The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-05-13
EDITORIAL SUMMARY.


signed 10 expose Catholicism, has publicly a
recanted,
A DISPATCH from Pittsburg, of the l0lh, :
reports the ladies engaged in the shoe.
making business in that city and Alleghe-
ny, on strike for higher wages.
MATT PEEL, the popular negro min
strel, died at the American Hotel in Buff
fao, on the morning of the 4th inst. lie
had been in poor health for some time.
Col. SAM PIKE, Of kentucky, has jus t
started new paper at Mount Sterling,
Ky, being the forty.ninLh paper be has
had the honor of bringing into existence,
The stable at the Union Course, Long
Island, was destroyed by fire on Saturday
last. Three first. class trotting horses,
Kate Miller, Lady Shane, and George
Washington, were burned 10 death in the
confagration.
THE N, Y. Tribune suggests the propri-
ely of holding Young Mems Republican
National Convention on the 22l of this
month, it being the third anniversary OF
the brutal assault upon Charles Sumner.
in the United States Senate.
HOMER ScHENcK, of Fishkill Landing,
n. Y, committed suicide on the 10Th, by
shooting himself through the head. The
ball entered one side OF his head and pass
ed out at the other. lie wa. found in
the Church Yard, lying on his fathers
grave.
MICHAEL M'NAMEE was executed in
Chicago, on the 9Th, for the murder OF
his WIFE, in July last A respite was
granted in the case Of Michael Finn, who
was also Io have been hung on the same
. day.
WE learn from the SelUa { Ala. } Sen.
. ineI that negro man, belonging TO Mrs
I Harris, near Hamburg, in Perry County
was whipped to death last week by bel
overseer, man named Howard.
: post mortem examination was held, anC
IL verdict rendered in accordance with th
facts. Howard fled the country.
- A PROPOSED amendment 10 tie Consti
if tuition OF Massachusetts, requiring tw
ct years residence OF foreigners after natur
IS alizatiou, was submitted to a vote Of til
AS people OF that State, on the 9th inst. Th
To- ia towns heard from give over six thou
'a' sand majority for The amendment. IT.
" thought that the entire vote will excec
II sixty thousand.
,st The Painesvlle advertiser says of tn
ia, crops in Lake county -" Winter Whea
ty throughout our County, looks well.
re never was more promising at this seaso
ll, of the year. From all we can learn, W
"u judge the Apple crop this year will
,no ~" very light in this region. Some orchard
,ts have scarcely a blossom to be seen, whl
ra. others present few only. Peache
Mt however, bid fair 10 be abundant.
ion AFTER all the warnings that have BET
ra' published, we frequently hear OF terrlb
srS, accidents resulting from the use Of cal
of M. ,.,l -, E,o,L,,,
N. Y. The victim, Mrs. John Tote
was so dreadlulIy burned, that VIII
has found nothing remained upon her pers
nav but her CATERS, and when her broth
Eu- attempted to carry her out of the rool
hat the flesh came off her arms. She survj
mo- ed but short time.
DO TEN steamers were burned in Pittsbu
this ~, nI -, .;,, /,
the freight, merchandise, &c, is estmat
. at Sl22, 900. Not less than three HI
dred persons are thrown out OF empl'
urS ment by the conhagration, viz: ten c'
1o, 1n tains, twenty pilots, twenty clerks'twel
NV mates. thirty fremen, one hundred q
CO. twenty deck hands, sixty cabin boys, a
the ten chambermaids.
IL is Mr.. GREELEY left New York, on Nj
dav evening, for the Pacific States. l
lay Tribune says the first letters OF the ser
'o'. he purposes to write during his journ
'"'1 it will probably receive from Kansas
,'o After Kansas, he will visit the Pix
med Peak country, Utah, Carson Valley, {
It of ifornia. and probably Oregon, return
arc by way of Arizona and the South
Overland Mail route. He will be abs
,,oo about four months.
oint The Black River Woolen Mills, '
tsad tertown, N. Y, were recently destro
that by fire. One hundred and thirty op'
gen- tors were scattered through the five sto
1t " of the building. Most of them, heal
'"' the alarm, rushed down the stairway,
,e were saved. About dozen, howe
mi. owing to the great confusion, were not
II MI fortunate, and being entirely shut off f
egress, are supposed to have thr'
themselves from the windows. s.
,oad were killed, and others seriously inu
0 by Loss estimated at forty thousand doll
rn.- partially insured.