Elje 3ctTevsonian. THURSDAY, JUIvE 9, 1859. sJE" All persons aro hereby notified to have Express matter at the office by 11 o'clock A. M. or it must be laid over till Iioxt day. JOHN N. STOKES. Ililitary Election. At an election for field officers, of thi- Brigade, bold at Saylor.sburg. on tbu Cnh inst., the following persons were duly c- lected, viz: Obaflton Bcsrnct, Brigadier General. Reuben Gregory, Brigade Inspector.. Alfred Van Ifckirk, Major. Joseph Keller, Adjutant. Heavy Frosts. 'The frost on last Sunday morning, the 5th int., so far as wc have brcn able to learn, has done no serious damage in this place; but in certain localities the corn leaves, cucumber and beans were slight ly frozen. One individual, at Foxtown, told us that his cucumber vines were killed. Below we give accounts from other lo calities : Cleveland, Ohio, June G. There wa a heavy frot throughout -the northern part of Ohio, on Saturday night, and the wheai crop was badly injured or destroy ed, an-d corn, grapes, and potatoes fro zen. Danville, N. Y., June 6 A heavy and disa-trous frot prevailed in tlii- vicinity on Saturday nij;htf killing the growing corn and potatoes, and all garden vegeta bles. It is feared that the various fruits have vlUo been cut off. The loss, it i anticipated, will be very heavy. Buffalo, N. Y., June 6. This city and vicinity were visited by a severe frost on Saturday night, destroying the fruit and potatoes, and feared doing heavy damage to other crops. Account4 from the coun try report the fro-t as very heavy in some place this morning, and the crops, it is feared, are much ir-jured. Cincinnati, Monday,. June 0, 1359. There was a severe fror-t on Sunday morn ing, extending over the whole of Ohio and the larger part of IuJiaua, and doing great damage to the wheat, corn and po tato crop. Pitt.-burg, Monday, June G. A severe frost occurred in this neighborhood on Saturday niht, and cau?ed great dam ego to the wheat, corn and potato crops, and als-o to i-ouie of the fruit trees. JjjrJusT Received. A beautiful Mock of well made fashionable fine cloth ing, for Summer wear, basju-t been re ceived at Pylu's Easton Hall of Fashion, .opposite the old Easton Bauk, Monroe County ISedical Society. Thi- Society met, pursuant to adjourn ment, on Tuesday, May 24 lb, at the office of Dr. Sydenham Walton. The meeting -as organized at 2 o'clock P. M. On lehnlf of the Committee appointed at thc previous meeting, to prepare a Constitu tion and Fee Bill, Dr. A. II. Jackson re ported a Con-titution and Fee Bill, which were unanimouly adopted. On motion it was ordered that the lat ter be published in both the papers pub lished in this place four successive weeks. The Society then went into an election for officers to serve for the remainder of the present year, with the following re sult, viz: .President Dr. Wm. WALTON, ,r. jy t C Dr. A. LEVERING, Vice President J p. M. jjUSfl. lice. Secretary Dr. D. D. WALTON, Cor. ' " A. Tv. JACKSON, Treasurer Dr. SYD. WALTON. On motion of Dr. A. 11. Jackson, it wan resolved that at the next meeting o! the Society, the following subject be ta ken up for discussion, viz: ''Blood letting in Pneumonia." The meeting then adjourned until the next regular meetiug. Saturday, July 2d, at 10-o'clock A. M. at the Court House, in this place. Conflagration at Wilkesbarre -Heavy Loss. Wilkesbarre, May 31 . At on early bour this morning a Gre broke out in the the store ofKobert Wilson, and so rapid was the spread of the fiaiues that four teen houses were destroyed before they could be stajed. Zibe following are tho principal losers Iby'tbe fire: llobcrt Wilron, loss 5000, fily insured; Isaac S. O-terhout, loss 4000, fully insured in the Franklin Ihmi rauce Co.; Dr. Streather-, loss $800, fully insured in the Delaware Compauy. The eutire loss by the fire is estimated . at $60,000. Population of Iowa. T7ie Ioxca Stale Reporter estimates the rprcseufc population of Iowa at pot less than 600,000, and thiuks the next census, will show fully one million. The Cost of Keeping Cuba. A writer in the National Intelligencer estimates the sum aa follows: Increased naval oxpe.