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TTTTT-RR-n AY. "NTnV'RIVTBER 1. 1855.
ID3 The Monroe County Educational As
relation, will hold a meeting at the Court
House, in this place, on Saturday afternoon,
November 10th, at 2 o'clock. Teachers and
all friends of education are invited to attend.
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad.
The work on this road is rapidly progress
ing. The rails are being lai.l with all possi
ble ppeetl, and more than half the distance
from Scranton to the Delaware nver, has been
completed. On Tuesday last the Company do
livered Coal at the Forks, which, we were
informed Bells at $4 per ton.
Large Turnips.
The editor of the Honesdale Herald, in
lute number of his paper, acknowledges the
roccinl, from Mr. Rogers, of Mast Hope,
Wayne county, three Rupsian turnips, wiegh
ig together liccnty-scven pounds, the lar
gest of which weighs 11 pounds.
Can any farmer in Monroe county, pro
duce a larger one !
On Saturday last we were favored with
elWit fall of snow the first this season. It,
however, soon melted.
Thanksgiving.
Gov. Pollock has designated Thursday,
the 22d inst., as a day for thanksgiving and
nniver. for the neoDle of this State. It is
f
hoped that this recommendation will be ap
proved of, and the day kept in accordance
therewith. There is much for us as a peo
ple to give thanks for. Wc have been pe
culiarly blessed with a season of health and
plenty; and the horrors of war, of pestilence
and of famine, arc not our lot.
The proclamation, which will be found in
another column, is a splendid production.
iRead it.
A bankrupt City.
The city of Philadelphia appears to be
bankrupt, there being no funds in the treasu
ry to pay the ordinary expenses of the courts,
hoolss and the salaries of the officials. In
the Court of Quarter Sessions, on Monday of
lost week, the jurors complained that they
could neither get their pay from the city gov
ernment nor the warrants for it. The Dis
trict Attorney at the same lime stated that
neither himself nor the officers of the court
had received their salaries since June last.
Accident.
The large and elegant fair buildings of
Mr. "Beck, of Doylestown, Pa., were blown
tlewu on Sunday morning last, by the
wind. The whole is a mass of ruinc.
Guv. Pollock has issued proposals
for the sale of Main Line of the Public
Works, in accordance with the provisions
of the law on the subject, passed at the
last session of the Legislature. Propo
sals will be received at the office of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth, until the
24th of December nest.
The yellow fever has broken out afresh
at Montgomery, Ala., and the President
ami Chier of the Montgomery Bank arc
uuious its victims.
A Mysterious Case. On Wednesday
week, a woman named Mary Snyder was
brought to the Allentown jail on suspi
cion of having the night previous caused
the death of her daughter, aged four
years, by administering poison.
ItNporta7it Rumor from Kansas. A
despatch to the St. Louis Republican
t?ays: I have seen the constitution of a
hecret military order of the free State men
ofXansa3 Territory, for the overthrow
of the territorial government. The expose,
which is a strong document, is made by
P. Lnughlin, a nieinber of the executive
committee of the order.
TheJLebigh Valley and the New Jer
Hey Central railroads have fixed their
rates of transportation on coal, from
jlauch Chunk to Elzabethtown or Jersey
City, for the present, at two dollars and
fcixty-two cent per ton. To Easlon, the
charge is one dollar per toD.
- Cheap Flour Store. In a few days
a store will be opened in Boston, with a
capital of $100,000, as an agency for the
sale of flour at Western prices, with the
ndditiou of the cost of transportation and
incidental expenses. The Boston Post
jtavs 'some of the better class of our mo
neyed men are ready to advance sums for
the purpose of establishing stores of this
'description.'
A Hint to Think of. Thompson's
Bank Note Reporter pays: The last news
from Europe was admirably calculated
to induce large shipments of breadstuff's.
