run -.Xtlz El)c 3fc(fcr0oniiui. BANK MEETING. : All citizens of Monroe and Pike coiuities, favorable to the incorporation of a JiAiNIv, to be located at Stroudsburg, (an applica nt for which is now pending before the Legislature of this btate,; arc re Fuur lAovt such measures as may be thought neeearry in the premises. " MANY CITIZENS. February 8, 1 S55. A Rare Chance.- The Union Hotel, situated in the central part of this Borough, is offered for sale! See notice in another column. Teachers Meeting. At our nest meeting atFennersvillc on Saturday, March 3d, we intend forming a Teacher's Association. There are now more than one hundred persons in this County having charge of Schools, and among the number, we must expect to tind some who are merely keeping school. Of course wc do not expect that they will attend any Teachers' meeting. But we do expect that every true teacher will en deavor to be there. Come early so that we can get to work at our appointed time, 10 o'clock. In the Eastern States, in Ohio, and in every place where the Teach ers' profession has been elevated, this is the way in which the good work has com menced. " In union there is strength." D. Daily Morning Star. "Vc observe by the " Easteni Argus"1 that an Association of Journeymen Prin ters, in that place, intend issuing a daily paper, under the above title, the first num ber of which is to appear this week. Daniel Quaid, an Irishman, com mitted to Jail in this place, in December last, for brutally assaulting Mr. Simon Marsh, made his escape on Tuesday night last. "Wo have been informed that Mr. Marsh is yet in a dangerous condition, and will probably not recover. The She lifif offers a reward of One hundred dol l-ma fr fln irmrolmiKinn rtf Oniifl 9! ee jj'iticc iu another column. The School Directors of this Bor-j mijh sre requested to meet at this Office, iK-xt Friday afternoon, at 1 o'clock, for Hio purpose of visiting the Schools in the Academy, and examining into some com plaints made by the Teachers. They will al.-o examine the Scholars in their studies. Citizens are requested to accompany tLcat. A Wife for Sale. On Saturday morning last we noticed a gcrutan written advertisement posted up ot. the pump in front of our sanctum, of which the following is a copy : ITcutc den 12 ten Ja?iuar 1855, sell iiaf fjcHtiichcr vendue vcrkauft iccrdcn au ii m land Joliann Peter cin ciscn Jcisscl cinf nOt m'U rohr und cin fraic odcr iccib von fniL'tnn Jacob Sbhwab von Prcsscnu.s. w. Whether the "frau oder weib" was ac tually sold wc did not learn. Since the above was in type, we learn that the lady was duly transferred. The purchaser is Frederick Johann Schmurch l(r, von Hesse Darmstadt. Price 81,44. The new couple are said to enjoy the hon ey moon in a state of perfect happiness. Lehigh Valley Times. r H. A. Hockafield, late Treasur er of one of the Know Nothing Lodges to be more explicit and in his own words, "Treasurer of Lodge No. 21, of the Sires of '7G, siuce named Council No. 21 of the Sons of tho Star Spangled Banner," of Lancaster city, comes out in the papers in exposition of the Order for expelling him because he dared to vote the Whig ticket last fall. He is induced to tho exposition because ho was expelled, disgraced, pub lished in the Councils as a traitor, and a fine of one dollar imposed upon any mem ber who should mention his name in mee ting ! The Lieutenant General BUI Signed. -"Ion," of the Baltimore Sun, writes from Washington, as follows : It had been surmised by some that the I'rcsidcnt would veto the Lieut. General Bill, but without any reasonable ground. The bill, I am glad to state, has been ap proved. The veteran General thus re ceives a compliment which is not barren. The bill carries increased emoluments and back pay to the amount of forty or fifty thousand dollars. Kuow-Nolhingism has reached Kansasj the two papers' thore have taken sides on the subjept, the Pioneer for, and tho Ilcr- rdd ajrainft it. Iv invited to meet at tuc v,ouil xiuuw, iu the Borough of Stroudsburg, on Monday February 26th, at 7 o'clock, to 1 Yjfyinlei-ican Stealers for the Euro pean War. It ia asserted in one of the (Southampton (English) papers tuat tne despatched Druisn govcrmuum - r two naval officers to the United States to purchase a large number of steamers for war purposes. Vessels of light draft of water for use in the Sea of Azof and in the Baltic, are the class understood to be wanted. It is estimated that 32,000 persons have left the Roman Catholic