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Eljc Jcffcrsonian.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1858.
NOTICE."
In accordance with arrangpment a Do
natiou vist will be given to the Rev. Geo
V Maclanghlin, at the Methodist Church
in this placo, on Thursday next, Dec
30111.1858. to which the inhabitants of
Stroudshurg 3nd vicinity are hereby cor
dially invited to attend.
07 No Paper nest week. In order to
give our hands an opportunity to enjoy
the Holydays, no paper will be issued
from this office nest week.
JG" J. F. Drinkhouse offers for sale,
his House and Lot. The property is a
rorv desirable one. situated on Main
street, in thi? Borough, and will bo dia
poicd of on reasonable terms.
See notice in another column.
Agricultural Fair Meeting".
Wo ha?e been requested to state that
Bi the President Judge will not be here,
no Jury trials will take place during
Court, the meeting of the Agricultural
Soeiety will be held at tho Court House,
in Stroudshurg, at 2 o'clock, p. ra., on
Monday next, instead of the evening.
Permit us to impress the necessity of a
general attendance. We would like to
f-ee every township in the oounty repre
sented. We are aware that the people
of the county will never regret the for
mation of eueh a soeiety if properly con
d uctcd . Democrat.
Shakspeare.
To the admirers of Shakspeare and of
leterature iu general, we would say, go
to the Court House and hear tho popular
and effecting readcrings of Mr. Sibbet.
We have had the pleasure of attending
two evenings, and must say, we were
pleased; and we believe all who go there
will bo acted upon in the same manner.
The entertainment combines instruction
with amusement, and embraces a wide
rango of authors and of Etyles, the
tragic, the comic, burlesque, parody, and
the sentimental iu both poetry and prose.
The Home Journal for 1859.
This deservedly popular family news
paper comes to us this week filled, as
usual, with all good things. It is a liter
ary sheet of good tense, wlf, humor, pa
thos, and sentiment. The genial, instruc
tive, and sparkling letters and sketches
by Willis the touchingly pathetic songs
and ballads by Morris the thrilling tales
of the South by "a Southern man" the
high-toned and truthfuboritioi-nis of new
and rnre works, by an able pen the
brilliant translations from the French and
German newspapers by competent hands
the well-written "Mere Mentions" tho
pertinently arranged "Personals" the
delightful Gossip concerning art and ar
tists, and the happily selected stories and
novelettes from the best English and for
eign magazines, which weekly adorn its
oolumns give it the first place among
literary journals. Rather than lose the
Home Journal we would dispense with
all our other weekly visitors. Among
the new attractions for tho coming year
will be a talc of love and lucre, from the
pen of a gifted lady contributor, entitled
"Two Ways to Wedlock." Tho scene of
the story is laid in New York, during the
momorable winter of the great fire. To
those of our readers who would learn even
one way to that beatific state, we advise
to subscribe for the Homo Journal. This
etorj will bo followed by a "Tale of the
South"- -one of startling interest by an
mment Southern author, called "The
Avengerl'l "This production," say the
editors, "is entirely American in construc
tion, plot, incident, dialogue, scene, tone,
conclusion. It eould not have been true
of any other country, and possesses at
tractions of a peouliar nature for those
'to tho manor born.' " The third of this
attractive series of American stories is
"The Young Wife's Diary!" by a daugh
ter of tho We.t. It contains the whole
iiiotory of woman's trials, and will be read
with the deepest feeling by all classes of
the community. In addition to theso
charming Btories, there will appear a
fresh series of sketches by "Barry Gray,"
with the title of "My Wife's Farm."
Several old friends, introduced to the
public in the "Hillside Letters," reappear
in tneso sKetoues, and eveu the "little
black boy" turns up, alive and well, and
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as cuisc-ievous as ever. -uay JLSook.
m
The salary of the present,.clerk to the
Uoniuiioner of Luzerne County, is 1,
000 a year.
A wealthy lady in West Chester.
P., took a silk dress to be repaired, when
$200 in bills were found in tho pocket,
and returned to the owder, who. had sup
yosed thens lost.
Curing Hams.
-Moses EaMburn, of Solebury, was a
warded by the Bocks County Agricultur
al Society, last September, the first pre
raium for neatly cured hams.
