cttcrsomnn.
Jjj2 Those of cur town and country
mibscribcrs who changed their residences
on the first of April, should inform us.
Word left at the ofiice, or a line by letter,
will insure the delivery of their papers
punctually at their new residences.
rSrMr. John W. Buxton, of this place,
informs us that he has just received a lot
of A re's Cherry Pectoral.
This is the only sure and safe remedy
el before the public for the cure of In
fluenza, Bronchitis, Incipient Consump
tion, and all lung complaints; and will ef
fect more good than any of the numerous
preparations with which the country i
inundated. Try it.
i'ick&GCliCtSt
Wc observe by our exchanges, that the
City of New-York has more than her us
ual share of light-fingered gentry at prcs
cut. On Saturday last, Mr. David Bo-
naid, in crossing the ferry to go to the
Philadelphia cars, had a pockct-bool
had a pOCKCl-DOOK l . , .ii-i
. , , ' flattering tribute to the Inch sense oi jus
len from the breast . ,, ... w
, . tice of li is Excellency illia.m Biglek,
On the same evening. , . e , . 1
lor one of the subjects of his clemency is
containing 100 take
pocket of his coat
Mr. Edmondsou, had a port-monie cut
from her dress, in a Broadway Stage,
ontaining eighty-three dollars. Wc ad-
ise strangers vintine the City to be oni. , . . ,
o a j from no imfnri.-!i Kicinannor and stave
'he look-out for these sharks
James Quinn is to be hum: in Wilkes
barre, on Friday the 21st of April. in-s-tefcd
of the 27th of this month the Gov
t mor having respited him two weeks.
Good butter is selling in Cincinnati for
1 0 cents a pound. In Buffalo, butter
is sold from 10 to 15 cents a pound, ac
cording to quality. In Stroudsburg, but
ter ia sold at 20 cents per pound.
Methodist Conference. The Phil
Hdelphia Conference of the M. E. Church,
has just closed its labors at Beading.
The seasiou seems to have been an inter
esting one. The following statistics show
the state of the church, and the increase
biuce the last meeting of the body.
1S53.
39100
5828
8424
4G1
1534.
40293
G27S
8830
699
275
51
While Members,
41 Probationers,
t'olored Members,
' Probationer.3,
Local PreachV-White, 276
" ,; Colored, 43
Missionary money
collected, 814,492 43 18,371 42
B.blc money col-
lectcd,
1,603 24
765 96
GS1 07
Education monev
collected.
G30 90
S. School money
collected, 786 69
1,053 83
Ths increase of the Sunday Schools,
ver fhc past year, within the bounds of
the Conference, is 37. The increase of
fSccrs and teach-er3 for the same period
4 44, aud of scholars 2,450. The increase
ji Sunday School books is 12,570.
The entire amount of Conference col
lections for the 3'ear ending in March,
1S53, was 22,034 85. For the fiscal
year just ended the amount is 520,097
53. Showing an iucreaso of 84,062 68.
The following arc the appointments
made for this District :
Joseph Castle, P. E.
SL George's, F. lludgson. Triuity D.
W. Burtino. Stli st., u m. Lne. 5th st..
J. A. Boach. St. John's and liising Sun,
i. R Crooks Kensington, P. Coombc.
Sanctuar', Win. Barnes. N. Market st.,
J. Y. Ashtou. 12th St., Wm. II. Elliott.
Oobocksink, J. J. Jones. Emory Mis
rion, G. 1). Bowen. N. City Mission, J.
Tho nip.-ou. Hcdding Chuuh, A. Man-
ship. Summcrfield Mission, G. W. Mc
Laughlin. Port Biehmond, . C. Bob
insou. Zoar Mile&town, S. Towu-
Hnd. Lehman's chapel and Fairvicw,
Ii. S. Atiuorc. Doylet-town, Win. W.
McMicbael. Frankford, G. Quiglcy.
Bridesburg, D. R. Thomas. Bustleton,
K. M. Grecubank. Ilolmesburg, J. E.
Boyd. Bristol, M. II. Sity. Altlebor-
ntiffh. J. L. Taft. Now Town, J. A.
Watson." Allentown, S. Irwin. Eas
ton, J. R. Anderson. S. Easton, 51. A
Bay. Richmond, W. B. Wood. Strouds
burg, J. F. Boone, J. Hubbard. Cherry
Yullej', E. Townscnd. J. Cunningham,
Agent of Phila. Conf. Tract Society. J.