church in Ireland within the past six and a-half years and joined the Protestant Church. Woman's Eights in New Hampshire. A Miss Caroline S. Freeman, of Man chester, New Hampshire, avows that she has certain inalienable rights, notwith standing sho was not born "a boy baby," and among others the right to seek as well as accept a husband. She concludes her declaration as follows "Acainst those exclusive privileges on the part of the other sex, I, with thou- ui vluvio ui in v UWU Sex IU LUIS I city, do earnestly protest. And I am authorized in their name and in their be half, to declare that on, and after the 4th of July, A. D. 185"), we proclaim and publish to the world our independence from all such cruel restriction. And this is to give timely notice to all single gen tlemen (widowers excluded) of industri ous and temperate habits in this city, that they must improve the few remaining mouths to the best advantage; for, after the incoming of the immortal Fourth, we, the working sisterhood of Manchester, will show what woman can do in this great, heretofore restricted 'commerce of love,' by jgallanting around modest youth, mak ing declarations and popping questions.' Counterfeiting on a Large Scale in Ohio. Implication of well known Citizens. A regular counterfeiting league, com posed of gangs located in Cleveland, Cin cinnati and other portions of Ohio, has been discovered by the Police, through a stool pigeon. Many well known citi zens, including three police officers, arc said to be actively engaged in the nefari ous business. The Cincinnati Gazette, of the 14th says : The namcB of the gangs and their prin cipal places of congregating were named, as well as the method of obtaining "cov ey," and becoming an adept in this spe cies of crime. It was stated that gang? were in Columbus and Sandusky, in both of which cities arrests, upon information received from Young, have been made, and the parties committed to jail, for their final trial in the criminal courts. In this; city, no arrests have yet been made, but we learn that the necessary steps are be ing taken to make an extensive haul. Of ficer "Williams and his "stool pigeon," upon what had been told the latter by Young and others, went to an old wooden water station house on the L. iVl. Rail road, this side of Polktown, and there found boxed up sheets of signed and un signed counterfeit bills, cut and uncut, of denominations ranging from SI to 20, on the Northern Bank of Kentucky, State Bank of Ohio, Bank of Kentucky, State Bank -of Indiana, and Banks in N. York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia. The total amount found was not far from Oiirty thousand dollars. There was also two plates to print the Si's Northern Bank of Kentucky, and the 2's, State Bank of Indiana. The money is well executed and well calculated to deceive. Melancholy Case of Crime. In the Bucks County Court of Quarter Sessions on Tuesday last, Henry Carver a wealthy farmer of near sixty years of age, and the father of a family of grown up children, was placed upon his trial for the petty larceny of stealing corn from his own tenants. The offence was fullv proven upon him, and the Jury returned a verdict of guilty. He will be sentenced to-day. The trial produced an intense excitement, and the court room was; densely crowded during its progress. I he prisoner was uefcuded by able coun-i sel. who in his defence produced the lease made between him as the landlord, and the prosecutor his tenants, in which there was an interlineation made by his son who drew it up, and who is a member of the Bar, calculated to justify, and give a right to the landlord to the taking away of the corn at any time before a division of it should be made between the con tracting parties. This interlineation the prosecution contended had been surrept- itously inserted by the son in order to save his father from a merited punish ment. If this were so, it should be char itably regarded as that filial affection, which in time of sorrow might tempt an honorable man to save the parent who gave bitn birth from. that deep degrada tion which would necessarily follow upon a conviction, and inevitably entail its miseries upon his unhappy family. Why ono reared from childhood under the au spices of tho descendants of William Pcnu, a sect whose discipline inculcates the strictest integrity, and whose lifetime had been passed in a community whose honesty is proverbial; should now in the sunset of existence fall into