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TIiiirMflay, June 2, 1S33.
WH5G NQSVSiNATiOftS.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONS,
MOSE POWSALL, LancasierCounty
FOR AVDITOR OKNUHAI.,
AJLKX. 5i. Mi-CLURE, Franklin Co.
SURVEYOR GENERAL,
; 21 REST RAN MYERS, Ulnrion Co.
Tall Stalk of Rvc.
Ir. Petit 15. Primrose, of Middle
Rmithfiold township, sent to our office on
Mouday last, a stalk of llyc, which meas-
iires i icet y inches m height, lins is
certainly an extraordinary product, and
wo have our doubts whether it can be
beat. If any of our farmers can, the'
are requested to send them along.
Court Proceedings
The May Term of the several Courts of
this County commenced on Monday the
-23d ult. Hon. George 11. 13arrett, recent
1' appointed President Judge of this
Judicial District presided, assisted by
Hons. A. Levering and A. Storm, Asso
ciates. The followiug cases were tried, viz :
Commonwealth vs. Andrew Piphcr
Indictment for arson in setting fire to and
destroying several ricks or stacks of bark
in Price township, the property of William
S. White. Upwards of sixty witnesses,
we are informed, were examined. Arer
diet uot guilty. Dreher and Davis for
'ommouwealth, Walton, Barry, Goepp,
and Pioedcr for defendant.
Commonwealth vs. Charles J. Price,
and Joseph Price. Assault and battery
upon Henry Zeigher. Same vs. same.
Assault and batterry upon Franciska
Zeigher. These two complaints grew out
of the same transaction and were tried
13 the same Jury. Verdict of guilt' in
the one case against Charles J. Price, and
of not guilty in the other as to both de
fendants, and County for costs. Charles
J. Prioe was sentenced to pay a fine of
810 and the costs of prosecution. Dreher,
Walton and Davis for Commonwealth ;
Barry and Boeder for defendants.
Commonwealth vs. Patrick Cahill.
Assault and battery upon John D. Eck.
The Jury acquitted Patrick but diricted
him to pay the costs. Burnett & Dreher
for Commonwealth, Davis for defendant
Philip Kresge and Jacob Correll vs
Charles Hawk. This was an action of
ejectment to enforce the specific perform
unce of a contract entered into by the par
ties in December 1S50, for the sale of a
farm in Polk township, containing 350 a-
crcs. The defendant asked to be relieved
from the performance of the contract on
iiis part, upon the ground that his wife
refused to join in a conveyance to the
plaintiff, that he was habitually intemper
ate at the time the contract was entered
into, aud that the price agreed to be paid
was greatly below the real value o'f the
property. The jury returned a verdict
at 9 o'clock on Saturday evening in fa
vor of the plaintiffs, subject to the right
of dower of defendant's wife. Dimmick
and Beeder for plaintiffs, Goepp, Brooke
and Davis for defendant.
Heport op Git and Jurors.
The Graud Jurors after a faithful and
careful examination of the present state
of the Jail and yard, have come to the
conclusion it is not expedient or absolute
ly necessary at the preseut time to erect
a new building. We would, however,
a-lvit:e or recommend that a small amount
of the proceeds of the Count' be expend
ed in repairing the old one, as the day
may not be far distant when a new buil
ding may be required.
B. SMITH, Foreman.
H. B. Burxuam, Esq. of Mauch Chunk,
was sworu and admitted to practice in the
several Courts of this County.
G CARD TANS APPOINTED.
Peter S. Altemose, Esq., for Lyman
and William Bond.
Dr. Sydenham Walton, guardian for
Emeline and Samuel Van Buskirk.
M. H. Dreher, Esq., guardian for Enos,
Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth, and William
Vliet, minor children of Abraham Vliet,
dee'd., and also guardian for Harriet,
David, John, George and Malissa Vliet,
minor children of John Vliet, dee'd.
Auditors Appointed.
C. Burnett, Esq., auditor of the Estate
of Susanna Michaels, a lunatic.
Samuel S. Dreher, Esq., auditor, to
audit and if necessary re-settle the ac
count of Budolph Weiss, administrator
of the Estate of Henry Weiss, deceased.