We suspect the " Allies'ro about to play
a game which has recently been played
by John Bull with success, as follows:
Shape the market so as to encourage
ure shipments from this country j)ay a
bigh price for the first receipts make
sure of an immense quantity in transit,
turn the tables broak down the market,
and "melt in" at their own price the
Sf 1 ...lU. .f nrnnWa
JjjThe corn crop in Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois and Kentucky, is said to be the
.heaviest, this season, ever grown in the
West.
. hi ii .ifllMl illMllimilM lIMllfci.MII . "
THE NEXT LEGISLATURE.
The following list of members of the two
houses of the next Legislature, which we take
from the Pennsylvania Patriot, is probably as
correct as can be made at the present time.
It is more correct than any heretofore pub-
ibhed, and we therefore give it to our rea-
.?rs iiB a matter oi reference, x lie uemo-
crats are in roman, the Opposition in italics,
Sew members, and those re-elected, are des
ignated by a star.
Senate.
1st. Philadelphia city EliK. Price, Wm
A. Crabb.
2. Philadelphia ccunty N. B. Browne,
Harlan Ingram, . G Pratt.
3. Montgomery rnos. v. ivnox.-
4. Chester and Delaware Jas. J. Lewis
5. Berks John C. Evans.
G. Bucks Jonathan Ely.
7. Lancaster and Lebanon John W. Kil
linger, Jacob G. Shipman.
8. Dauphin and Northumberland
Taecgart.
-David
9. Northampton and Lehigh Joseph Lau
bach.
10. Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne
James H. Walton.
11. Adams and Franklin David Mil
linger.
12. York W. II. Welsh
13. Cumberland and Perry Saml. Wher
ry.
14. Centre, Lycoming, Clinton and Sulli
van Andrew Gregg.
15. Blair, Cambria and Huntingdon
R. Cresswell, Jr.
-John
16. Luzerne, Montour and Columbia C
R. Buckalew.
17. Bradford, Susquehanna and Wyoming
V. H. Piatt.
IS. Tioga, Potter, McKean, Elk, Clear
field, Jefferson and Forrest IV y Souther.
19. Mercer, Venango and Warren. Thos
Hoge.
20. Erie and Crawford D. A. Finney
21. Butler. Beaver and Lawrence John
Fcrgcson.
22. Allegheny James
William Wilkins
R. McClintock
23. Washington and Greene John Flcn
niken.
24. Sumerset. Bedford and Fulton Fran
cis Jordan.
25. Amstrong, Indiana and Clarion S. S
Jamison. -
2G. Juniata. Mifilinand Union James 31.
Sellers.
27- Westmoreland and Favette TTrn. E,
Frazcr.
28. Schuylkill C. M. Slraub
Democrats 17 Opposition 1G.
House of Sepresentatives.
Adams Isaac Robison.
Allegheny Jas. B. Fulton, Saml. Smith,
L. B. Patterson, Christian Magee, Jas. Salis
bury. Armstrong, Clarion and Jefferson John M.
Fleming, Michael K. Boyer, Geo. Rogers.
Bearer, Butler and Lawrence D. L. Im
brie, A. W. Crawford, ll B. McCombs.
Bedford, Fulton and Cambria G. Nelson
Smith, Joseph Bernhard.
Berks J. L. Getz, Benjamin Nunemacher,
William Heins, George Shenk.
Blair and Huntingdon J. M. Gibbonp, J.
II. Wintrode.
Bedford J?. Laporic, Jndson Holcomb '
Bucks John Mengle, Alexander B John
son, John II Lovett
Carbon and Lehigh Thomas Craig, Jr.,
Joshua Frey
Centre Jacob Struble.
Chester Andrew Buchanan, Robert Ir
win, Joseph Dowdcll
Clearfield, McKean and Elk Seth A.