the meshes ot vice wc may not explain; but it does prove most forcibly the truth of the old axiom, that "The purest treasure mortal times afford, Is spotless rcputntion; that away, Men arc but gilded loam or painted clay." Of what avail now, arc all the petty moauncss of a long life to him? or what gain the close sordidncss which gave him wcjilth and position? when character is gone reputation blasted, and the bless ings of peace and of mind which hovered o'er his household arc banished forevcr. It is a morunful lesson to all. Let the mantle of charity enrobe his errors, und their iust retribution. The Sunday Liquor Law. The following is Mr. Foust's bill, as it passed the llousc of Representatives. An Act to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday. Sec. 1. Be it enacted, &c, That from and after the first day of April next, it fahali not be lawful for any person or per sons to sell, trade or barter in any spir ituous or malt liquor3, wine or cider, on the first day of the week, commonly cal led Sunday, or for the keeper or keepers of any hotel, inn, tavern, ale-house, beer house or other public house or place, knowingly to allow or permit any spirit uous or malt liquors, wine or cider, to be drank on or within the premises or houe occupied or kept by such keeper or keep ers, his, her or their agents or servants, on tuc said nrst clay ot the week. Sec. 2. That anv person or per es violating the provisions of the foregoing section, shall for each and every offence, forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars, one half of which shall be paid to the prosecutor, and the other half to the guardians of the poor or the city or coun ty in which suit is brought, or iu counties i,vfDg no cuardiaDs of the poor, then to fl.n .1.- La.:n ..i i 1. : ,u 1 was committed, lo be recovered as debts! of like amount are now by law recovcra- blc iu any action of debt brought in the 1 - - . . name of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania, as well for the use of the guardians of the poor, (or for the overseers of the I offence; but if the defendant knew they poor ot the township, ward, or borough, cre jurrors, and knowingly used lang as the case may be,) as for the person iSc .thcir anDS calculated to infla ting : Provided, That when any prose-1 enco their verdict, the offence is complete, cutor is himself a witness on any trial i Xo one is permitted to speak to or at a under the provisions of this section, theu the whole penalty or forfeiture shall be paid to the guardians or overseers as a foresaid. Sec. 3. That in addition to the civil penalties imposed by the last preceding section, for a violation of the provision of the first section of this act, every per-1 son who shall violate the provisions of tW snrtinn. shall ho. taken and deemed to have committed a misdemeanor, and j shall, on conviction thereof, in any crim inal court in this Commonwealth, be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars or more than one hundred dollars, and be imprisoned in tho county jail for a period not less than ten days nor more than six t' days, at the discretion of the court; and upon being twice convicted, as afore said, he shall forfeit any license he may have for selling the aforesaid liquors. Homicide in Orange County. On Friday night the 9th inst., a drunk en fellow named Eli Millspaugh was kil led by the son of a tavern-keeper, named Quercan,in the town of Montgomery, Or ange County. Millspaugh was ordered to leave the bar-room when the hour-for closing arrived, but refused, and used of fensive lan;ruaE;e. Querenn removed him by force, and upon his offenug resistance, jumped upon and beat and kicked him until life was extinct. The assailant had not been arrested at last accounts. Mechanics and Laborers. The following act for the protection of mechanics and laborers was passed by the Legislature of this State, in April last,, and though of great importance to that ! class of our citizens for which it is in - tnnAA fnr h flr.f i.in J 1 3 lished by the newspaper press : Sec. 1. Be it enacted, kc That in all assignments of property, whether real or, personal, wmcn snail nercattcr nc mnae by any person or persons, or chartered, companies, to trustees or assigns, on ac- nr.nnf nt innhihfn or rhn timn Ar rlin mc. wuuv ui luuuiiiij ui. i,uv v.i -j j signmenr, to pay his or their debt-, tbe wages of minors, mechanics and laborers: employed by such person or persons, or i chartered company, shall be