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THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1854.
WHIG STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR.
Jas. Pollock, of Northumberland
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER.
George Darsie, of Allegheny.
FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT.
Daniel M. Sniyser, of Montgomery
JIT The Fall Term of the Ladies' In
etitute of the Penn Medical University of
Philadelphia, will commence in October,
oa may be seeu in another column. At
this Institution, Ladies havo an opportu
nity of obtaining a thoroughly Scientific
Medical Education, or any part thereof,
us the branches of .study are divided ac
cording to their natural order of succes
sion. This is as it should bo.
Alarming Drought in Middle and South
ern Illinois Half the Crop cut off.
Accounts reach us of the prevalence of
drought in the Middle and Southern
counties of Illinois, the couutry being la
terally parched up. The Chicago Dem
ocratic Press says it extends as far north
ward as Livingston county, as the Chicago
and Mississippi Railroad, 'which is only
about 1U0 miles south of the "Wisconsin
Stafc line, or 140 miles south ofthisoit'.
The streams are nearly all dried up,
and so are many wells. Travellers find
it very difficult to procure water for their
teams. At several points the prairies
were burning. Residents of thirty years
say they never have known so long and
trying a drought. The temperature of
the earth is so high that the deposition
of duw during the past three weeks had
eea.-ed. On many farms, scarcely enough
corn will be raised for seed; the earliest
planting will yield far below an ordinary
average, and the latter growth will prove,
in most eases, an entire failure. A farm-
entire crop at the rate of five bushels to
the acre. J he Press thinks it safe to say.
Camp Meeting. On Monday next
the 21st inst., a camp meeting will com
mence on lands of Mr. Mclchoir Bosscrd,
near Bosscrdsville, in this county. Sec
notice in another column.
Broke JaiL .
We learn b) the 'Larbon Democrat,
that five prisoners Patrick Gnrrah, Wm.
Campbell, James Dougherty, Alexander
MiConnell,aud Reuben Roth made their
ex ape from the pr'uou of Carbon county,
on the night of the Oth inst., by breaking
through the wall. The Sheriff offer
a reward of $30 for their apprehension.
Is Henry S. Mott a Krow Nothing.
Our Loco Foco cotemporaries having
bo much to say about the Know .Nothing.-,
and endeavoring to make political capi
tal for jjoco Focoism out of the matter,
vc cannot doult, will regard it as per
ltcfiv proper for us to ask them, whethei
Uii.ry S. Mott, the Loco Foco nominei
for Canal Commissioner, is not a Know
vjtLing, and deem it a duty they owe tu
th. n,clves and to truth and candor to
aiwer our interrogatory authoratively.
Mr. Mott stauds charged as a member ol
the Order, and unless they can speak b
and with his authority, they had bettei
i -t "enture upon a denial, lest they ma
It contradicted and get him into diincul-j
tv.
Cattle Going to California.
The great drain of cattle from the.
States, for California, it is feared, will
continue for a long time to have a serious
effect on prices here. To show tho im
mense numbers driven over land to Cali
fornia, wc extract the following' from the
Sacramento Union, recieved by the last
arrival : .
"The amount of stock on the way from
Salt Lata is very considerable. Mr.
lunkhead's train consisted of 1 ,000 head
of cattle, 100 mules, 50 wagons, and up
wards of 100 men, women and children.
These arc now crossing the Sierra Nevada
by the Carson route. Uoliiday and War
ner have 700 head of cattle and 30 mules:
Middlctown S00 sheep and 300 head of
cattle; Kcw 300 head of cattle: McDon
ald and Adams 270, and MeOairdind
400. These are all in the mountains on
their waf hither, llerritt was to start
J with 200 cattle on the 13th iustant; Mont
gomery with bUU head; jNahl, and Wise
ly, and McLelland, with cattle, and Ruck
ner with 2500 shocp, were passed at Sto
ny Point, ou the Humboldt.