Franklin Starbird, Esq., auditor to re
port liens and make distribution of the
proceeds arising out of sale of Isaac Han
na's property.
Licenses were granted to the following
persons at this Term, viz :
Hamilton Sarah Shoemaker, Peter
Marsh, Joseph Keller, Simon Trach, Ja
cob Shafer, George K. Slutter, Melchoir
Bosserd, Charles Saylor and G. L. Ter-,
.Mir
linger. ' j
, Coolbaugh Henry Whitesell, Malissa
Vliet, George Kiple, Henry Hager, Jesse
R. Weiss, Samuel Case, John P. Dowling.
Chesnuthill J "ohn Merwine, Henry D.
Shafer, Henry Laufer, Philip. Kresge,
and Charles D. Brodhead.
Polk Daniel Kerchner, and James
Wcstbrook.
Pocono. George S. Knipe, Jacob Long
and Peter Kemmcrer.
Bklrcd Joseph Hawk.
lloss. Simon Stocker, Joseph Starner,
and James Ely.
Middle Smithfcld Melchoir Depuo.
Price. Wilkinson Price, and Antho
ny Peters.
Stroudsburg Joseph J. Postens, and
Stroud J. llollinshead.
Paradise. James Henry, and George
Elv.
Tobylvanna. Henry Stoddart, and
Frederick P. Miller.
Jackson. John B. Ousterhoudt.
Siieiufe's Deeds.
Deeds were acknowledged in open Court
to the following persons :
A deed to John Merwine, Esq., for a
tract of laud in Chesnuthill township, con
taining 12 acres more or less, sold as the
propeVty of William Hans, for 6'400.
A deed to John Merwine, for a tract of
land in Tobyhauna township, containing
31 acres and 47 perches, property of Jo
seph Moycr, for $S4.
A deed to John Merwine, for a tract of
land in Chesnuthill township, containing
50 acres and 3G perches, property of
Frantz Schram, for 0303.
A deed to Adam S. Edinger, and Ja
cob Stouffer, for a tract of land in Pocono
township, containing S5 acres and 82
perches, property of James S. Bisbing, for
8000.
A deed to Thomas Grattan and Moses
W. Coolbaugh, for four parcels or pieces
of laud in Middle Smithfield township, con
taining 1S2 acres, property of Timothy
Vanwhy, for $695.
We have not for many .years seen so
many persons in attendance as there were
during the session of the Court just closed;
and from the opinions we have heard ex
pressed, we think that his Honor Judge
Barrett, has given very general satisfac
tion, and has made a very favorable im
pression indeed.
Highly Complimentary. The Sun-
bury American a consistent but magna
nimous and independent Locofocojournal,
expresses tue opinion mat Judge roi-
lock, of that county, will probably be the
nest Whig candidate for Governor, and
savs that he is, undoubtedly, the most
popularea.a.datoyotna-.edbythoWl.igs,
Th: CoT.om- n Pot-ulattov f T?fln(?.
. - .
ing seem tone airecting tneir steps to-
wards uauada, says tne Ltazeitc, as a land
, .
which promises them a larger share of
freedom and equality 'than they enjoy
W. AW. tP rlnvc enm, fnnr
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five families took their deDarture. and
last Tuesday five or sis more started off,
by Kail road, for the "land of promise."
A large number of their friends con-re-
sated at the denot to see them off. and
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been "quite a scene." c
h nrs.to (nn ii7.,,.Ar..
Miss Mary Ann Wheeler, aged about
twenty three years, is now on trial at
waukie, "Wisconsin, for the Murder of
31. W. Lace, on the 14th of October,
he is said to be a young woman of
appearance, and of apparently honest and
decided character. She wa3 a millner
aim uamua mater, anu carried on bus-
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mess in junwaui:ie at tiie time ot the al-
leged murder. Lace was her seducer
and afterward not only deserted her an
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refused to see or speak with her, but
boa,tingly proclaimed his guilt, and even
exniuiteu m tne green room theatre and
elsewhere the supplicating letters she had
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sftiit him. O
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on the 14th of October, he turned from
uu auu uucumu ue juoiuug curiously
into the window of a store, when she
ntt.finmt.tftfl.r.nno
i.f fMfti,. .,,-rt iir .i ,:"
-..v..w .v vwv,u,v,
usl uFWtuu iaue,
coulessmg, as she still continues to do,
that she is guilty of the homicide, and
leaving it to a jury of her co
determine whether the act
darker name.
lTr PflllSol nfFo-r in Vtn-r Aafnnnn
vUnoral nsumlyi Uj,n his rest thcr L
i I
hopes of her acquital; but they also inti
verdict of "not guilty" will be satisfacto
ry to all indicating their own conviction,
however, that some such plea
sented will be necessary to
quircments of the law.
