Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1858 — Page 2

THE RENSSELAER GAZETTE, RENSSELAER, IND. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1858.

&S“So long as God allows the vital current to flow through my veins, I icill never, never, NEVER, by word or thought, by mind or will, aid in admitting, one} rood of free territory to the everlasting curse of human hondage.— Henry Clay.

Krh overnor Willard has appointed the i 'l2sth of this month as a day-of' thanksgiving and prayer. election in Illinois, New Vork. and some other States, came off yesterday; ! but, of course, we have no news of the result as yet. another column is, a communication, sparkling with beautiful sentiments, from “Nell Narlie.” We hope to hear frequently from this fair correspondent. of7~ O-nr young friend. Master Joseph. Z. Sexton, living in Washington township, will please accept our thanks for that peck of nice sweet potatoes he sent us last week. 03” Daniel McClure, the State Secretary elect, has received the appointment of Paymaster in the’Navy, which he lias accepted. The Governor will have to fill the \acancy by appointment:. ‘ g (^“The.Legislature of Pennsylvania just elected, is very strongly, opposition. To the Assembly, there are 72 opposition members chosen, and 28 Democrats; and to the Senate, 18 opposition. 5 aiiti-Lecbmpton, and 2 Administration Democrats. e see that.friend* Rowen is adding a stock of groceries, and provisions, to his ' clothing store, He now intends to feed as well as clothe his customers. He also has oh hand a few fashionable fall and winter bonnets, just; the thing for the'ladies; CffT” The President has issued another proclamation against tlje Fillibusters, -enjoining upon ail officers of the government, both civil and military; in their respective spheres, to bd vigilant, active and faithful in suppressing enterprises.” o^7”We last week gate an account of the female walking match,-then in progress ,in New York. We have! since learned that they walked for -s ixty-three hours, when, by mutual consent, they quit, neither claiming the victory. They suffered seriously from exhaustion. ■ 0O”Mr. Butterfield, President of the California Overland Mail Co., made application at the War Department, lust .Monday for the protection ot the xbuntry traversed bv the stages from Indian incursions. The Secretary assured .him that military protection should be afforded at as early a day as possible. (fS~A horrid murder and suicide was perpetrated at New York 1 ist Wednesday. A ; boy nineteen years ot age was reproved by his father tor spending, money frivolously* i He got up fn the nigl t. and murdered his father with a hatchet, and inflicted serious wounds on his mother, two voung brothers, and-two servant girls, and then retired to his own room unit todkfffis ow n life by slioot- - H>g,Jiimself in the head with a revolver. One of his brothers and one of the girls! were not expected to survive at latest accounts. ■ i - rifej (g5 = *The State Departmental Washing-ton,-having reasons to [suppose that some irresponsible persons in England, and others , in yds country, writirjg under assumed names, have induced parties in the United : States to forward remittances there for the recovery of estates to which they have been led to believe they are entitled, cautions . persons to whom such representations are made to satisfy themselves as the identity and character of their correspondents re ‘■investing."

A NAROW ESCAPE.

Elder R. B. James, living,asiiort distance I down tlie river, on the'opposite side, met with an accident, that, cqrm; near being fa- 1 tal last Thursday, Some hoys .werp out j hunting with a rifle on ff.he-north bank oi the Iroquois, just from Mr. James’ farm. They liried at a duck in tlie middle of the river. The ball struck the water, glanced, afid passed between Mr. [ Janies’ right ear and Ins head, making a furrow to the hone op-the right temple. The ball also took 01-V a.-tip of -the ear.', Mr. James wa» iii the act of picking’up an ax -at. the ' time, and hud lie raised irp a moment sooner than he did,death would have been the cun-sequ-uoe. The. following card was handed U 3 for publication: A Card. — Mr] Editor: On Thursday last l was struck by a bullet, carelessly shot from a rifle. I wish, sir, to express, through your excellent paper, my sincere thunks ”0 those, .many persons Who .so promptly refi ! paired to my residence and offered their assist nee, and symputliizeU so kindly with me and my family. R. B. James. [ Rensselaer, Nov. 2. 1858.

THE LECOMPTON TEST.

Wei learn by the telegraphic dispatches ! «ent from Washington City, that the President and Cabinet say emphatically that whatever course particular Northern Democrats may pursue concerning the English bill, they intend to stand by the provision •excluding Kansas until she has a population •of 93.000, ascertained by the census, and will insist upon that condition as a party ! test. This_declaration, it is hinted, will be ; substantially affirmed in the annual messi age. The “Democratic ship” might, as well lookout for “breakers ahead” the coming | winter.

