Shepherdstown register. [volume], April 10, 1858, Image 2

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SATURDAY, APRIL !<v. !8?s
New iioods.
Mr. A. Hvmiuckiiopse is how receiving
and opening a laige slock of Keady-iirule I
flotiiing and Notions, which he oITts at
reduced prices. Advertisement will ap
pear next week.
Kntier's Hotel.
It wi'l he seen by reference to an ad
vertisement in to-day's paper that Mr.
W ili.iam Lambkiout lias taken chati** of
the id -5el so long and wed eondnctt d (?)*
Mr. Daniel EntlerJ Thin large, c-mh
modi-mi and ventil u*d edifice, which is
ho well calculated for a Public House, has
undergone a comph to renovation ami re
pleniatud with new furniture, &c., at the,
?-xpen*e of Mr. Mmbrioiit, with a view |
t > render hi* guests and the "weary trav-i
rl r" ever) comfort that may be brought;
into action. Billyh always ready ami
on the alert with an eye single in promo
ting the happiness and welfare of all who
may place themselves under his care, and
all who may "turn in" lor the night. lie
is also kind, clever and afi'able, just sui
t( i! to the responsible post he has assum
ed. Although small in stature lie has 3
big heart which is in the right place and;
always beating with a considerable degree j
of good iVeling for all around him. He
is a geiid* man of no ordinary stamp, and |
a Host in eveiy particular, in every way
qualified lor the position lie has underta
ken.
Then there is the land-lady, Mrs. L.,}
tfie Hostess, who superintends the do
mestic and eulinary affairs, She is al
iys found "bobbin* around" directing
her servants to perform their respective
i isks assigned them ? some attending to
ihe chamber apartments and others to the
cooking operations ; and we frankly as-!
.sert that a better, more varied and exuber
ant assortment of "eating fixtures*' could i
not be found anywhere, always served to
li' r guests "done up brown" and in every
way imaginable to please ihc most fastid-|
10ns epicure. She is also kind, agreeable j
and pleasant. She has her servants so j
will trained as to enable everything to
move along with the regularity of clock-!
woik.
The superior entertainment al this llo-;
tel is a preat inducement to persons from
the cities wishing to while away the sum
mer months in this locality, as a more
healthy and salubrious climate cannot be
produced, and no better accommodation,!
in all its ramifications, cannot be had al a
similar establishment in the State. Eve
ry accommodation appertaining to a well
conducted Uot? 1 can be found here. \\ e
have been induced to speak the above sen
1! incuts from experience and observation.
Corporation Election.
An election for Corpoiaiion officers
for this pla**e came off on Monday last,
and resulted in electing the following gen
tlemen : ?
Mayor ? Joseph li thiums.
Recorder ? George liijers.
Treasurer ? II m. M. Sheet z.
Town Sargeant ? George M. Bast.
Council men. ? Jonathan Xixon, John |
Smurr , 7 'hotnpson Johnston, John llo- j
n)J/\' John I.. Hickurdt Jibmm Harris. \
John J). Staley has been appointed ;
Assessor.
Robbery.
We understand that the smoke-house of!
Mr. Jacob Grove, at the "I#ig Mill, ' a
short distance cast of this place, was rob- j
bed on Saturday night last, Urd inst., oi ?
eleven or twelve choice p'eecs of Bacon, I
together with Mr. Grove's horse, taken j
from tiie Slable, upon which the thief or
thieves conveyed the Bacon to this place,
as the horse was found the next morning
in our streets, considerably greased, all ol
which proves conclusively that the thief
or thieves resided in or near this town. A
vigilant eye should be kept open in try ing
to detect these mid night marauders.
Accident.
Whilst Thomas Hii'kins, a veiy wor
thy colored man and Ostler ?t the Hotel
kept by Mr. William I.ambbioiit, was
driving a horse attached to a buggy on
Monday lact, through Main Street, the
liorse became unmanageable by some
cause, and "took oui" at the rate of 2.40,
and dashed against another vehicle on the
side of the street, which caused so sudden
a sliock as to throw Hipkins from the
buggy upon :i e ground and iij .ring hrm
severely although nol serioa?iv. We are
glad i4 .-ec hini.8tU uding tu hi* a\ Oram n ?
agat.i.
