SI)C cffcrsoninn.
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1855.
FEBRUARY COURT.
The regular February Term of the
Courts for the County of Monroe, com
menced on Monday last, before the Hon.
.Tames M. Pouter, President, and Abm.
Levering and Andrew Storm, bis As
eociates. The amount of business done,
up to the time of our going to press, was
email, and consisted of the settlement or
trial of the following cases :
Commonwealth vs. Daniel Seiglin In
dictment of for assault and battery. De
fendant plead not guilty. The Jury
found him guilty, and Court sentenced
him to pay 315 fine, the costs of prosecu
tion, and stand committed until the sen
tence is complied with. Davis and Bar
ry for Commonwealth : Drcher for De
fendant. William Pedriek vs. Robert Huston and
Melchoir Barry. This is an action for
trespass in selling a wagon. The Jury
returned a Tcrdict for the defendants.
Dimmick and Dreher for plaintiff ; Davis
for defendants.
(ty A Xoted Pugilist, named Hill Pool,
was mortally wounded in New York on Satur
day evening last. He received six balls in
the body.
Sunday Liquor Law.
The bill to prevent the sale of intoxicating
l.qors on the Sabbath day has passed both
ranches of the legislature, and now only a
waite the approvel of the Executive to be
come a law.
One week later from California.
We have advices by the George Law, (
one week later from California. They
are. however, without much interest. No
ejection for U.S. Senator, had taken place.
Thirty-nine ballots had been held with-
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Kons. She is said, at the time of the cs-'
plosion, to have been racing with a rival!
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boat. The George Law brings 81,1 13,-!
!n nU Tlin renil nnrnKar ftf nrnr.
:a"r'
ulth auu 13 uuuiug& uuc mAcu piutu siuuc
the last arrival.
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Life Statistics,
hi Boston during the lu6t year, there were
out euceess. xne oieamer rran onwr fo- the hlcorporation of a Bankf witb
voyage from San Francisco to Marysville,! 2euerai banking and discounting privi
exploded her boiler, killing seventy pei-j leges, to be located in Stroudsburg, Mon-
;,b-50 births, d.l-'s marriages, and 4,44i banking capital, we deem such an Insti
dfaths. Respecting deaths the City. Regis-; tutions an important part of the commer
trrpaya: j cial regimen of the State, in facilitating
" usual the foreign element predomin- i business transactions of their respec
aJes, in the ratio of about 3 to 2 that is, to! tive localities, and measurably redpund
oery two Americans who enter wedlock, 1 ing to the interest of the community at
there are three foreigners who do the same, ; large.
and of the latter the Irish bear a proportion J Resolved, That we heartily approve of
f nearly two to one." i the General Banking Law, of the Com-
The number of deaths shows an increase monwcaUh of pcnnsylvani a, and are crat
cf only 15, over the preceding : year j .fi d fc . d . - .
Consumption appears as- the prime de- ... , , J bt. , . .,
trover, numbering 752 victims, being one-iPubllc confidence and esteem j that while
..xi'h of the whole number of deaths. scores of Banks, in other States, have been
Of those that died under one year during swept away by the Commercial crisis that
the hist year, 330 were of American parents, t has overshadowed the country, we can
mid 041 of foreign parents, being nearly two; point with pleasure to the Banks of own
ot tnc latter to one oi me mrmer, ana n wcrc;gtatej controled by the salutary provi
unknown. Of those that were between one' sions of hcr Banking law as having with.
nnd fire years, 203 were of foreign parent,, ! d fc fa fc ' j b .
bemjr considerably more than two to one in i . ij u iu
mjj consiceraoiy
favor of children of native born pareuts.
Desperation of Poverty.
Compared to the poor Ehivering people
who are without work, money, fuel or food,
the inmates of our jails are welfon". It is for
x'iif reason that in winter manv throw them
k Ivcs in the way of arrest to get committed j rea thousand dollars, is imperatively de
u prieon. In Cincinnati lately a poor Irish manded, and can be sustained beyond the
ffirl. named Mary Cavanaeh, stole a basket! posibilitv of a doubt.
fur the express purpose of being cent to prison
during the bitter cold weather.
The Price of Fuel.
