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Delegate Election, The democratic voters of the several election districts in the county of Cambria, are re quested to meet on Saturday, the 27th day of June, inst., at the places designated by law for holding the general eloctions, and then and there elect two persons to represent them in County Convention. The delegates will meet at the Court House in the borough of Ebensburg, on Tuesday, the 30th of Juue, inst., at 2 o'clock, P. M., to piece in nomination candidates for several officers to bo filled at the ensuing general election, and to transact such other business as the usages and interests of the party re quire. The election tor delegates are to be opened at 2 o'clock, P. M, and kept rpen till 6 P.M. M. I1ASSON, Chairman. Juno 10, 1S57. Tha Pennsylvania and the Main Line. During the pendency before the Legisla ture, of the bill for the sale of the Main Line, the Pennsylvanian, wl icii claiui3 to be the organ of the democracy of the State, never uttered a single word in condemnation of that wicked and stupendous fraud It was expected that the Editor of that paper, would be foremost in raising his voice against the passage of the bill and in defence of the rights of the people. "With great unanimity, the democratic presses throughout the State, havo spoken in terms of decided condemna tion of the law. Since the adjournment of tho Legislature, the Pennsylvanian has thrown off the mask, and has taken bold and decided ground in favor of the sale. We have carefully read the Editor's defence of the measure, but have not been able to dis cover a single argument in favor of the pro posed sale. The course of that paper on this question, has ttikusly damaged its reputation, with tho democracy of tho State, and it cannot hereafter Lo regarded as its organ. Tho democratic party, will repudiate any paper, that eo far forgets its mission, as to become the mouth piece and defender cf a corpora tion, so powerful and unscrupulous as the Pennsylvania llailroad Company. Destructive Storm. A most violent and destructive storm pa3 eed over our town on Monday night. The raio fell in torrents, accompanied with almost incessant thuuder and lightning. The light ning struck the dwelling house of Gen. Jo seph McDonald and did considerable dam age. The electric fluid passed into the room In the immediate vicinity of a bed in which a servant girl was sleeping. The es cape of Gen. McDonald's family without in jury was almost miraculous. The storm was much more severe in Johns town than in this locality. In another col umn will be found the extent of the damage done in that region. Wo learn that in the Northern part of the county a good deal of damage was done. The waters of the Susquehanna and Clearfield were swollen to a great height; and swept away several bridges, as well as doing serious injury to many saw mill dams. On the hill sides throughout the county a great portion of the corn has been completely washed out, and will require replanting. Our county has not been visited with such a destructive storm for many years. Before it occurred, the weather was cold and disagreeable; vegetation as well as the crops were at a stand still tincc the storm, the weather has become warm and gives ' promise of a most abundant crop of grain, potatoes, and especially fruit. Democratic oiiNATio;a. Just as wo are going to press we learn that the Demo cratic State Convention, which met at Har risburg on yesterday, nominated William Strong, of Beading, and James Thompson, of Eric, &3 candidates for Judges of the Su preme Court. We will publish the proceed ings next week. 2t!T We are pleased to learn that our friend Jamks Carroll, Eq. has been appointed lioute Agent on the Pennsylvania Kailroad Cars, between Pittsburg and AUooca Mr. Carroll h an active democrat, and possesses in eminent degree all the qualifications for the prompt and faithful dh-charge of '.he du ties of the office. DU The Canal Commissioners have pre sented a petition to the Judges q th.e Supreme Court, now sitting in Hvrisburg, prajing for an wjancHon to- restraia the i Pennsjlvania Railroad CoaipaDy from- purchasing the Main Line uader the recent act of the Legislature. The question will be argued before the Judg--es on next Friday, and we confidently anti cipate a decision against the right of the Com pany to purchase. ... :V:r 1 . ' T Straight American Convention. The Straight-out American Convention which convened at Lancaster, on "Wednesday last, nominated Isaac Hazlehuest, of Phil adelphia, for Governor ; Jacob Broom, of the same City, and Jasper E. Bradx of Pitts burg, for Judges of the Supreme Court, and Joun II. Lixdermas, . of Berks, for Canal Commissioner. Frankiijj House. It will be seen by an advertisement in to-day's paper that Mr. John Ivory has opened a hotel in the borough of Loretto, and has made ample arrangements to accommodate the traveling public equal to any similar house in the county. Utaii.