JjA Daily Paper has been started
the InarP-rnl-in An,'A wJ""1' Ul u,y llces s-
mate their confidence in the symapathy after the safe of the property althou-h !inwarl ma"ners. It will, in a word, of the sap, a young seedling cherry tree
of the community for her, if not in tho he may elect at the time of the levy that G re hlShway and survey the " split from the upper extremity down to
spirit that prompted her to the comrais- amount of property, shall be exempt from e.utirns, between America and A- tho fork of its roots ; then, by means of
ftj l j t, v x Wvnrsili sia. While a corps of engineers is en- a piece of wood in tho form of a spatula,
sion of thc fatal deed, and believe that a ajred in Cndin? begt . tho vlth is carefullv romovC1 frJm ft. '
at Lancaster city, Pcnna., called the 'T , 7 , accorumg to - and, two years afterwards, cherries are
"Lakastur Inland Duly" E Mc ' Wf T-V.? fina Iy PhlllelpIn" thep demand 13 rathr produced of the usual appearance, but,
aillasb VAlLi. L. Wc- Cn up,,as demands. against, it continually larger. The rates of. first class paper is instead of stones, there will only be soft
1 hcrson, cciter. j accumulate, r, . 4 . , . a a 9 por eent. . , - pillicks.
Another Famous Picture Sheet.
ihc mammoth Brother Jonathan,
issued to commemorate Independence Day
a beautiful sheet of Engravings and in
teresting historical reading has just been
published by B. H. Day, 3S Beekraan
street, New York. It is printed on fine
hot-pressed paper, and must give good
satisfaction to -everybody. The series of
Engravings entitled "Incidents and Scenes
in the Early History of America," and
those relating to ther personal history of
Washington, are not only excellent pic
tures, but arc subjects of romantic inter
est. This number of the Jonathan seems
to have in it a richer variety of large and
showy pictures than usual. It is very
neatly printed, and is cheap at 12 cents
- , ,, ,. ,
per copy, or ten for one dollar-which is
the price.
JTJ1 S. P. Higgiris & Co., have issued
proposals, for publishing a daily paper
in the borough of Easton. Mr. Higgins
cc
is a good practical printer, and if the
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thing can be made profitable, he is the
right person to take hold ot it. Wc.qucs-
tion the feasibility of the enterprise.
An Arrailt IpJftOSiCri
The borough of Pottsville has recently
been visited by a graceless ecamp, who
Jo i
claimed to be a Presbyterian Clergyman, and
under the plea ot collecting funds to build a
church in Canada, swindled several welldis-
posed citizens of that town out of small sum?
of money, and then repaired (as the Empori -
m states") to a Eeer Shop, where he was
afterwards seen in a state of intoxication.
He was accompanied by a young woman
whom he called his daughter, lie is sup-
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posed to be the same fellow described by the
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Pottstown Ledger, as a ghbtongued imposter
who visited that borough recently, and whee-
dled severel dollars out of the citizens, by re- rate was illegal and void, for many reas
presenting himself as a Presbyterian clergy- ons of law and fact, which weshall notstop
man, soliciting funds to build a church in to specify, and that Mr. Wilhelm was en
Canada, and also by taking subscrptions to a titled to no share in the distribution. The
book
He was apparently about 40 years
-t.j i i i r-i
oui, biju whs nccompaiiiuu uy a young gin
whom he somet rues reDresentcd ashisdauh-
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ter, and at others as his wife. 1 he fact of
his taking lodgings at the hotel is accordance
with the latter representation, unmasked the
rascal. His free use of liquor also coflicted
materiality with his assumntion of the rrunr-
end character. It is to he nrnsiimpfl thnt thn
counle are disputable chnrnctors-thmmh.