P. Durbiu, Cor Secretary Miss. Society
M. E. Church.
Vacancies to be supplied.
Donation parties to clergymen are ev
ery day affairs, "but to physicians rare.
Last week the people of Willow Place,
L. I. surprised their good old doctor,
who has stood between death and them,
battling skilfully for a good part of a cen
tury, with a donation vi.-it which left him
richor by S200 in cash and another hun
dred in fruit, and its cognate comforts.
JTJ3 Cotton umbrellas are worth 810
50 a piece in Panama.
SSSrln Prussia, boys of 15 are drawn,
and compelled to serve in the army till
30 yoars of age.
tidgc PcIkcU and the SSeskan
. War.
A report has been put into circulation
by the enemies of Judge Pollock, that he
voted in Congress against the bills for
supplies for carrying on the Mexican
War. This report is without just found
ation, aud those who use it will find that
it will recoil upon them, instead of aiding
tbi:ircaue. Judge Pollock h an Amer
ican and asardently. attached to his coun
try as any citizen of it. lie may have
disapproved of the manner in which that
war was commenced, and of the real ob
ject aimed at in its prosecution as many
true patriots did but he never withheld
aid granting all the supplies and fa
cilities demanded in carrying it on or in
ng its successful termination. Dur
ing a service of six vears in Congrcss,not
a vote of his can be shown cither in oppo
sition to the supply bills, or to their earl
passage. His votes on all the questions
raised during their progress will be found
patriotic and right aud such as the peo
pic of all parties must approve.
If, therefore, the enemies of Judge
Pollock expect to make capital against
him, they must take some other ground;
for on this he will be found doublv forti
fied, "and armed for the fight."
Han
Albe rt it
Every capital execution in this State,
says the VJb:in.ber.-.Lurg a Jus:, pays a
now the itinerant hangman ot
)f the Com-
mo n wealth.
It was hoped
few
years
i rr
relieved
j hound, Alkerti, who hud been convict
ed of a crime second only to murder in a
moral noint of view, and sentenced to
the penitentiary; but Gov. Big leu, to
prove to the South that a renegade or.
the Slavery question could "dive deeper
and come up dirtier' than any other, turn
ed him loose upon Society by an Execu
tive pardon, and he has siuce officiated z
matter of ceremonies at every slave-hunt
or kidnapping operation; and as hangman
at every execution in the State. It will
be remembered tnat he was hangman at
the execution of Arthur Spring, and
when Jewell was to be executed at
Pittsbunr the same hideous face craced
the gallows. The Pittsburg Gazelle, in
a detailed account of the execution, has
the following, which is confirmed by the
other Pitttburg journals :
Sheriff Magill had secured the servi
ces of a hangman, supposed to be the well
known Albcrti, of Philadelphia. A more
hideous-looking object we have never
seen, lie seemed to take pride in dress
ing in character.
Long, ragged locks of red hair fell o
vcr his neck and back, huge whiskers and
inuiacLes, (false ones) completely cover
ed the lower part of his face. Daubs of
dark red coloring matter concealed the
upper part of his countenance. His eye
was of the worst description, his nose in
clining towards the Roman, and cheek
bones prominent On his head, he wore
ayellowih cap made in the same style
as those worn by the condemned in the
last moments. When not engaged, he
covered himself with a checkered blanket.
He had on White pantaloons, held up by
a red sash or scarf. Broad and sinewy,
he looked like a demon. He was as
heartless and cool as it was possible to be.
We understand that the appropriations
asked for the public service for the year,
are over hix millions of dollars. Au en
ormous bum what can it be wanted for'
If a sum so large is required, the com
mittee should loe no time in reporting,
for it strikes us that a bill asking for 86,
000,000 will not pass without a protrac
ted debate and very close scrutiny. liar,
risburg JJcniorratic Unv,n.
Think of that, tax-payers I An ap
propriation of SI A" MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS ! If it is granted it will
cause an increase of the State debt of at
least three millions, over and above what
it is at present. What a very economical
State administration we have, to be sure.
Weld in a Nutshell.
The Democratic Union thus speaks of the
Whig candidates for Governor, Supreme
Court, aud Canal Commissioner "It is
but just to award credit to our Whig
friends for having selected their best men
at this time. Col. Pollock is a gentleman
of fair fame, an excellent stump speaker,
aud of much experience in policical life.
