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, 1860-12-07

WA.H1so7oS, Dec. 6.-Toslay the Speaker.
warrants on the Treasury In favor OF the par
Of members Of Congress, were presented, and
refused for want ii funds, They will be for
nally protested. The Treasury has paid about
100000 to members since the meeting Of Con-
, 1860-12-07

TRENTON, Dec. 5,-Tlc Electors met to- day.
Four votes were east for Lincoln aud Hamliu,
and three for Douglas and johnson.
, 1860-12-07

~ AcC1nkSrs WILL HAftkN ETK1 II HxtL xzrr7a7xp
1lxuE Il Is vary desirable have some CHEAP snd
convenient way for repairing Fusulsurs, crockesy
TOYS. &c.
, 1860-12-07

.H The sehoaness Flying cloud. Queen City,
Ben franklin. lliawatba, Revolving Light and Col
esaine hare arrived At ogdenshurg6.. The two lat
Fnox SourH 1AY-Thc tug PAGE arrived here
Saturday afternoon from South Bay with the sehr
4 Handy In tow. Il will be remembered that the
handy was disabled tn the lste gale by losing czn-
At Pnesqpe Isle. Was got on BY the tug aud waa
lowed 1nto port. The captain Of the Page reports
ttat the fchr Marquette ashore at Nicholsone 1el-
Aho, Is being discharged Of her coal. She lies In
About three feet OF water
The Page returned to the Canada shore this
morning. 10 relieve the schooner Wild Rover,
ashort VIC believe At South Lay or vicinity,
The ting Morgan has gone to the relief Of the tchr
Game Cock: ashore at Point Pcnlnsular. She took
one o. ne North Westerns steam pumps with her.
, 1860-12-07
Tnfouysuo in Phf1af5elnf8n.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec 6-Ihe City Councils
to-day adopted resolutions requesting the
Mayor to call meeting ofcitizcns, Irrespective
of party, to express adhesion to the Union,
and appointing n committee Of six from each
bEluch to cSfrY out the resolution,
, 1860-12-07
THE PENNSYLVANIA GEN.
l. TRIAL RAILROAD
10 MILES DOUBLE TRACK
The capacity Of thtA oad L. pQw euUA 10 Anv LII tha

Three Through Passenger Trains
between i1stsnutgh aud t'hasa4elphia.
~ ~ 9 S II gses ,
delphts, NJ. rork Io,ten- Hataorc ANT v aa.Ias.cn
81 ns 1os totsa of s . S
1p{ other route.
eh.ass g. 'sa
snluku:; Carr attached ~ each t-ain: Woodrufa
.a liz
ThFcc tally tsals cunuect dttect for Sc- ivsk h.
Pres aud Fat lne con.tct for callntoEc ana WASH
M Through Passenger Tr.las provided with Loush.
the Engineer. thus adding muc II tbs s~tety o. tn
six Daily Trains bet ween r:ilale1paia and New
.on M Yhreuxa TcAetA' all RAIL- arr sood on either Of
boat Tiekrts 70 Bostan arc good VIZ Norwich. F.l
iesrsd nee Of eh.sse Through % Sss l5:s 1N''
Tickets may b. obaihe,t vt ANY of Tie Important
regular lao os steamer, % d. Mississippi y ohio
ysEs @ and 4 Tho o.ss -, of ths Company ~ Doson.
H-FAax Al~Ars !. Lo~ Aso 'ri4e A. Qr,ex ~
ASK FOR II fItSEis tf1 'Gsft u *is1f T1ifsprRcu.
r.nnsy!, ani* i;atlro.d MAKES a. sLe
plkEeT LINE bsIXxtfi s!sx1f wtst sss EAST AND THE
Fl By as n.esa pa4s
s. sa'p2:ss i ls:hs saa IL 71sssi
ffxisht Contract. and slpp!n= Direction. Apply
Company:
Ripley. T.; l. MeSssiry. M4ys.nir. 81. :: vfm.ty i:
cropPer, portsmouth. n q: rsadoek G., Jvner.en-
HILBERT Cinctnaau: 4, {, AeldrnIn. Malisou, lndt
!1s Mooss lsu1sy!lis: +. Z. 0ls.!ty = ~. E:an.
sa:% Shaier Glass, Luul.: Juan H. l!asst4 Naeh-
si1ts Tsna Harris i hnut. Mcnp1i.. Tenn, cst 10
Co, chicago: ". II. II. koontx, .AItpn. ILL.,: Or to
West
The Greatest Facil1ties ofYerel FIR fhe prote j..
rcu and Speedy Transportation o2
Live Stock
, 1860-12-07
IAoD, HfHsTER 4 cos.
lADn, WEBSTER L cos.
tAp0 WEBSTER l. cos.
lADn, WEBSTER l. cos.
lAD1, WEBSTER 4 co.'s.
LAND MfRsIER 4 cn'S.