SHADE-TKEE MEETING.

A meeting of the citizens of Rensselaer is solicited by the undersigned, to be held at the Court House on Saturday eveningnext, the (ith inst.,at candle-lighting, for the ; purpose of concerting measures for having the Public Square set out in shade-trees, and for having our town reincorporated, the streets improved, crossings made passable, I fee. All persons who expect to makq j Rensselaer or vicinity a home, and are interested in its improvement, are invited to i attend and participate. R. 11. Milroy, E. T. Harding, P. Dunlap, C. 11. Downing, Turner A. Knox, Wm. J. Laßue, Alfred Thompson, C. B. Barnes, John Thomson, Henry Thompson, i W. S. Hopkins, R. Strode, I. M. Staclhou.se, Jas.-E. Ballard, W\t. H. Martin, D. F. Davies.

THE PUBLIC SQUARE.

Mr. Editor: I have been thinking for : some time that the citizens of this place ought, in gratitude to the County Commissioners, hold a town meeting to pass a v eto of thanks to said officials, for the fondness and consideration in’ not a a. fence around the Court House." Were they to do so many, of our citizens would have to build hog-pens and cow-stables, to j shield their “sukys” and grunters from the ; pitiless storm, who now find ample protection under the walls and in the vestibule and ! entry of -the aforesaid building. In addi- I tion to these advantages, all persons having - business in or about the. Court House have ; the practical lesson cont inually taught them ! “to look before you .s-fco.’’ By building a fence around the square the public buildings would be much preserved; but as this county is large and the citizens trying to get rich, the cost of frequent repairing the public buildings, or the construction of a fiew Court House every few years, is as nothing compared to the I benefit derived from them as stabling for ! stock to the citizens of Rensselaer. If you think the Commissioners deserve the public honor referred to, please appoint the day. Snooks.

That Bonfire.

Fur several days the citizens of our place and vicinity have been fully advised to prepare for a most luminous exhibition of torch light, tar-barrels, and fire-works generally, by the Republicans of l’ulaski at YVinamac, onrthe night of the 19th inst. Strange to say, it was the most gloomy "“starless” .night iwe have witnessed during the season: 'Whether the dampness of the atmosphere, ! the ejection of Snyder, or the result of the' State ticket caused the mighty change we are unable to say. I’ray gentlemen of the trio —“ who darkey de hole?” rejoicing of the republicans at franCI SVII.LE. ■ We learn that the Repblican leaders in Francisville, supposing that they had made a clean sweep and carried every Congressmar. and elected the whole Republican State ticket, made up a pony-purse and had a regular-built jollification over their supposed victory! We learn that they literally shelled out, without any reference to future wants or present economy, and actually lavished a dime Of n a tar-barrel, and Jive cents for turpentine; balls! The illumination is ; said by those who had the pleasure of witnessing it, to have been grand and imposingbeyond anything, ever seen upon (he prairies, and well calculated to strike terror to the hearts of the National Democrats tor whose benefit this great demonstration was made. It is suggested as this greatowffay of money was premature, and the official returns of t he election making it evident that it was enthusiasm thrown away—that the expenses | should he equally borne by the Republicans in the other townships—and that the leaders I in Francisville be admonished that in election times it is not best “to take, time by the 1 forelock.” —Pulaski Democrat, Get. 23. j A mistake, Doctor. The Republicans o f Salem township were celebrating First, That greatly reduced, majority of ‘Schuler Colfax’s in the “Bloody Ninth.’" Secondly, Bhut four hundred majority of ot John C. YValkcr's in his own county of La port©. Thirdly. The greatly-increased majority 'of tlfc “National Democrats” in l’ulaski county; and last, but not least, That fifteen Democratic majority in Salem township, for which the heavens were to he illuminated by setting the prairies on lire. “Who darkey d<M hole?.” Guess it was “Chaffy s coat-tail, when he was making for

Pennsylvania.

otm Hickman is re-elected by a plurality 0) 1 JibU ..Hickman, 6,786; M.mly. (I .**'*(.mi f> fori.) 5,1 8.0; Broom all (Republican,) 4,G7b, The Republican State ticket has over 3,QUO majority in the- District. Mr. Hickman voted for it.

