Sl)c jfrffcrsonttm.
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1859.
CgyvTbo Into rain, has made tho water
f hitrhur than it has hccn in this place and
for a number of years. Several
race banks nave way. For better than a
day the Milford road byway of Brodbead's
. Krif?TP rfij ntfprlv ininas.able : and the
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day before and after, crossing was atten
ded with danger. Tho old bridge made
out to weather the storm. But we very
much need a bridco to extend across the
ihflat beyond the bridge. At one time
' 'r
lucre were uu iuoa iuuu u ivc ui n"-
with a rapid current, which would have
. swept a team and wagon away had it at
tempted to cross. The County will be
rc.ponsifil'for all losses that may be sus
tained in attempting to cross, as it ia the
Couotie's duty to keep the roads passable.
In order to get to the Depot and back,wc
were compelled to travel better than eight
. M - I. n I nritinnro ilmftft nnlv
two miles. This nuisance should com
T mond itself to the notice of our nest
Grand Jury.
QtMas Kileed. As three men
were proceeding on a hand car through
the tunnel above Henryvillc, on tbe D. L.
& W. 11. 11.; they were met on emerging
from it, by a freight train. They all
jumped off the car, but one of them in
trying to remove some object from the
track, was caught by tho hand, by the
advancing train, and drawn under the
wheel" and instantly killed. His name is
Patrick Daugherty.
Sf A very respectable and appreci
ative audieuce listened with marked at
tention to the Lecture delivered by the
llev. Penncl Coombe, on Friday Evening
lait, in the Methodist Church. The sub
ject Man and bis Relations was elo
quently treated; and though the discourse
was somewhat lengthy; occupying near
ly two hours in its delivery , yet tho speak
er retained the interest of his hearers to
the last. Although, we detected an oc
casional inacuracy of expression, yet those
defects were such as it is almost impossi
ble to avoid in an extemporaneous ad
dress and on the whole it was truly aud
most emphatically an excellent entertain
ment. The concluding Lecture of the
course is to be delivered on Tuesday Ev
ening nest, the 22nd inst., by John W.
Forney. Subject -"American States
men." Notice. We regret to state that
Col. John W. Forney's Lecture, which
was to have been delivered on Tuesday
Evening last, has been postponed until
next Tuesday evening. We are particu
. larly sorry on account of country friends,
who were doubtless somcwiiat disappoint
cd. but we assure them it was tho result
of circumstances entirely beyond the con
trol of the Lecture Committee. A dis
patch was received on Monday, from Mr.
Forney, announcing tho fact that hr
could not be here until next Tuesday, the
22d inst., on account of sickness in bis
family. We trust this will be a sufficient
excuse to all who may have been disap
pointed; and hope that next Tuesday E
vening, Providence permitting, they may
be amply compensated by listening to
Col. Forney's celebrated Lecture, "Amcr
- ican Statesmen."
Extra Session of the Senate.
The buiines which detained the Uui
ted States Senate has been finally dis
posed of, that body adjourned oa Thurs
day last. But little of general interest
done during its sessioa. Several trea
ties were ratified, a aamber of Presiden
tial appointments confirmed, with other
routine business. Previous to adjourn
ment, Senator Fitzpatrick of Ala., was
elected President-of tbo Sannte-pra tern.,
to supply a vacancy in case of the death
f the Vice President during the recess.
New Hampshire Election.
A general election for State officers and
members of Congress took place in New
Hampshire oa Tuesday of last week.
Ichabod Goodwin, Republican, was elect
ed Governor by three or four thousand ma
jority over Gate, Democrat. Both Hou
ses of tbe Legislature will bo strongly
Republican. AH the members of Con
gress elect are Republicans. Marston, in
tbe first district, has about 400 majority
Tappan, in the second, about 800; and
Edwards, in the third, about 1000. Tbe
Beaaocratic candidates all ran on tin
Douglas platform, but eves that ooncess
ion oouiu not save menu mere was a
large vote polled.
