tilt CoWet& &IC- A ?ENNSILVILNIA INDEPRNOENT JOURNAL. .0413x.mrn2ax.a.., SATURDAT 3 AUG. 9, 1856. BURLING.I.94 BROOK.S.—It appears we are to have.s, sequel to this affair, and anoth er "amicable adjustment",-zes is . the case in these later times. Gen. Lane,. Brooks' sec ond, has addressed a letter to Mr. Campbell, saying that Brooks is prepared to meet Bur lingameany place within a. hundred miles of Washington. Mr. Campbell replied that his principal was absent and he had no au thority to speak for him. From the "pluck" Burling tree has shown, we think he will an swer Mr. Brooks .eballenge with a rifle; as soon as he returns to Washington. The chi valry of modern days is wonderful and le.- coming more so as we advance in arts and sciences. We have no wish to see either of the parties ittiured and think tbey will not be.: but we think it about time the duelling system, as at present practised in the 'United States, should be broken up. It requires too much interference on the part of friends, and thepszties are held in too heavy amounts t tb keep the peace. POLITICAL ''lie "Drumore Shoemaker," formerly an antagonist of the "13uckeyel,31neksmith," in .adetter to The Deinocratie County Commit munounces his intention to support Col. Fremont at the coming election. Dr. John son is a tolerably fluent speaker and fond of the stamp. The returns from Kentucky indicate Dem ocieratic gains in the counties carried by that party, while the American majorities are reduced. At the Democratic Convention ,of this State, in Chambersburg, on the 6th instant, John Rowe received,the nomination for Sur veyor General, in place of Judge Ives, re signed. The Come:nit:ln was full and the mass meeting, the same day, vera - large. At the American State Convention at Harrisburg on Tuesday last, the following ,electoral ticket was =elected: lion. Andrew Stewart, lion. Joseph It. Ingersoll, Senatorial. 1 Armstrong C. • Flommerfelh 2 Henry White: 3 Joseph J. jr.; 4 Henry D. Moore; 5 Daniel 0. dlitner; 0 Isaac Newton; 7 Caleb N. Taylor; S John C. Myers; 0 Samuel Keneagy; 10 Henry W. Snyder; 11 liimber Cleaver; 12 Robert F. Clew; 13 Samuel Yoke; 14 To be filled; 15 George W. Youngman; 16 Josiah Y. Ifos:hour; 17 D. S. Duffield; 18 George IV. Patton; 10 Joseph 11. Kuhns; 20 John 11. Wells; 21 Wm. A. Wright; 22 Henry Philips; 23 John 11. D. Nesbit; 24 James N. Hetherington; 25 James Webster. -EITEEARY NOTICES .01-. Z• We have received from W. & W. II Freeman, Book Agents, Lancaster, Pa., Nos mph Au. 5 coutains a beautiful en.2.Tav- ..11! ,t,l G a•portrait of the poet Keats. This work is one of the greatest value and will prove tiseful to every student or man of literary taste. It is published every two weeks at ets. a number. The Messrs. Freeman are the sole agents in this county, but F. X. Ziegler of oar towns will be happy to sup ply all demands. Tne Republican Court, published semi-monthly, we have received from the same enterprising firm. The numbers con tain-bountiful portraits of Mrs. John Jay and Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, and the reading matter will be found of the greatest interest. The design of this publication i. to giwe ant interesting and faithful view of ,the "Private and Social Life of this Country in the days of Washington." Es ery lady in the land should subscribe for this work. Terms same as above and application for copies to be directed to the same persons. Jie"'The Knickerbocker Magazine, for Au gust, is on our table and verifies the oft re peated assertion that "Old Knick" can't be beat. The contents are enliNening, in spiriting and of the very character to make its thousands of readers feel happy. Altogether this magazine is one of the best in the world. We commend it to all who ,desire to subscribe for a monthly visitor which will cause joy in the home circle, "round the hearth." The Penn-viva/du Sehool Jounol, ed ited by Thos. .IJ. Burrowes, Esq., is full of matters of greatest importance to teachers and the friends of education. Every one. losing the growth of knowledge, should use his influence in giving this journal counte nance and support. The price is only t;t' 1,00 per annum. Eek-The Farm Zotrizql, edited by Wells & Spangler, offers an August number which will compare favorably avid' Any of their i,- sues heretofore. We believe every farmer takes this journal; if any do not. they had Letter make application soon or they will fall behind the times. The terms are :3 . /010 per annum. Za?... The -*died Examiner, tor Atigust, is at hand. The contents are of an exceed ingly interesting character and will be con tidered useful by the Profession. It is pub lial Lindsay ..S; Illakistou, Philadelphia, nt g 3,00 per an ttu Da`' The E •lcrGe lfedien7 Imintal contin ues to receive the support its merits deserve. It is edited by a 'lumber of physicians of the reform school, who are diligent in their .