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EBENSBURG.
WEDNESDAY MORNING::::::::::::::JAN.
United State Senator.
One of the first and moat important duties
that tnust be performed by the Legislature
which met oa yesterday, at LTarrisbrg, will
be the election of a United States Senator in
the place of Hun. Htchard Brodtntai, whoie
form of offico will expire on tha 4th day of
next March. The election will take place on
next Tuesday the 13th inst.
The proiuinmt candidates for the oflSce are
Otn. Henry D. Foster, Juihje Jeremiah. &.
Blade' Jon TV. Forney, Hon. John Hohiins
and Charles R Budcalcw. All of these gen
tlemen have their friends and supporters, and
they will all bo urged in caucus, with great
aeal and animation.--- We are disposed to give
each ouc a fair chance. They arc all men of
eoncoded ability and great personal worth,
and we presume that the election of either
one of theui. would give very general 69 tl& fac
tion to the democracy of the State.- We have
frequently expressed our preference in refer
ence to tho candidate for this important posi
tion We repeat once more, and for the last
time, that IlEsur l. Foster, is tie choice of
Wcs crn Pennsylvania. That he is a man of
distinguished ahil tj is universally conceded.
His pure and spotless character amongst those
who kmiw him well, is his lest recommenda
tion His nomination and election would give
universal satisfaction to his friends, in West
ern Pennsylvania where he is well known and
we think no man could be nominated whose
election would bo more satisfactory to the
Democracy of tho whole State.
The Next Democratic State Convention.
On the second day of March next a State
Convention will assemble at Ilarrisburg, for
lht purpose of nominating a candidate for
Governor, one Supreme Court Judge and also
a candidate lor C;ual Commissioner. It will
therefore, be one of the most important con
ventions which has been hold for several
years. It will be necessary that the greatest
i-iiuiion bo exercised by the delegates in the
selection of the various candidates. When
it is recollected that at tho recent Presiden
tial Election, tho majority for James BucJtan
u did not amount to one thou at nd votes, the
necessity is apparent of presenting to the
pcrr-le for their sucraces our best and strong- ;
ttt men It must not bo hupposcd that be
cause the enemy was defeated in the late con
gest, that he will surrender in the approaching
conflict without making a vigorous, and uni
ted struggle. The most prominent candi
dates for Governor are Ctn. John L. Dawson
Hon Win. F. 1'ttclcer, Hun. Charles It.
Bnckulcir, Jfon. IVMutm H. Yitte and Col.
Samuel Blade. All of these gentlemen are
pouud, orthodox democrats and possess dis
tinguished ability. Wc arc not prepared to
pay which of them would make the strongest
candidate That question can onl' bo settled
by the delegates, who will represent the peo
ple of all sections of the State, and who will
come fresh from their midst. With able and
competent candidates for tho three important
offices referred to above, we believe that the
democracy of the State will again be victori
ous. Wo repeat that, in orlcr to insure suc
cess, the Convention must act with great pru
dence, and when the nominations arc made,
every democrat must do his duty. ,
Death of Col rKA7.tn.-Col Keah Frazer,
of Lancaster, died of Tuesday last at the State
Lunatic Hospital, in Ilarriurg. Col. Frazer
has for many years occupied a high position
at the Lancaster Bar, which he attained by
an indauiitabU energy, application and perse
verance. He possessed mauy excellent traits
of char: c cr wis an ardent friend, and a de
cided enemy ; and he never compromised his
2rincipk's to make the one or satisfy the oth
er, By thirty years' application to the pro
fession cf the law, and by a prudent foresight
and sagacity, he had accumulated a handsome
estate. He was for a long time considered the
leader of tho Democratic party in this county
un 1 he certainly proved himself a gool General
It is thought that the winding up of the Lan
caster Savings Bank Grst affected his mind and
caused the subsequent aberration. He was a
heavy stockholder in that institution. He
has left a young and estimable family, who
must deeply feel the lo3 of his wisdom, ex
perience, and affectionate care and protection.
