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VOtL 19.
STROUDSBUEG, MONEOE COUNTY, PA. NOVEMBER 2a, I860.
NO. 45.
Published by Theodore Sehoch.
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BY FINLEY JOHNSON.
God bless the honest laborer,
Whale'er may be his task:
Grant him but health and happiness,
No other boon he'll ask;
He craves not wealth or worldly fame,
For these he knows to be
As transient as the crystal foara
Upon the troubled sea.
Let others grasp at wealth and power.
They have no joys for him;
They are but pleasures of an hour;
Which shine and then grow dim;
For sweeter gifts than these are his,
And gifts that will endure,
A happy home a mind serene,
A conscience calm and pure.
His life calm as a summer sea,
His heart is free from care,
The pains which rise from worldly wealth
Can find no entrance there;
He envies nut the lot of those
More favored of mankind,
For sweet content its influence sheds,
And fills his humble mind.
And though disease may sorely fall
Upon his humble cot,
And bind him down with iron hand,
Yet he repineth not;
For in that precious book Divine
He there himself doth read,
That the children of the upright man
Shall never want for bread.
O, he who labors all the day
Within the open fields,
Shall also reap the golden fruits,
Which ripe old autumn yields;
And Uiey who toil within the shops,
Have hearts more pure and free,
Than they who revel in their wealth,
Yet live in misery.
Then honor to the laboring man,
Whate'er may be his toil,
No matter whether be swings the sledge
Or tills the fruitful soil;
Let him but lead an upright life,
And when beneath the snd
His body moulders to the dust,
His soul shall rest with God.
Eeady for War.
The late census shows tbat South Car
oline is in a curious condition to fiht the
V-K Tho frnA whit.,! rmrsons of one '
j:.-V - .f ot,n t 1.95U. the colored'
popolation in tbo same di.trict, 12.961; to enact the necessary laws to proven
The whites forming only oue-Mxth of the'el voting and to guc to every part of
nuober of colored, upward of 12,000 of State, according to the popu ation. its
whom are slaves. In Lower All-Saints , proportionate share in the legislation of
;a.,Bftrt;n n,.nr to he the ate. And more than this, we Illi-
. r . - - .
still more marten: lor instance, in a pop -
...t rxQ-ii 1 oor. fm r.or.10
ulatioo of 4,S:U, only 22(5 are free per
sons, 119 of whom aro malts. This
rould give an average of rather more
than 38 slaves to each white mole lfl;
tbatdistrict. The grand total of slave ;
population in tbe above ditncts is lb,
605; of free persons, 3,195. Here wc
aOlOVOUUfcsv-www-w
ness of her
weakness!
folly and the folly of her
J J
The Motions
"Wife, bring me some cold beef, said
the shiftless husandr when, for the first
time in bis life, be discovered ho was
more hungry than thirsty.
'There U no beef in the house,"
the ile reply- .
Fetch me some pork, then.
"JNo porK, eitncr.
'Well, then, let me have some pota
"Not a potatoe left."
"Thunder and Ii2utnin2l net somo
bread, then."
"Tbe bread ifl all gone, too."
"Well then get -me a knife and fork,
nd let ne eo through tbe Eotions."
"Abe lanooliT an Inventor.
fWe were this morning shown at the
U. S. Patent Office the model of a steam-
er, eobioing buoyant air chambers with
a tteaaboat or other vessel, for the pur-
poee of enabling their draught of water
to be readily lessened, that they might
pass over bars or through shallow water
Without di-cbarging their cargoes This
etbod of lifting vessels over sboah was
Lincoln. President
VTV V''VT;
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2t IM9. Warmn0um atar.
e'
22
TTPAn editor in the western part of
scribe? for his sabscription, bo refused to
ftftT d threatened to flog tbo editor if
III tojtfo PPer "
t,,- . .nnn Utinn nf fvhinh lata than OU6
uaic a uuiuiabiwu w . - 1 . . 1 . 1 : .