The cost of the present short session
,of Congress, of only three sontba dura
ution, foots up with the eaornoas sum of
Ttco Millions Eleven 'fltouf'atid Dollars.
d8bj6y the ApprppriaUoB-BilL
FOR 1HE JEFFERSONIAN.
tire-Side Musings..
WheMTcr a pereoh steps forth from the
private walks of lifeand joins the mighty
rank of writers, and authors, who nave
shone as bright stars in the galaxy of an-
cient literature: together with the bout ol
cotemporanoous writers: Bomo apology
mightbe deemed necessary for adding still
to the list: as we donotdenl in that worth
less stock we will excuso ourselves by re
marking that we live in a fast and pro
gressive age in a peculiar ago. And to
use the language of a distinguished phi
lologist "in an age in which the art?, and
scicuces are marching onward, with -gi
gantic strides." Notwithstanding this is
literally true, still ignorance dark and all
pervading shrouds the miud of the mass-
ess of mankind. This fact is apparent
to every reflecting mind ; aud why is it
the case in this our much loved onhgbt
ened land! This problem wo propose to
solve and &bow that it is not so much on
account of tho lack of mcaps as it is
misnnnlication of the means. The child
comes iuto the world possessing imitation,
inferior to the bruto in the instinct but far
superior in reason. Ilis education is con
ducted in such a manner as to draw more
largely upon hia imitation than his reas
oning faculties. He becomes acquainted
with effects but measurably unacquainted
with eausos. He knows that certain
things exist because his teacher or author
asserts it. We employ men auu pay
them liberally to think for our children
instead of teaching thorn to think for
themselves. We require our clergymen
to do our thinking on tho subject of the
ology a subject so simple that "a way
faring man though a fool need not err
therein." We expect demagogues ant
politicians to thiuk for us politically and
reward them with our suffrages and bes
gifts. Education, religion and politics
are based upon certain simple fundamcn
tal truths and principles; but inasmuch
as teachers, divines and politicians bcc
them differently, bonce the great diversi
ty of opinions existing amoDg men.
Mankind ever have and ever will attain
advancement in civilization just in pro
portion to their advancement in unbiased
and unDreiudiced free thinking. Lot us
plant ourselves upon the rock of truth
and assisted by the Iicht of reason and
divine revelation, build for ourselves i
noble superstructure out of tho mass o
mm - a 1 J 1 f
material at baud, drawing aliKe irom
friends and foes, having love for all and
prejudice for none. By so doing wo thai
become a neio man independent of din
cordant elements and dependent upon
truth, reason and divine wisdom, prepar
ed to act well our part in tho present aud
future destinies of our race.
It. W. HINCKLEY.
FOR THE JEFFERSONIAN.
Trinity.
Richfield, 111., March, 1859.
There is, perhaps, no subject presen
ted to the finite mindrso difficult to-com
prebend or fully understand, as this
wiah to draw a few truths, from nature
and science, to illustrate this subject, hop
ing that they may, though simple, prove
valuable to the humble seeker after truth
and wisdom. Our solar system is com
posed of three distinct elements. Thi
sun. primary and secondary planets. The
world of matter is divided iuto animal
mineral and vegetable. Lite canot exist
without earth, water aud air, even for a
single hour. Tbe governments of the
world are Aristocratic, Monarchicaland
Republican. Our own is of a threefold
character executive, legislative and ju
dicial exerting its benign influence o
vcr States, Territories, and Districts.
Human life is divided into youth, man
hood, and old age. Every perfect family
is a trinity of husband, wife aud children.
'The three fundamental elements of suc
cess in business, are energy, economy
aud intelligence. Tbe business transac
tions of the world are, agriculture, me
chanics, aud commerce, carried on through
an agent, the inordinate love of which is
the root of all eiil, called money, which
is made of gold, silver, and copper. Old
father Time is a trinity of'patt, present,4maj haVe jurisdiction of such case ;. and
and future ; and each day has its morn
ing, noon, aud night. If we ftop in tbe
broad circle of scienco, we shall meet with
trinity; aud in every department a few
only of which we have time to notice.