Caster Monday.
This ilny was generally observed in
this place as a Ilollidoy. Our streets
were crowded the entire day with visitors
from the country and other p'aces of
ahode. The day was warm and genial,
presenting a spring like attitude. A smart
sprinkling of the colored population was
also perambulating our street!*, and seem
ed to enjoy themselves exceedingly, as
they do upon all Ilolliday occasions.
Death of Dr. J. Kearsley Mitchell."
Dr. .1, Jv. Mitchell, (i rand Master of
the (Imnd Lodge of Freemasons in lJenn*
svlv-iiiia, (lit d in I' iiiladelpliia on Sunday
night I. is!. He was born in Shcpherds
tiivvn, [\ :i..) on the 12th of May, 17984
arid w as educated in Scotland. His sei
entifjc, ii erary, political, and miscella
neous productions are of a high order of
excellence, many of them rare uevs of
; beauty and sweetness. As a physician
lie stood among the most eminent of tin
profession; as a writei be was brillia.it
and profound; as a citizen he was justly
! honored and admired.
The abote wo dip from an ex
change. There are \et a lew of our old
est inhabitants living who knew him, lie
having b it tbis place when but a youth. v
The .National Hotel Disease.
The National Hotel Disease, about
which the papt-r* were tilled a year ago,
is yet a topic of discussion. The New
Yoik Journal of Commerce says :
?'We conversed, on Tuesday, with a
very intelligent gentleman id* this city, one
of the ofTi< era of the American Telegraph
Company, who is among the sufferers by
the my sit rious disease which broke out
in Washington city just prior to lite last
presidential inauguration. From a condi
tion of great bodily vigor and a corpulen
cy he has gradually wasted until reduced
to a feeble invalid. During the many
weary days of confinement allotted to
him he has w atched the progress of the
malady til! the !i?i of deceased victims
has reached twenty-seven, including many
eminent names; and be calculates that out
of a tot'd of three hundred sufferers at
least one hall aie in a state of decrepitude
no better than bis own. In spite of all
the theories w hich have been advanced by
medical men & sanitary committees, he ad
heres to the belief that the fatal "epidem
ic," as it was called, was occasioned by
nothing ebe than a malignant mineral poi
son; and the same opinions is held by
other sufferers with whom be has con
versed.
Up to a reront period be was treated by
a phy-ician of this neighborhood as for a
malarious or atmospheric poison, with no
perceptible bnu lit; but upon the physi
cian and treatment being changed, substi
tuting an antidote to arsenic, favorable
symptoms became at once apparent, and
he is able to leave bis apartment."
We know -everal sufferers, says the
Washington Union, who express the same
opinion as that quoted above and feel con
fident that they were "poisoned,"
I-?(ert inn of Officers.
The newly elected IJoard of Directots
of the Chssnpeako and Ohio Canal, at
liirir meeting in Washington, on Wed
nesday the 24th lilt., appointed the fol
lowing officers, who entered upon the dis
charge of their duties on the 1st inst.
General Supcrintcndant and Engi
nccr ? J??hn G. Stone, of Clearsprtng,(the
present Senator of Washington co., Md.|
Supcrintcndant s ? First Division ?
Geoigctown, Horace Denton, of Mont-'
tjomery; Second Division ? Monocacy,
Silas ISrawning, of Kockville; Third Di
vision ? Antietam, Levi Benton, of Sharps
burg; Fourth Division-* W dliamsport, A.
K. Stake, of Williamsport; Fifth Division!
? llvncoek, Lewis (i. Stanhope, of Wash
ington county; Sixth Division ? Cumber
land, Lloyd Lewe, of Cumberland.