'L'oluiulitt
fry- Ju'Igo Taj lor and his associates, Ju ices
Jours ni ;d Kashj, commenced h Ming an argu
liic'.it Court'on last Monday. A vast leal of bus
iness 1 as I evn t'isposcd of. The motion for a new
trial in the impoi tant case of Chancellors vs. Kib
lr aiul others!, wl.uh was tried at the December
Term,, was not argued; f .r the reason that Mr.
Jllt'Us who made the motion, was compcllel to
. leave on Tuesday morninpr, to attent the sick bed
of his fiisier. Mrs. Blancliardt the widow cf the
lat.' JI:i. Itlaif.hard of Dt llt fonte.
.Thomas C. M'Dou tll, lq., of Hollidaytlnrg,
lias ln;como cotmectid with the cditorifj manage
tamt of r'v R: risburg JZeystcze.
The Meet ing of the Legislature.
The Democratic members of the House of Rep
resentatives, have nominated J. Lawbence Getz,
of Berks county as their candidate for Speaker.
We presume he was elected on yesterday. It
was believed thai Jacob Ziegler of Butler, would
rccieve tie unanimous nomination foi Clerk of the
House and would of course aeekcted. Both these
gentlemen are competent, and will discharge their
respective duties, with ability and fidelity.
Ia the Senate, whe the Know Nothings and
Black Pepubhoaoe have a majority of thrae, it
was believed tht Dm id Tmggart of Nothumber
lane county, would be elected Speaker, and Gta.
W. Hammer sly of Philadelphia Clerk.
Our information from Harrisburi? ia relation to
thejgection of United States Senator, widch
take place on neat Tuesday fc&ca. 'cigh de
gree of exciteaacnt on that question. The demo
crat members from it West. unanimous for
MUr end, ,'VILSOjf Jt'Caw.9S. the war hor of
tU denoowr of Allegheny u at . Harrwburg,
WiUtfullj Sighting for Gem. Foster. ' Wesinoerely
hope that Ifr. Faster will le nominated aod elated-
If the democratic members of the Legislature
are, wis?, and if they will consult the popular
tvoure they will do so.
Our advioc also inform U5, that Corner n cannot
unite the vote f the Know-Nothings and Eepub
licms a ril tV t mi-t,-') r.t 1 "VI . ,
ii.(m v, hi: nmau 'rA4t4?$
of the opposition declare, that in ih evet of his
nominatiou, they will not consider thswwelres
bound by it. In the present contest, we are de
cidedly of the opinion, that Simon vill net point
up.
In our next paper, we will give full intelligence
oi tne proceedings of the Legislature, up to the
day of issue, which will embrace the result of the
election of U. S. Senator and alio the Governors
Message.
Meeting of the IState Legislature Caucm
.Ifominatiens.
nARRiSBCTQ, Jan. 5. The Caucusses of
both parties in the House met this evening to
select officers for the organisation, to-morrow
The Democrats nominated J. Lawrence Get ,
of Berks, for Speaker, unanimously, all the
others having been withdrawn, and then ad
journed. There were 53 members present
Capt. Jacob Zeigler, the Assistant Chirk of
the last House, will be nomiuated by the
Democrats for Clerk of the House, and Mr.
Picking for Assistant Clerk, these gentlemen
having do opposition.
The Republican caucus to-night nominated
S. P. McCalmont, of Venango, for S-eaker ;
A. W. Benedict, of Huntingdon, for Clerk;
Wm. I. Backhouse, of Allegheny, for Assis
tant Clerk ; S F. Gwitner, of Bucks for Ser-geant-at-Arms
; II. B. Hoffman, of Dauphin,
for Doorkeeper, and S C. Hill, of Washing
ton, for Messenger. There were 45 present.
The Senate caucusses will meet in the mor
ning The Republicans will probably nomi
nate David Taggart, of Northumberland, for
Speaker; Geo. W. Hammersley, of Philadel
phia, for Clerk, and J. Ilalcomb, of Brad
ford, for Assistant Clerk.
The Democrats of the Senate will nominate
N. B. Browne, of Philadelphia, or J. H
Whalton, of Monroe, for Speaker.
Mr. Benson, the Republican representative
from Potter, is siek and is not expected here
at the opening of the session.
COUNTERFEITS,
Bickncll's Detector gives a description of
three dangerous counterfeits ; j
Ilarrisburg Bank 10's ppuriom. Vignette
female, shield, figure 10 above, male and fe
male on the right, canal on the left.