FROM A NEW CORRESPONDENT.

Dear Gazette: “The melancholy davs are come.” So sang the poet of nature, as the gorgeous panorama of autumn jjassed thro’ the cycles of the year. The golden October Queen of Beauty is passing away). She has kindly, lovingly, smiled upon loyal hearts; end soon—ah! too too —beside the lovely summer, laded and gone, Will sne rest'neath the leaflets brown and sere. “Yes, the year is growing old,f and, like all others, has been chequered with sunlight and shadow. To many it has belen a year of blessing—the spring- gave promise, and autumn fulfilled. The farmer, Us he surveys the;plentiful harvest of his toil, blesses with swelling heart and moistened eye the “God of the harvest;” Liberty rejoices that her champions have defeated a deep-laid plot against the welfare of her devotees; the world has been electrified by an achievement of art almost fabulous;, a thousand bloodless battles have been fought without : note or outline, whose triumphs art 1 fraught j with good to our race: we may look upon, j the. evidences of decay which the season. | brings with sweet regret, but should not with repining. - The' tiny leaves which were unfunded by the showers of April and sunshine of May—-that have caught Hull oft the breathings of love—echoed the wfiil of sorrow, or fanned with delightful coolness the wayside traveler, now in russet jsheen enshrouds a world better—nobler than that [which arose from the tomb of the: last wint. To many this may not seem! true —for j the past; .as also the future, like the Arabian | desert, ever presents a beautiful mirage, ! deceiving those who o’erfondly look to eith:cr as the golden time. Not wisely do we wish the present were as the past; not wisely do we overlook the treasures .iof to-day, grasping after the phantoms of t-he future..What though human nature still wanders o’er tearth like a sobbing child, or like flffr*il among the breakers, the life-boat is out and manned, and will rescue the spir- • it-freight from enveloping billows; and. none who read the history of the past can doubt [that the world, though slowly, is steadily end surely advancing, “O, would I could recall those dajs Whim I was a laughing boy,”. _ if — Is the burden of many a heart that forgets its manliness. True it is a pleas mt thing to foam through field and forest, gathering their treasures—the wild flower, the fruits of the clustering vine,or the glisteiiino- nut. $ - peeping out from its covert of shining leaves, playing bo.-pfep with the sun-beams, wading the shallow streams, or dropping the tempting bait into the glassy pool fJr the tiny fish: but ns the years come to rife, with a wider horizon, who would exchange the prerogatives of manhood for the aimless sports of childhood;? The disposition to shift cases and responsibilities often arises from a- willingness to ignore that wTiich, if properly applied and appreciated, would be of infinitely greater value than most that we cherish —it is “Ike discipline of labor’’'' —the difficulty i,n . attaining that we most prize, arid the mission q/f sorrow. We would pass from the desire to gratification with the speed of thought, were that possible; but. a wise Providence ' has not so arranged. The obstacles which meet us*at every step in life are our “good angels,” if we greet them with noble cheerfulness—or they will prove our “avenging spirits.” As aimless as this incoherent-and rambling epistle are too many of our livjes. For you, dear Gazette, we wish for and predict better things; and surely our hopes will ne’er prove false if there lie “Heart within and God oYrhead.” j Yours,’with kindest, regards,

LFor the Gazette.

Newton Falls, O, Oct. gy ’.38,

Private Bank-Notes Void in Law.

\Y T e learn from the State Sentinel that Judge Perkins, of the Supreme Court of Indiana, has decided, in the Putnam Circuit, that private bank-notes intended to circulate as money are void. The Sentinel, which giye.s his opinion at length, says: “The Judge in his* opinion ably reviews the history of hanking, and decides that the issue of such noles is not a natural right; and that it is in conflict with both tlie common and statute law. This decision is a fatal blow at, the whole brood of shinplasters in Indiana. The community should no longer give the worthless trash any countenance.” There <ire more bills on the Union Plank Road Co; in circulation in this region than on any other “rag currency” institution; hut as it is almost impossible to get good banknotes, we; continue to take them—when we can get them.

