E!)c Scffcvsonicui. THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1855. .I library 5SBmJua&czzujm.mtwmjm wwmfifj 1 1 ' '-'i'U?'!"'1 OT On Tuesday evening last, four prison ers made their escape from the Jail in this pIhcc. They effected their escape by prying out a number of stones in the back part of the wall. The Sheriff offers a reward of SI 00 for their apprehension and return to the Jail in tms place. For names, &x. see adveru'smcnt in another column. The Main Line No Sale. At the appointed hour, on Tuesday evening lst, a goodly company were present at the Merchant's Exchange, Philadelphia, to wit ness the sale of the Main Line of the Public Improvements belonging to the Common wealth. Mr. J. B. Myers, offered the works, and stated the conditions of the sale, aniHhal no bid could be accepted for less than seven millions five hundred thousand dollars, and after frequent invitations to the Company present to bid, stated that he would wait five minutes for the purpose of receiving a bid. No offer having" been made within that time, the sale was adjourned sine die. OT The Summer term of our free Union School closes Friday, August 3. The school will re-open in September. The classes will be thoroughly examined in the following or der: August 1st Primary Department. August 2d and 3d Upper Department. Thursday morning. Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry. Friday morning. Keeiiiitg, Smilling, Afternoon. Geography, Constitution U. S. Aflcroon. Mental Arithmetic, Latin, Grammar. The exercises will be interspersed with fpoeches and dialogues. On Friday evening there will be an exhibition. The following tpcechss, with many others have been se lected Speech at a debating society. Question: Which is the greater evil, a scolding wife or a smoky chimney. The old clock on the stairs. Soag of the rail. Mow Michael Fagan cured his pig. The Modern Belle. The Fronchman and the Rats. Maternal Love. The Sleepers. Things that"! love. The Student and his neighbors. Fall particulars next week. The public are invited to attend. 5" On Tuesday of last week, a thunder f-he'er pasecd over the upper part of War res county, N. J., and at the lime, three la dies were out gathering cherries, when a tree that two of them were on, was fclruck by lightning, and one of them instantly killed. She was about half-way up the tree. Her rempanion, who was nearer the tup, escaped with a slight shock, whilst the third, near the root, sustained no injury. Kansas Territory. The two Houses of the Legislature of this Territory, met at Pawnee on the 2d of this month. Dr. .loan H. Stringfellow was cho sen Speaker of the House, ami Thomas John son President of the Council. The members I to Wing certificates from the Governor were admitted to seats, but an attempt will be made to oufrl some half a dozen of them. The Message of Governor RimDEit to the Legislature announces that the population of tbe Territory amounts to 3.3S3 females and r.KJ3 males. The Governor contends for !te right of the people to settle their own fTairs, uninfluenced by the other States, and sys that the Territorial Legislature may act o the question of slavery to a limited extent, hikJ temporarily regulate it. He directs at- IcHlioH to the definition of the boundaries oi the counties and districts and qualifications of voters, lie recommends that a stringent lufttor law be adopted on account of the In Jmuh. lie thinks that a light tax only is re- qttfred, and contends that pre-emptions may Iks taxed. He recommends the immediate et4aiItehmont of the scat of government. The Legislature fixed upon the Shawnee Mission a the temporary seat of government. Th Governor vetoed the same, when the Iegkialure passed it over the veto and ud-j-tunied to meet at Shawnee Mission. OCT A Premium List for the next State Fair, to be held at Harrisburg, on the 25th, 2(kh, 27th and 28th of September, has been published. The total amount of cash prc- mis offered by the Society is $5,859. TUmv premiums range from one hundred dol lar down to 1. There are also embraced in tlwf premium list, thirty-one silver Cups and Gobiels, and eighty-three silver medals, and a number of bronze medals. We believe this is the largest premium list ever offered by this Society, and we do not know that it hns boon excelled by any State Society in the Union. Intensive Cyphering. An En liah mathematician, named Bailey, has calculated the weight of tho earth to be 1,250,195,075,000,000,000,000,000 ; or, io words, one quadrillion, two hundred and. fifty-six thousand one huudred and niualy-Bve trillions, six hundred and scv-eut-flve hilliaiF f torn avoirdupois. Lynch Law in Wisconsin. A man named Mayberry recently mur dered a raftman, in order to rob his vic tim of a few dollars. He got druuk, a day or two afterward, and indiscreetly boasted of what he bad douc. The boast