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VOL 20.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. FEBRUARYS, IS61.
NO. 5.
Published by Theodore Schoch.
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JURY LIST, Feb. T. 1861.
GRAND JURORS.
Barrett Frederick Deiblor, Albert G.
Wiuell.
" Coolbaugh HVcn. B. Thompson, Esq.,
Ehlrcd George E. Dodeudorf, Henry
Smith, A. II. Borger, Jacob Engler.
Hamilton Michael Super, Henry A.
Werkhciser, Peter Heller, Charles Lowe.
Jackson William Bcllis.
M. SmWificMAivLm OvcrGcld.
Paradise Levi Frantz.
Focono Jacob Bisbing, Sen., David
Burritt.
Folk Reuben Gregory, Paul Bloss.
Fricc Harrison Scbring.
Ross Enoch Yan Buskirk, Joseph
Altemoe.
Smithficld William A. Broadhcad.
Stroud Henry Rau-bcrry.
Tobyluinnah Peter Learn.
PETIT JURORS.
Cheshidliill Epbraim Altcmose, Cbas.
Hufsmith.
Coolbaush Joiah Dowling.
amfltow-SamucI Custard, George L.
Bunkirk, Jacob Dennis.
J-actsoi-David Roiubart, Ezra Mar-
vcn.
John
cnfield
Paradise J a m c s Kintz,
Frederick
Gilbert, E-q., John Wilson, Jacob Bow
man, Jr.
Folk Daniel Sealer. John S. Fisher,
Esq, Frederick Shupp, Geo Dorsbimer.
Focono Man as ah Miller, Nelson Cra
Bicr, Henry S. Bibbing.
Ross Daniel Andrew, Jr.
Smithficld Henry Eileubcrser, Mat
thew Devit, Benjamiu Taylor, Hvury
Brutzman.
Stroud Jamrs H. Kerr, George Rans
berry, Adam Shafer.
StroudsburgAhvzhzm Edinger, Pe
ter J. Young
Tobyhannah Frederick P. Miller.
Tunkhannock Philip G rcenamoyer.
All. Ull CHI Jit-Ill.- livill J w i. - - , ...
T T..l, A r . 1 .1 nnn Irnnt. ! a i -i luri: in cu uy his uiuhwi ui
i i'Jlnu i 'J- . ' rt , r,. . i .....
M .. t i . i m;, uv auuu win ui inu imuuuu,
Trial List, Feb. T. 1861. had for sugar I Is this another wrong?
Stroud J. Hollinsbcad vs. George W. Then whr re are tbe wrongs which jusi
Nauman ct. ai. i h Louisana to-day in leaving tho Gov-
J, n Wnlfnn Administrator ifcc. !ernment. in violation of the rights of all
of Charles J. Walton, dec'd.rs. Benjamiu
"
Singer.
Stroudsburg Bank, vs. Hardy C. Le
taoway and Stroud J. Hollinshcad.
Timothy Yanwby et al. vs. Washing,
ton Overfield.
Samuel Storm, vs. John ninkle.
TUOS. M. McILHANEY, Prot'y.
Argument List, F.T. 1361.
muiuvuujjiwu,
Nicholas Altetnopc vs. Jacob Hufsmith
Commonwealth vs. John Mcrwine.
In the matter of the assessment of dam
ages in Quaker Alley, in the Borough of
Stroudsburg.
Samuel Mildenborger vs. Adam Mack-
es sod Robert Bntley. be done, being for reconciliation. lie
Abraham Impsou aud Wife vs. Adam re?errelJ to a speech of the Senator from
Welfelt. Louiriona, viheu he said, since tho olec-
In tbe matter of the Exceptions to tho tionof Lincol o, are those who prato of dis
Report of Auditor, on the accouut of the UDjon jjje by savages who shoot at tho
Administrators of William Mosteller, ( 6UDt but the sun htiil runs on. What
doceased. j changed the Senator's mind so Boon ?
In the matter of tbe Exceptions to the j.j0 cjaja,od that the Senator from Virgin
Sheriff salo of the Rt-al E-tato of Edwd. ja ryr. Hunter) was forced to the con
Liadsloy. elusion, after careful thought, that eeces-
Williamson, Taylor & Co. vs. Jesse 0. j bjou wag not a right given by the Cousti
Cliff. j tution, aud that he would be willing to
TIIO. M. McILHANEY, Protb'y. r(.gU)atc jt so that no one State tdiall go
ourt proclamation.
