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The North-Carolinian., 1860-02-18

na The Syracuse Standard says that a
young lady who had live for number of years
in the family Of the Reverend ]. B. Ben
ham, missionary among the Onondaga Indians.
as an adopted daughter. and npon whom this
excellent family had lavished their affections
and favors. has recently requited them for their
i kind Offices toward her by marrying one of the
aboriginal tribe. The ceremony bymenial was
performed by the father of the young man, Mr.
Ikenado, (who is himself minister) during
| the absence of the missionary and his wife. So
severe and cruel was the blow that they at once
determined to resign their charge and leave
the Mission.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16

TERRIBLE REVENGE AMONG THE INDIANS
The correspondent of the St. Paul Minnesota,
writes as follows: During the time Of the an.
nual payment made to the Chippewas: yeai
ago, Chippewa warrior was shot dead by
another of different band, of the same
tribe. Although strong efforts were made al
the time by the civil authorities to effect an
arrest, yet the murderer escaped. Nothing
was known Of bis whereabouts until he turned
up last week at Swan River. Having entered
the camp, the squaw Of the murdered warrior
recognized him. She Immediately procured a
gun and shot him dead. His brother, who
happened to be present, levelsd his rife and
killed the widow on the spot. Her brother
then shot the latter, and was in turn killed.
Thus, four had fallen to satiate the retaliating
vengeance go sweet to ssvagss, who have no
proper conception of what justice is.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16
The Growth of Crime.

It becomes an undoubtsd duty Of those who
are not engulfed in the wave that shipwrecks
the character Of so many mon, to observe the
lessons statistics furnish Of the degenerateness
of our fellow-men, and, while we are caring
for the orderly portion Of society, by booom
ing restraint of the disorderly, to look well
TO the increased attention to the cause of edu
cation, particularly to that education best given
by competent and conscientious mothers. We
insert this little stump speech just here, for The
sducators are nsglecting sadly the physical
and mental culture Of girls-the prospective
mothers Of the pew race.
We desire to mako an expression in an srti.
Gle Of yesterday still stronger. The Peniten
tisry Of Ohio contains nearly $50 convicts
All over 700 have to be guarded in the hospi
tai, there not being coils enough. When III,
present State prison was FIRST tensnted, in 1884
there were in 1t but 1874 convicts. AT the clost
of November last there were s53. The in.
crease in the last five years has been abou
twenty per cent. per aunum; in the last yea
over thirty three per cent. In 1857 there wore
3O5; in 1858 there were 43l. As in six years
225 have been sent from Hamilton County
some wsg suggested that another peniten
tiary might be secured by "wsllipg in" Gin.
oinnati.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16
II. =. senator from Ohio,

II is said that il was the intention of the
majority of the General Assembly of Ohio t.
have met in joint session on the day after th,
Inauguration of Gov. Dennison, and to have
elected Salmon P. Chase U. s. Senator from
Ohio. There were fears entertained that tn,
Democrats would unite with the minority o
anti Chaise Republicans, and refuse to go into
joint session. We have heard that the
Democracy are ready to go into an election.
and desire the return of either Mr.. Pugh OF
Mr.. Chase to that distinished post. Mr.. C
will of course be chosen. By what authority!
Some waggish Democrats have signifed a
design to introduce resolution into the House
calling upon Gov. Dennison for his portfolio
of correspondence, which furnished him such
spirited intelligence of the contemplated dis
union movements of the South, mentioned in
his inaugural, but as he had been but few
moments Governor, they concluded it would
not be proper to call for private advices.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16
The Laurence Disaster.