Collectors of Tolls ? Georgetown, D.,
C.? .!. Mcllenry Hollingsworth; William
sport, John A. Rickard; Hancock, Henry,
Well.-: Cumberland, John A. Shaw.
Jhb'tsUmt Collector at Georgetown ?
Clement A. Peck.
Hon. H. V> . Hoftman. of Cumberland,
was then appointed treasurer from the 1st
of June next, in place of Samuel Magraw,
who resigned some time since. The of
fice at present held by Mr. Ringgold was
not interfered with.
A motion to move the office of the com
pany either to Cumberland or to Freder
ick, wa& njected.
it is Mated that Col. M anl shy will have
the present officers notified not to surren
der their offices to the new appointees.
Suicide of a Baltimorean. ? John
Luing, a bricklayer, from Baltimore, who
had been engagsd at the Little tunnel, on
the iJallimore and Ohio railroad, on Wed
nesday night last, com tuitit-d suicide by
throwing liiiiisell upon the track, where,
in iho darkness of the tunnel, he was
struck by a train and literally torn to
atoms. The Wheeling Argus says :
JLaing was inonomaniacal upon religious
subjects, and had been upon a u>it to Bal
timore. On Sunday week, near Harper's
Ferry, he had three or four tunes sealed
, himself upon the track with a suicidal in
tent, but was removed upon the arrival ol
trains, until conductor Dukehart took him
up and brought him to Littleton, where
he was handed over to his friends. Some
time during Wednesday night he escaped
(rum ihe house of his lathi r-in-l n\and on
Tliui*dav morning the in muled remains
were found besnewinj the track in t!>e
fennel. There seems to be no doubt
from t! ? ei cumstmtee i n J he case, but tha
hi-* s ! : ? t \ in 'j ?'ea?h w the result <?t a de
libt rai? iv-clve upon suicide.
: r -S>-1 ?">
Mrs. Lydia Drumraond, who was eon-i
ivicted at the la^t September term of the
! Circuit Court of Shenandoah, for stab
jbing Robert Hutchinson, has been par
doned by Gov. Wise. She arrived at her
home in Kdinburg'a few days ago.
The Virginia Legislature has passed a
bill to permit the General Government to
purchase oei tain lots in Alexandria lor a
; National foundry.
The Rev. Dudley A. Tyng of Philadel
1 phia, preach d to an audience en Tuesday
nifhl, of three thousand men and one
thousand ladies. Jayne's Hall uas hired
for the occasion, no church beinir lai?'e
? c
enough.
Religious services have been commen
ced daily in the churches in many of the
1 towns and villages throughout Virginia.]
Joseph Walling, n freight conductor on
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, was kil
Vd near Kliicott's Mills, on the 21st ul t. ,
by being thrown from an engine.
( ( J e/i . Harney h to be assigned the com
' mand ?r the U. S. forces, wbicb are to be
withdrawn from Kansas and sent to Utah.
The Masonic fraternity are about to
| en ct a monument in New York city, to1
; the nieiiioi} of Dr. Kuiie, the Arctic Ex-'
I plorer.
j Fatal Accident.-*- Mr. Junius M.
; Hay lor, the ? i d e f t son of Col. George,
Baylor, ol Staunton, Va., was so mangled >
I \ i ? '
bv being caught i:i the large wheel at his,
father a mill, nc-ar that place, on 'i'hurs
last, as to cause his death in a f.w hours.
The Rev, Air. Seiss, of Baltimore, who
is on a visit to Staunton, officiated at his
i funeral on Friday.
! The six hundred thousand dollars, re
I ceived by the City of Baltimore from the j
| McDonough estate will, probably, accor
ding to the recommendation of Mayor
Svvann, be appointed to the establishment
of an institution for the maintainancc and
j education of the poor children in that city.
Within the last day or two letters have
been receiver! from Kx- President Pierce
which announce the gratifying fact that
the climate of Madeira continues to prove j
highly beneficial to the health of his es- ?
teemed wife.