Mr. Darfcie has had great experience in
our public councils. He is a fluent and
ready debater, and of unblemished char
acter, and though we have no doubt our
candidate will distance him, yet if he
should be elected, he would be one of the
most efficient canal commissioners the
board has ever had.
Judge Smyser is said to be a lawyer of
reading and of sound legal mind, but Judge
Black is a whole team upon the bench.
The citizens of this vicinity are
petitioning unanimously for the removal
of the State Capitol from DTarrisburg to
Philadelphia. The recent attempt to
consolidate the Supreme Court at the for
mer place has stimulated this movement
anew, and stranger things have happened
than the success of this undertaking, even
nothing its origin in a remote little cor
ner, county hemmed in between the Dela
ware River and the Blue Mountain.
IV'iyiif co. Herald,
Sale of the Public Works.
Whether the public works of the state
should be sold or retained has become a
question of great moment a question
in which every citizen of the state is in
terested. At an early period twelve of
more years ago the mismanagement of
the state officers connected with them, at
tracted public attention to the subject,
and in many sections of the state not im
mediately benefited by them, meetingt;
were calied and resolutions in favor of
selling them passed. The rapid increase
of the public debt the inability of the
state, for a short period, to pay the in
terest on it, seriously alarmed the people
and we very well remember that n:
Cumberland county a formidable party,
assuming the name of Anti-lax Party,
sprung up, the object of which was to
force a sale by refusing to pay all state
taxes until the works were disposed ot.
Nearly the same spirit, and to a far
crrcater extent, prevails now. The state
works, as chey have been managed, and
as tbey arc likely to be managed, are a
source of annoyance and expense they
i corrunt the public morals and increase
the state debt. ho, then, win wonuer
. ... . . Ml 1
at the feeling in favor of selling them to-
individuals or companies. Experience
has clearly proved that the state cannot
mnn.irrn them withurotvt nay, thatunucr
tate control tbey arc a pecuniary ios:
o . . " ,
and a source of corruption. Let us
therefore, dispose of them. We say this
after mature reflection.. Up to this time
:n Imvo pvnrftsscd no oninion on the
ouestion. hoping that something mi
occur to satisfy us that they might be
nrofitablc retained. But nothing has thus
far trauspired so to satisfy us, and on cv
cry hand, wc perceive a growing feeling
in favor of getting rid of them upon al
most any terms, rather than run tnensK
of keeping them any longer. As early as
IS44 more than twenty thousand major
ity of the popular vote was cast in tavor
of the sale nou it a vote were taKen
that majority would be more than quad
rupled. The reason for this is obvious.
The people have become convinced, by
long and severe trials and experienee,that
state management is but another name
for robbery, and that under any system
of state control, likely to be invented, the
commonwealth must be plundged deeper
and deeper into debt. Any one who
looks at the figures, as given by the state
ntjipi-rs themselves, must be convinced
that so long as we retain the public worl
so long must wc be a tax-ridden and op
pressed people. It is alleged that the of
fice of Canal Commissioner is worth, for
the term, 8100,000, or more, depending
upon the smartness and depravity ot the
iucumbent and from the tact that so
manv seek for it to whom the mere honor
and salary could be no temptation, we
the allega
tion is correct. Such a sum, or any sum
beyond the mere salary, can be made by
no other than dishonest means and if
the board, the head of the whole machine
ry, is corrupt, what can we expect but
corruption iu all the subordinates? It is
acknowledged that on the Allegheny
Portage in the term of a single year, we
believe, the commonwealth has been rob
bed of 840,000 perhaps double or treble
that amount would not reach the sum ac
tually stolen; on the Columbia road, the
Collector's office at Philadelphia has been
guilty or peculation; these things are ac
knowledged they arc known to the ca
nal board and yet, although months
have elapfed since the facts became pub
lic, and since the attention of the board
has been drawn to them, nothing that we
arc awaro of has been done to ferret out
and punish the robbers. Thus has the
system of state management ever worked,
and thus will it ever work. It is corrupt
in its head and in all it3 members, and
there can be no rational hope entertained
that it ever will be otherwise. This, at
least is the general impression, and this
impression leads to a strong desiro, on
the part of the people, to dispose of state
improvements. But the figures are, after
all the indices to direct the public mind
to the course proper to be pursued in re
lation to the public works. Their actual
cost has been 832,542,2G7.77 the interest
paid on the same has been 835,157,79G.