As the
season i at hand for curing meat, we rc-
publish Mr. Ea?tburn's mode of curing
baniH, for the benefit of those who are
seeking information on the subject. It
is as follows:
"To 4 calldns of water add 1 lbs. of
brown sugar, 2 oz. of faltpetre, and 7 lbs
of coarse salt, boil and skim it until
no more scum rises; when cold pour it on
e meat until it is covered, and let them
I . ,. .
lay uoour six weeus uciui- biuuiu.
Smoke with hickory wood. Bucks Co.
InteU'mcnccr.
High Priced Wines.
At a receut sale of old wines belonging
to the estate of the lato Jacob Gratz, de-
. . . -
ceascd.in Philadelphia, the prices realized
' v ' r
ranged from ?5 to S20 per gallon ! One
gallon of old Madena brought 822. The
i?ross rccciDts of the sale were over S6500.
The Bress thinks the Philadclphians can't
be a distressed community, when nines
command such enormous prices.
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Fracas between KEontgromery, of Pennsyl
vania, and English, of Indiana. uanes l
and .Bricks Used.
Washington, Deo. 18. A difficulty
occurred at 1 oO, p. m., to-day, botween
Con'Tonsmen English, of Indiana, and
m - r u-i; . u.
sylvania Avenue.
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X
tor cue nrsc lime ims session, wueu xur.
English, extending his hand, said:
"How arc you, Mr. Montgomery? '
Mr. Montgomery withheld his hand,
and uttered an insulting expression Eome
thins like
"I don't speak to puppies!"
Whereupon Mr. English struck him a
severe blow over the head, breaking his j
cane to pieoes by the blow, and knocking)
Mr. Montgomery into the gutter, but not
eutirely down.
Montgomery, on rising, hurled a brick
at English, striking him on the boot, but
doing no injury to him.
he was entirelv unarmed, and was not a-
ware that Montgomery had any ill feeling
towards him up to the time of the recon
tre.
Mr. Montgomery, as to strength and
size, is superior to Mr. English.
Later. Lieut. Thomas of the Police
Department, arrested Wm. H. English
and conveyed him to the office of justice
Donn.
ihearrest was made upon a warrant
issued at tne instance ot fur. luontgome-
ry, charging English with assaulting him
with a cane.
Justice Donn held English in the sum I
of $500 to answer the charge at the crim
inal Court, now m session.
There is very little excitement now ex-
lbtmg, but many persons are very muoh
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snrprised at the result of the difficulty
t be summed that nothing shnrt nf
duel would be the finale to the nroeeod-
;nrrH
-nv-H- r Vi n-n-iA- m
J "
The surviving members of the OonM.
family in New York are rapidly and
most unexpectedly recovering. Mrs.
Gouldy, the step-mother of the unfortu-
nate young murderer and suicide, is con-
valesceut. The dangerous wounds unon
her head and the bruises upon her arm
have been ekillfullv healed. Her health
has greatlj improved, so that she is able
to walk about her chamber. Mr. Goal-
dy is also rapidly recovering one of the
wounds upon his head has
healed; the other, and raos
m a fair way for heal
protrudes vervsliahtlv
mgdown. Dr. Van Buren, one of the
attending physicians, expresses his con-
viction that he will recover, although ma-
ny weeks must pass before he can possi-
bly regain his former stren2th. Mr.
rf j n i
Gouldy's side is still paralyzed, but as
soon as his wounds are well, the calvanic
He ha
iaS been made acquainted with the
de of his son, and appears more
sulci
tranquil. The girl Murphy still romains
uad-tj i uo apjjuou. iur. uouiuy re- lowed ber to a hotel, and got a fair view L i. r-"10"""1 i vnwo oi wuiou
tains his faculties in a wonderful degree, and reoognized her as his wife whom he -8 fUnd gui,y is tCD ?CTS
Ho is able to freely converse on all topics, had not seen fnr ei,ht -a ' ti laiprisonment in tho State Prison, while
I i . ..... .vuio. i0 H a
in tho New-York Hosnital. and hnrLii mu-.j u - .i?r -
wounds indioate a speedy recovorv. Her
pnys ciana aro very connaent ot saving
her life. Young Nathaniel Gouldv is
t - . .
convalescent, so much as to be able to sit
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uu i u ui ocu. a.is Dromer vjnaries is
t .j tt- i .i -.. . .i
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uwiy, uul oy constant care
uu v..uwu tu puj.uj.aus nope io re-
Biviw uiuj w ueauu.
