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From The Constitutionaiist.
CAMPBELL, Ca, Jan. IU, IooV'


Ep1roR CoNsTrrUTIoSALIsT-oi nave
concluded to give you a statement OF an az
tempt at negro stealing that occurreo III '.iS
county few nights since, as it Is nut 1or
the Aboitionists to crack. l am an Ola
subscriber to the Constitutionattst.
4 slave, Peter, the property OF VIM. u.
Smith, of Campbell county, informed ms
master, last Friday, that a white man had
made a proposition to him to leave ms
master, and allow himself to be sold twice
and then be carried to a free State. In ad-
dtion to the promise of freedom, he was
told that he could be sold for fourteen hum
dred dollars, one-half of which should be
his. Peter told his master that he had
promised to go with the fellow, and that
they would meet again Saturday night Tor
the purpose of leaving together; and stat
ted to his master that he had done SO for the
purpose of catching the rogue.
At nightfall the negro met the man, one
Crawford, recently come into the neighbor-
hood, and induced him on "A plea of priva-
cv to go into the carriage house, where Mr..
Smith, and couple of friends were con-
cealed. Peter and Crawford here talked
freely of their adventure, and Pc
ter was promised fourteen hundred dollars
his half of the proceeds of two sales and
his freedom.
After enough was elected to satisfy the
concealed witnesses, Peter, who is both
smart and strong, threw his arms around
Crawford. and called out "come on
Smith and his friends now appeared, took
Crawford in hand and sent Peter for a rope
Peter, snpposing the fellow ought TO be
hung, got rope, made running moose as
he came along, and when I've arrived put it
over the fellows head, and secured it around
his neck. Crawford supposing his time had
come, fell to his knees and begged for life,
and made some disclosures that may lead to
the detection Of accompliccs. Crawford is
now in Jail, having been escorted there by
Peter who has refused 4 chance for his free
dom and fourteen hundred dollars.
The slaves of the South are generally 10y
al, and neg,o thieves and Abolitionists had
better be careful not to come up with Peter
or others of his sense and strength.
Yours, DC, THos. c. GLOVER.
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Frsm tie Trne Democrat of FeJruaryS.
LEwIsBURG, CONWAY COUNTY, ARK
january 26th, 1860
Col. r. H. JOHNSON

Col. K. III. JOHNSON
The enclosed letter has just been receiv-
ed by Col. c. w. Carroll, from the negro
/" Washington Bolen," whose name is affiX-
cd to it, who belonged to the estate Of Robt
Armstrong, and ran away in 1916 from
Tuscumbia, Ala. l send it to you, and
ask that you will publish it exactly as writ
ten, in the plain, unvarnished language OF
the negro. 1t speaks for itself.
The first letter received from him after
his exit spoke in glowing colors of his sit
uation, etc. The present is an outpouring
of the real feelings of poor, deluded
slave, wretched in his freedom, and solici-
tous to return to his old home and slavery.
Very Respectfully
Your ob't servant,
II. w. HARPER.
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"January tn 9Th 1860 to tn Master arm
strong | have been in Canada \ long time
| never be SO bad off with you in Alabama
perhaps you mia think it not SO | saw one
little boy the other day going about hegging
sum bred that L never saw in the State of
Alabama l want to come home just as soon
as can l have had enough of Canada work
for cents day IL eat it up at night. l
cannot do any worse at home Send for me
quick as you can L assure you that l come
home. Send me money enough to go to
ivensville illinoies the way i came $50 will
take me thear that is what tn Abolitionest
Paid for me to so to Canada Send quick
plenty of the black folks has gone back
since have bin in Canada | would come
home myself but l have got no money to
come on. | lived well at home in Alaba
mia. to what | do in Canada.
WASHINGTON BOLEN.
Direct it to Sand Wich Canada. Do
send it by tn express mail West if you
send it at all. l want to come home an live
with you at the ham house. To Mr.. Arm
strong the lawyear.
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WASHINGTON BOLEN.