The contract for transporting tho mail
between St. Joseph's, Mo., and Salt L:-.ke
citv, Utah, has been awarded to John M.'
Hockadav and others, who agree to per-,
form the service weekly, in only eighteen j
days each way.
The Richmond Encampment of knight
Templars, o| Richmond, will visit Boston
about the 20th of June next, to be present
on St. John's day. About 00 knights will
be present under ihe command of Sir
knight K. ! I . (Jill. They will be receiv
ed and entertained by the De Molay en
campment of knight Templars at Boston.
The Chicago papers say, that George
Peabody, the eminent American banker,
is about to remove his banking House;
from London to Chicago.
Kight military companies embracing as
many hundred nu n, have expressed their
willingness to serve a* volunteers from
Cincinnati, Ohio, in the war with Utah.
Id Baltimore county, Mi'., on Monday,
a p? r.-on I ig 1 ? tot) a cigar and threw the
burning match into the farm belonging to
Mr. Wjti, H. Goodman. The grass was
instantly set on lire, ami $2,500 worth ol
wood was consumed.
James M. Kilgour hns purchased Mr.
.las. Mcllhany's farm, in Loudoun, con
taining acres, for the sum of $22,000
? about ?61 and 50 cents per acre.
The Loudoun Agricultural Association
have determined to hold the next Annual
Fair and Cattle Show at the Fair Grounds, J
at Lecsburg.on Wednesday and Thursday,!
the 15th and 10th ol September. Every i
necessary arrangement will he inadefor the
occasion, and the finest exhibition ever ;
held in that part of the Slate may be con-;
fidently expected.
It is said that the Earl of Rosse, one of
the first astronomers in Europe, has tolJ
a gentleman in England that he anticipates
one of the most intensely hot summers
this year that has ever been known, and
he advises farmers to build sheds for tlieir
cattle, by way of protection against the
extreme heat.
The chief command of the Utah Army
ia assigned to Gen. Persifer F. Smith; and
thereupon Gen. Harney protests against
being placed second in command.
I Man Killed. ? At Martinsburg.on Sat
urday morning last, Edward Tobin, an
employee of the Bait. & Ohio Rail Road
Company, was killed by being run over
by an engine. In his attempt to get out
of the way of the express train, he was
knocked down by an engine on the side
ling. lie died in a lew hours after the ac-|
i cident occurred.
The bill to suppress bank notes under
,$20 has been rfjccted by the Virginia
House of Delegates.
A Charge of Murder. ? A free ne
Igio woman named Margaret Lucas was
arrested on Saturday last, in Winchester,
'charged with the umrder of a free negro
i man named Thomas Gordon, on Thurs-,
dav night last. The dead body of Gor
-Ion was discovered on Friday morning,
lying in an alley.
Asothfr Wife Murdered. ? A man
named Samuel Ferguson residing at
; ilockv Mount, Franklin County, \ a. .rose
Irom his bed one night last week, got a
razor, walked to the bed where his wife
was laving, and cut her throat from ear
to ear. .Not satisfied with that the brute
went <jot, got a hoe, and beat the head of
, his victim into a perffel jelly. He
t arret ed and put in jail, and pretends to
. he deranged, but i* believed to be "play
ing po;fSum.M
The Indians in League with the Mormons.
A party of cherokees, six in number,
that lefi the nation in November last, on a
trading expedition to the plains, returned
two weeks ago, to Fort Gibson, and report
that twenty three days' travel south from
the salt plains they came upon a large
number of Camauche, lviowah, VY aco,anJ
Wineheta Indians assembled in council,
who received them very friendly and tra
ded with ti em fieely for the goods they
brought ou'. 1 he council had under con
sideration the best method of resisting the
United States, and informed the Cher
okees that they were just visited by a par
ty of "Minnons and Mexicans," Irorn
whom titey had received a large quantity
of presents, and had made a treaty with
them for their mutual protection against
the encroachments of the gentiles. I Ne
Mormonshave impressed upon those tribes
the necessity of uniting with them and ta
king a decided stand against the United
Stales if they wish to retain their hunting
grounds, stating that as soon as the whites
are in possession of Utah they will then
spread all over the plains and drive the
Indians from their present homes. No
doubt the hostility of those tribes will be
principally directed against this frontier
wherever they can find it most exposeJ.
