Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-06-03

ling of Mr.. LEVI PENNYF1ELD, an indus
trious and worthy citizen of our county,
was entirely consumed hy fire during the
heavy thunder storm on Friday night
last. The family had all retired to bed,
and the first intimation they received of
their impending danger and ruin was i'm
parted to Mr.. Pennyfeld, who. being
aroused by some noise, or the fumes of
smoke, got out of bed and repaired to
the door, the latch of which he found so
hot rs to blister his hand in his attempts
to open it. He Immediately gave the
alarm to his family; those sleeping in
the lower part of the building barely had
time to make their escape, with nothing
on but their night clothes, and two very
promising boys, one nine and the other
thirteen years old, who were sleeping in
the upper story, were burned to death
They had been aroused from their slum-
bers by the cries of the father, and made
their appearance at window, but ba6ro
they could leap out, as directed to do,
the burning floor gave way beneath them
and precipitated both into the devouring
fame below SO sudden and unexpected
was the calamity, that this Industrious
and hard working man not only loses his
house, furniture, and wearing apparel,
but some money in the house at the time.
Mr.. p. is unable to determine the origin
of the fire. We hope our citizens will
do all in their power to alleviate the suf-
ferings Of this unfortunate family.
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VIRGINIA ELECTION. The returns of
the election in Virginia last week come
in very slowly, and number of coun-
ties remain to be heard from. The re-
turns so far received leave no doubt of
the entire success of the Democratic
State ticket, a majority of The Legisla-
turc, and the election of every candidate
for Congress, with one exception, that of
Mr.. G. J Faulkner, who was defeated
on personal grounds alone, as the vote
for other candidates in his district clearly
shows. The latest dispatch fixes the
majority for Letcher for Governor at
5000. We shall perhaps be able to
give the full vote in our next.
Es- The Montgomery County Medi-
cal Society held its annual meeting in
this place on Tuesday last, and elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year: DR.. f. Howard, President; DR..
j. W. Anderson, DR.. S. n. G. White,
Vice Presidents DR.. +. E. Stonestreet,
Treasurer and Secretary.
Eg" A letter from Fort Belknap Of
the 22d instant, says, that Major Van
Horn had desperate fight with the nor
thern Camanches on the Fork of the Ar
kansas river, May 18th. Forty indians
were killed and thirty six taken prisoners.
OF the United States troops, two soldiers
were killed and several wounded -
Among the latter were Lieut.. Lee and
Capt. Smith. A letter also says, that
between four ana five hundred Texans
were encamped about twenty miles below
the Brazos, on the Indian Reserve, with
the avowed intention of attacking the
Reserve Indians Much excitement pre-
vailed in that region.
AMERICAN HoSoRs TO ScIENCE.-It is
noticed with great satisfaction in the Ber-
lin papers, and cannot fail to be crafty
ing to every American heart, that at the
grave of Humboldt the United States
were represented by their minister al
Berlin, and representative from each
State of the Union, gathered for that
purpose at Berlin from different parts OF
the Continent. The arrangement was
equally creditablc to ex-governor Wright
our minister, and to our country.
re-" The Odd Fellows block of bull
dings, Dubuque, Iowa, including the
Post Office, U. S. Land Office, Odd The
atre, with several stores and Offices, were
destroyed by fire on Thursday night.
The contents Of the Post and Land Offices
were saved, but all the property of the
Odd Fellows and Masons were destroyed.
The loss amounted TO $50, 600, on which
there is an Insurance of $4,000.
ET The St. Louis papers come to us,
with accounts from Pixies Peak of a
character more dismal than ever. Flour
is $50 barrel. If there is any gold at
all it lies four feet under the surface, and
stories are told of three men who went
to the diggings and brought back Is cents
worth of the precious metal, the product
of their days toll.
FL The Denton (Md.) Journal says
that from all sections of that county it
has the most gratifying accounts of the
growing wheat. In many cases it has
been attacked by the fly, but notwith-
standing this, the prospects of an album
dont barveat ora unueuaIIu Aottar;po