•sliing. The terms are $2,00 per annum. Published at Cincinnati, by R. S. Newton, M. D. The Wider Core Journal, is another work of a medical order. It is desoted to "Physiology, KYttropathy and the Laws of /Are." The editor and the contributors maintain their positions with ability and firmness. Published by Fowlers & Wells .305 Broadnfty, New York, at f*:1,04. >? .Those whose houses are infested Iry that ,troublesome domestic nninial,the rat, beai , plaster of Paris in an iron 3- e SPI until it is done boiling, then mis jt half with In dian meal. it is said the rate will eat of thli Compound freely, and that it sets in their little stomachs and kills them without I the danger of poison. DUEL Al?4tlier d 4 was fought at Bladensburg, Va., on Paureciay, resulting. in the entire safety of the combatants. The distAnce was only ten paces; which is proof sufficient that they were both excellent shots. The names of these glorious gentlemen of honor wore Prior, of the Richmond Enquirer, and Ridg way, of the Whig, of the same place. As a matter of satisfaction to their mutual friends, we would state that neither was hurt and the matter was "amicably adjusted." The cause of the "meeting" was the hardness of some paper bullets—editorial—which it was determined to mould into lend, as n means of pacification. The chemical process adopted proved of essential value, as both gentlemen are alive, and wo trust will do better in the future. We advise our edito rial friends throughout the country to profit by this experiment and not be afraid of any body with a deadly weapon, at "ten paces." The age of chivalry is not yet buried in the past-I-the old tree blooms, apparently, healthy as ever and With Congressional sanction and evample, we presume, will flouriA for years to come. We, of the North, arc coining once more to the mark and our beloved brethren, of the milder and more fragrant• clime, will please remember a spot at "Niagara tills on the Canada side." If tin "enemy's country" lie in the way, do not be afraid—duels of the day are conducted honorably, and adjustmeuts of ' difficulties To the satisfaction of all con cerned, are not very unusual occurrences. The-e hints may be useful to those who use i pistols or swords as means of defence. THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE In reply to a resolution of the U. S. Sen ate, the President communicated the fol lowing information relative to the recent af fairs in San Francisco, together with the correspondence upon the subject: A letter from the Governor of California asks the President for 3000 stand of muskets or rifles, with fifty rounds of ammunition, two mortars, 300 shells, and two guns of large calibre, with their ammunition and ap- ! pLances, promising that they shall be paid for or returned. He likewise asks the use of the military and naval forces of the Uni ted States to suppress the insurrection. The President conceiving there were insu perable obstacles to the action demanded, referred the subject to the Attorney General, of whose decision he approves. Mr. Cushing, in his opinion argues that there is no evidence in the Governor's state ments or other authentic information, that in what has occurred at San Francisco, there was committed, or threatened, any act of re sistance or obstruction to the constitution, laws, or official authority of the United States. The President is only to be moved to ac tion by the Legislature of the State in which the insurrection exists, or if by the Executive, only when such Legislature cannot be con vened, a ad when imminent or extreme public hymit,sln.p.o.t.lzmzested . 2nly . by . such in- fornia has not been exerted, and it does not appear that the Governor took any steps to convene the Legislature, although:that rem edy might hare been adopted, and had its effectual application to the existing evils long before any such remedy could be de manded front the President. THE RIVER IND Iliunon Bibt.s.Xineteen River :rad Harbor Bills passel the Senate on Thursday last, each by a vote of more than two-thirds, in the face of the President's opposition. They appropriate in the aggre gate about a half million of dollars. The President of course has his "dander" up, and will veto them—and the Senate will go through the formality or passing them, as it did the others over the head of the President. Mr. Pierce, being now nearly shorn of his power arid influence by the refusal of the Cincinnati Convention to have anything more to do with him, is regarded with very lit tle consideration by anybody except his of fice holders. Having thus been virtually deserted by his party, he ran afford to be in dependent for the remainder of his term of Olive and to do ;justice to his instincts—to those honest sentiments which, as a North ern freeman, were instilled into him in his cradle, but which have been :stifled and cho ked down by the expediencies of party and the impudent demands of the Slave oligar chy, which, heretofore, no aspiring man could resist except at the sacrifice of its sup port. COMPULSORY PREPAYMENT or Post. me ON Tn 1] sir' r Prusmal M. TrEn.