.1 ruinino nvor n no.r.nrc sr onmn prp lt It
Hixth are white persons, and tbe remain-, - j r
iog five-sixths slavea. It is singular thati oe JJ yi "IU-F" FU"H"' ;to
lUin ever icaiicg
THE JUBILEE AT SPRINGFIELD.
IMMENSE GATHERING.
Special Dispatch to the N. Y. Tribane.
SpringGelcllll., Tuesday, Nov. 20.
m,- t . . t , . .
The Republican local celebration came
on to-day. as per programme. J he city
I 7, K J. , ' ' . ,
. with unl hnul'Wm 1 ha nrnnnd41nfl rrmrnh
witb enthusiasm,
uiuuniaauji a. u a uiuuriiJiuu waitu
r
cd to the residence of Mr Lincoln, where
I. , , , j i i
n nM ?r have everbeen under any Administra.
Honest Uld ADO. m , tion; Thoe who have voted for Mr. Lin
Mr. Lincoln t appearance was the Big- . a n . on. .... .
'nal for the wildest demon-trations of en-
:thu!iasm, which continued for several
;' minute- After the enthusiasm bad sub'
.sided, Mr Lincoln spoke as follows :
j Friends and Fellow Citizens Pie ape
; excuse me on thi occasion froai making
'a speech. I thank you for the kindness
i aud coQiplimcut of this call. I thank you
'in common with all oibers, wbo have
'thought fit by your votes, to iuaor.se the
'Republican cause. ("Applause.! I re-
:,.ww jw- . nucr, -utvu an
.far attended that caute Applause -
j Yet, in all our rejoicing, let us neither
; press nor chen-h any harsh fee ma tow-
, . . . J. , ...
, ard any citizen wbo by bis vote has dif-
' , J . . rr , . . , t
jferred with us. Loud chr,r,nu Let
us at all times reme-rbor that all Amen-
jean citizens are brothers .of a common
, country and should dell together m the
bonds of fraternal feeling (Immense ap-
. rr n'lf h mil 1 Tl thn n n v . .i nltt.h K n osx
F,uu., aKa.u iu Hci-cy,,
my thanks, and to excuse me from
jtucy u.ue iuua.-,, uuu u-ijou.ueu vu
locr hpeaKing at t. us l me. , of tfao COUQt weQt forth together
Ihe Wide-Awakes having cheered Mr .',,0 for a common caue again.t a
, Lincoln to their heart content, resumed common enomyf win bo reat0red. Dia
jtheir march to the public quaro1 when j unioDi8ts per S6) of hom, unfortunately.
w.gwam, v.u-,e uu .uiuuuiu uueuult; ui, understand thi-,and are now
people had already assembled ';n bot bMte tQ QUt of tb(J Union re.
In response to repeated and pernrteDt;, becaQse th perCcive they cannot
call for Senator lrumbull. that fcentle- m:ntaln nn ar.nrauanB;nn n.
man came forward aud addressed the as
semblage as follow
i give you uis spceeu enure, as in tms,
connection it ill possess peculiar inter-
T- - t
est
Fellow Citizens .' It is meet that Re
publican should make merry and bp lad
jfor the spirit of liberty, which, witb our;
rulers, was dead, i alive a.-am, and tbe
l n ' . ... v i i
l Uon-tuunon, oruameu to secure us me-s ,
iin.ji'. voicn was 10-t sijjrjr. or, is louna.-
In view ot the recent political triumphs, : U)it -f th deja. tiI, after tbe Qew Ad.