was scarcely credited at first, but circum stances soon transpired which established its truth. lie was arrested, and, a few days ago was tried at Jancsville. He was found guilty, but according to the new law (the death penalty having been abolished) bo could only bo imprisoned for life for bis crime. Thiswas deemed by a large portion of the friends of the murdered man, too light a punishment for so foul a murderer, and a determina tion to hang him at all hazards, was very clearly manifested. The Sheriff under took to remove the prisoner from the Court House to the jail, but he, with bis posse, had scarcely got out of the Court House, when the cry arose 'hang him hang him.' The officers were then com pletely overpowered by the crowd, the prisoner seized, a rope placed around his neck, and notwithstanding his awful shrieks and prayers, they dragged hiui to cluster of trees and huug him till dead. A band of threo hundred men had organ ized to execute the deed. The greatest excitement pervaded Rock River for over one hundred miles. E2y The Jancsville Standard, issued on the day that the hanging of Mayber ry took place, thus speaks of the matter : After the sentence was pronounced a .-pecial police of about thirty of our citi zens was summoned to uss-ist the officers in re-conducting the prisoner to lail. Meantime the crowd without were collect ing and becomiug moro furious in their clamors for the prisoner. Judgo Doolittle came to the portico and made a very impressive addrss to the populace, remoustratiug against the spirit which seemed to actuate them, and in fa vor of the suprcmary of the laws. He was listened to respectfully, and at this juncturo a moro quiet spirit seemed to prevail. This was about 11 o'clock A. M. About 1 o'clock the crowd thinned out the officers deemed this a fitting time to proceed with the prisoner to the jail. At this hour we were in our office, which is but a short distance from and commands a view of the jail. We were then startled by the cry of 'hang biru,' 'hanir him 1' when on stepping to the window, we saw the officers and prisoner coming toward the jail, surround ed by the infuriated mob. A rush was made for the jail, the door of which was barricaded at once by the crowd, and the approach of the officers cut off. The of ficers though rcsi.-ting the populace with all the energy they posses?ed, and pro tecting the prisoner to the utmost of their power, were borne down and overpower ed. The prisoner was then almost alone; but he defended himself with superhu man strength. lie fought with the ut most desperation, and possessing a most athletic, physical frame, for some ten yards the crowd fell like chaff before him. A blow, however, with a bludgeon from behind felled him to the ground, and he was powerless. A rope was then passed round his neck and seized by the crowd, and a rush made down Court-st. The prisoner, though dragging in the dust, caught the rope with bis bands and thus prevented strangulation at once. Upon arriving in front of our office, a desperate effort was again made by "the officers and citizens to rescue him. The rope was cut three times by Mr. Orren Gurnsev, who exhibited the most detcrm ined bravery in his behalf, but as often was be ibrut aside and the rope re-adjusted. At this time a scene almost indescriba ble was exhibited; a crowd of between three and four thousand persons swayed to and fro. In the centre was the doom ed prisoner, lying on the grouud above him stood friends begging and struggling for his life while a far greater number were intent upon his death. This state of things lasted about ten minutes, and as we looked from our window the hope pre dominated that the friends of law and or der might yet prevail. But it was a vain hope. "Hang him! rose louder than be fore, a rush with the prisoner was made to the cluster of trees on the public square; the rope re-adjusted upon his neck, the other end thrown over the limb of a tree, aud for the first time in our life the hor rible spectacle of a human being hanging by the neck until be was dead met our view. "Wo Lave thus endeavored to civc a faint but truthful history of the terrible events of this day. We have witnessed a scene, which, God grant we may never see again. It was a spectacle which, to be appreciated, must be seen, but once seen can never be forgotten. True, the circumstances which attended the mur der of Alger, were of the most aggrava ted kind. It was a cold-blooded aud atrocious deed. It is unattended by a single mitigatory circumstance. But those facts do not justify the course that has been adopted to-day. It will be her aided throughout the country as an evi dence of mob-spirit which prevails here, and will be an ineffaceable blot upon the escutcheon of our fair, young city, whose reputation will suffer m spite of the truth, which, when known, should