To Families Tsio:a scsnastressca Clothing. Csrri.
Atc.Tr1MmtnE. Harness Makers, &c. We bare tho
AEcncy for Tie Northwestern States, snd hare opened
IN elegant salesroom 1t
124 Lake Street. Chicago,
tUP-STA1RS)
Cali And examine the Machines and thu Work nj
yourselves.
COOK, STO43.E s co.
Ino36pf1-decd.wtznl
, 1860-12-07

TRuRsukY EVENING, Dee. 6.
The following are the receipts and shipment. for
'hc past forty eight hours:
, 1860-12-07

NE-MAsSAcuCsETTs-vEE
HAMPSHIRE.
BosToS, Dec. 6.-Thc Electors Of Maine,
Massachusetts,, Vermont and New Hampshire
net at their respective State .Capitols yester,
day, and cast their votes unanimously for Lin
coin nnd IIamlin.
, 1860-12-07
Lake pnr1x.

Lake Ports.
BUFFALO, Dec. 4.-Arriyed, prop adr;atfc
Snow. Chicago.
osWEGo. Dec. a.-Aniscd, barks Adristic, Nj
asr. Ghlcago; Sovereign Of the Lakes, Miner, do !;
schr Bermuda, Stoweu, do.
, 1860-12-07
sc. 361. 500 136:a,0M 10,9R,1 100

0E{I &c. s3G. .110
Reducing the wheat TO Iont. the increase in the
receipts oi 1850 ie equal 10 3,0s6,1O0 barrels or
dnur.
The receipts at tide wateT Of the principal arti.
ccs Of produce. from the opening Of Canals to and
Including the cd inst have been Ia fnto,yt.-
, 1860-12-07

MARINE JOURNAL
PORT OF CHICAGO.
ARRIVED.

ARRIVED. a
schr Ellen Pike. Boyd, Darnard's Pier, 50 cords
wood.
6chr E Dalton. Thompson. Black Lako, 20 m
sfaves, 20 pkgs fish, ito bu wheat
CLEARED. ...Dec,6.
rrop Allegheny. Boynton, Trayeree Cit5. 100 tons
mdxe, II head cattle
, 1860-12-07

Our local money market has net undergone sny
very marked improvement, but &t1 thare ID an Ell.
dent tendency tha. way. Ohio, Michigan. sta.e
Rank 1ndiana, and Kentucky ranges from tos9
Is; TcnnAylysnia 5Gt10; Mary1and 8, The tendeu-
- keeins 10 be 10 an eAser state OF the exchanges
and We hope soon 70 b. able TO resume quotations
ueuaNy prevalent at this eeason Of tho year.
This Bank d Commeroc. Ede, p. closed its doors
some ten daye since We understand the failure to
hc lad 's:lc. The Rank df Crawford TO-, Mead
willie. Tn.. ha4 6tt" CLOSED ft4 d0orx s1e Inform
Cd. b;:' ;sc rat ovn able 10 learn anS-tLns u to
&hF facte.
, 1860-12-07
THE FIRST CHICAGO
Art-URion Distribution
FREE OF CHARGE,

