The Jeffersonian. (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, April 12, 1855, Image 2

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THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1855.
POST OFFICE.
HakkISBURO, April 4, 1S55
Jfton. SpsaJcer and Members of the
House qf Representatives of
Pennsylvania.
Gentlemen: I am directed by the
1 o tmastt r General to say : "That the
J? tut of Pt-nnsylvauia having provided.
by Legislative enactment for the payment
ot Postajio, upon all Mail matter sent to
oi from the Executive, or to or from the
Members of the Legislature, and these
facts being known to the Department, all
Ltt?ers addressed to said parties, without
thu Pvtage being paid at the Mailing of-
nee, stiouid not ue classed as tinpata ijct-
noc oc eiasseu :is uiipiu Ajvt -
ust be rated with the proper
"osiujie to be paid at Harris -
tan, but mus
amount of 1
I urjr, where provision for such payment
ha bi-en made.''
RfM)cctfullv. vour Obedient Servant
JOHN II. BRANT,
Post Master,
FERE.
The steWmg belonging to the Wash-1 ltu inou sa"U , - UC ccuon 01 Ml'
-r j i i i x'V , ( nor and the other Know-Nothing eandi
.et rfefel, in the Borough ot Laston, datM for Sutc officcs 1)y thc Lo;isl:lture
t ilmr with six Hordes aud a large qnan- j s expected as a matter of course.0 In the
i .ry of bay and out', was destroyed by j last Congress the four members of Con-
b,c. on Saturday nioruiug last. The firess werc Democrat?. Xac York Evc7i-
Whig"1 estimates the loss, iuelu-;" 0St"
i ;,ir borees, at Sl,o00
e 8re h supposed he the work of ani The municipal election at Richmond cn
rn. i i i . , .
ii.-i.r.-:iary.
GoSey's Isdy's Scok.
v.", Lave received the April number of
x t. .
t .: excellent mapazine. It is, a? usual,
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ed with mtercstmg reading matter.
1: any of cur readers do not take a maga-
2 n-. v.e know of no one we can more'
t-'u-rrfnilc wMmnund tlun fir.r'c
About one o'clock on Tuesday morn
'j Inst, the Watch and Jewelry Store of
V liliara Baumai.-ter. of this Borough, was
t t.n red and robbed of a large and most
vuV.lle portion of its contents. The
' ;ccs eSectcd an entrance by boring
aud forcing out the slide in the door.
'1 Le following is a list of the articles tak
t n. viz :
l ' old English Iqv&t.
IS carats.
14
34
i "
it
1 ' LeDine
1 " detached
as
Silver, hunting watches.
1 Silver (vertical,) 4 jewels.
1 " flowered face (detached lever.)
1 " " " Lepine, No. 76S0
3 " " " detached lever,
French, No. 4557
"--!.,- iue, io.o,cuo.ir
1 flowered face, Engli.b, No. 1G1 .1
i t : , i
1 Lepiac, Liverpool,
No. 32.999.J
1 detached lever, London,
1 Lep:ae,halfpkte,Liverpool, No. 35,970.
-
top, French, No. 14,789. j
.j Jd Soger rings, 3 double barreled
Pi-tciF, one revolver, and a number of old
tar imgs.
Mr. B. was from home at the time.
-o cue tbe robbers has as yet been
stained. j
The property stolen is worth over SG00.
Tor the West
The Eastan Argus says that there has
it id quite an extensive emigration from
H Mount Bethels, this spring, to the
Wot. in Stttes. On Monday morning
a t. tha following persons, with their
f-iini'iw left Lower Mount Bethel for St.
1 -ph and Kalamazoo counties, Michi
gat. Joseph Ross, Peter Deatz and his
on Peter, Jesse aud James; John
KucLlnigQ, William Scott, J. J. Hum
sicr, William Lodcr, William J. Ehret,
JoLn Ayres aud Henry Christman.
Appointments hy the Conference.
liie following are the appointments
made by tbe Philadelphia Methodist Epis-c:-pal
Conference, which closed its session
in Lancaster, on Monday last,
-r . - 1 v""ll yj
In!, .i r: W... TT -,...
