&l)z Scffcrsoiiicui.
Thtir.!:ty, .frilly r, ISM.
WHIG NOF&INATtONS.
TOR CAN AI fcOMiHSSiONBR,
MIOSES POWft.l 5L., LnneaslerCoUiity
TOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
A 5.i:X. 5i. ITJrCUEiK, Frank hn Co.
SURVEYOR GKS'HlAlr,
SISSSSTSAtf ?aYEKS, Clarion Co.
fciy The Harrisburg correspondent of
the GjtWnbersburg'MrVjz'g'' furnishes that
j arcr with the following item, which will
mc our readers some idea how the finan
cial affairs of our State arc managed bv
Gov. Bioleu.
1 "Glory to goodness," said an old lady,
I have borrowed mouey enough io pay
.ill my debts!" A handsome financial
(Deration, iudced and not an uncommon
no these days of profligacy. Gov. BigJor
Ins caught the happy idea, and is about
tiwork wonders. He proposes to bor
i w 1, 000,000 to pay the amount of
ilobt. After adding nearly $2,000,000
t tU State debt, h is now about to re-
tho credit of the Go mm on wealth by
' lirg Peter to pa' Paul. He adverti
- f v a loan of 61,000,000, to be awar-
i r; the second Tuesday of August, at
p r cent, interest, and the bonds to
t ;m f taxation for an purpose what-
. This is Gov-. Bigler"s fourth loan
i r brief period of eighteen months
fi ling in the aggregate to 82)575,-
A lovoly beginning for a man
)'- - cd to reform, But what say the tax-
Efarresihig.
Mmy of the farmers of this county,
1, a already commenced tho work of
'tins. This is at least a week ear
, - t- usual. "We are pleased to learn
f.i t tl.e crops have not been injured by
fh, and that the yield throughout will
i. a fine one
31 Week before last, Mr. Thomas
ILman, of Northampton county, and
h Kecse, of Allcntown, caught in tbe
i ,buiina crock, in this county, 2,893
i ii.
The Cholera.
1 f disease is prevailing to an alarm
2 -t-st at Williamsport, Md. On the
th ult., six deaths occurred and three
ti t! 27th. A correspondent of the
' V....4.. UTiri.rT " A
" to be on the increase, rather than
. any disposition to abate. Some
' f uT most prominent citizens have been
j c J. There are none to wait upon
. k, and general gloom is begiuing
s- ff-vail. Much sickness is manifesting
:: . in the District, and in the neighbor
j g one in Virginia, several cases and
- :..- deaths ''Kave occurred.
I Live stolen frm the bed-side of a dy
" ruon to pen you this. We have been
- rolled to suspend business almost
-1 r ). In two prominent hotels there
. -.. -tii wmnn tn An flip wbnlft tfnrk.
tA German named Christian Miller,
4 arrested on the North and South
. i-LpjLe, in Pocono township, in this
:viy, on Sunday last, and lodged in
'i in this place, on Monday, charged
if.j au attempt to commit a rape on a
c; 'ill ten years of age, daughter of
'lr J icob Edinger.
JJ The Hon. George R. Barrett,
7 re '.dent Judge of this Judicial District
Icon appointed Codifier of the Rcve-
L'-iws, under the act of Congress, ap
printing $10,000 for that purpose.
Otartcr Notices. We notice an-
r r rjentfi already published in the
I --rr?sburg papers, pursuant to a provi-
n in our Constitution requiring six
i.tLs notice of intended applications
r rLarters at the next session of tbe
t-t: L gislature.
YlzLk of Northumberland.
JI jneuale Bank.
Miners" Bank of Pottsville.
Tanners and Mechanic's B'k Allcntown.
B-nk of Gettysburg.
C muonsburg Saving Fund Society.
Bujk of Commerce.
Ptun Township Bank.
Farmers' and Mechanic' B'k of Oata
j s 'ia.
Blursville Trust and Saving Company.
Iron Mairufacturer'sB'k at Portsmouth.
Lumberman's Deposit Bk at Ports--;
jlIi.
ait capital invested in the Tunning basi-
z in mis COU-mrvf is j&uuiaiuu at auoui
nt en tmllkHfci of dollars. There are about
: lusaiMi five hundred tanneries in the
r,-rent aUtos, which turn out annually at
nit tvelve million rides of leather, valued
lWjI thirty three millions of dollars. Add
' i I'i'soncand a hilf millions of hides, impor-
etery yer. ad we have some idea of the
xlc ' t tr the itttiiutr busing in thu United
-tea.
