5il)c Scffcrsonitm. THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1858. 4-Tbc Democracy of this county held in Court week a grand Democratic rally in the Court House, when they succeeded io Betting it about two thirds filled, not withstanding the town was 611cd with person? attending Court, and that the Del elates to conduct the Delegate clectioo were to b elected, and the County Dero ocratic Committee was to be appointed, &c. &c. In reading over their resolutions which ten votes, and none against, wc discover that Gov. Pack or has not received honorable notice, not indeed no notice at all. The question naturally arise?, what caused the Governor to be thus flighted I And on retlectiou we remember that the Gov. had honesty and patriotism sufficiently developed to enable him to oppose the late action of "Pennsylvania's favorite son," and bi Slave driving minions in making Kansa a Slave State. Ho, therefore, has justly merited this sileut rebuke at the bands of the Banner county of the faithful, slave "htate making Democracy, and must con npqucntly burn under the scorching con tempt of the indignant patriotism of the office seeking portion of little Democratic Monroe. Well we suppose that there is but little uc of talking, for this contempt must be sufficient to seal his certain doom; but we cannot refrain from remarking that this fecms to us to be the "most unkindestcut of all," to punish a man so severely for being true to the doctrine of tlie Democ racy of 1856, which elected Buchanan, and on the strength of which you elected Mr. Packer to the governorship of this State last fall. Now, Mr. Democrat, this is what wc call revcrsific3tion; it is the criminal me ting out justice to the Court, instead of the Court meting out justice to tbe criminal. 'Now don't jou perceive." But wc, not withstanding all this, believe that Gov. Packer has still a goodly number of friends in this county, even in the Democratic party, who will rally around and fully sustain him in his truly consistent and patriotic course. The Gov. has probably lost a number of loaf and fish political friends, but in their stead he has gained friend from all parties who admire con sistency, honesty and patriotism. Peterson's Counterfeit Detector. A reliable counterfeit detector, prepar ed expressly for Philadelpnia, has long been needed, but especially within the last year. Petersons' entirely supplies tins want, for it is accurate, honest and thorough, being supervised by Drexel & Co., of this city. Tbe June number, just issued, contains a perfect list of all the counterfeits, broken banks and rates of discount on bank notes. The objection brought against many of the counterfeit detectors published elsewhere, is that they ! are merely vehicles for levying black mail, cannot be urged against this, for the characters of the publishers, T. B. Peter eon aud Bros., and of the editors, Drexel &Co., are above suspicion. We would advise all persons to subscribe to this De tector at once. Tbe price is only one dollar a year monthly, or two dollars a jear semi-monthly. Philadelphia Public Ledger of May 21th. Election of TJ. S. Senator from Rhode Island. Newport, R. L, May 2P. Hon. Henrj B. Anthony, ex-Governor f tbe State, and editor of the Providence Journal, was elected by tbe General As sembly this morning at 11 o'clock, United States Senator, for six years from the 4th of March next, receiving 92 out of 100 votes cast. Death of Commodore Jones. Washington, May 31. 'Commodore Thomas Ap Catesby Jones died last night at his residence near 0 Georgetown. He was a native of Vir- o ginia, and having entered the Navy in 1805, had been more han fifty years in the service. He was placed on the Ra gcrved list by tbe Naval Board of Inqui ry, having been the fourth on the list. Ho was in the sixty-ninth year of bis age. Usury Bill Signed. Gov. Packer has signed the bill regu lating tbo rate of interest, commonly known as the usury bill, passed during the late session of the Legislature. Tbe bill is an important one, as it legalizes a higher rate of interest on money loaned than the old rate of six per cent. The new law goes into effect the 4th of July next. The largest individual depositor in Boston has so less than one million nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars in State etraet. It is in three of tbe best nks COURT PROCEEDINGS. The May term of our Courts commen ced on Monday the 24tb ult. Present the Hon. Geo. R. Barrett, President, and Arm. Levering and Michael H. DREHER, Eiqrs. Associate Judges. The Grand Jurors wero sworn, and Philip Hoffman, Esq. chosen foreman. There was but a small amount of busi ness submitted to them. There were on- lv three true bills found. After making the following report on same day they received the thanks of the Court and were discharged. " We havo examined the County buil dings, and find the Jail out of order and Miould be repaired. PHILIP HOFFMAN. Foreman. ' Same day Court direct that a copy of the above be banded to the Commission ers of the County Tbe following cases were disposed of in the Sessions: Commonwialth vs. Lewis Keincst. Aspault and battery on oath of Sophia Niti-ohe. Found euiltv. Sentenced to pay a Gne of S20 and costs of prosecution Commonwealth vs. William Christman --Fornication and bastardy, on oath of Euphemia Kocher. Withdrew his plea of not guilty and plead guilty. Court directed him to pay a hno ot &l,uu and costs of prosecution, &c. Commonwealth vs. Madison Mosier Fornication and bastardy, on oath of Ann Smoke. Settled by leave of Court. Dis trict Attorney entered a nolle prosequi upon payment of costs. The case of Andrew Stewart vs. Caro line Stewart. Habeas corpus, to bring up the child of the parties, about which they were contesting for tbe custody. It came up before his Hon. Judge Dreher, Associate, and after a full hearing in the matter, the child was directed to the keep ing of tbe mother. Both parties to pay their own costs. The case of the Executors of James Clcwer, dee'd, vs. JaraeS N. Durling, A- lexander llornsby, Mathias Brakeley and Wm. S. White, for trespass committed on the property of plaintiffs by the Sheriff of this county. After plaintiffs closed their testimony, the Court directed the Jury to brino- in verdict as to Mathias Brakeley of not guilty ; and subsequently the Jury rendered a verdict of 300 for plaintiffs. Daniel Bailey vs. Samuel S. Keller Action of trespass for false imprison ment. Ycrdict for plaintiff for SI 15. John J. Griffin vs. George Philips Action of Trespass in the case upon prom ises founded on two notes. Verdict for plaintiff for $71.33. George P. Knccbt vs. Sally Ann Knecht Action sur libel for divorce, May 29 1858, Wm. K. Haviland, tbe ex aminer, having returned to tbe Court tbe depositions of witnesses taken before him, on the part of the libelant, &c. The Court decree that the said George P. Knecht, the libelant, be divorced and separated from tbe nuptial ties or bonds of matrimony contracted with Sally Ann Kuecbt. Sheriff Rosserd acknowledged tbe fol lowing Deeds in open Court, May 27tb 1858. To Jerome S. Williams, for tract of land in Hamilton township, for $775 00, sold as the property of Joseph Edinger. To Samuel S. Dreher for tract of land in Jackson township, for $108 00, sold as the property of Philip and Mclchior Hay, terra tenant. To John Merwine for tract of land in Polk township, for S175 00, sold as tbe property of Philip C. Dotter. License to keep hotels or taverns were granted to the fellowing named persons: Jacob Kuecbt, Charles Trach, Simon Dieter, Peter Kemmer, Stroudsburg, it it ii Philip Kresge, Chesnuthill, John Merwine, Merwinesburg, C. D. Brodhead, Brodbeadsville, Elizabeth Kresgc, Thomas Altemose, ii ii ii ii John Kuecbt, Fennersville, Hamilton, Thomas E. Holler. Snydersville, Charles Saylor, Saylorsburg, Simon Tracb, Joseph Bossard, Bossardville, Jobu Joues, Theodore Shoemaker, Joseph Keller, Jacob W. Krcsge, Joel Berlin, Churles Getz, John Bebler, Daniel Kercbncr, Joseph Hawk, Kunkletown, James Eley, Rosscommon, Rebecca Stocker, John R. Ousterhaudt, John C. Bush, L. W. Brodhead, Polk, ii .ii ii ii Eldred, Ross, ii Jackson, Smithficld, i it Thomas Brodhead, Melohoir Depue, James Place, Samuel Mildenberger, John Smith, M. Smitbfield, ii Tunkhanaock, it H Stoddard. Stoddardsville, Tobybanna. Timothy Miller, Abraham Gish, Charles Henry, Samuel Vanwby, Charles Price, Mary Ao Petors, Paradise, it Price, ii u John Reed, Philip Lessieg, Bartonsville, Jacob Long, Tannersvillo, Mannassab Miller, " Gideon Burrctt, Stanhope, Henry Wbitcaellj, StrOad, Pocono, u u ii