-.ses 14,000,000 Increased army expenses 10,000,000 Increased miscellaneous expenses 2,000,000 20,000,000 To this sum must of necessity be ad ded at least two or three millions a year, arising from loss to oar customs of reven ue. In lb50 our imports from Cuba a mounted to SlU,2J2,3iJH, Icing composed of articles paying the highest rate of du ties. This amount has been increased nince that time, and we may safely state that the reduction of the Federal revenue from the annexation and incorporation of Cuba will reach at least 83,000,000. This sum added to the above gives u 29000 as the expenses of Cuba for the first year of oar possession. "Let us sec if there is auj thing to off set this pretty sum of money a sum lar ger than that expended by the Fedearl Government for all its services as late a LS1G. The total receipts into the treas ury of the Captain Geuernl of Cuba in 1650 were $12,246,112, and this aft.-r the Island had undergone a squeezing process, and every resourco had been made to yield to its utmost. It will not be supposed that our revenue would be oth er than from customs, aud that under the excessive imports levied by the Spanish officials amounted to S0,721,250 in 150. If we received two thirds of this amount, or S 1,(100,000, under the operations ol our pre-ent tariff when applied to Cuba, and SI, 000,000. additional from ofher and miscellaneous sources, it would be as much as could be hoped for. Deducting this 5,000,0(50 from the fi-cal year's cost, we find a balance of 24,000,000 over all reciipts which we will have expended or be in debt on account of Cu a. "This certainly iV the most favorable and the cheapest manner Cuba could cv r come to us: at a cost of 24 millions for the first year of possession, and suy 15 millions for each year afterwards, and our ownership not attended with a cent ol purchase money. To n people accustom ed to look closely for good investments investments offering good security and a fair rate of interest or proGt 15 mil lions a year represents a capital of at least 250 millions of dollars. Are we prepared to fasten such a debt upon the country V The cost of getting Cuba will be noth ing short of war. Spain will never sell it, aud public opinion will notsanctiou its possession without a purchase. We think our amtitiou3 lovers of the filthy acres will have to wait a while, and be content, for a time, at lea-t, with the limited space already allotted to the United States of America. We have expanded a good deal since the Government started with thirteen colonic'. With Louisiaua, Flor ida, Texa, California and a big piece of Mexico, we cau alford now to wait a while. Virginia Election. The elections for State officers and Members of Congress took place in Vir ginia on the 2(5th ult. There was quite an animated contest for Govcnor, the point issue being which candidate was cjo re liable on the Slavery question. Goggin, the oppo-ition candidate, labored earn estly aud with some effect to show that Letcher, .The Democratic nominoe, was not "sound on the goose," inasmuch as. -0:1 e fifteen j'cars ago, he had written something which seemed to favor the idea that Virginia would bebentfitted by the abolition of slavery. On the other hand, Letcher denied that he had any sympathy with the Free State men 0' Virgiuib, referred to his devotion to the "institution" while in Congress, and pledged himself to still more earnest la bors in its behalf. The vote shows that Go?gin's charges were sufficient to biing Letcher under suspicion, and consequent ly he came near being defeated. Democracy in Virginia. A Richmond (Va.) correspondent of the Washington Slates speaks as follows of the strength of M. Buchanan's Admin istration in Virginia: 'The recent contest through which we have passed, and its remits, should Ad monish the President that even we in Vir ginia cannot bear such weights as he has given us; and if his policy is contiuued. he will drive tho Democratic party into the alternative of separating from him finally. Are you aware, Mr. Lditor, that only one candidate for Gongress in Vir ginia identified himself with the Admin- C istration, aud he was defeated! Defeat ted in a district which, for many years, has given Democratic majorities of from 1500 to 2000. Should not this be a warning?" In this part of the world Democratic papers lead people to believe that it "all right" in tho Old Dominion. If the extract we have quoted be correct, Mr. Buchanan's popularity is about as great in Virgiuia aa it is in Pennsylvania. Anti-Eank Democracy. Every one has noticed the wrathy -opposition to banking institutions always exhibited by the Democarcy in tho polit ical campaigns. Bearing this in