Backus
Clinton, Lycoming and Potter Samuel
Caldwell, John C. Me Ghee
Columbia and Montour Jno G Montgem
ery Crawford Leonard Reed, Jos'. Brown
Cumberland James Anderson, William
Harper
Dauphin David Mumma, John Wright
Delawaie C D Manley
Erie Gideon J Ball, Murry Whnllon
Fayette and Westmoreland P A Johns,
J Fnusold, Samuel Hill, Henry D Foster
Franklin James B Orr, James Boyd
Green Rufus K Campbell
Indiana 11 B Morehcad
Lebanon W A Barry
Lancaster George G Bush, Jesse Rein
hol, Wm Hamilton, P W Housekeeper, C L
Ilunseckcr
Luzerne H Wright, Henderson Gaylord
Mercer, Venango and Warren P Mc
Cabnot, Daniel Lott, Kerr
Mifflin John Pcrccll
Monroe and Pike Abraham Edinger
Montgomery Josiuh Hillegas, George Ha
mill, A B Longaker
Northampton John A Innes, Jesse Pear
son Northampton S II Zimmerman
Perry Kirk Haines
Philadelphia City Aaron Cuburn, George
Smith, E Joy Morris, Jacob Dock
Philadelphia County Charles N Leieen
ring, John .McCarthy, "John Thompson, John
Hancock, Townsand Yearsley, Charles Car
ty, Frederick K. Walter, Samuel A. Hibbs,
Jen. Roberts, Richardson L Wright, Joseph
Hunnecker
Schuylkill Samuel A Hippie, W B Lebo
Somerset Jonas Augvstine
Susquehanna, Sullivan and Wyoming
Smith. Ingham.
Tioga T L Baldwin
Union and Juniata George W Strouse
Washington G W Miller, D Riddle
Wayne Nathaniel W Vail
York Isaac Beck, Samuel Moneer, James
Ramsey
Democrats 63 Opposition 32.
The Rothchilds, according to their own
estimate, possess 8700,000,000 in person
al property, exclusive of real estate, seig
nories, mines, &c., which amount to at
least half as much more, making the en
ormous sum of over "one thousaud "million
dollar?, or an amount much larger than
the entire valuation of New York City.
The next National Democratic Conven
tion meets in Cincinnati by a vote of the
last one each State being entitled to
delegates twice the number that it has
votes in the Electoral College, and no
more. The time when it will bo held is
left with the National Committee.
Sale of Negroes. On Monday last, in
front of the court-house of Loudoun coun
ty,Va., four negroes were sold at extraor
dinary prices. A negro boy fifteen years
of age brought one thousand dollars.
Two negro girls ten and twelve years of
age, were sold at seven hundred and ten
dollars and six hundred dollars respec
tively a small boy about Fcven command
ed seven hunpred and seventy five dollars.
Tho Connellsville Sentinel closos
an exultant arucie on mo mw viwvuuu
with this paragraph :
"This is the last battle it (tho Democ
racy) will have to fight with the Hindoo
Party. Against tho next contest, that
party will bo swallowed by the Republi-
can party, and tue principles ui mu iam-
doo party having lost their power to ue
ceive and humbug tho American people,
will be swallowed up by the great, ques
tion of slavery and abolitionism. The
Democracy are prepared to meet that is
sue, and to again establish another victo
ry for the Constitution and the Union."
The Democrats evidently fear the A-
mcrican party, and are very anxious that
the next contest should Do maae to mrn
solelv unou Slavery; for they well know
that in sucb a contest the South would be
as one man for tho Democrnts, and that
nothing could prevent the election of the
Democratic candidate.
But the Democrats will not be gratified.
The Americans are not crushed, nor will
fimn nnnsonfc total! v to abandon their
nrincinles. They will modify their or
ganization, make iudieious changes in
their creed, and place themselves in an
irnnrepnable nosition. The leading idea?
of the American party arc the most pop
ular now before the people; and if not
carried to an extreme, must receive the
approval of a majority of tho voters.