UUU O, M ui. 11. Uot.fi Knn'. .
thonyAtwood; Sanctuary, JamesAyre;
.New Market Street, James Y.Ashton; 12th
Mrcet J bos C. Murphy; Hedding, A Man-
h Warner ; Tabernacle, Stephen
Townsend ; Cohocksiuk, J. Jones ; Em.
ory, J. R. Anderson ; North City Mist-ion,
to be supplied ; Summerfield, C. J.
Crouch ; Port Richmond, David R. Thom
a3j Zoar, to be supplied; Milestown, Gas
away Orand ; Lehman's Chapel, G. W.
McLaughlin : Dovlesfowu. J. P. Crvnnxr
Bridefburg, J. N. Boyd : Buttleton, John
onieios; Jiolmesburg, to be supplied;
Bristol, J. F. Boone ; Attleborough, J. L.
Taft; Newtowu, S. Irvin ; Allentown, H.
A. Hobbs; Easton.Wm. Bishop; South
Eapton, Michael A. Day Richmond, W.
B. Wood ; Stroudsburg, J. C. Meredith:
Cherry Valley, E. Townsend ; Parradisc
to be supplied. '
The Lumber going down tho Susquc
lianna river, this spring, is of greater a
mouut than during any previous season.
r p r W district. J. Cas
t.e, i h. bt. George'., J.A. Roache; Trin-
rU r-MP!Kedi E5Sh,b Street, Chas.
( ook ; hifth Street. lor,n n t ' o.
uwinue : ot.
37 JDeltntnrp. Tjirktttzamia and West-
; rv Railroad will be completed from Scran-
ton t9 New York by tbe first of Septem
ber next. The distance is 140 miles.
: The Company sent to market (west)
Jast year 183,965 tuns of coal.
! Next fall the Company expect to trans
i port coal from Seranton to Elizabetbport,
! fourteen miles from New Ycrk, for 2 54
latum The expense of mining the coal
and putting it into the cars is estimated
t at 1 a tun.
The New York 7'imes, says, that "at a
fancy ball lately given in new Bedford,
Mass., one of the characters represented
was and Editor !" We suppose the chap
who sustained tint character wore seedy
clothes, carried a pen in one hand, seis-
ox-3 in the other, had a paste pot jii bib
bosom, and not a cent in his pocket.
Can't see any other way to do it.
The Connecticut Election.
The returns of the State elections in
Connecticut show a complete defeat of the
friends-of the Federal Administration.
The Whigs and Know-Nothings have car
ried, according to one account, eighteen,
i e mvnij, . mv
! twenty-one Senators, about two-thirds of
' llQ members of the House of Rcprcscnta-
; tives, and the four members of Congress.
and according to another twenty, ot the
and the four members of Congress,
I There were three candidates for Governor
in iuu ucki. .1 no ivnow-iotiiinr canui-
date, Mr Minou, has the largest vote, and J
j next to him, at no great distance, is his!
i Democratic competitor ; the Whif candi-
i date having received, it is supposed, about
i At. ri'i r t "
Election in Richmond. Yn.
' neuncsuay lasc resuuea in uie complete
j success of the American ticket. For the
office of Mayor Joseph Mayo received
jl'971 voles against 7 lo for John D.
Munford, the Democratic candidate,
' . ' . -. c , ,-i-n
showing a majority of l,2oG. The vote
for other city ofScers was nearly in the
jsame proportion. The maioritv "in Rieh-
ujond for the Whig ticket at the two last
scnoral elections wasaboutSoO. The
i r LOURNOY. ror invcrnnr i i hv novt
Trill hn trnm I tr tr 9 I1MM
Pviot in Cincinnati.
At the Municipal election in Cincin
nati on Monday, of last week, a Dr.
Brown was attacked by foreigners at the
11th Ward polls and severely beaten, ut,-
on which the Know Nothings turned out
cn masse, and taking a canncu from the
Dutch and Iri.-h, turned it upon them and
Sred. The 11th Ward contains a large
majority of Germans, and it having been
charged that parties were prevented from
voting American tickets at the polls in
that Ward, a largo party of Americans
took possession of the ballot-boxes and
destroyed the tickets. The number kill
ed during the melee is not known. Dur
iag Monday night the Know Nothing
marched through the streets with cannon.
itivt i3 uui .tiiiutt ii. uur- .