13 the expense of conducting them has
been nineteen and a half millions, and
the entire revenue only $25,342,020.47.
The total cost of the state works to the
present time, has been in round numbers,
say 890,000,000, and all we can show to
meet this is a revenue of less than S2G,
000,000. When we add that now appro
priations are asked, amounting to over
8G,000,000, the public may judge for
themselves, whether, under such manage
ment of affairs as we have had, and as
wc are likely to have, the interests of the
people would be best promoted by retain
ing or disposing of the works. For our
own part, having nothing but the public
interest in view, we say sell them and if
you cannot sell them give them away do
auything but keep them longer. Harris,
burg Union.
Vehicle Driven by Compressed
Air. The Commercial Bulletin of Avig
non, France, announces the arrival in that
city of a carriaged riven by compressed
air, after a journey of four hours from
Marseilla?, fifty-three miles distant. It
carried one hundred passengers, and the
fare was only ninety-five cents each.
This vehicle contains a saloon aud re
freshment room, and an external gallery,
by which communication ia maintained
with all its various compartments.
At Allegan, Michigan, a dreadful case
of paricido recently occurred. A man
named Clements, about thirty-five years
of age, killed his .father, an old man of
70, by chopping his head to pieces with
an axe. The murderer struck his vic
tim thirteen blows with the edge of the
instrument, and when he had accomplish
ed the dreadful deed, attempted to kill
his brother also. The man was arrested,
lie insisted that he had done the act in
perfectly cool blood, and will only be con
tent when ho has dostroyed his brother.
A Letter from a Condemned
Criminal.
The following letter from David Jewell,
who was executed at Pittsburg no the 24th
ult., for murder, has been handed in for
ublication by the person to whom it was
addressed. The letter is worthy of a
perusal. It contains a valuable lession :
County Prison, Pittsburg, March, 1854.
Dear Will : In a few short days the
existence and history of your friend will
end on earth, and before I leave, Hear
IVill. I have a few words ot advice to
leave with one whom I love as a brother,
aud which you appeared to be to me, and
have acted as such, during my long and
naiuful incarceration, for which I return
1 , . C .1
to you, and your wne, my mosi proiounu
thanks.
I trust what little I have to say to you
will not be deemed wrong nor out of
place: it may be a benefit to you in years
to come, and you may proht by it, which
I hope you will. Only .look back to the
morning ot the uth ot July, W'oz, anu
picture to yourself the happy man I was
on that glorious, but unhappy day to me
I left my little tamily unaer the promise
to be back again in the course of an hour,
to accompany them on a railroad excur
sion; from there I got in the company of
some young friends, took a social drink
together, from that to another, and an
other, and yet another; I then forgot my
promise to those I held most near and
dear to me. And it is to this blighting
curse, and against its use, I wish to draw
your attention. You are younger than I
am, and I know you will bear with me iu
warning you from ever, ever touching it.
I know you are not in the habit of it; but
3-0U are kind, open, generous and free
hearted, and it is for this that makes me
write to you on this occasion; and. you
will admit that no one knows your geu
erous disposition better than I do.
My first piece of advice to you is never
to drink liquor in any way never to do
it from the time you read the last words
of one who always was your firm tnend
and, thank God, you have proved the
same to me. But, for me to say that li
quor drinking is an evil, is what every
man, woman and child will readily ad
init: and to say that liquor drinking is
the cause of intemperance, is also saying
what no living man will deny; and in
temperance produces, either directly or
indirectlv. much the largest part ot the
j j i.
misery and wretchedness in our happy
country. Its blighting, withering curse
is seen and felt in overy grade of society
It makes the rich poor, and the poor des
titute. It separates the tics that bind
husband and wife. It destroys the nat
ural affection existing between the paren
and child. It brings husband and wife
parent and child, to an untimely, and
very often, to an ignominious death.
But it is unnecessary for me to depict the
evils attendant upon the use ot mtoxica
ting liquors, I wish from my inmost sou
that I could have looked with the same
calm reflection on this evil, when I had
my liberty, as I have since seen, and since
studied. There are but tew persons,
am satisfied, but can call to mind in thei
own recollections, some friend, some loved
acouaintance. whose bright future has
been hopelessly blasted by the vice
drinking liquor. I will say no more to
you on this subject, only remember this :
How many sorrows and how many tears,
Which darken life's rough pathway thou dos
bring! (intemperance.)