Prizes. y.,nr6 ,t
1-1deal Statue ct r ashington represented IN
his 5"uth - having h4ct I'd tlis fathers
cherry tEtt-io BE- executed In Etatuarv
Marble. ~ l. II. .VhLE.....,... x.M
S-tifr -lAc rort:alt of Col T. L. Harris, Painted
from life BY y. ?. A. HsatT ........c :. 90
3-@Ih, 1fayrr:-an Ideal he1d OF gtfl With
,--,si1 xa!i ,,.1;x * l!EsL. !E:s i. -
~ atAec-.post.ulal eccnt 10
b.|:aE Shouting on the Prairie. I'D
- Nutdtn GEIarS" by flaw i'm SrtaSo a3
r.-lantscapc-Mnekfo1r Atbcy. Dy iK.CY.s.. 20
9.-NiHt"r srsne--t;ary Castle 80. b
M-i:strrn tr"n INIT TIE ulsrest ny srsosa ...-.... %
lc-Narsar View. q
E:-s~stins t,rn.i Dy TsAcr ~ ''... "a
It-La1dscsnc In Sew Jersey. Dy TkAcY -, %
Il ii, u and lS-fUrtFAit (anrre-to rrnrr4rnt
tsse Nketrs.Ss at th9 several boI1crs uf thn
f1fsilnnte Numbers. Of any friend xhey may
designate Fy t.'tk. yaiaed 1t so e1ch 1HD
19.-shrtp and Lamb lsy TE.lv =. ...... 81
H.-shccp aud ~" Lambs BY TxAcr ........,. 10
ssi-kandsc*E+;IFseneh scene. y T.AcT..- ..... .
s.-Snfpf1stI Der: .....,,.. 20
S;--Lanlscsps on Tho Dodder. ....... aj
-haaa.esft9.c .snsas q c.areh.~ ] ...:... i
=s.-uesr snd Fawn-~ Massrna. Affection" Dy
E.-NaEaae View. NJ sERoss %. ...... 10
- IL !. 1ncIulyC-s1 casts Of yn1k's statnet.e OF
stephan A. pouxAs, or of hta Nft.sixe 3fusk
OF Abraham Llncr.ln st ttle oEt1np Of tte
several drawers. Valued II - each........ 10
, 1860-12-07

ST. LoCts--The Democrat Of yesterday reports
tne money market easy in every line hut exchange.
II tsay5:
Ind Urgent. Exchange On the South is wanted b.
Eroccrs and nthcre* but there arc few dealers Who
eeen a.'e or inclined 10 dfaw At present The H.
New Orleans, By which letters have fafled Tor thc
last week makes bankers unstle to tell how their
New oils.ans balances are, and whether they can
css at Premium, and on the East at the same and
others At on The East while most are unable to
draW at MY price. Broker. and saving institutions
nl:ht, anu buy at I per cent. 1t IL somewhat
strange that there should be 80 large demand ii
Ais sane. and that the hanks unable to furnish
eapllic* The n!e1csntile community are gufIerfnr
tauca 1or 1".nt uf bankers a1d in the matter, Ii,
currency rntcs there Is no change to note-sI9k
discount nnrins, and d149 difcount ecltne Is til,.
range for Illinois and Wisconsin, '''0 '''
, 1860-12-07

From : to s. per cent Cheaper than retail des!esr
70. tic reason that We manufacture item ourselves
ne also plate Steel Knives and old spoons Fcrks.
Castore WaitoEs. Tea setta, dc. At short notice.
LANTERNS AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
l.. 4. EIAMBLEN L CO..
oMee and sa1etroom, Nos. Il and e State street,
NOS d541lm Ep-ei44A
, 1860-12-07

nOANE ELS NEW BARREL
IL MACHINERY.
WARRANTED THa BEST IN AMERICA.
Sl0J Gola~ BARRELS. 500 Gold.
In Offering this New aud Cnequaltci Darrct yarhiar-
- ~ the CuoPers Of the Northwest South We il,
70 With the fullest n:.araace that Il wlu be Eoaad
the best Id most Perfect. tle most Eeanen!leal
aud Labos saving nf any tn use. Ecaa tic Premiums
Awpr1ed II the different F1i7s In t>t0:
cluzcn Coopcss Of Ohio It Cincinnati t. S. Fal Pure
Of $130 In Ko1t.
Chicago Mechanica' Institute, Silver Yedal acd
diploma
Diploma ~ ~
ST. Lont. Mechanical Association Grand Cold Aeeal
md QfpfQIua. -. - -
, 1860-12-07
Total, *i9,s74.1+l 50 $50 ,6A Aba2l
1ncroase % coy1l.aEtd with 1a1Q. 36 f9G