"At the Thousand Spring Vallej', be
yond the Humboldt, passed Ely and Me-
ishan, and on the Mth nit., with 300 head
of cattle, and on Green river, Yatos, ol
St. Louis county, Mo., with S00 or 900
. "" .. ir. . l ... . .i
uui-i;. uuu. aion was seen on iue i
Humboldt with eight or nine hundred
cattle and seven hundred sheep. Mr.
Eaton came in on tho 20th, with three
hundred head of cattle. The same dis
ease prevails among the stock on Carson
river which was so fatal last season.1'
Manufacture of SFogroes.
Dr. Yai.huse, of Mississippi, says the
Eutaw Whi;r, writes to the West Alaba
tnian that Dr. Liolurgs has discovered a
tincture or ointment, which, if applied b)
certain rules, will in a few days change
the fairest skin on earth to the real Afri
can hue, and that the children of those
thus blackened will be black or half black,
as was the case with tlu ir parents, and
that all the soap and water in the world
cannot wash it off. The doctor also com
posed another wash which makes the hair 1 MUicauhie Wisconsin, Aug. 4.
as kmkey as that of the real African. I -
The end of it all is he can make a nc-j Mail Gleanings,
gro. We think the Southern States . A few days since, a Dr. Boaiimo,
should purchase the patent right of it. supposed to he reduced to extreme penu-
rv and who had for a long time lived
Gov. Bigler and the Compromise.
"The compromise measures recently a
doptcd, and sanctified by the approval of
Clay, and Kiug and of Webster, have
quieted (he elements of national discord, and
to prolong this peace and quiet, it is but
necessary to maintain these measures and
the requirements of the Constitution; to
discountenance in future the agitation ol
questions settled by the federal compact,
and disdain the actions of those who would
hazzard the peace of the country to gratify
prejudice, or to accomplish the ends of per
sonal ambition.'' Governor's Message,
January Ath, 1854.
The above is word for word extracted
from Gov. Bigler's last annual message,
t expressed, at the time, the almost u
nanimoua opiniou of his own part)', and
indeed, of all parties. Rut how villan
eous!)' he backed out of hi3 position.
While Bigler was penning the sentiment
we have quoted, Senator Douglas, and
President Pierce were busy at work con
cocting the foul measure for the repeal of
er near Springfield has offered to sell his : the Missouri Compromise, which by an
unscrupulous use of the power and pai
ronairc of the Government thev acconm-
that in one half the State the corn crop i ijshed in a few short months. And where
stands Gov. Bigler now? Instead ol
"disdaining the actions of 'hose who have
hazarded the peace of tho country to
gratify prejudice or to accomplish the
ends of personal ambition," the Governor
and his friends have given their unquali
fied endorsement to the measure. What
citizen of Pennsylvania, uot influenced by
the grossest "prejudice," or in order to
gratify "the ends of personal ambition,'"
can look upon the course of the Execu
tive with any other ff.eling than disdain ':
What cares the author cf the above ex
tract noic for the "peace of the country?'5
Pierce and Douglas have spoken, and
their will is his law. Dead to every
principle of independence, he stoops to
"eat dirt" in order to please his superiors.
In the language of our glorious Declara
tion ''a Governor whose character is
thus marked by every act which may de
fine a miserable and contemptible truckler,
will be less than half an average yield.
In lboO, Illinois raised 57,040,034
bushels, Supposing the area devoted to
its culture not enlarged since that time,
it is estimated that the (liu.inulion in the
crop this season will amount to 14,411,
711 bushels, which, at tho price of fifteen
cents per bushel on the farm, would en
tail a loss of 2,161,761 ou Illinois far
ers. The otlur crops throughout the
Stat", however, are said to be above an
average; but corn is her great staple.
While the farmers in Wisconsin are la
menting the frequent rains of tho past
month, it is singular enough that their
neighbors should be so great sufferers by
this unexampled drought. The wet
weather has somewhat injured our wheat
crop, and much delayed the harvest, but
wc apprehend no very material loss on
this account in consequence, while it has
brought the corn forward astonishingly.
there is little doubt, we think, that the
PROGRESS OF THE CHOLERA.
