Si)c 2c(fcvsoninn.
THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1855.
OCT" The upper department of our Union
Sihool will be examined next Friday. It i
hoped that parents will be able to pparc one
thy in the month to visit their own children
nt their school and ascertain what progress
they have made. The majority ot the class
es will be examined in the morning. The fol
lowing in the afternoon :
Third Spelling class.
Third Geography clacs.
Geometry.
Second Heading class.
First Menial Arithmetic cJatf,
" Geography class.
Second Mental Arithmetic claes.
First Grammar claes.
Arithmetic
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A New Secret Order.
"Wo learn by a late uumbcr of the
Bucks County Intelligencer,'' that n
new secret order has been organized at
Pojlc.town, the members of which are
ban led together for the purpose of effect
inc the repeal of the anti-liquor law. The
Intelligencer says : " They are to work
Together for this purpose, and endeavor
j control the primary election, irrespec
tive of party, believing that tbe liquor
question is paramount to all other issues.
The Order is principally made up of li
quor dealers. Well, why should we not
have secret orders in favor of free whis
ky as well as other matters that cannot
stand the test of daylight? This is a
reat age, and people are beginning to
love darkness better than light. At the
rime of tho organization of this Order,
mac of the guests from abroad imbibed
a little too freely, and became quite boist
vrou, at once disclosing some of their sc-
JTt'tS.
Gov. Recder and the State Department.
There has been considerable controver
pv .'oin;: on between some public officers
jii It .ins as, respecting certain speculations
in public lands with the half-breeds, in
violation of acts of Congreea. President
Pierce has called upon Gov. Reedcr, the
1 Strict Attorney and the Associate Jus
tices of Kansas to explain. Mr. Marcy,
iu a letter, has informed Gov. Recder
that he cannot be kept in office unless the
impressions now on his mind shall be re
moved by satisfactory explanations.
Governor lleeder promises to give the re
quired explanations when he shall have
j cached Kansas. This appears to be the
Vdminiration plan to cut off the head
M Governor Reedcr.
TT-Uurlington, N. J. contains n population
1 11)71 persons. In 1650 the United State
o-iMje gave the town a total population of
J':$0, so that in the last five years there hab
it tii an iucrco.ee of 43!?, or about 0.65 per
cut.
ry- Last Monday night, seven prisoners,
4iufinod in the Juil nt Huston, made their cs-
-tyc and 6 yet have not been heard of.
Fast Traveling.
A pair of horses belonging to Mr. Syckcl,
"i Philadelphia, last week, trotted from Beth
IHicm to Easton, twelve miles, in forty-three
minutes !
IYT3 uc plaguc saitl to oxll?t' ln
York turns out to be some half dozen
rases of an eruptive disease called Fus
t.ik JTaJisn. A few cases existed "last
year. It is chartcrized by the appear
ance of a pimple, rapidly increasjug in
:-ize to that of an ordinary boil, with
symptoms resembling those of a cai bun
tie, groat fever and very severe constitu
tional disturbance. One or two of the
cases have recovered, but they have gen
erally been fatal in a few days. The dis
ease is not a new disease, though unfre
qucut there; and it is well known not to
bo of a contagious character.
Bad Speculation.- At Cazcnovia, N.
Y , several farmers, having large lots ol
hay on baud, had refused twenty dollars
per ton, declining to take less than thirty
dollars. Prices have now fallen to 15
per ton.
JTT 1 tbe United States, physioiaus
have eiimlt? that 20,000 persons die
pvprv Tciii' frcci '.be use of tobacco.
Ojxniim of (he Lehigh Valley Railroad.
Tho first train of cars passed over the
Lehigh Valley Road, from Easton to
Bethlehem a few days since.
American Demonstration at Easton.
Easton, June 22. An immense meet
ing of the American Party, and others
friendly to their cause, assembled iu the
nnblip. snuare last niirht. for the purpose
Jf ratifying and conGrming the proceed
ings of tho recent convention of that par
ty held in Philadelphia. The crowd was
very great probably the greatest ever as
sembled around the old Court House.
The preamble and resolutions were a
doptcd with entire unanimity ; and the
whole proceedings nttomled with the high
est enthusiasm. The Easton baud was in
attendance. .