—We are plea ! sed to see that the Senate has passed a bill providing for the compulsory prepayment of all transient printed matter. This we have nu doubt i• a measure necessary to protect the Post-Office Department against abuse, especially as we are assured that enormous ( ( multi ties of private business circulars are put into the mails unpaid. on which scarcely any postage is collected. The Senate bill dues . not propose any change of the existing law with regard to publications sent to regular, subscribers, but only to make the prepay- I ment of the lower rates compulsory which the existing law prescribes fur transient printed matter when prepaid. In other ! words, it proposes in effect simply to strike out of the present law the double or unpaid rates on transient matter. About the only transient matter not now prepaid consists of private circulars. Tran sient newspapers, magazines, books, we understand are now generally prepaid.— I at. Ate/. COY - Among the passengers on board the steamerJohnJaywhichwasburnedlastweek on Lake George, were John IL Briggs, Esq., and Miss Todd, of Harrisburg. and Miss Spangler, of York, who was also formerly a resident of this Boraugh. They wero com pelled to leap iato the lake, and after strug gling for a short time, were rescued by the b tilts. It is a singular fact that Harrisburg has been represznted by one or more of her I citizens in a number of the prominent rail road and steamboat disasters which harc oc curred within the ;ant two or thme Tears.— From them all, however, they bate merciful ly been permitted to escape without loss of life or limb.— 714,graph. Tobri via eot l qf V4ll $. DESFIIVEDRon —Hon. Thomas H. Bur . . . . rowes, of Lancaster,who has long been known as one of the best friends of education and the present Common School System of this State, gins had the degree of Doctor of Laws conferred upon!him by the University at Lewisburg. This compliment is appropriate and well earned. Mr. Burrd'ives is the editor of the' Pen ii — sylvaniaSdool, andirti pen is always ready to advance the cause of education in a masterly manner. Punuc S.ctroots.-7=At an election of teach ers for the public schools of this borough, for the approaching session, held on Thurs day evening last, the following were chosen: Male.—P. S. Pyfer, G. M. Clawges, F. X. Ziegler, George Wilford, A. J. Hughes. remale.—Mary A. Shoch, Sallie A. Car ter, F. A. Jones, Sarah J. Haldeman, Mary E. Greene, Susan Lemon. lam"" Woman, her position, blessings and obligations under the gospel," (Providence permitting,) will be the theme of two dis courses, at the Methodist E. Church, to-mor row, Sunday, at 10 o'clock A. M., and S P. M., by the Pastor. DariVe call attention to Mr. Rambo's ad vertisement in to-day's paper. He has re ceived tin assortment of fine r flour, manufac tured from new wheat, which is very supe rior. He also has everything else in his line, of the very best. UEGIAR. ARRESTED.—Josiah Rogers was arrerted, yesterday morning, by oftcers Car lin and Taggart, on the charge of having burglarously entered the dwelling of Mr. Beverly R. Mayor, No. 522 Vine street, du ring the absence of the family. This occur red some time between the 4th and 7th of July. The property stolen consisted of sil ver spoons, knives and forks, clothing, man tle ornaments, vases, and a variety of house hold goods, amounting in all, in value to $1.50, the principal portion of which has been recovered. The prisoner, who is nn old of f-itolcr, was committed in default of $lOOO bail by Alderman Ogle.—Phiht. Paper. 11'41.:SE STRUCK. w I.I'.IIITNINC.—The dwel ling house of Peter Ilagenberger, at Millport, Warwick township, Lancaster county, was struck by lightning on Tuesday night the 2.9 th ultimo. The fluid came down the chimney, setting fire to We coiling, which was extinguished, but doing no other mate rial damage. No person in the house was injured. Several days afterwards it was found that an unoccupied bed in a spare room had been on fire, several holes being burnt in it—lnland Daily. TRenlnl. AND LIFE-LIKE nen:RES.—Per sons intending to procure pictures of them selves or friends, naturally desire to know where they can procure the best of the kind wanted. Good Daguerreotyres always give satisfaction, and such can at all times be procured at -Samuel Lodge's Gallery, north . Front and Locust streets. As not permit any picture to be taken from his rooms, without it gives full satisfaction. F. Hinkle, of this borough, per formed an operation on Monday, the 21st ultimo, on a lady of Bainbridge, by remov ing from the shoulder-joint and arm a large fatty tumor, implicating the main vessels of the arm. The cause of the above tumor was in consequence of a bruise received upon the shoulder nine years ago. We are grati fied to learn she is getting along finels, un der the care of Dr. West, of Bainbridge.— Marie/then. STATE TEACCIERS' CONVENTION.—We learn by a circular from the lion. A. G. Curtin, Supt. of Common Schools of Pennsylvania, that arrangements have been made by which members of the State Teachers' As sociation which meets at Williamsport, Ly coming county, on the 13th of August, can pass over the Cumberland 'Valley, the Cata wissa, the Pennsylvania Central and other rail roads, at reduced fare. The arrange ment is that members shall pay their /id/ .j,ue in goiag to the Convention. In rettirn ing they will be provided with a certificate of membership of the Association, on ex hibiting which they will be permitted to pass free of charge. 