They arc invincible among the classes
who have heretofore been, most reliable
for Democratic majorities, and are oapa
blo of being so wielded as to crush the
life out of tho euemies of correct princi
ples. Already many of the Dcmocrotic coun
ties in this State have fallen; and all will
fall beforo a well-directed fire. West
moreland is congratulated upon 300 mo
jority, instead of the 3,000 she was form
erly accustomed to give. And Fayette
county Democrats huzza when they give
300 majority for their ticket! Whilst the
Democratic majorities of Clarion, Centre,
Northampton, Greene, Luzerne, Tioga,
Bradford, Arenango, Mercer, and even
Monroe, either have vanished entirely or
have grown insiguificant. These changes
have a meoning. They show that Dem
ocracy has been weakened in its strong
holds, and is really at the mercy of the
Opposition. That Opposition have but
to be prudent and wise m their move
ments, and the days of the present Dem
ocratic party are numbered
Times.
Pittsburgh
Clergymen.
Some people talk a great deal about
ministers, and the cost ot Keeping tnem,
paying their house rent, and other items
of 'salary. Did such croakers over think
that it costs thirty five millions of dollars
to pay the salaries of American lawyers:
that twelve millions of dollars are paid
out annually to keecp our criminals, and
ten millions of dollars annually to keep
the dogs in the midst of us alive, while
only six millions of dollars are spent an
nually to keep six thousand ministers in
the United States.
At an assemblage of a few friends one
evening lately, the absence of a lady was
noticed, which was apologized for by an
acquaintance, who stated that she was
detained by "a little incident." "Ah, yes!"
exclaimed Mrs. J. Clattebell, "and a
beautiful little incident it was, too -weighs
just nine pounds and a-half."
French and English Ladies.
At Boulogne, in France, during the re
ception of Queen Victoria, a number of
English ladies, in their greatanxiety to see
everything, pressed with such forde a-
gainst the soldiers who wcro keeping
the line, that thelatter were in some
instances obliged to give way, and
were impeded in tho cxe-cution of their
duty. The officer in command no
ticing the state of affairs, shouted out :
" One roll of the drum, then if they
don't keep back, kiss them all." At the
first sound from the parchment the Eng
lish ladies took to flight "If tbey had been
French," says a Parisian journalist, "they
would haveTemained to a women."
"A Few Days."
This seems to be all the rage at pres
ent. The Louisville Times thus takes it
off, which suits this section exceedingly
well.
'You present a man a small account,he
will pay you in a few days; pretty girls
expect to marry in a few days; nigger
boys whistle a few days; brass bands
blow out a few days; high fellows sing a
few days and we expect to give our read
ers some interesting local news in a few
days.'
And we are hoping that a great many
of our subscribers will send the amount
of their dues in a few days. In fact we
know they will for some of them have
been promising to 'do that littlo thing'
every few days, for a year or two. We
expect then, to be 'in funds' in a few
days. Belleville Advocate.
To Day and to Morrow.
The present rolls onwards into tho un
known future; thither tho soul turns in
silent hope, and from tho golden harvest
of prospective joy; the heart gathers in
the ripened grain of life. Life glides on
ward; sternly to day we behold the line
of mortality to morrow we cast tho an
chor into the eea of immortality. To day
we stand upon the shores of time to
morrow the light of God's eternal day
breaks through the bars of earthly night,
and on the plains of paradise we hold the
tree of everlasting Mia. Cummin ga.
JTJj3 A very handsome young bride
was observed to be in deep reflection on her
wedding day. One of her bridesmaids
asked her the object of her meditations.
"I was thinking," she replied, "which of
my old beaux I should marry in case I
should become a widow"
JIST" The man who carried a hammer
into a Quaker meeting to break silence,
.wasb'ound over to keep the peace,
Thanksgiving Day.
- Fennsylvania. SS.In the name and
by the authority of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, James Pollock, Gover
nor of said Commonwealth:
A PROCLAMATION.