shield it. The murdered man was a raftsman. He was well known to all who follow this occupation on llock River; he had been known to them all for years aud was ad mired and respected by them all. His residence was near Jefferson in Jefferson county, in this State. His friends were aware of the enormity ef the murder, and, as they supposed, the inadequacy of the punishment which our law provides for so foul a crime; and they assembled in mass here to await the issue of the trial. During its progress no more than com mon excitement was perceptible; but last evening, aftor the verdict of the Jury was known, the deep-seated and determined fooling to visit punishment upon the head j of the prisoner exhibited itself, and to day an organized band of not less than three hundred persons were present who would not be satisfied save with the life blood of the murder. This morning a bout 3 o'clock signals were fired in the city, and there i no doubt a large body of men from a distance were present from early day, whom no influence or persua sion could have changed from their pur pose. The excitable and impulsive of our city joined them, and thus results have been brought about to-day which were undreamed of yesterday. .. From the Boston Daily Mail, July lQth. Romance of Real Life. Last Summer there came into the town of Bridgcwater, Mass., a person by the name oi uenjamiu r. uramau. lie was a man about 29 years of age, of good ad dress, dark eyes, smart lookiug, a painter by trade, aud one whom any young lady would form a good opinion of at first siht. He having two brothers residing there, followed his trade, having plenty of business. Not many weeks bad he been there before he espied out a young ladv named Almira S. loung innocent, and blooming eighteen, tbe mo ment each other's eyes met there was " love at first ti"ht"' in them. Almira was brought up and lived with her uncle in Bo-ton, in South Cedar at., for fifteen years, and was known as a smart, lively and jovial lass would make any one a good and frugal wife and was at Bridge water tending the depot saloon for a while Braman followed up his conquest with as siduity, aud in January last made propo sals of marriage, which were accepted by tbe lovely Almira. In January, Braman finding that he could do a better business in Boston, be packed up, his lady-love, and came here. They went to the residence of the girl's uncle, as aforesaid, and there they boar ded, and, like turtle-doves, were billing and cooing rather extensively, and then it was that an agreement was made that the 1st of May was the time set for their union in the bonds of matrimony. In March last, by assistance from the girl's relations, Braman set up the painting and Mazing business in Hawley-st. Trade was good, and he began to make money, and it seemed to be his end and aim to have time pass away swiftly so that May day might arrive. But, alas ! business called him to No. 11 "Warren-st., Roxbu ry, on the 25th of March, to paint the house. There he met with a young lady named Addie Fisher, a girl of sweet six teen, who was living with bcr cousin, Clark. Before Braman bad got through his paiutiug he proposed to Addie. she accepted, and a mutual promise of mar riage was duly made, but no time set. Meantime Miss bad made all due preparations the lovely May-day of 1855 came and Bcnj. P. Braman of Bridge water and Almira S. N of Boston were united in the holy bonds of wedlock by the Rev. Mr. Skinner, and they went to board at No. 19 Lagrange-place with M. Marshall. For two or three evenings after marriage Braman was all loveliness to his spouse, but the third evening he had busiticss to attend out qftoivn. Nearly all through the month of May he was out eve nings until 11 and 12 o'clock, but always ready with some excuse to his wife, who would wait through those dreary hours in a strange bouse until ho came home before she would retire. Mrs. B. thought that something must be wrong, and by thousands of little attentions tried to make his home a dwelling of happiness. But no ! kindness was repaid by cross words and crosser looks. About the 1st of June a small packet was sent to their boarding house, directed to Braman. Mrs. B. took it, opened it, and lo! and behold his min iature was inclosed in a note full of love, and signed, "From your dear Addie." This came upon the unsuspicious mind of Mrs. B. like a clap of thunder! "Here," says she, " is the cause of my being left alone and deserted by my husband on the first month of my marriage. I will know who this Addie is." To Roxbury she goes, and, as if some superhuman power guided her, she goes to No. 11 Warren-st. (not knowing the why she done it,) and asks if "Addie is in. 1 he reply of Mrs Clark was, "what Addie, Addie Fisher?" "Yes," was the prompt reply of Mrs. B still not knowing there was such a person iu tho