A New Rank for Philadelphia.
We learn from Harrisburo- that finv.
Pollock has sijncd the act recently pass
- J luc gisiuiuie, urovium" lor tuc
corporation of die City Rank, Wch is
to be located in Phi adelnhia. hv thn nr,
J - - 1 J I
" t:.:t.: 1 , rrrrJ;"? lll.G
yauiaiioij oi wnicn nair a mi lion oi new i t. i r- i ,
No. 532.!gaDkin canital w5I1 be T)rnYi,p, '1 UM received the last bite, under the follow-
r
Dr. Beale's Case.
uourt, at iiiladelphia, on the 2d inst.
Chief Justice Ferris gave a decision
granting a writ of error m the I'eaic case,
, case, instead of being sworn to render a
r .uuu.Mua-juij maiineu me
verdict according to tbe evidence, were
sworn to try the nuilt or innocent nf tho
uCledant; also that the defendant in-1
Onemcnt at labor, was sentenced to im
prisonment at hard labor.
Finances of Philadelphia. The
city of Philadelphia has applied to the
Legislature for a temporary loan as au
immediate necessity. The Pennsylva
nian says the amount required by the city
tojplace her finances in even a respecta
ble condition is one million a?id a half cf
dollars.
Application for Bounty Lands. j
We learn from the chief elnrk nF this nf-i
ficc that there is not the slightest diminu-Ube
tion in the number of daily applications
under tbe new bounty-land act. bince
Monday last sixteen thousand six hundred
additional ajiplications have been made
under tho act of March 3, 1855. Union.
The National Armories.
If an opinion were to be formed of the
warlike intentions of the representatives of
the American people, we certainly should
uot find much crouud for alarm in the ex
tent of our preparations for a contest
"with the world in arms.' -The following
sums were appropriated at the last ses
sion :
For tho manufacture of arms at the na
tional
n tmM.. I.. I 1 .1 irv-.
thousand dollars ; for new machinery at j
Harper's Ferxy armory, twenty thousand
Oil iirs ? fnf ,r.;. 1 : 1
. itijiwio uiiu improvements
aud ncw machine at Harper's Ferry,
thirty-two thousand six hundred and scv-enty-tbree
dollars; for repairs and im
provements and new machinery at Sprint
m-iour thousand dollars.
Miss Rebecca DI"who has
been lately, lecturing on Temperance, has
produced a creat excitement thnr i
said, by kissing a "nigger" baby I ' The
newspaper editors see in the act an unmis
mistakable evidence of "abolitionism."
Seven thousand bushels of Genessnn
wheat has been sold in New York, at
82,70 per bushel. Wheat has not brought
so nigh a priCo for many years.
The Lumber Trade.
The tenor of our advices from Phila
delphia, through persons largely interest
ed iu the traffic in lumber, and intelli
gent and discriminating in all that re
lates thereto, leads us to conclude that
the prospects for prices remunerating to
the lumbermen is better thamit was two
or three months ago, though still involved
in doubt and dependent upon contingen-
cies.
Taking "both town? and country into
account, it seems to bo conceded that
there will be as much if not more, build
ing the present year than in any previ
ous one. In towns there may be less;
in the country there will bo more. The.
farmers have had several prosperous
years in succession, with a contiuuancc
of high prices for all their product.-; and,
beiug prosperous, are jn a condition to
supply themselves with improved dwell
ings and barns.
The stocks of lumber in the hands of
the dealers arc large; and the opinion is
prevalent among lumbermen that prices
will inevitably be low. What the actual
range of prices will be will depend very
much on the order of the spring freshets,
aud the character of the men first in mar
ket with raft?.
'IMf Innirir flin Href, frr
i off, the better, wo think, it will be for the
j lumbermen, provided its continuance be
mioh. i u &u;m hoi coinv uu i;uc, auu
shall then hold long, most of the lumber
will arrive in market simultaneously, aud
unity of action ou thc part of purchasers,
with vasciuation and doubt on the part ot
many lumucnncn, win estaoiisn iow rates.