The meeting was organized by the ap
pointment of Dr. Samuel Sandt to the
Chair, whereupon the following resolutions
were adopted :
Whereas, The National Council of the
American party has issued a Platform of
Principles which is comprehensive of all
the great principles of the day, and spe
cific iu its utterance upon topics which ag
itate the miud of the country, and
Whereas, It commends itself by its
frank avowal of the leading designs ol
the party, and its fearless nationality of
sentiment. I hcrefore,
Resolved, Tbat we will and do hereby
endorse it. and acknowledge it as our pres
ent political creed, and that by it we will
stand and battle for tho great interests of
the country, and the political liberty.
opposition to all tyranny, whether civil or
ecclesiastical.
Resolved, That wc deprecate in the
most solcmu and emphatic terms the re
peal of the Missouri Compromise Act of
1320, as a breach of a sacred compact be
tween the North and the South, which for
thirty-four years was a bond of natural
peace and tranquility. That it is the
sense of this meeting that the 12th section
of the Platform docs notcudorsc the Mis
souri outrage as has been alleged by a
portion of the press, but refers the whole
subject of slavery to the proper legislation
of the country, through the individual re
sponsibility of the representatives of the
people, and therefore does not commit the
party to any specific action.
Resolved, That foreigners v. ho Gee from
oppression at home from a love of liberty,
and who sympathise with the genius of
our Government and the spirit of our in
stitutions, are welcome- to our country,
and that while wc extend an invitation to
such, we would exclude paupers, felons,
and the enemies of civil and rejigions lib
erty. Resolved, That wo recommend such a
modification of our Naturalization Laws,
as will afford to foreigners who wish to
become adopted citizens of the country,
sufficient time to c educated into an ap
preciation and love of republican freedom
and to become Americanized in sentiment
and sympathy.
On the adoption of the resolutions, the
President introduced the lion. L. Joy
Morris, of Philadelphia, who held the im
mense concourse in excited and eager at
tention to bis eloquent and masterly ex
position of the principles, doctrines and
objects of the great American party for
more than an hour, frequently eliciting
cheers and enthusiastic outbursts of well
merited applause. The eloquent speaker
took up the platform of principles adop
ted by the party, and dicusscd them sc
riatini with great power and most thrill
ing effect, lie dwelt with emphatic earn
estness and eloquent force on the grand
mission of the mighty National Party,
whose object and aim he described it to
be to pour oil upon the troubled waters
of sectional btrifc, to conciliate the con
flicting interests of opposiug localities, and
at all hazards to save and 'preserve our
glorious Union. His description of the
insidious encroachments and wity aggres
sions of the papal party were graphic and
intcscly exciting, fraught, as they were,
with instructions drawn from bis own per
sonal experience during his travels iu It
aly aud other papal countries.
Judge Conrad was next introduced.
The appearance of this gentleman was
hailed with three hearty cheers; but it was
evident, from his fagged and exhausted
appearance, that he was too much wore
down by his official labors at home to do
justice to his own great power?, or satisty
the high expectations of his eager audi
ence. The Presid-ent aiso introduced to the
meeting Messrs. William Moreu and Hen
ry L. Smith, of Philadelphia, who ad
dressed the audicnoe.
After the meeting, the speakers were
serenaded, and Judge Conrad made a
short speech iu response to the calls for
him.
Wc extract from au English paper the
following racy advertisement, which, con
sidering it U from a young lady, comes to
the point, with the invariable appendum
to a feminine epistle the 'P. S.'
Wanted By a young lady, nged nine
teen, of pleasing countenance, good fig
ure and agreeable manners, general in
formatiou and varied accomplishment,
who has studied everything, from the cre
ation to crotchet, a situation in the fami
ly of a gentleman. She will take the
head of the table, manage his household,
scold his servants, nurse his babies (when
they arrive,) check his tradesmen's bills,
accompany him to the theatre, cut the
leaves of his new book, sew on his but
tons, warm his slippers, and generally
make his lifo happy. Apply in the first
place by letter to Louisa Carolina, Lin
den Grove, and afterwards to papa, upon
tho nrpmisrs. WCUUine mill. iXO. 4
small.