world. Invited in, Mrs. B. says, " Do you know a person by the name of Braman:" "Yes," was the prompt reply, "and he is waiting upon me, and I expect to be married to him shortly," said the apparently artless girl. " But did you know Mr. B. was a married man, and that I am his wife ?" Addie appeared struck aback at this intelligence, and the pent-up indignation of an injured wife, with the maledictions of Addie upon her deceiver, made a shocking scene. The injured wife returned home, and in a gen tle, loving and winning AVay, with tears, entreated, persuaded, and finally, as she supposed, won her husband back to his first love, protestations were made on his part of true allegiance, and as readily ac cepted by Mrs. B. Although still out every evening through the month of June, Bra man always bad business at Roxbury and South Boston, and Addie, after the expo sure, still clung to him as she would to a jewel. July came, and Braman was anx ious to have his wife spend her 4th of Ju ly with her uncle. Being unsuspicious and ready and willing to do the bidding of an apparently sincere and reformed husband, she went to her uncle's, took dinner there, and returned home early in the afternoon, when she was informed that a carriage had called for her husband and that ho bad left town. During her absence ho goes to his boarding house, fill a valise with shirts and collars, puts on his best clothes, hires a carriago from Wnghtingtou tVsKidelrs drives to! Warren st , Roxbury, takes in Addie Fisher, and then alights near the Providence depot in Pleasant-st., and they both go off for Providence iu the 11 o'clock train. On arrival at Providence they are carried to Earl's Coffee House, Main-st, where Bra man books his name thus: "B. P. Braman and lady, Boston." The clerk gives them bedroom. No. 40, and they are all right for the time being. They went to their meals regularly, and Braman gave out word that they were married and this was their wedding tour. Mrs. Braman thinking she could be happier in the company of her husband, on arriving at her boarding-bouse, was surprised to know that her husband's shirts and dickies were gone, and that he had not been in the house forjffour hours. She went to the stable, talked with the driver, found out the whereabouts of her faithless and deceiving husband, went to Capt. Eaton of the Police station, advised with him and followed up his good advice; and through the kindness of Mason, su perintendant of the Providence Railroad, was furnished with a free pass to Provi dence and back. . She took the 11 o-' clock train just 24 hours after her faith less spouse and paramour. After some difficulty she finally got track of her hus band, and we next find Mrs. Braman in the sitting-room of Earl's Coffee House, Providence. She wishes the Clerk to let her see the hotel register, and there sees her husband's name, booked with "lady" attached; looking jnto the dining-room she finds them both at dinner, as loving as any newly-married couple should be. But their sweets were turned to a bitter cup in a short time. Mrs. Braman's per severance was here put to the test. She puts on her bonnet, seeks the officer, lays her complaint with tearful eyes before the officer, and it was but a very few minutes work for Capt. Shaw to have Benjamin P. Braman and Addie Fisher arrested, and in a moment after the guilty pair were ushered into the police office, there to confront an injured wife! Words were inadequafe to describe the confusion, the choked utterauce of the guilty pair. After consultation, Mrs. B., with her husband and paramour in the bauds of two polico officers, took tbe train for Bos ton; on arriving the guilty pair were lodg ed in the Boj'lston-st, station-house. On Friday, the Gth of July, the parties, with several friends, were all before Capt. Ea ton at the Police-station. There, with coutrition and penitence, on bended knees, Braman implored his wife to forgive the lovely Addie begged the indulgence aud forgivcuess of Mrs. B., and a more pathet ic and trying scene than was enacted that day Boston has never seen. The result of all this was that once more Mrs. Bra man took a viper to her bosom, and im printed the seal of forgiveness by a kiss on his forehead, even after the guilty twain had sigued a paper acknowledging adul ter3T. Addie was taken by her aunt. Mr. aud Mrs. Braman returned to their boarding-house, she supposing it was not in the heart of a man to deceive again. But on Wednesday last Braman, who was outwardly all penitence, urgently entreat ed his wife to go to Bridgewater to see his two biothers on business. She went. He waited upon her to the cars the du tiful wife going on an errand of mercy. And what does this monster then ? Ilo goes to bis boarding house, packs up all his duds, pays up his board until last Saturday evening, and after an unsuccess