So, if the first freshet shall come soon,
and those first getting to market with
lumber are necessitous and timid, low
rates will be likely to be established and
to prevail through tho season. While if
those who first arrive are so circumstan
ced as to be able to hold on, and have
the decision and firmness requisite to do
so; lat spring's prices may bo realized, or
nearly approximated.
Larae ash logs and w harf timber will
be perhaps iu better dmiand than any
other descriptions of lumber.
Our information from the uDrjcr Dela
ware leads us to conclude that while the!
number of logs banked for rafting is
greater than it was last rear, thc average
j size of tbe logs is less, and consequently
that there is not an increase, but a falling
off. in the bulb in preparation for market.
Of sawed stuff we think the quantity b
decidedlj less than it was a year ago; at
least iu this county.
We trust that events will so fall out
that the lumber will bring fair prices; but,
as we have already said, much depends
upon the order of the freshets and thc
sort of men who first get to market.
Iloncsdaic Democrat.
Death from Hydrophobia.
From thc Dayton (Ohio) Gazette.
About thirty years ago, Mr. A. Rogers,
of Franklin, Ohio, was bitten by a mad
dog, and was placed in utter darkness, un
der medical treatment, for the space of
thirty days, and apparently recovered
from the effects of the bite : thouch at ir
regular intervals since that time he has
i lelt ?ecuh:ir ami unpleasant sensations
;;llPP0Seti t0 bc caused by the virus, which
in uu tuiijuv iu3iuiucaut uegreu sun re
mained in his system. Otherwise he en
joyed remarkably good health, and being
a man of powerful physical frame, weigh
ing near 200 pounds, it is probable the
l, r l.:T-i .t.- .
the
7. . J" H,B sJlm fubducd. It
Was On tflG iOffi oav nr ncf . hnnnrv ihnt
J " J 1
ins circumstances.
1 A small, half starved dog had been a
In tbe Supreme, bout the house during the day, and Mr.
on the 2d inst. R. told ono rf iho nhiWmn fn nii ;t ; a
R. told one of the children to call it in and
feed it, which was done. Mr. R. stooped
down to caress it, when it bit him on the
dand. Jie instantly Crancd his hand and
remarked to his wife that he never felt
such a pain in his life. It seemed to
thrill his system like an electric shock.
Nothing further, however occurred at
that time, escept a very severe headache,
aud a slight nervous fever. Thn snmr
dog was known to have bitten several hogs,
but not until the hogs became rabid, which
was several weeks after, was the dog sup
posed to have been mad. When Mr.
Rogersbecame acquainted with these facts,
he at once felt that in his peculiar situa
tion, with the virus of a former bite in his
system, UU case was a hopeless one, and
immediately set about closing up his bus
iness, and made bis will, communicating
his apprehensions lo no person, not even
of his family, lie enjoyed usual health
up to U cdnesday bctore lus death, when
symptoms of hydrophobia began to
manifest themselves, causing him howev
er, no serious inconvenience until Friday
morning, March 23, when, as he attempt
ed to wash his hands and face, he found
himself unable to get his hands iDto the
water.
lie ate but little breakfast, and in a
short time went to bed. About twelve
o'clock on Friday night he was seized
with a most fearful spasm, which lasted
for some time. After the spasm passed
off he became quite calm aud conversed
almost incessantly, and assured his
fncuus that he would not harm thern in
any way. His nest spasm was on Satur
day morning, and more violent than the
iormcr. ltie last spasm seemed to rack
t"c suucrcr with excrutiating agony, and
was reaul the extreme, even to wit
x
ness, iunug all his sufferings, to the
moment of his death beseemed conscious
of his condition, perfectly rational iu
all re.-pects, and seemed totake partic
ular care to harm no one during his ra
ving fits, although ho was in noway se
cured, and iu the same room with his
friends and attendants.
It is certainly contrary to the usual ex
perience that tho virus should remain so
long iu tho system, and give no more de
cided manifestations of its presence. But
thc case, though a remarkable one is by
no means an isolated one
The noblest remedy for injuries is ob
livion. Light injuries are made'lighter
by not regarding them.