In ruathcmatioa we find arithmetic based
upon three distinct or fundamental rulee,
its digests containing an even number of
three. If we turn to angles, we find them
right, acute, and obtuse; or bodies hav
ing length, breadth, aud thickness. I
shall leave every business man to see the
trinity existing in his own legitimate flail
ing, hinting only to tho farmer, as be
plows his broad field with oxen, horses,
or mules wether he lives in a atone,
brick, or wood hou?e he ean see a trini
ty in his oats, wheat, and com, as all
have Htalk, leaf, aud grain. Tbe tobac
conist knows tbe true principle in his de
partment, as ho prepares the filthy weed
for snufling, smoking, and chewing. Tbe
traveler, as he rides in wagons, boats, and
oars, using for bis motive power animals,
wind, and sicam, sees tho truth of our
subject as plainly as we feel it our duty
to spread intelligence before the world
on tbe subjects of history, biography and
travels. R. W. IIINCKKEY.
Tbe foreign news, to tho latest mo
ment still breathes of war war amid
professions of peace.
"The news by tho Earopa," says a
print we such rely on'cap-lejure no oth
er impression upon tbe minds ofttbe read
er than a certainty that tbero will be war
tin Europe before the year runs out,"
All the nations .are armmz to the teeth.
I. iter
- FOR TI1E JEFFERSONIAN.
What can I do to advanco the interests
of our f'aco X This is quite a patriotic
question and ono that not infrequently
presoiaCs itself rto tho minds of our youth.
I will endeavar to advance a few ideas
forUc especial benefit of any benevolent
and patriotic mind that may feel on m,
tcrest in tho candid solution of this ques
fion. I wish this ftrct distinctly borne in
miud that whatever we do for the good of
others we really confer a benefit upon our
selves in common with others. With thse
preliminary remarks we will proceed with
tue SOIUlIOn. bl. luo minww .
race are of a threefold character, mental,
moral and physical. 2d. Would you ad
vance tho mental. vou ?mtst be intelligent
Giant minds have gone before yov, and
unless the God of nature has endowed
you with special genius intellect of the
first water, ten to one you Win not mess
the world with new and useful discover
ies whilo navicatius tho boundless sea oi
mind. Even if you do not run your cr
u v
in advance of past navigators consider nt
your ton in vain. iuc turn
oucath to the world may benefit thou
ands of subsequent voyagers. 3d Would
you advance tho moral interests, you must
t-ninr. pnot ness icuil iiuiiit:i(.t:. i ma
a large field "ripe for tho harvcsl butia
borers are few." Is it because'.tho'jva
-j a y ' . ,
ces are small in the field I 1 trbwtfiot.
because true patriotism never stopsMjask
the question, will itsyiil. Again. at wcy
noil tn nid dtiti'QTcvelalion we hnd that
tbe humble laborer in this field has th
promise of the life that now is and of that
which la to come. 4th. YoulU you ad
vance the physical ! If so you must have
m
intelligence and strength. Agriculture
mechanism and commerce are the great
channels through which this interest i
MipDlied. Now whatever branch you
nreler to pitch into in these various de
partments you can benefit equally the
race, provided you are a good worKman
The corrupt influence of a botch is exeee
dingly detrimental to himself and to hif
species in whatever deportment he oper
ate.
Some modern critic will perhaps, con
elude that we have left out one very im
nortant physical interest in this arrange
meut, i. c. the political to such I would
say, that it is most emphatically included
in the commercial before alluded to, juog
in" from the amount of politicians who
have been bought and sold. ith tin
outline of the subject, we will in conclu
sion, say, if you wish to advance the in
terests of our race, become intelligent
honest and perfect in what calling you
fill; by fo doing, you will not only attain
the object of your wish, but you will make
of yourself a scholar, a christian, and a
workman. R. "NV. II
Richfield, 111., March, 1850.