mind, it is rather amusing to notice the satis factory tone with which the Locofoco pa pers announce the dividends recently de clared by the banks in their respective localities. When the truth is known, they are found to be as fond of holding bonk stock, and drawin hi" dividends : earned by "oppressing the people" as the rest of mankind. JESTA very polite youug man wishing to ask a young lady if he might speak to her a few moment, wanted to know "If he could roll the wheel of conversation a round the axle tree of her understanding for a moment." The poor girl faint ed. One of tho largest lumps of gold told of in the California papers of lato was ta ken out of Burns creek, iu Mariposa coun ty, weighing twenty-six lbs., and valued at 5000. . Destructive Hail Storm. On Monday evening last, a storm of hail swept over a strip of country, about two miles in width, lying a. few miles southwest of Hagerstown, Md., which is reported' to have been very destructive of tho growing Wheat crop within its range. The Torch says : 4,We havo been told that tho crop ol Mr. Jacob K. Harry, residing near the Williamsport turnpike, is a total wreck, aud that further South, in the vicinity o! the CoHoge of St. James, tho exten sive crops of Messrs. John It. Row laud, John W.Brca.hed, John S. Malott, Hen ry S. Shank, Samuel Hoover, John oung and others, have been injured to such au extent that they are notr worth 850, or the cost of the seed. The track of the storm has been traced as far as J one's Cros- Roads, but may have gone beyond that point. Some of the hail were as large as a hens egg, and after the storm was over, they could have been gathered by the wagon load. Clover fields, orch ards and gardens, were also completely destroyed, presenting the bleak aud mel ancholy aspect of mid-winter, aud at the College of St. James hundreds of panes of glass were broken. The wreck is thor ough, and thus in one hour have thous ands of dollars worth of property, the product of a year of hard toil and patient earn, been swept away as with a besom of destruction." Marrying Young. A couple were married in Pawtuekot last week, one of whom, the girl, wa less than thirteen years old. Thelridegroom was a few years older. It was a runaway match, and took place in the abseuce from home of the father, who is a respectable fa'rmcr in North Providence. The bride absented herself from school on pretense of illness, but it appears she recovered cufiieicntly to leave home without her mother's knowledge, and returned a wife. Cure for Snoring. Ladies, whose husbands have, a habit of snoring, will bo gratified to learn that a Yankee has invented and pantcnted an aparatus for the prevention of that great annoyauce. The machine" is a gutta perch a tube, which fauteus upon the mouth, and leads to the tympanum of the ear of the suorer. Whenever ho snores, he himself receives the first impression, and if he be a sensible man or woman quits. Much excitement has prevailed for sev eral days past at West Farms, Westches ter, co , N. Y., in consequence of the ar rival there of a box containing the dead bodies of two" men, two women, to chil dren, and a negro. The box was on Thursday lust picked up a drift in the Eat river, near Port Morris. A coro ner's inquest was held upon the remains, and a verdict of death by unknown cause was returned by the jury. The supposi tion is that a whole family has been butch ered. Disgraceful fraud' have been discover ed in sifting the retum-s of the recent ju dicial eletion in Wisconsin. Some of tie returns favorable to Lyndc, the Demo cratic candidate for supreme Judge, are proved to be forgeries of the most shame less sort. In some cases the vote for Lynde is double tho whole vote cast ; in others the figures are transposed, so a?, for example, to turn a majority of 126 into 261. and examples of returns alto gether fictitious. The matter is to be rigidly investigated. Four years ago an effort was made by frauds equally auda fious and criminal with those just come to liht to cheat the Republican Governor out of his election. It is time, for the food name of Wisconsin, that the offend ers in these transactions were sent to the Penitentiary. At Detroit, recently, an ox was killed because he could not understand the French language. The team, consisting of one English and one French ox, draw ing a heavy load, aud driven by a French driver, was crossing the track