An exchange paper says, that fire-wood is
now selling in Chicago at the rate of from
thirteen to fifteen dollars per cord, and coal
at thirty cents per buBhel being about three
times as much aB the same articles command
in St. Louis. The poor must suffer exceed
ingly in a place like Chicago, where fuel is
o dear in the winter season.
Oi70n Tusday evening last a meeting
was held in this place by the Democrats for
the purpose of passing resolutions denouncing
benator I-rey for supporting Uameron in
the joint convention of the Legislature on
the 13th inBtant, for the election of a United
States Senator. The young Democracy in
truded and came very near breaking up the
meeting. Another meeting was afterwards
organized and resolutions sustaining Mr. Frey
were passed. A meeting was subsequently
held at South EaBton, and proceeding had
which lso approved of the Senator's course.
Easton Whig.
Destitution in Philadelphia. The
Philadelphia American says : From
facts which have come to light, we are in
clined to think the number of destitute
persons in the city to be over 25,000, as
all the societary organizations have many
more applicants for relief than we previ
ously calculated. The greater portion of
miB poverty is of foreign origin, a fact
fibown beyond denial, by all the statistics
which have been gathered.
The Panama Bailroad. The fare
over this road has been fixed at 25
children under twelve years of age, half
price. Freigbt on baggage 10 cents per
ibj-on gold 1 1-4 per cent.; and on silver
ns balf of 1 per cent.
BAUK MEETING. j
At a meeting held at tho Court House,
in the Borough of Stroudsburg, on Mon
day evening, February 20th, an organiza
tion was made by tho appointment of the
following officers : ,
President Hon. A. LEVERING.
V. Presidents Hon. Andrew Storm,
Charles Shoemaker, Thos. M. MTl
haney, Stogdell Stokes, R. Brown,
and M. H. Dreiie
Secretaries Stroud J. Jlollinshcad, Dr.
SydcnhaM Wallotvmd Peter Williams.
Ou motion of John DeYoung, a com
mittee of twenty was appointed for the
purpose of drafting Resolutions expressive
of the sense of the meeting. This motion
was alterwards amended, on motion of
Chas. S. Palmer, by striking out the word
twenty and inserting fifty.
The chair-then announced the follow
ing committee, viz :
Borough. John DeYoung, chairman,
Charles S. Palmer, John N. Stokes, Jas.
X. Durliug, John N. Durling, John Shive
ly, James IT. Stroud, David Keller, John
E dinger.
Chcsnuthill John S. Fisher, and Chas.
D. Brodhcad.
Pocono Joseph Heckman, Manassah
Miller, John Butz, Jacob Stauffer, Gideon
Burritt,
Eldrcd Jacob Correll.
Jackson John Miller, John D. Frai
ley, Peter Frailey.
Folk Jacob. Kresgc, Philip Kresge,
Peter S. Hawk, Dawalt Fisher.
Price Peter Sees, Joseph Price.
Stroud Wayne G. Drake, Geo Philips.
Jioss Joseph Altemose, David Smith.
Paradise James Henry, David Ed-
inger.
Tobyha)ma-XvLshiglon Winters, John
Smith.
Coolbaugh Hiram Warner, Theodore
Brodhead.
In the absence of the Committee, the
meeting was ably addressed by Colonel
Charlton Burnett.
On the conclusion of the Address, the
Committee, through their chairman, re
ported the following preamble and resolu-
tl0ns :
, Wtcrcas, Application has been made to
T f flit.? X t o t A nnip tr cue.
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roe county, Pensylvania : Therefore, be it j
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when properly restricted by Legislative
euactn;entSi in their operation?, within the
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' lesiumiuc uauhiug uuu,
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powers, are made to feel the full weight
or me responsiuimies re?uug upuu tueui
as such; and when the wants of the busi-j
uess community demand an increase of
. convenience.
J Resolved, That from a careful investi
! gation of the amount of business in the
counties of Monroe and Pike, and the
amount of capital required by the same,
we are fully of the opinion that a Bank,
with a capital of from one to two hund-
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- jL.csoivai , .mat our outness men are
compelled to res'brt to the Banks of New
JcrseyT, New York", and the Eastern States
for their discounts, and in their negotia
tion are obliged to take bills of small de
T 7- flit
nomination, which flood this portion of
iNorth Eastern Pennsylvania, and consti
tutes, from necessity, our circulating me
dium, in direct violation of an express
statute of the State.