- The administration has decided upon sending a formidable body of troops to Utah, Orders have been issued for the de spatch to that Territory of Eomo two thou sand men, under the command of General Harney, COURT PROCEEDINGS. The following was the List of Cases in the Quarter Sessions last week. An unusual amount of business was dispatched. Commonwealth vs Thomas A. Durbin. Indictment Fornication and Barstardy. Dis trict Attorney on settlement of parties enters a nolle prosequi on payment of costs by De fendant. Commonwealth vs Robt Donley Keep ing a Tipling House, Process issued Commonwealth vs John Mullin and Bera ard Mullin, Jr. Assault and Battery. Set tled by parties and nolle prosequi entered. Commonwealth vs Casper Cradle. Indict ment for Keeping a Tipling House Deft, pleads guilty. Sentenced by the Court to pay a nne oi ior use or conemaugn Borough School district and costs. Commonwealth vs David Bucher. Assault and Battery. Deft pleads not guilty. J ury fiad deft guilty. Commonwealth vs Valentine Malsey. Keeping a Tipling House. Deft pleads guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of $20, for the use of Sumraerhill tp. School district and costs. Commonwealth vs Thomas Downs. Keep ing a Tipling House. Deft enters in the sum of 100, for appearance at next Court. Commonwealth vs Gotlieb Hahn. Selling Liquor to a person of intemperate habits. Continued and deft enters into recognizance for his appearance at next Sessions. Commonwealth va Mary Kennedy. Lar eery. Def t's recognizance forfeited. Commonwealth Mary Ann M'Kenzie. Selling liquor to a person of intemperate habits. Deft pleads not guilty. Jury find deft not guilty Commonwealth vs John Morris. Keeping a Tipling House. Deft not taken Commonwealth vs Casper Cradle. Keep ing a Tipling House. Deft pleads guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of 20, for the use of Conemaugh Borough School district Commonwealth vs John Kceton and oth ers. Biot. Continued and def ts enters in to recognizance to appear at next Sessions. Commonwealth vs Susannah Harris. Keeping a Tipling House. Continued and deft enters into recognizance for appearance at next Sessions Commonwealth vs Mary Ann M'Kenzie Selling Liquor on Sunday Deft pleads not guilty. Jury find deft not guilty, but to pay the costs. Commonwealth vs Margaret Weiler. For nication. Deft pleads not guilty. Jury find deft not guilty. Commonwealth vs William Bonnaker. Keeping a Tipling House. Deft pleads guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of $20, for the use of Directors of Johnstown Borough School district. Commonwealth vs Fred. Krebs. Keeping a Tipling House. Def t not taken. Commonwealth vs Fred! Burgoon Keep ing a Tipling House. Deft not taken Commonwealth vs Ellen Welsh. Reaping a Tipling House. Deft pleada not guilty. Jury find deft not guilty and prosecutor to pay costs. Commonwealth vo Francis II. Endress - Keeping a Tipling House. Deft pleads guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine cf $20, for use of Conemaugh tp. School district. Commonwealth vs Michael Kennedy. As siult and Battery. Deft pleads guilty and submits. Commonwealth vs Solomon Helzell. Keep ing a Tipling House Deft pleads guilty Sentenced to pay a fine of $20, - for use of liichland tp. School district. Commonwealth vs Dan M'Donald. Keep ing a Tilling House. Not a true bill County for costs. Commonwealth va Frederick Seeford, Keeping a Tipling House. Not a true bill, County for costs. CI - 1.1, Tl Tr T-r . vyuiiuouweauu i r rancis jv. iierlinger, William IS. Butler, Aadam Altimus, and Margaret Ileriinger. Riot. ' Def ts plead not guilty.- Jury find F. K. Iierlinger,-Wm. B. Butler and Margaret norlinger guilty of as- sult and battery and Adam Altimus not gu'tlty. -. Commonwealth vs Rose U&rns.- Larceny Not a true bill. - Commonwealth vs Benjamin F. &lick. Assault and battery. Not a true bill. F K. Iierlinger prosecution to pay the costs. Commonwealth vs Jacob Helzel. Keep igg a TipliDg House. Not a true bill, Coun ty for costs. - . . J . - , - - Commonwealth vs Andrew Smith. Keep ing a Tipling House. Not a true bill, and County for costs.