For closer than a brother dost thou cling
To those fril mortals once within thy powe
Who strive tothake thee off evade thy string,
And 'scape the threatening clouds that around
thee lower,
Which darker, gloomier grow with each sue
ceedmg hour.
I will say no more in regard to this
but my last word to you is, never drin
liquor, and you will be a happy man.
Leave off running with firo engines, they
are the means of bringing many a youn
man to shame and disgrace. .Let your
evenings be spent in tho society of your
wife and child, and my word tor it, you
will be the happiest of the happy.
I can say no more, my heart is too ful
Farewell, Billy, farewell. Ever and truly
yours, &c.
DAVID JEWELL, Jr
UnfcrtiKiatc Occurrence ia Was!
ilig'lORi
The Washington Star, of the 22d ult.
says : An affair occurred last evening
almost attended with fatal results, which
is the talk of the city this morning, some
of tho circumstances of which we will give
as they have been related to us. While
Clarke Mills the artist, was at Patton's
barber shop last evening waiting to be
shaved, Col. Mitchell, of Minnesota, in an
excited state came in and very familiarly
addressed the gentlemen in the chair, but
as soon as he discovered that he was not
an acquaintance, apologized and his apol
ogy was accepted. When the gentleman
left the shop Mr. Mills took his place to
be shaved. Col. M. then accosted Mills
in the same familiar manner, insulting
him by putting his hand on his fane, rub
bing his chin, and using expressions any
thing but becoming, even when said play
fully among friends. An apology was
then offered by Col. M. for his conduct,
and was accepted by Mr. Mills, and Col.
M' took a scat. In a minute or two, how
ever, Col. M. advanced to Mr. Mills, when
told by the barber to sit down, refused,
saying he would have satisfaction. Hard
words passed between the parties, Mi
Mills telling him if ho did not desist he
would give him satisfaction. Col. M.
said he would cut his throat, and used oth
exprcssions of an offensivo character;
whereupon Mr. Mills rose from his chair
seized the stool upon which his feet rest
ed, and struck Col. M. twice, cutting his
head seriously, which at first was suppos
ed would cause. his death. The wound,
however, we are glad to learn is only a
flesh one, from the effects of which Col
M. will soon recover.
JKln York county, Pa., the property
subject to tuition amounts to 11,532.
38. "
Charge of Iligli Treason.
Major Byrant, U. S. Marshal for the
District of Missouri, made an unsuccess-i
ful effort, about a month since, to execute
wrtts against a number ot persons in iuu
Donald county, Southwest Missouri, vdio
were engaged in trespassing, by cutting
and destroying the most valuable pine
timber upon the Government lands m
that region. The Marshal was driven by
them out of the county into the State of
Arkansas. 'They followed him tnither,and
would have lynched him but for the pro
tection of the people of Bentonsport, in
that State. The Marshal escaped, and
and returning to Jefferson city made a
report of the matter to the Grand Jury of
the United States Court, then in Session
here. They accordingly found an in
dictment against Jarvis W. Barker, who
is a merchant, and a lawyer, of McDonald
county.
Last Friday evening, Barker having ar
rived in this city to make purchases of
goods, B. F. Hickman, Esq. clerk ot the
U. S. Court, issued a warrant for his ar
rest, charging him with high treason in
.' -1 .1 -1 11"
being concerned in the rebellion in iuc-
Donald county, and resisting the process
of the United States. Barker was arrest
ed accordingly, by Deputy Marshal Moore
at the Monroe House, and committed to
iail. The offence with which he is charg
ed not being bailable, he will remain in
confinement until the meeting ot tho Uni
ted States Circuit Court next week. St.
Louis Intclligcnccc, March 21th.
A Queer Case.
A lawsuit has iust been commenced in
this county, involving the validity of a
will, which will make a curious case and
excite some interest. The particulars ot
the case are these. An old farmer nam
ed nenry iransue, resiuing in xiowui
i tt rn T
Saucon township, died in 184-5, leaving a
fine farm of nearly two hundred acres
money at interest, and other property.