when the express train made its appearance. The driver, in great excitement,' immediately ordered his oxen to "clutch" (the French word for "haw.") The French ox under Mood him, and turning off the track,savcd himself, but the Englith ox, never hav ing studied the language, pressed further on, and was instantly killed. gigrThe shipments of coal south over the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, and Central New Jersey ltailroads, to Elizabcthport, for the week ending May 28th, amonnted to 15,526 tons, being 391 tons less tbau for tho correspondent week last year. The aggregate increase, for the year, since tbe first of January, a tnounts to 40,719 tous. Mexico, since its establishment as a Republic, which is thirty seven years ago, has had fifty-six Presidents, an average of one aud a half Presidents annually. An old maid, speaking of marriage, says it is like any other disease while there's life there's hope. There are no less than 4600 lodges of Free Masons iu the United States, nearly all of which arc said to be in an unusual ly flourishing condition. ' A Procession of old folks is proposed at Clinton, Oneida county, N. Y., on the 4th of July. None are to appear iu the ranks who aro under Beveuty. The act authorizing the Courts of Com mon Pleas to change the uames of per sons, has been signed by tho Governor since the adjournment of the Legislature. Tho wheat harvest commenced in North Carolina on the 23d ult. The telegraph announces tho appoint ment of N. B. Browne, Eq., to be Post master, at Philadelphia, in the place o( iur. YvescoiL. CHOP PEOSPECTS. - Crops in Michigan. The Farmer of May 28, published at Detroit, has the following notice of crops in that fectiou : "Up to the present moment the whent fields of Michigan present a moat splendid and promising appearance. In Northern Michigan, especially, all that we have seen have been alike in luxuriance. It now generally stands, about thirty inches high, aud is beginning to head out. Af ter that it wiil push forward with rapidi ity to its flowering state, when we may watch with iutense anxiety for the rava ges of the fly, from which we caunot rea sonably expect to escape scot free. Tho oat crop is generally looking well; most o! the oat fields arc green with the joung grain, which has a fine appearance. . "The corn crop in many places is not onIT up, but has undergoue its first hoe ing. On the Agricultural College farm, the first planted was noticed to be coming up viftorously in the rows on Sunday last, the 22d'. The color and appearance of the young stranger was fine, and gave indi cations of a lusty strength when a little more ace had enabled him to show what he could be made to do, as soon as old Time had decked, him with a tassclcd headpiece. 'The potato crop has also been plant ed in many places, and is coming up. All the crops planted this season prove three to four weeks earlier thau they were last year." The Crops in York State. We have just had a conversation with Major A. B. Dickinsou of Chemung coun tv. aud have received from him the sub joined information as to the condition of the crops in a coriMuerablc part 01 the SMe of New York : Grass is generally thin, and though the raius of the last few days have greatly im proved their appearance, tho meadows look badly. This is particularly the ease in the southern counties, where, during May, there was very little rain. In the eastern counties, however, the grass looks better, aud there is a prospect of a good crop. , Winter wheat loolo very well, much better than there was rca-on to expect, considering the openness and little snow nf the Winter. bnrinir Uncut is also . 4 0 promising; but it is too soon yet to say that there will be a good crop. Of Indian corn, a great deal has been planted; in fact, from one-third more to double the usual breadth. The seed proves to have been universally good, and has come up well. Oats have come np well, though the crop of lat year, from which the seed was necessanly taken, was so light that it was doubted whether the grains would ger minate. Barley also looks well. In some localities the fruit is not injur ed, but in the southwest part of the State mo-t of the buds were destroyed by an early frost before they had bloomed The crop ot trnit will be small. In Iowa. A letter from John IT. Hilton, Baiavia, Jefferson Co., Iowa, May 25, gives evi dence to the crop prospects there