The Jeffersonian. (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, June 10, 1858, Image 2

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    Sljc Jcffcvsonian.
THUKSDAY, JUNE 10, 1858.
S" All Express Packages which are
to be forwarded from this place, tuust be
promptly at the office, before 12 o'clock
(noou), or bo laid over till next day.
JOHN N. STOKES, Agent.
C& Wo with uo small degree of pleas
'nre learn that our fellow citizen, the Hon
James II. Walton, has been appointed
Trca-urcr of the Mint at Philadelphia.
This is paying a deserved compliment to
the Tenth Legion in acknowledging its
efficient services for the slave propagating
Democracy.
Mr. Walton is a gentleman of fair a
bility, courteous manners, a good citizen,
and an unscrupulous Democrat, but we
boTievc, will prove to be a trust worthy
and efficient officer.
- He undoubtedly, has richly merited
,
this favor; for few have been more faith
fully lampooning us "Black Republicans"
for the last two year.", prwing how much
we "loved the Nigger;"' ''hated the South"
"desired a dissolution of the Union," "and
hankered after tho public plunder," &c,
And since Me-srs. Douglas,Forney & Co.
failed to swallow the Lecompton English
drug, prescribed by the great Democratic
quack doctor, Buchanan, they, in coiu
iron with us, have not failed to bring
down on their devoted heads his scathing
denunciations. We must, therefore, con
gratulate Mr. Buchanan in tho selection
of so faithful a friend and disciple as Mr.
Walton has unquestionably proved bim
6 elf to be.
We, however, on the assumption of his
official duties, part with him rather with
Tegret from our daily social intercour.se,
and offer our best wishes for his prosper
ity and happiness.
The Fourth of July is now near
at hand, and so far as we have learned
no preparation, as yet, has been made to
properly celebrate that great day, with the
exception of the Sabbath Sehoo', which,
as usual, will have a celebration. They
will bold theirs on Monday the 5th.
We should like to sec an old fashioned
celebration ; and why shall we not have
it I It can cailv be put in motion if
some few euterpri.-iur individuals will
take it in hand. Tho Ilotel keepers are
deeply interested in this matter, and why
should they not take hold of it. Let us
Lave the National Celebration on Satur
day the 3d of July.
Naw Sabbath School Music.
Mr. Horace Waters, the well-known
Mu-ic publisher and Piauo dealer, of 'SXi
Broadway. New York, has recently isucd
& very pleasing and useful little collection
of 82 pages of hymns and tunes for Sab
bath schools, of more animated character
and impressive style than usual. The
words are all excellent, and tho music,
though spirited, varied and fitted to the
tastes and life of the young, is very sim
ple, easily mastered, and full of feeling
and pathos. There are Happy greet
ing to all;" "Kind words can never die;'"
Tin nnn " Tlin . n V '1
'Let us be bappy, and let us be gay;"
"0, that beautiful world;" "I have a
Father io the promised land," &c., &.c
a" fid many others equally attractive, use
ful and pleasant. All for three cent, or
two dollars per hundred copies. Postage
one cent. We think it will be a favorite
in the Bohool, and at tho fireside of all
who love cheerful music, or the animated
faces of bappy children.
New Counterfeits.
On Thursday night, a number of new
counterfeit five dollar bills on the State
Bank of New Jersey made their appear
ance in this city. The notes are well exe
cuted and calculated to deceive those not
well posted. The note, it is stated, is
printed on the plate used by the Morgan
Bank of Georgia. The word "five," in
the counterfeit, is printed in red iuk.
Zedger.
The Morris County Bank has resumed
paymct again, and bills of all denomina
tionss will be redeemed at the Importers'
and Traders' Bank, N. Y.
Legislative Corruption.
In a debate in the Senate, Mr. Toombs
said:
We speak of the corruptions of Mex
ico, of Spain, of France, and other Gov
ernaents, with a great deal of truth, ao
cording to all accounts; but from my ex
perience and observation, which have been
somewhat extentive, I do not believe to
day there is as corrupt a Government un
der the heavens as these United States.