Florida Crops.
A correspondent of Tic Floridan and
yjreomian kavs:
"If It be deemed proper, the f.ct naj
-w u maj, n laiuict IU M -BUIUglOn
County this year made and has deliver.
ed 15,800 pounds of Tobacco, from 12 a-
cres of land, sold to Gadsden Hoimi
buyers 25 cents round, and think a lo
e . i . .-i i- '
of at least 25 per cent was sustained by
grassuoppers on a good portion of it.
He is now picking over cotton first time,
getting on an average 1,000 per acre nnd
was eaten off clean by caternilUr, h fC
of September. On tho tamo t;5 r
. -iuu ui
thinner lands, for much less.
Counterfeit 5's on the Union Bank
xvinaernoojf, I., are being extensive
ly circulated at the West. The following
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smaller 5'. on each side; State arms on
v.v w. Uv;, uttu ui rremencs ana
left end, steamboat on right end; fillinff
up and signatures in red fnk-m tan I
ilation, but an excellent counterfeit.
land his predecessor gained 2,100 pounds tlou of the Department is, when such mat- ,ance Lone3 as Minister to Austria;
per acre: and such soil can be bought ter arr'"ves at a distributing office without , Sj! Ward, of Georgia, as Minister
uow, in this poor country, at 6 or $8 being prepaid by postage stamps, that it ! x o' . "iIliam Pr-.ton, as Minis-
. . . i ... - t , i... ... ' fir r.n Snoin
per acre large settlements, embrao nir e returned to tno mailing office, or tn thn
The Mortara Case.
JEWISH MEET-NO IN MOZART HALL.
The general indignation which the Mor
tara affair has excited in the minds of all
I clasaea and creeds in thispmmanity,
found enthusiastic expression in cue mee
ting of our Hebrew fellow citizens held
0D Saturday evening. Inspitoof the cx-
trcuie inclemency of the weather, the
large hoUwas densely packed-with Jews
ana unriaiians mo nuuioer or ine rormer
of courso, largely preponderating nor
were tho Catholics entirely unrepresent
ed. There must have been very nearly
2,500 persons assembled. Mr. Jonas
Phillips, ex-President of the Beard ol
n nnn.:,mon 0 -llof, tn
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tin
Chair, and the following preamble and
resolutions were read by Mr. 13. W. Hart.
We copy part qnly from the New York
Times.!
Whereas, The Inquisitiou has forcibly
abducted Edgar son of Momoia Mortara
au 1C31u ug --juSu uu-
I ilor TvrntoTt. f hnt. hrt nnn noon f.innHfftn-
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ly baptized, four years previously, when
about twelve months old, by a female do-
mestio; and notwithstanding the protest
and entreaties of his parents, he is still
detained from their guardianship, and
continues subjected to the discipline and
teachings of the Cateohumini. And
Whereas, This act. though affecting on
ly an obscure family, has attracted the
attention of tho world, by the approhon
sions it inspires of a revival of tho prac
tices which disgraced tho dark ages; and
as it direotly attacks that toleration of
3-r- e e -.t i i
-i e i j -i-
r 1
mane and enlightened of every creed, as
I ttt a 1 1 no rhii rnmnndtrnnina r tHa nitwit
Catholio and Protestant governments of
Europe.
Resolved, That this meeting recalls,
with high satisfaction, the precedent af
forded by the prompt and unsolicited ac
tion of the Government of the United
States on the occasion of the persecution
of Damascus in the year 1840 Ap
plause. Resolved, That these proceedings he
transmitted to his Excellency the Presi-.
dent; and that he bo respectfully solicited
to inform the Government at Home that
the act in question has excited a deep
and unfavoraplc sensation in the .minds
,. r
nr thA art ifffiKitin iiidtana n lhL nnnk
lie.