ful attempt to get his Addie from her place of confinement in Hancock-street, goes on a train of cars forNew-l'ork aud tho west, and he ha3 not been heard from since. What were the feelings of Mrs. Iranian, upon ner return tuat evening with her brother, can be better imagined than described. A Snake Story. Tbe Concord (N. II.) Patriot, of the 12th iust., is responsible for tho following Snake story. It has the air of Man- chausenism about it, but we suppose that, as it is 'm the papers,' it is all correct : About two weeks since, a little girl, near six years of age, named Collista Hill, of Gilmanton Centre, was searching for berries in the field, when her atten tion was arrested by a peculiar singing noise, .and on lookiug up she perceived two large black snakes, one of which was in an erect attitude and gazing fixedly upon her, accompanying its vibratory mo tions by, as she says, 'a most beautiful singing.' Sho fir.t attempted to run, but found herself utterly incapable of so do ing. She then looked at the snake until she become so pleased with it that she took it into her lap, and held it until she thought it asleep, and then fled to the house, hor a number of days she visited the snake, unknown to her parents, who finally discovered her feeding it from her hands. She continued feeding it regu larly everyday, becoming more and more attached to it, until it would wind itself about her arms and neck, and even take food from her mouth. Finally she was prevailed upon to place it iu a bos, on condition it should not be hurt, and in that it is still kept, excopt when being fed. Hundreds in the vicinity have been to sec it, and it is the opinion of tho med ical men who have seen her, that she is completely fascinated, and that the death of tho reptile would prove fatal to her. Her parents have had many tempting of fers to permit her to bo taken about and exhibited with the snake, but though they are poor they have seuse enough to refuse all such offers. We have tho above from a gentleman who has visited the girl and received the facts from her and her pa rents, and of course it may be relied up on as substantially correct. Jjgr The American party in Philadel phia (tho old city district) has made the following nominasions : For tho Legis lature, E. Joy Morris, John C. Simos, George R. Smith and Jacob Dock. In tho old county district the following gentlemen have been nominated : Senate -Robert M. Foust. Assembly E. S. Rodstreak, William Moran, Farmer Burn, J. Alexander Simpson, Win. P. Harum, Chas. Cline, nenry Einwcchter, John A. Fisher, David E. Daily, Joseph Hoffman. Robert N. Waite. For the whole city the nominations are for Sheriff, William II. Kern. Regis ter of wills, William P. Bolion. Clerk of' Orphans' Court, Gen. William P. Small. Of the Legislative nominations, only three were members of tho last Legisla Myers & Madigan'c Circus Tent. ENTIRELY DESTROYED BY A MOB. Myer's & Madigan's Circus Tent, was destroyed, together with some of the wagons, by a mob, at Toronto, in Cana- pa. We take the following account from the Toronto Colonist of last week : "One of tbe most disgraceful riots that ever occurred in this city, took place oh Friday night last, the circumstances of which we have taken trouble to ascerrain accurately, and they are as follows : Howe's Menagerie and Myer's & Madi gan's Equestrian Tronpe jointly exhibit ed and pertormed in this city, on the va cant space near the Jail, on the evenings of Thursday and Friday. On Thursday night a row occurred in a bouse of ill fame, iu which two or three of the circus people were concerned. Two young men named Fawcet and Eraser, who it is said belong to tbe Hook and Ladder Company in this city, wero seriously injured, one of them getting his jaw broken in two pieces, from the blow of 2 decanter. The parties jibe inflicted these injuries were those connected with the circus ; and conse quently the friends of the sufferers vowed vengeance on the whole establishment. From tbe inquiries wo have made, we have ascertained that the friends of Faw cet and Frazer were busy during the whole of Friday preparing for an attack on the circus estabhshmeutin the cveniug. Every endeavor was made to collect such a force as would, if possible, over-awe both the circus people and the police, and al low the mob to do just as it pleased. In deed we have heard from several that they were aware of a riot being contein plated several hour3 previous to that at which the performance commenced m the evening. It also appears, as was stated by Constable McCaffrey in his evidence at the rolico Court, tuat a certain systom of action was decided upon. Symptoms of tho riot were quite perceptible during the hours of performance, but no regular attack was made upon the premises until the audience had departed. It was then that some one commenced to cut the