Mr. Hale. Nor I either.
Several Senators. I agree to that.
Mr. Toombs. And most of all its cor
ation is in tho legislative department."
jr.-
A New Bird and Game Law.
It is not generally known that a new
law for tho better preservation of game
and insectivorous birds was enactea at.
the last session of the Legislature of this
State. It is one of importance to every tar-
mer and lover of natore, ana wo Dope the
.a
good scuse of our citizens will make it
innnrnii v oDserveu. mc leuamuB mc
quite etriugent enough so to make the
law a terror to cvil-uocrs m that rcfpeci
We find a copy of the law in the Ccr-
mantoicn Tclegni),, to which paper it was
communicated by Ldward Wain of r ml
adelphia.
Section 1. Beit enacted J-c, That
from and after the passage of this act, it
hall not be lawful lor any person witum
tins commonwerlth to shoot, kiii, or iu a
ny way trap or destroy any blue bird
swallow, martin, or other msectiverous
bird, at any season of tho year, under the
penalty of two dollars.
Sec 2. That from and after the pas
sae of this act, no person shall shoot
kill, or otherwise destroy any phcasaut
between the first day ot January ami the
Grst day of September, or any woodcock
between the fir.t day of January and the
first day of October, m tho present year
and m each and every year thereafter
under the penalty of five dollars lor each
and every off ncc.
Sec. 3. That no person shall buy, or
cause to be bouirht. or carry out
of this State, for the purpose of supplying
any private or public bouse or market
anv nhcasant. nartndoe. woodeocfc or
J i r O I
rabbit, unless the same shall have been
shot or taken in the Droncr season, as
provided for in this act, under a penalty
of five dollar- for each and every offence
Sec. 4. That no person shall, at any
time, wilfully destroy the eggs or nests o
any birds mentioned in the differeut sec
tions of this act wiihin this Commou
wealth, uuder a penalty of two dollars for
each and every olfeuco.
Sec. S Tuat the pose?sion or any
person in this commonwealth, of any of
the came and birds mentioned in the
different sections of this act, shot, killed
or otherwise destroyed out of season as a
foresaid, shall be primi facia evideuce to
convict under this act.
Sec. 6. That anv person offending
agaiu.-t any of the provisions of this act
ana being thereof convicted betore any
alderman or justice of the peace afore
said, or by the oath or affirmation of one
or more witnesses, shall, for every such
offence, forfeit the fine or fines attached
to the same, one-half to the use of the
county in which the complaint is made
and the other half to the informer; and i
the offender shall refuse to pay the said
forfeiture, he shall be committed to the
jail of the proper county, for every such
offence, for the space of two days, with
out bail or mainprise: Proviled, hoiccver,
ihat such conviction be made within six
ty days after the committing of the of
fence. Sec 7. That any act or act conflict-
mg witu tins act, be ana tuc same arc
hereby repealed.
From tho mails of Friday lat, we
learn that a terrible state oi excitement
exists at New Orleans in consequence of
the formation of a iilance Committee
similar to the noted organization of that
kind in San Francisco, California. The
Committee U strong in numbers and is
composed of the most respectable citizens
who are banded together for the purpose
of correcting the social disorder of the ci
ty, which it appears, has been altogether
overlooked by the officers of the law.-
Tho Philadelphia Press, in speaking of
this popular outbreak, uses the following
language:
"In the open and flagrant commission
of crimes of the most atrccious character,
which at the hands of the courts have
been permitted to go unwhipt of juiticc,
may be fouud the true secret to the pres
ent popular outbreak which has provoked
a collision with the civic authorities, and
wuicn appears iiKeiy to result, it not
checked, in a serious catastrophe. With
out a full cognizanco of the facts of the
whole case, it is impos-ible, at this dis
tance, to form a just estimate of the mer
its of the controversy, involved. We can
only express a hope, in which all Ameri
can citizens must unite, that cooler coun
sels may prevail, and that civil strife may
be arrested at all hazzards. This can
only be effected by the exercise of great
moderation on both sides, and by the
actual return upon the part of the civic
functionaries to a strict and impartial ex
ecution of tho laws. Let good laws be
properly enforced, and there need never
arise a necessity in this country for the
creation of any extrajudicial tribunals."