Resolved. That we hereby-appcal to our
fellow-citizens of every creed, as they val
ue tho blessings of civil and religious lib
erty, and desire peace and good will on
earth to man, to aid our effort with their
sympathy and their active influence.
Resolved, That tho thanks of this mec-
ting are duo to the public Press of Atner
ica and of Eurono for its zealous advoca-
I A
cy of the causo of right, and for its reproof
of fanaticism and injustice.
Down and Up.
. i
In the year 1849, a young man, who
was rich, and engaged in a lucrative bus-
' T ouamorea on
r, r ri , , . 1 . . I
a n p. n it t 1 1 it i air nrn -rrr n .. i
o,-p, a" ,T no' mca aer aearl
uc uim "oaiiy. mture nappi
ess seemed in store for cm; but evil
days came, and after a brief but violent
struggle with fortune, tho young man be-1
caIue bankrupt. He was left without a
dollar, but not without hope. The uold
, -r r-oi;f---: I .l A
venturous and to the industrious. He
would leave his beautiful wife and seek
its glittering shores, where he would re-
main until his fallen fortunes were re-
.ived. Th rnntnn -,-
soon executed. He came to Ca ifo nia-
hnt fJ. nnA fct;n l.,i !,;. r.r
was aetite. enterprisinir. and nerseverin J
yet, while others around him were gath-
erin tho cmU : u..i?..
ua.v.t uim iv liincuuiiiB lurat-Nisrnrifn i
He was at last reduced to sell newspa-
pers on the street for a linns A few
weeks ago ho was at Folsom street wharf
upon the arrival of the mail steamer md
amon, th Jnl.Z ? ."m"Vd.
he cau2ht the Blimnse of a rinhl. H,
ladv whom hn thnnoht. t.t- r.j
poorly dressed, but his affecttoi
ed his pride, and he immedi
years
ons conquer
himself knrmn tn Kr 'pj..
unfalfeorinw lov Ti,i-,i-i j
died, leaving her an heiress of areat
woalth. Sh hH nnf ua i..A..
. o " iuumiij juaicuii nan
band for four vnara x.-.,
uwti uuuiu ui 1 1 1 i niiK. i
safetv. sl.e rqot fA -,.; n.:- 5...
. rf. -"") "--nu" tut iii5
V' . imuiuia otato -QB
make some inquiries for herself. Thola
dy closed her conversation with ber bus-
hand hv nnffir. U i , .
"j j"""ug uui oi ui 3 arouna nis
neck, and sayin?, "Now. George.
go home and be happy as we used to bo "
F!?ey did 8 homo 00 the steamer which
-.vy, uouv,, u, x nis storv is rr
- (California)
Notice to Postmasters.
We are requested to state for th infVr
nation of Postmasters, nartioularlv ,
j - . , , , ' j -
distributing offices that large quantities
U1 "UUMBUt pnntea matter, such as speci-
men. copies of newspapers, circulras, &c.,
are boing mailed at various offices are
smuggled into the mails without thfi r,.
payment of postage: and that th inct,.,n.
. . . ' a .uub.uv-i
place of publication, for postage.- Nat,
tnieutsencer.
Wants the President's Daughter.
n-
Anioncr thfl -non e : :i
O "uoo Ul lUOZlUILV IllttnirlOu-
declare Ir.
natic asv urn. i i .
marry the T Pre ident' 1 1 7
TrZLl L,
iusion Wn thT v 7iT u. ac'
y - - " w m v i
been entirely his every project failed. For eight years 2T YT a r" DW
t dangerous, is he continued bus. He bem Llnl. ,n b s f.Urtb al convicted of man-
I t,-. . uuiibOK IU dUUU'JailUU. J i T. , TT
inr. Thn hr,Mn a ;0k- v... i - ., ' . jsiaugnier in tne nrst decree, by a lurv of
. but is dail ffn. nnr,ii- uirr. ,-:, r.l twelvB moD ten of whom, it is stated.
Hard Time3 at the West.
