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'Democrat nnit leniiiul.
H. C. DEVINE Zditcr and Proprietor-
EBENSBURG.
WEDNESDAY MOBNING:::::::::::::JUNE 10.
YOK GOTfftXOR.
WILLIAM F. PACKER,
LYCOMING COVX1Y. .
FOB JCDOES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
WILLIAM STKONG,
OF BEKK3 COUNTY.
JAMES THOMPSON,
OF ERIE COCKTY.
JOK CANAL C0MMI56I0NE5- .
NIMROD STRICKLAND,
C II ESTER COUNTY.
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.
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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.
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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. . .