Resolved, That if the Legislature should
Incorporate a Bank, to be located in this
place, we solemnly pledge ourselves that
the entire stock will be subscribed and
taken by by citizens of Monroe and Pike
counties.
Resolved, That our worthy member of
the Senate, and House of Representatives,
are hereby instructed to use all honorable
means to obtain a charter for said Bank.
On motion, the preamble and resolu
tions were adopted unanimously by the
meeting.
We the undersigned, a Committee ap
pointed for the purpose of ascertaining
the amount of capital requisite for the
transacting of the various branches of
business in the. county of Mouroe, do, af
ter a careful examination thereof, report
the following, to wit :
Amt. of capital required for
tanning,
do do do Milling,
do do do Forges,
do do do Furnaces,
900,000
300,000
30,000
50.000
do do do Saw Mills. 250.000
do do do Droving, 150,000
This is exclusive of the business of Pike
county, and the extensive Manufactories
and Mills, now in progress of building in
Naglesville, within eighteen miles of this
place. It is also conceded, that the Del
aware, Lackawanna and Western Rail
road, will be completed within eight
months the business now is vastly in
creasing. The Pennsylvania coal Com
pany are also about to build a Railroad,
running about thirty miles through this
county, and likewise another Railroad
from Wilkes-Barre to the Water Gap has
been located through this county, which
will shortly be built. "We are decidedly
of opinion that not only is a Bank, in
this place necessary, to facilitate tho large
amount required for business transastious
alone, as already stated, but we labor al
so under great inconvenience of having
most entirely a foreign currency, mainly
small notes, of distant Banks, which we
do not know anything about, and which
constitute a precarious currency. Our
nearest Banks are in Easton, twenty-sev
en miles, where the business is also vast
ly increasing, so that their facilities arc
chiefly confined to their owu county.
JOHN DEYOUNG,
STOGDELL STOKES,
M. n. DUE HER,
SYDENHAM WALTON,
On motion, it was
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting be signed by the othcers and pub
lished in the Monroe Democrat and The
Jeifcrsonian. On motion, it was
Resolved, That a copy of the Proceed
ceedings be forwarded to His Excellen
cy Gov. Pollock, and to our Senator and
Representative at Harrisburir.
On motion the meeting adjourned sine die,
(Signed by the Officers.)
From the Boston Times.
Another Letter from one of Brigham
Young's Wives.
By tho following letter it will be seen
that we are soonto have the startling dis
m k r tm
closures ot luormonism, retcrred to in a
letter.latelv published in the Times. The
lecturer (one of Brigham Young's wives,)
has left Chicago, and it will be seen
from the date of her letter, is at prescut
located in Piltsfield, in this State. She
is expected to arrive here as soon as the
necessary arrangements for the delivery
of her lectures are made.
PlTTSFIELD, MaSS., )
Thursday Feb. 8, 1855. $
Once more I embrace the opportunity
of writing to you to inform you that I
shall be in your city to give lectures on
Mormonism next week or the week fol
lowing. I will acknowledge I have some
fears to lecture on this point, for I have
been informed, upon good authority, that
Mr. Young has sent on two men to stop
my career. They say I shall not give a
lecture, but I shall try and I hope the
people of Boston will protect me, a wo
man; for I have done nothing that I re
gret, except joining the Society of Mor
mons and marrying the leader. They can
not find or bring anything against my
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moral character. I am ready to meet
them or any otber Mormons, at the hall.
J Thev suv I was lecallv married to line
ham Young. Yee, in their way:
tbis Goveurtolerate that?
but will
Will it
give rao up, and let these Mormon emis
saries carry me back to Salt Lake? If
I have done anything criminal, I will go
without resistance. But they do not pre
tend to say that. All they say is, he
(Mr. Young) is my lawful husband; but
they forget he had twenty odd wives,
when we were married. I was at the
time innocent and sincere. Since I have
seen enough, and know the Society to be
corrupt, and governed by bad men for
bad motives, I shall tell every thing just
as it is. I shall not stop for the feelings
of those who may bo present no, not for
Mr. Youn:: himself but shall tell the
whole truth, and unfold all the mysteries
connected witn the institution.
I am well aware what the consequences
would be, providing they had me in their
power at Salt Lake. Death would pay
for that which I am about to reveal
There are two very important secrets
in Mornionisin of which none but the
head leaders are aware, and they arc
brought to it by the most solemn oath.