The late ..commercial revulsion laid its
hand heavily, upon many of theoities and
towns of the West, where the. credit sys
tem was expanded to an enormous extent
and now nothing is heard for them but
a terribly earnest cry of "hard times."-
The Boston Journal says :
The city of Chicago, which has been
the great head quarters of speculation at
tho West and where store lots two years
ago were worth almost untold gold, feels
the reaction with great sevority. IJusi-
ucss is emphatically down to the "hard
nan." What trade there extsts is limited
to the actual necessities of commerce, and
the 'itnnroveoients ' wtitcn depend on
flush times are greatly retarded. Th
price of labor, building materials and
produce of all kinds has fallen one nun
dred per cent in a yoar and a half. Ileal
estate is kept up by making no sales, ex
cept forced ones. Mortgages arc not fore
closed by land agents, for the reason that
it would prove a loss to the holder, as not
enougn nas oeen paiu ny tne purcuasers,
to make up the difference of depreciation
in value sinco the purchase was made
to the present time. Hence it is for the
interest of the creditor to obtain another
payment on tho land. The number of
unoccupied stores and houses, already
couuted by hundreds, is increasing daily
At St. Paul, Minnesota, rents have de
clined twenty-fivo to fifty per cent., while
real estate has, on an arerage, lost one
third of last year's valuation. Outside
of tho city, the deoreaso has been greater
Wages havo partaken of the downward
tendenoy, and laborers, who last year ob
tained 1 50 per day, aro this year forced
to be content with ninety cents. EVom
Iowa, too, there is a general cry of hard
times. We hear of young men who have
gone from this section to the West du
ring the last six months, to seek employ
nient, who came back with very different
notions of the resources of the West from
what they had when they started, and
purses sadly depleted.
These evidences of pecuniary suffering
at the West aro by no means pleasant to
record. Not only aro many of too suf
ferers our old friends and neishbors, but
their misfortunes react upon u. We
trust, howevsr, that the rampant spirit of
speculation, which has teen so rife in
that section of the country of late years.
has received a check which will lead the
people to adopt a more cautious policy,
and couGno themselves more closely to le
gitimate operations.
.
Escaped the Gallows.
The case of Michael Cancemi, the Ital
ian burglar, whose fourth trial has jus
1 t T. . L 1 XT -XT t .
oueii orouguE co a ciose ai isew xoric, is
one of the most remarkable criminal tri
als on record. The facts of the case are
that tho prisoner broke into a shop, ri'
tied the money drawer of its contents,
was upon his exit discovered by a police
man, and, taking instantly to flight, was
pursued. Ho turned ana deliberately
shot his pursuer, who subsequently died
from the effects of his wound. The New
York Times recapitulates his several tri
. ...
-Is as follows :
"On bis first trial the jury were - una
ble to agree on a verdict, ten being in fa
vor of finding him guilty of murder and
iwo ni lavor oi uis acquitai. uti tne sec
ond trial be was found guilty of murder,
n..,-. e i .i . t?
Gourt of Appeals, on the ground that th
ana tne sentence was set aside hv the
, fj bl9.chargc tho jury, had ne-
J"! !iq a?y the pea
fp17'0US good character . On the third
was,aSn found guilty of murder,
and th.e.verdjct was again set aside and a
b f 4P"
P"", on the ground that his conviction
5? Bto verdict having been ren
CU V 3 I ?mminB, 0 ?Ut elevcn
VeruB, though his counsel had consent-
, Dnn-1Df f imr 10 Su,it
murdcr lhasar of the forty-sovon
i"0.? 1,19 case wa3 submitted,
V'110' lfc, aPPears, pronounced him
Rilty of murder. Probably no man ov-
.... ...
fr h.ad.hS Dock.in such closo proximity
10 tUe na,ter and escaped hanging. The
the extreme penaly is imprisonment for
life. y
H1The Droseoution of Mflaara All;.
0000 a-a Ncwhall for fraud unon thn
1 1 ennsJania) oarao to a sudden
conclusion on Saturday, tho District At.
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torny abandoning tho cauo. Perhaos it
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is all right.
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Disturbance on the Lehigh Valley Rail
road.
Allentown, Pa., Monday, Deo 20, 1858.