Legislative.
Mr. Brodhead. a petition for a State
road from Kresgevillo, Monroe oounty
to the State road from bt.roudsburr to
Mauch Chunk, near Lvnford Trocb, is
Carbon couuty.
Also, three signed by three hundred
and forty residents of Monroe county.
asking for the passago of an act to com
pel tho Delaware, Lackawanna and Wes
tern railroad company, to fence both side
of their road, or pay for the destruction
of property.
The House resolved itself into Com
mittc of the whole. fMr. Zollcr iu the
chair,) on bill No. 151, "An Act prevent
ing the intermarriage of the white and
black races, ' as follows :
. Section 1 . Be it enacted by the Sen
fife and House of Representatives of the
Commoniccaltli of Pennsylvania in Gen
cral Assembly mcty and it is hereby enact
ed by the authority of the same, That from
and after the passage of this act, it shall
be unlawful for any black man to marry
a white woman, or black woman to mar
ry a white man.
Sec. 2. That any person or persons
who shall marry in this Commonwealth
contrary to the fir at section of this net,
and any justice of the peaco, alderman,
minister or other person, who shall join
in marriago any person who shall be pres
ent at such marriage, shall be doomed
guilty of a misdemeanor; and shall, upon
conviction thereof in any court of quarter
sessions having jurisdiction thereof, be
fined, at the discretion of said court, any
sum not exceeding five hundred dollars;
which shall go, one half to the prosecu
tor, and the other half to sich county as
shall be imprisoned in the oounty jail of
such county at any time not exoeediug
one year.
Distressing Case of Poverty.
The Easton Express furnishes tho par
ticulars of a distressing caao of poverty.
A child belonging to a poor woman died
in thaf place, and the mother, being loo
poor to purchase a coffin, placed the lit
tle corpse in a raison-box, and on Sunday
morning started with the box under her
arm, and accompanied by her little boy
of three or four years of age, for a grave
yard in New Jersey, about two miles be
low Easton, where some of her frieuds
are hurried, and whero she thought sho
would be allowed to burry her child,
though she had no money to pay for its
interment; but upon reaching the grave
yard the sexton refusod to dig tho grave
because she bad not a dollar to give him,
and roughly told ber to carry tho dead
child back to Easton again. The poor
creature was almost exhausted from car
rying the dead child such a distance uu
der her arm, and went down upon her
knees, implored him to bury her 'little
one, and offered him fifteen cents all the
money she had; but this did not move
him. She then took up tho box again,
and returned home with her little boy,
who was toosniall to bo of any assistance
to her in getting back her sorrowful load.
In tho evening, a gentleman who had
been told of the ease went to the garret iV
which the poor mother lives, and took a
way the dead child, kindlv burvinir it for
her without charge.
The Value of the New Canadian Coin.
The now coins issued in England for
circulation in Canada, have made their
appearance iri that coehfry, and some of
them have crossed the border and reach
oA our citizens. Sevoral sets of them
hnm been obtained by the Directors .ql
tbe Mint in Philadelphia, to whom fre
quent inquiries have been made as to
their value, compared with our own silver
coin. In order to give intormation on
this subject, Mr. Snowdeu has furnished
ihe following statement from the assayer
of the Mint i
Assay Office, U. S. Mint. Feb. 1 , '50.
Hon. J. R. Snowden, Director of the
Mint, &c.:
In compliance with your request, we
nresent the following statement in rogard
to the new issue ot silver coins lor iuu
Canadas by the British Government.
Vnn aro awaro that tho coins bac been
awaiting some previous formality of proc
lamation, aud have just been put in cir
culation, consequently we have been able
to obtain but very few specimens; our
examination will alford however, a satis
factory conclusion to the intended stand
ards of weight and fineness, and will an
swer the question whether there is a de
signed conformity to the currency of the
United States.