- ' ' Commonwealth vs Barney Ward. Keep ing a Tipling House. Def t pleads guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of $20, $G for John A. Wier the prosecutor and $14 for use of Conemaugh tp. School district. Commonwealth vs George Eichensiher. Keeping a Tipling House. Not a true bill, County for costs, - ? Commonwealth vs Samuel Hart. Keeping a Tippling House. Not a true bill, County for cos t3. Commonwealth vs Cyrus Hart. Keeping a Tipling House. Not a true bill, County. for costs. Commonwealth vs Wm. Kern. Suborna tion of Perjury. Continued till next Sessions. Commonwealth vs Samuel Philips. Lar ceny. Deft pleads guilty. Sentenced to 15 months imprisonment in the Western Peni tentiary. Commonwealth vs James Patterson Lar ceny. Bail for apperance at next Term Commonwealth vs Christian Ellis and Mi chael Rowland. Malicious MJsehief. Deft plead not guilty. Jury find deft not guilty Commonwealth vs Lawrence Schroth. Selling Liquor on Sunday. . Deft plead not guilty. Jury find deft guilty. i i ii m cytc LICENSES GRANTED. The following are the Licenses which were granted by the Hon Judges of our Court last week. Peter Maltzey Conemaugh Borough, William Nicholson " " John Seibert Andrew Smith township, Isaac Crawford Ebcnsburg Borough, John Thompson, Jr. " John A Blair " John M'Coy ' Summerhill township, Wm Murray John G. Given 4 Ann M Campbell Washington " Ellen M'Laughlin James Reamer " ' James M Riffle Summittville Borough, James Gleason ' George Litzingcr Loretto " John B Myers John Ivory 31ichael J Smith Allegheny township, Roddy Bradly James Carroll Carroll " Lawrence Schrotte " " Henry Harbcr Clearfield ' Wm Ryan . Michael J Plait Susquehanna Elizabeth Fletcher Johnstown Borough, Henry Foster ' Michael Abbott '. N Joseph Shoemaker " Jared Williams " " George Heinish Violent Storm. Destruction of Property. Johnstown was visited by a terrible storm of wind, rain and hail on Monday night. We are quite sure we never heard or saw it rain harder in all our life than it did for an hour or two on this occasion. The rain was ac companied by furious blasts of wind, and a constant succession of frightfully vivid flashes of lightning that fitfully illuminated the dark ness of the night, and displayed to the watch er the torreut of rain which dashed against the window as though it would break in. Thero was not so much nor so loud thunder as on many former occasions in our recollec tion, but tho rain, wind and lightning was unequalled. About the winding up of the storm a dash of hail was thrown in, which ad ded considerably to the noise and confusion of the time. The storm broke upon us about 11 J o'clock, and continued to rage with impetuous fury until one. During its progress, we looked out upon the earth from our chamber window, and, by tho aid of the incessant lightning, beheld our streets, and paiticularly our garden, which we ha just been digging the evening before, completely covered with water, and looking like a small inland lake. And such was the case as far as we could see. Streets were inundated, gardens were sub merged, cellars were overflowed, and a super abunce of water was visible on every hand. Getting up early in the morning, we visit ed the creeks, and found them bank full, and looking furious. We also heard that several buildings had been destroyed by the storm on the Island, and as soon thereafter as we could we visited the locality and found jt so. We found the fragments of four buildings scatter ed over the Island, and taw from a dittaace the wreck of some two or three in tlie upper end of Conemaugh borough. We take from our note book the following items ; ' The Old State Depot partly blown down. This was a brick building, built on three sides of a square, with an open space in the centre. Two sides of this was entirely de stroyed, and the remaining portion much in jured. A frame shed over tha railroad track leading to the Depot, .which was .used as a workshop for repairing boat-trucks, was also levelled with the earth. . The destruction of this building involves a heavy loss in tools, patterns. &c. ' Pringle, Rose & Edson's Blacksmith shop totally destroyed. This was a frame building, 1 1 stories high 70, bj SO, adjoining the Foundry and Machine shop of the firm. It was completely demolished and torn to pieces. Island " School House blown down." Thia was a small frame building on thebank of the Conemaugh, a few rods from the Foundry, and between the latter and the Depot It was lifted some ten feet from its foundation, and then thrown over on its side a total wreck. Ia range with this, on the side of the Is land fronting the Canal Basin, a small frame house was capsized and torn to peicest It had been turned half round, then thrown over and demolished. This building was occupied by the family of John Crop, but fortunately for them none of them were in it when the storm came along. On the other side of tho Basin we observed several wrecks. A large frame building used by Mr, John Brown as a boatbuilder's shop was unroofed and much damaged 1 A short distance above this we saw what was left of the engiue house at the boat slip. The roof was torn off, the end blown in, and the struc ture pretty considerably used up. Besides these we hear of other iteais of damage sustained by the storm but ws have not tiiue to hunt up the particulars. Taking it altogether, vre are safe in saying that this was the most violent storm experienced in this locality