The Committee have taken possession
of the arsenals and public prisons, and
conflict was expected between them and
the civil authorities. The military were
called out and the Mayor had read the
riot act.
New-Orlans, Tuesday, June 8, 1S58.
Gerard Stith, the American candidate
for Mayor, has 2U0 majority hut many of
tne principal names on the same ticket
are defeated. The city is quiet. The
Vigilants broke up their camp last night
aud disbanded. ihov arc not diborcnn
ized, however, and say they arc ready to
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uarry out mcir principles at any moment.
The municipal authorities are engaged in
arresting all concerned in tho Vigilance
movement, and writs have been issued for
the arrest of tho leaders on the charge of
uigu treason.
a p. in. x be. city is now quiet. Dur
ing the day there were some few cases of
rowdyism. Ihe Mayor has stopped fur-
tner arrests ana discharged all the ar
rested.
Emigration to California commcnoed
in 31ay, 148. At that time it cpntaio
ed hardly 15,000 inhabitants. There are
now 600,000, showing that in ten years
it has increased forty fold.
Several fields and patches of wheat
grown the present season at Montgomery,
lu., nave been harvested recently, and
the yield was fine and of the best quality.
From Kansas.
The Marias Des Cygnei Massacre.
Special Correspondence of the Tribune.
OSAWATOMIE, K.X, May 26, 1858.
Accounts have reach your readers ere
this nf the recent atrocious massacre on
tho Osage, or Mere do Cygne Hiver.
So frightfully horrible were the first de
tails of the evcut that I hesitated iu giv
ing credence to the report. A nearer
approach to the seene has proved the aw
ful and fatal tragedy but too true. It
has ceitaiuly been one of the most hide
ous aud coldblooded atrooities of the age.
The Sepoy horrors of ludia arc no great
er stain upou humanity.
It is but a week ago to-day since a
party of Border Buffiaus numbering
twenty-three, crossed the Missouri border
in Lynn County, near the Marias des
Cygnos. They were mounted aud well
armed, and went to the trading post, for
merly a sort of Pro-Slavery headquarters.
The visit was of a domiciliary character.
Like the Denton aud Hendricks murder,
it was the evident purpose of tho?e men
to commit further outrages that should
appall the Free-State settlers. Their op
erations were not couducted against any
persou who had rendered himself obnox
ious to them. The victims were squatters,
of tho most peaceable class men who
had never been heard of previously in the
mixed strife of politics aud war; who were
evidently picked up at random, aud who
were the victims ol their owu defenseless
condition.
The invading party was not composed
exclusively of Missouruns. I learn pos
itively that one half of tho number were
of the lort Scott baud. It was comman-
ded by Dr. George P. Hamilton former-
ly of Georgia. It will be remembered
that under the similated name of Capt.
Jeunigen he figured among Buford's bra-
vos in tne wars oi oi. lie was a mem-
bcr of the Jjccompton Constitutional
Convention from Bourbon county, or
Fort Scott. Brocket wa alo with
him. Hill, another prominent Kuffiau
of Fort Scott, was of the party. Then
there was another Mr. Hamilton and his
son, also. Buford men, who have lived
uear the trading po-t ou the Marias des
Cygnes. Five oth'-rs of the party were
thedisbanded soldiers of Capt Anderson's
company (I) of dragoon-", who were drum-
ined out ot their company some time, ago
at the in-tancc of their comrades, for par-
ticipating in the Denton aud Hendricks
murders and for stealing from the settlers,
These ten were thus lluffians. belonging
to tho Territory to some extent. The re
maming thlileeu of them were lluffian-
from Missouri, a few of whom have been
recognized.
They slipped over the border quietly,
no one gue-'.siug or anticipating their ap
proach. They never att niptcd to seek
for Capt. Montgomery, or Capt. Bain, or
their friends. Neither did they appear
to be actuated by any personal malice.