Coolbaogh, Samuel Case, it it it Abraham Slutter, Elisha M. Price, Elanora Moycr, Malisse Vliet, License to sell liquor by tbe quart and upwards, were granted as follows: P. S. Postens, Stroudsburg, Robert Huston, James N. Durling, 41 James Kintz, , i'aradise, George Hcim, buiithueiu, Eating house licenses are granted by the County Treasurer and District Attor ney. After doing a large amount of other business the Court adjourned on Saturday morning, to meet again on the 19th of July next. Increased Pay and Taxes ! It is a little singular that tbe very democratic Governments of Peunsylva nia and of the United States, with all their avowed hatred of aristocracy, and great love for the dear people, are con tinually increasing the pay of the people's servants, while many of the people want work and wages. Extra pay is given the President in defiauceof the Constitution, by voting coal, wood, lights, and various conveniences, under the bead of "repaire for the Executive mansion. Extra compensation is voted to clerks and door-keepers, while the people are iiVf Tnimnspfl xnlurics are iiven to tt Is MU. O Members of Congress, while people starve Tbe members of our State Legislature rnf themselves 3200 aniece more than they contracted to do the work for, cou trarv to tbe constitution and good faith It is little better than swindling for them to take this from the people, who arc idle aud starving, their wives suffering for proper comfort of life, and childreu cry ing for bread. It is proposed to increase the pay of officers of the navy per month. At tho snmf time thousands of men are out of work and suffering for food, and Gov eminent is asking a socond loan of mil lions of dollars. To make tbe matter worse, the Southern men are proposing to abolish all duties of foringn importations, and collect iimtiiis for all this extrava wance by direct taxation. You who find it hard to pay state am: county, school, poor and road taxes, just think ofraisiug Seventy Millions more to carry on this extravagant government and pay all these high salaries. How dc vou like sucb democracy 7 We Gnd the following in the ioriu merican of the 24th : "Increase of Pay for Naval Offi cers Government Clerks "stump INO" FOR Lecompton. Washington, May 22. The joint Committee of Nava Affairs have agreed to a bill, which they will nport on Monday, tbe 24tb, in favor . . rv . 1 XT increasing the pay ot omcers in me iavy (including all grades) twenty dollars per month, and giving two extra rations tbe officers in command. 'A number of Clerks, in the employ of the government, have left Washington for ivausas, where iney win lase in -tump in favor of Lecompton. The par ties in question are all able .speakers, and are sent out by the Administration their regular pay as clerks of tbe govcrment meanwhile running on. Let them .succeed and northern labor- ersniiahtindecdaswellbeilaves. Wilkes Barre Record. e . The "Retired Physician." It appears that Dr. James, the "retir ed physician, whose sands of life have nearly run out,' ha retired and run out from the scenes of bis labors, leaving be hind him a disconsolate notice and an unhealed world. Not even bis famou Caniiibus Indica, or JJast Indian Hemp which had saved bis only daughter from tbe grave, was able to arrest the myste rious prowess by which his shadow grew less and less until it entirely disappeared His "sands of life." however, converted into cold, and the possession of one bun dred thousand dollars consoles him for his compulsory flight from the gaieties o New York. Tbe "retired physician" is not the only masquerade in wbieb tbe dc parted Brown bis real name has figured He was also II. Monsett, who taught pco pie to change mercury into gold; be was Prof. Jan. 1. Home, wbo advertisos tbnt he will show auybody the way to make $1,000 a year, if not more, upon the re cept of a certain sum in postage ttamps which, coming duly to hand, the appli cants are seut a receipt for the tuanufac ture of artificial honey, and the right to any county which tbe dupe may select tbe two costing o. lhe enterprising Brown is also Madame Julia Mellviiic wbo has lately received from France some splendid cosmetics. Ibeso facts have just been brought to light by the New York police, wbo are now in eager pur suit of the retired physician. It appears