the first 1 The Masonic Mirror publishes a rath nreferred and paid bv such trustees or ! er curious storv, to the effect that Mor- assignees, before any other creditor origan, who, it was alleged, was murdered creditors of the assignor: by the Freemasons for disclosing their Provided, That any one claim thus I secrets, has been found in Smyrna, in preferred shall not exceed one hundred Turkey That he now goes by tho name dollars. of Mustapha, aud is engaged in teaching ,v j tuo Knglish language. The authority Pvents in New York. jiven for this report is Mr. Joseph A. The New York Times of the 12th,' Bloom, speakin of rents aud real estate, says : ! According to the Mirror, this man The posters "to let" were never so i BIoora l at a houp: Smyr- numcrous in this city as since the 1st of . n:l to 'hora tn. la ter SaV(La. detailed o Fcbruary. During the extreme depres-; count of bis adventures It is stated that sion of 1841-2 they were as numerous, i UG . the country in the ship Mervine perhaps, in proportion to the population and number of buildings. The May ! moving will be a busier time than usual, from present appearances. It will leave more tenements vacant than usual, unless landlords come to their proper senses' meanwhile. They may possibly calcu-j Whig aud Am. Dcm. late that because money grows easier in 1 15,513 13,171. Wall street, tho times will be better Majority for Pratt, Whig and Am., 2, much more encouraging to ambitious; 342. young jobbers, and aspiring young house-1 The election of Mr. Pratt, in Philadel keepers by the month of May. J3utj phia, to the State Senate, gives tho A- they were nevermore mibtaken. Money, grows easy mainly because enterprise languishes: because trade has been cut short; because five and eight thousand dollar Broadway rents arc to bo aban doned, and because the businoss public have been brought to a realizing sense of tho folly of sustaining a fictitious state of values, and an unreal fabric of what has been facetiously called a high state of prosperity. A correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune, who has lately been in Washington, draws the following laconic picture of that me tropolis : Washington slinks with corruptions. I shall leave to-morrow. If I stay any longer I shall be brought up. To pretend to be honest hero is an affectation of sing ularity that becomes annoying. Luckily for the continuance of the Gov ernment, all the people that go to Wash- mgton are not as sensitive as our corrcs- pondent. ,9, , Texas papers state that the appearaucas I indicate an early spring, and that the far-1 mors arc already making preparations ! for the coming crop. , t - Climes a day.- Ladies are not admitted, Tampering with Jurors. A case was tried lately before Judge Jones, in Berks county, which may do some good to reported by the press gen erally, and we condense a statement that it may be understood: . Commonwealth vs. John D. RaufFman. This was an indictment of embracery, or attemptine to improperly influence a juryman." The case was one determining the annual value of a farm, in which Ja cob Foruoy was pi ft. Lydia Forney the mothcr-in law of John S. Kauffman, was deft the defendant asserting it was worth 8000. Kauffman remarked with a view of two of the jurors, standing by the Court House, hearing it, that he would not give one hundred a year for it. For this he is found guilty of the charge pre ferred. The judge gave this wide appli cation of the law in such cases. From the moment mat tne name 01 the Juror is announced in the papers, yes, from the time it is drawn from the wheel, his person is consecrated io the purpose of justice. The law draws a round him an invisible cordon which no man mnv pass but at his peril . It is as complete the moment , he is selected as "j.i - - . . :whcn he is impanneled. This institution is attacked by any at- tcpt to influence or prejudice a jurj The defendant m this case is cl aiged w"" ; "v ,V " ..nMAiitnlln in flirt nrnennnn nt inr. case accidentally in the presence of jur ors without knowing their character is no mror. it will not ao 10 su aown in a tavern and discuss a case iu bearine: of jurors although not a word may be ad dressed to them. Any attempt to influ ence their minds is an offence in the C3e of the law, and punishable. At the same court another case was tried which may serve to illustrate theli- i'y i corporations lor uuiy iu mcir officers. The plaintiff owned a house in Exeter township, near the railroad, which