judging from his address and education, it is
' is"'
probable the man once occupied a higher
siauon m society man ins present mode ol
. . .t
lite entitles him to hold.
iimay ue wen lor our community to ce on Ohio, of over 858,000, beside a balance
their guard airainst this worth v. in case lmLf An Ar t),. a t
should see nropcr t0 nay us a vigit
Man tx Disguise Last summer
a (reputed) female was going the rounds,
mS,ructmg ladies in the art of cutting
believe. We understand that this person
recently died in the upper counties, when
the discovery was made that the cutter
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Lfln,i;o' :
Ui 1UUI" SliUUCUl3 uiu m uuguiiie
j j xi . .
w" uuu uau uuuku luu peuicoais ior
some unexplained reason, and passed for
a female until after death. Fredericks-
burg Herald.
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"Widows Bounty Land Claims. It
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a"1 tUrtt ai muoflb
sbands having died, sup-
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bands, are still valid. This supposition,
li, win ue teen py tue ioiiowing, is an er
Iron
Pcnsio7i-Ojfice, Washington, May 25, '53.
in battle.
Very respectfully,
S. Coll
Por Commission
r-
J l P1" JJoaru
ot Sectors ol the Uentral Kailroad Com-
r V T i -. I
pany of JSew Jersey, for the year ending
APriI xj 1853j represents the company
as beinS in a flourishing condition. The
rnnnmfc 4V... lUn ..j: oi I
iV1 tuu ivai u"i"g iuarcn oi,
1853, being'$260,899 and the expenses
r1 i vn i :. . ii .i r-v . i
oi"' - ',4oo1 iGavinjr thc nctt earnings S124. I
A - Ay- . I
I 1 A 'i f p . 1
h'lu ihe increase over the receints
w n " i
X 1
"""V-J w ,u ui
u Per cent passenger business has
H1CSS lias UOUDICQ. 1 lie increased bUSl-
ness of the road, iho Aimt.nr .
. ' -f
UUIii "nperauve tue immeaiate
construction of a second tract from Eliz-
so as to make thnm nnifnrm wifli hn MCf
AVU uu
THWF" I lint llicfinn iinlr Unr, .J ! . 1 .1 I
, debtor cannot ret . 8M0 . ,!
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Webster.
Jioston corresaondent rf
lnnf. Tim nftnmn fn nor (T fkn
. .u r; xuum-
sfcer by subscription, iu order that it may
I 111 T"l' fo Tl r ninicinii r r I . nu. . 1 i ' ""u wuv iuunviiuuuu una LU LL1U 1 ml'- I I 71 1 1 i.
I l . ..t. . . lnilflf tin lilnriltnrrnnrton rxrna fs flirt IJI. I
j - ui.,wiu ui lino umwu, uu- . . , . iwuiuia; uas a cow wmcn uas Drou-ut
Mil- ows are not entitled, who have marriml mcians wIiafc thc narrow seas were to forth amnshmmmmnn nolf Tl,o nnif;c
one .since the death of the husband for whose .ng.land5 what the Baltic is to Denmark. now two weQks olf. ' nA i:tfl1v fn
, lasL services she claims land bounty, escept i th our energy, resources, and geograph- Iivc It has two distinctly formed mouths,
good inose wiaows h0e "bands were killed uiuiucnwuiB u.uwopo- four distinctly formed nostrils, two
fa""" uftirt lizo. most or its- traun. A U-nnu-1 nrl at nf . X - ... .
in nut c. i ii c w i T- i- r A-kri i ii i i i i
untrymento bethport to Somervillc. The station hou- "11 PPuu oaiuornia. various local societies, so
is worthy a s ang the road to be rebuilt or altered, ,f ,7 'JM: 17 "t K:7u U.ttee?tU wa.s r.awod ana
1 1 j IV (II I I ilTu I . I t 1 ill J v I II fr itT'iii r Li r h n r I . .1 - .