Whereas, the Hon. Gnor.cn R. Barrett,
President Judge ofllie22d Ju cial District of
Pennsylvania, composed of the counties of
Wavr.e, Pike, Monroe and Carbon, and Abra
ham Levering and Michael H. Dreher, Esqr's,
Associate Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas of Ihe County of Monroe, and by vir
tue of their offices, Justices of the Court of
Oyer and Terminer and General Jail delive
ry and Court of General Quarter Sessions in
and for the said County of Monroe, have is
sued their precept lo me commanding that
a Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace and
Common Pleat, and Court of Oyer and Ter
miner and General Jail Delivery and Or
phan's Court, for the said County of Monroe,
to be holden at Stroudsburg, on the 25ih day
of February next, to continue one week if
-oecessary.
RO'E'ICE
5s hereby given to the Cononer, the Justices
of the -Peace, and Constables of the said coun
ty of Monroe, that they be then and there
Teady with their rolls, records, inquisitions,
examinations and other remembrances to do
tuose tilings wnicn uieiromces are ap penai-
ning, and also that those who aYe bound by
recognizances to prosecute and give evidence '
against the prisoners that are or shall be in
the jail cf the said county of Monroe, or a-
gainst persons who stand charged with the
commission ot otlences to oeinen ana mere ,
to prosecute or testify as shall be just.
God save the Uomrnotiweaitii.;
JAMES N. DURLING, Sheriff.
Sheriffs Ofhce Stroudsburg, )
January 31, 1861. J
I speech op
Hon. AttD'W. JOHNSON, of Tennessee.
.. , ,i c e 1 tt i
icintiBu u iu uuiiaie ui iuo uuucu
States, Fob. 5.
Mr. Joiinsok (Dein., Tcnn.) said that
in a former preech bo thought he had
placed himself on tho Constitution, with
the fathers, and against the. doctrine of
nulliGcation and secession which ho con
sidered to be a national heresy. As far
back ad 1S33 he had planted himself on
the same principles, and believed the
doctrine of secession to be an enemy,
which, if sustained, would lead to the do-
I
posed this docrine to day for tho same
reasons. lie neuevea mat it would no
the destruction also of any Government
which might be formed subsequently.
He looked upon this dootrino as a prolif
ic Northern polical sin, as a production
of anarchy, which was the nest step to
despotism. But ouoe, when he made
a speech on tho 19th of January, he
bad been attacked and denounced ;
but be was inspired with a confidence
that he had struck treason a blow, and
men who were engaged in being traitors
felt tho blow. Hi object now was to
meet attacks. Oo yesterday wo had quite
a sceue: a piece well played, gotten up to
order, and the pieces well memorized.
Whether anxious mouruets were prepared
for the occa-ioo be oould not say. The
Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Benjamin)
had argued that bis State had violated
no obligation, as she was not bought for
a price, but had ber sovereignty simply
bauded overio trust. He (Mr. Johnson)
then read from the first article of the
treaty of cession of Louisiana, claiming
f 3S explicit that by the convcy-
' , T J,ir,su;cl1,on anu COD,ro'
to the Unite. States of the property and
I coereifiity, com were conveyed to tue
It was not
Louisi
but the
sovereignty for
o many million dollars.
Then the Sen
ator from Louisiana portrayed the cnor-
! mity of the wrongs done to Louisiana till
he (Mr. Johnson) almot thought Marc
Anthony came back, and expected to bear
the Senator exclaim, "If you have tears to
shed, prepare to shed them now." AVhat
arc these dreadful wrontrs ? The United
States bought her, paid for ber sixty million-;
of francs, and then admitted her to
tho Union. Was any oppression and
wrong there I Was there any wrong
when at the battlo of New-Orleans, Ken
tucky, who, thanks to God, stands firm
to-day, and Teunessec, who, he hoped,
will stand with Kentucky, went to the
; help and saved that city from Packcn
1 h.im T TTow much protection has she
. . . . , . . ,r .
the States of the Union ? Without con
sulting even Kentucky and Tennessee,
who defended her, she bag taken the forts,
arsenals, and mint of the Uuitod States.