that there was no Cannibis ludica in the medicine of Brown, but merely a com pound of liquorice, slippery elm decoction and honey, costing sixteen cents, bottle and all, and for which be charged $2. Hi3 "Regulating and Purifying Pill," and "Excelsior Ointment of India," were made on the same principle, and sold for as many dollars as tht.y cost bin) cents The most maguificent of his cosmetics "The Milk of Hoses and Extract of Elder Blossoms," turns out to bave been a mix ture of magnesia and alcohol, costing him about eight cents price $2 a bottle. It remains to be seen under what new dis nuise the "retired physician" will make bis next appearance before the public. A Minnesota paper speaks of a lady in tbat State wbo has twenty one children Ibis augurs well for the population the new State. The Richest Man in England. He is the Marquis of Westminster. His wealth is estimated at 21,000,000 ster ling, or $105,000,000; and his annual la conic is 5700 000, KANSAS. By Telegraph. ; THE ELECTION UNDER THE ENG LISH BILL. Leavenworth, May, 26, 1858. The Board of Commissioners appointed under tbe act of Congress of May 4 con- nnnA nt T.ppnmnton on the 4Ui. rres- cut J. W. Denver, Governor; Hun O. "uv" .,. , Welsh, Secretary; p. W. Batcock, Presi dent of the Council; Geo. W. Dietzlcr. Speaker of the House; and N m. N ler, District Attorney. The members of the Board were sworn in by Judge Cato, and the Commissioners organized by electing Gov. Denver Pres ident, aud Mr. Walsh Secretary. A Committee of three was appointed by tbe Chair te prepare a programmo tor con ducting the election, and report at the next mceung u me place on tbc'31t of May. On motion of Mr. Babcock it was u nnnimouslv agreed that tbo election or dered by Congress be fixed for the first Monday in ivupuai m; sinners then adjourned. Gov. Denver arrived bere tins evening. ane proceceed to the Fort. Rumors are A;wn.1t;nn nf a battle on the South- hnrdor between a Free-State fore V . I. - - . . . - I and a party of Missounans, in wnicn twenty-one persons were killed and elev- en wounded, ine news is uot buiuvuuh The Comuissioncrs designated by tbe English Kansas bill bave met, and, on motion of one af the Free-State minority, have designated Monday, Aug. 2, for the Election prescribed by tbat act. 1 h people of Kansas will on that day vote for or aaiut "the proposition" submitted to them by Congress which proposition, though unfairly and indirectly preseuted, involves tbe fate of the Lecompton Lousti tution. As this matter appears to be well nnsas. we have nothing U IJ U V J I more to say with regard to it. If a ma jority shall vote "for" the English prop- os t on. wo shall rearu tnar vote as au acceptance by Kansas of the Lecompton Constitution, aud consequently suau un derstand that Kansas ha- decided to come into the Union a Slave State. We shal certainly regret this decision; but having done what we could to avert it, suau nave no cboico but submission But if, as we undoubtedly expect, tbe pedple of Kansas shall reject the propo sition." bv an overwhelming majority, wc shall hold that the Lecompton L.onstitu tion i9 thereby declared an i.-uposture and fraud, and Kansas inflexibly opposed to Slnvprv. And we shall insist that those wbo. against our utmost efforts, bave for ced this unfair isue upon the Peopie of Kansas, shall except and rc?pect their decision. Nor shall we rest here. A majority o Congress has been dragooned in requir ing the People of Kansas to vote to ac cept or reject a very liberal Laud-Grant. We all understand that in voting No on this propo-ition, the People of Kansas do not really mean that they will not have the Lands, but that they will not have the Lecompton Constitution. We shall tee bound, tberefcre, aud wc bold all Anti Lecompton men in pood faith pledged to hold up both bands for conceding to Kansas, in case of her rejection of tbe KmrlUh nmnosition. Drcciselv and as ""e I 1 r crood land as she would have secured by acceptinn it. As her people do not real ly mean that they will not take tbe lands offered them by Congress, so wc did not mean, by opposing the English dodge, to deprive them of those lands. We are anu shall be in favor of giving them tbe land crant in question under a Constitution o their own choice, wbenver they shall ask for it. So with