Rv. nnt. rf f.iir nrnooorlc nf n 9linr.'tCrc Q..l
as thatnre- h ,7 7- n " s simultaneously occupied in staking out, "sou only for commencing the split. Af-
"1"" lias nrn.sp.nt.nn m. n ;inn nf SHI (Hill
..tlcAr fi, M it r " : t . , V.r , so to speaic, a path across the Tacihc 0- rwarus tue two sections are brought to-
.atisly the re- he estate of Daniel Webster for money oenn. Success to both these sh-tercnler- gother and tied with woolen, care beinc
1 nur 1 ni nti-Ainnt a . n i . . l. . . . . i
Important Decision.
Another decision in relation to
the
much litigated estate of the late Peter
Miller, of this place, has just been made,
which, by reason of the amount and prin
ciples involved, has attracted no small de
gree of attention and public interest. It
is generally known that Mr. Samuel Wil
helm, who was an executor and trustee
under the will, made a contract in 1848,
with the Heir at law, by which, in case
the will should be invalidated, the nett
proceeds of the estate should be divided
between them, Mr. Wilhelm contending
that in case the then claiming heir at law
could not establish his pedigree, he (Mr.
W.) would then be next of kin and heir
at law himself. This agreement was not
made known at the time and Mr. Wilhelm,
us one of the executors, appeared and de-
te"af? tue wougM oyrewer Miner,
of Ohio, as the heir. The Supreme Court,
. h decided fc be yoid
an(j tbo large real estate of the deceased
was thereunon divided. Mr. Wilhelm ta-
kin a nott s,ar0 sajd t0 be Worth over
$100,000, and retaining in his hands a
portion of the personality, after payments
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""" pun aim uisuiuuuuu.
accounts as Executors and Trustee were
filcd includingj of coursCj oniy pcrS0nal
estate and the rents of the real estate be-
fore the division. The heir at law in the
mean time had died ; Mr. Wilhelm by
uis distribution.on these accounts, brought
u xru 1U uuul''
i ff ni fl rA unf i ti rr ro vm onfo
fri c J r 7 v a
'I iifsn nfifinnnts wiri rfttnrrnd bv the
CWfc tQ Me8srg La Wikoff Q
W. Yates and B. F. Arndt, for re-settle-
meut and distribution; and the parties,
as we are informed, having confidence in
ithe well known and acknowledged cxpe-
nence and ability of these gentlemen,
made an agreement that their decision
should be final and binding, without ex-
tluu ? "; v uupui-
taut and interesting questions in regard
, . f ., 1 , i.r -.r-f? ,
to the items of the account, Mr. Miller's
administrator contended that Mr. Wil-
belm's contract for the division of the es-
hearing the arguments of counsel audde
liberations of thf Auditors Illvr nnnimiorl
r
somp hvn vciri inrl n lnlP -infl on liViflir-
fome.t nojears ana a halt, and on i'riilay
last the report was filed, covering 360 very1 uutu uaPpeuuu m at a wme suop or
, 1 . . ' . . , eabarpf, ono pvpnino- K?f wppV ind ifW
an amounfc of patienlaboi. an(1 kill as ac!
countants, and an ability and thorough-
ness of legal research, rarely if ever be-
sfowpd in t.hn nnnnmkv nf motors nml
reflectino- reat credit nnon its authors.
This renort arrives at the conclusion that
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the contract by whi
h,alt tnc.nett fstate IS and void, and
LUUb llC 12 UUL1 LIUU LU 11U ailiLl U 111 1. lit! 11 1 i- 1
mat ne is onuueu 10 no snare in tue uis
tQ tho administrator of . pete m,Qr of
r;;11fl, nnnn5pl ww in;m a;A,.
utJL wq vot ii ;,nilfPfi Arr w;i-
helm, we are informed, denies the finali-
ty of the report, as to the distribution and
ZZTl
liiLA iif't'ii cuiiti nmt'ii wiiii iiiiuwi iiiiinr.u' riv
rr. iu
ni';m'nf. nT1j' r.' vtv TKrio ,c
Counsel for lr Wilholm Easton Amns
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Thfl Man n Mvn av ni?KvnnH i .
wu Uajui iUg uAftuuwm
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j.uu puuuiuu uuuer api. iinggoiu,
tor the exploration ot the .North Pacific,
promises results of great importance.