A Muiylanil Heroine.
The Washington correspondent of the |
New Orleans Picayune, in a recent letter,
gives the annexed interesting incident : ;
Among the naval officers dropped by the
Naval Retiring Board, was captain
Smoot, who had received the thanks of
Congress and been voted a sword by the
State of Maryland for his gallant services
in the war of 1812. The sentenoe of the l
Board fell upon him with crushing weight,
and the mortification which it occasioned ;
him, is believed to have hastened his
death, which occurred sotne months since.
His widow, feeling the responsibility res
ting upon her to vindicate the fame of her
deceased husband, when the tirst month
of grief had passed, set about rearing the
noblest monument to his memory which a
Roman matron could hate desired.
Taking the Maryland sword, she procee
ded with it to Annapolis, during the recent j
session of the Legislature. Here she pre
sented her memorial setting forth the ac- ;
tion of the Naval Board in her husband's
case, and suggesting that if he had been
justly condemned by that secret tribunal,
ihe gift of Maryland had been unworthily
bestowed, ami ought to he no longer re
tained by his family. Accordingly she
begged leave to return the sword to the
State, with the request that if the Legisla
ture believed her husband had been injured
by the inquisition, they would make some
disposition of the token of confidence and
regard that should stand ns a lebuke of
his persecutois, and vindicate his fair fame
The Legislature at once accepted the
return of the sword, and passed a vote al
most unanimously bestowing it upon the
gallant captain's son, a manly lad of some
fourteen summers. Mrs. Smoot's con
duct makes her quite a heroine; and the
success of her plan for preserving the
laurel upon her husband's tomb, has filled
a cup of consolation for his loss, if we
may judge by the joy which animates her
counti nance a* she points to the noble ev
idence of her husband's worth.
Fi nm the Utah A liny.
New York, April 5. ? Advices from
tiie Utah army to the 10th of February
have been received. The health of the
army was good, ahd the march upon Salt
Lake would probably commence on the
1 Oth of May.
The grass was far advanced, and seve
ral bundled recruits had arrived at fort
Leavenworth previous to the "TtJth of
March. Preparations were making at the
latter place for the early forwarding of|
reinforcements. Co!. Hoffman's com
mand had been met 400 miles west of
Fort Leavenworth.
Col. Johnson's supplies would not last
longer than May, but there were at Fort
Scott four months' supplies for 3,000 men,
and a train would be dispatched from that
point to Fort Scott immediately.
St. Louis, April 5. -Dates to the first of
March state that Col. Johnson had an ef
fective force of 1,800 men, and 1,000 an
imals, in good condition, with a large vol
unteer foice, and the general impression
was that he would not wait reinforcements
before making an attack.
There is nothing know n of the Mormon
preparations.
Alwivbs. ? The VV ashington Star says
Mr. Carson, of Alexandria, who is fishing
below Maryland Point, made a haul, the
like of which was never before heaid of.
In hauling for shad his men drew out up
ward of TOO.OOO atwive?; they filled the
sein to overflowing and rendered it ne
cessary, lest the netting should be broken
in hauling, to raise it up, allow-in? a con
siderable number to escape. Old fisher
men say that the presence of these fish at
this early season of the shad fishing, bodes
no good, and that the shad will leave ear
ly.
The "Army Me lical Board" for the
examination of Assistant Surgeons for
promotion and of candidates for admission
into ihe medical staff of the army, met at
Richmond, Va , on the 1st inst. Mem
bers-Surgeon C. A. Finley. United Stages
Army. President; Surgeon R. S. St., tier
lee, United States Army; and Surgeon S.
I P. Moore, United States Army: Assistant
Surgeon L. A. Edwards, Secretary. I h^
Board will lemain in session for some
weeks.