for many years. Some of our people attribute its violence to the influence of the approaching comet, which ia expected to come in collission with our planet in a day or two. Cambria Tribune. Hain Line Injunction. The announcement made by some of our papers, that an, effort had been made to pre vent, by an application to the Supreme Court for an injunction the sacrifice of the Puplic Works of the State was only a few days in advance of the fact. We rejoice now to learn, that the Board of Canal Commissioners has taken the preliminary steps to tefct this mat ter, and to discover whether at law there may not be some remedy against this grievous wrong to the Slate and to the individual cit izens. While we are fully aware of all the difficulties attending an application of this kind, and that however unjust and unrighteous the action of the Legislature may be, yet the power of the Courts of law can only intervene to euro the wrong, where the enacting power has violated the constitution, or exceeded its egal powers, but we desire that not one shad ow of of a hope shall be abandoned, or even a chance of success thrown away, until hope and chance are entirely cut off from us. We have the assurance of good and competent con stitutional lawyerstbat this action of the Le gislature is obnoxious to constitutional excep tion, and we have an abiding faith, that this grievous wrong has not been perpetrated be yond tho hope of relief and redress. We feel satisfied from the professional character and high legal attainments of the gentlemen retained, that the application would never have been made without there was strong rea sons upon which to base it, and also that no effort will be left untried to accomplish the object they have undertaken. It will bo ob served from the order of tho Court, which we take from yesterday's Argus, that next Fri day is the day fixed for the argument. In the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; on Saturday, application was made by the Board of Canal Commissioners for a prelimi nary injunction lo restrain the Pennsylvania Railroad Company from purchasing the Ma'm Line of the Public Works of the State, and the Court appointed Friday next, the 12th inst., for the hearing of the motion, in banc, at Ilarrisburg. The sale is to take place cn the 25th inst. The following is the Order of Court made on Saturday : Henry S. Mott ct. al. Canal Commissioners j In the Supreme Court is In equity. The Fenn. Central R. j Middle District. R. Company, et. al. J And now, June 6th, 1857, on reading the bill complaint, &c, and on motion of W L Hirst, James II Walton, C R Buckalew and Wm M Meredith, counsel for complain ants, jt is ordered that the complainants have leave to move the Court in banc at Ilarris burg, on the 12th of June inst., at 9 o'clock, A. M., for a preliminary injunction, accord ing to the prayer of the Bill, notice of mo tion to be given to the defendants. Fitts. Union. Injunction against the Proposed Sale of the Hain Line. Soon after the passage of the act for the sale of the Main Lino of the public works, we stated in the Post that without doubt an ap plication for an injunction against the sale would be made. Such an application has been made by tho Board of Canal Commis sioners to. restrain the Goycrnor from consum mating the sale, which will be argued before and decided by the Supreme Court of the State, on the 11th of tho present month. It is the prevailing opinion aryong legal gentle men that the injunction will bo granted, and if so, the whole matter will go back to the Legislature . and in obedience to tho public voice, a better bill, if any at all, will bo fra med and passed one which will protect the interests of the people along the Western Pi vision, and operate more justly than the pres ent one can be made to do upon the interests of the Commonwealth. It ia currently ru mored that in case the injunction now applied for shculd be refused, some of the stockhold ers of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sue out an injunction to restrain the Cen tral Railroad from purchasing the works. The Main LJne is not yet sold, and there will be considerable political ' noise and confu sion" before it will be sold under the provis ions of the present law. Pitts.' Pat. - Lawrence County Convention Allegheny does not possess the peculiar privilege of being the only county where the people can become arcused to the consequen ces of the municipal subscriptions to railroads. On Friday last, a convention was held in N,cw Castle, in relation to the county Bonds. Rob ert Woods, one of the Vice Presideatsjf the meeting, gave a fchort history of the amount of taxes he had paid since 1&29, at different periods, and wouud up by adding that if they increased for the next seven years' in propor tion to the last few years he would have to re pudiate or