Nv.w York City.
Report of the Franklin Street Hospital.
Rcc'd. Died Disch. Rang.
Up to Aug. 5, 401 199 170 32
Sunday, Aug. 6, 11
Monday, Aug. 7, fi
Tuesday, Aug. 8, 9
Wednesday, Aug. 9, 15
Thursday, Aug. 10, 14
Friday, Aug. 11, 5
Saturday, Aug. 12, 4
7
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8
6
4
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28
25
27
37
37
36
39
Llott Street Hospital.
Rec'd Died Disch Rcni'g.
17
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4
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think, that the Ms unfit to be the ruler of a free nennln '
cornciop of Wisconsin will this season; This single circumstance is sufficient ot
he the largest ever known in the State. iisidf tn'nwnlrpn tbn Mnh.mnt nf mrv
houorablo man, and ensure the condem
nation of a deceived and outraged con
stituency Heading Journal.
Dreadful State of Things.
The organ of the "haids" of 2scw York
eity, informs us that orders have been re-!
very meanly, died at St. Louis, and the
Public Administrator proceeded to take
From the National Intelligencer.
The Groytown Affair.
This unfortunate transaction is still
i nv i .s ilr:i f'rtfns;n. I n rrnrrm.i
: .i . . i , i J --i
ncu tnt-;c io mm no more aemocrai j a porljon 0f a iot 0f firewood on the prem
pose-sion ot ins eliecta ana seil them, to? .... iS j tuu jmuub jn.
c ouriiLMves recur 10 iue suojt-ct now
only to give place to the annexed extract-;
out of office; and then it goes on to sav oi
the Custom House, that
'There are now at that responsible pof
in that place, forty or fifty thieves, boxers,
shoulder-hitters, thimble-riggers, pugil
ists, assaesins and common blackguards,
who would lick all citation if their mas
ters aic disturbed. If the President were
to attempt to put other men in their pla
ces, they would have their eyes knocked
out. if, indeed, the Custom House were
ises, there was found um'cr it a wooden
box of considerable weight, which was
broken open. It was found to contain
Si, 700 in ;oid. On instituting a further
search on the premises, 1,000 in paper
nouey, Missouri bills, were discovered
from the last letter of the veteran corres
pondent of the Journal of Commerce,
which wc quote for the purpose of show
ing the concurrence of an intelligent
friend of the Administration in the opin
ion wc expressed a day or two ago as to
Be this as it may, we hope to have no! not burnt down over tht-iv heads. 2s'o,
more display of their indignation at Enow OTernor l'1 rT d:ile "ot recommend the
v .i- .-1 ,i . , . r removal o: Cochrane, even if he were de-
Aota:ngism, until they are able satisfac- r a , '. , r
., b ' - i.-i sirous of doiug it, at tne prcspnt time; foi
un.y to establish that Mr. Mott is not a the Short Dovs would take his breeches
number of the Order, and that Gov. Big-
r never applied for admission as it is
h' ged he did. The Pennsylvania?! and
il.e Argus had better have a look-out on
ttitlr own candidates before they go too
far in assai'ing others. Daily Keus.
wiu iwun iu wasiung, nau occaiion to
A Whole ainily Swept off by Cholera.
In Brooklyn, a few days ago, a female
had
for a person who had re
cently disembarked from a foreign voy
age. The next day the was seized with
tLe most virulent Asiatic cholera, and in
n ery fhort time was a corpse. She was
n k-rred oa the day following. Scarcely
lad the "bereaved husband entered hi
houCf on his return from his wife's bu
r.al, when he was seized and soon follow
ed her. One by one the family were ta
ken away. In the fpace of one week,
svicn pcrso:js father, mother and chil-'
cr w-ere swept off.
off of his body aud ride the whole Cabi
net on a rail before they will allow them
selves to be disturbed in their "responsi
ble post? under governmei.t."