was set on fire bv sparks from a locomo- tivc on a windy day in August, 1854. The court charged that if caution had not been observed proportionate to danger, the Company was liable for the neglect of its agent, and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. New Judicial District. Wo learn from the Wayne and Sus quehauna county papers that an effort is being made to organize a new judicial district, to be composed of the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, and that part of Luzerne soon to be set off into a new county, or Wyoming. Should this be done, Judge Jessup will doubtless fill the judicial chair. A more competent man could not bo found. Scene in Congress. Mr. Bocock said he alluded to the fact that there would be a majority of Know Nothings in the next Congress. Mr. Sollers replied whatever the gen tleman might 3ay, the Know Nothings knew enough to preserve the integrity and purity of the government, and they would never make the admission the gen tleman made, that the funds by remain iing in the Treasury would be diverted to corrupt purposes. We shall ascertainlv nhtmn Hin rmssnssinn m thn crnrnrnmnnt n. t,,r TTonvPT1 w w:n n,lm?n. istcr h whh -t A;.ithoufc tho 8meH of fire on Qur ffarnieuts Tbe gentleman frQm y. . - hfc ulk flS ncb QS bc ,cased bout tgc Kqow Nothiugs but t, wm re3torc lhe crDmcntto its - - o oi jfrai puritv. ' Morgan Found. )Kllca sailL'a Tn belonged to Lr lain s nan,c of which sailed from Boston to Smyrna, and angdon & Co, lhe Cap- thc Mcrvme was Welch. The election in the city of Philadelphia to fill a vacancy resulted as tollows merican party a majority of one in the Senate. A Novel Invention. The Philadel phia Ledger describes a steam engine without a boiler in operation in that city. The steam is generated by tbo skillful in jection of water alternately into two oast iron cylinders, five or six inches in diam eter, kept red hot in the midst of the fire. Five horse is represented to bo the power of this engine. It is small in size, simple in construction and is used with safety. As yet the invention is but an experiment, though this particular machine, so far, works well. Not Correct. The statement that all letters have to be pre-paid since the first of January. Tho bill of Mr. Olds, containing such a clause, passed the House but was lost in tho Senate. figg- Specimens of Humanity. One of tho novelties iu London, as an exhibition nre -a uail won)CU ami child, of the tribe of Niam Niauis, or tailed people, from Central Africa. Dr Sexton lectured on them before crowds of vioitors, three How Much this Country Owe3. ! It is a favorite boast of Americans that their Government is almost the only one in civilized world which is not deeply plunged in debt. So far as it relates to tho United States, in its Federal capaci ty, it is .well founded. But so far as it relates to the one and thirty Common wealths of which tho nation is composed, it is an absolute absurdity, since the ma jority of these latter are deeply if not in extricably, in debt. We hear this bit of braggadocia so frequently that it is worth while to devote a few moments to show ing its folly. In England, France, Austria, and all other consolidated nations, there is but one exchequer to meet every want of Gov ernment. There is, consequently, but one national debt. When wo say that Great Britain owes nearly eight hundred million pounds, or four thousand" million of dollars, the whole story is told. But if wc should assert that the. entire debt of the United States was less than sixty millions, wc should be apt to mislead the roader. For the Federal Government, which is what is. technically meant by the term United States, having only cir cumscribed powers, is not, and never can be. made liable for the principal sharo ot the expenses ot maintaining order and dispensing law among the people at large, most of this burden falling on the scpa rate members of the Confederacy. To give a correct idea of the real indebted ness of the nation, therefore, we must in clude the debts of the several States. Now the total indebtedness of the va rious Commonwealths is about 8221,000 - 000, divided among twenty-seven States, four being so fortunate as to owe notn iug, viz : New Hampshire, Vermont, Delaware and Florida. Of these twenty seven, the debts of seven arc under 81,- 000,000 a-picce. Maryland, Texas, Illi nois, Ohio, Virginia, New York, and Pennsylvania, are the States most deep ly in debt. The largest absolute debt is