Frightful Accident-Eight PersonB killed--Great
loss of Property Total Destruc
tion of a Glass Factory.
The gale of wind which prevailed be
tween nine and ten o'clock on Sunday mor
ning, Which passed over this city, ragod
with great violence a few miles up the'river.
Tree and fences were in some instances
blown down, and at thc town of Progress,
at the mouth of thc Rancocas Creek, a
bout ten miles above Camden, a large and
extensive glass manufactory, belonging to
Mr. Julius Kelter, a frenchman, was torn
down, nnd upwards of twenty persons
buried beneath thc ruins. The alarm
was immediately given, and all thc resi
dents of that place, numbering from two
to three hundred persons, proceeded at
once to rescue tho dead and wounded
from the ruins. Up to two o'clock, we
learn, it had been ascertained that eight
persons were instantly killed, and several
others were seriously if not fatally injured.
The building was located at the corner
of Taylor and Kossuth streets, and was
constructed of brick, with 18-inch walls,
in thc most substantial munncr. It occu
cupicd a space of 125 feet long, '60 feet
high and 42 feet wide; being covered with
a slate roof, supported by heavy rafters.
The loss by the destruction of thc building
will probably exceed SI 8,000, including
a considerable quantity of manufactured
goods, and all the tools used by thc work-
men
This manufactory has been in operation
about eight weeks, and has thus far turned
out nothing but hollow glass ware. On
ly a single furnace was in operation, al
though extensive arrangements had been
made for working several other furnaces.
By this accident about twenty-five persons
will be thrown out of employment. We
regret to learn that Sir. Samuel Betchtold
of this city, is a loser to the amount of
2.500. The tuilding, we are informed,
is a total wreck, having been crushed to
the ground by thc force of tho wind.
A gentleman, who was in thc vicinity
at the time thc accident occurred, states
that tho front doors of the building were
open, which no doubt caused the accident,
as the wind was enabled to sweep through
the building with the greatest violence.
We were unable to learn the names of
thc persons killed, or those wouuded, in
consequence ot the non-arrival of the train
due here at 6i o'clock, last evening. It
was reported, however, that Richard Pal
mer, a lad 14 years of age, a son of Al
derman Palmer, residing in Eleventh
street, above Franklin, was among thc
killed- Ue was taken to Mr. Bechtold's
house. He had visited the nlace a few
weeks ago for tho purpose of recruiting
ins nealtn, and being pleased with thc
manufacture of slasswarc. solicited the
proprietors to take himiuto their employ.
I'liuaacipit id in qui rcr.
The Ericsson Experiment, which most
will remember, the attempt to substitute
hot air for steam as a propelling power,
is at an end. it is conceded to be a fail
ure, and poor Ericsson-is a ruined man.
'A
He has spent a fortune of his own, and
tiiat ot Ins wile, which was large, and
both are bejnrared. This has led to re-
crimination and alienation, and they have
separated. Had he succcded his name
would have been immortalized; but he
failed, and wiseacres shrug their conser
vative shoulders, and ejaculate, "1 knew
it would fail."
Ten Dollars per Glass. Two hun
ninety-two glasses of liquor
, , nanar.i-A ? ,nn inU
have been ascertained to have been sold
on Sunday. The fines on these will a
mouut to the snug little sura of 2,920.
Eighty glasses are reported from one es
tablishment. Last Sunday was the first
under the new municipal regulation im
posing a fine of 810 for every glass sold
on the Sabbath. Justice Osborne has al
ready issued a number of warrants, and
all the transgressors are to bc made to
fork over. Hard times these. 1. Y. Tri
bune. ,0.
High Price of Provisions. The Phila
delphia Inquirer, alluding to high price
of provisions, says
"Meats of every description command
enormous rates, while potatoes are selling
at a dollar and a half a bushel. Our
friends in the country, if they have any
surplus on hand should forward it to thc
Atlantic cities as speedily as possible."