Columbia Bank 5's spurious. Vignette,
three female figures on lower right end
medallion head of Washington; on left end,
fivo large female figures.
Girard Bank, Philadelphia, Pa. 10's
I general appearance good ; can be detected by
noticing on right end two figures, male and
female, embracing on the "genuine, there is
a medallion head of Girard j also on the good
notes, the word Ten around the margin 13 in
large letters on tho counterfeit they are
quit small.
AN APT REPLY
In reply to the sneering remark of the
New York Herald, that the southern demo
cratic press had become more moderate in
their tone, the Mobile Register says :
" The democratic press of the South have
grown more moderate in their tone because
they feel satisfied jthat the election of Mr.
Buchanan has secured to the countwj a firm
and impartial supporter of the constitution
and the individual rights of the States.
They have confidence in the man. They
know him to be a true lover not only of the
Union, but of the constitution, those Siamese
twins of liberty which, if one is stabbed by
fanaticism, the other di?s of despair."
1 -T r
-Tbe grandfather of William II. Pres
cott. tho hi.torian, commanded the American
forces at Bunker Hill, while the grandfather
of his wife commanded a British ship of war,
which bombarded the American works in the
same action. The historian has the swords
of each at his residence in Boston. Mr Pres
cott ought to be able to write an impartial ac
count, of the Revolutionary struggle, bound as
he is by precisely the same anccstrial ties to
bolh paties.
Gcbern-atoiual CaxDidates. The follow
ing named gentlemen are spoken of in con
nexion with tho Gubernatorial nomination
viz
Gen. William F. Packer, of Lycoming.
Col William Hopkins, of -Washington3.
Hon. William II Witte. of Philadelphia.
Col. Samuel W. Black, of Allegheny.
Hon. John L. Dawson, of Fayette.
Hon. Charles . 3ucUlew, f Coloalfc.
Startling Development
If anything is calculated to arouse the peo
ple of the North to the mischievous and alarm
ing consequences, that inevitable result from
a desettton of sobriety and reason, it must be
t. j .
sucu aisgusung extravagauces as are well de-
pictedisi the following article in the Chicago
luues. Ike eociptv tt
J vuuuKUiMIVa
a proceeding like tht described, must be rot
ten to the core. 'vVill not these daily exhibi
tions of abolition madness and iofamy open
the eyea Uiq the Northern people of the volca
no of r-jia upon which they stand, and force
the t0 repudiate the Black Republican lea
ders who aim at the destruction not only of
Southern institutions but of the nocial fabric
of the 3 rth also ? They should be regarded
as outlaws asd disoraauers, and scorned and
rejected by the masses of all parties at the
North, Here is the article of the Chicago
Tiiues :
the orator T " . "ulJa waa
tne orator., i toaDf wios8 fa empIojed b
tne lieciiean oratorg to pti insurrection
atu murder, who obtained applause from his
audience by denying God's justice in allowing
Mich men as Cass and Preston to address the
people acd proclaim the doetrine of self-gov-ornment
this man is perambulating thr State
of Illinois, in company with John P. Hale,
General Nye, and other renegade Democrats!
seeking to overturn the Constitution of the
land. Metropolitan Hall presented a singu
lar scene on Sunday afternoon. There were
white men and sooty wenches", and black men
and white women, all listening with open
mouths to this negro, who boasted that white
and black people were disappearing. He re
joiced that this amalgamation wis progres
sing, and his white and black audience re
sponded with cheers and tumultuous applause
to the disgusting sentiment. Fair white mai
dens were there, smiling upon the champion
of freedom and Fremont, and applauding with
their gloved hands his earnest wish that the
distinction between the white and black races
would be lost, and that, instead of them, there
would soon be but one race the descendants
of white woman and black men, black women
and white men. He thanked God that tbc
mullato race was on the increase iu Chicago,
and his audience cried amen. c
Let us do this speaker justice ; he .p ke to
no idle rabble ; ho spok not alone to uc;rro
men aud negro women ; wlrose grosser in
wu. u..gull w urauauu dv ttie na nn ,f
wl, r. i...V,!in,Ja T;.. . . . . .