regard to admission. We do not iudce tbat an early admission into the Union is or is not aesirume iur mem they decide that question for them selves. But wo all know that in vo ting to reject the English "proposition,' Tbev do not mean to vote against Admis ion under the Lecompton Constitution Nnvnr liavincr consented to the English o r i iu-"lc, the anti-Lecompton People outo Congress, are nowise concuded by its pro vision thot, if Kansas shall now reject "proposition," she must stay out of the Union until a census shall bave shown that she contains moro than 93,340 Fed eral population. On tbe contrary, we in sist that the population which was ac cepted on all sides are sufficient to justify ber admission uuring mo mmer ui io 57-8. shall bo accepted as sufficient to en title ber toAdmission at any time hereaf ter, tbe provision of the English bill to the contrary notwithstanding. And whenever her people shall see fit to applj to Congress for admission, whether under the Topeka, Leavenworth, orsomo future Constitution, wo shall advocate a prompt compliance with ber wish, and wc believe the anti-Lecompton Members and Peo ple will universally demand such compli anco. We shall ask only "Has tin Constitution been authenticated "by clear vote of tbe people of Kansas?'-and if it has, wo shall insist on its acceptance by Congress, precisely as if the Euglish bill had never been concocted. And l the Lecompton Democracy shall Bee fit to keep Kansas out of tbo Union, simply because she has rejected a Slave and ap plies instoad with a free Constitution, they will do so at tbeir peril. The ostriches now lifting their boaks of the sand in order to assure each other that "tbe Kansas question is settled the excitement has died out,' &o. give utter ance to their wishes rather than their be net. Let us see how their organization will staud the wear and tear of keeping Kansas even one year out of the Union because she chooses to come in as a l'ree rather than a Slave State. Marriages of the Daughters op two Kansas Ex-Governors. Tbe daughter of Ex-Governor Roeder was married at Easton Pa., ou tbo 25th ult. and a daughter of Robert J. Walker, at Washington, on Wednesday last. Speck not ill of others, for if you do the ill will return to you again.. THE WORLD CARRIED BY A COUP DJS JaAIN. A GIGANTIC BUSINESS PLAN, In all our newsaaper experience we bave never known any invention or dis covery to so completely enchain public attention, and enlist universal confidence as Holloway's world-sanctioned remedied. All nations seem to have received and a- dopted them. 'lhe journals of the old world, even the leading medicul publica tions there, lent from the first tbeir pow- rful aid to the inventor. Brother Jona than followed in the wake of John Bull, and made sucb enormous drafts upon Professor Holloway's Central Establish ment iu London, that he found it necessa ry to come over, and set up a new manu- actory in the Commercial Uapital of A- menca. W ith tins main acpoi ior tne new world, he has connected more than thirty thousand dependent agencies, in the various States and Territories of the Uniou. And this is but a fraction of bis gigautio distributive system. Ho counts his agents hundreds of thousands, and the mails groan under tbe weight of bis correspondence. He pays the revenue of a petty prince in postages and frcignt, and wc have yet to see tbe man who can point out a paper, in which HollownyV name has not been mentioned. All this vast system of production, disbursement, dissemination, aud publicity is under his own immediate management, and he gov cms it as easily as a telegraphic opera tor controls tbe fiery tongue of the light ning. Truly he is a man in whose men tal organization the highest and rarest qualities seem to bave commingled. H has done more for suffering humanity in twenty years, than medical science had previously accomplished in twenty ceutu rics. Boston "Journal.'' List of British Outrages. The followiug is a list of the outrages alleged to have been committed by th British cruscrs upon Amcncau merchant . t. men since the cjuitncuccment of the pres excitement. The list, it will be seen, is long, aud tbe offences are of a most seri ous nature sufficiently so to justify tbe action of our government. Bark Clara Windsor, fired into and