A nait of this information I obtained
from papers that I found.
One morning after Young left my bed
I discovered under the pillow a paper, of
which I have a copy. It is a secret plot,
contrived to overthrow this Government.
In that package I also found the plan of
a fort; at the top of the plan it said,
"three tiers, two hundred and six guns
each." I also heard one of the leaders
say "Uncle Sam would not disturb them
before they got the underground works
done, and they should not then fear the
whole United States army, with their
Scotts and Wools." This I heard by
eaves-dropping, besides a great deal
more, of which I have not lime to write.
The Indians have had the promise that
all of the land that has been taken from
them shall be returned. Mr. Youn
pretends to be their friend, and they all,
to a man. will fight for him and the Mor
mons. Not only one tribe, but all the
chiefs in the far West, are favorable to
the cause and to that people. They will
all follow their chiefs, and with their
help, after they have the ground fixed
for battle, the emigrants to and from
California will find no mercy. You will
also hear them boast of their strength
and bid defiance to any power. They
say they will also appoint their Governor
of Utah, and they mean to enlarge their
Territory and extend it to the Pacific, and
as far north and south as they like. I
can tell more than I have time to write.
S All A II YOUNG,
ELIZA WILLIAMS.
Croup. A medical correspondent of
the New Hampshire Journal of Medi
cine, states, that for three -yeans he has
used alum in croup, and in all that time
he has not seen a fatal case which was
treated with it from the beginning. lie
usually gave about ten grains once in ten
minutes until vomiting is induced, using
at the same time tartar emetic or the hive
of syrup freely the latter subduing the
inflamation, while the alum ha3 more of
a convulsive action.
Foreign News.
Our latest date from England is the
3d of February.
In the House ot Uommonsontne oum,
Mr. Roebuck's motion of want of confi
dence in the ministry, and to appoint a
committee to examiue into the conduct of
tho war department, &c, was resumed,
and the vote resulted in 157 majority a
.rainst the Government, whereupon the
the ministry sent in their resignation
which was accepted. On the next even
in conferences took place between the
Queen and Lords Derby and Palmerston,
and various rumors were afloat as to the
result. Subsequently the Earl of Derby
informed the House that he had been in
vited by the Queen to form a Cabinet but
could not do so.
Accounts from the Crimea state that
the llussians celebrated their New Year's
Day (13th of January)withiu the city of
Sebastopol with apparent gaiety; at mid
night all the chapel bells commenced ring
ing. At one o'clock the Russians within
the lines commenced cheering. The
French, taking this as an insult, opened a
fire unon the town. The llussians im
mediately replied along the whole line of
defence by tne tiercest cannonuate mat
has yet been experienced.
Under the cover of the firing, a strong
party of Russians made a sortie on front
and flank of the British left. The Rus
sians caDtured the British vidette, and
drove in the covering parties, but on be-
inir engaged, retired towards tne town.
Simultaneous with the attack on the Brit
ish, a strong sortie was made on tbc
French, the Russians penetrating within
the parapet and spiking three mortars.
The French ralied and drove back the
enemy inside the lines of his advance, and
at daybreak the batteries were all quiet.
On the 15th of January, there was a
fall of snow to the depth of more than
three feet. From movements in the town
it was supposed that Gen. Liprandi had
received strong re-enforccments; the Rus
sians had also appeared in considerable
force near Balaklava, which place, it wns
thought, they had abandoned. A dis
patch from Menschikoff speaks of a suc
cessful sortie against the French centre
on the 19th, when a number of the be
seigers were killed and several prisoners
were taken. At latest advices, the firing
was pretty much suspended, and all par
tics were seeking shelter from the snow.
Accordiug to the Vienna papers Sevas
topol is not to be stormed, but the Anglo
French army is to remain in the old po
sition up to the time when the Turkish
and Piedmontesc re-cuforcements arrive.
The campaign is to begin with the first
days of March. The Turks from Eupa
toria. the Enslish and French from Bal-
. . 1.1 n Til r A til nnincti frnm TT"o-fF,
the old Genoese fortress, are to act in
concert against Prince Menschikoff:
concentric attack from the periphery on
the centre, that is the plan. If Prince
Menschikoff were indeed a man of genius
he miirht defeat the hostile armies one by
oue, but if he allows them to make one
combined attack, he is lost.