In respect to nomenclature, they have
abandoned shillings and pence, aud have
adopted the deoimal system, in accord
ance with which there are three silver
coins of 20, 10 and 5 cents, beside copper
font winch we have not seen. Ihe a-
mount of coinage is said to be quite large
Fir?t, as to weight, they do not bar
monize witu us: me coinage mutcaica
, O
standard of 15 hundredths of an ounce
fthrnc nenuvweit'hts) for the tiU cent
j j o ,
piece tho smaller piece in proportion
Our half dollar, being 40 hundredths
v - V (J
would make 16 hundredths for 20 cents
Next, as to fineness; they do not barmon
ize with u; they adhere to tho liriti-h or
sterling standard of 02o thousands One
This is a departure from the decimal sys
tern of uinc-tcnths, which being practical
ly the standard in almost every country
nf tforth and South America, may be
considered American. Thirdly, iu res
r,nf. tn rnlue. this mut be stated in two
f - 1 -
ways. If it be asked what is the intrin
fie value, as compered with our coins
then the 20 cent piece falls below two
our dimes by three-fourths of a cent near
lc Tf it bo a-ked what will their 20
cent piece, full weight, produce at our
mint, at bullion price, then it it is wort
I8?r cents, nearly. It is therefore, not
intcrcbangablc with our currency. But
by a calculation based upou the iutrinsic
relations of the Untish comage to our
own so as to be able to turn peucc into
cents we find the 20 ccut piece is regula
ted in its weight by th'e silver shilling
aud is in due proportion thereto, or
nearly that tho advantage of having an
even number ot pennyweights was taken
iuto account.
What effect it will have upon the cur
rcnay of the two countries, especially a
iong the boundary line, to have two kind
of dimes it is dot easy to lorsee.
J R. ECKELOT.
WM. E. DUBOIS.
Too Fine for Use.
The New York Sunday Times has some
scusible comments upon the lack of com
fort in many of the dwellings of modern
times. The writer truly says that too
many houses in American cities are
so
fine that the people who own them are a
Iraid to use them. The following parlor
sketch is well drawn:
Call iu at any brown stono front, "
a-
hove Blocker," at any time except on the
occasion of a great "spread," and it has
tbe air of a very nice old maid in mom
iug gown aud curl papers a cross be
tween irou precision and desolation. Ev
erything exists in a state of baggincss.
The sofa is a muto inglorious corpse in a
dimity winding sheet. The chairs are
put away in aprons aud pantalets. The
chandelier wraps its night-gown around
it. The shutters are closed to keep from
fading the carpets, and only here
and there, through tho cracks, a lit
tle bit of scared light peeps in and looks
around, in a tremulous and sickly way.
Everything smells of brown Holland, and
everything looks as if it considered you
fearfully impertinent for dariug to come
in aud disturb its elegant u?ulessucss aud
brown linen repose. It is very much like
going into a family vault after an epidem
ic, and having a lively time with u party
of corpses iu fresh grave clothes. Iu
fact you feel decidcly like asking the mis
tress of tho house why she doesn't com
plete tho picture by putting up the clothes
lines io the parlors, and hanging up the
week's wash.
Soberly, thi3 show-shop arrangement,
which makes home a nuisance, and drives
father and son out of doors for that com
fort which their own bouso is far too fiue
to afford them, is a growing nuisance, and
lies at tbe bottom of half tbe social evils
of the day. When a man comes home
after the fatigues of business he does'nt
want an invisible palace; but a visible
home. Ho wants something made to wear
aud use, and allowed to be used after its
kiud. He wants chairs that he can lean
back in; and carpets made to be walked
on; and a house alive all over, and made
to livo iu all over; and a wife aud chil
dren whoso daily thought is how it can
all be made happiest, cheeriest, most tho
roughly comfortablo for him.