as fol lows : "Our old grain is used up; wo have none on hand, as wo had last year, and scarcely any corn planted yet. The ground is very wet, and a heavy rain to day. I find upon looking over my 'diary, that wo had seventeen days upon which rain fell, more or le-s, since the 20th day of April. It is impo-sible lor the ground to be in good condition for planting in less than ten dry days, but we will go to work iu a few days, if it quits raining, for it is 'root pig or die' with u-i now. What little corn there is, is selling readily at 81 per bushel; flour 54 per cwt; bacon 12c. per pound. Growing wheat, oats and grass, where not drowned out looked well, and we can make corn if plauted by June 15.'' In Illinois. G. W. Batehclder writes from Carthage, Illinois, May IS, rather discouraginglj of pro-poets. He says : Hancock Couuty isin a deplorable con dition; the Spring has been very wet thur far, aud the farmers hae not yet planted their corn; they havo got iu a little, but not in anywise the amount they ought to have. There is no money stirring. Wiu ter wheat will yield only about half a crop. We are badly iu debt, and of course in a bad fix." In Pennsylvania. From. Yardleyville, Pa , wo have a let ter of June 2, from Opdyke, of a much more pleasing character than tho above. He says: "The crop prospect of Bucks County was never more flattering. Wheat could not look more promising than it does. Rye and oats look much better than usual. There has been a larger amoont of corn plauted than last year, and it has come up well; nad bids fair for a heavy crop. We are having a fine time eating straw berries and cream; they are much cheap er and more abundant than for the last fhc years. Apples and peaches will not be any more thau an avcrago crop; ol cherricH and plumbs, wo shall have an a buudance. Perhaps there never wns as many potatoes planted here as at present, and they have oome up well, and look fine and healthy. All the crops planted this season look well, and are thico weeks earlier than last year;" . In Ohio. Tho Perryshurg Journal has the fol lowing item about tho apple crop in Wood County, O.: "In this vicinity the apple crop will be light. The trees did not bloom well, and so far as we have observed, there will bo less than half a crop. J. A. Soott, esq., of Miami, who gives much attention to fruit, thinks his orchard will not yield half a crop." Crinoline not for Negroes. At the late term of the Circuit Court of Lawrence County, Mississippi, Edward Langsford was indicted for selling a hoop skirt to a nogro, without permission,, and fined 5100 and costs of suit. LATER from EUBOPS. Arrival of the Oily of Washington Im portant from the scat oj war jl oauie in Ilally Defeat of the Austria? Heavy losses in Killed and Wounded - Movement to Revolutionize Lombardy. Tho screw steamship City of Washing ton, from Liverpool on Wednesday, the 25fli of May, via Qucenstown 26th, pass ed Cape Race at 9 o'clock on Thursday evening, en route for New-York. The news was obtained by the news yacht of the Associated Press, but could uot bo forwarded until yesterday, owing to the non-workin-j of the wires. It is ol the highest importance. The steamship Afiica.from New-York, arrived at Liverpool 00 the 23d ult. THE WAlt IN ITALY. THE FIRST BATTLE AT MONTEBELLO TIIE FRENCH AND SARDINIANS VICTORIOUS. The first battle has been faught at Mou tebello. The battle of Montebellb took place on the 21at ult. The French accounts say that tho Austria ns, 15,000 strong, under Gen. Stadion, attacked the advanced posts of Mar.-hal Barapuay d'Hillicrs, and were drivcu back by Geu. Forcy's division af ter a fierce combat of four hours' dura tion. The Allies, including some Picd montese cavalry, but did not pursue the Au.-triaus. The loss of tho latter is Ftated by the French at 1,500 to 2,000, and that of the Freuch ot 600 to 70U, of whom many iccre qfjlcci s ! Two hundred Austrians, including a Colonel, were taken prisouers. The Austrian account simply states that Gen. Stadion pushed forward a re connoisance bv a forced march toward Liglis and Montebello, but after a hot fight with a French force of superior strength, retreated behind the Po in perfect order. The actua strength ot the l'rencn i not stated. Reports say they numbered from 6,000 to 7.000 beside a regiment of Sardinian cavalry. ANOTnER ENGAGEMENT WITH TIIE AUS TRIANS THE SARDINIANS VICTORIOUS. A Sardinian