SPEAKERS OF the AMERICAN CoSGREsS.-
The Speaker OF the first American Con-
gress was nsylvanian-Erederick A.
Muhlenburg-and he was reelected to that
post in the third Congress. Ike was sue
ceeded by jonathan Dayton, Of New .Ier
sey, the ancestor of the present Hon. VIM.
l.. Dayton, of that State who remained in
the chair for four years. Then came Geo
Dent, of Maryland, in the fifth Theodore
Sedgewick, of Massachusetts, in the sixth;
Nathaniel Macon, of North Carolina, in
the seventh, egth, and ninth Joseph V.
Narnunl, of Massachusetts,, in the tenth and
eleventh, and then Henry Clay. He began
in that capacity when just thirty four years
of age, and served in all about fourteen
years. He occupied the chair (except du-
ring part of the thirteenth, when Lang
occasioned by Mr. Clay's resignation, on
his appointment to act as one of the Com
missioners to arrange the treaty Of Ghent,
and during his absence in the second sess-
ion of the sixteenth and seventeenth Con-
gress) until March Sd, 1928. After Mr.
Clay came John w. Taylor, OF New York,
IN the nineteenth Congress, and Andrew
Stevenson, of Virginia, in the twenty
lOuIlil, ana Games N. L Ok, oil the same
State in the twenty fifth and twenty sixth.
Mr. Polk made great character in that po-
sition. His promptitude and integrity. his
mpartlality and his courage cndeared him
to men of all parties during the most excl
ting period in which he acted. and no
doubt made him prominent for. the Pres-
dency, which position he attained Il lev
years after his retirement from Congress-
lie was succeeded in the twenty seventh
Congress by Robt. NJ. T. Hunter of Nir-
ginia, who was elected after a severe strug-
gle, as a Wing. Following Mr. Hunter
came John White, of Kentucky, in the
twenty eighth Congress, and in the extra
session which cnsued, John w. Jones, of
Virginia. John w. Davis. of Indiana.
presided over the twenty-ninth Congress /:
Robert c. Winthrop, of Massachusetts,,
over the thirtieth Howell Cobb, of Geor-
Sla, over the thirtyfrst /; Lynn Boyd, of
kentucky, over the thirty ysecond Nathan
iel =. Banks, O Massachusetts, over the
thirty-third and James L. Orr, OF South
aroiina, over the thirty fourth
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standing of the motion OF MIR. Sennatt,
said there was nothing to show that Vir-
Sinia ever made legal surrender OF the pris-
oner He would pay no attention to po-
litical influences, and the prisoner would
have as fair a trial any Southern man
could have He could only look on it as
an appeal of the counsel for the defence to
transfer the case, and would have to reject
I he appeal.
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Telegraph News.
ST.. LOUIS, Feb. 10th, 1860

The Post Office deficiency bill was taken
up and passed among the amendments
agreed to were one providing for the pay
ment Of six percent interest tor contractors
in full of all claims for damages and be re-
eeipted for accordingly; and one totally
abolishng the ranking privilege from the
l4th of April next.
In the House nothing transpired Of partic-
ular interest, except the announcement of
the standing committees, the Chairmen of
which are as follows Ways and Means,
Sherman Commerce, Washburne of Ill. !;
Military Affairs. Stanton; Naval Affairs,
Norris of Ind. Territories, Grow Judi
ciary, Hickman; Elections, Gilmer Claims
Tappen; Public Lands, Thaver; Post Of
flee and Post Roads, Collfax; District of
Columbia, Carter /; Revolutionary Claims,
Briggs; Public Expenditures, Haskin !;
Private and Claims. Washburne, of Wis
eonsin i3nnfactaries, Adams. of Mass ;
Agriculure, Butier4icl3 Indian Affairs,
BrigSs Miiitia, Tompkirs; Foreign At
fairs, Corwia Revolutions Pensions,
Pott Idyalij Pensions, Trenton Roads
and Canals Mallory Patents. Willard !;
Puolic Buildings aud Grounds, iraiE :; Re-
visals and tini.nishe} Business, logan Ac-
counts, Spinner Mileage, AsilIaore; En-
graying Adriaa Expenditures Of ti5 Trea-
sqry Department, Lcomis Expenditures
Of the War Department, Stewart t,xpen-
ditanss Of ;he Navy Department., Halton !;
GXpcn3itut~s nj tie Po-,-ofice Depart
uan.. Pala S tEfea1itufes Of Public
Buildings, Sytcn bor JOINT Commit
tees on the Lsb}ary. Pcttet Joint Commit
tee or Printing, Guefley JON. Commit
tee on enrolled bills. Davidson.
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County CoSvENTIoS.-We hear of no
stees being taken for the holding of a
County Convention in this County The
State and Congressional Conventions are
to be held early in April, and it is necessa-
ry if Crawford County is to be represented
in those Conventions that early action
should be had in the premises. Whose du-
ty is it to attend to this matter
The Van Buren press., 1860-02-17

DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION
The following are the Delegates elected to
the State Convention from Pope county,
and are instructed TO east their vote first for
Hon. George z. Watkins, and second for
the Hon. Josiah Gould -
Hon. James Brewton, Hon. w. a. Bar
ker, /. b. Shapard. Hon. n. d. Shinn, j.
Il. Burns, q. NJ. p Williamson, Ruff. II
Howell.
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TT Hon. JoHS Ross, Principal Chief OF
the Cherokee Nation, left here last Saturday
on the Steamer Leon, en- route to Washing
ton city. on business connected with Chero-
kee affairs
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re- Scott County, we understand, cleo
ted delegates to the State and Senatorial
Conventions during tie last week, and in
structed their delegate to the State to cast
the vote of Scott County FOR Hon. w. w.
FLOYD, of Clarksville, for Governor, and
Hon GREEN j. CLARKE, for Senator.
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II, Don't do dat ~ said a colored or.
a.or q the other day when imploging his Black
republican friends not to apply the torch TO
the Union. {. Don't do dat Niassa Greelcv
and Massa Seward and Massa Phillins ana
Massa Conway. Don't you be swin to set
ms country afire dars nina in de
6rUsh :" wv ." "e
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TOTAL UNITED STATES,

2y4DU.I Sl,IISy2O,99 %. 4OO.I
Thus we see that the total miles in actu-
al operation is 29,40O, (of which Arkan-
Sas has 3S44. or one eighth of one per cent,
costing 1119 millions of dollars. (of which
Arkansas has spent S1,13O,11O, or one
tenth Of one per cent
The length of lines in progress is It.
ss1.0 miles, making a total of Al ,2SI. l
miles of Railroad completed and in process,
of construction, and divided among the
several sections as follows:
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~ See advertisement of j. 7. REEsIDE
who has recently placed line of four horse
passenger coaches on the mail route between
this city and Little Rock.
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Ng Hiram Fuller, Esq, formerly cdi-
'or OF the New York Evening Mirror. has
purchased the New Orleans Delta. and VIII
take control of it on or about the frst ~. as
February "0 irSt oi
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Public Speaking.

The Candidates for Prosecuting Attorney, viii
address the citizens of the 4th Judicial Circuit, on
the first day Of the respective Circuit Courts dur
ing the approaching terms. A general attendance
is requested. jan %, 1850
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AS Mrs. harrington told Bcmus, the
other day, in confidence, that a vonno man
had committed infantcide by blowing his
Drains up IN state of dclirium tremon-
aous' and the coroner was holding con-
quest over his remains.
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JOHN A. ARLINGTON, is n candidate for
election to the Office of Prosecuting Attorney in the
4th judicial Circuit, composed CT the Counties of
Crawford, Scott. Sebastian. Franklin, Johnson,
Newton, Carroll, Madison, Benton and Washing
ton at the ensuing August election, 1S60.
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BES1oxvILLE, Ark, Dec. 9, 1859.
EpIIOR Press