One nighttafet week a married lady of
Detroit, who had long suspected that her
husband was a regular attendant of a
certain gambling room, and was there
spending the moucy she and her children
were in need of, visited the room. Sea
ted at a rough table she described her
husband in company with three compan
ions in iniquity, who where struck dumb
with astouislunont at the apparition.
Taking advantage of their trepidation,
she siezed two or three piles of bank
notes lying upon tho tablo, which she
haistily examined, as if determining the
probable amount of the 'pile,' and delib
erately uiabe her,, exit without saying a
hword.
The Gold Regions of Kansas.
Rich Hiscot'eries Made Interesting Re-
polls-from Miners! Full and Late
Particulars.
Our latest reports from the" gold mines
of-Kansas arc up to tbe lUtb ultimo.-
The miners were comfortably boused,
speuding most of the time in bunting and
pro.pcctmg,-and when the wearner wonia
permit, taking an occasional udrg for the
dust." All the Lcavenworfh companies
are in high spirits, and confident c-f do
ing well nest Summer. There is no such
thing as sickncsj known in tbe iMsinct.
The new towns, Denver City, Auraria,
Moneka, &c, are progressing rapidly,
and in the two former the streets have
been laid out and partially graded. The
p.ahins of tho miners are primitive, but
comfortable; and though provisions aro
iib, most of the settlers aro sufficiently
provided so as not to be complied to pur
chase from tho traders.
We proceed to give such general Te-
nbrts as have reached us, from various
sources, embodjing items of interest con
cerning the auriferous deposits and gene
ral character of the country.
E. Mather writes as follows from Den
vcr uitv:
'There have been some new. discove
ries of gold since I wrote you before; still,
not much mining has been done; it is too
late in the soa.oon to think of doing
great deal. One company who have
been working during the past tew days
have done splendidly, averaging SS per
day to the man: they only work fave
hours per day for this, i be general av-
..i i i e
erai?e witn names nas uccu irum iu
B: but men who have pro-pected tin
country thoroughly, insist that they can
make 820 per day with the "long torn
Tho bovs returned from a hunt in the
mountains to da; they killed 40 "black
. " - Ml
tailed deer and I panther, mere is a
bundance of game in the country of al
snrts: so that there will be no want o
j
meat."
Henry Prundt a German, who went
to the mines last ball, gives u-s the lol
lowiuw facts:
"There are five m our company, and
each man has built-for himself a house
Four of us intend to o in a fi-w day, to
the head of Cherry Creek, to make claia..-
it is about thirty-five miles from here to the
head of the head of tho tjrerk. c were
up there a shoit time hucc upon a hunt
lit! . I 11
and concluded then mat we would com
mence our digging in that neighborhood.
We thiuk that from to 810 per day
can be made in that country. There is
game in abundanco there, principally
deer; elk are found farther out upon the
prairie. Tbe wolves display their music
al talents for our edification every night.
We spend our evenings very socially;
very often we read, and quite as often we
play with the cards. The boys frequent
ly called out to me "Phillips, a glass of
beer aud a cigar!" but 1 can give them
nothing except a glass of water and a
pipe.
We arc all in fine spirit?, and expect fo
iL-ake our "pile" next Spring aud Sum
mer. Andrew Sagcndorf recently Private
Secretary to Governor Richardson, of Ne
braska, now at Auraria City writes as
follows :
'I have projperted considerably since
my arrival here, which has prevented rnj
writing you soomT; but I hope the infor
mation 1 have collected may make good,
in part the delay. Teams are still arri
ving, aud persons leaving for the State.
weekly, and all have left with the fixed
determinatioirof returning. A- far as 1
have teen informed, all are now sati.-ficd
as to the existence of rich deposits of gold,
.-pread over a space of country sixty miles
in length aud fifteen in width, as far as
prospected.