Independence Bay in Moui-oe Co.
The Fourth passed off in this place
without any demonstration on tho part
of our citizeus, except the explosion of
thousands of fire crackers by some of the
boys.
In Hamilton towuship the day was ap
propriately observed) by the citizens of
that and the adjoiuing townships. They
met in a beautiful grove at Lake Paupu
nonming) where the Declaration of Inde
pendence was read by G. P. Gordon; af
ter which, an Oration was delivered by
James II. Walton, Esq. which was pro
nounced by those who heard it, a splendid
production. Appropiate addresses were
also delivered by Rev. Messrs. Ritchie,
Heilig, Hubbard, and Young.
Charles S. Dietrich and Lorenzo Ilof
feditz, were the Marshals of tho day, and
we aic informed every thing passed off
with much credit to all concerned.
Marriage Cermonl.lhc followingccr
tiGcatc was duly granted to the parties
therein named) and signed by an embryo
justice of tho Peace, in Peoria, county,
Illinois : To all the world greeting, know
yc John Smith and Peggy Myers, is here
by certified to go together, and do as the
old folks does, anywhere in coporass pre
cinct, and when my commission comes, I
am to marry'em, and date'em back toki
ver accidents."
Maine Law Vole;
On Monday, the 20th ult., the people
of Michigan voted on the Liauor Law
W A
question. The enactment is similar in
its provisions to the 'Maine Law,' and a
proviso was contained in it that it should
be submitted to a vote of the people, to
be approved or rejected by them. From
the returns which we see published, we
judge that it has been carried by at least
25,000 majority many counties voting
for it in mass, and even the city of Detroit,
giving 300 majority for it.
Brownson, Catholic in the last number of
his review, maintains.
'That if the Church should direct the Cath
olic citizens of this Republic to abolish the
Constitution, the liberty and very existence
of their country-; ns a sovereign State, and,
transfer it to the crown of Louis Napoleon
Bonaparte, they are bound by a Divine ordi
nance to obey.
07 All funerals in Paris are performed by
one chartered, registered company. They
have got a privilege, a concession, a monopo
ly from the government. If you die in the
Catholic religion, nobody else can bury you.
They have an office that is open 14 hours oat
of the twenty-four j they have 500 black hor
ses, eighty hearses of various sizes, (one ex
pressly for giants, ) drivers, bier-carriers, car
penters, drapers without number; they hare
shields and armoral bearings ready painted
for all the titled families in Paris; they have
hangings for doorways and churches, with
embroidered initials in the alphabet; they
supply water, whether blessed or not, makes
no difference; they undertake every thing
with nothing! to do the whole-, and then send
you, or rather your executors and survivors,
a swinging bill. The tariff of prices shows
that there are pompes from 3.975f. down to
5f. Home Joun
The Memphis Express says the case of
Spalding vs the Corporation of Baton Rouge,
for damages, luid at -52,500, for the seizure
of their " Floating Palace " by the authorities
of said Corporation last Winter, for refusing
to pay the usual circus tax, was decided by
the United States Circuit Court, at New-Orleans,
last tveek, in favor of the corporation.
The license set up by tke plaintiffs to navi
gate the waters of the United States, on giv
ing security that the revenue Jaws would not
be violated, was considered by the court as
extending to vessels enaied in commercial
business only, and not to vessel's like the
Floating Palacej used for the purposes of ex
hibitions. Look cut, Girls.
At the Pennsylvania State Fair, to beheld
ut Pittsburg in September next, theie will be
a premium offered to girls under twenty -one
years of age,(and we never saw one beyond
thatyet,) of a silver cup for the best ten pounds
of butter, and for the second best a pair of
silver butter knives. For the best five pounds
of butter, a set of silver teaspoons, and for the
seeond best a silver cup.