can vas with a knife, and a most violent de monstration was made by yells and shouts. The employees of the circus armed them selves with such weapons as they could lay hands upon, sallied out in a body and made a clearance, and again returned un der the canvas. The police here, it seems, made a feeble attempt to arrest some per sons, but were prevented by the mob. About this time wo believe it was, that Joseph Bird, a member of the Hook and Ladder Company, received a blow of an iron bar from one of the circus men, and had to be taken home. A pistol-shot, we understand, was also fired by one of the party assailed. The next step of the mob was ta make an attack on one of the wag ons, which they pulled away and tumbled over the embarkment into the river. They then attacked the ticket wagon, wbicb was smashed into pieces with their axes and zct on fire. His Worship the Mayor had previously been sent for by Mr. Yale, one of the managers' of the company, and ho soon arrived on the spot; aud endeavored to quell the distur bance. Ho advised tho circus men to lay down their weapons and consider them selves as prisoners, and ho would do ev erything in his power to protect them; to which request they immediately yielded, sitting down together under the tent. lis Worship them expostulated with the mob outside, and entreated of them to desist; but his efforts, although successful in one quarter, were defe'ated in another, lie managed however to rescue two men belongiug to tho company, who were set upon by the crowd, some of whom shout ed out 'hill them,' 'knock them down,' &c, and whom he sent off in a cab to the Police station. The work of destruction stiil went on. When the ticket-wagon was set on fire, some of the mob proceed ed to the St. Lawrence Hall, (about 11 o'clock) and caused the fire alarm to be rung, which proceeding, most likely pre concerted, had the effect of bringing the Hook and Ladder wairon and several of tut the engines lo the ground. Amid de moniac yells and the darkness of the night, relieved only by the dim light of tnc burning vehicle, the hooks were ap plied to the chains aud ropes of the pa vilion, and to the cry of 'this way, rack- ers,' from the ringleaders, the work of pulling down the canvas commenced. While this part of the proceedings was going on, several attempts were made to fire the tent, but the operation was not successful until it Vas pulled down, when the wardrobe, which was new, and every thing that could be laid hold of was thrown into the fire and destroyed. The Police, of whom there were thirteen on thenrouud, were, with the exception of Chief Consta ble Sherwood and Constable McCaffroy, either unwilling or incapablo of rendering tlie Mayor any effectual assistance. Mr. Councilman Conkoy, who reached the ground late, was extremely active, and with his aid and that of three or four oth ers, tho Mayor was fortunately success ful in preventig serious personal collision. although ho was frequently obliged to throw himself between tho assailants and the parties attacked. After tho tent was destroyed, the mob rushed toward the ca ravans of wild beasts, one of which (that ji iuu jaiuui jjuoparu,; nicy uacKCu to wards tho flames, but tho Mayor and his assistants rescued it. His Worship final ly addressed tho excited populace from the roof of one of the wagons, pointing out to them tbe shameful character of their pro ceedings; and after some timo they began to disperse. As soon as ho found the in- efilcieucy of tho police, his Worship had sent off for the enrolled pensioners; a body ot whom, amounted to thirty or forty, un der Colonel Tullock, marched on to the ground about 2 o'clock, at which timo tho disturbance had wholly ceased. On Sat urday morning the two men who were rescued by the Mayor were examined at the Polico Office, but no accusation being brought against them, and it being un derstood that Bird's injuries wero net of a serious character, they were discharged. One of the circus party, it seems, was kicked and beaten in so serious a man ner as to prevent him leaving the city on Saturday with his companions, who aro now, we hear, at Brampton, awaiting the arrival of a new tent,xc., trom iNow-York. Myers, one of the proprietors, who was tho nartv implicated in the assault on Thursday evening, on Fascet and Frascr, is now in custody, having Dccn arrcsteu at Brampton on Saturday. -o- o Hail Robber Arrested. CoL Arthur Hnrrhes. Snecial Acreut of a , -L tho Post Office Department arrested in Reading on Thursday morninglast, a man namca Adam u. bmitu, recently a cleric in the Post Office at Richmond, North ampton county, on the charge ot robbing the mails. The prisoner, on being taken into custody, confessed to taking one let ter, containing S400. mailed at Strouds- i burg, for the Easton Bank. He had pur chased with this money a horse and wag