011 the Pennsylvania Central railroad the usual excursion tickets at half-fire rates. A SINGULAR COINCIDENVE.—We visited, a few days since, a spot rendered somewhat memorable its having been the scene of a duel between two of Kentucky's chivalrous sons. The positions of the duellists, about eight paces, was marked by two trees, one of which bears the initials of one of the par ty's entire name cut into the bark, the other bears only the initial of the last name of the other party. The tree under which the par ty stood who was killed, is dead, having as we are credibly informed, gradually decayed from the time. The other tree is singularly typical of the condition of the surviving par ty, who is now an inmate of a lunatic asy lum, standing as it does, with the lower branches full of life and verdure, while its top is dead and leaile,s. Strange thoughts crowded our mind as we stood and gazed upon these unfortunate witnesses to an Unfortumate death.— Georgetown Journal. LIIIERIA.-A bill has been introduced into the City Council of Savannah, Ga., imposing a tax of $2OO each on all slaves or free per ! sons of color, brought or sent to that city, fur the purpose of being transported to Li beria, or any other foreign country. What the mover of this proposition hopes to accom plish it is difficult to divine. The object cannot be additional revenue, for the tax is so henry that it would effectually prevent the negroes alluded to from being taken to that city. Is it designed to discourage coloniza tion? If so, and the councils of Savannah concur, that city will have taken a step cal culated to injure its reputation greatly in the eyes of all the friends of humanity and civilization. itia - lion. J. C. Kunkle, in re-nominated for Congress. in the 10th District of this State. On !Saturday evening consisting of Orchestra made u trip to Marietta, themselves once more bef their director and a f25.4j) nent members. The propil House, Mr. Houseal,-ehei the use of his front porti speaks in high terms nade, and how the nearly midnight; was literally thron of the neighboring listeners. Idor wev less pleased; it COIL their whole hearts performed, and tbak are characteristic wi oneof Rossini's fine an Gallop, and cho Germans, with all of larly delighted. True, u., -homeward in the dark and at midnight, was rather dis agreeable, and w-e wondrat none of them broke their necks or libs in the sewers across the railroaditisrunny of them were totally unacquainted witthe road. * For the Columbia Spy Ma EDITOR-Ftvr pc : Ware .more sensi tive and capable of app Ling genuine hos pitality than those music from love of it. No one will:.diny that there is a refining and elevating influence connected with this science ; and "I am glad to know that there are many in ourmidst who pay all attention to its oultiv.ation. So much by way of prefix. Now to the point. We all know what delightful music the Cecilia Society of this place, discourses, for there nre perhaps none in this vicinity who have not listened to it with pleasure. As a consequence, the Cecilia has many warm friends. Last Saturday night, under standing that a pressing invitation had been extended to them for that purpose, they vis ited Marietta, and delighted our friends of that place with some of their finest pieces, from the portico of one.of the hotels. Near midnight, they Were ready to leave for home, when they were presented with their refreshment and ;umber bills. These took them considerably aback, us they sup posed those who invite them were simply doing their duty, in making them com fortable, &c., &c. Finally a deduction was made on the refreshment bill, and after the use of a few expletives by some of the Ce cilia, it etas paid. Vie lumber bill was I looked upon ns eery reasonable, and I pro ' smite was paid without hesitation; it was only $2,00 for a sixteen foot board, fourteen inches wide, which was furnished theta to lay their music on while playing. The board should have been brought home and preserved as a memorial of the trip. After the bills were settled, the Society was ready to start for home, when:, lo! the conveyances they expected to take them, were not at hand; and to finish a bad job, they com menced their homeward march, single file, carrying the big instruments on their backs, „ 7 -a-la-orglitgt4ers_ : „Act4, lB ,, anisw reached, much to the satisfaction of the weary pedestrians, all of whom say, they may at some future time make another visit to the same place, when they hope to be able, on their return, to vote A CAItD OF THANKS HEM' VERDICTS AUAINST RAILROAD Com rANtr,s.—Mr. llubt. D. Ward has received a verdict of $8,085 against the Buffalo & Eric Railroad Company, damages for the destruc tion of his hotel and furniture, which he claimed was set on fire by coals blown from a locomotive of the railroad company's.