He said this reminded him of the fable
of the froga aud their King Log, who got
' dissatisfied with the wrongs tbey received,
' and took King Stork, who began to de
vour them, that South Caroliua got King
s;ork "ow aD.d YuWl wiil-bta.Te hfm
when the? make heavy appropriations for
ey maKe neavy appropriations lor
war. Is it not an outrage ou the Gov
ernment I There was a larce portion of
tho people who think that there have
been aggressions, aud that somethiug
ought to be done; but there was another
part wuo arc afraid that something may
out of tne Union without the consent ot
the re-t. But when Jefferson, under the
confederation of t?aid States, had the right
to compel the obedience of a State, he
(Mr. Johnson) would as boon take the o
piniousofthe Old Dominion earlier states
men, as tho latter ones. He argued at
some some length the question of coercion,
claiming a great difference between the
enforcement of tho laws, and what was
called the coercion of States. He qooted
The Richmond Enquirer of 18J4 refer- ;
ring to tbe Hartford Convention, and
saying that no Stale bad a right to with
draw from the Union, and that resistance
against tbe laws was treason, oalliog on
the Government to arrest tbe traitors, for
the Uuion must be saved at all hazards, j
Mr. Johnson said he subscribed fully to j
those opinions. But what is treason?.
The Coustitution says "treason consists j
in levying war against the United States, :
or adhering to an enemy and giving him j
aid and comfort," Uoes it neeu any
search to find men levying war, and giv
nid and comfort to enemies against
; . fpQ nnnt tn h
the United States ? I reason ought to be
pushed, North and boutn, and u tuero
are traitors, they should be entitled to
traitors' reward. Applause. lie said
tuat South Carolina early had a prejudice
0:ne - fJnuornmpnt bv the people, and
that secession was no new thing in that
State. He referred to tbe early history
of South Carolina, who claimed, at one
time, that they were ready to go bock
i p. i rT . i o. .
TrrPiinriek i Uimea oiaies uougnt inie
under the dominion of King George. He
read an address of the people of Charles -
ton to King George, 1780, saving that
they never intended to dissolve that uni-
on, lamenting the ftruggle of independ
enco, professing affection and zeal for bad that Senator (Mr. Lane) avowed such
that Government, the King, &o. He a doctrine prior to tho Presidential eleo
then referred to the attempt to break up tioo as he did in his reply to me, exprcs
tbe Government in 1833 by South Caro- sing disunion and secession sentiments, I
Una. Then they were restrained and give it as my opinion, be would not have
their pride humbled, and men who speak received 10,000 votes'in tbe State of Ten
in their Convention now eay that they nessee. Mr. J. then read from tho rec
have had an intention to dissolve the U- ord of votes, showing that the Senators
uion for forty years. The question now from South Carolina, a well as the (Sen
is, are the other States going to allow , ator from Oregon, and others, voted a
themselves to be precipitod into ruin by 'gainst tbe resolution declaring that slave
South Carolina ? What does South Car- ry needed protection I want to know
olina propose to give to Kentucky and, what has brought such a ohangc over tbe
Tennessee? All South Caroliua wants df Senator's mind since the last eession of
Kentucky and Tennessee, and the other Congress, when the Senator said, under
States of tho northern portion of tho the sanction of his" oath, in voting against
South, is to furnish men and money. Mr. Brown's resolution, that it was uq
When we fiud her prosecuting a contest necessary to pass laws now to protoctsla
for Mexico or elsewhere, Teunesseeans very? Now he is ready to say they have
and Keutuckians will be very desirable to the right to go out of ihe Union because
help in the battles. What protection Congress has not passed laws to protect
can South Carolina give Tennessee and slavery, which he then swore were not no
Kentucky, if ber negro property needs censary. Then other resolutions wero in
proteetion ? We have got the men and troduced, and Mr. Brown offered an a
wo will have to pay for it, and not South mendmcnt, and made an argument to
Carolina, which has been an apple of dis-'show jhe necessity of passing laws to pro-
cord in this (Jonfederacy from my earn- tect slavery then. But the Senate voted,
est recollection to this time, complaining 42 to 3, that there was no danger, and
of everything and satisfied with nothing, slavery did not need protection. Mr. J.