TIuU Chaise. The Portland Adverti
ser explains how it happened that the
splendid chaise, built as a present to Gen
eral Pierce from his friends in Portland,
came to be given to Col. Strickland. The
chaise unfortunately was not completed
until after the offices had been disturbed
whereupon the zeal of the givers was so
much cooled that it was put in a store
instead of being sent to Washington. 1
Finally it was given to Col. Strickland,
who was a disappointed applicant for the
Bangor Colletorship. What a falling off!
Intended for the President of the United
States, and given to a rejected office-seeker
!
A distinguished scientific writer of N.
Y., says persons struck with lightening
should not be given up as dead for at
least three hours, and should be drenched
freely with cold water at first, and after
wards water and salt.
TT In New Yoik, on Friday, six persons
were killed by a steamboat explosion, two by
the burning of a bakery, four by falling of
buildings, one by lightning, and one by scald
ing total 14.
Crawford C&unfy
I'he Whigs of Crawford County held a
public meeting at Conneautville, on the
15th ult. Hon. John W. Fanclly deliv
ered an able, and pointed ad dress j urging
the Whigs to prepare for the coming con
test. The following) among other resolu
tions, were adopted:
Rjesolvcd) That we most cordially en
dorse the nomination of our candidates
for Surveyor and Auditor Generals, and
Canal Commissioner. With such men as
Meyers, M'Cluue, and Pawnall for
standard bearers, even defeat would be
honorable In theni we recognize that
houesty, integrity, and capability that
should be the ruling qualifications in
those who are selected to fill offices of
trust and profit. They are alike disting
uished for their intelligence and hic;h
moral worth, and should receive the sup
port of all good citizens and well-wishers
for the welfare of our Commonwealth,
and if elected they would discharge the
duties of the repective offices for which
they are named in a manner honorable to
themselves and beneficial to tho State.
Resolved. That we Would respectfully
urge upon the people the importance of
choosing legislators who are in favor of
the sale ot tho Public Works; believing
that such a course would be the best
method of getting rid of the oppressive
taxes which are now levied, and redound
to the credit and good name of the State
In the hands of designing and unscrupul
ous men, the State Improvements have
been a vast political machine, full of
bribery and corruption, and it is high
time that the people should be heard de
nouncing such an engine of public villainy
and demanding au immediate remedy.
Horrible, Buum.notox, Vt., July 2. Mr.
J. Mason, of the firm of Mason & Jewett, of
Richmond, was instantly killed last evening,
His neck came in contact with a circular saw,
which instantly severed his head from his
boby.
A foot race came off week before last, nenr
Doylestown, between an American and an 1
rishinnn. The amount staked was 810 (lis
tance, five miles. The American came out
winner.
They have got a very benevolent old gen
tleman in Iroy. On Chnstmus he boiled a
dish clothand gave the broth to the poor.
Within about a fortnight three towns of
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Gordonsville,
Va., have voted -$535,000 to railroads.
Alleghany County Prison contains seven-
tv-five inmates.
fJThe Latest from China.
Capture cf Nankin Its Evacuation
and the Defeat of the Rebels. From the
same highly respectable and reliable
source to which we have been previously
indebted for important information from
Chinaj we have received a copy of a pri
vate telegraphic despatch received in
London, from Trieste , by one of the first
mercantile firms in tbe British metropolis:
The India and China mails have ar
rived, with advices from Canton to the
20th of April, and from Hong Kong to a
latcr"date. The capture of the city of
Nankin by the insurgents is fully con
firmed. 'The Hong Kong Gazette of April 22
confirms this information, a"nd says that
the capture was effected on the 21st of
March. It adds, however, the important
intelligence that the insurgents were sub
sequently compelled to evactuate the city,
and that on the 6th of April they were
defeated in an engagement -vrith the Im
perial troops about thirty miles south of
the city of Nankins'
There was also in circulation at the
closing of the Africa's mails, a report to
this effect 'Shanghae abandoned.' The
information, however, was too vague to
produce much effect, for it was impossible
to decide whether Shanghae was 'aban
doned' by European residents, by the peo
ple generally, by the Imperial forceSj or
by the insurgents. The most probable
version seems to us the latter or that
they had abandoned all attempts on
Shanghae after being compelled to evac
tuate Nankin. N. Y. Commercial Adver
ser. Crew Match Race, On the 20th ult., a
thorse race was to have taken place near Mon
erey, California distance 10 miles, over a
level country. The following were the stakes:
810,000 in cash (a side,) one thousand head
of cattle (valued at $23,000,) and five hun
dred young mates, (valued at JoOOO,) making
in all 30,00040,000 a side.