— , Mr. John Vaughan has received a verdict against the New York Central Railroad Company for $lO,OOO dollars damages, for injuries sustained by a collision on the road, by which both of his legs were so badly broken, that it was two years before he could be removed from the depot buildings to his home in Courtland county. The de fence in this case was, that four days after the accident, the plaintiff settled with the company fur $BOO, they agreeing to pay the expenses of his sickness. The receipt was produced, signed by his mark, and witnessed by a Catholic clergyman. On the other side, however, it was shown that the plaintiff could write a good band, nod that at the time the settlement took place, he was corn- Octets under the influence of opiates given to quiet his pain, as to be unconscious from drowsiness and stupefaction for most of the , time, and that he had not sufficient mind and memory to transact business requiring thought and reflection. The question of his competency was left to the jury, who ren-1 dered the above verdict. DEEADECL DEATII I'ROV A RATTLESNAKE BITE.—On Wednesday afternoon of last week, Mrs. Blakesly, wife of George Blakes ly, residing about two miles front this vil lage, was bitten by a rattlesnake, and after suffering untold pain from the effects of the bite, died on the following day. The par ticulars of this melancholy death are as fol lows:—Oa the day above mentioned, Mrs. 8., with her little son, went to the woods, about a mile distant from her dwelling, for the purpose of gathering whortleberries, and while so engaged, was bitten on or near her ankle. She repaired to the house with all haste, where remedies were applied and idly- sicians sent for immediately. Drs. Dulson and May, of this villiage, repaired to her home upon the instant, and gave all the skill in their power to arrest the effects of the venom. Even- effort was put forth by them to save the unfortunate wonmn, but the rep tile's venomous sting and effects could not be counteracted. The poison had diffused itself through the veins; swelling and inflam mation ensued, and the patient, after twenty four hours of dreadful suffering expired.— AA (NI F.) Adrocatc. YELLOW FevER AT NEW YORK.—The New York Mirror states that the yellow fever has appeared at the quarantine station below that city, and that several persons have fal len victims to it. The engineer, his two sons and the matron's son, are reporte 1 as having died with it. The fever is traced to a cargo of infected Ia.:: landed there from a ve. ,, el from Havana. LIST OF JURORS 7o sera in the Court of Common Pleas, corn nteiteing Nonday, ties 25th day of August, 1850$ . Marlin Bear, Manor, • George Btickwalter, East Lampeter, Joseph 13reneman, Bapho ' William Buchtol4 AtountJoy, Cornelius Collins, ; Coleraine, John Evans, -Upper Lerieock, Peter G.-Ebernian, Jr.:, City; - Henry Flickinger, Jr., Adamstown Philip Ferree, - Strasburg borough, •John Greenawalt; West Donegal, John Gardner, Conestoga, Jacob Hildebrand, Earl. Michael Hildebrand, do., Christian B. Herr, West Lampeter, Jacob S. Hershey, East Donegal, Jacob Hoffman, Strasburg borough, John B. Hertzler, West Hempfield, Daniel Herr, (A's son,) Strasburg, - Wendell Holl, Earl, John G. Roemer, East Donegal, Joseph C. Jameson, Little Britain, Samuel Kurtz, Earl, George Kiehl, East Cocalico, Simon Lehman, Pequea, Simon Lyons, Drumore, Jacob Myers, City, George D. Mcllvaine, Paradise, John Martin, Conestoga, Abraham Mumma, Manor, Abraham H. Miller, Strasburg, Benjamin Myers, do., Henry Pownall, Sadsbury, Jacob Reddig, East Cocalico, Curtis Ream, East Cocalico, Jacob Saylor, Manor, Jacob Will, West Hempfield. 'be Columbia Spy est- the Cecilia, and Mannerehor, u, , order to enjoy e the departure of iheir most promi • tor of the Donegal aully gave them - The Afariettian delightful sere sang till ket-square windows vith eager members seen that usic they and. glee We heard le Buchan ng by the re particu- JURORS To serve in the same Court, commencing Mon day, the Ist day of September, 1856. Henry Breneman, Conoy, Jacob Bosi;ler, Manheim, William Childs, Marietta, Robert Clark, Drumore, Lewis Diller, East Earl, Alexander Danner, City, Adam Dombach, West Hempfield, Cyrus Good, Upper Leacock, Simon Groh, East Donegal, Christian Garber, do., - John llershey, Penn, Benjamin Hess, Conestoga, Icrum R. Kuhns, Conoy, William Konigmacher, Ephrata, Henry Musselman, City, William McCreery, Martic, Levi W. Mentzer, West Cocalico, Robert Patterson, Little Britain, John Patton, Sadsbury, Elijah Pugh, Bart, George Rutt, East Earl, Cornelius Roland, Earl, Peter heist, Warwick, Leonard Rocky, Sadsbury, Daniel Rudy, Upper Leacock, Ellwood Stubbs, Fulton, Reuben E. Shrober. Brecknock, John K. Smith, West Hempfield, John Shertzer, Manor, George Smith, Earl, Jacob Sourbeer, Manor, Jacob Souder, Carnarvon, Jacob Warner, sr., Salisbury, John W. Witmer, Manor, Henry S. Wickei, Brecknock, James S. White Leacock. ner-We see by the Court Records that the two Counterfeitors, White of Buffalo, and Lawrence of Epping, N. H., have been pla ced under ten thousand dollar bonds, each, for making and selling, imitations of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. This is right.. If the law should protect men from imposition at all it certainly should protect them from being imposed upon by a worthless counterfeit of ANli h olEdlAOWNWMAPakt e daWfannlZ is not half enough. The villain, who would for paltry gain, deliberately trifle with the health of his fellow man, by taking from their lips the cup of hope, when they are sinking and substituting a falsehood—an ut ter delusion, should be punished at least as severely as he who counterfeits the coin of his country.