move off West. Others spoke strongly in relation to the issuing of bends for county purposes. The following were the resolutions adop ted. liesolccd. That we deprecate the whole sys tem of subscriptions by counties to aid in the construction of Railroads, as calculated to im pose upon the tax paying iuterests of the county, onerous and unjust burdens, and whieh believe unconstitutional. Hesolced, That we pledge ourselves to each other to aid in prosecuting, by all means, such measures as will relieve the county from the debt which now bangs over her, by the subscriptions made to the several Railroads projected and being constructed through said county Jicsolccd, That we endorse the course of the County Commissioners in asking the Su preme Court for an injunction against the North Western Railroad Company, and that we look to them as the properly constituted guardians of the interests of the county, promptly to use all their power in arresting the burthens improvidently imposed upon us. liesolied. That we appoint a committee of five to act jointly with the County Commis sioners in taking counsel in regard to the le gality of the subscriptions of each of the rail roads, and to join issue in every case where there 16 a reasonable hope of success. From this action it would seem that tho good people of the county arc of the opinion tnat their honor docs not carry them beyond the exactions of law and that the best lest of their duty is their legal liability. The report we have does not state that there were any dissentients from these resolutions, so that we must regard them as the expression of "the feelings of the mass cf the citizens of the county. Pitts. Union. From the Philadelphia Arjus. Associate, Judges, of Kansas. Tho appointment of the Hon. Joseph Wil liams, of Iowa, to the Associate Judgeship of the Supreme Court of Kansas, in place of Judge Cunningham, of Pennsylvania, re signed, is a most excellent selection, and se cures to the bench of the Territory an able and experienced jurist. Judge Williams was formerly Chief Justice of Iowa, to which State he emigrated from Somerset county, Pennsylvania. He is a practical printer, and at one time published the Upland Union, at Old Chester, Delaware county, which pa per, in 1839, he disposed of to that old and steadfast Democrat, Alexander M'Kcever, with a view of devoting himself to the law, in which he had already earned an enviable reputation. He possesses fine legal abilities, besides being ' a fellow of iniSnite jesu" We defy the most rancorous party animosity to hold out against hi3 irresistable pleasantry. He is familiar with border life, and his good humor will be better than bayonets in set tling Kansas troubles. Not long since he called at the St. Nicholas Hotel, iu New York, to see the Hon. Jeremiah S. Black, now Attorney General of the United States, but not meeting him, ho left the following card : Compliments of the Chif Justice of Iowa to the Chief Justice of Pennsylvania : O Jerry, dear Jerry, I've found you at last, And memory, burdened with scenes of the past, Returns to old Somerset's mountains of 6now, Where you were but "Jerry" and I was but " Joe." It is announced to day from Washington, that since his appoinment as Associate Justice of Kansas, Judge Williams has been promo ted to the position of Chief Justice in place of Judce Lecompte, removed. The interests of the Territory pould not have been better served. "Washington Affairs Arrest of a Consul. WAsnisGTOx, May 20, Jonathan S.Jen kins, U. S. Consul at the Navigators Islands was arrested this afternoon on the steps of the State Pepartment, immediately after his interview with Assistant Secretary ArPctou The warrant on which he was arrested was issued by Justice Goddard, op a chargo of piracy, sworn to by D Tun Camp, for seiz ing by force of arms, and selling a large amount of proporty belonging to citizens of the United States, iucluding the cargo of the ship Eudorua, in the harbor of Apia. It ap pears from the papers filed in the Department that on his arrival there he fosmed a Court of Admirality, styling himself Vice Commission er, aud appointed Assistant Judges, Marshals, etc. The property alleged to have been sac rificed amounted to about $70,000. Mr. Jenkins was committed to jail to await a re quisition . from the Governor of New York, where the case must bo tried, a haying just touched the soil of that State on his return to this country The Postmaster General has allowed the claims of Captain Bucknam and Kelly, 0f $15,000 per annum, for extra steamboat mail service from Apalachicola to Bainbridge, Georgia. Mr. Morse, tha late Special Commissioner to Bogota, has arrived here on buiincsj con cerning his mission. From WashingtonThe Election Riots Arrival of Surveyor General Bnrr of Utah. Washington, June 8. Many of the mot respectable citizens of