John YV. Forney, in a speech at Camden, Niew Jersey, on Oct. 27, made the following aunou ncement: “Now, gentlemen, I have a most melancholy announcement to make in this eonnection. It. is that the newspaper, the Press, is stopped—iny Press is stopped ! [Sensation.] I did not expect, ; n coming here, to be compelled to make this sorrowful announcement: but it is iieverth less the fact. Tlije I’ress has stepped— not tlie establishment, hut the single copy which the President of the United States takes—it is stopped. (Long continued shouts ol laughter.) I suspect 1 shall survive it. (R*> lU ‘,ved laughter.) I have no doubt I shall survive it. But it was a terrible blow. 1 do not think ever two cents created so much havoc before. But we shall recover; we shall get over it.

PULASKI.

NELL NARLIE.

Forney’s Press Stopped.

Our Minister to Austria.

Jehu G. Jones, of Pennsylvania, savs the Indianapolis Journal, who sold himself to Lecompton, and was beaten therefor in old Berks, the Democratic Gibralter of the Union, has been appointed Minister to Austria, the President, it seems, having kindly taken steps to provide lor all the wounded) who fall in his quarrel. The people having rejected Mr. Jones, and told him that he was unfit to represent them, the President takes him up and says he is exactly the man to represent the people, nut only of Pennsylvania,- but the whole Union, wherein a decided difference ol opinion appears between the 1 •’resident and that inconsiderable institution called the ‘‘people.” To be rejected by the people seems to he the President’s standard of merit for: the offices he has to dispose of. \\ hat will he do lor Jim Hughes, the only man who fougat for Lecompton pure and simple, and stood up to the I’resiin the whole State! lie lias been beaten, rejected, kicked out, as unfit to represent even a portion of Indiana. Wonder it .Mr. Buchanan won’t therefore consider him exactly fit to represent the. whole country in the Prussian or some other Court: Phe Philadelphia Press, speaking of Jones’s appointment, says: '■ Ex-Reverend Jehu has evidently not the place on Dogberry’s principle of being “the most desari less man.” Not that he deserved 'it, or that Tie deserved anything hut'(he sound discomfiture he has got from “Old Berks. He is mad© simply because the people of Ins own’count . whom he had betrayed, had lost all confidence in him, and desired to punish the traitor. Let the principle once obtain that -the place of honor is for him whom his neighbors and ! “old familiar friends ’ contemptuously sptjrn', and there will be a bonus on defeat. *ln that case, candidates will go in—to be, whipped. Anteus-iike, each beaten man will rise stronger from the fall which made him kiss his mother earth. The lower the 1 fall, under the new system, the greater the reward and honor from the hands of the Executive. This is a strange world, and not the least strange thing in if. is, that, want-of merit has become a qualification tor office. Let us fancy Mr. Jehu G. Jones at the Court at \ ienna, conversing (through the medium of an interpreter), with the Prime Minister. . What if that functionary asks, what special services towards the United States recommended him to the high diplomatic of Embassador to Austria,what reply can he stammer out- 1 Shall he say. “1 did Utile as a clergyman, and less as a lawyer, sol turned politician, being what, is familiarly called “rather hard up.”: . I persuaded the honest,.- simple-minded, true men of Berks county, in Pennsylvania, that I would serve them faithfully. ' They believed me. and returned me to Congress. Very speedily. by a miraculous process often practised at Washington by legislative Micawbers, I emerged from humble into wealthy circumstances. J ingratiated myself 'with the President, and frequently dined at his table. To swell my own importance and show howwelt I had got on, I publicly taunted a better inan.than myself with not having had his legs under the Presidential mahoganyI voted against the sovereignty of the people, which I was elected to support: and, finally, returning hack to seek re-ffleetion from my constituents, Was defeated.” “Tire Austrian Count, if he has anv taste for humor, may smile, w hile he says, “Ah, Monsieur I’Enibassurfeur, I perceive you owe your appointment here to your unfortunate disappointment at. .home! You come from a strange country; where, because the eouu try kicks you, the Government elevates you to high office. They say, in fact, lhat’he-j cause your own neighbors, who *know you well, think you .unfit to represent them in -Congress, you are just lit to represent your nation at a Foreign Court.” “How his excellency, the Embnssadorj wist receive such a taunt as this, which may be looked upon as well as spoken, we leave to the lively imaginations of our readers What the Emperor of Austria will think of a man sent to his Court, because he was a 1 defeated candidate Tor Congress, may also bo a matter for speculative minds to exercise their sagacity upon. Once that the particulars of his appoint me,lit be known at Vienna, as known they w ill beJong ere his “Excellency the Minister Resident” reach i his destination, a contemptuous feeling will 1) rob ably he created, which will make anything but a bed of roses for the amiable and: illustrious Jehu. Not even the salary will compensate for that.