Dreadful state of things !
wrapped in some old fragments of cloth i tl,c spl :ind real error in the business;
in- near the fire place, A ba' contain-1 aIld tl,at ,!f ln tho Government having giv
en too ready a credence to the hr.-.t repie
.-cntations made to it by interested par
ties:
"Washington, August 7.
ing 8100 more in specie was eventually
added to the treasure, and other small
ums in the course of the exciting search
were brought to light, making the whole
amount found about 36.300.
A Sad Tale.
The Milwaukee (Wis.) News Bays :
" The people of the State will regret Jto
learn that within the past ten days the
ei,' family of the lion. E. 11. Jusson,
with the exception of himself and wife,
Lave died by cholera. lie has lost a
brother, sister and three children by the
fell destroyor, and both himself and wife
are now recovering from an attack of it.''
Murderof a Pkyraateby a little Toy.
The Galena Advertiser notes the fact
that a lad named George Jackson, aged
twelve years, was committed to jail in this
city, a day or two hucc. for the murdei
cf a playmate, called Eiias Horn, aged
eix teen. Both boys were residents oi
MKi.iile in this county. The two went
to Apple river together, and Jackson re-
Delaware, LackatvanEa & Western Pv. P..
We learn from the Lackawanna Herald
that the Engineer of this road, E. McNul,
Ivq. has advertised for 1500 laborers to
woik on the line between Scranton and
the "Water Gap. Liberal wages will k
paid, with a prospect for steady employ-!
u.ent after the road h finished. The Her-
(dd prcs.umes that the coi.tractcrs are not
getting along fast enough to suit the com
pany, and the chief Engineer is taking
the matter in hand. It is gratifying to
know that the Directors of this road are
using such speed in completion of thi
great enterprise. Its continuation in this
State, the Warren road, is progressing
with equal rapidity. Bclviderc Intelligencer.
man named uiiapman, man
with intoxication, attempted to ride hi
horse into a bar-room' of a hotel at Sa-
vannah, and when prevented by the land
lord, he drew a pistol and Gred. fie was
airested, placed in the Guard House,
but escaped through a window, lie was.
however rc-arrcsted and fined G""5 for hi.s
murderous spree.
"Mr. Marcolctf.a, the Ministt r from Ni
caragua, has entered a strong and pungent
protest against the wanton and outrageous
assault upon and de-truet;on of the town
of San Juan de Nicaraguan ; a town
claimed to be within the territory and
jurisdiction of the Nicaraguan Republic.
Mr. Borland himself, in his letter to Mr.
Marcy, states that the United States Gov
ernment had acknowledged the sovereign
ty of Nicaragua over tho Mosquito Terri
tory. Of course, the United States Gov-
Dostrdctive Fire in New York One Kun- ernment should havo sought redress from
J! 1 T r 1 T, - r . -.
urea j? amines iiurneu. "JUT. : the State of Nicaragua, instead of the de-
There were no less than three , t ruction of the town of San Juan. A
ycry destructive fires yesterday afternoon I irain, if San Juan was not within the
in our city. The first fire bioke out a-1 jurisdiction of Nicaragua, then. Mr. Bor-
bout 3 o'clock in a small shanty in tin-j land had no right to protection in hi.s di
rcar of Seventeenth and Eighteenth st-.. i plomatic character in that town." "Know-
between Sixth and Seventh avenues.
The building situated on both street? art
LTp to Aug. 5, 31
Sunday, Aug. 6, 0
Mtuidav, Aug. 7, 7
Tnesdii'y, Aug. 8, 10
Wednesday, Aug. 9, 3
Thursday, Atijr. 10, G
Friiiiiy, Aug. 11, 11
Saturday, Aujr. 12, 4
In Brooklyfu
Saturday morning 11 cases and three
deaths were reported to the Board ol
Health for the preceding 24 hours.
Yesterday Mrs. Elizabeth Comlcy died
at her residence on the corner of Hudson
avenue and Water streets, having attend
ed market at 104 o'clock the evening
previous in good health. Her complaint
was cholera. She leaves six orphau chil
dren, her husband having died at least
a week ago.