They arrested any free State man just as
they found him. borne were taken in the
Gelds at their work; others while travel
ing on the road with their teams, and oth-
ers were taken from their homes. 1 hey
were told that the party which arrested
wished to "talk" with them, andho quiet-
ly did I hey act, until they got their vie-
tims in their power, that the men thus ta-
keu never suspected at first that they
were taken for cold-blooded purposes.
One of the prisoners, Mr. Slilwell of Su
car Mound, was on the road to a Missou-
n town to buy provisions. Another was
a Baptist preacher past middle life.
1 he latter was wouuded the former kill-
ed.
lucre was no trial, or attempt at trial,
no charge was preferred against them.
Tho parties were chiefly strangers to each
other. The poor men unarmed were led
into a ravine. They were drawu up in
line, and for the first time perceived the
frightful naturo of their situution, dark
suspicious of which had been already
suggesting themselves. J he murderers
ranged themselves immediately iu front
of their victims, aud with fatal prompti-
tudc and coolness, at the command of
their leader deliberately shot them. At
the first fire all of the eleven prisoners
fell. The murderers, to make sure work,
loaded and fired several times. Some of
them used their revolvers. One of the
survivors, who were severely wounded,
and who was lying on the ground, had a
pistol ball put in his head. He says that
one or the party stooped down over him,
and put a pistol to his ear and fired.
iue oan rangeu uowuwara, and, glancing aiscrimmateiy, and, what is worse, pro
along the jawbone, came out near his fess to act under Montgomery's orders.
mouth, without inflicting a fatal wound.
Others were shot at thus on the ground,
tor some minutes the scene must have
been perfectly horrible these twenty-
three a-saisins loading aud firing at the
ueau anu wounnea nartv ot iifiarmpri
men. At last, when they believed that
t j - - ... . i
their bloody work was completely done,
tbey turned from tho scene of horrors and
ueu io iuissouri.
Although all ot the prisoners fell when quenco of the recent cold-blooded massa
first fired at, they were not all killed. ere and the reported preparations for an-
1'ivc oi tnem were Killed on the spot, or
uiuu eiiuiuy uuer ineir wouuus. iive
ero wounucu, au severely, and most of pr
1- - 1 1 y-N i .1
mum wuu several wounus. wuly one ol
mem enurciy escaped. Although not
wounded, he bad the presenco of mind
to arop wnen tns companions fell, and so
periect was his simulation of death that
uc escaped without a wound. I have
seen a man who examined the wounds of
vu uwuui:,. says iuey were an snot
u wuuw uuiuu ui mem nau oiner wounds
received while lying on the ground. The
Gve wounded men, although all severely
nurt, arc an lively to recover. The five
dead have left widows and orphans, and
parents ana oromers, to mourn tueir tate.
a woman was the urst person who saw
the scene of carnage. Living in the vi-
v u.- u, llJB massacre, ana naving seen
r..uc,a , lUe uauua oi tucir cap-
tors, and heard thn rnnrt3 nf lm fiinr,..c
I heard the reports of the firearms
ht out the party. When she first
she sous
IT ii i rn.bl! tsPecttao,e tbo men
were all lying quietly on thccrouDd. and
seemed to be dead. She cried aloud and
Tin,. ' . , . , '
her woman s voice hav,Dg inspired confi-
dencc, those who were not dead repled to
her. One or two of those who finally died,
were yet able to converse for some time.
Assistance was obtained, and the wound
ed were oonvcyed to a house near the
trading post. The alarm was sounded
and Cant, Montgomery and Mr. McDan-
iels. Brigadier General of the Territorial
Militia, were soon on tho spot. It is be
lieved that the Ruffians have separated
and are skulkin about. They told in
Missouri that they had a fight with Capt.
Montgomery, and had defeated him, kill
ing eleven men. It is quite likely that
the Bordcr lluffian journals may give
credence to such a story.
Inspired with the horror which such a
deed would naturally excite, the citizens
of the vicinity were aroused to the great
est indignatiou. Gen. McDaniels called
out the Territorial militia in the vicinity.