—Creenc Co. Banner, Carrolton, ANCIENT REMAINS IN C.suronxt.t.—Elisha Hughes, in a letter from Santa Clara, Cali fornia, to the Scientific American, gives the following account of some old ruins recently discovered:—l recently had an opportunity of examining some ancient ruins, lately dis covered about six miles east of Santa Cruz; They were nearly hurried up in a sand hill. I found twenty-three chimneys with their tops pecringabove ground. These chimneys are round, and vary in diameter from four to twelve inches. They are made of sand stone; and were filled up with loose red sand. The stones of which they are built arc cut circular, and cemented together. I stamped on the hill and it emitted a hollow sound, in- , dicating vaulted chambers below. A tunnel is now being run in under the bill; at first it was attempted to sink a deep shaft, but the sand. came in too fast upon the miners. Who built these structures no one can-ima gine. They appear to be thousands of years old. A large yellow pine was growing on the top of the hill. The number of years re quired for the sand to cover up these houses and form the hill, before the seed of this large tree germinated, could not be less than two thousand. TIIE STATE OF ARCHITECTURE ON TUE LU NAR SonrAcE.—Though negative in their results, the observations already made by Lord Ross with his great and new telescope, are interesting. His lordship assures us that every object on the surface of the moon 100 feet in height is now distinctly visible, and under favorable circumstances, even ob jects seventy feet in height. Rocks and stones innumerable are seen, but no archi tecture, no building, although such a single structure as Somerset House, for instance, ought to be distinctly visible, far less a street, a village or a town. Not a vestige of green fields or of water appears, although even a small reservoir, or a not very large flower-pot, would be recognizable. All seems desolate. There is something awful in such a desert solitude. But the earth, too, has its desert wastes. Can it be that what we do see of the - lunar surface is but its desert districts, while what we do not sec is not unlike the face of our own planet elsewhere than its solitary districts?—Buil der. 111E9—necipe fer Dysentery, which a gentle man from Baltimore, Md., recommends as having never failed to give relief: Take 16 grains of rhubarb, :',2 grains salts tartar, 48 grains prepared chalk, 4 drops oil spearmint, 20 drops laudanum, 2 ounces soft water— put into a phial, and shake it well before using. Dose—for a child from one to four years old, one teaspoonful, for a grown per son, one tablespoonful—to either, three or four times a day, each dose to be sweetened with loaf sugar. Keep in a cool place to prevent it Item .fmring. ESCAPE OF SLAPEI3--CAPFIIIIE AND RESCUE. —The Madison Courier, of Monday, sap.; "One day last week two sldtfis belonging to a Kentuckian, residing about thirty five miles below here, ran away, and, by the aid of the underground railway; sueceeded in getting to Dupont, fOuitien'ziniles north of here. A few miles from there; while on theif journey northward,etunder - Jhe.graidance of three conductors, they were oitipttired by - tE Tarty of seven men from Dupont, and the train upon which they were traveling rever sed, and the faces of the fugitives once more turned towards thraldom. No time was to be lost by the railroad officials. A hasty council was held, and theyare now probably, in their long looked and wished for haven— one of her Royal Majesty's provinces. The owner of the slaves, with four or five Ken tuckians, arrived at Dupont, a little too late! They swore terribly, but it availed nothing. TIIE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE.-A corres pondent of the New York Daily Times, wri ting from Havana, under date of July 25th, says that nearly every steamer takes from that place to New York persons who are di rectly interested in the African slave trade, and who make contracts at the north for ves sels and their outfit for the traffic. Within the last seven months not far from fifteen thousand Africans have been landed illegal ly upon the Cuban coast, from Africa, in nearly equal proportion] .upon the north and south sides, and no captures of any eonse 'queue° have been made. During this sum mer, extensive arrangements have been made in all the available ship-building ports of the Union for the requirements of the trade for the next twelve months. UMBRELLAS IN OSINIBBSSES.