Dear ir:-Please to announce me a candi-
date for the office of Prosecuting Attorney for the
4th Judicial Circuit of Arkansas, which election
off, August, 1860, subject to the ratification
of the Democratic party in convention assembled,
and oblige, DC. JNO. X. cox
The Van Buren press., 1860-02-17

tE Resolutions have been adopted by
the Maryland House of delegates condem-
ming the course of Henry, Winter, Davis,
in voting for Mr.. Pennington for Speaker.
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Prosecuting Attorney.

We are authorized to announce, LAFAYETTE
GREGG Esq, as a candidate for reelection for
Prosecuting Attorney, for the 4h Judicial District
at the approaching August election.
The Van Buren press., 1860-02-17

Lg The Congressional Convention, for
this, the 1st District, meets at Dover the Cd
Monday in May.
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WHO CARES FOR THE CHARLESTON
CONVENTION, or any other Convention, or
who cares who is to be next President
when he can succeed, as many do, by inves-
ting Judiclously in the Lotteries of Hopc-
Es, DAVIS & Co., Macon, Ga. 90 Chow
is that - asked we, of the speaker, Colonel
Houston, an old friend and neighbor of ours
who has passed much of his life in 8 nolit-
ical way. Why" repliol.he, with his
old saucy smile, '' Harris, over the way
has just drawn S25,000 in the Lotteries OF
HODGES, DAVIS & Co., Macon, Ca. and if
he can do that by only risking from So to
to $40 a chance no man need fear that he
he is going to be poor all his days.
Good - cried we, and Immediately
went over to neighbor Harris, and he fork
ed over the $50 he owed us. Hurrah for
HODGES, DAVIS & Co.--Mssouri Paper.
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%c Massa.' said Sambo, q one Of
your oxen Is dead 'toder, too. 'Fra;d to
10 tell you of bof at once, for fear Won
couldn't bore it ''"
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Eg The Democratic National Conven
tion will assemble in Charleston, s. c., on
the 23d day Of April.
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SLAVES IN MIssoURI-Thcre are about
1872 slaves in Missouri, which at an av.
erage of $500 each, are worth So. 1863.
600.
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E'xonA Washington.
MA.L.l,-nrnN FnLr1

WAsuNoroS, February 3.
Nj. Forney's election as Ci,rk of the
House wa effected by the vote, f all pres
ent 1,ho had vote. q, speaker Pnnington
together with those u uorac3 I Clark and
Nr. Riggs.
The bill introlgcc,l into tho House by
Nr. Phelps approiria5es Sf.295. 90 for the
deficiency of the year ending June last, and
part of the present fiscal year. 81 ,400, 900
under the law of 1886, for payment of the
salaries of officers and clerks, and for the
transportation of the mail. The third sec
ton provides on and after the expiration OF
the quarter in which the mail service was
rendered and a sufficient sum to pay it, and
appropriates $1,000 for temporary clerk
hire to expedite the payment. No doubt
is entertained that the bill will be passed
next week.
Mr.. Scott also gave notice of a bill to es-
tablish communication by railroad and tele
graph between the Atlantic States and Cal
ifornia.
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Eg Hon T.. C. HINDNAx, NJ. c., will
accept our thanks for favors received.
The Van Buren press., 1860-02-17

Ao \ Wiie's farewell to her Husband
every morning" Buy and buy"
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Railroads Of the United States.
JANUARY LIST, 1860.

