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THURSDAY, gRIiFJJfEL
BANK MEETIXG.
All citizens of Monroe and Pike counties,
favorable to the incorporation of a-BANK,
to be located at Stroudsburg, (an applica
tion for which is now pending befcrc the
Lesrislaturc f tms State,) are respectful
ly invited to meet at theCourfc House, in
the Borough of Stroudsburg, on Monday
evening, February 26th, at 7 o'clock, to
adopt such measures as may be thought
nccossarry in the premises.
MANY CITIZENS.
February 8, 1S55.
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Stroudsburg Dramatic Association
Performance postponed till Friday,
February lGih, -when tbe distribution of
VALENTINES will take place.
Cosmopolitan Art Association.
Wo invite the attention of our readers to
the advertisement of this Association, to be
found in another column. It offers extraor
dinary inducements to all present subscribers
ft the various Magazines, and to all who wish
to beewncs subscribers.
Illustrated Catalogues, containing the ob
jccls and plan of the Association, together
with a list of the Statutes, Oil Paintings and
ether works of Art to be distributed, may be
li .J upon application to upon application to
Dr. A. Reeves Jackson, who has been np
" ;itrd Honorary Secretary for Monroe coun
ty, to receive subscriptions and distribute
u..fc5tfart.
Terms. $3, which entitles the subscriber
. cr.e rears subscription to any of the three
. Iar Magazines for one year, together with
c:c chance in the distribution, which takes
xc on the 23th of February, IS53.
Fatal Adccident.
molanchoUy accidenloccurred on Saturday
n ciung last, near Fisher's Tavern, about 4
ir? from this place, which resulted in the
cfv.th of a young man named Wm. C. Red
t. n, iu the empioy of Molt, Ilamersly & Co.
As fiir ss we can learn the facts connected
w .:!: :he sad occurrence, are about as follows:
Mr. Redrwan had been left temporarily
. charge of a ftng of men who w ere enga-
3 DO
t. . ! in undermining a heavy crust of frozen
i ;h and stones, about eighteen inches in
. k:.css. They had proceeded about feet
l ier tbe crust, when Mr. Redman, in at-
cmpting- to loosen a large stone with a pick,
CSV ?ed a large portion of the frozen mass tc
ti down upon him, crushing and killing him
. stand" On Monday an inquest was held
i nm ihe body of the deceased by Esquire
P rnct, and a posi-vwrlcm examination made
y Dr. F. BoLLirrsnnAD. The body wat-
1 . II .. .t..l . . t ..... . lnir. r f ntf 1 TP
t br skull, of the lower-jaw, and tf the right
l j;gb bone, together with of her injuries. The
jury returned a verdict of accidental death,
bv the Jailing of a bank of esrth and stones.
From the reports of the Principals o!
t v L:pper and Intermediate departments o!
r public scIkkiIs, for the last month, we learn
Wat jii the Upper department there are 32
g rls snd 40 boys; in the Intermediate 14:
g ris Had 32 boys. The parents and guardi
ans of ihe following pupils deserve especial!
rr;seon account of their children not having j
in -?ed a single day: !
VPPBR DEPARTMENT. i
Georgianna Uiair, Esther Winlemute,
t-.san Sehoch,.
T . codore B. Staples, Daniel C. Staples,
i ..r:e D.Clark, Joseph T. Walton,
Vv iiam Stone, Cicero II. Drake,
i.win Sttples, Eugene Walton,
INTERMEDIATE DEPAUTMENT.
(.,r-ct V. Clark.
But we must turn from the briglu side and
v w the other. In the Upper department
wc find that the days absent amount to -4555,
r d the minutes late to 2G78 ! In the iuler
i....viiiitc, days absent 313. minutes late 36091
I is but justice to the following pupils to
"'ate tkeir records in spelling:
(icorgmtina Blair 3G4 right and one wrong,
Indrew J. Durling 302 "
Tfore B. Staples 35S "
Wm. D. Walton 355 "
len
copy of the report of the Upper Depart
munt is now banging in the Poal Ollice, and
v.e would respectfully urge parents to care
ioVy examine it. v.
A IIakd Snjekze. A young lady of
Bridgcton, while in the act of sneezing,
came near dislocating her neck- she was
insensible for some hours, and had it not
been tor the skill of the surgeon, who was 1
:mmediately sent for, life
c would soon have
been extinct.