TTur.T.nw-CiTiZENS.: A public recog
nition of the existcnoo of God, as the Cre
ntnr of nil things and the Giver of "every
.rood and perfect gift," with a humble
nnknow edrrement or our constat ucuuuu-
.,Mn thn trnvid ence of Him , "who
rn fia in the armv of Heaven ana among
the children of men," is liko tho duty and
the privilege of a free and Christian peo
ple. .
"He has crowned tho past year with
his froodnesss. and caused our paths to
dron with fatness." Ho has blessed our
country with peace. The Union of the
Cfnfos nnr free institutions our CI vil
nnd relieious nrivileffcs right of con
science and freedom of worship have been
continued and preseved. The great inter
ests of education, morality and religion
have been encouraged and promoted
science and art advanced industry re
warded and the moral and physica
condition of the people improved.
The goodness of God has signally bles
mm flmmonwealth. War with its
- - i
flflsolnMon famine atid pestilence with
their horrors have not been pC.rmi tteu to
come near u.; and whilst the ravages oi
disease and death have afflicted tho citi
zens of other States, we have enjoyed the
blessiuga of health and unusual prosperi
ty. The seasons iu their annual round,
have come and gone "seed time and
harvest" have not failed smiling plenty
cheers the husbandman; and surrounded
by tho abundant fruits of autumn, ho re
joices in tho rich rewards of his toils.
"The pastures aro clothed with flocks
the valleys also are covered over with
corn they shout for joy they also sing."
Acknowledging with grateful hearts
these manifold blcssiugs of a beneficent
Providence, we should "offer unto God
thanksgiving, and pay our vows unto the
Most High."
Under tho solemn conviction of the
importance and propriety of this duty,
and in conformity with the wishes of
many good citizens, I, James Pollock,
Governor of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, do hereby appoint Thursday
the 22d day of November, next as a day
nf o-nnfiral Thankseivinz and Praise
throuchout this State, and earnestly im
plore the people, that, setting aside all
worldly pursuits on that day, they unite in
offering thanks to Almighty God for his
nasfc poodness and mercy, and beseech
him for a continuation of his blessings.
Given uuder my hand and the Great
Seal of the State, at Harrisburg, this 22d
day of October, in the year of our Lord
one-thousand eight hundred and fifty-five,
and of the Commonwealth the eightieth.
By the Governor,
A. G. CURTIN.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
YTP The Governor elect of California
is only thirty years old, the youngest Gov
ernor and tho youngest State in the U-
nion.
The society for the relief of indigent
clergymen do not allow their donations
to be made public, fearing that it it was
known by the parshioners of a poor coun
try clergyman that ho received a tew do!
lars. thev would deduct a liko amount
from his salary.
Patrick's Wardrobe.
At a sale of furniture which took place
iu a country town, among tho lookers on
were a few Irish laborers, and upon a
trunk being put up for sale, one of them
said to his neighbor:
"Pat I should think you should buy
that trunk."
"An' what should I do with it?" re
plied Pat, with some degreo of astonish
ment. "Put your clothes in it," was his ad
viser's reply. -
Pat gazed upon him with a look of sur
prise, and then with that laconic elo
quence which is peculiar to a son of the
Emerald Isle, exclaimed " an' go nak
ed." An Irishman called on Dr. Abcrncthy,
stating that his boy had swallowed a
mouse! "Then," said the Dr., "tell your
boy to swallow a cat."
,0.
The increase of tho freo States of the
West continues to bo very large. There
is not one of them which does not bid
fair to become exceedingly populous. Il
linois and Indiana have oach over a mil
lion of inhabitants, while Michigan, Wis
consin and Iowa have each over half a
million. The soil in all these States is
excellent and the influx of settlers rapid.
In the last five years Wisconsin has ad
ded 270,000 to her population, and now
has 575,000. Iowa has increased still
more largely. Judging from present ap
pearances, each of the States wo have
named seems likely to possess, not long
hence, a population e'qual to that of Ohio.