Comnarativel v little is known of the wa-
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ters intended to be visited.
li ven that
mue 1S Known t0 vhzlmg captains, and
others who have traversed those vast
seas. and has Tiever been published to the
world, let every year a knowledge of
the jforth Pacific is becoming more ne
-
ceSSary to tho United States. Our posses-
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nentmarkus out as the future commer-
cial masters of that ocean. It is to us
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Anowieuge oi
MV0! orc J? lsVG to us. it is
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astomsmng indeed, that a survey has
nor. noon linrtorrn Iron lintrn-n 'I'liof t-,..!, I
, u u u MU UBWa ST
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-""'T uup ' vTl tu ? "Ine"
tecum uuiitiiiy, la uiUUltilulu IltJILIluX LO
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nient
In twenty years, if we may hazard a
nrofl IPrmTl t.lio frnuio onrnco flir. Unn.linl
r. xauu
lul tWnfS Th T.
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LfalLlliLlLihllU tv. I Uf. IT I II I If i.r
xi. - tt:i..i otj. n
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.o o rr vn or no fl,of
i it i r nu .nrna in in r it? rm t- iti r
wv ",J uuau tiauu 11U tY IS 1UI tllU I
. .0 v.x. u.a. WiU oui vujr ui me
P Lvuru5 examination 01
i.r r.:n .1 I
kuiu s uAucuiuun win uo mnre r. inn nv.
u -u. . V . ,
. .upju luuau s.u imuiu or vessels
oounmo uina. 11 will visit the various
glands, known and unknown, which lie
T tu cu:i t.
uuiu t iiiiui iu jjunui iiius otraiis. XS Will
discover what new sources of commerce
, . umuit,ioi.
sheltering harbors may be afforded, what
1 h nnAnitl ,t fKrtCrt -..r. nnnn 1 I
sunken reefs may lie in ambush for the
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f'reaf. railrnnd r.nn nnn.fi ncr tlm A flonrln I
,:i. nv.c ni. t: i i n 1
a-t t .
pnses I isewavlc mercury.
t i iii i i iiLii in in., i i; ii . i vi iirrirnin toi 11 no i ualui 1111 .11,11111 1 1 1' ni. inr 1 11 111 1' tt i :nirn t a
At Boston tho monev market is easv. umtea thc separated portions of tho tree,
Itecsc Evans.
G-. W. Palmer, Esq., High Sheriff of
Luzerne Co. has received the death War
rant of this unfortunate boy. Evans
does not seem to realize his situation ful
ly, or he must have great nerve and com
mand of himself. He says " You can
not tell by a man's looks what his leelings
are
It is very true in his case. Yesterday
afternoon about l o'clock Sheriff Pal
mer read the warrant to him, in the pres
ence of several witnesses. On entering
the cell, Evans sat by a small table con
taining his books, and nodded pleasantly
to his visitors. He seems very little
changed since his trial. His cell is neat
and clean, with pictures from some of the
magazines fastened around the walls, and
his name is marked on the floor with the
hot poker. The sheriff announced the
purport of his visit, and as he commenced
reading a perceptible tremor passed over
Evans' features, and very soon, coveriug
his face with his hands, he sank sobbiug
upon the little table by his side, where he
continued till his visitors had departed.
The time fixed by the Executive for
his execution i3 Friday, Sept. 9, between
the hours of 10 A. M. and 3 P.M.--
Record of the Times.
XtjSomo wag of a Whig Postmaster
in the interior of JSTew York, has sent to
the Post Office Department a lock of his
hair, sealed in the wax with which his
bundle of returns for the last quarter
were secured. It looked like an imita
tion that his (official) scalp was ready for
the victors, whenever they chose to take
it. Those who have examined the I6ck,
say that the fellow was no "Silver Grey,"
but whether a " wooley head" or not
they don't mention.
A New Kind of Duel.
Mr. Cr. W. Kendall,' one of the editors
of the Xew Orleans Picayune, in a recent
letter from Paris, relates the following.