1neTnase ~ coralartd with 1850. 6tN
NV YoEK sTocK MARxzr.-The New York
Stock Market opened hcary this morning. We're
fer to our dispatches for the closing prices:
The hsnk discounts will probably show large
lacrca.c Tomorrow. Last Monday thty showed ~
average discount Line. for 4be week previous, II
3le, ,@5t, decrease Of $75a SO from the pre-
viora statement: hut 1t Was well Known that Tic
average did not faIrly represent the actua expsn-
sion, ~ the heaviest dieconnis had been granted
on Friday. since then the banka have becn ouitc
liberal 70 thetr ca~toncrr. and it seems to Be ex-
ptctcd thEt The statement Of tomorrow will show
An pnprrcedep.e I'd increase.
Notwithstanding the bank discounts, money is
apprcciAbly dearrr in mercantile eircles thin II
WIS = week ngo No ont aecm1 willing to purchase
mercantile paper. cr:n At very high rates; evcry
one Eho has money appears anxious to hold It nj
y days. Hence. xhtln money il quite abundant on
eail = seEen ner cent PET .a9uln, ths best short
lest paper indeed not better than nfieen or
eighteen. At bank; regular dealers arc sup lied
with money enough: and aecosdingly. notwtth-
~, nAfnp ttIf, e3fkf6 No he6t nf fArr fs}1rras
, 1860-12-07

Ter aatc for checks on New York ruled from ,1Stl.
dis. onlsfdc there were sales Ut X discount f;,t
round ennas ot hank checks, tbig 1icke) and stil:
!nEthc5 " great 1ts1s q double A sight dtafts Al
hAnaa 1t s<Gl1 Iact dis and at Lie hour further
conccstion" were granted By sellers, Three dar.
ssaght was sold a y: dis. The general market.
drafts. In timr bills there was very i1tte dn;s,,
Me quote from 3, 3j5@4 and ~ f7c1 dis. In stgf
nns 'hsFe we5e @ tacs q documents At IS: c1trera.
5 5ates isom 9'&tss Clear bills were sold at 1Ook
over is ~ ITemittancea. making extremes from l0Qx
np to lvs Francs were taken at from 6.6sNs.ss
extremes running up to $50. One Of the bank
New York - $~SS'N-@ AZ SoA4A 1uta
, 1860-12-07
ZINE SILVER-PLATED
&ood9s

Expressly intended to meet the xants Of persons xish
Ing to purchase Er better article 2Q has previously
been made.
ut stoek Sonssks 2! ~ q leA seta Col
p!shcs Spoons. Forks. Ladies. kntyes Napkin ElnEa
Dc. all Ut our oxu make, aud will be
, 1860-12-07

c1Sc1sSAT1.-Frosn the Gazette Of yestcrdav W.
take the following:
Within The Last few da.7 there has becu heavy
demand tos cnrrsncr from The pork trade, spo
ha!Huc:s Ahfe Tds down considerably but he isrrt
decline which as taken p]nee In exchange viii se.
crrs 1; "a inward current Of bank notes. which viii
count os hs6 purchases 1ates Of interess hi u,,.
tcttlet md unreliable Most Of the buetness n,
INC regular houses ia transacted ut II per cent,
z cent z month.
The market Is abnndantly supplied with Easter,
Exchange, and rates continue to tend downwnrds.
Iae Tae, rates to.ds! we're \ prem; buying for New
vatlinF fgn.c: Late in the day, bankers check,
yafa wsss Hsaaea d: Without NJ dicuy at Kand tais
not very free buyers at 4 prem. hi = m,rIct
wns offered. @'' -A't'
Ne" e:dEAEs.-The C9esctnt OF Thursday Ia,
1epotsh The money market close, only IN occasion
, 1860-12-07
DOANE d IICIkLNCT-S
Stave Saving & Dressing