Mrs. Combs, who resided in Sand
street near Gold, died ou Saturday of the
same complaint, and a widow residing
in tiro same house died yesterday, also
caused by the cholera, i hese two wo
men leave twelve children unprovided
for.
Mi's. Elizabeth Siray, who resided at
No. 101 Water street, died of the same
complaint. She leaves three children.
In Williamsburgh.
Three cases of Cholera were reported
to the Hoard of Health on Saturday.
Remaining at the Hospital, one.
At chicago, 111., on the 7th there were
16 deaths, on the 8th 14 deaths, on the
0th, 15.
At Toledo, Ohio, there were no deaths
on Wednesday last. Ou Thursday 3.
Whole number by cholera thus far, 233.
At Tro', N. Y., ouly three deaths took
place on Saturday.
At Albaii, N. Y., there were but 7
deaths reported by the Board of Health
from Wednesday to Saturday noon.
At Cleveland, Ohio, there were 4 deaths
in the 30 hours ending Saturday noon.
At Detroit, Michigan, on Wednesday,
there were i0 cholera deaths reported.
At DamaiiBCotta, Maine, two fatal
cases have occurred.
At Tiffin, Ohio, there have been 49
deaths from cholera 40 being foreigners.
At Waukesha, Wis., there were 10
deaths for the past week being 13 for
the year. Only Americans.
At Little Chute, Wis.', for two weeks,
17 deaths. All foreigners, aud most of
them just arrived.
At Wheeling, Ya., there were 7 death
on Saturday and Monday.
At Montreal, Canada, there had been
,118 deaths thus far this year from chol-
Frightful Destitution and Cruelty.
The Baltimore American tells us that
on Friday morning last, a lady appeared
at the Mayor s office of Baltimore, to ask
aid to bury the remains of a cousin's hus
band, just deceased, after an illness of
ten years. She stated that both heiceli
and her cousin were nieces of the late
John McDonoujih, the millionaire, of N.
Orleans, who left his relations to strive
and bqucathed his large estates, as a
prey to two rich corporations! The pooi
widow had been forced to support her late
husband and seven children, for many
years, by the labor of her bauds, but from
the high price of the necessaries of life,
of late, she got in debt to her landlord
for eleven dollars of rent, and he, armed
with legal authority, had sold the last bed
from under the dying man, and every bit
of furniture in the miserable dwelliug.
The wretched man died on the bare floor,
the next morning, and the poor widow!
thus berelt, without a particle of food in
the house, made applications, through her
cousin herself, not much better off for
the means of burial. An amount for that
old wooden frame houses; aud, as might
be expected, the- went like powder, run
ning from rear to sides in a few minutes.
It was some time before a stream of wa
ter could be brought to play upon the
flames, and even after thia was attained,
the exertions of the firemen seemed to be
fruitless. Prom Nos. ti!i to 10i on Sev
enteenth street were uttcrlv dostroved.
V
ing Mr. Borland's temper and character,
the Government should have acted more
cautiously in regard to his representations.
"The apologists for Mr. Borlaud and
the Administration insist that Greytown
was a piratical town, in justification of
its destruction. Now, then, there are those
now here, who are really entitled to cred
it, and who have had much experience in
various communities and countries, and
f who have been often in Greytown. and
The frame dwellings and shanties in tin j were there' within the last four mouths
A T
neu aionc. m answer to air inquiry i purpose was at once raked in the worthy
for his companion, hesaid he wasdrowned.J Mayor's office, and handed over to the
Search was made for the body, and it was
found that the deceased had been shot,
the ball entering his mouth. Jackson
now says he bhot him by snapping the
pun at him, without knowing it to beload
ed. His accusers think he killed him for
a dollar and ten ceris in his pocket at the
time of the tragedy. Galena (Illinois)
JeJTcrsonian, Aug. ,0.
There Feems to be something wrong a
bout the Philadelphia Miut. Not long
eitice a larceny was perpetrated a"
this institution, and now we hear of au
other, said to be to a pretty heavy extent
committed by on employee, who, it is re
ported, has been allowed to escape.
lady.