We give below statement of the Rail-
roads of the United States, at the COM
meneement of the present year, compiled
from the tables of the american Roiluay
journal:
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ed by the =" craft and expected to be OBJ
served
l. Enter softly.
=. Sit down quietly.
3. Subscribe for the paper.
4. Don't touch the poker. -
.. Engage in no controversy.
e. Don't smoke.
I. Keep six feet from the table.
8. Don't talk to the printer.
Q. Hands off the papers.
10. Eyes OFF the manuscript
Gentlemen observing these rules when
entering printing office will greatly oblige
the printers, and need not fear the 4" devil"
The ladies, who sometimes bless us with
their presence for few moments, are not
expected to keep the rules very strictly,
and, indeed, it will be agreeable to us to
have them break the eighth as often as con-
venicnt.
The Van Buren press., 1860-02-17

H Gov. Latham has been elected to the
L. s. Senate from the State of California.
The Van Buren press., 1860-02-17

re- What is that which often one,s
but never shuts ? A crowbar.
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n DANGEROUS PEEAcHER.-Dr. Cross.
IN letter to the Richmond Advocate da-
guerreotypes Southern preacher, in part,
thus
lie encompasses himself with rainbows
and meteors, and earthquakes, and cata-
racts, and hurricanes, and waterspouts and
showers OF gems and torrents OF fire and
boundless conhagrations, and marshalled
PHILOSOPHERS, and trooping seraphim, and
the stupendous wheels of Providence, and
the silver Ginning Of the spheles and the
weltering chaos of demolished worIds.o
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New ORLEANS, February 2.

Gov. Houston's message to the LegiSla-
ture of Texas, transmitting the resolutions
of the South Carolina Legislature, opposes
the Southern Convention. The Legisl lature
passed resolutions sustaining Gov. Hous-
tons views ; that Texas gave up her indie
pendence to the Union, and is unwilling to
surrender the Union ON an emergency not
deemed sufficient to excuse SO important a
step.
CLEVELAND, Feb. .
EX-Gov. Chase was elected IT, S. Sena-
tor on the first, ballot. Vote-Chase, rs !;
Pugh, 54; Corwin, 5.
The Republicans fired III guns this Z. NJ
in honor of the election of Pennington.
CLARKsvILLE, Tenn, February t.
The Branch Bank of Tennessee was rob-
bed on Thursday night of S18,000 mostly
in gold.
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Van Buren, Male Acadomy
TEACHER,
|. y. SMITH, AN.

I"ttaon tor one session qf 7'ueaiy ~ ,-l-'''
acknowledgements. Ss#
PrimarS-adyanced, So.
Lower English Branches. GH
Higher English branches. |9iN
Latin, Greek and Mathauaties. Sc
Half of the tuition will Dee due .t The t-ilt, f.
the session, and the other half at s'a -I F.eir
The school viii co5nma,oa ,Lo Er.. Nt..f,-a
February. ls6O.
Good board can b,. obtained /, -,,-r.. 1 Mills
Van Buren, Ark, Feb |, ls0 .a5-
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New YORK, February 4.

The Times Washington correspondence
says: 1t is understood that Mr.. Clos
brenner, late Sergeant at Arms, will be APP
pointed United States Treasurer.
The Mexican treaty and correspondence
have been printed and laid before the SEN
ate Committee on Foreign Affairs, who
will report it back when its merits will be
disussed.
Secretary Toucey had long interview
with Gen. Cass touching the execution of
the Clayton Bulwer Treaty by the House
and African Squadron, upon which subject
Government is now preparing a rcioindeir
to Lold John 1usselrs note, in which he
charges that the favorable notice taken by
the United States Government of all COM
plants presented by men engaged in the
slave-tratiie, only emboldens them in the
use of the American flag to protect their
piracies.
Joshua r. Giddings appeared on the
floor of the House to-day, and was sur
rounded by his friends.
The Post Office Appropriation bill will
probably be passed on Monday under the
suspension OF the rules.
The same correspondent says the follow
ing Presidential programme was arranged
yesterday between the Republican and
American members of the House d" For
President, EDWARD b BATES, of Nilsson
ri for Vice President, General CAME
RON, of Pennsy lvania." The platform is
to be distinctly national and conservative
Mr.. Seward is the French mission.
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E~ An elegantly dressed and aristo-
cratic looking lady entered first-class rail
road car at the Paris depot, day or two
ago. AS she opened the door and took her
place, she observed that the car was occu-
pied by three or four gentlemen, one of
whom at the moment of her appearance
was in the act of lighting his cigar. Oh,
serving the lady, he made significant
grlmaee, and with the characteristic polite.
ness of a Frenchman, said
Z" Would smoking incommodc you, mad
am 90
The lady turned toward him, and with
an air OF quiet dignity, replied
" do not know, sir; no gentleman h..
ever yet smoked in my presence
He put out his cigar.
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Regular St. Louis and Arkans
River Passenger Packci.