1
P. S. No Irish need apply
fiThe receivers of the Peoples' Bank
at Patterson. N. J., have declared a div
idend of 22 per ceut on outstanding ccr-
titieatc iseucd by tbc.m, to be pain at
their office in P;itfr?on on and after tho
2fUh of June.
More Violence in Kansas People Driven
from their Homes House uuroeu. j
Wc learn that mob violence is still thej
order of the day in the vicinity of Doug
las. On tho forcnooit of Monday las a
Cang of twenty-five or thirty land pirates
who represent the Pro-Slavery interests
on & in Kansas, visited the house
of Mr. Hancock, in Lccouiptc, and order-
cd him to Jcavc iuu -
.oods in five minutes. Mr. II. refused to
comply with the demand, when the ruf
Gaus led on by Mr. Jones, of West port,
marched to the front of the house and
ordered the company to Ore upon him.
A narlev ensued, after which he de
serted the habitation erected with much
labor, and allowed his goods to be taken
out upon the open prairie. It is said that
a man by the name of Simmons pretend
ed to own the claim.
CSy After leaving Hancock's claim
they visited the dwelling of Mr. Oakley,
and rc-cnactcd the scenes just narrated,
with the addition that the torch was ap
plied aud the tenement burned. Mr.
Oakley's claim was purchased from o
Southerner a few months since for 8250,
but the new occupant was in favor of ma
king Kansas a free State, hence tho out-
rage.
Jfansas Herald of Freedom, June
--
Bobbery of $5,000 Government Money.
Jacksou & Co's Express between Ports
mouth and Boston was robbed, on the
morning of tbe 18th on the uptraiu of five
thousand dollars of Government funds.
There were twenty-seven thousands in
bags in the cars, being the balance of the
Government money, after paying off the
U. S. Frigate Constitntion.
Ouly one bag wastaken, and this, it is
supposed was got by means of false keys.
The robbers arc thought to have got off
at one of the way-stations, and officers
have gone on a special train in search of
them.
A second despatch from Boston says
"Smith llobiusou, the Freight Agent of
the Eastern Railroad,was arrrcsted m this
City this afternoon, for stealing a bag of
$5,000 from Judsou & Co. It appears
that he placed the bag in his carpet bag
and brought it to this City, and when the
officers entered the office, he was busy in
counting the money. He was committed
to jail. He belongs to Portsmouth ; is a
man of some property and has a family."
Popular Ignorance.
The Morris Jerseyman learns that on
Saturday evening la?t at the Lockaway
Basin ot the Morris Canal, a boy named
Henry Hcrriag, aged about 12 years while
performing some duty on a boat, fell over
into the canal. An alarm was immedi
ately given, a boat hook procured, aud
the bov taken out. He had been in the
water ouly five minutes, and it was sta
ted that he had every appearance of com
iur to life ; but his rescuers tied a rope
around his ucck, aud threw him back in
to the canal, where he remained until
morning, they alleged as a reason for so
doing, that they thought the law required
him to remain m the water until an in
quest could be held !
.
Outrages Upon Females.
The Troy Times says that it is esti
mated that the number of criminal out
rages committed upon females iu the U
uited States during the past year have
been 2,300. In forty-eight cases, the vic
tim was either murdered upon the spot or
death subsequently resulted from the in
juries inflicted upon her. The number of
suicides of females was 180 in eighty-
seven cases tho poor self murderers
had been the victims of seduction or out
rage. This is a horrid catalogue, and one
may will be surprised at the apathy with
which a crime so fearfully prevalent is
regarded. And yet we venture to say
that not one half the truth is known. If
the wrongs which arc borne and suffered
iu secret were brought to light, and the
calendars of our criminal courts thorough
ly searched, wo should find them footing
up an aggregate with which the above
figures would bear scarcely a comparison:
Death from the Sting of a Locust.
Wc arc informed by a gentleman, whose
veracity and reliabity we can vouch for,
that a youth in the adjoining county of
Lawrence, while out fishuig one day last
week, was stung by a locust, from the ef
fects of which he died almost instantly.
He had oaught several with the intention
of using them as bait, and put them in his
hat for safe-keeping, when one of them
stung him on the head, causing the effect
above stated. Athens (Ala.) Jlcrald.