boarded Feb. 19. Ship Tropic Bird, fired into and board ed; arritcd at Baltimore. Bark Glenburn, overhauled at sea. Brig Robert Wing, fired into and boarded. Schooner Mobile, fired into ncor Key West ou tbe 28th ult.; boarded aud seurcb ed. Schooner Wingold, fired into and boarded April 15. Arrived at Boston. Schooner Cortez seized end detained atlnagua. This vessel cleared from Ila vanna, clean, for the coast of Africa. Schooner N. B. Borden, fired into and boarded. Arrived at Savannah. Brig Brothers, overhauled aud boarded at Sea. The following vessels were boarded, May 2, in the Port of Sagua La Grande. Bark W. II. Chandler. Brig Martha Gilchrist. Brig E. C. O'Brien. They have all arrived at New York, and their depositions have been sent to Washington. At the same time and place, the followiug vessels were also o verhauled: Bark John Howe. Capt. Nichols. Brig John Taylor, Capt. Young. Brig S. Thurston, Capt. Lambert. Ship Clarendon, Capt. Bartlett. Bark V. T. Martin, Capt. Charles A. French. Bark James Cook, Capt. W. Blanch ard. There was also a fore and aft schooner seized by a Britifb cruiser off Stone Key and sent to Jamaca for adjudication. This may possibly be tbe case of the Cortez. A Boston brig, which arrived at Car denas on the 2nd of May, was boarded by the Styx. She was reported by C;ipt. Matthews, of the brig Eolus, of Bristol. The only British cruisers meutioned so far iu connection with these outrages, aro tbo Styx, the Buzzard and the Jas per, all steam guu-boats. The Great United States. The census of the United States shows that wc bave two millions and a half of farmers-, one hundred thousand merchants sixty-four thousand masons, and nearly two hundred thousand carpenters. We have four thousand bakers to make our bread; tweuiy four thousand lawyers to set us by tho ears; forty thousand doctors to "kill or cure," and fifteen hundred ed itors to keep this motley mass iu order by the power of publio opiuion controlled and manufactured through the press. Buchanan's "model administration" is running behind at the rate of forty mil lions per annum. When it came into power there was a surplus of twenty tril lions in the Treasury. This immense sum it soon used up; then borrowed twen ty Millions more and spent that, at the close jpf its first fiscal year, and now wants r fresh loan ol fifteen Millions to boiu the next fiscal year with on the 1st day of July next. At this rate, Buchanau, when his four years sholl terminate, will have piled up a national debt of at least ono hundred millions of dollars I Sussex Register. Polar Beers. Whalemen have op portunities to become acquainted with the habits of these singular animals that oth ers do not. Capt. Walker, of the South America, relates to us a fact which is worth repeating. He found two polar bears, a female with her cub, swimming in the Arctic Ocean, forty miles from land. And Capt. Murdook, of the Nas sau, states that he shot one fify miles from land. During these long passages across seas and bays, which must take several days, thoy live ou their own hair, or grease attached to it, as the hair is found in rolls in their stomachs when killed. Capt. Walker took a barrel of bear s oil frqm tbo cub which be killed. From Kansas. St. Louis, Monday, May 3i,l8S8. The Kansas Correspondent of The Democrat gives many rumors and conflict' ing accounts of the recent troubles in tber southern part of tbe Territory. It wa stated' thaS some two-" bundfed settleff were organized near Sugar Mound,- ane! that a still larger party of Missoomny were encamped a short distance frov them, and it was thought a battle wduM ensue. Uov. Denver had commissioned Sheriff Samuel Walker to proceed to Hhs scene of the dibtorbances, and report (o uitu mjvu it vtua loougni mas b-cuy measures should be taken to restore or der. The latest news from Ossarwafa mie stated that tbat place was tbreafened by three hundred Missourians, afjd tha messengers had been dispatched to Law rence for arms. It appears from correspondence eroa' nating from the headquarters of the Kan--' sad militia, and published in The Jlmt? rence Republican, tbat Captain Montgom ery and Payne were deprived of their commissions on the 18th of February. lhe Ussaicattanne Herald confirms th account of the murders in Linn County, on the 19th. It was rumored that Rrockett's party were besieged in Fort Scott by the Free- State men; wbo aro waiting reinforce ments to take tbe place by storm. Fort Leavenworth, May 28, Via Boonville, May 31, 1858. More recent accounts from the south fully substantiate the previous reports of the murder committed in Linn County. Col. Monroe's corps was encamped at Walnut Creek, fifty miles distant, and the column was progressing finely. Col. May's column marched this morn- ing. St. Louis, Monday, May 31, 1858. The Republican learns that Gov. Stew art has sunt Ucn. Parsons to Bates and Ca.ss Counties to ascertain the ext.