21, 1860.
-y-ALUABLE FARM FOR SALETh.
J subscriber offers for sale his farm, consisting
of SO aorcs, 40 of which are cleared and under
cultivation, situate on the Susquehanna tiver on
iiile below Clearfield town, with a good plank
house 22 by 30 feet, good Barn and other build
in srs necessary for convenience and comfort, a
good bearing orchard and also a good eyting. For
further particulars apply to the subscriber on the
promise. ISAAC THOMPSON'.
-Mui th 21, 1S60 -pd.
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