W II. BLAKE, Master
L. G. slo,y tIes
Making close connections v;,h u 0r'.,r. Pas
@ cts az Napoleon Memphis and Charlc-.r ~
road aud Louisville and Cincinnati p,clets d u n
pms. VIII ply in the trade as rgulir raes-
curing the season, Leaving Van T}ur.n ,,ery sla
ate , week; commencing Tuesday Feb. :. l,tp. +
IE Merchants and Plantation OriJ-, wv
and promptly filed. 'Hdl
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Captain JNO. L. BRUCE.
ME reliable fright and passerc.- PSI
Il steamer KATE MAY, will run r.grai.g y.
ing the season. between CJVCINNiTf TA
BtREN Il FORT SMITH maxim an laiI.e
on the River. 10y Strict attention ,-i,ta % 80
hifing of orders for goods. feb II tfj
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ic<s- The Ten Commandments adopt
ed by the g craft and expected to be OBJ
cnr,.nl
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

EXTENSIVE FIRE YEBTERDAY MORNING
Loss TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
About nine o'clock yesterday morning a fire
broke out in the large, four-story brick build
ing, located on the Northeast corner of Cen
tral-avenue and Columbia-street and before
the Fire Department had reached the ground,
SO rapid-was the progress of the flames, they
had completely enveloped the house, together
with the one adjoining it on the North
Not long after the fire was discovered, a
man named Paul Schenkel was seen clinging
to the sill of window, in the third-story, in
Imminent danger of losing his life, but fortu-
nately ladder was procured and he was
brought safely TO the ground, when he stated
that the stairway had been entirely burnt.
| The Fire Department worked with its usual
diligence and soon succeeded, not only in
preventing the further extension of the flames,
but In quenching them altogether.
The buildings were both owned by Mich
olas Longworth, whose loss will probably
reach $4,000 no insurance. They were oc-
cupied by w. W.. Hamer Il Co., manufac-
fhrers Of Grinding and Bolting Flour-mills
whose loss is estimated at $4,000 insured fol
$1,000. Some other persons occupied rooml
in the building, all Of whom were more OF
less damaged by the fire and water, but theil
aggregate loss will not exceed $4,000. TIL,
FIRE was the result Of an accident and burn
very rapidly, which fact accounts, in grea
measure, for the extensive loss.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07
Later from Mexico.

PENSACOLA, April 5.-The sloop-ofwar
Sdvdnndh has arrived here, from Vera Cruz
on the 26th ult. Her advices are that Mira
mon was retreating. The sloop-of-war Brook
I'm had not arrived. We are unable to learn
any details of the news.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-Semi-oficial ad-
vices from Vera Cruz state, in addition to
what has already been published, that the
Liberals defeated the fourth regiment Of
Miramon's cavalry on the 9th ult., ten miles
west of Jalapa, taking their horses, arms and
ammunition. General Villalba, (Liberal,)
had defeated FIVE hundred reactionists at San
Martin, twenty-five miles west of Puebla,
taking seven pieces of artillery, together with
a considerable quantity of arms and ammu-
milton. General Pulbleta, (Liberal was be-
sieging Lagarde at Huegassam, fifty miles
north of Mexico.
The city of Puebla was threatened by the
combined forces of Villalba, Alateste and
Carvajal. Several letters state that the city
has already been taken, but this needs con-
frmation. .. ....-t