ch.Idren, bespoke not alone to men of i ?
nu.A n,.t;. i. ' 1? .: f -ufat"
.UUUv.o, nunc nut's auu iniToi r. An, i
tt- V ""M" Ul uurjaa lib
erty. Uis audieuce teas the ven, . ,y
- iu vuitago. lenofhifh
aocia . posmon were therewith their wives and
daughters : merchants from Lake street and
U atcr street, whose names inr
ously upon Fremont calls and Republican
subscription lists. Michi-an avenue. Wa.
basb avenue, and the palatial residences of
uieu wuo caruea their present wealth upon
mechanical pursuits, and who nw k
satins diamonds, hoops, feathers and broad
cloth, crowd out of all places the laboring
man and the mechanic, (we quote the Dem
ocrat.) were represented there. Thee rep-
rACilit.itirAn v l il . .
. . . iflu'6 mo sooty .beauties aud
ojrled by the eolored dandies iu return ; theso
persons, embracing the wealthy and ton of
Chicago society, were there, listening with
uehghted hearts to treason, and tbreata'of
murder and.civil war. There were merchants
and their wives Fremont merchants and
their Fremont wives whose cheeks did not
blanch, whose hearts did not swell indiguantly
when a negro stood erect in their ornson
on a Sunday afternoon, and proclaimed that
'ie monana women, that fathers and moth
ers and little babies American citizens
should be made to dream of death in thoir
sleep, should fear death at their meals, should
be met by fire in their beds, and poison in
their bread ! The atrocious sentiment caused
no horror in their hearts. On the contrary,
this terrible invocation, in the name of "Fre
mont and Jessie," elicited enthusiastic ap
plause. This is Fremontisni in Chicaga.
Sir Jon.v FitA.VKU.v axd Crzw. An old
1 .
arctic seaman, a pensioner iu Greenwich
Hospital, whose intelligence and good char
acter are endorsed by the.Goveuor of that
institution, has addressed a letter to Sir Rod
erick Murchison. in which he holds out the
idea that some of Sir John Franklin's crew
may have voluntarily joined themselves to the
Esquimaux, aud might yet be discovered,-,
The old tar says
I well recollect the Esquimaux from time
to time whon they observed me at work on
the ice off Winter Island, repairing a boat,
aud their nonce of the tools. They were re
peatedly motioning by. gestures, and thev
made me understand they wished me to re
main with them, and as it was my heart's do
sire' I took more notice of the occurrence
And often did I wish I could muster cour
age to ask the captain, or mention my desire
to our first lieutenant (Nias) to intercede for
me to be allowed to remain behind.
I studied their mode of living, being daily
with them for many mouths. I considered
their recources in clothing and food, and the
effect it would have on me. and came to the
conclusion that, from the experiments of eat
ing seal, seahorse, birds, deer, fish &e I
should soon become inured to them, particu
larly as it would be my own choice
As to clothing, the deer and seal skins
would be more suitable for that climate than
our own, and we could couvcrt the birds'
skins also.
The snow huts for Winter and skins for
bummer wouli do very well and no rent to
The disposition and friendly manner of tho
natives vi as satisfactory.
I beg, sir, to state, that I have consulted
my old shipmates about here, aud they are of
the same opinion as myself, that some could
hold out till this time, and if the ships were
drove on shore (same as the Fury) they would
Anxivebsart of Washington's Death.
Gen Washington died bo the evening of the
31st December, 1799. It is a fact not gen
erally known, that he drew his last breath in
tne last hour in the last day of the lost
of th last oottary.
7esr i
AMALGASiATlox AIeetuq os Scxdat. -inuity at large, who deeply sya.-palLbo with
ithout eaception, the largest Fremont flCo- the Judge in his bereavviaeut.
ting ever held in Chicago Was mt !,.f. ?: The Steamer Columbus will hrnftr
tan Hall ou Sunday last. "Pr- nl-i. vev the mails from Pa 11:11)1. tn T'llntn AAnr.
Washington Items.
Washington City, January 4 The wife
of Judge Daniel, of the United States Su
preme Court, was burned to death last niht.
by an accid2ut, at the residence of her hus
band in Franklin How. The J udge and his
wile naU been out, and cn returning home,
he went into the Library, and bhc retired to
uerieepiug apHrtiuent ana couimeuced dis
robiug, preparatory to retiring for the nicht.