Illinois Republicans bave especial reas , UIUli,lratioQ y inaugurated and t-sted, it
ons for congratulation. In common with WJ Jurnish D0 caue for their compaiDt8.
their political brethren throughout the j SccC!,riiQn u aD ia.practirability; or, rath
Union, they rejoice in the general reult,jer an impoMbility. The Constitution pro
whioh secure, to tbe country a Republi- j vidfiB n0 b wbich a State may w.tb
can President, wbo, we tru.-t and believe. draw frQm the jjuion no way for the
is to bring back the Government to the , dissoiutioc of tbe Government it creates,
policy of thc fathers, and thereby restore The Gorjeral Government interferes but
tbo fraternal feelina which existed be- j jule the il(1vidual rights of tbe cit
tween the different section ot tbe coun j e t for protection It is cbiefly
try m the purer and better days of thejf , - - benefits and it bleHsiims not
Republic. In addition, they have the
auMBciiou oi u.ug tveureu a -
a r 1 j . T 1: !
can Legislature, and thereby a Republi
oaD Suited Stat.s Senator, and the pow-
nniK'arn have epneeial reason to reioioe
. f , . . t ijv
thefact that tbo stand ard - bearer in
... , , , , j wnaiis me oouiu usromia urmy iu uu
this great polit'cal conte?t, wno has led 1 . , .... inr,
, .T- . t A . - ' when raised ? Who is it to fight T Man-
tbe Repub hcan hotso victor?, is ouri. " " ... B TT
. ' ife-tl v if it commences a war on tbe Uni-
. - - - 1
p.
no a more laiinim supporter uor tue u ,
r . 1 1 . 1 TT
- ' 1
- - .
a"eu " " V - " .j..
;.,tm-ocn.l alil-o in n otiiriinrr thfi i un nf
. . , . . . r..' suppress any upn-mg in tneir miaHt,
' State throujib the boterouM wavos of these ouFF c . J. v k
s which their miTepreientations of purpo
i tempestuous times as to briuj it to a ba-, , , ai ..
o l
tempestuous
wn nf nsaflfl find an. fetv. Rather let us
rejoicfe over tbo hUCCC!s 0f the principles
Wu adtocate, the maintenance of which
; WJ beiieve e.ential to the preservation
i0 our freo institutions and th perpetui-
ty 0f constitutional liberty.' Mr. Lincoln,
; although tbe candidate of the Republi-
,can party, as Chief Magistrate, .will nei
;tber belong to that or any other party.--
When inaugurated be will bo the Presi
dent of the country and tbe whole coun- South Carolina can bave no such 00m
' try, and I doubt not will be as ready to plaint. In ber resolves hc professes to
tJanA onA th .?tntft in which he
has not recei.ed a solitary vote aaiost
j 8DJ eoCroaehment upon its constitutional
' ri(,bts a8 tbe ODeio which bo has received
:,h largest majority; while tbev, by whose
n.hinf
! Magistrate of the Republic, will expect
b -
, . . . . PiP,tpfi thplJ
DOWhatiQ doing B0 no encroachment
bo madeou the reserved fuhts of any
tQs Tfa knQW tbat tbe ped
GovcrDnent is one of delegated pow-
tfaat jt can do DOthi Dg except the au
ho acfc can be found in the
. wbich oreatcd it, aod tbat all
COnferred are reserved to tbe
Powe" not conferred
States, or tbo people of the States. Hence
P'itiCal opponents have char-
Abo,tonimf or attribu-
Henco
ged
Luviu nuu vjb v- " ?
interfere with
ted
Slavery in tbe State, or some fanatic has
initfld thev ouaht to do so. tho reply has
invariably been that the people wbo made
tbe Federal Government did not think
PrbPer t0 C0Dfer 0D il 8Uob aulborit aud
it has, therefore, no more right to meddle
jwitb Slavery in a State than it has to in
I terfere with serfdom in Russia. Now ore
the people of the non-elaveholding States
an wa respon-ible for slavery in the
btates wbich tolerate it, because, as to
tfaat qu th rJ fo to eaoh
.. . . n t
arjd eaiploy their own moans of protecting
. , , ,
nmnnrto a r li nrminrcinrf nnnnn nnri nrHar
' -i- iL
wituiu men tceucunvu iiluilb, ub iubt
, t, ' , . , '
nnrl that? tfnnlrf nnr 11 u t?o trrttnrl I n r him
, , J . t. . T ,
had they expected otherwise. I regard
it as extremely fortunate for the peace of
tbe whole country that this point upon
which the Republicans have been so long
and so percintently misrepresented, is now
to be brought to a practical test, and
placed beyond the possibility of doubt.
