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THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1855.
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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.
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Hail Robber Arrested.
CoL Arthur Hnrrhes. Snecial Acreut of
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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It is said the peaoh cron of Ohio nrnnu
isos a large vield,
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