Being very near sighted, she did not per
ceive a candle sitting on the hearth, nor the
flames that had communicated to her cloth
ing, until they completely enveloped her.
She died this morning, after lingering eiht
hours in dreadful agony.
Mrs. Daniels was a most estimable lady,
about thirty-five years of age, aud leaves two
children the youngest being only sin or eight
months old. She was a daughter of the late
Dr. Harris, of Philadelphia, formerly chief of
tho Buruea of Medicine ana Surgery attach
ed to tne Navy Department.
Thia to-riVU i ' i ,
. .v. uulc cAuiuuiy ias causeu mucu re
&ruf I 1 . .1
el friends, and the couj-
La Unia, Acapulco aud Saa Jose de Guate
uiaia leaving 1'anama immediately on the ar
rival of the mail from New York
A mail will go forward by the Illinois to
morrow. The single rate of letter postage
will be 20 cents repaid, which will carry let
ters to their destination.
The Hon. John Applet'on, of Maine! has
arrived. His coming i3 presumed to have
reference to tl e conduct of tho official" oran
under the new Administration a
Washington Citr, January 5 The Su
preme Court, sympathizing with Judge Dan
iels in his severe domestic affliction, and as
the funeral of his wife takes place to morrow
adjourned uniil Wednesday. The Court of
Claims observed a similar mark of respect.
The Land Office has withdrawn from sale
about one million acres of laud in Louisiana
which weie found to fall within the grant of
the New Orleans, Opelouses and Great Wes
tern Railroad, between Opelouses and Sabine
River, ou tho Texas. Hue
Kansas Affairs.
Nbw York, Jauuary 5. Mr. Ilogeland,
who passed through here yesterday, is uuder
ftood to represent the views and wishes of
Gov. Gtary in regard to sundry legislative
measures of importance to the welfare of the
territory.
Mr. II. states that, although it is not easy
l "agcraic me outrages ana disorders which
W r.:iJ ;,. ir.' i-
i"u uuiu a lew montns
now assuming a much
mo:e P"1- ad promis.ng aspect.
...
The Free State legislature meets to-d.-iv
the other one meets on Monday of next week.
Tha steamer Cahawba, from New Orleans,
via Havana, arrived here yesterdav, bavin"
left the latter port on the 30th.
The United States steamer Wabash arrived
at Havara from Aspinwall on the morning of
the lii)th. Her officers and crew wereall
well. She would leave for NeT York in a few
days.
The English brig-of-war Atalanta also ar
rived on the 29th.
The Insurrection in Tennessee.
LocisviLLE. January 5. The Memphis
Appeal, cf Tuesday, says considerable ex
citement prevailed at St Francis county, by
rumors of a rising of the slaves on Christ
mas. Several negroes hid been whipped,
who confessed to a plot similar to the 6tory at
NapoleonviJle. Louisiana.
The committee appointed by 'the Mayor of
NashvIc, and the Judge of Davidson county
to examine charges of insurrection against
certain negroes, report no evidence and re
commend their discharge.
The Mississippi papers ridicule the tele
graphic reports of the negro disturbance in
Jackson, and say there is not a shadow of
foundation in them.
Fhom WliBAttASi). The Washington Star
under the. above head, ha? the following.
e give them for what they are worth :
We have a few items of information from
Wheatland, on which we havo reason to
rel y :
First Mr Bnchr-nan ha 3-et invited r.o
one to become a member of his Cabiuet, and
has not made up his mind with reference to a
sinsle member of it . :
Second. 31 r. John Appleton, of Maine, is
to bo the editor of the Washington Unh'A
Third Mr. Bunhanatl Js aq carDeit ad'vo.
cate of tue election of John W. Forney. Esq.
to tho Senate of the United States.
Fourth. Ho will leave Wheatland for "this
city shortly before the 1st of February.