I think sometimes it would almost be a 'read tbe list of votes. "Mr. Benjamin,
godsend if Massachusetts and South Car- Ayo,'; and Mr. Lane ah. yes, Mr. Lane
oiina could be joined together, like tbe 'of Oregon swore on the 25th of last May
Siamese twins, and separated from the that slave property did not need proteo
Govcrnmcnt, and taken off into some re- tion in the Territories. And now I want
mo to, some excluded part of the ocean, and him to get-up here and tell the Senate and
fastened there, to be washed by the waves the American people, if be is for the right
and cooled by tho winds, and after they of a State to break up tho Union, bccau.io
had been there a sufficient length of time, .she cannot get that protection for slave
tho remainder of the people of the Uni- property which he then swore it did not
ted States might entertain a proposition , need. Laughter Then the Senator
for taking them back. Laughter. For j from Oregon, in bis reply tome, spoke of
they seem to have been a source of dissat- the reservations and conditions made by
isfaction pretty much ever since the Con- 'the Old Dominion and by New-York in
federaoy was forraed.and sonic operation or surrendering their delegated powers. He
experimeotof this kind, I think, would have 'spoke with great familiarity of the sub
a benefjeal effect on them. But wo mu?t jeot and the rights of the States, and he
try to do the best we can with them. So j read a few lines, and then wanted to know
much for South Carolina and Louisiana, if tbe time had hot arrived when these
I don't thiuk they are setting examples ' States should reeumo their delegated pow
worthy of imitation. But the little speech ' er. After declaring, under the solemn
I made on tbe 10th of tho-montb, seemed sanotion of an oath, that no further pro
to produce some stir, and among other j tection was needed, he wants to know now
distinguished Senators, tbe Senator from jf tne tme uag not arrived when these
Oregon (Mr. Lane) felt it his duty toj States will bo justified in breaking up tho
make a reply, laid not think this was
called for. I had not said anything of
fensive to him, or I did not intend to, at
least. I felt, he had just come out of a
campaign, in which I bad labored bard,
and expended my money in vindicating
him from the charge of secession. Yes,
through dust and heat, through mud and
rain, I traversed my State, meeting the
charges that secession was at the bottom
of his platform and principles, and that it
was a fixed and decided plan to break up
this Government. It was charged that it
started at Charlt-ston, and was consuma
ted at Baltimore, and that my worthy
friend was the embodiment of disunion
and secespiou. I met the ohargc; I denied
it and repudiated it, and tried to convince
tbe people that tho charge was untrue.
I did not see what thero was in my speech
to extort an aniwcr from him. 1 did not
come into conflict with anything ho said
or did, and while he was striking his
blow's without cause, I felt it was at least j if Virginia had made reservations South
not exactly fair. I may not have defen-, Carolina could not profit by them, for she
ded him to his entiro satisfaction had already adopted tbo Constitution.
It so turned out that we were unfortu-j Mr. Madison received a letter from Mr.
nate, but I was willing to stand or fall as Hamilton, who stated that ho had great
we should. The Senator said he was not doubt as to tbe ratification in New-York
going to inarch under my bloody banner, without conditions. One condition was
aud. I would not fiud tho Northern Dem-.tbat tbey might have permission to recede
ocracy ready to strike down tbe people! recede was tbo word then in five or
of a gallant State contending for theirjSeven years, if certain amendments were
rights. I don't know as I med language , not ratified. Mr. Madison writes in re
that called for a reply like that. Did ! ply, that if tho Constitutionals adopted, it
anybody hear me talking of marching ' must be adopted in toto, without reserva
dowu into South Carolina? No. Why ' tion or condition. Now, I am inclined to
then are attacks made ou positions which 'think Mr. Madison understood this ordi
I did not assume ? Why is this language nancw, and hero is his letter, written in
used toward me unless intended to make July, in which he said to Mr. Hamilton
a false impressiou? But, sir, I saw the that the idea of a reserved right was as
consternation in the faces of some, and I bad as conditional rejection. I think
knew 1 bad struck a blow at treason, and ' James Madison understood this ordinance
it was important that somebody from an-land I had as soon roly on his opinion as
other quarter should make tho attack on ' on that of the di-tioguished Sonator from
my speech. If tho attack had been made Oregon; and I am inclined to think he
ou what I said, or on any position I as- understood the wholo nuhject as well
sumcd, I should not have complained. ! as the Senator from Oregon, with
Indeed, I do not com plain now. 1 have j all his familiarity with the subject. But
lied down some things, young as I am. ; the Government was formed, the Consti
I have survived many misrepresentations, ' tution ratified, and the provision made,
for I eel in my conscience and my heart for what? For tho admission of new
that I am but doing my duty, and I am States. If the express grant to admit, be
alwajs ready to doit. "Bloody banner!" given, I say that the Government can ex
I suggested no such thing No; war is eroise all tbe incidents necessary to car-
not a natural element ot mine, and 1 said'ry the admission into cnect. 1 ucn we
in that speech that my thoughts were turn-: come to the State of Alabama, as tbe Sen- !