—There are few of those whose occupations lead them to travel by an omnibus who have not felt the full inconvenience of wet umbrellas in a pub lic vehicle. Mr. Tyerman, of Weymouth, proposes a simple expedient, namely, a re ceptacle fixed on the inside of the door, pro jecting about* inches, forming an inclosed space; the bottom is made moveable for cleansing purposes, and the waste water which runs so copiously down a wet umbrel la is carried away by a suitable outlet ; the umbrella would always he in view of the owner. A system of check duplicate tick ets would be ample to secure one's own um brella. As the invention promises a great addition to the comfort of the passengers on pouring days, we strongly recommend it to the notice of omnibus proprietors.—London Critic. . . D€9.-A new way of raising the wind was resorted to by a lady in a railroad car, in the State of New York, a short time since. Shortly after the train left Schenectady, the lady approached a well known citizen of Albany, and told a very pathetic tale in re gard to her sad condition, stating that she had been robbed of her portmonnaie at the Schenectady depot, and was entirely desti tute of means to reach her friends in the West. A genteel looking fellow pretended to feel interested in her case, and solicited •-• FL (/11.6nrtirrIStill Fft.rsergllrb. awn barna.- some sum was raised for her, but to the sur prise of the passengers after passing' the next station both the lady and gentleman had disappeared. STRANGE OCCtißßENCE.—Something very strange is reported to have occurred on Pea Ridge, in Lincoln county, Tennessee, a few weeks ago. A horse and plough—so the story goes—which a farmer was using in his field, sunk and disappeared in the earth, leaving a hole to which no bottom has yet been found, and in which the farmer him self came near falling. his neighbors were called to the place, who, by means of ropes, let him down in search of the horse and plough, to the depth of forty or fifty feet, but the farther he went the larger the hole appeared, and he called to his friends to pull him up, which they did. Several unsuccess ful attempts were afterwards made to fathom the hole. The horse and plow have "gone the way of all the earth." YELLOW FEVER IN lIAVANA.-liy late arri vals from Havana, we are informed that the yellow fever still continued to prevail to an alarming extent, with no prospect of its abatement for some time. It seems, howev er, to be chiefly confined to strangers and those who have not become acclimated.— The health of the Captain General was so much improved that he was enabled to ride out, and the barriers had been removed from the palace grounds. His complaint was not yellow fever, as had been reported, but was a sort of diarrhoea, superinduced by a too free indulgence in oysters taken from the States, for which it appeard he has a fond ness. Yellow fever also prevails to an alarm ing extent among the shipping at Matanzas. THE DEOUTII IN: TEXAS.-A letter from Austin, June 26, to the Galveston Civilian, says: The drouth still continues and is really distressing. Crops here and all up the Col orado are ruined. This is a terrible calam ity to the country. There is no telling how much such a season injures our State. A Mexican invasion would not do half the harm. The Houston Telegraph states that a num ber of cattle and horses are dying on the prairies, in consequence of the scarcity of water. This has been an unfortunate year for stock in this State. Great numbers per ished from cold last winter, and now others are dying from heat and thirst. CUT Tuts Ocr.—A correspondent of the London Literary Gazette, alluding to the nu merous cases of death, from accidental poi soning, adds: I venture to allirm, there is scarce even a cottage in this conntry that does not contain an invaluable, certain, immediate remedy for such events—nothing more than a des sert spoonful of made mustard, mixed in a tumbler of warm water and drank immedi ately. It acts as an emetic, is always ready, and may be used with safety in every case where one is required. By making the sim ple antidote known, you may be the means of saving many a fellow creature from an untimely end. MMEM RDITORIAI GLIUUR:NOS. Luca }OR 21* iti.L711110142 BONAPA.RTEEI.-= , The Fipileitst commission ; to which Louis Naz poleon referred severil delicate : lemily feat ters,; has reported, we learn from the Paris correspondent of lie Nord, of Brussels, upon the ixnlietiant question of the Prince Je rome's first nietriage with Miss Patterson in America. The commission confirm the va lidity of his marriage, Which was always maintained by the Pope, to the great annoy ance of Napoleon I. In consequence of this decision the grandson of Prince Jerome and Miss Patterson who is a young sub lieuten ant in the French army, becomes a legitimate member of the Napoleon family, while Prince Napoleon, the issue of Jerome's second-mar riage, is excluded. ORIGIN OF FIRES.—The investigations d the Fire Marshal into the fires which occur in the city of New York, disclose the follow= ing curious facts! In one case fire was eau= sed by the upsetting of a bottle of Harlem oil on a red paste composition used for des: troying vermin. In another case, a man put a pipe in the pocket of his coat, without put ting it out, and hung the coat in a room.