Great Squirrel Hunt. On the
20th of September there were two parties
of hunters organized at Defiance, Ohio,
for a squirrel hunt; one party, headed by
A. L. Down, and the other by Mr. Bof
finger. The whole number of squirrels
killed was 815, averaging over 40 each.
Down, himself, killed 119.
Hope paves the golden way to bliss,
and cheerfulness the lamp that lights the
walk.
Psalms and Hyms.
A maiden lady, suspecting her femalo
servant was regaling her beau upon tho
cold mutton of the larder, calledBotty,
and inquired whether she did not' hear
some one speaking with her down stairs.
"Oh, no, ma'am," replied tho girl, "fywas
ronly me singing a psalm." "You may a
muso yourself, Betty," replied tho maid
en, "with psalms, but let's have no hims,
Betty. I have a great objection to kirns.
Catholios and the Common School System.
fhnr raaders will recollect tho effort re
cently made by the Clergy of the Catho-
Ho church, to destroy tne uommou ouuuoi
System of this and other States. The
crusade commenced in 1854, by the di
rect approval and command ot tne neaa
of the Church. On this subject we quote
the following from tho Baltimore cuuu-
ncl : .
It was Pope Gregory XVI, who gave
the command, in the shape of a Bull pub
lished at Borne, May 8th, 1854. Ihat
TCnll denounces and forbids 'the publica-
,;n JMrilMthiP. reading, and possession
of the Holy Scriptures iransiuicu uuu c
vulgar tongue: It says, in effect, that
the people shall not be allowed to reaa
fi,o Wnril of ftod. and that the Scriptures
shall be kept in a language understood
nnlr bv the nricsthood. Prom the date
of this decree, it became the duty of evc
rv true Romanist to war against any
school system which allowed tho Bible to
be read by the pupils! It Deearae a siu
to allow boys and cirls to read tho Holy
"Rnolc !
Wc present this curious document in
full. It is worthy the attentive perusal
of every freeman in tho land and espe
cially of those who have Dcen taugus
believe that the Bible is tho great fot
dation of true religion and pure morality
Butt of tlx Pontiff of Rome against Bible
Societies,agamsi me-uimuiun ugt,
naninst the 'HistoH of tlic Rcforma
tionJ andaganst the use of the Bible in
the vulgar tongue?
Venerable brothers, health and greet
?nr nrjostolical. Among the many at
tempts which the enemies of Catholicism
nro flnilv makinff in our ace to seduce the
trnlv faithful, and deprive them of th
holy instructions of tho faith, the effort
of these Bible Societies are conspicuous
which oridnally established in England
and propagated throughout the universe
labor every, where to disseminate iw
books of the Holy Scripture into the vul
thy tonsue. You arc but too well aware
mtj hrnthern. to what the effects of these
societies tend. They only oare audacious
lu to stimulate all to a private iuterpre
tation of the divine oracles, to inspire
nnntemnt for divine traditions, which th
Catholic Church preserves upon tho auth
ority of the holy fathers in a word, to
cause them to reject even the authorities
of tho Church herself. It is lone since
nastors found themselves necessitated
turn their attention particularly to the
versions current at secret conventions,
and which Heretics labored at great ex
pense to disseminate.
Hence the warning and decree of our
predecessor, Innocent IIT,of happy mem
ory. Among tho sectarians of whom we
arc speaking, deceived in their hopes and
in despair at tho immense sums which the
publication of their Bibles cost them,
without producing any fruit, some have
been found who, giving another direction
to their manoeuvres, have betaken them
selves to the corruption of minds, not on
ly in Italy, but even in our own capitol.
A vast number of members of sects in N.