ud on peace, not war. For in the lan- j ator seems to bo so familiar with things
guage of that denomination pretty nurxer-' of that sort. An act to enable the peo
ous in the country, I might say, I hate ple of Alabama to form a Constitution
war and love peace. I belong to the peace and a State Government, and for the ad
narty, and I thought when making that mission of Buoh State into tbe Union on
npeech, I was holding out tbe olivo branch an equal footing with the original Stutoa,
by trying to bring quiet and reconciliation was approvod March 2, 1819, and tho
to a distracted country. I would rather people accepted it with this passage :
wear tne dingy garmeniT covereu h uu iuo. -mm uiumuuvu uv. j
dust of tho field in tho pursuits of peace, revocable without the consent of the Uni
than to have a gaudy epaulette on my ted States." There is the compact. Yet
shoulder, or a sword by my side in its it is claimed that Alabama bas a right to
glittering scabbard, the insignia of strife, ' go out at her own will, because she oan
of blood, of war and carnage. I would not get her equal rights U hen we are a
rather see the people of the United States candidate for the Presidency, then I sup
engaged in a war with every other part pose we are all equal brethren m this
of tho habitable globe, than to engage in Confederacy. But after we have attemp
war with each other. If blood must come ted and signally failed of an election, then
let it como. But let it not boshed by the I suppose the enemies line commences
people of tbeso States, one contending a- just whereourdefeat commenced. Laugh
gainst another. But the Senator from tor. Mr. J. then referred to Louisiana,
Oregon went still further, alluding to the
( Senator from Tennessee, as to the action
of mine on certain rosolutions introduced
by the Senator from Mississippi (Mr.
- f Brown.)
Now I wish to say hero, that
j Confederacy, jferhapa it might be well
to examine a book before speaking of it.
I do not say this is tbe case with the Sen
ator, but I shall proceed on tho idea that
he thought he understood it all. This is
a common misapprehension. Sometimes
it arises from a want of examination, aud
sometimes it arises from a want of capa
city to understand. On examination, we
find that the Committee of the Virginia
Convention reported resolutions previous
to tho ratification of the Constitution, pro
viding that certaiu amendments ought to
be referred to the other States. This
was voted down. Then tho committee re
ported the ordinance adopting tbe Con
stitution of tbe United States, and in that
ordinance tbey go on and make a pream
ble and declaration of their understand
inj, but no conditions or reservations.
Mr. J. then read the ordinance. This
was adopted June 26. and South Caroli
na was already in the Union. So even
purchased for tbe purpose of preserving
tho free navigation of the Mississippi Riv-
er, in her ordinance of secession she claims
a negative riiht to cootrol that navigation,
and, without concluding, tfavo way to a
motion to adjourn.
.o.
Tremendous Flood.
, Terrible Destruction of property! Break
j ing aicay of one of the Bel. & Hud. Ca
j rial Co's Reservoirs Carrying away
j of Bridges, Houses, &c. &c.
At an early hour vnsfnrrlnv mnminir
a rfinort reaohnd rnnm thot. th A , J
one of the Co'a reservoirs, located in Ber- n, lerstelJ "li a" or bjoLsbcs
lin Township, had given away in eon.e- addtjd to a,B,at th"lr prenermtion. In
quence of the late rains, and that the wa-, Frsnce. a11 ottrfi fresh Lave been
tcr had rushed down, Carloy brook, Fcrved by molae, alo.e. Au erti
eweeping away everything in its course c,c 1D L'I,lVentlon tbt t y
from tho pond to the Lackawaxeu riveT, bc preserved by moUsrs aloue iu the
whero the stream enters it at the glass m03t P"fect manner, and with tbe fol
foctory, including some one hundred feet lowIng important advantage-: It has, .u
of the tow path. Our reporter immcdi- agrecab'e flavor, it produces no acurvy or
. ately visited tho scene of disaster, and other disorders irbich result from tbe use
! waa enabled to glean the following par- of salt fo'1' nd 11 m5 he PrrPd at a
ticulars:
At about five o'clock iu tho morning a
son of Isaac Smith, arrived at Bunnell's
and then at Mr. BrookGeld's from the
reservoir, and warned the families along
the orcek that tho dam hud given away.