A riot took place on Saturday nibt
at Rockdale Station, on tho Lehigh Val
ley Railroad. A young man named
was beaten to death. Sixteen of
were arrested.
Prize Da?ice. The Iloricon Arus
says that a prize dance came off in a sa-
Li.l :! "V ""'l etwo.c an M
. iuuluuu uuu a, IXlUiailO Pin '1'hfi n r
danced seven hoars and tho IrhLn
eight, winning the prize S10
v '
m, -r- .
. . & tocnatc has confirmed the
aPP0,nnents by tho President
i.. t ui
JBThe Delawaro river rose throa fW
Jast Thursday night at Easton, aays tho
Times. The stabline of the Union TTn.
tel in South Easton was destroyed by
fire last Friday morning.
ni- . . .
the o?broted Morgan
? , 1 JBfaernian i(ami f Mor-
gan,, and sired by old Black Hawk, was
8"1" m JU,Mon wcok fM 8 3,000
uuju,
.( r a. rt i
of J.
From the Gold Regions.
Mr. Samuel Grider handod ua yester
day a letter, which ho had received from;
his son, f! R. Grider, on South Platte,
near Pike's Peak,dated October 19,1858.
W;e will state that the letter was written
with a lead pencil, and after much band
ling after it was received here, two or
threo of the sentenoes had become too il
legible to be deciphered, which wo must
perforce omit. Here is the substance of
the letter :
The gold mining has improved since I
last wrote to you. Twenty dollars have,
of late, been taken out hero to the man
in a day with long toms. There is a par
ty of men hero that have, to a man, av
eraged 810 a day for the last six weeks.
Every day men are arriving. Niue of us
have laid olt a town; some buildings have
been put up, and more will be put up this
winter. There is plenty of good timber
in thia region, and the land for farming
purposes is excellent in tho flat bottoms.
Six of tho men have Indian families?, and
I think that more will have Iudian wo
men before Spring. I do not write you
a favorable accouut of ihU country to in
duce any of the boys to leave home to
come hero, but I write you the "naked
truth, aud leave them to do as they please.
You know that nobody persuaded me to
leave home and come out here. I came
here- because 1 wanted to go somewhere
and did not know where; hut I am here,
and I think I am in luck by being hero.
This is a good farming country, and thero
is plenty of gold, and for these reasons it
is bound to be a rich country. You c-n
find gold anywhere jou may choose to
look for it. Old California miners say
that this is the richest country in the
world. Carrollton Dem.
Two lines of stages are already ad
vertised to leave eastern Kansas for the
gold region. Thoy commence running in
April, and will perform the journey in
less than two weeks.
married at Last A Romance.
More than three years since, oue Oli
ver Wolcott, getting tired of his wife,
sold her for a valuable codaideration to a
man who liked her better, and could live
with her more amicably than her first bus-
was able to. The parties being provided
with a legal document drawu up in tech
meal Dbaseolo2V. not deeply read in
Black-tone or Chitty, seem to have con
sidered the first marriage dissolved, and
proceeded to act as if the second had been
legally consummated. Hero the officer
of the law stepped in, and consigned the
sinning parties, except the greatest sin
ner of ail. to the State Prison. Mrs.
Wolcott was pardoned out by the Lejjis-
lature last Spring, and Mr.Case f-erved his
time, and came out by expiration of time
this .Fall. Mrs. Wolcott obtaiued a di
vorce from Oliver by the aid of Esquire
Uhairman, and the next act in the drama
is, tho regular reunion of the lovers, by
a regular, clergyman, in the holy bonds
of matrimony. Considering that a child
was born of this union in our Hartford
and tuat wuile in tiie otate irnon
both parties were sustained and comfort
ed by the mutual pledge of Gueliiy to
each other, and an unflinching determin
ation to be reunited whenever the serious
obstacles could be removed, wo think the
marriage chronicled bilow worthy of
note, and creditable to both parties.
The course of Lucy's love ran through
a State Prison, and a terrible persecution
from a dissolute husband, which made
her long for the protection of the prison
walls. Lut Lucy has triumphed, and we
give the happy couple our congratulation
Wolcott is beaten out of sight. Luov
sends us a loaf of cake and the following
notice:
Married, in Cautop, Nov. 28, by the
Rev. Mr. Fisk. Mr. Salmon D. Case of
Simsbary, and Miss Lucy French of Can
ton. Hartford Couranl, Nov. 30.