New York, Eob. G. The prize fight
Wuich was to have taken place somewhere
cn Long Island to-day, between George
Lees, of this city, aud James Mclntyre,
of Philadelphia, has been uipped in the
l ud by the capture of the .former as he
was going on board the steamboat char
tered for the purpose of conveying the
I arty to the battle ground. Eight of the
Fancy from Philadelphia were also takcu
into custody as parties to the proposed
fight.
- LATER PEOM CALIFORNIA.
The hfceamsbip North Star arrived at
N6W York, on Thursday of laft week,
hrmirine la'ter advices from California.
Tntclli2.uce from Acapulco mentions that
the troops of Alvarez had obtained a vic
tory over those of Santa Anna, and that
a thousand or more of the latter went over
to the victors. In Peru, the rebel Gen
eral Castillo had overthrown the Presi
dent Ecbenique, entered the capital intri
umph, aud seized the Government. Ech-
i. ... r ii. ii,:
enique sought the protection of the Bri
tish Consul. The government squadron
voluntarily surrendered. In Boliva, the
rebellion had been put down, and a ses
sion of Congress called to receive the res
ignation of the President.
The North Star brings 81,239,000 in
gold. Her passengers came over the Pan
ama Railroad, which is completed and in
operation. An attempt is being made
in San Francisco to raise a company of
Frenchmen to colonise the Island of South
Caledonia, in the Southern Pacific Ocean.
A great riot had occurred at Los Angc
los, on account of the Governor having
respited a murderer who was condemned
to be hung. The Mayor resigned his of
fice, headed the mob, and the people of
the whole neighborhood, to the number
of 5,000 men, gathered in the city, took
the man and hung him.
T Gov. Pollock has made the follow
ing appointment :
Thomas J. Power, of Reaver county,
(American Democrat.) Adjutant General
of the State.
Col. A. Iv. McClure, of the Chambers-
burg Whig, Superintendent of Printing.
C. L. Maccc, (American lug) Inspec
tor of Weights and Measurcs'for Alleghe
ny County
Mr. Culp, (American) Fiour Inspector,-
of Pittsburg.
One Week Later
from E
Advices from Europe, one week later,
has been received. No change has taken
place before Sebastopol. All the Eu-
ropean powers seem to dc placing men
armies on a war footing.
The chancer
for peace seem to be on the decline. j JTLe )enj0Crats have just made a nom-
Russia, Sardinia, Ravarin, Sweden and J ;naion of Charles II. Buchakic of Co
tho States of the Germanic Federation, lumbia county, and the Whigs of Thom
am increasing the number and efficiency TT7aw, of Allegheny county'
of their armies. Nothing of a diplomat- 1 latest Despatch
ie character has taken place. Public o j p 3 3i 1 8oor3 0
pinion in England is strong in denuncia-j -.r ,al()l fc,. s.,r :;tor; Ca7)icrun, 5S:
finn nf iho rv.nv.naT in waicn tiie Wf.r lias
been carried on by the Government.
Lord John Russol has resigned, and a
total break up of the ministry is talked of.
The course of the Government ha3 been
severaJy handled in the House of Com
mons. Lord Lyndhur3t has given notice that,
on Friday, the 2d of February, he will
move the following resolution :
"That, in the opinion of the House, the
expedition to the Crimea was undertaken
by her Majesty's Government with very
inadequate means and without due cau
tion or sufficient inquiry into the nature
and extent of the resistance to be expect
ed from the enemy; and that the neglect
and mismanagement of the Government
in the conduct of the cnterprUe, have led
to the most disastrous results."
Mr. Roebuck moved for a select com
mittee to inquire into the condition of
our army before Sevastopol, and into the
conduct of those departments of the Gov
ernment whose duty it- has been to minis
ter to the wants of the army.
Lord John Russel states that he could
not den' the existence of the evil com
plained of, and not being able to deny it
he felt it his duty to resign, and has placed
his resignation in the hands of the Queen
and it has been accepted- The French
papers speak with pride of the conduct of
the army in the Crimea, and congratulate
the country on the ability of, and confi
dence reposed in. the government by the
French people.
UxSome idea of the immense poultry
trade of New Jersey may be gained from'
the fact that Cbirty-Qvc wagon loadsof fowls
of various kinds were counted in the vil-
lage of Salem a few mornings since on
their way to the railroad. Thoy all be
longed to one person, and another had
five tons on the way to market at the
same time. The editor of the West Jer
seyman says the Camden and Amboy
railroad have taken upward of one hun
dred tons in one day to New York. Rc
forc the holidays, the regular business was
from twenty to fifty tons a day.