SoMETinxo Remarkable The most re
markable feature (says the Philadelphia Ar
gus') in the financial transactions of the gov
ernment is the fact that, in order to redeem
the portion of its debt which has extinguish
ed, it has absolutely paid a premium of up
wards of ten per cent. To the govercmcnt
this has been a profitable operation in the
saving of interest, which would have had to
pay for a large number of years. But no
government in the world has ever before done
such a thing, or been able to do it. Such is
the result of Democratic policy, faithfully ad
ministered by Democratic men.
Guy. Packexuam A Curious Fact.
We copy the following from the New Orleans
Picayune vf the 11th ult :
We were yesterday credibly informed, by
a gentleman who resides near the spot, that
in September last the well kuowu pecau tree
under which the remains of General Packen
ham were buried, a few miles.below this city,
was broken off, thirty feet above ground, by
a gale of Wind, and a cannon fired from the
British lines during the battle; was foundSm
bedded jut where the trunk broke off Thus
it was that the brave Briton slept under one
of his own missiles as lm monument
A Nuisance" Defined. At a trial for
"maintaining a nuisanee" recently at Exe
ter, England, it was- shown on the part of a
Mr. Abraham that his neighbor, Mr Minty,
hid a cock which crowed one hundred and
fifty times in 20 minutes. The learned
Judge t hought this was an amount of crowing
which 'human nature was not bound to nut
up with, ind twarded tother plaintiff 1. dam-
SUMMARY OF MEWS
1
The Woodburn Gazette calis down East girls
corn fed rotes." What a sweet simile !
One hundred large ships, averaging 1000 tons
burden, were built in Slaine iu 185C.
Cranberries are grown in great abundance at
all the towns along the Upper Mississippi.
' The Electors of Wisconsin, failed to arrive in
Madison in time to cost the vote of that State ft;r
President, owing to a snow-storm.
The crew of tho wrecked packet New York,,
who nearly killed tLe captain, have teen arrested
at Freehold X. J. -
A man for bein told the truth, tlmnks you the
first time votes you abore the secondand
quarrels with you the thI7d.
The wheat crop in Tennessee is said to pre: ent
an unusually promising prospect. A much larger
auiouct of Ltud is sown ia wheat than heretofore.
The- flour and meal inspected in Philadelphia,
on tho week preceding Christmas, amounted to
nearly twenty thousand barrels.
A new conference of European powers b soon
to be held in Parut, to decide w hat the last treaty
means.
At Trenton, on Friday of latt week, twenty
thousand people assembled to witness a aham bat
tle, which came otf without accidtnt.
Forrest has sol i his Fonthill country seat, on
the Hudson, to the New York Sisters of Charity,
for a huudred thousand dollars, about its cost.
Capt. J. D. Wh:te,has been nominated by the
Democrat of tha city of Pittsburg, f,r tLe cfilce
of Mayor,
The Sheriff cf Uadaon couaty, N. Y., treated
the prisoners in j-i.il oa Christmas day, some fifty
in number, to a dinner of turkeys, chickens, ic.
Winslow J. EJ!y was convicted of the wilful
murder of his wife, Sarah Jane, on the 21st of
June, I806, in Boston, last wek. -
What is the difference between a confirmed sin
ner and a Leg.ir?- Oue Lj a ndicant and the
other is a meud-i-wonrt.
A Tennessee paper says that Senator Ee!l will
lose about ten thousand dollars by the insurrec
tion panic.
At an auction sale at the fair of St. Paul's
church, Buffalo, a Larrl of flour was sold f.-r
$73 50. and tl.cn presented to the rector, Dr.
Shclton.
A family cf eight persona In Ilardin county
Ky., have been poisoned by a negro cook. Six
of them died, and the others were not expected
to live.
At Treston, Minnesota, on tho 14th ult., there
was snow on the ground to the depth of three
feet, and the mercury in the thermometer incica
ted thirty two 9egree3 below zero.
A suit in Cooportown, X. Y. hy Marth Jane
Drake against William Waterman, for a breach
of promise of marriage, resulted in a verdict of
2,000 in favor ot the fiur plaintiff.
C3- How is your hi-sl arLU uftcrncon, Mrs.
Squids ? Why. the doeWfeavs as how as, if
he lives till mornin', he shall hv some hopoa of
him : but if he don't he must give htm up.