Another Expedition to Nica ragua Walker on the Walk.

Colonel Doubleday, says the Cleveland Plaindealer, of October 21, who resides at "Brighton, and who has been with YValkor! from the first, visited our sanctum this morn-1 ing, and gave us permission to publish t.he_ following: Alobii.e, Oct. 10, 1858. Sir: You are advised that on the 10th day [ of November next, a vessel will leave this 1 port for San Juan del Norte. She will take j any passengers and freight that may offer I for Nicaragua. If you or any persons in 1 your neighborhood desire to emigrate to Central America , please advise me Of it as soon as possible, in order that passages may] be secured for you'lyid your companies. Iff will be well lor you to arrive here three or I four days previous to the day of departure.’ Your Obedient Servant, I

WM. WALKER,

Col. Chas. Doubleday.

licentious party, under the control of incendiary leaders, has achieved a temporary victory, atp! for the time being, defeated the Democracy.— DemocraticEjtpos- j it or. The paper that gets off the .above has' lately sprung into existence, to help friend Walker and the Democratic cause in the Ninth District; and like the old (’arolinia-n, was horn on the last day of the year, the last flay in the month, the lust Mav in the I week—very late in the day—and. from the late vole! of Jasper county, we judge it would have be<*ll a leather in the cap of Demcraev had it never been horn at all.—Cream Point ' Register.

Distressing Suicide.

The Columbus Democrat of Friday says: On Wednesday last, at the Court room, soon alter the meeting of Court in the afternoon, one of the most terrible tragedies | was enacted that ever transpired in a court of justice, or indeed anywhere else. It appears that a judgment had some time since been obtained against William Mewherter, an old and \Vell-kno o wn citizen of this county, and that an execution had been issued upon it against his property, hut the Shei iff not being able to find anything to satisfy the execution, had returned it unsat- i isfied. The plaintiff-believing that Mewherter had property which ought to he applied to l the payment of ins judgment, instituted proceedings, in the Circuit Court, to charge the body ot Mewherter - in execution, under the statute'of tiTff State, and the trial came j on at this term of the Circuit Court, Judge : Spencer presiding. A jury-was empanelled | to try the question, whether Mewherter had concealed his property contrary to law, ; which ought to have gone to pay this debt. It, seems that many witnesses were exam- j ined on both sides, and after a tedious and thorough'trial, and investigation of the case, ; at about three o’clock, I*. 31., the jury returned into court a verdict' finding that he had in hands unaccounted for over ten thou- • sand dollars. At the time of tlie an nounCe- ; merit of j the verdict the court room was ; densely crowded. Mewherter took a pefei- | tion to the right of ’the Judge’s desk,; in: front and between the jury box and’ tjlieu Judge, add there, in pursuance 1 to his oft repeated declaration took his own Jjq.. fey j shooting himself through life breast. Upon the discharge of the pistol lie sprang into* the air and mil dying upon the floor. Mitch excitement was the result of this terrible denouement; unexpected to matjiy, j unlocked jforfey all. Court immediately adjourned over to Thursday.' Amid the excitement th'M-e seems to be a disposition j with a lefe to censure this one, and .t-hal one, hut.from what we have'been able te learn iu reference to it, we do not understand that any blame, in any way., justly attaches to the living, either to the court, jury or counsel. He leaves, we learn, a wife and two small children to mourn his untimely and terrible-, end. With- them we -sincere iv sympathise.

American Passports Disregarded by Prussia.

We learn from our correspondent in Berlin that Ex-Governor Jos'e.ph A. Wright, United States Minister to Prussia, is now corresponding with the Administration upon a highly important, subject—nothing less than the violation of our-passports by,the government to which he is-accredited. It, seems an American citizen has bepn seized by the Prussian government and made to serve in tin; army. Tins man is a native of Prussia, hut, migrated to tie. l UniteJhStates some vours age; was naturalized; served in the Mexican- war with honor and distinction, and was wounded in several bajtties. A tew years ago Ik* returned jo Prussia, for tin* purpose of visiting his relations, when lie was, seized as a Prussian subject, and made to serve in the Prussian army, cut off from his wife, children'--and • property in his adopted omintrv. Another, case: .All old than ninety \ ears of age, wlio migrated to the United States when he was ten years of age, married ain j American daily, and is the la'lier of seven ! children, thus spending eighty years of his i file in America, tin: husband of an American lady, and the father of seven American citizens, returned two or three months since to Prussia ;oii a visit to his relations, and by the merest! accident; escaped seizure bv the : Prussian government (f >r imprisonment), into, its army) with the aid of friends and; excellent good luck.— Xorfol!: Argus. Get. 18.