It should be a matter of rejoicing to all
true Republicans that tboy will now bavo
nn Annnprnnifo f i r)nm nrnif rotiniv rt f linir
poliUcal adversaries, and to the world,
nQt fQr ;uterfer; witb tho
domQ0 in&titutions of any of tbe States,
. . e J ...
nor the advocates of negro equality or a-
, . . . .
xnalyaojattou. with which political dema-
faave HQ ofte0 ch them
WheQ thia ja 8hoff a w5 M.
red, tokaplaoe in favor of Kepubli-
can5gm The mindt everjf wiH be satig.
ified thc rjgbt3 of Northern men will be
O
re,peotefj. and the fraternal feeling exist-
.mgin olden times, when men from all
thcTe bave teen ,a few ,D the country for
I uiuuu lunger uiiiiuiiiiu uu iiuuioururiuu u-
i niontf the Southern people that their
homeH and firesides aud lives are to bo
n(ja ed the acton of the Ft.derai
Ooverna.onti With neb. now or nev-
ler t the maxim. Hence they seek to
i inflame the public mind by misrepresent
I . . . , - . I C . I. It -
bliean arti
itjfc" tne ollect ana purposes or me xve-
witb the hope of precipi-
ati t,omc of the Southern States into
latini;
Kit5oD troDJ which tbc. caDDotj cith.
! i l-UKiliUU UUU1 t.tilUU l,Uij
. tinM Tf wnm! 0fficer ;n
" J " "
South Carolina were to resign, their offi
ces remain vacant, and its Legislature
declare tho State out of the Union, it
would all amount to little except to incon
venience the citizens of that State, so long
bs the State did not interfere witb the col
lection of the revenue of the seaboard
The people in otber portions of the Union
. . ,
wou d not be in tbe Ieat incommoded.
. A
d State officers engaged in collecting
aggressor-
I Ulo WUUIU UU icuiuiiuu. auu muoiue
ca for g0Qth. GaroHna
, nA nn.nL!nf AMninur the nraaanr
' revenue lows. Is she prepared for tais
become tbe aggressor. The onl j use
1 CaU nl'tj lot Ul'l 1M lUUlU UJCU ID, LUUb 1.UCV
L . . Vf..k..A r. n a flint hnt
m b, fae ,0 tbe more reaauy to
' T
ennnruca a n ti unri.iniT in fhrir niirliir.
ses may have encouraged She complains
that the Fugitive Slave law is not execu
ted in some of the States. Thin, if truo,
tbe whole country knows to be a sham.