The Chinese think that the inventor of ink
was one of the greatest men that ever lived ;
that he enjoys a blessed immortality, and is
charged with keeping an account of the man
ner in which all ink is used here below, and
for every abuse of it he records a black mark
against the offender.
A horse in North Carolina has turned out
a magnificent mustache. The animal belongs
to Dr. James, of Salisbury. The mustache
is described as being as neat a one as can be
found under the nose of any dandy in the
country. The hair is about an inch in length
just under the nostril; and branches out from
the center.
The Cincinnati Gazette says that two young
men, near that city, recently caught a calf,
and while alive, commenced taking its hide
off. As they got it nearly off, the bellowings
of the animal brought together some of the
neighbors, and the scoundrels fled. They
have not yet been caught, but an eftbrt is be
ing made to arrest them, when we trust they
may be punished to the fullest extent of the
law.-
Fast Traveling
Mr. S. Lawrdnce, of Boston Mass., left La
salle, Illinois, at three o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, last week, for home, going by way
of Chicago, Cleaveland and Buffalo, a tench of
which cities he made a short stop. At Buffalo
he took the "lightning express train" to Al
bany, and from there reached Bosten via the
Western and Worcester Railroads, arriving
on Friday afternoon, at half-past four o'clock.
The actual distance traveled was eleven hun
dred and fifty miles, and the time consumed
only for'y-nine and one half hours!
The Hot Week in June.
For five days, commencing on tho 19th,
the weather was truly exhausting and op
pressive. Many lives have been lost, a
larger number, it is probable, from a
similar cause, than we have ever before
been called upon to chronicle. On Thurs
day eveuining we had a fine shower, aud
thereafter there was a decided change for
the better. The range of the thermome
ter, at the merchants exchange, from the
18th to the 24th inclusive, at 3 P. M.
was as follows :
18th,
82dei.
22nd-,
23rd,
24th,
95
96
82
10th 88
20th, 95i
21st. 9h
It will be seen by
the foregoing that
the hottest dav was Thursday the 23d
although according to our own feelings.
Wednesday at the same hour-, was still
more oppressive. Inquirer.
At Newark, (N. J.) on Tuesday, the
Thermometer registered 97deg. as the
maximum temperature, being higher than
has been recorded In June for more than
ten years
BOSTON. At as late an hour as six
o'clock last evening, the thermometer in
dicated a temperature of 95 a remark
able degree of heat for so late a period in
the day. Journal of the 22d.
The Hot June.
The present month is likely to prove
memorable in the annals of the weather
a.s the hot June. We have had nothing
like it for many years. According to the
Register at McAllister's in Chesnut street
above Second, the following has been the
condition of the temperature since 1843
June 16, 1843, 95deg., June 28, 1844,
95; June 9, 1845 95; June 19, 184G, 92;
Juue 28, 1847 97 ; June 27, 1848, 96;
June 22, 1849, 97; June 29, 1850, 93;
June 30, 1S51, 95; June 30, 1852, 95;
Juue 20, 1853, 9G
On Thursday, the loth, at noon their
thermometer stood at
On the lGfchj same hour
" 17th,
" 18th,
" 20th,
" 21st,
" 22d,
" 23d,
ou octrees
On t
88 do
91
80
93
95
93
93
do
do
do
do
do
do
On Wednesday last, at 3 P. M. the
thermometer at our office door stood at
98 degrees. The Boston Traveler gives
the following particulars in relation to
the weather m that city
The greatest altitude we ever observed
in Juue was 97, for a few minutes only
on the 30th, in 1841, and which within
an hour was followed by a shower of the
largest hail we have ever seen.
Since that time tho thermometer has
risen in June to 93 and upwards, on G
days, viz : on
June 25th, 1843, to 93
k
a
it
it
9th, 1845, to 93
22d, 1849, to 95.
20th, 1S50, to 94V
i r?f u i sr.o fr nysl
But the hottest day in J unc, on the
average, within the last 12 years, was the
20th in 1350, when at Brooklyn, N. Y.,
according to an eminent meteorologist of
that city, the thermometer stood about
90 for nine successive hours.