From Oregon.

A letter has been received at Hartford from Lieut; Tyler, of the Oregon army, dated Colurd Alve Mission, Washington Territory, which gives intelligence fifteen days Inferithan previous advices. It. s.iys that the Spokean and I’ituze Indians hud been defeated, alter two days fighting. 'An Indian chief of the Spokean tribe had been captured by the United States forces, as well as nine hundred horse! belonging to that tribe..; All the plunder taken at the time Colonel Steptoe was defeated has been recovered. Colonel Steptoe’s pistol was found 011 the body of a dead Indian. The United States troops lost not a single man. The Indians were begging for peace, and complying with alllhe demands of tiie officers, so that the war was considered ended. The letter containing these facts was adidressod by Lieutenant Tyieioto his father, residing there, and,having been expressed tb Fort Taylor by an Indian runner, it is probably the,oiily letter Irbtn the seat, of war res ceiveilby the lust California sleam/r.

A Prize Figth at Lafayette, Ind.

Fancy stock is going up, and prize figlitk are not without their effects: Robt. Jones and B. \V. Chase, two limbs of the law, hail a fist-fight ini Court, at Lafayette, on Wednesday last. The Lafayette Courier gives the following graphic account Of the first round : [ “Mr. Chase gave Mr. Jones the lie, whereupon Mr. Jones planted a well directed blow between the two eyes of the aforesaid Mr. Chase, and was about tq fellow up his advantage, when Mr. Clmse aforesaid ‘got home,’.as the-fancy’ exp ess it, with a beautiful ‘right counter’ on the frontispiece of the aforesaid Mr. Jones, and the attorney for the plaintili’ dropped, as limber as four cent muslin. He came to ‘time’ however, and | closing with the railroad attorney, piled him i into the jury-box in a very uncomfortable shape.” ■ As the parties were both exhausted, friends j interfered, and iuul tlie second round post-i poned. Cff7*As indicative of the desperate betting j spirit so prevalent in sporting circles just, previous todlie brutal fight between Morrissey and lloonan. the Troy Times instances the case of a master mechanic of that, iffy, who, by years of persevering toil and careful economy, managed to aceuuuiJute about six thousand do! ars’ worth of property in real estate. All this lie mortgaged, and bet every cent bt the money thus secured upon Morrissey.