So far as South Carolina is concerned,
she is Bituated that no slave can enoapo
from her limits into Free States, however
much cause the border hlavu States may
1 n smmnlnln ( tVin aunnna nf ttlpir
R . ,
be preparing to detend horsolf against en
croaohmonts on her rights. Lot ber ad-
here to this policy, and not attempt to
dictate to other States what they shall do,
and n collision will occur, for no en-
oroachments will be made, lho disunion
feeling in the South is, doubtless, greatly
exa2,erated. A sort of terrorism seems
to prevail in some places, which, for tho
time appears to have crushed out any
manifestation of Union sentiment. I3ut
a8 tbc COU8os for this excitemont are all
imaginary, the election of a Republican
President, in the constitutional mode,
oerta;D, ,ffording no excuse for it, it is
rea-onable to suppose tbat a reaction will
Boon take place among tbe Southern peo
pie themselves, which will overthrow tbo
pie thems
Sisunioui;
take to cl
ts at home, It is a great mis
use tbe supporters of Mr. Breck
it
inrido as disunionists. Some few 01
tbera may be, but Mr, Breckinridge him-
self, and his supporters, as a class, are, 1
doubt not, as sincerely a tachd to the
Union a many of thoe who, for political
PurPosefl dunnS tbo rooent excltod 00D'
tot, sought to fasten on them the stigma
of disunion. Should the conservative
Union men in any particular looality bo
unable to cope with their adversaries, and
South Carolina, or any other State under
tbe lead of Nullifiers and Ditunionixts
wbo have for years been seeking a pre
text for breaking up the Government,
plunge into rebellion, and without cause
assail by force of arms tbe constituted
authorities of tbe Uuion, there will be but
one sentiment among the great mass of
the people of all parties, and in all parts
ot the country, and tbat will be that "the
Uuion must and tab all be preserved,'2
and woe to tbe traitors wbo are marshall
ed against it. Should any Repablioan
inquire what has been gained by the tri
uauph of Republicanism, I answer much.
We have gained a decision of the people
in favor of a Pacific Railroad a Home
stead policy a judicious Tariff the ad.
mission into the 1 nion of Kanaa- as a
Free State a reform in the Financial
departmentof tbe Government and more
important than all, tbe Verdict of the
People the nource of power, and from
whose decision there is no appeal that the
Constitutionals not a slavery-extending
instrument. No more Dred Scott decis
ions will now be made. Freemen, both
of the North and of the South, will here
after be protected in all their constitu
tional rights. The policy o! the Govern
ment, as of old, will uow set in favor of
Freedom, and not for tbe supremacy of
slavery, as bas been the case for the latit
six years. Freedom henceforth will be
tho law of tho Territories, because the
people, in tbeir majesty, have so ordered,
and neither Courts nor Congresses will be
able to thwart their will. When foil ef
fect shall have been given to all these
great measures of the Republican party,
and the prejudioos engendered against it
in tbe minds of many, by tbe artful ap
peals of demagogues, who bave misrepre
sented its objects, shall have been re
moved by actual knowledge of its acts,
we may expect the bitterness of party
epirit to subside, the cry of disuuion to
be hushed, aud tbe principles of Repub
licanism to become the permanent policy
of the Government, under which it will
flourish and prosper, as I trust, forever.
Thc meeting was continued until a late
hour, and addresses made by the Gover
nor elect, Richard Yates, and tbe Hon.
Don Piatt of Ohio, Judge Palmer, and
others.
A White Woman in Africa.
A Sierre L"one paper states that a
white woman, who accompanied her bus
band, a missionary, up the Covalla River
last May, excited the greatest curiosity
and admiration among the sable dwellers
of that benighted region, where a white
woman had never before been seen.. All
wanted to touch her. and great surprise
was expressed upon feeling her hair.
The King of Nyinemo Tribe called her
"very fine," and complimented her hus
band greatly for hi" tate in clerting her.
And when she told him he mitht nee oth
er white women wbo would surpass her,
be said that would either never be, or elso
a very long time. Owing; to her presence,
the attendance on preaching was extraor
dinarily large. During her visit at tbe
Miioo station, hundred wont to see her,
wbo waid they rould feel satisfied to die
now tbat they had seen such a wonderful
being as a white woman.
A New Breed of Sheep.