It was known that tho Border lluffians
had stopped at tho town of West Point,
iu Missouri, and had there completed
their organization before coming over.
A day or two ago, Capt. Montgomery,
with Gen. McDaniels, and a force of 150
meu, went to West Point to demand that
the murderers be surrendered up. The
design in makiug this demaud was to se
cure them before they escaped. It was
believed that some citizens of that place
were implicated, and as it was knowu to
be perfect folly to wait for a requisition
from Denver to the Governor of Missou
ri, or to expect anything whatever from
such a source it was deemed better to
take more prompt measures, if more ir-
regular. The expedition did not succeed
in accomplishing anything, however.
Tho fact is the murderers had fled. Dr
Hamilton was last sceu on a horse riding
through Missouri toward the river. Jh
whereabouts of the others is not known
We have had reports of several battles
within the past day or two. but there i
1
no evidence of anything of the kind
oiin, inc ooraer in tuts section, ata be
low, is in a state of alarm. A rumor of
au iuvasion from Missouri against thi
point has had the effect to-rouse the set
tiers iu and arouud Osawatomie. Tin
arc now uuder arms. Guards were kept
out last night, and the night before.
think any alarm of au invasion at thi
point is groundless
I heard from Fort. Scott and Sugar
Mouod up to yesterday. The people there
are determined to seize the murderers, l
possible, aud execute summary juslic
upon them. It is contemplated to follow
them, if necessary, to Missouri for that
purpose. Meanwhile, they have sent
some messengers to Lawrence for arm
and advice, who will arrive to-day or to
morrow
Judge Williams has made a request for
a meeting on the Marmaton. It is to be
held on Saturday. He is going to make
some propositions. Most of the soldier
have left Fort Scott; there is only a hand
ful there now. What will be the next e
vent, it would bo difficult to tell. The
parties below seem to wait lor arms auc
advice, and the mission to Lawrence may
have some effect on the action to be taken
A corresponded of the Evening Post
writes from Lawrence, May 27, as fo!
lows :
" 'Border Ruffiauiim? is again at fever
heat. A body of men 200 strong, left
Kausas City and Westport yesterday, for
Ltuu Uouuty, uuder the command
Brockett and Hamilton.
"A reliable gentlemen, wboleft Mone
ka
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uay uciore yesieraay aitruoon
briugs the intelligence that 100 ruffians
at that time surrounded a small tradio"
po-t, about ten miles distant from
that
men
place, iu which thirty Free-State
were entrenched. lhey dared not at
tack, but designed to starve them out
Montgomery was marching to their relie
with a force of sixty men. A serious col
iisiou seems unavoidable.
''Gov. Denver has gone to Leavenworth
to order out all the spare troops at the
rort. He professes to he highly incensed
against the Governor of Missouri for al
lowing the invaders to cross the State
line, and asserts his determination to drive
them back at any cost
"The friends of Capt. Montgomery rep
resent him as an honorab o and hih
minded man the furthest possible re
moved from a robber and say that he
has recent expelled from his company al
those lawless persons whoso deeds re
fleeted so much discredit upon the cause
These desperadoes have organized a sep-
arate company solely for plunder. They
rob Free-State and Pro-Slavery men in-
Capt. Montgomery has threatened to han
them if they ever fall into his hands.
Place these facts against the stories of
Montgomery's bauditti, with which the
the (jro-blavery and Administration pa-
ners are lu '
Letters from Lawrence and Marias des
Cygnes to the 28th May, represent the
people as very much excited in conse-
other raid from Missouri, which is said
to receive me sanction and co-operation
tho uoveruor ot that State. It is as
.l.t. .
sorted that arms have been forwarded
irorn the Stato Arsenal to tho Kansas
frontier for the use of the Border lluffians
and that a considerable force is under
arms on tho Missouri side of the border.
The Free-State men are renorfod nm
having any men actually in the field but
incy are on the qui vice to prevent anv
surprise, ana in condition to muster a
respectable force at verynhort notice, in
case the threatened invasion should actu-
ally occur.