Heavy Forgeries in Washington.
much excitement has been caused at
Washington by a report that a clerk in
the first Auditor's office, had fonrcd the
' o
name of Jefferson Davis, Secretary of
War, to notes ot hand, amounting, it is
said, to from 510,000 to 820,000. The
notes are in the hands of brokers and mo
ney lenders. The suspected party left tho
city on bunday night. lie was an inti
mate friend of Gen. Davis, but it is under
stood that the latter wil not interfere to
screen him from punishment, if he is tak
en.
A mulatto woman, in St. Louis, named
Margaret Sullivan, recently crave birth to
four living children two boj'a and girls.
meir lather is a white man, and the
mother is so little colored as hardly to
ue aistinguisucu lrom a white woman.
She and the babes are reported as well
Closing- of the Union Hotel.
Our friend John II. Melick has sold
his Hotel, and intends leaving Strouds
burg. He therefore offers all his loose
property for sale: consisting of Bedding,
Furniture, Carpetting, and everything in
his house ; tbey have been in use but a
short time and every ono who has stopped
at ms house knows they are ot first qual
ity. He will sell at private sale un to Sat-
urday, April 14th ; to that time all are
invited to call at his house, and examine
for themselves, and purchase allthav want.
This is a raTe chance for Landlords and
others who want furniture, &c.. &c. His
vendue will be held on Saturday, April
14th, when every thing that can bc sold
must go to thc highest bidder.
Foreign Ncivs
ARRIVAL OP THE BALTI0.
Seven days Eater from Europe
The Tirst of Five Points Aerreed TJton.
Brcadsuffg Unohangcd Cotton Advanced.
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The steamship Baltic arrived at New
York on Friday, bringing later news from
Hiurope. At tuo scat ot war-Lord Rag
lan had sent a messsenge? to Sebastopol,
to announce the death of the Emperor
Nicholas, and at Uupatoria, Omar Pacha
had also sent a messenger to announce the
same event to Prince Itadzivil, the Rus
sian commander in that quarter. A
continual fire was kept up at Sebastopol,
between thc French and Russians, but thc
French have not renewed their attack on
thc Russian works near the MalalTofl" tow
er which are, therefore, nearly completed
The Russians have greatly strengthened
their works opposite thc main points of
the allied attack, and sonic of their works
in progress are in such a position that it
is thought thc allied Generals are obliged
to order an attack. At a couucil of
war, held by the allied commanders on
tho fourth, it was resolved to commence
active operations. The health of the troops
wa3 satisfactory. Ileinforcoments have
reached thc Russians. Advices from O
dessa bring a report that Prince Mcnchi
koff has died of typhus fever. A French
hospital has been destroyed by fire, but
no iife3 were lost iu it. Lord Raglan will
not return unless recalled. Forty thou
sand French troops are to bc encamped
at Constantinople. Poland is filled with
troops, every village having its garrison.
Iu Prussia, a motiou for an address to the
King, censuring the ministerial policy on
the Eastern question, has been rejected.
At tho Vienna Conferences the first of the
four points has been adopted by all the
negotiators. It provides for a joint pro
tectorate of all the four great powers over
thc Principalities, instead of the previous
single protectorate of Russia. According
to the London Morning Advertiser, Lord
Dundonald's plan for destroying Cron
stadt has been accepted by thc British
government, and will be put to the test in
June or July. The Turkish government
is said to be opposed to the concessions of
the first point of the negotiations, and has
endeavored to get Prussia into the nego
tiations. The Cotton market was active.
BrcadstuQs were without change.
Mce Iilemhers of Congress.
The senior editor of the Louisville
Journal was in Washington for some
weeks previous to the recent adjournment
-
fV couple of merry fellows, one of them
a distinguished member of Congress from
a Southern State, and the other a dis
tinguished ex-editor from Kentucky, con
coetcd a letter purporting to bc address
ed bv a younc; lady to a very fine iook-
ing gentleman. It was gdt up in first-
i . ,j.t rpi, i,l,i 1 .1 a i i
ruiu fciyiu. auu piviuuuuu amy bui, lunu
therein that she had several times seen
the gentleman she was' addressing, that
she was captivated by his fine face and
manly form, that her heart was deeply
touched by all she saw and heard of him,
and that she must, make his acnuaiutance
before his departure from the city, that
she hoped and prayed he would forgive
her seeming boldness, as it was thc first
imprudent act of her life, that she had al-
ways movcu ana was stiu moving in tue
highest circles of the capital, that she
would bo upon a certain square of a cer
tain street at precisely 12 o'clock on the
4.