IBs sons administered on the estate set
tled all his affairs, and in 1843 the prop
erty was divided according to law, be
tween his widow and children. Eight or
nine years previous to tho old man's
death, he was prosecuted tor adultry m
the courts of this county, convicted and
sentenced to three months imprissonment
in jail and served out the time. The wo
man on whose oath he was convicted o
this charge was a deaf and dumb girl
who gave birth to twins a boy and girl
In this condition matters remained unti
last week, when a will was produced
made by old Transue, in 1837, regularly
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signed, witn dcsse ouiraer anuuuuuu jv
Kiegel as witnesses. Both these witness
es are dead: the will bears no date of the
month when signed, merely the year. In
this will he makes a disposition of his
property different from what the law did
He leaves a share of his property to each
of his illegitimate children, and the in
terest of a portion to she mother of them
during her life. This will has been lay
ing in the hands of a justice of the peace
ever since 1837; and why neither he nor
either of the witnesses in their lifetime
said nothing about it, although they al
lived in the neighborhood and saw the
property divided, is a mystery. The le
gitimatc children of Mr. Transue will con
test it and make work for the lawyers.
Eastoii Argus.
Newspaper Entcrpris
Mr. Cannon, the publiser of The South
em Sun, at Kosciusko, Miss., makes the
following rich announcement ot what h
intends to do in future. The fulfillmen
of his promises may be a little doubted by
some, but his merited hit at those cotem
poraries who are constantly boasting o
their circulation, their new type, their po
sition on this and that question, their ex
tensive power and steam-press job ofiice
their largest and best country paper, &c.
cannot be questioned by any one
"About thirteen weeks from the prcs
ent time, sooner or later, we design com
mencing the fifth volume of The Southern
Sim, and, in order to keep up with th
numerous improvements of the day, we
would state, tor the intormation or our
patrons, that we have at an enormous,
outlay of sweat, cash, &c, sccurred the
scrviocs of three hundred journeymen
Dutch printers, fresh from the sod of Ger
many, all of whom come to us well re
commended, and stand ready to execute
all orders in their line. So our German
friends can just hand in their cards,
blanks, bill-heads, posters, &c., as fast as
they please, with the assuranco that they
will all be piopcrly attended to in due
season. Yah! oh yah !
"At a no less disbursement of sweat,
gas, &c, we have bought up all the type
and employed all the printers in France.
In future, therefore, all French publica
tions must necessarily emanate from The
Sun office. Oui, Monsieur.
"In addition to the above, we are now
making some important negotiations with
the man-in-the-moon; and when wc have
completed the aforesaid, we shall be able
to accommodate all those who may de
siro any sort of printing, from the most
delicate card to the mammoth poster;
and shall "unfurl to the brcczo" a sheet
not only "equal to any country paper in
the State," but as "long as the moral law''
as "broad as the universe," and as full of
gas as Young America is of demagogues.
Vive la humbug!"
Remedy for the Bile of a Ma4 Dog.
As tho cry of mad dogs has been rais
ed, tho following which we clip from an
exchange, may be worth a perusal:
A saxon forester, named Gastell, now
of the venerable ago of eighty-two, un
willing to take to the grave with him a se
cret of such import, has made public in
tha Lcijrisic Journal the means whioh he
has used for fifty years, and wherewith,
he nflirins, ho has rescued many human
beings and cattle from the fearful death
of hydrophobia. Take immediately warm
vinegar or tepid water, wash the wound
clean therewith, and then dry it; then
pour upon tho wound a few drops of mu
ratic acid, because mineral acids destroy
the poison of the saliva, by whioh means
the evil effects of the latter is neutralized."
A Ooid Leap.
A leap not much less perilous than that
of Samuel Patch was witnessed on Sat
urday by the conductor and passengers of
he Covington and Lexington train. A
e 11 -
young iarmcr was waiting acro.s mu
bridge at Uemomsviiiejust alter inc tram
had paased over when the engine was sud
denly reversed and the train was backed
at a rapid rate. There was no room on
the side of the bridge to stand between the
rd.re and the cars; the only alternative
was to spring off into the creek running
thirty or forty feet below. The young.
maiwrave one look at the cars and instant-
y sprang over the side ana siuck me wa
,cr feet foremost. The train was stopped
but to the surprise o'f all, the hero of tho
perilous feat came out of the water,shook:
himself, and walked whistling " Jordon is
a hard road to travel, I believe." Cin
cinnali Commercial.