The President has issued pro- mo
tion, for sales in Nebraska to c<?,i?m?e.cc
on Monday, the Oth of Septerrbe* rieM.
The quantity of lands to heotlVred
sales amounts in the aggregate to 2.--"^.
97 1; acres; follow? : At l>u?w??*viik,
005,780 acies: at Ne r -ka t jCily, &$'<) Gyi
acres; and at Omuhrt i-.tv, Gd3,53i aorts
| Meeting of the Agricultural Society.
Th? Valley Agricultural Society, held
iti third annual meeting at ihe ?lall ol tiic
Court-House in \\ incbester? on ihurs
day, the 1st day of April.
President Hugh M. Nelson m the
chair.
The Executive Committee ottered its
annual Report.whicli was read anv! adopt
t;d.
1 Report of the /'? ccuttvc ( oinnutL c.
Article 10th ol your Constitution makes
it the duty of the F.x-vuuve Commune,
to lay before the So, iety. at each annus!
mct'.i.ij, a statement 01 i s financial con
dition/ In compliance ?i:!i tint ifc""?
ment, vour committee respectfully oilers
ihe following statement as its report :
The Treasurer's amended report hav
ing been submitted to the committee, rt.1-1
er^nce to the Btemlnt ol hems tncrein
contains is hereby in:- le for the particu
lars or receipts ;,n S disbursements. J he
receipts, embracing a balance ot
from last report, amounts to the sun. oS
| $3,383,27. The disbursements tor pre
i miurns and the nccess-.'.rv expen^ > 1 < '-;t
Society, (for all of wine's the i rc ^ r
has proper vouchers,) uinotints to
j 75, and hare a balance still on hanJ ol
e-20,52. j
The admirrble improvement-" made ;?
order of the Society have answered the
purposes for which they were intended,;
?md havl cost in the ag 'r ?atd t!ie sum of
$2,483,50. The amount p?id on this ex
pendiWe \s $fl,0i}nJH l aving a balance
of 5397,98, to be provided for from the
j future receipts of tbe Society. 1 here i?,
hJwever a sum d'ie from members, which
will be amply sufficient for the discharge
of this debt, if engergetir measures are ta
| kc n for the collection of these dues.
[Signed] G. W. Washington,
Chairman Imecutive Committee.
The (officers elected for the ensuing
year, are as follows :
President? Hugh M. Nelson. of Clarke.
l ice Presidents ? Thos. 1* . Nelson, ol
Clarke; Braxton Davenport, of Jefferson:
C. J. Faulkner, of Berkc ey ; II. L Ba
ker, of Frederick; John Letcher, of Mor
gan; G. VV. Washington, of llaiopshire;
F. B. Wei ion, of Hardy; S. Lewis, of
Rockingham; t*. S. Meems, <>l Shenan
doah; Sainut 1 (Gibbons, of Page; J. Smith
Davison, of Warren; ii. F. lBxey,of 1 au
Aier; U. L. Wright, of Loudoun; John
Gg Lane, of Rappahannock.
Recording Secretary ? James H. Bur
" ess .
Corresponding Secretary ? P. N. Mead.
JlJar&hall ? Win. A. J-ackson.
Curators ? James Bowjes, Jonathan
Smith, Henry M, Bakei, Levi lliett.Wm.
I). McGuire, James W. Mason, IS'ait.
Burwell, James H. Kemp.
Democratic Meeting.
A meeting of the Democrats of Nos. 5
and 0, was held at the house of Mr. Joseph
Fuller in Shephenlsiown, on Saturday
the 3rd insi., when on motion, Dr. I. S.
TA N NEK was called to the Chair, and
John O'Conneli. appointed Secretary.
Mr. U. D. MeGlincy explained the
objret of the meeting and on h i? motion it
was
Resnlvrd, That a vote be taken to de
ride the sense of the meeting as to the
propriety or impropriety of holding a
county convention to nominate candidates
ior county officers to be voted for in May
next.