York, in America, have formed a new as
sociation, which will take the narao of the
Christian Leaugc (foederies Christiani)
a league composed of individuals of eve
ry nation, and which is to be further in
creased in numbers by other auxiliary
societies, all having the same object, viz:
to propagate amongst Italians, and espe
cially Bornans, the pri7wiples of Christian
liberty, or rather an insane indifference to
all religion. This society strains every
nerve, to introduce corrupt and vulgar
Bibles, and to scatter them secretly a
mongst the faithful; at the same time,
their intention is to disseminate worse
books still, or tracts designed to withdraw
from tho minds of their readers all re
spect for the Church and the Holy See.
These books and tracts have been com
posed in Italian, or translated into Italian
from other languages, and amongst these
books should be particularly cited, 'The
History of the leformation.,
Whereforo having consulted some of
the Cardinals of tho Holy Bomish Church,
after having duly examined with them
every thing, and listened to their advice,
wc have decided, venerable brothers, on
addressing you this lettter, by which we
again condemn the Bible Societies ; and
the aforesaid society called the Christian
Leaguo. Let all know then the cnonni
ty of the svi agai?ist God and the Church,
which they are guilty of, who dare to as
sociate themselves with any of these soci
eties, or abet them in any way. Moreo
ver, we conGrm and renew the decree re
cited above, delivered in former times by
Apostolic authority, against the publica
tion, distribution, reading, and possession
of books of the Holy Scriptures translated
into the vulgar language. Given at Rome,
from the basilica of St. Peter on the 8th
of May, of the year 1844, and Iho four
teenth of my Pontificate.
(Signed,) Gregory XVI. S. M.
Hail Robbery.
Marion, Iowa, Oct. 17. The United
States mail was robbed of money to the
amount of nearly ten thousand dollars,
at this place, on the night of tho 11th
inst. The mail-bag was stolen from the
stano-coach while standing for the night
in front of the American Hotel. The bag
was cut in two, its letters and packages
torn, and tho money taken. Six thous
and 'dollars wa3 found in one package.
The robber and money were soon found,
and he is now in irons. ' His claimi?. n
parcel of the money, found, before his
shop-door, first cr.used him to bo suspect
ed Himself and wife, upon whom money
was found, are waiting the action of the
United States authorities. Yesterday,
he sawed off his ohain with his eating
knife, and was just perfecting his arrange
ments to retire to private life when he was
discovered. Ho is an old offender.
Cbr. N. Y. Tribuxe.
A dandy, wishing to bo witty, accosted
an old bollman as' follows:
"You take all sorts of trumpery in
your cart, don't you?"
"Certainly jump in,"
From the Cor. of the London Times'.
Horrible Scenes Within EebaatopoL
"Of all the pictures of the horrors of
war which have been prcsonted to tho
world the hospital of Sebastopol presents
he most horrible, heart rending, and re-
volting. It cannot bo described, and the
imagination of a Fuseli could not,,con
ceive anything at all like unto it. How
tho poor human body can be mutilated
and yet hold its soul within, when every
imb is shattered, and every vein and ar
;ery is pouring out the life stream, one
might study here at every step, and yet
at the same time wonder what little will
kill. ' The building used as a hospital is
one of the noble piles inside tho dock
yard wall, and is situated in the centre
of the row, at right angles to tho line of
the Redan.
"The whole row was peculiarly expos
ed to tho action of shot and shell bound--ing
over the Redan, and to the missiles
directed at the UarracK xatteryT and ic
bears, in sides, roof, windows and doors,
frequent and destructive prools oi the se-
verity ot the cannonade, entering ono
of these doors, I beheld such a sihgt as
few men thank God, have ever witnessed.
In a long low room, supported by square
pillars, arched at the top, and dimly,
lighted through unglazed and shattercd
wfndow frames, lay the wounded Rur
sians who had been abandoned to cue
prcies bv their cencraK The wounded ,
did I say! No but the dead, the rotten
festering corpses of the soldier who wcro
left to die in their extreme agony, untend
cd, ur.cared for, packed as cloe as they
could be stowed, some on the floor, oth
ers on wretched trestles and bedsteads,
or pallets of straw, sopped and saturat
ed with blood, which oozed and trickl
ed through upon the floor, mingled with
the droppings of corruption.