A Curious Physiological Fact.
A FfSuch officer, while making a rccon-
noissanee near Sebastopol. was knocked
down b-v tuu v,ii'! f a .cannon ball, and
the shock was so severe as to cause ai
paralysis of his tongue, so that he could
neither movo it or speak. Obtaining
leave of absence, he returned to Mar
seilles aud placed himself under electri
cal trcatmeut. After a fow shocks ho
could move his tongue with more facility,
and at length, after an unusually power
ful shock, his speech was restored, and ho
was fully recovered
Superintendent of Public Print
ing. Gov. Pollock has nominatnd Col.
A. Iv. M'Clurc, of Cbambersburg, editor
of the Repository and Whig, ns Superin
tendent of Public Printing, iii nlacc of
tE. Coromaij, ,f . . '
Stanhope Burleigh.Tlie Jesuits in our
Hbme3.
A Kovcl, bifl'IclenDliu. ThisHbrilling
work, published by Stringer & Townsend,
222 Broad way, New York, Avill be ready
for delivery in a few days. - Ah eminent
Protestant divine says :
"I have read Stanhope Jjitrlagh. with
unmixed admiration, . and delight. It is,
not often that I can use this language m
.caking of Worths of Fiction; But this
book is a Fiction only in name its truth-
j fulness will speak for itself on every page,
and almost at every, period. I regard
very, peri
aside from its high literary merits as
one of the most powerful works which
Protestantism has produced, not except
ing all things considered the ablest
treatises on this subject, which were pub
lished by the great Protestant Divines
of England, after the period of the Luth
eran Reformation. I am quite confident
that it will be greeted with enthusiastic
delight by all the Protestant clergy of. A
raericn, and the world, if they hold, with
earnestness and zeal, 'the Faith once de
livered to the Saints.'
Population of Pennsylvania.
According to the annual report of the
Auditor General, the number oft taxable
inhabitants in Pennsylvania is
Takin- the ratio of 5 of the population
to every taxable, the aggregate number
of persons in the State would thus be 3 -
070 208. This, if a correct estimate, biiuws
an astonishing increase in the lust five
roars That is not too high we arc cer
tain. Indeed, we think that the ratio of
six inhabitants, to a taxable would he
more nearly correct, which would give
the State a population of 3,349,416. By
this latter ratio the city of Philadelphia
would have a population of 521,953 souls
while by the former it would be S4G,1&5,
the total number of taxables iu the city
beins SC.943.
United States Senator.
Yesterday the Legislature voted for a
United Sta'tcs Senator for six years.
List week nominations were made in the
Touso 0f Representatives, and no less
than sixty-one of various sectional and
political views were named. Afterwards
a caucu3 of the members entertaining A-
merican views was held, and Simon Cam
eron, is said to have received a majority
of their votes.
The following information has just
been communicated for our columns by
i r. hhmis, lub geiiuBi.... ..j -u
Bucl:aleii 27-; Scattering, 47.
Second Ballot : Cameron, 59; all others,
71.
Adjourned for two weeks.
EasiGii Whig.
The Boublo "Baby.
We stated a few days since that a strange
case of malformation had occurred atLan
caster, in this State, and promised a more
full description :
From the lower extremity of the breast
bone, where the junction of the two bodies
takes place upwards, there are the upper
parts of two perfect and well developed
infants two heads, tv,o pairs of arms, two
chest?, two stomachs, two heart?, two pairs j
of lungs, and two livers.
From same points downwards, the
blending of the two systems into one be
come more and more intimate, until it
seems almost nerfect and complete. The
intestines, and all the lower organs, are
in common with common tcrmimi, and
the legs made up of the right leg of ono
and the left leg of the ether are a pair,
standing in the proper position relative to
each other and to the organs in their vi
cinity. In the rear, however, the union
is less perfect, there being two well de
veloped spines, each terminating in a sep
arate os cozcygis) and, what is peculiarly
strange, the two inner legs, dislocated at
the hip joint, are thrown backwards and
upwards, and joined together, are found
passing under the true skin of the back
of the body upon the right, the feet be
ing estricated and standing up heel to
heel, nearly in its face.