on, and had been on a pleasure excursion to liarnsburg, Carlisle, xc., with a lemale companion whom he bad persuaded to run oft with him trom namneiu, near Richmond. The borse, which was still in his possession, and is valued "at $175, he gave into the charge ol Col. Hughes, lie had disposed of the wagon but a few hours previous to his arrest. Several letters had been missed for some time from tho Post Office at Richmond, where Smith had eliarnrp. of the mails temDorarilv. and a q ' & W couplo of weeks since suspicion had rest- ed on him, from his having m possession several SI 00 bills. Hearing these suspi cions he made immediate arrangements to leave, and telling bis wife he was o bliged to be absent for a day or two, he went over to Plaiuficld township, and in duced a young girl, to whom he had been paving his addresses for sometime to run away with him. The young lady is said to be of a highly respectable family, and previously bore a good reputation. Smith had a bearing before Aldermau Schoencr, who committed him to prison to await a requisition from the United States author ities. Attacked by a Snake. A littlo girl, about ten years of age, daughter of Joseph Hill, Esquire,of West Chester, was very much frightened on Monday last, by a snake by which she was attacked. Sho was in company with several other small children plajing in the, woods of Dr. Bardin, just out of the limits of the borough,- when she came upon a largo speckled snake, (per haps a black snake) with young ones. When she discovered the reptile, sho was very much frightened and ran, and tho snakegavechase. In clambering tbe fence the snake overtook her and made a spring and coiled itself around her body, where it held on and warped itself around her until it was removed by a man who was laboring in a neighboring field, who was alarmed by tho screams of the children. It is, fortunately, not often we are called on to relate incidents of this char acter; though we are informed that it is well known that the snake will attack per sons in defence of its young. It was most lucky that aid wa3 at hand to relieve the frighted child from the embraces of the disgusting reptile. The child had been gathering raspber ries, and was separated from her little companions. The young snakes appeared to be coiled up in a heap; and it was not until she commenced retreating the snake pursued. The snake wa3 coiled nearly twice around her person, and with such foreo as to greatly impede her progress. West Chester Record, 24th. Abundance of Apples. Whatever may be said of tbe destruc tion of peaches and the failure of other crops, oue thing is quite sure, and that is, that we are to have the most bountiful crop of apples ever gathered in Wcsterrf New York. The orchards in the city and vicinity, so far as we have observed, are literally laden with fruit. From whafc we can learn it is prob able that apples will be so plenty the coming fall, that the inferior sorts will not be gathered at all. The Prohibitory law puts an end to the sale of cider, hence it will be useless to manufacture it. We need not expect to see Eastern men, and fruit speculators, buying the products of all the orchard about, long before the apples arc ready to gather in the fall; they will not dare to invest this year, and if they do, wo need not fear that they will carry all away to distant markets. liocficslcr Union. Re-Caged. Levi Ochs, who has twice escaped from" the jail of this county once by breaking; a hole through the wall, and again a week or two since, by sawing off one of the i- ron bars that cucasc the windows wa3 caught again last week, and handed over to the custody of Sheriff Weiler on Sat urday morning. Our readers will re member he stands charged with arson,, alleged to have boon committed in Up per Saucon township. Sinco he has been out, several horses have been missing from the neighborhood, and as his noto rious character is proverbial, suspicions have attached to him. He was arrested near Stroudsburg, Monroo county, and brought down hero by C. J. Walton, Esq. We saw Ochs, on Monday afternoon, iu company with a couplo of officers, pass our office window, on tho way to a. Da guerreotypist's, whore we presume his pic ture is to be taken, but whether for exhi bition as tho 'terror of Lehigh,' or to aid in his arrest should he again escapo, has not transpired. Allentoim Democrat. Cholera in Connecticut. Middleloivn. Conn 7 -j J lit tU cases of genuine Asiatic Cholera occurred in Portland, on the opposite side of tho river, yesterday, and one oase is reported in this place. Yellow Fever in Virginia. Baltimore. Julv 24. Tim voll is prevailing at Portsmouth. Va., several Hutu uusua nave aireauy occurred. . It is said the peaoh cron of Ohio nrnnu isos a large vield, r i 4t .gyARis'iiriv. ,-3 if 1
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