" An original and most singular duel,
and a most ludicrous withall, was fought
here in Paris a few days since, the par
ties being a couple of coachmen, driving
for private families. There had long
been a grudge between them, a deep sea
ted animosity, which led to constant quar
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rejs whenever they met. iy accident
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a few high words, one of them said to the
'uer: "Our quarrel has now lasted
!ono enougu s me to Put ai enl to
ifc- Bet us have one fight and let that be
the Iast- "e neither of US understand
:inythinS of sword or pistol; let nsfigld
ni-iil. r,Tly a..iViJ3 M'U: i
centric proposition was accepted, second
were chosen from among their brothe
coachmen, and armed with the only wea
pons cither of them perfectly understood
tne use or tneJ repaired to that noted
field where all honorable disputes are sefc-
tied the Bois de Poulonge. At a given
signal they commenced cutting and slash
hagjiaymg011 the more lustily as the combat
1" auu me pains, oi enner oe-
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labored each other with a will which
showed the violence of their hatred. The
sbouts and oaths of. the combatants a
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enStn reacnea tue ears ot the gendarmes
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1U luc uJf uu uauieuu auuarreMeu
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other right and left and marched them
off to the guard house. One ofthebel-
ligercnts had received a severe lash or
ash across the faoe thc other had an ear
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pumauuu uuuub meir neaus anu suoui-
ders. All accounts aree that both par
ties behaved with the greatest coolness
gallantry while thus settling their
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Curious Call".
A Wrifor ! n flio TTnri'loATiVmiTr Ao T?r
i.i.wv. .UV JJ.U1 iiguuvuiL l I lit
a mo if 'T. w tt..,.
lhln a sbo;fc distance f , '
unTirM1n5 fnnr nna nTi t i.
uu LUU1 VV(,i!, U1IU 11111. JL L111111V,
have four borng. t' al other rcsnccts it;'
formed asU3ua d h , a fuf3ml
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pretty calf. It eats very heartily with
either mouth. Some three or four hun
dred persons have been to look at it, and
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all consider it a very great curiosity.
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wnom ifc belongs, has no turn that way,
a,,.d would sellit if he could Sefc a fa
price.
'PllO "fVinvfrtrtTl rtKinninnl .n1tCl.f- nvifl
bonevolent sooietics which have been hoi
ding their anniversaries in New York,
thcr during tho year
"'.ijf i -Liiiiiiuu tiiiu it- uiiii ui iiuiiuio, uu
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1US. au "urease or aoouconc nunurea anu
n i t t t t
and thirty thousand dollars over the pre
ceding year. Of the million and a half
one hundred thousand was the income of
that all but one-
disbursed by na
uouai aa-oeuiwons.
ms?nun-:na t j. i i.
BSTUhernes without stones have been
P" F b, tho following math-
od : n tue sP"nS before the circulation
- d.lA.l ir 1 - 1 w
tree, ill Slinll n. mnimnr na tn nirnwl onrt
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taken to close heremctically with olay the
whole length of thc oleft. The sap re-
The Delaware Water Gap,
Is well worthy the attention of travel
lers and admirers of the works of nature.
Many conjectures have been put forth a3
to the cause of the rent in the rocks at
that point. The height of the mountains,
on either side, is said to be over 1500
on! tlio -width of breach between
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the mountains, at the base, one thousand
feet, something similar to the gap in the
Sharp Mountain, below Pottsville. The
distance through the mountain is said to
be three miles. It is estimated that the
amount of matter thrown out by the pas
sing of the Delaware, if only one mile in
length be taken in the accouut, would
give the euormons amount of 12,672,000,,
000 cubic feet sufficient matter to cover
twenty five square miles, fifteen feet in
depth S
It is urged by a writer, from the quan
tity of alluvial lauds above the mountain,
that, at some remote period, a dam of
rcat height at this point obstructed the
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progress ot the ueiaware. xi uuu uueu
very near as high as the mountain, it
would have raised the water that it might
have run into the North lliver. It has
been conjectured that this dam was en
gulfed by the great convulsion of the earth,
and these reasons are given in the proof:
The distance through the mountains is a
bout two miles, within which the river has
an average width of half a mile, and the
water is a3 still as a mill-pond, so that a
raft will be driven by the impulse of the
wind up or down; and the boatmen report
that a hundred and ten years ago, no
bottom could pe found with their longest
line.