It is said by several letter writers that
Uov. Denver is d snored fn rnt
threatened invasion, instead of hounding
on the ruffians after the manner of the
immortal bbanuon. This fact if it bo a
iacc, would seem to givo color to the ru
n im ,
mors that Gov. D., like his predecessors,
has Wnmn A
bolds, and contemplates resigning his post
and ,,rmn Ui .L ni:r - fa.i
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"u ujuci, uo uciieuiiy wuu aware
that.sbould he take the side of tho people
of Kansas against her invaders and would
bo oppressors, such aetion would be at
the expense of bis official head
The returns of the election or the adop
tion or rejection of the Leavenworth Con
stitution are not all in yet. The vote ap
pears to bo very light, and tho returns
thus far received indicate that a majority
have oast their suffrages for that instru
ment.
The indications now nre that the peo
ple of Kaunas will have an opportunity
for a fair vote on tbo Lccomptou swindle.
It will be remembered that the English
bill provides that the Government Secre
tary attorney-General of Kansas, togeth
er with tho presiding officers of the two
branches of the Territorial Legislature,
shall be a Board of Commissioners, to fix
the time for holding the clectiou, decide
where polls shall be opened, appoint in
spectors of election, &c. an arrange
ment which was designed to give the Cin
cinnati Directory Democracy complete
control of the whole maehiuery of the
election by means of a cotitroling voice
in the Board of Commissioners. This
would givo the oligarchs an opportunity
to couni in Lecompton in case, through
fraud and violence at the poll-, they
should fail to deposit tho required uum
ber of ballots. This little arrangemen
seems to have been seriously disturbed
according to a recent letter to The Chica
go Tribune, by the unexpected action of
the Commissioners. It seems that the
President recently determined to remove
Mr. Weir, the Attorney-General, in con
sequenco of the supposed Douglas lean
ings ol that gentleman, and apppoint id
his stead a thorough serviter of Slavery
This fact coming to the knowledge of Mr
Weir before his head was brought to the
block, he concluded that for the remain
der of his brief term he could well afford
to do the handsome thing for the people
of Kansas. So he uuited with Messrs
Babeoek and Deitzler the three formiu''
a majority of the Board in fixiug the e
lection for the second dry of August, and
in authorizeng Mr. Deitzler to prepare a
schedule containing the names of the judg
es of election (whom he is to appoint), the
places of voting, etc., and to issue thesame
in a proclamation to the p ople forthwtili
1 he fact that Gov. Denver had received
instructions from Washing not to call the
Hoard together till after Weir's successor
should arrive in the Teriitory and quali
fy, leaked out; but his opponent were the
majority, and he reluctantly united with
them in ordering the election. So, unices
some new dodge can be invented, or this
action be repealed and reversed, after the
arrival of the new Attorney General,
there would seem to be a fair prospect
that for once the people of Kausas will
enjoy a lair election.
Trial of Mary Twiggs.
mary Iwiggs was arraigned for tria
?or
the murder of Catharine Clark, on
Monday the 24th ult., at Danville Mon
tour county. The trial occupied th
greater part of the week, and was brought
to a close on l1 rid ay morning by the jur
returning a verdict of guilty. We have
hot space to devote to the details, but
give below the sentence of the Court.
1 be Liourt House was crowded t it
utmo-t capacity, when Judge Jordou de
livered the opinion of the Court, adverse
to the motiou for a new trial, and Mary
Twiggs was requested to rise. The Judge
in a voice indicating tbo deep emotions
awakened by the painful duty before him
enquired if she had aught to say why the
sentence of death should not be pronoun
ced upou her. She arose looking the very
picture of sorrow but uttered not a word
Then amid the most profound silence, the
Judge pronounced the following sentence
Mary Iwiggs: A jury of your coun
try have found you guilty of the murder
ot Catharine Ann Clark, and it now be
comes my duty to pronounce upon you
the sentence of death. I refrain from
making any remarks that might tend to
iuerease your sorrows or deepen the au-
(rlllnll vrill fllllCt Tinw f.ml 'Vn tn nntxrt
this trial aud its issue have been mo
paiuiui. ve nave enueavorea to mv
: e.. r t i , .