bulletin also announcer that the extreme left of the Sardinian ar my, under Gen. Chialdini. forced a pas sage over tho Se-ia, putting the ans to flight. Austri Other trifling engagements are report ed. Gen. Gaiibaldi had entered Gra?ello- na,on the Piedmontese side of Lake Mag- "iore. with 6.000 men. his obiect bern' revolutionary. His purpose is to push into Lombardy. Pr.nce Napoleon and a small French force had arrived at Lcghorn.for the purpose, probably, of supporting the Sar dinian authority in Tuscany. it was rumored that six English men-of-war had entered the Adriatic. THE LATEST DISPATCHES. Turin, May 24, 1659. Gen. Gyulai has removed his headquarters to Garlas co, aud has everywhere ordered the peo ple to pive up their arms, uuder paiu ol being shot for disobedience. Gcu. Garibaldi has made 47 more pris oners. Alessandria, May 24, 1559. The wounded at Montebello have been brought here. Marseilles, May 25, 1S50. Some Austrian prisoners have arrived here. Berne, May 1859. Revolutionary movements are reported in Lombardy. NAPLE- The King of Naples was dead, and Francis the II. has resumed the reins ot Government. England and France are about to send represcntatbes to Naplci. CREAT BRITAIN. Poiiticaldifferencos haveatiseu between Lord Palmcrst'jn and Lord John Ilussell. The defeat of the Derby Ministry i- anticipated on the meeting of Parliament. A general meeting of the Atlantic Tel egraph Company has been called to sanc tion the heads of the agreement with the Government and issue of preference shares of 000,000 new capital. FRANCE. Tho Moniteur announces that France adheres to the abolition of privateering, and the principal that a neutral flag cov ers enemies' goods. The Bourse was firm. Threes Glf. G5c. Dead Letters and Stamps. With a view of responding to a resolu tion of Congress, calling upon tho Post Office Department for information as to what legislation, if any, is necessary to reduce tho number of dead letters, that Department has prepared a circular di recting tho attention of Postmasters to the subject. One great cause of tho large accumulation of dead letters it attributes to tho neglect on tho part of persons to whom letters arc addressed to call for them; but fearful that there may be a de reliction of duty on the part of the offi cials to havo them addressed, it directs postmasters to be especially vigilant that no letter escape for want of most minute attention. The practice of separating the advertised letters from those in tho gen eral delivery, and requiring a special in quiry to be made for them, is disapproved. Suggestions aro also invited by the Do partmont from Postmasters in relation to tho disposal of dead letters, as well as to their reduction. Postmasters aro informed in tho same ciroular, that hereafter pack ages containing stamps and stamped en velopes will bo registered at New York or Philadelphia, and sent cithor direct or via the distributing office from which the receiving offico usually receives its mails from those places. No registration fee attaches ti such pakaes. Slur, Washington How they behead People in China; Executions' by the hundred take placd quite frequently in China, in consequence of the prevalence of civil war in that pop ulous. Empire. The prisoners taken by tho Rebel forces, as well as by the army of tbe reigning dynasty, are remorseless- lv put to death. A Hong ivong correa- of tho XV. 11. 1'airiOL, uescnoes. iou pro- by which a multitude of criminals arc promptly beheaded. He says The criminals were brought in gangs, if they were able to walk, or if they could not walk, in chains and in baskets, tne latter of a kind in which usually hogs artf carried, the baskets being attached to two poles and thus oarncd on the shoul ders of two men. When tho culprit reached the execution ground they were tumbled out of their baskets down on tho payment with aa little care and sympa thy as though they had been loads of pumpkins or potatoes, i no executioner then arranged them in rows of three, ontf executioner taking his place at the head of each row, and giving each victim a blow on the back side of the bead to push it forward and lay it convenient for tho sword, as all knelt and awaited the fatal moment. When all things were thus arranged the death warrant came; it was a banner, aud as soon as it waved iu sight, without any verbal order being given, tho heads-' men began their work of