TThe lengthy testimony before the coroner
we have greatly condensed, as il throws no
new light upon the terrible disaster.-ED.]
LAwRENCE, January Is. Mr.. Coolidge
thought it was intended in the original plan
that pilasters should be carried up three stories;
don't know why plan was altered; consider
projections on which the timbers rested in the
upper stories strong and safe enough. If the
floors fell in no walls could resist them, had
they been two feet thick. As whole re-
garded it as an imperfect structure, having
discovered defect In one Of tho pillars; was
somewhat suspicious Of them, but never an
ticipated such result as has happened. Era.
John P. Putnam testified as to the building
of the mill; said it was the stesdiest he ever
knew. f4 3tfHN
LAWRENCE, January 14.--The Mayor to-day
received donation for the sufferers of $500
from Messrs. Lathrop, Ludington & Co., Of
New York. T1t0. ;-t
The remains Of Mary Barret, aged twenty
four, and Catharins weney,aged twenty-two,
were discovered in the ruins to-day. Both
additional bodies were also found, but they
five bodies at the City Hall, but two are ut
gorly unroCpShi1auioI huu tue otu0r shEo0 Von
only be recognized by shreds Of clothing--one
of the latter is the whole trunk of o woman.
On the night of the accident a little daugh-
ter of James Bannon, ten years old, was pinned
fast in the ruins. When the flames broke out,
and seeing there was no escape for her, she
took her due-bill from her pocket and handed
it to another girl near her, and said: "You
will be saved; I will not; give this to my poor,
dear father, and bid him good-by for me-"
The most complete list Of the dead and
missing that has appeared is contained in the
Lawrence Sentinel, and figures up as follows:
Dead, SO; missing, 107. 1t makes the num-
Der badly wounded 1O9, and those slightly
wounded 199. 7t" HF94a
The inquest was resumed this morning:
Charles S. Storms, Agent Of the Essex Com
pany-I think the cause Of the accident came
from the sinterior, and not from the walls; II
from the latter, there must have been large
cracks. James Patterson and Josiah W. jack
son, who were in the mill, but not wounded,
testified that the fall of the building was prob
ably owing to the weakness Of the pillars.
The inquest was then adjourned again until
Monday afternoon
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16

EXTRAORDINARY ADDRESS OF A MURDER
FROM THE GALLOws.-The telegraph has men
toned the execution of Patrick Maude, at
Newark, N. j., for the murder of his sister,
A minute before the fatal drop fell he delivered
this semi -ludiorous, semi i-horrible harangue:
''Come up here, Bishop Hughes; come up
here, Henry Beeeher Stowe, who wrote uncle
Toms Cabin; and if there is any one here from
Kentucky, let him come up here, and will
count his slaves for him. Jersey and New
York are free States. Let me compare them
with Kentucky, and I'll find more slaves in
the prisons and asylums than Kentucky has
The asylums are filled with victims of witch
craft, made 80 by priests, lawyers and doctors
who are all alike, and are the three great en-
gines Of Satan. There is Wards Island and
BlackwelPs Island, full of slaves; and there's
the insane asylums, another branch of slavery,
where you are deprived of what reason you
had when you entered them. A third branch
of slavery is the running away Of niggers by
Beecher and the Abolitionists. They send the
poor devils to Liberia, where they starve out
and die. Come on, id necromancers come
on; you can gain but little by executing me.
Let no one say am lunatic; those asylums
are full of witchcraft. 1 won't blame the
women much, for they are destroyed in early
life. Priests ruin them, and get the doctors to
procure abortion. / advise you all to leave
this country. Every man in America wants
an Office. tell you it is all done by witch
craft and the priests. When q thief comes
here he is treated like gentlemen; but an
honest man, driven to desperation by an
abandoned woman, is strung up like dog. l
was driven to the gallows by witchcraft,
th rnunh fYnu n Co, H.. i
perjured himself, and told the jury to convict
me.
They thought they smashed my fgurohead
when they sent me to the asylum, but | es-
capped They caught me, and have now raked
my hull, But prefer death to being confined
in jail. Life and liberty are of no use to me
l was hunted like wild beast; and no man
on earth can say injured him, though I was
thirteen years in England aud going on thir-
teen in America. | have injured no ono. /
have faith IN God. | ask Almighty God 10
look on my misery and what I am going TO
suffer.
Almighty God look down on me and sec
what suffer, and forgive me! Oh, God of
justice, take vengeance on my id family,
who bewitched me! Jesus Christ look down
from Heaven, and see how they murder people
IN asylums, and witness the abortions of the
doctors and may the vengeance of an adjust,
wise and powerful God fall upon them all,
Poole was q id villain, for he robbed me
of my property in BrOad-street but he is now
in hell, for he died raving maniac. This
country will be destroyed as were Jerusalem
Tyre, sdon, Sodom and Gomorrah. Turbott's
wife told me she would stay with me, even IL
killed her; and so she did, for I heard her
voice the first thing this morning, saying, "I
have you now." May God Almighty have
mercy on my soul!
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16
I ". M. M. LIBRARY ssoclation.