Singular Accident Hen injured hy the
.Bursting oi a juarrei ot Sauerkraut.
Yesterday uiorniuir, a barrel, which
had been lying for a number of mouths
in the cellar of a commission houno ou
Front street, between Broadway and
Ludlow, was being removed by several
workmen, engaged in clearing the cellar,
when the barrel exploded as if it bad
held guupowder, the staves living in va
rious directions, striking the men and in
juring them, though but slightly, on the
face, arras, and breast. The barrel,
it was discovered, had contained sauer
kraut, which, standing for a long time,
if i
nau iermcntod and generated gasses,
which, on being disturbed, had caused
the explosion. Tbo odor that filled the
collar after the aooidont was more power
ful to penotrate than we to describe; it was
in no unoxagcrated sense of the much
abused adjective, entirely awful. Cm.
Euquircr.
An Intelligent Goat.
The New-Orleam True Delta gives the
tho following accouut of a child and suck
led by a goat, after the examplo of Rom
ulus and Remus:
Up in tho Fourth District, New-Orleans,
lives a man, his infant child, aud
a inatronely, well-behaved nanny goat.
Tho nanny is tho hairy fostor-mother of
the infant, which tho fever, somo time
since, robbed of its parent proper, and
she eutirely appreciates tho peculiar du
ties which have devolved upon her.
When she hears tho hungry cry of her
helpless little human charge, she is by its
side io an instant, placing her teats at the
service of its thirsty lips. Frequently the
quick ears of the quadrupedal wet-nurse
hear the child's cry when she is browsing
in tho btreet at some distance from the
house, and leaving her own repast, she
darts hastily off to supply the wauts of
the "motherless bairn," dependent upon
her, as Romulus and Remus were of old
upon the dugs of their wolfish protectress.
Wo believe we have told a tolerable
strango story abovebut truth is stran
ger than notion.
Mad docs are Said to be nnmnrnn. in
ehlfih CoUntv. and mnno Arna l,-
been bitten, besides cattle and sino.
Interesting Divosce Case.
The present session. of tho Supremo
Court at East .Cambridge will probably
close with tbo case now on frial, which is
a suit for divorce on tho ground of ill
treatment, brought by Mrs. Ann Whitney
against her husband, Joseph Whitney of
Waltham. The parties are highly res
pectable, so far as the ordinary circum-"
stances of life are concerned. Mr.. Whit
ney, with her two daughters, who have
grown up to woman's estate, and her son
a young man employed in this city, are"'
the witnesses who have thus far testified.',
Mrs. Whitney was the adopted daughter"
of "Father Pickering," who was a well
known Methodist preacher somo yeara
since. For the plaintiff tho counsel aro
Messrs. George O. Sbattuck and Rofcerfi
R. Bishop; for the defence or respondent,
the Hon. B. F. Butler and Josiah Butler.-
The toftimony thu far is is to the ef
fect that Mr. Whitney, though a pleas
ant man out of doors, has not always
been so in his own home. It is testified
that on one occasion, when spoken to "a
bout getting some inoes by his wife, ho
threw tho jug across the room and smash
ed it. On another occasion, his wife said
that a largo picoe of salt pork was taint
ed; he wished her to smell it, holding it
out to her, but fhe said be had already
done so, and after pome words, sho was
kuocked down with tho pork, and tho ar
tielo rubbed on Ber noo and face. And
in oouclu.-don of a list of incidents, it wag
testified tb&t he drove bis wife out of bis
house two yeara ago, sajing he could sob
livo with her. Since that time the wife
and children have been living in Maiden.
The daughters are employed by a firm in
the city, and the sou is in the Boston
Post Office. There are a number of wit
nesses waiting for the defence which may
possibly givo a different aspect to the
case. Boston Traveller.
A Hard Case.