A report has lately been made to the
Society of Animals in London, of a new
breed of sheep, or at least animals resem
bling heep, except in size, found in coun
tries adjacent to the Punjaub. These
animals are called Purik Sheep, and are
the most diminutive of the ovis family,
the full grown ones being not larger than
lambs of a few weeks old. Tbe Purik
Sheep baesmall bones, a Seshy carcase, and
the mutton is excellent, and yields three
pounds a year of very fine wool Tbe owes
generally give two lambs a year. Tho
great advantage of this over other breeda
is its domestic habits, living around tho
cottages as quiet as a houe oog and fee
ding upon all Boris of waste garbage,
aoraps of fruit, vegetables, crumbs of
bread, shreds that are frequently wasted;
eating them from tbe hands of any one
who offers. It is thouuht that the Purik
Sheep would be suited to the olimate of
England, and exactly adapted to the
want- of many cottagers. If so, it would
also suit many in thi country. It would
bo a great object to get an animal to con
sume the kitchen garbage, less objection
able than the hog, and tho flc.-b of which
would afford a more wholesome food to
the comoion people, too many of whom
live, so far as meat is concerned, almost
exolu-ively upon pork.
' It is supposed that this kind of sheep
would make rather interesting pets, of
which children would bepnrticularly fond;
aud we approve of anything tbat would
bo likely to difplace worthless dogs in
their affections, and at tbe same time add
to their happiness. Tribune.
8Mr. Linooln h the reoipient of a
great deal of advice just now, from pa
triots in all parts of the Union. He was
recently favored with'a letter from Ala
bama, in which a suitable Cabinet was
indicted, and thc proper line of polioy set
forth. Presents, too, begin to flow in.
Anox chain, out with a jack-knife from
a rail, hangs In his apartment; It was
sent as a delicute oomplimnnt by come in
dustriouo admirer in tbe Northwest.
Diptheria.
The following report from the pen of a
leading phyaician of Delaware county, in
relation to this singular and fatal diea!e,
and moro particularly in regard to cer
tain facta ditolosed by examination iuto
a fatal case happening during the course
of his practice, will be found of impor
tance and general interest to tbe commu
nity, particularly at the preent time:
"This disease, which for tbe last four
or five years has been making its way
westward, has appeared in various local
ities through this county and by iti fatal
ity has caused considerable alarm in the
publie mind. It is characterized by tbe
formation of a membranous exudation
covering tbe throat and roof of tbe mouth
more or less completely, and in some ca
ses extending into the windpipe, cau-ing
death, as in croup, by suffocation. It is
not identical with a form of throat direase
wbich has occasionally prevailed in dif
ferent parts of the country and which has
been variously designated as malignant
sore throat, putrid sore tbroat, erysipelas
of the throat, Black Tongue, &c. Tbo
tendency in this form of disease is to a
rapid death or gangrene of the parts af
fected; and it laok wholly the membran
ous exudation which is the peculiar fea
ture of Diptheria. The disease is not al
togetbernrw. Severalepidemicshave been
described in which this peculiar exuda
tion was observed, and Physicians in ev
ery country have occasionally met with
cases of throat disease aceompauied by a
membranous exudation, but lacking al
together tbe fatal tendency tbat bas
marked this epidemic visitation of the
disease The danger from the extension
of tbe exudation into the windpipe has
been referred to. This undoubtedly in
some cases is tbo direct cause of death,
but very many cases prove fatal in which
there is no affectionof tbe windpipe and
no material obstruction to tbe respiration.
Death has been supposed to result, in
such cases, from tbe terribly depressing
effect of the disease upon the nervous
centres. Perhaps a large majority of the
fatal oases have boon of this character
and until the interesting fact developed
by a case tbat ocourred in thc family of
Mr Rodman Prichett of Eaet Goshen,
but little has been brought out to satisfy
tbe minds of intelligent Physicians as to
the precise cause of death in those case.