VARIOUS ITEMS

reformers’convention held at Utica, a newspaper says “the only thing out of order was a blush.” KT”Aji effort is making in Arkansas to induce the Legislature to compel the whole colored population to leave the State. ££7=lt is currently reported that the British Government will shortly issue a pardon to | Thomas I*. Meagher, the Irish exile. OiyThe little mountain Republic of San j Marino, in Italy, has awarded a medal to ;31iss Mitchell, the astronomer of Nantucket. (ff7*l’eaches have been raised in great [ abundance in Southern New Hampshire; this i‘ s an exception to the general experience. (Pis’ A hand of Gipsies have pitched their tents near Columbus O'., and have made sev- . oral attempts to kidnap children from that ! city. y U-J -There are boats now navigatim r -theErie Canal with greater tonage than the jsh,p with which Columbus discovered Amerj iea. j Orj"The town of Cataiiiaca, in Morocco, (Ain ca.) has been in a state siege for up- ; wards ot twenty years, wjtli_ short intervals ot relief. OcT'The Astor Library, New York, contains ten thousand volumes that have been i published since eighteen hundred and forty- ; nine. 1 J To Stop Leaks uy a Barrel.—Take | equal, parts of powdered charcoal and tallow. mix thoroughly and spread on with a ; knife. OO Mr. Moran, the man who receives a .-aiai‘y,ii --S— 1 0,0 01) a year, has been-Te-jelected President of-the New York iY Erie Rail Hoad. j l }® jn tnc Dible in common j schools'is a subject of warm discussion in ; Kentucky. -The Roman Catholic Bishop ! is opposed to it. (ffg’The consumption of Cochiluat.e water in Boston the Jast. yeur, was equal to seven- ; t v-three g-. lions per day for each man. woman and chilli in the city. - ‘ he oldest grist mill in l’enn., is at | Germantown. It is still in operation. 1* is buil 01-stone, and was erected in sixteen 1 hundred and eightv-three. OC7 Henry < . I, ougenecker, Opposition, has ,1 majority lor Congress in each coujitv; Biieks; - M J.'iiigli, i ;gi: Total. 2 -iff. | tns District,gave Bucliai aii 2. i ii:» majoritv! lo I’ll I.YEN r Till. SMOKIN' OF A Lt>H’. Soak the lick in strong voiegar. am! j ry ,t j well before tming. It will then horn hotli sweet and pleasant,- giving 'much satisfafe-"-tiou tor tno trifling trouble in preffariiig it. OOrlt is stated as certain that the Erupt - ror of Russia has been invited bv Prune Napoleon to visit. France, that helms accitj - ted tlie invitation, and that he will visit both London. ;T*id Paris next spring. Iff/. A Little girl, w‘;ighing ii.>o pounds was on*' ot The attractions at the Connect iState Fair. Sue a mused herself hv handling a .south American boa cumslrieler. si*\ - ent eon teet in iengtji. (ffJ'T’he Louisrilu Courier states, as a ■ act., that a child ol German parents, in that city recently slept 11 ni uieru pu-il !y fora week, and its respire! ion .-.'ml pulsation were unchanged, hothbeing natural,. 0 17” R u'ey. ilie horse tamer, instead of returning h, me, went fir hi England to Sweden, and pi looses' seeing Ea.p! ui i before !*e returns. Phe- London News says it j- surprising how his system takes evervwhere. Cffj” Flie London Press styles the recent riotous excesses perpetrat-U on Staten Island, demoniacal uffrocities; the French editors .admonish their nation to reflect on the nature of the democracy which is tendered from America to Europe. .Minnesota Eu * tion.—The St. Paul Pioneer ol the L > :’,d says,', .definite returns have been received from everv "part of the State except one District. Legislature stanfils. House, Democrats 39, Republicans 30. Senate, Republicans 15, Democrats:! 1. Cm T Ihe .Y ireasi'c Courier says that a new doggery in that place was “dried up” summarily, jjnd' without fuss, a few nio'hts ago. by the ingenious pmresS of boring holes through tne floor, and continuing- the boring up into; the barrels, affording the liquor a short road into the ground. (ffT" Th&l Ten cl ricks Count i/ Dulger says that throe children were poisoned in Danville on Wednesday, byeating the seeds ofthejamesliyvn. or “jinijisou” weed, as it is conimonlv called. One of them died in the night; the other two, it was thought, could nat-rrewer. Game.—l he Perm: Republican reports a nuifc MjuirH hunt, at that place a days ago, in which two parties . I six each killed exactly three hundred squirrels each.) That sort, ot game must he abundant, up there. Wild turkies, too, are said to be rather ••numerous.” The Seymour Times says that a fellow named llill recently visited several house* in the vicinity ol Redington, in that (.tackson) county 'and- insulted the ladies most grossly. The men hearing of it, sought him out, and gave lnm a first rate, welld-eserved* cowhiding wherein they did well. OCrTliaddeus Stevens is elected to Congress from the Lancaster-District. Penn., hv a majority of 3,173. (Stevens, 9,51 3: Hopkins, t>,340.) \ ct the supporters of Hopkins really believed his chance of election at least an even one. The entire Opposition ticket has over 3,000 average majority: John M. RetyUfor Supreme Court, 3,859. Nobly done, Old Guard. A North t arolina YY mow.—A young and handsome widow has been tried for her lih l in North Carolina. She shot an officer who came t.o enforce an execution, which he did not dii. in the gentlest manner. The jury thought the widow was too handsome to lie hanged, so they returned a verdict of Hot guilty. ; ’ " ' (ffg“ Hie lion. Galusha A. Grow, the man against whose fist the Hon. Mr. Keitl Sinn k his eye, when he unfortunately stubbed his toe on a certain occasion, during the last cession of Congress, lias been re-elected hv 7,800 majority. It Keitt had chanced to hit both eves aginst Guiusha’s fist 1 there is no telling what would have been [ the measure of the approbation expressed for the latter by the people of his District.