This Cincinnati Association was organized
on the 18th of April, 1888. We suggest that
the next anniversary of that day, being
uaari-centennial-on fourth of century
be honored by special remembrance of the
forty-fve founders.
The followiug-named young men hold a
preliminary meeting at the Independent Fire
Engine and Hose Company, on Fourth-street,
on the aboye-named day, for the purpose Of
establishing a library aud reading -room-I.
D. Wheeler in the chair, and W. R. Smith
Secretary, viz: Charles G. Springer, Moses
Ranney, James Wiles, A. M. Paxton, W. R.
Smith, Elbridge Lawrence, Palmer Holland,
J. III. Merriweather, Thomas Merriweather,
Henry Shaw, Chas. G. Saokett, L. Lardner,
Petor 0utoalt, William Parry, j. L. Brown,
VIM. H. Harrison, Edward Dawson, D. T..
pistt, ]. H. Raymond, John w. Ellis, NJ.
Murray, j. D. Thorpe, W. N. Green, j. R.
Mavor, A. M. Bryson, G. W. Kimberly, Jas.
9. Hall, I. D. Wheeler, J. A. Lewis, S. A.
Spencer, John P. Tweed, Rowland G. Mitch
ell, William Wells, Gideon M. Ayres, Robert
Brown, Peter Brown, VIM. Watts, D. G. Lock
wood, John G. Macy, Alfred Wood, D.. X.
Este, Geo. Hough, Leonard Avery, Ed. Parry,
and e. Carter.
The following is list of Presidents-1S35-
S6r4O, Moses .lRanney; 1887, Rowland G.
Mitchell; 1sSS-42, VIM. Watts; 1889, l. d.
Wheeler and Chas. G. Saokett; 1s41, Charles
Dufield; 1s43-44, John W. Ellis; 1s45-46, r.
M. W. Taylor; 1847-4S, John w. Hartwell
1S49, George 7. Stsdman; 1s5O-51, Joseph G.
Butler; 1928, James Lupton; 1854, Henry
| D. Huntington; 1855, Charles R. Fosdick
1856, A. B. Merriam; 1857, Samuel M. Muir.
ply; 1858, VIM. ]. whiteman; 1859, Charles
W. Rowland; 1880, Theodore Cook.
This epoch in the history Of the Association
should be marked in the calendar, by new en-.
terprises for its advancement. It is now q
nucleus of great prosperity, and although it
success must depend upon the efforts aud
patriotism of its active members; yet now il
the time for some wealthy citizen to bestoW
upon it such sums as will largely increase it,
usefulness. Let the Directors prepare for M
appropriate celebration of the 25th anniver
sary of the organization of the Y. M. M. l.
| Association.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16
The "want'' Column-An Persons are
Interested.

The PENNY PRsss is read in all circles. We
have now--say ten to each copy-an average
list of daily readers Of Eighty Thousand. The
"Want" Column is the readiest and surest
resort, at cheap cost, to learn places Of en-.
ployment or secure rent Of rooms or houses.
Hundreds Of other wants can be met by a short
advertisement. Why should not a note be
sent TO our paper, to appear next morning
stating needed repair or supply? Two inser-
tions are made Of fve-line advertisement,
in the above named for twenty-five cents, and
it would wear out more shoe-leather than thai
to run round and make the search.
Read this column, house keepers and others
and study its usefulness. Our paper is within
the reach of all, and is taken almost every
where. We have letter-box, in which per
sons can find, daily, replies to their commu
nications, addressed to any signature their ad
vertisement suggests. Some persons ge
twenty or thirty answers, and from then
make their own selection. The whole matte
works well, and gives general satisfaction
Send in your "wants" to the Penny Press.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16

AN ESGLIsHMAN WOUNDED BY NEAPoLITAN
SoLDIER.-The Paris correspondent of the
Morning Post contains letter from Naples
dated December 10, which says:-"Mr. Alfred
Major, an English resident silk merchant al
Naples, on the Sth inst, was riding on horse.
back at the camp whore the troops were assem-
bled for the grand mass. He was smoking
his cigar, which is not allowed at that moment
at the place. A gendarme approached him
and ordered him to put away the cigar. The
tinued smoking. The gendarme then, with hi,
bayonet, attempted to thrust the cigar from
his mouth, for which impertinence the Eng
lishman horsewhipped him. The gendarmt
then, with the bayonet, and without any fur.
ther ceremony, seriously wounded him. The
wound is dangerous, and may result mortally
Mr.. Majors conduct was undoubtedly in bat
taste, and little too English"
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16
DIED..