The Russian Losses. Iu the course of
a speech recently made by Lord Lans
downe, ho said : "A few days before the
death of the Emperor Nicholas, a return
was made up, stating that 170,000 Rua
sians had died, aud according to a sup
plementary return furnished some days
later, 70,000 were added to the list, ma
king a total loss of 240,000 Russians iu
the first campaign in Europe as well as
in Asia. When such losses are inflicted,
tho war can not be considered as utterly
unsuccessful."
Singular Occurence. A few days
since a spot of land, more elevated than
any iu the immediate vicinity, in Wal
worth county, Wisconsin, suddenly sank
to tho extent of about forty feet in cir
cumference leaving a small lake or well
in its stead, to which, thus far no bottom
has betin found. The water has risen to
within three or four feet of the surface of
the surrounding earth aud remains at
tbat point.
Seventy slaves and free colored men
were arrested while at worship on the
first Sunday evening of this month, in N.
Orleans, and scut to jail, for making n
noise 1 At the same time theatrical ex
hibitions and cock-fights were allowed to
go on unmoslestcd !
There were 633 dogs killed
Louis the (last month according
in
to
St.
the
Catholicism at Home.
Mr Goodrich, one of the special cor
respondents of the N. Y. Times, writes as
follows from Florence, under dato of
Marcb 1st. "A man suspected ot reading
the Protestant Bible, from tho fact that
he had been singularly lax of late in his
attendance at Mass, was waited upon by
a deputation from the government and
the church. His house, his books, his pa
pers were examined, and he and his fam
ily interrogated. He did not deny, or at
tempt to deny that he had long entertained
doubts, both of tho divine mission of the
Pope, and the virtues ot the priesthood ;
he asserted that he determined to inves
tigate thedoctrine of the reformed religion
aud to learn something of tho character
and practices of its professors. This he
had done, but without seeking to propa
gate to his doubts and hesitations among
others an offepec which ho knew to be
punishable But he bad supposed, he
said, that ho might bo allowed to set his
miud at rest upon a subject so important
The committeo asked a variety of questions
and succooded in convincing itself that
the man "was a confirmed Protcstont, and
was quite lost to Catholicism in this
world, and to beatitude in the next.
"You will hear Irom us soon, sir," saiu
the committee on taking leave, "be care
ful not to leavo the city." hour days af
ter, and at four o'clock in tho morning,
the guilty apostate was summoned to lis
ten to his sentence hard labor in irons
in prison for one year ; tho prison selec
ted being at a distance, and, if I am not
mistaken, on some Mcditerancan island
The verdict was immediately carried into
execution."
Taking; the Census.
The following colloquy took place be
twecu the Census Marshal and a native
of Germany, in albany :
Who lives here ?"
Yaw.'
'What's your name ?'
'Shcrmany, on dcr Rhine.'
What's your father's name ?'
'Nix for staw.'
When did you arrive in Albany ??
'Mit a steamboats.'
'Got any children ?'
Yaw two barrels mit krout.'
How long have you resided in
house V
Two rooms aad dcr basements.'
Who owns the building?'
this
'I pays not'ing. llause pays the same
twice a month.
'Where did you live last year?'
'Across dcr red store as you come up
mit dcr market in your right hand, pe
hind der puffip vhat pclongs to dcr black
smid shops.'
The Marshal having entered all this
made up his mind that ho would push a
head and examine Hans, who lives up
stairs, "mit der banisters.' "We shall note
his success at an early day.
To Sportsmen. A correspondent o
the Scientific American communicates the
following, which may be of value to sports
men:
"Wash your gun barrels in spirits o
turpentine by dipping a rag orsponge tas
tcucd on your gun rod into the liquid, and
swabbincr them out three or four times
when they will be cleared from all impu
ritics, and can be used almost instantly
as the turpentine will evaporate and leave
the barrels drv: even if thev are a little
moist it will not prevent their going off,
like water. After being washed thus
there is no danger of rust as when wator
is used. I am an old experienced gun
ncr, and.havc practised this for years, and
found it Useful."