The police of Albany, N. Y, are put
ting in vigorous operation a law ol the
city forbidding the keeping of hogs. Ev
ery hog is confiscated, and many ludi
crous scenes occur in effoits to save them,
e-pecially among the Irish population.
I he dear swine are put into beds, cradles,
and every other imaginable locality, but
generally manage to betray their where
abouts to the officers. Last Saturday
some of the Hibernians built peus all o
ver Greenbush Island, aud stocked them,
to save their 'bacon.' The property
owners were indignant, and at 12 at night
they tore them all down, set (he boards
together and burned them op.
rear to Eighteenth street were also coui
plctcly reduced to ashes. No. 87 was
occupied by Robert Nu.ent as a junk-1
shop. He saved part of his goods.
No. 89 was occupied by James Mc
Ardle as a grocery and liquor store. The
greater part of the goods were saved be
fore tho flames reached the buildin-'.
T!
.iw ivuiuniui ji uiu uuusui were ui tu
pied as dwellings, and it is estimated that
not less than a hun lred families by this
fire, have been rendered homeless. A
bout thirty of the families in the reai
were colored persons. We believe that
there is no in-urrance effected on any ol
the property destroyed. These buildings
were erected thortly after the great fir.
of lS'M, in the same street, when the fire
laws were not so strict as they are now.
I he smoke and flames arising from the
burning of thirty-five or forty wooden
buildings, was almost unendurable. N
V. Tribune, 1M.
w ho assert that as a sober, qui't, and or
derly community it has no superior even
in the Umtud States Wc have olliui:
men and private individuals of uudoubtei
integrity and intelligence who arc read
to make good thi assertion.
Wc may add that the act of burning tin
j town cannot be extenuated on the pica
i . i . . i i i . . . 1
mat tnc innanitants were pirates, because
as nas been remarked by a contemporary
our Government had recognised thelcit
imacy of the authorities of Greytown by
mantiiinmg a commercial agent there.
Heavy Pobbcry.
On Monday eveuing, Mr. Nicholas Ma
lone, a contractor on the Pennsylvania
KniIro.ii), was robbed at the American
Hotel, of a carpet bag containing 84,000.-
iUr. Malouc went to the hotel and left the
carpet bag lying in the public room down
slaird. A genteely dressed man, who
was, or pretended to be, partially intoxi
cated, directed the servant to brin the
bag up to his room. The fellow went up
stairs, and the waiter, without suspecting
anything, followed with the bag and left
it with -the sharper in a room the latter
had just engaged. In a short time the
fellow came down stairs bringing tho ba"
with him, aud giving the key of the room
to bis servant, made sortie remark about
going somewhere else. He then disappear
ed with Mr. Malone's property, and neither
the thief nor his plunder have since been
heard of. I hila. Inquirer.
Who ahe the most liav.ue to Ciiol
Kit a. 1 he physicians of the New Yoik
Hospital-give some facts showing that
seven-eighths of all persons attacked witl
cholera are tho-c who have already, been
long suttenng from organic disease, as ol
the li vcr, lunji.s, iCc, and who could not
live long under any circumstances. This
is shown by- post mortem examinations,
made in almost every instance.
Elder lliehards, one of the leading
Mormon apostles, lately fell in love with
two lair daughters of a widow lady, in
the Salt Lake city. The mother, who
was on the shady side of sixty, objected
to being separated from theiii. As the
Elder was determined to make a bargain
he took the whole lot.
A German woman passed throua'Da'
ton, Ohio, on the 1st, having with her .six'
children, all boys, born at the same time.
They were six months old, small but
-prightly. It is supposed that this case
is almost if not quite unprecedented. Ah
many may have been born at ouce before
but most all of-them have general v been
still-born or have died at birth.
ESTBeason governs the wise man and
cudgels the fool.
era.
At Kingston, Canada, there were 3S
deaths in the five days ending Saturday
we eK.
At Hamilton, Canada, on the 1st inst..
there were 10 death deaths; on the 2d 8;
and on the 3d 12.