FITZPATRIOK-0n Sunday morning, the 18th
inst, at o'clock, of lingering Illness Patrick
Fitzpatrick. -I f,.
His funeral will take place at o'clock this day
from ?65 John-street. The members of st. Patrick
Society are invited to attend his funeral. =,
BRlSTOL-On Friday morning, the 18th inst,
Charles Henry, only son Of William II. and Harriet
Il rSb Brist3l, ,g eyed yesrsl month and IA days.
FERGUS0N-On Friday evening, January 10, at
~ O'Clock, Mrs. Jane H.-Ferguson, aged seventy
six, relict Of the late Captain James Ferguson.
The funeral will take place this morning, at IL
Shoenberger, No. Ill Broadway. lff'
STEAVENS-0n Saturday afternoon, January IA,
Of scarlet fever Anna Rebecca, youngest daughter OF
W. II; and Louisa Steayens, aged years and II
months.
Funeral will take place to-day, 10th inst, at :
O'Clock, from the residence of her father 1874 Syca
more street.
BUTLER-Ats s o'clock Friday morning, January
l3 of congestion of the lungs, Edith May, daughter
OF yamesJ. and Mary Butler, aged years 9 months
and Is days. ;t.. 'rf-Gf.t', r. a
OOCHNOWER-On January .1S, at IL o'clock P.
M Of scarlet fever, Luticia, daughter of John and
Amanda M. Cochnowsr.
OARR-In New York, on Thursday, January IL
OF consumption, Margaret, wife of John Carr, aged
40 years,
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16
Welcome to the Stranger.

The Directors of the Young Mems Mercan.
tile Library Association have arranged will
Mr.. 0. P. Baldwin, a literary gentleman o.
Richmond, Va, to lecture in this city soon
on the hopeful subject, "The Good time com.
ing" The distinguished gentleman from the
South will, no doubt, have a large audience
and will have an opportunity to see and judge
of the prosperous Queen City of the West
We trust that the good time will soon be
coming when the North and the South, and
the East and the West, will all be strong in
Union,
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16
A Pioneer Woman Dead.

But few of the wives or widows Of the frs
pioneer settlers of Cincinnati survive Mrs
Jane H., relict Of Captain james Ferguson, ol
Ferguson, as he was called at one time. Hei
husband came to this place in 1890, when il
was necessary to protect the choppers who
felled the trees to build his cabin, at the cor.
Aer Of Third and Main-streets. The Indiant
hung around the new settlement observing
from the nights, where now is tho Observa
tory, the progress making by the white msr
around Fort Washington. Captain Ferguson
had, in 1892, an interview with his friend
Colonel Hardin, few days before he left ForI
Washington, corner of Third-street and
Broadway, with Major Truman, with flag of
truce, designing to negotiate treaty with the
Western Indians. Hardin told Ferguson of
his fears, that the Indians would violate the
Gag and assassinate him, which foreboding
proved true, as the embassy was fred upon;
three were shot down, and the fourth was
finally put to death. Captain F. was, after
the peace Of Greenville, one of the first store
keepers in Cincinnati.
In later years he kept his assorted wares
and merchandise at the southeast corner of
Main and Fourth streets. His mansion was
On the lot extending from Seventh and Vine.
streets, including the site of the present Ohio
Mechanics Institute Building, which many
of the youngest pioneers remember as grass
plat and cornfeld. AS DR.. Drake said, Times
busy fingers are weaving vail between the
present and the past, and our matrons of early
day are departing behind the curtain to be
seen no more here by those who cherished and
loved them for their noble gifts and their
generous qualities. Mrs. Ferguson's remains
are to be removed from the residence of her
son-in-law, George X. Shoenberger, on Broad
way, this morning al ton O'Clock.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
Sunday Evenings Dispatches.
The Peston Dinner.

PHrLADELrHIi, January 14.-The dinner at
the Academy of Music to Hon. Bailie Peyton,
Gis. tins evening, was q pleasant affair; Senator
Nelson Of Tennesse, Mr.. Giilmer Of North Car.
olina, and Hon. Mr.. Dunn of Indiana, were
among the invited guests, the Mayor presiding.
After dinner tho doors Of the Academy were
thrown open to the public, and large num-
Der Of ladies collected. Speeches were made
by Messrs. Peyton, Crittenden, and others.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16
The Book Purchases of State Commits
siOner of Common Schools.

oAVhSA Va SOhAAAOh oChOUxbe
The war Of the doctors are not fercer than
those Of the booksellers sometimes are. The
contracts to furnish books for State libraries
prove an unfailing source of mischief. The
Commissioner is assailed at any rate, whether
he does right or makes sharp trade for self.
Mr.. Barney, who was good and true man,
was thus assailed, and now, covert or openly,
Anson Smyth has to undergo the ordeal of
criticism and censure. The war on him began
before the people voted for him. Now, that
the General Assembly is in session, we learn
that call is to be made for a list of his pur-
chases, and all the details of his contracts
The salary or perquisites of the Office should
be very good to satisfy one for running this
gauntlet of the press and the book sellers.
We stick to the perseouted Commissioner until
We are convinced that he is not the proper
man, as a public officer, to stick to.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16