— The coat took fire and set the room in a blaze. In another, a young lady placed a• lighted lamp on a washstand which stood behind the door- Her dresses hung on the door, and as it swung back they caught fire, and 'were destroyed with other property. WsluNo UP TILE WRONG PessErroza.—The Cologne Gazette is responsible for the follow idig story "When Palmer was condemned, the Sar dinian ambassador telegraphed to Turin— " Palmer, condemned to death, will be hung at Rugely." The official at Turin wrote for "Palm,"(abridged for ',Palmer,") "Palmers ton," and sent it as an official despatch to the Minister, Cavour. The latter, having. smiled on reading it, left it open on his desk, and in a few minutes the report went like• wildfire through Turin that the English had' hanged their prime minister." POWER. or INSTINCT.—The sluggish sea turtle loves her home. A huge creature of this kind was caught by English sailors near the island of Ascension, and burnt a name and date in its upper shell. On the way to Enkland it fell sick, and from sheer pity it was thrown overboard in the English chan nel. Two years later the same turtle was captured once more, now quite well, near its old home, Ascension. What strange and in explicable home sickness carried the slow,. heartless creature 4,000 miles back througlr `•the ocean where there is no track and no. high-roads?"—Putnam. NEW INWENTION".—A new method of ray- log down the T rail, by which it answers the same purpose of the continuous or end less rail, has been invented. The ends of the rail are matched or mortised, forming a compound joint, so that they slide into one another, forming a lock or brace, and mak ing it equally as firm as any other part of the rail, and entirely preventing the ends from settling, which causes such anoise or. tha_eara,_,-It-has - been - tested and said to work well. Mr. Hilliard, for merly a railroad man is the inventor. THE PRENCII Loss Iti TIIE CRINEA.—ThEr Paris Monitenr publishes a complete list of the losses of the French army in the Russian: war, showing a total of 02,492 men--of whom 5680:5 were privates, 4402 non commissioned officers, and 1284 commissioned officers.-- This does not include the wounded. Even supposing this to be accurate, it is a fearful' reckoning, and France has paid dearly for the glory won in the war; but the best in formation leads to the belief that the total is, at least three times as great as that sta ted. ltel.The Mammoth - Cave in Kentucky con tains two hundred and twenty-six avenues, forty-seven domes, eight cataracts, and twen ty-three pits. The floor of the care is cov ered to a depth of three or four feet with dirt, which yields about three pounds of ni trate of lime per bushed; and the dirt, after having the lime separated, and being thrown back into the cave, re-impregnates in three years as fully as when in the natural state. Thus the supply is inexhaustable. Glauber and Epsom salts abound in some parts. oEthe• cave, and pebbles, crystals, flint, sulphate of lime, ehalk,ochre, gypsum, and soda are , also found. PRENTICE ON Ittrixs.—Prentice, of thei Louisville Journal, speaks as follows of the Brooks and Burlingame difficulty: Mr. Burlingame being challenged by Mr. Brooks, decided to fight in Canadawith rifles. Mr. Brooks confessed himself afraid to go to Canada, and therefore determined not to pursue either Mr. Burlingame or the quar rel. Ile announces, however, that he is willing to accept a challenge from Mr. Bur lingame. Evidently he is for getting rid of the rifles. files are bad things. They make ugly holes in folks, Their balls enter a fellow screw fashion. ItEerThe Chicago Times says: "A day or two since a real estate operator in this city telegraphed to Washington to know if a par ty there would sell him a piece of property for $6,000, upon a credit of sixty and ninety days. The answer was, "You can have it," The afternoon of the same day the operator• telegraphed to another city that he would sell the same property for $8,500, upon thir, ty and sixty days time, and the reply was "We will take it." Here was a clean profit of 2,500 made without the investment of a dollar, and all within twelve hours." A GLASS BALLOT Box.—A plan fora tran sparent ballot box, designed to prevent frauds in voting, was exhibited at the May or's office in New York, during last week. It is a simple globe of glass, and .supported upon four pillars, with a brass cover on the top, and a small aperture for the admission of votes. The inventor intends to apply to the Common Council for the purchase of this contrivance, and its adoption at the next election. BE. ficNx.--Some fifteen or twenty man and boys, armed with guns, axes, pitchforks, clubs and dogs, killed a bear and two cubs in the woods atMecidas, Me., on the 24th ult., and the proceeds of the sele of the animals were appropriated to procure preaching for Kennebec village.
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