The child is a female, with apparently
a perfect sexual organization. The bodies
do not exactly face each other, but are
more nearly face to face than side to 6ide.
One is apparently more robust than the
other, and it is evident that in many of
the characteristics of their constitutions
they are different. As one is capable of
suffering while the other is unconscious
of pain, it follows that their nervous sys
tems are several; from which it is; we
suppose, to be inferred that in case they
should survive, each will possess a char
acter and individuality of its own. This
strange phenomenon is the offspring of
respectable parents at Lancaster. - Al
though delicate, it is thought the chances
are in favor of its surviving. The case is,
in the hands of Dr. Rocstler, ono of the
oldest physicians of the State, whose skill
in its treatment is spoken of in terms of
high commendation. Cincinnati Com
mercial. . .
Frigid.
"Wednesday last was a terribly cold day
at the north, in evidence of which we give
the following statement of the number of
decrees below zero at which the ther
mometer stood early in the morning;
Portland 15; Rangor from 27 to 35; Wa
terville. Me.. 20: Calais, Me., 24: St.
JOhU. SS. 15.. XK
Sackville, N. B., 27;
Halifax, 12; Gorham, N. II., 37; Dover,
1
N. n., 21; Island Pond, Vt, 39; Rutland,
Yt., 20; White River Junction, Vt., 29;
Woodstock, 30; Brattleboro, 22; "West
Randolph, Yt, 44; Quebec, 32; Montreal,
28; Northfield, Vt 35; Ryctown, Canada,
32; Toronto, 24 Belleville, Canada, 18;
Kingston, Canada, 22; St. Johnsbury, Vt,
29; PicLcyi; S., 4.?orl(i Apcricqn.
The Starving Poor.
The sufferings of the poor in. large cit
ies appears- beyond the power of the pen
to describe. Whilst, tena of thousands of
good,. honest industrious'and worthy men
and wo'racn are at the point of starvation,
we hear daily reports of fresh arrivals of
paupers from the oil world, transported
bcr b- f01i0-lfin -government, as-meas
J . - ' ff .
urcs of economy, to add to the suffering
in our midst.
To iv0 an idca 0f condition of re
.. v Vrfrk. weextrac
spectabic widows in New York, we extract
the following from an appeal to those sit
tiixr around their own warm firesides by
the officers of the "American Widows
Relief Association," which we copy frm
the. Jersey City Daily Se ntine After
,'ivin- the sad history of a family reduced
"'Konoll-dred,
hone'st industrious American women
St months ago, they were reduced to a
condition that beggars description yet
they would not.bog. They were Ameri
cans. Hope now had forsaken them, and
for two days they sat cowering without
fire in a cold room STARVING.
"Yes, Americans I it is true. On the
25th day of January, 1855, in the. rich
Eighth Ward of the City of New York,
an American family, able and willing to
work, were starving would have starved,
but for this one circumstance they read
our advertisement.
" ' I lay,' said the lady she is a lady
'on Thursday night upon that poor old
lounge, for our beds and bedding have
been long gone, here in this cold room,
without food or fire. I would have gone
out and begged for my children, but my
daughter said "No, we arc of life, why
seek to prolong our misery we can only
live now as beggars we had rather die."
And they all huddled together in their
miserable nest to keep each other warm.
I could not sleep. I could pray, and I
did most sincerely : "Oh, God, give us
our daily bread; forgive us if wc have
been led into the temptation of preferring
death to life; incline the heart of some of
the benevolent of this city to learn and
pity our destitution, or save my children
from this sore famine." I then felt easy;
E almost felt sure that my prayer was
heard. In the morning, as usual, wc
borrowed a paper to look for advertise
ments for work. The first thiug that
struck
uck my eye was an advertisement head
"American Widows' llelief Associa-
ed
tion;" but my heart almost sank back a
gain to despair when I saw that one hun
dred already preceded me. Rut I had
hope, and I fixed up this little girl as well
as I could, and sent her, trembling, to
your house. It is the first time that one
of my children ever went out to beg."
"She was so long that I had almost lost
hope again; yet I still "trusted that my
prayer would be answered. Ilcavcn
knows it was.
"No mother's heart leaped with such
joy as mine did when I heard her foot
upon the stairs, and looked down and saw
her bundle saw her heavenly smile
heard her joyous cry of "Oh, mother
oh, sister oh, brother sec here see
here." They saw a five dollar gold coin.
