Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1859-08-04
State News.


Theodore Knight, Containing sorns fifteen
or twenty acres, for the sum of $4,000.
Gone 10 Caht@ata. Rev. George Burrows,
late Of Newton, and formerly Professor at La
fayette College, soiled for California in the
hoscs Taylor, a few weeks ago. Mr.. Burrows
was for number of years pastor ofthe West
Nottingham Presbyterian Church in this
county
The Oats Gop-The farmers Of this Coun-
ty arc nearly, if not quite done cutting OATS
many would have finished last week, but for
the rains. The oats crop of this county
is large, and number Of farmers intend
thrashng from the field.
improvements new brick houses are to
be erected in Port Deposit, on the site of the
buildings destr yed by the late fire. Mr.. Elijah
Reynolds, contractor.
burglary and Robbery. The barn of r. F.
Biddlc, near this town, was entered on Thurs
day night end robbed of sixteen bushels of
corn General Sites warehouse, near the
railroad station, WAS entered the same night,
also the railroad station Office A dollar and
few cents were taken from the confection-
cry. A man from New York has been ar
rested on Anspision.
arrest Of a slare.-Henry Dunmore, slave
for term of years, belonging to Davidson D.
Pearce, Esq, left for parts unknown about
two weeks since On Saturday Mr.. P. as
certained that he had been near the Slab tav-
ern in York county, Pa, ten miles above the
Maryland line, by two white men, who had
sccreted him and refused to deliver him up
for less than 5000. This Mr.. P. refused to
give, when they proposed to accept $50 il he
would meet them late at night at the Mary
land line. Suspecting some deep laid plan
Mr.P. also refused,this proposition, and parted
company with the two men. The slave, it ap-
pears was merely on visit to York county,
and intended had he not been arrested, to re-
turn to lis master, with whom he had only
three years to serve.
CARROLb SOUSTY AFFAIR.".
DEATH FROM FRIGHT-We are told says
the Carroll County Herald, that Mrs. John
Cover, residing about five miles from here,
who died on Saturday last, came to her early
demise from sev@e fright. Itappears that
she was much alarmed at bloody fight
between her husband and one of his employ
ecs, that she was seized with severe disease,
but FINALLY recovered. After her recovery
witnessed repetition of the fight and died
soon after from fright. She died without
speaking a word
A RENcoNTRE-A Man SHoT.-Betwcen
nine and ten o'clock, ON Wednesday night
last, a fight occurred between James Hick
and Jacob Campbell, at the extremity of
North Jonathan Street of this town, during
which the former shot the latter in the neck
with pistol INJECTING severe but not fatal
or dangerous wound. Hicks was Immediately
arrested and has been committed to Jail for
trial at the November Term of Court.-M-
gerStou'n Herald.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT DR.. John Malehorn,
residing short distance below town, met
witha serious accident on Tuesday last, and
it is feared may result fatally. Early in the
morning he was riding out, when his horse
fell upon him, dislocatiing his left shoulder
and breaking four IBIS Westminster Senti-
na
A Snake, thi,k as a mans leg, say eight
inches in diameter, and supposed to be twcn-
ty feet in length, was seen by one of our
townsmcn on the farm of Mr.. Nicholas Dur
bin, last week - Westminster Sentinel.
LAND SALEs.-E. F. Chambers, Esq, as
Trustee sold at public sale on Tuesday "Hunt-
ingfeld,' containg APO acres, for S45 per a.
cre-total, $4,000. Purchaser, Thomas R.
Browne, Esq, of Baltimore.
George Vickers, as Agent, sold, few days
since, the skinner Farm" situated upon the
Farlee Creek, containing 145 acres, to Mr..
Thomas NJ. Blackiston for ,o00-Kent.
| Ne,cs.
| DEMocRATIc NoMINATIoNs.--The Democ-
racy of the Sixth Congressional district have
nominated Col. Ct. w. Hughes of Anne-A-
rumble county as their candidate for Con-
gless aud Col. Nat! 4iel Duke, of Calvert,
for Commissioner of Public Works.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Judge Stewart and his
political friends have been making such dospei
ate efforts to secure his denomination no vii
stand no more chance in the convention than
bob-tail horse in fly time. Those resolutions
Of which we have before spoken, and which
we head intimated would be considered at
the State convention, approving tho Judge:
course still remain in their sepulchre, unno-
ticed, untouched and where they will remain
to mouldcr away. The Judge must really be
fond of Washington life if he still persists in
forcing himself for the nomination. In Tai
bot he has been refused to be endorsed, in Car
oline he was endorsed by majority of the
convention, but not until considerable dis
cusson had gone through with arising on the
part 0: the minority, and in Dorchester he is
charged with blowing his own bugle-(writ-
ting his own resolutions. --Easton Maryland
Gazette.
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SURVIVE OR PERIsH.-rHE SCIENCES OF
LIFE AND DEATH.-We observe that ma
chine for casting bullets, capable of turning
out one hundred and sixty rifle balls per min
| ,to hos beon CT, rfed at w ach;n ufop T,yice