DVA&NA q AAI1&41ltlE7S
Stave Saving & Dressing
M a c. Fl I N T..
FOR TIGHT wo::K.
THIS Machine surra*:es al Others In every rs:tI:r
1aF It SAWS the %t1se from sc hotk. cnfYs-. and
planes ready to set up in the barrel alt at one cpcrn
tion, from ITO to 1nuo per dag. MI. nl1kc IS ,v
FL per daF clear c. al expenses. t. gu win tit, xe
al1 ktnus. Also.
DoASE's sTAvE CUTTING MACHINE, lv. Flour
naIrrE.
DoANE:s HEADING CUTTER t.. Flour Barrels.
DoASE'S HEADING TEI;SEE, for al kln..s &
DoASE:S HEADING Jo1STEE. t,r all k:ad. o.
DoASEs FOOT JoIETEIs, for Elour Dasres
DoaSE's HEADING FLASE1: for eli k1a.l. Of hcad..
DoASET EQCAL1z1SG MACHINE, fur all fin1s OF
Bat:tl staves-
Do-sSE.s HEAD SAVING; MACHINE, for ait kinda
e heads. TITS machtac I. also Tic Fest satn:lr
MIu cataut.
poAuckas thc onl- Barrel MscA.ncsy for Com,{.t,u.
Flour Hafrcas fsp1u the trudc Timber This iu3c!aery
has cost thousands Il de1lzss TO uf tru
aud sterl-pcstas all c&lupetlon out Of gErat1n
peaat hay TIC pe=t St.t.easTY Steam Engines aid
Machines, Wn.Hnrth's Patent P1anlr. al.eilnc. H.
Saving MacLnts Also tns most extensive assortment
of all knds OF The bcrt ,[schiarr7 for all rur1.e~ II
ute Sole Nettcra Agent ef I,nf++ T. Cos cr1ehrnkcd
brand Vt putca Anker oftlnC Cloths. large stock OF
HART + Ms.SSDS'S
, 1860-12-07
RailrDaD8.
CT. LOUIS, ALTON d CHI
~ CAGD RAILROAD.

Tho onfy direct route to Bloomington, fps4n8neG
AItnn and et LoufA WITHOEr CHANCE Or CAR3-
Two Express Trims d1.}y leave depot. Canal Fteek
svery morning texcept sunday and ayeFJ evening te1
c&nt Saturday.
, 1860-12-07

Patent FIGURING y Grist .r:lUx.
AL perfect and complete w1sa!a Themselves,
Also Leather ard Enbhe- Ilelt.ns Lactu-. pa.t}2..
&C. <c- It the verr lowtss ra@h psiceA
II Don't spend II for iia.rrl or staee Machinery
nntil you ~ee Doaae's. sert Tor catalogue asa e.
CutafS. Adarrs4 ", II, ItOANE
aayI+csyll3. Il. Clark street Chicayo
, 1860-12-07
T &c E n ED Sc WIN G
IL MACHINES,

The mauufaesuse Of al Unlicensed Sewing Machines
the extension of Eaa Iowek j.. Patent and the late
DECISIONS Of the Hnttd stsses Gosr hs
taker and -W3le-les WILSON, Companies, for vzri~
ons Improvement ta sewing Machines. We hare for
the Agency OF and now offer for sale the following
, 1860-12-07
BLAKE & loaM3TuAs ADJUSTABLE HENMER
Tho Nest complete Hemmer Ever Yet offered.


ErFtxtscr.-J.C G. Burroughs. b. D. President Chi
caKo University. Aiken Norton, EAnk=rs- Under
wood b Co. Comn1t.aioa Merchants, Rev. W z
Stewart F., RICHARDS i CO..
r. U. BOZ 3384- {FoFuletfy ok l. Cornell l. Ep)
no 2lG0ly
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-20
GEN. COOMBs IN NETWORK.