"With the roar of exploding fortress
es in their ears, with shell and shot
forcing through the roof and sides of
the rooms in which they lay, with the
crackling and hissing around them, theso
poor fellows, who had served their lov
ing friend and master the Czar, but loo
well, were consigned to their terrible
fate. Many might have been saved by
ordinary care. Many lay yet alive, with
the maggots crawling ai out their wound?.
Many nearly mad by the scene around
them, or seeking escape from it in their
extremcst agony, had rolled away un
der the beds, and glared out on tho
heart stricken spectators oh ! with such
looks. Many, with legs and arms brok
en and twisted, the jigged splinters
sticking through the raw flesh, implor
ed aid, water, food, or pity, or depriv
ed of speech by the approach of death,
or by dreadful injuries on the head and
trunk, pointed out the lethal spot.
"Many seemed bent alone on making
their piece with Heaven. The atitudes
of some were so hideously fantastic as
to appal and root one to the ground
by a sort of dreadful fascination. Could
that bloody mass of clothing and white
bones ever have been a human being,,
or that burnt black mass of flesh havo
ever been a human soul ? It wa3 fear
ful to think what the answer must be.
The bodies of numbers of men wcro
swollen and bloated to an incredible
degree, and the features distended to a
gigantic size, with the eyes protruding
from the sockst?, and the blackened
tongue lolling out of the mouth, com
pressed tightly by the teeth, which had.
set upon it in tho death rattle, made
one shudder and reel round.
Tn the midst of one of these 'cham
bers of horrors' for there were many
of them were found some living Eug
lish soldiers, and among them poor Cap
tain Vaughan, of the 90th, who has
since succumbed to his wounds. I con
fess it was impossible for me to stand
the sight, which horrified our most ex
perienced surgeons the deadly, clammy
stench, blood, of rotten flesh, were in
tolerable and odious beyond endurar.ee
But what must the wounded have felt
who passep away without a hand to
give them a cup of water, or a voice to
say one kinply word to thenu
"Most of these men were wounded
on Saturay many perhaps on the Fri
day before; indeed it is impossible to say
how long they might have been there.
In the hurry of their retreat, the Mus
covites seem to have carried in dead
men to get them out of the wayf and to
havo put them upon pallets in horned,
mockery. So that this retreat was secur
ed, the enemy cared but little for tho
wounded. On Monday only did they re
ceive those whom we sent out to thc-m
during a brief armistice for the purpose,
which was, I believe, sought by ourselves,
as onr over-crowded hospitals could not
contain' and our over-worked surgeons
could not attend to more.
"The Groat Redan was next visited.
Such a scene of wreck and ruin! All tha
houses behind it a mass of broken stones
a clock turret, with a shot right through
tho clock pagoda in ruins another
clock tower, with all the clooka destroyed
save the dial, with the words 'Barwise,
Londou,' thereon cook houses, where
human blood was runnining among tho
utensils; in one place a shell had lodged
in tho boiler and blown it and its content?,,
and probably its attendants, to pieces;,
everywhere wreck and destructoin, This
evidently was a beau qufiter once.
"The oldest inhabitant could not rec
ognize it now. Climbing up the Redan
whioh was fearfully cumbered with tho
dead, we witnessed tho scene of the des
perate attack and defence which cost both
sides so much blood, the ditch outaido
made ono sick; it was piled up with
English dead, some of them scorched
and blaokened by the explosion and others
laoerated beyond recognition. The quan
tity of broken gabions and gun carriages
hero waB extraordinary; the ground was
covered with them. Tho bomb proofs
were tho same as in tho Malakoff, and
in ono of them a music book was found,
with, a woman's narao in it, and a cana
ry bird and vase of flowers wore outside
the entrance,"
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