death. There was a rapid succession of dull, crunching sounds chop, chop, chop, and down dropped the heads, while the bodies fell forward, and streams of blood were shot into the air like jets of water from a Gro engine. The friend who was my guide, ai wo stood on the ver' pavement by the wall on one side of the street where these rows of victims were drawn up, told mc he had been obliged, as others l1so had been, to step back of these wretched kneeling men when the work commenced,, lest the blood, if they were in front, should stream across the street and full upon them. No second blow was ever givcnr for these dexterous men arc slayers edu cated for their work; for until they arc a ble, with their heavy swords, which are in part butchers' cleavers as well as swords, to slice a great bulbous vegeta rdo a? thin as we slice cucumbers, they urc not eligible to this office. Three seconds are sufficent for each head. In one minute five executioners clear off one hundred heads. It took rather lonjior for the assistant to pick up the heads and bodies and pack them up in rough coffins, preparatory to their being carried away into the fields and hills outside the walls for interment. Nor were they at all careful that the old companionship of head and body should be continued, but they often thrust u head and body into a coffin which had never- met before. As hundreds were sometimes executed at a tiicc, occasion ly coming up to five hundred, these scenes were of coustant occurrence, aud thu whole area swam iu blood if not "to the horses bridles," yet almost over tho fhoes and up to the ankles. The earth does not contain so horrible an. Aceldama, so true a ''Field of Blood." The Bread Question. Three arc four million-t of people in France, who eat no bread. They un doubtedly have food. Some eat'ehesnuts, and some other kinds, of vegetables. Nor are they by any means alone. 1 ho people of Ireland, for along time, suosis- ted mainly on potatoes. These facts prove not merely that there are large numbers in civilized nation-', who do not raio tbrir own bread, but an equally impor tant fact, that thev have not the means of buying it. "Washington Coins and Medals. Mr. Snowien, the Director of the Uni ted States Mint at Philabelpbia, Iihs ad dressed circulars to a larc numb r of- person, to the effect that be desires to obtain for the cabinet of the Mint one or more copies of every medal, coin, token,. tfcc, on which the head or name of Wash" inj:lon appears. Mr. Suowden itatis- that he has ascertained the existance oi sixty (liuercnt memorials ot the abovo eharacii r, for which he is willing to con:-' pensato their owners. Sale of the Public Works. The Republican Convention of GrecDO couut, at its recent meeting, passed sr series of resolutions repudiating the Drcd Scott decision, &c, with the following: Resolved, That our thanks arc duo to the present and late G evenors of Penn sylvania for their firm and patiiotic course in relatiou to the sale of the j ublic works, inasmuch as it relieves the payment of interest on ten and a Inlf millions of dol lars, and affords a strong assuiauce that ou.r State debt ed. will soon bo extinguish" Tho Yicksburg True Southron, a Dcm ocratic journal, rejoices iu the fact th;t 'a convention of nine Southern States has deliberately spoken in favor of a re peal of all laws, State and federal, pro hibiting tho slave trade." It further re marks that po-i.-illy the pcoplo will not "endorse this action, but the proposition, has gone forth with the deliberate sanc tion of the representatives of these Slates, and the small politicians and hoary con servatives of tho day can no longer evado tho issue." The True Southron is right. The "re vival of the Slave Trade" is destined, in spite of all opposition, to becomo a living issue; and the next National Convention, which is to assemble at Charleston, will undoubtely mako it a part of the platform of the Democracy. Mrs. Polly Pixloy, widow of Elisha Pixloy of Bethany, N. Y., who labored under tho belief that tho world would soon bo burned up, concluded to antici pate that calamity by burning herself (0 death on Sunday, the 15th. She took from tho house a pan of coals, went about fifteen rods from tho dwelling, and set fire to her clothing, and waa found by tho neighbors after having lain on tbo ground, as is supposed somo four hours. ,
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