In consequence of the inclemency OF the weather,
the audience assembled at Mozart Hall TO hear Gen.
Coombs last evening WAS very small There were
only eighteen settees in the hall.
The President of the Young Mems Union Club stated
that there had not been advertisements or placards
nosted and published. Gen. Coombs, therefore, de-
clined to speak this evening. On Wednesday, how
ever he would speak, and public would BIO informed
Of it.
There were lound cries for "COombs." After
sbort desy the General said that he found IN small
corner Of an Obscure paper the tha ne
WAS TO spesk He should have something to say II
the people were ont to bear him. Seveny-nine years
ago these thirteen States became independent Ton
,ears AGO he stood on the battements of Yorktown,
and he felt as if he standing on holy grouhd'
And Yesterday he paid pilgrimage to the mead,
ouarters of Washington and he felt then az IL he stoO9
on holy ground. And be felt 50 whe9 no s.o ",o
rear Plymouth Rock. He there felt SIT he we're
in the shade of mighty tree whqse
brancbes extended TO the Pacific and the Gull. he
beoan 10 feel that he could make speech II he hso an
audience. lie had done some service 70 ane
tev in Keptus KY They ready for the lrrepressl
bic cor ict in Kentucky. Long ago they sin 20 .lo
Dsunioniss in the Gulf States that they wore perfectly
safe from the Abolitioni5si Kentucky stood between
Them and danger. Kentucky long ago lay 40 "n aiouB
the Ohio with her big toe III the mud OF the MISSISSIPPI
erd she was there. Kentucky was an hrspresaois
Union State Set up the flag OF Disunion mere, ana
he uOuld beat II not OILY %)jofo, nc no "u ."
no zoo 0O0 votes He iold them that they wond take
care car of the Aboonifts they would shave hall tneir
heads put striped breeches on thsm ana learn ae
GOOD trade And they would not charge tnetn IepS
Iris had struck the Seceseioniss az II trey hai
been struck by hssh Of lightning IL REQ laoeo nun
of The hymn sung good deal Dy ME r'hs''N' P'''N1
zion: ..,. az
IRON yanitee TO vsntye. Great l'ushteII
Tb.v had fonpd ont the man who killed Cock Robin,
and The man who struck Billy Patterson and ne ha1
the honor 20 be that man. Laughter ana applause /,
He told them: Lie still boys" IL REMINDED mn VI
an anecdote Of an old woman in Buncon0e Oouny
North Carolina who used TO strike nre WIN
little powder flashed into tow in an old sun mis-
cbieyous little grandson, when she went out, pu' IA
ot of gravel The old lady in and tegsn TO make
her are-the little fellow hiding himself nnder the bed
She poured 30 into the pau and shook 1t INTO me
barrel, and by and-by when hhe got good lot III,
fred H. Insesd Of ietiirg Ere TO tbs tow, rs usual
The wbo'e charge went off knocking over the old wo
msu ind blowing the top of tho roof OIL. fhs little
fellow pesped OaJ and SAID: Lac t''' oIai, tnoiS
,jx more charges 70 come :" That was what hs siid-
! the Fix more charges would come from Delaware,
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-20

ONO ELEcrroS.-The Ohio State Journal has
ocs returns from sixty eight counties for candidates
the State ticket In these counties, Murray, Repub-
lican candidate for Attorney General has "a ITO pu-
rsliiy. Semi-cAlch reports aud estimates for the
remaining eight counties give him plurality OF I'll
The Cincinnati Gazette thinks Brinkerhof's majority
will not vary 200 from 10 900 way or tho other
The official figures for six counties, added TO the report
of The STATE Journal, make a gain for Brinkerhof
over The estimate Of tba. paper of 48 correspond
ing gain Denpisons vote, In the eight counties to
be heard FROM would give him net maj oIity of about
1890.
1t will be observed that Brinkerhoff ran largely
behind bis ticket. For instance, Murray received a
majority over S,smbsugh Democrat and HutcheSon
AmeresDl in sixty counties of 1893, while
Bibkerbofrs majority in the same counties is only
- $50 showing that 1000 Republicans refused to sup
port Biinkerhof. The majority over fusion, or the
Anti Republican elements. then In sixty eight coun'
ties, is sIsETrES THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED And T"EN-
II TBREK.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-20
Railroad Convention.

ATcHEsON, X. T., Friday, Oct. ~, I86U.
The State Railroad Convention to devise a system
of Railroad grants to be presented to Congress assem-
bled at Topeka on We'd lesday last Gov. Roberts OF
Wysndot wss President, and John A. Martin OF
Atchisop, Secretary. very large number Of dele
gates were present Teary every County IN the Terri
iory ben Q Represented. The Convention adopted the
following schedule Of Railroad grants:
one giant for load f,om Wyandot up the Kansas
Valley to Fort Riley; one for a road from Atchson
westward to the gold minesi one for road from
Atcbison via Topeka and Council Grove in the drec-
ton Of Santa Fe; one for adfrom Lawrence south
in the direction of Fort Gibson; one for road from
the Missouri State line known as the Jefferson City
and Neoshs Valley Railroad.
The Convention was in SESSION two dsys. A Com
ittee was appointed these grams upon the "a
yorahle confederation of Congress.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-20