Mr. Allen, cx-postmaster at Council
Bluffs, took 47 cent1: fro'ii a pan of dir
a few days ago; and Dr. Kunklc, of Si
oux City, exhibited to mo a -"prospect"
worth lo cents. " Shot"' pold has been
discovered in two canons, through which
Thompson's Creek and Cache L2 Poodc
make their way out of the mountains.
Golden visions aro rampant in cverv
brain."
Samuel Curti- gives the following flat
tering picture of the Cherry Creek dig
gings :
"There has been but littlo done as yet
in the mines. A company has leen form
ed to dig a ditch, for tho purpose of turn
ing the waters of a small btream near
here. Tho banks of the stream pay, for
half a mile back, uud for seven miles
in length, from five to thirty five cents
to the pan, from the surface down
to tho bed rock. All of tho old miners
with whom I have talked are satisfied
that there is gold in sufficient quantities
to pay for mining. I think that all rea
soiuiblo reports that you hear, at present,
will bo more than realized the next Sum
mer." .. Wc might fill columns with similar let
ters and report, but enough are given for
the present. Am will be seen, there is
but one opinion in regard to tho mines or
their richness. These facts must induce
a perfect rush of energetic and bravc
hoarted people from the older States;. and
as Leaveuworth is acknowledged on all
hands to be tho great outfittingpoint of
the Wst, and as the route from our city
to the Gold. Mines is satisfactorily dem
onstrated to bo the quickest, bc.-t, and, iu
fact, tho only reliable one, wc must be
preparing for the pioneer throng whose
eyes and hearts are set for tho immense
gold-fields of our glorious Territory.
LeavenworOi Times.
Fining Jurors.
Wo observe in the Philadelphia papers
that. the Judges of the Courts have been
rather severe upon persous who were sum
muncd to attend as jurors before them,
but failed to do so. James G. Barelaj,
J. K. Detlayen and George Paroura were
fined 100 eaoh day, (Monday aud Tues
day,) of this term, for non-attendance as
jurors. Benjamin P. Hart was fined S100
for non-atteudanoa as juror duriug Mon
day, and Howard P. Jewell, for the same
offence, was fined $100 to-day.
Hani of Counteifeitem
At Allegheny City tho police have
come uown iiKe ine aaynut
wolf on the fold." and captured a whole
amilv. named McClearly, who for along
time have been manufacturing and "shov
ing'! counterfeit cioney. The Pittsburgh
Despatch says:
On searching the house, counterfeit
money wa:s ioonu in uimwai. uuu
nd crauy. Slues of oomposition lor ma
king bogus silver and gold coin; melting
pots, aud .pans; tools ter nnisnmg ino
coins, and all the apparatus necessary in
carrying on tho business extensively, ex
cept the moulds. Rolls of counterfeit
bills, aud notes on broken Banks, dies,
vignettes, etc,, from genuine bills of brrf-
ken or worthless Bank, cut out carefully,
and ready for "raising," every denomin
ation of genuine bills were also found se
creted in the house. Ihe precise amount
of the counterfeit bills is not known; it is
estimated from $500 to SI 000. Over-
one hundred and twenty dollars iu bogus-
quarter eagles, (two ana a nan dollar
gold coins) and thirty-seven gold dollars
were found, together with a large num
ber of .composition dimes, quarters, etc.
the coin is well calculated to deceive?
many of the coius can only be detected by
their He lit weight. The counterfeits wcrcf
generally of a flimsy description, thougfr
some of it would deceive any lut good-
judges.
On searching the elder iu Ulcnrly, sev
enty dollar were lound iu vJountertut
fives on the Merchant bank of Virpnia.
The counterfeit bills found in the bousor
were of all denomination, principally or
Virginia and Ohio Hauks. Whcu the
officers entered the house one of the girl
endeavored to throw a number of the bo-'
gus coin into the fire, or back of the grnte,
but the movement was dotcrtcd by the
uoi-c of the falling coin, and they wc ro
immediately seized ai.d s-ecured by Offi
cer M'Viokor, despite the efforts of one
of the women to obtain them. Royh had
their fiuge is severely pinched in the strug
gle, which nearly led to an altercation
between them.