The losses of tho Russians in the cam
paign of 1854 are now officially publish
ed. The amount in the active army, ex
elusive of Cossacks and of the army ii
n
Transcaucasia, to 111,132 men, of whom
29,204 are reported as killed in Turkey
nnd in the Crimea: 16.156 died in the
hospital; 55,304, wounded; while G,460
are nut down as deserters, prisoners, and
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missinf. Adding to these numbers the
2,000 prisoners of Bomersund, and th
killed and wounded at Kola and Petro
pavolovsk, we get the enormous total of
one hundred and eleven thousand and
odd men sacrificed in one year. The to
tal of the Turkish and Anslo-French vie
tims cannot be smaller, if we remember
that the English alone have lost above
30.000 men mostly by disease, and add
ing to these figures the victims of Oliten
itza and Sinope in 1853, and the losses of
Shamyl and of the Russians in Asia, we
mnv safely say that the present war has
so far destroyed the life or the health of,
at least 250.000 able-bodied men, in the
prime of life. And what is the result of
these awful sacrifices? Has the freedom
of Europe been established, or has even
the integrity and independence of Tur
key, the acknowledged object ot the strug
gle, been benefited by it? We see just
the contrary. Austria has been streng
thened the opposition of Sardinia a
gainst hcr has been allayed the yearn
inrr of Italv for independence have been
Q mf
kept down and Turkey put in the most
miserable dependency upon the English,
French, and Austrian zirapassaaors at
Constantinople.
Unquenchable Fire.
The Pottsville (Pa , ) Register has the
following acount of an apparently un
quenchable fire in the Silver Creek Col
leries of that State :
" Four years ago what is now called
the old breaker at Thomas & Beatty's
mine, caught fire from an explosion. The
fire was communicated to the 'dirt heaps'
around, where it has been secretly burn
ing ever since. It made its appearance
again about five weeks ago in the imme
diate vicinity of the new breaker. The
mine has stopped as well as etcry other
mine in tho neighborhood.
"The coal mountain in Pennsylvania,
which has been on fire since 1837, will
probably soon be extinguished, as the fire
is approaching a point which can be sub
merged in water. A mass of coal has
been consumed three-eights of a mile
long, 60 feet wide three hundred feet deep,
exqual to 1,420,000 tons of coal.
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We find the following estimate of the
annual cost of articles of dress in the U-
nited States, in" our exchanges : 500,
000,000 are spent annually in the United
States for such articles of dress, as are
subject to fluctatiou3 of fashion. Of this
sum it is computed that 816,000,000 are
for hats, and probably $20,000,000 are
for caps and bonnets, and for other ar
ticles of dress no less than 840,000,000
-so that not far from a million and a
half of dollars aro spent daily for cloth-
The lottery Conspiracy.
An adjourned court of Quarter Sessions
for the county of Lehigh, convenea on
Monday morning last, for the trail ot
Nathan. Frederick and others, charged
with violating the laws prohibiting Lot
teries in Pennsylvania, by getting up what
is usually known as the (Jatasauqua uut
Enterprise. The case lias produced an in
tense excitement throughout the commu
nity, judging from the vast crowd that
thronged the Court House during the
whole of Monday. His honor Judge Mc
Cartney, and Associates Messrs: Haas
nnrl Dillinircr are present. The District
Attornev opened the case setting forth the
facts that would be offered in evidence.-
A number of witnesses were examined on
the part of the Commonwealth; after which
tho defence called also a large number
vfho testified to the uniform good character
nf Afr RVofWirtk. Messrs. Ixunk. thrown
and Longnccker condtictced the defence;
and Mr. Stiles the part of the Common
wealth. The case was given to the jury on
Tuesday morning, who after deliberating
some two or three hours, returned a verdict
of guilty on five counts in the indictment.
The following gentlemen composed the
jury: Elias 3Icrtz, Martin Keramerer,
Peter Moyer, StephenSchlosser, Ephraim
Reinhard, George Rux, Daniel Frey, Sol
omon Weaver, Willam D. Dillingcr,
Henry Diefendcrfer, Daniel Buchecker,
John G. Schimpf.. iMlenloien Democrat.