The vole being taken, it was decided
that it was inexpedient to have a ( onvt n*
tion. A motion was made to reconsider
the vote, which was agreed to.
On the vote being again t*ken, it was a
second time decided inexpedient to have
la party convention for the present Spring
campaign.
li was then on motion of (Icorge 1).
MeGlincy
Resolved, as thesen?e of this meeting
that a Democratic Mass Meeting be held
in Charlestown at April Court to ascer
tain the feeling of the party throughout
the county in regard to making party
nominations.
On motion, it was
Resolved, That the proceeding ol
this meeting be published in the newspa*
pers of the county.
When on motion, the meeting adjourned.
I. S. TANNER, Chm'n.
John O'Conneix, Sec'y.
The Lieutenant Governorship.
We clip the following froiu the Rich
mond Lnqntrer, of the 25ih ol Match :
TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA.
Having discharged the duties of f lie of
i fire of Lieutenant Governor of tin* Com
I
u.onn ealth, by Appointment of the Gov- ,
jernor, ati?i by a unanimous election hy the
General A -t-ernblv, 1 announce myself a*
a camtydate for re-election, subject to the
| derision of the Democratic party, if a*
State Convention he deemed necessary. ,
I SiMiuld it be your pleasure to bestow
1 ihe office upon me. I will endeavor to de-'
serve von r confidence by a faithful uis-.
charge of doty.
* WM. L.JACKSON.
March 2?tli, 1838.
The election ol Lieut. Governor takes
place at the elecuou ol county officers, in
May next.
We learn from the Morgan Constitu
tion that the Democratic party of Morgan
Coi.nty a?sembled in Convention on the
2?!!^ ult., and nominated the following
tic!?rt ior support at the approaching elee
t i : ? Itfniah Buck, for Clerk ; V\ rn. J.
I ie . t- tor Sheriff ; Wm. Thompson, for
( Vtnff,!-*i<Miei of the Revenue ; and Elias
.Sswtih, for Survevor.
J *
. S-lli.nc to Negroes. ? A bill has pas
e ! b'jth liousrs of the Legislature, le
?] ?ii?g merchants to take an oath not to
? Jwiili slaves, and forbidding the sale
< . 1 qunr to tree negroes unless thev pro
; (lure u ceriisicate of good character, sign
. i 1 by t!irce magistrates.
Trouble Between I lie United State* u.icl
Mexico.
Excitcmmt in Texas. ? By way of
Nev Origin* we have interesting intelli
gence from Texts. 0:i the 1 7t!? an ex
press arriv d a! San Antonio from Capt.
Bracken, commanding a: Fort Mcintosh,
with despatches for Gen. Twiggs and
Gov. Runnels. It is stated that the au
thorities of Mexico have committed high
handed outrages upon certain ciliz.ms of
t!ie United State*, and have even gone so
far n< to seize some of thein and press
ihem into the Mexican army. A public
meeting t? ?? been held at Loredo. in Tex
as, when arid where the following pream
ble and resolutions ws re adopted :
Whereas, we have certain and positive
information that the alcalda ??f Mexico,
has seized c : t r z r n -* of Webb county, Tex
las, and has violently forced them to takfl
arms as Mexican soldiers, knowing they
were citizen* of the United St^es.
1. He it Resolved, That we view with
the utmost indignation such outrages up
< on the rights and person* of United State*
citizens perpetrated by Mexican officials,
2. Rjsolved, That such acts on tho
part of Mexican authorities demand, in
justice, full aod prompt reparation to tho
honor and dignity of the nationality of lite
United Shies.