At London, Tenn.: and vicinity,, there
have been 13 deaths.
At Jackson, Mich., thefe have been 5
deaths, none of them re.side.nts. One
camo from New York State, name aud
residence unknown.
At Oiidensburgh, N. Y., for the whole
season there have been 49 deaths, 27 be
ing for the first week in August.
At Picnnont, New York, the disease
is still active. From the 1st to the 7th inst..
24 deaths oecured.
At Monroe, Michigan, for week ending
10th in.-t., there were 5 deaths. j
At Immansville, Wisconsin, there were 36
deaths trom tho od to the 17th ult. All
Norwegians.
At Whitewater, Wisconsin, three deaths
Imve occurred all foreigners. The vil
lage is now healthy.
At Lockport, Illinois, up to 'July 27
there were 5 deaths; for the week endin.j
August 3, 20; up to 7th inclusive, 13.
total iW.
In the Poor Houso at Buffalo' there
have been, since June 3, 57 deaths, of
wuicu -el were ot insane persons.
Sitka.
It has already been stated that Russia
has offered to sell the Island of Sitka to
the U. S. The Philadelphia Ledger thus
describes the place :
Sitka lies near the coast in front of the
Russian settlements in North America.
It is ono of a group of islands known
heretofore as King George the Third's
Archipelago. The population in 1333.
amounted to 807 per.,oiH, of whom 13-1
were Aleutes and Kolosks, 307 the de
scendants of Europeans and native women,
and the residue Europeans chiefly Rus
sians. J he harbor is nnm K
120 days it rained there incessantlv. mil
for 1 80 other days, showers were frequent.
I he whole coast is humid and subject to
the heaviest fogs, which brood over the
entire region. Grain nmmnh t. n:..
ted on the island. A few vusshIs m-o l.m'h
there, but the chief industry is the cur-
mg of fish, for which salt is obtained
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rom tnc bandwich Islands. The town
is a mere assemblage of wooden house.
wim mat usual appendage of Russian
tou-ns a fortress. Prom thence the Pnr
Company directs its trade with Rus-ia
proper, and also to a small extent with
China and the Marquesas Inlands. OJ
ite years ice has beeu sent from there
to California. Its whole trade does not
exceed half a million of dollars a year
uiu is rated py many at a much lower
igure. As a harbor for whalers the isl-
md might possess some advantages to
that trade; but being separated from our
own present possessions bv tho whole of
British America, its political or commer
cial advantages to the United States do
Size of tho Ark. .
Infidels have objected to the size of the
ark and have asserted that it is quite ab
surd to suppose that ever there could bo
a vessel constructed large enough to hld
all the creatures which must have been
placed in it, with sufficient food, it may
be for six or twelve months water for
the fishes, corn for the four footed ani
mals, seeds for the birds, and so on.
Now we will take the dimensions of tho
ark from the record of Moaes, and calcu
late them on the lowest possible scale.
There are two definitions given of a cubit
one that i-f eighteen inches, or a foot and
a half; the other that is twenty inches.
We will take it at the lowest. Mosea
states that the ark was three hundred
cubits long ; this would make it four
hundred and fifty feet long, or about the
length of St. Pauls Cathedral, London.
The breadth he states to c fifty cibltf I
we then have it seventy-five feet in.'
breadth. He states it to be thirty cobita
hizh, so that it was forty-five feet lw
heiiiht. In other words it was as long as
St. Pauls Cathedral, nearly as broad and
half as high. The tonnage of the ark,
according to tho calculation of modern
carpenters, must have been thirty-two
thousand tons. The largest English
ships of a size altogether unimaginable
to those who have never seen it is two
thousand five hundred tons burden ; so
that the ark must have been equal to sev
enteen first rate ships of war, and if arm
ed as such ships are, it would have con
tained beyond eighteen thousand men.
and provisions for them for eighteen
mouths. Buffon has asserted that all
four footed animals may be reduced to
two hundred and fifty pairs, and the bird
to a still smaller number. On calcula
ting, therefore, wo shall find that the ark
would have held more than five times tho
necessary number of creatures, aud more
than five times the required quantity of
food to maintain them twelve months.