A SPIRITUAL WIFE TURNS OUT FIRST. GLASS
V11EN.-A Boston dentist was married to a
Kansas widow by counsel of the Spirits in that
city, the other day, and under pretense of
being in "trance," states she pulled her hus
bands hair, scratched his face, and beat him
until he thoughta spiritual wifsa very uncom-
Portable companion. He obtained divorce,
and she then acknowledged she hated him,
and had assumed her frances to revenge her,
self on her husband.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16

DARING HOTEL RoBBERY.--The room of
Keller Kurtz, an agent for the sale of gold pens,
and guest Of the Gayoso House, in Memphis,
Tenn, was entered, day or two ago, by a
william, who choked X. until he was senseless,
and then, with pistol pointed at his head ,
compelled him to unlock his trunk, from which
the william stole $110 in money, gold watch
and large number of gold pens with silver
cases; and then, leaving his victim bound an i
gagged, left the hotel, and had not at last
accounts been arrested.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16

A CHILD ROASTED ALIvE.---A few days ago
in New Orleans, child two and q half years
old, daughter of Madame FRANKIE, left alone
in room by its nurses, attempted to climb up
on the fender for the purpose Of taking some
thing off the mantle, and, in doing SO, fell
inside between the fender and fire, and was
roasted alive. ,e1 e
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16

A WIFE OF LEGISLATOR ELoPKs WITH A
YouTH.-The New York Erprsss has long
story about the wife of former member OF
the State Legislature running away with a
youth Of eighteen. The runaway spouse Is
said 10 possess considerable personal attrac.
tons, is thirty.six years of age, and is the
Possessor of handsome property in her own
right. She has bean married eighteen years
and has five children. Before eloping she
took $4,000 with her in cask. 5
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16

BOLD ROBBERY IN VIRGINIA.-A daring rob
berry was committed by fellow just out o
jail, in Petersburg, recently. He entered tn
room Of Mr.. Elan, aimed blow at his head
which the latter psrried, and jumping out o
bed, ran out for assistance, found it, and cam,
back in time to arrest the robber, who in tn,
meantime had stolen Q watch and revolver
and was sitting before the FIRE, pretending t.
be very drunk.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16

A New TENoR CREATING A SENSATION. The
Havana papers by the Cahacba contain en-
thusiastic account of a new tenor who ha,
just made his debut ut the Tacon. Signoi
Musiani, the gentleman in question, i.
described as the equal of Tambsrlick, if MOI
his superior. He sings the famous u d,
Poitrine with ease, and his performance in the
"Troyatore" created the greatest sensation
ever known there,
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16

A MAN DEFENDING WIFE is Shot DEAD BY
HER HUsBAsD.-- Herman Hook, residing in
Manchester, Mo-, near St. Louis, interfered
recently to prevent one Hammond Dorle from
making second assault upon his wife, when
D. seized p rife and shot H. through the
heart. Dorle was arrested and committed to
iail rf ,f + XXI
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16

DEATH FROM A SLIGHT woUSD.-J amss ].
Rhodes, farmer on the Wild Cat Prairie,
Wis, died recently from the effects of q slight
wound in the palm of the hand, received
about three weeks before. He was brushin Q
the snow from bench with his open hand,
and pricked the palm with common table
fork, causing wound in which he caught
ooId
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16

MARRYING SIX WIVES IN THREE WEEKs.---
A young man, calling himself Davis Fergu-
son, and other aliases, has been travelling re-
Gently through Wisconsin and Iowa, and do.
ing large business in the way of marrying
young girls and appropriatipg other peoples
property. Within three weeks he married nc
less than six. wives. This young man must
be initiating Henry VIII.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16

AN EXTENSIVE RAILWAY PURCHAsE.--Baron
Rothschild is said TO have purchased from tho
Government the railroad from st. Petersburg
to Moscow, for something like $64, 900 900,
which, If true, will exert very great influence o
on Russian finances, and relieve the now de
pressed commerce and industry of the coun
tpu
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-16

A HUSBAND ELOPgs FROM AND Is REcAPTURBD
BY HIS WIFE.--A Canadian Frenchman, Pierre
Corier, left Montreal and his wife, some timo
since, with the proposed intention of going
West on business; but he found another wo
man at Niagara, and proceeded with her to
Cleveland. His wife learned of his infidelity
and followed him, and by recourse to law,
compelled her unfaithful husband to return
homa