At the Observatory at Cambridge, the
thermometer yesterday as is usual in the
country, on a hot day, rose two degrees
higher than in this city, or to 97, the
change in the wind took place at oh
47ra., or 17 minutes later than here, and
the fall in the thermometer thereby pro
duced, was twenty degrees. Inquirer.
The Beginning of the End.
Gen. Scott was defeated last fall, main
ly -by the cry of the Locofocos that he
would appoint Mr. Seward and other free
soilers to office, and put down the agita
tion of the slave question was the object
of the silver gray leaders who opposed
and defeated Scott. Gen. Pierce was
held up as the Union Compromise can
didate pledged to sustain both and
show no favor to Disunionists, north or
south. The Pierce men denounced Sew
ard and all who opposed the Compromise
measures, as enemies of their country.
Well, three months of the Pierce reign
hag passed. That shows that his pledges
have been violated that rampant Dis
unionists, north and south, have been
awarded, to the exclusion of Union and
Compromise men. Indeed his favors have
been generally extended to the advocates
of the Nashville and Buffalo Conventions.
This fact has become so notorious that
prominent Locofoco editors and individu
als, all over the country, aro denouncing
him. The Union men of the South, gen
erally, the New York Democrat and
others north, join in denouncing his course.
Even in New Hampshire, at a State Con
vention, Edmund Burke, late Commis
sioner of Patents, and editor of the Union
at Washington, offered a resolution cen
suring him for having appointed Free
Soilers and Secessionist o office, to the
neglect of the National men of the p'arty.
Even in the New York Legislature, Sen
ator Coolcy, a leading Locofoco, declared
war against him for holding Martin and
John Van Buren in regard, without ask
ing pardon for defeating Cass in 1848.
This is the beginning of the end of three
months, but not the end of four years.
Canton (Ohio) Repository.
JtgS-A large copper colored snake,- with
three heads and five tails, was killed on a
mountain near Bedford, recently. The
Inquirer says it has been stuffed and sent
to the Philadelphia Museum.
JKBro'adway, New York, is perhaps
the most densely crowded thoroughfare
in America, 528 omnibusscspass through
it incessantly.
JGSFA monster tree is said to' have been
discovered in California, which measures
two hundred feet in height, and eighty
feet in circumference!
The borough' of Pottsville wishes
to borrowS16,000, to cancel some of its
outstanding orders.-
The iate Robbery.
We published a few weeks since a fattier
from Mr. Merriman, late Representative from
this county, explaining his position, arid sus
taining the charges made by him against tire
Canal Commissioners. But we come now to
the figures and facts. Before the Legislature,
and in his letter, he charges the Canal Board
with fraud, and suys that they 'defrauded the
Taxpayers out of $150,000 ih letting 2G
miles of grading on the New Portage Rail
road, by letting the work to favorites, when
as good men as are in the State bid for the
work that much lower.' It will be remem
bered that a locofoco committee white-washed
the conduct of the Canal Board, notwith
standing the evidence produced against them
was of the most conclusive kind. She an
nexed statement of a portion of the lettings,
on the work referred to, with the amounts
at which the different sections were let, and
the bids thereon, will show the Tax Payers
of the State that the charges preferred by
Mr. Merriman were too true. These figures
are taken from the published testimony taken
before a committee of investigation, and from
a part of the Legislative Record. Read and
ponder these fncts :
SECTION, No. 14.
Andrews, Ban &, Ban,
7,450
Jacob B. Lyon &. son-,
5.G30
5,000
5,303
5,440
4)21,463 f5,3GG
W. G. Campbell-,
John Berkholder,
Neal &. Matersoiit
t2,084
G,190
' SECSION, No. 12.
Andrews, JJan & Ban,
Read & Materson, 0,180
Wm. G. Campbell, 5,440
G. & II. H. Tharnburg 5,770
3)16,390 5.4C3
727
7,150
SECTION, No. 10.
Charles Carson,
Berkholder & Co., 4,945
J. B. Lyon & Co., 4,530
Robert Stewart & Co., 4,830
3)13,905 f4,G35
$3,515
G,380
SECTION, No. 23.
Wm. II? McQuaid-,
John N. Law & Co., 4,455
Rhoads, Douglass & Co., 5,590
Painter, Gordon & Co., 5,000
3)15,046 f5,015
1,365
SECTION, No. 22.