you a fair trial, afforded you every oppor
tunny to establish your muocence, if you
could. We gave you the benefit of al
the legal positions taken by your faithful
and able counsel; the jury have after ma
ny hours of calm and serious deliberation,
declared their belief in your guilt. If
you have been unjustly condemned, it has
not been because, those who'C duty it
was to pass upon your guilt or inuocence
desired your condemnation. The weight
of evidence they believed was against you
and demanded from them a verdict of niil-
ty. The Court would most earne.-tly re
commend and entreat of you, to spend the
brief period there probably i, between
you ano eternity, in prcparum to meet
your final Ju,dge. To him your guilt or
innocence is wen Known.
The sentence of tho court is, that you,
Mary Twiggs, be taken hence to the place
from whence you came, within the iail of
the county of Montour, and from thence
to the place of execution, within the walls
or yard of tho said juii, and that you
there be hanged by the neck until you
are dead, and may God have mercy on
your soul.
Antidote to Strychnia.
The success of camphor as an antidote
to strychnin, iu the two cases reported,
ast year, by Dr. llochoster, of Buffalo,
promoted to its trial in a recent case, re
ported at length in tho Virginia Medical
Journal, by Dr. Claiborne, of Petersburg.
Tho strychnia was taken with suicidal in
tent, in a dose of two grains, and the pa
tient was not seen until tetanic and eni-
eptic spasms of intense violenoo had su
pervened, which continued for hours, un
til one dram of camphor had beon admin
istered in doses of six to ten grains evory
half hour, whou thoy ceased, and the pa
tiont recovered.
5 If you aro afflicted with anv com
plaint which requires a Purgative Medi
icine, try Ayer's New Pills -th
worth trying. Concord Macury N. C.
In tho swindling sale of WilletTs Point.
N. Y., to tho U. S. government, it has
been ascertained, by a committee investi
gation that the Engineer Bursas of the
Bureau of the War Department refused
in the hrt place, to give 8100,000 for it
that, thereupon, certain 2sL York politi
cians took the matter in hand and sold the
Point to the War Department direct for
8200,000, without consulting tho Engi
neer Bureau at all and that the said
politicians pocketed SI 0,000 each for
their services in thus plundering the troy
emmcot. It is certainly a oavincr busi-
ness, now-a-days, for a man to bo a relia
ble, up-to-the-hub Leoompton Democrat.
Such a one can make bargains with Un
do Sam of the most profitable kind and
"no mistake."
Late intelligence from Uthah, received by
way of fort Leavenworth, has been re
ceived, from which we learn that Gov,
Cumming had been expelled from Salt
Lake city, and that the Mormons had in
dicated a determination to resi.-t the pro
gress of American arms to tho bloody end.
It is furthermore reported that the troops
at Camp Scott are in io a famishing con
dition, and were liviug on mule meat.
Hew York Market.
Wednesday, June 0, 1658.
FLOUR AND MEAL The sale aro
1-2,(500 bbls., at 83 J0aS3 95 for super
fine State, small lots do. at $la?4 lit'
84 10aS4 17 for extra do., aud email 'lot
choice at SI 20; 05;i84 for superfine
Indiana, Iowa and Michigan; 81 10nS4
45 for extra do.; $4 50;84 lib for shippit.g
brands round hoop extra Ohio; 84 65aS;
for trade brands do ; $4 7.iaS7 for St.
Louis brands, ond S-l 80.186 40 for extra
Genessce. Canadian Flour is fair
and is a shade easier; the sales are 1.30O
bbls. at 84 20aS5 20 for extra brand.-..
Southern Flour is quite firm, especially
good baker's bran Is; these are not plenty,
and many of them limited above the cur
rent rates; the sales are 1,400 bbls. at
S4 40a?4 75 for mixed good brands Bal
timore. &c; 84 SOaSOforthc bettcrbrands
do; and 80 25a?6 of! for family extrasi
Bye Flour is steady; the demand is fairj
sale- of bbls. at S3aS3 40.