A funeral took place at Spotswood, on
Sunday last, attended with some peculi
arity. A man named Oleott, who had
kept a mill near that place, was buried
on that day; and the service was attended
by two women, both claiming to "be the
lawful wife of the deceased, and oach
with a family of children. The spectacle
is said to have been as sad as it was sing
ular. JGsjy Counterfeit tens on the Hunterdon
Co. Bank, altered from ones arc in circu
lation. Tho Yiguetto is the coat of arms
of New Jersey. A portrait of Washing
ton is on the left end.
fiST" A Mr. Corson, of Cape May, has
rasicd a hog without any hair or bristles,
except on the end of its tail. It has a
thick clcphant-like hide, weighs 2G0
pounds, and will probably be exhibited
iu Camden, at the State F'air.
The Cherokee Indians arc said to be
in great distress from a scarcity of broad
stuffs and other necessities of life. A re
cent account mentions the death of three
of them by starvation.
Good old age for a Newspaper.
The Newport (R. Island) Mercury closed
its ninety-seventh year of publication on
tho 12th iust. It is, wc believo, tho oldest
newspaper in the Uuited Stales, if not in
the world.
Mil ford Shad Fisheries. At one of our
fisheries last .Thursday night a haul of
sixty-seven shad was made all of good size.
At the same fishery on the succeeding
night a haul of ninety-four was made,
many of them weighing nine pounds, and
none of them less than two. Herald.
The National K. Ns. are to hold a
Convention at Philadelphia on Washing
ton's birth-day, Feb. 22, 1856, to nomi
nate a candidate for Presidcpt and anoth
er for Vice-President. Tjie State Coun
cils select tho delegates, each State hav
ing as many votes as it has Electors.
Hydrophobia.
Mr. Youatt, the oclebrated cattle deal
er, has curod more than 400 cases of per
sons bitten by dogs, with muriate oi sil
ver, which, in every instance, prevented
jnv "vmploms of hydrophobia.
Piendish Outrage at Syracuse.
The Syracuse Standard of Thursday,
June 14, contains the particulars ot one
of the most brutish outrages tbat ever dis
graced any city.
The canal-boat liioKory uusn lying id
he nortb-sido cut, Salinn, waiting for a
cargo, was boarded on Wednesday even
ing. Mav ou. dv eisiit miscrcauia huu
have long been the terror and disgrace of
that part of the city, and tho young wo
man employed as cook was forcibly car
ricd off and outraged.
The details of this hornblo affair are
siokening in the extreme. The following
arc substantially the facts ot the case :
The young woman in question is an J'jng
lish cirl. about nineteen years of age,
wiMiont a relative in this country. one
.--' - .... - . n i .
has for somo time past lived in Glen Ha
von. but recently came to tho city in
search of employment. Sho applied to
the intelligence office of King & Mann,
and after waiting several days accepted
the offer of a boat-captain to go on Doaro
as cook. The very next day after her
enaement, while the boat was lying at
Salina. one of the infamous gang came on
board under pretense of getting a cup of
water, and tried to induce her to go witu
him. Sho however indignantly refused
and tho scoundrel lolt, muttering ieroci
ous threats. About 10 o'clock tho whole
can" boarded the boat, and breaking o
pen the cabin seized the girl. She call
cd upon the captain for aid, and escaping
from their hands clung to Dim anu mi
nlorcd his protection.
The poor, miserable poltroon, citucr
terrified or in the conspiracy, refused to
interfere, and the girl was lorccd Irom
the boat and carried along tbe tow-patn
. . .. .i
and fields to the woods east of Mr. Brigg's
at Grecnpoint. Her cries for pity were
unheeded, her entreaties were uisregaru
od and her shrieks were stopped by
rafr. With blows and violence she was
hurried along, and at last was forcibly
stretched on the ground, the strongest and
heaviest of the gang standing on her ankles
whilc-thc rest accomplished their hellish
purposes. The wretches did not aban
don their victim uutil 3 o'clock in the
morning, when they conducted her to au-
.other canal-boat and locked ber up.
From this she however escaped, and by
the aid of several salt-boilers and gentle
men passing in the street sho was enabled
to identify several of the miscreants.
Three have been arrested, but to the dis
grace of the city two of them have found
bail. The others are known and will be
brought to justice if they remain upon
the Western Continent.
