The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-05-20
EDITORIAL SUMMARY.

murdered on the l2lh, by one OF his
negroes.
PRIVATE letters received at St Louis, an
nouuco the death of Capt. Geo. II. Paige,
Quarter Master.
A SEVERE tornado. accompanied by rain
and hail, passed over tho City of Momphis,
Tonn., on Monday night, injuring number
of houses.
ADvIcEs from Pixies Peak, received
at St. Louis, on the l4th, were discour-
aging, but there was no falling off Of en-
igraiion.
THE brig Mary Caroline Stevens, belong
ing to tho Col. Society, sailei from Balt-
more, at noon on the 18th, with l53 emi-
giants, mostly manumitted slaves.
JOHN STARRISaToN, Esq, hardware
merchant and prominent citizen OF Toronto,
was instantly killed, on the morning of tho
l4th, by falling from his house.
DIR. ToNLrSsoN Of Milledgeville. Ca,
formally a member Of Congress from that
state, and la,terly distinguished medical
practitioner, oled on tne lolh'
A telegram from St. Louis, of the lGth
statos that a land slide had occurred at
Monte Christie, mining town, killing four
persons, suspeuding mining operations, and
doing considerable damage.
We sec it stated that up to tho 23i uit.
$3.50 cmigrants, had sailod from Liverpool
for Now York, in April, and that tho num-
Der was expected to reach 10000, in the
course of the month. Two-thirds Of the
number wero Irish.
TIE clipper ship Pomona was recently
wrecked off Wexford Ireland, going down in
nine fsthoms water. 1886 lives woro lost.
There woro 395 passengers and ere" OF
52 persons on board. But 80 Of the passen-
gers and II Of tho crew we're saved.
The steamers Monongahela and Edin-
burgh, moored on the Illinois shore, oppo-
site St. Louis, were burned, on the 18th,
There was no freight on either boat. Loss
estin. ated at S39, 900 insured for $780,
600 in Pittsburgh Offices.
A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred in Cncin'
nati. hast Sunday morning. About twenty
buildings, in all, were burned. and sew
eral Z, thers damaged. Fifteen or twenty
famillSs were maze homeless by the fire
Total MAS $4,000 insurance, g, 900.
THERE was n severe frost in Texas, on tn
23d uit., which destroyed great deal o
corn and cotton throughout tho State. Th
II Houston Telegraph estimates the daInag
;, to the crops at e" millions of dollars Tn
farmers were preparing to replant, but th
ground was very dry.
v PAUL MoRrHY. the great American chess
l. player, arrived at New York, in the steame
tention to remain in New York for mont
or more, aud then proceed to New Orleau'
Meanwhile, he is to visit Boston, whore
=. public dinner has boon rendered him.
The Governor Gcncral of Canada, ,throug e
" the British Minister at Washington, bas d.
~ mandud of our Government the surrend,
'h of Deputy Marshal Tyler, who shot Cap
% Jones, of the brig Concord. in Port Sarni
n Canada. Tho Attorney General has Il
- questions OF law involved in tho case, no
be under consideration.
ds We receive all kinds Of reports from Pike
=. Psak The Leavenw Times, of the 1t
announces tho arrival OF Col WIN. J, Pre-
ton, direct from Denver City, who ropoT
IS that everything looks favorabIy at tho mine
~ and that the miners arc in the best of spirit
dc We rejoice to learn from the ClevelaI
a Leader, that John c. Grannis, Esq, of tn
.e, city, has, during the past week. resigned 4
'm office OF United States Commissioner tn
re no might not DO required, in IN official 4
IA pacity, to carry out tho provisions of t
Infamous Fugitive Slave Act.
LETTERS received at Washington, frC
ria sources entitled to credit, mention that /
do ,nors were prevalent in various portions
.r- Italy that the Popo might be compelled
tho tako rofugo in the u. S. Our ministers
or, Rome and Naples speak Of it as highly p
aud oAo'e, OWING W '"o u"Ss'''u Ano Precs
IRA ous situation of things.
- PRoP. DENSIsToN ii. OLMsTED, ILL.,
m, died at his residence ia New Haven, u
- -, o'clock on tho morning of the 18th.
on. graduated at Yale College in lsl3.w ole
,iod cd Professor in Chemistry in North Ca
thu lima in 1915, and served 10 years. WI
;oo there he made Geological Survey of t
mr' State, the first State survey made in
,ou. country, aud in 1926 no was elected p
tn, of Mathematics aud Natural Philosophy
,ion Yale College, which place he held at
hai. TINT of his death.
60. A FIRE broke out in Bronnan's Warehol
: =, Marietta, Ohio,on the afternoon OF the /:
,oa. which destroyed 20 buildings in the o
bicb moss part OF tho city. The principal sui
~ ia ers arc Nye Il Huntington, loss $4,000,
,o.o sured $1,000 BOsworih, Wells t. Co.,
|, do $4,000, insured for $4,000; S. II. Tur
= 70 loss $4,000, insured for S25o0. The Il
,o, y Insurance Co.. Hartford, has about 9f5,
.ns of the insurance; the Hartford Comp
rom $1,000, and the City Co., Hartford Sls0t
ant A largo portion of goods were saved bu
Gov. damaged condition. Several persons v
VIVA injured by the falling buildings.
A TELEGRAM from Leayenworth, of