A Western forwarder says be has becrr'
cleaned out by the wheat speculations. :
Two months ago ho had an abundanco of
money but no wheat.- Subsequently he
had both wheat and mouey, but now he
has neither. A few weeks since wheat
fell to eighty-five cents, and he bought
at thftt rate, looking for a me. Very
-oon it dropped to sixty-eight, and ho
ping to make up his los, he .mortgaged
the first lot and bought more. As it still
kept dropping, he thought it his duty to
go into Chicago aud see about it, where .
the first greeting that met bii eye was a
telegram from New York, "wheat is flat."
lie thought it rather a smrp truth when
he found that, having gone to the extent
of bis credit, ho was obliged to sell at fifty-five
cents.
The connection between the New Jer
sey Central and Lehigh Valley Roads,
and the Pennsylvania Roads, will be
made in .the course of January next, by
the completion ef the link between tho
Lehigh Valley and the Reading Road,
the connection between tbo latter and
Pennsylvania Central being already made.
Martha Norgan, a young and unusual- .
ly handsome girl, is to be tried for mur- :
der at Raleigh, N. C. She killed, in a
brutal manner, another young woman
who was ber successful rival for the af
fections of a younc man.
Hew York Markets.
Wednesday, Dec. 22KIS53;
FLOUR AND MEAL The "demand
for Western Canal Flour is less active;
the liberal arrivals of the low grades and
the inclement weather give buyers the
advantage, end we reduce our extreme
quotations on State brands 5aI0c. per
bbl.; choice brands are sustained, and aro
in fair rcquc.-t; the sales are 0,200 bbl?.
at S4 25a$4 45 for Superfine State: S5a
85 15 for extra State; S3 05a5 25 for-
low grades of e.tern Extra: S5 40aS8
50 for shipping brands of Round-hoop
extra Ohio: So G0aS7 for trade brands
do; S5 50aS8 50 for St. Louis brands,
and bo oua!7 o for extra Gencssee.
Rye Flour is quiet: the demand is onlv
for small lots, at 3 35a4 L0. Cern
Meal 19 rather firmer, with more ir.nnirv:
sales of 300 bbls. at S3 40aS3 50 for Jer
sey, and J for lirandywine. Buckwheat
Jour is m fuir request at S2 50a52 75
per 100 lb.
GRAIN Wheat: the fales ara fi 000
bush, fair Red Southern at SI 15; 1,000
bust), good white Miebijian at SI 30. and '
4.600 bush, good Whito Canadian at SI
7 delivered. Ryo is in modamtn do.
raand; sales of 2,500 bush. North AT-n at
77c, delivered. Oata arc quito firm,
the sales aro 12,000 bush, at 48n51n. fnr
State, and 54a56io for Cannadian and'
estcrn. Com: sales of 20.000 bush, at
75a76c. for new Southern White; 76a77o
tor do. lellow. and old Yellow at8-la85c.
White Roans aro in fair request: sales of
300 bush, at Si l5aSl 25 per bush.
PRO VISIONS Pork; the sales aro
4,200 bbls. atSI? 50aS17 60 for old?
Mess; 17 lor old Thin Mess; 16 for '
new Prime Mesi; $18 12iaSlS 25 for
new Mess. Beef is very nlentv. and i '
in fair request for tho city trade; tho sales "
are -'uu bbls. at SoaG oO for flonritrv
Pri me; S7 50aS9 for do. Moss nnrl oi i '
50aSH 50 for extra do. Cut meats aro
steady; sales of 2o hhds. at 9ia9io for
Uams, and 6aGJlc. for Shoulders.
Dressed Hoes are in fair remind nf fi.WR
tbo latter for corn-fed Hogs weighing 300
lb and upward. Butter is in fair request
and i firm at 14a25o. for State, and 15V
10 for Ohio. Cheese is in fair request at'8
FOR SALE.
The undersigned offers at private
sale n house and lnr Ri fun toil nn idn
Hi
ES12
South side of Elizabeth streat, in tho borough
of btroudsburf. Tho h
frame two stoties high, and tho lot is 50
feet front by 190 feet deep to an Alley. On
account of its central -position it is admira
ble, it being directly opposite the Strouds1
burg Hotel. The same will hp. f1?a-nvi?--
on fair terms. ;
JOHN F. DRINKHOUSE.
Dec. 23, 1853.