following day, in a dress which she de-
scribed with great particularity, and that
she hoped and trusted he would meet her
and thus afford her an opportunity of a
brief personal intercourse with the idol of
her heart. lhc two watrs had between
thirty and forty of "this letter written bv a
female friend of theirs, and they sent
these copies to between thirty and forty
members ot (Jongi-oss, selection: those o
course who were known to entertain i
very exalted opinion of their own person
al fascinations.
Evervthinir beinr thus arranged, the
two iokers called upon us aud another
young gentleman, explained what they
had done, and invited us to set into their
carriage, ride with thera to the point of
assignation and sec the sights. e un
hesitatingly consented, and wc saw sights
sure enough, luding upon the ucsirma-
ted square, wc beheld the whole of tho
thirty or forty member?, Northern men
and Southern men, Whigs, Democrats
and Know-Nothings, walking to and fro.
all gazing in every direction and at eve
ry lemale hgure to discover the object of
their anxious search.
Wc concluded that if a few more eop-
tea oi uic letter uau neon sent to mem
bers of the House of Representatives, the
aouse would have had to adjourn for the
want of a quorum.
The Way Congressmen do Things.
At thc Rome, New York. Post Offi
there is said to be twenty-one bags of doc
uments, books, &c, sent by maTl for the
tion. oaieb .Lyons, a member of the Late
House of Representatives from that dis
trict of New Fork State which is com
posed of Lewis and Jefferson counties.
ihesc documents franked bv the member
himself to his address, as no one else
would take the trouble to do so. Each
bag with its contents weighs about oue
hundred and fifty pounds, makin a total
weight of one and a half tons. All this
mass is transported free of cost a long
distance by railroad aud other conveyance.
though the government is obliged to pay
very heavily to the Railroad and other
Companies for carrying it. Hero arc
nearly two cartloads of stuff sent, by a
member of Congress, through the mail to
his own address at the cost of the public.
If the gentleman had sent all his ward
robe and other personal effects home in
the same way, it would not have weighed
ono fourth as much, nor been so serious
an expense to thc pubho treasury. In
tho same stylo, a member of Ooncrmss
mf I j - wuv,
may as well frank his shirts home to bo
washed, or his boots or coat to bo mend
ed, as indeed it was said some voars nm
some western member was detected in do-
ing.
A Model Dun.
An editor "out West" thus talks to hia
non-paying subscribers and patrons. If
his appeal does not bring the "pewter,"
we think he need never try again.
J "lVj WH. XulVI f IWlUr J.lKt
vcrtiscr: ITcar us for our debts, and set
"xnoias, i-alrons, Subscribers and Ad-
ready that you may nav: trust us. we
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are in need, and nave regard for our need,
for you havo been long trusted ; acknowl
edge your indebtedness, and divo into
your pockets, that you may promptly fork
over. If there bc any among you, ono
single patron that don't owe us some
thing, then to him we say '"step aside ;
consider yourself a gentleman." If tho
rest wish to know why we dun them, this
is our answer : "Not that we care about
cash ousel ves, but our creditors do:"
Would you rather that we go to jail, and
you go free, than you pay your debts, and
wc all keep moving? As we agreed, wo
have worked for 3'ou; as wc contracted,
we have furnished our pnper to you ; a
wc promised, we have waited upon you,
but, as you don't pay we dun you ! Hero
arc agreements for job work ; contract
for subscription ; promises for long cred
its; and dues for deferred payment. Who
is there so mean that he don't take a pa
per ! If any, he needn't speak we don't
mean him. Who is there so green that
that he don't advertise 1 If any, let him
slide he ain't the chap either. Who h
there so had that he don't pay the print
er? If any let him shout for he's tho
man we're after. His name is Zegionr
and he's been owing us for one, two, three,,
four, five, six, seven and eight years
long enough to make u? poor, and himself
rich at our expense. If the above appeal
to his conscience doesn't awake him to a
sence of justice, we shall have to try tho
law and sec what virtue there is in writs
and constables."