Washington have sign ed a call for a public meeting, on Thursday afternoon next, to condemn the late riots and sustain tho courae of the President aud City Authorities in employing military force to quell the disturbances. David H. Burr, Surveyor General of UtaU has arrived home in this city. Mr. Burr states, in conversation with Lia friends, that the Mormon Leg ion is but poor ly equipped.and that a thousand United StaU troops would effectually overawe them Be fore he left Utah, the Mormons had not heard of the intention of the Government to send a force thither, but they frequently laughed ai the idea of the Government compelling their, obedience to the Federal Laws they citing the failure to put down the disturbances ia Kansas.'as evidence of its inefficiency. He supposes that one third or one half of the Mormons, who arc disgusted with Brig ham Young's tyranny, would rise against hhu were they protected by United States troops Mr. Burr does not apprehend that the Mor mons will show fight. It is th,a duty of ev ery good Mormon to obey the Church as the higher law, and hence an opinion is entertain ed tha Young may leave the Territory with a large force of his deluded followers, provi ded he can find some other seat for his gov ernment. Mr. Burr says that SaltXaW is the mean est settlement he ever beheld, everything hav ing the appearance of abject poverty. Brig ham Young's word is law, jnd the oppression of the Mormons is cruel and without remedy from the present rulers. There are about fif ty gentiles only in the Territory, who are ob jects of bitter persecution. According to the statement of Captain Ty ler, who commanded one of the companies of the Marines at the riot ou last Monday, ho gavo the order "after the capture of the swiv el from the rioterss" to fire ; the discharges being from one platoou only, aud irregularly and each of tho marines firing as they saw the flashes from the pistols discharged at them by the riotprs, who fired as they retreated. The company commanded by Cspt. Mad dox according to the same authority did not fire until a marine had been wounded in the cheek, by a ball, coming out at hii mouth. It is confidently asserted that several of the " riug Uplies" have repently died, whila others in Baltimore are suffering from se,vcro wounds. Judge Hollingshead, who is of the American party, has refused an application for a warrant to arrest Mayor Magrudcr. Tho ground of the applicatian wa3 that he had given orders to tiro. The Secretory -f tho Navy had not decided whether any of the five steam sloops-of-war shall be built by private contract. Repentant Democrats During the session of the Texas Democratic State Convention, Col. J. S. Ford, editor of the Austin State Times, and Frauk E Wi'r liams, of Cherokee county, was received back into the Democratic fold, whence they had been decoyed by thp dark lanterns of Know Nothingism. Tho editor of the Galveston Civilian, who, was present, thus writes: Col John S Ford, editor of the State Timet, first came forward. He said that he joined the American party with none but good mo tives, though without investigating materia'ly its principles ; but that he had become convinr ced that those principles vcro antagonistic to the true notions of free govcrnent; but he had refraned from any public declaration from various considerations ; he did not want office, nor would he have office if tendered him. U believed that the salvation cf the country, and especily of 'the South, depended upon the integrity and stability of the Democratic party, as the only national organization in exr stance. Mr. Williams followed in the same strain. The party is not disposed to be hard upon fose who do truly repent and forsake, Ac. 1 - Virginia Kljsctiox The reiurns as they come in swell the Democratic majorities. All the Congressmen are Democrats, and that party has a largo majority in the Legislature. J. Randolph Tucker is elected Attorney Gen eral without serious opposition, and the Hon. Z. Kidwell, Commissioner of Public Works. The Congressmen elected are as follows : 1st district, M. R II. Garnet, majority about 500; 2d, J. S. Millson, no opposition ; 3d, John S. Caskie. 1S00 majcrity; 4th, Wm. O Goode, 2500 majority 5th, Thomas S Bo cock, S500 majority; 6th, Paulus Powell, no. opposition ; 7th, Wm. Smith, 1400 majority; 8th. C. J.' Faulkner, 2200 majority ; 9th, John Letcher, 5000 majority ; 10th, S. C!eT mens, 2000 majority ; 11th, A. G. Jenkins, 1200 majority ; 12th, II. A. Edmundson, no opposition ; 13th, E. S. Martin, 150 mar jority. Martin is a distribution Democrat, and is reported to have defeated J udge Hop kins, who resigned a judgeship to run for Congress. ; ; A letter from Washington mjs that the Hon. F. W. Pickens, of South Carolina, has boca offered the mission to Russia. . .
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