The poor victim has a temporary asy
lum with Captain Titus at the Penitenti
ary, where she is slowly recovering from
the effects of her horrible treatment. Let
any one visit her there, examine her con
dition, listen to the details of the out
rago as given by her to the sympathizing
friends into whose hands sho has fallen,
aud see her hopeless and heart-broken; if
they have a spark of humanity in their
bosoms, while their hearts will bleed with
pity for her, they will turn to steel to
ward the authors of her wrongs, and will
bo filled with a determination that an aw
ful retribution shall follow. Her limbs
are comjrfctc masses of bruises) the marks
of an iron-shod heel plain upon ber side,
.and her mouth and tongue are swollen
and discolored from the effects of the gag.
This one outrage did not satisfy these
monsters. Their passions receiving an
additional stimulant from the brutality
already accomplished,, and maddened be
yond the reach of caution, they commen
ced another assault upon a woman whom
they accidentally meJ, after 4 o'clock in
the morning. Nearly terrified to death,
she ran into tho yard and garden of one
of our most respectable citizens, closely
pursued by them. . The gentleman was
awakened by the cry of murder, and
hastening out, rescued her from her pur
suers. This occurred upon one of our
principal streets and after daylight in the
morning.
Exciting Case.
The people of Tinicum township, Bucks
county, Pa., have been in a fearful state
of excitement for the last ten days grow
ing out of the sudden death of a young la
dy, named Elizabeth Hillpot. The lady
had resided at Doylcstown, and while
thcro was seduced. Sho returned home,
but to conceal her shame went to Phila
delphia, on the pretence of learning a
trade, and while there, as is believed, on
abortion was attempted, under the opera
tion of which she died. Thobody wastaken
to her father's rcsidenco in Tinicum, and
buried. In consequence of rumors and
the constantly increasing excitement, the
body was disintcrcd, after a burial of sev
eral weeks, and an inquest held thereon.
The Jury was in session last Saturday at
Eichlino's tavern, in Tinicum. The moth
er was a witness, and in her testimony
gave the name of the seducer. At this
announcement, the audience stood like
statues not a question was asked, nor a
word spoken for several minutes. The
person whose name was mentioned was in
the room, and all eyes were turned upon
him.
The testimony here closed, and the Ju
ry adjourned to a private room to mako
up their verdict; and when it was an
nounced, it was : "That Elizabeth nillpot
camo to her death iu the city of Philadel
phia, by the premature birth of a child."
Great excitemcut prevailed, and the in
dignation of tho people know no bounds.
The crowd assembled around a carriage
containing one of tho witnossos, Bhouts for
"Rail! Rail! I Rail! I !" resounded through
out the audienco, and but the interference
of officors, he must have had a froo ride
without saddle or bridle. The carriage,
however, was permitted to proceed unmo
lested, and the indignation of tho people
subsided. Active efforts aro in progress
to ferret out tho guilty parties, and tho
efforts of tho District Attorney will bo
untiring until it is accomplished.
The poach crop in New Jersey and
Delaware gives promise of being the
largest ever known. Contracts have al
ready been made for the delivery of large
quantities of this fruit at very low prices,
"Wonderful Discovery.
The Cleveland Flaindealct hus witness
ed tho result of a series of exporimeutrf
made by Dr. Taylor, tbe celebrated clair
voyant physician of that city the actual
production of a brilliant light, and of
. i
course an intense neat, Dy xue uecompo
sition of water. The apparatus for pro
duction of a brilliant light, and of course
an intense heat, by the decomposition ot
water. The apparatus for producing this
astonishing effect is very simple, and has,
as he alleges, been constructed entirely
under spiritual direction. It is imperfect
ly made, and yet servos to demonstrate?
the fact, and the principle involved in the
process. The light is exceedingly bril
liant, equal to the best quality of gas.
and superior in Color, it being slightly of
an orange tint, and producing not the
least smoke. A caveat lor the uiscovcry
has been filed in the Patent Office in
Washington, by a gentleman, who com
pared the apparatus with that of Paine.
and the two are entirely mmue. JJistin-
guished chemists, who have examined
this invention, pronounce it a tnumpb.