Mr. Dan Showaltcr, formerly of Litioho Pa
has been elected to the Assembly by the Demo
crats of Merceed and Maraposa counties, Califor
nia. John A, Galligan. an Englishman tn New York
denies having committed suicide. This raip a
question of veracity between him and twelve
sworn individual, who composed a recent coro
ner's jury in that city.
Thejiww marriage laws which h.-we Just been
published in Austria, recojmize " the marriage of
a boy of fourteen with a girl of twelve, ni valid,"
but the parties are to Ic separated until ther are
or ape.
At the recent election In Cilif rnia, two women
vor elected to fill offices In Placer county one
,TuHee of the Pace, and the other as Cmsta
Each re rod one vote In the precinct, aud
there was no opposition.
A Ocrn-.fin yrith whom Bayard Taylor formel
a friendship has conveyed to him as a'free gift, an
estate near the Tfcurinsian forest. It contains a
beautiful residence built in 1760 by one of the
ministers of Ernest II. Lneky traveller.
An unmarried lady on the wintry nlde'of fifty,
hearing of the marriage of a yonnr lady, her
friend, observed with a deep and sentimental sigh,
" Well, I suppose It is what we all must come
to."
Life or Death Which ? A doctor advertises
in a country paper that whrvever uses the Veg.
etable Compound Universal Auti-Purging Aroma
tic Pills once will not have causa to use them
again." We rather think they won't.
Eleanor liana. a native of the county cf Mcn
aghan, Ireland, for the past fifty years a widow
and resident of Xew York city, died two or three
days since at the ago of one hundred and twelve
years.
A bill before Congree propose to depreciate
Spanish coin twenty per cent., a Toss to present
holders of a million and a half of dollars unless,
indeed, the coin is sold to pilverfmiths, at its real
value when the loss would not average ten per
cent.
Mrs. Thomas Norsworthy, whose death in
Salem, at theatre of nearly ninety-nine years,
has been mentioned, had been married six
times and had thirty-three children.
A termagant is a dreadful bad piece f fur
niture in a man's bouse, but thero is one re
deeming trait about them ; the more they scold
the harder they scrub, usually. A fit of ug
liness, with such women, generally ends in a
breaking out of slop cloths, white wash brush
es, and oust pans.
The muscles of the human jaw produce a
power equal to four hundred and thirty-four
pounds. Thi3 is what science telbi us, but
We know the jaw of some our lawyers is equal
to s good many thoueand dollars year to
tbew.
Heavy Storm-A Train of Cars Buried in th9
Snow.
A passenger gives us some items uf hi".
journey from Frarie du Chin. on the Mil
waukicand Mississippi railroad, during th
late heavy storm. Ili3 party left Prarie d
thien two weeks ago, arrived the same niLt
at Boscopel, 21 miles this side, bciQfr fbe
first station on the railroad- The snow drift
were deep, and no trains could get away
Getting a fair start on the shovelled track
and after two or thren days' delay, the traia
brought up in a deep drift some six miles thu
side Boscopel, and thou commenced the work
in earnest.
The train would plunge into the drifts, tbe
snew being sometimes as high as the tops of
the cars, and coming to a dead halt, wait till
the shovelcrs pa-scngeis and all amusing
themselves that way could clear the wheelt
and then running back, dash in again So
they ttruggled, but three days and three
nights passed in making a dozen miles pro
gress. Provisions were all gone ; only scan
ty supplies could bo obtained from the few
farm houses aceessiblo Parties were detain
ed to cut and bring wood for tLe engines, and
they kept up steam with difficulty in tbe four
locomotives. At length after almost despair
ing of being thawed out till Spring, one of tie
workmg parties returbed to the train about
two o clock one morning, with the joyful re
port of having heard the whistle of engine,
coming from the eastward, and the excitement
was intense till, just about daylight, the re
lief tram from Madison, with four engines
which had been working for several days from
tbe eastward broke the drifts, and hit.hin?
on" the whole train to Muscoda.
They would not Batce.