They laughed they wept they danced
-they were crazy and, must I say it, I
never shed such holy tears, or utterred
such a thanksgiving before. "
"Oh. gentleman, I am thankful. How
shall I thank vou enough? Who shall
I thank P
"Thank Heaven."
"I have I do I ever will; I was proud
I am humbled."
It is impossible to depict the scene wit
nessed by two of the Associa'00 wn0
went to visit this family. The little girl
had told her artless tIe, but without giv
ing them airy idea of the extent of desti
tution. The mother excused herself from
rifcing before her visitors what lady
would not, if only wrapt in a ragged morn
ing gown, and without shoes and stock
ings? The young ladies, who had been ad
mired in silks and laces in the parlor, hid
themselves and their wretched apparel in
a dark closet. They could not be seen
until furnished with decent clothes by a
kind lady..
The misery witnessed the livid lips
aud pale cheeks of the sufferers the pit
iful tale of the stealthy approach of the
"wolf" to their door, until he gained pos
session, and could not be driven out the
undeniable record of one hundred and
thirty pawn tickets, some of the latest of
which marked the last things that misery
parts with for food all together were
too much to bear. It melted the hearts
of strong men, inured to scenes of misery,
but who never before had seen the paral
lel of this, though they had seen some
very sad scenes almost as bad thesame
day. Such misery must be relieved. To
do it we must have money.
Wo have on our books 150 names of
worthy American widows, with families
of children, who are iu want. Some of
them besides the above, are in dreadful
destitution.
They cry to us ''For mercy's sake,do
not let us perish; and above all, do not
let those who know us know our destitu
tion. We never asked for help before
would not now if wo had work it is the
name of "American Widows' Reliof As
sociation," that has drawn us to you. We
are not beggars, but wc are in want."
They want money to pay rent they
want provisions coal clothing bed
ding for much of their own is at the
pawnbroker's. The poor want friends.
Americans! Wc want 3011 to hear our
appeal. We want you to know that hon-
est, industrious women and children are'
perishing in this city; and then wo know
that you will save them from starvation,
and from disease and death, engendered
by such pinching want as we have wit
nessed. Wc can give the names of fifty cases
almost as terrible as the ono related.
Americans! Shall American women
and children starve? What is your re
sponse. '
S. TREAD WELL, President.
Geo. W. Rrown, ")
Thomas McElrath, Trustees of
James R. Colgate, American Widows'
Wra.rll. Burrowg, j Relief Association.
Charles L. Frost, J
Solon Robinson, Secretary.
1 afti
ArreBt of Counterfeiters.
a r ' . ftrn men.
named
Leonard Yangardcn and Erasfciw jiggiw
ton,from Wyomingcounty, Pennsylvania,
passed upon Mr. L. Hirsh, a monbnvt,
t Danville Pa., a$50 counterfeit bill,
at JJanyinc, n , Wilming and
purporting tc , be ot the
altered by t-PLdiately took
lew Uiiya ," - ' , ,
Urn cars for Philadelphia. A telegraphic
despatch was sent to the Mayor's office
in this city, aud the fugitiycs were arrest
,a ;n the Reading cars by high consta
ble Franklin and officer Wm. Eshcr, the
-same evening. Some So00 or 8000, in
rnnnterfeit money, consisting of old and
new issues purporting to be genuine bills
of various banks and of different denom
inations, together with a small amount
of spurious" half-dollars and counterfeit
81 and S3 gold pieces were found in their
possession.
The prisoners made affidavit that they
had purchased spurious money near Mun
cy Dam, in Lycoming county, of John
Manges, one of the most notorious and
dangerous counterfeiters in Pennsylvania.
On Friday morning, High Constables
Franklin and Blackburn, with special of
ficer Ellis, were sent in search of Manges.
At a very late hour that night they made
a descent upon his house and searched
the premises, but found nothing except
heavily loaded guns and some of the
members of the family. The officers con
tinued the pursuit of him, and at 3 o'clock
on Saturday morning captured him at the
house of Abraui Ilausc, in Limestone, in
Montour county, some ten miles distant
from Manges' residence- They found him
in a second story room, in which there
were six other men. The officers entered
the room in their stocking feet, when a
demonstration of resistance was made as
soon as the party was awakened. The
revolvers of the officers, however, were
exhibited, and Manges was taken out of
bed and manacled before he was allowed
to dress himself. The officers then plac
ed him in the sleigh which conveyed them,
and took him to Danville, and in the eve
ning brought him to the city. He was
committed by Aid. Kenney for a further
hearing, in default of 85000 bail.