in which tbe difficulty aboutj tbe tbroat
is Kuffieient to account for the result. In
Mr. Prichett's family the disease first ap
peared in Juue last and that time couut
ed it two victims. Last week it again
appeared and added two more to the list
In none of these did tbe exudation extend
to the windpipe nor was there an amount
of disease of thp throat to explain tbe re
sult. The attending Phyeicians finding
themselves baffled in tbeir cfiorfc to ar
rest the fatal tendency, sought, in the
last oa-e, and readily obtained tbc privi
lege of making a po-t-mortem examina
tion, which developed the fact tbat the
cavities of the heart there bad been form
ed a mass or firm leathery conMi-tency,
nnd more or les firmly adherent to the
lining of the cavities. Much tbe larger
amount was found in tbe cavities of tbe
right side of the heart, forming when roll
ed together a mass nearly an ioch in di
ameter. The adhesions to the walla of
tbo heart in some parts were so firm as
to render it impossible to seperate it with
out leaving partioleB still attaobed. It is
true that a gelantinous ma?s is often
found in the heart, formed by its con
tracting upon the coagulated fibrin of tho
blood, during tbe last moments of exia
tenc.c; but the leathery character of the
mass removed and tbe firmness of tbe ad
hesion preclude suoh a theory of its for
mation. A more rational explanation is
found in the altered condition of tbe fibrin
of tbe blood which is tbe remarkable fea
ture of the dieae The existence of
sush a mass would account, not only for
the rapidly fatal termination, but also for
the existence of an extremely feeble pulso
in connection witb a violent, tumultuous
action of tbe heart as i so often observed
in fatal ca-es of thin disease. Should
this, condition be confirmed by subse
quent examination great practical good
may result in directing the attention of
Physicians to another source of danger
than the local disease of the throat end
lead them by early and decisive meas
ures to counteract more successfully the
blood-vice, upon which the disease de
pends, t. no other point may be worthy
of notice as calculated to do away with
unnecessary anxiety upon being brought
in oontact with oases of Diptheria. It
eem8 to bo purely and simply an epi
demic disease, dependent upon a cauo
or causes existent in the atmo-phere, and
that it will select localities and individu
als that have most affinity for it, without
reference to direct exposure to the dia
ease.
Cure for Rheumatism.
As many persons arc at the present
season troubled with this unpleasant dis
ease, we give publicity to the following
euro, said to bo very effective: 'Bathe
tho parts affected in water, in which po
tatoes witb tbeir skins on have been boil
ed, as hot as can be boroe, just before go
ing to bed. By next morning the pain
will be much relieved, if not removed.
One application of this simple remedy
has cured the most obstinate rheumutio
pains."
'
A letter froai tbo tbe CornmHsioner of
Pensions.najs there are now but 0 sur
yiyors of the Revolutionary Pensions
I Population of Eastern Pennsylvania :
The Census returns of the Asitant
M arshals of tbe Eastern District of Penn
sylvania, have teen completed and pre
pared for publication. The DUtrict is
composed of twenty-one counties, and the
population of each will be found below,
as well as the number of deaths last year,
the number of farms, industrial works
aud dwellings. "Industrial works" in
olude all manufacturing establishments
where the busincs exceeds five hundred
dollars. The following are the figures :
Number .
Indus-
Counties, of inhab-Deaths. Farms, trial es- Dwel
Hauls. tablish-
lings.
fncnts.
Adams, 27,907 4M 2.1S2 160
Uerks, 94,fM3 1.254 5.531 047
Bucks. 63,K)3 713 5.74:6 373
Carbon.- 21,i30 236 409 94
Chester. 74.719 834 5.123 6i
Cumberland, 40.40-2 533 2,183 318
Dauphin, 48.640 46fi 2.423 321
Delaware, 30,614 378 1.629 207
Fnnklin. 42,242 447 2.494 325
L-tncitster, 116,621 .1,259 0,721 9S5
Lebanon, 30,030 310 1.7-S3 220
Lehigh, 43.932 C65 2,734 405
Monioe, 1S,H)5 164 970 81
Montgomery, "0,194 706 5,303 609
Northampton 47.775 3S0 2,265 251
Philadelphia, 58S,0:t4 6,079 1,731 4,400
Perry, 2--'.940 216 1,710 174
Pike, 7,360 C4 511 43
Schuylkill, 90,173 971 2.257 579
Wayne, 32.172 188 3.130 336
Yoik, 6S.0S8 820 5,189 673
5,012
16,420
11,989;
3,35
13,756
7,238
8;276
5,546
7.57o
20,521
5.876
7.748
2,829
12,330
P.95I
89 978
4,167
U18
16,962
5,727
11,273
Hnstn't Smoke t
You mustn't nmoke hre sir,' said tbe
captain of a steamboat, to a man wbo was
smoking among the ladies on the quarter
deok.