that of our own State, which is over 840,- 000,000 the lowest is that of New Jersey, which is but 871,000. The heaviest debt, in proportion to that of the population, is the debt of Maryland, exceeding 815,000,000, in a population of five hundred and eighty-two thousand, bond and free. Tho debt of Virginia, though but little greater numerically than that of N. York the one being 20, n j-v . . r m f r irr uuu.uuu and tne otner si.uuu.uuu is more than twice as heavy relative, the population being less than half, while the general resources of tbe State are great ly interior, ino entire acot or tne na tion, estimating tho Federal debt as well as that of the State, exceeds 8275,000,- 000. But this still fails to civo an accurate idea of the total indebtedness ofourcoun try. In Europe, if we except England, most public works arc construccd by the Government, so that the national debt in cludes the cost of the principal railroads, canals and turnpikes. But in the United State0, with the exception of the Penn syl vania State works, and those of a few other Commonwealths, all such improve ments are owned by private corporations. Now the aggregate cost of the principal of these works is computed to be 81,000, 000,000, of which 8600,000,000 aloue are invested in railroads. Consqucutly, if we would arrive at the true indebted ness of these United States, we must add the amount of this description of securi ties to the amount of the State and Fede ral ones. Twelve hundred millions are, therefore, about what we owe a very re spectable sum, it must be acknowledged; especially for a nation but eighty years old. To give an entirely just idea of the sub ject, however, we must remind the read cr that a chief part of this debt is attrib utable to the fact that we are a new coun try, three fourths of those millions bavins been spent in developing our resources. Uonsiuennrr the vast mineral and as- ricultural wealth of America ; consider ing, also, the indomitable energy of our people; considering the iavoraulo posi tion we occupy for conducting the com merce of the world, this debt, enormous as it seems, is comparatively little, or would be, if we were always as prudent and thrifty as we arc enterprising. Phil adelphia , Ledger. -I C i .ii.ii. .i Can Dram Shops be Abolished "i If dram shop3 cannot be abolished, then there is no truth in religion, no hope for society. And what is our religion good for if it is incompetent to deliver us from so dreadful a corrupter and destroy er? If it will not save us on earth, what reason have we to think it will save us in heaven ? Religion will abolish dram shops. False religion will only let them alone : true religion will sweep them from the land. If they arc not swept away it will be because there is no religion in the land, or rather it will be because our Christianity is counterfeit. Show us the professor who cares less for the abolitiou of dram shops than for the building of meeting honses and churches, and wc will show you a counterfeit Christian. Talk of tho impossibility to put down dram shops ! We may as well say there is no God. We may all as woll say that men are wronged, and ruined from the necessity of the case. We may as well cast our Bibles in tho flames and burn up our statutes and constitutions with them, as to act upon the belief that there is no escape from the dram shops. We may put down dram shops if we have n heart to put them down aud will engage heartily in the work. If wc don't put down tho dram shops we arc a ruined people. Life is no long er desirable. If dram shops arc not put down, they must live upon the blood of our industry and fortunes. So long as we do not put them down, of course we shall be punished by tho immolation of our children and friends. God will not consent that we endure them but to scourge us. A gentleman in Detroit has a, pair of reiudcers, which' vhe drives about like horses. .... ... ww i i i TBeayB..CiVij!Kafriidrui.v-CalguiMgTMaajw Major Generals of the Pennsylvania Militia. 1st Division Philadelphia; Robert T3 2d Division Blinks;.' TViTwnrA ?nl Montgomery counties Paul Applcbacjr. 3d Division Chester nnrl l.nnpfor counties Thorn a3 S. BellT'" 4th Division lork and Adams coun ties Jacob S. Stable. ... 5th Division Berks. Lebanon and Dauphin counties Wm. H. Keim. Gth Division Schuylkill, Monroe and Carbon counties Geo. C. Wyncoop. . 7th Division Northampton and Le high counties David Laury. 