M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-11-05
News Items.

Williams has Travelled moro than 8, 90
miles in search of Cole, and ioln
him employed in store in st. Loui,
1t is believed that Cole took his wife
life by giving her arsenic, but he de
! nieS it stOutly, and expresses conf
dence that he will be cleared.
Gen. Havelock, whose name is 8,
conspicuous in the recent account
from India, is a native of Sunderland
England, and son of VIM. Havelock
a we'll known ship owner and Goa
filter. The General passed through
a long apprenticeship in arms in Nortl
Western India, especially in the cam
paignS of Sir Charles Napier. He
holds at present the post of Adjutant
General of the Bengal Presidency.
VIM. II. SAFFoRD's MAJORITY
Highland county gives this gentleman
a majority Of 2SS, and his majority in
Ross is 1O6, making his maj. in both
counties 394.
Three vacancies in Congress were
filled at the recent State elections to
fill vacancies caused by death. The
members elect are as follows:
Pennsylvania, district 12-. Paul Leidy.
Indiana, district 3 Jno. E. Niblack.
" district 10--Chas. Case.
The last named is a Republican
the Others Democrats. No political
change.
The population of Memphis is H.,
$50, ofwhich over $4,000 are whites.
The slave population is only 5000.
A NEW NAME.-The Nashville
Union says the American party Of
Tennessee has taken new name:
"We have lately seen an official
document, signed by a committee ol
Know Nothing members Of the Leg.
islature, in which the style themselves
the Minority party The name is
a first.rate one-the best they have
ever had. The signs are that they
will be entitled to it for many years
to come"
The famous trained elephants, "Vic.
toria" and " Albert" arrived in Gin,
cinnati the other day per railroad, on
their way to Spalding & Rogers Cir
Gus and Menagerie, which opened at
Evansville on the 1st inst.
VEEMoNT.-In this State one person
iu fifty-three is unable to read and
write
Vermont as tile Black Republican
Banner State.
MARCUS j. PARRoTT, the Free State
Delegate to Congress from Kansas, is
a South Carolinian by birth. He was
" raised in Ohio, and was a Demo
cratic member Of the House in 1853,
from Montgomery county. lie went
to Kansas a Democrat and is still.
The Daily Republic, of Buffalo, N.
Y, formerly Republican, was issued
on the evening Of the 10Th ult., as a
Democratic newspaper.
James o. Brayman, ofChicago, ed.
itor of the Chicago Democrat" a
Republican sheet, has plead guilty to
the charge OF Post Office robbery.
The saddle horse that took the pre-.
MUM at the National Fair at Louis
vile, KY, was recently sold for 5000.
He will be presented to Hon. j. B.
Floyd, Secretary of War.
Andrew johnson and A. o. p.
Nicholson, Democl ats, have been
elected U. S. Senators by the Legis.
lature of Tennessee.
The name Sepoy, or Sipoy, is de-
rived from "sip," the bow and the
arrow, which were originally in al.
moStuniversal use by the native troops
in India in offensive warfare.
President Buchanan has forwarded
a fine gold watch and chain valued at
$500 to Capt. Johnson of the Nor.
wegian bark Elem" as a recogni-
tion ofhis noble conduct in the rescue
OF the Central America passengers
1t was fol warded through the hands of
Collector Sawyer, at Norfolk. The
compliment is well deserved and we'll
bestowed.
PENNsYLvANIA.-The full official
vote of Pennsylvania gives the follow.
ing aggregates for Governor