4I mustn't, ba I why not 7" replied be
opening bi capacious mouth, and allow
ing tbe smoke lazily to escape.
'Didn't you see the sign, 'All gentle
men aro requested not to smoke abaft tho
engine 7' '
'Bless your soul that don't mean me ;
I'm no gentlemen, not a bit of it. You
ean't make a gentleman of me no bow.".
So saying he sucked away and ".took
tbe respon-ibility."
A young lad recently ran away from
home and went to a tavern, where be was
found by a friend, witb a oigar in his
mouth. 'Why did you leave home 7' ask
ed his friend. 'Oh, confound it,' said be,
'father and mother were so saucy I
oould'nt stand it any longer, and I quit
'em.'
ifarried Twenty Minutes,
The Lockport Courier of the 1 8th
inst., says: A lady and gentleman eallod
a day or two since into a fashionable bat
and fur store, in this village, to make
Home purchases. The lady was talka
tive, aod purchased one or two articles.
When the twain wero about to tako their
leave, the accommodating salesman ask
ed the lady, who had done tbe talking
and paid the bill, if she would not pur
chase one or more of his tasteful hats for
her boys. The lady assuming the dig
ni y of Queen Elizabeth, said: "No, I
bave ouly been married about twenty
minutes. I bave no boys yet!" The
salesman was speechless; he bad not a
nother word to say.
JjThe Missourians were greatly as
tonished 00 seeing Senator Seward. In
stead of a big fitted, brawny, swearing,
tobacco-slavering, grog drinking ruffian,
they found a small, gentle, modest, deli
cate, unassuming gentleman. One back
woodsman with a coon-ekin cap, who bad
come to look with mouth and eyes wide
open, turned around to his comrades
witb muscles and hand relaxed of their
tension, and smiled as he said, "Wby, I
eould whip the little euss with one
handl"
JE&Tbe following is an exact copy of
a printed notice which is at present post
ed in a Jersey stae. "Lot a calf red.
He bad a white spot on one of bis be
hind legs. lie was a she calf. I will
give three dollars to everybody what. will
bring bim home.
jj5Fnoo. Aa Smith, of Mattawtn-
! keak'. Me., hat counted tbo beans tbat
grew upon a single stalk this ea?on, tbe
j product of one bean. There were 237
pons, anu i,iou neaus.
J6-Wm. R. May, of Pomfret, Ct.,
picked forty bushels of apples from one
tree. He bad the ouriositv to count the
'. number of apple in one peck, and found
' 11)0, making 760 in one bushel, and
consequently 30,400 apples grew upon
tbe tree.
t HjA Demooratio journal finds com
fort in defeat in the fact tbat Liueolo aud
amlm'B enormous majorities will ,be
good figures to count Democratic gains
from.
JJfA patent for one hundred - and
' twenty acres of land was recently issued
' to Abraham Lincoln as Captain in ,tho
Illinois militia during tbo Blaok Hawk
war.
SgyThree Cuan faffiilies are said to
own one-sixteenth of tho entire real" and
personal property of the island, and twenty-five
thousand slaves.
03Sbort as life is, some find it long
enough to outlive tbeir characters, the'ir
constitutions and tbeir estates.
During the past year the w Hamp
shire State Prison has paid url
500 iu cash into the State Treasury, from
bo labor of prisoners. ----- J