The young man had made the best of ce8,01 tuc n,rat Pa" oUt ,cd thc heavier
time on horseback, but was not a mo-! niolllsse5 penetrates inward to every part
ment too soon. The families had barely of the meat- Whcn the external molas
reached a plaoo of safety when tbe flood ses ha3 squired a certain degree of li
came. Those who were witnesses of the!la,d,tJ from the tu,xtur of j'c8 oi
destruction describe it as terrible. With-, the n,eat 11 Ia a M,ro 6'u t,,nt tbe meat
in quarter of a mile from tbe glass facto-; 18 thoroughly impregnated. It is now
ry there are falls in tbe stream of nearly taken out of the "'olafiioa, thoroughly
one hundred feet, and it is bounded oo wa8hed. aD,i ulM m a current of ir to
the sides by high banks, through which dl , Aftcr " H completely dry, it may
gorge the water rushed with great force,1
making a noise like distant tbunder
The estimated damages to parties are
given in their order as follow:
The dwelling house, barn and out-houses
of Mr. Gaylord Russell, a short dis
tance below the reservoir, waB swept down
the stream, together with every article of
furniture, clothing, and also a yoke of
valuable exon. Mr. Russell and the fam
ily bad barely time to escape. Loss per
haps siooo.
Tho dam at Gilbert's lower saw mill;
t . t i n i i rv .
anu tne aam at I'reaericK damn s saw
mill, were carried away, but luckily no
buildings at these points.
The Township bridges and road along
the stream were damaged to tbe extent of
several hundred dollars.
The' next ruins were at the mill proper
ty of'Mr. Henry Bunnell, and Buunell &
Co's tannery. The mill and dam were
oarried away, and the tannery seriously
damaged. The water was about ten feet
deep around the tannery building, but
owing to its large size and tbe frost in tbe
ground, it could not be moved; but tho
vats and other contents are' iu a terrible
state of confusion. Damages at this
point may be set down at 7,000.
Along down the stream may bo Been
fragments of the saw mills, bridges, build
ings, &c, which have lodged as the tide
receded. lho high bridge ot brecthy s,
over tho gorge referred to above, (not
less than thirty-five feet above low water
was swept off, showing tire volume of the
flood at that point.
11. J. Knapp's dam and mqst of tho
foundation to hit wheel barrow and chair
factory were carried off, damages enti ma
ted at SI ,500, also a bridge over tbe
stream belonging to him shared the fate
of other bridges.
Hiram Terwillagor s small work shop
and tools, entirely gone loss about
S100.
U White & !5rotuer s axo tactory is
considerably damaged, and a part of their
dam is torn away. -Lois putdown at
S500.
Tbe next scene of destruction was
worse tban'all others. Part of tho ex-tensive-glasB
fsotory buildings, at Tracy
ville, with the reidoooo of J. M. Brook
field, and several dwellings, were swept
down the stream, allowing timo only for
the inmates to escape Every thing like
furniture, clothing, and provisions were
lost. Even the account book of Messrs.
Brookfield, arc goue. Tho hollow-ware
or bottlo bouse, a blaoksmith shop, a
storing house, a pot house, &e., and their
valuable ooutents carried away, and tbo
old factory building much damaged by
water flowiug tbiough it. tIt is impossi
ble to ascertain the daruajres atihis point
some estimate thorn at SUM'OO.
Henry Duckett and family lost every
thing but tbeir nigbt clothes. Also, C.
Crawley who was in tbo houso lost all bis
money and clothes.
Tho plank road bridge is gone, and
the travel interrupted some timo. Tbe
canal on both nidus the break in the tow
path, is lined with parts of the building
which came down tbo stream, and driftod
in tbe canal, before tho flood broko
through tbe tow path.