A "Snug Little FoitTu.vE"of S100,
000 can be obtained by the legal heirs?
whenever they may call for it, at least so
they are informed by Daniel Stout, of
Rock River, 111. It was left by John
Stout, of South Carolina, prcviou3 to the
war of the Revolution, to his brother, St.
Lcger Stout and Nancy Stout, then of:
New Jersey, but subsequently of Virginia,,
somewhere in the neighborhood of Ty
gert's Valley, where they resided for many
years, and where they died. Nancy
Stout during her lifetime married a man
named Hart, and St. Lcger a female
named Barklow. As these Darties nnwr
made a demand for the money, it 13 said
I wllJciUU 1U1 IIIU IllOHfiV. 117 13 S'llfl
tn i1n ,lfvro -:: c
heirs, who can address Daniel
Stout;
Rock River, 111.,. "on the subject.
-5.
The great four mile raee against timo
between Lecomte and Lexington, for S20,
000, at New Orleans, on the 2d inst.. was
Leconc?a
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won by the latter, in 7 minutes and 19
I7P If any of our readers ask why tho
1st of April is called "All Fool's Day,"
let them consult the 18th ch. 2d v. of the
book of Proverbs, or the 25th verse of the
same- chapter.
o.
f Don't you remember old Towser,
dcar Kato? Old Towser, so shaggy and
kind; how he used to lay, day and nighS
by the gate, and seize interlopers behind
Frlviiie Sale of a Valuable
TRACT ofTSSBER L.AI.
(pp The subscriber wishes to sell at
- private sale a valuable tract of tim
ber land, situate in Stroud township, along
the line of the Delaware Lackawanna and
Western Railroad, within three miles of
the Borough of Stroudsburg, containing
2I ACESS5,
well timbered with Chesnut, White-Oak
and Hickory. It will be sold in lots, or
together to suit purchasers. For further
particulars enquire of C. S. Palmer in
Stroudsburg, or of the undersigned
THOMAS DONLEY. "
Stroudsburg, April 12, 1S55.
ubitov's- Jfotirc! "
In the matter of tlje account of .Tnbn
S. Fisiher. Administrator of tlm o.uu
' . . .. . , v. . i uvj .' m i
James Gregory, late cf Polk townshin.
decea-ed.
The undersigned Auditor, nnnnlnfnrl
by the Orphan's Court of Monroe Countv
to examine, and if occasion require re-set-
tie aaiu account, and make distribution,
hereby give3 notice that ho will mnnf.
his office in Tannersville ou Saturday the
Gfth day of May next, at one o'clock P. M.,
to perform the duties of his annointmont.
at which time and place, all persons iu-
tercsteu may attend it they see proper.-
in uaiAsa Al. iu 1L11ANEY.
Auditor'
April 12, 1855.
In (he Orphans' Court of Monroe Co.' ;
In the matter of the account nf finnmn
Shupp, Administrator of the Ivvt:it,. of Pour
G. Shupp, decM.
December 28, 1654. Court appoint James
11. Stroud, Esq., Auditor to examine n.ul f
occasion require resettle the above account.
Ami now 1-ol.ruary 23, 1855, on motion of
Mr. Burnett, Court extend the time fur film"-
Administrator a Report until next Term.
The undersigned will attend to thn ilnfmo
of the above appointment on Friday, April
27th, 1955, at 1 o'clock P. M. at the office of
unariton JJurnett, in Stroudsburg, when and
where all parties interested can attend if they
sco proper.
, ., ia J. II. STROUD,
April o, 18od. Auditor.,
DISOLUTION.
' The partnership heretofore existing be
tween Geo. H. Miller and Alexander
howler, under the firm of Miller f- Foicl
cr is this day disolved by limitation.
All persons indebted to said firm wilU
please call on cither of the undersigned;
for settlement without delay.
GEO. II. MILLER,
ALEX. FOWLER.
April 2, 1855.
N. B. Tho business will be continued!,
at tho samo place by
GEO. H. MILLER,
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