3. Kesolv^'J, That we consider these
(overt acts of Mexican official* as flagrant
breeches of the laws of nation*, justify
ing, ii unatoned, a declaration of war.
f o "
1. Kt solved, That we call on the Com
manding (General of this Military Depart
ment to lake such measures as may lo
within his power to protect our citizen*
from tho hostile designs entertained
against their sacred liberties by the Mexi
can officials along the line c?f the Km
Grande in general, and those of Gucrrno
in particular.
f>. lte.-olved, That we call the atten
tion of the General and Stale Government
to the continuous outrages which desolate
the frontier line of the Kin Grande; that
the Rio Grande is no ?nlfieicnt boundary,
as Indian war parties and criminals pas-*
it eatsily.and set our authorities at tic ii nice.
A Tai l Company. ? Thev have organ
ized a volunteer company in ( 'baric* town
within the past few week*, which num
bers upwards of fifty members ? ihev ex
pect to he uniformed in lime for the Mjy
musters. They are command) d by Capt.
John W. Rowan, and we understand th it
more than twenty of them aro over six
feet high.
At Alexandria, on Tuesday, shad were
bringing SI 2 50 to $15 per hundred , and
herring ?1 i per thousand, with Minall nr
rivals.
mt&nvnx
On the 30 1 h ult., at New Industry, on
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, by lie* .
Mr. Lunger, Win. Afongan, to Mi-*
Margaret , second daugher of Samuel
Boyer, Esq., of tho firm o( Uoyer &. Wat
son.
On the 1st in?t., by Rev. John !,:>nd
street, John F. (Gardner to Miss F.mity
J. Showers , both of Martinsburg.
DM229.
On the 1 5th tilt., Uriah Sijfvrs/tr , mm
of J. Kearsley and Mary Alice Kt.irney,
aped 2 months and 9 days.
As the sweet (lower thai scents the morn,
But withers in the rising (!hv,
Then lovely was this infant's dawn,
There swiftly (led its life away.
At the residenee of her father, John
Blackburn, in Baltimore county, Md., of
consumption, in the 20ih year of her age,
Margaret beloved wile of Joseph If.
Heed, of Martiusburff, Va.
At Valparaiso, Chili, on the 2fl'h of
February, ll'm Hobcrl Schley, A>?istant
Knpineer, U. S. Nary, (eldest son of John
T. Schley, fc>q., of Frederick city, .Md.,)
in the 21th year of his age.
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zm m&xxn,
S II E P Jl E R I) S 'J' OW N
For the week ending April 10, l-?58
Flock per hid, ? ? - $1,73 5,00
Wheat p? r bush. - K">
Corn per hunh., - ? -t.'i 4H
Potatoes, .... 7.1 I tJW
Hams, - - - - 1*3 I'll
Sides, .... 10 11
?Shoulder*, .... 0 10
Lard, 10 12
Butter, 18 20
Fogs, 10 10
BALTIMOKK MARK 11T.
r lour. ? 1 he market continues very
quiet. Howard St. and Ohio Super is
offering quite fretly at $1,50, and City
Mills do. at $4.25 per bbl. hut there are
no buyers at the*e figure*, We notu a
sale of 500 bhls. of Ohio at *i,7;> per
bbl. Ohio Kxtra iney be quoted sit fi,"
?5a4, 87, Howard Street do. at *J.'*7a5,
and City Mills do. at *5,25i0 50 per bbl.
Rye Flour is still held at fc.'j 75. we ]U0le
Corn Meal at $3.50 for City, an J $3,75
per bbl. for Brandy wine.
I (?rain.? 1 he total receipt* *t tl?o Com
Fxchange this morning amounted to 700'J
bus. Of wheal there were 2200 bus. at
market, all of which was white. A lot of
1200 bus. fair quality sold at 115 cts.,and
ruo"t of the remaining parcels were sold
at 118, 120al30cts., the latter figure be
ing paid for a small lot of prime. We
quote red wheat nominal at 100a 105 ctf.
for fair to good. Corn continues firm.
There were sales reported to-day of 100
bus. white at 63 c?*.,"?3.500 bus. do. at 04
cis., and of IOOO bus prime yellow at 70
cts. per bus. of 5G lbs. For Rye and Oal*
I prices arc uncl'anged. ? Clijtjitr, 9/A iftst.