AnTong tho incidents, wo name that of!o were obtained: Fifteen lo 10 feet
Mr. Samuel Griffith, who after (rottin ' lon long, nd 2 log, 20
his family out of one of the amall dwell-;
ing", went nacK lor aomo oiatuing, ouu
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started down tbo stream in a moment bo
was plunged over a waterfall of at least
thirty ftfet, and as bis house drifted a-
U1U II (J UUUIU 1?CU UU U Uka Ui uw - i
ffninst tho old faotorv on the opposite!
side of tho stream, ho was pulled out of)
the ruins by a friend; just as his nouo;
raft was swinging back again into tho
raging flood. He escaped with a sprain
ed shoulder, but about as naked as, whoa
ho came into tho world. Amongthc fur
niture &o. which were sees floating down
the Lackawaxeu fivo miles below Traoy,-
villo, was noticed a Piano Forte, scem-
ingly uninjured; unless by tbe water,
The citizen of llonesdale and vicinity
have visited the ruins in larre numhnrw.
and can judge of the destitution of those
who have been thus suddenly deprived of
'. every convenience of life; and would it
not be well to consider their claims upon
tho charity of our people, na fnvorably as
those in far off Kans is. Ilendd.
Meat Preserved in Molasses.
''Sugar-secured hams" have long been
fashion iu tbi country. They are-
.moderate price. Ibe proee consists
sia)PlJ in cuttin2 the u:eHt into pucei of
m0ller3te ze aud dropping them iuto
" nolasse,.ucb is obtained from tho
suSar manufactories or refineries. By a
Datural prooc of o-ciose the lighter jui-
uu V over tue
world without experiencing ny change
whatever.
A Severe Criticism.
The following severe animadversion on
President Buchanan is an extract from a
private letter, handed to ue for publica
tion, from an Englishman of the high
est political staudiug, whoe view on A
merican affair have probably more
weight and influcuce than tboaa of any
other man in England. The letter ia da
ted "London. Jan. 25:"
"My indignation, sufficiently strong
from the first, has been carried beyond
measure by tbe President s Message- to
tho Senate, which appears in tbis d try's
paper. A more cowardly, illogioal and
dishonest document never appeared with
the name of any man calling himself a
statesman. The only parallel i Pontius
Pilate washing hi. band- of the affair,
and leaving both action and responsibili
ty to whoever cho-e to take tbem. Con
ceive a man with almost unlimited pow
ers (for your President is a dictator, with
far greater power thau auy constitutional
sovereign sitting down ith bis hands be
foro him in tho hour of hi country's ag
ony, and saying, 'it is not my business.'
He ought to be whipped down tbe steps
of the great houso at Washington."
"Columbiads.
A Columbiad is a heavy gun, capable
of projecting a solid shot or shell, vtith a
large charge of powder, at an angle of
projection of from five degree below to
thirty above, the horizon; it may be said,
therefore, to combine tho cesential quali
ties of the gun, the howitser, and tbe
mortar, and may be" ued in place of eith
er one or the other of theio pieces in sea
coast defence. It does uot differ in its
external shape from ordinary seacoast
cannon. At present there are two sizes
of Columbiads in use in our service, viz:
the eight ioob and the ten inch. The
former weighs about 9,000 pound, fho
ohargo of powder 10 pound, the solid
shot 64 pounds, and the heli 18 pound.
Tho latter weigfn about 15,000 pounds,
tho solid about 128 pound, and tfee shell
100 pounds.
A Capita! Hit.
Mr. Craig, of N. C, offered a resola
tion in Congress on Monday that tho
President bo required to acknowledge
tbe "independence of the Southern Con
federacy." Mr. Farnsworth, of 111.,
moved that "it be referred to tbe Com
mittee on Patents.1' Thi created a hear
ty laugh, not only beonuss of tbe ingu
Inrity of the motjon, but bfoau-e of its
exact ajplicability to tho case in poiut
If our Southern fuiend were half as
shrewd as the Yankees tbey would get
out a patent forthwith for making govern
menttj. Next to a patent hen's net, thi
would be tho most profitable- speculation
which could bo goue intoju.it now.
Largo Tree'
A fino tree wa recently eut upon the
land of Goodalc & Harding, in Wyoming
county, from which the following trnw-
lonsl Tho top cud of the tallest
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A Fact in Vorse.
Says Tom to Diok. -'0ur Prrdeof
Hv bocn both good and bad,;
But Abraham Lineoler will turn out.
Tho worst we ever kd."
Says Diok to Tom, "Now thotfs, a, fact,
No honest man will doubt; -i
For on'tho fourth oTM a rehjheiwiU
Turn James Buc'baB&utbutKy