Th'o Plaiudcalcr says the expense of this
light, asido from tho apparatus, will be
next to nothing, as it is upon a self action
principle. The discovery can bo applied
to all tho purposes for which light and
heat are now used, and will mark a new
era in human affairs. It is a severe tax
upon the immagination to conceive of the
changes which will be wrought by tho
discovery of a process by which water
and other simple elements of nature can
be rendered subservient to the comfort
and convenience of mankind. Wc shall
look for further light on this subject.
Remarkable Balloon Ascension Three
Hundred and Fifty Miles Traveled in.
Four Hours.
Wm. D. Baumiatle, of Adrian city,
Micigan, ascended ou Friday afternoon,
in a balloon, from that place, at 10$ in
the
morning,
and descended, in Clarion
county, Pennsylvania, at 2 in the after
noon, making the computed distance of
three hundred and fifty miles iu the ex
traordinary short time of four hours.
This is his second trip, and an experimen
tal one with a balloon of unusually largo
size. It is thirty feet iu diameter, cou
tains over six hundred yards of silk, and
is capable of holding nineteen thousand
cubic feet of gas. After his ascent to the
distance of three miles and ahalf, the
ieronant struck tbe eastern current of air,
which, he says, is continually blowing in
the one direction. It carried him south
of the lakes through Central Ohio. His
intention was not to descend until dark,
as he was above the rain clouds in a clear
upper sky, but the excessive cold to whicli
he was exposed brought on the accustomed
drowsy sensation, which prevented him
from properly managing his balloon. Ho
was in that sleepy state wiicu his "crafc' 1
anchored in a tree iu Red Bank, having
descended in consequence of the evapora
tion of the gas. The cold was so severe
that his feet were completely frozen.
Enormous Snake.
A black-snake, full six feet six inches
long, was killed on Wednesday aftcrnooc
near Shultzvillc, Cblebrookdalc township,
by Joseph Ilelzingcr, of this city, one of
Mr. John Fehr's teamsters. This mon
strous "varmint'' sprang from a stone
heap into the road, right under the feet,
of the foremost mules in Joe's team, fright
ened them considerably ; but it was soon
made to bite the dust with a shot from
Joe's gun which took in head completely
off. The snake ma be seen at Green's
American House, by those wiio are curi
ous in the matter of reptiles. Reading.
Gazette.
Juno 24th by Rev. C. Becker, A. M.
of Brodhcadsville, Mr. II. S. Evens, and
Miss Christiana Bond, both of Brodhcads
ville. At Tanersvillc, ou the lth of June, by
Thomas M. Mcllhancy, Kq , Mr. John
F. Riehlman and Miss Elizabeth Ehlcrs,
all of Pocono township.
On tho same day by the same Mr.
Ernst F. Riehlman and Miss Joanna So
phia Uc-ffinanr all of Poeono township.
At Nazareth, ou the 10th inst., by the
Rev. T. L. Iloffeditz, D. D. Mr. Peter
G ruber, and MUs Anna Maria Altemose,
both of Ross township, Monroe county.
In Woolwich, Me., John Earnum, aged
83, and Miss Williams, aged 0:J after a
courtship of 10 years.
On the 17th hibt., at his residence nt;
Stroud township, Darnel Marvin, aged a
bout 50 years.
Police.
Merchants and keepers of Restaurants, &c.
within the county of Monroe, arc hereby no
tified to take up their License on or before
the 20th day of July next, or they will be
placed in the hands of a Justice of the Peace
for collection according to law.
LEVI SLUTTKR,
June 28, 1855. Treasurer.
GUNSMITH.
The undersigned respectfully in
forms the citizens of Stroudsburg
and vicinity, that he has commenced.
tho
GUNS MI THING 55 US I ft' ESS,
at Parscll's Blacksmith Shop, on Eliza
beth street, near tho Pocono Bridge, and
is fully prepared to do all kinds of work
in his line, with ucatuoas and despatch.
Having had twenty years experience in
this business, he hopes will bo an induce
ment for the people to give him a trial.
Repairing of all kinds promptly attend
ed to. Rifles made to order.
LEWIS KEINEST.
Stroud sburg, June 14, 1855.
BLANK DEEDS
For sain at. this Office
BLANK MORTGAGES
For sale at this Office"
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