II. L. Patterson & Co.,
Read & Materson, 17,140
Rhoads, Douglass & Co., 18,703
Painter, Gordon & Co., 1G,800
McNeal, Fline & Co., 17,093
27iG75
4)70,400 fl7,601
tl0,074
SECTION, No. 21.-
J. K. Morehead,
Painter, Gordon & Co.,
Douglass, Rhoads & Co.,
McGran, Reilly & Co.,
James Burns,
Hunter, Iiirkpitrick & Co.,
TUNNEL.
03,025
81,100
63,200
88,200
91,330
88,450
5)417,230 83,456
J19.569
SECTION, No. 20.
John Burkholder,
Painter, Gordon j- Co.,
Rhodes, Douglass & Co.,
Patrick Bdrke & Co.,
McGranj Reilly & Co.
-RE-LET.
32,700
18,580
19,512
19,9fi0
28.S35
4)86,937 t21,734
$10,966
SECTION, No. 27.
(Contract is made by J. Porter Brawley and
Jos. Bailey.
Alex. McCommon & Co., 20,680
Morrison, Rhonds & Co.-, 14,070
McGran, Reilly & Co., 15.890
Burk, B:irny &. Co., 10,670
Rhoads, Douglass & Co., 10,792
4)G2,222 fi5,555
t5,025
SECTION, No. 26.
Alex. McCommon & Co., 21,G30
(Contract made by J. Porter Brawley and Jos.
Bailey.)
Morrison, Rhoads & Co., 14.000
D. II. Lutz & Co., 17,330
McGran, Reilly & Co., 19,205
Painter, Gordon & Co., l,uu0
4)63,195 fl7,040
t7,5Sl
SECTION, No. 25. -
Jacob Bailey, (Contract signed by Joseph
Biiley.) -H,JU0
Ilambright & Co.,- 3G.050
Painter, 35,050
Morrison, Rhoads & Co., 39,240
Burkj Barny & Co.; 37000
4)148,870 137,317
J7.3S3
SECTION, No. 24.
Georrre W. Enrrlisli.
14,419
Ilowley Dooring, 10,500
D. II. Lutz & Bra;, 9,750
Elias Ovcrdeer, 9,635
Morrison, Rhoads & Co., 10,4o0
4)10,3SG flO.096
$4,323
Price at which this contract was let,
Average of other bids for the work.
fLoss to the State;
It will be observed that the name of J.
Porter Brawley figures in two contracts, a
warded to him and other favorites by which
upwards of 12,500 were lost to the State,
when good and responsible bidders Would
lave done it tor just that much less, iiut
we have no time to enlarge upon the subject
at present. Wo submit the facts for the con-
sideration of the People. Meadville Gazette.
On Saturday afternoon, about 6 o'clock
Capt. Winthrop RiOhardson, a well known
retired sailor, of Boston, crossing the
Maine Bailroad track at Melrose, a few
miles from Boston, was struok by the ex
press train and dashed to pieces, not a
piece being found larger than his hand.
The Delator, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad,
The contracts for the construction of
tho entire Southern Division of this road,
were made during the. past week. The
Southern Division extends from Scrautoir
to the Delaware river, at the point of
brid"in. about Gve niile3 below the Del
aware Water Gap, and a distance of fifty
six miles. The sections are one mile each;
and are counted from Scranton, No. 1, td
the Delaware river, No. 56. The follow
ing are the allotments of work :
Sects. 1 to 10 inclusive, to Malone &
Co., of Lancaster, Pa.
Sect. 11 to be disposed of.
Sect. 12 to Nathan G. Howe, of Lu
zerne county.
Sects. 13 to 15 inclusive, to John L:
Travis & Co., of Luzerne co.
Sects. 16 to 18 inclusive, to Bloom &
Carmichael, of Luzerne co.
Sects. 19 and 20 inclusive, to Connelly
& Walsh, of Luzerne cd.
Sects. 21 to 23 inclusive to Williaui
Cleary, of Newburgh, N. Y.
Sects. 24 to 41 inclusive, to H. S. Wells
& Co., of Bradford co.
Sects. 42 to 46 inclusive to Mott &
Hamcrsley, the former of Pike co., tho
latter of Lancaster, Pa.