Br,
Cummin gs.
Flock of Sheep killed bi Lightn
ing. The Rutland, (Yermont Herald)
states, that 47 slwcp and 14 lambs, worth
omc $300, were killed near a tree in
that town on the 15th ult., by a discharge
of lightning, the direction of which was
evidently from the earth, as locks of wool
were driven into the tree along which the
fluid passed, and alo that the bodies of
animals killed by lightning decay very
rapidly, as there was only a heap of wool
and of dry, fie-hless bones, left of the Gl
sheep, when found a few days after they
were killed.
It is estimated that the whiskey drink
ers of the U. S. could build the Pacific
Railroad in a couple of years. The mo
113' they spend lor whiskey might pay for
the grading; smokers and chewers could
buy the iron, and the money which tho
surplus two inches in the length of ladies'
dresses cost, would supply the locomo
tives.
On Saturday, the 12th inst., by the
Rev. Wm. Clark, Mr. Jacob YeiIey. of
oiniiuueiu, auu iuiss inzauetu -leaDerm?-
of Pocono, Pa.
Hi
-VuMtnr's Notice.
hi the metier of the Estate of BENJAMIN
STROIl, deceased.
The undersigned, auditor, appointed by the
Orpin ns" Court of Monroe county, to audit
and if necessary resettle the account of the
administrators of said estate and make distri
bution, will attend to the duties of hia ap
pointment at the house of Jacob Knecht, m
t!ie Brouh ol Strmidsburg, on the 15th daj
t Sepiemi.LT lu-'xt. at 10 o'clock A. M. when
find where all persona interested can attend
if they see proper.
i'RAKLIX STARBIRD, Auditor.
August 17, ltifrl.
STROliDSBURiTACASEMY;
The next session will commence MnR,Ir
September '1th.
The course is thoroun-h nmt v;,..
hracinir the essenti d bnmches of an EnHsh
education, as well as the Latin and Greek
hiiiguages. Young men and women wishinrr
to ie.-.m the theory und art of teaching wifi
receiie especial attention. A few scholars
can be accommodated with board with tho
Principal.
For his ability to teach he would refer to
the parents of the lCr scholars who have
been under his ch.irjre.
It is highly important that pupils should be
in their places at the commencement of tho
session, as all classes arc then formed.
Five dollars per quarter of 12 weeks. All
bills will be scut to the parents at the end of
each regular quarter and the money must
be sent or handed in within two weeks time.
If not the children must be removed from
-chool. Tliis rule will he strictly adhered to
in all cases.
LEWIS D. YAIL. A. M.
n . Principal.
1 ersons owing the subscriber will conhV ,
great luvur by culling and settlinjr. without
wailing to be dunned.
August 17, 1H54.
fcSarThe Methodist Episcopal Church of
btroudsburg, will be dedicated on Sun-
lay, August 20th. Bishop Scott will
preach the dedication sermon, assisted by
the Rev. Drs. Castle aud Bartinc, of tho
1 niladelphia Conference. Preachers and
people are respectively invited to attend.
Service to commence at 10 o'clock A.M.
JOHN. F. 1300NE, Pastor.
August 10, 1-54.
A CAMP MEETING
Will be held in Posserds woods, near
IJosserdsulh., by the Methodist Episcopal
Church, of the Philadelphia Conference;
commencing August the 21st. No traf.
ficing allowed on the ground nor within
the limits prescribed by law unless per
mitted by tho managers.
E. TOWNSEND.
August 10, 1954.
W I K BO Wis A S i f.
The undersigned has on hand and for sale.
H mduw Sash, painted and glazed, of all
C. U. WARNICK.
Stroudsburg, March 0, 1854.
SSls. Tiirpcntiuv on hand and for
sale by
If. HOLLINSHEAD.
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not appear to be very important.
Strondiburg; March 30, 185 J,
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