Frederic plead guilty, and stated that
they had sold tickets to the amount of
82,000. If this enormous amount was
I thus swindled out of a credulous public,
why were these trivial fines infftctedi
Such outrages on the community should
bo visited with the heavy hand, and the
parties be compelled to disgorge effectu
ally. We trust both the people, and the
large class of gift and other lottery swind
lers will take warning by this example,
Lehigh
Valley Junes.
A Horrible Crime.
There has been a trial and conviction in
Court this week that, for the sake of hu
manity, we hope never to be called upou
to rnnord the like a(rain. It was the case
of Earl P. Blackmorc. of Conneaufc tp.,
for rape upon two of his own daughters
girls not over 15 or 16. The details are
two horrible for publication. Upon the
first count, though the offenco was proved
to the satisfaction of everybody, save the
jury, he was acquitted; but upon th
second count be did not come off so lucky,
and will doubtless be sentenced to the full
extent of the law ten years in the Pen
itentiary ! Erie (Pa.) Observer, 10th.
A Millenium at Hand.
A public meeting was reeenty held in
St. Martin's Hall, Long Acre, London,
when Mr. Robert Owen announced that
his long-promised millenium would be in
augurated on Monday, May 14, 1855, by
a great gathering or delegates from all
governments, countries, religious sects,
parties and classes. From that day for
ward he announces that there will be a
total change in the condition of the hu
man race, to be brought about, not by rev
olution or violence, but by pacific means,
and the general consent of mankind. Mr.
Owen, who was the chief speaker on the
occasion, denounced all existing govern
ments, religions and parties, as degrading
to the human race, and as calculated to
produce nothing but falsohood, wicked
ness and misery. The object of all re
ligions, he said, ought to be to improve
the character of man, but he would there
state distinctly that no religion which ex
isted upon the face of the earth was cal
culated to instruct the human race for its
happiness. There was no government,
sect or party in the world which could
effect it; and as long as the present sys
tem existed, happiness would-be banish
ed from the world. In the millenium
which would commence on the 14th of
May, the human race,would be emanci-
patea irom misery ana vice, and 'a uni
versal attractive system' would be put in
operation. Everything was prepared for
the commencement of this new system,
and nothing was wanting to secure its
complete success, but the union of tho
various classes of society. He felt every
commence that it would put an end to
war and all divisions among men, and
that it would create a lasting Paradise on
earth. The world was at present a demon
manufactory, but he would change it into
a manufactory of angels without wings.
Mr. Owen is, of course, an enthusiast; and
however well-meaning, he is no doubt de
cidedly deceived. Wo fear that May
next will come and go. and that the soc
al millenium alluded to will be still very
remote.
1855 and 1849. By a strange coinci
dence which will not again occur for a
ng time, the new vear commences on
the same day as in 1849 and consequent
ly all through the year tho date will be
on the same day. But what is more
singular is, that all the moveable relig
ious holidays fall on the same dates and
the same days. The almanacs of 1849
might therefore serve for the present year.
A Luckly Runaway Slave.
The Rochester (New York) Democrat
says that a runaway slave named Grand
son Boyd, who had taken refuge some
years since in Rochester, left the country,
as many others did, at time of tho pas
sage of the Fugitive Slaye law, from fear
his owner might reclaim him. He went
to Australia and commenced work in the
gold mines. When he left he was in
debted 8200 to a crockery merchant, in
Rochester, who had no very strong hopes
the debt would ever be cancelled. A few
weeks since, however, ho received a let
ter ironr Boyd, stating that ho had
just arrived at Liverpool from Austrilia,
where ho had made 88,000, and enclos
ing a dratt Jt4U, (g':uu; the amount ol
he debt.
In Siberia the greatest luxuries are
raw cats served up in bear's qilj while in
Japan a stewed crocodile flanked with
monkey's feet is the bight of epicurean
ism. What a taste !
The Germans are a prudent people?-
One of them at the South end who gets
but two shillings and six-pence a day,
a wife, ten children, two wheelbarrows,
four cats and three dogs; and contrives at
the end of the year to have 8200 in the
bank.
JBSy- George Washington was born on
the 22d of February, 1732.
Rents in San Francisco have fallen 35
per cent., wages 40, and salaries 50 per
cent., and real estate is postively unsalea
ble; So writes an intelligent Californian to
the National Intelligencer.