-nt of the troubles there, a"d whether it will bo necessary to call out tbo militia to pro tect the border counties of Missouri from Capt. Montgomery's band of robbers. The Democrat has information from gentleman just from Kansas that the Deputy United Slates Marshal was sent in pursuit of Capt. Montgomery, and was taken pri-oner by the latter ou Thursday night last, but tbat after some conferenca he was released. The Marshall stated that Capt. Montgomery informed him that the receut outrages were all committed hy Capt. Hamilton, who is tbe head of the remnant of tbe party formcrely com manded by Major Buford. It was re ported that Hamilton had left tho Terri tory, and was en route to Georgia. Tornado in Illinois Fifteen PeVsons Kill ed. Monmourii. 111., May 31. A terrible tornado passed over Elli-on, about twelve miles south of this place, last night. Every bousa was blown down; fifteen per sons were killed, and several others fa tally injured. The village contained 500 inhabitants, aud the report says tbat none escaped injury. No particulars have been received. The excitement iu the vi cinity is in tense. There is hope yet for Iowa ! Her gold is so sccrce aud shy tbat it is not likely to do her much damage. A good many anguine calculation are still put forth as to the amouut which may be dug, but no single well-autbenticated account of a party averaging one dollar each per day by a week's continuous digging has yet reached us. A digger writes to his friend in New Hampshire that "three days of exploration with a spade bad enabled him to discover several small grains of god and several tuns of exaggeration ' That is about the average yield, so far as we have information. An Irish gintleraan' had occasion to visit the South some time bincc. When be returned he remarked to a friend that tho Southern people were very extrava gant. Upon being asked why so, he re marked that where he staid they had cudlu?sick worth clevcu hundred dollar! "Why bow in the world could it cost that much 7"jnquircd a friend. "Och be gorry ! it was nothing more'n a big nagcr fellow holdcn' a torch for us to eat by." jEST" A writer in the Rochester Utiion proposas a new method for killing rat. His own house being overrun with the vermin, the servant girl, wbo had pcen the effects of "Old Bourbon Whiskey" on bipeds, thought sbo would try an experi ment on the rats. Accordingly the took a small quantity and made it very sweet with suj;ar, crumbling in bread enough for the crowd, and set the dish in tbe cel lar. A few hours after she went down and found several rats glorious "fuddled," engaged in throwing bean-pods aud haul ing one another up to drink. These were easily disposed of; those not killed left the premises immediately, sufferlpg with a severe headache. Tbe writer adds that tho medicine ia quite agreeable to take. A large Elk passed through Tunkhan nock, Pa., one nay last week destined1 for Philadelphia, where, we understand; ii has been sold for the sum SI 006. Thar owner represented its weight at six hun drep pounds, (nearly as heavy as small horse,) and would trot a mile in two min utes and a half. It was broke fo?tthe harness and would drive well in a buggy. Wo learn it was taken from tho wilds of Nebraska, and is only two years old. A Texas paper says tbat the wheat crop there is ready for the scythe. This will sound odly in the ears of Northern farmers whose wheat has just began too grow. The United States basso extend ed that they, include already nearly eve ry variety of soil and oliraate, aud are therefore competent to tho production of almost every species, of vegetation i lift world.
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