8th Division Mori hum berland and U- nion counties Wm. H. Kase. 9th Division Columbia. Wyoming and Luzerne counties Francis L. Bowman. 10th Division Susquehanna and Wayne counties Alex. II. Farnham. 11th Division Lycomingj Clinton and Potter counties no return. ' 12th Division Clarion, McKea'n, Elk and Forest counties 11. B. Bell. 13th Division Bradford, Tioga and' Sullivan counties Jas. P. Macill. 14th Division Juniata, Mifflin, Cen tre, Huntingdon and Clearfield counties John C. Watson. 15th Division Cumberland, Franklin aud Perry coutics Edward Armor. 10th Division Bedford, bomerset, Cambria, Blair and Fulton counties A. II. Coffroth. 17th Division Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington and Greene counties Jas. Coulter. 18th Division Allegheny, Armstrong. Indiana and Jefferson counties Wm. Larimer, jr. 19th Division Butler. Beaver, Mercer and Lawrence counties W. W. Taylor. 20th Division Crawford, Jne, c- uanso and Warren counties John Kil patrick. The officers of the first division above the rank of Captain are -as follows : FIRST BRIGADE PHILADELPHIA CITY. Brigadier General George Cadwala- dcr. Brigade Inspector Peter Bodgers. First llciment of Artillery Lieuten ant Colonel, C. F. Hupfeld, jr.; Major, John T. Riley. First Hegimeut of Infantry ColoncJ, A. P. Hcsscr; Lieutenant Colonel, Geo. P. Weaver; Major, Charles Wilhelm. SECOND BRIGADE PHILADELPHIA CITY AND COUNTY. Brigadier General Wm. F. Small. Brigade Iuspector Issachar Pugh. First Regiment Volunteers, Philadel phia county Colonel, Joseph M. Ben nett; Lieutenant Colonel, James Harvey; Major, John F. Staunton. Second Regiment Volunteers, Philadel phia county Colonel, Patrick W. Con roy; Lieutenant Colonel, James Harvey; Major, Thomas Ryan. First Rifle Battalion Major, Jona than Eggleton. FirslTArtillery Battalion Major, Geo. McCullcn. Battalion of Cavalry Major, Charles Thompson Jones. THIRD BRIGADE PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. Brigadier General Wm. M. Reilly. Brigade Iuspector Henry W. Graeff; Colonel, Edward H. Grant; Lieutenant Colonel, Jo. Sevcrns; Major, Joseph L. Smith. Usf-The Militia of Three States. The States of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New York, the three most commer cial and manufacturing Commonwealths in the Union, and which contain the three Commercial cities, show as follows as regards their citizen soldiery : Uniformed Militia. Unorganized. Pennsylvania, - 10,003 300,000 New York, - - - 20,000 not stated. Massachusetts, - 7,020 135.243 Here wo have in these three States a total of 43,G69 men of all arms, regular ly organized and disciplined for active service. ,c, YTj3 Punishment of Swindlers. Hon. D. S. Gregory, Jr., lias introduced into New Jersey Legislature a supplement to the act for the punishment of crimes, which produces for the severe punishment of the swindlers who plunder their vic tims by means of the ball, cup and safo operations. It is usual for the sharpers in New York to inveigle strangers from that city to Jersey City or Iloboken, where the)' can more safely effect their schemes. Presidential. Tho list of aspirants for Presidential nomination iu 1850, is becoming very for midable, indeed. Iu Pennsylvania wa have James Buchanan, and Jacob Broom; in New York, W. L. Marcy, Gen. John E. Wool, Millard Fillmore, George Law,. W. II. Seward, Gcrret Smith, Frederick Douglass and Rev. A. L. Brown; in New Hampshire, Iranklin Pierce; in Massa chusetts, Caleb Cushing, Edward Ever ett, John P. Hale and W. Loyd Gairison; in Delaware, John M. Clayton; in Texas, Gen. Sam Houston and Thos. Rusk; in Michigan, Lewis Cass; in Illinois, Stephen A. Douglass; in Ohio, S. P. Chase and Joshua R. Giddings; in Missouri; Thos. uesscc, John Bull; in Kentucky, Garret Davis and John J. Crittcndon; in North Carolina, Kenneth Raynor; and in Mis sissippi, Jefferson Davis. This list con tains men of every variety of opinions on tho subject of National politics, and each of whom would no doubt consider himsolf highly honored by turning up "trump" in the race. Wo may, cro long, have other names to add to the catalogue of aspirants. Blooded Horses Sold at Auction. The Charleston Standard notices the sale of the following horses at auction, which took placo on Friday last : Ellen Evans, 8400; John llopkiu?, 8240; Nat Blick, S1500; Garret Davis, 480; Shark Colt, 235, ' . 4 " LI. Benton; in New Jersey, li. 1. btock ton; in Virginia, R. M. T. Hunter, Hcn rv A. Wiso and Wm. C. Rivers; in Ten- &4 "t 3f
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