The Mormon Temple, begqn at .Salt
Lake City, will be much larger than the
temple built by the Mormons at Nauvoo. It
will require ten years to complete it, and.
will cost several millions of dollars.
Thimbles arc a Dutch invention. The
art of making them was brought to Eng
land, by John Lofting, a mechanic from
Hollaud, who set up a work-shop at Isl
ington, near London, and y.raeti.-ed tho
manufacture with profit and success a-
boutl695. . '
OT"BilIf.did you ever go to seal" V -
lNo, but I doubled one of the capes of Florida
once,"
"Possible! Which one!"
"The one that belongs to Lilly Junes, tt
Tallahassas"
Washington Monument Association.
The election for officers and manager
of the Washington Monument Association
took place in that city on Friday, tbc 22d
ult., and resulted in the election of the
following gentlemen :
Vespasian Ellis, First Vice president.
George II Plant, Third Vice President.
C. C. Tucker, Secretary.
John M. McCalla. Treasurer.
Managers S. S. Briggs, F. S. Evans,
Mayor Addison, Georgetown, C.Beit, J.
H. Bradley, J. W. Crain, T. D. Sandy, S.
C. Busey, J. A. Gordon, R. T. Knight,
Samuel E. Douglas, J. Libbcy, and J. A.
Brooke.
These are nearly, if not quite, all new
men, and the result of the election, which
took every one in Washington by surprise,
is attributed to the Know-Nothing organ
ization. Whatever influence may have
been productive of the change, it is to be
hoped that the new administration may
have sufficient force to complete the groat
national work for which the association
has been organized. If the new Board
make an early completion of a work, the
incompleteness of which has seriously
damaged the reputation of tho country,
the people will properly appreciate the
influences which procured the change, no
matter what it may have been.
The Satiate and House of Representa
tives, of Indiana, can not agree in the
choice of U. S. Senator, in the place of
Hon. John Petit. The Senate elected'
Isaac Blackford, and the House of Josepht
G. Marshall.
What the Legislature has Done.
An act to authorize the Bear Creek
and Lehigh plank road company to bor
row money.
An act to close fimlly the trust of tho
late Bank of the United States.
An act relative to the Lehigh Crano
Iron Company.
An act to incorporate the Point Breeze
park association.
An act relative to the Enon Valley
coal company.
An act consolidating the wards of the
city of Pittsburg for educational pur
poses.
An act to increase the capital stock of
the Short Mountain coal company.
An act relative to the estate of the Ret.
Robert BlackweH, D. D., dec'tl.
A supplement to an act entitled am act
to incorporate the Lancaster and Mariet
ta turnpike road company.
An act changing the time of holding,
the Courts in Susquehanna county.
A supplement to an act entitled an act,
to incorporate tho Yardleyville and New
town turnpike and plank road company,
approved tho 9th day of April, 1651).
An act authorising the trustees of the
Erie Academy to open and re-settle- the
accounts of Mathcw Pollock.
An act relating to George Schoonfclr,
of -Blair county, an habitual drunkard.
An act to confer on John Thos. Mof
fit, of Washington county, tho benefits of
a child born in lawful wedlock
An act to extend thslgowcr.s of certain,
officers in Allegheny county.
A supplement to an act incoporating
the Western University of Pennsylvania
passed Feb. ID, 1319.
An act authorizing a special road tar '
in LeBaufF township, Erie county.
An act allowing the commissioners o
Warren county to lay additional" tax for
the purpose of erecting certain publio
buildings
A further supplement to the act incor
porating the Wilkesbarrc and Providence
plank road company.
A supplement to the act incorporating
tho Eric county mutual insurance com-"
pany.
A supplement to an act to authorizo
the Governor to incorporate the Newtown
Square and Paoli plank road company,,
approved the 29th day of January, A. D..
185:
An act to prevent the hunting of deer
with dogs in the county of M'Kean.
A supplement to the act incorporating
the 3Iercor and Shenanco plank road
company, in Mercer county.
a resolution relative to the State cab
inet of geological specimens.
An act changing the placo of holdinrr
elections in tho borough of Loretto, Cam-
nria county.
An act to incorporate tho Somerset
county mutual fire insuranoe company,
An aot to prohibit the fishing with drag:
uuib or sema in tne,parDor or oay
Presquo Isle,, in the county of Erie. ,;
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