A small .sum of money was found in
the possesion of each of the pirls.
While the p-irty were being taken to the
Mayor's office, the younger 31 Cleary was
considerably exereied by his effort- to
rid himsilf, without attracting ob-civa-lion,
of one of tho tog us coins which had
worked, pro: ably by arcidi ut, inidc of
his coat, lie did not.-ucoccd on the way
but is said to hare managed to get it iu
to hia mouth while in the ofr.ee.
The elder 31 'Clearly is a man between
fifty and ixty year? of age. The young
er is quite a young man, apparently not
more than twenty-five. The wpmen are
women are respectable looking, the moth
er having an infant in her arm. The
girls, Lavina and Kliza, were tii-charged
on their own rc-eo nizance to appear at
Court. John M'Clearly, the father, and
James, the son, were committed to jail in
default of bail.
This is the mot important haul of
counterfeiters and bogus coin which .has
occurred for some time in this vicinity.
Common Law Judges.
The following arc the President Judrr
e5 of tbe various Distrcts in Pennsylva
nia :
Di-t. Names liesi J-nccs.
1 Oswald Thompson Philadelphia.'.
'2 Henry G. Long Lancaster.
3 John K Find I ay Easton.
4 Robert G. White Well-borough.
5 Wki B. M Clure Pittsburg.
0 John Gall raitb Erie.
7 Daniel M. Smyser Norristown;
8 Alexander Jordan Sunbury.
9 Jaitcs H. Graham Carlisle.
10 Jo-eph Buffinham Kittaning.
11 John N. Conyin;bam Wilkesbarre.
12 John J. Pearson Harrisburg.'
13 David Wilmot Towanda. I
14 Samuel A. Gilmorc Uniontown.
15 Townsend Haine- Wctt Chester.
10 Franci 'M. Kimmcl Sorcrcti
17 Danivi Agnt-n Beaver.
IS Jno. S. M'Caltxobt Franklin.
19 Robert J. Fisher York.
2.0 Abraham S. Wil-on LcwiMown:
21 Charles W. Hegrn.--lottville.
22 George. R. Barrott- Mauch Chunk.
.23 J. Prinle Jones Reading.; -..
24 George Taylor Huntingdon.
20 James Burn-ide B.-iieforite.
G Warrau J. Woodward Bloomburg.
"Wheat acd Corn.
At the late meeting of the Philadelphia
Society for Promoting Agriculture, Dr.
Elwyu called the attentiou of the mem
bers to the fact that the wheat crops of
this country were fast diminishing, so far
as the number of bu-hels raised to the
acre was concerned. IIo i-tated that in
Ohio, a State but little over fifty year
old, tho crop had falb-n off from forly
bushels to the acre toubout sixteen, while
in tho best portions of New York, whero
thirty bushels ued to bo considered a
fair crop, only twelve bushels are now
raised. The falling off in other States
had been equally marked; but while this
was the fact with the wheat crops, he was
glad to know that the amount of corn
produced to the acre bad largely increas
ed aud was still increasing enormously.
Wife and Mother in one day Child born'
in a Sleigh.
On last Sunday weak a young couplo
started from Kreagcville, Monroe Co., for
the purpose of getting married. On arri
ving at the ministers they found he had
gone to Weissport,in this county. They
followed and found him there, and vreror
married. After dinner they started in a
sleigh for home. When about seven
milos from Weissport, and in the woods,
the newly mado wife wa delivered of a
fine female child in the sleigh. Sho wrap
ped her child in her shawl aud they droyc
on home. Mother and child aro. both
doing well at t;hiswriting. Carbon Dem
ocrat, March 1 2th.
The loans of 50 NewYork city Bang
exceeded 125 millions. They haVe twe
ity-sia millions speeie.