GRAIN The Wheat market is dull
and heavy; the arrivals are light, and the
demand equally so; the sales are 4,800""
bush. Milwaukee Club at 90:i91c ; 1 3,
fjOl) do. Chicago Spring at J)4iac,7c; 3,
,00 do. White Michigan at 81 12; 4,500
do. prime Red Indian at 51 03; and infe
rior Canada Club at 81-Jc, in store. Bye
is steady and in fair rcque.-t; sales of 1,
:00 bur-h. at GSaGfic. Barley is heavy;
sales of small lots at 52aG0c. Barley
Malt is heavy and inactive at 70a7Sc.
Oats are firm and in fair request for tho
trade aud the East; sales of Southern at
30a40r.; Delaware and Pennsylvania at
43a44c; State at 45a4fic., measure, and
Western at 46c, weight. Corn is unset
tled; Southern clones lower, and inactive;
the sales are 42,000 bush, at 58aG0c. for
unsound; 70a72-$c. for Western mixed;
78c. for Jersey and Southern Yellov,
and 74a77c. for Southern White.
PROVISIONS The Pork market U
unsettled and is lower; the arrivals aro
fair aud the stock libera!; there is eomo
inquiry for future delivery; the sales are;
2,500 bbls. at SI 7 30aSl?35 for Mess,
S1G for Prime Mess, .518 25 for heavy
Clear, SI 4 for heavy Bump, Sl4a5I4 15
for Prime. Bacon is rather lower, with
small sales at SalOc. Lard is heavy,
the demand moderate; sales of 265 bbls;
and tierces at 9?for good White Grease,
and 1 1 $ al 1 ?c. for good to prime; Bouiih
Sides are dull and prices nomiual. Cut
Meats re heavy and freely offered; sales
of 65 hhds, at 8ac. for H ams anil na
(3c for Shoulders; Smoked Meats aro
lower; sales of Western Hams at baDcr.
and Shoulder, 64,a7e. Butter is plenty,
and heavy at I0al7ic. for Ohio, and I3a
lc. for State. Cheese is saleable in Iota
to the trade at 4a9c.
lloUoicny's Ointment and Pills. Those
who have been taught to believe that
there is uo remedy for canrer but the
knife, are invited to rtad the following
statement. lloubm Withers, late of
Brooklyn, and now ru-iding at Marysvillu
California, was for several months treated
secundum artcm. bv two Dhv-icians. for
j r ,
what they pronounced to be a cancerous
tumor on the left breast. Finally they
recommendd excision, but the patient hav
ing heard much of the cfneacy of Hollo-
way s Uintmcnt, iu such cases, resolved
to try its eff.cts before submitting his
Genii to the steel. He used it in ennfor-
mity with the direction, for two months
at the end of which twne the lump had
entirely disappeared, and up to "the dato
of his leaving for Sm Francisco, in Au:'-
ust ,ast, an interval of fourteen weeks, no
symptoms of its re-appearance could bo
discovered. Tho Pills areequaily effica
cious in all internal diseases.
A Card from Smuel Swan & Co.
To the Public The extraordinary
course pursued by rival managers of dif
iereut Lotteries to injure us because our
liberal shemes, and prompt mannor of do
ing business has materially affected them.
compels us to call special attantion to
tho facts, which all who deal with us
know already; that is, that our Lotteries
arc legal; tho managers and trustees honi
est and honorable men; that we have fold
more prizes in the last twelve month than
all other Lotteries in the Union, and that
tney nave been promptly cashed in all ca-
les on presentation.
fho effort to injure us is aimed not 6n-
y at our business by our rivals, but i.4
also intendod to act politically on one of
our partners; and wo assure our friends
and the public that WITU OUIt CONCERN
ALL is right, and this, the legal investi
gation whioh we shall urge to a hoaring,
win tuny demonstrate. In the meantime
our business will be oonductcd as usual.
SAMUEL SWAN & Co.,
Lottery Managers, Augusta, Ga.
BLANK DEEDS.. .
For. sale at this Offices.
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