Under the pillow of Manges the officers
found a large pocket book, containing
counterfeit notes, from ones to fifties in
denomination, orrdifferentBanks, amount
ing to several hundred dollars. Among
the counterfeits is one note of 850, alter
ed from a 85, of the issue of the Bank of
Penn Township, by the pasting process.
They also found several packages contain
ing spurious gold coin, of the denomina
tions of 820, 81 and 82 50. The pocket
book also contained numerous papers,
showing the operations with different par
ties for counterfeit money, and a mem
orandum showing the transaction between
Manges and Yangarden and Eggleston,
above named. These two men arc now
in prison as?fugitives from Montour couu
ty. For five years past the authorities
of this city and of the interior counties
of the State have been unsuccessfully en
deavoring to secure him. The Ist at
tempt prior to his arrest was made by a
party of Philadelphia officers, in 1S52,
and notwithstanding their arrangement
were perfect, he adroitly eluded them by
concealing himself in the second story of
hi? Kitchen, between the floor boards and
tbe lathing of tho ceiling. In searching
the house at that time, the officers step
ped over him several times. Philadel
phia Ledger. Feb. 5
Hearing of Counterfeiters.
John Mengas had a hearing before
Mayor Conrad, Tuesday afternoon, upon
the ch argc of counterfeiting, and was com
mitted in default of 83500 bail to answer.
Yangarden and Eggleston, charged with
aiding and abetting his operations, were
held in 3000 bail to answer.
lemon Juice for Acute Eheumatism.
The treatment of acute rheumatism
with lemon juice, as recommended in the
Scientific American more than a year ago,
having been successfully praticed in Eu
rope, has been tried here and found to be
a very effectual remedy. Dr. T. D. Lee
of this city, has communicated his exper
ience to the New York Journal of Medi
cine. He cites two cases, ono a male and
the other a female, who had been subject
to severe rheumatism for a number of
years, and who were often troubled with
acute pains, severe swelling, and could
Qnd no effoetual remedy. Ho gave the
lemon juice from fresh lemons, in quan
tities of a tablespoonful to twice the quan
tity of cold water, with a little sugar ev
ery hour. The effect of lemon juice was
almost instantaneous; in ten days the
worst case was cured, and in seven the
other was able to go out, and there was
a flexibility of the joints of the cured,
quite unusual in recovery after other
modes of treatment. The London Medi
cal Times directed attention to this reme
dy for rheumatism in lti50, and we would
state, that it may answer for one person
and not for another. There are two cases
recorded in Braithwait's Retrospect, Part
22, 18.11, page J7 and 38. where one pa
tient was effectually cured by lemon juice,
after calchiem, calomel and opium had
been tried in vain, and the other where
lemon juice failed, and the patient was
cured with opium, and calomel pills, takeu
along with the draughts of tho acetate of
potash and nitrp in a camphor mixture.
Scientific American.
BSpDining Sky High. Mr. Godard,
another gentleman, and a lady, recently
went aloft in a balloon at New Orleans,
and when they had risen to the height of
of 4,000 feet very quietly took their din
ner ! The editor of the Crescent, who
was on board, describes the repast as
being an excellent one, and relished with
an appetite sharpened by excitement and
a cold atmosphere.
07" An' interesting Case, was lately tried
in uie lAjuit ui wnv-". j -
.1.- -.. -r 1 hoatnr nnnnLV. wuicii wi
hi lefral fraternity
The
plaintiff was engaged m. tannmg,.near Pbm
nixvlle, and the Spring which su pphed i hi
vats, had not been known to fail for "
until the defendant "fSSSS!
f the immediate t Thc c
iound tnai u.o a""-"""?",,.; hich sun-
mk the same stream
Ul wm
The legal ques-
plied the plainti 'S BPruJti.
!...i,i thn defendoi
V"; n. rould the defendant pump luewuitr
r mine and thus dry the plaintiff's
spring, without being liable for damages.
The question i'b ono of novel character and
vast importance, and after a long and able
argument, tho Court charged the Jury, that
the defendant was liable and the plaintiff must
recover, and they accordingly found a verdict
of $175 tor the plaintiff. . This case was
promptly renewed, and in a more searching
and comprehending argument will be present
ed for the Ecssion of the Supreme Court.