It is contended that had the mountain
been worn by abrasion, such a gulf would
not have existed and that the bottom of
the river would have consisted of the same
material which from the nucleus of the
mountain,(hard granite) instead of alluvi
al mud.
Professer Rogers maintains that by
some mighty convulsiou, which produced
transverse dislocation in the Appalachian
chain, may have caused this rentor chasm;
and cites the .numerous gaps and breaks,
in the line of the 131ue mountain, as ex
hibiting, very generally, a correspondent'
law.
The Eastern papers state that a ma
chine has been invented, but not yet patented,-which
will do the entire pegging
of a shoe, with cither one, two or three
rows of pegs, in from two to three minute3.
The number of rows make no difference
in the time, and the work is pronounced
far better than hand work can be. A
further novelty in the case is, that the'
machine makes its own pegs as it does
its work, thus destroying the value of
that ingenius machine for making pegs
that has so long been both useful an&
profitable.
Freaks of Lightning,
The Congregational Church at Look-:
port, 2T. Y., was struck by lightning on-4
Sunday last, during divine service. It!
entered the gallery occupied by the sing-"
ers, iustautly killing Luther Crocker, ono
of the choir, and injuring six others, three
of whom are ladies. Consternation and
dismay seized on all the congregation at
the sudden and awful event, and the Eev.
Mr. Gilman, who from the pulpit beheld
the full effect of the calamity, fainted a
way. The shock was terrific,- and its ef
fect for several minutes rendered every
person powerless. The steeple was shiv
ered. The iniured narties were much
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burnt, but all except one are doing well.
There was a terrible thunder storm str
Putney, Vermont, and vicinity last week.
The lightning, besides cutting up some
strange freaks, did materially damage.
A hnc pair ot cattle belonging to Clinton'.
W. Lord was struck and instantly killed,
and a boy that stood near their heads at
the time, and had been driving them,
had a verry narrow escape from death.
It seems -that when the bolt struck, they
all fell togetner, and when first discover
ed the boy's eye-lashes were singed, and
a numoer or red irregular stripes were
found upon his breast and abdomen. No-
other marks appeared on his person.
xuo loes 01 Doui or cis hoots were entire
ly torn off, and it is- supposed that the e-
lectric fluid passed down both his limbs.
An Awful Crime and Svccdr Punish
mcnt. Last week, "at Pekin, Illinois, a
man commuteu a rape upon a little cirl
seven years old. The Circuit Court waa
in session the man was indicted. A. Liu-'
coin, Esq., was appointed prosecutor, r
vermes or guilty was rendered,- and tho
mau was sentenced to eighteen years im
prisonment in the penitentiary. A mob
came very near cettinff possession oftho:
base wretch, and hanging him.
Singular Occurrence. A rather singul
ar occurrence took place on Friday, savs
:he Detroit (Mich.) Free Press, on thn
Grand lliver road, near the river llomm.
Mr. C. Hartmever. nf th
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nred man, was proceeding with his team
along the road, a portion of which was
covered pretty deeply with water, when,
all at once, the ground began to give way..
Mr. Hartmeyer got out to ascertain what
the matter was, when the horses and wai?-
on suddenly disappeared beneath the sur-
ace. In a moment or two thev returned
to the level of the cround, being thrown
up by a gush of water, and again went
down. The horses wcrer finally got out
of the hole, which was some twenty feet;
deep. They were both dead. The man
who was with Mr. Ilartmcyor was in the
Wa?on. WO linrlncfnnfl ntlmn it- i '
O ; - vwvu.u, 1, uuii in uugau LLP
go down, but succeeded in getting out pre
vious to its going under. The late heavv
rains and consequent floods were tho causa
of the formation of this quicksand, tho i
uovuwi nuiiuuua 01 wmcn were so
tnkingly manifested in this instance.
A writer for thc newspapers " away
down in Old Tirginny," says that since the
thc ministers havo been preaohing to slaves
about the immorality of dancing, near
ly the whole of them so great is their
conviction have "laid down the fiddle..
and the bowx" and taken to gamblingr
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