Last Winter the let Assembly District OF Saratoga
Go represented in the Legislature by John Fulton,
elected by the Democrats by 600 majority. The Ia
D;strct az represented by Mr. Ellsworth, elected by
,be Republicans. They both voted for the Railroad
ans over tie Governors veto. Fulton has been taken
np by ,hs Democrats and Tenonina'edi the kspHS,
~, have nominsted Joel Seymour, well known in
nOa"' =. having been an extensive merchant for
IN v,ars. aud in Saratoga County as retired
ts.ms, In the lid Dis,i the Republicans have re-
larms, E,worh and Ellsworth has left the Repub-
oon na,ty He hiss since been taken up by the Dem
ocrats ... (,..o.,;., 90
S,vsr u' held a, Moown on ThnT'd aSi- the
.oora,. and FusoOists nominated 1uoge An@r1 ,
Democrats ~ Morris County, for Congress Mr. Cobb
was formerly wig but on The dl'' Se ~ae elected
party joined the Democrats by whom "' ""' ''' y
10 the State Senate
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-20
From PHILADELPHIA.

PHILADELPHIA, Friday Oct -, I86U.
Thomas Richards, An old aud esteemed merchant,
died suddenly yesterday at the moment when his
friends about oelebra ing his golden wedding and
the marriage of his daughter. He in his eighty
first yesr and quite pfirm and somewhat excited
in anticipation Of the day g festivities.
Franklin Buildings five stories in hight, in the rear
OF Franklin Hall, on Sixth street, balOw Arch, were
burned this morning. They were occupied by Duncan
White, bookbinder whose loss is s., 500; William 5.
YouDg Job printer in wnOse premises several weekly
and monthly paper forms were destroyed, in,ludng
thoee of The Presbyterian Quarterly ReD,eg ana
sCbTfSfiau Iasfructor-loes unesimaed; Smith s. Pc
ters stereotype printers, loss $1,000. The building
was owned BY HuliDgs Cowperthwaite. The total
loss SIS 000 and is covered By insurance. The IRE
Uas the result Of accident
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-20

A HORRIBLE MURpER.-A correspondent of TIE
Chicago Press and Tribune, writing from Altoona,
ILL.,, on the 18th inst gives the following particulars
of horrible affair:
"Our usually quiet and peaceable community hsx
lust been thrown into extraordinary state OF excite
ment BY the receipt of the intelligence of the murder
of the wife and two little daughters of George W.
Orendorff the latter aged respectively and years
TIE circumstances, nearly as can be ascsrssuea>
are as follows:
"Mr Orsndorff lives about six miles from Delsvsa.
in Tazewell County, on the Delayan Prairis nitesh
miles west of this place. On yesterday morning, Nc
ar his hired man started for the timber about i've
miles Distant ~ work and did not return unul after
dark last night. On entering the mousse Nc ucogereo
light, and went in TO see wnet tne matter was "nen
he was stricken with horror by stumbling over the
lfeess BODY OF his wife. He at once called Tor hs
hired map and light was soon struck, aud snli
more horrible and hesrtTendlng picture presented
itself Near its mother lay his youngest child dead;
and inst outside of the door lay ms oldest child, not
dead but speechless and dying.
"The alarm was az once given, and several Of the
nejQbbors were coon upon the spot. On examination
it was found that the fendsh crime had been mstsd
with the back part of ak, with repeated blows-
Nine wounds were found upon Mrs Orendorff, seven
of which were considered sufficient to produce death
if dealt siDgy. The youngest child was much msnglsd
about the head; the eldest seemed 10 have made its
escape from the house, aud was caught In the yard
and stricken down with club.
" On further examination is was discovered that all
the drawers and places whers vausbes vera likely to
be kept had been opened, and from 5000 $40 and a
Cots revolver taken. A considerable amount Of
money in the house, belonging TO an estate Of
which Mr.. Orendorff was administrator but was not
found by the scoundre
The citizens of the southeastern portion of Taze-
well and the northwestern portion of this logan
county out masse in search OF the murderer and
it is confidently believed that he will be arrested"
The murderer lie named OF, and has been arrested
He is a German, and had been In the employment %
Mr.. Orendctf; but WA discharged for an a.teTs,sd
outrsr.