The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1860-03-01
Brave.

Mary Fuller, a young girl imprisoned in the
Ohio Peni.entiary for countcrfeiting made her
escape on the LIST inst, from the fifth story Of
the prison, by getting out Of her window and
passing along the side of the building, upon
the cornice, which is about eighteen inches
broad. Walking along the front of the build.
ing, at height of fifty or sixty feet from the
ground, with nothing to hold to, and upon this
narrow projection site reached, at the distance
of about forty feet from her room window, a
place where it was necessary for her to jump
about twelve feet to the roof of the west
wing This leap was taken in safety; and the
dauntless girl next fastened to the corner Of
the roof rope which she had made of her bed
ding grasped it in her hsnds, and swinging
from the roof, passed down on the outside of
the wall, over windows where other convicts
were sleeping, ard then to the ground, where,
ara distance of forty five feet from the roof
she met a confederate.
OnSalarge portion Of the most important
committees, Speaker Pennington has appoint
ed men as cllairmen, known to be obnoxious
to the South. Nj @1l NJ a.. "'
B Elections ] ohnA Gilmer, of North Caro:
!llina.5 I'M S4ss y,..s
Ways md Means John Sherman. of Ohio.
| judiciary John Hickman, of Pennsylva-
Mas sf " .4g
/, Territories Gslasha a. Grow, Of pennsyl-
vania. .s,is 4. .79s 49, 7.,s
Military Affairs Benjamin Stanton Of
Ohio. il5ss ii II Sss
Naval Affaisss reenan II Morse q Ohio.
RI Miieag oln y. "a shMore, of south CARROLL
ma. s5is ~ ss.s sss
DEMocRArrc AposrLE AND a Convert. Down
Iin Egypt, Illinois, Deacon Smith one day Was
called upon to rnarry an I'D couple not less
than sixty years " age. The crowd assembled
IatthcsoM log school house tos zee the happy
couple Joined together. The deacon and the
tmlrital candidates rose. ss; ii
2 Mr.. Zones, Y said the deacon, e andssarah
Long, stand up. Do you. Mr.. Jones, take
Sarah Long, whom you hold by theriehtland
to be your lawful;and welded wife 90 llolg as
you both shall lives?''
NJ 81, JoaSott Aoinl AusVoAee, eeO
long as we both allagree."
This natter being understood, the deacon
Proceeded:
Y" Do you, Sarah Long, take Mr. Jones, whom
you hold BY the rght hand, to be your lawful
and welded husband so long as yod botllshail
live " ~
No, sir, DRAGON Smiths 90 long as Mr.
Jones shallvote the Democratic lcket,'' re-
piled The patriotic female. -
The happy couple were Joined together, and
went on their why rfjoicing
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A SPEAKER Tn TEaPoRE:- On looking,inio'
Judge Sutherlahd's Con rcssianal ManuaL we
find the following note ats pages az:
April 2Olh:7 The Speaker ofthe House
Representatives being indisposed, the House
elected the Hon George Dent Speaker pro TEN. ~
sasMay 2Sth; 179s ~ message from thcHousc
receiued By Tie seaote. informing that body that
the Hon. George Dent hadsbeen chosen .Spealc,
pro tenn, and tlIat he had sgael an enrolled bill
Which the CLERK ,ofthe House was desired 10
bring to the Senate for the signature Of the
A Vice President rs
:. This is the only instance" says Judge
Sutherland, "tlmt have met Within my ex-
animation Of thejpnrnals in wiiclfa Speaker
\ pro tenporsofthe House signcdsthc blllna
H q g / n l.