Sects. 47 to 56 inclusive, to NoycSj
Clark &, Co., of Wyoming co.
The contractors aro required to com
plete their contracts ready for the super
structure at different dates, from 1st July
to I5th August, 1854, with one exception
the contract of II. S. Wells & Co.; be
ing very heavy, and embracing a tunnel,
it will end on the 1st October, 1854. The
work wiil commence on the whole line in
the month of July, and it is confidently
anticipated that by this road anthracite
coal will reach the city of New York in
the 3'ear of our Lord 1854.
It is seldom that so large and respon
sible an enterprise is pushed with so much
energy and vigor ; a result attributable to
the strong, influential willing, working
stockholders embarked in this important
and most valuable undertaking. The in
terest and exertions bestowed upon this
object by the wealthy and substantial cit
izens of New York and their neighbors,
amount almost to enthusiam, and betoken
a bright future in the destiny of the Wy
oming and Lackawanna valleys.
Lackaivamia Herald.
Coup do Solid or Sun Stroke.
A correspondent of the New York
Times , gives a few precautionary hints
upon this subject, which are important,
lie says,. Coupde Soliel is caused by the di
rect action of the sun's rays upon the head,
producing severe congestion of the brain,
or effusions of blood in and over its sub
stance. The patient, when attacked, falls
or drops suddenly, deprived of sense and
motion, and frequently dies on tbe spot.
Sometimes, however, reaction takes place,
ending in inflamation of the brain. All
persons exposed to the influences of tho
sun in hot weather, are, of course, liable
to an attack of coup de sol tel. But from
a variety of circumstance?, both in rela
tion to the constitutional habits of individ
uals and extraneous influences, some peo
ple are more liable to it than others. Tho
principal predisposing causes, or circum
stances which predispose to this affection,
lie in that peculiar conformation of the
body, consisting in a large head, full face,
florid complexion, short, thick neck. broad
shoulders, ample chest, globular abdo
men, short stature, inclined to plethora,
and obesity. Such individuals are often
subject to bleeding from the nose, and to
sensations, of weight and fullness in tho
head, particularly when, or after stooping
or making unusual body exertion. When
in bed they find it necessary to have their
heads elevated, as when low they aro
restless: and their breathing more difficult.
Individuals of this description, whose vo
cations exposo them to the sun, should
most assuredly change their business in
summer to in-door work.
The symptoms of its approach differ
somewhat. In some cases its attack is
very sudden, with slight indications, if
any, of its approach ; though as a gener
al thing, vertigo, or dizziuess, ringing iri
the ears, dimness of sight, pain and heav
iness in the head, are the precursors of an
attack of coup de soliel, and of apoplexy.
rersons experiencing tnese symptoms, or
their approach, should immediately quit
work and ride home: and by making as
soon as they cany free use of cold applica
tions to the head, will, in all probability,
recover. 1 lie treatment ot coup de solid
should be prompt and sinrple. Cold wa-
or, in affections of this kind,- possesses
surpassing efficacy; though much depends-
upon its sudden, as well as upon its time-
y application;
Therefore, while same one goes for a
ikilful physician, put into immediate prac
tice the following directions ; and in all
irobabihty, the lite of the patient will bo
saved, viz : Place tho patient in a Cdol
md airy situation, with his head and
shoulders elevated, and while some one is
removiug his cravat, unbuttoning his shirt
collar, aud removing, or loosening what
ever else that maybe tight about his per
son, dash suddenly eold water on tho
lead. Ibis may bo done with a pitcher,
or any suitable vessel, held at some little
distance above the head, pouring out up
on it a large and steady stream.
Mustard plasters may also be used o-
ver the upper parfc of the feet, and on tho
wrists. But continue the water, and the
patient must be saved. It is hardly pos
sible to speak too highly of the beneficial
influences of cold water in the treatment
ot'eoup de solid. Many violent case3 of this1
anu aiso or apopiexy, nave Deen most suc
cessfully cured by it. As to afer treat
ment, the attending physician will advise,
on that subjecfi.
HQueer, that since the Whig party
is dead our Locofoco brethern should bo
making such a fuss about tho next elec-r
. " "at s ln the wind, gentlemen
not frightened at your own shadows, wo;
uope.