Palpitations of the Heart Cured by
Soda Wateri
A lady, about 40 years old, had suf
ered for twelve years from periodical at
tacks of palpitation of the heart, so vio
lent as to shake the bed on which the pa
tient lay. During one attack, feeling
thirsty, she expressed a desire tor some
soda-water. No sooner had she swallow
ed the first draught when her palpitation
left her, and recurred no more until the
period of the next attack. As soon as it
commenced she sent ior her medical at-
tendent, and told him what had occurcd a
month previously, and requested to be al
lowed to try the samo remedy a second
time. He consented, but wishing to as
certain which of the ingredients of the
soda-water had relieved the complaint, he
(rave her a dose of the citric acid by it
self. This had no effect. He then gave
her a dose of carbonate of soda, which
also failed. He then mixed the powdery
and gave her some ordinary soda-water,
placing his hand at the same time on hor
heart. The moment she swallowed the
first mouthful the palpitation ceased and
recurred no more for that time. From
that period whenever the palpitation came
on, she could always stop it by this sim
ple remedy. It appears, from the exper
iments made by medical men, that car
bonic acid was the active element in re
lieving the complaint, because until the
gas was liberated by the mixture of citrio
acid and the carbonate of soda, no bene
fit accrued. Jour, of Health
The Grain Crops. The Rich?no?ul
Inqicrcr says, that hi tho vicinity of that
city, and in all eastern Virginia, so far
as it is informed, the growing crops of
wheat present a green, thrifty and lively
appearance. The Wheeling papers stato
that some of the wheat in the counties a
long the Ohior has been frozen out, par
ticularly on clay and wet soils. From
portions of Michigan, the reports are ex
tremely favorable. On the other hand,
correspondents of the Ohio Farmer, writ
ing from various parts of that State, say
that the prospects for an average wheat
crop are unfavorable a considerable por
tion of the wheat being entirely killed.
Hogs Packed in tiie West. Cin
cinnati Prices Current has made up a
complete table of all the towns of any
note in the West which pack pork, and
gives the total number for 1852-3 and
1853-4 as follows : Two million two hun
dred and one thousand hogs in 1852-3 a
gainst two million five hundred and thirty-five
thousand in 1853-4. This is an
crease of three hundred and thirty-four
thousand. The area on which these hogs
were raised includes nine States, viz :
Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Il
linois, Iowa, Missouri,. Wisconsin, and
Michigan.
An Albany paper says: "A German uv
that city probably experienced a greater
variety of important events in one night,
last week, than any other man that over
lived. He was coerced into matrimony,,
presented with a son four months old,had
tho delirium tremens, and paid the great
debt of nature, between eight o'clock at
night anjl five in the morning.
Terrible E3tirricune.
The county of Wythe, Yirginia.was vis
ited on the 16th ult., by one of the most
terrific tornadoes that the oldest inhabit
ants ever heard of. The Wythcvillo Re
publican says:
"The greatest sufferers by ihe catastro
phe were the good people living in-tho
Cove, ten miles northeast of Wythesville.
A stable, wo are told, of ordinary size,,
was raised in the air, and torn to pieces,,
and the largest boards were carried by
the wind to the top of Cove Mountain a
distance of more than a mile and tho
logs, from one hill to another, without
touching the ground. Tho half of a two
story house was raised and carried for
several feet into a field, without being
broken, until it was razed by the fall.-
As for the fences, &c, there were but aa
"chaff in the wind."
At Pittsburg they have green cu
cumbers, raised in hot beds.
What a mighty procession has been
inarching towards tho grave during tho
past yearl At the annual estimate, since
the 1st of January, 1853, more than 31,
500,000 of the world's population have gona
down to the earth again Place them in along
array, and they will givo a moving coK
umn of more than thirteen hundred to ov--
ery mile of the globe's circumferance.
Some of the New York Hotels
have green Peas, brought by the steamer
Knoxville from Savannah.
IQ3 ue shipments of specie from the
Port of New York last week, amountotV
to 8015,780 80, making $3,858,682 00
since Jan. 1st.
?A druken woman recently exhibit
ed herself, stark naked, at. the Bochc3
ter Railroad depot.
Kg? Peach tree?, roses and violets are,
now in bloom in New Orleans ' ;