The Bay State Democrat, i tL court, of
a well written article in relation to tbe mid
antics cf the political piickts of New EnglLd
remarks :
m " Wo entertain a very high r spect for them
ia their appropriate ephtre of action. But
they saw fit to btep aside from approp iai
duties and enter the political field. llti
they Lave suffered dtfect We regret mt
uw mi-j, were ueieaiea. cut tuat they made &
great miscalculation, and took the wronff sij.
where tbe Lord could Lot bless their efforti
A friend at our elbow hints that, in consider
ation of thir efforts and the results, they
might now very properly adopt the language
of the Kpiaeopal liturgy : We have done
O Lord, those things which we cugbt not to
have done, and left undone thoie things which
we ought to have done I'' But we re-ptci-fully
suggent that there is a parage bcui
where, w thitk. in the Bible, more arpropri
ate. lt
" It reads, if we recollect aright. som
what in this wise : "We have piped, aud y
have not danced ; we haven. uned and
have not lamented." There Las been pipit
and mourning enough, but somehow the pec-
ple nould not dauce to that kind of j.jp-,,.
They would not weep, even, over the hudet
shrieks for bleeding Kansas?" .New Eng
land and Xew York did. indeed, dance to tU
ministerial piping, but the uorthern peopU
remained unmoved in stifiriett numbers t
defeat the piper.. Shall we esy that Xw
England is priest-ridden 1 If it were Cathi -he
priests who had done tue same tLing wlat
along and angry, piteous and hearl-re'i.din,-howl
wcuIJ have hwn ra;te(j a,n.nt tJ e ,
Ths - poor, priest-ridden Irish " would ha.
been denounced in the severest terms they
are even now by a class of men who deenl
it a very great recommendation that the clei
gy and the religious portions of the comu.u-
ijr oin uu iiieir sine.
SoMETinxu or a Changs It is 8aM tLt
"n; .S' A- Douglass, when he set out for
Washington, was not allowed to pass a station
between Chicago and Cleaveland without Ls
mg called out. While acknowledging tL.
compliment of an impromptu demonstration
at Toledo, he said, "it was but a short time
since, he might have traveled from Boston t
Chicago by the light of his own effigies burn
ing in every village where abolitionism could
muster courage cnouch to attempt the dis
graceful act the sole provocation fr which
was, that he had dared to introduce a bill al
lowing the people of every State and of erery
Territory, to regulate their own affair iu
their own way; but he congratulated hi.
hearers that the just principles of that bill
had made a fundamental principle of our gov
ernment; and he felt a proud satisfaction iu
the approval and endorsement of his own
course, and that of his gallant colleague.
Cren. bhields, embodied in tie triumphant
o'ecticn of the veteran statesmen, James Bu
chanan, to the Presidency."
Tub Great Lakes. The five great lakes
of North America havo recently been survey
ed, and it is found that they cover an area of
90,000 square miles. The total length of
the five lakes is 1534 miles. Lake Superior,
at its greatest length, i 355 miles ; its great
est breadth is 1G0 miles; mean depth 9SS
feet ; elevation above the sea C27 feet ; area
32.000 square miles. Lake Michigan is 360
miles long, its greatest breadth i 108 miles;
its mean depth is 900 feet; elevation 687 feet;
area 20,000 square miles. Lake Huron, is
its greatest length, is 200 miles; its greatest
breadth 160 miles; mean depth 300 feet;
elevation 574 feet area,. 20,000 square
miles. Lake Erie is 250 miles long ; great
est breadth 80 miles ; mean depth 200 feet;
elevation 555 feet ; area 6000 square miles.
Lake Ontario has a length of 180 miles ; and
its mean breadth is 65 miles ; mean depth
500 feet; elevation above the ocean 262 feetj
area 6000 square miles.
Pennsylvania clains the honor of origina
ting the first Agricultural Society in this
country after the Re volution. It was found
ed in 1785. and Judge Peters was iu Presi
dent and active promoter and patron.
Darmoctii College has recently refused to
aecept a donation of lands bequeathed it in
tho West, because their acceptance would de
prive a poor widow of the property, who would
otherwise receive it. This is a very commen
dable procedure, and does honor to thtt insu-tutioQ-
A Insurrection ix Alabama. A dis
patch has been received at Mobile, from Se
lani, which states that a negro insurreetion
has been discovered in Smnter, Marion and
Perry counties that one hundred negroea
have been arrested that one white man ws
engaged in the plot, and that inter.?
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