The Cost of the War.
The leading English Journals complain bit--terly
of the ccst of the war. The London
Times gives the total expenses for twelve
months, at eighty millions of dollars. For
the present year, the expenditure will be stilb
greater, unless peace shall be declared. The
calculation is that at least one hundred mil
lions will be necessary, and with the best
view of tho subject, at least fifty millions of
dollars must bo raised annually, as -long as
the war may last, either By an appeal to the
Money Market, or by doubling the rates upon
the tax-payers.
OT A shrewd chap presented himself, caf-
pet-bag in hand, at the office of a hotel in New
York, engaged a room for the night and paid
his fare in advance. His carnet-baf; proved
to be filled with el;l paper and stones, which
he emptied upon the floor, filled the bag with
bed-clothes, and took his departure. "Evo
rv dav brings something new' in the way of
rogue ry.
Costly Entertainments.
A Philadelphia letter-writer say?:
The principal topic of conversation here
now is the magniGccnt party given hero
last week by Mrs. lluah, the well known
millionaire. About two thousand invita
tions were issued, and the entire cost of
the entertainment, I am informed, was in
the vicinity of twenty thousand dollar;
the bare item of bouquets alone costing
1,000, which were distributed in ele
gant profusion around her splendid man
sion. It was nothing but one incessant,
revelling in luxury from the beginning fro
end. A I half-past four o'clock in the
moruiu green tea, sweet bread and ter
rapin?, as the closing feast preparatory to
the departure of the remaining guests,,
were served up.
A Freak of Stature in Virginia.
We saw 3'csterday, says the Norfolk
Herald, Jan. 21, an instance of a curious
freak of nature in a young cat, about
half grown, having no appearance of hair
on any part of its skin, an opossom's tail,
and hind quarters similar to those of a
rabbit. The skin on the upper part of
the body and the head is of a mouse col
or, and that on the belly and legs of a
pale red. The cat; which bore it had four
other complete kittens at the same hour-
tgzf A cow belonging to Jeremiah
Baithaser, of upper Bern township, Berk3
County, has given birth to a calf with
two perfectly formed heads.
Hon. Wm. H. Seward was on Tuesday
of last week, re-elected a Senator of ther
United States, by the Legislature of New
York. The opposition to him was very
bitter, but lacked cohesion, and could no's
therefore make any impression upon the
compact body which sustained the cause
of the distinguished Senator. He obtain
ed 87 votes against GO for all others.
His election was the signal for great re
joicing among his friends. The announce
ment of the result was greeted by pro
longed cheering in the Legislative Hall
and responded to without by salvos of
artillery.
Honor to General Scott.
Washington, Feb. 12 On motion of
Mr. Bayly, of Yirginia, the Housesuspcnd
ed the rules to take up the Senate Joint
Resolution authorizing thePresidentto con
fer Brevet title of Lieut. General on Gen.
Scott for his eminent military service.
The resolution was passed by a vote of
120 against 05.
Expedition against Cuba.
New Orleans, Feb. 9. A portion of an
expedition against Cuba is understood to
have left this and other Southern ports
during the last few days, and the remaind
er are to follow shortly. The total enlist
ment in this enterprise, it is said, reach
ed 3,500 men. The proceedings have
been conducted with the greatest secrecy,
aud we are unable to gather any farther
particulars.
Wj3 It is said to have been satisfacto
rily demonstrated that every time a wife
scolds her husband, she adds a new wrin
kle to her face 1 It is thought that tho
announcement of this fact will have a
most salutary effect, especially as ifc'is
understood that every time a wife smiles
on her husband it will remove one of tho
old wrinkles !
figg" A hog is on exhibition afr Buffalo
measuring, it is said, 3 feet 10 inches in.
heigh th, 7 feet 10 inches around, 11 fcetr
in length, and weighing 1409 pounds.''
New York Markets.
Kew York, Feb. 12. Ashes Quiet."
Cotton Bull.
Flour, &c Tho market for TVetern
brands of Flour is steady, with a better
demand for expert. Southern Flour is
in a fair demand; prices, however, re.main
unchanged. Bye Flour and Com Meal
quiet.
Grain Wheat is in better request,
and prices are a shade firmer. Bye nom
inally the same. Corn is in moderate
demand, at Slal,02 Oats unchang'edi
Provisions Steady. '
"Whiskey Small sales are reported;
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